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Vol. IV, No. 29
BANK TRUSTEES SUED
White Woman Praises Officer’s Conduct
In Quieting Meeting of Southern Women
PRESIDENT SAYS
RACE SHOULD
HAVE FULL
- CITIZENSHIP
Abandoning the custom revived by
Wood row Wilson, followed by Hard
ing and adopted by himself when he
first entered the White House, Presi
dent Coolidge sent his message to the
Capitol to be read Wednesday after
noon in the House and Senate.
Economy Keynote
The President reported to the Con
gress that the present state of the
Union may be regarded with en
couragement and satisfaction by
every American. The public debt is
being paid, the high cost of govern
ment is being diminished, and the
heavy burden of taxation is being re
duced.
He emphasized a system of rigid
economy in public expenditure. Such
a policy he believes would permit a
further reduction of taxes for the next
fiscal year. He is opposed to the
r taking public of the amounts assessed
against different income-tax payers.
He favors the sale of Muscle Shoals
for the production of commercial ni
trogen for agrciultural use. He be
_ lieyes that the railways should be
consolidated into larger systems.
He expressed the opinion that the
national laws governnig the choice
be extended to inculde appropriate
of members of the Congress should
representation of the respective par
ties at the ballot box and equality of
representation on the various boards.
The Negro
The Negro, he reported, is working ■
cut his own peculiar problems. He I
favors according him his full consti
tutional rights. That part of his
message dealing with the Negio is I
as follows:
“It is gratifying to report that the
progress of industry, the enormous
increase in individual productivity
through labor-saving devices, and the
high rate of wages have all combined
to furnish our pepole in general with
such an abundance not only of the
necessaries but of the conveniences
of life that we are by a natural evo
lution solving our problejns of eco
nomic and social justcie.
“These developments have brought
about a very remarkable improvement
in the condition of the Negro race.
Gradually, but surely, with the almost
universal sympathy of chose among
whom they live, the colored people
are working out their own destiny.
I firmly believe that it is .better for
all concerned that they should be pro
tected from all of those impositions
to which, from their position, they
naturally fall a prey, especially from
the crime of lynching, and that they
should receive every encouragement
to become full partakers in all the
blessings of our common American
citizenship.’’
Civil Service
He favors the merit system as the
correct basis for employment in the
civil service and would have first,
second and third class postmasters
brought. within the classified service
by statute law. —His message, con-'
tained no reference to the substitu
tion of the finger-print method of I
identification for the photograph. •
This may be done, however, by execu
tive order.
He favors reorganization of the va
rious departments of the Government.
With regard to foreign relations, he
believes that the nations must work
out their own destiny. He is opposed
to membership in the League of Na
tions. He favors adherence to the
international court upon certain con
ditions as outlined by the Senate.
©tie Tfeliiimfon ©ribunr
Published Weekly
New Bakery Opens
The Family Bakery, one of the
most modern and sanitary places of
its kind in Washington was opened
this week at 642 Florida Ave., N.W.,
by Mr. A. J. Fullwood.
The new store is conveniently loca
ted in the heart of the northwest sec
tion and not only carries a full line
of bakery goods, but delicatessen
products as well.
NO APOLOGY FOR
SENDING NEGRO
OFFICER, SAYS
CAPT. PECK
“He behaved like a gentleman and
I respected his uniform” was the
terse statement of Mrs. Frank G.
Odenheimer, after policeman Edw. H.
Braxton of the 2nd precinct, had
quelled a near riot at Memorial Conti
nental hall, 1322 Vermont Ave., N.W.
The United Daughters of the Con
federacy were holding a meeting in
this ha'l, when the proceedings be
came so rtulcy that neighbors, fearing
a riot, sent in a call to the Second
Precinct Station for policemen.
Policeman Edw. H. Braxton, of
| 1626 Vermont Ave., was sent to the
। hall. The presence of the officer had
a very soothing effect on the meeting.
Quiet was immediately restored.
