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N. i. A. C. P. ASKS REMOVAL OF TUSKEGEE HOSPITAL COMMANDER IN HARDING LETTER Director General H ne* of the Vet an* ns* Bureau, bus been asked in a telo •-train sent by tbe National Association for tfte Advancement of Colored People i. remove Colonel Robert 11. Stanley at present commanding tbe Govern ment Hospital Her colored war veter ans r.t Tuskege*x Alabama. The do mand follows disclosure of charges tt at Colonel Stanley bud per mitted tbe uer of the Government Her pita! supplies by tbe kb. klux klau. that he bad failed to protect colored snhord nates from tbe threats of mou violence, and that a number of colored nurses who it was feuxtd mighfc reveal conditions at tbe hospital, were sum w arily diverged without cause. A let ter to President Harding calling tbe Tuskegee Hospital a "national scan dal” and asking for a definite stand by the Administration supplement C..e telegTam. Tbe telegram, sent to Di rector General Hines is as follows: “National Association for the Ad v&ncement of Colored People asks that Colonel Robert H. Stanley be re moved immediately from command of Government Hospital fer colored war v j-k-rans ul Tuskegee. Our request is bused upon information on file in your offioe, establishing conclusively tbe failure of Col. Stanley us com mander of the Hosp/tul to protect No *10 subordinates against mob threats: and showing tbsit Col. Stanley tolerat ■el if he did not actually connive at K11 Klux invasion of the Hospital and use of Hospital supplies; further, that Negro nurses have been .-urnmurily dis orrarged without cause. We csk the r<: instate roent of tlie three nurses rein.n •ed without cause. Many other acts of ’discrimination arc indicated , as to which a number of white doctors of t’ol Stanleys stuff are ready and will m'r to testify . ” THE LETTISH, TO PRESIDENT *■**-« ||. , : , HARDING Th,e letter wr tten to President Harding by James Weldon Johnson. Secretary of the National Association f ir the Advancement of Colored Peo pic is as follows: “Dear Mr. President:— “Unfortun i’.teiy during your absence the Tusk*? xco Hospita1 situation has reache I t.hr f.tage of a national scandal. W3 hav« seen a body of lawless mobbists in it»c name of the ku klux klan a‘ tempting to defy the United States Gt.v eminent, driving out colored men who had beeD appointed to work at tlio Tusnegec Hospital. We have seen the white commander of that hospital. Col < on 1 Rol*e.vt H. Stanley, failing to pro K' ct hip colored subordinate s who hail been threateed with mob violenc-' U.lcraf'np if net conniving v xli't *-; aoivky in the Government Hospital u:i.»er his command. "i<el me recall to you tt*» exact woids ot a letter written on April ti t> this Assocatlon by your Secretary Mr. **hristian. at your direction: four communication ot April 19th has been submitted to the President and be directs me to make reply an t •»y that the task of selecting and coin pleting the oolrod staff for the man* agement and administration of Tuske gee Hospital la well under way. It U the plan of the Director of the Veter aiis' Bureau with the approval of the President to man this institution com pletely with a colored personnel.* * le It the purpose of the United States Government to change its plan b* cause a few mohbists make threats? Is political pressure in Washington go ii-e to retain in office a commanding officer who has shown himself so unfit as has Colonel Stanley? These quesr t'c ns colored people throughout ttiM nation and wh:te people as well, aro n*»w asking. We cannot do otherwise than present them to you. for we have e eadily and persistently warned your arm nistrntion of the danger ip mak* irg any concession whatever to the m. o sentiment represented by tlite ku k.ux klan and by certain white people of \h*bunia. “We have already asked Director Fines to remove Colonel Stanley. We a**k your approval for this action*, pre ceded of couise by a thorough investi gation and substantiation of the charg cr against this officer. We ask further more for tire oxact continuance of the gr> ernnvent’s plan, that is. a complete c‘'red staff or qualified physician? and nursea from the commanding ofll down and. if necessary. Unite-! Suites troops in Alabama to see tli&t ti'Ov are not interfered with in the wc.rk to which their government ha.i culled them." ■» (Signed:) JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Secretary Naticnal Association for the Advance I aient of Coloivd People." NEW .1ER8EY PUBLIC IJBRARY PRAISES ft A A O