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DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOL. 7 Single Copies 5 Cents MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MAY 12 1917. No. 13 The third big meeting was held at 4:30 o'clock at St. Mark's M. E. church, in West Fifty-third street, the Rev. Dr. William H. Brooks pastor. Fred R. Moore presided, and Miss Diggs, a member of St. Mark's lyceum, was the soldier. Previous to Dean Pickens' address E. K. Jones told in brief of the growth of the league in its various branches of work. He paid an affectionate tribute to Mrs. William H. Baldwin, through whose effort the league was organized, and also to other friends who are backing the work at the present time—Miss Helen Davis, who represented Dr. Katharine B. Davis of the department of correction, and L. H. Wood. From St. Mark's the league party was motored to Brooklyn for the fourth and last meeting and dined at the Blossom inn, Mrs. H. Hauley proprietor, 302 Bridge street. Dr. C. P. Cole, pastor of the Bridge Street A. M. E. church, where the evening meeting was held, dined with the party, and afterward all repaired to this famous church, the basement of which was used as an underground railroad station for slaves escaping from the south. Arthur W. Towne, superintendent of the B. Brooklyn Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, presided. Miss Marie Cooper rendered a vocal solo with much grace and sweetness, and Secretary Hubert presented the claims of the Urban league work for Brooklyn. This meeting furnished a fine climax to the day's speaking tour. The audience was large and interesting. Dean Pickens has many friends in Brooklyn, and they were out en masse to hear him speak. The dean swayed his audience at will and closed his speech with one of the finest portrayals of the struggles and achievements of the race that could possibly be imagined. It was a great day for the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People, in which it added many new names to its already long list of friends. In commending the worthiness of the National Training school, Durham, N.C., Dr. James E. Shepard, president, W. G. Bramham, president of the Durham chamber of commerce, says: "The National Training school is in every way entitled to the consideration and support of those who have at heart the future of the Negro race. It struggled into existence here under the guiding influence of Dr. James E. Shepard, and, while it encountered many obstructions in its infancy that would have proved fatal but for the indomitable faith and courage of its founder, it has steadily grown and developed until it is now recognized as one of the leading Negro educational institutions of the country. "The institution's buildings, its faculty, student body and the work it is accomplishing are a lasting monument to those who have kept their faith in the institution during its early strugg, gig and deserve the commendation and hearty support of all our people regardless of race or creed. "Personally and officially I do not hesitate to commend the institution to those who believe in education and the moral uplift of the race. It needs the financial and moral support of the white race and should receive it spontaneously." The commencement festivities of the school began with the oratorical contests of the young women and men of the institution. On Monday, May 17, the address before the joint literary societies was delivered by Editor Joe Mitchell Chapple of the National Magazine, Boston. The program for the remainder of the commencement season is as follows: Sunday, May 13, commencement sermon by the Rev. Daniel H. Clare, D. D., pastor First Baptist church, East Orange, N. J. May 13, 8 P. M.—President's address to undergraduates. May 14, 8 P. M.—Address before joint re- ligious societies by the Rev. Daniel H. Clase, D. D., East Orange, N. J. May 14, 8 P. M.—Annual musical. May 14, 8:30 P. M.—Class day exercises. May 16, 8 P. M.—Alumni reunion and re- cognition. May 17, 10:30 A. M.-Commencement address by the Rev. Howard J. Chidley, D. D., pastor First Congregational church, Winchester, Mass. May 14-17-Exhibit in domestic science and domestic art departments. Straight University Summer School. The session of the summer school at Straight university will begin on Monday, June 11. The school will be conducted under the auspices of the board of education, New Orleans, and will be open until Friday, July 20 BIG EFFORTS FOR BETTER HEALTH WILLIAM PICKENS SPEAKS Dean of Morgan College Delivers Four Thrilling Addresses Under the Auxi-pices of the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People-Annual Health Week Closes. By N. BARNETT DODSON. New York.—The National League on Urban Conditions, with headquarters at 2303 Seventh avenue, this city, concluded its annual health week camp on Sunday, April 20, by holding four of the largest and most enthusiastic public meetings in all its history. The winding up day had been widely heralded, with Dean William Pickens of Morgan college, Baltimore, as the chief speaker. The entire office force, under the direction of Executive Secretary Eugene Knickle Jones, had been at work for weeks ferreting out every detail for health week, which began Sunday, April 22, and it is needless to say that every one had his house set in order before the great swing around the city on the closing day. The first meeting was held at the Union Baptist church in West Slxtythird street, the Rev. George H. Sims pastor, at 11 o'clock a.m. The audience assembled very promptly, prepared to get the full benefit of Dean Pickens' speech. William D. Hill rendered a vocal solo with much precision and melody, and Miss Elizabeth Walton, who presided, gave in brief many instances in which relief had been given to needy persons in the more DEAN WILLIAM PICKENS. neglected districts. Miss Walton also read a letter from Health Commissioner Haven Emerson, in which he expressed the appreciation of the board of health to the Urban league for its co-operation in the work for better health among the people in the different sections of the city. The Rev. Dr. Sims showed the league every courtesy necessary to make the meeting a decided success. L. Hollsworthy Wood, president of the league, outlined its work and extended a cordial invitation to those present to become members of the league. The invitation received a hearty response Dean Pickens' subject for the series of meetings was "The Negro and Health. He dwelt on the importance of health as a necessary factor in the materia progress of individuals and races and showed how many of the diseases from which human beings suffer may be avoided. The speaker held that with out proper housing, food, exercise and fresh air it is impossible to have good health. The question of health, good or bad, depends largely upon one's environment, the dean said. At the conclusion of the meeting at the Union Baptist church the league party made the tour by automobiles to the Piccadilly, where dinner was served. The party consisted of L. Hollingsworth Wood, president of the league; Eugene Kinclek Jones, executive secretary; John T. Clark, employment secretary; Mrs. John T. Clark, Dean Pickens, Fred R. Moore, editor of the New York Age: N. B. Dodson, editor of the Afro-American page, American Press Association; Dr. Emanuel, John E. Robinson, city editor of the Amsterdam News; Mr. Warner of the New York News; Dr. E. P. Roberts, member of the board of education, and James H. Hubert, executive secretary of the Brooklyn branch of the National Urban league. The second meeting was held at the Palace casino, in West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, at 2 o'clock and was attended by more than a thousand Defective Page people. Dr. E. P. Roberts pgsided, and the famous Clef club furnished music. The statement of the league's work and purpose in holding the series of public meetings closing health week was presented by Executive Secretary Jones in a clear and concise manner. The principal address was delivered by Dean Pickens, whose eloquence and wit thrilled the great throng of spectators with patriotic enthusiasm. The other speakers were President Wood of the league, Borough President Marcus M. Marks and Allen D. Wood of the Civic league. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL Faculty and Students Have Season of Joy and Inspiration. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. MAY 12 1917. OFFICERS' TRAINING CAMP HANGS ON BAKER'S DECISION Instruction For Colored Men to Become Army Officials Deferred. A delegation consisting of Dr. J. H. Spingarn of New York, Moores Storey of Boston, Archibald H. Grimke, Professor George W. Cook, Professor Montgomery Gregory, James W. Robinson, James A. Cobb, Dean Kelly Miller, Whitfield McKinley and Roy Nash had an interview with Secretary of War Newton D. Baker on Friday morning, April 27. Dr. Spingarn acted as spokesman and asked that the secretary immediately authorize General Wood to invite 300 colored men to enter Plattstburg or any other of the regular training camps which have just been instituted. The secretary replied that he could not do so at that time, but that he was seriously considering the whole matter and was committed to the plan for training colored officers for colored regiments. He stated he had not decided whether to have a separate battalion of colored officers in a regular camp or a separate and distinct camp for colored officers and would take "whichever was least offensive to the colored people." This means that an opportunity for the training of colored officers will probably be deferred until the end of the present camp—that is to say, until about Sept. 1. It is not impossible, however, that a camp may be organized before that time, and it is incumbent upon all the colored people of the country to get together and make a fight for this form of training. Nothing is more important at this time than that colored men should be given an opportunity to train themselves as officers. The names of applicants now in the hands of Dr. Spingarn will be retained for future use, and all further applications should be sent to Roy Nash, 70 Fifth avenue, New York. Every man interested in this project should not only send an application to Mr. Nash, but should write to his congressman urging the latter to insist on officers' training for colored people. Dr. Spingarn in an interview said: "On Feb. 15 I sent an open letter to the colored people of the country urging them to apply for admission to a camp for colored officers. I did not favor such a separate camp, but I realized that if we could only definitely commit the war department to the training of colored officers before war was declared that precedent would hold and colored officers would get training immediately. I have made this fight all alone, with the help of only two or three men like Dean Pickens and Professor George W. Cook. "If the whole colored world had risen and demanded such training at that time, regardless of their differences, the camp would have been assured and colored men would now be getting training as officers. As it is, that training must now be deferred for two or three months, and I urge all men, white and black, to start an organized campaign to see that the secretary of war makes good." Race Patriotism Shown at Purvis, Miss. The colored people of Purvis, Miss., recently held a large and enthusiastic mass meeting, at which patriotic addresses were delivered and resolutions adopted pledging loyalty to the nation in the present crisis. Among the leading promoters of the meeting were Professor J. J. Jefferson, principal of the Purvis public school; the Rev. T. P. Patterson and J. E. Johnson, who is the director of the department of the Mississippi centennial exposition, in which exhibits showing the progress of our people are to be staged. Professor Jefferson is the county director, to whom all communications concerning county matters for the exposition should be addressed. Something Different "Mother," said little Evelyn, "may I go out and play with the other children now?" "You may play with the little girls, sweetheart, but not with the boys. The little boys are too rough." "But, mother," rejoined the little miss, "if I find a nice, smooth little boy, can I play with him?"