As the meeting was made up most
ly of women from the South, some
considered the sending of an officer of
Negro blood an insult. A southern
Congressman named Gasque of the
6th Di^t. South Carolina, upon learn
ing of the incident, in an effort to
take advantage of his being on the
District Committee of the House
wrote a letter to Superintendent Sul
livan in which he said:
“I think, to say the least, it is an
outrage for a Negro policeman to be
sent by the city government of Wash
ington to preserve order among a
group of Southern ladies, especially
when there are so many white police
men in the District of Columbia.
“As a Southern man and a member
of Congress on the District Commit
tee, I resent this action of the police
department and respectfully demand
an explanation. I -also think you
should appear before that body and
explain this action or apologize for
I it."
Supt. Sullivan said it was a routine
matter and therefore was up to Pre
cinct Captain Peck. Capt. Peck says
he will make no apology. He con
tinued: “when the call came for a
policeman, E. H. Baxton, was on the
Vermont Ave. beat, and had just
rung in. It was the sensible thing to
send him to the scene of disturbance,
and no apology is necessary.”
Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer called
Maj. Sullivan, Friday, and told him
that if the ladies attending the con
vention had been half as well behavecl
as the colored officer sent to quiet
them, there would have been no
trouble.
He would like to see the work of the
Washington disarmament conferences
supplemented by further agreements.
He believes that this country should
support efforts toward the codifica
tion of international law. He would
outlaw aggressive war.
In conclusqin he expressed the de
sire f'. “the'pepole of all the earth
to see in the American flag the sym
bol of a Government which intends'
no oppression at home and no aggres
sion abroad, which is the spirti of a
common brotherhood, provides assis
tance in time of distress.'*
ITEMS FOR COLORED SCHOOLS
TOTAL OVER $420,000.00
Estimates amounting to $9,185,271
for the public school system of the
District es Columbia were recom
mended in the budget for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1926, trans
mitted to Congress by the President
last year.
Of this total, the sum of $7,865,271
is recommended for the maintenance
znd operation of the public school
system. The sum of $1,320,000 is
proposed for new construction and
the acquisition of school sites.
The building program calls for an
appropriation of $420,00 for the
schools in the colored division. Rec
ommendations are made for $50,000
for completion of the addition to Arm
strong Technical School; $175,000 to
ATTACK ON MITCHELL WAS IN
SPIRED BY JEALOUSY, IS CLAIM
An inquiry into the motive for the
libelous attack of Melvin Chism on
Charles E. Mitchell, of Charleston,
W.Va., and head of the Eastern Head
quarters in New York City during the
last campaign, as published in a
Pittsburgh newspaper reveals that it
was inspired by the political jealousy
of William C. Matthews of Boston and
Robert L. Vann of Pittsburgh.
The story as told by those who had
occasion to visit the New York head
quarters of the Republican party dur
ing the campaign is that both Mitch
ell and Vann are ambitious to be the
next Register of the Treasury.
Mitchell was thought to be gaining
favor with Republican leaders by his
economical management of the Col
ored bureau. This incurred the jealousy
6f Matthews, who is a candidate for
the place in the Department of Jus
tice now filled by Perry W. Howard.
Chism is Matthews' man Friday, ac
cording to those who are supposed to
be on the inside, and it is commonly
believed that Matthews and Vann in
spired the attack as a means of kill
ing of Mr. Mitchell politically, in order
to enhance their chances for getting
what political plums President Cool
idge may decide to give out.
Masonic Lodge
Wins Court Case
Justice Wendell P. Stafford has
ordered Henry C. Scott, John H. T.
Fisher, Alfred E. Robinson, Elijah
Smoot and Henry S. Washington to
reconvey certain property to the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free, An
cient and Accepted Masons of District
of* Columbia, a corporation. This or
der is an independent body..
The court decreed that the paper
writing purporting to certify that the
corporate hhme had been changed to
I the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons,
Scottish Rite; (Symbolic) of the Dis
trict of Columbia, was null and void.
