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Negroes' Constitutional Right to Vote in South is Debated by Southern Senators TWO DEFENDED BY NEGRO ATTY. ACQUITTED, WHITE LAWYER'S CLIENT GUILTY FIRST in Advertising and Circulation Vol. VII. No. 31 TWO DEFEND ATTY. ACQUIR LAWYER'S CL A jury in criminal division No. 1, Chief Justice McCoy presiding, acquitted Robert Lucas, 36 years old, and Lewis Kenney, 30 years old, who were defended by Attorney John H. Wilson, but found William Bright, 17 years old, who was represented by Attorney Robert E. Lynch, white, guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in connection with the death of Barney Ward, white, 48-year-old Soldiers' Home inmate. Ward was severely beaten in the woods in the rear of the home during an altercation over a dice game on October 12. He died three days later. Lucas, Kenney and Bright were jointly indicted and tried. Bright testified that Lucas and Kenney assaulted Ward. Lucas and Kenney testified that Bright committed the assault. Attorney Lynch argued that the older men had led Bright into attacking Ward. Attorney Wilson pointed to the record of heinous crimes committed by youths as evidence that Bright made the attack of his own volition. Bright was remanded for sentence. The maximum penalty is fifteen years. NEGRO HISTORY WEEK ACTIVITY IS INCREASING NEGRO HISTORY WEEK ACTIVITY IS INCREASING The activity in the celebration of Negro History Week continues to increase rapidly. A much larger number of persons and agencies have been reached than ever before and they are busy with preparations. Some that never before directed attention to such matters are heartily endorsing this and promoting the celebration with much vigor. The ministers especially are backing the movement wholeheartedly. Many of them will preach sermons on the Negro in history and will collect money for the support of the cause. Dr. O. C. Jones and Dr. R. H. Bowling of Norfolk, Bishop R. A. Carter, Bishop John Hurst, Dr. J. W. Brown, Dr. W. L. Imes, and Dr. A. C. Powell of New York, are making special efforts to awaken their churches to appreciate the significance of the effort. In St. Louis, Kansas City, and Philadelphia, a special effort is being made to carry the idea into the white schools. Some white principals will observe the celebration. White ministers are taking up the matter with their boards, churches, conferences, and associations. They are calling for literature and distributing it at strategic points. GIRL DRINKS POISON IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT GIRL DRINKS POISON IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT Bernice Simms, 19 years old, Eighth street, northwest, drank a quantity of poison last Tuesday night after asking her physician, Dr. Arthur L. Curtis, to come to see her. Miss Simms purchased a small quantity of a poisonous antiseptic at two drug stores, giving a different purpose for its use at each drug store. In a drug store at Ninth and U st.eets, northwest, she met Dr. Curtis and asked him to come to se her. When Dr. Curtis left this drug store, he went to her home. When he drove up, a crowd was standing in front of her house. They tol him that "Babe" had just drank a portion of the poison. Dr. Curtis rendered first aid and took her to Freedmen's hospital where she was treated. Wednesday morning she returned home. Read the advertisements in this paper, they offer many good bargains. PUBLISHED WEEKLY es' So DEED BY JITTED, CLIENT es' Co South ED BY NEGRO TTED, WHITE IENT GUILTY C'MM'RCE COMM. INVESTIGATING PORTERS' TIPS By Louis R. Lautier The Interstate Commerce Commission has under consideration the question of whether it has jurisdiction over the practice of passengers' tipping Pullman porters. This question was argued before seven members of the commission last Saturday on a motion filed by the Pullman Company asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to dismiss for want of jurisdiction a complaint filed with it by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. In the complaint the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the effect on the public service of the Pullman Company's policy regarding tipping. The commission is also asked to order the Pullman Company to cease and desist from permitting its employees to accept tips from passengers. The tipping practice is unlawful, injurious to the service of the public, and against public policy. Henry T. Hunt, a former member of the Railway Labor Board., argued in behalf of the of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. "Has Power to Investigate" Mr. Hunt contended that the powers of the commission are ample to cover investigations of the kind sought and to grant the relief prayed for by the brotherhood. Under the Interstate Commerce Act, he said, the powers of investigation of the commission are broad and exten't to all activities of carriers. Condemnation of the tipping practice on social grounds was also urged by Mr. Hunt. He declared that it has a bad effect on both the colored and white races and (Continued on page 6) MRS. E. DUFFIELD VETERAN CIVIC WORKER DIES MRS. E. DUFFIELD VETERAN CIVIC WORKER DIES Mrs. Eliza A. Duffield, a veteran social worker and philanthropist, who had been ill but a short time, died at her residence, 2822 Georgia avenue, northwest, on Tuesday, January 24, at 10:45 a.m. She was the daughter of Captain and Mrs. York, of California, who were pioneers in the early days o' the history of that state. Mrs. Duffield came to Washington from California about fifty years ago, and became actively associated with many religious, civic, and social welfare interests of the District. She was one of the cathusliastic workers of the W. C. T. U., and for many years was president of the Temperance Union at Lincoln Temple Congregational Church. The establishment of the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. at its present site is largely due to her efforts in riding the city of the dives that infested Eleventh and R streets, then known as "Hell's Bottom." She leaves two daughters, Mrs. I. S. Lee and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wedlake, and one son, Winfield S. Duffield, to mourn their loss. KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE, CHILD IS NOT HURT Five-year-old Marguerite Smith, of 2237 Tenth street, northwest, esaped injury last Monday afternoon when knocked down by an automobile driven by Miss Maude Schield, white. The child was crossing the intersection at Tenth and V streets, with her mother when struck. --- Washington Tribune THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928 BANKER'S LIFE OF UPS & DOWNS ENDS IN DEATH NEW YORK CITY—E. C. Brown at one time prominent banker and real estate operator of Philadelphia, Pa., and Newport News, Va., died here Monday afternoon at his residence, 574 St. Nicholas avenue. He had been in ill health for some time. His wife was at his bedside at the time of his death. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 26 at Duncan's Funeral Parlors. His remains will be sent to Philadelphia for burial. The passing of Mr. Brown closes a career that was notable for its ups and downs. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1877, the son of Robert and Annie Brown, he attended the public schools there, later graduating from Spencerian Business College. He struggled in early life trying to get a start. From one line to another, he finally became a comedian with a travelling medicine show. He left the show during its playing in Newport News, Va., and began working for one of the local real estate firms. After a short time he went into the real estate business for himself. After demonstrating his ability, he in company with W. H. C. Brown and Dr. Dickerson both of Newport News, organized the (Continued on page 6) NAT'L BENEFIT'S ORDINARY BR'NCH MGRS. CONVENE NAT'L BENEFIT'S ORDINARY BR'NCH MGRS. CONVENE The National Benefit Life Insurance Company, with headquarters in this city, in an attempt to promote conservation through agency building, is holding a conference of the branch managers of the Ordinary Department here this week. The conference began Wednesday, January 25, and will last through Saturday, January 28. At the opening session of the conference, which convened at 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the Mu-So-Lit Club, 1327 R street, northwest, twenty-six states were represented. A welcome address by Hon. Perry W. Howard opened the meeting. S. W. Rutherford, secretary-general manager of the company, presided. The conference was extended a warm welcome by J. Percy Bond, on behalf of the Association of Insurance Managers of this city. The message from R. H. Rutherford, president of the company, was read by Dr. W. A. Warfield, vice-president and medical director of the company. After inspirational talks from various state managers, the purpose of the conference was expounded by John R. Pinkett, agency director. The purpose of the conference is "Conservation through Agency Building," according to Mr. Pinkett. At the Thursday morning session, an interesting feature of the (Continued on page 6) EARLY CAPTURE IN CHURCH PRAUD CASE EXPECTED An early arrest is expected by Fourth precinct police in connection with the fraudulent sale Wednesday of last week of property belonging to the Israel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. The man who styled himself a "deacon" of the church and escaped with $27.50 of money belonging to two Jewish furniture company managers is now being sought by police. While the authorities know the guilty party and are bending every effort toward apprehending him, the man thus far has evaded the clutches of the "strong arm." Detectives believe, however, that a capture of the right man is not far distant. Walter C. Dickson Made Foreman at Murray Bros. Announcement was made this week by F. Morris Murray, manager of the Murray Brothers' Printing Company, that the re-organization made necessary by the death of Norman D. Murray, shop foreman, has been completed. Walter Carlyle Dickson, who has been in the employ of the firm for fifteen years has been made WALTER C. DICKSON, who succeeds the late Norman D. Murray, as foreman of the Murray Brothers Printing Co. foreman in charge of mechanical production. C. Leslie Frazier, who has been with the firm for seven years has been placed in charge of job work schedules. Herman P. Socks, who formerly was an employee, but who for the past year has been employed by the Afro-American plant in Baltimore, Md., has been made an assistant to Mr. Dickson. F. H. M. Murray, president of the firm, is general shop manager. Mr. Dickson is the oldest employee in point of service with the firm. He began working for Murray Brothers in January, 1913, as shop boy. From this period of apprenticeship, he worked up to his present position. Mr. Frazier started as assistant proof reader. Prior to this he was editor of the Children's Page of The Tribune. In addition to his work with Murray Brothers, Mr. Frazier has continued with The Tribune also. Lorenzo Lee Allen who has been with the firm for twelve years is assistant pressman. He also began as shop boy. With one exception, that of James (Chick) Collins, who was employed this winter, all of the employees have been with the firm more than four years. HUSBAND UNFAITHFUL, MRS. SNOWDEN SUES Through Attorneys Hayes and Davis, Mrs. Louise Snowden, 1306 Twenty-second street, northwest, filed suit for an absolute divorce from Lawrence L. Snowden, 1736 Thirtenth street, northwest. She named Alma Druitt, of New York City, as correspondent. In her bill of complaint, Mrs. Snowden alleges that her husband and the correspondent misconducted themselves in December, 1924, and January, 1925, and, as a result, a child was born to them in New York state in September, 1922. She and her husband lived together for six months only, Mrs. Snowdey, states. During this period, she states, he forced her to support herself practically, cursed and swore at her, and beat her on numerous occasions because she remonstrated with him about keeping late hours and remaining out all night. She charges that he came home early on the morning of February 13, 1922, and proceeded to curse and abuse her. He beat her unmercifully, she alleges, and forced her to commit a revolting and unnatural act. She left him. The couple were married in Alexandria, Va., August 13, 1922. 15TH AMENDMENT NOT VIOLATED BY SOUTH SAYS SEN. More Argument "Second. The fifteenth amendment confers no right of suffrage whatsoever on any voter but continues the former status, except that no State can pass a law denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, this being the full extent of the change. "Third. Educational and property qualifications for voting, requirements of residence in state and locality for a limited time, and the prepayment of taxes prior to the time of the right to vote, if applied to all citizens irrespective of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, are not in contravention of the fifteenth amendment, but are valid even though their effect may be to eliminate a large percentage of a certain class of voters, and the power of States to fix such qualifications was understood by Congress and the States as valid when the amendment was adopted and has been uniformly recognized as valid by the Federal and State courts. Grandfather Clause "Fourth. Provisions in State constitutions and election laws commonly known as grandfather or descendant clauses, creating the right to vote but fixing a time when the right accrues so that it is impossible that the Negro could under any circumstances be made eligible for the right given others, are discriminatory on account of race and color, and are invalid; and such provisions, whether contained in State constitutions or statutes, as have not expired by limitation, are held by the Supreme Court to be null and void. "Fifth. The fifteenth amendment is self-executing and by its own force declares as null and void all acts of legislation that create discrimination in voting on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and no protection is afforded officers who vouch such legislation as a defense. The courts will award damages to individuals thus deprived of their rights under the fifteenth amendment, and officers who seek to enforce the legislation that is null and void are liable in damages as well as subject to prosecution. "Sixth. There is no necessity whatsoever for any further legislation by Congress, since the courts already give all the protection and have all the authority to do so that is in any direction possible." South is Determined Senator Swanson sought to justify the subterfuge to which southern states have resorted to keep Negroes from voting. "The South is resolved and determined," he said, "that no part of that section shall ever become a Haiti or Santo Domingo and the dark festering sores of reconstruction shall never reappear to afflict her. Suffrage laws, legal and constitutional, are and always will be invoked to save the happiest and fairest portion of this Nation from being again blighted by the rule of ignorance and corruption." The prohibition question was injected when Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland, asked Senator (Continued on page 6) OFFICE: 920 U STREET, N.W. Colored Bathing Pool Item is Struck Out The Senate Committee on appropriations at its session. Friday morning struck out the item for a swimming pool for the colored citizens of the District of Columbia. The pool, which was to have been located on grounds adjacent to the Francis Junior High School, Twenty-fifth and N streets, northwest, is one of the two public pools for the construction of which Congress granted an appropriation of $349,000 on May 4, 1926. The other pool is to be built for white bathers on the site of the McKinley High and Langley Junior High Schools. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the expenditure of $150,000 for this latter pool Tuesday. Eight construction companies, all of this city, advanced bids on the job for construction of the bath house for the pool at Francis Junior High. Bids were received on a small and a small bath house. The H. S. Hatton company offered to do the pool with a large bath house for $61,945 while the Fred Drew Company was lowest bidder on the small bath house proposition. It advanced an estimate of $57,575. The Commission of Fine Arts, whom the Public Buildings and Public Parks Planning Commission was directed to consult in regard to the location of the two pools selected Twenty-fifth and N streets as an ideal site for the colored swimming space. The bath house, according to blue print is so situated as to directly face the intersection of Twenty-fifth and N streets. The plot on which it is to be constructed is high above the branch of Rock Creek which runs down into Georgetown just west of Twenty-fifth street. MU-SO-LIT CLUB IS HEADED BY GEO. MURRAY MU-SO-LIT CLUB IS HEADED BY GEO. MURRAY One of the bitterest pre-election campaigns for officers of the MuSo-Lit Club simmered into a harmony meeting last Monday evening. The following officers were elected: George Henry Murray, president; Charles E. Hall, first vice-president; Dr. Daniel Renfro, second vice-president; Mortimer M. Harris, Augustus W. Gray and M. Grant Lucas, Sr., members of the board of governors, and Captain R. C. Clayton, Lieutenant William H. Burrell, and John T. Risher, members of the house committee. Maurice Clifford was elected secretary-treasurer of the club. secretary or treasurer of the club. The pre-election fight was between the supporters of Mr. Murray and Dr. Renfro for the presidency. At the meeting Monday night the Murray supporters were in a large majority, and the supporters of Dr. Renfro failed to put him forward for the presidency. Mr. Harris declined to be a candidate for re-election as president. Mr. Murray first became an officer in the Mu-So-Lit Club in 1921 when he was appointed as member of the house committee, of which he became chairman in 1922. The following year Mr. Murray was elected to the board of governors. From the latter part of '23 until his election by acclamation to the club presidency, Mr. Murray served as chairman of the governing board. The new president was born in this city, a son of the late Daniel and Mrs. Anna E.Murray. He is an instructor at the Armstrong Technical High School. NEGRO STORE MANAGER The distinction of being the only Negro store manager of a white drug store, belongs to Dr. A. Robinson, who operated the Seventh and S streets branch store of the Market Pharmacy, Inc. The hiring of Dr. Robinson, is not a sporadic move of the Market Pharmacy for another Negro, Dr E. T. Sampler, has been a relief clerk at the main store of the company at Seventh and P streets, northwest, for the past several years. U STREET, N.W. ote in rn Se ACCUSED OF RAPE AND R HELD ON $ ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED RAPE AND ROBBERIES, IS HELD ON $30,000 BOND MRS. JACKSON IS HELD ON SECOND DEGREE MURDER Mrs. Burma Jackson is charged with second degree murder in an indictment returned by the grand jury last Thursday. She killed James M. H. Young, her former sweetheart. She is at liberty under bond of $2,000. Mrs. Jackson shot Young in her apartment at No. 505 Q street, northwest, on the night of December 10. One bullet wounded him in the neck. Three others pierced his stomach and intestines. When the police arrived at the scene, Young walked down a flight of stairs, admitted them, walked up the stairs