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The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23
War Secretary Weeks
Writes n. A. A. G. P.
Ackno W e dgin g
Houston Martyr Pc
titiOn

John w. Weeks, U. S. Secretary of
War, has written to the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, 90 Fifth Avenue, New
York, acknowledging receipt of the
Houston Martyr petition, and announc-
ing that he has appointed board of
officers to inquire into the cases OF
the men of the 9th still imprisoned
for their alleged share in the Houston
riot of 1917. Secretary Weeks letter
which is addressed to James Weldon
Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. a. G.
p, is as follows:
Dear Sir:
"The petition presented by you to
the President in behalf of the So
called Houston rioters has been re-
ferred to the War Department for con
sideration.
"a few days ago I appointed board
of officers consisting of one officer of
the Adiutant Generals Department
and one officer of the Judge Advocate
Generals Department, to visit the
United States penitentiaries at At
lanta Georgia, and Leavenworth, Kan
sas, and the disciplinary barracks at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Fort
jaw, New York, for the purpose of
considering the cases of all military
prisoners confined in the penitentiar-
les, and of all prisoners now in con-
finement in the disciplinary barracks
mentioned above serving sentences of
confinement of five years or more.
"The board of officers mentioned
above is made up of the two officers
of the War Department who handle
matters pertaining to prisoners, and
special attention will be given by the
board to those cases in which SEN
tences appear to be in excess of those
adjudged by civil courts for like of
fenses. When this board shall have
concluded its work, similar board will
be appointed for a like investigation
at the United States Disciplinary Bar
racks, Alcatraz, Calf.
"The investigation by the above
board will include the sentences of the
prisoners in whose behalf your peti-
ton is submitted"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SPEAKS OUT
(Lincoln News Service.)


New York, Feb. 10, 1924.-Puttins |
silence far far in the background of |
discard, President Coolidge address
ing the National Republican Club, at
the Waldorf Astoria on the evening of
LincoIn's Birthday, spoke out in ,
language so simple and yet so sincere
ly emphatic that none doubt the in
tcnseness with which he has applied
himself to the solution of national
questions of grave Importance and
concern to every person dwelling with
in these United States, from the most
meek and humble citizen, laboring
with his hands to fulfill his duties as
a component of Americas variant
populace, to the most prominent citizen
by rank or class. who delegates his
duties to host of subOrdinates.
An acute perception was exercised
country's attention to pertinent ques-
tions calling for a common interest
and a common solution-one destined
to bring aid and comfort to all Amer
leans, regardless of their individual
stations in the national life.
Americas labor, her farmers, taxa
tion, the soldier bonus, the Mexican
situation, and the oil-lease situation
were discussed by President Coolidge,
not in pretentious oratory, but in Il
trend of absolute logic, the persuasive
forces of which must convinced each
one who heard him that he is indeed
the Chief Executive of all the people,
and that, as such, their common in !
terests are to him the cali of real
service to a great nation, which must
be intactly preserved as the same
democracy which Washington and
Lincoln visualized when they were in
their countrys service.
In the course of President Coolidge's
remarks, he said: when Lincoln had !
finished his course, he had made the |
of freedom stronger and |
firmer on which to build national
unity. Strengthening that principle
was the chief accomplishment of his
life. He pointed out that the Nation
could not endure half slave and half
free. The might work which he did
finally left it to endure all free. He
restored national unity, by restoring
moral unity"
The language is terse, but the
Thought is endless whereby the Presi-
dent has refreshed Americas recollec-
ton of a national unity and a moral
unity, so necessary in the onward
march of American ideals.
That tenth of Americas popula-
ton which is struggling onward in it
efforts to be made more secure in It's
occupancy of the constitutional fort
resses of IA government of the people,
by the people and for the people will
be encouraged by President Cooltdge's
timely reference to the virtues of ma
tional unity and moral unity, 50
eagerly sought by them ever since they
became freemen. And if any among
them had any doubts as to the dedica-
ion, by the President, of his purposes
md intentions to see that all Amer
cans, without reservations, are made
heirs, as it were, to those virtues,
those doubts have been lifted by the
firm pledges of our Chief Executive,
for, as he said in closing his able
address: "He that keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep" And
President Coolidge is indeed the
keeper of our Israel"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23
nincnln News Service.l

