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PRESENTS HOUSTON MARTYRS PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT (Continued from page 1) E. Church, with 548,355 members, who could not be in Washington to attend the ceremony, authorized the use of his name and that of his Church in connection with the dele gation as did B. J. Davis, Editor of the Atlanta Independent, who repre sents the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, with a membership of 304,-1 557, together with its woman’s auxil- j iary, the Household of Ruth, with a membership of 197,654. Attached to the petition were the names of a Committee of 50 of co operating organizations and individu als, represented by the delegation to the White House. The National Equal Rights League. William Monroe Trotter, Secretary-, was represented by its own delegation of four which, endorsed the petition gathered and presented under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In presenting the petition Mr. John son said: Mr. President: We come as a delegation represent ing the 120,000 signers of a peti tion asking you to exercise the power of executive clemency and pardon the former members of the United States Twenty-fourth Infantry now confined in Leavenworth Prison convicted on charges of rioting at Houston, Texas in August, 1917. We come as the representatives not only of those who sign this Petition, but we are the hopes, the sorrows, too, of the more than ten million colored citizens of the United States. The petition asks for the pardon of these men on four grounds: 1. The excellent previous record for discipline, service and soldierly conduct of the Twenty-fourth In fantrv. 2. The provocation of local ani mosity against these men because of ♦heir race and color, which was mani fested in insults, threats and acts of violence against these colored slodiers wearing the uniform of the United States Army and waiting to be sent to France to fight. 3. The heavy punishment meted out to members of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, of whom nineteen were hanged, thirteen of them summarily and without right of appeal to the Secretary of War or to the President their Commander-in-Chief. 4. The exemplary conduct of the men as prisoners. The record for bravery and loyalty of colored soldiers in every crisis of. the Nation is too well known to be called to your attention here, and the j long history of the Twenty-fourth In fantry is a part of that record. But we do wish to call to your attention the conditions which immediately pro ceded the riots of August, 1917, in Houston, Texas. Contrary to all precedent, the pro vost guard of this colored regiment had been disarmed in a state and in a city where insult was the daily experience of the colored man wear ing the uniform of the United States Army. And what was the treatment accorded to men waiting in Texas to be sent to France to fight and per haps die for their country? Follow ing a long seines of humiliating and harrassing incidents, one soldier was brutally beaten and a well beloved non-commissioned officer of the regi ment also brutally beaten and fired unon because they remonstrated at the mistreatment of a colored woman by local white policemen. The report spread among the regiment that their non-commissioned officer, Corporal Baltimore, had been killed. Whatever acts may have been committed by men of the regiment were not the result of any premeditated design. The men were goaded to sudden and frenzied action. This is (borne out by the long record for orderly and soldierly conduct on the part of this regiment throughout its whole history up to that time. The punishment meted out to the members of this regiment was the most drastic and unusual in the his tory of the Army. Nineteen of the men were hanged, the first thirteen of them summarily and without right of appeal. This wholesale, unprece dented and almost clandestine execu tion shocked the entire country and appeared to the colored people to savor of vengeance rather than jus It bore the aspect of a visita tion upon color rather than upon their crime. This state of mind was in tensified by the significant fact that although white persons were involved in the Houston affair and the regi ment to which these colored men be longed was officered entirely by white men, none but colored men have ever been prosecuted or condemned. Fif ty-four of the men are still in prison serving life and long term sentences. It is not within the province of this delegation, nor is this the occasion, to argue these cases. But we wish to call your attention to the fact that the men were tried and convicted un der a blanket indictment. The conduct of these men as pris oners at Leavenworth has been