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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
Slot Machines to Be Tested.

The weights and measures depart
ment of the District government will
begin an investigation next week Of
the penny in the slot chewing
gum and peanut vending machines.
il was announced today by George
NJ. Roberts. superintendent.
Complaint has been made that the
machines sometimes fail to operate
after coin has been properly in
serted 4 number of the devices, ne
explained. also fail to display the
name of the owner in viola ton of the
weights and measures law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
Exonerated in Shooting.

A coroner's jury yesterday after
noon exonerated Joseph Johnson. col
ored, for the part he was alleged to
have played in the fatal shooting of
Pearl Wanzer. colored. at 1900 q
street northeast early last Sunday
morning. The weapon fell from a
table where johnson was said to have
place II. was accidentally discharged
and the bullet inflicted the wound that
proved fatal several days later.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
-.
CAME TO GRIEF

Similarly did three whit e boys
come to grief merely through
strange coincidence which was duly
reported by guard They all work
ed in the box shop and through keen
observance found a good hide-out
spot and the three of them crawled
in pulling some boards over them.
AT count time they of course showed
up missing and systematic search
was instituted for them but so clev-
erly was their plant and so dogmatic
was the search by the officials that
the entire prison population was
locked up for three days while every
effort was bent towards finding the
hide-outs. They had figured that
after the first twenty-four hours the
search would cease and at night
they could crawl out Of their seclu-
sion and go over the walls. At the
end OF the third day however they
were famished for lack of both food
and. water. AT this time one of the
searchers left pail of water stand
ing on spot which he intended to
come back and take to one Of the
post. guards.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
nelly Miller's Authentic History Of
The Negro In the World War
"A Great New War History

IN addition to its containing n
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Strange Devices-Wonderful War
Weapons-Tha Worlds Armies-The
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Modern War Methods-Womena ana
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The Book also includes the follow.
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This Great Book tells all about thu
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This Volume tells the world how
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
MSHOP w. SAMPSON BROOKS
AT RETHEL A. n. IL. CHURCH


Things are going on in a great
way at Third Street. Last week the
block party took in ,St95. clearing
about 500.
Sunday. September 9Th. Mr.. l.. p.
Gibsep, young man recently come
from South Carolina. was happily
converted. while we had access
ions.
Sunday, September IL, we had a
high day and 1 accession. The ex
pository sermons being delivered by
DR.. Hatcher are greatly enjoyed.
Tuesday night Bishop Brooks, of
West Africa delivered q great SER
mon. Mrs. Lucie Coles and DR.. G..
G. Boon. both returned, from Africa.
graced the pulpit and spoke in glow
ing terms OF Bishops work. The
audience gave him $1OS.S0. Hurrah
for Third Street and her friends.
DR.. Hatcher and the Bishop left for
Norfolk and Hampton Wednesday.
where Bishop Sampson will speak.
and DR.. Hatcher will conduct an ex.
BE sure to be at Third, Street Sun
day, September 10th. The Grand
Educational Symposium Sunday
night. DR.. Hatcher will tell the
beautiful stories in exposition OF
The CenturiOn's Servant, The ws.
dowfs Son Restored and Jesus in
Simon's House. Hear him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
COULD CRAWL THROUGH

The men had previously removed
sufficient bricks in the walls between
their cells so that they could crawl
through to the stone mason's cell
and thence through the tunnel. A
guard happened to stroll by and saw
the young slim fellow sitting idly
in his cell. Not thinking anything
he made another round and thought
it peculiar that he didn't see the
young fellow on this trip. Knowing
that all the cells were locked and
that he had not been drinking he
couldn't understand how the cell
could be occupied, on one trip and
vacant on the next and the door
still locked. He reported. his suspi-
cions to the deputy's office and an
investigation ensued which disclosed
the complete tunneling plans with
the young fellow then in the tunnel.
They had planned and cautiously
worked for months only to be caught
and trapped when within a few
hours of freedom.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
TEMPTATION TOO GREAT

Temptation proved the undoing for
the three hide outs and when one of
them peered above and. saw the wa
ter he crawled out of his hiding
place and the three Of them drank
the pail dry. When the officer re-
turned for his pail of water and
finding it empty and knowing that
all the prisoners were locked the
mystery proved. too puzzling for him
and he reported same to the deputy
who wisely knew that the hide outs
were in that immediate vicinity and
II was only a matter of few hours
when after a systematic search they
were discovered and another dream
of freedom was vanished. Many
there were of the fool hardy chances
taken by some of the minimizing
and impetuous youths that were
frustrated but plans like those emu
merated above involving careful
thought and planning are the only
ones worth while to enumerate.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
ANOTHER CHARACTER

Another character who made him
self prominent, only along different
line, about this time was the young
lifer whom we will cali "Bill" ana
whose name was Bill. He was Of
the typical gangster type and al
though do not remember the de-
tails of his case ! believe he was
mixed up I'm some kind OF vendetta
Sayings in and around Detroit.
Bill was sent up for life but he had
no intentions of doing il or at least
not in it's natural course. AS Bill is
still doing life cannot go too deep
ly into the facts partly through a
possible injury to him and mostly
because / am not in possession of
all of them. At any rate he con-
ceived the idea OF escape. His only
method of warfare was to fight it
out with guns. 1t is presumed that
either through Underground" mes
sages or visit that he had with
his sister or sweetheart / forget just
which he contrived a plan to get
some gums in the prison. All went
well Some time later he was called
from the box factory to the hall
office to get victrola that friends
had sent him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
MAN BURIED ALIVE SAVED BY
AIR PIPE
(Preston News Service !

