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Hit !>olt oul of a dear sky came
; | on last Saturday evening
tj H. Herring, pastor of the,
•liurch here, had been the
ijn automobile accident and i
Hi a broken leg. As soon
vs of the accident reached
nany members and friends
(M. J 3. church began calling
lerring and offering words
End consolation to her. Be
her favor, that she bore up ■
■der the great strain and
mart of a real heroine.
Ident occurred on Saturday
labout 1:30 or 2 o’clock,
(automobile in which Rev i
vas riding, rolled over an
»nt, threw some of the oceu
of the machine and pinned
neath it. There were eight
occupants in ’the car and all
little baby were more or less
r. The little baby is said
lrnded unscratched among
sal and bleeding mass of
d. The driver and owner of
1 >ne was the most badly hurt
( lis injuries were mostly in
ffll it is not thought that he
■ d pe sons were rushed
HI W Con. hospital, where im
turgical attention was given
is said that Rev Herring
■Pt | spartan-like courage in the
Os fmajinent ditnger. When the
dent was discovered and the 1
uers began extrica«ing the victims 1
I
i this horrible plight, Kev. Herring
to the man who was trying to |
him “Let me lie here, and you 1
get that man from under the 1
hine who is groaning so." The 1
replied that one life was as good
wither, and if he could save him 1
vould feel as much rewarded as if }
lad saved the man under the car 1
n they reached the hospital and
n the work of faking stiehes and *
ir.g the flow of blond, our cour- 1
ms pastor is reported to have said
is : ttendant: "1 am not as badly 1
a . some of (he people over there;
them attention first.”
i idly morning Mr. C. S. V. Jones,
of the officers of the A. M. E.
1 h here, boarded the train for
and returned Monday, bringing
i him our bruised and maimed
or. He turned Rev. Herring over
lectors Hackett and Palmer, who
novy looking after the patient,
ev. Herring and his\ refined, cul
•d wife have endeared themselves
he hearts of all who know them
l every one regrets that this sad ;
itheqt was occasioned to mar their
pr, useful lives.
[>w the Colored Man
;els About the War
** American Negro feels like the
.an wlhte man, that his fight
war is for a righteous cause,
ire fighting and shedding our
* hat our nation and the nations
I ■ world may make their laws
a niony with the Divine laws and
’harmony with all things a God
ng people hold dear. Man can
be free and happy in a country
■'Tnea by laws made in accordance
1 the laws of God. There are two
.-ses of people in this country, loyal
i disloyel, friend and foe. He who
Is to do all he can to help win
i war is not for us, but against us
1 should be treated as an enemy,
pneoln once said, ‘‘The man who
nds by and says nothing when the
•il of his government is discussed
n not be misunderstood, if not hin
red, he is sure to help the enemy,
leh more if he talks ambiguously,
ing ‘fculs’ and ‘ifs.’”
'an Ihe kaiser love God and. at the
a • (time murder defenseless men,
<A and children? Today Ger-
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PHOENIX TRIBUNE
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THINGS UP THERE
Mr. John D. W. Stewart of Prescott
and a member of the Thumb Butte
Lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M., was in
Phoenix a few days this week and
1 gave out some very important infor
mation concerning fraternal work
among our-'people in that city,
Mr. Stewart said that Thumb Butte
lodge owns a lot at 140 North Granite
street and has purchased 40,000 bricks
and placed on the lot preparatory to
| builditlg a magnificent hall.
He said that they already have a
large reception hall that has been
opened "for entertainments.
Mr. Stewart is an enthusiastic
! booster tor Prescott and believes that
there is a lot of real good news every
week that is being left out of the
Prescott column. Send your news
matter to our representative there,
Mrs. Helen Harper Vance, and she
will see to it that you receive proper
mention in the Prescott column.
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Editors’ Conference
Yields Big Results
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29.
