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Richmond planet., 1907-09-28
THE JAPANESE AFTER US.

Returning to the boardwalk. a
high wind had set in and we we're
attracted to a sale of japanese nov
elites. Our bid was accepted and
with II went our card. We paid for
IL and went on. AS we were return
ing white gentleman told US that
the japanese was looking for us after
we left to give us a receipt for the
goods sold. We returned and got IL.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28
ADVISES CAREFUL ACTION.

LET the Negro race be careful, ="
cautioned President Morris in speak
ing for his resolution. LET us be
conservative and not radical. for
nothing is to be gained by frebrand
speeches. Let the Negro go into poll
itics II he likes, but conventions such
as this should be kept free from poll
itcs- There are people among us
who have scored this assembly be-
cause political questions have not
entered Into our considerations TO
any extent. This attitude is wrong,
for politics and political discussion
can never help us to gain the end
we desire"
The Negro race is at a low point
In the scale OF life." asserted DR..
James e Shepard, at the morning
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28
ROOSEVELT
Is SPARED.
COLORED BAPTISTS' HEAD STAYS
SLAP AT PRESIDENT-VOT
OF THANKS FOR FOR
AI<ER.

FiNrce Clash Among Convention Del
elgates Over Brownsville Affair
Ends i'm Compromise by Which EN-
ecuSive Escapes Criticism-CIoscs
HarWoniously With Race Problem
DisClA
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28
DIR. vAss HERE TOO.

On reaching our hotel we were met
by Rev DIR. s. N. Vass and a most
interesting chat followed. The heavy
wind-storm of the evening is over
and in the solitude OF our room we
are penntng these lines to the read
ers OF The PLANET.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28

WANTED--Energetic young ladies'
to handle Hair-Vim, the best
hair grower. No money required
Write to-day. COLUMBIA CHEM
ICAL CO, Newport News. Va.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28

WANTED-A neat, refined house
girl for a small family. Good sail
airy viii be paid the right party.
Apply In person, with reference.
MRS. I. COHEN, 4t4 L.ombardy st.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28

WANTED-Young woman, bright
and intelligent. to clerk in Meat
Market. Board and room furn-
ished with society people. State
wages wanted, age. etc. Address
f. L. X, Box 102, South Boston,
Va.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28
THE AMERICAN BANl-- IS ASSO-
CIATION NEE
Pres ,". .tchell spesIF-Discus-
s--n c. Important ~ JieCts.

III z -HlpoftAht oa--5leCtsl
Atlantic City. y. j.. Sfpt "a, '07.
The Savings Bank SeCNon OF the
American Bankers Association met
to-day at 10 A. NJ. a. the palatial
Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel. Pres
ident G.. Byron baltimore OF New
York presided and Mr.. William E1an-
hart. the well known and popular sac
retary had charge of the minutes. Pa
pers were read on Joint Accounts and
Trust Accounts, Auditing of the Ac-
counts OF Savings Banks. Savings
Bank Insurance and Postal Savings
Banks.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28

or speak to any part Of the United
States.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28

session of the closing day OF the
convention yesterday.
But despite this" he continued.
'he wishes TO rise higher. The race
must depend entirely upon it's own
efforts, for il need not look for sin
cere help from any other source.
To no other race can It or must it
appeal. The politicians will render
1t no aid. The Anglo -Saxons, intent
uVon this same problem. face it on
ly as the question enters into their
/ own calculations. and the Negro
must work out his own salvation.
Me- PROGRESS BY COPYING.
THE copying OF the habits and
ehe customs by the Negro of peoples
who have attained much I'm the scale
OF civilization is alone and entirely
responsible for whatever progress
the Negro race has made since its
members We're brought from Afri-
ca"
Before the talk given by Dr. shep
ard, who is the field superintendent
OF work among the Negroes for the
international Sunday School Associ-
alton. ). Anderson Taylor. ID. ID. call
ed the meeting TO order and said:
No man can go through the
world without friends. and this IS
equally applicable 10 a race OF men.
The Negro race must have friends.
and we must look TO this aspect of
the question of attaining civilization
which confronts us. It is our duty
and II we fail in our duty, we must
suffer"
Much OF the morning was spent
in the transaction Of routine busi-
ness. Robert Mitchell. of Bowling
Green. Ky, auditor of the conven-
tion, made his report and was re-
elected TO that position for another
year.
Richmond planet., 1907-09-28
CLASH OK LAST DAY EXPECTED

