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The Washington times., 1924-01-19

ened by highly colored bindings
of cire ribbon or organdy, or are
stitched or embroidered in gay.
est hues. This trimming is often
repeated upon the deep, pleated
gauntlet cuffs that grace the
smartest Of simple, girlish dresses,
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SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland.

NY Daughter as bright star muky sky perfect
V blonde brunette chorus, shineth good husband
Az world of "fivvers." - -
His price radum yet NOT gIoried the
he goeth to his grave Unsung Hero
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Cotton. III Ancient Times.

COTTON cloth is mentioned by Herodotus. It was
- known in Mahomet's time in Arabia, in 627, andwas
brought to Europe by his followers. The Indians
cotton clothing when Columbus discovered America.
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He ariseth with the alarm clock and returneth
from the office at the appointed moment; and the
telephoned EXCUSE is not in his mouth.
He handeth over his weekly pay check without
murmur and asketh only for carfare therefrom.
He admireth his wife's hats and extolleth her
tastes, and his compliments are not saved for
OTHER women.
He pusheth the baby carriage with 'his own
hands-and permtteth his wife to drive the car.
He accepteth whatsoever is set before him and
complaineth not but PRAISETH his wife's cook
ing to her face.
He laboreth hard at the office all day, and at
the end thereof is too weary to stay to be beaut-
fled by the blonde manicurist or to linger at the
camouf1aped corner cafe.
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'The measure Of life Is not
length but honesty"
Honor IA more important than
mere length Of days, according to
Lyly in "Euphu0A"
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"The bOOkful blOckhead, ienO-
. rantly read,
With loads Of learned lumber in
his head"
Pope, In his ESSAY on Criti.
cism," thus pays his respects to
certain learned critics.
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to state bank. The state law rs.
quires that there be so much cash
on hand before the transfer could
be made, and with the approval =,
the state auditor, the necessary fund.
were borrowed from Dawes. Dawe.
made the loan gratis. Otherwise tho
La Sale bank would have had -
call in its loans in order to mako
the transfer of charter. At the time
the loan was made the assets wera
passed on as OK. by the state aud.
itor and the comptroller of currency
of the United States. The La Salle
bank two years later closed its doors
and the contention was made that
Dawes, because he helped in the re.
organization of the bank was a no.
tential stakeholder, though he owned
no stock and had nothing to do with
its management.
Now Mr.. Hill said the supreme
court found Mr.. Dawes guilty thus
inferring that it was criminal case.
So that people who heard Mr.. Hill
might know the truth about our next
vice-president, let me quote the SUI
preme court decision relating 70
Dawes action in this matter:
1--WE think the Central Trust Com
pany and Dawes acted entirely inno-
Gently in the matter, and were doing
a mere act Of courtesy for Lorimer
and his bank. There is no contention
that the Central Trust Company or
Dawes received any remuneration for
what was done. The matter of or
ganizing the Trust and Savings Bank
and the turning over of the assets
of the National Bank to it was ali
fully explained to the officials of
the State Banking Department, and
every one connected with the matter
seems to have acted in entire good
faith. They all thought that what
they We're doing was a substantial
compliance with the law of the State"
Thus the court disposed of what
Mr.. Hill inferred was crime. And
it is unfortunate that so many people
could be led to believe that crime
was committed. If crime was COM
mitted, Dawes would not have been
nominated. If he had been nominated
after committing crime John W.
Davis would have torn him to pieces,
but Davis never mentioned the Incl
dent, as John Barton Payne, mem
Der of Wilson's cabinet gave the dem
ocrats the truth about the whole
transaction. The shame is that free
speech allows radicals to peddle false
statements about things that many
voters will not look into. The result
this year shows however that the
radical overplayed his hand.
An Observer.
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Letters From the People =
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, The Editor:

10 Inc EOlUOI.
One of the misfortunes of a politi-
cal campaign, that is characterized
by mudslinging, is the fact that GER
tain people believe everything they
hear. One of the most astounding ex-
amples of this condition is revealed
in Kennewick when we hear people
quoting some of the things that Mr..
Knute Hill said in a recent campaign
speech.