4NtNS oOlN lNiNN't
Chicago. Feb. II, 1924.-Linking the
principles of the martyred President
Abraham Lincoln, with the creed OF
true Republicanism, Chairman John L.
Adams. of the Republican National
Committee, addressed the Annual Ma
tional Convention of the Lincoln Lea
que, held in this city on the evening
of Iincoln's birthday, 1924. In COM
memoration of the birthday OF tine
Great Emancipator, Chairman Adams
said:
Everywhere, today, the story of
Abraham Lincoln is being told anew.
in the Halls of Congress, in the vii
lage schoolhouse, here in Chicago
everywhere, from border to border
Americans are pausing again in their
daily tasks,to speak for moment OF
their most precious national memory.
Lincoln is immortal. So long as the
Republic lasts, his name will last. so
long as his memory remains, the ma
ton will remain. You and l, perhaps,
are merely incidents along the way, as
the spirit of Abraham Lincoln moves
staunchly onward, generation after
generation, into the ages. Customs
will change, standards may alter, faces
will fade and new ones will appear,
but the story of Lincoln will always
appeal, and bind each new era secure
ly back of the man and the day that
made our Union sure.
at must have been wonderful
thing to live when Lincoln lived-to
be his contemporary. 1t is wonder
full thing to be only little way re-
moved-to be able, still, to talk with
persons who talked with the Great
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who saw him,
and knew him, witnessed the acts
which assured him to us all, and to
those who will follow. 1t is won
derful thing to be able to say: Lin
coin was Republican-and 1 am a
Republican, Often, there is very
real penalty attached to greatness. AL
most always to immortality. First we
1UOllLG-ullu lDcll luCuilAS' II 10 IiNA.
that we strip from the memory of a
man all that made him human-his
flesh and blood and bone-and leave
il, their place mere marble and bronze
and careless praise. There are many
memorials to Abraham Lincoln. He
sits in silent splendor, close to the
banks of the Potomac. He is remem-
bered in granite and bronze in many
I. places.
"But none of these things-however
beautiful, however inspired-are Lin
coin. We must not permit ourselves
to look upon them as such. The things
that are Lincoln cannot be wrought
from metal or shaped in stone. Humil-
ity of heart, LONELINESS of mind, and
: gentle patience with lesser men
these were the simple attributes that
made Lincoln an immortal memory.
Without them he would still have been
great-but he would not have been the
Lincoln we love to recall. Because of
these attributes, he brought ruptured
nation through the horror of internal
war with it's soul single and inact. Be
cause of them, he cleansed victory of
vain glory and gave dignity to defeat.
"Lincoln was a Republican and we
are Republicans. That is why we are
.here together. Never before has it
been more of privilege openly to re-
assert our faith in our party. But 1t is
not enough to say merely that we are
Republicans. We must aspire to that
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

OF the 1855 colored school teachers
in Tennessee, 1,497 are females.
Native diggers at the tomb of King
Tutankhamen receive u cents day.
Mr.. James H. Maxwell, of Red
Bank, N. J., conducts a modern gro
Gerry store and butcher shop.
In the land of Lilliput the clans are
engaged in their quadrennial fight
over the question of leadership.
DIR. S. A Ware, a prominent physi-
clan of Springfield, Illinois, is a can
didate for the State Legislature.
In each 1000 colored persons be-
tween 5 and 30 years of age, $40, as
compared with go whites, attend
school.
w. l.. Porter, Editor of The East
Tennessee News, was recently elected
to serve on the Knox County Republi-
can Executive Committee.
The New Age, of Hopkinsville, KY,
is asking if there is a Negro Ku Klux
Klan organization in that city.
In Houston, Texas, the dentists have
a local dental society which meets
weekly and is opened with prayer
we hope for the patients.
A successful new business enter
prise in Chicago is the Chemical Pro
ducts Corporation, manufacturers of
coal tar disinfectants, fly sprays, and
disinfectant powders.
Just because crack has been
found in the lid of King Tut's coffin,
an effort is being made to prove that
undertakers have been grating for at
least $500 years.
According to The Star of Zion, Off
cial organ of the A. NJ. Il. Zion church,
there are about thirty ministers in the
race for the bishopric.
THE COLORADO STATESMAN an
nounces, as another progressive step
in Negro business, that a firm is to
build modern building and garage
in Denver.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

