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The Twenty-Second Year. BETRAYED BY LEAD ALLEN SAVE Fisher, Scott, T Made Gallan Saved th Robert BETRAYED BY LEADERS IN HIS HOME STATE, GOVERNOR ALLEN SAVES ARKANSAS NEGRO FROM LYNCHERS Fisher, Scott, Thomas and Guy Made Gallant Fight That Saved the Life of Robert L. Hill. Governor Allen, true to Kansas tradition still honors the name of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame and the Martyred Lincoln, that Kansas should forever be the home of the poor and oppressed. This was demonstrated last Monday and Tuesday at the hearing in the room of the Court of Industrial Relations, in the state house, where a large crowd of people of both races assembled both in the afternoon and night until twelve o'clock—midnight. Assisted by Judge Smith, parole judge, the Governor sat patiently and heard the statements as well as the arguments from the lawyers on both sides and the testimony of Robert Hill and wife. Arkansas was represented by the Attorney General of that state, Attorney General Arbuckle. Hugh Fisher, county attorney of Shawnee County and three colored lawyers, Elisha Scott, Jas. H., Guy and A. M. Thomas appearing for and representing Hill. Arbuckle opened by reading affidavits of some U. S. officers who were called with their companies to quell the riot, and who made an investigation for the government which investigation was of little consequence upon the Hill matter. Some old colored man was asked about Hill, he and one or two others said that Hill had told them to bring arms to the meeting. He also read affidavits from a few of the men now awaiting execution who were made to swear falsely by being whipped and placed in the electric chair and tortured in many ways to compel them to implicate anyone the gang wanted convicted. Atty. Arbuckle went to the prison where these men now awaited execution and all of them said they never saw Hill nor did he ever order them to arm themselves or do any wrong that they had ever heard or knew of, and that they were forced and tortured and made to swear falsely and for the reason that a Deputy Sheriff had been killed near Hoopspur where the deputies went to break up a meeting of the Farmer's Union, who were organized to employ lawyers to bring action against the white planters who had robbed them of their crops and would not render an accounting, and to buy land and build and operate stores for their own protection, also to sell their own cotton. While the meeting was in progress these white officers or deputy Sheriffs fired into the church. It is not clear as to whether this officer was shot through mistake by one of his brother officers through excitement. The colored people ran in every direction, officers pursuing, and being in the night, this is what could and probably did happen. From the statements made, we do not believe any of the colored men shot these officers. Arbuckle said the prominent colored people wanted Hill returned. He claims such men as the Rev. Morris president of the National Baptist Convention, Bishop Connor, of the 12th Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, Rev. J. M. Coy and Prof. Booker. He never called any of the farmers, merchants, professional or laboring men. That class did not join in such an outrageous request. They know Hill is not guilty of any offense and could not get a fair trial. Hill is charged with accessory to murder before the fact, that he advised the killing of these officers at Hoopapur, had ever been proven, Atty. Arbuckle failed to connect Hill or show in any manner why he should be returned to Arkansas. We that Hill was guilty of some crime from the way the officers of that state worked to get his extradition. Mr. Arbuckle used the term "NIGGER" very flat and often, but he meant no disrespect in that it seems to be a habit of the Southerner. He impressed us as being a very fair gentle man for a southerner. He made quite an impression and all who heard him say he is a good lawyer and the state of Arkansas should be proud of him. He will never forget Hugh Fisher, County Attorney of this county who flayed the Arkansas officers, from the governor down, for the mis-treatment of George Bratton, who was misused and was a white man making for justice. No man could represent a colored man in that state without being outraged and that he would not go to Arkansas to represent Hill for Fifty thousand dollars, and he never failed before to go anywhere to attend a trial in which he was interested. He stated the courts, were unfair, the officers unfair to colored people and that they were denied their constitutional rights by not being allowed to sit as jurors and in many other ways. Arbuckle will never forget the three colored lawyers who so ably defended Hill in such a dignified manner. These men are not of the tool type which he is accustomed to dealing Candidates Who with. Lawyer Elisha Scott, the young giant of the Shawnee County Bar, read the affidavit from the convicted men denying Hill's connection and several strong documents that shed plenty of light on the case and then he commented very forcibly on the injustice of the whites towards the colored people of the south. That Hill could not get a fair trial and that Mr. Arbuckle was depending on the hearsay affidavits to take Hill back, was evidenced, and that he had utterly failed in his case. Lawyer Thomas examined Hill and his wife, and whose testimony showed beyond a doubt that he (Hill) was one hundred miles away and was doing the "Good Samaritan" act securing lawyers to help the colored planters to get their money. Their testimony was as follows: Hill was placed on the stand by his attorneys and examined by A. M. Thomas. According to his story the trouble was caused by the Negroes hiring an attorney to try to get an accounting on their cotton crops. This, and the added fact the organization he was promoting proposed to handle the sale of cotton direct. Under the present plan the landowners take the cotton. deduct what charges they care to make against the Negro tenants, and give the Negroes what they please, he said. Ignorant of Killing The morning after the killing at Hoopspur, which precipitated the rioting. Hill, in ignorance of what had happened, was only eight miles away assisting O. S. Bratton, a white attorney, to sign up contracts with about thirty Negroes to start legal proceedings to get an accounting for their cotton. "I saw some white men with guns coming toward us," explained