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V f THE AMERICAN NATION IS ROUSED TO LYNCHING DANGER, SAYS N. A. A. C. P. REPORT OF ACTIVITIES DURING YEAR 1922 " " " ■ •• " • 4* * PEOIGE CASES CARRIED TO SUPREME COURT Incessant Fight Along the Race Line, for Civil Rights and Liberties. NEW YORK, December 29.—The American Nation is roused to the horror' and danger of lynching mob ism as it has never been before, ac cording to the 1922 Annual Report of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, of which the following summary was made public (today; IN THE SOUTH. In the South, where ten years ago only a few solitary individuals dared oppose lynching and where the crime was commonly condoned by influen tial newspaper^, public officials and ministers of the Gospel, there is now widespread opposition to mob mur der. The opponents of lynching now include such powerful organs as the Atlanta Constitution, the Greensboro N. C. Daily News, the Macon. Ga. Telegraph, the Houston, Texas Post and the San Antonio. Texas Expre-s. Powerful groups of white women in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama Virginia, Ten nessee and Texas have publicly re pudlated the lynching mob as a “pro tector of womanhood.” and such courageous men as <the Rev. Dr. M. A8hby-Jones of Atlanta, Governor John M. Parker,* of Louisiana and ex-Governor Hugh M. Dorsey of (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) CAME HOME TO DIE. The many friends of Chtris. C. jonn son, formerly of this city, but for 2n years a resident of Atlantic City, N. J., being employed at the Hotel Brighton were shocked to learn that he died Friday night December 29th at 90S Abigail street at the residence of his sister. He had been sick with th>» dropsy since about, last June and fin ally as his condition grew worse, a member of the Elks was sent to accom pany him home, arriving here Thurs day. December 21st. Few people kne\» that he was in the city, although ac made it. a rule to come to Richmond every Christmas. His funeral took place Tuesday aft ernoon from the residence. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary E. Mead, tan adopt ed sister. Miss Susie K Roblnso*i a cousin Mr. Gus Randall of Norfolk and many friends to mourn their loss. Ho was a member of Lighthouse I^odge of Elks of Atlantic Cit>. N. J. He was popular with all who knew him and his consistent Christian charm - ter was well known in this and othn communities. Funeral Director A. D Price oiilciated. MAN VICTIM OF HOFilH I’, Dili: l.V HOSPITAL. (Proton Now* V rvi< e > ^Pittsburgh. Pa. January 5.—Henry Walker, aged 2"> years died last Mon day Jn the Won Penn TTo-pital here after lie had been taken from ;> hoard ing house operated by Mrs. Ann-’ Chandler in Spring Way. After ike death of Welker and when h's body was taljf n to bo morgue, i* was reported that lie had been attack ed by holdup men and beaten in Penn avenue near the police station on Christmas night. ALAltAMA FAHMlilts LOSE IIOGS; HOT WEATITEi: CACHE. I 'Preston Now* florvici'i Huntsville. Ala. .Tan. 3.—Tt Is estl matrd that seventy-five per cent of the hogs lost by Alabama farmers is due to flic changeable weather condition*' Three Negro planters living in north ern Alabama have lost over one huu dred head due to these conditions. Tho farmers claim that warm weather seems to have a had effect on the swine. The changing condition of the weather seems to kill off'the hogs as though infected with some kind of a plague. Just what the trouble is can not lie fathomed by them. Government aid is being sought to determine tire trouble. / 4 Get The Planet at your door every week for a year. Send $2 and the carrier will bring It to yon FIRE DAMAGES THE ST. LUKE HALL HERE COSTIjY EDIFICE HAS NARROW ESC APE FROM C’OMPLWIT' DESTRUCTION. A sensation was caused here Friday evening. December 29tli when it was ascertained that the spacious and palatial St. Luke Hall was on fire. A j visit to the place Saturday morning de I velopcd the fact that it caught In the elevator house on the roof. Tlris small | house is covered with galvanized iron and no fire is over there for any pur* pose. The conclusion is that the electric : wires caused the blaze, although the J structure was wired