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These and other topics on in Press-Order Now NS, Publisher A B New York City BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS Then "Buy Christmas Seals," for they are fighting tuberculosis every day of the year. Christmas Seals give protection to your friends, to your family—and to you! L TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS UNITED STATES THE GAZETTE ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928. FRESH OHIO NEWS WRITTEN BY "THE OLD RELIABLE" GAZETTE'S CORRESPONDENTS. What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. BELLEFONTAINE. — Mrs. James Bresten is quite ill. — Our folk have gained another member of the Missouri legislature in the person of Atty. L. Amasa Knox of Kansas City, whose election was confirmed, last week, by the official count. Ohio has only one state representative in the person of Perry B. Jackson, of Cleveland. Ohio ought to make a much better showing than this and will do so when our people in Hamilton county (Cincinnati) Columbus, Springfield, Xenia and Toledo wake up. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harper of Cleveland were expected to spend Thanksgiving with relatives here. the usual weekly "movie": "Galloway auditorium is undergoing a complete renovation and should be ready for chapel exercises, once more, by the opening of school for the second quarter. Mrs. M. Lewis and daughter, Edith Player, visited Marion Forby, Nov. 23. Other visitors were Rev. Wm. H. Barnes, '28 of Norfolk, Va., and Mr. Paul Redden, '26, of Covington, Ky. The regular monthly weper services were held, Sunday. The president of Wellington College delivered the address and an augmented choir rendered music. Two new clubs: The Philosophy club, sponsored by Prof. LOIRAN.—All of the churches had special Thanksgiving exercises.—Mrs. M. Harper of Chicago is visiting her husband at stop 48.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKinney of Elyria visited with their son, R. H., at 809 20th St., last Tuesday.—Mr. Lewis Thompson is able to return to work. Some weeks ago an ankle was broken in Thanksgiving in Akron with her brother, Mr. Moses Johnson.—The Allen Endeavor league is growing in attendance and interest under the leadership of Mr. Claude Harris.—Give the local representative your order for The Gazette and urge your friends and acquaintances to do so, also. CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach the office of Tuesday morning, and always write their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainment to be held in the near future, and notice at the rate of 20 cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. WILBERFORCE.—The R. O. T. C. band, under the direction of Prof. J. C. Tinner, gave an excellent concert. Saturday evening, in lieu of "AL" GAVE $500 He then introduced the members of his party. Passing through the lines of teachers and students on his way to the waiting automobile, Gov. Smith waved his hand as he passed out saying "Goodbye, you all." Before leaving, he left a contribution of $500, in one hundred dollar bills. President Hubert said afterward that Mr. Raskob simply handed him a small bag of cash for two or three dollars and it was not until they left that he learned the real value of the gift. The money will be applied to the fund which the students of the college are raising for the construction of a physical education building, he added. Bellhons Left $6,000. Frederick, Md.—Jesse and Harry Cook, of Cumberland, and Gilmore Bently, of Frederick, are joint heirs to a $6,000 estate left them by the late Mrs. Martha West (white), wealthy widow of New York, who died, recently. The legacy was the result of kindness of the three bellmen to Mrs West at the Cumberland hotel five years ago. the usual weekly "movie"—Galloway auditorium is undergoing a complete renovation and should be ready for chapel exercises, once more, by the opening of school for the second quarter—Mrs. M. Lewis and daughter, Edith Player, visited Marion Forby, Nov. 23. Other visitors were Rev. Wm. H. Barnes, '28 of Norfolk, Va, and Mr. Paul Redden, '26 of Covington, Ky. Visitors from the colleges were held. Sunday. The president of Wilmington College delivered the address and an augmented choir rendered music—Two new clubs: The Philosophy club, sponsored by Prof. L. C. Ridley, and the Historians, sponsored by Prof. J. C. Carroll. HILLSBORO.—Mrs. Elijah Richardson of Frankfort visited her daughter, Mrs. H. Williams, last Wednesday. Mrs. Hattie Woods, Mrs. Callie Johnson, Mrs. Lela Reech and Mrs. Zack Lewis of Springfield visited Mrs. Alline Burton, last Thursday. Mrs. Lewis remained with her mother for a longer visit.—Mrs. A. Whitley of Dayton visited her parents, Sunday. Rev. J. Young and Mrs. Zack Lewis of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams visited Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Jones in Washington C. H. Sunday.—Mr. C. Williams of Sidney and V. Hudson of Dayton visited the latter's mother, Sunday.—Mrs. R. Kittrell entertained her niece, Mrs. C. Bird of Greenfield at dinner. Sunday.—Miss H. Tatman is better.—Donald Highwarden visited his wife who is ill in Columbus, Saturday evening. T. Kittrell of Toledo is visiting relatives. V. Hudson is visiting his parents. Sunday.—Rev. J. A. Wilson of Dayton preached her, Sunday afternoon. Quarterly meeting. His chair and some of his members accompanied him.—Mrs. J. Williams was called to Columbus by her daughter, Ada's illness. Mrs. Ida Saunders, Mrs. Cellell Smith, Mrs. Nellie Ford and daughter of Greenfield spent Sunday with Mrs. Fred Williams, Mrs. C. Bird, Mrs. Ida Saunders, Mrs. A. Burton, Sunday evening.—Rev. Hudson of Greenfield and choir will conduct services at the A. M. E. church, Sunday afternoon. Friends from Xenia will also be in attendance. THANKSGIVING My heart gives thanks for many things— For strength to labor day by day, For sleep that comes when darkness wings With evening up the eastern way. I give deep thanks that I'm at peace With kith and kin and neighbors, too; Dear Lord, for all last year's increase, That helped me strive and hope and do. My heart gives thanks for many things; I know not how to name them all. My soul is free from frets and stings. My mind from creed and doctrine's thrall. For sun and stars and flowers and streams. For work, and hope and rest and play. For empty moments given to dreams— For these my heart gives thanks to me— —William Stanley Braithwaite. Editor Mitchell Loses Appeal. Richmond, Va.—John W. Mitchell, editor of The Planet and president of the defunct Mechanics Savings Bank, which failed several years ago, lost his suit in the Court of Appeals, recently, to prevent the sale of 13 pieces of property for the benefit of the bank's creditors. Mr. Mitchell curved the property to the bank's trustees in 1922 to cover amounts which he might owe the bank and which were covered by his official bond of $100,000. He contends that he is a creditor of the institution. May vote in Democratic Primaries. Little Rock, Ark.—For the first time in the history of this state, a court has held that Afro-Americans are entitled to cast ballots in the Democratic primary. The ruling resulted, Monday, from a petition filed in the Pulaski county Chancery Court by Dr. M. Robinson and other members of the court, arguing the court to restrain election officials from denying our people the right to participate in primary elections. WHITE'S VALEDICTORY. Will Congressman-Elect Oscar DePriest Be His Successor—That Is the Question! Washington, D. C.—At the close of the fifty-sixth Congress, Representative George H. White, of North Carolina, the last of the race to sit in the U.S. House of Representatives, concluded his valedictory thus: "This, Mr. Chairman, is perhaps the Negro's temporary farewell to the American Congress; but let me say, Phoenix-like, he will rise up Hon. George H. White. some day and come again. These parting words are in behalf of an outraged, heart-broken, bruised and bleeding but God fearing, people—rising people full of potential force. been so bold. "The only apology I have to make for the earnestness with which I have spoken is that I am pleading for the life, the liberty, the future happiness and manhood suffrage of one-eighth of the entire population of the United States." Of the twenty-one Afro-Americans, who held seats in the House between the fortiest and fifty-six sessions of Congress, all represented a southern constituency. A precedent, therefore, will be established if Congressman-Elect Oscar DePriest is seated and thus permitted to represent the First Illinois Congressional district. He will have the distinction of being the first of nine members above the "Mason and Dixon" line to serve as a national law-maker. SEGREGATION STILL RAMPANT At the Nation's Capital and Under A Republican Administration— What Is the N. A. A. C. P. Doing? (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C.