In the event of the failure of the
defendant?, to. comply, with the decree, I
Attorney B. L. Gaskins is appointed
trustee and • empowered to execute a
fee simple title te the plaintiff cor
poration.
The suit was brought by Attorneys j
Gaskins and Bowler.
WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1924
begin construction on the John R.
Francis, Sr., Junior High School;
$120,000 for the construction of an
eight-room addition to the Bruce
School; $50,000 for the purchase of
land adjoining the site for the John
R. Francis, Sr., Junior High School,
and $25,000 for the purchase of land
adjacent to the Bruce School.
The estimates for the building pro
gram in the white divisions provide
for $475,000 for a junior high school
in the northeast section; $140,00 for
the erection of an eight-room school
near Fifth and Buchanan Streets,
Northwest; $160,000 for an addition to
the Brightwood Park school, and
$125,000 for constructoin of a wing
to' the Macfarland Junior High School.
Columbia Lodge
Elects Officers
At the meeting of Columbia Lodge
No. 85, Improved Benevolent Protec
tive Order of Elks of the World, held
last Monday night, William H. Davis
was elected exalted ruler. He de
feated Exalted Ruler Ross for reelec
tion by the narrow margin of two
votes. Mr. Davis is very prominent
in fraternal affairs.
Other officers elected were Alex.
Jackson, esteemed leading knight;
George Hunt, esteemed loyal knight;
William Joyce, esteemed lecturing
knight; Edward Campbell, enquire;
David Lowry, inner guard; William
Terrell .outer guard; A. E. Williams,
financial secretary; Herbert Akers,
recording secretary; Louis Frazier,
treasurer, and John Snede, trustee for
five years.
Columbia Lodge and the Grand
Lodge are now in accord.
MILLIONS FOR NE
GRO EDUCATION
IN THE SOUTH
(By R. B. Eleaver)
Raleigh, N.C., Dec. I—North Caro
lina is now appropriating for Negro
education nearly four million dollars
; a year, a sum greater than the state
; expended for its entire educational
I program, white and colored, in any
; year prior to 1910. This was the
startlnig statement made by Prof.
N. C. Newbold, of the state depart
ment of education at the annual con
ference on Negro education held in
Raleigh a few days ago.
During the past four years the
state has expended $15,000,00 for the
education of its colored citizens and
is preparing to appropriate as much
more for this purpose in the four
years just aheSd^ according to Prof.
Newbold, who heads the department
of Negro education. Eleven years
ago the total appropriated for this
purpose was $225,000 a year. The
increase, therefore, has been about:
1500 per cent. Of the four year bud
get $2,200,000 went for higher educa
tion. Colored high schools have in-
THREE REQUESTS
ARE MADE OF
PRES.COOLIDGE
A delegation representing the Na
tional Colored Republican Conference
of which Dr. George E. Cannon of
Jersey, N. J., is the president, was
received at the White House last
Friday.
This delegation submitted three re
quests to the President. They were
that he issue a pronunciamento that
the federal fovcrnment under his ad
ministration would not discriminate
between its citizens on account of
color; that he let it be known that his
administration will not recognize the
policy of not appointing colored men
to office in the South, and immediate
relief for Liberia.
William C. Matthews, the national
organizer of the colored vote for the
Republican National Committee in
the recent campaign acted as spokes
man. The President responded briefly
indicating that these requests were
considered reasonable.
The Matthews program which con
tains seventeen demands to be made
of the administration, was not pre
sented to the President. At a meet
ing of the executive committee <Tf the
National Colored Republican Confer
ence and a number of colored Re
publican compangn workers held
at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
last Wednesday night, the Mat
thews program was endorsed with
the understanding that it would not
be presented to the White House.
It was determined at this meeting
that these three propositions should
be submitted to the President for his
consideration. It was also decided
that no publicity should be given to
the proceedings but after the dele
gation had visited the White House
a statement' of what the leaders
deemed advisable should be prepared
and given to the press.
