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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ive Page VOL. 6 Single Copies 5 Cents For his heroic act in remaining at his post in the fireroom of the armored cruiser Memphis when she was blown ashore at Santo Domingo recently, the government honored the memory of James Henry Townsend, a Boston man, by burying him with full military honors in Arlington National cemetery. Only one other colored member of the navy or army has been buried in the Arlington National cemetery. Surgeon General William C. Braisted of the navy notified Mayor Curley of Boston that Townsend's body had been recovered and would be shipped to Washington Sept. 9. He stated that the navy department would bury the fireman with honors at Arlington or, if his wife preferred, would send the body to Boston for interment. Mrs. Townsend lives at 8 Lindall place. The mayor sent for her, and after a short talk she decided to have the funeral at the National cemetery, as she had no lot in Boston, is without relatives and almost destitute. Mrs Townsend went to Washington to witness the burial of her husband at the expense of Mayor Curley. James Henry Townsend was serving his fourth enlistment of three years when he died. Mayor Curley said regarding the case: "No citizen of Boston ever died a greater hero or deserved a more lasting tribute. The waves rolled in the churning sea off the Dominican Republic fully thirty to forty feet in height. Disaster was inevitable, but the brave Townsend, faithful unto death, remained steadfastly at his post and perished that his companions of the ill fated ship might live. "I have wired Surgeon General Bralsted of the navy department to extend every service possible to Mrs. Townsend. As soon as the hour for the funeral is determined I shall telegraph Henry Neal, the veteran colored doorkeeper of the house of representatives, to have a representative committee of colored citizens meet Mrs. Townsend in Washington upon her arrival. "When congress convenes in the winter I shall see that a special bill is presented at Washington in behalf of Mrs. Townsend, who is left absolutely without means of support." Pittsburgh Church Observes Anniv- erary of Lincolnshire Edifice of Exordea Richard H. Wilson is the chairman of the general committee for the celebration to commemorate the issuance of the Lincoln emancipation proclamation to be held under the auspices of the Tabernacle Cosmopolitan Baptist church at Exposition park. Pittsburgh, Sept. 21. Associated with Mr Wilson in the general arrangements are George G. Crampton of the athletic committee. Thomas A. Wilson of the speakers' committee and Major J. A. Wheeler of the military and parade committee. Lawyer Robert L. Vann will preside over the literary exercises. There will be a mammoth street parade, in which members of the Knights of Pythas, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, boys' brigades, campfire girls and boys and the sons of veterans will participate. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR ALL READY FOR RACE CONGRESS Washington Selected For Big Gathering Oct. 4-5. National Equal Rights League Takes Initiative In Important Movement to Consider Welfare of Colored American Citizens—Sessions to Be Held in the John Wesley Church. By N. BARNETT DODSON. The time and place for holding the national congress of colored American citizens have been set for Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 4 and 5, at the John Wesley church in Washington. With this announcement the call of the National Equal Rights league is completed. The object of the congress is to confer on the most important questions affecting the political and civil rights of colored American citizens of the United States. While the Equal Rights league has taken the initiative in the movement by issuing the call, the congress will be absolutely free to perfect its own REV. DR. BYRON GUNNER, PRESIDENT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE. organization, rules and program for the two days allotted for the meeting. The league has very generously announced that its annual meeting will be held after the congress adjourns. The congress is to be composed first of regular accredited delegates chosen and sent by the various fraternal, religious, literary and political organizations from all sections of the country and of individuals who may enroll as members of the general body as soon as it is organized. The league again urges all such organizations as above named to see to it that from one to two delegates be elected by each body and sent to the congress. The fact that lynching is still rampant, particularly at the south, and in most of the other sections of the country segregation ordinances are still being introduced and enacted ought to be sufficient evidence of infringement upon the legal rights of the colored people to cause them to unite in a great movement like the proposed congress for self defense. The Apostle Paul boasted of his Roman citizenship and used it in defending himself from a mob in the temple at Jerusalem. He knew the law and was willing to stake his life on its being respected by those in authority. "Is it lawful to scourge a Roman uncondemned?" he asked. Would to God we had in this country officials who respected the law of the land and who valued human life highly enough to throw around uncondened citizens the mantle and strong arm of the law. But there is still balm in Gilead; there is still left a remedy for unfairness and injustice. The ballot rightly used will remedy many of the things which now hinder the progress of the colored race. We must unite our forces as a race so as to make our numerical strength felt to better advantage. We must see the necessity of having our representatives in the municipal and national lawmaking departments of this country. When the congress convenes an outline of the questions to be discussed will be announced, and to such topier the delegates will address themselves. Committees will be appointed to draft all measures intended to be presented to the authorities in nation, state or municipality. It has been suggested that a campaign to create favorable sentiment on the questions presented be mapped out by states, and at the conclusion of a campaign of sentiment the representatives in the various states will meet and report on their work and recommend the kind of action to be taken. These state representatives will act for the congress between annual meetings. RACE PREJUDICE NORTH. George E. Wibecan Enters Suit Against Theater Official In Brooklyn. Theater Official in Brooklyn. In the south the colored people are lynched upon the most flimsy charges or suspicion of guilt when charged with crime, and in the north they are discriminated against at sight in the matter of places of public amusement or social comforts. A case in point at the north is being tried out by the courts in Brooklyn. George E. Wibecan well known and popular in social and political circles and a clerk in the general postoffice for a quarter of a century or more, entered suit against John Crawford, treasurer of the Empire theater, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, for refusing as Mr. Wibecan alleges, to sell him two theater seat tickets. Mr. Wibecan in making the charge against the theater official called the attention of the court to section 514 of the penal law of the state. Mr. Wibecan says he went to the theater and stayed in line for some time, and when he finally reached the box office and asked for two tickets for the performance for the next day he was told: "We haven't got any. Get out of line." He received the same reply, he said, when he asked for two tickets for Friday night, Sept. 8. Manager Curtain of the theater in court told the magistrate the box office man did not refuse to sell Wibecan tickets because of his color, but because there were no tickets left. The case was put over for further hearing. Some time ago Mr. Wibecan started suit against a downtown restaurant keeper because he refused to serve him and gained an award of $100 when the case was brought into the courts. NATION HONORS TOWNSEND. Dead Hero of Cruiser Memphis Buried With Naval Honors. BIG HISTORICAL EVENT. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SEPTEMBER 23, 1916. BOTISTS MEET AT KANSAS CITY Courl Town Gives Religious Body Royal Welcome. THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCE Corporated Wing of National Or- ation Scores Big Success at Session Held on its Own Re- ses — President Jones Explains of 1915 Trouble and Defends Course. Cus City, Mo.