OF the 1855 colored school teachers
in Tennessee, 1,497 are females.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23
SHORT CUTS

Oincoln News Service)
Texas has two colored post
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

Native diggers at the tomb of King
Tutankhamen receive u cents a day.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

Mr.. James H. Maxwell, of Red
Bank, N. j., conducts modern gro
Gerry store and butcher shop.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

The New Age, of Hopkinsville, Ky,
is asking if there is Negro Ku KluX
Klan organization in that city.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

In the land of Lilliput the clans are
engaged in their quadrennial fight
over the question of leadership.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

In Houston, Texas, the dentists have
a local dental society which meets
weekly and is opened with prayer
we hope for the patients.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

w. L. Porter, Editor of The East
Tennessee News, was recently elected
to serve on the Knox County Republi-
can Executive Committee.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1924-02-23

DIR. S. A. Ware, a prominent physi-
clan of Springfield, Illinois, is a can
didate for the State Legislature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
Wesley Wears Short and Long Pants;
.M0UieS Find Use for a B00tIegger

irg close to the dear people have. his
picture taken at Washington milk
ing a COW in the presence of a NUM-
Der of newspapermen and a bunch
of photographers. And VIII doesn't
announce that he is a dirt farmer
either.
Congressman Doolittle is not up
on etiquette. He is quite the scream
when he takes himself seriously in
high diplomatic society. bat con-
81 essman must be excused. Here is
fine fun, sarcastic at times, but real
fun.
The heavier feature at the Ohio
this week is Tiger Love-" a Spanish
romance, with Antonio Moreno and
Estelle Taylor. l enjoyed this
pictures because it is somewhat out
of the beaten trsrsll. Moreno makes
a sort Of a Valentino-Sheik wild
cat" TIE leader of a gang of Spanish
bandits who prey upon aristocrats
so the poor people may have food.
Tiger Love" has been intelligent.
ly directed 1t tells a romantic story.
There is plenty of action. A sheik-
bandit is popular these days. Some
Of the natural scenery is mighty
beautiful.
The bill includes a news reel and
Gabe Waters and his orchestra.
At the Ohio all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
WILD FLAPPING DONE
IN DAUGHTERS OF TO-DAY"

Wild tapping is depicted in
Daughters of Today" on view this
week at the Lincoln Square. Patsy
Ruth Miller and Ralph Graves are
the feature payers.
When l first reviewed this picture
found it rather wild" It was
made for box office reasons only.
The bill includes stolen Goods"
ANIL Gather Stockings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
TWO BURGLARS ESCAPE
Women Aroused From Sleep as Men
Ransack Homes.

Police are searching for two col
ored men who escaped after looting
two residences Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Totman, 352 w. Thirty
First ST., was aroused from sleep to
see a colored man ransacking the
dresser. He escaped with sci.
- Nothing was taken by a colored
man who fled when discovered in
the home of Mrs. Maggie Clay, AIS
w. Fifteenth St., early Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
FRAT HONORS HOLSTERS
ALI but Two Officers Elected Are
From Indiana.

