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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Fine Editor
500 His
Lights Out

HOUSTON. Tex, July SC. F
Richardson, editor of the Houston In
former, was fined $10o and the cost
OF court, having been convicted of the
charge of operating his car without
a tail light" and using abusive Language
to an officer. This fine stands as the
heaviest to be inflicted in Texas for
such petty offense.
Prejudice Governs Court
Evidence was introduced to show
that Mr.. Richardson did not use of
fensive or abusive language to the
officer but to the contrary the officer
entered the garage, brandishing a re,
vover and ustering TRADES of profan-
ity against Mr. Richardson. 1t is felt
that the editor is being prosecuted be
cause of the uncompromising and
manly stand that he has taken upon
the issues which concern his race. He
paid the fine in chagrin and the dark
look on his face spoke OF the gsgc
Athat teIpsntsd in bis Aeasta
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
"InyestipateD Lynching

SHREVEPORT, La, July 10
Officers of Bossier Parish continued
their investigation today OF the lynch
ing yesterday of Joe Pemberton
negro, who was taken from the parish
jail at Benton by a mob of white men
after they had overpowered Deputy
Sheriff J. A. Wilson No clew to the
identity of any OF the men composing
the mob had been found today, officers
said.
Pemberton's body was found several
hours after he had been taken from
the Jail, swinging to a tree in a Black
Bayou swamp two miles from Benton
He had been placed in the Jail Tues
day night, following the shooting ol
two negro women.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
MAKE BLACK
MEN STERILE
SAYS KHAN

NEW YORK. n. Y. July 8.-Chas
F. Sweeney, writing in the current is.
sue OF the Nation. magazine
published in New York, asserts that
the Ku Klux Klan is endeavoring to
wipe out the black race and one oil
the possible methods suggested is to
make the men sterile and barren. thus
guarding against the increase OF the
black population. Sweeney also cx-
posed the plan to expel the black man
from politics and to reduce HIM to the
place Of human chattel' he quoted
from a recent speech rendered by I'm
pcrial Wizard Simmons, nominal head
OF the Klan, and reproduced part OF
his speech
What the Wizard Said
According to Mr.. Sweeney these are
some OF the words OF the Wizard
All these folks OF color can take
their placc-they had better take II
and STAY in it when they get IN II.
This Is A white mans civilization and
we arc the insttumcntalites Tor the
preservation thereof and the protee-
ton Of that which was created by years
of devotion. which has given to the
world the open Bible. the little red
sehoohouse, II YOU please, the great
public school system, all those things
which have come to us through years
of degout thought and hard work as
a sacred heritage
Men tell me that the Negroes in
this state and ! am not now going out
OF the State OF Georgia. are paying
their poll taxes Tor As far back as four
teen years and qualifying to vote.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
HUSBAND TRAILS
WIFE TO ROOM
KILLS HER LOVER
Bar Black Vets

SAN FRANCISCO, July ls-The
three delegates OF the Fairview Chap
ter Of the Disabled American Veterans
of the World War sent as representa-
tives to the national convention at
San Francisco were refused seats by
the national officers. Judge Robert s.
Marx made the announcement in the
form OF a statement that the Texas
State Convention had revoked the
charter originally granted to the Fair
view Chapter which consisted OF Nc
gro members. 1T is not a question
for the national officers to determine,
the statement continued. 1t is state
matter and has been ruled on by the
Texas department"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Neighbors Jealous

1t seems that because OF the fact
that Mrs. Buchanan maintains chauf-
feur, maid while some of the neigh
bors are forced to do their work has
aroused their ire and jealousy and with
green eyes they have peered into the
Buchanan home. Some of the neigh
bors have attempted to poison the
Buchanan dog and others have thrown
ground glass in the automobile drive
way, But DR.. Buchanan has remained
firm in his stand and has called upon
the police authorities for protection.
Mrs. Buchanan is beautiful woman,
so years OF age, and graduate OF the
Nashville College OF Pharmacy. She
met her husband two years ago when
she came here to take position as a
pharmacist He Is SO years old, a
graduate of Edinburgh College OF
Medicine and has a practice of Is
years standing in this city.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Girl Flyer Given
German License

NEW YORK, July l5.-Bessie Cole
man, of Chicago, and the only avatrix
of her race in the world, has received
first pilots license to fly a machine
anywhere in Germany. Miss Coleman
also holds a brevet license in France
and has made several fights in Lon
don and Holland. 1t is reported that
she will arrive in Chicago soon and
open pilots school. She refused ar
offer to teach in Moscow,
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
SLAVES FOUND
IN T'URPENTINE
WOODS OF FLA.
Emperor Jones III

