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The Washington times., 1923-06-27
11CONVENT
DUE To MEET
HERE soon
One Each in July and August,
Others Scheduled for
Fall Months.

The national conventions OF eleven
nationwide organizations have been
listed with the washington Board of
Trade during the next few months.
Only one OF these Is scheduled for
July, the majority being set for Sep
TENDER and October.
The first convention listed will be
that OF the Photographers Associa-
ito Of America, July 1921. A. J.
Cook, Sewiclkley, Pa, Is secretary
and is in charge Of the plans for the
sessions.
August win bring one meeting,
the Southern States Life Insurance
Company.
Conventions listed for September
are the Independent Order Of Rach-
abites High Tent Of North America,
September 4-6, Secretary j. r.. Ma
honey, 324 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; the National Association
of Postmasters of the United States,
September 1920 and the American
National Red Cross, September 24-27.
In October the following con-
.ventionS are scheduled: American
Academy OF Opthalmology and
Laryngology, October 1920: United
Typothetae of America. October.
1926; Investment Bankers Associa-
ton, October 1881; Military Order
OF the World War. October As.
One meeting is scheduled for
November. the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy. national union,
reunion. November 81: and one for
December 27-29. the American
Statistical Association.
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
TEN DETECTIVES
NAB ALLEGED
h. q AYR
Detroit Police Take No Chances
n Arresting Whitfield on
Cleveland Warrant.

DETROIT, Mich, June 27.-Cleve-
land detectives were to leave today
with John L. Whitfield, forty, ar
rested here late last, night for the
murder of Dennis Griffen, Cleveland
policeman, on May IL.
With ten Detroit detectives,
Charles o. Newell. lieutenant of
Cleveland detectives. arrested Whit
field. at his work at the yards of
the Ternes Coal and Lumber Com
pany, where he was employed as
night barn foreman.
Extreme precautions were taken
by the arresting officers to prevent
Whitfield from duplicating his
escape at Madison, Wis.,, where he
pushed his captors from him and
disappeared behind q passing street
car. The officers, heavily armed,
surrounded the coal yards, cutting
off Whitfield's chances OF escape.
The Washington times., 1923-06-27

of the technical library" at tire
structural Materials Research Lab.
oratory at Lewis Institute In Ch'-
cago.
II is probably the only collection
Of its kind In existence. and the
information contained on the labels
of the bottles gives an interesting
insight into the part that science
il playing in modern Industrial uii-
dertakings.
This sand library was started
ten wears ago, and specimens have
been added from time 10 time UNI
til there are more than $500 diff
ferent bottles Of sand in the col
lection.
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
HARD LUCK FOLLOWS
OCEAN CITY RESIDENT

ATLANTIC CITY. June 27.--A
jinx is pursuing F. Leslie Headley,
son OF former Mayor Harry Head
ley, Of Ocean City.
Some time ago his house was
burned and his wife and baby
rescued by firemen. One month
later shis partner; John Fisher,
fractured q leg. Al few days later
Headley was injured similarly.
walk.
An automobile in which he was
a passenger was struck BY another
machine. Headley was not serious.
ly injured, but the shock was sui.
ficient to send him to bed.
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MAN WHO MARRIED
GIRL. a. Is ARRESTED

POTTSVILLE, Pa. June 81
Charged with having married Lota
C. Golamis, fourteen-year-old
Nicholas p. Deakanes, q business
man OF this city, was arrested.
The warrant was issued by Alder
man J. H. Bitner Of Hagerstown,
Md, on information given by Chief
of Police Thomas III. Barber, of
Hagerstown. It is alleged that last
Wednesday the defendant took the
little girl to Hagerstown and swore
that she was eighteen years Of age.
The Washington times., 1923-06-27

