St. Paul Echo

SHOP TALK sometimes gets boring, we admit. Even so, our advertisers appreciate your patronage, and we will appreciate mention of the paper. VOL.1. No.16. ASSAULT VICTIM SUCCUMBS FROM 3-DAY EXPOSURE Pneumonia Causes Death of Colored Girl, 14, Held by 10 Men in Barn. Body Reported Taken South to Home; Authorities, Papers Silent. New York.—The 14-year-old colored girl who was held captive by 10 white men for three days and repeatedly assaulted, has suicomed to pneumonia, according to report. Death was due to exposure during the period of detention in an old barn, and to a total lack of food during that period. Papers Silent. Daily papers have not carried any stories about the death of the child, and authorities have maintained a deep silence, but it has been learned that the body has been taken South for burial by an aunt who lives in Harlem. Ten men who are being held in the case are charged with rape, and an effort is being made to have their bonds increased. It has been announced that the hearing will take place in the district court of the Bronx, February 16. The N. A. A. C. P., the Children's Society and other organizations will assist in the prosecution. Alan Dingle, a colored lawyer of the city, has been retained by the N. A. A. C. P. to help with the prosecution. It is declared that the girl was followed by three men from a subway station, taken to a barn, and held against her will for three days. Citizens of the locality who noted the suspicious actions of men about the barn reported the matter to the police, and arrest of the men, and discovery of the girl followed. The girl was removed to Metropolitan hospital where her condition grew steadily worse until it resulted in her death. A detailed story of the experience was given to authorities by the girl before her death, and it is believed that her evidence will be sufficient to convict the captors. John E. McGeehan, district attorney of Bronx County, N. Y., has written to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People declaring he will "see that the utmost is done" to punish the men charged with the attack. FLORIDA WOMEN DENOUNCE MOBS State College for Women Sends Resolutions to Governor Flaying Lynchings. Tallahassee, Fla. — The student body of Florida State College for Women has entered the fight against lynching in this state by adopting and sending to Governor Martin a resolution protesting against "such violations of law and justice, and pledging hearty support to the Governor and other officials in the effort to rid the state of this crime. The resolution, formulated by the executive committee of the Student Government Association and the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and endosed by the student body, grew out of the lynching of a Negro near Ocala, January 11. "We realize," says the resolution, "that responsibility for such violation of the laws of the state and of the principles of Christian civilization rests upon the citizens of Florida. As citizens of the state and present and future voters we deplore such violation of law and justice, and assure you, the Governor of Florida and other officials of the state, of our hearty support in the efforts you are making toward ridding the state of this crime." Similar resolutions were adopted by the South Florida Diocese of the Episcopal Church. It is stated also that a petition to the governor, asking an investigation of the recent lynching, is being prepared by leading citizens of Ocala and other sections. The St. Paul Echo 20,000 Leading White Virginians 'Colored' If New Measure Passes Anti-Inter-Marriage Bill to Be Opposed Senators Gillett and Butler of Massachusetts, have given assurance to the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, that they will oppose the anti-intermarriage bill introduced by Senator Caraway of Arkansas, according to a report sent to the N. A. A. C. P. National Office by Butler R. Wilson, president of the Boston branch. The national office has also heard from Senator Wadsworth of New York, who has promised to give the bill his "most careful consideration." FOLLIES COMES ON RETURN TRIP Musical Comedy Headed by Local Talent to Appear Feb. 27 at Main Y. W. C. A. Featuring the Brown Skin Quartet, the Brown Skin Follies, a musical comedy of local talent, directed by Mrs. Harriette Hall, will appear for the second season at the main Y. W. C. A., 123 W. Fifth St., Saturday, February 27. College men who compose the quartet are Walter Minor, William Benjamin, Earl Wilkins and Raymond Brown. There are over thirty characters in the cast, including the chorus and incidental parts. The theme of the comedy will be augmented in part, and will have some new features which will be worth watching. Three of the men in the cast have been doing professional and semi-professional dancing, and a special Charleston number has been arranged. The proceeds of the affair will go to the Central Ave. branch of the Y. W. C. A. When the comedy was given last year at Pilgrim Baptist church, it was voted one of the most amusing amateur shows which the city had seen for a long while. The admission is 25 cents, and the curtain will rise promptly at 8 P. M. Hungry, Tired, Homeless, Man Asks Sentence Hungry, Tired, Homeless, Man Asks Sentence (Preston News Service) Baltimore, Md., Feb. 19.—Hungry, tired, no home and no work. That was the situation in which Willard Bowie, 50 years old, found himself when he walked into the Western Police Station. Bowie was desperate. He needed relief and was going to get it. But straineded circumstances were not going to cause him to steal, he told Magistrate Pohlhaus, after asking to be sent to the House of Correction. He had cast many temptations from him and for all his fifty years he had not even stolen anything, he said. Spring plowing held no fears for Bowie. When told by Magistrate Pohlhaus that he would have to work on a farm, Bowie replied that he had been born and raised in Georgia, and Maryland's farms could not be any worse than those in Georgia. Magistrate Pohlhaus sentenced him to three months in the House of Correction. AMERICAN COLORED JAZZ SPIRITS GLOOY MOSCOW (Chicago Daily Tribune) Moscow, Feb. 19.—Russia will hear a real American Negro jazz band for the first time this week. Six Negro jazz artists, headed by Frank Withers of Emporia, Kan., broke a five-year stay in Paris to come to Russia at the invitation of the soviet government. They have made a four months' contract with the Soviet Philharmonic society to enliven the dull night life of Russia's biggest cities with the latest American ragtime for $200 a night. The appearance today of one of the musicians outside the soviet foreign office, carrying a huge saxophone, excited great curiosity among the Russians, few of whom had ever seen a real Negro and to all of whom the saxophone was an entirely allen instrument. ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926 Racial Integrity Bill Would Make Indian-Negro-White Marriages Void; Would Taint White Families. (Preston News Service) Richmond, Va., Feb. 18.—Nothing has stirred the "blue bloods" of Virginia to more vigorous action and protest since the days when their sons gave their lives in vain to maintain the nation's scourge in the sixies than the introduction of the Racial Integrity bill in the state legislature last week. Opponents to the measure point out that the bill would classify as "colored" some of the most distinguished families of Virginia, and various proud and patriotic societies and organizations have prepared to fight the measure to the last ditch, it has been announced. 20.000 Whites "Colored." One Virginia historian expressed the belief that the passage of the bill would mean the classification as "colored" of at least a dozen members of the Virginia General Assembly, as well as not less than 20,000 of the most distinguished people in Virginia. This racial integrity measure, which is being warmly advocated by John Powell, a Richmond pianist; Major Ernest Sevier Cox, ethnologist, and Dr. A. W. Plecker, State Registrar of Vital Statistics, classes as "colored," all "white" persons with any "known demonstrable or ascertainable admixture of Indian or Negro blood," forbids their marriage to white persons, and declares, "void absolutely abinitito" any marriage entered into between such a "color- PORTER SHANNON SPEAKS AT MEET PORTER SHANNON SPEAKS AT MEET Why I Dissented With the Organization of the Brotherhood. Owing to the fact that there is a deal of comment as to my standing in regards to the organization movement, which has recently created so much discussion and where many of the men who are interested are desirous of knowing why I dissented with the organizers, I feel that I owe to the people of the city of St. Paul, and especially the employees of the Pullman Company and Railroad Companies who have known me for a number of years as to why I took this stand. One of the reasons why I am bitterly opposed to any organization that is being fostered by an outsider, a man who has not had any experience in sleeping car work, or dealings with men employed as sleeping car porters, never has been nor will be in a position to dictate any policy by which they should be governed. The second is that it is never necessary for men to resort to the extreme in the organization movement, where colored men are included exclusively. I realized long ago that the easiest policy by which we could adjust our difference is always the best, and as to whether this comes under the form of an Industrial Plan Organization or any other, the rule will always hold. Plan of Employee Representation is for purpose of dealing with the employer where wages and working conditions are involved. The only reason men organize is for this purpose, and if this purpose can be accomplished without an organization of the kind that is being offered to the men today, I am still offering you my advice and asking that you refrain from taking any part in such a movement. It is the general im- F. PEOPLES BUILDING CO. MAINTAINS LARGE CREW F. Peoples Real Estate and Home Building Co. gets an early start due to the building boom. He has been awarded the contracts for buildings at 3941, 3945 Fourth Ave. So. and 4545 29th Ave. So. Mr. Peoples maintains a crew of 20 men daily. Remember, if your lot is not paid for, F. Peoples Co. will pay the balance and build for you on reasonable monthly payments like rent. GARVEY PARDON REFUSED; MUST STAY IN PRISON GARVEY PARDON REFUSED; MUST STAY IN PRISON Petition of "President of Africa" Premature, Claim of President Coolidge. May Be Freed In Fall One Third of Sentence Must Be Served Before Clemency Can Be Granted. Washington, D. C.