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VOLUME X
THREE AND THREE
Race Trouble Feared
xjL Muskogee?
Unknown Men Fire on Car of Mo-
tonnan Who Killed Bandit
Night Before
GUARD ALLTROLLEYS
Humors of Plot to Dynamite Street
Cars Received; Rumors Fly Fast
BLOODHOUNDS PUT ON TRAIL
Race Trouble Feared as Result Of
Attitude of Colored Men After
Robber Killing
MUSKOGEE, Tan. 21. Every a
vailablc member of the city police
force was on duty here tonight and
armed detectives and deputy sher
iffs rode all street cars that ran in
to remote sections of the town
arising from the killing last night
of a Colored bandit by W. M. Linn,
a uuotormaii of a Hyde Park street
car.
Five shots were fired at Lynn's
car just aftei dark tonight. The
shots came from a thicket that
skirts the right of way at the iden
tical spot where the houlup was at
tempted last night. One of the shots
I cnctratcd the car passing between
L ynn's legs'. The molorman rc
tu Tiled the fire, shooting at the
fir, ik of fire he saw coming from
the .underbrush.
R.Uiinars Med the night. There
port llhut a Colored man hail fired
upon .a white woman in a residen
tial s cr'ion of the city brought a
patrol liiad of detectives to the spot
A Colt)i"d hihgwayman had at
tempted to hold up a white wom
an and another Colored num. at
tracted by .her screams, had fired
at the bandlit.
The police early in the night rc-
ceived what tliey considered a well
authenticated report that Colored
people living, in tne extreme norm
cm portion of the city had held a
secret meeting and decided to dy
namite Lynn's car.
The Colored scctioir of the down
town distrct appeared, quiet but po
licemen patrolled all beats in pairs.
Motorman Linn today was given
a policeman's commission and City
Managed Harrison, publicly de
clared he intended placing him up
on the force the moment a vacancy
occurred.
Several deputy sheriffs were sent
to the spot from which shots were
fired at Linn's car just before he
mads the last trip at midnight. Half
a dozen policemen armed with riot
,gun.s were aboard the car. Not far
from the scene the car was stopped
lby a Colored man who told them
,that it wus planned to dynamite
line car upon that trip, inc trip
-was made, however, without inci
dent. Bloodhounds, taken to the scene,
v, 'era put upon the trail of the men
1)C 'iCTca to jiave nreu uie siiois at
the street car.
MAN" JKJLLED MAY NOT HAVE
.BEEN BANDIT
(Speciul to tlifc1 Tulsa Star)
MUSKOGEE, tfkla., Jan. 22 No
race troubles are threatened hero
as the result of the Wiling of W. S.
Williams, an alleget? bandit . by
conductor Linn Thursday night,
but there is serious douM that the
man killed was anything but an
ordinary citizen.
No gun was found on the person
of the dead man, so far as it has
been learned, and it is thought by
many that the man was murdered
by the conductor and the bandit
. story put out to camoflauge the
crime.
"JIM CROW" REACHES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
((By The Associated Negro Press)
Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 22 Mrs.
A. E. Burns, white of the Franklin
! School District, is speaking before
Uhe Board of Education regarding
Uhe location of a site for the school
lUso voiced her objections to hav
ing Orientals and Negroes attend
the same school as white children.
"We have several Orientals and
Colored pupils in the school and 1
should say that all Colored children
be sent to one special school,"
declared she. "I believe the board
should establish a school for Ori
entals, Negroes and nil Colored
people and keep the other schools
ior white children only."-
Champion Brick
Layer in Georgia
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Elberton, Ga., an. 22 What is be
licved to bo a new world's record
was hung up here by Jim Meri
wether, Colored, who laid 12,000
brick by actual count in two hours.
That was a record of 100 brick per
minute for the entire two hours.
It required" twelve able bodied men
to wait upon him. He is laying the
vitrified brick on one of the main
thoroughfares of Elberton.
