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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
Man Lynched By Columbia, Mo. Mob
Believed To Have Been Innocent
Hung April 29 Before University of Missouri Students
Was Wrong Man, Knew Nothing of Crime, Author
= tiles Find; Hold Another Prisoner.

stances, Scott and Watson were
placed in the same cell in the Colum-
bia prison.
On the night of April 20, when the
mob was attempting to break into
the prison to get Scott, he called to
the members of the mob that he was
innocent of the crime and that Wat
son, his cellmate, had confessed to
him that he was the guilty one.
No credence was given to the plea
at that time by the mob, or again
when he repeated it before he was
thrown off the bridge later in the
night.
Scott was married and had fam
lily. Watson is unmarried. Another
circumstance which was not weighed
in Scott's favor by the residents of
Columbia who participated in the
mob was the fact, brought out in the
preliminary hearing, that he was
seen in the Medical building at 3
o'clock on the afternoon of the crime
wearing white clothes.
The trial of the men indicted for
the lynching of Scott will be called
in Columbia Monday morning.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
WESTERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION WILL
BRING NOTABLES
Address on Migration of Col
ored People to North a
Feature
EXPECT 100 DELEGATES
Delegates from Eleven States
to Attend Goth Annual
Session Here

Arrangements are practically COM
plete for entertaining the Goth an
nual convention of the Western Bap-
tist convention, by Pilgrim Baptist
church of this city July 1922, Rev.
L. w. Harris, chairman of the ar
rangements committee said last
night.
More than 100 delegates, many of
them notable Baptist leaders, are ex-
pected to be in attendance at the ses-
sions.
Work for Missions.
The activities of the Western Bap-
tist convention center mainly about
mission and education. The specific
missionary work is the aiding of mis-
sionary pastors. Efforts in the edu-
cational line tend mostly to the aid
and enlargement of Western Baptist
College, now located at Kansas City,
Mo-
Many Notables Here.
Among the Baptist leaders who
will be in attendance are DR.. L. K.
Williams, president of the National
Baptist convention; DR.. F. E. j. Wat
son, DR.. w. L. Petty and DR.. H. w.
Hawkins of Chicago; DR.. H. 1.
Thomas of Evanston; DR.. S. w. Ba-
cot, DR.. D. A. Holmes, DR.. G. R. Nc
Dowell, DR.. ]. M. Booker, DR.. Will
liam Daniels, DR.. Nose Williams, Dr.
w. H. Bowren of Kansas City; Rev
w. H. Young, Rev. Williams, Mr.. H
1. Monroe president of the Kansas
state Bantist Sunday School conven-
tion of Topeka.
Addresses to Be Features.
The address of Rev. J. A. Hayes
of Wichita, on the migration and
the symposium which is to follow it
on Thursday undoubtedly will be well
attended. The women's convention
will be held July II and 18 under the
following officers: Mrs. Ida Bates
president; Mrs. Amy Coins, CORE
spending secretary, and Mrs. Bates
of Iowa, treasurer.
Rev. Harris expects to fill as many
Twin City pulpits on July % as wish
visiting pastors to preach.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
KHAN CAN'T ESCAPE N. Y.
LAW, SAYS SPONSOR

Albany, N. Y, July 12.-Shatter-
ing the Ku Klux Klan's contention
that it has escaped criminal prosecu-
ton under the Walker law by having
incorporated for benevolent pur-
poses" William F. Mccormack, ex-
pert bill draughtsman, who drew the
Walker law, yesterday gave out a
statement that the Klan can be pros
ecuted whether it is incorporated or
not.
"The section of the benevolent or
ders law" said Mr.. Mccormack, Gun
der which the Klan incorporated ap-
piled only to subordinate lodges of
those actually named in the law,
wherein the Klan's name does not ap-
pear" *
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
CARVEY BLAMES, FATE
ON MULAT10ES
Politicians and Light-COlOred
Folk Jealous of Black
Leader