according to uit i latest regulation*. The roof for some ! fifteen feet or more had been burned or torn away by the firemen. The stair way leading from the fourth flooi* to the roof had been burned and charred Water had flooded# the down-stairs floors, all of which were of an expen sive material. The fine oak desks had been damaged by water. Mrs. Maggn L. Walker surrounded by her faithful employees was gazing dejectedly at the damage wrought. The loss though is fully covered by insurance. In the printing office, the main dam ! age was to tike linotype machines, but these have been quickly renovated The records were not injured as they are all housed in expensive safe cabi nets of the latest design and are guar anteed to stand two hours steady heat under the most damping circumstan ces. The whole aflfa.ireproved to bn un avoidable and the Order is functioning as before. There is r.o suspicion of carelessness or failure to obey fire in surance laws for the bu:’ding ’ja model of safety and cleanliness. MASKED BANDITS ROB BISHOP B. F. liEE IN HiS HOME. (Preston News Servic ) AVilberforce. O.. Jan. 4—Two hoavilv masked bandits entered the home of • Bishop B. F. Lee senior Bishop of the : African Methodist Episcopal church. I ‘asi Sunday evening at 7:150-o’clock tnd after covering Bishop Lee, Iris' j wife and dough °r with guns robbed | them of > eons’deracle amount on I nom-v and escaped. it is said the burglars boldly enter-j • a] tiro iron' door of the house whim [the bi: hop and his family were • i ijitr after dinner and while one of the: men guarded Bishop Lee. : T iber vent 'hi up;Jr his clothes. They also i picked up a purse containing $f>0.00 I e j : 1 ong*ng • o Mi. L<f and anothci con- j [ taining i an al> amount of money be longing Jo Mrs. Lee. They pockete4 he money .and left the house. On account of poor telephone connec ! ‘ ion-. Bishop Leo was unable to report j he m. >'tcr to :hr- .X**mia noli- . and j no report was made of the matter un-1 ti•’ late Tuesday afternoon Wilberforce is about three and one half miles from Xenia. The police sav the T.ee’s were unable to give any description of the! burglars who were heavily masked, and could not tell whether they were j white or colored men. j KE KM X IN WALES TERRORIZES NEOROES AND CHINESE. -- (C-mi staler News Service.) Cardiff. Wales. Jan. 4.—The Kn Fin* Elan has crossed tlie Atlantic Ocean and has organized a klan here ft am among American residents and Bill ;sh exponents of anglo-saxon unify and world domination by'the anglo wixun breed. One of the first acts of tire local 'klan was to whip a Chinese found 'go ing with a white woman They also warned Negroes and Chinese to leave this rity. Most of the Negroes her-' rro natives of Afrloi and these have all or gitnized to resist the terroristic meth ods of the klan. Most of the West In dians here are Joining with- the Af»» I cans in measures for self-defenso | should Ku Kluxism force the Issue. RED ARMY, CALLED LARGEST IN WORLD. ? PROMISES A FREE AFRICA FOR NEGROES; SAYS RUSSIAN ARMY COULD “WALK THRU EUROPE”' Promise of Tchitcherin for Free Africa May Net Be All Idle Talkv—Officials Are Frtendly to Negroes. tcrusaaer ©ervice wewsj . Berlin. Dec. 29.—Interesting details of the strength, equipment and morals of the Russian Red Army at the pres ent time are contained in an article published here by Dr. Robert Fluhr. a mining engineer of this city, who left for America a few days ago after mak ing an extensive tour of Russia. In Dr. Fluhr’s opinion Russia is in a strong er condition today than she lias ever been in all her history, not only in the army and navy, but in the civil admin istration ns well. "The Red Army as the active force is called." the doctor said; “is com posed of 1.500.000 troops, well drilled and equipped with every kind of mod ern weapon, including light and heavy artillery, bombs and airplanes. These Soldiers are all young men who did not fight in thq World War and there fore are not tired of fighting, like the men in the other armies of Europe. It is not any exaggeration to state that the Rod Army is the finest in the world at the present time.” “At least six million officers and men are included in this army, and it could walk through Europe in a shoit time.” . MEXICAN RADICALS CLASH WITH KU KLUXERS. (Crusader News Service.) Mexico City, Jan. 3.