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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
Pythians and Elks Will Assemble at
Atlantic City This Year.
(By the Associated Negro Press. }

Wy Inc Associated Negro Press.
Chicago.-Not only will Atlantic
city lie gay withe summer visitors in
August but it will entertain two of
the largest and most spectacular gath
erings Of the Negro ever held. Tho
biennial Grand Lodge and Encamp-
ment Of the knights of Pythias and
the annual Grand Lodge of the IN
dependent and Protective Order of
Elks will both meet in Atlantic city.
General r. r. Jackson, who is the
commanding officer Of tho x. Of p,
military division has just returned
from Atlantic City where no states
preparations are we'll under way for
the enter tainment OF the knights and
their friends. More than 10000 uni
formed members are expected to at
tend.
The session Of the Nlks will have
unusual interest because of the elect
ion Of now Grand Exalted Ruler,
in the place Of Almond W. Scott of
Washington, who will retire. At the
present time there arc four prominent
candidates for the honor all OF whom
are lawyers by profession; Thomas
w. Fleming, Cleveland; Will H. Stan
ton. Pittsburgh; George BIO Mechan,
Baltimore and William n. Morris OF
Minneapolis the later being a brother
Of Edw. II. Morris of Chicago.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
HUNS PLANNED TO IsUNIBAItI
ENGLAND.
''90'SsSgyT'97''eS'ss'!'EWTT1 -~'':'-T:'~-~'
This Giant Gun Was to Have Been
Mounted at Ostend

London, March Sit was the inten
ton Of the Germans to mount q giant
gun with which they hoped to DO able
to lombard the English coast last sum
mer. 1t was to DO mounted in tho
neighborhood OF Ostend, and this dc
sign was only frustrated by the yigi-
lance Of the British Air Force who
trained destruction incessantly on tho
specially prepared track by which 1t
was alone possible to convey the mon
ster.
Tho great gun which bombarded
Paris is pigmy compared to this
weapon specially designed for the edi
ficat1On Of the British.
Had 1t been mounted at Ostend it's
range would have included Hythe and
Canterbury and the towns through
out the Isle OF Thanet would have had
to be evacuated.
When fired at an angie OF 45 de.
grees the shell would pass through
the mir ut n maximum height OF over
twenty miles. At this altitude Skin
friction" Is reduced to q minimum,
rs there Is believed to be no air there
and through this void of space the
shell could travel for over thirty
miles before tho force Of gravity
would again draw 1t within the air
bolt, where it would begin its down
ward path toward the objective.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
Madame Hacll!cy Produces a Great
Play "A Patriotic Pageant"
OBy the Associated Negro Press \

81
Chicago, March The greatest re.
construction contribution to the pro
gross OF the race has been made by
Madam E. Azalia lIacklcy, OF this
city in the publication Of "a Patri-
otic Pageant" b ok designed to
show the wonderful progress Of the
Negro and to promote harmony be-
tween the races in every section of
the country.
Madam IIackley is one of the fore
most singers Of the race, and has an
international reputation as a produc-
CT of pagcants and director OF folk
song concerts. Madam Hackley was
in Europe at the time Of the World
War began, and remained in France
FOR quite period afterwards.
Madam Hacliley said ut is my
hope that this pageant may be pro.
duccd In every city and town in This
country before the middle Of July by
some church, school or other organi-
cation in order that as never before
the world may recognize not only our
worth and advancement, but our de.
termination to be Il real part Of The
best community life wherever we
chance to live"
The Pageant will be given in hun
drcds of communities as part OF local
efforts in the forthcoming Victory
Loan Campaign.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
CRIPPLE Is CURED BY BONE
GRANTING.
Unusual Operation Restores Man Sc
lie Can Walk.

Thomas Ryan II painter of Harri--
son. Conn, is able to walk again after
having been cripple for two years
because of spinal trouble. He. was
cured by an operation performed re-
Gently by DR.. Charles w. Walker OF
Rye, N. Y, n chief operating sur
gcon OF Bellevue Hospital and DR..
Adolph Hocr OF Mamaroneck.
Ton years ago Ryan was stricken
with painters collie and his spine be
camc affected. He went to st. Luke's
Hospital, in New York for treatemcnt
and two years ago he was paralyzcd
from the hips down. DR.. Swcpson J.
Brooks called DR.. Walker and DR..
lloor in consultation and Dr. Walk
or decided to perform an unusual bone
grating operation.
The surgeon sawed off n piece OF
tho tibia Of one OF Ryan's legs about
eight inches long and half an inch
thick and with it supplantct the dis
cascd part Of the spine. 1t was tied
with kangaroo tcndons, and eventual
~ grew in place. Ryan's condition
Immediately began to improve and
one day recently he found that he
could move II toe. a few days later
he could move a foot and within Il
few weeks he had recovered the
full use OF both his legs. The leg from
which the bone was taken now Is as
strong as ever.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
Tried to Frame-Up Colored Detective
(By the Associated Negro Press. \

