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The Washington times., 1931-02-11
RATE
PARLEY DUE

The executive committee of the
Potomac Electric Power Company
met today to determine whether
representatives of the company
will attend a conference in con-
nection with the wrangle over the
electric rate consent decree.
Will Meet Monday
The company's representatives,
in the event the committee ac-
cepts the conference invitation,
will meet Monday with the Public
Utilities Commission, Corporation
Counsel William w. Bride and
Peoples Counsel Richmond B.
Keech.
Following two weeks of wran-
Cling over preparation of a petit
ton to be filed in court asking
modification of the decree be-
tween the Utilities Commissioner
and Mr.. Bride, they decided upon
the conference as g means of set
tling difficulties out of court, if
possible.
Officials May Attend
It is held likely that the execu-
tive committee of the company
will authorize S. r. Bowen, gen.
eral counsel of the company, and
several other officials to attend
the conference.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Judge Reminds Jury
Of Prohibition LdlUS

HAGERSTOWN MD, Feb. 10.
Judge Frank G.. Wagaman at the
opening of the February term of
the circuit court for Washington
county reminded members of the
grand jury that there is such
thing as a prohibition law for
the country which prohibits the
manufacture and sale of intoxi-
cants.
He said their oath as jurors is
of such a binding character that
regardless of their personal opin-
ion as to whether the law is wise
or unwise, they should conscient-
iouSly strive to correct conditions.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Wife, Shielding Man,
Killed bY Husband

NANTICOKE, Pa, Feb. 10
qNS0 0.-Sacrificing herself to
thwart her husbands rage and
save her alleged sweetheart. Mrs.
Emily Boccolini, 81, was shot and
fatally wounded today when she
threw herself directly in front of
the sweetheart, Ralph Dinatoli,
35, whom her husband had sur
prised in an unexpected return to
his home. Mrs. Boccolini received
the leaden slugs in her body and
died short time later.
Dinatoli, who escaped from the
home unscathed and ran a gaunt-
let Of bullets from the gun of
Simon Boccolini, the husband, was
later arrested. Boccolini also was
arrested.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
DenUer Police Linked
To BOOtLe0 Graft

DENVER, Feb. II GN.SO.
Direct testimony that Pueblo
bootleggers paid protection money
to city police and that police
chief Arthur Grady protected
them, had today been laid before
Federal Court here in the trial
of four former Pueblo officers
on charges of conspiracy to vic,
late the national prohibition laws
Clarence H. Sollee Pueblo police
officer, testified that he had been
ordered to keep his hands off"
27 speakeasieS.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Normal Plans NeU
Training Building

FROSTBURG, MD. Feb. II
Bids shortly will be received for
a training building at Frostburg
state normal school, according to
Wilson L. Smith of the firm Of
Smith & May, architects, Balti-
more. For this building $4,000
is available, $4,000 having been
appropriated two years ago, while
this session of the Legislature is
to authorize $4,000 additional.
This is deemed sufficient, ac-
cording to principal John L.
Dunkle.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Ruth Nichols Made
Pathe NeIUs Editor

NEW YORK, Feb. II U.S0.
Ruth Nichols, veteran flier and
holder of the women's tranSconti-
mental air speed records from East
to West and from West to East,
has accepted the post of aviation
editor with Pathe News. Her
chief duty in her new job will be
to make women air-minded.
Promotion of aviation, particu-
larly among women, has been Miss
Nichols incentive since she her
self first became a pilot, eight
years ago.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Fish HOrdes Killed
In Virginia Streams

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb.
11.-The death of thousands of
fish in Aqua Greek is attributed
to lack of fresh water by H. A.
Bailey, State chemist, who is ex-
amining. the water for pollution.
The fish, including bass and
other game varieties, have been
dying by the hundreds. Samples
of water from the Rappahannock
River were also taken by M
Bailey. Salt creeping up into
the tributary from the Potomac
is given as the cause of the de.
pletion.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Great Mills School
Forms 4-H Club
MARY LINCOLN BECKWITH

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Feb. IL.
A All club has been organized at
the Great Mills High School,
under the leadership of Miss
Ruth Judy, teacher, under the
supervision of the county agent,
Miss Ethel Joy.
The following are the officers:
Miss Edna Kirby, of Pearson,
Md, president; Miss Dorothy
Fenhagen, California, Md, vice
president; Miss Katherine BALTIC,
of st. Mary's City, Md, social
chairman.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Man FLees Guards
While PriSOn-BOund

