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Tulsa Has Justly Won The Title of "Convention City"! 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 Black Republic In Throes of Mean Revolution! Vol. 3. No 37 Presidential Palace Set Fire and President Forced to Move. MANY ARE EXECUTED Rebels and Regulars Clash in Artillery Duels in the Streets. Port au Prince, Haiti, July 27.—A revolution more serious in the toll thus far taken than any even in the days of Nord Alexis flamed out in the Haitien capital today. It was an offshoot of the movement to the north where the adherents of Dr. Rosalvo Bobo, twice expelled from Haiti, have been striving for several months to break the power of the Haitien president, General Vilburn Guillaume. One hundred and sixty men, including a former president of Haiti, General Orestes Zamor, have been executed by order of General Oscar, governor of Port Au Prince, who later in the day was dragged from the shelter of the Dominican legation and riddled with bullets. President Seeks Shelter. President Guillaume and the members of his family have taken refuge in the French legation, an attack upon which has been threatened. The presidential palace has been partly destroyed after an attack which lasted for hours and the revolutionists are in possession of the city. How many persons have been shot in the streets and the government buildings cannot be learned, but exchanges between the loyal supporters of the president and the rebels were carried on with furious determination on the one side and desperate resolution on the other. Eventually President Guillaume, General Oscar and the chief of police, who were defending the palace with the aid of the president's personal staff and other troops who had remained loyal, were obliged to flee. At that time one section of the palace was burning. Port Au Prince has been in a state of panic for days. No one knew when he might be cast into prison; there have been wholesale arrests, apparently caused by order of the president r some of those close to him. The successes gained by the revolutionists in the north were convincing proof to the president and government officials that their course soon would be run. Therefore, they viewed with suspicion various individuals and organizations. One regiment of soldiers was disbanded. It was this regiment which at 4 o'clock this morning descended upon the palace. Guillaume and those who acted as his guard offered a stubborn resistance, but were greatly outnumbered. The palace was abandoned by the president, but some of the others continued its defense. Soon word of the massacre of the political prisoners was circulated and a wave of indignation swept over the capital. Many who had not originally been identified with the rising took up arms. Ringland Bros. Circus Is Announced World's Greatest Shows and Spectacle "Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" Now On Way. Official information confirms the announcement that on Tuesday, August 10, Ringling Brothers' circus will give two performances in Tulsa. Many new features have been added this year, the most notable of which is the spectacle "Solomon and the Queen of Sheba". This colossal production is presented with a cast of 1,250 people, a ballet of 300 dancing girls, 735 horses, and a trainload of scenery, costumes and properties on the biggest stage in the world. Following the spectacle, a circus program of unusual brilliancy will be presented, including an array of foreign and American acts new to the circus world. The menagerie contains 1,003 wild animals, 41 elephants, and a "baby zoo.55" The circus is transported on 89 double length cars. Special arrangements have been made by the railroads to accommodate the crowds that will visit the circus from this city and the surrounding country. A glimpse of the fortress of Sedd-ul-Bahr, the Turkish citadel which, in the bombardment by the allies, was almost battered to pieces. In the foreground before the ruins are massed some of the allied troops, among whom the Australians are most prominent. EX-SLAVES SUE U. S. FOR MILLIONS Heavy-weight Bout Tonight There is no doubt that Bob Devere will get a chance at the championship of the world in a match with Jess Willard if he succeeds in besting Carl Morris here tonight. Bob Devere is one of the fastest of the heavyweights now before the public, and it is the belief of his backers that all that remains between him and a match with Willard is Carl Morris, and to the end that he may get a decision over the popular Tulsa fireman, he is training to the last word. And Carl Morris, realizing that he will have the fight of his life, is more concerned in his preparation for the coming bout than any previous match he has ever had. He is having a hard time in securing enough heavyweights to stand in front of him long enough to give his a real test of his capacity. The contest will be staged in the open air at the baseball park on a ring platform especially erected for the occasion. In addition to using the grand stand for seats, additional seats will be erected so that at least 3,000 spectators can be accommodated in first class shape. The advance sale of seats from out of town people indicates that every seat will be occupied. However, it is the intention of the management to reserve a section until the last train has arrived, so that none of the visitors will be disappointed. ```markdown ``` Cost of Living in Russia. According to a recent official statement issued in Petrograd, the inhabitants of the Russian capital paid $10,000,000 more for actual necessities of life in 1914 than they did in 1913. The advance in prices was due to the war. The following are the articles that showed in 1914 the largest percentage of increase in price over the preceding year: salt, 50 per cent; rice, 56 per cent; groats, 57 per cent; flour, 18 to 80 per cent; sugar, 14 per cent; eggs, 8 per cent. More Information Wanted. "Well, Ah see one mo' ob dem Gemnan wahships done been interned," observed Sam Pinckney. "Dat so? Shows sem English doin' sompin' wid die submarines after all," said Mr. Blackburn. "Wuz de crew lost, too?"—Livingston Lanc TULSA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915 If Case Succeeds Thousands of Ex-Slaves and Their Descendants will Be Benefitted. Through attorneys C. J. Jones of Muskegee, H. A. Guess of Tulsa, and E. M. Hewlett of Washington, D. C., a suit has been filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by H. N. Johnson of Louisiana, R. Bowers of Texas, C. B. Williams of Mississippi, and Maurice Thompson of Tennessee, and others too numerous to mention" against Wm G. McAdoo Secretary of the Treasury Department of the United States for a sum amounting to more than sixty-eight million dollars as compensation for their forced labor in the Southern States during the period between 1859 and 1868. The plaintiffs in the case set up the plea that during the period of their involunteer servitude many million bales of cotton were produced by them for which they have received no compensation and that the United States treasury has derived money from the sale of said cotton and by reason of said cotton and by reason of these facts along with other contentions they are entitled to all the money the government has so obtained. The prayer submitted in the case is The prayer submitted in the case is as follows: Praver. Premises considered, plaintiffs pray that the process issue for the defend ant according to law, requiring him to plead answer or demur to this bill of complaint. That the defendant be required to make discovery of the amount of money he may have in his custody designated as such fund as detailed in this bill, in contradistinction to any other moneys he has custody of, and that he disclose any claim he may assert to the further custody of said money, adverse to the claim of those plaintiffs, and restricted from the lien of plaintiffs herein claimed; That the court will refer this case to the Master in Chancery for taking proof of plaintiff's claims, and that the court will appoint such other and special masters as the exigencies of the taking of proof may disclose; and that at the final hearing of this cause, the court will decree a lien against the money designated as aforesaid being held by the defendant, which lien be, and thenceforth become a claim for and in the interest of these plaintiffs, to be prorated among said plaintiffs as their interest may appear, free and clear from any claim of defendant, or any other persons not having asserted a claim for labor per formed in the production of the cotton from which the said money was realized; and for such other and general relief as in equity belongs, according to the merits of this cause. CORNELLIUS J. JONES. INSPIRATION OF THE COUNTY FAIR By Peter Radford. When you enter the agricultural department of the county fair, you feel your soul uplifted and your life takes on a new power—that is the inspiration of the soil. You are overpowered by the grandeur and magnificence of the scene—that is the spirit of the harvest. You can hear the voice of nature calling you back to the soil—that is opportunity knocking at your door. It is a good chance to spend a quiet hour in contact with the purity and perfection of nature and to sweeten your life with its fragrance, elevate your ideals with its beauty and expand your imagination with its power. These products as food are fit for the gods, and as an article of commerce they ought to bring tip-top prices on any market in the world. The products of the soil are teachers and preachers as well. Their beauty gives human life its first entertainment, their perfection stirs the genius in artists; their purity furnishes models for growth of character and their marvelous achievements excite our curiosity and we inquire into the wonderful process of nature. Before leaving the parlor of agriculture where nature is parading in her most graceful attire and science is climbing the giddy heights of perfection, let us pause and take a retrospective view. How many of you know that after these wonderful products are raised, they can seldom be marketed at a profit? Take the blushing Elberta, for example—they were fed to the hogs by the carload last year. The onion—the nation's favorite vegetable—every year rots by the acre in the Southwest for want of a market and as a result hundreds of farmers have lost their homes. Cotton—nature's capitalist—often goes begging on the market at less than cost of production. It is great to wander through the exhibits while the band is playing "Dixie" and boast of the marvelous fertility of the soil and pride ourselves on our ability to master science, but it is also well to remember that there is a market side to agriculture that does not reflect its hardships in the exhibits at a county fair. SOME REASONS WHY Negro Business, Professional and Other Persons Should Attend the National Negro Business League Meeting in Boston, Mass., August 18, 19 and 20, 1915. Isaac Fisher, the nationally famous prize essay writer, winner of the $400 Trust Regulation Prize; the $100 Good Roads Prize; the $100 Prize for the "Ten Best Reasons Why Persons Live in Missouri;" the $500 Prize for the best essay on "What We've Learned About Rum," and more than a score of other prizes, has been asked by the officers of the National Negro Business League to summarize the important reasons why Colored Business Men, Colored Business Women, Professional Persons and others interested, should attend the next meeting of the League which is to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, August, 18, 19, and 20, 1915. In his keenly analytical way, Mr Fisher has digested these reasons; and they are given in his own words below: There are some emotions which you cannot analyze or explain. To walk the streets of Boston pays no grocery bills, begins no bank accounts, purchases neither comforts nor luxuries; and yet I know that I am a different and a happier man because I have, once in my life, not only traveled all over the States of historic old New England, but have walked the streets of Boston and seen in person what I had felt and dreamed of in the spirit, that is, the place where men and women in the midst of plenty, surrounded by culture and refinement, suddenly awoke one day in the past to the realization that almost four millions of Colored people in the United States were unhappy because they were not free; and that it was the duty of the strong to help the weak. Therefore, to me, the reason of reasons, which towers high above everything is the one which follows and which is given first place: 1. To see—and what Colored person does not want to see—the city in which were the headquarters of those who labored to give freedom to the American slave? There is no use to pretend that this is not one of the main reasons why every Negro should visit Boston. If a Colored person has already visited Boston, he will find the following reasons compelling, nevertheless: 2. Because anyone deeply enough interested in the Business League to try to follow it because it helps him, is an individual who has worked faithfully enough to deserve such a vacation and pleasure trip as only a journey to Boston can give. 3. To see business done by a real business city. Boston is— (a.) The commercial and financial center of New England. (b) The American seaport having the largest foreign commerce, excepting New York. (c) The greatest wool market in the United States and the second in the world. (d) The chief distributing center of the United States for shoes, leather and hides. (e) The home of the Boston and Maine railroad—the most remarkable consolidation of railroads in the world comprising 125 different roads. (f) The largest city market for fresh and salt fish in the United States. In Boston, one will see business done by men who know all about the subject and will see some of the greatest business establishments in the world. 4. Because many of the places that poets and history have made immortal are found in the beautiful "Hub of the Universe." Who wants to die without seeing once and again— Faneuil Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty." Old Statehouse, Old South Meeting House, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, etc? 5. To see once and again the center of education in America. In Boston, one finds, among other famous literary institutions— Subscription $1.00 Per Year evolution! SONS WHY (a) The public library with over $00,000 volumes. (b) Harvard University. (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (d) Boston University. (e) Boston Museum of Fine Arts. (f) New England Conservatory of Music. (g) Lowell Institute, giving free lectures to all. (h) Boston Symphony Orchestra, 80 members. One has not studied the subject of education fully until he has seen these institutions. 6. To visit once and again the great est and most beautiful parks in the country like— Arnold Arboretum, Marine Park, Charles River Embankment. 7. To visit the homes of such famous men as Prescott, Ticknor, Bancroft, Motley, Parkham, Emerson Hawthorne, Lowell, Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, etc. These sights inspire the heart. 8. To compare the business conditions of the West and South with those obtaining among Colored people in the great metropolis of famous favored, Massachusetts; and to let the people of New England who are doing things in the South and West, particularly the Colored people. "Now abideth" Reasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; "But greatest of these" are numbers 1 and 3. Oregan May Get Land And Loan Measure Soon A "People's Land and Loan Measure" is to be submitted in Oregon by the Central Labor Council of Portland through the initiative. Its provisions in brief are as follows: First: To absolutely protect private ownership of private property, including the workman's right to employment and to receive and own the products of his labor. Second: To restore public ownership of ground rent and collect all of it in Oregon, as nearly as may be practicable, by taxation for public purposes. Third: To restore to every citizen his inalienable right to make a job for himself on the land when he desires to do so, without depriving him of any right to work for a boss when he finds one that is satisfactory. Fourth: To provide a system of State loans to aid farmers and other home makers in establishing themselves in Oregon. It is safe to say that the last provision will not be needed should the first three be adopted. In a State where every man is assured an opportunity to earn a living and will receive the full product of his labor, a system of State loans will not be needed, and in all probability, will not be desired. However, many cannot see that far at present, and these will be reassured by the loan provision. Oregon is fortunate in that it has a system of government which makes it possible to secure a direct vote on legislation and an end to poverty within its borders. Wants His "Star" In California Watts, Calif., July 21, 1915 Dear Smitherman: "Please send my "Star" here till I further advise you. My wife and I are here on the coast spending the summer. California is a gorgeous playhouse, with many, many actors. We are getting the fun out of the trip. Hoping you continued success, I am. Yours friend, J. OSCAR SPENCER. PAGE TWO THIRD Washington American note was delivered Gerard. "Dee "The Secretary "You are it to the minister "The note s of July, 1816 government of f to say that it h to meet the rea indicates no war THIRD AMERICAN VIRTUAL Washington — Following is the official text American note to Germany regarding submarine war was delivered to the foreign office at Berlin by Gerard: "Department of State, Washington, July "The Secretary of State to Ambassador Gerard: "You are instructed to deliver texually the f to the minister of foreign affairs. "The note of the imperial German government 8th of July, 1815, has received the careful conside government of the United States, and it regrets to say that it has found it very unsatisfactory, be to meet the real differences between the two gov't indicates no way in which the accepted principle huma THIRD AMERICAN VIRTUALLY Washington.