—Reports from various cities of conflicts between th9 Mexican Fascist! or Ku Klux and the Communists indicate that the former organization has grown greatly in numbers and importance lately. Thus far these elashes have not been sang uinary but are more indicative of what may be expected in t^ie near fu ture. not only In Mex'co but in tne United Stntes as well', as tile opposing forces of Fascism and Communism, with their allies, settle down to the new phase of the old struggle between Capitalism and the Proletariat. Just as Communism is representative of the growing revolt on the part of the work ers so is Fascism or Ku Kluxism, in the opinion of many, representative of the determination of the Capital ists not to surrender without a fight their strange hold over the workers. The gien°l Federation of Labor from its headquarters in Mexico City • s extremely active in its propaganda against Fascism and the Fascist! are rot iike j to overrun tb country as happened in Italy and Is now hanpen ii.L in (hr- United SIate<. Mexican work ers have • 7r. nd.v far. od to romo dc'.re ' lie joy: and b n« fils of th n.: -Ives cx !'Te>sincontrol and aro of li’ ■!•.• to surrender their p. eogative: to the Fas ■ .;i tools. i*f !\M N KMX NOT W.\NTEI> IN FK.WCE; T\A PE IIS SAY. (I’rcsfnn News Sarvicc) Paris. France j; n. 1.—The n« f ri ou* Ameri<;:n Ku Klux Klan is not v nntrd In France ml will have a ditfl nilt time gaining a foot hold in this country according to Paris newspap ers . It is said that those vigorous denun editions of the klan in the paperf raVno as a result of a report that flu* “Imperial Giant" Edward .Young Clarke plans to place the organiz*tlo 1 all over the world and that he will soon open headquarters in London. “The American Ku Klux Klan wilt not find any welcome in continental Europo" said the Echoe de Paris. “It is an organization of such character as is not wanted on this side of the At lantic" said another paper. “It is a de testable sect of crazy puritans" said L’ Intransigent. “They are responsible for assassinations, burnings and de struction of churches filled with reliv lous treasures. If is a mysterious socle ty. working in the dark, committing crimes for which the perpetrators are never punished.” “Newspapers from the United State* of late have boon filled with dispatch es detailing the horrifying activities of the Ku Klux Klan. which cannot heln but make real Americans bow their beads in shame to know that such a wanton set of men have banded them selves together in their country for the purpose of secretly breaking law" said another writer. WORKERS PARTY PLEDGE ITS SUPPORT TO COLORED WORKERS. / - Will Support Race lu Its Struggle for Liberation and Seek to Open Doors of Unions. (Crusader News Service.) New York. Jan. 4.—Tne 'Workers Party of America, in convention here December 24. 25. and 2H adopted a pro gram in which the Party’s purpose of supporting the Negro workers in tn).« country is unequivocally stnted. The Workers Party the program i says, will “support the Negroes in | their struggle for liberation” and wi i | help them in their fight lor economic j political and education'll • * >: >v and ; will seek to end the policy of discrim' nation followed by the labor unions and'other discriminations, including restaurants, theatres and otner pumto places. The convention, which was the sec ond rational, also went on record for the “dictatorship of tnl- proietrat” (rule by the workers, of the workers by the workers, for the workers) an.1 the “supplanting of the existing capital ist government with a Soviet govern mt nt.” The convention adopted a ueciarai •on approving t’ce leadership of tho Third or Communist International, which recently went on record as e.i* pousing tb-e Negro struggle for liberal ice. throughout the world and as 3tand ing for a free Africa.etc: — The leadership in the international struggle which inspires hope in the hearts of the workers of the world and arouses fear in the capitalists of ever* j < jantrv is the leadership of the Com eunist International. “The Workers Tarty declares H o ( |:-ympathy with c..