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The bystander., 1921-08-11

U.S.A. Represent
ed By Dubois
And White
(By the Associated Negro Press.)

by the Associated Negro Press.)
NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 11.-Dr.
w. e. B. Dubois, editor of the Crisis,
and Walter F. White, sailed Saturday,
August 6, on the Holland d-American
Line steamship Ryndam, to take part
in the Pan-African Congress to. be
held in London, Paris aud Brussels.
DR.. Dubois is secretary of the Con-
gress, which is the second of its
kind, the first having been held in
Paris in 1919 with 56 delegates rep
resenting 16 countries. Before sail
ing, DR.. Dubois gave out the follow
ing statement concerning the PAN
African Congress:
"The sPan-African Congress is not
a scheme of migration either to Afri-
ca or elsewhere. 1t is not a project of
veiled or open war or conquest. 1t is
not based on revolution or race hatred.
1t seeks knowledge and action through
through law. It believes in the equal
ity of men and races but it seeks to
realize this through education and op-
portunity and periodic conference.
"The world is unizing, whether by
League of Nations, of Disarmament
Conference or Peave Congress. Sooner
or later the Race and Color Problems
must be faced. The Pan-African
Congress can prepare the way for
this by uniting effort, clarifying
ideas, collecting facts, and presenting
to the modern world clear, intelligent
and carefully considered demands
The bystander., 1921-08-11
Keokuk Boy
Attempts Suicide

KEOKUK, IOWA, Aug. 6.-Stacy
Johnson, an 11-year-old colored boy,
was, saved from death by drowning to-
day when a note which he. wrote tell
ing Of his intention of drowning him
self was found, and policemen and the
bows father rushed to the river front
and found the lad standing on the seq
wall in the forebay of Lake Keokuk
near the government lock evidently
ready to dive in.
The boy has been suffering from
a heat stroke the father said. This
is believed to have been the cause for
his attempt at suicide.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
US. A. Makes Black
Chapter In Haiti
.(By the Associated Negro Press)

(By the Associated Negro Press)
WASHINGTON D. c., Aug. Ii
American Intervention in Haiti and
Santo Domingo was described last
Wednesday as the "blackest chapter
in American history in the Carri-
beans," by Oswald G.. Villand, of New
York, urging special senate investi-
cation. He spoke for the Union
Patriotique of Haiti, the National AS
sociation for the Advancement Of Col
ored People, and the Haiti and Santo
Domingo independence Society, and
charged there twas no trouble in Hal
ii until we went there.
Immediate American withdrawal
would be disaster, Mr.. Willard told
the committee, but military occupa-
tion should terminate.
The bystander., 1921-08-11

GRAND ISLAND, NEB., Aug. a.
The district organizer of the Ne
braska Ku-Klux Klan, at present maxi
ing his headquarters here, today an
nounced what he said are the chief
purposes Of the "Kavern." These, he
said, were the supremacy of the white
race, protection of womanhood, the
sanctity of the home and separation Of
religion and politics. In addition, he
said, the organization would work for
the reading Of the Bible in public
schools.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
MESSAGE
Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota
Baptist Association

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Aug. o..
The Iowa, Minnesota and South Da-
kotas Association will meet with the
Tabernacle Baptist churches Of this
city August % to %, 1921. Those
coming on the Illinois Central or the
Chicago and Northwestern are only
two blocks from the church, and those
coming on other lines will take the
Omaha street car and get off on 14th
street and Avenue A. Meal tickets
and badges will be two dollars and
fifty cents. Church located on corner
of 14th street and Avenue A. Phone
1896, Rev. jackson.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
WHITE BRUTE MUIR
DERED MISS THOR
SDALE,, BELIEF. L

into the case with an open mind.
B, The fact that Miss Thorsdale was
not raped before her death is thought
by detectives to be the most damaging
evidence against the white man.
Negroes ordinarily are not addicted
to the nature of moral crime commit
ted against Miss Thorsdale, they say.
Miss Thorsdale was killed on the
afternoon of June 2, while returning
from the Clara Barton school, where
she was employed as teacher.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
NEGROES DRIVEN
FROM DIXON, ILL.

