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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02

Mrs. Bertha Lohmann, of 700 North
Sixth Street. has been notified Of the
safe arrival In Franco Of her son, Lieu
tenant Charles S. Lohmann.
Lieutenant Lohmann was at one time
first sergeant Of Company a OF the
Richmond Blues and received his train
Ing at Fort Myer.
Lieutenant Lohmann was n one time
connected with the circulation depart
ment of The Times Dispatch and was
later with the accounting department
OF the American Locomotive Works.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
ACCUSED H0PEWELL CHIEF
Of POLICE RESIGNS POST
Mayor Harrison Appoints Sergeant
Thurs'on to FIJI Position
for Time being
ISpecial tn The Timns-nisn.,

ISpeclaI @ The Times Dlspatch.l
PETERSBURG, VA. June l.-ChIe,
OF Police Miles. of Hopewell whose
character was assailed by witnesses in
me recent trial Of Leon Wise, charged
WIN attempting TO bride the Hone
well police. has resigned his position.
me resignation has been accepted BY
Mayor Harrison, and Sergeant Thurs.
ton has been designated as acting
chiet pending a permanent appoint
ment. Hopcwell has for some time
been guarded by Du Pont police. 1t 80
probable the city may decide TO have
its own police force
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
Notes OF Interest.

The report of the superintendent Of
the girls detention home shows that
since It's establishment In November
last over 800 cases have been handled,
among them many young girls who
, were aided.
A campaign is in progress for in
creased boy membership In the Y. VI.
c. A. for active work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
ENDORSE JOHN CHERRY
FOR INDUSTRIAL BOARD
Governor Davis HIS ms Yet Made no
appointment to New COM

mfssIon.
Although Governor Davis has con-
sistcntly refused to give any intimation
as to who will be his appointces to the
Industrial Commission created by the
recently enacted workmen's compensa-
ton law, 1t is known that several
stanch supporters OF the Governor
have applied for the three jobs to be
filled. Many of these have the support
of both Davis and organization men.
notable among them being John w
Cherry. the smiling printer. OF Norfolk.
who represented that city in the last
session OF the Virginia General AS
sembly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02

Two-thirds OF the money necessary
10 construct siXteen-foot concrete
highway from the city TO Ritchie's
store. In Dinwiddie. little less than
two miles in length. has been secured.
The work will be done by the combined
aid OF the government. the State and
the city. and Is estimated TO cost abou,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02

copied during tho month OF May, which
IL. perhaps. the largest number yet se-
cured In any ore month by tho loca,
station.
Lieutenant Houston said YESTERDAY
that he stll has places for moro young
men. and that at pre- sent he has been
anthoriZed TO accept graduates of mo-
ch2nical and electrical engineering
schools OF recognized standing who will
be eligible To the United States steam
engineering schoo. at Hoboken y. y.
This. he sa id. was an unusual oppor-
tunity to secure a commission in the
navy.
Timcs-Dispatch Want Ads arc rc,uIt
Il
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
Petersburg BoY. IN E,,n,.

petersburg soldiers of Company c.
Three Hundred and Eighteenth RcEi-
ment. OF the Eightieth Division, have
arrived safely in France.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02

$4,000. The Improvement will be on
the Cox Road. one OF the most impor-
tant thoroughfares In this section.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
rb. u.In p.ahI..

The help problem is easily solved
when Times dispatch Want Ads. are
employed. Call Randolph l.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02

Miss Ella Crockett. OF Union
Vile. and now residing at sO4
West Main Street. this city, ex-
pressed herself in the following
terms regarding her condition
after suffering for two years with
a bad case of Catarrh and Goiter,
often feeling n choking or smoth-
ering sensation: had tried
various remedies, but did not OBJ
tain any relief. 1 had noticed
the advertisements of the United
Doctors and decided to give them
n trial. After the first months
treatment felt like different
person, and at the termination
OF another month I feel entirely
we'll. / am indeed glad to recon-
mend the United Doctors TO my
friends and any one suffering
like / did.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02

Timcs-Dispatch Want Ad, arc r.,uIt
producers.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
zADA ROZVOD.

