Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-12-01
BALTIMORE NOTES

Baltimore, November 14,-Ddspite
the decision of the United States SUI
preme Court abrogating residence
segregation laws, there Is an element
OF whites here who believe that q
way be found to circumvcnt the de.
clslon. Among these are Mayor Pres.
ton and City Solicitor Fields. Fields
mas announced that he wil have to
study inc decision before giving in
opinion thereon.
In the meantime, the local segrega
tloh law is In force. Sidney Burrell,
was nailed into the Southwestern
follce Court on Wednesday of last
week charged with moving into 1915
W. Lexington ST., which segregation
ISIS want to construe as being in a
white block. The 1000 block of I,cx.
las'oh street, is bisccted by small
street, and Burrell moved into tho
Iurt winch only has white residents
Ills case came up before the grand
jury Monday, but at the roouost ~
SDepuGy State's >Attoru,y Marchant
consideration was postnonnd mnt;I
the Court Of Appeals decided snmo
cases before it involving tho lopo1itv
OF the local law.
baltimore was the first city to ell
act a segregation law The law had
to be redrafted several times how
ever, TO meet adverse decisions Inv
Maryland courts. It's op,ration boro
mas resulted in the >ircumscrib;np of
residence districts among co orod moo
PIE ana big rise in rcslts and IN
properties that the sblorod ncon,o
wanted to buy.
eNlsts the general opinion that tho
law invadcs property and nnrsop,l
rights which have been upheld for
centuries under the old English con-,
mon law. VIII
The co,orcd people are highly olaf
cd over the decision. as tho insnir,t io,,
of the law has given risc tn mnch
prejudice against the race and caus.
W race ciamor that daily ncwspap-
ers mere have only been too GLAD to
foster. e''" W
The decision means that tho n.
" " 10 prevent Morgan College
from locating in the suburbs and
inc deVelopment of Il colored resi-
eence section at Govan's suburb, will
,aii' me Y. M. c. A. was forced
by sgregationists to abandon n con
templatcd site.
Baltimore, Md, November 29.-Juli.
us .. Johnson, prominent for years
Ill the councils OF the Grand United
order or Odd Fellows or America. died
at MS home, 1894 Etting street last
sunday morning following an illness
Oh more than nine months.
inc deceased was taken i'll with
pieurisy last winter. Pus collected In
ms sue, and he was taken to John
HOPKINS hospital for treatm,,nt
Whlio relieved somewhat he never
was able to attend to his business
as caterer. The hope was EXPRESSED
ny MS hosts Of fri>nds In yari ma
pur,s or the country that he would get
We'll but his condition steadily grew
worse. He began to sink last week. !.
VIZ ~ the end came Sunday morning
me deceased was born in Anne
A 1aea county, Md, In January
1850. he had lived in Baltimore for
years. For seventeen years he was
,lead"altcr at Ganzhcrn's Hotel and
,ater went into the catering business
re was a family man in the trues.
selse or the word and ~accumulatod
some property.
Mr.: Johnson joined Humane rodpo
OF Odd Fellows SO years ago. He toolr
oeep interest In the Order and If
was not many years before he was
GIdctca, Grand Master for MARYLAND
ne had served as a national grand di
ie1'or and when the Biennial Nov.
aoie committee met here in 1910 ho
was elected Grand treaurdr, succeed,
ing benjamin J. Davis of Atlanta Ho
was elected national deputy grand
MASTER IN 1914, and was filling that
Office at the time OF his death
POPULAR IN ORDER.
During all the strife that has exist
ed since 1912 between the Edward II
Morris and B. j. Davis forces of rho
Order he has managed to keen fr;enJ
ship OF both sides. He was n trusted
ally, however, Of the Morris faction
urand Master Edward II. Morris and
othcr prominent members of tho fra.
ternity had visited him several tin,os
during his illness. , '
The deceased leaves a widow, who
was MISS: Lille V. Matthews His
1'. NhiialH Johnson, three
SONS 'ohn, julius, c. Jr., and Goldsbe
ioui prothers, Daniel, BENJAMIN
Nlcholas and John Johnson and four
sisters, Mesdames Margaret Richard
son, Cornelia Ennis, Airey Harris and
fachel Hayward, are among the sur
viving relatives.
me fuheral took place at sharp
81 Memorial M. e. Church, of which
the deceased was prominent mem.
per- Wednesday afternoon. For the
Two hours preceding the services the
remains lay in State, hundreds of per
sons filing past the bier Of the dead
lodgeman.
Rev. M. j. Naylor delivered the
principal eulogy. Prominent Odd Eel
lows from various parts Of the conn
Try were in attendance. Intermeht
was IN Mt. Auburn Cemetery.