DIXON, ILL, Aug. 6.-Negroes
We're driven from Dixon late last
night by mob of 200 white men of
this city and Polo, Though the exo-
dus was unaccompanied by violence,
severe rainstorm which broke early
IN the morning is thought to have pre-
vented serious trouble.
A band of eight unidentified white
men set fire to a Negro White resort
The bystander., 1921-08-11

TExARKANA, ARK, Aug. IL.
Denial that recent letters of worning
received by Texarkana citizens, in
Guiding notices purporting to have
been sent by the Ku Klux Klan to
managers of all local hotels instruct
ing them to rid their places of Ne
gro porters, were the work of the
The bystander., 1921-08-11
/ Street Car Scramble /;
The Careless Town

It is a fact that either the city
council the street car company
have made jackass out of Des
MONIES. They all know the city will
sebust if it attempts to handle the
Transportation with busses. If the
city believes the cars can be operated
profitably at cents why not rent 1t
for month and see what's what
Editor Bystander.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
Virginia Lynches
Two
(By the Associated Negro Press)

(By the Associated Negro Press)
PETERSBURG, VA, Aug. 11.-one
of the two colored men arrested last
Wednesday night in connectian with
the murder Of Tingfey ElmofA post
master and storekeeper, of Tobacco,
Va, Monday, was taken from the
Brunswick County, Jail at Lawrence
vile early in the morning by mob
and lynched. The other, Negro was
not molested.
The bystander., 1921-08-11

and it was destroyed early this morn
ing.
Both demonstrations are outgrowths
of the murder of William Coffey,
groes, arrested for the crime, have
been held to the grand jury and prep
arations were made to remove them
from the local Jail.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
johnson Barred
From Ring

JOHNSON BARRED
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Aug. o.
The proposed bout between Jack John
son, former champion, and Harry
Willis has been. barred here. Direc-
tor of Public Safety Cortelyou de-
clares johnson cannot box in Phila-
delphia as long as he holds Office.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
EMBASSY

MEXICAN EMBASSY
II WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. II. .---
The Mexican Embassy today issued a
statement denying that the Mexican
government wants to arrange bout
betweenIJack Dempsey, worlds heavy
weight champion, and Jack johnson,
former titleholder. "Oficial advices
deny the unwarranted report" the
announcement stated.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
Dr.. Proctor In
pressed Audience

Proctor, Of New Yorkf a daring
leader Of the Negro race, spoke at the
Congregational church here last night.
His subject was the "Amagedeon" of
the Race. DR.. Procter's speech here
was characterized as one of the best
we ever heard.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
Not Right
Texas Citizen
THE KUKLUX KHAN

HOUSTON, TEXAS, Aug. lis it
altogether impossible for you to be
fair and reasonable about occurrences
south of the Mason and Dixon line :?
Your recent article about tie Kukluk
Klan was unfair and vicious, and
think the writer of that article must
have known it when he wrote it that
it is not true that the better element
down here approve of the activities of
that organization. To be sure, our
governor has been silent, and appar-
emily derelict, about it.
Unfortunately, Texas is not the
only state which can complain Of it's
public officials. note from the news
paper that Illinois has been having
some little difficulty with her COVER
nor, to the tune Of about $4,000, 900.
Anything condemnatory that you may
say about the Kuklux Klan cannot be
too severe, but you are wrong in abus-
ing the entire South for its actions.
Y. w. MATHES.
The bystander., 1921-08-11

Hampton Chronicle: Des Moines is
making itself look mighty cheap IN
the~eyes Of the people over the state
by its attitude on the street car SIT z
uation. Des Moines needs thatsstreet
car system and she needs it badly.
The auto bus will notodo in city the
size of Des Moines. they might be
all right for q backwoods town, but
not for the leading city in the middle
West-that is the leading city be-
tween the Mississippi and the Mis-
souri,.
Eagle Grove Times: Des MONIES
NAV be able to get along without
street car service, but we doubt it:
State fair time is poor time to test
it out, for Des Moines' benefit, but
most Of Iowa goes to the fair IN Jlt-
neys now so it may not make great
deal of difference.
The bystander., 1921-08-11

OTTUMWA, IA, Aug. 8.-George
Johnson, SO years old, a Negro por-
ter at hotel, was fatally injured
late Saturday night when he fell
twenty feet down the freight elevator
shaft, landing on the cement floor Of
injuries from which he died few
hours after the accident.
No one was near him at the time
he fell, and he was found within
few minutes by employees who heard
his groans. The elevator was on the
The bystander., 1921-08-11