P REPORT Harold P. Brigham, directing librar . ‘nil of the fre*- public library In New j Biunswirk. S- J.. has written a letter J tu pr**ioC of the N. A. A. C. P. Annual ft. port. | ‘“It is plain to be seen.” says Mr j Brigham, “that you have issued an j Annual Report which is not merely a cold record of the activities of the A? sc.'Iat ion for the peat year but which is also a source of important material wnlch would stand any library In good stead for reference work.” (Continued from Page 2■> goes on. WlJth Inter-community, I niter-urban and Inter-sectional match 04 being played throughout the east. In an effort to get those (best Quali fied things are moving along surely. And wVth the arrival of Jfidgar C. Brown, national tennis champion, in the east, the Improved plsytng of Ayres Switch, Sylvester Smith, Tally Holmes and others in this class, dope sters are all up in the air. Ayres Satpcft, Now York tennis ‘‘phenom,” retained the New York State Gham pVmdhfp last! week, when he defeated Frank Jongs In a (thrilling match. But, perhaps the biggest surprise of all came In (the women’s singles, when Miss A4ma Crawford defeated Mrs. Lottie Wade In one of the hard est! fought matches of ithe season. The showing of MRu Crawford and the sensational playing of Mrs. Aua> tin Showa that Miss Isadora Chan* nd’s. national woman tfl(tle holder, will have to be ajt her best to retain her title. DANNY EDWARDS OUT POINTS KID MICKEY. (PmtoR Kim flcrvtcw) NEW YORK, August? 1.—Danny Edwards of the Golden West, colored bantamweight champton of the world and ‘‘Harlem’s Pride,” showed his real class here Jast Thursday night, when he deateively outpointed Kid Mickey of Newark, in the semi-final ’•o the Dundee-Crtqui tight. Edwards was scheduled let meet Irish Johnnv CuiyaJIn, bu/q foT *ome Y*erflon ,t|he white lad failed to appear. The bout, scheduled to go six rraind,s. went but three. Edwards showed his real c’n.^ in Uhls bout. Outweighed bv four pound/*, he slid around the ring and Mickey was unable t • land a solid punch ‘NUBY’ JOE DANS GETS SUSPENDED IN HAVANA. (Prwtaa Km S«rvW) HAVANA, CUBA, Auguat 2.—The Cuban Boxing Commission has sus pended “Nuby” Joe IGans for one I year and aw eased a line of $50 for hts poor showing in last Sunday’s fight with Walker. JACK JCNNSON BAY BE SBED FORA DIVORCE. (Pielw Me** hrHwl NEW YORK. August 2.—John Ar thur Johnson, former heavyweight champion of the would, may be sued for a divorce by his white wife, Mrs. LtUciRe Cameron Johnson, according to a current rumor here. His wife intimated, lb said, that other wo men would be the ground* tor a de cree If, is (Calmed that Jack has had several affairs reoeatfly fwfth oth er women, most of them of his own race Thg has gqOten on hla white wife’s nerves to such an extent that she cannot attend It longer. CHICAGO NEWS. Mrs. Lucy Edmondson ot Indianapo lis Ind*. Is spending some time in tne c’ty on a visit with relatives and friends ami is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Young. 4114 Calumet ave nue. ! Hon. Win. H. Fields of St. Louis Me National Grand Matter of A. U. K. and D. of A., is to bo in the city in a few days to complete final arrange ments as to the coming annual sei s.cn of the Nat'onal Grand Council of th* order which will convene at St Louis, Mo. Morgan Park is rapidly being popu lated v/lth members of the Race wmi arc erecting many modern homes. This is becoming the most beautiful part or suburb around Chicago. Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 4114 Calumet '•nuc has returned to the city from j tl«e gmnd lodge session of Knights and . Daughters of Tabor which met in 1 • East St. Louis III. Mrs. Young was I reelected secretary of the Endowment I Department. I M. T. Bailey, president the Alumn* A«?oc:ation of tip Virginia Normal ord Industrial Institute at Petersburg Va.. is exo^cling to have as his guest i’i the next few days Dr. John M. Gan dy president of the Institute who is in ♦'he West and will stop «ne dny whtle enronte to V’rg'nta Field dny was observed on July 21st at the American Giants Ball Park with exercises by the Military Department ot A. U. K. and D. of A. under coi-. n-.i.nd of Col. J*»s. McCall A chllle Landry. St. Joseph. Michigan sp* nt considerable t'rae in th«> city due iitg the past week leaving been ca:’cd h-»re on account of the sadden death or his uncle, August Levy. Burial wa? made la this city. J. H. Simons. 