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A FEARLESS EXPONENT OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE THE TULSA STAR OUR SUBSCRIPTION LIST MAKES A VALUABLE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING Official Organ of The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, And The Knights And Ladies of Harmony of The World, Oklahoma Jurisdiction New York Negroes Prosperous In Their Districts SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES Vol. 3, No. 31 New Yo SOME INTERE AND FI The Negroes of New York City in Segregated Distric Making Good. Editor of the Tulsa Star, Dear Sir:—Relative to the business and economic conditions of Kansas City and New York City, I find them comparatively the same. Kansas City has her segregated district for our people in the neighborhood of 18 and 19 streets, covering many blocks, containing approximately forty or fifty thousand souls. In this community we find men representing almost all the trades and professions. Some very rich and quite a few in moderate circumstances. Individually they are very prosperous. A great many own their own homes and many others are purchasing homes, and making reputations for themselves, which will reflect a credit upon the race. In New York we find the housing conditions far superior to that in K. C. You can't hardly find a tenement in New York which is not modern. Needless to say that no permits are granted to build a house anywhere in the confines of New York city without modern appliances. In the segregated district of New York City known as Harlem, there is a population of not less than 90,000, who live work and pursue ideals almost separate from the great surrounding metropolis! Here our merchants ply their trades, our professional men follow their various vocations, their children are educated, the poor sick and orphans of the race are cared for. The center of this district is 135th street and 5th avenue. Looking in four directions you can see rows of 4, 5, 6 and 7 story flats, houses all inhabited by our people. The houses are in good repair. Some of them have elevator accommodations. In fact the Jews have helped make it possible for them to have such fine and commodious quarters. The ground floor of these buildings is occupied by stores and business offices. From the juncture of 135th st and 5th ave., can be seen the business signs of our people whose holdings and interests reach an aggregate of millions of dollars. A Coloried man by name of Payton, a Real estate operator, may be right termed th father of this community. Since it was he who, despite violent opposition, first installed his position in tenement property in this section 10 or 12 years ago. We have a number of examples of men who have attained success in this community, which I feel at this time is unnecessary to mention. One striking feature of the race in New York is they own very little property, about one in every thousand. The property is owned by rich syndicates and families. Whenever a Colored family moves in a block where the whites are located, the whites will begin to move out until the whole block is occupied by Colored people. The result of which the value of the property is reduced 40 per cent, and the rental value is unincreased in many cases 100 per cent. The Colored agent in a great measure is responsible for this condition. So you can plainly see that a Colored man in New York pays more rent than any other race. It s a custom among the employers in this country, where the memory of men reenneth not to the contrary, to pay a white man more for his labor than they pay a block man for the same identical service and that custom is still in vogue in N. Y., only in public schools and government service. So you see that the Colored men on account of the high cost of living, reduced wages and increased rentals, has a harder time to succeed than his white brother. In the fact of all thos opposition he is increasing in morals, manners, and wealth. And it is almost phenomena to see how many of them have brought ```markdown ``` The Leading Race Paper in The State of Oklahoma and paid for and are buying and paying for homes in quite a number of those adjacent N. Jersey towns. The most surprising condition that presents itself to my view was the public school system of N. Y. It is conducted absolutely without any prejudice whatever. There are 100 Colored teachers on the force, who teach prominently in all the schools, quite a number of them to my surprise have not one colored pupil in their rooms. The principal and teacher is so pronounced for justice and the brotherhood of men, that I felt that the day was not far hence, when justice and equality would begin at N. Y., and spread itself N. E., S., and west, until it had spread over every city, town village and hamlet in this great country of ours, and eradicate from the minds the prejudice and ignorance of our oppressors and place in their hearts the feelings of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. The teachers are eminently proficient. They are all graduates from some good college and have done special work to fit them for the work they do. No teachers are retained unless they are intellectually, morally and physically fit. No string-pulling goes. In the beginning of this letter I stated that our people are prosperous individuals but collectively they are a nonenity. To my mind the redemption of the race lies not only in manufacturing but in the commercial world. My attention is getting more prevalent every day; and from the signs of the times it will be only a question of time in this country if we do not do something to rememble this condition, woe will be our lot Seeing the inevitable, let us face it like men, with a determination to turn the tide in our favor. We have great opportunities to improve our time in the manufacturing world, beginning in our beloved Tulsa, where I hope to see the initiative. We should put our monies together and establish manufactories such as garment and shoe. We all wear garments and shoes, why not make them? Why not make jobs for our boys and girls who are graduating from our schools from year to year, if no more? By so doing it will raise the standard of citizenship in Tulsa. Think of a class of scholars plugging away trying to graduate from school knowing when they have finished, a job where they can do something other than mental labor Beginning on a small scale, under proper management, it would be only a question of time when other cities not only in Oklahoma, would be arused to the gravity of the situation and our people in these states would soon become a live wire in the commercial and manufacturing world. Let us incorporate. Let us take the pledge that we will wear the goods manufactured by our factories and get on our merry road which leads to wealth, honor and prosperity. WONDER AND MYSTERY. An Entertainment That Really Entertains. Profs. Andras Babero and Castillo Vilieto Perform Wonders of Magic and Mystery. For the past week Tulsans have had the privilege of witnessing an exhibition of rare occurrence, and being entertained with an art and science of unusual character. Professor Andras Barbero, the world's greatest Black Magician, and man of mystery and Castillo Vilietta, hi said, have been performing the arts of magic in all the churches of our city. Their entertainments have drawn large and appreciative audiences all of which have more than come up to the claims of this wonderful man of mystery. Prof. Babero is truly a magician, above the average, and while a native of Hindostan he holds his allegiance TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1915 and claims lineage to all the darker races, especially those of African descent. Being a highly educated gentleman, versed in the language and tongue of many other people, he is man of many parts. His opportunities as a foreigner to break into the ranks of the white American and become rich and famous in his line; yet he has staddly spurned these privileges and sacrificing his own personal interests has allied himself and his talents with the weal and woe of the Negro. Prof. Bubero's entertainment is a high clas one in every particular, and his lectures are clean, wholesome and timely. His mysterious feats are marvelous and astounding. His especial feat styled "the great Leviation," in which hetak as a girl from the audience and makes her float in mid-air, is as wonderful as it is mysterious. His many other feats are incomprehensible and astonishing and keeps the audiences in wonder and amazement. As he says it puts them to thinking and we add they are kept lost in thought. He is ably assisted by Prof. Villetto. The Prof. is the only Spiritual writer on the road, and the only black man in America who belongs to the Brotherhood of Magicians. Oklahoma City News Oklahoma City News (By the Star reporter.) The program at Tabernacle church on Sunday night executed by children of kindergarten age was splendid indeed. It is pleasant to be entertained by such a brilliant array of little folk. Little "Billie" Harvey (Wm. Harvey Jr.), age 2, was the leading star, "Billy" delivered a double header, there were several high class musical numbers. Mrs. Harrison presided. The Girls' Canning Club held a very profitable session Monday afternoon at the A. M. E. church. The club is very fortunate to have Madam Hawkins as instructor. Mothers should see to it that their daughters join this club, and learn the canning business. Queen Esther in Oratorio by the A. M. E. church choir of 50 voles was repeated at Calvary church this week with great success. This noted body of all-star singers always attract bag crowds. The big picnic, corner 7th and Lottie streets, was attended in large numbers Wednesday. The picnic was under management of Success Court No. 4. Heroines of Jericho. Bradford, Collier, etc., etc., officiated. Prof. Carl Diton, master musician at Tabernacle, Wednesday evening, won for himself a place in the hearts of Oklahoma City citizens. Mr. Diton is an artist of whom we are justly proud. The Colored Orchestra playing for the Colored theatre is mourning the loss of one of their number in the death of Mr. Albert Smith, famous bass violinist, who dropped dead while in the act of playing. The music and drilling at Delmar Garden Wednesday evening was something beautiful. The performers were Christopher Columbus Co. No. 1, Uniform Rank, K. of P., and the Imperial Band, W. T. Price and John Smith, et al, officers. These gentlemen are men who do things and are causing the people of this city to sit up and take notice. Mr. Geo. Ragland, a man of marked executive ability and head waiter at the Savoy Cafe, a place for Bon Tons only, is a staunch friend of the Star. We are glad to enlist Mr. Ragland as one of our subscribers. Bartlesville Dots Bartlesville Dots (By the Star Reporter.) Rev. J. N. B. Walls, Mrs. Cella Farmer, Mrs. Henry Morrison, Mrs. W. C. Ward, Mrs. Margret Stewart all left Tuesday morning to attend the Christian Endeavor and Sunday School Convention at Boynton, Okla., which is now in session. Mrs. Cora Banks was called to Kansas City on the 12th on account of the death of her sister, Miss Grace Davis. Mr. Earl Banks has returned to the city after spending a few days in Joplin, Mo., on business. Mrs. Ella Bolden of Independence, spent a few days here last week visiting friends and has returned home. Mrs. Mayne Shears has returned to her home after spending a few days in Okmulgee visiting her husband Mr. Wiley Shears. Misses Eva Cape and Lucile Ewing have returned home after spending a few days in Cushing. Mr. John Given has opened an ice cream parlor. Bartlesville was very much schocked Sunday about noon when Miss Beatrice Ray ended her own life by drinking carbolic acid. She was a sweet little girl about 17 years old. Her home was in Joplin, Mo. She was here with her foster mother, Mrs. Mayne Shears, whom she leaves with many other friends who are very much grieved over her death. Gone but not forgotten. The funeral was attended Tuesday, afternoon by Rev. C. J. Jennings. Thereremains of Mr. Frank Woods, who died in the hospital at Independence, Kas., June 10th, was shipped here and was buried at the cemetery here Saturday. He leaves a sister and brother and many friends to mourn his loss. Mrs James returned home in Muskogee on the 14th. Mrs L. C. Barson is on the sick list this week. Rev C. J. Jenning P. C. of New Hope Baptist church, began his revival Sunday June 13, and is progressing fine. He invistes all the churches of the city to assist him in the meeting. The K. of P.s will have an entertainment at the Hall June 24. Everybody invited. There will be a grand concert at the New Hope Baptist church June 25, everybody is invited. It will be a swell affair. Hon. Theo. Baughman, travelling agent for the Topeka Plain Dealer, was in the city last. The Star on sale every Saturday at F. E. Dickson tailor shop, 109 Dewey ave. McAlester News McAlester News Miss Bessie Eades of Parsons, Kan., is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. V. Rhone, in West end. Mrs. Ed. Smith, of Okla City, has been in our city the past week. She was called to attend the bedside of her husband, who was shot on Friday the 4th. The shot was fatal. Mr. Smith dying the same afternoon. Mr. Tucker who did the shooting is in jail. Miss Marie E. Rooves and Miss Catherine Austin are home from Fisk University. Miss Austin will spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. Dr. Gray. Dimestic Science club had a nice meeting yesterday evening. The Bazaar at C. M. E. church last week was a splendid affair. The ladies of the Eastern Star served refreshments Tuesday even at Mrs. Allison's. Miss Myrtle Wharton is ill with appendicitis. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Ed. Millner has been quite ill. Mrs. M. E. Thompson was ill a few days last week. Miss Hazel McDaniel is back from school in Lawrence, Kan., where she graduated this year. Mrs. Ellen Miller his been ill for three weeks. Better at this writing. Carl Diton, noted pianist, will play at Mr. Triumph Baptist church next Monday evening. He will be assisted by local talent. The party at Wells & Whatataker Park Monday evening in honor of visitors was an enjoyable affair. Autos were kept busy. Mrs. Sophronia Wells and daughter of Omaha, are visiting relatives. Miss Willie Miller of Bartlesville, is in the city. Mrs. Carol of Tusa is a pleasant visitor. (Special to the Star.) SAPULPA, Okla., June 15.