Women Ballot Shifts War Prospects, Cobb Claims
Irvin Cobb argues that nations ruled by ballot would be slower to wage war and says universal suffrage for women would lessen future conflicts. He cites European war turmoil and notes women bear the burden of war. Madame Rosika Schwimmer supports the view. After a Pittsburgh audience of 2,500, a resolution urged President Wilson to seek peace and halt hostilities.
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Irvin
Cobb
Pennsylvania
Europe
Mr. Cobb
Rosika Schwimmer
Hungary
Madame Schwimmer
Wilson
Belgium
France
Pittsburgh
Colored plaintiff wins damages for seating denial in Hempstead theater
Walter J. Frazier, a colored man, wins $100 against Sigmund Steiner and Weiss Photo-play House for being barred from the orchestra at Fulton Moying Picture Theatre in Hempstead. He and two companions had paid for three admissions and were told to sit in the balcony. The court found in favor of Frazier after the September 16 incident.
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Steiner
Four Elligibles Overlooked In Nashville Postings
The Nashville post office controversy centers on fifteen letter carriers in the last sixty days with four eligible candidates omitted. Local colored residents accuse the new postmaster of failing to recognize merit and note similar grievances in Memphis Birmingham and other southern cities.
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Nashvile
Temm
Nashville
Athens
Memphis
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Chattanooga
Jack
Fla
Clarkesville
Breezy Notes From town echo Billy Sundays revival
Northwestern breezes report Rev BE Byrd preaching at 11 with Rev W Jones leading the evening service. The Breezes note Easter music rehearsal, visiting Miss Bertha Wing, and a lively turnout of mothers at the High School. Many local residents are mentioned along with praise for Billy Sunday's town impact and ongoing Bible study programs.
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Be, Byrd
W. Jones
Jones
C. E. Society
Morris Brown Church
Bertha Wing
Cleveland
Ohio
Our City
John 8. Doyle
Atantic City
N. J
Johns. Doyle
Atlantic
Chester Fisher
John C. Yeorg
John Speller
Hlvira Murray
Joseph Briscoe
Beechwood
Poth
Ella Whitaker
C. A. de Ener
K. Spearman
W. Robin- Hall
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Market St
Ant
Fattie
Billy
Public support urged in defense of Frederick Brown case
Southern detectives sought to seize the colored man Frederick Brown in Philadelphia back to South Carolina to stand trial for murder. Attorney G Edward Dickinson led the legal fight, urging fair play and equal protection of laws. The campaign asks donors to cover $210 in court and travel costs for the U S Supreme Court appeal slated late April or early May.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Brown
G. Edward Dickinson
Brown
South Carolina
Ward Dickerson
Wil Yan
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Supreme Court
Dickerson
Leo. M. Frank
Segregation Claims and Fiscal Waste in Ward Eleven
The document argues segregationists claim colored residents seek proximity to whites to socialize. It asserts sanitary laws are unevenly enforced, taxes by blacks are redirected for white interests, and fire protection is inadequate. It notes annexation and ward boundary changes disenfranchising Negro votes, with a 100 percent tax rise and a $270,000 street project allocation in the ward yielding no spending on colored streets.
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Norfolk
Police Commission to seek appointment of colored policewoman
Los Angeles March 15 The Police Commission has asked the City Council to enact legislation to appoint a colored policewoman for the city. It is urged that the colored population needs the service of a woman of the rate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Police Commission
Qity Council
Breezy Cases In Court Highlight Sailor and Officer
In Municipal Court on Tuesday March 16 two cases against colored persons were dropped by plaintiffs for assault and battery. Emanuel Pierce pleaded not guilty before Judge Gilpin. Officer Harry O Drane testified Walker did not mean to commit the assault and the case was dropped. A separate trial Wednesday involved Pearl Boston against Charles Percival over support for a child born January 28 1915 with a verdict for the plaintiff and a subsequent fine for support. Joshua Wellborn was found guilty of larceny of ten buckets and sentenced to 60 days. Nathan Nutter and Michael Devine faced a suit for false arrest with a $300 verdict for the plaintiff.
