MANY NEGROES HAVE MOVED
NORTH TO CAST FIRST VOTE
Figures Indicate That at Least 800,000
Must be Figured in
November.
WERE DENIED BALLOT IN SOUTH
Having Been Under the Kan of the
Democratic Party They Are All
Now Republicans.
Chicago, Sept. 9.—Carefully digested
figures indicate that there will be
300,000 first voters among the colored
people who have migrated from the
South to northern labor centers, at
tracted by better wages, enlarged
school facilities and the freedom of
thought and action denied them by
the solidly democratic South. It has
been the rule in political campaigns
to conduct a department for first vot
ers. but this applied always to citizens
who had arrived at the voting age
of 21. This year the remarkable
precedent Is presented wherein tens
of thousands of voters, granted the
right by the constitution of the United
States, but robbed of the greatest
privilege of citizenship by the sup
porters of Candidate Cox in the South
land. many of whom are 35 years of
age and even 50, are casting a vote
for the first time in tbeir lives.
It is needless to say that these men
and women, who have felt the ban
that the democrats have placed upon
them, will vote the republican ticket.
There have been cases where colored
people in the North, far removed from
the miserable race hatred of the
South, and listening to the siren song
of the northern democrat, that there
is a difference between their party in
the North and that in the South, have
so forgotten themselves to vote the
democratic ticket, but it is safe to say
that these people recently coming
from the South will never be caught
in that mesh.
The system of voting, which has
grown upon the northern Negro by
custom is not so familiar to the peo
ple who have recently come to com
munities on this side of the Mason
and Dixon line, and the work of in
structing the old citizens, who have
journeyed far to enjoy their rights,
should be the labor of love among
those of the race In the North, who
have always enjoyed the great privi
lege.
Special precinct schools will be
established by state committees, hav
ing jurisdiction over labor centers
where this new vote is located. It Is
held by the managers of the republi
can party that the responsibility of
restoring the ballot to these colored
people is largely theirs, In as much as
the principle upon which the consti
tutional right to vote was granted to
them fifty years ago is one of the
foundation stones of republicanism.
Every colored man who has resided in
the North, or born in the North, shares
this responsibility with the republi
can party, and it should he his duty
to instruct every colored man who
has come from the South during the
last four years how to register and
how to vote. First, it should be es
sentia] to learn whether he has the
qualifications; whether he has lived
for sufficient time in the state and
county. Take him to the republican
authorities in any city and they will
help.
First of all the republican party
wants these men and women who
have been denied the franchise in the
South to have the right to exercise
it, and second, naturally, where the
full qualifications exist, it wants them
to cast their vote for Harding and
Coolidge.
Struggling for years under ban of
democratic oppression, the industrial
necessities that opened a Canaan of
equal opportunity for the exodus of
southern freedmen is a great boon to
them, and it behooves their more for
tunate brothers in the North to assist
them in every way to the realization
of the sacred promises of the consti
tution.
KOREAN WOMEN PLEAD TO U. S.
FOR AID AGAINST JAPS
Honolulu, Sept. 9.—The Korean Na
tional Association of Honolulu has re
ceived copies of the documeents pre
sented by Koreans to the American
congressmen touring the far east.
The plea of Korean women to Amer
ica said in part:
“Day and night we will scheme to
regain our lost land. In the minds
of our children we will instill hatred
for the Japanese. We ourselves will
offer everything for liberty and Inde
pendence. We would rather die and
he free spirits of Korea than live and
be subjects of the mikado."
The writing denounced the report of
a Korean plot to bomb- or kidnap the
congressmen In order to create fric
tion between Japan and the United
States as a Japanese canard.
“Only from God on high and from
you on earth can we get help. Will
you hearken to our dying call?" said
a statement by the Korean provisional
congress addressed to Americans.
“Korea is the key to the solution of
the eastern question. If you speak,
your voice will be beard. America
and Europe will be a'oused.”
KAISER’S PETS ARE
IN SAD PREDICAMENT
Former Privileged Officers of
Wilhelm Have Difficulty in
Finding Work.
No one In Germany sighs more fer
vently for “the good old days" when
the kaiser held sway than the former
army officer. Forced off the govern
ment pay roll, untrained for work
other than soldiering, and so generally
disliked by the population that he has
difficulty in finding any kind of era
| ployment, the officer's lot In democrat
| Ic Germany Is a hard one. His prewar
world, In which he strutted about as
i the privileged pet of his emperor, hus
been utterly destroyed.
