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1-3 mew i 3M FOR FACTS READ THE ABE EDIT ION THE NEWS AS IT IS 3 A a mm BEST EDITED; BEST KKOWN ViKA 6 IIROUGH RAVAGED I Fi Southern Governors Are Commended for Stand Taken Against Lynching 4 An increase of 34,418 new members and 85 new branches during the pat year was the striking feature of the report of the secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, presented at the annual meeting last week. On January 1, 1918, the Association had 80 branches and 9,282 members. On January 1, 1919, ihe Association had 165 branches and 44,096 members, 38 states, the Philippine Islands, the Isthmus of Panama and Canada. Mr. Shillady said that he dwelt upon the year's increase in branches and not in any boasting spirit but a deepening and sobering sense of opportunity and He uid tlut the colored people of the a- tion bad been stirred as never before by the appeals of a struggle to make the world safe for democracy; that they had responded to he appeals of the nation in such high spirit of devotion as to have earned them the spontaneous tributes of the press and the people of America; that had colored men never fought before, their fame as soldiers would have been securely established by the exploits of individuals like Need-ham Roberts and Henry Johnson and regiments like the 369th (the old New York Fifteenth), and the 367th, whose members had one and all received the French croix de guerre as a testimony to the bravery of 'both of these regiments.

Mr. Shillady appealed for an organization so strong that no President, no governor, North or South, no member of Congress of any party and no mayor oi a city will dare to commit any indignity against colored people with ira- fTvfy, The report of the Association shows that 63 Negroes were lynched during an increase of 45 per cent over 1917. The Association believes that the actual number of persons lynched exceeds this total because of it having in its possession authenticated accounts of case; which have not appeared in the public press. Five of the year's victims have been women. Two men were burned at the stake before death.

Three men. in addition to the two burned at the stake, were tortured before death. In one case the dead body of the victim was carried into town on the run-tint l.oard of an automobile and thrown into the public park where, according to accounts, it was viewed by thousands. The burning of of the bodies after death was explained by the Atlantic Constitution as having oc-curnd because no one would claim the body and the burning of it was the only way to dispose of it. One victim was captured and handed over to the officers of the law by Negroes them-sflvev The selling of postcard pictures cf a lynching at twenty-five cents each, on the streets of Monroe, was re ferred to by Mr.

Shillady. In fourteen cases, the report said, victims were ta ken from police officers and jails, as follows: Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, bouth Carolina, 1 1 ennessee, 1. The actions of Governor Bickett of North Carolina, Governor Manning of South Carolina, and Governor Hender son of Alabama were commended in that these governors took cognizance of lynchings and endeavored to have legal action taken to bring the guilty parties to trial. The attitude of Governor Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi was con trasted with these -three public-spirited governors." Governor Bilbo having been quoted in a Jackson (Miss.) paper as saying mat ne wouia teu me Association "to go to when he was asked what answer he would make to a tele gram sent htm by the National Asso ciation.

The report continues by saying that the Association intends to raise and ex pend approximately $10,000 on its anti- lynehing work during the coming year, The Secretary mentioned also the As sociation's Wotk' in regard to-be wel fare and defense of the colored soldier; its efforts 'to insure tlut the votes of colored soldiers at the camps would be counted in the recent election its efforts in fighting discrimination against colored people in employment on government work; its successful effort to have the Tuberculosis Sa'nitorium of Wisconsin opened to, colored people its having secured the consent of the National Tuberculosis Association to make a survey of the provisions for the care of colored tuberculosis patients throughout the United States and of its cooperation with other organizations. Secretary Shillady concluded his report by saying that the minimum budget of the Association proposed for 1919 is $50,000, $10,000 of rhich is to be used for the anti-lynching work. The Association will make strenuous efforts during the coming year to stamp out lynching, in which it asks the help of all patriotic Americans and of the press of the country. During the year the Association spent for its general work $23,422.68 and for anti-lynching work $3,28323. DR.

MOTON AND PARTY VISIT GERMAN TRENCHES (Special Ti Nbw'Yose Acs.) Nancy, France. Dr. Robert R. Moton and his party arc having a wonderful trip through the section' of France where the war raged most fiercely. On Dec.

17 the party visited the German trenches in tiie Ton! sector, a short distance from. Metz. Amid rain and mud they traveled for several hours. Hr. Moton is being accorded every courtesy from officers of all ranks, from generals down.