>? Communist In'er- j n. tional and enters tlie struggl" ; i against American 'apitalism. tlie most j powerful of the national groups under j ho inspiration «_f the leadership or • he Communist 1 r.ioi national. Do* daring for id. i dictatorship of the proletariat after the Soviets have tak o over both the lege lative and admin •Vf native work >; th working c1 css ; He '"eminent, die pr airani says: “The Soviet Government of the V ork< rs will, because of tlie s-inie necessity—the necessity of suppr ■ s.ng the capitalist-—be a die t ator.-diip j the workers. The gov; rnment expre.! ing tile will of the 3b 000.000 workf r , ; v iil openly a e its powe r in the in*-.r j •st rsf tlie workers against ih capita! •‘i; will ho tin task r.f tin govern in nt of the 30.000.000 workers of this country to take from the capitali t«v ’ll. control and ownership of the raw materials and machinery of j roduc Ton upon which the workers are depen i 'out tor their life, liberty and happt | n - and to establish collective owner jhip." EGYPTIAN PATRIOT SHOOTS A BRITISH OFFICIAL. j ; — (t rusader News Service.) Cairo. Egypt , Jan. 4.—The four teenth attack on British officials 1r Egypt during the past three months took place today*, when Dr. Newby Rob son of the law school here was shot dead by an Egyptian patriot while rid ing a bicycle through the streets. It is believed the shooting was a political one. ILLINOIS VILLAGE MARSHAL IS WOI NDFD IN GUN BATTLE. (Prcuton New* Service) Colp. IIL, Jan. 2.—Charles Baker Negro Village Marshal here was fatal ly wounded in a pistol battle here Inpf Sunday night when he attempted to place a bandit under arrest. The ban dit Melvin Bush, was finally appre hended by the Marion police and lodg ed in Jail. V*. . MR* •» . |*K sk ife 3k 4c ♦ * sk »> *' sk ff-- ■*. ♦ * if- * *' * • > 1 s* *: s* CHCROHKS GAIN f»St\O;.0 * 4 MKMItKRS IN 1U22. ► * * T* - $• & sk 1922 was a banner year for tho larger denominations of rk Christian churches in the U. S. s> sk The figures for the year show * 3k an increase in membership, sk ■* money contributions and influ- * sk ence. The membership reached >? 3k’ 9X0.000 additions, an increase 3k * of 245,000 over 1921. The ♦ «► smaller churches stood still or »r sk actually lost, while steady in- * *k crea> es occurred in the larger * ak ones. *k s* Churches showing the greatest > •k increases are the Roman Cath- > >k olic, Methodist, Baptist. Presby- # * terian. Lutheran, Episcopal and fk ■a Congregational. Tho actual sk -y membership of die Christian sk >. churches in this country is now > >■ 43,120.000. These members >• • contributed $*>30,000,000 to the *■' churches. Of th»-, $40,000,000 * t wA? ^pent in fore.gn lands. * . . *1 , ■' '4- A' S’ S1:r';f:: k.y;: | ('OLORKD; « WHITE VICTIMS OF MOB VIOLENCE IN AMERICA. The following communication from Dr. iRl. R. Moton, explains the 1922 lynching record in the United States, j Dear Sir:—I send you the following corcerning lynchings for the past year as compiled at Tuskegee Institute in the Department of Records raid Re search, Monroe N. Work in charge. 1 j find, not including those killed in s strikes riots, etc. that there were | persons lynched in 1922. This is 7 less ; than the number 64 for the year 1921. Thirty of the persons lynched were tak on from the hands of the law; 13 fro.n jails, and 17 from officers of the law outside of Jails. 1 also find that there were 5b in stances in which officers of the hi" prevented lynchings. Fourteen cf these instances were in Northern J Stales and 44 were in Southern State--... In 54 of the cases the prisoners were j removed or the guards were uugmeiij id or other precautions taken. In the 4 other instances, armed force was j used to repel the would he lynchers. In ten instances, convictions carrying penitentiary sentences were secured against alleged lynchers. Of the 57 persons lynched in 1922, j r.l were Negroes and 6 were whites; | 19 or one-third of those put to deaf i wore charged with rope or attempted rape; 6 of the victims were burned to death; 4 \vr t put to death ana ‘hen j tb* ir bodi burned. The j.gi list tho burned to ileaV. m dec 2: rapo. 4. ' •> off°n :> charged a f n - t •> whit -s were: nutru 2. fighting. ! : ■ r i. it rej.ur;i-!. it. Tli oi: -i: charged against the Negroes were* piurd” . 