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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
preston News Seryice)

Kansas City. Mo-, April 1S-Com.
nenting on the recent decision Of the
Harvard University Board of Over
seers following the controversy be.
tween DR.. Roscoe Conkling Bruce and
President Lowell in reference to re-
fusal to permit Bruce's son to reside
in the freshman dormitory, the Kan
sas City Star says:
Harvard University has done pub
lie service in it's determination to al
low neither race nor creed to bar any
student. At time when the country
seems more than ever disposed to
break up into hostile groups it would
have been unfortunate if the oldest
American university, with it's great
liberal tradition. had begun a policy
of radical discrim nation.
The action of the Board OF Overseers
however does not of itself clear I'D the
problem as it exists within the univer
sity. 1t merely sets certain limits 20
a problem which must be dealt with BY
individual students. They may permit
racial friction to develop, or they may
make an effort to hold it to its lowest
terms For this end there will have to
be conscious endeavor on both sides.
THE situation in college is no diff
erent from the situation in the wcrl1
outside. Racial and religious differen
ces always are ready to flare up IN
shameful outbursts such as the Chica
go race riots and the outrages at Mer
Rouge. The versatile citizen is apt to
feet that he is justified in letting hin!
self be controlled by his emotions in
such matters. If you are prejudiced
against man it is always easy to be
impolite to h.m.
"But civilization is beset on self
control. 1t is the plain duty of men o:
different race and religion, who are
caDable of citizenship in one republic
to take the things necessary to get on
together And this is true whether in
Harvard University or Kansas City.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
DR.. DU BOTS IMPRESSES
NOTED AUTHOR,
Associate Editor Los Ange-
les Times LaudS Him.

Los Angeles. California. April 80
Writing in the illustrated magazine 81
the Los Angeles Times, one of the
John Steven McGroarty, noted author
Journalist and playwright speaks o!
DR.. Du Bots as follows:
"For an hour and more we listened
enrapt as in dream to what he had
to say. He spoke as a scholar which he
is The universities Of two continents
have given him ali they have to give
He stood before me with the easy
grace of the savant, and the calm de
c;sion OF man OF the world whols
sure OF himself. And IL it had beer
that we had ever drawn a line betweer
us and the lack-man-which thani
God. we have never done-that lin,
would have faded and disappeared in
that hour when the voice of Burgfrard
On Bots was in our ears
And yet the thing was stranger,
anomalous. For although Du Bots /.
not now the same bitter soul thai
tanned out in blazing anathemas ir
The Souls of Black Folk" against the
unSreakable wrong and injustice done
his race. he is still protestant. Blu
his protest is tempered with an unmi;
taxable sense of the ability of the col
cred races of the world to successful
W Withstand and oppose any future or
slaughts that may be made upon them
what the Negro asks. and what HI
demands is to be left free and untrarr
meled to work out his own destiny. r..
he treated with the same fairness tina
other men are treated. And as to tn.
rest. let him alone. He offers to Iool
out Tor himself which he is able an,
willing to do. And the impressive
thihg of it all is that time has COM
when the Negro can make these de
mands stick
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
WORKERS PARTY CALLS
NEGRO ORGANIZATIONS

The secretaries of all Negro organ
lZat'ons are earnestly requested to
bring before their bodies the follow.
ing manifesto:
few days ago six Negro organiza-
tions responded to a call for United
Front of Negroes in New York City,
namely: African Blood Brotherhood
Friends of Negro Freedom, National
Association For The Advancement OF
Coiored People, National Equal Rights
League. National Race Congress, Inter
national Uplift League
These organizations issued a call to
all Negroes to form United Front
against their common enemies. Pres
ent. and very influential at that con-
ference. were two members of the
WoI ker's Party the American section
OF the Communist International, an Or
sanization embracing all countries,
whose object is the gaining of pow,
by the workers of any and all colors
In accordance with the program of
the Workers Party, demanding the
breaking down Of all barriers separa.
Ing the workers of both races, and real
izing the great necessity of the closest
union OF the white and colored work
ers of the South, Local Richmond of
the Workers Party calls upon all Ne
gro organizations to form a United
Front with the following objects
breaking down of race prejudice
abolition Of all political, economic and
social discrimination between the
races formation of anti-ku k1ux bands
for self protection. unionizing Of the
Negro workers on the basis of absolute
equality with their white workine
class brothers, and vigorous cam.
paign to bring the standard OF wages
hours conditions of the Negro worker
up to the standard of the white work
err.
All those organizations willing tc
cooperate with the Workers Party or
such platform will as soon as the
movement has been endorsed by their
body. write to T. II. Stone. 921 Louisi
ana Street local secretary of the
Workers Party. as it is planned tc
start off our work with tremendous
mass meeting probably on May 1st.
The time OF defeat for the black
workers. which also means defeatine
few the white workers must come Il
an end. Forward to Victory!
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
Generals Cook Tells Re-
union of Civil War Event.
robert e. Lee. on Firing Line, Order
ell William to Rear, Telling Him
de Would Get Shot Leaving
Headquarters Mess With.
out Chaf.