with them, and walked back down the stairs, got into the patrol wagon and was taken to Emergency Hospital. He died on December 14. Couple Quarrelled Young and Mrs. Jackson had been sweethearts for about 10 years. They fell out. She told him to keep away from her apartment. He paid no attention to her advice, but came to see her frequently. On the night of the fatal shooting they quarrelled over another man who was a frequent visitor at Mrs. Jackson's apartment. She ordered Young from her apartment. He refused to go. She decided to leave the apartment and went into another room to dress. Young followed her. When she went into a closest to get her clothes, she saw a .32 caller Smith and Wesson revolver. She picked it up and came out. When Young saw the gun in her hands, he grabbed her. She pressed it against his neck and fired. As he staggered, she lowered it and fired three times more, each of the bullets taking effect. A girl asleep in a hall bedroom in the apartment at the time heard neither the argument nor the shooting. WOMAN FOUND ON SIDEWALK WITH GUN WOUNDS WOMAN FOUND ON SIDEWALK WITH GUN WOUNDS Mrs. Leola Christa, 401 A street, northeast, found lying on the sidewalk in front of her home early Wednesday morning with a gunshot wound in her body, is now at Casualty Hospital in a critical condition. Her husband, Ebbie A. Christa is being held charged with the shooting. Christa, who is employed as a baggage porter at the Union Station, when first apprehended, denied any knowledge of the shooting. He presented his time card showing that he had worked through the night with the exception of twenty minutes that he had taken off as a lunch period. Headquarters detective B. C. Kuehling, assigned to the case, learned that the shooting occurred about 3:25 a.m., and when he discovered that Christa had been away from work from 3:17 to 3:38 a.m., he took Christa into custody. Told of the evidence against him, the baggage man broke down and admitted that he shot his wife during a struggle following an argument. At the house, the scene of the shooting, no evidence was found which would indicate that a struggle took place. A small hole in the door leading into the room showed that one of the two shots fired had gone wild or that the bullet which lodged in Mrs. Christa's body had first passed through the wooden door panel. The two Christa children, a boy and a girl, were asleep and were not awakened until the mist shot Let our classified column rent that vacant room. Call Potomac 1667. IN WASHINGTON nearly everybody reads the TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS nators ATTEMPTED OBBERIES, IS $30,000 BOND Police Judge Robert E. Mattingly, Tuesday, ordered Clarence (Shack) Bowie, 21 of 102 Virginia avenue, southwest, held for the action of the Grand Jury on four robbery and five statutory charges Bond was placed at $30,000. Seven girls and young women ranging between the ages of 14 and 22 years appeared in the preliminary hearing and identified Bowie as the man who on different occasions during the past week had attacked them on the streets. Bowie was arrested by H. W. Beechner and G. T. Brown, fourth precinct policemen on the charge of having robbed and assaulted Elizbeth Middleton, 14 of 117 F street, southwest, last Saturday night. The man, police were told, approached the girl while she was walking on F street near her home. Striking her down Bowie took $5 from her. He was also charged with attempted carnal knowledge. Attacks Rosalie Breaks Bowie is alleged to have held up and robbed Rosalie Brooks, 1208 Third robbed, southwest, on January 10. Last Friday night the man I said to have assaulted Beatrice Henry, 21, of 218 East Capitol street, while the woman was walking on G street between Second and Third. The following night Bowie, according to police, is said to have attacked 17-year-old Helen Wheeler, of 1255 Union street, southwest, and a few hours later molested the Middleton girl. It was this latter attack which proved Bowie's undoing. Miss Middleton recognized him as a man whom she knew, and led police to his capture at his home. The apprehension of Bowie, police believe, will have a tendency to relieve the amount of fear the women of this section have had. MME. HIAWATHA HAS MEDICAL LICENSE Mme. Ella Curl Hiawatha denied Tuesday that she was guilty of practicing medicine without a license as was charged in the story appearing in this paper last week giving an account of her arrest Tuesday, January 17, on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Mattie Hughes, 826 Fourth street, northwest. Mme. Hiawatha exhibited licenses issued her for the sale of apothecary compound medicines from 1924 to 1926. Licenses permitting her to sell patent medicines from 1926 to 1928 were also in her possession as was a building inspection permit allowing her to operate a three-story brick dwelling at 1132 Q street and sell medicine, and to give spiritualistic readings. DECISION IN SHRINER CASE IS WITHHELD DECISION IN SHRINER CASE IS WITHHELD The Supreme Court of the United States recused Monday until February 20 without rendering any decision in the Mystic Shrine case, involving the right of the colored Shriners to use a name so closely resembling that of the white Shriners, and the emblems, paraphernalia and regalia of the Shrine. This case was argued in the Supreme Court on January 12 and 13. A decision will likely be rendered when the court reconvenes. DR. E. C. BENSON TO LECTURE Dr. Charles E. Benson, head of the department of psychology of New York University will lecture on Mental Hygiene in Rankin Memorial Chapel, Tuesday, January 31, at 8 o'clock p.m. TEN Liberal Progressive Independent PROBLEMS OF CITY LIFE Dr. J. H. Dillard of the University of Virginia, and a member of the General Education Board, closes a masterly appeal for aid in advancing the higher education of the Negro, in the current issue of World's Work, with these words: "Physical and social ills know no color line; nor does the need for education with which to combat these ills. Thoughtful Americans will more and more willingly satisfy this need as they come to examine and recognize i.." On the back of that statement comes the report of the Children's Bureau of the United States, showing the appalling death rate of American-born infants. Small reason have we, as a nation to boast, when our infants lack the guarantee of life. Our immense resources and great wealth are but so much trash, if we can not raise generation after generation of future citizens to inherit and to carry, on the unbuilding of our civilization. It is not enough for the nation to gather and publish the facts concerning the number of deaths of our infants. We must set aside funds and select experts to correct the ill which affects the morale of the whole people. In one breath we speak of the marvelous increase in city dwellers, and in another we read how in a city like the capital of this nation, 85 infants per 1,000 births, died last year, of which 67 were white and 123 were colored. We pride ourselves upon our public utilities and give them privileges which net splendid incomes and great wealth to the operators, but on the other hand we locate the high schools for our youth so that families which depend upon public education must pay car fare to get them to and from school. We project government buildings which shall and do cost more than a king's ransom, yet we pay the clerks and employees of those same buildings so small a salary that they are unable to give their families the nourishment and care necessary to first-class living. We spend 400 billions for a war, thus destroying wealth that would house, and give a good start to every family in eleven civilized nations, yet we sacrifice our infants with as much unconcern as the women who throw their babies into the Ganges River to appease angry gods. We urge our families to live in the suburbs 60% of our great cities, yet we fail to give those areas adequate police protection and decent streets, while at the same time we permit reality speculators to hold the lands to build shoddy houses at such prices as to bind the family into life-long obligations or prevent it from buying that protection of health which their location would warrant. We sell houses within the city proper at prices which mean a gross inflation of value, and then pollute the air with smoke, endanger the lives of the citizens by failing to provide adequate lanes for traffic, allow noises which exhaust the nerves even when we sleep, and we license nuisances of all kinds under zone regulations which spell favoritism for the people of wealth and few children. Effective education in the social sciences for leaders of the people will produce an attitude of mind and a civic consciousness that shall mean better health, more worthy use of leisure and decreased crime As the main sufferer from the conditions which create problems of city life, the Negro needs not only higher education, but a new type of education for leaders of the people. VOTELESS WASHINGTON As is to be expected, members of those civic organizations that have all the protection and privileges they desire, and whose personal appearance before the committees and boards which govern Washington get them favorable responses, do not want the privilege of voting. And, equally natural is the plea of the unfavored in wealth and situation who say, "Give us the vote." We have become so accustomed to the wide discrepancy between the fair promises of those authority and the unfair prac- Washington Tribune Washington Tribune Published Weekly at Washington, D.C. by THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc. 920 U Street, N.W., Phone, Potomac 1667 Entered as second class matter July 7, 1922, at the Post Office at Washington, D.C. under the Act of March 8, 1879 Subscription Units: One Year, $2.56; Six Months, $1.25. Delivered by carrier 5 cents per week, collected monthly. For sale at all newsstands, cents per copy. Advertising rates furnished on request. FE versi- ber of Board, died in The best loud speakers in this community are those with gold strings, hence we ask the Congress holding the control of Washington by direct action of the Constitution of the United States, to give to the world an example of real democratic-republican government by granting to the citizens of the District of Columbia the right to select their own officials. The present situation tends to corrupt both the legislators and the people. It makes the legislator, to whom the people must and do come with their petitions for necessary civic conditions, feel that he is a kind of benevolent ruler; and some legislators do assume the role of benevolent despots, telling the people who live here and the rest of the people of the United States, just what Washington may and may not have even of its own taxes. The situation emasculates the people and sends them to seek a favor what is their right as citizens of a community. The condition is reflected in every service and in every phase of our city life. City officials are reminded by some social or rich friends of Senator A that he "will see that it is done, or know the reason why." From the street cleaning department to the courts, social and political prestige have more weight than citizenship. What is reputed to have happened here when Washington did have the vote, is no criterion for this age of world democracy. Take the nation's capital out of mendicancy and make it stand up. TEACHING AND TESTING Our children speak continually of "tests." There is a test in this and a test in that; a test today and a test tomorrow. Testing seems to have taken the place of teaching. The presumption formerly heck was that the teacher knew but the children did not, hence the teacher pointed the way, explained complex relations, smoothed difficulties and set a problem for the pupil. Today all that seems to have given way to a persistent digging down for what the pupil already knows. Why dig? Why test? Does the tester alone know what ought to be found? Does a minor refuse coal, lead, copper, or silver because he would like to find gold? Modern industrial advance has turned the baser minerals into gold by using them for human service. The modern world not infrequently places a high value upon the very qualities which the tester rejects. The accumulations of our age demand that children be familiarized with the story of man's progress, practiced in the use of his tools and inspired and encouraged to carry on. We want the children taught; the world and life will test them. EDUCATED LEADERSHIP "Our educated and cultured people seem voiceless and scattered. They do not have the common impulse to make their weight felt at the point of social disintegration and danger," says Newton Baker, formerly secretary of war, in a recent interview. Had Mr. Baker been talking of colored people, we would have marvelled that he was so well informed, but he was talking about Americans in general. He described, however, one outstanding fault of that portion of our own group which has enjoyed the benefit of instruction. In no single center of the world, does there dwell so great a number of educated people of our blood and tradition as dwell in Washington. There are cities in America with a population no larger than the total colored population here, yet those cities have every possible industrial, political and social activity of modern city life. We are inclined to find some weakness in the leaver which does not raise and permeate the mass. Education makes its beneficiaries either selfish or timid, judging by the slender support given by them to the needs and points of attack upon the group and its progress, or measured by their initiative and venture into untried channels and their attent to open closed doors of opportunity. Some deep-seated reason causes the genuine leadership among us to be taken by those who have not enjoyed the supreme advantages of the highest possible and longest contact with learned professors. In business, the professions, industry, and social reform, the work is being done by men and women who seem to see clearly and unselfishly that the good of all is concerned with the injury to one. It may be, as some one has facetiously remarked: "Higher education shows you how to keep your eye on the gravy, while the other fellow makes it." "TIES UP LAST PAGE" Considerable interest has been aroused concerning the phrase used in the headlines of the article in the Tribune two weeks ago regarding the death of Norman D. Murray. The headline read: "Ties up Last Page in the Book of Life." The phrase "ties up the last page" is a printer's term and has reference to one of Mr. Murray's duties as final "make-up" man for the books, and magazines of the higher class, printed by the firm of Murray Brothers who also print the Tribune. After a book or magazine goes through the various processes of editing, copyreading, typesetting, proofreading and revising, the type matter is arranged and assembled into pages, and the page forms are "tied up" securely by several turns of strong twine to keep them intact through the subsequent handlings. This "tieing up" is the last work on the book, except the merely mechanical work of printing in the press, folding and binding. Needle Points By Willie Mack Mr. Adolphe Hodge, of New York City, called my attention, very good-naturedly, to an error in this column last week in reference to the criticism of Mr. Van Webbier's article concerning activities on the "Barbary Coast." Mr. Hodge says, "the Barbar- Coast to which he (Mr. Webbier) refers, is a section of the water front of early San Francisco, . . .." Since that is true, then "somebody did neglect geography while in school," and that somebody is myself. A white man was fatally burned in this city while attempting to extinguish the flames which were threatening to consume a colored co-worker. "Greater love hath no man than this." In these days of prejudice-ridden America we hope that in the hearts and minds of his grief-strecken relatives and friends, he is none the less a hero because he lost his life while attempting to save a NEGRO'S. Governor Byrd of Virginia has recommended to the legislature of that State, the passage of a law to deter lynching. Among other things in the proposed law he asks that the county in which a lynching occurs be required to pay to the "distributees" of the victim, $2,500. Every colored citizen of Virginia is worth $2,500.—lynched. If the law passes, don't be surprised to read of the "other" folks giving county fairs and church entertainments "for the benefit of the lynch fund." "Color Line Drawn in Turkey" was the headline appearing in several Negro weeklies last week, the news release coming from the Associated Negro Press. The facts, as stated, were that Turkey is to drive from within its domain all "White Russians." "WHITE Russians," however, is a political faction, not a racial group. Oh, wall, "what's in a name?" "Hats Off" is the title of an editorial in "The Hilton," Howard University student publication. The editorial states that the writer was requested to write an editorial concerning a white man who entered one of the offices on "The Hill" and completed a business transaction in the presence of one of the lady students there without removing his hat. The writer let it be known "after thinking things out to their logical end," that before criticizing this man's act we should think of the number of colored students who do similar things on the campus. In short, he seems to think that before we resent insults or discontents to colored women by whitemen, we should first see to it that ALL colored men NEVER give offense to ANY colored woman. Accepting that as logical, just when, Mr. Writer of "Hats Off" do you calculate we can begin protecting our women? Mr. Mortimer M. Harris exercised his right of "free speech" last Wednesday during a meeting of the school board when he told Mr. Henry Gilligan, (white) a member of the school board, to his face, and loud enough for him to hear it, that he (Mr. Gilligan) "could not fairly and squarely discuss a question of this kind." and "was unfit to sit as a member of the school board." More remarks like that and less "big gate" talking and we'll see results. On February 1. civil service examinations will be held for certain of the "colored branch" of the District of Columbia fire department. THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928 POETS' CORNER (Writers of verse, serious or light, may send to this column their "brain children." If you commune with the poetical muse, send in your verses.) THE BLACK FOLK By Milton C. N. Brighte Shackled down, to hoe the corn To pick the cotton from morn 'til morn, In ignorance they so sadly went Their black bodies from oppression bent. From the golden glow of the morning light To the stygian blackness of wan- ing night, They toiled. Then the bells of freedom pealed And the posts of slavery reeled, And the chains of bondage broke As from a dream the black man woke. He turned his gaze to the setting sun Hail the Lord, His will be done! The black man is great—it is fate To rise from a chasm of fear Toward a goal so dear. Is there another race That would strive when Extinction glared it in the face?— I wonder. 