—Marcus Garvey, self-styled "provisional president of Africa," must serve at least one-third of his term of five years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., before he will be granted executive clemency. His application was denied as premature by President Coolidge. In his petition for executive elementy, Garvey had requested permission to remain in the United States for 90 days after his release to transact "important business." This request had been denied by Assistant Secretary of Labor Husband, who declared that Garvey could not remain for any period unless exceedingly "important business" should be proved. A warrant for his deportation had been issued and he would have been immediately deported to the British West Indies, if his sentence had been commuted. Convicted for Defrauding. Garvey was convicted in the United States court for the southern district of New York on a charge of using the mails to defraud in connection with the sale of worthless stock in the Black Star Line, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of Delaware and having for its purpose the acquisition and operation of steamships which were intended to transport persons and material to Africa to build an empire. He was sentenced in New York June 21, 1923. His conviction was appealed, and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the second circuit affirmed the judgment of the trial court. Garvey began the serving of his sentence on February 8, 1925. He will be eligible for parole on October 7, 1926. LIVING QUARTERS POOR IN CHICAGO Survey Shows Negro Migrants From South Often Forced Into Old Houses. New York, Feb. 19.—Many colored families, especially recent migrants from the South, are forced by inadequate supply of homes to live in dilapidated, unsanitary and overcrowded tenements, according to a survey made in Chicago by the Bureau of Social Surveys. The survey states that Negro migrants coming into districts as the latest tenants, live in the oldest houses. However, over-crowding among Negroes is less than among foreign born elements in the population. "As a group," states the report, "Negroes are paying much more for shelter than other classes in the community." The investigators also found that Negroes in Chicago had entered many new kinds of employment and that, "The weight of evidence accumulated in interviews with the 100 firms consulted in connection with this study is that he (the Negro) will be a permanent factor in industry in this city." The report further notes that the Negro's "progress to better positions is noticeable." WHITES HELD (Preston News Service) Albany, Ala., Feb. 19—J. M. West and R. E. Stewart, white, were taken into custody late Monday and placed in the county jail in connection with the death of Ashbury Murray, colored, who was shot to death several months ago at Austinville. While the grand jury has not made its report, arrest of the men was made at the direction of he presiding judge of he circuit court. Randolph Meetings February 11-16 Huge Success, Organizer Says Colored Girl Given Chair Of Latin In New York High School A. L. Totten, With General Organizer, go to Seattle, Coast Points, Before Circling Back to East. A large audience turned out last Sunday afternoon to hear A. Philip Randolph, orator, editor of the "Messenger" magazine and general organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Ashley L. Totten, field organizer, deliver the message of their organization and denounce all the Pullman "Uncle Toms" and "Stool Pigeons" as dangerous enemies of the Negro race. The speakers first appeared at 3 P. M. at St. James A. M. E. Church, which was packed to its capacity with men and women. J. H. Collins of Chicago, who is the Western distributing manager of the "Messenger"; P. L. Caldwell, the local secretary-treasurer of the organization; G. W. Hamilton, attorney-at-law and president of the N. A. A. C. P., and J. H. Turner, attorney, accompanied the speakers. Mr. Totten was introduced as the first speaker and held the audience spellbound as he covered every point relative to the situation existing in the Pullman work, and described how the Pullman Company had succeeded in pulling the wool over the eyes of the porters and maids by forcing them to accept the Employee Representation Plan. He outlined an alleged espionage system of the management and told of the practices of the welfare workers and porter instructors who are engaged in a scheme to make perfect this plan of the Pullman Company. Loss in Money. He explained how the porters are paid and gave accurate figures of the total amount in dollars and cents that each man loses in one single month for preparatory time, which the Pullman Company does not pay for. In speaking of the maids, Mr. Totten said that although they are employees of the Pullman Company, they are not allowed to ride on a Pullman car when in deadhead service. Mr. Totten closed his remarks by the statement that if the public want to know the truth about the wage conference and all matters in connection with the Pullman porters' grievances, do not be guided by the paid newspaper reports of the Pullman Company, but use your influence to coax either their white or Negro officials on the platform with the leaders of the Brotherhood and de- (Continued on page 3) Born of Uneducated Parents, Melva L. Price Has Garnered Many Scholastic Honors; Is Phi Beta Kappa. Twenty years ago William J. Price and wife, uneducated Negroes, forsook their rural North Carolina home and settled in New York City. The third member of the family was Melva, 3 years old. On Monday, February 1, the lifes ambition of the proud parents was realized when their daughter began her chosen career as a teacher of Latin in the James Madison high school, Brooklyn. Her admirers' assertions that Miss Melva L. Price is an exceptionally bright woman mentally is substantiated by her record as a student. In elementary school, high school and college she at all times led her class. From each she was graduated with highest honors. In June, 1916, she was valedictorian when her class finished in Public School No. 158, Brooklyn. This honor was paid her for having made A in conduct and A in work in all her classes throughout the school. At graduation from the Bushwick high school, Brooklyn, in June, 1920, she was honor student. Her average in all studies during the four years was 89. In the Regents' examinations her average in Latin for that period was 95 and 03 in German and in all subjects. Entering Hunter College, Miss Price continued to lead her class year after year. In June, 1924, she was ATTORNEY COBB TO FILL CHAIR OF DECEASED JUDGE James A. Cobb, member of the law faculty of Howard university, and one of the leading attorneys in Washington, has been nominated by President Coolidge to fill the vacancy on the municipal bench of the District of Columbia, caused by the death of Judge Robert H. Terrell. With the confirmation of the nomination by the senate almost practically assured, Attorney -Cobb will be installed as the second Negro judge in Washington. MOB HELD OFF BY TEAR BOMBS Delaware Town Scene of Attempted Violence as Negro Is Sentenced to Die. Georgetown, Del.—More than a score of tear bombs were thrown into a crowd of a thousand who attempted to storm the courthouse here Monday and lynch Harry Butler, colored, who a few moments later was sentenced to hang for criminally attacking 12-year-old Lenora Steinmetz. It was only with difficulty that the guardsmen who used the bombs managed to keep the crowd at bay until the jury's verdict of "guilty" was announced. Trouble started at noontime when the mob in the rear of the courthouse heard some one whistling in the prisoners' pen within. The shout went up: "He's so happy he's whistling—lynch him." The crowd surged forward, crashed through barbed wire entanglements which had been thrown about the courthouse and started for the doorway when the guard officers, seeing that persuasion was useless, ordered a squad forward equipped with gas masks. At the command the gas bombs hurtled into the throng and exploded. Sneezes, yells and curses came from a thousand throats as the crowd backed away. There was only one casualty, a man who sprained his ankle in his hurry to escape the gas. A few moments later Butler was found guilty and the crowd slowly began to disperse. The date for the hanging of Butler was set for February 26. Bombing Victim Afforded Police; N. A. A. C. P. Help New York, Feb. 11.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has offered its aid to the Cleveland branch in protecting Dr. C. H. Garwin, colord physician whose home was recently bombed, after the letters "K. K. K." had been painted on the side of the house. Harry E. Davis, member of the N. A. A. C. P. Board of Directors, reports that Dr. Garwin is receiving police protection and that the Cleveland branch is following up the case closely. signally honored upon completing studies. She made the highest general average, graduating with summa cum laude. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, awarded the Wilson G. Hunt gold medal for the highest rating for competitive examination in Latin and Greek, and awarded the Kelly silver medal for the highest record in course of study in the methods of teaching. Highest Examination. New laurels were won by her in June, 1924, when she took the examination for an elementary school teacher's license and passed with an average of 93.2. Of the 1,000 entrants who passed, her mark was the highest. The new Latin teacher has had previous experience. While in her senior year she taught Latin in the High School Department of Hunter College. From September, 1924, to RACIAL INTEGRITY is one of the things which the Negro with his varied heritage need not worry over. Here's how to the white "colored" man! PRICE FIVE CENTS McLEAN ALLOWS LIBERAL POLICY IN NEGRO CASES Governor Declines Clemency to Men Who Stormed Jail Hunting Negro Prisoner. Fair Attitude Noted Reprieve Granted Ballard, Sentenced to Die; Mental Stability Doubled. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 19.—Gov. McLean last Wednesday night declined to extend clemency to 15 men convicted several months ago for storming the Buncombe County jail in a search for a Negro held there. The men all were sentenced to prison terms. "The sovereignty of all the people of the state was trampled under foot and insulted by the mob when it attempted to take the law into its own hands," asserted Mr. McLean in declining the clemency which had been urged by more than 6,000 persons. The governor said that the pardon commissioner had made a thorough investigation of the case. He expressed his sympathy for the families of the convicted men and added that any suffering which they might endure, he felt sure, would be alleviated by the citizens and welfare organizations of Asheville. REPRIEVE GRANTED Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 19.—Governor McLean Thursday reprieved Mr. Ballard, sentenced to die for murder. In reprieving the man, Mr. McLean said it was for the purpose of investigating his mental condition. The reprieve extends his life until March 26 and he will be kept under observation at the Negro Hospital for the Insane at Goldsboro. Ballard was convicted of the murder of Deputy Sheriff Eason of Gates County some time ago, and the Supreme Court upheld the lower court. Judge Henry A. Grady, the trial judge, appealed to the governor to commute the sentence to life imprisonment because he had noticed the man's actions during the trial and felt he may have been irresponsible. It was on the strength of Judge Grady's request that Mr. McLean decided to reprieve Ballard for mental observation. WALKER GIVEN WALKER AWARD C. J. Walker Committee Gives Annual Prizes; California Gets Scholarship. (N. A. A. C. P. Press Service) Moses L. Walker, chairman of the Sweet defense committee in Detroit, has been awarded the Madam C. J. Walker gold medal, given annually for distinguished service to the race through the N. A. A. C. P. Mr. Walker served throughout the first Sweet trial, and was chiefly responsible for looking after the business interests of the 11 defendants, and arranging for their bail. The $100 scholarship, which goes each year to the N. A. A. C. P. branch making the greatest percentage of advance in contributions over the previous year, was awarded to the Northern California branch, with headquarters in Oakland, California. In 1924, Northern California contributed $312.00 and in 1925 gave $2,227.85, an advance of $141.05 per cent. The minimum basis for consideration for this award is a $200 contribution. For branches contributing a minimum of $100 and making the greatest percentage of advance in membership, a $75 annual scholarship is given which goes this year to Elmira, N. Y. Elmira advanced 9,900 per cent over its 1924 membership. LAWYERS IN TEXAS Austin, Tex.-Two Chicago lawyers, the first of our race ever to appear before the Court of Appeals of Texas, represented the National Colored Shriner Organization in a case involving use by the order of white shriner emblems and rituals. Advertising rates furnished upon application as second class matter Nov. 7, 1925, at the per St. Paul, Minn., under the act of March 3, 1879 "Entered as second class matter Nov. 7, 1925, at the post office at St. Paul, Minn., under the act of March 3, 1879" RAPID JURY SERVICE very close to each other in point of time, the purity of their movement have been the two in Kentucky and in Delaware. One case, the jury came to a decision of guilt, sentenced to die in approximately fifty, only eight minutes was required to find to sentence him to death. Story from Kentucky tells of the formidable knives, machine guns, and armed guard line, safety of the accused man against the fury resque is the tale of how the soldiers in raid any of the feeling which had arisen over in Delaware, the lynch-bent crowd was engeance upon the man being held the mans was not sufficient to keep the assembled were thrown to disperse the blood-eager men of the accused. In cases the group outside got its wish. Each case had the formal sanction of jury travesty to the law-loving citizens of the mobs could have done its work in vex minutes, and one of the juries bested the judges. Red lynchings, these judgments have been every apt. They must go down in the hierarchy with the record of lynchings broke of the foremost contributions made by their own shame and undoing, and to the deaths. Coming very close to each other in point of time, and startling in the similarity of their movement have been the two recent trials of Negroes in Kentucky and in Delaware. In the one case, the jury came to a decision of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to die in approximately fifteen minutes. In the other, only eight minutes was required to find the prisoner guilty and to sentence him to death. The story from Kentucky tells of the formidable array of whippet tanks, machine guns, and armed guard lined up to insure the safety of the accused man against the fury of the mob. Very picturesque is the tale of how the soldiers in readiness kept under cover any of the feeling which had arisen over the crime. Now, in Delaware, the lynch-bent crowd was so eager to wreak its vengeance upon the man being held the mere threat by the guard was not sufficient to keep the assembled mob passive. Gas bombs were thrown to disperse the blood-eager men who wanted the life of the accused. In both cases the group outside got its wish. Although the killings in each case had the formal sanction of jurymen, they were but a travesty to the law-loving citizens of the country. Neither of the mobs could have done its work in very little less than fifteen minutes, and one of the juries bested that time by seven minutes. Legalized lynchings, these judgments have been called, and the term is very apt. They must go down in the history of this great democracy with the record of lynchings broadcasted by radio, as one of the foremost contributions made by people anywhere to their own shame and undoing, and to the degradation of their fellows. OUR FATHER? old and revered as a man great to his country in the history of his nation, George Washington to us linked with the thought that he is a "may." Country, and our country; and since it is our theoretical right to claim him as our counsellor, at times, to keep our definition stigton, fresh from the stress of the revolt, fight for liberty, fairly embodied the law. We today, black, and caught in the wide swamp, we cannot control or direct, are, too easy freedom. Our expression of that spirit from the attitude of the first father. We have burned, bullet-riddled, reviled. We discriminated against, and treated unjustly, have been disfranchised, cheated, and robbed. And out of the whole turmoil has come, an increasing will to abide by the law, more acute yearning for the spiritual freedom that is an heroic turning of the other of eighty price to pay so constantly for the social shackles—a damnable hangover which America threw it away. Yes, we are the tit of freedom which Washington typified into us the realization of what freedom of nation has been made the more keen because of freedom, the ideal. Indeed, Washington the father of our tumultuous, ever-yer spirits which are always battering them the high, cold walls of our white surround Honored and revered as a man great to his contemporaries, and great in the history of his nation, George Washington's name has come down to us linked with the thought that he is "the father of his country." His country, and our country; and since it is our country, we have every theoretical right to claim him as our country's parent. It is hard, though, at times, to keep our definition straight. Washington, fresh from the stress of the revolution and the tremendous fight for liberty, fairly embodied the sentiment of freedom. We today, black, and caught in the wide sweep of a situation which we cannot control or direct, are, too embodiment of the spirit of freedom. Our expression of that spirit is somewhat different from the attitude of the first father. We have been burned, bullet-riddled, reviled. We have been segregated, discriminated against, and treated unjustly before the law. We have been disfranchised, cheated, and robbed of our citizenship rights. And out of the whole turmoil has come only a better citizenship, an increasing will to abide by the laws of the country, and a more acute yearning for the spiritual freedom which we are denied. Surely that is an heroic turning of the other cheek. Verily that is a mighty price to pay so constantly for the sheer freedom from physical shackles—a damnable hangover which was outworn long before America threw it away. Yes, we are the embodiments of that spirit of freedom which Washington typified. We have had digged into us the realization of what freedom can mean, and that realization has been made the more keen because we have never attained to freedom, the ideal. Indeed, Washington may be well termed the father of our tumultuous, ever-yearning spirits . . . those spirits which are always battering themselves futilely against the high, cold walls of our white surrounding. THIS COLOR BUSINESS this something pathetically funny in the case in Virginia over the racial integrity moved into the state legislature last week. And families of Virginians are up in arms, if what the bill will do to the skeletons, so so honorable, which have so long been hid family closets. They are fearful lest some are not really the "pure" strain which they in it matters not that scientists have long There is something pathetically funny in the furore which has been raised in Virginia over the racial integrity measure which was introduced into the state legislature last week. Fine old families of Virginians are up in arms because they are afraid of what the bill will do to the skeletons, some honorable —some not so honorable, which have so long been hiding unmolested in the family closets. They are fearful lest some one discover that they are not really the "pure" strain which they have always boasted of. To them it matters not that scientists have long been agreed that pure racial