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Evening journal., 1918-12-06
PEOPLES COLUMN

policemen. But IS this the case7 Rec
ords OF this olty as well as the records
Of other cities viii answer. no.
Why then are the applications o, our
men reiected2 The ideals Of our fed
cral constitution are too high and lofty
TO indulge an answer Just here. We
leave IL as an open question; let every
American citizen who Is at all conver-
ssnt with social. political and economic
conditions supply his own answer.
Fellow citizens: The fundamental
principles OF our government are lib
erty, equality and justice. A liberty
that does not conflict with the rights
and prerogatives OF others. Equality.
not OF the intrinsic worth OF every in
dlyidual as such. because no man re-
gardless OF race is the equal OF another
until by conservation. dedication and
development OF those innate God-given
powers he rises to the other mans
lc,el; but equality OF opportunity be-
fore the law; and justice, whose
foundation Is the golden rule These are
the inalienable rights guaranteed every
citizen OF this, our great republic. II
we DC CltLtuc. licot arc tht itshto ~
which we shall humbly but persistenty
contend until we. our children, or cur
grandchildren shall finally become the
beneaciaries Of a genuine democracy.
We have not, we are not. we will not
ask for any special favors; we only ask
for fair play and a mans chance. Can
we ask for less?
approximately three hunderd thus
sand black men, true TO the traditions
OF their fathers, answered the call OF
Uncle. sam and unhesitatingly joined in
the fray which stemmed the tide OF ap'
parent defeat in the greatest war re-
corded in the annals Of history. The
bodies Of many Of those black boys lie
buried today beneath the sands OF
France, while their supreme sacrifice
has written victory in golden Letters
upon Old Glory forever
The rehabilitation OF An1erican
troops has already begun and in the
near future our boys VIII turn their
faces homeward. Must these American
black men who have mingled their
blood with American white men,
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Frenchmen and Englishmen to plant
democracy throughout the world be
compelled to face again on their return
to this country discrimination. segresa-
tion and oppression. God forbid
We take special pains TO thank Cen
cral I. Pusey vicke-sham, president OF
the Board OF Police Commissioners. FOR
his manly stsnd for justice and right
eousness. lie may become a social mar
Tyr for his lofty ideals and conscien-
tious deeds; but the seed OF every great
reform have been martyrdom. And
when he pleaded the cause OF i4.0OO
Negroes OF Wilmington he pleaded the
cause OF 100000 Negroes in this coun-
t-y, the cause OF humanity the world
over and above all. the cause of Him OF
whom the Apostle Peter said, "Of a
truth | perceive that God Is no re-
spector OF persons: But in every nstion
he that feareth Him. and worketh
Righteousness, is accepted with Him."
Signed by.
]. u. King, president OF Colored Min
isterial Union Of Wilmington and pas
tor Of Ezion Church. Charles II. Coul-
bou-n. lnember State Central Commit
tee; Edgar Startling, quariermaster gen.
eral Of Odd Fellows; Conwell Banton. NJ.
D., member OF Board of Educetion; John
o. Hopkins, member City Council ;
Ferdinand Trusty. President Of Mon
day Club and president OF n. A. A. c. p. ,
J. w. Bond. pastor OF Mt JOY NJ. z.
Church; J. II. Pell. pastor A. u. NJ. p.
Church :, II. Clay stevens, NJ. D., past
exalted ruler OF Elks; John L. Hubert,
rep. OF Masons.
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NEGROEs MAKE PROTEsT

Editor Of Inc Evening JOURNAL,
Dear Sir: We have learned from press
accounts that a recent action OF the
Board OF Police Commissioners has re-
suited in the rejection Of applications
Of Negroes TO become members OF the
force.
In the name OF our boasted democ-
craoy we ask why2 Well, II We are
10 base our conclusions upon what evi-
dence we have in hand. the only reason
worth publishing IS: Negroes were
once on the local police force, but were
later dismissed because Of ineiilclency.
But is this a just reason for refuslns
Negro applicants. Is il at al logicalY
It may hold as an argument If there
have never been any ineflclsnt. white
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pleasure from both tho services ind
the sermon.
This Friday being tho last day Of
Hapukkah. or Feast Of Lights. a spo-
clol pruyer Will be offered, and ap-
proprlate hymns sung TO their tradl-
tlonal tunes.
A very interesting letter has been re-
ceivcd by Rabbi Swlrcn from David
Leytns, sailor on the ship Maihatlan.
who is I'm France.
Sailor Levin says that he still recalls
the inspiring services and sermons
which he attended last year while be-
ing stationed here, and hopes TO do II
again real soon.
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DIVIDED In NAME,
UNITED IN AIM

