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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29

fled by its soldiers. White men who
read this book will sympathize wi. h.
the struggle of the Negro for f. I.
opportunity at selfdevelopment ami
will realize the service the race has
rendered in great emergency ami
may be called upon TO render again IN
some future crisis. Il
In the method Of presentation no ~
tempt has been made to gloss over
evils that existed. No attempt is made
to be harshly critical. The truth is
stated in kindness but with incisive-
ness and with important facts and fig
ures.
MEN ARE DRAWN TOGETHER.
Americans who wish to know what
Negro soldiers actually did and patient
ly suffered. in order to help win the
world struggle for democracy, will
find in this concise interesting book
AN opportunity to secure information
which could only be gathered by a
thoughtful, courageous man who han
visited the Negro soldiers in may
sections of the United States and
France-andI always with an open
mind.
AS men and women study tine results
of the World War. they discover, for
example. that just as 400 600 Ameri-
can Negroes received new outlook Oh
life on account of their war experiences
so citizens Of the United States and
other countries received new insigrt
into the capabilities of American Ne
groes by studying their loyal intelli
gent service.
Men who fought side by side through
the World War will find in this small
fook an opportunity to study the prob
lens which they have in common and
the forces OF righteousness and COOL
will which draw them together az
American citizens.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29
DO YOU KNOW HER?

I would like to locate my aunt Miss
Lizzie Lucas, if not married Please
have her write her nephew, No. 34)
Spring Street, Westfield N. j.. Care
of Mrs. Mamie Johnson.
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Have the Planet sent to your al.
ores for one yea. The cost is only so
cO per year. 1t will aid journal tina,
has served you for nearly half a ce =.
fury.
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DIR r. e. JONES HERE.

DR.. and Mrs. r Z. Jones of Phila
delphia were in the city this week vi +.
Ting friends. They report conditions
IS very satisfactory in their home city.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29
(By VIM. Anthony Aery.)

10y VIII. AuIuOuy AeTy.J
Hampton, Va, Dec.-The loyal and
effective service of 100000 American
Negro Soldiers throughout the Wor. 1
War, the excellent qualities of leader
ship shown by the 1000 Negro Officers
who saw things through" in France.
the untiring and cheerful work of the
Negro stevedores in laying the ground
work for combatant troops the success
full efforts which were made by white
and cOlored welfare workers to ira-
prove the conditions of Negro soldiers
in and near their camps and the rec.
ords of Negro combatant troops-this
story has been told simply and in q
straightforward manner by Charles II
Williams. director OF physical educa-
ton for boys at Hampton Institute, ia
"Sidelights on Negro Soldiers" 200
page book recently published by B. j.
Brimmer Company of Boston.
Benjamin Brawley, Raleigh N. G.
professor of English at Shaw Univer-
sity, has written the introduction.
which states the problem that the Ne.
gro in uniform had to face in America
and in France. This problem was a
highly complex one and for its solution
there was required the cooperation OF
many agencies.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29

MISS Ola d. Burgess IS visiting nor
Uncle Mr.. Louis Taylor, 1898 Denny
street Fulton.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29

DL%MUDE, GIANT FRENCH DIRICIBLE is LOST.
Giant aihp with 40 board disappeared while enroue to
Africa from France After with adverse winds she
became uncomfortable and ded towards the Sahara where her
crew is probably dying of thirst and hungr.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29

Mrs. Ellen Smith of Boston Mass.
mas ben in the city for some tine
vIslt'ng her relatives and many
trends She is the guest of her sister
MIS-. Anne Morris in South FIRST s..
snd VIII remain until after the ho'i
days.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29

Mr.. G. G Cain his son. Geo. Cain
Jr. and Mr.. ]. G. Edwards of Empor.
ia, Va. were in the city this week
Iaey calico on III in company with
Mr.. Johnnie Gibbons and son Moses
" .bbons of South Richmond Va.
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PRAYER A POWER IN WAR

