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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Delegates to Convention are
Given Banquet

Chicago, Ill, June 10.-Over 200
hundred delegates to the convention
attended the banquet rendered to the
visitors by the citizens committee last
Wednesday night in the large dining
room of the Vincennes hotel. William
r. Cowan served as Toastmaster and
the following program of toasts fol-
lowed the dinner:
General Wood and the Negro, Maj.
John r. Lynch; International Re-
lations, DIR. Ernest J; Lyons; The
Citizen Soldier Maj. r. r. Jackson.
Jr.; Solving the Problem, Bishop A.
]. Carey; The Negro in the West,
Hon. Nelson c. Crews, Reducing
Southern Representation, Hon. e. H.
Wright; Our Candidate, DR.. Emmett
j. Scott; Making Democracy Safe,
w. H A. Moore Americanism, Hon.
Charles w. Anderson
Claude A. Barnett, Nahum d. Brash-
er. David Hawley, DR.. Leonard Lewis
and Harvey A. watkins were the
committee of arrangements.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19

spoke.
Tuesday morning session were to
be devoted to organize In the after
| noon at 4 o'clock the Spingarn medal
award viii be. made on the campus
| of Atlanta University to the man of
African decent who in the last year
has achieved the most honorable dis
tinction. Bishop John Hurst will pre-
side; The speakers viii be DR.. NJ. w.
Adams, acting president of Atlanta
University; John Hope. president OF
Morehouse College, and Miss Mary
White Oyington. the novelist
RESOLUTIONS calling on the national
advocating the principles of COM
mon justice and Democracy for all
American citizens, regardless of race
or color and petitioning congress
to adopt the Dyer Federal anti-lynch-
here of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
The resolutions said "the patience of
tha Colored people can find its limit"
more vital to the high welfare and
future of the nation" than the race
question, the resolutions addressed to
the national conventions called upon
them to declare for:
1.-THE untrammelled right of the
Negro to vote under the identical
qualifications required by other citi-
zens.
that crime which has become the
shame and humilition to this nation
before the civilized world.
Federal aid to education, so dis
tributed as to insure to every child,
black and white, free common school
education.
Federal legislation against the jim
crow car in Interstate traffic.
Federal Legislation against the pol
lev of racial segregation in the Fed
eral civil service.
"A clear and unequivocal statements
of the policy of the United States
government to respect the Independent
ce of a sister republic, Haiti"
| Detroit was selected as the next
meeting place, the time to be decided
on later
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Grants Reduced Rates to Del
egates.

The Southwestern Passenger As
of One and One-third q 1-3) fares
from all points with its territory
TO the Sunday school and b. Y. p. u.
Congress which meets in Washington.
d. C.. June 1927, 1920
ritory southwest Of st. Louis, in
Guiding Texas, Arkansas Oklahoma,
Missouri. (south of the Missouri Riv-
er) and Louisiana (west of Mississip-
u River).
All persons attending the Congress
are hereby instructed TO purchase
their tickets one way to Washington
and obtain a Certificate from the
return for One-third of the regular
fare. BE sure TO procure this Certi-
ficate, otherwise you will not be able
to get the reduced rate on your re-
turn.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Alarmed at Continued Mi
grafton.

Jackson, Miss, June 10.-At the
last meeting of the Jackson board
stated that the labor shortage had
become serious menace to the bust
ness interests of the city and state,
that another exodus of Negroes was
now on stronger than ever before a@n9 @
strength.
For this treason he had invited Presi-
dent Hubert of jackson College, q
flourishing Negro institution, TO at
codld. the cadse OF this second exo-
dus Of Negro labor to the north and
west and TO suggest a remedy.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Walker Mfg. Co., to Hold Con
yentiOn in Cleveland.

The certified agents of the, Mad
am c. ]. Walker Mfg. Co... VIII meSt
cnnvenes in cleveland Ohio. August
IS-14th for the purpose of setting
fortb plans for a substantial increase
Of business for the coming year.
A unique feature connecteu wnn VIII
vention is the contest opened by the
publicity department Of the home OF
flee $40 North West Street. Indian
apoiis, which provides, a free Trip 10
ficles fiiJ Of 500 words on How / sue
oeeded as an agent of the Madam
q I walker co. The contest, which
is being managed BY a contest ed, Ed
June list to July 25th inclusive.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
H. |. Johnson is Elected Ma.
tionaI Committeeman.