AZ s o'clock this evening special
Sabbath services Will be held in the
Adas kodesch Synagogue, Sixth and
French streets. Rabbi David u. Swircn
will deliver an address entitled divided
in Name. United In Aim" IL promises
20 be very interesting and timely. All
are invited TO come. The young folks
especially xviii derive much spiritual
Evening journal., 1918-12-06

To make that spare room earn some
thing-adyertise It in the WANTS
ADV.
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Handbags and Purses,
Silk Waists, Sweaters,
Parssols, Shoes and Hos
iery.
BUY USEFUL ARTICLES
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
Really Costly Wall Paper.

While the rise In the cost of wall
papers In this country has had no eff
feet on them, a local retailer is Offer
ing some merchandise of this kind that
is about as expensive to buy as it is
to get a grand piano by the tobacco
coupon saving method. A New York
Times reporter was told of one lot
consisting Of a few panels of antique
paper, the price for the lot being
$1,000. Some other paper, which is of
Chinese design and painted by hand
many, many years ago, is to be sold by
the same retailer at $3.50 for a few
rolls. In this class is some paper in
the possession of Coutt's Banks Lon
don branch. According to the man who
told the story, this paper, when a
change Of location was made some
time ago, was cut from the walls of
the old place by specially made steel
knives. The paper was said to be
nearly as thick as it was valuable, and
survived the process of removal all
right.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
GOOD
ROADS
AIDS ROAD MAKING
Successfully Used In New Hampshire
In Conjunction With Regulation
Road Machine.

In Atkinson, N. H., the farm tractor
has been successfully used In making
and preparing roads, doing away with
horses.
A 20-horse-power tractor. as shown
In the picture. was used In conjunc-
ton with the regulation road machine
for rounding of the surface Of the
road and cleaning out cutters. II was
found that the tractor not only easily
does the work Of six or eight horses,
but better and in less time. Two men
only are required as compared with
four required with the former system.
Besides, double the ground Is covered.
When the tractor is used with the
road drag. n man, driving the trac-
tor, can round up and smooth as much
state road in half a day as n man
with a pair of horses in n day and
a half. The tractor hauls four to six
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

guests. is a long, rather ugly room
which Morley asked Sidney to give him
as a private Office. Night after night
he worked there before the house was
opened to the public, and afterwards
too, %perfecting his scheme. He per
fOrated the walls, so that, by means
Of a little movable machine which ]
could work, a spray of arenOfOrm could
be shOwered through the oak wainscOt-
ing either into the d~ining-hall on one
side or the two sitting-rOoms on the
other. Then he had the table arranged
along the wall; and as n popularity
Of arenofOrm is that it smells like
wOod-wOnderfully like old Oak-nO
detective could have suspected any
thing by coming to sniff about the
place afterwards.
"When Morley IA in the dining
hall or one Of the sitting-rOOms-
whichever place we planned to have
something happen-I would be in the
locked office, and at a signal which
he would give me when most of the
servants were u of the room waiting
to bring in a new course, l would turn
on the spray. Then, when everybody
in the room was under the influence,
which they were in a minute or two.
Morley, wearing a respiratOr, would
slip in, take whatever he wanted from
some unconscious man or woman, or
even several persons, before anyone
woke up.
"Of course, the horrid stuff has af.
fected our health-Morley's and mine
as we'll as that of everybody else
who has been near when the machine
was worked, or lived in the house
for any length Of time. But we hoped
that Sidney and her mother would
soon give up. Then the place would
be MOrley's, and we would be repaid
for everything. While if they held
on we should at least have the jewels.
"When Morley was working at the
walls he discovered the way into this
secret place out of our Office-not the
only hiding hole In the hOuse-but
neither Sidney nor her mother knows
Of its existence. Now you know the
whole story. And if you have any
n of justice you'll admit that Nor.
ley isn't to blame when the place
should have been his, and not Sidney's
or her mothers"
Long before dawn Mr.. and Mrs.
Morley Chester left Wood House.
Next day Christopher told Sidney and
Sir Walter Raven the tale as it had
been told to him. Also, he showed
them the store Of jewels and bank
Where the Morley Chesters went,
Christopher and others did not know,
and did not want to know.
Christopher would not accept any
payment from Sidney Chester. But
he would like to have a piece of her
wedding cake to dream on" He did
not think it would cause him to dream
old oak.
(END OF FIFTH EPISODE.)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
RIGHT SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS
II Should Include Everything From
Expensive Concrete to Minor
Dirt Wagon Ways.

