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STOLE EMPLOYERS WILL
TO SAVE PROPERTY.

West Point. Miss, April 2O,-About
three months ago II. II, Young,
rich bachelor. died here leaving an
estate of approximately $25O.00O. pre-
many relatives throughout Mississippi,
Tennessee and Texas who would
share in the estate under these con-
ditions,
Mayor J. l.. Young a nephew of the
deceased, was appointed administra-
tor for the estate. After going into
the affairs he convinced himself that
there was a will and an investigation
followed. 1t developed that Gates T.
Ivy, attorney here, had drawn
a will and a copy of which was re-
tanned in his office. This was made
known to the administrator and mas
much as he and his sisters and bro
theirs were made the beneficiaries he
Immediately resigned and had c. c.
Ivy president of the Bank of West
Point. made administrator In his stead,
This procedure caused a protest on the
part of relatives and II was apparent
that the validity of the copy of the
viii would be attacked and law suit
had.
The deceased H. H. Young, had in
his employe an aged Colored woman
as cook She had become thoroughly
conVersant with the affairs of Mr..
Young and in fact it was said by one
of the kin that she knew practically
everything about his business. 1t APP
pears that she had mortgaged her
hime to the deceased, and fearing that
the benefciaries in the will would
take from her this property. as soon
as the death was announced at the
Ivy Hospital she proceeded to steal
the will and put same in hiding. This
was finally extracted from her
and a full confession made and will
produced which is identical with the
duplicate. This clears up very com
plicated matter.
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their families, win be completed in
from to 6 weeks and the findings will
be submitted as a basis for practical
program of improvement to be further
ed by a group of Interested Baltimore
citizens. Mr.. Johnson recently made a
Flushing, l.. /. and was Associate ESe-
cutive Secretary of Chicago Race Ike
lations Commissions which studied the
causes of racial misunderst anding at
the request of Governor Lowden of
Illinois following the Chicago riots.
Secretary of the ST. Louis Urban Lea
que, has gone to Tulsa for the third
time to continue his activities there
towards working out a program OF
improvement 20 be participated in by
the progressive white and ColOred
leaders of that community.
Jesse o. Thomas, Field Secretary Of
the League, has submitted a program
to the committee on Church CO-opera-
ton and is planning to proceed to
Tampa, Florida at the request Of local
citizens to N augerate an Urban league
program in that city.
j. II. II. Lee, Extension Secretary of
the League, has been in Richmond. Va.
during the past two weeks in an effort
to enlist larger financial support from
the Colored citizens of that community
in the work of the League. Mr. Lee
has met with admirable success, having
secured $552 from the Colored people
of Richmond
T. Arnold Hill. Western Field Secre-
tary, has recently made trips to st.
Paul, Mimi. and Indianapolis. in in
terest of the formation of local Lea
CUES.
The National organization reports
$50, 67S.79 in cash and pledges re-
ceived to date towards its budges of
$59.770 for the year 1929.
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SHACKLED PRISONER
LEAPS FROM
MOVING TRAIN.

Chicago ILL.,, April 2O.-William
Webb. known to the police as one of
"Chicago's toughest gunner"
dived head foremost out of the win
dow of a train moving thirty miles
an hour through Joliet and escaped
from guard who was taking him TO
Pontiac reformatory.
The escape occurred at 4th avenue
in Joliet, a half mile from the main
passenger station on the Chicago and
Alton railroad. The gunman made
his leap despite the fact that he was
handcuffed. He was believed to be
hiding in a Colored settlement in
Joliet and and pc Ice were combing
this section for him.
Webb was being guarded by W. e.
Barrere, superintendent of parole at
the refcrmatory. who came to Chicago
to get him. The train had left the
Joliet station and was gathering
speed. when the prisoner, VINO was
up. He flung himself headlong out
of the window. Barrere leaped for
him, but missed. Then, refusing to
take the chance which the prisoner
had taken, he ordered the train stop
ped. by the time this was done Webb
was nowhere to be seen.
Barrere went back TO the railroad
station and spread the news of the
escape. All trains coming into Chica-
go were stopped and searched and
into the Joliet BLACK belt" to search
for Wedd. Detectives here also were
searching the south for him.
Detectives here here were scratching 1loihrng
they thought it impossible for
prisoner to escape in such a man
ner. Chief of detectives Hughes said
he would make an investigation.
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EXPRESS CORRESPONDENT FINDS NO SUNDAY OBSERV-
ed in FRENCH AFRICA.

