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WAGE WAR IN CHICAGO Invites Suggestions From the Public-Vital issues to be discussed Christmas Creeing We wish to greet our readers and supporters with heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the full and open spirit which they have manifested to the "Whip" in its journalistic birth and adolescence. We feel that public sentiment and popular opinion demands without question an organ that is free from sinister influences and that is fully conscious of the colored man's ponderous burdens and inimical barriers. We further feel that it is devolved upon the thinking, intelligent and courageous young men to lead the attack upon the latent and patent existing evils that corrupt and retard the progress and advancement of the race. It is with profound regard and liberal gratitude we extend the season's greetings to those who have awakened from the half man's dream and are climbing to the heights delectable. Merry Christmas and Great New Year to the "Whip" readers. Vol. 1.—No. 27. WA GOVERNOR LOWDE MISISON Invites Suggestion blic-Vital issues The Chicago Commission on Race Relations appointed by Governor Lowden to investigate the Chicago Race Riots has reached the point where it ready to invite communications from individuals or organizations having information or suggestions to offer. The Commission's offices are at Room 1201, People's Life Building, 180 North Wells St., Chicago, Ill. Edgar A. Bancroft is Chairman of the Commission. Graham Romeyn Taylor is Executive Secretary and Charles S. Johnson is Associate Executive Secretary. Mr. Taylor has recently returned from three years' government service in Russia. He was under commission as a special assistant to the American Ambassador. He was detailed to various activities including investigation of the coalition of German and Austrian civil prisoners in the southern Ural region before America's entrance into the war, efforts to safeguard American citizens in Moscow during the Bolshevik revolution, and publicity work to inform Russia as to America's aims and activities in the war and as a democratic republic, being placed in charge of the Petrograd office for this purpose, and later transferred to Vladivostok where he spent last winter. After attending Lewis Institute, Chicago, Mr. Taylor graduated from Harvard in 1903. He reported the Assembly. New York Legislature, session of 1904, for the Associated Press Jewish Fruit Vendor Starts Riot at 35th and State St. What seemed to have been a riot at the corner of 35th and State St. about noon Monday, proved to be nothing more than a liberal fruit vendor disposing his wares consisting of oranges and apples to the merry throng that surged and roared for a chance to spend their money. Select apples were selling for 30c a dozen, nice juicy oranges 25c a dozen. They were going like hot cake. So utterly disgusted was Charlie the Greek who operates a fruit stand at the same corner (whose prices are sky high) that he scouted the neighborhood to find a policeman to obtain from his opposing competitor his credentials authorizing him to do business. Christmas We wish to greet our reader felt thanks and appreciation for they have manifested to the "W and adolescence. We feel that public sentin mands without question an organ ences and that is fully conscious The CHICAGO WHIP THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY A PAPER WITH A POLICY —was a member of the editorial staff of the Survey Magazine for eleven years, until he went to Russia in 1916; served as a special agent of the United States Census Bureau in 1910; acted as a secretary of the Playground Association of Chicago 1907-1910; was a president of Chicago Commons until 1912. While on the staff of the Survey he made a study of industrial suburbs, the results of which was published in his volume, "Sattellite Cities." He is son of Dr. Graham Taylor, of Chicago Commons and the School of Civics and Philanthropy. Charles S. Johnson, the Associate Secretary of the Commission has been director of the Department of Research and Records, Chicago Urban League, for two and one-half years. Formerly he was connected with the Urban League work in Richmond, Virginia, New York City and Chicago. He made a study of the "Negro Laborer" in Richmond, a Survey of the Colored Population of Milwaukee for the National Urban League and prepared reports on "The Negro Migration from the South" for the Chicago Urban League. He holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Virginia Union University of Richmond and Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He is also a graduate student in Social Science at the University of Chicago. He is a protege of Dr. Robert E. Park, Associate Professor of Sociology at the Midway University. Disapprove Death of Colored Officer Washington, Dec. 27.—Sentence of death imposed by court-martial on Capt. Daniel Smith a Negro of the 368th infantry, on conviction of having fled from the enemy in France, was disapproved and the officer ordered restored to duty, according to orders published by the war department. The order is signed by Secretary Baker, "by direction of the President." Capt. Smith, who since has been demobilized, was accused of "shamefully" retreating and running away from the enemy on Sept. 28, 1918, when his regiment was ordered to advance near Vienne-Le-Chateau. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919 WELCOME ALPHA PHI ALPHA CITY OPENS DOORS TO FRATERNITY GATHERING A mile post has been reached in Chicago's race history by the great fraternity convention of young, educated colored who represent the ideal of Culture refinement and ability. The great mass of thinkers in this great city cannot fail to see the uphot of such meetings. The future of the race in America depends without a doubt upon the vision, aggressiveness and intelligence of the young man upon whose shoulder have fallen the weight of a subject race. Alpha Phi Alpha is composed in majority of the cream, the flower and culture of 55 years of Freedom. Alpa Phi Alpha is the clearing house for ideas and a generator of high endeavor and great achievement. Chicago, the Mecca of progress, and the Elysian field of the New Negro, throws open arms to there stalwart manly sons and the seething mass of benign husky Americans feel that the star is rising that will blaze the paths to full equality and unstinted justice. On Sunday evening, Dec. 28th, under the auspices of the Fraternity a great Educational Mass Meeting will be held at Wendell Phillips High School. Emmett Scott addresses the audience and the general public will be in attendance. The headquarters of the fraternity will be the Hotel Vincennes. Let every courtesy be shown these young men who are being used as shock troops against the array of ever present enemies. THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR. TO BE TRUSTEE OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington D. C.—Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary-Treasurer of Howard University, announces that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former President of the United States has accepted the sug of Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, President of the Howard University, that his name be proposed for election as a member of the Howard University Board of Trustees at the meeting of the Board to be held in February. President Roosevelt, in speaking of Howard University some years ago, said: "It is from this institution that are graduated those who will lead and teach their less fortunate fellows. Upon their leading and teaching much depends for their race and their country. I have a peculiar interest in Howard University because of having seen the effects of their work close at hand." The former President's son has something of the same "peculiar interest in Howard University", and is planning to co-operate in every way possible with the great reconstruction and reorganization program of the University, which has assumed a new leadership and has attained, as has been aptly said, a new conception of her mission, through aiming at practically and deliberately at meeting the national demand in race leadership and thus fulfilling her proper duty and mission as the national institution for the higher and professional education of colored youth. HUFF RUNS FOR LEGISLATURE. Dr. Wm. H. Huff is to run for legislature in the 3rd Senatorial district. Dr. Huff is well surrounded by cohorts and supporters and is going to receive support from all sides. Dr. Huff is proprietor of a large drug store and lives at 4037 Prairie Avenue. VOTERS ANGRY ANTI JIM CROW BILL DEFEATED VOTERS ANGRY ANTI JIM CROW BILL DEFEATED Revenge to be Sought at Next Election Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland has introduced in The United States Senate, as an amendment to the Cummins Bill the amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act known as the Madden Bill. The amendment proposes to abolish the Jim Crow car in interstate commerce and does away with the necessity of raising $60,000,000 through national taxation to support the separate car system now in vogue. This Bill is the same as the one introduced in the House as an additional section to the Undue Preferences Clause of the Congress Act of 1887, which unfortunately does not define any, on November 16, 1919 and defeated by a combination of republican and democratic votes, 142 to 12, the rank and file of the republicans breaking away from the party leaders after Representative Joseph Walsh, presiding in the Committee of the Whole, had frustrated an attempt to avoid a vote on the merits by the point of order route. Mr. George H. Murray, General Counsel of the Colored American Council and author of the Madden Bill, when seen at his house by a representative stated. "The amendment proposed follows the lines of the Madden Bill with the exception that the penalty clause was slightly altered in the House and certain sections, the third and fourth, were eliminated, as duplicating similar sections in the Esch Bill. I am highly gratified at the action of the distinguished Senator from Maryland and bespeak for him the cordial support, and immediate support of the colored people and the press. The amendment faces a hard fight and every colored organization should get into instant action. Personal letters and telegrams should reach republican and northern democratic senators not later than Wednesday of this week soliciting their support for Sen. France. Immediate action is imperative. To delay or hesitate is to aid democratic opposition. I feel that I speak also for Mr. Madden, and the Executive Committee of the Council in directing this line of action should be taken at once." Bitter resentment has been aroused among the colored people over the defeat in the House and Negro voters in the States will demand those responsible for the failure of the legislation shall have their names stricken from the state tickets. Man is Charged With Defrauding "customers". Numerous Houstonians with a thirst that has been hard to quench have been wondering what had become of a certain negro who had called on them, representing that he was in the employ of a certain drug-gist who had an oversupply of liquor on hand and offered to dispose of a few quarts of choice whisky for $5 per quart. There were many who swallowed the bait and gave the negro the price of one or more quarts. According to complaints later made to the police, the negro neither returned with the liquid refreshments nor refunded the money. The police arrested a man who gave the name of Edgar Jones Monday night, who they charge is the one who has been victimizing the thirsty souls. The police claim the man has been working this game for some time and that he made good cleanup by it. Several misdemeanor theft charges were filed against Jones in county-court-at-law Tuesday. SOUTHERN WHITE EDITOR JAILED GIVEN PENITENTARY SENTENCE After a long drawn-out trial, which went to U. S. Circut Court of appeals, G. W. Boudin, editor of San Antonio, Texas Inquired, was sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. Bouldin, who is a white man, was charged with responsibility for publication in the Inquirer of November 24, 1917, of an article which was supposed to be an unlawful attempt to cause insubordination among Negro soldiers following the Houston rioting. Bouldin had the moral courage to state facts and show the justification of Negro soldiers attitude in the Houston affair. Southern opinion as to what should be stated in newspapers certainly did not acord with the Inquirer and had sufficient power to influence action on part of U. S. officials. This is only another example of danger of voicing truth in regard to Negro rights and privileges. EDUCATION NIGHT A FEATURE IN COLORED SCHOOL WORK New Orleans, La., December 27. The annual recommendations recently submitted to the New Orleans Parish School Board by Professor J. W. Hoffman, principal of McDonogh No. 35, the Negro High School, were severely scored in a statement Saturday by Dr. E. M. T. Devore, of the Negro Teacher's Alliance. The statement charged Professor Hoffman with advocacy a concentration of school activities in his school at Girod and South Rampart streets which it characterizes as highly disadvantageous to the system upon which the estimated 100,000 local Negroes are dependent for their education. The consolidation of the various evening schools into one to be conducted at the high school, Dr. Devore charges would create such inconvenience as would retard many from participating in the benefits of the school. Dr. Devore also objects to the proposal of Professor Hoffman to consolidate seventh and eight grade pupils at the high school. Dr. Devore declared that the standard of the Negro high school will be lowered and the efficiency of the future teaching corps decreased if the board should follow the recommendations of Professor Hoffman to provide a two-years' optional teachers' course in the high school. "What we want," he argues, "is certainly not to abridge the period of training, nor to try to jam more work into it; but what we do need is a longer period for all this training. Man Snatched Purse of Woman Birmingham, Ala.