—Mrs. Jennie Smith who died here last Sunday was buried today, under the auspices of the Home Undertaking Co of Tulsa, through W. H. Little of this place, who is local agent for the Tulsa undertakers. Mrs. Smith was a member of the S. M. T. and this organization turned out in a solid body to the funeral today. THE CHURCH The Elegent $15 000 Church Edfice now under Course of Construction by the Members and Congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Cor Elgin and Easter Streets, As it will appear when Completed REV. R. A. WHITAKER, PASTOR. The above is the Mt. Zion Baptist church, of Tulsa, Okla., corner East-ern and Elgin. When completed will cost eleven thousand, two hundred and fifteen dollars. This church will be a credit to the community and city as well. We have been struggling for the past six years and are indeed glad to say that we have this day seen the light. Our corner lot today is paid for. We have paid the last dollar, the mortgage is in our hands and in the near future it will burned and in the tany friends will be called to see the burning. As a Board of Trustees, we are grateful to our members who have stood so hard by our plans and ever followed the leadership of our pastor, who knows no failure. worthy of this little commendation, and more. We love him because he is not afraid. We love him because he can do things. We love him because he is a man to his word. We love him because he is worthy to be loved. If Zion can be built this leader can build. Tulsa should be proud of him, because he is safe in the home, sound in the pulpit, big in his heart and kind to his fellowmen. Again we say, all praise to pastor Whitaker! Signed, Trustee Board, GEO. KELLEY, Chairman. WM. S. DURDEN, Secy. A NEGRO HERO. John E. Stoner is a one-armed Negro who pushes a boardwalk chair. Last Sunday was our bright day; the members railed to the roll call and when the pastor ended the call four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and five cents was reported collected. The Board met at once and began its work of paying off. We paid the last dime on lumber for the Tabernacle; took up the land notes and saved enough to start our work, and today we are struggling to put in our footing. That work is moving along nicely. We are calling on our friends, who have always told us that they would help us when we started. Today we are on our way. We need seventy-five thousand bricks, lime, cement, stone and sand, and money to carry this work on. We are praying to enter the basement of our church by November. Whatever you can do to help us, do it! We are now engaged in a great revival, working for the salvation of men. Come and help fight the good fight. A Word About Pastor Whittaker. One year ago last Sunday Pastor Whitaker was installed as pastor of this flock. A dark day for any minister to take a flock who had been as discouraged foes within and without he was then Superintendent of Mission for Oklahoma, and many said he could not succeed and obstacles of every kind in his way, but God was with him, and he being a man of great faith and much courage, he took charge in the school house on Hartjord street. In September the pastor received orders to move. Whatever to be done must be did at once, he sought refuge in a hall; there he continued to preach and pray until God provided another place a few Brethren led by Brother Henry, resolved to build a temporary place of worship, where we now abide. The pastor was supported by a few members while many stood afar off. Today we are proud of him; his life is beyond reproach; his record is fine, his deportment is good, his ability excellent as a preacher. Oklahoma knows him as a leader, he is safe and sound, a wise counselor, a good preacher and a great preached or righteousness. He is Subscription $1.00 Per Year Edffice now under Course of Con- regation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, will appear when Completed. V. R. A. WHITAKER, PASTOR. worthy of this little commendation, and more. We love him because he is not afraid. We love him because he can do things. We love him because he is a man to his word. We love him because he is worthy to be loved. If Zion can be built this leader can build. Tulsa should be proud of him, because he is safe in the home, sound in the pulpit, big in his heart and kind to his fellowmen. Again we say, all praise to pastor Whitaker! Signed, Trustee Board. GEO. KELLEY, Chairman. WM. S. DURDEN, Secy. A NEGRO HERO John E. Stoner is a one-armed Negro who pushes a boardwalk chair at Atlantic City. He was wheeling a couple of visitors along the walk when he noticed a commotion on the beach. The waves were running high. Far out in the water there was a girl clinging feebly to a pile at the end of a jetty. She and a male friend had beed carried into deep water by the undertow. The man, after a hard battle, had brought her as far as the jetty, then he had been flung against a pile and disappeared. The girl was in danger of following him at any moment. Several man had started out to rescue her, but when they felt the pull of the current carrying them seaward, they gave it up. She was left to her fate. The moment Stoner observed the situation he leaped from the boardwalk and, dressed as he was, he dashed through the crowd and plunged into the surf. Fighting his way through the breakers with one arm, flung against the jetty over and over again till he was nearly unconscious, bruised and battered and buried under the waves, he finally reached the drowning girl. She seized him tightly around the neck and pulled him down. But he re-appeared and started for shore with her, swimming with his feet. Half way to land he met a German swimmer with a big surf board. The two got the girl onto the board and soon other men formed a human chain stretching out from the beach and the girl was saved. Stoner was taken to the hospital and had his wounds dressed, then he hurried back to his boss and apologized for having deserted his chair. When you read of the next "Negro outrage" just remember Stoner. A race is to be judged by its best representative rather than by its worst—Tula Democrat, June 17, 1915. The above extract appeared on the editorial page of the Democrat as a headliner, and proves beyond question that there are papers published by white men who have a heart and soul, and will give our race a square deal. We thank the Democrat for these manly expressions of a true hero. BRYANDROPSOUT OF THE CABINET REFUSES TO STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT ON NEW GERMAN NOTE. SUCCEEDED BY ROBERT LANSING Action Follows Threat of Other Members to Quit If Firm Stand Not Taken; Message Then Formally Approved. Washington. --- William Jennings Bryan, three times democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States and author of nearly thirty peace treaties with the principal nations of the world, resigned here as secretary of state as a dramatic sequel to his disagreement with President Wilson over the government's policy toward Germany. The resignation was accepted by the president. The cabinet then approved the response which had been prepared to the German reply to the Lusitania note. Acting Secretary Robert Lansing signed the document and it was cabled to Berlin. Rather than sign the document, which he believed might possibly draw the United States into war, Mr. Bryan submitted his resignation in a letter declaring that "the issue involved is of such moment that to remain a member of the cabinet would be as unfair to you as it would be to the cause which is nearest my heart, namely, the prevention of war." Dramatically the official relation of Mr. Bryan with the administration of the man whose nomination he assisted so materially in the Baltimore convention of 1912 came to an end. It caused a sensation in the national capital acarcely paralleled in recent years. Ambassadors, ministers and diplomats from foreign lands, officials of every rank and station heard the news as it was flashed by newspaper extra JOHN H. HARRIS W. J. Bryan. Tuesday night. They interpreted variously its effect on the delicate situation that had arisen between Germany and the United States. The resignation of the staunchest advocate of peace in the presidents official family spread broadcast the belief that the policy of the United States as definitely determined upon would assert and defend the rights of the United States in any eventuality that might arise. That there had been friction between the president and Mr. Bryan has been the undercurrent of comment for asv Secretary Bryan's Letter Washington. — Secretary Bryan's letter of resignation was as follows: "My Dear Mr. President: "It is with sincere regret that I have reached the conclusion that I should return to you the commission of secretary of state with which you honored me at the beginning of your administration. "Obedient to your sense of duty and actuated by the highest motives, you have prepared for transmission to the German government a note in which I cannot join without violating what I deem an obligation to my country and the issue involved is of such moment that to remain a member of the cabinet would be unfair to you as it would be to the cause which is nearest my heart, namely, the prevention of war. "I therefore respectfully tender my resignation to take effect when the note is sent, unless you prefer an earlier hour. Allike destruous of reaching a peaceful solution of the problems Bracing the Will. I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done, writes Arnold Bennett. I rather like it myself. I feel it to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire. Ant Nests In Plant. In the Malay peninsula an English naturalist has discovered a species of ant that makes its nest in the fleshy stems of terns that grow in the limbs of trees high in the air. PAGE TWO eral weeks, but as the president heretofore had always been able to secure the acquiescence of the secretary in his point of view, talk of resignation was discounted generally. It came to light that the position of Mr. Bryan in the cabinet recently has become very embarrassing—his advocacy of peace being so pronounced that other members of the cabinet who felt that the United States should assert itself irrespective of the consequences were understood to have on one occasion defiled their intention of resigning if a policy of firmness and vigor was not adopted. President Wilson's Reply. Washington—The president's letter to Mr. Bryan was as follows: "My Dear Mr. Bryan: "I accept your resignation only because you insist upon its acceptance, and I accept it with much more than deep regret, with a feeling of personal C. RABB & EVING sorrow. Our two years of close association have been very delightful to me. Our judgments have accorded in practically every matter of official duty and of public policy until now; your support of the work and purposes of the administration has been generous and loyal beyond praise; your devotion, the duties of your great office and your eagerness to take advantage of every great opportunity for service it afforded has been an example to the rest of us; you have earned our affectionate admiration and friendship. Even now we are not separate in the object we seek, but only in the method by which we seek it. "It is for these reasons my feeling about your retirement from the secretaryship of state goes much deeper than regret. I sincerely deplore it. Our objects are the same and we ought to pursue them together. I cater to your desire because I must and wish to bid you Godspeed in the parting. We shall continue to work for the same cause even when we do not work in the same way. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." Lansing Well Qualified. Washington—Robert Lansing, successor to John Bassett Moore as counselor of the state department, became secretary of state ad interim Wednesday when Secretary Bryan's resignation took effect. He is a son-in-law of John W. Foster, secretary of state under President Harrison. He is a lifelong democrat and has been an international lawyer for many years. While there is much gossip already as to President Wilson's probable selection for the secretaryship, it is the president's plan to make no immediate appointment. It would not be surprising if he made no change in the present status of the department's personnel for two or three months. arising out of the use of submarines against merchantmen, we find ourselves differing irreconcilably as to the methods which should be employed. "It falls to your lot to speak officially for the nation; I consider it to be none the less my duty to endeavor as a private citizen to promote the end which you have in view by means which you do not feel at liberty to use. "In severing the intimate and pleasant relations which have existed be permit me to acknowledge the profound satisfaction which it has given me to be associated with you in the important work which has come before the state department and to thank you for the courtesies extended. "With the heartiest good wishes for your personal welfare and for the success of your administration, I am, my dear Mr. President. Power of Multiplication. Power of Multiplication. It is their astonishing power of multiplication that makes destructive in sects formidable. A single pair of potato bugs, if all their offspring survived, would in one season produce 60,000,000 of their kind. 1ne Sabbath. A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like a summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the joyous day of the whole week.→ Beecher. THE TULSA STAR FIRM STAND IN SECOND NOTE PRESIDENT ENDEAVORS TO MAKE THINGS PLAIN TO GERMANY. NO GUNS ON BOARD LUSITANIA Note Emphatically Demands Guarantee of No Further Attacks on American Ships and American Citizens. Washington — The United States in its latest note to Germany, formally asks the imperial government for assurances that measures hereafter will be adopted to safeguard "American lives and American ships" on the high seas. The alternative in case of refusal is not stated. It was this note to which William Jennings Bryan refused to attach his signature, resigning instead his portfolio of secretary of state and thereby precipitating a dramatic cabinet crisis. Robert Lansing, secretary of state and interim, signed the communication which went forth with the approval of President Wilson and his entire cabinet. Friendly terms characterize the document which renews representations made in the American note that reached Germany on May 15 after the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk with a loss of more than one hundred American lives. The German government it is declared "must have been misinformed" when it assumed that the Lusitania carried guns, as official information is at hand to corroborate the original contention of the Washington government—that the Lusitania was an unarmed passenger ship which since it did not resist capture, could not be sunk without transferring passengers and crew to a place of safety The communication informs Germany that it is "on the principles of humanity as well as upon the law founded upon this principle that the United States must stand." Opportunity is given to Germany to submit any evidence that American officials in inspecting the Lusitania before should not execute their tasks thoroughly. The text of the note: "The Secretary of State Ad Interim to the American Ambassador to Berlin, "Department of State, "Department of State," 1915. "American Ambassador, Berlin: "You are instructed to deliver textually the following note to the minister of foreign affairs. In compliance with your excellence's request, you do not fail to transmit to your government immediately upon their receipt your note of May 28 in reply to my note of May 15 and your supplementary note of June 1, setting forth the consequences of your failure to transmit to your German government concerning the attacks on the American steamers Cushing and Guliflight. I am now instructed by my government to communicate the following "The government of the United States notes with gratification the full recognition by the imperial German government, the Gulfillment, the Gulfillment, of the principle of the freedom of all parts of the open sea to neutral ships and the frank willingness of the German government to edge and meet its liabilities where the fact of attack upon neutral ships 'which have not been guilty of any hostile act' by German aircraft or vessels of war is satisfied, and the government of the United States will in due course lay before the imperial German government, as it requests, full information concerning the attack on the steamer Cushion. "With regard to the sinking of the steamer Falaba, by which an American citizen lost his life, the government of the imperial German government contending that an effort on the part of the merchantman to escape capture and secure assistance is necessary, seeking to make the capture in respect of the safety of the lives of those on board the merchantman although the vessel has not ceased her attempt to escape when "These are not new circumstances. They have been in the minds of statesmen and of international jurists through the government of the United States does not understand that they have ever been held to alter the principles of humanity and to alter the actual forcible resistance or continued efforts to escape by flight when ordered to stop for the purpose of visit on the part of the government to forfeit the lives of her passengers or crew. The government of the United States, however, does not understand that in this case the commander in this case to relieve itself of liability, but only intends to set forth the circumstances which led the commander of the United States to be hurried into the course which he took. Lusitania Case Discussed. LUSITANIA CIVIL AFFAIRS "Your military not in discussion the loss of American lives from the sinking of the steamship Lusitania, advertis at some length to certain information which the imperial German government with respect to reclamation and outfit of that vessel and your excellency expresses the fear that this information may not have been brought to the attention of the authorities. It is stated in the