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VOLUME 4, No. 7
GRAVES GETS ONE YEAR IN JAIL
DEMOCRATS TO RUN EARL R. DICKERSON AGAINST MADDEN
JUSTICE STAFFORD ADDS
FINE OF $1,000.00 AND
DENIES CAFE MAN BAIL
White Attorney, T. Morris Wampler, Deserts
Client on eve of Big Trial after Repre
senting Him for Long Time
Atty. John H. Wilson Takes Up Case
Notes Appeal on Grounds that Client is entitled to Trial
by Jury. Department of Justice Assists in
Prosecution
Joseph Sterling Graves, proprietor
of Graves’ Case, 18-20 G Street,
Northwest, was sentenced to one year
in jail and fined SIOOO.OO in Equity
Court by Justice Stafford, Thursday.
Mr. Graves was charged with viola
tion of the Prohibition Law. Justice
Stafford permitted his sentence to be
gin with the first day he was re
moved to jail without bail which was
June 25th.
The Justice denied Mr. Graves
bail, although his attorney filed an
appeal.
Atty. T. Morris Wampler (white)
who represented Mr. Graves in all
previous cases regarding his alleged
violations of the Prohibition Law, did
not represent Mr. Graves Wednesday.
Atty. Wampler, it is alleged, in
formed Mr. Graves late Monday night
that he would not continue as his rep
resentative in the case, which was
then ready for trial. This left Mr.
Graves practically before the Court
without a lawyer. At this point, Atty.
John H. Wilson was called in by Mr.
Graves. As he was new in the case,
Atty. Wilson asked Justice Stafford
for a continuance, which was denied.
Arrayed against Atty. Wilson was
Assistant District Attorney Kelley
and two special Attorneys from the
department of justice.
During the trial Wednesday, over a
thousand bottles of liquor, alleged to
have been taken from Graves’ Ca’
during the various raids, were on dis
play in the Court room. The bottles
occupied all the tables and benches
not reserved for spectators in the
Court. This wilful display evidently
had a great effect on the Justice.
Attorney Wilson noted an appeal
Fifteenth Annual Conference
of N.A.A.C.P. Convenes in
Philadelphia; Closes July 1
The Fifteenth Annual Conference
of the N.A.A.C.P. met in Philadelphia,
Wednesday of this week. The Con
vention will be in session through
Tuesday, July Ist. A varied and in
teresting program has been arranged
by the Philadelphia and Atlantic City
branches. The Convention is meeting
in the First African Baptist Church.
Mayor Kendricks, of Philadelphia,
welcomed the Convention to the city.
Among those who are to address
the conference are: Atty. Moorfield
Storey, Boston; Congressman L. C.
Dyer, Missouri; Hon. Ira Jayne, De
troit, Secretary of Labor; James j.
Davis; Prof. Allaine L. Locke, How
ard University; Mrs. Florence Kelley,
New York City; Atty. James A. Cobb,
Washington, D. C.; Oswald Garrison
Villard, Editor, “The Nation”; Dr.
®he'Washinalon ^Tribune
Published Weekly
on two points; first: that all the al
leged liquor, seized from Graves’ Case
was illegally taken; that the search
and seizure was made during the
night and further the affidavits
against Graves were not positive;
second: That the charge against Mr.
Graves being a crime, he is entitled to
a trial by jury.
Graves’ Case, while being subject to
a padlock injunction, was not and has
not been padlocked by the Govern
ment. However, after being har
rassed so by the Prohibition Agents,
Mr. Graves closed his place about
two weeks ago. Many rumors were
current that Mr. Graves had violated
this injunction but he had not.
The charge against him, was, that
the Court had charged him not to vio
late the Prohibition Law for one year;
' during which time, it is alleged, he
, violated the Court order. Therefore,
he was arraigned Wednesday for vio
lation of the Court’s orders on April
Bth and other dates.
Joseph S. Graves is one of the most
well known case men in Washington,
he operated a case here for over
twelve years. Graves’ Case was the
finest equipped place owned by
colored here. Mr. Graves maintained
his leadership by giving superior ser
vice and unexcelled food. He carried
food on hand at all times, enough
food to serve a thousand people,
within a few minutes notice.
Mr. Graves, because of his illness,
will probably spend most of his time
•in Galligher Hospital. His sentence
is to be served in the local jail.
Attorney Wilson is bending every
‘ effort to have Mr. Graves committed
to bail.