New Orleans. April 12.-"And when
Maise Robert wuz ridin' along On his
Dig morse In front Nv de battle line an
saw me side him, Ire yells:
Git away fun dis firia' line. VIII
liam an git back on de animal line.
Fust thing you know you'll git shot
an L won't have any cook An sho
nun l gifts shot a minute aftuh that:
right in de Wilderness. too"
SO spake Rev. William Mack Lee os
Norfolk, Va. body servant and cook
Tor the Confederate chieftain, as he
told of his war experiences yesterday
during brief recess of the Confeder-
ate Veterans Reunion.
The old darby. his coat and vest re.
spiendent with reunion badges garner
cd at score or more such gatherings
was the center OF throng of veterans
and members of the Daughters of the
Confederacy all day and until late in
the evening. He was attired in an old
gray unifogm and with the half-dozen
other white-haired Negroes present.
held an informal reception that contin
ued without interruption.
The old colOred men sat i'm the con
vention auditorium wherever thev
saw fit and were welcomed with the
same cordiality that would have been
SHOWN brigadier-general. Time after
time veterans as they passed one or
the other of them. would stop and
shake hands.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
Representative DYER TO TOUR COuNTRYM
CAMPAIGN FOR FEDERAL ANT|-LN|CHMG BII
Will Re-introduce the Dyer Anti ynchine
Bill in Next Session Of Congress-.

representative Leonidas C. Dyer or
Missouri who introduced the Anti
LJnchlng Bill bearing his name in
Congress, will tour the Middle West
and the Pacific Coast states, begin
nlng May l to arouse public sentiment,
IN behalf OF the bill which he intends
10 introduce in the next Congress. it
was announced today by the National
association for the Advancement OF
Colored People. 20 Fifth Avenue. New
YORK, which is sponsoring the tour.
representative Dyer will begin his
speaking tour in Kansas City procee,F
ing via Omaha, Denver, Colorado
springs and Salt Lake City to Cali
1ornla and returning through the
states OF Oregon and Washington by
northern route to Chicago.
MI Dyer's Anticipating Bill WIS
passed by vote of 23O to 119 in IN.
rouse or Representatives and was
taVorably reported by the Committee
on the Judiciary Of the Senate. A fiji
buster conducted by Southern Demo
cratic senator's led to it's abandon
ment by the Republican majority. In
announcing his tour Representative
Dyer said:
am going before the country on
the issue Of lynching a national
shame which for thirty five years the
states have failed to end and the FEEDER
al government has failed to attack.
me Anti-Lynching bill which I in
trocuced in Congress and which was
passed by vote of almost 2 to in
tfre House of Representatives. was
| stopped in the Senate by the filibuster
or Senators from those states in which
most lynchings occur.
The federal antilynching bill is not
sectional 1t applies to every part of
the country 1t assumes that an afro
city in America is a national disgrace
/ whether 1t occurs in Georgia or Texas
or oregon or Illinois.
I Il shall reintroduce this measure in
( the next Congress. 1t will be reintro.
duced, believe in the Senate. Mean
while | shall acquaint as many Ameri
can citizens as possible with the bor.
rors of lynching in America and with
the provisions of the bill designed to
end those horrors.
We shall then see if small minor
lty OF men from any group of states
can block an expression of the will o..
the people of this nation"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
DR.. Grant UphoIds Soviet
Execution of R. C. Priests
CRUSADER News Service