1430 Q St., N.W. DEDICATED TO NORMAN D. MURRAY (Expressing the sentiments of his nieces, Jean and Marguerite Murray) By Laura Jean Murray The dearest uncle in the world With the kindest loving heart, You'll never know how our hearts bled When from us you did part. We never shall forget that smile Which seemed the whole of you. You played the game so fair and square You took your part of strife You helped the others climb the steps To win success in life. We tried our best to hold you here, Our fight for you was great 'Twas not a fight of man and man But that of man and fate. We saw what peace was there. To know that you are happy now Helps us the sorrow bear. Although you're gone, still in our hearts We keep your memory true. There's something missing in our life. That something's surely you. THE CRY OF THE SOUL By R. T. Purdie The soul is the breath that each man breathes. When dying or dead, a frame that it leaves. To the seven winds it must go. To carry the messages, that it brought from below. In living a life on this earth it is told. The breath we breathe is only the soul. Through prayer, and faith, we live, you all know In living in this world you reap what you sow. Then sow good seeds in your walk of life, And reap the harvest as we are told. And God will come in the time of strif? And save the breath, that we call the soul. There in heaven they have songs and prayer. Remember, a crown awaits you there. You'll find in the end these things I have told The breath that we breathe is only the soul. BRIGGS AND MONTGOMERY PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION MEETS The members of the Briggs Montgomery Parent-Teachers' Association unanimously endorsed the action of the Board of Education in transferring the Health School, now located at Thirteenth and V streets, northwest, to the Toner School. Mae J. Richardson is president of the Briggs' association, Mattie D. Brown, vice-president of the Montgomery asdent, and Hattie L. Steward is sociation. With a "colored branch" of the Metropolitan police department, we could boast of a 100 per cent jim-crow city. Newspapers state that Judd Gray, who was executed last week, gave a colored prison-mate $6, when he distributed his prison fund. WE came in on the end, but thanks to the late Mr. Gray, we did "get in" on some of the publicity. The attorney general of the State of Indiana is attempting to oust the Klan from that state. Not because of his love for the Negro, Catholic or Jew,—oh no; but because the under-hand political methods of the Klan are corrupting the entire State. If left alone, the Klan would "corrupt" all forty-eight states; all of which facts makes one think about the story of "Frankenstein." KIDDIES' CORNER C. LESLIE FRAZIER, Editor PEOPLES DRUG STORES. NEGRO HISTORY WEEK TO BE OBSERVED THE SEC- OND WEEK IN FEB- Negro History Week will be observed in many cities of this country the second week in February. The idea of this movement is to arouse interest in the history of the Negro race. The movement was started by Carter G. Woodson, a teacher in the public schools of this city. Mr. Woodson is the editor of "The Journal of Negro History," the official organ for the Association for t. Study of Negro Life and History, Incorporated, an organization devoted to gathering information relative to the progress and activity of the race. The editor of the Kiddies' Corner wants the Tribunites to send in stories, articles, or poems telling something about our race, so that in this way, we may, too, do something to show that we are doing our bit in this movement. A MESSAGE By Louise Johns Girls and boys Of this down-trodden race, Hold your heads high, Look the world in the face. Why should you hang Your heads down so low, When the rest of the world Is making a show? You are the future citizens to be. So lift up your faces so that all might see That you are determined to reach The top of the tree. Now, girls and boys. Don't consider this a poem But simply a message, That will help keep you going. THE 1928 ORATORICAL CONTEST OFFERS AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO GO ABROAD The subjects for this year's oratorical contest offered by "The Evening Star" will be "The Development of the Constitution" and "The Present Significance of the Constitution." All pupils regularly enrolled in recognized secondary schools who are under nineteen years of age on February 1, are eligible to compete. There is a committee at your school who will give you information. The seven national Anners in the 1928 contest will receive a much more extensive tour than before, with a long stay in Amsterdam, scene of the 1928 Olympic Games as the high point. The other places in the itinerary include England, Italy, Germany, Paris, and Switzerland. VIRGINIA MASON WAS WINNER IN EMANCIPATON ESSAY CONTENT Dear Editor: I want to tell you and the Buddies that I received the first prize of $5 in gold for the best essay on the Emancipation Proclamation Contest that I entered through this paper, and I want to say that if it had not been for this paper I might not have ever known about the contest. Your Buddy, VIRGINIA MASON 1115 First St., N.W. 75c Quality Billfolds 75c Quality Billfolds Either black or tan from which to select. Complete with identification card and three compartments. 4-in-1 Electric Curling Iron Set 4-in-1 Electric Curling Iron Set Curling iron, marcel iron, waver rod and drying comb— four separate and distinct ap- pliances all in one. PEO DRUG "All Over TRIBUNITE'S PLEDGE 1. I will never use the word "nigger." 2. I will learn all that I can about the history and traditions of my Race. 3. I will use my eyes and ears to detect sander against my Race, and I will champion my Race wherever I may hear such sander. 4. I will be proud that I am a Negro because God made me one, and being a Negro, I will do all that I can to add honor to my Race. SIX YEARS OLD By Helen McAlpine Gordon Sturdy, nonchalant and quick, Full of fun and full of tricks, That he likes to play on others Not even, excepting mother. Bright eyes flashing Questions asking. Shows he's thinking deep thoughts too. Working steadily at school Trying hard to keep the rule. Daddy, dear, is his delight. And in this he is quite right. To our home You bring much joy, Six years old today, my boy. MAYOR OF MYTHICAL CITY WANTS TO CHANGE CALENDAR ABADYA. Oxj, Jan. 26—Mayor Etzetzetz of this city has decided to introduce a new calendar. He says that he is tired of the people of this city using the same calendar as is used elsewhere. His idea is to have a year consisting of 500 days to the year; that each day consist of 4000 hours; that each hour consist of 4001 minutes; that each minute consist of 4002 seconds; that each second consist of 4 umphs. He asserts that this is a simpler system than the present one. It is thought that all of the children will vote for his system, because he had stated that every 25th day was to be Present Day, and that Present Day was to be a day of gift giving such as is done now on Christmas. The parents seriously object to the system, but since the vote of each parent is only one point, and each child's vote is 20 points, it is thought that Mayor Etzetzetz's system will soon become a reality. DO YOU KNOW? Can you tell the titles of these poetical quotations, and give the names of the authors? I shot an arrow, into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight— 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountains in its azure hue— No prizes are awarded. See answers in next column. "DO YOU KNOW" ANSWERS "The Arrow and the Song," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Pleasures of Hope," by Thom as Campbell. 35c Splendid Quality Whisk Brooms .29c 35c Splendid Quality Whisk Brooms .29c These whisk brooms are made of an excellent quality broom straw which is bound with heavy cord to make them more durable. Equipped with metal-top handle and convenient ring for hanging. 35c Size WILLIAMS' SHAVING CREAM and AQUA VELVA (½ the 50c Size) Both for 29c This wonderful offer of shavers' needs will afford you a comfortable shave each and every morning. A 35c tube of Shaving Cream and a bottle of Aqua Velva—half the regular 50c size. ALEXANDRIA, VA., NEWS ALEXANDRIA, VA., NEWS Alexandria Correspondent Wm. H. Carter 610 S. Washington St. Jackson's Hotel Case Washington Jackson is having trouble with the city authorities concerning what remains of his hotel at King and Peyton streets, a part of which was blown down in the tornado of November 17. Recently he was fined $25 and sentenced to ten days in jail, by Police Judge W. S. Snow, for failing to tear down the part now standing, the Peyton street wing. His attorney, A. H. Collins, entered an appeal. When the case came up on Thursday before Judge Howard W. Smith in the corporation court, it was discovered that the ground on which the hotel stands is in the name of Mrs. Jackson, so that case against Mr. Jackson was nolle prossed. The corporation attorney states he will now proceed against Mrs. Jackson. Jackson wants to repair the building and continue it as a hotel. Mrs. Mamie Fitch Becomes Bride of James E. Colbert James Edward Colbert, of this city, was married to Mrs. Mamie Fitch, of Washington, D.C., last Wednesday evening, January 25. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. F. King, pastor of Roberts' Chapel M. E. Church at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Richard Rembert, 1105 S street, northwest. After the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom accompanied by their friends, motored to the home of the groom. 812 Gibbon street, where the wedding reception was held. The newlyweds received a large number of gifts and tokens from their friends. Mr. Colbert is a prominent citizen of Alexandria. Mrs. Colbert is a former resident of Selma, Ala. Punch, ice cream and cake were served. On Sunday, January 29, a special program will be rendered at the B.Y.P.U. services at Alfred Street Baptist Church. The What Soever Cirele of Roberts Chapel M. E. Sunday School under the leadership of Mrs. M. E. Evans, will render a literary and musical program Sunday night, January 29, assisted by the Parker-Gray chorus, The Humming Birds, the Happy Four Quartet, Miss Blanche Diggs, Euretta, Norton, and Leon Baltimore, Jr. Mrs. Georgiana Littlejohn continues quite sick at the residence of her son, William Littlejohn. Rev. W. H. Waring will preach Sunday, January 29. at 8 o'clock at the Third Baptist Church. IN MEMORIAMS McGee—In loving memory of our dear grandmother, Malinda McGee, who departed this life one year ago January 29, 1927. A happy home we once enjoyed. How sweet the memory still. But death has left a vacancy That never can be filled. But memories of you still linger. And oft-times in our eyes is a tear. We are praying, dear grandmother, that someday, We'll all be with you up there. By the FAMILY. HARRIS—In memory of my dear husband, Hill Harris, who died January 30, 1922. There's a beautiful land on high. And though here I off! weep and sigh, My Jesus hath said. 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Our hams are smoked with Hickory Wood-famous for flavor. Our cooked meats are thoroughly cooked. Our pork sausage is not made of mere pork trimmings, but of selected cuts of fancy young porkers. For QUALITY MEATS Call D. D. COLLINS PARTRIDGE BRAND CHOICE BEEF, COLLINS' PURE 70-75, 94-96 O 26 & 28 Parkview Market PARTRIDGE BRAND HAMS & BACON CHOICE BEEF, LAMB & VEAL COLLINS' PURE PORK SAUSAGE 70-75, 94-96 O Street Market 26 & 28 Parkview Market (Pork Products Only) Mrs. Johnson died Tuesday at the residence of her father, Mr. Ialmer in Pendleton street. Dr. Foraker Evans, a graduate of Hampton Institute, who has practiced dentistry in Lynchburg, Va., is now located in Alexandria. Mrs. Tessie Thaxton Dogs, wife of William Dogans, Jr., died at her home on North Columbus street, Thursday, after a long illness. She leaves an infant child. Rev. R. B. Robinson, a former resident here, was in this city Tuesday. While here he held several conferences with reference to Masonic affairs. Mrs Mary Baker Gray of Washington was a visitor in the city this week. A talent rally will be given under the auspices of the ladies of Roberts Chapel M. E. Church, Thursday, February 23. Andrew W. Madden, the son of Samuel Madden, is visiting the home of his father. Mr. Madden, Jr., has just returned from Hot Springs, Va., where he has been spending the winter. Y W E A R M G I N G Y W E A R M G I N G A Girls' Mass Meeting will be held at the Y.W.C.A., February 5, at 4 p.m. Speeches and music will be featured. Miss Coo, Girl Reserve secretary will talk. Miss Ruth Standard, a student of Howard University was called home on account of the illness of her aunt. Miss Laura Cummings, a recent graduate of Howard University has accepted a position as teacher at Selma, N.C. Miss Gladys Cardwell, a student at Howard who left several weeks ago, is rapidly improving in health, and is expected back at the "Y" in the near future. A barn dance will be given at the Y.W.C.A. Saturday, January 28. A sightseeing trip will be taken Thursday afternoon, at 3:30. After the trip, there will be a theatre party. Barry Farms News With the South Warrington site for the Farmers' Market winning out by 11 to 4 as reported by the sub-committee, headed by Eznest N. Gibson, chairman, on Wednesday, members of the Barry Farm Citizens' Association are elated, as they unanimously endorsed this site on October 11, 1927. A committee from the citizens' association worked the committee hearings and submitted date favoring the site. The local community center, under the direction of Mrs. Martha E. Ellis is planning a promenade reception for the evening of Thursday, February 2. NATIONAL BENEFIT AGENTS CLOSE LOCAL CONVENTION The traveling superintendents of the mixed departments, Eastern division, National Benefit Life Insurance Company, assembled at the headquarters office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week for a series of conferences in which was discussed the 1928 program. 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Those of us who know how to follow should at least encourage this leadership and inspire the race to confidence and respect for the men who are able and equipped to master situations forced upon us by narrow, bigoted, small creatures in public office and private life whose only stock in trade is Negro hate and opposition. Washington's colored constituency has been dominated and represented for years by the leadership of transplanted politicians and transitory office holders. Thus for years our influence and sentiment-making power has been an asset to mere political parties. No one objects to the conscientious public servant, and he has indeed been helpful in making contacts and supplying valuable information, but all know his limitations. The political appointee is always under orders. He has his place because of the very fact that he fits in well with the machine and the machine cares more for power and office than it does for great human causes. 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No man can be a leader of a people who is timid in the presence of the foe, who is hampered by apprehension of loss of position, and who must necessarily knuckle before the biddings of official superiors. We do not want favors. Our goal is manhood, unsullied by gifts and promises; reached by achievements and our willingness to accept the responsibility as well as the emoluments of citizenship. The gentlemen who had our cause in hand before the board of education were not politicians. The audacious bluntness and brazen effrontery with which they presented their reasons in argument proved that they were not accustomed to taking orders but to giving orders. They spoke directly to white folk and not about them. They looked them squarely in the eye and did not become frightened at color nor cringe before authority. Man to man, mind against mind. Right defiant before asserted wrong. The cause gave them undaunted courage because the cause was right. West A. Hamilton, who assumed the hard role of opening the Negro side of the discussion, did so in a most manly, intelligent and effective manner. Inherited qualities, backed by schooling and a record of bravery as a soldier, made him imperious in facing the enemies of the children of his race and assured all in the very beginning of the hearing that we had champions who at least were free from the fear of competing and arguing for the right against the wrong. Mortimer M. Harris pitted his knowledge of real estate values in Washington against the white real estate agents, and while he wisely interjected segregation mania into his discussion and openly charged one of the white school board members of being a most notorious segregationalist, his arguments against decrease of property values in Negro localities did not lose one ounce of their weight by this telling and timely and unavoidable, and therefore justifiable, digression. Mac J. Richardson's illuminating address is our best proof of understanding before attack. He must not face the enemy divided. W. H. Lewis was brutally direct and demanding. While Dr. George Richardson, with the old fires of racial loyalty burning at high fever mark, created hushed surprise when he warned white people that they must cease driving Negroes "to the wall" for he would not dare predict the consequence. Other men who fearlessly championed the cause of their people at the hearing were: Reverend and Lawyer George Parker, George Beason and Professor Neval H. Thomas. We recognize that this was a small affair in comparison with other problems that we must face as a race in the district, yet it was of sufficient moment to summon the power, thought and virility of a new leadership which believes in THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 27. 