—Mrs. E. F. Matlock of 1819 Eight avenue, north, was relieved of her mesh handbag valued at $25 by an unknown negro last night about 9 o'clock, near 732 West Twentieth street, according to a report turned in to police headquarters. It was said that Mrs. Matlock was on her way home and as she approached the house a negro, concealed behind a clump of bushes nearby, snatched her handbag, and ran down the street—Officers Burkett and Wyatt rushed to the scene, but were unable to find any trace of the negro. The handbag contained about $30 in currency besides other small articles. GREAT ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED WILL BATTLE THE OLD CROWD POLITICIANS GREAT ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED WILL BATTLE THE OLD CROWD POLITICIANS Colored People Dissatisfied With Fossilized Leadership Predicts End of Caucasian Rule The sweeping tide of affairs are changing our present form civilization the world over. No intelligent student of international situation developing in Europe to-day cannot but recognize this fact. A world's drama is being rehearsed having as its tragetic setting the great disorder East and West. The seed of contention is being propagated through the fertile brain of the yellow-man in Japan. Victor Augagneur, the French stateman says that "Germany is not crushed." Her great military machine is more united than ever. Those who hold illusions that the past war is the last are in dire want of information. Japanese-German Alliance Will Be Powerful. A combination is being formed between Japan and Germany, who holds that the Allied forces have not dealt fairly with them. The hope of Russia is being centered around Prussia. Her days of suffering will be lessened and her salvation will come only under the moran domination of Prussianism. Japan is anxiously awaiting an opportunity to pierce the domains of Siberia and China and then will force the hand of Germany and Russia to accept an offensive alliance when opportunely operated will shake the entire foundation of Western civilization. Struggle Will Approach Barbarism So ruthless will be the conflict between the opposing forces that the question of moral rights of nations will have no consideration. It will be a primitive question of the "survival of the fittest" which the world's history is presenting for a solution. Junius B. Wood Addresses Crowd at Y. M. C. A. A large gathering of citizens heard Junius B. Wood, Staff Correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, at the Wabash Avenue Y. M. C. A. Monday night, December 22. We are indebted to Mr. Wood for the information which we received concerning the activities of the colored regiments in France. He was one of the pioneers who ventured to mention our boys in such a way that we could know of their valorous deeds. He not only indicated the numbers of their regiments but he also gave the names and street addresses of some of the individuals, which thrilled the hearts of friends and relatives on this side. Prior to the war, Mr. Wood showed his interest in our groups by making some special investigations which were printed in pamphlet form and widely distributed throughout the country. The data which he compiled has been used extensively in the discussion of the Negro problem. One of the most significant features of this meeting is that this is the last public appearance of Mr. Wood before he takes the trip to China, Japan and Russia. Many of the leading citizens of Chicago, including business and professional men, were present Col. Dennison in a very interesting address introduced Mr. Wood. Dr George C. Hall extended the welcome geteings. HOLIDAY EDITION EXTRA PRICE FIVE CENTS AGO ATION LAUNCHED WILL D CROWD POLITICIANS e Dissatisfied With ed Leadership The Independent Non-partisan Political League of Chicago was launched last week and has adopted a thorough platform and unflinching principles. The organization conceived in the dissatisfied brain of the New School Colored American has sworn to fight to the last ditch the existing scheme of political, economical and social affairs. The organization is composed of a group of individuals that have no selfish interests involved and have no personal ambitions to subserve. The organization has declared itself opposed to vote profiteering and colored exploitation. Opposed to vice immunity and political graft and handkerchief head leaders, opposed to dummy and insufficient governmental representation. Opposed to a few old moss backs dictating the government and operation of the second ward; opposed to politicians practicing law and fooling the publican. The organization plans to support candidates that can stand the acid test and close scrutiny of the New negroe's Spotlight. To the ideals of full American citizenship and all the rights, privileges and immunities thereby attached the organization has aspired. Public sentiment and popular accord is being met at every door. The Churches and uplift movements as well as all of the colored people with pure and altruistic motives have pledged their unqualified support to the new organization. The great Mass meeting to be held soon will give further exposition of the great independent political league. Birmingham,Ala., Woman Held on Robbery Charge Maggie Felonia Williams, was locked up in the city jail early this morning by Officer Langley on a charge of grand larceny. She is alleged to have stolen a quantity of clothing and a diamond ring valued at $250 from the home of A. Davis, 1009 South Fifteenth avenue, while in his employ. The clothing is said to have amounted to about $300. Hattie Chambliss and Lonnie Edgerton, negroes, were also placed in the jail charged with receiving and concealing the stolen property. Part of the clothing and the ring were recovered at Maggie's home. Further arrests in connection with the robbery were expected today. Danniels Speaks in Behalf of Monument to Negro Soldiers Washington, Dec. 27.—Speaking in behalf of a movement to erect in Washington a monument to Negro soldiers and sailors, Secretary Daniels declared last night that "the world war was not the first time American colored soldiers had fought trained Prussian troops and given a good account of themselves." Referring to the negro, Peter Salmon, who had played a prominent part in the battle of Bunker Hill and to the negro of the world war, Henry Johnson, who was reported to have killed four Germans and wounded twenty-eight others the secretary said these men were the best types of the race. THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH NOTES Olivet Bapt. Church. Dec. 22, 1919. Dr. Williams, the pastor, delivered a timely sermon at the 11 o'clock service, at the old Church home. Rev. Carroll, A. M. B. D. of University of Chicago preached. Ass't pastor Rev. B.Branham spoke in the afternoon for Rev. A. M. Martin of Zion Hill Bapt. Church. Rev. G. R. Wilson of U. of C. delivered two sermons at Antioch Bapt. Church. The Temperance and Young Women's Mass Meeting was well attended. Dr. Williams will deliver a Christmas sermon, Thurs. at 11 A. M. Welcome to Olivet. COLORED HAVE NO VOTES SENATE INQUIRY SOUGHT. Washington, D. C., Dec. 27, 1919. —Congressional investigation of alleged disenfranchisement of Negroes in Southern States with a view of reduring the congressional representations of those states was proposed in a resolution introduced by Senator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire, and referred to the senate judiciary committee. The investigating committee would be appointed jointly by the senate and house and would be required to report by July 1st. The Olivet Baptist Church at 31st and South Park Ave. THE METHODIST CHURCH OF BROOKLYN Senator Moses indicated in a statement on his resolution that it was prompted by the Michigan election cases. "The corruption of the Michigan electorate—if any occurred is most distressing," he said. "But it is no more distressing than suppression of the electorate in the Southern states, which is so notorious as to require no evidence to be adduced. The inquiry into Senator Newberry's title to his seat will not be permitted to go forward alone. A Group of Sunday School Teachers and Officers of Olivet. --- 12 A Group of Deacons and Teachers Who Are Doing Effective Work at Olivet. THE NURSE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Another Group of Officers and Sunday School Workers Who Are Making Their Work Felt THE CHICAGO WHIP "Why They Organize" By John Riley—A. F. of L. Organizer As taken from bits of information picked up through conversations with Sleeping Car and Dining Car men. It must be noted that modern science and inventive ingenuity has provided many comforts with which the public has been blessed, as a result of varied features in the combination of elements that are calculated to lessen personal displeasure obtaining the most desirable results. For instance, the methods in vogue at this day, and placed so handily at the disposal of the traveling American public of the railroads. Beginning a decade ago, the luxurious car known as the sleeper was placed into operation. first as an experiment later on, it became a permanent part of every train carrying passengers, from one destination to another. The idea was capitalized by George M. Pullman, and his associates, and today, it is possible for the busy business man to board a train in New York City at night, occupy a berth, surrounded with every possible comfort, and reach his destination refreshed and vigorous, ready to take up whatever duties it becomes necessary for him to perform. Among the people included in that retinue of public servants whose duty it is to administer to the needs of such travelers, we find the Pullman Porter strongly in evidence. In spite of the many trying ordeals and responsibilities he must face, he has always been underpaid. He is expected to fill a dual role. In connection with administering to the wants and needs of the passengers, he is responsible for the women and children. In this respect, he becomes a valuable asset, as well as a source of revenue for the companies operating such cars. This alone, should be sufficient to justify his employers in at least attempting to see that he is paid a living wage. But instead, they seem reasonably assured that he will get all that he is entitled to by virtue of the fact that he must, in this capacity cultivate a pleasing, humorous disposition, and in so doing, exact tips and other forms of gratuities that should, in a measure be considered his own, from the fact that he has taken exceptional care of those whom it is his duty to serve. Whatever he receives from this source, should be considered only as a token of his service, and should not be considered part of his compensation for the services he has performed. This is ONE reason why they have organized. Self-respect should be an element on a par and equal to personal pride. Any self-respecting man should be able to demand a living wage from his employer, who, through his service, receives fabulous dividends, and is provided with luxuries in abundance. Another pleasing feature or necessary adjunct in connection with traveling is the modern dining car with its crew of well trained waiters, who serve food of the same nature that can be secured in any of the leading hotels. This is very essential, and serves as a panacea for the pangs of hunger that were heretofore unprovided for on a long weary journey. The waiter generally receives a very small compensation, as compared with that received by the other classes of railroad employees. He too, has been compelled to look in some other direction for relief. The tips received by him are generally of uncertain quantity. Many times, the class of people he serves are not able to be as generous with their tips and others, and as a result, his salar, or what he realizes in the way of finance, becomes an unknown quantity from trip to trip—"Mostly unknown." Hence, to be reasonable, and to provide for a stable income, they are seeking relief through the medium furnished by organization, and are getting together every day for the purpose of bargaining collectively, in their own interest. The Porters and Waiters of today seem determined to be regarded as men, by virtue of the fact that they desire to have something to say pertaining to the regulation of their wages, as well as the working conditions. One of the most responsible organizations in evidence today, is the Sleeping Car Porters and Dining Car Employees Local 268, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, with