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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-10-02

arrival OF the Grand Exalted Ruler, G. w. F.
McMechem, to the departure of the same
The opening session OF the Grand Lodge was
addressed by the Mayor welcoming it to the
city. 1t seems to have been the concensus of
opinion that the grand parade was the most
spectacular fraternal parade ever witnessed
in that city, and no less imposing was the
Grand Ball with 10000 persons in attendance
The homes Of the Kansas City citizens of
which they can feel justly proud, were thrown
open to the visiting Elks with their every
convenience even including auto service. The
convention was a success from every view
point The best young blood and brain of
the American Negro were in evidence and
formed conspicuous part in the Great Elk
herd which was unselfsh unbiased, big heart
ed, and filled with charity and good will
toward all. EndeavOring to encourage higher
ldeads and to form stronger ties of Charity
Justice and Brotherly Love toward all man
The Grand Lodge gave to Bishop Brooks, re-
Gently elected by the A. M. E. Church to the
African Mission, the sum of $4,000 to assist
him in educational work there and to Attorney
Bell Of Leavenworth $4,000 toward helping
to investigate the charge and conviction Of the
IL u. S. soldiers now confined at Leaven
worth prison, and they also gave $4,000 to
other charities and smaller sums Of money
to deserving causes too numerous to mention
at this time AS to my visit to Kansas City,
Chicago, st. Paul and Minneapolis, l will
say it is wonderful to note the progress that
has been made within the last few years by
the colored people, 1 found more home buy
ing, more business and better working cOndi-
tons, especially with the women and girls and
that too with fairly good wage. Plenty Of
good wholesome amusements and excellent
churches and Y NJ c. A. And 50 many
it is inspiring and worth any ones visit to
that section.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-10-02

owners twenty-five years ago. There was
little or no incentive for colored folks so
long ago as that, to own homes hare, in
fact it was cheaper to rent home than it
was to own one, and from an investment
standpoint it was far from fattering How
ever discouraging may have been the home
owning idea, nevertheless few far-seeing
colored citizens did get hold Of homes and
for the most part either the original own
ers or their direct heirs have held on to
them to the present time AS have been
informed by one who lived here at that
time and was quite in touch with the af-
fairs in general among the colored citi-
zens, Mr.. and Mrs William Grose were
the pioneer home owners Of Seattle. They
not only owned their home twenty-five
years ago, but almost thirty years ago. Be
it further said to their everlasting credit,
they erected for themselves a large and
commodious house, by odds the best in the
neighborhood in which they resided and
that dwelling still stands and is living
monument to the thrift and industry Of
Bill Crosse and his wife 1t not only
stands, but is still owned by the heirs of
the Crosses.
AS it comes to me the next to lay the
foundation for permanent home were MIR.
and Mrs B. j. Angel, who purchased four
lots in body in South Park and began
the erection of a substantial house thereon,
and though it moved up slowly, due largely
to the fact that it was very difficult at that
time to finance the erection Of even pri-
vate residence, if it belonged to colored
person, and in that the conditions have not
very greatly improved but the house was
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-10-02

hands on some friendly financial firm to
have advanced him sufficient money to
have built him substantial residence and
given him an opportunity to have paid the
sum back in small payments, as can be
done now, he probably would have built
then and there but he did well under the
circumstances then and is to be COM
mended.
Way out in the woods, where is now
beautiful Capitol Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton Roy erected very comfortable dwell
ing and there resided for many years. By
sticking close to their knitting they were
able to pay for their property in a COM
paratively short time. In more recent
years they sold that property and bought
piece Of acreage at Bryn Mawr, where
they now reside
May perhaps there were still one or two
others, who owned and lived in their own
homes twenty-five years ago, but my IN
formant or historian does not call them to
mind. AS said in the outset hereof, it was
a difficult matter for colored man to buy
a lot and build house on it unless he had
the money in his jeans, because the man
with the money did not look with favor
upon such investments, but had those pio-
neers been able to have combined even
the limited moneys they then had they
would have been able to not only have
built themselves homes but would have
been in position to have helped others
build good homes. In union there is al
ways strength. More BODYBUILDING talk
in the next issue hereof can be expected
from me.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-10-02