9: murderous acsmiit. •': ra; e I t; attempted rape. killing officer of the law. 3; horse stealing. 2: being int'iuntc with woman 2; no uncial ohergo 2; kit ing man in alter'at ion. 1 ; striking m. n in quarre' 1: robbing : and triking a woman. 1 ; enttb' steal- ; ing. 1; usings insulting language 1; he • ing a strike breaker. 1; mistaken idea ; tity, 2: indecent exposure of person and frightening woman and children. 1 • intimidating officer of the law. 1. The nine States in which lynchings occurred and the numlitr In each Stale are as follows: Alabama. 2: Arkansas 5; Floridsf, 5; Georgia. 11 ; Louisiana 3; Mississippi. 9; Oklahoma 1; South Carolina 1; Tennessee. 2; Tcxatf. 18. Very truly yours. R. R. MOTON Principal. REAL JAZZ IN AFRICA. (Crusader News Service.) New York, Jan. 4.—Chief Sakabona Snnki lately arrived from the Trans vaal. says real jazz Is to he found only in Africa and described an African Jazz dance witrr 5.000 tribesmen hound ing about in a big ring with the lead ing ballet female of the village doint; her stuff in the middle. Music is sup plied by twenty tom toniR a lozen or so gn-gomas.. a ladder with, tuned rungs and a few manispartte. f BE. KPlLY MILLER SEES TROUBLE AHEAD "* __ » / RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND WELFARE GROUPS ARE ASKED FOR IMPERATIVE ACTION. Noted Professor Thinks Tremendous Change in Scheme of Racial Adjustment Within the Next Half Generation and We Should Prepare. The times are out of joint. Racial I portents are ominous. The rising title | of color threatens to engulf us. The ' problem is becoming more complex I and perplexing. Unless the Negro's courage rises with danger the cause will he lost through timidity and cow ardicc. The welfare of the ten millin Negroes in the United* States is well safe-guarded through self-direc tive leadership than that of any other ! group of similar size and like advant ! ages in tire world. There is the widest nun gin between what is and what ought to l»e. Loudsome boasting of our present attainments biiMs us to the magnitude of things yet to he attain ed. This gap can he bridged only by J wise guidance and direction. The in , coining uf the new year emphasizes j our delinquency. Within the next hair generation there is going to be a tro . inendous change in the scheme of race j adjustment. Whether this is to be for ' the better or for the worse depends up j on the initiative, the courage and the j wisdom which the Negro displays. Tho j present tendency is in the wrong direc- j lion. Forces and influences now at work if unchecked will fix him for good in p helpless and hopeless posi- ' tion. Instant action is demanded. Hesi tancy is dangerous. Delay may pro re . fatal. THE TIME RIPE. i ne time is iuuy ripe ior a race con ference to deliberate upon tire serious; phases of the problem, and as far ns t practicable, to formulate a platform of principles and a program of programs of procedure. The Negro group has special and peculiar interests and relations infin-j itoly more serious and vital than auv j other subordinate element into which i our population is divided The pecu liar problems of the foreigner are tern porary and linfited to one generation. The Jew is isolated oniy in religious and semi-religious relations of liis own making an I preference. The Catholic! iil'fer. Tom the Protestant only in the n i:.', of worship. Tire Negro alone >s separated from tin rest ot the n .tion by the whole' uiameb r of social difference which en j • o' !h< rcgul: don o! all of the os > r. ‘ 1 intimacies of life. This regime t >| iig"ot'od upon hi u. He didn’t rani; and ire cannot uiinml-te i*. Sp. Hal and s; 1 . . ic racial ini p-*- • <<iuirc as though'. , ’.nl a id . “-w sc c liberation as th .• i ' oss gives it) the if Jr- of the Nation, j ' yet to os:- v, •* i'ii Pc* no aderjuat > or i t.emp*. t at bod: to give our issues p ; . 