note that the Lusitania was undoubtedly equipped with masked guns, supplied with trained gunners and special ammunition, transportive and armored, permitted under the laws of the United States to a vessel also carrying passengers, and serving in virtual effect as an auxiliary to the naval forces of Great Britain. Fortunately, these are matters concerning which the government of the United States is in a position to give the imperial German government official your excellency's note, if true, the government of the United States would have been bound to take official cognizance in performing its recognized duty in the sinking of the state alleged in its laws. It was its duty to see to it that the Lusitania Russians on Offensive Again. London. — Russian reinforcements have advanced in the Baltic provinces and in Galicia, and it has become their turn to attack. According to the German official report, part of the German force on the Dubys river in the Baltic provinces threatened by an encircling movement, were obliged to withdraw, although in the region of Shavil and on the Niemen they claim to be making progress, despite a stubborn Russian resistance. More important, istania was not armed for offensive actions that she was not serving as a transporter, and that she did not carry a large peruvian States, and that, if in fact she was a naval vessel of Great Britain, she should have been a mercenary in a merchantman, and in its statutes with semipurious violations through its regularly coordinated official THE IMPERAL GOVERNMENT ASSAULT IT HAS BEEN WISFONFWEED. If the imperial German government should seem itself to be in possession of conspiring evidence that the officials of the government have these duties with thoroughness, the government of the United States similarly should submit that evidence for consideration. Conditions Irrelevant. "Whatever may be the contentions of the imperial German government regarding the carriage of commandment of war on the island of the Netherlands, the position of that material by the inspepa, is used only to be said that in the view of this government these contensions are irrelevant to the question of the legality of the naval authorities in sinking the vessel. "But the sinking of passenger ships involves principles of humanity which throw upon the background any special knowledge to affect the cases, brought to affect the cases, principles which lift it, as the imperial German government will no doubt be quick to recognize and acknowledge, out of the class of cases which are of international controversy. "Whatever be the other facts regarding the Louisiana, the principal fact is that a great steamer, primarily and chiefly a commoner, and managers and carrying more than 1000 sound vessels in the conduct of war, was torpedoed and sank without so much as a challenge or a warning, and that men, women and chilliers, and all those who were unaware of the stances unapparished in modern warfare, the fact that more than 100 American citizens were among those who perished, made it the duty of the government of the United States to defend the United States against and once more, with solemn emphasis, to call the attention of the imperial German government to the grave responsibility United States concedes that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence, and to the undisputable principle upon which the responsibility rests. "The government of the United States has more than right of property or privileges of commerce. It is contending for nothing less highly sacred than the rights of humanity which every government honors more than right of those in its care and authority. "Only her actual resistance to capture or refusal to stop when ordered to do so is the purpose of visit have afforded for her the necessary justification for so much as putting the lives of those on board the ship in jeopardy, this principle the government of the United States understands the ex-merchant vessel of 1814, by the imperial German admiralty to its commanders at sea to have recognized and embodied, as do the naval codes of all other nations and upon it every travy of the enemy is upon this principle of humanity as well. M. Pres. Woodrow Wilson. as upon the law founded upon this principle that the United States must stand. Would Mediate. "The government of the United States is happy to observe that your excellency's note closes with the intimation that the imperial German government is willing, now as before, to accept the good offices of the United States, and come to an understanding with the government of Great Britain by which the character and conditions of the war upon the sea may be changed. The government of the United States would consider it a privilege thus to serve its friends and the world. It stands ready at any time to convey to either government any intimation or suggestion the other may be willing to accept. The imperial German government to make use of its services in this way at its convenience. The whole world is concerned in any thing that may bring about even a partial composing of interests of in any way that causes the terrors of the present distressing conflict. "In the meantime, whatever arrangements may happily be made between the parties of the war and whatever in the case of the war, the government have been the provocation or the circumstantial justification for the past acts of its commanders at sea, the government has always looked to see the justice and humanity of the government of Germany vindicated in all cases where Americans have been freed or their rights as neutral invaded. "The government of the United States cannot admit that the proclamation of a war zone from which neutral ships have been warned to keep away may be made in violation of the right either of American shipmasters or of American citizens bound on lawful errands as passengers on merchant ships of belligerent nationality. It is the government to question those rights. It understands it also to accept as established beyond question the principle that the lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully be captured or the capture or destruction of an unresisting merchantman and to recognize the obligation to take sufficient precaution to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman or is in fact carrying contrastand war under a neutral flag. The government of the United States, therefore deems it reasonable to expect that the imperial German government will measure measures to put these principles in practice in respect to safeguarding of American lives and American ships, and asks for assurances that this will be done. "Secretary of State ad interim." Other Neutrals Lose Vessels. London.—Figures compiled in Copenhagen show that the three little countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark have lost seventy-five vessels through mishaps in the war zone, as follows: Norway: Fifteen merchant vessels torpeded and twelve blown up by mines. 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A PAGE FOR LADIES OF FASHION Nellie Maxwell Tells of things new and delicious to tempt the Palate The Lady The KITC CABIN The KITCHEN CABINET If you have only to swab a plank, you should swab it as if Davy Jones were after you. -Bleak House. When buying dates, as other things, get all you can for your money, but have them good. The dates with the small stones are the most economical, as the large heavy stone in the larger date weighs much more. A most delicious little spice cake with dates is this and besides being good, they keep moist a long time. Use a cupful of sour milk, a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda, two cupfuls of flour and a teaspoonful of baking powder mixed with it, spices to taste, a half cupful of chopped dates, two well beaten egg, two tablespoonfuls of melted shortening, salt to taste. Mix well and bake in gem pans. Date Bread Pudding.—Take two cupfuls of chopped dates, two cupfuls of fresh bread crumbs, four cupfuls of milk, three eggs, a tablespoonful of butter and a quarter of a cupful of sugar. Mix the dates and crumbs together and put them into a baking dish which has been well buttered. Add the eggs, slightly beaten, to the milk and sugar reserving one white to go over the top as a meringue when the pudding is nearly done. When a little pie crust is left make a few date turnovers. Chop the dates, add orange juice, a few bread crumbs, a little butter; fill the small crusts and turn over, fluting the edges. Bake in a hot oven. Date Salad—Save orange cups or those of grapefruit to serve the salad in. Take a cupful of stoned, washed dates, add two cupfuls of orange pulp, a half cupful each of celery and cocoanut and cream salad dressing. Mix lightly and fill the cups. Place on lettuce leaves when serving. Other nuts may be used in place of cocoanut. Marmalade—Dates and rhubarb are a good combination. Take two cupfuls of dates to three cupfuls of rhubarb, and a half cupful of sugar. Put all together and slowly cook, well covered. Simmer one hour, then put in glasses. As the warm weather approaches the housewife is able to prepare and serve well chilled many dishes which are especially grateful to the appetite. Desserts and salads of many kinds may be prepared before they are needed. There is no dessert that is so popular as the frozen one and the countless combinations which are at hand make variety and are easy of accomplishment. Maple Parfait—This may be packed and frozen in a mold or stirred and frozen as one does ice cream. The difference in the texture depends upon the method of freezing. Beat two eggs well and add to a cupful of hot maple sirup, cook just long enough to set the egg. Chill and add a pint of rich milk or thin cream and freeze. If to be packed as a parfait, separate the whites from the yolks and do not cook them, but fold into the mixture beaten stiff, just before packing in the mold. Sunday Night Salad. — Cut cold boiled potatoes in half inch pieces, then cut the slices in cubes; there should be one and a half cupfuls. Add three hard cooked eggs, finely chopped, one-fourth of a finely chopped onion and one canned pimento, drained and dried on a towel and cut in thin strips. Moisten with salad dressing and serve in nests of crisp lettuce leaves. Company Dish.—Soak a tablespoonful of gelatin in a fourth of a cupful of water and dissolve it in one cupful of boiling water; then add a fourth of a cupful of sugar, the same amount of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, and a teaspoonful of salt. Strain and cool and when the mixture begins to thicken add a half cupful of shredded cabbage, the same amount of cooked peas, and cucumber cubes and a few cubes of cooked beets. Put into a ring mold and when ready to serve fill the center with a good firm salad dressing and garnish the platter with neat slices of cold roast of lamb and crisp sprigs of water cress, or mint will be appropriate with lamb. Save good coffee from breakfast, add cream and sugar and chill. Serve in tall glasses with a spoonful of vanilla ice cream to each glass. Neeleie Maxwell --- Oh late-remembered, much-forgotten, braggart duty, saldion paid in any other coin than punishment and wrath, the frankkind begin to know them? - Dickens. HOT WEATHER DISHES. A cool, refreshing, nicely served salad is, especially, appetizing and especially appetizing and grateful on a hot day. The following are old standbys: I Normandy Salad.—Cut in cubes three cucumbers, three hard-cooked eggs, add a cupful of chopped olives and three fourths of a cupful of nut meats. Serve in tomato cups or on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing. Sweetbread Salad.—Parboli and remove all fiber from a pair of sweetbreads. Cut in small cubes, add equal parts of celery and cucumber and serve with boiled dressing to which a little Worcestershire sauce has been added. Chicken Salad.—Take a cupful of the breast of chicken, cut in cubes, one cupful of walnut meats or any nut preferred, two cupfuls of celery, mix with a good boiled dressing; a mayonnaise is just right for this salad, as the white meat lacks fat. Cheese Salad.—Take one or two bricks of cream cheese, add thick sweet cream to soften, add chopped chives and green peppers with nuts. Make in small balls or heap on lettuce leaves. Serve with or without dressing. Danish Custard.—Put two-thirds of a cupful of sugar into a saucepan and place in a hot place on the range to melt. When a light brown in color, set the dish into a large pan of cold water to stop the cooking, turn the dish so that the sides will become coated with the caramel. Beat five eggs, add a fourth of a cupful of sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoonful of vanilla, then one quart of milk. Strain into the dish with the caramel, set into a pan of hot water and bake until firm. Chill and turn on to a cold plate to serve. Whipped cream may be served with this or it may be served alone. Do not allow the caramel to become too brown or the custard will have a burned taste. A simple dessert well liked, is any kind of canned fruit with a spoonful of whipped cream as a garnish. CROQUETTES AND FRITTERS. Croquettes and fritters never go out of style, and when well-seasoned and well-made, are most delicious. The important things to remember after the croquettes are made is to give them a good coating of sifted crumbs, then dip in egg and another coating of crumbs, shaking off any WINE surplus so that it does not make the coating too thick. The fat should be smoking hot and then tested with a small cube of bread; if it browns in 40 seconds it is hot enough for all uncooked mixtures, a 60-second test of the same will be right for all cooked mixtures. When fat bubbles and boils, too much moisture is in the mixture and a few less should be added to the fat. Five or six croquettes or cakes are sufficient to cook at one time. After removing from the hot fat the food should be drained on paper. When fat needs clarifying, add a few slices of raw potato and cook until brown, then strain the fat through double cheese cloth to remove all settings. Cheese Croquettes.