1528 SCHOOL NOTES Interclass Debate Held The Dunbar Debating Society, under the direction of Mr. J. N. Hill held an interclass debate Thursday January 5. The teams were composed of the following students: junior team, Evelyn Gardiner, Thelma Robinson, Marjory Wormley and Addie Bruce; senior team, Thelma Burt, Edna Burke and Marian Jackson. The topic for discussion was "Resolved, that the United States is justified in intervening in Nicaragua." The seniors supported the negative, while the junior were for the affirmative. A book donated by Mr. Howard Allan, of the business office of this school, was awarded to Marian Jackson, the best speaker of the evening. Both teams were composed entirely of girls, a bad reflection on the boys, so to speak. Dunbar Notes The Dunbarn High School Art Club met Friday, January 13, and decided to award the contract for the club pins to G. W. Taylor, a local jeweler. The pins, which were designed by the class will bear the school colors, red and black. The girls basketball team was organized Tuesday, January 17, and it promises to be a successful team. Miss Chandler is in charge. There will be senior, junior, sophomore and freshman teams. The Student Council, under the direction of its president, Lincoln Hawkins, has started a campaign to clean the lunch room and keep it clean. ARMSTRONG On Tuesday evening of last week the seniors at Armstrong held the annual senior reception in the school lunch room at 8 o'clock. This reception brought the faculty and many of the student body out in their full dress outfits, to the tunes of the Blue Bird orchestra. The February and June graduation classes, combined, have extended an invitation to the members of the Armstrong faculty to a tea, which will be held Monday, January 30, in the school gym. attacking every encroachment upon the rights and liberties of our group. It showed first, what we possessed in leadership, secondly what we must do, and thirdly, how it is to be done. The people must not selfishly jeopardize their place and judgment by annoying protests and unjustifiable criticism. Mr. Wilkinson, superintendent of the public schools for our group, should be made to know that he has perfect liberty in the conduct of his office, that his own people are with him and behind him when he valiantly champions the interests of our teachers and children before the school. Thank God for a leadership in Washington for Washington Negroes—up from the people—whose problems are magnified, because the opposition they face is gathered from every race-prejudiced center in the United States. The leadership we are developing should inspire the Washingtonian to wake up and bestir himself. He has permitted and is permitting far too many encroachments upon his liberty without raising the strong arm of "Thou shall not." The following group are the latest addition to the Armstrong Technical High School alumni: Allen Benjamin Andrews, James Romeo Cannon, Frank Pearson Coleman, James Irving Davis, Richard Olden Forbes, Richard Aloysius Glennmore, Ralph Waldo Jackson, LeRoy Henderson Jones, Louis Henderson Key, Theodore Romandus Lacy, Alfred Ireland Moore, Leon Alexander Smallwood, Jr., Raymond Smith, William Thomas Wells, and Joseph Richard Whiting. Matilda Rosia Lillian Clanton, Lena Pearl Ellis, Agnes Harrison, Mildred Idealia Jordan, Mary Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Lucille Simms McCormick, Cecelia Elizabeth Merriweather, Florence Theresa Miles, Fannie Elizabeth Ransome, Geneva Mae Reeder, Helen Victoria Stephens, and Marie Blanche Thomas. RANDALL JUNIOR HIGH The mid-year graduating exercises will take place Tuesday, January 31, at 10:30 o'clock, Dr. J. H. Johnson, a member of the board of education, presiding. There will appear on the program the Reverend E. B. Watson, pastor of the Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church. An interesting feature of the exercise will be "Student Thoughts." Dean D. O. W. Holmes, of the school of education, Howard University, will deliver the commencement address. Mr. H. H. Long, assistant superintendent of public schools, will award the diplomas. Remarks will be made by Mr. Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent of public schools. Twenty-four pupils will graduate. On Friday, January 27, the Student Council held a reception to these students, at which time there was rendered an interesting program. The committee on Negro history week, consisting of Mrs. M. H. Plummer, Miss G. T. Dodson, and Miss H. A. Milton, are planning special programs for assemblies throughout the week, as well as emphasis on work in regular history classes. SHAW JUNIOR HIGH Miss Mineola Kirkland, principal of Shaw Junior High School, in appreciation of the Shaw soccer team and Coach Cupid, gave a luncheon to these boys, Wednesday, January 25, during the mid-day recess. During this luncheon the 1928-29 captain was elected. The hostesses were the girls of the major domestic science class. As part of their class day program Friday, the seniors rendered "Sun Goddess" a Japanese play. Miss Nellie M. Quander, was in charge of the play, with Miss I. M. Hall and Miss Irene Miller as heads of the dancers. The mai nch character in the play were the following: Margaret Gant as the "Sun Goddess"; Willis Washington as the poet; Leroy Leggett as the philosopher; Elmer Hawkins as a worker in metal, supported by Japanese maidens and villagers. Mid-year commencement exercises will be held Tuesday, January 31, at 2 o'clock in the school assembly hall. The officers of the February class are: Matilda Bell, president; Allen Dunlap, vice-president; Dorotha Williams, secretary; and Sarah Harris, treasurer. MARGARET MURRAY WASHINGTON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL The Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School will hold its first mid-year commencement exercises on Tuesday afternoon, Jan- Bennett College, Greensboro, was chosen secretary. It was announced that Dr. Mavevty, who has served twenty years as secretary of the Board of Education, will retire in the spring, to be succeeded by Dr. Holmes. The presidents in attendance were J. O. Spencer, Morgan College, Baltimore; T. H. Kiah, Princess Anne Academy, Md., David D. Jones, Bonnett College, Greensboro, N. C.; J. B. Randolph, Clairlin College, Orangeburg, S. C. M. S. Davage, Clark University, Atlanta; George H. Trever, Gammon Seminary, Atlanta; J. I. Mullowney, Meharry Medical College, Nashville; H. H. Sutton, Walden University, Nashville; J. B. F Shaw, Haven Institute, Meridian Miss.; L. N. 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Dillard of Charlottesville, Virginia, president of the Jeanes and Slater Funds; Dr. W. T. B. Williams of Tuskegee Institute; Dr. I. Garland Penn of Cincinnati, and Dr. W. J. Holmes of Chicago. Many subjects connected with college standards, curricula, administration, and finance were discussed. Dr. J. O. Spencer of Morgan College, Baltimore, was elected president of the body for the ensuing year, and David D. Jones of uary 30, at one o'clock in the auditorium of the John F. Cook School. Rev. W. L. Washington, pastor of Zion Baptist Church will deliver the address to the graduates. The graduates are—dressmaking: Bernice Evelyn Brooks, Thelma Bernice Campbell, Mary Alice Cave, Julia Belle Chambers, Viola Mae Colbert, Nannie Beatrice Fulton, Margaret Florine Harris, Eve Elizabeth Johnson, Hilda Madeline Strother, Rebecca Anetoin tucker, Frances Ruth Turner, Clarice Waugh, Alberta Gertrude White. 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NOTICE—Social items intended for publication for this page should reach The Tribune office, 920 U street, northwest, not later than 3 o'clock Wednesday. There are no charges made for the publication of these social notes. Your co-operation is solicited. the residence of Mrs. Katherine Edwards. The members present included the Misses Katherine Edwards, Lucy Cliffen, Louise Fowler, Geneva Gregg, Mattie Hunter, Helen Murray, Emma Porter, Willie Pinkney, Emma Brown, Bartha Stewart, Mary Torrell, and MRS. FRANK ADAMS ENTERTAINS Mrs. Frank Adams entertained at a card party at her residence, 1838 Thirteenth street, northwest, Monday evening, January 16. Five hundred was played. Prizes were won by Mrs. W. Price, Mrs. Bessie DeVaughn, Mrs. Blanche Clarke, Mrs. Emily Harris, Mrs. Albert Beverly, Mrs. Oscar Martinez, Mrs. Calvin Chase, Mrs. Lanier Grady, Mrs. Anna Harris, Mrs. Anna Mayo, Mrs. Henry Freeman, Mrs. Vivian Pelham, Mrs. Justin Green and Miss Mary Cromwell. Those present were: Mrs. Perry W. Howard, Mrs. Lillian Williams, Mrs. Marion Cruso, Mrs. Alphonzo Burwell, Mrs. Lee Shippen, Mrs. Peter W. Price, Mrs. Frank Davis, Mrs. Bessie DeVaughn, Mrs. Blanch Clarke, Mrs. J. Hayden Johnson, Mrs. Ernest Amos, Mrs. Oscar Martinez., Mrs. Emily Harris, Mrs. Edna Perry, Mrs. Albert Beverly, Mrs. J. Wilkins, Mrs. King Savoy, Mrs. Lanier Grady, Mrs. Anna Harris, Mrs. Ambrose Gaskins, Mrs. Anna Mayo, Mrs. Henry Freeman, Mrs. Velma Ramos, Mrs. William Hurst, Mrs. Vivian Pellham, Mrs. Reuben West, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins, Mrs. Rosell Thomas Misses Mary Cromwell, Helen Moore, Hallie Queen, Edna Holmes and Valerie Chase. MRS. FRANK DAVIS HOSTESS MRS. FRANK DAVIS HOSTESS Mrs. Frank Davis was hostess to her card cub at her residence, 1810 Fifthenth street, northwest, Thursday evening, January 19. Bridge was played. Guest prizes were awarded to Mr. Mcrie Lucas, Mrs. Emma Wormley and Mrs. Henry Bailey. Club prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. D. Williston and Mrs. Elias G. Evans. Those present were: Mrs. E. D. Williston, Mrs. Thomas H. R. Clarke, Mrs. W. J. Bauduit, Mrs. George Young, Mrs. Peter W. Price, Mrs. J. Hayden Johnson, Mrs. Ambrose Gaskins, Mrs. Armond W. Scott, Mrs. Belle Pride, Mrs. Elias G. Evans, Mrs. Bessie Claytor, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Mrs. Emma Wormley, Mrs. Henry Bailey, Mrs. Sylvester McLaurin, Mrs. Mary Hall, Mrs. John Cromwell, Mrs. Louis Cornish, Miss Edith Lee and Dr. Marie Lucas. MRS, ISABEL V. HALL ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Miss Isabel V. Hall entertained her bridge club at her residence, 1327 Fifth street, northwest, on Thursday evening, January 19. Prizes were awar led to the following guests: Miss Irene Miller, Mrs. Vincent B. Thomas and Mrs. Elias G. Evans. Members of the club awarded prizes were Mrs. W. J. Baundit, Mrs. Louis Mehlinger and Miss Muriel Milton. Others present were Mrs. Emory B. Smith, Mrs. Ierne Perkins, Mrs. Eleanor Wheatland, Mrs. Louis Albert, Mrs. Thomas H. R. Clarke, Mrs. Ora Spivey, Mrs. Esther Shaw, Mrs. Esther Shaw, Mrs. Marian Lewis, Miss Miriam Courtney, Miss Evelyn Buce Mrs. Phyllis Goines, Mrs. Sallie Clarke, Mrs. Nettie Pinchback and Mrs. Hyler Brown. MRS. E. C. WILLIAMS ENTERTAINS Mrs. E. C. Williams, of 912 Westminster street, northwest, entertained at bridge on Wednesday evening, January 18, in honor of her mother, Mrs. Charles W. Chestnut, of Cleveland, Ohio. A guest of honor prize was awarded to Mrs. Chestnut. Other prizes were awarded to Mrs. Daisy Gleen, Mrs. Henry Freeman and Mrs. Thomas H. R. Clarke. Those present included: Mrs. Emory Smith, Mrs. Martha McAdoo, Mrs. M. O. Dumas, Mrs. Thomas H. R. Clarke, Mrs. Henry Freeman, Mrs. C. C. Fry, Theresa Connelly, Mrs. Dollie Reid, Mrs. Daisy Glenn, Mrs. Henry Murray, Mrs. Sadie Alexander of New York, Mrs. D. J. Fortuna, Mrs. Eula Grey, Mrs. James C. Dowling, Mrs. E. A. Nelson, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Mrs. Henry Bailey, Mrs. W. L. Wilkinson, Mrs. C. J. Ridgley, Miss Lula Allen, Miss Ella Perry, Miss Jessie Parks, Miss Bertha McNeil, Miss Ophelia Davidson, Miss Etta Williamson and Mis Mary Williamson. MRS. PERRY W. HOWARD ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Mrs. Perry W. Howard entertained at bridge at her residence 1829 S street, northwest, first Friday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. D. J. Fortuna, Mrs. Emma Wormley and Miss Jane Page. Those present were Mrs. Louis Hehlanger, Mrs. Audrey Lewis, Mrs. Charles West, Mrs. Eula Grey, Mrs. L. H. Burrell, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Mrs. Emma Wormley, Mrs. D. J. Fortuna, Mrs. George Young, Mrs. J. Hayden Johnson, Miss Ella Perry and Miss Jane Page. MRS. AUGUSTUS W. GRAY ENTERTAINS Mrs. Augustus W. Gray entertained the S Street Neighborhood Club at her residence. 1730 S street, northwest, last Friday evening. Those present included Mrs. William L. Houston, Mrs. Emma Muse, Mrs. M. Wilson, Mrs. W. Wilkinson, Mrs. J. A. Lankford Mrs. E. D. Williston, Mrs. D. Edmonston, Mrs. Belle Pride, Mrs. T. H. Ford, Miss C. E. Parks, Mrs. L. J. Moss and Mrs. Lucas Lea. MRS. ELLIS ENTERTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Jesse Ellis, of 2243 Thirteenth street, northwest, entertained the Saturday Night Bridge Club at her residence, on Saturday, January 21. The club members present were Miss Helen Moore, Miss Edith Chandler, Mrs. Gerster Pryor, Miss Luille Banks, Mrs. Elfreda Taylor, Mrs. Rosetta Robinson, Miss Julia Davis, Mrs. Audie Lewis, Mrs. Minnie Cardwell and Mrs. Jesse Ellis. The guests were Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Mrs. Charles West, Mrs. Ruth Houston, Miss Ella Perry, Mrs. Fortuna, Miss Eula Grey, and Mrs. Janie Bradford. Club prizes were won by Mrs. Rosetta Robinson, Mrs. Pryor, and Miss Chandler; guests prizes were won by Mrs. West, Mrs. Grey and Mrs. Bradford. MISS ISABELLE HALL ENTERTAINS Miss Isabelle V. Hall entertained her Bridge Club at her residence, 1273 Fifth street, northwest, on Thursday, January 19. The guest prizes were awarded to Miss Irene Miller, Mrs. Vincent Thomas and Miss Stella Skinker. The club prizes were won by Mrs. W. J. Bauduit, Mrs. Louis Mehlinger and Miss Muriel Milton. Those present were Mrs. Emory Smith and guests, Miss Wheaten of Tennessee and Mrs. Wynn of New York; Mrs. Theophilus Houston, Mrs. Sallie Fisher Clark, Mrs. Phyllis Goines, Mrs. Alto Clarke, Mrs. Louise Albert, Mrs. Louis Mehlinger, Mrs. Eleanore Wheatland, Mrs. Nettie Pinchback, Mrs. Miriam Lewis, Mrs. W. J. Bauduit, Mrs. Ora W. Spivey, Mrs. Vincent Thomas, Mrs. Esther Popel Shaw, Mrs. Lydia Hillman, Mrs. Hilda Browne, Mrs. Joseph Douglass, Mrs. Frank Perkins, Mrs. Robert Evans, Mrs. Walter Pinchback, Misses Muriel Milton, Stella Skinker, Evelyn Bruce, Miriam Courtney and Miss Irene Miller. GEORGIA STATE CLUB GIVES ANNUAL BANQUET The annual banquet of the Georgia State Club was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith, 1913 Eighth street, northwest, January 12. The home was charmingly decorated. John W. Smith, president of the B.Y.P.U., of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, installed the newly elected officers for the ensuing year. The evening was spent in dancing and games, after which a bountiful repast was served. PRESIDENT JOHNSON ENTER- TAINS DELEGATES Seventeen delegates from the recent conference on the Cause and Cure of War were guests at lunchon at Howard University. They were received by President and Mrs. Johnson and Dean Slowe. President Johnson made a brief address to them in which he outlined the history of the university and some of the outstanding features of its work. Dean Lucy D. Slowe was a delegate to this conference representing the Y.W.C.A. THE MUMS ENTERTAINED THE MUMS ENTERTAINED Mrs. Costina Wymes was the pleasing hostess to the Mums Five Hundred Club on Thursday night at her beautiful home. Those present were Mesdames Georgia Johnson, Mary Smith, Goldie V. McKenzie and the Misses Lydia Carey, Mildred Balston, and Pearl Lindsay. First prize was awarded Mrs. Mary Smothers; second prize, Mrs. Georgia Johnson; third prize, Miss Pearl Lindsay. A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY Mrs. Sara Newsome Fraction, of 1414 Twelfth street, northwest, tendered her mother Mrs. Kate Newsome, a surprise birthday party Friday, January 20, which proved a genuine surprise. The color scheme of pink and green was carried out in a most beautiful and tasty manner. A surprise to the guests was the favors of pink telephone roses with the centers filled with almonds and stuffed dates. The invited guests were Mesdames Maggie Williamson, Annie Jordan, Alice Jefferson, Mamie Browne, Jane Wayman, Conny Harper, Mattie Smith, Julia Swanson, Annie Newsome, Aurora Curtis, and Dorothy Newsome and Meissra. C. C. James and Louis Jefferson. Mrs. Newsome was the recipient of many beautiful and useful presents. MRS. KATHERINE EDWARDS HOSTESS TO LE BON TON The Le Bon Ton Five Hundred Club was very beautifully entertained on Tuesday, January 24, at the residence of Mrs. Katherine Edwards. The members present included the Misses Katherine Edwards, Lucy Cliffen, Louise Fowler, Geneva Gregg, Mattie Hunter, Helen Murray, Emma Porter, Pinkie Pinkney, Emma Brown, Bertha Stewart, Mary Terrell, and Wilhelmina Cannon. The guests for the evening included Mrs. Mayne Akers, Mrs. Etta Mason, Mrs. Marie Briggs, Mrs. Rebecca Willimas and Mrs. Helen Washington. BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR DEBUTANTE Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Clomax entertained the younger set, at their residence, 1242-A Half street, s.w., on Friday evening, January 20, at a birthday party for their daughter, Dorothy Virginia. Dorothy is one of the debutantes of the season. The diversions of the evening were music and dancing, after which an elaborate repast was served. IMPERIAL POTENTATE AND STAFF ENTERTAINED AT SERIES OF AFFAIRS While visiting Washington last week in attendance upon the Supreme Court of the U. S. A. where litigation with the white organization of Shriners was being argued, Caesar R. Blake, Jr., Imperial Potentate of the A. E. A. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine with members of his Imperial Divan, or official staff, was honored with a number of social attentions. A. On Thursday evening, Clarence A. Nixon served dinner for a party of sixteen Shriners at his home, 129 T street, northwest. The honor guests were, in addition to Mr. Blake, his brother and travelling companion, Elliot Blake of Charlotte, N.C., Imperial Treasurer Charles D. Freeman, Imperial Publicist J. A. Jackson and the Imperial Legal Counselors S. A. T. Watkins and James E. White. Others present were Imperial Deputy Thomas M. Dent, Past Potentate F. W. Alston, Joseph H. Hankerson, Chief Rabban J. W. Charleston and Nobles Calvin Bethea, and Eddie Sands, together with Deputy Grandmaster A. L. Dodson of the District of Columbia Grand Lodge, John W. Stockton Past Eminent Grand Commander of the Knights Templars, and Elwood G. Hubert, librarian of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council. All of the local men were members of Mecca Temple. On Friday evening the Daughters of Isis, gave a reception to the visiting officials at the home of Mrs. Virgile Charleston, 1637 Thirteenth street, immediately following the regular session of Oasis Court No. 2. Among those present in addition to the foregoing were Mrs. Ida Jones, Isis Deputy; Mrs. Salie Stockton, Grand High Priest; Mrs. Anna Hankerson, the Mrs. Bettie Myles, Ethel Sands, Dotson, Minnie Carter, Mamie McCoy, Minnie Carter, Anna James, John Pye, and Grandmaster C. P. Ford, Mrs. C. A. Lee, Miss Emma Martin and Bert McCoy. At the close of this affair, the visiting party went to the home of Grand Ealted Ruler J. Finley Wilson of the order of Elks, where an informal farewell to the city was staged. On Tuesday evening, the group were the guests of Jerusalem Temple No. 4 of Baltimore where the Imperial Potentate personally installed the newly elected officers of the Temple. At the close of the meeting, an informal reception was held at the home of William M. Cornish after which a banquet was served at the Hotel Penn for a party of thirty-five guests. Mr. Cornish, the Potentate of Jerusalem Temple acting as host. John Murphy of the Afro-American and Dr. Kennard, past potentates assisted the host. A CHILDREN'S PARTY Mrs. Sadie Collins Nash of 308 I street, northwest, entertained for her daughter, little C. Kathlyn Nash, in honor of her birthday. The children were served a delightful repast with favors to fit the occasion. Miss Kathlyn received many remembrances. 1916--1928 ANNOUNCEMENT The Earls, Inc. To our patrons: The Earls wish to announce their Twelfth Anniversary Reception, informal, Friday, February 3, 1928. You will be entertained by Branson's Society Orchestra from nine to two. Refreshments. Subscriptions obtainable from club members or at Boulevard Pharmacy, 918 U street, northwest, upon presentation of invitation. Positively no subscriptions sold night of receptin. The Club J. Russell Brown, President, 495 R. Street, N.W. Harold P. Joyce, Vice-President, 1110 Eighteenth Street, N.W., Allen A. Griffith, Secretary, 1704 Fourth St., N.W. North 8490. William R. Curtis, Treasurer, 128 Seaton Place, N.W., North 5083-W. Andrew Hogan, Business Manager, 1907 Thirteenth St., N.W., North 544. THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 27. 1928 DR. AMANDA G. HILYER EN·day last in New York City visit- TERTAIS TREBLE CLEF ing friends GENE AUSTIN'S Latest: "The Lonesome Road" "My Melancholy Baby" TERTAINS TREBLE CLEF Dr. Amanda G. Hilyer entertained the Treble Clef and friends with quite a delightful surprise on January 18, having Miss Nickerson, the accomplished musician from New Orleans, give a talk on an illustration of Creole music, of which she is making special research. The repast served was in keeping with the theme of the evening. Besides the Clef members, those present were Mesdames Emma Wormley, Lew Emma Williston, Hayden Johnson, Percy Bond, Spratlin, Misses Willias and Spratlin, Messrs. Albert and Joseph Douglass. PERSONALS Miss Thelma Smith, daughter of the late Mrs. Mary Smith (Babe) returned to Fisk University where she plans to finish her education. Dr. Vernon Harris, accompanied by his little son, Vernon, Jr., returned to Richmond, Va., after the interment of his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Robinson Harris. Clarence Smalls and a party of friends from Baltimore attended the basketball game on the hill between Howard and Morgan College on last Saturday evening. 