—We wish to call attention to the fact that the fight here, against segregation of our government employees, centers in the Treasury Department because segregation in several of its bureaus has been most pronounced. This is particularly true of the office of the treasury department and the internal revenue bureau. The words, announcing the election of President Coolidge, four years ago, were hardly cold before the effort to increase segregation in the departments here was on again at full speed. It had slowed up a little during the campaign. Investigation of Burcus An investigation of the executive departments and bureaus listed below shows that segregation prevails in them as follows: Office of the Register of the Treasury, there are two segregated sections—one with 30 Afro-American employees and the other with 14. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS GIVES FIRST OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTROUS SINKING RECENTLY OF THAT LARGE VESSEL AT SEA. Quartermaster Licorice, the Outstanding Hero of All the Vestris' Crew, Tells How He Saved Twenty Lives—His Story Simple, Giving Generous Praise to All in Hours of Peril—Gone Home. New York City.—Lionel Licorice, quartermaster of the Vestris, at the time of its recent disastrous sinking, gave a simple narrative of his conduct in that panic-ridden crisis on the witness stand in the official inquiry before U. S. Commissioner O'Neill, last week Friday. Slight, neat and free from ostentation, he spoke quietly, with an almost literary inversion of phrases, but with an unvaried absence of exaggeration. While officers, who far-outlooked him and whose seafaring years far surpassed his, were rushed about their judgment apparently shattered by the circumstances, the twenty-three-year-old native of Barbados calmly did the most sensible thing that came to his hand. As a result, he was in a position to pick up twenty passengers floating in the wreckage, saving their lives after the Vestris went down. Until nearly 1:30 o'clock, an hour before the Vestris sank, Licorice stuck to his regular job in the wheelhouse. He came on deck then, just as the second officer was lowering a boat, and the officer disappeared. There were other officers about him. Licorice stepped into his place and superintended the lowering of lifeboats 8 and 10. "When I got to No. 12 boat there was nothing to be done with her," he went on. "No. 14 was lying beside her, not attached to any fall or davits, just strapped to the deck. I threw off the straps in order to have her floating when the ship woke and left her on the deck. Then I slipped down the ship's side, jumped in the water and swam a long way off, for fear there would be suction from the ship. When I did look around, the ship was gone, I swam to No. 14, and found there was nothing in her. Then I saw two oars floating in the water and swam for those. When I got back to the boat I saw a steward, Phillips, and took him in." After that he kept the boat in the midst of the wreckage, picking up one person after another that he found floating there. The boat had shipped a lot of water when the ship sank from under it, and it leaked rapidly thereafter. By Licorice bailed when would there be a rescue. The boat had been taken in the boat was completely submerged, and those on board were later transferred. It was only a brief incident in his whole narrative, as Licorice narrated his own exploit. He had far more detail to relate about all the occurrences on the ship preceding it. He praised the members of the crew whenever his ship was in distress. He said the captain and the officers "did the best that could have been done". But for his own exploit, with all its resourcefulness and courage, a hundred or so words of simple narrative sufficed to tell the tale. The earlier part of his story proved that he did not lack the words with which to make a greater story. He was able to spare them. But detail was not needed to describe his own part of saving twenty lives. "Suddenly I heard a cry," he said, in describing the shifting of the cargo, Sunday night, "and I was pitched from the port side of that apartment to the starboard side, and I was covered up by I don't know what. When I got up from the jam I ran on deck. I decided to stay on deck to see what happened. At half past 9 the list increased, which caused the ship to be listed more than it was. Monday morning it was rumpled, and I was suddenly through the coaling half-door. The order was passed to the carpenter to have it fixed as soon as possible. Of course he did his best, but the water kept right on. My time was up. I got relieved from stations, and was at leisure, but still I expected more danger because of the weather. At Monday noon, all were bailing. The order was passed fifteen minutes later to go to No. 3 hatch and throw, away the cargo, and they did throw a good lot, too. Then all were ordered to the boat deck. Before the majority were ordered to the boat deck, the chief engineer told the captain to continue the bailing, and he would try his best to save the cargo, because the working, but couldn't draw all bailed; the sailors, they bailed, and when it seemed that there was nothing to be done, it was decided to abandon the ship. Boats were low- THE GAZETTE is the oldest and has the largest bona fide circulation in Ohio, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans published in this or any other state, and, in many cases, easily establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. THE COPY FIVE CENTS HERO! OFFICIAL ACCOUNT IS SINKING RECENTLY OF THE VESSEL AT SEA. the Outstanding Hero of All ells How He Saved Twenty Simple, Giving Gener- All in Hours of Gone Home. Last week Lionel made eleven appearances a day at four of the largest vaudeville houses in this city, The Hippodrome, The Palace, The Broadway theater and the Jefferson, where he drew crowded houses. On his first appearance at the Palace theater on Broadway, he walked coolly on the stage before a packed house and saluted the audience. The crowd rose en masse and applauded the audience. He was applauded during sensation while in the city, recognized and pointed out on the streets by scores of people of all races or nationalities. He was 23 years old, Nov. 7, and has a record at home of being one of the finest long distance swimmers. WEAVER GIVEN NEW STAY. Innocent Victim to Have a Hearing, Week After Next. Joseph Weaver, "convicted" of the murder of Jasper Russell, Midland Steel Products Co. night watchman, March 13, 1927, was granted another respite from the electric chair when the hearing on a motion for a new trial, set for Monday, was postponed until Dec. 10 in appellate court. Weaver's execution had been set for Aug. 12 following his "conviction" Jan. 12, 1928. It was JOSEPH WEAVER set ahead again to Oct. 27. Since that time, the innocent man has been in the death house in Ohio state penitentiary while his attorneys, Nathan E. Cook and Wm. F. Marsteller, have battled to save him from the chain Warden R. E. Thomas of the Ohio penitentiary has a complete confession from Alex Mayner, who was present when Russell was murdered, denying Weaver was even on the scene. Mayner is now serving a life sentence for his connection with the crime. 38th Annual Farmers' Conference. Tuskegee Institute, Ala. — Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of the Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, will address our farmers and farm-youth of the South at their 38th annual conference which meets here, Dec. 3-6, jointly with the fourth annual boys' and girls' 4-H club camp. PUBLISHED EVERY ‘SATURDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES (in Advance) One Year .... 