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MINNEAPOLIS Minn Historical Society DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL Defective Pass Defective Page VOL. 3 Single Copies 5 Cents Denver.-Mrs. Julia Williams, who told Judge Rothgerber she married Charles Williams when she was seventeen, was given a bargain in the way of divorces in the county court. Her decree did not cost her a penny. She testified she had been obliged to make her own way in the world since her marriage. Her husband deserted her a month after their marriage in January, 1911, she said, and she now is earning $6 a week. Judge Rothgerber ordered his clerk to remit Mrs. Williams the docket fees in the case, amounting to $10. Her attorney also proved his generosity by returning his fees. Mrs. Williams, a brunette, thanked the court and her attorney, tucked the decree in her hand bag and, smiling, left the courtroom. New Britain, Conn.-The Rev. H. T. Walsh, whose utterances from the pulpit of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy have attracted state wide notice, has delivered a fiery opinion of present day gowns, and he has announced that he will not give communion to any woman who approaches the altar railing in a slashed skirt or in diaphanous garb. Moreover, he will not receive at his parochial residence any woman who wears such gowns. The denunciation of gowns was made in the course of a sermon. The extreme fashions were described by the priest as "monstrosities," and he said men were disgusted with them. One of the Weapons Used by Alabamans In Civil War. Mobile, Ala.—"Made in Mobile, 1861," could appropriately be placed on probably the only pike now in existence which was devised for use in the war between the states. The pike has been presented to the Charles Mohr society for the Mobile museum and is on exhibition in a shop window. The blade of the pike was devised by Percy Walker in Mobile in 1861. The wooden handles were poles six feet long, the butt end fitted into a strap attached to a saddle, and the pike was used in repelling attacks. The specimen was presented by Leroy Walter McRae of Calvert, who was a member of the Mobile dragoons and later first lieutenant in the Fifty-sixth regiment of Alabama cavalry. The pike was made by W. A. Alexander, who lives on Catherine street now and who was identified with the making of rifles and the building of ironclad warships for the army. The company which used the pikes was sometimes called the Mobile Pikers. Always is it faith in someone or something that inspires us to lift our work above the commonplace. Senator Chamberlain Would Put it on Better Footing. WANTS NATIONAL RESERVE. Asserts That if Monroe Doctrine is Maintained, Philippines Retained, Canal Controlled and Pacific Dominated Improvements Must Be Made. Measure to Increase Efficiency. Washington.—The United States Infantry association, the organization of the infantry officers of the United States army, gave out an interview with Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, in the course of which Senator Chamberlain came out flatfootedly in favor of placing the army on a better war footing than is the case at present. "As long," says Senator Chamberlain, "as we maintain the Monroe doctrine, retain the Philippines, control the Panama canal and dominate the Pacific, which is our manifest destiny, we must have an army adequate to care for these conditions and meet emergencies. "No one advocates a large standing army in this country, but we ought to have as a military organization an army of efficient officers and drilled men which can be augmented by trained men from a reserve and supplemented by the national guard of the states. "There has been a great deal of general discussion as to the necessity of better preparation for sudden war emergencies, and there seems to be quite a unanimous opinion that at the present time our army is wholly inadequate owing to the methods that have been employed. I am heartily in favor of such changes and improvements in the army as will meet existing conditions. We ought not to leave ourselves in an attitude where we fear the possibility of invasion by Japan on the Pacific coast or by any other foreign country on our Atlantic coast, nor in apprehension as to what might happen to our troops in case of intervention in Mexico because the army is inadequate for emergencies. "The present session of congress has been occupied with matters which have taken all the time, so that little attention has been given to questions of national defense until the acute situation in Mexico has brought home to us the unprepared state of this nation to face a sudden war. If there should not be a peaceful termination of the Mexican trouble temporary war measures and makeshifts would have to be adopted, as has been the case at the beginning of every other war in this country, all of which have been disastrous and expensive on account of their experimental character. "At the regular session of congress the subject of increasing military efficiency must be considered. The secretary of war has taken a pronounced position on the subject, and we will await his definite recommendations with a great deal of interest. "I am not prepared now to say what should be done. The plans and details must be worked out by men of experience and judgment, but it is plainly apparent that improvements must be made and the army put in condition to meet the requirements of the nation." "The formation of a reserve corps is a very difficult matter and one with which we have not had experience in this country. We cannot pattern on the lines of continental countries which have a conscription method of filling the ranks of the armies and control all available men for military service. Our army is a volunteer organization. The 'regular army man' is a voluntary soldier, who can return to other occupations at the end of his term of enlistment. "At all events, it seems certain that the country is becoming aware of the unprepared condition of our army and will sustain congress in making such changes as seem necessary to place the army upon a footing to meet emergencies and secure the honor and integrity of the nation." Plows Up $100 Nugget. Guinda, Cal.—Excitement has been aroused here by the discovery of a gold nugget valued at $100 in the lawn of Les Wood. He had his lot plowed in the spring and while leveling it off a few days ago turned up the piece of metal which he took to a jeweler for assay. It was about four inches long, an inch and a half wide and weighed five ounces. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Officials Have Clew In Chinese Book Just Found. Washington. On the basis of unofficial reports from Chicago concerning the discovery there of a "Chinese black book" containing a list of agencies for the sale of opium in various cities, marginal notes in Chinese characters and records of Chinese alleged to have been smuggled into the United States, federal officials started on the trail of what they suspect to be an organization of opium sellers. Chinese smugglers and white slavers. Immigration Commissioner Caminetti directed the Chicago immigration officials to get in touch with the Chicago police, who have possession of the Chinese black book, and obtain all the information regarding the case, with a view to ascertaining whether the Chinese exclusion laws have been violated by smuggling orientals over an "underground road" from Canada. The chief immigration inspector at Chicago is Dr. Percy L. Prentis, who was in New York on detail as a member of the special board investigating food conditions at Ellis island. The special agents of the customs service will also look into the matter, as they are interested in violations of the opium law, while the immigration authorities are more particularly concerned with the allegations of smuggling of Chinese into the country. Any evidence of violations of the Mann white slave law will be turned over to the department of justice. HER BARGAIN DIVORCE Court and Lawyers Chip In Fees and Costs to Woman. CHURCH BAN ON SLIT SKIRT. New Britain Priest Will Not Give Communion to Wearer. DISCOVER OLD PIKE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., September 19, 1913. Endowment Secretary P. A. Richardson Made Highly Encouraging Report at Recent Meeting in Greensboro—Colonel James H. Young Elected Grand Master by Unanimous Vote. Greensboro, N. C.—The recent district grand lodge No. 7, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, which convened in this city was an epochal affair in the annals of this representative body. One of the most encouraging events of the sessions was the report of the district grand endowment secretary, P. A. Richardson of Nashville, N. C. He has assured the stability of this department, which has been made by him one of the best features of the fraternity for the members. Mr. Richardson's report was weighty with facts relative to the healthy growth of his department. He has the confidence of the members, and the pessimists that are always found in such bodies have been quieted by the unprecedented success of this department. He has made this endowment feature meet a peculiar need of the fraternity, and without playing to the whims of any man he has, with his strict adherence to business and strength of character, inspired the thousands of members of its lodges throughout the state to aspire to higher things. Secretary Richardson said in part: "Our stakes must be strengthened and our ropes lengthened to meet the increased exactions upon us. The hand of destiny is guiding us, and no more hopeful sign could be antidated than the unexpected action of the executive committee in placing a man of power, influence and experience in this chair to carry on the work of our beloved and lamented Catus." Colonel James H. Young of Raleigh was placed at the head of the fraternity by the executive board. He was elected by the unanimous vote of the grand lodge as district grand master. Continuing, Mr. Richardson asserted: "Taken altogether we are in better condition so far as this department goes than we have ever been. Not only our resources are larger, but we are becoming more proficient in our business, more systematic and accurate in our reports, more familiar with the system we are trying to develop and are thereby making it more effective. The death rate has steadily decreased. In spite of the activity of the reactionaries to the contrary, the increase of membership has kept pace with the records of former years, and the policy fee has maintained our surplus at about the same ratio per member. "This burden was placed where it properly belonged—upon the person who derives the benefit therefrom. We believe that we have as safe and as sound a contract and as equitable a code of laws as will be found in any fraternal order in the state or in the endowment bureau of any jurisdiction in the order. Our promptness in adjusting and settling death claims and our stability as indicated by our assets above our liabilities should inspire the confidence of every intelligent, unprejudiced person." The receipts for the year were $42,468.51; paid out for death claims, $36,148.65. There are 14,500 financial members in the state. Mr. Richardson was highly praised for the work that he is doing. He was re-elected by acclamation. He is a Mason, and in religious circles throughout the state he is an important factor. He ably represents the North Carolina conference at the A. M. E. denomination general conference. He is a successful business man and does not approve of anything that works for the detriment of his race. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: Colonel James H. Young, Raleigh, district grand master; G. C. Caldwell, Gastonia, district deputy grand master; J. H. Johnson, Sallisbury, district grand secretary; Maurice Watts, Raleigh, district grand treasurer. The next annual meeting of the grand lodge will be held in Kinston in 1914. Properly a Proud Father Winsted, Conn. —The six-months-old infant of Thomas Finn of Lake street weighs thirty-five pounds and already has seven teeth. The proud father who stands over six feet in his stockings, thinks the baby will be a giant. CAUGHT GIANT EEL WEARING A COLLAR Four Feet Long and Weighed Thirteen Pounds. Willimantic, Conn.--John Ballnski of West Warren captured in the Quaboag river, a mile below Willimantic, a giant eel with a dog collar on its neck. The eel was forty-seven inches long, as large around the body as the wrist of an ordinary sized man and weighed thirteen pounds. Ballnski killed the eel in low water, it evidently having been caught in the pool where it was captured when the tide went out. The collar, of the sort worn by a small dog, was securely locked about its neck and so tight as to cause the skin to bulge out around the edge. The initials "W. R. C." and the name "Prince" were engraved on a silver name plate. The eel's back was badly scarred, showing where it had been speared on various occasions. Four fish hooks with lines attached were found in the monster's mouth. "It was almost impossible for me to hold the eel after I grabbed it," said Ballnski, "for it would twist, and squirm about in my hands with ease. I finally got it between two stones and drawing my knife, cut its throat. About the only thing it is good for is to chop it up and feed it to the chickens. The collar I will keep as a souvenir." GRASSHOPPERS EAT ROPE. It Breaks, and Workman Falls From Scaffold. Warrensburg. Mo.-A swarm of grasshoppers that alighted on a rope supporting a scaffold and cut through the strands nearly caused the death of a workman. Daniel Laughman, a carpenter, seventy, was working on the scaffold thirty feet from the ground while building a silo on the farm of Jesse Mohler. After the grasshoppers had feasted on the corn near the silo they gradually collected on the rope supporting the scaffold, and suddenly one end lurched downward, and Laughman was severely brushed by his fall. EDISON LOOKS INTO FUTURE. Cement Roads, Cheaper Auto Tires and Reprinted Newspapers Boston.—Thomas A. Edison was asked what in his opinion would be the next improvement in automobiling. He replied: "Cement roads. I believe that in ten years cement roads will band the country from one end to the other to the exclusion of all other kinds." Mr. Edison does not believe there is need of a substitute for rubber for tires. He said: "Rubber trees are being planted in the tropical countries. A vast amount of capital is going into rubber tree farms. Eventually there will be a great influx of rubber harvested from them. I am told by manufacturers of automobiles that rubber should be cheaper today than a year ago. They expect rubber to go down." Asked what improvements could be expected in newspaper making in the next decade, he replied: "Something to save paper. If noncarbonized inks were used—inks that would bleach—papers could be run through the presses again by the aid of an invention or two and be used several times. It's bound to come to a proposition of this kind. Inks that will bleach will be used." MISS WILSON INTERCEDES. Has a Postoffice Rule Waived to Please a Little Blind Girl. Washington.—The little blind daughter of Mall Carrier Sherry at Mandale. O, may ride with her father over his rural free delivery route, although a postoffice regulation expressly forbids it, because Miss Jessie Wilson, the president's second daughter, interceded for the child and got Postmaster General Burleson to issue a special permit. Jessie Columbia, thirteen years old of Cleveland, spent her vacation this year with her grandfather, the postmaster at Mandale and saw the blind girl's plight. She wrote Miss Wilson of how little Miss Sherry longed to ride on her father's mail cart, and an appeal to the postmaster general was followed by an order waiving in this case the regulation which forbids that any one but a carrier shall ride on a mail wagon. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. SMOKE THE RELIABLE 6c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR 6c Senator Assails Astor and Carnegie In Speech. TARIFF RIDER DEFEATED. Proposed to Levy 75 Per Cent Tax on All Inheritance of $50,000,000 or More—Outlines His Reasons For Believing Amendment Was A Good One—Defeated by Decisive Vote. Washington.—The names of Vincent Astor, Andrew Carnegie and other men of great wealth figured in a discussion in the senate on the subject of swollen fortunes. Several very unkind things were said about the laird of Skibo and the means which he had adopted to distribute his fortune. The discussion came up on an amendment to the tariff bill offered by Senator Norris of Nebraska. It provided for a graduated inheritance tax. The tax starts at 1 per cent on inheritances of $50,000 and is graduated rapidly upward to a proposed levy of 75 per cent on inheritances of more than $50,000,000. The Norris amendment was defeated by an overwhelming vote. Senator Norris said in speaking of his amendment: "To illustrate the working out of this amendment I wish to take the estate of John Jacob Astor. Let me say right here that I have nothing against any of the Astors or any of their predecessors or any of those who live now. As far as I know none of them has ever done a dishonorable act in the acquisition of property. "As far as I know the present young Mr. Astor is perfectly honorable, perfectly honest and has not done anything to secure his fortune that is illegal, disreputable, unfair or dishonest. When his father, John Jacob Astor, went down in the Titanic he left an estate, speaking in round numbers, valued at about $90,000,000. "I am informed by the officials in New York city that this estate represents the increase in value of an original investment—a great many years ago, of course—of less than $2,000,000 and that all of this immense fortune has been brought about by the increase in value of real estate, principally on Manhattan island, in which for all these years the estate has been invested. "With an investment, let us say—and it is liberal, as I understand it—of $2,000,000 years ago made by the original Astor, the estate has grown until at this death of John Jacob Astor it amounted to $90,000,000. During all those years, for several generations, the Astors have really done nothing except to see the estate grow and become more valuable and to live in luxury off its income. "This property, originally worth $2,000,000, now worth $900,000,000, has been made valuable by the public. Every man who ever paid taxes in New York has contributed something toward its value. Every man who ever erected a building on Manhattan island, whether it was a mansion on Broadway or a humble cottage in the suburbs, has done something to make this estate greater. "From the man in the street who laid the paving blocks to the master minds that planned the giant skyscrapers which lift their heads up in the clouds, every one of them has contributed something to the Astors. Every drop of sweat that ever trickled down over the brow of labor on Manhattan island for a century has contributed its mite to the Astor fortune. "There is nothing unjust, Mr. President, there is nothing unfair in such a case, after the man who owned it has used it during his lifetime, for the government to say at his death, before anybody shall take his fortune which the people of the country have in reality made. 'We will levy a tax and give a portion of it back to the people.'" RABBIT MUSCLE FOR HER. Surgeon Will Graft it on the Leg of Miss Tovar. Kansas City, Mo.—Miss Hermita Tovar, fifteen, daughter of a wealthy merchant of Lima, Peru, is in a critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital from injuries received in an accident on a roller coaster at Electric park. Her brother, Daniel Tovar, twenty, is in an adjoining room suffering from severe bruises about the head and shoulders. The muscles from the foot of a rabbit will be grated into the girl's leg to take the place of those torn off in the accident. No. 52 BIG VICTORY FOR LOVERS OF BIRDS Democratic Caucus In Senate Restores Protection. Washington.-Action of the Democratic caucus in the United States senate, in voting to withdraw the amendment previously adopted to the bird protecting clause of the tariff bill, and to restore the measure as it was written by the house committee, is taken by those who have been waging the fight against the "feather trade" as a certain and complete victory for the friends of wild bird life. The new tariff bill will prohibit the importation of wild birds' plumage for commercial purposes, no matter from what country they come, and will abolish in the United States and all its territorial possessions the traffic in skins and feathers of slaughtered wild birds. Among the senators who worked in behalf of this measure are Senators McLean, Chamberlain, Lane, who made an aggressive stand in the caucus fight of Tuesday; O'Gorman, Hitchcock, John Sharp Williams, Gore, Bryan, Bacon, Shively and others. This campaign was inaugurated and managed by the New York Zoological society and National Association of Audubon Societies. Immediately it attracted the support of national and state federations of women's clubs, the State Audubon societies, many patriotic societies of women, the Women's League For Animals and other organizations and free lance leaders. The number of personal letters written to members of congress in this campaign was enormous. It is estimated that 100,000 would be under rather than above the mark. The plan is now to carry the fight to England, Germany and France. 2.294 SEALSKINS. Many Silver Fox Furs Are Also Brought From Alaska. San Francisco.—The steamer Homer, under charter to the United States government, has arrived from the Pribilof islands and Unalaska with a cargo of 2,294 sealskins and thousands of foxskins, including a large number of rare and costly skins of the silver fox. The United States exercises a guardianship over the northern group of islands, in accordance with foreign treaties, and to pay the cost of guarding the seals from poachers the government is permitted to kill a certain number of seals and foxes each season for the skins. The steamer Homer makes two trips a year to the islands to take in supplies and bring out the furs. Drops Dead as He Predicted Atlantic City.—Early in August George Rappelyea, a hotel man, toid friends he had had a premonition he would expire from heart trouble. He wound up his affairs, so firmly was he convinced. Then Rappelyea fell from a chair in the Hotel Columbia while talking with his son. A physician declared heart disease had caused instant death. Pueblo, Colo.—Municipal Judge Crossman has issued a number of unusual sentences, but he established a record for odd decisions when he sentenced T. W. Nicholls, a labor agent, to remain in jail until he had committed to memory the Twenty-third Psalm. MAY CUT LOW LIVING RATE. Towanda (Pa.) Girl Will Try to Live on Less Than 50 Cents Weekly. Ithaca, N. Y.—The fifty cents a week rate for food set last spring by Miss Clara Loewus of Towanda, Pa., is in danger. The young woman who made it by living for twenty weeks on $10 is going out to break it this fall, according to word received in the ithaca Conservatory of Music, in which she is a student. She has written that she not only will live at the rate she established last spring, but that she will try to cut under it by a few cents. Her experiments in dietetics will be watched by the home economics department in Cornell university. BECOMES FATHER AT 88. Mountainer's Son, Sixty-one, Finds a Young Brother When He Calls. Young Brother When He Calls. Spartanburg, S. C.—O. P. Grant, who lives in the mountains north of here, has become a father at the age of eighty-eight. When his son, L. M. Grant, sixty-one years old, called at the family home he found his father sitting on the front porch coddling a tiny baby. Aged Mr. Grant proudly introduced the infant as his youngest son. MINNEAPOLIS In this great city of cure, we need more consecrated men and women to throw out the life line to rescue the perishing souls. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor Bethesda Baptist Church. But God commendeth His Love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.—Romans 5:8. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 6:23.—Selected by M. W. Gillen. Subscribers wishing the Twin City Star" discontinued at the expiration of their subscriptions should notify us to that effect; otherwise we shall consider it their wish to have it continued. Order for discontinuance must be accompanied by payment of all arrears. All personal advertisements in the local columns must be paid for in advance. All public comment inserted only over the author's signature Foreign subscriptions solicited. Unsigned notices will not be inserted in these columns. All matter must reach us by West needay for insertion. We are not responsible for the views of our contributors. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR and get good results. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. Next Sunday 11 A. M. Sub: "Christ is all and in all." 8 P. M. "Our duty to society." The public is invited to hear these topics discussed. McGHEE MEMORIAL SERVICE. Brief memorial services at Bethesda Baptist Church last Sunday in memory of Hon. Fred. L. McGhee in connection with the regular service. The program will consist of a few brief remarks and prayers, closing with a memorial hymn by choir and congregation, "Will there be any Stars in my Crown?". Mrs. Benj. Jones entertained a party of about forty ladies at her beautiful residence, 2818 11th Ave. So. on Sept. 8. The affair was an afternoon tea. Whist was the feature. The floral decorations were beautiful. Mrs. Jones proves as usual an admirable hostess. Miss Eva Walker one of our talented young ladies and social workers has secured a position at the Central High School. Rev. T. J. Carter of Bethesda Baptist Church has moved to 910 8th Ave. So. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. The Order of Eastern Star will give a reception at Masonic Hall, 5th Ave. and 24th St., on Oct. 8. Admission 35 cents. (Advertisement.) Messrs. Benj. Jones and Clarence Bell are making good in their recent business venture. They have the Barber Shop and Pool Room, formerly conducted by Mr. H. D. Parker at 244 Third Ave. So., and are doing their best to give satisfaction to their customers. Mr. Edw. Stewart of the Twin City Stag Club claims that "he was prosecuted" in our last issue under the caption of "A Crap Game." Well, from his weepings and the watchings of his disciples we believe that he has a presentment that his Crucifixion is near at hand, (apologies to Holy Writ.) Mr. Henry Mosely, the popular clubman, has returned from New York to spend the winter. FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT. Clean and Comfortable Room, modern, 536 7th Ave No., Minneapolis DR. M. W. JUDY. 3533 4th Ave. 80. Dr. Judy, the dentist has moved his offices to his residence at 3533 4th Ave. So., where he may be he found every evening after 6 P. M., and Sundays.—Advertisement. FOR RENT. A six room house in good condition, full basement, chicken house and three lots, only one block from car line, for $12 a month. O. A. Lawrence, 910 8th Ave. So. Twin City Ottawa will honor his memory in our churches 21, 1913. A. E. HON. FRED. L. McGHEE Died Sept. 19, 1912. AGITATOR FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sexton have moved to 2926 Chicago Ave. Mr. W. A. Garrett, the tailor, from Winnipeg is visiting friends in the city. Mr. Thos. West, 3721 Aldrich Ave. No., is improving after a serious illness of typhoid fever. His many friends will be glad to know that he is recovering. Dr. J. H. Redd, Messrs. Jos. E. Johnson, B. S. Smith and Herman Simpson with their wives spent the week end at Clearwater Lake, near South Haven on a fishing and hunting trip. Mr. Marcellus De Vaughn arrived last week from Chicago for a short stay. Mr. Phil A. Scott left for Cape Giradeau, Mo., to spend the winter with his parents. READ THE STAR—IT'S NEWS. Mr. H. McHall of Superior, Wis., was in the city last week. Mr. McHall has composed several plano selections, one named "Harmonia Sounds" which has made a hit. Mrs. John N. Sellars, Pres. Women's Federated Clubs is improving after a severe illness at her residence, 2420 Riverside Ave. ALPHA DELTA WHIST CLUB. The Alpha Delta Whist Club was organized Friday Sept. 5, at the residence of Miss Beatrice Pierre. They were entertained by Misses L. and M. Cunningham, 2813 Chicago Ave. on Sept. 12. A delightful evening was spent. Honors were carried away by Mr. Thos. T. Henderson, 1st prize. Miss Eunice Smith, 2nd prize, Mr. Robt. Singer booby. The reporter is Henderson. A CALL FOR INSPECTION. Come and look at my latest line of Fall and Winter Goods. Select Patterns, Choicest Qualities, Best Workmanship— Marienhoff, The Tailor, 318 Hennepin Adv. NEGRO GIRL IS A CROESUS. Muskogee, Ok., Sept. 6.—A 10-year-old Negro girl will pay the largest income tax in Oklahoma. Sarah Rector, who lives just west of Muskogee, is the girl. Her income now is more than $112,000 a year. It is the old story of a lucky allottee and the oll well. Sarah is the descendant of a Creek freedman. She had nothing to do with the selection of her allotment, and probably has never seen it and does not know where it is. It is 160 acres of land and upon it has been drilled the biggest producing well in the midcontin' ent field, near the town of Cushing. The well is producing over $2,500 a day and Sarah gets one-eighth of this as her share. Many who complain that they do not get the Star have been cut off and they will get it on the renewal of their subscription by check or P. O. order. LOCAL ARTIST WINS PRIZES. Mrs. J. Frank Nickens of 2437 10th Ave. So., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Redman, was awarded 2nd prize on a "Marine Water Color Painting" and 3rd prize on a collection of five paintings at the Minnesota State Fair last week. You must send your subscriptions if you want the Twin City Star, or order it discontinued. We cannot publish "notes about persons" signed only by "subscriber." TWIN CITY STAR ST. PAUL THE APPEAL'S CELEBRATION. Editor Adams of the appeal will conduct an Emancipation Proclamation Celebration on Sept. 30th. Don't fall to attend. It will be one of his usual social features, which are known for their perfection. Every one attending will greatly enjoy the evening. Tickets $1.00 for everything. Y. W. C. A., WEST CENTRAL BRANCH. Sunday evening, Sept. 21st will be Educational night at St. James A. M. E. Church, and an excellent program has been arranged under the auspices of the Allen Christian Endeavor. Mr. B. Archer in charge. Mr. Potter, Superintendent of Schools and his assistant will be the principal speakers. Others contributing to the program will be Misses Vivian Hunter, Miss Pearl Harrison, Florence and Grace Vassar. The Dixie Jubilee singers are also expected to be present. After a pleasant trip to New York City, and a visit of one month among friends and relatives the Secretary of the West End Branch Y. W. C. A., has returned, and will soon be able announce the Fall Schedule in class work. Recent residents of West End Branch were Mrs. B. A. Hardrick and Mrs. M. McAllister of Springfield, Mo. and Miss Brown and Mrs. Harrison of St. Joseph, Mo. Edith A. Leonard, Sec'y. Lunches, Soft Drinks, Fancy Groceries, Confections and Cigars. Give us your patronage. Mrs. Maggie Jenkins, R. W. Hopkins.—Advertisement. UNCLE SAM IS OUR AGENT. We do not annoy our subscribers by sending collectors or bills. Our people don't like Negro collectors, and we find it very hard to send bills each month. When you want to pay any bill it is easy to get a Post Office Order, and send it. Your receipt is from Uncle Sam. He is our best collector. Miss Lyle Utley has returned from a visit to Chicago. Miss Vernanda High of Sturgis, Miss, was married to Mr. Timothy Benjamin Cook on Sept. 12, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Geo. Bell, of E. Minnehaha St. Invitations are issued for the Crystal Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Jose H. Sherwood, on Sept. 22, at their residence, 971 St. Anthony Ave. Mrs. B. C. Archer, 314 Western Ave. is home after spending a pleasant stay in Chicago. Atty. R. O. Lee, closed a deal for his clients representing $10,000 in Chicago last week. He reports great progress along race lines in the Windy City. Mr. R. M. Johnson has succeeded Mr. John Dillingham as one of the Janitors in the City Hall. Mrs. A. H. Schooley has returned home from DeerWood, Minn., where she spent the summer. Rev. E. H. McDonald is attending the National Baptist Convention at Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. McDonald arrived home Monday from her eastern visit. Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. Johnson are home from a visit to Atlantic City and New York. Rev. H. P. Jones is attending conference. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mitchell have moved to 795 Rondo St. Turner Starks Jr., was bound over to the grand jury in St. Paul for wrecking the auto of Mr. Jas. Elsinger while joy-riding. Mrs. Addie C. Minor has returned home after an extended western trip. Mrs. Thos. H Lyles is visiting in Chicago. Mrs. America Knox of Tabor, Alberta, is in our city visiting Mrs. J. H. Coleman, Mrs. O. D. Charleston and other girlhood friends. Mrs. Knox will visit in Atchison, Kan. Gopher Lodge of Elks has changed from that notorious hall on Third St. to Wagner Hall, Cor. Charles and Western Ave., where they meet on the second Wednesday each month. Exalted Ruler L. B. Green accomplished great good for his Lodge, when he out these low dances, and hopes to out these low dances, and hopes to bring the Lodge back in good standing in the community. Success to the efforts of the good men of Gopher Lodge. A cool place to go NEGROES SEEK HELP BY DAY OF PRAYER. Twin Cities Residents Will Join In Nation-wide Observance Sunday, October 19. (St. Paul Pioneer Press, Aug. 31, 1913) "Many races and classes have been oppressed and persecuted in the history of civilization. To gain their rights and to obtain justice, many of these races have resorted to the torch and the dagger. We, the Negroes of America, feel that we are not obtaining our rights and are being unjustly discriminated against, but we have a new way by which we know that our conditions will be bettered. We will not try violence, but prayer." Many Unjust Laws, Says Francis. This is the statement made yesterday by W. T. Francis, a lawyer, prominent among St. Paul Negroes. According to Mr. Francis, unjust legislation is being passed continually against the rights of the colored race. Leaders of the movement say it to combat this injustice that the Negroes all over the country are setting aside the third Sunday in October for prayer. "Give us a manifestation from heaven that this oppression will cease," is their plea. Will Be Country-wide Movement. Churches in nearly every state in the country are setting aside the day. It is expected that the national colored Baptist convention, which is in session in Nashville this week and the Iowa conference of the African Methodist church at Evanston, Ill., the latter part of September will officially designate the third Sunday in October to be observed in all the churches represented at the two conferences. Word has been received from Baltimore that the Ministers' Alliance of African Churches of Maryland, which holds its convention this week, also will consider the matter favorably. Twin Cities Mass Meeting. The committee in charge of the Twin Cities observance is arranging for a mass meeting of all the members of the Negro churches in the two cities October 19. The place of meeting has not been decided. According to the committee members it will be one of the largest religious metings ever held in Minnesota. A NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Dedication Service Oct. 19th. The members of Zion Presbyterian Church will enter their new Church for worship Oct. 19, 1913. Communion will be held at morning service. At 3 o'clock the following ministers will officiate at the dedicatory services: Rev. Henry C. Swearinger, of the House of Hope Church; Rev. Harry Noble Wilson, of Central Church; Dr. McCaslin, Pastor Evangelist of St. Paul and Minneapolis Presbyter; Rev. Maurice D. Edwards, of Dayton Ave. Church. The public are cordially invited by Rev. Geo. W. Camp, Pastor. IN MEMORIAM. In loving remembrance of our beloved husband and father, Frederick L. McGhee, who departed this life, Sept. 19th, 1912. May his soul rest in peace! Mattie B. McGhee. Ruth L. McGhee. ```markdown ``` A REAL NEWSPAPER. A newspaper isn't simply a bare chronicler of events. It is a personality. It comes into your house almost as a member of your family. What sort of a person do you like to have visit you? He ought to be honest, courageous, no hypocrite, and a gentleman, with a real interest in you, ready to lend a hand if you need help. Cheerfulness and good humor are excellent qualities, and a wide range of interests. What do you find in The Star? It has opinions, of course, and it speaks them out freely. They are its own and they are not influenced by outside interests. The square deal is its platform. In handling news it observes the decencies and amenities of life. It never wantonly brings shame or sorrow to any home. Its advertisements are clean. If the Twins City Star does not bring you something of interest in any particular issue, it has failed by so much that week. It takes of its hat and apologises for having bored you as a visitor. But it trusts this doesn't often happen. Not often, does it? THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. Special Sunday Dinner 350. You can get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at the St. Louis Kitchen, 138 E. Third St. St. Paul. Mrs. Hinson is universally known for her good cooking. Hochstainer LAGER The Beer of Quality & Flavor "PURITY" brew in the Beer for the summer, In spring and winter And fall it's a hummer! Brewed and Bottled Exclusively by The Leading Bottle Beer Brewery PURITY BREWING COMPANY MINNEAPOLIS MINN. A VOTE FOR THE NEW CHARTER Is A Vote to Permit the People of Minneapolis to Rule Themselves. A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE NEW CHARTER. WHY MINNEAPOLIS NEEDS A NEW CHARTER. 1. The present charter is an old special law dating back to the time when this city was a mere village. It was revised in 1831 and has been amended several hundred times since. The result is that the old charter is long, confused, difficult to understand, and fails to grant to the city many necessary powers, is hopelessly out of date and is therefore in need of radical revision. 2. The Old charter cannot be amended by the people. It can only be amended by a general law passed by the State Legislature. This makes it difficult to secure such charter changes as the people really want so long as the city remains on the present basis. 3. The new charter is written in clear and concise language, is about one-fourth as long as the old one, grants to the city complete power of local self government and introduces home rule and all the latest improvement in city governments that have been tested in other cities and found to be successful, including the commission plan, initiative, referendum, recall, civil service, budget system, separate city election, preferential voting, non-partition ballot and nomination by petition. 4. The new charter secures home rule for Minneapolis. The people by adopting it will secure the right to amend or revise their charter at will. Amendment may be prepared by the charter commission, or by petition signed by five per cent of the voters which must be approved at a general or special election. 5. After the new charter is adopted it will not be necessary for our representatives in the Legislature to spend their time in getting numerous Minneapolis bills passed, when they ought to be free to protect the city's larger interest in the State. Mr. "Billy" Lawrence of Winnipeg, Can., died at his former home in Buxton, Ont., this week. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. We claim to be the best advertising medium of the Twin Cities, and when you're not advertised in the Twin City Star, you need not show—that's all. Because the people read the Star for the news, especially in Minneapolis. The day of the Town Crier is past. Be up-to-date, Advertise and Pay for it. A newspaper is the best medium. It reaches the homes and firesides of people who attend public entertainments. These people never go out and loiter around and read hand-bills and hang-up notices. They read the Twin City Star. SUBSCRIBE FOR TWIN CITY STAR. YOUR LOOKS CAN BE IM- PROVED by using MRS. WILSON'S BEAUTIFYING FORMULA. 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Clean, Comfortable and Reasonable Rooms. Excellent Table Board. On Car Line. 2010 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. DOING ONE'S DUTY. What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.—Daniel Webster. Virtue herself rewards the tolls of Virtue.—Socrates. Our grand business in life is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, to but to what lies already at hand—Carlyle. My duty is what no one else can do for me. Another may do my task better than I, but not my duty. —Josiah Royce. SOCIAL SCIENCE AT FISK. Announcement of New Features of Study, Creates Great Interest. Nashville, Tenn.—Announcement has been made of the social science courses to be offered next year at Fisk university. In this city, and of the plan of the university to co-operate with the Woman's council of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Training school here in developing a social settlement in one of the neighborhoods of this city among Afro-Americans. Dr. George E. Haynes, professor of social science at Fisk, says that this arrangement of co-operation will give a new impetus and a great outlet for the intense interest of the students in the conditions among the people of the city and will offer them an opportunity to get acquainted with the people and to learn by practice what college education can do to help the masses. He says it will also be a great help in articulating the university with the pulsating practical life of the people and enable it to better train its students for leadership and service. The department offers an introductory course in economics in the junior year for three hours per week and an advanced course in economics in the senior year, two hours per week. In sociology three hours per week will be given to class work and four hours per week to field investigation and practical work. One of the most interesting features of the department for next year consists of a course in Negro history for the juniors and a course on the Negro problem for the seniors. The history course traces the growth of American democracy in its relation to slavery and the Negro American. It aims to give the student a historical background for his thinking about present day conditions. The course on the Negro problem is offered to members of the senior class and is a careful study of present conditions in both the country and the city. In this course use is made of all available material on the subject, and in addition to the general class work each student is given some particular topic relating to the economic, educational, social or religious conditions among Negroes for special investigation and report. The course aims to teach the student how to study conditions among Negroes in an accurate way and with a broad humanitarian point of view Your subscription to a Negro newspaper is a business proposition. Do not accept it from the postman, unless you intend to pay for it. Do not wonder, why it is sent you. If you refuse it the publisher gets a notice from the Postmaster to discontinue, which is a matter of record, and the publisher pays the return postage. Many say that they "Never subscribed" "ordered it stopped," or "wondered who sent it." We send THE TWIN CITY STAR to those whom we think bona fide subscribers, and do not wish to increase circulation by carrying any dead-heads. The word Negro should always be spelled with a Capital N.—It is worth of this distinction SUBSCRIBE FOR TWIN CITY STAR. The Twin City Star has the exclusive use in this city of the Afro-American news service of the American Press Assn., edited by Mr. N. B. Dodson of N. Y., which is a feature of our publication, much appreciated by our readers. "Wherever any race or group of people learn to do a common thing in an uncommon way, by putting brain, skill and conscience into labor, that race or group of people is likely to solve all the problems that surround them."—Dr. Washington. THE DIGNITY OF LABOR. The Negro, who is ashamed to labor with pick and shovel is generally indentified with the loafing and criminal class—the destructive element of the race. WANTED. Reliable, live, honest, hustling agents for the Twin City Star. You can make a good living with this work as a side line. Agents wanted in Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, Des Moines and Sioux City. Write for terms to The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. SUBSCRIBE FOR TWIN CITY STAR. Cookery Points Preserving Day Don'ts. Don't attempt to put up anything by guesswork. Preserves, jellies and pickles all require exact measurements to be perfect. Every fruit needs its own time for cooking. Get a preserving and pickling book and follow the directions to a "t", or, better still, ask the good housekeepers you know for their recipes and write them down word for word. Don't think that you can put up a large quantity of fruit as easily as you can a small one, however experienced you are. There is a deal of standing to do, and interest flags when the body is weary. Much good fruit is spotted on preserving and canning day because it was put up when the housekeeper had reached the listless and exhausted stage. LIFE 18 Mark how soon is the estate of in embryo, toome or ashes. So breadth of time live rationally, life cheerfully, a olive, extolling bore it and the tured it—Marcus tonius. THE TERM How it is Defined Various states dego" in various ways gleaned from the published at Tuskegee the direction of M charge of research and of his race. The statutes of K Mississippi, North G and Texas assert color" is one who is Negro to the third slave, though one eration may have been to the law of person of color" who Don't think that you can be economical with sugar when preserves and jellies are in hand, for you will find this a great mistake. In the first place, fruit stinted of sweetness seldom keeps, and, in the second place, it has no taste. Jelly will not "jell" if the fruit juice and sugar are not measured exactly according to directions. But sometimes the jellying process is delayed for some reason or other even when there is enough sugar. In this event put the jelly in the sunshine for a little while, where the action of the bright light will produce the desired change. Don't think that you can be entirely successful in all your canning, preserving and pickling if you have only makehift tools. Proper implements save time, and they are more likely to bring success. The utensils needed for a good batch of work are a preserving kettle, well cleaned and dried jars, several jelly bags (half of cheesecloth and half of flannel), two or more square pieces of fannel, a long handled spoon, a colander, a purée sleeve, two or three large bowls, a ladle, a pair of scales, a quart, pint and gill measure and perhaps a canner. Don't think if your family is small that you must use quart jars. As all of the fruit cannot be eaten up at once, it is a deal more sensible to put it into pint jars. Jelly and jam tumbers do not need to match, and for sealing these up paraffin candles can be melted down and the hot wax poured over the fruit. But this is only a makeshift device for the amateur practicing with a little fruit, for the paraffin sold by the pound is better for the purpose. Wash the candles off if they are to be used and strain the melted wax. Have about a quarter of an inch of the wax at the top of the fruit and seal up the "practice" tumbers with letter paper put on with white of egg. Don't think that because you haven't got a regulation boiler for your fruit jars your nice things will spoil in the making. Any wash boiler can be used, but the water must never come up to the top of the jars, and they must stand on something while the boiling is going on or they will break. Spread the bottom of the wash boiler with hay or straw or cover it with four or five layers of newspaper; then put over the covering some weight or other to keep it down. The jars should be at least two inches under water, and if bottles are boiled the water should reach one inch below the cork. After the jars are in the wash boiler pour the water in—cold—and place the boiler on the stove, where it will come to a slow boil. Don't forget that the time for boiling depends entirely upon the fruit, and if you have lost the recipes pin this memorandum up in the kitchen: Peaches should boil from twenty to thirty minutes; ripe pears (Bartlett), about thirty-five minutes; plums, fifteen minutes; apricots, twenty minutes; pineapples, forty-five minutes; berries of all sorts, five minutes; cherries, five or ten minutes; quinces, about twenty-five minutes. Don't forget that when the time for boiling is up the jars should be removed from the water and set upside down to cool; also see that they are set on a dry table and not on a wet one, for the least drop of cold water will crack the jars. Don't forget to fill up the slack jars with hot stirrup as soon as they are taken from the bath; then close them at once, turning each one upside down when the top is tight. Don't forget when canning vegetables that the same filling up of slack jars is made with boiling water, but that the jar must be at once sealed and boiled again for five or ten minutes. Don't forget when the jars are cold to examine each one and to see if it is air tight; then, if all is well, wipe the jars off with a clean wet cloth and set them at once in a cold, dry place. Don't forget that the good grocery stores pay a fancy price for first class homemade products of any sort. The labels must be written out by hand on neatly cut slips of letter paper. This gives the home look, and if the real home taste is inside the jar the grocer will take the batch, however small or big it is. Fried Summer Squash. Take three or four small and tender summer squashes—crooknecks are the best. Cut in slices about half an inch thick, take out the seeds and boil them half an hour or until tender in slightly salted water. When done fry them in butter to a delicate brown. LIFE IS SHORT. Mark how feeting and paltry is the estate of man—yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hair's breadth of time assigned to thee live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it—Marcus Aurelius Antonius. THE TERM "NEGRO." How It Is Defined by the Statutes of Various States. Various states define the term "Negro" in various ways. This fact is gleaned from the Negro Year Book, published at Tuskegee Institute under the direction of Monroe N. Work, in charge of research and records into and of his race. The statutes of Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas assert that "a person of color" is one who is descended from a Negro to the third generation, inclusive, though one ancestor in each generation may have been white. According to the law of Alabama one is "a person of color" who has had any Negro blood in his ancestry for five generations. In Michigan, Nebraska and Oregon one is not legally a Negro who has less than one-fourth Negro blood in his veins. In Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri and South Carolina "a person of color" is one who has as much as one-eighth Negro blood. In Virginia a Negro is one who has one-sixteenth or more Negro blood. The constitution of Oklahoma reads: "Whenever in this constitution or in the laws of the state the word or words 'colored race' or 'Negro' or 'Negro race' are used, the same shall be construed to mean or to apply to all persons of African descent. The term 'white' shall include all other persons." In Arkansas "persons of color" in include all who have a visible and distinct admixture of African blood. The other states of the Union have no statutes defining the term "Negro." Thus it would seem that a Negro in one state is not always a Negro in another. These and many other facts regarding the progress and development, present and past status, of the Negro race, are found collected in the Negro Year Book. FRIEND OF HUMAN RIGHTS. New York District Attorney Believes in Evenhanded Justice. By N. BARNETT DODSON. District Attorney Charles S. Whitman of New York is numbered among the stalwart friends of humanity without regard to race, creed or color. On many occasions during his able administration of the affairs of his office he has stood in the breach between Afro-Americans and their enemies. It is encouraging therefore to refer to his attitude of fairness toward the colored people and their right to equal justice in courts of law without discrimination. Speaking at a meeting in New York held under the auspices of an organisation for race advancement upon one occasion, District Attorney Whitman in part said: Crime is crime, whether committed by a white man or a black man. Society must be protected from acts of violence whether the offender has had every opportunity for intellectual and moral growth from his babyhood or has always lived in the darkness of ignorance and deprivacy. Certain offenses, too awful for description, arouse public indignation which is well night uncontrollable, and that is as true in one section of the land as in another. It is not within the scope of the authority of those charged with the enforcement of law to consider questions involving heredity, environment or the ultimate responsibility for conditions which must be met as those charged with the making of laws have determined. Sentiment and charity should not excuse indolence and crime, and desire to secure the advancement of one race must not countenance unfairness and injustice to another. The Negro, as he exists in this country, is a product of conditions created by the white man. When the nation assured him the rights of citizenship it guaranteed to him the protection and the enjoyment of those rights, but the great country itself at least morally assumed an infinitely greater responsibility. For our own protection, if for no unselfish motive, we are obligated to see to it that the opportunity, which we are proud to say in this country is given to all, shall not be denied to him; that where he is made to feel the rigor of the law he may also depend upon the protection of the law; that his race or his color is no more to be condemned on account of the offenses of some of its members than are other races or other people to be censured under like conditions. VOTES FOR WOMEN. I want to vote very much, and if I could I should. Isn't it absurd that the women who have fed the babies should not be allowed to vote on measures to bring about clean milk for them because by some tradition of the prehistoric age men have done the voting? Industrial questions, such as the minimum wage, are matters of which women know quite as much as men-Jane Addams. HELPS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE Three Wheel Motorcycle For Shopping Expeditions. A motorcycle, designed for shopping and visiting, is shown in the accompanying illustration. It can be driven, says Popular Mechanics Magazine, at a walking pace, if desired, and, on account of the wide spacing of the two wheels at the back of the machine, it is not easily overturned. The basket at the front can be replaced by one providing a seat for the baby. Make a Note of These In the hot weather a good butter cooler can be made by soaking a brick in cold water, wrapping it in a wet cloth and placing it in the shade. The evaporation of the water will keep the brick cold. If tiny corks are tacked on the back of the lower corners of picture frames they will prevent the line of black dust forming on the wall paper which so often prevents rehanging pictures. When baking cakes, particularly where a gas store is used, the pan which contains the cake should be put inside another tin which has a layer of sand. This will prevent it from burning. To boil milk without fear of burning, put two or three tablespoonfuls of water in the saucepan; let it boil rapidly for two or three minutes; add the milk, and it will not burn, however fierce the fire may be. A good cleaning paste for enameled baths, zinc pails, etc. is made of equal parts of shaved yellow soap, whiting and common soda, dissolved over the fire in the least possible amount of water required to keep it from burning. Not Bothered by the Cry of "ice, ice!" There are often times when the woman who does her own work finds the calls of the various tradesmen very inconvenient. She comes downstairs to see one man and no sooner gets upstairs again than another comes, and by the time the morning is over it seems to her she has done nothing but wear out the stairs. A woman in a small town who found the iceman her greatest trouble hit upon a scheme to fit his case, which has been a great help to her. She made a small sign, on one side of which she painted the figures "25" and on the other "50." She hangs this card on her back porch before she goes upstairs to do her morning work and indicates by the number shown just how many pounds of ice she needs that day. The iceman puts the ice in the refrigerator without bothering her, and the sign is a great convenience to him as well as to the woman. Helpful Hint For Preserving Time. This summer when you are preserving your pineapple be sure you put it through the meat grinder. You will be surprised to find how much time it will save and incidentally your fingers, because every one in grating pineapple has the painful experience usually of grating off part of the skin of the fingers too. It is wonderful what a labor saving scheme this is, and you will be overjoyed how quickly the work can be accomplished, and, of course, this is an item to be considered when doing preserving in the hot weather. When Moving Pictures. People who stand their family portraits against the walls while packing and unpacking their household goods cause a great deal of broken glass, scratches and dents. The first thing to be done when moving into your new home should be to hang the pictures anywhere, in order to get them out of the way, without waiting to choose a scheme of arrangement. This will prevent a great deal of breakage and other damage. Smoke Marks on Cellings. To remove smoke marks from cellings mix a thick paste of starch and water and with a clean fannel spread it over the mark. Allow it to get thoroughly dry, then brush off with a soft brush and the marks will have disappeared. Irish Crochet Shirt Waist Sets. Pretty sets for the tailored blouse of silk or linen consists of bar and collar pins, belt pin and cuff links, also buttons for front closing ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL SCURCH 5th Ave. So. and 27th St. Minn. Rev A. H. Leatfall, Rector. Service at 8 o'clock P. M. The Sunday School is progressing rapidly under the leadership of Mr. Gale P. Hilyer. The young people are interested. Come and bring the children. All are welcome. Meetings every Sunday at 12:30 P. M. ST. PETERS A. M. E. CHURCH, 32d B between 8th and 10th Aves. Services Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 12:30. Rev. F. M. Lewis, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, $15 Eighth Ave. So. Sunday services at 11 a.m. 5 p.m. Sunday School at 1 p.m. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 1120 8th St. So. between 11th and 12th Ave. Preaching room at 11th and 8 m. S. 12:30. All welcome! Rev. P. J. Carter, Pastor. Res., 910 8th Ave. So. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 6th Avenue N. and 4th St. Services morning and evening each Sunday. Rev. M. W. Withews, pastor. The People's Christian Mission, REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR. 1204 Washington Ave. So. ST. PAUL. ST. PAUL St. James A. M. E. Church, Rev. H. P. Jones, Pastor, Cor. Jay and Fuller Sts. All are welcome. It is a rule at the St. James A. M. E. Church that persons attending funerals will not be permitted to view the remains in the Church. All persons will call at the undertakers or the residence to take the last look at the departed. ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Rev. G. W. Camp, Pastor. All are welcome. ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OF ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Splendid meetings are being held each Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock by the Allen Christian Endeavor Ames Ledge of Elks meet at Union Temple Hall, 28 Washington Ave. So., every 2nd and 4th Thursday evening. N. W. Nic. 1534. T. S. Center 719. WILLIAM H. H. FRANKLIN. Attorney and Counselor at Law. 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg. Notary Public. Minneapolis, Minn. Office, Nic. 1963 Res. Colfax 1638. DR. J. H. REDD, Physician and Surgeen. 111 SO. 6TH ST. Minneapolis, Minn. WM. T. FRANCIS Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 89-90 Union Block, St. Paul. N. W. Cedar 5552 4th & Cedar Sts. R. O. LEE ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practice in all Courts. 25 Union Block, St. Paul, Minn. J- LOUIS ERVIN Attorney and Counsellor at Law 303 Court Block, St. Paul, Minn. McDew Rents Houses. McDew Rents Flats. McDew Sells Houses. McDew Sells Lots. B. MAXEY McDEW 612 SYKE8 BLOCK. NIC. 621, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. FOR MEN ONLY. THE HOTEL PAUL, 112 WASHINGTON AVE. NO. E. S. Paul, Prop. N. W. Phone Nic. 4055 Special Affection Given Ladies' Work STAR PANTORIUM E. H. PAUL, Prop. Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing SHOE SHINING PARLOR 110 Wash. Ave. N. MINNEAPOLIS Goods Called for and Delivered Promptly T. S. Phone 3073 N. W. Main 9592 The Porters and Waiters Club Incorporated GLOVER SHULL, President Waiters for Parties Furnished Also Porters 311 Hennepin Ave. Mpla. MISS ESSIE R. MASON Stenographer, 236 Boston Block. When you have a social, or any gathering worthy of mention, select some member as press agent, and get the names, especially the initials of persons present, and forward it to your newspaper. Do not wait to depend on your time or memory. It is necessary that we get the full names of those present Vol. 3. Friday Sept. 19, 1913. No. 52. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION 1419 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.20 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION ..... 2.50 ADVERTISING RATES. No advertisement inserted without cash in advance. cash in advance. 1 column inch, 1 insertion, $1.00. 1 col. inch—4 insertions (1 mo.) $1.50 1 col. inch—13 insertions (3 mos.) $5.00 Special rates furnished on applications Reading notices .....10 cents aline. 6 words constitute a line. The above rates apply to all classifications as follows, except Births, Notices, Barter and Exchange and all Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Meeting ads. preceding Male Help. Births, Deaths, Cards of Thanks and Meeting Notices — Minimum charge, 25c for 15 words or less. Over 25 words, one cent for each word. Subscribers are earnestly requested to report to the office any irregularities in the delivery of their paper: also any change of address. Just recently a negro was lynched by a mob at Greenville, Georgia. The very next day it was announced that the negro's innocence had been completely proved, the real culprit having been apprehended and confessed. The mob that destroyed an innocent man will go its way undisturbed, yet it committed hot-blooded murder without justification. It is a fine commentary upon the law and upon the ability of men to govern themselves. It is especially an illuminating commentary on the whole race-hatered movement. It indicates that the real desire is to lynch a negro and not particularly to punish the man guilty of crime. It shows how debased a man can become through hatred, and makes one pause and wonder whether civilization may work its way out on this continent when such savagery can dominate whole communities of men. Mob murder is forse than individual murder, and yet it is seldom punished. In this case an innocent citizen, supposed to have the protection of the law, was ruthlessly slaughtered to make a holiday for a frenzied, shouting mass of half-crazed men, drunk with lust for blood through a fostering of race hatred. Nothing can undo that crime, nothing give back that life. Yet the law complacently beholds these maniacs proceeding about their business and makes no effort to apprehend them for their awful crime. It seems inevitable that some day the government itself will have to devise a way to prevent this disregard of law and justice and decency if communities are unwilling or helpless. The foregoing editorial, which we republish in its entirety, strikes right at the root of the mob murder and is one of the very best that we have seen. We hope it will bear good fruit.—The Appeal. To the Editor of the Dispatch. In behalf of my people I wish to thank you for the editorial under the title "Blood Lust of the Mob." It seems to sum up the situation completely and ought to set all sober-minded, reasonable and thoughtful men to thinking. The continued fostering of race prejudice by Senator Vardman, who is reported to have urged the National Democratic Fair Play association at Washington on August 6 last to "petition Congress to pass such legislation as will make the Negro society as well as politically harmless" assist in fanning to flame race hatred. The thoughtless justify race prejudice upon the theory there is a material difference between the white and the black man. There is no material difference, each is subject to the same sensations, likes and dislikes, and the only actual difference is in the color and that is only skin deep. Does accident of birth, possession of wealth, nationality, race, color or official position really make one human being better than another? Not before the Great Jehovah. In all communities of men it should be recognized that before God, before the law and in the enjoyment of public utilities all men are equal. It is an axiomatic principle evolved from the highest known ethics of the age, that in the estimation of justice the only standard of excellence is that which rests upon the tripod of physical, intellectual and spiritual development. Upon these fundamental ideas must forever rest the structure of that future national life which will ultimately bind all mankind into one universal brotherhood. In every walk of life, in art, science, music and letters the Negro has achieved distinction with his fellows, thus demonstrating that there is no difference and that the hatred toward him is merely due to selfishness, hypocrisy and the savagery of undeveloped man. Reasons does not rule. If it did it would readily be seen that a black skin could be no legitimate reason for causing men to hate a human being—a being who has come up out of the earth as did the Caucasian and claims the same God as his Father. The God of justice has him by the hand, and his destiny is upward. In slavery he was powerful in prayer and he is praying now. W. T. FRANCIS. St. Paul Dispatch Sept. 15, 1913. "SPEAK UP, IKE, AN' SPRESS YO'SEF." Who dat knockin' at de do? Why, Ike Johnson—yes, fo' sho. Come in, Ike; 'I's mighty glad You come down. I tought you's mad At me 'bout de othah night, An' was stayin' 'way fo' spite. Say, now, was you mad 'fo' true W'en I kin' o' laughed at you? Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. Tain't no use a-looking' sad, An' a-mekin' out you's mad; Ew you're gwine to be so glum, Wondah why you evah come. I don't lak nobody 'roun' Dat jes' shes dey mout an' frown— Oh, now, man, don't act a dunce. Cain't you talk? I tol' you once, Sp'ak up, Ike, an' 'spress you'se'f. I could may in a week, Ef de man I wants u'd speak. Tildy's presents 'll be fine. But dey wouldn't ekal mine. Him what gits me fo' a wife 'Il be proud, you bet yo' life. .a had offers; some ain't quit; But I hasn't ma'led yit. Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. You's my choice, and allus was. Ike, I loves you—yes, I does; Laffin' at you ain't no harm— Go 'way, dahky, whalh's yo' arm? Hug me closer—dah, dat's right. Wasn't you a awful sight, Havin' me to baig you so? Now ax what you want to know. Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. Wha'd you come hyeah fo' tonight? Body'd tink you' haid ain't right. I's done all dat i KI kno— Dressed perticler, yes fo' you; Reckon I'd 'a bettah wo' My ol' ragged calico. Atah all de pains I' took Cain't you tell me how I look? Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. Bless my soul I mos' fo'got Tellin' you 'bout Tildy Scott. Don't you know, come Thu'sday night She gwine ma'y Lucius White? Miss Lize say Sallus wuh Heap sight lakilier 'n huh; An' sne'l它 gift me, somep'n new, Ef I wants to ma'y, too. Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f. Special to the Twin City Star. While sitting in my study the other day the thought came to me, I wonder if we pastors could not help our colored editors in a wider circulation of Negro newspapers in our homes; and I wonder if we are saying as many good things about our editors as they are saying through the columns of their papers about our churches, societies, and homes? Let every home where "The Twin City Star" has not found its way open its doors to receive this splendid paper. You may be well informed, but you will be better informed after reading "The Star." I have no axe to grind other than to encourage Negro enterprises. Thanking the Editor for all kind words of the past, wishing the "Star" future success, I remain yours for the good of the race. Rev. T. J. Carter. Thank you, Reverend! The "Star" goes in many homes where it is not paid for. We have circulation, but need cash. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. --- TWIN CITY STAR M. Photo by American Press Association SEN. MOSES E. CLAPP, The Best Friend of the Negro. Sen. Clapp of Minnesota has done everything to secure for the Negroes their Civil Rights. He has fought Discrimination, Class Legislation and Segregation. Every Negro should write a letter of thanks to the Senator of Minnesota for his untiring efforts in their behalf. A LETTER FROM SEN. CLAPP. In Reply to "Congratulations" From Atty. Scratchin of Bemidji. Your letter of the 11th inst. was received, but owing to the absence of my stenographer, it has been impossible to keep up with correspondence. It is hard for me to understand the effort that is being made to keep the black race down and that is the effort. There is no opposition, no hostility, no ill-feeling toward the black ma nas long as he will remain ignorant and do nothing to advance himself. The opposition is to his acquiring intelligence and improving himself and that, too, in a country where, in the last analysis, the permanency of our institutions has to rest on the intelligence and development of the people. The progress which the race has made is simply marvelous and I do not believe it can be stopped in the upward, progressive movement, although an effort is being made just now to turn back the hands of the clock. This spring it became evident an effort was being made in some of the departments to segregate the race. This was done in part by gradually shifting them so as to put the colored clerks in rooms by themselves and by posting up notices in the toilet rooms requiring the use of separate rooms. I think no written order was ever made for the segregation in their work. It would hardly have been done in that way. I introduced a resolution of inquiry and the notices have been taken down, but the work of segregation goes on. Clerks are given to understand, in one way or another, that it is better if they use this room or that room, and it is going to be a hard matter to get at. About the time I introduced the resolution Senator Johnston died. His colleague, Senator Bankhead, who is chairman of the committee to which the resolution was referred, was necessarily absent some time and the bringing on of the tariff has taken all the time of the Senate. As soon as the time seems opportune, I am going to try to press the matter. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell Jr., of Virginia will air Pythian troubles. He has field notice that a receiver be appointed for the Supreme Lodge. He alleged extravagance in the management, also a deficit of nearly $17,000. Notwithstanding this, salaries were increased. Mr. Mitchell says that "instead of reducing expenses, the last Supreme Lodge session increased salaries and levied a special tax of ten cents a member to pay them. It denied representation to the Grand Lodge of Virginia and adjourned with the gloomy prediction of disruption and rebellion everywhere asserting itself." A big legal fight is on against Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green and the machine. The Grand Lodge of Va. is represented by Attorneys J. Thos. Newcome of Newport News, Va. Wm. H. Stanton of Pittsburg, Pa., and Harry S. Cummings of Baltimore, Md. The items from the classes, make the news of the masses. Read the Twin City Star. Bemidji, Minn. Dear Mr. Scrutchin: CUBAN POLITICS IN CHAOTIC SHAPE Ability to Get Jobe Valuable Asset on the island—Former President Gomez, Popular With the Masses, Not Adverse to Serving Again—Conditions Are Summed Up In Nutshell. Havana, Cuba.—Many in close touch with the ins and outs of Cuban conditions, political and commercial, believe the republic faces the most serious problem since the American flag was lowered from the national palace. It will require skilled diplomacy, political craft and a firmness yet unknown in Cuban affairs to bring about a stable solution. It is generally believed that President Menocal is strong enough to tide his administration over, but it is also conceded that he has a strenuous proposition on his hands. He is apparently trying to give an honest and capable administration, opposite to what many politicians and their adherents want. The successful politician in Latin America, especially Cuba, is he who can provide the most jobs for his constituency. Ability to get jobs is a valuable political asset. The average benchman knows but little and cares less about matters of state. He wants to get on the government payroll, and he doesn't relish any position that requires much physical exertion. Briefly, Cuba at present faces conditions that might be subdivided into four parts: First.-A chaotic political condition and the attempt of professional politicians and those who crave power to overthrow the influence of and discredit the Menocal administration. Second.-The action of congress in refusing to accede to the wishes of the president and temper the "immunity clause" of the constitution so that its members could not be entirely immune from civil courts. Third.-The recent presidential decree that dissolved the Ports Company of Cuba and annulled millions of invested foreign assets will serve to cheapen the commercial integrity of the republic with foreign investors. Fourth.-The recently enacted military retiring law, by which nearly 100 army officers have been retired and which politications have seized upon for campaign material to stir up content in the army. Cuban politics probably has not been so thoroughly stirred up and disorganized since President Taft and Dr. Alfredo Zayas overthrew the Estrada Palma administration and set up the government of 1906. The last presidential election shattered the Liberal party. The "patriotic conjunction," composed of Conservatives and "Asbristas," exiles from all parties, elected Menocal. His inauguration in turn shattered the Conservatives, so that now he might be called a president without a party. It is generally conceded that the party is broken up beyond reorganization. The last conference of the leaders resulted in widening factional breaches, and Dr. Enrique Jose Verona, vice president of Cuba and president of the Conservatives, was called upon to resign the leadership. The row among the Conservatives was brought about by the apparent honesty of Menocal. They wanted the "rascals turned out" and themselves enconced in political jobs. The "Asbertistas" also wanted a pro rata of jobs for their part in the "patriotic conjunction." Instead of listening to party clamor, Menocal set about presiding in a business way. Where a man of opposite faith was efficient he was retained in office. This policy was also adopted by Colonel Charles Hernandez, the new postmaster general. This line of official conduct could not be reasoned out by the politicians; consequently the howl they raised could be heard from one end of the island to the other. A senator from an interior province, soon after Menocal took office, sent one batch of fifty men to Colonel Jose Villalon, secretary of public works, saying they were his political allies, and asked that they be provided with government jobs. The refusal of congress to temper the "immunity clause," which allows members to slay and pillage without fear of civil courts, was a slap at the president. This wrangle grew out of the killing of General Armundo de J. Riva, chief of the national police. Under this clause the expressed consent of congress must be obtained to allow civil prosecution, but public opinion was so strong that congress consented to the trial of Senator Morales and Representative Arias, but refused to further modify it. President Menocal used his strong influence and sought to wield the "big stick," but congress simply "set down in harness" and asked, "What are you going to do about it?" Anti-administration forces rallied to congress and prevented a quorum, and the president was left high and dry. In the meantime the hearing continues. "Deaf Mutes" on the Run. Sacramento, Cal.—Motorcycle Policeman Brown chased a couple on another motorcycle eighteen miles the other night. When Brown overtook them and began a lecture on the evils of speeding, the man pulled out a pad and wrote. "We are deaf mutes and thought you were a robber." MOLDEN GRAIN BELT BEERS No one wants New York butter new, because Minnesota is the best, but some people stick to the old idea en beer. Sign Beer Experts Say In Belt is the nearest like the Imported, of any In use. YOUR GUESTS THE BEST Foreign Beer that Golden Grain Belt is the America. Be wise. SERVE YOUR G Foreign Beer Experts Say that Golden Grain Belt is the nearest like the Imported, of any In America. Be wise. 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OND YBAR o......0.ccsccsee5+ $8.00 SIX MONTHS ............006+ 1.20 THREE MONTHS ............. 65 CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION ... 2.50 ADVERTISING RATES. No advertisement inserted without cash in advance. 1 column inch, 1 insertion, $1.00. 1 col. inch—4 insertions (1 mo.) $1.50 1 cel. inch—18 insertions (3 mos.)$5.00 ‘Special rates furnished on application Reading notices ......10 cents aline. 6 werds constitute a line. ‘The above rates apply to all class!- fications as follows, except Births, Notices, Barter and Exchange and all Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Meeting Ads. preceding Male Help. Births, Deaths, Cards of Thanks and Meeting Notices — Minimum ‘charge, 2c for 15 words or leas. Over 25 words, one cent for each word. Subsoribers are earnestly request- 4 to report to the office any irregu- taritios In the delivery of their paper: also any change of address. ‘THE BLOOD LUST OF THE MOB. St, Paul Dispatch Sept. 11, 1913. Just recently a negro was lynched by a mob at Greenville, Georgia. The very next day it was announced that the negro’s innocence had been com- pletely proved, the real culprit having ‘been apprehended and confessed. ‘The mob that destroyed an innocent man will go its way undisturbed, yet it committed hot-blooded murder with- out Justification. It fs a fine commentary upon the law and upon the ability of men to govern themselves. It is especially an illuminating com- mentary on the whole race-hatered movement. It indicates that the real desire 1s to lynch a negro and not particularly to punish the man‘ guilty of crime. It shows how debased man can become through hatred, and makes one pause and wonder whether ctvilization may work {ts way out on this continent when such savagery can dominate whole communities of men. ‘Mob murder fs forse than individual murder, and yet it is seldom punished. In this case an innocent citizen, sup posed to have the protection of the law, was ruthlessly slaughtered to make a holiday for a frenzied, shout. ing mass of half-crazed men, drunk with lust for blood through a fostering of race hatred. Nothing can undo that crime, nothing give back that life. Yet the law complacently beholds these maniacs proceeding about thetr business and makes no effort to ap- prehend them for their awful crime. It seems inevitable that some day the government itself will have to de. vise a way to prevent this disregard of law and Justice and decency if com- munities are unwilling or helpless. ‘The foregoing editorial, which we republish in its entirety, strikes right ‘At the root of the mob murder and is ‘one of the very best that we have seen. We hope it will bear good fruit—The Appeal. Approves a Dispatch . Editorial and Tells What the Colored Race a ae ‘To the Editor of the Dispatch: In behalf of my people I wish tc thank you for the editorial under the title “Blood Lust of the Mob.” It seems to sum up the situation completely and ought to set all sober minded, reasonable and thoughtfu men to thinking. ‘The continued fostering of race pre Judice by Senator Vardman, who is re ported to have urged the National Democratic Fair Play association at ‘Washington on August 6 last to “pet! tlon Congress to pass such legislation as will make the Negro society as well ‘as politically harmless” assist in fan- ning to flame race hatred. ‘The thoughtless justify race pre- Judice upon the theory there is a ma- terlal difference between the white ‘fand the black man. There is no ma- terial difference, each is subject to the game sensations, likes and dislikes, ‘and the only actual difference is in ‘the color and that is only skin deep. Does accident of birth, possession of wealth, nationality, race, color or of. ictal position really make one human being better than another? Not be- fore the Great Jehovah. In all communities of men it should be recognized that before God, before the law and in the enjoyment of public utilities all men are equal. It is an axiomic principle evolved from the highest known ethics of the age, that in the estimation of justice the only standard of excellence is that which rests upon the tripod of physical, in- tellectual and spiritual development. Upon these fundamental ideas must forever rest the structure of that future national life which will ult mately bind all mankind into one unt versal brotherhood. In every walk of life, in art, science, music and letters the Negro has Achieved distinction with his fellows, thus demonstrating that there is no difference and that the hatred toward him is merely due to selfishness, hy: Docrisy and the savagery of undevel- oped man. Reasons does not rule. I! it did it would readily be seen that a black skin could be no legitimate rea. son for causing men to hate a human being—a being who has come up out of the earth as did the Caucasian and claims the same God as his Father The God of justice has him by the hand, and his destiny is-upward. In ‘slavery he was powerful in prayer and he {s praying now. W. T. FRANCIS. St. Paul Dispatch Sept. 15, 1913. “SPEAK UP, IKE, AN! 'SPRESS YO'SE’F.”” Who dat knockin’ at de do? Why, Ike Johnson—yes, fo’ sho. Come in, Tke; T's mighty giad ‘You come down. I t’ought you's ma At me ‘bout de othah night, An’ was stayin’ ‘way fo’ spite. Say, now, was you mad fo’ true ‘W'en I kin’ o' laughed at you? ‘Speak up, Ike, an’ 'spress yo'se't. Tain't no use a-lookin’ sad, An’ a-mekin’ out you's mad; Ew you's gwine to be so glum, Wondah why you evah come. T don't Iak nobody ‘roun’ Dat jes’ shet dey mouf an’ frown— Oh, now, man, don't act a dunce. Cain't you talk? T tol’ you once, Sp.ak up, Ike, an’ 'spress you'se't. [ could may ia @ weex, Bf de man I wants u'd speak. Tildy’s presents ‘ll be fine, Rnt dey wouldn't ekal mine. Him whut gits me fo’ a wife ‘Li be proud, you bet yo" life. -# had offers; sume ain't quit; But I hasn’t ma‘ied yit. Speak up, Ike, an’ ‘spress yo'se’f. Yon's my choice, and allus was. ‘Tke, I loves you—yes, I does; Lattin’ st you ain't no harm— Go ‘way, dahky, whaih’s yo’ arm? Hug me closer—dab, dat's right. Wasn't you a awful sight, Havin’ ine to balg you so? Now ax what you want to know. Speak up, Tke, an’ ‘spress yo'se't. Wha’ you come hyeah fo’ tonight? Bodly'd t'ink you’ haid ain’t right. T's done all dat I kin do— Dressed perticler, yes fo’ you; Reckon I'd ‘a’ bettah wo! My ol’ ragged calico. Atah all de pains I's took Cain't you tell me how I look? Speak up, Ike, an’ ‘spress yo'se't. Bless my soul I mos’ fo'got Tellin’ you "bout Tildy Scott. Don't you know, come Thu'sday nigh She gwine ma'y Lucius White? ‘Miss Lize say Sallus wuh ‘Heap sight laklier ‘n hub; ‘An’ sne’ll git me, somep'n new, Et I wants to ma'y, too. Speak up, Ike, an’ ‘spress yo'se't. —Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Special to the Twin City Star. While sitting in my study the other day the thought came to me, I wonder {€ we pastors could not help our col ored editors in a wider circulation of Negro newspapers in our homes; and I wonder’ if we are saying as many ‘good things about our editors as they are saying through the columns of thelr papers about our churches, so: cleties, and homes? Let every home where “The Twin City Star” has not found its way open Its doors to receive this splendid Daper. ‘You may be well informed, but you will be better informed after reading “The Star.” T have no axe to grind other than to encourage Negro enterprises. ‘Thanking the Editor for all kind words of the past, wishing the “Star” future success, I remain yours for the good of the race, Rev. T. J. Carter. Thank you, Reverend! The “Star” goes in many homes where it is not paid for. We have ctrculation, but need cash. READ OUR ADVERTISEMENTS. TWIN CITY STAR fos Fe a ZS Peet} ° ie im ee en « 1A 1 4 PE .. Ss ee ia DA ge Phote uy American Preas Assocation SEN. MOSES E. CLAPP, Sen. Clapp of Minnesota has done everything to secure for the Negroes thelr Civil Rights, He has fought Discrimination, Class Legislation and Segregation. Every Negro should write a letter of thanks to the Senator of Minnesota for his untiring efforts in their be half. A LETTER FROM SEN. CLAPP. In Reply to “Congratulations” From Atty. Scrutchin of Bemidji. UNITED STATES SENATE. Washington, September 8th, 1918. Mr, Charles W. Scrutchin, Bemidji, Minn. Dear Mr. Serutchin: Your letter of the 11th Inst. was re ceived, but owing to the absence of my stenographer, it has been impossible to keep up with correspondence. It is hard for me to understand the effort that is being made to keep the Diack race down and that is the ef fort. There 1s no opposition, no hos tility, no fllfeeling toward the black ma nas long as he will remain ignorant and do nothing to advance himself ‘The opposition is to his acquiring in telligence and improving himself and that, too, in a country where, in the last analysis, the permanency of out institutions has to rest on the intel gence and development of the people ‘The progress which the race has made is simply marvelous and I do not Delieve it can be stopped in the up ‘ward, progressive movement, although an effort is being made just now tc turn back the hands of the clock. This spring it became evident an effort was being made in some of the departments to segregate the race ‘This was done in part by gradually shifting them so as to put the colored clerks in rooms by themselves and by posting up notices in the tollet rooms requiring the use of separate rooms I think no written order was ever made for the segregation in their work. It would hardly have been done in that way. I introduced a resolution of inquiry and the notices have been taker down, but the work of segregation goes on. Clerks are given to under stand, In one way or another, that {t {s better if they use this room or that room, and it {s going to be a hard mat ter to get at. About the time I introduced the resolution Senator Johnston died. His colleague, Senator Bankhead, who ts chairman of the cdmmittee to which the resolution was referred, was necessarily absent some time and the bringing on of the tariff has taken all the time of the Senate. As soon as the time seems opportune, I am going to try to press the matter. ‘With regards, I am, Very truly yours, Moses E. Clapp. PYTHIANS IN LEGAL BATTLE. Deficit of Nearly $17,000. Mitchel Ask for Receiver—Charges Extravagance. Extravagance. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell Jr., of Virginia will air Pythian troubles. He has fleld notice that a receiver be appointed for the Supreme Lodge. He alleged extravagance in the manage- ment, also a defleit of nearly $17,000. Notwithstanding this, salaries were increased. Mr. Mitchell says that “in- stead of reducing expenses, the last Supreme Lodge session increased salaries and levied a special tax of ten cents a member to pay them. It denied representation to the Grand Lodge of Virginia and adjourned with the gloomy prediction of disruption and rebellion everywhere asserting itself.” A big legal fight is on against Supreme Chancellor 8. W. Green and the machine. The Grand Lodge of Va., fs represented by Attorneys J. Thos. Newcome of Newport News, Va.. Wm. H, Stanton of Pittsburg, Pa,, and Har- ry 8. Cummings of Baltimore, Ma. ‘The Items frem the classes, make the news ef the masses. Read the ‘Twin Clty @ter, CUBAN POLITICS IN CHAOTIC SHAPE President Arrayed Against All the Spoilsmen, ENEMY OF DEMAGOGUES. Ability to Get Jobs Valuable Asset on the Island—Former President Gomez, Popular With the Masses, Not Ad- verse to Serving Again—Conditions Are Summed Up In Nutshell, Havana, Cuba.—Many in close touch with the ins and outs of Cuban condt- tions, political and commercial, be- Meve the republic faces the most serl- ous problem since the American fag was lowered from the national palace. It will require skilled diplomacy, po- lotical craft and a firmness yet un- known in Cuban affairs to bring about a stable solution. It ts generally be- Ueved that President Menocal is strong ‘enough to tide bis administration over, but it Is also conceded that he bas strenuous proposition on his hands. He {s apparently trying to give an honest and capable administration, op- posite to what many politicians and thelr adherents want. ‘The successful politictan in Latin America, especially Cuba, is he who can provide the most jobs for his con- stituency. Ability to get jobs is a valuable political asset. The average henchman knows but iittle and cares less about matters of state. He wants to get on the government payroll, and he doesn’t relish any position that re- quires much physical exertion. Briefly, Cuba at present faces con- ditions that might be subdivided into fourt parts: Firat—A chaotic polltical condition and the attempt of professional politicians and those who crave power to overthrow the Influence of and discredit the Menocal ad- ministration. ‘Becond.—The action of congress in re- fusing to accede to the wishes of the pres- {dent and temper the “immunity clause” of the constitution so that its members would not be entirely immune from civi courts. ‘Third.—The recent presidential decree that dissolved the Ports Company of Cuba ‘and annulled millions of invested forelgn capital, which may serve to cheapen the commercial integrity of the republic with foreign investors. Fourth.—The recently enacted military retiring law, by which nearly 100 army officers have been retired and which polit- {eal factions have selzed upon for cam- paign material to stir up discontent in the army. Cuban politics probably bas not ‘been #0 thoroughly stirred up and dis- organized since President Taft and Dr. Alfredo Zayas overthrew the Estrada Palma administration and set up the government of 1906. The last presi- ential election shattered the Liberal party. The “patriotic conjunction,” composed of Conservatives and “As bertistas,” exiles from all parties, elected Menocal. His inauguration in turn shattered the Conservatives, 80 that now he might be called a presi- ent without a party. It 1s generally conceded that the party Is broken up beyond reorganization. The last con- ference of the leaders resulted in widening factional breaches, and Dr. Enrique Jose Verona, vice president of Ouba and president ‘of the Conserva- tives, was called upon to resign the leadership. ‘The row among the Conservatives was brought about by the apparent honesty of Menocal. They wanted the “rascals turned out" and themselves ensconced in political jobs, The “As. bertistas” also wanted a pro rata of Jobs for their part in the “patriotic conjunction.” Instead of Mstening to party clamor, Menocal set about prest denting in a business way. Where a man of opposite faith was efficient he was retained in office, This policy was also adopted by Colonel Charles Her- nandes, the new postmaster general. ‘This ‘Ine of official conduct could not be reasoned out by the politicians; consequently the how! they raised could be heard from one end of the Island to the other. A senator from an interior province, soon after Meno- cal took office, sent one batch of fifty men to Colonel Jose Villalon, secretary of public works, saying they were his political allies, and asked that they be provided with government Jobs. ‘The refusal of congress to temper the “immunity clause,” which allows members to slay and pillage withont fear of civil courts, was a slap at the president. ‘This wrangle grew out of the killing of General Armando de J. Riva, chief of the national police. Un- der this clause the expressed consent of congress must be obtained to allow eivil prosecution, but public opinion was 80 strong that congress consented to the trinl of Senator Morales und Representative Arias, but refused to further modify it. President Menocal ased his strong influence and sought to wield the “big stick.” Int congress amply “set down in harness” and ask- ed, “What are you goinz to do about {e?” Antladministration forces rallied to congress and prevented x quorum. and the president was left high and Gry. In the meantime the hearing con ‘tinues. “Deaf Mutes” on the Run, Sacramento, Cal—Motoreycle Police- man Brown chased a couple on another motorcyclé eighteen miles the other ight. When Brown overtook them and began a lecture on the evils of speeding, the man pulled dut a pad and wrote, “We are deaf mutes and theught you were a robber.” : BE UP-TO-DATE Cees \'a) BROTHERS tae Rat : S| 3: Re Sat fo K\ jee) Years ago, New York butter snd ae Ohio, Wiscensin and Missourl’ Beer, a: ee } were known te be the best, and swell § He folke always had them en their aH SGN > ...,.. 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