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Emanuel Pierce
Pierce
Harry O’drane
4Th District
William Walker
O’drane
Walker
Jude Gilpin
Pearl Boston
South 18Th St
Charlies Percival
Reed St
Commonwealth
Percival
Miss Boston
Joshua Wellborn
Barratt
Devine
Mr. Nutter
West
Nutter
Pullman Company Builds Nationwide Family Benefit Plan
The Pullman Company expands goodwill efforts with zone based districts nationwide. A voluntary fifty cent assessment is collected upon a member's death to aid wives and families, with committees in various districts appointing secretaries and district agents to manage the program.
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Pullman Company
Amenenc Oa
H. L. Ern
Commi . Beckett
N. C. Jefferson
Fields John Boone
Washington
England Depends on Colored Men for War Munitions
The Chicago Defender reports London estimates that 60 000 to 70 000 workers of African descent in eight hour shifts at government arsenals supply ammunition for British forces. They earn one and a half crowns daily and come from the West and East Indies. Moving pictures document their work and officials praise their service as essential to Britain’s war effort, contrasting with American treatment.
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London
England
Great Britain
West
East Indies
Piccadilly
America
Chicago
Lfe
Egg Harbor City Announces Next Season Lectures and New Theatre
The Egg Harbor City Board of Education plans an elaborate next season with Swanee River Quartette as the sole returning act. A new moving picture theatre is being rushed toward completion and touted as among the country’s finest. The Gibson-Bozarth Corporation of Philadelphia plans many local customers’ spring building, while a contractor readies several bungalow plans.
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Egg Harbor City
N. J
Egg Harbor
Progress in Athletics in Metropolitan Amateur Union
New York reports rising performances by colored athletes in the metropolitan district of the Amateur Athletic Union. If continued over the next three to four years, many laurels now held by white athletes may pass to these competitors, signaling notable progress and excitement within the association.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
York
Ainion
Dealers Union Celebrates Third Anniversary
The Dealers Union at 710 So. 13th St. drew a crowded crowd for its third anniversary on Thursday March 4th. Founder and president John Randolph received high praise for 13 years of work. the program featured Moses G. Johnson and others including William F. Woodard and various speakers and musical numbers. The event was described as a success.
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13Th St
John Randolph
Moses G. Johnson
Wm. F. Wooderd
Wooderd
A. Smith
James Europe at Tuskegee Institute in social focus
James Europe visits Tuskegee Institute where he receives significant social attention during his stay. The encounter highlights European involvement in cultural exchange and the prominent role of the institute in hosting notable figures.
Organisation aids Afro American Needy in City
The association operates to relieve suffering of Afro Americans in the city by employing needy girls and providing food wood and coal. In two weeks payroll averaged 110 dollars weekly and over three weeks aided more than five hundred people. Headquarters are 1506 Catherine St with officers led by President Dr A Tindley and Vice Presidents Dr B E Moore and Mrs K E Leaffield. A public mass meeting was held March 17 at Shiloh Baptist Church.
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Catherine St
A. Tindley
BE. W. Moore
KE. B. Leaffield
M. H. Layton
T. D. Atkins
H. W. Cooper
A. Reerath
Shiloh Baptist Church
Willie Layton
Coryee Wan Ae
Skeeal Eel Marek
Schoolgirl Shot by Careless Boy at City School
Miss Elizbeth Shackleford, 14, was wounded in the foot when Emanuel West, 14, twirled a revolver in a coat room at M Stanton Public School. The injury is listed as painful but not serious. Police continue to investigate how the revolvers were obtained and carried by area youths.
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M. Stanton Public School
17Th
Christian St
Eligabeth Shackleford
Carpenter St
Emanuel West
Woodstock St
Morris
Evening Bulletin
West
Southwest Branch
Lave
Philadelphia
Readers letters on media bias and human nature in a busy era
A columnist reflects on reader letters, defending publishers' news choices and likening humans to animals with varied traits. He discusses haste in modern life, the pursuit of success, dreams, and the balance between earnest purpose and practical work, ending with a parable about a factory student in farming and poultry.
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Rosiki Schwimmer
Pullman
Frank Terry
EGG Harbor City News
Dealers Union
James Europe
Tuskegee
E. M. Stanton
Tribune
Manwal
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