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(Continued From Page One) 11' O - Evans Hampden, Negro fire"which waa four feet above^j water line, was not entirely when we left port, and i*t be closed and locked, and ^ater poured through in the heavy sea. With the ocean in they sent down the bedstewards to bail it out with buckets.** Continuing his •slory. Hamden said that the stokers had been tied togeth'M- in th** hold, working idly to keep the ship afloat, each wave the danger of going down Increased. But ten the life boats were lowered, word was passed to the workih the hold. "They completely tored ns," the workers, all of letn colored, charged, "leaving us i drown In the flooded stockhold ike rats." [ Tales Of Olsorlmlnstlon The ship was In bad condition meraliy, declared Joshua Ford. tro fireman aboard the "Vea. is’^for the last five years. '‘When left Hoboken, coal port on starird waa partly open and ship
had three feet of water in bilge. After leaving port. Ship took bad list to starboard side and quartermaster told me that she would not answer the helm. On Sunday starboard boilers were out of commission on account of water in fireroom. When 1 went on deck I found passengers getting ready to take to the boats. The captain and officers at no time gave orders to lower away. In fact, it seemedas if the officers were dazed. “While on deck I saw a friend of mine. Miss Henrietta Cubbins of Brooklyn (one of those rescued and in St. Vincent hospital) who had fallen and hurt her hip. 1 picked her up and was about to place her In a boat when the Chief Reefer Engineer rushed up to me with an axe in his hand and shouted. "Co below, you black dog.’ In my opinion, captain and officers were incompetent. The crew acted cooly and efficiently, but owing to the dried out condition of life bouts, it was impossible to do more." Donald Holder, another Negro fireman, confirmed the stories of the others: "Came off watch Sunday, 12 o'clock. Ship had had list to starboard. Boiler room was roll of water. After 1 came off watch Engine Storekeeper and Oiler Hurdle told us that everybody must get in the allay way and assist bailing out water which was pour
get up steam which was impossible. At that time you could see the
rolling chocks on Portside. "We came on deck but were or-
dered below again by the Chief, but we could not go below on account of water in the stockhole. The captain at no time gave us
lifeboat, and returning to h i [own Hfeboat, kept the twenty lives safe until aid arrived. 1 The stofies of Negro heroism told by the crew were borne out by many passengers whose lives these Negro workers had saved. The slanderous, underhand accusations leveled by the white press
any orders. One passenger asked I d ^ steamship owners against him what about th* 3 crew and he I . ururo eimum
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"I saw one colored passenger trying to get into a boat with his wife and child. One of the Junior officers ordered him out, waving a pistol at him. The passenger was not saved, but the officer was.” Bravery Of Negro Worker* H.•Williams, Negro seaman from Barbados, told a vivid tale of the heroism of the crew, especially of Lionel Llcorish, Negro quarter-
master on board the lost ship. Lie-,
orish, a cllmutiltivc man. had gav-, <,ase - w ' 1 oo PM
ofiboat, sighting two people drifting
these colored workers were shown
to be lies.
One of the rescued women, Mrs. Cline Slaughter, told how Lester Watson, Negro member of the crew, had kept her head above water for hours while she was afloat, unconscious in a life-jack-et. And all the while six of his ribs
had been crushed in.
On the other hand, cases of discrimination and cruelty on the port of white officers and passengers toward Negroes were many, in one
passengers in a life-
ed from certain death twenty his fellow workers and passengers, swimming through the shurk-in-Tested waters to the rescue of
black and white alike.
Twenty times tills Negro worker placed tils own life In Jeopardy to go to ttie UMiMtaiKin of drowning people. Hove ml of those whom he rescued hud been in the water for more than flftoen hours, mid were slowly succumbing to the exposure and effect of the icy sea. When Llcorish nad first boarded
ing through the Starboard Coal 1 the lifeboat there were no oars port. Went on watch Monday, had j there. Bravely he had slipped back no rest since Saturday night.~The into the water to regain the oars Chief Engineer told us to try and that were floating near a capsized
in the sea, one of them a Negro stewardess, had volunteered to take the white man, a passenger, aboard, but refused to consider aiding the Negro woman worker. It was only after repeated entreaties that they were (Imilly pie vailed to take her on honrd. Captain Bltt*rly Danounoad Every snllor who survived the Ill-fated trip Is unanimous and hit ter in douuiiclution of Captain Cur ey of the Vestrls before it set sail last Saturday. That the vessel was totally unfit for the strenuous voy aue into the stormy Atlantic,
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there can be no doubt. The testimony oT seamen lias established the fact that underneath the comparatively new cover of paint that the Vestrls had received recently, rust had eaten into the hull of the vessel. Deliberately and with full knowledge the company had ignored the report of its own inspector that tlie ship was in had condition and needed overhauling. This was done, the Vestris workers charge, with full knowledge that the slightest stormy weather would send the
vessel to its doom. Money Versus Lives
That Captain Carey refused t o send out S. O. S. calls immediately after he knew that the ship was sinking, was told by many of the ! survivors, who expressed the bei lief'that Carey delayed calling for aid, because he wanted to save the company the cost of salvaging a disabled vessel and thereby gain reward for himself as a skipper. Efforts are underway to ascertain whether Carey, who was commo- | dore of the entire Lamport & Holt fleet, had any extensive financial interests in the concern, in order to discover other possible reasons for his criminal negligence in the face of impending disaster.