1648 Monterey avenue popular real estate broker of lliaA sec t»* n. hi s Juat returned from a pleas ant vacation spent with his family in Benton Harbor. Mich. WIFN OF FORMER N. CAROLINA 4JOVKRNOR TO ADDRESS THK N A A C P CONFRLENCB. dis. Thomas W. Bickett'. wife of tho former Governor of North Carolina. ba« accepted an Invitation to adrires-; the Kansas City Conference of the Nnc !onal Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, it was an nounced today. Mm Bickett will repr» l sen* the Inter-Racial Committees of \ tl.e Soifih. In her letter accepting the ! Invitation. Mrs. BiekeU said: “l shall be glad to be present alt eom? of i he sessions of this Conference as I fee! that it will be helpful to me in the work that I am trying to do on the Inti r-Racial Committee.” Governor Bickett was one of thfe first Southern executive* to denounce the revived Ku Klux Klan and while in office took a strong stand) against mob violence in North Carolina. Mrs. Blck ett served in France as hostess to American soldiers of the expeditionary forces. JAA. WHLDON JOHNSON WRITES ON “WHAT AMfRRICA OWES THE NfiGRO." Article Published in “Our World” For August. "The Negro is the creator of the only things artistic that hhve yet sprung from American soil and been universally acknowledged as distinc tive American products,” according to JeMes Weldon Johnson, Secretary of I A'ic National Association for tire Ad vancement of Colored People, writing' in the August "Our World,” (Publish I'd at 9 East 37tli Street. New York C ty.) Alter reciting that Negroes sailed with Columbus? explored with Narvaez f« light in every war on American soil, and contributed by tlieir labor to the r* lion’s prosperity^ Mr. Johnson says “Howrver, honorable and glorious ( a is the Negro’s record, it Is not the most' Important story about him in America. For a display of the ele ments of stamina rnd courage and loy. nl’v and of iritel!igenc<\ it does not be gin to compare with his pence record It s in tbb victories of pence that til s Negro has demonstrate!! nis highest clsiin to full membership In the groups that enter into the making of America. It Is in the victories' of peace that he bins stood the test of the more essential qualities of manfctqd and cH izeuship—of stamina, patidnee. sacri f .T courage, determination intelli e* nce and faith in oneself. Indeed, in mr opinion, it requires treater cour age and » higher degree of qualities, n entnl «ml spiritual for a Negro to be a successful.v respected and self-respect ,f,K citizen in say. Mississippi than it required for a Negro to win the Croix de Guerre in Franco ” WILL you HELP END THE RECEIVERSHIP? This is the all important question, Look at the picture of the Vault of THE MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK and then decide upon just how much of your time you will give towards rehabil itating this Institution. IT CAN BE DONE if the Depositors will help. The future of The Mechanics Savings Bank is in their hands. Have them follow the instructions cf eminent counsel employed to handle this matter and the RE-OPENING of The Mechanics Sayings Bank is a certainty. Act promptly and you act twice. __ * WAKniw ut^i; Fop^ff^S^cS^Ford and election of Magnus Johnson causes third, party tails. DES MOINES STOPS JIM CROW AT CITY BENCHES. | Protest against nice discrimination at Des Moines municipal bathing beaches , made by the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peu pic. l«(as resulted in the passage of a | resolution by the Des Moines City Council providing that there shall be i no discrimination “at any of the citv j bathing beaches or parks on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. ” Tile delegation of ttV N. A. A. C. P. ht aded by Messrs. S. Joe Brown and Charles P. Howard* claimed that a Negro had been ordered ofT cne of the D»,s Moines beaches by a custodian. The delegation included Mrs. George Young. Mrs. L. R. Willis and James B Morris Deputy County Treasurer. The resolution barring discriminat i<*n was introduced by Mayor Garvor at Des Moines. SKILLED NEGRO WORKERS jMfcry ♦, * ‘ '■ - ^ l COMING NQNTH. A survey conducted by Phil H. Frown of the U. S. Department of La bor into Negro workers In Noi thorn In dustrics disclose* that many skidled Negro workers are among the north uanl bound migrants, according to a report forwarded by the National As sociation for the Advancement of Col ored People. 69 Fifth Avenue. New York City. Among the numlter examined, thle largest her centage went to the State of Ohio, the states next following oe ing Pennsylvania, Michigan. New Jer sey and New York. The Department finds that many migrants go to border slates and there work to accumulate funds with which they then travel fur ther North/. The workers examined are employed lr. 273 firms engaged in the following in -usties; iron s>nd steel foodstuffs. 