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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
T Croix dHins, the United States
Navy last Monday officially turned

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~ Navy last Monday officially turned
over to the French Government the
most powerful radio station in the world.
This great plant. built for the use of our
commanders in the great struggle, consists
of a quadrangle of eight tours, $50 feet in
height, over which are suspended the twenty
wires of the antenna using a power of 14O,-
900 volts. The towers are the highest in
the world with the exception of the Eiffel
Tower and this magnificent radio plant is
seven times more powerful than that famous
station.
When Gen Pershing arrived in France
and his troops began to flow across the At
lantic in a steady stream he began to get
his lines of communication established. The
navy was on the job in the Atlantic and
with hundreds OF vessels doing patrol duty,
and the constant need of unhindered COM
munication between Gen. Pershing Adj
miral Sims and our other commanders in
France. it was necessary to organize sys-
tenn Of radio transmission for messages.
Speed Vital Factor.
Speed was the word in everything con-
nected with the great conflict and speedy
communication with Washington was of
great Importance. Some of the cables had
been cut by German submarines and others
were disabled and it was question whether
the Germans night not be able to destroy
the entire cable system at any time leaving
us without means of communication with
our forces.
The United States Navy was called upon
to supply this system and at the signing of
the armistice we had over 5000 operators
in the service and over $50 stations, in add
ton to which there were about fifteen air
stations equipped with naval radio appa-
ratus
One of the principal means of increasing
the efficiency and speeding up traffic was
the introduction of automatic high speed
transmitting and receiving apparatus. High
power stations are now being operated auto
matically at speeds of from so to 200 words
a minute. as compared with an average of
less than 20 words a minute when using
hand sending.
BEING unable to foresee the conclusion Of
the world conflict the United states naval
authorities set about to erect the most
powerful radio station in the world. The
hts was selected at Croix dIIins. in the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

General is in nine cases out of ten much
more complete than is necessary to convict
a man in court and send him to Jail.
The Post Office Department does not busy
itself with punishment of criminals. 1t is
content with denying the use of the mails
to fraudulent advertisers and business get
tiers. The criminal prosecutions are the bust
ness of the United States District Attorneys
and State prosecuting officers. But-and
there's the rub-the evidence collected by
the army of postal inspectors is not kept
secret from these prosecuting officers 1t
is there ready for use in the courts.
Ponzi Never Had a Chance.
That is one of the reasons that Mr. Ponzi.
who made the bunco game almost as famous
in Boston as Bunker Hill, did not have a
chance to avoid official scrutiny From the
very minute he began to use the mails, no
matter what else he was doing TO further
his money making scheme, he came within
the jurisdiction of the postal sleuths When
complaints were made against him the de-
tectives were on his trail.
But in spite of the splendid work which
the postal inspectors are doing the frauds
keep up. They are not quite so vicious per-
haps. as they used to he before the Post
Office Department got busy, but they are
bad enough. They bring in the money, and
that is the main point especially when il Ia
remembered that the class of schemers who
are denied the mails do not give in return
for the money they get anything like it's
value, and usually nothing at all OF value.
Still, human nature Is Interchangeable. Edu-
cation does not seem to reduce the number
of persons who are apparently just waiting
around to be fooled by these ingenious gem
tlemen and fast as the Post Office De-
rartment puts one Of them out OF business
another springs up in his place In fact
there are a great many instances OF men
starting another fraudulent scheme within
week after they have been denied the use
OF the mails. They change their names. or
the names Of their fake companies, and en-
ter upon an entirely new line OF business"
Took Jail Warden as Partner.
The archives of the solicitors ONCE con-
tain the story OF n man in q far Western
state who was the subject of fraud order
by the department. and was later convicted
in the courts and sent TO Jail While he was
in Jail he described his scheme to the warden
so graphically. and 40 impressed that hither-
to honest official with the easy manner in
which money could be obtained that the
warden continued to carry on the self-same
scheme in behalf Of the prisoner on a fifty
fifty basis
Instances of the wives OF prisoners con-
tinuing their business" during tina time
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