2c cece cee $2.00 Six Months... ++++++++ 1.00 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or registered letter. Entered at_the postoffice in Cleve- land, Ohio, as second-class mail matter Address all communications (o HARRY C, SMITH Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE 226 W.-Superior Ave., Cleveland, 0. (Bell "Phone: CHerry 1259) Member Ohio Legislature: 1804 to 1806; 1896 to 1808; 1900 to 1902. RA Sense Es Ron pies oe egy ST = oN ao! : oe ath? ‘] 10,000,000 Afro-Americans, 350,000 in. Ohio. 10,000 in Cleveland. | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1828. Thursday of this week being Thanksgiving, a holiday, Ie was necessary for The Gazette to £0 10 press and be mailed on Wednesday, | the day preceding, in order to en-| able It to reach Its readers on time this week. ‘This explains the ab-| sence of several. letsrs whlch ar | rived too late for publleation in this paper. ‘They will appear {a The Ga- rete, next week. : —= iil — Yor possibly & woek or ten days before the Cleveland 11th ward jol- lification meeting, Nov. 16, Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati, color-line Re- publican Governor-elect of Ohio, was Advertised asa speaker but falled to appear at the meeting, Just as The Gazette anticipated. Election is over! Something some of our local “Ne- : groes”, more or less active in local polities, "donot seem to realize. Cooper is aware of the fact, how- Just as The Gazette predicted, months ago, there will be a substan- tial raise in the taxes, this fall, be- cause of the numerous bond issues during City Manager Hopkins” con- trol of the city’s affairs. This will mean an increase in rentals thruout the city which will be felt in a few months. ‘The amount of bonds issued by Cleveland's City Council without a vote of the people since 1920, now outstanding, is $22,967,166. The tax revenue necessary to pay inter- est on these bonds and retire the prineipal has grown from $340,000 in 1920 to $2,588,747 in 1928. The annual charges on the county for bonds issued without a vote of the people have increased from $294,000 in 1923 to $924,000 in 1928. Add to the foregoing the fact that under City Manager Hopkins, during his first four years, the bonded indebted. ness of Cleveland was increased $30,000,000, and both tax-payers and renters have something to think about. Si BEN’S OUT! Former Republican National Com- mitteeman Ben Davis, of Atlanta, Ga., has “laid down” to the “lily- whites” of his state and is trying to defeat the election of a member of the race (David Watson) as his suc- cessor. Ben is “running true to form”. We warned our readers months ago not to waste any sym- pathy on him or Republican Nation- al Committeeman Perry Howard of Mississipp! whom the “lily-whites” of his state are trying to unseat, because both of them, as national committeemen, were of m0 conse- quence to the race. They sat in the committee when it decided upon Kansas City as the meeting place for the recent Republican National Con- vention and never offered a single word of protest to the selection of a place where color-lines were drawn so numerously and so tightly ‘as to make even a temporary resi- dence in the, place (during the con- vention) a “pain” for all of our peo- ple who were so misguided as to attend it. It looks as if Perry will pe the next one to go. Good rid- dance! —iit— INCREASING SEGREGATION. ‘The local Salvation Army in an- nouncing, Tuesday, its purchase of a new $165,000 rescue home and tnaternity hospital of 150 beds, con- struction to be started early in 1929. notified the community that it will replace the present rescue home and maternity hospital of 100 bed-capsc- ity at 5805 Kinsman Rd., which will be tarned over to the Women's Col- ered home of the Army, now occUpy- ing quarters in B, 40th St. near Central Ave. Of course, the same ““fim-crow Negroes” are still “play- tng their part’ in this latest increase ‘of segregation just as they did when sney started the “jim-crow maternity ue 5 OL, WELL, ITS MY Hi BALL ANY I'M GOMKA y YY PITeH For OuR SIDE / OR WE DoOWT PLAY. ——==———| — Hat SETTLES 1 rr! = eee = : ——— OF | |? eye et = \Fi WA =a Ya he % Co ee “@eon\ — = home", in E. 40th St., with the as- sistance of the Salvation Army peo- ple. We warned them and the com- munity, at the time. They wouldn't heed the warning, but insisted on helping prejudiced whites to “leng- then the segregation halter around the necks of their people” in this community. All this that one or two might get a job and a few others pose in the local lime-light as char- ity workers, ete. Lord, have mercy! ii SAME OLD STORY. ‘The following letter was received, Monday morning: 114 Carolina St., Vallejo, Calif., Nov. 20, “28. Editor Gazette, Sir:—Inclosed you will find the first page of The Val- lejo Evening Chronicle of Nov. 16, "8, which contams an announce: ment of a “Negro School Drive", signed by one C. H. Toney, styling himself “Principal, Vallejo Institute, Vallejo, Calif."" It is an appeal for funds for a ‘‘jim-craw” school. There is no racial trouble in the schools of this city. The Negro. children here enjoy every advantage that is accorded to other children and all attend (mixed) schools together as they should. ‘The racial relation is about as good as it is in most Cali- fornia cities, Can we sit silently by and encourage this evil propaganda by our silence? D. G. Corbin, Pres., Vallejo N. A. A. . P. branch All of our people of Vallejo, who have good sound sense and jude- ment, certainly ought not to do so. ‘They should escort C. H. Toney to the edge of the city and command him to leave that section of Califor- hia and never to return until his selfish “jim-crow" Ideas have been dropped and for good. Toney like all others of his kind wants a job and to get it he is willing to “turn back the hands of the clock of prog- ress” of our people of that commun- ity, 50 or more years. They should make him, and all of his kidney, leave the city and promptly. An- other thing: They should match his Evening Chronicle publication with a brief announcement, in all the Val- lejo daily papers, of the fact that neither Toney nor his proposition are wanted in Vallejo by them and thus let ALL the people of the com- munity know immediately how they feel about it. Take the lead, Broth- ‘or Gorbint Prime Sport News orddioase vid) douiuion 0. Baal ihariolte, “N.C Morehouse’ football teem Wofeated the Jonson © Smith University eleven, 19 to 13, on wreresiiag sane here, Nor, 28 Jones-Vacarellt_ Bout, New York City.—‘Gorilla” Jones, wmelterwolgat, ftom Akron, O. who De poe denn tee ee a ors petite bas born saned to bex Tony ‘Vaccavell the Harlem Italian, Hey apere Gan aur reece poplin fites to tho. kee. Huahine Rone, De Vos bout at the Garden, ‘Dee. 10, Witherforce Wins. Wilberforce, Ohio.—Wilberforce's Rae teen pence Ue Nouly of loath tere, ual. Sat way, @ to 6. The lone toucndown oa sone artis secoua Guncter ou path Tus Aisi (ona weet inf fie" htay Guarten, heving’ been hel out tat Ic may bo im good anape.f0 the ‘Thanksgiving game with. Wea Virginia Collenlate institute footbal todmn at Cleveland <The fact. tha Te Chactla gus compelled to x0 0 Freon this week Weduectay, because of Thursday's being a holiday makes i tmpetiis tor ue to aunousee thin ene. the Toault ot the Wilber foree-w Var tustitute football ga Av Golorilse tuna ark stadiums Cleveland, that day. eee Mr. E. Williams has returned from a visit with his uncle, Mr. G. Foster of Birmingham,—Miss Julia Mack is visiting her sister, Bertha, in Steu- benville,—Rev. W. M. Smith of Bir- mingham spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. B. Carr.