Hill, "Bratton told me to get away white I could. I hid in some tall grass. One of them knocked Bratton down, they handcuffed him and took him away, I heard them threaten to burn him. Later a white man told me I had better clear out, as they were looking for me. A white family I knew fed me and let me have money. It was Thursday before I knew of the killings and rioting. I then started for Kansas. I heard of Governor Capner, and I knew I would get justice there. I didn't know which way to go and landed in Texas. I worked my way from there to Topeka." Make Him Commit Suicide ... Mrs. Hill also took the stand, She said some planters came to the Hill farm. She asked what Hill had done and the men swore at her. She asked what they intended to do with him. "Make him commit suicide," was the reply, according to Mrs. Hill. Arbuckle refused to cross examine. The governor of Kansas was not called on to try Hill, he explained, but simply to decide whether he should be returned to Arkansas for trial. Attorney Guy read extracts from the "Crisis" which gave a true history of the cause of the riot and made a strong, convincing plea, after reading it, for justice. Governor Allen and Judge Smith showed much interest by asking questions. Governor Allen did not deny the requisition on sympathy but facts. There was no evidence whatever to show Hill guilty or his connection in the case. Governor Allen questioned Hill closely on several points. Hill had never been arrested before in his life or charged with crime. The sheriff and his deputy from Helena were present, but Mr. Arbuckle never put them on the stand to deny any of the affidavits of the cruel, inhuman treatment of the men arrested and tried. A warrant for Hill was issued in the United States court of Arkansas for impersonating a federal officer. He was turned over to federal authorities. This charge has no merit. Hill had taken a correspondence course from a St. Louis, Mo., detective agency, and they sent him a certificate and a tin star and certified that he was qualified and authorized to do detective work. He conducted himself as a Burns or Pinkerton man would have done only he called himself a United States detective. Nothing wrong about that only it shows that Hill does not know as much as he should know. He is a poor, inoffensive young Christian man who wants to do right and do something for his race if he can. We predicted all along that Governor Allen would not turn him over, because he knew Hill had committed no offense to cause his return and Arkansas was acting blindly in the case and only seeking revenge. Our advice to General Arbuckle is to cool himself down and cool the head-headed whites. These officers who were killed were responsible for Topeka Plaindealer Ignorant of Killing TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 19. 1920 their own death, Arbuckle said they were searching for bootleggers. They did not look for that class very fast as in the country in Arkansas, moomahine liquor is a part of the Arkansas man's religion. Any time any man commits a crime in Arkansas or any state and comes to Kansas he will be returned when the officers come with the proper papers and facts. Kansas will never be a party to lynching or persecution. Come right and you will be treated right. Hill is innocent and the Governor knows it, if he did not ask the Attorney General of Arkansas still Governor Allen knows it. EMPORIA, KAN8A8 Miss Cleo, Taylor, of Atchison, who is attending the Kansas State Normal, gave a delightful and interesting reading in the junior High school chapel. She was warmly received. Miss Myrile Tipton who has been very ill at her home, is up again. Mrs. Giles Elliott was pleasantly surprised with a birthday party at her home recently. The evening was pleasantly spent. Refreshments were served. REV. MORRIS IS A TRAITOR Should no Longer Head the Baptist Church. REV. MORRIS IS A TRAITOR Should no Longer Head the Baptist Church. NOTICE To the Public: It has come to me that a number of persons are criticising Dr. J. A. Booker and others for petitioning the Governor of Kansas to honor the requisition of Governor Brough for the return of R. L. Hill. I consider the criticism very unjust. The time should never come when persons accused of crime can go scot-free and not be tried, because forsoothe the chance to make their escape to another state. We have never at any time said that the manner of conducting the court proceedings in many sections of the South are such as it should be, but two wrongs never make a right, and the future of wellbeing of the Negro race in this and other states depends largely on how they may act in respect to escaped persons accused of crime. If the Negro people are to be citizens, they should stand ready at all times to do their full duty as citizens and should be as ready to protect the reputation of the state as any people in it. Hill who is charged with being the principal of causing the riot in this county should have voluntarily returned and stood trial, if for no other reason than to show that the large number of Negroes now in the penitentiary might be placed in the proper light before the world. --- Here is the president of the National Baptist Convention expressing the same views and agreeing with the Negro halers on the Hill matter and the Elaine riots. How foolish and simple is the expression, "If the Negro people are to be citizens they should stand ready to do their duty at all times and be ready to protect the reputation of the state." Now Mr. Double Crosser Morris, when was there ever a time in the history of your state when the colored people did not stand ready to do their duty and defend the name of a state whose white population has always denied them the rights of full citizenship. We quote a few of the Jim Crow and other obnoxious laws to which you subscribe but no self-respecting colored citizen with a spark of manhood can or would subscribe to: Seperate Cars or Seats for White and Colored on Street Cars:... Sec. 6754 Digest of Arkansas Laws. "All companies, persons or corporations operating any street car line in any city of this state are hereby required to operate separate cars or to separate the white and colored passengers in the cars operated for both, and to set out and designate in each car operated for both, the seats for white and those for the colored races. "6755—The conductor or other person in charge of any car or coach so operated shall in his judgment, when he deems it