New York April 17.-"The execu.
ton of a Catholic prelate by the
Soviet Government in Russia" declar
ed DR. Percy Stlcltney Grant in his ser
non yesterday IT the church of the As
tonsion; "was not one of religious per
secutton but Tho NInth of the Govern
ment against political treason which
happened to fall upon the head OF a
high chuI Gilman.
The Soviet Government while It re
garded religion as childish has declaf
cd itself to be tolerant of all religions
DR.. Grant said.
Regarding the question whether rs
ligion should be taught to children
DIR Grant remarked that If parents en-
de3"ored to initiate God and set their
CHILDREN good examples there would
be no need Of Sunday Schools.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
SEC'Y. OF AGRICULTURE
TOURS LOWER CALF.
InspectS Lands Near Negro
Colonization Property.
(Pacific News Du:.au.)


BIawley, California. April 13.-Ce-
mensing more firmly the cordial reln.
tions already existing between Cali.
fornia and Lower California, Henry
B. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture
has Just completed an extensive tour
Of the Lower California agricultural dis
tricts lying Immediately south OF the
border and extending from the Imper-
ial Valley to the Coast. accompanied
by Governor Josef Lugo and staff OF
Lower California.
SECRETARY WALLACE PLEASED
WITH DEVELOPMENT
After visiting the Imperial Valley
cotton fields; the forest reserves and
farming projects and spending a night
in the San Jacinto Mountains. Secre-
tary Wallace speaking at a banquet OF
repro sentative American and Mexican
business men and agriculturalists ex
pressed himself as highly pleased with
the rapid Development which he noted
everywhere.
MEXICAN GOVERNOR PROMIS-
Els PROTECTION
Governor Lugo in extending an in.
vttation to American business inter
ests to locate there. promised protet
ton to American interests in Lower
California and said that they would be
accorded every courtesy and protec-
ton
NEGRO FARMERS DEMONSTRA.
TON BUREAU PLANNED
In recent communication from
Gcvcrnc- Lugo 10 General Coun.e!
Hugh Macbeth of the Lower Californ
Ia Mexican Land and Development Co.
of Los Angeles, the Negro syndicate
controlling over 5000 acres OF valu
able farming, oil and mining lands in
Lower California; assurance was given
that the Agricultural Dept Of Mexico
would lend whatever cooperation
possible in assisting the Negro syndi
cate to establish and maintain Negro
farm demonstrating bureau and model
farm for the purpose Of educating the
Negro colonists the proper methods of
farming California fruits. nuts. grapes
and various crops on their Mexican
properties
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
Paroled Man Claims He
is Victim of 'Frame-Up.'
l2rcston News 9cryice)

Chester. Pa. April 12-Dayid Brinck
ley who was held by the police here
last Friday for hearing. charged
with an attempt to kill Robert Locke,
claims that he is on years parole
from the Eastern penitentiary ana
that the charge against him is simply
. "frame-up"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
(PrestOn News goryicc)

Alexandria, La. April 1S.-Scores
OF persons were injured and Is houses
wore completely wrecked by tornado
which struck Meridian. La. small
town about % miles south of here last
Thursday. Most of those injured were
Negroes. The property damage is esti
mated at $780, 900.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
Telephone Girls Ask for An
Increase in Pay.

Boston, April 6.-Julia S. O'Connor
President Of the Telephone Operators
Department Of the International Broth
erhood OF Electrical Workers. sent q
cali to local unions today for n con.
ference here on April 1S to discuss dc
mauds for ? seven-hour work dav and
an increase in pay.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
Deacon Cephas E. Green
Advanced to Priesthood

In st. Paul's Memorial Chapel. Law
rencevtlle Va, Thursday in Holy
week March %. at 1920 A. M. before
a large and reverent gathering the Rev
CeDhas Edward Green. Deacon. in
charge of st. Luke's Edgerton: ST.
Ihomas' Totaro and the new mission
at Fmporia. st. James. was advanced
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
is HARVARD REPORT
PROPAGANDA

In the face of Harvards recent atti
tude on the Negro it would seem TO in
"l'ate mat this contradiction of exist
ing Biblical and historical records on
Egyn'ian civilization is but a continu
alton or the white mans propaganda
10 feprive the Negro of any come =
zen whatsoever of any form of an.
rient civilization.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21