headquarters at 4300 So. State St., Chicago, Ill. Charles Latchie Morris wins essay contest among men. Mrs. Higgins wins ladies' contest. The subject was the New Negro and different phases of aspects. ORIENTAL FURNITURE TO CITY THE ORIENTAL, 700 E. 39th, Chicago, Ill. The Labor Status The Negro The employment of Negroes in various capacities in the Stoc Yards and Steel Mills in and around Chicago in the place of white labor and to break strikes, seems to have caused some agitation among the white population. On each accession the Negro has been sought for and eagerly used until quiet is restored or shortage made up, then the Negro is let out gradually on the slightest provocation. The present acute condition of the labor market is the direct cause of the present and acute condition of the food market, both of which conditions demand immediate attention, from those in authority to remedy or alleviate such. To bring about a condition of ease and satisfaction in the Labor Market would be a big step toward adjustment, and it is such an adjustment that the Negro is most concerned. The Negro population represents a component part of our vastly complicated national structure, and is imbued with the same high ideals represented in our national spirit. That there is more none loyal, patriotic and self sacrificing has on many and every possible occasion been proven. Unquestionable proof of his essential citizenship has been proven time and again. France found the spirit that precedes her people, as her standing army of 200,000 in pre-war days will testify. The knowledge of all this should provoke a kindlier spirit in the attitude of those who deal with us. With the passing of the draft law, the race has been called upon to answer other calls and shoulder responsibilities, all of which he eagerly answered and served as loyal as when he served with the colors. The Negro was as anxious to work in the different activities as he was to carry the gun, and was as glad of the opportunity. C. C. COOPER Piano Tuning and Regulating in All Its Branches. 3144 CALUMET AVENUE Phone Douglas 3166 Member of the Piano Workers' International Union. Fish and Oyster House. Paying Proposition. Good reason given INQUIRE 3716 S. STATE ST. Dr. CARTER Eye Eyes examined, Glasses made to order. Avenue Theatre building PHONES: Residence: Douglas 862. Office: Douglas 4131. To the Many Age ORIENTAL SY A Merry Christmas Mme. Alea Goods Rode made by the Indestructo Co., easily worth $50, We cary a full line of trunks and bags ranging in price from $12.50 to $150. 3811-13-15-17 South State Street. The war was for Democracy, and the basic principles of Democracy are "Equal Sacrifices and Equal Opportunities". Common justice, of which this country boasts, is all that the Negro seeks, all that he wants. It seems, indeed, strange, that this country petty prejudices and attempts to deny the Negro a chance to be the same man in one way he has proven himself to be in so many others. The shibboleth of the two great Anglo-Saxon Democracies, British fair play and Yankee gameness embracing in their conciseness, all that is high and noble in these two nations, should be the guiding spirit in dealing with the Negro. Of course to at any time make any reference to the Negroe's color or racial characteristics, would be to interfere with the plans of the Creator. We hope the time will soon come when the veil will be lifted from the What You Have A Golden Oppo JESSE BIN 36th St. an Soon to THE BINGA S One Dollar Make We Solicit Your INCORPO Jesse Binga Robert S. Abbot U. V. Daily eyes of a certain class of men and each will see the other as his fellow brother and assistant, and give each freely his chance in the field of employment. Then when this step is taen the next will be toward the stopping of the diabolic practices of lynching and other degradations practiced on the defenseless Negro, and then Justice and Peace will dawn in this glorious country for the first time. In what part of the United States, and who is the man that will be first to lead out to bring about these results? WILL. MATHTAKEY, 3827 Indiana Ave. Avoid the Lash of the Whip. 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Fritz Pollard, Foot Ball master, who passed thru the City last week and paid the Whip a visit. (A reprint from the Champion | mud or something furnished a suffi- ii aa) clautle aeed alibi to permit the Waah- Somewhere in France the forces of Great Britain were playing havoc with German trenches and the Teu- tonic theory, “Deutchland ueber Alles.” bu using a gigantic, unstop- pable, caterpillar-like machine termed the tank; somewhere in New England the eleven of Brown University is even more successfully routing the enemy, by utilizing a powerful, equal- ly unstoppable engine termed Fritz Pollard. As yet human ingenuity has created no device for combatting the uncanny “drives” of these ter- rible mechanism. Of the two experts agree the latter is the more formid- able, in that it possesses a human brain, human musculature and human athletic perfection. Fritz Pollard, the multiple-cylinder engine of the Brown football squad, was born in Rogers Park, Chicago, in the year 1895. His preadolescent history was uneventful except for the usual children’s diseases, mumps, chicken pox and measles. He finished grammar school in Rogers Park with- out any untoward symptoms. His pulse was normal, so his mother washed his face and sent him to Lane Tech. to learn football. Before Fritz went to high school he spent his spare hours reading about the superhuman feats of his brother Leslie at Dart- mouth; but after he had made the prep eleven it was all he could do to find time to read about himself. This young Pollard seemed to have been born into the game. His speed was so great it was hard for the specta- tors to keep track of him, much less his opponents. His school appropri- ated championship honors the years he lent his assistance; and when his term had expired. college coaches the country over made a leap-year grab for the dusky phenom. On account of previous record, Fritz decided in Savor of the East and turned his nose away from the stockyards, On acocunt of the raling against freshmen performances, » Pollard’s “coming-out party” was delayed un- til Jast year, From all accounts it was # brilliant affair; since at the same time he introduced Brown to the football world by upsetting Yale. This might have been the end of Yale had the spilling not occurred in the “Bowl. (How’s that one?) The California folks were so im- pressed with the showing of Pollard and his team-mates that they invited the entire bunch across the continent to Pasadena that they might engage in battle against the formidable Washington State aggregation on Christmas, New Years or my birth- day, December 27, I forget which. ‘The climate, the trip, the rains, the « mud or something furnished a suffi- ciently good alibi to permit the Wash- ‘ington birds to get away with the bacon; but even at that Fritz had a -nice time and all the fruit he could eat. POLLARD GETS TO GOING. As was confided in the Sun last ‘month Pollard returned this season to his togs with blood in his eye. Just before leaving Chicago he had me over home for breakfast. While I was increasing my weight from 170 to 173 pounds, he>told me what he was going to do to those eastern bugs. ‘There is one thing I can always say about Fritz, “he tells the truth.” Brown's record this year is a most one-sided affair imaginable. In the games they have staged this season, their pluralities have been simply huge (not Hughes). They carried Connecticut by storm, taking 26 electoral votes from Yale. The As- sociated Press literally burned up the wires with their glowing accounts of Pollard’s work in the Yale bowl. On one occasion embracing the pig?skin from a punt he raced fifty-five yards for a touch-down; on another he in- tercepted a forward pass upon his own three yard line; on several time: his gains were more than 25 yards. With Pollard as a nucleus the Brown attack has been developed into a con: centrated unity for which their op- ponents have found no solvent, Tc be beaten by Brown proved to be an epidemic affair. When a team scheduled Brown, the prognosis was PHONE KEN. WAL as ty ea POMARANTZ QUALITY SHOE STORE 4727 South State Street Fine Footwear for the Entire Family We sell shoes at lowest prices on the south side. OORT Sa il Agia il ian eg a a it ia ld ih Sa a thal ad candle, Your Patronage is the Encouragement That Counts : VO A | ;\If its kept in drug stores you will find it at HUFF'S. | ; Gall him up. He delivers goods. He will send for your | } préscriptions and deliver your medicines. His prices are right. | : Wm. H. HUFF siteccsr" ; FTi8 So. State Street - - Tol. Boulevard 295 and 289 | Ask doctor to telephone your prescription to Huff. : ‘Cut this out and paste it by your telephone. ‘ THU CHIUAGO WHIP u = PORTS — — bad from which none survived. Even the one ambition of the Provident school to beat Harvard was not de- nied. Before this year the Crimson had never tasted defeat at the hands of Brown. but Harvard this time was unable to discover any anti-Pollard ‘serum to immune themselves against Brown. The result was that Brown ended the season with a clean sheet foot-ball career in a whirl of glory. You may wonder where he gets it all—I don’t; because ever since that breakfast at his house, I've known the kind of steaks they've been feed- ing him. per ce | 5) Ss a a” ~ Sf 6; oo y gd Bote oo ee Ua eae SC oa ee ae ak eae rm. a oe [ a ce Kid Wilson who fought Jack John son to a 20 round draw last week in Mexico City. Kid is in Towni now and gave us that story on Jack. It is absolute true according to the Kid. Jack Johnson Finds Prospe- rity in Mexico Ex Ghaumtea Popular ia Souther Republic. John Arthur (Jack) Johnson, ex- heavy weight champion of the world, has found a haven in Mexico, free from the race prejudice that proved such a bane to him in the United States. According to “Kid” Wilson, who recently returned from Mexico, when he fought Johnson twenty rounds to ja draw on September Ist, Jack is living in great state, the owner of six automobiles, and the idol of the Mexican populace. Jack is said to be giving exhibitions in vaudeville, as well as performing for motion picture corporations. He now onws three theatres, and if he should choose to turn his attention to the fluctuating fortunes of Mex- ican politics, could easily acquire as much influence as President Car- ranza himself. His income is now said to approximate five hundred dollars per day; thus making ex- tremely remote any possibility of the much anticipated and often reported hope of his enemies in the United States of some day seeing him “broke” and humiliated by poverty. Mrs. Johnson is well, enjoying life in the southern republic, and is as devoted as ever to her heroic exile, ‘TEN USES OF SALT. Salt puts out a fire in the chimney. Salt in the oven under baking tins prevents their scorching on the bot- tom, Salt and vinegar will remove stains from teacups that are discolored, Salt and soda are excellent for bee stings and spider bites. Salt thrown upon soot which has fallen on the carpet prevents stains. 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In the closing minutes of the game Wil- son and Blanchet of Lincoln caged two apiece and this put the game on ice. The final score was 24-16. Machin was the individual star of the game. He played a strong offen. sive and defensive game throughout and was responsible for 8 points. For Quinn John Hines and Arlie Randall Ghe Perfection Bakery 4700 So. State St. For your healths sake use our high class bread, rolls, pies, cakes or doughnuts. Some- thing hot every hour. See our display booth at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn Sts. divided honors, each scoring three baskets. The team work of Quinn was better than Lincoln but they could not find the net when points were needed. In the lightweight section St. Marks defeated Institutional 20-2. As usual the youngsters from Insti- tutional put up a scrappy game against the greatest odds of height and weight. Next year they should have a good team and will bear watching. In a practice game Charles ‘Slaughter’s Lincoln Colts defeated ee, Keen's “Neversweats”, a pick-up team by a narrow margin of four points. The game was interest- ing and fast. Referee—“Bunk” Manning. ‘Timer—Mr, Pope. Scorrer—Maurice Bowles. Umpire—Eugene Wood. Games next Friday night will com- mence at 8:15 sharp. Lightweight Institutional vs Lincoln Grace ys Quinn Heavyweight St. Marks vs Lincoln Bethel vs Walters. 3% On Savings R. W. Woodfolk & Co. 5 Savings Bank 3201 South State Street Phone Douglas 4541 Efficient Service Capable Management A race bank built on the confidence, unlimited resour- ces and as safe as Gibraltar. We extend to depositors financial service unequalled by any institutions. Your business solicited, One Dollar starts a Savings Account Fifty Dollars startsa Checking Account Join Our Xmas Saving Club now and be assured of a Happy Xmas. 