Zone night" says Charles TT. viii.
Iiams, before they went over the ton
SIX boys were i'm dug1out. After IA n,
ing things over. one suggested thu,
they say the Lords Prayer Only one
knew 1t; but while game of dice VIZ
going on in another corner the Iit,j,
gronp kne1t end repeated tho words
gathering strength for the attack thai
was to come before the new day. Hear
Ing slight noise toward the close
they turned and SOW that a major had
come into the dug-out. Let's say n
again, boys he said 1T gives me-
more courage. too Then they kneJt
again and the officer Joined with them
in the prayer"
"sidelights on Negro Soldiers" nc
cording to Newton d. Baker former
secretary Of War in President Wilson's
Cabinet Shows the presence of the
race question and OF some OF the preiu
cices and discrimination which grow
out OF IL but IT also shows perform.
ance OF high duty by the Negroes -
America. Negroes who read this hook
VIII he proud Of the record It containg
ana even more jealous to raise tbe
race by adhering to the ideals exempt;
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-29
FACTS BRING RESULTS.

Charles H. Williams, because of his
ing experience in executive work aad
bis insight into Negro character, was
selected as a special investigator Of
conditions among Negro soldiers. With
THE approval and cooperation of tic
Secretary of War and the Adjutan:-
General of the Army OF the United
States he spent total of eighteen
months in the United States and in
France visiting those places in which
Negro troops were stationed, with
view to getting facts and making rec
concentrations for improving their vel
fare.
"Sidelights on Negro Soldiers" gives
in well-arranged order the specific In
formation which Is needed to sh wv
how American Negroes met the call 10
the colors; how they Jared in Their
camps; how the Negro officers were
trained, In spite of the numerous OBJ
stacles which were placed in their way;
how the Germans attempted to inf u
ence the Negroes to turn against the
United States; how the Negro troors
suffered in France from systematic
propaganda against them; how the
problems arising from camp follow
ers, especially women were met and
solved; how the ~ and other welfare
organizations ministered to the needs
OF Negro soldiers, usually with grea,
success; how the stevedores Carried
on" amid hardships and numerous DIS
couragements; how THE well-known
92nd and 93rd Divisions we're organic
ed and trained; and how the Negro
units played their part in helping TO
win the World War.
The concluding chapter Hone
Fires tells the story of what was ac
compished by the Negro soldier. who
won recognition on account OF merit
and who showed his fellow white so,
oiers that he had an unfailing belief
IN Good and faith enough to believe
that great good would come out or
many evils and bardships.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
Oh. Boy!

Reinember, Jack. u
love like this. she sighed q she
nestled s IisfIe CLOSER 56 nina
Yes! Yes.'' murmured Ne. ab-
hently. rye hgafds 50 rye
heard ssss
Isaaes: 'IJndt suppose aeg did
send us q nessag6 frofns Mars.
how coud dey tell Il we got it7'5
Cohen: VelI. dey might send
It COLLECT undt see Il We paid Tor
sIqufb,
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

Mary Anthony. may mo- hive
been ! Poker shark but a held
some pretty hands inc :hi1 nv.
nevertheless Octopus
Anxious Bride How dor n =
ncse look, dear does II
powder?''
Absent minded Groom Is.
dafling, its immense sifnfy 81.
fliense! Wasp. y
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
nonhffn1.

An old negro woman stood by
the grave. Of her husband and
aid nournfuIly. s:Po' RastusI I
hope he's gone where 1 spec he
ain't.'-The Lawyer and Banker
Qtew Orleans. So.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
Taking WAYS,

Palmgren IL fine, chap. He
takes things as they conner
Yes. He took my. rubbers yes
terday. "-Kasper (Stockholm).
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

Mrs. Washington Lincoln Jones
tpeeking over back fence at
clothes line)-Wonder il dat white
trash has new ,xoungster or
has dey joined de Ku Klux Klan2
Chaparral,
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
NapoIeonie.

