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REV. JOSEPH STRONG DIES Masoris GatherFor Session VOL.I, NO.16 REV Mason Minn. Historica Minn. Historica Saint Paul Min. TWO HUNDRED TO BE IN CITY FOR ANNUAL SESSION United Supreme Council to Convene at Union Hall Monday Morning. MANY PROMINENT MASONS TO ATTEND SESSION Twin City Masonic Fraternity Plans Elaborate Reception For Visitors. For the first time the United Supreme Council of the 33rd and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the U. S. A., will meet west of Chicago when the Supreme Council convenes in this city, May 7, 8, 9, as the guest of the Northern Star Consistory No. 14, A. A. S. R., aided by the general Masonic fraternity of the Twin Cities. The council will be presided over by Dr. Summer Furniss, 33' of Indianapolis, M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander. Sunday evening, May 7th, the Annual Services will be held at St. James A. M. E. church, Jay and Fuller avenue at 7:30. Governor J. A. O. Preus will speak, Bishop Levi J. Coppin of Philadelphia, will preach the annual sermon. The public is requested to be in their seats on time in order that the services will not have to be interrupted. Monday at 9 a. m. the Council will formally open their 41st annual session at Union Hall, corner Kent street and Aurora avenue. This session promises to be one of the most important held in a number of years. A general revision of the Scottish Rite Constitution comes up for approval, and action will be taken for the acquiring of a permanent home for the Supreme Council in Philadelphia. Tuesday evening there will be a public banquet tendered the visitors at Union Hall which the public is cordially invited to attend. Tickets may be secured from any member of (Continued on page 4) Ethel Waters Sings Over Radiophone Famous "Blues" Singer Has Honor of Being First Negro to Sing Over Radio. (Associated Negro Press) New Orleans, La., May 4.—Crowds have been overflowing the Lyric Theatre here wanting to hear Ethel Waters sing the "Down Home Blues." Miss Waters and her far-famed Black Swan Troubadours have been playing and singing to packed houses during the past week here. This company composed of singers and players who make Black Swan Records and who have been on tour for over five months, attracted so much attention that the New Orleans Dally Item, one of the largest White dailies in the South, engaged the Company to sing and play their famous Jazz number, Down Home Blues and other songs, over the Radiophone through the New Orleans broadcasting station. The concert was hear in five states and in Mexico and thousands of radio fans listened to a Colored girl sing through the air. Miss Waters who has broken many records on this trip, adds another star to her laurels by being the first Colored girl to sing over the radio. She was accompanied by the Black Swan Jazz Masters under the direction of F. B. Henderson, Jr. THE NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN Will Preside at 41st Annual Session of Supreme Council M. S. S. "Lynch Law Must Go" Is Sue of N. A. A. C. P. in Nation Spring Drive for New M Passage of Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill is Urged by Nation's Forces Throughout the Country—Respon Success of Anti-Lynching Law is Laid to Republ "Lynch Law Must Go" Is Slogan of N. A. A. C. P. in Nation-wide Spring Drive for New Members Passage of Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill is Urged by Entire Association's Forces Throughout the Country—Responsibility of the Success of Anti-Lynching Law is Laid to Republican Party. (Associated Negro Press) New York City, May 4—"Lynch Law must Go" is the slogan of the Spring Drive of the N. A. A. C. P., which opened Monday April 24, and will culminate in an anti-lynching conference in Newark, N. J., from June 18 to 23. The entire weight of the Association's forces, throughout the United States, is being applied in an organized pressure toward the enactment by the Senate of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, H. R. 13, already passed by the House of Representatives. conclusion. The N. A. A. C. P. campaign on the Dyer Bill has already been begun in two states, Michigan and New Jersey, where local election are made to hinge on that issue. Colored voters and the press throut out the country are being asked to make it clear that the Republican party will be held responsible for non-performance of its duty and its pledge to pass some such legislation as the Dyer Bill. Secretary Johnson's Statement. In opening the N. A. A. C. P. spring drive, James Weldon Johnson, Secre- There is no doubt felt in the National offices of the N. A. A. C. P. that President Harding will sign the measure if and when the Senate enacts it. In fact the President's signature is looked upon as a foregone Meharry Medical School Has Most Successful Year Meharry Medical School Has Most Successful Year Nashville, Tenn., May 4—Meharry Medical college has passed through one of its most successful scholastic years, and the condition of the buildings, equipment, curriculum, etc., of the institution is excellent, according to the report of Dr. N. P. Colwell, secretary of the council of medical education and hospitals of the American Medical society, who recently inspected every department of the institution. "More improvements have been made in this institution during the last few months than in all the years since 1906. I found a well arranged, well conducted medical school where active teaching was everything in evidence," says Dr. Colwell. --- It Go" Is Slogan P. in Nation-wide for New Members Bill is Urged by Entire Associa- Country—Responsibility of the is Laid to Republican Party. conclusion. The N. A. A. C. P. campaign on the Dyer Bill has already been begun in two states, Michigan and New Jersey, where local election are made to hinge on that issue. Colored voters and the press throut out the country are being asked to make it clear that the Republican party will be held responsible for non-performance of its duty and its pledge to pass some such legislation as the Dyer Bill. Secretary Johnson's Statement. In opening the N. A. A. C. P. spring drive, James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the Association said: "The Dyer Bill was passed in the House of Representatives because Colored people in the United States worked together for that end. It will be passed in the Senate for the same reason. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People believes that the Dyer Bill is an excellent object lesson in the value of working together. If we can accomplish so much in one direction, we can in others as well. Therefore, we want active, enthusiastic members. If half a million Colored Americans join the N. A. A. C. P., each individual will be part of an immense power working through organized machinery, which will make the Negro's just claims felt in the Nation. For the Negro, as for all humanity, 'In Union There is Strength,' "Join the N. A. A. C. P." Southern Branches Active. Southern Branches are especially active in the N. A. A. C. P. drive this year, among them being the branches in Houston, El Paso, Corpus Christi and Dallas, Texas. Houston (Continued on page 3) ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDA Y MAY 6, 1922 U.S. Government Grants Liberia $5,000,000 Loan Ways and Means Committee Grants Liberian Loan After Four Years of Parley. (Associated Negro Press) Washington, D. C., May 4.—By a vote of 13 to 9, the House Ways and Means Committee favorably reported the Fordney resolution authorizing a loan of $5,000,000 to the Republic of Liberia. The credit was first authorized in 1918, after Liberia entered the war on the side of the Allies, but was never put through. Secretary Hughes, appearing before the committee urged that the resolution be adopted as "a matter of national honor," and denied that the legislation had been advocated by American banking interests, whom, he said, held only a fraction of outstanding Liberian bonds. Stepfather Charged With Shooting Son James Bronson, St. Paul Boxer, Shot—Believed Result of Family Fued. The police are holding John Bacon, 50 years old, pending investigation of the shooting that occurred last Sunday night, at which time James S. Bronson, 25 years old, step-son of Bacon, was shot through the heart and killed instantly. The shooting was the outcome of a feud between the young man and his step-father. Bacon has admitted the shooting of his step-son, according to the police. The shooting occurred at the home of the young man, 491 Mississippi street. Grove street. Bacon lives at 922 Bronson was a well known and well-liked fellow in the puglistic circles around the Twin Cities. He had been on amateur and professional boxing cards around the Twin Cities for the past five years. LOCAL EX-SERVICE MEN ORGANIZE LEGION POST The ex-service men of St. Paul organized the Leslie Lawrence Post of the American Legion on Thursday evening, May 4, at the residence of Sam Ransom, 292 St. Albans street. Eleven men were present and Sam Ransom was elected Chief Commander, Nathaniel Coleman, Secretary, Hugh Schucks, Treasurer. Other necessary officers were elected. The proper forms of application blanks were filled out and will be completed at the next meeting of the post on May 16 at the home of Hugh Schucks, 665 University avenue at 8:00 p. m. The fine luncheon served by Commander Ransom stimulated such good interest that Mr. Schucks decided to end the next meeting with a buffet lunch and smoker. All ex-service men are welcome and their application for membership is solicited. JURY DISAGREES IN LARCENY CASE The jury in the case of Marie Washington, Duluth, who was charged with second degree larceny by the Great Northern Railway Co. for stealing from passengers on the company's sleeper enroute to Minneapolis from Duluth, April 12, returned a verdict of 9-3 for acquittal early Friday morning in district Judge H. D. Dickinson's court, Minneapolis. The jury had been out since 3 P. M. Wednesday. Attorney Glesner Fowler was the attorney for the defense. The next issue of THE BULLETIN will be the "Own Your Own Home Edition." THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS BY FIRE IN NORFOLK, VA. Raging Fire Annihilates Colored Section of City; Million Dollar Damage Done. RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS GIVE FOOD TO VICTIMS Firemen Check Blaze After Six City Blocks are Entirely Swept of Dwellings. (Associated Negro Press) Norfolk, Va., May 4.—Two thousand persons are homeless today as a result of the million dollar fire which wiped out the Colored section of Berkley last Thursday afternoon, leaving a mass of burned debris three quarters of a mile long and two city blocks wide. Both colored and white relief organizations are collecting funds and tents have been erected to shelter the victims and soup kitchens to feed them. Th fire started at the end of the Main street waterfront, and sparks soon carried the blaze to the wooden buildings occupied by Colored people. Culpepper, Appomatox, Craig, Middlesex, Louisa and Liberty streets were entirely swept of dwellings. Firemen checked the disaster at Berkley avenue, where hundreds of Colored people had stacked their furniture in First Baptist Chuch, and the handsome Abraham Lincoln school, certain that the fire would not cross the avenue, Magnolia Cemetery, also on Berkley avenue was used by the refugees to store all manner of household goods from ruins. Because of the wooden construction of this section, the fire spread with marvelous rapidity and many were the deeds of heroism. One Culpepper street family saved only the body of a dead relative lying in a coffin in the front room. A white sailor rushed into a squalid dwelling and saved a colored woman and five children whose mother was too frightened by the disaster to move. Only eight of the 120 families registered as homeless at the Berkley Police Station were white. Governor Bars Klan Members from Guard Oklahoma Governor Tells Klan Members to Stay Out of National Guard. (Associated Negro Press) Oklahoma City, Okla., May 4.—Governor Robertson issued a general order stating there is no room in the Oklahoma National Guard for any officer or man man who owes allegiance to any power, secret organization or society that might become the State of Oklahoma and its laws, arryed against the United States or The order is aimed against membership in the Ku Klux Klan. The order sets out that what purports to be proof has been furnished the governor and adjutant general that a number of officers of the guard hold membership in the Klux and warns against swearing allegiance to any organization that at any time may "require the services of the guard to suppress." "In such a case" it continues, "The guardsmen would be crucified between the two allegiances. If there are either officers or men in the guard involved in any such organization, they must immediately forswear the organization or get out of the guard." The order was characterized by Governor Robertson as a "warning" rather than an outgrowth of "any particular condition." Adj. Gen. Charles F. Barrett said that thus far only one officer has been directly involved in alleged Ku Klux Klan activities. He has been relieved from duty. Elected Mayor of Saint Paul 195 STREET Peter Replaces Smith in Council Commissioner of Public Safety Only Member of Present Council Not Re-elected—Nelson Wins. Arthur E. Nelson was elected mayor of St. Paul last Tuesday with the largest vote and the biggest majority ever received by a candidate for this office in the history of the city. He received over 32,000 votes giving him a majority of more than 13,000 over William Mahoney, labor candidate. Present members of the city council were re-elected, with the exception of Commissioner A. E. Smith, William J. Peter was elected in his place. Comptroller Jesse Foot was re-elected with a majority of 6,000 votes over W. F. Scott. Labor Elects Two. Labor elected only two out of 10 candidates on its ticket. The successful ones were Commissioners H. C. Wenzel and J. M. Clancy. The Voters' Carry-On-Club elected 10 of those 14 candidates it endorsed. Those on the Carry-on-Club ticket failing of election were George C. Sudheimer and Henry Dylin, for the councilmen; Thomas F. Ryan, for constable at large and Joseph Villeux for justice of the peace in the 10th and 11th wards. The officials elected who will begin their terms next month are Mr. Nelson, mayor; Mr. Foot, comptroller; Mr. Peter and Commissioners Wenzel Ferguson, McDonald, Clancy and Matson, councilmen; John W. Beerner and John W. Finehout, municipal judges; John L. Rounds, conciliation court judge; John F. Doyle and W. L. Kelley, justices of the peace at large; W. B. Miller and E. W. Hanff constables at large; D. D. Kennedy, 6th ward constable; Angus Weaver, 6th ward justice of the peace; Jesse A. Lewis, justice of the peace, 10th and 11th wards. C. J. Walker Agents To Hold Conference in Chicago May 11 A call has been issued by the Madam C. J. Walker Mfg. Co. for its agents of the Fourth Regional District, comprising the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois, to meet at the Pilgrim Baptist Temple, 33rd and Indiana Avenue Chicago, Illinois, May 11 and 12, for the purpose of discussing ways and means of better serving the general public, their larger number of patrons and of learning the latest modes in beauty culture. Scientific lectures and demon- MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRICE, 5 CENTS DIES FALLS DEAD AT CONFERENCE IN SIOUX CITY, IA. Had Just Finished Making Brilliant Address Before A. M. E. Church Conference. DEATH BELIEVED DUE TO ACUTE INDIGESTION Entire Conference Mourns Death of the Well-Known Christian Leader. Rev. Joseph S. Strong, 58, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church of this city, fell dead Wednesday afternoon a few minutes after he had delivered a stirring address at Malone A. M. E. church, Sioux City, Iowa, where the district conference and Sunday school convention of the African Methodist Episopal church was in session. His death is believed to have been due to acute indigestion. Rev. Strong was attending the conference, representing Bethel A. M. E. church, 190 Thomas St., where he had been pastor for several yeas. He had been a figure at A. M. E. conferences for a number of years and his sudden death was a great shock at the conference. Besides being known in the A. M. E. church, Rev. Strong was widely-known as a charity worker and was connected with the Union Gospel Mission here. He was also a member of Gopher Lodge No. 105 and G. U. O. of O. F. lodge. Surviving are six children, three sons and three daughters, his wife having died a little over two months ago. Funeral services will be at St. James A. A. M. Church, cor. Fuller and Jay street, at 2 p. m., Tuesday, May 9th under the auspices of Gopher Lodge, No. 105, I. B. P. O. E. W. Racial Conference To Meet in Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church will Study Negro Leadership at Conference May 10-14. Atlanta, Ga., May 4.—The entire South is greatly interested in the plan of the Methodist Episcopal Church to devote serious study to city Negro Leadership. The first conference of city leaders of the M. E. Church to study the task of the city church from the racial and inter-racial point of view will be held in this city, May 10-14 and is called together by the Bureau of Negro Work of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the M. E. Church of which Dr. W. A. C. Hughes of Philadelphia is director and Dr. N. P. Burns of Philadelphia is superintendent. While in Atlanta the delegates, mostly pastors of the Negro city, M. E. Churches will be the guests of the Atlanta City Mission and Church Extension Society of the M. E. Church. Bishop Ernest G. Richardson, Atlanta, Ga., will give the keynote speech on Wednesday morning, May 10th and present the greetings for the M. E. Churches. In the evening Bishop R. E. Jones, New Orleans, La. will give an address on "The Uplift of the Negro and his Place in Civilization," and Dr. N. P. Burns, Philadelphia will speak on "The Centenary Program as Applied to City Churches." On Thursday morning Dr. Pezavia O'Connell, Professor of Sociology, Morgan College, Baltimore, Md., will speak on "An Economic and Social Study." strations will be given and officers will be elected for the conference, which is a part of the national convention of Madam C. J. Walker Agents, which will meet in Baltimore, Md., August 16, 17 and 18. Join N. A. A. C. P.1 THE NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN Published Weekly by the Bulletin Publishing Co. 408 Court Block St. Paul, Minn. Phone: Garfield 8480 WALTER H. CHESNUTT ..... Managing Editor JAMES R. JOHNSON ..... Ass't Mgr. Editor GEORGE MANNING ..... City Editor HARRY DAVIS ..... Sport Editor One year, $2.00; Six Months, $1.00; Three Months, $.50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1922, at the postoffice at St. Paul, Minn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Member ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS "First in Service." THE ELECTION The votes have been cast and counted. The city election is over. Saint Paul voters have elected the men who are to run the city's affairs for the coming two years. Thus another task has been partly completed. The rest remains to be done. With the one exception of H. J. Crepeau, who polled over 22,000 votes in the councilmanic race, the entire ticket The Bulletin recommended to its readers was elected. It is with profound satisfaction we speak of these results for we see in Tuesday's election the victorious results of a campaign by men who were not candidates of any particular class or group but represented the vast majority, consequently we have a right to demand and a better chance to get the acknowledgement we ask for. In the election of Arthur E. Nelson as mayor we have a friend as a people and a man who has pledged himself to serve to the best interests of Saint Paul with "Special privileges to None" which means he has nothing to sell to the citizens of Saint Paul, but service. Because he is young, energetic, efficient and bent on making a success, his term in office promises to be the kind of administration Saint Paul needs. His work is before him. The present city council with the one exception of Comissioner A. E. Smith of the Department of Public Safety, was re-elected. William J. Peter was elected to take his place in the city council. Still, the final outcome of the councilmanic race clearly shows that the voters of Saint Paul re-elected men to office whose records and abilities justified their re-election. In the race for comptroller, Jesse Foot decidedly triumphed over his competitor Wm. F. Scott, labor candidate in spite of the eleventh hour attacks made against him. Judges J. W. Finehout and J. W. Boerner were easily re-elected to the municipal court again. Judge John L. Rounds' record in the new conciliation court was appreciably remembered by the voters of Saint Paul who gave him a record vote. W. L. Kelly and John Doyle received the hearty endorsement of the city's voters by their election as justices of the peace. So, again we say that we regard the election with satisfaction, believing that the men who make up the next administration in Saint Paul, to be fair minded, progressive men worthy of your co-operation and support. SELF-APPOINTED LEADERS There is a tendency on the part of some people just about time election rolls around to present themselves to candidates for public offices as leaders "among their people" or otherwise in a position to use their influence to advantage. Among the St. Paul colony there are a few of our people. While we know it is the duty of some of our citizens to represent us in politics especially when it comes to a discussion of civic affairs, these self appointed leaders who go out offering "to use their influence" for sixteen pieces of silver, etc., are just the sort of scamps who make it hard for the true leader of our people to be justly recognized. It is an evil that the better thinking Colored people are fighting against in nearly every large city in the country. It is an evil that must be curtailed. Such self appointed leaders usually stand for the wrong things offsetting our advance along this line and the sooner we detect them in their work and expose them, the sooner the Colored man's part in politics both here and elsewhere will assume a different and brighter aspect. WELCOME YE MASONS St. Paul welcome the United Supreme Council 33 A. A. S. R. Masons of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, its officers, its members and friends. We are exceedingly glad to have you meet with us. Not only do we feel highly honored to be your host the first time you have brought your session so far west, but we feel esteemly honored by the presence of men whose achievements in the fraternal world is so highly recognized. We feel extremely safe in saying that the warm hospitality we shall endeavor to make you feel is only part of what we possess. Time will not permit the rest. From every angle, we wish you a most successful session. If you live much with people of law-flying ideals, with no real life purpose, you will put yourself in the failure thought-current. Your very being will become saturated with things that you want to get away from. CONTEMPORARIES CONTEMPORARIES BIGGEST "COLOR LINE" LIE. (By Wm. Pickens for Associated Negro Press.) The biggest of all "color-line" lies are generally those that attack Colored women. Y. Andrew Roberson, whoever he is, recently supported this phase of anti-Negro lying, perhaps unconsciously or unwittingly, when he wrote his article about color lines within the Negro race, which was published in Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. The Literary Digest says Roberson is Colored. We have always noticed that a man of any race always help that race or hurt that race more than any man out of the race can hurt or help it. When the case of the Negro is to be most properly messed up, it takes a Negro to do the messing. We have already written a statement on the viciousness of the implication of this article, which statement will be published, if it does not reach print even before this editorial. But the editor of the greatest Negro news service asked us if we had taken not of that part of Roberson's article which reflected on the motives of lighter-skinned colored women who marry men a shade darker than themselves. We would prefer for these women to speak for themselves. There are millions of them who would like to give the lie to the implication that they marry darker skinned men for the low and unromantic purpose of a "meal ticket" that they are deceiving their husbands and searing their souls. But our opportunity to speak is better than theirs. We know them and we will speak for them. Perhaps 90 per cent of all the couples who love or get married in the American Negro group, are people who differ in the shades of their color,—and they differ in all directions in both sexes, and to both extremes: sometimes the woman is a "white Negro" and the man black, and sometimes the man is a "white Negro" and the woman black. But the insinuations of Roberson's article are an insult to all the millions of lighter skinned colored wives and mothers whose husbands and whose children are dark. He insinuated that they married these men and reared these children simply to get their bread and meat. He does not explain how it is that so many thousands of these women have married men who had less money than the women themselves had, nor does he explain why so many black women are married to lighter-skinned men who were more advanced than the women both in educational attainment and in money. There are many ignorant white people who are ready to say that light-skinned colored women are without virtue, and the monstrous implication of Roberson's article supports this lie. Of course the American Negro does not attempt to preserve his color and feature, for the simple reason that he has all the colors and all the features. Which one must he preserve? One is worth just as much as the other. The Negro in Africa might speak of "preserving" his characteristics, but not the group called "colored" in the United States. This group is now cosmopolitan in the matter of physical features. If it continues to be a separate group, it may some day be uniformed into a type. If so, it will then be a new thing under the sun, neither African nor Caucasian nor Mongolian. The American Negro would be a thousand races by himself, if he as a group cared for colors. Of course, there are individual fools, some light, some dark, who are worried about their color,—and this man Roberson undoubtedly lives less than a thousand miles from one of them. But the group called Negro-American has stronger duties of interest than mere visual appearances. There are no more loyal members of the group than the colored women of all colors. A NATION OF TOMORROWS Of course, we all have become familiar with the old phrase, "If, but and perhaps," and it is hoped that we have received much lasting benefit from it. They are words, yes, but in our day of modern learning and prompting of speed and wealth we have relegated these to the scrap heap—and rightfully so. They mean not a thing in our lives—that is, if we shun them. There is still another old word that we must get away from—and quickly, too, if the Negro intends to cope with modern civilization. We, as a race have allowed ourselves to drift into the habit of tomorrow. TOMORROW! What is tomorrow but faith? How do we know that tomorrow is going to come, save and except that it has always come? Who is there to vouch for tomorrow but an infinite mercy that has kept on setting up the pins in the other alley of our destiny. Why is it that we so often look forward for tomorrow with uncertainty and look backward upon yesterday with indifference. Do you realize that there were 1,599,575 tomorrows, following the birth of Moses to this very tomorrow—the same kind of tomorrows that lasted but twenty-four and passed on to make history of our yesterday? There is no tomorrow save in the imagination, save in the reckoning of recurrence. The long heralded tomorrow has always vanished at the threshold and we accept the passport without question, when in the glory of a dawning she tells us that she is but today. No weary pilgrim has ever reached his tomorrow, how can we hope for it? What an easy alibi, how liquid, how soft for the dreamer. No wonder old Mexico has never arrived and never will until she drops it? No wonder old Spain in all her pristine glory has been standing on her own foot for a double century. No wonder a few more of us are suffering decadence, waiting, ever waiting for Manana. Oh we like tomorrow, we like her because we have never seen her; we believe in her promises, yet her promised arrival has dated from the beginning of the world and she isn't here yet. Come on, let's not fool ourselves, there's work to do. It's only the today which counts and but the yesterday which hurts. "Get thee hence frail wight before the man of life excelleth thee." If prosperity is tomorrow, and she isn't, she can only land on the harbor of today.—Indianapolis Ledger. That Christian religion has always existed on earth, which consists in believing that man has fallen from a state of glory and of communion with God into a state of sorrow, penitence and estrangement, but that after this life, we shall be restored by a Savior who should have come. NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN Church News Memorial Baptist Church Last Sunday morning, Rev. J. W. Harris preached a fine sermon on "Mission" a subject dealing with missionary work. Many visitors who heard his message went away highly pleased. In the evening, the pastor chose as his subject, "Walking with God" a highly spiritual sermon. His remarks were well received. Revival services open, tomorrow morning. Rev. Harris will preach both morning and evening. He will also administer the Lord's Supper. Dr. Clinton A. Wallace, of Peoria, Ill., will arrive Tuesday to conduct revival meetings until May 19th at which time Dr. George W. Kimble of Texas will arrive. Dr. Samuel A. Mosely of Tabernacle Baptist Church and president of the Western Baptist Convention will be in Saint Paul June 1. He will remain in the city two days for the ordination of deacons of this church. St. Philip Episcopal Church The Rectors Council of St. Philip's church met on Tuesday evening, April 25. The Church Repair Committee reported that the roof and side walls of the church, and also the cleaning, had been completed. The treasurer reported the Easter offering of $304. The committee voted $216 to pay for repairs to date, and authorized the start of the remodeling of the kitchen; the estimate on it being $155. The Council will meet with the general church meeting on May 9, at which time several important announcements will be made. Visitors welcome at all services! FOR EXPERT AUTO REPAIRING SEE EUGENE McCULAR Expert Auto Mechanic 323 Farrington Ave. Call Dale 0605 or Dale 9230 POMPEIA POCKET BILLIARD PARLOR Bill Jones, Prop. 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FRENCH SURGEON-DENTIST 2 DETROIT BLDG. Cedar 4044 St. Paul St. Anthony Hill Provision Co. Meats and Groceries Poultry and Fish Phone N.W. Dale 0818 559 St. Anthony Ave. Phone Main 8373 CAMPBELL'S Pool and Billiards Soft Drinks, Candies, Cigars 617 N. 5th St. Minneapolis Res. Tel: Dale 7030 My Motto: "What I do, I do well." Paul F. Manteuffel, Plumbing Jobbing Promptly Attended to Estimates Furnished 436 N. Dale St. Near University Ave., Saint Paul, Minn. MAY BLACK MASON Mexzo Soprano Available for CONCERTS AND RECITALS OPERA ORATORIO French, German, Italian Residence and Studio 1045 Cross Ave. Phone 2668 St. Paul Elkhurst 3007 ENGELBERT GROCERY Fancy Groceries and Confection 678 Rondo St. St. Paul BATE'S CAFE MEALS—35c Homecooking and Home Dining Room 449 Rondo Street St. Paul PROTECT YOUR INCOME HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE W. T. Olds AGENT Federal Casualty Company 405-6 Guardian Life Bldg. Garfield 1610 Res. Elk 2583 WALL PAPER PRICES 50% LOWER! ALBION W. 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CADILLAC LIMOUSINE CARS RIDE IN COMFORT Minneapolis Minnesota THANN'S CAFE 40 East Third St. Reserved at All Hours At the Most Reasonable Prices. AND HIGH CLASS ENTERTAINING EVERY NIGHT TABLES RESERVED FOR PARTIES 9088 Saint Paul Meals Served at All Hours At the Most Reasonable Prices. MUSIC AND HIGH CLASS ENTERTAINING EVERY NIGHT TABLES RESERVED FOR PARTIES 1012 Rondo St. St. Paul, Minn. DON'T DELAY, FILL OUT THIS SUBSCRIPTION BLANK AT ONCE AND SEND IT TO OUR OFFICE Meals Served at MUSIC AND HIGH TAB Phone Cedar 9088 CANNONS DE PARTICULAS TELÉC. MAR SLEEP TO LIVERY SERVICE Experienced and Careful Drivers SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA CADILLAC LIMOUSINE CARS Minneapolis Minnesota First Aid To Beauty Cannon's Toilet Articles when once used prove their invaluable worth. Where other preparations fall CANNON'S TOILET PREPARATIONS give immediate and absolute satisfaction. If your druggist cannot supply your requirements, write to the home office. THE CANNON TOILET MF'G. CO. eee National Musicians : : Meet in Washington Prominent White Citizens Plan to Attend Concerts Held by Negro Artists. Pee ag eae ane ‘Washington, D. C., May 4.—-Mueh interest is being manifested in the unusual concert “Three Periods in Negro Music” which will be held at the Lincoln Theatre under the aus- pices of the National Negro Music Centre Campaign Committee. It is ‘expected that this wonderful musical extravaganza will be the greatest thing of its kind ever held in Wash- ington. Seldom have so many prom- inent white citizens of this city bought tickets to attend a Colored affair as in this instance, indicating that there is still a strong desire on the part of true music lovers of the other race to hear our best Negro ar- tists, In addition to Florence Cole- Talbert of Detroit, Mich., a member of the Faculty of the Chicago Univer. sity of Music, Kathleen Easmon of ‘West Africa, C. Kamba Simango of East Africa, of international fame, there will appear David I. Martin, Jr., of Poe York, the great cello prodixy and Margaret Fortie of Philadelphia, frequently regarded as our most able reader and whose fame is becoming national. Dr. C. Sumner Wormley and the Wooding Jubilee Quintet will be the local representatives in “Three Periods of Negro Music.” This extraordinary production will bring together a group of the very best Negro artists in the world. It is seldom that so many truly great concert stars are assembled in a mus- feal concert of any kind, most es- pecially in an elaborate historical production such as ‘Three Periods in Negro Music,” which virtually cap- tivated New York last spring when produced at the fashionable town hall on West 43rd street before one of the most representative audiences of society folk and music lovers that ever attended a Negro musical pro- duction. MASONS GATHER FOR ANNUAL SESSION HERE (Continued from page 2) the Arrangement Committee, Reser- vations should be made in advance. At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, the visitors will start from Union Hall on a sightseeing tour of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Pioneer Lodge will entertain the Supreme Couneil at their home, 588 Rondo St., Sunday afternoon. Besides Dr. Furniss, several other prominent Masons are arriving for the session. George Williamson Crawford, New Haven Conn., Lieut. Comander, William H, Miller, Phila. delphia, General Secretary, and Rob- ert H. Weeks, Wilmington, Deb. Treasurer General, are among those enroute here. It is expected that the various deputies from Connecticut to Oregon and from Ohio to Canada will be present. The 23rd Degree will be conferred upon a large class, in- cluding the Grand Masters of Sym. bolic Masonry in New York, IMlinois and Nebraska. Il. William R. Morris of Minne aplois, is deputy for Minnesota, an¢ is responsible to the Supreme Counei for the entertainment and welfare o their members while our guests. Tl, Jose H. Sherwood is chairmat of the General Committee; Ill. Geo L. Hoage, chairman Printing an Program; Ill. John H. Hickman, 3: degree, chairman of Houseing, Wil liam T. Joyce, 32 degree, chairmal Refreshment and Ill. Lewis M. Ter rell, chairman Reception committees Every effort is being made to se that the visiting memebrs of th Council are comfortably situated an no stone is being left unturned t show what real Northwestern hosp tality is. Somebody Wuz Sayin’ that— After people get through talking radio, radio, radio, maybe times will get better. It Raynard Perkins and Maurice Strong would practice the “bitekir wing” at home and not in the middle of the dance hall floor they might be able to put on a better exhibition. ‘When Colored girls get to be “flap pers” west of the Mississippi, ten chances to one, “‘flappers” will be ou of style. a ‘The only things some folks eave for a rainy day is rheumatism. ‘Jazz is cussing in music, When you get mad at your wife put on a jazz record. SPORTS MINNEAPOLIS GOING STRONG FOR BASEBALL Another colored baseball team has been organized in Minneapolis under the management of Alex Irvin, The Gray Devils, as they will be known here after, are young players who promise to make it hard for the other colored teams of that city to remain in the running. The new club has good financial backing, so all that the boys have to do is to produce the goods. BUFFALOES LOSE GAME TO PANTAGES NINE The Minneapolis Buffaloes lost their initial game of the season to the Pantages Baseball nine also of that city by score of 9 to 4. ‘The Buffaloes did not show up as well a8 usual seeming to be off color. The game was played on the. parade grounds, Sunday April 30, and due to the excellent spring weather was very largely attended. Joe Davis and Lee Davis formed the Buffalos’ battery and dd good work. UPTOWN BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATS MINNESOTA CLUB The Uptowns Sanitary Baseball Team won a one sided game from the Minnesota Club colored nine by @ score of 16 to 6, L. Stphens pit- cher for the losers was knocked from the box in the fifth inning after 12 runs had crossed the plate. Harris took the mound and for a time check- ed the slugging of the Uptowns. Davis, who started for the Uptowns held the Club boys to two scores un- til the fifth inning when he was re- lieved by, Steel Arm Roach, the Up. towns young pitching speed demon who would have pulled through with: ‘out allowing a score but for the loose ‘support. | SPORT NOTES ‘The Askine & Marines baseball nine has been greatly strenghtened by several new additions to the team, Their team work has improved won- derfully thus insuring the pubile of some real scientific baseball. The team’s schedule is said to be full, They will begin playing prob- ably next week on their schedule. The Uptown Sanitary Baseball team will play the Sculley Equipment Co, nine, Sunday May 7 at 11 a. m. Everybody is saked to come and sup- port the boys. HARRY WILLS MAY BOX DEMPSEY IN ENGLAND Wills will not sail for Europe un- til May 15 or after. Wire was re- ceived from George McDonald, Eng- lish fight pomoter, by Dia Dolling English fight manager, now in New York, thus opening negotiations for a championship bout to be held in London this summer, Wills announ- ced that he would sail on the first boat to England for a chance at Dempsey’s crown, but later found that it would be impossible for him ‘to leave sooner than May 15. English sport enthusiasts say that a Wills-Dempsey fight in London will draw as large a crowd as if it were held in Boyles Thirty Acres as there As no prejudice to a mixed fight in London, PIPER “NINE” WINS | GAME FROM ST. JOHN Hamline University baseball team opened their conference season Wed- nesday with a 7to 4 victory over the strong St. John’s team at Collegeville, Minn. Sam Stephens, former Me- chanie Arts star pitcher, hurled the game for the Pipers, while Fox pitch- ed for the losers. Stephens held the Johnnies hitless for seven innings but in the eighth frame they broke loose and made a total of seven hits before the last man was out. Hamline made twelve hits and recetved three passes during the game while Stephens is- sued no passes in the nine innings, KID WARE CHALLENGES WRIGHT OF MINNEAPOLIS Frank Ware, St. Paul battler as- serts that he is willing to meet Kid ‘Wright of Minneapolis any time, any place, and at any weight. Ware, ir answer to Wright's statement made in @ pervious issue of the Bulletin that he wanted to fight Ware but that the latter was reluctant, says that if Wright wishes to fight him it will be & very easy matter to satisty him on the money proposition, because all he wishes is enough to pay for his time spent in giving Wright a fev cciahins te hexlape RESULTS OF CITY ELECTION in BRIEF For Mayor Arthur E. Nelson ..........0.-...-.82,212 William Mahoney ...............-.-.19.206 Nelson elected. For Council Elected a seed PCE ceeecereeneenereeneneneeecee 28,437, Ferguson o.eeceeesnsenceeenecenee 2,708 Went oceoerneensevreenerseeensnee 27,708 MeDOMANG -eeeeceecereeneceeneee B70 CUAMCY oveerneeerteeneenenceneee 26/401 Defeated SBMIED eecceeeeeeneentenneereneee BBARO DoePND oaseeneenevenenenenteeeene BL TBE NOMIOR rncerreenceneenesneenseneee 18,857 FISNEE cence 16,150 For Comptroller William F, Scott -.ecceconceeoee BB RBZ Foot elected. For Municipal Judge Elected FIMCNOUE eee ceeeeeeeeeneeee BBB Defeated SehrOeMOr eee eserneeneneenee 214198 BORWAPE oeceeceneeneeneneeneee 16,640 For Conciliation Judge Rounds elected. For Justice of Peace Elected Weaver ecreceerneneeceenereeneereee «2/106 Midis oss ee See Defeated FONSON eeeeeceeceeeeersenerne 19,855 VECMOWE ooeeceeccenenneeeeeeeneeee 2916 NINOS ceccenceneeneeeeneeneeneeeeee 16,700 (Doyle and Kelly elected at large. Lewis from Tenth and Eleventh words. Weaver from Sixth, unoppo- sed.) For Constable Blected MINER oo ceceeeeeoceneenenneneeneen 26,643 Remmedy oe eceeceeneeeeeneeneeneeeeee 1,052 ARNG csececiesccseceotnouesss ATEN Defeated Boss cece cseeneenenceneene 14,800 TRGB pereeecenrenrenerere eens AIT “(Kennedy elected from Sixth ward. 2 Elks, Notice Funeral services of Rev. Joseph S. Strong will be held at St, James A. M. E. church, cor. Fuller and Jay streets at 2 o'clock Tuesday after- noon, May 9th. All members of Go- pher lodge, No, 105, I. B. P.O. E. W. are requested to be present promptly at 1:30 p. m. at the chureh by the order of Exalted Ruler. Daughter Elks are also requested to be present. (Signed) A, J. TODD, Sec. FELIX RAINES, E. R. N. A. A. C. P. gave a mass meeting at St. Peters Church May 3, an in- teresting program was rendered for the benefit of the membership drive. | MADAM E. LEWIS | Specialist in hair and scalp treatments. Use the wonderful Creole products and see results. Mc Kissick System For appointments call or write | Main 2016 815 14th Ave. So, Hy. 1066 WILLIAMS BARBER SHOP AND BATH PARLOR A Real First Class Barber Shop 606 Lyndale Ave, N. Minneapolis Phone Dale 8889 ELMER MORRIS —DRUGGIST— Dale & W. Central St, Paul SR ORGERIEBOEEAESHAGONOOE 3, W. Bridges, Mgr. Dale 8601 Stop at the KEYSTONE HOTEL Rooms by Week or Night, Cafe in Connection. Pocket Pool and Billiards, 0, Turner, Barber 879 Carroll Ave. St, Pant Main 2259 Mrs, M. L. Mitchell, Prop. Furnished Rooms “THE KEYSTONE” ' POCKET BILLIARD PARLOR | 1818 Washington Ave, 80, SOFT DRINKS AND CIGARS | Ladies Invited Minneapolis i ‘ . : we EXCLUSIVE ae. 288 an | EXCLUSIVE CLEANERS & DYERS ie Soon or Os ee SNP IRTP PNM TPT PPP MTP MPO Elkhurst 1028 Garfield 2084 418 Rondo st. 158 W. Central Ave. ESTIMATES ON LARGE OR SMALL JOBS GIVEN CHEERFULLY. MOVING EXPRESS STORAGE RUGS CLEANED my FOLLINGS and GIBSON SHIPPING LAKE TRIPS ALL WORK GUARANTEED. oc VERN errr IF YOU THINK you can’t dress well at a very modest figure come to ane oe 818 RONDO STREET and you'll find you can. | SUITS MADE TO ORDER. PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing—Gent’s Furnishings Dale 0605 HARRY LIGAN, Merchant Tailor 818 Rondo St. Merchant Tailor 8t, Paul, Minn. NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN SSS PORTERS AND WAITERS LOCAL UNION TO MEET}: —— 1 The Porters and Waiters Union, local No. 548, will meet at Welcome] ‘Hall on Monday, May 8, at 1:30 P.|' '‘M, The president, Mr. Sid Harris, requests that all members be present because business of importanc will be discussed. EVAN ANDERSON FILES : FOR REPRESENTATIVE): Evan Anderson, lawyer, 504 Court Block, filed his name last week for nomination as a state representative from the 38th district. Mr. Anderson is the son of the late Lawyer J. P. Anderson and is no doubt the young- est colored lawyer in the Northwest. | JUDGE IS JAILED FOR BOOTLEGGING Cape Girardeau, Mo.— Former County Judge Jackson of Mississippi county is under sentence of six months in jail for selling whisky. A jury found him guilty in federal court here. Don’t forget the Elk’s Memorial Day Dance, May 30 at Elk’s Hall, Sixth and Lyndale avenues North. Furnished roofs for rent. J. R. An- derson, 272 St. Anthony Ave. Dale 7642. ; Two furnisted rooms for desirable couple. Best accomodations, 214 W. Central Ave. Dale 4680. wo furnished rooms for light house- keeping for desirable couples. Ap- ply 430 Rondo St. Furnished room for gentleman, 610 University Ave. Phone Elkhurst 4253. ‘Wanted To Rent—Four or five room house or flat, unfurnished. Rooms must be all modern. Willing to pay good rent for right place. If / you think you have the place I _Want call Garfield 8480. FOR SALE—Cadilinc “Eight” tour- ing car. In good mechanical con- dition, Cash or terms. M, J. Os- born, 117 W. University Ave. History Technique Harmony ESTHER E. AKINS ‘Teacher of Pianoforte Private and Class Teaching Dale 8829 298 Rondo St. St. Paul FIRST CLASS TAILORING —see the— Empress Tailors a (11 Wabasha St. Dave Payne, Mgr. Cedar 6670 GIVE ME A CHANCE And have your Garments Dry Cleaned, Pressed and Hats Cleaned and Blocked POLAR WAVE TAILOR SHOP Willie Weeks, Prop. 585 Dupont Ave. N. Hy. 6049 ‘We Call for and Deliver ‘The next issue of THE BULLETIN will be the “Own Your Own Home Edition.” ;. Moore’s Jazz Orchestra Featuring LOUIS SKLAR, well-known Saxophone and Clar- inet Player will entertain at the —Given By — TWIN CITY AMUSEMENT COMPANY stm SOUTHSIDE AUDITORIUM Monday Evening, May 15 There will be a good time as usual. DANCING UNTIL LATE ADMISSION 55 CENTS Stein’s Cash Grocery Our prices are rock bottom. We | "carry fresh trait and vene- Dale and Central. ‘Tel. Dale 4200 Tel. Dale 7519 Anna Reed Burford t Poro System Manicuring, Hair Dressing, Fa- cial Massage 282 Rondo St. St. Paul a Eat At BANNISTER’S CAFE “UTLEY'S” 311 Wabasha St. St. Paul | ee eee ee ee UEPUU EU YOU ARE INVITED TO THE GRAND MAY BALL | , —BY THE— : ANCHOR HYLIARD SAY LODGE No. 2 Oa F. A. M. Monday Evening, May 15th | At ARCADIA DANCING PALACE | “4th Ave. So. and 5th St. Minneapolis | South 3708 STEVEN'S ORCHESTRA | J. F. Stevens, Mgr. A. F. M., Local 73 7 2314 10th Ave. So. Minneapolis, Minn. peereee eee ‘Tel. N. W. Dale 2487 1. KAHN Tailor Perfect Fit Guaranteed - Dry Cleaning, Repairing, Press- Ing, Altering of Ladies and Gent’s Clothing. | 362 University Ave. St. Paul REMEMBER THE To Be Given By Como Temple No. 128, Daughter Elks at PIONEER LODGE HALL, 588 Rondo St. Friday, May 19th, from 4 to 11 P. M. Ham and Mustard Greens and Fresh Crappies on Menu Service by THE THRIFT CLUB DINNER 35¢ REFRESHMENTS EVERYBODY INVITED The Royal Cafe 388 KENT STREET has been purchased by Mrs. | Bessie Mundy who will con- duct a first class tea room at the above location to be known as “The Bess-Mundy Tea Room.” First class cooking. Your patronage in- vited. este eee, Advertise YOUR ENTERTAINMENT BOAT EXCURSION CARD PARTY DINNER OR DANCE IN : The Bulletin iF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT MORE THAN 3000 READERS IN TWIN CITIES. RELIABLE FLOWER and GARDEN SEED HOLM & OLSON STORAGE MODERN MOVING Rug Cleaning Packing _g Department 16 E. 4th St. GARFIELD 4891 Cc. E. DEMING announces that he has purchased the Hertz Hardware Store, 521 University Ave., and that he will put forth his best effort to satisfy the public in every way. Come in and give usa trial. “Once a tryer, always a buyer.” . Deming Hardware Store 521 University Avenue “BE YOUR OWN LANDLORD” THE TIME has come when, if you would be comfortably situated you MUST own your own home. Then, too, with the purchase of a home comes prestige and standing in the community previously unknown. Why pay from $30 to $75 per month for a second-class house when you can purchase a desirable home by making a small cash payment and monthly payments as rent? We are in a position to take care of you in the purchase of a home and invite you to consult us and look over our extensive list. Our car is at your disposal. TWIN CITY REALTY COMPANY 411 University Avenue Tel. Forest 9553 St. Paul, Minn,