Chicago, ILL.,, June 10.--Henry Lin
coin Johnson, an Atlanta Negro, who
led the fight on the Lowden delegates
before the Republican National Conn
mittee was today elected National
Committeeman from Georgia by the
State delegation.
Roscoe Pickett, the defeated candidate
for National Committeeman. announ-
ced that they would carry their fight
To the Credentials Committee of the
convention
johnson, at the headings had told
90 his hopes of being National Com
mitteemon If the Lowden delegates
were seated. e.,
loyv: south Carolina, Joseph w. Toll
bert; Kentucky, A. r. Hert; North
Carolina; John M Morehead; Arkan- Si1Il
liam p. Jackson, Tennessee, John w.
Oversall; Utah, Ernest Bambergeri
Virginia, d. Lawrance Groner.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Negro Catholic Nun Serves
SO Years.

Baltimore, Nd. June 10.-One Col
ture Lee celebrated the fifieth anni-
versary of her novitiate. and nine
others their silver jubilee, at the
mother house of the Oblate Sisters
of Providence on Thursday. May ~.
Cardinal Gibbons and other notables
were there.
The nine who have spent quart
er of century as nuns are
Mother Mary Julian Beekans. Moth
Mary Petra Boston. Sisters Mary An
thony Braxton. Mary Dolores Swami,
Mary Irene Jackson. Mary Joanna
Osborne, Mary Gerard Morris and
Mary Lawrence Atee.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Judge Clark Speaks at St.
Augustine Finals.
Tells of The Grent Progress CoIored
Race Has Made in Last Fifty Years.

Raleigh N. c., June 1O.-Commence-
ment exercises of st. Augustine's
school took place Wednesday morning.
the principal address being delivered
by Chief Justice Walter Clark. He
Enumerated some Of the things that
have been accomplished by the
race in the last half century. bas-
ing his remarks on government and
state statistics. He commented on the
growing wealth of the Negroes In the
State and said that they had used
their means generously during the
war in the purchase of Liberty Bonds
and in other patriotic work. They
were making progress In home own
ing. in agriculture, and In many ac-
tivities, the speaker said. From among
the Negroes have come, he added. ar
tIsts, sculptors, musicians. poets, ora
tors lawyers and physicians.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Kelly Miller Will Go on Sum.
uler Tour.

washington. d. c., June 1O.-Prof.
J<elly Miller of Howard University
viii start upon lecture tour about
the middle of June. He will lecture
in the principal cities Of OHIO
Indiana, illinois, lowe, NepT9ska'
wyoming, Colorado, Utah, ldah2'
Montana. Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia, New Mexico, Arizona and OK
lahoma. This itinerary covers eght
thousand miles and will consume more
than two months. Educational and
Sociological topics will be discussed
and the Professor will make a care
mi observation of racial conditions,
especially in the far West.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
KNOXVILLE HAS LARGE NEGRO
POPULATION.

Knoxville, Tenn, June 10.--Sixteen
thousand to seventy-five thousand peo-
pie constituting the present popu-
Iation of this city are colored peo-
pl These figures represent an in
crease of over ia per cent. The
principle points of interest here are
edjudged to be Ft Sanders. the Uni-
versity of Tennessee, the bridge over
the Tennessee River and the Coiored
high school.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
Plans New Negro Settlement

Baltimore. Nd, June 10.-A settle-
ment for Negroes in Westport close
to the Curtis Bay Industrial district,
will rise over what now is the Cher
ry Hill Potter's Field, where Balti-
more burles it's pauper dead the
plan proposed TO Mayor Browning by
Charles J. Hull IL accepted by the
city.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
$4,000 FOR NEW ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING.

Lynchburg. Va, June lO.-Fifty
Thousand Dollars is to be the cost
for the Administration Building for
the Virginia Theological Seminary and
College located here. The Virginia
State Baptist Convention Will pro-
vide the funls
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19
GIVEN MEDAL FOR KINDNESS TO
t ANIMALS.

St Louis. Mo-. June 1O.-Thomas
Lett, Colored man. was presented
with a gold medal BY the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty TO AMI
mails. The Inscription on the medal
reads; "Presented to Thomas Lett
who would not whip stalled team"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-06-19

subdivision on Chestnut street. has
acquired rights 10 several hundred
thousand feet Of timber and has in
stalled its own sawmill and other
machinery for producing material with
which to erect modest homes at
such a cost as viii afford their peo-
p1e an opportunity TO secure them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
FUND FOR ZION GROWS.
81, 900 Raised. to Date for Res
toration Of Palestine.

A result of renewed interest
and enthusiasm in Washington in
the Palestine restoration fund cam
paiGn resulting from the decision OF
tho allies at San Reno establishing
Palestine as the national home of
the Jews contributions to the fund
have gone up perceptibly. and during
the past week the total raised to
date amounts to $4,000. Twenty-Five
Thousand dollars. therefore. remains
yet to be raised Of the local quota Of
$4,000
During the coming week, it is an
Inounced at headquarters Of the cam
paiEn. new publicity drive will be
pursued. and the city placarded with
posters Hundreds of letters will be
sent out 10 those who have not yet
made contributions.
Contributions of the past few days
OF 500 and over include the follow
ing: Nathan Musher. $500: Hadassa II
Society. $500: Lansburgh & Bro. $3.50.
y. Meyerowit.i 500: Philip 5. Henry.
$3.50; Saks & Co. 500: Federated
Jewish Clubs. $50: b. Cohen $50;
Simon yoE. 500: Gerson Eordlinger.
sIe0: H. Viner- 800: l. Shapiro, 500:
volihner Anshe Sfard. $3.50. anal
ladies' auxiliary of the same organi-
cation. 500.
Contributions may be sent to
Julius 1. Peyser. treasurer, wilkins
building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
'rohibitionists lndorse
loWden on His Record

WEST ERvlLLE Ohio. May Gov.
Frank .. 1.owden OF Illinois 10 the.
;uly presidential candidate 90 far
fhon the Anti-Saloon League Of
AmSrtrs has approved as sattsfac-
|oyy to the prohibit!onists
Or. 4 Bskers genera, supsrln-
pndsnt Of the league. says. after a
Srisf review Of Gov Lowdens record
In prohibition. that "prohtbit!onists
|cnsistentiy can support him II he 10
dominated
Senator warren - Harding's pro-
lbiston record ~ reviewed ~ con-
)9oeseie length. but no definite state.
hsne 81 10 his aecepta biiity or non.
rcepeA etlity ~ made senator Hard
t0 81 Ohio usually votes with the
rss but alssss tabs for The vets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
SEEK G. w. U. BUILDING.
Drive Is Under Way for New
Chemistry Department.

George Washington University has
Ptarted campaign for the erection
Pf new building for the chemistry
department. Subscriptions now are
being sought among the student body.
Most Of the pledges are for $50, payable
in two installments.
Tor senior week. to be held in June
fhe senior prom will be held on the
evening of May 81.
{. r. King. a medical school senior,
has been elected chairman of a COM
ntttee to assume charge OF the rails
ne OF huge endowment fund to be
presented to the university by the
beotor classes. Mr.. King Is a member
bf the student council
TIE freshman prom" will be held
II ednesday evening at Rauscher's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
Old Hickory
Furniture

Much of the comfort of home life in summer
depends OF the outdoor furniture you use. Too
often summer rockers are stiff rnsightly and u1
comfortable. Old Hickory summer furniture is
made to let YOU enjoy real comfort.
The strong backs and seat of Old Hickory made
of woven hickory bark, that has certain give that
permits the chair adapt itself to the contour of the
body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
An Excellent Reed
Rocker, $l6.75

Quite a substantial Re d
Rocker, with Chair to match, if
you want it. In fumed reed and
with heavy hair:-hlled cushions,
covered with excellent cretonne.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-08
The Phonopticon, Which
Reads the Printed Page of
a Book. The Machine
Gives a Special Sound
fox E.,l Yss

for Each Letter,


In the course Of this work some remark
able observations have been made OF the
extraordinary keenness OF touch among
blind people. One blind little girl can nj
most invariably recognize a person she
has met once before by the feeling OF the
lines OF his hand. If, however. the person
has first washed his hands and softened
them with soap. she has difficulty in rec.
ognizng him.
Helen Keller. the famous deaf. dumb and
blind girl. can recognize n song by placing
her fingers on the lips of the singer.
strange to say. she exhibits great delight
at certain songs. This appears to show
that the musical sensation Is something
more than vibrations falling on the ear.
drum. and that the vibrations felt by the
entire body must give pleasure Miss
Keller can pick out the best tones OF 4
singer.
The blind man usually conceives Of the
different colors as sounds. Walter Holmes
says:
II once asked my brother. blind from
infancy. to tell mo his ideas OF color, for
he always asked the color OF each new
article he saw He told me that he got
great satisfaction from knowing the color
OF things, but I found the realization of
each color came to him as a sound. He
said he knew that red was a dazzling
color and that when one told him a thing
was red It came to him as shrll whistle
he knew that the foliage was green, and a
restful color. and when told thing was
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depend on sound and he has cultivated this
sense
Il know o blind lady whose sense OF
touch is so acute that che can tell the
denomination OF paper money. She really
feels the ink in which the numbers on the
bills are printed"
Trained blind persons are much better
able to gauge the quality Of silks and
woods than seeing persons, because they
rely entirely on touch and are not misled
by sight
Many blind persons hnve developed tho
sense OF smell to an acuteness that enables
them to recognize odors that are abso-
lute!y unnoticed by ordinary persons This
power is particularly developed in the deaf
and blind. Laura Bridgman, the famous
deaf-mute blind girl. could always recog-
nize anybody she had met before by the
smell OF his hand or glove II she met a
stranger she Invariably smelt his hand.
and could invariably recognize him there
after by the same means
Blind persons who have once been able
to visualize always see in their dreams.
They may be entirely blind and have been
ava
have perfect sight
In many cases the blind man -sees-
more than one with good eyes!ght Tho
seeing man naturally sees only that side
which is turned toward him, The blind
man sees six sides OF DO, at once, X
he can hold II in his hand. II It is larger
ne may see two or three sides at once.
In any case the inspection OF an Intelligent
blind man IS more thorough than that OF
seeing man who Judges by appearance.
Strange to say, blindness is much mora
common among men than among women
IN all countries. However slight defects
OF vision are moro common in woma,
than in men.
DR.. West examined the sight OF 7e3
boys and COZ girls in the public schools of
Worcester. Mass. In all nine erades q
was found that the percentage OF defect,va
eyes was distinctly greater among the
.sTis IMAM the boys. the difference being
msualiy over ten per cent. But among
the boys serious defects threatening nos
sibie blindness occurred more often
among the boys than the girls. Similar
conditions were found by DR.. F. Warner
Nitcr examining over 10000 school
cnildren These conditions partly explain
WY blindness Is more frequent among
men than women
psychologists believe that by educating
the blind they can find out how the mind
can be developed without the same de-
pendencc on the ordinary senses as in the
past Our mental development is greatly
hlhdered by our conventional dependence
on the scnscs--especialIy the scnses NJ
sight and hearing
IL knowledge can be conveyed directly
to the brain by ibratons, as DR. Alex
ander Graham Bell has asserted. &c will
most probably be done first with a blind
person and not with ono who has grown
senses.
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r<EOSE unfortunate people who
have lost their syesignt acquire
powers ~ other directions which
Compensate more or loss .oy their aflic.
ton. They ie7-log suea amazing acuteness
OF touch. hearing. smell and the o,cer
senses that ;hcy hardly show the loss Of
the missing one
Hy means o, new discoveries and !nyea.
tons science has been educating blind
men 70 point where they enjoy alrnos,
the same ability and happiness as normal
persons. and, indeed IN certain directions,
they are better equipped than those Who
see.
The blind man possesses different
mind from the normal man and It is by
studying this peculiar mind that science
aims 70 give the afflicted man the same
practical ability az the seeing man
Professor 9. T, Fraser, LID. dls;in.
guished medical scientist, OF Nova scotia
who ts blind himself. has gust published
some highly interesting observations or
the state o. mind o, the blind and their
powers.
Particularly interesting Is Professor
Fraser's explanation that blind persons
avoid coDtar, e.itb treas o,o nos,s -,
sidewalks and WIN o,nar nntec,s - ,,a,,
homes through bolnc o,,5o suara -, ynn,,
obstacles by the impression made mon
their faces from thu suddap con6ansatio,
of tie air
In walking we drive before y, sltgnt
ware OF air This IS pushed on untM It
strikes solid body then The wave OF air
IS thIo"H "acN upon me race and produces
slight sensation which Is al once taken
Us warning by the blind pedestrian This
facial sensation Professor Eraser adds f..
M, nocosysr,l,, co.o,oa ., ra-..-e
''''oN' ""o
are o''na' ou' ~ ocoaSioAoiE experienced
IN the dark by persons w!th sight
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II has long been customary TO educate
tho blind man by means OF special APP
plIanccs. 10 teach him TO read by means OF
raised letters and so forth Newer scien-
TIC Instruments arc Devised TO help the
blind man 10 understand tho ways Of the
outside world. so that he may mix in that
.,'lilG Ike an ordinary man.
The phonopticon IL Il remarka BILE instru-
CO I320 Internatio Feature Ber,ics Ino
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ment which en-
abIes the blind
man to read an
ordinary print
ed book. It IL
an extra rdin-
orily sensitive
telephone. The
receiver passes
over the letters
and each letter
ma kes a char
acteristic sound
which the ear OF
the blind man Is
able to inter-
pret.
e KIP eriments
have shown that
the sensation OF
light can be pro-
duced in tho
in centres
Independently OF
the eyes. c. II.
Magnussen and
ii. G.. Stevens,
of tho IIpjyor.
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ing four Or two eidcs o. tho cube n.
once Those Who were born blind or be.
came b!lnd shortly after birth, lacked
,i"" ''SHa'iiailNn thirty three declaring
va, 'h"y Sa" bi1 sidcs ~ the cube AZ once.
while three OF them saw but one aide
This shows tia, In edura,lng blind pcr
son The Instructor deals With different
mind from the normal.
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sity OF Washington, placed solenoid or
electro magnetic cylinder over mans
head and kept him In absolute darkness.
When the electric current was turned on
he reported that he saw lights. The form
of the light varied with the intensity OF tho
current The light appeared as a quivering
network OF the greatest brilliancy when the
frequency was between twenty-five and
Great Britain Right, Rsasrvsd
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"meshes," standing
waves" and "nickers."
From these expert.
ments It has been
reasoned that It may
be possible TO train
blind men actually to
see images with their
brains. II the electric
current can produce
various forms of light
In the brain, It should
theoretically be posi-.
BILE to control these
forms 80 as 10 repre-
sent real objects.
Blind children are
Systematically taken
to the American Mu-
scum Of Natural His
tory IN New York, in
order to become IA
miliar with the ami
mails and other natu-
raj objects. They
learn to know the Gle
plants. tigers, birds
and other things by
the feel. When 1t
comes to such objects
as minerals they learn
to distinguish between
them by their rough
ness or smoothness,
tho number and fine
ness and arrangement
OF lines in than
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remarGing that he had
only "seen" one specimen
before and that vas nifty
years ago.
Professor Fraser has
learned IN his work that
the power OF his pupils 10
visualize objects perfectly
IS limited to pupils Who re-
'alned perfe : sight until
they were from eigh, 20
ten yoars Of age. while
others whO had los, their
sight between four and
eight years OF age visual.
lied iinpcrfectly.
Others again who were
born blind Or became blind
shortly after birth. entirely
lacked the power Of visual.
iZation
The professor e1uer,
mentcd with eighty blind
pupils and asked them to
tel how many sides % a
cube they could SEQ WIN
their minds. Those who
had lost their sight al six.
teen and upward Yisual!Zcd
correctly. seeing three
sides Of cube. Those who
mad lost their sight after
reaching four years OF axe
yiSpaIized iInpcr'ectly, nee
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ss writ. with a pencil and read what
! write
This cir! gets pleasurao Bile sensation
from placing her hand on the piano as II
IS played. She knows in this way dozen
pieces. and VIII repeat the words OF the
songs. going slowly or rapidly. as you play
hem"
Professor Fraser explains tho mschan.
Ism OF the sense OF touch and shows how
y IS employed in conveying Information 10
the blind. The organ OF touch is the skin
Of the Whole body. including the mem.
oran"s which line the mouth. the nostrus
and other Internal organs Under the true
skin are minute elevations. and investiga-
ZION proves that these elevations are de.
'eloped 10 their greatest degree In those
parts OF The body where the touch is mos,
sensitive In blind person properly euu-
Gated from childhood there IS an unusual
growth OF these little Jumps.
The tests prove that the touch Is mos.
acute on the ZIP OF the tongue and the tbs
o, the torefngers. Blind women NAV rre
qnenily be seen threading their needles
with the tongue. John Cough, the distiD
guished blind bo,anist. used to examine
al unfamiliar plants With the tip OF his
tongue. although the tips Of his fingers
we're AZ a rule sufficient for ordinary pnr.
poses
In MS old age rare orchid was placed
IN his hands After examining IT. with HI.
tODgIc he pgvr .,s pe-,a'
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thirty cycles. with increasing frequency
the meshes became smaller and changed
into steady glare above twenty cycles
Pulsating flashes were experienced at
lower frequencies. and a phosphorescent
glow Mt higher. The light effects produced
also included wave FORMS" flashes"