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Richmond planet., 1923-08-25

! fOxDury, va
June 10, 1923.
' My Dear MI. MITCHELL
lnclosed you will find my subscrip.
ton to The Planet as I am following
your case With great interest aud dc
mo care to miss one issue of your val
liable paper. I have been a SUBSCRIBER
to the Planet for over twenty-five
years and have always had implicit.
faith in your honesty and integrity,
n my faith in you is still mistaken.
l tolieve that 1t is a plot of those who
are jealous of our progress as a Ne
gro and your ability as a man.
Fight 1t out Mr.. Mitchell, your cause
Is the common cause Of all. Your PEG
pie, the people whom you have loved
and done 20 much for, will stand by
you. If all the lawyers, judges and
courts in the world convicted you and
said you were guilty, we would still
believe in you and love you.
"In spite Of rock and tempest's roar.
In spite of false lights on the shore.
4; Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
, Our hearts, our hopes are all with
the
! Our hearts. our hopes, our prayers,
u tears,
! Our faith triumphant DER our fears,
A,e all with thee,-are all with theei :
/ REUBEN c. CARTER.
! June 6, 1928.
L eht of Shiloh Lodge No. 1872 X. of p.
'nd Boykins Court No. 1873 o. of c..
Boykins Va.
Greeting to the Officers and Members
of the Lodge and Court. Dear Brothers
and Sister Courts, have you all awak
| ell ID to the fact that enemies are try
ins to u our head off? II not. why
not, because nobody lives without a
head. Have you stopped to think that
Sic John Mitchell, Jr., G. G. of the
Grand Lodge and G.. w. C. of the Grand
Court OF Virginia is in trouble and
feel it our duty as Sir knights and
Courts of o. of c., to go to his rescue
and do all in our power to help him t.
defend himself and his honor. So I ar,
! asking you al. as Sir Knights and
Courts o.. OF c., to start at once 4
Mitchell Defense Fund and raise no,
less than Fifty dollars and send it tt
him. Let others say or think what the;
u vi "lou, tut lOT ule LlSuI Oh OH
lob Lodge and Boykins Court, let IL;
stand by our G.. G. and G. w. G. now a;
W. nave in the pass and If any of you
haven't anything to give, wish hin
wei and pray for him and God will
bless both of you.
You all, as a Lodge and Court have
al~ays listened to what / had to say
and have found that 1 have never m!
led you in any way and / am asking
you to hear me now in this. 1 am ash
ing you all to do. / am not asking an,
more of you than 1 am willing to do
so you may start your list with M
name for $1.00. Hoping to hear from
you all from time 10 time as to thu
surcess you all are making.
With best wishes,
Yours in F.. G.. and B..
ID. w. WHITFIELD.
Ex-D. D. G.. C.
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25
MR.. EVANS COMES FORWARD

Substantial Aid From Lynchubrg.
900 Fifth Street.
Lynchburg Va.
July 81. 1928.
ST: John Mitchell Jr..
81 North Fourth St.
Richmond. Va.
Dear Sir and Brother:-I am writ.
i1,P you just a line today. My long
silence does not by any means lessen
my confidence in you. Speaking for
my wife and myself will say that we
are well, always entertain n warm
place in our hearts for you.
Enclosed you will find three checks.
Ore for two years subscription to the
Planet four dollars; one from Mrs.
J.. 3. Evans for the Defense Fund and
arr n for five dollars from me for
to "id you. If / can be of any service
to you, write me.
FT%aternally yours.
j. B. EVANS.
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25
WISHING US WELL
MR.. II TESTIMONY.
Culpeper Co., Mitchell Va.
Y July 18th, 1923.

Culpeper Co.. Mitchell Va.
July 18th, 1928.
Hon. John Mitchell. Jr.,
311 N. Fourth Street,
! Richmond, Va.
Dear Sir:-It Is quite q late hour
tIat ! come In to see you. but I an
here just the same. I am sending yon
two dollars for my subscription to the
PLANET" also one dollar to the De
Tense Fund. 1 wish I could do more to
help you Al this crucial moment. l
hope you will succeed in getting out Of
this trouble. since I believe you to be
Of IN upright character.
For sixteen years 1 have been TAX
irg the Planet" and during all this
time. I have beld you in high! esteem.
and believe you to be one of the few
100 per cent true men leaders of tho
Negro Race.
1 trust that the effort of your loyal
and influential white friends, combin-
Ell with your colOredI friends will bring
about your exoneration and prove you
to be the ideal character that so many
OF us believed in and hoped for.
May the all-wise and all-powerful
God be-friend you, is the wish of your
admirer.
ID. r. TATE.
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25
POCAHONTAS LODGE MEMBERS
RALLY TO THE HEAD.