—Following is the official text of the latest American note to Germany regarding submarine warfare, which was delivered to the foreign office at Berlin by Ambassador Gerard: "Department of State, Washington, July 21, 1915. "The Secretary of State to ambassador Gerard. "You are instructed to deliver sexually the following note to the minister of foreign affairs. "The note of the imperial German government dated the 8th of July, 1915, has received the careful consideration of the government of the United States, and it regards to be obliged to say that it has found it very difficult to enter into the between the two governments and indicates no way in which the accepted principles of law and C. HARRIS & EWING Secretary Lansing **Sec. 6** a belligerent act and the defense it is illegal. "The govern- disappointed to gards itself as observe these p- government of Greece to neutral com- readily understates a belligerent act of retaliation is, per se, an act beyond the law, and the defense of an act as retaliatory is an admission that it is illegal. Exemption Feature Disappoints. "The government has stated that, however, keenly disappointed to find that the imperial German government regards itself as in large degree exempt from the obligation to observe these principles even where neutral vessels are concerned by what it believes the policy and practice of the government is against neutral commerce to neutral commerce. The imperial German government will readily understand that the government of the United States "The government of the United States is, however, disappointed to find that the imperial German goads itself as in large degree exempt from the observe these principles even where neutral yet government of Great Britain to be in the present war to neutral commerce. The imperial German go readily understand that the government of the cannot discuss the policy of the government of Great Britain in the trivial trade except with that government itself, and that it must regard the conduct of other belligerent governments as irrelevant to any discussion with the imperial German government regards as grave and unjustifiable violations of the rights of American citizens by German naval commanders. Illegal human acts, however justifiable they may be, cannot against an enemy who is believed to have acted in contravention of law and humanity, are manifestly indefensible when they deprive the enemy of the stockade, particularly when the violate the right to life itself. If a belligerent cannot retaliate against an enemy without injuring the lives of neutrals as well as their property, human rights, and for the dignity of neutral powers should dictate that the practice be discontinued. If persisted in, it would in such circumstances constitute an unpardonable offense against the sovereignty of the neutral nation affected. "The government of the United States is not unmindful of the extraordinary conduct that the practice be discontinued because it is not in the best interest of the method of attack produced by the use of instrumentalities of naval warfare, which the nations of the world cannot have had in view when the existing rules of intercourse are not in effect, ready to make every reasonable allowance for these novel and unexpected aspects of war at sea, but it cannot consent to abate the war by any means because of a mere alteration of circumstances. The rights of neutrals in time of war are based upon principle, not upon expediency and the principles are immutable. The neutrals are belligerents to find a way to adapt the new circumstances to them. Possible to Stay Within Law. "The events of the past two months have clearly demonstrated that it is not wise and clearly indicated that it is possible and practiced to exercise military operations as have characterized the activity of the impaired German navy within the so-called war zone in substantial accord with the accepted practice of regulated warfare. The whole world has looked with interest and increasing satisfaction at the demonstration of that possibility by German naval commanders. It is manifestly possible there that the whole practice of submarine attack relies on the criticism which it has aroused and remove the chief causes of offense. practicable to oacacterized the a so-called war to secure interest and in that possibility, possible, thereof tack above the chief cause In view of government of its accession to the estate the United States will longer refrain from cooperation for the Americas for a needless "The gover to the friendly suggestion of the sets be designed to implication, such a curtailment for which this calmer counsel "The gover have long stop which the govern insists. They Tort that for treed promise and a of the imation may act be most strike "The imp this cilence the present w United States whoseover v citizens, the between ready at any privileged to s "In the m sets upon the and government must upon the imp scrupulous obs Friendship usethe of acts in the government lean citizens, practicable to conduct such submarine operations,acterized the activity of the imperial German navy so-called war zone in substantial accord with the interest and increasing satisfaction at the cost that possibility by naval naval commanders. It possible, therefore, to lift the whole practice of its acts, and in view of the manifest possibility to the established rules of naval warfare, the naval commander will longer refrain from disavowing the wanton a commander in sinking the Lusitania or from offer for the American lives lost so far as reparations for a war crime may be made. The government of the United States, while to the friendly spirit in which it is made, can suggestion of the imperial German government that seals be designated and agreed upon which shall issue now illegally proscribed. The very agreement must be made in the form of a curtailment and therefore an abandonment of for which this government contends and which calmer counsels every nation would concede as a "In view of the admission of illegality made by the imperial government when it pleaded the right to retaliation in defence of its acts, and in view of the manifest possibility of conformity with the law, in view of the necessity of the United States cannot believe that the imperial government will longer refrain from disawarding the wanton act of its naval commander in sinking the Lusitania or from offering reparations to the British for the loss of life in the war, made for a needless destruction of human life by an illegal act. "The government of the United States, while not indifferent to the friendly spirit in which it is made, cannot accept the suggestion of the imperial German government that certain vessels be designated and agreed upon which shall be free on the basis of their nationality, and that, in implication, subject other vessels to illegal attacks and would be a curtailment and therefore an abandonment of the principles of calmer counsels every nation would concede as of course." Christiania.—The British government secretary of foreign affairs has expressed regret to the Norwegian government at the violation by British warships of Norwegian territorial waters, especially by the seizure of an auxiliary cruiser of a German steamer inside the three-mile limit. The note was in reply to a formal protest lodged by Norway. The British admiralty has been instructed to respect in the future the Norwegian territorial line. --- Exemption Feature Disappoints Both Contend for Freedom of Seas NOTE IS AN ULTIMATUM NOTE IS AN ULTIMATUM PRESIDENT WILSON DONE WITH PALAVER Bernie warfare, which Bernie by Ambassador Bernard, by the following note government dated the consideration of the decrets to be obliged to government and principles of law and Has Said His Last Death Will Be Washington.—T determining the nex t to a brief peri- ters in Berlin as to Germany that the b Said His Last Word To Germany.—Next American Death Will Be Signal for Assembling of Congress. Washington — The United States government before permitting the next step in its general diplomatic policy for a brief period await indications from official quarters in Berlin as to the reception of the new note, warning many that the loss of American lives through further action of neutral rights would be regarded as "unlucky." Everywhere in official quarters it was pointed out that document speaks the final word on how the United States government would regard further transgressions of rights. The general trend of comment was that the petition of this disaster as that which befell the titania would mean the convening of congress by President Wilson for consideration of the action to be taken. In the event that the status quo is maintained, how- and there are indications through official or unofficial channels that German submarines in the future will form to the rules of international law by saving the lives of Americans on unresisting merchantmen. President Wilson will take up very soon the situation that has arisen with Great Britain over interference with American commerce by the allies. For several weeks a note has been practically com- mated almost ready to be sent to the British government operating the protest against deviations from international law in the operations of the order in council inst commerce with Germany. The note has not been cited because President Wilson has been unwilling to give impression in Berlin that the controversy between the United States and Germany in any way could be condensed on the progress of the American government's negotiations with other belligerents. Data is being gathered at the state department but the note probably will not deal to any extent with specific interests, contending chiefly for the general principles involved with renewed insistence on modifications on the order in council to conform with what the United States awards as the accepted rules of international law. The sent filing of a legal caveat announcing that orders in council and British municipal law do not affect the rights American citizens under international law was the first step in the policy which the United States is pursuing to attain acquiescence in its point of view. No progress has been made in the investigation of the note of the British liner Orduna at which a German submarine fired a torpedo without warning. No evidence has been received to establish beyond doubt that the torpedo is fired and until this is available it was said in official matters, the case probably would not be pressed. None of the American passengers was awake at the time of the attack, and the state department is reluctant to act on Has Said His Last Word To Germany.—Next American Death Will Be Signal for Assembling of Congress. Washington.—The United States government before determining the next step in its general diplomatic policy will for a brief period await indications from official quarters in Berlin as to the reception of the new note, warning Germany that the loss of American lives through further violation of neutral rights would be regarded as "unfriendly." Everywhere in official quarters it was pointed out that the document speaks the final word on how the United States government would regard further transgressions of its rights. The general trend of comment was that the repetition of such as disaster as that which befall the Lusitania would mean the convening of congress by President Wilson for consideration of the action to be taken. In the event that the status quo is maintained, however, and there are indications through official or unofficial channels that German submarines in the future will conform to the rules of international law by saving the lives of Americans on unresisting merchantmen, President Wilson will take up very soon the situation that has arisen with Great Britain over interference with American commerce by the allies. For several weeks a note has been practically completed almost ready to be sent to the British government reiterating the protest against deviations from international law in the operations of the order in council against commerce with Germany. The note has not been sent because President Wilson has been unwilling to give the impression in Berlin that the controversy between the United States and Germany in any way could be conditioned on the progress of the American government's negotiations with other belligerents. Data is being gathered at the state department but the new note probably will not deal to any extent with specific instances, contending chiefly for the general principles involved with renewed insistence on modifications on the order in council to conform with what the United States regards as the accepted rules of international law. The recent filing of a legal caveat announcing that orders in council and British municipal law do not affect the rights of American citizens under international law was the first step in the policy which the United States is pursuing to obtain acquiescence in its point of view. act before the law, an admission that points. is, however, keenly man government ream the obligation to practice of the gov- ment war with regard to the United States obtain acquiescence. No progress has case of the British marine fired a torp- been received to ea- was fired and until quarters, the case of the American pr attack, and the st No progress has been made in the investigation of the case of the British liner Orduna at which a German submarine fired a torpedo without warning. No evidence has been received to establish beyond doubt that the torpedo was fired and until this is available it was sold in official quarters, the case probably would not be pressed. None of the American passengers was awake at the time of the attack, and the state department is reluctant to act on [Image of a man with a mustache and glasses, wearing a suit and tie, with decorative elements around his head.] rations as have char- man navy within the world has looked with the demonstration of ers. It is manifestly de of submarine at- tributed and remove made by the Imperial retaliation in defence Chicago Heral German governmen the European war will continue to impend the relations between the United States and Germany very much as did the Alabama case in the relations between Great Britain and the United States after the Civil war. Chicago Herald. President Wilson's third note to the German government on the results of its methods on sub- marine warfare is couched in the language that a self- respecting man uses to a friend whose acts have wronged him and in the language which no intelligent man would resent from a neighbor whose friendship he valued The Chicago Tribune: The reply of the government to the latest German note appears to be final so far as the American contentions of law and right are concerned, if not an ultimatum in fact. The door of the discussion is closed. There can be no doubt the duty of press and public and that is to accept the and taken by the government without reservation. Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier: This is the al warning preceding action. Savannah (Ga.) Morning News: The new note is the point and is meant to end the controversy. Columbia (S. C.) State: Whether Germany will con- duate at peace with the United States or not depends whether or not Germany shall in future commit an act eliberately unfriendly" to the United States. A NEW EDICT No Change On Peninsula. of the duty o fpress and public and that is to accept the stand taken by the government without reservation, which this government hip between the people the people and govern- ment the necessity of a in this critical matter imperial government German naval vessels must be regarded by they affect Amer- sia of the duty o pre- stand taken by the Charleston (S final warning pre- Savannah (G to the point and F Columbia (S sinue at peace w on whether or not Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier: This is the final warning preceding action. Savannah (Ga.) Morning News: The new note is to the point and is meant to end the controversy. Columbia (S. C.) State: Whether Germany will continue at peace with the United States or not depends on whether or not Germany shall in future commit an act "deliberately unfriendly" to the United States. Tells Foreign Nations Conditions On Which He Will Deal With Them. Washington. — Diplomatic advises reaching Washington from Mexico said General Carranza and given notice he would not receive communications from or transact business with foreign governments which have no diplomatic agents accredited to his government at Vera Cruz. --- humanity 'may be applied in the grave, in serious, but proposes, on the contrary, arrangements for a partial suspension or these principles which will set them aside. "the government of the United States must action that the imperial German government recognizes the validity of the principles insisted in the several committees that is government had addressed to the imperial German government with regard to its announcement of a war zone and the marines against men on the high seas—the principle the high seas are free from character and cargo or a merchantman must first be she can be lawfully seized or destroyed, and that the men on the batants may in put in jeopardy unless the seas can escape after being summoned to submit Ambassador Gerard "LANSING" --- THE TULSA STAR THE MATUM Many.—Next American ruling of Congress. is government, before general diplomatic policy from official quar- the new note, warning lives through further be regarded as "un- was pointed out that on how the United other transgressions of comment was that the that which befall the of congress by Pres-ection action to be taken. is maintained, how-ough official or unoffices in the future will law by saving the orchitant, President equation that has arisen with American com- been practically com- e British government inviations from inter- the order in council the note has not been been unwilling to give troversy between the way could be condi- an government's nego- state department but thy extent with specific general principles im- modifications on the that the United States international law. The nuncing that orders in do not affect the rights legal law was the first States is pursuing to view. the investigation of the which a German sub- ing. No evidence has doubt that the torpedo it was sald in official not be pressed. None take at the time of the is reluctant to act on EXCURSION ONE T Outing of ployes fore S POLICE DE SHO Cause of what might be construed as partisan reports. As yet no report has been asked from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin because a prima facie case has not been established. Concerning future conduct of German submarines, the note does not necessarily call for an answer, as it announces the intention of the United States to regard any further violation of international law resulting in the loss of American lives as unfriendly. On the other hand the American demands for disavowal of any intention to sink the Lusitania and the request for reparation are renewed in the new note and those, with other points, such as the willingness of the United States to act as an intermediary between the belligerents to adjust rules of maritime warfare, probably will be the basis for further discussion by Germany. An answer is not expected for at least two or three weeks on these phases. It is generally agreed among officials here, however, that any loss of American lives in the meantime would. In itself, raise the question of action irrespective of any formal reply from Germany. There is now no indication that the Lusitania case itself will cause a rupture, but the president has determined to keep that subject in the forefront as a diplomatic issue of first importance between the two countries. Pressure for settlement will be renewed from time to time, and if not adjusted by the end of C HARRIS & EWIL Herr von Jagow Constantinople—There has been no change in the situation on the Gallipoll front. Both the allies and the Turks have confined their efforts to desultory small arms fire and sapping operations. The wearner has been excessively warm. The Turks are concentrating many new troops near the Gallipoll theater. After surmounting many difficulties they now have placed in successful operation several plants for the manufacture of ammunition for heavy artillery. New York—T of the steamer the disaster he the steamer Gen in the East river be beached on upwards of 1,000 their lives. An the water access life in recent ye Titanic, the Jus of Ireland hold NEWSPAPER COMMENT. EXCURSION STEAM ONE THOUSAND Outing of 7,000 Wearies and Their Hearfore Start, Two-Two Are Women POLICE DECLARE INSPECTOR SHOW VESSELL H Cause of Tragedy Removal of Water Ship Top - Hes Naval Architec demned to Chicago—a thousand persons lost day by the capsizing of this excursion its wharf with more than 2,400 emploi and their relatives and friends on board Michigan. The bodies of over nine hundred them women and children, were collected to the Second Regiment Armory. When Hoffman, taking into consideration the hold of the steamer lying on its side, said he had hopes that the total dead. The Eastland, declared by marine ballasted in an uncertain manner, turned began to list, pouring its passengers in submerged hull. Every effort was made by thousand the drowning men, women and children grasp of the bank. Mothers went to de to safety. Other children died in the saved. Hundreds of girls, freed for a phones and other electrical apparatus. Company, dressed in their smartest wifes used in the parade that preceded THE SHIP From the Oklahoman's picture, made from a photo by Mrs. Paul M. Pope of Oklahoma City, taken in 1905. EXCURSION STEAMER CAPSIZES WITHOUT WARNING ONE THOUSAND PICKNICKERS MEET SUDDEN DEATH Outing of 7,000 Western Electric Employes and Their Friends Ended Before Start, Two-Thirds of Victims Are Women and Children POLICE DECLARE INSPECTION PAPERS SHOW VESSELL HAD BEEN OVERLOADED Cause of Tragedy Remains Mystery Removal of Water Ballast, Making Ship Top-Heavy, Favored; Naval Architect Had Condemned the vessel Chicago.