proper, exercise authority to increase or diminish the space set out to either race, but shall is no case make any discrimination as to the quality of the acco mo dations. '6758— Any company failing to operate separate cars or to set aside separate seats or apartments for the white and colored races shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $25.00." White Convict or Prisoner Hand Cuffed to Neighbor "7333—It shall be unlawful for any white prisoner to be hand cuffed to any Negro. "7334—Any officer who shall violate this section of the laws shall on conviction be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars." Separate Waiting Rooms by Railroads. "8122—All railroads are hereby required to seperately maintain at each railroad station of their respective lines, separate waiting rooms for white and colored passengers. The same to be equal in accommodations." Separate Schools. "3524-All boards of education are hereby required to establish and operate separate schools for white and colored children and to provide teachers of the same race as are the pupils over which they preside, and with qualifications as teachers equal with the teachers of the opposite race." Separate Coaches on Railroad Trains. "7661-All railroads are hereby required to operate and maintain on each train separate coaches for the white and colored passengers or separate apartments therein of equal accommodations in all things." Illiteracy—Arkansas Stands First of all the States. William Mack, in his work on Civil Rights, edition of 1916, says: "The per cent of illiteracy in this state, due as in other states of the Old South to the prejudice against the Negro population which in numerical numbers far outnumber the whites, by the population who by force maintain their control, is very great. The illiteracy of this locality being however in no wise confined to the Negro population. A large per cent, or perhaps 40 per cent of the white population of Arkansas, being illiterate, having little if any education, being whimsical, superstitious, lazy and shiftless with a low degree of respect for law. The percentage of illiteracy of the white people of this state being especially large—greater than that of the white people of any other of the states of the Old South" Negro Can't Ask for Hia Earnings in Arkansas "Little Rock, Ark., Feb 21.—After J. Thomas Morsell, a Negro, had worked a whole month for Acting Governor Robertson, he naturally, expected his pay. Robertson, a Southern white man, man, couldn't see the connection, especially since Negroes in Arkansas are not expected to be "fresh" enough to demand even wages of a white man. The Negro, who had worked as a porter for Robinson at the state house, persisted in asking for his pay, when Robertson lifted his foot and kicked the offending African off the premises." --- Under the above laws where you cannot sit on a jury to try the man under indictment for the Elaine riots, not even you who have the ears of that class of Negro hating white people can sit on a jury nor can you express the sentiment of your race on the Elaine riot. Yes you set quietly and saw hundreds of women and children and men as well thrown into stockades during the riots and shabbily treated by the soldiers, when every white man was deputized as an officer, what were you doing and where were all of the "loyal" white citizens that make such good citizens and why didn't they call on you and Booker to assist in keeping peace? No you were both doing anything to keep peace until we wrote the governor to call you and others into council. Did they call on you and your colored brothers when they were raising heaven and earth to bring Hill back from Kansas to have a mock trial. You ought to be ashamed of yourself for writing such foul stuff. Elis "notice" should ever condemn you in the eyes of fair minded white and colored people of this country. You peter had the courage of your convictions nor did you know how to lead that mighty host to success or else the old ship would not have gone on the rocks. Your reign of twenty-five years was too long for any colored man to stand at the head of any public organization; too close to the days of reconstruction for one like you of so little experience to lead this host who are coming out of the schools and colleges by the thousands. Yes, you should resign, you have proven to be a faulty leader when you join hands with the white people of the South to down the men, women and children of your own race. Now lets see what happened to a few of the members of your church on account of the Elaine riots, and would you call these good citizens; Dr. E. A. Johnson, one of the young brothers of the three that were killed and saw service in France for the good white citizens of your state and helped put Germany to the bad, was a candidate for baptism in your church at the time your "good" white citizens put him to death, along with his two brothers. What kind of notice did you publish in your white friends' paper denouncing this crime? The young man was to have been baptized the the following Sunday, and was a good citizen M. C. Simmons, who was a letter carrier for fifteen years was made to quit selling the Chicago Defender and was compelled to resign his position and has moved to St. Louis, Mo., all on account of the Elaine riot. Was he not a good citizen? He was a member of your church, a Sunday school teacher, deacon and trustee. Why didn't you save him through that multitude of "good" white citizens? Dr. R. A. Williams, M. D., who owns several pieces of property, valued at thousands of dollars in your city, was not in town at the time of the riot, yet your white friends you love so dearly have forbidden him to come back. He is also a member of your church. Is he included in your notice of bad colored people? Yes, Bro. Morris, the tone of your "notice" is to belittle your best men and women and uphold and raise and praise the white people for not killing and robbing more colored people than they did. You know the race is not being treated right. You have been caught with the goods on you and if you will ask the Lord, "what shall I do," He will say; "Morris, resign all these pastorates and start over again." NICK CHILES. Editor The Topeka Plaindealer and President The Kansas Defense Society, THE SAD ENDING OF HON. E. P. M'CABE FORMER AUDITOR OF KANSAS DIES PENNILES IN AN ALMS HOUSE AT CHICAGO. We deeply regret the death of Hon. E. P. McCabe, who was auditor of the State of Kansas