A former officer, dolefully discussing
Ills plight, remarked that the expres
| sion once current In the United States,
“There's no good Indian but a dead
| Indian,” applied precisely to the Ger
i man public's attitude totvarn the offl
i cer class. »
Private soldiers heitr out this state
; ment. “At the beginning of the war,”
one said, “the troops were fond of
their officers, who ate the same food,
carried their own packs and shared
the hardships of the men. But most
of the regular officers were quickly
killed off, and those left were sent
away from the lines for staff and other
duties.
“Their places were taken by re
serves, who were an entirely different
lot. They had to have special kitchens
and milk and plenty of wine. They
I refused to march with the troops, al
ways riding In automobiles and mak
ing the men carry their packs. They
were bullies and tyrants and the men
grew to hate them. The civilian popu
lation felt the same way. I was In
Belgium when the armistice was
signed, and when we withdrew to the
RUinelaml the people there were will
ing enough to provide lodgings for the
privates, hut they refused to have the
officers in their homes.”
In a number of cases ex-officers
have found themselves inadvertently
applying for work to the very privates
they once commanded. These former
soldiers, business men and shopkeep
ers, take keen delight, It is said, In
turning down their old superiors.
After the first revolution it was a
risky thing for an officer to appear on
the streets in uniform. They were
emboldened by the Kapp coup last
March, and since then have been
showing themselves in increasing num
bers, especially student reserve offi
cers, who are easily identified by their
pale faces, marked by saber cuts re
ceived in duels.
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ARIZONA WOMAN FOR
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
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Mrs. John Henry Hammond, presl
| dent of the women’s Roosevelt Memo
rial association (left), with Mrs. A.
J. Wetherlll of Rayenta, Navajo In
dian reservation, who Is to handle the
affairs of the association in Arizona.
Mrs. Wetherlll has known the Roose
velt family for years. She has become
Intimately acquainted with Indian life
and customs and Is writing a history
of the Navajos and their legends.
MOTHER OF TWENTY-SIX
Woman la Comparatively Young, Says
Health Inspector.
Abundia Rivera, forty-two years old,
mother of 20 children, only one of
whom is living, was revealed" at Los
Angeles as one of the most unfor
tunate mothers In the history of the
county.
According to the report filed by Dr.
Margaret Barr of the Los Ajigeles
county health department, 25 of this
mother’s children have died before
they reached the age of one year.
The last child Is several years old
and is said to be healthy.
Discovery of the remarkable case
was made by Dor. Barr In her work
In the Interest of better babies, which
Is being directed by Dr. J. L. Pome
roy, head of the department.
Mrs. Rivera was found living near
San Gabriel with her third husband,
who Is only twenty-two years old.
Prayer Reward of Boy Finding Sum.
Two dollars and a prayer were the
rewards granted Eiwood E. Landis, a
12-year-old newsboy of York. Pa., wh"c
he returned a wallet containing securl
ties and cash to the value of $18,000 to
the owner, a woman.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
(By Clarence Desdunes.)
GOOD AND BAD HANDS—
MENTAL STUDY
The influence of the physical con
formation of the bow hand and the
string hand on actual playing cannot
be overlooked. There are no ‘.good"
or “bad” bow hands or string hands,
unless they are deformed. There are
only “good” and "bad” heads. By this
I mean that the finest development of
technic comes from the head, not from
the hand.
Quickness of thought and action is
what distinguishes the easy player
from the clumsy player.
Students should develop mental
study even of technical details. This,
of course, in addition to the physical
practice. For this mental study is oi
the highest importance in developing
Clarence Desdunes
the .student so that he can gain the
mastery of detail of which I have al
ready spoken.
Concerts undoubtedly have great
value in developing the student tech
nically and mentally, but too often
they have a directly contrary effect.
I think there is a very doubtful benefi*
to be derived from the “concert” habit
as illustrated in New York, London o
other music centers.
The student attending concerts some
times try to make two or three a day.
This habit of cramming has a tend
ency to dwarf the development of real
appreciation, as the student under
these conditions can little appreciate
true work of art when his head is so
crammed full of technic that he wear-;
out his faculties of concentration until
listening to music becomes a mechani
cal mental process. The daily attend
ing of concerts, to my mind, has an
absolutely pernicious effect on th
student.
My next subject—Technic: Some
Hints to the Serious Student.
INTELLIGENCE CONTEST NO. I.
Prize for perfect answer.$5.00
Prize for 95 per cent of answers. 3.00
Prize for 90 per cent of answers. 2.00
1. Under what circumstances did
the hand-writing on the wall appear?
2. To what war did the surrender
at Yorktown put an end?
