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VOL. XXVII.
HAITIAN RULER RAKES
YANKEE CIVIL OFFICIALS
Minister and Adviser Accused of Oppression—Un
expected Criticism of the President
Creates Excitement.
OUT All 1-UfflCE, HAITI, Nov.
19. —: rresident Sudre Dartu
guemtve, in n statement at the
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palace here Saturday, declared that if
America desired the Haitians to con
sider tlie Haltian-Amerlcan treaty on
a basis ot independence it would be
necessary to hold a congressional in
vestigation of the civil functionaries
of maladministration, of high handed
ness and misrepresentation by the
American minister here. The presi
dent, who is highly educated and a
much traveled man, said:
“That is emphatically the first step
toward clearing up the present situa
t ion.
Treaty Violated.
"From 1910 to this day the Haitian
government has bad cause for bitter
.'0109101111 against the American min
ister and tlie American treaty offi
cials. Often when I protest against
a decision relative to our relations
with the United States the American
minister jmd financial adviser sent to
tlie state department at Washington
declarations they declare to have come
from me personally, but of which I
have not uttered a word.
"The treaty,” said the president,
lias been violated and not carried
out because Haiti has licen under tlie
oppression of the American minister
and financial adviser. There is need
of a minister, wise and enlightened,
and I believe an Investigation would
clarify the situation. The minister
and adviser have sent to Secretary
Uolby declarations alleged to have
come from me, in an attempt to infer
that Haiti is not keeping her obliga
tions.”
President Ilartigueuave said that
t tie most serious question related to
the civil control, because It precluded
the carrying out of the treaty. Iu
lOlii Haiti bitterly complained against
tlie minister’s methods in an attempt
to attribute wrong motives and sug
gested tlie consolidation of tlie posts
of minister and adviser, asserting that
tlie want of tact had caused much dis
tress in Haiti.
Burden of Complaint,
The burden of the president s com
plaint was against tlie civil tidininis
t ration, as he declared the merino ad
ministration, except for occasional
lack of Judgment on tlie part of the
junior officers, was gootl. There were
faults of occupation, which could not
lie prevented/ hut of late there had
lieen a desirable Improvement.
The president was emphatic in de
claring himself regarding the minis
ter nml financial adviser, lie spoke
slowly in order that there might be
no mistake. Hu mentioned no names.
However, lie expressed tlie firm be
lief that it congressional Inquiry was
necessary in order to amplify the
testimony taken before tlie naval
hoard of inquiry.
He declared that Haitians had not
publicly protested against the marine
administration, though there were
tunny ugly rumors which were Inves
| ligated. Tilt* unexpected presidential
criticism of the civil authorities ere
! a ted a sensation in naval circles in
! view of reports here of a possible in
quiry l>.\ a congressional committee.
A marine officer, who was present
when the statement was made, was
visibly embarrassed. President D’Ar
iingucitavc unhesitatingly charged:
‘•When I protest against an agree
ment relative to Haitian affairs,
whieli the minister attributes to the
Haitian government, the state depart
ment always declares that the Haitian
government Is wrong. The minister
and adviser have caused much distress
to Haitians.” .
The American minister, A. ltally
Blanchard, to whom tin* president of
Haiti had reference, declined to be
seen tonight.
WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA NEWS.
Mr. Albert Bardain of Esparto, Cali
fornia, gave a five-course dinner on
the evening of November Gib in honor
of ills mother and Mr. Win. Ramus,
who became his stepfather tin* twen
tieth ultimo. The dinner was served
in the Esparto hotel. The'table was
beautifully decorated with chrysantlie-.
mums. We often see a table set up j
with beautiful silver, but at this din
ner the table was set up with beauti
ful gold. Gob knives, forks, spoons,
salt and pepper stands and butter
plates. Those present were: Mr. nud
Mrs. Wm. Ramus, Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Earl, Mrs. J. T. Muse, Masters Milton
Miller, Harvey Earl and little Miss
Helen Earl of Woodland; Mrs. M. F.
Gaither, Miss Thelma Gaither and Miss
Sadie Clay of Esparto; Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hays of Sacramento, and the
host, Bardain, who spared no pains in
making it pleasant for his guests.
Miss Nadine Redmond has returned
after a few days’ visit with Miss Sadie
Clay in Esparto.
Rev. Muse has returned from Vis
alia, where he attended the Northern
Baptist convention Inst week.
