Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 20. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1911. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. BANK'S RECEIVERS BREAK LONG SILENCE Cashier Hill Charged with Embezzlement.=5 Warrants Sworn Out Against the Missing Official.=10 Warrants Against Female Bank Clerk. Many More to Follow.—Systematic Search Now Instituted.—Bail Allowed in Sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars. General Upheaval Now Imminent Among the True Reformers.—Attorney Newsome to Get Busy. The expected report of the Receivers of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers had not been submitted up to the hour of going to press. William A. Moncure, Esq., and Edwin M. Pitcher, Esq., deemed it advisable, however, to make a verbal report last Tuesday relative to some transactions noted, which were of a criminal nature. When this report was made to Judge Daniel Griffin, he sent "or the Commonwealth's Attorney, Mr. Mintrice Fowkke, and he in turn sent for the chief of the Detective Bureau, Capt. T. P. Mr. Mahon, and warrants were sworn out before Magistrate J. A. Purdure for the arrest of Reuben T. Hill, cassier, and for Mrs. Agnes B. Reese, a bark-employed in the bank band reside at 519 North Second street and have always borne a good reputation. The charge against her came "like a thunderbolt from a clear sky," while the charge against Cashier R. T. Hill was not unexperienced by those who were familiar with the recent reports, which have come from the True Reformer building. That there will be other arrests in connection with this True Reformer affair seems now to be a forgone conclusion. The following is a detailed list of the warrants already sworn out against Mrs. Agnes B. Reese: THE SIXTH WARRANT. THE SIXTH WARRANT charges that Agnes B. Reese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently alter a certain entry in the account of one R. T. Hill, a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of said account, and in order to enable the said R. T. Hill to obtain six hundred dollars, to which she was not entitled. COMMITTEEMAN CRUTCHFIELD'S PROTEST. Did Not Know Agreement Had Been Consumited.—Charges a "Raw Deal." Two Sets of Books Examined.—Claims E. Superintendent Owes the Old Folks' Home. In reply to a communication, headed Mr. Holmes Ciaras Hum," printed in the columns of The Richmond Planet, of issue dated April 8, 1911, I desire to say that the first knowledge I had as to the settlement of the Old Folks' Home affair relative of the National Baptist to lift up the minds of the and put in them the desire a great and useful people of the world lack of means has grown the board in its mission grace along these lines. It is earnestly hoped urged in this communication every organization among Baptists of the United States collection on Foreign M. (Easter Sunday) and small to the Foreign Miss at 726 West Walnut str. ville, Ky. It will not be out of place to say also that it has been and even commented upon of our large churches on some of the ablest monies. MANY WARRANTIES ISSUED. There were five warrants for Cashier R. T. Hill and ten for Mrs. Agnes B. Reese. It is not customary for the warrants to be shown until after they have been served on the person against whom they are issued. Enough is known, however, to justify the statement that those against Mr. Hill are similar to those against Mrs. Reese. While there are only five warrants now issued against Cashier R. T. Hill for amounts aggregating $2,460, it is understood that other deficiencies will bring the total amount up to something like thirty thousand dollars. It seems that, while Mrs. Agnes B. Reese is charged with placing fictitious amounts on the ledgers of the bank on her own account and that of Cashier Hill that Cashier Hill falsified his own counts and thus drew money out of the bank to which he was not entitled. THE WAY IT WAS DONE The way that this was done was this. The ledger would show that Mr R T Hill did not have any money in the bank to his own credit and the ledger would show that Mrs. Agnes B Reese did not have any money in the bank to her own credit. Both needed money, and so Mrs. Agnes B Reese is charged with having put at one time in figures $200 to the credit of Mr Hill in the debit column, without seeing to it that the money was put in the cash drawer. At another time, she is alleged to have put in the ledger $742 50 to Mr. Hill's account without his having put any money whatever in the bank. Then she is alleged that after helping him in this manner, she helped her putting on the books of the bank to her own account $20, and another time $45, and at another time $20, and at another time $15, all being to her own account, and when she had not put any money in the bank HELPED THE CASHIER FALSIFY This made it appear that she had made these deposits and enabled her to check out those amounts without any over-draft appearing against her. She is allowed to have further hooped Cashier Hill by placing at one time $300 to his account and at another time $600 to his account, and at another time $600 to his account, all of which was drawn out by him, at a time when he did not really have any money to his credit in the bank. This action constitutes a folony, punished by confinement in the Virginia sententiary. The officers, having heard that Mr. R. T. Hill was evidently biding in his own palatial mansion, 1401 West Leigh street, searched the place from attic to collar. He was not found, and it seems that his family is really ignorant of his whereabouts. IN THE POLICE COURT The case was called in the Police Court last Wednesday. Attorney H. Smith, Jr., represented Mrs. Agnes B. Reese, and he will evidently represent Mr. Reubsh T. Hill if he is apprehended. A. continuance was waived. Mr. Reubsh A. D. Price and Mr. B. R. Gilles bailed Mrs. Agnes B. Reese in the sum of. band reside at 519 North Second street and have always borne a good reputation. The charge against her came "like a thunderbolt from a clear sky," while the charge against Cashier R. T. Hill was not unexpected by those who were familiar with the recent reports, which have come from the True Reformer buildings. That there will be other arrests in connection with this True Reformer affair seems now to be a forgone conclusion. The following is a detailed list of the warrants already sworn out against Mrs. Agnes B. Rosag THE FIRST WARRANT. City of Newhaven—TOWIT: To All or Any of the Public Officers of the City of Richmond: Worcester, T. M. McMahon has this day made complaint and information, on onth, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of said city, that on the 10th day of November, 1909, at said city, Agnes B. Reese, being then and there a clark of The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers of Virginia, a banking corporation chartered under the state of Virginia, did unclefully feloniously and fraudulently make a certain false entry in the account of one R. T. Hill, a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of said account and in order to enable the said R. T. Hill to obtain the sum of Two Hundred Dollars to which he was not entitled. MUST PRODUCE THE ACCUSED. These are therefore in the names of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to command you forthwith to apprehend and bring before me, or some other Justice of the Peace of this city, the body of said Agnes B Reese to answer the said complaint and to be further dealt with according to law. And moreover, upon the arrest of the said Agnes B Reese by virtue of this warrant I command you, in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to summon T J McMahon M E Pilech. Wm A Moncree to apprise at the Police Court as with nesses to testify in behalf of the Commonwealth against said Agnes B Reese on the 19th day of April, 1911—that is to say, on the next day following the day of arrest. And have then and there this warrant with your return thereon. Given under my hand and sent this 11th day of April, 1911 The second warrant charges that Agnes B Roese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently alter, a certain entry in the account of one R T Hill. a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of said account, and in order to enable the said R. T Hill to obtain the sum of seven hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents, to which he was not entitled. THE THIRD WARRANT The third warrant charges that Agnes B. Reese did unlawfully, follo- lously and fraudulently make a certain false entry in the account of her, the said Agnes B. Reese, a Deputyor, in said bank, with intent to con- ceal the true state of said account, and in order to enable her, the said Agnes B. Reese, to obtain the sum of thirty dollars to which she was not cantified. THE FOURTH WARRANT. The fourth warrant charges that agnes R. Reese did unlawfully, for lonelyly and fraudulently alter a certain entry in the account of bibs R. T. Hill, a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of said account and in order to enable the said R. T. Hill to obtain the sum of three hundred dollars, to which he was not entitled. THE FIFTH WARRANT. nes B Reese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently make a certain false entry in the account of her, the said Agnes B. Reese, a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of said account and in order to enable her, the said Agnes B. Reese; to obtain the sum of forty-five dollars, to which she was not entitled THE SIXTH WARRANT. The sixth warrant charges that Agnes B Reese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently alter a certain entry in the account of one R T. Hill, a depositor in said bank with intent to conceal the true state of said account, and in order to enable the said R. T. Hill to obtain six hundred dollars, to which he was no entitled. THE SEVENTH WARRANT the seventh warrant charges that Agnes B. Reese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently make a certain false entry in the account of her, the said Agnes B. Reese, a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of her assets in her the said Agnes B. Reese, to obtain twenty dollars to which she was not entitled THE EIGHTH WARRANT The eighth warrant charges that Agnes R Reese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently alter a certain entry in the account of one R T Hill, a depositor in said bank with intent to conceal the true state of said account and in order to enable the said R T Hill to obtain the sum of six hundred dollars to which he was not entitled THE NINTH WARRANT. The ninth warrant charges that Agnes B Reese did unlawfully feloniously and fraudulently make a false entry in the account of her the said Agnes B Reese a depositor in said bank with intent to conceal the true state of said account and in order to enable her the said Agnes B Reese to obtain the sum of eighteen dollars to which she was not entitled. THE TENTH WARRANT The fourth warrant charges that Aknes B. Reese did unlawfully, feloniously and fraudulently make a false entry in the account of her, the Agnes B. Reese, a depositor in said bank, with intent to conceal the true state of said account, and in order to enable her, the said Agnes. Reese, to obtain the sum of fifteen dollars, to which she was not entitled. VAGUE RUMORS It is evident, too, that steps will be taken to find out just what the bank R. T. Hill did with all of this money and to ascertain whether or not he has been made a scapegoat for others. There are vague rumors that much of the money squandered by him went into the pockets of some other people and that his abscence from the city will tend to handicap and bar prosecutions in other directions. This will cause, no doubt, heavy rewards to be offered for his apprehension. There is another question which is puzzles some people in R. T. Hill did with having made away with an amount approximating thirty thousand dollars, but it is asserted that the defoliation of the bank amounts to many times this amount. EXPLANATION DEMANDED An explanation as to what was done with this money will be demanded. The written report of the Receivers is now daily expected, and it will no doubt be the subject of much discussion and comment. The Old Folks' Home of the True Reformers, too, is still the subject for discussion, and' Attorney 'J. Henry Crutchfield's. statement, which is practically that of the committee-ap- Committeeman Crutchfield's Protest. Did Not Know Agreement Had Been (Consumpted)—Charges a "Hairy Deal"—Two Sets of Books Examined —Claims Ex-Superintendent Owes the Old Folks' Home. In reply to a communication, headed Mr. Holmes Ciaras Him," printed in the columns of The Richmond Planet, of lore dated April 8, 1911, I desire to say that the first knowl- edge I had as to the settlement of the Old Folks' Home affair relative to Mr Thomas W Taylor, the ex- superintendent, was when I read it in The Planet of the St instant. I'll say I have no prejudice against Mr Thomas W Taylor and never have had any. I am one of the commu- technes who read his records made an honest and fair examin- ation thereof and submitted a corre- tive honest and fair report relative to the same—a report of which I am not oshamed a report which is not erroneous neither is it based upon prejudice—but it is based upon facts and figures. THE POINT OF DISAGREEMENT I have no objection to the settlement of the affair in a sum less than was reported by the committee, except in so far as is done at my expense. I have always endeavored to be straightforward and honest and to render to every one his due, and under such have I been characterized, influenced and controlled. In all of my actions relative to said report and all things relating thereto it is indeed strange that things have taken such a turn in the official head relative to this affair. I am forced to say that the committee has never agreed to submit their report this matter to adjudication, nor have they been treated right in the af- PROMISES VIOLATED Every promise and agreement made with the committee have been violated and broken. Let us see. The committee who they made their report suggested that if Mr Taylor so desired he could select any one whipy he chose to sp with the committee over the report. A few days later, agreeable to appointment, the committee met Mr Thomas W. Taylor, who had with him Mr Edward Ellis, Jr. the accountant of the Order, and went over the report with the committee, the accountant reported to Grand Master Holmes that the report of the committee was correct. We are informed that the Executive Committee directed Grand Master Holmes to collect this money from Mr Thomas W. Taylor. In first mortgage real estate notes. Will sell as a whole or in 100 lots. This is gilt-edge security, and a net 6 per cent investment. Buyer will get benefit of interest that has already accumulated. B A. CEPHAS, Real Estate Agent. 