New York, July 7.-Marcus Gar
vey, from his cell in the Tombs, has
issued statement in which he at
tempts to blame most of his troubles
on the Eight colored people who
think the colored man can always
develop in this country and who re-
sent the fact that "a black Negro is
a leader"
In fact, the U. N. I. A. president
general is quoted as attributing his
present condition to the machina-
tions of enemies of his own race.
He said he would never give up striv-
ing for black Utopia in Africa, and
that although the Black Star Line
was defunct, new company would
be organized to take American COL
ored people to Africa.
"In the event your appeal fails,
asked the reporter, "will you continue
the work of the Universal Negro I'M
provement Association
eyes, indeed" replied Garvey. "a
colored nation in Africa is absolutely
necessary. In another century the
white race will have crowded out the
colored man. He must have a coun.
try of his own. :,
"Most of my troubles are the result
of the efforts of my opponents of the
colored race. These are the light col.
ored people who think the coloreo
man can always develop in this coun.
try. They also resent the fact that I
a black man, am leader.
"Then there are the colored politi'
clans who also resent my leadership
The Universal Negro Improvement
Association has 700 branche:
throughout the world 500 Of which
with a membership of 2,500,000, arr
in this country. 1t is as leader Of
these that my power is feared"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
UNION BIDS FOR
GARMENT WORKERS

Baltimore, July 12.-The Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers of America,
a militant labor organization that
has always acted fairly toward col
ored workers in the clothing indus
tries and tried to organize them for
their own protection, is making stren-
uous efforts to organize the colored
employees of the III. K. and w. Com
pany, cloak making plant at Lex
ington and Frement streets, this city,
where more than 100 colored men
and women are employed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
Argentina Hears of
Ring Fight by Radio

New York.-For the first time in his
tory Argentina was Joined with New
York by radio when the high.power
station radio central at Rocky Point,
Long Island, transmitted a complete
description of prize fight, round by
round, direct from the ringside at
Madison Square garden.
Returns were received an instant
later in the homes Of South Americans
within hearing distance Of the local
broadcast station there.
No previous attempt had been made
to Intentionally furnish South Ameri-
ca with a radio service, especially Of a
character which involves definite
schedule, as in the case Of the recent
demonstration. Minutes were as pre-
cious as hours to the anxious listeners
located over 5000 miles from the
scene; yet only fraction Of minute
was required to have the reports Of
each round in the hands Of fight fans
In Argentina.
The station of the Radio Corpora.
ton Of America, on Long Island, which
ordinarily communicates with points
in Europe, was connected by land
wires to an instrument at the ring
side where an announcer was sta
toned. Immediately upon getting the
returns they were telephoned to the
Broad street operator, who tran
scribed them into dots and dashes,
then flashed them to Argentina.
Reports from Argentina states that
the demonstration was highly sue
cessful.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
(Argus Service.)

Columbia, Nd, July 12-It is now
believed, practically certain that
James T. Scott, the colored man
lynched here on April 20, was inno-
cent of the alleged crime of attempt
to rape.
The rumor that authorities had
reached that conclusion spread like
wildfre when Regina Almstedt, the
girl who previously identified Scott,
was taken to Mexico today to look
at Ollie Watson, another colored man
there. He is being held on charge
of an assault on a colored girl here
and has taken a change of venue to
Mexico.
The authorities are very quiet on
the outcome of the trip to see Wat
son.
Shortly after Scott's arrest Watson
was also taken into custody by the
police on the complaint of a colored
girl that he had brutally assaulted
her. The incident she alleged ante
dated the attempted assault upon the
Almstedt girl.
Through a queer twist of circum-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
COLOR LINE REBUKED
BY PARIS PAPER
(Crusader SerVice.l

Paris, July 12.-An incident in
which four white American tourists
refused to make a char-a-banc excur-
sion through Paris because the We
hicle contained IL colored soldiers is
taken up this morning in "a two
column leading article in the Petit
Bleu. The French newspaper de-
mands that tourist agencies insist
that their patrons respect ,the GUS
toms of the country in which they
are vacationing and tells the Ameri-
can barbarians that France is not the
United States where human beings
are jim-crowed, insulted and degrad-
ed because Of their color.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
Sterling Club Names
Graduates Who Were
Omitted On Program,

Through an oversight ON the
part of the program committee
for the Sterling club testi-
mOnial to the graduates, the
names of Miss Muriel Alexan-
der, Miss Beulah Stephens and
Mr.. George Lark were omitted
from the program. Miss
Alexander, who is the daughter
Of the president of the Ster-
ling club, is the first colOred
graduate of the Minneapolis
School of Art, where she spe-
cialized in interior decorating
and won a prize for the ex-
cellence of her work. Miss
Stephens is a graduate of the
University Farm school in the
March, 1928, class. MIR. Lark
is receiving an additional de-
gree from the college of phar-
macy at the University of Min
nesota, bachelor of science in
pharmacy. He has accepted a
position as instructor in phar-
macy at Meharry Medical COL
lege at Nashville for 1924.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
CHINESE JUST LEARNING
Value OF DRINKING MILK
Empress, Century Ago, Forbade
"Robbing Calves of Food"

