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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-16

Mr.. James Weldon johnson, Sec
rotary, NJ A. A. @. p.
Mr.. ]. Finley Wilson. President
of the National Negro Press AS
ISOLATION;
DR.. w. H. Jernagin, DR.. ]. U.
King, Rev. Emory B. Smith, prom
inent ministers of the District OF
Columbia; and
DR.. Carter G.. Woodson, Editor OF
the Journal of Negro History.
DR.. Scott arranged for the pres
entation through M. Clemenceau's
secretary.
A Warm Expression Of Appreciation.
The presentation was made by
Captain Newman, a war veteran,
The sentiment expressed by the
Committee as represented on the en-
crossed parchment was as follows:
To Georges Clemenceau:
Patriot, statesman, indomitable
champion of right, Protector o.
France, Conservator OF world or
der; generous Appreciation of Am
erican, European, or African. whose
valor saved civilization. the veneer.
able pleader in behalf of the lend
of Lafayette and of Liberty"
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District of Columbia;
Captain A. G. Newman. who SER
we'd with the First Battalion of the
District of olum5ia National Guard
part of the 872nG Infantry Regi-
ment which served in France;
DR.. w. A. Warfield, Surgeon-in
Chief, Freedmen's Hospital;
Attorney James A. Cobb; DR.
e. d. w. Jones. President. Minis
terial Alliance of the District OF
Columbia;
Hon. A. H. Grimke and Mr.. Shell
by ]. Davldson, President and Sec
rotary respectively OF the District
of Columbia Branch Of the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People;
DR.. G. w. Childs, DR.. A. M. Cur
tbs. DR.. M. o. Dumas. prominent
physicians Of Washington:
Mr. William L. Houston, member
Of the Board OF Education OF the
District Of Columbia:
DR.. G. Sumner Wormley, Priest.
dent of the Mu-So-Lit Club;
Hon. Robert II. Terrell, Judge oil
the Municipal curt OF the District
Of Columbia;
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LABORERS ARE
LEAVING GEORGIA.


Atlanta, Dec. 1.-THE exodus Of
Negro laborers from the farming
sections of the state Is increasing
rather than diminishing, according
to information from the state labor
department, although every possible
effort is being made by that de-
partment to control the situation.
It is known that immigration
agents. operating in the interest OF
large industrial and manufacturing
CONCERNS OF the East have been in
several counties In Georgia and.
where the complaint has been made,
the reply has come that each OF
these agents has complied wits the
law. rho state labor department,
however, makes the statement that
there &c not one such who complied
with the law, or who is authorized
by law to take Negro labor. or any
labor, out of the state.
II is required that emigration
agents Fay license Of $1,000 in
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Baltimore, Md, Dec. Ire
covery of $4,000 trust fund, be-
queathed the American Coloniza-
ton Society in 1856 by the late
John o. Stevens Of Talbot county
for the transportation of Negro
slaves to Liberia, Africa. is sought
by Peter Stevents, administrator OF
the Mary Caroline Stevens estate,
who instituted proceedings against
the organization in Circuit Court,
No. 2.
Assertion was made by the pc
titioner, through his counsel, Bonsal
and Lee. that the Colonization So
ciety violated the terms of the trust
estate. which demanded that the
sum be utilized exclusively for the
erection and maintenance Of yes
sci for the removal Of "persecuted
Negroes to the land of their fore
bears"
Prior to the death Of John C,
Stevens, it was alleged in the pc
ton, representations were made by
the late John H. B. Latrobe. James
Hall and Elisha Whittlesey. officials
of the Society, that there was dire
need for ship to be used in trans
porting Negroes to country,
where they will be permitted to en-
Joy freedom entirely devoid Of
slavery
M Probated In 1856.
yfnder the terms of Mr.. stevens
will, probated in the Talbot County
Orphans Court May 0, 1856, 1t was
disclosed in the petition the decen-
dent made the Colonization Society
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SUIT ISFILED AGAINST THE AMERICAN
COLONIZATION SOCIETY TO COMPEL
RETURN $4,000 BEQUEATHED FOR
SLAVES in 1856.