Colored officers are also entertaining and his companions. Many of these know The Age as well as the managing editor. The whole party were in Paris for a week and witnessed the great ovation paid to President Wilson by the French people. EMANCIPATION DAY PARADE AND PROGRAM. (Special Co Tbi Nsv YoiK As.) Di-miAM, N.

At 10:30 o'clock 'ucgan to meet at Whitted High school, where the parade formed, to celebration of the Emancipa-l'rodamation. The streets were tfowdtd with people to enjoy the great-w occasion that has been staged by colored people here lately. The parade as headed by marshals on horseback, 'm thirty or more. They were folded by the officers of the Emancipa-wn Proclamation Society and at least mety young men, who had spent some me camp, dad in their uniforms, different fraternal societies turned "i full dress parade. The school with their banners, added to the procession, which had a l'y line of floats and automobiles.

The -K'mmcu uic fin tross, ac- New Rex, a movie show. There were people from far and near to participate in this celebration. At 12 o'clock the program was started and the Academy of Music was filled to its utmost capacity. Many outside had to be turned away. The following program was rendered: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," jubilee chorus; prayer, Dr.

W. R. Gul-lins; selection, Treble Clef quartet; "Star Spangled in variations, Miss Corrina Williams; original poem, Emma Butler reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, Miss H. L. Jamison Madame Watkins; address, Justin Carter, attorney-t-law benediction, Dr.

R. Spiller. The Jubilee Chorus, with 100 voices, sang with such power that they had to mnnnd to several encores. The col- lection of $200.19 was given to the Lia- and Finwrt tanV anA th rntn Hospital. nrc TOW Y02K, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1019.

SERVING OUR SOLDIERS ABROAD sion, made up of Negro troops, was the first National Army division overseas, according to Lieutenant Robert Fleming Beard, as quoted in the Evening Bulletin. The officer, a convalescent, is with his wife and four weeks' old daughter at his mother-in-law's home in Media. Lieutenant Beard says the Negro doughboys" were highly praised by the French for bravery. The Lieutenant commanded a machine gun platoon in the 371st Infantry. The 372nd Infantry, he said, was cited by the French for gallantry in action.

"When the history of the war is written," said the officer, who is recovering from a machine gun bullet which pierced a lung," the important part played by the Negro will be depicted fully. No officer knows what all the Negroes did. He is conversant only with those troops who performed in units with which he is conversant. "I thousands of Negroes in action with mv division, and there were no braver men than the dusky neroes ot me i p3 rr3 ht) i-1 WORKERS IN FRANCE The members of the above croup of Y. M.

C. A. workers are serving the soldiers in one of the largest "Y's" and camps in France. From left to right they are: R. Williams, social work; Miss K.

Johnson, library the Rev. D. L. Fergusonsecretary in charge: Franklin Nickols, educational and camp secretary. The photograph comes with "New Year's Greeting to The Ace" and the statement that boys are Great New York Age mm Division JUSTATEUPGERI1ANS (Special to Tat Nr You Acs.) Philadelphia, Pa.

The 93rd Divi LIEUT. CfffimiAM VINS FRfUCII VAR CROSS Advice has been received that Lieut. Kenry P. Cheatham, of the 3d Battalion of the 370th United States Infan try (old Eighth Illinois National Guard), a son of former Congressman Henry F. Cheatham of North Carolina, was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government for distinguished service in action under the French General Rondeau, Commandant of lTnfanterie de la 59th Division, with which division' the 370th Infantry has been brigaded.

The following is a translation of an extract from Order of Citation No. 63, conferring this honor on the young officer: "His assistance to the chief of battalion has been most valuable, and he has rendered to the command the most valuable service by his courage, initia-1 Previous to the outbreak of the world war, Lieut Cheatham served an enlist-1 nihil lilt. w. 4U1U1IIIJT, 111 the Philippine Islands, holding the rank 93d Division. Because we were brigaded of battalion sergeant-major at the ex with the trench and remainea entirety piration ot his enlistment.

He enlisted with the French, little information has in the old Fifteenth, New York (now reached the United States about the 11 5 r- I IT TM 1 i valiant ngnting ot me iNcgroca. incy departure of that unit for France, and just ate up the several months of service was ap- The lieutenant referred to a Sergeant ruiinted to an officers' training netmnl in Duncan, formerly an elevator operator vrince Qn the successful completion in a department store here, who he said, took over the command of his platoon when the platoon sergeant was killed and the officer wounded. Duncan War Cross and 400 francs. Lieutenant Beard does not know the address of the sergeant. Duncan is believed to have lived near 19th and Carpenter streets, two years ago.