Deputy Johnson in the Foreground.
P~ocahontas, Va.
June 8, 1928.
Sir John Mitchell. Jr..
81 North Fourth ST.,
Richmond. Virginia.
Dear Sir and Brother:-Incloseo
W. are handing you our check for $25.
90 as contributors to Mitchell Defense
Fund. We are familiar with the case
through the papers and we feel thai
Sir John Mitchell, Jr., has not COM
m!ited any crime.
Therefore, we are standing willing
to do any thing that we can. Our fin.
ancial aid is at his disposal.
From Trustees of Pocahontas Lodge
No Al, X. of p.
j. w. BETHEL, C.. C.
d. C. JOHNSON,
Chairman Trustee Board.
U. S. G. FROE,
Secretary
p. M. WHITE,
Treas.
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25
ON TO CALIFORNIA.
(Speci. from Nashville.)

Hundreds OF Baptist Churches and
Pastors who observed "All Togethe
Day" write. I'VE will report at ro,l
all in Los Angeles California. Thur
'ay September 9th" They are goins
by train loads; and the 42nd Annual
Session of the National Baptist Con.
'ention opcn'1g in Los Angeles. Sep.
tember 9Th. pltmises to be the largest
IN its history DI. r.. r. Motion is one
OF the principal speakers. Africa; Cen
trail and Soul: America will he repre-
sented.
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25

AGENTS WANTED RvERYwHERE
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25

VIRGINIA. In Eustings Court Part
III City OF Richmond the 10th day OF
July 1929.
CARRIE B. OREENAWAY Plaintiff
VS..
JAMES E. GREENWAY Defendant
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25
WILL YOU HELP END THE RECEWERsH|P?

This IS the all important question Look at the picture Of the Vault Of THE MECHANIC
SAYINGS BANK and then decide upon Just how much Of your time you vii. give towards fehab
dang this Institution
II CAN BE DONE It the Deposdos will help The future Of The Mechanics Savings Bank
in their hands. Have them follow the Instructions f eminent counsel employed to handle til
matter and the RE-OPENlNG Of The Mechanics Savings Bankk a certainty
Act promptly and you act twice. ia .u
Richmond planet., 1923-08-25

The object OF this suit Is to obtain
for h p'aintiff a divorce from the
bond OF matrimony from the defend
All upon the ground of desertion and
abandonment for more than three
years prior to the commencement ~
this suit.
And an affidavit having been made
II fled that the defendant, James h.
Greenawav is not a resident OF the
State of Virginia and hat his last p.
o Address was No. 4 Erwin Park. Mt.
Clair. N. ]. 1t is ordered that he do ap
pear here within ten days after tie
due publication of this order and do
what may he necessary to protect hts
interest in this suit.
A Copy Teste: w. E. DU VAL
Clerk.
II. G.. DU VAL, d. G..
c MIMMS. p. q.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Y. NJ. C. A. OFFICERS
DROP FROM SERVICE
Executive Secretary Harrington
Goes to Retired List-Assistant
Physical Director Resigns.

Retirement of Executive Secretary
Charles H. Harrington and the resigna-
ton of Assistant Physical Director
Charles w. Wannan were announced
yesterday by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
Mr.. Harrington is one of the first
secretaries to become a beneficiary un
der a general retirement fund created
by the National Y. M. G., A, and is
leaving to Join his family at Ocean City,
Md. He will be succeeded by W. r.
Beatson, who has been connected with
"Y'' work in this district for about six
years, and was located at Fort Myer
during the war. -a
Assistant Physical Director wannan
goes to Friends School, 1909 I street
northwest, to take charge Of similar
work there, and will be succeeded at
the ''Y'' by NJ. Keller, formerly director
of the Wilmington. N. c., Y. NJ. c. A.
IN noting the retirement of Mr.. Har-
rington, William Knowles Cooper, gen.
eral secretary of the Y. nj. c. A, ex-
pressed deep appreciation for his serv-
ices in personal letter, in part as fol-
lows: During these five years you
have faithfully illustrated the high
principles of the Young Mems Christian
Association by word and deed. You
have endeared yourself TO your fellow
workers because of your transparent
honesty and your faithfulness, and you
have won the approval of the men VINO
have used the building and the officers
of the Army and the Navy who have
observed your work.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Washington Scientists Fight
Mosquitoes III Panama S,van,ps
TsUo Seek Ne,o Species of
Disease Breeding
Insects.
First Expedition, of Kind
Since Canal Zone Vas
Made Sanitary.