These people seem to overlook the
fact that Hills success depended up
on the amount Of hate and distrust
he was able to arouse, and that he
devoted himself theoretically in that
endeavor.
Mr.. Hills slurs about ELAINE ducks"
were most unfair, yet we still hear
men quoting him on the street. These
men don't stop to realize that were
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Kellogg candidates
before the voters for their present
positions, they would so overwhelm
their opponents that it would look
like another Coolidge-La Toilette
contest. Yet Mr.. Hill, who gets "lame
ducked" himself year after year as
regularly as elections come, refers
to distinguished Americans as "1ame
ducks" and sad to relate he receives
applause.
Then Mr.. Hill left the impression
that republican congress passed
law that guaranteed railroads five &
one-half per cent, when as a matter
of fact the law does not guarantee
any road anything, nor does the av-
erage road make over per cent on
valuations that have cost the Ameri-
can people $92, 000, 900 to arrive at.
But saddest of all, Mr.. Hill con-
verified some people to the idea that
Charles Dawes is crook because Of
bana1's failure in Chicago. AS
matter of fact, Mr.. Dawes only did an
act of courtesy while bank was
changing its charter from national
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Gerald, after a weary climb out Of
the town. stood at last. at the appoint.
ed hour on the following morning, be-
fore the rusty iron gates of the fort.
,ress. Untidy and neglected though the
whole place seemed, there was still
something sinister about the various
crude precautions against the escape
Of prisoner. For quarter Of mile,
on the outside Of the walls, not In
themselves formidable, everything in
the shape Of trees, shrubs or dwellings
had been RACED to the ground. and
every fifty PAGES around the walls. on
the top Of a ~buttress, was mounted q
machine gun, from which an iron lad.
der led to the ground. The walls
thsmselyes were about eight feet high,
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and One. I shall at once report the
death OF Number Twenty-nine. He
will be buried In the cemetery here be
fore Intervention is possible. Now the
question comes how to dispose OF you"
81 was getting interested In that my
SELF" Gerald admitted.
"Number One Hundred and Ones
time was up" the governor explained.
HE could have gone home last week
if he had been strong enough. have
his papers OF release here, signed by
myself. Tomorrow morning early, 1
shall provide you with suitable cloth
ing, and shall drive you to the rail-
way station. I myself have leave OF
absence in my pocket, granted to me
a fortnight ago. but, to be honest with
YOU. have not used IL because i have
had no money with which to enjoy my
self I shall travel with you myself to
Petrograd. You will have acted as my
clerk in the prison. and take some In
terest in you. In my company you are
absolutely secure. No one will ven
ture even a question. Arrived at
Petrograd. will drive with you to the
docks. you shall take me on board
your shin. and we Will drink bottle
Of champagne together. What do you
think Of my plan?"
"Capitalw Gerald replied.
ST will conduct you now" the gov
ernor announced, "to Number Twenty
nine. We will lock ourselves In his
cell. You shall explain the scheme to
him and change clothes. ! will bring
pen and ink with me, also the deeds
which will put Harmon p. Cross In
possession Of my oil properties. You
shall pay over the drafts. After that
you must be patient"
81 am ready" Gerald declared, ris-
Ing to his feet.
Krossneys unlocked a drawer and
took out bunch of keys which shons
like silver-the only clean thing, II
seemed to Gerald, that he had seen In
the prison. They tramped up two
flights of stone steps.
81 am a humane man." the governor
said, "and II does not please me to
turn my prisoners into vermin. have
cells underground, without light OF
air, which were used by my predeces-
sors. i have had them blocked up.
You will find IL not so terrible here"
They had reached long, white
washed passage with arched roof. The
governor dismissed the attendant who
had followed them, inserted the key
into the lock Of the door over which
20" was painted In black figures, and
entered himself. motioning Gerald to
follow him.
In the sudden somber twilight Of the
cell, Gerald's first impressions were
that a man opposite had hanged him.
self against the wall. At their en-.
trance, however, the figure dropped to
the ground, releasing his clutch OF
the rusty bars to which he had been
clinging. A tall, thin young man, with
sunken cheeks, long, unkempt hair. and
eyes q little more than ordinarily
bright, stood gazing ut them. His
clothes seemed to be the remains OF q
| prison uniform. The trousers, always
too short, had worn away at the bottom
Of the legs. and he wore neither socks
nor shoes He stared at the two men
at Gerald especially-in wonder, but
remained silent
"You speak EngllshT" Gerald IN
CURED
Number Twenty-Five shook his head.