After a good many persons had been
"stung" by this man and had reported him
Ia the Post Office Department an i'm
vestigation was made. II was disclosed that
he was operating in 2 little back room over
an undertaking esta blshment, and that his
office furniture consisted of a chair. a table
and typewriter. The valuable information
which he was selling consisted Of poorly
printed cheap booklet or pamphlet of sew
eral pages. which told how persons could
make money by such schemes as finding out
in their home towns those who had second
hand articles for sale and then finding pur-
chasers for them and taking a commission;
getting lists of names OF persons suffering
from various diseases and selling them to
patent medicine concerns. and few other
similarly vague ideas. The cost OF the entire
booklet could not possibly have been over
10 cents. When this mans record was ex-
amined It was discovered that he had pre-
yiously been a rural mail carrier who had
been convicted of rifling the mails.
Health schemes OF all sorts are found in
every recent years record The silent" and
absent treatments Of diseases which have
failed to succumb to ordinary medical treat
ment are offered at good round prices and
usually the advertisements and letters are
worded so as to make special appeal to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Wives in Many Instances Garry On Frauds
After Husbands Go to Prison. -Favorite
Ways of Swindling the Public

women. Frequently there is just a little
tinge of religion thrown in to act as bait.
Deep and mysterious secrets" on such
subjects as birth control are advertised but
when the information comes back through
the mails it is found to be exceedingly COM
monpace. Every now and then somebody
springs up who advertises pictures or books
for sale in a manner to suggest that they are
very naughty. When the gulible pur-
chaser receives them he finds that they are
not naughty at all.
While the postal authorities cannot 'get"
such faker for use of the mails to send
obscene pictures or literature they can get
him, and they do so right along. for mis-
representing the articles.
Many schemes are designed to appeal to
the ignorant and superstitious. especially to
the negroes. 'Hoodoo doctors often operate
through the mails with considerable success
until Uncle Sam stops them.
One of the most ambitious schemes that
has come to the attention of the Department
in recent years was made the subject of a
fraud order only few weeks ago. Thou
sands OF complaints were received from per-
sons who had paid money to a man and his
wife who were operating under dozen or
more names, either of individuals or of COM
panies and associations. The Department
made an exhaustive investigation of the
matter before issuing the fraud order, and,
as in practically every case, the defendants
were given ample opportunity to appear In
their own behalf with witnesses and counsel.
In the Shadow Of the Capitol.
This scheme had it's Headquarters in
Washington. almost within the shadow Of
the Capitol DOME The basic idea was to
prey upon persons who thought they had
literary, artistic or musical ABILITY. Elaborate
methods for obtaining lists OF names of such
persons were worked out and had been re-
markedly successful. Make believe "maga-
zines We're created in the imagination OF
the perpetrators OF this fraud TO which
stories and literary articles written by
clients of the concern were ostensibIy
sold" FtA
There were ramihcations In several cities.
and imposing lists of editors all OF whom
were persons of absolutely no real experience
in newspaper, magazine or book publishing.
OF writing, but whose long experience" was
graphically described In the advertisements
and pamphlets of the concern. These per-
sons were merely young men or women en-
ployed by the principals at $40 or SIS a
week. Their criticisms of literary efforts
sent to the so-called Press Bureau were
copied from printed slips prepared before
hand and numbered A certain kind of
short story submitted for comment would
mt Criticism NO .. for instance. and the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