'nvnsive an;! statesmanlike consider atiou. t pr sent ti e various intercr:. and activities at work in the field arc c.bforhed !ji fhe’r own objectives . nr. ; .fo wholly v.ithou* efficient mordinn ion < " union of aim and purpose. The waste an*! friction ;ire inexcusable. DEM A N D IM1 Till ATI V E The demand for a nation-wide con fcrencc is imperative. This conference1 should not Ik* fostered by any one of i gnnlzation. but every typo of agency or! interest now at work should unite up-, on a call to consider “The State of tm Race." Political movements such as the N. A. A. C. P,. the Equal Rights League, the Lincoln league, the Race Congress; religious bodies like the Nat ional Baptist Convention, the African i Methodist Episcopal, the A. M. E. Z.. } the C. M. E.. and the M. E. churches as well as those of smaller numbers; moral and social agencies such as the Y. M. C. A., the Y W. C. A ; business and economic agencies like the Busi ness League, the Urban League; eduf a tional associations, fraternal organlza t ioml. tlie Federation of Women’s clubs tlie Press Association and all well es tablished movements of wide ramifica tion should he represented. The time lias como for all to pull together. If we continue to pull apart, we will pull to pieces. The whole is greater than nnv of its parts. The members of the bodv can never cooperate properly unless they become consciously subordinated | to the welfare of the body as a whole. It may be just ns well to anticipate the objection that several such nhor tivo attempts have been made before. While no one of these efforts has been permanent each endeavor has left a residuum of lasting good. The race to day has more maturity and sound judgment than ever before. Many will recall the effort of Mr. Joel E. Spin gam at a race conference at his Sum mer home. If an alien »o the group saw the necessity of formulating a common program surely we must heed the self call to conference. MUST DEPEND UPON SELF. The Negro can no longer look to the white man for intimate advice and di rection. No one outside of a group can regulate the intimate procedure for the inside. The white philanthrop ists have done a good part. The people who must he helped forever are not worthy of being helped at all. Self ex pression on part of the Negro will en courage our white friends to extend the necessary assistance. But they can not be expected to carry him on their shoulders any further. The Negro henceforth must walk with his own The white man can only furn su him a crutch. jjj'imuiiig anu lawlessness of wnich the N’epio is the chief victim, th. «■ hi 1 r. of population, conpestion in cities and Ihe acute situation resulting there from, the moral aloofness and relig ious indifference of the abducted class es the downward moral tendency or the times in which our young peoph ate being carried away, the necessity ■ or cooperation in business and trade, t'.o growing apathy of the while race a.i.l the need for concerted endeavor to stem the tide all unite in demand iup the proposed conference at an earl • date. The situation calls loudly for the riquisite race statesmanship. Will :t • •e* forthcoming? f I have made the suggestion and in'we correspondence and suggestion. A 1 wh i are in favor, Signify by saving "I.” (Signed.) KELLY MILLER. Howard I niver ity. .. —R'-V A Thomas. I). D. h. . -il out is mu< ii improved. —IMr. and Mr*. Wr iter T. Davis i ' :it the holidays bore •Mr. o. Walter Whiting, Principal 1 '■ tiie »ti';’.i School. Montgomery, W. ^ '■ pom 1 ho holidays here, the rue t o' his father, Mr. It. W. WhiPng. Mr. Joseph R. Randolph was in tha eiiy from December 24th to tiie 29th, visiting 1 is mother. Mrs. Martha deed, of 10 E. Jackson stree'.. He lef. for his home. South Norwalk, ( onn., after a very pleasant timo with friend! and relatives. Mr. D. J. Farrar, General Contrac* tor lias improved to such an extent un der the treatment of Dr. William H. Hughes as to lie able to visit friend*. He hopes soon to be able to resume liia business activities. Attorney Joseph R. Pollard, known too as “the Senator" lias been confined to bis home for more tlmn a week. Up in under the treatment of Dr. G. H. H. Dowser and has had a severe attack of the gout. He has improved to such an extent as to be able to he out again. Major General Jones Here. Major General Jones, of the Tri form Rank of the great American Woodmen. left the city today, after spending four days with the local Woodmen. A ball was given in his honor at Johnson’s Auditorium on Tuesday night. He organized a lady company while here and made a last ing impression on the member of the order.