for two terms from 1882 to 1887, and who also served as county clerk of Graham county for two terms. He was auditor of Kansas when Oklahoma opened for settlement and moved from Topeka to Guthrie, where he served as assistant auditor of the territory until state hood. Mr. McCabe was a highly educated scholarly gentleman; very reserved and those who were close to him always said he was loyal and true to a friend and always stood up for manhood and the rights of his race. He never bartered or catered to the white man the rights of the colored race and always stood up for his people. For this we reverence and honor his name. He was 71 years of age at the time of his death, February 23d, 1920. It is to be regretted that he died in needy circumstances and a charge on the public, but it was his disposition not to hang around or beg for a job nor would he stoop or concede to a white man for political or other favors, so as time went on his condition grew from bad to worse. Had he came back to Kansas he would have been cared for in his declining years. He chose Chicago where he was a stranger to the new Negro—people who cared taught for men like McCabe who had stood up to advance the manhood rights of the race, still they ignored him. They did not even give him a pleasant smile. His remains were brought to Topeka, Sunday, March 14th and conveyed to J. T. Talty's undertaking parlor, escorted by his faithful wife died Feb. 26th. He was buried in the Topeka cemetery where he owned a family plot. No one knew his body was here nor did his wife want anyone to know. His old time friends would have been glad to have rendered some assistance at least escorted his remains to the last resting place. No one but his lone wife and the white undertaker with no minister to perform the last rite. The graveligger and the undertaker handled the casket. This is too sad to think of; a leader and ex-state officer of Kansas to be buried in such a manner. He lived as best he thought so let us not consure, but throw the mantle of charity about whatever might have been his faults. This should serve as an object lesson to men of the race who now have such excellent chances to carry life insurance and membership in lodges. All of these opportunities were not open to McCabe. In his day lodges were an experiment. They rose up like mushrooms and died out as fast. No life insurance companies of reliability were writing colored people. The leaders at that time were not thinking of money; they were fighting for their rights. People were honest and thought it their duty to take care of those who fell by the wayside without a dollar, especially men like McCabe, who thought and acted for those who could not act nor think for themselves. That class is almost extinct. It is the dollar and how much can you get for selling your birthright and your neighbors as well. May angels guard his soul LEST WE FORGET The approaching spring reminds us that we should beautify the walls of our sanctuaries-St. John Recorder. Price $1.50 Per Year WHITE MAN AT OLD TRICKS IS KILLED! Harvey Scott, a white man, 26 years old, 228 Lawrence street, was shot and killed at 9 o'clock last night in Helen Anderson's place, a notorious colored resort, at 302 East Crane street, Helen and Maggie Lee, another Negro woman who was in the place, named Mickey Watts, as the murderer. Watts was arrested an hour after the shooting by Patrolmen Lloyd Rife and Abner Taylor. Scott was a driver for the American Railway express. Scott's body was identified by two come a mother. The Scotts had been neighbors. His wife, was prostrated with grief when she heard of her husband's death. She expects soon to be married only a year. Helen Anderson said that Watts forced the door of her house open. He was carrying a 16 gauge single-barreled shotgun. "Don't kill me," she cried. "I've got a baby." "Get out of my way, then" he replied. Shot Over Heart He stepped into the hhouse and opened the door into a room at the right. Scott's body was found on the floor at the foot of a bed, with a hole three inches in diameter directly above his heart. The floor was splattered with blood. The two women fled from the house, they said. Helen leaving her month-old baby behind. They were held for investigation. Chief George G. Hannan, who lead the hunt for the murderer, said he had picked up three other dead men on previous occasions within the same block. Gun Cleaned After Shooting ...Watts was not at home when the officers first searched the place. Rife and Taylor lay in wait until he returned. Taylor had seen him earlier in the evening carrying a shotgun. John Ewing, an old man living at the place, admitted cleaning the shotgun which was found after the shooting, Lelia and some friends came to the acene. Mrs. Scott said that her husband had left home about 7 o'clock to go to the Eagle lodge. He had promised to return at 9:30, and she was awake, waiting for him at 11:30 o'clock when officers came to verify his identity. The clue had been furnished by a stock certificate in his pocket. Watts Got Wrong More! Watts Got Wrong Many Helen Anderson said that Watts was jealous because Maggie Lee was untrue to him Maggie had recently turned her affections from Watts, Helen said, to another colored man. She said she believed Watts had intended to kill this dusky rival, and, fuddled with drink, had mistaken his man. Scott's coat and vest were hung on chair. Maggie Lee was found in a neighbor's house; she was wearing no shoes. Women's shoes were found in the room with the body. Topeka Daily Capital. --- The above shows that some white men will not behave themselves and stay in their "place." They do not want a colored man to even look at a white woman, but takes all of the liberties because he is the law. When it comes to beamtriching the name of the colored race he is ever ready to push the matter for all it is worth. We are sorry this happened and his widow has our sympathy. He went once too often to this place or others of similar character. After all the white man is learning that all people are human if there is a difference in nationality. He loves his colored neighbor more than he lets on. He has for years loved the colored people by night and hated them by day. There has always been a center of attraction in the night and a widening chasm as the day approached. Had this young white man been truthful to his wife and stood up to the teachings of his race, he would have been living today, but no he had to do as the average