Buffalo, N. Y, March .--Judson
Westmoreland, a colored detective
who was arrested here on a charge
OF assulting taxi driver, believes
that he was framed.
Westmoreland who Is "a cleen-cut
Intelligent colored man" according tc
the white dailies was mentioned by
a minister In his testimony in the
big fight against vice in the city.
Within couple Of hours afterwards
he was arrested. The charge trumped
up against him Is ono coming out OF
an incident that happened more than
two weeks before when the taxi driv-
er endeavored to over charge him, and
the officer refused to pay any but the
regular amount.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
Work for Returning Soldiers
OBy the Associated Negro Prcss.)

(By the Associated Negro Prcss)
Chicago, March.-The subject Of
work for returned soldiers is one
conservative thinking people in every
section Of tho country. Some way is
trying to be fl und to crystalizo the
fine enthusiastic demonstrate ions of
welcome. that ar being displayed
everywhere into material opnOrtuni-
ties for replacement in work. 1t has
become Il serious subject in every cen
ter of the country, and will be more
so rs the white soldiers begin to re
turn in larger numbers.
Members of the Old Eighth Illinois
and thc Fifteenth New York, have
in many instances been taken back
by their former employers. but in n
far larger number Of cases. the mon
have been almost reduced to begging
General Leonard Wood of the Cen
trail Dept, has taken Il very active
interest III finding places.
Due to the failure of President vii
son 10 call special session of Con
gross 50 that appropriations might be
made. the Federal Free Employment
Bureaus all over the country will
he compelled to close doors by the
first of April, and thousands of sol.
dicrs will be placed at the mercy OF
grating employment offices who arc
charging fabulous prices for employ
mcnt openings, and then in many in
stances do not find them.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
PRMTHxta WANTED.

The A. M. E. Book Concern, e31
Pinc Street, desires q pressman, a job
compositor, stene man, two limo.
type oper1t' rs, one press feeder. Elk
cellent opportunity In business os
tabHshed for more than fifty years.
Steady employment. Please write ex-
perienee, Place OF work, and wages
desirod. This Is An excellent opportu
nifty for good printers. married or
single, who want to move North.
Position open to women as we'll "a
mon. We also desire three appren
ces. Write r. n. Wright, Jr.. Business
Manager, sal Pine St., Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

and was speaking In support of tho
bill to grant Veterans OF tho World
War tho same civil service recogni-
ton as veterans of tho Civil and
Spanish-Amcrican War. Johnson said
L do not know rightly just what
to say to you gentlem IL. You know
we went over there and did our bit.
Only fow of us came back. Now,
what arc you going to do for u.s."
This address got moro applause
than all OF the other speakers conf
bined.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
Announcement.

Mrs. Ella O. Waller wishes to an.
nounco to hor friends that she Is now
with 70. c. Meyer Jewelry Co, Mum.
Der Fl w. Broad Street as agent. She
desires the patronage OF her many
friends as this is tho first Jowelry
Company in this city to employ a
Colorcd woman rs it4 representative
WcddinS Presents, Diamonds
Watches, Silvcrware, Pins and Jew
olry Of all kinds, Cut Glass, Etc. for
sale.
On visiting the store give Mrs.
Waller tho benefit of your purchase
Give her call.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

Sho Will Insist on Racial Equality
Clause Being i'll C0vcnanr.
WOULD REJECT TREATY.