Already there are numerous evidences
that the recent conference of colored
editors and leaders held in this city
in June, which was called by Emmett
J. Scott, special assistant to the Sec
retary of War, at the suggestion of
the War Department and the Commit
tee on Public Information, to consider
the relations of the 12,000,000 Negroes
in this country with the general gov
ernment itself, and to discuss ways
and means how each might co-operate
most effectively in the work of win
ning the present world wide war, is
bearing fruit. Three results of the
most significant character have been
worked out within the past fortnight
that fully justify the holding of the
conference and other issues not less
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far-reaching are well on their way
toward a satisfactory conclusion.
President Wilson's Clean-Cut Pro
nouncement Against Lynching
The first in importance and human
interest of the helpful results that may
be said to have grown directly out of
the recent conference of editors, and j
the co-operation of Negro leaders and |
friends of the Negro people, is the
frank, positiv and unequivocal decla
ration of the President of the United
States against the mob spirit, which
has been sent to the four corners of
the earth by cable and through the
newspapers of this country. Presi
dent Wilson’s firm stand for law and
order ranks with the finest of the
great state papers that have emanated
from the White House, and it has
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Translators of
Spanish Wanted
Translators of Spanish are in de
mand. Women who translate Spanish
accurately and quickly should com
municate with the postal censorship
board, Postoffce Department, Wash
ington, D. C., for assignment to the
postal censorship in New York and
other port cities.
“Our need in the past has been for
translators of the numerous Euro
pean languages,” states the New York
executive postal censorship commit
tee. “But we have now obtained a
sufficient number of persons to carry
on the work, with the exception of
Spanish translations. In fact, the work
in this language is so voluminous
that all vacancies caused by resigna
tions of French and German transla
tors and English readers are being
filled by applicants who can offer
Spanish in addition to thees languages.
We have been making appointments
for some months and expect to con
tinue for some time to come.”
GEN. PERSHING :
VISITS HOSPITAL;
rums
PARIS. —“Your country is proud of
you and J am more than proud to :
command such men as you. You l
have fought splendidly.”
General Pershing thus addressed
wounded American soldiers lying in
the American Red Cross hospitals in i
Paris yesterday. In each ward of
every hospital he talked to the men.
He inquired if they were being well
cared for, how and where they were
wounded, what regiments they be
longed to, and expressed his sympathy
to scores of patients.
General Pershing also talked to the
physicians, surgeons and nurses and <
thanked them for the work they were
doing in caring for the wounded.
“None can ask more of any fighting
force than that they should do as well
as you have done,” he said to his
troops. The general added that he
wished he could talk personally with
each and every man in the hospital
I
but this was impossible. So he asked
Major Perkins to repeat his message
and say to each individual man: “The 1
American people are proud of you.”
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Negroes Are in 1
the Marne Battle
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE MARNE, July 17 (Wednesday), j
—American Negro troops are helping
to hold the allied line against the fifth (
German offensive. They requested
the favor of being permitted to take
oyer a part o fthe line of attack,
though they had been holding part of
a Frenc hesetor for the last three '
months without relief.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE FRENCH FRONT. Tuesday, 1
July 9.—Since arriving in France a
regiment of Negro troops from Chi
cago has been highly commended for
its conduct under fire, and also for its i ’
appearance at a formal review before
a high French commander.
Considerably to the men’s disap
pointment their experience in the
trenches has thus far been less ex
citing than they desired. All were
keen for a hair-raising fight. They
: have been under fire and also been
attacked by airplaines. Close contact
with the enemy has been limited to
patrol brushes at night and sniping
by day. In this they have excelled,
greatly to Fritz's discomfort.
Considerable time was used in mas
tering the French equipment which re
placed the American equipment given
the outfit at the start. The men have
adopted this, though they prefer the
weapons to which the yare accust
omed.
“How the men have become stern
and stoical in facing dangers is a
revelation,” said one of their officers.
“The noisiest and most careless be
-1 came quiet and alert the moment he
reached the trenches. No one showed j
a trace of nervousness or fear. I am
confident they will make a record."
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THE COLORED DRAFTEE
Weep not for him, mother, father,
sister, brother, wife or sweetheart.
He has gone to do and dare; to bring
honor to himself and race. He is
fully conscious of the duties that are
upon him. He also knows of the odds
that are against him on account of his
color. Nevertheless, let us who are
left behind lend him every encourage
ment; hoping that Uncle Sam will
give him a square deal and have him
; feel that he is worthy of wearing the
i uniform of this country.