Washington.-A hundred years or
more ago the empress Of China. by i'm
perial edict, declared it selfish tor hu-
man beings to drink cows milk. The
august old lady thought it deprived
calves of their natural food. Thus
without knowing it, perhaps, she Gre
ated a dietary regime for Chinese
children from which they are only now
about to be released.
About a decade ago the Chinese be-
gan to take notice of the use Of milk
by missionaries and, in the vicinity Of
the mission stations, began using their
own COWS and water buffalo as food
sources. Once started on milk diet,
the trend has been growing by leaps
and bounds. Importations Of condensed
milk, milk powders and the sale Of Ice
cream in the foreign colonies Of the
large cities have turned the attention
of the Chinese to milk drinking habits
and they have now begun to study the
benefits that might come to their chill
dren If the old empress had not issued
the edict.
America with its billions of dollars
invested in dairy cattle and products
and machinery factories is looking to
China as a big outlet, and it's hopes are
about to be realized, according to the
Worlds Dairy Congress association. A
type Of letter being received from the
Far East by the association has just
arrived from Ellwood Varney, an
American, milk expert of the Liberty
dairy at Shanghai.
There is no better opportunity In
the world, than right here in China,
writes Mr.. Varney in plea for aid In
getting American dairy school men to
the Orient. 1.-THE kind Of men wanted
are the sort who are as much interest
ed in the future of dairying as they
are in fattening their own pocketbooks
We do not want the self-seeker. W.
want the doer and the giver and hi
will find himself richly rewarded"
Mr.. Varney's chief, Mr.. Yee, owner
OF the Liberty dairy at Shanghai,
Cornell university graduate, is going t.
attend the World Dairy congress II
Washington in October. He is goin,
to take back to China with him larg'
number Of purebred dairy cattle to es
tablish breeding stations similar to tn
horse-breeding stations established II
the United States by the government.
.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
NELSON RICKS DIES
AT IOWA CITY HOME

Nelson Kicks, who died at his home
in Iowa City, Iowa, July 8, was we'll
known in the Twin Cities. Mr.. Kicks
attended the University Farm school
and later graduated from the college
of agriculture at the University of
Minnesota. While there he was one
of the charter members of the Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity. After leav-
ing the university Mr.. Kicks taught
agriculture at Tuskegee Institute.
During the war he was in the gov
.ernment service as a grain inspector.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
N. A. A. G.. p. CHECKS
DENVER KHAN MEETING

New York, July ia public
meeting Of the Ku Klux Klan, sched-
uled to be held in the city auditorium
of Denver, Colo, on the night of
June 27, was prevented by the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. Mayor Sta
pleton of Denver granted permit
for the meeting, but the commission
er of public safety, after he had been
called on by a delegation from the
N. A. A. C. p, ordered the meeting
called off. The NJ A. A. C.. P. dele
cation was. composed of Geo. w.
Gross, president of the Denver
branch; George Ross, editor of the
Denver Star; Henry Smith, Emmett
Williams and A. H. w. Ross.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
TEXAS LYNCHES MAN
ACCUSED BY GIRL
(Crusader Seryice.l

Schulenberg, Tex, July 1.-Two
hundred "best people" of Fayette,
Colorado and La Vaca counties late
yesterday took Jesse. Bullock, 23-
year-old colored boy, from the city
iail and hanged him from a tree on
Main. street, after 14-year-old
white girl had identified him as her
assailant. The city marshal made
no attempt to perform his duty by
defending the prisoner in his charge.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
LIGHT TURNED ON
ALABAMA PRISONS
BY INVESTIGATORS
Hospitals Filled With Manned
Victims of "Dog House"
Punishment
FIND PEONAGE PRACT|SED
Revolving Barbarity Stirs Pro-
test from Whole Nation
on Conditions
FIND PEoNAGE PRACT|SED
(Crusader Service.)