—Léave your order for The Gazette with its local agent. Gives Over Bighty Thousand Dollars. Chicago, Ill. — The Julius-Rosen- wald Fund has just given the At- lanta (Ga.) School of Social Work $2,500 toward its budget for the year 1928-1929, and $80,000 to ‘Howard University, to be expended ‘over a period of five years by the Menattiment. of soolosy. Patronize Our Advertisers TUBBY Big Cable Will Carry Voices of ke - Toledo ‘Phone Users Under River ial ae a te Poo 8 2 ee pe per NS hat cath gg Af SS Leen = gf ete be ee 5S he tepaete tt Satin Ok ert ag a as ‘ Se 9 ies | eH NG A valk \ Sc" ee LG ‘ —_— 2 . rf I Ge ensue: porter uses the telephone, he rarely takes thought of the route his voice travels in reaching its destination at the cther end of .ke line. In Toledo, for instance, a person calling from a telephone in the business section to some one in Eagle Point or Rossford, across the river, sends his voice over a roundabout route through Toledo’s East Side, since the Maumee at that point is too wide to carry the Tines aerially and there is no bridge. But in a short time when talking between the same two points his voice will follow a route under the river from one shore to the other. ‘As telephone usage has _in- creased, the traffic over the present long route has reached the point where additional facilities will soon ve required. It was found that to provide adequately for the future, a cable containing at least 1,800 wires would be needed to serve the distant sections. In spite of the greater difficulty of the task, it ‘was the opinion of engineers that Only 4 Years Old _ £he Dials Nambers __, a > sox - Vey ar ol Pe he Bi’ ed i \ Le i se = —— = Robbie Lou Farquar Dialing telephone numbers and then talking to her friends is fun to four-year-old Bobbie Lou Far- quhar, of Washington Court House, Ohio. Bobbie remembers and dials numbers having four and five dig- its. She frequently calls her play- mates, and the picture shows her dialing the number 3321, which is the telephone in the Lome of her little friend Mary Mitchell. it would be better to lay the cable directly across the river than to ‘employ several miles of the expen- sive cable. The shorter route also ‘would make it easier to maintain a high quality of transmission. So the new cable, now being laid, cuts directly across the river and will serve the outlying sections fiom a different exchange—the one lying closest to them by air line. New cables are being laid under ground to the river's edge on both shores. The submerine cable will be anchored in manholes at both sides, and laid in a trench from four to six fect deep under the wa- ter. ‘The trench is first dug by a dredging machine, and the cable follows closely behind on a scow, being unreeled as fast as the trench is dug. 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Taylor, B. goth St, were quite ill, last week, the latter. being compelled to Ko t0 a local hospital. McCauley temple, K. & D. of Ta- bor, celebrated Its 14th anniversary In its lodge rooms, 5311 Woodland Ave., Wednesday evening, Mrs. R. K. Moon and Mrs. J. K. Nickens entertained the Lincoln Em- broidery club at its two meetings, Hast wee and the week previous ‘The dinner dance, Nov. 22, at The Pioneer’ Whist club, 5709 "Central ‘Aye., was unique and enjoyable. The program, menu, service and decora- tions were fine. Mrs. Ida M, Jackson, B. 130th St, mother of State Representative- elect Perry B. Jackson, was called to Boston, recently, by her son, Ray- mond’s iliness The Kappa Beta Kappa fraternity of St. Andrew's E. church, have ar- Tanged to give a series of Friday evening dances in the parish house. Miss Della Crosby, pres.; Mrs. W. B. Suthern, sponsor. Mrs. Maceo Thomas of Chicago, wite of a son of Dr. J. T. Thomas of this elty, has retired from the stage for a time, awaiting a visit from the stork, Mrs. ‘Thomas was formerly ‘Miss Carol Chilton, Miss Mabel Early, one of our lo- cal’ public-school teachers, 1s form- ing a gym class of young ladies of St. James A. M. E. church which meets, Monday evenings." All ladies are invited to join the class. Mrs. Ella Johnson and sister, Mrs. Blanche Gilmore, of Thackery Ave., are still-at thelr father, Mr. Venoy Wallace's, in Hillsboro. He is ill. Mr. Clarenge Johnson lett, Wednes- day, to joln them for a few days. Col. A. T. Abbott who is spending the ‘winter in Oberlin makes ocea- sional trips to Cleveland to care for his insurance clients. He is our old- est and best man along that profes- sional line, a resident of this city. He came to Cleveland from Cincin- nati about 40 years ago. At the 66th recftal, Sunday after- noon, of St. John's choir, Miss Pen- nybacker was the vocal soloist and Mrs. Sophia Bailey gave several splendid readings. George Early Jr., pianist, also assisted. The choir, Carrell ‘Scott, director, rendered some of its ‘best’ numbers. Mrs. Kathleen Forbes, organist. TUBBY THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928. Pride of Cleveland temple, Mosate Templars, celebrated its third anni- versary at the temple, 2351 B. 40th St., Noy. 16. Among the speakers were: Rey. J. E. Wilson, and R. E. Pope, 8. G. M., J. W. Hatcher, chair- than: T. McWilson, M. M. Plans are under way for a “Miss Ohio Popularity Contest”, to include all NX. A. A. C. P. branches in the state, and committees in places where the organization iy not so represented. The contest is to eul- minate in the appearance of the win. her or winners, at the 20th annual conference of the N. A. A.C. P., in Cleveland, next June. ‘A man who police say admits Kill- ing Edward Turner, age 24, of 2412 E, 37th St., during an argument, last’ week Thursday night, was charged with murder, Friday, by De- tectives Stephen Mallaga and Hugh Dugan. The cutting and slashing of Turner started. potice say, when Turner accused the man of stealing his overcoat during the recent cold snap. John Turner, age 26, was found guilty of manslaughter, late last week Thursday, by a jury that heard his trial on a first degree murder charge growing out of the slaying pi Turner's wite, Anna, and Otis Smith in Turner’s home at 8220 Central Ave., some months ago. He was sentenced, Friday of this week, by Common Pleas Judge W. R. White, ‘The National University society, which Is conducting a course (coach- ing men and women to win in busi- ness and in life) at the New Music hall in Publig Auditorium, was foreed to accept out applicants for the course, Sunday, after several vain attempts had been made by Chester White, 8717 Blaine Ave., to join a class. Councilman Clayborne George led in this effort and de- Serves unstinted credit for so doing. The editor of The Gazette was honored, last Friday afternoon, with a visit from one of our oldest and best local ministers, the Rev. B. K. Smith, who renewed his annual sub- scription to The Gazette which he has been reading for more than a quarter of a century. Owing to poor health, Dr. Smith retired from ac- tive work, several years ago. For many years, he was pastor of E. Mt, Zion and’ other local Baptist churches. John Jackson, age 30, of 7118 Ce- dar Ave, faced’ charges of suffering gambling, Monday, following a raid by police at that address, in which seven other men also were taken in- to custody. A card game was in progress, according to Sergeant James Burns, who led the raid, In another raid at 2229 E. 68th St., Wm. Washington, age 49; Eunice Turner, age 37, and five other per- sons were arfested. Washington was charged with violation of the Nquor law, and suffering gambling, while the Turner woman was charg- ed with suffering gambling. ‘The Laymen’s League of Cuya- hoga county, of which Mr. Roy Rec- tor is president, held its second meeting, Sunday afternoon, at Ce- dar Y, the speaker being the editor of The Gazette, Sunday week, Dr. E. A, Bailey and others addressed the league, The subject of the edi- tor’s talk, Sunday, was segregation. He warned those present of - its steady growth, calling their attention to the present efforts of prejudiced whites, aided and abetted by “Jim- crow Negroes”, to establish a “jim- crow Y", a “jim-crow” hospital, etc., carefully explaining the harm of Such separation, segregation. Mrs. Louia S. Jones was very much surprised on her return home, last week Friday evening, ta find her home filled with old friends who had been invited by her husband, in honor of her birthday. A good time was enjoyed by all until te ‘wee smi” hours of the next morning. Mr, Jones remembered his wife in his usual way— with a check and presents, He also presented sev- eral very beantiful gifts to friends present, Mr, and Mrs, Jones are now Settled in their beautiful new home, at 10926 Drexel Ave., where their friends are always welcome. The Hiawatha club met there, Monday. According to the recent annual re- port of the pastor of St. James A. M. &. church, Major and Mrs, Wm. a) Anderson made a gift of $1,326 to the ehureh when they returned church notes with interest amount- ing to that sum, a