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Full Associated Negro Press Service. We get the news first. VOLUME II. NO. 27 METHODISTS THINK MINISTERS ARE TRUE LEADERS OF THE RACE (By Associated Negro Press) COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 1.—The centenary council of the Second Episcopal district of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church held its sessions here. The subject, "The Church and the Social Crisis," was discussed by the following delegates: The Rev. S. B. Wallace, the Rev. G. C. Parker, the Rev. C. L. Russell and the Rev. H. L. Stallworth. Bishop W D. Chappelle of the A. M. E. church addressed the council. Dr. R. S. Stout, general secretary of the church extension department, was introduced, and also a number of others. When the council was discussing the subject, "The Church and the Social Crisis," the majority of the speakers were of the opinion that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the only remedy for all the evils of society, and the church must be true to her mission. The ministers are the true leaders of the people. They must not wait to hear what Major Moton, DuBoise, Emmet Scott and Fred R. Moore have to say, but they must think for themselves and for their people and lead them in right ways. Another speaker said during the great war "we had meatless days, iceless day and wheat breadless days; now the war is over, and reconstruction has begun. We want some mobless days. But the teachings of Jesus Christ will correct all these, and all the wrongs of society." The subject set apart for discussion during the afternoon session was "The Church and Our Young People." Bishop R. S. Williams said the church must look after her children and the young folks. The ministers who were named to discuss this subject were: The Rev. J. H. Hudson of Royston, Ga.; the Rev. J. G. Hollis and the Rev. H. K. Sanders. The following districts were called and the presiding elders reported: Charleston, New York, Petersburg and the Rome, Ga. These districts ro ported something like $6000. Colored Man Awarded Distinguished Service Cross In State of Alabama (By Associated Negro Press) Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 1.—Will Clincy, Negro, 2616 Sixth Alley, north, recived his distinguished service cross at the local army recruiting station Saturday morning. Clincy was drafted in Birmingham and was in Company F, three hundred and sixty-sixth infantry. He was awarded his decoration for gallantry in action during the fighting in the Toule sector on Sept. 1, 1918. Clincy was operating a machine gun, and after he had been wounded in the eye and side, he continued to use his gun effectively and materially aided in routing the Germans during the day's offensive. The Birmingham Negro has been awarded the croix de guerre by the French government also. MESA By Alphonso Robinson Mt. Calvary was honored last Sunday with the presence of Rev. S. E. Newell, president of the Baptist Sunday school work in Arizona. He preached a splendid sermon for us and we shall be pleased to have him with us any time. The A. M. E. church, under the direction of its able pastor, Rev. J. A. Wimberley, is progressing nicely. The good people of this city are helping this church materially. A Mrs. King was in Mesa last week with a view to establishing a Knights of Pythias lodge in this section. The people seemed not inclined n that direction and the lodge was not established. Mr. and Mrs. Kenner, who have been residents of Mesa for some time, returned last week to their home in Texas. We hope soon to have them with us again. In Trinidad there are spiders as large as a dinner plate. They have been encouraged by the natives because they keep the houses free of roaches. Attempts Assault On Four Year Old Girl: His Color Was White CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 1.—There was a struggle between Detectives Kamman, Lowenstein and Patrolman Theodore Huber yesterday and a man registered as Ernest Carlson, 50 years old, tailor, in his room at the Jefferson Hotel, 919 Walnut street. Carlson had enticed a four-year-old girl into his room, it was charged by the police, when two of the officers kicked in his door and the third entered through his window. General hospital physicians say the child was not injured. Her mother threatened Carlson, who denied having intended to injure the girl. An assault and battery charge was filed against him. Georgia Blacks Confer With Whites On Racial Matters (By Associated Negro Press) EASTMAN, Ga., Oct. 1.—Protection was pledged to the Negroes of Dodge county by Mayor W. P. Cobb at a public meeting held at the court house here today, at which ministers and other prominent citizens of both races were present. Blame for the racial clashes was laid on Bolshevik propagandists in the north by Judge C. B. Murrell, a veteran of the Civil War. Rev. J. W. Moultrie, Colored preacher, explained that the Negroes do not know the reason for the burning of Negro churches and lodge buildings and denied that trouble-making meetings were held by the Negroes in either churches or lodges, inviting white people to attend the sessions. The meeting was called by Rev. W. M. Bitch of Eastman, at the request of several of the leading Negroes of the city, who said their people are in a state of unrest and wanted a conference with the white people. Speeches were made by W. L. Jesup and W. D. Wade, and by the following Colored preachers; Rev. J. S. Patton, Rev. J. W. Moultrie and Rev. J. T. Cochran. During the meeting the following resolution was introduced by Rev. W. M. Blitch and was unanimously adopted by both whites and blacks: "Whereas, recent occurrences, on the border of, or beyond our county, have been reported, which, if continued, might threaten the peace and prosperity of all our people; therefore, be it "Resolved, That we lhereby express our deepest regret and unequivocal disapprobation of all or any such acts of unlawfulness on the part of any man or body of men, and pledge ourselves to do everything possible to prevent a recurrence of such unlawful acts, upon the person or property of any of our people." IT WILL AVAIL NOTHING. (By Associated Negro Press) Washington, D. C., Oct. 1.—Investigation of the race riots in Washington, Chicago, Knoxville and other cities is demanded in a resolution offered in the Senate today by Senator Curtis of Kansas. The resolution reads in part as follows: "The Committee on Judiciary is authorized and directed at as early a date as possible to investigate the race riots in the city of Washington and other cities in the United States and to ascertain as far as possible the causes for such race riots and lynchings and report what remedy or remedies should be employed to prevent the recurrence of the same. "Said sub-committee shall have the power to have meetings in any part of the United States to call witnesses, examine papers and take such action as may be necessary to secure the facts." To save the lief of one of the 2,940 troops it was bringing here, the transport Von Stuben, formerly the German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, was stopped in mid-ocean the other day. Dhile it eased over a long running sea for forty minutes its surgeon removed the appendix of Sergeant Tony Bernham, of Weiser, Idaho, of the 120th machine gun battalion. When the transport docked in Hoboken Sergeant Bernham was doing well. ARIZONA'S GREATEST WEEKLY WE FOUGHT TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY AND AMERICA SAFE FOR THE NEGRO MR. WILSON Race Riots To The Contrary Notwithstanding FRATERNAL SOCIETIES PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN RACE DEVELOPMENT (By Associated Negro Press) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 1.—The National Congress of Negro Fraternities will hold its fourth annual session in Memphis, Tenn., October 8, 9, 10, 1919. This promises to be the most important meeting in the history of the congress. Every district, state and national organization is urged to send its progressive, efficient officials or members to this meeting. Next to our church organizations, our fraternal societies are doing more to cement the Race, prove our worth as business men and women, and raise the standard of our people along social and moral lines than any other agency. It is desired of the officers and members of this congress to make the fraternities a potent factor in the financial social and industrial life of the Negro GLOBE--MIAMI GLOBE--MIAMI By Mrs. Wm. Young Sunday evening the following program was rendered at the Baptist church under the direction of Mrs. B. Taylor: Invocation ... Mr. Jesse Sweat Select Reading ... Mrs. M. N. Young Duet ... Mesdames Taylor and Fry Paper ... Mrs. Pauline Miller Essay ... Mr. L. Scurlock Recitation ... Miss Gladys Young Solo ... Mr. C. F. Watkins Everyone present enjoyed the program and the closing remarks by Mr. Alvin Booth, and Rev. J. B. Bell. Fifty dollars was collected and turned in to the church treasury. The Worthy Matron of the O. E. S. wonders why Mrs. T. Fleming of Phoenix does not communicate with the order. Rev. Wm. Young is meeting with success on every hand in raising money to rebuild St. John Baptist church. Keep up the good work. Machine massage is said to cure fallen arches. PHOENIX, ARIZONA, OCTOBER 4, 1919 You Going To Do Ab WE FOUGHT TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY AND AMERICA FE FOR THE EGRO The Contrary Notwit Churches Plan To Stop Race Riots By Forming Committees of Conciliation NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 1.—So fearful are churches that Negro race riots will occur again in cities of the North that Home Missions Councils, representing all of them, will put a personal representative in the field at once to visit cities of the North which contain considerable numbers of Negroes, especially those lately come from the South, and there form committees of conciliation and reconstruction. Later, if possible, a second representative will be provided, for haste is regarded as essential. One will be white, the other Colored. The Home Missions Council says it does not throw the blame on Negroes, certainly not those of the South, at least not all of it. Causes of the trouble it regards as economic. It finds work among whites and blacks at the North new, existing societies dealing with Negroes at the South exclusively. A main part of the new plan is this conciliation committee, composed of a few representative whites and blacks, which is to get at the causes of difficulties and remove them by mutual explanations before trouble comes. PRINCIPAL MOTON IS HONORED (By Associated Negro Press) New York, N. Y., Oct. 1.—It was announced here from the Y. M. C. A. headquarters that Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, had been unanimously chosen a member of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. This is perhaps the first time that such recognition has come to the Negro race. The International Committee is the governing body of the Y. M. C. A. organizations throughout the world and the Executive relationship which Dr. Moton now enjoys will give him a larger opportunity for service to his race. The natives of Indian show great interest in phonographs, and it is considered a good market for these instruments. PROTECTION, NOT SOCIAL EQUALITY IS DESIRE OF COLORED AMERICANS (By Associated Negro Press) NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 1.