—Profuse was the one that was extended the thirty annual session of the unincor- national Baptist convention this city from Sept. 6 to 11, in the scene of the big meeting hoary past. God Given Rights Are Sacred Trusts. "May that day never come in the history of this nation's life when the privi- lege to think and act as God gives and imparts light shall be denied the hum- blest citizen. Better defy an army of enemies of a million men bent on con- quest than a hundred determined Baptist preachers whose lives are dedi- cated in maintaining one Lord, one faith and one baptism. To adjourn a convention of Baptists, a majority to the contrary notwithstanding, is a fra- grant usurpation of power that in the end will make the trembling and quak- ing of Belshazzar insignificant and in- consequential to the condemnation that must follow such a course. "This was the very signal of a heated imagination that rent in twain the mighty brotherhood. Lest you might forget the issue I again urge that you recall that in the face of the fact that the convention had gone on record more than once in condemning the pro- curing of a charter that illegal and un- authorized efforts did on May 17, 1915, in the city of Washington succeed and make of record the incorporating of the National Baptist Convention of the United States of America. Document Born of Malice and Envy. "I do not need here to tell you that the provisions encouraged within that unbeatable and disgusting measure scent unto the heavens and enviously seek to control and manipulate and with malice aforethought assassinate that industry for which we have striven for many years. It is acknowledged that the only purpose for which these unnecessary and strange innovations had their origin was selfish and ambitious, and they were absolutely void of the warmth of the Christian spirit, but cold and barefaced in the attempt to reap where they had not sown. "Our publishing plant at Nashville is the greatest of its kind owned and operated by black men throughout the breadth of the universe. Mississippi, my own native state, gave birth to our own Dr. R. H. Boyd, whose industrious eye and honest business capacity add buster to this convention and our great denomination. He has done for us and our children's children that which no Negro of this century has achieved. It was his opportunity; God gave him the light. He went forth in the face of discouragement and a thousand other besetements; caught a vision as if by inspiration and founded an institution which today employs your sons and daughters and makes possible their advancement. "The publishing board is composed of brethren well prepared for their duties, and they hold in trust for you and for me and for every Negro Baptist in this nation this property about which more calamitous fairy tales have been told than could be recorded by a thousand scribes in a thousand years. It appears to me that this convention is absolutely competent to understand that if any defects existed legislation and not destruction would be the remedy. "To the maintenance of the national Baptist publishing board as now constituted and this the national Baptist convention of the United States of America I have dedicated the past twelve months of my life, and as I take a retrospection I am none the less willing to continue in my feeble way the defense of these fundamentals which underlie not only the very future of the church, but to combat that which would turn back the pages of the Negroes' progress for the next quarter of a century. "Others may subscribe and give their hand, voice and vote to upset and disgrace that which we have vouch-safed these last twenty years, but until fiery revelations from God's heavens, like stars at midnight, shall picture the irregularity and unreasonableness of my course I shall go forward, believing that whithersoever I go he who guildeth the destiny of man will lead me on." National Colored Democratic League Working For President's Re-election. The National Colored Democratic league opened campaign headquarters in Chicago and New York city Sept. 1 and began an active and vigorous fight for the re-election of Wilson and Marshall. Eastern headquarters are located at the Marlo, 110 West One Hundred and Thirty-first street. New York, and the western branch at 3100 and 3102 South State street. Chicago. Fifty employees are kept busy throughout the day and late into the night at these headquarters. Knights Templars Show Steady Growth Fourteen commanderies were present at the recent sixty-ninth annual conclave of the order of Knights Templars of Pennsylvania, held at Altoona. The growth of the order in the state was a noticeable feature of the reports. Sir William Johnson of Mount Olive commandery. No. 27. Philadelphia. was elected most eminent grand commander BAPTISTS MEET AT KANSAS CITY Missouri Town Gives Religious Body Royal Welcome. THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCE Unincorporated Wing of National Organization Scores Big Success at First Session Held on Its Own Resources—President Jones Explains Cause of 1915 Trouble and Defends His Course. Kansas City, Mo.—Profuse was the welcome that was extended the thirty sixth annual session of the unincorporated national Baptist convention held in this city from Sept. 6 to 11, inclusive. The scene of the big meeting was the Armory hall, at Fourteenth and Michigan streets, which had been secured for the occasion. The local committee, headed by three distin guished Baptist ministers and made up from members of the laity from every section of Kansas and Missouri, had made splendid arrangements. The committee on homes, the reception and the general committee deported themselves admirably, and when President E. P. Jones, D. D., of Vicksburg, Miss., called the meeting to order he paid a tribute to the citizens of this city that was royal indeed. Among the first things to be announced by President Jones was "a constructive program from beginning to end." Three well known divines, one from Alabama, one from Mississippi and one from Louisiana, led the devotions on the first day, their theme being "The Work of the Holy Spirit," while the entire convention threw it self as a whole into the work, because of the excellent music under the direction of a chorister who had been training the chorus of 150 voices for two weeks. President E. P. Jones' Annual Address. Ringing true to the principles of the unincorporated wing of the Baptist convention, President E. P. Jones, D. D., of Vicksburg, Miss., delivered his first annual address in the presence of thousands of delegates and visitors, who listened to the president with almost breathless attention. President Jones said in part: "Up from the hills and prairies of my native state twelve months ago I went, as I have often done before, to the great national Baptist convention which convened on Sept. 8, 1915, in Chicago, a city whose marvelous growth staggers the most optimistic. I had the honor there of being appointed by the president presiding to one of the most honored positions in the gift of the convention. I refer to the tellership, handed me without solicitation of the then united convention. "You will distinctly recall that I went about the discharge of those duties not unmindful of the great responsibilities that rested upon my shoulders. I did not seek nor covet the distinction. I presumed that in a great convention composed of brethren gathered from the four corners of the earth that there could be but one intent and purpose, and that was to see that even handed justice was meted out to all, irrespective of their convictions or position upon the great question which hung like a pall and threatened to rend asunder friendly relations that had existed for years. Unfairness Resorted to at Chicago. "As we proceeded to pursue the duties assigned to us it soon dawned not only upon me, but upon every fair-minded individual present, that steps unfair, unjust and void of every semblance of Christian motive were to be put in execution to stifle and thwart the will of the majority. Volumes have been written in defense of the actions of the majority on that memorable day. Energy which if properly directed would work miracles has been spent to controvert the truth and make plausible the attitude of the hopeless and forlorn, but all the scholarly attaintments of ancient Greece and the modern eloquence of the Clercros cannot alter or change the fact, which stands out like a signpost to guide the traveler, that 504 votes were cast to 310 not to sustain the chair. "No man in these United States, whether he be black or white, rich or poor, saint or sinner, can defy such an expressed authority of the people and expect to retain the respect and obedience of the Baptist ministry. Ours is a church of liberty and doctrine. All though our triumphs have been many, although we have grown in fifty years and stand out as a marvel in our accomplishments, there is not gathered here today, I hope, a single individual of the ministry or the liaity who would consent to make a sacrifice of the principles for which our fathers died in the IN FIGHT FOR WILSON. WALDEN SELECTS NEW PRESIDENT Dr. Elam A. White Heads School at Nashville, Tenn. POPULAR WITH THE MASSES Bright Future Predicted For Institution Named For Venerable Race Benefactor Under the Leadership of Well Known Minister and Educator. Stands High In A. M. E. Church. By D. WELLINGTON BERRY. Nashville, Tenn.—The many warm friends and ardent supporters of Walden university who are scattered throughout the United States are receiving with keen interest and much satisfaction the important news that the Rev. Dr. Elam A. White of Cleveland, O., has been chosen as the new president of Walden university in this city. In Dr. White's selection the people generally express a unanimity of sentiment that Walden university is DR. ELAM A. WHITE. rising higher and higher and is destined again to become one of the finest literary institutions for the race in this country. It will be remembered that a score or more years ago this school was destroyed by fire and lost much of its prestige and standing as an educational institution thereby. Before it met with this disaster it was known as one of the very select schools for colored people through its mechanical department as well as from a literary standpoint. It was then known as the Central Tennessee college. The name Walden comes from that venerable and lovable character Bishop John M. Walden, the late friend and benefactor of the colored people, and the institution now has for the first time in its long history been given a man of the colored race for its presi BUSINESS MEN COMMEND GOOD WORK OF STUDENTS National Urban League Told Colored Boys Give Satisfaction. The following communication from the Connecticut Leaf Tobacco association, which is composed of practically all the tobacco growers in the Hartford valley, has been received at the office of the National Urban league: The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. 