602 North Second Street. TOLEDO NOTES. Miss James, of Ann Arbor, who has been teaching in the South this winter, is spending her vacation in Topeka the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hill. There will be a Baby Show given at the A. M. E. Church. April 24, 1911. There will be a baby given for the best lookout baby. The Warren A. M. E. Church is on South Erie street. Rev. Lee is pastor. Mrs. Emma Robinson, secretary of the Thek Givers' Club, is improving REV. E. H. HUNTER, LL. M. Rev E. H Hunter, LL. M., will leave this city to attend the annual conference of the A M E Church at Portsmouth, Va. and it is the universal hope and desire that he shall he return here. He has proven himself to be an adept at both raising money for the Church and in ministering to the spiritual wants of his followers. He was sent here at a most opportune time, and he has succeeded in wiping our practically an indebtedness on the Third-Street A M E Church of $1,600. There now remains an indebtedness of only $450 on the organ and plans for the payment of this amount have been perfected. INCREASED MEMBERSHIP The membership of the church here has been greatly increased, the members unified and working harmonily and the credit of the church rated among the best Rev Hunter belonged originally to the Baltimore Conference. He was educated in the public schools of Raleigh, N.C. and passed through the Classical Department of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania and took a course in the Law and Theological Department of Howard University. He had four degrees conferred upon him, all of which he earned by hard and systematic labor. He has been praised in the public school system and in the departments of the United States. FINE AT CHURCH WORK He is an adept at church work, having spent his entire life at it and being fully acquainted with every phase of this religious work from the humble station of a Sunday school worker to the higher department of ministerial work. Dr Hunter is conscientious and reliable. He is tireless as a worker, and his devotion to duty has won for him here the esteem of all classes and all denominations. He can call as many people to his aid without denominational lines being drawn as any leader who has ever been in this city HAS MUCH INFLUENCE By his peculiar influence he has been able to assemble together in concert halls the largest crowds over gotten together here on short notice. The Virginia Conference, we learn is to elect representatives to sit in the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church Among the eligibles, we do not believe that there will appear a brighter star than the able divine from Richmond, Va. WANTED-Married man as Watchman and to make himself generally useful at an Educational Institution in North Carolina. Address INDUSTRIAL, UNION OF AMERICA, Box 308, Southern Pines, N. C. WANTED-Middle-aged man by good ability wants a wife of good character, between age of 20 and 35 years. Apply or send photo to store under Old-Fellows Hall, Poulaski, Va. Care V. T. D. SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES AT THIRDST. A. M. E. CHURCH. Easter Sunday is the last Sunday of this conference year with Rev E. H Hunter at Third-Street A. M E Church. The pastor will preach an Easter sermon at 11 o'clock. The Sunday-school will have special services at 3:30 P. M. and at night the choir will render a special song service. The programs for all the services are very attractive At night the pastor will submit some parting remarks. He leaves for conference Tuesday, April 15th. On Monday night he will make full statement to the church of the past two years' work. Friends and members are requested to attend all these services. DRAKE'S BRANCH VA. Rey Wen Cousins, of Portsmouth, Va. District Missionary, preached at St Michael Church Sunday morning and evening, the occasion being the opening of the Bible Institute which continues three days. Cleen Green, agent for The Planet, is having success in his sales, often running short and never having any left. Green is a natural born salesman can meet every objection at the moment given therefore, making sale with the follow who thought he didn't want a paper. Don't forget he almost $15 a year. See him now. Steven Gains is revising plans that promise to be a nice addition to his house near Organ Hill Church At a meeting of the session of Refuge Presbyterian Church Charlotte Courthouse last Friday, C M Shepperson was installed elder and Mrs S D Leuk was received by letter. A young people's Literary social will be given Monday after Easter for the benefit of Wheeler Presbyterian Church this town. J J Shepperson has graduated from the Saratton School of Adver tising as ad-writer the course in includes a volume of studies proof treating form letters and follow-up systems dummies for catalogues, booklets folders and many others. Also advertising that builds any kind of business Mr Shepperson has not needed where he will go to pursue his profession. --- FOREIGN MISSION DAY. Sunday April 16, 1911, 's Foreign Mission Day and such a day should mean more to the Negro people than to any other in the whole world for the simple reason that the black or Negro people in all heathen lands are more in need of Christian civilization than are the people of any other race, and for the further reason that at no time in the last thousand years perhaps have those people been in a more receptive mood for receiving the gospel than they are at this time. Foreign missions, aside from the fact of being a duty enjoined by the great author of missions, should be felt as binding upon all regenerated Negroes as asphyxion to the race child of any Negro man, woman child of the race who are capable of intelligently looking forward to that time when the black people shall again occupy a reciprocal position among the other great races of the world. There are no means that can be employed which will bring about the rebuilding of the black races of earth quicker than giving them the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is plainly evident that no civilization is equal to that which is called Christian civilization, and no government so strong as those founded on Christian principles. Hence, every race should cheerfully contribute to the extent of his ability towards the future building of a great and powerful race by giving the heathen the surest means by which the Foundation can be held. Much has been done through the medium of the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention to lift up the minds of the heathen and put in them the desire to become a great and useful people among the other peoples of the world, but a lack of means has greatly hindered the board in its mission of saving grace along these lines. It is earnestly hoped and even urged in this communication that every organization among the Negro Baptists of the United States take a collection on Foreign Mission Day (Easter Sunday) and send the amount given, though it be large or small to the Foreign Mission Board, at 726 West Walnut street, Louisville, Ky. It will not be out of place for me to say also that it has been noticed and even commented upon that many of our large churches have some of the oldest men of the race as their pastor, fail to report collections on Foreign Mission Day; we sincerely hope that there will be none of our great churches left out of the reports to be sent in this month. Very truly yours E C MORRIS. Pres Natl Baptist Convention Helen Aik WINES—LOVINGS. Mr and Mrs J J Lovings Sr. request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Margine I to Mr Willis W Wines 7:30 o'clock evening April 27th, at 11:40 o'clock Friends are invited. No cards Marcus Va. April 9 Manuel Jones a colored boy, about sixteen years of age, shot and killed Eddie Brown a colored boy, about the same age. The shooting occurred in Zeb Coles store, in the presence of twenty-five or more colored people. The cause of the shooting is un- known. The criminal is swapped and is still at large. --- LASTER CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES. Every man and boy will want a suit of clothing hat or coat. Don't forget us when you are out looking for your supplies. Our store is loaded with everything in our line for boys and men's wear. Men's suits from $5.00 to $20.00. Blузs' suits from $1.25 to $7.00 made up in the latest style in par leg and knicker裤. The only clothing store in it ismond owned and controlled by colored people. 311 East Broad Street I J MILLER, Prop Mrs. Charles L. Bullock passed through the city this week to her home in Farmville, after visiting Baltimore, Washington and Milford. We have received an invitation to the marriage of Mr. George F. King, the well-known newspaper corrector, who will visit Miss Katherine Howe, of Winnong, N. C. Wednesday April 19 1911. They will reside at No 205 East Leigh street, Richmond, Va. WANTS TO LOCATE HER MOTHER I would like to know the whereabouts of my mother. Beadle Allen. She went away in 1892 from Oberlan, N.C. Two miles (miles) Raleigh, N.C. She was last heard from last October. That was the first time since she went away. She is now theount daughter that is trying to locate her. My name is BUSIN ALLEN. 912 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The FROM the time it was heralded in the mammoth New Year's edition of the Plainman as "the newest, the finest and the most luxurious hostelry west of the Missouri" the Inter Mountain hotel in the Sagebrush capital had been the gathering place of the political clans. After the solid costliness of Wartrace Hall and the thirty mile spin in a high powered roadster, which was only one of the three high priced motor carriages in Wartrace garage, Even Blount was not surprised to find his father registered in permanence for one of the private dining room suits at the Inter Mountain. It was very evident that the simple life which had been the rule of the Circle Bar ranch household had become a thing of the past and, though he charged the new and extravagant order of things to the ambition of his father's wife, he could not call at, since he was himself, a sharper in its comforts and luxuries. For the first few days he was left almost wholly to his own devices. Beyond giving him a good many introductions as the opportunities for them came in the semipublic life of the hotel his father made few demands upon him, and they met only at lunchroom and dinner, the first of which was usually served in their suit, while for the latter they went to the cafe. But Gantry was back, and he was always available. Almost before he realized it Blount had been put in touch with the busy, breezy life of the city and was ex-changing nods or handshakes with more-people than he had ever known in Cambridge or Boston "Pretty good little old town, isn't it?" laughed Gantry one day when he had to told Blount away from the Inter-Mountain luncheon to share a table with him in the Railway club. "Getting so you feel a little more at home with us?" "If I'm not it isn't your fault, Dick, or the fault of your friends. Naturally I expected some sort of welcome as David Blount's son, but that doesn't seem to cut any figure at all." Gantry's smile was inscrutable. "The people with whom it cuts the largest figure will never let you know anything about it. Just the same, it's cutting a good bit of ice. I have met a dozen men, more or less, within the past day or so who have discovered that you are the bravest thing that ever escaped from the law school." "Tommyrot" decided Blount "It's a fact. And they are propheying all sorts of a future for you." And again Gantry's smile was broadly sly. "Like what?" scuffed the listener. "Well, for one thing, they are saying that you are pretty sure to run for attorney general this fall. It's all over town. Everybody's talking about it—talking a lot and guessing a good deal more." Blount was balancing a spoon on the edge of his claret glass and frowning abstractly. It was the first little discord in the dial harmony almost a branch of confidence. Without consulting his wishes, without waiting for his decision, his father had committed him—"taken snap judgment upon him." was the way he phrased it. "Dick, will you believe me if I say that I haven't authorized any such talk as this you've been hearing!" he asked. This time Gantry's smile was a grin. "The honorable senator took it out of your hands, did he? You'll understand that I don't mean any disrespect when I say it's just like him. If he has sated you, you are booked to run, and if he runs you you'll be elected. Those are two of the things that say themselves in the Sagebrush State." Blount was indignant—"Justly indigent in the Sagebrush State." "If that is the case, Dick, it is high time that some one should break the charm. I haven't said that I would accept the nomination, and I am not at all sure that I shall any so. And if I don't say so that settles it." Gantry was plainly shocked. "You don't mean to say that you've got nerve enough to buck the old m-yourfather, I mean! Why, great cats, Evap, you don't know what that stands for in the greasewood hills!" "And I don't care, Dick. Up to this present moment I am a free moral agent. I haven't surrendered any right of decision to any one so far as I am aware." Gantry's eyes dropped to his plate, and his rejoinder was not altogether free from gullie. "Will you authorize me to contradict the talk as I can? He asked quickly. Blorout was still warm enough to be peremptory. "Yes; you may contradict it. You may say that it is wholly Honorable Senator Sagebrush Copyright, 1910, by Street @ Smith unauthorized." Then he remembered the claims of friendship. "Till be frank with you, Gantry This thing has been mentioned to me once, but nothing was decided, absolutely nothing. I didn't even promise to take it under advice." Among those who knew him externally Mr Richard Gantry had the reputation of owning a loose tongue. But none knew better than the real Rich ard Gantry when to make the loose tongue wag away from the subject which has reached its nicely adjusted climax. Almost before he knew it Even Bloupt was gossiping with his table companion over a social function two days, old. A little later the waiter brought the cigars, and the danger point, if any there were, was safely past. It was when the two young men were on their way to the club smoking room that some one stopped Gantry to talk business with him. Blount stroked on by himself and, finding the smoking room, went to lounge in a lazy chair, whose chief at traction was that it stood half hidden in a little alcove lined with bookcases. He craved solitude and a chance to think things over fairly and without heat. A few minutes later Gantry looked in and apparently missing the half concealed chair and its occupant in the bookcase above went his way. He was scarcely gone before two men entered, coming down the corridor from the grill room. Blount saw them, and he made sure that they saw him. But when they had taken chairs on the other side of the room he was suddenly assured that they had not seen him. They were talking quite freely of him and of his father. "Well, the Honorable Sagebrush has got McVibar dead to rights this time," said the elder of the two, a full faced man, to whom Blount had been introduced on his first day in the capital, but whose name and station he could not recall "the scheme of putting his son up for attorney general is the foxiest thing the senator has ever put across. You can hit the air was blue in the Transcontinental (blige offices when the news got there) "What do you suppose Mr Vickar will do?" asked the other asked the other "He will do anything the senator wants him to do. Blount is land humry 'and I guess he will take a few more sections of the railroad mess land under the Chaterwater ditch. That was what he did years ago when McVicker wanted the right of way for the branch through Carndine county." "Don't your believe he has going to take my little Christmas gift this time?" was the rasping reply. "He'll sell the railroad something and take good hard money for it." It was a clutch. The railroad can't afford to have the courts against it and McVicker will be made to sweet blood. You watch the wheels go round when McVicker comes out here. Evan Blount found himself turning sick at heart. Could it be his father whom they were thus calmly necusing of graft and trinkets and blackmailing methods? His first impulse was to face the two men, to demand proofs to do and say what a loyal son should. But the slicking completion that they were discussing only well assured and well known facts crushed him back into his chair, and after that he was anxious for only one thing that they might finish their cigars and go away without discovering him. Fate was kind to him thus far. After a little further talk, in which the accepted point of view of the onlooker was made still more painfully evident the younger of the two men spoke of an engagement, and they both went out together. One clear thought, and only one came to clear out of the sorrowful confusion. Not for any indulgence that could be offered would he now lend himself to the furtherance of his father's plans. Beyond this he did not go in the miserable hour wrought out in the quiet of the club smoking room. But when he rose to go another prompting was forcing its way to the front—a prompting to throw himself boldly into the scale against graft and chicery, to redeem by whatsoever means might affect the good old name that had been so shamelessly dragged in the mire. He did not know just how it was to be done, he would find a way. That it would be full of thorns he could not doubt, since every step in it would open and widen the breach between him and his father. But, though it should lead him to the bar of justice as that father's accuser, he must walk in it. He said to himself in a fresh access of determination that, though he might have to blush for his father, Patricia should not be made ashamed for her lover. Upon leaving the club he hesitated long enough on the steps to remember that he was in no fit frame of mind to risk an immediate meeting with his father. To avoid the chances he crossed the street and, passing through the capitol grounds, strolled amidlessly out one of the residence streets until he came to the open country. It was quite late in the afternoon when he re-entered the city by another street and boarded a trolley car for the downtown center. The long afternoon tram and the conclusions it had bred made it imperative for him to see Gantry before the traffic manager should have left his office for the day. His business with the railroad man was purely personal. He meant to ask Gantry a few pointed questions, requiring such answers as friendship may demand. If Gantry's answers were what he feared they would be he would seek his father and come at once to a plain understanding with him. WELL FORTIFIED SAVINGS BANK Pride of Richmond's Financial Concerns Started In Basement. CAPITAL STOCK QUICKLY PAID Corporation Founded by John Mitchell. The trolley car dropped him within a square