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Feb.
11.-En route to the Mineral
county Jail to serve a years
sentence for assault and battery
James Reed. of Keyser, made his
escape from an officer and waded
the Potomac River into Mary
land. He was captured later at
McCoole, Md.
Reed was convicted of assault
ing his 70-year-old father.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Captain AbsOLUed
Of Wreck Blame

BOS TON, Feb. II GN.SO. =.
Capt. Archiband H. Brooks, of the
steamer Fairfax, which collided
with the oil tanker Pinthis, off
Humaroek Shoals, last June. re-
sulting in the loss of so lives, was
exonerated of any criminal negli-
gence by a Federal grand jury yes
terdaV.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11

RAYMOND Nj. CROSSMAN
AN ADDRESS by Raymond
M. Crossman, of Omaha, Neb.,
international president of Ka
wants Clubs, will feature the
luncheon of the local Kiwanis
Club tomorrow at the Wash
ington Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
UbicO Elected
GudtemdLUn Chief.

GUATEMALA, Feb. 10 G.N.S).
The ministry of the interior has
announced the election of Gen.
Jorge Ubico as President of the
Republic of Guatemala. AL.
though the candidate had no op-
position, 305,000 votes cast for
him were considered a tremen--
dous popular victory.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
SCOTS TO GET YOUTH INNS

ERLIN, Feb. II Q.N.S0
Word comes from Edinburg that
"Jugendherbergen" or youth inns
on German lines are to be es
tabliShed in Scotland. The frs
will be in Glasgow. Elm Olrgh
Dundee, Stirling, Perth, Inver
ness and Aberdeen.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
COLONEL RAND DIES

NEW YORK, Feb. II GN.SO.
Col. William Rand, former law
partner of William Travers Je-
rome and later judge advocate
general on General Pershing's
staff in France, died today at his
home here.
The Washington times., 1931-02-11
Veteran Gives Blood
To General EdlUdrds

BOSTON, Feb. II CU.SO. "A
former American doughboy of the
TWenty-siXth Yankee) Division
overseas in the world war, Guy
Watts, yesterday gave blood
in a TRANSMISSION operation to his
former commander, Major Gen.
eral Edwards, battling against
death in Massachusetts General
Hospital.
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Answers

Answers
1. The only way is to consult each
other before accepting it.
2. She should wear simple eve
ming dress.
3. The best way is to give an an.
nouncement party.
4. Luncheon napkins souhld be
about IL inches square.
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Brave Bill Flynn

William Flynn of Holley, Arkansas,
was nearly shot to death by white
deputy sheriffs who came to arrest
him last week and after being lodged
in Jail, barely escaped lynching at
the hands of mob of hundreds of
arrived whites.
Flynn, a tenant farmer, assaulted
no white woman. He usually adj
dressed the white men as "sir." and
took off his hat in greeting. He paid
his bills and kept to himself, but he
wouldn't work on the state roads.
Dixie keeps its dirt roads in condi-
ton chiefly by use of prison labor.
When there are not enough prisoners
to do the work. deputies are sent out
to round up any eolored person, with
out warrant or charges.
Flynn had been brutallv forced
once to work on the roads. He vowed
he'd never be forced again. But the
roads needed workers. IDENTITIES came
for Flvnn. "No." said Flynn. He
wasn't going; his crops needed him.
He lad worked once. that was enough.
Standing within 15 or 20 feet of
Flynn, the deputies emptied their
guns into his body, wounding him
three times. Armed only with an ak.
Flynn killed one of the men and
nearly killed the other.
Arkansas will execute Bill Flynn
If the mob doesn't get him first AT
the same time, there are two depu-
ties who have lost a taste for kid
mapping road workers.
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:: Editorials ::
Catholics OF Courage

A courageous servant of the people
is Father Stephen l.. Theobald, of st.
Paul, Minnesota, who, addressing the
seventh annual convention of FEEDER
ated Catholics in st. Louis recently,
condemned the color line in his
church.
Standing on the platform of st.
Louis Catholic University, an insti-
tuition from which colored students
are barred, he declared this discrim-
nation was humliating and embar-
RAISING. He referred directly to st.
Louis University whose president had
just introduced him.
In the same class with Father Theo-
bald is straightforward DR.. Thomas
W., Turner, president of the fedora
ton, who pointed out that there is
something amiss when 100000 col
ored U. s. Catholics can produce only
three colored priests.
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Let the Regiments Go

