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The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
IMPORTANCE OF THE FOUR
TEENTH UNITED STATES CEN
SUS TO THE CoLoRED
PEOPLE,.

Because of the many economic
changes since 1910. the Importance oil
tbe approaching decennial census TO
tho colored people should not be un-
derestimated. These changes Will be
q matter of record in the history Oh
tbe growth of the race and of the ma
t;on and the statistical information
which will be compiled from the data
collected by the census enumerators
,,bo will canvass the United States
IN January should constitute source
of reliable information for TINS anu
for future generations.
Through migration the colored pop
,,,,+;on of some states has consider
ohlv Increased, while in others IL mas
,,aoreosed since the United States cen
srs of 1910. Agricultural activities
oppear to be extending in ne" airec.
+ions Thousands of colored men ana
,,.o,ap have entered into the indus
.,.;oI life of the nation as producers
1ndicotions, in certain states, point W
,oroa increase in home ownership
s,hstontial growth in the nuinber
Of business enterprises owned ana op-
GRATED by colored men is refiecteu III
.bo;r newspapers and magazines
,,,b;ob ore growing in number ana IN
fluence. The number OF professioiia'
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
BIG TRUST COMPANY PLANNED
FOR ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 26th.-Efforts
which have been directed toward the
organization of bank operated by our
capital took definite form last week in
the preliminary work looking toward
the formation of the Mecca Trust and
Banking Company. Several thousand
dollars were subscribed, and at Il meet
ing Wednesday night in the Y. NJ. G.
A. many additional thousands of dol
lars were pledged and the movement
assured.
The full working capital of the in
stitution is to be 100000 Those elect
ed as officers were: DIR. Charles III.
Phillips president; c. III. Turpin, vice
president; L. l.. Harris, treasurer; j.
II. B. Evans, secretary and ID. w. Bow
les head of the legal department. The
first board of directors will consist of
G. X. Robinson, L. S. Williams, ]. IL.
Harrison, DIR. J. r. Edwards, III. A.
Smith and Eugene Robinson 1t is eX-
pected the stock will be placed on the
market before this matter gets off the
press
The founding of this bank will make
the third large venture which has been
announced to the public during the last
few months. First, the race was to
have large assembly hall somewhere
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
PRESIDENT WILSON SAVES ARMY
CAPTAIN FROM DEATH.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 26th.-Sen-
tence of death imposed by court-mar-
tial on Captain Daniel Smith of the
366th Infantry, on conviction of having
fled from the enemy in France, was
disapproved and the officer ordered re
stored to duty, according to orders
published by the War Department. The
order is signed by Secretary Baker
"by direction of the President"
Captain Smith, who has just been
demobilized, was accused of shame
fully retreating and running away
from the enemy Sept 2S 1918, when
his regiment was ordered to advance
near Vienne-Ie-Chateau. 1t was proven
that the charges were unfounded, and
grew largely from prejudice on the
part of the white commanders.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
Honesty or Selfishness Is.
One Great National Issue

nation the place which she ought To
have in the world before the minds of
men once more.
Remember Abraham Lincoln. What
was he called? What made him trust
ed so widely by the people of his time
Because they could think and speak
of him as Honest Abe Because they
were sure that he was sincere.
"Why are men reading all they can
read and never ceasing to think OF
Theodore Roosevelt? Whether they
agreed with him or not, they say, Yes,
1 admire him. The American people
have a place for him in their hearts
that they have for no one else. Why?
1t is because he spoke out the truth,
as he saw the truth, regardless of CON
sequences. Men admire that and they
always will, and they will always stand
by the man they are sure is honest and
straightforward and above-board in
his dealings, and is not afraid
Referring, to Germany's downfall
DIR. Gregg said: Honesty is good to
begin with and good to end with. 1t
is very ordinary thing, perhaps, and
n very commonplace thing to praise
honesty, but the world needs to give
honor and to give praise exactly there.
Think how Germany has worked her
own downfall because of the lack OF
honesty in her statesmen, in her lead
ers! How she has permitted herself
to be fooled, deluded, misled, and final
ly almost ruined, just by this one
thing-along with other evils-but by
this one failing, this one sin especial
ly."
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
CHRISTMAS PARDON GRANTED.