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Send stamps for particulars. ———_—_——_—_—_—_—_—_— Mme. NEWELS 27a 4743 STATE ST. The STAGE CRITICISM IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC MORAL AND PUBLIC TASTE MASTER PRODUCTION AT THE GRAND "UP STAIRS AND DOWN BELOW" "UP STAIRS AND DOWN BELOW" By Miller & Lyles What can be termed as a play by Negroes and for Negroes will be staged at the Grand Theater at 31st and State Street beginning Monday, Dec. What can be termed as a play by Negroes and for Negroes will be staged at the Grand Theater at 31st and State Street beginning Monday, Dec. The plot of the play is unique. It deals with the modern every day social and economic problems of today. It has a moral. The affect is as pleasing to the finer moral senses to the eye. Mr. Miller and Lyles needs not introduction to the Theatre going public. They are both masters of the foot lights. were headliners in the biggest houses on the continent. Their record in America is too well established to repeat in detail. They have out-stripped the best on the Keith and Orpheium Circuits. Mr. Johnson the Manager of the Grand is to be complimented for the first class productions that he is offering his patrons. He seems to be a keen student of the social needs of the Race to follow up the Smarter Set, with "Over the Top" and now this master piece in drama by Miller & Lyles. "Up Steeve and Down" When they were in Europe, they JONES' DREAML FACTS OF T JONES' DREAMLAND BAND. THE JOLLY JAZZING JEOPARDS FACTS OF THE ARKANSAS MASSACRE Early in October the report was spread broadcast in this country that Negroes in Phillippe County, Arkansas, had organized to massacre the whites. A group of Negro farmers, members of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America, were charged with having plotted insurrection, with "night riding", with the intention to take over the land of the white men after the owners had been massacred. Investigation has thrown a searching light upon these stories and has revealed that the Negro farmers had organized not to massacre, but to protest by peaceful and legal means against vicious exploitation by unscrupulous landowners and their agents. On October 1. W. D. Adkins, a special agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, in company with Charles Pratt, a deputy sheriff, and a Negro trusty were driving past a Negro church near Hoop Spur, a small community in Phillips County. According to Pratt, persons in the church fired without cause on the party, killing Adkins and wounding Pratt. According to testimony of persons in the church, Adkins and Pratt fired into the church, apparently to frighten the Negroes gathered. The fire was returned with the casualties noted. Whatever the facts may be, this incident started four days of rioting. Negroes were disarmed and arrested, while their arms were given to whites who hastened to the community from Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee; Federal troops were called from Camp Pike; Negroes who had taken refuge in the canebrakes were hunted down and killed; and the final death roll showed five whites and twenty-five Negroes killed, although some place the Negro fatalities as high as one hundred. According to the facts gathered on the scene, the purpose and plan of the organization was as follows: The Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America came into being in order to combat a system of exploitation known as "share-cropping." which has served for half a century as a convenient means of By Walter F. White. were headliners in the biggest houses on the continent. Their record in America is too well established to repeat in detail. They have outstripped the best on the Keith and Orpheium Circuits. Mr. Johnson the Manager of the Grand is to be complimented for the first class productions that he is offering his patrons. He seems to be a keen student of the social needs of the Race to follow up the Smarter Set, with "Over the Top" and now this master piece in drama by Miller & Lyles. "Up Stairs and Down." Don't miss this show - Adv AND BAND. THE JOLLY JA THE ARKANSAS gaining wealth by many whities without the inconvenient necessity of working. This system will be described later. Organized at Winchester, Ddew County, the articles of incorporation were drawn by Williamson and Williamson of Monticello, white men and ex-slaveholders. These articles were filed in due legal form with the county clerk at Winchester, Drew County, the articles or lodges were to be formed in other communities, and it was hoped that the movement would spread to all parst of the South, as the economic exploitation pictured below existed in all of them. The Farmers Union was in the form of a fraternal organization or secret order because the State tax for such an organization is much lower than for any other and because the veil of secrecy with passwords and grips and insignia appealed to the untutored minds of most of the members. Each male member was to pay $1.50 and each female fifty cents. The money thus collected was to go into a common fund to be used to employ a lawyer to make a test in court of cases where Negroes were unable to secure settlements. A careful examination of the literature of the organization does not reveal the "dastardly" plot which has been charged. The organization was declared to be for the purpose of "advancing the intellectual, material, moral, spiritual and financial interests of the Negro race." Applicants for membership had to answer under oath such questions as "Do you believe in God?" "Do you attend church?" Do you believe in courts?" and "Will you defend this Government and her Constitution at all times?" There is nothing in any of the literature seen or published which indicates any other motive than that of aspiring towards the securing of relief from exploitation. "Committee of Seven" composed of white citizens of Helena held hearings for the purpose of determining the facts in the case. At least two members of that committee are plantation owners themselves. According to two sources of information when suspects were brought before Dreamland Has New Band Teh Amusement World has recently been revolutionized. Bill Bottom's first time would imagine himself in the aristocratic environs of a Chihas raised the standard. He has spared no expense in decorating his place. He has exercised rare judgment in the selection of high class entertainers. One getting a glimpse at the interior of Dreamland for the nese palace. A careful inspection of the famous "Cocoanut Grove" on Broadway in New York would lead a fair mind to conclude that Dreamland is running neck with the World's best. The lovers of amusement will not hesitate to give him a hundred per cent support. Not merely because he is a Race man but because he has more to offer them. ZZING JEOPARDS MASSACRE this committee they were seated in a chair charged with electricity. If the Negroes did not talk as freely as the Committee wished, the current was turned on until they did so. This committee has declared that it secured many confessions from Negro suspects, but so far as could be learned none of the details of these confessions has been published. The cause of the Phillips County trouble, according to Governor Chas. H. Brough, was the circulation of what he considers incendiary Negro publications like the Crisis, the official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Having been a professor of economics for seventeen years before becoming governor, it is incredible that he is ignorant of the exploitation of Negroes in his State. It is also reasonable to believe that Governor Brough should know that no publication would have much chance of creating unrest and discontent among contented, justly treated people. A further fact for consideration is that 78.6 per cent. of the population of Phillips County is Negro — the actual figures being; white, 7,176; colored, 26,354. With the white outnumbered almost four to one, it appears that the fatalities would have been differently proportioned if a well-planned murder plot had existed among the Negroes. Now, as to the facts regarding the share-cropping system which caused the alleged "massacre." Theoretically, under the system the owner furnishes the land, the share-cropper the labor, and at the end of the year the crop is divided share and share alike. From the share-cropper's portion is deducted the amount received by him in supplies during the year, in most cases these supplies being "taken up" either at a plantation store or commissary, or from a merchant designated by the owner or his agent. In practice the system for the past fifty years has worked out in such manner that the crop, when gathered, is taken by the landowner and sold by him, and settlement is made with the share-cropper whenever and at whatever Continued on page 7. --- THE CHICAGO WHIP GE AND PUBLIC TASTE THE GRAND Rat Pittsburgh mills in cold the plants, that city is the s town: "Harrisonional trans t ```markdown ``` PEER LESS BEAUTY PEERLESS BEAUTY FACE POWDERS; Theatrical, pink, brown, flesh, brunett. PEERLESS BEAUTY GREASELESS CREAM, Used before powder. PEERLESS BEAUTY BLEACHING CREAM, Massage Cream. PEERLESS BEAUTY HAIR REFINER AND GROWER PEERLESS BEAUTY ROUGE, Shampoo, etc. ARE SUPREME FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND BEAUTY PARLORS The Peerless Beauty and Chemical Co. 4710 So. State St., CHICAGO, ILL. If a flea was as large as an elephant he could jump over the Masonic Temple. IMPOSSIBLE. But if Harvey B. Saunders' business continues to grow in the next two years as it has in the past two year. You will have the largest drug store in Chicago possible. Because the store is built on service, quality, efficiency and prices. Customers in every part of Chicago, in fact the entire United States and Canada, are makivg this store. You should see it for yourself. It is the fastest growing infant on State Street. The latest feature of this store is to fill orders C. O. D. by Parcel Post. Call up Oakland 2051 or Oakland 3126 and give your drug order. Don't worry abou the prices for they are the lowest in Chicago. The mail man will bring it the next morning. Try it at once and you will be a customer of the soon to be larger drug store in Chicago. Harvey B. Saunders 4750 S. State St. ```markdown ``` Oh! That Band! Bill did not stop at his interior supremacy in appearance but he has engaged Clarence Jones Dreamland band. It is conducted by Senor E. S. Washington. Oh, well go and see for yourself. When you come away you'll agree with the writer—That it is the best there is. Rats Can't Keep Warm Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 27.—Steel mills in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, are so cold that the rats have deserted these plants, according to a dispatch from that city to a local newspaper. This is the story that comes from the Ohio town: "Hardware men report an exceptional demand for mouse and rat traps this year. One dealer said he had never experienced such a rush for rodent catchers. The steel strike is blamed, as the animals, which had lived about the plants where the furnaces kept them warm, and the scraps from men's lunches provided them with food. Two tin plate mills, where hundred of rats fattened on the bran used in polishing tin, are idle, causing rats to infest the city." CLASSIFIED WANT ADS Phone Douglas 9220 MME. EMILY M. SCOTT Provident School of Beauty Culture. 3611 S. State St. School—4956 S. State St. Chicago PORTER DRUG CO. (Not Inc.) H. PORTER, R. Ph. N. W. Cor. 35th & Dearborn, Chicago Phone Douglas 2858-2878. Will deal with you on a wholesale basis if bought in quantities. Phone West 6096 Ladies' Work Is Our Specialty. Work Called Por and Delivered. W. A. BLACKMAN Old Reliable Pressing Shop and Shoe Shining Parlor. Cleaning, pressing and repairing. 2229 West Lake Street, Chicago Douglas 3288 Phone Douglas 7585 Lace Curtains Cleaned, 30c pair MRS. M. JACKSON 2932 S. Dearborn Street MARTHA ELU SCHOOL of Dress making and Millinery is now open. Women's Glory system of scalp and hair culture. Send 10c for catalogue. 3634 Vernon Avenue Chicago, Ill. EXPERT DRESSMAKING — MISS Susie A. Davis, 33 E. 43rd St. Phone Drexel 969. Satisfaction guaranteed. MUSIC CALL J. A. RICHARDSON PIANO PLAYERS GRANDS VICTROLAS Douglas 752. Harrison 1656. The Place You Ought to Know J. W. HERMAN Billiard Parlor and Barber Shop Residence Phone: Seeley 2432 Business Phone: SEELEY 680 Mme. M.E. Mack Madame C. J. Walker System HAIR DRESSING Treatment, Shampooing, Dyeing and Bleaching, Hair Made Up to Order. Massaging and Bleaching. Manicuring and Chiropody. 1924 WEST LAKE STREET TELEPHONES: Office, Drexel 1416 Res. Douglas 470 OFFICE HOURS: 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 4 to 6 and 8 to 9 p. m. Dr. BENJ. R. BLUITT 4700 S. STATE STREET Residence 3162 Lake Park Avenue Dr. Wm. B. Buchanan 3611 State Street Office Douglas 2117 Residence Douglas 1284 PROF. J. R. DUNGEY'S Wonderful KUCON Hair Straightener PRICE $1.00 per jar 2836 S. STATE ST, CHICAGO, ILL. DR. S. C. HAMILTON, Dentist Gas Administered 3102 Indiana Ave., CHICAGO MUTUAL DRUG CO. F. S. FRIES, R. Ph. State Street, near 32nd Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Telephone Douglas 1100 Phone Calumet 2723 CANTON CO. FIRST CLASS American and Chinese Rest. 3016 S. STATE ST., CHICAGO 11 a. m. to 3. 30 a. m., Sat. to 3. 30 a. m. 1. F. M. to 5. F. M. 1) a. m. to 2. ```markdown ``` A RELIABLE BUYERS' DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS CONCERNS WHO ARE ADJUSTING THEIR PRICES TO A PRE-WAR BASIS. — SAVE BY GIVING THEM YOUR PATRONAGE. C. L. REYNOLDS, The Tailor 3214 Cottage Grove Ave. Ladies' Tailoring, Men's Suits Made to Measure. Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing. We do Strictly Faultless Work. Ladies' Old Dresses Remodeled. Work Called for and Delivered. When in Need of Carpenter Work Cal Douglas 8619 BEN ENTY Carpenter and Cabinet Maker 103 W. 31st St. Second Floor MRS. GERTRUDE MITCHELL Hair Culturist Mme. C. J. Walker's Treatment 3336 State Street LITTLES & TRUMBLES 3214 Cottage Grove Trade At THE S. & M. GROCERY 2448 S. State Street Lowest Prices on Meats and Groceries Phone Orders Given Prompt Attention. Douglas 1541. Blvd. 3681. Billiard Hall in Connection TIP TOP INN BARBER SHOP Newly electric equipped. First class service High grade domestic and imported Cigars Tonsorial Artist J. O. Bethelle, L. Brewster, Proprietors 4312 SO. STATE ST. Cranshaw & Anderson FASHIONABLE MILLINERY 3408 SOUTH STATE STREET Mme E. Marchand HAIRDRESSING Shampooing and Scalp Treatment Hair Goods Manufactured THE MME. C. J. WALKER SYSTEM 3902 Indiana Avenue Yergan Music House All the Latest Numbers in Player Rolls, Graphophone Records and Sheet Music 55 E. 31st St. Chicago, Ill. Dr.A.C.Brown,D.D.S. has resumed his dental practice again and will be glad to meet his patients at 128 E. 33rd St., Chicago OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 12 m.1 to 5 and 8 to 1 p. m. Sunday by appointment. CANDY SHOP Home Made Candy Wholesale and Retail Prices cheaper than any other candy shop. 16 East 35th Street Phone Douglas 3449 DR. JULIUS C. GREEN DENTAL SURGEON 3518 SOUTH STATE ST. CHICAGO DPESS MAKING, PLAIN And FANCY SEWING LAMBROS & KUMIS Yes we have that Peanut Roll. FRESH HOME MADE CANDIES Special Prices On Xmas Boxes 3036 SOUTH STATE STREET N. W. Cor. PETER H. HARRIS Phone: Drexel 2324 J. C. O'BRYANT MUSICIAN VIOLIN & CORNET Local No. 208 A. F. of M. Also a proprietor of the VELVET POCKET BILLARD ROOM 49 E. 43rd STREET, CHICAGO, ILL Phone Douglas 4131 DR. J. AUTHOR KENNEDY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon 3102 Indiana Ave., over Ave. Theatre HOURS—9 A. M. to 12 M. 5 HOME KITCHEN RESTAURANT For Home Cooking Call at Mrs. C. Harris, Prop. Short Orders at All Hours. "ALWAYS OPEN" 3632 S. State St. DR. A. C. JOHNSON Surgeon—Dentist 3518 S. State Street 460 E. 35th Street J. M. Brown PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 1753 WEST LAKE STREET 6 Under the Lash of the Whip. All those who give elaborate Christmas presents which they can ill afford. The editorial writer of the Chicago Tribune who pen's those dirty articles against colored people. Edward Wright because he has been in Chicago too long. Whatever political forces that gave Louis B. Anderson's partner King, assistant corporation counsel's job when there are better prepared men. Why do these waitresses in Harrison's Restaurant on State St., near 35th, act so undignified and boisterous. Who is that clique of society dudes and "Bevo" sports that are disappreciating their professional and business enery fooling around cabarets and non-essential citizens. Charles B. Travis and Harvey Watkins, those two horses who also ran in the race for ward committeemen. Who is this "Jim Vance" any way that claims to be a great sport writer. Grantland Rice is a back number, eh Vance? Some slush. Why do those of our race persist in blab mouthing on cars and in public places. Who are those liquotarian doctors that the government has cautioned to stop writing "booze" prescription. Shame, Doctor. Who are the "Kongolene Kids" with potash brains that hang around public places with that stuff on. We hope the sting of the Lash hurts. Why does Louis Anderson crack so many jokes in the city council. Away with the joker. Oklahoma Does Not Want Negro Troops [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. Oklahoma City, Dec. 14, 1919. Governor J. B. A. Robertson cancelled his request for troops to protect mine properties, when he learned that two companies of Negro infantrymen were to be sent to the State from Columbus, N. M. In a message to Major General Joseph Dickman, commander of the Southern department of the army at San Antonio, Texas, Governor Robertson declared these troops would only "involve us in unnecessary conflict and confusion," and formally withdrew his request. ARRINGTON'S POPULARITY SPEEDS Governor Robertson characterized the sending of Negro troops to Oklahoma as a "needless waste of time and expense." Arrington, the prominent restauranter, is giving the public a good run for their money. He conducts his business in a polite, courteous, but uncompromising manner. Governor Robertson's message read: "General Dickman, Fort San Houston, Texas. "Thank you kindly for offering troops to police coal fields. but I am advised that these are Negro troops, and if this be true it would be a needless waste of expense and time to send them. It would only involve us in unercessary conflict and confusion. If these are Negro troops, I hereby withdraw my request for same and urge that you do not send send them under any circumstances. Respectfully, His food is well prepared, inviting and his personal supervision makes it approach perfection. Mr. Arrington is a progressive though business man and is planning to satisfy the public fancy with a wonderful Christmas dinner at a popular price. All those who drop in empty will roll out filled with the harvest of the season. Let us stop in at Arrington's place on 35th near Wabash. J. B. A. ROBERTSON, Governor." The Negro troops to have been sent were two companies of the 24th infantry stationed at Columbus, N. M. They were to have been used in protecting volunteer coal miners. Printers Raise Wages Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 27.—A new wage agreement secured by the Typographical union provides these rates: Newspapers, day work $30 a week for hand men and $32 for machine operators. Newspapers, night work, $30.50 for hand men and $32.50 for machine operators. Salt thrown upon freshly spilled ink, on a carpet, will remove the spot. Salt in whitewash will make it stick. Salt thrown on a coal fire which is low will revive it. Salt used in sweeping carpets will keep out moths. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 27. — Members of the Typographical union employed in commercial shops have raised wages from $27.50 to $36. Salt sprinkled upon the kitchen range will stop the smoke and smell of substance burning. A. E. 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One Visit Will Add You to Our Large List of Permanent, Satisfied Patrons CHRISTMAS BARGAINS $500 down buys a three flat building, stone front, 6—6—7 rooms. Price $6,750. Terms to suit. $250 down buys a seven room house, newly decorated. Price $2.450. Balance like rent. $500 down buys a ten room, steam heated, electric lighted, stone front house. One half block from street car line. Price $5,750. Terms to suit. $1,500 down buys a six flat building, six years old, strictly modern and up-to-date, south of 39th street, and north of 47th street, price $16,500. Terms. CALL OR WRITE for our LST OF BARGAINS. ANDERSON & TERELL THE CHICAGO WHIP THE VINCULUM CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Will reduce the number of pro Prosperity and the working people by co-operation. The Vinculum society is an intelligent Workers are put to gather to enlarge capacity and eliminate man. Thereby reduce living. We are capital. We have a fee $10.00 per share. Vinculum Co-op A mamoth project It is y Oppose Income Tax New York, Dec. 27.—Patriotic business men will not expand business and extend production and at the same time pay the government a large proportion of their profits in the form of excess profits and income taxes, according to an official of the Guarantee Trust company, who urges repeal of these taxes. It is acknowledged that the business man passes this tax to the consumer and that a business concern is "apt to overestimate, rather than underestimate its liability. In doing this, it becomes an unintentional profiteer in protecting itself from an undue usurpation of its earnings." Miners Break Record Indianapolis, Dec. 27.—The good standing membership of the United Mine Workers was 524,646 for the month of October. As there is always a certain per cent of membership that is released from the payment of dues because of sickness, lack of employment or other causes recognized by the union, the United Mine Workers' Journal estimates that the total membership for October was 550,000. "No other labor union in the world ever has had so large a membership as that of the United Mine Workers for October," says the miners' journal. The largest other membership was 428,781, during August, 1918, when there were approximately 60,000 organized miners in the military service. Handlers of Meat Threaten To Strike New Orleans, La., December 27.—New Orleans' meat supply may be curtailed within three weeks if the committee of the New Orleans Live Stock Exchange refuses to meet Friday a committee of Local 623, Live Stock Handlers, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of North America, the union men say. According to these men, the exchange's committee refused to meet the labor delegates Thursday afternoon because a Negro was among its personnel. Should the exchange committee decline again to meet the live stock handlers, or cattle drivers they threaten to strike, probably causing the employment of non-union drivers. Following such action by the exchange. 300 meat slaughterers will strike, leaving no one to cut meat in this city it is declared. This program was outlined Thursday night by Charles Barada, organizer of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America, after a special meeting of the stock handlers at Nemo Hall, Congress and Burgundy Streets. After the meeting of the stock handlers, the slaughterers, whose Union is local No. 146, of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of North America, passed a resolution saying they would strike if non-union cattle drivers were employed to replace the strikers. The motion was proposed by a member of the slaughterers union and was adopted unanimously after being announced by President John Bollinger as open for discussion. Phones Calumet 177-297 Lekholm Exp. & Van FURNITURE AND PIANOS PACKED, MOVED AND STORED OFFICE: 116 EAST 31st STREET Visit G. Johnson's Delicatessen FISH AND OYSTERS IN SEASON Phone Douglas 4996 Phone Orders Promptly Attended to 509 E. 31st Street Chicago FOR STYLE AND ECONOMY GO TO J. D. LEWIS THE TAILOR 10 Years experience and thousands of satisfied customers in this vicinity sufficient inducement for your patronage. Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing 3209 So. State St. Phone Douglas 3495 50 Large Colored Vote Richmond, Va., Dec. 27, 1919. One of the reasons for the enlarged list of possible voters in this city has been found. There is an organization of colored men known as the National Race Congress, and it has branches in every state and county. This body is taking interest in matters political, a thing which the colored people in Virginia have not done in any considerable number since new Constitution requiring the payment of poll taxes in order to vote. This city has a representative, H. H. Price, and he has been seeking to arouse the colored voters. A circular giving full and complete instructions in the payment of poll taxes, the treasurer's office and settled their years for which payments are to be made, with the complete information regarding the new voters, etc., was issued and circulated among the Negro eligibles. The effect of this appeal was seen in the large number of colored men who went to the office and settled their accounts. It is believed that several times the number of colored voters than heretofore on the books will be found there the coming spring, and they will be in a position to vote for councilmen. aldermen, mayor and all other city officers in the general election. It may be that there will be an "independent' ticket in the field. Prizes Enticing In addition to the handsome Brunswick-Balke National championship Trophy a Three hundred dollar purse ($300) is offered during the tourament. Although the height of ones ambition is to have and to hold the beautiful trophy, none of the cue artists look askance at the "lovely" purses, considering the present high cost of Manhattan cocktails. Games will be played afternoons and evenings. First game at 2:30 and 8:30 sharp. Each 100 points. It is rumored many of the fair kind will be on hand to vamp the artists on to success. Advertise in the Whip It's Worth While. THE VINCULUM CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Prosperity and plenty for all of the working people can only come by co-operation. The Vinculum Co-operative Society is an intelligent organization. Workers are putting their money to gather to enlarge their buying capacity and eliminate the middle man. Thereby reduce the high cost of living. 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Wise, local representative of the Southern regional coal committee, today at noon, following the action of the Mobile Electric Company in installing additional oil burning equipment. Burglarls using an automobile to haul away their loot robbed the store of Johnson & Barrett, on Dauphin street, of goods valued at $3000 some time Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, and at the same time forced the rear door of Woolworth's store, but secured no great amount from the latter place. Former Night Lieutenant of Police Edward Sheets, dismissed from the police department rolls last October, following charges of neglect of duty, has been reappointed to the police force as a beat officer, according to announcement today by Commissioner George E. Crawford, in charge of the police department. Sheets was dismissed from the force at the hearing on recommendation of Commissioner Crawford to the city commission. H. S. 