NEW YORK, July 13.-Chas s. Gil
pin, known upon the stage as En-
peror Jones has been confined with
an attack OF pleurisy for two weeks
but Is, according to the latest reports,
now convalesceut lie plans 10 begin
rehearsals in September. His show
wall probably open IN New York, go
ing into Canada and lar western points
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
DETROIT MAN
REFUSES To
GIVE Up WIFE

DETROIT, Mich. July 1o.-Dr
Walter A. Buchanan regards his mar
rage vows as sacred, and even to
please the white people of Detroit will
he allow men to put asunder those
whom God has joined together A
few weeks ago the Buchanans moved
into 5091 Martindale Ave, considered
one of the elite and fashionable dis
tricts. He has constantly since been
pestercd, threatened apd coerced to
either move from that community or
give up the woman in whose veins
flows the blood of Nuban ancestors.
Dr. Buchanan. white man, refused to
either relinqush his wife or his home
and even though his home was set
on fire last week he has remained.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Street Car Riot
Narrowiy AUerted

Division and Wells Streets The
termination OF the State Street car line
wa, the scene OF near riot at s
O'Clock Monday evening July 10,
when Louis Robinson, 213l South
Dearborn Street, engaged IN an argu-
ment with the conductor on state
Street car. the argument soon became
a heated battle and loud words were
turned into blows several black mel
took sides with Robinson, but were
soon out numbered by the whites and
found themselves completely sur
rounded BY a hostile crowd OF white
rafaaus with hands reaching from all
side, ior Robinson and numerous cries
of hang HIM lynch him were heard
f9r blocks away.
Thrown Into Car
Then the cry OF push that door open
there. was heard and { + Cones, the
conductor, pushed the door Of the car
omen and Robinson was yanked into
the car BY Frank Roche. 1887 Justine
Street. motorman then both the con
durtor and motorman sprang IN and
W HE Int 0ONHbtibI DdIItA iilt ubDl ~
keen out the mob Roche, motorman
,ped the car away with only one pas
serger, which was Robinson
Battles on Car
After the car had gone a mile or
more and safely away from the mob
the car wa stopped and both the con
ductor and motorman finished the bat.
tie mp with Robinson, broken windows
and seats told in silence a heat battle
had taken place.
In the meantime police patrols and
Aivver sqQ1rds had responded 10 riot
calls from several stations and sped tc
the scene where the battle started
Alter arriving there took up the trail
and soon overlook the car, finding
Robinson very badly beaten up with
ruts and bruises on his body. He was
taken 10 the East Chicago Avenue Po-
lice Station, where his wounds were
dressed. He probably would have been
killed. had he been left in the hands OF
the mob.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Kills Husband with AK

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July l2.-Mrs.
Anna Guidon took an AK and welded it
with deadly effect upon her husband
on yesterday morning Her defense is
that she feared that her spouse planned
TO take her own life. She killed
Guidon as he slept. She has been
remanded to jail, pending investigation.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Giles Avenue the
Scene of Tragedy
Early Tuesday Morn

With a steady hand, steel knife
and a cold heart Berry Ellington sew
cred the head OF Anzie Freeman from
his body and ripped open the side OF
his wife, Bobbie, early Tuesday morn
ing in little room that his wife had
taken at 3702 Giles Avenue. The last
chapter OF the tale of unhappy mar
riage, separation and the eternal tri-
angle thus ended in terrible tragedy.
Ellington Escapes
Up to the present time Ellington
has not been apprehended but the po-
lice are securing the city for him and
an carly capture is expected Elling-
ton has lived up until the last three
months with his wife at 3l35 Giles
Avenue, but because OF incompatibility,
continual scenes and alterations the
couple separated, Ellington promising
his wife that he was going to sell his
furniture and give her half of the pro-
ceeds. Bobbie, the wife, visited her
husband frequently hoping to have
the proceeds from the furniture. FL
lington, according to his wife's state
ments, became surly and had begged
her to return to him, but she refused,
claimed that il was no use.
Trails Wife
On Monday evening, Mrs. Ellington
called at the residence OF her husband
and asked for her part OF the furniture
money. Ellington told her to come
back and forget about their quarrels,
but she refused, and as she left the
house Ellington quietly put on his coat
and taking his knife decided to end It
all. Following Mrs. Ellington in the
shadows, he learned that she had
taken up her abode on Giles Avenue.
All during the night the husband sat
and watched the room that his wife
had entered several times he rang the
bell and sought entrance, but was re-
fused being told that "Bobbie" had re-
tired but through some method yet
not discovered Ellington secured en-
trance to house and creeping up the
stairs and gazed in on the sleeping
forms of Freeman and his wife. Mrs,
Ellington claims that she awole with
a start and was terrified to witness her
husband plunging his knife into the
PROSTATE body of Freeman. but she
was unable to escape a terrible lunge
aimed her heart which ripped open her
side Freeman's head was completely
severed from his body. Ellington es-
eaped before the police arrived upon
the scene Mrs. Ellington was carried
to the Proyident Hospital and it stated
that she has excellent chance for re
covery.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Dies from Beating With
Baseball Bat

