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The New York herald., 1921-12-21
MOVIE MEN WANT
CENSORSHIP LIFTED
Battle Begins to Bring About
Legislative Action at
Albany.
RECORD VOTE DESIRED
Observers Find No Likelihood
Of Reversal Of State
Sentiment.

The motion picture industry is pre-
pairing to stage another big politicai
drama. Its title may be Beating a
Bad Bill, or the Curse of Censorship.
The scene will be in the State capital
in Albany and the time during the next
session of the Legislature.
The parts are all assigned in the all
star cast Gov. Miller will sit at his
desk with pen in hand ready to Veto
any measure passed by the Legislature
breaking down or modifying the censor
ship law passed last spring. The law
makers in the Senate and Assembly
will be the important characters i'll the
big mob scene when the motion picture
crowd make its assault on the capital.
Gabriel Hess. chairman of the CEN
sorship committee and spokesman Tor
the motion picture owners. will lead
the assault. With long, sad story of
the losses and injuries they have suf-
fered as a result of State censorship.
the makers and sellers Of films will
argue and fight in their endeavor to
have the statute which places State
over their productions, modi-
fled lf not repealed.
Inc drama Will not De SIrOnS III llle
elements of suspense and uncertainty.
The motion picture interests say before
they start that they haven't much doubt
about the outcome. Wilbur 4. Crafts,
head of the International Reform Bureau,
said on Monday that the picture industry
claimed to have defeated thirty-seven
for office in the last election
who voted for the censorship bill. Mr..
Hess said he knew of no such claim
having been made.
were changed from Republican TO Demo-
cratic. but even at that the Democrats
have only fifty-four of the $50 votes.
Twenty-four of those changes were in
New York, where the issue was transit
and where the motion picture cnsorship
was not featured. The Senate remains
unchanged and there is believed to be
little likelihood of that body reversing
itself on the censorship bill no matter
what pressure the picture industry
brings to bear. Nor is there much doubt
that the Governor, who took a firm
stand last spring on the subject, would
approve an appeal
The motive for this action Is believed
to be to force another record vote In
the Legislature. Then the picture In
dustry may be able to appeal directly
to the voters in the elections next
autumn If 1t wishes to carry the fght
against its enemies to the polls.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
CHRISTMAS TURKEY
LIKELY TO Be CHEAP
Prices Now Lower Than Be-
fore Thanksgiving and Sup
ply Is Plentiful.

Turkeys for the Christmas dinner
table will be no higher than at Thanks
giving. and probably the retail prices
will drop-certainly. if the present
warm wave continues. There was
almost no demand for the birds from
the wholesalers here yesterday because
of the high price. Most of the retailers
will hold off on their purchases for the
holiday trade until tomorrow in the
hope that present prices will break. 1t
is reported that heavy shipments Of
birds are expected by tomorrow, ana
there is no dearth in the supply. The
price of Christmas trees, however is
mounting in the face of short supply.
The best Northern turkeys were retail
| ing at Washington Market yesterday at
from So to 65 cents a pound, and good
West birds could be bought for 5S cents.
Thanksgiving prices ranged from 65 to
6S cents until the afternoon before the
holiday. when fear on the part of the
marketmen that they would be left with
unsold stocks caused drop to As cents
and lii some instances even less. Deal
ers at Washington Market said that any
change in figures would be downward.
The New Jersey State Bureau of
The price of Christmas trees mounted
as the supply diminished, and only a
few further shipments are expected.
Wholesalers were asking from So to
$3.50 for bundles of three or four trees.
as against from $3.50 to s2.75 Monday.
Larger trees wholesale for SIS, and
church trees from $40 to $40. The re-
tail prices vary according to locality.
Trees from five to seven feet high may
be bought around Washington Market
for from $3.50 to 81. The same trees in
Sixth avenue cost from $3.50 to $3.50.
Along Madison avenue. in the Fifties,
the price Is from 81 to $12. In Brooklyn
good house trees are obtainable for So.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
CHRISTMAS FUNERALS
BARRED BY UNIONS
Hearse Drivers Vote Not to
Work on That Day.