twenty, employed az secretary.
Miss ROcOcIk told Magistrate Lee
vine in West Side Court that the
defendant, who was her sweetheart
Until q year ago, yesterday went to
her office and when she refused to
resume their former relations. grab
bed her by the hair and began to
pull her down the stairs.
Foglio was held IN $500 bail for
examination today on q charge OF
Hsorderly conduct.
Miss Rocock said that FogliO's
violent temper was the cause Of her
quitting him after she had received
ring valued at $500 from him.
When she broke their engagement
she said, she sold the ring for $3.50
and bought gown which she hoped
would get her on the stage.
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10 this service. noted for its excellence and
good taste in equipment. has recently been
ADDED two new all-steel Colonial dining cars.
the Martha Washington" and the Mount
Vernon"
Finished in mahogany in true Colonial DESIGN
throughout. with Heppelwhite chairs. these
two cars possess the appearance and atmos-
Phere Of the chaste Colonial dining room of
Old Virginia. Their kitchens, finished in
white enamel. contain every accessory chat
makee FOR clean. well-cooked food and
expeditions service
The Martha Washington and the Mount
Vernon. are regular part Of the equipment
OF trains NO oZ4 and No. between Wash
iInston. Baltimore. PhiladelphiA and New
York
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
AMATEUR DENTIST HELD
FOR DEATH or PATIENT

BOSTON, June 27.4-John Abad-
Jan, OF Waterstown pitied Miron
Azarian who came to him COM
planning Of q toothache, 30 he pulled
two OF his friends teeth and
Azarian died. Physicians claimed
death was due to lockjaw caused
by improper dental treatment,
before Judge Abbott IN Water
town and held for the grand jury
for practicing dentistry without =
license
The Washington times., 1923-06-27

AS Whitfield left the barn shot
gun was thrust against his ribs,
and before he could offer resist
ance he was handcuffed.
At police headquarters Whitfield
freely admitted that he was with
Griffen when he was shot, but de-
clared that Griffen shot himself
in a struggle.
Detective Griffen was killed while
transferring Whitfield from the, po-
lice station to the county jail In
Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
CAVEMAN LOVER
ARRESTED FOR
R0UGHNESS
Former Fiance Charges He
Dragged Her Down Stairs
BY Her Hair.

NEW YORK, June 27.--Alleged
caveman tactics caused the arrest
yesterday afternoon of Anthony
Foglio, twenty-five, a clerk, on the
of Miss Ethel Rocock.
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WOMAN, 90, BREAKS NECK
IN FALL DOWN STAIRWAY

NORFOLK, Va, June 81. Miss
Sallie M. r. White, ninety, was
found dead yesterday at the foot of
a stairway in the home OF her sister
in-law, with whom she lived. !
Her neck had been broken in q
fall some time during the night
and she had been dead seven or
eight hours, the coroner stated.
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
HIGHER PRICES
FOR WOOLENS
PREDICTED
w. M.,Wood Sees Advance Due
to Increased Wages and
Cost of Goods.
Nv Recommendation News servtce.

BOSTON, June 26.-Expressing
confidence in the financial and
business situation, w. M. Wood.
president of the American WOODEN
Company, who has just returned
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
2, 800 BOTTLES or SAND
FROM UNIQUE LIBRARY

CHICAGO, June 27.-Row after
row of little glass bottles. filled
with sand and carefully filed away
in gIass-covered cabinets. is part
The Washington times., 1923-06-27
DEPENDABILITY
in Dining Car Service

Living up to its expressed objective. as
we travel through life. may we live well on
the road. has earned an enviable reputation
among discerning travellers for Baltimore and
Ohio Dining Car Service.
On the Baltimore and Ohio system is served
the delicious ocean-navored sea food from
Chesapeake Bay; from Maryland's Eastern
Shore come fresh-erown vegetables: from
Ohio. rich Medina Honey. and delicious
of the good things brought to your table in
Baltimore and Ohio dining care
These choicest foods are carefully prepared by
skilled chefs. and properly served by walters
trained in courtesy. willingness and cleanli-
ness. Stewards of long experience are ever
on the alert to add to your comfort and
pleasure.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
Bishop Charles S.
Smith Stricken
With Apoplexy