John Haynes Holmes, New York City;
Congressman Theodore E. Burton,
Ohio; Senator David I. Walsh, Mass.;
Mr. F. B. Ransome, Indianapolis,
Ind.; Mr. Jacob Billikopf, Philadel
phia; D. Solomon Porter Hood, U. S.
Minister to Liberia; Mi^p Nannie H
Burroughs, Washington, D. C.; Mr.
Harry T. Buleigh, New York City;
Mr. W’illiam Stanley Braithwaite,
Boston, and Dr. Josiah H. Penniman,
President University of Pennsylvania.
Beside taking up the various prob
lems affecting the administrative end
of the Association, the program calls
for a discussion of various civic and
Political prbolems affecting the race
in general.
On Saturday, June 28th, all dele
gates and visitors will go to Atlantic'
City for a special one day service.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
JUDSON W. LYONS
FORMER REGISTER
DEAD IN GEORGIA
Augusta, Ga., June 23—Judson W.
Lyons, former Register of the Treas
urer of the United States, died here
yesterday. He was sixty-six years
old.
Mr. Lyons was prominent in nation
al politics for a long period of years.
He was a member of the Republican
National Committee from 1896 to
1908. He was appointed Register of
the Treasury in 1898 to succeed the
late B. K. Bruce.
He was born in Burke County,
Georgia, in 1858. He was a graduate
of Atlanta Baptist College, now More
house, and later studied law at How
ard University, where he completed
his course in 1884. He practiced law
in Georgia until his official duties took
him to Washington, D. C.
He married Miss Jane Hope, the
sister of President John Hope of
Morehouse College.
He leaves a widow, two daughters,
Hope and Edith, and one son, Jud
son W., Jr. His two daughters are
teachers in the public schools of th<
District of Columbia.
URGE TEACHERS
RECEIVE PAY
YEAR ROUND
(By Ike Murray)
In a few days, the new salary bill,
regulating the pay of teachers, su
pervisory officers and other employees
of the local public school system, goes
into effect and the old one auto
matically repealed.
There is a section in the law. that
permits certain principals to receive
their pay in twelve installments in
stead of ten; hence on August the
first, these employees, coming under
this rule, will receive their first check
and each month thereafter through
out the year.
This removes the inconvenience so
many teachers suffer during the sum
mer vacation and who are forced in
some instances to go in debt to tide
them over until the next school sess
ion begins.
It is regretted that those who were
so thoughtful as to establish this new
method, were not a little more liberal,
include every teacher and wipe out
the hardship caused by the ten-month
installment plan now in use.
School teachers are highly trusted
public servants, loyal to their pro
fession and respond freely to any de
mand. Surely some recognition should
be shown for faithful service.
The Tribune has always felt and
still feels that the public school teach-
ers of the city should receive their
money the year around, as others em
ployed of the government do and while
no suggestion is in mind, yet the
belief is that the teachers would
greatly aid this contention, if they
would take up the matter, as soon as
school opens, sign a petition, go tc
Congress when it convenes and let
them know what is wanted.
OFFERED PRIZES FOR BUILDING
HOMES
Birmingham, Ala., June 28 (P. N.
S.) —The interracial commission of
Birmingham has offered cash prizes
totaling SI,OOO to stimulate the build
ing of better homes for Negroes in
this city. The contest which is fos
:ered by leading white citizens will
run for one year.
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1924
First Democratic
Delegate Comes
From N. Y. City
By Lester A. Walton
In the New York World
For the first time in the history of
’American politics a Negro is an a
credited member of the New York
State delegation at a Democratic Na
tional Convention in the person ofi
Dr. Paul A. Collins, No. 221 West*
135th Street.
He is an alternate to blurray Hul
bert from the 21st Congressional Dis
trict. Owing to pressure of business
the President of the Board of Aider
men found it necessary to be absent
from the convention the latter part o'
the week and notified Dr. Collins to
be on hand to sit with the New York
delegates.
The selection of Dr. Collins as an
alternate is in recognition of the large
Negro vote polled by the Democratic
Party in New York County since
1921. Up to that time the Negro
Democratic vote was negligible. To
day both the 19th and 21st Districts,
where live the bulk of the Negro pop
ulation in Harlem, are Democratic.
The Democratic Aiderman and As
semblyman from the 21st are Ne
groes. Representative Weller is a
Democrat.
Dr. Collins, born in Oakland, Cal.,
is a graduate of Lincoln University,
Pennsylvania, and the Flower Hos
pital, having studied for medicine
from 1909 to 1913, when Senator
Copeland was dean. He is an as
sistant surgeon at the New York
Ophthalmic Hospital.