81 speak French better" he replied.
"What were you doing when We
came in?" the governor asked.
CONTINUED next weekly
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"Do you believe there is devil ?"
asked 7-year old Johnny Austin of
his companion in Sunday School.
"Of course / do"
Huh! It's the same as the story
about Santa Claus, it's your father"
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:IILLIPSSOPPENfdEIM
ce,yI9h, ~ LITTLE. Brown end co.

BOOK TwO.-CHAPTER LIN Lon.
don Gerald meets Pauline and her aunt
again, but realizes he Is held at q di ~.
her. she declares she cares only for one
man. her brother. and he Is In prison.
Myrtiie IL living with Gerald's rather
Lord Hinterleys, and Lady MARY.
CHAPTER II.-Gerald raises q large
sum OF money, refusing to explain the
reason to his father: Christopher ASKS
oonfessing her love for Gerald.
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exclaimed impatiently. II beg your
pardon. excellency," he added a mo-
ment later, az he remembered his visi-
itor's identity. "Your stay there Will
not be long. I shall explain in a mo-
ment. I drive Number Twenty-Five to
a small station on the line, eleven
miles of. take leave Of him there.
He II an American who has bought
nv oil concessions. The station Ii In
the middle Of the district. My pres
ence with him will remove all sus-
picions and prevent their examining
the passport too closely. he will travel
through to Petrograd. There, take 1t,
you have made arrangements"
81 have q ship waiting" Gerald 10
piled.
THAT is my scheme, then"
$50 far, 1 approve Of It," Gerald de-
clared, "but what about mer
"You will bore yourself for twenty
four hours" the governor replied. II
will see. though, that you have beer
and newspapers. II you will, Elsa can
come and see you"
"For heavens sake, nor Gerald
begged. II mean." he added hastily.
II shall need no society. I am very
tired I shall sleep"
"As you WILL" the governor &C
quiescsd. In the morning, Number
One Hundred and One-I should say
his remains-will b carried secretly
down to your cell. You will be moved
up to the cell Of Number One Hundrsd
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common level and if nothing else has
been accomplished but that one object
lesson and that is a long step forward
up the steep hill of real progress, for
It has taught the rank and file of the
colored people that it makes not the
slightest difference what their leaders
think about each other that they can
all become united as one man in the
interest of the colored race and fight
and manfully contend for all Of the
rights which have, been showered
down upon the colored people by the
constitution Of the United States.
Hon. William E. Dever, mayor Of
Chicago, addressed the great gather
ing at the Wendell Phillips High
School, Tuesday evening and in wei
coming the delegates and the other
distinguished colored men and women
to this great city. Mayor Dever was
warmly greeted BY the large audience
which had crowded into the building
and hundreds Of people stood around
on the outside, who were unable to
squeeze into it Mayor Dever said
some mighty good things to his hear
ers, which still raised him higher in the
of the coIored people in
this city and in concluding his talk he
assured his fellow citizens and the
strangers within the walls Of this city,
Mayor Dever declared that 50 long as
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he was mayor, colored people in Chi
cago would be given justice and
treated with equality
The following program was adhered
to during the various sessions Of the
Sanhedrin or All Race Conference.
PROGRAM
LET me write Union at the top OF
the page, and you may write under
that anything you please, Abraham
Lincoln.
Cooperation among the organiza-
tions. agencies and activities devoted
to racial betterment, will Be the key
note Of the Conference.
Important Group Conferences will
be arranged and commissions ap-
pointed to give special consideration
10 fundamental topics.
Monday, February II, 1874, lZ.UU
Noon Registration; ZOO P. M-Re-
port Of Committee on Registration; !;
Organization Of the Conference; 800
p. Welcome Addresses and Re
sponses. Public RECEIPT ont vincennes
HoteI)-
Tuesday. February z. 1924 1000
A. M.--The Basic Importance Of the
Physical Stamina Of the Race" DR..
