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THE RICHMOND PLANET Virginia State Library, VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 50 AN ADDRESS TO THE COUNTRY The following report was adopted by the National Race Congress October 4. 1917 at Washington, D. C. TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEM BERS OF THE NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS At this, the second annual session of our Congress, we, your committee, beg leave to submit the following report on the present state of the country: 1. Together with the whle nation our group is sharing its quota of the burden of the greatest war known to the world, and in proportion to the contribution we make to secure to the world the much sought peace we shall share the benefits of the "New We no more" recently beheaded to be the ultimate objective of the war. 2. Out of the world war have grown economic conditions and problems that affect us directly and indirectly. At present, we are confronted with unusual economic necessity. We are being forced by necessity and circumstance to transplant in unusually large numbers, our accustomed place of abode in the southland to new and untried localities in the northland. We are migrating in numbers heretofore unknown. 3 Our migration has given rise to labor problems, political problems and social problems, calculated to affect every phase of our national life. In the North we are face to face with exposition in the labor world, and no little criticism is being expressed in a large effort to disturb the Negro in its new world of labor. We are the victims of one of three agencies. Either the labor unions of the North are opposed to Negro labor in the various industries of the North; or there is at work a secret agency from the South, seeking to so disturb labor conditions by labor riots as to frighten the Negro back to southern soil and southern employment; or the Negro is encountering extreme difficulty in readily adjusting himself to new employment and the attendant high wage. 4 We note the general necessity for a constant course of instruction to our people who have been affected by this new change of habitation and occupation. We recommend that the press, the pulpit and the platform be dedicated, at least in part, to a continued course of instruction to the thousands who have come North to live under entirely new conditions and new laws; that obedience of the law be taught at every opportunity, efficiency and reliability be held before them as essential; that thrift and economy be urged generally. 5. We call attention to the peculiar situation arising out of the draft of our men for the National Army. There is danger of unwise comment upon the method of procedure adopted by the administration relative to the encampment, training and ultimate employment of Necro soldiers. We urge the exercise of caution in our remarks, the cultivation of loyalty to the country forever, and especially at this time when it is evident that deceptive agencies are at work seeking to arouse us to dislay expression and general disruption. 6. Nor must the abnormal condition of the markets of the world be over looked. Money is plentiful, but prices are abnormal, and there is danger of a period of extravagance due to the unusual flow of money, and corresponding danger of a disturbance of credit due to a lack of appreciation of the extremely high cost of living. 7. Our educational institutions generally and the public schools especially in the South, are suffering because of the unprecedented demands of the world war. We exhort the nation to a visitant practice of economy and good judgment in order that our education at gyst-ms may not be read-less efficient. Expically do we urge a strict watch care over those section of the South where appropriations for public school education are made without due and equal consideration of the Necro children. 8. The extraordinary burden of our National tax is a subject for serious consideration. To meet the increasing demands of our government for money with which to prosecute to successful conclusion the world war, and at the same time be able to appropriate our usual amounts to education, the spread of Christianity and the main tenance of our homes in keeping with the American standard, will tax us for all we have of economy, fortitude and race loyalty. 9. We regret to keep before you the fact that our republic is still cursed with the presence of a spirit of lynch law and rioting of a virulent type. We recommend a renewed ef fort toward a successful abolition of this curse, and we urge that the sub jeet be kept forever before our nat- . ional Congress for legislation calculated to put down forever the lynchers and mob leaders now operating with apparent sanction in the various sections of our republic. 10. We call for a united effort to secure to our group a fair, strict and impartial interpretation of the laws of the land, and especially do we demand that impartial accommodation for travel in the southern states be provided at once; and that the Supreme Court be invoked by proper appeals and proceedings to enforce the laws of the several states as well as the amendments to the Federal Constitution guaranteeing to the Negro his rights as an American citizen. We are being untaintly dealt with by the rail roads and transportation companies of the south, and we urge immediate action looking to a relief of conditions. 11. The ghetto is another menace to our rights to property, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Steps must be taken to prevent summary segregation and the imposition upon us of unlawful and unconstitutional laws and ordinances in the various cities of the south. 12. The question of better housing conditions, the country over, demands immediate attention. We recommend that the various civic bodies of the several cities be approached, and their cooperation secured in making living conditions sanitary and tolerable as much for the Negro as for any other citizen. For the ultimate accomplishment of all of which, we commend our people of whatever creed or belief, the world over, to a stricter and more faithful service of Him who alone can give to the world the New De moracy so deftly desired, and the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, the sole prerequisite to Democracy and peace. Respectfully submitted, Com. On Address to the Country, G. B. Howard, Pa., Chairman, Robt L. Vann, Pa., See'y. H., J. Callis, District of Columbia, W. C. Brown, District of Columbia E. A. P. Cheek, New Jersey, C. C. Summerville, Va., J. J. Nickerson, W. Va., W. H. Jernagin, President, Washington, D. C., Wm. Alexander, Secy. Baltimore, Md. RICHMOND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS FINE MEETING The rain came down in torrents last Tuesday night and despite this fact a crowd assembled at the Ehenzeen Baptist Church to listen to an address by Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, editor of the News Leader, Owing to the indecency of the weather, no doubt and other causes, he was unable to be present, but the promoter of the meeting, Mrs. Ora B. Stokes, President of the Richmond Neighborhood Association under whose auspices the meeting was being held was in no wise dumpted and announced that the address of Dr. Freeman had been postponed and the time would be announced later. She then gave a most interesting talk on the purposes of the organization and the actual work that it was doing. She called upon Dr. Roy K. Plannasan, Chief Health Officer of this city and he delivered an address that captivated the audience. His interest in the health and happiness of all the people in this community, regardless of color was emphasized. He was enthusiastically applauded, John Mitchell Jr., President of the Mechanics Savings Bank, who had been invited to introduce Dr. Douglas S. Freeman spoke briefly and then Mr. Bernard Lewis, one of our best known white citizens spoke briefly. A collection was lifted after which the meeting adjourned. An Outspoken Subscriber Greenville, Home I. I. Greenville, Miss., Oct. 15, 1917. Editor Richmond Planet, Richmond, Va. Dear Sir, Find enclosed our check for $5.00, subscription to "The Planet." There is not, to day an Honest Nerro in all the World that could ford to defraud the Planet of one cent the paper is of too much value to the Race and is absolutely worth Ten times the price in any Nerro home with even ten year old children." I am Yours, very truly. W. T. BURNSIDE. The Fair Songsters. Madame Lewis and her three daughters captivated the audience by their rare musical gifts last Tuesday night at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. They possess rare musical powers and their superb singing won for them enthusiastic applause. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917 THE CALL OF TIME! WAKE!! GET THEE ON, THOUS SPIRIX BUILDER. THY BEST IS OVER. REGAIN WHY PUNCH! BELGIAN SOLDIER WANTS USED POSTAGE. Amerisoft, Holland, July 22, 1917, Mr. Editor-in-Chief; Forgive me my daring in writing you these few words I am a Belgian interned soldier and should like very much to receive for collecting used postage stamps for helping me to pass the longevity of my captivity. I dare hope, Mr. Editor-in-Chief, you will be so kind to insert in your esteemed paper an advertisement for which I thank you very much beforehand. With all my kindest regards, I remain, sir. 600 COLORED MEN GET ARMY COMMISSIONS. New Officers Will Lead Negro Troops Drafted in National Army. More than 600 colored men have been commissioned in the national army and assigned to duty with colored drafted troops, it was announced by the War Department. These officer were trained at the Des Moines, Iowa camp. A number were former students at Howard University, this city, while many of the others were from the ranks of the four colored regiments in the regular army. One hundred and four were commissioned as captains and the others as first and second lieutenants. They will be assigned to duty at Camp Meado Mk., Camp Dix, N. J. Camp Upton, L. L. Camp Sherman, Ohio; Camp Dodge, Iowa, Camp Grant II., and Camp Funston, Kan. In Memoriam In sad, but loving remembrance of our devoted son and brother, J. Mercer Goodman, who died one year ago to day, October 25, 1916: Friends meet us day by day. And think our wound is healed. But little do they know the sorrow That is in our hearts concealed. A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home That never can be filled. —By His Parents, Brothers & Sisters PERSONALS AND BRIEF J. Wm. Harris of 1599 Taylor St. is now at 1218 Chaffin St. Mrs. Nannie Thompson, of 1599 Stockton street, Southside, is indisposed. Mr. George Thompson arrived in the city last Tuesday from Braddock, Pa. Rev. Wm. H. Skipwith, the great evangelist arrived in the city last Monday night after an extended trip. Mrs. Nannie Harris of 2415 Lee WAKE!! GET THEE UP, TROU SPRINX BUILDER. THEY BEST IS OVER. REGION WAY PULG! St. is residing in Raleigh and Durham N. C. Mr. John D. Jones of Readyville, Mass. has been the guest of his brother and sister, Mr. W. D. Jones and Mrs. Zemoria Wood, 615 Judah St. Fred Jenkins of Winerpool, Va. is now in the city, He is the father of Mrs. Georgiana Wilson and is 101 years of age. He can handle a hoe even at this age. Mr. F. H. Key, 202 E. Clay street, left the city Friday for an extended Northern trip. He will visit his brother in Philadelphia. From there he goes to New York and other Northern cities. We wish him a pleasant trip. Messrs. Rannie and Wyndham M. Carter were called to the city last week on account of the death of their sister, Miss Karolyn M. Carter. They returned to New York this week. Mrs. Mattie Brice, 416 E. Leigh street has greatly improved after an illness covering a period of several weeks. She was able to be out this week. Miss A. F. Ruffin, the secretary of the colored branch of the Y. W. C. A. has been released for war work in the South Atlantic Field, and left for Atlanta October 19, to make a survey of the conditions. While away Miss Ruffin will visit several schools in interest of the Students $1,000,000 Friendship Fund. Miss H. L. Jackson succeeds Miss Riss Ruffin. Miss Jackson took the course offered in the Y. W. C. A. Training School of New York, this Summer. Rainbow Circles for girls and classes in crocheting, knitting, embroidering and portteno making moot weekly. HOME COMING DAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH "Home Coming" will be observed at First Baptist Church, corner fourteenth and Broad streets, Sunday, October 28, at the morning and night services. 11:30 A. M., Sermon by the Rev. George, E. Read, D. D., pastor First Baptist Church, Cherition, Va. 1:15 P. M., Sermon by J. W. Coleman, of Union University. Specially selected music by the choir, Mrs. N. O. Cobb, leader. The members and friends of the TIME! church, both in and out of the city, are expected to be represented either in person or through their offering. B. P. VANDERVALL, Church Cherk NO SCHOOLS THERE Rey Richard Strange tells us that they have no sights at either Piney Grove or at Cascade. This is the second year the patterns there have been without schools. This is a deplorable situation in this section of the country. GIVES GOOD ADVICE. 1234567890 (Omaha, Neb. Monitor.) The Richmond Planet, edited by John Mitchell, Jr whom we have never met, but long admired, has a most happy way of giving excellent advice to its large reading constituency in terse sentences. Here are two good examples from its last issue: "Save some of your money, Colored folks, if it is only one cent per day, save some of your money." "When you are tired, rest. When you are hungry, eat. When you are illiterate, learn. When you are anxious for a good time, look at your pocketbook and consider your actual needs, and pause before you engage in reckless spending." Pretty good advice, isn't it? We are of the opinion that it is because John Mitchell has practiced what he preaches that he has been for a number of years a highly respected member of the American Bankers' Association. What do YOU think about it? IN MEMORY OF DR HOLLIS B. FRISSELL (By William Anthony Aery.) "Let de Heaven light shine on me. Let de Heaven light shine on me. For low is de way to de upper world, Let de Heaven light shine on me." Soul stirring words are these! They are, indeed, a challenge to fresh hope and consecrated service when sung, by the great Hampton Institute chorus of over a thousand voices, over the grave of Holly Burke Frissel, principal of Hampton for nearly quarter of a century, who, though dead, yet speaks from the Eternal Life and summons men and women to help bring in the Kingdom of God. Under a clear, Southern sky there gathered on Sunday afternoon in the Hampton Institute cemetery, where general Armstrong am many other workers who have been faithful to the black and red children of the land a company of influential men and women, representing several races, in important business and social interests, education and religious work. There were also present some nine hundred Hampton students who are in training for race leadership. All had marched in quiet procession to Dr. Frissel's grave to pay in silent devotion, prayer and song their triumph of affection and to pledge them selves anew to loyal and courageous service. George Foster Peabody, of New York, who has served for thirty-three years as a trustee of Hampton, spoke on "The More Abundant Life," a theme which Dr. Prissell preached sad Neck. He said: "I believe as the world needs more abundant life, we can feel that we are privileged to have known this abounding life and have faith and courage that our lives may nereafter be more abundant in the quality of giving, which was the unique quality of Dr. Prissell." The principal memorial service was held in the beautiful school church, from which Dr. Prissell had sent forth thousands of people with a new vision of life and a strong determination to work together for the good of all men. The clergymen who took part in the devotional service were the Rev. Eldr. Eldridge L. M of Farmville, Va. the Rev. Herbert B. Turner and the Rev. Laurence Fenninger, chaplain and associate chaplain of Hampton Institute. A CREAT BUILDER The Rev. Dr. Francis G. Peabody d. of Cambridge, Mass., professor emeritus in Harvard University, comparing Samuel C. Armstrong and Hollis B. Prissell, said: "Armstrong was the Founder, Prissell was the Builder, and the School is the incarnation of these two personalities. Yet never were two personalities with a single aim more distinct in type. "Armstrong was magnetic, volcanic, Prissell was reserved, sagacious, prudent. The gifts of the one were these of action; the strength of the other was in discretion. "Initiative originality, even audacity were essential to begin the work and inspire confidence in it, but when a great institution had been established and must be developed without mishap, then the time had come for a peculiar quality of wisdom, patience, tolerance, and foresight, which could apply to larger tasks the ideals of the Founder." A FRIEND TO ALL MEN William M. Reid, Hampton 77, a well-known lawyer of Portsmouth, Va., and president of the Hampton Alumni Association, said: "In his quiet, sympathetic way, Dr. Frissell found out what each one at Hampton had for his ambition; what work he liked to do; what his plans for life were; and whether or not he was pleased with the work in which he was engaged. "Some time after I left Hampton for other work, I found Dr. Frissell in all parts of Virginia on horseback on