There will be no funerals In New York
Christmas Day, unless non-union drivers
can be obtained for hearses and carriages.
sters, oCach and Funeral Drivers an
nounced yesterday that at a meeting last
Sunday its members had voted not 20
drive on Christmas Day. The action is
similar to that taken by the union last
Thanksgiving. A motion not to drive
for any Sunday funerals was voted down.
There are a number Of concerns in
the city who use non-union drivers and
who stated their services would be avail
able for funerals Christmas as any other
day
The New York herald., 1921-12-21

700 by the time it reached the church
doors There they began TO throw stones
and yell, kissing and booing the name
of the priest and shouting that he must
leave the church or be thrown out The
police believe that if the reserves had
not arrived when they did the crowd
would have broken into the church IN
its efforts TO get at the priest
The objection to Father Mehrigi IS
said to be due to the fact that he called
those agitating against him towards,
and the word spread that he had thus
referred to all the members of the par
ish. Many were displeased also when
the monthly dues to the parochial school
we're raised from % to so cents.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
WIFE'S PLEA DENIED.
Mrs. ThOrne Loses Counsel Fee
Allowances.

Justice Burr In the Supreme Court
yesterday denied motion by Mrs. Mary
Casey Thornc for a counsel fee of $1,000
to enable her to prosecute an appeal
from the decree OF the court divorcing
her and her former husband. Joel Wolfe
Thorne.
The decree was granted upon the re-
port of a referee who found that Mrs.
Thorne had been guilty of misconduct
and the custody of her son was given to
his father. During the tendency of the
suit against her she received $3.50 q
month almony.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21

COMMUTATION DENIED.

George Washington knight, sentenced
TO die In the week of January is for the
murder of Mrs. Edith Marshall Wilson
Of Perth Amboy, last March. lost his
chance for life yesterday when the
court OF Pardons at Trenton dismissed
his application for communication to life
i'nprlsonnent Tho court committed the
6sath sentence OF Joseph Timcrari. con-
ylctcd of the murder Of Henry Kou-
houpt in Middlcsex county. N. ].
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
JEWISH PAGEANT ARRANGED.

The Federation for the Support of
Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New
York city VIII celebrate its fifth an
nivorsary at the Hotel Astor NEXT Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday. A
pageant of Jewish idealsm, written by
Maurice V. Samuels, accompanied by
music by Abraham w. Binder. will be
shown each evening. while living ex-
hibitions of the activities of the fed
Grated societies will be shown after
uoong
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
Policeman Injured In Fight.

When Patrolman James Mcdonald of
the West Twentieth street police station
started to search three men he discov-
cred hiding early yesterday in door
way at Seventh avenue and Twenty-first
street one drew a revolver. fight en-
sued, in which the patrolman was Sc
verely beaten and received fractured
wrist. The men then ran. and McDon-
AID fired four shots, one of which
dropped one of the fugitives, with
wound in the right leg. The captive re-
fused to give his name and was sent to
Bellevue Hospital.
The loss of more than $4,000 worth
Of goods In recent robberies of three
wholesale clothiers was revealed yester-
day. The Trio Pants and Suit Com
pany, 81 East Houston street, lost 200
suits. valued at $4,000, last Friday
night.
The wholesale house of Cohen 4
Fichtelberg SO West Twentieth street.
was robbed of $4,000 worth of coats and
suits last Tuesday night.
Thieves entered the offices of the
Spero Manufacturing Co., 14-16 East
Fourteenth street. last Friday night and
drilled open a safe from which they
took $1,000 in cash. Nearby was a safe
opened by the robbers in similar fashion
in September. 1920, which had been
repaired.
The family OF Louis Dickstein Of $40
Grand street returned home last Sun
day evening to find the safe In their
living quarters drilled open and ran
sacked OF $4,000 worth of jewelry. Lib
erty bonds and cash.
Robbers broke into the establishment
OF Levine. Pincus e Levine, 1850 Madi-
son avenue. Monday night and stole a
large amount of clothing.
John Hartman, superintendent Of the
studio building at 637 Madison avenue.
held James Edwards. 22, of 1877 West
Ninety-sixth street. yesterday until Pa
trolmen McDermott and Mccarthy OF
the East Sixty-seventh street station
arrived and arrested him. Hartman
said he caught Edwards in the act Of
making away with two fur coats from
an apartment
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
Girl Said to Have Posed as
French, Swedish and Eng
.ish in Operations.
GANG BEATS POLICEMAN
Reports Of Robberies on Large
Scale Continue to Be
Revealed.