of the railway station, on the second floor of which Ganry had his office. The shortest way to the Sierra avenue end of the station building was through the great train shed. Halfway up the block-long platform Blount met the incoming overland streaming in from the east. At the Sierra avenue crossing the yard crow was cutting off a private car. Blount saw the number on the medallion, "008," and noted half absently the rich window hangings and the polished brass platform railings. A car inspector in greasy overalls and jumper was tapping the wheels with his long handled hammer. "Whose car is this?" asked Blount. "Tis Misther McVickur's, sorry—the rich pristidin av the coompany," said the pian. Blount turned away, saying something which the hammer man mistook for a word of thanks. So the vice president had come, hastening upon the wing of occasions it seemed, and in the light of the overheard conversation in the club smoking room it was only too easy to guess his errand in the Sagbrough capital. He had come to make such terms as he could with the man who was going to hold him up. [TO BE CONTINUED.] LEAGUE'S UNWISE COURSE. Anti-Salooners Deserve Defeat If Race Question Is Made Issue. The Norfolk (Va.) Journal and Guide in warning the Anti-saloon league of the danger in making the race question an issue in its political campaign in Virginia says: Any party or faction which would inject the race issue in politics under existing conditions represents the vilest demagogy that can emanate from polluted politics. If the anti-saloon people are not morally strong enough to win on their moral issue, if they cannot win without resorting to the expediency of infambling the passions of men by financing the fames of race prejudice, their cause is not worthy of victory and deserves to be defended. UNDISCOVERED JALENTS. Road to Success Lies in Ability to Choose Right Occupation. Latent or undiscovered ability is a handicap to any man, young or old, says the Indianapolis (Ind.) Recorder. When you fall to -recognize your strong point because you were not educated to do so you become a loser. Study yourself and the things you like to do, to see, to read about and to know about. The chances are that you will not be long in deciding just what talents you possess and what you ought to do to develop them. You will find success lying in that direction, and it depends upon what you select as a permanent job just how you should define the word lying. Busy Life of Mrs. Minnie Scott. Members of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will be glad to know that the national organizer, Mrs. Minnie Scott, is meeting with great success in her work for that department of the association. Mrs. Scott is also the president of the Indiana State Federation of Women's Clubs. She is planning to hold meetings in the interest of both organizations some time in April or May in South Bend and Marlan, Ind. Clubwomen to Meet in Bellefonte. The annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs will be held at Bellefonte, Pa., beginning Aug. 16. Notice has been given to all clubs belonging to the federation to elect their delegates to the convention during the month of April. Mrs. Rebecca Adridge is the president of the state federation Brooklynites Honor Mrs. M. L. Walker. The reception given in honor of Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, president of the St Luke's Savings bank, Richmond, Va. by the various councils of the Order of St. Luke in Brooklyn the last week in March was a fattering compliment to that distinguished lady's worth and ability as a lender in her line of work for racial uplift. URGES T:JE "LINCOLN WAY" Representative Lafean Reintroduces Measure For Memorial Highway. Representative Lafen, of York, Pa. reintroduced in the house of representatives his bill to provide for the construction of a highway to be known as "Lincoln Way" from Washington to the Gettysburg battlefield. The measure provides for a road 200 feet wide, with a terminus at the Lincoln memorial, which is to be erected in Washington under the terms of the act passed last winter. 8shot Fired In St. Peter's. A man, who was subsequently identified as Pietro Pietroani, and thought to be inaine, entered St. Peter's in Rome, armed with a revolver, and without warning fired upon the canons who were engaged in the recitation of the brevallay "in choke." The shot went wild and the man was arrested. He fought savagely kind slightly. Inured a gallicman. Corporation Founded by John Mitchell, Jr., and Chartered Under the Laws of Virginia One of the Most Successful Among Afra-Americane—Who the Directors Are BY GEORGE FRANCIS KING. Richmond, Va.-That the Virginia Afro-American is making remarkable progress, in the realm of commerce is concretely evidenced in this city by a financial institution known as the Mechanics' Savings bank. To the pestalm it demonstrates the colored man's ability, to become a financier along the most modern and conservative lines as well as the producer of an atmosphere which is stimulus to thousands of Afro-Americans, from the rural districts to the boy operating an elevator in a skyscraper. The founder of the bank is one of the most unique characteristic claiming the attention of the American public today. The name of John Mitchell, Jr., is synonymous of the ideals which make for the intelligent and forties American journalist of the first-rank. The American whose life vitiligates every activity of the human family for the conservation of its religious, civic, social, economic and educational forces. On Nov. 20, 1901, this bank was given its charter of incorporation, being capitalized at $25,000. The board of directors was composed of the following men: John Mitchell, Jr., William A. Hankins, Thomas M. Crump John R. Chiles, R. W. Whiting, E. R. Jefferson, D. J. Chavers, W. F. Graham, Thomas Smith, J T Taylor, J J Carter, E. A. Washington, B P. Vandervall, William Custalo, J. O. Farley and H F. Jonathan. These men are among the highest type of Afro-Americans. Their keen business acumen was shown in their beginning business in a basement with three rooms on North Third street. Jan. 1, 1902. Sixteen thousand six hundred dollars of the capital stock was at once paid by the above named representative business men before they began business, which afforded the necessary banking appurtenances. The people had implicit confidence in the men promoting the bank, and the other stock was subsequently sold readily. The first week's deposits amounted to $2,000, and because of adhering to the laws governing banks the holdings and real estate had increased to $100,000 and total deposits to the amount of $2,702,254.76 for the business done for the eight years ending the year of 1900. Included with a conservative banking spirit, President Mitchell, after showing the directors the peculiar exigencies of the bank requiring larger quarters, was given authority to recommend such to the stockholders, and the capital stock was increased to $100,000 at the annual meeting of 1900. By June 17 the same year the Afro-American people had one of the finest banks in the south. This building is four stories C BANKER JOHN MITCHELL, JR. of white waterproof bricks with granite trimming. The columns on either side of the door, twenty inches in diameter, are of pink marble. Embellished with large raised letters with burnished gold leaf over the door is the name of the hank, which makes a magnol leont exterior. The isrior of the janking department especially has a classic effect. The cellars are freecoed; the floor is of expensive tiling; the bank fixtures are of verde antique imported Italian marble and, combined with the mahogany, bronze and brass, give a beautiful effect. The ladies' room is superbly armaged. The president's office is in keeping with that of the best appointed banks in the country. The directors' room has its long mahogany table and chairs for the sixteen directors. Over the vault will be found the reception room, with its artistic design. The loving cup presented to President Mitchell, a lovely creation, is in this department, mounted on a white marble pedestal. This affordable sufficient vantage for the viewing of every department of the bank, and when the chandelier with their many electric bulbs flood the interior with their rays a scene is presented which is noilling. The vault is among the best found in the country, and the door alone welges five tons. It is one of the latest designs from one of the oldest companies in the country. Another, significant feature of the building is the magnificent roof garden, which has The floors and is undoubtedly the finest roof garden for the race in the country. The building has all the appearances peculiar to skyscrapers, and the elevator takes one to floors occupied by professional and business men. This bank is thorough in all of its departments, and its methods are similar to the very best banks, not lacking in any detail. Mr. Mitchell翠依, the distinction of being a member of the wealthiest American organization, the American Bankers Association, this bank is affiliated with the largest banks MROHANICS' SAVING BANK. in the world. The building cost about $100,000, and there is no mortgage against it. The present officers and board of directors are: President, John Mitchell, Jr., journalist, printer and banker; vice president, H. F. Jonathan, wholesale oyster and game dealer, cashier, Thomas H. Wyatt, president Young Men's Business association; Thomas M. Crump, secretary, also secretary-manager Southern Aid society; E. R. Jefferson, physician and surgeon; D. J. Chavers, retired superintendent; J. T. Taylor, secretary-manager Richmond Beneficial company; J. R. Chille, investor; R. W. Whiting, brick contractor; A. D. Price, president Southern Aid society, funeral director and Liverman; P. B. Runner, dentist; H. L. Jackson, merchant. Lincoln's Letter, Saves Her Job. Forty-seven years ago Abraham Lincoln paused in the cares of the Civil War for one of those kind and homely acts which have lived after him It was to pen a personal letter to the postmaster general, naking that official to employ Miss Susan Dugger, of Carlinville, Ill., who was the sole support of her brother, a Union soldier, crippled at Shilob Miss Dugger got a position and preserved the letter religiously Secretary MacVeagh, after reading the same letter Monday—though the paper has yellowed with age and the ink is dim—ordered that Miss Dugger's name be not dropped from the treasury's list of employees, though she has been more than a year When she was not in uniform without pay for that length of time it is customary to strike the name from the rolls Senator Cullom brought the letter to Secretary MacVeigh, who promised that Miss Dugger may have her old position if she is ever able to work again. She is now seventy years old. Miss Dugger was transferred from the postoffice to the treasury soon after President Lincoln's letter got her employment and became an expert in detecting counterfeit money. She has handled billions of dollars—some good and many bad—during forty-five years of service for the government Murdorer Makes Light of Gallows. A remarkable display of nerve was made in the county jail yard in Pottsville, Pa., by Joseph Christock, who was hanged for the murder of Mrs Ann Richards. Declining the assistance of a priest and deputy sheriff, he walked smilingly from his cell to the foot of the gallows and ran lightly up the steps. It was a public hanging, and before him stood 1500 persons, to whom he waved his hand Then he reached up, grasped the noose and placed it around his neck, put his arms by his side to be strapped, and cheerfully said, "Goodby, all" The nervy man then held his head in position for the black cap, and in another moment the trap was springing. Before going to the gallows, Christock confessed to murdering the woman, told of many robberies and burglaries and said he deserved to be hanged Wife Murderer Gets '30 Years. William H. Strong was convicted of murder in the second degree by the verdict of the jury, after one hour's delibration, and was sentenced by Justice Thomas W. Tronchard at Mays Landing, N.J., to a term of thirty years in the state prison at hard labor. The old farmer, who was seventy years of age his last birthday, took his sentence calmly and was led away to a solitary cell, where he was placed under guard to prevent any attempt at suicide, though he assured the officers they need not worry about him, as he expected to get a new trial. Counsel said an appeal would be taken and a motion made for a new trial. Socialists Elect Mayor of Berkeley. The city of Berkeley, Cal., awoke to discover that it is now in Milwaukee's class, a Socialist, J. Bitt Wilson having defeated Beverley Hodge Head as candidate for mayor. 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Most of the Colonels of the regiments in camp at Fort Sam Houston are Southerners; anyway nearly all army officers share more or less in the castе contentions of the South Just when the camp came up to blow this morning after yesterday's deluge a new trouble bit it. That was the arrival of about sixty of the advance guard of militia officers. The New York delegation of twenty-eight got in over the Iron Mountain road this morning and headed by Lieutenant-Quartermaster Percival E Naglesome time Tannany leader in the Thirty-fourth Assembly district away back there in Manhattan, they advanced first upon breakfast at a hotel that has all the gilt and velvet of a Fifth avenue caravansary and then to the camp. The local press had been showing considerable interest over the forthcoming arrival of the man who was reputed to be one of Tammany's big braves, and fired by the stories told them, by New York correspondents, local reporters were on the quil vive to be shown the Lieutenant-Quartermaster's gorillas. They learned instead that he had come armed with letters of introduction to every politician in San Antonio from Congressman to Coroner. The task of assigning the various officers of the State troops to officers of the Regulars at the camp has been a difficult one for General Carlor's staff. Protto nearly every officer to appear so far is a Major or a Colonel of National Guard accounted for then there are Colonels of regiments in the camp. Several Colonels already have two militia Colonels assigned to them. This morning a militin Major who wore a sword and a revolver and a pair of binoculars appeared before the tent of a Captain who is an aide de camp to General Carter. The Captain was in his undershirt with 'his blouse bearing the marks of his rank on the cot behind him. "Sergeant, is this your tent?" inquired the visiting Major. "It is, sir," answered Gen. Carter's aide without a smile. "Well, I'll just drop this grip here until I go over to General Smith's brigade headquarters. When I want it I will send for you and you can bring it over for me." "Very well, sir," returned the aide de camp, and he drew himself up and saluted with his bare arm, crooked rigidly. A report from Washington published in a local paper here this morning was that upon representations by Congressman Garner of Texas, Press Devoted to the Interests of the Citizens of Color. ident Taft had ordered Gen Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff, to remove the Ninth Cavalry Regiment of negro troopers from the division camp at Fort Sam Houston because of disorders arising through the refusal of the negro soldiers to abide by the Texans Jim crow law enforcing segregation of the races in street cars Gen Wm H Carter, in command of the troops mobilized here, said this afternoon that he had received no order detaching the negro regiment from his division and he did not expect to receive such an order The Washington dispatch had it that the Texas Congressman feared that the continued presence of negro soldiers in San Antonio and acts of lawlessness alleged to have been attributed to them would eventually precipitate a repetition of the Brownsville troubles in which the Twenty-fifth colored regiment was involved a few years ago. The refusal of the negro troops to be bound by the law permitting only certain seats in the street cars to be occupied by negroes had already caused serious disorder according to Congressman Garner. When General Carter was asked this afternoon if there was any basis for the Congressman's fears of general disorder being brought about by the presence of the Ninth Cavalry he said The conduct of the soldiers of the division, both white and black, has been exemplary. I have heard of very little disorder, and that was by no means confined to negro soldiers. I have no misgivings in the matter of conduct of any of the soldiers of the division." From officers of General Carter's staff it was learned that when the Ninth Cavalry arrived here from Fort D. A. Russol in Wyoming all the first sergeants, men old in the service and imbued with the spirit of the army, volunteered to their superior officers to be responsible for the conduct and discipline of the men of the regiment. They have achieved all that they promised, John F. Gullfoyle, the commander of the regiment, and this afternoon. He added that every complaint against the men of his command had been investigated and found to be baseless. The general manager of the San Antonio Traction Company did not support the statements of Congressman Garnor. He said that there had been very few complaints made by conductors against nogro soldiers for refusing to heed the Jim crow law and thought the most flagrant disturbance on the street cars had been committed by a white soldier of the Fourth Field Artillery, who was not allowed by the conductor to sit in the seats reserved for negroes and thereupon began to fight. Chief of Police Newman of San Antonio has heard only one complaint against the colored soldiers KILLING JUSTIFIABLE. Emporia, Va.; April 4.