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Giant in 'Chu Ghiri Chow? Is Killed By Sweetheart THE NEW YORK AGE JT rftff A ffS vA ECTCME EXCELS IN NEWS AND OPINION I JX. I I I I I vOi I A II UB THE HOME PAPER i THE NEWS AS IT IS VOL XXXII. NO. 27. ft Civil Rights Act Is Upheld by Jury at Niagara Falls, New York Theatre Company Will Have to Pay Samuel Dett $392 Damages for Excluding Him from First Floor.

(Spcctai to Til Nnr Yoaa Aa) Niagara Falls, N. Y. After deliberating twenty minutes in the case of Samuel Dett against the Arcade Theatre Company, in which the defendant was charged with violating the Civil Rights Act, a verdict was returned in favor of Mr. Dett, who was awarded $392 damages. Samuel Dett has been a clerk in the Niagara Falls Post Office for fourteen years, lie brought suit against the Arcade Theatre Company because A Hayman, manager of the theatre, declined to seat him and a lady friend do the first floor because of their color.

The incident 'occurred August 14, 1916., The plaintiff stated on the witness stain! that he purchased the orchestra seats at the box office that ben he an I his female companion were escorted down the aisle they were suddenly stopped and told by the usher they could not occupy the seats. Manager Hayman was next consulted, who declared that the couple could not sit on the lower floor luit would have to go into the gal- Icry. "I insisted on the seats my tickets called for, hut Manager Hayman said we WINS SUIT AGAINST SYRACUSE THEATRES (Special to Ti Kw Yoik Aoi). Syeacuse. N.

Y. Mrs. Marshall Gray won her suit against the Seneca Amusement Co. for declining to sell her ticket for other than the balcony. She was awarded $100.

The two theatres that were figured in her suit were the Temple and Crescent. EXTRA GEORGE BELL FATALLY SHOT BY IIAZIE EASILY 'Special to Tut Niw Yoik Aci) Milwaukee, Wis. George Bell of New York, playing the role. of giant in the "Chu Chin Chow" com-nanv. was shot to death Tuesday hy sweetheart, Mazie Easey.

Kcll was seven feet eleven inches tall. Maie Easley, who also traveling 'th the company, told' the police that Ml had left her after the show Mon-lay ni)ht to attend a party. When he returned they quarrelled, she said, and 'ell threatened to kill her. She got his revolver before he could reach it, she claims, and fired two shots at him. COLORED FARMERS ARE DOING GOOD WQ3K 'SptcUl to Tu Niw Yoic Aci) Fort Vaixev, a.

During last week "if colored agricultural workers held jneir annual conference at the Fort Val-y HiKh and Industrial School, of h.rh Prof. H. A. Hunt is principal, "of. J.

Phi) Campbell, director of e-'wiMon work in Georgia, spoke 40 the lfents Friday concerning the organiza-''on of farm bureaus among colored in their different communities. All the workers gave reports of the "rk accomplished during: last year, rrof E. A. Williams, state agent, the field of work for the newly appointed agent. Uhi Jnanha Conyers, Cimm4 0U Sttond Pit) Tfi NttforuL Negro- Weekly.

171. 1 mm. could not occupy them, said Mr. Dett. "I warned him about the law and his i 3S.SrSlHH TO-MAKE MO HEAD ts.tesUticrasgsft.

OF UNION IS TURNED DOWN Efforts made last week by colored Baptists to secure the election of a Negro as head of the Virginia Union University, located at Richmond, proved unavailing. Acting President Clark, white, formerly dean of the Theological Department, was chosen by the 'Board of Trustees. The request that a northern alumnus in the person of Dr. jV. I Hayes, pastor of Ml Olivet Baptist Church, Xew York, be elected to membership of the board was favorably acted upon.

holding a-meeting at 2X) Filth the delegation went to the rooms of the American Baptist Mission So-ciet-, 23 E. 25th street, and through its spokesman. Dr. W. M.

Alexander of Haiti more, made an appeal for the election of a colored man as president of Union. Dr. Jfervey in responding to Mr. Alexander' plea mid that hr tvmpa-thized with the feelings of the alumni hut thought at this particular time it would be well to elect a white president because of the need of additional funds for endowment, that after the necessary 'onds had been secured the school would he turned over to a colored president. The delegation was composed of E.

K. Tones, chairman; N. B. Dodson, the Rev. William I.

Jones, Rosellt. X. J. the Rev. K.

A. Cheek, Newark; the Rev. P. Neal, Baltimore the Rev J. W.

Mrnoks. Philadelphia; the Rev. J. G. rt-'ins: the Rev.

A. Qav'on Powell, Dr. V. M. Alexander, le C.

Jndktnv Jersev City c. VrV, and l'ie F. B. Mir'et1. Pa.