Mrs. Lillian Lehman, janitress of
the apartment house at 11S West
Eighty-fourth street, went up to the
second floor yesterday afternoon and
tried to fight three men who, she said,
were robbing the apartment occupied
by Mrs. Nora Van Ain. Two of the
men escaped with their arms filed
with clothing and other things owned
by the Van Ain family, but a third
man was so effectually cowed by Mrs.
Liebman that he backed into the
apartment and surrendered.
Mrs. Lehman told him that if he
so much as moved, or even if he looked
rs if he wanted to escape, she would
knock him down and then throw him
out Of the window. She was still
threatening him, while he covered in
n corner, when Patrolman Rattigan of
Traffic c arrived and placed him un-
der arrest. At the West Sixty-e eighth
street station he gave his name as
Harold Light of S31 Amsterdam ave-
nue.. He said he was 19 years old
and a salesman.
The men were seen in Mrs. Van Aims
apartment by a woman who lives next
door in No. 116. She notified Mrs.
Lebman, and Mrs. Liebman sent her
daughter for a policeman and then
went up stairs to see what she could
do about it. She seems to have fright
ened the two who got away from her,
for they dropped clothing all the way
up the stairs, on the roof, in the stair
way of No 116, down which they went
after crossing the roofs, and finally
dropped an overcoat owned by Mrs.
Van Aims son. This garment was
found on the sidewalk in front OF the
house.
Christmas Coat Among PIunder.
Mrs. Van Ain told the police that
the stuff stolen by the burglars who
escaped was worth about $500. 1t in
ruded clothing, silverware and few
dollars in cash, and included also a fur
coat which cost 5000 and which Mrs
van Aims two sons and her daughter
had bought to give her for Christmas.
Private detectives began yesterday
To check up on recent servant robberies
vf wealthy homes in an effort to trace
n maid who is believed to be responsible
for half dozen such thefts and to
have concealed her identity by using
wigs and dying her hair and posing
variously as a French woman. an Eng
li~h woman and Swede.
The latest haul attributed to her is
the robbery last Sunday night of the
home of George J. Fox. a fur dealer, OF
- Fort Washington avenue. of $4,000
worth of furs. jewelry and silverware.
The maid, who is said to have disap-
neared at the same time as the loot
answered an advertisement and gave a
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02

service in Armstrone Chapel A M.
f. church. In this service, the pre-
siding elders assessment was raised
Rev j. F. Everett was a helpful
Wis. tor.
At 8 }. nj. we were again at DIAL
worth, preached and left The night
service to the care of Rev. II. Baker,
One person joined the church, viz.
Mrs. Mary Dixon. The assessment
for the presiding elder was raised
and a substantial purse for the pas
tor. Mrs. Katie Jordan led all OF
the auxiliary boards Of all circuits
in the district. Sister Jordan is de-
prived of her sight but she is great
church worker Her Stewardess
Board must not be behind in reports
10 tie quarterly conference.
To all the charges and Sunday
Schools, pastors, superintendent of
Sunday schools and Allen Leagues:
Please elect your delegate for the
Sunday School Convention, which is
To meet in Allen Chapel A. NJ E.
Church. Fort Worth. Texas, Sept.
7 1921. Delinquent charges are re
nuested to start at once and raise
the full amount pledged for education
and other correctional PURPOSES
this is your best recommendation
raise III claims and prove your abil-
nv IN 10 the work Of the chm ck.
This gives you importance and val
uation as pastor,
Oh, that womah's meeting, The
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02

A forty five days trip to the land
of our fathers is provided by spec
ial excursion TO leave Baltimore,
Md, on December Bird next. The trip
is planned to the end that our peo-
pie may have an opportunity to
study conditions as they really are.
Seeing is knowing,-neVer before has
such an opportunity been given to
those who are anxious to have an
ocean voyage OF more than ten
thousand miles at so small a cost
with first class accommodations in
every detail as is being offered now
Ly some of the leaders of the race.
The trip will enable you to visit
the following points of interest: The
Canary Islands, Darkar, Senegal, Lii
town, Sierra, Leone, Monroyia,
Liberia. Grand Bassa, Liberia,
Cape Palmas, Liberia, Cape Verde
Islands, Bermuda Islands. A special
invitation has been extended by His
Excellency, Hon C. D. B. King, to
be the guest of the Republic of III
IBERIA at Monrovia at great Trade
Exhibit and Convocation of chief" to
be held in thai city December ?1st
to 31st 1921. President King is now
in this country and has inspired
many of the leaders to visit his Re-
Public.
The total cost of the trip will be
s495.00. this includes every thing that
is necessary TO your comfort. That
all phases and professions of our
racial group may be represented on
this tour 10 Africa, the follow inG
group may be represented on this
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02