Dear Editor:
have been reading with a great
deal of interest the fight being made
by the N. A. A. c. P, Congressman
DePriest, and others, to save the col
ored regiments in the U. S. army
from being broken up. What is the
big ideal | notice that no regular
army men are aiding in the fight to
keep the regiments open. Do you
know why? It's because men who
have served in these regiments know
that any colored man who joins them
is a fool.
Like a young fool, joined the
Twenty-fourth Infantry in 1919, all
ambitious to become an officer, and
stayed in the army for five years.
They slapped me down in Fort Ben
ming, Georgia.
| worked like a mule and put
everything | had into my work, hop
ing to become an officer, and all
that | got was lot of nasty treat
ment. When my time. was up | got
out of the army as quick as I could,
and whenever any young fool has
asked me about joining, | have told
him my experience, and warned him
to stay out.
There is no chance for a Negro N
the Army, and | doubt that there
ever will be. Let them disband the
Ninth and Tenth Calvary and the
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth in
fantry. Nobody will miss them. and
nobody will be any the worse off for
it.
A Former Soldier.
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Letters To The Editor

so cowed and antagonized by the
stronger whites that they yelp and
whine away when other men would
have stood their ground and fought
and died had the occasion demanded
it." And resentment in this case, as
we know from many sad experiences,
would have resulted in certain death.
But why prefer life that is even
worse than death?
1t is the belief of this writer that
the fear of death that has made
towards of so many of US, is due to
the ancient and outworn notions of
heaven and hell that are so indus
triously preached to the Negro by
the Negro ministry. Heaven: place
where we shall reap eternal bliss and
have all the good things missed in
this life in return for adopting a
certain formula dividing line be-
tween those who accept it and those
who by a hairs breadth fall short,
and are doomed, on account of that
failure, to He'll: a place where its
inmates are doomed to eternal pun
ishment by burning in an unquench-
able fire.
These pictures, conjured up mil
leniums ago, probably at the very
birth of primitive man, have been SO
industriously preached to, and so in
dustriously held by, the Negro, that
we gladly suffer our present ills
rather than run the risk of going to
hell trying to get rid of them. Had
that soda clerk been sure that his
attack would have been instantly re-
sented by either Spaulding or his
son, he would have thought twice be-
fore making it---he would have
thought. and would not have made
it. If whites in the South learn that,
either singly or in mobs, attacks on
Negroes will be resented to the death,
there will be fewer such attacks
fewer lynchings.
In spite of the erroneous belief
so common among colored people that
colored soldiers are drawer fighters
than white, exhibition of bravery is
certainly not due to any great piety
or observance of the religious life by
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them. Indeed, / have often Won
dered if the fear of the kind of hell
preached to them does not rather
have lettering effect in the face Of
danger.
In striking contrast to the compla-
cency with which we suffer insult
and injury at the hands of prejudiced
whites and follow the Biblical in
junction to "resist not evil'' and
turn the other cheek" and congrat-
ulate ourselves on our good iudg-
ment" and Goodness" in the "face
of great provocation" is the readi-
ness with which we accept the gage
of battle and enter into church fights
among ourselves showing by our
want Of meekness in our dealing with
our weak colored brethren that our
humility before our stronger white
brethren is not due to piety at all
but to fear-fear of death, fear of
hell.
Presly Holiday,
Washington, D. c..
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Insulting Beggars

Beggars and medicants are parad-
ing thru our districts all day long and
far into the night. They constantly
buzz door bells and accost all with
whom they come in contact. Some
are surly, mean and contemplate,
others are arrogant and threaten
ing. Those who have a few dimes
that they can spare hardly know how
to dispense it. Nobody wants to feel
that the unfortunates are demanding
relief from individuals and that char
ity is accepted as matter of course
without appreciation. Nobody wants
to be intimidated into helping those
who are in need and nobody wants
to give away his precious money to
people who do not appreciate either
the money nor the spirit in which
1t Is given. Nobody wants to give
money to beggars whose breath
reeks with the nauseating odor of
moonshine. Everybody who is able
wants to help those who are suf-
fering under the scourge of unem-
ployment but nobody is going to
hand out charity to insolent, threat
ening and insulting beggars.
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Perpetual Office Holders