stock, as such, for all practical purposes can be said not to exist. They have gone along deluding themselves into believing that they were the cream of the world's anointed, and that their heritage included the best of a Nordic strain of blood, together with the slaves which were their natural right, either openly or under some form of the system. And now they are to be held up to ridicule. The world is to know that grandfather several times back married a charming Indian girl because he wanted the land which would automatically go with her. And those liaisons with pretty black girls which resulted in lighter and lighter strains in the continued offspring until the favorite came who was quite white, and who was sent North to school, carrying with him the family name, will be peered at by a curious world. The marriage of that favorite, and the consequent line will also get their fair share of publicity. So the "purists" howl, and the F. F. V.'s howl louder to counteract the more bourgeois yawping. It's a pretty mess, a rather stinking mess, and we welcome the revelations it has made to those who formerly did not know with unholy glee. M. Kind deeds performed 18 years ago have brought an estate estimated at more than $10,000 to Elba Drew, thirty-five-year-old laborer of Kansas City, Mo. Drew, when a boy, took care of F. E. Forester of Goldfield, Nev., when the latter suffering from rheumatism, went to Excelsior Springs, a health resort near Kansas City, for treatment. Coolidge Sees New 'Tax Cut; Says Economy Brings Results Washington—America is setting the pace for the rest of the world in orderly, efficient, economic government, President Coolidge told the heads of all government bureaus in a speech preceding the annual work of preparing a new budget. Pointing at what has been accomplished since the war by rigid economy—three reductions in taxes—the president declared that the bureau heads have but to continue along the present pathway in order to bring about another reduction in taxes "within a few years." "If we are moderate in our expenditures," Mr. Coolidge said, "the natural increase in profits ought within the next few years to furnish us again with surplus revenue which will permit further tax reduction." The President conceded it impossible to cut the present cost of government much. It now takes around three and one half billions of dollars annually. The object, he said, is to keep expenses from mounting. Open New Fight on Alcohol. St. Paul—A legal fight on the body-rub alcohol industry was opened by Andrew J. Volstead, legal adviser of the northwest prohibition enforcement division, intended to wipe out manufacture of this alcohol and its sale throughout the United States. The attack was launched in concession with a hearing before Judge B. Sanborn in federal court at St. Paul to determine the legality of seizures of body-rub alcohol made by federal agents under General W. F. Rhinow, northwest prohibition director, and Major B. B. Wilcox, chief enforcement officer. McCormack Insured for Million New York—John McCormack, the singer, has insured himself for $1,000,000 under the endowment plan. With the proceeds of his concerts and the immense royalties on phonograph records his income between the ages of 45 and 51 is expected to rank with that of the wealthiest financiers and captains of industry, the announcement said. The policy was described as probably the largest ever recorded in endowment insurance. Gunwomen Get 3 Years. Sioux Falls, S. D.—Sentences of three years each in the state penitentiary here were given Mrs. Katherine Rogers and her daughter, Zera Crumb, convicted bank robbers, by Judge L. L. Fleeger in Circuit Court. They were convicted by a Circuit Court jury on a charge of robbery in the first degree, in connection with the holdup of the Renner State Bank, November 27, to which they confessed. At their trial their plea was insanity. Farm Board to Open Offices Des Moines, Iowa—Headquarters of the all-agricultural marketing advisory committee, named by the corn belt farm relief conference probably will be opened in Chicago, it was announced. The committee is also considering plans for legislative quarters in Washington. U. S. May Make Aluminum Washington—Government scientists have begun a series of experiments designed to show whether both aluminum and fertilizer can be produced in quantity, under a new process, at the government's plant at Muscle Shoals. Prague, Czechoslovakia—The government withdrew its bill which provided for cancellation of the import duty on wheat. This unexpected action caused lively discussion on the local exchange as to the government's reason for maintaining the tariff charge. London—The richest ecclesiastic in the British Isles probably is Dr. B. J. Plunket, who recently resigned on account of ill health as archbishop of Moath, Ireland. He has just inherited property valued at 800 pounds sterling, about $4,000,000. Storage, Repairing and Reconditioned Cars BLUE & WHITE FOR SERVICE AND LOW METER RATES CAB CEdar 4006 SPACIOUS AND HEATED CARS ST. PAUL ECHO IN THE REALM of Clubdom The members of the Crispus Attucks Home received a pleasant surprise when they were remembered by the "Tri-Art-Coterie" on Valentine day. Delicious home-made candies were given to the ladies and cigars to the men as a Valentine gift. The club was represented by Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Pres.; Laura Oden, Sec.; Mary Toliver, Treasurer. The "Tri-Art-Coterie" met at the home of Miss Pauline Venerable Wednesday evening, February 10. Dainty repast was served. The Men's Club of St. Phillip's Episcopal Church entertained the cast of "Hinky Doodle Town" at the Y. W. C. A. Appreciation was expressed for the St. Paul Echo and the co-operation and support they rendered to help make the show a success. The dinner given by the Self Culture Club at the home of Mrs. R. F. Wilson, 697 St Anthony Ave., was a great success. The Usher Board of St. James A. M. E. Church met with Mr. and Mrs. Frank King, 377 No. St. Albans St., Wednesday, February 17. The meeting was well attended and a very pleasant and delightful evening was spent. The next meeting of the Self Culture Club will be held with Mrs. A. V. Hall at her home at Round Lake MONEY EMBARRASSES (Perston News Service) Williamston, N. C., Feb. — Monday morning when Herman Bowen opened the doors of the Farmers' and Merchants' bank he was followed in by a man who asked to have a bill changed. Mr. Bowen told him he would and went around to the window. What greeted him over the counter was a gold certificate for $1,000. He had to excuse himself for a few minutes and open up the big safe for the Farmers' and Merchants' bank does not leave change for $1,000 bills laying around on the counter over night. LIQUOR-CHURCH SALE (Preston News, Service) Steubenville, Ohio, Feb. . . "We sold the booze to raise money for the church," testified Mrs. Mary Jones when arraigned before Mayor John Patton Thursday on a selling liquor charge. Mrs. Jones told the mayor that there was so much poverty and squalor in various sections of the city in families where the men folks were out of work. She said the church had asked for funds and she felt as though she should do something to help the needy ones. "We gave suppers and the money we made from selling the moonshine we put in the missionary fund," she testified. STABS GIRL IN HEART WITH PICK; SENTENCED (Preston News Service) Searcy, Ark., Feb. —Minter Cheek Moore, on trial in White Circuit Court for the killing of Miss Rena Beverly, was convicted Monday night of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. About fifteen witnesses were examined, including the defendant. The state attempted to prove that the Moore woman was the aggressor in the dispute that ended with the stabbing of the Beverly girl in the heart with an ice pick, while the defense testimony is along self-defense lines. The first farmers' institute ever held in America was at Hudson, Wis., 1885. The highway between Santiago and San Bernardo, Chile, is to be widened at a cost of $1,000,000. Shannon Gives Reasons pression of the many colored leaders of our group today, that ever so often the sleeping car porters must be organized, and out of all the attempts that have been made, which are many, the result has been the same, failure. The plan that we have for sleeping car porters to adjust their differences was brought about during the time that the Pullman porters did not have an effective organization, nor were there any prospects for them to have one. Under the Industrial Plan there are certain advantages given, where a committee in each district is permitted to take up such grievances as would happen locally with their superintendent, and if they are not successful in adjusting these grievances satisfactory they are permitted to appeal the same to the highest offices of the Pullman Company for final adjudication. Since these advantages were given to us as a group, many of the progressive men with imaginary minds thought that they saw an opportunity to put into effect some of their pent up emotional, radical, non-effective ideas where every condition under which we work could be reversed over night, there never was nor there never will be a more dangerous element than this group who claim to be leaders of this movement, and to my greatest surprise they claim to have the endorsement of such officers as the N. A. A. C. P., Urban League and the Clubs of Federated Women, if this group has endorsed the movement as it stands in its entirety, they have done themselves and every colored employee on the sleeping cars an irreparable injury, and when the matter is thrashed out and brought back to their attention they themselves will have to acknowledge the same. This group of so-called leaders have turned the spotlight on many of the employees who were heretofore able to remain in the dark. As to whether or not they can continue in the dark and get by on the meritorious service of other employees will remain to be seen, but the meeting of by statement will doubtlessly serve a better purpose in years to come than at the present time, but you can rest assured that this group will never be able to win their point. They claim that it is necessary to have the required number, 51 per cent of all