Texarkana khan was contained in a
statement received by the Texarkan-
ian today.
The statement which bore the sig
nature of Exalted Cyclops Keigcaph,
knights of the Ku Klux Klan, offered
a reward of $500 "for the arrest and
conviction of any person found guilty
of posting and mailing the notices
purporting to come from this organi-
zation."
The bystander., 1921-08-11
MRS. ASHBY RETURNS THANKS
Buxton, Iowa, August 8, 1921.
m Ill - T,,J;+o, 80 tho RUstander

Buxton, Iowa, August 8, 1921.
70 the Editor Of the Bystander,
- Ia and Mulberry Sts.,
Des Moines, Iowa. !.
Ny Dear Sir: Through the col
umnst of your, valuable paper l beg
to extend this card of thanks to all
the relatives, friends and the many
acauaintances who assisted me dur
ing the long illness Of my dear hus,
band, the late Howard Ashby, and
who gave flowers, condolences and
their presence and sympathy in con-
.nection with the death and funeral.
AS am poor writer, cannot DO
more at this time of my deep, num-
Bile grief. May God bless you all.
(Signed) Mrs. Lizzie Ashby.
The bystander., 1921-08-11
HARDING isMAY CALL REUNION
OF 92ND DIVISION
DES MONIES. Ia. Aug. 11.-Clar-

DI7D 1HOIISI1o, I11., 11uS. III
enice Harding, commander of the Lin
coin Post of the American Legion, of
this city, is considering calling a
reunion of the Ninety Divis-
ion to be held at Camp Dodge in the
spring of 1922. Mr.. Harding states
that there were about five thousand
officers and with the entire numbers
there were something like 27,00O.
They were all in training at Camp
Dodge.
The bystander., 1921-08-11

about IL O'Clock last night, but dis
persed quickly when it was disclosed
that the Negro hid beer taken out of
85s ss's5 ~,
The bystander., 1921-08-11

[itorr and who gave deposition q pearlng
when she asked for them.
Lost while celebrating Memorial
- over. zeaIo1sly. ~ d
The bystander., 1921-08-11

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heels of announcement in local news
paper advertising for recruits for the
der. -.
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CATION This is somewhat camoufaged in the subscripton
blank, but it is what it amounts to in substance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13
PIL LCRIM AND INDIAN
 WILL BE SEEN ACAINl . ON PLYMOUTH SHORES s

hey exhibit their ingenious handf- work and revive ancient dances and rites of their tribes.
 On the site of each of the Pill grim houses that huddled to the weather side o,f Coles and Burial Hills. where the meeting house. fort and watch tower stood, is a marker inscribed with a sentence or two of of the Forefathers on the hillside are similarly designated. Relics of Pilgrim days are exhibited in tenn porary museums in addition to the permanent exhibition in Pilgrim Hall.
 But it is upon the pageant that chief reliance is placed for the SCOT the brains of those who worship this year at the Pilgrim shrine. Verses for choruses and chorales have been written by Robert Frost, Edward Ar lington, Robinson. Hermann Haze dorn and Josephine Preston Pea body Marks. Special music has been composed by Henry F. Gilbert, Edward Burlingame Hill, Edgar Stillrnan Kelley, Leo Sowerby, Ar thur Foote, Chalmers Clifton, John Powell. George w. Chadwick. and Frederick c. Converse. In addition MaoDowelPs symphonic poem, "A. D. 620," has been made. an integral part of the pageant.
 The stage is on the shore of the harbor, just above Plymouth Rock which is used as one of the proper ties of the pageant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13