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The Mozart Society of Fisk Univer
; sity, Nashville, Tenn., gave Coleridge
• Taylor’s “Hiawatha" at their recent
. annual banquet. Mr. William H. Rich
i ardson, of Boston, Mass., was engaged
for the baritone role. Mr. Work, tener,
was the director.
ARIZONA’S GREATEST WEEKLY
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918
50,1 NEGROES
1 CALLED TO
THE COLORS
WASHINGTON, July 23—Fifty thou
sand negro registrants qualified for
general military service were called to
the colors today by PTOvost Marshal
Crowder. They will entrain between
Aug. 1 and 5, and will come from 41
states and the district of Columbia.
The quota by states includes:
Arizona 39, Camp Lewis, Wash.
California 611, Camp Lewis, Wash
Colorado 270, C=mp Lewis WaEh. |
Idaho F>' Wash.
lowa 4bs, e,u... r Fort Riley,
Kan.; 195 Camp Dodge.
Montana 101, Camp Lewis; 236,
Camp Funston.
Nevada 9, Camp Lewis.
Oregon 50, Camp Lewis.
Texas 2000, Camp McArthur.
Utah 49, Camp Lewis.
Washington 78, Camp Lewis.
Wyoming 66, Camp Lewis.
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PREPARED TO MEET THE KAISER
Down in the State of Alabama
About thirty-nine years ago,
Tuskegee Institute was founded
For colored folks to go.
Founded by our no';|e Booker T,
Set up for you and me.
That every black man’s head
Might be from ignorance set free.
It may be all didn't have the chance*
To go to this great school,
And some that had the chance refused
Becaues they were but fools.
Once more we have a grand old
chance
Offered by Uncle Sam,
To enter and learn a trade.
And so help fill demands.
'Tis great this grand chance we have, i
So let us do our best.
You boys who haven’t entered yet,
Come and join the rest.
From out the land of flowers,
Came a healthy bunch in June,
Who do not fear to cross the pond,
And hope the time is soon.
We’ll show old kaiser what we mean.
And what we boys can do;
He'll stop his subs from sinking U. S.
ships
When we black boys are through.
Now, mothers dear, and sisters, too,
Brothers, friends and wives,
Remember us when on your knees.
Pray that we save our lives.
154 Negro Selectmen
With Grammar School
Education are Called
WASHINGTON, July.—The first
August call for selective service men
was issue dtoday by Provost Marshal
General Crowder, and is for 11,989
white and 154 colored men having
grammar school educations. They
will be trained as gas engine men,
electricians, blacksmiths, carpenters,
[ automobile mechanics, gunsmiths and
sheet metal workers. Twenty-eight
states are included in the call and the
men will be mobilized on various dates
between August 1 and 28.
New Definitions
OVERHEAD EXPENSES—An umbrella. 1
PARKING PRIVILEGE —One hook in the family clothes closet allotted
to your use by friend wife.
CAMOUFLAGE —The dish of cloves at the end of the bar.
S. R. O.—The subway trains.
CHAPLAIN—A man who believes that if a man smite you on the cheek
you should smite him on both cheeks.
ECONOMY —A commendable form of patriotism.
EFFICIENCY EXPERT—A soldier who shoots straight—and first.
NON-ESSENTIAL —Anything that will hurt the enemy if we do- without it.
I. W. W. —Imperial Wilhelm's workers.
A LIBERTY BOND—The allies.
VOLUNTEER—A self-starter.
PARTY LINE TELEPHONE—A listening post.
ATROCITIES—Fifty-cent beef and sl4 shoes.
PEP—Farm hand answering the dinner bell.
PLATlTUDES—Pacifist's ammunition.
OBESITY—A German disease of the head.
NEGRO SOLDIERS !
MUSI BE WED
SAY OFFICERS
Miami, Ariz. —Army officers have
passed the word to keepers of res
taurants ’ and refreshment places in
this vicinity that if they refuse to
serve uniformed men they will be
severely dealth with. The case of a ,
refreshment parlor proprietor who
refused to serve a Negro soldier
caused the action by military authori
ties.