Among the Christmas pardons grant
ed nv the Hon. Oliver III. Shoup, gov
ernor of Colorado, was II pardon Tor
David Rudd, colored man of Lead
Vile, Colo, one of the best known
colored men in the state.
Rudd was sentenced about year
ago to imprisonment in the state penl-
tentiary for not less than one year
and IL half and not more than eight
years. Hon. Francis Il. Bouck was the
trial judge.
1t speaks well for Rudd TO say that
he practically made trustee at The
gate of the institution. In less than
Il weeks time he was given trustee
and began duty as houseman in the
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
BosToNIAN INVENTs DEEP SEA
SUIT.

Boston. Mass, Dec. 26th.-A new
worlds record for deep sea diving was
made 10 miles east of Graves Light
when John f.. Turner (white). Phila-
delphia, diver of International repu-
tation, reached Il depth of 800 feet un-
der water This feat is astonishing be
cause it means that Turner descended
from a height higher than Bunker Hill
monument or the Pilgrim shaft at Pro-
vincetown, which are DO and 254 feet
high, respectively. A diver can now go
more than twice as far down into the
sea as the most expert could previously
go with the aid of the old-faShioned
diving suit of rubber.
To Get Sunken Gold.
A new diving suit of armour has
made it all possible, the Invention of
Charles III. jackson, mechanic, who
lives at l. Albion street 1t was in
testing this new suit, made entirely of
brass, that Turner accomplished his
memorable feat here recently. This
new invention is expected to give Il
great impetus to the search for sunken
treasure, because it relieves the diver
of the tremendous pressure of the
water against the body at low depths
and enables him to 90 with compara-
tive safety into the great stretches of
the ocean bottom where it is impos-
sibl to penetrate with the ordinary div
ing suit of rubber.
Perfect Diving Suit.
The greatest use to which the new
invention will be required to perform
is the collection of gold bullion now on
the bottom of the ocean as Il result of
the world war and the German sub
marine activities. Despite the fact
that two divers have already been
killed in attempting to salvage this sea
treasure, Diver Turner, who made his
second worlds record, is confident of
getting the entire S30,OO0,000 now in
the hull of the British liner Laurentic.
Il won't blame my failure to this new
diving suit of armour, because it is the
most perfect thing of its kind ever in
vented" Turner said.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
THE LYNcHINe RECORD FOR 1919.

Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Dec. 81, 1919.
Dear Sir:
send you the following information
relative to lynchings for the past year.
According to the record compiled by
Monroe n Work, of the Department
of Records and Research of the Tus-
kegee Institute, there We're, 50 lynch
ings in 1919, of which ~ were in the
South and in the North and West.
This is Is more than the number 81 for
the year 1918. OF those lynched 70
were Negroes and were whites. One
of those put to death was Negro
woman Nineteen, or less than one
fourth of those put to death, were
charged with rape or attempted rape.
Seven, of the victims were burned to
death. Nine were put to death and
then their bodies We're burned. The
charges against those burned to death
were: rape, 3 murder, =; killing sher-
iff, l. no charge given, l. The charges
against those first killed and then
their bodies burned were: attempted
rape, 3 shooting officers of the law,
g; rape, l; murder, L; incendiary
talk, l.
The offense of murder was charged
against all the whites lynched The of
fenses charged against the Negroes
were murder, 13; attempted rape, 10;
rape, 8; abetting riots, 4; shooting of
ficers of the law, 4; insulting wom-
an 4 killing officers of the law, 4;
alleged incendiary talk, 2; writing inn
proper letter, ,; charge not reported,
g; shooting Il woman, robbery, L;
murder sentence changed to life inn
prisonment, 1 !; shooting night watch
man, l !; shooting and wounding man,
1; alleged completely in killing officer
of the law, L killing m;In in self-de-
fense, 1 killing landlord in disput over
crop settlement, l F; no charge made, l
for being acquitted of shooting an of
ficer of the law, L remarks about Chi
cago race riot, l; 70 keeping company
with IL white woman, 4; for being
found under bed, for making boast
full remarks, l for alleged misleading
of mobs searching for another, 1 /; be-
cause appeal was taken from ten
years sentence for attempting life of
another, d; ; for discussing a lynching,
L.
The states in which lynchings oc-
Cured and the number in each state
are as follows: Alabama, Z; Arkansas,
u; Colorado, 2; Florida, .; Georgia.
81; Louisiana, Z; Mississippi -; Mis-
souri,, - Nebraska, North Carolina,
3 South Carolina, L; Tennessee, l.;
Texas, 4; Washington, /; West Vir-
ginia, - Kansas, l.
Very truly,
ROBERT II. MORTON,
Principal.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
RACE NEWS S.tis,'' S.tiss, s..',s. sss"

in the neighborhood of jefferson and
Lawton next, large department store
was in process of formation under the
leadership of Dr. b. G. Shaw. This
last race project promises more of ac-
ton than either of the others, though
the public is willing to back all such
enterprises to the limit.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
kittY,s Airplane.

