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The Washington times., 1925-02-17
Girl BEATEN BY
DEGENERATE
BELIEF
Young Bride, Pounded on Head
With Hammer, Unable 70
Describe AssaiIant

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. The
brutal hammer attack several days
ago upon Mrs. Julia Goode Ciucci.
twenty -one.year-old bride ct two
months. while she was returning
from 4 dance was perpetrated by
degenerate. il the conclusion
reached by police here today after
thorough investigation.
Mrs. Ciuccf was struck on the
head with. q five-ponnd hammer.
She u suffering from q compound
fracture OF the skull and although
reported to be improving has been
unable to tell 81 coherent story Of
the attack or furnish any identifi-
cation of her assailant. The ham.
mer used has been found but fur
nished no clue to the identity OF
Mrs. Ciucciss assailant.
Clemens Ciucci, the young wom-
ans husband, satisfactorily con-
WINGED police here he was In Wash
ington ait the time the attack took
place. Several other attacks have
been committed upon women here
IN recent months similar to that
upon Mrs Ciucci. In each IN
stance the women have been
dragged into vacant lots after be-
ing rendered insensibIe.
The Washington times., 1925-02-17
Al UINV To III. Ar
MICHIGAN j
DEAN
Former Senator Thomas 3
Also to Speak at Annual
Banquet, Here

Z
Former Senator Charles S Thomas
of Colorado ind Dean Edmund &.
Day, of the University Of Michigan
school 81 Business AdrninistF tioEiE
win BE- the speakers st the annual
Michigan alumni banquet tomorrow,
night st Rauschers The dinner II
being given as testimonial stol
Doctor Marion b. Rurton, president
of the University. who IL the victim
ocf complete physical breakdown.
Dean Day. d close frlend Of Doc
tor Buttons Is coming from Ann
Arbor to represent the university
head of the banquet. The dean
VIII attempt to carry on the yv0rk
begun last year BY President Bur.
ton, whose bril- liant speech put real
impetus into tIie work Of the local
alumni.
Flight pictures of the 'Shenaf1-
deal" and the LOS Angeles viii
be shown with explanatory CONF
rnents BY Starr Truscott, civilian
engineer or the lighter than air III
vision 0f the bureau Of aeronautics.
A feature -of the evening will be
the rendition Of old Michigan songs
by u men y chorus organized by q.
Roland Bibbinas president Of the.
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The fourth annual dinner Of the
Clarendon Parent Teachers Associa-
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club. Among the chorus win bs
severed stars from old Michigan
'..op6ras. &
Arrangements are being naAQe py
F,ranIxIin q. Parks and Doctor Il.
Keller. assisted ~ the following
COMMITTEES chairrnen: Reception,
starr Truscott: tickets, Mark Shoe
maker: floor. James Carpenter:
music. III. NJ Goddard.
The Washington times., 1925-02-17
liARBOR POLICE STATION
FOR GEORGETOWN URGED

Location Of harbor police sub
station III Georgetown IN requested
Of Congress BY the washington
Board Of Trade.
Such snbstation, with lifesav-
Ing equipment, is necessary because
Or the use of the yer during sum
nler months BY campers and
cancers, the board states
The Washington times., 1925-02-17
EGYPT TO COMPETE WITH
ENGLISH COTTON MILLS

CAIRO, Feb. 17.Egypt win be.
able ID compete with the Lancashire
cotton mills az = result of the de-
10 abolish the duty hitherto i'm.
posed on cotton goods made III
The Washington times., 1925-02-17
Big Cloud EnveIops
Atlanta In Deep
Darkness

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 17.
Atlanta was enveloped in COM
plete darkness in the downtown
district at 8 .. m. today by 9
heavy cloud. The streets were
dark as the darkest night.
Automobiles and street cars
were compelled to use their
headlights to make their way
about.
The atmospheric phenomenon
vanished within five minutes.
The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture's metero-
loQist stationed in Atlanta at
tributed the condition to dense
smoke hanging over the city
during a calm, together with
heavy cloud.
tion with MRS. 6. r. Taylor and
Mrs. william Duncan Martin as
chairman, will be given In the
school house Friday evening from
$40 to s o'clock,
There will be special meeting
OF the Clarendon Rebelkah Lodge,
No. rs, tomorrow at o'clock IL the
home 81 Mrs. y. w. Myers, Of Balls.
ton.
Police Judge Thomas yesterday
Irnnosed fines amounting to $217.75
on Eddie Hyde, william Kidd, James
Grant, Ii. w. Orndorff, Il. g.
Krauss, q. Dye, and Leroy Bullock,
~, charges nf being under the IN
fluence Of liquor.
Charged with gambling, 2. r..
Woods, John Higgins. r. p. Shaw
and b. r.. Ga1lohan were fined
s19.25 each. Failure to answer TO
charges of speeding Edward Camp
bell; i. u. King. ri. b. Pepper, II.
Wfnstead and G. Il. Rausch each
forfeited SO
The Woman's Civic Club Of Clar.
endon announces benefit bridge
and 500 card party for the Welfare
League will be held tomorrow AZ
O'Clock in the Community Hall.
The Washington times., 1925-02-17
ON CO.
IND|CT N|ENTS .
RETURNED
ia True Bills Found by Grand
JuryLiquor Charges
Heard