—A thousand persons lost their lives in the Chicago river Saturday by the capsize of the excursion steamer Eastland while warping from its wharf with more than 2,400 employees of the Western Electric Company and their relatives and friends on board, bound for a pleasure trip across Lake Michigan. The bodies of over nine hundred victims of the catastrophe, most of them women and children, were collected from temporary morgues and taken to the Second Regiment Armory. When the bodies had been tagged, Coroner Hoffman, taking into consideration estimates of bodies thought to be in the hold of the steamer lying on its side in the river and in the stream itself, sald he had hopes that the total dead would not exceed one thousand. The Eastland, declared by marine experts to have been top-heavy and ballasted in an uncertain manner, turned over inside of five minutes after it began to list, pouring its passengers into the river or imprisoning them in its submerged hull. Every effort was made by thousands of persons on the wharf to rescue the drowning men, women and children, but many drowned almost within grasp of the bank. Mothers went to death while their children were snatched to safety. Other children died in the arms of their parents, who were finally saved. Hundreds of girls, freed for a day from their tasks of making telephones and other electrical apparatus in the factory of the Western Electric Company, dressed in their smartest white frocks, and some in the fancy costumes used in the parade that preceded the start, were drowned. Under misty skies, 7,000 men, women and children wended their way to the river wharf early Saturday to fill five large lake steamers with holiday mirth in a trip to Michigan City. The steamer Eastland, brought to Chicago from Lake Erie after an unsatisfactory career, was the first to be loaded. For nearly five minutes the ship turned before it finally dived under the swift current which, owing to the drainage canal system, flows from the lake. During the mighty turning of the ship with its cargo of humanity, life boats, chairs and other equipment on Rain began to fall as the wharf superintendents lifted the gang planks from the Eastland, declaring that the government limit of 2,500 passengers had been reached. White dresses peeped from raincoats along the shore rails, as those aboard waved good-bye to friends on shore waiting to board the steamer Theodore Roosevelt and other vessels. Passengers Swarm to Left Side Then the passengers swarmed to the left side of the ship as the other steamer drew up to the river toward the wharf. A tug was hitched to the Eastland, ropes were ordered cast off and the steamer engine began to hum. The Eastland had not budged, however. Instead, the heavily laden ship whipped sideways, leaning toward the river. The lurch was so startling that many passengers joined the large concourse already on the river side of the boat. The ship never heeled back. It turned slowly but steadily toward its port side. Children clutched the skirts of mothers. The whole cargo was impelled toward the sinking side. Water began to enter lower port holes. The ropes snapped off the piles to which the vessel was tied. New York.—The sinking at Chicago of the steamer Eastland calls to mind the disaster here June 15, 1904, when the steamer General Slocum caught fire in the East river and before she could be beached on North Brother island, upwards of 1,000 excursionists had lost their lives. Among the calamities on the water accompanied by great loss of life in recent years the disasters to the Titanic, the Lusitania and the Empress of Ireland hold chief places. SIMILAR DISASTERS IN MARINE HISTORY For nearly five minutes the ship turned before it finally dived under the swift current which, owing to the drainage canal system, flows from the lake. During the mighty turning of the ship with its cargo of humanity, lifeboats, chairs and other equipment on the decks slipped down the sloping decks, crushing the passenger toward the rising water. Then there was a plunge with a hiss of air escaping from the hold, mingled with crying children and shrieks of women, and the ship was on the bottom of the river. Then all the horrors that accompanied the burning of the Gen. Slocum the sinking of the Titanic and the torpedoing of the Lusitania, were reenacted. The steamer Sastland was built in 1903 and owned by the Eastland Navigation Company of Cleveland. It was 265 feet long, 28 feet wide and has a draft of 23 feet, with a net tonnage of 1218. It was brought to Chicago in 1904 and was used in the excursion business to South Haven, Mich., for several years. Later it was taken to Cleveland and placed in the excursion service there. This spring the boat was remodeled and brought to Chicago and put on the run to St. Joseph, Mich. It had a steel hull and was known as one of the fastest excursion boats on the great lakes. It had a speed of 21 miles an hour. The Titanic, at the time the largest ship in the world, while making her maiden voyage, struck an iceberg off the New Foundland banks on April 14, 1912 and sank within two hours. Of her passengers and crew 1,595 persons lost their lives. The survivors numbered 745. The Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, off the coast of Old Kinsale, Ireland. The number of persons who lost their lives in this disaster was more than eleven hundred. THREE INVESTIGATIONS STARTED CAPTAIN PEDERSON AND MANY OF CREW ARRESTED. Authorities Expect To Secure Convictions For Criminal Carelessness of Someone. Chicago.—Three investigations are in full swing here to ascertain the cause of the Eastland disaster and after that where to lay the blame. D. N. Hoover, government inspector, of Washington, and Federal Supervisor Charles Westcott arrived and conferred with the local inspectors, who began to gather facts for the federal grand jury ordered impaneled by District Judge Landis. State's Attorney McLay Hoyne has a full force of men seeking witnesses to go before the county grand jury. The entire police department is active. That evidence of criminal negligence in connection with the wreck had been obtained by them was hinted at by Chief of Police Charles C. Healey. He said valuable information was found in the inspection papers seized in Captain Harry Pedersen's cabin by Deputy Chief of Police Schuetler. Two different documents were seized and the captain and twenty-eight officers and members of the crew were arrested. The documents showed that following inspection the boat was to be permitted to carry 2,000 passengers and seventy members of the crew. Coroner Hoffman issued the following statement Sunday night: "I intend to use every effort within my power to punish every person directly responsible for this great disaster. None shall escape." Numerous theories have been advanced but the evidence thus far obtained by no means bears out any one theory more probable than another. One theory given credence by many is that the water ballast of the boat had been pumped out in order to lighten her and the weight of the large number of passengers made the boat top-heavy to such an extent that when the passengers crowded to one side the boat naturally turned over that way. Another theory is that the boat was simply overcrowded while a third theory is that the bow of the boat had become embedded in the mud and that when her ends were started and she did not release herself the boat careened to one side and the weight of the passengers carried her over. Faulty construction is alleged by some but this is denied by both the owners and the inspectors. A copy of a letter of a naval architect' condemning the construction of the Eastland will be part of the evidence used by United States Attorney Hoyne in his investigation of the disaster. The letter was written by John Devereaux York of Chicago, to the United States harbor inspector here, August 3, 1913. "I stated in that letter," said Mr. York, "that the Eastland was a dangerous boat. Every naval architect who knew the construction will tell you she was dangerous. She has a 38-foot beam for which the law of steamboat construction requires at least a 40-inch keel. The Eastland had no keel at all." The last annual inspection of the Eastland was made in St. Joseph, Mich., May 7, 1915. Steamboat inspectors from Detroit, Mich., which is the center of that government district made the inspection. On July 6 a dry dock examination of the boat's hull was made by Captain Ira B. Mansfield and William Nicholas, local steamboat inspectors. The Empress of Ireland sank in twenty minutes off Father Point in the St. Lawrence river May 29, 1914, after being in collision with the collier Storstad. In this wreck 1,024 persons perished. The burning of the Volturno in midocean on October 9, 1913, was responsible for the death of 136 persons. The President disappeared in mid-Atlantic with 120 passengers in 1841. Months later a bottle picked up at sea, was found to contain the announcement that the ship was sinking. BSR tad! yo as a Niay || Vial eat’, op Oy | Se — ea = cers . ~ is Ye 5 ar WN ss ei? eget ee, if — RAPD) | zc ee ea AS || een SS Se = : V7 TN (7S Nd L—, || ) \ Ag ae, ) iw Camping time is a time of joy for the youngsters. Very few things are needed for a cracking good time —a tent, blankets, plain, stout clothing, and plenty of good, wholesome food. A splendid food to take along is Grape-Nuts It's an ideal camping food—nourishing, appetizing and always ready to eat. This delicious wheat and barley food contains great nutrition with little bulk. It is made from the natural, whole grains, retaining all of their vital mineral salts, particularly neccessary for building health and strength in growing boys and girls. Grape-Nuts is ready to serve direct from the package — just add good milk or cream, Summer rains won't hurt the supply—packages are wax-wrapped and. moisture-proof, sé ’ ” There’s a Reason for Grape-Nuts —sold by Grocers everywhere. WAS LUTHER'S RING Relic Beyond Value Owned By New York Woman. ‘Treasure Has Been Handed Down In the Family for Four Centuries, and Now Money Cannot Purchase it. ‘The wedding ring of Martin Luther's bride 1s one of the treasured posses- sions of Mrs. Hildegard Pinkert, wife of Rev. Maximilian Pinkert of the Ger- man branch of St. Bartholomew's chureh, New York. It bears the inscription: “D. Martino 13 Juni) 1625." Doctor Luther met Catherine von Boren at the home of the duke of Sax- cay after the convent of which she had been a member was dissolved, ‘They were married soon afterward. ‘The ring 1s quite large and fits the thumb of an ordinary hand. It is set with @ brilliant ruby. It had been Luther's personal ring, given to him when he was ordained as bishop. For 400 years the ring remained in Possession of the Anholt-Bernburg family of Leipsic, of whose family Lu- ther’s bride was a member, and from whom Mrs. Pinkert Is descended. For 100 years it was in possession of that branch of the family, of which the wife of Rey. N. C. Walters of St. Luke's church, Leipsic, was a mem: ber, A few years ago she gave the ring to Baroness von Georgi, her niece. ‘There had been a tradition that the Ting should never be worn except by the eldest daughter of the direct de- ascendant; also that it should be worn ‘on the hand of a daughter who became the wife of a clergyman, ‘The Baroness von Georgi, although the eldest daughter, gave this ring to her sister, Mrs. Pinkert, last summer, when Doctor and Mrs. Pinkert visited the old home at Waldenburg, near Leipsic. Doctor Pinkert, desiring to be as sured of its genuineness, consulted Carl Jenseh of the Leipsie Institute of Arts, and he gave it as his opinion that it was genuine. This ring was referred to by H. Noel Humphreys, an authority, in an article in the Observer in February, 1862, in which an illustration of it ap peared. He described it as the be trothal ring, but the Pinkerts have al ways understood that {t was used al Luther's marriage. He says: rhe betrothment ring of Luther which belonged to a family at Leipsic fs late as 1817, and {8 doubtless stil preserved with greatest care as national relic of great interest, is com posed of an Intricate device of gold. work, set with a ruby, the emblem of exacted love, The gold ¢evice repre sents all the symbols of the Passion In the center is the crucified Savior, on one side the spear with which the side was plerced and the rod of reeds of the flagellation. On the other 1s leaf of hyssop.” In the work of William Jones, “Fin- ger-ring Lore,” published in London in 1877, he describes the ring as fol: tows: “Beneath are the dies with which the soldiers cast lots for the garment without seam, and below are the three nails; at the back may be distin- guished the inside of the atonement; the whole so grouped as to make a large cross, surmounted by the ruby, the most salient feature of the device. “On the Inside of the ring the tn: scriptions are still perfect. They con tain the names of the betrothed pair and the date of the wedding day tn German—13 Juntj 1526, This was the ring presented to the wife at the be. trothal and worn by her after mar riage.” dink Quttie. “Hey, you big busher!” yelled an excited fan as the pitcher of the home team issued his fourth successive base on balls, forcing a runner across the plate, “Where did you learn to pitch? In @ correspondence school?” It the pitcher heard, he made no sign, but another spectator sitting near the excited one administered a stinging rebuke “You talk like a fish,” he sald scornfully, “What makes you think that dub ever learned to pitch any- where?” After a Catch. A man with a small mesh net was seen returning to his bungalow, “Been out after the speckled beau: ties?” asked a neighbor. “No, I'm going in after mosquitoes,” replied the net bearer, with vengeance in his tones. Not So Bad as That, “What are you so furtous about, wife?” “Mrs, Smith just called me an old cat!” “Why, you're not old!”—Farm Life, And many an otherwise good man 1s not on speaking terms with his own conscience half the time. The emptiness of things here below is apt to be keenly felt before dinner, The cucumber knocks a man ou! after he gets it down. Why does the bore never consider himself in that class? THEE TULSA STAR THE LEELANAW WAS CARRYING A CONTRABAND CARGO OF FLAX. CREW TAKEN OFF BY SUBMARINE And Landed Safely—Washington Om. ciale Claim Violation of Treaty of 1828.—Relations More Strained. | Washington—Destruation of — the | American ship Leelanaw by a German submarine drew sharply to the atten- tion of the United States government the fact that Germany was insisting on her own interpretation of the Prus- sian-American treaty of 1828 in disre- garding two American notes on the subject. | Only meagre reports of the affair have come in, The vessel, laden with eu from Archangel to Belfast, was sunk off Kirkwall, Scotland, Three instances of American ships destroyed or damaged—the Gulflight, | the Nebraskan and the Wm. P. Frye Germany has agreed to pay damages: and in the last case the Berlin gov: ernment took the position that it had hot violated the treaty of 1828 but had exercised a right given her by infer ence from the language of the pact Officials of the Washington govern ment were surprised at the destruc: tion of the Leelanaw, but beyond add- ing an aggravating incident to the already strained relations between the two governwents there was no indica- tion that the case would lead to a new turn in the general situation, The fact that the crew of the ves- sel was saved caused a feeling of re Hef In official quarters, but there were many evidences of apprehension that if | Germany continues to promise pay: ment yet destroys more Amertcan ships, a new situation might be cre- ated which would require further warn- ing to the Berlin government The fact that the Leelanaw carried a cargo of flax, declared absolute con: traband by Germany on April 18 does not alter the view of the United | States government that the contraband might have been removed and the ves. leerreranaa: NEW MOVE COMING IN MEXICO Wilson Preparing To Create Govern ment He Can Recognize. Washington.—A definite step toward settling the Mexican problem will be taken by the United States govern ment in the near future. Mr. Wilson is known to have been reviewing the situation for some time, the warring Mexican factions having failed to heed his suggestion of two months ago that they settle thetr dif ferences and restore peace. Apparent- ly he has determined that the other measure which the Washington gov- ernment announced it must take If the battle of the factions continued, must now be resorted to, ‘The president's most probable course will be to urge General Carranza, for the first time, to confer with other fac- tion leaders in an effort to bring about peace, Should Carranza again refuse, this plan it is said, contemplates efforts to assemble other Mexican leaders who will represent a majority of the Mex- Jean people, Such a conference, it has been suggested, might be held in north- ern Mexico, if it is possible to free it from military interference, The conference would arrange for a constitutional convention which would ‘plan for an election and the estab- lishment of a government which the United States would recognize and help to maintain, BRITISH SEND ANOTHER NOTE Still Insist On Their Right To Run the Universe. Washigton.