Mr. Miles Keith has returned after
two months* absence from town in tite
count ry.
The Second Baptist Church hud a
great meeting Sunday morning. The
pastor preached a stirring sermon, sub
ject, “The Harvest Indeed Is Plente
ous, but the Laborers Are Few.” At
Ibis service Brother Wm. Keith united
with the church.
Sunday evening tile pastor preached
another inspiring and Impressive ser
mon. subject, “Rejection of Divine
Life." At this service the largest at
tendance of young people that lias
been for some time, and the choir fur
nished splendid music.
The choir, under the leadership of
Mr. J. 11. Wilkinson, will give a grand
musical entertainment Tuesday even
ing of next week.
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DENVER, COLORADO. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 27 1920
CONFERENCE ON NEGRO EDUCA
TION TO MEET IN ATLANTA.
Washington, IX (\. Xov. 14.—A eiti
; zens* conference on Negro education
I has been called by Dr. I*. P. Claxton,
I commissioner of education at Atlanta.
Invitations have been sent to the
| governors and state superintendents of
j pul die Instruction of all the southern
states, to the presidents of Negro in-1
| dust rial sehools, enileges and univers
i ities, to influential business men and
I to lending men and women of the
j South', who have shown a deep inier
| est in improving education among 12,-
i 000,000 American Negroes.
“The Southern states,” says Dr.
Claxton, “are spending many millions
of Jh.liars annually to improve Negro
schools. The amount will no doubt be
| largely increased. Tt is important that
ibis money should be used to the best
' advantage.”
Two sessions of tin* eoufereneo oil
Negro edm-siiion will be devoted !o U
discussion of the work, condition* and
needs of colleges of agrietilture and
j mechanic arts for Negroes in the South,
j The discussions will he lmsed on a re
j port by Dr. Waller C. John, specialist
■ iu laud college statistics for the United
States Bureau of Education, who Is
I making n survey of these institutions.
Dr. Claxton and ids conferees, both
I white and colored, will endeavor to ar-
I rive at a summary of emieiushms which
j will make it possible for Negro educa
tion 11 » make a distinctively forward
| movement.
CHEYENNE, WYO.-
NEWS
T a meeting of, the Civic League
ol* Colored People on Nov. J.Bth,
an unexpected criticism of rent
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profiteers was made by Clarence J.
Toliver. He stated that in a certain
locality, dilapidated houses, containing
from two to four rooms, were being
rented at a charge of from SSO to SBO
per month, and lie recommended that
federal authority be asked to learn
why such extortion is practiced. Mr.
Toliver also stated he was aware of
a number of laborers who could not
move their families to Cheyenne be
cause of certain rent profiteers. Fif
teen dollars per month would be high
rent for any of these houses where
the excessive charges are made. The
criticism of rent profiteers was heart
ily endorsed by the members. No ac
tion was taken, but it is a matter that
is being carefully considered by those
who have interest in flu* social and in
dustrial welfare of our nice.
Follows a list ol* newly elected of
ficers of the Cheyenne Civic League
of Colored People: G. S. Stacker,
president ; Charles Horn, vice presi
dent : Clarence .7. Toliver, secretary;
Frank McCombs, assistant secretary:
De Marge Toliver, treasurer; J. H.
Moss, sergeant-al arms: Rev. J. M. j
Endicott, chaplain. Tin* official terms
of these officers expire on May 27,
1921. The public Is welcome to all
meetings of the Civic League. Mem
bership is solicited. Those who are
interested In racial uplift and civic
pride should sign up now.
Messrs. Randolph Butler and George
Durey came up from Denver to “set
up” a Royal Arch chapter and com
ma ndery. These eminent gentlemen
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Randall dui*Htg their brief visit and
- pronounce the Randalls most agreeable
host nud hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hopkins enter
tained a number of friends at Sunday
dinner on Nov. 14th.
1 Mr. Charles Tolson entertained last
• week with one of ids elaborate dinners
to a host of intimate friends. Those
who were fortunate to attend voted
Mr. Tiilsoii to be the most gallant host
1 in Wyoming.
Mrs. Will Boel.nett is ill.
Mrs. J. A. .Jones entertained at din-
I in r. Tile guests were Mrs. L. B.
“ Mayo and C. H. Hifrn. Mr*. Mayo
read the thirty-seventh Psalm.