DIR. ii. G. Dyar and DIR. r. C. Shan
non, entomologists of the Smithso-
nian Institution, have launched a new
drive to clear Panama Of mosquitoes
Both men now are at work in jun
gle spaces of the Canal Zone study
ing types of insects which thus far
have escaped .students.h 1t is now
nearly twelve years since Washing
ton scientists were able to- combat
the disease-carrying' mosquitoes SO
successfully that work on the canal
was possible for white men, and
since that time active work on the
problem has been largely dormant.
AT that time means were found for
eliminating those types which bred
near houses or on spaces of fetid
water. These were the most danger
Gus to mankind. But numerous others
breed In the moisture of jungle trees.
The work of DR.. Shannon in par
ticular Will consist of penetrating
the brush and climbing trees to study
the insects. They are particularly
notable as carriers Of malaria. The
last word heard from the Washington
man by friends here was that he had
started his work on an island in
sible to carry on studies before.
He has been in Panama since April,
and expects to come back here next
month.
Smithsonian entomologists recently
have also made a study of local flies.
There are two or three thousand
different families of flies in WASH
ington.
They range from the horsefiy. some
times more than an inch long. to the
tiny "bloodsucker." hardly discernible
except with microscope.
DR.. j. NJ. Aldrich of the Smithsonian
Institution has just completed an ex-
haustive study of the different va
rieties native to this part of the coun-
try.
The other day he discovered two
other species in clump of woods
near Anacostia, after what he had be-
the subject had been sent to the
printer.
Most of the fly families remain
rather inconspicuous. The housefy
is by far the dominant species, the
most malicious. and the most difficult
to eradicate. All housefiies in Wash
ington belong to one family.
The "bloodsuckers," fortunately.
have not invaded the capital to any
great extent. The finest screens are
unable to keep them out, and when
they land on the arms or legs the in
diyidual often is unable to see them.
DR.. Aldrich enumerates seventy
spscies of parasitic fieas. which also
are included in the fly families ma
tive to the District. Half of these
had not been previously described.
They lay their eggs on the backs OF
other insects and when the, young
Evening star., 1923-09-02

Resolutions asking for reclassif1-
cation of postal clerks. with a mini
mum entrance salary of $1,000 a year,
with annual progression of $500 un-
til a maximum grade at s2,400 is
reached, will be considered at the
convention of the United National
Association of Post Office Clerks
which opens tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock at the National Museum.
The resolutions to be considered
also call for further provision for
two grades of expert clerks at a
salary of $4,000 and $4,000 per annum
Post office clerks originally were
classified in 1888. when the maximum
salary was s1.400. In 1918 Congress
reclassified them. giving about 10
per cent increase. The employees de-
clare that the cost of living had In
creased 800 per cent.
Welcome BY OMcinIs.
The District Commissioner. Post
master Mooney of the Washington
city post office and other officials will
welcome the post office clerks tomor-
row. The sessions will extend
through Thursday. with addresses to
be delivered by Postmaster General
New, Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace. John H. Bartlett, first assistant
President Coolidge will receive the
delegates, expected to number more
than 1000. who will attend the
twenty-fourth annual convention, at
the White House at / o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. They will assemble
on the grounds in front of the south
portico where they will be addressed
by the President,
Wreath at Mount Vernon.
President c. P. Franciscus of the
United National Association of Post
ONCE Clerks will place a wreath on
the tomb of Washington at Mount
Vernon tomorrow afternoon. Follow
ing a business session Tuesday. morn
ing, the delegates will spend the
afternoon in Baltimore and at Ches-
apeake Beach. After a business ses-
sion Wednesday morning and the re-
ception at the White House, there
will be a business session, with an
other at night.
There will be morning and after
noon sessions Thursday. with a dance
at the New willard, Hotel at night,
bringing the convention to a close.
The association has 10000 members.
with representation in more than
5000 of the $500 first and second
class post offices of the country.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
First Step for Divorce.
From the Toledo Blade.

"Well," announced Mr.. Perkasie to
his wife, John and Mary have taken
the first step toward divorce"
You don't mean to tell me! What
on earth is the natter"
"They have got married"
Evening star., 1923-09-02
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
Lovette School of Music
New address, 172s N St.
Temporary phone. N. 6497.

Temporary ph6ne, n. 6fSI,
II. s. Lovette .............-.. Piano
Specialist in technic and Interpretation.
Eva Whitford Lovette Voice
Scientific instruction in voice building, reper-
toire.
GACn1 Uc Sayn AOIln
The de Sayn School Of Violin, affiliated assist
ing instructors at various prices.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
TAKOMA PARK WILL OPEN
WEEKS FAIR TOMORROW
Masonic Lodge Provides for Great
Number of Exhibits and
Tournament Saturday.

Determined not to be outdone by
Rockville, Takoma Park will hold
fair, beginning at o'clock tomorrow.
at the southwest corner of 4th and
Butternut streets. under auspices of
Takoma Lodge. No. %, F. A. A. NJ.
The exhibits will include horticul-
tural subjects, poultry and household
activities. The household exhibit will
be the special subject Of attention on
the opening day. when judging will
be made and premiums awarded.
The fair will extend through Satur-
day, with the flower exhibit as the
feature Tuesday. the fruit and vege-
table exhibit Wednesday and the
poultry exhibit Thursday. The grounds
will be opened at o'clock each even
Ing.
Saturday will be Tournament day."
the grounds to open at 2 o'clock, the
tournament to begin at o'clock. A
barbecue will be held at 5 pm. The
queen of love and beauty will be
crowned at $40 o'clock.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
ELECTRIC LEAGUE
PLANS FOR VISITORS
Delegates to International
Convention in October
to Be Entertained.

Plans for entertaining delegates to
International here the week of Octo-
ber were perfected yesterday at a
meeting in the City Club of the exec
utive committee and general enter
tainment committee of the Electric
League of Washington.
1t has been planned to give the
visitors an automobile trip to Ar
1ington cemetery and Mount Vernon,
and to conduct sightseeing trips
during the period of the convention
at such spare time as is available.
Dinner and Dance in Program.
There will be a dinner and dance
on one evening of the convention, and
a play entitled DO 1t Electrically"
will be presented, probably on Octo-
ber II.
. The following is a list of the play
committee and of the local talent
which has been secured to take the
various parts: l.. T. Blaisdell, chair
man; II. A. Brooks, L. c. Gramm. G..
II. Bonham, George Ellerbrook and
Carroll: Thomas +. Chantler. from
headquarters of the Electragists.
playwright; cast-Miss Marjorie A.
Brown, &. +. Noack, Mrs. Frank Shull,
-. II. RenlTo, w. NJ. JeWell, MISS Dor
othy Waters. Miss Mary Ellen Smith.
q. r. Morelock, Fred Schuler. Joseph
Frank, Thomas Shull, Harry w. Clay
ton.
General Committee Personnel.
The general committee is composed
of the following: General chairman n.
Frank T. Shull; finance, George b.
Colbeck and William A Rogers:
hotel, r. w. McChesney. entertain
ment, II. NJ. Southgate: automobiles,
John Myers; ladies entertainment,
H r. Carroll; reception and dinner,
T. J.. Townsend, and local glad hand,
L. c. Gramm. George p. Mangan is
president of the electric league.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
LESS UNEMPLOYMENT
I'm D. C. THAN IN YEARS
Clerical Work Only Line Showing
Excess of Applicants-Farm
Labor Short.

Washington's employment situation
today is better than it has been in many
years.
There are fewer men and women out
of work and more jobs open for those
who want them than for some time past
declares Francis ]. Jones. director gen.
eral Of the United States Employment
Service. Only in clerical work are there
more workers than jobs, while the de-
mand for both skilled and unskilled
labor remains strong.
A demand for farm labor around
Washington remains untitled as does a
demand for unskilled labor in certain
industries. Altogether the local labor sit
uation is good, Mr.. Jones says.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
CAPTAIN ROBERTS OUT.

Capt. Van W. Roberts of 1705 Irving
injured about the head when a de-
serted barn from which he and sew
eral score other officers were watch
ing field maneuvers at Camp Meade
several weeks ago fell down, was
DISCHARGED from tho post hospital at
Camp Meade today. One officer lost
his Lie in the crash
Evening star., 1923-09-02
DEATH HELD ACCIDENT.

A verdict of accidental death was
reported by a coroner's jury at an
inquest held at the morgue yesterday
in the case of Andrew Huston,
seventy-six years old. who was killed
by an automobile Thursday night
while crossing the street in front of
his home at 4545 Canal road. His
skull and both legs were fractured
The verdict was an exoneration for
Irving T. Gray. Mclean, Va, driver
of the automobile.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Berries on Maple Tree.

Chauncey Underwood, retired
grocer of Bowling Green, Ohio. is re-
ported as getting his morning dish of
raspberries from a maple tree. Ap-
parently a bird carried seeds in a
wound Of limb and two raspberry
bushes are now thriving there and
bearing fruit.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
THE Won UNSCHULD
UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC, INC.
Mme. Marie Won UnschuId, Pres.
Twentieth School Year

A thorough institution for advanced
study in all branches of music. lead
ing to the Degree Of Bachelor, Master
and Doctor of Music.
Among tho Faculty of Artists are
the well known Concert Pianist and
Pedagogue, Nine. Mario Won UnSchuld,
Piano; Nr. Elias Breeskin, Concert
violinist, xr. Ed. Van Look. Compost
ton, etc.
There will be evening classes con-
Quoted for Music History, Theory,
French. German, Spanish under the
best instructors.
THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
@afiliated with the University has
been extended to 80 branches for Piano
and Violin. located in the different
parts of the city. They are to be mod
els Of 4 thorough and efficient musical
education from the VERY BEGIN
MING, leading to the entrance Of the
Freshman year in the University, and
Pupils and Teachers are under constant
supervision and immediate guidance Of
the Professors Of the University.
1850 r Street INV. Phone Main SlSk
l-8 O'clock Pm.
1884 Columbia Road. Phone Col. x7x2
sig o'clock AN.
The Glenwood post., 1923-08-02
To Be an Orator,

The Rev. Daniel ]. Mannix, arch.
bishop Of Australia, gave some SEN
sible advice to all young men who
aspire to be public speakers. He said
he had always desired to be great
orator, but he found that he could not,
and now he no longer strives toward
this object. He advises all who aim
at profession wherein they must seek
to influence others by their voice, mot
to aim for oratorical elegance, but to
simply make their language mirror
their thought. Do not exaggerate.'
he continues. Use critical judgment" :"
The greatest public speakers are not
those who impress you with the beauty
of their performance, but those who
convince you by their simplicity, d.
rectness and incerity.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
The Glenwood post., 1923-08-02
That Backyard Garden.

The backyard garden, which has
been walled in with trees and shrubs,
a lattice or fence, to obtain privacy
and to keep out unpleasant views, and
which has been planted with flowers,
either in border or in formal beds,
will be pleasant place, indeed, In
which to pass a summer afternoon or
evening.
1t will be still more charming If n
birds corner Is provided to attract MI
grants in their season and such per-
manent guests as our latitude affords.
Let us encourage song birds that stay
the season through. The brown
thrasher and cat bird are the most
melodlous and the scarlet tanager and
orlole the most decorative and perhaps
the rarest, while robins, wrens, mead
ow larks, flickers, various species Of
woodpeckers and score of other
kinds Of birds are quite as plentiful as
sparrows If one does but invite them.
The Glenwood post., 1923-08-02
BUILD HOUSE LARGE ENOUGH
When Planning Home 1t Is Impera.
tive That There Should Be an
Eye on the Future.

If in building home one cannot
Guild it large enough to accommodate
family of the size he expects eventu-
ally to have occupy it, it is not diff
cult matter to so plan that an addi-
tional room, or several of them, may
be added later.
One of the easiest ways to increase
the size of house Is by the addition
of wing in the form of an L, or by
the building of two such wings. This
latter arrangement is particularly
good, as it balances the house and gives
semi-inclosed area at the back which
may be converted into an attractive
patio.
If the house is one-story affair 1t Is
only necessary to provide a hallway
from which stairs may later ascend,
and then, as the family increases, to
add second story. But this latter
method is usually not so good. If it Is
the intention to have two or three
story house it Is better to start out
with it, even though 1t may be small,
and then add to 1t as desired. This is
well accomplished by leaving the sec
ond story Observation-Disclosures City
Star
The Glenwood post., 1923-08-02
Safer Then.

She didn't really want divorce, but
she did want to air her troubles, and
the old family lawyer listened patient
ly. So she told him about her grad
uation, her marriage, and poured
forth torrent of details about hus-
band engrossed In clubs and business.
He never remembers my birthday.
He never remembers our wedding an
niversary. Sometimes ! feel like
shooting him. Once I was young and
beautiful"
.sThat was when you should have
done the shooting" interposed the law
yer.-Houston Post.
The Glenwood post., 1923-08-02
Raal Democracy,

The purchases made by a large
heavy-set woman apparently Of soma
property and social position, In small
Gratlot avenue shop the other day, 60
to prove that you never can tell. She
asked firmly for package of we'll
known brand Of chewing tobacco.
When the shop dealer was unable to
supply 1t, she unhesitatingly called for
another brand, threw 1t into her shop
ping basket and started to leave. Then
she spied pile of magazines and
asked for a certain radio publication.
This, too, was unavailable, so she took
a substitute The tobacco may have
been for her husband and the radio
magazine for her son, but spectators
watched her purchases with interest
and surprise.-Detroit News.