ROLAND HAYES TO APPEAR HERE RECITAL
By STAPF CORRESPONDENT A musical event of greatest importance t<|> the people of India* in polls is Hie recital of Roland Hayes, tenoj- on Tuesday evening l>e11 mher 4th. in ihe .Murat theatre under tin- direction of the Ona 1-5. Talbot Klne Arts Enterprises, ..Since tini leecnt return of Mr. Hayes from Ids prolonged tour of Kui op*-, lie tins lieen heard in New York and Mnstoil and high praise has been given him h\ erltle and laymen declaring that hie voice Inis fe ver been so liratltiful, and Ins art so wonderful . a« now Hulaml Hayes' Return Tour Of | America Itolnnd lUiye reitiriir (o Viuerleu i,fIer a long season tn Europe lie I ,i*e cnlurgeJ Id'- old world piddle h> Miiglih’. Ill Bulla ltd. Huh, initl Kip Slii. IlkeWM l'e • vlrdl llig the cullHirieH which i.1ie vial I r fdrii miiiimo i Emu la ml, IfTuuce, i liTnintiy, rind Aindrin. The luiier countries, now familiar wltii his art, have found n< w cause t to wonder hi It. His
^ l mannered, yet so utterly master of nis voire, of their own language and style in song. , At that time only certain American cities had heard him. When he re-crossed the Atlantic, he soon held Ihe attention of America r,t large to a degree never before won by an American-horn musician. flis own country welcomes his return after a year s absence. Amer- | ica has watched him as, drawn ever more closely towards the very breath and Inspiration of the composer before him, lie has perfected that rare instrument, Ids voice, beyond all precedent of the concert hall. He is not I tie artist who could "stand still." And late reports from Europe Indiintes even new heights in Ids sing1, \ 0O0 Smith Pleasant View Civic Club Buys Home
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Ben Davis Yields G. O. P. Leadership (Continued From Page One) j framed, discredited and sent to the I penitentiary, just as Perry Howard [has been framed in Mississippi, and Cohen in Louisiana; of course Cohen m Lot|isiana was acquitted jand Perry Howard lias not been to trial.” Mrs. Williams Makes Statement In reply to an inquiry from a representative of the Associated Negro Press, as what effect the nomination of a white woman for national eommitteewoman would have upon her status, Mrs. Georgia S. Williams, made (he following statement: “I am the only Republican Na tional eommitteewoman for Geor gia, and shall be for the next four years, having been re-elected at Kansas City. And in compliance with the rules of the National committee, shall function as such. No faction can legally nominate a t
ROLAND HAVE*
new public were as astonished as if hi.- fame bail not long preceded him. Tin 3 reviews quoted opposite fairly | represent the critical opinion. Once A Poor Farm Boy— Now A Sihger Before The World Nat .so vejy man.v yv-ars ago, Roland Haves (was doing the chores on
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Hub, Ini*o is crenting u deni of inlereMt oh the Month (dile. W If hill I lie jtiKl IlitHY dtiyn, lids orgoMlMtithin Inis Hgnotl u conlviici hi |N2ti Huiiih Key stunt*, The piep'Tiv cnrodHe of n lot, u ml h fin me ImUNc, H In ihe plnn of the oigiinlRiition in huihl in ihe spmig. A junior dopurlmeut Iiiih beep organUod of which Mr. Hcohn Rhodes, an Alt inks High m bool student is president. This de purtinent, n it hough having been organized less than, :to days doing some very tangible work. At their regular week meeting Monday night, the Jun-
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organization a. piano to he placed in tireir new community home. A lea Will he given by the elub Monday | November Ihith. at I In- new ( Tub home. This will he their first meeting, in the building. The public is invited. This organization is responsible for certain improvements, ats to lights, sewer and water being placed in its community. VV. D. Harrison, president and Mrs. Hattie
P.utler, secretary of the club. B. Y. P. U. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Strange Rites C elestials Mo. Cei
The iCity B. Y, P. U. annual conference, sponsored by the ministers of Baptist Ministerial Alliance, will meet Sunday, Nov. 25th, at Ebenezer Baptist church, North and California Sr., of which Dr. Program committee* has arranged
('has. Johnson is pastor.
Mr. H. II. Abel, chairman of an interesting program. The public
the small <, mgia laim <■( ius niotti-jj s invited. Mr. G. H. (layhart, preser. an ex-sitve. ident; Carry Balivin, secretary. He manag'd to put himself through - school and college whib- Helping to [|mmillimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
import his ! family.
Encouragejl by friend- t<> di vdope] lii- voice, hj- struggled for \t-ars toj tiain it atiid ti> gain recognition, j meanw hile Inking cvt-i v . ort of job i
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