—New York Times. Will Stokeyle Makes Good as Sprinter. At the annual handicap race of the Paulist Athletic club, New York, the latter part of April, Will Stokeyle of the St. Christopher Athletic club won easily by twenty yards over his 250 competitors. Teams from nine clubs entered the contest. Stokeyle's time was 28 minutes and one-fifth second. J. Pollard of the Morningside Athletic club won second honors. Fair Attitude of a Detroit Concern. The firm of A. Kroilik & Co., Detroit employs a large number of our people in its different lines of work. It is reported that upward of fifty colored girls are already employed by this firm and that the number of colored employees will be increased. Thrilling Addresses by Many Notables, "America First" as Keynote, Featured Great Sunday Mass Meeting, Warm Tributes Paid. Old Veterans From the Soldiers' Home. By W. ANTHONY AERY. Hampton, Va.--That there should be no question of the Negro's loyalty to President Wilson in the present crisis or his unwavering patriotism was clearly shown in the addresses of white and colored leaders which were delivered on a recent Sunday afternoon at the Hampton institute patriotic mass meeting. The meeting was called and presided over by Dr. H. B. Frissell, Hampton's principal. Two thousand citizens were in attendance. Mayor Thomas L. Sclater of Hampton, Rev. J. W. Patterson, pastor of the First Baptist church, Hampton; General Joseph S. Smith, governor of the Soldiers' home, Hampton; Colonel W. S. Copeland, editor of the Daily Press and Times-Herald; Rev. A. A Graham, pastor of Zion church, Phoebus—all expressed in vigorous words the intention of white and colored people to wage the present war with sinlessness of purpose and with the determent that "Americanism should prevail over czarism and kaiserism." Dr. Frissell called upon the Rev. E. H. Hamilton of St. Cyprian's, Hampton, to open the meeting with prayer and said: "We are all to go forward to do whatever is before us. We are ready, white and colored alike, to serve our country in any way we are called upon." From the Soldiers' home there came hoary headed colored soldiers, to whose loyalty and patriotism warm tributes were paid by all speakers. Prominent Virginians, white and colored; over 900 Hampton institute students, officers and soldiers from Fort Monroe, rich and poor, men and women of different stations and races—all joined heartily in applauding the patriotic addresses and in singing patriotic songs. While the audience was assembling the Soldiers' Home band, which had escorted General Smith and his comrades, played patriotic and religious melodies. The meeting was opened and closed with the singing of "America." The Hampton chorus of 900 voices sang "I Want to Be Ready," "My Lord's A-ridin' All the Time" and "Wasn't That a Wide River to Cross?" The audience also sang with spirit "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Great enthusiasm was created by the singing of "The Old Flag Has Never Touched the Ground" by a quartet of Hampton graduates. Mayor Sclater said: "Now, we have only one course to pursue; we must defend our honor and rights; we must prepare for all emergencies. Our people, white and colored, are patriotic. We are here to listen to patriotic and loyal addresses, so as to better prepare ourselves to serve our country. The people of our country are as loyal and patriotic as the people of any country in the world. Our country needs our service. We will all rally to the country's call. We will all be willing to serve our country with honor and credit." Rev. J. W. Patterson said: "War is upon us. This is not the time to ask or answer questions. President Wilson did his best to avert war. What part are we going to take? This is not a question for white or black people. This is no time for race issues. This is our country. White and black people through their representatives have declared war. We have a common cause. We are all called upon to serve the country. The time for decision is at hand. We should volunteer to give our hearts, our hands—everything to the prosecution of this war. Loyalty to the country, love to God and man—this is our duty." General Smith testified, with vigor and sincerity, to the loyalty and patriotism of Negroes, whom he has known so well as soldiers. Captain Ray of the Soldiers' home read a fine poem, "Off With the Hats as the Flag Goes By." J. Thomas Newsome of Newport News, an attorney at law, said: "I know of nothing that could give me more pleasure than to add my word of approval to the efforts being put forth by you to disabuse the minds of that small portion of the public which gives credence to the report that the Negro race in any considerable numbers will lift its hand against the government now that it faces a foreign foe." Colonel Copeland declared that the quality of citizenship is measured by what one can do and is willing to do "The Negro has always been found with his face to the front, following the flag," he said. "I wish I could be as sure of every other race in America as I am sure of the Negro race. The Anglo-Saxon and Negro will stand shoulder to shoulder in this crisis." Rev. A. A. Graham, chairman of the executive committee of the Negro Organization Society of Virginia, said: "The Negro will require no coaching or artificial stimulation to be loyal and patriotic in this crisis. The Negro owes allegiance to no other flag. We are one and inseparable as American citizens." STEADY ADVANCE NOTED AT WILBERFORCE. UNIVERSITY Commencement Begins Sunday, June 17, With Sermon by Bishop Coppin. Wilberforce, O. - The progress of Wilberforce university for the current year has been of such a nature as to cause considerable favorable comment from various influential sources. The work of the president, Dr. W. S. Scarborough, the faculty and student body has been accompanied by skill and great energy. Another feature of note about the management of the institution is its painstaking method of economy used so successfully without neglecting any of the departments of the school. The commencement program will embrace the usual features, with some new speakers of national repute. The week of festivities begins on Sunday, June 17, at which time the baccalaureate address will be delivered by Bishop Levi J. Coppin, LL. D., of Philadelphia. Dr. Coppin is the presiding bishop of the Fourth Episcopal district of the A. M. E. church. In the afternoon of the same day the anniversary exercises of the religious societies will be held. Dr. G. F. Woodson is dean of the theological seminary, the anniversary exercises of which will be held under the auspices of the faculty of that branch of the institution. These exercises will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the theological seminary of the university. On Monday, June 18, at 7:30 p. m., the annual prize speaking contest will be held, and on the following day the board of trustees will hold its annual meeting. The exhibits of the commercial, normal and industrial departments will also be on display, and the twenty-fifth anniversary exercises of Payne Theological seminary will be held in the evening of the same day, June 19, with Bishop Evans Tyree of Nashville, Teem., presiding. Class day exercises, the alumni dinner and the cantata entitled "Joseph" will each occur on Wednesday, June 20. The board of trustees of the normal and industrial departments will meet on Thursday, June 21. At 10 o'clock a. m. of the same day Professor Richard T. Greener of Chicago will deliver the commencement address, and at 3 o'clock the Tawawa hospital for the use of students and teachers will be dedicated. Professor Greener is a former United States consul to Vladivostok. Professor Greener while abroad represented officially Japanese and British interests in Siberia during the Russian-Japanese war. He is the only colored man to receive the Order of the Double Dragon, with which he was decorated by the Chinese government in 1902 because of his service to the Chinese in the Boxer war and for his aid to the Shansi famine sufferers. Bishop C. T. Shaffer of the Third Episcopal district of the A. M. E. church is president of the board of trustees and Dr. William S. Scarborough is president of the university. New Post For Attorney L. S. Hickle. Attorney Lucius Sumner Hickle bears the distinction of being the first member of our race appointed to the position of assistant registrar of voters in Boston. Mr. Hickle is a Republican and succeeds the Hon. Herbert W. Burr. The appointment was made recently and was approved by Mayor Curley. A Hair's Breadth: Measurement by less than a hair's breadth now has a definite meaning in machine shops. In all of the large shops there are instruments that will measure the thickness of a cigarette paper, much thinner than a hair. An inch can be divided into 10,000 parts, and seventeen of these parts will make a "hair's breadth." Some of the most delicate measurements are made at the government gun factory at Washington, where many of the great guns for the army and navy are manufactured. A Call. The Playwright—Ah, the audience is calling for the author! The House Manager—I hear 'em, but you can get out through the alley, and I'll hold 'em back while you beat it.