Birmingham, Ala, July, 12.-Out
of every 80 convicts sent to work ir
the privately owned coal mines OF
Alabama one man loses his life each
year.
To one out of every 80 men sen.
fenced to prison terms in this state
the words spoken by the judge are
equivalent to:
81 sentence you to death in the
Mines"
The peonage still exists in Alaba-
ma and convicts are farmed out by
the thousands to grasping, blood
sucking capitalists.
Alabama is one of the few remain
ing states in the Union which leases
it's prisoners out to private compa-
nies. The state has about 5000 pris-
oners, of whom about 400 are leased
out to coal companies and about 200
to lumber companies, while the rest
are kept in the prisons at Speigner,
Kilby and Wetumka. Needless to
say, most of the prisoners leased out
are colored convicts, many of whom
have been picked up on the most
trivial charges and given harsh SEN
tences in Alabama's courts of Gus
tice."
Goaded to Limit.
"Though the convict is nominal1y
under the supervisory of a warden
employed by the state" says an op-
ponent of the system. "as soon as he
begins his work each day he is turned
over to guards employed by the mine
and from them goes to the check
runner convict trusty, who is held
responsible for the work DONE"
1t has also been brought out that
while the lash has been abolished by
executive order in 1919, wooden clubs
metal pipes and other weapons have
been substituted. The worst punish.
merft of all, however, is the "dog
house," a coffin-like box or enclosure
so small that man cannot move in.
side it, in which convicts are fastened
by their hands, their feet scarcely
touching the floor.
One prisoner, Investigators were
told, was suspended in the "doe
house" for having defied guard anc
kept there so many hours that his
flesh puffed through the laces anc
eyelets of his shoes, the shoes having
to be cut away before they could bt
taken from his feet.
Victims Fill Hospital.
But it is within the hospital o:
Kilby prison that one sees the fina
class of Alabama's convict slaves.
This class is made up of convict
who have gone to the mines and wht
can never work again.
1t is on conditions like these tina
the searchlight of publicity has a
last been turned with the promis'
that, as in the case of the state O.
Florida, Alabama will be forced b.
outside public opinion to clean house
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
NOTICE.

Joseph Carr is no longer a
representative Of The Appeal
and has no authority to receive
money fol-, the paper.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
ASK Federal. TROOPS FOR TUSkEGEE
EXTRA!
Statement Misquoted, Says Du Bois

NEW YoRKNY .,
DIR v D TURNER -~- - ~
3S6 NORTH ST ALBANS ST ST PAUL MINI
DEFENDER STATEMENT ABSOLUTELY FALSE AND
MISLEADING EXACT TEXT FOLLOWS
WEB DUBOIS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
M'CULLOCH READY
TO THROW IN HAT

DR.. Carleton B. McCulloch Of In
dianapolis Is expected to announce
soon his candidacy for Democratic
nomination for Governor.
William H. O'Brien OF Lawrence
burg has announced he has decided
not to make the race. while Dale J.
Crittenberger Of Anderson has an
nOunced he Is a candidate.
This will, according to present in
dications. result in a three-sided cam
paign for the nomination, the three
candidates being DR.. Mulloch, Dale
Critenberger and Senator Charles S.
Bait of Terrier Haute.
O'Brien has been considering for
some time the proposal of his friends
to become a candidate. IT was re-
ported he had been seeking the sup.
port of Thomas Taggart, but that
Taggart was determined to support
DR. McCulloch.
Crittenberger formerly was auditor
of State. He is publisher of the An
derson Bulletin and Eighth District
Democratic chairman. He has been
activ. in Democratic politics for years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
GRIFFIS' PATRIOTISM
STIRS GERMAN COURT
Honor Is UnSmrched and Short Sentence Is imposed With
50-Cent Fine,
50-Cent Fine,

already remained in Jail more than
three months awaiting trial.
Without a smile the sympathetic
judges sentenced both Griffis and Mel
son to pay fines of two billion marks
each What is called two billion
in Mossbach is really two trillion with
the last ciphers left off. The gigantic
fines are, in American money, less
than fifty cents each.
The judges said, however, that they
were unable to disregard the fact that
foreigner had attempted to accom-
.plish something on German soil which
only German officials could legally &c
complish.
They pointed out that Bergdoll had
used weapons in self-defense, killing
Schmidt, who assisted in the attempt
to snatch the deserter back to Amer
lea.
There was a strange. and interesting
picture as the German judges passed
sentence on the dashing young Amer
lean whom they obviously respected
and admired for his plucky attitude
on the stand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
ADDITION BOOSTS
SECTION OF CITY
1900 Home Sites Are Plated
by Company,