the nth century. The county bear
that runs through the district. Da-
kar is a city of between rs and 30
thousand inhabitants and as would
be expected bears all the marks of
French civilization: It is just
lit is beautiful for situation, quite a
bit of 1t is built on a hill. 1t has
a most excellent harbor and many
very handsome modern building the
place of the Governor General is
other hand the huts jumblud dens,
and pens i'm which the native pop
ulation lives are of all sights
that l ever looked upon the most
horrid and coupled with this cram
med condition in appearance, there is
not the crudest efforts at sanitation.
When l tell you of the total popu-
lation just mentioned only about $500
are white you know what numbers
must live in the conditions that l
have just described / walked for a
great while through these places and
surely there can be few conditions of
degradation that are not there repre-
scented.
The Total Absence of any Idcs of the
Christian sabbath.
Surely among the most unpromising
out look is the total disregard the
French has for the Sabbath. There
is a certain uplifting and civilizing
influence in Sabbath observance that
nothing can take the place of and
it becomes all the more evident when
you visit community that the Sun
day law is absolutely disregarded As
passed through the streets, ditch
digging, blacksmithing. saloons car
rying lumber auction sales and every
form of activity that goes on every
other day was in progress. 1t is a
fact that can never be lost sight of,
that a people that have wandered in
darkness for thousands of centuries
cannot be civilized in a few years
their progress must be largely the
work of evolution but this work can
be greatly aided in the development Of
human beings just as it is being
aided in many other wayF-it can be
greatly aided as applied to human
beings by the sympathetic employment
of every Christian institution that
has proven it's efficiency-the Sab
bath surely had done this.
BRIEF OBSERVATION OF THE
FRENCH COLONIAL POLICY
OF all things to be desired is an hon
est approach to such a delicate subject.
| But / think | am so full of appreciation
| for every effort of the nations OF the
earth for the work they are doing in
| Africa that ! am prepared to deal per
| fectly fair with the subject. This
| daWned on me as never before as |
| looked at the extreme degradatian yes
! terday of the thousands of whom have
| spoken And as you know that Is only
! a slight fragment of the millions in
the great continent of Africa. The very
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SON OF DIR. BOYD DIES In
DENVER.

Denver, Colo, April 20-James Gar
DIR. and Mrs. r. H. Boyd ct Nashville.
Tenn. died here at 1880 last night
after a protracted Illness which re-
fused to yield to the best medical
skill and treatment. Blaine Floyd as
he is best known among the printers
throughout the United States, came
70 Denver just the week following
Christmas in search of health. He was
suffering from tuberculosis of the
sicians both in Tennessee and in Dem
Yer that the climate and treatment
combined would restore his health.
Arrangements had just been made for
summoned from Nashville and arrived
Wednesday morning. A sudden at
tack FASTENED the end
The Rev, DR.. David E. Over and
other friends had rendered yoeman
service and great assistance. Arrange
ments are being made by wire to
bring his remains to Tennessee. His
aged father and mother, DR. and Mrs.
r, II. Boyd, It is learned here. are
wintering in Florida but kilograms
from his older brother. Henry A.
Byd. gave definite instructions to pre-
pare the body and ship It at once.
At the time of his death he was
General Foreman OF the National Bap-
fist Publishing Boards plant, posi-
ton he had won thru merit and pro-
motion He had been employed at the
plant for twenty-five years. starting
in as a devil boy. He was member
Vile, a Pythian and member Of 'he
Masors. He was married some years
ago to Miss Mamie Clemmons of Nash
Vile. He leaves q wife, two sons and
two daughters. lnterment will be at
Greenwood Cemetery at Nashville,
Tenn.
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Some time after l had retired Sat
urday night. February 18th, I was
awakened by an unusual noise to dis
cover that the ship was not in mo-
'on, After almost ten days of in
SSdnt struggle against the waves of
ga ocean, we arrived In the harbor
a pakar Senegal. At last I was in
Alrlca Promptly at $40 Sunday
nniI hssng | stepped on the ground the
ioil rom which our forefathers were
Iaken more than three centuries ago,
r shall never forget the moment. and
never be able to describe accurateIv
the peculiar feeling that ran over me
OF years. We had all day there, and
l set out from that hour to learn ali
that | possibly could about things in
general. In keeping with my custom
l tried to find a church, ] could not
INQUIRE. for every body spoke II seem
ed to me everything excepting Eng
llsh Finally saw a church in a dis
lance and started for 1t when a man
who seemed Of more than usual i'm
portance stopped me. he was of the
Mohammeian persuasion. To my sur
prise he could speak a little English.
told him that I had started to
church and wanted to go to a church
where they had a service in English
He said that he knew where there
was an English church; he said that
he was quite busy, but he would go
and point me the way, but he wanted
to know what l would give him
told him that I would make him sat
tsfied, on we went, after several
blocks during the course of which
many times ne impressed me that he
was very busy we came to a church
and he said that was the place was
intending to give him two franks
but he knew enough English to de-
mand dollar and l had a half crown
in English money which is a little
larger than our half dollar. not quite
as large as a dollar. / gave that to
him and he was sure that he had a
dollar and went away happy When
got in the church the minister was
preaching away in French. 1t was a
French church. 1t was here though
fter the service I met DIR. Christian
Mort, who is a native Liberian VINO
made my stay In DalSar very profitable
DaIShr, Senegal.
The French began their settlement
in these parts just about the close OF
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MASS. LEGISLATURE AD-
NTTS DYER BILL PETITION.

Boston, Mass, April 2O.-Today, a
petition to the legislature of Massa-
chusetts that IT urge the S. Senate
and its judiciary committees to pass
legislation to make lynching a feder-
al crime was admitted to the Mass
Senate under a suspension of the rules
and referred to it's committees on
federal relations.
On Wednesday this same petition
which was made in the name of the
National Equal Rights League. was
admitted to the Mass. House under
suspension of the rules and referred
to its Committee on Constitutional
Amendments. These Committees will
both give public hearings in short
order
The .petitipns was introduced last
week by Rep. Myers of Cambridge,
Mass at the request of VIM. Monroe
Trotter national secretary. e. r. Nor
ris,. president of the Boston Branch
and Rev, Walter D. McClane, chair
man of the Executive Committee, and
referred to the Committee on Rules
on the question of suspending the
rules to admit late Legislation which
gave a public hearing ION Tuesday Of
this week Secretary Trotter Pres
Morris and Albert G. Wolff, Esq, sec
rotary of the Boston Branch spoke
for the Leagues petition. asking that
the Mass. legislature memorabilia Con-
gress on lynching as 1t had for the
Irish Republic Palestine for the Jews,
and a bonus for the soldiers. Miss
Martha Taylor. white Kentucky
woman, Rep. Myers and Rep. Kidder
spoke for this law and order move.
The National Equal Rights League
today 18th anniversary of its being
founded, issued a call to the race to
promote this method before every
Northern and Boarder legislature at
once The League states that any
group or organization can frame a
Joint resolve" sign up and official
petition blanks. to be secured at the
state capitol and seek a legislator
who will introduce the petition. Bran
chea of the League, all race bodies
and Equal Rights Committees organi-
zed for this purpose are urged to
at once petition their state legis-
laturc to urge upon the T. S. Senate
and its Judiciary Committee legisla-
ton against lynching in the form of
the Dyer Bill.
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observation of civilized life imparts
help to them that can hardly be esti-
mated There is this mistake than can
be made at this time, however, Of al
lowing them believe that the gult ne
tween them and a good home and high
er civilization is SO great that neither
themselves. nor their children, may
hope to reach 1t, The most potent teach
ing is taking place when you tax" ne
boys and girls Of those people and edu-
cate them to work and build good
homes and care for their bodies. Among
the most gratifying efforts in that di-
recton have been noted with much sat
iSfacIion: They have in the province
normal and industrial school, where
in addition to a normal trainig all the
trades necessary 10 meet the require
ments of the highest civilization are
taught and il goes few steps higher,
they give elementary courses in medi-
cine nurse training, commerce, govern
ment administration, bookkeeping, tel
egraphy, customs and the like. The
telegraph operators AT Dakar are col
ored boys who have been trained in
this school. | noticed the train that
connected the various docks was run
by a colored engineer and fireman. !
rushed down to the railroad station to
see how much of the train crew was
colored, but the gate system prevented
my getting in and | could not make
them understand what | wanted The
gate keeper was a big fellow not the
least tempered with, and as 7 did not
have ticket he locked the gate and
nut the key in his pocket and walked
off was told by DR. Moorst. that
when the young men are turned out OF
school they are put to work at what
ever they have prepared for. This
seems to he working In the right d.
rection. | learned that many of the
positions of trust paying splendid sal
aries are in the hands of colored men.
The deputy to the Governor General
is a colored man. ] have, quite Inst
Of the different places held by natives,
that ! need not take time and space
say about II later. If THIS POLICY
rs FAITHFULLY PUSHED THERE Is
LIGHT AHEAD.
4 VISIT TO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE
DR.. Christian Moorst, who | met at
church. is a native Liberlan and very
brilliant gentleman, and enjoys more
than usual distinction. Recently he was
selected by the Governor General II the
province to head an expedition Tor sci,
entific study In the interior Sudan.
am Indebted to him for meeting several
members of the faculty and being
shown through the institution 1t oc-
cupies the most conspicuous Mace in
Dakar 1t is on n beautiful hill com
handing a view of the sea from almost
every direction. It's equipment is first
class and has every department that
belongs to the medical science repre-
scented, a sulendid nurse training, vet
Urinary and other departments not al
WAYS found in medical schools. They
make a specially of tropical diseases.
Continued on page 81
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TRIANGULAR DEBATERS
READY FOR CONTEST.