—Philadelphia Bulletin. The great man expects everything of himself; the small man expects everything of others. No.13 REPORT ON CHURCH FUNDS. Financial Secretary John R. Hawkins Tells Where the Money Goes The recent annual meeting of the financial board of the A. M. E. church, held in Washington, was well attended by the members of the board from the various sections. Bishop B. F. Lee presided and expressed his views concerning the progress of the work in a very encouraging manner. The financial progress and strength of the denomination were shown by the splendid reports submitted at the meeting. The report of Professor John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the board, covered a wide scope of the activities of the conference and was a masterpiece in clearness and detail. The largest amount received from any one district was $30,795.74, from the state of Georgia. This amount is considered a remarkable showing and a fine tribute to the ministers and churches in that state. The Florida district, over which Bishop John Hurst presides, also made a splendid record, notwithstanding the race migration from Florida. The PROFESSOR J. R. HAWKINS. churches in Bishop Hurst's district raised $19,475.85, which is an increase over the past year of $1,133.80. The second Episcopal district, which includes the Baltimore conference, reported $18,564.06, which was $431.21 more than last year. Of this the Baltimore conference raised $6,948.00, an increase of $113. Of the big sum raised by the denomination $89,518.43 was for the general needs of the church, $80,568.58 went to annual conferences for local needs, and the departments of church extension, missions and education each received $17,903.68. Dr. J. H. Tompkins and J. H. Murphy were on hand to make a plea for Bethel church, Baltimore. They were given every consideration, and the board voted the congregation $500. Among other appropriations were generous sums to twelve schools, $100 each to the Western Christian Recorder, the Southern Christian Recorder and Bethel church, Philadelphia. Professor Hawkins was highly commended for the businesslike way in which he handles the finances as well as his sticking out for paying of all moneys in accordance with the laws of the church. Not one of his recommendations was turned down. DUNBAR'S DEATHBED POEM. Kansas City Times Publishes Famous Singer's Last Veres. Some time previous to his death Paul Laurence Dunbar, the most gifted poet of our race, sent two stanzas of one of his unpublished poems to the Hon. N. Clark Smith, supervisor of music in the Kansas City public schools, who set them to music. The Kansas City Times recently came into possession of these verses through Mr. Smith. The Times says: "Dunbar was on his deathbed in Chicago when he received the music for the song, whereupon he wrote a third stanza, which he forwarded to the composer, written on a postal card with these words: "Your music, my dear sir, is very pretty. I add another stanza, which I think is not so good as the others." The lark is silent in his nest; The breeze is sighing in its flight. Sleep, love, and peaceful be thy rest. Good night, my love, good night, good night. Sweet dreams attend thee in thy sleep, To soothe thy rest till morning's light. And angels round thee vigil keep. Good night, my love, good night, good night. Sleep well, my love, on night's dark breast. We intend the hours in somber flight. Be thou in silent slumber blest. Good night, my love, good night, good night. SMOKE "SIGHT DRAFT" THE BEST 5c. CIGAR SOCIAL NEWS EDITOR, ‘Mise Clara Lucas, ‘$06 Boston Block, Minneapolis. Minneapolis, : : Mina NIC. 1873. | RAILROAD MEN'S NEWS, Stephen Springer, ‘Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis. Send your notes to us by Wedene- day A.M. —_——_—_ ‘The Star tries to publish the news ‘of Negroes entirely. We know the “war news” is interesting, but Ne- groes read and pay for the daily pa- pers, which carry the current news. ‘We have the exclusive right of the plate service edited by N. B. Dodson, ‘a Negro, which gives us the best side of Negro publicity. Every week the Star has in its columns articles of the race, which will never appear in the white papers or some Negro weeklies. Read the Negro Papers. MOTHER'S DAY. Sunday, May 13. * Gov. Burnquist has issued a pro- clamation designing Sunday, May 13 as Mother's Day, urging its general observance in Minnesota. “WHAT TO TAX?” Is G. L. Morrill’s subject at the People’s Church, New Garden Theatre Sunday 10:30 A.M, Central America views, travel movies, organ. ——_—_ Dr. Chas. S. Morris will preach at Zion Baptist Church Sunday 11 A. M. CITY EMPLOYEE DROPS DEAD. Mr. David Taylor, who was em- ployed for many years as street sweeper, fell dead on Thursday. Mr. Taylor was a familiar figure along 3rd St. and was an old Christian gentleman. a Miss Esmaralda Stratham, who has been a big favorite at Stewart's Hotel for a number of months, will Ieave May 14th for San Francisco, where she will be employed at Les- ter Mapp’s Café. Mr. Arthur Merchant has returned from California where he spent sev- eral months. Mr, Merchant is one of the best motor experts in this city. Dr. W. E. Burton and Mr. I. W. Rhodes were made members of ‘Ames Lodge of Elks on Tuesday night. 7 : ‘Mr. and Mrs. Edw. F. Mitchell en- tertained at dinner on Sunday Mr. and Mrs, Harrison Stewart. Mr. Ste- wart is an old friend of Mr. Mit- chell. Mr. Jordan M. Morris left Thurs- day for Philadelphia to attend the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masons. He will stop enroute at Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pitts- burg and Washington. Mrs. W. E. Burton, wife of the dentist, is out of danger from an at- tack of spinal meningitis. Mrs. Bur- ton has been under quarantine and her recovery was very doubtful. Her friends will be pleased to hear that she will regain perfect health. Mr. Chas. Brody is improving after an illness with a severe cold. Rev. G. W. Mitchell has moved te 1313% So. 4th St. ‘Mr. Rich’d Mann and family have moved from St. Paul, and is living at 2622 12th Ave. So. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Sims have moved to 1917 Sth Ave. So. WALL PAPER CLEANED. J. W. Morton is an expert wall pa- per cleaner and renovator of oil paintings. Fresco and calcimine walls redecorated. | Reasonable _ pricer, Prompt attention to all orders. A! work guaranteed. Call N. W. Hy- land 214.—Advertisement. POLICY WRITERS IN COURT. The policy writers were arrested last week and fined $3.00 apiece on Tuesday. Moses Scott pleaded guilty and the others changed their plea to guilty. About 10 were arrested when they appeared at 38 So. Third St., to get their drawings. Mr. Matthew Owensby returned last week from Denver, Col. On his arrival home he found his wife in company with the star boarder—who made his escape, and notified the po- lice. Mr. and Mrs. Owensby were taken to the station and released. Mr. Owensby was arrested later on charges preferred by his wife and was Wischarged by Judge Montgom- ery. ALL SPECIAL ADVERTISE- * . MENTS ONE DOLLAR PER INCH. REMEMBER MOTHER. VOLUNTEERS TO ORGANIZE. | Capt. J. W, Bundrant will organize ‘the volunteers on Monday night at 604% Sth St. No. Drill instructions will be given, Those who have en- rolled are expected to’ be present. Others between the ages of 21 ‘and 31 are requested to attend. Mr. Lee Johnson has donated quarters for in- struction, and a smoker is being ar- ranged. THE PYTHIAN BALL. The dance of the Knights of Phythians on Monday night was a success. The Uniform Rank was present and Capt. W. C. Jeffrey drilled several of his company and received applause. McCullough’s Or- chestra furnished its usual good mu- sic. The young people appeared to enjoy themselves, The Twin City Entertainers made it pleasant for about 200 dancers on Monday night. The May Queen Carnival was‘postponed till later. See their next ad. DEATH OF U, 8. ALEXANDER. Mr. U. S. Alexander’ died May 5 at the City Hospital after a lingering illness. He had been a resident of St. Paul about four years, and wa: employed as a sleeping car porter and was from Louisville, Ky. He was a member of North Star Lodge of Masons of Chicago, and Perfect Ashlar Lodge of St. Paul ar- ranged the burial. He leaves a wi- dow and relatives. Services were held Tuesday from St. Phillips P. E. Church. Rev. Lealtad officiated. Simpson and Wills conducted the burial. CARD OF THANKS. - ‘We wish to extend our thanks to our many friends for their kindnesses and sympathy shown us during the sickness and death of our beloved brother, U. S. Alexander, especially to North Star Lodge F. and A. M., ‘of Chicago, represented by Mr. Joseph Young of Minneapolis of which the deceased was a member, and also to Perfect Ashlar Lodge F. and A. M. of St. Paul, which so ably assisted, and Rev. A. H. Lealtad for his services. Mrs. U. S. Alexander, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Coleman. Mrs. Chas. E. Coleman returned to Chicago Thursday. She attended the funeral of her brother-in-lay, Mr. U. S. Alexander. Dr. Chas. S. Morris is lecturing in the Twin Cities during the May Re- vival services. Dr. Morris is the greatest temperance lecturer in Amer- ica, ips Mr. Noah Moss was buried Wed- nesday. He had been very ill since the death of his wife, who died at the State Insane Asylum. It is believed that she died from being struck by him with a cane. BE CAREFUL. Several agents of the Department of Justice are watching among ou: people. Any remarks, inclined to dis- courage volunteers, may cause serious trouble. We have few traitors antong our race, but we have many who talk in opposition to any movement for argument only, IMPORTANT NOTICE. The publisher of The Twin City Star urgently requests that subscrib- ers send in their dues, or ask for a collector to call. The cost of pub- lishing a newspaper ig increasing, and it is important that subscriptions conditions improve The Twin City and ads be paid for NOW. Unless Star will be indefinitely suspended. Reports have reached this city that “Shorty” Hawkins, who shot and killed Pierce and Davis last summer, has been arrested and is held. Committed to Insane Asylum. Mrs, Martha Nobles, who has been arrested several times for vagrancy, has been committed to the Insane Asylum at St. Peter. Mrs. Noble had become violent and it was through the efforts of Matron Sheffer that that she was committed. Mrs. Sheffer had taken an interest in “Martha”, who was being constantly annoyed and becoming dangerous. Mrs. Nobis was not a criminal, but she had no one to do anything for her. She had spent many terms at the workhouse and_is much better off at St. Peter. A RELIABLE CHAUFFEUER Bob. Singer of the Stewart Hote! Taxi Service, is in every way reliable and reasonable. He has two modern cars, convenient for all occasions. Call on him. See advertisement. THE STAR PHONE Is HY. 1205, THE TWIN CITY STAR eS ——__——_ THE SUNDAY FORUM. The meeting of The Forum was LEAGUE AS held at St. Peter hurch last Sunday. Mr. Earl Webber-sang two solos, ac- companied by Miss May Williams. 