By United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 14.-Ev-
ansville witnessed the departure to-
day of 900 delegates to the national
convention of the Phi Delta Kappa
Fraternity.
Arthur Sheldon, Middletown, Ohio,
was reelected president at the clos
ing sessions.
other officers chosen are: Robert
Barngrove, Kokomo. vice president;
Paul .Deaton, Connersvflle. secretary
treasurer; Paul Collins. Hamilton,
Ohio, auditor; Wayne Miller, Wa
bash, national master of ceremonies;
Ralph Leech, Marion, Ind, sergeant
alarms; John Euerman, Richmond.
inner guard, and f. E. Harris. Peru.
outer guard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
TWO PICNICKERS KILLED
Truck, Carrying Party TO Outing,
CapsiZes.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, July 1.-two persons
were killed, two were believed fatal
ly hurt and a half dozen others
81 stained serious injuries when a
truck loaded with men and women
overturned here today. The truck
was one of several used to take en-
I loyes of the United States Soda and
Soft Drink Company on a picnic.
While rounding a curve, the
second truck in the string made a
sudden turn to avert a crash and
capsized. The dead are Mrs. Jessie
Marvec, sc, and John Kanjorski.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
IND ANNAPOLIS BOYS HELD
Break Jail When Arrested on Vag-
rancy Charges at Shoals.

BIZ United Press
SHOALS, Ind, July 14.-Ivan
Anon and Al Partlow. both 16, may
be taken to Lawrenceville, ILL.,,
today to answer charges Of vehicle
taking, following their capture near
here last night.
The lads had been held on vag
rancy charges until Friday, when
they broke Jail. They are from In
dianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
FRENCH FETE PLANNED
Irvington Legion Post Gives Annual
Affair This Week.

Needy war veterans viii be aided
with proceeds of the annual French
fete to be given by the Irvington
post Of the American Legion, at
Jameson Park, Wednesday through
Saturday. The fete is given during
Bastille week. City Judge Delbert
o. Wilmeth has been invited to
speak on the opening night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
The somebody this time happens to

The somebody this time happens to
re. congressman.
Because this is campaign year,
Rogers, who has covered for the
newspapers two national conven-
tons. thought it a good idea to re-
cord some of his impressions in
movie form.
He has done so in a short series
dealing with the election, the trials
and the like of Congressman Doc
little. In this way he pokes fun at
congressman in a clever way No
congressman probably will laugh at
our Congressman" now on view
at the Ohio. but the public IS get
ting a bunch Of laughs.
VIII has Congressman Doolittle in
an effort to prove that he IS remain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
WHEN TOMATIE LOU BEGAN
TO FLAP, SHE FLAPPED

Tommie Lou was a made-to-order
happer.
She started out being just a nice
old fashioned girl. She discovered
that just being old fashioned didn't
make her popular with the boys.
So Tommie Lou became an out
and out flapper. And how this girl
cid flap. But as usual this girl
learned a tragic lesson-flapping
doesn't land the right sort Of a
man for a husband
That is the story Of 1.-The Perfect
Flapper" with Colleen Moore at
Mister Smiths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
INFERIOR OIL BLAMED
Kerosene Explosions in State Due to
Lack of Inspection Is Charge.

Several OF the twelve recent-kero-
sene explosions in Indiana were due
to infei.iority Of the product. accord
ing to James I. Inflow, chief clerk,
state oil inspection department
State inspectors are restrained
from making any inspections under
an injunction resulting from con-
test Of the oil inspection law by
several large oil companies. Under
State inspection, Inflow points
cut, explosions averaged only two
annually.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
Stabbing Fray in Pool Room

Tom Butler, colored, Broad Rip
pie. suffering from knife wound
in the left breast is held while police
are searching for his assailant. But
Ter said colored man stabbed him
after they had engaged in an argu-
ment in pool room at West and
Blake SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
MEN STONE HOUSE
Woman Also Reports Gang Threw
Rocks at Her,

Police are searching for young
men who stoned the home of Joe
Rohr. sos w. Merrill ST., late Sat
urday. Rohr told police bricks were
thrown at his house breaking win
Gows.
Miss Nora Davis, $50 W. Merrill
St., said five young men in a ma
chine threw stones at her as she
was going into her home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
PEARL FIELD FOUND
Discovery Made in Philippine Wa
ters-Value Uncertain.

WASHINGTON, July IA new
pearl field" has been discovered in
Philippine waters, according to re-
ports from Manila.
Just how valuable the beds will
turn odt to be is prohlematical Up
to the present the Japanese have
done most of the exploiting of the
pearl industry in the archipelago.
Pearls grow, Governmsnt experts
point out, so new beds may be dis
covered tomorrow where none exists
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
MARION SUICIDE PROBE
Body of Wealthy Farmer Found in
Barn.