—“A statement made a few days ago that the Negroes of the South invite the white people of the North to stay away and let us settle our own affairs, is a mistake and we cannot indorse it,” said Dr. E. C. Morris of Helena, Ark., president of the National Baptist Convention in the final session. “We do not mean to insult any of our friends, either North or South. We need all we have and should strive to make more,” he continued. “A Negro is a Negro, whether North or South, and the same applies to a white man. All we need to do is to recognize a man. The Negro Baptist—in fact, the Negroes of America—do not seek social equality, social intermingling or anything of the kind, but we want the world to know that we want protection under the law and the right to earn an honest living, the proper treatment in common carriers; nothing more, nothing less,” he declared. In the interest of the young women of her race, Mrs. W. D. C. Carter of Seattle, Wash., general secretary for the Y. W. C. A. of that state, spoke. She said: "No race can rise above its women, and if the Negro is to be lifted up he must turn attention to saving the women. We should be interested in our women of the South, who are forced to ride in dirty cars, who must pay first-class fares and get third-class accommodations, who are insulted by all classes of men. I want the young Negro girls saved, because upon them rests the future of the race." Some years ago, during a scarcity of tobacco, an effort was made in Scotland at raise this plant, and since then other attempts have been made, as if seems that the soil and climate are adapted for such a crop, but the degree of success attending these efforts has been very indifferent. State Librarian Drunken White Man Kills Woman And Tries To Put Blame On Black Man Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 29.—William A. Schutter, 40 years old, having a wife and three children, confessed today, after eleven hours' continuous grilling, that he assaulted and murdered Mrs. Anna Leinbach, 74 years old, widow of William Leinbach, a butcher. The woman's mutilated body was found in a weed patch on the morning of August 23. Schutter was taken out of Vincennes for safekeeping by Chief of Police Martin, who worked on the case continuously since Schutter's arrest last Wednesday. Schutter said he had gotten drunk on Jamaica ginger. He approached Mrs. Leinbach, who was returning home from a visit to the bedside of a sick son and, at an alley entrance, struck her on the head and choked her. He dragged the body to a patch of weeds and corn. He said he sat beside the body for fully fifteen minutes and devised a way of mutilation to throw suspicion on Negroes, who thickly populated that neighborhood. Schutter said he went from the scene of the murder to the home of John Holzkamper, a fellow employee, and remained there the rest of the night. At daylight he awoke and went to his own home and tried to sleep in a buggy shed. After breakfast he resumed his work as foreman of a transfer company. He declared he did not know Mrs. Leinbach and said the assault would have happened to any other woman who might have passed at that moment. Morgan Morris, a Negro suspect, was released following Schuter's confession. Frenchman Who Lauds Valor of Colored Soldiers Is Criticized Severely Frenchman Who Lauds Valor of Colored Soldiers Is Criticized Severely (By Associated Negro Press) BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 1.—The fine testimonial of Jean Boueau, a Frenchman, in behalf of the women of his nation, has caused universal comment, and in a further communication M. Boneau says: "While I do not intend to be drawn into a prolonged discussion concerning the American and the French girls, I will comment upon a letter in your Forum of -the 11th inst., written by 'Matelot,' in which he takes issue with my letter which appeared in your paper of the 11th. I did not intend my statement anent the Senegalese in the first battle of the Marne to be so construed as to underrate the great part played by the gallant and brave poilu. What I say and what history will say is, that the African colonials were the decisive factors in stemming the great German wave in the first battle of the Marne. The Senegalese 'hurled the boches back across the Ourcq and the Marne on a ghastly bridge of their own dead. There is an unlimited amount of praise for all. And due credit to the black men does not discredit other men. The whole world heard Germany's protest when the 'African hordes' were turned loose against them. And German soldiers do not object to fighting against cowards. But the question of merits or demerits is merely incidental to my main purpose for writing the letter in question. My main and only object was to expose what I honestly believe to be the real reason back of the much criticism of my country women, namely, their failure to discriminate against Colored Americans in accordance with the intense wish and persistent persuasion of the white Americans. They refuse to give a favorable and believing ear to the various anti-Negro tales told them in print and by word of mouth. Because they went out of their way to extend to the generous and unoffending their hearty welcome they became the object of much criticism and ridicule by the white Americans. Such generous treatment is in accordance with the spirit and character of French women. They could not treat the Colored Americans otherwise. I have before me a clipping of a letter from your Forum bearing the date of July 21, signed by "Matelet." I presume that the writer of this letter is identical with the writer of the one to which I am replying. This letter is pregnant with falsehoods concerning French women's attitude to 5 Cents a Copy; $2 a Year REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA IS A HAPPY LAND SAYS PRES. C. D. B. KING (By Associated Negro Press) BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 1.—Liberia is a happy land, according to President-elect C. D. B. King of the Negro nation. "We have no need for policemen," he said. "We have no unions, no strikes, no rich class and no high cost of living. Every one of the 2,000,000 people makes a good living. Almost every man owns his own home in Liberia, for we make it a condition of citizenship. So almost the entire population might be considered capitalists." Spanish Influenza Threatens to Become More Severe This Fall Medical authorities are almost unanimous in predicting a recurrence of the epidemic of Spanish influenza this fall. The Chicago health department has announced that it has made preparations for another epidemic of the influenza—about 50 per cent as severe as the one last year. That it will strike and deal death and disability to the healthy as well as to the unhealthy—everyone knows. It is advisable that everyone secure immediately a good health and accident policy in a good company. The Commonwealth Casualty company of Philadelphia paid many claims during the last epidemic, and it is prepared to meet all future calls which the large reserves guarantee to all policy holders. Better see our state agent at once and have your income insure. Phoenix office, 1302 East Jefferson street. Phone 1250—Advt. ward American Negroes. For instance, he says that "The upper classes knew the standing of the Negro in this country," implying, of course, that they did not associate with the Negro. Again, he attempts to explain the French girl's friendly attachment to the Negro by saying that they were led to believe that these Negroes were American Indians and Mexicans, as though, forsooth, these latter had admirable and attractive qualities lacking in the Negro! The falsity and fallacy of these claims have been so ably exposed by a letter to your Forum signed by "Whole Truth," bearing the date of August 2, that I will not attempt to further expose their untruth. What can be the reason for this suppression of the truth? The French girls do not hide the facts. "Matelot" says in his last letter: "I would think a long, long time before I would announce to the world that my sisters loved Negroes. This is an excellent "grand stand play;" a fine jeau de mois (a play upon words). The French girl would think a long, long time before she would announce to the world that she hated, despised, shunned ignored Negroes for no other reason than that of race or color. "Matelot" further says: "I would like to ask Monsieur Boileau before I close if his skin is not of the same hue as the 'brown-skinned sons of America', and if he does not hail from the wonderful city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti?" "If not, then I can only attribute his letter to an unbalanced mind." In reply I will state—though the fact is by no means important—that I happen not to be "brown-skinned," and that I do not hail from Haiti. But, I emphatically deny the validity of any logic which maintains that my letter indicates either a non-white person or "an unbalanced mind." Matelot's reasoning put into a syllogism would read thus: All white men who expose the real reason for the unfavorable criticism of the French girl and justify her loving Negroes are of an unbalanced mind. Jean Boileau is a white man who exposes the real reason for the unfavorable criticism of the French girl and justifies her loving American Negroes—therefore, Jean Boileau is of an unbalanced mind. Such is "Matelot's" reasoning syllogistically stated. In my humble judgment, such a logical formula is much more indicative of an unbalanced mind than anything I stated in my letter. Therefore, beware of the unfavorable criticism of the girls of my beloved France! Finis." Largest Circulation of any Race Journal in the Southwest. PAGE TWO THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE Published Every Saturday by the Tribune Publishing Company Address all Communications to the PHOENIX TRIBUNE P. O. 