'rtford Business League Growing. (Special to TBI Niw Yoi Aoil Hartford, Conn. The Colored Msn's Bnalnesa League of Hartford met March 10 at Well' BrothPr Store. 7 Hnntley plae. After the regular opening exercises were obserred, the Leagu elected an executive committee also a commute to form a constitution and a st of by-lawi.

The President apnolnted U. 0. Bethel to explain In detail the general purpose of the leigue. Several new members were enrolled. The next regular be held at the Hope Soda Shop.

222 Windsor arentie, March SI. 77 A it NEW YORK, N. SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919. -V 7 Offer Silent Prayer For A Heroes Resting in France BY LESTER A. WALTON The sights that meet one's gaze in Paris with kaleidoscopic fre quency invariably afford a sumptuous ocular feast the ruins of Kheims, Verdun, Tont-A-Mousson and other French towns, whose standing walls are suggestive of an empty egg-shell, command sy mpathetic attention.

The trenches, machine-gun nests and ngencies of death on exhibition in thewar zone possess a weird fascination and are of absorbing interest; but the' graves of fifty col. red Americans who bravely died "over ''there" to help make the world safe for democracy is the picture most indelibly printed on my mind one I shall never forget. It was Christmas eve when I visited i 1 1 tne spot in 1-rance wnere nait a nunurefl MftTODllJlll fjnrn of our black boys sleep beneath foreign i 1V1U I KM Ail lilJUKtU yet friendly sod. The hour was 3 p. in.

and darkness was fast approaching. Lowering clouds and a whining wind helped to make the occasion a solemn onei The fifty heroes are buried less than ten feet from a roadway connecting Meti and Nancy, and only a short dis- ranee rrom several u. days before the graves had been "em Tuesday night, the trou out to Dr. R. R.

Moton hy Col. W. Carpenter of the 351st Field Artillery, who, had escorted the party through the trenches built by the Germans in La Coti HilL Upon returning from Metz Dr. Moton suggested that we pay our respects to the dead. Those alighting from the automobile to honor the departed colored heroes included Dr.

Moton, Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the U. S. Bureau of Education Clyde R. Miller, representative of the Cleveland Plaindealcr a French officer, who was acting as our interpreter; Nathan Hunt, traveling secretary to Dr.

Moton; our white chauffeur, (Continned on Second Papr) Southern Women Oppoit Amendment. rSoccial to Thi New Yoik Act.) St. Louis, Mo. The southern idea of what democracy means so far as the ballot is concerned is made evident here at the National Woman's Suffrage Association tnhilee by the opposition of southern delegates to the Susan B. Anthony Amendment for woman suffrage.

The southern idest is to abolish the Federal Stiff rae plan for one embodying States' rights principles, which is favored by them to keep the colored women in the South from having the 1 a''ot. There is no chance of the plan finding favor here. IN HARLEM RIOT It was necessary to call out the reserves from the West 125th, East 126th and West 123d street police stations before Order was restored Ue starting over a quarrel between a motorman on a Lenox avenue car and a colored man. James Clinton was taken for the motorman who is charged with having assaulted the colored man, and when attacked by an infuriated crowd of Negroes ran into the Carnegie Library, lflj West I35th street By this time there were fully two thousand outside of the library and the leaders battered down the doors and reached who was stabbed four times. Patrolman Joseph Mahou was hit ii the head with iron cuspidor and Patrolman Henry Bosheimrr struck with rocks' before the disturbance was quelled.

Lyecna Against PraWMtlem. St Mark's Lyceum went on record against prohibition last Thursday when the suhject was vigorously dis-Ti'sed. The Rev. W. H.

Brooks, pastor of Sr. Mark's A. E. Church, was the only one in the audience who spoke in favor of prohibition. V1 I It I 7 XT 1 1 MEMORIAL AGREED UPON BY ROOSEVELT COMMITTEE Dr.

R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, was one of the principal speakers at the meeting of the Roosevelt Permanent Memorial National Committee, held Monday morning at the committee headquarters, 1 Madison avenue. Other speakers included Elihu Root, Will II. Hays, Senator Kellogg, General Wood, Governor Goodrich and Walter Damrosch.

Monday evening members of the con- mittee were guests ol Col. uliaai Boyce Thompson at the Waldorf As toria. Others who attended the meet ing and were present at the dinner in cluded Charlc E. Hushes, Governor Beekman of Rhode Island and Charles' Scribner. At the dinner given at the Waldorf Astoria the committee unanimously passed the following resolution "Resolved, that a fund be raised for the following specific objects: "1.

To erect a suitable and adequate monumental memorial in Washington. "2. To acovire. develop and maintain a paik in the town of Oyster Bay which may ultimately, pertiaps, include aaga- rrore Hill, to he preserved like Mount Vernon and Mr. Lincoln i home at Springfield.

3. 1 he establishment and endowment of an incorporated society promote the development and' application of the nnlicirt and ideals of 1 hcodore Kowse- velt for the benefit of the American people. "That to these ends a Roosevelt Memorial Association be now organircd." MISSING MAN'S BODY IS FOUND BURIED IN WOODS 'Special to Tna Niw Yon Act) Ithaca, N. Y. The body of Napoleon.

Jackson, who had been missing since June 13, 1918, was found by the city officials buried in a wood on the Miller Brothers farm in the town of Danby south of this city. Sunday last. County are investigating the case which gives every evidence of being murder. Edward Lee is now held at the County Jail on a charge of grand larceny in connection with the finding of Jackson automobile. Best EditedBest Known.

or" r- Colored Casuals From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Recently Returned From Overseas. 1 1 i PRICE FIVE CENTS Theatre N. Y. Republicans to Recommend to Congress Way to Make Operative 1 5th Amendment The first move on the part of Republicans to have Congress the Fifteenth Amendment 'was made at the regular meeting of the Republican County Cdmmittee, held March 20. when William S.

Bennet introduced and had referred to the Executive Committee the following resolution "Resolved, That the Executive Committee be requested to report to this committee at the April meeting the best method in its judgment to be recommended to the Congress of the United States to enforce the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, pro viding: 'The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color for previous condition of servitude." The introduction of the resolution was greeted with applause, and it is said that the majority of members on the Executive Committee favor giving it serious consideration. On the same evening Mr. Bonnet offered the resolution the Republican County Committee was addressed by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and Mrs. Roosevelt.

MAN WRITES OF EXPERIENCES ABROAD The diverse treatment contrasting the work of the Y. M. C. A. in France is told in the following letter by Charles M.

Williams, Sergeant-Major of the Second Battalion of the 811th Pioneer Infantry: "Today for the first time since being a member of the A. E. F. I have been able to see a copy of your valuable paper. The one that I saw was dated November 30, 1918.

Even though of a late date, the news contained therein was new to many of us. At home The New York Ace is an ever welcomed visitor. The one copy of your paper has been read by at least 250 enlisted men and officers of our organization. Yon will' doubtless be interested to learn of some of the experiences of some of the soldiers of our race over here. "Before coming to France this organi zation spent some time in England.

The people of England were very kind to us, not so much because we were Negro soldiers, but because we were Ameri cans. The first camp in which we were stationed in Lngland was Camp Knotty Ash, Liverpool. Here we found a very fine bunch of men, both white and black. There was only one Y. M.

A. in the camp, used by both colored and white soldiers. The secretaries of this association were first class men and did much' to make us feci that they were rally and trulj our friends; they were (CeatiiMwl Smn4 ffi 5 cclced canteen WORKERS SAIL FuR FRANCE Of the ten new colored canteen workers to go overseas by the Y. M. C.

five sailed last Thursday on the steamer -V- Vii Mrs. Hallit. Craigwell L'Espegne, which will dock at Havre. They were Miss Althea M. Rochon, Miss Harriet Edwards, Mrs.

Hallie Craigwell, Mrs. Laura Williamson and Mrs. Florence Williams. All are residents of Greater New York except i Mrs. Laura IVilliamsot Mrs.

Williams, who is a resident of Virginia. There are over 50,000 colored soldiers in France doing engineering and stevedore work, and there is a erring need for more colored camten worVets in addition to the three who have been "ovef there" for nearly a year. MERCY HOSPITAL TO MOVE IN NEW HOME (Spfdal to Tat Ntw Yobx Aoi) Philadelphia, Pa. After a campaign lasting over- nine months, the Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses has taken title to the site of tlie Divinity School of the Episcopal Church at 50th and Woodland avenue, For the past twelve years Mercy Hospital has been located at 17th and Fitzwater" streets, where it has been doing conscientious work administering to the sick and training colored women as nurses. For some time it has been realized by its Board of Directors that in order to properly and nore efficiently meet the demands of the community it should expand.

Last summer the opportunity of Se- The main building, built of cray stone. curing these well adapted buildings in than three hundred feet in I 'cnR'h will provide for upwards West Philadelphia presented itself, and an effort was immediately put forth to secure the funds necessary to purchase 'die plot. The price was $12200. The site provides everything to make possible the developing of an up-to-date institution, the equal of any in the country. The grounds comprise six acres extending more than an entire city block.

of two hundred patients in wards and private rooms. Directly on the rear a large modern residence which will be used as the nurses' home. A chapel and library building at the east and west end of th main building respectively complete the group. Facilities will be provided for the training of about thirty-five or forty un-(CM'ae Fifth P0t).