2013 Seventh Avenue. New York: Gentlemen—I am glad to be able to write that upon every plantation where the colored students are now employed they are giving satisfaction, and plans are being made for their return to Connecticut at the end of the school term in 1817. Those boys have proved to be efficient and conscientious, and we have won the approval of both the planters they have been working for and the members of the different communities in which they have lived. I believe it to be the duty of the association to send some letter of appreciation to the league on Urbair Conditions Among Negroes, and to forts in this movement and at the same time to mention the efficient and able manner in which they have handled this proposition. Very truly yours. CONNECTICUT LEAF TOBACCO AS SOCIATION This letter is in commendation of the work of the 500 students who were recruited from the southern schools and colleges as an experiment to fill the places of foreign laborers who had found more remunerative em- ployment in the various munition factories of the north. Smoke "SIGHT DRAFT" The Reliable 5c Cigar. dent. Walden university is among the many schools for the race maintained by the Freedmen's Aid society of the Methodist Episcopal church. These institutions, located as they are to serve the large race population over the south, have accomplished a wonderful work in properly influencing the lives of the hundreds of colored boys and girls who have attended them. President White was unanimously chosen by the board at a meeting held in Cincinnati the past summer, and already he is showing a wonderful grasp of things and every day is equipping himself for the great responsibilities that will rest upon him in his new field. Dr. White is one of the ablest men of the race in the A. M. E. church and is well qualified for his task and possesses all the characteristics to make such a leader as is needed at the head of a great educational institution. He was educated in the public and high schools of Ohio and spent three years in the college department at De Pauw university and the Ohio Weslevan university. He has been a successful teacher in Indiana and Kentucky, and at the time of his selection for his present position was the successful pastor of Cory Church at Cleveland, O. President White has been a member of four general conferences of his church and upon three of these occasions served as the leader of his delegation. He has fulfilled with satisfaction several important appointments in the Lexington (Ky.) conference, serving two terms as a district superintendent. He has also served as a member of the board of managers of the Freedmen's Ald society for three quadrenniums. As a preacher and public speaker he takes high rank, and his hundreds of friends all over the country predict that in his new position he will measure up to the lowest expectation of the supporters of Walden university and render a service that will be highly satisfactory to all. The fall term of the university begins on Wednesday. Sept. 27. SCARBOROUGH LAUDS LATE DR. WILLIAM HAYES WARD Noted Editor Was Negro's Friend, Says President of Wilberforce. By request of the New York Independent Dr. W. S. Scarborough, the scholarly president and able executive of the Wilberforce (O.) university, has written the following appreciation of the services rendered by the late William Hayes Ward to the colored race. The article by Dr. Scarborough appears in the September issue of the Independent. Dr. Scarborough says: "With keenest sorrow I learn that a valued personal friend of the Negro race has passed to the great beyond, and I gladly accept the invitation to give a brief appreciation of Dr. William Hayes Ward's work for the Negro. He has virtually devoted his life to the interests of the race, to its emancipation, to its education, to its struggles, to its ambitions, to its possible future, without a particle of prejudice. "Believing that God made mankind all of one blood and that the Negro should have free enjoyment of the rights and privileges of any human being and of any American citizen, Dr. Ward arrayed himself always on that platform and fearlessly fought the battles of our race. "Proscription, segregation, mob violence, lynchings, denial of vote, all race distinctions, all the thousand and one indignities, persecutions and cruelties and crimes against the Negro wherever practiced, have found in him one who denounced vigorously and unsparingly all such as unlawful, unjust, unchristian and inhuman. "His work did not stop with his strenuous endeavors to right the wrongs done the Negro, but he maintained that the education of the race should be of the highest type, declared and demonstrated its intellectual capacity through many Negro contributions to the Independent on all lines of thought and encouraged all its ambitions and aspirations as a people. "Everything connected with the race won his personal interest, and he never wavered in his allegiance. Public opinion never warped his convictions. Nor did personal interest ever cause him to swerve from the course he deemed right in regard to the race. "There was no more sentimentalism in this. He was a humanitarian of the most royal type, espousing our cause because he believed it a just one and because we were lowly, weak, defenseless and friendless. So his warm heart, his keen brain and his facile pen have united for over fifty years to declare through the Independent and every other possible channel that he was the Negro's stanch friend. The Negro people have lost a most noble, loyal champion, one they will ever hold in grateful remembrance. May his mantle rest upon and forever infold the Independent." Dr. Ward died at his home in Berwick, Me., Aug. 28, 1916, in the eighty-second year of his age. SOCIAL NEWS EDITOR, Miss Clara Lucas, 506 Boston Block, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, - - - Mima. NIC, 1873. RAILROAD MEN'S NEWS, Stephen Springer, Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis. Send your notes to us by Wednes- day A. M. Patronize those business houses, who request your patronage through your paper. McDew is asking YOU' a question. Have you read it? It is in our columns. Delinquent Subscribers will please Send the Price of their Subscriptions this Week. We must have money to continue this Publication. Send 25 cents in postage stamps for your For Rent Ads. If you want notices inserted, spend a cent or two and send your copy—clearly and intelligently written. Owing to the increased cost of publication, we will NOT accept any ads, unless paid in advance. Agents will please act accordingly. J. FRANK WHEATON MARRIED. Hon. J. Frank Wheaton, ex-member of Minnesota Legislature, now a leading attorney in New York City. made a trip to Winnipeg last week, where he was married to Mrs. Richard Weston, widow of the late musician and, song writer. Mr. Thomas Carroll left Thursday for his farm in Parshall, S. D., to harvest his crop. He has about 1,000 bushels of good No. 1 hard wheat and a good crop of flax. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simmie Harris, live there throughout the year. The Carroll farm is one of the best equipped and improved farms in that locality. Mr. Thomas Oliver, who is interested with him, has been there several weeks, harvesting and hunting. Mr. R. L. O'Shields is the leading citizen of our race in Rochester, Minn. He is an efficient shoemaker and has a prosperous business. His daughter, Miss Belle O'Shields, won the Palmer Diploma in penmanship during her High School course. Mr. Geo. Gardner is out again after an illness of about six weeks. Miss Manilla Jewett, who has been visiting with Miss Irene Mullins, 621 No. 5th St., left last week for her home in Lincoln, Neb., to attend school. She was accompanied by Miss Anna Hill, who spent a week with Mrs. John L. Gibson. Mr. Arthur Hurt, 1311 6th Ave. No., a chef on the Soo Ry., spent a vacation with his relatives at Baxter Springs, Kan. Dr. W. M. Bell, the veterinary surgeon, has returned from Denver Col., much improved from asthma trouble. Mr. Geo. W. Clawson has pur chased a residence at 610 Johnson St. N. E. He says there are many chances for our people to buy in his neighborhood. Mrs. Chas. Sexton and daughter Mrs. R. B. Moulden and Mrs. W. M. Hyde visited friends in Chicago this week. MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY FORUM The Forum meeting was held last Sunday at Bethesda. There was a fair attendance. The program consisted of Selected Reading by Mrs. Julia Cisney. Violin solos by Miss Grazia Corneal. Both numbers were highly appreciated. "Preparedness" in a general way was the topic presented by Pres. W. M. Smith. Short talks were made by Mrs. W. R. Morris, who outlined the needs and results of preparedness in the home. Other speakers were Miss Corneal, Messrs. J. M. Allison, W. C. Jeffrey, Chas. Sumner Smith, Dr. Ellis Burton, Rev. D. E. Beasley. Mr. Augustus Hutchinson has gone to Chicago. He expects to re-enter the political life in the Windy city. where he was once a recognized power. If you want to own a home in 1916 See McDew NOW! He has some good bargains. Now is the time THE NORTH SIDE DRUGGIST. Call on J. A. Baker, 1320 6th Ave. No., for your Drugs, Toilet Articles, etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded. His phone is Hyland 432. Deliveries on request.—Advertisement. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Raynor have moved to 5139 No. Dupont Ave. St. James A. M. E. Church will hold their meetings at 23rd St. and Bloomington Ave., till further notice. A PROMINENT VISITOR. Mr. Benj. Rowe of Richmond, Ind. spent a few days with his son, Mr. Hamlet B. Rowe. He left Saturday for Rochester to undergo an operation, at Mayo's Sanitarium, for a growth behind his ear. His son ac- companied him. Mr. Rowe is well known in political circles in Kentu- ky, where he was for many years the messenger to the Governor. Miss Clarist Lucas, 506 Boston Block, is authorized to collect for ads and subscriptions for The Twin City Star. Mr. W. H. Bell, who has charge of a dining car on the Milwaukee Road, is on the run to Fairmount, after a lengthy visit to his home in Chicago. Rev. T. B. Stovall left Monday for Chicago, to attend the Methodist Conference. THE POPULAR BABY. 1930 Leona Sylvia Oliver Winner in Prize Contest. Little Miss Leona Sylvia Oliver, aged 13 months, was the winner of the Popular Baby Contest given by the Baraca Club of Bethesda Baptist Church on Sept. 12. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Oliver, 2721 Portland Av. Mrs. Oliver was formerly Miss Blanche Branham and is a well known pianist. The contest was a financial success, which greatly aided the church. Several other contestants entered, but Miss Oliver registered the highest vote, which amounted to over $20. Mrs. J. W. Harper is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Francis Murray in Duluth indefinitely to recuperate her health. Serg't J. W. Harper, U. S. A. retired, is arranging to spend the winter in a milder climate, probably in the mountains near El Paso, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burnough have moved to 3624 Snelling Ave. Mrs. D. L. Rogers, 2010 Cedar Ave. does a nice business with her restaurant and rooms. Mr. Miles Ethridge is home again from Lake Minnetonka, and invites his old patrons to the Rex Cafe. He is assisted by Mr. Sandy Ellison. by Miss Grazia Corneal, at St. Peter A. M. E. Church WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 8:30 P. M FOR RENT: For married couple. Nicely furnished room, all modern, near car line, walking distance from town, with private family, 538 Aldrich Ave. N. Hyland 3796. Desirable rooms—Suitable for gentlemen, or a married couple—Good locality. Near car line. Convenient for hotel men. N. W. Phine Hy 3056. FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY. Modern Furnished Rooms. Nea car line. Neat, clean and comfort table. Mrs. Pearl Ball, 611 Lyndale Ave. No. Hy. 4298. NEGRO LABORERS WANTED. WANTED—Negro laborers at Duluth for United States Steel Mills. $3.00 per day and pay for all over time work. For further information write R.. C. McCullough, 510-511 Columbia Bldg., Duluth, Minn. HELP WANTED—FEMALE. Experienced cook—woman of good character, good kitchen-maker—to take full charge of kitchen at the Depot Lunch Room. Write C. D. Herbert, prop., Brainerd, Minn. Rev. Augustus Gould is much improved after a serious illness, and is able to resume his clerical duties with the Pillsbury Milling Co. Mr. Raymond W. Cannon is serving on the jury in the District Court for two weeks. Atty. W. R. Morris attended the B. M. C. of Odd Fellows at Washington. D. C. THE TWIN CITY STAR ATTY. W. T. FRANCIS. Mr. W. T. Francis of St. Paul, is a candidate for the Legislature, and is preparing an extensive campaign. He has the united support of the members of his race. HERE IS THE POINT. Are the discriminations against us Colored Americans, the denial of rights, the proscription, the persecution, the killings, sufficiently extensive, degrading and injurious to cause you in defence of the welfare and also the very reputation of our race, to induce you to stand the expense of attending a National Congress on rights at D. of C., Oct. 4, 1916; or to solicit the expense to go for yourself or some one else; or to get up a mass meeting or entertainment to raise money to send delegates? That's the rub. A VIOLIN RECITAL The Lee Sewing Circle will present Miss Grazia Corneal in a Violin Recital at St. Peter A. M. E. Church on Wednesday night, October 11th 1916, at 8:30. She will be assisted by best local talent. Admission 15c. Several improvements have been made at Bethesda Baptist Church. The new concrete steps are a valuable as well as ornamental addition to the building. Rev. Beasley expects a larger attendance this fall and is doing what he can to make Bethesda the most comfortable church among our people. M. B. HON. JAMES H. QUINN. Hon. James H. Quinn of Faribault Minn., is a candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He i. well qualified for the position. CONGRESSMAN THOS. D. SCHALL, Candidate for Re-Election. His record in Congress, his valuable service to the Republican party in the present campaign, his endorsement by the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee makes him the logical candidate and insures hi election. SPECIAL AUTO DELIVERY. The Cut Rate Grocery Co., have an auto-delivery. They give quick service and you can call them to do any light hauling and expressing—Advertisement. Veterans' Sons In Fifteenth Infantry. Sons of Union soldiers are in command of the Fifteenth infantry, N. G. N. Y. Major Munson Morris, in command of the First Harlem, New York battalion, is the son of an officer who led Negro troops in the civil war. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hinton of the Second battalion is the son of Major William Hinton, one of John Brown's officers, who enlisted the first Negro soldier in the United States service. The Outlook at the Hampton Institute. Things are looking bright at the Hampton (Va.) institute for a big enrollment for the 1910-17 school year. One especially interesting course in the trade school is the one for training a selected number of male students in plumbing and steamfitting. Hampton aims to make men as well as mechanics whom the public will respect rather than ridicule, and it is succeeding at the job. PENTICOSTAL Peoples Christian Assembly. Peoples Christian Assembly. 1204 Washington Ave. So. Services Sunday—11 A. M. Sunday School—1.30 P. M. Praise Meeting—3 P. M. Preaching—8 P. M. ELDER G. W. MITCHELL, Pastor. Assisted by Mrs. G. W. Mitchell. Comel and Serve the Lord. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH 1120 Eight St. So., Minneapolis. Service, Sunday 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School 12:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U. Society 6:45 P. M. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 P. M. Rev. D. E. Beasley, Shepherd, 905 Marion St., St. Paul. Phone: Jackson 2079. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. 7th Ave. North and Hoag St. Rev. M. W. Withers, Pastor, Res. 2406 17 Ave. S. Phone Drexel 600 Regular Services Preaching: 11 A. M., 8 P. M. Sunday School 12:30 P. M. B. Y. P. U. Society 6:45 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wed. 8 P. M. A WELCOME TO ALL. ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH, 22nd St. Near 10th Ave. So. THOS. B. STOVALL, Pastor. Parsonage 2205 Elliot Ave. N. W. Phone So. 762. Sunday Services, 11:00 A. M. Preaching 12:30 P. M. Church Class 1:15 P. M. Sunday School 6:45 P. M. Allen C. E. League 8:00 P. M. Preaching. Prayermeeting every Thursday evening, 8 o'clock. OUR BACK NUMBER COPIES. Agents are requested to return all unsold copies. We send them to several schools in the Southland, where the young Negro boys and girls may read them. A Good Store Boutell's Go The First There'll be a rush to get the ter be prepared. If you ha P.P. Stewart sent up to your home right made; one-fourth more he less coal makes it the mo With a Ste YOU ACTUALLY EVERY TON OF P. P. Stewart Heater There'll be a rush to get the heater going. You'd better be prepared. If you have not got one you should have a sqnt up to your home right away. It's the best heater made; one-fourth more heat at a cost of one-fourth less coal makes it the most economical stove made. Maybe you already have a tory—sends the heat up the rooms. If so, we'll t you a liberal allowance, and a P. P. STEWART HEAT art Heaters in Minneapolis combined. If they weren't insist Boutel Maybe you already have a heater which is unsatisfactory—sends the heat up the chimney instead of into the rooms. If so, we'll take it off your hands, make you a liberal allowance, and help you in that way to get a P. P. STEWART HEATER. There are more Stewart Heaters in Minneapolis homes than all other makes combined. If they weren't the best on earth people wouldn't insist upon having them. [ ] [ ] [ ] STEWART A SMALL PAYMENT DOWN AND BALANCE IN EASY INSTALMENTS Marquette at Fifth STEWART'S HOTEL FINEST ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. Twenty Elegant Steam Heated, Elec- tric Lighted Rooms. Free Bath. Rates Reasonable. Lobby, Reading and Lounging Room, Buffet and Grill Room, Billiard Room, Dining Room, and bath, Private Dining and Recep- tion Room for Ladies. BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION A LA CARTE MEALS AT ALL HOURS. BEST SERVICE. POPULAR-PRICE LUNCH. From 12 to 3 P. M. REGULAR DINNER 5 to 8 P. M. 5 Courses 35c. J. E. Stewart, Prop. 246-50 FOURTH AVE. SO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Both Phones. J. O. PETERSON. THE SOUTH SIDE DRUGGIST. J. O. Peterson, the popular druggist at Seven Corners has on file the prescriptions of the Segerstrom Drug Store, which is closed. The record of all Segerstrom prescriptions are at Peterson's and can be filled on request. Mr. Peterson has moved to a temporary building on Cedar Ave., opposite his old store. He will erect a building costing $110,000—in which he will establish the largest drug store in the city, and he will continue to serve his Negro patrons as he has done in the past.—Advertisement. A Safe Place to Trade Good Furniture Frosty Day the heater going. You'd bet- ave not got one you should ve a art Heater away. It's the best heater at at a cost of one-fourth best economical stove made. art Heater SAVE $2.50 ON COAL YOU BURN $35.00 and up according to size heater which is unsatisfac- the chimney instead of into make it off your hands, make help you in that way to get ER. 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HILYER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW With Hall and Tantges 722 New York Life Bldg. Minneapolis, Minn. Res. N. W. South 3347 Peterson, The Druggist 1501 Washington Ave. So. TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS. He Solicits You Patronage. SPECIAL SAMPLE SHOES. POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING. WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT. Men's Sewed Soles . . . 75c Ladies Sewed Soles . . . 65c Men's Nailed Soles . . . 50 and 60c Rubber Heels. . . . 