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Feb II.
True bills in fourteen cases were
returned yesterday by the grand
jury in the circuit court OF Airing
ton county. Judge Brent presiding.
Park Williams was charged with at.
tempting to kill Nose Page, and
the case was set for trial on next
Wednesday James r. Simpson and
Frank Watson, alias Frank john
son, were indicted for felony.
Those indicted for violation Of the
prohibition laWs were Jesse Jack
son, M. r Slantmyer, Chester
Smith, Bud Pinkard, r. s. Jenkins,
James Simpson, George Barry,
Thomas Davis, William Thomas
and George Dorsey.
r.. s. Jenkins pleaded guilty to
charges Of possession and was SEN
fenced to one month In jail and
fined $50 and costs, tptaIing $3.50.
The jail sentence was suspended.
Frank Knowles was sentenced to
Jail for three months and fined $50
and costs, totaling $S7.5O, and
George Dorsey, who pleaded guilty,
was fined 500 and sentenced to-
serve thirty days In jail.
Indicted for transporting, r. r..
Newman and Christian Schweitzer
moved to squash the Indictment on
the grounds OF lack Of Jurisdiction,
which was granted BY the court.
They were turned tover to Federal
authorities for trial
The grand jury was composed OF
c. A. Campbell, .foremant M Fl.
Peake, J Kent White. r. r. Orri-
son, Thomas J. Crack, II. g. Ball,
y. ". Turner. w. r. Blinco and
d. J. Tavener.
State Senator Frank u. Ball,
Commemorative Attorney Cloth.
Charles r.. Jesse, member Of the
house OF delegates from Arlington
county. and Judge Harry r.. Thorn
ais will 20 to Richmond today to ap-
pear before Governor r.. Lee
Trinkle In the interest Of the ap.
pointment Of Attorney Thomas r..
Keith, Of Fairfax, to the supreme
court Of Virginia. to fill the va
.cancy caused BY the death Of Judge
Sims.
Arlington Chapter MOI 80, o. r..
s. Of Cherrydale. announce q bene-
fit 500 card party at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Moore to.
night.
The fourth annual dinner Of the
Clarendon Parent Teachers Associa-
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MussoLlNl TO RECOVER
QUICKLY FROM IA GRIPPE

5 ROME. Feb. II. Premier Musso-
tini, suffering from lagrippe. as thu
result OF exposure on q motor trip.
win recover quickly, Professor Bas-
tianelli, his physician, told news
paper men today.
The Washington times., 1925-02-17
ENGLAND SEEKING DEBT
SETTLEMENT WITH SOVIET

LONDON, Feb. Negotiations
may be opened shortly between
England and Russia regarding the
questions of debts and trading. the
London Express said today.
The Washington times., 1925-02-17

tion. with Mrs. G. r. Taylor and
Mrs. william Duncan Martin ~
chairman, will be given - tne
school house Friday evening from
The Washington times., 1925-02-17

Arlington Chapter No. 80, Q. r.
s. Of Cherrydale, announce bene-
tit 500 card party at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs Lyman Moore to-
night.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
DEPORTATION CERTAIN FOR
CARNEY AT END OF TERM
IN PRISON

Atlanta. Ga.-Ludwig Schmidt, al
legged accomplice Of Gerald Chapman
the bandit, will be deported to Ger
many when he completes a sentence
in the Atlanta federal prison, immi-
grafton officials Office announced
lately.
Schmidt was sentenced at Roches-
ter, n. Y, to serve ten years for al
legged participation in the robbery q
mail train. In connection with their
investigation Of George Remus, boot
logger, officials said the Cincinnati i'm
migration Office had reported there
was no record Of Remus having be-
come naturalized.
Marcus Carney, Negro, who plan
ned to colonize a portion Of Africa
with American Negroes, will Be de-
ported to Jamaica, officers said. Gar
vey was sentenced for using the mails
to defraud Officers now are in pos
session Of warrant for his deporta-
ton and it will be served when he Is
released from the penitentiary.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
WHITE SLAYER OF RACE GIRL
SIX YEARS AGO TO FACE
MURDER CHARGE
preston News service)