white man has done for when it come to morality CMFWYW years; talk one thing and do another. The colored people have nothing to regret as their standing on that score. Their average is far ahead of the American white people. The white people are kept busy all over this country trying to keep down the per cent of crime among their race which is increasing at an alarming rate. This is only one instance in thousands of similar cases going on all over this country. It was not the intention of the man to kill him, the shot was intended for another, and happened to be a white man slipping after a colored girl. We note that both of our daily papers fail to make the usual daily comments on the unfair under glaring headlines like they would have done had the victim been black. Be fair gentlemen. WE WANT YOUR HELP In placing one thousand new readers on our list in the city of Topeka, and when the Plaindealer® representative calls at your home and you are not a regular subscriber, kindly add your name to the list and become a member of our large and growing family. ee OSE ae a et ee Ne age ee ees ? - es rr. scx sep eee ~ 4 - a *, . : : ¥ ate nieve ae, . , ; . oo. at SEEN AND HEARD f; RURING THE WEEK Mrs, Chas, E, dmith nad, Mitte zon, Matly left for Oakland, Califor nia, to be gone for the Spring sns Sammer. ok Mrs, Maggie Fitchue Nink oe end day for SanFrancisco, Oaglend aad Los Angeles Calf, on a pleasore trip. Mra, James Moore has been slightly indisposed. « | — Mrs, Edw, Pierce, of Kansas City, Mo, was the guest of Mra. Bell Crith| of last week. | We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to attend the wedding of Rev, Calvin Parritt of Oswego, Kas, to Miss Lucy Bowen of St, Jobn, Kae., April, 14the See Rabe Bros, for fresh salt water fish, Every boty who wishes to dodze the high cost of living see this firm, 110 Enst 6th St WANTED: A position as teacher. Several years experience, Ad- dresa Miss Jessie Carter, 1763 Marl- on Street, Denser, Colo, ; — Mra, Kiltle Haley, aged 54 sears, died Sunday afternoon at her home, 2501 Union avenue, The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Wedneslay afternoon from the Second Baptist church, Mr. Marens Owens, brother of deceased and wife of Kansas City were In attendance on the funeral. Mra. ENzabeth Porter was taken *o St. Francis Hospital Sunday, where she underwent an operation Tuesday, Mr, Jerry Reynolds aged 65, and an old resident of this city, passed away at his home, 1167 Buchanan St., Thursday, March 1th. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2pm, from the Shiloh Baptist Church Burial In the Topeka cemetery. eae Mrs, Helen Jones, formerly of this city, now Matron in the State Instl- tution at Beloit, Kans, is spending afew days in the city visiting friends LOST RELATIVE--I would like to learn the whereabonts of John Cilf. ton, formerly of Topeka, When last heard of ‘as In California, His wife's name was Lula, Any Infor. mation will bo gladly welcomed by Mra, Luella Workeuff, 918 Michigan, Kansas City, Meo. Rev. W. 1. Wartleld of Memphis, Tenn, spent a few day In the city guest of his wlfe. Mrs. Tila War fletd, Rev. Warfleld attended the funeral of Mra Annie Jacobs, wife of Rev, J, W. Jacobs, Topeka people will remembebr Mrs, Jacobs when Rey, Jacobs was pastor of Lance Chapel, Atty.E, P. Blakemore of Denver, Colo, was in the city on business. He is sweeping Colorado along le ral liner, Mr, Blakemore {a secing to it that the Colored people are given thelr legat and cfvil rights. Prof, Wm, FE. Pickens, Assistant Field Agent of tha N, A. A.C. P. wlll speak fn the city,April, 7th un der the auspices of thet local branch, Mr, Pickens is one of the race‘s foremgst orators, @ graduate of Yale University and wellinformed on race matters, See Mias Henrietta Stewart, wh haa inangurated o subscription cam aign for The Topeka Plainderics She will be at your home to see jou also visiting the schools of the cit) offering prizes to school ehildrer for the largest number of subscrip tions, She will visit the pastor and churches to get their support In this work. Mrs, Ellen Shiughter, 1407 Monroe street, who has been confined to her bed on aceauut of illness during the part week ig able to be up, Mra. Arnicholas Chiles Willlams 914 Duchanan street, is confined te Ter home on account of ilness. Mrs, Sls Brown, fs able to be ou again after a stight Mness, Mrs, Brown fa an angel of mercy amons the sick, andis seriourly mizsed her absent a few days, Mias Mae Jordan, of St Josevh Mo., fa in the city looking after hei parents, Who have been Ml, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Rollins, © Chicago, announce the birih of a yon Joxephdr, Mr. Rollins wax reared fi Topeka and tha Plaindeater Join many friends in extending congratu lations Ben Mira Henrietta Stewart, wh ‘Sas Inangurated aA pubserintion cam pain for The Topeka Plaindea. 1 She will be at sour home to see }ou alne visiting the schools of the .t3+ offering prizes to school children fo) the largest number of subscriptions She will visit pastors and churche: fo get their support in the work, Altbo Kansas and the Nattor are a! dry as a proverbal bone, the write! became entangled with @ hoop on day this weck, and besides a geners ahakeup, sustained a gash about two Althbo Kansas and the Nailor are as dry as a proverbal bone, the writer became entangled with @ hoop one day this weck, and besides a geners! ahakeup, sustained a gash about two- inches tong in the palm of the left hand. The wound was very painful, but the ever ready and kind shop girls came to our relief by dressing the injured member which fe doing nicely, Mra, Rae Morgan Harris {s presiding at the linotype in our Stead thia week, and doing so well, that we are inclined to hie ourself away to oyr boshood home | ia Southern Kansan and enjoy a few days with the grandest old girl on earth, Btother, WHY DO YOU WEAR GRAY HAIR? Prince Henry's talr Dye will re store your gray halr to {ts natural color and reduce your aged apnear ance 15 to 20 years, Send $1.25 for a bottle. Bold or applied by H. HH. CHOTEAU, Hair Spectaliat, 110 Kan- eas Ave,, Topeka, Kansas, AIR IR MR RR A RR RAR RR ie CONVENTION HALL, KANSAS CITY, MO. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1920 RELAY RACES— § Western University vs, Topeka ‘ Industrial Institmte, Lincoln High School ys, Sumner High School, Lawrence vs, Olathe, Kansas, Y. M. CG. A, 48. Geo, R. Smith 1. Tashes--50 220440 Yards, 2. Run—S0 Yards, 3, Shot Put. 4. Wurdles—50 Yards. &. High Jump, 6. Pole Vault, . Tuvited to Partleipate— KANSAS CITY KANSAS GRADE BCHOOLS. 