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The monitor., 1928-07-13

any group to be poor and degraded.
By teaching manhood rights and by
the cultivation of the genius of the
American Negro; by finding oppor-
tunity for its expression in literature
and art; by the publication of The
Crisis magazine and the impetus that
it's publication and maintenance has
given to numberless other literary
godchildren; and by our insistence
upon obedience to civil rights laws,
we are bringing about condition
where the degradation of the Negro
group as a group can no longer be
thought of as possible.
Negro Farmers and Peonage
"By fighting restrictions which
have prevented free use of opportuni-
ty for larger economic development
we are helping to bring about con-
dition which has permitted untold
thousands of Negroes throughout the
country to own their own farms and
to develop them so that no longer is
it possible to think of the Negro as
perpetually impoverished group.
"By our fight against peonage, par
ticularly in Arkansas, we have helped
to bring about a condition making it
impossible to exploit this or any other
group. Nay, more, in winning the
cases of the colored farmers in Ark
ansas, we brought about condition
where, by mandate, the highest court
of this country proclaims that just
ice must be meted out to the very
lowliest and that justice will not be
satisfied with an idle gesture but that
it must be real justice.
"We have done much to remove
the shame of America, lynching and
mob murder, and to make this an
orderly country. 1t is conceded that
it was the fight against lynching be-
gun and carried on by this associa-
tion which made lynching national
issue and drastically reduced the
number of these horrors so that this
year, for the first time in the 80
years during which records have been
kept, we could report the first four
months free from this blot.
II said the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored People
welcomes comparison with any 9TH
er patriotic society in America. l
might say that looking back at our
record we challenge any organization
in the United States to point to a
record of achievement for such pc,
riod which has evinced and made for
SO much genuine patriotism to our
common land"
The monitor., 1928-07-13

Mayor Walker of New York City
recently laid the cornerstone of an
$8,000,000 home and training school
for colored nurses, in connection with
Lincoln hospital for Negroes. Grace
discrimination must never have a
place in the life of our city," said
Mayor Walker. Every man, woman
and child coming to city hospital
must be assured of comfort and the
best treatment"
The monitor., 1928-07-13
STUDENT BROWNS IN
ATTEMPTING TO SAVE
IflMINC COMPANION

Iowa City, Ia.-Miss Clyde Redd,
school nurse in Kansas City, Mo-, was
drowned here July when she step
ped into hole in the Iowa river
bottom.
Lynn Collins, colored student
from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was
a member of the swimming party,
attempted to save Miss Redd, but lost
his own life in the river. Mr.. Collins
and Miss Redd were both enrolled in
summer school courses at the Univer-
sity of Iowa.
The monitor., 1928-07-13

Mrs. L. A Morris spent a few days
this week as the guest of Mrs. Hiram
Greenfield, a lifelong friend. Mrs.
Morris was en- route to Colorado after
a four years stay with her daughter
in Owensboro, KY, who is one of the
high school teachers of that town.
The monitor., 1928-07-13
Thousands Cross Color Line Annually

Mrs. William G. Haynes and small
son returned Sunday night from
Pittsburgh, Penn, where she was call
ed two months ago by the serious ill
ness of her mother, Mrs. Belle Pull
press. She left her monther much
improved.
The monitor., 1928-07-13

Miss Lois Watts of Fremont, Neb.,
was the house guest of her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Brannon,
1902 North Thirtieth street, over the
week end.
The monitor., 1928-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt have
as house guests, Miss Marion Small
wood of Washington, ID. c., and their
nieces, Miss Denise Lacey of Pasa-
dena, CAL, and Miss Jennie Black
well of Baltimore, Md.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
INCOME TAX PLEA
DENIED BY COURT
Board Upheld in Refusing to Con-
slider Belated Appeal Relating to
Alleged Deficiency.

The District OF Columbia Court of
appeals yesterday. in an opinion by
George l.. Martin. chief justice, up.
held the action OF the Board OF Tax
Appeals In refusing to accept and file
an appeal from IA taxpayer received
by mail at 7I0 pm. on the sixtieth
day after notice Of an alleged de-
nciency In income or excess profit
taxes.
The board had refused to file the
paper, giving as Its reason that IL was
not accompanied by the usual $40 fee.
Inc appellate court finds this reason
NOT tenabie. as the payment of fee
Is procedural merely and not turISdic.
tional. but afilrms the refusal on the
ground that the application was not
received during the usual business
hours OF the court between Q q. m. and
4:30 pm. The order being correct.
the chief justice points out, Il will
not be reversed because the trial court
based lts decision on insufficient or
erroneous reasons or grounds
The court took judicial notice of
the order OF the tax board fixing the
hours for doing business, and deciar Il
the paper was not filed when dropped
through the mall chute by n ostma n
when there WAS no clerk or other
representative Of the court present to
receive IT.
The decision was rendered In an an.
peal by the Lewis Han Iron Works.
inc notice Of which did not reach the
board until late hour Of August 10.
1925. which was tho last date for tts
Ming. David II. Blair. commissioner
of internal revenue. moved the board
to dismiss the appeal. which was
done. and this action In approved by
the appellate tribunal.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
se turn back the calendar for a little

we turn back the calendar for a little
more than u year.
II In graduation day ut the Union
iIish school In Phoenix. Aria. AZ
Frank Luke sits among the gradual
forward aud claim his diploma. let our
minds run back with his through his
boyhOud
Horn of sturdy pioneer parents
this father. Frank Luke. 81. had Come
10 Arizona In iS3Sl. young Luke had
grown up In a household where there
were many children and not too much
money, born after the DAYS of Gcron'
ino and the Apache Wars. he had
passed his childhood amid the echoes
OF Ariaona'a wild and recent past, A
sober boy. not too atudious. and u bit
resentfui Of discipline. he had followed
sraveiy his own childhood and youth
tul concerns.
lsoy heed Career.
stronE and healthy with tho rug
sed health of the nearby deaetts, he
had made his appninted prosteaa
through the grand lodge af hoyhood
into htsh aehool, iie had heen quarter
back and fleld general of hls fout tall
team for hts entire time at tnloh
ttish pe had heen In turn captain In
hase hait, foot tall and on the track,
lie had played basket hall and tennis
and had boxed well. lie was eioalns
hia high aohooi career with the envied
REGARD ~ having dane well the things
that were set before him 10 to.
All theae aohnolhay honors were he
Evening star., 1928-01-04

mitted TO the mall with such high
hopes ia creased and stained from It's
10 years In tho filea, like u faint veire
from the past Il brings hack those
summer days of ~ when our school
boys clamored TO so To war, The ac,
comranying reproduction shows. like
tho other documents. the notat.ons
| Herihhied In wartime WASHINGTON. In
dating this letter ON tho 18th, Luke
gave this faterul hsuru tta iirst ap'
nearanoe In his record Ii was des'
tined 60 show itself again under tar
different circumstances.
In answer TO this letter, the em'
hryo liver was ordered IL report to
the Ground Schaol at the University
OF Texas IN Austin on September -
tagan0 tn hesin hts training stir
rins things we're to swing their orbit
about him before the next sath ot
September was turned up on the
calendar of iais,
Forty hours In the air today would
he regarded as the seantlest ot pre-
itminaey training tor an aviator, but
that was all Frank Luke. ir,. had had
| WHEN no reoeN ed hts commisston as
II second lieutenant In the Air serv'
Ice on January ~. 1918 Whilu he
was enioying Ia DAYS leave At home,
the dying os,tcefs ~ San nlego eiaaai'
tied him as a hoahing pilot, That he
had detinite ideas aa To the a9t vi
nving he wanted ta DO Ii shown hy
the following eloquent tetesram now
In the War Department tiies,
nan Diego, Callf
lais, feh, u. An, !. ~
Air Trainlns Slsnai uftloe,
iip II NJ, N u, Waahn,
our telegram ID h ef February 1
recommended ssaeand Lieut. Frank
l.uke, ir* As hamhtns pilot, tie was
on leave NAea classified, heasd hss re-
considered his ease ana requests au,
Evening star., 1928-01-04
AIDS 2,879 REFUGEES.


Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes. chair,
man of the Phelps Stokes Fund for
canon Of Washington Cathedral. IL
taking an active hand In trying Ia
aid 2s79 Russian refugees In Con.
stantinopIe. who face deportation Feb,
rnary 8 unless they obtain Turkish
citizenship,
This was made public today through
Leifnr Magnusson. director Of the
Washington branch Of the Interna.
tionai Labor ONCE of the f.eague of
Nations, who said Dr. Stokes IN
taking the matter up with various
national relief organizations and
phiianthrOpisis In on effort TO aid
IN transporting tho refugees by rails.
ing 100000 before the end Of this
week
The refugees are 10 be settled In
Argentina and other south America n
countries, as well as In points along
he Mediterranean Mr.. Magnusson
declares u is practically Impossible
f0e the refugees 10 accept the Turk
ish citizenship provision, save for Ger,
tain iechnieianH needed by the Angora
government,
Evening star., 1928-01-04

by the touch of comrades shoulders
or stirred by martial music and the
contagIon OF battle. Going fresh from
algebra to aviation. these youths
fought a series OF the most remark.
able battles I'm the long harsh history
of warfare-and fought them alone.
miles above the earth where the re.
suit nearly always demanded victory
or death.
In the beginning. alone. supported
only by their native courage and lack.
ing the professional touch that could
only come with training in actual com.
hat. they ranged the skies In airpia anes
with none too certain engines and
guns that seemed made only to jam ut
those moments when a single shot
and a matter OF seconds could sway
the delicate balance between life and
death. They went gaily and gallant.
~ into a new warfare without tradi.
tions and esta blished method. for air
tighting was born in the Great War
Evening star., 1928-01-04
u. S. DRY LAW FIGURES
QUOTED BY VATICAN
CRcial Journal Sees Conditions
Which Should Intensity Prohibi-
tion Likely to Destroy It.

By the Associated Press.
ROME. January 4.-Osservatore Ro-
gnano. official Vatican organ. yester-
day published on its first page an ex
position OF conditions in the United
States under prohibition. The article
quotes American news stories OF dry
raids. destruction OF property. increase
o. alcoholism. killings and also the
claims OF prohibiiionists that the dry
law has reduced drinking.
Among news items mentioned are
those OF the destruction OF $so.o0e
worth OF furnishings a, the night club
Chez Helen Morgan in New York. a
recent statement OF Representative F.
III. La Guartiia OF New York that a
liquor syndicate controls sales in the
American metropolis and statement
hy Mrs. James J. Walker. wife OF New
York's mayor. tha, Volstead act en-
lorcement has failed miserahly.
The paper also quotes figures by
DIR. Charles a. Reed OF the Univer>
slty OF Cincinnati. former president
OF the American Medical Association
giving deaths due To prohibition en-.
forcement as $4,000 - several thou
sands more than the American deaths
in the World War.
The article concludes. ''and 50 the
figures which should intensity prohihi.
tion will end by destroying IT."
Evening star., 1928-01-04
PAROLE FOR COOK
TAKEN TO COOLIDGE
Attorney for Explorer Says
He Will Ask for Reduction
of Sentence.

FORT WORTH. Tex, January A.
President Coolidge will be asked to re-
auce the prison sentence of DIR. Fred
er:ck A. Cook to 10 years so that he
may be eligible for parole next July.
II. c. Wade. attorney for the Arctic
explorer-oil promoter, said here yes
terday.
Wade said the ruling OF the United
States Supreme Court yesterday that
Federal courts have no authority 10
place prisoners on probation after
they have begun serving sentence
ENDS the fight for probation of DIR.
Cook as far as the courts are con.
cerned."
The only way left to obtain DR..
Cooks release is for the President to
reduce his sentence To 10 years." the
attorney added. If that is done. DR..
Cook will be eligible for parole next
Summer"
Wade said he expected to go to
Washington shortly TO lay the matter
before Mr.. Coolidge. He will contend
that DR.. Cook has served nearly four
years, counting the year and a half
he was confined in the county Jail
here before he was committed to the
Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.
for using the mails TO defraud in his
oil promotion schemes.
Unless DIR. Cook receives a reduc-
ton in his sentence of Ia years and
Q months he will not be eligible for
parole until March 5. 1880.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
SPECIAL. NOTICES.

10 THE STOCKHOLDERS OF rhE Ma
tiDnai Capital Insurance Company of the fs
trirt 0f Coiun1bia .-~- Pursuant to o resolution
iiausI Capital Insurance Company Of the
Ustt1st u Columbia at o meeting bsld Of
th' 9TH day 0f flecetnster 1927 and IN con,
DlsaB'e With the provisions of section 81
pf Gubehpptef four Of the cu.ie of law fen
given that at the annual nIeettnr OF stock
hgifers 2f said company To ts held January
u 1923 AT ~ O'Clock noon AT the oiii"t
~ the conpany 33g Pa ave. Washing
ton ID e the question u amending 'he
..tartri Of said COMPANY 30 as " extend its
btIsi, ess 10 include The making OF Inzufan'r
IN dwelling ,.ouses stofee and all kiHis Of
biliIffnRs md h3usehDif furniture and 9TH.
propefts against i0ss or damage by WIND
storm eycin6e or tornado will he taken nr
for confederation ard the stoekhpidrrs asked
tn vote for RESOLUTION authorizing such
Amendment
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Evening star., 1928-01-04
CAPPER DELAYS STUDY
OF CAR MERGER PLANS
Senator Awaits Report From Pub
lie Utilities Commission
on Proposals.

Although he has certain general
views on the question of the merger
Of the local street railway lines, Chair.
man Capper of the Senate District
committee said today that he has not
begun consideration of the specific
plans for accomplishing 1t. Senator
Capper said he would wait TO ascer-
tain from the Public Utilities Commits
sion the results OF various studies Of
the question that have been proposed
during the past year.
Without reference to any specific
plan. the Senator said he did not
think there should be an increase in
fare in Washington. and he doubted
also whether Congress would approve
any merger plan that provided for a
guaranteed later return.
The District committee will hold its
first meeting OF the session tomorrow.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
INDIAN CUSTOM FAILS
AS MURDER DEFENSE
Chippewa Sentenced TO Life for
Staying Tnfrm Mother
in~Law.

ny the Associated prrsa.
DETROIT LAKES. Mlnn,. January
I The Chippewa tribal custom vi
Staying the ased aud inttrm has failed
IA a murder. defense In the lalegtcs
court, A Federal court jury yesterday
convicted Alex Jour<ian. a Chippewa a
for staying his 9o,year-cld mo,her>in
law with an AK last March, ana IA
was sentenced to life imprisonment
Jourdan pleaded that hts mother>in
law was old. blind and feeble. ana that
\ custom ~ his tribe prescribed that
such persons should he hurried on the
tourney TO the happy hunting grounds
Records revealed previous TN
rriSonment Of loursaa Tor the shaving
Id wears ago of hts father, His sen
tence served then was four years
Evening star., 1928-01-04
D0NAHEY OUT OF RACE.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, January 4
R.--Any doubt that friends Of Gov.
Donahey may have entertained as TO
his future political intentions were
dispelled last night. Donahey made it
clear that he is not candidate for "A
fourth term az governor, that he Is
not candidate for United States
Senator and that he il not seeking the
Democratic presidential nomination.
He said he would support either
Senator AtIee Pomerene of Ohio or
Gov. Al Smith of New York. should
one OF them receive the Democratic
nomination for President.
Evening star., 1928-01-04

hind him that graduation day in 1917.
Leader among his fellows during his
short life. IL was natural that Frank
Luke should seek admission to the
Air Service. The world echoed In
those days TO the valor of Fonck. Guy
nemer. Ball. Bishop. Boelke. Immel-
man and that almost mythical band
Of knights-errant. the Lafayette Es-
cadrllle-about whom we shall have
much to say later in this narrative.
Little did any one dream that this
youth was destined TO be the greatest
fighting airman produced by any army
in the World War.
No citizen OF Phoenix pictured this
familiar tow-headed boy fighting alone
against hosts OF flying foes. smashing
his way through their ranks with
roaring guns and. single handed.
spreading terror along miles OF the
German front.
The beginning Of August saw Luke
at San Diego, Calf, armed with an
application for a commission as first
lieutenant in the Air Service of the
Signal Officers Reserve Corps--now
historic document which Is repro
duced here from the files Of the War
Department at Washington.
Passing the mental and physical
tests at San Diego. Luke returned to
Phoenix TO wait for the call for serv-
ice. Complying at last with all the
Army requirements. his application
for commission received the notarial
seal on August ga fateful date for
Luke. many things were to happen
TO him on the 29th OF the month
Two weeks passed and nothing hap.
pened. Fearing. perhaps. that the
war might end before he could play
his part In 1t. on the 13th of Septem-
her he wrote TO the War Department
at Washington. taking them graveiy
10 task for not making use OF his serv.
Ices.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
WARE WILL NOT QUIT
TO RUN WITH REED
Resignation Of i Barred Senator
Elect to Seek denomination We
toed by G. O. P.

6y the AEeOEtatE1 EEEbH.
PHILADELPHIA, January A.
Senator-elect William s. Ware, thus
far debarred from the Senate, cannot
resign and there cannot be a vacancy
while there Is a contest over the seat,
3n the opinion OF William l.. Mellon.
Pittsburgh, chairman of the Republi.
can State committee. Mr.. Mellon met
party leaders here yesterday on plans
Of the Pennsylvania delegation to the
national convention in Kansas City
In June.
II has not been decided whether the
delegation win go instructed or un
instructed. he said.
Dir. Mellon said a decision had beer
reached against the suggestion that
Senatoreiect Ware might resign and
become candidate for his protested
eeat az a running mate OF Senator
David A Reed at the Spring primary
Lawyers have said such course could
not be followed and the State chair
man believes Ware cannot resign.
Eeasnp fhrofluh an fdNa Co ,oe5--
Evening star., 1928-01-04
''ROL|CKA UPHOLDS
MIXING OF RACES
Denies Merging With White
Stock Causes Decline.
FlapperS' Habits CenSured.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, January
4.--Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, anthropologist
of the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. denied yesterday at the
third Racial Betterment Conference
here. that. under normal conditions.
intermiXture with any other white
stock would cause deterioration of the
old American stock. He adduced the
evidence of the foremost nations to-
day, all of which are greatly mixed
Mating With Interiors.
1.-The internal factors of racial de.
terioration are all those that lastingly
enfeeble or derange the sound hered
ity of the group" he said. I'm
animals the most common OF such
causes are prolonged inbreeding'
breeding with inferior stock. the weed
ing out of the best, the preservation
and breeding of the less fit, affection
of progeny through prevalent infec-
tions. and idleness. Much the same
agencies. with similar results. must
act in man."
The external factors were listed as
disease. war, untoward lasting
changes in climate. overwork and
poisons. all supplemented by such
mental effects as favor demorallz
ton.
DR. Hrdicka outlined the steps in
the rise and decline of such units as
,he Egyptians. Babylonians. Persians,
Greeks. Romans. Jews and Mcslgols,
He said that in none OF these eases
were the groups pure or whole races:
they were rather political and linguis.
tic units, and while they were surGing
or receding. other parts of the same
stock were unaffected.
Race Rarely Dies.
But although group may decline,
complete destruction is rare. accord.
ing 10 the Smithsonian scientist.
There are to this day remnants Of
pure old Egyptians. Greeks. Assyrians,
Mongols. Mayas and of all the other
dominant races: but the great ma jor-
ity are a mixture of the old with what.
ever came later" he said. THE North
American Indian, the Polynesian, the
semi Mongolia tribes OF Russia and
Siberia are going. but largely through
admixture. Only such small groups
as the Tasma mans. the Hottentots and
the South African Bushmen have gone
or are going out entirely: they were
too small in numbers. possessed too
4ittie ingenuity against introduced dis.
eases and were too undesirable for
mixture to survive"
Flappers' Health Scored.
Modern dress. "the insane desire"
for boyish appearance and too
much night life" were held up at
today's conference by DIR. s. Adolphus
knopf. New York. as causes for the
alarming increase in the morbidity
and mortality OF tuberculosis among
young women"
DIR. Knopf is jor in the Army
Medical Reserve Corps.
The flmy modern dress OF thin
material. sleeveless waist and short
skirt, low shoes and silk stockings
worn in the coolest weather" con
stituted the first cause Of dIsea Sc
among young women. in DIR. Knopfs
opinion. lie also scored Intentional
undernourishment to obtain a boy.
ish figure.
DR.. knorf recommended periodic
examinations to discover incipient
tuberculosis and Improvement in girls
housing conditions.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
CREAGER MAKES APPEAL
FOR HOOVER CAMPAIGN
Texas Committeeman Cites Secre-
tary as Best Standard Bearer
of Party.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex. January Al. Il.
Creager. Republican national commit
teman of Texas, yesterday sent let
t0 to eXas officials of the Repub'
licsn 1.,rty naming Herbert foover
as the man who will best carry out
the Coolidge policies and perpetuate
the prosperity associated with the
Coolidge program"
The letter, announced here at State
headquarters. described Hoover as n
genuine Republican and a great
man in every sense Of the word" Mr..
Creager invited Texas Republicans to
Join him in supporting Mr.. Hoover
for President.
Evening star., 1928-01-04
peelaI nlsnaleh to The tslar.

|FHFFHT
FHEDEHIck, Md. January A.
Hohert II, itasr WAS admitted ia
81 900 bail yesterday. following arres,
on charges of statutory brea King and
carrying concealed weapons. Haer,
former circulation manager " the
local afternn0n newspaper, In alleged
10 have attempted 10 open the sa ~
IN the newspaper office early Sunday