Fayetteville, N. G., Aug. 6-Melvin
Maynor will tried here some time
this month for a murder committee
six years ago. Accused Of killing y
young Negro girl in Carvers Creek
township, Maynor disappeared half
dozen years ago and was lost to view
until officers of Rurham county M
formed Sheriff McCreachy a few DAYS
ago that he was working on a farm
in that county. The sheriff went r.
Durham county for the man, and to-
day Maynor is in Cumberland iaiI
awaiting trial at the August term M
the Superior Court.
When taken into custody Mavrar
claimed that the death of the girl was
due to an accidental discharge w \
shotgun. The affair occurred at the
home Of a woman relative VI the
victim, and, according to the prison
er's contention, it was during a quar-
rel with the woman that the gun was
discharged. 1t has been claimed WV
accusers Of Maynor that he deliber-
ately shot and killed the girl.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
RICHMOND LIBRARY HAS
AUSPICIOUS OPENING
preston News Servicel

Richmond, Va, Aug. 6-The first
report from the CoIored Branch Of the
Richmond Public Library shows 4
registration Of lO8 made before the
branch was a day old Atty. William
F. Denny was the first name on the
register, and that Of w. ". Ransome
was the second.
On the first card issued Is aThere
Is Confusion" BY Jessie Redmond
Fauset, lent to Bland o. Williams
The second narrower was Herber II
Southall. The first six books taken
out include: There Is Confusion .
The Pathfinder" Cooper; 80 Biz. y
Edna Ferber; THE Inside OF The
Cup Winston Churchill; @The Blue
Flower" Henry Van Dyke. AS the
FIRST gift made by the Phyllis Wheatley
Branch Of the Y W. {. "A. a copy Of
Negro Biographies BY Elizabeth
Haynes, has been presented. The
Library i located at SIS North
Seventh street.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
LOCAL BRANCH N. A. A. c. p.

Under the direction Of Morris
Lewis, Executive Secretary Of the
Chicago Branch, n. A. A. @. r., an
active and efficient secretarial staff
has been organized to properly func-
ton in carrying on the Association
work in and about Chicago. AT a
dinner party in The Alpha Hotel
dining room, service was accepted as
Assistant Secretaries with special du-
ties, by Archie L. Weaver. Mrs. Fav
Crump, Irving Armstrong, Bryant "A.
Hammond Dr. Robert A. McEwen
and c. c. Wimbish. The young men
of the staff are a valuable addition
to the organization.
This staff Of executive officials are
perfecting plans for systematic
drive for membership this fall, to
reach effectively every section Of the
city. This move viii be preliminary to
the work they will undertake 10 ar
range for the annual conference Of
the National body to take place IN
Chicago next year. 1t i expected
if his health viii permit the trip, that
the venerable president Of the associ-
alton, Moreheld Story, will preside at
least at one Of the most important
sessions Of the conference.
Wendell Phillips High School has
been mentioned for the Day session.
night meeting to be held at Bethesda
Baptist Church, Providence Baptist.
institutional A. Nj z. Church and
Herman Baptist or Wayman on the
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dent, the opinion Of DR.. Fosdick be-
cause he is a great preacher.
The opinions Of all men, conserva-
tive. liberal, reactionary and radical
must stand the test Of the ordeal by
intellectual fire. There are a few whites
and-unfortunately - proportionately
fewer Negroes who care for this sort
Of ordeal This is what makes ones
heart sick: to hear some black man
with the heel Of the whole world on
his throat-gasping out the word
Radical with all the fervor Of a
Romanof, a Georgia cracker camp
meeting preacher or a West Virginia
coal operator.
The Negro does this sort Of thing
because he is still slave His body
is free but his mind Is in thralldom to
a mass Of bunk and tommyrot shot
at him BY whites and blacks who
profit financially therefrom This
white bunk and black bunk keeps the
mass Of Negroes ignorant towards
and inefficient paupers. He gets it on
Sunday from ninety per cent Of his
ministers; he gets it on Monday from
ninety-nine per cent of his white EN-
ployers; he gets it around election
time from ninety-nine and one-half
per cent Of the white and black politi-
cal beggars and stool pigeons who
come, often for the first time. into
his neighborhood to tell him that the
q o. P. is his rock and his saliva
ton. He gets it most any time from
the horde Of lecturers, uplifters, race
leaders, pulpit orators that are always
willing to hand out advice on race
progress at fifty cents per head or
salvation at ten dollars per rally.
As for me, / am Radical
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north side. 1t was also suggested
that one meeting might be held in
Evanston either at the Patton Gym
or in one Of the local churches.
AT this conference the annual
"Spingarn Medal for achievement
will be awarded. The most outstand-
inc figures in our national life will
appear at all sessions Of the confer
ence, bringing to Chicago for the oc-
casion the greatest possible aggrega-
ton Of constructive thought and action
on the problem confronting the Amer
Jean people and Of especial interest to
those connected with the program Of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
THIS WEEK
By: Ernest Rice Mckinney
preston News Service)
L Am A Radical