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BRUSEAUX, Manager The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, today made public a letter sent to Senator Howard Sutherland and Davis Elkins of West Virginia if they approved of federal action to prevent such mob murder as the lynching of two colored men in their state on December 15, constituting the 75th and 76th lynching in the United States this year. The letter, signed by James Weldon Johnson, Field Secretary of the National Association, read as follows "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People calls your attention to the mob murder, in the state which you represent in the United States Senate, of two colored United States citizens on December 15. May we inquire whether you are in favor of federal action when, as in the present instance, state officers are unable to prevent such outrages in the United States?" 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The two men were arrested by Deputies Young, Turbeville and Hendricks and charged with stealing several felt hats from the firm of Loventhal, Frank & Company and with stealing several sweaters from H. H. Markle & Company. Detroit To Be Represented Chicago is not the only western city that will be upon the black board that night. Detroit is putting forth is best foot and depending upon Nemon Haney to regain teh title which he formerly held. Columbus, Ohio, delegated "The Stepper" J. S. Crawford to lure the billiard trophy to that city. If what they say is true their man can do a few things with the silent ivory globes. WIGS! Facts of The Arkansas Massacre terms the landowner chooses to give. Instead of an itemized statement of the supplies received, in most cases only a statement of the total is given. Since there is an unwritten law which is rigidly observed that no Negro can leave a plantation until his debt is paid, the owner, by padding the accounts of the Negroes to the point where the "balance due" always exceeds the value of the crop, can assure his labor supply for the following year. Of this system, W. T. B. Williams says in a report of the United States Department of Labor on "Negro Migration in 1916-17" published in 1919 — "Many of the Negro tenants feel that it makes little difference what part of the crop is promised them, the white man gets it all anyway." Of the plan of many owners of taking all of the cotton seed, The Charlotte Observer says: "If, as it is represented, it is the custom of the farmers not to divide the cotton seed with the Negro tenant, then a hitherto undiscussed cause of grievance is brought to light and reveals an injustice to the Negro that no landowner can defend." An average bale of cotton weighs five hundred pounds, the price at this writing being about forty-three cents per pound. For every which brings between $68 and $70 bale there is about on-half-ton of seed per ton. A white Southerner writing in The Memphis Commercial Appeal of Jan. 26, 1919, frankly state: "In certain parts of the South men who consider themselves men of honor and would exact a bloody expiation of one who should characterize them as common cheats do not hesitate to boast that they rob the Negroes by purchasing their cotton at prices that are larcenous, by selling goods to them at extortion figures and even by padding their accounts with a view of keeping them always in debt. Men of this stripe have been known to lament that in the last two years the Negroes have been so prosperous that it has not been possible to filch from them all they make. "A protest from a Negro against tactics of this kind is met with a threat of force. Justice at the hands of a white jury in sections where this practice obtains in inconceivable. Even an attempt to carry the matter into courts is usually provocative of violence. "While the conditions described are not universal, they are typical, especially in the delta regions where large plantations prevail. If they are to be remedied, we of the South must clear our minds of cant and realize that they do exist." So much for the general system. A few instances of how the system works in Arkansas taken from actual court records and from conversation with share-croppers, owners & agents will give an idea of what Negroes suffer and desire to end. Organization was imperative, for there have been numerous lynchings when Negroes have dared to protest as individuals against such practices. One case that is especially clear because of the contrast is that of two share-croppers, one of whom rented from a white landlord and the other from a colored one. Both made fourteen bales of cotton, and each was entitled to seven bales as his share. For convenience the first farmer will be known as A; the second as B. In A's family were seven members, two of them infants. In B's there were five, all adults. A's landlord took all his cotton seed and declared that he had sold the cotton at fourteen cents per pound altough cotton in open market was at that time selling at twenty-eight cents. A received $490 and was presented with a bill of supplies of $853, leaving him in debt the following year to the extent of $363, which was reduced to $340 when his landlord with great magnamity "allowwed" him $23 as he "is a good nigger and needs encouragement." B sold his cotton, and with the seed received $1,214.50 for it, to which he was added $187.50 for 150 bushels of corn which he had raised in addition to the cotton. B's bill for supplies for the year was $175, although he received more supplies and of a better quality than A. He thus cleared $1,227, while A came out $340 in debt. A's landlord went to B's and told him that he had to change his methods "or we won't be able to handle these niggers around here." Another case was that of a colored man who had made a crop worth $1,260 received goods actually valued at $23.50, and was told when he asked for a settlement: "Get the hell out of here. You have taken up all that's coming to you and I don't make settlements with niggers anyhow." In 1918 in Ashley County a Negro made a crop of which his share was $1- 661.38. He "took up" during the year goods values at not over $250. At the end of the year he was given $326, and informed that the balance ($1,335.38) had been taken up at the plantation store. With what he had received he hired a lawyer to bring suit. He lost the case. Prices charged when statements are given are equally outrageous. Some of the actual cases found were as follows: a negro was charged $58 for four bushels of cotton seed and a sack, the actual value being $4.20; another had to pay $50 for two second hand plows, which cost when new $16 each; a third was charged $52.60 for having nine small articles of furniture moved by freight less than one hundred miles; still another paid $3.50 for a pair of rope plow lines which cost thirty cents in the open market. Many cases equally flagrant could be given, but the above are enough to illustrate the system. It was this sort of exploitation that the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America was seeking to combat in a legal anl legitimate manner. On November 2, the Negroes arrested were brought to trial in Helena, the county seat of Phillips County, where, because of the intense feeling there was practically no chance of an unbiased and fair trial. According to the press dispatches, counsel for the defense was assigned by the court; no change of venue was asked; No Negroes were impaneled for jury duty, (although negroes outnumber whites four to one in Phillips County); no witnesses were called to testify for the defense. The first five defendants, charged with murder in the first degree, were jointly tried, the jury returning a verdict of guilty in exactly seven minutes after retiring, and the defendants were jointly sentenced to electrocution on December 27. In five days a total of twelve men were sentenced to death and eighty others were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to twenty-one years. Gov. Brough on November 28 announced that he would postpone the executions to allow appeals to be filed in behalf of the condemned men. Unless the result of these appeals is a removal of the death penalty twelve Negroes will meet death, additional victims of America's denial of rudimentary justice to 12,000,000 of its citizens because of their color. Resolution Offered at Labor Party Convention Resolution Offered at Labor Party Convention Whereas; Fifty five years ago, when the smoke and convultions of war had died away, there emerged from slavery, four million Negroes, who gained their freedom, through the master stroke of the renowned Emancipator Abraham Lincoln, and Whereas: through all the years since then, the Republican party and the Democratic party have falsely represented to the out side world that this is a free country, while countless numbers of Negro citizens have been disfranchised, in some States, set upon by blood hounds and torn to pieces, beaten, lynched, burned, and hanged upon the public high ways and tortured beyond description with out due process of law and in flagrant violation of the fundamental law of the land, the Federal Constitution and. The President, and Attorney General of the U. S. have recently sought to compell 500,000 laboring men to work, when they are striking for Justice, and have ignored the welfare of these men just as they have ignored the sufferings of the negro, and Wherens; The laboring people of the Nation are vastly in the majority, and the 12,000,000 Negroes, constitutes many hundreds of thousands of that class. Therefore: We deeply deplore these wrongful conditions, and pronounce them unpatriotic, unjust and unfair to the people, the lawsa and the Gov., and we call upon all members of the Labor Party through out the land to give full credence to the laws, and to exercise those principles of humanity which will insure justice in law and in fact. Be it resolved also: Be it resolved also: That we recommend the fulfilment of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Federal Constitution, and pledge our selves to the swiftest possible advancement of all members of the Labor Party. Respectfully Submitted. Respectfully Submitted, (Signed) G. W. DOWNING, Representing the Cook County Labor Party. Chicago Champions Past and Present Chicago Champions Past and Present As regards size and population, Chicago is second to New York. But when it comes to turning out athletes of championship caliber, the Western metropolis is able to boast the distinction of being absolutely second to none. This is especially true of colored athletes. Every encouragement has been given them to show of what sort of metal they are made, and they have lost no time in proving that their brilliance is accompanied by the requisite metallic ring. Some of those are still busily engaged in writing athletic history, but must be called back out of the past. If you will but pause a brief moment, I shall attempt to summon Chicago champions, past and present, back INTO THE SUN. In the year 1908, two athletes of color accompanied the team which so gloriously represented the United States in the Olympic games at London. One was that most admired of all quarter-milers, John Taylor of the University of Pennsylvania, and the other was Francis Leroy Holmes of the city by Lake Michigan. Holmes was an all-round man; a sort of athletic "jack-of-all-trades." He was most brilliant in the jumps and performed marvelously in the standing high and the standing broad. He was also a spinner of no mean ability and in the other events, was able to beat many of the specialists at their own games. Whenever one thinks of Chicago athletics, one's mind is most certain to revert to the Pollard family. Four sons of this illustrious house have played their way into the football hall of fame, Leslie, Fritz, Hughes and Sid. All four were state-wide heroes in high school. Two, Leslie and Fritz, acquired nation wide fame on account of their brilliant accomplishments in Eastern universities, and one, Fritz, attracted world wide attention by creating for himself a berth on Walter Camp's All-American Team. Next to the Pollard Brothers, Chicago people like to talk about Sam Ransome. This wonderful gridiron hero was a teammate of the renowned Walter Eckersall. He was considered by many to have been the peer of his more fortunate contemporary, if not his superior. During Ransom's time, his school. Hyde Park, enjoyed the distinction of winning the National Interscholastic Championship from Brooklyn by a score of 121 to 0. Pop Gilbert, another colored youth, was a member of the world-beating aggregation. In addition to this feat, Sam's high school team performed the unheard thing of defeating the Varsity team of the University of Chicago. Not content with the hair raising feats of Sam Ransome, Hyde Park acquired the services of an unusually versatile performer, "Dusty" Parker. Parker was a champion in football, basketball, baseball and the track. He won four H. P.'s each