country carts, in wagons, in bungees—visiting the Hampton graduates many of whom he had never seen. "He went out to see what these graduates were doing; to understand the difficulties with which they had to deal; to talk with them and encourage them in their work; and also to see the superintendents of the schools and members of school boards so as to help work out or wipe out any difficult ties that might be in the way of Hampon graduates. "I feel that, if we have anything to be proud of more than another, it is the fact that it has been the will of PRICE, FIVE CENTS the Almighty to raise up for us such men as Dr. Frisselt, men who put them selves in a position to interpret one race to the other; men who have their convictions and who are not afraid of expressing them; and men who do not inear any ill will by the work which they do, but rather win the good will of everybody. "I feel that the work that Dr. Frisselt has done is the work upon which the salvation of this nation rests — work which is not applauded — work which attracts no attention in the newspapers — work which is overlooked by the politician; but work which must go on if we are to become a great people, understanding each other and working for the benefit of each other." A SOUTHERNER'S TRIBUTE James Hardy Dillard, who was for some time at the head of the Norfolk Academy and later dean of Tulane University, New Orleans, and who is now president of the James and Slater Boards, outlined the work which Dr. Frissell had helped him and other Southern men do for colored boys and girls throughout the Southern states, especially through the Jeanes Fund. "Dr. Dillard referred to Dr. Frissell's ability to think always about the good of others; his unselfishness and wise, sympathetic counsel; his skillful management of affairs at Hampton; his clear, broad thinking on questions of race relations; his marvelous vision and sympathy. He concluded with these words: "This man, whom we meet today to reverence, I believe had that faith in the real, continuing progress of humanity; he had faith in the coming of the Kingdom of his Master. I believe that it was this faith that illuminated his life and made him the marvelous friend, counselor, helper, statesman, preacher that he was." MANAGER BROOKS LEAVES SUDDENLY Manager Charles H. Brooks, white, manager and principal owner of the new Movie picture theatre on second street, between Clay and Lolich streets is reported missing, having left the city last week, without giving any intimation as to where he was going. It is said that he sold his automobile and secured other money and left for parts unknown. No reason is assigned for his action and his friends are at a loss to account for his strange actions. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES Thirdthenth Anniversary, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 187—1917, and fourth anniversary of the pastor, Rev. E. D. Coffee, 1913—1917, beginning Sunday October 28, 1917 ending Friday November 2, 1917. Special program has been arranged with services each night during the week, by prominent divines. The public is cordially invited. Rev. E. D. Coffee, pastor. W. W. Carter, Church, Clerk BIG DAY AT MT.O, 25TH AND STREETS The Mount Olivet Baptist Church will have on the 4th Sunday, Oct. 28, 1877, a day of Special Services. 11:30 A. M.—"You Shall Reap, Just What You Sow," by Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, pastor. 4 P. M.—Address. "Get Ready," by one, whom the public has not heard for a number of years. (Guess who it is?) 8:30 P. M.—Sermon. "The Midnight Prayer," by Rev. Horace Winslow. (The Boy-preacher) of Philadelphia. Some of the best music' talent i. the city have consented to assist in these services. All are welcome. See programmes. Home Coming Home coming will be observed at the First Presbyterian Church, corner Monroe and Catherine streets on Sunday October 29th. All Presbyterians in Richmond and vicinity are invited to come home Special services all day. Rev. A. A. Hector, pastor. GREATEST LECTURER COMING! Rev. C. T. Walker, LL. D., of Augusta, Ga. will lecture at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Wednesday, October 31, eight o'clock P. M. The subject will be, "Important Factors in Race Elevation." The Sabbath Glee Club will render music used on their recent Northern tour. le atta Bae: a oa samronay....o¢romeie 27, 191 URUGUAY JOINS LEAGUE OF HONOR South American RepubllcBreaks With Germany and Dismisses Kaiser's Representatives. PERU COMES INTO LINE ALSO Uruguayan Congress Authorizes Execu- tlve to Adopt Meaoures to Faclll- tate Navigation In Co-operation With Friendly Nations, Montevideo.—Uruguay, like Peru. has broken with the Kalser. The Boverance of diplomatic relations came to pass after an all-night session of the Congress, It was greeted by out: bursts of patriotic fervor from the public and press throughout. The measure adopted by a joint sesston of the Senate and House authorizes President Viera: To break diplomatic and commer. cial relations with the German Em- pire, and ‘To adopt measures to facilitate navi gation, In co-operation with the friend- ly nations, and moasures to assure Smportation and exportation. ‘Tho President acted promptly on the first point and took immediate steps toward action on the second. In a speech to Congress he made it clear that Uruguay enters the side of the United States, not because of any par. tloular grievance but to allgn itself with the cause of Mberty and Justice. Passports wero issued to the Ger. man diplomatic and consular offietals, ‘Uruguay gives guaranteos for their personal safoty until thoy are out’ of the country. At the same time, cables to Berlin ordored all Uruguayan ofl clals in Germany to leave for home Ammodiately, A noto to the German Foreign ‘Office expresses the assumption that the same guarantess given Germar. officials in Uruguay will be given to ‘Uruguay officials in Germany. Peru Takes’ Action. Lima, Peru—Tho Peruvian Govern: mont handed his passports to Dr. Per), the German Minister. ‘The Peruvian Congress decided by @ voto of 105 to 6 to break off diplo- matic relations with Germany as a result of the sinking of the Peruvian bark Lorton by a submarine. Action by the Congress at the con: clusion of a stormy debate, Peru had demanded an indemnity for the sini ing of the Lorton, but this Germany refused to pay, offering tho alterna: tive of a prize court decision San Salvador Sides With U. 8. San Salvador—Tho United States Government has made an Inquiry in regard to the significanco of the dec- laration by the Government of Sal yador of neutrality friendly to the United States. ‘Tho Foroign OMice has replied that Salvador considers herself associated with the United States by reason of her sentiments in favor of pan Americanism in the world struggle. i —— SUBMARINES LESS MENACING, Government Action Reveals Decrease of U-Boat Hazard. Washington.—Oflicial announcement 41s made that in viow of the effective ness of methods omployod in fighting submarines a reduction of nearly 25 per cent has been made in the pre: miums charged by the Government's War Risk Insurance Bureau on all American steamships traversing the ‘war zone. ‘The reduction was made, it was of- ficially announced, “because of the de: crease in the risks.” Unofficially tt ‘was regarded as the government's ox. pression of {ts opinion, in terms of dollars and cents, that tho U-boats have passed the zenith of thoir cam: paign of frightfulness. WORLD'S NEWS IN ! CONDENSED FORM |}! i LOWELL, MASS.—Several cotton mills announced a 10 por cont waga Anerease, which will affect 20,000 op: ‘eratives. ‘Tho increaso goos into of fect Oct. 16. Increases by othor com: pantos aro contemplated, it was sald, WASHINGTON.—The Amerlcan De. fense Society starts a vigorous nation ‘wide campaign for tho expulsion by jthe Senate of Senators La Folletto, Reed, Stone, Gronna, Gore, Hardwick and Vardaman as “public enemies.” ATHENS.—-Greece is nearly ready te ‘throw her full military strength into ‘tho war on tho side of the Allies. Mal contents have boon disposed of. WASHINGTON.—Silent sentinele of ithe Woman's party resumed ‘picketing ‘the Whito House and oloven woro ar. rested, Alico Paul, ono of the loaders, among them. WASHINGTON.--That American de ‘stroyors successfully are using depth boniba In The War Gn U-boats ‘was re. vealod in an official Navy Dopartment roport, which Indicated two subma rines wore sunk and showed the eff clency and skill of Amorlean soamon. WASHINGTON.—Senator La Fob lotto was bitterly denounced on the floor of tho Senato and advised to foin tho Bundesrath in a hot debate Rrnerrrrrrrrrrrrrrnrnrrnn Noted Evangelist. Who Will Speak for Second Liberty Loan. re ee i ‘eq tetae ‘ ee oy or . : Y < Soe “Rush Liberty Loan dope,” wired Billy Sunday when asked if ho would doliver some speeches boosting tt. Ho will wake up several California cities this week. ' BOLO PASHA’S SPY FUNDS MONEY TO BUY UP FRENCH PRESS PLACED IN NEW YORK BANK. Hint That the Entire Web of Ger man Plottings In America May Be Uncovered. Now York.—Attornoy General Mor ton 1. Lewis, of New York, with the approval of Secretary of State Lansing and Jules J. Jusserand, tho French Ambassador, disclosed the sccret of the traitorous activitios in this coun- try of Paul Bolo Pacha, the Levantino fnanclor of Paris, now under arrest in Franco as a German apy, Byidenco in the. possession of the Attorney General shows that the man who was behind the scheme by which Bolo proposed to betray Franco by corrupting its public press in favor of Germany was Count von Bernstorft, thon the German Ambassador at Washington, who cagery fell in with the plans of tho traitor and advancod him nearly $1,700,000 with which to finance the plot in France, ‘Tho ovidence also shows that it was through Hugo Schmidt, prominent bo- fore the war in Now York banking cirolos, as the agent of the Doutsches Bank of Berlin, that Bernstorff nd- vanced the money to the Levantino plotter. Adolph Pavenstedt, another former New York bankor of German origin, appears as a go-between for the plotting Ambassador and the spy. ‘Tho Attorney General has disclosed a number of prominent persons with German secret servico work, and this information is now in the hands of the Department of Justice for fur- ther investigation for such action as doveloped facts may warrant. POSTAL RATES GO UP NOV. 2. Letters Three Cents—Postcards Two Cents. Washington—The Post Office De- partment Issued these instructions: “Postmasters shall on and after Nov. 2 see that postage is pnid at tho rato of 3 cents an ounce or fraction thero- of on lotters and other frat class mat- ter, except drop letters and foreign mail. “Postal cards are required to be pro- paid 2 cents, and, thereforo, the 1 cent postal cards must have a 1 cent post- Age stamp affixed to them in addition to the 1 cent stamp impressed on such cards, “Postal cards (private mailing cards) bearing written mossages must have 2 cents postage prepaid on them.” NO COAL FOR NIEUW AMSTERDAM Duteh Government Would Not Prom. lee Ship Would Return. Washington.—The government has refused Heenso for bunker coal to tho Nicuw Amsterdam because Holland would not give assurances that the ship would return to the United States after discharging hor Belgian rollot cargo. This action forecasts the com- plote embargo of the largo fleet of Dutch ships now in Now York harbor, unless Holland permits them to carry cargoes for the United States, SEES SPANISH FACTORIES! RUIN. Genator Sedo Informe Government of Cotton Needs, Madrld.—Senator Sodo informs the government that there aro only 70,000 alos of cotton in roservo, while the annual consumption in tho cotton in- dustry is 400,000 balos. If importation 4s interrupted within two months tho Catalonian factories will be closed and tho industry ruined. Coal from tho ‘United States is neoded greatly, since all that Spain requires cannot bo pro- vided by England whilo the war lasts. _THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WORLD'S NEWS IN MIDGET FORM Long Stories ‘ot Bly Events Told In Brief Paragraphs For Quick Reading ABOUT BoYs IN TRENCHES Progross of seas on All Land Fronts, In the Submarine Zones and In the Up In the Alr Battle Field. ("wan BULLETiNe” German forces, after silencing Rus- sian batteries, anded men on Oosel and Dago islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Riga, and Petrograd ro- ported that the garrison of Oesel put up a stil fight against tho invaders For the first time since he opened his series of attacks on the Germana in Flanders, Field Marshal Haig wag compelled to cease his operations be: fore all his objectives had been gained beewuse of the impossibility of the British troops moving forward in the deep mud on the battle line, How Gormany has been receiving from thts country a supply of tung: sten was revealed by federal officers in tho arrest of three men charged with violating the esplonago act in smuggling the white metal, Italy is said to bo preparing for a great drive on Laibach, key to tha Austrian communications, If the Alley supply coal, steel and guns. Gabriele @Annunzio took part ina big air rald on the Austrian naval base at Cattaro, Germany’s military chiofs, for the first timo In the war, aro beginning to talk about economizing the nation's “human material.” Gorman army or. ders signed by Quartermaster General Ludendorf have recently been taken from prisoners, emphasizing the need for this economy. WASHINGTON ] Announcement of the general meth: od by which the American merchant marine 1s requisitioned by the govern: ment was mado by Bainbridge Colby, of the Shipping Roard, in a notice sent to shipowners. The Navy Department announced the return of Admiral Mayo from Bu rope, whore ho held conferences with the British and French admiralties and inspected the British and Amert ean flects. It was believed that as a result of theso conferences a naval movement on a large sealo soon would be undertaken, 4 President Wilson apptoved the max: imum prices for steol products, a cut of one-third, arranged by agreement between the War Industries Board and the manufacturers. Famino in coal is attributed by the Geological Survey to the cnormous and unprecedented war demands. American mines are producing 1,823, 000 tons daily, moro than ever before in her history, Tho American navy's war construc tion program consists of 787 vexsels, including all types from super-dread: noughts to submarine chasers, as an- nounced by Sceretary Daniels, ‘The total cost is estimated at $4,150,400, 000, with a supplemental $350,000,000 destroyer program, New regulations for the enforcement of tho ‘Trading With tho Enemy Act virtually were completed. Mr. Burle son announced that the press would not be permitted to impugn America’s motives in the war, Gormany’s U-boat bases along the Belgian coast will bo throttled if good weather holds out on the Flanders front. ‘This is Socretary of War Baker's official prediction on confiden- Wal reports, Gormany virtually is an outlaw among the countries of the two west- ern continents. Wifteen nations, in- eluding the United States and Can- ada, either aro at war or have broken off relations. Of the six neutrals, three favor the United States policy and the other three hesitate to act because of local conditions. Vene- guela alono is pro-German, Champ Clark recoived an urgent call from Seerctary McAdoo asking him to speak in the Middle West. Mr. Clark will do so, I GENERAL ‘Turning @ valvo wheel that sent wa tor from tho Catskill Mountains spout: ing from a fountain of three tubes in the upper reservoir in Central Park, New York, Mayor Mitohel formally Announced that the great Catskill aqueduct was open. Bainbridge Colby in explaining the operation of the government's requist- tion of vessols of 2,500 tons and above declared that tho owners would oper. ato tholr vessels on government ac- count and would bo allowed commis: sions on private freight, tho chief ob- Ject boing to tako caro of war dopart- ment needs first and othor tntorests ator. Preparations for the draft for the national army of Porto Rico are being pushed. ‘The war risk insurance bureau an- mounced the terms of the polletes for sAmorica’s fighting forces, Provost Marshal Gonoral Crowder announced that all dontal studonte above tho first year aro exempt from the draft, ‘Tho $460,000 baso hospital at Camp ‘Wadsworth causod much complaint be: cause of tho lack of ceilings, hot water and heating facilities, _ Orders issued by tho War Depart. Perfect Phonographs at Popular Prices THESE TALKING MACHINES ARE THE MOST REMARKABLE VALUES THAT HAVE YET BEEN OFFERED TO THE TRADE. IN FINISH AND TONE QUALITY THEY ARE EQUAL TO ANY OF THE $20.00 RETAIL MACHINES ON THE MARKET ee a No. 1-13x13x6 inches, - - - $75 Worth.of Umbrella Coupons No. 2.