WHAT THE NEGRO
THINKS
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What do.es a Negro think a* lie pieks
1 ' up liis newspaper and reads that six
1 ’ »rf his -dor have been shot or burned
* | in a riot, at the polls iu Florida; that
M the white men of the community have
[taken up arms and are hunting down
'the other Negroes of the place? He
reads that a Negro was refused the
* privilege of voting because there was
no record of ids having paid Ids poll
' tax. Angered, lie went and then
1 returned and shot two oi the election
officials. Any fair-minded Negro will
1 admit that even If the man was being
■ cheated of Ills vote in* bad no right to
I kill. But tliis same reader will not he
able to see any Justice in an imme
diate carnival of murder, if In* turns
over the pages la* will read that in
Bexar county, Texas, one white official
shot another white official iu a quarrel
: to decide who would In* presiding Judge
[of tin* precinct. But In* will not read
| that a posse lias lynched tin* murderer
{and is now hunting down all ids rela
tives. Occurrences like this must re
assure any Negro, who lias been lulled
by election speeches, of the soundness
of his confirmed belief that freedom
and equality in America do not yet
apply to him.
11«- will feel maddened and at bay, j
| assailed and cornered and embittered.
But who can blame him if lie does?
And some time, when he is in a mood
like this. In* may pick up a recent book
on “The New South,” by Holland
1 Thompson, and read that: “The ordi
nary Negro * ° * apparently does
not think much of tin* problems of the;
future, though in. white man is likely
to know precisely what in* docs think.
* * * Probably the great majority
of Negroes more nearly realize their
ambitions than do tin* whites. '1 hey
ih. not aspire to high position, and dis
crimination docs not burn them quite
iis deeply as the sometimes too sym
pathetic white man who tries to put
himself in their place may think."
Ami yet no white man who tries to
put himself in a Negro’s place can fail
to perceive certain of those “ambi
tions.” lie surely can’t avoid seeing
that a Negro wants happiness anil
safely and al least as much freedom
as tlie white has p. realize his ambi
tions. lie doesn’t want to be shot or
burned for the crimes ol another Ne
gro. :tml be doesn’t want to be hunted
as an animal is hunted. This must be
nreeisely what a Negro does think. —
San Francisco Fall and Post, Novem
ber 5. 1920.
BANK, FOUNDED BY WOMAN,
MAKES RECORD.
lilrlimoml. Vu.. Xov. 111.—Tin' St.
Luke Penny Savings Bank, of which
Mrs. Maggie L. Walker is president,
lias just completed its seventeenth
year. At the end of its first year it
had resources amounting to $19,01)0.
During its existence the bank has paid
its stockholders $20,000 in dividends
and $51,000 in Interest to depositors.
It ims now resources amounting to a
half million dollars and undivided
profits and surplus totaling $15,000. It
Is the only institution of its kind in
the country founded and controlled by
a woman.
RACE NEWS Gathered From
Various Sources
FOURTH BANK OPENED BY
I RICHMOND CITIZENS.
Richmond, Vu., Nov. 19.—The Com
mercial Bank & Trust Company, con
trolled by members of the Race, opened
Its doors to the public here recently.
• and is located at 529 North Second
i street. This is the fourth hank owned
and controlled by our people in this
city. The new institution will event
ually have the udded'feature of trusts,
ami will lie tlie only company of its
J kind iu the city and one of the only
t two in the state.
FIND NEW RACE FOUR FEET
TALL IN WILDS OF AFRICA
New York, N. Y„ Nov. 19. —Pygmies,
<; averaging but four feet in height, sev
:| eral inches smaller than any previous*
I ly reported, are described by an .\mer*
i j lean explorer who Inis just returned
: ! after nearly a year In Central Africa,
i i This exceedingly short race, belong*
. ing to the* Maiubuti tribe, already
known by reputation to anthropolo
gists, is stooped and ape-like in up
pen ranee, presumably because of the
, [ low-branched forests in which they live,
i Tin; little people are said to be very
l | brave in attacking large native aid*
■ mals, and will not eat meat that is
’ | not killed in the hunt.
INDIANS TO ASK FULL
CITIZENSHIP BY LAW
i I .
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. IS. —Enactment
1 of federal legislation "to grant citl-
J zensliip without reservation” to mem
j hers ol* their race will he urged by the
Society of American Indians, accord
ing to delegates to the ninth annual
conference, which opened here Tues
day.