G0L0RED SOLON GETS
ACONSPICI0USSEAT
(By The Associated Negro Preis)
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 22
Walter II. Moore of St. Louis, the
first Colored man in the history of
Missouri lo be elected a member of
the loewer house of the lecislntu're
has been assigned a prominent seat
in uie uaw Ol Wp House of Kepre
sentutives by Commissioner of the
Permanent Seat of Government
Judge Louis Itacliff,
The seat assigned to the St. Louis
Representative for the session is
No. 75 and in the first row in the
main aisle and directly facing the
speaker. It is a position in the
House that is always much sought
after, particularly by old members
who expect Jq fake an active par
in legislation apq may irequenny
desire recognition of the speaker.
nepresenuuive Moore s desk was
buried in flowers when J)P yas in
augurated.
GREEK LETTER FRATERNITY
IN FAVOR OF NEW CHAPTERS
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 22The
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity with al
ready twenty three undergraduate
chapters located at the leading col
leges and universities throughout
the United Slates, a new under
graduate chapter just set apart at
the University of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and sevt'n gaduatc chapters located
in the principal cities of the United
States, including New York, Detroit,
St. souis, Kansas City, Louisville,
Norfolk and Baltimore, at its 13th
annual convention held in Kansas
City, Dec. 27th to 31st, 1920, gave
approval to the application for the
establishment Vf three additional
chapters of ihe Fraternity, one of
which is to be Jocated at the Uni
versity of California. The Kansas
City Convention also gave its ap
proval to the continuace of the "G
10 mgn sc.nooi, uo to uiege move
ment which was inaugurated and
so wen conuuetcu by tne rralcrnity
(juring tne spring ot 1UZU
The Aplha Phi Alpha is the pio-
:er college fraternitv iiinoiia Col
ored haying been oganized at Cor
nell University in 1006, mid it is
interesting to note the development
of fraternity life among Colored
college students, there now being
some seven or eight national Col
ored college fraternities and three
or more national Colored college
sororities.
The 1921 meeting of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity will be held
in Baltimore, Maryland, December
27th to 31st, 1921. 'Hie headquar
ters of the national secretary. Nor
man L. McGhec, is at Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C.
$250,000,90 THEATRE FOR
CHARLESTON PATRONS
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Charleston, S C, Jan. 22 Repre
senting an expenditure "of over
$250,000, the new vaudeville thca
ter which has been erected by John
J. Miller and D. L. Jervoy on the
east side of King street, immedi
ately south of Columbus Street,
which was opened Christmas for
the patronage of Colored people,
has the distinction of being one of
the largest theatres in the South.
The theater has a seating capacity
of 2,000 and in its construction aiUJiberal reward will be paid for the
represents the latest ideas in Uw
ter nuudings.
TULSA, OKLAnOSIA,
QUARTER
Redding May Pay
Extreme Penalty
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Chicago, Jan. 22 "They won't
hang me, God won't let 'cm," said
Grovcr Cleveland Redding, fore
most figure in the "Abyssinian Riot
last June. Redding had been found
guilty and sentenced to hang to
gether with Oscar McGavitt, his
chief Lieuteant, for participation
in the street brawl in the heart of
the Coloed section, at which Robt.
L, Bose, a sailor and Joseph Hart, a
cigar clerk, both while, had been
killed, and Patrolman Joseph Owens
Colored, severely wounded.
The other five defendants were
found not guilty. They are Harry
Lm, Edward Bush, James Briggs,
Dennis Brown and Allen Willis.
The riot occurred during a pa
rade led by Bedding and Jonah and
organized" foV the "purpose yf re
cruiting Cojo'cd' men to the ""Back
of Abyssinia" movement, of which
Redding was the head and "self
acclaimed prophet of God.
Exercises followed the parade
and Redding bruncd an American
flag at the corner of Indiana
avenue and thirty-fifth street. Rose
who was in uniform, interfcrrcd
and was shot. Mob hysteria fol
lowed, in which Hart was also
slain. '
Throughout his trial Redding
feigned insanity and it was neces
sary to tie mm down on several oc
casions when he tried to fight with
court attaches.
Redding's insanity plea was shat
tered" Wednesday when Dr. Wm. Q.