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THE COLORED MAN'S BURDEN The interview which follows recently appeared in the B is an upstanding contention for the fundamental rights of Doctor Scott makes it clear just what the Negro is exposed efforts to establish triumphant democracy throw appeal for fair play is of a character entitling his vicility and approval: The interview which follows recently appeared in the New York World. It is an upstanding contention for the fundamental rights of the Negro people. Doctor Scott makes it clear just what the Negro is expecting to come out of present efforts to establish triumphant democracy throughout the world. His appeal for fair play is of a character entitling his views to widespread publicity and approval: By Paul Hanna, in the New York World. "An apology from the Colored people would not solve the problem, even if I were authorized to make it. And I am not making no claim to perfection; we confess our share of real Negro masses have made it plain to their leaders that present-day race conflicts in America will have their answers that the blacks are more to blame than the whites." Not the voice of Booker T. Washington but much of his utterance. Emmett J. Scott was private secretary to the Skaggee Institute for eighteen years, and spent a total of two years at the centre of Afro-American culture. During the war Scott served as a special assistant to the Secretary of War, signed June 30 of this year to become secretary-treasurer of the city. Germany was beaten, peace had returned. Two weeks later battles were raging in the streets of denies that white mobs began the new civil war. And no blacks retaliated. The shadows of the White House and city, miles apart, became centers of conflict. The policed. Grinning citizens went out to see the fun and we with the innocent dead. Federal troops finally recaptured the enemy, who retreated westward over the Alleghenie cacago. It was then that I found Dr. Scott in his office at a bed him if he thought the white and Colored people of the civilized enough to live together without making their abol of chronic massacres. "If our ideals and professions are not moonshine and not achievable solution will certainly be found," Dr. Scott began, much in the record to discourage optimism. During 18 Colored people of America gave a demonstration of patriotism, courage unexcelled by any other element of our population at stake, yet during those critical years 100 Colored men arrived in the United States, more than ever before during it was discouraging." "An apology from the Colored people would not solve nor simplify this problem, even if I were authorized to make it. And I am not so authorized. We make no claim to perfection; we confess our share of responsibility. But the Negro masses have made it plain to their leaders that no discussion of the present-day race conflicts in America will have their approval which assumes that the blacks are more to blame than the whites." Not the voice of Booker T. Washington but much of his spirit is heard in that utterance. Emmett J. Scott was private secretary to the great chief at Tuskegee Institute for eighteen years, and spent a total of twenty-two years at the centre of Afro-American culture. During the war with Germany, Dr. Scott served as a special assistant to the Secretary of War, a post which he resigned June 30 of this year to become secretary-treasurer of Howard University. Germany was beaten, peace had returned. Two weeks later battles were raging in the streets of Washington. No one denies that white mobs began the new civil war. And no one denies that the blacks retaliated. The shadows of the White House and of Howard University, miles apart, became centers of conflict. The police department abducted. Grinning citizens went out to see the fun and were brought home with the more innocent dead. Federal troops finally recaptured Washington from the enemy, who retreated westward over the Alleghenies and fell upon Chicago. It was then that I found Dr. Scott in his office at the university and asked him if he thought the white and Colored people of the United States were civilized enough to live together without making their common flag the symbol of chronic massacres. "If our ideals and professions are not moonshine and hypocrisy, then a peaceable solution will certainly be found," Dr. Scott began. "I confess there is much in the record to discourage optimism. During 1917 and 1918 the Colored people of America gave a demonstration of patriotic loyalty, efficiency and courage unexcelled by any other element of our population. Democracy was at stake, yet during those critical years 100 Colored men and women were lynched in the United States, more than ever before during a like period. That was discouraging." Then Dr. Scott smiled at a happy recollection. "In the great victory parade in Atlanta an old Colored proudest marcher in line. He bore aloft a banner attestions were serving in the army of the United States. It blow for him to learn that he had been topped by another from Louisiana, who gave thirteen boys to the fightingst have hurt him still more." Dr. Scott held up a Georgia newspaper. It contained being Colored women who, being pursued by two delirious night shelter behind the locked doors of a neighbor's home on the door to break it down. "In the great victory parade in Atlanta an old Colored man was perhaps the proudest marcher in line. He bore aloft a banner attesting that eleven of his sons were serving in the army of the United States. It must have been a hard blow for him to learn that he had been topped by another old man of his race from Louisiana, who gave thirteen boys to the fighting forces. But this must have hurt him still more." Dr. Scott held up a Georgia newspaper. It contained the story of two young Colored women who, being pursued by two delirious white youths, sought shelter behind the locked doors of a neighbor's home. The white men beat on the door to break it down. An old Negro came out armed with a gun, and ordered the assailants away. The white men attacked him. The old defender of womanhood shot one of the men. A white mob sent the Colored man to a horrible death by lynching. "But even through this dark scene in American life, some pure hopeful life shines," Dr. Scott resumed. "That terrible episode shocked the South. Listen to the Atlanta Constitution, which, in concluding a long editorial denunciation of the offenders, says: 'This monstrous affair does not concern Telfair county nor Georgia alone but the American republic as a whole; and we might as well look the future squarely in the face and be prepared to accept federal jurisdiction in crimes of this kind if our own state has not the courage to meet the situation and apply the remedy.'" That editorial was printed on July 25, when Chicago was entering her separate argument for federal regulation of race wars. "I was born in the South. I have labored there. The masses of the Negro people live there. For many years to come this will be true, and that section should take the lead in establishing definitely friendly relations between the races. The time has come when there is more than a sentimental motive for doing so. The new motive is economic, and it applies to every part of the country where workmen are scarce and the worth of the black man as a laborer has been demonstrated. Every American community must soon realize that it cannot permit lawless groups to prosecute the Negro if it wishes to enjoy the benefit of his economic contribution. "On the 1918 basis of 1,000,000 immigrants a year, the United States is now suffering from a deficit of at least 4,000,000 workers. And there will be a continuing deficit, for while there is no immigration many foreign residents of the country are returning to Europe. The Colored man has profited from this, and of course he knows it. He would indeed be the mental inferior of other Americans if he did not. I do not believe he plans to take an unjust or improper advantage of the circumstance, but it certainly does not weaken his claim to ordinary justice, which is all he asks of his fellowmen. "There is an interesting economic background to the Washington riots," Dr. Scott continued. "During 1917 and 1918 the government needed many thousands of additional employees, as you know. Yet in many departments prejudice against the Colored people remained strong and effective enough to bar them from the public service. This produced a curious and unexpected result; it acted rather like a boomerang. Private employers in the District of Columbia lost their white workers to the government in very large numbers. The high average salary of white men who went to the government remained at $1200 or $1400 a year. But the skilled Colored mechanic whom prejudice excluded from the public service found himself earning $5 to $8 a day. By a twist of events, he had become a menace because employers pay him more than they used to." Dr. Scott smiled again. "I have some old fellows working around the university grounds here who collect $3.50 a day from us. They received about $1.25 under the pre-war wage standard. I can't abuse them and get a mob to chase them to make them work for less, but I fear that expedient is sometimes resorted to elsewhere in the economic struggle. It is one kind of human nature to strike at your most exposed competitor, and the Colored man is frequently the easiest target." "But such tactics, if permitted to continue, simply undermine our democracy and cannot possibly bring a solution of the problem. Thoughtful teachers, students and employers are coming to see this quite clearly. Side by side with the disgrace of lynching there is growing up in the South a determination among the better elements of both races to stop this evil before it engulfs the whole nation. So we have here an open letter to white college men of the South signed by members of the faculties of eleven different state universities in the South in which a fine tribute is paid to the Negro, and all are reminded that 'no people is stirred to higher things when habitually re ferred to in disparaging or contemptuous terms. Ordinary human beings live up to or down to the role assigned them by their neighbors. "Beside that fine letter may be placed the ringing denunciation by Governor Bickett of North Carolina of the current effort to revive the Ku Klux Klan, in which he asserts: 'Just now all of us need to be considerate and kind and trustful in our dealings with the Negro; the best and the wisest men in both races are.' On the encouraging side there is the example of such Southern employers as the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, which prizes its Colored workers so highly that it is catering on a large scale to the black man's strongest desires by providing fine facilities for the education of his children, and other agencies for his welfare. "No, I am not despondent over the outlook. The situation is serious but not desperate. All healthy sentiment in favor of fair play is growing up on many sides. Wise and courageous leaders of both races are now contending that the first and biggest task of democracy is to keep her own house in order. It is vain to talk ideals unless we practice justice. And in the final triumph of justice I never lose faith." Dr. Scott stood silent by the window for a moment, then turned with his face full in the morning light, and summed up his hope and convictions. A GET-RICH-QU (By Associate Baltimore, Md. of the alleged coording to the police be responsible for many $20 bills, I Federal reserve m of bushes near 30 day, where t found engaged in round "naughts" and pasting them. The Negroes a and Juan Alonso Point, were capt and a sharp razo hard at work over "To all your questions there is a cheerful answer. If there is a crisis in the race problem it is because the Nation has ignored, neglected and pushed the problem aside. To solve it we must face it—and who shall say we are afraid to face it? "Too often the whole question is complicated, and well meaning efforts negatived by many persons North and South, who conjure up the spectre of "social equality," a term which, as often used, is a misnomer. Every self-respecting Colored man and woman concedes the right of every other individual to decide whom his associates and companions shall be. Nor is the Negro—and I think I am rather well acquainted with the main hopes and aspirations of my race—desirous of imposing himself upon any one, or any purely social group in which he is not welcomed. But that has nothing to do with the civic rights and privileges to which every decent man is entitled. Certainly it has no place in the minds of those nearly 200,000 black soldiers who have returned from France, where in the eyes of native men and women they were not regarded as pariahs but simply as good fighting men who knew how to do the job they were sent to do. "Nor do our people dream of using force to overcome those who spitefully treat them, save within the bounds of strict and instinctive self-defense. What the Negro wants with all his heart, and what America will proudly concede him, I do believe, can be stated very easily." "In substitution for lynchings, he wants justice in the courts; he wants the privilege of serving on juries; the right to vote; the right to hold office, like other citizens. He wants better educational facilities; abolition of the 'Jim Crow' car and of discrimination and segregation in the government service; the same military training and chance for promotion in the army that white men enjoy, destruction of the peonage system, an equal wage, better housing, better sanitary conditions and reforms in Southern penal institutions. "That is the Negro problem. Does it impose too much upon the greatest democracy in the world? I cannot believe that it does." (By Associated Negro Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—The subject of this appeal has been very carefully thought out. It would not do to use the term "journalists," for that word is too professional and is not sufficiently inclusive. It would not do to use the term "papermen," for the field is also open to women. The opportunity is not for a dreamer or a shirker, but the time is here and NOW, and the recruiting stations—newspaper offices—are open for enlistments of able-bodied, energetic, optimistic, intelligent NEWSPAPER WORKERS. In the field of newspaper and magazine work among us, opportunities were never so glittering and inviting. The amazing business success of scores of our periodicals in the last five years has lifted the calling from the realm of uncertainty, hard luck and labor of love, to a plane of dignity, prosperity and fortune. There is at least one newspaper publisher whose gross income is more than $10,000 per week, and there are dozens whose gross income is far in excess of $10,000 per year, and the field is getting wider every day. The newspapers of our group have at last come unto their own. No line of business, and certainly no other of the professions, holds out a more promising future at this time. There is not a newspaper publisher in the country who could not use one or more additional people of the right kind. The RIGHT KIND must be those who are willing to start at the bottom, go through all of the grilling, grinding experiences, be honest, and work to the top. The game is more than worth the candle. There is absolutely no limit to the possibilities of success—success is measured only by the capacity of the individual. Through the National Negro Press Association a plan has been mapped out by which those who desire to acquaint themselves with the mechanical side of the business, may be apprenticed in the National Baptist Publishing House, at Nashville. Dr. R. R. Wright, editor of the Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, has expressed a willingness to take five young people into his office to learn the professional side of the game. "It's a great game if you don't weaken." Any newspaper editor will "take on" any young man or young woman who has insight and willingness, and whose "consuming fire" is not to sit at the "big desk" and write "editorials." It is a singular tact that nine-tenths of the young people with newspaper ambitions wish to begin by writing editorials, and that, doubtedly, is the last thing they should think about. It is like a violinist who wishes to begin by playing the classics in music, or a doctor who desires to perform a major operation before finishing his medical course, or an aviator who wishes to make his first flight a trip across the ocean. There is room at the top, but you must work up from the bottom. Circulation in all our newspapers, practically, has jumped from 100 to 300 per cent in the last five years. During the same period advertising patronage has jumped from 50 to 200 per cent. It is a known fact that most of this increase in circulation and advertising has come to the periodicals without any one of them, including the best, having managers at the heads of these two important departments. equipped in the highest measure of efficiency, as compared with other lines of business. What might have been, or what will be done, when our men and women have fitted themselves by careful and the most modern training for this work, is too startling to describe. The Race is alive to the mighty needs and power and influence of capably edited newspapers. The people are buying and reading everything that's published, even though in some cases, as worthy as may be the efforts, "It's a shame to take the money." Young men, young women, those of you with high school, business college or university training, who are now trying to decide on a life work get in touch with the editor, and talk the subject over with him. Listen carefully to his words or advice and wisdom, and then decide to become a "newspaper worker." "The harvest is ripe, but the reapers are few." THIS HAPPENED IN GEORGIA' (By Associated Negro Press) Athens, Ga., Oct. 1.-Negroes at a mass meeting near Lexington, Ga., have passed resolutions endorsing the action of whites in lynching Obe Cox, Negro, accused of attacking and murdering the wife of a white farmer. At the time of the crime the Negro was under indictment for an attack upon a Negro woman. He is said to have confessed both crimes. (By Associated Negro Press) Washington, D. C., Oct. 1.—One hundred thousand Colored citizens signed a petition to be sent to President Wilson asking that clementy be shown the Colored people who took part in the recent race rioting in Washington, according to an announcement made by Dr. Simon P. W. Drew, president of the White Cross Labor Federation Bureau of America and pastor of the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church. Street Car Fares The much-criticised Phoenix Railway Company is still giving its patrons service at FIVE CENTS and thousands of its patrons appreciate it TO PARENTS Why let your children walk to school with school shoes costing from $4 to $10 per pair, when they can ride at a FOUR CENTS fare? Buy a book of tickets from the conductor today. The National Bank of Arizona Established 1881 Albert Steinfeld .....President E. Randolph .....Vice-President Chas. E. Walker .....Vice-President V. F. Palmer .....Cashier J. C. Etchells .....Assistant Cashier H. W. Gill .....Assistant* Cashier J. GRANT, Prop., - - Prescott, Arizona PHONE 1551 STANDARD FURNITURE COMPANY NEW AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS BOUGHT SECOND TENTS, CAMP EQUIPMENT SOLD OR HAND EXCHANGED 237-239 W. Washington St. Phoenix, Arizona. THE QUEEN (By Associated Negro Press) Baltimore, Md., Oct. 1—The trail of the alleged counterfeiters who, according to the police, are thought to be responsible for the circulation of many $20 bills, boosted from the $2 Federal reserve notes, led to a clump of bushes near Sparrows Point yesterday, where two Negroes were found engaged in cutting out little round "naughts" from white paper and pasting them on to $2 bills. PHOENIX The Negroes accused, James Davis and Juan Alonso, both of Sparrows Point, were captured with scissors and a sharp razor, the police charge, hard at work over their alleged counterfeiting job as the circumstances surrounding their bush-covered mint would allow them. Tribune CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Rate: 11½ cents per word per issue. No ads accepted for less than 25c Read for profit. Use for results. HAIR AND BEAUTY SPECIALIST Have your combings made into Switches, Transformations, Puffs and Curls. Phone your order to 1242. Mrs. W. J. 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If your druggist does not have it, write us, and send 8c extra for postage, or write for agency. For Sale By: Personal, Local and Society News OF THE STATE CAPITAL By R. L. S., Society Editor Thursday evening, September 25 the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. P Crump, 1103 East Jefferson street was the scene of a delightful entertainment and shower given by Mrs. Ira O'Neal and Miss Crump in honor of the newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Maryland. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion, with pink and white colors artistically arranged and blending harmoniously in the radiant glare of electric lights. All the younger set was present, including the schoolmates of the bride and groom, who themselves would now be attending school were it not for the fact that they have embarked upon the sea of matrimony whose tempestuous waves demand full attention of all who attempt to sail thereon. Dainty refreshments were served, after which all repaired to the spacious hall and began tripping the light fastastic to the merry strains of music rendered by a select orchestra. At a late hour they departed, all declaring Miss Emily Crump and Mrs. Ira O'Neal entertainers par excellence. Maids and Pages of Olympic Tent are requested to meet Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 7, at Dorris hall. Mrs. E. L. Lott, Q. M. Goldinol Club Meeting Ladies of Goldinol club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Georgia A. Owens, 519 East Jefferson street. All members urged to attend. Sunshine Club Meeting Members of the Sunshine club will meet every Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the residence of Mrs. Georgia A. Owens, 519 East Jefferson street. From Florence Mr. Alfred Hart of Florence arrived in Phoenix this week and has decided to remain for the winter. Prof. P. Landry, principal of the Douglas school, suffered a sprained ankle this week and is walking with a slight limp. To San Diego Soon Mrs. Annie Burns will leave soon for San Diego, Cal., where she will make her permanent home. Second Baptist Church Services Rev. Connell of Oklahoma will preach Sunday morning at the Second Baptist church. There will also be preaching at 8 p. m. Everybody invited. C. M. E. Church Services Rev. G. W. Mickens will occupy the pulpit at the C. M. E. church until the new pastor arrives. Everybody invited to attend these services. A. M. E. Church Services Rev. Ramsey will fill the pulpit at the A. M. E. church until the new pastor arrives. A cordial invitation extended the public. Public Reception Tuesday Evening Members of Tanner Chapel A. M. E. church will hold a public reception Tuesday evening, October 7, in honor of the retiring pastor, Rev. R. H. Herring, and wife. The public is invited. Arrivals from Tucson Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clemons of Tucson, are recent arrivals in the city. Mr. Clemons has accepted a position in the city and they will make their home here. They are staying at the residence of Mrs. B. Smith, 201 East Van Buren street. Douglas Arrivals Mrs. T. U. Branch, a former resident of this city, who has been spending the summer in Douglas, Ariz., returned this week. She has occupied her former residence at 543 East Jefferson street. Master Richard Garrison, a nephew of Mrs. Branch, accompanied her to this city and will remain for an indefinite stay. N. A. A. C. P. Concert Soon A grand literary entertainment and concert will be given soon by the N. A. A. C. P. Watch these columns for further announcements. Rather Singular All three churches are without pastors this week. The old saying about "When the cat's away, etc.," is applicable to the membership of these churches. Remodeling Their Homes Mr. and Mrs. Geo W. Caldwell, 233 East Jefferson street, are making some improvements on their home. Rev. Wm. Solly and wife of 607 East Jefferson street are remodeling the interior of their home. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fish of 909 East Jefferson street are putting in a winter lawn. Other home owners will do well to observe the above and follow suit. Mesa Visitor Mr. J. L. Carter of Mesa, contractor and builder, is a business visitor in the city this week. He has under contemplation the remodeling of several homes for residents of the South Side. If you want him, phone 2192. Unique Club Holds Forth Members of the Unique Club met last Sunday afternoon at East Lake park and enjoyed a sumptuous spread. Newly Weds Feted Olympic Tent Meeting Goldinol Club Meeting Sprained Ankle To San Diego Soon C. M. E. Church Services A. M. E. Church Services N. A. A. C. P. Concert Soon Remodeling Their Homes This club will have their banner celebration the third Sunday in this month at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hudspeth, 1342 East Jef ferson street. Rev. Gilmore to Texas The pastor of the Second Baptist church, Rev. C. A. Gilmore, left last week for a business visit to Houston, Texas. He will be absent several weeks. New Pastor at C. M. E. Church Rev. Thompson of Alabama is the new pastor who comes to the C. M. E. church, succeeding Rev. A. C. Caldwell, who has been appointed Conference Evangelist. Rev. Caldwell will have California, Arizona, New Mexico and Southwest Texas as his field Phoenix will be his headquarters. Farewell Sermon Sunday night, September 28, Rev. R. H. Herring preached his farewell sermon to the members of Tanner Chapel A. M. E. church. His successor has not been appointed. Rev. Herring goes to a larger field at Pueblo, Colo. He has finished his fifth year as pastor of the church in this city and the congregation regrets to see him go. We bespeak for him a wonderful success in his new field and can say that our loss is Pueblo's gain. The Phoenix Club The Phoenix Club is an organization of enterprising Colored men who have under consideration certain plans whereby they hope to establish a worth-while Colored business enterprise in Phoenix. You will hear more of them later. They believe in doing things and not talking so much about it. Home From Vacation Mrs. Sofronia Jordan of 625 North First avenue, returned from a pleasant vacation spent with relatives and friends in Dallas and Tyler, Texas. From Ray, Arizona Prof. B. Y. Aycock, who has been spending a few days in Ray and Hayden, returned this week. Back to Prescott Mrs. P. M. McCulough, who spent several days in the city last week, has returned to her home in the Mile High City. Home From Lake Mary Mrs. Georgia A. Owens, who has been spending the summer at Lake Mary, near Flagstaff, returned home a few days ago. Music Hath Power Mr. A. G. Shepperson of 547 East Jefferson street has invested a few hundred dollars in an Edison phonograph for the purpose of entertaining himself at home these cool evenings. Drop in some evening and listen to one of his favorite records. It's great. Thoughts to Ponder Tribune advertisers want your trade and will treat you right. Why take chances by going elsewhere? A Correction It was erroneously stated in last week's Tribune that the Progressive club would meet with Mr. A. B. Smith on Buchanan street, whereas it should have been stated that the club will meet the first Friday in October with Mrs. B. Smith, 201 East Van Buren street. Parent-Teachers Meet The Parent-Teachers' Association will meet every Friday evening at Douglas school. All who are interested in the welafre of the children are invited to attend the meetings Mrs. J. A. Wimberley, president; Mrs. Paul Green, secretary. From Texas Mr. Ernest Barksdel of San Antonio Tex., is a recent arrival in the city. Mr. Alee Haywood, son of Mr. G. H. Haywood of this city, is another arrival from the Lone Star State. Mr. Allee Haywood was in Corpus Christi, Texas, during the recent flood and tells a heart-rending story of death and suffering. He says that few colored people were injured, but the storm played havoc in the section inhabited by whites. Mr. Haywood recently made a trip throughout the east and south, visiting all the principal cities and places of importance. He has come to locate in Phoenix and has accepted a position with a prominent rancher near here. To present Mr. M. Banks, one of the firm of Banks & Cleveland, 41 South Second street, went to Prescott last week or business. He will return the last of this week. San Antonio Arrivals Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Eckford of Sau Antonio, Texas, are recent arrivals in Phoenix. They are staying at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Robinson 615 South 7th avenue. Mr. Eckford is an automobile mechanic, having learned the trade at Tuckegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. He has accepted a poed the trade at Tuskegee Institute, sition with Babbit Brothers Automobile company and has decided to make this his permanent home. THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE-ALWAYS IMPROVING AS IT APPEARS TO A GEORGIAN (By Associated Negro Press) Augusta, Ga., Oct. 1.—Do you know Charlie and Silas? The need of better Race leadership is expressed in a forceful editorial appearing recently in the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, which says: "Opinions expressed by those familiar with recent race troubles in the North and West attribute much of the difficulty to lack of the right kind of leadership among the race in the sections in question. In most cases but few of the exceptionally intelligent genuinely sincere and patriotic members of the race, qualified for leading the race along the right lines, have migrated along with the mass of Negroes who have left the South. Reports now indicate that after having their districts patrolled by militia and all kinds of restrictions thrown around them in many different cities, there is yet another danger threatening the safety of the Negroes. Propaganda is being disseminated in Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Detroit and Chicago, urging the Negroes to band themselves together under a leader "like Lenine." Of course such doctrine will prove disastrous to the Negroes if followed. What the Negroes of that part of the country should do is to send down here to Georgia and get workers like Charlie Walker, Silas Floyd and other Augusta Negro leaders, who might be mentioned, and let, them give the race the benefit of real sound, logical advice that will "get them somewhere" instead of dragging them back. Here in the South, where the two races understand one another, and centuries of association enable them to work on a mutually satisfactory basis, there is little likelihood of wholesale outbreaks occurring such as have been recorded in several instances recently in the North and West. The Negroes are progressing, as shown by local tax figures, and the right sort of leadership and sound doctrine will still further advance the race. WANTED—EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (By Associated Negro Press) CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 1.—Douglass school furnishes the answer to the question, "What does the Negro want?" according to R. H. Leavell, writing in the Outlook Magazine. The answer may be summed up in these words on placards in the main entrance of the school, Leavell believes: "Self-control, self-reliance, self-respect, Race pride!" The Negro wants as good a chance for his boys and girls as the white man wants for his, Leavell says, but feels they will get this chance most surely by "staying in their own crowd." Leavell cites figures of the Board of Education showing Negroes of that section prefer to send their children to the Douglass school for Negroes only, though they legally are permitted to send them to mixed schools. ODD FELLOWS DEDICATE HALL. (By Associated Negro Press) Cumberland, Md., Oct. 1.—One of the oldest Colored fraternal organizations of this city dedicated to the Order, the building No. 33 Frederick street, with impressive ceremonies yesterday afternoon. In the year 1911 Queen City Lodge, No. 1716, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, acquired the property mentioned, but it was only within the past few months that definite steps were taken looking to a remodeling of the building to suit the present needs of the lodge. These improvements were completed last week. So anxious are the farmers in northern Alberta to overcome the difficulties occasioned by the shortage of labor that they are buying up tractors as fast as they can get them. One firm alone has sold in this district no fewer than 200 of these machines, for which the farmers in every instance paid cash in advance in order to insure early delivery. This enterprise on the part of the farmers is not only helping to solve the labor difficulty, but it is also resulting in a gratifying increase in the acreage of farm land under cultivation. One train left Monte Vista, Colo., recently loaded with hogs and potatoes with a market value of $82,450. It consisted of eighteen cars of fat hogs from the Monte Vista sections, six more cars of hogs brought in by the San Luis Central, and nineteen cars of potatoes. The hogs were worth about $3,000 a carload and the potatoes $550 a car. Describing the three fair daughters of an aristocratic New Yorker a century or so ago a writer of the period says: "The father used to take his daughters to the church of Dr. Matthews, that stood in Garden street. Such a lovely trio were rarely seen. They took all the young gallants from the other downtown churches and drew a full house." I I I Size of Bottle Does Not Indicate Quantity of Contents—"Thick-Skinned" Botties Have Deceived Many Purchasers. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) coffee in that particular package was produced in South America. INDIANS VISIT BIG AIRPLANE WORKS © Western Newspaper Union Indian officers who visited and inspected the airplane works of the Handley-Page corporation, England, ready for their first airplane flight. Misleading pictures and other devices appearing on the labels of foods is a form of misbranding against which housewives will do well to be on their guard, say the officials of the bureau of chemistry, United States department of agriculture, in charge of the enforcement of the federal food and drugs act. Many prosecutions and seizures are made in the enforcement of the law to prevent this subtle form of misbranding. Inconspicuous statements in fine print are placed on the illustrated label in many instances to correct ostensibly the misleading features of the picture or other device. However, as the picture or device attracts the attention at once, while the inconspicuous corrective statement can be seen only by a most careful scrutiny of the label, the purchaser is certain to be misled unless attention is directed to the exact wording of the entire label. The picture of an olive tree and a map of Italy on the label of a bottle of oil leads the average housewife to expect an Italian olive oil, but a careful reading of the fine print on the label will enable her sometimes to discover that the bottle contains cottonseed oil made in America. Cottonseed oil is a wholesome product; is well able to stand on its own merits, and is cheaper than olive oil. Oranges Pretty, but Deceptive. The picture of a luscious orange on the label of a bottle of imitation orangeade not only adds to the attractiveness of the label, but helps to hypnotize the purchaser into the belief that he is getting the real article, notwithstanding the fact that there is tucked away somewhere in a mass of fine print a little statement to the effect that this most excellent beverage is but an imitation. Many consumers asking and paying for Arabian coffee accept a package having on the label the picture of an Arab mounted on a fiery steed and imagine they are getting the aroma of the delightful beverage of the far East, although there is on the label an inconspicuous statement that the INDIANS VISIT BIG © Western Newspaper Union Indian officers who visited and Handley-Page corporation, England, re ITEMS OF INTEREST About 760,000 meh were employed in the coal mines in the United States during 1918. The Angelican synod of Canada, by a large majority, refused to admit women as delegates. More than 145 words a minute have been transmitted in English high-speed wireless telegraphy tests. Norwegian government experimenters have succeeded in producing a bread containing 20 per cent of fish. The colors of the cords on the hats of soldiers stand for distinctive branches of the army. Blue is for infantry; yellow, for cavalry; red, for artillery; red and white, for engineer corps; salmon and white, for signal corps; maroon, medical corps; black and red, ordnance corps; buff, quarter-master corps; gold and black, commissioned officer. The picture of a maple leaf on a can of sirup: carries the fancy to the delicious flavor and sweetness of the product from Vermont, inducing purchasers to pay more than they would pay if they noted the statement in very small type on the bottom of the label that the product is corn sirup flavored with cane. When Quantity Is Camouflaged. The use of panel bottles which appear to have a capacity of four ounces of flavoring extract, but which on account of the thickness and contour of the sides cannot be made to hold more than two ounces, is an old practice to deceive the housewife in regard to the quantity. Even when the quality of contents is marked on the bottle, the purchaser is likely to judge the quantity more by the size of the bottle, which is so apparent, than by an inconspicuous statement, which can be seen only by close observation. A more recent device for making a little bit of pepper or spice look like a whole lot is a six-ounce tin package with a shaker top which, because it cannot be removed without destroying the package, prevents the purchaser from observing that there are only two ounces or less in the package. Deceptive devices appearing on the labels of foods or drugs subject to the jurisdiction of the federal food and drugs act are in violation of that law. The question as to whether any given device is deceptive, and whether the deception is removed by corrective statements appearing elsewhere on the label, is one to be determined by the facts in each case. Many seizures have been effected and many prosecutions maintained because of the use of deceptive devices held to be misleading. Some forms of devices, although deceptive, which do not appear upon the labels, have been held not to be covered by the provisions of the federal food and drugs act. Action will be taken in all cases believed to be in violation of the law, say the officials. In the meantime consumers can avoid being misled by deceptive devices by carefully reading the labels of all food and drug packages. inspected the airplane works of the lady for their first airplane flight. Needing no other preparation than cleaning, the inside bark of a tree is used in Ecuador for blankets. A Texan is the patentee of new harness to hold a rod for a fisherman and leave his hands free for other purposes. Holland will open an international aequatic exposition at Amsterdam August 1 and continue it about six weeks. A target invented by an Australian records the course of bullets in relation to both stationary and moving objects. Workmen at Winchendon, Mass. employed repairing an old icehouse at Lake Watatic found a colony of bees had made their home between the double walls of the structure. The ten-inch space was filled with honeycomb. As soon as the boards were ripped off the men had no trouble getting at the honey. About 100 pounds was found. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (By Associated Negro Press) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 1.—Maurice F. Mays, the Negro who was plucked from the hands of an angry mob in Knoxville when he was arrested and accused of the murder of Mrs. Gertie Lindsey, a well-known Knoxville woman, made a statement in which he gave a detailed account of his every action from early Saturday evening until the hour of his arrest. He states that he has been persecuted when there was no real evidence against him, and declares that the methods of the Knoxville police employed at his arrest were irregular. May states that if the Knoxville police had investigated the crime properly a race riot resulting in seven deaths would have been avoided. As it is, he declares his confidence that he will be cleared when he is taken back to Knoxville for further investigation and trial. Mays is a fair writer. "As will be seen, officers in the case are somewhat prejudiced against me on account of unfounded reports. One of the officers, Andy White, has cursed me on a former occasion. "I served as a deputy sheriff in my home county and have a recommendation from Sheriff Calloway, commending me on my honorable record as an officer. The case is one of oppression and injustice. Had the officers been honest in their actions, they would have arrested several suspects filling the description and kept the arrests secret. Then they would have allowed the lady to come in a composed condition and pick out the guilty party. As it is, it looks like bad management, based on oppression and prejudice. I think the court will believe me, as I am telling the truth, if I die this very moment. "If the case had been handled with justice, a race riot would have been averted and several lives would have been saved." The United States census bureau estimate of the Hawaiian population for June 1, 1917, was 219,280, exclusive of soldiers and sailors. Honolulu, the capital, has an estimated population of 71,950. California, already holding the record for production of various food products, is now leading all the rest of the country in producing beans. The state last year grew more than half the beans in the United States. Independent Co. Hair Dress Organized to conduct business on Dressers and Beauty Specialists, to collectively what they can not do or supply Hair Dressers and Beauty essential oil, and materials to man- formulas given upon request. Ever ber of this association of advancer Agents Organized to conduct business on the Co-operative plan, with Hair Dressers and Beauty Specialists, to enable many Hair Dressers to do collectively what they can not do individually. This association will supply Hair Dressers and Beauty Specialists with toilet preparations, essential oil, and materials to manufacture their own preparations. Formulas given upon request. Every Hair Dresser should be a member of this association of advancement. Write for particulars. THE FISH HOUSE Under New and Capable Management Short Orders Regular Meals Excellent Cuisine Quick Service Courteous Treatment Ladies Welcome P. A. GREEN, Prop. 27 South Second Street JOHN SUDDOTH The Lone Star Shoemaker. Prescott, Arizona * 10 A good shoemaker wanted, $25 per week and upwar. Address: P. O. Box 110, Prescott, Ariz. PAGE THREE HELP WANTED—APPLY (By Associated Negro Press) Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 1.—Mississippi is organizing a movement for returning to the South hundreds of Negro families that have gone North in the last few years, and who now are anxious to get back to Dixie. Mississippi need their help to handle a big cotton crop and to do other work. It is proposed to establish offices in Chicago, St. Louis and later in other cities where there are many Southern people; to place a competent man in charge of each office and to make it a clearing house in the handling of Negroes who really want to come back to Mississippi. In 1777 the continental congress decided to recommend to the legislatures the enactment of laws against distilling. Bear in Mind Bear's treat every one alike. No overcharging Your Dollar Buys $1.00 at The Bear Drug Store "See Bears in Window" ** PAGE FOTR eee FLAGSTAFF Mr, and Mrs. L. W. Garrison enter- tained with a delightful dinner party complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. J. M McGhee and Miss Inez Stewart. Mrs. Mary Davis was hostess at, a eharming dinner party given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McGhee. ‘Mr. Jetfery of Prescott spent sev. eral days in the city last week. Mrs, Bell left Thursday evening for Kansas. City, where she will spend several months visiting friends. Mr. Washington, who has been spending the summer in this city, left Jast week for Blythe, Cal. Mrs. A. Hughes left Saturday even. ing for Phoenix to spend the winter. Mrs. 8. Steele and Mr. J. H. Bill. ingsby entertained last week in honor of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Boyer. All had @ delightful time. A group of eighteen young people from Flagstaff were highly entertained in Winslow on the evenings of Sep- tember 26th and 27th. On the even- ing of the 25th, a dance was given in honor of the Flagstaff people. Two prizes were offered for the best dancers. Mrs. 8. L. Harper and Mr. J. Burkhardt won first prize. Mrs. Harper is a Flagstaff lady and Mr. Burkhardt resides in Winslow. Second prize was won by Miss Inez Stewart and Mr. Albert Watts, both of Flag: staff. The party returned home and all declared they had the time of their young lives. WINSLOW Mrs. Wilhite will return Monday, having been at the bedside of her sis- ter, who was quite ill, Mrs. Lige Jones of this city passed away last week in a hospital at Albu querque, N. M. . ‘A jolly partydrom Flagstaff was in our city and spent Friday and Satur- day with us. Among those in the party were Mr. and Mrs. Garrison, Mr. and Mrs, Horne and son Reginald, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Davis, Mrs. -Wallace and son, Reginald Jackson, Mrs. Harper, Miss Inez Stewart, Mrs. Miller, Miss Smith, Mr, Albert Watts, Mr. Joe Taylor, Mr. Paytner. Mrs. Harper of Flagstaff and Mr. Burkhardt of Winslow won first pride for being the best waltzers. Miss Inez Stewart and Mr. Albert Watts of Flagstaff won the second prize. ‘The A. M. E. church of this city has been given the name of St. Paul's A. M, B. church, Miss Willie G. Wilson selected the name, ‘The Allen Christian’ “Endeavor League will have a debate Sunday, Oc- tober 5th. Subject: “Resolved, Who ‘Was the Greater Prophet, Moses or Daniel.” Mr. G. H. Hartman will talk on Daniel, and Mr. J. Hogan on Moses. Mr. Calvin Boatwright will soon have a regular chicken ranch. He has one hundred sixty eggs in his incu- bator. ‘Mr, Lincoln Maynard has returned from an extended visit in the west. The Flagstaff visitors enjoyed an interesting trip through the shops while here. Mrs. W. L. Horne of Flagstaff was the champion croquet player Satur- day. Messrs, Reginald Horne and Regin: ald Jackson were favorably impressed with our high school. We would like to have them attend this institution of learning. How about it, boys? ‘The N. A. A. C. P. held a joint meet ing last Saturday. Mr. W. L. Horne, president of the Flagstaff branch, ap- pealed to all colored people ot join the association. Mr. Garrison also made an interesting talk in behalf of ‘the association. Mrs. J. N. Burkhardt has gone to Phoenix to spend the winter months ‘We enjoyed your visit very much, Flagstaff. Come again when you fee like it. We are always glad to sec you. By Myrtle Threat Mrs. Lizzie Woods, who has been spending the summer in Los Angeles, returned home this week. Mrs, Mayme Dorcey, a former resi- dent of this city, paid a brief visit to friends last week. Misses Ambrozine Smith, Ruth Scott and Mable Smith and Mr. Jas. Scott have returned for school after a short visit with their parents in Huachuca. Mrs. Jones has opened a restaurani in Brewery Gulch and desires the pat- ronage of all, Mr. B. Eggleston left last week for Fort Worth, Texas, where he will un- dergo an operatign. ‘Mrs. I. H. Hamilton of El Paso is a recent arrival in the city. eet Mirrors were used by Anglo-Saxon women slung to their girdles. The ‘same custom prevailed in the time ot Elizabeth and James I. They formed the center of many fans at that pe- riod and later, Before glass was in. vented horn and metal were used. Lampasas, Texas By Parlea Spricas _ Mrs. Mayme Dolittle is a new mem- ber of the Tribune family. We gladly monies her and invite others to Join us. : Rev. B. B. Johnson was at his post last Sunday and preached a splendid sermon to his. congregation. _ Mrs. Ed Hill returned last week from a brief visit with friends in San An- tonio. Mr, Buster Kimmans of Temple paid a short Visit to his uncle, Jake and Major Funndle last week. Mrs. B. Adams was a business visi- tor in the city last week. | The choir at New Hope Baptist church rendered excellent service last Sunday. All members were in their places and their anthems were beau- tiful. Rain, rain, rain! It has been rain- ing here for a solid week and there are no signs of a letup. Cotton pick- ing has been dispensed with for the present at least. But, oh boy! Look out when it does stop raining. Mr, William Bradders returned this week after several days spent out of the city. Ringling Brothers shows were in the city Wednesday. Everybody turned out in spite of the rain, Messrs. Black Jack, Charlle Adams, and West Micher came in Monday from Elgin, Texas. * Messrs. Frank and Sidney Griffin and children returned last week from Wichita Falls, Tex., where they have been spending the summer. Rey, J. E. Braun returned this week from his evangelistic tour of the state. RAY Se. a eee oe eS Prof. B. Y. Aycock of Rockdale, ‘'Tex., spent a week in Ray visiting his brother, J. J. McDonald of this city. Prot Aycock is a prominent Odd Fel- low of the Lone Star state, also prin- cipal of the high school at Rockdale. ‘He left Friday for Phoenix, where he will visit before returning to his home. Mrs, Reuben Reed was quite ill with heart trouble last Thursday, but has now completely recovered. Mrs. Pat Rivers has quite recovered from her recent indisposition. Little Genevieve Lewis, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lewis, is confined to her bed with an attack of scarlet fever. She is rest ing easily and a speedy recovery is hoped for. Rey. 8. E. Newell of Prescott was a Ray visitor last week. He preached an excellent sermon to the people of Ray at the school house. While here he was the house guest of Mr. Jas. Coleman. Mr. I. W. Hayes of Phoenix was a Ray visitor last week. He was enter- tained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Burney. Private Robinson of the 26th Infan try is a recent arrival in camp. He comes to us from Nogales, Ariz. He has secured employment and will make this his home. Yuma-Somerton ee ee By Mrs. E. E. Rainwater Mr. E. R. Caton made a brief trip to Los Angeles last week. Mr. A. W. Gardner left Saturday evening for Santa Monica, Cal., to bring his family to this city. They will reside here permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyer of Oak land, Cal., have decided to locate in Yuma, Mr, John Willis returned last week from Los Angeles. Mrs. John Gordon also returned from her summer vaca- tion on the coast, Mrs. Wm. Staten is expected home this week. Messrs. Sam Hill and Samuel, Jr. made a business trip to Phoenix this week. Mr. and Mrs. Felix MeCrory and Mr. and Mrs, E. E, Rainwater were guests of Mr. E. R, Caton of Somerton last Saturday evening. Mr. Caton is an A-l host. His wife is expected home this week. Mr. Will Jones reports a pleasant trip through southern California last week. He left something in California. His “bay window” is missing and he is hitting on fire, "We cannot realize how valuable the ‘Tribune is for putting us in touch with our many friends. For instance, I was surprised to learn that Prof. B, Y. Ay- cock of Rockdale, Texas, was visiting in Phoenix. Was glad to hear that he is out west and sorry to. learn that his health is failing. I wish him suc cess in regaining his health, I attend ed many Normals conducted by him and can truly say that he is oné among the leading educators of the Lone Star State. My kindest re gards to you, Prof. Aycock—Mrs. Ver. sie Hill Rainwater. A method has been discovered of distilling valuable products from the chips that accumulate in woodwork- ing establishments, and of making paper out of the residue. THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING Fort Huachuca \C. ME, PEOPLE PAY Cone Po aoe COTM TOIDIITE TAO} OE WHEE Sergeant Session has returned after an absence of two years, spending the greater part of this time in France. Mrs, Samuel MeDonald entertained a number of her friends last Wednes- day evening with a delightful party, given in honor of Miss Craig of Bis- bee. Those present were Sergeant and Mrs. Sam Smith, Sergeant and Mrs, Marshall, Mrs. Emma Wilson Mrs, Watson, Sergeant and Mrs. Pow- ell, Sergeant Watson of Troop K and Mr. Fox of headquarters troop. The party lasted until midnight and every: one had an unusually pleasant even- ing. . Mrs, Sandridge, Mrs. Reed and Mrs. ‘Norris are visiting their husbands, who are stationed at Nogales. Mrs. V. D. Smith's sister from Co- lumbus, N. M,, is making her.a much- desired visit. | The Big Four club entertained at the home of Sergeant George Smith last Saturday evening in honor of Mrs. Margaret Morrison of Tucson. Miss Craig left Sunday evening for Bisbee in order to begin her work Monday morning with the dear little school children. PRESCOTT ‘The Specific Morigage club of the People's A. M. E. Z. church rendered its usual monthly program which was a suecess in. every way. The total amount raised by the club for the month was $117. Rev. J. W. Harvey, pastor of the ‘A. M. B. Z, church, expects to leave soon to attend the annual conference which convenes Oct, 22 in Los An- geles, Cal. Mr. B. Banks of Phoemx was a business visitor in the city this week. While here he was the guest of Mr. oe Mrs. Oliver Bess. Mrs. P. M. McCullough has returned - Preseott for the winter, She is a good, faithful church worker. We wel: ‘come her, and only wish that more such women would come here to live. ‘She is staying with Mrs. Emma Con ner on North Granite street. | ‘The Mt. Olive Baptist church has ‘called Rev. S. E, Newell as their pas: tor. We are indeed glad to have such an intelligent Christian man in our ‘midst and hope for him success in ‘every way. Hon. L. J. Harris went to Phoenix to hear Col. Simmons lecture. He reports an enjoyable trip and is wild with delight about the way Phoenix people entertain strangers. Mr. L. A. McCarty has returned to Prescott much improved in health. Mrs. Wm. Dunlap is spending a few weeks in Los Angeles for the benefit of her health. Mr. Thomas Tillman is now hand ling fresh milk and will deliver to all parts of the city. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Paris Tabron have been on the sick list but are now able to be out again. Sergeant A. McElroy of Fort Whip ple has been on the sick list but is now up and around: The sergeant is quite interesting for one to talk with; but why shouldn't he be, he has beer around the world. Mrs, Thomas Hines has a large as sortment of beautiful hats. Do call and see them. The prices are within reach of all.” LOOKS LIKE SOLEMN WARNING HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 22.—What looks like a solemn warning against race prejudice which would place color before humanity even in the face of a common danger is furnished by a tragic happening which took place at flood swept Galveston last week. Whether this be so or not, it is certain ly one case in which apparently from a race point of view prejudice proved providential. That your readers may understand the situation it is well to state that Galveston, which is located on an ish and, a mile and a half from the main: land, from which it is separated by the waters of Galveston bay, has been almost totally destroyed twice. by storms and floods, once in 1900 and again in 1915. Naturally, then when storm signals are raised over the cus toms house, there is always anxiety about the safety of the people on the island, and preparations are begun tc take the inhabitants from the danger zone to Houston, which is fifty miles distant, and adjacent territory. ‘That was the case last week. When the news was heralded that a storm was sweeping up from Yucatan bringing death and destruction to Brownsville and Corpus Christi and was headed fo1 Galveston, relief trains were immedi ately assembled to convey the endan gered residents of Galveston to Hous ton over the interurban. Despite the fact that the colored population o Galveston number one-third of th whole, the interurban trains refuse¢ to allow any colored passengers t board any of the first trains out o the threatened city, The rule wa white people first. When the firs rescue train, loaded only with whites had reached a point half a mile dis tant from Galveston the storm ‘swep C. ME PEOPLE PAY * FITTING TRIBUTE 10 MEMORY OF BISHOP COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 1.—Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church, mecting here the past few days in con- nection with the centenary council, yesterday afternoon paid a beautiful ‘tribute to the late Bishop William Capers when they placed a wreath of flowers “symbolic of the great man who devoted his life to the uplift of man” on his tomb at the Washington Street Methodist Church. The wreath was one of the prettiest of designs aa characterized a spirit of loving remembrance by the Negroes for what Bishop Capers had done for them. _ Bishop Capers’ was the first man to begin missionary work among the old slaves Years ago and spent fifteen years of his life in teaching the old ‘Negroes a respect for Christ. This early teaching has not been forgotten and when the centenry council met ‘yesterday and it was suggested to place a wreath on the venerable bish- ‘op’s grave the suggestion was unani- mously adopted. Bishop Capers was born in St. Thom- ‘as’ parish in the latter part of the eighteenth century and died in An- dergon in 1855, His entire ‘life was spent in helping the cause of Christ, a large part in a missionary work lamong the Negroes. He has been ‘characterized as the pioneer of mis- sionary work for the Negroes and his ‘example has been followed by many good men, | He was buried directly underneath the pulpit at Washington Street Church, but a tomb rests on the out- side of the church, just inside the Marion street side of the fence, in re- membrance of him. The wreath was aid facing the west. In attendanbe ‘at the ceremony were about 25 prom- ‘nent Negroes, including several bish- ‘ona from enatheed slates. WILL TOUR THE COUNTRY IN INTEREST OF THE RACE (By Associated Negro F ress), CHICAGO, IIL, Oct. 1—The “frst $100,000 Y. M. C. A. ever erected in the United States is the one at Washing- ton, D. C. To this institution Julius Rosenwald gave his first $25,000 to- wards Colored Y. M. C. A. buildings, to which he has since given a similar amount to more than a dozen insti- tutions, The aggressive young secre- tary who was called from the Y. M. ©. A. in Buxton, Towa, to raise this fund, and finally become secretary of the building, was Lewis E. Johnson, formerly of Cleveland. A few years later this aggressive young man finished the law course in Howard University, and came to Chi- ‘cago to practice. He became a liew- tenant in the Eighth Minois regiment, saw service on the Mexican border, ‘and was made a captain in the famous 370th (old Highth Mlinois) headquar- ters company, probably the only mem: ber of the Race holding such a posi- tion, He’ was made judge advocate by personal direction of General Per- shing, was in several engagements at the front, and was cited for bravery in one of the important engagements. On his return to this country he was appointed the chief trial lawyer in the case of the fourteen Colored soldiers condemned to death for alleged at- tempt to assault a white woman. The new trial was ordered by President Wilson personally, and resulted in six of the men being acquitted through Captain Johnson's untiring efforts, and it is expected that others will be re leased when the case is reviewed by the advocate general. Captain Johnson was given an hon- orable discharge from the army last week, and is abotu to begin a tour of ‘thes United States delivering a mes: ‘sage to the people everywhere, North, South, Bast and West, on his expe riences and observations in France and America, and what the new day means in reconstruction and Race ad fustment. Captain Johnson is an elo- quent, forceful and magnetic speaker. ‘The tour is under the personal direc tion of N. D. Brascher, editor-in-chie! of the Associated Negro Press, 312 S. Clark street, Chicago. it from the causewdy into the angry waters of Galveston bay and hundreds perished. It was a most distressing tragedy which brought sorrow to hundreds éf homes. It strikes your correspondent as being a most significant occurrence which should teach a solemn lesson to those who would discriminate against any class of citizens in’a time of common danger. It may be only an unexplainable “coincidence, but it ‘makes one think, eee Announcement has been made by Mrs, Benjamin G, Lathrop, of New York, that the memory of Theodore Roosevelt will be honored by an en- dowed bed in the Memorial hospital at Rheims, France, to be erected by the American fund for French wounded. COLORED POPULATION OF WHEELING W. VA. 15 GROWING RAPIDLY ° . If You Want to Build or Repair anything, phone us. We will send you a reliable man either for carpenter work, cement work, or plaster- ing. You will seve money by buying from us. BENNETT LUMBER CO., Inc. J. J. HALLORAN, Mgr. Phones: 1211—1247 (By Associated Negro Press) Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 1.—"What is the Negro population of Wheeling?” ‘That is the question received yester- day from a St. Louis, Mo., organiza- tion by City Clerk Crago. So far as can be ascertained by the officials there are no statistics, but it is es- timated that there are about 2,700 Ne- groes living in this city. The esti- mate is arrived at upon the basis of Negro voters. There are close to 450 such registered voters here and, giv- ing an average of six members to each voter's family, it will bring the total Colored population to about the above number, 2,700, It is said that the Negro population here has been about the same for the past several years. Most of the col- ored families live in the Second Ward, some in the Sixth Ward, while there are some families living in various parts of the city. Se Te Oe ge eae 7 We Se ee ORT ee pT cae See Your Best Interests demand that you should avail yourself of the, most efficient banking facilities, No matter what your situation may be, you will find The Valley Bank service complete and satisfying. THE VALLEY BANK ; PHOENIX, ARIZONA Member of For Your Savings Federal Reserve Four Per Cent System and Safety STEEL STRIKE SITUATION Exzema and Tetter Ointment MDME. PURNSLEY HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER Manufactured by MDME. PURNSLEY 1119 East Adam St. .P. O. Box 112 Los Angeles Ocean Park, Cal. (By Associated Negro Press) CHICAGO, IL, Oct. 1.—The nation- wide strike in the steel industry has occupied the center of the stage dur- ing the last week. Particularly is this true among our people who are em- ployed by thousands in this particular field, For more than a quarter of a cen- tury Colored ‘men have been used for the steel industry. ‘The first great mi- gration from the South after the war oceyrred during a similar strike in Pittsburg more than twenty-five years Ago, when thousands of men were brought north by Andrew Carnegie and others, to work with the promise that they would be given permanent employment. In this particular respect the word was kept, and as a result there are thousands of prosperous peo- ple in Pittsburg and other parts of Pennsylvania, who own their property. J have been able to educate their chil- dren and have made excellent citizens because of the industrial opportunity. An attempt has been made to use Colored workers as strike breakers in the present difficulties and a trainload of them were ready to leave the Illi. nois Centtral station in Chicago when word was sent down the line by pick- ets for the strikers. It was deemed unwise to send the men. Soap and grease were put on the tracks, maxing it impossible for the wheels of the train to move. ‘There is a serious economic factor in this present strike astde from the subject of unioniss. It is claimed by some that the majority of the strikery are foreigners and aliens, who have no regard for American institutions and patriotism. It is believed by many that so far as the Colored industrial workers are concerned, their status will be favorably affected by the strike, because of the well-known pat: riotie loyalty and industrial depend. ability of Colored workers. The strike situation is forcibly bringing out the fact that thousands of the foreigners are ustng the oppor- tunity to return to their native land with their savings account of good American money in amounts from $4000 to $10,000. The Valley Lumber Co. P. CORPSTEIN, Manager Phone 760-1862 Jobbers and Dealers in All Kinds of ° ° ° Building Material - See Us Before Buying Elsewhere HOEPPNER ELECTRIC MACHINE CO. 16 South Central Avenue House Wiring Electrical Contracting Motors and Heavy Machinery We Solicit Your Patronage 16 South Central Telephone 799 PUBLICITY A GREAT WEAPON Phones: Office 3089. Residence 8797 > Log TSVAN = Aan *\ 5 ee Se\ [SANITARY SYSTEM] MORE AND BETTER DENTISTRY FOR LESS MONEY 36 E. Washington St. Goldberg Bidg. Phoenix, Ariozna. ‘ Cee ee ee Se eee CHICAGO, MIL, Oct. 1.—The_ great value of proper and sensible publicity in working out the problems of race adjustment is attracting national at- tention at this time. Not only are the Race newspapers performing a very important part in acquainting the people, but the great daily newspapers and magazines are devoting more space to the subject than ever before and no fair-minded person can ques- tion the value of this important and necessary work. Members of the United States senate and house of rep- resentatives, as well as other public officials, are. recognizing the import- ‘ance and need of such work. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio in a statement to the Associated Ne- gro Press made the following remark- able utterances: “It would be a very sorry contradic- tion to the policy of the developing of democracy if the Colored people of the country should not find marked ad- vancement in this fluid state of world civilization, and it is very pleasing to note the growth of Colored publicity service, which means that educational acre and intelligent entight- enment, which always speak of the progress of any people. “Publicity is going to be the great- est weapon of all in furthering® the cause of the Coloted people of the United States.” Preparations are being made to car- ry on the greatest publicity campaign for race adjustment ever known in this country. When you want House Furnishings at the Right Price and sold on the level GO TO THE : BARROWS FURNITURE CO. Corner First Street and Jefferson Phone 1666 SAN DIEGO FISH & POULTRY MARKET 219 West Washington St. FRESH FISH RECEIVED DAILY my Gtainfed poultry—dressed ready for the pan High, Quality—Low Prices Phone 1320 5 Phoenix, Arizona Western, Snell, . Vitalic, Appeal, Wer Jonson” = ing Brothers - ‘Goodrich Bicycles ficycles Bicycle Tires Everything for the Bicycle. All Work Guaranteed. 110 Bast Adams Street Telephone 1-3-6-5 Initial steps have been taken in Lon- don to form a union of domestic serv- ants,