Detroit. Mich, Feb. Bishop
Charles Spencer Smith, historian of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, was stricken with apopleXy at
his home 81 East AleNandrine street.
Thursday morning. He is not eX-
pected to live.
He was born at Colborne. Canada,
March 16, 1852.
Bishop Smith has been one of the
most active and powerful workers IN
his church He has always taken an
advanced and strong stand on ques-
tions of the day. He was one of the
first churchmen to expose Garveylsm.
His following within the church WAS
large.
He was elected bishop at the gem
eral conference in Columbus, Ohio. N
1890 During the years 1S14-I6, ne
was a member of the Alabama State
Legislature. He holds degrees in the
ology and medicine.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
Tia Juana Police
Deny That Ameri-
can N egro w a S
Lynched by Mob

San Diego, Calf, Feb. 5.-Denial
that Chester Carleton, American Ne
gro reported lynched last night, was
dead or had been taken from the Tia
Juana, Mexico, Jail by mob was is
sued tonight by Tia Juana officials.
Carleton was arrested after. it is
charged, he had slain Mexican po-
liceman and wounded three others.
The Tia Juana authorities tonight said
he would be given fair trial. They
said IA crowd gathered around the
town Jail Sunday night and threatened
to hang Carelton, but the members of
the crowd We're persuaded to go home
by the major of the town. An extra
guard was then thrown around the
cuartel.
The excitement which had started
with the shooting has subsided. Carle-
ton and the policeman had quarreled
over an injury to an automobile the
Negro loaned the officer.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
South Alarmed Over
Migration of
Negroes r

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. AT a meet
ing of the Memphis Cotton Exchange
here last Thursday afternoon, a reso-
luton was passed urging the Tennes
see delegation in Congress- to seek
modification of the immigration laws
to permit entrance into the United
States of desirable foreign labor.
1t is said that this action was taken
because of the pronounced labor short
age in southern states. The members
of the exchange are endeavoring to de-
wise ways and means to cultivate this
years cotton crop.
1t is claimed that northern and
eastern manufacturers are making Il
tremendous inroad on the supply OF
southern farm labor by offering more
attractive wages and spreading propa-
ganda among Negroes to the effect
that living conditions are better in the
north pointing out supposed educa-
tional advantages, franchise, and free
dom from mob violence. This propa-
ganda is causing millions of Negroes
in all parts of the south to migrate
to the north.
One speaker said: at is true that
Negroes are going north by the whole
sale just now. 1 think their fear of
the Ku Klux Klan has much to do
with it. Most of them do not know
that this disgraceful organization ex-
lists in the north as well as in the
south Then the frequent lynchings
strikes terror to the hearts of the col
ored people, making them seek a fan
cied refuge in northern sections. l
believe if the manufacturers and lead
ing citizens of the south take a more
active step to convince the Negro that
the southern white man is his best
friend after all, they will soon ignore
the call of the northern manufacturer
We must do something to stop this dis
graceful curse of lynching."
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
THE NEGRO
SANHEDRIN''

the dominant Gentle world in which
this conference has potent influence
in Jewry until the present day. The
East Indians meet in annual session
of an All Indian Conference TO con-
its outlook upon the world at large.
The Negro needs most of all the slim
ulation of race conscientiousness
and the formulation of race ideal
which will furnish inspiration to ev-
cry member thereof The proposed
conference looks to this end
The need is plain wayfarer,
though blind may see It. The demand
is upon us. Have we the wisdom and
courage to meet it? The difficulties
are great To the timid, they seem in
surmountable. The cOwardly spirit al
ways sees lions in the way. But to
those who have unswerving faith in
the humanity of man, nothing is i'm
possible.
The next step is to devise some feas-
ible and effective method of proceed
ure, merely to issue a sudden call of
the wise ones to meet and deliver fiery
orations. and adopt heated and hasty
resolutions would accomplish nothing.
Violent protest against oppression and
wrong is but natural ebulition of feel
ing Such has been the method of all
the conferences which have gone be-
fore.
| now suggest that this he Il confer
ganizations and agencies of nation
wide aim and purpose designate some
representative in Washington City.
The representatives so designated will
committee is to meet as often as nee
essary and deliberate as long as re-
quirements of the situation demand.
When it has reached agreement upon
n proper agenda, let it set the time
and place, and issue the call for the
general conference.
| suggest the city of Washington as
most fitting seat of the committee, be-
cause of its central location and focal
advantages. In order to meet inevita-
Bile objections, / suggest that the CEN
tral committee in Washington may or
ganiZe on the same plan of its own
complexion, local committees in Vari-
Gus centers to cooperate in the for
mutation of plans. The judgment of
the committee should express the find
ings of our best minds and hearts and
conscience, and should be based upon
counsel as wide as the race and as
broad as its needs.
If my suggestions are acceptable, let
the various organizations proceed at
once to designate representatives. l
will undertake to call them together.
Then my function will be at an end.
The rest will be in the hands of the
race.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
A WORTHY EXAMPLE.