—Richard Adkins shot and instantly killed Jas. Easter at an early hour this morning. Doth parties have homes seven Bill-Heads, Letter and Note Heads, Envelopes, Business @ Visiting Cards, Policies, Medical Blanks, Insurance Blanks, Financial Cards, Lodge Books, Labels, Checks, Check Books, Minutes, Pamphlets, Whole Sheet Posters, Handbills, Placards. We have a supply of Fine Commencement Folders for Graduates of our Educational @ Hospital Institutions. They are here for Your Inspection. miles southwest from Emporia and are colored men Adkins slew the dead man with a charge of birdshot, fired at close range, the land having lodged in the left chest, just above the heart. The wounded man lived thirty minutes after being shot QUARREL ABOUT MONEY The cause of the shooting is said to have been due to Easter's threat enting to kill Adkins, on account of a debt due him by his slayer. The evidence adduced before Coroner Lofton at the Inquest was to the effect that Easter had upon two occasions tried to kill Adkins. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict of justifiable homicide. ANOTHER COLORED MAN DEAD Willis Manning, an aged colored man, was found dead on the Southern Railway track three miles east of Emporia this morning. When last seen alive yesterday after ternoon he was sitting on a crosstie near the spot where his corpse lay. Near the body was found a half-plant bottle of whiskey, half of which had been removed Dr. Lucien Lafton, coroner of Greeneville county, decided the man came to his death as the result of acute alcoholism and freezing THE RICHMOND PLANET is the leading weekly journal in the State. Send in your subscription today. It costs only $1.50 Per Year in advance DRUGS. A REPORT Is in Circulation that RICHARDSON'S DRUG STORE, Corner 17th and Venable Streets does not cater to the Colored Trade and Prescriptions written by Colored Doctors. 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WHEREIN NOTICE IS MISRECEIVED FOR publication should be sent as to reach us by Wednesday TERMS IN ADVANCE One Logo per year 91 50 One Logo four months 110 One Logo six months 140 One Logo eight months 180 One Logo nine months 220 Single Logo 100 ADVERTISING RULES I will not sell or lend 60 I will not sell each other per month 40 I will not sell three months 60 I will not sell four months 100 I will not sell five months 140 I will not sell six months 200 Mature all of Nature each month 60 Nature all of Nature per year 100 CONTENTS SUMMARY OF A HIGHER DEMONSTRATION THAT HAS BEEN NOT RECEIVED ON ADVERTISING SATURDAY. APRIL 15, 1911 THE DEGENERacy OF LEADERS This has caused an upheaval as opposed to the false and the untrue the supremacy of corruption in body public and private life the worshiping of Mammon instead of God and we are rapidly approaching the condition of Greece when the historian exclaimed that as a result of its corruption. Twas Greece but Living Greece no more. It was said too that the Roman senators became so corrupt that they could not look each other in the face without laughing. These thoughts are caused by the evident disposition of the great men this day and time to condone wrong doing and to box to the prejudices of the age. Even our own great Dr. Hooker T. Washington has been first and foremost in apologizing for these conditions and in accepting the same without protest if we are to judge by his most remarkable narrative in the World's Work. But we are particularly reminded of this tendency by the attitude of the New York Out look, which is edited by Lyman Abbott, Hamilton W. Mable and Theodore Roosevelt. The letter is evidently Dr. Washington's ideal Professor Kelly Miller's communication deals with the questions at issue in a manner that will command immediate attention. Still with all of this, the editor brazenly "stands to his guns" and makes no presence to a valid explanation of his position as ganged by great principles. He simply declares that because history shows that attitudal wrong conditions existed before that these conditions should exist now It may be well to reproduce some of the arguments advanced by this journal, supposed to be the criterion of higher ideals. It may. We publish on another page four letters on the immigration problem called out by our recent editorials, one is from an American, one from a Negro, one from a Japanese, one from a Jew. Thus representatives of four races contribute to the discussion of this problem. Without answering these correspondents in detail, The Outlook here restates their positions, reexplaining them in relation to these unseen views. 11 80) 1 The North American Indians never possessed this continent. Five hundred thousand men roaming over a country who neither navigate the rivers nor harness the water powers nor cultivate the soil nor open the mines, do not possess the land. A united people of ninety millions who are using the resources for the earth with their ways schools, churches colleges and a stable government, do possess the land. It Our first duty is so to direct the destiny of the Nation as to hand down to our posterior the blessings which we have obtained Putting our own house in order is also the first service perhaps the greatest service, we can render to oppressed peoples in other lands. This is not only as an example to them It is able to open our gates to Italians and let the Black Hand follow them here, or to the Hungarians and allow them to fall into industrial conditions but little above those of slavery To protect our own citizens from the evils cultured by our unregulated immigration is not to act selfishly it is to act politely and intelligently It has been said he that provides not for his own family is worse than an unfit nation which provides not for its own children is not a Christian nation To ensure that the man with a contiguous disease should be welcomed to our phones would also be the opportunity and open New Orleans to the yellow fever San Francisco to the balcony plague and New York city to the choesta We have no right to admit to the country criminals and diseased who threaten it is safely than to our homes criminals and diseased whose presence at the lives of our children The tragedies in the deportation of some unfortunate at Ellis Island are more than matched by the tragedies in some of the cities depicted by the Black Hand whose agents we have admitted I will be sure that in the above column the editor of The Outlook deals with foreigners. We would naturally require why he should have found it necessary to bring in the citation of the color. He has done so though to his own detriment ignoring the great cash principles of the Reedite and appealing to the material, suit of modern salish aggrand different. ```markdown ``` III. The relationship of our country is tendered the more necessary and the more difficult because of the means sometimes taken by the universities to exude it. It is a customary device of immigration agents of some of the steamship companies to forward the well members of a family by one vessel and the skip men by a following vessel. When the latter are refused admission the latter are apprehended to through the oceans without pictures of the so-called invaded Norris is it only a small criminal and contagious disease that we are to guard. We are instructed the country against any effort to amount of immigration which threatens the integrity and perseverity of American democracy. Mr. Theodore Marburg has put the issue well in a single sentence: "If shuttling out immigrants seems unfair it is unfair in a bigger way to permit the overrowding which will be a cost upon institutions ```markdown ``` IN THE GENERAL SUM OF AN ALGORITHM THE BEST CASE IS THAT NO ONE SHOULD. And yet we believe that our statement concerning this question is for literally correct. But our our respondents make it clear that this statement needs further clarification. It is an old adage that no house is large enough for two families. No nation is large enough for two races. That statement we reaffirm. It is true that sometimes two families succeed in keeping house together so perhaps may two races. But the difficulty and perplexities in the double housekeeping are greater in the case of the races than in that of the families. The experiment is one not to be welcomed certainly not to be invited. The cases of England, France and Germany to which Prof Kelly Miller refers do not negative they confirm our position Egypt and India are parts of the British Empire but the Egyptian and Indian nations of the British nation they are subjects of the British nation. The Porto Ibans and Filipinos are not members of the American Nation they are subjects of the American Nation Surely Professor Miller does not desire to see on this continent and in this Nation two races living together, one subject to the other as the East Indians are subject to the British in India. All statesmen agree that at the earliest moment Porto Rico and the Philippines should be left to conduct their own housekeeping, the only difference between American thinkers on that point is that some of us think that they will always both need and desire an American protectorate and others do not. The conditions in Hawaii emphasize the peril which follows inviting an alien race to people American soil. We are now in a position where we have a Republic and a Monarchy, where we have citizens and subjects it says further In the history of the past when ever two races have occupied the same territory, one of four things has generally happened; one race has terminated the other, as the lasciviles are reported to have exterminated the Canaanites; one race has enslaved the other, as the Anglo- By JAMES A. EDGERTON [Copyright by American Press Association, 1818] If faith in man were music And love of man were song, Then might I sing a measure To move the world along--- Its theme, the Christ that is to be, The Christ in all Humanity. Tried by his sense illusions, Himself man has denied, Has scoffed the God within him And has been crucified, Has borne his cross up Calvary, The Christ in all Humanity. Now from his tomb self builded At last he shall be freed. That will be resurrection And Easter morn, indeed! And he shall know himself and see The Christ in all Humanity. I hail him, the arisen, With lilies at his feet, Called forth by his own angels In resurrection sweet. Roll back the stone of self and free The Christ in all Humanity. Easter exemplifies the triumph of life. Life is the supreme fact. Let us believe only in life, refusing to be domineered by the unsubstantial wrath called death, refusing to be diverted thereby from "the upward looking and the light." Then will Easter be to us the most significant, the most inspiring, the most uplifting of all the days that dawn. Saxons enslaved the Africans; the two races have intermarried and produced a third race, as the Normans and Anglo-Saxons did in England; or the hostility between the races has made the community an easy prey to an alien despotism, as in the Balkan Provinces. In America neither extermination, subjugation, nor intermarriage affords a solution of the race problem, whether between the Anglo-Saxon and the African or the Anglo-Saxon and the Mongolian. It will be seen that in the discussion of the immigration question which does not involve the colored people, the brunt of the discussion is landed upon them. It says: America has today no more difficult question to answer than this: How can two so widely disjoint races as the Anglo-Saxon and the white race live peaceably, professionally and happily together, self-governing republic, and protect the purity of both races? That problem has never been a problem by any people in the past. It has yet been solved by us. It would disastrous to complicate that problem by adding to our population their allen race. Present expert Anglo-Saxon and the Mongolian. It will be seen that in the discussion of the immigration question which does not involve the colored people, the brunt of the discussion is landed upon them. It says: America has today no more difficult question to answer than this: How can two so widely distilling races on the Anglo-Saxon and the African race live peaceably, prosperously and happily together, in a self-governing republic, and preserve unimpaired the purity of both races? That problem has never been solved by any people in the past. It has not yet been solved by us. It would be disastrous to complicate that problem by adding to our population another alien race. Present experience demonstrates that the existence of a nation within the Nation's borders is a handicap to its development, and it is conceivable that it might become an invitation to invasion by a hostile power. We do not grant that the colored people of this country constitute an allen race. They are citizens, and, therefore, cannot be termed aliens. That the process of amalgamation is proceeding merrily along will be attested, in any community where any person will take the time to look. The multiplication of white Negroes has become to be so common that no one takes notice of it these days. White men have been working faithfully at the business for about two hundred years now, and the result of their efforts may be seen from Maine to Texas, but most particularly in Texas. But the Outlook concludes as follows One thing is certain, our race problem cannot be solved until the different races understand each other and respect each other. Such spirit of mutual understanding and mutual respect should precede the attempt to unite them in one nationality. It will not be promoted by compelling them to live under the same flag and share in the same government before they understand each other. We object to inviting the Japanese to come to our country in large numbers to share in our government, for the same reason that would lead the Japanese, if they are, to as wise as we think they are, to object to the immigration of Americans in large numbers into Japan to share with the Japanese in the control of that country. V The problem presented by the Russian Jews is still more perplexing. The emigrants from Germany Austria, Italy are no longer driven here by foreign oppression. Life property and liberty are safe in those countries. The emigrants from those lands come here now for economic reasons for good wages, not for surcorn from oppression. Many of them come without their families, and for a brief sojourn only, expecting to return when they have accumulated a little money). In dealing with this humigrant population, we now show Europe and to bring over every one they can persuade to risk his passage money and trusts to excluding the incompetent and undesirable by a slave at this end of the line. The Outlook believes this method to be unsatisfactory and inadequate. It advocates the establishment of a quasi-passport system, and the exclusion of the immigrant who cannot bring from his own country a passport certifying to his character. In dorsed and approved by some American official abroad It would be difficult to apply this principle in dealing with Russia. It might be difficult but we do not think it would be impossible, to apply it to all other lands and not apply it to Russia. What we affirmed, and what we now reaffirm, is that if these difficulties cannot be overcome, we ought not to let our sympathy for the people of Jews, great as our apology to abandone this policy of self-preservation. If the case of the Russian Jew is exceptional, an exception to the general policy of the Nation should be made to fit the case but the general policy of this Nation should not be determined by exceptional conditions. And the case of the Russian Jew is exceptional. He is fleeing from oppression oppression the most brutal now existing anywhere in a country that is called civilized America. Jew cannot not shit its doors to the Russian Jew unless imperative necessity requires it to do so. We do not believe that such imperative necessity exists. We believe that America would be justified in calling for the certification by other countries to the character of their emigrants, because other countries are free and civilized, and in refusing to call for such certificates from Russia, because Russia is not free, and covers a sixteenth-century barbarism with a veneer of twentieth-century civilization and, in love that America can, by the creation of public opinion, do something to secure a nearer approximation to just treatment of the Jews by the Russian Government within the Russian domain. Whether the American Government can do anything by official action we do not here consider. With this presentation of various views on the immigration question, our own and our correspondents, we commend the whole problem to the considerate reflection of thoughtful readers. We again call attention to the fact that the great men of this day and time are degenerating. They are the creatures of expediency and no longer devotees at the throne of great principles. When Dr Lyman Abbott and Hon Theodore Roosevelt subscribe to the doctrines and preach the gospel which we have cited, then it is time for good men to bemoan the degeneracy of the age and to lament over the downfall of our modern idols. 