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The Washington times., 1923-12-26
R0AD
CROSSING
TOLL IS
HEAVY
Five Die in Motor Crashes,
Man Is Slain, and Boy
Is Drowned.

HAGERSToWN, Nd, Dec. 26.
Three serious automobile acei-
tents ne Staying ard one drown
ifig caused W death Of seven
persons in or near Hagerssown
yesterday. Three other persons
are in hospitals as a result Of
accidents.
Sheriff Richard Duffy was out
from early yesterday morning
until late last night conducting
Investigations and arranging for
coroner's inquests.
List Of Casualties.
The dead:
CHESTER SMITH, twenty-six
years old. of Sandy Hook, Md.
shot to death by Willard Good
GOOdhart from beating his wife.
GOOdhart is in Jail in HageFs-
town.
GEORGE M. TYSON. two years
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Tyson, of Cherry Run, Md,
drowned in one foot of water.
The child's body was found. In a
! brook after he had been missing
all day.
FRANK H. CHAIR, tEirty-five
years old, killed when his autOmO.
bile crashed into a freight train
on the outskirts of HagerstOWn.
His companion, James G, SPAIN,
is in the hospital here seriously
EDWARD CHOPPER. fifteen
years old, killed instantly when
thrown from an automobile near
the Antietam battlefield, after the
car had struck q hole in the pike.
His companions, John and Ralph
HITLER, are in the hospital seri-
Ously hurt.
Mrs. H. H. HARMONY. JOHN
HARMONY AND PAUL MILLER.
all instantly killed when the auto.
mobile in which they were driving
was struck by q fast moving mas
senger train on the Western Mary.
land railroad near Waynecastle.
The shooting of Smith nearly pro.
voked trouble in the Sandy Hook
district. When Sheriff Duffy took
Goodnart into custody, a crowd of
AN1A1AAC0AS S1LHSTSO. Inc 9nSr1ff
Whisked Goodhart away in his auto.
mobile immediately after arrest, for
lowing indications that the mountain
GERS might seek to steal his prisoner.
Claims Self Defense.
Smith, mountain leader whose
word was law in the Sandy Hook
district, was called on yesterday
afternoon to prevent Goodhart from
beating his wife. He warned Good.
hart to stop. A little later Smith
was sent for again. The second
time a verbal quarrel started and
Goodhart Is alleged to have shot
then barrtcaded himself IN his
house. He gave himself I'M to
Sheriff Duffy. Goodhart declares
he shot in se1f-defense.
Tho drowning of the young Tysop
boy who lives at Cherry Run ruined
Christmas preparations for him,
The child strayed away from home
early In the day, taking with him
several toys. Late last night, after
an all day search, his body was
found In q sman run. He drowned
in q foot OF water. It Is believed
he slipped into the run and was
unable to get out.
Crashed Into Train.
Frank Chair was killed and James
q. SPAIN injured while attemptlnR
TO pass a grade crossing, SPAIN, in
tho hospital, says that he did not
aea tho o-atea up az he started over
\ orossi' q OF the Norfolk and West
srn railroad The automobile
crashed into a slow moving freight
train. Chair was killed instantly.
Both men are from Baltimore.
The death of Edward Chopper
Eaa instantaneous. He, With john
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
MAN BREAKS NECK IN g,
FALL FROM Do0pSTEP

DURHAM, N. c., Dec. 2s.-Tom D.
Herndon' about thirty.five, is dead
To-Day as the result Of too much cele-
brating Christmas day,
Herndon fell asleep on a door step.
losing mis- balance he pitched for
ward, distance Of three FEET, break
Ing his neck. He died instantly,
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
CHRISTMAS RUM
KILLS THREE
IN n. !.
Nine Are Receiving Hospital
Treatment-TWo of Dead
Are Women.
TMEa sTAEs ei5oTol

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The death
toll from poison holiday liquor was
expected to mount today when po-
lice complete check Of the city's
morgues and hospitals.
Three persons are known to have
died from drinking. Nine others,
including three women, are in the
hospital. Six were reported in a
serious condition.
Forty persons were found uncon-
sciOus in the streets in the last
forty-elght hours, but their condi-
ton did not warrant hospital treat
ment.
OF the dead two were women;
Mrs. Anna Schuyler. four,
and Mrs. Eva Brown, sixty.two.
Among those seriously i'll was a
fifteen-year-old school boy.
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
Gen. Woods Son Wins
Million In Stocks

Lieut. Osborne c. Wood twentysix and military aide
of Gov Gen. Leonard Wood of the Philippines has made
fortune through transactions in Wall Street. his brother
Leonard Wood r, said here today in confirming reports
that Lieutenant Wood is to retire from the army
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
Shoals Would Crown
Ford Aluminium KING
\!
BY WILLIAM HARD.