In every annual meeting of Negro
organizations of any appreciable
size this year the theme foremost
advanced has been 'whO shall be
the greatest among us?"
Who shall be president? Who
shall be the one to receive the
greatest "cuts" from the pockets of
the poor? To whom shall the
largest salary go? The great news"
from every one of these get-to-
gethers was $50 and so was re-eleet-
ed and he used his prestige to get
John Doe elected as his right hand
man" Few paragraphs have been
meritoriously devoted to anything
constructive [ h ese organizations
have accomplished. If they really
have accomplished anything it has
been dwarfted by individual greed
for high. parasitical positions.
The conditions in all of these
cooperative" bodies have been sore
ly aggravated by the tendency of
those who have been given office to
acquire the Ordained bv God for
life" attitude in their attempt to
Derpetuate the filching. dynasties.
There is no reason in the world
why one man should remain at the
head of any organization for life,
If that organization is supported
directly by the masses, among whom
are capable leaders. Besides being
contrary to all of the principles Of
good government, the continuity of
the custom is born of crime. Eff
fieient governments of the age are
dedicated to the proposition of be-
ing by for and of" the people.
Others have met disaster.
The remedy should be simple.
The best man to be found should
be elected for a term. and when that
term is over a different man should
be elected to try to offset the bad
his predecessor has done. Stagna-
ton is swiftly taking on the chronic
in the majority OF Negro orgaaiza-
iions-the contributary cause Is re-
lalization. Realization on the part
OF Uose who would rule forever.
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Railroad Baptists

Be it resolved, That each member
of our missionary denomination in
this convention and in our Baptist
persuasion spend at least five dollars
during the ensuing year in riding the
railroads.
The above resolution was present
ed by s'ecretary Henry Allen Boyd
to the National Baptist Convention
in session at Cincinnati and passed
by that body.
Because of the fact that there are
two national conventions of Baptists.
and it is difficult for the laymen to
distinguish them, it has been custom
airy to call the group of which Mr..
Rovd is secretary, the Boyd Bap-
tists.s
Since the adoption of the above
resolution. it might also be permitted
to designate them as the Railroad
Baptists."
This Convention has the larger part
of its membership in the South. Why
any of them should be willing to in
vest So in Jim Crow cars, except for
one way ticket out of Dixie is a
mystery to outsiders.
Since this group of Baptists must
go in for 10y riding, we earnestly
.uggest that the next convention
resolve during the year to spend not
less than SIS with the big oil COM
panies (which add so much to the
value of our communities.
Other big corporations which should
receive five-dollar donations should
include the street car companies, the
lighting companies, the gas compan-
les. the steel corporations.
Millionaire stockholders of these
great companies will appreciate these
five-dollar donations, of which they
are greatly in need.
Is it not only good economics but
good sense for these Baptists who
have so little to give IS year to the
railroads any one of which could take
one years income and buy out the
whole Baptist outfit?
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English
Word. Often Mi.nsed

Words Often Misused
Do not says "He is IN against a
condition, etc" Saw. "He is con
fronting a condition"
Words Often Misspelled
Concrete; etc, not eet.
Words Often Miapronounced
District. Prounee des-tra, e as in
f'create," a as in tray" accent last
syllable.
Synonyms
InQuisitive, prying, meddling, med
dlesome.
Word Study
URBAN Of or pertaining to a city
on town. To-day sixty-nine Amer,
cans I've in cities and towns to every
fifty-three ia the rural districts. We
are an urban natioH'
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Our Humility Is Fear

Editor of The Enterprise:
In the midst of numerous newspa-
per accounts and editorials (includ-
ing his own explanatory of the
attack on c. C. Spaulding, NOTED
insurance and banking magnate" OF
North Carolina, your recent editorial
tSept. 10TH is refreshing.
1t is certainly true that "colored
people in America have been
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Coming to Seattle7 Have your
mail directed to The Tobacco Box,
SOC Jackson St. When you call you'll
get your mail without any delay. No
charges for the service.
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Etiquette