beneficiary by $50 900. to be until
lied for the erection Of the ves-
sci MARY Caroline Stevens" The
fund the will pointed out, must be
used Off no other purpose than the
ships cost of preservation and en-
ployment"
Notation was contained in the
document that the vessel was sold
by the society in 1853 for $50, 900.
This, the complaint charged, put
an end to the activities Of the ship
in direct conflict with provisions OF
the trust created by the late Mr..
Stevens. 1t also was alleged that
the annual report Of the society for
that year showed that the sale was
absolutely unnecessary.
Second Vessel Built
II further was alleged that the
sum derived from the sale was in
cluded among the assets OF the So
ciety and utilized for payment OF
the organizations general obliga-
tons Three years later, in 1855,
1t was charged. another vessel, the
Galconda, was purchased and was
used In the traffic until 1879, when
1t founded off the Maine coast.
Abandoning its initial plans, the
society. It was alleged, dispatched
Negroes. given their freedom, as the
result of the Civil War, and who
were DESTROYS of leaving boats. Such
action, II was pointed out was CON-
tinued until 1909, when the So
ciety decided to devote its atten-
ton TO the education OF Negroes In
Liberia.
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WHITE CONVICT in PEN
POSES AS NEGRO.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14.-Seeking
to prevent friends from learning Of
his disgrace, prisoner at the
Maryland penitentiary, white and
of good family. but with a dark
complexion and black hair and
eyes, has been posing for two years
as Negro.
Not until he became. i'll and was
lying in the Negro ward of the pris-
on infirmary was Claude B. SWEEP
ey, warden. able to get the mans
confidence and induce him to tell
his story. The prisoner, relieved at
last of the secret that was tormen-
ting him, has settled down cheer
fully to face the remaining years
of his sentence.
Started Out Badly.
When first brought to the pen
itentiary from the criminal courts,
he started out to make a record
for meanness and obstinacy. Power
fully built, more than six feet tall,
with thick black hair and dark
complexion, he posed as a Negro.
He refused to work, bullied his
guards. fought with his comrades.
AS usual, harsh treatment fol
lowed. The big prisoner, sullen
and snarling, was punished over and
over again. 1t had no effect except
to make him uglier. The brute in
him seemed to have mastered the
man completely. 1t apparently was
case of atayism to the condition
Of the African savage.
Sweeney Sought Secret.
Then Mr.. Sweeney, knowing that
prisoners often have secrets prey
ing on their minds, corrosives that
scar and scar the spirit, decided
,, to try kindness. Gradually he in
simulated himself into the mans
confidence.
Finally. i'll and lying with Ne
groes in their ward of the infirma-
ry, the man revealed his real iden-
tity. His sdrliness and contumacy
were all part of his pose, he adj
mitted. Choosing to become a Negro
he tried to disguise his person ally
as we'll as drop his name. His fam,
lily is well known in Baltimore, and
,, they must not find out about him.
1t would be better simply to have
them think him lost.
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LIBERIAN LOAN IS BURIED.
in COMMITTEE.
(Preston News Servicel
washington. D. ;. Dec. /