What we need and in time will have
Is a system Of highways which will
ramify from the largest cities to the
doorway Of the humblest citizen-vil-
lager or farmer. Such a system Of
highways will include trunk lines with
expensive concrete or brick surfaces
for the very heavy traffic, including
trucks and automobiles. Less used but
important roads may be of waterbound
macadam or gravel. Perhaps In GER
tain regions where stone and gravel
are not at hand oiled roads may prove
most economical and practical. Minor
wagon ways must remain of native
soil, built and maintained with the
road drag. Meanwhile antagonisln to
road dragging breeds in a lack of in
or a narrOwness which fails
to comprehend the facts.-D. Ward
King.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

minutes. and the patients were terri
bly, exhausted next day, so that the
stuff would not do even for dentists In
extracting teeth. as 1t was more de-
pressing than gas. One of the most
wonderful things about 1t was that a
lot of people could be made unc0n-
sclous at once, even in a big room. by
a spray Of arenOfOrm floating In the
air. But though that was curious and
interesting, 1t was not of practical
use, SO a%renOfOrm was a failure.
"The disappointment was SO great
that MOrley's father was never the
same again. Then he died, and there
were hundreds and hundreds Of tie
bottles in the house, of no use to any
body; but Morley had promised his
dying father not to let them be de-
strOyed. 1t was the existence of that
quantity of arenoform in the house
left him by his father which put the
idea Of coming here into MOrley's head.
"Next to the dining-hall on one side.
and separating it from the two room
used as private sitting-rooms for
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
He was received BY a mild. old,

He was received by a mild, old.
whlte-haired butler, and a fOotman In
neat livery was sent to show him the
way to the garage. Scarlet Runner
disposed Of for the night, he returned
to the house.
His name was announced as II he
had been an invited guest arriving at
Il country house, and from a group
near the fireplace came forward to
welcome him a young man with a de-
lightful face. CHANGING past him for
an instant, as he advanced, Chris
topher saw Sidney Chester, In evening
dress a dainty old lady whom he took
to be her mother; a rather timid-lOok-
Ing little woman, whose pretty features
seemed almost plain in contrast with
Miss Chester's; a handsome, darkly
sunburnt young man, with a sOldierly,
somewhat arrogant air; also seven or
eight strangers, divided into different
parties scattered about the hall.
SLOW do you do? Is 1t possible we're
to have the pleasure of entertaining
the famous Mr.. Racer" said the young
ma who came to greet Christopher.
my lame is Morley Chester, and l
play host for my cousins, Mrs. Chester
and her daughter"
Then Mr.. Chester introduced him to
the two cousins, mother and daughter
Che meeting the girl as If for the first
time), to the pretty, quiet young wOm-
an who was, it appeared, Mrs. Morley
Chester, and added an informal word
or two which made Sir Walter Raven
and Mr.. Christopher Race known to
each other.
Sidney Chester's fiance was, after
all, very pleasant and frank in man
ner, his naughty air being the effect,
perhaps, Of u kind of proud reserve.
Christopher could not help feeling
slightly drawn to the young man, as
he usually was to handsome people;
but there was no doubt In his mind
that Mr.. Morley Chester was an agree
able person.
Before Mr.. Chester and Sir Walter
Raven no one mentioned the trouble
in the house; but next morning, sitting
in the hall. which was the favorite
gathering place, he caught scraps of
gossip. No n present had yet been
robbed, but everyone had heard some
thing queer from others who had left
the place, and as a rich brewer, lately
knighted, intended to 60 away in his
motor after luncheon that day, he was
being chaffed by his acquaintance.
Il suppose you'll give your watch
and money to your chauffeur before
you sit down for the last meal?"
an American girl who had ar
some days before in her motor
car
mo, l shan't," replied Sir Henry
SmithsOn v%aliantly. II don't believe
in this nonsense. I'll show you what
[ have got on me, and us l am now, so
shall l be when l go into the dining
hall"
With this he displayed Il gorgeous re-
with his monogram and crest
IN brilliants; indicated II black pearl
'carf-pin, turned Il sapphire and dia-
nond ring set in aluminium on a fat
finger, and jingled Il store of coins in
his pocket, which he announced to be
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
Benefit OF IMPROVED ROADS
Establish Graded Schools In Ru.
raj Districts.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of A~griculture.)
That improved roads would benefit
our country-school system there would
seem to be no doubt. Good roads make
It possible to consolidate or centralize
the schools and to establish graded
schools in the rural districts. Such
schools centrally located will accom-
modate all Of the children within a
radius Of four or five miles. In many
communities having the advantage Of
improved roads commodious buildings
have been provided, more competent
teachers employed. and modern facili-
ties for teaching supplied at a mini
mum cost.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
"And my money" finished Sir Henry