Take a chance at our JOLLY M
PUZZLE on Page 8 and you may win
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
VIRGINIA CORPORATION COMMISSION FINES
KHAN ORDER FOR VIOLATION Of STATE LAWS

Holding that the failure Of the Nat.
ional Order Of the knights OF the Ku
klux Khan to comply with the Virgin.
ia laws and obtain a license to orga.
nize In this State was technical and
unintentiOnal." the State Corporation
Commission of Virginia last Friday
18th inst. fined the Georgia corpora
ton the sum OF $50. The national or.
ganizatiOn began fight about q year
ago to restl ain the local klansmen
from holding meetings. using the rit.
ual paraphernaIia. blanks or any part
of the equipment issued or counter.
anced by the parent organization.
1t is expected that the ruling of the
State Corporation Commission will
permit the local organization of the
ku klux Khan to retain money AMI
property which the national organiza
ton claims
INJUNCTION ISSUED HERE.
An injunction was issued by Judge
Wells of Hastings Court, Part II. re
strafning the local members, and then
the issue hinged on the question OF
whether or not the national organfza
ton was engaged in any sort of bust
ness requiring the consent and per-
mission OF the State to do business
here and pending the decision of this
point the injunction WAS halted.
1t would appear. according to the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
CHURCH OF ETHIOPIA OLD
EST IN CHRISTENDOM

According to Prince w. S. ]. Chall
oughozilczise, nephew of Emperor Men
elk son-in-law of the late Queen of
Madagascar and graduate of Oxford
college OF England and the University
OF Alexandria, Egypt The Church Of
ETHIOPIA (Acts. S:26-39) is said to now
be the Oldest in Christendom, Rome
admits the early conversion of the
Ethioplans to the Gospel, the Catholic
encyclopedia remarking: at is certain
that Ethiopia was evangelical in apps
tolic times by the eunuch of Queen Can
dace baptized by Philip the Deacon. -
McCiintock and Strong (Methodists,)
lreneus Bishop of Lvins (born 100 A.
d. and Eusebius who flourished
about 321 A. ID. Likewise give similar
test mony.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
HARVARD EXPEDITION HEAD CONTRAD|C7S THE
BIBLE ON HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA AND MAKES
CLAIM THAT THE ETA|0PIANS WERE NOT NEGRO
Prof George Resner After Scientific Research in PYRAMIDS Of
Meroe in AnsO-Eeypdan Sudan Describes Them as Dark
Colored Races in Which Brown Prevails.
lPacific News Bnreau.l

Cambridge Mass. April 13.-As the
result of recent researches In the pyra.
mids ut Meroe near Khartum in the
gloEgyptian Soudan, Professor
Geo. A. Reisner head OF the United
States Scientific expedition operated
for the past three years under the aus.
piceS Of Harvard University and the
Boston Museum Of Fine ARTS. states
that the Philippians are not and were
not African Negroes and describes
them as dark colored races in which,
brown prevails adding however. that
many individuals show a mixture Of
black blood.
SCIENTIFIC HISTORY
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21

Scientific examination and analysis
The fifty royal tombs in the cemeter
les at Meroe some $50 miles south OF
Luxor and the Valley OF Kings. where
the discovery Of King Tut-ankh-Amen's
tomb was recently made. has resulted
in the determination OF the chronolog.
ical basis for the history Of Ethiopia
during the Meroetic era. claims Prof.
Reisner. These researches, says Prof.
Reisner have established that the cuI
ture of the Philippians stood as an out
post Of Egyptian civilization in Middle
Africa and that invention of a scrips
of their own was evidence that the
Ethiopians were people Of genius.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-21
GOVERNED BY KINGS.

In the Bible we read of the queen of
Sheba visiting Solomon but Biblical
history sheds but little light on who
the queen Of Sheba was. Sheba was at
that time the largest city of Ethiopia
and queen Nicholas who is spoken of
simply as the queen OF Sheba was in
reality the queen of Ethiopia.
Officially the country is known as
Ethiopia" This is the term used by
both the United States state and post
Office departments, also by the British
Government in it's 1897 treaty. 1t is
the name chosen by the people of the
country itself. In Campaign Of Adowa
and the Rise of Menelik" by G. B.
Berkeley, page 4. the following explain
alton appears: Ethiopia is the name
by which its inhabitants have known
1t since the days before the book Of
Genesis was written; the word Abys.
sinia is merely corruption of Abes.
Chi. the people Of mixed blood, i. e.,
the mongrels'-a term of abuse fixed
on it by Mohammedan invaders and in
troduced into Europe by the Portu.
guese."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-06
Mania for Ruling May Bring
Another Self-PreServatiOn War

frontiers between what is theirs ard
what IS some one else's. And after
they have butted once, they go about
bleeding and roaring as did our New
York lunatic.
The New York victim Of megalo-
mania was fortunate in that there was
q police force to care for him. Other
rulers of the world seem able to go on
and on bUtting through windows until
they fall PROSTATE from loss Of blood.
And in their mad career they not
only wound and destroy themselves.
but they destroy go many other things
that we have once been. obliged to
send our Army and Navy to srop the
smashing, and as sure as 1t goes on we
shall have TO do it again for simple
self-preservation.
But our Government insists on pro
testing that we won't, we never will.
help set up any. or Join any organiza-
ton to try. even. to keep mad rulers
Of the world" from buttinE plate glass
windows with their heads.
I mean with their peoples heads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-06

WASHINGTON. March 6.-What
does the highly-paid railroad president
do TO earn his salary?
Mostly he gives newspaper inter
views. attends banquets and ad-
dresses Rotary clubs" Senator Brook
hart Of Iowa charged before the
Senate when ne laid before that body
a mass Of figures on railroad presi-
dents salaries
Taking the salaries Of railroad
presidents as p whole we are struck
by the great disproportion that exists
between the salaries Of these supreme
executive officers and their sub
ordinate officials, from general man
ager down. who see that the traffic
gets over the line" said Brookhart.
Lower Officials Sweat
IF the president Of a road gets
$50 900. the general manager is
likely to get only $1,000 or SIS, 600.
while the division superintendents.
who have to sweat blood when
anything goes wrong. are lucky II
they get over $1,000. These operat.
ing officials Of the roads are, as
matter Of fact. among the lowest
paid workers in the country when
their experience. duties and re-
sponsibilities are taken into &C.
count"
Brookhart said he was submitting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-06

CHRISTIAN Y-7OR mother kiss the infant in her
AND II was not SO very long ago enough to mark her
ACTOR? frivolous, worldly and un-Christian in the
eyes of many devoted followers Of the
Nazareneeven hereabou Indiana Singing and whistlng
alike regarded creations of the old Feer-Satan
That spenddIy written story of early Indiana, 'n My
Youth worth reading aside from its rich entertainment
the striking portrayal of days when religious opinion and practice
opposite extreme from where it in the year
The other day, two nationally known theatrical celebrities
showed of the Ruhr and of politics position
newspapers celebrity explain the breaking of his engage
the story of his conversion the Christian faith.
Of the two Fred Stone comedian
chief consideration and his simple manly is being
with genuine respect and approval
But why should be thought strange for be
Chrsan Jesus nveghed against the of his
He attacked bankers and collectors and men,
criticised them individuals and members particular
profession.
There nothing homogeneous antagOnisc Christianity
in the profession of the stage the The stage
it has been sometimes in the past tremendous power for that
kingdom which Jesus said ''is within you"
And is the like Fred Stone who
laugh and who have added with who very
far from the kingdom whether they headlines
Fred Stone Christian? Why of course and mighty good
To contend otherwise bark back mother
could press lips the cheek of her cooling
main in perfect standard a Christian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-06
BY HERBERT QUICK

4 NAN described as a giant was
"a arrested in New York the other
- day because Of his peculiar
actions. All he did, however, was to
run about the streets roaring out,
II am the ruler Of the world; I am
the ruler Of the world and butt his
head through plate glass windows
His head was sashed deeply and the
blood was squirting from it and run
ming down all over him.
Probably he was insane: but If he
wished to give an imitation Of a ruler
of the world Of the sort in vogue to-
day. he I'D It TO the life.
Rulership Of the world is mania
this poor chap may have caught from
Wilhelm the Only, or from Poincaire,
or one of several others we have
been exposed 10 In recent years, or at
the present day And they all butt
or seek to butt. their heads through
plate glass windows.
The plate glass windows are