Paris, March 19.-Japan suddenly
has doomed up as the most threaten
ing cloud on President Wilson's hori-
ION. She VIII insist upon Il clear and
uncquiVocu clause i'll ;ne covenant Of
the League of Nations, and if she
fails to obtain it her delegates will re
fuse to sign any treaty containing the
league covenant.
Careful investigation in responsible
Japanese III ssion circles hero by Tho
Sun diScloScS:
First-Thc issue Of speech I'M
doubleday made on direct inspiration
from the Toxic Government and i'll
tended to serve notice on the prcSi--
dent, as the chief author of the cove
nant, that Japan will insist upon
such Il clause.
Sccond--Ihc Japanese delegation
here has received word from Toxic
in tho last few days, since The text
of the covenant was published there,
that i will he unsafe for them to &c
turn home il they give adherence TO
any covenant not containing this
clause.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

OAs Hundred Mon moro. not un
der 1s, to join tho RESERVE OFF,
GERS TRAINING CORPS ut the A.
& T. COLLEGE and ,ako courses
including Military Science and Tactics
leading to degrees of Bachelor of
Eeisnoe In Mechanics aud Bachelor of
so'NAee In Agriculture. Special in
ducemsnts will be offered for the
return Of students this session who
are recently released from military or
sS.val service. Write at ONO for cat
alog of further information.
JAMES b. DUDLEY, PRESIDENT
A. & Il COLLEGE GREENSBORO N. c..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
(By the Associated Negro Press

Dayton, O., March.-A reception
was given in honor OF l.. T. Banks,
who has been named the go ghting
Secretary of tho Y. Nj. c.. a. in
over Seas Service. When he ran out
of doughnuts, coffee and other things
beneficial to the fighting soldiers hc
picked up Il gun and went to fighting
the enemy. Banks is highly esteem
ed citizen OF Dayton and an orator Of
unusal ability.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
Sergeant Henry johnson Speaks
to Legislature OF Nwo York.
By the Associated Negro Prcss.l

Albany. N. Y, March,
Henry Johnson, Of the old 18th New
YORK regiment who killed four Ger
mans and put twenty.one others to
flighS, has been tho biggest man in
Albany during the last fortnight.
EVerywhere he goes crowds follow
him, and he Is the most unassuming
nero ever seen In this city.
He has tho record for having made
the shortest and yet ono OF the most
forcipae. address on record. He waa
before tho legislature OF New York
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY! MONEY! We are au-
thorized to place the below named
amounts upon city real estate Moth
ing beyond 5 miles OF the city will
be considered: $500, $500, $1,000
$1,000, 5000, $500, $500, $500 5000
If you desire larger amounts see us
anyhow. EDWARD S. ROSE co.
Inc, Real Estate and Loans, No.
1917 Bank Street.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

WANTED-An Industrious Is year
old Boy, who has a common school
education. A youth from the
farm will be trained or one from
tho city will be instructed. Apply
at 1907 East Cary Street, Rich
mond, Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
AUSTRALIANS ATTITUDE

Australia will "see the League OF
Nations 90 bust" before consenting
to tho establishment of the principle
OF the equality OF races which would
open Australia to the flood Of Japan
csc immigration.
We won't deviate an inch from
our expressed position on the Japan
ese question" said William M. Hugh
es. the Premier Of Australia. eve
cannot agree to any such provision
heing incorporated into the League
or Nations covenant or adopted in
any other form by the Peace Confer-
ence 80 as to conflict with our inter
ests."
The Australian delegation cannot
see now, IF the Japanese make a de
termined fight, this proposition in
the proposed covenant OF tho league
can possibly be agreed upon within
tho time specified by tho Presidents
party this being Saturday. They be
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
DO YOU KNOW HIM?

Information wanted as to the where
abouB of Levi Coleman. When last
heard from, he was living In Newport
News, Va. Address his sister, Mrs.
Ellen Wycoff, care Of G. Il. Epps, 325
Plainfeld, Ave. Plainfleld N. J.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

Beware Of little expense leaRs,
Small holee often sink the ship. stor
little wastes b. Sny12g Thrift atamp s
and War Savings ataMpe. ~
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

WANTED A good all around Print
or Apply stating terms To The New
Century Publishing Co., 500 Queen
street, Norfolk Va.
FIJI
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

WANTED-A Man and his Wife will
find Good Home in Ginter Park
by applying to THE PLANET, 81
N. Fourth Street, Richmond, Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
CHIEF REASON GIVEN.