—In announcing the re ceipt from Great Britain of a reply to the American note of March 30, which protested against the British or- der in council and French decree of similar contents, Secretary Lansing stated that the dispatch of a new note to the allies on the subject, which has been under consideration for s\verat weeks, would now be delayed until the latest communication from London was thoroughly studied, With the sending of the note last week to Germany on submarine war- fare, the general impression given In official quarters was that the protest to Great Britain would go forward within another week, The arrival of a new note from Sir Edward Grey ar. guing at length in defense of the so- called blockade under the order in council has given the lawyers of the ‘state department additional phases of the case for examination, | Maleer Discusses Reply To America. Berlin.—The imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, conferred with the emperor at general headquar- ters, While the auidence concerned other questions, the American note was also under discussion. No discus: sions of the note have taken place at the foreign office, and whether any re- ply whatever to the Americen commu nication will be made seems in the meantime to be in doubt, Some off: clals are inclined to believe the Amer: jean note closes the diplomatic discus, sions. : e eet eS. me) eone ated ae | \ U ; er 7 ¥ WwW ‘ec a UY Ln f Gat Cae. ees CLAUDE GRAKAMLWHITE CONFISCATE SHIPMENTS IF OWN ERSHIP PASSES TO ENEMY. International Law Declared Violated As Product Has Not Been De- clared As Contraband, London—A lerge part of the ship ments of American cotton held up by England probably will be condemned by the prize court, This was indi cated by a ruling by the government ‘The ruling was announced by the board of trade which holds that if the ownership of cotton shipped under the agreement with American exporters passes from the American shipper te an enemy of Great Britain it will no be purchased by the British govern ment under the terms of the agree “ment. peuntien Se Gonkaak: Washington.—Any decision by @ British prize court that would con- demn and confiscate without payment cotton of American ownership des: tined to a neutral country or even to private consignees in Germany, Austria or Turkey would be contested by the United States government. Cot- ton not having been so far declared contraband of war, the state depart- ment holds that under international law it is not subject to confiscation without compensation ‘The British order tm council pro- vides that non-contraband goods such ‘as cotton of neutral ownership if des: tined for Germany and without a pass must be discharged in a British port Dut that the goods, if not requisitioned by the British government shall be re- stored to the owner upon such terms as the prize court deems just. ‘The same rule applies to cargoes sent to other than German ports, but with an anemy destination eventually. ZAPATA AGAIN HOLDS THE CAPITAL Carranza Controls Mexico City Less Than Two Weeks. Washington. — Dispatches to the state department from Mexico City announced that Zapata forces reoccu- pied the capital Sunday, following the evacuation by the Carranza army un der General Gonzales, Zapata officials were said to have resumed full control of the city from which they were driven ten days ago by Gonazles who has gone northward to meet an advancing Villa force. This unexpected development came 4s a surprise not only to officials of the Washington government but to both the Mexican agencies, It had been supposed that the Zapata army, deftated and harrassed on retreat was operating along the railroad to Vera Cruz waiting an opportunity to form a junction with the Villa column ap proaching from the north WALES COAL MINE STRIKE ENDED Nearly All of the Demands of the Men Are Granted. Cardiff.—Subject to ratification by the miners themselves, representa tives of the government and of the coal miners on the one hand and the executive committee of the South Wales miners’ federation on the other, agreed to terms which it is thought will end the coal miners strike which has ted up the South Wales coal fields and menaced the fuel supply of the navy, The terms arrived at grant a sub- stantial increase in wages TURK SAIL FLEET DESTROYED Russians Ferpedo 59 Ships Carrying Supplies In the Black Sea, London—A fleet of fifty-nine Turkish sailing vessels laden with war mater. fals for the Turkish army of the Cau- casus, has been destroyed by Russian torpedo boat destroyers, ‘The sailing vessels were on a voyage to Trebizond, @ seaport of Asiatic Turkey, on the Black Sea. The crews of the Turkish ships were made prinsoners, PAGE THREE. TO BE SURE OF THE SAME INSURE WITH The Exchange Insurance Association (Incorporated) LIFE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT. 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THE TULSA STAR Printing and Published Every Saturday a Intered at second class matter Orientalia, under the Act of March 3. Pristing and Publishing Co. Every Saturday at 501 North Greenwood For second class matter, April 11, 1913, at the Poet over the Act of March 3, 1879. EARTH BROOKS BROOKS man. Traveling DESCRIPTION RATES Published Every Saturday at 501 North Greenwood Street. Received an amount stated matter, April 11, 1913, at the Post Office at Tampa Orlando, under the Act of March 3, 1913. Users Restricted Mode. RD BROOKLYN Ora Tress Mix Moose Tara Moose AT LAST they have begun much to the relief of everybody part of the city. THE NELATIONSHIP IN States has reached a state akin to see minevitable. STREET SWEEPERS are believe the city should stand the ep streets in this part of the city. THE NATIONAL NEGR in Boston next month. Muskox and it is hoped that Tulsa will for. THE GREED FOR MON great disaster in Chicago last week human freight for the sake of great price. TULSA is the best town in mous verdict of visitors from all have seen it. Don't take our good time to invest in Tulsa r of this paper is $1.00 per year. If you like caption and help us to continue our work for NT they have begun work on the streets in the relief of everybody who ever had any busi- city. RELATIONSHIP between Germany and achieved a state akin to acute indigestion, a devitable. SWEEPERS are unknown in the East P should stand the epense of a general "clea- part of the city at least once a year. NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGU next month. Muskogee and Boley will se- ced that Tulsa will fall in line with at least REED FOR MONEY was doubtless the ear in Chicago last week. Overloading the tent for the sake of financial gain has been is the best town in the state, according to visitors from all other townswins in O Don't take our word for it; come and se- to invest in Tulsa real estate. 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. AT LAST they have begun work on the streets in the East End, much to the relief of everybody who ever had any business in this part of the city. THE NELATIONSHIP between Germany and the United States has reached a state akin to acute indigestion, and an operation see minevitable. STREET SWEEPERS are unknown in the East End. We believe the city should stand the epense of a general "clean up" of the streets in this part of the city at least once a year. THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE will meet in Boston next month. Muskogee and Boley will send delegates, and it is hoped that Tulsa will fall in line with at least one delegate. THE GREED FOR MONEY was doubtless the cause of the great disaster in Chicago last week. Overloading the steamer with human freight for the sake of financial gain has been paid for at a great price. TULSA is the best town in the state, according to the unanimous verdict of visitors from all other townswins in Oklahoma who have seen it. Don't take our word for it, come and see. Now is a good time to invest in Tulsa real estate. PECULIARaREFORMATION MANY THOUSANDS of liberated to join the army and financial in a daily paper the other markable how war had reform We fail to recognize any degree confined in prison for violating leaves prison to go out and kill for what?—He knows not. M of government is murder "for a THOUSANDS of prisoners in England join the army and fight the enemy. We not only paper the other day which referred to how war had reformed so many criminals recognize any degree of reformation in the crime for violating the law, merely from the to go out and kill men. Yes, murder his He knows not. Murder by the sanction, it is murder "for a" that. MANY THOUSANDS of prisoners in England have been liberated to join the army and fight the enemy. We noticed an editorial in a daily paper the other day which referred to this as "remarkable how war had reformed so many criminals in Europe." We fail to recognize any degree of reformation in the criminal who is confined in prison for violating the law; merely from the fact that he leaves prison to go out and kill men. Yes, murder his fellow man for what?-He knows not. Murder by the sanction and consent of government is murder "for a" that. THE CONVENTION CITY A LITTLE MORE THAN grand lodge and the U. B. F. an entertained them in the big war the grand lodge of Odd Fellowcity to be entertained and Tul to the delegates and visitors and Daughters of Tabor will s take of our hospitality—three Surely Tulsa deserves the title oir big letters. TLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO C and the U. B. F. and S. M. T.'s, met in Tu- slem in the big way. A little more than ledge of Odd Fellows of Oklahoma will entertained and Tuba will again extend his ates and visitors. Later on in September ers of Tabor will stretch tents in great T hospitality-three big conventions in t a deserves the title of "Convention City." A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO the K. of P. grand lodge and the U. B. F. and S. M. T.'s. met in Tulsa and Tulsa entertained them in the big way. A little more than a week hence the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Oklahoma will come to our city to be entertained and Tulsa will again extend her hospitality to the delegates and visitors. Later on in September the Knights and Daughters of Tahor will stretch tents in great Tulsa and partake of our hospitality—three big conventions in three months. Surely Tulsa deserves the title of "Convention City." We are "IT" in big letters. LAND OWNERS FOR SINGLE TAX Land owners, as a class, have many of the active opponents of have assumed that possession holder so blind and indifferent unanimously oppose the Single course, this is not the case. I are as many land owners in thebers of the landless class. A number ofland owning S to meet at San Francisco on A Tax Conference is to take place ers, as a class, have been grossly misreactive opponents of the Single Tax moved that possession of a title deed to land and indifferent to the public good and to oppose the Single Tax regardless of its is not the case. In proportion to their r land owners in the Single Tax ranks as the endless class. Her offland owning Single Taxers have final San Francisco on August 23, when the grace is to take place. Land owners, as a class, have been grossly misrepresented by many of the active opponents of the Single Tax movement. These have assumed that possession of a title deed to land makes the holder so blind and indifferent to the public good an to lead them unanimously oppose the Single Tax regardless of its merits. On course, this is not the case. In proportion to their number there are as many land owners in the Single Tax ranks as there are members of the landless class. A number of land owning Single Taxers have finally concluded to meet at San Francisco on August 23, when the general Single Tax Conference is to take place. IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF NEGRO MINORS THE EDITORIAL published in the Star last week under the caption "Negro Minors and the County Courts," seems to have struck a responsive cord and as a result we have been the recipient of numerous commendatory letters from people in various parts of the stae who appreciate the truth of the editorial, an dwho have long since realized the gross injustice of the grafting system in vogue in Oklahoma of apointing white men as guardians over Negro children. The Tulsa Star is the first paper in the state to cry out against this evil, and we do not intend to let up in the fight until we have succeeded in exposing the current system and some of the "higher-ups" connected with it. An investigation by a federal grand jury of this high handed system would result in disaster to many of the guardians and county judges of Oklahoma, and the stern hand of the might reach out further and embrace a few lawyers and county attorneys. At any rate, it would dput a stop to the biggest game of graft and official corruption ever practiced in any state of the Union, and save hundreds and thousands of dollars belonging to the Negro minors of the state, which will otherwise go into the coffers of corrupt officials and their henchmen. The beginning of this system in Oklahoma dates back to the first legislature when statutes were created allowing white people and Indians to intermarry, and prohibiting Negroes from marrying out of their race. This one-sided law gave the white man a chance to get hold of the Indian lands by intermarriage, and prevented the PAGR POU 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. lishing CO. Norta Greenwood Street. 11. 1913, as the Post Office as Taita TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVE RATER $1.00 .60 .35 BUREA RESULTS FOR HOME AND FOREIGN ADVERTISERS over year. If you like it send us continue our work for the race. on the streets in the East End. to ever had any business in this seen Germany and the United cute indigestion, and an opera- known in the East End. We be- e of a general "clean up" of the last once a year. BUSINESS LEAGUE will meet and Boley will send delegates, line with at least one delegate. was doubtless the cause of the Overloading the steamer with special gain has been paid for at a state, according to the unani- ter townswns in Oklahoma who or it, come and see. Now is a state. omers in England have been lie the enemy. We noticed an edi- ity which referred to this as "res so many criminals in Europe." information in the criminal who is law, merely from the fact that he is. Yes, murder his fellow man er by the sanction and consent at." A WEEK AGO the K. of P. M. T's. met in Tulsa and Tulsa A little more than a week hence of Oklahoma will come to our will again extend her hospitality or on in September the Knights in tents in great Tulsa and par conventions in three months convention City." We are "IT" seen grossly misrepresented by the Single Tax movement. These title deed to land makes the public good an to lead them to regardless of its merits. Of proportion to their number there is Single Tax ranks as there are mem- Taxers have finally concluded last 23, when the general Single БОТОР АЛО ПРЫШНЕР МОЙСИТ БОТОР [БОТОРНАЯ МАГАРАЦИЯ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Negro from increasing his bounty by the same look better, the cunning legislators by an an- man a pale face caneasian, and proceeded to wealth through the marriage ceremony. The next thing in order then was to "Jim to eliminate him from politics. This done, he was complete, and he proceeded to use the State laws were passed regulating guardians' way. When the oil business struck a boom of Negroes were madg wealthy and those who robbed of their land by land sharks and grav- t victims in one way or another to the great unscrupulous white man. It was soon seen the power of wealth still in his hands. Eas- and an dyoung, had allotments, and this a easy "pickings." County judges rewarded the tistical obligations by appointing white men as Negro children with or without their par- Negro minors' money has been used to en- little or no consideration for the minor. Jim to remove the parents as guardians and app- stead. In other cases where the father was judges have been known to compel the fa- m of money without security to the white man's judge. And the strange thing about the w ness that although it is generally known, no check it. increasing his honour by the same process, by canning legislators by an act of law, by cancusing, and proceeded to take out the marriage ceremony. In order then was to "Jim Crow" from politics. This done, the whites and he proceeded to use the Negroes passed regulating guardianship matters, the oil business struck a boom in Oklahoma, the madge wealthy and those who had not land by land sharks and grafters so far away or another to the grafting process white man. It was soon seen that the wealth still in his hands. Each Negro, had allotments, and this afforded a county judges rewarded their friends by appointing white men as guardians with or without their parents' consent. Money has been used to enrich the wealth consideration for the minor. Judges have parents as guardians and appoint white cases where the father was guardian, been known to compel the father to look out security to the white man who "stops the strange thing about the whole under though it is generally known, nothing has county by the same process. To make it legislators by an act of law made the red and proceeded to take over the Indian ceremony. When he was to "Jim Crow" the Negro and its. This done, the white man's victory needed to use the Negro as he pleased, relating guardianship matters in a general strike a boom in Oklahoma hundreds of sharks and grafters soon became the mother to the grafting peolivities of the it was soon seen that the Negro held his hands. Each Negro freedman, old parents, and this afforded a rich field for judges rewarded their friends and paid poing white men as guardians over wealthy without their parents' consent, and the been used to enrich the white man with the minor. Judges have been known guardians and appoint white men in their to the father was guardian of his children to compel the father to loan large sums to the white man who "stood in" with the thing about the whole underhanded businessally known, nothing has been done to Negro from increasing his bounty by the same process. To make it look better, the cunning legislators by an act of law made the red man a pale face caucasian, and proceeded to take over the Indian wealth