Included in this delegation, were
Dr. George E. Cannon, of Jersey
City .N.J.; William C. Matthews of
Bpston; Robert L. Vann of Pitts
burgh; William T. Francis of St.
Paul; Homer G. Phillips of St. Louis;
Oscar DePriest of Chicago; James A.
Cobb of Washington; the Rev. Wil
liam A. Byrd of Jersey City; Joseph
E. Johnson of Washington; Nahum
D. Brascher of Chicago; C. A. Camp
bell of Lansing, Mich, and others.
Amphions Celebrate
33rd Anniversary
The 33rd Anniversary song service
of the Amphion Glee Club of Wash
ington was held at Metropolitan A.
M. E. Church, M Street, last Sunday,
November 30th. The Peerless Glee
Club of Baltimore, Md., of which Mr.
William U- Hackett is director, assis
ted the Amphions. The program was
considered by musical critics as one
of the best ever given here.
The Amphion Glee Club is com
posed of the following members: G.
H. Jefferson, Chas. M. Johnson, Wm.
H. Freeman, D. E. Willis, R. E.
Young, S. H. Gilbert, C. F. M. Greene,
Chas. A. Champ, Rich A. Whaley, J.
R. Saunders, W. C. Ellis, H. P. Ac
with, J. L. Aukard, A. R. Childs, C. S.
Beale, L. J. Leonard, H. L. Bean, W.
C. Bowie, F. S Williams, W. H Tolli
ver, J. G. Chapman, J. H. Washing
ton, C. E. OUiver, Lewis Griffin, Wm.
G. Braxton, accompanist; Henry J.
Lewis, director-manager.
creased in number from thirteen it
1921 to thirty-four in 1924. and higl
school students from 1347 to 5341
The number of colored teachers ha
increased in four years from 3779 t
5037. The salaries paid these teach
ers during the four years aggregat.
about seven million dollars.
Office: 920 U St, N.W.
ATTY. HOUSTON SEEKS TO
HOLD ALL TRUSTEES Of
UNION LABORERS BANK
The trustees and shareholders of
the defunct Union Laborers Bank,
which closed its doors August. 23 last,
have been cited to show cause next
Friday why a receiver should not be
appointed to take charge of the af
fairs of the concern with a view to its
liquidation.
Sued Jointly and Severally
The suit field in the equity division
of the District Supreme Court through
Attorney Charles H. Houston names
as defendants James W. H. Howard,
1715 U Street, Northwest; J. Finley
Wilson, 907 U Street, Northwest;
west; John A. Edwards, 1031 Euclid
Street. Northwest; Thomas C. Smith,
938 S Street, Northwest; Rembert T.
Nelson, 1905 Fourteenth Street,
Northwest; Nathan R. Strothers, 1602
Vermont Avenue, Northwest; Mamie
Strothers, 1602 Vermont Avenue;
Lewis W. Oldham, 1320 T Street,
Northwest, and M. Jenkins, 1113 U
Street, Northwest. They are sued
jointly and severally as partners,
trustees and shareholders of the
banking business by them operated
under the trade name of the Union
Laborers Bank.
The plaintiffs in the case are Susie
Moore, 1329 First Street, Northwest;
Charles D. Freeman, 1629 Third
Street, Northwest; Charles N. Wil
liams, 1831 Sixth Street, Northwest;
Perry W. Howard, 1829 S Street,
Northwest, and others. They brought
this action as creditors.
* Ask Auditing
The plaintiffs ask the court to refer
the cause to the court auditor for an
auditing of the financial affairs of the
defendants and an accounting and re
port with such recommendations as
may be necessary and proper for the
determination of this suit.
They also ask that a temporary in
junction be issued restraining the de
fendants from disposing of any pa
pers, data, paraphernalia or assets in
Charges Husband
With Misconduct
In Divorce Suit
Through Attorney George E. C.
Hayes, Mrs. Susie Hunter has filed
suit for an absolute divorce frojq fief
husband, Samuel Hunter, of 335 Third
Street, Southwest. Misconduct on the
part of her husband is alleged. She
names Mrs. Janie Sellerton as co
respondent.