P1ymou Mass, July 11-Pngrtm and Indian will meet again on the shores of Plymouth Bay this summer, central figures in a pageant, to cele- fathers Landing. The pageant, which will depict scenes from the legends of the Norsemen, the chron- icles of the colonists and the history of the World War, is being prepared as the feature event of a program of observance to which latter-day Ply m outh has given over its entire sum mer.
 A moon just past the first quarter on the night of July 13 will look down on strange sights, and the murmur of the breaking waves driven inward by the high tide will unwonted sounds. Helmefted N1k- ings, adventurous mariners of Eng land, Holland and France, gaily clad courtiers of King James, Purtans In sober raiment and stond Dutch | burghers will pass and repass on land and water. Out in the harbor the little ship Mayflower will swing l at anchor and great Morse galley will cut the waves. voices upE1teo ! in speeches and song and music from | a hundred instruments will aid in carrying on audience of thousands back over the centuries.
 | All of this and more will be seen and heard in the first production of | the pageant for which 1,4oO men women and children of Plymouth and the little country towns nearby under the direction of George Pierce Baker, professor of dramatic Htera- ture at Harvard University. The | pageant was devised by Dr. Baker as bratfon of the tercentenary of the 1 landing of the Pilgrims at P1ymoutS on the 21st of December, 1920.
 The celebration was opened in g El |. ence necessarily limited on the pre- l else anniversary in December last l when a commentatory oration was
 delivered by Senator Henry Cabo' sion reserved for a season less un- comfortably reminiscent of the hardshfps of the first Pilgrim winter the out-of-door features.
 | The eXigencies of the pageant re | quire a tide condition available a | only three periods of four days eacr | this summer. The pageant therefore
 will be given on the night of Jul!
 the four nights beginning on Jul! 30 and four beginning on August 10
 It is expected that Presiden
 a1qing will on be ARezt 5Re guest and of wi sf
 view the pageant that night. II
 possession of his promise to com
 here at that time unless prevented
 by the pressure of public business l
 care for the greatest throng the olt
 town has ever seen. The presence | of a modern armada of American
 vessels in Cape Cod Bay at the sam
 time will be a further magnet t. | tourists.
 The somewhat archaic canop,
 which bent it's arches over P1ymoutl
 Rock for a long period and whicl has been familiar to many genera tions of school children through tn illustrations in their history book was removed this year. The rock split by frost and previous movings was carefully rejoined and restore to its original place on the shore Q ] the harbor. An architectural back ground and a landing stage vii make the approach to the rock i'm presSive and beautiful
 Fl Passamaquoddy Indians fror Eastern Maine, with a few of the1 Penobscot cousins. have been install led in a genuine Indian village in on
 o&thaz aztoNzn<5nankS- HeEa each Sfa
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13
NEW CONDITION ON WAR RISK
 ASSURANCE: 5:

New conditions u1der which 1apsed or cancelled War Risk (Term) In- Surance may be reinStated or rein stated and converted, more liberal in scope than preceding regulations and of great importance to former ser vice men throughout the country are announced by Director c. R. Forbes of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury A. w. Mellon.
 The new ruling is officially desig- mated as Treasury Decision 67. W. R.,'' effective June 30, 1921. and the feature of maximum interest to for mcr service men is the provision that term insurance which has lapsed or has been cancelled may, regardless of how long the applicant has been dis charged, be reinStated, or reinstated and converted to United States Gov ernment Life Insurance at any time prior to January 1, 1922, under con- ditions substantially as follows:
 1. In all cases the applicant must tender with his application at least two monthly premiums of insurance converted. One of these premiums to cover the month of grace imediately following his lapsation and during which he was protected, and the other as the first months premium on the | insurance to be reinstated-
 | 2. The applicant also must comply with the following requirements in reference to health to the satisfaction
  | Risk Insurance:
 When applica ton for reinstate- ment. or reinstatement and conver- | sion is made within three calendar months after the insurance has lapsed or was cancelled, including the calen- dar month for which the unpaid pre- miunl was due, the applicant need | only make statement in his written | application that he is in as good | health as he was when his insurance lapsed, and no physical examination | will be required
 | When insurance has 1apsed or been | cancelled more than three months and yet within six calendar months, | including the month for which the | unpaid premium is due the reinstate- nent. or reinstatement and conver- l sion. may be made provided the appl1- | cant is in good health and so states in his written application and that he s11bsta ntiates this statement by a short medical certificate, made at the ap- | plicant's expense by a reputable phy- | sician licensed to practice medicine. | After the expiration of six calendar | months from the date of 1apSat1or and at any time prior to January l, 1922 insurance may be reinstated health and so states in his written Replication, and provided further tflat
 snIch application is substantiated by 2
 report of a full medical examination
 made at the applicants expense, by
 reputable physician ncehseu to prao tice medicine
 This regulation supercedes the pre-.
 vious ruling of Treasury Decision ol which limited the time for reinState- ment of insurance lapsed prior to J JuIy 1891 and fixed time limitation for reinstatement of insurance that hao 1anse1 or teen cancelled after July l
 1920. to a period of IS months
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13
IN ANY AID M IT s IMPORTANCE
 OF PLANES
Battleships Will Attack U. S. $. Iowa, Employing In direct Firing in New
 Tests at Early Date.
By DAVID M. CHURCH,