employees, in order to have a majority representation, which, if true, this could be done as easily by having the men sign their names, and much quicker than the method of collecting $5.00 and $1.00, monthly dues. I will further state that if these men were given 99 per cent majority, and also an opportunity to show this group what they could do towards changing their working conditions and raising their wages, they could not accomplish in any way what has been accomplished by the committee of 18, who represented us at the meeting held at Chicago recently. The whole truth about this movement is that it has been placed in the hands of dangerous persons, who have stooped to the lowest tactics in infilming the minds of those who are their followers, and the result of their following them is that they will eventually heap tons and tons of criticism upon them and the same method they are using now to further their movement in their own interest will be used later to heap coals of fire on their heads. The cost to maintain the average pauper in the United States is $334.64 annually. Transfer Blank For Notifying City Clerk Of Address Change Transfer Blank For Notifying City Clerk Of Address Change Voters who have changed their addresses since registering in 1924 must notify the City Clerk of this fact prior to March 6th in order to vote at the City Primary Election, March 16, 1926. Notice can be given by mail and for the accommodation of the voters of our race, The St. Paul Echo publishes below the form of transfer blank. Any voter who does not now live where he or she registered from and has not notified the City Clerk of a changed address, should cut out this blank, fill in the proper spaces and mail at once to C. J. McGLOGAN, CITY CLERK, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. I have moved from No. (Give street and number of your last address) THE KITCHEN CABINET (8. 1925, Western Newspaper Union.) Democracy knows that every man must present, rightly used, helps every other man, and that men are never natural enemies. These are the nights when a hot soup, a rarebit, a dish of stuffed peppers or any other warming dish is highly relished. Tomato Rarebit.—Take two tablespoonfuls of butter, melt in a chafing dish or saucenp, add two Tomato Rarbit.—Take two tablespoonfuls of butter, melt in a chafing dish or saucepan, add two tablespoonfuls of flour and pour on gradually three-fourths of a cupful of thin cream; as soon as the mixture is cooked until smooth, add three-fourths of a cupful of stewed, strained tomato, with one-eighth of a teaspoonful of soda. Add two cupfuls of finely cut cheese and when melted turn in two well-beaten eggs, salt, mustard and cayenne to taste. Serve on toasted rye or graham bread. Chestnut and Celery Salad.—Cook the chestnuts and take equal parts of minced nuts and celery, mix well with a good salad dressing and serve on lettuce. Apple may be added if liked to change the flavor. Fruit Salad.—On individual plates lined with head lettuce, place sections of grapefruit, freed from its membrane, and sections of orange. Out long slender strips of figs and place on the orange sections, fill the spaces with chopped dates. Serve with French dressing. Orange Cake.—Cream one-third of a cupful of butter, add one cupful of sugar, two well-beaten eggs, one-half cupful of orange juice, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one-three-fourths cupful of flour. Bake in greased and floured layer cake tins and put together with boiled frosting prepared as follows: Put one cupful of sugar, the grated rind of an orange and one-third cupful of orange juice to cook, without stirring it into a thread. Pour slowly in a fine stream (beating all the time) on a well-beaten egg white. Beat until cool enough to use for filling. Tartar Sandwiches—Chop three sardines, three small cucumbers, add a little chow-chow, a fourth of a teaspoonful of mustard, one teaspoonful of catsup, and a cupful of chopped ham; add a dash of lemon juice, mix well and spread on buttered bread. Nellie Maxwell Labor experts say that a grade of work which pays $5.60 a day in the U. S. receives $.28 in England and $1.35 in Paris. FOR THE BEST SERVED MEALS Eat at MRS. McCALLUMS LUNCH ROOM 311 Wabasha Street FOR HIGH-GRADE TOILET ARTICLES CALL MRS. E. HUDSON DALE 4556 479 ST. ANTHONY AVE. CEdar 4900 After p.m. HUmboldt 1833 J. STRANE Successor to St. Paul Cartage Co. High Class Bobs, Busses and Hayracks for Sleigh Riding. 572 Temperance St. St. Paul, Minn. POSSE SLAYS West Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 18—S. A. Turner, alleged slayer of Frank Taylor, was killed early Monday night by a bullet from a posed lie by H. L. Stubbs and Buster Adams, deputy sheriffs who trailed him from the scene of the murder to a shanty a few miles away where Turner was hiding. Turner attacked Taylor, a fellow worker, on the Loxahatches farms, near here, with a pitchfork Monday following a quarrel between their wives. Witnesses to the fight said Turner scaled Taylor, then plunged the fork into his breast, killing him instantly. Both victims were colored. FLIM-FLAM CHARGE (Preston News Service) Raleigh, N. C., Feb. — Solicitor France was unable to corral enough evidence to convict Joe Copeland, who was charged with film-flamming one George Dunn, of Method. Dunn claimed that he gave Copeland a $20 bill and the latter handed back change for only a $1 bill. Copeland was adjudged not guilty. John D. Rockefeller has given away more than $500,000,000. AFTER THE THEATER Try Our Delicious Fried CHICKEN Sandwiches Oysters, Too, in Every Style ALEXANDERS Sweet Shoppe DALE AND RONDO STS. Phone Dale 7175 Phone Dale 8339 Try the Drug Store First ELMER MORRIS DRUGGIST Prescriptions Rondo and Mackubin Try GLENWOOD HARD COAL THREE PHONES Garfield 7501—7502—7503 S. BRAND Rice and University FOR SALARY LOANS SEE ANDREW A. MURPHY 312 Builders Exchange Bldg. Ga 1095 Cedar 9103 Cedar 9103 Suits Pressed While You Wait Ladies' Work a Specialty SUITS TO ORDER Cleaning—Alterations Shoe Shining 12 EAST NINTH STREET SAINT PAUL, MINN. E. N. Martin L. R. Blair And You Are Next All the Time Sanitary Tonsorial Parlor 329 NO. DALE STREET Manicurist St. Paul, Minn. For Notifying Of Address Change their addresses since registering in of this fact prior to March 6th in- ly Election, March 16, 1926. and for the accommodation of the Echo publishes below the form of does not now live where he or she ified the City Clerk of a changed ink fill in the proper spaces and Society·Notes ST. PAUL Mr. and Mrs. S. Harper, 389 N. Western Ave., are rejoicing over the birth of a seven and a half pound baby girl, born Sunday, February 14, at Ancker Hospital. Mother and daughter are doing nicely. Mr. W. B. Walker, 936 St. Anthony Ave., received a wire informing him of the death of his brother. Mr. Walker left Tuesday for Steubenville, Ohio, to attend the burial. Miss Minnie Tobie was hostess at an elaborate 5 o'clock Valentine dinner at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hatton, 636 W. Central Ave. The table was beautifully decorated with a centerpiece consisting of a huge glass basket filled with red roses and tulips, ferns and babybreath and two red candles burned at each end of the table. The prevailing colors were red and white. Covers were laid for eight. The many friends of Mrs. Trella Chapman Grey will regret to hear of the death of her husband, Wesley Grey, which occurred Wednesday in Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. Grey has often visited her as the guest of her cousin, Mrs. George Wills, 1000 Iglehart Ave. Mrs. Ella Coleman of Carthage, Indiana, is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Harris, 597 Rondo St. Mrs. Coleman is a former resident of St. Paul and was a stewardess and active worker in St. James A. M. E. Church. She is expecting to remain here several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jackson of Seattle, Wash., who were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Rogers, 732 St. Anthony Ave., left Thursday for their home. Mrs. Clarence Tibbs is convalescing after a serious illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Wills. Mrs. Mattle King is ill at her home, 566 University Ave. One of the numbers on the program at the union meetings of the G. A. R. held at the Old Capitol building on Thursday afternoon, February 18, was a dramatic reading by Mrs. Edith Settles. The purpose of this meeting was to transact business on the forming of ladies' circles within in the Twin Cities. WELCOME HALL NOTES At the Lincoln Day program held at the hall Friday, February 12, an American flag was presented to the Welcome Hall Playgrounds, by Mrs. George Dahlberg, representing the Capital City Past Presidents' Club, Daughters of Veterans. Mr. James Suydam received the flag for the Welcome Hall Playground, of which he is chairman. Lawyer Hammond Turner made the principal address of the afternoon. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Melker accompanied a group of boys from the Junior Choir on Sunday afternoon, February 14, to Olivet Congregational Church on Dewey and Iglehart. They sang several songs. This church helped to finance Missionary schools. This month they are sending money to a colored school in Mississippi. The Arcadian Club Boys will start their hand carving on wood Saturday morning, under the instruction of Miss Margaret Benjamin. St. Paul Baptist Church. All services last Sunday were well attended and greatly enjoyed. The fourth annual banquet and program of the St. Paul Baptist Church will be held at the church on Tuesday evening, March 2. It is remarkable that there have been only two Sunday offerings at St. Paul Baptist church, below $50.00 since 1924 and that was during the pastor's absence. Both choirs are making preparations for sacred concerts which will be followed by brief Sunday evening sermons. Deacons Harris, Stevenson, Woods, Collins and Edwards are in action for a rally for the fourth Sunday. Each deacon is assisted by a company of members and friends. "Faith and Courage or Doubts and Cowardice" is the subject of the pastor's Sunday morning sermon. All are welcome. LENT BEGINS The observance of Lent began Ash Wednesday, February 17. Special services were held in all the churches of the Twin Cities. Catholic and Episcopal churches will hold several services each week during the Lenten season. St. Philip's P. E. church will feature a special speaker at 7:45 P. M. every Thursday evening from one of the Episcopal churches of the diocese. Usual noonday services will be held downtown. MINNEAPOLIS Rev. H. C. Boyd, pastor of St. Peter's A. M. E. Church, left Sunday night for Chicago, to join the Chicago delegation of ministers, en route to New Orleans to attend the Bishops' Council. Mr. J. M. Morris has returned home from General Hospital and is very much improved. DAUGHTER ELKS GIVE SIXTH ANNUAL PARTY A large number were present Tuesday evening at the sixth annual card party and dance given by the Daughter Elks of Minnehaha Temple No. 129 at the Elks' Hall, Sixth Ave. and Lyndale. Mr. Ervin Rhodes was the real lucky gent; he received one ton of coal as first prize. Mr. Otto Troupe of St. Paul captured a handsome club set. Mrs. Jessie Anderson won the ladies' first prize, a beautiful pair of blankets. Mrs. M. Pauley received the second prize, which was an embroidered silk pillow. Mr. James Watson of St. Paul won third prize, a folding card table. The consolation, a pound of coffee, went to Mr. Gus Arthurs of Minneapolis. PAST EXALTED RULERS TO REVIVE OLD-TIME SPIRIT The Past Exalted Rulers' Council No. 32, Minn., I. B. P. O. E. of W., gave their first annual ball and Valentine party at the South Side Auditorium Monday evening, February 15. During the intermission Miss Meredith Sizer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Sizer, ballet dancer, entertained the audience with an interpretive number in toe dancing and was enthusiastically received and graciously responded to an encore. Past Exalted Ruler Talmadge B. Carey presented Miss Sizer with a beautiful bouquet of roses and carnations. The entertainment as a whole was of a high order. District Deputy Jos. Levy acted as chairman. The committee of arrangements and the "Council" are to be commended on this, their initial affair. St. James A. M. E. Church Notes Sunday, February 21, at 3 P. M., is the big get-together meeting at St. James. Don't fall to hear Rev. Burton. There will be representatives from each official board auxiliary of all the colored churches in the city. The meeting will start promptly at 3 o'clock, and we will appreciate the co-operation of everybody in this get-together meeting. We are expecting a great time at the silent social of the Poor and Needy Club, Monday afternoon and evening, February 22, at the residence of the president, 1846 E. Franklin Ave. Brother James Dover, who has been quite ill for some time, is able to sit up around his home and he appreciates having the church members call to see and cheer him. We all rejoiced last Sunday when Miss Altha Washington returned to her place in the church after a brief sickness. Mrs. J. T. Griffin, who has been ill, is able to be out, to the delight of all. The Stewarts Willing Workers' Club will be re-organized Friday afternoon, February 26. All arrangements have been made for the prize entertainment at St. James March 17. It is quite strange how some important facts are kept from the people. Did you know that St. James A. M. E. Church at 314- 15th Ave. So, is the best located church of the train in Minneapolis? There are seven street car lines and three bus lines which run within one and one-half short blocks of the church. And aside from this, St. James has as good an auditorium as any race church in the city, and there are some other things we will speak of later. DULUTH NEWS Mr. Stephen Coles was confined to his home a few days this week on account of illness. A large number of the city's best talent are rehearsing a playlet, "Cordella Pickle-Plaintive," to be given in the near future, under the auspices of the Eastern Star. Rev. D. C. Beasley spoke Sunday afternoon at the Y. W. C. A. on "Race Relation," and in the evening he went to Cloquet, accompanied by Miss Ethel Ray. Rev. Beasley used his same subject, "Racial Relation Day," and Miss Ray spoke on the Urban League and its benefits. The St. Paul Echo is read by more than 7,000 people within the Twin Cities. A subscription will bring it to your door. FERGUS FALLS, MINN. Central Baptist Church was crowded last Friday night, February 12, to hear the debate, "Who Has Done the Most for the World, Man or Woman?" The jury decided in favor of the woman. Many of the other group were present. After the debate Mrs. Storrs served coffee and lunch in the basement and realized $9.75. Pastor Storrs preached two good sermons Sunday. Both services were well attended. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tate, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Gentry Patrick are the proud parents of a daughter. Mr. Robert Mitchell slipped and sprained his leg but is able to get about again. Mrs. W. M. Storrs will give a recital Thursday night, the 18th, at Central Baptist Church. Lunch will be served. RANDOLPH MEETINGS ARE SUCCEED OR GENERIZED SAYS sate the question intelligently. When Mr. Randolph was introduced therg was quite a stir in the aisle and the rear where persons who could not secure seats craned their necks to get fair glimpse of the great Negro orator. Randolph Outlines Plans. In the most masterly and eloquent manner he - started his oration by pointing out the part that Negroes must take in the world of progress. "We must no longer invest our time in dance and song, but we must begin to think in terms of dollars and cents if we ever expect to take an active part in the general trend of progress," he said. "The Pullman porters are concerned about a living wage because with more wages today can buy better food, better clothing, better homes. They can educate their children and live with some degree of happiness. "When wages are high, life is high; when wages are low, life is low." He told of the opposition from the Pullman Company through their hired "stools" and "Uncle Toms," and denounced such men as Perry W. Howard, the Negro Special Assistant to the Department of Justice, Bishop Carey of the A. M. E. Church, Melvin Chisum, Robt. Abbott of the Chicago Defender, Joseph Bibb of the Chicago Whip, Roscoe Conklin Simmons and others whom he called venal and unscrupulous. Mr. Randolph's address was cut short because of a demand from the pastor of the St. Paul Baptist church where there was also a large crowd waiting to hear the speakers and where the same spirit of enthusiasm was in evidence. Brotherhood Endorsed. The two organizers of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters were entertained at the Sterling Club, and spoke before a large group of women. At both of these entertainments the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters were endorsed. Monday, February 15, they addressed an organized group of porters and waiters of the Soo Line in Minneapolis. A resolution was submitted and adopted by that body enlorsing Mr. Randolph's program and denouncing R. L. Mays, their former leader. The organizer left for Spokane on Wednesday morning after making two final addresses before the women of Minneapolis at the Phyllis Wheatley House and a mass meeting at the St. Peter's A. M. E. Church. Both Mr. Randolph and Mr. Totten said that the visit was a complete success and that St. Paul and Minneapolis had gone over the top. Water is still brought to Athens, Greece, by the acqueduct built under the direction of the Roman Emperor, Hardrian, in the year 146. PREZ-ETTA HAIRDRESSING SEWING AND ART SHOPPE For Appointments Call Elkhurst 1984 362 No. Dale St. St. Paul WILLIAMS POOL AND BILLIARD PARLOR Soft Drinks Dale 9090 560 St. Anthony Ave. JUST TO ADVERTISE One beautiful oil-painted en- largement given free with each dozen photos. "THAT MAN SMITH" ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER Artistic Photos At Reasonable Prices 683 Sixth Ave. No. Next to Elks' Hall Cherry 0235 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MINNEAPOLIS ADVERTISERS Well, it's right here for you If you don't get it It ain't no fault of mine— Don't forget, this is on George Washington's Birthday, so please leave your hatchet at home. We will try and have a tree of some kind there, but it won't need cutting down. "Martha Washington Tea." Members and friends of the Association are cordially invited to attend the third annual "Martha Washington Tea." Monday afternoon, February 22, from 3 to 6 P. M. An interesting program has been arranged. Don't forget the date nor the hour. Silver offering. The Omega Psi Phi fraternity will have charge of vespers Sunday afternoon and have arranged the following program: Vocal solos by Alfred Shute and Walter Minor; reading, Miss James; talk, Douglas Crane; vocal solo, Peavy Johnson; talk, the Doreore Inge, "What the Twin Cities think of the College Student." General discussion. Children who are interested in stories and games should visit the "Y" on Saturday mornings at 11:30 and take part in the games and stories offered there each week. Our library is offering a new assortment of juvenile books. Better come in and make your selection now. The Book Lovers' Club met on Wednesday afternoon with eighteen present. Development of fraternal organizations was discussed by Mrs. A. W. Jordan. Mrs. Armeda Trevans discussed "Business Development and the, Negroes' Part in the World War." PRISONER USES WIRE TO DO STRANGLE SUICIDE Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. —Alexander Woods, a prisoner in the Western penitentiary, ended his life last Thursday night by strangling himself with a piece of wire, which he had attached to an electric light fixture in his cell. The body was found at 9 o'clock Friday morning by a guard, who instituted a search of the range when Woods did not appear in his place in the line-up. Woods was committed for a term of four to five years by the courts of Allegheny County after conviction of burglary and receiving stolen goods. If you are looking for a real hearty welcome, visit St. James A. M. E. church, 314 15th Ave. So. Services every Sunday, 10:45 A. M. and 7:45 P. M. Good music by the choir, Thos. B. Stovall, Pastor. SALARY LOANS QUICK COURTEOUS CONFIDENTIAL CEdar 2026 CITY LOAN COMPANY 201-2-MoCall Bldg. 366 Jackson at 5th January, 1925, she was a teacher-in-training in Latin at the Thomas Jefferson high school, Brooklyn. Upon being awarded her diploma to teach in the elementary schools she was sent to P. S. No. 157, St. Nicholas Avenue and 127th Street, from which she resigned last month. "How did you come to take to Latin as a duck does to water?" I asked Miss Price at her home, No. 112 West 129th Street. "I had a natural aptitude for it in-the-beginning is all I can say," she replied. Virigil is her favorite. Cleero comes next. Miss Price is working for her master's degree in Latin at Columbia University. She has studied Greek, French and German and contemplates taking up Italian in the summer. PATROLMAN SHOOTS (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 18.