Washington, d. :. Dec. IL
When the special session of Con-
gress convened several close OBJ
servers of public affairs expressed
serious doubt If any legislation
for the benefit of Negroes would
have a chance of even favorable
consideration, although some Inn
portant measures before congress
had the endorsement Of the admin
istration forces.
The administration sustained It's
first defeat in congress since
the recent election when the senate
last Wednesday recommitted the
$5,000,000 Libenan loan bill to the
senate finance committee by vote
of AZ to 33. The motion to recon-
NIT was made by Senator Simmons,
democrat from North Carolina. The
bill waa sent back without instruc-
lions.
A motion previously made by
Senator McNary, republican of Ore
gon, to recommit the bill with in
structions was beaten by narrow
margin Of 3S to "a votes. In the
/, vote on the Simmons motion a
number of republicans swung against
the bill with the democrats.
Thirteen republicans voted to re-
commit the bill: Cameron, Arizona I;
apper Kansas; Fernald, Maine; Her
aid, Oklahoma; Jones. Washington;
Laid. North Dakota; LaFollette,
Wisconsin; McNary. Oregon: Mich
olson, Colorado; Norris, Net raska /;
Poindexter. Washington; suther-
land, West Virginia and Watson,
Indiana. The democratic side voted
solidly for the Simmons motion.
1t is claimed that this action
virtually kills the Liberian loan
bill by burying It indefinitely in the
committee.
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sire to operate, in addition to which
each county in which he may de-
he must have a local license from
the municipality. If in city. That.
though, is not the controlling fea-
ture ef the state law. 1t is required
that. regardless Of payment Of all
license fees required. an emigra-
ton agent must. before he can OPP
crate at all in Georgia, obtain fror9
the state labor department per-
nit. which can be issued only after
such agent has filed detailed state
ment showing for whom he is oper-
ating. how many laborers It is i'm
tended are to be taken out of the
state. where they are to be sent and
what wages are to be paid and for
what length Of time. In addition
to this, l.fter the state permit has
been issued, every agent is required
to make daily report to the state
labor departments. giving the nar1e
of each laborer engaged, the address
the place to which he or she Is to
be sent, for how long to be en-
ploysd, and at chat minimum wage
No such report has ever been
filed nor has the stase issued one
permit, accordins to the department.
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DECLARES WIFE A NEGRO;
SEEKS DIVORCE.

New York. Dec. IL CRUSADER
Service) Alleging that his wife had
forgotten to supply him with her
family genealogical tree. and had
therefore kept from him her know
ledge that she .posseed Negro blood,
one John Stovall, white insurance
broker OF 1851 Andrews avenue,
has broken into the newspaper col
umns by seeking yesterday before
Supreme Court Justice Faber OF
Brooklyn to have his marriage an
nulled.
The Stovalls have been married
and living together for 4 year. They
were evidently fairly successful in
their negotiation Of the rocky road
Of matrimony until old ubiquitous
Mother in law sprang the coup in
the traditional fight between sons
wife and sons mother and handed
Cupid the count by her revelation
that Mrs. Stovall was Of Negro
blood. Mrs. Stoyall, who is only
20 years old, takes the position,
through her attorney, that mo-
body had ever questioned her as to
her race ties she had felt no obli-
cation to boast Of her possession Of
the blood Of the Pharaohs.
Justice Faber directed that the
case be tried next month. In the
meantime speculation Is rife as to
whether the courts could stand the
burden II eevery wife and eveery
hubby with the least drop OF Ne
gro blooG in their " IS were sued
FOR separation. It is said that
thousands of light Colored people
are at present passing" and that
somewhere between one and two
millions apparently white people
have Colored blood in their veins,
themselves apparently unaware Of
the fact.
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FIVE TRUE BILLS FOUND AGAINST BANKER JOHN MITCHELL, JR
SEEK TO RECOVER FUNDS GIVEN SLAVES SENT TO LIBERIA
NEGRO RIGHT TO VOTE TREASURES EGYPTIAN URGES TO REMOVE
URGES C. TO REMOVE TOMB AMAZE EXPLORERS CAUSES OF CRIME FOR NE
TMKHAM GROES