40c Ladies' and Boys' nailed soles. . . 40c SEVEN CORNERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP 1424 Washington Avenue South. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 III So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn. Phone Hy. 3605. DR. ELLIS BURTON 715 Sixth Ave. No. Minneapolis, Minn. DENTIST. Graduate Northwestern Dental School of Chicago. THE SPIRELLA CORSET Mrs. Cora Anderson Carr 365 Aurora Ave. N. W. Dale 1345 St. Paul, Minn. Main 2869 Office: Main 2831 Center 3674 Twin City Stag Club AUTO SERVICE CARS AT ALL HOURS ROBERT V. SINGER, Prop. Res. Phone South 5650 Stand at Milwaukee Depot FURNISHED ROOMS. Comfortable Furnished Rooms, for Light Housekeeping Clean and With- in Business District. Call Mrs. Harris, 707 So. Third St., Minneapolis. SACRIFICE BARGAIN. Three family house, 6 rooms to each flat, good location; $3,000.00. Small payment down, $20.00 per month. O. G. PRICE, 2814 10th Ave. So. Defective ve Page CHEER UP! — when things look black Phone— Minneapolis Dye House 86-88-90 South 10th Strees. CLEANERS, LAUNDERERS AND DYERS. Our Laundry Service is Unsurpassed. Phones Main 5850. Center 822. WEAR TAILOR-MADE CLOTHES When you need your next Suit or Overcoat. We solicit your order. I offer an unusual showing of Fine Woolens and a high type of Tailor- ing Service at a Reasonable Price. I "Know. How." I will be pleased to build your clothes. CLARENCE W. BELL, 244 3rd Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. SCALP TREATMENT and HAIR GROWING. Mrs. Maggie Martin wishes to announce that she is the Minneapolis Agent for MADAM C. J. WALKER'S Wonderful Hair Grower and Preparations. Special attention given to Tetter, Eczema and Growing hair on temples. A full line of Goods. Personal Instructions and Demonstrations can be obtained at 3013 GARFIELD AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MRS. MAGGIE MARTIN, AGT. N. W. PHONE SOUTH 1742 MRS. A. E. DENNIS Agent for the ..PORO HAIR GROWER. SCALP TREATMENTS AND MASSAGING. SHAMPOOING AND DRESS- ING THE HAIR. FINE WORK GUARANTEED. 820 East 36th St. Tel. Col. 4198. T. S. CENTER 2626 N. W. MAIN 1551 The Gateway Market Meats and Provisions We Deliver 210 HENNEPIN AVE. MINNEAPOLIS. YOUR TRADE IS SOLICITED T. S. Center 4639, WALFRID WESTMAN Photographer 1425 Washington Ave. So. Minn N. W. Phone Main 6137 WINSTON & ELLIS BARBER SHOP AND POOL ROOM SHOE SHINING PARLOR 252 Fourth Ave. South Minneapolis, Minn. Res. Colfax 3596 Hyland 4610 MADAM LIZZIE VAN HOOK DRESSMAKING, LADIES TAILORING. 1006 6th Ave. No. Minneapolis, Minn. N. W. Phone Main 4975. THE REX CAFE 252 FOURTH AVE. SO. (Down Stairs) Regular Dinner 11:30 to 2:30 P. M. A la Carte Service 7 A. M. to 10 P. M. MILES ETHRIDGE, Prop. Look up this place NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Within Walking Distance THE MODERN HOME 1015 So. 5th St. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN N. W. Nic. 951 WORKING-MEN'S SOCIAL CLUB FOR MEN ONLY 244 3RD AVE. S. MINNEAPOLIS SVLVESTER W. OLIVER, MANAGER. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION THIS store is abloom with our showing of fall merchandise. With costs increased in every direction—labor, fabrics, linings, trimmings, yes, even buttons---it has been an unusually hard task this season to gather together a display of garments that can be offered at the moderate prices for which this store is famous without any sacrifice of style and value. Of course our display is at its best now--an almost unending variety. Better choose now while choosing is best. THE TW In SO UNION TEMPLE MONDAY Each La Dances will be held every S JOHN H. WICK THE TWIN CITY ENTERTAINERS Invite you to attend their SOUVENIR BALL ION TEMPLE HALL, 28 WASHINGTON A MONDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 25TH Each Lady Will Receive a Souvenir. ADMISSION 35c. es will be held every two weeks during the rest of Selected Music By The JOHN H. WICKLIFFE'S FAMOUS GINGER THE TWIN CITY ENTERTAINERS Invite you to attend their SOUVENIR BALL UNION TEMPLE HALL, 28 WASHINGTON AVE. SO. MONDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 25TH Each Lady Will Receive a Souvenir. ADMISSION 35c. Dances will be held every two weeks during the rest of the season Selected Music By The JOHN H. WICKLIFFE'S FAMOUS GINGER BAND The Waiters' and Porters' Club GLOVER SHULL, PRES. 311 HENNEPIN AVE. MINNEAPOLIS EDDIE BOYD, SEC'Y LEE WHEELER, MANAGER --- A But we've raked the markets with a fine-tooth comb, paid spot cash where cash was an inducement and believe we are not unduly boastful when we say that this season's display is the finest this store has ever made. THE TWIN CITY STAR bloom with our showing increased in every direction, yes, even button is season to gather together offered at the moderate out any sacrifice of style ed the markets with a where cash was an indulgent unduly boastful when it is the finest this store Skirts Milk Blouses Underwear T & HAGEMAN 5-7 NICOLLET AVENUE OPENING our showing of fall in every direction—la- even buttons—it has gather together a dis- tinct moderate prices for office of style and valu ets with a fine-tooth was an inducement stful when we say this store has ever r Millinery es Rich F derwear S AGEMAN ET AVENUE [Name] Death of Well Known Alabama Leader, The Hon. Thomas W. Townsend, who died at Huntsville, Ala., on Aug. 30, was a retired business man and a former member of the state legislature. He was seventy-one years of age, wealthy and highly respected by both races in the state and com- munity in which he had lived for so many years. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR The Star Phone is Hyland 3580. --- PASTOR MITCHELL'S GOOD RECORD. Rev. G. W. Mitchell from a small beginning has antian Assembly, 1204 Washington Ave. So., Minne- apolis, where he is pastor. He was ordained July 10, 1910, and since that time has gained 231 souls for Christ and baptized them, united in inamity 27 couples, and officiated at 19 funerals. Rev. Mitchell has a responsible position at the Bureau of Engraving, and is not dependent on his religious work for his support. He is sably assisted by his wife, who has done extensive relief work among all nationalities. She estab- lished the Assembly Sunday School, which is well attended. The work of Rev. Mitchell meets the approval of all interested in religious welfare and the People's Christian Assembly is recognized as a great moral force in the community. Rev. G. W. Mitchell from a small beginning has tian Assembly, 1204 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, where he is pastor. He was ordained July 10, 1910, and since that time has gained 231 souls for Christ and baptized them, united in matrimony 27 couples, and officiated at 19 funerals. Rev. Mitchell has a responsible position at the Bureau of Engraving, and is not dependent on his religious work for his support. He is ably assisted by his wife, who has done extensive relief work among all nationalities. She established the Assembly Sunday School, which is well attended. The work of Rev. Mitchell meets the approval of all interested in religious welfare, and the People's Christian Assembly is recognized as a great moral force in the community. them to Adjustment to Training School Faculty. Dr. James E. Shepard, president of the National Training school, Durham, N. C., has been extremely fortunate in the selection of well qualified teachers for the various departments of the institution. With the opening of the school for the fall term, William M. Ashby, a graduate of Yale, will begin his duties as one of the new members of the faculty. Mr. Ashby is the author of a book entitled "Redder Blood," which is receiving much favorable comment. Cause of Labor Exodus From the South Out from Savannah, Ga., recently there has come a strong walling protest against the efforts of some northern agencies, which the writer of the protest claims are luring the colored laborers north at an alarming rate. Draining the south of Negro workers, the letter says, and to it is due the unsettling of labor conditions. Be this as it may, let no one be deceived as to the exact cause of the great exodus of colored people from the south, says N. B. Dodson. In this connection many injustices to the race must be borne in mind, and among them are lynching, segregation, low wages and the political crucifixion of the colored voters of the south. The generation of young, educated colored men of the present will no longer continue to submit humbly to such unfairness. IMPATIENCE. Impatient people cheat themselves out of the best of things. We can almost have our choice between something good today and something better tomorrow. But the highest good never will be our until we have learned to wait for it. THE TWIN CITY STAR PUBLSHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 305—So. Fifth Street. Minneapolis, Minnesota Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION To Subscribe Is To Pay. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.00 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 Hamlet B. Rowe, Local Agent. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracta. Want Ads .....Twenty-five Cents Reading Notices, per line, Five Cents Wedding Announcements, Fifty Cents Card of Thanks .....One Dollar In Meraoriam .....One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Death Notices .....One Dollar Write all Checks payable to The Twin City Star. Address all mail to Twin City Star 303 B, 5th St. Minneapolis, Minnesota. REGISTER OCT. 28. The registration of the Negro vote is very important. The right of suffrage should be exercised and a full vote will make the Negro a political factor. A NATIONAL ISSUE. While prohibition as a federal amendment is not a subject of controversy between the two dominant parties, as is woman suffrage, it is nevertheless a leading national issue. It will loom large in the campaigns of thirty-two United States Senators and 435 Congressmen to be elected in November. SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS. It is encouraging to notice that so many Negro laborers are employed on contract work. They are working on buildings, laying asphalt and digging sewers. They are holding responsible positions as janitors and porters. chauffeurs and teamsters Many avenues of employment are open, and it is a certainty that Negroes can and yill do other work than "wait on table" or "run on the railroad." The women are also making opportunities for themselves. They are willing workers and are classed as preferred help. A great portion of these menial laborers are wearing "the ragged jacket" but they are buying homes and rearing children, earning an honest living and contributing to posterity. They are the moulders of the future and the makers of the race. After reading the article in The Searchlight, a white weekly, about vice conditions among Negroes, we feel that we have been rather mild in our methods along that line, considering that we have that same privilege and better records. The Methodist Episcopal church cannot consistently cast off its Negro membership, according to the Rev. Gilbert Stansell, associate pastor of the Hennepin Avenue Methodis Episcopal church, in an address at the thirteenth session of the Northern German conference of the church which opened last night at the Central German Methodist Episcopal church. "The Progressive Emancipation of the American Negro," was the title of Doctor Stansell's address, in which he advocated a policy contrary to the one offered by the Methodist Church "The price asked is more than the union would be worth to us," Doctor Stansell declared. "We cannot now consistently cast aside our Negro membership after all the missionary work we have done among them. Too much money has been spent and too many lives have been devoted to upbuilding and educating the American Negroes for us to consider such a proposition. "The Negro members are an asset to the church. It is through them that we are going to learn to sing again. That art has been lost among us, but is an essential part of the Negro's religion, and one that he can still teach us. Aside from that, Negro's religion, and one that he sionaries and sent to Africa to labor among the primitive members of their own race. Through them the Dark Continent can be saved for Christianity."—Minneapolis Tribune. THE PARTY LABEL. It is hardly necessary to state that the Negro vote will go to Mr. Hughes, because Negroes have been consistent Republicans. They cannot support Mr. Wilson, because of his "Segregation of Negro employees" and his catering to Southern sentiment, which is anti-Negro. But there are many good men in the Democratic party who are our friends. Some are in office and their record on Negro questions stands on par with their Republican colleagues. It is more a matter of sectionalism than partisanism. The Northern Democrat is often preferred to the Southern Republican. Notwithstanding that we want to increase our Republican strength in both branches of Congress; we should not follow the label and vote for a candidate, who is tagged as a Republican and repudiate a present office holder, tho a Democrat, who is on record as being for equal rights for all Americans. Dr. Cyrus Northrop, a supporter of Pres. Taft, said that "if Mr. Wilson proves to be a good president, he would support him for re-election." Dr. Northrup is for Mr. Hughes. We, as Negro voters, must put the character and record of the candidate above any party label. QUESTIONABLE COLLECTORS SOLICIT CHURCH FUNDS. Complaints are general that Negro newspapermen are collecting for churches and appropriating it for personal use. The Editor of the Star has never collected any finances, for any organization or individual, except the Trotter testimonial. Those have been forwarded and their receipt acknowledged. No one identify: with this publication has made any solicitations or collections other than for advertisements in these columns There is a local Negro paper, The National Advocate, whose editor (?) Mr. R. B. Montgomery, formerly of Milwaukee, is an authority on such work. He served a few years in the State Prison at Waupon, Wis., for collecting money to build a Catholic church for Negroes—and worked a collection game in this city for a Southern school in connection with Rev. Butler, a former local Methodist minister. An ex-preacher, W. S. Malone, is on the Advocate staff. He was recently extradited to Iowa for embezzling the funds of an A. M. E. Church, and is commonly known as a menace to the community. Mr. Phil F. Hale, who calls himself "a leading citizen" is one of the Advocate's gangs. He has lived here many years and holds a record for consecutive failures and unmoral associations. The venerable editor J. Q. Adams of the St. Paul Appeal, is above suspicion. We noticed an article sometime ago in the daily press, in which Rev. Withers, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, stated, that some one without authority was collecting for his church. During last winter some representative of a local Negro paper made collections in the Court House for Bethesda Church. It is a fact that Montgomery has made his annual trips here (before he came to locate) and collected his donations for "the support of his paper for the race." Many prominent men have liberally contributed. We are not afraid of fair competition, but we suffer for the many dishonorable advantages taken by these parasites. We ask for neither sympathy or charity, and manage to get a decent living out of this publication, without any identification with charitable solicitations. Minneapolis is a soft spot for Negro confidence men. The white merchants seldom complain or attempt to prosecute, because they do not wish to show that they have been bounced by a cunning illiterate Negro; or else they "give up" freely to be rid of these pests, who harm others, however honorable, who may follow them. The white cooks have begun a strike for "One day rest in seven." Mr. Leslie Sinton, organizer of the Cook's Union, is an advocate for equal wages and treatment of all culinary employees. He has worked with our cooks and waiters and has always respected them and they like him. He is anxious that they organize for their protection and thereby derive the benefit accorded the white members of the craft. There are many Negro workmen in this city, who belong to various labor organizations and the cooks may profit by their example. We do not run free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our advertisers We respect their right to advertise at intervals, and rather have them do so, than to run continuously an "adv" and an increasing account. THE TWIN CITY STAR HUGHES FOR ARBITRATION. He Would Be First to Accord to Labor All Rights Found Just After Consideration. In his Maine speeches Mr. Hughes made it plain that he was not attacking labor or the equity of the proposed increase of wages for the railroad men. He was simply contending for the all important principle of arbitration as the right means of settlement of such questions. Speaking at different places in Maine Mr. Hughes dwelt upon this question, saying: "I deeply deplore, in the name of labor, in the name of justice, in the name of American ideals, the surrender of the Executive and of Congress to force, instead of permitting reason to reign. "The measure to which I have alluded was not, properly speaking, an eight-hour measure. It was a wage measure. It was a plain proposition for a change in the wage scale. I do not speak of the equity of that. That is a matter to be fairly considered. I want what is just and right with respect to wages. I am for the arbitration and the peaceful settlement of these industrial controversies. We can settle everything in this country if we approach those matters with a fair and open mind and an examination of the facts. "This particular measure shows on its face that it was legislation in advance of the investigation, instead of investigation in advance of legislation. It is said that there was in its favor the judgment of society. The judgment of society in this country has never been passed in favor of legislation without knowledge of the equity and regardless of the facts of the case. There was no judgment of society in favor of the roads which were excepted from its provisions. If there was a judgment of society, why not apply the rule to electric or other kinds of roads or roads less than 100 miles in length? I say, away with such pretense! It was a surrender to force instead of a clear, candid, faithful framed examination of the facts, and then action in accordance with American principles. "Autocracy represents force; tyranny represents force. Democracy represents the rule of the common judgment after discussion, after an opportunity to know the facts." It All Depends. "If Hughes wins an Oregon town will get a new shingle mill employing fifty men," says the Olympia Recorder, "according to an announcement of the individual who took an option on timbered land. If Wilson wins the option will be allowed to lapse. That's the way with a thousand and one enterprises, all waiting to see which way the wind blows. The moment it is assured that Charles E. Hughes is elected, just watch the wheels of industry spin and listen to the hum of business." DR. HARVEY W. WILEY TO VOTE FOR HUGHES. He Says Wilson Has Failed to Enforce Pure Food Law. "I favor the election of Mr. Hughes to the Presidency for entirely different reasons than those held by most of his supporters. It is not because of the Mexican policy nor the foreign policy of the administration nor by reason of its domestic policies. It is because of the apparent indifference of the administration of President Wilson to the cause of pure foods and drugs. Practically all of the abuses which were injected into the pure food law by the preceding administrations are still in force. Benzoate of soda is