An army travels on Its stomach.
Raid Napoleon. Many q young
business man gets there on his
gaII.-Lodlsville couTfersJournal.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
CHM Prospect.

Don't cry. little boy. You'll
get your reward in the end.
s.sS'pose So That's where I
sllus DO git it."-Life.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

Frances. aged seven. was urging
her mother to LET her go with her.
that evening to the theater, but,
her mother refused, saying: You
would not enjoy it Frances: it is
not a movie. it is q stock COM
.pany."
"But, mother" interposed Fran
ces, .you know I just love ant
naals.s"-Judge. .&s .
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

I'm entering society," said the
oyster as Mrs. Vanderbilt swal.
lowed.-SQuib. e.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
Bye Baby Bunting,

Fathers gone hootch.huntin',
Mothers at the private stiIl
Making gin that's sure to kin.
Bye Baby Buntort. s,.s. .
Fathers found another quart:
Mother knows by intuition
What win be his next condition.
= Panther.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
Brides and Eagles
~ MAILER Trumbull.

BY Walter TrumDuiL
Moonshine and triple star
Beyond mile limit three;
And may there be good fellows at
the bar
when put out to sea-
There once was a golfer VINO
couldn't be induced to talk about
), !. hia ganie. He was born dumb.
49, An almanac tells us that q goose
has been known to live fifty
years. Is man in q. boazdiIie house
yerifies this and tells, us that ne
ate IL.
When your consider that there
are more than $4,000 post offices
III this country you can realize
now easy tits FOR q. good letter
10 fsave home and gosWrOng.
= Alone at. twilight by the window.
1888 bIurring,
I saw q figure dinly through
the rain
And felt my heart leap with .
sudden stirring;
Eeol that I was! Thought
you'd come, again.
Light as 1 forest leaf might TAN
Z a.. and flutter,
/ seemed to hear q football on
the stair
And stood till silence settled, dark
and utter.
Fool that i was! I thought that
You were there.
It may be Z wornan's browning
glory, but it isn't always her own
hair.
After opening Christmas pack
: ages many of the recipients are
eagerly waiting for April l. In the
hops that they can get SeveE.
some subway guard sis not at
tending to- business. During the
rush houF the other day u pas
.nanger disembarltsd from q car
uflflattened. 1855
A general thing. utter perfec-
tion is visible only to the blind.
Neighbors are those persons
whom it was said heard and
seen by.
a friend is one who only tells
yop for your own Gbpd,
An acquaintance. is one who used
S % be = friend before It happened.
The barber wii6 Used to shave
you while looking out Che window
at man chasing 4 straw hat
new. shaves you WHINE watching
somebody snip on the Ice. There
8 always something doing in this
world.
An argument Is something
start BY = woman and finished By
death-Judge.
i
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

Jerry: Edna was afraid her
engagement ring wouldn't
noticed s.l,..ss 81
Terry: Noticed why b
81 the girls have recognized Il
alread sun D0dger.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

"And she wore nothing what
ever .yskees
''Hellow,a hello! rat sCenEral?''
in her hair. and honestly my
dear, it was so flimsy. -
''Says-'' tsY}ts
you could see right through,
.tHey!" u
the partition to the next Of
! flee, and he was in there alone
with her"
.Ilasten!! How about-"'
parcels. Nunben pTease?"
Certainly! Give meIetas see
.-damn-oh. well. the number
isn't necessary now, ss5
Chaparral.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
BalIades 81 Dub
C II. n. 0. INOWI.IEIl.