year. He attended the aristocratic school. After his enviable work in the preparatory school, Parker made a name long to be remembered at both Illinois and Northwestern Universities "Heavenstn" has turned out just as good athletes as Hyde Park. In proof of this assertion, allow me to introduce Dr. Roy Young (he was plain Roy in those days), was one of the best and most consistent players the Conference has ever known. His introduction to the college gridiron was at Illionis, where he towered head and shoulders above his teammates. His brilliancy was equally noticeable when he changed schools to wear the purple colors of Northwestern. Young has been of inestimable value to the Evanston University as assistant coach since his graduation. Johnson, a colored youth who had enough Indian blood to quarterback at Carlisle, was pilot of the victorious Nortwestern team at the same time Roy was performing. There were runners in those days as well as football heroes. If you doubt me, ask the alumni of Wendell Phillips if they remember Burke. Burke was a sprint king and he piloted his Alma Mater's relay team to more than one victory, for which they had given up hope. His most noticeable accomplishment was steering his team to an admirable victory at the ePnnsylvanit relay games and winning for himself a solid gold stop watch. In the old days, church baseball occupied a definite position IN THE SUN. The entire city was frantic over amateur baseball and the church league attracted a lion's share of the attention. The Grace Presbyterian team was the most popular and drew larger crowds than even Rube Foster could pull out. The most famous Grace team consisted of Bowles, 1st base; Berni Irvin, 2nd base; Gus Williams, short; Louis Green, third; Renfroe, left field; Julius Green, center UNDER STATE GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION 3105 SOUTH STATE STREET TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 200 Make Your Dream OWN YOUR OWN HOME Come True DR. R. A. WILLIAMS WILL·HELP YOU Every Rent Day sees a little more money gone and you a little farther behind. A little more worry, uncertainty and care added to the burden of your family. The old Rent Receipts keep piling up—your children grow—your responsibilities increase—Your Youthful Dreams of a happy home will begin to fade and vanish unless you make a start now. Pay a small Cash Payment down and the Balance like Rent and the House you live in will soon be yours. If you do not have a large amount to pay down we can arrange the balance for you—Call now—DO NOT DELAY. THE CHICAGO WHIP field; "Snake" Sykes, right field; and Al Johnson was doing himself proud behind the bat. behind the bat. The pitchers were Baker, Halfacre and Herb Lewis was the star. held for erated d man, al the mun Reese ss the bod Among the present day athletes who are doing creditable work in the Windy City, Gibbs, Lewis and Sam Peyton are the most sensational. Both are brilliant and consistent performers. on the inter-scholastic track. Peyton boasts of Englewood as his Alma Mater. He also made the All-County team. Elmer Brown, a reshman at the University of Illinois is an athlete of championship caliber. Elmer is a former Lane youth. Butler, formerly of Hyde Park is one of the Hyde Park is an excellent high jumper. Almost as distinguished as the Pollard Brothers are the Bluit boys, 'Doc' and Virgil. Virgil is the more consistent trainer of the two, and is therefore more in the limelight. But bothe of these lads have helped to write athletic history in the Windy City. It is nothing unusual for the older of these two brothers, without any conditioning at all, to go "pot hunting" to the various athletic games staged during the indoor and outdoor seasons and return loaded down with first and second place prizes, and even occasionally with point trophies. The younger, Virgil, is one of the best basketball experts who has ever graced a gym-court. We shall not attempt to explain why it is that Chicago athletes have made for themselves such a prominent position IN THE SUN. Is it the exhilarating Lake Breezes, or is it because they consume raw, red beef, fresh from the Yards? Langford and Thompson Fined $500 Apiece For Stalling Referee Stop Go, Minnesota Boxing Commission Declared "No Fight". Duluth, Minn, Dec. 22.—The scheduled 10-round, no-decision bout here last week between Sam Langford, Chicago Heavyweight, and Jack Thompson, Philadelphia fighter, was stopped in the sixth round by the referee and declared Langford and his opponent was only doing the "shimmy". According to the referee neither man made an effort to box. Chicago Champion 7 to 5 Favorite (Special to the Whip). New York, Dec. 18, 1919.—The interest of the billiard loving world is turned upon the National Colored Billiard Tournament which is to occur Xmas day and the two days following in this city at St. Marks Hall. The ten best billiard players of the race will start in this event. J. W. Bam Simms present champion, a Chicago expert is stated to defend his title. Western Sport lovers are banking upon the bird from the windy city flying home with all of the bacon or none. Bam is noted for his cool headedness, nerve and fewness of words and the easterners will have to step in order to come in on the big end of the score. Murderer Exonerates Friend in Wife Slaying In a supplementary confession made last night at the Cottage Grove avenue station, John Reese, colored, Complete Line of Porter Supplies 244 Easy 35th Street Phone Douglas 2455 The Beautiful Royal Gardens We do a legitimate, clean business and enjoy the confidence fo our leading physicians. We solicit both mail and telephone orders for anything in the drug line. --- held for the murder of his wife, exonerated Orrin Donaldson, an expressman, also colored, of implication in the murder. 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S. by the intro-argaining among the labor element; byendum; by the great epidemic of strikes; distraction and parleys between capital, various industrial conferences, and the red flags. The signs of the times point case-economical political world. the revolt from party and the support of Victor Berger. The defeat of the rule of the President's veto of prohibis-faction in the political world. al constituency is also perturbed because diligence and actions of the democratic her dissatisfied with their "hand picked citation of the race through their cowromises. The Negro is straddling the of the times point to terrific political signs of the times point to extension of agencies in the civic affairs and political is becoming militantly antagonistic andized by intelligent consideration of vital issues. signs of the times point to the higherhip, higher pay. The professors' union at the leading educators are getting away actual martyrdom and fair value for their led. the ornamental sciences and the great placed on sciences that have a fixed The educational world is getting away忒ism, is keeping closer to fact analysis. of all times is the overthrow of moning yellow peril that hangs like a dread-izon of the Caucasians. have caught the spirit of the age, and point to a new era soon to startle the because of the tidal wave of the red propaganda and the fact that the public feeds upon it without persuasion. The American mind seems starving for new food and the digestive organs have been injured by mal-nutrition. Socialistic signs are manifested in the U. A. S. by the introduction of collective bargaining among the labor element; by the initiative and referendum; by the great epidemic of strikes; by the railroad administration and parleys between capital, labor recognition of various industrial conferences, and the floating of myriads of red flags. The signs of the times point to upheavals in the quase-economical political world. In politics proper the revolt from party and the support of measures. The election of Victor Berger. The defeat of the peace treaty, the over-rule of the President's veto of prohibition, proves the dissatisfaction in the political world. The colored political constituency is also perturbed because of the undemocratic indulgence and actions of the democratic party. They are further dissatisfied with their "hand picked leaders" and the exploitation of the race through their cowardly, avaricious compromises. The Negro is straddling the fence, and the signs of the times point to terrific political eruptions. In the church the signs of the times point to extension of religious activities and agencies in the civic affairs and political problems. The church is becoming militantly antagonistic and emotion is being subsidized by intelligent consideration of vital temporal and secular issues. In education the signs of the times point to the higher appraisal of professorship, higher pay. The professors' union in New York proves that the leading educators are getting away from the idea of intellectual martyrdom and fair value for their service is to be demanded. The abolition of the ornamental sciences and the great emphasis that is being placed on sciences that have a fixed utility in actual life. The educational world is getting away from traditional dogmatism, is keeping closer to fact analysis. The greatest sign of all times is the overthrow of monarchies and the impending yellow peril that hangs like a dreadful spectre over the horizon of the Caucasians. The darker races have caught the spirit of the age, and the signs of the times point to a new era soon to startle the world. --- All unassigned ricles, manuscripts, letters and pictures sent to the CHICAGO WHIP are sent at the owner's risk, and the CHICAGO WHIP expressly repudiates any liability or responsibility to the owner or return. All communications must be sent to the CHICAGO WHIP. No attention whatever paid to assigned matter, must accompany all queries and manuscript. WITH DUE REGARD FOR RIGHT, WITH PURITY OF MOTIVE, IN OUR EXPRESSION, WITH CONSCIENTIOUS W TIVE IN OUR EXPRESSION, WITH CONSCIENTIOUS COMPASSION FOR STRICKEN HUMANITY, WITH UNSTINTED CREDIT TO THOSE WHO MERIT, WITH TRUTH AS OUR GUIDE POST AND LOVE AS OUR INSPIRATION, WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM. WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE. THE FAILURE OF E. MORRIS Edward Morris, Lawyer extraordinary, and student brilliant has failed in consideration of those who carefully appraise human values and individual attainment. Morris has failed, his failure is ignominous and undeniable. This gentleman will go down in race history as a man of a one track mind, without vision, with blurred and dimmed introspection. To himself he has garnered many laurels, upon his brow roseate crowns have been placed. Unto himself and within his own cloisters many dollars have been gathered; but after all has been said and done, what has been done for his benighted race?. It is not our desire to indulge in the fling of irony or sarcasm; neither do we intend to deal in calumny, perfidy and lies. We further refuse to deal in vacillating sentiment. We will deal in cold-blooded, self-evident, irrefutable facts. HEALTH HINTS THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. J. SYLVANDER TRICE, M. D. Mr. Morris, a man of means, mentality and influence, a man whose life is in the yellow leaf, whose achievements lie in the smoldering past. A man who is beginning to feel the inevitable weight of years and who cannot help but hear the distant faint but inevitable cry of the toll taker that will in the end carry him into that land from whose bourne no raveler e'er returns. A man who could but wouldn't. Laboratory Diagnostician. Among the diseases that played a very conspicuous and constant part in the history of the world is the Plague. The Plague known as Pestis, Pestilenta, Black Plague, oriental Plague, Bubonic Plague is one of the most deadly of disease; it has caused more deaths than any other one affliction known to Medical Science. When Mr. Morris departs this mundane sphere he will be heralded as a great man. So will Villa, the Kaiser and Woodrow Wilson. Great in personal ability. Bubonic Plague has been known from the earliest, in fact the very earliest records of the human race contain some references about the Plague. In the Bible (1st Samuel, chapters 5 and 6) references to Bubonic forms of diseases will be noted. History records epidemics of the Plague before the Christ era. The plague was described by Herodotus, Hypocrates, Procapins and other early writers. Rufus of Ephesus describes the disease. The buboes that one calls Pestilential are very acute and often cause death—is accompanied by acute fever. intense pain, perturbation of the whole body, delirium eruption of large buboes hard and without supuration. How much greater has he made the race? The status of the colored lawyer is undesirable. He has not been able to win the professional respect of his race and the serious consideration of the bar. The colored people have not been able to place implicit confidence in their legal abilities. Many brilliant young lawyers have failed because the members of their race would not patronize them. Edward Morris, having the respect of the courts and confidence of the public, could have raised the status of the colored practitioner 50 per cent in the last ten years. He had the means; the ways but not the will. If Mr. Morris had been racially conscious he could have established a firm bearing his name, Edward