By United Press
MARION, Ind, July IA cor
oner's investigation into the suicide
of Richard Messersmith, IS. wealthy
retired farmer, was initiated today.
Relatives were unable to. explain the
mans act.
He was found hanging from a
rafter in his barn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14

ClSly age IDS
not decreased his
freckles.
How to keep
Wesley in short
trousers for part
of a movie at
least-that was
the problem. The
movie powers re-
membered that
George n. Cohan
some years ago
wrote a play
called &c or e e
Washington, Jr.
1t was decided
that Wesley in
some scenes should
give his version
of how George
chopped down his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
AT LAST THE MOVIES FIND
USE FOR MODERN BOOTLEGGER

the same pace
rlace that all NOV
lie Williams are sent
to before the last
reel. You will meet
a bunch of daring
b o o tie & gers in
IT h o s e " h o
Dance. " Ince in
ordering this pict-
ure has hit upon
a new idea. Ince
knows that with
the coming of pro-
hibition that the
dividual known as
the bOOtlesger has
arrived. Ince has
been careful TO
show that the So
called "a c tn a
stuff" is not the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
FIVE LOSE LIVES
INAUTO CRASHES
Entire Family Wiped Out at
Waterloo.
BIZ Times Snecial

70 Y FTtd NVIItNt
WATERLOO. Ind, July 14.-Bod-
les Of an entire family. wiped out
in an auto accident here Sunday,
were shipped home today to Mont
pelier, Ohio, The dead: Charles
P,stt, his wife and 1S-year-old son.
The car in which they were rid
ing was struck by the east-bound
Twentieth Century Limited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14

fathers favOrite cherry tree, because
he could not tell a lie. So George
Washington, Jr.," was filmed. And so
WESLEY wears both long and short
trousers in this photoplay. Wesley
has a sort of juvenile melodramatic
role as he fights a band Of crooks
and after much excitement learns
the alleged lesson that a lie once in
a while does some good. But Wesley
stands in front Of a picture Of George
Washington and apologies for tell
ing just one whOpper and prom
ises never to do it again.
Tb~o real George Washington
probably never had freckles, but as
WeSley impersonates the youth.
George, he has a flock Of EN-. It
seems to me that this sort of a
movie vehicle is a wise choice for
Barry while he is passing through
the so-calIed awkward age.
There is plenty OF action in this
movie, and it makes a sort of an
Alger story book hero out of Yves
ley. That is sure fire for boys, you
know.
Barry has the services Of Gertrude
Olmstead. Otis Harlan, William
Courtwright and Leon Barry. Comedy
has been scattered here and there in
the picture.
The bill includes Harry Langdon
IN THE First Hundred Years" a
news weekly, and orchestral and or
gan music completes the bill.
At the Apollo all week.
AT LAST THE MOVIES FIND
USE FOR MODERN BOOTLEGGER
Just what the movie writers were
going to do with the bootlegger in
their plots has been a problem to me.
Now Tom Inee comes along and
solves the problem. The bootlegger
IN the movie plots now takes the
place Of the old fashioned opium
smuggler on the coast.
The bootlegger in the movies is
not a hero. He is the 'arch villain
who ruins happy homes. cOrrupts
officers and politicians and lands in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14

Other attractions on view today
include: "Abie's Irish Rose" at the
Capitol; "Maryis Ankle" at Eng
lish's; Just Suppose" at the Murat;
Lottie Mayer at the Lyric and "Op-
cratic Sweethearts" at the Palace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-14
DICK TALMADGE is
FEATURED AT ISIS.

The Isis for the first half OF the
week is featuring Richard Talmadge
in Danger Ahead" The bill in.
cludes a Charles Chase comedy,
why Husbands Go Mad"
Talmadge plays the role Of a New
York man who loses his identity
after a battle with some crooks. The
plot is centered upon jewel rob.
berry. Helen Rosson is in theAast.
On Thursday The Sword Of Val
or" will be featured.