3. Locate Honolulu. Stockholm,
Cologne.
4. Who wrote the "Scarlet Letter?"
5. What king was forced to sign the
Magna Charta?
6. What reasons were assigned
for changing the name of St. Peters
burg, Russia, to that of Petrograd?
Servia to Serbia?
7. What blood relation does the
king of England have with the ex
kaiser of Germany? The late czar of
Russia?
8. Name the justices of the U. S.
Supreme Court?
9. What is the salary of the Justices
of the U. S. Supreme Court?
10. Name ten colored commissioned
officers who served in the national
army.
Rules: Be as brief as possible.
No answer will be accepted unless
accompanied with coupon containing
questions.
All answers must be in the Monitor
office not later than one week after
date of Issue on ■which same appear.
nURGENT CALLING
JAPANESE HOME
Honolulu, Sept. 9.—Recall by the
Japanese government of all Japanese
who have emigrated to the United
States has been suggested by promi
nent citizens of Tokyo as a means of
solving the Japanese problem in
America. A cablegram from Tokyo
to a newspaper here adds that the
Tokyo press Is supporting the pro
posal.
DEATH SENTENCE FOR
KILLING OKLAHOMA MAN
Poteau, Okla., Sept. 9.—The death
sentence was imposed upon Ely
Thomas by a jury here Saturday,
which found him guilty of the murder
of Selma Mayfield, a white farmer,
near Calhoun. Okla.. August 7. Thomas
was brought here following the shoot
ing and later removed from town
when a mob gathered about the jail
and threatened violence.
I CHURCH OF DIVINITY, ?
Inter-Denominational People’s Mission I
26th and Franklin Streets y
Preaching, 11 a. m., 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school, 1:16 p. m. 2
Prayer and conference meeting every Thursday 8 n. m. *
REV. A. WAGNER, Pastor and G. O. P.
Among the Churches J
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| Seward Street Presbyterian Church |
I' Comer Twenty-Sixth and Seward Streets f
SERVICES ^
Sunday, 10 a. m., Sunday School, Dr. J. H. Hutten, Super- Y
tendent; 11 a. m., regular morning worship; 8 p. m., praise service, A
evangelistic. *
Wednesday, 8 p. m., prayer and song service. Y
REV. RUSSEL TAYLOR, MINISTER X
2628 Charles Street, Phone Webster 4255. %
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(ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH j
| 5233 South 25th Street ;;
$ services ::
Preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday school, 1 p. in.; I!
X Allen Endeavor, 7 p. m.; preaching, 8 p. m. | \
Y Class meetings Friday nights. ;;
J. A. BROADNAX, P. C.
X Phone South 3475. 21
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Church of St. Philip the Deacon
(EPISCOPAL)
Twenty-first Between Nicholas and Paul Sts.
REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, PRIEST
Sunday services, 7:30,10 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
COME. YOU ARE WELCOME.
-l THERE’S A MESSAGE |
I OR YOU AT
Bethel Baptist
Church
29th and T Sts., South Sid*
SERVICES
Sunda.v school, 9:30 a. m.
Song service, 10:45 a. m.
Preaching services, 11 a.
m.; 8 p. m.
Rev. Thomas A. Taggart,
Pastor.
2120 North 27th St.
St. Benedict Community Home
2429 Parker Phone Webster 668r»
Boy Scouts, Wednesday evenings.
Childrens games, Tuesday at 2:00 p. m.
EVERYBODY WELCOME!!
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Harding’s Creed for Humanity
Republican Candidates
Stand for
Freedom and
Equal Opportunity
f
. ™ A Square Deal
WARREN G. HARDING in n i him i i CALVIN COOLIDGE
A VOTE FOR THIS TICKET OPENS THE DOOR OF HOPE
Every right and every privilege of Citizenship that the Colored American
Enjoys Came Through the Republican Party. Every Reprisal Against His
Citizenship, Every Constitutional Privilege He Has Lost Was Taken By
the Democratic Party.
The Democratic party, its platform and its candidates have all ignored the
twelve millions of colored citizens, who defended the flag in time of war
and loaned to the Government one-fifth of their wealth.
BEAR THIS IN MIND
Thousands of colored people who have moved into Northern labor centers
from the Democratic South, CAN VOTE, provided they hold the qualifica
tions of other men. The fact that they are colored does not interfere. Tell
them of this privilege, and direct them to their county or city chairman of
the Republican organization, who will be glad to give them full instructions. ,
Republican party tremocratic party
IGHTS FOR THE RACE! ANGERS FOR THE RACE!
THINK and VOTE AS YOU THINK
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