Caroline, my four-year-old sister
having seen a few airplanes lately and
knowing how they sound from dis
ance, said one evening: Daddy, do
you know our little kittie has an air.
olane inside of him?" "Why?" asked
daddy. Because" answered Caroline.
"every time l hold him on my lap, l
can hear it going. Exchange.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-03
NINE coLoRED Ex-SoLDiERS
CYNCHED IN 1919.

The National Association for the Ad-
avenue, New York, today published Il
statement showing that nine colored
ex-soldiers had been lynched in the
United States during 1919. OF the
nine, two were burned to death, two
were hanged, four We're shot and one
was beaten.
One of the colored soldiers was shot
to death because he did not turn out
of the road soon enough for passing
white men. The list follows:
coIored Soldiers Lynched During 1918.
March II. Castlebury, Fla.-Bud
Johnson, burned to death. Said to
have confessed to attack on white
woman.
April Q. Pickens. Miss
admitted he had hired a woman to
write an insulting note to a white
woman.
MAY 81, Eldorado. Ark.-Frank Liv-
ingston. charged with killing his em-
ployer and the latter's wife; burned
to death.
July 10, Louise. NIiss.-Robert Tru-
EFT. lynched for having made indecent
proposals to white woman; hanged
August -, Fayette County, Ca
Charles Kelly shot to death by white
man because he did not turn out of
the road soon enough.
August IA, Pope City, Calm
Grant. alleged to have shot white
man and his SON. hanged.
September 30 Montgomery, Ala
Robert Croskey. charged with having
assaulted n white woman; shot.
September 3, Star City, Ark.-flin-
ton Briggs, accused of having insulted
white woman; shot.
December 81, Smithville. Ga.-Chas
West. accused of murder of white
man; shot.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10
LOPsIDEDNEss or NATIONS
NOT ANYTHING NEW

''Now in America too many poo
pie. or perhaps too efficient people.
have got TO making money without
any notion OF the rest. Their for.
tunes keep on growing like cancer
growth. and dragging on the rest OF
the body. and breaking out into
sores. It's unhealthy and abnormal.
There are n lot OF things people are
supposed 10 do besides get rich.
There should be moneymakers. But
there should be teachers. and paint.
ers. and sailors, soldiers. miners and
farmers too. all well taken care OF
and developed along their line. un.
less we are willing 10 grow into
kind of two headed calf of a coun.
try.
This lopsldedness OF whole nations
isn't new, It's only our particular
form OF II that's now. In Athens be-
fore Christ people got 10 thinking so
much about art and literature ana
certain kinds of refinement that they
let everything else go-farming,
manufacture. monoymaking. religion.
breeding. individual health. And
Greece went under.
I'm Rome fighting WINS the craze.
Finally there were more soldiers
than there was food 10 feed them.
And when all their enemies were
licked the people began to starve--
the army itself starved. and became
disseminated. and was an easy victim
to other much less specialized armies.
In Germany itself 1t wasn't the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10
LETTERS TO EDITOR

plant department and asked when
they were going to come and fix my
phone. 30 when was at my office j
could call up my wife.
Day after day. I got the same re
Spouse. I'VE viii attend to IT right
away"
Finally I was abls 70 catch the
company manager in his office and
reported my grievance 70 him. The
faulty telephone was then properly
connected.
Time wore on. overlooked pay.
ing my bin last month. i called my
home the other day and was told
the line was temporarily discon.
nected.
] went To the phone office TO pay
my bill and found must pay, In ad.
dition, penalty OF 81 TO have the
connection made again.
In protest related my experiences
TO the assistant manager (the man
agcr was attending a convention, I
was told. The assistant told mo II
WAS rule OF the company TO make
the connection charge on all phones
disconnected because OF non payment
OF bills.
He also told me the company made
II a practice TO call up the subscriber
before the phone was disconnected
and inform him that the bill was
overdue and the dlsoonnection would
be made unless the money VIII forth
coming.
He said my home had been called
as a memorandum showed. but thai
the call was unanswered.
I told him my wife had been homs
every day for some time. no indisposcc
she couldn't leave the house. and had
tho phone rung she would unqucs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10
For Service Well Rendered