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Mrs. Gladys Houston the wife of Attorney Charles Houston, who has been on the sick list for sometime is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. William Woodson entertained a few friends at their home on last Friday evening with cards. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks T. Sanders, of New York and Baltimore, were the week-end guests of their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Easley, of 1323 T street, north-west. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Russell, of 315 B street, northeast, entertained with cards and dancing in honor of Misses Lucille and Blanche Jackson, and Carl Moten, of Norwich, Conn., on Tuesday, was served. A delightful repast wa sserved. Those present were Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Towles, Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Luther McManus, Mr. and Mrs. McManus, Mr. and Mrs. George Hopson, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Deas, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Medell A. Smith, Mesdames Isabella Towles, Fannie Cannon, Annie Grayson, and Nellie Walker, Misses Marion Foreman, Lucille Tobias, Lola Bowman, Louise Mankins, Henrietta B. Brown, and Annie E. Towles, and Messrs. Kenneth G. Olney, Edward D. Bell, Ernest B. Parmes, Charles Evans, (Continued on page 4) CARD OF THANKS FORGY-I wish to thank the relatives and friends for their kindness shown during the illness of my mother, Mrs. Rosa Forgy, and for the sympathy and floral tributes extended at her death. ion Revue & D Auspices of the Washington and Federation of Women Lincoln Colonnade Friday, February 3, 19 Fashion Revue & Dance Under Auspices of the Washington and Vicinity Federation of Women 9 P.M. TO 2 A.M. SPECIAL FEATURE! Aesthetic Dances by Society Buds Extra Added Attraction—MA Cabarets in SONG and D RUDOLPH CRE BRANSON'S A Prize of $5 in Gold t ADMISSION ..... Tickets at leading drug stores Dr. Clara S. Taliafern Atty. Isadora A. 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Mrs. Virginia Pocha, of Cleveland, Ohio, has returned to her home after spending a few weeks with her two sons, Phillip and Oscar Pocha, the former of 1419 N street, northwest, and the latter of 1328 Sixteenth street, northwest. J. R. Fitzgerald, D.D.S.; George E. Bell, M.D.; and Sherwood Cattley, M.D., of Montclair, N.J., motored here and spent a few hours visiting Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Brooks 915 Florida avenue, northwest. Mrs. Mary Pierce, of 2033 Flag- GUYANDOTTE A Combination of the MELLOW AROM The well-known Label THE BEST IN COFFEE Huntington, Phone JOSEPH S Franklin 3992 GRAVES' 16 & 18 G St., N.W.—Opp. Gov' with each and every ICE CREAM and HOW Chef's Special from 11 a.m. to 4 Chicken Soup, Roast Young delphia Capon with Curled with Current Jelly; and the Mashed Potatoes, Candied tuce and Tomato Salad. 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Rooms for Rent with each and every meal we will serve ICE CREAM and HOME-MADE DESSERTS Chef's Special from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.: Consomme and Cream of Chicken Soup, Roast Young Turkey, Cranberry Jelly, Philadelphia Capon with Curled Celery, Roast Long Island Duck with Current Jelly; and three vegetables: Early June Peas, Mashed Potatoes, Candied Yams, Stewed Tomatoes; Lettuce and Tomato Salad. Choice of Desserts: Ice Cream and Home-Made Dessert Oysters in Any Style Hot Rolls served all day until 2 a.m. THE PORO AG A DISTINCT It Pays to P PORO HAIR AND T PORO AGENT RENDERS DISTINCTIVE SERVICE Pays to Patronize Her PORO HAIR AND TOILET PRODUCTS stand out crowd of competition with character strikingly their own. PORO Products are amazingly effective. That PORO is evidenced by the fact that over THREE MILLION patrons were served with PORO Treatments and PORO by more than SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PORO during the year just passed. Wherever you live you may use PORO and enjoy satisfaction. There's a PORO AGENT nearby who will cheerfully PORO HAIR AND TOILET PRODUCTS stand out from the crowd of competition with character strikingly their own. PORO Products are amazingly effective. That PORO satisfies is evidenced by the fact that over THREE MILLION PORO patrons were served with PORO Treatments and PORO Products by more than SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PORO AGENTS during the year just passed. Wherever you live you may use PORO and enjoy matchless satisfaction. There's a PORO AGENT nearby who will cheerfully serve you. D-1 FOUR PERSONALS REID'S CORNER Vocalion Records ler place, northwest, entertained the Primrose Sewing Circle last Wednesday evening. Those present were Mrs. Marjorie Green, Mrs. Lucill Warren, Mrs. Bettie Kennedy, Mrs. Blanch Curtis, and Mrs. Hazel Queen, Mrs. Flora Collier of the Terpsichorean Sewing Circle was guest. Mrs. Goodwin of V street, is still confined to her room. James Boyd, of this city, and Miss Hannah Stone, of Falls Church, Va., were married Wednesday evening, January 18, at the parsonage of Rev. B. T. Perkins, in the presence of a few friends. The couple will reside in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bryant entertained the Wednesda yevening Club at their residence, 3140 Woodlev road, northwest. Mrs. Anna Cook entertained a few friends Thursday evening at her residence, 1305 Ninth street, northwest, from 8 to 12. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Fowles, Mr. and Mrs. Neville Cushenberry, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Nash, and Reuben Brown. Dr. Clarence Q. Pair, a graduate of the class of '26 of Howard University Medical School, and who completed his internship in Freedmen's Hospital, is now located in Mount Vernon, N.Y., with offices at South Seventh avenue. The Terpsichorean Sewing Circle was entertained by Mrs. Lucie Marshall, January 12, at 1822 Vernon street, northwest. A delightful repast was served. Those present included Mrs. Flora Collier, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Mrs. Ella Booker, and Mrs. Laura Davidson. Mrs. Astor F. Barbour, of Charlottesville, Va., was called to the city on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. B. E. Johnson, of 413 L street, northwest, who is a patient in Columbia Hospital. While here, she is stopping with Mrs. S. A. Churchman and Mrs. C. A. Richardson. Miss Dorothy M. Robinson was hostess at a birthday luncheon on Thursday, January 19, at her residence, 2831 Eleventh street, north- If you don't know her name, write PORO COLLEGE 4300 St. Ferdinand Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO., U.S.A. Immediate Delivery 11th and U Streets, Washington, D. C. alion Rece west. Those entertained were the officers of the Club Africana, Mrs. Viola D. Harris, Mrs. Dorothy F. Newsome, Mrs. Louise King, and Mrs. E. Blackiston. The Klub met on January 23, at the residence of Mrs. Viola D. Harris, 1524 Twenty-second street, northwest. Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, of R street, entertained Friday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Miss Gardner of Louisville, Kentucky. R. Leroy Booth, of this city, left o January 21 to spend two weeks with his brothers in Jansica, L.L., and friends in New York City. The Primrose Sewing Circle held its first meeting of the New Year la ! Wednesday evening at the residence of Mrs. Lucille Warren, 403 Florida avenue, northwest. Those present were Mrs. Maryolia Green, Mrs. Blanch Curtis, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Mrs. Hazel Queen, and Mrs. Bettie Kennedy. Mrs. Emma Bush of New York City, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hankerson, of this city, last week. Mrs. Bush is one of New York's leading sopranos. While here Mrs. Bush sang at the morning services. Sunday at John Wesley Church. A formal dinner and dance was given by Mrs. Mammie Weaks in honor of her husband's birthday, James Weaks, on Monday, January 23. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bertha Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Luck, Miss Mabel Miller, Miss Pauline Mullin, Miss Gertrude Miller, Miss Edith Dade, Miss Vila Nixon, Miss Beatrice Logan, Mr. Todd, Mr. D. Smith, Mr. W. Luck, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Hinton, Mr. Green and Mr. Johnson. The Neighborhood Four Whist Club was entertained at the residence of John H. Gross of 21 Quincy place, northwest. The club members are Messrs. Orr, Dickens, Gross and Simms. Miss Lucille Bryant of New York City is visiting her mother, Mrs. Elvira Bryant, of 1813 Fourth street, northwest. William Smith of Indianapolis, has been in the city looking after the future of his little daughter, Miss Thelma Smith. Mrs. Mary Sewell Martin, for a number of years an employee of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has tendered her resignation. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford J. Simms of the Lenman Apartment entertained with five hundred. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs. John I. Boone, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Ida Whitmore, Miss Marie Ross and George F. Greene. Mrs. Ethel Westerbrook and a party of friends motored over from Baltimore and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson of 300 W street, northwest. Mrs. Mary Johnson Russell, of 1312 Ninth street, northwest, is spending the week in New York as the guest of her husband, Bert Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Watson of Baltimore and sister, Mrs. Hattie Saunders, of Seabright, N.J., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Teagle King, 1930 Seventeenth street, northwest. Mrs. Sadie Boyd, wife of Dr. Benjamin Boyd of Tuskegee, Ala., Railroad Man Was in Misery "I was a sick man—could hardly go to work at all," says Mr. Chas. E. Parker, of Charleston, Ill. "I had severe throbbing headaches, dizzy spells, indigestion, tightness in my chest, shortness of breath. "My back ached and I could not stay in bed with any ease. Any way I turned I was in misery. "I tried different remedies till I heard of Black-Draught. I took a couple of good, big doses of Black-Draught and saw a big change. I was better—I ate better and slept better. I kept it up till I took a package. I was then able to go back to my work. I am a railroader and my work is hard. "I have kept myself fit by taking Black-Draught, and though I'm 52 years old I can do my work with ease right along with younger men. I am never without Black-Draught. I give it to my nieces for colds and stomach troubles and it helps them. It helps dizziness and bad taste in the mouth—an all 'round good medicine." Costs only 1 cent a dose. EC-11 Thedford's BLACK-DRAUGH Pureiu Vegetable 15 THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 27. 1928 and mother, Mrs. Myrta Freeman of Second street, northwest, returned to the city after a visit to Dr. Boyd at Tuskegee. Dr. Boyd motored bis wife and mother home. Dr. Sherwood Catlett and Dr. Fitzgerald of Montclair, N.J., were in the city Sunday, the guests of the former's mother and sisters, Mrs. Catlett and the Misses Beatrice and Desiree Catlett of S street, northwest. Miss Jessie Parks of Fifteenth street, northwest, entertained her club last Thursday evening. Dr. Sherwood Catlett and Dr. Fitzgerald of Montclair, N.J., were entertained at supper at the residence of Mr. Tagle King, 1730 Seventeenth street, northwest. A very brilliant 500 party was given Monday evening, January 16 by Mrs. Beatrice Martin Adams, at her residence, 1838 Thirteenth street, northwest. The ladies who sat at the eight tables were handsomely gowned. Miss Ethel M. Gray entertained The La Douzaine Five Hundred Club at her residence, 1710 Second street, northwest, on Wednesday evening, January 18. Prizes were won by Mrs. Teresa Joyce Scott, Mrs. R. T. Nelson, Mrs. Mary Reed, Mrs. Eliza Frazier and Miss Pauline Mullen. The Dee Bees Five Hundred and Bridge Club at the home of Mrs. Vivian Turner on Tuesday evening, January 24. Prizes were won by Mesdames Louise Hayes and Edna Perry. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Harris, of 718 Harvard street, northwest, wish to announce the marriage of their daughter, Clara, to Cyril Hendrickson, of New York, on October 4, 1927, in Alexandria, Va. The bride graduated from Dunbar High School in June, 1927. Mrs.ella Robinson, of Ashville, N.C., gave a nine-course informal dinner in honor of her birthday at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Young, 2143 L street, northwest, on Saturday evening, January 14. The decorations were of pink Those present were Charles Newman, Rev. C. C. Williams, pastor of Union Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Mrs. C. C. Williams, Miss Katherine Beard, Dr. Vernon Green, Prof. Van Taylor, H. B. Shaw, Mrs. Addie Burch, Mrs. Douglass, Miss A. G. Marshall, Miss Josephine Simms, Prof. Clyde Glass, and Miss Gladys Booker. Mrs. Richard Lindsay has returne dto her home in Providence, R.I., after a week's visit to her husband, who is at Mt. Alto Hospital for treatment. Mrs. Lindsay was the guest of Miss S. R. 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He said that the fact that there is no complaint from passengers, who do the tipping, ought to be considered. The whole proposition, he declared, is to get an increase in wages. Creates Class Discrimination Commissioner Eastman stated that he was interested in two phases of the question: the allegation that the tipping practice leads to discrimination in service to various passengers, and the effect of the working conditions of Pullman porters on public safety. The complaint and brief filed on behalf of the brotherhood describes the tipping practice at length. Since 1867, the brotherhood alleges in its brief the Pullman Company has encouraged and permitted its porters to receive tips from passengers. The duties of the Pullman porter make him a policeman, a health officer and a house superintendent, it is declared in the brief of the brotherhood. His police duties require him to see to it that the laws of the several states regarding gambling are enforced. He must also aid to enforce the prohibition laws. Excerpts from Brief "The purpose of the tip varies," it is stated in the brotherhood's brief. "It may be in the nature of a bribe to induce the porter to acquiesce in the violation of sanitary or police regulations or to secure an inordinate amount of the porter's attention as against other passengers. "The amount of the tip varies with its purpose and with the financial ability and propensity of the passenger and with the alacrity and manner of the porter. It is believed to average about $58 a month to each porter in active service and not less in the aggregate than $7,000,000 a year." It is also stated in the brief for the brotherhood that "Porters, as well as employees engaged in the movement of trains, have duties affecting the safety of persons and property. Porters are Guardians "During the greater part of the journey of Pullman passengers the porter alone is the guardian of the car and its passengers. 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He acquired property in Philadelphia and other northern cities and later moved his office to his home town, locating at 427 S. Broad street. E. C. Brown in company with Andrew F. Stevens formed a partnership and operated a brokerage firm. Later they organized the Brown-Stevens Bank. This institution enjoyed unusual success but in February, 1925, it failed, causing heavy losses to both Mr. Brown and Mr. Stevens as well as to thousands of depositors. When the dramatic stars such as Andrew Bishop, Cleo Desmond, Abbie Mitchell, Clarence Muse, Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Criner, A. B. DeComethiere, Susie Sutton and others were at the height of their popularity, he bought from Robert Levy the Quality Amusement Players and signed up the majority of these stars. Realizing he must have theatres for them to play in he began to acquire houses in various cities. He leased the Lafayette Theatre of New York City, acquired a theatre in Brooklyn, built the Dunbank Theatre in Philadelphia, built the Douglass Theatre in Baltimore and acquired theatres in Newport News and Norfolk, Va. Theatres Failed Mr. Brown lost money in all of these theatrical ventures. However, he continued his operations as a real estate broker and banker. Because of the demand for his presence in Philadelphia, he became less active in his enterprises in Newport News and Norfolk, Va. The control of the two banks in these two cities passed to others. At one time E. C. Brown owned a majority interest in the Peyton Apartments of New York City which were valued at more than a million and a half dollars. He also owned other valuable real estate. However, with the crash of the Brown-Stevens Bank, he was forced to liquidate most of his holdings. After the crash at Philadelphia, Mr. Brown moved to New York City where he made a desperate effort to stage a come-back in the real estate business. However, worry and failing health soon undermined his chances. The passing of E. C. Brown removes from the race a man who had unusual ability but whose years of struggle and effort won him little reward. While most of his ventures failed, it was probably because they were too far advanced for the people they were to serve to grasp and understand them. MRS. FLORENCE GASKINS BURied The body of Mrs. Florence Gaskins was removed to Gainesville, Va., where funeral services were held for her last Sunday from the Greeneville Baptist Church. Mrs. Gaskins died at the Tuberculosis Hospital on Friday, January 20. She was 27 years old. She was the daughter of Frank H. and Emma Brooks. Three sisters and five brothers survive her. THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE 15TH AMENDMENT NOT VIOLATED SAYS SEN. (Continued from page 1) Swanson if his speech on the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were not inspired by his zeal for the rigid enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. Senator Bruce declared that in Maryland there is no restriction of any kind imposed on Negro suffrage and Negroes vote quite as freely as the whites. He asked Senator Swanson to explain why such a small percentage of the Negroes of the South vote and why it is so much larger percentage of the whites vote. The Virginia Senator denied that there was any discrimination under the fifteenth amendment on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. "Then the discrimination must be in the application of the constitutional and statutory provisions." Senator Bruce replied. Senator Glass', Democrat, of Virginia, joined in the debate. He told Senator Bruce that neither he nor any of his associates can constrain or restrain Virginia in her attitude upon the prohibition question by threatening his state with Negro suffrage. "If the Southern States have the right, by the exercise of legal ingenuity, to nullify, practically speaking, the fifteenth and fourteenth amendments, we have the right by any lawful means in our power to extricate ourselves from the tyrannous oppression of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead Act," Senator Bruce answered. Borah Aids South Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, came to the aid of the Virginia Senators. He asked that those who say that the South has by legal ingenuity disfranchised the Negro, point out where that legal ingenuity is. He declared that he had been unable to find out "wherein the South by any dishonest practice or legal ingenuity which would not bear the stamp of morality does disfranchise the Negro under the fifteenth amendment." Senator Borah is an ardent "dry" and has consistently opposed any modification of the Volstead Act limiting the use of intoxicating beverages. In a discussion regarding a provision in the Mississippi constitution that a voter must be able to read and write or understand a clause of the constitution, Senator Bruce pointed out that it would be easy to find that "the white race had one measure of understanding and the black race another measure of understanding." "I do not believe there is any law in Mississippi," declared Senator Borah, "which violates the fifteenth amendment." Borah's Creduilty "Does the Senator believe that the law is never applied in such a way as to work practical disfranchisement of the Negro?" asked Senator Bruce. "If he does, I say that he has a capacity for allabsorbed creditivity that I had not been disposed to impute to him." 