Conference Woman's Home and For
eign Missionary Convention was in
deed great meeting-one of the
greatest in every respect ever held
IN the BOUNDS Of this conference.
Some real helpful work is being
planned for the missionary preacher.
Our missions are goirg 10 be strength
ened and greatly helped by our good
sisters Give them the right-of-way
and see the great results in the de-
lyelopment of our mission charges
and help for the mis-. ionary preach
els The Dallas District led We
are leaders Others must folltw
1t is said that the mission preacher
is not fully alive along his line.
Each charge of the conference should
have been represented well. We are
sure the next meeting will bring tho
desired results with Mrs. c. w. Abb
ington and Mrs. ]. L. Johnson lead
ing, there cannot be any failures with
our conference and district
Smith Chapel A. NJ. E. church in
Oak Cliff, is having two weeks of
opening exercise.
Bishop w. d. Johnson and his
estimable wife spent last Sunday and
and the GOOD people of oak Cliff.
Their visi, was helpful.
MonGay with Rev. G L, Coleman
Next Sunday we will be at White
Rock, with Rev s. G. H, Glasgow
and his good people.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Miss Mona ]. Vaultz of this city
and Mr.. Alan L. Pugh of Tyler, Tex
as, were united in holy bonds of
wedlock, June 26th, 1920, at Tulsa,
Okla.
Miss Vaultz is one of the races
most talented and efficient travelling
piano artists, and is a daughter of
one of Dallas pioneer families, Mr..
and Mrs. John F. VaultZ.
Mr.. Pugh is young man Of very
rare ability and promises to be one
of the races most prominent law
yers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pugh spent their
honey moon in Chicago, Milwaukee
and Atlantic City last summer and
ar leaving this city for Chicago,
about Aug. 18th to remain indefi-
nitely at which place, Mr.. Pugh will
receive his law degree at the Uni
versity of Chicago. At present Mr..
and Mrs. Pugh are at home at 1712
Hall street.
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DALLAS DIS RIOT NOTES.
r. S. jenkins, P. e

Why not be a big preacher if
you are a preacher at alp There is
no need of making mockery of such
a high calling as the ministry. IL
Is imperative that you devote your
full time and talent to the people
you are serving. The people are
Llamoring for the preachers who can
do the work. Some of our churches
and work are suffering for efficient
ministers. Let us devote our whole
time to our work assigned; raise
all claims; make our connection
great, and our church the leading
church in the city or community in
which we are operating.
Friday night we had a splendid
quarterly conference in Evening
Chapel A. NJ. +. Church at Dalworth
The pastor was absent on the ac-
count of Illness, but Rev. G. H. Tallie,
the district missionary, acted as
pastor ana the officers were out in
the full. Saturday night we were at
Arlington. Rev. Wilsin has built
a new edifice under the direction of
the pastor, Rev. Enoch Manego.
Sunday morning we had a great
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02
COL. GRIFFIN is IN TOWN-HAS
CHICKEN ON THE BRAIN.

Col. julius G. Griffin, favorite
Dallas SOL, who is now making his
horne at Texalkana, Ark. was shak-
ing glad hands mere this week with
his many friends.
The Colonel made his arrival here
over the Sunshine Special Friday
evening and since his arrival the air
here has been filled with noisy groans
Of fowls who died that the Colonel
might live.
The event occurred on the date of
his coming and now he is gayly
singing:
Il have got chicken on the brain,
When / got chicken / neber COM
plain, they say.
Pork chops good for morning
smile,
But chickens got 'em bested in
every style"
Colonel Griffin is a newspaper man
and was formerly connected with
several vi Dallas newspaper institu-
lions.
He is still handling the Freeman
at Texarkana. Colonel Griffin will
leave for his home possibly Wednes-
day of Thursday or next week.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02
GRAND MASTER OF ODD FELL
LOWS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
PROSPECTS AND GROWTH
OF ORDER.