Henry Ford may Muscle Shoals to make fertilizers
for farmers but he also particularly it
for motion picture films and for
arpanes That the direct report brought here from
verSati0ns with neone Ford firm.
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
Quake Shakes Honolulu.

HONOLULU, Dec. ga distinct
earthquake shock was felt here at
z o'clock last night. No damage
was reported,
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
Women Die in Revel.

Women Die in ReVeI.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26. - Christmas
hooch killed two in Chicago, accord.
ing to police reports today. Molly
Mccarthy was found dead after q
night of moonshine and revelry
with her husband, Cornelius Nc.
Carthy, and another man.
Joseph Miller, roon1ing house pro-
prietor, died from liquor given him
by a tenant.
James Torello was held today for
wounding three boys when he dis.
charged shotgun into a crowd
playing around bonfire, Police
said ne was inflaIned by naoonAhino,
The Washington times., 1923-12-26

THE Los Angeles blue law is
l. dead. Enforcement killed
1t. Shrewd politicians invari-
ably give Puritanism enough
rope for suicide. Gamblers soon
quit crying, Sauce for geese"
when they find themselves stew
ing in the same juice.
We'd have half as much fool
legislation if existing statutes
were impartially executed for
just one week. The noblest citi-
zen in our midst unwittingly
earns a dozen daily fines or Jail
sentences. Read the code and
shudder at your illegal record.
Ramsay Macdonald, upon tax
ing office, will attempt to obtain
more favorable terms on the
British debt, so that the Labor
party may strengthen its posi-
Continued on Page 3. Column s.
The Washington times., 1923-12-26
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight; lowest tenn
perature about freezing. In
pressing Cloudiness and
somewhat warmer, followed
by rain Thursday and Fri
day; moderate W westerly
winds, becoming southeast
or south.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
ASK n. Y. GOVERNOR
FOR STAND ON kLAN
N. A. A. C. P. Requests State
ment Because of Presiden-
tial Mention.

New York, July 27.-The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People today made public an
open letter to Governor Alfred Smith
of New York, requesting him, in
view of the talk of his nomination
for the presidency, to make public
his attitude toward the Ku Klux
Klan.
The letter, which is signed by
James Welden Johnson, reads as fol-
lows:
"Dear Mr.. Governor:
"Colored people throughout the
United States who are interested in
your courageous and liberal stand in
public questions will be interested to
know, in view Of the possibility you
will be nominated for President, what
is your attitude toward the Ku Klux
Klan. AS this. masked body is at
tempting to capitalize religious and
racial hatred and to make itself a
political issue, will you not make a
public statement defining your point
of view in this matter for both col
ored and white Americans
"Yours very truly,
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
One Man Serving 9O-day Sen
tence Because He Could Not
Pay SIS Fine.
White Paper Says Incident
Proves Counties Can't Man.
age Herd of Geese.

New York, July 27.-Three COL
ored men on road gangs in North
Carolina have recently been shot by
convict guards, according to a report
by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. The
three men killed were petty criminals,
one serving a 90-day sentence, and
another four months.
The man sentenced to 80 days had
been imprisoned because he could not
pay fine of SIS.
Commenting upon the shootings,
the Raleigh IN. CO. Times says edi-
torially:
Forsyth county furnishes the most
recent illustration of the fact that
the county governments of North
Carolina haven't sufficient conscience
or intelligence to be allowed a free
hand with the management of their
prisoners.
''The colored man had done two
months of 90-day sentence imposed
by the police court of Winston-Salem
for gambling after it was found that
he could not pay SIS fine. He stands
convicted of being a poor gambler,
since he could not amass SIS in win
nings. And then when he wagered
his life against 80 days imprison-
ment, he showed that he was one of
| the plunging type which usually goes
fat broke before the close of the
game.
"But poor as Henry's sense of pro-
portion may seem to have been, and
| was, it need not shrink from COM
parison with that of community
which would demand 80 days of a
r1an's life in lieu of five dollars and
then after receiving two-thirds of the
debt take the life to keep from short
ening the sentence.
Forsyth joins Wake and Nash
counties in proving that the manage
ment of county convicts in this state
is in the hands of men who have't
self-control enough to herd a gang
Of geese"
Many colored men are being con-
victed of petty offenses in North
Carolina to provide labor on the
roads. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
NEWARK ATTORNEY
GETS GOVERNMENT JOB
Assemblyman Oliver Randolph
Appointed Assistant u. S.
District Attorney.