more than exemplary. This much has been openly stated by Warden Biddle of the Penitentiary. And it is in behalf of these remaining men of the regi ment who have been confined for more than six years that we lay be fore yon this Petition signed by more than 12,000 American citizens, white ad well as black, asking that by the ^rereirt of executive clemency you k pardon these men anil restore them to citizenship. This Petition of 120,000 names rep resents the earnest efforts through | the past four months of every active, element among the colored people of the country. It is the result of the j united and consecrated work of civic, fraternal, educational and religious organizations, and of that compara tively new but mighty force, the col-1 ored press. All of those elements in the race are represented in this dele-1 gation. We have the honor, Mr. President, respectfully to present this Petition in the name of the signers and in the name of the colored people thru out thp United States whose atten tion will be focused upon the action it may please you to take. We pre sent it in the name of the people whose hearts have long carried the harsh fate of these men as a heavy j burden and with the feeling that,' whatever acts they may have com-1 mitted, they have already been more: than punished; and whose hope for their early pardon has been raised by your recent magnanimous action in the cases of wartime "offenders. BED-TIME STORIES IN A PI LL MAN SMOKER The Lawmaker (Lincoln News Service.) “Well, I see from the Paris papers that another French anarchist has been sent on the long trail,” said a fine-featured traveler, who looked as though he might be a college profes sor. “He didn’t believe in God, and how could he believe in Govern ment?” continued the professorial gentleman, as he blew a few smoke rings from his perfecto and looked intently at his companion, who, to my surprise, was our old friend, the Wan dering Jew, doubtless on his way back East. Before the Jew could reply, an an gular looking gentleman, who had been silently enjoying the contents of a big meercham, intervened: “Served him darned right,” said the owner of the meercham. “Those ginks that want to run the Government single handedly must be shown where to get off—and quick, too. There’s a lot of ’em over here in America, and no kind of punishment’s too severe for ’em,” he continued, with an empha tic gesture. “Did he have a fair trial?” in quired the Jew mildly, as he turned to the professor. "O, yea; and his lawyer exhausted "very effort to see that he was just ly dealt with. Nevertheless, he went to the guillotine with curses on his j lips, and with no visible sign of re i pentence.” “He ought not to have had a trial— anarchists aren’t entitled to any,” sputtered the meerschaum’s owner, in an ascending tone. “But you believe in law and order, j lon’t you?” the Wandering Jew asked I as he folded up his newspaper and settled down to the discussion. “Sure, I believe in the law. I was in the state legislature myself for j over two years. But when you’re ' dealing with anarchists, the law does , not count a picayune. They don’t re cognize the law, and the law ought not to recognize them,” responded the ! angular one, as he briskly struck a match. “So you were a lawmaker?” con : Hnued the Wandering Jew, who seem ed to have warmed up to the debate. “And were you active in any particu lar legislation during your term?” he asked. ’ “I sure was,” responded the angular one, curtly. “But if I ever voted for measure which gives any con siderations to anarchists, then I want I to apologize to the people of my i state,” he concluded with a look of ; pride. "In your opinion, what is an anarch j i=t, anyhow?” insistently inquired the I Jew. “Any one who wages war against the law of both God and man,” re sponded the owner of the meerschaum in a tone which indicated great self _ ^ __ satisfaction. “I quite agree with you on that,” answered the Jew, with a smile. “That’s just why I wanted to feel that our minds were together, before say ing what I have in mind. I’m sorry you did not proclaim that belief in your state legislature. I’m sorrier still that you are not where legislat tion on that definition is sadly need ed right now. Last year, the National Congress tried, in an approprite way, to get at some anarchists in this coun trv—right in the state where you doubtless reside. They tried to make a law to prevent some anarch ists in this country from lynching American citizens—from executing them without trial and without any recourse to law and order-” “That’s quite different,” interjected the meerschaum’s owner. “If you only knew-” “Different! Where's the differ ence?” retorted the Wandering Jew. “You go right on down home and make up a working list of those anarchists, and I’ll help you prosecute them in a legal way. And if you don’t feel like doing that, you help me to legislate against them, and you’ll be able to sleep better,” snapped the Jew. Just then, a long loud laugh was heard outside the door of the smoker. “Who’s that?” asked the owner of the meerschaum, in a suspecting tone. “Oh! That’s the colored porter,” replied the professor, as he threw away his cigarette and departed for his berth. PROPHECY OF PARIS CEER IS CONFIRMED Fortune Tellers Thrive De spite Arrests and Fines. Paris.