Meals Of honor and crosses Of war are hUIe
lokAnrs except when they won by great SERVICES
~ outstanding hcrcsm-
v>sa.x " q Henry a Seattle banker. was deco
.unt~A with the cross OF the Legion or Honor TOT
sn1s work ON behalf OF tho fathericSs Shha'en VI
ysanc>.
1Hr~r ~ years Mr. Henry worked with his
henr< and soul 60 raise largo sums Tor the maui
1nnAnee OF tho French children whose ta'hefs NV,
p. the hattlefialds of the Western front Denied
~ age the privilege OF fighting with me aineo
enur, Mr. Henry donated practically hts ohuro
dina 70 keeping the spccter OF starvation anu """'
6osn the childhood of heroic France
4 No one will hcgrudge him tho honor ina, mas
zen bestowed upon him by the French soNo'n
rueot That he was singled out from a score OF
& noauie people Is due simply 60 the enormous Na'u'
~ the work he performed for Ia fatrie
rcd ribbon In tho lapel Of his coat VIII mean
hofhinr 20 Mr. Henry. but the memory OF 'h"
Stls '.pclus' he has assisted must ever he trcSh
"a grateful thing.
SEATTLE will Join with her great ally In honorins
j>o man whose heart went TO the little children
- warstricken Franco
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10

tionably have heard IL ] added that
many times the bell did not ringl
and that MOI infrequentiy I have had
to ask central severnl times for tho
number before I could get service
over the line. my wife informing me
on each OF these occasions that she
had been In tho room all the time
and the bell had not rung.
Nevertheless. no said. would be
required to pay the 81 connection
charge. ! declined TO do this, telling
him I would wait for the return of
the manager from the convention.
While waiting have made inauir-
les TO find put what the telephone
company does to earn the 81 paid for
such reconnections. And this Is
what ] learned from n former telo-
phone operator
When phone Is Temporarily dis.
connected" a plug In placed in the
switchboard Mt the central office.
When the bill is paid and the
phone reconnected the plug is re.
moved.
For this labor the subscriber pays
the company 81.
IL seems to me this charge is un-
Just. II also seems 20 mo tho SERVED
of the company needs another goine
over by the public service comma.
sion.
! don't know why we should nav
80 much to have an inst rument In.
stalled that is already installed.
don't understand. either. why we
should have 10 pay in advance for
service and then not get the service.
And ] can't figure out how tho
company can earn 81 by pulling a
plug. couldn't do IL.
! NEWCOMER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10

The professor OF biology said he
had something 20 say about men and
women in America that ought tn be
printed IN tho newspapers That
sounded reasonable on the face OF ".
az biology IN the science Of life itself.
Tho reporter cooked hts ear and
asked the professor please TO fire
away.
Symmetry said the professor.
lis tho thing that greatly distinguish
- az plant and animal life. That
means everything ws arr growing
has balance about II A dog has
four iogS two on . si6e In pairs Of
tho Same rixs and shape He has n
head In front balance by n tall BE-
hind Ever think how a dog would
look. or what an impractical animal
he would b.. with abort legs on ono
side and long on.s On the other. or
with head and bail both at ono end'
'-Trces have branches growing
around the trunk on n regular plan.
Branoh.s growing at tho same level
from tho ground ara about tho same
size. II no accident has happened to
the tree
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10
unf1eeSam
3 ND q
GAGTROPTOSIS