SELMA, Ala, July l2.-Gcorge
Miley, 28, of Farmersville, Lowndes
county, died in a Selma hospital today
from effects of injuries said to have
been inflicted by an unidentified black
youth who used baseball bat Posses
are securing the Farmersville section
for the assailant
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
Hubby Sleeps Too Late

After an attempt to prove to her
husband that he had no right to sleep
anv longer than she, Mrs. Thomas
Watts, 1867 Rhodes Avenue, was
stabbed by him. He was fined $500
and cost Monday morning, July 10, by
Judge William NJ. Gemmil
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-07-15
TRAPS Wife BE||EADS LOVER
Black Men
Foil Strikers In
NeU Orleans

NEW ORLEANS. July 9.-Three
black men employed in the Illinois
Central shops at Harrahan were fired
upon last evening as they were on
their way home from work. A crowd
OF twenty whites fired upon the men
because OF the fact they were not
in sympathy with the strike. 1t is
said that the black men had attempted
to gain membership IN the union but
were refused because OF their color and
when the strike was called by the
heads of the Union they refused to
quit work. When fired upon the black
men fcll upon the ground as if shot
and pulling out their revolvers fired
point blank into the crowd, inJurinR
several seriously. Policemen hurried
to the scene and disarmed the black
men after they were assured that they
would receive adequate protection.
Policemen state that over twenty-five
shots were fired.
Federal Court Takes Hand
Judge Foster, in United States Dis
trict Court, today granted an iniuno-
ton TO the Trans Mississippi Terminal
Railroad Company enIoining striking
railway employees and other persons
from interfering with the operation of
that road 1t specifically prohibits the
intimidation of present and new en-
ployes OF the company.
The road is owned jointly by the
Texas and Pacific and the Missouri
Pacific railroads.
While the Trans Mississippi Termi-
nal is the first of the railroads here to
file application for federal aid in pre-
venting interference with their opera
ton. announcement was made today
that all other railway lines in New
Orleans are preparing to take similar
action
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
Hood Rubber -.

In picking industrial bonds investors
naturally show preference for obliga-
tions Of corporations which have wealth
cred the worst Of the period Of oepres-
sino liquidation and merchandise defla-
tion and are again on the upward grade.
This can be said OF -the Hood RubbeF
Company. whose fifteen year per cent.
sinking fund gold notes. due in 1885.
car be purchased to yield more than
.7.25 per cent. The company owns and
operates the worlds largest single plant
for manufacturing rubber footwear. II
produces also automobile tires and
various other rubber goods. The notes
constitute it's sole funded debt. The in-
deEture provides that no mortgage shall
be placed Oh any substantial part Of its
property unless the notes be retired BY
the proceeds thereof, or equally secured
under each mortgage. According to a
statement made by +. e. Hood. treas
urer of the company. II will show an
Increase in tire business amounting
10 considerably more than 81. 600. 600 for
1922 He estimates that it's total sales
Of the first three months Of this year
will exceed those of the corresponding
period Of 1920 by more than 81, 100000.
The company Is receiving plenty Of good
orders and. according 10 Mr.. Hood. there
is distinctly different feeling in the
entire rubber goods trade than existed
even six weeks ago. At the end Of 1927
his company's net quick assets were
900.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
NEW RAIL FINANCING
TOTALS SSS,OOO,OOO
Brokers Here Get S18.O00.000
Missouri Pacific BOnds-Erie
Plans Refunding.