IN the United States Navy in all parts of the
world, was notified to listen in for signals
from the great Lafayette station. The
signals consisted of the word Lafayette
repeated over and over. Every five days
these vessels We're required to make their
report to the Navy Department covering all
the facts OF the tests as they occurred
III the signals We're weak they were re-
ported as such, if they were plain and dis
tinct the fact was recorded. Needless to
say this powerful station has proved sue
cess III every way, and according to a state
ment made by a French engineer the
station Is so powerful that when sending
message 1T travels around the world and
returns to the starting point like
boomerang before the message is completed
New System of Attaining Speed.
What is it that enables this great station
to send messages around the world at
rate OF 10000 words an hour?
1t is the new system of multipex radio
biography, system adopted by the United
States Navy during the war and with which
four messages can he received at one time
while communication can be carried on
with from four to eight vessels at once
IT is the system used by the United States
Navy Department at Washington and which
President Wilson used in keeping in touch
with the capital while overseas.
Multiplex messages are sent differently
from the old Morse way. man seats him
self at a machine which resembles a type
writer and through which a tape about one
inch in width is threaded. AS he nimbly
manipulates the keys, as in writing letter
the machine perforates this tape in a series
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

middle Western State, who advertised in
many publications that he had Thorough
bred, highly trained coon, skunk, opossum,
fox and rabbit hounds fancy collies and
shepherd dogs for sale"
When an investigation was made of his
spacious kennels IL was found that he had
few old boxes i'm his backyard and seven
NANCY ours. One of the things he adver-
tsed was that he would return the money OF
any dissatisfied purchasers. But he never
did.
Not long ago the lucrative business" of
another individual was broken up by the
postal authorities. He, too. lived in middle
Western State, and he advertised In papers
far away from his nome that for $40 he
would send any one full information telling
how to conduct at home "a high class bust
ness that will bring in from $50 to $3.50 a
week; needs no experience. no capital and is
very pleasant work."
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
DR.. Proctor Makes A
Splendid Address

Boston, July 1.-The Rev. Dr.. Henry
II. Proctor, of Brooklyn, n. Y, who has
recently come from Atlanta, Ga, where
as pastor of the largest negro church in
the United States, he was a leader in
the Atlanta movement for attaining
peaceful race relations, addressed the
fourth dccennial international congre-
gational council today on Pilgrims in
broSee. He siiudeti togrne fact-sshaf the
first slaves were brought from Africa
to Virginia a year before the Pilgrims
landed in Plymouth.
"The present movement of the negro
is not merely national but also an in
ternational movement, he said. "The
path made red by the blood of the slave
ship is yet to regleam with a divine
light pointing the trained man of Afri-
can descent back home to save the dark
continent. As he returns to redeem the
long lost continent he win be a pilgrim
in bronze going out for the great
crusade
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
Walter White Speaks
at Hampton.

Hampton, Va. Walter T. White of
New YORK., assistant secretary of the
National Association for the Advance
mcnt of C6lored People, spoke recently
stitute summer school, on the invitation
of the director, Dr. George P. Phenix.
Mr.. White, who has travelled over
10000 miles during the past years, has
investigated 90 iyneiings and has been
in race riots, studying the facts and
underlying causes of these outrages and
Nlearning mems innermost thoughts on
race relations, described the share-crop-
ping sistem which led to the Elaine,
Arb, outbreak; the Misrepresentation of
Negroes in the press; and the treatment
of the Negro at the recent Republican
CONVENTION
Mr.. White declared that the indu-
strial status of American Negroes has
been changed by the stoppage of for
eign immigration; that the South on
account of the Negro migration has
made-hopeful overtures to its laborers /;
and that there has come among 10000
600 American Negroes a great spiritual
awakening, through which they have
come to find that important changes
can be secured only through racial soli-
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
City Newspapers
Form Press Club