Texarkana, Texas, June 30.-Hon.
H. G. Goree, d. G. NJ, of the Odd
Fellows of the jurisdiction of Texas
is now at home recuperating after
a strenuous season of travel over the
state in the interest of the Order.
For several months, Mr. Goree has
been indisposed, but his desire for
improving his order has caused
him to go out on the field dispite
this handicap.
He will spend the remaining days
before the settling of the Grand
Lodge in Houston in regaining his
strength and preparing his report.
When seen by the Express rep
resentative, Mr.. Goree was enthus-
iastic over the prosperous condi-
ton of the Order and the addition
during his itinerary of over 1000
new members to it's role.
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A MOST WONDERFUL OPPOR-
TUNITY TO VISIT AFRICA!

tour to Africa, the plan for making
up the party has been decided upon:
Preachers and Christian Workers,
1885, Doctors, lawyers, heads of col
leses, teachers and craftsman, 20;
Professional men and women, includ-
ing blackamiths, electricians, carpen-
tiers, wheclriehts AID other trades,
IS; Farmes 40; Business men and
trades, 25; Mineralosist, photograph
ers and explorers, 5;
Reservations will be limited to
Three 1900 Hundred.
All persons interested in the trip
communicate with Rev. G. w. Alb
ington. $50 Good Street, Dallas, Tex
as. DR.. Abingdon has been commits
s,oned the agent of the company in
this section, and will be glad tC
give full information to any one,
either by letter or in person where
lit is convenient.
The following letter will explain
his connection with the affair.
philadelphia, Pa, June q, 1921.
ITO Whom it May Concern:
This is to certify that Rev. Cras.
W Arlington, pastor of ST. James
Temple A. NJ. E. Church, is rep
resentative of the mathematician
Tourest Company Inc, and is author
lied to sell tickets for the African
Cruise of 1921
Issued by this company this
wenty-first day of June Nineteen
Hundred and Twenty-one."
w. H JERNAGIN. / res.
l.. c. JORDAN. Secretary
W. H. YORK, Busine S Mgr
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PERSONALS.

A. G. Williams who has bee con.
fined to bed about thirteen weeks at
his home, 1923 Flora Street is much
improved.
Mrs. F. NJ. Brooks, 1105 Boil Street,
visited Mrs. Horace Davis at Fort
Worth this week.
Mrs. Beulah Turner and daughter
Ailean of 1911 Trinidad and Little
Ora Lee Jones will leave Sunday for
a several weeks stay at Shreveport,
La
Mrs. Hattie Hamilton of GreenVllle.
visited her daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Brown of 2610 Wade street last week
and returned to her home Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs e. A. Caldwell of
Kansas City, Mo-. spent Thursday in
the city guests of Mr., and Mrs. Josh
S. Smith, 2i17 Caddo. They were en-
loute home,
Misses Ella Mae Smith and Alledr
Turner, delegates to the District Con-
ference of the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church held at Sherman,
June %, have returned home.
Mrs. Louise Hill, 1913 Juliette left
Saturday night for Greenville TO visit
Mrs. NJ. Brown of that city.
Master Wade Sims, the little son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Sims, 2S19
State street is in Waco visiting rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Watson, 1910
State street have been spending their
vacation in Galveston, and are eA'
pected home this week
Mr. and Mrs, Willard Brown. 261r
Wade street will leave July 16 for
ST. Louis, Mo-, where they will spend
their summer vacation
Mr.. Will Mansfield, 2S12 Cochran
left Wednesday for Los Angeles
Cal, 10 spend the summer,
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]. NJ. WILLIAMS DIES At HIS
HOME AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS,

Joseph y. Willims died at his home
in Williams street, Friday evening
at 4 o'clock. Mr. Williams was
stricken early Friday morning with
q headache and the cid came al
p. m the following evening.
He vas member of Empire Lodge
No. 339. knights of Pythias, and
Munger Avenue Baptist Church. He
leaves a wife, two children, sister
and a number of other relatives to
mourn their loss.
Funeral service was held Sunday
afternoon at Munger Avenue Baptist
church. Mrs. Lille Bell Jackson of
the Muneer choir sang two impress
i've solos.
The Rev. P. H. Williams performed
the funeral ceremony in absence OF
Rev. VIM. Lotion, who was relative
Of the deceased and was with the
family. Rev. Williams spoke from
the subject; Tho Resurrection From
the Dead" After preaching the pro-
ccssion was formed and the remains
followed by friends was carried to
last resting place late Sunday even
ing
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02
MISS E. F. G. MERRITT, THE NOT
ED PRIMARY SPECIALIST, TO
REACH DALLAS, JULY 3.

Miss F. G. Merritt, Primary Di-
rector of the Public Schools OF the
L istrict of Columbia, will begin her
Primary Demonstrations in the Sum
mer School at the Colored High
school Monday morning, the 4th OF
July.
Miss Merritt says that teachers who
are interested can finish the course
in five weeks. It is expected that
large number of teachers from the
surrounding towns and North Texas
will avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity of becoming Specialists in
Primary Methods ard Demonst alton
work.