—"Monsieur, you are horn un der a lucky star, anil will certainly succeed In ihe affair you are under taking." "Madame, I have no doubt you are right, for I am the jaillce commissary of this district and my present under taking is to arrest you for fortune telling." So Madame Carnaut. one of the hundreds of Paris' wise women who predict the future from cards, coffee grounds and by other means, found herself headed for the police station. The case is a common one In Paris where fortune tellers have a large following who consult them reg ularly, hut It started a reporter to try to find out why some fortune tellers are quoted at length in the papers and apparently held in high esteem, while others are treated like Madame Carnaut. entrapped hv the police and fined After a long search this report er found that fortune tellers come un der the same police regulations as booths at fuirs. Their profession is contrary to the law and its exercise is a misdemeanor, hut like certain other Illegal professions in France, It is toleruted by the police. Action is only taken against fortune tellers when somebody has laid a complaint against them. A dissatisfied client therefore can cause much trouble to the prophetess. Madame Carnaut had a practice of casting a spell over a lump of sugar and making 'he client eat it, at a cost of from 00 "o !0<> francs, according to the client’s appearance, and doubt , less some unrequited lovesick swain 1 who had found that the high-priced magic morsel had not secured the sought-for devotion had laid the com plaint which put a temporary end to Madame’* business. Famous Police Dog Picks Out Suspected Murderer Dresden.—Klga, a famous police dog of Weimar, which has become known I throughout the Orman republic for her ability to track criminals, has Just furnished evidence in a murder of which Oscar Nicht of Idttershack, Czechoslovakia, was suspected. Nicht. In prison here for theft, lias tieen suspected of two murders, al though courts were unwilling to accept the evidence against him as conclu sive. A year and a half ago an innkeeper was killed and the hat of the mur j derer was found at the scene of the crime. Nicht crossed Into Bavaria after the erirne. The Czechoslovakian police officials believed him guilty and have been working constantly on the case. ^™ 'si JOLLY JEAN CARR "Bilk Stocking Revue ” to pity at the popular Gayety next wean that very kind exclusively. A few days ago Nlcht was led Into the courtyard of the Dresden prison with twenty other criminals and a number of detectives In plain clothes. Elga had been allowed to smell the hat found at the scene of the murder In Czechoslovakia, and Immediately rushed to Nlcht and announced with a loud howl that he was the owner of the hat. Man’s Good Acting Wins Pardon From Sing Sing Ossining, N. I.—Because W. A. Reeves, a British veteran of the World war, proved to he a good actor In the recent musical comedy In Sing Sing to the outside public, *1ie state board of parole, which had refused to release him recently, decided later to set him free. Warden Lewis E. Lawes, who liked the talent shown by Reeves in the prison show, was among those who urged his release. In the show Reeves played the role of a former Sing Sing prisoner who had Just been released from prison and who, wtien tempted, not alone de cided to reform himself but tried to reform other crooks. He had over stayed his minimum sentence for em bezzlement of funds of his employer. Missourian Prefers Oxen to Horses for Farm Work Kansas City, M".—Reports from the rural district* an that farmers are returning to the use of horses. But there Is a farmer near Ashland. Boone county, who prefers oxen, even to horses He uses oxen exclusively on his 200-a ore farm The farmer say a the ox is more easily handled and sup plies cheaper motive power The farm er trains his oxen from the time they are weaned, and uses them until they are about ten years old; then sell* 1 them for beef. Birds and Trolley Wires. The hiologlcul survey says that small birds uo1 seldom killed by alighting on a trolley wire, even though It carlres a heavy current of electricity. 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