Every tribe in the United States is
represented in tin* society, it was as*
I sorted, and delegates from virtually
all are expected to attend.
At present, delegates said, approxi
mately .100,000 Indians, representing
about two-thirds of the population of
the race in tills country, are not eiti
| zens.
MAY BE COURT-MARTIALS
OVER HAITI KILLINGS
port Au Prince, Haiti, Nov. IS. —
The United States naval court re
sumed its sittings Tuesday. It is prob
able that a dozen marines will give
evidence relating to charges of individ
ual violence toward natives.
Major Jesse F. Dyer, judge advo
cate, returned Monday front Cape
Haitien and other points, where he
went to round up witnesses who had
been ordered to report here.
Although officials are silent, the cor
respondent learns, that the naval court
is gathering evidence on which ii is
likely several court-martials will be or
dered, some of them on charges of
murder committed last year.
RELATIVES FIGHT TO
STOP $40,000 WILL
Brooklyn. N. Y., Nov. 49.—The will
of tile late Hannah Taylor, who died
at her homo, 309 Cumberland street,
July 10, 1919, leaving an estate of over
$40,009 to Frank H. Gilbert, a promi
nent business man and Y. M. C. A.
worker, will be upset if lier relatives
have their way, for action was begun
before Surrogate George W. Wingate,
Nov. 9. The relatives claim that Mrs.
Taylor was under the influence of Gil
bert. Gilbert lias been very fortunate
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in getting bequests, us it may be re
membered that the lute Mrs. Fischer
of Fleet place left him tlie bulk of lier
fortune after leaving $5,000 to Siionm
Presbyterian church.
BLACK REGIMENT TO BE
IN INAUGURAL PARADE
Washington, D. C., Nov. 9. —With
the election over nud a Republican in
auguration ou in the near future, so
cial Washington lias already begun to
look forward to the event which it is
believed to lie the greatest in the his
tory of the nation. It lias been twelve
years since the Republicans have had
the pleasure of participating in an
event of this kind.
Com in Lycos will be formed and it
is expected Unit the usual rivalry for
supremacy will crop up as in former
years. During the inauguration, Wash
ington society keeps open house, and
some ol* the greatest social functions
ever held are being planned.
One of the features of the inaug
ural parade, it is said, will lie the ap
pearance of the entire Eighth regiment
of Illinois, under command of Colonel
Otis Duncan and Lleut.-Col. Patten,
both of whom distinguished themselves
iu the world war.
MISSOURI GOVERNOR APPOINTS
NEGRO COMMISSION.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 15. —Gov
ernor Frederick D. Gardner, of Mis
souri, has recently appointed a Negro
Industrial Commission, whose duties
are outlined by the legislature us fol
lows: To discover, ferret out, survey
and recommend remedies, educational,
moral and industrial, for the better
ment of Missouri Negroes. Principal
N. C. Bruce of the Bartlett Agricul
tural and Industrial School, of Dal
ton, Mo., has been elected as chairman.
Prof. Robert S. Cobb, Cape Girar
deau, Mo., who for a number of years
has been a successful teacher and who
also served as an army “Y” secretary
in the recent wy» has been elected
secretary of the commission with of
fices and clerical force at the state
capitol, Jefferson City.
KU KLUX KLAN ORGANIZATION
INVADING NORTH?
New York, Nov. 2. —Ku Klux Klan
is to be organized in New York City.
It will be a It ranch of a nation-wide
organization whieli is now being secret
ly formed in the South.
This information is contained in a
letter received here by a New Yorker
from the “Imperial Palace of the In
visible Empire of the Knights of the
Ku Klu Klan, Atlanta, Ga.” The let
ter was signed by Edward Young
Clarke. “Imperial Kleagle.”
“We expect to start an organization
of work iu New York state, in Novem
ber,’’ llie letter reads. “We have in
mind about 399 men in New York City
whom we expect to honor by bringing
into the initial organization iu New
York City.
According to tin* writer, letters have
been received by hint from Maine,
Illinois, Missouri and California, re
questing that organizers be sent- to be
gin work there. Men of southern
origin only are to lu* considered as
eligible for membership in the K-K-K.
Tin* necessary interrogations for
membership are numerous, including
queries as to age, birthplace, educa
tion. religion and questions like. “Do
you believe in the principles of pure
Americanism?” “Do you believe iu
white supremacy in politics?”
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