Third-Thc racial equality G&use
insisted upon chiefly because OF SGc
attitude OF the United S atcs anu
Australia, which is considered dcmoan
ing TO Japan: ly America because
the Japanese are no treated on an
equality basis on the Yves, crn coast !;
by Australia because she fCrb.ds all
Japanese immigration.
Whatever Niscouut Ishii may have
said in America there is no doubt rs
htc inQu ~ in Japanese circles here
shows, rs to what he meant; namely,
that Japan would not sign the treaty
unless l. contained n clause. The in
timation conveyed yesterday in Amer
lean circles that Viscount Ishii did
not serve an ultimatum and any way
did not represent the view Of Japan
csc here was apparently entirely un
warranted. The question has become
acute through the publication in ia
pan OF the text Of the covenant.
Thcrc is no question that the Liber
al party now in power In Japan would
DO ovcrthrown instantly If tho dclcga
tion here signed treaty without such
clause. The Japanese newspapers
up to this time have been contending
:
nc and for all the Wilson principles,
but the publication OF the covenant
without the racial clause las aroused
n furorc. Tho press is now complain
ing that the Japanese delegation is
weak and it should have pressed the
point more vigorously in the com.
miucc meetings.
The racial equality principle, it is
contcndcd in Japanese principles hero
is vital 20 Japan and without an af-
firmation Of this principle the whole
object OF the league would he destroy
cd. A prominent Japanese made the
point to tho correspondent of The
Sun that tho United States gives
greater rights to the Negro than to
the Japanese and Australia is worse.
"What becomes Of the universal broth
erhood that the league is supposed to
establish" he asks.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
NO PARTISAN ISSUE.

This isn't party issue there at
all, as every party is agreed upon it,
and the voters would rise in their
wrath against any Premier who per
mi'tc6 such provision us the Japan
csc propose to be written into the
league covenant or the treaty OF
peace. Australia has held this view
on the Japanese question since 1902
and won't reverse it now.
The Australian law, generally call
cd '.he exclusion law, is Whimsical hut
efficient. 1t doesn't actually forbid
Japanese immigration, but does pro
vide that every immigrant "of Asiatic
BIRTH must pass the test of translat
ing 200 words in any modern Europ.
can language.
Unless very exceptional Japan
csc presents himself he is called up.
on to translate Lithuanian or Czccho-
Slovak, and tho result is that Aus
tralia with 100000 Anglo. Saxons
has only 10000 Japanese.
Premier Hughes has known for
some time that the Japanese. intend
cf to make n fight for racial equality
but until recently did not know that
ii would be 50 bitter a fight AS soon
investigated public opinion and found
it az determined as over, in fact in
tcnsificd by the tentative decision of
the Council OF Ton to give he islands
III the Pacific near Australia former
" owned by tho Germans to Japan.
This the Australians consider a men,
ace.
In view of this now clement, the
Philippine situation and tho wcll
known state OF oninion in tic West
crn states Of the United States. the
Austra>ianS cannot 500 how Prcsi
dent Wilson can possibly give in Ia
the proposal to incorporate japanese
equality i'll the proposed covenant.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29
DELEGATION STIFFENED.

Marquis Saint will inform Presi
dent Wilson in the next few days in
regard to Japan's attitude If he has
not done so already. 1t is apparent
that cables from Toxic have stffened
tho Japanese delegation greatly. ia
pan now Is asking what will happen
to the treaty and the league If both
America and Japan refuse their adher
cncc.
Tho President is represented as Civ
ing much thought to the question
whether some vague clause can be In
serted which will satisfy Japan and
yet make it clear that INN grafton Is
an Internal question. The situation
presents Immediately one of the most
serious problems before the Peace
Conference.
The Japanese pretend, naturally,
that tho immigration question Is not
involved directly in this question but
Japan in the opinion OF I4any here,
plainly Ia actuated by desire to forti
fy her position in this diplomatic
controversy, and 1t Ia conceded that
she would succeed in this should tho
league affirm this principle Of racial
equality.
The question then would be how
could any signatory treat it's own ma
tionals differently from those of any
other country? Great Britain Ia con
cerned as much as America because
not only are her dominions opposed
70 such action but 1t would bring up
the question also in India.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-03-29

liovo 1t will DO fought over for a
month Or so, and that President Will
son oithor must drop tho idea of hav
ing tho covenant ready simultaneous
ly with the preliminary treaty or the
idea must be dropped.
Thus because Of the Japanese diff
ficulty, which President Wilson had
maintained wouldn't be serious, the
signing Of peace may be delayed in
definitely as it will be impossible
virtually for Premier Hughes TO go
back OH his stand and even If he de
sired to do 50 the feeling in Australia
is as unanimous as any feeling posi-
bly, could be on Japanese exclusion q.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-20
FIRST EAEKS ACROSS
 WE!2EE QUICK CHANGE ARTISTS

Take off you uniforms, Don
 your civilian cEnthes!." came the or
 der from the English captain of the
 Ortura- the old Cunard liner that
 was carrying the first Yankee unit to
 England in May, 1917. It was q pre-
 nature demobiliEatiOn order that
 made one hundred and fifty Ameri-
 cans hot under the collar; for five
 days EaEo-e they had forsa ken civi-
 ian clothes for khaki stv'es, Here
 lIloy v@o-e in mid-Atiantic, still sev-
 eTa} days travel from tn" submarine 1ona- ordered to discard their uni
 forms before they had even grown ac- clIst2Iz1at 10 them!
 Tn, Home Sector tha ex-soIdier's lnazazi5u conducted by the former editorial council of The stars and Strpies gives this version Of the strange GeeD-sea Transformations: ''Au the time the Cunarder kept zig
 zaging in her course, and the strain of the submarine rrcnace was as ob- vi0us in the boat crew as among the ; military r.aSsengerS. Then. WiI1 the -eaZ GanEcr .zoI7s several days ahead. ,,-, ms. { orainor-- .rr ly-, By command of the British captain of the boat, all Americans in uniform must take them
 off and keep them off until he ship
 had met her convoy. In case the
 ship were torpedOed and those aboard
 had to abandon her. the Germans
 certainly would shell the lifeboats # they saw them filled with uniformed men, and the captain didn't want to take any chances of a new sea hor-
 TOT in which women civilian passen- gers might be victims.
 50 off came the uniforms. Fol lowed nasty bargaining with the Brit i ish sailors who already had come into ! possession of scores of Yankee suits and shirts and civilian shoes, and the ship returned to the civilian aspect it { had when t sailed from New York About the same time. the captain of i the ship save orders that all bugIing must stOp-''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-20
MCCORMICK AT POLTs.

All this happened before Arnistice day.
 A little old lady. her snow white hair untitled iz the trarnor of her ez- citenent, stood ID in tho se~o16 TOW at Carnegie hail and Cyptned t.1e spirit of the 5.o54 people who were present. John a-oCo-uacss Fad just begun to sing --E7ne> l,ard of Armagh
 The occasion was 1o'aR N"Crrma"h's s ''bit'' to the famous: s.iEty-pInth regi- ment---a '7b5t'' that 1ettod $14,00o for the dependent faEaues oG -he men who went to the tros,l valh Inc One Hun Cre4E and Sixty rsizsn- F'Gprsnne Court Justice Victor E LsgTvltnsS made q speech. He t0}ej of tie traditions of the Fighting I-Esh S.sZ.y- -1i.Fth,' and introduced the new ccrgsCE.sl r5sj GE:', who stood up and tzosEe5z- r. prnd5cIad that the boys e G2e sixty -T1..sth would return u~51h new laurel.
 AEcCorusck will ems at Poii't the atre Sunday, Dec- 9, at 2 o'c10ca- TFas concert will take tbR place of the one uuaavol6a:o7g I,e,z5g2aezf i2y the tenor's tndisDoa5riol T-5>-szc5ss bought for tho Nov. 16 concert wEI ra uon@red.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-20
"TRE

Out In the wild and movie West they call Thomas II. Iuce "the screen star . maker" If you have any Cnubts as to his right to this title, survey the list of Iuminaries he has supplied to the screen during the past six years. 1903, Sessue Haya- kawa; 1914, William s. Hart and Bezsie BarriscaIe. 1915, Ii B. War ner Frank Ksenan, and William Desmon5; 1906, Dorothy Dalton Charles Ray, and Louise G!au1n; and in 1917, Enid Bennett. Now Mir Ince has gone and done it again, pre- s5eutlnz, az hfs latest addition to the stellar ranks the team of Doris May and Douglas Mclean The great pro lucer has had these two talented young people under his wing for two years now, and he has never picked sa failure yet, 50 il is reasonably cer- tain that they are destined for a joint career of success. But Mir. Ince has taken no chances He recently paid out $67,000 for six cheerful clever stories by noted authors as starring vehicles for his new finds.
 The first Of these is 'Twenty-three and @ Half Hour Leave" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, which has been made into Paramount Aircraft picture and will be shown at the Elm pire Theatre for three days com mencing Sunday next