The newspaper men of Chicago
have formed an organization to
create a better understanding, and
to work unitedly in the promotion
of the varied interests of the race
The organization was the outgrowth
of a dinner at the Idlewild Hotel,
East 33rd street and Wabash avenue,
given by Cary B. Lewis, managing
editor of The Chicago Defender.
Following the dinner, with Mr..
Lewis as POSTMASTER, addresses were
made by w. Allison Sweeney, w. C..
Linton, j. Upper, Lawrence Newly,
w. Fl. A. Moore, and A. N. Fields. A
motion prevailed forming a tempo
rary organization, Cary E. Lewis be-
ing selected as chairman, and Nahum
Daniel Brascher as secretary. A COM
mittee on permanent organization
was appointed, with A. N. Fields as
chairman, and one representative
from each of the newspapers in Chi
cago. This committee met in the
office of The Chicago Defender
Wednesday night, and there will be
another meeting of the entire body,
Saturday night, July 10, at the Ap-
pomattox Club, 1892 Grand Blvd.
Col. Franklin A. Dennison was the
guest of honor at the Idlewild din
ner, and made an address of timely
Importance, in which he urged the
necessity of high standard news
paper organizatioD in Chicago, and
called particular attention to the
force such an organization will have
in molding public sentiment. All of
the addresses of the evening were
enthusiastic, and left no doubt that
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
YAPPY NOSEY went to the
o+or ~ tba oon not lnnV

HAPPY NOSEY went to the
alter in the Loop not long
ago and as usual the white
comedian with the black face was on
the bill. | heard the blackfaced man
remark to his partner, the straight
man, that he would knock his head
from between his ears and | Won
dered if such thing was possible.
The way | see my people lavishing
their hard-earned money, from the
stockyards, steel mills and railroads,
on painted beauties and heartless
vampires, | have come to the opinion
that these Amazons were the hard
hitters that the comedian referred
to. Nosey knows that some one has
knocked these summer sports heads
off and that only the ears are left.
They certainly do believe the whis-
perings of Vampires that are breath
ed Delilahly like into their dusty
ears.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
The Lynching Record
For The First Six
Months 1920.

According to the records kept by
the Department of Records and Re-
search of the Tuskegee Institute,
Monroe N. Work, in charge, that
there have been in the first 6 months
of 1920, IL lynchings.
All of those lynched were Negroes.
Eight of those put 70 death were
charged with the crime of rape.
The States in which lynchings oc-
cured and the number in each state
are as follows: Alabama, 2; Florida,
1; Georgia, 2; Kentucky, L; Kansas,
/; Minnesota, 3; South Carolina, l :;
Texas, /. There is also the Duluth
affair.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

the local members of the Fourth
Estate" are very much in earnest.
Those present were: Alfred An
derson, L. c. Harper, A. N. Fields,
w. Allison Sweeney, Sylvester Rus
sci. A. c. McNeal, w. H. A. Moore,
Jake Upper, Robert Butler, Claude
A. Barnett, James Brewington, Will
liam c. Linton, Jos. Bib, Lawrence
Newly, VIM. Foster. Nahum Daniel
Brascher, Cary B. Lewis and Col.
Franklin A. Dennison.
The dinner was prepared under
the direction of Mrs. Nora Allen, and
was noted al" by the guests, who
belong to class that knows where
of they speak.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
TALKING ROCK.

Have you ever read the origin of
the name Talking Rock" a post
Office in Pickins County, Ga? The
Boston Post told it this way:
Some one discovered in the vicinity
a large stone upon which had been
painted the words Turn Me Over 1t
required considerable strength to ac-
complish this, and when it was done
the commend, Now turn me back
and let me fool somebody else was
found painted on the other side of the
stone.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
: WAS-Awalking along Michigan
Boulevard near Thirty


- third street not very long ago
and noticed that a young lady
(white), was aimlessly and listlessly
drifting down the boulevard, occasion
ally she would cast her limpid eye
into the peering lustfui faces of the
male passes by, but the hating sig
nal was not given and she continued
to drift along aimlessly and listless-
ly. About an hour later ! was nosing
around Thirty-fifth and Grand Boule-
ward and | saw the same brazen
young lady standing in the center of
gathering of Irish policemen and
detectives. | eased up into the stern
gathering and poked my nose into
the audience. | heard the Bulls put
the slim willowy girl thru the third
degree and ask her why she was out
in the Black Belt-and whether she
was fond of Niggers. She answered
81 have no color prejudice, | believe
that you Irish gentlemen are entitled
to freedom and liberty, which you
are fighting so hard for. have re-
spect for all people Of worth and
merit and | am sorry that | cannot
place you gentlemen in that cate
CORY. | must bid you gentlemen
good night as | must meet my hus-
band who is a colored man. Good
night, men," and aimlessly and list
lessly drifted down the picturesque
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10