—To three tablespoonfuls of melted butter add a third of a cupful of flour and stir until well blended, then pour gradually one cupful of milk. Bring to the boiling point and add the yolks of two eggs, slightly beaten and diluted with two tablespoonfuls of cream and two cupfuls of milk cheese, cut in cubes. Season with three-fourths of a teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of pepper. Spread on a plate to cool. Shape, dip in crumbs, eggs, and fry in deep fat. Raisin Creme Fritters—Scald two cupfuls of milk in a double boiler with an inch stick of cinnamon. Mix thoroughly one-fourth of a cupful of cornstarch, three tablespoonfuls of flour and dilute with a fourth of a cupful of cold milk. Beat the yolks of three eggs slightly, add a half cupful of sugar and a half teaspoonful of salt. Combine the dry and egg mixtures and pour the milk on; cook 15 minutes; add a tablespoonful of butter, one-third of a cupful of raisins, steamed until plump. Turn into a pan having the mixture three-fourths of an inch thick. Dip in crumbs after cutting in oblongs and fry as usual. A Department Devoted to the Personal Interests of GOOD THINGS WITH DATES have them good. The dates with the small stones are the most economical, as the large heavy stone in the larger date weighs much more. A most delicious little spice cake with WARM WEATHER DISHES. serve well chilled many dishes which are especially grateful to the appetite. Desserts and salads of many kinds may be prepared before they are needed. There is no dessert that is so popular as the frozen one and the countless combinations which are GARMENTS FOR BRIDE THEIR SELECTION A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE. Going-Away Suit May Be Made to Do Duty on Many Occasions—Always Well to Include One Costume of Serge. For her silk going-away suit, the bride may choose shantung and ponge, and assure herself thereby of a most satisfactory garment. A simple blouse will make this suit exactly what she wants for a shopping expedition, and a smart frilly one will make it appropriate for a luncheon on a matinee. If the "silent colors" are not becoming to her, she may consult the sample books of faile and ottoman; and if she wants the newest thing of all, she will take grenadine or volle. A white net blouse, quite plain but for a frock of tiny platted frills at neck and wrist, is an attractive novelty. There is great piquancy of effect in its black stock-ribbon bound around the neck between the feathery ruffles. It is well to include a serge suit in one's outfit for the really chilly weather that sometimes happens in the best regulated summers, but it need not necessarily be a brand new one, unless one likes. A one-piece dress, dark and serviceable, for a day's traveling or shopping will be found useful; and the new redingotes of silk, which completely cover a gown, are the latest thing in daytime wraps. In the evening, the bride of 1915 will want to envelop herself in a cloud of pale colored tulle, with a pointed taffeta bodice, or turn herself into a sort of walking morning glory flower by her flaring skirt of taffeta or gros de londres. A pair of gold slippers to wear with her short-skirted dancing dress will be found a sensible investment. They are expensive, it is true, but they go well with all the pale colors that are fashionable for evening, and they are a good deal more economical in the end than slippers and stockings to match each gown. Evening wraps are simply ravishing—voluminous affairs of coral, turquoise or purple silk, lined with chiffon, edged with Georgian ruches and decked with silver embroidery, or trimmed with white fur. A white fox neckpiece to wear with them would make a gift for THE FASHION OF THE 1920S Evening Frock of Yellow Taffeta With Sash of Gold-Beaded Net—The Bodice and Underskirt Are of Chiffon Finished With Bands of Black Velvet. which any bride would be pathetically grateful. Hats are always important, for they can make or mar the ensemble. For traveling, the bride should make her head as neat and trim and as small as possible. When she reaches her destination she may let her headgear be as large and frivolous as she pleases. Wide sailor-shapes in flowery cretonne and tussore colored to match the silk wreath are charming with white clothes for mornings. For afternoon, there are the transparent fantasies in black, white or pale colors, or the old-fashioned leghorn wreathed with flowers and ribbons. Sports hats are seen in supple hemp or tucked and corded silk. If one is really serious, there are practical OF FASHION Julia Bottomley's Latest Ideas on Inter- National Fashions e Tulsa Star FOR BRIDE A MATTER OF ANCE. affairs in panama and soft felt. White kid hats are new, if rather heavy. The all-white or all-black hat is always a good choice. (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) DAINTY LITTLE PEN WIPER Can Be Made From Old Dress Pattern or Almost Any Kind of Discarded Remnant. New ideas for dainty little pen wipers are always welcome, as they are articles that can be made from old dress patterns or almost any kind of small remnants of material and they always find a ready sale at a bazaar. We give a sketch of a pretty little hanging pen wiper that can be quick 2 3¼ 3in ly made. It measures two inches in width at the top and three inches in width at the bottom, and it is three inches in length. Our sketch clearly shows the shape in which it should be cut out, and for the interior any kind of small pieces of material can be utilized. The cover is made of dark green cloth and the design that appears upon it and which can quite well be worked from our illustration is embroidered with silk of an old rose color. The pieces of material are cut into points at the base of the pen wiper, and they are securely bound together at the top with a strip of black kid and possibly a portion of an old glove may be used for this purpose. For suspending the pen wiper from a nail in the wall, or perhaps one of the handles of the drawers in the writing table, an ordinary key ring is sewn on in the center at the top. SIMPLE DRESS FOR A CHILD Pretty Design That Few Mothers Would Have Much Difficulty in Copying to Perfection. In the window of a store where children's dresses are sold is a dress which draws remarks from every observer. The dress is so effective and so simple that every woman standing before the window feels sure she can make one just like it for her daughter and for half the price quoted on the tag. And every woman filled with such confidence has the right idea, for the dress is made in simple jumper effect, being of pink linen, and the underbody or guipme's of white batiste. At either side front of the dress is a daisy outlined with coronation braid, and from the daisy a stem and several tiny leaves grow for a distance of four inches from the top and bottom of the flower. The coronation braid is white and the leaves and stems are outlined in white mercerized cotton. Turned back cuffs and a lay-down collar on the guipme are edged with finely plaited batiste, and both sides of the front box plait are edged with narrower plaiting. A wide black velvet belt, slipped through embroidered slots, adds distinction to the little frock. Duplicate this model in all white, in a combination of blue and white, yellow and white or brown and white, and you will cause rejoicing in the heart of the little girl who is to wear it.—New York Press. Something New Is a "Middy." A pleasing change from the old-style, sailor-collared middy blouse for tennis wear, is this smart tunic with its belt passing under the front panel, and its unusual arrangement of collar. Skirt and tunic are of fine white cotton percale, the skirt in a gore-flared cut and the tunic having wide armholes and slashes at the hip so that it is very roomy and comfortable for active exercises. The trimmings are of Dutch blue chambray. This maiden wears a sensible tennis hat of lightweight straw with shady brim. Her feet are shod with tennis shoes of white cotton duck trimmed with tan calf. Colored Handkerchiefs with or af- parent the col- neghorn rabbits. The hemp one is tactical Colored handkerchiefs are perhaps more usual nowadays than plain white ones—at least handkerchiefs showing some color, even if only a little. There are pretty ones of crepe de chine in plain light colors—yellow, pink, violet and blue. There are others with colored borders and many with colored embroidery. CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK, UGH! IT'S MERCURY AND SALIVATES Straighten Up! Don't Lose a Day's Work! Clean Your Sluggish Liver and Bowels With "Dodson's Liver Tone." Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take a dose of the vile, dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose a day's work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, breaking it up. 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I guarantee that a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give it to your children. It is harmless; doesn't gripe and they like its pleasant taste. SOLDIERS WHO WEAR VEILS British Troops in Southwest Africa Have to Conduct Campaign Under Difficulties. One of the hottest places where the British are fighting is in German Southwest Africa, where General Botha is in command of an expedition against the enemy. The habitable part of German Southwest Africa lies in the center of a sun-scorched, waterless, shadeless desert of shifting sand, and General Botha's men have to carry everything they need. for nothing whatever can be obtained from the country, not even fodder for the animals. The sand penetrates everywhere, and the heat of the sun is so terrific that all the troops fighting with General Botha have been served out with veils and "goggles." Without them, indeed, it would be impossible to get along at all, and, as it is, hundreds of the Boer burghers, though hardened campaigners, have been so blistered by the sun that they are in hospital. The heat at midday is 122 degrees in the shade and the "shade" is a sweltering tent. Many of the troops pass that time of the day with nothing on but a sun helmet and a pair of boots. Lost to Sight. "How annoying! The English and German accounts of the latest battle don't agree." "What can you expect? Truth and Veracity 'dug themselves in' when the first shot of the war was fired." More Practical. "I see where King George has taken away the Garter from the kaiser and other German rulers." "It would have done more good for him to have turned the hose on 'em." His Busy Day. Mrs. Dixon—Why do you let your husband growl so much when you have company? Mrs. Vixen—That's the only time he gets to grumble. The Whole Thing. Old Bachelor Friend—How's everything? Married Friend—Oh, she's all right. 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I made it strictly according to directions and I want to tell you that change was the greatest step in my life. It was easy to quit coffee because I now like Postum better than the coffee. "One by one the old troubles left until now I am in splendid health, nerves steady, heart all right and the pain all gone. Never have any more nervous chills, don't take any medicine, can do all my house work and have done a great deal besides." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Postum comes in two forms: *Postum Cereal*—the original form—must be well boiled 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum—a soluble powder—dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage Instantly. 30c and 50c tins. Both kinds are equally delicious and cost about the same per cup. "There's a Reason" for Postum. —sold by Grocers U SICK, UGH! CURY AND SALIVATES day's Work! 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SMITHREMAN SOCIETY EDITOR J. H. SMITHREMAN BUSINESS MANAGER Jbert Smithfortman, Traveling Representative SUBSCRIPTION RATES On year $1.00 Six Month .60 Three Monts .35 MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. SURE RESULTS FOR HOME AND FOREIGN ADVERTISERS The price of this paper is $1.00 per year. If you like it send us your subscription and help us to continue our work for the race. The Searchlight is making a hard fight against the bond issue NO GRANDFATHER CLAUSE is ever applied in bond elections. Have you ever noticed it? THE STAR is the only Colored Weekly in this country, so far as we know, that publishes pictoral news of the European war. DO YOU KNOW it costs money to operate this paper? Why not help us by paying promptly what you owe? Why wait for us to dun you? It would be so nice of you to call by the office and pay, just as you pay your gas bill. Our erst-while ex-champion, Jack Johnson, has been heard from again. He is now about to turn into a regular actor, and will do the footlights in England, Spain, and France. As usual the reports say that his partner is a white man. Oh, Jack! Pity is that YOU were not born white. A forceful example of the fair and just recognition of all races is exhibited in the stock dividend of$48,000,000, in which the employees of that gigantic Ford Motor Co., will receive a proportionate share. Of course the Negro is one among the fortuntae races in this distribution. IT WAS RUMORED when Officer Smitherman was promoted and Williams took off his beat that Smitherman had felt the ax, an done or two individuals boasted that "we got him at last," "we've been after him for some time," etc. But when it was later learned that he had simply been promoted, their lower laughing at the gang, continues his good work for law and order. NOW, that the Star suggests that a special bond election be called to improve the East End, since we have so far failed to get any benefit from previous bond elections. Of course, we expect opposition from the white property owners in this part of the city, but let us have the bonds. The Panama-Pacific Internatl Exposition now in progress at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition now in progress at San Francisco, will not tolerate any unfriendliness or unkind treatment of any one, race or creed, on the grounds, and that our people are treated with the same consideration and courtesy that other people are treated with. It is reported that this Exposition offers the most wonderful educational advantages ever presented to the people of the United States, and their display is a marvel of the skill and genius of the age. THE TULSA WORLD published a very eloquent article last Tuesday on "Flag Day but the Star must take exceptions to certain parts of it. We hope the day will come when we can agree with the World on its "Flag Day" sentiment, but as long as Jim Crows, Granddaddy Clauses and other forms of unjust discrimination is forced upon a weak and helpless race under the folds of the Stars and Stripes, we cannot agree with the World's editorial. Of course, we all love the flag. The Negro has shown his love and loyalty to the flag in all stages of American history. Ifut the flag has never meant all to the Negro that it should. The latest motion picture sensation reflecting upon the Negro has been successfully apprehenden and its exhibition stopped by the authorities of Chicago, upon the protest and opposition of its Negro citizenship. The managers of this foul and reprehensible picture have now turned their voluptuous eyes upon this state, and we urge every Negro in whatsoever city it attempts to produce this obnoxious picture to fight it to the last ditch. If it is shown in any of the cities of Oklahoma let it be over the bitter and persistent opposition of all race-loving people. SHERIFF'S MANLY DEFENSE OF NEGRO PRISONER FORFEITS HHIS LIFE TO SAVE NEGRO A BLOOD-THIRSTY MOB. PAGE FOUR THE TULSA WORLD pub Tuesday on "Flag Day but the main parts of it. We hope the day with the World on its "Flag Day Crows, Granddaddy Clauses and nation is forced upon a weak and the Stars and Stripes, we cannot Of course, we all love the flags and loyalty to the flag in all star flag has never meant all to the The latest motion picture scene has been successfully apprehended by the authorities of Chicago, upon Negro citizenship. The manager picture have now turned their and we urge every Negro in what this obnoxious picture to fight it in any of the cities of Oklahoma in tent opposition of all race-loving SHERIFF'S MANLY DEFENDER FORFEITS HHIS LIST A BLOOD-TH Sheriff's Manly Defense of a Negro Prisoner...Forfeits His Life to Save Prisoner.—Forfetta His Life to Save Negro From a Blood-Thirsty Mob. Winnesboro. S. C., June 14.—A. D. Hood, sheriff of Fairfield county, Clyde Isenhaur and Jules Smith, a negro, are dead and seven other persons are wounded as a result of an attack by a mob upon the sheriff's party here today while the negro was being taken to court for trial on a charge of assault. Hood and Isenhaur died tonight. The negro was instantly killed. Isenhaur, a relative of the young woman Smith is alleged to have a tacked. Ernest Isenhaur, his brother, and William Morrison, a brother-in-law, were indicted by the Fairfield county grand jury late today on charges of murder. Witnesses before the grand jury are said to have testified that Clyde Isenhaur acted as the leader of the mob. Hood and his deputies had reached the courthouse when the mob tried to seize the prisoner. The sheriff's warning was ignored and a moment later the shooting started. Although weak from six bullet wounds, the sheriff dragged Smith into the courtroom. The negro fell dead beside the dock. THE TULSA STAR SEXUAL VIGOR RESTORED—The Prematurely aged made young. Men weakened by excess made strong. Unhappy homes gladdened. Varicocle sufferers relieved permanently. No cutting. Send your waist measure and $3.50 and let Nature heal you. Douglas Specialties Co., 616 So. Third St., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Our merchant perous and happy CHURCHS CHURCH, Sunday Night service 7:45 F KERSH, Pastor ST CHURCH Sunday m Evening service WHITAKER, Pastor EL A M E CHURCH 11:00 a m and 7:45 A J HNSON, Pastor H. Sunday Services 45 p m L BREWER, Pastor Sunday Services 11:00 m T J JONES, Pastor STIST CHURCH, Sun- 00 a m and 7:45 p m FRANKLIN, Pastor Mrs. Amanda is in the city v Law and orc civilized and pro Mrs. Barrow, fined to her room convelescent. Miss Lucy B Tex., is city the Gentry. Farmer's Furni Miss Josie C FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Sunday Service 11 a m...Night service 7:45 Rev J F KERSH, Pastor MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday Service 11:00 a m Evening service 7:45 Rev R A WHITAKER, Pastor VERNON CHAPEL A M E CHURCH Sunday service 11:00 a m and 7:45 Rev JAS A J HNSON, Pastor C M E CHURCH, Sunday Services 11:00 a m and 7:45 p m Rev W L BREWER, Pastor M E CHURCH, Sunday Services 11:00 a m and 7:45 p m Rev T J JONES, Pastor PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH, Sunday Services 11:00 a m and 7:45 p m Rev E W FRANKLIN, Pastor For fresh and cured meats, flour, meal, butter and eggs, Come and buy of us. Cash paid for country produce. Our barbecued meats are well cooked. Tel 1079. 