A. NJ Curtis. Ex-President. National
Medical Association, President; DR..
Algernon L. Jackson, Director School
u Public Health and Hygiene, How
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THE PYTHAIN TEMPLE COM
MISsIoNERS ROYALTY EN-
TERTAINED IN CHICAGO.

Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday
OF the present week the Pythain Tenn
pie Commission met at their head
quarters. 33rd and State street. and the
following members Of the commission
were present: Hon. S. w. Green OF
La supreme chancellor of the Knights
OF Pythais throughout the world; W.
w. Andrews Of Fla; G. N. Stoney Of
Ga.; W. 5. Willis of Texas; c. B.
Wickham Of Okla; c. M. Wade Of
Ark; E. F. Underwood of KY; Lee
Crawford Of New York; Ernest G
Iidington Of Ind; and Hon. Edward
ID. Green Of III. Hon. S. w. Green
was reelected President of the Ma
tional Pythain Temple Association and
Hon. Edward D. Green was reelected
Secretary.
The Commission finally decided to
construct the great National Pythain
temple on its lot at the Southeast
corner Of 37th place and State street
The contracts have been let to two
colored architects, Mr.. M. Bailey of
Memphis, Tenn, and Charles S. Duke
Of Chicago.
The National Pythain Temple will
be i25 by $50 feet; it will be ten
stories high, including a roof garden.
when fully completed it will cost be-
tween eight hundred thousand dol
lars to one million dollars. 1t will be
the finest building in the world 70 Be
constructed by colored people.
The members OF the Commission
were entertained at the Appomattox
Club, Tuesday evening at reception
and smoker given in their honor
They also enjoyed Iuncheoen AZ the
Ideal Tea rooms, and on Thursday
evening they were the honored guests
OF party Of friends to witness the
Follies at the Colonial theatre
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ON TUESDAY EVENING HON. VIII.
LIAM E. DEVER, MAYOR OF CHI
CAGO, ADDRESSED THE DELE
GATES AND GATHERING AT THE
WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL.
BUILDING. HE WAS ACCORDED A
HEARTY AND WARM VEL COME.
BY MORE THAN THREE THOU
SAND PEOPLE, WHO CROWDED
IN AND AROUND THE BUILDING.

ternity;pNational Association OF Negro
Musicians; Young Mems Christian AS
sociation: Lott Carey Convention;
Natl Grand Lodge Of the United
Brothers Of Friendship; Sisters Of the
Mysterious Ten Of the World; Ma
tiona1 Association for the Advance
ment OF Colored People; Equal Rights
League; African Blood Brotherhood;
international Uplift League; Friends
Of Negro Freedom; National Race
Congress; National Association of
Railway Mechanics; National Medical
Association; Supreme Circle Of Benev-
oIence; American Negro Academy;
National Brotherhood Workers Of
America; National University of Mu-
sic: Knights Of Pythias Of North
America, South America, Europe. Asia,
Africa and Australia Ancient Egyp-
tan Arabic Order of the Mystic
Shrine; Deacons Club Of Prince Hall
Masons; Colored Actors Union;
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority; National Negro
Business League; Ancient United
Knights and Daughters Of Africa;
Natl Negro Funeral Directors; Metho-
dist Episcopal Church; Grand United
Order Sons and Daughters Of Place;
Chi Delta Mu Fraternity; National
Urban League; Delta sigma Theta
Sorority; Grand United Order Of Loco
motive Firemen Of America; National
Association OF Colored Women; Ma
tional Alliance OF fosedi A.lipAoy NN9'
RovaI Circle Of Friends; National Con-
vention Of Congregational Workers
Among Colored People; Committee
for Advancement Of Colored catho-
lies; Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; As
sociat;on Of Colored Railway Train
men: American Federation OF Negro
Students; Knights Of Pythias, Eastern
and Western Hemispheres.
1t was the first time in the history
of ,be coIored people in this country
where 50 many Of its leaders repre-
senting ! thousand conflicting ideas
have ever met before together on 2
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ard University, Washington, d. O.;
DIR. A. Wilberforce Williams, Chi
cago. Ill; DR.. U. G. Daley, Chicago,
Ill
200 p. M.-"Our Educational Pro-
gram" Prof Gilbert H. Jones, Dean,
Wilberforce University. Presiding;
Prof. Garnet c. Wilkinson, Assistant
Superintendent, Public Schools, Wash
ington, D. c.; Prof John NJ. Candy,
Principal, Normal & Industrial School,
Petersburg, Va; Prof John Hope,
President, Morehouse College. Atlanta.
Ga; Rev. r. c. Woods, President,
Virginia Seminary and College, Lynch
burg. va.
800 P. M.-"The Function of the
Negro Press" Mr.. Robert Il. Vann,
Editor, Pittsburg Courier. Pittsburg,
Pa. Presiding; Mr.. r. 5. Abbott, Ed
itOr, Chicago Defender; Mr.. Carl r..
Murphy, Editor Afro-American, BALTIC.
Md; Mr.. Clande A. Barnett, Director,
Associated Negro Press. Chicago, Ill;
Rev. W. J. Walls, Editor Star Of Zion,
Charlotte. N. G.
Wednesday, February IS. 1924, 1880
IA M"The Afra-American's Reia-
ton to Worldwide Race Move
ments,~ Prof Alain Leroy Locke,
Head. Department Of Philosophy,
Howard University, Washington. p.
g. Presiding: Rev c. S. Brown, Pres
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The great Negro Sanhedrin or all
race conference held forth in this won
derful and marvellous city all this week
and its actions whether they have
been for good or for bad have now
passed on into history.
On Monday morning the opening
session Of the first annual meeting Of
the Sanhedrin was held at the south
side branch of the Y. NJ. c. A., Wab-
ash avenue and 38th street, where all
Of its morning sessions were held and
the afternoon and evening sessions
were held at the Wendell Phillips High
School, and it is almost useless to
state that all Of the sessions were
largely attended and the people
seemed to be deeply interested in the
discussions which followed the reading
Of the many able papers and short
orations on the far-reaching and inn
portant subjects delivered by the many
brilliant speakers whose names appear
on the program.
Prof. Kelly Miller, the honOred
Dean OF Howard University, Wash
ington, D. G., who is the moving
spirit Of the Negro Sanhedrin ably
presided over the majority Of its ses-
sions.
The following were the various or
carnations and societies whose mem
0ers were part and parcel Of the All
Race Conference or Sanhedrin.
Organizations Which Participated In
It's Deliberations
National Baptist Convention, Inc;
National Baptist Convention, Unine.i
e Y. Q. Of Odd Fellows; a. N. E.
Church; A. NE z. Church; c. NJ. f.
church. Associated Negro Press;
American WOodmen; National Negro
Press Association; LB.P.o.E. Of the
World WOOdmen Of Union; Associa-
a0n Of College Presidents; Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity; Omega Psi Phi Fra
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THE BIRTH OF A NATION CON-
TINUES TO RUN AT FULL
BLAST IN CHICAGO

Hon. Denis E. Sullivan of the Su-
perior Court Of Cook County. will on
Monday morning decide just what he
will do with the Birth Of Nation and
on Sunday evening before that time
the Birth Of a Nation will have I'm
ished raking in a whole barrel of
money in the past two weeks and fold
ed its tent and silently stolen away
Its lawyers hung the whole thing
On the lawyers for the city. Col. Louis
= Anderson, Col. r. 5. Abbott, Col
Robert R. Jackson. Oscar De Priest
and On MI the other big leaders OF the
colored race in Chicago.
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Psi Phi Fraternity; Mrs. L. R. Green,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
800 P. M.-"The Place of Business
in Race Betterment," DR.. Emmett r
Scott, Secretary-Treasurer, Howard
University, Presiding; DR.. J. r. Lew
President, Negro Business League
Florence, South Carolina; Mr.. +. B.
Ransom, Manager and Attorney, Ma
dam 9. J. Walker Company; Mr.. An
thony Overton, President Douglass
National Bank, Chicago, ILL.,; Mr..
Charles S. Johnson, Editor, @Oppor.
tunity," New York City.
Report Of Commissions; Report on
Permanent Results of the Conference.