BUTLER TALKS OF
APPOINTMENTS
WHILE HERE
William M. Butler, new chairman of
the Republican National Committee,
is in the city conferring with party
leaders in regard to the coming cam
paign.
It is expected that he will make a
selection of the persons who will have
charge of the campaign among
colored voters. While there is no in
timation as to who will be chosen, it
is certain that neither National Com
mitteeman Perry W. Howard nor
Henry Lincoln Johnson will be named.
They have asked not to be considered.
Both of them, however,, will be used
as speakers.
A successor to the late Phil H.
Browfi, who had charge of the pub
licity at the Chicago headquarters
four years ago, will also be selected.
There are many aspirants for this
vlace, including Nahum D. Brascher
and Claud A. Barnett of the Associa
ted Negro Press and Melvin J. Chis
um, field secretary of the National
Negro Press Association.
AGED WOMAN PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Isabella Wade, aged 97 years,
after an illness of three years, died
last Saturday evening, 11 o’clock, at
St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She leaves to mourn their loss: one
sister, Mrs. Maggie Goines, Rock Hill,
S.C.; four children, Joseph Wade,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Phoebe Campbell,
W. B. Wade this city and David Wade,
Kankakee, Ill.; seven grand-children
and five great-grand-children.
The funeral services were held
Wednesday at Galbraith A. M. E. Zion
Church, Rev. W. D. Battle, officiating,
assisted by Rev. Watson, pastor of
Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church.
The bodly was interred in Payne'
cemetery.
CONVENTION
DISAPPOINTED
OVER LETTER
CON VENTION DISAPPOINTED
Philadelphia, Pa.—One of the big
features of the opening of the Fif
teenth Annual Conference of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People here was the
reading of a letter from President
Calvin C. Coolidge.
The President's letter, however, was
one of the big disappointments of the
opening day.
Some few weeks ago the officials of
the National Association wrote Presi
dent Coolidge asking him to state
specifically his views on the Ku Klux
Klan, especially with reference to the
Indiana situation. He was asked to
send his reply so it could be read
at this convention.
In the reply received from the Pres
ident, he completely ignored all the
questions asked him about the Klan
and confined his whole letter to the
conference, with the exception of an
introductory paragraph, to his recent
speech delivered at Howard Univer
sity’s Commencement three weeks
ago.
In the Howard University speech,
the President evaded all questions in
which the race is interested and sim
ply spoke of the “great progress” the
Negro race has made since slavery.
Out of an address of 1875 words, ac
cording to a compilation by the Afro-
American, the President used the
word “Colored” fourteen times, "Ne
gro” eleven times, “Black” twice;
“Race” nine times, and “African”
once.
After the reading of the President’s
message, there was an audible silence
in the convention and each face bore
a sad and disappointed look.
ISAAC H. NUTTER
MARRIED HERE
THURSDAY
Attorney Isaac H. Nutter of At
lantic City, N. J., was married t<
Miss Mary H. Gordon of Trenton, a'
noon, June 26, at First Baptist
Church, 6th and G Streets, Southwest,
by Reverend James H. Marshall. Mrs.
Marie M. Marshall and Mrs. Mildrc
Knight stood with the bride.
The party left immediately for At
lantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Nutter
were rdtipients of hearty congratula
tions. «
Attorney Nutter recently won a
favorable decision from the courts in
the recent attempt to disbar him. At
the station to see the party off were
Dr. W. H. Jackson, Lawyer J. Frank
lin Wilson, E. Lawson, Mr. M. M.
Morton and Dr. Smith.
ALLEGED AX WEILDER IS
DENIED CHANGE OF VEN I E
Birmingham, Ala., June 28 (P. N.
S.) —A motion for a change of venue
for Frank Ownes, charged with at
tacking F. W. Warren and F. M.
Hawkins, with an ax and robbing
them, was denied by Judge Fort in
Circuit Court here Thursday. Attor
neys for Ownes in the motion con
tended that the public mind is so in
flamed in Birmingham by newspaper
accounts of the ax murders that fair
trial cannot be obtained.
Ownes, who according to officials,
has confessed the attack, entered a
plea of not guilty by reason of in
sanity when the trial opened. His
case was set for two weeks ago, but
was postponed when he injured him
self in a jump from the high window
in the court room.
Office: 920 U St., N.W.