A fOurteen-ye ar-old school girl was grabbed
by three men who stood her on her head
and while two men held her legs open
third man took clever and split her in
twain. Two white women saw a cOlOred
woman with two babies about to cross a sus-
pension bridge and they walked up to her,
whipped out a great knife and before the
woman could move, plunged the blade
through her jugar vein. She of course fell
instantly, dead. Then they kicked the
babies off Of the suspension bridge and
their brains were dashed out on the rocks
below.
TO defend womanhood had ever been
taught to me as the noblest purpose of man
and self-defense has always been recognized
as mans inherent right even if in doing
so he took human life, and 1 defended the
lives of my women folks and 1 defended
my own life and, if I must suffer life i'm
prisonment and even death for those acts,
then, "Oh death, where is thy sting; oh
grave, where is thy victory"
Mr.. Is. r. Tut, delegate to the grand
lodge OF Elks, which was held in Kansas City,
Mo-, the latter part of August, has returned
home and had the following to say about the
entertainment Of the lodge by the citizens Of
Kansas City:
Kansas City, where the Grand Lodge of the
l. B. P. O. Elks Of W. met August % to 81,
is an ideal convention city. The Elks' recep-
ton committee was in evidence at all times
and from every angle Of the game and when
one was ushered into that mammoth waiting
room Of the great Union Depot, where more
than thirty railroads enter, the committee was
there extending to the delegations and friends
hearty welcome. 1t is impossible to give you
a detailed description Of the reception and
treatment accorded the Elks during their
brief stay in Kansas City, but they surely
were royalty entertained. The daily papers
devoted much space to the occasion and fea-
turing every movement of the body from the
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-10-02

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO and the number of cti-
who either owned the house that he she lived other real
estate few that those doing could be counted upon fin
of your hands verify perhaps fingers
hand and hundreds and thousands of dollars through the
hands Of the coored citizens and about Seattle and had they been
properly directed would have laid foundation from which
the heirs Of those who made Them would be realizing
FROM but started talk about the
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-10-02

finally finished and still stands and Angels widow only
but lives it, all Of which speaks much the pluck people
Then Walter Washington with the desire home
and down the Of Coon Hollow East Madison
he purchased lot and built him shack hove and moved
his family it. That shack big every month
said Walter and he quite Mr. and Mrs Washington still
the property and he sufficient fruit vegetables
be self sustaining Had Mr. Washington been able his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-01
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright 1920 by The Reformer)
(Thi, is the last of a series of three artl-
clcs Analysing the political situation
throughout the country based upon a
personal visit by the writer to most OF
the states from coast to coast during
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-01
BOULDER CRUsHEs QUARRYMAN.
William Saville of Springfield w.t. Trips
Before Huge Stone

William Saville, a quarryman Of
Springfield (Vt,l was fatally hurt while
at work in Amsden, village near Spring
field Friday and died that evening. A
large boulder on a hill above the lime
stone quarry where he was employed be
came dislodged in some unknown way and
rolled down the hill. Mr.. Saville and a
fellow workman saw the stone coming
and started to run. The other man sue
ceeded in avoiding the stone, but Mr.. Sa-
Vile tripped and fell and the boulder
rolled over his right foot and leg. cutting
the foot off completely and crushing the
leg to the knee. An ambulance took the
wounded man to the Springfield hospital
where the leg was amputated above the
knee. He died from the shock and loss
of blood. Mr.. SaviIle was 26 years old
He leaves a wife and two small children
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-01
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks SparklingEyes
Most Women Can Have
Saws DR.. Edwards, Well-Known
Ohio Physician

Dr.F.M. Edwards for II years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years he gave to
his patients a prescription made of a
few well-known vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-workers on
the liver and bowels, which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in ones system.
If YOU have a pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches. q istless, no-good feeling, all out
of sorts. inactive bowels, you take one
of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for a time and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women and men take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets -the sue
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep them fit. l5c and 3oc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-01
Bic Seizure at Newport. .

ST. JOHNSBURY, Nov, l. - The
largest seizure of booze yet made is cred
tied to Arson G. Clark, a Newport Gus
toms official. Three men, Ernest Debien
and Joseph Cote from Chicopee Falls:
Mass, and Ademar Grandshamps of
Holvoke. Mass. have been Swallowed for
several DAYS and as a result are IN the
Orleans county Jail awaiting hearing be
fore United States Commissioner W. ii,
Clearv. Their cars, Stevens-Duryea and
Willys-Knight, containing q and ~
cases respectively were conhscated. A
tanI, with a capacity of so quarts was
concealed under a false cushion in the
rear. The whole haul Melted 700 quart;
probably the largest quantity ever selzed
bv one single official in Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-01
BIG SEIZURES
OF VERMONT STILLS
Three Farmers In Chester and Store
keepers In Springfield Caught
TWentY-One Arrests.

LUDLOW, Nov. -Four moonshine
stills, 70 gallons of whiskey, two truck
loads Of moonshine, Jamaica ginger and
large quantities of mash, unfinished liq-
uor and other Ingredients, We're seized by
Windsor county authorities, headed by
States Attorney Ernest E. Moore of this
town, in two successful raids Saturday af-
ternoon and evening
The first raid, headed by Sheriff James
Macdonald, was launched on the farming
district on the Smokeshire road in the
town of Chester, near the Gassetts sta
ton. Three farms were visited and stills
/ found IN all of them. The second raid
was made on the store of Kenet & Blum
! enfield in Springfield. Twenty-one mem
were arrested as result OF the two
raids.
Charles Hazen, Z. B. Hutchinson and
| George Copell, owners of the farms were
arrested and brought to Ludlow. The Oft
| hcers found large stills on all three farms
and in each instance the farmers, with l
outside helpers, were taking them down III /
preparation to moving them to other To- |
calities. The helpers were gathered in by
the raiders and 1t is expected others will4
be arrested.
: Beside the three stills, 70 gallons of
5 liquor We're taken and large quantities of
the ingredients used to make the stuff. -
? On Saturday evening, Deputy Sheriff
$ Wallace Fairbanks, candidate for sheriff,
III
! field on the fruit and grocery store OF
g Kenet Blumenfeld. a large still, still
g simmering from recent operation, was
g found in the cellar. With it, was found
= a large quantity of eggs, yeast, mash and
other ingredients.
al Another raid in Springfield brought in
Y several barrels OF moonshine and quantl-
n ties OF Jamaica ginger which were being
I | transported IN two motor trucks The
|. | entire list of contraband, including the
> trucks, were taken to the jail at Spring
p field
Those arrested in Springfield included
n Barney Kenet, Max Blumentield, Philip
- Spern and Sam Goldberg. They are con-
n sidered the ring leaders of the meonshine
- traffic in the county. William Coney and
e Dominic Ciccone were also taken into
n custody. ..-
"a "a The prisoners, 81 in all, were taken be
~ fore Judge H. II. Blanchard of Spring
y field and Justice Edgar NJ. Pinney OF
m Ludlow and arraigned by States Attor
a. ney Ernest Z. Moore on the charge OF il
a. legal manufacture of liquor. Ciccont
IN pleaded guilty and was fined $500 anC
- costs and released. The remaining q
II pleaded not guilty and were released OF
IN bail ranging from $500 to 81, 900. Bail wa
Is, secured in all cases. The hearings oil
OF the cases are set for November I.
% At the instigation OF the states attor
II, ney, a raid was made in White Rive
OF Junction Saturday and Massachusetts
Is automobile containing 100 quarts Of Car
ei adam liquor was seized. together Wit
the car and its driver The name of tn
le driver could not be ascertained as h
~ refused to talk.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-01
COUNTRY WANTS
COMPLETE CHANGE
This Will Carry Harding
and Coolidge to Victory
Tomorrow
REPUBLICANS WILL
CONTROL SENATE