Since the FIRST session Of the con-
vention the Brownsville affair has
been discussed by the assembled del
egates. and time and again speakers
have made reference 60 it. in some
cases rouudly denouncing the Presi-
| dent. IL has been the feeling
throughout the convention that when
the committee on the state of the
Union reported at the last day the
two factions, of which the anti
Roosevelt party was In the majority
would clash.
For the last three evenings. Il is
understood. President Morris has
met IN conference the members OF
the Committee on the state OF the
Union. AT these evening gatherings
the conservatism OF the president Of
the convention met with strenuous
disapproval at the hands of the com
mitteemen.
Realizing that the matter OF pass
ing public censure upon Roosevelt
would be considered against his
wish, President Norris prepared a
resolution in milder form than that
submitted by the committee. This
met pronounced opposition and
test vote 10 deterT me the sentiment
Of the convention brought TO light
the fact that los delegates opposed
the motion to eliminate censure of
the President and 80 agreed to do
so.
COMPROMISE MOTION CARRIED.
The aversion OF the delegates to
4 dfars inc
was the only reason why the com
promise motion was carried. The
vote was 200 TO 2S. The motion as
adopted reads as follows:
in common with all good citizens
We deplore what has come TO be
known as the Brownsville affair.
and we trust that time may yet re-
veal the real perpetrators of the
crime. The entire country is under
a debt OF gratitude 20 the Hon. ]. |
b. Foraker and olners, who secured !
for the soldiers a right to be heard |
In their own defense"
The mission of Booker T. Wash !
ington to this city" said one OF the
prominent delegates last night. was
to accomplish nothing less than the
elimination OF criticism OF President
ANCS1c'cAN anu ndQ the convention
realized this. do not think he
would have been invited. Had this
Brownsville matter been brought to
vote the first day. there would have
been very few men to vote against
It,"
ADVISES CAREFUL ACTION.
LET the Negro race be CAREFUL"
cautioned President Morris in speak
Ing for his resolution. LET US be
conservative and not radical for
nnfhinQ Is 10 he nainod In. aroh.a.a a
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

ideals of the people which holds 1T. 1t
is absolutely impossible to set forth any
one form OF faith as the form of faith
for the world. Radical differences be-
tween the races cannot be SO lightly set
aside
Motive Paramount
"The main question is not one of creed,
but of character and motive. If the dull
eyed Hottentot, worshiping his rude fet-
ish develops those qualities of, soul that
make for better things, If he lives up
to the best he knows, if he is clean and
honest, the simple, credulous superstition
which he calls his religion has done Tor
him what the most superb ritual and the
most gorgeous ceremonial could aoo
nothing to. For him 1t is the true re-
ligion. If the Hebrew. who bows In rev.
erence before the awful throne Oh ms
jehovah finds in this act that wnlch
helps him to live In conformity TO ms
thought of righteousness, then he has
the religion which is true for him, for
1t issues in manhood. If the Buddhist,
seeking before the images of his mighty
god for that which his soul longs Tor,
finds there the stimulus which prompts
him to life of gentleness and peace
that is the true religion for him, since
| II issues in a type of life in wnlcn tnere
lis no guile If the Christian. praying
J TO his triune God, or looking up in ad-
Grafton at the solitary majesty of the
one spirit, becomes filled with the power
| that works itself out in virtue and goes
forth to show in his daily living the
simple humanness of Jesus, then that
| is the true religion for him, because 1t
blesses him with those qualities OF heart
that make for goodness.
Must Make Men
"And SO, all down the long list of faiths
and forms, any religion is true for those
whom it lifts into a finer, cleaner, more
steadfast manhood and womanhood. Any
religion is true that makes men, NO
religion is worth anything, whether true
or not, that fails to do this thing.
.It strikes me that this view OF the
question ought to breed in us spirit
of federation for differences of viewpoint
among men respecting matters OF faltn'
It ought to beget spirit of gentle con
sideration which looks past the forms OF
rnan,s beliefs to the results of them,
and which is willing to assume the Value
of any working hypothesis OF lite tnat
makes the holder Of 1t clean and true
hearted and loving.
SIT does not make much, If any dlner-
ence. after all, whether a man is Jew
or Gentle. a Mohannmedan or buddhist
a disciple of Confucius or or Jesus, or
whether he leaves all the beaten pains
and seeks his god alone in the open
fields. If he be man., for the greatest
thing in the world is not kind or re-
ligion but a kind of manhood"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

Witmark Brothers of New York, who
control the opera.
Frank w. Healy, manager of the San
Francisco opera company, now at the
Los Angeles theater, holds the coast
rights for the De Koven e. Smith work
and 1t was only through his courtesy
that the Californians were able to pre-
sent 1t here. Later they repeated the
opera at Venice San Jose and Santa
Barbara, 1t is claimed, without authority;
and now have presented 1t In Portland.
Last night Mr.. Healy received a tele-
gram from Witmarak Brothers authoriz-
ing him to take steps against the com
pany. He says, however. that he will
do nothing, leaving the New York agents
to deal with the matter as they see fit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

good shape out at the baths took the
pilot fish out there and introduced them.
Were Fast Friends
"They got to be fast friends at once.
and sayl maybe they didn't make
teaml That little pilot fish just hustled
out in the ocean, and when he spotted
tuna or other big fish which we wanted,
back he would come like fash of light
and beckon with his fin to the jaculator.
and away the jaculator would go with
the little pilot fish in front to show him
the way. Then when the game was spot
ted the jaculator would shoot his barbed
dart into them and me and Charlie would
do the rest.
That's how we came to get so many
fish We didn't tell the boys anything
about 1t before. but now we want to let
them know that me and Charlie is the
only combination in the club to get the
goods"
The award committee evidently thought
80 as WELL for all the medals in stock
were brought out and handed over with
out any formality of taking vote.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02
WOMAN WANDERS;
THOUGHT DRUCGED
MYSTERIOUS "FRIENDsv INQUIRE
BY TELEPHONE
Miss Blanche ToInan, Musician, Found
Miss Blanche ToIman, Musician, Found
Walking AimIessIy and Num-
ory Conc

Mss Blanche Tollman, a musician
who is employed in a local music house
as piano player and demonstrator,
was found wandering around the
streets at Fifth street and Maple ave-
nue. last night and placed in the deten-
tion ward at the receiving hospital
Miss Tollman is either suffering from
the effects of some narcotic drug or
from mental disturbances Just which
has not been determined by the sur
geons in charge.
Miss Tollman, who is pretty young
woman, can give no coherent state
ment of how she came to be in the
condition in which she was found. She
states that the last she remembers was
that she was elected from a lodging
house at Fifth and Main streets yester-
day morning, for what reason she can
not tell From that time until she was
taken in charge by the police she has
no clear recollection.
When found she was wandering aim
lessly along the streets talking to her
self at times and at other intervals
bitterly sobbing. She attracted the at
tention of all the passersby and finally
the police were notified.
She was in an extremely nervous and
hysterical condition, but the cause
could not be determined
An hour after she was taken to the
receiving hospital several telephone
messages were received inquiring after
1er condition. The messages were
sent by both men and women and while
they protested to be friends of the
young woman they refused to give
their names.
When asked about the messages Miss
Tollman stated that she had no friends
in this city except her employers, and
as they could not possibly know of her
situation they would not be telephon-
ing about her. Detectives were de-
tailed on the case, to make an investi-
cation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

WELCOMED
lcont,nued from PAGE ONE,

and indorsed many Of the statements OF
Mr.. Newell. He claims the call for
convention by the so-called "klckers was
signed by only fifteen Of the twenty-eignt
members, and that only seven OF these
are land owners.
DR.. w. j. MCGEE, secretary OF the IN
land waterways commission, and an eX-
pert on soils In the department or agrl-
culture, is one of the prominent VISITORS
here. He will speak during the congress
on the CONSERVATION of Soils" Dr. NC
Gee is enthusiastic regarding the success
of the congress and in discussing 1t TO-DAY
remarked: "I have always regarded the
irrigation congress as a bond between
the people of the United States and gov
ernment organizations, both federal ana
state. One of the needs of this country
is information on the part of the people
as to what policies the senators and rep
resentatives are pursuing. There Is no
definite mechanism in our political sys-
tenn that permits of many important oe-
tails reaching the people. have always
regarded a congress such as the present
one as an extremely important lnstru-
mentality to permit leaders OF thought
and the users of resources such as the
farmers to come in contact"
The congress will convene at l;SO O'CLOCK
tomorrow afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02
CARRIERS "DoWN MOBILE"
At THE GRAND THIS WEEK

.sDown Mobile" from the play foundry
of Lincoln j. Carter, is this week Dill at
the Grand Despite it's Carter imprint, II
;s less sensa tional than the ORDINARY run
of Grand plays, and ..snce less TO tne
iilxing of the Grand clientele, which de-
lights. metaphorically speaking, to wade
in rivers of blood
Down Mobile was written decade
or more ago At the time 1t was regarded
as thriller, but we have nad SO MANY
thriIls since that the old piece no longer
excites our emotions Its plot is story
of miscegenation, not particularly potent
in it's appeal to a western audience, which,
so far as the black man is concerned, at
least has no race problem worthy the
name.
The melodrama has been given strong
production scenically, and it affords MISS
Lillian Hayward abundant opportunities
to demonstrate her ability In the role OF
an old voodoo woman. Miss Hayward is
quite as wicked as usual, but In di1-
f.rent way AS usual also, she Is ably
abetted in crime by Charles Caulkins.
Miss Hayward's work In the third act
was responsible for so many curtain calls
Yesterday afternoon that even census
taker would have been at a loss to emu
merate them properly.
Gum is the hero Florence Barker is
the prosecuted heroine falsely accused of
having black blood in her veins. Frank
Frayne is Uncle Remus ard Adelaide
Goundre is his wife, an old colored mann
my. Leslie King plays an officer of the
law, in collusion with the plotters, and
wears makeup that Is almost crime in
itself. Myrtle Selwyn is Sally, Miss Bar
ker's friend in need
The fire scene, at the conclusion of the
play, was bungled at yesterdays matinee,
but doubtless will be improved in future
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

and yellowtai1 and bonita and albicore
and jewish. etc, and shoot the dart into
them, and then John and 1 would drag
them in There never was a one of them
that got away and we caught more fish
in the few days that we were over there
than Captain Broadhead and his bunch
did in the two weeks they spent on the
water
I'm not going to tell you anything
about this pilot fish, because that Is Nc
Cauleys part of the story, but I want
to tell you that that little pilot fish was
a dandy.
Caught Two Tons
''To sum 1t all up Me and McCauley
caught nearly two tons of the finest fish
that ever happened over there. We got
tuna that weighed 276 pounds II ounces
and were entitled to the gold button for
1t, but do you know those tuna fellows
wouldn't give it to us because they said
we weren't using light tackle If cop
per line that weighs only one ounce to
the hundred yards isn't light tackle
don't know what light tackle is, but
that is neither here nor there. We got
the fish and l am satisfied"
McCauley then took his turn at the
completion of the double-headed narra-
tive begun by Bonynge.
''It is all just as the doctor says" re-
|
remarkable success of any of the party
that visited the island this year. He is
entirely too modest however, in telling
the story, and l want to say right now
that 1 am not going to let any such
feelings control TIE telling of my narra-
tive I'm going to speak right out in
meeting and tell the truth.
I'VE caught tuna over there till you
couldn't rest, and anything under 100
pounds we threw away. We caught, all
told, 1852 tuna that weighed from 127
pounds up, mostly up. and some Of them
were monsters.
"If it hadn't been for Bonynge's shoot
ing fish we would not have got them, and
IL 1t hadn't been for my pilot fish the
jaculator would not have found half as
many as 1t did.
you know the pilot fish is a very
small mackerel-so small, in fact, that
he can hardly be seen with the naked
eye few feet away. They always guide
sharks and such monsters of the deep
to their prey.
Now, when doc suggested to me that
he was training a jaculator with which to
shoot big game fish 1 Immediately con-
ceived the idea of securing and training
a pilot fish to hunt up the game and
show the jaculator where to find it. ]
got one from Harry White, who caught
| 1t one day in a net, and took the little
thing and trained 1t In a basin of water
at home. 1t soon got to know and love
me and would do anything I wanted it to.
Then when Charlie got his jaculator in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02

Exerything you want you viii nnd In tho
elassified pago--a modern encyclopedia One
cant a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02
Mrs. Thresher Buried

The funeral of Mrs. Alice Thresher.
wife of A. W. Thresher was held yes
terday afternoon at the chapel of Ober-
holtzer & Mills. Mr.. Thresher Is press
foreman on an evening paper.
Many beautiful floral pieces were sent
The following acted as pallbearers:
Messrs. Bagby, Coke, Bryant. Combs.
Mally and Lee The interment was ir
Evergreen cemetery.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02
SAY cALIFoRNIANs ARE
PiRATINc "Ro5lN HOOD

The Californian opera company, organ
lied in Los Angeles last spring and which
played an engagement of several weeks
at the Auditorium, is confronting charge
of piracy which may yet lead into the
courts.
Tho company is now In Portland and
played Robin Hood" in that city, 1t Is
said, in defiance of the prohibition Of
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02
SUNSET BOULEVARD CLUB
TO DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS

At tonights meeting of the Sunset Bou-
levard Improvement association matters
appertaining to the widening and paving
of that thoroughfare will be discussed.
All property owners. whether members or
not, having land in this district are m
vited by the organization to attend. The
meeting win be held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, on the boulevard
opposite Custer street.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-02
Health IN the Canal Zone

The high wages paid make it mighty
Temptation to our young artisans to join
the force of skilled workmen needed to
construct the Panama canal. Many are
restrained, how>--Nr. by the fear of fevers
and malaria. 1t is the knowing ones
those who have used Electric Bitters, who
90 there w..Aout this fear, well knowing
fhev are safe from malarious influence
with Electric Bitters on hand Cures
blood poison, too, biliousness. weakness
and all stomach, liver and kidney trou-
bles. Guaranteed by DEAN DRUG CO.,
soc.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-20

Entered as second-cass matter. October 5 1875. At
the poss-oaL.e al Washington .. T.. under act OF
Congress Of Marcia 8 Isi9.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-20
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
Perkins Restitution Tribute TO It's
Power for Right Doing.

Power for Right Doing.
From the Atlanta Constitution
Commenting upon the recent action OF
George ". Perkins in making restitution
Of insurance money he had diverted to
campaign funds. The Washington Herald
says:
This incident is noteworthy evidence
Of the development OF a new and more
susceptible corporate conscience in the
realms Of finance II recognizes that
there are some things not forbidden by
express terms in statutory law, yet in
herently wrong. and sets up a standard
ef corporate conduct that all corporation
managers would do well TO follow"
The corporate conscience Is certainly
developing a beautiful alertness these
days
But We are inclined 20 remind the es-
teemed Herald that the pressure Of pub
lie sentiment IS the deciding factor In this
most beneficent resurrection OF the dead.
Who believes that the railroads, the in
surance companies. the beef, the steel,
and other trusts would have discovered
they possessed cOnsciences but for the
assistance of the public in that direc-
ton?
They will, all and singular. moreover.
forget they have consciences. unless
prompted often and effectually By this
same public sentiment.
Give the people some credit. Give the
press credit. also. For IL has done much
to teach the people their power and their
duties in the premises.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-20
Expenditure OF College Men.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Human nature is the same in college as
elsewhere. The man who spends a great
deal of money gets talked about TO an
extent out of all proportion to his infiu-
enee in the community. The expenditures
OF rich college men have been talked
about more than those of their families
at home, because spending much money
at college is a new thing in this country
and still a comparatively rare thing. The
talk about it has tended TO create the
impression that the large colleges are no
place for poor boys which is very far
from the fact. The colleges are organ
lied to give special advantages to man.
hood and capacity, and that is quite as
true of the large colleges as of the small
ones.