18, KANSAS CITY MISSOURS GRADE. SCHOOLS, 1 Four Lap Relays, 2. Dash—60 Yards. SOL BUTLER, of Pebugue Cellere, Towa and HOWARD DREW, the World's famons Sprinter invited as atarters, RACE LEADER ON EXTENDED ' ' Visit IN CALIFORNIA. mt “he Mra. M. D. Jones, provident of the Woman's Convention of thp Smokey HUI River District left Saturday for Nalilornfe. Bbe also expects to visit Beaver, Puedlé, Salt Lake City and “poimta’ gn California. | Mre. Jone 1s’one ot ‘those women full of push apd energy. She is a great church worker, Mrs, Jones recently held a Mock State Convention and raleed $71.80, She bas traveled ex- tensively, visiting Asia, Africa ‘and Philippine Jelands in 1912, The Plaindealer and her many friends wish for her a delightful stay. Mrs. Jones will be located at 1216 38th Avenue, Oakland, Calif., should any of her friends desire to write. Mr. Bam Hyde, an early day ret. tler In Topeka, but now a wealthy shoemaker in Nome, Alaska. has [trent the past four months In Tope. ka, the guest of relattves and friends, Yesterday he departed for Seattle, Wash,, fram hich — point he will sail for his home In the far North, Mr. Hyde ia the only man of pia race In Nome, and also enjoss the dixtinction of belng the only shue- maker in the town, and has been for whe past twelve years, Mr. Hyde ts na high Mason, being a member of the Knights Templar and Scottish Itite bodies, and during his stay hay had a joyful Ume with the brethren. Mr. B, W. High and wife, who awn a nice little family grocery In North Topeka, will move into a new location after April tnt in the Knights of Ta- bor building, 598 West Ratlroad, They are doing a fine business. They are doing a fine business and have a mcat market {n connection. Mr. aud Mrs. Wm. 8, Price and daughters, Mixsex {dell, rma and Mra. J. D, Hamilton and_ children, and son, Mr. Wm, 8. PriceJr..of sto the city on account of the ines of thelr daughter and cicter, Mrs. Helen Sims, 1213 Buchanan St, Mr. Price {8 one of the prosperous and ‘Card of Thanks We wish to thank ou {rlends and neighbors for the kind Neva shown us and for the beautiful floral offerings in the death of our Searly beloved husband and father — Mrs. Jerry Reynolds, Lawrence | Reynolds, Ruth Reynolds, Cfhique |Reynolds, Presley Reynolds, Mary Reynolds Miller. {| Mr. J. 4, Jones, of Exkridge, wa an agreeable caller at thin office one Jday. last week, He was en route home from Kansas City where he marketed seventy head of fat hors }for which hoe received over $2,000. Ne in a prorperonx farmer having J#old his farm in Missourl some tw< ‘enrs ago and purchased a farm nea | Exkridge where he now resideg = Mr. |Jones will erect a modern countr; home ag soon as he can find carpen {ters to do the work, Hon, FE. T. Barbour, of Et Reno }Okla., attended the Hill hearing be '|fore Governor Allen this week an .|also transacted other business wit! | the governor's office. He secured | .|pardan for a woman and went te Lansing with the papers and too! her home, Mr. Barbour is an abl }lawyer and has lots of businera 5 '| Kansas and other states as well a ,jJat home. | Non. T. W. Bell, of Leavenwort! |.and Hon. Feed C, Helm, of Wichita ,) Bere tn the city Monday transactin, business before the supreme court ane also tending a hand In the Hill case , ——__—— TOPEKA BUSINESS MEN ARE GUESTS OF SCHOOL Impressed with the importance and scone of the work being done by the institute, enst of Topeka. In the ed- acation af young colord men and women, Chamber of Commerce mem- bers last night voted to support the movement ta get a new hospital for the Institution, Fifty men, members of the board af administration, advisory board, coun. ty commissioners and Chamber of Commerce were guests of the school They arrived at 4 o'clock, inspected the vrfous bulldings where vocation. al training is given the students the york shops and barns, then sat down fo n feast served by the students, Erinetpal G. R, Bridgeforth was the host, The guests were surprised at the ————— EXPERIENCED AGENTS WANTED To sell a Ruarantecd pomade, large commission jinld, In answer. Ing state articles you now handle, WAVERLY MFG, COMPANY 735 Waverly Avenue KANSAS CITY, - KANSAS scepe of the work heing dowe by the institution. The medel factories in which overalls, sboes and other use fu) articles are wade, while the stu- loarniog their trades, ‘were higbly Prateed. The stodents are taught carpentry, In¢chanica, printiog and other trades. Following the dinner Dr, Wilbur N. Mason, of the board of administra- tration, acting as toastmaster; intro- duced the speakers of the evening. dames A. Kimball, state business manager: It. A. Kent, of Lawrence; Elmer F. Strain, president of the Chamber of Commerce: A. A, Rod- fers, county commissioner: J, R, Burrow, J. Newell Abrams and J. BR, Rogers, of Ottawa, delivered brief addrensea, ‘The ‘need of more facilities for the institution's work was explained by Mr. Bridgeforth It is planned to en- large the school until! at least 400 stu- dentx can be enrolled There Is a Frowing need for this sort of a school, according to the principal.—Daily Capital. EVERYBODY HAS A HOBBY, Mine te SWEARING RAE M. 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The fact that the white newspapers have refused to publish both sides of the affair forces us to make an excuse of the "amothered detail" --- (By L. C. HARPER) To relate the story of Bertha Wiebeck one has to pierce the dark recesses of the white woman's first visit to this city. Bertha's yearning to stroll in the pathway of the bright lights brought Her to Chicago from Hutchinson, Kan., where she worked in Fred Harvey's hotel. The town was too small. Bertha was a woman now, weighing 155 pounds, 5 feet 6 inches in height, and 22 years old. Pawnee Roc, Kansas, her home, held no charms for her; it wasn't "swift enough." Bertha said. Ordered From Flat. Upon arriving in this city she sought work on the south side. One day as Bertha was walking near 35th and State streets she saw Officer Dorsey Chambliss Bertha asked him to recommend to her a place to reside. Chambliss inquired of the woman why she desired to stay on the south side; that it was not the custom for white women to live with Colored families in this section, and as he knew no white families, he could only recommend her to a home for white girls which was located at 39th and Indiana avenue Bertha spurned the officer, saying that she