"We hsd many Philadelphia Negroes in our division," narrated the lieutenant, and several of these men will come back wearing medals for bravery. We had one chap who was known as "Kid" Henry. He was quite a boxer and sparred frequently with the boxing partner of Georges Carpentier. Heriry distinguished himself in action several times." i Lieutenant Beard said the 93d Division, which apparently did not enter or merge from the battle zone with a sobriquet, reached France the latter part of Anril. It was followed, he said, by the 77th Division, which trained at I Camp Upton, Yaphank, L.

I. The division received Negro replacement troops from Camp Meade, Md. The lieutenant's recital of the move ments of the division in ranee gives rt tli rffnnHenrv nf tli of this course, he was commissioned and assigned toJhe 370th Infantry, with which regiment he served, under the J-rench, in the hard fighting immediately preceding the signing of the armistice. Lieut. Cheatham is a resident New York City, 28 years of age, and mar ried.

His wife, the daughter of Mrs M. L. Hunter, of Canal Street, and his little son are now anxiously awaiting his return. United States, in the early stages of due doubtless to tne complicated war, upon France, for equipment for 'in Germany. No defi-the men.

"We took over no artillery troops," he mte word can now be given as to aM "and the French furnished ns with inu an ar unci uiitfauc. uwau by the French, and received all of our helmets, rifles, gas masks and some incidental equipment from the French," NO DEFINITE WORD AS seas. TO RETURN OF 92ND (Special to Nsw York Aos.) Washington, D. C. It has been learned through inquiry at the Adjutant-General's Office that the 369th Infantry (formerly 15th New York) and other component parts of the 92nd Division were booked to sail from France on December 4." The order for their return was cancelled, however, by Division will return from over TOL XXXII.

KO. 17. The Ntlonl Negro Weekly. TO passenger and. freight train.

The city is onlv about twentv miles from the place 1 am writing, but it took us about six hours to reach it. This was due in large part to congested traffic condi tions. We stopped at a railroad station with in a few miles of the city where all the signs and schedules were printed in German. A great crowd of residents were standing around the depot The French soldiers who were traveling with us began to give them a part of their war bread, which they accepted eagerly. Taking note of what they had done and bow eratetul the people wore, we fol lowed suit and passed out to those who bad tailed to receive any, the biggest part of our bread.

last before we pulled out an express train going in the other direction stopped at the station. It was made up entirely of German cars and, like the station, all inscriptions were printed in German, which your humble servant could not read. Underneath all the windows of the train on which we were traveling, on an enamel slab, was a notice telling trav elers to keen their heads out of the win dows. This notice was printed in French, Spanish and English. Other slabs re mained upon which formerly was printed, in the same notice.

However, the lettering on all of these had been scratched off Evidently hint to the Germans that they might lose their heads if they liked. This proved to me, beyond a reasonable doubt, as the law- ers say, that we were traveling on a French train. On the way we passed through many ruined towns towns that had suffered terribly at the hands of the enemy. In Jo His Largest Bomt-ftde Subs et 4 list, PRICE FIYE CETiTS 'it UK many instances nothing remained but the gaping, ghastly-looking walls of the homes of former citizens. Many of the depots had been smashed in and railroad tracks were torn and twisted by shell fire.

Everywhere we saw great shell holes and the ground was strewn with the remnants of life-destroying devices. Every now and then we came across a "dud," as the soldier calls a shell which failed to explode but these are dangerous and the wise man never touches one, even though he be a souvenir hunter. I am sure it is impossible for any-One to give a just description of the ruined villages of Northern France. I never think of them without a shudder. As far as the eye can see there is chaos.

weU the people have stood this of terror for more than four years, how the little children and old men and women have suffered and what the brave soldiers of France have suffered during all this time is better understood when one sees what has been done by the hellish ingenuity of murderous minds. if these devastated villages could stand as they are and all the world allowed to see them surely every man would learn a lesson on the cost of war that could never be forgotten." Never again would there be any "ruthless warfare." neither would a treaty be con sidered "a scran of paper." As we approached Metz, through a net work of tracks, we observed that it was well lighted and that the various buildings in the railroad yard were all activity. The depot is a large, well-lighted, clean and np-to-date bnilding. When our train arrived at Metz we "sneaked" through the gate of the depot for we had been told that no Americans were allowed there except those stationed in the city. However we suffered no embarrassment after we got FRENCH POILUS AND OLD I5TH BOYS 1 1'- A r- f.

jr -p 1 'V 4 HOW SOLDIERS MINGLED "The above picture was sent to Tiie Age by Mis? Bella M. Farmer of Ilillburn, N. Y. The photograph was taken in front of a French kitchen, "Somewhere in France," and shows two of the boys of the old Fifteenth Regiment, both from Ilillburn. It is suggestive of the friendship that exists between our soldiers and the French.