through the marriage ceremony. The next thing in order then was to "Jim Crow" the Negro and to eliminate him from politics. This done, the white man's victory was complete, and he proceeded to use the Negro as he pleased. State laws were passed regulating guardianship matters in a general way. When the oil business struck a boom in Oklahoma hundreds of Negroes were made wealthy and those who had not already been robbed of their land by land sharks and grafters soon became the victims in one way or another to the grafting proclivities of the unscrupulous white man. It was soon seen that the Negro held the power of wealth still in his hands. Each Negro freefman, old and an dying, had afflictments, and this afforded a rich field for easy "pickings." County judges rewarded their friends and paid political obligations by appointing white men as guardians over wealthy Negro children with or without their parents' consent, and the Negro minors' money has been used to enrich the white man with little or no consideration for the minor. Judges have been known to remove the parents as guardians and appoint white men in their stead. In other cases where the father was guardian of his children judges have been known to compel the father to loan large sums of money without security to the white man who "stood in" with the judge. And the strange thing about the whole underhanded business that although it is generally known, nothing has been done to check it. Watch the Star for further particulars THE GROWTH OF LYNCHBURG IN THE FIRST six months of this year the United States thirty-four lynchings, or the same period in 1914. And one state in part itself in this record of dishonor. Georgia I or nearly one-fourth of the total number. It is not feasible that very few of these in punishment or retaliation for the "unseven men of the thirty-four were accused Six of them were negroes and one white. M seven were guiley o nothing more than And not all of the mwere colored, by any m twenty-seven were white men. Lynchings used to be defended as the ring negroes from assaulting white women, justification once, it is no longer. The very thod has wrought a sort of moral deterioration or excusing the practice until the utility is applied unhesitatingly to the punish and mere misdemeanors, and to whites as a good object lesson showing the folly of even TULSA FIRST six months of this year there states thirty-four lynchings, or thirteen m 1914. And one state in particular has record of dishonor. Georgia has had e fourth of the total number. Beable that very few of these mob kill or retaliation for the "unskeakable of the thirty-four were accused of attack are negroes and one white. Most of the niley o nothing more than robbery of the mwere colored, by any means. O were white men. It used to be defended as the only m from assaulting white women. If that w rice, it is no longer. The very crimina right a sort of moral deterioration in co passing the practice until the ultimate, e und unhesitatingly to the punishment of demeanors, and to whites as well as b soness showing the folly of ever going b months of this year there have been in our lynchings, or thirteen more than in the one state in particular has distinguished honor. Georgia has had eight lynchings' total number. Very few of these mob killings have been on for the "unskeakable crime." Only four were accused of attacking women and one white. Most of the other twenty-giving more than robbery or petty theft, colored, by any means. One-third of the men. Defended as the only means of deterring white women. If that was a sufficient longer. The very criminality of the memorial deterioration in communities tolerance until the ultimate, extra-legal penalty to the punishment of petty crimes to whites as well as blacks. It is a the folly of ever going beyond the law. IN THE FIRST six months of this year there have been in the United States thirty-four lynchings, or thirteen more than in the same period in 1914. And one state in particular has distinguished itself in this record of dishonor. Georgia has had eight lynchings or nearly one-fourth of the total number. It is not feasible that very few of these mob killings have been in punishment or retaliation for the "unskeakable crime." Only seven men of the thirty-four were accused of attacking women. Six of them were negroes and one white. Most of the other twenty-seven were guiley o fnothing more than robbery or petty theft. And not all of the mwere colored, by any means. One-third of the twenty-seven were white men. Lyuchings used to be defended as the only means of deterring negroes from assaulting white women. If that was a sufficient justification once, it is no longer. The very criminality of the method has wrought a sort of moral deterioration in communities tolerating or excusing the practice until the ultimate, extra-legal penalty is applied unhesitatingly to the punishment of petty crimes and mere misdemeanors, and to whites as well as blacks. It is a good object lesson showing the folly of ever going beyond the law. TULSA DAILY DEMOCRAT ANNUAL MEETING OF AMERICAN PLOWMEN --- National Farmers' Union Renders Unselfish Service to Agriculture. The National Farmers' Union will hold its annual convention in Lincoln Nebraska, on September seventh, and will round out the eleventh year of its activities in the interest of the American plowman. When that convention is called to order every farmer in America should pause and bow his head in honor of the men gathered there to render a patriotic and unselfish service to agriculture. That organization, born in the cotton fields of Texas, has grown until geographically it covers almost the whole of the United States and economically it deals with every question in which the welfare of the men who bare their backs to the summer sun are involved. It has battled for a better marketing system, rural credits, cheap money, diversification, scientific production, agricultural legislation and has carried on its work of education and co-operation in season and out. The Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America brings the question of organization squately before every farmer in this nation. Without organization the farmers can neither help themselves nor be helped by others and through organization and systematic effort all things are possible. The farmers of the United States contribute more and get less from government than any other class of business. They have better securities and pay a higher rate of interest than any other line of industry. They market more products and have less to say in fixing the price than any other business and they get more political buncombe and less constructive legislation than any other class of people. The farmers can only acquire such influence in business, in government and in economics as will enable them to share equitably the fruits of their labor through organization and every farmer on American soil who desires to help himself and his fellow plowmen should rally around the Union. Pauls Valley Dots Mrs. McCuller and daughter visited friends here last week. Mr. Adolfus and Ray Howard left Saturday fo Tulsa. Saturday 10 --- --- Nowata News Itev. Maytield preached a noble sermon at the M. E. Church Sun Mrs. Eliza Clagget has opened a nice rooming house. If you want a good bargain call and see us. Will Steiner and George Campbel made a flying trip to Coffeville on business this week Mrs. Thomas Works of Perry is in the city visiting her brothers Coley and will Allwell The A. M. E. S. S. Convention will convene here Wednesday before the first Sunday in August. We are expecting a large delegation. Mrs. Beulah French left Saturday for Goffeyville to undergo an operation. Her friends hope she will be able to stand it nicely. Mrs. Josie Askins and Cinda Lee delegates to the National Grand Lodge of the S. M. T. left Saturday morning for Kansas City Mrs. Cinda Lee will visit in Fort Scott for several Jays before returning home. Ora Sanders has been on the sick list for several weeks but is reported to be much better today. A H. Ridgeways hair cuts will surely please you. Mr. and Mrs. Stiner have moved their restaurant to 309 E. Deleware. The Macedonia Baptist church is making preparation to meet the association which will convene on Lightning Creek in August. Rev. Harrison reports that his Sunday School convention was a great success. If you want fresh taffy candy and other things in the line see R. C. Culton. Mrs. Coffer of Lawrence, Ks. is visiting her cousin Mrs. Mariah Boodnot. will attend the Drs. uthrie in August. By Peter Radford Business = Professional Directory ECONOMY DRUG CO. 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 William Bldg Phone 2157 A. F. BRYANT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office phone 922----Rea phone 585 I. H. SPEARS ATTORNEY AT-LAW Tel 2157----Office: Williams Bldg G W HUTCHINS Attorney at Law Office 206 N Frankfort Phone 4359-J N. E. PYRTLE Up-to-Date Sanitary Cleaning Methods Ladies work and Alterations a Specialty. Hata Cleaned and Blocked—Visit us Telephone 815 MONEY TO LOAN J B STRADFORD 301 North Greenwood Real Estate, Loans and Rentals FOR CASH You can purchase Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Butter and Eggs at the Lowest Price. Poultry dressed or live. All goods delivered as ordered. Call Phone 3877. C. C. CLAY, Elgin and Archer Sts. Church Directory FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Sunday Service 11 a m _ Nght service 7:45 Rev J F KERSH, Pastor MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday Service 11:00 a m _ Evening service 7:45 VERNON CHAPEL A M E CHURCH Sunday service 11:00 a m and 7:45 Rev JAS A JOHNSON, 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. HAMILTON, Pastor PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH, Sunday Services 11:00 a m and 7:45 p m REV. M. W. MONTGOMERY, Pastor Rev. Burnett was the guest of Mrs. T. A. Johnson last week. Mrs. L. A. Johnson and Mrs. Annie Maxey are on the sick list. Mrs. E. Leopard left Saturday for Oklahoma city. Quite a number of Bros. and sisters of the Baptist church went to Ardmore to attend the S. S. Convention last week. Mr. Melton Tobin left a few days ago for St. Lou's Mo. Ask Lizzie B. King for the Star Mr. G. W. Giles gave a surprise party for his wife's birthday his entertaining guests were from Ardmore. The Baptist Church of this city has called Rev. Carter of Ada for her pastoo. The ball game between Purcell and Pauls Valley last Saturday was grand Purcell carried the game her way. The Banquet Thursday night at the K. of P. Hall given by the Ball Club was grand. Mr. C. Johnson pulled off a swell entertainment for the young people Saturday night. --- H. J. CAVERS Let me save you money, I will save you money if you send me your old Hata, Silka, Satina and Kid Gleves Number 8 N Cincinnati Phone 3132 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, Tobaccoe, Cigare and Pocket Billiards THOS R GENTRY, Prop C C HOLDERNESS, Mgr GROCERIES & CONFECTIONERIES WILLIAMS CONFECTIONERY Williams Bldg—101 N Greenwood Fruits, Candles, Cigare, Tobaccoe and Fountain Drinks MRS L T WILLIAMS, Prop NORTH ELGIN GROCERY AND CONFECTIONERY 404 N Elgin Phone 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. Our are always a fresh line of goods. Call us up. Phone 2475. 501 N. Greenwood. L. C. ANDERSON, Prop THE GUARANTY BLACKSMITH SHOP. North Elgin Between Archer and Brady Streets. General Blacksmithing and Horse Shoeing; Especially horse and mule shoeing is my hobby. If they don't stay you don't have to pay. Been doing it 17 years. FD. HYDER. Prop. TRADERS TRADERS DOPE Mr. Trader has been criticized for shipping into Tulsa in car load lots and making low prices. Mr. Trader always gives home production preference, prices and quality being equal. But as our fruit and truck growers are not organized they can not supply the demand of the people. One day it is all one thing, and the next day it is all something else. No variety and nothing lasting. Mr. Trader's customers are mostly laboring people and they have to eat every day, and they depend upon him to buy wherever he can buy the cheapest and to protect them in prices. So high prices is good for the producer, but low prices are good for the consumer and what is good for the one is hard on the other. Mr. Trader buys on the open market for cash, he buys in carlots, he buys for less and he can sell for less and he does sell for less. 15 lbs. Potatoes ..... 10c 24 lbs. best old wheat flour ..... 75c 4 lbs best navy beans, ..... 25c 4 lbs. cane sugar ..... 25c 6 lbs. pink beans, ..... 25c 2 lbs. best rice ..... 15c 2 boxes table salt ..... 5c 2 boxes best matches ..... 5c You cannot judge a store by advertised prices—come and go through our entire line. Please see our shoes, clothing, and dry goods, all mixed with our groceries and meats. Money back if not pleased. Traders 106 East Second Street New York, N. Y. A young Chinese student has invented a Chinese typewriter. The machine has three keys a back spacer a spacer and a key with which 4,200 characters are on a cylinder, which is turned by the writer until the proper character is found and written by striking the key. The inventor claims 40 words a minute can be written. Charleston. W. Va. Deputy Game Warden Frank Glenn has thrastened to bring legal action against the state prohibition enforcement officers if they dont quit pouring blind-tiger whiskey into the Kanawha river at Parsons. It is claimed that the stuff they sell in West Virginia now under the name of whiskey when poured into the streams, polute the water and kills the fish. ae Fs Let Us Save You Money! a= + = bn pe nN EZ) WZ NY } Te Ohy My) f Y/N SE im Lee 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 pre- pared 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. 4 ~ Cavers French Cleaners HATTERS AND DYERS Phone 3132 Office and Works, 8 N. Cincinnati The Star Cleaning Parlor | Uy o-date sanitay cleaning methods. Ladies’ work and al terations 4 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 ev- ery color, every weave, every pattern and make every style at prices to suit your pocket book. _ patterns to select from. Hats cleaned and blocked. VISIT US Phone 815 N. E. PYRTLE, Proprietor. ce 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. 16 N. Cincinnati Tel. 3077-J Mrs. Lillie Johnson, Prop. a : Barilesville | Health Baths ‘There will be a grand barbacue and “ 4 picnle at the city park Augnst & 4, 5] , corer T, Washington saya the race under the wuspices of the K. of P-| ‘The Pratt Bath House 1s doing. its Lodge. Sir Grand Chancellor Harrison} share to restore health to the race and mayor Lamm will be among the)slve them a trial. Read what they speakers, Everybody is invited to at- Dear Friend: eoad, We bee to announce to vou the tac The grown up ladies had a kid party at Mrs, H. Morrison's residence Satur- day evening. It was given in honor of Miss Daisy Poaks of Paola Ks. and Mrs Savanah Germany of Muskogee. A two course Irnchoon was served. Mesdamen James, Manning. Byers, Edwing Black Coney; Farmer, Morrison, Misses Peak Fields and Williams, They all report & good time. Miss Daisy Peak left for Paola Ks. Tuesday. Miss Hawkin. tas retnrned to Topeka Kansas afver spending a few here visiting frieuds. Miss Luceil McKey left Si nday night for Chicago Mrs. Dells Wilson is visiting friends in Murkogee, Mr. F. E Dixon has returned from Mnskogee, ‘There was a swell reception 4) resiuence of Mr Walker by the Ist Baptist Chureb in honor of Mrs Jenning the mother of Mrs. Walke ‘They had # swell affair. Cerneres. “Poet ebeuitour wes a gre feng petnement.” *L thought he would be” “Bet you gave him a letter of resem mendation.” “Of course, Ard | advise you to @ the come. It's the only way to ont Oa to ge proceabty” BO.OO oun eernna te Gy 50.00 ee ancy, int eee ibe aecrar hats Roa reat [ay \uiry end sataleg. Sn ata HS RAEI SEXUAL VIGOR RESTORED—The Prematurely aged made young. Men weakened by excess made strong. Un- happy homes gladdened. Varicocele sufferers relieved permanently, Ne cutting. Send your walst measure and $3.60 and let Nature heal you. Deug- Ine Speciaities Co. 616 So, Third Ot, ‘Muskogee, Oklahoma. Health Baths Booker T. Washington says the race should strive to keep in better health. The Pratt Bath House 1s doing its share to restore health to the race, sive 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. Missourl 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 oz any infection of the skin. As a heal ing power it has no equil. It ts 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 Inished course in Swedish Massage, which 1 the best treatment known for Rheu matism, Poor Circulation, Stomack Trouble and Kidney Trouble. ‘The; have agreed to share a part of thel time and experience for their peopl who are suffering from the abovi named complaints. ‘The treatment consists of Blectri and Steam Vapor Sweat, Radium Tul Bath, Swedish Body Massage anc Electric Vibrator, SPECIAL PRICES WILL BE GIV EN FOR A COURSE OF RADIUM WATER BATHS. RADIUM WATER shipped fn an: quantities from one gallon to thirt gallons, Write for terms, ete. Respectfully soliciting your patror age, we are, Yours very truly, THE PRATT BATH HOUSE FOR COLORED PEOPLE. Notice! Notice! Correspondents will please get thelr news matter to us not later than Wednesday of each week. To do this it will be necessary to mail {t at your postoffice every Tuesday evening. Hereafter all news matter arriving later than Wednesday will be cancelled or held over for the following issue. ‘We trust our correspondents will adhere to this rule, as it will not be violated at this office. Editor, 5 5 eee ee 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 i+: ti! tt Mrs. James Cherry OUR PUBLIC FOF OUR PUBLIC FORUM acl Laat: a Name acne ‘The farmers of this nation to come {nto their own must study business, We must, as « class, understand the fundamental prinotples that underlie every industry, its functions to society and its relation to agriculture, for there can be no intelligent cooperation without under standing. Mr. P. A, Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York, when asked, “What 1s a bank?” said in part: “The first and most familiar function of a bank is that of gathering up the {dle money of a community, mall sums and large, and thus forming @ pool or reser voir upon which responsible persons may draw as they have temporary use for money. It is evident that this makes large sums in the aggrerate available for the employment of labor and the development of the community, But much more ts accomplished than the use of the money actually deposited in the banks, for by the use of drafts, checks and bank notes the eMfictency of money {s multiplied several times over. A very large business, for example one of the great beef packers, may use very little actual money; on one side of ite bank account will be entered the checks ‘and drafts it is daily receiving from everywhere in payment for meats, while on the other side will be entered the checks {t draws in payment for ‘cattle, etc., its only use of money being for small payments, to labor and otherwise. If there were but one bank im @ community and everybody paid all Dilla by drawing checks on that bank, and everyone receiving a check immo- diately deposited {t in the bank, the amount of money in the bank evidently would not change at all and the entire business of the community would be settled on the books of the bank. And the situation {s but slightly changed when there are several banks, for they dally exchange among themselves all the checks they receive on each other, which practically offset themselves, although the small balances are paid in cash. This {s called ‘clearing’ and in every large city there 1s @ ‘Clearing House’ where representatives of the banks meet daily to settle their accounts with each other. ‘A bank ts constantly recetving from its customers, particularly those that are shipping products to other localities, drafts and checks drawn on banks in other cities, which it usually sends for deposit to a few correspondent banks in the central cities with which {t maintains permanent accounts. In this way these scattered credits are consolidated and the bank draws upor these accounts in supplying customers with the means of making payment: ‘away from home. As each local community sells and buys about the same amount abroad in the course of a year, these payments largely offset eac! other. It {s evident that the banks are very intimately related to the trade and industry of a country. The banker fs a dealer tn credit much more thar a dealer in money, and of course his own credit must be above question, Hi exchanges his credit for the credits acquired by the customers, and lends credit for their accommodation, but he must conduct the business with suct judgment that he can always meet bis own obligations with cash on demand ‘This ts the egeential thing about bank eredit, that it shall always be th same as cash.” City N Not The Texas Jubilee Singers entertsiny Rev. Wm. Stephebs of M “4 Re eis serecl churches here during! wag in the city this week in — terest of the Industrial O Drs Ks Hi a6umaton ct) Gowelanmmus | mea mene He acowsoden (8 his weekly call to Tulaa Monday. the work started here. A private plonic was giveu at the| Mrs. L. W. Wells of tl Midway Park Wedoesday by a namber|who was called to Eldorad of club women headed by Mra. Lewis.