Cairo, Dec. IA British expe-
dition has unearthed below the tomb
of Rameses vi, near Luxor, two
rooms containing the funeral para
phernalia of King Tukankamen, who
reigned about 1910 B. c. at a time
when the now dominant and super
cilious white races were in state
of barbarism worse than anything
now extant. In those days the torch
of civilization, lighted by the Ne
gro race in upper Egypt, was still
being carried by Negro nations.
After forcing an opening with
considerable difficulty, the excava-
tors were amazed at the sight which
greeted them. First, they saw three
magnificent statues, all gilt. with
exquisite carving and the heads OF
Typhen. Hather and lion. On these
rested beds beautifully carved, gill
and inlaid with ivory and semi
precious stones and also innumer-
able boxes of exquisite workman
ship.
One of these boxes was inlaid
with ebony and ivory with gilt in
scriptions. Another contained en-
blems of the world of the dead. On
a third, which contained 100 yal
robes handsomely embroidered with
precious stones and golden sandals
were beautifully painted hunting
scenes. There was a stool of ebony
inlaid with ivory with most deli
cately carved ducks feet. Also a
child's stool of fine workmanship
Altogether aNcoileetion of art treas.
ures unsurpassed, and hardly equal.
ed by anything in existence today
in the western world.
Beneath one of the couches was
the State throne of King Tutanka.
men, probably one of the most beau
tiful objects of art ever discovered
There was also a heavily gilt chair
with portraits of the King and
NtuStH, lHG WHOlt 6HCrubI6u WlLD
turquoise, comedian papis and other
semi-precious stones.
Two life-sizes status of the King
with gold work, holding a golden
stick and race faced each other
They had handsome Negroid fea-
lures and feet and were delicately
carved, with eyes of glass and q
head dress richly studied with gems
There were also four chariots, the
sides of which were encrusted with
Isemi-precious stones and rich gold
decorations.
There were also splendid paintings
on the walls of the chamber, show,
ing the King in triumphant combaf
with his foes. The King and hil
forces were all painted as dark
brown. Many scenes depicted then
in pursuit of foes, the latter being
painted yellow and plainly denotint
Asiatices Several scenes showed
Asiatic prisoners Of war being guard
ed by the fierce tribesmen Of tn,
Sudan in whom Egypt unsuaulls
placed her trust in the brave OLE
days Of old.
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Greensboro, N. c., Dec, Il
Lynchings must cease. Upon the
white man rests the primary obli-
CATION in any movement to lessen
the great number of crimes COM
mitted by Negroes. The white
mans task is to remove the causes
of crimes by Negroes.
These opinions were voiced by
Prof. Walter Clinton Jackson, vice.
president of the North Carolina coll
lege, Friday at the county court
house in MAKING report for the
committee on provision for the
treatment of the Negro offender
before the meeting of the. citizens
committee of one hundred on prison
Legislation.
Prior to submitting its report the
committee of which Prof. Jackson
is chairman, visited jails and con-
Wet camps where Negro offenders
are confined in and near Green's
boro and Guilford county, and made
a thorough study of the problem
involved
The committee found that the
Negro commits the majority of
crimes in North Carolina. 1t was
discovered that the Negro consti-
tutes about 80 per cent of the pop
ulation and commits approximately
so per cent of the crimes. The
committee, however, found evil
dence that the difference in the
percentage of crimes of whites and
blacks is not so great as formerly.
1T is both a duty and an oppor-
tunity that the white man has to
deal justly and wisely with the Ne
gro, : says tha-a report. Declaring
that direct responsibility for RENEE
dying conditions with reference to
the Negro rests with the white man
the report continues.
with different historical back
ground and experience. with inner
ent differences of character, and
with retarded Intellectual social
and economic development, 1t is
but natural that his offenses against
the laws of the state should be
many The white man sets the
standards of intellectual and moral
values, determines the economic
life of the state, and makes and
administers completely and exclu-
sively all the laws of the state"
The committee reports the greatest
causes of Negro crimes are ignor-
ance, unfortunate economic and So
cial environment and relatively low
ethical and moral standards. "Our
great task" says the report, sis
to remove these causes of crime,
which may be done by the proper
education of the Negro giving him
rightful chance economically. and
by working especially for the train
| ing of leader among the Negroes"
The committee recommends that
scientific survey and study of the
Negro criminal be made In North
Carolina, by commission selected
by and under the direction of the
state board of public welfare. This
work 1t Is thought should cover the
extent of Negro crime, the charac-
tier of crimes committed, and their
causes and comparison Of the
crimes of whites and blacks and OF
the sentences imposed.
The committee report contains
these recommendations:
| 1--WE denounce the practice OF
iynching and appeal to all officers
of the law to prevent such crimes.
eve insist upon the full compli-
! CONTINUED o. Page Eight
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JOHNSON TELLS HOW G. 0
P. ABANDONED DYER-BILL.