—Patrolman Clarence Brown, attached to the Northside police station until January 30, when he disappeared following charges of firing two shots at a woman, surrendered himself at Northside police court Wednesday. He was immediately held for criminal court on the charge of felonious shooting. Brown was alleged to have followed Mrs. Mary Robinson to her home and to have fired the shots at her when she went to call police. NOTICE The Echo is making arrangements with Minneapolis churches to distribute the papers in suitable places for those who are not subscribers. Further information can be obtained from The Echo office, or from Minneapolis pastors. Do you need Letterheads Programs Circulars Tickets Dodgers Business Posters Cards or anything in the PRINTING LINE We will cheerfully furnish estimates SERVICE that PLEASES The St. Paul Echo 614 Court Block, St. Paul, Minn. Phone Cedar 1879 OWL Service Station and Garage J. C. FEW, Proprietor White Eagle Gasoline and Keynoll Motor Oils Car Washing Repairing Storage TOW SERVICE ALL WORK GUARANTEED 442-444 RONDO ST. Elkhurst 5524 ST. PAUL, MINN. FAMO SUGAR CONES New York Man Gets Mortal Skull Fracture in Spectacular Leap From "L." [Preston News Service] Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 18.—Brooklyn police for two days had been searching for Thurmas Stokes, aged 35 years, who suddenly quit his job at the colored branch of the Y. M. C. A. at No. 405 Carlton Avenue the same day a theft of clothing from the locker room was reported. He could not be found in his room at No. 289 Fulton Street. Thursday the crowd at the Franklin Avenue station of the Myrtle Avenue "L" saw a man walk to the edge of the platform, mount the railing and jump. The man who died of a skull fracture before he reached a hospital was identified as Stokes. WHITE VIRGINIANS MAY BE COLORED BY STATUTE The only exceptions under the bill would be the descendants of Indians and whites married prior to 1619. It does not except the descendants of two very famous marriages between Indians and whites in 1684 and about 1644. From these two unions are sprung many of Virginia's leading families. Their names are not made public. It is understood that a judge of the present State Supreme Court of Appeals would fall under the ban. From among the descendants of one of the marriages have come two governors of Virginia. Insects have to rise to great heights to drift with the wind. ∠ IN THE Spot Light By Johnny Walton DEJALMA-EARNED SHADE OVER IRA JOHNSON It is evident that the scribes of the Twin Cities could not agree on decisions of two bouts of the boxing show at Kenwood Armory in Minneapolis Tuesday night, as some gave decisions to one or the other or called it a draw, with fairness to all, Dejalma and Sarmiento should have had decisions of their respective bouts. As it does not rob either Fliegel or Johnson of the credit they established, as both bouts will receive the glad welcome of the fans as a return engagement. Dejalma could have eliminated all doubts had be been accustomed to the professional distance of three-minute rounds; he needs no information that it takes more "gas" to coveted a 16-foot ring than it does a 12-foot with only two minutes of action, and in the future it is hoped that he will train accordingly. He showed well until the second round when Johnson butted him low while making a miserable effort to duck. This slowed Bill up, but he rallied again in the third and had Ira hanging on, but was himself in a bad way for "gas" to put over the final punch. However, Eddy Marks is not satisfied and has asked that Bill be given a chance to put over a decisive victory, and has been promised a return on the 26th on the St. Paul card. LEE AUSTIN'S OPPONENT FAILS TO SHOW Eddy Dundee, who was scheduled to meet Lee Austin, the local colored bantam, must have thought things over and declined with "honor" in favor of the colored mitt artist. It was a surprise to the Empress crowd as Dundee is a good boy. Honey boy Conroy did but a little better with Eddy McFadden who was given the decision last week over the colored middleweight, and was given a draw in a four-round go on the same card Wednesday night at the Empress theater. COMING ATTRACTIONS COMING ATTRACTIONS Daughter Elks' Como Temple 128 will give their sixth anniversary aapron and overall dance, Union Hall, March 17. Admission 50 cents. DEATHS Mrs. J. H. Guilbert. Mrs. J. H. Guilbert died Wednesday, February 10, at 10:30 P. M. at the General hospital. Funeral was Saturday from St. Peter's A. M. E. church. Rev. Bovd officiated. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to Rev. Boyd and Rev. Stovall, friends and lodge members for their kindness and sympathy tendered us during the illness and death of our beloved sister, Zlisie Mitchell-Gilbert. MRS. R. F. BOGIE, MRS. JAMES EDDINGS. Hamilton's Beauty Parlor SPECIAL RATES UNTIL MARCH 15TH ON Shampooing and Marcelling $1.25 509 University Ave. Dale 2149 Apex System HAIRDRESSING call MRS. MORGAN after 6 P. M. for Appointment 565 St. Anthony Elk. 5563 WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Classified Advertising Rates:— Three cents per word; minimum charge thirty cents. FOUR-ROOM upper duplex; electricity and bath, $20.00. 243 Fourth Ave. So. Call after 6 P. M. South 6081. FURNISHED ROOM for rent. 56 Iglehart Ave. Call Dale 5785. FOR RENT—Duplex, 3 rooms an toilet, up and down. 819 Basse Place, Minneapolis. South 1066 INSECTS STAR AS MOVIE ARTISTS Washington. — When Uncle Sam wants to stage an agricultural movie thriller he selects a nasty insect for a villain and puts the pest through rehearsal. Some of the pests are natural movie actors; others are as temperamental as any Hollywood star. The primary reason for this, Department of Agriculture officials explain, is that certain insects shun light, whereas others exult in the glare of the studio Klegs. Consider the case of the common clothes moth. The department desired to make a picture showing the destructive habits of this pest, but the insects refused to work under the bright studio lights. Moths placed on an article of clothing flew so rapidly into a seam of goods that the close-ups were a failure. The camera man then hit upon the novel idea of chloroforming the insects to retard their speed, and the picture was a success. Cotton boll weevils, on the other hand, perform best under the intense lights. They are regarded as star actors, only close-ups seeming to satisfy the vanity of the pest. Not content with flying close to the lens, the boll weevils fly into the machine so that it is necessary every now and then to stop cranking in order to clean out the camera. Bees Are Hard Sublects. Honey bees are catalogued as bad actors. In the midst of a picture one day last summer the bees descended en masse upon the unprotected camera man, who fled and hid in a cellar. The picture could be completed only by erecting a canvas shelter over the camera so as to make shade. Bees will not fly into shady places. More than 20 motion pictures featuring insects in star roles have been made by the Department of Agriculture. They include pictures of pests such as the pink boll worm, which destroys cotton, the Mexican bean beetle, the European corn borer, stable fly, bedbug, poultry louse, cockroach, grasshopper and others. The pictures are distributed free to agricultural colleges, county agents, and other agricultural agencies, some of the reels being exhibited all over the world. Recently the department camera men made a special trip to Grasshoppers glacier in Montana to photograph some of the frozen prehistoric grasshoppers. This glacier is famous. It is believed that these pests were swept up the canyon through the ages by strong winds, which dashed them against the precipitous walls, the grasshoppers then falling into the glacier and becoming frozen in the ice. Grasshoppers hundreds of years old, but not unlike the grasshoppers of the present day, have been found there, perfectly preserved. The melted ice at the end of the glacier deposits the grasshoppers on both banks, tons of the insects having been piled up in this way. The department camera men made an ascent of 12,000 feet to take their pictures. Live grasshoppers are difficult to photograph. The lady grasshoppers, in particular, are camera shy. Recently in making some movies of a female laying eggs it was necessary for the camera man to crawl along a roadside trench on his stomach and "shoot" close range, catching the insect unaware. Working Far Afield. Federal quarantines on pests, such as the European corn borer and the Japanese beetle, are strict and the department camera men are prohibited from bringing them into the District of Columbia so as to work on them in the studio. This results in considerable expense, in that the movie force must sometimes go far afield to take pictures of the insects in their natural environment. The expense is, however, justified, say the department movie men, who point out that it is much better to take authentic pictures than to "fake" insects in the laboratory. Faked insects are used occasionally, but only in animated cartoons. An amusing incident in this connection was the construction of a mechanical reproduction of a Mexican bean beetle, so lifelike that it fooled even the department entomologists, who thought it real. The occasion for this deception was the building of an outline map on which it was desired to show graphically the spread of the pest since its introduction into the United States. The habits of the beetle were studied carefully by the movie men, and an initiation was made that bore a life-like resemblance to the original. It was made to crawl around the map at will, and the entomologists wanted to know how the photographers had contrived so perfectly to train the Insect. Bedbugs, like the clothes moth, refuse to act under the glare of the studio lights, or even in ordinary daylight. In order to make them perform it was necessary to build a miniature bed in which a ferret wearing a nightgown was placed. The ferret had to be chloroformed to insure its remaining stationary, and the bugs, scenting easy prey, readily came out for a feast, despite the bright lights. Making Up the Rat. Outside the insect family, but among the pests that destroy millions of dol- cor' worth of property annually, is the common house rat. The department wanted some pictures of the natural habits of the rodent, but the rat also shuns light. Some trained white rats were procured. Their coats were dyed brown, and they were then sprinkled with the theatrical powder to give them the precue hue of the house rats. The pink noses were also dabbed with dark powder. But the rats relished the taste of the powder and licked it off as fast as it was applied. Only by frequently stopping the camera and powdering the noses was it possible to sniff the picture. The "Ox-Warble — A $50,000,000 Tune" is the title of a picture recently made by the department. Great difficulty was experienced in photographing the ox-warble, inasmuch as it had first to be squeezed from its refuge in a cow's back to be "shot." The ox-warble is a small fly that lays eggs in the hoofs of cows. The eggs hatch a grub, which works through the cow's body and comes out upon the back, injuring the hide and seriously curtailing milk production. The department's movie laboratory, located in Washington, D. C., has been in existence for over ten years. Recently a new studio was built and equipped with thoroughly modern movie apparatus, such as slow motion cameras, a large glass-enclosed studio, rapid developer tanks and drying racks, and apparatus for making art titles and animated pictures. George R. Goergens, the originator of slow motion camera attachments, which have been perfected since then to depict muscular movements in sports, is chief cinematographer of the laboratory. "Shooting" Plant Growth. A device recently developed by one of the department camera men is a so-called "time lapse" motion picture camera, which automatically photographs the development of growing plants, from seed to final growth. The machine may be set to make single exposures from ten seconds to one minute apart and, thus set, produces an accurate pictorial record of the growth of plants. The hatching of insects may also be recorded pictorially through all stages of development. The department's educational films, officials say, have proved a valuable medium through which to teach improved agricultural production and marketing. Confronted, however, with competition from commercial films, the camera men must make their pictures interesting as well as informative—a combination that is accomplished by weaving the educational material into an orthodox movie plot. The department's success in doing this has been such that many of the big city circuits of exhibitors show the films on their programs and thus get the department's message over to a large urban public as well as to rural people. Over 200 pictures have been made by the department. A few of the titles of the films will readily indicate the imagination of those competing with the commercial thriller. They are: "Clean Herds—and Hearts," "Out of the Shadows," "The Golden Fleece," "The Charge of the Tick Brigade," "She's Wild," "Cloud-Busting," "There's Magic in It," "Welighed in the Balance." The films have been held by leading critics to be the best type of educational pictures ever produced.—New York Times. Frenchman, in Flood. Saves Mattress First Paris.—The recent floods have produced abundant illustration of the fact that the first household article which the Frenchman rescues when his home is threatened with inundation is the mattress. Strangely enough, the bicycle comes second. Hardly an exception to this order was noted by a correspondent who watched boatmen moving the inhabitants from one of the Paris suburbs. The women were dry eyed and stern visaged as they were taken from their flooded homes, but obviously were laboring under great emotional stress. "This is getting monotonous," said one woman who was forced to move to escape the floods in 1910, 1920 and 1924. "This sort of thing might be bearable once in fifty wears, but four times in fifteen years is a little too much." Lived Happily Until Boston.—In the Suffolk Probate court Judge Dolan started to hear a separate support petition brought by Edith M. Piper against her husband, Fred W. Piper, whom she married in 1904, and with whom she claims she lived happily until 1920, when Piper inherited $180,404 on the death of his father. After their marriage the couple lived in the height of fashion. When he received his inheritance she claims her husband said to her: "Well, dear, we have now what we waited for all our lives. We'll go to California and take trips." Instead, she claims, his love seemed to wane, and in 1922 he stopped all her charge accounts and she found herself, after a time, in actual need. Winking Bandit Philadelphia. — A robbed-halired winking bandit that threatens to shoot a victim full of lead is loose. Winking and waving a pistol as she issued commands, she has robbed a woman grocer. Great for Barber London.—Among the millions receiving unemployment doles are no barbers, since English women are spending $100,000,000 or more annually on shingling and bobbling. AMERICA HAS NO NATIONAL DANCE Washington.—"Whether the current frenzy called the Charleston is destined to be a permanent addition to the art of dancing, or whether it shuffles out of the spotlight of popular fancy after the 'turkey trot,' the 'bunny hug,' the 'camel walk,' the 'shimmy,' and other high-pressure steps of the past, discussion of it has revived interest in characteristic national and folk dances in many parts of the world," says a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic society. "America has no generally recognized national dance," the bulletin continues. "There is the morbund Virginia reel, at present the subject of earnest efforts at resuscitation by oldtime dance revivalists. In many of the more remote rural sections of the country the Virginia reel flourishes, more or less, despite the growing scarcity of capable figure callers, but the younger generation of most of the country today knows little about it. "In the cast of some steps it is necessary only to name the dance, and its birthplace flashes to mind, so thoroughly have the country and the name of its most characteristic dance become linked. The Jig, Ireland; the hula-hula, Hawaii; the tango, Argentina; the polka, Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia); the nautch, India; the minuet, Old France. These are only a few samples of dances which automatically furnish their own places and date lines. Egypt's Star Dances. "The most ancient dances are believed to be astronomical dances of the early Egyptians. The object of these dances was to inspire a feeling of harmony among the planets, and to so influence them that their effect on life might not be harmful. The Greeks took the star dances from the Egyptians and found a place for them as the chorus, or background, of their tragedies. The Romans, as in other arts, produced few original dances, but they developed their heritage from the Egyptians and Greeks. "In the more primitive civilizations dancing and religion were almost synonymous. As for the lower strata of humanity: 'A savage does not preach his religion, he dances it,' Livingstone wrote from Africa. For all solemn occasions in the lives of primitive peoples there are dances—for weddings, for funerals, for seedtime and for harvest, for war and for peace. Where today we find people praying in church for rain, or for the restoration of friends to health, ancient man danced for these things. "One of the liveliest of the world's dances is the tarantella, the diversion of Naples. It is executed with tambourines and was formerly supposed to cure the bite of the tarantula, a large venomous spider. Another version of the origin of the dance says that it is based on the theme of 'amora,' a game consisting in guessing at the number of fingers suddenly held out by an opponent. Until recently visitors to Asia Minor were delighted and mystified with the gyrations of the famous Turkish whirling dervishes. Originally of religious significance, the art of the dervishes had degenerated so that not long ago the new Turkish Republic prohibited the dance. "Perhaps the only original contribution that England has made in the last four centuries is the sailor's hornpipe. The neighboring island of Ireland, however, boasts of the jig, the reel, and the hornpipe clog-and-shuffle dances. Britain's colonies offer colorful and diverting steps, most of them symbolic or religious, such as the devil dance of Ceylon. Earliest "Turkey Trot" Earliest - Turkey Trot. "Environment and the imitative impulse doubtless have played large parts in molding many of the more picturesque and exotic steps of savage peoples. Of great interest to the student of animal life are such mimicking steps as the kangaroo hops of the Australian and the Tasmanian; the gorillallike movements of a cotillion of natives in the heart of Africa, and the calf-herd tactics at a bushman's ball. In the mechanical frenices of the American Indian harvest and war dances may be visited the embryonic 'turkey trot' or 'bunny hug.' "The close association of early dances with warfare is brought out in such survivals as the sword dances. The Scotch sword dance is the most graceful and least bloodthirsty of these. Chinese and Turkish sword dances, however, are not so esthetic. While wildly beautiful, they are not wholly free from danger. Natives of the Fiji islands have a war dance in which clubs are flourished in a frenzied manner. In East Africa the native tribes honor distinguished guests with a ceremonial dance, in which spears and other weapons are rushed up within an inch of the visitor's nose. 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