A correspondent who writes rlnf
she has been told she has falling or
tho stornach, asks whether the copdi-
ton is soriouH and whether II can bs
cured.
A satisfactory explanation OF Tn
nature and cause OF "gastroptoais.~
as tho condition In termed. has not
yet been discovered. The condition
rs three times more frequent among
women than among men
Gastroptosis may exist without
producing any symptoms. In other
cases there arc "norvous dyspcpsia-
disordered appetite. a sense OF fnii
ness in the pit of the stomach. often
shooting or burning pains In tho
stomach. There may be constipation
or an opposite condition OF diarrhocn--
The lower part NJ tho abdomen In fire.
quentiy dlstended. and sometimes. in
persons with very thin abdominal
walls, the dedicated vtscera may be
recognized by their outlinea.
Among nervous symptoms may b
mentioned general weakness. depr~s-
sion Of spirttz, headache and fuilness
OF tho head. vertigo. cold feet and
handA There may be palpitation OF
the heart A peculiar anemLa IN of
ten present
When there arc no symptoms pro-
duocd by the unusual state Of affairs.
OF course, no treatment Ii Indicated.
When the symptoms are due 70 dis
placement. mechanical means, and
perhaps an operation. arc alone like
ly TO be useful In restoring the Or
gans 90 their normal situation. Tho
former includes trusses. pads and
springs. which must be adapted 10
each case after a careful study by
tho instrumentmaker. with the aid
OF the physician. Sometimes a sim
pie broad bandage may be OF service
In relieving the syrnptoms: sone-
times a suitable corset may be worn
with success. At the present day.
surgical operation is not infrcquent
and is commonly successful.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10
TIE PHONE SERVICE

Editor The Star About tho time
! brought my family to Seattle the
public service commission Of this
state ordered the phone company to
Improve service.
Tie company promised to do SC
and. from time to time, has mad
periodical reports to the commission
extolling the said improvements"
On my arrival here I bought a
home and moved in. There was a
phone on the wall. and I went to
the company's office TO get the thing
Connected
The work Of connection required
several minutes time. A man had
to climb up a pole and twist couple
couple more together on the side
Of the house.
But lhe company compelled me TO
pay for installing a phone. as they
had compelled the family before me.
and the family before that--for in
sfssiing a phone that was already in.
stalled.
And on top OF that was required
to pay for a months service before
the service was rendered. in advance.
THIS / did. And. after week OF
waiting, the phone was fixed no
members OF my family could get
cent. al and call number.
But II was more than a month be-
fore anyone was able to call my fam.
ny over the line from the outside.
Central explained to them that the
line was disconnected.
Day after day. and towards the
end If the month many times a day.
u called the phone company's com.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10

Language often reveals the history OF thought
To say that some one was Possessed" implied that
he was inhabited and controlled 10y somo foreign
h~lns, perhaps n devil: 20 that he was
touched" implied smaller amount OF tho sarne
foreign Influence: and to say that hs had lost
hts mlnd' left abou, hopeless for his future
be bad lost bis soul
When people believed in possession" thsy loaded
the victims with chains. and often tortured them
10 drive out devil: when they believed In "lost
minds they put tho losers in "asyiumS"-rlaces OF
refuge where they safe and harmless and
stayed indefinitely.
To weiinforrned people today nobody h literally
Possessed tho the word remains: one In moon.
struck as the name sIunafic" mpiies and one
.ro-es- ers mind, however hadiy II may bs Injured.
And % tho mad house. and the -iunatio asylum
have given place to the insane hospital . place
for tho care and Of thoss who are In bad
mental health
But that II nss enough Mental aissass h In
cr,as,ne many people VINO neets advice trvai-
without cussodiai do not tks To seek II IN
hospitals establishing mental eiinio. TO which
one 70 hs would 70 TO any other part Of
tho hospital without fear Of diagraca Nothing
could be better.
Timely advice may . batter 6iraster and n n
worth much ret rid OF minor mental iis like
had recurring dreams foolish fears and hatrc11.
which Keep q person wretched
Meriro's 1redtegt NEED is On crofutfordy7j
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10

One DO his b. IN saving the tre.s tho basis
for the pulp wood that Into the manufacture OF
ncvsprint. hy saving the waste paper that &C
cunulates around his homo. And. instead Of burn.
ing IT, selling IL For the raErnan. these days. Is
paying good prices for paper waste.
The shortage In newsprnt, that has mp the
price no that when II be purchased at all IT Is
at a rate perhaps 400 per cent higher than few
years ago. IN such that many of the smaller
papers OF the country have been forced suspend.
More than two million tons of waste paper are
used annually for boxes and shipping containers.
This of waste paper saves a billion feet
OF lumber.
In an appeal To the public-the housewife and
the business man-to save paper. Secretary of Com.
Alexander says that many OF better
grades OF waste paper used purc substitutes
for ground wood pulp and used in making all
kinds OF book bond. ledger and writing papers