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Actress and Companion Shot by Former Suitor
V°*-1. No-4_ ~ ~ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 19, 1919 ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS
TYLER-DuBOIS SPAT
BREAKSJOT AGAIN
Okie Politicians Pull Hit Curtain on Stmt Fresh
Eiptsures—Whert Will It All End?
Columbus, O., July 5.—Under date of
•Inly I, Ralph W. Tyler, who served as
war eorrespondent in France with the
colored troops, sent i»r. Ihiliois the fol
lowing caustic letter:
Itr.-W F It. Ihiliois,
Kditor, the Crisis,
New York City.
Sir:
It is customary, with reputable, well
meaning publications, when they carry
a bald face misstatement, to give a cor
reetion of it the same prominence, in a
succeeding issue given to the misstate
merit. I am not anticipating that you
will conform to the rules governing
broad minded editors. Recent state
— .Bltltfi-ft-te b^vng.^ Un-Ojk’ witTTTS
gents the contrarr^^^““'““’
In / he July number of the Crisis, ac
cording to advance sheets i have seen,
in your answer to f»r. Ktnmett Scott's
reply to your criticism of him you drag
me into the controversy by stating, re
fernng to my service in France as war
corres|s>ndent:
‘‘He had no spc«ial facilities, and In*
sent nothing. But that was not all.
Hespitc the fact Mr. Tyler bad the same
opportunities as the editor of the Crisis
t<i learn the truth, he has since his return
published practically nothing and re
veiled no essential fact. Why?”
On your refuru from Frame, where
you went after the war was over, you
published, in the May number of the
• ri»*», a storv about Monsieur liluisc
I .»*?»>«. ilrputy (‘omniHHionair
»f France, in charge of colonial cffee
fives, and hi* conaertion with a certain
order issued suggesting discrimination
against Are sican colored soldiers Vou
considered this, doubtless, an '•essential
fact,” or you would not have published
it. I secured this information in No
vember, mors' than a month before yon
arrived in France; sent it inimesliately,
Jl without it being censored, to colored
jfwspapers in the United States, and
ms'y pubiisbed it before mv return from
I ranee, and live months Irefors' your
return.
The letter of Col. Allen T. tireer, chief
of staff for the ftlind Division, which
Vou considered sufficiently “essential”
to publish in the May number of the
Crisis, I secured two days after it, the
letter, had been written, and it was
on its wav to the United States—sent
Carey to Be
Elected Bishop
It is r«*|«orted that Kev. I>r. Charles
Stewart of the Baptist Denomination,
newspaper reporter and an extensive
traveler, that if the A. M. K. General
Conference was held in 60 days, that
W. I). Johnson of Georgia, A. J. Carey
of Chicago and Sampson W. Brooks of
Balt iniore, Md., would be elected bishops I
on the first ballot. I wonder wliat the
other 25 men of the church think of
thin ntatement. The Whip will tell you
more definitely in n few ilayn junt what
it thinkn of thin expression, that we
have no reason to question now.
A meeting of large proportions in held
in 8t. Paul, Pint Methodint Church,
Milwaukee, Win., by Dr. J. O. Morley,
Paster, Sunday, July 13th, 1818, for the
Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute.
by me, before you arrived in France.
To Ih* brief, all the * * essential' ’ facts
you exploited in the May number of the
Crisis as news I had secured and sent
to the Cnited States for use by the
colored weeklies before your arrival in
France—five months before you pub
iished them iu the Crisis.
You state, in the July number of the
Crisis, according to the same advance
sheet S have seen, and which, under your
editorial management, apparently, is de
generating into a medium through which
to give vent to your personal spleen and
dissatisfaction with everyone, save your
self, that while in France I “sent noth
ing," that since my return I have “pub
fished 'practically nothing."'
These statements of vours almost led
me to conclude that you do not, ns
reported, read out splendid colored
weeklies, many of which carried my
criticism of the injustice heaped upon
colored officers and soldiers while iu
France, and many of which carried mat
ter I sen! to the States before, and after
the signing of the armistice. You doubt
less did not see my eight-page story in
the Cleveland Advocate of the part our
soldiers played in the world war -my |
story of thei* valor, endurance and the
brutal treatment they received.
.Since my return I have spoken in
many cities throughout the coyntry, and
at each place I told a plain, unvarnished
story of the injustices, discriminations, j
and brutal treatment our boys had to
endure in France at the hands of some
American Army officer*. I never mim ed
mv words.
While in France I not only sent much
matter back and that, too, without
censorship, but 1 personally interceded
with army officers to give our colored
soldiers, among whom were three sons
of mine, a fifty fifty break—give them
justice.
i went to trance for service to iny
people, so refused to ask for a salary.
I never, in order to secure appointment,
wrote for publication, prior to my going,
any editorial or article advising niv
|»eople to “bury our differences,” as
you did as a prelude to a commission as
captain in the Bureau of Military In
telligenee at Washington, which you
coveted. I never attempted disservice
by striving to secure a commissioned
officer’s salary of $2,404) a year while en
deavoring, and desiring to (odd on to
a salary of $4,000 per annum as editor
of a race publication assumed to stand
for justice for the race under any and
all circumstances, and which you might
have succeeded in doing, but for the
activity and protest of that patriot—
Archibald If. flrimke, winner of the
Hpingarn medal.
It in ;>ossiblo, from your lofty perch,
you cnn see nothing “essential” in the
mutter I secured, sent to the Htates, and
which was published in our colored
weeklies before you arrived ill France.
However, months later—five of them—
the same facts were considered suf
ficiently “essential” for you to publish,
in your |iersonal organ, aa supposed real,
live nows.
During my stay in France 1 sent con
fidential re|K>rts, through diplomatic
channels. I reported against Gen. Bal
lou the second day after reaching the
92nd Division; I reported against Col.
Greer; against Major Dean, of the 32.1th
(Continued on page 8)
LUTE JIM EUROPE HONOR
ED BY AMERICAN LEGION
-GIVEN POST NO. 1
Washington, l>. U., July 19—Lieut,
.lames Reese Europe, Post No. 1, the
lirst colored post of veterans of the
world war to be granted a charter in
the American Legion, organized and
elected officers at Irving’s llall. The
post has at the present time nearly one
hundred veterans enrolled.
The officers of the new jtost are as
follows: Commander, Alexander Mann;
vice-commander, Edward Mason; Adju
tant, Ernest It. Moxley; finance officer,
Isaiah Johnson; chaplain, Robert Hay
den; master at arms, W. F. Reddick.
A membership committee composed of
Harry McKenzie, chairman; Robert L.
Plummer, II. II. Itroc.kcnhorough, V.
Queen and A. II. Talbert was appointed
by the commander.
Constructive Program Adopted
by Colored Women’s Club
St. Paul, Minn., July 19—Recoil at rue
tion activity was discussed at the IJtli
annual meeting of the Minnesota fed
eration of colored women’s clubs held
Wednesday and Thursday at Pilgrim
Itaptist Fhiirch, Hummit Avenue and
Cedar Htreet.
A number of national workers among
Negro women were preseift at the meet
ing, among them Mrs. .1. Snowden Por
tern, Chicago, president of the North
western Federation of Colored Women’s
Clubs; Mrs. Fliza Johnson, president of
the Phyllis Wheatley Home, Chicago,
and Miss llallie if. Brown, Wilberforce,
O., vice-president of the National Asso
ciation on Colored Women.
At the Thursday session, M rs. Susan
►Nans, Superior, Wis., spoke on club
work among Negro women. Mrs. Ida
Sellers, M iuneajmlis, honorary state
.president discussed what women’s clubs
have done in Minnesota during the last
year.
Other speakers were Mrs. loua H.
Bibbs, Mrs. J. l>. Bryan, Minneapolis,
Mrs. F. M. Williams, Kalamazoo, Mich.,
and Kev. Benjamin Hodge, St. Paul.
DUPONT AIDS SCHOOL
(Associated Negro Press)
Wilmington, Del., July Id—Pierre S.
DuPont, president of the DuPont Pow
der Company, has created a trust fund
of $2,t»00f000 for the remodeling and
modernizing of the public schools of
Delaware, outside of Wilmington, to be
expended the next four years. Four
hundred thousand dollars will be ap
plied to the improvement of schools for
negro children.
1,000
Agents Wanted
to Solicit
Subscriptions for
THE WHIP
See
Jesse A. Graves
Circulation Manager
3457 State Street
MEMBER OF BILLY KING’S COMPANY
; WOUNDED IN EACH ARM
Karlv Saturday morning while Miss
Lewis, an actress formerly with Itillv
King A Co., was enjoying the company
of a Mr. Watkins in her apartments, her
former sweetheart 'commonly known us
Buster OlHver, decided thru a tit of
jealousy ♦o make »t uncomfortable for
both parti s.
lie loaded a thirty eight revolver and
NOTED AFRICAN
ADDRESSES THE
ANTILLIA ASS'N
Dr. Nkomo Say* People of Africa
Need Industrial Education
Hr. Sambini Nkomo, of Rhodesia, H.
Africa, and at present a student in
philosophy at the University of Chicago,
delivered sAf bri’LLflf? and eloquent ad
dress before the Autillia Protective As
sociation on July 9th, at the Wabash
Ave. V. M. C. A.
The doctor’s subject was “Africa,”
and he thrilled his audience as he told
of the aspirations of the native African
and his decisive purpose to measure up
to the standard of the world in religion,
politics, education, commerce and gov
ernment. lie said that the Africans
were tired of being regarded as the most
backward of all races, ami had begun
•o dispense with this hideous appellation
by eliminating the intertribal wars
w hich were the greatest obstacle to their
progress. He declared that the greatest
need ot’ the Africans at the present time
is industrial education in order that
they might themselves develop the won
derful resources of their country, the
potential wealth of which had been the
cause of much bloodshed among the
white race in which the natives have
not emerged unscathed. Decrying the
widespread rumor that the wealth of
Africa has been completely divided
among various white races, he character
ized this as untrue and said that the
natural and mineral deposits had hardly
been touched, but were being righteously
guarded and nourished until such time
as black men are familiar with hanking,
railroading and mining. He therefore
appealed to the black men of the United
States and the West Indies to familiar
ize themselves with these things and go
to Africa and give the natives tangible
assistance in the development of a coun
try which belonged as much to the
American and West Indian Negro as it
does to the native African.
Doctors, Lawyers and Teachers Needed.
Dr. Nkonio says that doctors, lawyers
and teachers are needed particularly.
They also need missionaries, but only
the kind that have the welfare of the
native at heart. At the present the
white missionaries sent have lost their
hob! upon the African because instead
of displaying a true Christian spirit,
many of them have sought to exploit the
natives and have further sought to
foment strife betw'cen them and the
European governments.
Africa Not Looking Forward to bo White
Ur. Nkoino scourged the negro who
refuses to rec ze that his sympathies
should be with Africa and who would
be white if he could be. He said Africa
was not looking forward to the time
when it would be white, but to the
time when it would be controlled by
black men. The time for this is not
far distant, but before it can be done,
we must nil awake to the realization of
racial sacrifice. We must be able to
die to defend tke honor of our mothers
it is alleged peeped through the window
of the Hat; saw from the apparent Miss
that penetrated the souls of Miss Lewis
and Mr. \V lit kills, his chances were
gone. He immediately opened fire, shoot
ing Miss Lewis twice, once in each t
arm, and with the eye of a Yankee |
sharpshooter, he changed the direction
of hit volley upon Watkins, practically
tearing out his eye.
Both Miss Lewis and Watkins arc in
Provident Hospital where the doctors
are preparing them for operations.
Olliver was apprehended by police
officers and is now in jail awaiting the
outcome of his victims.
Southern Educator to
Hold Mass Meeting
An educational rally for The Atlanta
Normal and Industrial Institution, will
be held at the Negro Fellowship League
Headquarters, 3005 So. State Street,
Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Baruett, Secretary,
Sunday afternoon, July 27th, 1910. Re
markably strong and to the point topics
will tic discussed along with other con
ditions of the South, by Rev. Richard
I*. Stinson, ex president Janies H. Hen
derson of Morris Brown University, At
lanta, Ga. Mrs. Barnett herself, and
other persons to be named. The Whip
would suggest that if you would have
first hand information from persons who
know what they are talking about, at
tend that meeting.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS GRAND
LODGE MEETS AT ROCKFORD
Dr. A. A. Wesley, Grand Chancellor;
Frank B. Waring, Grand Keeper of Rec
ords and Seals; Attorney Albert li.
George, Beneficiary Department; Bind
ley C. Gyrus, Grand Representative of
Hannibal Lodge No. ♦», and l>r. F. W. 1
Willis are in Rockford, 111., attending
the session of the Knights of Pythias
Lodge, which is being held there, July
15th, 16th and 17th.
FORTY CLUB TO GIVE BIG FES
TIVAL
We learn that the boys of the popular
Forty Club are preparing to hold their
Annual Summer dance at Ogden Park
Gasino, on August 2nd, ami that it prom
ises to be an affair of no small import
ance.
Turns A $100,000 Deal
F. Wm. Harsh, Jr., young real estate
broker of 309 E. 39th Wt., this city a
few weeks ago made an extensive trip
through the Northwest. lie was suc
cessful in selling.to one of the rich farm
ers in Minnesota two large south side
flat buildings at a eost of $100,000. This
is the largest real estate deal of the
month.
The real estate barons are not sur
prised at the accomplishment of this
aggressive young man, because he has
long passed the proud distinction of
having a thorough knowledge of the
business, and in addition one of the best
salesmen in this locality.
ami sisters, we must be able to die to
protect each other, and when this is
done we shall be able to recognize how
easy it is to die that a race may control
what rightfully belongs to it and so
perpetuate itself.
It is Dr. Nkomo’s intention, at the |
completion of his course to return to 8.
Africa and establish an industrial school
for his people ami in this venture he
hopes to secure the undivided support
of every West Indian and American
Negro.
Troop Patrol Streets
Following Trouble
Longview, Texas, July l.‘l One of the
most serious race riots in the last half
century broke out here today. Three
colored and five whites were killed and
several wounded, including a deputy
sheriff.
The feeling between the races has not
been the most friendly since the fight
between members of the 10th U. 8.
Cavalry and Texas citizens on the
Fourth of July.
Thus it did not take very much of a
jar to knock the chip from the shoul
ders of the Texas rangers.
Prof. C. P. Davis, a school teacher,
ANOTHER HERD RETURNS
Promoted to Rank of Captain
Dr. Brown examination for
the Army August 1917 for a dental
surgeon and passed with a high average
both physical and dental. Received a
commission of 1st Lieutenant, September
4, 1917. Was called into active service
(May 9, 1918, ami ordered to report at
f'amp Oglethorpe May lb; was ordered
Capt. A. C. Brown
to report to Camp Funston, Kansas,
May 29, ami was ordered overseas, June
14, 1918, with the 317 Sanitary Train
of the 92nd Division. He arrived at
Brest,' France, June 22, 1918, and im
mediately went into training.
Also had charge of the dental work in
the 366th Field Hospital, in which hos
pital remained until the armistice was
signed, and served on three fronts. At
the signing of the armistice, he was*
detached from the 92nd Division and
ordered to duty with the Service Bat
talions of the Quartermaster Department
and served with that department until
ordered back to America. Received a
promotion to a captaincy Feb. 17, 1919.
“I enjoyed my year of service very
muck and acquired quite a deal of
French during my stay in France, and
had the opportunity of crossing France
three times, also visited Nice, Monte
Carlo, Marseilles, Lyons, Monaco, Dijon;
ami Paris several times, where I had
the extreme pleasure of visiting many
interesting historical points of interest
including the old palace of Louis XIV
at Versailles, where the Peace Confer
it is alleged after the lynching of a
colored man for intimacy with a white
woman wrote to a Chicago newspaper
telling of the fieudishness of the blood
thirsty mob, the utter disregard of the
law by the whites in this section, was
hunted down and shot to death. Mr.
E. T. Bush, the father-in-law, fired upon
the mob wounding several ami fled.
The trouble was checked temporarily
but broke afresh yesterday when the
officers attempted to disarm all colored
people. The leading men refused to be
relieved of their only defense and as a
result a free for all mixup was in prog
ress. It only took a very few minutes
to enlist the services of all the towns
men to begin another battle.
Mayor Bondheiiu, seeing himself un
able to handle the situation, wired Gov.
Hobby, who imined: \ seut 500 troops
to the scene, ana t«ecl\red trio town
under martial law. ,7'rig. Gen. H. H.
McDill is in charge troops.
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
Meets in Rockford, ill.
The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pyth
ias N. A. S. A. E. A. A. k A., are hold
ing their 28th annual session at Pioneer
Hall under the auspices of the Forest
City Lodge No. 41, Rockford, Illinois.
The Illinois Central attached a special
car to train No. 11 for Grand Lodge ofti
cers and delegates who left Chicago
Monday morning, July 14th. The fol
lowing Grand Lodge and Grand Court
officers were aboard:
Grand Ulmncellor, Dr. Allen K. Wes
ley, Grand Keeper of Records ami Seals
Frank B. Warren, Grand Medical Direc
tor Dr. K. S. Miller, Grand Prelate W. O.
King, Grand Master at Arms Louis
Moore, Grand Outer Guard Frank D.
Grave, Supreme Representative Oliver
De Greene, Secretary of Beneficial
Board John Auter; members of Benefici
ary Board, James S. Snow, Capt. Clinton
L. Hill and J. B. Moxley; Grand Trus
tees Dr. W. T. Jefferson, A. Stephen
son and George Tirell; Grand Worthy
Counsellor Mrs. Rosie H. Hoard of East
St. Louis, 111.; Grand Conductress llol
lena Boas Moxley of East St. Louis, III.
There were about sixty delegates to
arrive with the party; others are com
ing in on every train.
Forest City Lodge met the delegates
at the station and with auto service con
ducted them to various homes.
For complete information concerning
session, see next week’s issue.
cnee was held and where the treay was
signed.”
When asked what he thought of the
French Republic, Dr. Brown said:
”1 am truly iu love with the French,
who accorded us the most hearty wel
come and generous hospitality, such as
I never dreamed of. France is truly the
cradle of Democracy ami Liberty for all
mankind. I have nothing but the high
est respect and affection for them. Shall
I return to La Belle France! I have
this to answer: 1 hope some day in the
very near future to become a citizen
of France. ’ ’
Dr. Brown was once enlisted in the
Navy, but soon found out that there
was no opportunity for promotions. He
then entered Fisk University receiving
a Bachelor’s Degree the following year,
and entered the University of Illinois
where he graduated with honors.

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