"And my money" finished Sir Henry
Smiths0n.
"I'm drcadfully sorry" stammered
Mr.. Chester. II begged you to be
careful"
"Oh, I've got myself to blame,
suppose" broke In the brewer. He
gave u rough laugh, but 1t did not
sound genuine. "WhO on earth would
have thought such things could be-
Well. seeing's believing. This is the
queerest house l was ever In. It's be-
| witched."
After this, whenever any guest was
about to leave the house, history re-
peated itself.
Meanwhile Christopher had had q
look into the two private sitting-rOOras.
| which were separated from the dining
hall only by one long, narrow Don
used of late as a kind of Office. He
even ordered dinner in n Of them.
but nothing happened during the meal.
Certain it was that he had grown
nervous and, as he had expressed it,
"junpy." He suffered from headache,
an ailment he had scarcely known be-
fore; slept ftfully, starting awake,
often with the fancy that he heard
a sound in his bedroom. Either he
imagined it, n the Morley Chesters
and their cousin Sidney also looked i'll.
Race had almost abandoned his sus-
picions of Sir Walter Raven, whom he
liked more and more, when, on his
eighth night at Wood House, a sound
startled him from a dream of linen
fold patterned paneling. There was a
queer creaking behind the wainscOt.
Christopher struck a match and
looked ut his watch. 1t was two o'clock.
He determined to stay awake the next
night and listen for the same thing
again. He did so; and it came, at
almost exactly the same hour. That
day, and the day before, a mysterious
disappearance of jewelry had taken
place.
In the morning Christopher asked
the servant who brought his morning
tea who occupied the adjoining room.
"Sir Walter Raven" was the answer.
During the day, as he passed, and
saw the door Of the next room ajar,
he glanced in It seemed to him that
there was an 1nexplicable distance be-
tween this door and his.
Through the open door of Sir Walter
Ravens Don he could see a low win
dow, with a cushioned seat in the en-
brasure. In his room there was one
of the same size and shape. To pre-
vent mistake he propped a book
against the lozenge-panes of his W
window, and went out to walk round
the rambling house and reconnOiter.
Yes, there was the book and there
was Sir Walters window farther on
towards the left. But there was some
thing between which did not puzzle
Christopher as much as it would had
he not noticed the distance separating
the doors of the two adjoining rooms.
Halfway between the two low windows
was n tiny one, so overgrOwn with ivy
that it was all but invisible, ever to
Observa0t eye.
Christopher was sure now that some
place of cOnccslment existed between
his room and Sf Walter Ravens, and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
EXPERIMENTS TO BE TRIED
Temporary improvement Of Sand
Roads to Be Made by Use Of Straw,
Hay or Wire Grass.

For the first time an experiment in
temporary improvement Of deep sand
roads by use Of a carpet of straw, hay.
or wire grass, sprinkled with tar or
bituminous produce. will be tried on
Wisconsin highways in the vicinity of
Ria, Columbia county. It Is hoped to
devise methods which will fit the road
for travel at small expense, and 1t is
predicted that this straw carpet will
last three years where traffic is not
heavy. Other. experiments in resur-
facing highways are to be tried on
the Baraboo-K ilbourn road. Thirty.
four hundred sections have been
staked out. and treatment Of each
will be different.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

one, fifty-three, sixty-fve. seventy-four,
sixty-four, seventy-seven, fifty-six, six
ty-six, sixty-three, seventy, forty-nine,
ifty-six, seventy-one, sixty-seven, fifty
eight years. Those at fifty-six, forty
nine and ffty-eight were, respectively.
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley, who
were assassinated. The ages of these
"A men totalize 1853 years, or an aver
age of sixty-nine years each, showing,
Is believed, that the stress and re-
sponsibility Of leadership seem to have
no effect on longevity. The following
causes of death r those popularity &C
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