New York, N. Y, Dec. 14.-
James Weldon johnson, Secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. on
his return to New York from Wash
ington, made the following state
ment on the abandonment of the
Dyer Bill by the Republican Party:
The fight for the enactment of the
Dyer Anti-lynching Bill was aban-
doned by the Republican majority
on Monday, December 4, in the
last hours of the extra session of
Congress. The Bill had been called
up for consideration on Tuesday,
November 2S. 1t Immediately be-
came the object of filibuster on
the part of Southern Democrats,
which was the most naked and
brutal exhibition of its kind ever
made in the Senate. A filibuster is
generally carried on under some
sort of disguise, but Senator Under
wood of Alabama, the Democratic
leader, stated plainly and bluntly
that the purpose of the filibuster
was to prevent any consideration
whatsoever of the Dyer Anti-Lyn-
ching Bill and that the Democratic
side would not allow any govern
ment business whatever to be car
ried on until the Republicans agreed
to abandon the Bill not only dur
ing the extra session but even dur
ing the short session.
The filibuster was carried on
from Tuesday through Saturday,
December 2, during which time the
Southern Democrats would not even
allow the adoption Of the record
of the Senateis proceedings. Finally,
on Saturday night a caucus of Re-
publican Senator's was held which
was largely attended and the cues
ton of the abandonment of the
Bill was discussed holly for more
than two hours. The attendance at
tie caucus dwendled until there
were some twenty two or twenty
three Senators left. A vote was
men taken and the majority agreed
to abandon the Bill. There were
nine Senators who voted to keep
up the fight until the 9Th of March,
II necessary. Among these was SEN
ator Shortridge who has charge of
the Bill and who led the fight on
the floor.
Before the Republican caucus, the
Secretary conferred with Senators
Lodge, Curtis and Watson, the three
men holding the fate Of the bill in
their hands, urging thDm not to
surrender an the terms laid down
by the Democratic filibusters. Those
terms were Eaat the Bill be not
only dropped in the Special SEES
sion but dropped as we'll for the
entire term Of the Sixty-seventh
Congress.
Immediately after publication in
newspapers Of the outcome of the
caucus, the Secretary telegraphed
to these three Senators inquiring If
he had not received their promise
that the Bill would not be abandon
ed on Senator Underwood's terms.
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,
who was elected by the Colored
voters of his state on the sole is
sue of the Dyer Anti-lynching bill,
denied by letter ever having made
such a promise to the Secretary. 1t
was Senator Lodge who announced
in the Senate, on the morning of
December 4, the Republican Party's
abject surrender.
The Colored people will not be
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FIVE CHILDREN in EIGHT
HOURS BORN TO VENEZUE-
Ian WOMAN.

Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 1.-THE
local Health Board announced what
is termed the strangest case known
to medical science. 1t is the birth
to a 62-year old woman of mixed
Negro and Spanish blood OF five
normal children within eight hours.
The mother is feet inches
tall and worked as laborer in a
mine until two hours before the
births.
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STEALS LODGES FUNDS; GETS
TWO YEARS IN PEN.
(Preston News serYieel

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. Ia. 2.
Love, who was arrested several
months ago on charge OF en-
bezzling the funds OF his lodge
while as collector for the organ
ization, pleaded guilty in Circuit
Court last Monday and was sentenced
sentenced to hard labor for two
years in the state penitentiary.
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address to the Congress you draw
its attention to its present uncon-
stitutional composition and its own
legal and constitutional obligations.
have the honor to be, my dear
Mr.. President.
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM.
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Washington, Dec. 14.-Represen-
tative George H. Tinkham of Mas
sachusetts in a letter to President
Harding. has suggested that the
failure to enforce the second sec
ton of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution was just as
fragrant as the current failure to
enforce the Eighteenth Amendment.
He suggested that the President
should not overlook the failure to
enforce the Fourteenth Amendment,
which guarantees the Negro the
right to vote. if he should conf
ment upon the failures to enforce
prohibition in his address to the
next session of Congress. Repre-
sentative Tinkham's letter to the
President follows: