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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

Montana-Myers. democrat, holdover:
Thomas j. Walsh. democrat, in place of
Dixon, republican.
Observation-Disclosures. democrat, hold
over; Norris. republican, succeedin.
Brown, republican.
Nevada-Newlands. democrat. holdoyer:
Kew Pitman. democrat, succeeding Mas
sey, republican.
New Hampshire-Gallinger. republican.
holdover; successor of Burnham, repubIi.
can in doubt.
New Jersey-Martine, democrat. hold.
over: Hughes, democrat. succeeding
Briggs, republican.
New Mexico-Catron. republican. hold.
over: Fall, republican, reelected. but re.
election challenged.
New York-RoOt, republican, and O'Gor.
man. democrat. both holding over.
North Carolina-Overmann, democrat
holdoyer; Simmons. democrat, reelection
assured.
North Observation-Disclosures and Gronna
both republicans and both holding over
Ohio-Burton. republican and POmerene
democrat, both holding over.
Owen Is Reelected.
Oklahoma-Gore, democrat, holdover,
Owen. democrat, reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24

Unsettled. with occasional rain
tonight or Saturday; somewhat
colder tonight.
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CONTINUED on Tenth Page.)
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-22
BENEVOLENTS.
CLOSE SESSION
1. W. W. WILLIAMS OF NASHVILLE
UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED
No Candidate Could Be Found would
Stand Against Him. Reports
of Various Committees Re
ceiVed- Delegates Royalty
Entertained BY Citizens
of Springfield.

Springfield, Tenn, Aug. 14.-At the
meeting Of the Delegated Assembly
of Benevolent Orders here, Mr.. A. w.
w. Williams, Of Nashville, was unani-
mously elected Grand President. Mr..
j. H. Copeland would not allow his
name to be used for the honor. He
was Grand President and had one
more year to serve, according to the
custom of the Order, but pressing
business obligations prevented him
from accepting the honor. Mr.. Will
liams is one of the strongest men in
the Order. He is a great favorite, and
when his name was presented, a mo-
tion was made for election by accla-
nation, but the President ruled this
out Of order, and in order that any
one who had name to present might
have the opportunity to do so, no one
was ready for this as it was evident
throughout the meeting Of the dele
gated Assembly that Mr.. Williams
would be elected.
Mr. r. II. Brown was reelected
Grand Secretary by a commission, as
were all of the other officers. The
meeting adjourned to meet in Chat
tanooga in 1914.
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PROVISIONAL PROGRAM OF MEHARRY ALUMNI REUNION


invocation Rev.
Welcome Address in behalf O Meharry Faculty ..
Historical Meharry Medical College ol'4 "
'''''''''''''''' .....G w. Hubbard NJ D.
Four addresses from Representatives from the following
classes 0"l U'e i0'o""s
Glass 1879
Henry Noel, NJ Observation-Disclosures. Nashville Tenn
'' Class Of 1882 Nashville Tenn
Bishop H Phillips A. M NJ D - Nashville Tam
Class of 1884.
~ Glass Of 1886 ''''''''' Memphis Tenn
Glass 1887
Music '''''''''''' +" ''0'' NanS
Glass of 1889.
ROOr 5 White M. D.. c Nashville Tenn
Thomas H. Slater A. NJ NJ D............... Atlanta Ga
" D DurruS' M' D''''.' Augusta
VIM H. Derrick A. b. NJ D.......... Cambridgo 1r
Class Of 1888 '''''' cambridge Mass
~ Class Of 1894 l.''''''''' Memphis Tenn
Waldo Turner NJ ............... St. Paul MINI
Glass Of 1895
D. Edward Perry NJ D.. City, Mo-
C. S. Boyd, D d. s............... .. Knoxville Tam
Glass of 1897 '''''' '>"0N''"e' Ienn
H. T. L. Burt NJ D..:; Clarksvile Tenn
"m' SEWER M D Nashville Tenn
Class Of 1900 ''''' A'nn'l' Tenn
Music ''''''''''''' No"oN va
Class of 1901.
j. A. baltimore, A B, Observation-Disclosures. Louisville XIV
Glass Of 1902.
l. C. Ramsey A B, NJ D...........,.... D. Ga1atin Tenn
Glass Of 1908.
H. b. Bell b. s. NJ D.. owensburg, KY
Glass Of 1904.
John J. Johnson, A B., D. S......... Knoxville Tenn
Glass of 1905
Emma R. Howard Wheeler M D:..:... Chattanooga Tenn
Glass of 1906
Matte B. Coleman, NJ Observation-Disclosures. Nashville Tenn
Music.
Class of 1907 ...... 49,.
l. A Key NJ D'..''.. Chattanooga,
Class Of 1908
E Belsaw D. Observation-Disclosures Mobile Ala
Class of 1909
L. E Martin, NJ shebyyrle Tenn
Glass of
NJ Clark NJ Knoxville
Glass Of 1911.
G. Hamilton Francis, NJ D,................. Norfolk
Class Of 1912
NJ tey A. b. M D.....,,.....,.......,.. Nashville
Glass Of 1913.
Ferdinand Bradford M. D.............. Birmingham Ala
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The East Fork Sunday School Con-
vention and Association ended their
work at tire Sylvan Street Baptist
Church Sunday morning. DIR. A.
M. Townsend, president of Roger
Williams University was the first
speaker at this service. He ex-
pressed his regret that he could not
be present at the sessions that were
held at Roger Williams Saturday
morning, but assured the delegates
that he was deeply interested in their
dellDeratlons. DR.. Townsend spoke
of the educational work and what he
hoped to accomplish at Roger Will
liams University He assured his
hearers that he was going into the
work with a determination to do the
most that strength and constancy
would enable him to do in order to
make Roger Williams rank with the
foremost educational institutions in
the South. All who heard DR.. Town
send left the meeting with a clearer
conception toward their duty to Rog-
er Williams, and determined to 90
into their several communities and
work for the success of this educa-
tional institution.
The closing sermon was preached by
DIR. w. C. Vertress, of Gallatin. DR..
Vertress preached a strong sermon
and made lasting impression on
the delegates, and visitors. He has
ben the moderator of this association
for several years and is aSld in high
esteem by its members and al who
know him.
The Sunday-School Convention
opened Thursday morning and closed
Friday Welcome addresses were
made by Mrs. Morgan and Ella Driv-
er The papers read and discussed
at the SundaySchool Convention
were very interesting and especially
so was the educational symposiums
which were read by Prof. c. b. Bates
and Rev. d. E. Shipp
Rev. VIM. Haynes, financial agent
OF Roger Williams was the man of
the hour at every turn he was the
one to whom everybody looked for in
formation, and he never seemed to
tire of laboring to make it pleasant
as probable for every delegate,
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FORT AMONG
THE ALSO RAMS
BRYA ANT ELECTED GRAND MASTER OF
The ODD FELLOWS OF TENNESSEE
Session At Jackson Well attended
Much Good Accomplished
Ex Grand Master Fort Held
the Meeting In Mastery
Style-House Hold
Meets.

Jackson, Tenn, Aug. 15.-At the
(eSslon OF the District Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, which has been in
progress here since Tuesday, Mr..
Ira 1. Bryant, of Nashville, was
elected District Grand Master by a
good majority. His competitor was
J rof. w. H. Fort who had served in
that capacity two terms.
1t was freely said that Grand Mas
ter Fort would not stand for re-elec-
Ion, and it was believed that there
was an understanding between him
AID MI. Bryant 1t was claimed bv
some that the understanding was that
Mr.. Bryant would allow his name to
be submitted if Grand Master Fort
was not going to run against him.
1t is said that this is the only con-
dltlon upon which Mr. Bryant would
make the race, and down to the hour
OF election and during its progress, it
is said by those in position to know.
tnat he never asked a single indi-
Vidua for his support. It was not
known until the morning of the cleo
tion that Grand Master Fort was 90
ing to be in the race, but despite that
fact, Mr., Bryant won by a safe ma
1ority and will lead the forces of Odd
Fellows in Tennessee for at least two
years.
The new Grand Master is a worthy
successor to Prof. Fort, who has made
brilliant record. He was strictly a
progressive, and had it not been that
ne is living out of the state, it is
believed that anyone could not have
defeated him for reelection; but be-
ing a resident of Oklahoma and hav-
ing allowed the impression to be made
that he would not stand for re-elec-
tion made the election of Mr.. Bryant
the more certain.
All of the other officers were re-
elected, with a few exceptions. Prof
T. p. Turner, of Pulaski, Grand Sec
retary, Dr. c. o. Hunter, Of Columbia
Grand Medical Register; ]. A. Booker
of Trenton, Grand Treasurer of En-
dowmcnt Board; Prof Crawford. of
Memphis, Secretary of Endowment
Board; Lawyer J w. Grant, OF Nash
vile, Grand Attorney. The next meet.
ing will be held in Chattanooga in
1915.
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NASHVILLE GETS MID-WINTER MEET
ING OF THE NATIONAL PRESS ASSN

OF the country to protect life and
and property and to hold open to all
Americans citizens the door of hope
ignorance was condemned as a bar
r1er to success in America and de-
clared to have done more to bring
about friction between the races than
any other cause. 1t was the sense
of the association that there should
be no color in merit or manhood,
but every man should be accepted for
what he is worth to civilization.
The Association was organized
eight years ago in Louisville, KY, at
which organization Mr.. r. w. Thomp-
son, of Washington, d. c., was made
the National President He has not
served continuously, but was re-
elected at Chicago. His coming
back and the work that has been
done throughout his administration
during the past year has put the as
sociation prominently before the peo-
ply. The administration, has
through untiring efforts brought about
some much-needed reforms for the3
Negro Newspaper publisher and cor
respondent. The report of the COM
mittee on plate matter and work on
the standardization of Advertising
Continued on uage A.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-22
OVER $4,000
7. N. COLLEGE
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEE
HELD AT SHELBYYILLE

Ire trustees Board of Turner Nor.
NAL College met in their annual mid
summer session at Shelbyville last
week, beginning Tuesday, Aug. u,
and continued in session for two
days. Bishop Joshua II. Jones, d. D..
presiding. A large number of the
leading men of the A. M. e. Church.
from all over the state were present.
Among those from West Tennessee
were, Drs.. c. H. Shelto, ]. H. Grant,
j. w. Pickett, D A. Graham, ]. A.
Lindsay, w. H. Shelby, A. C.. Smith
w l.. Ledford A. Van and, H. E.
Rye. East Tennessee sent up Drs.
j. H. Smith, T. Y Moore, /. H. Welch,
j. Jenkins, w. V. Hawkins, N. B.
Morton and e. P. Ellis. Middle Ten
nessee-Drs. A. L. Pinkston, G. L.
Jackson, j Q, Johnson, A. Brooks,
A. P. Gray, S. ], Howard, G. R. Nor
man, l. j. Johnson, A. w. White,
H. L. P. Jones, |. j. Edwards, and
and J, w. Sexton.
The amount reported was S377O.4 40.
with more than 5000 still in the hands
of parties who had not reached tire
This amount and more is
to be reported during tire sessions Of
the annual conferences this fall.
There always appear to be friend
ly rivalry between the presiding ell
ders, throughout the states, as to
whose district shall lead in educa-
tional money, reporting the largest
amount above the allotted assess
ment. AT this meeting, DR.. ]. H..
Grant, presiding elder of the Mem
phis District, carried off the palm.
He reported more money from that
district than has ever come up from
that district.
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ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MARTIN TROUBLE

Sunday mornings daily paper OF
TINS city contains a special on the
killing of Walter Marshall at Martin.
about three weeks ago, which read as
follows:
Dresden, Tenn, Aug. 17.-(Spe-
cial)-James Henderson, who has
been identified as the Negro who
shot and killed Walter Morgan at Mar
tin about three weeks ago, was ar.
rested here by Sheriff Brastield of
Weakley county Saturday night about
midnight, the Negro arriving on the
Dixie Flyer out of Nashville en-
route to St Louis. The Negro has
been placed in the Jail here to await
his trial, no bond being allowed.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-22
JUDGE MEEKS OPENS UP ON THE NEGRO

The daily paper of Thursday morn
ing in speaking of Judge Meeks' open
ing address in the Municipal cam
paign has the following paragraph
In opening his address Judge
Meeks made sensational charge.
| am reliably informed he said, That
policemen of Nashville in citizens
clothes and under orders from higher
up have for the past few weeks been
going around in automobiles to the
worst Negro dives in the city and
taking the disreputable habituees to
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-22
J. H. Murphy, Presiden-H. A. Boyd
Reelected Secretary Lynching
and Lawlessness Condemned.
Special to the Globe.

special TO the Globe.
Ocean City, N J. Aug. 19-By a
unanimous vote of the National
Negro Press Association which had
it's closing session here to-day that
Nashville, Tenn, will get the mid win
ter. session and was closed with an ad-
session and was closed with an ad-
dress by DR.. Booker T. Washington,
president of the National Negro Bus
mess League. The association
elected the following officers: John H.
Murphy, Baltimore, president; Joseph
L. Jones, Cincinnati, first vice presi-
dent; S. j. Jones, Philadelphia, sec
end vice president; Henry A. Boyd,
Nashville, Tenn corresponding secre-
tary; W. H. Craighead, Harrisburg,
recording secretary; Mrs. M. c. Kin
ner, St Louis, Nc, assistant secre-
tary; L. G. Jordan, d. D., Philadel-
phia, treasurer; N. e. Dodsor, Brook
lyn, ~ Y, chairman of executive
committee.
The AssO passed resolutions con-
d0ming lawlegsness crime and lynch
ipg and calling upon the authorities
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Morgan was 39 years of age and
was town marshal Of Martin. 1t is
alleged that he saw the Negro loiter-
ing about the depot at Martin and
ordered him to stop. 1t is claimed
that Henderson then took out an auto
matte pistol and shot the marshall
twice, the officer dying the next day
The officers have been looking for
the Negro throughout this section
with no success, until he was arrested
Saturday night by Sheriff BrasHeld
The Negro had been in Nashville
saturday and was on his way home
when he was arrested Immediately
alter ms arrest he was Identified by
Continued on uage A.
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the registration booths; then they
take them to the nearest saloons and
deposite their registration slips so
that on election day they will have to
go to the saloon first where they will
be given their tickets, given a drink
and given orders how to vote"
Judge Meeks right from the pump,
shows his hand clearly. Negroes of
Nashville have been anxiously wait
ing for this opening speech. On
every hand the remark is heard Il
Continued on page 81
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-22
EAST FORK
ASSOCIATION
AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION
MEET IN THIS CITY

Sessions Were at Sylvan ST. Baptist
church-opening Thursday Morn
ing-Large Delegation IN At
tendance-Session a Helpful
One In Many Ways-Presi-
dent Townsend Speaks.
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t'row the hooks into i'm all right, all
right. 1t was a case of him In the
stripes from the start. Say. them law
yer guys and fly-cops'd frost you"
Then carefully locating the actors in
the tragedy. he reproduced it wildly
before Gilman's eyes. Brokoski had
faced the wall where the hole was
Whalen's back had been to it. Bro
koski had sat with his back to the
window. The barkeeper plunged his
red hands into a drawer. ratified a
corkscrew. knife, a revolver and a
1igger, and then drew out a small
piece Of lead. 1t was a tSirty-eight
caliber bullet.
That's the boy that done Brokoski."
he said.
Where did you get it," asked Gil
man. with the mild awe a curio excites
in men.
The bartender pointed to a ragged
hole in the Hainscoting.
Dug 1t out o. there with the ice
pick. I'm a Sherlock, see? Sure" he
sneerct. 1t might a bounced of the
Polocks breast"
The man wiped his towel over the
bar in disgust.
Then seriously:
ION the dead, Mr.. Gilman, II Tom
had his rights. he'd sent back to the
ward to die"
Gilman was troubled. He returned
in the morning and examined the
premises carefully. At two-twenty
that afternoon he was on the Limited
flying back to the capital.
That evening he was sitting with
the governor in the library of the
executive mansion. The windows were
open and the odor Of lilacs was borne
in from the summer night A negro
who had served half a dozen COVER
nors. shuff1ed into the room. bearing
tray.
That's excellent whisky" observed
the private secretary.
THAT was excellent whisky, Gil
man." said the governor. before you
were born"
The private secretary was rolling a
cigarette He rolled 1t with unusual
elaboration. licking the rice paper
many times before trusting himself to
paste 1t down.
The governor bit the end from
black cigar A blazing match passed
between them.
Then Gilman told of his interview
with Whalen. He did not display
much spirit in the telling. When he
had done, he ,fecked the ash from his
cigarette in a thoughtful way. Rest
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tobacco-cIogged, perspirlng morning.
And as he left the capitol he resolved
that his visit should be astonishingly
barren of results.
Inside the warden's private Office at
the penitentiary he saw Whalen. The
man had found the convict's friend,
consumption, and Gilman hardly knew
him. When the private secretary told
him of the application for his pardon,
Whalen only smiled. Gilman found
him strangely reticent. and after an
effort to induce him to talk said:
"Whalen, really now. did you kill
Brokoski?"
The striped convict picked at the
cap he held In his lap. A bitter smile
wrinkled his pale. moist face.
suspected again, eh?" he said, with
out looking up.
Finally Whalen tired of the examf'
nation. He breathed with difficulty, but
that may have been due to his dis
ease At last he raised his shaven
head.
M. lie Sdlu, GCO
you're getting at / have told you
did not commit the crime for which
am here For that matter. any Of the
three thousand other prisoners within
these walls and wearing these clothes
will tell you the same thing. | don't
know whether you believe me or not
1t doesn't make much difference. II
doesn't matter what becomes Of me
any more. amt long for this world
So just let 1t drop-what's the use OF
opening it up again?"
But you haven't answered my ques.
ton" said Gilman, interested In spite
| of himself, for a great fear was grow
ing up within him; you have not told
me who did kill Brokoski."
The convict lifted his eyelids slow
ly, and fastened his vision upon his
interlocutor And then he said very
deliberately and distinctly:
mo. Mr.. Gilman. and | never will"
Gilman left the penitentiary with
more than its gloom upon him. He
declined the warden's ELUSIVE invita-.
ton to stay to dinner. He wanted to
get away. He could not forget the
shine in Whalen's eyes. And the fear
within possessed him.
When he reached the city. after din.
ing at the chop house where his old
friends foregathered. he went out to
Fifteenth street. Costello had sold
his barber shop, and the place had be.
come saloon. The saloon was quiet
that night Gilman drank with the
bartender. and. of course. talked about
the Brokoski killing. The bartender
had made a study Of that case. and
discussed it with the curled lip of the
specialist.
They didn't do a ting to Tom but
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ing his forearms on his knees. be re-
garded the floor between his feet.
Has it ever struck you as peculiar"
he raid, that the bullet was not in
troduced in evidence?"
No" said the governor, mot very.
The private secretary paused. When
he had done he laughed. The COVER
nor was seriously silent for m'ny min
/ utes, and then he said:
Leonard, want you to tell me your
theory of this whole business"
Gilman sat up We'll" he said,
had It never occurred TO you that it
would have been significant to deter
mine where that bullet lodged as show
ing its direction? II bored hole clear
through Brokoski but at which end
had 1t entered?"
81 presume the medical testimony
settled that" replied the governor. He
seemed to find species Of relief in
this thought
Yes" Gilman said. but the medi-
cal testimony was bad. 1t consisted
of the conclusions of young doctor
who examined Brokoski's body after II
had grown cold He accepted Wha-
lens guilt as an established fact. He
assumed that the bullet entered at the
breast There was then nothing to
do but to trace its course through the
/ tissues of the body. II his views were
correct, the ball would have lodged
somewhere behind Brokoski."
But it flew out into the alley" ar
gued the governor. land shattered the
window in doing So"
True" assented Gilman, and yet
you assume all the while that Whalen
| fired the shot. OF course the circum-
stances attending the tragedy. the oc-
casion. the quarrel, Whalen's flight,
and the finding Of his gun. lent strong
color to that presumption"
But the shattered window" the
governor interpolated.
Yes. and the shattered window.
Now" he continued, "a surgeon, ex-
| perienced in gunshot wounds. might
have been able to distinguish in such
a wound as Brokoski's the point of
| the missiles entrance from the point
of exit. or course it is not certain.
The youth the police called did not
think such an inquiry important,
whereas it was vital. A pistol fired
point-blank at a man would blacken
his breast with powder. The velocity
of the ball, fired at such range might
have been sufficient to knock the man
over backward, instead of allowing
him to fall upon his face as he did.
Then. there's the window. 1t was shat
tered. the police said, by the ball. Even
the glass in the upper sash was broken.
The frame on the outside was black
! ened by powder. the stains even now
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being visible. Now, bullet flying the
distance it must have traversed be-
tween Whalen's hand and the window,
would, in all probability, simply have
perforated the glass with a round.
clean hole. But the weapon having
been fired in close proximity, the con-
cussion shattered the whole window"
After silence Gilman resumed:
Now, then, assume that the bullet
entered Brokoski's back and emerged
from his breast. The conclusion de-
duced from the circumstances l have
suggested is impregnable when that
bullet is located In a position in front
of Brokoski"
During the recital the governor lay
in his deep chair, his arms across his
breast, his finger-tips together. He re-
garded Gilman through half-closed
eyes. A thoughtful observer would
have said that he had heard the essen
tial elements of the tale before. When
he spoke, after a silence which had
begun to annoy the private secretary,
he said:
We'll, your hypothesis IL tenable.
In fact. 1t is one Of the prettiest cases
l ever saw put together"
Gilman stirred uneasily.
But did you learn anything as to
the identity Of the person. who, II
your suppositions are correct, killed
Brokoski?"
That's the weak point" Gilman
promptly admitted. "A sufficient mo.
tive is utterly lacking, II We eliminate
partisan hatred. 1t was shown that
Whalen killed him in an impulse of
passion. and that alone saved him
from the death penalty. But feel that
my reasoning is valid. The convic-
ton was strengthened by Whalen's
manner and expression the other day.
He never killed Brokoski, | tell you"
Gilman smote his thigh for emphasis.
why he chooses to die in prison a
silent martyr I don't know-but the
woman does"
The governor assumed a sitting pos.
ture.
Damn it," exclaimed Gilman. after
a momentary silence. "if those stupid
police had examined the mud in the
alley beneath the window that night.
they would have found tracks that
would have changed the course of
this whole business"
The governor bent farther forward,
burying himself in an intense concen.
tration of mind For a time interim.
nable 10 Gilman, he sat thus. His cigar
went out. The ice in his glass melted.
spun on the crystal brim, and sank