~ A. IN. 20. FOWLER.
We Dead Onnen Ii tie BuIaiers Lie.
So his blest bones should there IS
hid
And not become ohliterate.
Old Khufn renred q pyramid.
Where his remains should lie .
state;
out On our course they've buflt
such great
Hasilica for such 6 7
70 be Inferred II BY our Fate
we dead ones ii the bunlers lie.
You bet We %, ana that's 10 I'D;
Each nineI slip itss - you
straight sss
I'm cached 90 often to my lid
I'm bunkered ii quadrupdicate.
And there inhumea both earIs. Iate,a
50 long that I am IKE 10 die
Ere my shape may extKlt
we dead ones ID the baiilEsks lie.
a pyranlid2 peer amid
such traps as Cheops could not
mate
i r. he had done more than he did
10 bury his poor unbranded
pate;
And there stick and objnreate
In my deep tomb. howeser / try
NY Radio 10 elevat
we dead ones il the bunkers lie.
Itznvoi
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

re miners. we have got the rate
And babe farewell to yonder Sly
While hades We investiHa
We dead Onea ID the bnnlsers lie.
yuds1
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

-sT .-. go
When the Punitive Expedition
was in Mexico in 1916 and 1917,
one Of the newspaper correspond
ents asked a coIored trooper OF the
Tenth Cavalry what he thought Of
Mexico. The trooper studied a
minute and then answered. "well.
boss. there is more cows and less
milk. more rivers and less, water,
and you can see further and see
less than any country in the
world. Judge. -
Mother Of TWins-You say that
Mrs. B. called me a cat?
Nurse On charge OF twins)-
Well, she looked at the babies and
said what dear little Kittens
Lafayette Tyre. "
2.ti' - 49,
The boy ex.ruIer Of China has
Just been married to a girl whose
face he had never seen before the
ceremony.
In America also It often hap.
pens that a man doesn't see his
,wife's face uptiI- after the mar
9 rage. That is-her real face.
minus the p and p.
First Comedian-Did you score
q hit with your new speciality?
Second Comedian-Did i? Why,
the audience gazed in open.
mouthed wonder before I was
half through. First Comedian
Wonderful! Very wonderful! II
Is seldom that an entire audiences
yawns ct once.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10
AZ He Saw II.

He had just been to sPhiladel
phia, and was very much out Of
sorts. The food was no GOOD.
they had no decent hotels. every
I body was slow. and the whole
world was wrong.
.sBut you got to admit. z argued
q friend, '.that Philadelphia IS
well laid out town.
EFT ought to be- was the re-
tort, ITS been dead lang
enough. "-Puppet. 49,,
Said the Goulash 70 the GaIosh:
How my envy for you rankles!
While warm a mans exterior
You warm the c0-ed's ankles"
Said the Galosh to the GouIash:
''I am useful though I'm crude:
But / wish that / were you. old
dear
You're always getting tewedr'
! 800 sun Dial.
To the belle Of the Southern Sea,
A good missionary said, said he.
A calico skirt
Isyas Ycheapeas dirt!''
"But Is it a. cool?" said she.
Maniac.
ss----E-------rrs 4sfss ~
He calls her Revenge. and she
calls him Vengeance gos
Why?
Revenge is sweet ard ven
geance Ia mine. II -+sEeaAW.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

There once was q golfer who
couldn't be induced to talk about
5 his game. He was born dumb.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

= An almanac tells US that q goose
has been known to live fifty
years. a man in q boaTdiIfe house
verifies this and tells us that ne
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

When youe consider that there
are more than $1,000 post offices
IN this country you can realize
now easy it is for q good letter
10 isave home and goswrong.
The Washington times., 1923-01-10

S GONE subway guard sts not at
tending to business During the
) rush 1our the other day - pas
nsnger disembarllsd from car
unfIattened
Evening star., 1923-10-03