000 Mrs, Julia Cisney gave a reading, “The Soldier's Return” and received much asthe applause. Atty. R. A. Skinner re- Ported his visit to the Attucks Home! Branch Of Natlo and told of the lack of system in ae Ti management and of his failure to see the records. Mrs. Hilda Kennedy es mely | was ready to report as secy. of the Paar association, but Mrs. Mattie Hicks and Mr. John Sellers declined to give SEES DANGER II any information. The investigation nines will be continued. Atty. Skinner Contended that the public should| Membere of Militant know tbout The Mome and that aa it] Betton Declare ae was soliciting aid the books should be| “Sy Lega i: Sve open to the public at all times. Mr| More pre ce Henry L. Scott, who will become a reviovs Thee practicing attorney next month made] Boston—The Bosto ‘a patriotic address. He is a (con- National Equal Righ vineing talker and received an ova-| out the following met tion. Ex-pres. W. M. Smith made a| ple of the United Sts short talk. pledges loyalty to the sentanentsibe asks that colored Ar tected in their legal THE ATTUCKS HOME glone with other lovs The Attucks Home must be con- ducted properly, if it is to be recog: nized institution. It's history is 3 reflection on the community, Though it is a St. Paul institution, it has beer liberally supported by Minneapolis citizens. Mr. John Sellars is qualified to manage the Home and it would be proper that Mr. and Mrs. Sellars re- side on the premises and receive a substantial salary for their services If the institution is a necessity, 2 business-like management is more necessary. Mrs. Sellars is an_ex- state president of the Women's Fed- eration and they could do much to bring the Home up to a high standard of service to the community and ‘make it a credit to the race instead ‘of being, as it is, a disgrace. Mr, Clarence W. Bell has been con- fined to his home several days with bronchitis. He is able to return to his business at Bell’s Barber Shop. Mrs. John Moore of Duluth has come to this city to reside, Rev. T. J. Carr, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church of St. Paul, was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. O, D. Phelps, Snelling Ave, last week. Rev: Carr was formerly of Ottumwa, la. Mrs. Chas. Plummer is visiting Mrs. ©, D. Phelps. Peoples Christian Assembly. ELDER G, W. MITCHELL, Pastor. ‘Aasiated by Mrs. G. W. Mitchell. Come! and Serve the Lord. 1204 Washington Ave. So. Services Sunday—I1 A. M. Sunday School—1:30 P. M. Praise Meeting—3 P. M. Preaching—8 P. M.° ADVERTISE HERE, IT PAYS. FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT. A Neatly Furnished Room. Gentle- men preferred. % block from car line. Mrs. E, A. Mitchell, 2020 Sth Ave. So. Phone N. W So. 117. FURNISHED FLAT TO LET. A Five Room Flat, -comfortably furnished. All modern but heat. Reasonable. Call 530 10th Ave. No. Phone Hy. 1715 HOUSE WANTED. Wanted—House or Cottage, 5 er 6 rooms, garden preferred. Desirabe tenants. Call Mrs. Walker, 2816 Elliot ‘Ave. Phone So. 2077. FOR .RENT— Furnished rooms, ight housekeeping for married couple; single gentlemen with or without board. For full particulars call Hy. 4323. FOR RENT. Two Light Housekeeping Rooms, on car line, near business districr, Furnished. Call Drexel 3967. Apply 119 Western Ave. A nicely furnished room for rent, would like a man and wife, or two men. Apply Mrs. Underwood, 412 E. 14th St. or call Main 3196, Undertaker Osa A. Lawrence, Mr, Jordan, M. Morris and Atty. B. S. Smith are the latest purchasers of new autos. ‘Success of a Richmond (Va.) Society. ‘Tho National Tdeal Bevett Sociee) of Richmond, Ve., Dr. A. W. Holmes, president, bas made great progress during the year in all departments of its work. It will enter the new year, 1017, with a large increase in its mem. bership and a sound financial policy. The success of the society is largely ue to the fact that it keeps its pledze to the members and pays its bills. ‘The Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist chureb, Richmond, is one of the directors and a lending aptrit tn the memberabtp. Are you a delinquent subscriber? If so, why not send your subscrip- tion? ADVERTISE HERE — IT PAYS. LEAGUE ASKS FULL MANHOOD RIGHTS Branch of atonal Body Is- sues Timely Memorial, SEES DANGER IN INJUSTICE Boston Declare Their Purpose to Re- main True to Gdvernment—Equality ‘of Legal Standing and Protection More Precious Than Much Gold. Boston.—The Boston branch ‘of the National Equal Rights league sends out the following memorial to the peo- ple of the United States. The league pledges loyalty to the government and asks that colored Americans be pro- tected in their legal and civil rights along with other loyal citizens of the American republic. ‘The league in its memorial says: “When this European war began the world involuntarily speculated wheth- er the Irish would be loyal and the Russian Jews because of the denial of home rule by England and of civil ‘and political rights by Russia. As the United States of America enters this awful war the world speculates wheth- er Americans of color will be loyal be- cause of the denial of rights to # ma- Jority of them. “Bince colored Americans in the past have offered their lives in every way for the country, if Germany is seek- ing to induce them to revolt it but proves how notorious is their proserip- ton, “It this nation, knowing the active loyalty of the Americans in the past, believes this alleged plotting could suc- ceed it shows that the government and people believe that colored Americans are most unjustly treated. The Bos- ton branch of the National Equal Rights league, meeting when the coun- try 1s at war, realizing its responsibilt- ty asa branch of the only nation wide organization formed by and of and led by colored eltizens'to oppose race and color discrimination, declares false all charges of disloyalty. “Colored Americans would be less than human {f they did not feel bitter- ly every bar from employment, from public accommodation, because of our race and color. Deep is the resent- ment against enforced segregation by etty, state or the federal government whether in the civil or military serv- fee. But we have no thought of taking up arms against this our country: Ours ft has been to save the government from rebellion. ‘This work of our fa- thera we shall not destroy. ‘There ts not gold enough in all the treasuries of the nations of the earth to corrupt us, for it is not a question of money, but of equality of rights. “Let neither white nor colored Amer- fcans seek to deny the truths of hu- man nature. Soldiers of democracies fight better than soldiers of autocra- cles. ‘The same men fight better if in time of peace they can sell thelr labor In the open market than {f denied work because of race; fight better if public accommodation in peace depends on conduct and the price than if it Is de- nied for color; fight more eagerly if in Peace encouraged by possession of a free man’s ballot than if represented by its denial; fight with more heart if In peace they have court protection than if their very race means possible murder by the mob, “To the national government which calls us all to war, to our fellow Amer. feans of every race variety, we would appeal fi the name of fair play, of Justice and humanity. We are all citl- ‘ena of a common country. “There is need no longer of subjec- tion of Americans to the race preju- dices of fellow Americans. In the pres- ‘ence of a common danger and a com- mon obligation, with a war devastat- ing Europe caused by racial clannish- ness and racial hatred, under Almighty God let the United States of America ‘and the people thereof give up race proscription and persecution at home. Let the door of the workshop, the school, the college, the civil service, the army, the navy, the military school, the naval school now and henceforth open allke to every citizen of the re- public without regard to race and with. ‘out distinction of color. ° Let the right to travel, to vote, to have court pro- tection be free, without barrier or de- nial. 3 “Give, Mr. President and all our gov- emors, the same encouragement for volunteering or enlisting to white, to brown, to yellow, to black, Ameri- cans all, by vouchsafing the same free chance to enlist, to rise on merit, and on return home the same right to civil service and to civil rights without bar or segregation. “Now is the time for all in authority to declare for the abolition of all racial discriminations and proscriptions and for all to join in our unbyphenated Americanism for victory under the fa- vor of the God of all mankind.” E. T. Morris, Cambridge; Major Wes- ley J. Furlong, Melrose; William H. 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WE AND WHAT YOU WILL DO TOMORRO ENCE COMPARED WITH WHAT YOU MAY IS STRIVE WITHIN US—ONE IS ACTION ACTION IS A SEVERE TASKMASTER, BE WHILE DELAY IS AN EASY BOSS, BUT are declares in his familiar but ever true the affairs of men which taken at the fl and Lowell ringingly proclaims, "Once comes the moment to decide." There is in the psychological moment when the h aroused. Now is always the day of the hightly conceived the truth: "NOW" IS THE GREAT WORD OF GOD. "NOW" IS THE ONLY TREASURE WE HAVE, YET WE SQUANDER IT AS IF IT WERE OF NO VALUE. WHEN A PERSON SAYS HE HAS BEEN KILLING TIME HE HAS BEEN KILLING LIFE, FOR LIFE IS TIME. YOU CAN DO MORE WITH FIVE MINUTES NOW THAN YOU CAN WITH A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER YOU ARE DEAD. WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY AND WHAT YOU WILL DO TOMORROW SINK INTO INSIGNIFICANCE COMPARED WITH WHAT YOU MAY DO TODAY. TWO FORCES STRIVE WITHIN US—ONE IS ACTION, THE OTHER IS DELAY. ACTION IS A SEVERE TASKMASTER, BUT IS RICH IN REWARD, WHILE DELAY IS AN EASY BOSS, BUT A POOR PAYMASTER. Shakespeare declares in his familiar but ever true lines, "There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." And Lowell ringingly proclaims, "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide." There is some momentous secret in the psychological moment when the heart is hot and the emotions aroused. Now is always the day of salvation. The old hymn rightly conceived the truth: There is a time, we know not when; A place, we know not where, That marks the destiny of men To glory or despair. THEREFORE, DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. GO NOW. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO CHURC WHO CAN SAY WHERE HE WILL BE TOMORROW YOUNG MEN WHO LAUGHINGLY DECLARE THAT GO TO CHURCH WHEN THEY ARE OLD. THEY MA THAT CHANCE. THEY MAY BE CUT DOWN IN DON'T DELAY. DELAYS ALWAYS ARE DANGEROUS MORE SO THAN WHEN YOU DELAY MAKING YOUR GOD. ORE, DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. GO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH MAY WHERE HE WILL BE TOMORROW I WHO LAUGHINGLY DECLARE THAT CH WHEN THEY ARE OLD. THEY MAKE CE. THEY MAY BE CUT DOWN IN Y. DELAYS ALWAYS ARE DANGEROUS CAN WHEN YOU DELAY MAKING YOUR THEREFORE, DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. GO TO CHURCH NOW. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH TOMORROW. WHO CAN SAY WHERE HE WILL BE TOMORROW? THERE ARE YOUNG MEN WHO LAUGHINGLY DECLARE THAT THEY WILL GO TO CHURCH WHEN THEY ARE OLD. THEY MAY NEVER GET THAT CHANCE. THEY MAY BE CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME. DON'T DELAY. DELAYS ALWAYS ARE DANGEROUS, BUT NEVER MORE SO THAN WHEN YOU DELAY MAKING YOUR PEACE WITH GOD. GO TO CHURCH NOW. 1810 THE MUSICIAN THE FASHION WEEKLY MRS. VIOLA STEWART. MR. AND MRS. HARRISON STEWART By H. H. Mr. Harrison Stewart, the well Minneapolis for a few days visit with and wife have just returned from the year's successful business, and are e Australian Variety, and many large able and enthusiastic criticisms. In the they were warmly received through Stewart was for 4 years the premier Chicago, and during that period dispel for 3 years associated with the decal was also stage director and leading the composer of all the lyrics used being an actor of unusual merit, he lition, which has made him a host of a clever artist, and possesses an emp admits that "she is the major portion reside at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall's will visit his mother in W Richmond, Va., also friends in Eastern HERE WE A THE USH The Ushers of the for NEW PALACE, NEW GARR will give MAY DANCE... M AT LANE'S HALL, S Committee—Miss Myrtle Huson, Secy.; Miss Margurite Bluds Treas. DANCING FROM 8 P. M. TO THE POOR DO NOT BEG. By H. B. Rowe. In Stewart, the well known song writer, a few days visit with his numerous friends must returned from the Orient, and the city business, and are enroute to Chicago, city, and many large daily papers, gave the static criticisms. In their new vehicle, "The only received throughout Australia and I have 4 years the premier comedian in the living that period dispelled many cob-web-associated with the deceased Matt. Marshall director and leading man with the Black all the lyrics used that season by the if unusual merit, he has a resplendent ad made him a host of friends everywhere, and possesses an engaging perosnality, is the major portion of the act." Whome of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner, 414 visit his mother in Washington, D. C., also friends in Eastern cities. They will HERE WE ARE AGAIN! THE USHER GIRLS The Ushers of the following Showhouse, CE, NEW GARRICK, NEW ASTE, will give their MONDAY LANE'S HALL, 8TH AND NICOL —Miss Myrtle Hughes, Pres.; Miss Margurite Bludsoe, V. Pres.; Mrs. FROM 8 P. M. TO 1:30 A. M. ...A Mr. Harrison Stewart, the well known song writer, and actor is in Minneapolis for a few days visit with his numerous friends. Mr. Stewart and wife have just returned from the Orient, and the Antipodes, after a year's successful business, and are enroute to Chicago, their home. The Australian Variety, and many large daily papers, gave The Stewarts favorable and enthusiastic criticisms. In their new vehicle, "The Ebony Recruits," they were warmly received throughout Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Stewart was for 4 years the premier comedian in the Pekin Stock Co. of Chicago, and during that period dispelled many cob-webs of gloom; he was for 3 years associated with the deceased Matt. Marshall in vaudeville, and was also stage director and leading man with the Black Patti Show, being the composer of all the lyrics used that season by the company. Besides being an actor of unusual merit, he has a resplendent and amiable disposition, which has made him a host of friends everywhere. Mrs. Stewart is a clever artist, and possesses an engaging perosnality. Harrison proudly admits that "she is the major portion of the act." While in the city they reside at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner, 414 E. 14th St. The Marshall s will visit his mother in Washington, D. C., and her parents in Richmond, Va., also friends in Eastern cities. They will return to Australia. The Ushers of the following Showhouses: NEW PALACE, NEW GARRICK, NEW ASTER, GAYETY will give their AT LANE'S HALL, 8TH AND NICOLLET Committee—Miss Myrtle Hughes, Pres.; Miss Lillian Henderson, Secy.; Miss Margurite Bludsoe, V. Pres.; Mrs. Emma Russell, Treas. DANCING FROM 8 P. M. TO 1:30 A. M. ...ADMISSION 25c The man on the street or the woman at the door, who solicits aid on ground of your sympathy for his condition, may safely be assumed to be making a better living by that process than by accepting such care as the state offers. Minneapolis, just at the present moment, is suffering from an oversupply of beggars. The trade is a good one although somewhat risky. The more plausible the applicant appears, the greater the returns. But no genuinely poor person ever begs. It is difficult enough to find them with the aid of neighbors, schools, churches and relatives. The beggar is one who has discovered that a tale of suffering is an as- --- --- Now Is the Time. Don't Procrastinate OF GOD. "NOW" IS THE ONLY SQUANDER IT AS IF IT WERE ON SAYS HE HAS BEEN KILLING LIFE, FOR LIFE IS TIME. YOU TUES NOW THAN YOU CAN WITH YOU ARE DEAD. WHAT YOU DID WILL DO TOMORROW SINK INTO WHAT YOU MAY DO TODAY. IS—ONE IS ACTION, THE OTHER IS TASKMASTER, BUT IS RICH IN EASY BOSS, BUT A POOR PAY. mamiliar but ever true lines, "There which taken at the flood leads on to proclaims, "Once to every man decide." There is some moment when the heart is hot and always the day of salvation. The south: CRASTINATE. GO TO CHURCH TO GO TO CHURCH TOMORROW. L BE TOMORROW? THERE ARE Y DECLARE THAT THEY WILL BE OLD. THEY MAY NEVER GET E CUT DOWN IN THEIR PRIME. S ARE DANGEROUS, BUT NEVER MAY MAKING YOUR PEACE WITH ART RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA. S. Rowe. A known song writer, and actor is in his numerous friends. Mr. Stewart the Orient, and the Antipodes, after a route to Chicago, their home. The daily papers, gave The Stewarts favor their new vehicle, "The Ebony Recruits," but Australia and New Zealand. Mr. comedian in the Pekin Stock Co. of called many cob-webs of gloom; he was used Matt. Marshall in vaudeville, and man with the Black Patti Show, being that season by the company. Besides as a resplendent and amiable disposi-friends everywhere. Mrs. Stewart isaging perosnality. Harrison proudly of the act." While in the city they Wm. Turner, 414 E. 14th St. The Washington, D. C., and her parents in cities. They will return to Australia. ARE AGAIN! HER GIRLS Following Showhouses: BICK, NEW ASTER, GAYETY be their OTH AND NICOLLET ghes, Pres.; Miss Lillian Henderoe, V. Pres.; Mrs. Emma Russell, 1:30 A. M. ...ADMISSION 25c. set; and that no honestly poor person acknowledges. The continuance of begging is made possible by the continuance of thoughtless, unrelated relief giving, whether by individuals or societies. It will stop when we get together, pooling not only our resources but also our information. The waste of money in giving to the beggars does not compare in seriousness to the destroyed social sense produced in the mendicant. It is highly contagious and a well nigh incurable disease. We quarantine those who are carriers of small pox, we have not yet learned the method of preventing the spread of the begging spirit. — The Bulletin—Associated Charities of Minneapolis. MAY 21ST. THE TWIN CITY STAR THE CRISIS MAGAZINE. Historic Illustrations and Timely Stories Featured in May Number ries Featured in May Number. The May Crisis is a notable and interesting number. It contains the concluding part of Jessie Fauset's striking novellete, "There Was One Time," and an article on a southern colored farmer, Taylor Henson, written by a southern white man. "The Looking Glass" has some interesting comments of the war from the point of view of colored people and a largely unknown story of the colored sailors on the Merrimac. Among the pictures is a page picture of the French African troops after the battle of Douaumont and also pictures of the new Douglass square, Boston, and the Agassiz school, Cambridge, of which Miss Maria L. Baldwin, a colored woman, is head. In "The Men of the Month" section are featured the late Dr. M. W. Gilbert and A. S. Gray, Mr. Battey, the photographer; Miss Knox, a school teacher; two constructing architects connected with the United States treasury and Dr. Waring, the new head of the Howard Orphan asylum "The Horizon" has a picture of Blanche Deas and of several recent high school graduates, together with an unusual amount of news. Perhaps the most striking thing in the whole magazine is a new poem by Mrs. Johnson, "To the Mantied," which, picturing the future freedom of the Negro, ends with these lines: Like joyful exiles, swift returning home. The rhythmic chanson of their eager feet. While voices, strange to ecstasy, long dumb, Break forth in major cadences, full sweet. Into the very star shine, lo, they come, Wearing the bays of victory complete! On the cover Miss Anita Thompson of Los Angeles, Cal., is dancing. The Crisis is published at 70 Fifth avenue. New York, and is edited by W. E. Burghardt Du Bols, head of the research department of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People. Sunday Schools to Meet In Boston. The board of managers of the New England Baptist Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. convention held a meeting in New York on Saturday, April 21, to arrange the program for the twenty-fourth annual meeting to be held at the Ebenezer Baptist church, Boston. Tuesday and Wednesday, June 12-13. The Boston meeting will have many patriotic features, according to the plans of the board. N. B. Dodson of Brooklyn is president, and Mrs. C. Goode Harris of Stamford, Conn., is the recording secretary. Tents to Meet In Atlantic City May 9. The twenty-ninth annual convention of the National Order of Grand Tents, eastern district division, will be held at Atlantic City, N. J., for three days, beginning on Wednesday, May 9. Mrs. Alice W. Seay of Brooklyn will respond to the mayor's address of welcome. NO RELIGIOUS EXCLUSION. Methodist Conference Accords Full Privileges to the Colored Delegates. The suggestion made recently in Boston by Dr. Edgar C. Blake, secretary of the Methodist board of Sunday schools, that unification of the Methodist church of the north and the Methodist church of the south could be brought about by dropping out of the general conference the Negro delegates was openly denounced at the New York conference of the denination, held recently in New York. The Rev. Philip M. Waters, president of Gammon Theological seminary of Atlanta, Ga., declared that the denomination did not seek unity at the cost of humiliation for its loyal Negro members. Such a suggestion, he declared, was proof that "the cause of democracy is not yet fought out in America." The