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He also did missionary work through the entire state of Texas. Rev. Pryor received his early education in the old Chamberlin School in Georgetown (now out of existence). From there he went to Union University where he obtained his degree in Religion. Funeral services were held at the Alexander Memorial Baptist Church to which church Rev. Pryor had been attached since its organization in 1908. Rev. L. R. Frayser, pastor of the church, officiated. Rev. Pryor is survived by three sons: Charles S., Frederick B., and Bernard W.; a sister Mrs. Maria Clark; a brother, Thomas; two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren. economically, industrially and educationally. He expressed opposition to social amalgamation or intermixtures. 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Then, too, I guess you know the Morganites realize that the locals trounced the Monumental Elks recently. --- Good work "Ike" old man with your crusade in the Sentinel against "squabbling" basketball players. Together now, we can lead the public in the fight to make basketball players in basketball uniforms on a basketball team before basketball fans play BASKETBALL. It does somehow seem funny to me how there can be the sophisticated type of player who believes a crowd of 300 or more people pay 50 cents and more per head to see them poke out their lips, squinch up their eyes and—cuss. 一 Baltimoreans just won't quit. We find in the "Playing the Game" column of the Afro-American this week a statement that "the game (speaking of the Howard-Morgan contest last Saturday) was called at least a half minute before time." It also goes on to say that "Paine, the Howard timer, has on previous occasions caused controversies." Attention is called to the fact that it is just the sort of writing which will give other teams the impression that Wilberforce has that athletic officials favor Howard. Hats off to the Bordentown Military Training School! Here's a school from which both of the college teams which played on the "hill" last Saturday might learn a whole lot. Fast clean games, saturated with the highest type of sportsmanship are what Bordentown teams give their customers. Win or lose, these prep school boys maintain an uppermost plane in good wholesome athletics—and they play club teams too, Howard. Let's fall in line with the Afro sports writer who is squawking for punctuality in basketball games. One of the outstanding handicaps that will have to be overcome before local basketball will become popular is the starting of games—"C. P. T." "Ike" Kendrick, now writing for the Sentinel reminds us that our hats should be removed when in the presence of ladies. That, fellows, means whether you are accompanying them or not. A rising vote of thanks to "Ike" I noticed all of the GENTLEMEN who attended the Elk-Viava and Community-Peerless games this week sat or stood with their hats in their hands. --- "Kinda-sorta inconsistent doncha think?" In one corner of this week's Afro tribute is paid Jerome Wood (Baltimore boy on Howard team) for his splendid sportsmanship in not committing a foul in last Saturday's game in the Howard gym. In another section we find the reporter fouling his page with various alibis, distasteful allegations, etc., as excuses for Morgan's defeat. On behalf of Baltimore and with apologies to Josh Billings we'll quote the latter and admit "There is always two sides to every question—the wrong side and your side." "Slim" Henderson, I see has gone on into basketball at Virginia Seminary just as he came out of football—a star. Keep it up, "Nappy," Capital fans have their eyes on you. Coach "Judge" Smith has about realized at last that he can at least start a game with a line-up of clean players whose intention is to give the fans basketball. The team which started and played through the first half of the game with the Viacas last Tuesday was a good one. We'll have to disagree with the policy of bringing teams like the Annapolis Peerless and the Steelton Viacas to town and advertising them's attractions. Think hard, men, it's impossible to believe that those kind of games will help us in our attempt to "put basketball over." CARLISLE-N. Y. POSTAL GAME CANCELLED AT 11th HOUR Over 200 spectators were turned away from the Colonade last Friday night when Eastern Basketball League officials ordered the New York Postal Vanguard team to cancel its game with the local Carlisles. The notice of cancellation arrived at Carlisle headquarters at the last minute. This action of the league officials was evidently taken to punish the Carlisles for the use of Eddie Davis and Slim Henderson, so-called ineligible players in Eastern League contests. Two games which the local team, Washington's representative in the league, had won, one from the Atlantic City Vandals, the other from the Asbury Park Capitols, were ordered thrown out of the records because of the use of two players in question. These men, the league officials assert were not on the players' list. This list Conway admits not having sent in, but he contends that all of the men whose picture appears on the Carlisle photo of 1926 possess membership cards hence they were not ineligible. MORGAN COLLEGE BEARS MEET LOGAL ELK 5 THURSDAY MORGAN COLLEGE BEARS MEET LOGAL ELK 5 THURSDAY Captain "Lanky" Jones and his 1928 edition of the Collegiate Championship basketball machine, march into town next Thursday night to do battle with the strong Washington Elks. Morgan College with its array of talented basket tossers meet "Judge" Smith's revamped Alcoes—now representing Colubia 85. Thirsty for vengeance, because of the 31-29 lacing handed them by the wearers of the Blue and White in the Howard U. gym last Saturday, the Bears will come to town bent on destroying the basketball aspirations of any Washington quint in their path. Equally as determined to win is the antlered clan representing the Capital. The Purple and White horde, smarting from the sting of two defeats suffered on their eastern-invasion believe themselves ready. A victory Thursday to add to their decisive win over the Steelton Elks last Tuesday is what the local lads desire to vindicate themselves. Accompanying "Lanky" Jones is "Pinky" Clark, forward par excelvible guard, Powel Sheffey, than whom no more accurate shot can be found, and "Cutie" Brown, whose defensive play makes him an ideal running mate to the stellar Wheatley. Matching wits against the strong invading host will be the lengthy "Slim" Thomas, Archie Berry, Van Harris, Joe Suter, Tomie Jackson, Willie Hope, "Dick" Graves, "Kay" Trigg and El Gibson. "SLIM" HENDERSON LED SEMINARY IN WIN OVER HAMPTON The Virginia Seminary baskets defeated a fighting Hampton basketball team by a score of 36-19. Encountering unexpected opposition at the hands of the Seasiders, Seminary was extended throughout the first half and its best efforts availed nothing but a two-point lead. In the second half the Seminary quintet found itself and virtually ran away with the Seasiders. "Slim" Henderson with seven field goals proved the big gun for the Seminary offense while the brilliant generalship and floorwork of Captain "Eddie" Davis was outstanding. Captain Taylor and Alexander were the best that the Seasiders could offer. In the preliminary game the Seminary Fresh defeated Dunbar High School 12-7. **Hampton** g fg p Seminary g fg n Alexander 3 0 6 Smith 4 0 8 Cotton 2 1 5 Davis 4 1 1 Fletcher 0 0 Henders n 7 14 Taylor 3 0 6 Underd'n 1 0 2 Clay 0 0 Bell 2 1 5 McGowen 1 0 2 Bates 2 1 5 Totals ..9 1 19 Totals ..17 2 36 COL CUBS FORMING The Columbia Cubs basketball team is in a stage of reorganization in management Marion O'Connor. The Cub bosses are ignoring for new blood, and any sandlot ball player desirous of affiliating himself with a good club is requested to get in touch with the Columbia Club president, Edward Garnett, 1029 Euclid street, northwest. SAMUEL H. LACY, Sports Editor Blue & White Squad Rallies To Subdue Morgan Bears Staging a "Garrison finish" Coach Johnnie Burr's Howard University Bisons set forth a rally which not only surprised, but completely bewildered the Morgan College basketball team before more than 1200 spectators which jammed every nook and corner of the Howard University gym here last Saturday night and strolled off with a 31-29 verdict. The game, the first of the 1928 season, between these traditional rivals, stood out as one of the best in the history of their meetings. Either out-classed by or out-classing Morgan College fives in the past. Howard's basketers Burr College lives in the past, Howard's篮球队 last Saturday rose to heights believed unattainable by overcoming a 4-point lead in the closing minutes to turn apparent defeat into actual victory. Bordentown Quint Noses Out Community Five 9 The Ears played great basketball throughout, but the vim and vigor with which the Bisons launched their whirlwind rally was 10 not to be denied. The Blue and White lads were determined to turn back the chesty Collegiate Champions. They did just that. Local Products Two local lights, Captain "Louie" Coates and "Pete" Johnson were the Howardites who arose to the occasion and gave the Bisons the scores which spelt the Bordentown Out Comm BORDENTOWN, N.J., Sat. Jan. 21—In a game characterized by every asset essential in placing basketball in a position among the most popular of sports, the Bordentown Military Training quint nosed out the Community A. A. Yellowjackets of Washington, D.C., here tonight 25-23. A crowd of 500 wild-eyed, sportsmanly spectators howled with glee throughout every minute of a clash which was far beyond any power of a foregone concession as to the victor. From the starting whistle to the end, which was brought about by the rush of the timekeepers into the floor, the margin of difference, first for one then for the other of the combatants, was never more than 3 points. "Stretch" Russ, one o the most versatile all-round performers of "Ironsides" athletic world, was head and shoulders above the rest of the players as the star of the game. The lanky New Jerseyan garnered 6 twin counters and a pair of free throws to head the scoring column. Though the tilt was hotly contested and a battle royal from start to finish, excellent sportsmanship on the part of players and fans alike prevailed throughout the 40 minutes of play. Bordent'n g f p| Community g f p Neale.f . . 3 0 6| Givens.f . . 2 0 4 Russ.f . . 6 2 14| Lacy.f . . 5 3 13 Coston.c . . 1 0 2| Johnson.c . . 1 2 4 Spruell.c . . 0 0| Hundley.g . . 0 0 Dick'rs'n.g . 0 1 1| Walker.g . . 0 0 Hamilton.f . 1 0 2| Williams.g . 1 0 2 Hilton.c . . 0 0 0| T.Neal.g . . 0 0 0 Doman.g . . 0 0 0| Totals .9 5 23 Totals .11 3 25 Referee—Mr. Storer. WASHINGTON ELKS BEAT VIASAS. The Washington Elks experienced little difficulty in disposing of the Viava A. C. of Steelton, Pa., last Tuesday night at the Colonnade. The score was 36-17. Archie Berry and Slim Thomas were easily the heroes of the local herd. Andy Washington thrilled the spectators with two uncanny shots from difficult positions. THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928 margin of difference at finis time. With the Howard quint trailing by 4 points, Coates caged a ringer from midcourt to bring his team within two points of the Baltimoreans. Only a few scant minutes remained to be played when Johnson retrieved the ball from the Morgan backboard, dribbed through the entire visiting team and sank a neat basket from a difficult angle, tying the score. On the next play, the Bison captain gained the ball and dropped the twin counter which broke a 29-29 deadlock and gave Howard the initial victory of the 1928 Morgan - Howard series. The game's end which came a few seconds later was greeted by a howling mas. of excited humanity. The preliminary battle between Frush quintes of the two schools was taken by the invading horde. The Orange and Blue Yearlings showed a superior ability to pass effectively. The score was 17-15. Howard g fg g Morgan g fg g Coates,lf .3 2 8 Clarke,lf .2 1 5 Woods,rf .2 1 5 Hill,lf .0 1 1 CJones,ec .1 0 2 Sheffey,rf .2 0 4 Beasley,ec .1 3 5 Spencer,rf .1 0 2 Carpen,r,c 3 1 7 EJones,e .6 1 13 AJones,lg 0 00 Wheat,yl 0 1 1 Johnson,lg 1 2 4 Garret,nl 0 0 0 Brown,rg .1 1 3 Referee—Westmoreland. Umpire—Cupid. Time of periods—20 minutes. Quint Noses unity Five ROBINSON, TACKLE, MADE CAPTAIN OF TUSKEGEE 1928 ELEVEN TUSKEGEE INST., Ala. Jan. 21—Cornelius Robinson, for the last two years, regular tackle, has been elected captain of the Tuskegee Institute football team for the season of 1928. The election occurred at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Moton, immediately following the annual reception tendered the team. Robinson entered Tuskegee from the Bay City High School, Bay City, Texas. He played on the reserve team one year, and won a berth on the varsity the following season. He has been a regular player ever since. Robinson has been a valuable man on the team ever since he reported for practice. He is one of the most consistent players on the team and has a steadying influence on the squad. DUNBAR HIGH FALLS BEFORE WILMINGTON WILMINGTON, Del—The Dunbar High quintet journeyed to this city last Friday and was defeated by the local Howard High School team by the score of 23-22. The game was fast and exciting throughout, with first one team and then the other leading. Dunbar jumped into the lead early in the first quarter but was soon overhauled by the Howard boys. The half ended 12-10 in favor of Howard, but immediately after the rest period Dunbar jumped back into the lead. From then on the game was closely contested and at the end of the fourth quarter the score was tied at 22-22. A successful foul shot in the extra period by one of the Howard boys won the game. The fracas was featured by the long shooting of the Wilmington boys. --- ward Series Stevenson JIMMY LEE, STAR YELLOW- JACKET, OUT WITH INJURY The victory of the Community Yellowjackets brought a severe loss in spite of the cherished triumph they enjoyed over the Philadelphia Peerless at the "Y" Wednesday. "Jimmy" Lee, stellar All-City guard of the 1927 Community machine, and selected by local critics as one of the last season's outstanding court performers sustained a badly injured left ankle. "Jimmy," who is beyond doubt one of the most popular local basketeers, went down in a scrimmage of the rough fracas which seemed more a battle royal than a court exhibition. With a series pending between both the Washington Elk and Carlisle Clubs, the win Wednesday may mean a distinct loss for the Orange and Black cause. WATSON GIVEN THREE YEAR CONTRACT The Howard University "Hilltop" carries a statement that Louis L. Watson has been tendered a contract by the Board of Athletic Control for another term of 3 years as director of athletics at Howard. COACH WATSON, who has been signed for another three-year term as physical director at Howard University. In a letter to the sport-editor of this paper Coach Watson denied having signed a one-year contract which it was rumored had been offered him. This first contract called for a retention of Watson as coach for only one year. It was not agreed upon and therefore evidently destroyed. At a recent meeting the board decided on a 3-year pact and it has been offered him. While the Bison mentor, whose regime as football coach has been crowned with numerous successes, declares he has not actually signed the agreement, it is believed that that "matter of form" will occur in a very few days. It was also decided at the meeting held sometime last week that the date of the annual track and field meet at Howard would be changed. This was done so that the Howard and Hampton meets, both of which were held May 14 last year would not conflict in 1928. HOWARD-WEST VIRGINIA The annual West Virginia-Howard University basketball game will take place at the Howard gym, Monday night. The West Virginia team, for the past several years a bitter rival of the Bisons, comes to town with a strong line-up. ELKS LOSE TWO The Washington Elks lost both of their road games last week. They were defeated by a 40-19 count in their encounter with the Quaker City Elks and were then nosed out 24-22 in Wissahickon. SPORTS CONTINUED on Page 9 MADAM H World's Greatest Palmist MADAME H tells Past, Present and Future. This lady has used her wonderful gift, since childhood. She has astonished and helped thousands of people in every walks of life. She can help YOU, no matter who or what you are. No matter what your hope, fear or trouble is, come and see this great woman and have your mind put at ease. Reading strictly confidential. Tells you how to have success in business, love, marriage, divorce, health, law suits and speculations of all kinds. 