0. THE QUESTION OF COLOR. We have read with genuine satisfaction the decision of President Jacob G Schurman in the cases of the colored female students of that institution. He decided that they were entitled to all of the rights and privileges of any other students. He is quoted as follows: "Colored students have resided in Sage College in the past, and I do not see any good reason why that policy should be changed. At Cornell all university doors must remain open to all students, irrespective of race or color, or armed or social standing, or pecuniary condition." This doctrine is sound to the core. How much more appropriate would it have been to have fallen from the lips of the distinguished occupant of the White House as Washington's President of the United States, who under the Constitution of the United States and his oath, of office, must necessarily subscribe to the same doctrine. President Schumpeter has taken his stand among the truly great men of the century and will necessarily be ascribed a place in history alongside of the great characters who have gone on before. In attiking contrast to this position has been that of President Wm. H. Taft in the case of the Ninth Cavalry at San Antonio, Texas. A Congressman made application for the removal of these troops upon an erroneous report that they were not wanted there. Without awaiting a report from the Mayor or from the commanding officer in charge, orders were issued for their transfer, although this order was really based upon their race and their color. This order was only revoked upon the request of the Congressman, who really represented the district in which San Antonio is located. How does this attitude comport with that of President Schurman, of Cornell University? We insist that President William H Taft is "built wrong" on the question of human rights and privileges, and that he cannot be trusted to deal absolutely fairly and squarely with colored citizens when white men's conveniences are involved. He is permitted himself, with a species of race prejudice which permits him to "look at colored men through dark-colored glasses. He is no more to be depended upon in such matters than are many white men from the far South. As a matter of fact, it has been the boast of white Democratic officials in this State to deal equal and exact justice to all men regardless of race or color, and there are jurists in this State and in other States of the South who will repent any imputation that they draw the color line in their decisions as in the case of a white citizen against a colored one and vice versa. We are glad that President Schurman has taken this stand, and we hope that some one will impress this fact upon the Chief Executive of the nation to the extent that he may stand up and not fall down when the interests of the colored people are involved in official matters. Oh, for a truly great man in the White House of the nation." NO COLOR LINE AT CORNELL! Ithaca April 10 - There will be no color line at Cornell as far as the university is concerned. That was made clear today when a letter written by President Jacob Gould Schurman to Mrs Gertrude A Martin, advisor of women of the university, was given out. In this letter Dr Schurman makes it clear that there can be no discrimination at Cornell on any ground and that colored girls have as much right in any of the university buildings as other persons. This means that they may room in Sage college, the woman a dormitory which is a university building Thus the two colored women who have been trying to get in Sage college for the last year or more have won their fight and the 269 coed-who have sought by petition to the authorities to keep them out have lost Incidentally James B Clarke the negro student who in an article in the Cornell Era asserted that discrimination was practised against women of his race in Sage college and demanded a statement of the attitude of the university, has been fully answered. It developed that not all of the young women at Sage college were opposed to the negroes. Thirty-six of them got up a petition protesting against any discrimination, as Dr Schurman's letter points out. He tells Mrs. Martin that he has received her two petitions on the subject of admission of colored women at Sage college. "One of these petitions," he says, "signed by 266 women students begged that we deny the application for admission which you have recently received from two colored women students. The other petition signed by thirty-six women students, objected to this discrimination on color line." Dr. Schurman then expressed his regret that before the matter had been called to his attention it had become public, and then makes the following statement of the university's position: "The truth of the matter is very simple. Colored students have resided in Sage college in the past and I see no good reason why that policy should be changed. At Cornell all university doors must remain open to all students, irrespective of race or color or creed or social standing or pecuniary condition. "The last colored college student who resided in Sage college writes me that she was politely and considerably treated by the women students and that those years of residence in Sage college were the happiest of her life. "Though I am compelled to deny the petition of the 269 women students, I have not a particle of doubt that they will make the lives of the two incoming students equally happy." The two negro students who applied unsuccessfully last year and forced the issue this year are Miss Rose Vassar, of Lynchburg, Va., and Miss Pauline Day, of Geneva. HANOVER DAIRY LUNCH ROOM AND CONFECTIONERY. Mr. C. A. Becot, Jr., has opened a first-class Dairy, Lunch Room and Confctionery, at 609 North Second street (across from the True Reformers' Hall), where he is well prepared Ice Creames, Soda Waters, Fruits, Confections, Dairy Lunch, Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobacco. He guarantees up-to-date service. Your patronage is solicited. SATURDAY.....APRIL 15, 1911. TEXAS KICK AT NEGRO TROOPS San Antonio, Texas, April 5. Perhaps the most unexpected boomerang that has sailed out of the House of Representatives in Washington and back again for some time past is due to hit the head of Congressman John N. Garner, who represents the district of Texas wherein the town of Brownsville is situated. As a result of Mr. Garner's efforts Brownsville is about to see negro troops quartered in its precincts for the first time since a battalion of the Twenty-fifth colored infantry contributed the "Brownsville incident" of four years ago. Though General Wm H. Carter, in command of the division mobilized at the Fort Sam Houston reservation, agile yesterday that he did not expect orders detaching the Ninth Cavalry of negro troops from his command, the orders came to him from the War Department last night Simultaneously, General Joseph W Duncan, in command of the Department of Texas, received orders to recall the Third Cavalry from patrol duty along the border and to send out the Ninth Corps, to the place of the Third in the job of preserving the neutrality of the United States along the 1,800 miles of international boundary comprised in the limits of the department By these orders the Third Cavalry will go under the command of Gen Carter taking the place the Ninth had held as a part of the independent cavalry brigade and the negro cavalrymen will fill all of the posts along the border which have hitherto been covered by the Third Cavalry. One of these posts is Fort Brown, at Brownsville and another is Fort Sam Fordyce, sixty miles away. When General Duncan was asked today about the present disposition of the Third Cavalry he said that the regiment was scattered from Fort Hancock in the extreme western portion of Tennessee. Then he said to Fort Brown, when asked if a portion of the negro cavalry would go to take the place of the Third Cavalry now at Fort Brown, he declined to answer, saving that he was not at liberty to tell what his orders were. The transfer of the negro from the division to the Department of Texas was almost the single topic of conversation among the officers in all regiments at the camp today. Since an inspired telegram quoting Congressman Garner appeared in a local paper yesterday under a Washington date line which said the Texas Congressman had secured President Tuff's promise to move the Ninth Ave to a new location, Antonia, to the general opinion among the army men that Garner was responsible for the order that Tame last night and which was not made public until this morning. Garner does come from the Congressional district which includes San Antonio. His excuse for interfering in behalf of San Antonio as he gave to the Washington correspondent of the San Antonio prison was that Representative James M. Slavden of San Antonio had been absent from Washington and that he (garrer) had thought it necessary to act for Shlayen in his absence. The Congressman Trom the Southern district was quoted as saying that the refusal of the men of the Ninth to be bound by the Texas Jim Crow law for public conveyances had led to several instances of violence on the street railways of San Antonio and that the continued presence of the negroes at the scene there was a nexence at the war and order. This was the fact that the chief of police had only heard of one disturbance on the street cars caused by a negro soldier, and the general manager of the traction company has had only two brought to his attention. There was nothing in the orders that came from the War Department to General Carter and General Duncan to indicate that the Ninth Cavalry was being transferred for any other cause than exigency of the service. The orders said that the transfer should be made in accordance with the scheme for rotation of regiments in the border patrol. General Duncan said today that the first of the negroes would begin to move out by Friday. He was in consultation with Colonel John F. Guillotoyle, in command of the Ninth, and his regimental quartern star for several hours this morning and the distribution of the regiment down to the last man was platted on General Duncan's chess board of the border. The twenty-eight officers of the National Guard of New York who arrived at the division camp yesterday have all been apportioned out among the Regular army officers and have begun to get the advantage of studying camp routine at first and are districting the Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-eighth Infantry regiments and the Ninth and Eleventh Cavalry contingents. Life is not particularly hard for any of them. It may be said for the benefit of their friends at home. Laredo, April 5. — The report that two troops of the Ninth Cavalry and the regimental band are to be sent by General Duncan to Fort McIntosh, located outside of this town, has caused considerable excitement among the citizens of Laredo and the surrounding area, this after the war was being circulated in signatures which is addressed to Congressman Cafner and which argues him to use his influence to prevent the assignment of negro troops to Fort McIntosh. Word was received here from Sanderson, this afternoon, to the effect that the assignment of negro soldiers to that point will be received with vigorous protests by Sanderson people as well. They too are sending telegrams to their Congressman. Several years ago, before the Browna- ville lindale, puerto soldieris at Pors McIntosh shot, up Laredo, in the same manner, as they are alleged to have shot-up Brownsville, and they are very bitterly disliked in this part of the State. NEGROES FOR BROWNSVILLE. San Antonio, Texas, April 5.—As a result, it is said, of the action of Jno. N. Garner, who represents the district of Texas' containig Brownville, in protest against negro troops' at San Antonio, Brownville is about to sgo negro troops quartered there for twenty-fifth colored infantry contributed to the Brownville incident" of four years ago. Though General W. H. Carter, in command of the division at Fort Sam Houston, said yesterday that he did not expect orders detaching the Ninth Cavalry of negro troops from his command, the orders came to him last night. Simultaneously, Gen. Joseph W. Duncan, in command of the department of Texas, received orders to recall the Third Cavalry from patrol duty along the border and to send out the Ninth Cavalry to take control of the Third Cavalry. The Third Cavalry will go under the command of General Carter, and the negro cavalrymen 'will fill the posts occupied by the Third Cavalry, including Fort Brown, at Brownsville, and Fort Sam Fordyce, 60 miles away Laredo, Tex., April 5 — The report that two troops of the Ninth Cavalry and the regimental band are to be sent to Fort McIntosh, located outside of this town, has caused considerable exertion in Laredo. This afternoon a petition was being circulated, addressed to Representative Garner, urging him to use his influence to prevent the assignment of negro troops to Fort McIntosh. Word was received from Sanderson to the effect that the assignment of negro troops to that point will be met with vigorous protests. They, too are sending telegrams to their congressmen. Several years ago before the Brownies incident negro soldiers at Fort McIntosh "shot up" Laredo NEGRO REGIMENT TO STAY ON. San Antonio Tee April 6 Gen Wm H Carter in command of the division of the mobilized troops at Fort San Houston reservation, received an order from the War Department late this afternoon advising him that yesterday's order detachings the Ninth Cavalry of colored troops from his command had been suspended. The Ninth Cavalry will not move from San Antonio, for the present at least, to do patrol duty along the border as part of the command of the Department of Texas. The latest order from the War Department gave as the only reason for the suspension of its previous order the Ninth Cavalry has on control duty along the Rio Grande since December, is much more acquainted with the country to be patrolled than a new regiment could be and therefore is more competent to fulfill the object for which it has been assigned to duty General Joseph W. Duncan, commander of the Department of Texas, received similar orders, indicating that, for the present the Ninth would not be transferred to his command. Immediately General Duncan countermanded all the orders for transportation which he had levied on the Southern Pacific and the International and Great Northern railroads, and by wye he advised all of the sentered troops of the Third Cavalry who were preparing to return to civilization to stay put. This sudden reversal of the order was designed to remove the regiment of colored cavalry from Antonio and from Brownsville to Fort Hancock indicates to some extent the state of mind that Congressman Garner of Texas has passed through in the last forty-eight hours and incidentally a state of mind in the War Department. It was the Texas Congressman who headed the complaint of the people of San Antonio, so he said, although they were outside his district and made representations to President Taft for the removal from the maneuver camp of the colored regiment of cavalry on the ground that the troopers would not obey the Jim Crow laws in force on the street cars. Then came the order instructing Gon Duncan to send the Ninth Cavalry to the border in place of the Third Cavalry Regiment. The 1,000 troopers, considered dangerous by Congressman Garner when in a mass and at a town with adequate police protection, were to be broken up into troops and half scattered along a sparsely populated country with little or no police protection and in which for many hours a day individual troopers would be out of the eye of their commanding officers. As soon as the fact that the Ninth was to do patrol duty became known in the border town the control troop would be stationed there was instant protest. At Laredo, Sanderson, Eagle Pass and Dol Rio the excitement led the inhabitants to send telegrams to their respective Representatives in Congress. These telegrams began going in yesterday afternoon. The reversal of the War Department's orders followed quickly today. Now the rumor is that the Ninth will be sent out to New Mexico and Arizona somewhere, but that is as yet unconfirmed. The troopers of the Ninth were paid yesterday, and Col. Guliforlo, their commander, said tonight that up to date not a single report of disorderly conduct on the part of any of his men had been reported to him. Washington, April 6.