conference showed itself fully in agreement with him and voted, it thanks for his answer to Dr. Blake. NEW VOLUME OF POEMS. Writings of Phillie Wheatley issued in Attractive Form. From the Pendleton Press of Washington has been issued an attractively printed and handsomely bound volume of 112 pages of the poems and letters of Miss Phillis Wheatley, the poetess of the Revolution and the first woman in America to publish a book of poems, says Bruce "Grit." The compilation is the work of the late George Herbert Renfro, who was a native of Washington and in his day a promising young lawyer. The book also contains an admirable sketch of the life and work of Renfro from the facile pen of Mrs. Lela Amos Pendleton, an authoress of quite considerable distinction. Collectors will find this edition of Miss Wheatley's poems a valuable addition to their libraries and in it many poems of this clever young woman which have not hitherto been published. The Pendleton Press is a race institution and deserves the highest commendation for the excellence of its workmanship in the publication and binding of this latest claimant to public favor. Haddeston Heads Leesville (Ga.) Guard Mack Haddeston, who has seen service at the front as a soldier, is in command of a new company of colored men recently organized at Leesville, La. The men are very enthusiastic over the prospect of being mustered into the federal service. Most of the members are farmers and have little time for practice during the day, but report promptly for drill every night. The company will be known as the Leesville guards. TIME TO ASSERT POLITICAL RIGHTS Just Freedom Requires Equal Application of Laws. VOICED BY COLONEL BOWEN In, Paying Tribute to Work of Hona Joseph C. Manning at New York Meeting Eloquent Lawyer Protests Against Mirepresentation In Some Southern States. New York.—The hearty co-operation between white and colored citizens in movements for the good of the masses of both races in various sections of the country is an indication of the growth in friendliness of the two races toward a better understanding of their problems and how to solve them. The great mass meeting in appreciation of the Hon. Joseph C. Manning, held in New York recently, was, therefore, a wise and timely movement on the part of our people. For thirty years Mr. Manning has championed the cause of our race in the south. He believes that the race is entitled to the ballot, has a right to the protection of the law as given in the constitution and its amendments. A right is a just claim. Among the prominent and influential men who delivered addresses in commendation of Mr. Manning's work were J. HON. JOSEPH O. MANNING. the Hon. Edward F. Cragin of the Republican club, this city; Attorney Isaac H. Nutter of Atlantic City, N. J.; Hon. George E. Wibecan of Brooklyn and Colonel William M. P. Bowen, chairman of the Republican city committee, Providence, R. I. M. Bowen is a distinguished barrister and a diligent advocate of the principles of human justice. In his address Mr. Bowen in part said: "I count it a privilege to join with you all in this merited tribute to the work of Hon. Joseph C. Manning. He has felt the iron hand of Bourbon rule, he has reached many minds that count and he has often, almost unaided, kept burning the light that shows the way to a just freedom. I wish that I might say the people of the north have appreciated his devotion as they ought, but in the generality of the application of southern misrepresentation, in the multiplication of their own individual interests and in the overshadowing European struggle. I fear that all our people have not yet aroused their consciences as they should to action on this important subject. It has remained for you in this serried meeting to emphasize the voice of those who have 'loved justice and hated iniquity.' Political Reforms Needed. "Fashions and mankind move in recurring cycles. Some years ago, through Mr. Manning's efforts in the collection of convincing evidence, a large number of fraudulently elected Democratic congressmen were ejected from their seats. Today there is a growing discussion of suggested changes in the national election laws to prevent in future the wholesale robbery of the federal franchise by one portion of the country-to maintain its political ascendancy at Washington, through strangling the voter and carrying off his vote. "We in the north and west have a direct concern in the presidential office and in the membership of the congress. It is no mere matter of local interest, whether justifiable in local public opinion or not. Southern suppression of the national ballot, both black and white, is playing the game with loaded dice and doesn't give the rest of the country a fair shake. Our property and our human rights are handled in such a way as the preponderating south and its allies may dictate, irrespective of what the actual majority of the whole people in this country may desire. In the language of the street, the tall wags the dog. "Now, what are we going to do about it? Well, let us see." "We can protest to our southern friends and arouse their sense of justice. That protest has already been made and doubtless its truth has been felt by some, but the dominant political organizations of the south have smiled amiably, filed the protests away in the attic with grandfather's clock, thrown out some harrowing suggestions about not 'waving the bloody shirt' or 'stirring up sectional feeling,' and continued carefully to hang on to what they already have. This is all interesting, but unprofitable. "What else is suggested? A national election law—call it what you will—that recognizes the right of every citizen of the United States of America to vote without intimidation for president and vice president and for senators and representatives in the congress and to have his vote honestly counted as cast. No longer should membership in the federal house of representatives be based upon population alone, but the provisions of Section 2 of the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution should be made a living force rather than exist as a mere scrap of paper. For one thing at least bipartisan federal inspectors of elections throughout the United States would generally give the country the facts upon which to reduce properly the representation in the congress from those states where the national franchise is denied or abridged. American Autocracy Condemned. American Autocracy Condensed. "We discuss today a state of war with the German empire for interfering with the rights of American commerce and of American citizens to use the free seas, and we are pledging more lives and greater treasure to combat the ruthless doctrine of sinking ships without warning in a violation of international law which affects our lives, safety and property. But as a nation we have remained too indifferent to the beam in our own eye. We have condemned foreign autocracy and apologized for American, but we haven't yet effectively stopped either. "How shall we bring about appropriate and effective national action on the southern question? In just the good old way that we Americans always employ, whether at the grocery senate, the crossroads, the clubs or the mass meetings. What did the argonauts do, the early settlers, the colonists, the forty-niners, the abolitionists? And today what are the prohbititionists and women suffragists doing? They acted; they are acting. And so must we until the congress acts. Clean House at Home! "The American people in maintaining their rights abroad must not forget to clean house at home, must not forget to spread the gospel of equal national rights, human justice and liberty as an actual fact and not a mere theory. "When that is done state rights will keep step willingly with national and naturally adjust themselves to their cadence. We can all do missionary work in this cause by discussing it with our neighbors, by pushing it forward in the press, the magazines and in public gatherings. And lastly, but not least, let us support with such means as we can afford the work of those who, like Mr. Manning, are devoting their lives and their labor to the cause of truth. Supply the sinews of war and his tried leadership will do the rest without fear or favor and without faltering, but with boundless enthusiasm and winning the victory. BAPTISTS CALL MEETING. Naahville, Tenn., Selected For Executive Session of Unincorporated Body. The annual meeting of the executive committee of the national Baptist convention (unincorporated) will be held in Nashville, Teen, on Thursday, June 14. The first session of the committee will be held at 10 o'clock a.m. Besides the work of preparing the program for the next annual meeting of the sald convention, which is to be held at Atlanta, Ga., in September, the committee will have many other important matters to claim its attention. All vice presidents at large from each state and territorial convention and the elected officers of the national Baptist convention, the chairmen and secretaries of the various boards are members of the executive committee and are urged to be present. There will be reduced rates on practically all railroads to Nashville on account of the Sunday school congress. It is therefore urged that the members arrange to reach Nashville not later than noon Tuesday, June 13. Every member is urgently requested to notify the secretary whether he can or can not attend. An integral part of the modern locomotive—the cast steel frame—welghs nearly seven tons. Rev. James Enoch Churchman Dies. By the death of the Rev. James Enoch Churchman of 78 Oakwood avenue, Orange, N. J., at St. Mary's hospital, in Orange, on April 23, the race loses one of its ablest young men. The Rev. Mr. Churchman was organizer for the National Equal Rights league, a business man and an eloquent preacher. He was a member of several organizations for the civic and social betterment of the race, in each of which he played an important part. Mr. Churchman's last great public address was delivered in Faneuil hall, Boston, at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, Feb. 14. The Rev. Mr. Churchman was forty-three years of age. Deny Statement of German Sympathy. The colored people of Wilmington, N. C., are indignant over a report recently circulated that the race in Wilmington sympathized with Germany in the present crisis to the exclusion of their own country. It was stated by one of the speakers at a meeting held in Wilmington the last of March that the first three victims of the German submarine slaughter were colored men who died at their post in defense of the American flag. A MADAME M. HART, The Reliable Milliner. BARGAINS IN MILLINERY. MADAM HART, 1215 Washington Ave. So., is having her ANNUAL SPRING SALE of HATS of the LATEST DESIGNS. No two Pattern Hats alike. A choice stock to select from. Sale closes May 15th. ATTENTION! LADIES. ARTESIA CREAM. Handled past ten years. Removes Liver spots and black-heads. Bleaches the skin and renews its natural color. ELECTRIC HAIR GROWER 50c. Overton's High-Brown Powder. Testimonials. Mrs. Essie Taylor, 633 Mississippi St. St. Paul and Mrs. Nancy Wade, 1402 Fifth Ave. So., Minneapolis and others have sent testimonials recommending Madam Hart's Preparations and Hairwork. MADAM M. HART, 1215 WASHINGTON AVE. S. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. STEWART'S CABARET —SPECIAL— SUNDAY 50c DINNER and Cabaret Entertainment from 5 to 8 P. M. MENU Cream of Tomato Soup Baked White Fish Roast Beef or Lamb Stewed Corn Mashed Potatoes June Peas Pineapple Sherbet Head Lettuce Salad Creamed Rice Pudding Tea, Coffee or Milk Miss Esmeralda Statham, Miss Toy Brown and Miss Zella Hunter are entertaining at Stewart's Club and Hotel at 244 4th Ave. So. Miss Mary Ray of St. Paul appears from 5 to 8 P. M. YOUR PUBLICITY PAYS. All persons interested in the progress of their lodges, churches, societies etc., should value the power of printer's ink. They should see that their secretaries SEND ALL NOTICES to the newspapers in proper time. They think the Editor should attend every affair, whether invited or not, and should know "What is going on?"—without being informed. Many exchanges clip from our columns, and often things done in Minneapolis get national publicity. LIBERAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFER. Special $3.00 Combination. We offer a Combination Subscription to our readers for 1917. We will give you your choice of any Negro NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE, and THE TWIN CITY STAR, mailed to your address anywhere in the U. S. for THREE DOLLARS. Cash in advance. Get your home paper sent direct to you. Forward all orders to THE TWIN CITY STAR, ... 305 So. 5th St., Minneapolis. Room 302. Defender Preaches Sound Doctrine. The Chicago Defender in speaking editorially of racial attitude in our country's present crisis says. "We will brush aside the hundred and one reasons why we should not shoulder arms for the defense of our country and remember the thousand reasons why we should." Old and Modern Customs Palm Sunday in certain places is called "Fig Sunday" from the custom of eating figs on this day, as snapdragons on Christmas eve, plum pudding on Christmas day, oranges and barley sugar on St. Valentine's eve, pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, salt codfish on Ash Wednesday, frumery on "Mothering Sunday" (mid-Lent), cross buns on Good Friday, gooseberry tart on Whitsunday, goose on Michaelmas day, nuts on Allhallows, and so on.—London Chronicle. NORTH SIDE CAFE L. Anderson, Prop. 723 No. 6th Ave., Minneapolis. Chop Suey Our Specialty. Tel. Hy. 5851. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR ..... $2.60 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.60 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 Dollars In Meznoriam ..... One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Death Notices ..... One Dollar 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. Write all Checks payable to The Twin City Star. Address all mail to Twin City Star 303 S. 9th St. The Twin City Star stands for equal rights for all American citizens. NEGROES SPECIALLY IDEN TIFIED BY GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION. "If person is of African descent, tear off this corner." This statement appears on a lower corner of the U.S. registration card for selective draft service. Why such special consideration should be given persons of African descent, is causing much comment. Negroes should not worry. If this is to deny them the privilege of war service, they must await the inevitable under a policy of watchful waiting." Such discrimination will prove a boomerang to the Southern wing of the Administration. If the Negroes are drafted for the farm, they cannot avoid service and will make the best of it. It is probable that they may be called later for war service, and will have a greater share and honor in their Country's defense than those who planned to deny them that right. There are more than 20 million persons of African descent within the confines of the United States, and its Insular possessions. They are willing to "do their bit," but are not wanted now. While party politics is being played and proven patriots like Roosevelt must fight for a chance to serve their Country; it is more than foolish to expect that a Democratic administration will regard the rights of black men. Negroes should be consoled with the knowledge that "There is a Divinity that shapes our ends," and it will come to pass that the stone which the builders rejected has become the keystone of the arch. Remember the words of Harriet Tubman, the Negro abolitionist, to Frederick Douglass; "God is not dead." LT. KFILLEY'S LETTER TO COL HAYWARD_PUBLISHED. Lt. Geo. B. Kelley of Duluth, Minn., has shown up the attitude of Col. Hayward of the 15th N. Y. Regiment. Col. Hayward has not promoted Negro officers and it appears that many white officers will remain in command. Lt. Kelley, who served with honor in many ranks from private to 1st Lt. of Volunteers wrote to Col. Hayward, when the regiment was organized and received no reply. The New York News published his letter in full and shows up Col. Hayward's policy. It was claimed that competent Negro officers could not be secured, when the regiment was organized. The question of promotion is up to Gov. Whitman, as several Negro officers have passed examinations for higher grades and have not been advanced. The communication of Lt. Kelley is in his usual style and shows his knowledge of military organization and discipline. He is a writer of extraordinary ability and prominent in the civic affairs of Duluth, and always leading a movement for his race's advancement. Thomas H. Jones, the magazine man and Red Cross organizer, spent 10 days in St. Paul workhouse for being drunk and disorderly. He was arrested by Detective J. C. Black after several warnings, and Judge Boerner did not let "Major" Jones make his get-away this time. WAITERS ENLISTED FOR NAVY. NAVY. On a general complaint that Negroes were denied a chance to apply for enlistment in many of the branches of the Naval Service, The Star made inquiries. Editor Smith was informed that "they were enlisted as mess attendants (waiters) only." On inquiry, "Why they ware not accepted as firemen? the yeoman consulted Lt. Willson, who sent word that "they would be accepted in all branches if they passed the physical examination." Editor Smith asked that they be given this information and a chance to take the medical examination and was accused of LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. The matter is up to the Bureau of Navigation for investigation. Then it will be known whether it is a matter of local or Federal authority. The Civic and Commerce Assn. and other patriotic organizations are engaged in a campaign for Naval Recruits, and they should inform the Negro citizens (if it is true) that NEGROES ARE WANTED AS WAITERS ONLY. The Southern white man is without that underlying deception. He parades his prejudices while the Northern white man does not give Negroes their rights and evades the issue, when called upon. Negro students from Howard University were recently denied enlistment except as waiters. Editor Smith knows about the Naval Service and his experiences are on record during the Spanish American War. "Looking for trouble" is a high compliment, when he advocates the enlistment of men for war service and he knows that few will pass a medical examination if they apply for other service than as mess attendants. Ex. Cong. Geo. R. Smith has taken up the matter. He has always assisted the Negroes and will do what he can to see that they get treated as other citizens. If the Negroes were so void of manhood as to forget the injustice of the present administration against them, they would not be possessed of that loyalty to the American Flag which they have defended with honor in all of this Nation's conflicts and always respected in times of peace. This is the only home of the American Negro and he will defend it, the denied his rights. Minneapolis is growing fast and there is a demand for Negro labor, but no attention is paid to their housing. They are forced to live in the jungle district, because they cannot rent in the desirable localities. This is a matter for the health and civic authorities, but nothing will be done unless there is an epidemic. Then somebody will find it necessary to give Negroes a chance to live in sanitary apartments, instead of being forced to congregate in dumps and hovels because of prejudiced real estate owners. Disease and contagion knows no color line. LEADERS WITHOUT CONVIC TION AND PURPOSE. Men without convictions are like ships without rudders that go hither and thither because they have no fixed purpose, and they drift like leaves on the surface of a stream. If there is any one thing in which Negro leadership is lacking, it is strong convictions, fixed purpose. They have no clear conception of purpose, and as a consequence they accomplish very little for their constituents. In this great age of intelligence and efficiency, it is of the highest importance that those who are leaders should have strong conviction and purpose, and will and energy to execute them. The result of their achievements, the good, which they can accomplish for the race will be in direct proportion to the distinctness and clearness of their vision and their honesty and sincerity in the pursuit or enterprise undertaken. It must not be superficial; it must be the result of great thought and deliberation—The Atlanta Independent. Do not waste your time making promises to our agents. Send your money by Express or Post Office Order or in cash or postage stamps. It is our purpose to have our young people learn the value of efficiency. Learn to be the master of one vocation. The ambitious Negro of the last generation has everything in his favor. It was not long ago, that the college diploma was the best credential for menial employment. There is a grand future for every ambitious young man or woman today. They may feel assured of a safe return for their time spent in preparing for their proposed work. A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. Hon. Cyrus Field Adams of Chicago visited his brother, Editor J. Q. Adams of The Appeal, in St. Paul on Wednesday. Mr. Adams is an ex-Assistant Registrar of the Treasury and now holds a position in the Dept. of Internal Revenue in Chicago. THE TWIN CITY STAR Gems From Professor William Pickens' New York Address, April 29. The annual health week campaign conducted in Greater New York under the auspices of the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People was brought