321 N. Greenwood. Sar Want Ads Five cents a line. No ad accepted for less than 25 cents. FOR SALE—Three good houses and several lots near Tulsa brick plant, will trade for farm land or sell, part cash. See Dr. Wilson in Dental office in Wilson Bldg. or phone 825. Wanted Agents for THE TULSA STAR in very state in the Union. You can make a good salary by representing one of the leading race papers if you will work. Write today The Tulsa Star, 115 N. Greenwood Tulsa, Okla. Rats as Plague Transmitters. In view of the admitted importance of the rat in the transmission of plague, the study of this disease among rodents has become as necessary from the point of view of preventive hygiene as is the management of the human cases when they arise. In a report to the local government board of England, on rat plague in East Anglia during the period from July to October, 1911, the magnitude of a single campaign is shown. During four months 15,332 rats were examined for plague infection. Thirty-five of the rats were found to be plague infected. Twenty-seven premises were found to harbor plague-infected rats. The places were all within an area previously pronounced to be infected. The rat destruction, which has been maintained by local enterprise for somewhat more than a year, had, in many localities, appreciably diminished the rat population. President Wilson's Father. In an address at Washington recently before the Potomac presbytery of the Presbyterian church, President Wilson spoke of incidents of his boyhood when he assisted his father, a Presbyterian clergyman. In an address at Washington recently before the Potomac presbytery of the Presbyterian church, President Wilson spoke of incidents of his boyhood when he assisted his father, a Presbyterian clergyman. "He had a risky habit of saying exactly what he thought," said the president, "a habit which I in part inherited and of which I have had diligently to cure myself. "But he was the best instructor, the most inspiring companion, I venture to say, a youngster ever had, and in facing a Southern presbytery I cannot think of myself as the president of the United States—I can only think of myself as the son of Joseph R. Wilson, and I only wish I could claim some of the vital connection with the church which he could claim." How U. S. Rose From the Ocean. HOW U. S. Rose From the Ocean. An interesting exhibit shown by the United States geological survey at the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco is the illustration of the development of the surface features of the United States and adjoining lands—the gradual rise of the continent from the primal ocean and the accompanying development of life—a pictorial story of progress from the early fish and the huge half-reptile creatures known as saurians to the higher mammals such as the great saber-tooth tiger and the giant hyena. Maritime Character. "There is something about the fellow who was in here just now that smacks of the salt sea gale," said the newly arrived guest. "You have rare powers of discernment," said the affable proprietor of Sea View Inn. "I guess he sells more peanuts and popcorn than any other dealer on the beach." CHURCHE8 News Aro Plenty of rain. Our merchants seem to be prosperous and happy. Dont fail to see the Black Magician at the First Baptist Church on 23. Mrs. Amanda Thomas of Sapulpa is in the city visiting Mrs White. Law and order is bulwark of a civilized and progressive people. Mrs. Barrow, who has been confined to her room for some days, is conveleescent. Miss Lucy Bunkly of Denison, Tex., is city the guest of Mrs. Tom Gentry. Farmer's Furniture 107. E 1st st Miss Josie Graves of Oklahoma City, is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. J. A. Kelton. The editor of the Star is off on an indefinite business trip to Calester doing jury service in Federal Court. $5.00 will buy a dresser worth twice the money at Farmer's Furniture. 107 East First St Mr. Frank Caston of 17 N, Boston, has returned from Kansas City, reporting a pleasant trip there Mr. W. M. Langston has opened a neat little refreshment parlor at 27 N. Boston, and solicits your trade. The cheapest place in town to buy furniture for cash is Farmer's 107 East 1st st Mr. F. O. Franklin, our fashionable tailor, corner of Elgin and Brady Sts., paid Okmulgee a business trip last Monday. Mr. Cornelius Edmondson, son of Mrs. Emma Barrow has been seriously ill for some time, we hope his speedy recovery. $10.00 will buy a large refrigerator with coil and water bottle at Hon. E. E. McDaniel the railroad contractor whose camp is a short distance from Tulsa, was in town Tuesday and paid his respects to The Star Office Mr. A. C. Curd, one of the prominent citizens of Tulsa, left Sunday for an extended visit to Fort Worth and other points in Texas, we wish him a pleasant and profitable trip. If it is a refrigerator, dresser, range, chairs, davenport, or anything in the second furniture line Farmer at 107 E. 1st has it and the price is less than half for cash, Mr. G. W. Harrison, the wide awake and hustling newspaper expert agent, is again on our force and will solicit business for the Star, any courtesies extended to him will be appreciated. We are always prepared to sell furniture at less than half price for cash. We do not credit Farmer's Furniture. 107 East 1st. Again we request our readers and subcribers to promptly notify the Star office of any failure to get your paper regularly and on time, we are ready and willing to correct any mistake or error that comes to our notice along this line $6.50 will buy a Solid Oak pedal dining table at Farmer's Furniture. 107 East 1st. News Around Town Mrs. S. T. Partee, Miss Annie Partee and Miss Amanda Wood, of Tulsa, are visiting the Normal at Okmuglee for enjoyment and benefit of the good instructions they are receiving there. H D. Maxwell. ```markdown ``` Prof. Ambras Babero, will reappear at the First Baptist Church on Wednes day night, June 23th. There will be a merry new feature presented Wednesday night at the First Baptist Church on the 23. Hon. Jacob Jones, a prominent attorney of Taft, passed through the city enroute to Boley last Tuesday. Mr. Albert Smitherman, brother of ye editor, dropped in town this week and will remain a few days visiting and recuperating. J. S. Kirby has accepted a position a traveling salesman for the McCoy Coal Co., of Mohawk, and will begin his duties at once. Mr. A. D. Davis, of 307 N. Elgin, is again out after a short address we hope him great success during his absence from the city. Berry, who shot policeman Pigg last Sunday morning has been caught and turned over to the county authorities on a charge of assault and battery. The Katy Cafe at 602 E. Archer is your service in the line of serving first class short order meals and special accommodation. Give them a trial. Mrs. G. W. Hutchins was at the Williams' confectionery Wednesday evening and enjoyed several rounds of refreshments and sweet meats. Mr. N. O. Bryant, president of the Brooksville Telephone Co., was a visitor at our sanctum and reported that his Co., was being well received and encouraged. Prof. J. W. Hughes is in Okmulgee conducting the County Normal. Mrs. Hughes will join him in a few days for recreation and pleasure at her old time home. Miss Lucille Goodwin, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Goodwin, has returned home home from Fisk University for her vacation, and has accepted a clerkship with the Goodwin Grocery Company. Mr. Rob L. Ebwards has severed his connection with the Star, and will no longer represent this paper. He will leave the city and engage in the profession of teaching. The Dreamland Theatre has inaugurated a very useful feature besides the splendid attractions on the board every night, and that is the giving away of prizes in the form of groceries and provisions. We are anxious to print the news among our people, and will consider it a favor if you have any item of interest to publish to send it into the office. Of course we mean by this news and nothing in the form of advertisement for free publication. Cicero Byrd, Jr., a student of Langston University, is playing base ball with Oklahoma City this year. This is one of the professional colored teams of this season, he is playing short stop, his residence is in Muskogee, Okla. Dad Howard who is now in full charge and management of the Dreamland Theatre is unquestionably the right man in the right place. He comes to Tulsa ripe with experience in the theatrical business and from now on some thing is going to happen in this popular amusement place. Look out for surprises every day in the week. The rally at Mt. Zion Baptist church last Sunday was a record breaker, a total of $490.00 was raised, and the Trustees, were able to lift all the outstanding debts, and had $61.00 leased treasury for the building fund. All the departments of the church joined valiantly in this rally, and the pastor has just reasons for being proud of his loyal and faithful membership. is Mt. Zion Baptist church through the utiring efforts and labors of its pastor, Rev. R. A. Whitaker, have broke, ground and begun work on their new $15,000 edifice, the out of it when finished appears in this issue of the Star. As the cut shows this will be one of the most handsome and up-to-date church buildings in Tulsa, and a credit to the our own people, regardless of sect or denomination. Rev. Whitaker and his congregation are struggling hard and earnest, and we trust that every man, woman and child will lend them a hand, by contributing generously to this worthy effort. Our friend J. B. Stradford, writes a very interesting and comprehensive letter from New York, which appears in this issue os the Star. We ask that our readers give this correspondence a thorough scrutiny and perusal. There are many things in it that demands our attention and study. It tells of conditions that are upon the race and must be met with calm foresight and precise judgment. Why not take up Stradford's suggestions and act at it. Let Us Save You Money! A man looks in a mirror. We mean that we will save you only send your old suits, sill furs, etc., to us, who have a S Plant. We guarantee every in the house, why do we do it? paired to do the work. Old ha Suits made to your measure. to select from. Our wagon w all parts of the city. Cavers French We mean that we will save you money if you will only send your old suits, silks, satins, kid gloves, furs, etc., to us, who have a Sanitary Dry Cleaning Plant. We guarantee every garment that comes in the house, why do we do it? Because we are prepared to do the work. Old hats made New. Suits made to your measure. 500 samples for you to select from. Our wagon will call and deliver to all parts of the city. Cavers French Cleaners HATTERS AND DYERS Phone 3132 Office and W The Star Clean Up to-date sanitay cleaning and operations a specialty. Let us do you Suits made to your measure for stylish made-to-measure clothing every color, every weave, every patt prices to suit your pocket book. p Hats cleaned and blocked. VISIT US Phone 815 Groceries For everything in the line o to our store and we will please ned goods of all kinds. We do than the rest, but we do say tha Our motto is: "Quick Sales and Phone 3132 Office and Works. 8 N. Cincinnati The Star Cleaning Parlor Up o-date sanitay cleaning methods. Ladies' work and alterations a specialty. Let us do your cleaning. Suits made to your measure. Come in and see our line or stylish made-to-measure clothing. We have every fabric every color, every weave, every pattern and make every style at prices to suit your pocket book. patterns to select from. Groceries & Meats For everything in the line of groceries and meats come to our store and we will please you. Vegetables and canned goods of all kinds. We do not say that ours are better than the rest, but we do say that ours are the market's best. Our motto is: "Quick Sales and Small Profits." J. L. PIERCE. Prop. HAD A "LIGHTNING" SHAVE How Man Who Knew Human Nature Fooled Barber and Got to Dinner on Time. "The other evening about six o'clock I was sitting in a barber's chair get- ting dolled up," said a downtown man, according to the Washington Star, "when a friend of mine came rushing in, threw off his hat and coat, flung himself in a vacant chair and cried to the barber standing by: "Here, hurry up and give me a lightning shave! I've got to catch a train; got just two minutes to spare. Step lively, now, or I'll miss that train, sure shot!" "The barber busied himself at his swiftest speed, and in a short time my hurrying friend was shaved and gone. "What _was my surprise, therefore, when that evening about 9:30 o'clock, as I was strolling about the foyer of a theater between the acts, I saw that train-catching friend of mine leaning leisurely against a pillar there smoking a cigarette. "Why, I thought you had to leave town in a hurry this evening,' I exclaimed in surprise. 'You were in a fervid rush at the barber shop.' "My friend smiled. "There wasn't any train to catch,' he answered, 'but I don't suppose you fully understand the psychology of the barber. I did want a quick shave; wanted it just as much and just as quickly as though I had been hurrying to catch a train, for I was going out to a rather formal dinner party with this theater attachment _afterward, and I was badly pressed for time wherein to get shaved and dressed. "Now, if I had told the barber that I was invited to dinner and was in a hurry because I had small time to prepare and didn't want to be late it would have meant nothing at all to him. In his experience the matter of a bachelor being five or ten minutes late to a dinner has never been of any particular importance, and hence it is beyond his comprehension that one should need hurry to promptly fill any engagement through any other motive than bald hunger. The flagrant breach of good manners, amounting almost to an insult to the hostess, involved in being late to dinner is as much beyond his understanding as the problems of the fourth dimension. "But when I told him I was in a hurry to catch a train, that appealed to him, for some time in his life he's had to hurry to catch one, and just made it by the skin of his teeth—everybody has. Accordingly his memory of his own feelings and his consequent imagination of my predicament came to my assistance and spurred him on. You noticed how that fellow hustled to get over my face and how pleased with himself he was because he had been so expeditious about it, didn't you?" 120 N. Elgin. "My friend smiled. you money if you will sinks, satins, kid gloves, Sanitary Dry Cleaning garment that comes it? Because we are pre- prints made New. e. 500 samples for you will call and deliver to ch Cleaners Works, 8 N. Cincinnati nning Parlor methods. Ladies' work and al your cleaning. are. Come in and see our line ing. We have every fabric ev- attern and make every style at patterns to select from. N. E. PYRTLE, Proprietor & Meats of groceries and meats come se you. Vegetables and can- do not say that ours are better at ours are the market's best. and Small Profits." EE, Prop. Health Bathe Booker T. Washington says the race should strive to keep in better health. The Pratt Bath House is doing its share to restore health to the race, give them a trial. Read what they say: Dear Friend: We beg to announce to you the fact that we have opened a Radium Water Bath House at 400 So. Missouri Ave., Claremore, Okla., for the purpose of giving Radium Water Baths and the Treatment to Colored people. Radium Water is the most powerful water used for bathing purposes. It is an excellent cure for Eczema or any infection of the skin. As a healing power it has no equil. It is used exclusively by MR. AND MRS. E. M. PRATT at the PRATT BATH HOUSE FOR COLORED PEOPLE AT THE ABOVVE ADDRESS. M. and Mrs. Pratt have inlaired a course in Swedish Massage, which is the best treatment known for Rheumatism, Poor Circulation, Stomach Trouble and Kidney Trouble. They have agreed to share a part of their time and experience for their people who are suffering from the above named complaints. The treatment consists of Electric and Steam Vapor Sweat, Radium Tub Bath, Swedish Body Massage and Electric Vibrator. SPECIAL PRICES WILL BE GIVEN FOR A COURSE OF RADIUM WATER BATHS. RADIUM WATER shipped in any quantities from one gallon to thirty gallons. Write for terms, etc. Respectfully soliciting your patron age, we are. Yours very truly. THE PRATT BATH HOUSE FOR COLORED PEOPLE. Cove Pharmacy. 325 E. Second St When in the city, come and see us. We carry a line of Pure Drugs, Perfumes and Cold Drinks of all kinds. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. The Cherry Grocery. Staple. Fancy Groceries. We ask a share of your trade. Fresh, cured, and salt meats. Country butter and eggs. : Game in season :-: :-: : Mrs. James Cherry Phone 1255 THE KATY CARP 602 E. ARCHER At Your service with the latest and Equipped service for Ladies and G tlemen. Meals at all Hours. Short Orders A specialty. JOS TAYLOR, Mgr. ULSA, (tf) THE TWO "W" Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing Dyeing, Repairing. Second Hand Goods Bought, Sold and Exchan ork Called For and Delivered. Hats Cleaned an WM. WALKER, PRO PARTEE BUILDING 518 EAST AR Tulsa, (tf) Uncle Abe's Loan offi Loans Money on every thing. Sells un goods at lowest prices. Come in and get a Cleaning, Pressing, and Alterations. Wor teed. Is at Your service with the latest and best Equipped service for Ladies and Gentlemen. Meals at all Hours. Short Orders Aspecialty. JOE TAYLOR, Mgr. TULSA. (tt) OKLA. THE Tailoring Repairing Second Work Called W PARTEN Tulsal Uncle L goods Clean teed. THE Miss 114 N. G TH This is is kept in offerings y cooking. 16 N. Cinc Mme. HA Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing Dyeing And Repairing. Second Hand Goods Bought, Sold and Exchanged. Work Called For and Delivered. Hats Cleaned and Blocked. WM. WALKER PROP. PARTEE BUILDING 518 EAST ARCHER Tulsa. (tf) Okla. Uncle Abe's Loan office Loans Money on every thing. Sells unredeemed goods at lowest prices. Come in and get acquainted. Cleaning, Pressing, and Alterations. Work guaranteed. THE LADIES BEAUTY PAR Now Open For Business ALL I ASK IS A TRIAL Miss Louie B. Coleman, Proprietor 114 N. Greenwood Tulsa, The Liberty Cafes This is one of the cleanest Cafes in the city. It is kept in a Sanitary Condition always. All the offerings you will find at our place. You will be looking. THE TASTE TELLS. 6 N. Cincinnati THE LADIES BEAUTY PARLOR Now Open For Business ALL I ASK IS A TRIAL Miss Louie B. Coleman, Proprietress 114 N. Greenwood Tulsa, Oklahoma The Liberty Cafe This is one of the cleanest Cafes in the city. Our place is kept in a Sanitary Condition always. All the season's offerings you will find at our place. You will like our cooking. THE TASTE TELLS. Mme. Z. E. Holderness HAIR GROWER Cures Tetter, Eczema and Dandruff. A trial will be 316 North FOR We and Prom A trial will convince you. My specially prepared will be sent to any one on receipt of 50 cents 316 North Frankfort Street. A trial will convince you. My specially prepared Hair Oil will be sent to any one on receipt of 50 cents a box. 316 North Frankfort Street. Tulsa. Okla. FOR YOUR GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS CONFECTIONERIES 404 NORTH ELGIN We carry a special line of fruits, fancy candi and cold drinks. Prompt and careful attention given all orders MRS. A. J. SMITHERMAN. Prop. FOR YOUR GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS AND CONFECTIONERIES 404 NORTH ELGIN We carry a special line of fruits, fancy candies, nuts and cold drinks. Prompt and careful attention given all orders. MRS. A. J. SMITHERMAN. Pron OFFERS CORPSE FOR SALE Venus Hears That Medical Schools Buy Bodies for Dissecting and She Needs the Money. Denver, Colo.—A poverty-striken Venus has offered her body for sale to the University of Colorado for dissecting purposes. She is willing that science have her corpse after she is dead, if science will provide her with money wherewith to buy food and keep alive for the present. The girl, whose identity is kept secret by the university, wrote to "The Dean of the Faculty" as follows: "I am a young woman in good health and have a perfect physique, but I am up against it and need money to buy food. I have heard that medical schools buy bodies for use in dissecting, and I hope you will buy mine. Please offer me as much as you can." Her offer was turned down. Clothes Afire; Rolls in Snow. Goff, Kan.—The explosion of a can filled with gasoline set fire to the clothing of Ernest Jinks, a blacksmith of this place, and he saved himself by rolling in the snow. After saving himself he returned to his shop and single handed extinguished the blaze after it had succeeded in getting a big start. Eighty Years Young Bowler. Montclair, N. J.-B. H. Cary celebrated his eighteenth birthday by bowling 170 for three games, winning the "improvement tournament" of the Commonwealth club. THE TULSA STAR Under Browning Hotel. Mrs. Lillie Johnson, Prop. Phone 4881 Business = Professional Dietory Fresh Drugs, Toilet Articles and PERFUMES 108 N Greenwood Tel 922 PROFESSIONAL DR. J. J. McKEEVER HIGH CLASS DENTAL WORK TEL 2157 All Work Guaranteed DR. J. M. KEY Physician and Surgeon Venerial Diseases of Men and Women A Specialty Office Williams Bldg Phone 2157 DR. D. W. BRYANT PHYSICIAN and SURGEON TEL 3335 A. F. BRYANT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office phone 922—Res phone 585 I. H. SPEARS ATTORNEY AT-LAW Tel 2157—Office: Willams Bldg PARLOR ness IAL N. E. PYRTLE Up-to-Date Sanitary Cleaning Methods Ladies work and Alterations a Specialty. Hata Cleaned and Blocked—Visit us Telephone 815 city. Our place All the season's will like our Tel. 3077-J Prop. MONEY TO LOAN J B STRADFORD 301 North Greenwood Real Estate, Loane and Rentals Goodwin Fresh Meat and "THE BEST O 121 N. Greenwood The great increase in necessary for us to move we are now ready to give We thank the people patronage, and cordially mers to visit us in our m WE I prepared Hair Oil to cents a box. Tulsa, Okla. 31 MEATS AND candies, nuts orders. rop. For Su RE Bohnefeld Expert O The largest and best eq west and only the most pra LADIES FA Panama Cleaned and Bleached by the positively without the use of THE KENDELL 20 E. 2n When you want pure dr our store. You're welco line of Sundries and Toi wants and we will deliver THE KENDELL DRUG COMPANY For Superior Service REMEMBER Bohnefeld Cleaning Works Expert Cleaners And Hatters The largest and best equipped concern of its kind in the entire southwest and only the most practical people are employed in each department. LADIES FANCY WORK A SPECIALTY. Panamas And Straws Cleaned and Bleached by the famous SOUTH AMERICAN PROCESS.—positively without the use of acids. Expert Hatters do the work. Main Office 118 East 3rd St. Phone 1210 FIVE FAST AUTOMOBILES IN DELIVERY SERVICE FIVE FAST AUTOMOBILES IN DELIVERY SERVICE OKLA. ```markdown ``` ECONOMY DRUG CO. G W HUTCHINS Attorney at Law Office 206 N Frankfort Phone 4359-J. Goodwin and Grant Goodwin and Grant The great increase in our business has made it necessary for us to move into larger quarters, and we are now ready to give our patrons better service. We thank the people of Tulsa for their liberal patronage, and cordially invite all old and new customers to visit us in our new quarters. WE DELIVER DON'T FORGET TO CALL 20 E. 2nd. Phone 82 When you want pure drugs. We invite you to visit our store. You're welcome. We carry a high class line of Sundries and Toilet Articles. Phone us your wants and we will deliver it to you on short notice. BRING US YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS Professional ctory H. J. CAVERS Let me save you money, I will save you money if you send me your old Hats, Silks, Satins and Kid Gloves Number 8 N Cincinnati Phone 3132 B. B. HUNT 22 N BOSTON HOTELS and ROOMING HOUSES THE PHILLIPS ROOMS 15½ North Greenwood Nicely Furnished, Clean, Sanitary Rooms, Strictly First Class MRS A L PHILLIPS, Prop BILLIARD PARLORS THE OQUAWKA 103 N Greenwood Cold Drinks, Tobaccos, Cigars and Pocket Billiards THOS R GENTRY. Prop C C HOLDERNESS, Mgr GROCERIES & CONFECTIONERIES WILLIAMS CONFECTIONERY Williams Bldg—101 N Greenwood Fruits, Candles, Cigars. Tobacco and Fountain Drinks MRS L T WILLIAMS, Prop NORTH ELGIN GROCERY AND CONFECTIONERY 404 N Elgin Phonie 4881 Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fresh Meats, Milk, Cigars, Tobacco, Cold Drinks, Nuts and Fancy Candles MRS A J SMITHERMAN, Prop Anderson Grocery Come and see us, we carry a line of Staple and fancy groceries. Ours are always a line of goods. Call us up. Phone 2143. 501 N. Green- wood. and Grant Grocery Merchants OF EVERYTHING" Phone 1680 in our business has made it move into larger quarters, and love our patrons better service. side of Tulsa for their liberal y invite all old and new cuso- new quarters. DELIVER DRUG COMPANY and. Phone 82 drugs. We invite you to visit come. We carry a high class toilet Articles. Phone us your er it to you on short notice. OUR PRESCRIPTIONS Service R g Works Matters find in the entire south- yed in each department. SOCIALTY. Straws AMERICAN PROCESS.— do the work. VERY SERVICE PAGE FIVE Phone 1680 ```markdown ``` Phone 1210 ENTS: G. H. MORELAND AND J. T. W. 114 N. Greenwood Avenue G. H. AMBROSE, President and Bus. M. C. B. PAUL, Vice President. G. E. EDWARDS, JR., Secretary and Tr e: Muskog HOTEL ALEXANDER and Elegantly Fun Rooms CAFE IN CONNECTION OPEN AT ALL HOURS, SHORT ORDER A SPECIALTY. In Tulsa We Solicit Your Patronage. First Class Service. Tulsa Agents: G. H. MORELAND AND J. T. WILLIAMS, 114 N. Greenwood Avenue G. H. AMBROSE, President and Bus. Mgr., C. B. PAUL, Vice President. S. E. EDWARDS, JR., Secretary and Treasurer. HOTEL ALEXANDER New and Elegantly Furnished Rooms CAFE IN CONNECTION OPEN AT ALL HOURS, SHORT ORDERS A SPECIALTY. When In Tulsa We Solicit Your Patronage. We Give First Class Service. in Louisiana Oil in the south—where fortunes are made in twenty-four hours. Oil Wells Owned by B. Production, 30,000 barrels daily. Development Production constantly increasing. Lot in Oil Park---Only $ with and a small monthly payment and am the Development and Production of the without further cost than the price of the Agents Wanted—Good Commission Further information write the DeSoto O Department Company, Mansfield, La. North Louisiana Oil Field The best in the south—where fortunes are made in oil every twenty-four hours. Nine Oil Wells Owned by Negroes Oil Production, 30,000 barrels daily. Developments and Production constantly increasing. 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Call me at any time and I will come to you. 12 Ph Northside Furniture Comp 106 North Main St. We Handle a Full Line of Second Hand Furniture and All on Payments Northside Furniture Company 106 North Main St. We Handle a Full Line of New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves Yes, We Sell on Payments. PAGE SIX TO BE S The Exch LI Tulsa Agents: G. H. C. B. S. E. Home Office: HO New an CARE OPEN When In T 129 N. Greenwood North P The best in the Nine Oil Oil Production Buy a Lot $3 cash and est in the wells withd Apf For further Developme H. P Yonkmo PHONE 8$2 The Post IS THE PLACE FILLED COR Try Our The O New We buy and sell Let me figure Satisfaction in h Call me Phone 2112 Norths New and S Yes, We Sell or LIFE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT. Live Agents Wanted D J. T. WILLIAMS, annue d Bus. Mgr., ry and Treasurer. Muskogee, Oklahoma WENDER Furnished CTION RT ORDERS ronage. We Give Oil Field are made in oil every by Negroes Developments and praising. Only $15 Each ent and an inter- tion of two oil price of the lot. Permission DeSoto Oil and Oil. Pharmacy TULSA, OKLA Drug Store PRESCRIPTIONS THE RIGHT PRICE White Pine For Man's S Furniture Co. Sweet Furniture Good use furnishing line. See J. J. Jackson Contractor and Builder v job. I guarantee in cost of labor. come to you. Company St. ine of ture and Stoves (Incorporated) A. CARR, Proprietor. YOUR FRIENDS Phone 931 Tulsa, Oklahoma Phone 2112 THE TULSA STAR GREAT CROP IN OKLAHOMA STATE'S WHEAT YIELD WILL BE 55,000 BUSHELS IS LATEST ESTIMAE. REPORT IS NOW VERY ACCURATE Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Gets Figures From Many Good Oklahoma City—Oklahoma is advised that she will reap 55,000,000 bushels of golden wheat, possibly 50,000,000 bushels more than that. She was made to realize that she has been smiled upon and caressed and nurtured by careful Nature, which having withheld ingulgence until assured of worthiness, now prepares to give with lavist hand from the inexhaustible resources of abundance. Prodigious wealth will in a few days become the inheritance of Oklahoma. Herald of the royal bequest was made at a gathering of Oklahoma City business men in the Lee-Huckins hotel dining hall. It was received with entrusiasm. Prominent men sounded the state's praises, hailed its prospects with optimistic acclamations, called upon all citizens to realize the commonwealth's splendid opportunity. Secretary Elmer E. Brown offered the evidence assembled from sixty counties by forty-nine railroad agents, twelve merchants, twenty farmers, twenty-five grain dealers, many bankers, many millers and others, all of whom had exhausted their fullest resources to gain unimpeachable information of agricultural conditions. Proof was offered that Oklahoma would harvest the greatest wheap crop, the greatest oats crop and the greatest fruit crop this year its history can boast. The railroads, having made exhaustive investigation, gave the following summaries of the wheat crop this year: Santa Fe Report. Lovell, 20 bushels per acre; Red Rock 25, Newkirk, 22½; Biss, 8, Norman, 18 Ponca, 12; Washington, 25; Seven reports average; averages bushels per acre. **Frisco Report** Mounds, 11 bushels per acre; Boswell 9, Carmen, 20; Hobart, 20; Thomas, 20; Black Snyder, 20; Frederick, 25; Clinton, 20; Snyder, 18; Frederick, 25; Clinton, 20; Altus, 28; Lawton, 20; Mountain Park, 28; Hugo, 27½; Enid, 22; Pawnee, 20; Hopton, 15; Bennington, 15; Wetumka, 17; Madill, 22½; Aida, 20; Chickasha, 17½; Claremore, 15; Holdenville, 18; Wheetel, 20; Durant, 18; Okmulgee, 20; Morrison, 20; Burbank, 15; Wetumka for 32 reports, 19 1-3 bushels per acre. Rock Island Report Alva, 20 bushels per acre; Billings, 12½; Hobart, 25; Kingfisher, 20; Chickasha, Anadarack, Apache, Temple and Elder, Elkhorn; Average for 10 reports, 18½ bushels per acre. Average for 49 reports from the three railways, 19 bushels per acre. Reports From Milers. Tonkawa—Wheat, 15 bushels per acre; oats, 40. Kingfisher—Wheat, 25 bushels; oats, 45. Another report, wheat, 18 bushels; oats, 25. Oklahoma City—Wheat, 20 bushels; oats, 30. George—Wheat, 11 bushels; oats, 40. George, 18 bushels; oats, 40. Perry—Wheat, 20 bushels; oats, 35. Perry Valley—Wheat, 22 bushels, oats, 25. Shawnee—Wheat, 15 bushels; oats, 28. Anadarack—Wheat, 20 bushels; oats, 40. Average wheat crop, 18.4 bushels per acre; oats, 35.3 per acre. Reports from Bankers. Northwest quarter of state, average, 17½ bushels per acre. Southwest quarter, average, 16.2-3 bush- Southwest quarter, average, 162-3 bushels per acre. Northeast quarter, average, 15.2½ bushels per acre. South quarter, average, 15.3½ bushels per acre. Southeast quarter, average, 15 2-3 bush- els per acre. Assuming that 75 per cent of the acreage is in the northwest, the average is 15 per cent. Wheat compared with last year: Northwest, same as last year; southwest, 28 per cent better; northeast, 31-3 per cent better; southeast, 24 per cent better. Estimating that three-fourths of the acreage is in the northwest quarter, the yield will be 12 per cent better than last year. Again assuming that 75 per cent of the acreage is in the northwest, the average acre yield as reported by railroads and other reports from grain men and farmers, is 181-8 bushels per acre, compared with 19 bushels last year. Reports. The wheat situation in Oklahoma for three years follows: 1913—Acres, 1,750,000, yield, 17,500,000 bushels, value, $1,435,000, based on Dec. 1, 1913. 1914—Acres, 2,525,000, yield, 47,757,000 bushels, value, $4,137,000, based on Dec. 1, 1913. 1914—Acres, 3,077,000, yield, 46,600,000 bushels, United States government estimate May 1, the only estimate made this year yield, 55,286,000 bushels, bankers' estimates of June 8, value, $55,286,000 According to United States government statistics the Oklahoma wheat surplus, after allowing for food in 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, was an average of 4,668,000 bushels. Surplus for 1914, 32,432,000 bushels. Surplus for 1915, 40,904,000 bushels. How Oats Stand Up. Frisco Railroad Reports—Mounds, 42% bushels for acre or acre Boswell, 37% bushels for acre Hobart, 37% Blackwell, 47% Cordell, 60% Cindel, 41% Snyder, 40% Frederick, 50% Custer, 50% Altus, 45% Lawton, 40% Mountain Park, 47% Hugo, 37% McKinney, 40% Hopeton, 40% Benington, 20% Wetumka, 30% Madill, 47% Ada, 40% Chickasha, 35% Claremore, 50% Holdenville, 40% Weleczha, 50% Durant, 35% Okla, 40% Morrison, 45% Mill Creek, 40% Average of thirty-two reports, 41% bushels per acre. The average acre yield of oats as reported by the railways and bankers and confirmed by grain men and merchants is 40% bushels, compared with 23 last year. The oats report for three years follows: 1913—Acrees, 927,000, yield, 184,600,000 bushels. 1914—Acrees, 1,182,000, yield, 32,105,000 bushels. 1915—Acrees, 1,411,000, yield, 7,000,000 (tamed on bank and railway reports confirmed by farmers reports.) Bird Well Named. A booby is not merely a human dunce, but is a Bahama bird, which is so spiritless that when attacked by other birds it fails to fight and gives up the fish it has caught without resistance. --- Libby Just open and serve. Excellent for sandwiches. Instit on Libby's at your grocer's. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago Libby's Potted Ham McNeill & Libby Chicken ACT WAS NOT TO HIS LIKING American Soldier Properly Resented Filipino's Insult to a Spanish Officer. The story is told by an English naval officer who witnessed the occurrence in Manila: "As I was crossing one of the numerous bridges across the Pasig river, I saw a native Filipino spit in the face of a Spanish officer, and then run for protection to the American sentinel, who was pacing the bridge. It was some time before the Filipino could make himself understood, but when the sentry comprehended his action was very prompt indeed. He handed his gun to the Spanish officer, caught the native by the nape of the neck and the seat of his trousers, and pitched him off the bridge into the Pasig river. Then he calmly took his gun from the officer, and began pacing his beat, as if nothing had happened."—Unidentified. "Mr. Brown called today and returned that umbrella he borrowed from you a year ago." "Huh! I suppose he's heard I've bought a new one." "You, a Briton, and so unpatriotic as to order all those German dishes?" "But I am about to do the proper thing for a Briton and intern them." With the name of a man who has a good bank account." No, but here's something just as good at a dime."—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Eph Wiley says the most inharmonious combination is a street car conductor and his necktie. The difference between professional and college sports is that in college sports they occasionally cheer the loser. Makes "One for B and One for Work" OFFICE Makes a Healthy Appetite No bother to get summer meals with these on hand Vienna Style Sausage and Potted Meats The Borrower. Proper Course. SAVE WILLIAM PENN'S CHAIRS National Heirlooms, About to Fall Apart, Have Been Repaired by Blind Women. Two quiet and graceful chairs that once belonged to William Penn have just been repaired by two women who have never seen the chairs, says the Philadelphia Ledger. The two women are inmates of the Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women. The chairs are preserved in the east room of Independence hall, on the second floor. Year by year the cane bottoms of the famous old relics have been gradually cracking and falling out. The committee in charge decided that unless the cane was replaced the woodwork might soon collapse. But they did not dare to let the chairs be taken out of Congress hall. So they sent for Miss Ira Frost, mistress of handcraft at the Industrial Home for Blind Women, and she brought with her to the room two of the blind women who understood chain repairing. The work was peculiarly difficult, for it was impossible to erect in Congress hall the caning table needed to hold the chairs firmly in place, and, moreover, their woodwork was soft with age. But the deft "seeing fingers" of the bling women did the work in spite of all the difficulties, and now the precious William Penn chairs are safe. "Tom," said the bride of a week, "didn't you promise faithfully to give up smoking the day I married you?" "Yes, my dear," replied Tom, "I believe I did." "And now," she continued, "I find you puffing a cigar just as though I weren't in existence. What explanation have you to offer?" "Well, I kept my promise," replied the husband, "I didn't smoke a single cigar on our wedding day."—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Thoughtful Old Soul. "My dear, I've an idea," said old Mrs. Goodart to her caller. "You know we frequently read of the soldiers making sorties. Now why not make up a lot of those sorties and send them to the poor fellows at the front?"—Boston Evening Transcript. Jury Talesman—No, sir; I was on the case at the previous trial. Delays Are Dangerous. "How is it that Jones always acts before he thinks?" "If he thought first he'd never act." Unfortunate Subject. "What has Mrs. Sourly now in pickle?" "I hear you are in business for yourself." "No; I have a wife." At sixty a man knows that he didn't know what he thought he knew at twenty. y Appetite breakfast- LOOK for the man who eats Grape-Nuts, and relishes his meals, and is keen and fit for a hard day's work. Grape-Nuts FOOD is made from whole wheat and malted barley with all the essential mineral phosphates retained. A 10 days' trial of Grape-Nuts may show how to make yourself fit to do things that bring money and fame. for Grape-Nuts Just Like a Man. 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"I was sitting on the bootblack's stand," said the story-teller, "when the parade came along, the grand marshal riding a big bay horse at its head. Well, just as the head of the parade came opposite me, it stopped. The grand marshal's horse wouldn't go another step." "Recognized you as his long lost half brother, I suppose," said one of his listeners maliciously. "Think you're smart, don't you? Well, I'll tell you, anyhow. It was pride that mae that horse stop—nothing but pride. He wanted his shoes abined." How It Happened. "It was this way," said the tattooed man to his circle of interested listeners. "I was marooned on an island in the South Pacific and captured by a band of savages. They demanded a thousand dollars for my release. I was in a terrible predicament—all my money was in a New York bank, and I hadn't a cent with me." "What did you do?" asked one of the listeners as the tattooed man paused for breath. "I told them to draw on me, and they did." The Look in French Faces Almost all the faces about these crowded tables (in the cafe at Chalons)—young or old, plain or handsome, distinguished or average—have the same look of quiet authority: it is as though all "nervosity," assessiness, little personal oddities, menness and vulgarities, had been beaten away in a great flame of self-decoration. It is a wonderful example of the rapidity with which purpose models the human countenance—Edith Wharton in Scribner's Magazine. The Trouble. "Did you see where the Anglo-German knight in London was told he could not resign his baronetcy?" "Yes, that was not a title he could sr.ender." Eph Wiley believes the dimple, considering it as one of the concomitants of beauty, has been greatly overestimated. FOOD AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Kuno Meyer said the other day that the great war was the price the world is paying for the mechanical comforts which have been piled up so rapidly. Again another historian clinches the point. The time it is W. E. B. DuBois, the author of a brilliant book on "The Negro," which Holt has just published in the Home University Library. DuBols says that the Negro in Africa has been practically enslaved by the civilized nations of Europe. The growth of trade unions made investors look to Africa for opportunities. That meant the partition of Africa. And "this partition of Africa brought revision of the ideas of Negro uplift. Why was it necessary, the European investors urged, to push a continent of black workers along the paths of social uplift by education, trades unionism, property holding and the electoral franchise when the workers desired no change and the rate of European profit would suffer?" Accumulated profits from the mechanical inventions of the last few generations drove France, Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal to carve Africa according to their own tastes. DuBois can see no hope for the race until Negroes "fight not simply for their own rights as men, but for the ideals of the greater world in which they live; the emancipation of women, universal peace, democratic government, the socialization of wealth and human brotherhood." That does not mean inevitable progress. It means inescapable degradation if the generous spirits of the world do not strive to the utmost. At a crisis like this every virtue, every ideal, every dream of glory can be forsaken in an instant. Brute force can displace reason, and the world, like the gallant boy on the Aisne, can make itself "the instrument through which a greater force works out its inscrutable ends through the impulses of terror and repulsion." The alternative is justice, fraternity and equality. The adoption by the Baptist convention of the report to locate the proposed Negro seminary at Memphis came after considerable discussion. Nashville submitted a pleasing proposition for the location of the seminary, but because of the distance to Nashville from the center of Negro population to be benefited by the seminary, it was decided that Memphis would be a more suitable place. It was agreed to raise at an early date $50,000 for this purpose. Dr. Milton E. Griggs, Negro, of Tennessee, made a profound impression and showed the fine spirit of brotherliness and cooperation which exists between the white and the Negro Baptists. His address showed a fine spirit of loyalty to the South and the white people. He acknowledged the debt which he and his people owed to the South and to the southern people. He said that it was here that he got his language, his knowledge of industry and his religion, that he was proud of his race and of the white people. He declared that the white people of the South have helped the Negroes far beyond their calculations, giving them new unity and inspiring them to self-upift and self-help. He declared that the work of the southern white people is affecting the Negro, not externally but in a real emancipation of the race. One-third of the voting strength of the United States the South con- Booker Washington, accompanied by a company of 25 other educated colored men, has recently made a visit to larger centers of population in Louisiana. The coming of the visitors was widely advertised in advance, and Negroes gathered in large numbers to attend the meetings held. Some journeyed ten, twenty and even forty miles—on mule back, in buggy, in wagon. At Shreveport, on the western border of the state, ten thousand gathered principally to hear Mr. Washington. He was the chief speaker and principal attraction at all points. White citizens of prominence lent encouragement to the meetings by their presence. Booker Washington gave wise and wholesome counsel to both races. In talking to the whites he reminded them that it is better to educate Negroes to take care of criminals; that Louisiana paid too high a compliment to Negro children by assuming that a Negro child could get a satisfactory education by giving him only three or four months' schooling in the year; that the nation hears too much about lynchings and racial difficulties and too little about Last summer saw completed the demarcation of the boundary line between Alaska and Canada, straight north along the one hundred and forty-first meridian to the Arctic ocean. No other boundary demarcation has extended into such high latitudes and few boundaries of equal length are so straight. The line follows the meridian without deviation, regardless of mountains, swamps and forests. Philadelphia's yearly loss because of rats is estimated at $1,000,000. troils and almost two-thirds of the present national government. In this great Baptist movement the South leads, realizing that in proportion as the Negroes are educated they will help in advancement and plans for improving the condition of all the people. He declared that as the Negroes followed the white people through years of slavery, so they are now willing to follow in this great work and labor in concert for the future of the race. This theological seminary for the Negroes will doubtless prove a great forward step in all their work. It was a humiliating position in which the son of Abraham Lincoln found himself when he admitted to the industrial commission that the great Pullman company was the real recipient of the tips to its colored porters. This concern, whose stock is so closely held and so highly valued as to be almost never sold, has paid on an average 8 per cent ever since its foundation. At the same time, it gives to its colored employees less than a living wage, and expects them to make up the difference between that and what they need to live on out of the gratuities of travelers. Mr. Lincoln thought that on the whole the company was entitled to great credit for keeping this field of employment open to Negroes, who are so often discriminated against. But it may well be doubted whether the philanthropic motive would be noticed in the Pullman company if it were compelled to pay the wages it should. The laborer is worthy of his hire; and when Mr. Lincoln so complacently patted himself on the back for employing colored labor at all, he ought to remember that failure to obtain sufficient tips by reason of interference with traffic, slackness of travel, or hard times has brought many a porter's family face to face with genuine suffering—even when he wore four and five service stripes on his coat-sleeve. That under these circumstances porters have yielded so little to temptation that their record for fidelity and honesty and for heroic service in accidents is admirable, is plainly no fault of Lincoln's son. The descendants of the men the father freed have long been exploited, overworked—often without sleep enough for long stretches to keep a men well—and underpaid besides by the company of which the emancipator's son has been the head.—New York Evening Post. The campaign that was begun among the colored schools by Mrs. Helena Holley, under the direction of Superintendent Horn, for the betterment of health conditions among the colored children, was greeted with enthusiasm by the pupils. The pupils of six colored schools met at the Colored High school where they were gathered in a large hall. The Health hymn was distributed among them, and with the first few chords struck on a piano, the song was taken up and carried through splendidly, the true musical instinct of the race rapidly caught the rhythm, and thus the message of the words was crystallized into their thought through the pleasing medium of the tune which was Tipperary. The ladies making up the party were very much pleased with the results of their efforts. The party was out all day, visiting the several colored ward schools, and teaching the willing little dusky students the catchy song.—Houston Post. the evidences of racial friendship and good will which exist in the majority of communities. And Negroes imitate white men closely; if white people break the law, drink and gamble, Negroes will; if white people are sober, law-abiding and industrious, Negroes will be. Counseling the Negroes Mr. Washington advised them to stay in the country where the soil and the rain and the sun draw no color line. He urged his hearers not to live in a knapsack, but to settle down and to get property. He told them that fifty years the white man had been carrying the Negro on his back and that he was getting tired. He bade them consider how they could use at home what they had learned at school. And he advised them not to talk about white people, but to talk to them, to make friends with them. The government of India has appointed an expert to make an exhaustive study of the white ants of that country, which completely destroy all books with which they come in contact if not detected in time. The problem of giving southeastern Italy an adequate water supply, which has been studied since Roman times, is about to be solved by the construction of an aqueduct to cost about $25,000,000. As a rule employees in breweries, tanneries and printing-ink factories are immune from consumption. Turpentine works and rope works are a protection from rheumatism. Workers in copper mines need not fear typhoid. THE TULSA STAR "LOST" MEN IN JAIL Queer Cases That Are a Matter of Record. Felons Forgotten and Sequestered In Probably the Safest Hiding Places In Which They Could Possibly Find Refuge. There are many places where a man may be lost, whether he loses himself or is purposely placed in a maze from which he cannot find his way out. But the case of Rocco Ruggerio, who was recently dug out of the Queens county jail by accident and placed on trial for murder in the first degree, is very much out of the ordinary, says the New York Sun. Six months previously Ruggerio was indicted for murder and placed in the jail. The papers in his case disappeared. The district attorney wanted to check up his cases and asked the jail warden for a list of his prisoners. Ruggerio's name was on the list. Nobody seemed to know anything about the case. Search of the records disclosed the indictment. Strange as this case is, a Chicago incident of like character two or three years ago was even more remarkable. A prisoner named Philip Dubois was arrested and placed in jail on a charge of felonious assault. Political friends were able to secure a series of postponements of the case and have the papers altered so that the charge was changed to simple assault. To help the deception along Dubois was declared to be dying and was sent to the hospital pending the disposition of his case. One day at the hospital the screen that had separated his cot from that of the next patient was unexpectedly taken away, and happening to look across Dubois saw that the very man he had assaulted was his hospital neighbor. On recovering from the wounds inflicted by Dubois the man had contracted pneumonia and had been transferred to the pulmonary ward. He was on the verge of asking to have his bed changed when Dubois begged him not to do so, promising to pay him well if he would keep his secret. This he agreed to do for a certain sum. It was when part of this sum was being passed to him by Dubois' friends that an attendant's suspicions were aroused. Investigation was made and the deception discovered. Dubois was convicted and sentenced. When the time came to arraign him new papers had to be made out, for he was officially lost on the books as a man charged with a felony. Which recalls the case of William Haverhill, a forger of Philadelphia, who was being brought from San Francisco to the Quaker City some years ago by a special deputy sheriff named McCarty. McCarty had had an attack of brain fever just before being sent across the continent with the requisition for Haverhill. They were nearing Denver at noon on their return journey and were seated in the Fullman, McCarty having handcuffed his left wrist to Haverhill's right. Haverhill surmised the reason at once. He lost no time. He managed to jerk McCarty forward a trifle in his seat, so that his body reclined more toward the back of the chair, and then tilted the officer's head back so he seemed asleep. He waited his chance, and when most of the passengers got out to stretch their legs he took the handcuff key from McCarty's pocket and unlocked himself. He was searching for McCarty's money when the "All aboard" sounded, so he had barely time to slip off the train. Without a cent in his pocket he could not ride a mile or purchase a meal. But he was a man of quick thinking. He walked right up to a policeman and spat on his shoes. He was rebuked; he "sassed" the officer, thereupon he was arrested, receiving a sentence of three months as a vagrant. 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Archer, Where he will be pleased to serve you at any time. Taft Happening From The Taft Idea Dr. Kyle, together with a number of other physician autists, constituted a pary driving their machines from Oklahoma over into Kansas recently, to attend the Kansas State Medical Association which convened in Kansas City. Prof. Brooks, the veteran teacher and principal of the Fort Gibson School, was in the town recently. Rev. W. R. Jackson was called to Marshall, Texas, to preach the annual sermon for one of the Fraternal Orders of that state. He is expected back within the next few days. Lonnie Jackson, one of the well known young men of the town, back in our midst again for a brief stay. He reports that he will soon be off to attend the Normal. The Young Ladies' Guild Club is still metting in its regular sessions at the home of Mrs. Williams. They report interesting sessions. Miss Mozella Ford went to Muskogee to attend the Senior Class Play, of the Manual Training High School. Decoration Day was most fittingly observed by the people of Taft and throughout the community. At the cemetery the graves were beautifully decorated and an impressive program eut people spoke and excellent papers were read. Refreshments were al so on hand. Rev. W. J. King was in Muskogee on business one day last week. Editor Johnson has been on the sick list for the past few weeks. He is now much better and is about again. Since school is out, one by one the teachers have all gone either to their homes or to attend one of the many Summer Normals throughout the state. Prof. C. G. Noble was in Muskogee Saturday on business. Dr. Kyle will be ready with a full supply of school books and supplies for the children and patrons beginning the next school term. What a great relief and convenience that will be. Mrs. Rhode reports that the Mothers Club of Taft has made application to be represented with the State Confederation of Women's Clubs. Mr. C. H. Ford went to Muskogee Saturday on business. The "Idea" received a communication from Mr. Pettigrew, one of our foremost citizens, expressing regret that he could not be here to attend the closing exercises which he says he know would be excellent, in keeping with the work, but business called him out of the state and would keep him out for two weeks or more. Editorial Dots From The Taft Idea Now is the time to begin packing your trunk for the San Francisco Exposition. The teachers of the faculty of the Vernon High School before leaving for their summer's work requested that the "idea" through its columns express to the patrons of the community, one and all, their sincere thanks for their hearty support and right good will in all matters uplifting to the school for the past term, and for all acts of friendliness and kindness extended while working in your midst. A special expression of thanks is extended for the ready response to the small but necessary requests made in order to make the programs as delightful and as pleasant as they were. Such kindness they assee, will not soon be forgotten. If the grocery men of the town would contribute to a prize for the greatest number of clean and attractive looking jars of fruit preserved or canned this summer they would reap a great reward from their contributions—they would sell much more sugar. Mr. Johnson, of the Taft News, veteran editor and publisher has so impaired his health in the work that it interferes with the regular issuance of his paper and in order that his readers may not be destitute he has arranged that the "Taft Idea" be sent them and hopes that they accept its reading matter until he can recuperate and after a bit take up the pen again, which he thinks may be in the next month or two. It is hoped that Proof. Johnson will soon regain his health and resume his duties again. FARM FACTS From The Taft Idea The recent rains, they claim, are playing havoc with the crops, both wheat and oats. It is reported that a crop of oats on one of the near by farms did not do so well and that the field would be plowed up and replanted in other grain. The farmers of the community should not forget to have their boys give special attention to their one-acre plots, especially those boys who belong to the Boys' Agricultural Clubs and also to the Boys' Pig Clubs. They should be encouraged to raise the best products and finest pigs in the county or the state. The farmers over near and around Grayson, Okla., are all busy. Their oat crops are fine and look like perfect pictures. George W. Smith, wealthy land owner of Grayson is reported to have oil about struck on one of his farms in 7-12-14 near Grayson. Quite a number of oil derricks are appearing on the horizon very-very close to the town and we may expect at any time to hear good reports from there. ATTENTION! A Righteous Cause Will Prevail. The Brooksville Telephone Exchange Company of Brooksville, Okla., incorporated under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, is designed to fill a long felt want of the people of this little village, and this section of this State, by furnishing them a more excellent Telephone service. Said company has an authorized capital of $2,000.00, divided into two thousand shares at $1.00 each. The same are being sold and the proceeds thereof are to be used for the operation, maintenance and extension of the lines of said company, and whatever surplus there may be is to be invested in Brooksville for its material advancement. We know the purchase of said shares of stock to be a good and safe investment. How many shares will you take? Respectfully sumbitted. MRS. E. McKNIGHT, Secy LILLY WHITE TABERNACLE TULSA, Okla., June 16—To the many readers of the Tulsa Star:—Dear friends, it is with profound pleasure that I write to let you know that the Lilly White Tab. No. 29 has her banner still floating above the waves, with such a leader as Mrs. Maggie Vaden, always at her post, our Tab. is in a growing and prosperous condition; and our motto is up and doing. The annual thanksgiving sermon will be preached at the first Baptist church, Sunday, June 20. 1915 at 8 o'clock. Everybody cordially invited to come and be with us and hear our most excellent program. To miss it you will miss a treat. Mrs. Maggie Vaden has returned home from a few days visit over the district, making her annual visit as president of the H. G. F. M. district conference. TULSA COLORED BASE BALL TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP In the games played between Oklahoma city and Tulsa to decide the championship of the state Tulsa defeated Oklahoma city by taking 2 of the 3 games played. Tulsa at no period of the games had any possible chance to lose, but for the errors made by the home boys, the visitors had no show of winning any of the games of the series. Foreman for Tulsa had the Giants puzzled at all times and it was with difficulty than they connected with his fast balls, he being able to strike out 9 of the Giants. Fullet in the left field for the Colts is a player worthy of great praise he catchs all the flies that even come his way Tulsa has a great Team under the management of Mr: Emerson and Tex Gray, in the percentage column she ranks with the leading teams of the Western Association Games played 16 Won 11 Lost 5 Percentage 688. Batteries for Okla, City Skinny, Givens and Chaney score 1 Tulsa Foreman and Foreman score 5 Randolph, Butsy and Chaney Okla score 1 Tulsa Ryan and Williams score 7 Mr. and Mrs. William Cherry Entertain. Last Monday night at their residence, 311 N. Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. William Cherry entertained elaborately for their guest Mrs. E. E. Davis of Houston, Texas, who departed early Tuesday morning for her home. To say that this was by far the greatest social triumph of the season mildly expresses a truth if we accept the statement of those present. Whist was the popular game of the evening, and those who did not in dulge had sweet music to charm them dunge and sweet music to charm them. The menu was of four courses and by the side of each plate was a beautiful bouquet of nasturtiums bound with yellow ribbon to which was attached the name and address of the guest of honor. The color scheme was not only artistic, but was a thing of beauty, and displayed the craftiness of a master hand along this particular line. The merriment of the party continued until the early hour of morning altho the invitations ready "from 8:30 to 11:30." During her stay in the city, Mrs. Davis made a host of friends and was the recipient of many invitations to social affairs, out of, as well as in the city. The invited guests present were Mrs. E. E. Davis, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Bryant, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Key, Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Johnston of Coweta, C. E. McCauley and wife, Mrs. J. D. Tinsey, Mrs. Bob Rogers, Mrs. D. C. Winzer, Robt I. Edwards, Miss Nannie Pery of Coweta, Miss Davis, Miss C. Johnson, Mrs. C. A. McAdams, H. W. Ragsdale, Mrs. A. L. Stovall, E. M. Pittle, Jr. H. Knox, Mrs. Zoda Holderness, Mr. O. C. Green, Miss Irene Simpson, Mrs. G. Cox, Miss Brown Mrs. Sallie Johnson, Mrs. Ada B Huff, Mr. James Thomas and wife Mrs. Willa Williams, Messrs. Jasper and Manuel Cherry, Miss Katy Chery, Mrs. Emma Ellis, Mr. U. S. Jackson, Mrs. Nettie Glass, Misses Mattie and Nellie M. Stelle and Mrs. E. L Cherry. Prof. Kid McCoy, of Joplin Mo, paid The Star man a pleasant visit Friday. Mr. McCoy belong in the Welterweight class of professional boxers, and is in Tulsa, looking for an opening. No fakers need apply. A MODEL TRUCK FARM IN EMBRYO. Hon. H. P. Ewing, without question the original Potato King of Kaw Valley, Kansas, fame, was in Tulsa this week advocating the "back to the farm" movement among our people. Mr. Ewing has fully demonstrated by a practical experience that agriculture and truck farming pays better than anything that our people can engage in, and withal gives the the largest returns on capital invested and labor expended. He is so much interested in this movement that he is sacrificing his time and money traveling throughout the several states lecturing and making sentiment in favor of the "back to the farm" movement. He lectured at Vermon A. M. E. Church on Wednesday night, and so impressed his hearers that a committee consisting of Lawyer Martin, Lawyer Spears, S A. Johnson, G. H. Moreland and W. R. Barnes was selected by the Chairman of the meeting, Dr. J. A. Johnson, to formulate plans and look up land for the beginning of a Model Truck Gardening Farm. Quite a deal of enthusiasm was manifested and several of those present spoke in high favor of encouraging the race to engage in the agricultural pursuits, and be growners as well as consumers of the "staff of life." This committee will report to a meeting of citizens who indicate their interest in this movement, and from it we hope some tangible results will follow. Watch for the date of call and be our hand THE NEGRO EXCHANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION PAYS HEAVY SICK CLAIMS. I take this method of recommen- ing the Exchange Insurance Assod ciation to all Colored people in our city as a good reliable insurance company, having paid my sick claim of Forty-four ($44.02) Dollars two cents without any hesitancy, while the white company has so far refused to pay me. This company also paid Mother Portau's claim, on North Seventh, of this city, together with many other claims this week. Every Colored family in Muskogee should carry their insurance in this Colored institution. Yours for the success of the race, FIELDS. 808 Emporia Street. This company has a very creditable debit here. Among the recent claims paid are Mr. Jas. Walton, 314 East Brady $7.00 Mrs. Ida C. Lewis Fairview $6.70 Mrs. Ada B. Huif, 206 E. Archer $5.00 Mr. R. M. Mitchell 116 N. Hartford $6.50 Mrs. Lois Evans 404 N. Greenwood $10.00 Miss Maria Horton Sand Springs $2.50 Mrs. E. Bryson's two children at Sand Springs $4.00 and many others. This company is represented here by two very courteous young men of our race, Mooreland and Williams See their advertisement in the Star M. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN