Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1928 — Page 1
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Man Dies From PtpeJHow On ThiJIead
A R G U MEN J Bombings Arouse
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Man’s Skull Is Fractured
NEW CHURCH NEEDED, SAYS MINISTER
By Pipe Blow; Sequell To Quarrel
An argument over a frivolous matter ended with a fatality when Robert Boyd, age 50, died from a fractured skull at the City hospital early Wednesday morning. Boyd, who lived in the rear of 622 California St., wnt to the Indiana Pressing club, 752 Indiana Ave., Tuesday after-
PTIIliADKLPHIA, P;i.. Feb. 2t — \ new church based on the truth md devoted to the work of ereatng a heaven on earth is what so•iety needs in the opinion of Dr. George Chalmers Richmond, promnent liberal minister, who spoke it, the Foruifl of the Philadelphia 'ouneil, American Negro Labor ’ongress here recently. Said the ninister, “We need a new church f truth, a church that will make his earth here and now. a heav
*n for the people.”
Speaking on corruption and vice .n Philadelphia the doctor accus-
noon HeengaBeti inan argu ^ o( J
ment with a man said to have a ..o,,, Q r,h instfForcru-e rpe-ardim;
been Clarence Meadows, 439
Minerva St.
• The argument reached heated proportions and the manager of __ pressing club, a Mr. WTiorton, jrdered the alleged Meadows out|side. He left hut returned in a few minutes through the hack door. He went over'to where Boyd was seated and struck him on the head from the rear with a piece of •J-inch pipe about 4 feet long. The blow knocked a hole in Boyd’s ..trull ♦ Iff*by pi s
right side. '
Boyd crumpled over onto the floor where he remained until taken to the hospital by police. H*‘ di wdebti2839yn-n’t283!) 28 3928393 died without regaining conscious-1
argy and indifference regarding the morrf! deterioration of society. The speaker was especially critical of the church and religious leaders. He excorciated the miniistry for its conservatism and corruption. Christ was pictured as a revolutionist. Not only are our churches controlled in many instances by Wall St., according to Dr. Richmond, but some of our universities are controlled as well.. With reference to the latter the speaker said “1 am impatient with
ALLEN CHAPEL
DEDICATION ON MARCH 4
•*." *Vrtuw«‘l~ He ban «err«4 In the |T life man like Votl SearTnf. s , at( . Sn ' r ahout , en ami has
Dr. Richmond praised the Forum group stating that “the Forum of the American Labor Congress is the finest place of its kind in
Philadelphia.”
That there is need for more liberalism in secular as well as in reliious institutions was the opim ion expressed by all who participated in the discussion. oOo
The dedication program of the new Allen Chapel A. M. E. church, Broadway at Eleventh, of which the Rev. W. D. Shannon is pastor, will he held next week. The dedication program will ..extend over the entire week from Feb. 27 to March 4th. The principal dedicatory services will be held on Sunday, March 4th. On this Sunday, the Right Rev. W. T. Vernon. Presiding Bishop of the Indiana conference. will he received by the church. He will also preach the dedicatory sermon. Tire program for Sunday afternoon, March 4th includes a special musical program by the Allen Chapel choir. Bishop Vernon and Rev. E. A. Clarke, a former pastor, will preach the dedicatory sermon, and various ministers of the city will take part in the services. On Sunday evening, March 4th a sacred concert will be rendered and address made by Rev. E. A. Clarke, a former pastor of the
eh tirch.
The Rev. W. D. Shannon, an outstanding minister of the Indiana A. M. E. church, is pastor of Al-
Va. Solans Pass Anti-Lynch Bill
RICHMOND. Va„ Feb. 24.— (By* The Assoc.’.ited Negro Press)—The anti-lynching bill, recommended by (loverndr Byrd was passed by Virginia Stale Senate here Friday by vole of 32 to !♦. The hill provides that lynching be made a state offense to be prosecuted by the attorney general and others designated by the governor in addition to local authorities. Another provision is that the county dr city in which t h e lynching occurs be required to pay lhe family of the victim *2,f>t)0 and that the governor be r:.ithorized to spend such sums mat are necessary . in apprehending those guilty of lynching.
ANTICIPATED
Chisum Predicts Political Activity
Whites Stir Up Wrath Negroes By Attacks On Their Homes
LO$ ANGEI.ES, Cal., Feb. 24.— i By The Associated Negro Press)—The cowardly facts cf whites who are; attempting to force Negroes to mote out of the Manhattan Beach! District have aroused a rac4 hatred that is seldom manifested in this section and if something is not done to step the white hoodlums, Los Angeles may have a race
riot.
•I . . . 1- • : This j tense feeling was brought
NEW ORLEANS. La., Feb. 24.— (By The Associated Negro Press) —The fight for place in the Repub-
lican National Councils continues about yy a series of dynamiting? here between the Cohen and the 'Shootings and burnings in the Kunz clans. Numerous vfsitatipns I Manhattan Beach, climated here art being made by political tlgurij^j a8t wdek by the firing of rifles infrom the voting states. In eompaiY*” 0 sev «ral houses occupied .by Ne-
built three churches, one of these is the New Allen Chapel, a $75,000
church edifice.
with several northern white .Republicans, Melvin J. Chisum, field secretary of the National Negro j Press Association, was in town re-
Father Of Youth Drowned; Filed Suit
ness.
Meadow’s, who has not been found 6y the police, according to witnesses went home after the altercation. His mother, it is said, asserts he came home and told her he was going to give himself up. He left a few minutes before the police arrived at the house lookkIng for him. He has not been seen
since.
Boyd was a cripple, one leg had been amputated below’ the knee. He wore an artificial limb. He is survived by a wife and family. He
had never been in any trouble be- , , „ . P fore the 'altercation with Meadows, na,neH Indianapolis, L. it is reported j Krt Slack and the Indianapolis ■' cno Water Co., as defendants in the rj i A I suit. He maintains in the suit filUllllOtn I lisnes led through his attorney, E. Louis
Moore, that the drowning of his son was due to a wrong act of
Alonzo Hatwood, father of John Hat wood, a 15-year-old boy, who was drowned in the canal at Eleventh St. about a month ago, lias tiled suit for damages through the loss of his son. Mr. Hat wood
Attack On Klan
Attorney General Arthur Oilliom defendants. heard depositions Monday of ljugh j
“Pat” Emmons, former exalted Cyclops of the Indiana Klan, concerning the Kian’s - recent activi-
ties in Indiana politics.
The deposition is to be used by Mr. Gilllom in the suit to oust the Klan from the StaJe, first argu-
negligence on the part of the co-
FORMER FISK JUBILEE SINGER
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 24.— Mr. James A. Meyers. Fisk, ’08, and a former Fisk jubilee singer,
merits on which are to be in Mar- died here la: t Thursday. Mr. Meyion Circuit Court Feb. 27th. I ers was stricken with’ heart disThroughmit the questioning objec- e^se. Recently be had been the Hons were registered by Charles' principal of an Alabama school. J. Orbison, Klan attorney. Mr. Meyers reinstituted the JubiEmmons related many details of lee singers tour of Europe several
Klan activity which involved \ years.
Funds were accumulated during j cently, and it is said he is pres-
to 1919 for a New \ pec ting for delegates. It has ieen
the years 1914
Allen Chapel site. In 1921 the first payment was made on the purchase of the site at the southeast corner, and in 1926, the site was cleared of indebtedness. A ground breaking service for the New Allen Chapel was held
June 26, 1927.
The corner stone laying service for the New Allen Chapel was held
July 31, 1927.
The church will be dedicated on Sunday, March 4. o O o
Woman Evangelist Predicts Catastrophe
Mrs. Emma Wade Dozier, a woman evangelist, of Louisville, Ky., is in the city conducting evangelistic services. Mrs. Dozier predicts a mighty catastrophe to come over the land in the near future. Among other things she asserts the local community will be visited by a mighty cyclone. *—oOo
Young Man Opens Portrait
Studio
many persons high in Indiana politics and public life including SenNator Arthur R. Robinson. Lieut.
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The state of i Pennsylvania almost a miliiofn miies of
has tele-
Gov. Harold VunOrman and E. S. | phone wire which is used exelusShumakcr, head of the Indiana An-’ively for toll and Long Distance
ti-Saloon League. i calls.
A.M.E. CONFERENCE TO BE WEtCOMED BY 'BIG BILL'
Gov. Small And Mayor Thompson To Address Body; Aspirants For Bishopric Noted Widely
Five
By CARRY B. LEWIS CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 24.—Mayor William Hale Thompson will de 'liver the welcome address to the A. M. E. General conference which convenes here in June. Bishop A. J. Carey accompanied Bishop A. L. Gaines to the Mayor’s office and his excellency promised that h e would welcome the conference on behalf of the city. A committee waited on Gov. Small and he said ho would addess the conference on V<‘half of the state and one of the kwo aldermen on behalf of the l The local committee is ig regularly and plans are splendialy and citizens irch denominations a r e It is expected to be (•tant conference in A. M. E. church Of the Dish
■>p’s council at Birmingham, Ala., indicate that there may be five bishops elected here in June at the 8th regiment armory where the conference will be held. It is conceded here that Dr. R. R. Wright, Philadelphia, Pa., may be elected on the first ballot. Out west comes the name of Dr. Wm. T. Peck, Kansas City, a strong aspirant with a big following. Others who seem to have good chances, according to a personal canvas are Dr. -Charles Sumner Wil'lams, Kansas City; Dr. Noah Williams, St. Louis; Dr. R. A. Grant, Florida; Dr. M. W. Thornton, New York City, and Rev. R. L. Pope, Indiana. The news comes '.hat Rev. J. R. Ransom is a caniidate for chairman of the Episcopal committee.
Jus. S. Watts, a young man, well known in northside church circles, announces the opening of the “Watts Studio,” at 543 West 27th St. Watts, who has had several years’ experience in portraiture work states he will specialize in home portraits, child and baby, group, banquet, wedding and interior portraiture. —oOo
Two Youths Held As Shoplifters
Llojyd Brown, age 18, 2111 North Delaware St., and Charles Hill, age 19, 818 California St„ were arrested by police Tuesday and charged with petit larceny. Brown, it is alleged, took two alarm clocks from Hook’s drug store at Illinois and Washington St. Hill, it is reported took a shaving set from a down-town store. A. ...
known for some time that "The Old Master,” as the secretary is known by his intimates, has been energetically engaged in the vote getting business for the June convention. Mr. Chisum came in from Oklahoma and Texas all aglow with the statement that “there would be some astounding realignments in the presidential lineup within the next few days.” When asked to clarify his remarks, jhe said, “There is confusion everywhere, and it was left for the Honorable Charles D. HHies of New York to bring out the name of Ambassador Dwight Morrow. Mj*. Hilles really speaks for New York and when New York speaks the world takes notice. Is that clear enough for you? It wasn’t, but it was the only germane information it was possible to pry from the association sec-
retary.
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Tammy Fears To Have Negro Del eg a t e s
NEW YORK, Feb. 24—4P. N. f-J.)—Fearing that the presence of a Negro delegate from New York at the Democratic convention in Houston, Teix.,
next July might harm the chances of Governor A1 Smith in Ate
south, has caused the Tammany chieftains to decide agaitist the 1924 policy of^Negro dele-
gates.
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It is said that the decisipn was made on the /advice ;ot southern democratic lead.ejrs, friendly to the candidacy jof Gov. Smith. It is said that nprthern democrats generally tjre not favorable to the idea, .as they have -been working like Trojans for a heavy Negro vote, especially in Harlem in the pist
years.
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Cal. Policemen
Visit Chicago
CHECAGO, 111., Feb. 24.—(By The Associated Negro Presi)— Lieutenant Littleton McDuff, 'one of the four Negro lieutenants on the Los Angeles poVce force, came
groes bn Twenty-First St. It is reported here that District
Attorney Keys has been conducting a secret investigation of the situation for six weeks and expects to bring several pronhinent
business men before the law
plain i heir connection will the
to ex-
to be
Ky.\ White Rapist Pardoned After Year In Jail
LOUISVILLE, KY., Feb. 24.— (By The A. N. P.)—One year ago this week, Chus. Falone, (white), att-empted rape upon Alberta Howard, 2516 Tyler Avenue, the case was prosecuted by the local N. A. A. C. P. Falone was given a five year sentence in the county jail and $1 000 fine. Judge Berguvin paroled Falone under an act p. .*■ ed by the 1926 legislature * which provides that prisoner sentenced to more than one year must be paroled at the end of a year. Citizens are very indignant, especially when the electrocution of Fleming and Bard is still fresh in their minds. Police officers testified as to Falones had character and the girl’s clothing and scratched face bore evidence of the struggle.
chief evere►n ac-
and
irand next
gangsters who are believed perpetrating the crimes ankl endanger ng the lives of citizens in
Manhattan Beach.
Jack Garvin, Manhattan's of police, has been scored s ly for the lack of protectu corded[ Negro citizens there
i the laxity of the law enforcement body. Dame rumor has it th<) chief
will be haled before the Jury when it convenes here
month.
In spite of the persistent efforts
of the whites, Negro citizens have refused to move and have signified their intention to protect their property with their lives* They have appealed to police for protectionj, but from the continued bombings, it seems that little can
be expected from that source. Manhattan Beach is one (j)f the eoutiful and popular suburbs now a ry desirable loea-
Gairo^Tn^td' 1 * ^ lored men’s branch of Jhe Y. M.
K A ' barter
delegated to bring back to the California city. Frost is wanted for burglary, being charged with robbing a storage^ ware-house and helping himself to a number ; o f blank checks which he subsequent-
ly cashed.
Los Angeles boasts more ctjlorored lieutenants than any other of the Metropolitan cities, among them being Lieuts. Green, Garnett, Kimbrough and McDuff. oOo
Louisiana G. O. P. Goes To Court
most b and is
beauty
tion fejr homes. Until the natural
of the section was brought
out, Negroes living in the section were unmolested but as sopn as nature’|s work .was aided by engineers and landscape gardeners, the whites thought it was a bit too bet.utiful for Negroes and have
sought ever since to evict them. Several homes have been bomb-
ed, firdd into, and burned, but the largest; losers are reported to be the white insurance companies, as
I Negro citizens have insured r homos against these hazards, better class of both races is tig that a race riot may he aided and are urging the Dis-
trict attorney to use the power of
his office to avert it.
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NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 24.
—(By The Associated N^gro Press)—The open rebellion in the ranks of the Republican partf of Louisiana reached the courts here Wednesday when eleven members of the Lily White State Central committee, affiliated with the faction headed by Emil Kuntz, collector of customs and natipnal committeeman of Louisiana, obtained a temporary injunction; re*straining eleven followers of Walter Cohen, collector of the port, from attempting to sdlect delegates to the National -Republican convention. The injunction w’as granted by Judge William IL
Byrnes, Jr. ‘ r The eleven plaintiffs claim they
were elected January 31, 1927i as members of the committee for four years. They* charge that Cohjen’s supporters are illegally pretending to-be entitled to membership^ on the committee and unless restrained will attempt to elect delegates
to the National convention. The plaintiffs and defendants
are: B. M. Gentry against G. W. Labat, M. T. Dastugne against W. L. Cohen, W. W. Tuttle against T. O. Miller, W, C. Harder against
S. W. Green, O. H. Fohmer against Joseph Wilkins, Jacob Hoffman
against N. S. Gottschalk, E. J. Cain against J. D. Brown, R. P. Jackson against J. E. Gayle, L. A. Gilly against JaraesULouis, R. EL. Sadler against J. E. Higgins and A. C. Matthern against J. A. Sem-
ple.
THE NEGRO OMNDIANAPOLIS DY A. H. MALONEY
XII. THE UNDERWORLD As one takes a cross section of
current society the phenomenon of the t underworld obtrudes itself. Ttis a real part of the social whole. The underworld is one of the social by-products of civilization just as the human vermiform appendix or the cencer is a physical by-prod-parent. Tin* issues of civilization breeds its insinuating blessings and the same mother gives birth to off-’ springs that rise up to curse five parent. The issues of covilization are not altogether good. There is “poison inVhe pot,” there are counterfeits among the genuine coins. This is thv UNDERWORLD. The burden *ot ? his ^article is a social evaluation a' thiS underworld as it
exists in th LIKE THE
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city'of Indianapolis,
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In Indianapolis th^-underworld is zoned off, territorially to some extent, but this is as far as the zoning goes. We think of Indiana Avenue from New York to North Sts., inclusive, as the domain of t h e underworld. This mode of delimitation, however, is purely arbitrary and artificial. As a matter of fact there is no hard-and-fast charting off of such a zone. The thing is like an octopus. Its center is fixed there but its pedicles radiate in evevery direction and take in the entire city in its fel embrace. The best that can be said of it is that it is primarily there but secondarily everywhere. Its fringes are to be found ramifying themselves and in sinuattng themselves Into evel nook and corner of the city where Negroes dwell.
This
parent
from geography to life; from place to pedple. There is no particular that one can pick out and
group
call thb UNDERWORLD GROUP to
the utlter exclusion of all the
ers. T
the m
ry on constit
number
truth is more strikingly apwhen attention is diverted
he underworld is a hetero-
geneous crowd made up of
notorious characters (these a|re in
nority), and characters
like Djr. Jeekel and Mr. Hyde, car-
oth-
some
who.
dual'existence. This type utes the vast majority (|f the In a loosely arranged so-
cial order, such
as obtains [here, cannons of societal no accredited stand-
may be at the march” among d be picked up In a raid on
aiiicyiHki
some den tomorrow bight. His good luck in escaping arrest for any length of time is dependent large* ly upon the degree of vigileneej of the 4‘Jightening squad,” and the way in which the proprietor liyes up to his contract with the officer on the beat, DOOR KNOB SANCTITY ft is erro.neous to run off with the assumption that the personnel of the underworld is “a group apart.’,’ This is not so. The halo of respectability that encircles many a head is but the attenuated cloud of the thick atmosphere of the dens of the underworld. It is f41se to assume that the habitat of the underworld is in a certain locality. There are publip hotiR^a^ tjagt (Continued on page 4)
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VETERAN ATTORNEY SUCCUMRS
James T. V. Hill, a veteran attorney and long time adherent to the Democratic party, died at his home at 1619 Martindale avenue, Monday. Mr. Hill was born at Chil(icothe, O., Oct. 27, 1854. He attended school at Chillicothe. He came to this city in 1874. He was employed as a barber nd later bought out a uncle’s tarber shop. At one time he was n the U. S. mail service. Mr. Hill Studied law at the Central Law school, the first law school established in the state, and he was the first colored man to attend. He graduated from the school 46 years ago an-d practiced law up until the time of his death. In 1890 he served on the Marion county grand jury the first colored man to serve on a grand jury in the state. —t one time he was a deputy prosecuting attorney serving four years. He also served as special judge in the courts Of Judge Cox, Judge Lahfr and
Judge Thornton.
He was one of the first members <J)f the, hoard of directors of the
WOMAN SAY STORE KEEPI ATTACKED HEI
Made Improper Pro) Tore Her Clothes In Scuffle
Ben Hartman, age 66, 3113 Central Ave., was arrested by Detectives Sneed and Carter at 729 N. West St., last Friday on a warrant filed by M Margaret Dowell, 429 Michigan St. HartmanJ w] operates a grocery at t West St. address, fac< charges of assault and battery and attempt to rape, ferred by Mrs. Dowell. Mrs. Dowell told Officers Sne and Carter she went into the eery at the West St. address t make a purchase shortly aft 8:30 last Thursday evening, on way home from visiting a frie: She ordered a lamp chim Hartman said he did not have lamp chimneys. The woman state! as she started out of the store, Hartman made an improper pro-
sal to her. ‘
She informed him she would hot accept the proposal. Hartman, however, walked up to her and zegan to put his hands aroun^her
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member of Simpson M. E. church. The local colored attorneys passed resolutions of condolence to the family of Mr. Hill. The Indiana Democratic club also passed resolutions commending Mr. Hill’s service to the party and expressing sympathy, for the family in their
bereavement.
The funeral was held at Simpson M. E. church Wednesday afternoon. Rev. E. A. ^hite, pastor.
V X AA W V V LL • A A T • * a • A A • ^ V A A V> f * J A. W X , officiated. The burial was at Crown
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There are 28 telephones for each 100 of the population in the
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the woman asserts. She scufflec with him and he tore her dress in several places. Mrs. Dowell says | she screamed and pushed Hart-
man away.
Hartman repeated his proposal she. says and contlmreti scream. He then offered her 2E few apples and told her nc tell anyone. Afterwards he ed her out the front door, l( ed the door and turned out tl
light.
As she stood on the sidewall after Hartman pushed her out si met a man, Charles Williams, liams had come across the stre Mrs. Dowell states Williams 84 he had seen what Hartman done to her and was coming her relief. The two tried to make Hartman open the door but he would not. It is reported Hartman h£ made advances towards Colored! women beforej, He is married anc htvs five children.
NEW YORK RENDEZVOUS KNOWN AS LULU BELLE j CLUB; REPUTED A DI
NEW YORK. Feb. 24.—Accord-1 ing to the pojice, more than 30 men dressed as w’omen have been arrested in the last few weeks at the Lulu Belle Club, 341 Lenox avepue, near 127th street, where five ore were taken into custody last aturday night, all dressed In lowCut evening gowms and fur wraps. They were Lloyd Kauffman, of Brooklyn; Henry Girvaurd, Brooklyn; Harold Pullon and Edward Deag, both of White Plains, and Lafayette Maurice. \ ; When arraigned in Heights^ Court before Magistrate Ewald, v they w’ere fined $25 each and sent to jail because they could not pay the fine. The magistrate stated he had received numerous complaints about the club. Detectives Kennealy and Fenelon of the Sixth Division told the court that they were dining at the Lulu Belle club and were ap-
proached by the five men who ed them if they wanted to take auto ride. They consented and 1 the “girls” they knew a place” at 152d St. gnd Amsterc Ave. Arriving at their destination, tl “girls” were simply horrified learn they had driven to the lice station. They confronted Lieutenant in silk stocklr sleeveless evening gowns of sot tinted crepe de chine and light wraps. About a week ago a w&ite phan girl,” who w’as alleged to 1 a hostess at the Lulu Belle was arrested, but in Hei court “she” proved to be the ward son of a woman in Brookl who fainted when she saw him girl’s clothes. It is reported tt day after he had been released < suspended sentence he was on the street In the same to* rn : == ■ ac 3Be3g
LILY-WHITES CMRY BATTLE IH LOUISIA
Seeks To Restrain Negro Republican Leaders- From
ing On State Central Committee
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 24.— (By The Associated Negro Press) —A temporary restraining order was issued Friday at Baton Rouge, La„ agaiinst B. V. Baranco, who for the past twenty yeara, has been East Baton Rouge’s representative on the Republican State entral committee^tp refrain him m exercising tilf duties of tliat ice an^, to shcrif caqse Feb. 27 hy Marfiti C. GoC a white map ected By the committee at the
rece
{Alexandria, .flies6 duties.
\r
should not take up
Goff in his petition claimed Baranco “In conspiracy with tain members of the State Ce Republican committee and claiming to be members unless restrained, attempt urp his own rights as a The suit is similar to o
ing filed in Ascension
in certai«nWards in New where vacancies on the e wer* filled by the committ Alexandria,-Just where'
of those selected.attem elections: the day of ' primary, January *
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