to a successful close on Sunday, April 29. Professor William Pickens, dean of Morgan college, Baltimore, was the orator of the day. Dean Pickens' subject was "The Negro and Health," and he said in part: The American Negro has been so often discussed as if he differed from other men in his relation to the laws of society, that some have grown bold enough to imply that he differs from other men even in his relation to the laws of nature. That effort to be consistent is natural. The question of the color of his skin does not so much a "race question" as it is a question of environment. It may be called a class question, for it is closely connected with his economic and social status. In brief, the Negro is not sick or well because of the color of his skin or because of the shape of his nose or feet. There may be certain diseases which more readily cause constipation, but that is true of all races' preference to some disease or other, and perhaps the explanation is historical. Man was scattered over the earth and lived in more or less isolated groups for a long period of time. It happened, therefore, that one group had to battle with a certain disease more than did the others. This group developed a constitutional response that might have meant that the disease weeded out this group those elements which were peculiarly subject to its attack. It may be that the white man of the past was more subjected to tuberculosis and became in a degree immunized so that now tubercular bacilli attack the Negro's constitution more readily, and it may be that the Near Eastern people from hookworm so that now hookworms attack the white man more successfully. But, be that as it may, it is plain that environment is the chief factor and is the point of attack for science. For these evils are preventable. Tuberculosis may be worse for the Negro when he has it. It may be worse for the white man if it. Hookworm may be worse for the white man when he has it, but it is not necessary for him to have it. The black man cannot escape tuberculosis by becoming white; the white man cannot escape hookworm by becoming black. The race of the white man is the most prevalent of economic conditions will help both. If the black man can have a better job so that he can have better food and more rest and air and a sanitary house he will have less tuberculosis. If the poor white man can have better pay and instruction so that he will possess the knowledge he need is simply shun the hookworm he need not have that disease at all. The Negro's death rate under present conditions is often spoken of as if it indicated that he is not human like other men, but on the contrary it proves that he is exactly human like other men. If the Negro, living as he now lives, died no faster than the white man living as the white man now lives, it would prove that the Negro is not human like the white man. Another thing—the psychology of the matter. We have learned that the mind helps to kill or to make alive. "Worry is more wearing than work." The lower economic status bears on the Negro the harder and injures him the harder in proportion to the easier in proportion to the result of social injustice rather than of natural causes. The "jim crow" car kills him not only with its flesh and germs, but also with the state of mind which it induces in him. The Negro is often spoken of as a happy go lucky race that never worries. This is a half truth. He may be sunnier in nature and inclination than the white race, and for that very reason a period of depression may have more terrible effects on him. A more phlegmatic temperament might be less affected by either joy or sorrow. The Negro who can laugh most loudly in the sun may also weep most bitterly in the shadow of despair. In a segregated and neglected city district, where the slums are thrust into a door and the saloon is under the window, the schoolhouse of his children, he will be gradually done to death, not only by the filthy streets, the accumulating garbage and the lack of sewers, but also by the mental and moral depression which his normally sunny disposition is compelled to support. The 'more intelligent he is the more he will suffer. The man who does not know that disease germs exist does not worry about them. Does this not partly explain the fact that the more intelligent Negro of today will die quicker under conditions in which the less intelligent Negro of two generations ago lived? Another indication that the cause is environmental rather than radial testimony of the misuse to the remarkable physical well being of the African Negro. And European" scientists say that the physically most perfect type of man is the Zulu Negro. Since the principal cause is the environment the remedy is science and social justice. Let us consider how closely bound up is the question of health with the question of business and effect. The better health, the better business success and economic progress, and the more success in business the better advantages for preserving health and especially for endowing the succeeding generation. The Negro department found out that the Negro's death rate figure grows smaller as his home ownership figure grows larger. The reason is evident. The man who owns a house will be prouder of it. He will keep it in better repair and cleaner, he will cut a new window for light and air, he will put a panes in the window, he will install sanitary fixtures and conveniences, and, being freed from the bondage of rent, he will have more money for recreation, decent amusement and needed medical care. This is what makes the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes one of the most useful organizations in the whole land. They realize that the question of physical, intellectual, moral and emotional enactment with the economic of industrial opportunity and economic condition. The league endeavors to get a man into a better job and his family into a better house, which will mean sounder health, more leisure and study and higher morals. Odd Fellows May Elevate Slaughter. At the recent installation of the officers of the G. U. O. of O. F., elected at the last session of the B. M. C. in Washington, Henry P. Slaughter, editor of the Odd Fellows Journal, acted as master of ceremonies and, as usual, gave a most satisfactory account of himself. It is entirely within the range of possibilities that at the New York session of the B. M. C. in 1918 Mr. Slaughter will be elevated to the post of grand master. He has earned that exalted station by hard work for the order, and he has the qualities to make an ideal leader of a great body like the G. U. O. of O. F. of America. The fundamental evil of our race is the lack of sufficient appreciation and interest of the responsibility and duty we owe to each other. We have allowed ourselves to so lapse into a state of inertia and lethargy that we are oblivious of the wrongs and injustices meted out to our people, and not even attempt to raise our voice in protest. Have we lost every sense and quality of manhood? Will we stand erect before the world high of heart and purpose? If we intend to play our part as a people and be prepared to do our duty to others, let us decide now what we want to do and make ready to do it. It is the duty of every adult member of the race to align himself or herself with this living existing organization and become an integral part of it. I am somewhat perplexed to think that any right thinking Negro should be without the pale of an association that stands uncompromisingly for freedom, equality and justice. Dear reader! is it your duty to take out membership? We owe each other a duty for it is the cement which binds the whole moral edifice together without which all powers and intellect, can have no permanence. The membership fee is ONE DOLLAR a year. Will you not lend your moral and financial support to this great movement? We are far from being immune to insults and prejudices here, and we can only do effective work by uniting ourselves and thus be prepared to legally fight these evils. Come out to our meetings and know and learn for yourself what is being done. The question you should put to yourself is not, what would people say? but, is it my duty? Remember Whate'r thy race or speech thou art the same. Before thy eyes duty, a constant flame Shines always steadfast with unchanging light Through dark days and through bright. Send One Dollar to the undersigned and join in this great work. Sec'y R. A. Skinner, 2817 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis. He, who demands his rights, guaranteed him under our constitution, is not a traitor. The Negro cannot be expected to rally to the country's call today as he did to Lincoln and McKinley; but he is ever ready. He cannot be aroused by martial music, brilliant uniforms, patriotic addresses or pecuniary promises. Should the American people grant him equal rights as other Americans, he will then forgive their wrongs he has suffered. As it is, he is calm and deliberate. He will enter this war for his second emancipation. Tho he serves no human master, he is the slave of Race-hatred, Discrimination and that prejudiced Americanism—the Southern propaganda of the present administration. He is denied the right to enlist in many branches of his Nation's defensive service. He is awarded special honors, i.e. "held in reserve," for breast works. But he must fight to save his Country—that he might enjoy Liberty in its fullest sense. He must fight—that posterity shall awake in a new Americanism. This is our fight, if America needs us, and we shall not be called until needed. Talking about Negroes being "too cowardly to fight" show me where one ever faltered on the battlefield. Name a traitor if you can. When the Son of God was on his way to death, Simon stepped up to his side, put his shoulder under the cross and helped him carry it. When a white foe felled President McKinley, a black man felled the tyrant. When at Carrizal, a white officer was mortally wounded, a Negro soldier also shot, grabbed the falling officer and held him up with one hand while he shot at the foe with the other. Braver soldiers never lived, truer Americans can't be found, and by and by justice will be ours.-The Pioneer Press, Martinsburg, W. Va. There are 10,000 Negroes enrolled among the 123,00 men who have volunteered to serve under ex. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. The housing conditions for our people are horrible in Minneapolis. It is almost impossible to rent a decent place to live, while in St. Paul a Negro can rent a house in a desirable locality and pay moderate rent. I am against Catholic, Protestant, or Jew, if the representative of any of these creeds does anything against the American spirit. I demand whole-hearted and undivided loyalty to the United States. 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