Newark, N. j., July 19.-The ap-
pointment of Assemplyman Oliver
Randolph, lawyer, of 164 Market
street, Newark, to be an assistant
United States district attorney for
New Jersey, with headquarters at
Newark, will be made within few
days, according to an announcement
yesterday by United States Senator
Walter E. Edge in a letter to Jesse
r. Salmon, chairman of the Essex
Republican county committee. The
other assistant in the Newark office
is Walter D. Ripper of West Orange.
~ know" said Senator Edge in
the letter to Salmon, "you will be
pleased to learn that have been able
to put Assemblyman Randolph over.
He will be named in a few days an
assistant district attorney for New
Jersey, with headquarters in Newark.
This gives the Essexorganization two
assistant United States district 'attor-
neys, and what is more, a most SUBJ
stantlal recognition of our colored citi-
Zens."
Randolph was born at Shell Sound,
Miss, in 1882, and was graduated
from Wiley university, Marshall,
Tex, and from the law school of
Howard university at Washington,
D. G. He was admitted to the bar
IN New Jersey in 1914 His father
was a lawyer and served in the Mis-
issippi legislature. divers brother,
Joseph B. Randolph, is president of
Clafiin university at 'Orangeburg,
IS. G.. 81 -s -. Co.. ...
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
NelD Banking House
Opens In Bosto,,

An addition to the banking houses
owned and controlled by colored peo-
pie was made in June with the open
ing for business of the Harding, Cox
and Martin Real Estate Syndicate at
990-992 fremont street, Boston Mass.
The syndicate is the first private
banking house owned by colored peo-
ple in New England and is able to
move into it's new quarters and do
business on a larger scale the conf
dence it has established in the ten
years of its existence, during which
time not one investor has lost dol
lar.
The company's equipment includes
everything needed to give banking
service, even to a huge vault in the
basement. The syndicate will work
on the mortgage cooperation plan,
selling real estate invesmtnet secu-
rites, bonds and security notes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
GILLESLETS
BY E. w. Giles.

By E. w. Giles.
There is a sentimental value in
owning ones home, and the same
home for lifetime.
Husband and wife going out to-
gether, or otherwise, has been the
making or breaking of many a fam
lily.
Appearances have either made or
unmade many a man.
The world has weathered through
all of it's problems thus far, and we
may confidently. believe that it will
weather through lot more.
When Christ reigns in every heart
He will reign in every nation. ...
The real and vital humanity prob
lem is the problem of sin. "If thou
doest not we'll, sin lieth at the door. "
After all is said and done, we stand
on the top of all human literature
and look up to the Bible.
The bathtub at home is a pretty
good place for a person "to 60 SWIM
ming"
He who knows what he is after and
goes after it probably gets what he
goes after.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
TALK OF B0LT|NC
REPUBLICAN PARTY
AT JERSEY PARLEY
National Conference Decides to
Use Pressure for Inter-
ests of Race.
few STILL TALK OF JOBS
Most of Delegates Prefer Race
Rights to Rewards for
Individuals.
(Crusader Service.)

Atlantic City, N. j., July 27.-Talk
of bolting the Republican party un-
til the colored man gets "fair treat
ment" was frequently heard during a
session of the National Negro Re-
publican conference here today. A
veiled threat, that was only weak
ened by the frequency Of such threats
in the past, was made in a resolu-
tion passed by the delegates.
Delegates from 18 states were in
attendance at the two-day shore
meeting terminating this afternoon.
The majority report of the resolu;-
tion committee called upon the "co1-
ored voters of the country to devote
the next Is months in perfecting the
political groups, and to arouse con-
certed action to bring about political
pressure for colored interests"
Want Hospital Colored.
The resolution further called upon
"the present administration to keep
the Tuskegee national hospital in
every respect or raze it." and de-
manded the passage of the Dyer anti
lvnching bill and the enforcement of
the 14th and 18th amendments.
The resolution said in part:
GAS an American citizen the col
ored man finds himself in a large
section of the country disfranchised,
Jim Crowed, subjected to peonage,
mobbed and lynched and in other sec
tions, under limitations to which
other groups are not subjected. We
believe that the colored citizens in
the states where they vote and where
their votes are counted should use to
the fullest external all the political
power thev can command. to abolish
such conditions and for the greatest
benefit to the entire race"
A few of the delegates apparently
retain the idea that colored interests
can be recognized and the cause ad-
vanced bv giving a few colored poll
ticians jobs while ignoring complete
lv the rights and welfare of the
masses. George E. Cannon. colored
physician and politician of Jersey
City, said that recognition given col
ored Republicans by President Hard
ing had been "far below" that ac-
corded hv other Republican presi-
dents. He added: "Neither can we
as true American citizens subscribe
to the policy he has pursued of not
appointing colored men to office in
the South"
A permanent national organization
was effected with DR.. Cannon as
president.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
FL L0RIDA CAMPS now USE SWEAT BOX
MA. A. Stops
Discriminatory At
Des Moi,,es Beach
City Council Passes Resolution
Barring Discrimination on
Beaches. @-ss.z---.,<sez,