According to the bill of complaint,
the husband permitted«a woman with
whom he formerly lived to frequent
their home and forbade his wife from
saying anything to her. After she left
him, Mrs. Hunter says, he took up
living with other women in an adul
terous relationship. Sh- • s that
the co-respondent has Lveu with him
at 335 Third Street, Southwest, from
the spring of 1924 to the time of the
filing of this suit.
Mrs. Hunter charges that her hus
band and the co-respondent went to
a convention recently held in Pitts
burgh, Pa., and held themselves out
and cohabited together as man and
wife. They also lived together for
a period of three weeks in the State
of Delaware in the same relationship,
she claims.
The co-respondent excuses, her con
duct, Mrs. Hunter says, by saying
that her dead husband requested the
defendant to take care of Eer.
The couple were married in Balti
more, Md., March 2, 1920, by the Rev.
Alfred Young. There is cne child,
Virginia Hunter, three years of age
who, it is stated, is living with the
lefendant and co-respondent at 331
Third Street, Southwest. Mrs Hun
ter asks for custody of the child.
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any way pertaining to this buc>nw,
and from paying out any money on
claims against the business or doing*
anything except collecting and ay
sembling the assets and records.
Operated as Trust
In their bill of complaint the plain
tiffs allege that prior to September
1, 1922, the defendants James W. .11.
Howard, T. C. Smith, and others, were
conducting a banking business at 1847
Fourteenth Street, Northwest, and
during the month of Septmeber, 1923.
the defendants James W. H. Howard,
J. Finley Wilson, John A. Edwanki,
Thomas C. Smith and Rembert T. Nel
son entered into an agreement by
which they executed a declaration or
trust naming themselves as trustee::,
for the purpose of taking over thin
banking business, and continued it
under the declaration of trust nam
nig themselves collectively for trail
ing purposes the "Union Laborer i
Bank.”
They also allege that these defen
dants, cither simultaneously with the
execution of the declaration of triwt
or shortly afterwards, assigned and
transferred al! the property and as
sets of this bunking business to them
selves as trustees under the declara
tion of trust, received in exchange cer
tain shares of the beneficial interest.
This banking business was con
ducted until August 23, 1924. Prior
to that date, the plaintiffs say that
a great number of shares of the ben
eficial interest under the declaration
of trust was sold to Nathan R. Stro
thers, Mamie Strothers, Lewis W Old
ham .and M. Jenkins.
Created Partnership
It is alleged that the declaration
ofrlrust nZer in fact created a puro
trust but ertated a partnership under
the cloak and giftse of a trust, in
which all of the defendants actively
associated together in the conduct
of the busines swere general part
ners, and by virtue of their associa
tion, participation, control, manage
ment and supervision of this businesi,
each of them became jointly and ev-
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Congress Tackles
Anti-Lynching
Bill Again
The second session of th< Sx.y-
Eighth Congn ss, which began Mon
day and ends on March 4 next, will
consider three bills of importance pri
marily to Negroes. They are the
| second deficiency appropriation bill,
the Dyer anti-lynching bill and the
Foster bill to create a Negro
trial commission. They are part of
the unfinished business which came
over from the last session of Con
gress.
The second deficiency appropria
tion bill was passed Tuesday and
contains a section appropriating the
sum of $50,000 for the construction
and maintenance of a bathing beach
and bath house for the colored popu
lation of Washington. It also makes
available the unexpended balance of
the appropriation of $25,000 for this
same purpose which was contained in
the District of Columbia appropria
tion acts for the fiscal years of 1923
and 1924.
It is not likely that any action will
be taken on cither the Dyer anti
lynching bill or the Foster bill to
i create a Negro industrial commission.;
[This session of Congress is expected
|to devote its time to the passage of
appropriation and supply bills. The
I Presdient himself has turned thumbs
j down on genera! egisiav.on at ths a
session. a
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