This is the only label that will allow
anyone to hang onto me. / have been
called Socialist, Bolshevik, Infdel.
Agnostic, Damn Fool, and host Of
other things uttered with hiss and
emphasized BY the beating Of tables,
the pounding Of Bibles; and with an
acridity that really makes the victim
rejoice and be exceedingly glad that he
il alive, determined, in bondage to no
man, group or powers ard wanting
nothing but what he can earn BY
honest productive labor. Seeking
neither political, social nor economic
favor or preferment the writer Of this
column cannot Be scared or intimi-
dated.
There is but one free man, and that
is the man whose mind is free. He
IL only free who has the courage to
think his own thoughts, who orien-
tates his life as his thinking and his
conscience dictate and who is willing
to forego some Of the material things
Of life in order that his conscience
might be satisfied.
Any Negro-living in these United
States-if he speak the truth, If he
thinks just for an instant, will and
must be Radical. For what IS the
radical and what has he always been?
The Radical is now and always has
been the individual WHOM the Ian
guage Of Thomas Hux1ey-was will
ing to sit down before fact as little
child and follow fact wherever il
might lead; to whatever abysses." @You
must do this" says Huxley, "or YOU
will learn nothing"
Huxley in these words gave the
meaning Of the radical. He is the in
dividual who is satisfied with nothing
less than the whole truth-the facts.
The radical will not accept bunk, ig-
norance, superstition nor intellectual
swill and swash no matter from what
source it comes, no matter how high
or powerful the authority. The radi-
sal sees M reason why he should &C.
cept in toto the word Of Judge Gary
because he is big man. the word
of Mr.. Coolidge because he is Presi-
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
COLORED POPULATION OF
CITIES
COLUMBIAN Press Bureau

Washington, ID. Estimated CAL
ored populations of some Of the lead
ing cities of the United States. as "
July !, 1925, have been made BY I'M
U. S. Census Bureau. The figures for
eleven Of the principal ones follow:
New York, 196,l99; Philadelphia, 163.-
904; Chicago, 15O,OS3; Cleveland, 4g.-
$50; Pittsburgh, 1916; indianapolis
42,ll7; Louisville, 40,478; Cincinnati
35,l52, and Kansas City, No, 34o66
The populations Of Atlanta, Detroit
Los Angeles and Norfolk are omitted
pending the establishment Of more
satisfactory figures. The total est
mated population Of New York Civ
is placed at 6,1O3,384; Chicago, zoos
,239, and Philadelphia, 1,979,364.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
FATHER EXONERATED FOR
SHOOTING KIDNAPPER
preston News Service)

Columbus, o., Aug. Following
an investigation Wednesday, by Police
Inspector Dyer. III. c. Randell, Of
Portsmouth, o., was exonerated in
connection with the shooting, late
Tuesday Of George H. Fossett, also
Of Portsmouth, at 766 East Long
street Fossett, however, was held
by the police for investigation in con
nection with the abduction Of Ran
delPs l5-year-old daughter. His in
jury was attended BY surgeons at the
St Francis Hospital Fossett's con
dition is reported as not serious.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
GRAVE GES AGAINST
RALPH EVANS NOT SUS-
TANNED
preston News Service)

Raleigh, H. c., Aug. Ralph
Evans was bound over to the Superior
Court Thursday under bond OF $500
on charge Of assault on female,
after charges Of criminally assaulting
Miss Hattie Lindley, 13-year-old gill,
were not sustained at magistrate 5
hearing before J. E. Owens. The af-
fair took place in St. Matthews town
ship, July rs. Parents Of the girl had
alleged that Evans broke into their
home and crininally attacked the girl.
The defendant was arrested Wednes-
day BY officials.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
OWNER AND EDITOR OF THE
NATION THANKS PRESTON
NEWS SERVICE
preston News Seryice)

In appreciation of an article from
the pen Of Ernest Rice Mckinney on
the Sixtieth Anniversary of The Ma
tion, the Negroes most stalwart, I'M
compromising, and ardent champion
for their rights, Oswald Garrison Vii
lard, editor and owner Of The Nation
writes from Bar c Ranch, Wyoming
As follows:
II send you my warnest thanks
for your generous references to the
Sixtieth birthday Of The Nation and
my own efforts to help the Negro. |
am always happy when l can be OF
service to the colored people, but !
don't see why anyone should thank
me for simply doing my duty and be-
ling true to principle
Gratefully yours,
Oswald Garrison Willard"
"P. S.
'Will you please share this letter
with Mr.. Kinney and also my thanks y
We not only want to share this let
ter with Mr.. Mckinney but with the
newspapers belonging to the Preston
News Service family and their readers
who SO ably followed Mr.. Mckinney :
suggestion as is evidenced by a letter
sent to Mr.. Mckinney in care Of The
Pittsburgh Courier by Mr.. Lewis S.
Gannett, Acting Editor Of The Ma
ton. The letter follows:
MY Dear Mr. Mckinney:
I'm Mr.. Wizards absence it falls to
me to thank you for your comment
Mn This Week in July 18th issue OF
The Courier. 1t was a very real en-
couragement to all of us in the Office.
Several Of your readers apparently
took your advice and wrote Mr.. Vii
lard letters Of congratulation.
Sincerely.
Lewis :. Gannett,
Acting Editor"
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
SPENDS SUMMER VACATION
AT BEAUTIFUL IDLEWILD,
MICH.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Aug. Miss Jen-
me M. Proctor, president of the
Strait-Tex Chemical Company, ac-
companied by her niece, Miss Virginia
Powell, assistant Librarian of the
Harlem Branch Library, New York
City, left Monday morning to motor
to Idlewild, Mich. to spend the month
Of August at Miss Proctor's cottage
there Mr. and Mrs. Werner Van
Horne, Of Brooklyn, N. VI, will be
guests Of Miss Proctor at Idlewild.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08
PRIESTS FOR COLORED
CATHOLICS
Columbian Press Bureau

Baltimore For the purpose Of all
tracing more young men to work
among the colored missions, St.
Joseph's Catholic Seminary, which
trains young priests for work among
colored people, is to be transferred
from this city to Washington. A
building to house the seminary will be
constructed on tract Of land adioin-
ing the Sisters College at Catholic
University. St. Joseph's Seminary,
which has an average Of 80 students.
has been located in Baltimore since
1892.
The broad ax., 1925-08-08

ting time In the dismal darkness
we heard utterances and sounds not
unlike those Of which we've read, re-
corded from the uncivilized world
centuries ago.
The craft came nearer, and light
dimly revealed the faces Of the cabin
inmates, Now, it wasn't down on the
Nile, though the resemblance was
close; no, there were no barbaric I'M
civilized folks on board the craft,
though the actions bore close resem-
blance; no, it wasn't the year IA; it
was 1925, and they were white joy
seekers cruising the tranquil Potomac
And we wondered how many evolu-
tons there are to civilization, and il
the missing link might be found here
as quickly as in Africa
Tell the world that Washington, d.
C., boasts Of the oldest colored daily
in the United States" and that it's
still alive and going strong. When
The Washington Daily American"
made its initial appearance on the
streets and newsstands Of the city,
although We were hopeful VI its sue
cess, we were afraid that it could not
stand the day in and day out strain
required Of a tWenty-four hour paper.
We had absolute confidence i'll its
staff, headed By David T. Taylor and
Eugene L. O. Davidson for We knew
if it could be done, they could do it;
Vet, We were not any too optimistic
over the chances Of their journalistic
infant, for We knew something Of the
elements which challenge the Negro
press, both weekly and monthly.
The sturdy little American has.
however, taken its permanent place III
the field Of the Negro newspaper. 1t
hasn't missed single issue, and it
has given the publis news when it was
news. The editorials Of the Amer
lean, with many Of which we agree,
and with some Of which we do not,
have set new standard Of verile
thought. Each one is very much alive,
logically argumentative, and faces the
facts as Messrs. Taylor and Davidson
see them. The paper has been wide
awake to those vital matters Of great
est concern in Negro life and there is
no denying the fact the the American
has rendered a useful service, unself-
ishly and in a philosophical way.
Most important of all, its editors have
demonstrated the fact that a Negro
daily is just as possible as white
daily Its a reality Their steadfast-
ness is to be commended, and the
ranks Of Negro journalism should re-
joice that two such stalwarts as they
have, with their daily sheet, throw
unforeseen abilities and forces into a
field Of crying need. Long live the
Washington Daily American.