—Did President Taft play an April fool's joke on the Hon. John Nance Garner, the Representative in Congress from the fifteenth Ward district? The question that a good many folks here tonight are asking in connection with the countermanding by the War Department of its orders to move the Ninth Cavalry (colored) from San Antonio to towns along the Mexican border. Representative Garner was invited to the White House with one or two Send Name and Address to day- You Can Have It Free and Be Strong and Vigorous. 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He said there had already been one or two disorderly scenes and he asked the President to move the colored troops from San Antonio. The President promised that he would. Now San Antonio is in the Fourteenth Congress district which is represented by James L. Shayden Garner had not consulted with his Shayden who had been ill, but he figured that he was doing his brother Democrat a mighty good turn. President Taft kept his word about removing the troops from San Antonio, but Garner had to rub his eyes twice this morning before he could believe the published reports that the negro troops had been ordered down to border towns in Texas in Garner's own district, the Fifth tent. Representative Garner had hardly received from his surprise when telegrams from the folks back home began to pour in upon him protecting against the plan to substitute the colored cavalry for the Third Cavalry, white, which has been doing patrol duty along the border in Garner's district. Mr Garner immediately began to hastle and before the sun was very high in the heavens he appeared at the White House armed with three telegrams, one from the sheriff, one from the marshal and another from the superintendent of the street railway company in San Antonio, explained that the report was from caused by the presence of the colored troops in San Antonio had been greatly exaggerated. Obviously the situation, as Mr. Garner viewed it, was not nearly so serious as it was when he had called at the White House on Monday Representative Skylan also had begun to hear from the folks back in San Antonio and he assured Representative Garner that while he appreciated his good intentions he really had no great desire to have the Ninth ordered from San Antonio Representative Garner, with this revised opinion, assured the President that the situation at San Antonio today was not dangerous and that there was apparently no necessity of withdrawing the troops. The President then upon telephone for the General Wood, brief of Staff of the chief and appointed that he the order sent yesterday transferring the Ninth from San Antonio to the Brownville district. Accordingly a telegram was sent from the War Department this afternoon directing the Third Clevely to remain on the border and the Ninth to stay in San Antonio until otherwise ordered. Right here, though, is where the War Department probably began to sympathize a little with Representative Garner in his embarrassment. There already have been several official misunderstandings and countermanding of orders in connection with the Texas manoeuvres and it is doubtful whether the War Department rolled the idea of backing water so soon. In the morning General Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff, issued this formal statement in regard to the transfer. In view of the length of time that the Third Cavalry has been on patrol duty along the Rio Grande and the desirability of having it receive some instruction at San Antonio in the independent cavalry brigade the Ninth Cavalry has been directed to replace the Third Cavalry along the Rio Grande. The Third Cavalry will be brought to San Antonio and will form a part of the independent cavalry brigade. "The present stations of the Third Cavalry along the Rio Grande are Brownville, San Fornico, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Río, Marathon, Marfa, Prescidio, Del North, Hancock and Minerva." The distribution of the Ninth Cavalry to the above mentioned points is left to General Carter, commanding the manoeuvre division, except that no cavalry will be sent to Brownville. /In case Gen. Carter desire to send a force to Brownville it will be taken from that part of twenty-third Infantry now at Laredo." 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Special Attention Paid to the Taking of Contracts for Building of Any Style of Architecture. Job Work a Specialty. ```markdown ``` Mr Ellis Portrayal of Condition—Foreign Nations Gobble Up Much Land. Mr George W Ellis K. F R. S., at one time Secretary of the American Legation at Monrovia Africa has sent us a pamphlet containing an address delivered by him upon the Dynamic Factors in the Liberian Situation." It will be of special interest in view of conditions now existing in that remarkable republic. It is as follows. The daring adventures and the astonishing discoveries disclosed by European exploration during the last quarter of the nineteenth century precipitated a world wide movement toward Africa and its races a movement which at times seems destined to modify if not to affect seriously the character and quality of Western civilization. The wealth and wonder of Africa were so alluring that within the hinter space of a few years we witnessed the extraordinary phenomenon of a great continent exactly divided up into spheres of trade and political influence and the future of its inhabitants (consisted to the indelible dominion of colon) holding powers. But in the providence of events as some believe Liberia and Abyssinia have been preserved to this day, through darkness and through difficulties with their independence intact and their sovereignty unimpaired. OF AMERICAN ORIGIN Of American origin the Republic of Liberia is a Negro state situated on the west coast of Africa. Beginning as an American colony in 1821 it declared its independence in 1847. At its declaration of Independence it adopted a constitution and modeled its political social and religious institutions after those of the United States. On a hitherto harboured coast for nearly three quarters of a century, under the most trying circumstances and against the prejudice and rivalry of powerful European states, a small band of American groves has struggled to develop themselves and to establish and to permeate in Liberia the democratic institutions of the American people as an example and inspiration of the millions of the African black belt who are yet to actualize and achieve their highest and best self L M E (NCREAT) beginning with less than one hundred entries into a thirty-one year ago those civilized Libertans now engaged in this important work approximately are from 60,000 to 75,000 and are distributed along the coast in seaport towns from Cape Mount to Cape Palms and in settlements up the Saint Paul Cayman and other Libertan rivers. In addition there are in Liberta more than 20,000 aboriginals some fourteen or fifteen tribes living in accord with their native tribal institutions, except where modified by Libertan laws and residing along the coast and throughout the Libertan hinterlands. Among them are numerous and powerful tribes exhibiting leaders of remarkable intelligence possessing wise men of instilling scholarship and having common men of wonderful aptitude and military prowess. A collection of their industrial prodigy to divide and order of artilex and a wide and a wide range of invention in articles employed in their tattoo style, decoration and dress. MANY TYPES OF NATIVES The visitor moon distinguishes the aggressive Grebe from the simple and hard working Kpwek, the sea fatting Kwu and Basa from the militant Goi and Mendi and notes with surprise the dignity bearing and manners of the scholarly Vai and Mandingo, the latter being so widely and favorably known as the gentlemen of West Africa. With a heavy forest and its territory decreased to about 500 and square miles Liberia has the highest mountains in West Africa and is remarkably free from the fever laden mangrove swamps and marshy taiga moons which characterize the ivory and Shiva coasts and is generally regarded as the most healthful and the Garden Spot of West Africa. It is significant that Liberian territory generally hilly and increasing in elevation interlorward to the grassy lands of the Mandingan plateau, with the exception of 350 miles of sea frontage, is entirely surrounded by the possessions of strong European powers. In the colony of Sierra Leone Great Britain is on the west, and including now the Ivory Coast. French West African possessions are on the north and east. TOO CLOSE TO FOREIGN POS SESSIONS. Liberia's proximity to British and French possessions makes contact and communication frequent, and easy, and has given rise to some very grave questions in their international intercourse. Growing out of some of these questions, Liberia has lost section after section of her valuable lands; time and again the Liberian government has been humiliated before its overwhelming aboriginal population; but at last the Liberian people have been so alarmed and aroused by what seemed to them unjustifiable international interferences, false and studied accusations, and charges against their government, deliberate and unwarranted threats against their independence, and such overt preparations and acts as would make sure the dismemberment of their territory and the subversion of their sovereignty, that there has existed for some time such an abnormal and complex situation of affairs in Liberia as to make it now the scene of important international attention and of considerable consideration and interest to the American government and people. CRITICAL PERIODS There have been other important and critical periods in Liberian history and while the present situation differs from all the rest in the number strength and violent activity of its factors and the increased complexity of public affairs, brought about by the concurrent action of powerful rival and conflicting forces, yet it is the natural sequence of what has gone before in a series of Liberian fortunes, which have their beginning in the foundation of the state. Liberia was planted in West Africa as an asylum for the American Negro when he might be free from the cruelties and outrages of American bondage. It was therefore natural and right for the Liberian colony to join hands with the powers to blot out the African slave trade, which still secretly flourished and lingered on the Liberian coast long after the British West Indies and the United States had been removed from the slave markets of the world. THE WORK OF SAVE TRADERS Driven from the Pongo Regions northwest of Sierra Leone Pedro Blanco settled in the Gallinas territory northwest of the Liberian frontier and established elaborate headquarters for his mammoth slave trading operations in West Africa with slave trading substations at Cape Monet Saint Paul River Basin and at other points of the Liberian coast employing numerous people with slaves spies and servants. To obtain jurisdiction the colony of Liberia began to purchase from the lords of the soil as early as 1844 the lands of the Saint Paul Basin and the Grain Coast from the Mata River on the west to the Grand Sesers River on the east. So that by 1845 two four years after the establishment of the colony Liberia with the aid of Great Britain had destroyed throughout these regions the baneful trade in slaves and the slave barracons and had driven the slave trading leaders from the Liberian coast. OTHERS FOLLOWED The traders in slaves soon were followed by British subjects engaged in the legitimate trade of palm oil and other Liberian products. These traders were advised by the Sierra Leone government that the colony of Liberia had no right to exercise powers of sovereignty, such as collecting duties and hathar dues, and so informed Liberia. In the Dring case and later the British government informed the government of the United States through our ambassador at London, Mr Everett that Her majesty's naval commanders would afford efficient protection to British trade against improper assumption of power on the part of the Libertian authorities. (To be Continued) ARMED NEGROES Laurel Del April 2. The ill-feeling which has existed for some time between white and colored residents of Laurel and vicinity, contributed in a race riot that raged in the heart of the town from 10 p. o'clock last night until to 6 o'clock this morning, resulting in the death of a white boy, the serious injury of two white men and minor injuries to a number of white and colored men and damage to a number of buildings. LYNCHING THREATENED A lynching is threatened if the necrogio who fired the fatal shot is found. About 10 o'clock Saturday night a mob of armed negroes swooped down upon a crowd of spectators in the main thoroughfare of the town and shot into the hollow of bullets and buckshot into the crowd. Oren Stockchau, 18 years of age, fell on a farmer living near Laurel, one of the ground shot through the head. He was taken to a hospital in Salisbury. Mel where he died today. SEVERAL MEN WOUNDED George Hudson 50 years of age, a white man of Bethlehem was shot in the leg necessitating amputation, and John Thompson, a white barber, was shot in both legs while shaving a patron. Other white men received minor injuries. It is known that several negroes were injured, but they cannot be located. Officers were unable to cope with the mob and there was a fierce struggle between the two races until 2 o'clock this morning. Windows were shattered, and the exterior of building was greatly damaged. Today we learned that young Stockley had learned that white men armed themselves and, with Chief of Police Ellis and other officers, entered the colored section and raided the house which was said to be the headquarters of the negro rioters. Three men, alleged to be the ringleaders, were arrested and taken to the Sussex county jail. - BOY CAFTURES NEGRO Earl Richards, a 15-year-old white boy, stole his father's resolver and captured George Wright, a negro, for whom the authorities have been looking for over a year. Richards compelled the negro to hold up his hands until the officers arrived. Wright is said to have wanted in Virgina the alleged murder of a white boy. Officers are endowing to apprehend the negro who fired the fatal shot at Young Stockley. Open threats have been made of a fynching when he is caught. The Independent A STAUNCH FRIEND OF THE NEGRO THE INDEPENDENT was founded in 1888 as a Weekly Magazine to secure the freedom of American slaves. In the sixty-two years that have followed, it has always been the friend and champion of the Negro Race. We have printed frequent articles from prominent Negroes and have closely followed their activities and successes. 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The lynching followed the storming of the Bullock county jail here by the citizens of Pike county, and the sheriff of Bullock was handcuffed and tied in the jail after the mob departed with the prisoner. Judge Singleton of the court court pleaded with the inmate boy to be jail stormed, to let the law take its course but this was without avail. He was hooted down. The crime of which the negro was charged was a heinous one. On March 3d last he appeared at the home of Mrs. J J Butts, near Goshen, while her husband was away, and at the point of a pistol, compelled her and her two little children to accompany him into the woods back of the house. Here he assaulted the woman and then told her he was going to kill her and the children to prevent her telling her husband or friends. She appealed to the negro for the lives of herself and children telling him that if he would accompany her back to the house she would give him two hundred dollars she had in a trunk there, and would not tell any one of the crime. He consented to the plan leaving the children behind. They walked back to the house. WOMAN FIRES ON HER ASSAIL ANT When Mrs. Butts opened the front door she ran quickly in and slammed the door in his face, locking it. She quickly secured a pistol and fired through the door. The negro returned the fire, both receiving slight flesh wounds. After emptying his gun the negro became frightened and fled. For almost a month he has been at large, with officers and possess scouring the surrounding country for him. He was captured this morning about 8 o'clock near Union Springs, and placed in the Bullock county jail. News of the capture quickly spread and a mob was formed early this morning at Goshen. 