still regnant. The fumes of burning sulphur are marching along undisturbed. There is evidently a lull in the activities of the administration of the law. A well-known beverage, declared by the supreme court misbranded and amenable to the food law has not been molested. No attempt has been made to enforce the law in regard to the bleaching of flour. The repeal of the mixed flour law, that splendid safeguard to the purity of our bread, has been tacily approved by the treasury department. "Mr. Hughes in his activities on the supreme court has stood like a stone wall for the proper administration of the food law. I believe his election would see a radical change in the attitude of the government towards pure food and pure drugs, so vital to the welfare of our people. For this reason I sincerely hope that Mr. Hughes may be chosen as our next president. "I should expect Mr. Hughes as president to have the same attitude toward the pure food and drug law that he had as a judge on the bench and to appoint a secretary of agriculture with subordinate officers who would be enthusiastic and earnest in the enforcement of the pure food law for the benefit of the physical, mental and moral welfare of our people." "Our government is based on the idea that we have Legislatures to investigate, to consider what is right and to do what is right. It is based on the idea that public opinion is formed from discussion of questions, and that we can come possibly to right solutions. It is not based on the idea that the Government must act without knowing the justice and merits of the cause in which it acts."—Mr. Hughes in His Speech at Portland, Maine. ROOSEVELT LEADS, WE FOL LOW. We heartily accept the advice of America's greatest citizen, and will support the regular presidential nominee of the Republican National Convention, Hon. Chas. E. Hughes, and do what we can for the success of the Republican ticket. We are not in accord with the entire platform of the party. The suffrage question, as a State's Rights measure, will not give the Negro women of the South a right to vote. We are against any program giving a State a right to over-ride the Constitution. We had hoped to see some plank in its platform recommending legislation to make 'Lynching a Federal Crime.' We cannot get our constitutional rights under State Soverignity, and must rely on Federal legislation and enforcement for our protection. The Republican party has done more for us than any other party and we must overcome its evils with its good; still contending for right and protesting against wrong—believing in Divine Providence and thankful that Col. Roosevelt has accomplished his ultimate purpose, which was also his prophecy—that he would drive out of the Republican party, those who corrupted the principles of the party. We regret the loss of a friend, of our race on the Supreme Bench, by the resignation of Justice Hughes—which gave Pres. Wilson an opportunity to appoint a Democrat—and fate may decree that by his appointment we may have a Justice White or Justice Harlan. Though Democrats they were honest interpreters of the law and spirit of the Constitution. It is up to the Negro to be loyal to himself and the door of hope will soon open to him. We have awaited orders and willingly obey the requests of Col. Roosevelt, who led us into the Progressive Party in 1912, and we return to the Republican ranks under the same leadership and convictions. Let the slogan be "Hughes and Fairbanks must win" and now that the Progressives have accomplished their purpose, we expect a large following, and a return to the Grand Old Party, for its success in November next. AT THE CLOSED GATE OR JUSTICE. J & H Wet Wash Laundry 3753,55,57 CEDAR AVE. J&H WET WASH LAUNDRY 3758 57 VEBAR AVE J&H WET WASH LAUNDRY We maintain that we can wash cheaper and better than the housewife. We make this claim, because we have one of the largest, most modern and sanitary Wet Wash Laundries in the United States. OUR PRICE IS 25 POUNDS OF FAMILY WASHING FOR 65 CENTS. CLOTHES WEIGHED THE DRY. Our Auto-trucks and wagons deliver Everywhere. CALL SNELLING 1509. DREXEL 1269. 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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN SPECIALLY INVITED EVERY DAY. There is strength in pure beer like Hochsteiner LAGER ing dition ne CO. MINN LOOK! ET RE Jemison the rest. ut-Rate SAFE' MINN. AY. 55,57 R AVE. Laun- GHED where. Defective THE TWIN CITY STAR PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, 305—So. Fifth Street. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION MINNESOTA EDITORIAL ASSN. To Subscribe Is To Pay. Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.00 THREE MONTHS ..... .65 Hamlet B. Rowe, Local Agent. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracts. Want Ads .....Twenty-five Cents Reading Notices, per line, Five Cents Wedding Announcements, Fifty Cents Card of Thanks .....One Dollar In Memoriam .....One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Death Notices .....One Dollar Write all Checks payable to The Twin City Star. Address all mail to Twin City Star 203 8, 5th St. Minneapolis, Minnesota. REGISTER OCT. 28. The registration of the Negro vote is very important. The right of suffrage should be exercised and a full vote will make the Negro a political factor. A NATIONAL ISSUE. While prohibition as a federal amendment is not a subject of controversy between the two dominant parties, as is woman suffrage, it is nevertheless a leading national issue. It will loom large in the campaigns of thirty-two United States Senators and 435 Congressmen to be elected in November. / SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS. It is encouraging to notice that so many Negro laborers are employed on contract work. They are working on buildings, laying asphalt and digging sewers. They are holding responsible positions as janitors and porters, chauffeurs and teamsters. Many avenues of employment are open, and it is a certainty that Negroes can and yill do other work than "wait on table" or "run on the railroad." The women are also making opportunities for themselves. They are willing workers and are classed as preferred help. A great portion of these menial laborers are wearing "the ragged jacket" but they are buying homes and rearing children, earning an honest living and contributing to posterity. They are the moulders of the future and the makers of the race. After reading the article in The Searchlight, a white weekly, about vice conditions among Negroes, we feel that we have been rather mild in our methods along that line, considering that we have that same privilege and better records. The Methodist Episcopal church cannot consistently cast off its Negro membership, according to the Rev. Gilbert Stansell, associate pastor of the Hennepin Avenue Methodis Episcopal church, in an address at the thirteenth session of the Northern German conference of the church which opened last night at the Central German Methodist Episcopal church. "The Progressive Emancipation of the American Negro," was the title of Doctor Stansell's address, in which he advocated a policy contrary to the one offered by the Methodist Church "The price asked is more than the union would be worth to us," Doctor Stansell declared. "We cannot now consistently cast aside our Negro membership after all the missionary work we have done among them. Too much money has been spent and too many lives have been devoted to up-building and educating the American Negroes for us to consider such a proposition. "The Negro members are an asset to the church. It is through them that we are going to learn to sing again. That art has been lost among us, but is an essential part of the Negroe's religion, and one that he can still teach us. Aside from that, Negro's religion, and one that he sionaries and sent to Africa to labor among the primitive members of their own race. Through them the Dark Continent can be saved for Christianity."—Minneapolis Tribune. THE PARTY LABEL. It is hardly necessary to state that the Negro vote will go to Mr. Hughes, because Negroes have been consistent Republicans. They cannot support Mr. Wilson, because of his "Segregation of Negro employees" and his catering to Southern sentiment, which is anti-Negro. But there are many good men in the Democratic party who are our friends. Some are in office and their record on Negro questions stands on par with their Republican colleagues. It is more a matter of sectionalism than partisanism. The Northern Democrat is often preferred to the Southern Republican. Notwithstanding that we want to increase our Republican strength in both branches of Congress; we should not follow the label and vote for a candidate, who is tagged as a Republican and repudiate a present office holder, the a Democrat, who is on record as being for equal rights for all Americans. Dr. Cyrus Northrop, a supporter of Pres. Taft, said that "if Mr. Wilson proves to be a good president, he would support him for re-election." Dr. Northrup is for Mr. Hughes. We, as Negro voters, must put the character and record of the candidate above any party label. QUESTIONABLE COLLECTORS SOLICIT CHURCH FUNDS. Complaints are general that Negro newspapermen are collecting for churches and appropriating it for personal use. The Editor of the Star has never collected any finances, for any organization or individual, except the Trotte testimonial. Those have been forwarded and their receipt acknowledged. No one identify: with this publication has made any solicitations or collections other than for advertisements in these columns There is a local Negro paper, The National Advocate, whose editor (?) Mr. R. B. Montgomery, formerly of Milwaukee, is an authority on such work. He served a few years in the State Prison at Waupon, Wis., for collecting money to build a Catholic church for Negroes—and worked a collection game in this city for a Southern school in connection with