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'‘A PAPER WITH A POLICY” ' " -“] ®Ijc Cfjicuijo Wljip AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY 5 <11111 /ll/l | _ CHICAQCML^J^JROAV^JUNE llth, 1921EIGHT PAGES*PRICE FIVE CENTS TULSA'S TERRIBLE TALE IS TOLD SCENES OF DEVASTATED TULSA, AND BLACK CROSS NURSES WHO VOLUNTEERED AID .iiiinui mmmmmmmn * j ...- : — Photos from Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. . of ruined homes in the wake of the Tulsa race riot. Eye witnesses declare that in tbcgcjty of Tulsa there has not been left standing a building owned by members of our Race. Center photo graph fs a Chicago company of Mardrn Garvey** Black Cross Nurse* who immediately volunteered to lemKaid fo tt** rict victims. - -- - . - -.^luuu . RISING FROM RUINS, TULSA TO REMOVE MAYOR Say Horrible Destruction Of Life and Property Was Due To Gross Negligence. TULSA. Okla . tine 11 Following a night and day of bloodshed and rapine whuh is without equal in the history of American racial friction. Tulsa is quietly settling down to the task of re construction and rehabilitation. Chicago Man’s Father Held Among those held in connection with the riot is K. B. Stradford, who is now under arrest in Independence, Kan*., pending extradition. Mr. Stradford, who is a former hotel proprietor, is the father of Att'y (?. Francis Stradford, of Chicago. He is charged with rioting, and if con victed under the conditions can be { punished with death. Mr. Stradford ha* refused to return to Tulsa, and a strong fight against his extradition is expected. According to claims made by city officials, the dead will not number | more than thirty. As yet. it is impos- | sihle to obtain an accurate list of the I known dead A partial list of tnctti- j hers of ottr Race known to be dead is j as follows: Noted Doctor Killed Dr. A. C. Jackson, one of the most ' successful physicians of the southwest, ■ Dr. Jackson was killed while running from his home which was in flames He was killed instantaneously when his services were needed the most. j John Wheeler, employee of the First National Hank of Tulsa. Killed while on his way to work Wednesday morn ing. j. W. Williams, proprietor of the Dreamland Theatre. The Dreamland which was located directly across the street from a white theatre, was burned to the ground. It was said to be picked as one of the first targets because it materially reduced the white theatre's patronage. Many Women Wounded Many women were wounded by stray bullets. They were taken care of at the Morningside Hospital. Doc tor’s records show 63 taken care of. (Continued on Page 2.) CLAIM “BIG MISTAKE" STARTED TULSA RIOT TULSA, Okla., June 11. After the destruction of millions of dol lars' worth of property and the death and wounding of scores of people, the real cause of the Tulsa riot has come to light. It has been ascertained that Dick Rowland stepped into a store elevator and accidentally stepped on the foot of Sarah Page, a white elevator girl. She slapped him and he seized her by the arm. The girl screamed and a floor walker seized Rowland and turned him over to the police. The girl filed a charge of assault and bat tery against Rowland. An afternoon paper in report ing the incident that caused the excitement used the word “as sault," but gave insufficient in formation to confine the term to a mere altercation. The public got the meaning that rape had been attempted, which was un true. Y. M. G. A. CAMP SCENE OF NEAR RACE RIOT MORRILTON. Ark., June 11 — Christianity became involved in race friction near here early last week when a mob of disgruntled whites took of fense at the fart that 25 men of our Race were employed in the construc tion of a summer camp for the Y. M. C. A. They demanded that the men be discharged, and when their demand was ignored, formed a mob to drive them away, but were unsuccessful. At this point Y. M. C. A. officials sent for firearms to protect the work ers. The mol) finally disbanded and the work proceeded. EMPTY STOMACH, HUNGRY, BROKE, PORK CHOPS,BULLETS Broke, homeless, with an empty stomach, and of the firm conviction that the world owed him a living, John II. Cofealt, 22, walked into a restaur ant at 2970 State St., Friday, and con sumed an extra order of pork chops. When called upon to pay his check, he explained his poverty to the cashier, adding that an empty stomach had no conscience. Frank Williams, 2241 Cottage Grove Ave., who presides over the destinies of the restaurant, took the law into his own hands and aimed a bullet at Cofealt's conscience less stomach. His aim was poor, how ever, and the bullet found its way into Cofealt's foot. Both arc now under arrest. 