Washintor d. c. April.-Announce
ment is made of representatives, to de-
fend Howard in its dual debate with
atlanta University and in the triangu-
lar debates with Lincoln and Union.
The Howard Team to debate Atlanta
University on April II, in the Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel will be COM
posed of Milo Cravath Murray, of Nash
vile, Tenn, and Yancy L. Sims of At
lanta. Georgia.
The Triangular Debating League,
consisting of Atlanta, Howard and
union universities. will hold it's
debates on the evening of April 2S. The
Howard Team to meet Union in Wash
ington will consist of Frederick Harold
Robb Of Hartford. Conn, l., Eugene
King, Buckeyestown, Md, and Harold
Edward Bledsoe. Marlin Texas The
Howard Team to meet Lincoln Univer-
sity at Lincoln will be Earl Russell
Alexander of Washington. ID. C. Edward
A. Simmons of Charleston, S. c.. and
Zephniah Alexander Lobby of Antigua,
B.WI. The alternates are Albert c.
Gilbert of New York City James
Arthur Curry of Townsville, N. c.,
James Garland Wood, Cotton Plant,
Ark Arnold f.. stowe, and Frank Will
1iamS of FayetteVille NJ c.
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YOUTH SHOOTS OFFICER IN VAIN
ATTEMPT TO AVOID ARREST.
BY Charles T. Magill
lar the Assocln1ed Negro Pressl

CFor the Associated Negro Press)
New York City, April. - Policeman
Frank McHugh of the 3Sth Precinct was
shot and seriously wounded by Henry
Sanford, a frail youth, April Sth,, as he
was about to place Sanford under arrest
at t36th street and LenON Avenue. on
Ger Reuben Carter, the only traffic cop
of our race is stationed at 135th ST., and
LenoX Avenue, heraing the shot, chased
Sanford into a nearby tenament and
disarmed him.
McHugh in tlr meantime had been
taken to Harlem Hospital and Sanford
was taken there and identified by the
wounded Officer. After he was taken
to the station where he was questioned.
from informa lion gained in question ng
the prisoner. Detective Reding LED a
raid on a flat said to be occupied by
Edward Nelson at 80 West lS5th Street
where several prisoners were made,
charged with conducting sort of clear
ing house for holdups and robberies in
Harlem The policeman is expected to
recover
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stan Correspondence
'or the Associated Negro Press)


Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, April.-The
seth Session of the Liberia Annual Con-
ference convened in Mt. Scott Methodist
Episcopal Church. Harper. Cape Pal
mas. Bishop Matthew w. Clair LID,
presiding. At the opening session the
Sacrament Of the Lords Supper was
administered by the Bishop assisted by
DR.. w. T. Hagan and the District Su-
perintendents
The Conference organized by elect
ing the following: l.. w. Wah. Secre-
tary; j. N. F. Russ. Assistant; J. T.
Dayrell. Statistical Secretary. J. O. W.
Carver, G. e. Kruckles. Assistants;, J.
f. King, Treasurer; Lee Anderson, AS
sistant. DR. j. II. Reed was elected
newspaper correspondent
The attendance on the part of the
members and lay workers of the Con-
ference was good and the interest ran
high Reports from the various ses-
sions indicated progress. To our very
great delight there was an appraciative
increase in membership and the bene-
VIOLENT collections.
a fact worthy of note is the intense
desire upon the part of the native for
schools and Christian training for their
children, Representatives from native
towns far back In the interior came to
the Conference to make personal re-
quests Of the Bishop to send to their
towns, for the sake of theiI children.
Christian teachers They would say,
We want our children to learn book
and God way" They held on insist
entity, would not leave without definite
promise.
One morning two delegations called
at the Bishops stopping place and made
known to him their wishes. He said
See me at the Church" They sat in
Church all day waiting their chance
late in the afternoon when the after
noon session adjourned, they rushed to
the alter, demanding a hearing. What
was to be done. We had no money with
which to support the teachers, II
appointed But they continued to press
their claim and persistently refused To
accept negative reply, saving, eve
have waited for years. Gin the case of
one II was ten years). There was no.
thing to be done but to accede to their
request The Bishop turned to the
District superintendent and said. Find
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SEEK TO PROVE MRS. MAYHEM WHO
LEFT BULK OF FORTUNE TO NEGRO
SCHOOLSOF UNSOUND MIND.

New York, n Y. April 20.-Eleven
nieces and nephews of Mrs. Calista
S. Mayhem who died December II in
South Orange, n. J.. and left most of
her estate Of $1,0O0.000 to Negro
homes and institutions in various parts
of the country have filed an appeal
against the probate of the will. The
date of the hearing will be fixed in
the Orphans Court at Newark.
1t is alleged that Mrs. Mayhem was
of unsound mind and that she was
unduly influenced by persons unknown
to them. They conted also that she
did not sign the will in the presence
of witnesses. Mrs. Hayhew formerly
was President of South Orange VIII
lage. She was SO years old when she
died, and left no relatives nearer than
neces and nephews. For many years
she had been doing much welfare
work, particularly among Negroes. She
was interested also in birds, and to
the disseI D.nation of bird lore and i'm
formation in the Oranges she left
$4,000.
Relatives seeking to destroy the
will are Flora c. Lapham of Cam
bridge. Mass; Frank M. Talbot of
Glen Ridge, N. j.; Mary T. Goodman
and Esther b. Talbot of Minneapolis,
Mary Wass Small and Calista Leigh
ton of Harrington, Me; Minnie G.
Wass. Frank n. Wass and John b..
Wass of Addison, Me, and Fredicll
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II. Plummer and Horatio N. Plummer
of Arlington, Mass.
The will as executed by Mrs May
hew left George b. Nash of Ruther-
ford $4,000 and a great many person.
al effects. To Albert Kronmiller of
Brooklyn was left $1,000. and he and
Nash were named as executors.
Negro institutions benefiting under
the will are: Snow Hill Normal and
Industrial School. Snow Hill, Ala
IS, 900 and wo-seventh of the residue
after payment of some $4,000 in spe-
cific requests; Hampton Normal Agri-
cultural Institute, Hampton, Va. one
seventh; Tusltegee Institute and Train
ing School for Nurses, Tuskegee, Ala
Sc, 900 and one-seventh; Atlanta Uni
versity. one-seventh.
The Good VIII Farm for Boys. East
Fairfield. Me. received two-sevenths.
In addition $1,000 of $1,000 left to
former School Superintendent Kinsey
of South Orange is to be spent about
Negro settlement work in South
Orange.
The sum of $4,000 was left to the
Children's Aid Association of New
York, $4,000 to the Orange Memorial
Hospital and 81 900 to the New York
Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
To thirty friends, appointed by her
as messengers Of love for work of
charity" Mrs. Mayhem left $500 each.