Rey. Butler, a former local Methodist minister. An ex-preacher, W. S. Malone, is on the Advocate staff. He was recently extradited to Iowa for embezzling the funds of an A. M. E Church, and is commonly known as a menace to the community. Mr. Phil F. Hale, who calls himself "a leading citizen" is one of the Advocate's gangs. He has lived here many years and holds a record for consecutive failures and unmoral associations. The venerable editor J. Q. Adams of the St. Paul Appeal, is above suspicion. We noticed an article sometime ago in the daily press, in which Rev. Withers, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, stated, that some one without authority was collecting for his church. During last winter some representative of a local Negro paper made collections in the Court House for Bethesda Church. It is a fact that Montgomery has made his annual trips here (before he came to locate) and collected his donations for "the support of his paper for the race." Many prominent men have liberally contributed. We are not afraid of fair competition, but we suffer for the many dishonorable advantages taken by these parasites. We ask for neither sympathy or charity, and manage to get a decent living out of this publication, without any identification with charitable solicitations. Minneapolis is a soft spot for Negro confidence men. The white merchants seldom complain or attempt to prosecute, because they do not wish to show that they have been buncoed by a cunning illiterate Negro; or else they "give up" freely to be rid of these pests, who harm others, however honorable, who may follow them. The white cooks have begun a strike for "One day rest in seven." Mr. Leslie Sinton, organizer of the Cook's Union, is an advocate for equal wages and treatment of all culinary employees. He has worked with our cooks and waiters and has always respected them and they like him. He is anxious that they organize for their protection and thereby derive the benefit accorded the white members of the craft. There are many Negro workmen in this city, who belong to various labor organizations and the cooks may profit by their example. We do not run free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our advertisers. We respect their right to advertise at intervals, and rather have them do so, than to run continuously an "adv." and an increasing account. ADVERTISE HERE — IT PAYS SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION THE TWIN CITY STAR HUGHES FOR ARBITRATION. He Would Be First to Accord to Labor All Rights Found Just After Consideration. In his Maine speeches Mr. Hughes made it plain that he was not attacking labor or the equity of the proposed increase of wages for the railroad man. He was simply contending for the all important principle of arbitration as the right means of settlement of such questions. Speaking at different places in Maine Mr. Hughes dwelt upon this question, saying: "I deeply deplore, in the name of labor, in the name of justice, in the name of American ideals, the surrender of the Executive and of Congress to force, instead of permitting reason to reign. "The measure to which I have alluded was not, properly speaking, an eight-hour measure. It was a wage measure. It was a plain proposition for a change in the wage scale. I do not speak of the equity of that. That is a matter to be fairly considered. I want what is just and right with respect to wages. I am for the arbitration and the peaceful settlement of these industrial controversies. We can settle everything in this country if we approach those matters with a fair and open mind and an examination of the facts. "This particular measure shows on its face that it was legislation in advance of the investigation, instead of investigation in advance of legislation. It is said that there was in its favor the judgment of society. The judgment of society in this country has never been passed in favor of legislation without knowledge of the equity and regardless of the facts of the case. There was no judgment of society in favor of the roads which were excepted from its provisions. If there was a judgment of society, why not apply the rule to electric or other kinds of roads or roads less than 100 miles in length? I say, away with such pretense! It was a surrender to force instead of a clear, candid, faithful framed examination of the facts, and then action in accordance with American principles. "Autocracy represents force; tyranny represents force. Democracy represents the rule of the common judgment after discussion, after an opportunity to know the facts." It All Depends. "If Hughes wins an Oregon town will get a new shingle mill employing fifty men," says the Olympics Recorder, "according to an announcement of the individual] who took an option on timbered land. If Wilson wins the option will be allowed to lapse. That's the way with a thousand and one enterprises, all waiting to see which way the wind blows. The moment it is assured that Charles E. Hughes is elected, just watch the wheels of industry spin and listen to the hum of business." DR. HARVEY W. WILEY TO VOTE FOR HUGHES. He Says Wilson Has Failed to Enforce Pure Food Law. "I favor the election of Mr. Hughes to the Presidency for entirely different reasons than those held by most of his supporters. It is not because of the Mexican policy nor the foreign policy of the administration nor by reason of its domestic policies. It is because of the apparent indifference of the administration of President Wilson to the cause of pure foods and drugs. Practically all of the abuses which were injected into the pure food law by the preceding administrations are still in force. Benzocite of soda is still reagent. The fumes of burning sulphur are marching along undisturbed. There is evidently a jull in the activities of the administration of the law. A well-known beverage, declared by the supreme court mishbranded and amenable to the food law has not been molested. No attempt, has been made to enforce the law in regard to the bleaching of flour. The repeal of the mixed flour law, that splendid safeguard to the purity of our bread, has been tacitly approved by the treasury department. "Mr. Hughes in his activities on the supreme court has stood like a stone wall for the proper administration of the food law. I believe his election would see a radical change in the attitude of the government towards pure food and pure drugs, so vital to the welfare of our people. For this reason I sincerely hope that Mr. Hughes may be chosen as our next president. "I should expect Mr. Hughes as president to have the same attitude toward the pure food and drug law that he had as a judge on the bench and to appoint a secretary of agriculture with subordinate officers who would be enthusiastic and earnest in the enforcement of the pure food law for the benefit of the physical, mental and moral welfare of our people." WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT IS RIGHT, THEN DO IT. "Our government is based on the idea that we have Legisla- tures to investigate, to consider what is right and to do what is right. It is based on the idea that public opinion is formed from discussion of questions, and that we can come possibly to right solutions. It is not based on the idea that the Government must act without knowing the justice and merits of the causes in which it acts."—Mr. Hughes in His Speech at Portland, Maine. ROOSEVELT LEADS, WE FOLLOW. We heartily accept the advice of America's greatest citizen, and will support the regular presidential nominee of the Republican National Convention, Hon. Chas. E. Hughes, and do what we can for the success of the Republican ticket. We are not in accord with the entire platform of the party. The suffrage question, as a State's Rights measure, will not give the Negro women of the South a right to vote. We are against any program giving a State a right to over-ride the Constitution. We had hoped to see some plank in its platform recommending legislation to make "Lynching a Federal Crime." We cannot get our constitutional rights under State Soverignity, and must rely on Federal legislation and enforcement for our protection. The Republican party has done more for us than any other party and we must overcome its evils with its good; still contending for right and protesting against wrong—believing in Divine Providence and thankful that Col. Roosevelt has accomplished his ultimate purpose, which was also his prophecy—that he would drive out of the Republican party, those who corrupted the principles of the party. We regret the loss of a friend, of our race on the Supreme Bench, by the resignation of Justice Hughes—which gave Pres. Wilson an opportunity to appoint a Democrat—and fate may decree that by his appointment we may have a Justice White or Justice Harlan. Though Democrats they were honest interpreters of the law and spirit of the Constitution. It is up to the Negro to be loyal to himself and the door of hone will soon open to him. We have awaited orders and willingly obey the requests of Col. Roosevelt, who led us into the Progressive Party in 1912, and we return to the Republican ranks under the same leadership and convictions. Let the slogan be "Hughes and Fairbanks must win" and now that the Progressives have accomplished their purpose, we expect a large following, and a return to the Grand Old Party, for its success in November next. AT THE CLOSED GATE OR JUSTICE. J&H WET WASH LAUNDRY J&H WET WASH LAUNDRY We maintain that we can wash cheaper and better than the housewife. We make this claim, because we have one of the largest, most modern and sanitary Wet Wash Laun-dries in the United States. OUR PRICE IS 25 POUNDS OF FAMILY WASHING FOR 65 CENTS. CLOTHES WEIGHED THE DRY. Our Auto-trucks and wagons deliver Everywhere. Our advice ZUMALWEISS THE BETTER BEER You are sure of appreciation from anyone to whom you recommend it. 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