Development of southwest Indian
apolis is being boosted by the recent
opening of the Richland addition at
Troy Ave. and Harding St, compris-
ing more than 500 acres and divie
into approximately 1000 lots. Near
ly 1900 home sites have alreay been
laid out
Strengthening and dredging Of
White River has eliminated danger
of floods while construction Of new
belt railroad from Beech Grove TO
Mars Hill and a boulevard south of
White River are planned for that
part of the city. The new city dis
posal plant, situated near the add
ton, has installed modern deodor1zing
machinery.
Callahan & Long, 500 City Trust
Bldg, are agents for the Richland
addition. officers: J. w. Spiecher,
president; r. W Lookabill, vice pres
ident: L. B. Lookabiu. secretary. and
H Rybolt, treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
BATHING BEAUTIES
LURE THRONGS At
\. v. c. A. CARNIVAL
Spirit of ReveIry Supreme
in Variety Of Joy
Stunts.

Every floor Of the Young Women's
Christian Association Building is TEEN
ing today with festivities of the carni-
val which opened Friday night.
In the basement the Bathing
Beauties" a chorus with "girlies'' Of
from 10 to SO years, perform under
leadership of Mrs. Anna Rodcap.
A riotous bit of drama, THE
Tragedy Of the Lighthouse Keeper, :"
lures audiences into tears.
On the first floor Friday night was
the famous Bean Family" disclos-
ing personal secrets before large audi
ences at four performances.
The 7. W. c. A. Winter Garden"
with nymphs and goddesses and lovers
and fantastic acting. ran the head
liners a close race, while Mayor Lew
Shank auction sale in the lobby held
rare charms of it's own.
On the second floor are moving
pictures. Jackie Coogan in "Daddies"
and living pictures along with an ex-
hlbition of curios.
Rows of booths in the cafeteria are
being conducted by the "Tadpoles, d
group Of federation girls. Nearly ev-
cry group in the federation Of In
dustrial and Student Council girls is
represented in the carnival, imbued
with the spirit of revelry and good
fellowship from auditorium to swim.
ming pool.
The council Will carry on" through
his fill and bought his quota Of
Christmas Suggestions. Mrs. Walter
Montgomery is general chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
OFFICERS TO HONOR
STATE S. A. HEAD
Major w, B, Savers viii Be
Installed Monday,

Seventy-hve field officers in Indiana
Will participate Monday night in the
installation OF Major w. B. Sewers,
Oklahoma City, Okla, as State com
mander of the Salvation Army. Major
and Mrs Sewers arrived in Indian
apohs this week.
Preceding the installation cere-
monies at headquarters, "a S. Capitol
Ave, field officers and members Of
the local corps will parade downtown
streets. Col John Flynn, Chicago,
will be in charge of the installation.
Major Sewers entered the Salvation
Army in New York twenty eight years
ago, and since then has been stationed
in various sections of the country.
His work at Oklahoma City Is re-
ported to have been highly success
full He will direct all corps in Indiana
and several in Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
HOTEL OWNERS WILL
MEET HERE DEC. 14-15

The Indiana Hotel Mems Associa.
ton will hold it's annual convention
Dec. 14-15 at the Claypool. Local
hotel owners are planning busy
round of entertainment for the visit
ors.
Mayor Shank will wecome the
guests. Business sessions will com,
pIete the days work followed by a
dinner-dance at $50 p. m.
Women attending the conferences
will be entertained at the Lincoln and
SEVERN at lunches. Speakers include
prominent hotel owners and editors Of
hotel papers.
A. C. Weisberg Of South Bend is
president of the Indiana association;
J. ]. Kinder Of Huntington, vice
president, and William w. Lowry, In
dianapolis, secretary treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-08
CONGRESS ISAT
CROSS PURPOSES
ON TAX REDUCTION
Agreement as to Procedure Is
Chief 0bStaCIe-BonuS
Complexities Matter,

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Congress
is at cross purposes on tax reduction.
Every other man in Congress has a
pet tax theory. The chief obstacle
in the way of lower taxes is agree
ment on a program.
Despite the overwhelming Renti
ment of Congress and the country
FOR tightening the tax burden. lead
ers of both parties agree the virtu
ally certain enactment of a soldier
bonus law. despite Mr. COoIdge's op
position. has complicated the situa-
ton.
Tax reduction programs range
from the Mellon plan Of 25 per
cent income tax cut to the progress
sive demand Of a bonus paid mainly
by a tax on large incomes, excess
profits and an inheritance tax.