Morris, et al., and put from 15 to 20 young men in legal apprenticeship at a living wage under his tutelage. This would have given a black firm to compete with white firms. It would have given greater prestige to the colored lawyer. A closer communion among the colored barristers all over the U. S. Epidemics of this disease have been reported in Egypt and Syria in these early days. In 542 A. D. there was a pandemic (covering entire known world), originating in Egypt.. In 558 A. D. Constantinople was effected, Germany in 546, Ales 552, Cuvergne and Cleermont in 563 and many other places during this sixth century. The mortality was very high, entire cities were depopulated in many instances. Lists of these outbreaks in London in 664. In the eleventh century, a pandemic occurred originating in Persia, Mesoptamia, Asia Minor, Western Europe being effected. During a pandemic which occurred between 1300—1400 twenty-five per cent of the people in Asia, Africa, Europe died of this disease. Edward Morris could have imparted to the average legal mind invaluable information. He could have ushered in great financial success to other lawyers. He could have built up a brilliant monument to his race that would have weathered the ravages of time for a long period. Why hasn't Mr. Morris done these things? They say Mr. Morris can see legal defects with his eyes closed. Then surely he can see the civic and racial defects with his eyes open. It cannot be possible that the incomparable Edward, the matchless lawyer, cannot see that his race needs his aid. Mr. Morris has been besieged by quite a galaxy of colored legal talent. These men merely sought a man's chance in the battle against great odds. Did not Mr. Morris grant the chances? Later in the 16th century an outbreaw occurred in Brussels in 1502, Verona in 1517. Germany in 1525 France in 1531 and 1534. In 1550 and 1553 another pandemic is reported The colored race needs no individual brilliants who stand aloof from the masses. The race must be lifted out of the rut by her master minds and her accumulated dollars. The great Plague of London occurred in 1665. At this time there were 68,596 deaths in London in 3 or 4 months, 200,000 people left the city because of this disease. At that time the mayor of London ordered all the cats and dogs killed; by his order 40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats perished. As a result the plague aided by the rats and mice almost destroyed the city. A total of 195,849 people perished as a result of epidemics of the Plague during the 17th century. Will Mr. Morris give a helping hand? We query. THE SIGNS OF THE TIME As we take a brief resume in circumspect of the signs of the times, it is plain to us that America, and particularly the United States, is constructively and progressively evolving itself into something diametrically different from the present structure. In Canton, China, during an epidemic between March and August, 1894 thousands died of the Plague. In 1900 and 1904 this disease introduced itself in this country but was not as severe as it was during epidemics and pandemics of Asia, Europe and Africa. Socialistic inclinations and tendencies are manifest in the recent legislation and popular clamor. Everywhere we hear the voice of the masses bewailing and bemoaning the high cost of living, the unheard of exorbitant prices and the political and economic causes. Terrific commotion in the breast of the taxpayer and wage slave is self-evident THE WHIP'S LEGAL COLUMN. J. D. Bibb L. L. B. Dear Editor: My new Buick Auto was stolen Saturday two weeks ago and one Smith repainted it and changed license number. Smith sold this car to one Adams who purchased it in good faith and without knowledge of the theft. I have demanded the car on two occasions. What do you advise? You have three remedies, two legal and one personal. 1. You can bring action of Trover against against Adams and recover a judgment for the full value of the car. 2. You can under the Illinois Statute have the Sheriff replevy, that is take the car, and give it over to you. 3. You can take the car by self-help or physical force but you make yourself liable in tresspass. I advise that you have your attorney institute replevin proceeding if you want the car. If you don't want the car and Adams has enough money, you have your attorney sue in Trover for the full value. Dear Editor! I sent my porter to the bank with $5.000. The money was lost in a gambling game by the porter. The porter has worked for me for several years and has never misplaced money before. What do you advise? Answer. It appears that your porter has committed an act of embezzlement. I am inclined to think the porters' intention at the time he received the money was good. The original intention exculpates him from a charge of Larceny. Have a warrant sworn out for him and the judge will do the rest if your story is true. You may bring action of Trover and recover your money if the porter has anything and you do not desire criminal punishment. I suggest that you put the matter in your attorney's hands for further action. In suppressing this disease Medical Science has asserted itself and has shown wonderful advancements and achievements as it has in suppressing other disease which are most as deadly as the Plague. Now in this country Bubonic Plague is so rare—until it has become a freak, and nowhere do we hear of such epidemics as occurred in London in 1665 and in Chinr in 1894. Bubonic Plague is a highly infectious and contagious diseases, caused by Bacillus Pestio. Unsanitary conditions and surroundings are the principal case of Epidemics and Pandemics of this disease. Cleanliness, and Sanitation are the greatest aids to Medical Science in combatting any disease. Why You Buy The Whip--- FINANCIAL COLUMN € 'A. C. MacNeal. All questions relating to business and finance will be answered in order of receipt. Two-cent stamps must accompany all letters which require personal answers. This column will not carry exhaustive treatises on the more intricate problems of financial systems or present detailed explanation of the larger problems of national or international finance. Subjects pertinent to Negro business interests and of general economic value will be given in simple language in the hope that attention of readers and the public in general may be directed to matters economic which have formerly through neglect or lack of interest passed unnoticed. Opinions given will be based on the facts and figures and will not be intended for either endorsement or condemnation. Special emphasis will be given to established reputable Negro enterprise for the expressed purpose of stimulating further expansion and new business. Stocks and Bonds Distinction between stocks and bonds is clear and well defined. A person buying a bond invests money at a fixed rate of interest. His original investment is secured by tangible assets, such as real estate, rolling stock, machinery, etc. A bond is of the same nature as a mortgage. Interest is paid to holders because those issuing bonds can in the course of business channels use capital thus secure at a profit sufficient to warrant payment of fixed rate of interest for use of money. A bond holder does not assume any partnership risks of company making the issue. Bonds are never issued legally for more than the known and assessed value of security offered. Bonds suffer less fluctuation in market price than other securities. In come yield on bonds is generally less than that on stocks, but security is greater. Bonds have priority over stock in interest awards by organizations which have both stocks and bonds. Government, state and municipal bonds are secured by entire or specific resources of government, state or municipality issuing bonds. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q.—How does U. S. pay interest on government bonds? A.—From revenue, special and general. Q. Why are government bonds selling now below their face value? A. Prices are determined by market demand. (To be continued.) Why You Because it's the new ne The Christmas Feeling WEEK'S BEST EDITORIAL NEGROES NORTH AND SOUTH. From Herald-Examiner, Chicago. The Chicago Urban League, a Negro organization, investigated the movement of Negroes into and out of Chicago in the week immediately following the "race riots" of last Summer. It was found that more Negroes came to Chicago that week than left it; and furthermore, that of those who left, few were going South. Only fourteen left because of riots and none were going South to work. The league then instituted an inquiry into conditions as regarded the Negro in the South. Why were so few going back, in spite of the outbreaks in the northern cities? The league reports that, according to all the testimony they were able to secure, conditions in the South are unchanged. The public education of the Southern Negroes is said to be in process of betterment, and some Negro laborers are getting better pay, but otherwise the position of the Negro in the southern communities is precisely what it was before the war, and the stream of industrial workers to the North continues steady. Discouraging as these facts may seem to those who feel that the South best understands the Negro, and unfortunate as they are from the point of view of the economic development of the South as a whole, they are encouraging in one respect. It is plain that the Negroes feel that in general the spirit of the North is one of fair dealing. We in Chicago are a long way from having settled our problem. But if the Negroes recognize the underlying truth, blurred though it may appear at times, that the citizens of Chicago, are doing their best with the problem, and mean to get it settled on a basis of the ultimate justice for the Negro as well as the white man, we have made a step forward. The Christ It always comes at Christmas time, the tugging at the heart, The memories that run to rhyme, without the rhymesters' art, A little song that feels its way, along the path of sound, Now low, now sad, now swift and gay, until the chord is found, And all the winds are singing it and all the bells are ringing it Wherever we may wander and where- ever we may roam, Its measures come enthralling us; lilt- ing cadence calling us With never any other than the simple word of "Home." The holly berries gleaming red, the swept and garnished floor, The children romping overhead, the The children romping overhead, the stranger at the door, The welcome in the clasping hand, the lovelight in the eyes— It come to us in every land as dreams unbidden rise, Buy The the champion gro. BRAINS ARE MADE TO USE Sleep and the world sleeps with you. Trink and you think alone! Trink and you think about. So might be paraphrased the famous lines of the late Ella Wheeler Wilcox. We are in receipt of a letter from E. H. Gale, editor of Gale's Magazine, published in Mexico City. Mr. Gale is an American radical migrated south, a white man who never-the-less is right on the race question, one of the handful of men who in all ages have acted as the fire-brands of progress to light the way to truth and justice through a world filled with the blank darkness of the ignorance and indifference of the great majority. Having been born and reared in the United States and schooled in the economics of class relationships, Mr. Gale knows how "niggers" and "white trash" came to be common words in America, and being now a resident of Mexico knows how "gringo" and "greeyer" came to be common terms there: Greed and economic rivalry being the basic cause in either case. Predatory capital wants a war to wrest Mexico from the Mexicans in order to exploit her great natural resources, just as Africa has been torn from the Africans, India from the East Indians, and just as China has many times been divided into spheres of influence by the European powers for the same purpose. Will the forward looking right thinking people of the United States allow Mexico to be trampled under foot and the chains of economic slavery fastened on her by the greedy grasping interests of Wall street at the sacrifice of thousands of the flower of the manhood of both nations? We hope not. Let white and black men alike tell this government they will not kill another man who has done them no wrong. The Negro especially should be against war with Mexico. Negroes are treated better there than in the United States. When Jack Johnson was hounded from this country Mexico received him as persona grata. If the whites are hated there it is because they have gone there as they have to every other corner of the globe, respecting no one and attempting to appropriate everything in sight. mas Feeling Its murmured strains must capture us, so dulcet they, and rapturous. Such words as are not written in the most impressive tone— The simple words, the clinging ones, the soothing and the singing ones, Are all blent in the heartbeats to the cheery word of "Home." It always comes at Christmas time, and finds where we are, Though we have sought an alien clime and beneath an alien star. Though we have wandered far and wide, sought much and found it not It comes across the wind and tide, this cadence unforgot, And all the bells are ringing it and all the breezes are flinging it It comes all surely seeking us with memories bespeaking us, With never any sweeter than the simple word of "Home." —Wilbur N. Nesbit in Sunshine Bulletin.