The Nut and Chocolate Company or
Suffolk, Va, recently divided $1,000
in gold among their 700 colored EN-
ployes. In addition to the $1,500 in
gold, each employe received a five
pound box of choice assorted candy.
Prizes were distributed as follows:
One prize of $50, ten prizes of $25, and
500 prizes of 81.
The president, Mr.. A. Obici in pre-
senting the prizes, gave splendid ad-
dress to the employees and commended
them for their efficient and faithful
services. He also stated that the com
pany was planning to give them even
larger and more conspicuous recogni-
tion for their services.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
Southern Women and
the Race Problem

The enlistment of Southern women
in the numerous goodwill organiza-
tions recently formed in the Southern
states is one of the most significant
phases of the work being done by the
Commission on Inter-racial Co-Opera-
ton.
Groups of representative women in
North and South Carolina. Georgia,
Alabama, Arkansas, Virginia, Tennes-
see and Texas have accepted member
ship on their state committees on race
relations and have made public state
ments embodying their views in re-
gard to the justice and fair play that
should be given the Negro, declaring
their opposition to lynching and other
manifestations of mob law, and pledg-
ing themselves to follow all methods
leading to harmonious racial adjust
ment.
In addition to these state commit
tees, there are TO be noted the remark
able and encouraging movement to en-
list the 250,OOO organized women of
the Methodist Church. South, in de-
termined and systematic campaign for
the suppression of lynching; and the
statement adopted by the recent
Georgia Baptist convention, declaring
that lynching "is cancer on our body
polite and Il disgrace to our Christian
civilization. The Christian church,
surely our own, must sound the knell
TO anarchy in all it's forms; but more
especially when band of men arro-
gate to themselves the right TO pc
come government, court, jury, Wit
nesses, and thus proceed to commit
murder. 1t is diabolical. 1t is hell
ish. 1t puts government, society and
the church mt the mercy of the hob
goblins of the underworld. We must
admit of no exceptions. There are
none. Southern Workman.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
Chicago Branch, n.
A. A. G.. p. Protects
Alabama COlOred d
Girl

How a colored girl who had been
brought from Alabama to Chicago by
white man was cared for and the
white man prosecuted and fined, is
told in report submitted to the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, 20 Fifth ave
nue., New York, by Morris Lewis, sec
retary of the Chicago branch. Mr.
Lewis report states:
"a colored girl and a white man
had been picked up the day before at
a railroad station. The white man
had brought this simple-minded col
ored girl from Alabama to Chicago,
paid her railroad fare and furnished
her spending money. At the time of
the arrest, the man and girl were hir-
ing n cab to take the girl from the
station
"The case found its way to the
Juvenile Court and the girl being over
20 put it outside of Juvenile juris-
diction, thus it became the duty of
someone other than juvenile officer
TO look after the girl. My wife then
came into the case. The girl was
put in her charge and was taken to
the Phyllis Wheatley Home for the
night. Next day the trial came up.
Mrs. Lewis appeared just the same as
IA lawyer for the girl and was so
recognized by the court.
The man was fined 5000 and a nomi-
nal fine of S25 placed against the
girl. She was continued in my wife's
care for six months probation, after
which time, on payment of the fine,
she will be free. l imagine the fine
will be remitted when the time comes.
There was apparently some effort
on the part of shysters to get the fel-
low off, one Negro seeming to be in
terested on his side. When he found
out that my wife was representing the
girl he beat hasty retreat. The in
vestigation was followed up and con-
sfderation given to resorting to the
Mann act prosecution, but in view OF
the fact that the girl is free of the
man and he on his way to the bride
well, it is perhaps just as well to let
if drop and save the girl further pub
Iicity. Mrs. Lewis was greatly COM
mended by many social workers who
were in the court room and said 1t
was quite "A. treat to see colored
woman stand up and fight for the
rights of an innocent simple-minded
colored girl"
Mr.. Lewis further states that the
girl will be helped to find employ
ment and to obtain education,
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
Underwood Type
writer Comp pan y
Does Not Approve
K. X. X.