Hiss Farmer writes "Word has just been received that Sergeant WiUiam Van Dunk, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Dunk, had been killed in action during the great offensive. Private Nathan Earl was wouneVd at the same time.

Both of these boys were from Hill-burn. To the right of the Frenchman is Sergeant Van Dunk 1) and standing next to him is Private Earl (2). We are very proud of these boys, even through their misfortune." iff! SOLDIERLY BEARING OF COLORED OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN IN METZ Secretary Wm. Stevenson of the Y. M.

C. A. writes to The Age of a trip; made through the devastated region of Northern France on his way to visit the German city of Metz. His letter is dated at Dieulouard, France, Dec. 15, 1918..

His description of the chaos of ruine'd villages is a striking commentary on thej thoroughness of German destructiveness. A great contrast to these scenes of havoc and devastation is fur-?" nished in the narrative of the amicable attitude of the Germans still occupying Metz, and the way. in which they entertained the travelers. The courtesies showered on them by the many colored army officers now. in possession of the former German stronghold show how the Americans have made themselves at home.

The letter follows: I have seen Metz, the City of strong fortifications Metz, the city the Ger mans fought so hard to keep. But I saw it not without difficulty. I made my way there partly on foot, by truck. into it, excepting the curiosity we caus ed as Americans. Immediately upon our arrival we took dinner at a hotel the attendants of which spoke German and a little French.

The rooms were all filled. After eating we immediately sought a place to stay for the night. Such accommodations are very -difficult to find now. However, we found a hotel with one vacant room and a Single bed. We took it and went on a search "for another.

Unsuccessful, we returned and had decided to make the best cVf "it, when the woman who conducted the place and whose husband if an officer in the German army, and now on -duty in Germany, told us she could give us a room with two beds. We then sat down to a late lunch at a big round' table, at which sat the German officer's wife, two German men, one ol whom-was a college student who had served 'In- the' German army and had been Retired on account of disability. At midnight we were shown to our It did not take us long to dis- 1 cover that we were occupying the pri vate cnamoer ot tne oerman orhcer and his wife, for in the wardrobe bung female's, wearing apparel and on th washstand stood the photograph of the German officer and his wife. We were the guests of our erstwhile enemy. The next morning we had breakfast with the family.

They did everything in their power to please us and the children were particularly friendly. In the afternoon the German student of whom I have spoken, escorted us through the city. He was very courteous and obliging and gave roe his identification card for a souvenir. We had our photographs taken and heard a concert by a French military band which rendered selections before thejlotcl de Ville (City Hall). As (Centitnud Stent Ptgt) COMMITTEE SEATS OLD UNER FROM LOUISIANA (Special to Tb Niw'voii Asi) Chicago, III.

One of the most important made by the Republican National Committee was in -the contest between' the two Louisiana factions fill the va- ancy caused by irTedeath of Major Armonri committee settled the which has been pending since the Republican national convention in 1916, by seating Emil Kuntz. thc candidate, of the Old Line Republicans, represented by Walter L. Cohen. F. Labit was the unsuccessful contest tant.

Both factions agreed to abide by the decision of the committee. Resolutions laudatory of Theodore Roosevelt were adopted as introduced by John T. King 'of Connecticut, and plans were made at the suggestion of Chairman Hays to erect a permanent monument to the Colonel by popular subscription. The Democratic national administration Was denounced by committeemen for what was termed its tendency to Socialism and for placing control of the Government departments in the hands of the minority of the South, the majority of the North paid 90 per cent of the taxes, as Gov. Beecknian, Rhode Island, stated it.

Two women took part in the deliberations as holders of proxies and their assistance was sgught in all the doings of the meeting. Mrs. Medill McCormick of Illinois, chairman of the Woman's Executive Committee, read a long report outlining plans for woman's organizations in every state and for the active participation of women in the national affairs of the country. The committee gave Chairman Hays a vote of confidence and authorized him to name an executive and other.