-16x16x7 inches, - - - $100 Worth of Umbrella Coupons ‘Gina MAY BE HAD IN OAK. MISSION OR MAHOGANY. No. 1 is Adiomenmu.erons SPRING MOTOR AND WILL PLAY TWO 10- OR ONE 12-INCH RECORD ON A SINGLE WINDING NO. 2 IS EQUIPPED WITH A MOTOR GUARAN TEED TO PLAY FIVE 10-INCH RECORDS ON ONE WINDING. THIS MACHINE HAS NEEDLE. CUPS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN EXPENSIVE MA- CHINES. TURN-TABLES 10 INCH DIAMETER. ALL METAL PARTS NICKEL, PLATED AND HIGHLY POLISHED. THE iC: MOND PLaNET S11 N. 4th St., - - Richmond, Va. seateatrsteeteateate-ctecteateateateateateateateateatedtesterdectectpateateatesteifostriteatecte cto stectoctoctestestosteatoateatostostectectecte tect. Reginald $. Worthington defeated Alec Coles in final of golf tournament at Shawnee on Delaware, Although Ferdinand Schupp was ap: parently unable to locate the position of the rubber at the batsman's apex of the diamond, in the fourth game, he pitching 122 balls in nine innings, 40 of which Umpire Rigler declared were not over the plate, the southpaw's un steadiness was more apparent than real. Sailor socker football players at: tached to H. M. S. Roxburgh were beaten by the Overseas Wanderers at the C. C.N. Y. stadium, 2 to 1. ‘The St. Louis Cardinals lived up to expectations whon they took the meas: ure of the Browns in the fall sores. Fow figured that the seventh place Browns would be able to defeat the third place Cardinals. Irish Patsy Cline defeated Johnny Dundee in a ten round bout on points at the Manhattan Sporting Club, ‘The $5,000 Dinner Stakes for three: year-old trotters at the Lexington (Ky.) Grand Circuit meeting went to Miss Bertha Dillon in two. straight heats. Mathias Erzberger declared that tho events of the last week had not chang: ed tho peace attitude of the majority parties of the Reichstag and rather would hasten the parliamentarization of Germany. Kaiser William visited Sofia, Bulga. ria. Pence is in the air, Sweden denied the existence of a seeret treaty with Germany regarding exports of iron ore. At their own request Ex-Czar Nich. olas and his family have been remov. ed to @ place far from the maddening crowds. From 'Tobolsk, Siberia, thy have been transferred (0 the Abolak Monastery, 14 mniles away. Blias Howayek, aged patriarch of the Syrian Christian tribe of Maro: nites, was oxiled from Turkey. Gorman troops wero disarmed be. fore parade in front of the kaiser for fear of an attompt at viotonce. ‘Yom Longboat, a noted American In- dian runner, was killed in action with @ Canadian rogimant in which ho was @ lanco corporal. ~ Tavosffgatfon” of te activities of Bolo Pacha in Now York rovoaled tho fact that sevoral great banking houses woro duped in the German propaganda work, directed personally by Count von Bornstorff, to bribe newspapers, | ‘Alarmed ‘by growing labor unront throughout the country, tho govern. mont sent a commission headed by Secretary Wilson to the West to seo @ solution of the problem, ment permit polftical campafgiing, under certain restrictions, In the army camps and cantonments, Advisability of expediting the call for the second inerement of the draft army is being seriously discussed al the War Department, the date to bé fixed for some time in December o1 January. Women will be employed as car crews in Cleveland to replaco 389 street car mon drafted. Pittsburgh National Guard regi ments, ordered broken up by the War Department, will be kept intact. Woman Suffrage was indorsed by the National Council of Congregation al Churches, in session at Columbus, oO. Howard W. Selby, of Providenco, R I, was re-elected president of the Veg: etable Growors’ Association of Amer: fea. Officers of the Pennsylvania Game Commission preatct good bear hunting when the new season opens Oct. 16. Occoquan worknouse will not be in: Yostigated by the State of Virginia, despite the petition of suffragists. Colonel Roosevelt goes to a “health farm" in Connecticut to undergo train. ing to reduce his weight. A readjustment of the National Army organization was announced by the War Départment, and seventeen divisions will be formed, sixteen white and one negro. Bridgeport, Conn., factory workmen are being paid as high as $70 a week. Officials of the United States Treas: ury now expect It to have a balance on June 30, 1918, despite the huge war expenditures already authorized by the last Congress. | GERMAN-AMERICAN WAR | President Wilson issued a sweep- ing order for the absolute control of “trade with the enemy,” imports, ex- ports, cables and mails coming with- in the scope of Its provisions, also an alicn property custodian, Government ownership and opera: tion of the railroads to meet the war programme of the nation and to put an end to the growing discontent of trainmen, is predicted by Washington President. Wilson's distinction be. tween the German government and the German people 1s slowly but sure ly having its effect in Germany. KILLS HER SLEEPING HUSBAND. Wite Says She Learned He Har Poisoned Her Mother. Denyer, Col.—Knecling at the bed side of her sleeping husband, Mre Patrick Henry Riley shot him throug the head at their home here. Riley died three hours later. Mrs. Riley sur rendered to the police, declaring Riley who eame here from Parts, ‘Tenn., har Killed her mother by poisoning an: had threatened her. ) ee te: SPORTING FOREIGN U.S. BOARD TAKES AMERICAN SHIPS Covernment Requisitions Both Freight and Passenger Ves- sels Above 2,500 Tons. TO CONTROL OCEAN RATES Soaring pisighitohargae Prompt Con certed Action by United States and Allies—Control to Be Vested In the Shipping Board. Washington.—As a war emergency measure the United States Shipping Board has requisitioned all American ocean cargo and passenger carrying vessels of over 2,500 tons. ‘This ae: tion, which is taken as a means of ef- feetively controlling and regulating ocean freight rates and to enable the government to obtain prompt com: mand of the sea tonnage it needs for war uses, was forecasted on Sept. 27 last when the Shipping Board issued a statement giving the charter rateg at which the vessels would be taken over. The limit probably will be low: ered soon to include vessels of more than 1,500 tons. ‘The Shipping Board made public the toxt of the official notification to tho owners of all ships affected by tho requisition order. American merchant vessels available for ocean traffic to: tal slightly more than 2,000,000 tons, but some of them have been taken over already for use by the army and aavy. In most instances, except where they are required for actual govorn- ment service, the ships will be turned back to their owners for operation on government account, subject at all times to any disposition that the Ship- ping Board may direct, Nation May Take Rallroade. Washington.—The prediction that the exigencies of the war may forco government ownership of American rallroads in “the surprisingly near fu- ture” was made in a statement issued by the Conference Committee on Na- Uonal Preparedness. * “Not only is ship tonnage inadequate to the war's demand,” says the state: ment, “but the whole transportation system of America is bending and may break under the strain of our first year at war.” BERLIN BACKED SABOTAGE HERE Secretary Produces Messages Naming Americans In Plots. ‘Washington.—Threo more telegrams, which passed betwoen Borlin and {ts SEVEN Einbassy m ‘ths country, were mado public by Secretary Lansing. ‘They fare noteworthy for the evident pur- pose to do all possible injury to Ger- many’s European nomics through cut Ung off their resources in America, while at the same time avoiding as far as possible incurring the wrath of the American people by actual de- struction of life in this country and Canada, ‘The threo telegrams are a comple: ment to the correspondence already disclosed by the State Department, giving convincing evidence of a well: calculated and systematic violation of American neutrality by Germany dur- ing a period more than a year proced: ing the beginning of ruthless subma- rine warfare and the breach of rela- tions between Germany and the Unit+ ed States, * FIXED OIL PRICES NEXT. War Needs Nine Times U. 8. Exports Last Year: Washington. — Price fixing on oil and oil products looms nearer than ever. With the prices of stecl, cop: per and coal fixed by Governmental decree, big oll producers are awaiting their turn. ‘Two factors stand out as giving them cause for worry. A greater demand for ofl than tho world nas known and a price of $2 a barrel, reached since 1912, when 40 cents bought a barrel of crude ofl. eb “Pebbles From An | cb bies From An ; so : : ” African Beach. ; falican beach. : amare } A Mission Study Toxt Book. giving , tho history. progress aud prosent con- | didonsoriie Norte Repsie he | Wost Coast Africa, ‘The book Vividly . Dorbrays conditions and character of | its peoples, Showing the great possi- | Gittees ie tue sone eens | UAIE WAY" tere: cana dite Fatsceauing Boek Weg es | BY L. G. JORDAN, D.D., | Seerotary of tho Foroign Mission | Rosetta Netlonsl Repose vontion, after he had mado Threg : ‘Trips to Africa, and ts written In eee mnie note ee Me gtamante ors, form. Ty faith In ‘the Negro, ingpiro any. Fb ietoe him eng pee eaeey isn wis for STE ‘tho, “Now World Democracy.” PRICE 27 CENTS POST PAID 701 South 19th Street | Philadelphia, - - Penna. SATURDAY OCT. --27 THE PLANET Resolutions Commending Him Are Adopted at Memphis. We our committee on resolutions, expressing our appreciation of the character of work, and exalted services rendered during the past twelve days, by the Rev. W. H. Skipwith, D. D., of Philadelphia, Pa., at the First Baptist church (St. Paul Ave.) Memphis, Tenn., beg to submit the following as our report. This is a. age of pestilence, an age of skepticism, an age of destruction and sudden death an age compared with which there never was a time when to become a christian was a wiser step than it is today. Being eminently conversant with, and thoroughly alive to these facts, Dr. Skipwith featured no secret subterfuge designed to secure by deception, a false confession from the sinners and altho he surrendered nothing which was his right in justice to his cause, he resorted to no question able and doubtful practices. He met the devil in the open, and, preaching a clean and high class gospel; singing the wonderful songs of Zion—fought his battles on a principle. For in the purest doctrine of christian sentiment, delivered in the most masterful arguments, he administered the balm of hope; and every sinner who heard him is no longer ignorant of his predicament and condemnation as an insolvent debtor. This being true, also the spirituality of the whole church (including visitors) having been inmeasurably benefited and increased: Therefore, Resolved, That we tender the Rev. Dr. Skipwith with a rising vote of sincere thanks and deep appreciation for the plain and simple yet exalted manner in which he pointed out to the christian the paths of duty; and, to the sinner, the plan of salvation. Wherever you go Dr. Skipwith, to carry this message of hope, and preach this doctrine of faith, the prayers of the members and friends of the First Baptist Church shall go up in your behalf during the remaining years of your natural life. Resolved, further that a copy of these resolutions' be presented to Dr. Skipwith. Committee—Miss Georgia Mac Lundy. Superintendent Jackson Appeals. To The Editor Richmond Planet, Richmond, Va. Dear Sir,—Unusual such as President Wilson has designated next Sunday October 28th as a day of prayer, asking God to grant success to American Arms, permit me to ask through the Planet that every Negro Church on that day take advantage of this official prayer movement to make an especial and additional appeal to God for the needs of our race. THE RACE NEEDS MORE. We need more than the success of American Arms. God in Heaven knows we need and want Democracy more than any one else in America, a Democracy not of the rhetorical type but one bearing the stamp of practical application, genuine in all its phases. Let our churches pray for it at the same time when all America prays for fear that our specific needs may perchance be possibly neglected. If therefore we want a prayer well said as touching our condition in America, I feel quite certain we must say it for ourselves. A TOLERANT SPIRIT Let us pray on that day and every day for more tolerant spirit of Justice in America toward our people. Let us pray that the spirit of God may get into the heart of our Great President and open his lips in an expression, the meat of which we can take to ourselves, regarding America's fight for Democracy as touching and effecting the status of the Negro throughout this land. Surely this Nation cannot face God next Sunday with any objection to our added appeal to a specific prayer, even though we are praying to carry the ultimate end of a victory a step further. GOD'S CHOSEN Often I see it stated that the hand of God is in this horrible and hideous war. This I do not doubt. But when I see it stated that America is God's chosen vehicle for carrying right and justice to the world, I begin to wonder if America is not presuming with God and assuming to herself an all too righteous men. Why America, with her bloody records of burning, lynching, murder, oppression and wanton persecution of her own black citizens? Has God been blind? Has God forced? SHOULD HAVE CLEAN HANDS If we must approach God—and we must—let us approach Him with clean hands and clean hearts. If we must be God's mercy—and we must let us come with mercy in our hearts, being prepared to grant mercy to those who are appealing for it here below. Otherwise the prayers of a people, an individual and a nation become a mockery and an insult to the God of all men! Fellow Negroes, Fellow Citizens. HAS RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE Insurance for the National Army to protect dependent widows, children, mothers and fathers, and for the future protection of the living against the heavy toll of Pensions, and will insist on every soldier carrying the protection. NO CIVILIAN WILL BE INSURED BY THE GOVERNMENT under these policies, but The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association is prepared TO ISSUE POLICIES ON ALL CIVILIANS AT ages from 6 Months to 50 Years. IF LIFE INSURANCE IS RECOGNIZED BY OUR government as necessary for America's future financial protection, now much more important is it that you protect yourself and your own household under a policy issued by The North Carolina Mutual & Provident Ass'n. The Largest and Strongest Negro Life Insurance Company in the World. INSURANCE IN FORCE... OVER $10,000,000 HOME OFFICE, DURHAM, N. C. DISTRICT OFFICE, 2nd Leigh Streets., C. A. WRIGHT, Superintendent let us together pray on that day for the institution of a world Democracy which shall bring Justice and Peace to all men. Yours very truly, A. B. JACKSON. rector A. A. Tennant, Cashier, Walter T. Davis, Assistant Cashier, A. V. Norrell, Jr., Teller, Leroy E. Ragland. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was represented by Vice-President, J. Thomas Hewin, and Director P. H. Sunday. It is rally day. There will be a Chrysanthemum Social Thursday and Friday nights. The Harvest Home ended Friday. OLDEST BANK MESSENGER IN OHIO. DIES... Has Record of More Than Half Century of Faithful Service. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 25.—In the passing away of John H. Troy, the career of a family long identified with the financial institutions of this city is closed. He served three banks of this city for a period of more than fifty years as a trusted messenger, the National Lafayette Bank, the Merchants National Bank, and finally the First National Bank with which he was connected at the time of his death. He was the oldest bank messenger of the State, not only in years, but in point of service. He was the last member of the best known family of men in our banking districts. Two of his brothers, Isaac M. Troy and Theodore A. Troy, who preceded him to the great beyond, hold the same record before him. At one time seven membrs of the family were with our financial institutions in positions of trust, Isaac M. Troy with the Fourth National Bank; Theo A. Troy and John H. Troy with the Merchants National Bank; Ernest M. Troy with S. Kuhn & Sons; Isaac C. Troy with Hiram De Camp & Co, Robert V. Troy and Robert D. G. Troy with the Ohio Valley National Bank All were messengers except Isaac C. Troy, who was a clerk, and Robert D. G. Troy, who filled every position in the bank where he was employed, from messenger boy to general hookkeeper. The family in their positions of trust handled millions of dollars and had the envailable record of never losing one cent. They were familiar figures in the banking districts and enjoyed the confidence and respect of more financiers and business men than any family, black or white, in Ohio. Removal from the city and death takes the last member of the family from the banking district, after being represented there for more than sixty years. John H. Troy leaves a widow one brother, R. V. Troy now residing in Philadelphia and a large family of relatives all over the United States. THE LIBERTY LOAN PARADE The Liberty Loan Parade, Sunday afternoon October 14th was the most imposing in the history of this city. Men, women and children participated. Colored school children and white school children were there. The line was composed of drafted colored men ministers, lawyers, Doctors and bankers. The Mechanics Savings Bank was represented by President John Mitchell Jr., Vice-President, Thomas M. Crump, Director R. W. Whiting Dl THE RICHMOND PLANET rector A. A. Tennant, Cashier, Walter T. Davis, Assistant Cashier, A. V. Norrell, Jr., Teller, Leroy E. Ragland. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was represented by Vice-President, J. Thomas Hewin, and Director P. H. Ford, Senator Claude E. Swanson de livered the principal address at the City Auditorium. President Mitchell hurried from the line and delivered an address at the Fourth Baptist Church, Rev. Evans Payne, pastor to a large and enthusiastic audience. The meeting was under the auspices of the Pew Rally Club, of which Mrs. Evans Payne is President. It was 6 P. M., when the meeting adjourned. Mr. Mitchell urged the colored people to purchase Liberty Bonds. [ ] WINCHESTER NOTES: Winchester, Va., October 22.—A sacred concert was held at St. Paul A. M. E. Church Sunday evening. Rev. J. W. Stephenson, chairman. Miss Frances Lewis, of Fredericksburg, Va. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis, on E. Kearn street. The Shiloh Baptist Church held all-day services on Sunday. Revs. Allen Williams, Walker Carter, Boston Banks were the ministers who officiated. Miss Rosa Harmon is spending a few days in Washington. Mrs. John Jefferson spent last week in Baltimore with her brother, Mr. Alexander Washington. Mr. Charles Finley paid a brief visit to town last week. Mr. Finley is engaged in business in Washington D. C. The Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. George McGruder's on N. Market street on Friday. Everyone was greatly pleased. Next meeting is with Mrs. Nora Bell. 639 N. Market. The Junior Class of John Mann S. S. had a delightful time at their indoor picnic Wednesday last. Mrs. Powell Gibson Mrs. Robert Jennings and Mrs. Nancy Briscoe spent Sunday in Martinsburg, W. Va. The Junior Sewing Club met at Miss Rachel Jackson's, N. Main street last week. Miss Tilera Boyd, of S. Braddock street tendered a reception to Mrs. M. L. Brown, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Brown will leave soon for Hampton to live. Mr. R. D. Cooley is feeling better than he was last week. Mr. James Harding, who underwent a surgical operation is much improved. Mrs. Page Hall, of Johnstown addressed the Epworth League last Sunday at John Mann Church. The Trustees of John Mann Church are looking forward to a great day UNION Virtual & Provid Best Negro Life I in the World. OVER DURHAM ets., C. A. WRIGHT, Sunday. It is rally day. There will be a Chrysanthemum Social Thursday and Friday nights. The Harvest Hom ended Friday last at Mt. Carmel F. B. Church with much success. The Brotherhood will meet at Mr. C. W. Hall's, Friday, November 2. 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They sang, too, recitatives from great oratories in a way that would do credit to the most famous artists. Des Molnes yesterday afternoon heard the heart-searching cry of an enslaved race, interpreted by men possessed of all the finish and grace that the finest training can secure today. And the enormous audience of 3,800 people which had packed the building till hundreds were forced to stand in its eagerness to hear the singers, forgot its discomfort and remained till the last note was sung. Encore after encore was demanded, and many stayed to thank the soldiers personally for the pleasure they had given. NEGRO SINGERS STAR "The Old Flag That Never Touched the Ground," with its patriotic appeal was sung with a vigor and dash by the military cetet which drew enthusiastic applause and a hearty encore. Another song with an intoxicating lilt and rhythm was "I Want to Be Ready," one of the old camp meeting songs. But the weird, quality of the slavery song "I Couldn't Hear No Body Pray," was one which touched the audience quite as deeply, and the encore o the first group of songs by the chorus, "Go Down, Moses, to Egypt Land," was popular. The three soloists gave the audience a surprise in the excellence of their work, as very little opportunity has been given for hearing the men outside of the group singing. Mr. R. W. Small, who sang "The Young Warrior," has a beautiful ten or voice, of unusual sweetness and power. An interesting feature of this number was the fact that the song itself was composed by a Negro, and that, intensely patriotic in its nature, it has been translated into Italian, and is sung now by the soldiers in the trenches. Mr. Godman sang "Open the Gates," a recitative, with excellent effect, and Mr. Lomack gave "Ye Who Sin and Ye Who Sorrow," from "Mount Olivet," with striking feeling and emotion. The splendid artistry of all the soloists was a matter of comment. "THE SOLDIER'S FAREWELL" The second group of songs by the chorus was opened with "Tis Me, Oh, Lord," a lively song which the audience liked immensely. "Swing Low, Sweet Chartot," which followed, is one of the most popular of the plantation melodies, and was sung yester day with a sweetness and feeling which will make it remembered always. One of the most effective numbers of the whole program, however, and a fitting farewell from the men of the fort to the people who have followed them with much interest during their stay here, was "The Soldier's Farewell." One of the officers took his place at the pipe organ the verses were sung with rare beauty by a soloists, and the great chorus thrilled the audience with the volume and melody of the refrain. To Mr. P. S. Lancaster, leader of the chorus and himself the possessor of a colordid voice, is due much praise for his handling and training of the men. The finish and verve of the performance were in large measure the result of his work. Doctor Medbury, in introducing Doctor Cabaniss, announced that the collection from the audience would go to the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored Race "A fine reach," he said, "for this band of cultivated men to the people who have no. enjoyed their advantages." The collection, it was found, totaled $280.80. In a further tribute to the officers who have given so freely of their time and energy in singing at count less programs during their stayy here, the Rev. Dr. Medbury said: "It is not enough to say that by their demeanor while among us their con duct on the streets, in the theatres and business houses, they have brought honor to their race. They are rather an honor to the race of men." DR. CARANISS SPEAKS Dr. G. W. Cabaniss, the "grand old man" of the camp, a member of the committee of one hundred which so cured the consent of Washington to the establishment of the training camp at Fort Des Moines, in speaking of the singing remarked that the plantation melodies were simply revised versions of the ideals, thoughts and visions of their forefathers in slavery. "And now the descendants of the same men are preparing to tight for democracy and the cause of liberty for the world." He mentioned the high standard of physical fitness which had been found almost universal among the applicants for the camp, and the high mental development which accompanied it. "This is proved by the fact that on Oct. 15 nearly all of them will receive commissions. But a great part of this record of success is due to the attention and energy which Brigadier General Ballon devoted to their training." SONG BOOKS PLENTIFUL The community singing again proved immensely popular. Under Dean Cowper's leadership the audience entered into the hymns with zest and enthusiasm. Especially oceative was "Onward Christian Soldiers." It is thought that the new arrangement of leading the White Sparrow songbooks in all the pows, so that everyone was able to take part had much to do with the success of this part of the programme. The same plan will be followed in the regular concert series, although all who wish to have their own copies may buy them at The Register office for 10 cents, the proceeds going to the White Sparrow charities fund. The management of the White Spartow concerts wishes it understood that yesterday's program was not a regular number of the services, but was arranged in order that Des Moines people might have one more opportunity of hearing the Negro singers before they receive their commissions on October 15, and leave the city. The regular community singers will begin Sunday afternoon, November 4, and continue throughout the winter. THOUSANDS OF COLORED MEN TO BE TRAINED AT CAMP DODGE. Washington Oct. 9.—The War Department today announced a new grounding of men in the National Army to form 16 white divisions and one colored division besides bringing National guard forces to full strength from the drafted men. The Negro division will be made up from every part of the nation. (By Carl Stuart. ) Camp Dodge, Oct. 9.—Several thousand and Negroes from the cotton fields of Alabama will learn to be soldiers at Camp Dodge. Orders received from the war department by Major General Plummer today indicate that two full regiments of Negro troops will be trained here. In these regiments will be included every Negro drafted in Alabama. Camp Dodge loses white men and gains Negroes by this latest war department transaction. The order instructs that all surplus white men over a full division drafted in the 13th district be sent to Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., for training. DEFICIT OF MEN Just what this order may mean is unclear, even to division officers. If the depot brigade of the Eighty-eighth Division, in which organization strategic reserves are trained, is to be filled to full strength there will be a deficit of men, rather than a surplus. The full strength of the division, exclusive of the depot brigade which is omitted in divisional tables of organization, is about 26,000 drafted men. The 13th district will furnish about 45,000 drafted soldiers 8,009 of whom will be sent to Camp Cody to fill the Thirty-fourth Division there. This will leave 37,600 men for the Eighty-eighth Division. After all regu jar divisional organizations have been filled 11,600 soldiers will be left for the depot brigade and the Camp Pike "surplus." ABANDON BRIGADE While it is not the policy of the war department to publish information about the strength of these brigades of reserves, it may be said that this surplus over the full division is not sufficient to fill the brigade to full strength, let alone give any men to Camp Pike. If the order means that the reserve brigade here is to be abandoned, about 11,000 Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and central Illinois men will go to Arkansas for training, leaving a strength at this camp of about 32,000 soldiers, including Negroes. 48 MORE DOCTORS If, on the other hand, the reserve brigade is to be maintained, the total here will be around 47,000 men. Besides Alabama Negroes, all those drafted in the district furnishes white men to Camp Dodge will come here. The estimated total is 6,600. LABOR INNOVATION WITH THE COLORED WOMEN. In Emporia, Kansas, Negro women are to replace men in the Santa Fe railroad roundhouse. The women will do the cleaning work and be trained as engine wipers, receiving the same wages as men. If this innovation stops with one town the effect will be too trivial to be taken into consideration. Should the departure be satisfactory and generally adopted all over the Santa Fe system and over other road systems, South as well as North, the result will work hardship in certain portions of the country. Southern planters have observed with alarm the exodus of the Negro laborer to northern fields. Wherever cotton is grown Negro help—men and women—is almost indispensable and wherever white labor has been substituted, or it has been attempted to THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. substitute white labor for colored, the venture has not been satisfactory in the cotton fields. Even now there is a scarcity of help to gather this year's crop, and if Negro women are lured from the plantations to find employment in the railroad yards, the case on the cotton planter will be more difficult than ever Unlike wheat, corn, oats, and rye, cotton must be hand picked, and for several reasons, especially climatic, Negroes make the best cotton pickers. If the women leave, the family follows—children and all. It is certainly a disturbing thought—the cabins deserted and the plantations drained of the harvest hands. True, the time may come when men laborers will become as scarce in the United States as they are in Europe and women will of necessity fill strange positions and perform curious duties. But at the present we have no such widespread scarcity, and it seems as if the wisdom of the Santa Fe's action may be questioned, for every Negro woman employed as an engine wiper displaces a man worker, and in the South, it might be said every woman so employed robs the cotton field of a potential operator. Whether the Santa Fe railroad's venture will be successful, and its new help will respond readily to the exactions of railroad service discipline, remains to be seen. The result may not justify the experiment. On the other hand, should Southern roads follow suit, it is not improbable it would be found that mighty good cotton pickers were sacrificed to make indifferent roundhouse workers. (Richmond Va., Evening Journal, Oct. 12, 1917. COLORED MEDICS TO MOBILIZE IN THE SOUTH. Fort Des Moines Preparing for Con valescent Hospital Equipment. Movement of the entire medical officers training camp and school for enlisted colored men from Fort Des Moines to California or to some point in the south is reported to be schedled for some time before real cold weather hits Iowa. This will leave at Fort Des Moines only the base, hospital for convalescents to be brought here from Eurone and from all parts of the United States, as was reported exclusively by the Evening Tribune last week. The hospital will have a personnel of nurses surgeons and other assists tants of approximately 1,500 men and will have about the same number of patients PREPARING FQR PATIENTS AT FORT Dr. Morton of Baltimore, United States medical reserve, arrived at the fort yesterday to take up his duties in preparation for the arrival of patients. He will be followed here next week by General Gorgas, surgeon general of the United States army, and Colonel Munsen, chief of the medical training school. Dr. Morton is reported to have given up a $15,000 practice at Baltimore to take up his work in the service. There are now stationed at Fort Des Moines 1,000 enlisted Nogroes, 125 Negro officers and seven white officers who are acting as instructors. These men comprise the entire cooled medical personnel for the on the entire army and include litter section, a pack train and a gas mask section. Maj. H. C. Maddux, U. S. A. medical corps is in command RECORD MARCH WEDNESDAY He is proud of the record being set by the men under his command and of the march they made on Wednes day from the fort to the fair grounds. The distance of approximately nine miles was covered in two hours and fifty minutes withto t a single man or officer dropping out of line. Most of the men have been in the service nly a week and none more than six 'coks. During their three days' stay at the fair grounds there has not been a single man placed under an rest nor the slightest disturbance or trouble of any kind. Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock the men will pass through the city again, returning to Fort Des Moines. They present a picturesque appearance with loei pr on their backs, and near ever, man in the entire column whistling or singing in time to the marching. AT FORT DES MOINES Dr. Medbury was not paying the colored soldiers at Fort Des Moines an idle compliment when he said to them yesterday at the White Sparrow concert that they had not only brought honor to their race, "they have brought honor to the race of men." The tremendous gatherings at the Drake Stadium earlier in the summer and this enormous audience at the University church auditorium could not have been if curiosity to hear and see the colored troops had not been reinforced by a feeling of respect for men who had gone out and made good under disadvantageous circumstances. It is purely incidental, and yet the test is a real test. Mr. Schmidt assures The Evening Tribune that he has had less trouble on the Fort Des Moines street car line since this colored troop has been stationed there than ever. He has needed no gauards for the cars, and there has been no complaint. The colored men have gained enormously by this encampment for they have been brought into constant and personal association from all over the United States. They have gained also in that they have shown that they can stand the severe discipline and training of the army officer. They have gained also in that none but good reports have gone out from Des Moines, and in that in Des Moines they have won the good will of the community. Nobody doubts, who has seen them, that they will make good in positions of command, or fears that the colored soldier under his own officers will be second on the battle fields of Europe. (The Evening Tribune, Monday, Oct. 8,1917.) OLD WAYLAND. After the lapse of many a day, In Washington I made my way To Meridian Hill and pensive viewd The hallowed spot where Wayland stood. Two stair piers which lead from the street Through paths of knowledge the faltering feet, Small bits of debris here and there scattered round Is all of the building now to be found. The thistle and mullein now wave on the breeze. Yea wave triumphant o'er fast crumb ling frieze; The swallow and bat now peacefully soar O'er spot where students once strugged for lore. Ah! Chronos has ruthlessly altered the scene With swift onward step and sure slickle keen Has reaped from the list which once flourished there Full many a radiant blossom rare. Then what of it all? Is her mission dead As the plaster and splints o'er which we now tread? Are no stars shedding their luminous rays Reflecting the brilliance of Wayland's past days? Go ask of her sons—Diggs, Simpson and Haynes Nash, Griffith and others who've spared no pains To lift high the light for groping man kind— To aid life's perilous pathway to find. Yes, ask of Tuskegee whose leader renowned Once sought here King's counsel un speakably sound. The brief his sojourn yet deep in his soul Were planted rare precepts more precious than gold. Now changed in location and changed too in name The school presses onward and upward the same In Richmond she's shining more radiant today A relighted beacon still pointing the way. POWELL W. GIBSON Winchester, Va. COLORED LAWYERS PLEDGE LOYALTY. Resolutions of loyalty to the United States were passed by the Iowa State Negro Bar association in special session at 507 Mulberry street. The resolutions command highly General C. C. Ballou who has been commandant at the officers' training school at Fort Dodge, Ill., and ask that he be placed in supreme command of a colored division. The resolutions are as follows: Resolved. That the Iowa State Negro Bar association hereby pledges its support to the president of the United States in everything that may be done by our government thru the administration and the war department in the conduct of the great war which we were compelled to enter to pro serve the principles of true democracy for our own country and the world: That we heartily approve the determination of the president, as chief executive officer of the nation and as comander-in-chief of the army and navy, to prosecute the war with vigor to a complete victory in order that the armed menace, and treacherous de signs against free institutions may be forever removed by the complete over throw of the imperial German military autocratic alliance and a lasting and holy peace secured; That we pledge the opposed citizens of the country, about twelve million strong, to the patriotic support of the government and only ask and urge that a fair equal chance be given them at all times to sacrifice for and serve our country; That we regard as hargetous, unpariotic and untimely, if not treasurable, any and all unauthorized moves measures and pretences for a prema ture peace and for peace terms and urge all loyal citizens and well wishers of our righteous cause to leave all such matters to the judgment of the government and those charged with the conduct of the war. Resolved, That as one special patriotic measure we urge that Brigadier General C. C. Ballou be so placed that our colored soldiers may continue to have the efficient, sympathetic, soldierly, unprejudiced aid which he has so well given and shown during his years of brilliant service in the regular army and further proven in the training of colored man at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to fit them for commissions as officers of the national army, and that he be raised to the rank of major general at once if that be necessary to place him in supreme command of a colored division. Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the public press, the Hon. Secretary of War, the adjutant general of the army, Brigadier General C. C. Ballou, and the president of the United States. Respectfully offered by George H. Woodson and on motion of J. B. Rush the same was unanimously carried. Iowa State Negro Bar Association. By Geo. H. Woodson, President, Herbert R. Wright, Acting Sec'y. (In the place of J. B. Morris, the regular secretary who is now serving our country at Fort Des Moines to be come an officer in the national army along with Attorney S. Joe Brown, former president of this association, and Chas P. Howard, who is one of our promising law students of Drake University and a temporary member of this organization.) We do all kinds of Job Work. Let us do it for you. U.S.VICTORY MUST PRECEDE PEACE President Wilson Says German Success Might Mean Democracy's Suppression. LEAGUE FOR NATIONAL UNITY League Outlines Purposes—Premature Peace Seditious and Attack on Our Allies is Attack on America—Docries Early Peace Talk. Washington—Agitation for a premature peace was characterized as seditious, and those who attacked the allies of America in the present crisis were declared to be enemies of their country by members of the newly organized League for National Unity, who were received at the White House by President Wilson. The President gave his indolement to the purposes of the league in an address emphasizing the need of team play by the forces of American thought and opinion. He expressed the belief that American public opinion, although understanding the war's causes and principles, needed guidance to remember that the war should end only when Germany was beaten and Germany's rule of autocracy and might superceded by the ideals of democracy. This is the issue which the American people should always keep in mind, the President said, in order to avoid being misled into byways of thought and the resultant scattering of the force of public opinion. Talk of early peace before Germany is defeated is one of the evidences of misdirected thought, he suggested, and should not cloud the vision of those who understand that the United States is fighting now for the same ideals of democracy and freedom that have always actuated the nation. The President gave warning that it should not be forgotten that German success would mean not only prevention of the spread of democracy, but possibly the suppression of that already existing. Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, senior prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, and Frank Mason North of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, are Honorary Chairmen of the organization, and its list of officers includes men of prominence in organized labor, industry, and finance. The league will have headquarters in New York, and will organize at once for service. On its Executive Committee are William R. Willcox, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Vance McCormick, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is said understood that the machinery of the Speakers' Bureau of these great organizations may be used in a nation-wide movement to unite the country behind the Government and spread before the people the many acts by Germany which brought about the war. BUILDING 20,000 AEROPLANES. Baker Announces Great Aerial Fleet Will Be Ready Soon. Washington—Secretary Baker authorized the statement that work has begun on more than 20,000 aeroplanes, which are to be the vanguard of America's aerial campaign against Germany. Practically the entire number of aeroplanes and motors for which provision was made in the $640,000,000 appropriations bill already have been contracted for. Twenty-four flying schools have been authorized, the statement reveals, and besides the thousands training here students from the United States are training in all the allied countries, while many of them are undergoing intensive schooling behind several of the battle fronts. The men now in Europe will be turned over as finished aviators to the American troops in France. 1807 1917 Howard University STEPHEN M. NEWMAN, A M., D: D: President COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES A. B. and B. S. Courses TEACHERS COLLEGE A. B. & B. S. Courses in Education SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES B. S. Courses in Engineering, Home Economics, Manual Arts CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Mus. B. Courses ACADEMY Two Preparatory Courses: Classical Scientific COMMERCIAL, COLLEGE Secretarial Course Accounting Course General Course LIBRARY TRAINING CLASS PROFESSIONAL, SCHOOLS SCHOOL OF THEROLOGY B. D. Courses Diploma Course SCHOOL, OF MEDICINE M. D. Courses in Medicine D. D. S. Courses in Dentistry Phar. D. 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As the trainer, with raised lash, hesitated an instant at the entrance to the box where the boy and the ape confronted him, a tall, broad shoulder man pushed past him and entered. As his eyes fell upon the newcomer a slight flush mounted the boy's checks. "Father!" he exclaimed. The ape gave one look at the English lord and then leaped toward him, calling out in excited jabbering. The J. H. H. The Man Stopped as Though Turned to Stone. "Akut!" he cried. The Man Stopped as Though Turned to Stone. "Akut!" he cried. man, his eyes going wide with astonishment, stopped as though turned to stone. "Akut!" he cried. The boy looked, bewildered, from the ape to his father, and from his father to the ape. The trainer's jaw dropped as he listened to what followed, for from the lips of the Englishman flowed the gutturals of an ape that were answered in kind by the huge anthropoid that now clung to him. And from the wings a hideously bent and disfigured old man watched the tableau in the box, his pockmarked features working spasmodically in varying expressions that might have marked every sensation in the gamut from pleasure to terror. "Long have I looked for you, Tarzan," said Akut. "Now that I have found you I shall come to your jungle and live there always." The man stroked the beast's head, Through his mind was running rapidly a train of recollections that carried him far into the depths of the primeval African forest, where this huge, manlike beast had fought shoulder to shoulder with him in years before. He saw the black Mugambi welding the deadly knob stick and beside them, with bared fangs and bristling whiskers, Sheeta the Terrible and pressing close behind, savage as the savage panther, the hidous apes of Akut. The man sighed. Strong within him surged the jungle lust that he had thought dead. Ah, if he could go back even for a brief month of it; to feel Then Briefly Tarzan of the Apes Told His Son of His Early Life. again the brush of leafy branches against his naked hide; to smell the musty rot of dead vegetation—frankincense and myrth to the jungle born—to sense the noiseless coming of the great carnivore upon his trail; to hunt and to be hunted; to kill The picture was alluring. And then came another picture—a sweet faced woman, still young and beautiful; friends; a home; a son. He shrugged his giant shoulders. "It cannot be. Akut," he said. "But If you would return I shall see that it is done. You could not be happy here; I may not be happy there." The trainer stepped forward. The ape bared his fangs, growling. "Go with him, Akut," said Tarzan of the Apes. "I will come and see you tomorrow." The beast moved sullenly to the trainer's side. The latter, at John Clayton's request, told where they might be found. Tarzan turned toward his son. "Come!" he said, and the two left the theater. Neither spoke for several minutes after they had entered the limousine. It was the boy who broke the silence. "The ape knew you," he said, "and you spoke together in the ape's tongue. How did the ape know you, and how did you learn his language?" And then, briefly and for the first time, Tarzan of the Apes told his son of his early life—of his birth in the jungle, of the death of his parents and of how Kala, the great she ape, had suckled and raised him from infancy almost to manhood. He told him, too, of the dangers and the horrors of the jungle—of the great beasts that stalked one by day and by night; of the periods of drought and of the cataclysmic rains; of hunger, of cold, of intense heat, of nakedness and fear and suffering. He told him of all those things that seem most horrible to the creature of civilization in the hope that the knowledge of them might expunge from the lad's mind any inherent desire for the jungle. Yet they were the very things that made the memory of the jungle what it was to Tarzan—that made up the composite jungle life he loved. And in the telling he forget one thing—the principal thing—that the boy at his side, listening so eagerly, was the son of Tarzan of the Apes. After the boy had been tucked away in bed John Clayton told his wife of the events of the evening and that he had at last acquainted the boy with the facts of his jungle life. The mother, who had long forseen that her son must some time know of those frightful years during which his father had roamed the jungle, a naked, savage beast of prey, shook her head, hoping against hope that the lure she knew was still strong in the father's breast had not been transmitted to his son. Tarzan visited Akut the following day, but though Jack begged to be allowed to accompany him, he was refused. This time Tarzan saw the pockmarked old owner of the ape, whom he did not recognize as the wily Paulvitch of former days. Tarzan, influenced by Akut's pleadings, bronched the question of the ape's purchase, but Paulvitch would not name any price, saying that he would consider the matter. When Tarzan returned home Jack was all excitement to hear the details of his visit, and finally suggested that his father buy the ape and bring it home. Lady Greystoke was horrified at the suggestion. The boy was insistent. Tarzan explained that he had wished to purchase Akut and return him to his jungle home, and to this the mother assented. Jack asked to be allowed to visit the ape, but again he was met with flat refusal. He had the address, however, which the trainer had given his father, and two days later he found the opportunity to elude his new tutor—who had replaced the terrified Mr. Moore—and after a considerable search through a section of London which he had never before visited he found the smelly little quarters of the pockmarked old man. The old fellow himself replied to his knocking, and when Jack stated that he had come to see Ajax, opened the door and admitted him to the little room which he and the great ape occupied. At sight of the youth the ape leaped to the floor and shuffled forward. The man, not recognizing his visitor and fearing that the ape meant mischief, stepped between them, ordering the ape back to the bed. "He will not hurt me," cried the boy, "We are friends, and before, he was my father's friend. They knew one another in the jungle. My father is Lord Greystoke. He does not know that I have come here. My mother forbade my coming, but I wished to see Ajax, and I will pay you if you will let me come here often to see him." Paulvitch encouraged the boy to come and see Ajax often, and always he played upon the lad's craving for tales of the savage world, with which Paulvitch was all too familiar. He left him alone with Akut much, and it was not long until he was surprised to learn that the boy could make the great beast understand him—that he had actually learned much of the primitive language of the anthroponoids. During this period Tarzan came several times to visit Paulvitch. He seemed anxious to purchase Ajax, and at last he told the man frankly that he was prompted not only by a desire upon his part to return the beast to the liberty of his native jungle, but also because his wife feared that in some way her son might learn the whereabouts of the ape and through his attachment for the beast become imbued with the roving instinct which, as Tarzan explained to Paulivitch, had so influenced his own life. The Russian could scare repress a smile as he listened to Lord Greystoke's words, for scarce a half hour had passed since the future Lord Greystoke had been sitting upon theordered bed, jabbering away to Ajax with all the fluency of a born me. It was during this interview that a plan occurred t. Paulvitch, and as a result of it he agreed to accept a fabulous sum for the ape and upon receipt of the money to deliver the beast to a vessel that was sailing south from Dover for Africa two days later. Everything played into Paulvitch's hands. As chance would have it, Tarzau's son overheard his father relating to the boy's mother the steps he was taking to return Akut safely to his jungle home, and, having overheard, he begged them to bring the ape home that he might have him for a playfellow. Tarzau would not have been averse to this plan, but Lady Greystoke was horrified at the very thought of it. Jack pleaded with his mother, but all unavailingly. She was obdurate, and at last the lad appeared to acquiesce in his mother's decision that the ape must be returned to Africa and the boy to school, from which he had been absent upon a vacation. He did not attempt to visit Paulvitch's room again that day, but instead busied himself in other ways. He had always been well supplied with money, so that when necessity demanded he had no difficulty in collecting several hundred pounds. Some of this money he invested in various strange purchases, which he managed to smuggle into the house undetected when he returned late in the afternoon. The next morning, after giving his father time to precede him and conclude his business with Paulvitch, the lad hastened to the Russian's room. Knowing nothing of the man's true character, the boy dared not take him fully into his confidence for fear that the old fellow would not only refuse him aid, but would report the whole affair to his father. Instead, he simply asked permission to take Ajax to Dover. He explained that it would relieve the old man of a tiresome journey, as well as placing a number of pounds in his pocket, for the lat purposed paying the Russian well. "You see," he went on, "there will be no danger of detection, since I am supposed to be leaving on an afternoon train for school. Instead I will come here after they've left me on the train. Then I can take Ajax to Dover, you see, and arrive at school only a day late. No one will be the wiser, no harm will be done, and I shall have had an extra day with Ajax before I lose him forever." That afternoon Lord and Lady Grey-stoke bade their son goodbye and saw him safely settled in a first class compartment of the railway carriage that would set him down at school in a few hours. No sooner had they left him, however, than he gathered his bags together, descended frogs, the compartment and sought a cabby stand outside the station. Here he engaged a cabby to take him to the Russian's address. It was dusk when he arrived. He found Paulvitch awaiting him. The man was pacing the floor nervously. The ape was tied with a stout cord to the bed. It was the first time that Jack had ever seen Ajax thus secured. He looked questioningly at Paulvitch. The man numblingly explained that he believed the animal had guessed that he was to be sent away and that he feared he would attempt to escape. Paulvitch carried another piece of cord in his hand. There was a noose in one end of it, which he was continually playing with. He walked back and forth, up and down the room. His pockmarked features were working horribly as he talked silently to himself. The boy had never seen him thus. It made him uneasy. At last Paulvitch stopped on the opposite side of the room far from the ape. "Come here," he said to the lad. "I will show you how to secure the ape should he show signs of rebellion during the trip." The lad laughed. "It will not be necessary," he replied. "Ajax will do whatever I tell him to do." The old man stamped his foot angrily. "Come here, I tell you," he repeated. "If you do not do as I say you shall not accompany the ape to Dover. I will take no chances upon his escaping." Still smiling, the lad crossed the room and stood before the Russ. "Turn around, with your back toward me," directed the latter, "so I can show you how to blind him quickly." The boy did not cry out—a trait inherited from his savage sire, who during years in the jungle following the death of his foster mother, Kala, the great ape, had learned that there was none to come to the succor of the fallen. Paulvitch's fingers sought the lad's throat. He grinned down horribly into the face of his victim. "Your father ruined me," he mumbled. "This will pay him. He will think that the ape did it. I will tell him that the ape did it; that I left him alone for a few minutes and that you sneaked in and the ape killed you. 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His hideous face went white in terror—the ape was free! With a single bound the creature was upon him. The man shrieked. The brute wrenched him from the body of the boy. Great fingers sank into his flesh. Yellow fangs gaped close to his throat—he struggled futilely—and then they closed, and the soul of Alexis Paulvitch passed into the keeping of the demons who had long been awaiting it. The boy struggled to his feet, assisted by Akut. For two hours, under his instructions, the ape worked upon the knots that secured his friend's wrists. Finally they gave up their secret, and the boy was free. He cut the cord that still dangled from the ape's body. Then he opened one of his bags and drew forth some garments. His plums had been well made. He did not consult the beast, which did all that he directed. Together they slunk from the house, but no casual observer might have noted that one of them was an ape THE killing of the friendless old Russian by his great trained ape was a matter for newspaper comment for a few days. Lord Greystoke read of it and, while taking special precautions not to permit his name to be. (continued on Sixth Page.) PHONE RANDOM DO YOU LOVE 1888-ULYSSES S. GRANT--1885 On Sound Basis After the War Soon after the civil war President Grant put this country on a sound financial basis. On his recommendation congress passed an act "to strengthen public credit," and specie payments were later resumed. These are prosperous days in this land, and wise people are banking their surplus cash. Bank your money today and be prepared for any eventuality. THE MECHANICS S READY TO SERVE YOU. THIRD AND CLAY STS. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., PRES. THE MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK THE MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK S READY TO SERVE YOU. WRITE OR THIRD AND CLAY STS.----NORTHWEST JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Pugs. 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VISIT US AT CORNER. DAVIS. FOUR Published everyaturday by John Mitchell, Jr., at 511 N. 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond Virginia, as second-class matter. SATURDAY....OCTOBER 27, 1917. Practice self-help. It will yield you a heavy revenue in time. President Woodrow Wilson is earn ing his salary these days many times over. Some folks are just as prone to blunder as are some others prone to avoid mistakes. Don't get discouraged. Don't get weary. Rest yourself and start anew in the struggle of life. You can improve your own condition and the condition of your own people by being truthful, loyal, upright and respectful to every one. God's ways are past finding out. These of us, who are worried should remember that He will bring all things right in His own time. Mistakes have been made and much suffering caused by this "draft business," but they will be corrected as time and experlende discloso the errors made. Before the war, a colored man could not enter the National Guard in a southern State. During this war, they cannot get too many of them to handle a rifle. White folks are getting very much now like colored folks. In praising and pleasing one set of white folks you are liable to anger and make vin dietle towards you many others. --- The marching columns of colored people under officers and carrying the United States flags answer all charges of disloyalty and place this contingent of the great fighting force in the category of the most loyal sup porters of the nation. No one believed at the outset that Germany and her allies could have lasted twelve months with the combined nations of the world against them, but they are fighting strongly yet and the only hope of defeating the combine is on this side of the Atlantic. THE NEW YORK SITUATION. A most interesting campaign is now being waged in New York City. Mayor John Purrory Mitchel was a candidate in the recent primary and was defeated by Mr. Bennett for the mayorally candidacy on the Republican ticket. He was elected to his present office as a fusion candidate, being nominated several years ago on the Republican ticket and on the fusion ticket. His friends proceeded to nominate him on a people's ticket. The democrats nominated Judgo Hylan, who is being also backed by Tammany Hall. The vote in the primary for the Republican candidate was below normal but Mr. Bennett alone has the right under the law to use the Republican emblem. There was great disappointment over the apparent defeat of Mayor Mitchel in the Republican primaries and the Republican machine and leaders, who had ordained otherwise proceeded to rectify the evil, so to speak by withdrawing the support of the Republican organizations in New York, despite the expressed will of the Republican voters at the polls. This anomalous condition of affairs tends to leave the Republican candidate without a party. That Hon. John Purroy Mitchel should have been defeated, when he is generally conceded to have made an ideal Mayor and to have done much to give New York City the best administration since the city was founded is one of the peculiarities of popular government. However, the question now before the voters of the metropolis is, "How far is a voter bound by the action of a party primary and how far and to what extent are the leaders of a party bound by the same decree?" We have read with interest the very able communication of Hon. Elliou Root as published in the New York Sun of the 18th inst., with reference to this phase of the subject. He argues that because the people of the State under the leadership of the Republican party separated municipal elections from State and national elections, members of political parties are free from party obligations in voting for candidates for municipal offices, even though those candidates have been chosen by the primary plan legally in operation for the purpose of determining the choice of the respective parties for municipal offices. Ex-Senator Root is an authority on constitutional law and he is one of the ablest if not the ablest statesman now before the American public. As to his standing in the arena of the world on moral questions we are unable to vouchsafe an opinion. We can understand, how a Republican, who did not participate in the Republican Party Primary could vote for the Fusion candidate without sacrificing his party regularity, but how could a Republican who did participate do the same thing? Ex-Senator Root says The way in which nominations are made when they are made whether by primary or by convention, is unimportant. The effect of a nomination is the same either way, and the constitutional principle firmly established is that in a municipal election the voters of every party remain absolutely free. This principle cannot be annulled in one party and maintained in the other. We cannot say that Democrats are free to vote as they choose with out regard to the Democratic nomination without saying that Republicans are free to vote as they choose in the coming municipal election without regard to the Republican nomination. The argument is logical. If the premises laid down are correct. But are they correct? When a voter enters a party primary, is he morally bound to support the nominee of that primary, whether the candidate he supported is nominated or not? This is the question and after reading Hon. Eilhu Root's dissertation, we fall to find him meeting the issue. His argument in favor of Mayor Mitchell is im pressive and we are led to wonder why he did not win out in the primaries. As the matter now stands, Mayor Mitchell, who voted in the Republican primaries, we presume is a candidate for office although he was defeated in those primaries. He has a good show of being re-elect ed. He ought to be re-elected, but how a distinguished statesman like Hon. Ellihu Root can argue that a person of honor can enter a primary, get licked and then can come out of the primary and "knife" the man, who unless the result was obtained by palpable fraud is a mystery to us. Ex-President Theodore Roosavelt, Judge Charles Evans Hughes, and many other well known Republicans are supporting Mayor Mitchel. They give as a reason for this that Mr. Bennett, the Republican nominee has no chance of being elected and that Judge Hylan, the Democratic nominee, who is alleged to be under the control of Tammany Hall will have "a walk-over" unless the Republicans support Mayor Mitchel, who is guaranteed the support of independent democrats. For our part, it appears to us that the situation in this world is now critical. Evil is everywhere in evidence and men who are doing right and who are standing for great principles are ridiculed from the hustings. God, as a result is causing the nations to pay a fearful toll in blood and treasury for their wickedness and from the dark clouds hovering in the distance. The end is not yat THE DEGRADATION OF THE COURTS. The demoralization of the courts of the country is apparent. Necessity, and the exigency of the occasion, rather than the great principles of law are now in the ascendency. The fundamental purpose of all law is first the saving and the protection of human life. All else is subsidiary to this, then comes human liberty and then comes the protection of property. Life must necessarily be first in the consideration of the rights and privileges of a citizen. It will be understood then the force and effect of the criticism of Mr. Louis F. Post in the editorial columns of his publication, "The Public," when he says: A saying oft quoted by lawyers is "it is better that ninety-nine guilty men escape than that one innocent man suffer." This view may be held by the Supreme Court of California but its decision in the Mooney case shows that there is at least one thing which it considers a greater wrong THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA than the unmerited punishment of an innocent man. And that is interference with an unjust verdict when all legal technicalities have been observed in the trial. Rather than sanction such a proceeding the highest court of the Golden State would allow a man to be hanged on perjured testimony. To those who might consider such a comment extreme a careful reading is recommended of the decision of the court, published in full in the San Francisco Recorder of Sept. 15. In rendering the decision the Court referred to the Attorney General's request that Mooney be given a new trial and said concerning it that, "the sole reason for this action" on his part is that "certain evidence has been discovered which leads him and the Judge of the trial court to believe that in the interest of justice, a new trial should be had." To the ordinary lay man and, probably the ordinary lawer it may seem that no better reason for a new trial could be urged than the interest of justice. But the court does not think so. It held that the victim of a frameup might be entitled to a new trial if it could be shown that there was some "error of law" in the court proceedings but not other wise. The reader is left to infer that when forms of law have been observed it does not matter if the object of law has been defeated. To justify this decision the court quotes the section of the State Constitution which gives it appellate jurisdiction "on questions of law alone in all criminal cases where judgment of death has been rendered." And to further strengthen its position, from the legalist point of view, it quotes an amendment adopted in 1911 which forbids granting of a new trial on error of law "unless after an examination of the entire case, including the evidence, the court shall be of the opinion that the error complained of has resulted in a miscarriage of justice." From which it appears that it is not an error of law to allow a verdict to stand based on perjured testimony, and the hanging of a man so convicted would not be a miscarriage of justice resulting from such an error. The court does not seem to have considered that it could not be the intent of the constitutional provisions it quoted, that an unfair convivial should be allowed to stand under any circumstances. Fortunately the interest taken by democratic illusion in the case gives it an international aspect, and has given President Wilson cause to intervene and order an investigation. So there is still hope that a judicial lynching will be averted. But even in that case the fact still remains that California's Supreme Court has held that a citizen who becomes a victim of a frameup must not look to it for relief, unless he can show some "error of law." This condition of affairs this judicial decision is the logical result of the persistent injustice practiced in dealing with the citizens of color. It will not be long before the American people will pay in blood and treasure for this disregard of eternal principles. Distribution may not be always swift, but it is sure of accomplishment. When sinful man accepts the teachings of the Scriptures in their entirety swords will be beaten into plow-shares and "nations will not learn war any more." For Sale. Two bay front brick buildings; Six rooms each, porcelain bath with instantaneous heater; stationary wash stand and all modern conveniences located in heart of City; immediate possession, sale price less than $3100 each. Apply J.R. Pollard 504 N. 3rd St. BRISTOL, TENN. NOTES. The I. O. of St. Luke, Council No. 455 Bristol Council, had its intallation of officers at the last meeting by the Past Degree Chief Deputy, Mrs. C B. Banks the evning was spent pleasantly. Editor Porter, o fEast Tennessee News of Knoxville, Tenn., spent Sun day in the city. The guest of Hon. R. E. Clay. Mrs. Lizzie Smith the manager of the Bristol Hair Dressing Parlor has purchased a handsome house and lot on English St., Bristol, Tennessee. Mrs. Smith of Abingdon, Va., has moved to Bristol, and is living in the beautiful home of Miss Lizzie Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Durman will leave for W Va., soon to reside there in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington will take charge of the beautiful home of Mrs. Durman on Woodlawn Avenue this week. Mrs. Mattle Harrington is out again to the delight of her many friends. Mrs. and Miss Smith gave a lovely miscellaneous Shower in honor of Miss Elizabeth Great, 416 McDowell St. many useful and valuable presents were received. Covers were laid for forty or more. Ice cream was served. Miss Grear will be married to Mr. Jim Sherman, Wednesday, October 24th. The Lee St. Baptist Church had a rally Sunday and raised $248.70. McDowell St. School gave a Japanese Drill and a Drama. Monday night for the benefit of the said School. Mrs. Octavia Woodson is numbered with the sick list this week. Mr. S. G. Jenkins is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Marriet Banks is improving after a few days illness. Mrs. Georgia Galna from Kings port, Tennessee, was a pleasant visitor in the city yesterday. Mrs. Clara Dulance spent a few days with home folks. C. B. B. URBANNA NOTES There was an all day meeting at the Shiloh Baptist Church last Sunday, Rev. J. R. Henderson pastor. Mr. and Mrs. E, H. Wood and daughter Alfreda of Richmond are visiting the former's home here. Miss Sallie Wood, who is teacher near Healey's spent a few days here last week. Messrs Jefferson Braxton, Webster Brown and Revidee Peterson, were callers near Waterview last Sunday afternoon on special business. (?) Mr. Arthur Johnson is erecting a fine home near Streets. We are prepared for the announcement, for we heard Miss R—— say she wanted a home near Streets. Read the next week's Planet. Boyd sells them at Urbanna every Saturday. HAPPENINGS A few Sundays ago there was a grand rally at a nearby church well every body was anxious to go. So he made the engagement to be there at 10 o'clock sharp, of course she was ready a week later and he has not arrived. Many of our young men are saying good bye to friends and sweet hearts, before going to the training camps one of the young men in saying good bye to a dear friend said: "I go now to my Country's call, but when I come back I'll take you to myself." A notice was heard as a clapping of hands. DANVILLE NEWS Mrs. Jennie Brewer, who has been confined for the last seven weeks on account of an injured foot is able to walk. Mr. Clem King, and Mrs. Susie Crews were married last Tuesday night. The Loyal St. Baptist Church has just closed a very successful revival. Rev. Melton, of Charlotte, N. C., who is conducting a revival at the Holbrook Street Presbyterian Church preached a special sermon to men, Sunday afternoon. His remarks were powerful and helpful. Rev. A. A. Galvin left the city Monday for Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. George Hariston, a student of P. I. N. and C. I., passed through the city a few days ago enroute to Camp Lee. Rev. S. A. Moses, D. D., preached a special sermon to the selected drafted men, Sunday at 11 A. M. The Calvary Baptist Church is being renovated. Among the many changes will be the installation of steam heat. Some of Dunville's Colored citizens respond to the call for the Home Guard. They donated $250 to the cause. Mrs. Annie L. Kemp of Washington, D. C., is first assistant teacher at Bold Springs, Va. Mrs. S. W. Taylor left Monday for Gretna, Va., to resume the responsibility as teacher in the P. I. N. and C. I. Danville's Colored selected will leave for Camp Lee Saturday. A mam moth "Send Off" is being planned in which the Women's Civic Improvement and the Red Cross are taking the lead. For the Crisis see Mrs. V. P. Fuller of Sbruce St. SOUTH CAROLINA LETTER; FLORENCE, S. C., October 23.—Quite a large crowd witnessed the graduation exercises of the Vale College Class at the A. M. E. Church, on Monday night, October 15. Many of the very best as well as representative women of the race composed the class and will in the near future establish the work of this college substantially in this city. Strong endorsement of the work being done by the college in this city and other states, was given by ministers and laymen. This college is doing the race much good and in fact, proud to have such people in this city. Being the one institution in this city with a medical board at their head, it is quite easy for them to give the public satisfactory service. This work speaks for itself and we can see nothing but success for them wherever they go. President of the Vale College, Mr. M. F. Mullins, Nashville, Tenn., after spending quite a while in the city; left for Columbia, S. C. Thursday, A. M. where he is going to establish branches of this business. Miss A. B. Glass, teacher of the Vale College, Nashville, Tenn. is now in Columbia in interest of this college. Miss J. E. Wright, advance representative of the Vale Hair and Beauty Culture College, of Nashville, Tenn. is now in Columbia, S. C. in interest of the same. Mrs. Emily Cannon and Mr. Leo Curtis Cannon were married at Trenton, N. J. recently. Both are Darlingtonians. Mrs. Cannon passed through the city recently onroute from Trenton, N. J. to Darlington, S. C. to visit relatives. Mrs. Martha Gilmore and son, of Wilmington, N. C., after spending a delightful week at the home of her brother, Mr. Willie McClause, North Church street, loft for Columbia, S. C. on Tuesday P. M. for a ten days' stay with friends. Mrs. Gilmore tells us that her stay here was quite a pleasant one. The doors of the best homes were thrown open to her and on Monday P. M., at the home of Mrs. Fannie Coker, on West Marion street, a swell reception was given her. Among those present we mention PERFECTO QUININE POMADE makes the hair grow long straight and beautiful. A marvelous preparation for straightening Kinky, Curly Hair. A new invention ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED Lowndesville, S. C. Gold-Brand Products I enclose 25c in stamps for 1 box of your wonderful "Perfecto" Hair Grower by parcel post. Send 25c for a large box, enough to last four weeks and our money back guarantee. AGENTS write for our special plan as we have the best to make money with. GOLD-BRAND PRODUCTS COMPANY Sept. 23. Atlanta, Ga. a fow, viz., Miss Louise McClesse, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Holomon, Mrs. E. Watson, Mr. Bone Harlee, Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. Summersett, Mr. W. H. Gary, Mrs. Lillian Wright, Mrs. Laura McClesse, Mrs. Martha Gilmore and Mr. and Mrs. Julius Coker. Mrs. S. Owens and Mrs. Carrio McCoy passed through here recently returning from Bennettsville onroute for Mullins, S. C., Mrs. Owens' home. Mrs. Owens is connected with the St. Paul Baptist Church at Mullins, S. C. E. B. WEDSTER. NEGRO PROGRESS It is a fact of more than ordinary significance that The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association, of Durham, the largest Negro Insurance Company in the world, has taken $20,000 of the second Liberty Loan Bonds bringing investment in Government Bonds up to $25,000. To organize and successfully maintain an institution capable of doing this is no small task and the Negroes are to be congratulated on their success. The transaction is not only evidence of their business ability, but the spirit in which it is done is a high tribute to their good judgment. In making the investment, C. C. Spauilding, the general manager sold: The influence of this organization has at all times been exerted as a counter influence against the growing sentiment among colored citizens who feel they have occasion to question the sincerity of the Government in its desire to administer a square deal to all regardless of race or color. That is the proper spirit. It is evidence of the friendly relation existing between the races in this State. The cultivation of this spirit will in sure their progress along all lines. — The State Journal Volunteer N. The State Journal, Kaleigh, N. C. Oct. 17, 1917. Wanted: Three Teachers for Colored Schools Salary, $30:00 per month, Address, R. D. ALLNUTT A Good Skin Bleach copyright applied for Black and White Ointment—For Removing Freckles, Tan, Blackheads, Skim Blomlshos—Lightens Up Dark or Sallow Skin—Used by White and Colored Folks. Give Black and White Ointment a trial. Just apply the ointment freely as directed on label, to your freckles, tans, dark or sallow skin. It bleaches lightens your skin and removes blemishes and heals all eruptions, pimples or blackheads, giving your skin that healthy, pearl light, smooth complexion so much desired, Black and White causes the skin to grow brighter. Just think how much better you would look with bright, smooth, healthy skin and clear, clean complexion. Costs only 25 cents a large box, or five boxes for $1. Agents: This black and white sells fast. Write quick for territory and special deal. Plough Chemical Co., Dept. 5, Memphis, Tennessee. Sold in Richmond by all drug stores. Stenographers and Typewriters Are Wanted in the Civil Service. The Editor, —Sir: The Commission requests, on behalf of the American people, that you publish in your journal as frequently as you can, as an item of news, a notice of the war need of the Government for stenographers and typewriters as set forth in the enclosed announcement. The difficulty in securing a sufficient number of stenographers and typewriters for the unusual demands of the Government is giving the Commission great concern. The Commission takes this opportunity to thank you for the assistance you have already given it in meeting the war demands of the civil service. By direction of the Commission: Very respectfully. JOHN A. MCILHENNY. President. MONEY LOANED ON REAL ESTATE HOUSES FOR SALE Private Papers Kept in Round Door Burglar Proof Vaults. Legal Papers Acknowledged Before Notary Public. Savings Accounts Solicited SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT. APPLY MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AND CLAY STS. John Mitchell, Jr., President DO YOU KNOW THEM? Washington, D. C., Sept. 18, 1917 Mr. Editor.-I am hunting my people. My name is Osborne F. Dennis. I am fifty eight years old, was born in Henrico Co., Virginia, ran off from my mother when quite a child, have never seen nor heard from her since. A childish recollection of my home place was in Henrico Co., Virginia, thirteen miles from Richmond on the pike road and four miles from deep bottom, my father died when I was quite young. My mother whose name was Silvia Dennis married again. There were three children of the first marri age, two girls and a boy; Manerva and Josephine Dennis; the youngest a boy was myself, Osborne F. Dennis. My father's name was Fred Dennis. My mother's owner was John Goffright Please see if you can trace the whereabouts of my sisters or relatives. Years truly, O F. DENN13 VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, the 20th day of September, 1917 ANDREW THOMAS....Complaintant against LOUISE THOMAS Defendant IN CHANCERY The above styled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony upon the grounds of abandonment and deserti n. And an affidavit having been filed that the defien.dant, Louise Thomas is a non-resident of the St te of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the duo publication of this order and do whatever is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: LUTHER LIBBY, Clerk. GILES B. JACKSON p. g. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, the 10th day of September, 1917. JUNIUS BROADNAX,.... Plaintiff against In Chancory, Manerva BROADNAX, .... Defendant The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony by the plaintiff from the defendant on the grounds of desertion and adultery. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Manerva Broadnax is not a resident of the State of Virginia; it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what may be necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: LUTHER LIBBY, Clerk. J. 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Taylor, D. D., of Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church preached at eleven o'clock to an attentive audience. He spoke from the subject, "Water, Material and Spiritual." The Spirit seemed to take hold of the audience and all present seemed to have felt the fire of the Holy Ghost kindling in their hearts. It was a grand service. At eight-thirty the Reverend preached another soul stirring sermon, which reached again the hearts of those who heard him, declaring the truths of the Gospel of God and His Christ. Saturday night, October 20, a young man named Willie Bates was shot at the drug store of Dr. I. D. Burrell. The murdered man was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berkley, of Sixth avenue and Eighth street. Two men are in prison awaiting the outcome of the happening. Messrs. Robert Hale and Burrell Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Jennie Anderson left on the 18th enroute to Washington, D. C. and other points. They will spend one week in Washington visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell, of the Capital City. It is sad to think of the tragic destruction committed by our race, one against the other in this our Christian land. The remains of Mr. John Morgan, who was shot here last week by an unknown party were shipped to his home in Christiansburg, Va. Saturday for interment. The funeral took place Sunday. Mr. Morgan was a prosperous young man and seemed to have been getting along nicely in the line of business in which he was engaged. He handled soft drinks, cigars etc. I never heard of any offense committed against the city by him. Mrs. Melvena Deshager, of North Carolina spent the week end in the city visiting her father and brother 54. Saventh avenue, N. W. Her father has been in declining health for several months, but much improved at present. Mrs. Deshager is the daughter of Mr. Byrd Stanfield and sister to Mr. I. P. Stanfield. She is also first cousin to the Stanfield brothers of Roanoke. She spent the week with her father and left Sunday for her home, accompanied by her little son. Tuesday evening, about 7:30, a very heavy electric storm raged over this section of the country, which lasted for an hour and terminated in a heavy snow storm. Mrs. M. L. Thomas, originally of this city but now Mrs. M. L. Snowden of Bellview, Pa. has been visiting Roanoke for the past three months. She reports having enjoyed her visit with her old friends. She will leave the city for home, on October 20, to join her husband, Mr. Thomas J. Snowden. Mr. and Mrs. Lowney Polk, 544 Seventh avenue, N. W. left Friday morning, October 19, for Hagerstown Md. and Salisbury, N. C., visiting the mother and mother-in-law, after which they will return home. The parents of Roanoke City who have small children will do well to place the little ones under the care of Mrs. Nora B. Taylor, who has taught a kindergarten class during the past three years of her sojourn in the city, proving to those parents who have patronized the school that she is a real instructor, especially to young minds. It has been a source of gratitude to all who in past years have sent their little ones to Mrs. Taylor. The school is in the Young Men's Christian Association room in the basement of the A. M. E. Church parsonage. Miss B. M. Baker, of Martinsville, Henry county, Va. was married to Mr. Samuel H. Woodyard, of Maryland, Thursday evening, October 18, 1917 at eight o'clock. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. S. M. Benean, in the parsonage of St. Paul's Memorial M. E. Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Mack Baker, of Martinsville, Va. The bride was accompanied by her brother-in-law and sister, James R. Mitchell and Lucy Baker. The couple left on the 20th for various points in North Carolina. Returning they will make their future home in Hagerstown, Md. Her friends wish her a long and happy life. Mrs. Mary Bell Howerton, of Hampton, Va. arrived in the city, October 13th, visiting her father and mother, Mr. Richard Faulkner and Mrs. Alice Faulkner, of Fifth avenue, N. W. She also visited her cousins, Mrs. L. A. Bartee, 226 Fifth avenue N. W. and Mrs. Cassandra Wright, of Luck avenue, Saturday, and Mrs. Bertha Howard, of Seventh avenue. The many relatives and friends of former years were delighted to see her. She is the wife of Rev. W. R. Howerton, pastor of the A. M. B. Church at Hampton, Va. Mrs. Howerton left for home Sunday night. Sir Frank Broady, of Seventh avenue, N. W. has been confined to his room since Monday, October 16. He is a member of Roanoke Lodge, No. 51. Little Copenhaven Law was taken to Burrell's Memorial Hospital Saturday morning, October 20 and operated on for Tonsilitis and Adenoids. He had a successful operation and returned home in the afternoon of the following day. The mother is Mrs. Mary Law, 628 Eighth avenue, N. W. Mr. S. H. Nowell, 329 Tenth avenue, N. W. was taken very sick Tuesday night, but at this writing is much improved under the care of Dr. E. H. Muse. Revival Services commenced at First Baptist Church, E. E. Ricks, Minister, Sunday, October 21. Short and interesting Gospel Sermons are preached every night. Mr. John H. Smiley, the Gospel Soloist with his voice of unusual power and sweetness, will assist in the services. A special chorus will sing. In memory of our loving mother, Mrs. Emily Dehaven, who departed this life October 20, 1915: Mother, we often sit and think of you When we are all alone: For memory is the only friend For memory is the only friend That grief can call its own. Oh! The memory of that morning. As I stood with breaking heart. Seeing the one I loved so dearly Pierced by Death's most cruel dart. Far into the night I wondered. You are not forgotten, mother, Nor will you ever be; For as long as life and memory last We will always think of thee. Gone, but not forgotten. —Maggie Dehaven, Minnie Dehaven, Mettie Dehaven, Cassie Dehaven Rosa Dehaven Crocker, Daughters Grand-daughter, Son and Grand-son Mrs. Sophia Powell, of Norfolk. PORTSMOUTH NEWS Editor of The Planet: Our people are beginning to find if they get real news concerning the race it comes in the columns of our papers edited by the race leaders. We would not have known the colored soldiers were located at Newport News Va., had we not seen it in The Planet. For some reason, many of the papers of the State treat with silent contempt the good deeds performed by us and the several positions to which we have been honored, they never even mention them. The sooner we learn how to get the real news concerning our people, we will read more of the papers edited by them. Last week a man stopped overboard of one of the ferry-boats. A white sailor jumped overboard to save him. A colored sailor also jumped overboard and rendered assistance and the man was saved. The newspapers the next day spoke in complimentary terms of the white sailor but said not a word concerning the heroism of the colored sailor. This tells us if the world and the unborn generations get the true history of the Negro, it must be done through us and retained by us. Rev. R. G. Adams, of the Metropolitan Baptist Church preached recently from the subject, "The Lost Found." The congregation has not been moved by the Holy Spirit, since his pastorate as they were at this service. The Lord is sending his blessings among that people under the leadership of this servant. Revival services are being conducted by Rev. N. B. Brown, of Richmond, Va. Rev. Adams was called to Phoebus to preach the funeral of an old friend Mrs. Missouri Smith, who lived for years in Danville, Va., where the Rev. first met her. Rev. N. B. Brown and Mrs. M. C. Adams accompanied him. They were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Walnwright, of Phoebus. Mrs. Eliza Bland, of Efringham St. is still confined to her room. Mrs. Facen, of 35 Green St. is not able to be out. Mr. W. G. Tate, of Edfingham St. has returned from vacation. While away he contracted a cold, otherwise he is looking fine. We were glad to see Mrs. Nancy Thomas Wheeler, of Hampton, Va., worshipping with members of Metropolitan congregation a few Sun days past. Also Mrs. Mary Gay and son and Mrs. Archer, of Norfolk, Va. Deacon R. H. Porkins was able to be out Sunday after being confined at home with a lame foot. Mrs. Mildora Boone is convalescent Mr. J. N. Boone visited his mother and brother, in Franklin, Va. Mr. Richard Edwards, of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Lucinda Phillips, of Suffolk, Va. visited Mr. James and Mrs. Eliza Bland, of Edgham WANTED—Colored Girls to act as Agents for our Hair and Scalp Treatment, a guaranteed hair grower. A full month's treatment for 25 cents stamps; six months, 75 cents, postoffice order. Write for a free reatise on how to grow beautiful hair and terms to agents. APEX MFG. CO., Richmond, Va. We want active agents in Lynchburg, Warrenton, Suffolk, Petersburg Williamsburg, Lexington, Hampton and Phoebus. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Get Ready for the Christmas Savings Club for 1918. OPENING DAY WILL BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1917. MONEY AT CHRISTMAS IS THE WISH OF BOTH YOUNG AND OLD. SPEND SPARINGLY AND SAVE FOR THE RAINY DAY. HERE ARE THE OFFERINGS. JOIN ONE OR MORE CLASSES AND PREPARE FOR HAPPINESS NEXT YEAR. OUR BANKING HOURS ARE FROM 9 A.M. TO 2 P.M. EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK EXCEPT SATURDAY, WHEN OUR BANKING HOURS ARE FROM 9 A.M. TO 8 P.M. PERSONS LIVING OUT OF THE CITY MAX. JOIN PERSONS LIVING OUT OF THE CITY MAY JOIN THESE CLUBS BY SENDING THE MONEY BY MAIL. THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR CHECKS. WE CAN FORWARD CHECKS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. Mechanics Savings Bank, BUY A LIBERTY BOND For Sale Here Mechanics Savings Bank ONÉ CENT CLUB. You pay ONE CENT the first week the amount paid on the previous week CENT. The last amount to be paid in amounts to just FIFTY CENTS. If you next December, you will receive $12 interest allowed you. If you do not keep all that you put into the Bank, ever is only one payment or ONE CENT. This Club too, so that you can pay the first and each week the amount of just ONE CENT less, until the last payer will be ONE CENT instead of FIFT You pay ONE CENT the first week and increase the amount paid on the previous week by just ONE CENT. The last amount to be paid in next November amounts to just FIFTY CENTS. If you keep it up, next December, you will receive $12.75 plus the interest allowed you. If you do not keep it up, you will get all that you put into the Bank, even if the amount is only one payment or ONE CENT. You can join this Club too, so that you can pay the largest amount first and each week the amount of payment will be just ONE CENT less, until the last payment in November will be ONE CENT instead of FIFTY CENTS. TWO CENT CLUB You pay Two CENTS in this Club and increase the amount just Two amount paid the week before. 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Costs nothing and no extra charge. Write today, this minute. Address KNICKERBOCKER TAILORING CO. Dept. 718 Chicago, IL 81X THE PLANET SATURDAY....OCTOBER 27, 1917. SON OF TARZAN (Continued from Page Three.) come connected with the affair, kept himself well posted as to the police search for the anthropoid. As was true of the general public, his chief interest in the matter centered about the mysterious disappearance of the slayer, or at least this was true until he learned several days subsequent to the tragedy that his son Jack had not reported at the boarding school, en route for which they had seen him safely ensnured in a railway carriage. Even then the father did not connect the disappearance of his son with the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the ape, nor was it until a month later that careful investigation recent ed the fact that the boy had left the train before it pulled out of the station at London and the cab driver had been found who had driven him to the address of the old Russian that Tarzan of the Apes realized that Akut had in some way been connected with the disappearance of the boy. Beyond the moment that the cab driver had deposited his fare beside the curb in front of the house in which the Russian had been quartered there was no clew. No one had seen either the boy or the ape from that instant, at least no one who still lived. The proprietor of the house identified the picture of the lad as that of one who had been a frequent visitor in the room of the old man. Aside from this he knew nothing. And there at the door of a grimy old building in the slums of London the searchers came to a blank wall—bafled. The day following the death of Alexis Paultvich a youth accompanying his invalid grandmother boarded a steamer at Dover. The old lady was heavily veiled and so weakened by age and sickness that she had to be wheeled aboard the vessel in an invalid chair. The boy would permit no one but himself to wheel her and with his own hands assisted her from the chair to the interior of their stateroom—and that was the last that was seen of the old lady by the ship's company until the pair disembarked. The boy even insisted upon doing the work of their cabin steward, since, as he explained, his grandmother was suffering from a nervous indisposition that made the presence of strangers extremely distasteful to her. Among the passengers there was an American named Conlon, a blackleg and a crook, who was "wanted" in half a dozen of the larger cities of the United States. He had paid little attention to the boy until on one occasion he had seen him accidentally display a roll of banknotes. From then on Conlon cultivated the youthful Britton. He learned easily enough that the boy was traveling alone with his invalid grandmother and that their destination was a small port on the west coast of Africa, a little below the equator; that their name was Billings and that they had no friends in the little settlement for which they were bound. Upon the point of their purpose in visiting the place, Conlon found the boy reticent, and so he did not push the matter—he had learned all that he cared to know as it was. At last came the day that the steamer dropped anchor in the lee of a wooded promontory, where a score or more of sheet iron shacks, making an unsightly blot upon the fair face of nature, proclaimed the fact that civilization had set its heel. Struggling upon the outskirts were the thatched huts of natives, picturesque in their primal savagery, harmonizing with the background of tropical jungle and accentuating the squallid hideousness of the white man's pioneer architecture. The boy, leaning over the rail, was looking far beyond the man made town, deep into the God made jungle. A little shiver of anticipation tinged his spine, and then, quite without volition, he found himself mentally gazing into the loving eyes of his mother and the strong face of the father which mirrored beneath its masculine strength a love no less than the mother's eyes proclaimed. He felt himself weakened in his resolve. The task of lowering the boy's grandmother over the side to a waiting canoe was rather difficult. The lad insisted on being always at her side, and when at last she was safely ensconced in the bottom of the craft that was to bear them shoreward her grandson dropped catlike after her. So interested was he in seeing her comfortably disposed that he failed to observe the little package that had worked from his pocket as he assisted in lowering the sling that contained the old woman over the steamer's side, nor did he notice it even as it slipped out entirely and dropped into the sea. Scarcely had the boat containing the boy and the old woman started for the shore than Conlon hailed a canoe on the other side of the ship and after bargaining with its owner finally lowered his baggage and himself aboard. Once ashore he kept out of sight of the two story atrocity that bore the legend "Hotel" to lure unsuspecting wayfarers to its many discomforts. It was quite dark before he ventured to enter and arrange for accommodations. In a back room upon the second floor the lad was explaining not without considerable difficulty to his grandmother that he had decided to return to England upon the next steamer. He was endeavoring to make it plain to the old lady that she might remain in Africa if she wished, but that for his part his conscience demanded that he return to his father and mother, who doubtless were even now suffering untold sorrow because of his absence, from which it may be assumed that his parents had not been acquainted with the plans that he and the old lady had made for their adventure into African wilds. Having come to a decision, the lad felt a sense of relief from the worry that had haunted him for many sleepless nights. When he closed his eyes in sleep it was to dream of a happy reunion with those at home, and as he dreamed Fate, cruel and inexorable, crept stealthily upon him through the dark corridor of the squallid building in which he slept—Fate in the form of the American crook Conlon. Cautiously the man approached the door of the lad's room. There he crouched, listening, until assured by the regular breathing of those within that both slept. Quitely he inserted a slim skeleton in the lock of the door. With defenders, long accustomed to the silent manipulation of the bars and bolts that guarded other men's property, Conlon turned the key and the knob simultaneously. Gentle pressure upon the door swung it slowly inward upon its hinges. The man entered the room, closing the door behind him. The moon was temporarily overcast by heavy clouds. The interior of the apartment was shrouded in gloom. Conlon groped his way toward the bed. In the far corner of the room something moved—moved with a silent stenthiness which transcended even the trained silence of the burglar. Conlon heard nothing. His attention was riveted upon the bed, in which he thought to find a young boy and his helpless, invulnid grandmother. The American sought only the bankroll. If he could possess himself of this without detection, well and good, but were he to meet resistance he was prepared for that too. The lad's clothes lay across a chair beside the bed. The American's fingers felt swiftly through them—the pockets contained no roll of crisp, new notes. Doubtless they were beneath the pillows of the bed. He stepped closer toward the sleeper; his hand was already halfway beneath the pillow when the thick cloud that had obscured the moon rolled aside and the room was flooded with light. At the same instant the boy opened his eyes and looked straight into those of Conlon. The man was suddenly conscious that the boy was alone in the bed. Then he clutched for his veltim's throat. As the lad rose to meet him Conlon heard a low growl at his back, then he felt his wrists seized by the boy and realized that beneath those taperling white fingers played muscles of steel. He felt other hands at his throat, rough, hairy hands that reached over his shoulders from behind. He cast a terrified glance backward, and the hirs of his head stiffened at the sight his eyes revealed, for grasping him from the rear was a huge, manlike lance. The bared fighting fangs of the anthropoid were close to his throat. The lad plonloned his wrists. Neither uttered a sound. Where was the grandmother? Conlon's eyes swept the room in a single, all inclusive glance. His eyes bulged in horror at the realization of the truth which glance revealed. In the power of what creatures of hideous mystery had he placed himself? Frantically he fought to beat off the boy so he could turn upon the fearsome thing at his back. Freeing one hand, he struck a savage blow at the lad's face. His act seemed to undoose a thousand devils in the hairy creature clinging to his throat. Conlon heard a low and savage snarl. It was the last thing that the American ever heard in this life. Then he was dragged backward upon the floor, a heavy body fell upon him, powerful teeth fastened themselves in his jugular, his head whirled in the sudden blackness which rims eternity. A moment later the ape rose from his prostrate form. But Conlon did not know—he was quite dead. The had, horrified, spring from the bed to lean low over the body of the man. He knew Akut had killed him in his defense, as he had killed Paul-vitch. But here in savage Africa, far from home and friends, what would they do to him and his faithful ape? The had knew that the penalty of murder was death. He even knew that an accomplice might suffer the death penalty with the principal. Who was there here who would plead for them? All would be against them. It was little more than a half civilized community, and the chances were that they would drag Akut and him forth in the morning and hang them both to the nearest tree. He had read of such things being done in America, and Africa was worse even and wilder than the great west of his mother's native land. Yes, they would both be hanged in the morning. Last evening he had been determined to start for home at the first opportunity to beg the forgiveness of his parents for this mad adventure. Now he knew that he might never return to them. The blood of a fellow man was upon his hands. In his morbid reflections he had long since ceased to attribute the death of Conlon to the ape. The hysteria of panic had fastened the guilt upon himself. Now he turned toward Akut. "Come!" he said in the language of the great apes. Forgetful of the fact that he wore only a thin pajama suit, he led the way to the open window, Thrusting his head out, he listened attentively. A single tree grew a few feet from the window. Nimbly the lad sprang to its bole, clinging catlike for an instant before he clambered quietly to the ground below. Close behind him came the great ape. Two hundred yards away a spur of the jungle ran close to the straggling town. Toward this the lad led the way. No one saw them, and a moment later the jungle swallowed them, and THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA John Clayton, futuro Lord Greystoke, passed from the eyes and the knowledge of men. It was late the following morning that a native house man knocked upon the door of the room that had been assigned to Mrs. Billings and her grandson. Receiving no response, he inserted his pass key in the lock, only to discover that another key was already there, but from the inside. He reported the fact to Herr Skopf, the proprietor, who at once made his way to the second floor, where he, too, pounded vigorously upon the door. Receiving no reply, he bent to the key-hole in an attempt to look through into the room beyond. In so doing, being portly, he lost his balance, which necessitated putting a palm to the floor to maintain his equilibrium. As he did so he felt something soft and thick and wet beneath his fingers. He raised his open palm before his eyes in the dim light of the corridor and peered at it. Then he shuddered, for even in the semidarkness he saw a dark red stain upon his hand. Leaping to his feet, he hurled his shoulder against the door. Herr Skopf was a heavy man. The frall door collapsed beneath his weight, and Herr Skopf stumbled precipitately into the room. Before him lay the greatest mystery of his life. Upon the floor at his feet was the dead body of a strange man. The neck was broken and the jugular severed as by the fangs of a wild beast. The old lady and her grand- 310 Before Him Lay the Greatest Mytery of His Life. son were gone. The window was open. They must have disappeared through the window, for the door had been locked from the inside. But how could the boy have carried his invalid grandmother from a second story window to the ground? It was preposterous. Again Herr Skopf searched the small room. He noticed that the bed was pulled well away from the wall. Why? He looked beneath it again for the third or fourth time. The two were gone, and yet his judgment told him that the old lady could not have gone without porters to carry her down as they had carried her up the previous day. Further search but deepened the mystery. All the clothing of the two was still in the room. If they had gone then they must have gone naked or in their night clothes. No boat had left the harbor in the meantime. There was not a railroad within hundreds of miles. There was no other white settlement that the two could reach under several days of arduous marching, accompanied by a well equipped safari. They had simply vanished into thin air, for the native he had sent to inspect the ground beneath the open window had just returned to report that there was no sign of a footstep there, and what sort of creatures were they who could have dropped that distance to the soft turf without leaving spoor? Herr Skopf shuddered. Yes, it was a great mystery. There was something uncanny about the whole thing. He hated to think about it, and he dreaded the coming of night. It was a great mystery to Herr Skopf and doubtless still is. 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