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Colored Nurses to be
Used in Army Camps
Orders Issued by War Department
Makes Opening for Hundreds at
Six Base Hospitals in This Coun
try—Many May Go Overseas
WASHINGTON, D. C—The War
department authorizes the following
statement from Emmett J. Scott, spe
cial assistant to the Secretary of
War.:
Orders were issued today by the
War Department to the office of the
Surgeon General, which will enable
colored nurses who have been regist
ered by the American Red Cross so
ciety, to render BerVlce so rtheir own ,
race in the army. Colored nurses ■
will be assigned to the base hospitals
now established at Camp Funston,
Fort Riley, Kansas; Camp Grant,
Rockford, Illinois; Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, Iowa; Camp Taylor, Louis
ville, Ky.; Camp Sherman, Chilli
cothe, Ohio and Camp Dix, Wrights- i
town, N. J. At these camps a total of
about 38,000 colored troops are sta
tioned. General Pershing has been ■
asked by cable whether the services
of colored nurses can be ultized to ,
advantage among the Aemrican Ex
peditionary forces.
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German Soldier Diary
Tells of an Ugly Task
The diary of a German soldier of '
the Five hundred and eighty-eighth
'Landwehr regiment, made prisoner
in November, 1917, contained the fol
lowing confession:
“Since the 10th of this month, 50 .
women and young girls from Aertryke
have been working on the concrete
shelters of Leke. As Leke is in the
zone of fire and has been bombarded ’
not later than yesterday, I do not un
derstand once more the authorities. 1
If that measure has nt been taken as -
reprisals it constitutes for Germany a 1
monument of shame so great that it is <
not possible to conceive a gerater one. '
Three or four weeks ago they drove :
out the civil population of Leke, and i
now they oblige women and children ■
to work on concrete shelters of the ;
village. It is a shame that this meas
ure has been taken, for it is I who i
every morning, bring the group of 47 ;
women to Leke and conduct them
back to Aertryke. i
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Negro Odd Fellows in Atlanta, Ga., i
have celebrated their seventy-fifth
anniversary.
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DRAFIED BOYS ARE SHOWN EVERY
COOBTESY; ALE IB 8188 SPIRITS
Colored People of Phoenix Turn Out
En Masse To Bid Farewell To
' Our Boys
m THE NEGRO IS IN
According to reports handed out by
the Division of Records and Research
of Tuskegee Institute thirty-five lynch
ings have occurred during the first
six months of this year. This, the re
port says, is twenty-one more than
were lynched during the first six
months of 1917, and ten more than
for the same period in 1916. Os the
thirty-five lynchings during the first
isx months of 1918 all but one were
Negroes, and eight were charged with
the crime of rape. Georgia and Lou
isiana contend for first place with
eight lynchings each to their credit;
then follows Tennessee with four,
Mississippi 2, and Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and
South Carolina, one each.
These figures tell their own story
and register testimony that does not
add power to this nation’s boast of
civilization and love for democracy.
This kind of treatment of the nation
towards its own citizens at home is
compefled to embarrass its protested
love and interest in the rights and
liberties of oppressed peoples across
the seas. Centralization of power in
the various departments of our Na
tional Government has added im
mensely to the efficiency with which
we are waging war for democracy.
That this centralization and peremp
tory use of power to meet emergen
cies and to cope with the world situa
tion cannot be used to suppress law
lessness and the brutal taking of hu
man lives right here at home, seems
anomalous. And yet the race that fur
nishes the victims for such barbarous
crimes against law and justice is ex-1
hibiting a type of loyalty and patriot- j
ism that is not equalled by any class |
of the nation’s citizenship, and which
shall be the wonder of coming genera
tions.
Mob Burns Furniture
to Scare Away Tenants
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Mr. and Mrs.
T. Lytle arrived in the city last fall.
He secured a position at Hog Island
Ship-building Plant, where he has a
very lucrative job. He wanted a home
for himself and wife, and they secured
one at 2504 Pine street, a strictly
white neighborhood. After taking pos
session declarations were made by
their white neighbors that no Negroes
would be tolerated in that vicinity.