didn't want to live in a Sunday school" This was in November Chambliss heard no more of Bertha until Mrs. Emma Ross, 3525 State street, called him in for the purpose of ordering the white woman from the flat on account of her unbecoming conduct while an occupant of the Ross home. Bertha had refused to move when asked to do so by Mrs. Ross. Chambliss' Statement "When I entered the Ross apartment," Chambilia said, the white woman told me her name was May Wood. I told her in the presence of Mrs. Ross that she would have to move among her own people. She replied that it was none of my business where she lived. I told her complaints had been raised against her, and unless she moved I would have to report her to the commanding officer She said if I did she would "get my job." and that she knew how to go about it. "I made no arrest, but gave her three days in which to find a room with a white family. Later I made inquiries as to whether she had moved and was informed she had I did not know her name was Bertha Wiebeck, until I was stripped of my star and arrested on her complaint." In order to ferret out the intricate details surrounding the life of Bertha Wiebeck alias May Woods, alias May Murphy, the Defender obtained the services of the Keystone National Detective Agency, and operatives, together with Defendr reporters, worked unceasingly until the scarlet character of the Wiebeck woman had been investigated from every angle. Obstructions had to be overcome, laced in the path of the reporters and operatives by prejudiced white policemen, whose prime object was to "get Chambias" and protect the so-called "poor, innocent 16 year-old white girl" at any hazard Nathanielcmfyrdwfdypl aol hailouil Bertha, it was learned, had slipped drinks in every south side cabaret. The dream of her life was realized, it seemed She had caroused until the was hours of morning. During these wild hours she met "Peg Leg" Murphy, a man who. it is claimed, was constitutionally opposed to work. She banqueted him Murphy in turn paid Bertha's room rent, and when she became ill he pawned his shoes to buy her medicine Murphy did not know Bertha had previous love affairs, and that she had been asked to move from the Ross home because she tried to "slip a man" in her room and was caught by Mrs Ross but he thought it was peculiar that Bertha was staying with a colored family, having moved there from the Ross apartment. Girl Friend Visits Bertha from her own volition, moved to the home of Mrs. McCoy, 3158 Wabish as sure Murphy followed. One day Bertha's school chan- an old friend from Pownce Rock, called to see her Catherine Schauer is her name. She asked to see B. Mrs. McCoy told Catherine that Hertha was ill and in her room Catherine asked, "Is a Haithaired man with her?" She was told that Murphy the Colored man, was in the room Catherine's eyes fell upon a letter that was on the table in the dining room it was Bertha's writing and addressed to Catherine. She picked it up and left the apartment. When she returned she was accompanied by a colleague who raided the place, taking Bertha and Murphy. When Bertha was taken before Lieut Paul Duffy of the Cottage Grove avenue police station was declared that Quambias had "forced her" to remain in the apartment and receive the company of men Murphy in his statement contradicted the woman, saying he had never seen Chambias, and that his association with Bertha was created out of his and her own desire. Shown Bertha's Character S A Brusseau of the Keystone Detective Agency and a Defender reporter had the following conversation with Mrs William M. Shermoff (white), 3613 Wabash avenue; Question—"Was there ever a girl in your employ by the name Bertha Wiebeck, May Wood?" Answer—"Yes." we had a girl employed as maid under the name of May Wood" "How long was she in your employ?" "From about the 7th of September to the 1st of October" "Why did she leave?" "I discharged her." "For what reason?" "Her conduct was unbecoming She taught my children the use of profane language and at the present time I have the hardest time to teach my children different. So you see I was forced to get rid of her." On Nov. 26th Bertha made application for employment in the twine mills of the McCormick branch of the International Harvester company, located at 2557 Blue Island avenue. On her application, written in her own hand, she gave her name as May Woods and her age as 22 born the month of July. 1897. She remained until Dec. 6, leaving there, not being satisfied with her work. Doctor Makes Statement Dr. Burnett, 2842 State declared that he attended Hertha Wiebeck, altus May Murphy, as she called herself at the time, on or about Dec. 16. She was suffering from a venereal disease. She is told him she was married to Murphy. The physician's receipt and prescription testify to this fact. DR. BOYD WINS OVER MORRIS IN BAPTIST FIGHT Nashville, Tenn., March 13th (Reck- procal News Service.) An end has come to the great Baptist law suit and Dr. Boyd and his associates were victorious It occurred today at 5:55 p.m. in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, when that court handed down their decision in favor of R. H. Boyd, C. H. Clark, J. P. Robinson, G. B. Taylor, L. L. Campbell, J. A. Brown, L. L. Harding and J. C. Field, constituting the National Baptist Publishing Board. The Supreme Court's decision upheld the decision, the decree and the opinion of the Civil Court of Appeals, who decided in favor of Dr. Boyd and his co-workers in the National Baptist Publishing Board. And the Civil Court of Appeals likewise had sustained Special Judge Cherry in the Chancery Court, who decided in favor of Dr. R. H. Boyd and his co-workers of the National Baptist Publishing Board. There have been three distinct decisions in the Publishing House law suit in favor of the vendor Dr. Boyd. There were three decisions in the courts of Chicago in favor of Dr. E. P. Jones of the National Baptist Convention, Unincorporated, who is allied with Dr. Boyd and the workers of the Publishing Board in summing up the results here today, the Baptist folks declared known as the "little R. F. Da," or "Jones Faction," by this decision of the Supreme Court, had won six decisive victories thus putting out the E. C. Morris folks whom they have always styled as destructionists, which is great as destructionists, when the Convention separated over the question of a charter which had been obtained by seven men who were unauthorized proposed to concurate all the property of the Negro Baptists of the United States. This charter, it is claimed, they make every church owning a dollar's worth of property, that enrolled with the Morris Convention responsible for the obligations of this Convention regardless of how wreckless Dr. Morris and his co-workers might be, as it is pointed out he ran the old Convention constantly in debt for the 25 years and that he had even failed to organize his Convention. When the Chicago Convention was called to order, the question of a charter was presented and upon three decisive votes the opponents of the incorporated were victorious, whereupon the Morris followers attempted to adjourn the Convention. The Rev. Dr. Parks of Philadelphia was presiding when this attempt was made. Drs. Parks, Griggs, Bryant, M. M, Rodgers and several others walked out of the Convention. But the Baptist refused to follow them, and at once formed a temporary organization, electing Edw P. 