he was sure, too, that someone entered
there at night. In his own room he
could find no trace of q hidden door or
a sliding panel.
In the afternoon Christopher mo-
tored into R%inghurst to buy a small
saw, and a bull's-eye lantern such as
policemen use. On the way back he
overlook Sir Walter with Sidney, and
they accepted his offer to give them a
lift back to Wood House.
Christopher was pricked with O
guilty pang. He was engaged by Miss
Chester to act as a detective, and yet
he felt ashamed of suspectipg and plot
ting against the man she loved. He
liked Raven, too. He decided to give
Raven the benefit Of the doubt until
he had made n more experiment.
Tea was going on In the hall when
Scarlet Runner arrived at Wood
House. There were letters for Chris
tOpher, and he announced in the hear.
ing Of everyone, including the serv-
ants, that unless he should get a tele-
gram advising him to the contrary he
must leave Wood House, where he had
spent such an enjoyable fortnight, ira-
mediately after breakfast the next
morning.
Christopher took longer over dress.
ing for dinner that night than usual.
He invited Sir Walter Raven to dine
with him. "aS IL was his last evening"
The young man accepted, and they
talked Of Colorado. Sir Walter was
inviting him to come out to his ranch
day, when suddenly the express
sion Of the once healthy, ~sunburnt,
now slightly haggard face changed.
"By Jove!" exclaimed Raven, the
blood mounting to his forehead,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

cepted: Washington, pneumonia (more
correct accounts state edematous af-
lection of the windpipe. Oh membra-
nous croup) ]. Adams, debility Jeffer-
son. chronic diarrhea; Madison, debil-
ity; Monroe, debility; j. Q. Adams,
paralysis; Jackson, consumption and
dropsy; Van Buren,, asthmatic catarrh;
Harrison, bilious pleurisy; Tyler, bill
ious attack with bronchitis) Polk,
chronic diarrhea; Taylor, cholera NOR
bus and typhoid fever; Fillmore, debil-
ity; Pierce, dropsy and Inflammation
Of stomach; Buchanan, rheumatic
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

marvellous beverage called milk, and a
delicate, transparent, g~littering mass
of bubbles that dance in rainbow col
ors within the tumbler. This am
brosia the prosaic nurse calls whipped
up white of egg, as If by mere words
she could exercise the spirit of poetry.
Poetry invades the sickroom, 1t sings
in the sunbeams, 1t leaps with the
leaping flames Of the fire and snuggles
in the bosom of the rose. Poetry is
but the harbinger Of the divine, and
both express themselves In the human
voice. II the forces Of life can take
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

gold, amounting to fifty pounds. "Tvt
II few notes, too" said he, 'and l ex
pect to have them just the same wher
finish my lunch as when l 60 in."
swell, we shall all lunch at the same
time, and watch" remarked the Ameri.
can girl.
1t was, indeed, a beautiful room, this
dining-hall which Sidney Chester had
praised. 1t IA wainscoted to the cell
ing in old oak carved in the exquisite
linen fold pattern.
Christopher had a table to himself at
the end Of the long room, and Sir
Henry Smithson sat at u larger one
not far away. He had invited the
American girl, her chaperon, and Sir
Walter Raven to share with him his
farewell meal, and much champagne
flowed.
All went on in the most orderly
manner, and the food was good, as
well as nicely served, though it struck
Christopher that it was rather long
between courses.
Suddenly, as Christopher was begin,
ming upon biscuits and cheese, Sir
Henry SmithsOn sprang up in his chair,
exclaiming, "By Jove!"
Then came a clatter of voices at his
table, bath ladies there crying out In
CONSERVATION.
what has %happened?' asked Morley
Chester, coming out from behind the
screen, while Sir Walter Raven sat
looking pale and concerned, and the
mild-faced butler saved himself from
dropping a bottle Of port.
Everything has gone!" calculated
Miss Reese, the American. "His watch
and chain-his ring-his scarf-pin-
and"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

the dust of the earth and compound 1t
into a woman's hands, and that mira
Gle does not convince us that the
forces Of life are divine, then no other
miracles OF revelations will.-Samuel
McChard Crothers, in the Atlantic
Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

govt; Lincoln, assassination; johnson,
paralysis; Grant, cancer of the tongue
and throat; Hayes, paralysis of the
heart; Garfield, assassination; Arthur,
Bright's disease, paralysis and apo
plexy; B. Harrison, pneumonia; Nc
kinley, assassination.