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This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges apply at the main office. only absolutely necessary regu- apply at the main office. The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial bene- dues. The only expense for me a rosette, costing 25 cents for l For all information concerning John 3 Nothing on earth is so valuable as a bu- at great trouble and cost, much more is the pollishing that the schools can give it. The youth. Who would choose a poor physician? And who would choose an inferior school to increase the strength of character and of usefulness? Dormitory, Virginia Va. Union Offers the Best H COLORED Y F. HAS A FINE ACADEMY course too completed common school subjects. ITS COLLEGE COURSE is broad and o as high as those of any college for white of the 'Largest Board. ITS THIOLOGICAL COURSE has for many Hospital Schools Hebrew, Greek and all the are given here. One hundred students for the the school. ITS NINE GRANITE BUILDINGS, a th of 12,000 volumes, its able faculty and its university to offer colored young men an ed of other races. For further information, address the Press The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address John Mitchell, Jr. 311 N. 4th Street. Nothing on earth is so valuable as a human mind. If a diamond is worth polishing at great trouble and cost, much more is the mind of a boy or young man worth all the polishing that the schools can give it. The best education is not too good for a promising youth. Who would choose a poor physician to save a few cents when health is in danger? And who would choose an inferior school to save a few dollars when a better school will increase the strength of character and of mind for life and prepare ens for a larger usefulness! ITS COLLEGE COURSE is broad and complete. Its requirements and standing are as high as those of any college for white youth in the state, according to the rating of the Temple Board. ITS THROUGHCOAL COURSE has for many years been the standard course for colored Baptist Schools. Hebrew, Greek and all the regular subjects given in Northern Semiaries are given here. One hundred students for the ministry are enrolled in different departments of the school. ITS NINE GRANITE BUILDINGS. We fully equipped science laboratories, its library of 12,000 volumes, its ability faculty and its full courses of study enable Virginia Union University to offer colored young men an education equal to that enjoyed by the favored of other races. For further information, address the President, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY. 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RUGS'AND CARPETS Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS Our goods are the best for the price and Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low: C. G. JURGEN'S SON, ADAMS AND BROAD STREETS ```markdown ``` BIG SCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC MEET College and Public School Sprinters Clash In Largest and Most Complete Tryout Ever Witnessed, In Washington-List of the Twenty Events and These Who Participated. By OLIVER RANDOLPH. Washington. Under the auspices of the Interscholastic Athletic association and the Public Schools Athletic league the largest and most complete athletic meet that was ever held among colored athletes took place in Convention hall recently. Nearly 2,000 spectators filled the long tiers of seats that encircled the scene of the contests. There were twenty events, in which over 150 contestants participated. Throughout the evening enthusiasm ran high. The sight of the goet runners speeding over the course, the sounds of songs, the echo of college yella, the crack of the starter's pistol—in fact, the very atmosphere was full of inspiration. 'In the vast audience could be seen some of Washington's most prominent people. Educators, public officials, professional and business men. There were also present a good representation of the feminine sex. For the "smart set" the affair was an occasion for the display of some fashionable gowns. One could see here and there some of the latest creations in bats and dresses. Edward B. Henderson. M. B. EDWIN B. HENDERSON, ORIGINATOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ATLETIO LEAGUE secretary and originator of the Public School Athletic league, was manager of the meet. Howard and Alpha teams Look Horns. The premier event of the evening was the relay race between the Howard university and the New York association one mile toma. It was expected that the former would win, but it disappointed its backers, as there was not a chance for any of the Howard runners to finish in front of his man. For the first two laps of the first relay the Howard man held his own and at one time led his opponent, but in the last stretch he became weak and finished at least fifteen yards behind his man. The next two men who ran for the New York association increased the lead about five yards to a man. When Gray, the former Amherst college man, took up the running for Howard, he was forty yards behind, but he ran an excellent race and made up more than two-thirds of the distance. The relay race for the championship of the colored high schools was won by the Armstrong Technical school, with Howard academy second. The Armstrong men ran away with the race from the start, leaving second place to be fought for by the M Street high and Howard academy. The time was 4 minutes 10 1-5 seconds, which was very good. The Mile open handicap was a well run event, and while the time made was not fast the contestants finished well together. Warf of Armstrong Technical school was first. Quaries of Howard academy second and Golnes of M Street high third. The time was slow, the distance being done in only 5 minutes 17 8-5 seconds. The basketball game between the Howard university and the, Alpham Physical Culture club of New York was one of the features of the meet. Howard clearly showed its superiority and led in the scoring from the start. The game itself was considerably marred by the number of times that time was taken out for the different men. The final score was 24 to 10. Elementary and Scholastic Dashes. The heats of the dashes went off in good style, there being few hitches in deciding those who were to compete in the finals of the sprints. The dashes to be contested, were the fifty yard elementary, scholastic and open. The best time made in any heat was six seconds flat. The finals of the elementary fifty yard dash was won by Ford of Langton school, with Ellis second and Gar- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Honor third. The time was six and one-fifth seconds, which was exceedingly fast for the grade school boys. The final of the scholastic fifty was won by Burwell of Armstrong in five and three-fifth seconds. He is the chancellor of the Interscholastic Athletic association. Thomas of Armstrong was second, with Diamond of Howard third. The time for this event was as fast as has ever been made in any scholastic fifty yard-dash in the country. Curtis of Howard university was first in the fifty yard open, with the time of five and four-fifth seconds, one-fifth of a second slower than Burwell won the scholastic. Coverdale of Wissahickon school club won second honors, while Williams, running unattached, captured the medal for third place. The senior relay race for the championship of the graded schools was captured by Miner school in easy fashion from Stevens. The second man for Miner opened up a ten yard lead, and it was gradually increased to about thirty. In the eleventh division for the senior relay championship of the schools Cook school won from Mott by twenty yards in fast time. The thirteenth division race was won by Bitirmey school by a spectacular 22 apurt on the part of the man who ran last for that institution, he making up at least fifteen yards on his man, beating him out by about a yard. Summary of the Twenty Events. Event No. 1—It Ford, Langston, first; Ella, Birney, second; Matt, Garrison, third; time, 61-6 seconds. Event No. 2—Burwell, Armstrong, first; Thomas, Armstrong, second; Dismond, Ilford third; time, 5-4 seconds. Event No. 3—Curtis, Howard, first; Coverdale, Wisconsin, second; Williams, unattached, third; time, 84-6 seconds. Event No. 4, junior school relay—Won by Mott school team, eleventh division, running against time, time, 1 minute 31 seconds. Event No. 5—Won by Payne school, twelfth division, second; Bimmons school, time, 1 minute 77 seconds. Event No. 6—Won by Birney school thir- teenth division second Randall school, time, 1 minute 71-6 seconds. Event No. 7, senior school relay—Won by Miner school, second; Stevens school, time, 1 minute 27-6 seconds. Event No. 8, senior school relay ele- venth division—Won by Cook school, second; Mott school, time, 1 minute 23-5 seconds. Event No. 9, senior school relay, twelfth division—Won by Bannaker school, run- ning against time, time, 1 minute 51-2 seconds. Event No. 10, senior school relay, thir- teenth division—Won by Birney school, second; Lincoln school, time, 1 minute 23-5 seconds. Event No. II, championship junior relay-Won by Mott school (Jackson, Taylor, Jones and Terry); Birney school disqualified; time, 1 minute 25 seconds Event No. 12, one mile run, scholastic- Won by R Taylor; second, H. Quarles, third, G. Bowle; time, 6 minutes 12 seconds. First and third places went to Armstrong Technical high school; second place to Howard academy. Event No. 13, high jump-Won by C. George scratch; Howard academy; second, W. Williams (scratch), unattached; third, W. McLendon, unattached, height, 6 feet 1 inches. Event No. 14, 40 yard open handicap- Won by W. Gowena, Howard university; second, W. F. Williams, unattached; third C. Thompson, Indian Athletic club; time, 1 minute 12-8 seconds. Event No. 15, 40 yard scholastic-Won by H. Diamond, Howard academy; sec- ```markdown ``` ALPHA PUTHICAL.CULTURE CLUB. ond, J Burwell, Armstrong Technical high school; third, C. Miller, M Street high school; time, 1 minute 1-4 seconds. Relay race, one mile—Won by Armstrong Rovers (Jenofor, Johnson, Taylor Hunt); Business high school, second; time, 4 minutes 25 seconds. Scholastic relay race, one mile—Won by Armstrong Technical school (Burwell Hromes, Walker, Walker); Howard academy, second; time, 4 minutes 10-1-4 seconds. One mile relay—Won by New York as association (Murray, Brown, Hartia, Thompson), Howard university, second; time, 4 minutes 16 seconds. One mile.open handicap—Won by 1 Warf, Armstrong Technical high school, 1 Quarles, Howard academy, second; W Golnes, M Street high school, third; time, 6 minutes 17-3-6 seconds. Republican Club's Annual Dinner. The seventh annual dinner of the Colored Republican club of New Rochelle, N. Y., is scheduled to take place on Tuesday evening. April 25. Ingrations are being sent to a number of prominent politicians in Westchester county and to other leaders of thought and, action who are doing things which count for good in the work for moral advancement. Blast Killis Three on German Warship. Three bluejackets were killed and four others injured in an explosion of methylated spirits aboard the fronclad cruiser Yorck, of the German navy. News of the fatality was received in Kiel, Germany, by wireless from the fleet. Colonel Tillman Dias With only his physician and a young nephew with him at the end, Colonel James H. Tillman, once lieutenant governor of South Carolina and a nephew-of Senator Tillman, died in Arberville, N.C. In 1903 he shot and killed N. G. Gonzales, an editor. GLEN ALLEN W. H. White, 501 W. Leigh Street. Peter Thompson, 492 E. Marshall Street. R. B. Sampson, 523 N. 2d St. J. J. Nixon, 406 W. Leigh St. Wm. H. Scott, 2218 E. Main St. Miss Ruth Cary, 1018 N. 2d St. N. Winston, 537 Brook Ave. J. S.-M. Singleton, 28th and 9-Mile Road. James Faulkner, 309 N. 1st St. J. T. Thompson, 1409 Hull Street, Washington Ward. C D. Griffin, 224 S. 2d St. Mrs. Edley Green, 303 Hull Street, Washington Ward. William B Smith, 3 W. Leigh St. Tom Bird. Thomas Page. R. G. Booker, 619 N. 2nd Street. A. Ferguson, 1500 N. 28th St. Virgil Minnis, 532 N. 2d Street LONG BRANCH, N. J. Jesse W. Shreaves, 88 Liberty St. HACKENSACK, N. J. D H. Hassell, R. R. Ave., Nr Clay St SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Charles Ludwig, P. O. Box 1776. PITTSBURG, PA. Jos Evans, 2602 Webster Ave. PHILADELPHIA, PA. "Soon the oceans will be united, the West Indies will find peace beneath our flag, and our leisurely classes will make their home by following the seasons in their courses. A midway rest between New England and the tropics will develop on the Link which unites North and South, the chosen point for development doubtless centering amid the spacious woodlands of Glen Allen." W Schure, 1218 Pine Street. E P. Mackens, 1116 Pine Street. James E. Warwick, 254 S, 11th St. Mrs Lavinia Aldridge, 521 S, 12th Street. Young & Olds, 1606 South St. Rev. W. Henri Robinson, 420 S 11th Street Freddie Smith, 1358 29th St. O J Harris, 1128 30th St. DANVILLE, VA. Harry A Clark, 117 Craghead St. PROVIDENCE, R I. Douglass A A, P. A., 910 Westminster Street. NEW YORK, N. Y. E A. Williams, 200 W. 63d St J E. Schmidt, 263 W. 35th St. Anthony Burrell, 131 W. 53d St. LOUISVILLE, KY. Jesse E Brown, 1216 W Green St. BALTIMORE, MD. Mrs G H Carter, 502 W. Biddle St. BUFFALO, N Y. A Conley, 7 Potter Street ST LOUIS, MO. W A Price, 5 N. 14th St. HUNTINGTON, W VA. Wm C Claybrook, 821 18th St. DRAKES BRANCH, VA. Clem Green. LOS ANGELES, CAL. A D Lacey, 790 San Pedro St. L G Eggleston, 812 Maple Ave. FREEMAN, W VA. Langston H Thompson. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. A. E. Edwards, 1908 Arctic Ave NEW ORLEANS, LA. A. O Smith, 202 S. Rampart St. ASBURY PARK, N. J Rouzeberry Bell, 118 Sylvan Ave NEWARK, N. J. E W Russell, 82 Stone St. ELLISVILLE, MISS. D J Randolph. BOSTON, MASS. J W. White, 832 Tremont St C Branum, 657 Shawmut Ave. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Wm A Dabney, 545 Herkimer St. John S Ashby, 47 Lexington Ave. TARBORO, N. C. V E Howard. WILMINGTON, N. C. Wm H Moore. NORFOLK, VA. John DeBona, 610 Church St. Thomas K. W. Perry, 2 Jones's Place. ATLANTA, GA. Hopkins Book Concern. U N Gibson, 240 Auburn Ave. J H Allen, 120 S. Augusta St. A C Mabrey, 127 E Main St. LYNCHBURO, VA. TOLEDO, OHIO Green Enton, 646 E. Central Ave. DEMOPOLIS, ALA. Miss Annie L. Spencer, Box 224. CHICAGO, IL. Wm. H Jones, 1904 W. Lake St. R. M Harvey, 3824 State Street. CLIFTON FORGE VA. John N. Thomas, 30 E. Main. OKLAHOMA Jpa A. Jones, 906 B. Robinson St. -WINSTON, N. C. Lemuel Banks, 326-7 1-2 St. DALLIAS, TEXAS. Gilmore & Baltimore, 717 Fairmount Street. CINCINNATI, O. H B. Brooks, 510 Y. 4th St. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. M. G. Rutledge, Sr. 314 B. 3d St. In the disposal of this property the founder of Glen Allen will have no transaction with real estate agents. THE PLANET BANK'S RECEIVERS BREAK LONG SILENCE. (Continued From Page Number ONE) pointed to examine the affairs of this branch of the Order, will be read with interest. He charged that there was duplicity in that two sets of accounts were examined and that the ones sub- mitted to his committee were not the ones submitted to Accountant Cooke. COLLDNT GET A REPORT Mr John H Braxton states that it was impossible to get a report on the Old Folks' Home at the last season of the Grand Fountain, although the Grand Worthy Master, A. W. Holmes, repeatedly promised that this would be done, giving as his reason for not doing it the inability of himself to find the time to pass upon certain questions involved and the Grand Fountain adjourned without receiving the report. It is also stated that there is an unaccounted amount of money in the sale of the Old Folks' Home property for over ninety thousand dollars, and that this amount exceeds twenty thousand dollars. No one has been able to explain where this money went, and the rumors have taken various forms, if seems that the mistake made by the Grand Fountain was in not employing expert accountants to examine the affairs of the Grand Fountain from bottom to top and thus clear away these vague suspicions of wrong doing from department where there may none exist. REL. DR TAYLOR IN SHOE BUSINESS It I reported that they W. L. T. Lo has purchased the shoe repairing establishment at "11 North Second street with all of it machinery, and is now full baked proprietor of that business." Attorney J. Thomas New some has been quite ill but is so recovered as to be able to get into the Bnlight again. It seems that some other starting disclosures will be laid out and that an account is made to be opened in the society to save any others that he will take steps to fristrate the plan. This is the most talk about building of the money well there is also a statement being circulated that some of the seeming mortgages on property have itself put there for the purpose which is and solely for the purpose of protecting the after said property in case of a litigation CONSTERNATION THERE Attorney Newsome promises to训令 all of its to earth. The arrest of Mrs. Reese with the consequent warrants for Cashier Hill have caused consternation in the True Reformers headquarters, and well retold seriously the movement now under way to relieve the financial distress now prevailing within the confines of the great organization. The raising of money was going merely along when this vitable home-shell was exploded. It seems that the Receivers are not ready to place themselves in any embarrassing position with reference to the affairs in their charge and took this means of relieving a situation which tended to prove questionable if permitted longer to continue. No one seems to be able to even surmise in what direction Cashier R T Hill has gone, although the last trace of him was noted in Philadelphia. WHO IS PRESIDENT? There is another interesting phase of this question. It seems that A W Holmes has never been elected president of the True Reformers' savings bank, and according to the records Rev W. I, Taylor was still president at the time of the failure of that concern. This will have the effect of exonerating Mr Holmes as chief officer of the failed concern. He was a director but from this position he can plead a glorious ignorance of the technical internal affairs of the bank. The report of the receivers promises to be spared reading and will no doubt be readily assimilated by the reading public when it is submitted. (Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch April 12, 1911) Following the arrest yesterday afternoon of Agnes B. Reece one of his bookkeepers, on ten warrants charging her with stealing money from the institution, search for Reuben T. Hill, for twenty-two years cashier of the Savings Bank of the Grand United Order of True Reformers, has developed into a criminal hunt, and today circulates bearing the photograph and description of the missing negro will be cast abroad through the country. Four years ago, a report made by F. M. Pitcher and Wm. A. Moncree, receivers, to Judge Grinnan, of the Chancery Court, Commonwealth's Attorney Minutree Folkes early yesterday took immediate action against Hill by summoning Captain McMahon, head of the Detective Bureau, and ordering him to begin a country-wide search for the cashier. FIFTEEN WARRANTS ISSUED. Within a short time, on information obtained from the receivers, Capitol McMahon swore out ten warrants for the Reese woman, who was immediately arrested, and five warrants for Hill. The warrants in both cases are the same, in character, though they vary in the amounts specified. The woman was arrested without trouble. It was rumored that Hill, instead of having left the city, was in hiding in his home at 1401 West Leigh Street, and that those Captain McMoon, Detective | Sargent Bailer and Acting Detective Krenkel repaired. They searched the house firm top to bottom, from collar to attic, but no trace of Hill could be found. The cashier's wife, who seems to know nothing as to her husband's whereabouts, was almost prostrated. CHARGE THEFT OF $30,000. Returning to the station, the officers swore out the five warrants, and it is said that they will be followed by many more. Every warrant is for a felony. The charges against Hill have not been spread on a public record, and will not be so spread until he is caught, but it is said that the total amount of his alleged embezzlement will amount to between $25,000 and $30,000. It is also alleged that the stealing has been going on for a number of years, and that his thefts are the main cause for the wrecking of the True Reformers' Bank. Several hours after her arrest the Reese woman was bailed by Judge Witt in the sum of $1,500, with A. D. Price and E. R. Giles as security. She is to appear in Police Court on April 15th. She made no statement, except to say that she had heard that Hill was still in town. After searching his house the detectives believe that Hill left Richmond on the date his family stated that he disappeared led. SHOWS BAD CONDITION The written report of the receivers has not yet been handed in to Judge Grinnan, but it it learned they had proceeded far enough in their investigation of the conditions of the defunct bank to show that they had been in a chancie state for some time, and to lead them to believe that Hill was mainly responsible. Without waiting to complete their report, the receivers reported verbally to Judge Grinnan, and requested immediate action. No time was lost in summoning Commonwealth's Attorney Folkes, and the wheels of justice were started. The full report may be handed in to Judge Grinnan within the next few days and then the exact state of the banks, at the time it failed will be one known When the True Reformers Bank collected hundreds of negroes lost every cont they had. The bank contained savings from $100 up and the poor and wealthy just alike. It was because of Hill's reservation, as one of the leaders seen among his race that the bank was regarded as stable, and for one day after he had sappared it was Kitchener generally that he left Kitchener and on account of a demeured mind that he had because he had been of time and feared that his would be discovered. 17 N EAR WASHINGTON He listens home on the morning of friday March 24. From a porter on a Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomia Railway train it was learned that he bought a ticket from Alexandria to Washington. It was stated by scholars of his family that he not often much worried since the first time he bank of which he was the first and only owner in all its history. They believed that he had been dimented and sought the aid of the police in searching for him, that containing his photograph and description were sent to many of the argent cities, and his wife and son lived in daily hope of hearing something from him. But so far as the police know, no word has ever been received from him, and no member of his family knows where he is. RANKED HIGH IN RICHMOND Hill occupied a position which ranged among the first among the colored people in the South Bedes having been cashier of the bank, conducted by the largest negro secrer order in the world, he is president and treasurer of the Capitol Shoe Supply Company treasurer of the First Baptist Church (African), president of the Colored Y M C. A., treasurer of the Lotz Caryg Foreign College Society, treasurer of the Virginia Black School-School Association and a director of the Virginia Union University. For thirty years he has been often a member of the grand jury and he was well known and highly regarded in all the courts in Richmond. The alleged method of stealing used, by Hill and the Reese woman was by false entry Entries of deposits it is alleged, would be enlarged in the records, and the difference between the real amount depicted and the falsified figures would be pocketed by one or other of the two. The smallest amount alleged in the warrants to have been stolen by the woman is $16, the largest $1,520. The total amount she is alleged to have stolen reaches the sum of $2,580.50 A PLEASANT SURPRISE Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Shelton desire to express their most hearty appreciation and thanks for the kindness shown them on the night of April 3, 1911, when their many friends, whose names appear below, presented Mr. Quinn Shelton, with a very neat purse with which to purchase an Easter egg. To feel that we hold such an estimable position in the hearts and minds of our friends brought sunshine and cheer to our home. Our purse was presented in a most fitting manner by Donovan Charles Branch. When the acts of the surprise had subsided the purse was served with delicate refreshments, and the happy party, led by Mrs. Rosa Brown, then departed to their several homes: Mrs. Rosa Brown, Dolla West, Mary Judah, Elinora Branch, Mary Braunshaw, Elinora Scott, Lucy Doug- lis, Mjry Brown, Maria Thompson, Della Martin, Lella Hayden, Edmona Yancoy, Fannie Archer, Charlotte Turner, Caroline, Coles, Sallie Cony; Mitissa Parthenia Lee, Mary Baker, Sarah Payne, Lucy Parks, Lee Taylor; Alice Burton, Fannie Yates, Susan Primus, Annie Robinson; Mr. and Mys. Sallie Key, Mr. and Mrs. John Harris and Deacon Charles Branch. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. COMMITTEERMAN CRUTCHFIELD'S PROTEST. C. K. ROBINSON STARS / W. J. GUNNELL FIVE TIMES THE EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL Mr. Thomas W. Taylor employees counsel; a re-examination is asked for; Grand Master Holmes an informs the committee, who agreed that the request be granted. It was then agreed between the Grand Master and the committee that Mr. Taylor should select any odo he chooses to associate with the committee in such re-examination. It was further agreed that nothing would be done without the knowledge of and in the presence of the committee relative or concerning this affair. This agreement was not kept. Shortly thereafter, without the knowledge of and in the absence of the committee, Grand Master Holmes, ex-superintendent Thomas W. Taylor, lawyer J. C. Robertson got together. An agreement was drawn up, which has never been seen by the committee, and without its knowledge or consent, submitting this matter to a Mr. Cooke for arbitration BECAME SUSPICIOUS This gentleman was at work before I had any knowledge of the affair. Upon learning of it I went immediately to the True Reformer Hall to see the Grand Master concerning it. Not finding him, I talked with Mr. R. T Hill and Accountant Ed. Ellis, Jr. I at once became suspicious under the circumstances and asked what books were being examined Mr. R. T Hill was courteous enough to show them to me. I stated to him that they were not the records of Mr Thomas W. Taylor and assured why didn't they give the man the records he was given to the committee. I made the same statement to Mr Ed. Ellis and sent word to Grand Master Holmes that the proper records of Mr Thomas W. Taylor were not placed before Mr Cooke. This was on Saturday Jan. 7, 1911. WARNED THE EXAMINER I also sent a letter of even date to Mr. Cooke, informing him concerning the matter, stating many other things, a copy of which letter I have on file at my office. Notwithstanding I was not called or asked anything concerning the affair or to show the different books used by the committee, etc. About a month after Mr. Cooke submitted his report it was handed me for inspection. I at once filed exceptions to, and an answer to his report showing errors therein, and further stated that a different set of records had been placed before him than were placed before the committee. The whole matter came before the Board of Directors in their meeting Feb. 15, 1911. This was three days before the Grand Fountain met. Both reports, that of the committee and that of Mr. Cooke together with the committee's exceptions, etc., were taken up, examined and discussed. FINAL ACTION DELAYED All the information we have been able to get was that the report of the committee was so clear and the exceptions so pointed that if final action had been taken thereon the decision would have been in favor of the committee. If the committee's report would have been adopted. This would possibly have placed somebody in a bad light and given double trouble to another which the Board was not disposed to do. NOT BROUGHT BEFORE GRAND FOUNTAIN As to the special delegation on at the extra session a committee was appointed on this matter. The committee was called before this committee and questioned very closely. We answered every question. They had our report, but Mr. Cooke's report and the committee's exceptions and answer thereto they did not have or if they did we did not know it. Hence the committee called the session committee's attention the committee wanted the committee wanted the matter to come up and decided by the delegation once for all but under advice of others to together with the advice of the attorney who drew the agreement for arbitration the session committee reported that the examination committee be continued WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT Their report was received and the examination committee continued. Now this committee hasn't done any thing relative to this affair since the grand session whether has it given any advice or advise the settling of the affair. All that has been done relative thereto has been done with out the knowledge of or consent of the committee. This explanation appears because of the communication appearing in the columns of The Planet April 8, 1911 Respectfully. J HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, Committeeman NEGRO WINS CURTIS MEDAL. George William A. Scott, a colored student in the senior class of Columbia College, won the George William Curtis medal for public speaking at Columbia University last night. Scott spoke on "Child Slavey" and delivered his oration with force and effectiveness, winning a unanimous decision from the judges, who were the Rev. George William Kitox of the Union Theological Seminary, Wm. C. Demorest, president of the association of the alumni of Columbia College, and Dean Harlan F. Stone of the law school. Scott is a New York boy and lives at 752 East 224th street. He has been in Columbia since 1902. He has been prominent in undergraduate activities both in debating and athletic lines, having previously spoken for the Curtis medals and also having been on the "varsity track squad for several seasons. Scott is the second colored student to have won the Curtis medals; the first having been Pka Ianka Sini, the son of a Hottentot chiefstall, who won the prize in 1908. In 1909 Gec Brokaw, Compton, a student who attended his classes in the daytime and custom House forces of inspectors at night, wakes the winner.—New York Sun, April 6, 1011. C. H. BOBBSON, STAIDS / W. J. GUNNELL FIVE TIMES TRIVIAL DEBUNGE THE CAUSE One of the most disgraceful affairs that has occurred among the better class of Negroes in the City of St. Louis was the murderous assault upon W. J. Gunnell, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge K. of P. of Missouri, by C. K. Robinson, Secretary of the Supreme Lodge K. of P., Monday last, about $15 P. M. The trouble occurred in the office of Mr. Gunnell at Pythian Hall, 1317 Pine street; and was the result of a dispute over a bill for supplies furnished the Grand Lodge. It is the first disgraceful act committed by any one on the premises, which is the headquarters for the K. of P. of Missouri and contains the offices of the Grand Chancellor, Grand Secretary, Treasurer of the Endowment, and manager of the building, Grand Chancellor Lloyd was not in the building at the time, he having been assigned to speak at St. James Church in Elizabethtown, not returning until 10:30 P. M. When seen by an Afro American representative at his home, Mr. Cummell made the following statement: "I made a business engagement to meet Mr. Robinson at my office Monday, April 3d. at 8 P. M., to assist me in adjusting the records turned over to me by him which he had kept as Secretary of the Pythian Hall Commission. I have repeatedly requested the meeting, for the reason that the Beneficial Board now controls the property and the members at the last quarterly meeting 'in structured me to get with Mr. Robinson and go over the records and adjust some discrepancies, as they could not understand the records left by Mr. Robinson Having recently received a bill for supplies from Mr. Robinson covering items which my records show have been paid. I thought it a good idea to go over this account with him, and thus save him a second trip to my office, or myself a trip to his office. ] When I asked him to explain why the Grand lodge should be charged for those which had been paid, he became angry. I argued, I insisting that I wanted Shoes FOR IN A Capitol Shoe PATENT LEA MEN, W FOR EASTER SHOES Capitol Shoe & Supply Co., 210 E. Broad St., First. PATENT LEATHER, TAN, GUN METAL, VELOUR CALF, CLOTH AND WHITE CANVASS SHOES AND OXFORDS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. SPECIAL FOR MEN. 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At this juncture we were separated, when I learned for the first time that the big coward had been stabbing me, while I thought he was fighting like a man, as I was. I had no idea that he was trying to stab me, much less attempt to take my life, over a trivial business argument. "I do not regret my injuries as much as I do the degradation and shame the brutal act of Robinson will bring to our organization and race." "I am the man who, as Supreme Representative at the Supremo Lodge session at Kansas City, Mo., in 1909, when his former supporters were deserting him, made the speech nominating him for the office to which he was elected and is now filling, but which he has forever disgraced. If I recover I feel it my duty to my family's organisation, the community and my race to prosecute this brute to the full extent of the law. 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