1° thet*. machinery, tobacco, automo hi os. paper bags, copper goods, boilers billiard tables, brass articles, chain, bricks, oil. snwa wire, railroad equip ment. rubber, glass,’ textiles, cbina wnre. cement, paper, construction mid transportation. GEORGIA SOLONS WOULD CHECK MIGRATION BY LEGISLATION. (Prcstpn New* Service) Atlanta. Ga.. July 27.—Tho labor sit ’•at ion has grown so acute in Georgi i tint employers in all parts of the state are taking cognizance to such an ''xient that an effort to check the mi gration of Negro and other farm labor v as given as the reason by the authors for tlie introduction of a bill in thi Georgia legislature last Thursday, v hich would make it a felony for any person or concern to solicit labor in Georgia for other states Punishment w( uld bo a prison term of not le>s than three years nor more than seven. “Passage of this bill.” representative ; Lapierre one of the authors, do J ' If.red “ will result in checking the j r'x.( dus of Negroes and other farm J ’ anils in Ooorgln to other states, it ’s not allow oven licensed labw ■i tits io operate in the <1 -to. The ' "'■e ;ent labor situation in Georgia de | mamls relief legislation and 11»i~= me is Is one which we think best to pic | ale relief.” j ROTHIM POLICE AVERT i MOB VIOLENCE. tPr*.tfnn Now* Service) New York City. July 2.8.—While a m« b was looking vainly along Seventh av nne for a post on which to hang i James Gnllate alleged to have attempt | c' to assault a young girl, a poiieeman ir-fiicd him from the mob and lock"! him in a garage until <1<e wagon arrlv . I* is a’legcd that Gullette dragged a | !4-year old girl into a doorway and n» i tempted to assault her. Screaming wc ) r rn and yelling men attacked Oullette , Ho was kicked beaten and a clothe » 1 ne was tied around his r.cck and j b»*ng dragged along the street when 1 the officer arrived and with gun and ' n ght stick dispersed the mob. HAS ENJOYED SUCH UNEX PECTED SUCCESS IN THE PAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO ADD A FEW MORE BEAUTIFYING PREP- | ARATIONS TO OUR LIMITS i ED BUT EFFECTIVE LINS} J The following ie outj complete list \ • ** Stralt-Tex Hair Refining i sa. sjsjssra.r Stralt-Tex Hair Grower * \J as« Hot only promote* peathe! tlil wroa hair, but makes it soft, pliable sad « luxuriant. Aa cxcstlsat prtaslBg oU. J Gloee-Tex Brilllantine < 5#c Make* the hair soft and glosay sad 5 m VWU keep# it in food coodltloo without *1 leaving it oUy or gummy. 1 Stralt-Tex Herbe a tl.OO la a vegetable preparation that as* 2 •treax tually straightens and reatocea the 1 original color to gray or faded hair. 1 Colof permanent—positively Will not 1 * t rub off, no matter how often the hair ' ia shampooed. Three shades: Black. ' Brown and Chestnut-Brown. Kokomo Shampoo 40c Ia made from pure cocoanut oll{ park** cleans the scalp and roots of the hair i in a natural, healthy manner. Bronze Beauty Vanishing Cream 00c Is a soothing, greaseless vanishing per jar face cream that will not grow haul Bronze Beauty Lemon Cream 50c Is nourishing, softening and atimu* ptrjar lating to the skin; is filled with a ' triple strength of oil of lemon—mak ing it a mild, b'caching cream. Bronze Beauty Face Powders 50c Are suited to all complexions. Can per box be successfully used on dry or oily skins. The shades: High Brown and Bronze Glow are favorites. Mollyglosco 51.00 Is a special hair straightens* for men; ptrjtr positively Guaranteed to straighten the most stubborn hair in from 10 to 20 minutes without the use of hot irons- Will not injure the scalp or turn the hair red. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Strait-Tex Chemical Company 600 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S.A. j VIRGINIA:—In Hustings Court. Par* II City of Richmond the 16th clay of July 1923. CARRIE B. GREENAWAY ..Plaintiff VS. JAMES E. GREENWAY . . Defendant The object of this su t. is to obtain for the pbiint iff a divorce from the ' bond of matrimony from the defend 1 rut ujx>it the ground of desertion ami ; abandonment for more than three j yf,ars prior to the commencement of Pis suit. And an affidavit having been made and f led that the defendant. James E Greenaway is not a resident of the Si.ite of Virginia rnd that his last P. O Addrt s was No. 4 Erwin Park. Mt. C'air. N. J. 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