Arrest of Representative Brinkman and Dr Meyers in Chicago election
Chicago reports a dramatic election with arrests of Rep Brinkman and Dr Meyers for displaying marked ballots at polls. Attorney Harold F Mosely ordered arrests at 8119 Indiana Avenue amid tense ward battles overseen by Brundage Crow forces. Brinkman released on habeas corpus.
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Chicago
Rep
Brinkman
Dr. Meyers
Mosely
Harold F. Mosely
Gneral Brundage
Brundage-Crowe Forcea
Indiana Avenue
Brink and Myers
Texas
Fort Worth
Chica
Thompson
Robert Jackson
Oscar DePriest
Bob
Jackson
Geo. T. Kersey
DePriest
Eugene Marshall
Kersey
Hep
Adelbert Roberts
Warren Douglas
Trotter Honored in Boston as Civil Rights Advocate
In Boston a large crowd gathered at the A M E Zion Church to honor William Monroe Trotter on his 50th birthday. A purse exceeding five hundred dollars was presented, and tributes from colleagues and peers reflected his long battle for race advancement and his influential role in national politics. Trotter thanked attendees, noting the difficult path of his work and the respect earned from friends and adversaries alike.
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J. A. Backson
Billboard
ALN
Boston
Mass
A. M. EB. Zion
Wm. Monroe Trotter
Harvard
Denver
Tulsa
Seattle
Trotter
Dining Car Waiter Surprises With $100,000 Estate
Chicago April 27 diners on the Pioneer Limited tip the cafe club car waiter William Taylor Johnson generously. For over twenty years he has run the train cafe between Chicago and Minneapolis and owns a 36 acre Anoka Minnesota farm where he raises hogs turkeys chickens corn and potatoes using the latest scientific farming methods.
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Chicago
Pioneer Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Taylor Johnson
Cafe Club
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Johnson
Anoka
Minn
Pyron declines Deputy Internal Revenue Inspector post
Chicago April 27 Frank A Pyron arrived from Washington to decline a deputy internal revenue inspector appointment. Officials were surprised by the refusal citing a better Washington post but Pyron, a Chicagoan, has long served as clerk to the House Committee on Naval Affairs. His merit and knowledge of the work earned him this historic party, though he chose the Washington position.
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Washington, D.C
Harding
Bureau of Engraving
Congress
Eepunaree
Mondell
House of Representatives
United States
Hartford
Conn
Kansas City
Kaw
New York
New York News
Geo. Harris
Editi
Mr. Pickett
Wilson Reenters Politics Amid Shifting Voter Trust
A fragmentary report suggests Woodrow Wilson's return to public life stirs debate about his influence on the 1912 era political landscape. The text notes past secretary Tuft and Senator Reed of Missouri while addressing distrust among Black voters and renewed activity in party circles.
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Woodrow Wilson
Tuinlty
Reed
Missouri
Wilson
Garvey Leader Faces Trial Over $200 Embezzlement Claim
Albert H. Boykin, former president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association local branch in Truffalo New York, stands charged with grand larceny for allegedly diverting $200 from the organization to the Douglas Grocery Company where he served as president. The defense claims a political motive in the intra organization dispute.
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Truffalo
N. Y
Albert H. Boykin
Universal Negro Improve Association
Douglas Grocery Company
Koykin
Boykin
Uplift Society
Harry Lamson
Joseph K. Browlie
A Association
Douglas Grocery Co
Growlle
Association
Spas
Matt Williams
Mobbed Minister in Winder Beaten Sends Statement to British and U S Officials
The NAACP announced Rev B N Hennigham a British West Indies citizen was assaulted by masked white men in Winder Georgia on March 6 1922. He was dragged from a home strip searched beaten and threatened with further violence. His statement was sent to the British Ambassador and U S State and Justice Departments. Alexandria Grand Lodge K of P Louisiana closed a successful session in a separate report with sermons health discussions financials and a $88 514.91 endowment balance.
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Cornelius Richardson
Richmond
Indiana
Harry New
United States
Albert J. Feveridge
Tediana
New York
N. Y
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fifth Avenue
B. N. Hennigham
Winder
Georgia
Henningham
Washington
Sir Auckland Geddes
Hennigham
British West Indies
United States Departments of State
of Justice
B. N. Henningham
Bushes Chapel
Zion Church
Oscar Bernamy
J. N. Henningham
Gainesville
Ten Mile
Grand Lodge K
Louisiana
Grand Lodge
Grand Court
Calanthe
J. B., Rolax
Shreveport
B. L. Brown
New Orleans
Shiloh Baptist Church
W. Green G
J. B. Lafargue
W. EF. Booker
Leenville
B. F. Easter
Grand
J. Spellman
Alexandria
A. Smith
Green
Justice Lodge of
Hammond
Express Reporter Observes Life in British West Africa
Special to The Dallas Express from Freetown Sierra Leone dated Feb 24 1922 reports CHAS W Abington describes West African street life labor conditions and a system of head carried loads with indigenous carts. He notes French and British colonial administration and education led by American Negro educator Prof Faduma and Bishop Brooks in the Sierra Leone conference.
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Sierra Leone
British Guinea
West Africa
Chas, W. Abington
Dallas Express
British West Africa
Europe
Conak ‘Rey
Monrovia
English Line
Dakar
Conakrey
Much Bet
French Africa
Ter Houges
Faduma
Yale University
Seasion
A. M. EB
Steady
Shey
New Haven
Connecticu
Quindaro College
Kansas City
Africa
Ws. M. Steady
Hari
Colonization Plan for German African Colonies Proposed by Schnee
Berlin reports Dr. Heinrich Schnee suggests transferring former German East Africa and other colonies under American supervision to settle the U S surplus colored population. He cites open door policy, adds feasibility but notes great difficulties and past Liberia failure.
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Berlin
United States
Africa
Heinrich Schnee
German East Africa
Washington
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Dr. Schnee
Southwest Africa
Togoland
Cameroons
East Africa
al Lorin
Georgia
Carolinas
Florida
Virgi
Louisiana
Samoa
Panama
U. S
Liberia
Masonic Dispute in Washington Settled in Court
In Seattle on April 27 the Superior Court heard Jephthah and Mount Ranier Chapters C E vs BE H Holmes et al for a temporary injunction. Judge J T Ronald overruled the demurrer and granted an injunction preventing Holmes from interfering with the Eastern Star authorities. The judge noted a Mason has no right to control Eastern Star affairs.
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Seattle
Washington
Jephthah and
Mount Ranier
C. E
Holmes
Morris and Shipley
Grand Lodge
Masonry
New Haiti President Elected by Unanimous Vote
Port au Prince Haiti April 27 by unanimous vote of the electors Luis Borno has been elected President of the Republic of Haiti. He is a prominent attorney and cabinet member of outgoing President Dartiguenave and will take office early next month.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Luis Borno
Republic of Haiti
Borno
Sudre Dartixueunave
Norno
Dartiguenave
Horno
United States
Howard University to receive endowment chair in insurance
The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham will fund a chair of Insurance at Howard University, setting a salary and formalizing a historic Negro business endowment. Howard officials welcomed the gift and noted it signals broader pursuit of professional chairs in education.
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Washington, D. C
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
Durham
North Carolina
Howard University
J. Staney Durkee
Howard University Oy
C. Es Spatterne
Memree
North Vardina Butual Life Insurance Company
Tryaurer
en i+ ir
Howerd Univecate
Grace of Comemens
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National Association For the Advancement of Galored People
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