n AUSING in front of res
taurant not long ago | was
seized with desire to go
in and get a bite; as | only had a
few niekels in my pockets decided
that | would eat sparingly and that
by system save Six Cents for carfare.
| ordered an egg sandwich, glass
of iced tea and piece of pie. The
waiter handed me check for forty
five cents and paid under mental
duress and walked out and hungrily
swung aboard my car and when |
gave the conductor the customary
Six Cents, he said, "Wait a minute
brother, the fare has been raised to
eight cents" / felt the cold sweat
begin to run down my body as | felt
the empty recesses Of my threadbare
pockets. When the ear stopped | gath
cred the Ankle Express. | walked
along dreaming dreams no mortals
ever dared to dream before. And if |
was talking in my sleep the language
that used could not be printed in
the Ladies' Home Journal"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

The Monogram Theater veritable swine operated
by Mr. Miller who has made thousands of dollars out of Negro
and who apparently thinks that Negroes do
require well ventilated place decent performers Perhaps
the health officers and the alderman convince him that he
least fresh air to his and that hide
ously smelling place is not a heatly place.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

1t is said the only way 10 tell ban
ker from barber in New York is to
ask Me individual if he is out on strike.
If he is not, then he is banker-1Sioux
City journal.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

In other days in the heat of political
excitement movement toward the hip
may have been a warning of danger
Now it may arouse pe.-Pittsburgh
Gazette Times.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

What does the o'clock closing of cabarets mean? Does
that the police department in about cleaning
the city of and its ncubaors? Very well and good if
that is the but they going confne their activities
the second ward only of their work will be DONE
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

That priceless apeke simp who find other of
earning livelihood work AFRICAN dodger" at
the Amusement Park 33rd and South Wabash Some
would render great if they would put lead
of the balls that used and then win cigar by hitting the
bull in the
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

Those "jackies" who ride in army trucks thru the col
section eeng the ooored people, They evidently
looking trouble and someone preferably the police should
stop them from this practice before they find trouble.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

The Democratic National Convention thru misguided pre-
JUDGED minds refused the Irish question and entirely
and perhaps naturally sidsteps the Negro question: the
point which they with the National Republican
vention
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

and romantic boulevard. | also eased
out of the crowd and chanted good
night to the Gents" from distance.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10
yY THILE aimlessly drifting down
wv the stroll Estate street,,
nassnd a cnlnred barber

shop and was attracted by a card
board sign in the window and | read
upon that sign much to my astonish-
ment that "Manacureios" was want
ed. Nosey stuck his protruding nose
into the window and continued to
gaze at the bewildering sign when it
suddenly dawned into his thick head
that the barber wanted manicurist
and that was his feeble way Of spell
ing that complex word. Free schools
and awkward spoilers.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

The Poles are still struggling east
ward in search of self determination
Durham Sun.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-10

/ AUSING in front of a res
taurant not long ago | was
LII lnrirn Ii 40
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-12
In the Days News.

William o. Thompson, who will repre-
sent the public on the commission APP
pointed by President Wilson to settle
the wage controversy in the anthracite
coal industry, is president of Ohio State
university. He began his career, after
graduation at Muskingum college, as
student of theology. Entering the Pres
byterian ministry he held pastorates in
Iowa and Colorado until 1891, when he
was called to the presidency of Miami
college, one of the oldest and best of
the small colleges in Ohio. On the basis
of the record there made, during an eight
year term, he was called to the presi-
dency of the State university in 1899 !:
and he has steadily grown to be one of
the most forceful and influential among
the educators who administer state uni
tversAies. At the same time he has re-
tanned more than lip loyalty to dis
tinctly religious interests; and in recog-
milton of that fact he was chosen presi-
dent of the international Sunday School
association two years ago.