WILL BE FIRST TIME IN
HISTBRT RACE MAN HAS
RECEIVEB NOMINATION
Madden’s Record in Office Shows Little ReaJ
Service Rendered Race although he
has had Big Opportunities
Is Master Stroke by Democrats
Mr. Dickerson is Well Known in Chicago where he hole's
Office of Assistant Corporation Counsel
New York City The Illinois Dem
ocrats to the National Democratic
Convention here this week at the or
ganization of delegates, threw a
bombshell into the camp of Repre
sentative Martin B. Madden, of Illin
ois, by announcing that Assistant
Corporation Council, Earl B. Dicker
son, of Chicago, will be offered the
Democratic nomination to oppose Mr.
Madden.
Nothing has happened in Chicago
politics ,in recent years, which so up
set Mr. Madden, as the announcement
of Dickerson’s candidacy. For years
Mr. Madden has pacified his Colored
constituency by proposing first one
measure and then another for the
race’s benefit, but somehow not any
of these proposals have ever gone
through.
Although he represents one of the
largest Colored dominated districts in
the country, no piece of legislation
for the relief of the Negro bears his
name. His record consists of more or
less a few personal appointments and
some favorable remarks about the
race put in the Congressional Record.
The Democrats in proposing Mr.
Dickerson’s candidacy have made a
master stroke.
It is known that “Boss” Brennan,
the Democratic Leader of Chicago,
Dr. Geo. E. Cannon Calls
Race Republicans to Meet
in Atlantic City Next Week
Jersey City, N. J., June 25—A call
for another conference has been is
sued by Dr. George E. Cannon, of
Jersey City, N. J., who was pitilessly
booed at the Republican National
Convention in Cleveland when he be
gan telling a rather pointless story in
a speech seconding the nomination of
President Coolidge.
Colored Republican Conference
This is the third conference that
he has proposed within a year.
Last year he issued a call for a con
ference in Atlantic City, July 20-21,
of “all colored Republicans in states
where they vote.’’
In May after his election as a dele
gate to the Republican National Con
vention ,he issued a call for a confer
ence on May 22, last, in Jersey City,
N. J., of all colored delegates and al
ternates to that convention.
The third call is for a session of
the National Colored Republican Con
ference—whatever that is—which
was born at the conference of “all
colored Republicans in states where
they vote” held last year. It will be
held in Atlantic City, July 3.
This call is signed by Dr. George
E. Cannon, president, Jersey City;
.Mrs. Daisy Lampkins, vice-president.
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has been watching closely the succe
of Tammany Hall, New York City,
its dealing with the colored vote -
and he desires to create the same sit
uation in Chicago. Therefore, the
Democrats realizing that they cannot
beat Madden with a white candidate,
he intends to kill two birds with or
stone, merely by nominating a mt i
who has a good chance of defeating
Madden, and who will at the san <
time attract a large number
Colored voters to the Democrat >
ticket.
Earl Dickerson is well known i
Chicago and Illinois, having gradu..
cd from the University of Illino ’,
and the University of Chicago. 1 •
has been active in Chicago politics s,
a Democrat, and when Mayor Dev
was elected, with the aid of the N
gro voters, .Mr. Dickerson was one of
the first to be given a worth-while po
sition.
Mr. Dickerson served in the la i
war ami is Commander of the Gil-
Post of the American Legion.
This is the first candidacy of a N
gro Congressman that has the support
of a national party, to be announced
this year. It also comes at a tin e
when the masses are demanding re >-
resentation at the United States Caj
tol.
Pittsburgh; Dr. Walter G. Alexamb -.
executive secretary, Orange, N. J.;
James E. Kefford, recording seer -
tary, Waterbury, Conn., and C.
Fitzgerald, Baltimore.
Significance
The significance of the conference
is gleaned from the statement in tt •
call that “this is a National Compaig i
year,” which may be interpreted to
mean that there is work to be dorse
for which padded expense accounts
may be rendered and checks in pay
ment therof received from the treas
urer of the Republican National Con
mittee. ,
It may be, however, that before th s
feature is gone into, the problem of
selecting suitable personages to ma i
age the Republican campaign among
colored voters will be considered. Dr.
Cannon is in a receptive mood, it -
understood, and nothing would be
more fitting or logical *hin to have
this conference, of which he is presi
dent, to indorse himself.
Meanwhile, progressive Negroes
throught the nation are looking to
ward a conference of colored Repub
licans in the ninth congressional dis
trict of New Jersey, the object of
which will be to select a candidate for
Congress.
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