Ma.cr.ly VIII Not Be Large, But Re
publican Congress Is Assured - Cox
uod2 Mistake In Charging Republican
-S5I5lsl, Fund.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22
DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN WORK
ON PLATFORM
Feminine Party Members Hold
Conference TO Discuss
Their Planks.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-Demo-
cratic women today turned political car
penters and tackled the task of build
ing a party platform.
Mrs George Bass, chairman of the
women's bureau Of the democratic ma
tional committee, called the female lead
ers into formal conference today to dis
cuss the demands Of the women with
regard to the platform WHICH will be
constructed by the resolutions commit
tee of the national convention next week.
On the question of a league of ma
lions plank the democratic women will
stand squarely behind the president, ac-
cording to Mrs. Bass.
Women leaders of the party are not
likely to concern themselves with the
question OF prohibition in the party
platform, Mrs. Bass believes.
Il have found that women are satisfied
with the eighteenth amendment and the
YoIstead act said Mrs. Bass.
II can't see prohibition is an issue
at all in this campaign
Il am sure I don't understand what
Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Edwards want.
The law is there and it has been up
held by the highest tribunal in the
land
women LEADERS III uCnONAaNAN f0ANS
will not eOnfne themselves TO the Things
which directly concern women
However, l believe the interest OF the
women will crystalline on certain planks
in the form which concern woman ana
children, but they will not work for these
things alone"
PIanks which the women will urge In
the platform were outlined by Mrs. Bass
as follows:
Protective legislation for child labor.
Legislation continuing wartime protec-
ton for-.women in industry.
Legislation favoring increased pay Tor
teachers.
THE suffrage amendment is passed oy
the congress and only the ratification by
two states is necessary TO make suffrage
a reality, and thai ratification can be
easily accomplished by two republican
states" Mrs. Bass stated.
I think the republicans should DO the
most of the worrying about suffrage.
they are responsible"
Women leaders are hopeful that there
will beat least two women members on
the resolutions committee which will
draft the platform
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22
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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22

chair and said calmly: "They had me up
in the criminal court and took the case
under Amusement and I never have heard
anything of it,
ADMISSION DRAWS
GENERAL LAUGH.
Everyone in the courtroom laughed at
Burris satisfied admission concernin z
the disposition Of his case in the GRIM
inal court as he understood it.
why did you prescribe S45 worth Of
whisky for a man by the name of Harry
Berry," asked the district attorney.
He was recovering from influenza, -
answered Burris with frmness.
Just recovering. was heT'' asked
Judge Anderson with a smile
Two other negro doctors. Or. John W.
Norrell and Dr. James Norrell. with Of
fees at 337 Indiana avenue. admitted they
had written prescriptions for sick peo-
pie only.
DIR. John NOrrell could not explain why
he wrote nineteen prescriptions for whis-
ky on Dee 90 1918.
WAS the fu at It's crisis just at that
time. the night before Christmas?' asked
VanNuys.
NorreI contended that it was had"
Some minor witnesses were introduced
by the government before resting its
case.
The government also introduced pre-
scriptions for whisky which are claimed
by the, government to have been made
out by unlicensed doctors.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22
ACTION TAKEN ON
MANY PETITIONS
Service Commission Grants
Wholesale Increases.