One divorce to 7.6 marriages in tho
United States last year is the record
disclosed today by the census bureaus
marriage and divorce survey, the. first
since 1915, when there was only one
divorce to almost s.3 marriages. There
were one-fifth more divorces and
about one-fftieth fewer marriages
per 100000 of population last year
than in 1916.
There were 1.12s.41s marriages re-
corded last year. while in 1916 there
were 1,o40.ss4. showing numerical
increase of S5.734. To every 100000
OF population. however. there were
only 1,o33 marriages in 1922. as COM
pared with 1.o55 in, 1915. a decrease
of 2.08 per cent.
Maryland led in the marriage rate
with 1889 per 100000 of population.
Arkansas was second with 1,4S7.
Florida third with 1.463. and fMisssis-
gippi fourth with 1.454. and North
Dakota with 5z5 had the lowest rate.
Divorces granted last year totaled
14s,554 for the whole country. against
112,03S In 1916, an increase of 36,518.
TO each 100000 of population there
Evening star., 1923-10-03
SLEW OTHER TO GET
HIS own INSURANCE
Rich Californian Confesses
Burning Body in Hopes 1t
Would Pass for Himself.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
EUREKA. Calf, October 3.-Alex
Kels. wealthy butcher OF Lodi. Calf,
confessed to authorities early today
that he killed a stranger on his
ranch near Lodi Septembed IL. set
fire to the haystack near his auto
mobile to burn the body and disap-
peared to enable his wife to collect
insurance amounting to 100000.
Announcement of the confession
was made by M. G. Wood, assistant
district attorney of San Joaquin coun-
ty. after he and Sheriff w. H Riecks
had questioned Kels for nearly four
hours.
In Financial Distress.
Kels told the officers. they said, his
action was taken because he was In
financial distress. who the man was
that he killed he declared he did not
know. He picked up the stranger
at Lodi free employment agency.
he said. and took him to his ranch,
where he shot him. He then put the
body in the automobile. heaped hay
around the machine. set fire to 1t
and fed. For nearly three weeks,
the body has been believed to be that
of Kels. 1t was buried after one of
the most elaborate funeral services
ever held in San Joaquin county.
Wife Seriously Ill.
Kels told the authorities that he
had not expected to realize on the
insurance money, but to assure his
wife of getting it and enabling her
to discharge business obligations he
had contracted.
His wife. an expectant mother. is
In a serious condition at her home in
Lodi. and has not been told Kels is
alive and under arrest. kels was ar
rested here Monday night. He said
he had been travelling throughout the
southwest since his disappearance
from Lodi.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
GOVERNORS INVITED
TO D. C. OCTOBER 20
Coolidge and Three Department
Heads to Ask Cooperation
in Law Enforcement.