1. What is the best way to avoid a
husband or wife accepting an invita-
ton that is displeasing to the other?
2. What should a woman speaker
at an evening affair wear?
8. What is the best way to an
nounce an engagement?
4. What is the correct size for
luncheon napkins?
The Washington times., 1931-10-29
ROANOKE PREPS
FOR RICHMOND

SALEM, Va, Oct. 29.-The 1881
edition Of the Roanoke College
Maroon team, fresh from an ini.
tial conference victory over Hamp-
den-Sydney, resumed practice to.
day, for the coming battle against
Richmond University this week.
end. Emerging from last weeks
game without a single casualty,
the Roanokers were put through
one Of the stiffest scrimmage ses.
J Sioa Of the present campaign.
Capt. Pleas Ramsey, who played
the Hampden-Sydney game with a
painfully injured shoulder, was
present on College Field and took
part in the activities of the after.
noon, although suffering severe
punishment during the course CT
Saturdays fray.
The RichmonderS seems to have
the edge by virtue of their 60
win over " M. I. and the latter's
1O-S defeat of Virginia. The
Roanokers lost their first game
Of the year to Virginia, 1870.
But comparative records mean
little when Roanoke and Rich
moI1d renew their ancient foot
ban rivalry and a low score is
anticipated.
The Washington times., 1931-10-29

in 1918 just after football was re.
established. His team that sea,
son lost only one game. The next
year he was not in the best of
health, and the Columbia squad
was crippled by injuries. A
rather unsuccessful season was
closed with a surprising TT tie
with great Brown team.
Health HinderS
At Nebraska, where he was head
coach and dean of men for four
years, he turned out teams that
twice won from previously un,
defeated Notre Dame elevenS.
Bad health forced him to
. Colorado where he coached the
Denver University eleven from
1925 through 1928 and brought
a previous taiI-ender into front
ranks.
Despite lack of success in Octo-
ber games those who have
watched Coach Dawson on Lam.
beth Field have confidence in his
ability to build up better Virginia
teams In the future.
The Washington times., 1931-10-29
Hoover Seeks Special
Entry Rule for Alien
OLYMPIC Athletes

Snow now tips the mile-high
mountains surrounding Lake
Placid, N. Y. Low temperatures
rave left a covering Of white
on Marcy. Whiteface and the
other Adirondack peaks, turn
ing the minds of sports en-
thusiasts to the Third Olympic
Winter Games, to be staged
here from February 4 to 1S,
1882.
A new impetus has been given
to the games plans with receipt
Of a letter this week from
President Hoover, in which he
says he will recommend to the
next session Of Congress passage
of a resolution exempting for
eign contestants and officials,
coming to the Lake Placic
games, from usual passport and
visa requirements upon pres
entation Of the official Olympic
identity cards, which will be
duly yisaed without charge
The Washington times., 1931-10-29
DOGS At BAY
At BAL LT|MORE

BALTIMORE. Md, Oct. 20.
Towson will be a busy place for
the remainder of the week begin.
ming today. For the reason that
the Oriole Amateur Field Dog
Associations tournament is on
schedule.
Sixty-five bird dogs are entered
in the field trials.
Twenty-Five have been entered
in the derby stake, % in the
all age stake, and 20 in the
shooting dog stake.
Several States are represented
in this tournament. They in
clude entries from Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia,
North Carolina, and New York.
The Maryland Beagle Club
staged a field trial yesterday
The results:
First. Amawalk Trouble. owner, Frank
Wise. New York: second. Shiek's Blue
Dawn, owner. Harry Campbell. PhiIadel-
phia: third. Bostman's Brownie, owner.
DR.. w. Edward Magruder, Baltimore:
fourth. Cecil's Billie. owner, G. Minor
Cecil. Howardsville. Md. Reserve Good
Time Tiny I'd. owners ]. w. Parrish
and j. H. Bowen. of Pikesville.
Pack Stakes-First. the Magrud er
pack. owner DR.. Edward Magruder. Bal
timore: second. the Dumbarton entry,
owners. j. H. Bowen and J. w. Parrish
Of Pikesville: third. Cecirs pack, owner,
G. M. Cecil. Howardsville, Md. fourth,
the Grand View pack, owner, Ross S.
Robson. Wilmington. Del. Reserve, the
Delco pack, owner, James w. Fox,
Darby, Pa.