| about two weeks ago retur Hie, ond Mies ac, tepauh, Mow ana [ TET CED, Mes. Welle ia Miss Parteo of this city left this week|f chef Wells who is empl for California to take in the exposition |the Ever Eat Cafe of this « | Dr. Motley of Muskogee was a visitor! A party of 12 women | tn this city Tuesday Garnett Thursday evenin, din, Rae i a tend a suffragett party ¢ fr. Bankhoad has completed 8 Best | airy Rowe, Mrs. H. has. four room cottage on hie lot on North if a say Elgin and he and his wifs will occupy | Matiam every since, Littie linsiouce pain in her side from jump pia Big C fell through a box on | Prot. J. Wy Hughes has remodeled | wagon and is complaining | the remains of the Dearman house on N48, hasn't looked right sinc | Elgin which ye recently purchased. ase Gieauk hardly gat aroul Luwyer W. A. Rentie of Muskogee spent Sunday in Tulsa, Mrs, Malindia Wallace of Tullahassoe spent Saturday with her daughters Miss Hattie and Stella Wallace of 413 North Greenwood ‘The funeral of the infant son of Mr, R Mrs. Davis on North Frankfort who was drowned in a basement near his home last Friday Was held at the Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday and a public donation of wore than 58.00 was given the family. Mr. Davis who has been sick for two years was un- able to attend the funeral. Miss Rue Kinchin a teacher of Clearview who has been visiting Mrs, Lizzie Rowe of Catoosa for the past two weeks was tendered ¢ surprise party on July 22 at her home nine miles east of Tulsa by the following Iadies from Tulsa Mesdames Cherry, Huff, McGregor Jas. Cherry, Williams, Holling worth, Gibs, Tucker, Lawhorn Hughes, Smith, Johnson and Por kins. A select crowd attended the picnic and enjoyed themselves immensely. Delicious and daintily prepared bas- kets were plentiful and when tho spread was finally made a grand rash for tho tables ensued with the editor _|ot the STAR in the lead which lead ls maintained until everything was devoured, J+| Lawyer ©. F. Strakford son of J . B. Stradford of this city has opened office in the Halff building ot | Main Street in the rooms former! 1. locoupied by W. L. McKee who ha ; |gone to Texas ostensibly on a visi “: Sterling, Colo, A train struck | a young colt near here and carrie Y | it three miles on the pilot withon injuring it € Rev. Wm. Stephehs of Muskogee was in the city this week in the in- terest of the Industrial Order of Wise Men. He sneceeded in getting the work started here. Mrs, L. W. Wells of this city who was called to Eldorado Ark. about two weeks ago returned Mor day night. Mrs. Wells is the wif of chef Wells who is employed a\ the Ever Eat Cafe of this city. A party of 12 women went to Garnett Thursday evening to at tend a suffragett party given by Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. H. has had rheu matiem every since, Littie ©. had a pain in her side from jumping rope, Big C fell through a box on the hay wagon and is complaining from it, 8, hasn’t looked right since the trip McG cant hardly get around, H. W has not been seen cn the street since Thureday at 2p. m J is O K. she can stand » heap of it D. was newly married so she could not enjoy a real suffragett party IH was right there, she out ran a rab- bit W. made awfully good biscuits out there, G was the new member L. H, sure can sing Make Me Ring Susie Gal. There was only one mat in the party the women got hima dress and he ian off, No man cat make a true suffragett except uncle R. Worthington, Ind.- Mrs. Sarab Haden will celebrate her 105th birthday shortly She came to Greene county when Indiana was a most a wilderness. She walks with out a cane and does not use spec tacles, She aesists in the house: hold duties and works in the garder |. Sees aeee. ee 1, | the scriptual injunction, Roy Harris -|20, amputated his right hand at the wrist, claiming it was a devil. je|The operation was performed at y,|midoight in @ pasture. s-| Clevelaud, Ohio A theatre man- no | ager here has fired all bis blonde us "hers and hired brunettes. He claims eythe men talked with the blondes as|and patrons had to wait to be shown their seats. J.| Pleasant Valley, Pa. George Ker ed | nedy of this place has » cow whit on | changeo its color every season. Sh rly| sheds her winter coat of black it 148 | the spring and turns to a cream co sit | or ¢®| Horatio; Ark, Alto Poole hs ied | grown # freak ear of corn contai on |ing 36 small ears. ‘The same stal contained two well developed ear . 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Tulsa, Oklahoma Case Factory HOMA location Suit Cases, and all goods cases a Specialty change and Repair PHONE 1788 ERIES FRESH AND ND LARD. d all Kinds of Live Stock. Killing. er Hotel location South Second St. Oklahoma friends and new ones to visit ing new with all modern ac ilway depots. REGISTER RTAKING CO. 5-911. ice. Civil and Probate socialty. TULSA, OKLA Drug Co. n Grocery of Groceries and Market Meats. Special Attention to all Orders you Order again. N, Proprietor 501 N. GREENWOOD ST. Don't exaggerate or misrepresent an article advertised in this page. Phone 1158 Tulsa. Okla. Guy W. McCollogh TULSA, OKLA Phone 3337 TULSA, OKLA TULSA, OKLA THE TULSA STAR INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago). LESSON FOR AUGUST 1 QUEEN OF SHEBA VISITS SOLO- MON. LESSON TEXT—I Kings 10:1-10. 13. GOLDEN TEXT—Wisdom is better than rubles. Prov. 8:11. The visit of this wealthy queen from the region of southern Arabia has always appealed to the imaginations of men. Solomon's kingdom was at the apex of its glory. There were no wars, Israel's borders were extended and the temple and those other wonderful buildings had all been completed. The chief value of this lesson is not in Solomon's wisdom nor in what this queen saw and heard, but rather it is in what has, is being, and will be done by Christ, of whom Solomon is a type and who seized upon all of this glory to teach us a great lesson (see Matt. 6:28-34). Caesar's famous phrase, slightly altered, is in this connection quite applicable—"I came, I saw, I (was) conquered." 1. "Hard Questions," vv. 1:3. Solomon is here a great type of Christ: (a) His greatness could not be hid (Mark 7:24). Solomon's fame filled the known world (1 Kings, 4:34). The fame of Solomon's wisdom, philosophy, proverbs, poems and knowledge of God (v. 1) drew to his court this queen, and we must recall that it was probably a 1,500-mile tolls camel-back journey for her to come to his court. (b) She brought a "very great store" (v. 10) of gifts, which, according to oriental custom, she presented to Solomon. Our best gift to our King is ourselves (2 Cor. 8:5). (c) She came to learn of "the name of the Lord" who had done so much for Solomon and his people; to learn wisdom for the guidance of herself and her people. We come to a King who possesses all wisdom (Matt. 12.42). Solomon had a wonderful missionary opportunity. God is today sending hearty people to this land from the most remote parts of the earth. Are we using our privilege to point them to the true God and to Jesus, his son? This queen did not believe what she had heard (v. 7) and resolved to find out for herself. In this she is a rebuke to those more favorably situated who, though constantly beholding the work of God in human hearts and lives, still say, "I do not believe." The queen of Sheba will rise up in judgment against all who refuse to "come and see" (John 1:39, 45:51, Matt. 12:42). (d) This visit is a prophecy of that day when the kings of Sheba and Seba will come with their gifts for the greater son of David (Psalm 72:10; 15; Isa. 60:69). The wisdom which our king bestows is eternal life, "to know him" (Prov. 2:26; John 17:3) II. "Had Seen All." vv. 4-7. When she had listened to Solomon's wisdom and heard the answers to her questions, the solutions to her problems, and had witnessed the wonders of his temple, court and ministers, "there was no more spirit (breath) in her." (Cf. Josh. 5:1.) And similar experience came to those three who went to the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus. Solomon's wisdom is fulfilled in Christ (Col. 2:3). "The house that he built" is a type of that temple he is building of living stones (I Peter 2:4; 5; Matt. 16:18). "The meat of his table" is excelled by the food on our king's table, the word of life (Jer. 15:16; Ps. 119:103), his own body (John 6:55). Our king, too, has his servants (Eph. 2:6; Rev. 3:21). Their "appeal" is not to be compared with the "robe of his righteousness" and our "standing" (2 Cor. 5:21) is more exalted than that of any at Solomon's, or other earthly courts. We are not servants but "friends," yet we are "his ministers" (Rev. 5:10; I Pet. 2:9). Various translations suggest (v. 5), and his burnt offering which he offered in the house of the lord." III. Praises, vv. 8:19, 13. (1) By testimony, vv. 8, 9. "Happy are thy men" who listen to such wisdom, who dwell in the midst of such achievements. One of the greatest joys is to converse with the wise and the good. Our happiness is in our privilege of standing before Christ and to hear his wisdom (Luke 10:39:42, Prov. 13:20; 3:13, 14); no servant is debarred (John 12:26). The queen glorified the source of Solomon's glory, which was all the gift of Jehovah's grace (see 2 Sam. 12:24, 25 R. V. marg. Matt. 3:17; Isa. 42:1). She did not see the oppression of the people, the temptation to luxury and the decline in religious life which so soon led to decay after Solomon's death. When our king shall reign he will "do judgment and justice." Even so our king blesses us abundantly "above all, we can ask or think" (see John 10:28; 17:32). The kingdom of heaven is greater than Solomon's (Matt. 12:42) (a) in wisdom (I Cor. 1:24); (b) in riches (Eph. 3:8); (c) in power (Heb. 2:8); (d) in blessings (2 Chron. 1:15, cf. Phil. 4:19) and this kingdom is "among you." Men "see" what they are searching after; they receive true knowledge through experience. We may see this kingdom and its working if we let him, who is the "light of the world," enter our hearts and lives HIS WIFE'S NAME OMITTED Considerably Depreciated the Value of the Book Containing Speeches of Greatest Talkers. "Sir," said the sleek-looking agent, approaching the desk of the meek-looking man and opening one of those folding thingamajigs showing styles of binding. "I believe I can interest you in this massive set of books containing the speeches of the world's greatest orators. Seventy volumes, one dollar down and one dollar a month until the price, $680, has been paid. This set of books gives you the most celebrated speeches of the greatest talkers the world has ever known, and—" "Let me see the index," said the meek man. The agent handed it to him, and he looked through it carefully and methodically, running his finger along the list of names. Reaching the end he handed the index back to the agent and said: "It isn't what you claim it is. I happen to know the greatest talker in the world, and you haven't her in the index." OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR 8 DAYS Sept.25 TO Oct.2 WHERE THE INCHES COUNTED British Statesman's Remarkably Neat Retort to Chairman's Shaft of "Wit." Lloyd-George's wit on the platform is well known, but here is one of the neatest retorts he ever made. He was addressing a meeting in South Wales, according to Pearson's Weekly, when the chairman, thinking to be witty at the chancellor's expense, remarked to the audience that he was a little disappointed in Lloyd-George's appearance. "I had heard so much about Mr. Lloyd-George," he said, "that I naturally expected to meet a big man in every sense; but, as you can see for yourselves, he is very small in stature." Many an orator would have been grievously upset by such an unfortunate beginning to the proceedings, but not so Lloyd-George. "I am grieved to find," he said, with mock seriousness, "that your chairman is disappointed in my size, but this is owing to the way you have here of measuring a man. In North Wales we measure a man from his chin up, but you evidently measure him from his chin down!" After that the chairman made no more personal remarks. "Is your wife putting up any fruit this summer?" "No, but I've canned a few peaches myself" "You have?" "Yes. I've had three different stenographers this year, and not one of them knew half as much about spelling and grammar as she did about the latest fasstons." In a Restaurant. Angry Diner—Walter, you are not fit to serve a pig. Written, I'm doing my best, air Walter—I'm doing my best, sir. A la Bible. "If I kissed you on one cheek, what would you do?" "I'd turn the other cheek, also." Contrary to the general belief, files do not pay particular attention to baldheaded men. Female suffrage, says an old bachelor, is caused by a scarcity of husbands. THE MUSEUM OF CHINA “Hey, Skinnay, Come on over!” On one occasion Barnum had an elephant engaged in plowing on the sloping hill where it could plainly be seen by the passengers on the New Haven and Hartford railroad, an agricultural innovation that he knew would get notice of some sort in every newspaper in the country. It was even said that he received letters from farmers far and wide asking how much hay one elephant ate, and if it were more protable to plow with an elephant than with horses or oxen. His replies were invariably frank, and were of this purport: "If you have a large museum in New York, and a great railway company sends trains full of passengers within eyeshot of the performance, it will pay, and pay well; but if you have no such institution, then horses or oxen will prove more economical." An Instance. "We do everything in this country by machinery." "Yes, everything. Why, even in this very apartment house, they bring up the children by elevators." A STATE FAIL Melted Away. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton university, said at the Lake Mohonk arbitration conference: "The day is not yet come when violence and oppression will melt away before right like the plumber's bill. "Like, I repeat, the plumber's bill. For a plumber, you know, once presented a millionaire a bill of $100 for mending a pipe. "But the millionaire handed the plumber a dollar note and said severely: "Receipt that bill of yours in full." "But—but—" said the plumber. "But—but— said the plumber: "Receipt it in full," the millionaire repeated. "I used to be a plumber my self." "The plumber at this gave a great start, receipted the bill and handed the millionaire 50 cents change." Beating the Bakers. "Oh, I am almost tired to death!" said the woman who spends half her time addressing club meetings. "Our political economy club has been in session all day passing resolutions and drawing up petitions demanding a law regulating the price of bread. Only think! Three dollars' worth of flour costs, when baked into bread, $13. It's outrageous. We'll soon all be bankrupt. The bakers must be made to feel the power of the law. You should have been at the meeting." "I couldn't come, I was too busy," said the calm-faced woman. "Busy on a club day? What on earth at?" "Baking bread," said the calm-faced woman—New York Times. "Papa, who is this Thaw that the papers are always talking about?" "He's the man who put the 'b' in 'rainstorm'" Of No Further Use. "What are these volumes you are throwing out?" "My library on international law." If the man who gives advice freely knew it was good he would probably use it himself. Occasionally we meet a man who has sense enough to do the very best he can. The average brass band is harmless —until it begins to play. ```markdown ``` Lubys Vienna Style Sausage Water and Cereal Lubys M Neal Lubys Chiesel No bother to get summer meals with these on hand Vienna Style Sausage and Potted Meats Instit on Libby's at your grocer's. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago Libby's Potted Ham Libby McNeill & Libby Chicago R 8 DAYS Sept.25 TO Oct.2 YOUTH HEADS BIG CONCERN Youngster of Fourteen In Charge of Corporation Which Is Well on Its Feet. Russel Monbeck, a fourteen-year-old Dayton (O.) boy, is president of the Boys' Box Furniture company, incorporated under the laws of the state. It is a co-operative organization, numbering among its stockholders 28 boys, ranging from ten to seventeen years. The company operates from 4 to 6 p.m. daily and the company products are chairs, music racks, plano benches, writing desks, flower boxes, bird boxes and other light articles, for which it finds a ready sale. The profits are divided up at the end of the year on a basis of the number of hours worked by each boy. Last year the 28 stockholders divided nearly $8,000. The capital stock is one dollar a share. Some of the boys are anxious to buy more stock, but the rules of the company prohibit it. Young Monbeck has systematized the producing and selling ends of the business.