Des Moines, July 27. - Protest
against race discrimination at Des
Moines municipal bathing beaches,
made by the Des Moines branch Of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, has re-
suited in the passage of resolution
by the Des Moines city council, pro-
viding that there shall be no discrim-
ination "at any of the city bathing
beaches or parks on account of race,
color, or previous condition of serv-
itude."
The delegation of the N. A. A. C..
P, headed by Messrs. S. Joe Brown
and Charles P. Howard, claimed that
colored man had been ordered off
of the DIS Moines beaches by Gus
todian. The delegation included Mrs.
George Young, Mrs. L. R. Willis and
James B. Morris, deputy county
treasurer.
The resolution barring discrimina-
ton was introduced by Mayor Carver
of Des Moines.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
CROWD JAMS INTO
court ROOM FOR
WHITFIELD TRIAL
Whitfield Appears Nervous as
Jurors are Selected to
Hear Evidence.
ONE WOMAN ON JURY
Attorneys Ask Prospective We
niremen Whether They are
Prejudiced to Color.
defender Service.)

Cleveland, Ohio, July 27. - Over
5000 people clamored for seats in
the common pleas court, presided
ever by Judge George P. Baer, to
hear the drawing Of the jury in the
case of John L. Whitfield, who, it is
charged, shot and killed Patrolman
Dennis Griffin (white) here several
months ago. Special deputies were
necessary to hold the crowd in order.
Whitfield Unnerved.
Whitfield, apparently unnerved by
the procedure, listened attentively to
the questions put to the prospective
jurors by his lawyers as well as those
of the state. Seated near his coun-
sci, Arthur Day, Whitfield often
leaned forward to give him a sug-
gestion.
The case against Whitfield seems
to hinge upon the testimony of six
women and a man who live near
Pettibone road, Chagrin Falls, where
Patrolman Griff1n's body was found,
and who have positively identified
Whitfeld's Jordan roadster as the car
seen there the day of Griffin's MUIR
der. Whitfield has denied that his
car was ever at Chagrin Falls. Ac-
cording to him, it was left at Tay-
lor road, East Cleveland, and that
the patrolman's body was given to
friend, Peter Belong, who buried it.
Indicating by their arguments that
the defense of Whitfeld's murder
trial will contend that the shooting
of the police officer was accidental
and not premeditated, the defense
counsel was overruled in a demurrer
by Judge Baer.
He told the attorneys, Arthur Day,
Blase Boupane and Alfred De Lo-
renzo, representing Whitfield, that
there was no ground for saying the
statute making it first degree muir
der to kill a policeman was uncon-
for the Ohio supreme
court had already decided the ques-
tion in April.
Attorney Boupane. in attacking the
statute dealing with the murder of
declared that "policemen
have no halos about them. They are
common. ordinary human beings,
made of the same stuff as other peo-
ple."
Cites Cases.
Boupane cited several hypothetical
cases, where, he said, the death of
a policeman ought not to constitute
first degree murder, but would, he as
serted, under the statute. One of
these was the running down of
traffic officer on duty. Another was
the shooting of a policeman mistaken
for night prowler.
"If an honest citizen kills a police
man accidentally" he declared, che
cannot plead guilty to manslaughter
or second degree murder, for the
Judge could not accept the plea. He
wouldn't have his chance, even though
there were no premeditation or in
tent"
One of the questions asked pros
pective jurors by the defense attor-
neys is: care you prejudiced against
the colored race?" Thus far no one
has given an affirmative answer.
Seven men and one woman have been
accepted on the jury.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
War on London's Fog
Stirs Old-Timers Ire