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This put an end to the Morris regime as president over a convention that he had served for twenty years and brought to the front Edward Jones. After this the Morris people came back into the Convention and tried to get control, but they were outnumbered and outvoted and the old majority rule and policy of Negro Baptists was maintained. The Morris followers seeking to avenge this bitter ruin and defeat resorted to the courts. Injunctions were issued suits filed, receivership asked for, and charged of every description were ledged against Dr Jones and his co-workers. When this failed the Morris followers attacked the National Baptist Publishing Board, an institution known the world over, with a value upward to a quarter of a million dollars, which had been built by the venerable Dr. R. H. Boyd who was born a slave and who without the aid of a dime from the treasury of his convention established the plant. The Morris people not only filled these suits, but organized their following all over the United States. In an attempt to take away the patronage and wreck he plant. They established newspapers and for five years the most bitter, unprincipled and unmany attacks that could be made have been hurled against Dr. Boyd, who without answering them generally his fight and his lawsuit in the courts. At the same time the National Baptist Publishing Board continued to grow and prosper, and it appears that the Negro Baptist would not be misled by false representations. Dr. Boyd's last report showed his board has handed upward to two hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending August,31,1919,and that the National Baptist Publishing Board was furnishing literature to about twenty thousand Sunday Schools and it had on its pay roll more than one hundred fifty Negro men and women, boys and girls. The plant here is regarded as the greatest accomplishment of the entire race from a business point of view. The decision of the Supreme Court was heralded all over the United States. Special cable message was immediately sent to Dr. R. H Boyd and his wife, who are taking their first vacation and honeymoon after a marriage of fifty years down on the Isthmus of Panama. When the decision was rendered Dr. C. H Clark, who had served as Chairman of the Board for twenty-three years said, "We have always believed in that passage of Scripture which says, brethren to pray." There was much my prophets no harm." The first message from Dr. Boyd after he had heard of the lawsuit was "God still lives and right prevails. Tell the rejoicing throughout the city when the decision was handed down. VIEWS EXPRESSED BY A WHITE WOMAN. 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As a consequence, great masses of us, through lack of individual experience, and because of ignorance of literature and statistics bearing on the truth of the case, have come to believe the unwarranted and unfounded charge against the colored man as a class. But the undeniable rockbottom truth is that Negro men are no more prone to commit helminous crimes against women than are other men. If there be any who doubt the truth of this statement, let them make a comparative study of the statistics bearing on lecherous crimes against women and their doubts will vanish. The result of this comparison will be in favor of the colored man. If I were to publish the figures I have on my desk I would startle my renders. Colored men in other countries, such as Canada, Central America, South America, West Indies and Africa, are not pictured as the arch assailants of women. In fact, it is said that the attitude of the native African toward women is superior in point of decency to that of men in the most highly cultured countries. When I am told that the colored man is so justly inclined, I ask why it is that there are 4,000,000 mulattoes in the United States and that this number yearly increases White men tremble before this question. They know they are responsible. Yet many of them are always telling us women about "Negro brutes" and "Negro rajist." In the South, my native home, where there is the loudest cry aboutrace separation and white purity," the greatest mingling of white men and colored women takes place. The South is the garden spot of mulattoes. "It must not be assumed that white women will always remain ignorant of and indifferent to this fact. Many of us are wideawake and are thinking, although only a few of us dare to express ourselves publicly on this question. Of course I am intelligent enough to know the reason for this denunciation of the colored man. One of the objects is to keep the gap as wide as possible between the white woman and the colored man. But why is there little or no effort to widen the gap between the white man and the colored woman? Why are not our men punished for intimate relations with colored women? No! This would interfere with white men's social freedom. Yet they arrogate unto themselves the rots of supreme dictator as to the race or color of men with whom we must or must not mingle, while they will brook no interference as to the race or color of women with whom they mingle and become intimate. "With all the emphasis on my command I affirm that the colored man is not the unworthy creature that the press, platform, pulpit and movies have pictured him to be. The tell of illusion is being gradually removed from white women's eyes. Notes From St John Recorder Notes From St John Recorder Mrs. Chas. 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