The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-15


in many cities through the south,
Charles E. Cotterill, representing
southern shippers before the senate
interstate commerce committee yes
terday.
NEW ORLEANS, La.--Rev. FIR.
Peter Cuddy, pastor of St. Catherine
of Siennas Church for Negroes,
1909 Tulane avenue, died Friday at
Hotel Dieu and will be buried Sun
day after ceremonies at St. Gather
inc church at 10 a. m. Archbishop
Snow will officiate.
CAMP GRANT, Ill.--War depart
ment reports for the week ending
Feb. 20, received here, show Camp
Grant still leading for total dis
charges. Grant, with 73,064, leads
its nearest competitor, Camp Dodge,
by 8,S16: Camp Taylor, KY, is
third with 64,24S.
BOSTON--Dr. Robert R. Motion,
principal of Tuskegee Institute, was
one of the speakers at a patriotic
celebration in honor of the return
ing colored soldiers, held last night
in Symphony hall, Boston, Mass.
CLOUGHS, Ala.-Thomas Ander-
son, member of the 370th Inf, just
returned from France, was buried
here today. He was found dead in
his rooming house at Chicago.
PHILADELPHIA, PA state
ment signed by 800 prominent
American Jews, setting forth their
objections to the organization of a
Jewish state in Palestine as pro-
posed by the Zionist societies in this
country and Europe, to be presented
to the peace conference in Paris, has
been made public here. Objections
to the segregation Of the Jews as a
nationalistic unit in any country is
also made in the statement, which
will be presented to the peace con-
ference by Representative julius
Kahn of California.
MINNEAPOLIS - Gen. Rhinow
said the new military policy proba-
bly, would make it impossible to or
ganize a battalion of negro troops
with the expectation of their receiv-
ing federal aid, as the state has its
full quota of troops authorized un-
der the new policy, which will limit
the state guard in Minnesota to g.
400 men.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Archie
Ridley, a young Brookline athlete,
has been chosen captain by the Har-
ward yearlings. Young Ridley, who
is well known in schoolboy athletics
in Boston, was last year captain of
the "Tank Team" of Brookline high
one of the leading schools in wa
ter sports of the country. Ridley is
the mainstay Of the Crimson team in
its coming meet with Andover
Academy.
MUSKOGEE, Okla.-Rather than
register colored women, it is alleged
that John Doyle, a registrar of this
city, resigned.
PASADENA, Cal.-George F. Ed
munds, former United States sena-
tor from Vermont, died here today
following a long illness. He was
81 years old.
PITTSBURGH - Shortage of la
Dor in the south calls for the imme-
date return of thousands of Ne
groes who came north for war work.
George W. Harter of Atlanta, Ga,
declared here today. Harter came
here as the representative of organ
lied labor of Georgia in an effort to
induce Negro labor to return to the
south, where thousands of Jobs are
reported awaiting them.
MlNNEAPOLIS-A. II. Pope. ne
gro, a railway mail clerk on the Mil
W2ukee road, was found dead TODAY
on the Milwaukee tracks at Eighth
street and Seventeenth avenue south.
His body was badly mangled and
the police said they believed the man
had thrown himself under the wheels
of train.
CHARLESTON. w. Va.-Charles
H. James and E. L. James, members
of the firm of c. II. James G. Son,
produce dealers in this city, have
been elected members of the
Charleston Chamber of Commerce,
composed Of leading white citizens.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.-The Biz
mingham Civic and Welfare asso1la
tion Of Birmingham, sent a conmu-
nication to the legislature that was