Invitations were sent out from the
White House today to the governors
of the forty eight states for a confer
ence with President Coolidge, October
20, to discuss law enforcement, par
ticularly as applied to prohibition,
immigration and anti-narcotic stat
utes.
The governors will como to WASH
ington from their annual conference
at West Baden, Ind, leaving Indian
apolis the evening of October 10 and
arriving in Washington shortly after
noon the next day. They will go
direct to the White House. where they
will be entertained at luncheon by
the President, after which the work
of the conference will begin.
The plan for the conference pro-
vides that the heads OF the depart
ments OF Justice, Treasury and Labor,
which are particularly concerned with
the enforcement of the legislation to
be considered, shall present the views
Of the federal government with re-
spect to corporation in enforcement.
This presentation will be followed Dy
g. discussion of what the states can
do In a cooperative way.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
FRI HOME AFTER
2,2O0EM|LEFL|GHT
Navy DirigibIe Makes Run
From Chicago in II Hours
at $3.50 Fuel Cost.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
+ LAKEHURST, N. J.. October g.
Completing a record trip to st. Louis
and return. the Navy dirigible ZR-1
nosed her way out of a bank of
clouds within sight of her home
hangar at the naval aviation field here
at sos this morning.
The air Leviathan's record-break-
ing trip was officially at an end at
GAS, when she landed.
Rear Admiral w. A. Moffett, chief
of the bureau af aeronautics. who
Joined the flight a. st. Louis, was the
irst to leap to earth as the control
car SKINNED the grass of the landing
field Behind him came Comnanders
Frank r. McCrary and Ralph D.
Weyerbacher. ..tsss
sets world Record.
Three hundred sailors and marines
greeted them with salutes and cheers
as they manned the landing gear OF
the big bag and towed 1t gently to-
ward Its berth. The rear admiral's flag
dropped from the stern.
The trip from the castaway here to
the return HAD consumed forty-seven
ship covered approximately 2.20o
miles during forty. six hours actually
in the air. Her maximum speed was
seventy-eight miles an hour-a speed
which Rear Admiral Moffett believed
a world record for lighter than air
craft.
"A trip most satisfactory in every
respect" declared the admiral. 1--WE
made the run from Chicago In exactly
twelve hours on 654 gallons OF gaso-
line at a fuel cost Of perhaps $3.50.
The fuel consumed by an express
have cost much more.
Part Of Crew Sleeping.
Part of the crew of forty-two navi-
gators, officers and enlisted men were
off duty and snoozing away in their
hammocks on the cat walks. when
the massive ship reached port. So
steadily did the liner plow through
the waves of the air and so smoothly
did she lower herself over the hangar
that not until the noisy welcome of
the shore crew reached their ears
were the sIeepers awakened.
conferred early on the trip we had
smooth sailing all the way" said
commander Weyerbacher. "On the
return we maintained about 1000 feet
altitude. The crew worked In three
regulation ship board watches. Men
off duty slept as peacefully In the
cabins as they would at home. Ad-
miral -Moffett retired at 10 last night
as we were sailing over Indiana and
slept like q top"
A happy crew was given several
days shore leave" at the special re-
Wnd
nesday, Mrs. DENLY, wife OF the Sec
retary of the Navy will rechristen the
dirigible Shenandoah" "-"Daughter
of the Stars"
Evening star., 1923-10-03
One Diporce to 70 Marriages
In U. S., Census Surrey Sho,cs

were 1876 divorces last year. as COM
pared with 112 in 1915, an increase OF
21.4 per cent.
! Texas led the country in the num-
ber Of divorces in 1922 with a total
of 1889, which was one-fifth of the
number of marriages in that state
Illinois was second in the number of
divorces with 1896, Ohio third with
10.1S2e and California fourth with
1927. -.
smallest number of divorces, 161, and
the lowest rate per 100000 popuia-
tfon, with 81. . New York was sec
ond with 40 per 100000, North Caro-
lima third with SO and North Dakota
fourth with 81. South Carolina re-
ported no divorces, as its laws per-
NIT none. Il
Nevada had the largest number of
divorces per 100000 population with
1926, and the number of marriages
there was lower than the number of
divorces, totaling 1.208 per 100000
population. Oregon had the second
largest number of divorces per 100.-
900 population with 81, Oklahoma
was third with 262 and Texas fourth
with 259.
There was one divorce TO 22.6 mar
riages In New York, to 1914 In Georgia
and to s16.S In North Carolina.
Evening star., 1923-10-03
Dry Director Moues to Stop
John p. Hills Wine Making q
Case Placed in Hands of
U. S. Attorney for
Maryland.
Baltimore Official Re-
fuses to Obey Order
From Haynes.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. Md, October 3.-Rep-
resentative John Phillip Hill of Mary
land, has been notified by Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Haynes that his
experiments in making fruit juices
are in violation of the provision of
the national prohibition act, which
prohibits the manufacture and DOS
session of alcoholic liquor for bever-
age purposes. The commissioner there
fore feels. he wrote Mr.. Hill, that 1T
is his duty to bring the matter to the
attention of the United States district
attorney of Maryland for such ac.
tion as he may deem proper in the
premises"
Mr.. Hill has stated heretofore that
he started the manufacture of fruit
juices in his cellar for home use ex-
clusively, first advising COMMISSIONS er
Haynes. and requesting that prohibi-
tion inspectors visit his home to as