The Twin City star., 1918-07-06
NEWS IN PARAGRAPH.
Former Slave Lies In State, Crowd
Mourns.

Former slave Lies IN state, CroWo
Mourns.
Denver Col, June 28.-From a child
lood Of slavery in southern cotton
field to genuine honors in death, sigi
nalized by the body reposing in state
for forty-eight hours, while thousand
white persons filed past to pay tribute
Is a far swing There is really little
that Julia Greeley did not have in the
eighty years of her life.
A solemn requiem high mass was
sung in Sacred Heart cathedral for the
much loved woman. The Rev. Father
Mcdonnell of Sacred Heart was the
celebrant, and acting with him as SUBJ
deacon was Prof. John Conway, whom
the old woman had nursed when he
was a baby.
" Local Race Man In Casualty List.
Pittsburgh, Pa, June 28.-News has
Just reached us Of the death Of William
Wood, local race man, Of 1S47 Linz
ton avenue, who fell in France, mortal
ly wounded, for the sake Of democ-
racy.
Negro British Subjects Enroll In Large
Numbers In Philadelphia
for War Service.
Philadelphia, June 2S--Negro BritA
ish subjects to the number of 20 per
week are being enrolled for service at
the British recruiting office, Sixteenth
and Chestnut streets, according to in-
ot hn
An average of 10 per day, principally
ihose from the Bermuda and Bahama
Islands, have applied for enlistment
during the past several weeks, and
these have been examined and data
regarding them recorded None OF
these, however, were enlisted until the
order to that effect calling for Negroes
to be enrolled was received.
81.
Young Girl Wins Writing Honors.
Omaha, Neb., June 2S.--Alice Wat
son, eighth grade graduate Of Howard
Kennels school and daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Watson, 1925 Grant
street, is the champion writer in the
Omaha grade schools, according to
awards announced last week, by J. A.
Savage, writing supervisor.
Theater Manager Donates Freely.
Philadelphia, Pa, June 28.--John T..
Gibson, owner and manager of Gibson's
New Standard Theater, turned over all
Of the proceeds of his theater on Sat-
urday, June %, and also on Thursday.
June q, TO the Mercy Hospitals base
hospital funds for wounded soldiers
at Fifty-fifth street and Woodland ave-
nue., the largest base hospital for our
wounded in the country.
Placed Ban on the Exhibition Of tho
"Birth Of a Nation" and
All Similar Plays.
Charleston, w. Va, June 22.-The
Executive State Council of Defense.
Wednesday, placed a ban on the ex-
hibition of "The Birth of Nation"
and all similar plays in this state
during the period Of the war.
The action Of the state council came
as a sequel to the passage of a reso-
luton by the Mcdowell County Auxil-
iary Council of Defense protesting
against the showing of "The Birth OF
q Nation" The Mcdowell County
Council, composed Of colored citizens
of that county and one of the units
of the State Auxiliary Advisory Coun,
Gil, Of which j. c. Gilmer Is secretary.
set forth that the attraction is one
calculated to arouse hatred and preju-
dice between the white and Negro
races Of the state, and likely to hinder
and retard the proper cooperation be-
tween the races in promoting the great.
est efficiency in war work of all
kinds"
Mrs. Marguerite Fields-Lee appeared
In recital In Des Moines on July 2