A block OF sfs.0O0.000 first and re-
funding mortgage per cent, bonds OF
the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
has been purchased by Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. and will be offered for public sub
scription at 9S%. to Yield about 6.iO
per cent. according to announcement
yesterday.
Another new operation announced
was a sl5,000,0 ,0O0 refunding process by
the Erie Railroad Company. OF which
s5 000, 900 is represented in per cent
consolidated mortgage bonds sold to a
banking group and $4,000, 900 refunded
through a per cent. note given 10 the
War Finance Corporation.
The Missouri Pacific issue will pro-
vide for the retirement of $13.64l 600
OF bonds which will ma ture on January
/ and for other capital expenditures.
The bonds are secured by direct lien
on all the companys railroad properties
and on all equipment owned, subject to
prior liens. These bonds are a part os
series u, maturing on February /. 1949,
with interest payable semi-annually.
The entire series is redeemable at the
option OF the company as whole at
1879 on ninety days notice.
The Erie intends 10 meet $4,000. 900
maturity OH April l. The $4,000. 900
issue will pay off s2,2s7.o00 Of maturing
notes held by the public and S2253. .000
owred by the War Finance Corporation.
The remaining si0,000.000, all held b.
the War Finance Corporation. will be
refunded through the per cent. note.
Arrangements have also been made for
the extension of s1.100,0 900 OF leased line
bonds due May /.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
Il iugdom Of BcIGium Gs.

The possibility Of profit through a
foreign exchange operation ia councc-
tion with the Kingdom OF Belgium's en-
tcrnal gold loan IS. due on January !.
1925. IS pointed out by an investment
housc. ii Is payable BY TIE Belgian
Government at maturity ~ par In
United states gold coin in the city of
New York. \ noteholder however. has
the option At any time until tho matur-
iiy Of the notes to surrender his notes
and request their fiscal agents - sell
III 600 Belgian francs a $1,000 note at
sach rate in the market ~ may he
thtainable. but not less favorable than
IL francs q dollar (9.O9 cents 2 france.
on such sale = rotoholdcr viii receive
par and accrued interest for his notes
ana half Of the profit on exchange, The
other half or the profit bei = rctaircd
for tho Belgian Governments account.
That option operates as call on Bel
rian exchange during the life or the
notes The following schedu'o indicates
the gross principal amount which the
notcholdcr would realize oa such
ST .0O0 note On exercising his option at
yarying rates Of exchange. ~ the event
Of the return OF Belgian exchange to
rar there Is possibility of profit of
lnorc than fifty points on ihe present
n-ar,et price Of Belgian S.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
INVESTMENT NOTES.
city OF bordeaux o..

Tie oneriSg of a new issue Of the
city Of scissors fifteen year per cent.
bonds on a 7.65 per cent basis, directs
attention 70 bonds OF other French
cities outstanding and listed Oh the New
York Stock Exchange, which can be
purchased a prices 10 give a higher
yield. The Bordeaux external SIS. due
in 1884. Yield about 7.SO per cent. az
their present prices. They are also
fifteen Year bonds were issued in 1919,
and are direct obligations Of the city.
which IS the principal French port and
has one Or the three finest harbors in
France. The principal and the interest
Of the bonds are payable IN United
States gold coin III New York without
deduction for any French Government
municipal Oh other taxes. The French
Government has agreed to undertake
to supply gold in New York, If neces-
sary. to enable the city promptly to pay
the principal and interest on the bonds.
Shfpbullding Is the chief industry Of
Bordeaux. but the city boasts Of many
manufacturing enterprises. Wine Is q
large part of the city's trade.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
Municipal issues.

=. w. McNcar & Co. ara Offering
000o Of Oklahoma City. Okla. Board
or Education per cent. school bonds,
due serally on April I. 1880 to April / ,
19if inclusive. al prices to yield iS0 10
4.70 per cent. They are direct oblisa-
t!ons OF the district. including Okla
homa city, and arc free from Federal
taxes
Blyth. witter & Co. have purchased
and announce as sold block of $3.50
900 of city Of Astoria. Ore. per cent
bonds. due In 1912. and offered at a
price 10 yield $40 per cent
Harris. Forbes & 60. arc offering an
issue Of sI7S.ooo o. city Of Nashville
municipal and 9 Der cent. bonds. The
pcr ceut bonds arc due on March |.
1923 TO April l. iai2. inclusive, and arc
offered at prices 10 WELD i.60 to 40 per
CENT. according 70 their nnatrrities. The
s per cent. bonds gro due on April |.
1923. 10 April ], 1912, inclusive. and are
offered al, prices to Yield f.60 to 4S0
per cent, according to their fiiaturitics
Ther are tax exempt in Tennessee and
exempt from Federal income taxes.
l.stabrook Z Co arc offering ucw
issue or 100000 or city Of Lansing
Mich, AZ and ) por cent bonds. Tho
per cent bonds mature in 1923 10 1899.
inclusive. and afro offered at prices 10
WELD iC0 20 40 per cent The a. per
cent. bonds mature IN 1880 to 1896. inclus-
i've and are offered at prices to yield ti0
per cent. They ate leaal investments
for savings banks In New York. Msssa-
chusetts, Connecticut and other States.
fhe llanchcit Bond Company i offer
irp $4,000 ~ Eiaueu county y. -.
school district per cent. bonds dated
January 1 1892. ard due tn ial2 at
prices "a S.eid > = per cent
The New York herald., 1922-03-22