2nd Ward Clings Thompson’s Sinking Ship - i j da)' and administered a smashing de feat to the 'Thompson judicial candi dates, defeating the City Hall ticket by a majority of 100,000. In spite of the revulsion of feeling shown against the Mayor, however, the Second Ward, as usual, slow to awaken to the inarch of events, voted 3 to 1 for "Big Bill." The jail bond proposition, a Thomp son scheme, which meant thousand. of dollars’ worth of patronage for I hompson appointees, also went down in the crash. The proposal authorizing the board of education to furnish free text-books j to school children appears to have | passed. Although the Mayor’s machine has not been wrecked, polite iatis see thi beginning of the end of Tammany in Illinois. It is interesting to note that | the Second ward, which was the first j to push the Mayor to the front, is the last to desert his raft as it sinks to defeat. PEACEMAKER GETS WORST OF FIGHT There is very little likelihood that Hiram Boulder, 3855 Dearborn St., will ever attempt the role of peace maker again. Boulder, who is 38 years old, attempted to art as peacemaker between Mrs. Henrietta Jones and her husband, Thomas Jones, in a family quarrel the Jones' were having at their home, 3855 Dearborn St., June 3, Whether Boulder's intentions were misunderstood has not been ascertain ed The most that is known is, that after Boulder regained consciousness he found that he been thrown down stairs and that his left arm had been fractured in addition to various and sundry other bruises and lacerations he found on his person. LAWMAKER SLAYS UNARMED MAN “TO RESCUE FIVE” SHREVEPORT I ,a„ June 11 — Claiming that he was "saving the lives" of five other men and himself, Stewart Douglas, White, a member of the Louisiana state legislature, turned a shotgun on Benjamin Gaton, who was unarmed, and shot him to death. Doug las claims that Gaton was about to at tack him and his five comrades, and his only hope of saving his life and the lives of his friends was to shoot the man to death. He has not been ar rested. ONLY 2 MORE WEEKS OF WHIP AUTO RACE Campaign Speeding Up On Home Stretch—Last Chance For Big Votes Ends June 18. SPEEDING UP!—that most fitting ly describe^ the feverish activity being shown in The Whip’s great $.1,500.00 automobile and cash prize rare. Swing ing into line, all atingle with high hopes and ambition, contestant^ in the now famous Dixie Flyer touring car campaign lave begun to swell their vote totals to a high mark and. from now on to the finish, it will be mighty exciting race. The First Period which closed last Saturday night was a very productive time for tin candidates. Thousands of votes were cast and even a** we go to press this week, the aggressive contest ants arc hitting a fast and turi<»u- paee. urged on to do their utmost because of the realization that Saturday night, June 25th, is the last day of the race. It i> a strange coincidence, too, something unusual in affairs of this kind, hut each of the “live wire'' can didates who are striving for first honors and the grand capital prize of $1,700.00 Dixie Flyer touring car. are bcnelitt ing so equally that it is necessary to do hair-line figuring to determine the leader up to the present time. The competition, therefore, so far as the relative standings of t!i contest ants is concerned, depend: aim » t en tirely upon the results accomplished j by the various workers between now and the finish as to who the real win ners will be. The above is not mere talk for the sake of telling, but a real fact—theories and rumors notwith standing. The struggle for supremacy will be fought out during the next few days for the campaign comes to a fate ful close in just two weeks from this Saturday—just 14 days. Contestants who expect to be among i the big prize winners when the judges j announce their decision on June 25th ; will have to do more than clip coupons to land the prize of their choice. This is not a coupon-clipping campaign, ft is a subscription campaign and you will have to get subscription- to win. Now For the Finish And now for the whirlwind finish. Now for the sen nations and surprises. These ere the days that will test the resourcefulness and energy of the candidates. Here is where j their courage upholds them and make- them KHiHT, or the lack of courage- takes the stiffness out of their knee- and leaves them trailing in the dust WIDTH will it lie? Will you In* an “also ran?” Supreme cour age is needed the lighting, “do *»r die” spirit. I» is vitally important that your greatest efforts be put forth NOW. Votes will he piling up much more rapidly during these last two final weeks. The L1VEST and MOST IMPORTANT part of (Continued on Page 3.) Arrives Monday, Commits Murder Tuesday, Flees Police arc on the outlook for Hen Carter, 18, who arrived in the city Monday from Youngstown, O., killed Ernest Waller Tuesdav, and then made good his escape. Waller was slain early Tuesday aft ernoon at his home, 3314 Rhodes Ave., after a quarrel with Carter. Carter is said to have lived with mother at 17 N. Prospect Ave., Young town. and police think he may have tied hack there. Ohio authorities have been wired to watch for him. RALPH TYLER, FAMOUS SCRIBE IS DEAD COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11.