few months ago. ‘This is exceptional and very encour- aging indeed. The pastor also calls attention to the fact that through the efforts of Wm. Mcintyre and George A. Myers $700 “came to the church” during the year. This is excellent work, Trustees’ receipts for the year, Oct. 4, ‘27 to Sept. 4, "28, $18,227.98; expenditures, $17,- 508. The stewards’ receipts for the year, Oct. 6, ’27 to Sept. 4, ‘28, were $4,040.82; their expenditures, $4,- 534.19. ‘Total church receipts for the period mentioned, $27,114.96. Bonded indebtedness of the church, $41,860. Total indebtedness, $43,- 357.73, Sept. 9, ‘28. PROTEST! PROTEST!! To submit in silence when we should protest makes cow- ards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least disputes, The few who dare, must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. RACE PREJUDICE? “1 am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in | this present world than race prejudice; none at all! “| write deliberately—it is. the worst single thing in life now. Tt justifies ard holds to- gether more baseness, cruelty | find abomination than any | other (sort) of errar in the | world.” A. G. Wells, csaveusnsaayevveinovanvesecanasaeren ee eee IS IT ANY USE TO _CON- TEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the ase of the tele bers of which are in favor of im the arts a “always will be discriminated {| low, as they : submitting to. diserimination §| improvement i on the claim that their race Q) jcati yor against.” ‘The Jews are still | een contending, after over 1900 - aver years of universal diserimina- ward. But t social rights today. The Irish }}| that seems a at home have contended for | This is in the too years and are winning {\| 2ause of wo because they will die rather | bound to foll then will say, “Negroes are {| will not be ee vate ot eaual vignte, (su Mee they are by nature without Kons on nati self-respect and have no ings—as most ‘guts’. The world respects tory have bee only those who resent and re- snow of no m fy proeetina fer es | aa cere abolitionists, worthy of our The conneetio in every war to vindicate the joaumdareeaad: titte of thelr race to equal | working on a liberty, and forever resist de- | derstand nial of rights im our native . ” land, however long race dis- tent. Hearini crimination may continue, To | ita equivalent submit is to deserve con- | it. tempt.—Boston (Mass.) Guar- 1 Each teleph dian. | as good as Cineinnati En paerrnanrannanncccel) Susnneti Fa Mind Reading. Guaranteed and Efficient Work TWENTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Phone: Randolph 5870 Sundays by Appointment What Some Editors Say Telephone Contributes to Civiliza- ao tion In standards of service and in size our telephone industry leads the rest of 'the world by a tre- mendous margin. There are 18,°00,000 telephones in the United States, 60 per cent of all instruments in the world. In comparison South America has but 1.5 per cent of the world’s total ‘and Asia but 3.8 per cent. Eu- rope, which follows us, has the comparatively low mark of 27.6 per cent. In 1925 theré were 22,400,- 000,000 calls in the United States alone. The second country, Ger- many, had but 2,038, 499,000 in the same period of time. It is not illogical to suppose that this telephone supremacy of ours is in a large measure responsible for our world leadership in many, lines, Our modern social state, business and industry would be im- possible without adequate tele- phone facilities. ‘The telephone in- dustry has made an important con- tribution to civilization and pros- perity.—Pioneer (Ohio) Alliance. A Household Necessity The people of our country look ‘upon the telephone as a household necessity. As a result no other na- tion has telephone service compara- ble to ours. ‘There are as many telephones in the single state of New York as in the whole of Great Britain and of North Ireland, There are twice as many telephones in the United States as in all the countries of Europe. ‘The telephone began in the United States and, due to Ameri- can engineering and executive gen- ius, vision and enterprise, has shown its greatest development here.—Sidney (Ohio) Journal. What Some Editors Say ORR MC ea eee Staggering figures showing progress in all fields of human en- deavor have become almost com- monplace in our times. He would be hardened indeed, however, who could refrain from gasping on reading the latest statistics of the telephone industry. There are now, according to these figures, aver 1,000,000 telephones in the world. Of these, 26,048,000 are interconnected in such a way that inter-oceanie communication is possible between them, and within ‘a short time all will be connected. At the present moment any one of 267,000,000 people, living in any one of thirteen countries, couid converse with any other person simply by going to the nearest zelephone. ‘The gain in business efficiency from an increased international ase of the telephone of course will ve of incalculable value. Advances im the arts and sciences will fol low, as they always do, from any improvement in means of commuin- ication. World civilization’ as a whole is given a vigorous push for- ward. But the greatest signifi- cance of the figures is in an aspect that seems at first less tangible. This is in the advancement in the sause of world perce which is bound to follow from the exten- sion of the international telephone system. Peoples who know one another will not be prone to fight wars oased on national misunderstand- ings—as most of the wars of his- tory have been fought. And we snow of no medium better able to sonduce to common understanding and knowledge than the telephone. The connection may be poor, and the other person’s language hard to understand, but both parties are working on a common basis, and anderstand each other to that ex- tent. Hearing him say “hello” or its equivalent ought to help a good ait. Bach telephone conversation is as good as an anti-war pact— Cincinnati Enquirer. Famous Beauty Treatment i ie eras Lightens Dark _ gi. Cc 1 : Sy oe 4M Ompiexions ¥ > © Quickly 4 ; It is simply amazing the way “% } this marvelous beauty prep- Oy aration makes even the dark- est skin lighter, clearer and free from blemishes--- Now it is remarkably easy to have a 5th lighter, lovelier, clearer skin. No matter ke how dark, muddy or pimply your com- ~ }gabecie plexion is, Dr. Fred Palmer's marvelous Skin @ mea ‘Whitener will quickly make it supremely beau- \@7a tiful in a surprisingly short time. 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Prices, 75c, $1, $1.25. ne uy Don't Throw Away Your Copy of The GAZETTE After Reading It But Give it to a Friend or an Acquaintance who might Subscribe after Reading It One of the open trucks which helped carry specimens of the third Asiatic expedition back from Mongolia. The expedition was headed by Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews. BUS AND TRUCK . SERVICE POINT Spark Plugs Do Not Always Function Properly With Motor in Use. A loaded truck or bus traveling at 20 miles an hour employs in proportion approximately as much power as does an automobile traveling 50 or 60 miles an hour. This is, of course, due to the weight of the vehicle, according to an engineering news bulletin, which gives some interesting information concerning trucks and busses. "A bus or truck," the bulletin says, "gives the same service as an automobile in proportion to the ton miles and is just efficient. Hard on Spark Plugs. "In many cases the bus or truck engine labors more in a month than an automobile will in several years. This is why heavy duty vehicles need frequent servicing, and why they are harder on spark plugs. "While the average bus or truck operator may not be aware of it, abnormal conditions, such as constant operation in a hilly country, affect spark plugs to such an extent that for the best engine performance it is necessary to use an entirely different size plug than that ordinarily recommended for the particular engine concerned. Developed Preignition. Developed + Logical "One truck which had been delivering heavy loads in neighboring towns located in a level country, recently was switched to a different route where practically all of the highway was through a hilly terrain. This created an abnormal driving condition for the spark plugs, and