Aviatik lieut.. Charles w.
Keene zadal vcera u soudu o
rozvod cd sve "war BRIDE. V
zadosti udava, re lednu 1918
hyl vyzvan aby Sc dostavil do
New Yorku. V commence, ze
bude poslan do Francie, doho-
oil Sc Sc svou milenkou, ze sc
nechaji oddat a veselka Sc ko-
nala 9. ledna 1918. z New Yor
ku byl poslan do Kelly, Texas,
a pax do Eberts, Arkansas. V
obou kampach Sc postaral @
slusny domov, ale jeho mlada
zenuska odepfela "a MIN pTi-
ieti. Jeho pani Ruth w. Keene
bydli V {. 1459 zap. Clifton
Boulevard. Lieut.. Keene by1
president u Keene Suit Co.,
1106 Euclid ave.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
POUCNE PREDNASKY.

Valecna rada mayora Davise
odporucila poradani poucnych
prednasek We vSech castich me
sta. aby lid seznamovan byl
takto s dulezitosti dolby dnes-
nj a dostalo Sc mu pouceni O ri
znych vynosech nasi vlady, OBJ
zv,ast6 pax o narizenich potrav
ri komise. PodObna prednaSka
bude uspOradana We stredu We
Ger We skole Fowler, kde bude
rc&nit znamy cesky pravnik p.
V. Svarc, ktery iak znamo dlel
8 m6sicu V Rusku. Bude mluvit
cesky a anglicky Hudba 81. E.
liSky Hrube bude dcinkovat.
Mimo p. Svarce bude mEuvit pf.
A. Kirk. Zacatek presne O 8.
he'd. vecerni. X hojne navsteve
I'VE O. Svarcova A. Bruzko-
va.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
NEVERf v AMERICANY.

Amsterdam, 8. cervence. -
Zprava o vyslani americke ST.
" ma italskou frontu bude ne
pfijemnym prekvapenim pro
polniho marsalka Arze Won
Straussenburgu, nacelnika ra-
kouskeho stabu, jenz projevil
nedavno We videnske Neue FIR.
Presse neduveru, ze by Ameri-
kani Sc svymi "vyberacnymi
zvyky' svym nedostatkem
zkusenosti We valeGnych 1tra-
pach, mohli nahraditi spojen-
cum ztratu velike armady tyr
de vycvicenych ruskych voja-
XII. S jejich skromnymi potreba
Mi. Polni marsalek dodal, re
rakouska armada ie imuntni
pred rozkladnymi vlivy, a ze
zadna propaganda neznici nj
kdy jejf loyalnost k davnym
tradicim.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
NEDOSTATEK POSTAKU.

Valka zpGsobila jako We
vsech oborech, tax i v postov-
MIN, velky nedostatek pracov-
nich sill a jest nyni u nasi posty
mnoho mist uprazdneno. Pristf
scbotu budou priilmani nahrad
nici Cd Is roku start. Kdo by
chtel praci pri poste obdrzeti,
podej 81 zadost ma hlavni postu
V uradovn6 els. sol. PoCatecni
sluane stanoveno ma $1,O35 a
zkusky budou tax snadne, re
kazdy, kdo vychodil pouze O.
becnou skolu, bude moci il S
prOspechem sloziti.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
DOPRAVA MA POULICNt
DRAZE BUDE NYNf O.
MEZENA.

Jelikoz mestska rada odmit
la zvysit popGatek "a jizdne,
al do DOLBY, kdy valecna rada
We Washingtonu rOzhodne o
vy$i pfldavku zamestnancG spo
letnosti, chce predseda CONGO
nu Stanley omeziti dopravu ma
nasich karach. Stanley pravi,
ze pfidavek bude nutnO dati
zamestnancum Sc zpatecni plat
nosti cd 1. kvetna, a re sc tedy
dnes musi neco udelati, ably
nadchazejici vetsf vydani bylo
pozdeji kryto. Reditelstvo ma
sich poulicnlch drah podalo ma
vrh, ably zvolen byl trfcIenny
vybor, ktery by zalezitost tuto
urovnal.
We vcerejsi schGzi mestske
rady byl dopis StanleyGv odka-
zan vyboru pro poulicni drahy.
Tajemnik kOndukterG mo-
tormanu w. M. Rea odporucu-
je ZvySeni jfzdneho, jako jedi
ny prostredek k urovnani zale
zitosti. PodObneho nahledu Jest
i kOmisaf Sandres.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09

Vcera obnoveny byly konske
dostihy North Randall. Acko
liv povetrnost nebyla valne pri
Zniva, obecenstva seSlo sc dost
a prvni den zavodu i iinak byi
uspesny. KIN Game of Chanca J
by v b6hu nejlepsi a vyd6lal
tax svym panum hojne pen6z.
Jiny vranik, Walter Cox byl IA
obsazovani jaksi zanedbavan.
vZdor tomu, re ukazal Sc byti
dobrym b6hounem. Rovn6z ru-
sky konik BrusIov bezel zname
mite podobnych dsp6snych "a
vodnich koni yyskytlo Sc vcera
V Randall jest6 nekolik.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
ZLODEJ POSTRELEN.

Dnes spozorovali kolemjdou-
CT. re n6jaci lupici vykradaji
novy, dosud neobydleny byt v
els. 921 East boulevard. POvo
lali policii a kdyz tato Sc dosta
villa, zastihla lupice jeSte pri
pine praci. Phi spatreni modro-
ksbatnikG zlod6ii dali sc ma IL
tex, bvl vsak jeden z Mich poll
cisty postrelen a sice tax vazn6,
re nyni V GEenville nemocnici
zapasi Sc smrti. Pred domem
stal Hudson automobil, ktery
iupiti die vSeho n6kde ukradli.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
Historic CESkOSLOVEN-
SkE ARMADY.
Dnesni prednaSka porucika
NJ. Niederla.

Dustojnlk ceskoslovenskeho
vojska, porucik p. M. Niederle
|rozhovoTl Sc dnes vecer V Ce-
Iske Narodnl Sini ma Broadway
O prvopocatcich nasi samostat-
ne armady. Nedavno jsme me-
|: prllezitost vyslechnouti zaji-
nave podrobnosti z anabase ma
sich hochu, jez nam vylicoval
p. pfednasejici, jenz zustane
po delSi dObu naSim vitanym
hostem, velice poutavym zpuso
bem takze muzem predem "a
ruciti vSem ucastnikum Opra-
vdu vzacny pozitek. Pan pred
nasejlcl Sc podilel ma vojen-
skych akcich ma Rusi a prinasi
celou radu nam dosud nezna-
mych udalosti, jez jiste budou
Sc zajmem vyslechnuty. Venuj
kazdy pokud jen muzes onu
chvili casu, prijd' a vyslechni o
zacatcich O trpkych chvilich
naSich vojaku hrdinG k nimz s
uzasem dnes vzhlizi cely svet
a jejichz cinnost oboum kai-
srum tax nemile leze "a nehty.
Vstup jest 1plne volny.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09

podminkach, re z celku nemn-
ze byti mic vybrano. Paklize
veskere jeho krasne zasady
jsou vazne mineny, musime
predpokladati, re 81 preje, ably
vvmizel vyhodny a ovladajici
vliv nejen v centralnfch mocich
ale take u spojencG; ma priklad
ovIadani Kuby, Porto Rica a
Filipln Amerikou, Maroka pax
Francii,, Indie, Egypta, Mezo-
botanic a jinych tureckych re
mi Velkou Britanii a nesmi je
dine pozadovati podobneho jed
mani cd Nemecka, ably mezina
rodni prava v dtech jeho
i spojencG nezGstala prazdnou
frazi."
Rakousky list Wiener Reichs
post prlchaZl take trOSkOu 90
mlyna:
Posledni formule presidenta
Wilsona neni vlastne mic jine-
no nezli obnovene vyhlasenf
valky, mic jineho nez oznamenf
miru obrnenou pesti. Americka
valka pod vGdcOvstvim Wilso-
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
OMEZENf NAPOJU.

ValeGna rada washingtonska
vydala rozkaz, kterym Sc vsem
pivovarHm a tOvarnam vyrabe
ji@jm nealkoholicke napoje roz
kazuje, variti pouze polovinu
dijvejSi vyroby. Kontrola bude
provadena pomoci dodavky u
hi. HostinSti, kteri musi nyni
rlatiti vice ia pivo, budou nyni
ralevat menSi sklenice.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
ZE SCHtzE MESTSkE RADT


Radni Jerry r. Zmunt poda,
ordinance V ktere pozaduje, a.
by "a kazdeho We vojenske slu
zbe padleho vojina z Clevelan-
du byl vysazen stromek ma
North Park boulevard, ktery
zacina cd Center road, kfizuje
parky Amber, Rockefeller a
Shaker Lakes. Ma kazdem
stromku ma byt imeno padle-
no vojina, k jehoz pocte stro-
mex byl zasazen. Rada tech
stromku Sc ma jmenovat - Lii
berty Row.
Mayo Fesler zaslal mestske
rade dopis, nemz upoZornu-
ie, re radni John w. Reynolds
pozbyl prava byt radnim, kdyz
priimul vladni ufad co fiditel
prace pro staty Ohio a Virgil
nil. Radni Reynolds prohlasi',
re Mayo Fesler ocekava soud V
zalezitosti byvalych socialnlch
radnich a tudiz jeho dopisu ne
ma byt v6novana zadna poZOr-
most.
Radni Sultzmann podal reso
luci V ktere pozaduje, ably fedi
tel policie A. B. Sprosty mari
dill straznikum vykonat soupis
uprazdnenych bytu, tax aby
najemnici, jejichz najem byl
nestydat6 zvysen, mohli jiny
najem ziskati.
Z ohledu ma zvysovani ceny
"a pouzlvani telefonu byl pro-
jeven souhlas, ably vlada pre-
vzala kontrolu vsech telefOnu
We Spojenych Statech.
Radni Reynolds podal reso-
luci ktere zada, ably draha
Erie odstranila kolejnice V "a
hybu. kde Sc bude reka rozSi-
rovat, tax ably Sc srazkam lodi
predeslo.
Prisn6jsi ordinance pro ma
jitele taxicabu byla podana
radnim Jerry r. Zmuntem.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
NEMECKA KRITI-
KA ADRESY PRE-
SIDENTA WILL
SOMA.

Haag, Z. cervence. (Opozd6
zprava.) - Oslava americka-
no svatku neodvislosti po cele
zemekouli a adresa presidenta,
pronesena v tyz den mad hro-
tom Washingtonovym, vyplni-
la sloupce i tisku nemeckeho.
Socialisticky list Vorwaerts
pravi, re feci Wilsona j Chur-
chilla k dosazeni miru nepomo
hla a zfejme tvrdi, re nemet-
ky lid nesouhlasf obema stat
Milky, kteri souhlasne zastavajf
mireni, re valka naprosto mu-
81 skonciti ma bojisti. Projev je-
jich, re spojenci nevedou vlast-
ne valku prot nemeckemu IL
du, ale jedine proti nemecke
Wade, jest pry prilis starry a u
stavicne opakovany a ktery nj
kterak Wade nezabrani, ably
lid nadale znasilnovala. -.
koelnische Volkszeitung, list
agitujici pro anektovani vsech
Nemeckem obsazenych zemi,
mluvi O presidentovi jako o ca
roTi zpatecnicke americke u
ME.
"Pokrytectvi a brutalnost,
jm6no TIVE jest Wilson. Europa
nusi pokracovati V koupanf Sc
v celem mori krve k Will majet
kim krald,, pro move milliardy,
ably uspokojena byla politicky
i neutrality-suspicious. choutka
Americana hrati 81 ma pany sve
ta.' pravi zmfneny list a jemu
pfizvukuje Rheinische Gazette,
dennik tehoz smeru slovy: evil
sCnova rec byla tentokrate slab
81 nez-li kdykoliv pred tim. Pro
gram jeho jest bezprikladnou
odvazlivosti, obsahuie jen "a
staraae fraze o mezinarodnim
pravu, o spravedlnosti, bez ide
ovych ddvodd. Dobry starry Wa
shington by Sc jiste obratil v
hrobe, kdyby slysel, co vse jeho
nasledovnik ma presidentskem
stolci povidal a falSoval historii,
stave cile Unie do stejne rady S
pravdou, lidskosti,, zAsadami a
ideally. Skolomet Wilson preje
sobe, ably ucil dejinam, ale u
kaZal jen zrcadlo sve statnicke
neschopnosti a pokrytectvi."
Frankfurter Zeitung kritisu-
Je pax Wilsona slovy:
"Co pravil president Wilson
o podminkach staleho miru
shrnuto jest v tax vseobecnych
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09
RfDKY PRfPAD.

w. V. Cowle, kferk Warrens
vile townsipu oznamuje, ze
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09

nonym neni valkou obrannou V
duchu Westinghouse, ale VAL
kou premozeni zniceni.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-09

rfisti rok v jejich obci nebu-
x
dou vybirany zadne dane. Po-
kladna vykazuje prebytek, kite
ry stacl ku kryti veskerych da-
nj a jeste zdstane v pokladne
dosti ku kryti beznych vyde.ih.
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
eovernneat Printing Office
Jim-crows Employees

WASHlNGTON.-Coior-
ed employees in the Govern :
ment Printing Oficehere are
very much perturbed over the
issuing of orders designating
what lavatories Colored EN- :
ployees may use. Although
the treasury building. under
Mr.. McAdoo. a Jim crow lava
tory is maintained tor Col
ored. no other department
had initiated such discrimina-
ton until the Government
Printing Office so ordered last
week.
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
birth OF A NATION"
BANDED IN WEST VA.

CHARLESTON, w. VA
The Executive State Council
of Defence, w ed n d y,
placed a ban on the exhiba-
tion of The Birth of af a
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 resolution by
the Mcdowell Country Auxil-
iary Council of Defense pro-
testing against the showing of
The Birth of a Nation" the
Mcdowell Co. Council. COM
posed OF Colored citizens OF
that county and one of the
units of the State Auxiliary
Advisory Council, of which ].
c. Gilmer is secretary, set
forth that the attraction is one
Calculated to arouse hated
and prejndice between the
white and Negro races of the
state. and likely to hinder and
retard the proper CO operat-
ion between the races in pro-
noting the greatest efficiency
in war work of all kinds.
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
Why Should not Mer- e.a
aa4 cy Apply to All

President Woodrow Wilson
has seen fit to accord to two
white soldiers found asleep at
their posts in France. an un
conditional pardon. although
they had been condemned to
death by a court martial. In
military sense, there is but
one crime greater and that is
the crime of communicating
information to the enemy.
Men conveying this informa
tson are called spies.
We have been waiting and
watching for a report as to
what is to be done in the cases
of the five colored troopers.
under sentence of death for
participation in the 50 called
Houston riots. About forty
colored men have been punish
ed and not single white man
This seems to us to be a one
sided justice which might be
denominated one sided Unjust
ice. s,r, ,
Thirteen colored men have
been executed, one of whom
was not even at the scene of
the alleged riot. President
Woodrow Wilson would do
even handed Justice in pardon
ing these men. just as he, has
done IN the ether cases. We
shall trust him to this extent
and we believe that our faith
in him will not be in vain.-
Richmond Planet --,
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
palies Brutaay Bsats
Ineoeeat Wo0aa

Oklahoma City. Okla.-Be
cause she would not confess to
stealing Sig and a diamond
ring from the room of Mrs.
Staeg (white). a residence of
Hadden Hall. Mrs. Eta
Davis. age 81. 4oS East Second
street. was bruatlly beaten in
the face by POLICEMAN Ralph
Young. who is commonly
known to the police element
as Cayenne Pepper"
given him on account of his
brutal treatment OF prisoners.
The Stagg woman recovered
her property shortly after the
arrest had been made. and
told the police she had care
lessly laid it away and for
gotten where she placed It
Mrs. Davis had been emplo,
ed as domestic in Habben
Hall.
After remaining in Jail over
night, with her face badly DIS
figured and bruised. Mrs.
Davis was released. Upon b.
inv informed that Mrs. Davis
had been released Policeman
Young if alleged to have re
marked "Well. the beating |
gave the nigoer wench will be
a lesson to her. asCr.-4
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
World Discontinues
l.-,p Use OF Darkies

The New York World,
which has the largest circuIat
ion of any morning paper in
New Work. has promised to
discontinue the use OF the
term "darkies." In a letter 10
Lester A. Walton. managing
editor Of The Age who in.
formed the editors Of the daiIv
that colored Americans did
not take kindly TO the terms III
print. &. Nj. Lincoln. manap-
Ing editor Of the World re.
piled in part.
you are qnite right in vour
suggestion that the word
'darkieS was wrong I am
sorrow It appeared and I have
given order that tn woro
shall not be used again
The Denver star., 1918-07-06

We stand paralized that thousands have
and today prepared denounce in language
vibrating with the courage born silent suffering
any that this demon of lyDehng predudiee segrega
ion unfair legislation take There has been
question of our loyay government From the days
of the throughout the settlement and expanaon
days; during the Civil War the Spanish American War and
now this the greatest of the worlds
the nation uphold its principals He has
sounded forth the trumpet that shall call retreat
The war will until the world has made safe
for democracy Shall hasten do dare Is the
world safe for you now? Freedom Democracy! Would
one of found unwilling sacrifice anything for these
conditions? This convention pledges loyalty the U.
s. and its support patriotic posi-
BILE such as buying War Saving and Thrift Stamps The
estinp IN Liberty and contributing Red Cross
The greatest sacrifice made and the greatest patriotism
shown is the giving of and bows this world
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
Second Ohio Man
to Die Overseas

Columdus-The first Colum
bus Columbus Colored man to
be killed in action was Char
les Henry Bioce. aged 6. lo4
North s,h street, a member of
Machine Gun Co. G.. Of the Oh
Battalion. Ohio N. G.. now
372nd infantry regiment. word
of whose death was received d
The Denver star., 1918-07-06

in a caplegram to his wife.
Mrs. Irene BIoce. Monday eve
ming.
Bloce was serving his third
enlistment in the National
Guard and also has two bro
theirs in the army. one a bug
Ter and one a sergeant in the
same regiment with him.
The cableeram states that
he was wounded by shrapnel
on June "a while fighting in
the western part OF the Ar
go"ne sector.
Besides his wife and two
sisters. all living in Columbus
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
!. A. A. c. P. Takes Up Jones'
Case With Secretary Of War

The National Association
for the Advancement Of Color
ed People has sent a letter to
the Secretary of war. asking
for ruling on the attitude of
the War Department in the
case OF DR.. S. P. Jones. volun-
teer. of St. Louis. who while
on his way to Camp Cody.
Deming, N. NJ. travelling on
train aud transportation fur
nished by the government.
was ordered out of a Pullman
car by the train conductor at
&Sarkana. on the border be-
tween Texas and Arkansas.
The associations letter says.
in part: This incident seems
to put sqrarely up to the War
Department: for decision
whether the department will
insist that enlisted men travel
ing under government orders
shall be accorded the kind of
service authorized by the gov
ernment and provided for b.
the transportation furnished,
to wit: service without dis
criminatior in Pullman cars
when Pullman cars when Pull
man service is authorized and
provided by the department" "
In a statement concerning
this case Mr.. Shillady. Secre
t4,y of the Assoc alton. said
that the case itself involved
the question of whether the
government was going to al
low its soldiers. because they
we're Colored. to be denied
Pullman Accommodations even
though the government had
ordered and paid tor such &C
commodations. merely be
cause prejudiced elements in
the South we're disinclined to
allow Colored people to SIT in
the same coaches with them.
The Denver star., 1918-07-06
ae..,ute,s and Award Of Prizes Of State Federation

Resolutions adopted Cheyenne Wyo. June 49, 1918.
The 1s,h Annual Convention of the Federation Of Color
I'd Womens Clubs Colorado and Jurisdiction has been
holding most profitable and entertaining session. In view
M RI. problems that confronting the
~. of the s. Questions of prohibition suffrage Your
committee on resolutions that owing these serious
mes that work would remain unnshed should we not
as club engaged in the worlds activities
t. n. ,,n;ft of humanity Therefore the following
.saeiSas are sabmtted for your adoption
The psstalsnt Of Intoxicating beverages has be-
s~,s.n L. mankind We heartily endorse all temper
1n,a throughout the country For more than
~ subject Of outrage has been before the
|sea " ~ fne, gradually gaining adherents, until
Y1aGa9nok Important issues of the time. We
g1ad Wyoming pray for the speedy
= athoay amendment to the consti-
y S&6 nation may be liberated We
r. r. sp horror of mob violence which
etf9p1 N members of our race in
~ vail take its stand against
&S a4na such should pass