SS.J
New York, Sept 10,-Buried in
a sand bin for one hour and 80
minutes Thursday morning, William
Clark, 36, was saved by the clever.
ness Of fellow workers who, while
digging for him inserted a pipe in
the tightly packed sand, through
which Clark was enabled to breathe.
Clark was at work on the new
Eighth Avenue subway at Central
Park West and S1st st. His duty
was to control the chute which al
lows sand to flow into the concrete
mixer to clog. He climed in and
soon was buried, his weight carrying
him to the bottom of the pit and
the loose sand packing tightly about
and covering him over
Workmen, realizing his danger. be.
gan hacking at the stout sides of
the bin hoping to break it open. For
an hour and fifteen minutes the
workmen dug at the sand, which
seemed to grow deeper, not knowing
whether they were digging for q
corpse or man.
Then their labor was rewarded.
Clark's head and shoulders appeared
and he was conscious, though care
fully saving his breath. A barrel
was damned down over his head and
shoulders to prevent the sand again
sliding and undoing the work of his
fellows. Fifteen minutes later the
crew were able to move the entomb-
ed man. BY this time, a harness and
swing had been rugged SO that Clark
would be hoisted out of the treach-
erous, clinging, sitting sand He was
swung in the air and lowered to
the ground.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

monials from the Secretary Of w.
and Army Officers OF high rank Ana
reputation are set forth In no uncer.
tam terms. The following ringing
words OF Major General Bell. al.
dressed to the famous "Buffaloee"
the So!th Regiment. are typical OF
inc nigh regard and respect OF Amer
lean and European officers for onr
coiored troops. Every private in this.
regiment and most Of the OFFICERS.
were negroes. The General said
Ihis Is the best disciplined and,
pest drilled and best spirited reri..
neht that has been under NV com.
manu- at this cantonment. l predict.
gu last fall that Colonel Moss voula
nave the best regiment stationed here,
ana you men have made nv predic.
ZION come true. / would lead Won IN
oot.'e against any army in the world
Gomez. o"r
THE NEGRO IN THE NAVY
More than fifty pages of the RooS
devoted to the Achievements Of the
negro In the American Navy-Guard
ing the Transatlantic Route 70
DEMONSTRATING the Submarine par.
1.-The Best Sailors In any NAVY IN
the Notwithstanding a Navy m Thrae
Msnths from Negro Stevedorss ana
l'aborers- Wonderful AccompIish-
ments of Our Negro Yeomen ana
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AS we have fought for the rtph+a
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negroes crossed the North Atlantic.
Drawing 'ae .A-rors of tie Submarine
Peril. to battle for Democracy.
Inc loyalty and patriotism that
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his sublime self-sacrifice, his ind,e
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A NEW REVISED BOOK WITH
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
WITHIN PRISON WALLS.

WITHIN PRISON WALLS
editors Note: within Prison
Walls in this issue was written by
q young colored man, of good family
and training, who for obvious reas-
ons is Withholding his real identity
and who due to his ability, served
during a course of ten years. in
his positions Gas an inmate) one of
which has never been filed by any
other inmate OF any race.
During this series he will dwell
intimately on certain phases of pris-
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closed to the public.)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
Continued from last week.

The capitalist was so sure of his
ground that he went direct to the
Governor, got the intrepid inventor
a Communication of sentence and par
ole and took him to his home town
where he raised the capital to in
stall laboratory and, otherwise pre-
pared for the fame and millions that
should pour to him. 1t was not long
after however before the miraculous
inventor decamped from his laboTa-
tory taking with him the thousands
in cash that were on hand. for ex-
perimental use.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
PASSED INSPECTION

1t had passed. inspection and he
was at liberty to take Il to his cell
which he did and not having time
to further examine it then he
thought 1T perfectly safe to let It
stand the way 1t was till night.
Shortly after he returned to the box
shop another inmate whom we will
call the "suuealer" took trip to
the hall.office. Shortly thereafter
the halI-master again went up to
Bits cell to re examine the victrola
This time taking a screw driver
with him. He hadn't been iDvesti-
eating very long before two distinct
revolver shots were heard through
out the prison and IL was more
through luck than good judgm ent
that the official was alive to tell his
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
THAT GREAT SCANDAL

1t was during this period that the
famous Hundred thousand" dollar
scandal arose at Marquette. The
prison clerk as some OF the readers
may remember got himself involved
and was arrested, accused OF embez-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
MORE WANTED

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
"Wifhin Prison
Walls. >
Wins Fame Behind Prison
WdUS..RexndrkdEIe Ex-
Derience of a Brilliant
GOJOred Man.

BY An Insider
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
ANOTHER EPISODE

Another interesting episode was
that in which SIX colored boys par
ticipated. Their plans were made
months ahead and through one SUBJ
terfuge and another they managed
to get adjoining cells on the base
fronting an outside exposure. One OF
them was an expert stone mason
one a small slim fellow who could
crawl through a knothole. Others
were string musicians and would
play continuously and loudly while
the stone mason was digging a tun-
mel from his cell to the outer wall.
The young slim fellow would crawl
through and take out the dirt a
handful at time. This went on
for several weeks, carrying the dirt
out in their buckets and carefully
concealinv the aperture of the
hole. On certain Sunday after
noon when the tunnel had reached
the outer wall and they were ready
to make their dash a most peculiar
incident occurred which in itself
tipped, the play off.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

VIRGINIA-In the Hastings Court.
Part IL, City Of Richmond, Sen
TENDER 2, 1926
Tin Vacation)
CHARLES WOODALL. =. Plaintiff
vs.,
MARY wooDALL. Defendant
The object of this suit is to obtain
divorce from the bond of matri
mony by the plaintiff from the de
PENDANT upon the grounds of desert
ion for more than years prior to
the commencement of this suit.
An affidavit having been made and
bled that the defendant, Mary Wood
all Is not a resident of this State it
is ordered that she do appear here
within ten days after due publication
OF this order and do what is neces
sary to protect her interest in this
suit.
A Copy Teste:
w. E. DUYAL, Clerk.
G. MIMMS, pq.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

zzing 100000 al THE institutions
and prisoners money. In fairness q
the clerk he was never convicted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
ARRESTED IN CANADA

When he was next heard from
was on his arrest in Calgary, Alder
ia, Canada, where he had changed
roles from that of the worlds great
est inventor to the Vice President of
the Grand, Trunk Pacific Railway. 1t
just happened however that he could
not manage n railway with the same
degree of success that he did his in
ventions and he soon found his way
back in Marquette Prison. When I
talked to him and tried to show how
foolish he was not to wait till we
could have protected the proposition
ourselves he still put on that indig-
nant expression that the small town
capitalist and his friends were going
to double cross him on his patents
and so he took everything before
they got a chance.
THE MOST REMARKABLE THING
The most remarkable thing about
this fellow is that right back on the
same stamping grounds he darted
into a new invention and dhen ]
left Marquette he had granted to
him an entire floor of large build
lnS vi Which, uc ITdChSt
yards and switches and otherwise
made complete railroad center out
of same and had invented a safety
control whereby he could, place him
self at any one given point and con-
troll every movement of every train
in the entire system. So strong
were his arguments that / know
positively that engineers of the
greatest roads in America came up
there to investigate same and on the
strength OF their attentions he had
firm of Chicago stock brokers in
corporate and sell stock for S10,-
100000 concern and, while that was
three years ago and ! haven't yet
read of his universal success / ven
ture to say that even If the control
invention fizzled through he is now
demonstrating something even great
er. AT any rate as Professor and
an Inventor under trying circum-
stances he is without a peer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

experience as in some manner his
screw driver got tangled up with the
trigger of the automat.cs that were
in the victrola and IL was fortunate
that it was the ceiling that got
punctured instead OF his anatomy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
REFUSED TO ANSWER

Bill was sent for, questioned and
Of course refused to answer. He was
placed in the bullpen there to stay
till he would answer and after wait
ing six months for him to talk they
recognized that their task was use
less and again liberated him to start
life over within the prison. In the
interval the 'squealer" was trans
ferred to another prison and subse-
Quently paroled. The very first week
of his freedom however proved, his
death as he was found dead in an
alley and his death was but one
more of the many unsolved problems
that infests the police departments
of the country. Bill managed to play
leading roles in many other adyen-
turous incidents, some of which will
be related in later chapters.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18

Ito be continued)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-18
MARJORIE JACKSON
Character Actress

Says: Golden Brown Rouge
and Golden Brown Lip Stick
are the most satisfactory I
have ever used"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-12

heart Of which is two $50 watt tubes,
viii raise tie power of the station
from % to $50 watts and is expected
to increase the range from ca TO 100
per cent, Kenneth VI. Hancc, manager
OF tn" Radio En'inmcrt corporation,
said Saturday. Using the present set,
the station has been heard in every
state except riortaa.
BroancastinG already has begun
from the new room and the power
equipment ef the stat ION has been re
hailt INTO 4 compact panel, to which
the 800 watt simplifying unit will bsl
adn"u. harn section Of the set Is
screened electrically from other units
in the new panel to avoid noise caused
by magnetic and capacity variations
IN the various circuits. The new ar
rangcment increased the stations
range % per cent
Under the augmented broadc1sting
schedule now in effect. WDAl is on
the aif from 10 a. nj. until Z l5 y. m.
daily. with II studio program from s
to 9 y. III. Sunday. Longer and more
elaborate programs will be arranged
by AIDA ". B!ak"slcc, program di
rector, H. interest in radio increases
during the winter sea on. The North
Dakota Acricultnrs. eplicgc will take
over the station ~ $50 y. N. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday each week