— Ralph W. Tyler, nationally known as one of the leading newspaper men of the Race, died at his home here last Wednesday. He had been confined to his bed only a short time. M r. Tyler has been an active figure in American newspaper circles for many for many years. At the time of his death he was writing for the Co lumbus Evening Citizen (white). During the war he was designated by President Wilson as special war correspondent and assigned to the 92nd division. He went to the front with the unit and witnessed many of its battles. He is survived by a wife and three sons. 'CON’ MEN WORK IN SHADOW OF POLICE STATION So successful were the operations of two confidence men that they took one of their victims into the very shad ow of the 26th St. police station Mon day to explain to her how they were going to divide the purse which they had just found containing $1,600, pro vided, however, that she could get $100 with which to make even change. They had succeeded in fleecing two women, had failed in the case of the third, and were working on their fourth prospect when captured by policemen. They described themselves as Cecil Hoffman and Arthur Crutcheld, both of 3106 Wabash Ave. Miss Bertha Allison, 3106 Rhodes Ave., was the third of their prospective victims, who, seeing through the game, notified the police, and aided the arrest of the men. “SOLVE YOUR OWN PROBLENT-HARDING OXFORD, Pa., June 11.—“The solving of your race problem is up to you and the members of your own race,” said President Harding to the graduating class of the Lincoln University theological seminary here Monday. THODYING, STICKS TO DISCREDIJED TALE OF ATTACK LOUISVILLE, Ky.. June 11.—A1 though standing on the threshold of death itself, Mrs. Mollie Coyle, 52, 4'I Fchr Avc., stuck to a story to the ef fect that she had been struck by an unidentified man of our Race. She was found unconscious at the foot of the steps leading into her house. Gottfried Schlaug,white, was stand ing directly underneath the steps when the aged woman stumbled and fell down them. He swears that no other person was near. Other witnesses swear that Mrs. Coyle tvas alone at the time of her accident. Yet, so in bred is it in Southern whites to lay every ill at a Black man’s door, that Mrs. Coyle died with this repudiated falsehodd on her lips. SCORES DEAD, MIL LIONS LOST IN POEBLO FLOOD PUEBLO, Colo., June 11.—Scores of people are dead and millions of dol lars’ worth of property are lost in floods which have inundated Pueblo for the last week. Among the dead known to be mem bers of our Race are: Mrs. Sarah Bird, 2527 Tremont St., Denver. Mrs. Mary Bird, her daughter-in law. Mrs. A. J. Jackson, 523 W. 3rd St., Pueblo. Unnamed woman, identified as mo ther-in-law of "Sport" McAllister. HARDING, IGNORING TULSA HOMELESS, PLEADS FOR PUEBLO VICTIMS WASHINGTON, June 11.—Imme diately following the Pueblo, Colo., floods, President Harding made an ap peal to the nation at large for aid for the victims. The President failed however, to make public any plea re garding the victims of the Tuisa race riots. KILLSMANWHO THREATENS TO MURDER HER 16-Yr-Old Son’s Testimony Exonerates Mother At Dramatic Inquest. Before a throng that taxed to rapac ity the chapel of Williamson's under taking parlors Monday morning and in the presence of his legitimate wife, Mrs. Mary E. Freeman, the common law wife of London E. Freeman, re lated to the cor aer's jury how she slew her common law husband Satur day night in their home at 523 W. 54th Place. Confronts Legitimate Wife. Freeman's legitimate wife, Mrs. Pearl Freeman, 3348 State St., Apt. 421, confronted the woman with whom her husband had been living for the past eight years, and told the coroner’s jury in clear and intelligent terms how she had become separated from her husband fourteen years ago. and how. without molestation from her he had lived with and supported Mrs. Kelly as her husband. Schoolboy's Dramatic Testimony. The most dramatic testimony was offered by Clarence Kelly. 16-year-old son of Mrs. Mary Kelly-Freeman, who is a student at Englewood High school. Clarence related the story of the slaying in the clear, high tones of a schoolboy, saying tIfat he had always thought that Freeman and his mother were husband and wife, and that Free man was his legitimate stepfather. A vibration of emotion ran through the audience as Clarence made this de claration. Women were moved to tears when he placed his arms around his sobbing mother and said: "But it's all right, though, Mamma.” Story of the Slaying. The story of the shooting as told by Clarence Kelly, Mrs. Kelly, and two other witnesses, Lewis R. Williams, 6226 (irecn St., and Joseph Waters, 503 W. 54th St., is one characteristic of the disrespect of a man for the 1 woman with whom he is living out of ! wedlock. Freeman was preparing to go with I triends to Morgan Park to be initiated I in a Masonic Lodge. He told his wife I to prepare the customary lunch for -uch occasions. Although he failed to give her sufficient money to prepare the kind of lunch he wanted. He vio lently protested against the simple sandwiches she gave him. He went so far as to tell her "to be gone” when he returned, or he would kill her. When Mrs. Freeman signified her in tention of remaining because she was unable to carry her furniture with her at that time of night, Freeman is said (Continued on *-)