A first mortgage bond OUTSTANDING At
A low rate a mile on q road Of high
valuation. good earning power and
heavy freight density Is the Western
Pacific Railroads first mortgage series
A gold ~. dated June 26. 1916 and due
on March /. 1916 The issue Il among
the few good railroad bonds still selling
Oh about 6 per cent. basis. The West
crn Pacific Is comparatively new road.
but has demonstrated its ability 10 OBJ
tain traffic il steadily increasing vol
umc and compares favorably with other
roads operating in approximately The
same territory Practically al the
Western pacific's mileage = main line
and consists Of slightly more than LOCO
miles OF road from salt Lake Gifts across
Northern Nevada and down through
California 10 san Francisco. The con-
airuction Of the road Is modern md its
entire main line Is laid with cighty-five
pound steel rails. Tho bonds constitute
its sole funded debt and cover the road
as an absolute first mortgage. No
equipment trusts are outstanding
against tho road. As OF December SL
fgIS. the value OF equipment owned hy
4. was about 100000 Its annual aver
age earnings FOR interest In four years
1917 10 1920. inclusive. was s3,24S. $50, Al
contrast TO its present total interest
charges of ST .3So.f75 j YEAR The COM
oanv's final figures for 1921 are not
available. but y estimates its net avail
ablc for interest al about $1,000. GOO.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
uttIe nocl 4 not springs western

Nr inactive railroad bond considered
ont Of line IS the Missouri Pacific Sys-
tenn Little Rock and Hot Springs West
ern Railroads first mortgage Z per cent
gold bonds. dated July +, 1882, nud due in
io29. They are selling On approximately
\ nor cent basis. Tho road was ab-
sorbed bv the ST. Louis. Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway, ~hich was sue
ceeded IN 1917 By tho Missouri Pacific
Railrond The company owned 6at
miles Of railroad from Little Rock
through Benton to Tot Springs, Ark.
Or that mileage, 2l.i9 miles, extending
from Hot springs to Benton. remain an
integral pott of The Missouri Pacific
linor and esSi miles FROM Benton 10
rrtlo Rock. were sold subject % the
Hen of these bonds to tic Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific Systori Tie Little
Rock aud Hot Springs Western bonds
are secured bg first underlying lien
on the entire fe9l miles, formerly owned
~ the company ard nov forming in-
terral parts OF two of tho greatest ot
American railroad systems. Thcv have
hcnn Assumed ~ the Missouri Pacific
aud provision has hccn uade Tor their
payment ol rtftrdun nf tlcli maturity.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
Price. Soar n. Demand nroadens.

\ broader demand developed yester-
DAY for bonds of all descriptions and
prices scared TO new high levels under
the influence OF brisk trading. Smart
gains weIe recorded in United States
war bonds. several OF those issues en-
terinS new high territory and strength
was shown in the foreign government
group. Coincident with the oversub-
scription Of the new Issue of the city
Of Soissons's per cent. bonds. foreign
municipal issues We're unusually active
and strong. In the railroad group par
ticuar strength was shown by the
Erie issue. New York Central de-
benture 6s and st. Louis and San Fran
cisco series A As. Western Pacific Ter
minal 6s were strong. United States
Rubber 5s were prominent in the indus
trial list. Public utility bonds were
strong, particularly Detroit Edison Gs
and New York Edison first Gas Hud-
son and Manhattan IS featured the local
traction group.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
EXPORTS rHoM NEW NoRN.

Exports fyon Sew NnrR yesterday VI anr
b.fhes 322.5Ss corn. busHcls tgn l2l sRt~,
bushels. .33t barley hustn7 i&t, f3
hucltwheat. bushels SOGil iiout. sUcN@,
- $50. hpcnus ihf ola GOO hanlN ms.
MO-. lard, lbs 3aa $50 fallow, ibp
~ pno rrcaec. ibr GiaOnn iahrira Ting Oh,
..siDons. 70 eno o.imrai sark. aFneo hops.
The New York herald., 1922-03-22
cunAS nav sta.n n.rE si.oo

WsstIlNG1cN, March 2i.-.SUgar rates
In the Fordney Tariff bill on the basis or
si.6o 0 hundred pounds, for Cuban raw
were approved to-day nv tho Republi-
can membars ~ the senate Finance
Committee, TO (.