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department of justice and Mr. Wick
lershaa- nodded -the-peopla- VINO
should have jailed Gerbracht. They
did not take him to Jail. The depart
ment explained that there was case
pending against another man. Heike,
secretary Of the sugar trust. The
Gerbracht case would wait for the
Heike appeal. But the supreme court
upheld the lower court In the Heike
case. But did Heike or Gerbracht 20
to Jail? They did not Every ex-
pedient known to the law had been
exhausted. Nothing could legally
keep these men out Of Jail. Yet they
illegally remained out OF jail. Mr..
Wickersham said the word. II was
In May, 1912, when the supreme court
refused to override the lower court
In these cases. From that date, 10
months passed and Gerbracht and
Heike both continued to be free men.
At the end of that time word came
from Washington that Taft had COM
muted the two-year sentence to 80
days, and had wiped out the fine.
Another case. This time It happen
ed to be rich real estate swindler.
Charles M. Hyde. a millionaire Of
sending land-swindling advertise
ments through the mails. Thousands
of innocent persons had invested In
worthless lands as result Of Hyde's
Operations. But Wade Ellis, of Ohio.
close friend Of Taft and OF Wicker
sham, and once "trust-buster" In the
department Of justice. was retained
as counsel for Hyde. When the fed
1>,l xt., ex,l 20 to1 yxydA
to Jail, Ellis induced Assistant Attor-
ney-6eneral Harr (Wickersham's as
sistanD, to agree 20 stay OF execu-
tion." whatever that may be. Incl
ldentally, the district attorney. Ed.
ward +. Wagner, OF South Dakota,
who obtained the conviction of Hyde,
resigned, as did Robert 8. Sharp,
chief postoffice inspector, who had
done conscientious work ON the casd.
Hyde. who. in the eye of the law was
already in Jail. then appeared In
Washington with q petition asking
for pardon. and a stan OF expensive
counsel. Working for him also were
Congressman Burke and Martin and
a number OF other influential poll
ticians from the northwest.
| The marshals all forgot to take the
man TO jail and even after the re-
prieve had expired and the marshal
was preparing to take Hyde to the
penitent!ary. second reprieve, H.
sued by the attorney-general. came
along and expired, and another was
granted, continuing to March 3. 1913.
That Is az far as Wickersham can
remit Jail sentences. as his own term
expires on that date. While this 10
being written 1T IL probable that Mr..
Taft IL preparing pardon for Mr..
Hyde.
| All cases against the beef trust
were dismissed Feb. Is. The new adj
ministration will have to gather new
evidence II there IL any prosecution
of the beef trust. There II some
thing poetic about this final action.
as the hrst action taken by Wicker
sham on assuming once In the TAFT
administration was to wipe the slate
clean against the beef trust.
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,7He First Soldier for Suffrage