lI-J
 Washington, July 12-New strength is coming to the American Navy from the heavens. The Navy is willing to gret its new f1hting arm-the air force-wfth open arms.
 Although the bombing tests which are now going on off the Virginia Capes, in which air craft are given fair opportunity to demonstrate their effectiveness against naval vessels, have failed to convince the men of the navy that battle fleets can be conquered from the air alone, they have succeeded in convincing naval aid to the navy in future warfare. There is a decided sentiment in the Atlantic Fleet in favor of increased appropriations for air forces together | development of fighting surface craft The Navy on the seas want huge, fast aeroplane carriers in or der that air forces may be depended as defense in any war that may spring up in the years to come. With the use of aircraft the Navy expects to develop successfully a | rect firing. The Allied fleets used in | direct fire in attacks upon land de- | lenses during the World War, but it has never been successfully used in | the American Navy are convinced | that, with the aid of aircraft, they can develop an accuracy in indirect fire which will be deadly to the enemy.
 Indirect firing is nothing more | than shooting at an unseen target. The target being found miles and miles away. by the aerop1anes, it's To- cation and range being reported by | mathematical precision from a bat | tleship within range, but out of sight | of the enemy. Indirect firing can be | accomplished at a range of from 20,- | 900 yards upward, according to | naval officers.
 The armies have used indirect fire | in the World War with success. The
 nayies have used it in attacks on | land defenses. Now come the Amer | ican naval officers to develop indt-
 rect fire on moving enemies at sea | It can be done, they are certain. | The old battleship Iowa, under radio control, is soon to be a target for the big guns of the big fleet, and while plans have not been published
 it is generally whispered about the
 fleet that the Iowa will be subjected
 to an attack by indirect fire. If the
 naval gunners are able to score di-
 rect hits upon this maneuvering
 craft, which is out of sight, then it is | fairly certain that the future maya
 battles will be fought on the higf
 seas when the opposing fleets art
 still out of sight of each other an6 l,only the aerial spotters will be visi
 ble.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13
CHIEFS ARREST
 CAUSES RISING

Lime, Peru, July 12.---The arrest by the authorities of an Indian chief tain in the province of Chimborazo Ecuador, resulted in a general rising of Indians in that province that spread terror among the inhabitants for more than a week. according to adviceS received here from GuayaquiL The insurectfonists, it was said. had sworn to lfbearte their leader.
 A newspaper correspondent report ed that the villagers had organized defense committees in various parts of the province to protect the families of farmers, a number of whom had been kidnapped and that there had been sanguinary encounters between troops and the Indians.
 The advices said additional troops had been sent to the disturbed dis tricts and that it was believed order soon would be restored.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13
ILLINOIS MAY PASS
 MOTHERS PENSION BILL

Hinsdale. III. July 13.--A bill drafted and fathered by Judge Henry Neil. of this city, Father of the Mothers Tension system, has just been passed by the Lower House of the Illinois Legislature and is on final passage, without opposition in the Upper House.
 It provides pensions for mothers of dependent children, when the father is imprisoned over a year or more This law. authorizes the Juvenile month for the first child and S15 per month for each additional child under 14 years of age. A special tax of 410 of mill is to be levied on all property to provide a. Mothers Pension Fund, out of which the Prison Pensions are to be paid.
 This fund. in Cook County finc1ud- ing Chicago, Illinois,. would amount to. Sz z5oE00{lzasxueax~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13
BIGANn SPREE-

St. Louis, Mo, July 1s----Young r,arried men should take their wives with them when they gos away from home according to J. B. Adams. ar rested here for alleged abandonment of his wife and child at Syracuse IN N, He maried his second wife, Adams told Dolice. while on a spree" and didn't know it until he became sober.
 Bunk" deciaaes s,,-nhs Mrs. +xea Grtrgaae .tae knew what he was doing, all right
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13

Although ninety-six per cent. of the p oOO inhag,itants of the Aaland Islands speak Swedish, they have formed part aof-EfntaZact sforzTn nsn