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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY effective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents Conditions here do not warrant any encouragement for strangers seeking employment. The railroads, hotels, etc., have a full quota of men, and there is a surplus among the laboring class. "Times are dull," is the cry, and it is hard to get employment. FEELS STING OF RACE PREJUDICE MAN OF BROAD SYMPATHIES Former Government Official Tells Sad Story of How the Color Line Operates Against Our Countrymen—Related to Group of Warriors Who Fought For Nation's Honor. In giving his views on race prejudice as practiced against the colored people in the United States Ralph W. Tyler, former auditor for the navy department at Washington, says: My father served three years in the Union army, from 1861 to 1864, to the close of the civil war. My maternal grandfather fought under General Taylor in 1847. A paternal great-granduncle manned one of Perry's guns on Lake Erie in 1812. My paternal great-great-grandfather fought in the war of the Revolution, suffered the privations, stood the bitter cold, with Washington at Valley Forge. One brother of mine served in the fever infested Philippines under the United States flag as a soldier during the Spanish-American war. That is a line of patriots who offered their lives in defense of and for their country which must provoke pride in the breasts of their kinsmen now living. I stood one evening on Feb. 22, Washington's birthday, in front of a celebrated playhouse in Washington, the city these ancestors and their progeny offered their lives to establish, protect and preserve till the end of time. I saw the native American roll up in his automobile and enter this playhouse. I saw the unnaturalized Teuton pass in; saw the Roman and the Russian pass through its doors; saw the newly arrived Greek, yesterday's immigrant from Italy, the almond eyed son of the orient; the mikado's subject—saw all those who are thrown into America's melting pot and for whom I hold only the kindiest sentiments freely enter the electric illuminated lobby of this playhouse and pass through its doors, for all of whom was shown the invisible but none the less cordial sign "Welcome." Then I turned away, with a sigh, and sadly soliloquized, "All these have the unrestricted rights of an American citizen, but what am I and who am I to whom these doors are closed and this privilege is denied?" Slowly, dejectedly, I walked west on Pennsylvania avenue to Fourteenth street, thence north on Fourteenth. As I passed a famous hotel I stopped, stood in the cold on the sidewalk and gazed down into the luxuriant furnished, brilliantly illuminated dining room with its crush of splendidly appareled guests, out from which floated, like mockery to me, the sweet, inspiring strains of "America." At one table I saw the plethoric pursed Jewish merchant who came to this country in 1881. At another table sat two Japanese who were visiting this country. One other table was occupied by a son of sunny Italy and his lady sampling their native wine. Just opposite them and unmindful of the presence of any of these sat some of America's native born Caucasians despoiling a delicously cooked supper. At a table to the left of them sat the successful proprietor of a shoe shining parlor who hails from the country which gave Miltiades to the world. I stood there in the cold on the sidewalk and gazed down in upon that assemblage, foreign born and native born, naturalized and unnaturalized, and then, as before, I turned away sadly and wended my way onward, all the while soilloquizing, putting to myself the unanswered question, "But what am I and who am I to whom these doors are closed and this privilege is denied?" A few days later I had occasion to make a trip across the line my father fought three years to obliterate—that line below which my grandfather marched in 1847 to offer his body as a human target for the bullets from Mexican guns; that line below which a great-grandfather had carried the heavy-flintock of an American soldier under Washington. At the ticket office just ahead of me a Greek, an Italian and several Americans laid down the crisp gold and silver promissory notes of this government and in exchange received tickets for sleeping car berths. No question Gale P. Hilyer Begins Career as Lawyer Under Favorable Circumstances. Minneapolis, Minn.—Gale P. Hilyer, a young man well known in the Twin Cities, recently finished his course of study at the University Law school and has been admitted to the bar of the state supreme court. Young Mr. Hilyer is but twenty-four years of age. He came to Minnesota from the District of Columbia. GALE P. HILYER. His preparatory education was obtained at Howard University, in Washington, where he graduated in 1908. Mr. Hillyer entered the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1908 and enrolled in the College of Science, Literature and the Arts, from which he graduated in 1912 as an honor member, being elected a member of Iron Wedge, an honorary fraternity of the College of Sciences. He began his law studies in the fall of 1912 and graduated in the February class of 1915. Mr. Hillyer made a fine record during his law school course, making a grade of A in three-fourths of his work in the final examinations and receiving the personal congratulations of Dean Vance and several other members of the faculty. He is peculiarly fortunate in being able to enter the firm of Hall & Tautges, in this city, with offices in he N. Y. Life Bldg. He will there have an opportunity rarely presented to a young colored lawyer. Mr. Albert H. Hall of the law firm above named was a classmate of young Hillyer's father, Mr. Andrew F. Hillyer, at the University, both graduating in the law class of 1882. Mr. Hilyer's father was a former resident of Minneapolis and has many friends here. He is located at Washington, where he is employed by the United States government as expert accountant. Mr. Hilyer begins the practice of law under very favorable circumstances, and his many friends wish for him large success. His example should inspire other young men of the race to do likewise. Mr. Hilyer is a prominent church and civic worker. He has been super-intendent of St. Thomas' P. E. Sunday school and is secretary of the local branch of the Society for the Advancement of Colored People in this city. was asked of any. When I applied for a berth there was none for me. Strict construction of a law enacted by legislators whose services my ancestors and their progeny helped to make possible segregated me in a partitioned off end of a day coach, there to sit up in a straight back seat the long night through because and only because my skin wore the clouded livery of the burnished sun. Again, for the third time, I sadly turned away, and from the depth of my heart came that depressing question: "What am I, and who am I to whom these doors are closed and this privilege is denied?" And then from out the dark, heavy, sullen clouds of race prejudice came the harshly voiced, brutally phrased answer: "You are an alien in your own land!" MINNEAPOL GETTING IN LINE FOR BIG MEETING Supreme Lodge, With All Its Subordinate Bodies, Assured of Royal Welcome—Attorney Robert B. Barcus Heads Local Fraternity—Governer and Mayor to Speak. Columbus, O.-The machinery for making ready to properly entertain the coming Knights of Pythias supreme lodge and encampment, which is to be held in this city in August, was formally set in motion the first week in April. Colored Knights of Pythias throughout the country, when they come to Columbus next August, will find that, properly speaking, the entire state of Ohio will be their host rather than this city alone. The incorporation recently under the laws of Ohio of the supreme lodge entertainment committee marked the beginning of active steps to prepare for the reception of the supreme lodge, encampment and Court of Calantha. The officers of the supreme lodge entertainment committee consist of Attorney Robert B. Barcus, president; W. H. Woods, vice president; W. H. Ferguson, corresponding secretary; John W. Harris, recording secretary; Dr. W. A. Method, treasurer, and a board of trustees including the above named along with State Grand Chancellor W L. Anderson, Robert S. Allen, Colonel Isaac Farley, Captain C. C. Caldwell Bev. B. L. Gilliam, W. U. Jamison, Miss Ollie B. Pettiford, Miss Ma Smith, Miss Nettle Wyatt and Miss Marie Jones. It is assured that all of the seventy-four subordinate lodges throughout Ohio will contribute financially and otherwise to give visiting Knights and ladies a week of entertainment surpassing that of any other city in which the supreme lodge has ever convened. Memorial hall, a million dollar edifice and the largest and finest in the state, has already been secured in which to hold the brilliant banquet and the public entertainments which are to be a part of the week's festivities. The auditorium of the white chamber of commerce has been secured in which to hold all of the daily sessions of the supreme lodge, and Lynden hall has been secured for the daily sessions of the Court of Calantha. The governor of Ohio, the Hon. Frank B. Willis, has consented to deliver the welcome address on the part of the state, and Mayor George J. Karb has agreed to deliver the welcome address on the part of the city. Beautiful and ample grounds, centrally located on two lines of street railway and within ten minutes' ride of the heart of the city, have been secured for encampment purposes for the uniform rank. The chamber of commerce will co-operate with the entertainment committee and the colored citizens to welcome the Knights and ladies and to make their stay in Columbus very delightful. Supreme Chancellor Green of New Orleans and General R. R. Jackson of the uniform rank of Chicago have both been here and have given their approval of the plans prepared by the supreme lodge entertainment committee. State Grand Chancellor W. L. Anderson of Cincinnati, with other state grand officers, is giving active, constant and earnest support, and the state grand lodge as a body, which will be the host, is lending every assistance, financial and otherwise, to make this convening of the supreme lodge the greatest in its history. One of the encouraging features is the active and earnest support and cooperation given by the chamber of commerce and the white citizens generally. The committee on homes is bustly engaged in listing homes that will accommodate visitors and gives the assurance that ample accommodations will be provided for the thousands of visitors expected that week. From now on until the close of the meeting of the supreme lodge the supreme lodge entertainment committee, aided by citizens without regard to color, will be in full and constant motion. The state of Ohio will aim, in the entertainment of the supreme lodge in this city, to pass the entertainment accorded in any other city in which the supreme body has been entertained. Must Be Wrong. "Jenny, go find Johnny, see what he is doing and tell him to stop it right away."—Life. N. APRIL 24, 1915. SCHOOL APPEALS FOR FUNDS. Emmanuel Brown's Great Work For His People at Richmond, Ala. His People at Richmond, Ala. In a recent letter to the New York Times commending the efforts of Emmanuel Brown, founder and principal of the Street School For Manual Training, at Richmond, Ala., Amelia S. Quinton makes the following statement and appeal. She says: When Austria declared war who thought the bolt would hit Alabama? Yet the war has forced the colored people there to sell their small cotton crops for less than cost. And now what shall they do? Learn a new agriculture, move to the already overcrowded cities or starve at home? At Richmond, Ala., in a large community of both white and colored people, a colored young man had seen the helplessness of his race in such emergencies; had recognized that only education, the teaching of truck farming, general agriculture and other industries were the "remedy indispensable." He opened a school with fifteen boys and girls in a small room having one door and one window. Soon a hundred eager pupils in a larger room were making good progress in the primary branches, busy learning domestic industries and in planting in January crops that could be harvested in March, to be followed by other crops in succession that would command sale and also feed the laborers. Later his sister joined the young man for his consecrated life work for their race and others also, with barest necessities provided, came to share the enterprise, till now 300 learners under six teachers are in the school. Meantime a few friends in Boston and elsewhere gave aid, whose gifts and the constant self sacrifices of the leader and his teachers achieved a comfortable school building, and this work, inaugurated ten years ago, is now, it is believed, assured. But the people among and for whom it is are poor, very poor, and, though full of courage and devotion under new ambitions and ideals, cannot provide the much more still needed for the full equipment of the work. The school has two horses, but needs a pair of mules, cows, a kit of carpenter and blacksmith tools, a toolhouse and shop, a wagon, a liberal supply of seeds and many other helps. The white citizens near testify to the decrease of crime, the greatly improved moral tone of the vicinity and the improvement of the meager, insanitary homes of the colored people. They also recognize the benefit to the white population in gaining for them honest and intelligent laborers. The appeal of this Street School For Manual Training at Richmond, Ala., under the leadership of its originator, Emmanuel Brown, should win help enough to make it a great success in its own county and to make it a shining model for the thousand other southern counties sorely needing just such a noble institution. WOMEN'S CLUBS TO MEET IN PHILADELPHIA JULY 7. Northeastern Federation Will Be Guest of Allen A. M. E. Church. The nineteenth annual convention of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs will be held for three days, beginning Wednesday, July 7. In Allen A. M. E. church, Philadelphia. Arrangements are being made to make this one of the largest gatherings of this organization, and topics of great importance will be discussed at the various sessions. The general officers of the federation are: President, Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, New Bedford, Mass.; general secretary, Mrs. Susie I. Amos, New Haven, Conn.; Assistant secretary, Miss Iola Yates, Boston; treasurer, Mrs. Mary J. Glascoe, Providence, R. I.; organizer, Miss Reberta J. Dunbar, Providence, R. I.; chairman executive board, Miss Mary E. Jackson, Providence, R. I.; chaplain, Rev. Florence Randolph, Jersey City, N. J.; editor and treasurer of the Northeastern Journal, Miss Pearl E. Tatten, Ansonia, Conn. The vice presidents representing the various states are: Mrs. Minnie T. Wright, Boston; Mrs. C. Morris, Providence, R. L.; Mrs. Mary Jones Taylor, New Haven, Conn.; Mrs. Charlotte E Bell, New York; Mrs. Sarah Hill, Portland, Me.; Miss Lillian Greene, Jersey City, N. J., and Mrs. Mary J. Roberts, Philadelphia, and the honorary presidents are Mrs. Alice W. Seay, Brooklyn, and Mrs. Cicely S. Gunner, Hillburn, N. Y. Its Accompaniment. "I have an eye for the stage." "Then look out you don't get the book too."—Baltimore American. Smoke the Reliable SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR sc. SUCCESS AMONG BUSINESS WOMEN Brief Account of the Struggles and Achievements of a Young Woman Who Has Worked Her Way From Obscurity to Prominence in Professional Life Upon Her Own Resources. Shreveport, La.—One of the most encouraging signs of the progress which the Negro race in America is making in business, the trades and in the various professions is the part which the women of the race are taking along the lines above indicated. There was a time not many years back when men reigned almost supreme in all of the departments of constructive work for racial advancement. The past decade, however, has marked a wonderful change from the old order of things. The activities of women are no longer confined to the domestic affairs of the home nor to any one line of industry. They are taking a broader view of life and are branching out into the trades, business and the professions, ranking in ability and success with the men who are engaged in like occupations or professions. The success of Dr. S. Sirporah Turner, founder and president of the Turner Infrarmary and Maternity home in this city, is an evidence of woman's ability to organize and conduct upon strictly business principles large undertakings. In connection with this home is a training school for nurses which affords a splendid opportunity to young women to prepare themselves for the trained nurse's profession. The plans for organizing and establishing the institution were all conceived in the fertile brain of Dr. Turner. She had many difficulties to meet and over- DR. S. SIRPORAH TURNER. come, however, before the institution was finally established and opened to the public. At one time Dr. Turner was threatened with broken health, but she did not become discouraged. With confidence in herself she showed true womanly qualities and sought recuperation in Denver, where she remained for fourteen months and fully regained her health. She is an honor graduate of the Meharry Medical college at Nashville, Tenn., and as such she reflects the careful training which she received at Meharry in the conduct of the institution over which she presides in this city. The building is well constructed and modern in appointment. Dr. Turner has made a good record here and has the confidence and support of leading churches and ministers as well as the general public in Shreveport and vicinity. The class in nurse training this term consists of eight young women, who are making good use of their time. With such a school for young women in this section of the south the race should make health contagious instead of disease. Dr. Turner has worked her way to the front by constant application to duty with the one motive in view of contributing to the bettering of conditions among our people. She believes in the possibilities of the race and is especially interested in young women. She earned the money with which to educate herself and can therefore readily sympathize with those young women of ambition who are struggling to better their condition by thorough preparation for their chosen call. What Dr. Turner has accomplished should encourage other young women and men to set their standards high, have a fixed aim in view and work for the achievement of those things which make for race advancement, self preservation and good citizenship. There are scores of business women of our race in the various sections of the country who are making good in the several lines of industry and the professions. Virginians to Have Sermon May 16. The Society of the Sons of Virginia in Brooklyn, which has 148 members, has selected Sunday, May 16, and the Bridge Street A. M. E. church in which to hold its annual religious service. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. C. P. Cole, D. D., pastor of the above named church. The ladies auxiliary of the society will also attend the forthcoming service in a body. BENEFACTOR OF HIS RACE. Good Work of Hon. Harry C. Smith as a Public Spirited Citizen. Cleveland, O.—Former Congressman Frank B. Willis, now governor of Ohio, was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1900 and 1901 when the Hon. Harry C. Smith, who has been editor of the Cleveland Gazette for thirty-two years, was serving his third term as a member of that august body. They have been good friends ever since. Therefore, after Editor Smith and the Cleveland Ministers' alliance of this city, which Mr. Smith called to his assistance, had failed to get the mayor of Cleveland to bar from this city the photo play "The Nigger," based on Edward Sheldon's play by that objectionable title. Mr. Smith appended to his friend Governor Willis and was backed up in this by a telegram to the governor from the local Ministers' alliance, with the following result: State of Ohio, Executive Department, Columbus, O. April 18, 1915. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, Cleveland, O.: Dear Friend—Upon receipt of your wire replied at once. No doubt information to reach you should be time as the attack on the state board of censors. As soon as I heard from you I got in touch with the president of the board. Upon further consideration the board adopted a resolution rescinding the certificate which had been issued for the very objectionable film "The Nigger." Notification was sent to the Fox Film corporation at the authorities at New York. Also the authorities at Cleveland were notified. Trusting this prompt action met with your approval, I am yours very truly. FRANK B WILLIS. Gaskill Denied Use of Cemetery Plot. John B. Gaskill is the owner of a plot in the Forest Home cemetery in Chicago, but has been denied the privilege to bury a member of his family therein by the trustees of the cemetery because he is a colored man. On an appeal taken by the state of Illinois in Mr. Gaskill's case to the United States supreme court the trustees of the cemetery were sustained. The decision, which was handed down by the chief justice of the court, has caused great surprise in legal circles. Doctors Aid Better Health Movement. At the "better health" mass meeting recently held in the Bethany Baptist church, Brooklyn, Dr Laura M. Riegelman of the city health department gave an instructive illustrated lecture on "How to Save the Bables." An address on "Prophylaxis" was delivered by Dr. Clarence A. Richardson. The meeting was well attended, and the audience was greatly enlightened on the subjects discussed. The Rev. Dr. William M. Moss, pastor of the Concord Baptist church, presided. The meeting was held under the auspices of the National League on Urban Conditions. Official Board of Women's Clubs Meets. The semiannual meeting of the executive board of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs was held in the vestry of the St. Marks' M. E. church in West Fifty-Third street, New York, on Tuesday evening, April 18. Mrs. Charlotte A. Bell, chairman of the board, presided. Among the important matters considered were arrangements for the annual meeting of the federation to be held at Geneva. N. Y., three days of the first week in July. New Post For W. E. Valentine. Professor William E. Valentine, recently appointed by the state board of education of New Jersey to be principal of the Bordentown Industrial school at Bordentown, N. J., is a native of Montclair, N. J., and a graduate of Harvard university. Professor Valentine is the present supervising principal of schools at Ind'anapolis, Ind. He will begin his work at the Bordentown institution at the opening of the school in September. A Realization. "He told his wife she hadn't good judgment, and she just looked him over from head to foot very calmly and said that she realized it"—Chicago News. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH 15th Ave. So. and 8th St. All are welcome. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. Rev. T. J. Carter has moved to 2423 4th Ave. So. Peoples Christian Assembly. Rev. G. W. Mitchell, Pastor, 1204 Washington Ave. So. Come! and Serve the Lord. ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 22nd St. near 10th Ave. So. Rev. Thos. B. Stovall, Pastor. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So., Minneapolis. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. We would appreciate what you owe us, or a part of it, Mr. Delinquent Subscriber. The Elks have announced a contest. The most popular lady will get a trip to Chicago, all expenses paid. Several ladies have entered. Votes are a nickel apiece. ZION'S TEMPORARY LOCATION The temporary location of Zion Baptist Church is 607 5th St. No., where regular services are held. Services at St. Peter's A. M. E. Church Sunday, April 25th as follows: Preaching morning and eve. by Presiding Elder, Rev. T. W. Lewis. At 3 o'clock P. M. quarterly meeting. Services, Sermon by Rev. E. R. Edwards of St. James A. M. E. Church, Minneapolis. Special music by the choir all day and eve. Come and be welcome with us. T. B. Stovall, Pastor. PORTERS' AND WAITERS' CLUB RAIDED. Sheriff Makes a Successful Raid on Shull's Place. Everyone Present Arrested. The sensation of the week was the raid on Shull's Club at 311 Hennepin Ave., on last Saturday eve. About 10:30 Chief Deputy Wall and his force took out 56 patrons and but one white man, who claims he was there on business. Shull was arrested later and gave bonds for his appearance. Many of the patrons were hotel and railroad men—who gave bail and others were held for trial. On Monday they were arraigned, and the cases were continued till Wednesday. Shull was charged with conducting a gambling house and selling liquor without a license. Lewis Ewing, the manager was held on same charges. Later on Monday Shull changed his plea to guilty and paid the fines of 25 men (who were in jail). They were fined $5.00 each. He was fined $100 on each charge. Those on bail were arraigned Wednesday. They changed their pleas to guilty, and all were fined $5 apiece except six, who claimed to live there and a white man who went to collect a bill. They received suspended sentences. The arrest and trial caused great comment through the city and was one of the raids which outgrew of the recent breach between the police department and county attorney as to vice conditions. The fixtures such as card tables, chairs, bar goods and fixtures were carried to the Sheriff's office. Abatement proceedings were not begun. Much of the equipment has been restored to Shull who has not decided whether to re-open his club. The Sheriff's officers are commended for their success in this raid. Deputy John Wall makes no legal mistakes. He gets everybody, white and black, rich or poor and there is no use expecting that officials must shrink from duty for sympathy or sentiment. Shull has been since his last sentence in August under the whip of Atty. Franklin, while ex-detective Hardin was on the force he formed an alliance, and under his legal power, tho as attorney for a supposed morals commission, he advised the employment of Lewis Ewing as manager and received money to settle all pending cases and promised future protection. He would put it over the Commission. Franklin was unmasked and Hardin was discharged. He has ever since been in touch with the grand jury and private detectives. Harding is now a stool pigeon and they are strongly connected. Franklin is a miserable specimen of a Negro. He ekes out an existence by presenting information and getting others in trouble. Connected with Morals Commission as attorney. Discharged for graft. Organized a New Commission, composed of Rev. Toombs, Phil. Hale and others. Ran Scandal newspaper 6 weeks prior to election. Attacked respectable office holders and condemned The Star editor, same time attempted to organize a Jim Crow Y. M. C. A., with Rev. Toombs as sec- Don't Let Go to Church Movement Lose Impetus only help yourself, but you'll help inspiring sights is the father of us duties. His wife is proud of children never will mock at resplendid worker in the national has been a splendid religious awakening bodies of all denominations in the United States last year, so by the Federal Council of the This includes not only Christian, number of church members is now IS BEEN AN AWAKENING DON'T R. THERE WERE THOUSANDS CHURCH MOVEMENT WHEN IT WAS ONE OR TWO SUNDAYS AND THIS APPEAL IS SPECIALLY DIOING TO CHURCH? IT DOESN'T PUR OR SO ON THE SABBATH IS YOU GIVE IT TO HIM? If he cannot arrange his affairs to bath in the worship of his Creation it to your God. SUNDAY. GO TO CHURCH Don't Let Go to Church Movement Lose Impetus GO TO CHURCH Don't Let Go to Church Movement Lose Impetus By doing so you'll not only help yourself, but you'll help others. One of the most inspiring sights is the father of a family performing his religious duties. His wife is proud of him. It is a certainty that his children never will mock at religion. He is unconsciously a splendid worker in the national GO TO CHURCH movement. Within the past year there has been a splendid religious awakening throughout the land. Religious bodies of all denominations gained 763,087 new members in the United States last year, according to figures compiled by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This includes not only Christian, but other sects. The total number of church members is now 88,708,149. AND NOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN AWAKENING DON'T LET THE MOVEMENT SLUMBER. THERE WERE THOUSANDS WHO JOINED THE GO TO CHURCH MOVEMENT WHEN IT WAS AT ITS ZENITH. THEY WENT ONE OR TWO SUNDAYS AND THEN FELL AWAY. TO THOSE THIS APPEAL IS SPECIALLY DIRECTED. WHY NOT KEEP ON GOING TO CHURCH? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE MUCH TIME. AN HOUR OR SO ON THE SABBATH IS ALL THAT GOD ASKS. WON'T YOU GIVE IT TO HIM? There is no man so buy that he cannot arrange his affairs to spend a short period of the Sabbath in the worship of his Creator. Go to church because you owe it to your God. GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY. GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of 526 St. Anthony Ave., entertained at dinner last Friday Lawyer Gale P. Hilyer in honor of his graduation from the Law Department of the University of Minn. Other gentlemen who dined with Mr. Hilyer were Messrs. Raymond Cannon, J. L. Titus and L. C. Valle. For Rent—4-room, neatly furnished flat on the north side, walking distance; bath, gas. Reasonable rent to the right party. For particulars call Main 3474. Mrs. Elizabeth Southall at 802 Lyndale Ave. No., who has been very ill for several weeks is now convalescent. Mrs. Holverson of Chicago is stopping over in Minneapolis a few days visiting friends on her way to Alaska. Miss May Bluett has returned from a visit to Ft. Dodge, Ia. Miss Bessie Gray of Salt Lake City, Utah and Mrs. Camilla Wilson of Milwaukee, Wis., were among the guests of Mrs. Rebeque de G. Scott, at her 39th birthday reception given at her residence, 3728 Minnehaha Ave., on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ping Buford, 2919 Columbus Ave. have moved to 429 6th Ave. No., where they will open a grocery and confectionery store. Twenty-fifth Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Van Hook, 3512 Elliot Ave., have issued invitations to the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, which will be held at their residence on April 28th. Reception from 8 till 11 P. M. Furnished Rooms, suitable for a married couple. All conveniences. Use of kitchen and house privileges to desirable people only. Call at Mrs. A. D. Price, 820 E. 36th St., Minneapolis. Rooms for Rent, convenient location. Call 1210 So. Washington Ave. Uniform for Sale. Great Northern Ry. Good as new. Apply 532 Aldrich Ave. No. FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING. We do Strictly First Class Dressmaking and Ladies' Tailoring. Our Prices are Reasonable, Satisfaction Guaranteed. Apply 415 E. 27th St. Minneapolis. For information, Phone So. 7996.—Advertisement. NEW PALACE RESTAURANT NEW PALACE RESTAURANT. Mrs. L. V. Wellington, a former trained nurse, has opened the New Palace Restaurant at 138 E. Third St. St. Paul. First Class a la Carte Service for Ladies and Gentlemen. Boiled Dinners Daily. Sunday Dinner: Chicken and Dumplings 25c. Party Service solicited. Phone Jackson 510. — Advertisement. Hair weaving of every description neatly done by Mrs. McClure, 713 5th St. N. Leave orders also at 2813 Chicago Ave. Phone: So. 1424. Advertisement CHOICE CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE ON SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Houses and Flats for Rent. B. M. McDEW, 802 Sykes Block. N. W. Nic. 621 Minneapolis STAR "ADS"—BRING RESULTS STAR AD You owe it to your neighbor. retary and editor of "The Voice of the People," the official organ. At same time attorney of the Negro gambling houses, to keep Toombs from publishing articles against clubs. He has a bad record with the Humane Society. His son was in every boy's institution in Hennepin Co., and was a tramp on the street. Disbarment proceedings brought by John Few of St. Paul, who will testify to facts. Len Brooks, a Negro gambler or crap clerk says "things are d—tough, when clubs can't run crap games." Such is the talk that has been impressed on influential citizens. Len is liable under the Vag law, and we do not think it d—tough to prove that a pair of craps are not visible means of support. "The Young Colored Men's Independent Military Company", was organized April 9th for the advancement and betterment of the race. They invite all young men interested in this particular line of training to join them. The object of this organization is to give young colored men a military and athletic training; to keep them out of bad company, and to give them a good moral education. The following members have joined: E. J. Lee, J. P. Taylor, A. B. Aylor, Haywood Hall, Glenwood Hall, Roy Green, Roy Mitchell, Theodore Vader, Clarence Davis, Ira Walls, James Scott. Recruiting Office: J. A. Withers, 504 6th Ave. N. No charges to join. THE FRANCE CAFE THE FRANCES CAFE Regular Dinner will be served daily at The France Cafe, 300 Fifth Ave. So. Minneapolis. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER. Mrs. J. M. Mask. Prop. Mr. S. N. Russell the real estate dealer was not at the City Hospital as was stated last issue. He was at The Asbury, a strictly private hospital. We specialize to make these so very necessary corrections. THE "ON TO CHICAGO" MARCHING CLUB APRIL 26.1915. They will award Grocery Prizes for holders of winning coupons. The one guessing the nearest to the number of paid admissions will receive $2.50 in cash. The Committee expects this to be one of their best attended entertainments. J. P. Jackson, Chm. REMEMBER THE DATE Mrs. Cisney, clerk of the Withers Express Co., 504 6th Ave. No., has accepted the agency of The Twin City Star. She will solicit ads, and subscriptions, and mention the personales. There is much activity on the North Side and her news will be of great interest to our readers. See Mrs. Johnson's Laundry Adv. and give her your patronage. Her prices equal all competitors and her TWIN CITY STAR HAIR WEAVING THE HARRIET TUBMAN CLUB. Organization Named For Noted Leader Holds Interesting Public Exercises. New York-Harriet Tubman day was recently celebrated in the principal A. M. E. Zion churches throughout the country, and subscriptions were taken toward the fund which is being raised for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument to the memory of the late Harriet Tubman. The services at Rush Memorial church, in this city, were of a particularly interesting character and were held under the auspices of the Harriet Tubman club, with Mme. Marie J. Stuart presiding. Miss Cicely S. Gunner of Hilburn, N. X., was the principal speaker. Mr. A. A. Schonburg, secretary of the Negro Society For Historical Research, made an historical address, and the music for the occasion was under the direction of Mme. M. Waller French, the gifted vocalist. The following ode, written by Mme. French, was sung by the audience to the tune of "America." Thy deeds so nobly done Our freedom for us won. Thine image in our hearts Shall dwell for aye. We know what you endured That freedom we procured. For those enslaved. In those days dark and drear. When all was fraught with fear, You for the cause so dear The dangers braved. Our voices now we raise In this hymn' of praise. Our ode to thee. Long may thy memory live. May we all honor give To thee, whose valiant work The slave set free. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES. Baltimore Congregation Host of C. M. E. Annual Conference. Baltimore.-The annual conference of the Colored M. E. church opened at the Galllee C. M. E. church on Mounst street, this city Wednesday, April 21, with Bishop L. H. Holsey presiding. The conference embraces churches in Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Jersey. A large attendance of ministers and laymen were present at the opening session. Prominent officials of the denomination, bishops and ministers from con- REV. W. D. WOOD. ferences are among the speakers. The congregation of Gallilee church recently entered their new church, which will be formally dedicated during the conference session. The new house of worship is a credit to the industry of the present pastor of the church, the Rev. W. D. Wood. He is an alumnus of the theological department of Howard university, in Washington. The Colored M. E. church has several congregations in Maryland. It has been a decade since a conference session was held in this city. As is well known, the denomination is an offshoot of the M. E. Church South and has many congregations and a number of flourishing schools in the south. EFFECTS OF THE EUROPEAN WAR ON COLOR PREJUDICE. James Slim of Jamaica, B. W. I., Enrols in Coldstream Guards. According to a recent London dispatch, James Slim, a Negro, native of Jamaica, West India island, has enlisted as a private in the Coldstream guards. Before the war, the report says, it would have been impossible for a negro to join a white regiment in England, let alone one of the proudest and most famous of the crack regiments. The fact of Slim's acceptance is a strong indication of the democratic effects of the war. Slim was in France when the war broke and joined the French foreign legion. Wounded in battle, he was sent to a hospital, where he expressed the wish to join Kitchener's new army. Word was sent to Kitchener, with the result that he was allowed to enroll in the Coldstreams. Slim is now (March 20) training with the reserve battalion at Windsor. Activities of the Sunshine Circle. The Sunshine circle of the Bridge Street A. M. E. church of Brooklyn is an active body of young missionary workers. The members recently entertained the inmates of the Home For Aged Colored People with music and also presented substantial gifts. The circle will be represented at the annual conference of the A. M. E. church, which will be held at the Bridge street church in Brooklyn in June. B PERSPECTIVE VIEW-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. The exterior is treated in rough cast cement up to a bait course. Above this bait course are shingles, which may be stained with any color. The vestibule opens into the living room, which has a fireplace at one side and a stairway and seat effect at the end. The second story has three chambers and a bath and a small balcony. 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PEOPLES, 236 BOSTON BL AT THE CLOSED GATE OF IUSTICE. Demand's strange loyalty. We serve a flag Which is to us white freedom's emphasis. Ah! one must love when truth and justice lag, To be a Negro in a day like this. To be a Negro in a day like this— Alas! Lord God, what evil have we done? Still shines the gate, all gold and amethyst. But I pass by, the glorious goal un "Merely a Negro"—in a day like this won. A Picture—Negro couple, no children promising future, a good income—prominent socially, own property, woman well respected, leading Church worker, man a high Mason—man about town — the other side—woman in southland. Home dismantled—Man caught white fever—at least a white woman is the nurse.—(well—He is a Mason. They are exempted). But who is the doctor? He is in the picture—and the picture points this moral—that the worst feature about intermingling or intermarriage is that a Negro will often leave a good wife of his own race to cohabit with or marry a low white woman. It is equality of character—because it can be done only by a low Negro. Can you blame the Negro women for their prejudices. Negro men, respect your wives. Never mind the alibi. Low mixed balls and the white buffet flats are breaking the hearts and destroying the homes of many virtuous Negro women—and their husbands are responsible? It is a disgrace. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS BALOOM CLS. CHAMBER 12'-0" X 7'-6" CHAMBER. 12'-6" X 8'-6" CLS. CHAMBER. 15'-0" X 8'-0" ROOF. SECOND FLOOR PLAN. MAN OF NEGRO ORIGIN: He Cites Authorities to Disprove "Pithecanthropos Erectus" Theory. To-the Editor of the Pioneer Press: One of your recent contributors to the Mail Bag makes "pithecanthropos erectus" the Adam of the human family. But according to such well-known authorities as Prof. Augustus H. Kean of the London university, in his "Ethnology" and "Man, Past and Present"; Prof. Giuseppe Sergi, professor of anthropology at the University of Rome, Italy, in his work on "The Mediterranean Races," and our own Prof. William Z Ripley, in his work on "Races of Europe"; Dr. Brinton, in his "Races and Peoples," as well as other scholars versed in this department of knowledge, repudiate the hypotheses postulated by the other scientists, and advocate the following pronouncements as most worthy of the consideration of the scholars learned in the science of anthropology: First—The present races of Europe are mere offshores of a primitive race now extinct. This extinct race was an offshoot of an African or Negro race, who migrated from Africa into Europe during the glacial and preglacial period. "Homo sapiens," "homo heidelbergensis," "neandertalensis," "loanthropos" and all other early European troglodytes, had an African, therefore Negro origin. Chancellor David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford university virtually says ditto to the conclusions of Ripley, Kean, Sergi and others. And as regards the "Aryan race" of the high schoolroom, why, the science of ethnology can find no trace of its existence. The word "Aryan" means light, learning, culture, education in the arts, science and industries. It is a "linguistic" and not an ethnological term. Theosophical writers and theosophical literature claim that the Anglo-Saxon, Celt, Dane, Teuton and the inhabitants of the United States are mere "subraces" of the great "root race" which was negroid in character and color, so that the Negro is the "true ancestor of man," and man's primitive home was somewhere in Africa. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press' Mail Bag. Unfitting Medium. "Can't you play that round any better?" "Not on a square piano."—Exchange. Defective Page fective Page WHAT CENSUS FIGURES SHOW Decrease In-Death-Rate and Increase In Home Ownership. Washington.—The bulletin on Negroes in the United States issued March 20, by William J. Harris, director of the census, department of commerce, contains for the first time a statement regarding mortality among Negroes. All previous census publications have given statistics for the total colored population, in which were included the Chinese, Japanese, Indians and other non-white. The data are shown for the registration area of the United States, the registration states and certain selected cities—fifty-seven in all. The Negro population of the area was 19.7 per cent of the total number of Negroes in the United States in 1910, and the deaths numbered 49,499, with a death rate of 25.5 per 1,000 population, a decrease as compared with the rate in 1900, which was 29.4. The selected cities shown are the fifty-seven registration cities which had, in 1910, a Negro population of 2,000 or more, for which comparable data are available in 1900. In the fifty-seven cities included in the table the death rate among Negroes in 1910 was 27.8 and that among whites 15.9 per 1,000, the rate among the Negroes be nearly twice as great as that for the whites. In the thirty-three northern cities the death rate among Negroes was 25.1 and that among whites 15.7 per 1,000, while in twenty-four southern cities the rate for Negroes was 29.6 and that for whites 16.9. Thus the death rates for each race were higher in the southern than in the northern cities, the difference between the races in respect to death rate also being greater in the south. Both Negroes and whites show decreases in death rate in 1910 as compared with 1900, when the fifty-seven cities are considered in the aggregate, the decline for the Negroes being 3.4 and for whites 2.5 per 1,000 population. Every city in the south, except Key West, Fl., and Memphis, Tenn., showed a lower death rate for Negroes in 1910 than in 1900. The increase in Key West was only 0.2, while in Memphis it was 3.9 per 1,000. The general tendency appears to be in the direction of a declining death rate for Negroes in registration cities, the decrease being somewhat greater for Negroes than for whites. As a result the difference between the death rate for Negroes and for whites in these cities was not as great in 1910 as a decade earlier. The table presents the distribution of the Negro and white deaths for 1910 by cause of death for the registration area and also for sixty-nine of the seventy selected cities in the area, the data for Springfield, Ill., not being available. The table shows that deaths among Negroes, as compared with the whites, are relatively more numerous for malaria, tuberculosis of the lungs, other forms of tuberculosis, pneumonia and whooping cough, while for measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, cancer, appendicitis, diarrhea and violent deaths (including suicide) the distribution is noticeably higher among whites. In other causes the differences in the percentages are slight. The question as to whether the decrease in mortality among Negroes in 1910 as compared with 1900 was due to permanent causes, such as improved housing conditions, better medical attention and in improved sanitary conditions and not to the absence of epidemics, is an important and interesting one. Undoubtedly one of the factors which has caused the decrease in the death rate, which decrease is almost universal in the cities of the south, is the increase in home ownership among the Negro population. The ownership of homes data for the northern states and cities is not available; and what is presented relates only to the south. In the decade from 1900 to 1910 the number of homes owned by Negroes in the southern states increased by 102,912, or 31.4 per cent, this increase covering increase in farm homes of 30,449, or 16.7 per cent, and in other homes of 72,468, or 49.8 per cent. The table presents the number of owned homes in 1910, the increase during the decade, 1900 to 1910, and also the number of Negro inhabitants to one owned home for each of the southern states. J. A. Lightfoot to Publish Magazine. James A. Lightfoot, formerly editor of the Advocate at Atlantic City, N. J., will soon begin the publication of a high class thirty-two page monthly magazine, with a staff of experienced writers. The first issue of the magazine is announced to appear in April. Fine Chance to Get Out on the Land. The stockholders of the Kaw Valley Truck Farm company at its annual meeting, which was recently held, showed many good results. The company owns 105 acres of land near Kansas City, Kan., and, according to H. P. Ewing, the promoter and manager, its object is to furnish productive employment to the Negroes who wish to leave the congested city conditions. Naming the Mississippi. The Mississippi river had more than a dozen native names, different designations being given at different points in its course. The Algonquins called it the Meche Sebe, other tribes termed it Chucagua, Mico, Tumalasen, Tapala Ri and other names. The Algonquin name was finally adopted by the whites for the whole river. The meaning is "father of water," or "the whole river." Twenty-seven spellings are noted in the writings of early explorers--Minneapolis Journal. Broadens its Financial Policy Toward Our Educational Institutions. Nashville, Tenn.-As a result of a conference held in this city recently the M. E. Church South will in the future maintain a broader policy of aid to and co-operation with the C. M. E. church. This decision was reached in a conference of the secretaries of the various boards of the M. E. Church South with respect to the relations between the two churches and embraces particularly increased aid to the educational, church extension and Sunday school work of the C. M. E. church. By order of the recent general conference of the M. E. Church South the secretaries were to confer upon this matter and report their decision to their respective boards. Whether authentic or not, the opinion generally prevailed among the leaders of the C. M. E. church that in the future the work which the Southern Methodist church would do for Negro education would be confined to Paine college, Augusta, Ga., alone. For more than a quarter of a century the M. E. Church South had maintained this school and has also contributed to the maintenance of Lane college, Jackson, Tenn. Dr. John M. Moore, secretary of the home mission department, was especially active in pushing forward a broader policy of larger support to the C. M. E. church. Rather than continue its policy of confining its efforts to aid Negro education to the support of Paine college alone the decision finally was made to contribute to the support of five colleges maintained by the C. M. E. church. According to this decision, the M. E. Church South will continue to care for the entire budget of expenses of Paine college and, in addition, will make annual appropriations to Miles Memorial college, Birmingham, Ala.; Lane college, Jackson, Bingham, Ala.; Lane college, Jackson, Penn; Mississippi Industrial college, Holly Springs; Texas college, Tyler, Tex.; and Texas college, Homer, La. When the matter was up for discussion the secretaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church South asked Dr. James A. Bray, general secretary of education for the C. M. E. church, for an expression of opinion, and he stated that to that a broader sphere of activity on the part of the white church toward the uplift of the Negroes in the C. M. E. church would not at all detract from Paine college, but would rather tend to help that institution, making it the central school for theology and for the higher training of teachers, descessones and other social workers, maintaining that the disposition to divide its interests in various sections would make possible better facilities and better work in schools that would reach a larger number of people than could be expected to attend the central school. This idea prevailed, and the several secretaries unanimously and enthusiastically made the broad recommendation that henceforth it is to be the policy of the southern Methodist church. Attending the conference were Drs. Stonewall Anderson, secretary of education; John M. Moore, secretary of home missions; W. W. Pinson, secretary of foreign missions; F. H. Parker, secretary Epworth League; W. M. McMurray, secretary church extension; J. A. Lamar, secretary or manager book concern; E. D. Chappelle, secretary Sunday school department. Representing the colored Methodist Episcopal church were Drs. James A. Bray and Rufus S. Stout, secretary of church extension. Dr. J. D. Hammond, president of Paine college, also attended the conference. SHORT AND SHARP. Why not establish a merchant submarine? Borrowed money soon begins to look like borrowed trouble. The trouble with most people is that they have too many troubles. Everybody loves a quitter when he has been talking a little longer than enough. A silencer for party telephone lines would contribute greatly to a decrease in gescip. The man who starts something is all right and a desirable citizen if he has good sense. The man who plays cards for money often finds that the other fellow did the same thing. It does not do much good to keep some of the Ten Commandments and smash the others. Letters and articles that try to show the brighter side of war all fall because there isn't any. Maxim Gorky has made peace with the czar, which is the first peace news from Europe in some time. International law is something which all civilized nations highly respect and uphold—in times of profound peace. The high cost of living should bring a detachable revival. Horace's dictum was "if you chew more you won't eat so much." If variety is the spice of life Mexico City must be about the spicest place on earth just now. It changes hands almost every day. Send Your Subscription READ THE STAR-ITS NEWS TWIN CITY STAR Constructive Work of General Arm- strong. Theme of De Oscherand. strong Theme of Dr. Sheppard. Hampton, Va.-General Armstrong's constructive work at Hampton institute, in this town, and the excellent results of training Negro and Indian youth for service were ably presented by the Rev. Dr. William H. Sheppard of Louisville, Ky., in a most helpful address, which he recently delivered in the Memorial church here. "Under the leadership of General Armstrong," said Dr. Sheppard. "Negroes and Indians became active men. Picking up the ada, they began to hew; taking up the brush, they began to paint; hitching up the horse, they began to plow; opening the book, they began to read; assembling in chapel, they confessed Christ." Dr. Sheppard raised the question. What have been the results of Hampton's work? "Homes have been established, and homes are the foundation of good citizenship," said Dr. Sheppard. "The marriage vow has been introduced and made sacred; the family altar has been set up; Scripture reading and family prayer have become a delight, and Sabbath schools have been everywhere established. "The Negroes, who owned only a few acres of ground, inspired by their leaders from Hampton, now own and cultivate 20,000,000 acres, worth nearly $1,000,000,000, and in the near future they will have doubled and trebled these numbers. Those leaders had heard General Armstrong say: 'Stick to the soil. Sacrifice everything but life and honor, but get land.' "The timid group that went down in the valley to pray has come into the open and built spires which point toward heaven to the amount of $70,000,000. Schoolhouses have been built everywhere, in which are gathered 1,700,000 children. Not only did these leaders build the ordinary schoolhouses, but their inspiration has led them to large and beautiful normal, industrial and agricultural institutions. The old slab houses and cabins have been torn down and neat-yea, beautiful—structures have taken their places." Dr. Sheppard, a former student, paid a warm tribute to General Armstrong as a man of rare faith and vision. He said that through the influence of Hampton's founder thousands have gone into hard places filled with inspiration and life giving power. He said that General Armstrong inspired boys to be men who would look up, look out and face the world bravely. Armstrong's vision was to make men and to dignify labor. Negroes who were found degraded, ignorant and superstitious by Armstrong were helped to higher and more profitable lives. Dr. Sheppard referred to his long years of missionary work in the Belgian Kongo and to the results which had come to Africa through the inspiration of Armstrong and Hampton. Today there are thousands of Kongo natives who are living Christian lives and are being helped by well trained native evangelists. Glacier Park Peaks The peaks in Glacier National park rising more than 10,000 feet above sea level are Mount Cleveland, 10,488 feet; Mount Stimson, 10,155 feet; Kintla peak, 10,100 feet; Mount Jackson, 10,023 feet; and Mount Slyeh, 10,004 feet. Echoes of the War. The greater truth is not that the United States is unprepared, but that it is unwilling for war.—New York World. Between bombs dropped from the air and torpedoes shot beneath the sea neutral commerce does not seem to have much to encourage it.—Philadelphia Press. Making history is an interesting process, but we can't help feeling glad it is being made in Poland instead of in South Carolina.—Charleston News and Courier. The announcement is made by each nation in turn that renewed arrangements have been made to push the war. In the meantime The Hague continues to issue no bulletins whatever—Washington Star. Flippant Flings. Sometimes we feel as if we didn't care whether we ever speak to Europe again.—Toledo Globe. A Massachusetts specialist says he can live on 10 cents a day. He has our permission.—Detroit Free Press. Speaker Clark advises a proportional elimination of all the armies. Well, ain't they doin' it?—Washington Post. In view of what is going on, one is disposed to inquire what has become of the old fashioned gayety of nations. —Chicago News. Seattle physicians are puzzled over a woman who hasn't slept in seven years. Perhaps her husband talks in his sleep.—Washington Post. The Royal Box. Kaiser Wilhelm has been German emperor for twenty-seven years. Queen Alexandra of England receives an annuity of £70,000 from the state. The king of Spain is said to be the only monarch who does not sign his name to documents and edicts. His signature is simply "Yo, el Rey" ("L, the King.") About four years previous to his ascending the throne King Emmanuel of Italy fell in love with Princess Helen of Montenegro while on a visit to Russia, and the marriage took place in October, 1896. SUITS $25.00 OVERCOATS $25.00 Cleaning Pressing Repairing CLIFFORD A. SMITH. 421 UNIVERSITY AVE., ST. PAUL N. W. PHONE DALE 3823. SMOKE THE BEST 5C CIGAR Sight Draft W. S CÓNRAD CO., Distributors NO. 140. E. 6th ST., ST. PAUL. NO. 1. 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Everyday life in the Belgian Kongo was graphically described by Dr. William H. Sheppard of Louisville, Ky., at a recent Sunday evening chapel service at the Hampton (Va.) institute. Dr. Sheppard, who became some years ago a fellow of the Royal Geographical society on account of his African explorations and studies, told the Hampton workers and students about his early experiences as a missionary. In March, 1890, the son of Judge Lapley, a young white man of Alabama, and Dr. Sheppard made their way into the Kongo region and after many difficulties reached the Kassai river, known to the natives as the "river of spirits" on account of the number of people annually taken by the crocodiles. Dr. Sheppard said: When Mr. Lapsley was lying in the canes sick with the fever some natives came forward with spears and were going to face him. The shepherd shepherd faced the hostile people to save the young southerner, who was afterward known among the natives as the Fathinder," because of his ability to fathen. He was one of the country and into the hearts of the natives. After the death of Mr. Lapaley I continued my missionary work by establishing a Sunday school and bringing Christ's message to the people of the interior. The African natives who live under the cruel hand of superstition are to be sympathized with. The twitching of the hand, the snake crossing the trail, theoothing of the owl in the jungle are all signs of the cruel hand on a journey if there was a tree in the path a crowd went around it on the same side, not allowing it to part them. A man going on a journey, if he stubbed his toe, would never go on; he would stop and spit in the place and go back home. He is accused of stealing he is forced to put his hands in boiling water three times. If the hand is not scalded he is considered innocent. We watched a man who had been accused plump his arm in up to the elbow—one, two, three times. The skin began to peel. He was as guilty and was finally found. You saw him accused came before the witch doctors. They put pepper in the girl's eyes and hold it tight with a copper wire and say, "If you are not guilty it will not burn you." I have seen a girl going around the house. She is sick and swollen eyes, in the mind of the witch guilty. The day of the witch doctor is passing in Central Africa. The natives are learning that Christian doctors and teachers can help them more than the witch doctors. Christianity is taking possession of the hearts of the natives. He is showing you he describes in detail the economic and social life of the natives. In spite of the fact that his life was nearly taken because he dared to reveal the atrocities committed in the Belgian Kongo by the officers of King Leopold, Dr. Sheppard has been most willing to give all that he can afford to help the Belgians in their dire distress. Dr. Sheppard made clear that the murder of people in the Kongo, where rubber is such an important commodity, was not sanctioned by the Belgians. "The African colony known as the Belgian Kongo was the private property of King Leopold. There are many people in Belgium who knew nothing at all about King Leopold's officers cutting off the hands and ears of natives who failed to gather the quantity of rubber expected of them." "The Master has given me the heart and spirit of Hampton," said Dr. Sheppard in conclusion. "I would not hate any man." READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS A. B. PETER H. BURGESS OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is patented. Commerce and invention strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free, then agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Mung & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the THE BIG THREE Invite you for the Season 1914-15 The same courteous treatment will be shown our many friends of the Twin Cities as has been shown in the seasons past. Dances on the first and third Tuesdays in each month at ARCADE HALL 1311 Wash. Ave. S., Minneapolis ADMISSION, 25c Respectfully Yours, Edw. Pipkin, P. H. Southall and Robert Glenn. MR. JOHN A. WITHERS. He can save you from $1 to $5 on moving household goods—also on storage. He will move your Pianos, Baggage, called for and Delivered. Rubbish Removed. Call on him for your Coal and Wood. LET WITHERS DO IT! Give him a Trial and be Satisfied. He solicits your patronage, and is entitled to it. He must have it. CALL UP MAIN 3474. J. A. WITHERS, 504 6th Ave. No., Minneapolis PROF. HOWARD'S LATEST HIT. Prof. W. H. Howard, the well known musical instructor of 111 So. Oth St., is the composer of "I Wonder" one of the latest musical selections. The words are by Burt Shinkle. This song is sold at leading music stores and its popularity is assured. Nearly one thousand copies of on St. is the composer of "I Wonder" one of the la lest musical selections. The wor are by Burt Shink le. This song sold at leading music stores and its popularity assured. Nearly on thousand copies o this song has been sold since 1915. THE SPIRELLA CORSET Mrs. Cora Anderson Carr 365 Aurora Ave. N. W. Dale St. Paul Minn | \ ot | ft 7 | | - PF Defective Pag ee ee THE TWIN CITY STAR SS PUBLSHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 1419 Washington Ave. So,, Minneapotis, ‘Minnesota. ‘Matered tn the Pest Office at Min- ‘Reapelis as secend class matter. | MEMBER | NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION _ MINNESOTA EDITORIAL ASSN. 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Character is moral order embod- ied in the individual, Men of char- acter are not only the conscience of society, but in every we governed state they are its best motive power, for it is moral qualities in the main which rule the world—Samuel Saniles. Nesro Club Privileges. There is no reasonable argument that Negro club privileges should not be tolerated as well as the white clubs viz: Athletic, Elks, Minnesota, Moose, Eagles, etc. These have only state charters and NO licenses. Are they molested? Do not the members of these clubs often sit as grand jurors? Is the police department censured for their existence? Do they show any evidence of graft. If such privileges are necessarily granted, why are they not legalized by the passage of a law to permit the sale of liquor? The Negro is not different from other men, so far as their social customs are con- cerned, but they suffered the denial of public service, because of predudice and discrimination. The Star has al- ways condemned GAMBLING, and has defended the sale of liquors be- cause of the refusal of the authorities to grant saloon licenses to Negroes as same as to whites. There is but one saloon among our people, which is operated by Kid Mitchell, and it is creditably conducted. Tt was well enough for every office- secker to come among the Negro vo- ters to endorse club conditions and get their votes, and when the “blow- off” comes, many want to blame the Mayor. Yes there is GRAFT, but not financial graft. It is the political grafters, who always sanction these clubs, and they never appear before grand juries to advise their action in such matters. The grand jury of Hen- nepin Co, is becoming a farce. We have followed its meetings since the famous Col. Dodson adventure and there has not been any constructive results obtained so far as vice regula- tion, They act on the information given by some persons, who have not a leg to stand on. ‘Any good citizen should be given 2 hearing before them, but it is with them to use, good judgment as to the character and motive of the informer and the effect of their action. Tt can be easily shown. that every Negro who has recently caused any arrests by the grand jury has done so by rea- son of vengence. Atty. Franklin has ‘been shown up in these columns, alsc the discharged detective Hardin, whe was unmasked ahd “broke by the Star ‘The washing of the family linen o ‘both of these impostors will reves! their character. Franklin was presi dent of a club, which sotd liquor an: he was the cause of its failure. ‘The Twin City Star always led « fight for the protection of women anc do not think they should be denle privileges of real clubs. They have th game social customs as the whit ‘women who patronize white clubs. Th gambling feature should be eliminate ‘by every person who runs a club ‘whether-he be white or black. It i “sickening to heat that whenever ‘ tbunch of the boys get together ther “Ya going to be a little “Crap game, “Ttie es fie and an insult. There shoul 5 disp ‘on the part of ever; good citizen to advance the races. We know about the “clubs” of every nationality. They have all adopted the crap game as their special feature, and they are simply crap joints. But many of our influential citizens want to place all Negroes together and they must say “a good crap game will keep them ALL together,” if that is es- sential for unity, then God save our future. CRAP GAMES MUSTGO. * ‘We have fought a long and hard campaign for the interest of Negro womanhood and especially directed our attack on the Twin City Stag Club, where young girls well known in society frequented. There was a crap game connected with that club and still remains but the women are eliminated. We received much criticism from the better element, the Federated Women's Clubs refused to aid the crusade and the clergy lent little support to our efforts. Stewart, the proprietor is in financitl straights, when he could have made money with his place, one of the best ever fur- nished and operated by a Negro. Shull was immune from our attack be- cause he had no women in his place. Now that Craps has so disturbed the social unrest caused by the recent raid—we serve notice on all clubs that we have opened up a Campaign against Craps. It has become the opinion of the authorities that Craps are necessary to the club life of a Ne- gro. The Star refuses to agree—and hopes to show to the best white peo- ple that crap games, (those run as openly as the Soo National Bank), are the destruction of our race. They are tolerated with other less de- moralizing privileges granted clubs They get their revenue from the working man and the only persons who lives as players of the game are the vagrant and vicious element— Such games are framed to run in 2 hole in a wall and not in a public club. They bring all elements upor equal basis and do not permit of any class distinction. It must be con sidered that clubs are permitted tc run because they afford the con- veniences for patrons denied other plices. White men are not allowed to ented or play in clubs. The best crap game is the drawing card—yet people have to go to these places for other amusement and refreshment. I is a Social problem of vast importance We do not and cannot depend on the leading citizens for support. We have tried and failed. We go alone. Ou columns will not be devoted to its new: or gossip, if we can secure results we shall be proud, if not, we shal have done our duty. Clean-up-week ‘begins soon. “Clean up craps” mus never stop. Somewhat Perturbed. The cells in the City Jail were in- spected by a delegation composed of some leading Negro citizens. During their reception they were greatly an- noyed by the noise of the echoes of the political speeches of the last cam- paign. The Wet element will not profit by the raid. Negroes cannot be ex- pected to vote to sustain conditions for the whites, when they can enjoy the same even under segregation. Wet or dry? take your choice. The New Governor, a Photo play from the Nigger by Edward Sheldon will be shown next week at The Strand Theatre. The pictures of each character are true to nature and of the two races we are fortunate to be shown to the better advantage. Two Niggers—a crooked lawyer and a stool pigeon—censored and ap- proved by grand jury. Franklin and Hardin were going to do things to everybody. They con- tinue to get Glover Shull. They go to the grand jury—and there is never any charges against others. Why does he want Shull off Hennepin Ave? Who petitioned the property owners and said “a Nigger club should be in an alley?” Ex. Rev. W. S. Malone is now an ex-resident. It took a long time to get him, but he was got. RIGHT AND DUTY. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our sare understand it. —Abraham Li 3 Deceneration of the House. No jokes are better appreciated than ‘those that are made unwittingly by sober minded men. Not long ago a solemn member of congress was holding forth in that body In a pessimistic strain about what he felt to be a great falling off in the character and standing of that august body. “Since 1 came into this house four years ago,” be announced with the ut- most gravity, “the confidence of the public in it bas much diminished."— Philadelphia Ledger. STAR “ADS"—BRING RESULTS cis TWIN CITY STAR YEAR BOOK SHOWS |" "°"* See He OUR INDUSTRY | S225 ap \ ls witce seo faluable Document Compiled | improve the standard by Monroe M Work, [Ae thar ar: in the homes are set a AUTHOR AND SOCIOLOGIST. |" bRe about» ot High Tribute to Head of Research Department of the Tuskegee Insti- tute—Trained In Best Schools and Rich in Experience. ‘Tuskegee, Ala—If work counts for anything there is a man connected with the Tuskegee (Ala) institute whose very name is “work,” and that in- dividual is Professor Monroe N. Work of the division of record and research, whose valuable information to the pub- Hc has been helpful and inspiring al- most beyond measure. We are indebted to Mr. Work for the compilation and information con- cerning the raco to be found in the “Negro Year Book.” ‘The one issued for 1914-15 takes the foremost place as ‘an encyclopedia concerning the race. ‘This is the third edition of the “Negro Year Book” which Professor Work has edited and published. This young man was born in North Carolina, but received his education in Kansas, graduating from the public schools of Arkansas City, Kan., in 1892. ‘To fit him for a special line of work he took a theological course in the ‘Chicago Theological seminary, gradv- ating in 1808 It was while in this school that he became interested in the study of sociology. Thus it was the same year of his graduation from the seminary that he entered the Uni. versity of Chicago. He remained in the school five years, taking the degree of bachelor of philosophy, and in 1908 took the de gree of master of arts, with sociology as a major subject and experimental psychology as a minor study. Mr. Work’s thesis for his master’s degree was the “Negro’s Real Estate Holding In Chicago.” This attracted wide spread attention and brought forth many comments from the press throughout the country. He showed that the first property owned in Chi- cago was owned by a member of the Negro race. His first position was with the Georgia State Industrial college as pro- fessor in history and education. This position he held for five years. It was in 1008 that Dr. Booker ‘T. Washington invited him to become a member of the faculty at the Tuskegee institute by the establishment of the department of research, which position was ac cepted. ‘The’ result of this work and department is embodied in the “Negro Year Book,” which is issued annually. ‘The first was brought out in 1912 ‘This valuable book is to be found in almost every public library of any city of importance in the United States and is much sought after by those who wish accurate information concerning the Negro race. It is used in some of the untversities, colleges and normal schools as a textbook in order to ac- quaint the students of such echools on the facts of Negro history. Professor Work is one of the busiest men at Tuskegee Institute, and his book is being read by thousands of People. It is the one needed work for the public. He has not only given t the world the book? but has writter many articles for magazines and othet publications. ‘The Christian Recorder, edited by Dr. BR, BR. Wright at Philadelphia, reviewing the current issue of Mr Work's book says: ‘This 1s the third edition of the “Ne gro Year Book,” so ably edited by Monroe N. Work, whose special prepa ration for his work was acquired bj several years of study in the Chicag Theological seminary and Universit3 of Chicago, from both of which institu tions he was graduated, having special ized in sociology and history with par ticular reference to the Negro and hay ing such teachers as Frederick Starr Albion W. Small and W. I. Thomas. Hi was instructor in mathematics and so clology in the Georgia State Industria | college, Savannah, Ga., before assum ing his present position. He had mad '| extensive researches into African life | also Negro folklore in America and th subject of Negro ertme, The year book continues to im | prove. This volume gives a review o | the Negro in 1913, covering sixty page and treating the following phases o racial life: Economie, religious, polit al, the race question and race liters ture. The chapter on “the civil statu of the negro” 1s invaluable Othe chapters of interest are “negro soldte heroes,” “the church,” “education, “music,” “painters,” “soulptors,” “pe ets and actors," “occupations,” “inven || tions,” “agriculture,” “Negro town and settlements,” “Negro in business, : “crime,” “health,” “population,” “na '| tional organizations.” “social settle ments,” “fraternal. organizations, .| “publications” and “bibliographies.” "| ‘This is without doubt the most valu | able compendium of knowledge abou | Negroes. No man can hope to keep ui '| with the times without it. It ts indis '| pensable for editor. teacher. lawyer business man, politician and socia | worker. ‘| We are told that the Negroes of Vis | ginia own 1,620,626 acres of land, a: "| sessed at $14,156,287; of North Care ling, 1,887,085. The Negroes of Geor gla pay taxes on $34,000,447, In 191 §| they owned 1,215,798 acres. THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO LIFE. Home Training Most Important. Says Miss Nannie H. Burroughs. The moral phase of the Negro problem. is the most serious part of the whole aggravating question. To improve the standard of the life of the masses is the only solution. As with other races, the standards in the homes are set up by the women who preside over them. Therefore to bring about a reform the woman- hood of the race must be taught how to instruct their children in those virtues, that have made the most advanced races what they are. ‘We are prone to think that the Negro is by nature religious and therefore moral. He is both; but he is not enough of either when it comes to living up to fundamental principles every day life. Because of his crude conception of what the Christian re- ligion really is he too often practices jone thing and preaches another. Often the foremost woman in the church is so far from a model for her less ambitious sisters that they look with contempt upon her and dis- credit religion. This misrepresenta- tion of the genuine article takes many forms and sometimes the one woman is a combination of all. She allows beer drinking, card playing, and rag time music in her home. She is loose in her conversation. Her language is often smutty. Her demeanor be- comes a woman of the street. Her home is a hangout for “sliding elders” and loafing, hungry preachers. Her house is poorly kept. Her children are too young to be men and wom- en and too old to be children. They are theregore the freshest things in the neighborhood. They run the church, They sit in the front heat, chew gum, talk and keep their “gang” giggling. To speak to them is to throw a match into a magazine of powder. ‘These wise and talented youngsters of the leading sisters, get into the choir and start trouble for the chor- isters. They get religion and start trouble for the deacons. These chil- dren of too many of those who aspire to leadership in our local churches presume too much on the standing and influence of their mothers and give our churches all kinds of trouble. What we need is a new type of women in our homes as mothers, and a new type of women in our churches as leaders and examples for the young. ‘The wig wearing, gum chewing, beer smelling, mouth running, street trotting, home neglecting, convention fever type of women are out of style, .and from them may we soon be de- livered. —The Worker. ‘The struggle for today, ts not al- together for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. Dodging an Argument. Crawford — How do you get your wife to believe what you say when you come home late? Orabshaw—I first listen to what she ‘accuses me of doing, and then I own up to i—Judge. Old Peppermint Remedies. Peppermint drops have long been the unfailing comforter of old ladies— ‘and others—but tn recent times we ‘seem to have got past needing some of the medicinal qualities for which pep- permint oll was held in high esteem fm bygone centuries. Gerarde in his Herbale (1638) advises the use of it either “poured into the eares with honeyed water" or “taken inwardly” ag a certain specific “against stolopen- res, beare-worms, sea-serpents, scor- pions and the bitings of mad dogs!”— London Chronicle. ° Consolation. Beggar—I haven't tasted food for’ a month. Dyspeptic—That's nothing.’ It's the same old taste.Town Topics. Short Stories. ~ ‘The salary of a general in the Rus sian army varies from $1,500 to $2,500 a year. ‘The Dover strait te only twenty: one miles wide at Calais, which bas been connected with Dover by cable since 1851. A system is in vogne in Italy by means of which mulberry leaves are preserved in cold storaze as food for silkworms. Peru 1s considering a tax on bust- ness earnings because the country's revenues for 1915 are estimated at $12,500,000 and the expenses $20,000,- 000. Fashion Frills. Spring straws show which way fash- lon blows ttself.—Baltimore American. Silk tronsers this summer, announce the tailors Fickle fashion, indeed!— New York Sun Women’s hats are to be costiler, ac- ‘cording to reports, ‘They usually are— Pittsburg Dispatch. Here comes the low crowned derby again, as if men were not funny enough alrendy.—Chicago News, Wasp shaped gowns announced tn the near future should be named for the mosquito—the sting is in the bill — ‘Weehington Post. Consolaticn. ROOT & HAGEMAN 403-5-7 NICOLLET AVENUE Women’s Fashionable Apparel at Popular Prices COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, WAISTS, SKIRTS, MILLINERY, GLOVES, HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR Our advice. ZUMALWEISS THE BETTER BEER © You are sure of apprecia- tion from anyone to whom you recommend it. BENS. 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Little Willy is a bright boy and a saucy boy, His apt answers have of- ten turned away wrath and often turn- ed it upon bim strongly. The other day his father was reprimanding him for some misdeed, and Willy was an- ‘swering very saucily. The father be- came very angry and, selzing the youngster by the collar, said: “See here, young man, you must not talk Uke that to me. I neyer gave my fa- ther impudence when'I was a boy.” Willy was not fazed at all, With eberubic smile he looked into papa’s eyes and sald, “But, papa, maybe your father didn't need it” "Twas ae off. Willy escaped punishment, papa retired to another reom.