/, to 20 to college, study Greek and
Hebrew and consult the original text
herself Getting to college was not %
easy. Her father, who had just help
ed to put her brother through college
remarked on hearing that his daugh-
ter wanted an equal education with
his son, 'Ts the girl craxyf"
The, only college then open TO wo'
men was Oberlin, which at the same
time was the only college open To
Negroes. The freedom OF the slave
and the emancipation Of women were
reforms that long went hand In hand.
and 1t 10 interesting to speculate on
the causes which gave full citizenship
first to the ignorant blacks. To 90 to
Oberlin would cost money. Lucy be-
gan by picking and selling blackber-
ries and chestnuts.
Studying the while, she fitted her
SELF TO teach minor schools, and for
. time earned the dismal pay OF 81 q
week. being boarded round with
the parents OF her pupils. Keeping
up her own studies she became fitted
for better schools and In time was
getting Sic q month-~very good pay
for q woman" said the thrifty Aassa-
|chusetts school trustees. That for
10 woman" made Lucy writhe. It was
either fair pay or niggardly. The
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This ordinarily refuse to discuss in public
or we criminay allow Judge Lynch blazon terror to
the Negro The question ought be discussed In the
problem.
In splendid address to the world Negro CON
through slavery, gave the precious blessing Of the
Christian faith but robbed OF the virtue of
women! Without admitting its general applicability
! accept this admission as racialy true The white
man does not believe in the ability OF the Negro wO
his mind she is not strong enough In will power Yet
ne rails TO throw about her the protection which other
women receive who of like weakness.
Whites where there is a Negro problem enact laws
against racial intermarriages They do this in strug
gle to protect the purity Of blood Of the white race
Aside from any question OF superiority Of race over
the other ! think that the mating of white and black
is accomplished only through biological well
moral shock which Is evil. The too far
apart ethnically to be crossed with sociological
cess. In state Of perfect freedom and In the high
est development OF both races do not believe there
would be any crossing.
But how does the white man live up to his ideal
regarding such unions? William Archer. the British
writer. says In effect "The presence in the community
Of large numbers of physically wedeveoped OF
inferior places unfair strain upon yir-
tue OF the white man. But unions repugnant to racial
purity should constitute unfair strain" II white
men believe their talk about the crime of msceg
nation they should look upon 1t crime against the
In old civilizations the marriage Of brothers and
sisters was common. Then the presence in the same
family OF the sisters may have been pronounced an
advent of better civilization comes that finest thing
in the world. the family circle The temptation has
departed driven out by better ethics and purer
the Negro woman cannot take Of herself
the white II bound protect her he protects
other detectives the integrity of white race Is
at stake In the matter the white sins should
be punished accordingly. Let the white of the
lands Of mixed population demand higher ethics from
their men. Let the white men do likewise for them
selves To claim superiority 10 not enough-the white
race can prove superiority in only wayby being
superior
The black peril may be turned aside by economic
freedom for ALL by justice to ALL by taking up by
the white man Of the real white mans burden-that
Of really living to his clams Until things are
done and pending some great racial uplft within the
Negro race the black peril will hang like cloud
the broad decks Of the Good Ship Earth -
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Archbold, Fl. G. Folger. Jr.. OF New
York; w. 8. Teagle. Of Plainfield, N
j.. and Colvin n. Paine, OF Titusville.
Pa The warrants were put into the
hands OF deputy marshal. who came
east to serve them. At this point the
deputy marshal received orders from
Acknowledgement Wickersham not to
serve the warrants. The attorney
general explained at the time that he
was investigating. fearing that the
case was not sufficiently strong
against these individuals. Six days
before the expiration Of his term OF
office, Attorney-General Wickersham
ordered these indictments Quashed
and when asked In indianapolis for
his reason he said frankly: Il did not
propose that citizens OF the state OF
New York should be dragged to the
state OF Texas to stand trial when
there is absolutely no reason FOR such
action being taken against them. TX
1t had been anyone except the Stan.
dard OIL officials no indictments
would have been returned The only
person who believed that there was
ground for the indictments was the
government prosecutor In that dis
trict and he probably was influenced
by local coloring." So much for the
Standard Oil officials.
Now for the sugar trust people. As
q result Of several years prosecution
a number Of officials OF the sugar
trust were found guilty OF frauds
against the government by which
millions Of dollars had been stolen
by the trust. One Of the convictions
was that of the former superintendent
for the Havermeyers in Williamsburg,
N. j.. Ernest w. Gerbracht, who was
sentenced to two years in the Atlanta
federal prison and the payment Of a
fine Of $4,000.
Did Gerbracht 60 to jail? Not
when the court had pronounced the
sentence. There was an appeal. Not
after the court Of appeals had passed
on the appeal. There was another
appeal. Not after the United States
supreme court had refused to con-
slider the fnal appeal. What prevent
ed Gerbracht going to Jail then? The
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- Opspel Of revolt against me
nnakicn az woman by man was
49, more ardsntly or eioquentiy
oAsa than By Lucy Stone. Her
l1hcoA was spent In = household
/; V&ach the fAthsr stood ~ I'll the
3 iS11 fhat then denied 70 woman any
Gf1ty 6 her own.
IN EIo1o Stone was . good business
-. = nan ct energy, and. sccoroing
~ time, . good husband ana
-. hut Il never occurred TO MIN
~ Docalogue erred In chasing
80 wife with his man servant.
- uAid servant his OK or his
Il "a ~ accsptod - just the law
~ Deprived womsn Of the vote
w1tA coav1ct2 paupers and the
Y 1nanst thiS code Lucy revoltsd at
~sly dAy. She encountered In the
1turoo one day the text: Thy
- shall b TO thy husband and
niall rule over thee" Staggered
ut b this nat assertion OF wo-
r. oubjoction, she ultimately con-
that - the oppressor, man.
7onslated the Bible, he had dis
{h1o passage to his own ad-
<DA Accordingly abe determined
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sex of the recipient had nothing to do
with It
When she was 26 years old she had
saved $40 and started to Oberlin with
It At Oberlin she taught In the pre-
paratory department. did Homework
for three cents an hour, cooked her
own meals. limiting her expenditures
for food to 80 cents q week. Withal
she studied, took high rank in her
classes, and In her last term was AK
ed to write q commencement day e.
say. Finding that even In Oberlin
women were not permitted to appear
ON the platform, but that q professor
would read the essay for her. abe de-
clined The platform became familiar
TO her before long.
She returned TO Massachusetts, the
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XIV

Copyright. 1919. by Herbert Quick
In that darkest stockhoe Of the good ship Earth
called Africa live nearly 200o0o000 Of her 1900 500
passengersabout one-eght OF the total list. Not all
OF these belong the black race but most of them do
And scattered over the world many millions more
OF Negro or Negroid peoples They tinse all South
America with black. They dominate the great island
OF Hayu They are struggling for the dominion Of
Cuba.
in the proportion OF one in every nineor even
greater proportion So many fellowmen OF such a
marked type would constitute problem on any ship
us OF United States they much of q problem
that am conscious as write this that many thou
sands of Negroes will read these words and that
what shall say here will in way or another
greatly slightly affect this problem
The black race constitutes not only q world prob
lem. world peril 1t is race OF strong people
1t is of brave people. It s a race capable OF
great evil and great good is rapidly passing
under the rule Of the Mohammedan faith. and because
that faith is OF armies and OF conversion by the
Negro is brave soldier and prone to religious fana
icsm makes the black part Of the great Moham
medan world peril. In this the Negro 10 brother to
The black peril consists largely in the Negroes ca
pacity for enslayement He breeds and nourishes in
captivity In the days Of chattel slavery he the
most submissive of chattelsthe only the slaves
OF which enriched their masters and multiplied In num-
beers under conditions OF servitude.
these days Of industrial slavery. the Negro still
plays his ancient role In slavery. which is damning to
Basin in rubber and ivory He slaves in South Africa
In the mines and the cattle ranches. II he had been
like the gorilla Of his own forests-incapable Of sub
1ugation. willing die rather than serve. ready TO
strike down his with the first blade placed In
his hands tool grim. free fighter to the last-it
would have been better for the world But the Negro
Ia anectonate yielding happy even In slavery good
to the interests OF those having dominion
over himand he has been, and 10, the temptation and
the ruin OF those who have taken him In their tolls
The black peril has been thought peculiarly an Amer.
lean question, but It 10 not. II 10 South African
question q German question. . Belgian question. .
Canadian question world question
In the United States II has been our greateot Qceo-
ton sinoe the constitution adopted rscognixinG
slavery without mentioning It. The black peril made
labor disgracefu half the United States and cursed
the poor whites and the rich whites It was OF course
an economic questionsavery and exploitation always
are But ont the problem Of the competition Of the
submissive black and the white for the labor a.
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NETWORK.
LETTER.xs$!S2el,

NEW YORK. March 3.-"Stage II.
cense doesn't 90, any more" declares
VIM. A. Brady. There was time
when q producer could use piece OF
furniture or q costume not strictly in
accord with the period or the scene
OF the play, and get away with II.
But not now. l got a polite note
yesterday from Boston man who
had come over and seen Little Wom-
en-" He called my attention to the
fact that Prof Bhaer carried an um-
brella with a steel rod. whereas only
umbrellas with wooden rods were In
use In 1868. We hustled around ana
got Prof. Bhaer q wooden-sticked um-
brella before the next performance.
Pretty hard to write play with
any kind of part In 1t for May IT.
win, and not score a success. Miss
Irwin Is one of the best little poetic
license) success-scorers in the acting
business, and she hasn't had bit OF
trouble In putting over cry
called widow by Proxy" written by
Catherine Chisholm Cutting and pro-
Ouceu Dy tHe LleoieTs a. Neo. IVA. W.
hans theater.
Miss Irwin plays the part Of hard
up young woman who invades Puri-
tanical New England home to get a
legacy that ia coming to timid
friend of hers who Is afraid to face
her late husbands relatives. She has
many adventures, and II there Is one
OF them in which May isn't funny
enough to make COW laugh. none or
her audiences have noticed 1t. Also
she can still sing in a way Of her
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-03
YOUR DREAMSY WIFI YOU DREAM
AND WHY AT TIMES THE YRE TRUE

often due somewhat copous But after
IN with stomach but with brains that
III viii Be accounted for greater detail
What then il it In n that dreamsf
When sp muscles relaxed and
tho natural magnetic currents sweeping the earth
these repenh Of mag
@ and the spleen tho where this magnetic force enters
~ y nsgss the red blood ouscles in manufacture
or ain to- rest and connected with the mind only BY tho
- thread having work to do in world in which
y whsn separated from the body: that to during
49, and altar death
Meanwhile the composing brains tend hngs that
Nv actually happened that have been strongly imagined and
cmy caught and responded By tho conscious mind
- rurns continue it, work in tho physical world
AZ TIE ume vibrations Of it, experiences In the
oal going the mind itseH dmiazy AFFECT tho BRAIN
- I'm ~ get this tumble thoughts can dream"
Samstms wh tho brain perfectly at rest when
Nv rnl ruras Il memory tho latter call for response
~ ~ MT q than have 1cleaz" dream
yrupo dream which the natural result Of Ger
IN susss 1T in motion motors inere the resultant BE-
Enl ~ equation mark, 70 speak
HI fs inuducou dehbate accidental Of causes not pro
~ Il existence VII in every modify these resulA
Ngws may always b convenient possible to introduce
ass and than equation stands correct and the dream comes
7 deaths ana aeden often been correctly foressen
EMmms
HI vhen ng happened the dream that brought in new
ne ng damt did not happen (or only In azt
- = ~ rGiA disappointment Of the dreamer
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first woman Of that state to have tax
en- q college degree. At once she en-
tered public life. speaking nrst on
"Woman's Rights" from her brothers
pulpit. and then becoming . regular
lecturer for the Anti-Slavery Society
New England was strenuously pro
slavery ct that time. and almost
equally averse to the emancipation Of
women. Accordingly the experiences
OF women on the platform were no,
always pleasant.
A clergyman It Maiden. Mass, be
ing asked to give . notice Of heI
meeting, did % thus:
II Am asked to give notice that q
hen will attempt TO crow like q coci
IN the town hall 1t 5 o'clock tomor
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own that people certainly do seem
to like.
John Z. Kellerd has done It. He
gave his one hundredth performance
OF Hamlet" at the Garden theater .
few evenings ago. One hundred per.
formances this season. mind you. AT
each performance there was an audi
ence. and money was taken In It the
box Office. Kellerd 10 now going on
tour in Shakespearian repertoire. with
100 performances of Hamlet In New,
York" az his slogan.
Friends Of De Wolf Hopper are
looking forward to another opportun.
ity to tell him how good he In. Hop
per is to sing Gen. Ollendor6 In the
forthcoming Shubert-Brady production
Of The Beggar Student" and there
seems no reason to doubt that he will
score as great success as he has In
the leading comedy roles OF pima
FORE" The Mikado," THE Pirates
Of Penzance" and Patience"
"Revivals" are coming pretty strong
In these days when there aren't
enough good new plays to al the the
aters, Iiebler & Co.. will soon present
"Everyman," with Edith Wynne Mat
thison again in the title role and VIM.
Hammerstein will give "Ths Geisha'
with an allstar cast. :
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GEORGE w. WICK
ersham. has been
able TO keep rich
men out of jail
eYen after they
have been tried
and sentenced, is
the subject OF this
story.
A bout hr e Q
months ago the
grand jury in Dial.
las. Texas. consid'
cred evi d @ n C o
against the STAN
dard OIL company,
which seemed to
the jury to war.
rant the arrest or
certain officers OF
that com p a n y {.
Warrants were is
sued by the gov
ernment's prosecu-
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LEAVES PULPIT TO
OPERATE SAWMILI

KALAMAZOO. Mich. March 81
Rev. J. e. Smith, for IL years pastor
Of the First Baptist church in this
city. preached his farewell sermon
last night before leaving the min.
istry, to assume charge OF large
sawmill In Washington.
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To Vote On Gee Franch Ise.

SAGINAW. Mich, March 18th
AGA, st. Louis and Alma will vote at
the spring election on q franchise to
furnish gas to Earl Wagner and his
company. Grand Rapids capital is
behind the project.
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kxDES FOR A NICKEL; THAT
Ss F TIME rs COMING AND SOON

- Ill at Albany require street railways in New York
ey sAeel children Of two
IT, 1Akst
g teoion systems this now, without compuon We have
1ooRd u any going broke in consequence
III Of has special interest getting children to
6; end IL elects require help from the henfcares OF It's
H who through franchises enjoying profitable monopoies 1t
- pretty hoggish railway corporation fight
- substance.
hut why limit the lower fare hnf 1t has been proved in
snd that ownup be carried less than
usual scent fare And carried with fair comfort and reasonable
nazgia Of profit for the capital actually invested.
The difficulties in Cleveland than in the average
city and well know it here All need to do to pull
fare the and require honest book
hsepng
Cleveland well the toward two rides for nickel Tor al
sl1nIN with state help
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Way Of the World.

She's been very busy telling me
how to rear my baby?
"Wellw
But she got into a perfect panic
when I asked her to take care Of the
child for a couple of days. You know,
was suddenly called out Of town.
Kansas City Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-03

A fle kept in q wet condition with
water will not clog when filing soft
metals, such a. lead. tin or soft
solder.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-03

Congress has spent 500. 1000 In
the Improvement" Of the Mississippi
river.
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ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP EARTH
Seven Ps,4zs Of Humanity: No 6--7ze Black PERI
BY HERBERT QUICK

Tered by the rich white-a problem acute in
lSS0-grows another problem and peril-the darkest
phase OF the black peril to humanity This is the
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WASHINGTON LETTER

BY gibson GARDNER.
WASHINGTON. March 3.-How- the
Of the United States,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-16
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
James III. Hawkins OF Chevy Chase.
Md. and Josephine Washington of this
city.
Joseph Lochboehler and Nellie NJ. Mo.
hun.
Walter N Wheeler of this city and
Mary l.. Woodland of st. Marys county.
Md.
William NJ. Ferguson of Middleburg,
Va, and Matilda F. Hall of this city.
Gilbert n. Hammondtree and Edna
Clark.
Charles G. Barton and Laura w. Lar
sen.
Andrew Green and Lil!ey Bushrod.
nor.
William G. Edwards, jr., of Arvonia,
Va, and Edna r. Turner of Richmond.
Va.
Thomas E. Shearer and Mabel NJ. Small.
Theodore G. Johnson and Margaret X.
Gray.
Albert L. Campbell Of this city and
Florence Quals of Richmond. Va.
Cleveland Ward of Ontario, Va, and
jamie Thompson of Keysville, Va.
David Keller and Carrie Turner.
James d. Richards and Evelyn S. Smith
Walter f. Van Norman and Helen l.
Stokes.
Henry B. Morgereth of New York city
and Alberta l.. Engelhardt of Baltimore
Md.
George L. Glenn and Sadie NJ Swortzel,
both of Staunton. Va.
Frank E. Warner and Maude +. Man
ming.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been report
ed 10 the health department in the last
twenty-four hours:
Bennett A. Allen, 20 years, the Victoria
apartments.
Charles l. Leonard. IS years. ~ Sd
street northeast
James Kane. 80 years, United States
Soldiers Home. u. G.
Arthur j. Damrell. 81 years. Tubercu-
loss Hospital
Constantine Oxfanes. Is years. George
town University Hospital
Joseph Ramerso. q months. SIG 2lst
street northwest.
Sue c. Dehesdernier. . months, 1854
Emerson street northeast
William Matthews. 40 years, Blue
Plains. d. c.
William Campbell, "a years. Casualty
Hospital.
Maggie Clements, 81 years. Tubercu-
loss Hospital.
Rebecca Dorsey, 63 years. Stanton road.
Hillsdale. ID. e.
Jennie Nelson, ~ years, 93fz 24th
street northwest.
Charles Young, II years, Emergency
Hospital.
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MARRIED.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES At the immaculate
Conception Church. April u. 1913. hy the
Rev. Father Bevans. JOSEPH +. LOH-
BOEIILER and NELLIE NJ. MoHUN.