Upon learning that the advertising
manager of the Underwood Type
writer Company, W. ID. NJ. Simmons,
had been arrested for participation in
an alleged Ku Klux Klan meeting in
Brooklyn, James Weldon Jackson,
secretary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie. wrote to the Underwood Company
to inquire if it countenanced such ac-
tivities on the part of its employees.
The following letter was written in
reply by Mr.. Underwood, president of
the company:
january 80, 1928.
Mr. James Weldon Johnson, Secre-
tary National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, 20
Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Dear Sir:
1--WE have your letter of the 26th
of January and in reply would state
that we ourselves never have coun-
tenanced anything of the sort. We
have some 10000 employees and cam
not tell what each individual is doing.
you will no doubt be interested in
learning that the gentleman referred
to has resigned. On the other hand,
we would advise you that it is case
of bad company. He is not and has
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10

/" tion-wide response. 1t is
unanimously agreed that
- such a conference is not only
important but Imperative.
The proposition elicits immediate and
spontaneous reaction.
Great ideas are rarely ever the pro-
duct of single mind. They are but
the outcome of scientific or social ne
cessities demanded by the advancing
state of knowledge or social need.
Fundamentally, thoughts stir spon-
taneously in the minds of many think
ers. 1t is only by chance or good hap
that some fortunate individual is first
to formulate and give them public ut
terance. Fortunate indeed is he if he
escapes the rivalry and jealousy of
those who are fond of the self-glory
of priority.
| claim no originality or special
credit for procaiming the suggestion
of q Negro Sanhedrin. When The
cloud is surcharged with electricity,
the flash may break out at any point.
I have merely expressed the general
feeling not before sufficiently focused
in definite form of statement. Enthu-
siastic supporters of the idea declare
that it was already floating in their
minds without form-and void. In
deed, it had already received implicit
or explicit expression in sundry, par
tial ways The National Race Con
L., bn nd t1ttaraI IL
The Equal Rights League had already
sent out invitations to the several Civ
il Rights organizations, including the
n. A. A. C. p the National Race Con
gress. and the Blood Brotherhood, for
a joint meeting and united action.
Several secret and fraternal orGers
were contemplating similar procedure.
NV suggestion differs from the others
only in the comprehensiveness of its
range and scope. l would have the
conference take into consideration,
''the state of the race" involving the
entire circle of interests pertinent and
peculiar to our group, and its relations
to the larger social entity in which it
movements hitherto have limited their
attention to some particular pressing
and distressing features of the prob
lem The dynamic power of politics
has been the chief reliance. These
conferences have split on the rock on
which they We're founded.
Th political agency must loom large
in any effective race program, but the
subject must be approached in the
spirit of comprehensive race states
manship, and not of personal and par
tisan manipulation. Politics forms but
a single factor of our tangled prob
lens. The internal development of the
race is of primary Importance aside
from its external relation to the envir-
oning white world. The stateSmanlike
attitude will not allow itself to become
excited over any single distressing
factor, but views the whole problem
with sobriety of temper and deliber-
ateness of judgment
Napoleon Bonaparte suggested
Sanhedrin of the Jews of Europe in
1907 The constitution of this body
comprehended the entire fabric of Jew
ish life and relationship. The agenda
covered the whole field of Jewish in
terests as affecting and affected by
The Colorado statesman., 1923-02-10
(By Kelly Miller.)

RY suggestion for an all-race
conference has met with ma
"a tion-wide response. 1t is
unanimously agreed that
, - such a conference is not only
important, but imperative.