they developed opengition. The difficulty was immediately corrected when the proper type plugs were installed to fit the abnormal condition. The same type spark plug will not meet all driving conditions satisfactorily any more than summer oil will function efficiently in the winter. All reputable manufacturers include in their line different types of spark plugs to meet different driving conditions. Some bus and truck operators go so far as to study their driving conditions in order to obtain the plug best suited for their conditions, and which enables them to get maximum efficiency at the least cost. This is information that should benefit all bus and truck drivers." Annoying Engine Sound An annoying clicking sound in an engine, most pronounced during idling or low speeds, is very apt to be the result of too strong a spring on the breaker arm in the distributor. At higher speeds the spring is weakened by the rapidity of its movement, and also because the noise it makes is drowned out by the hissing of the carburetor. With the eight-cylinder cars coming to use two breaker arms and two springs there is a double chance of noise at this point. Any good mechanic can relieve the tension on one of these springs if it annoys you. This clicking sound from the distributor is often wrongly diagnosed as the snapping of the spark as it jumps to the various contact points Sure Way to Increase A sure way to increase mileage is to have the wheel alignment inspected at least twice a year. A car may steer fairly well, even with the wheels distinctly out of alignment, but the punishment on the tires, the enormously increased wear and tear, and the expense for replacement are serious. Axles, steering mechanism and brakes all have a direct effect, also on tire wear, if not in proper adjustment. When having the wheel alignment inspected it is apt to save money if these other items are also inspected at the same time. Life of Brakes Increased Life of Brakes Increased Standard tests for brake linings now used by manufacturers, has resu- tated in the life of the average lining being increased four times, with a sa- ting to the nation of $15,000,000 a year. The automobile brake performance has been studied for several years, and a short time ago the bureau of standards made recommendations tha- were incorporated in the standard brake safety code published by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Emergency Lever Used to Pull Car Out of Mud One man can pull a car out of a bad mud hole with a rope, a stake driven into the ground, and a wooden pole such as a fence post or a limb of a tree. The illustration shows how it is done. The forked stick which translates the pull into upward motion is not absolutely necessary, but will help a good deal. The one end of the rope to the car axe and tie the other end to the stake, leaving plenty of slack. Now How an Emergency Lever Can Be Improvised to Enable One Man to Pull a Car Out of the Mud. How an Emergency Lever Can Be Improvised to Enable One Man to Pull a Car Out of the Mud. pass the rope loosely around the pole a couple of turns, insert a stout stick under the part of the rope leading to the car, and pass one end of the stick back to the pole. The stick forms a lever that will multiply your pulling force many times. The smaller the pole the greater the leverage.—Popular Science Monthly. All Roads and Bridges in New Mexico Are Free All roads and bridges in New Mexico are free, according to the organ of the New Mexico highway department, the New Mexico Highway Journal, published at Sante Fe, N. M. "The highway department frequently receives inquiries from out-state tourist agencies, asking about toll roads and bridges," the Highway Journal states. There have been no such "rented" transportation facilities in New Mexico for 12 years. All roads and bridges in the state are free of charge to the traveling public. "The road mileage under maintenance is 5,300, every mile of which is free, with the added feature of free service to travelers in difficulty by maintenance men. Changing tires and cleaning spark plugs is not included in the latter, but a car in the ditch, a dead car which has to be towed in, women tourists in difficulty, and all similar incidents elicit service by highway department employees." AUTOMOBILE NOTES Warm up the engine properly before attempting to adjust the carburetor. Also, how does the weather man know you have just had your car washed? Well balanced and good gripping brakes are the first points of safety in driving. Four hundred and seventy thousand school children are transported to school daily by 20,000 motor busses. Lack of oil will cause piston rings to cut the cylinder walls, causing a leak which, in time, is apt to break the rings. "Stop me if you've heard this," remarked the wild motorist as he pulled into the crossing simultaneously with the fast freight. The loon often makes his outcry unnecessarily, because he is a loon, and the habitual honker honks for the same reason. Only one little thing is needed for aviation and that is to provide a system of filling stations as reliable as that enjoyed by the automobile. Weekly some manufacturer advertises a lower price of its automobiles. The downward tendency of pedestrians keeps pace with the cars. With a new rubber bumper it is said that a motor car running 30 miles an hour may strike a tree without damage, which, of course, indicates that it could kill a pedestrian without harring the driver. One of the most serious of the recent forest fires in California was caused by careless motorists and piloted gasoline. Some folks can't see the world on fire, but they come as near to it as possible. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928 WIDE WORLD PHOTO JUDGING from many of the jaunty daytime felts which Paris is sending over this season, an artfully positioned gay feather novelty is a "touch that tells" of chic and charm. We in America seem not to be showing so much enthusiasm for clever feather trims as are the French people just now. Nevertheless WHAT a thing of caprice is fashion. Here we are fairly getting into the spirit and feeling for extreme bournancy for the evening mode when what happens? Just this—an entirely new silhouette which accents slender stately princess lines. And so there's a picturesque war going on at present in fashionable between frocks featuring the robe de style measuring yards and yards around, else accenting the bustle, hip poups and such versus sinniness interpreted through a statuesque princess contour. One theme, both the slender princess and the bouffant silhouette acclaim and that is the uneven dipping hemline which never fails to break into a confusion of fascinating eccentricities. Indeed the ultra-modern hemline contributes infinite grace and feminine charm to the picture at all times, through a subtle treatment of draperies, tiers upon tiers, trailing panels and other clever fabric devices which while they conceal also beguilingly reveal pretty silken ankles, beaver MQUANT FEATHER GIVE C JUDGING from many of the jaunty daytime felts which Paris is sending over this season, an artfully positioned gay feather novelty is a "touch that tells" of chic and charm. We in America seem not to be showing so much enthusiasm for clever feather trims as are the French people just now. Nevertheless while the rank and file of women here are not displaying unusual interest in feather trims, one finds in the exclusive shops that many of the models which bear the Paris stamp daunt plquant feather novelties in infinite variety. The models in this picture serve to show the wide range of ideas expressed in feather trims as sponsored by leading French modistes. The first little hat is interesting because the American Indian headress served as the inspiration for the feather band and side trim. Both felt and feathers are carried out in belge tones. A cluster of quilts gives the modish long side effect to the felt toque to the right at the top. The quilts range from dark green to citron shade and the hat itself is in Lelong green which is a soft tone of a watercress shade. y Your Co or an Acqu discovered of late, that if there is one medium more than another which yields with exquisite grace to the new princess lines, that same is lovely all over patterned lace. It may be silk