704 7th St., N.W. Readings $1.00 --- STEVENSON BARRED BY NEW LAWS OF S. E. ASS'N TUSKEEGE INST. Ala., Jan. 21. The Southeastern Athletic Conference in adopting certain revisions to the old constitution made what is considered by many to be some of the most courageous and far-reaching changes since its foundation back in 1910. The name of the Athletic body was changed from the Southeastern Intercollegiate Association to the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Membership was limited to twelve, and the following institutions are members in good standing: Atlanta University, Clark University, Morris-Brown University, Tennessee State A. & M. College, Knoxville College, Fisk University, Florida A. & M. College, Talladega College, Alabama State Normal School, Tuskeege Institute, Morehouse College, and Miles Memorial College. The dues of the Conference were increased from five to ten dollars per year. Gone is the so-called "tramp athlete" and the professional baseball player. No student can represent his institution in any athletic contest, who shall receive any pecuniary reward or its equivalent by reason of his connection with athletics, whether for playing, coaching, or acting as teacher in any branch of the sport. A student who plays or has played baseball under contract is forever barred from athletic competition in the Conference. Only bona fide matriculated students regularly enrolled as a candidate for a certificate, diploma or a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent and doing full work as defined by the regulations of the department in which they are enrolled, are eligible for athletic competition. Limit of Participation A student can participate in intercollegiate athletics four years in the aggregate. A preparatory student can play two years on a conference team and not have that two years counted against him in case he should enter the Collegiate department of a conference institution; but in case he plays more than two years each year after the second is subtracted from his four years. Students who transfer into this Conference and have played their time out in any other I. collegiate Athletic Conference are not eligible for athletic competition. In case a student transfers into the collegiate department of any institution he is allowed three years of athletic competition after spending one full year of residence. Any student who transfers into the conference or within the conference without completing the high school course is eligible for conference competition after spending one full calendar year of residence. In no case shall a student who has ever competed in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics as a member of any college, university, normal school or institution in advance of the high school grade which does scholastic work generally recognized of college grade which supports a team in football, baseball, basketball or track, playing a schedule or schedules in whole or in part against teams of collegiate rank be permitted in any intercollegiate athletic event as a representative of any conference team until one full calendar year has elapsed. This rule bars Ben Stevenson, Tuskegee star, from further participation in Conference games, A student having been a member of any conference athletic team during any semester or quarter and not having continued in residence through that period shall not be permitted to play in any inter-collegiate contest thereafter until he shall have been in attendance six consecutive calendar months. Late Registration Late registration No student can represent his institution in any intercollegiate game or contest who registers later than two weeks after the first day set for registration in the sem- Prof. George Gu Yo Guaranteed to Call Your Name If you are in trouble, sick or unlucky and want to know whether your wife, sweetheart or friend is true or false, don't fail to consult Prof. W. A. George, the "World's Greatest Palmist and Crystal Gazer." Can bring together and separate the ones you desire. Will tell you just what you want to know and call your name without a single question. I also call the names of your enemies. I was born with this wonderful gift that I might tell you the past, present and future. Since then I have read for famous people, such as congressmen, mayors in different states, lawyers and doctors and many professional men. If out of town, write. 35 Eye Street, Northeast Washington, D.C. 9 to 12 a.m.; 4:30 to 9 p.m. JUST A COMMENT A recognized athletic official from Baltimore was seen doing much talking during the rumpus at Howard University last Saturday night. His duty was keeping time. His interest was in both timing and scoring which is evidenced by his actions. A Howard player, Beasley, was disqualified for commission of four personal fouls. The two scorers were agreeing on whether or not a foul just called on Beasley was his fourth, when of a sudden the whistle which had been lying on the table was blown by the timekeeper, but time was not up. Investigation by the referee disclosed that the timer whose part it was to watch the minutes roll by, was blowing to inform the referee that Beasley should be disqualified. This was an official, approved and authorized by the Baltimore sport world. Perhaps we have the wrong opinion, but it has always been our belief that officials should each attend to his own particular duty and let the other man attend to his, and, above all, every official should keep hidden any interest he might have in, or sympathy he might have for, either contesting team, even if one is his home team. On numerous occasions the writer has heard Baltimore officials who have been spectators, giving views on occurrences in which teams from the Monumental town have been participants. Usually those views were biased. And come to think of it—it may have been during the time that the watch watchman was watching something else, that those 30 seconds may have elapsed. You never can tell. No student can represent his institution or take part in any intercollegiate contest who has conditions in more than one course or who has total failures on his previous record in that or any other institution exceeding one fifth of his total hours passed in such institution. For the purpose of this rule it is understood that "previous record" shall be interpreted as meaning the student's entire record in that or any other institution. Earned failures must remain failures on the record. Incomplete grades and conditions are also considered as failures. Proselyting Soliciting of athletics by coaches or members of the faculty or by al Clubs, ernities, irties Social Fratern Sororit Social Clubs, Fraternities, Sororities Your attention is called to the fact that we have two of the best social dates of the season open for booking—TUESDAY, January 31st and TUESDAY, February 28th. THE 920 U Call at once if you wish one of these dates for your winter dance. THE MURRAY PALACE CASINO 920 U St. North 667 What has 1928 in Store for you? CONSULT Mme. Harri 1113 Pennsylva Full Life Re 1113 Pennsylvanja Ave., N.W. Full Life Readings $1.00 Delinquency in Studies Proselyting ```markdown ``` SEVEN ```markdown ``` anyone acting for them or any member of student organization or their representatives is prohibited. The Conference wholly disapproves of all propaganda either through special inducements or through disbursement of other institutions to induce students to go to a particular institution. In the application of this rule, it is the intention that so called "scouting trips" and trips for the principal or incidental of meeting or interviewing athletes is forbidden. Football Season There can be no preliminary football training or coaching prior to September 10. The regular season for playing football cannot extend beyond the second Saturday in December each year. Games played thereafter are deemed post season games. 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See— LON CHANEY Unravel this Mystery— e His Greatest Triumph se On the § Bs ane ates | (leek es 4 ene ee HILDA PRELENO, form. sisted by Donald Hey- avood at the piano EIGHY LINCOLN THEATRE ANNIVER- SARY TO FEATURE LON CHANEY Next week the Lincoln Theatr under the direction of A. E. Licht man rounds out its first year o! activity and service to the public ‘The time can not be more oppor: tune than this for the management to express to the public their deep. est appreciation of the loyal sup. Port and increasing patronage of the public. Mr. Lichtm..a is very happy for the wonderful co. operation given nim by the thea- tre-going public and with this in mind @ monster anniversary week celebration will be in full swing, beginning Sunday January 29. Beginning with Sunday, January 29, and continuing through until Wednesday, February 1, inclusive, will be seen the greatest character actor the screen has ever known, Lon ‘Chaney, in the weirdest char: acterization ‘of his cateer in “Lon- don After Midnight.” In this pic- ture, Lon Chaney in the role of a detective of Scotland Yards uses many weird disguises and utilizes hypnotism, in trailing a criminal in a thrilling and creepy drama of bewilderment. Lon Chaney is ably supported by Marceline Dey. Con- rad Nagel, Polly Moran and Henry B. Walthall. On ‘Thursday and Friday the Screen attraction will be “Tea for Three,” starring Lew Cody. and Aileen Pringle. It is adapted from the famous laughter — provoking Stage success of Roi Cooper Me. grue which delighted four conti. Rents during its world-wide tour. The film has retained all the pleas. ure of its old form and added sev. eral diverting touches to its tric angle theme of jealous husband, fascinating wife’ and handsome friend. When the busy husband cancels &@ Juncheon engagement with his wife, she meets a. friend, who steals her portrait and refuses to Telinguish it unless she dine some evening at his apartment, es the husband discovers their teto-a- tete, and the wife regains the nic. ture and the friend learns » thing or two about a lovely woman, pro- vides an evening of exquisite mirih and amusement. ‘There is a yacht party, a suicide pact and ober uns expected complications. In the sup. Porting cast are Owen Moore, Dorothy Sebsctin, Phillis Smallery and Edward ‘Thomas. On Saturdey only the screen at- traction will be “The Sieint Hero.” featuring Napolean Bonapart, the wonder dog. It is a grippins, thrilling story of the north land ‘Woven around the love of a pal who laid down his life for his mactse, aT Streett at 12th Se See Sa ee aor RN a . Se OF: we RES I oe ee aod ee a et BS eet, a oe EE <a ae Same eS We LON CHANEY dr LONDONAFreRM!DNIe It shows what an animal will do under the, proper love and care to protect his master. In addition to “The Silent Hero” on the screen will be seen the Uni- versal chapter play, “The Trail of the Tiger,” featuring John Mower and Jack Dougherty. At 9 o’clock sharp will be known as opportuni- ty night at which time three cash prizes will be given the lucky con- testants as chosen by the audience. On the stage a: the Lincoln The- atre for the entire week and to further augment the anniversary week celebration will le seen a popular young Washington girl and Howard University graduate, Hilda Perleno, formerly a shining star with “Lucky Sambo” Company who will sing original song num- bers and will be accompanied at the piano by the nationally famous Donald Heywood. CLARA BOW IN “GET YOUR MAN” AT THE REPUBLIC The “It” girl, Clara Bow, also known as the “flapper queen” of the screen appears in “Cet Your Man,” a good screcn play, at the Republic Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, January 2 30, and 31. And Ciara's the git who can do it. All:she has to do is to flash those big. bright baby eyes of hers and its the beginnin of the end. The picture hos 2 French locale, the action takin part in Poris ard at a French chateeu. It is the story of an American girl who falls in love with a French youth who has been engaged to another gir) since baby- hood—seventeen years — the _be- trothal having been arranged by his father and the father of his fiancee. Miss Bow appears as the American girl, one of the modern set, who, seeing no sense in tra- ditions when they conflict with the ee ke a be a | pee ee | Pe | ae | ae | poe ees | SSS a ae De oe | | peat Suter gi im ott Clara Bow in the Paramount Picture Get Your Man!’ edicts of the heart, instigates a comprehensive plan to break the engagement, Charles Rogers, a new ‘screen find, plays opposite Miss Bow. “Get'Your Man” is a super special picture. See “Get Your Man” and get a thrill, “The High School Hero,” a basketball romance will be the fea- ture attraction rn Wednesday and Thursday, February 1, 2.” True high school atmosphere, with its study and humor, has been faith- fully mainiained’ in this picture. Sully Phipps, Nick Stuart and the famed runner Charles Paddock have the leading roles in this nic- ture. ‘The loves and games of high school life are revealed in, “The High School Herd” and it is better than “The Fair Co-Ed” recently shown at the Republic. Bebe Daniels in “She's a Sheik” will be shown st the Reublic on Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, It is a story of Araby with Bebe Daniels the granddaugh- ter of a Sheik who has been edu- cated in America and has some very modern ideas, Falling in love with a handsome captain of the Foreien Legian she sets about win- ning his love in one of the stzanc- ost mannors ever revanled on the serern. Qn Saturday only, there will he thren talent shows at 5:80, 7:30 and 9:30. ‘NEW PATHE SERIAL TO BEGIN "AT DUNBAR ON FEB, 1 “The Man Without a Face,” a Pathe serial by A. M. Williamson with Allene Ray and Walter Mil- THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928 MATINEE DAILY, loc to Al (Except Sundays and Holidays) ALLE wane: Children Under 12—15e Adults—25c¢ 2th. ELERBATION Thurs, Fri., Feb. 2 and 3 afore gs J 2 with { ¢ gw COPS? cubs | M ey ail EEN ee | o WEN : ie { oy : ” aa i pee —_ A —a ew Reh ecey Va 1B xc PAGS Me ¢ ws eee AY) Wy Sy BT. SN RY po tet a a | a een Lee Lk etineeediines SATURDAY Only—February 4th— 6s s 9 The Silent Hero —with— NA y 1PARTE” (the wonder dos) | -ALSO— Univer s Chapter-Play—“Trai? of the Tiger” | 9 P.M.—Opportunity Contest—8 Cash Prizes ‘ler, will be at the Dunbar Theatre for two days, Wednesday and ‘Thursday, February 1 and 2. “Hands Up!” The sharp. com- mand broke the low murmur of business in the bank. A shot. The young bank teller had staked his life on a desperate chance. The great bank robbery was foiled. ‘What has this sensational hold- up to do with two girls imperiled by both warring factions in bloody China? s You must sce the opening chap- ter of this dynamic serial, AMERICA’S COLORED SWEET- HEARTS, THE WHITMAN SISTERS, AT THE HOWARD For the week beginning Monday matinee, January 30, the Howard Theatre’ management will present the farewell tour of the season of America’s Colored Sweethearts, the Whitman Sisters, in an all new musical revue that’ has promise of being bigger and better thar ever before. It is useless to- say at this time that there were-a large number of patrons who were un- able to gain admittance the last time that the Whitman Sisters were here on account of the eapaci- ty crowds that filled the theatre at every performance. It is. sug- geste? that where possible the pa- trons zttend the afternoon per- formances and avoid the night ‘erowds. In_addition to the showing of the Whitman Sisters on the stage there will also be shown on the ‘sereen for Monday, Tuesday and ‘Wednesday, John Barrymore in “The Beloved Rogue.” |The theatre-goers no, doubt re- ‘member with interest the master- ful acting of this genio in “Don Juan,” also the elaborateness and aged ice of this production ‘but, according to all reports, Mr. ‘Barrymore's new picture “The Be- loved Rogue” the first production of his own company, promises to vout-do the much-talked of “Don Juan.” | Mr. Barrymore portrays the role of Francois Villon, famed eccentric beggar poet of France in the 15th ‘century. Worlds fail to do credit ‘to the magnificence and marvelous acting of John Barrymore. On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday the screen’ attraction will be “Ki! Sister’ ‘featuring Mar- guerite De La Motte. i “Sister Love” is the motivating theme of the Columbia backstage drama, “The Kid Sister” with Marguerite de la Motte as the chorine who tries to guard her pretty small town sister from the temptations and allure of Broad- way bright lights. A graphie picture of life behind the scenes of the musical revue stage is promised in this photo- play which was directed: by Ralph Graves, Playing opposite Miss de a ‘Motte in the leading male role is Malcolm McGregor, while Ann DUD’S DOPE My attention was called by mj secretary to the following article published in “Light,” a magazine of Chicago. This article was writ- ‘ten by “Billboard” Jackson. ~ 4S. H. Dudley, despite the houses he is booking and operating, finds time to visit all’ of the other at- tractions that play Wastington. Apparently amusing himself, visit- ing friends in the show or just Keeping abreast of the times, he is clocking everything that hits his ‘bailiwick. ‘The Old Master doesn’t propose that any new wrinkles in show business shall remain hidden from him. He has a good memory ‘and is not given to talking about his ideas. : “When he takes a notion that publicity will help, he takes a sten- ‘orapher into his confidence Jong enough to issue a ee release; and when he does,, there is a real objective ahead. For instance, note ‘the effective promotional work he did in the movies during. past year Now look who is asociated with a film producing concern in Phila- delphia. A fast brain. is usually functioning along with (a slow talking vocal outfit, and Dud’s no exception to that rule.” E “In. answer to something “Bill- bord” said about my sticking to ‘the one thing that I’m most. inter- ‘ested in I must say that the one ‘thing is colored pictures. I am devoting a lot of time in trying to put this propositon oyer; shoul T fail it is no fault of mine. T highly appreciate “Billboard's” article and if you knew him as I do you would stop and think what co-operation means to our people. Jast week found me a very busy man when Henry Drake of , rake and Walker fame dropped in on me, giving me a rush act and forced me to go back to Chester, Pa,, where he has bought the most Deautiful little playhouse in that section. He has named it the Drake, a very good name, He ‘has. placed the bookings in my hands. This little house seats 800. Just, the right size. 1 am sure Chester will welcome Mr. Drake's offerings and support him. Like all small towns it will take just_a little time. What I want now is the best ‘attractions for. this house as, they have a mixed audience and it is the only theatre in that city (white or black) playing vaudeville or at- tractions. ; ‘Watch Drake's circuit grow. He is after other houses. Christy, a recruit from Christy comedy’ ranks, portrays the titl role, In the supporting cast are Brooks Benedict, Sally Long, Bar- rett Greenwood; and Thomas Du- gan, all of whom have had legiti mate stage experience, ‘On Friday night the regular eimnbie Wil be eld: Prices: EVENINGS After 5: MATINEE, All Seats—25c ae One week only beg. MONDAY, JAN. 30th Farewell Tour of the Season —OF THE— Whitman Sisters America’s Colored Sweethearts IN THEIR ALL NEW REVUE —THAT IS— BIGGER and BETTER than ever On the Screen MON., TUES., & WED.— THURS., FRL., SAT., & SUN.— America’s Foremost Actor “The Kid Sister” John Barrymore eae - eae ; MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE and ‘The Beloved Rogue MALCOLM MeGREGOR ~~ ‘This week until SUNDAY, EVELYN PREER Big Midnight Ramble, friday Night, 12:15 Sharp | COUNTESS JOSEPHINE IN THE MOVIES | Countess Josephine Baker, erst- while of Hares, and nov th sensation of Paris and the whole ‘of Europe, has added to her lau- rels the star role in a cinema pro- duction. And, she films perfectly. Her first attempt before the camera proved that. By speeding up the camera—ereating slow motion pic- tures—all_her famous — bends, twists, wiggles, and _contortions that would do ‘eredit to an ath- letic snake, are captured for the screen. ‘As Papitou, a Martinique Creole, gleaming Josephine Baker is the star of Maurice Dekobra's film, “The Siren of the Tropics.” ‘This movie is unique in at least one respect. It was filmed entirely between the hours of 4 and 7 a.m.