-Cleveland Leader. Mean Disposition. "Before engaging rooms in your house," said the bachelor, "I want to know if there are any families with crying babies staying here." "I'm afraid there is," replied the landlady; "but we—" "Well, I was just going to say," continued the other, "that if there are, I want you to put me in the room next to theirs. I want to wake up in the night and hear their trouble, so that I can congratulate myself again that I'm not married." Oculist—you will drop a little of this into your eye three times a day. Patient—Before meals, or after? It isn't what you say but how you say it that makes a woman either your friend or your enemy. My notion of a perfunctory performance is that given by two women engaged in kissing each other. The double life would not be so dangerous if the fool love letters could be avoided. ```markdown ``` AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS The president's proclamation bespeaking interest in the exposition at Richmond organized under the auspices of the Negro Historical and Industrial association is an evidence in itself of the extraordinary progress of that race in America since the door of opportunity was opened. It is the voice of all the people, white and black, and will bear good fruit. Only a thoroughly worthy object could have brought from the chief executive such a deliverance. The display at Richmond represented less than half a century of building along the lines of intelligent system and study. For not until a few years after the war closed did the Negro get fairly started on the road to individual effort and thrift. He was for a time in the clutches of the politicians, some pulling this way and some that, but none pulling for him. It was in the early '70s that he finally got his proper bearings and began to show under friendly leadership his capacity for good work and good citizenship. Since then he has done much; and all true men appreciate the performance, and wish him success in his further like course. The Negro is in America to stay. All the shallow outgivings of turtle dreamers and selfish schemers about deportation have ceased. Neither the intelligent Negro nor the intelligent white man was misled. Both could appraise the real situation, and did appraise it at its right value. America, never more so than now, is opportunity for the man who wants to make himself useful, qualifies to that end and applies what he learns and saves what he earns. The Negro should be not only industrious but patient. Half a century is scarcely more than a day in reckoning the advancement and achievements of a race. But it is the first steps that count; and since his feet were set in the right path the Negro's steps have been steady and assured. Reference, of course, is to the Negro who respects him. If and solicits by his conduct the respect of his white neighbors. When he does that he prospers. When he does his duty by himself he does it by others; and here he sees himself able to command the sympathy and recognition of the highest official of the government, speaking for all who live under the government and know the benefits of its protection. --- Some idea of the abounding good will of the people of Alabama toward the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, located in the Black belt of Alabama, is found in the fact that each year finds large crowds of prominent white visitors from surrounding villages and the larger cities of the state attending the annual commencement exercises. This year, in addition to other visitors, the Automobile club of the chamber of commerce of Montgomery, Ala., came in a body to the school. There were more than a hundred of these important business and professional men, with their families, and it was probably the first time in the history of the South that two such important white organizations have paid honor to a Negro institution by attending the commencement exercises in a body. As has been often pointed out, every man has his little distinction. John Klopfer hasn't had the back of b's neck shaved in 30 years. A record of Negro progress is given in the new Negro Year Book for 1914-15, a volume of over 400 pages. We learn here on the basis of the figures of Dr. H. K. Carroll of the Federal Council of Churches and of the census bureau, that there are 38,300 Negro churches in the United States, with 4,250,000 members, and 1,740,099 Sunday school scholars. The property held by these churches reaches a total of near $57,000,000, while they contribute $106,000 to foreign and $200,000 to home missionary work. While Negro Christians are chiefly Protestant, there are four colored Roman Catholic priests in the United States, and one Greek Catholic. — Northwestern Christian Advocate. --- The census burcau is about to issue a bulletin on Negroes. We are told it indicates that there has been an increased tendency among them toward home ownership, a marked increase in the percentage of school attendance, a pronounced decrease in the percentage of illiteracy, a decrease in the mortality rate, and an increase in the proportion of church attendance.—The Living Church. A boycott of French, English and Belgian goods is being proposed in the Vienna papers, and most of the foreign signs in front of the shops are being replaced by German inscriptions A permanent purification of the language in this respect is being urged. Arthur Wardwelf of Skohegan. Me., is said to have the largest elm tree in the country. It measures 18 feet in circumference, more than 75 feet in height and the branches spread nearly 50 feet. The White House issued the following proclamation, signed by President Wilson, heartily commending the Negro National exposition held in Richmond. It follows: By the President of the United States of America. A. PROCLAMATION A national exposition in commemoration of the achievements of the Negro race during the last fifty years will be held in Richmond, Va., July 5 to 25, 1915. The occasion has been recognized as of national importance by congress through an appropriation of $55,000 to aid in its promotion and consummation. This sum is being expended by the terms of the appropriation under the direction of the governor of Virginia. The exposition is under the auspices of the Negro Historical and Industrial association. The action of congress in this matter indicates very happily the desire of the nation, as well as of the people of Virginia, to encourage the Negro in his efforts to solve his industrial problem. The national Negro exposition is designed to demonstrate his progress in the last fifty years and to emphasize his opportunities. As president of the United States I bespeak the active interest of the nation in the exposition and trust that every facility will be extended to the leaders whose earnest work has made the undertaking possible. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 1st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. WOODROW WILSON. By the president. A clinic for colored mothers was organized at the Children's Homeopathic hospital, Franklin and Thompson streets, Philadelphia, and the initial lecture was delivered by Mrs. Margaret Simon, the superintendent of social work at the hospital. So great has been the attendance at the weekly lectures for mothers on Friday afternoons that the hospital was obliged to establish two additional clinics—one on Wednesday for the mothers of sick babies and the third for colored mothers and babies. The attendance was larger than the nurses had provided for. Colored women from all parts of the city, and even from Chester, Camden, Haddonfield and other places, came and all had at least one baby; some of them as many as three. There was probably never a brighter lot of babies at the clinic, accordin; to the attendant nurses, and certainly never a better-dressed set of infants. The interest of the mothers was so intent that the physicians regard this clinic as one of the most promising in the city. Mrs. Simon gave the mothers an informal talk, telling them of the purposes of the clinic and the advantage to be derived from attending it regularly and following the instruction given for the care of the babies. She explained the fundamental care of the babies, giving them plenty of food, easily digested food, proper exercises and allowing them plenty of water, and warned the mothers against "dope" remedies. Emancipation day was celebrated by the Negroes of Houston and Harris county Saturday, June 19, with a street parade of decorated floats and exercises and entertainment at Emancipation park. The celebration this year, in the opinion of those in charge, elapsed those of former years. At a meeting Friday night a number of additional decorated floats were entered for the parade. A resolution indorsing Hubert, Miller, Martimer, Sweatt, Crawford and Gilmore was read at the meeting. The celebration lasted three days. A number of orations were delivered at the park and the Emancipation proclamation was read. The Los Angeles municipal markets, established last year, are said to have met the approval of housebuilders to such an extent that 25,000 people on market days come with their own baskets to carry their purchases home. Eph Wiley, who has followed the incidents of the war closely, says an ignorant man is one who gets his information from the news sent out of Petrograd. When writing, Confucius used a small brush, like a camel's-hair brush, for a pen, and so did his ancestors for centuries before his time. The reed came into use for writing in the marshy countries of the Orient. It was hollow and cut in short lengths. Greece is practically without home industries, says a consular report, and because of the outbreak of the war any first-class article of American manufacture could be sold there now if properly brought to the attention of the buyers. CALOMEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO ACTS LIKE DYNAMIT I Guarantee "Dodsons' Liver Tone" Will Give and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had—Doesn CALOMEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO! STOP! ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE ON LIVER I Guarantee "Dodson's Liver Tone" Will Give You the Best Liver and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had—Doesn't Make You Sick! Stop using calomel! It makes you sick. Don't lose a day's work. If you feel lazy, sluggish, billious or constipated, listen to me! 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. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you feel "all knocked out," if your liver is torpedid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Here's my guarantee—Go to any drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick. I guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. 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; doesnt grieve and they like its pleasant taste. The Meter's Record A representative of the gas department called on a householder and intimated that he was afraid something was wrong with the meter. From the official point of view, of course, meters can only show one fault, and the symptom which had cast suspicion on this meter was that it had registered less during the quarter than in the corresponding part of the previous year. But the lady of the house has a convincing explanation of the decline. "You see," she said, "my daughter was engaged last winter. She got married in June." The official, who was evidently a parent himself, was quite satisfied, and the meter left the court without a stain upon its high character. Not a Black Hand A stenographer was out of a job. He was discussing the best ways and means of rehabilitating his ebbing bank roll with a friend who also was listed among the unemployed. Said the friend: "If I were you, I'd write a letter for money." "I have," replied the stenog. "Well—?" asked the friend in astonishment. "Well," repeated the shorthand man sadly, "the letter asking for the $3,000 is all ready to mail, but I'll be darned if I can think of anybody to mail it to."—Louisville Times. TENDER SENSITIVE SKINS Quickly Soothed by Cuticura. Nothing Better. Trial Free. Especially when preceded by a hot bath with Cuticura Soap. Many comforting things these fragrant supercreamy emollients may do for the skin, scalp, hair and hands and do it quickly, effectively and economically. Also for the toilet, bath and nursery. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere—Adv. "I hates dese suspicious guys," said the panhandler. "What have dey been doin' to you now?" asked his friend. "A gink gives me a dime dis mornin' to git somethin' to eat, and den he follers me into a restaurant and watches me spend it." Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteful chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. — Adv. The Great Trouble. Apropos of a seashore divorce, Mayor Riddle of Atlantic City said: "The great trouble is that so many husbands, when they meet an old flame down here on the wind-swept beach, insist on being moths." Temous Fugit. "I want a warrant for the arrest of Father Time." "What's the charge?" "Outrageous and continuous violation of the speed laws!"—Judge. Tired of Him. He—I always pay as I go. She (yawning)—I don't think you'll ever become a bankrupt.—Judge. Most particular women use Red Cross Ball Blue, American made. Sure to please. At all good grocers. Adv. Practice generally discovers what theory did not know. The sweet tooth promotes the sour disposition. Death If You're is fluttering or If You're is fluttering or weak, use RENOVINE." Made by Van Vleet-Manefield Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. Price $1.00 BLACK LEG "Oh $2,000." Charity. OUS? NO! STOP! DYNAMITE ON LIVER ne" Will Give You the Best Liver Had—Doesn't Make You Sick! spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick I guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. 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. No Insult Meant. Shortly after a certain marquis received an important governmental position he was overwhelmed with begging letters, the result of the remarkable statements sent out concerning his unbounded generosity. Among the letters he received was one which became a standing joke among his friends. It was from a woman who wanted a sewing machine, and her letter commenced thus: "Dear Sir—A year ago you came to our town to make a speech. I went out to hear you, and I have been ill ever since." The fact was the lady caught cold on the occasion in question, but she certainly did not refer to the matter in very diplomatic language. Magic Washing Stick The Female of the Species "Look, dear, at that bird in yonder tree. How clear his song notes! He's been twitting happily for over an hour." The husband looked up from his paper, but not at the bird. "I wish you'd understand one thing," he said. "When you hear a bird twitting don't make the mistake of referring to it as 'he.' The twitters are invariably the woman birds." "I believe a man should be master in his own house," said the newly married man. "There can be only one head in a family, and I mean to be it." "That's a very good idea," answered his friend, who had been married more years than the other had lived. "A very good idea indeed. Have you spoken to your wife about it?" Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria "They're using an awful lot of automobiles in the European war," remarked the auto enthusiast. "I know," said the disgruntled pedestrian. "But what good does it do? The manufacturers keep turning the blamed things out faster than those fellows over there can bust 'em up." MANY WAR ZONE HOSPITALS Have ordered Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for one among the convalescent troops. Shaken in Allen's shoes or dissolved in the foot-athen. In Allen's shoes a retiring rat and comfort and prevents the feet getting ured or foot-sore. Sold Everywhere, 250 for FREE and plie, address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.-Adv. **One Explanation.** Rankin—I wonder how wrist watches came to be fashionable? Phyle—I suppose it is because the small amount of goods used in modern gowns does not permit of pockets. **Municipal Research Chickens.** Farmer—These are chickens. City Guest—I presume one breed lays scrambled eggs and the other fried. "He's a very modest young man." "Very. He hasn't one of those loud electric horns on his customobile." "Where did you buy the candy?" "At the fitney and dime emporium." —Boston Evening Transcript. Lurks In or weak, use RENOVINE." Made by No Insult Meant Probably Not. Important to Mothers No Use. One Explanation. Modest. SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED Story of a Man Who Was Making Good, but Roving Fever Got the Best of Him. On May 4th, 1915, the St. Paul Farmer's Dispatch contained a very interesting account of the experiences of a man from Staples, Minn. Realizing that he was not making much headway, he decided to look up a homestead in Canada. With $250 he and his wife took up a homestead near Outlook, Saskatchewan. After recounting his experiences of a few years, in which they had undergone hardships which were likely to be unavoidable, with a small amount of capital, he continues the story by stating that in the fall after a fair summer's work on his 100 acres cropped, he cleaned up nearly all his debts, having now four good horses, a complete set of farm machinery including two wagons and a "Swell" top buggy and eleven head of cattle. He continues. "However, I was not satisfied. I had been reading of the splendid homesteads that were to be had in Montana. Wheat was cheap and I thought it would get cheaper, so I began to think that homesteading as a moneymaking proposition was better than farming. I did not stop to consider that wheat was not the only thing; as a matter of fact I had sold pork for 14 cents a pound. Eggs and butter had kept us in groceries and more, we had now four milch cows, two heifers coming in and more growing up. We had a cream separator, and some hogs. We had a quarter section of land that could raise an abundance of small grain, roots and grass for feed, but I could not see all that; I had the 'moving' fever, and decided to sell. I set the price on the land at $3,000 cash. I could not find anyone with that much money, however, so I came down until I finally sold for $1,400. We had an auction and sold the personal property. On the sale we got just about enough cash to pay the auctioneer; the rest was all notes. The horses brought about two-thirds what they were worth. The implements sold for hardly one-third of what they had cost. The cattle brought a good price. Must Make Another Start. We now have a homestead in Montana, but we find that after moving here and getting settled, what money we had did not go far. We have three horses, about all the implements we need, and a little better buildings than we had on our former place. We have no cattle, though we had to build much fence to keep ranch stock out of our fields. We have about $500 worth of honest debts. True, we have a half section in place of a quarter, but that is no good to us, as long as we have not the capital with which to work it. In summarizing it all up I see where I made my mistake. It will take fully five years to get into good circumstances as we were before we made the change. It is five years lost. My advice to anyone contemplating a change of location is to think twice before you act, and if your present circumstances are not too bad, 'stay by your bush till you pick it clean.' —Advertisement. Not Likely. "A curious thing happened to me this morning," began the man who always told long-winded stories. "Did somebody stop to listen to one of your yarns?" inquired the other, reaching for his hat. Always use Red Cross Ball Blue. Delights the laudress. At all good grocers. Adv. A desire to avoid work often is manifested in a determined search for a government job. Too many things are not worth the effort necessary to obtain them. One Way to Lengthen Life Late in life, when the organs begin to weaken, the hard-working kidneys often tire out first. Failing eyesight, stiff, achy joints, rheumatic pains, lame back and distressing urination are often due only to weak kidneys. Prevention is the best cure and mild age may sign of kidney weakness. Children with kidney disease are kidney Pills have made life more comfortable for thousands of old folks. It is the best recommended special kidney remedy. An Oklahoma Case "Story Pictures Tells a Story" W. F. Doorely, Miles and Fifth Sts. . . Kingfisher, Okla. says: "The injuries passed too quickly and the pain at such times was so intense that it affected must be inflammation of the bladder. There was a 1a pain across the small of my back that never left me. Doen's next day Pills fixed.me up right and I have used them since I have always found them effective." Get Doen's at Any Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. PAGE SEVEN IN SUCH PAIN WOMAN CRIED Suffered Everything Until Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Florence, So. Dakota. — "I used to be very sick every month with bearing down pains and backache, and had headache a good deal of the time and very little appetite. The pains were so bad that I used to sit right down on the floor and cry, because it hurt me so and I could not do any work at those times. An old woe down pains and backache, and bad headache a good deal of the time and very little appetite. The pains were so bad that I used to sit right down on the floor and cry, because it hurt me so and I could not do any work at those times. An old wo- man advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I got a bottle. I felt better the next month so I took three more bottles of it and got well so I could work all the time. I hope every woman who suffers like I did will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."—Mrs. P. W. LANSENG, Box 8. Allyn, Wash. Why will women continue to suffer day in and day out or drag out a sickly, half-hearted existence, missing three-fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? For thirty years it has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has restored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (co.idential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. They All Do. Jinks—I'm taking it easy now. Blinks—Out of a job? Jinks—No; got a political job. A HANFORD'S Balsam of Myrrh A LINIMENT For Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Strains, Stiff Neck, Chilblains, Lame Back, Old Sores, Open Wounds, and all External Injuries. Made Since 1846. Ask Anybody About It Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 OR WRITE G. C. Hanford Mfg. Co. SYRACUSE, N. Y Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief—Permanent Cure CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never fail. Purely vegeta- ble — act surely but gently on the liver. Stop after dinner dis- tress—cure indigestion. improve the complexion, brighten the eyes SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE Genuine must bear Signature Bentwood University of Notre Dame Thorough Education, Moral Training. Twenty-one courses leading to degrees in Classics, Modern Letters, Journalism, Political Economy, Engineering, Pharmacy, Engineering, Architecture, Law. placed another, awareness, attracts and allies, illus- national, national, convenient, cheap. Lasts a season. Made of cover, will not soil or injure anything. Guaranteed effective. All ideal or ideal. Brooklyn, N. W. DAYTON MILLIE ```markdown ``` PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A toilel preparation of merits, Hair or toadstuff or dandruff. For Restoration of Coat and Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair. 50c. and $.00 as Drugs. Readers of this paper desiring to buy anything advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitations W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 31-1936. OUR PUBLIC FORUM V.—E. P. Ripley bb hi snatches nad AML nha tel ahd der techn Mica tausrh diate! athe | ‘The industrial leaders of this nation are talking te the public face to face through the columns of this paper ‘The time was when {f a corporation had anything to say to the people they sent a hired hand, whispered it through lawyer ot employed a lobbyist to explain It to the legis lature, but the men who know and the nien who do are now talking over the fence to the man who plows. When the leading business men of this nation get “back to the soll” with their problems, strife and dissen- sion will disappear, for when men look {nto each other's faces and emile there ts a better day coming. Mr E P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe Railroad, when asked t fa views In reference to relations existing between the ment now f roads fairly. As yet this change in public mor ft majority : ca that the railroads have been harshly treated does to ¢ ft requires no argument to demonstrate that the railroads have not received it and are not recelvii.: it is perfectly susceptible of proof. That they have practically no recourse {n the courts has also been The situation therefore ts that the people, through their representatives, must elect whether the services of the railroads shall be adequately compen. sited of not: and it requires no fortune teller or soothsayer to predict that in the long run the service will take the class that is pald Yor and no better the natural competition between the railroads aud the natural. desire to perform first-clasy eervice has heretofore resulted In giving the public more Man tt was willicg to yay for. Continuation of this will. be Impossible and no laws howover drastic, can long accomplish the {inposstble.” | OUR PUBLIC FORUM. VI.—F. C. Howe On The Advantages Of Free Ports: Mr, F. C. Howe, Federal Commissioner of Immigra. tion, who fs one of the best American authorities ov marine commerce, in discussing the relation of free ports to the development of sea trade said in part: “Ships will go hundreds of miles out of their way, to avoid ports surrounded by a tariff wall. The only way, therefore, for a country with a tariff to compete in the shipping world with @ free trade country {8 to establish free ports at strategical points along its coast line. Germany has done so, and in a comparatively short period has built up a carrying trade which before the war was seriously threatening Bosiand’s supremacy. Hamburg, one of the (ree German free ports, now ranks as the second greatest seaport In the world, Ité total forelgn commerce In 1913 belng only $6,000,000 under that of New York, ‘The free port would offer great opportunity for fluancial operations, now made possible by the recent currency act. It would stimulate taternational banking, and would tend to shift the financial center of the world to this country. And America, by the logic of events, has become the natural center ‘Tor the world’s financing, Just as London became that center several centuries co, when it shifted from the cities of the Netherlands. ut the financial center will only move te this country when it becomes a clearing house ‘of Kocds as Well ne of money. For eredit the world over is created by cur- rently created wealth in transit or change so that even our financial expansion is dependent upon the opening up of American ports to the clearance of the Wealth of the World. A port should not operate to yleld a return on the in vestment, but to develop the prosperity of the country.” In recapitulating the advantages, Mr. Howe brings out the {mportance of the free port in de- veloping cur shipping, and Huking us with South America, Asia and Africa, aad then concludes The mest impertant gain t# the direct gain to America. It will cheapen commoditios by bringing great quantities of goods to our doors for importation or export, ay trade needs demand, It will stimulate the growth of exporting houses, which can hold goods for an indefinite period without the payment of tariff dues (often equal to the cost of the article itself) for disposal to meet the trade demands of the whole world. It will upbufld tnternational credit and shift to America an increasing and ultimately a predominant share tn international exchange Finally, America is the natural country to be the counter of the world Its seacoasts face every other continent; it is the greatest of all reservoirs of raw matorials and foodstuffs. In iron and steel and standardized produc tlon it is in a position to compete with the world But International trade (and this is always cverlcoked) must be reciprocal It cannot be one-sided. and credit halvaces cannot for any prolonged period be paid in gold, They ean only be paid by exchange of wealth.” SAM'S BUNCH ASKING FOR HELP.) ix pot much to Chief Sam. There Declare that the movement is a failure, They say that the crew will have to get back the best way they can, MI that was said about Sam is true, ‘The ship belongs to fam eat It fe indeed gratifying to know that the followers of Sam are now confer: sing in no uncertain terms that the movement is a fake and that Sam fs not the chief of the Ashantees, not thelr Moses, but a fake and a decet- ver, We are glad (© say that we pre dicted the end would come ,and we are ghd to kuow they are confessing now and will thank us in the near fu ture for our stand in this matter, Read carefully the following letter from Mrs, M.A, Brown, 1818 38rd St, Galveston, Texas, to Mrs, O. A. Car. ter of Boley, Okla. You will also note that Mre. Brown is a daughter of Doe Garrett. who ix on the ship, and one of the leaders in the African movement in this state, and he tells her they are blowedup suckers, that they will have to get back the best way they can, Read it carefully as follows: “Galveston, Texas, July 15, 1915, Mr. Carter: Kind Sir 1 received your letter some time ago but have been so busy I didn’t take time to write you-one has to keep scratching to livee here. I had a letter from Pa today. Well things are not what they ought to be. Don't put any money into the move: ment for if you do you will lose ft, 1 understand that the ship belongs to Chief Sam and he is not going to bring them back, and they will have to get back way they can, T could tell you things that would make you open your eyes about the movement, Sam has proved to. be just what the people said apout him in a way, Don’t sell unless you are going in an independent way. There PAGE EIGHT oS (By, Geo. W. Perry.) is not much to Chief Sam. There have been seven deaths, You was ac: quainted with Mr, Parker he is among the dead, and Prof, Lewis. 1am still selling pies to make a living, 1 hope you won't be as long in writing as I way. It is quite warm and dry here now. I remain, as ever, OIRS.) M.A. BROWN. 1318 88rd. street.’ Dear reader, what have you now to ay about this letter? She could tell you lots more that would open your eyes. ‘The reason why she said the ship belonged to Sam was that her Hurst tried to te up the ship in a law suit, and Sam won because the title was in his name, We called the followers attention to this fact and they declared they could take bis word for it in preference to a mort gaxe from a cftizen here, Now, let them suffer, But before we close this article, let ux quote you a part of a letter from Mrs. Collins to a friend here concerning what her husband wrote her some time ago, prior to Doc Gar- retts letter to his daughter, Read from him was in May and 1 will tell it carefully: “The last letter I got you the trut habout what he sald. He sald tha tthey could not get any coal for the ship to sail back home, He said the coal was 100 miles from them. He said if Chief Sam did not Ket any coal they would be done and would ask the governor to send them home. If had my husband's letters 1 would send them to you, but T sent it to my relatives in Arkansas. My husband sald the rest of the people on the ship was worried and was a bout to Ko crazy. [heard the letter read ofrm David Jackson and he ask- od his people to send him $300 so he could come back home, T will write you later to tell me how to send the money in case I have to. T cerainly hiss my husband and 1 have rheuma- ism awful bad and have to work awful hard.” | 1 have in my possession the origt. nal copies of each letter, an dmany -— 6 4 ae THE TULSA STAR NS ETM rT When you think of | % NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY & you naturally think of Biscuit. | When vou think of Biscuit Wy you naturally think of \ | Uneeda I | Biscuit | ! Wy » The ynly Soda Cracker possessing . : ‘ Y National- 47a, Y Biscuit- BZN \) Goodness Qy% SA X WD Sola TA, VEN a ae &%, * \ WN only in NS: ty, We 6 y 4 Moisture A is a WN f° ioe WS eg LK wy iN . f) se mI SO NOH others that we will publish from time to time, and any one can see them, Now, her letter was received prior to Mrs. Brown's. The lawsuit Sam won we repeat, and Doe Garrett advised his daughter of it immediately, That is what Lyddell tells the followers who live at Weleetka, to keep the in- formation about the lawsuit to them. selves fadseridds ewolfolvH p.Ers selves and not let any of the outsid- ers get hold of it, But we have the information and we ask again what are they doing with the money they are collecting now? Is Liddell put- ting it in his pocket? Are the agents collecting now turning the money into the treasury? No! a thousand times no! We believe the various agents are whacking up with Liddell and that they are keeping the money, Let the followers stop now from paying any more money to Liddell and the var- Ous agents What are they doing with the mon- ey? Where is the money? Just as the followers in Arkansas killed Dr. Lighfoot when he refused © return their money the followers Mf Sam ought to give the agents and fficers of the Chief Sam scheme a ood beating. Where is the money | hey are collecting now? NEGRO MINORS AND THE COUNTY COURTS. IN OKLAHOMA we have thousands of wealthy Negro children Whose incomes amount to from $500 to $8,000 a month. This money, of conrse, is handled by guardians appointed by the county courts of Oklahoma, The guardians are allowed 10 per cent of the amount of money his ward is worth in cash or property, and they usually use the minor's money in a way to make many times this commission. As a result there are hundreds of white men in this state who have become rich from the wealth of Negro children; because it is a recog- nized fact that the county judges invariably appoint white men as guardians of Negro children where there is any great amount of money involved, — sometimes very often overlooking the dren's natural guardian and protector—the parent, whatever the parent’s qualifications, And no white man has ever been known to CAMB UIT TAKING SRRUFE Threw Box Away on Hampatess Health, but Was Searening for it Next Morning, Hamatead Hath may yet oumtaim » preclous relic of Churles Lamb. “One summers evening,” writes bone, “| was walking 6% Mampatead Hoath with Chavigs Lami, and we had talxeu urselves (nto & phllusepato comterap of our mlavery to the habit of anu (ak 1B and with the firm resolution of (ever aguin taking a auigio piicn we brew our snutfvoxes away from the ill on which we stood, far among the {urte and brambles below, and went home tn triumph; I began to be very aifgerable, was wretched all night, io the morning | was walking on the same bill: | saw CRartns Lamb be OW, Mearchion among the buaber; he poked up Inughing, and saying, “What, fou are come to look for your sauft 10K too! “Oh. no, oA seking a pieen ut Of A PAPA lk my watsteoat pocket, | went for @ haitpenny werth te the iret shop that ~ns opas'"—Loméoe twenatnde refuse the guardianship of a wealthy Negro child, Lowever pro- nounced his hatred or prejudice for the Negro race. Nor has any white man been found who would be as fair and impartial in his treatment of his Negro wards as he would of white minors whose money he handles. Oklahoma is full of graft, but the biggest game of graft in the state today is the guardianship graft which is man- ipulated today by unscrupulous white men, aided by the county courts. A prominent example of the grait of Negro guardianship money was shown recently in Muskogee when Bob Fite, a white man who has openly manifested his prejudice against’ the race, through the white guardianship of Sarah Rector, probably the wealthiest girl in Oklahoma, and the county court, sold his builds ing on South Second street in Muskogee to the Rector girl for the extortionate sum of $57,000. The building was a white elephant on Fite’s hands and he used his pull with the white guardian of this Negro girl to load it off on her, The Star is unalterably opposed to appointing white men as guardians over Negro children, for the same reason that white men are opposed to the appointment of Negro men as guardians over white children—and there is not a Negro now acting as a guar- dian over a white child in Oklahoma, !t is not fair, it is not right, and there is no argument to justify it. Negroes are able to look af- ter the wealth of their own children and they would do it with much more interest in the welfare of their wards than any white man will. The white man has done everything possible in Okla- homa to humiliate the Negro and to retard him in his progress, and we do not believe it is fair and just to the race to put white men in control of most of the Negro wealth of the state by appoint ing them guardians over wealthy Negro minors, They have “Jim Crowed” ns, attempted to disfranchise us, taxed us without giving us representation, and after doing all of this they are clamoring to be guardians of our children—the children of the race they have $0 grossly wronged, We have no objection to the white man acting as guardians of the Indian children, the race they have legislated out of itself into the white race, but we do register a strong protest against any white man acting as guardian of any Negro minor, In all things let 15 have fair play.