or rayon lace in exotic or pastel colorings or it may be resplendent metal lace—the mode shows no partiality. It is a great inspiration to leading designers in this country that many beautiful laces—laces which challenge those of foreign make in point of exquisite design and workmanship—are being manufactured right in our very own America. If you are wondering just how successfully American laces make up, the costume here pictured is offered as evidence. For the fashioning of this very lovely, gown of classic princess lines the designer chooses a rarely beautiful transparent American metal lace. The gracefully uneven hemline and the youthful capetre are style details which contribute prestige to this patrician evening mode. JULIA BOTTOMLEY NOVELTIES HIC TO PARIS HATS A very graceful effect is achieved by the handsome black huckleberry on the center hat. In that it sweeps from the top of the crown, accenting the much exploited "check line." To the left below one of those sprightly feather ornaments of vivid tri-colors is thrust effectively through slashes in the beige hat which it trims. A unique crescent shaped ostrich novelty in turquoise blue is effectively posed at the right side of the black felt to the right. Light blue and black is a favored combination with the Parisienne this season. The last hat features black and white. The fan-shaped feather trim is worked with long ostrich flues. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. © 1828, Western Newspaper Union. py of The maintenance w SEGREGATION USED AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO LOWER OUR STATUS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. How Much Longer Will Our Self and Race Respecting Press, Pulpit and People Submit to This Rank Injustice?—Protest, Protest! Washington, D. C.—There is more segregation in Washington, today, under President Coolidge than there has ever been since the Civil War. The beginnings of the segregation were under President Taft. It was greatly extended, under President Wilson; increased, still further, under President Harding; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. For instance, the greatest of our troubled, but the present administration has found time and desire to introduce it even there. To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case. President Taft introduced it in the bureau of engraving. He segregated the censulkers in this city in 1910, restricting white women to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, announced in his official capacity that Negroes should not hold office where white people complained. Segregation, then, is a Republican institution and not a Democratic one; it was begun by Emancipating men and to its all-embracing extent by Republicans! There is far more of it in the departments, today, than at any time since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. The picture requirement in the civil service, which makes it next to impossible for a colored lady or gentleman to enter the civil service, since their color is disclosed in their photograph which must accompany their papers, is tenaciously held by our Republican President. Some within him, so colored girl appeared after having passed the best examination, and after having been telegraphed for by the department. The photograph had failed to tell her true color, and they flatly refused to appoint her when she appeared and they saw her complexion. Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau with thousands of clerks will not appoint a Negro clerk, and his word is law there, as he is the special favorite of Secretary Coolidge. He halls from President Coolidge, and he home of the other favorite and leader of the segregation forces, the superintendent of buildings and grounds. It is no use to complain of either of these southern gentlemen. The colored people here who know the President could destroy segregation in the departments of the government, and the photograph requirements in the civil service by the mere nod of his head, are at a loss to understand why he does not expend splendid declarations on democracy in operation here, where it would not even cost him a single vote and where he has full power and absolutely no opposition. They wonder if he is not a firm believer in segregation, especially since segregation is one of the chief tenets of the Constitution, and found its "welcome home" here and in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republican President. ((Special to The Gazette.) ((Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—In the postoffice, segregation is rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and in harsh disadvantages. In the department maintains a spaces cafeteria for whites only where inferior white clerks can buy appetizing lunches and chat in comfort while eating, while the colored clerks must bring cold lunches from home and eat them any place they can. The physical discomfort, disadvantageous as it is, far less galling to the colored clerks than is the thought of their government taking their taxes, as it takes those of the whites, for the comfort of the latter, and setting them off as though they were lepers. The injustice stings at the more when they reflect that they are far more capable than the whites, and render the government more intelligent and efficient service—the white man of their attainment being able to get far more lucrative employment. The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whites and neglect of colored. It maintains a well-appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comfortable lounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and regression, and nothing for these same colored employees. This private club is in the magnificent postoffice building, built and maintained by ALL of the people. In the locker rooms there is segregation, and segregation is even attempted in the toilets. And all of this is against the most dependable and faithful employees. The white employees have even passed around invitations to the white employees, in the very presence of the co-attend a reception to the heads of department, including the postmaster general, in the postoffice building. It announced dancing and a pleasant social evening with the officials for "the postoffice employees," yet not one was delivered to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come off, and he ordered the co-master to invite the colored as well as the white. These clerks got around their colored co-workers by giving the location at a local hotel It is inevitable that the wicked spirit of segregation would express itself in appointments, assignments, and salaries. Collected applicants are often passed over though their examination was superior. No "Negro," however efficient or old in the service, must ever dream of a promotion to a directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one after another, though many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and accuracy in the handling. The colored clerks have tried to form a union where men sweets regularly and sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals, from his decisions to the postmaster-general. It has secured some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin. (Special to The Gazette.) (Special to the Washington, D. — The government printing office keeps faith with the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept inferior positions there on account of the better and more lucrative avenues of employment being closed to them because of their color. The whites are generally of a very mediocre group, far from equaling our girls in educational equipment, culture, and working efficiency. Yet these superior girls are set off from the whites with the latter of course, having the better working conditions, salaries and recreational facilities. There is a large cafeteria in this huge structure where all the employees may go, but there are a few tables in an out-of-the-way section reserved for our employees. I am glad to see that few, very few, of our people patronize the place, experiencing a little physical inconvenience to the open, semi-public humiliation of segregation. In toilet facilities, dressing-rooms, and work assignments, wherever possible, the law of segregation