— the only free hours left in the pop- ular Harlem girl’s busy Paris life. Josephine smilingly admits that she’s terribly busy cashing in on her reputation. Goes to More Work ‘As soon as she finished twisting in “Shuffle Along’ ’at the Folies Bergeres, she pounced into her glorious limousine and went to her own night cabaret to dance and ogle at drowsy champagne-drinking Americans, Argentines, Berliners and whoever else paid. This task done, she went to the studio where a sleepy cast always awaited her. Josephine hopes that the film will travel around the world to en- courage the colored race to make its own films and, incidentally, to elect her queen of the colored fa- vorites. “Why should a Negro in Afghan- istant—and they have movies there just the same as they have in Terre Haute—have to sit and watch a faded blond of Hollywood do her stuff,” asks Josephine, “when he would rather watch one of his own race xeting as he knows she should act?” ACQUIRES ENSLEY THEATRE NASHVILLE, Tenn.—At a cost ‘of $50,000 the Milton Starr chain of theatres has just acquired the Palace Theatre in Ensley, Ala. ‘This theatre is the tenth house comprising this circuit of race theatres which is the largest in the country. The Ensley Theatre will be taken over by Milton Starr on Febru..ry 1 and will be operated as a combination house play- ing high-class pictures anc T. 0. B. A, vaudeville. In the operation of his theatres, Mr. Starr is associated with W. S. Seales, of Winston-Salem, North Carolipa, one of the foremost Ne- gro business men of the South. Brae ERA () ‘The Black & White Cirele Club, Inc. ( Invites you to a i VALENTINE CIRCUS FEBRUARY 16, 1928 MURRAY PALACE CASINO Branson's Black & White Circle Club Orchestra i Eight-thirty to one. Admission 65¢ J SI \ Sexe. ¥, ¥ URE? by mene” Z Ne Oe C4 a LA AY y BESTA Vyasa (V2 Soe cal SHO) i) eee Mig bili} ) ial iin (a Sy CHATTER " xoRs Sh + P ee ees Footligh ts By McAlpin Evelyn Preer is at the Howard Theatre this week. In “Lula Belle” and “Rang Tang” she was the star. In “Carolina Nights,” she is the show. Oh yes, there are other persons in the production, but tc my mind, they merely take up the time until Evelyn Preer and Edward Thompson are ready to appear and entertain the audience. Evelyn Preer, of course, is worth seeing. She is, beyond a reasonable doubt, a superb actress, She even lends her personality to her songs, which, though not sung in a beautiful voice, are so well retained from the show which ap- plauds for more. There is noth- ing commonplace about her expres- sions or her gestures—she is an artist. The supporting cast, however, falls way below the quality that the Evelyn Preer type would de- mand. There is too much con- trast. The show, itself, however, by having a piot running through it, steps into the class of the “dif- ferent,” since the usual type is just a hodge-podge of acts. But even that isn’t saying much. And the chorus! Just one pret- ty face would, no doubt, have made a difference. At the Lincoln Theatre this week, Doris Rheubottom has been retained fro them show which ap- peared at the Howard last week. For some reason, I didn’t like her work as well as I did when she sang at the Howard. This prob- ably is because of the relatively poor acousties at the Lincoln thea- tre, due to the presence, mainly of the movie screen behind the singer, Doris, too, seemed to lend herself to some artificiality. She seems to chop her words. This, tco, however, ean probably be ex- plained by the acoustic handicap in the theatre. UNCOLLECTED LIFE INSUR- ANCE / John C. Meyers, life insurance expert of St. Louis, asserts that there are more than one hundred millions of dollars of uncollected life insurance claims now in pos- session of life insurance compan- ies in the United States. It may be of interest to our readers to dig up and scrutinize old life in- surance policies. —The Pathfinder ces Ay + o> ith nm) ] OE, Mee ae Gy ZR egme Vee te Bat ey iy QW fim jefferson 4 Cee By PE a ek BOTY A SMB G ol Wietx \e 2 ee oa\ Se | " ae Bea QA Succes | MN ¥ es ee LA ce Sag ” Fassia Fd 2 SS Dy ES qT all over now. 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Dr. and Mrs. Norris will take up their new residence with Dr. Maurice Curtis at Patterson, N.J., but D. Norris will have his office in Passaic. That Baby You've Longed For Mrs. Burton Advises Women on Motherhood and Companionship tet, Suveral gears 1 was denied - the blessing of motherhood,” writes Mra, Mat Fhig. nervous and subiecs io. perlods Ply. oergee and noblest io ferribte cufferiog. and ‘melanchsta, Now Tdi the proud thother of u bequufal il Ceughter ‘and a tres, companion and ie tpiration to my Haband of aaiete hens crads of ther women would ite To Lnow the secret of my happioens, end wil Sladiy reveal it to. any Marcial woman fvho ‘wilt write mec"""Mrat/Durios” ofer ee aivice entirely: without sharze,” She ts nothing to ell Cetters chou be wi Speed tor Mets Macouret “Burton 20 Mascschovetia, “Kattan Cits, Mo. "Corres ‘oondence willbe trietly covdentias Royal Circle of Friends Dr. R. A. Williams, the Su- preme President, will conduct the coming Washington District Con- vention for which chairmen of va- rious committees were appointed at the Monday night meeting. All Circles were represented. | Souve- nirs of the Royal Circle building in Chicago were given to all present. A meeting of committees will be called later. Sull account in next issue of “The Milton Seendektp Circle.” Mrs. MARGARET KEY KELSON, Supreme National Organizer 739 Irving St., N.W., Wash., D.C. ‘Columbia 10110 Card Tournament A 500, whist and bridge tourna- ment will be oe in the cafeteria of the Y.M.C.A. by the Allegra Group of Julia Mason Layton Cir- cle, No. 4050, on January 31, at 8 p.m. Tickets 50 cents. Refresh- ments. Committee: Mrs. Minta B. Simmons, Mrs. Eleanor C. Rhines, Mrs, Ella F, Burns, Mrs. Pauline B. Leonard, Mrs. F. M. Stockton, Miss Ruby F. James, Mr. Thaddeus F. Mitchel, chairman, ‘Tickets can be purchased from any of the above members or at the Y.W.C.A. Cafeteria. —adv. COMMUNITY WINS FROM PHILA. PEERLESS A. ¢, Tn a rough and tumble scramble at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday night, the Community Yellowjack- ets defeated the Peerless A. C, of Philadlphia, 40-32. z The Orange and Black quint overcame an 8 point lead which the visitors established and maintained through the first half. The seore at the rest period stood 20-12. Purnell, with one arm, pleased the nearly 250 spectators which jammed the galleries to witness this lad in action. He scored a pair of field goals as well as play- ing a bang up defensive game. Giyens with 7 twin counters and a foul led the lecal players, In the preliminary the Arrows trounced Captain Theodore Bland’s Shaw Junior Hich tossers, 29-12. Cunt g fg plPeerless g fx p Givens,if .7115| Davislf ..5212 Gray,rf ..3 1 7Goldenrf 4.19 Lacy,tf ...4 0 8|Purnellje ..2 0 4 Leee .....2 0 4Bushlg ...10 2 Johnsonlg 3 0 6|Emanuel,ig 0 0 0 Walker,rg 0 0 0/Boustrg ..21 5 Totals .19240{ Totals .144 92 Referee—Turner. Time of halves —20 minutes. ‘The Community quint went down to another defeat last Monday, this time at the hands of the Arm- strong High School five by a score of 22-13. Couch I. N. Miller’s lads eom- pletely outclassed the Orange and lack from start to finish, Gra- ham, White and Thorne stood out as stars of the-contest. Besides displaying an uncanny knowledge of defensive basketball, these ‘Techites aided materially in taking the Yellowjackets into camp. ‘The Community team has now fallen victim to both high schools, Dunbar winning over it last week. ‘THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 97. 1928 MINER NORMAL AHEAD IN TECH 60 By Lanier R. Covington The Minor Normal School bask- etball team opened its season. with a vietoty over the. Arthstrong Technical High School quintett on ‘the latter’s home court last Thurs- day, by a score of 19-17, Dins Booker of the winners was easily the star of the battle with his timely shooting. The game was only three minutes old_ when this lad caged the first double decker of what seemed destined to » a gi aod TE affair. 8 the battle lowever both teams exhibited fast passing attacks, Daring the elosing minutes of nd Booker tied the score twice with shoots from near. midcourt. With only a few seconds Teft to play, this “ aa pill through the net for, the Minnin; bine ae The Duphan High, tipears, were defeated by the Manchesters on Monday, January 23 by the score of 21-11, The game was slow and listless and was lacking of the thrills and excitement which are usually wit- nessed in games in the Dunbar gym. ‘The Dunbar boys seemed to lack the fight whieh, as a rule, eharac- Aerizes their, games. While | the lanchester started off slow, they Improved. a5 the gaine wore. on. Their whirlwind finish is testified to by the fact that in the last two minutes of play they scored four baskets. ‘The Hawkins boys stood out for the Northeast team while Peters accounted for seven of Dunbar’s eleven poits. In the Pretotia District of South Africa, it i8 not uncommon to see pigsties and stables made of mar- le slabs cemented with mud. BETTER TEACHING IS EVIDENCED INDIVS, 10-13 ety bo wes St fee oe sek oe according to the annual report of Garnet C, Wilkinson, frst assiatant supernitendent in charge o} aleree schools, to Superintendent F ‘W, Ballou. Three steps toward the i no ft Ses oes been taken, Mr. Wilkinson reports. ‘They are & survey by the Bureay of Eduction, action upon the sur- vey by ths Board of Education, and the fling 9€ tentative repor® on the révision of the courses of study with the superintendent. Approval of the report and the execution of these néw policits are the remain- ing steps to be taken and ate logt- cally work for the present school yeap, Mr, Wilkinson states. The taking advantage of oppor- tunities offered for self-improve- ment by the teachers is praised. Mr. Wilkinson notes that teachers took extension courses from Col- umbia ‘and Pennsylvania universi- ties, evening courses at Howard University, correspondence and summer courses, and lectures aid conferences. Improved Methods “The improvement of instruction through a program of activities tending to modernize our methods of teaching and our practiées in the supervision of teachers,” he reports, “was for the year the out standing feature of the work of officers in the elementary schools of divisions 10 to 18.” ‘A reorganization of the coaching system was made in September, ir. Wilkinson states, and six teachers were assignéd to the coaching of handicapped children. Tn the senior high schools for the first time, first year pupils were uped for instruction purposes, fie reports, ‘The department of re- search analyzed the general intelli- gence of the freshmen classes and advised with the prineipals in the matter of grouping. ‘The Junlor igh Schools made peraistent efforts in the past school year to focus attention upon edu- Eptional probleme pocullar to then, ir. Wilkinson states, and upon the general problem of improving in- struction. Standard Tests Used Th both the senior and junior high schools, he reports, progress was made toward modernizing pro- pedurs Biel iniprovinl instruction by the adoption and use of stand- baleen “este by toe ‘badd. af Oe. Pires nigdldchnt Devblosindita hi significant developments in the trade schools aré noted. "At the Phelps Trade school for boys all acidemie instruction below grade 7A was eliminated, and the trade curriculum was extended from a two-year limit to a three-year education, Individual instruction, limit. For the first time, Mr. Wilkinson ‘states, the teachers of trade sub- jects Sought to improve themselves in the past school year by attend- anee upon an extension course of- fered at the Shaw Junior high school by the University of Penn- sylvania. ‘Tho third significant develop- ment was the administering of ‘mental and achievement tests to all pupils of the Margaret Murray Washington Trade School for girls ‘through the department of re- search. Tho. introduction of a ‘yoeational guidance program for this school is contemplated for this school vear. Guidance Movement ‘The guidance movement has been introduced in both the senior and junior high schools, Mr. Wilkinson reports. ‘This movement is under the supervision of the de- partment of research. ‘An experinient with the “audi- torium teacher” was conducted at the John F, Cook school. He be- Heves that this innovation is meet ing a -felt cultural need. is work ps the teaching of poems and songs the telling of stories for appreciation and repro- duétion, music appreciation, sing- ing games, dramatization, prepara- tion and rendition of programs fur special occasions, lessons in visual and organized activities such as basketball, ced clubs, auditorium clubs and school library. A total of 277 poe were pe examinations by board Of ex- aminers. Bad out of this num- ber passed exatninations. Pérsonnel Changes Some of the important. personnel changes were ‘the promotions of R. N. Mattingly from head of the operas a mathématies to the Gerais es nee des is from pease at the Armstrong Technical High school to the head of te depattment of matematics, C. C. McDuffie from teacher at the Dunbar High School to end of the languages, Miss E. A. Thase from principal of the Beans a ee 01 aay @un. ant Wie, M. E. oe ees eae ee ‘The werk of the past school year BN Ba BU) BP Es EY __ Usireet neartath W. E. L. SANFORD, Mgr. Phone, N. 7956 AUSTIN J. BALASCO, Organist Continuous Performances Daily 2 to 11 P.M.---Sunday, 3 to 11 P.M. 3-DAYS ONLY-3 JANUARY 29, 30, 31 ee oe Girls! aaitg ‘i; ZP CLARA BOW demonstrates A how to LB i a % ent SF oe) ey) SQ p oo, Cae “em | (2 | GeT | » | Your = | ARA BOW, | In Beas Se % GET YOUR MAN and get a / - i @ thrill! eS 4 -—. aeons Our Man A Super Special panivucer wim Charles Rogers Picture Wednesday and Thursday, } ae Friday and Saturday, February 1, 2 | February 3, 4 i > IAM FOX <a | aa Pay \ Lenina” — owe a>Bebe Danicls / ®t; : Presents en ee . ‘” (| Yi x y Z 2A iN a Shel Ap —/N * Ses Joh pO Tne, | “es <a : Ero 3 | _@Garamount Picture “VAIO Sas TI ian ste ten nits Fer Cone eanSATURDAY ONLY MATINEE to 6:30—10c NIGHT—20c MATINEE to 6:30—10e NIGHT—20e te summarized as resulting in “a broader teacher knowledge, an im- Provement in the technique of teaching, a wider viewpoint, the de- ‘velopment of greater teachet r¢- sponsibility and co-operation, more effective planning, a keener reali- vation that the child is the center ©: the education process, together With a greater desire ‘for. self- Sinprovement,” ee ppreciation is expressed to Su- perintendent Ballou for his aid in solving many perplexing problems in the past school year, to the Board of Education for its support, ‘and to the employees of division: 10 to 18 for their co-operation in raising the efficiency of the schools. WRITER EXPLAINS WHAT CAUSES THE CONFUSION OF WEST INDIAN IS- LAND'S NAME A question that often comes up is discussed in the current issue of The Pathfinder. The quostion is, “Which is correct, Haiti or Santo Domingo?” “There is a difference of opinion ‘a8 to whether the West Indian is- land which comprises. the two countries of Haiti and the Domini- can Republic should be called Haiti or Santo Domingo. ‘The Pan- Américan Union says Santo Do- mingo is the correct name of the island, On the other hand, the U. S. Geographic Board inclines to- watd Haiti, That authority says on this subject: ‘Haiti was the na- tive name of the island when Col- Umbus landed, on December. 6, 1492, and called it Espaniola which ‘was Latinized into Hispaniola. The French colony which gainted con- trol-of a part of the island was called Saint Domingue, and in 1795, when France acquired title to the entire island by treaty et Spain it was called Saint Domingue; but when the French were driven out and independence declared in 1804, th aboriginal namo Haiti was ra: vived by the Negroes. Shortly af- ter this the Spaniards re-estab- lished ‘therpselves in the eastern we of the island, retaining the 'rench name modified to Santo Domingo, but, in 1821 lost control, and from 1822 to 1848 the whole island was under one government as the Republic of Haiti. “In 1844 tho eastern portion of the island again asserted its inde- pendence of Haiti and established the Dominican Republic, which re- mains to the present day. Thus today the island of Haiti, which seems to be the proper name, con- sists of two countries, Huiti on the west, end and Domitican Republic on the east end.” PUBLIC INSTALLATION AT CATHOLIC CHURCIL eae oh ee Leite mandery, No, 296, and The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of St. John. No.207, of the Chutch of the Incarnation held a joint public in- stallation of officers to the organi- zations on Sunday, January 22, at 3 p.m. Colonel Holton and Lieutenant Holt installed the officers in the Knights. of St. John. ‘They are as follows: Robert F’. Allen, presi- dent; James E. Owens, avd Andrew Harrison, vice-presidents; Bonin min A. Brown, and W. A. Jackson, secretaries; Alired Nelson, trea»- rer; John F. Loga, guard; and James E. Owens, N. P. Bannes, and James Barnes, trustees. Mrs. Luckett and Mrs. Hall in- stalled the officers in the Ladies Auxiliary. ‘they are K. Smart, past-president; Annie Barnes, president; Agnes Bell, and Annie B, Brown, vice-presidents; 8. C. Plater, and M. E. Allen, secre- taries; Sarah Lane, treasurer; Ber- tha Walker, messenger; ‘Mary Brooks, sentinel; Emma Eli, guard; and Hattie Jackson, Georgia Mob- ley, and Sarah Nelson, trustees. ‘After installation, refreshments were served. BISHOPS’ COUNCIL MAKES DONATION TO LIVING- STONE COLLEGE CAMPAIGN + SALISBURY, N.C,, Jan. 21—At the last annual meeting of the Bishop's Couneil of the A. M. E. Zion Church at Knoxville, Tenn., Week of January 9, a donation of $1400 for the Price Memorial Cam- paign was raised. This amount was collected after brief pre- sentation of facts and figures con- cerning the campaign so far by President Trent. In presenting 7th and T Sts. Northwest Phone, North 5224 % THEATRE R. A. MURRAY, Mer. Open—Week Days 1 pm.; Sundays 2:30 p.in. ——— Admission Nights, after 6 p.m.—l5e Children 10c Adults 1 to 6 p.m.—l0e SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS—ADULTS, 15e ALL DAY a aeeeae—nines Program for Week of JAN. 29 ee ee a SUNDAY & MONDAY—Wally Wales in “SODA WATER COWBOY.” a § “Melting Millions” No. 10. Pathe Comedy. ee PUESDAY—Reed Howes in “THE SELF STARTER.” Universal Comedy. Pathe News. Pace i eh WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY—All Star Cast in “THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY.” First Chapter, Pathe Serial—“The Man Without a Face.” a FRIDAY—Eugene O'Brien in “PAID TO LOVE." ., Fox News. Comedy. SATURDAY—Big Special—“GREAT MAIL ROB- BERY.” Gene Tunney in “Fighting Marine” No. 3 the case, President Trent said, among other. things: “there are many reasons why we should put this campaign over: one is, it is in the honor of the ‘great orator, race leader, and dominating figure, Dr. J. C. ‘Price; another. reason, these conditional gifts of $100,000 is a challenge to the leadership of the A.MLE. Zion Church in partic- ular and the race in general. What will we do about it? Many of the friends of the college haye answered this question in the only effective way that it can be an- swered, by giving their checks.” Tt was at this necting that Bish- op C. C. Alleyne, resident bishop of the church in Africa, accepted the invitation to render thé an- nual address at th» Price Memorial exercises to be held at the College on Sebeuaty 16. NINE NEW NEGRI STYLE HINT Shocs dyed. to mateh widla” ts gown will be much in evidente tila year. Pola Negri’s lavish wardrobe for “The Woman on Trial” her latest Paramount picture, ineludes a pair of slippers to match every ackicle of dress, from neglixee, to fosmal evening gowns. If jeweled buckles are worn, the gems also approach the shade of the apparel. ‘The star’s new production, d’ rected by Mauritz Stiller, and hav~ ing in the cast Einar Hanson and Arnold Kent, comes to the Repub- lica Theatre, February 5, 6, 7, and 2 3