London.-Horrors! They're going to
abolish the London fog.
Old citizens are up In arms. If the
fog's been good enough for me, don't
see why the rising generation can't
stand It," they moan. But despite this
defense Of one Of London's Oldest in
stitutions parliament is "going into 1t
thoroughly" Someone has suggested
that Londoners have been 'going into
1t thoroughly for generations, and
.coming out Of it and going into 1t
again. but nothing ever IL done about
it." .-~-.--s..-. ~, -,-a-.-~
There finally seems to be- a serious
attempt to end ''the London particu-
lar" and q committee of technical ex-
perts of all British industry are to
deal with the problem on national
lines.
Many persons who are not experts
say there win always be fog in London
until the obvious thing is done, pro-
hibit the burning Of soft coal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
Alabama Continues
Leasing OF ConUicts
(Crusader Service,)

Montgomery, Ala, July 27.-The
lower house of the Alabama legisla-
ture today voted for the continued
reign of barbarism in this state by
the overwhelming defeat admins
tered the efforts of a few Alaba-
mans, prodded and aided by outside
humanitarians, to have a bill passed
calling for the abolition of the con-
vict leasing system in Alabama. The
house of Representatives side-tracked
the issue by voting 2 to 1 resolu-
tion not to consider further convict
lease legislation at this session.
This means the question of abolition
of leasing will not come up before
March 81, 1924, unless the action is
overturned.
Administration forcees and the ca
pitalist mine-owning interests were
behind the resolution. 1t is believed
the senate will adopt the same res
olution.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
More Than 1000
In Attendance
At Union Picnic
Red Diamond Girls Team Wins
Ball Game From Men
at Outing.

Late carloads in the cool after
noon brought the total attendance at
the Union picnic to more than 2,000
picnic officials esteimatd Thursday.
After the races came the feature
event of the afternoon, the kittenball
game between the Red Diamond girls
team of Minneapolis, and a team of
girls from St. Paul. The St. Paul
girls defaulted and in their stead the
Red Diamonds played and defeated a
team of picked young men. Ice
cream was given away to the men,
bers of the respective Sunday schools
by a committee headed by Mrs. r.
w. Hill. The afternoon was marked
by the renewing of old acquaintances
and the entertainment of the many
visitors sojourning in the Twin
Cities. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
PRESS.
CoRRECTS RIOT STORY
Original Release Described Dis
turbance at Elaine as
"InsurrectiOn."

New York, July 27.-The Associat-
ed Press, one of the greatest news
distributing agencies in the world,
has corrected story it sent out on
the release of six Arkansas farmers
whose cases were fought to the Ar
kansas supreme court by the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. In the orig
inal Associated Press story the Ar
kansas dots of 1919 were attributed
to a colored "insurrection" it was
charged that fighting had been be-
gun by colored people. In response
to vigorous protest from the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, the Asso-
ciated Press sent out the" following
story:
"New York. June 28.-Herbert j.
Seligman of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, in a statement issued today,
pointed out that recent newspaper de-
spatches from Little Rock, Ark, tell
ing of the release Of six colored men
implicated in the Elaine rioting in
1919, incorrectly described the cause
and nature Of the trouble. ~.
Denying the statement made in
press dispatches that the riot start
ed when persons concealed near q
colored meeting house at Hoop Spur,
Ark, fired on party OF white men
in a motor car, Mr.. Seligman quoted
Justice Holmes Of the supreme court
of the United States as describing
the riots cause thus:
"'On the night of September 80,
1919, number of colored men as
sembled in their church were attack
ed and fired upon by body of white
men. and in the disturbance that fol
lowed white man was killed
"Justices Holmes statement was
made in the courts opinion handed
down February 10, 1928, ordering the
federal district court to reconsider
sase.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-28
Colored Prisoners On Road Gangs
Killed By North Carolina Guards
Hooded Mobs TARGET
OfPolice Force In
Montgom Ala.
(Crusader Service.)

Montgomery, Ala, July 27.
Montgomery police were order
ed today to arrest any masked
person on the streets. James
H. Hardaway, police commits
sioner, issuing the order, de-
clared shimself opposed to any
demonstrations by the Ku Klux
Klan.
The police commissioners
action is said to be the result
of pressure brought to bear
upon the city government by
local capitalists who, while en-
couraging the terrorism in the
past, have now suffered a quick
change of mind in the face of
the colored migration.