is in full force, and, of course, this same undemocratic practice reveals itself on the salary roll and in the hard caste that bars promotion to as elsewhere. In the inferior whites over our superior employees to directive positions, and higher salaries. The whites have a large recreational center in this public building with many fine appointments for rest and amusements. During lunch and dinner hours they repair to this restful retreat for sociability and dance. Last fall, a young Afro-American with a splendid record his work, felt the injustice this exclusion of him kept so keenly in mind, incurred the company of a young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple started to dance the music was abruptly stopped, and the young man reported for attempting to take part in an entertainment provided for employees. He was called to the office, lectured for being "one of those smart Negroes" who believe in "social equality," and then dismissed on a trumped-up charge. He was a night-employee. He was a pistol shot, after the dance included fire broke out in the office. He was quickly accused of setting the building afire in revenge for his exclusion from the dance floor. Detectives came to the building to arrest him, and failing to secure any evidence searched him only to discover the pistol. They quickly dropped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons for which he was immediately dismissed. By this severe punishment our employees were aware that there was an escape for that one who dares to resent the daily insults that their government (under President Coolidge) gives them. Many of the employees have expressed their deeply-wounded feelings to me at being considered a pariah by the government whose institutions they are serving so faithfully, and I have taken up a number of cases to be met by a detal that conditions complained of exist, and a request for the names of my informants. I knew the fate these informants would suffer so I have never given a single name!! The department then taking the position that it cannot take up the case. It is perfectly clear that this inimical scheme of order, or fight, since the government is so well settled upon it, and the complainants cannot bear witness to it. (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C.—Segregation in the bureau of engraving and printing has an interesting history involving President Thomas Woodrow Wilson and members of his family, three heroes young colored women who lost their positions as squatters of the city and noble men of Senator Robert La Follette (deceased). Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a member of his family visited the bureau where she saw white and colored girls working together in perfect harmony, oblivious to any thought of race. Shortly thereafterame and career for women and the white lady who had been noted for her philanthropy among our people and who was up- House appeared at the bureau to on intimate terms at the White tell our girls to be contented with the new order as "a great Negro leader had taught colored people stay in their places. There the young ladies resisted the order to have ladies and each were summarily dismissed." Senator La Follette, father of the present Senator of the same name, leded a protest with Secretary McAdoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic innovation. She took the platform here in Washington and Boston before the famous Twenties Century club. She used the columns of the Senator to sparring with a sparing and no vigor of utterance. She thundered against it in our local white press, and addressed the national gathering of the N. A. A. C. P. in New York. When our people here were so profoundly discouraged, she came out, one stormy afternoon, to the Y. M. C. A., to urge them to continue the fight, for democracy was at the crisis. Oswald Garrison Villard came to town to attack the White House and Cabinet and hone our people, the N. A. C. P. publicity in over six hundred influential white papers in the country. The fight checked what was thought to be the intention of the segregators, namely, the elimination of the colored employees from the bureau altogether The same segregation which some of our people think is the cherished institution of the Democratic party is still there, in all of its fulness, under the administration of the party that Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner and Frederick Douglass helped to found. Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the public service. THEY ARE SEGREGATED by our girls working stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promotions to executive places. They are girls from our best homes, most of them with high and normal school training, and fine culture. The white girls are of no such grade, as there is no segregation for them in the great world of things. They have unlimited fields at high wage for even mediocre talents. The best of our girls must take these inferior jobs, and we must segregate. Our people are still hoping for the issuance of an order destroying this iniquitous practice in all of our government departments, for it not only humiliates the best of the government servants but impairs the government service. (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C. —The treasury department, according to the President's acceptance speech, is now under the ablest financial genius since the days of Alexander Hamilton. It is to be remembered that the great American statesman and in that long sweep of history that the President traversed are the mighty Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury in Lincoln's cabinet, who, in a national extremity such as this country has never known, devised the national banking system which financed the Civil War; the man Christopher, John Sherman. These men never knew what segregation was! The present head of the department of internal revenue, Mr. Blair from North Carolina, has not appointed a colored clerk since his incumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a Democrat from Texas, appointed and promoted several of them. Since the income tax legislation and the numberless new taxes that the recent war necessitated, this is by far the largest department of the treasury, employing several thousand clerks. Yet Netanyahu's government can't be noticed. There is the same general complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there is in the other branches of the government—failure to recognize their efficiency when promotions are due; ability to go so far and no further. The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toilet, locker rooms, rest rooms, etc., set off for colored. The toilets for the colored are few in such a large structure. Hence, the segregated clerks are forced to endure physical inconvenience and travel long distances when they desire the use of them. The department maintains a huge, magnificent cafeteria, in the splendid sweep of woodland along our national driveway, where white people of every class can come to rest, dine, and specialize of afternoons and evenings at minimum costs. The white press of the city is constantly telling of the thousands who take advantage of this "delightful retreat," and the festive scene that their presence creates with space in rooms with space to spare; but not one Negro! His only share is in the taxes he is forced to pay for this luxury for another group The registrieship of the treasury, which Republican Presidents have given the Negro since Garfield appointed Blanch K. Bruce, is now filled by a white man, and the colored people are congregated in a separate room which is publicly proclaimed as "a colored division." When it is discovered that Negro clerks are "working as white" in other divisions, they are promptly transferred to this "colored division." Our people fear that protest against this segregation would result in the abolition of the division altogether; so they remain in a dilemma, fearing segregation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress compels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen, President Calvin Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segregation, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan whenever he decides to do so. Subscribe Now