Notes were shoved under the door and
the house has been stoned several
times by a mob led by women, but
Mrs. Lytle still holds the fort.
In the meantime 2524 and 2526 be
came empty. Two families attempted
to move in, but a mob surrounded the
furniture, which consisted of three
wagon loads, poured oil over it and
burned it. It was rumored thA legal
threats were then made by the neigh
bors that on the Fourth of July the
three houses would he burned down.
The houses still remain intact.
As Mr. Lytle is a government em
ployee he has appealed to United
States District Attorney Kane for
protection, as the government now
controls the housing problem. Just
| now a hostile truce prevails, due to
police activity. Policemen are sta
tioned night and day at each end of
the block. Under the vigilant guard
of the.officers the tenants are enjoy
ing their first real good sleep.
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Two hundred and fifty colored sol
diers at Camp Taylor, Ky., at an evan
gelistic meeting conducted by the Rev.
G. M. Noble, pastor of the M. E.
church, colored, were converted and
signed the “war roll” as soldiers for
Jesus.
5 CENTS A COPY; $2 A YEAR
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The colored citizens of Phoenix are
to be congratulated for the pleasing
manner in which they carried out the
program for the entertainment of the
drafted boys who left here on Thurs
day evening. This excellent program
was rendered from the band stand in
the city hall plaza. Many and varied
were the numbers which appeared on
the program. All were good and they
were well received.
About one-third of the colored popm
lation of Phoenix gathered at the city
hall plaza to listen to this well ar
ranged program. Musical numbers,
solos and songs by the Famous Quar
tette were among some of the enter
taining features. Judge Joseph H.
Kibbey and Col. Jas. H. McClintocK
(white) were the speakers on this
sole'mn occasion. They spoke inspir
ing words to the drafted boys and
gave them the assurance that should
they return, crowned with victory, a
fuller realization of liberty would be
theirs. |
Not wishing to detract from the
speeches made by these gentlemen on
this momentous occasion, because they
were timely and t 6 the point; but
it is regrettable that there was not
some intelligent member of the Afri
can race to deliver a word of hope
to these, our boys. While these dis
tinguished gentlemen did all in their
power to make those boys feel that
they were with them, heart and soul,
yet there is something in the heart
and soul of the colored man that can
not be thoroughly aroused by the
words of an American white man, be
he ever so friendly to tne race. That
something is: Enthusiastic patriotism.
It takes a capable, intelligent Negro
orator to thoroughly arouse that lat
i ent patriotism which lies in the heart
! of all black Americans. Had it been
! possible to have a man of our race
| like Kelly Miller, Emmett J. Scott,
j Roscoe Simmons or W. T. Vernon ad
i dress those colored boys on last
Thursday afternoon he could have
fired their patriotism to the point
where they would have been ready
and willing to engage in battle with
the Germans without waiting to be
trained.
News came to us today, that the
war department is breaking all rec
ords of any country in rushing troops
to France and has setn to that coun
try, among more than SEVEN HUN
DRED THOUSAND AMERICANS
“over there”, ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND Colored men. This informa
tion will be surprising to colored peo
ple who had little idea that so many
of our men are now “over there.” The
knowledge of this numoer of “our
own” being in the fighting zone will
also arouse to a greater degree the
patriotic spirit in the race and make
them feel, those who are safe here
at home from German bullets, that
they owe a supreme duty to these
men of the race—these more than
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND—who
are fighting for world Democracy.
We were unable to get a complete
list of the names of the drafted boys
and for that reason will not publish
any names.
The most pathetic sights ever wit
nessed in Phoenix were the parting
scenes at the depot. Mother bidding
son farewell; wife and baby kissing
husband and father goodbye; sister
bidding farewell to brother. These
scenes were heart-rending. One case
we believe, deserves special mention.
It was that of Mr. James W. White
who is the fourth son to go from his
home. His mother says that she has
no regrets and only wished that she
had four more boys to give to the
country. Several of the boys in this
contingent leave wives with real
young babes. Their cases seem path
etic, yet the care and protection of
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