Authority to add surcharge of s
cents TO the present rate Of "a cents for
each square foot Of radiation for the
heating season was granted the Peru
Heating Company in a supplemental order
issued by the public service commission
today.
The original order for the 34-cent rate
was issued Sept. H. 1919.
The petition of Newcastle for a sur
vey of the water plant in that city and
the auditing of books and records, that
adequate water rates may be established
was granted by the commission.
The Laporte Gas and Electric Com
pany was granted authority to maintain
thea increased rates for power and light
ing~ln Laporte and Westville, established
by an order issued Aug. 10. 1918.
Kokomo consumers of steam heat will
be forced to pay additional rates rs a
result of authority given the Indiana
Railways and Light Company to con-
tinue the surcharge in the order issued
June 90. 1918.
Authority was also granted the Frank
lin Power and Light Company to estab-
lish a surcharge for electricity, water
and gas in that city in addition to the
rates set Aug. 1, 1918.
The Oakland City Electric Light and
POWER company Will continue the tenn
rorary increased rates granted two years
ago in that city for electric lights and
power.
The Waterloo Telephone exchange was
granted authority to increase the rates
to subscribers in that community.
A so per cent inchrease in telephone
rates will go into effect in Spencerville
by authority granted the Spencerville
Telephone Company.
Citizens of 6annelton will be forced ia
pay rates for electric lights and water
as increased July I. 1913.
The town of South Whitley was au.
thorized by the commissioners to Increase
Its electric light rates.
The commission also granted authority
to Loogootee to issue and sell bonds
amounting to $500 at 8 per cent to liqui
date a debt contracted with the electric
light plant owned by that city.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22
LONE COP TAKES
20 MEN ACCUSED
OF ROLLING DICE
continued From Page one.)


trolmen Moran and Young from head.
quarters
Then came the fun of finding the silk
shirt boys"
There are three floors besides base
ment in the big brick building and al
legged gamblers were found hiding under
auto trucks, under canvas covers and be-
hind old pieces of furniture.
Two well-dressed men had crawled un-
der an old tent, but their feet were stick
ing out in full view of the police.
All Of the twenty were charged with
gaming and visiting a gambling house.
A large candy" colored dice was found
in a furniture company's truck in the
garage.
1t is said the men enter garages with
out the knowledge of the proprietor ana
have big craps games.
In the Pearl street garage the men had
cut a hole through the ceiling OF the
first floor and, using an extension cord
attached an electric light with large
shade to 1t to the cord.
This was arranged oyer quilts and
army blankets on the floor of the second
story of the garage.
The men caught in the raid gave their
names as Frank Williams, "a TAI Pros
pect street gGeOrRe BUSH, o. go al a
avenue; Martin Dugan, %, Senate hotel
Harvey Patterson 80, 402 Blake street;
Walter Meyers, %, S23 Union street ;
Frank Wilson, 2s, 1900 College avenue;
Ray Brown. so. Dennison hotel Waiter
Brown, 80, Grand hotel; Charles Meyers,
81 513 North Illinois street Sam Morris,
%, 2213 West Washington street; VII
liam Carson, %. 523 West Merrill street !;
Tom johnson, &c, 2421 East Tenth
street; R. o. White, %, T03 Holmes ave
nue.: A. F. Wilson. 80, 2416 South Me
ridian street; Charles White 26 Avenue
hotel: Abe Rose. 81. 1880 Bellefontane
street; James Gardner, "a, 1893 South
Meridian street; Il. W Carr, % Cleve-
land, o.; James Humphries, q, 49, South
Meridian street.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22
Eagles Drill Team
Will Picnic Sunday

Members Of the drill team OF the In
dianapolis aerie OF the Fraternsl order
Of Eagles will give a picnic at Columbia
park next Sunday
A band concert, bowling and special
entertainment for the children are being
planned for the outing.
A free auto bus Will meet the Shelby
street cars at Southern avenue.
The team is completing arrangements
to attend the Grand aerie national con
ventiou at Syracuse, y. Y, in August to
compete in the ritualistic contests.
The local men have received first hon
ors at three conventions and expect TO
continue their championship.