Krohn, stale alienist, testified Red
ding had admitted the deccptio'n to
him as his only chance 16 escape
the rppp,
Many people have oxprcsed, the
opinion that Rpdding fs really in:
sane. His actions and sppc'ch arc
very erratic. Bcddig handed a Col
ored reporter the care of one of
the assistant state's attorneys and
tql( him that the State's attorney
was. his Jawyer. One of (he de
fendants asked ihe samp reporter,
"lo go and see my boss an4 have
hmi come get me out." They
seemed to have no comprehension
of the extent of the charge against
them,"
They are simple people of low in
telligence and it is said (hat a white
agitator known the country over as
"Jonah" who was their leader and
who was prrcsted at the time of
the riot in which he was one of the
chief parcders, but who was later
released, fired them with the fool
ish zeal which led o tlje trouble
Jonah is said )o be still organizing
Abyssfnipn movements throughout
the country,
NEW "OUTLAW" BASEBALL
LEAGUE ORGANIZED IN EAST
(By The Associated Negro Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 George
Herman Lawson, president of the
recently incorporated Continental
Baseball association, was here re
cently inspecting park sites for tho
league clubs which he hopes to in
stall in or near this city.
The promoter and executive of
the new "outlaw" league said that
three of the eight franchises for the
eight club league had been granted
as follows: Indiana, with the state
club playing at Indianapolis; Mas
sachusetts, at Boston, and Ontario
at Toronto. Tho New Jersey state
franchise was practically clinched
for Camden, Lawson stated.
In connection with the New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania and Massachu
setts frachises, Lawson stated be
was strongly considering the instal
lation of Colored or Cuban clubs.
He pointed out that the Colored
population of Boston or Philadel
phia formed a large percentage of
the city population and that there
were at least 100 Colored baseball
players in this country who
equalled in playing skill the best
average of the major leagues and
who, although they arc citizens of
the country, were barred from
playing in cither the major or mi
nor leagues under present condi
tions. LOST On Greenwood Avenue,
one bunch of keys on keyring. Of
no value to any one bu owner. A
Mverv of these Irevs to thn Tulsa
'Su sffice, 126 N. Creenwocd.
Jnnunry 22, 1921.
MILLION DOLLAR
founders Day At
Hampton Institute
HAMPTON, Va. Jan. 22 Dr.
James E. Gregg, principal of Hamp
ton Institute, has announced that
the principal nddrcss at the cele
bration of Founders Day, n be
held on January 30th in memory
of Gen. Sumuol Chapman Arm
strong, will be given by Dr. James
Hardv DUlnril nf r.linrlniincullln
.r ' i. ... ....-,.,...H
vu., who is ine prositicnt of the
jiunuta uuu oiuicr uoarus, mem
ber of the General Education
uoaru, ami rector ol William and
Mary College.
"Dr. Dillard," says the "Southern
Workmnn." whirli i tlm ofdVinl
magazine published by Hampton
msniuie nas done more tJian
perhaps any other Southern man
to set forces in motion tending to
bring about better race relations.
It was he who was the prime mov
er in forming the Southern Univer
sity Race Commission and he was
also active in the organization Of
the Commission " on Inlor-Haclnl
Commission and the Southern Pub
licity Committee."
ELECTS COLORED COUNCIL
MAN TO SUCCEED WHITE
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 22 Dr. Jas.
L. Henderson was elected Council
man by the Hamtramck village
council, to fill the vacancy caused
by the failure of Clayton E. Went
worth. white, who was elected
Councilman at the last election, lo
attend any meetings of the Council
for several yyppkj. Dr. Henderson
has been a resident of Hamtamck
for three years. He is a graduate
of the Detroit colleae of Medicine.
RAILWAY TRAINMEN IN
CONTROVERSY AT CHICAGO
(By The Associated Negro Press,)
Chicago, 111., Jan, 22 A contro
versy, affecting hundreds pf Col
ored yard brakemen on the Nor
folk and Western Railway, is boing
argued before tho U. S, Hallway
Labor Board here, between the As
sociation of Coloed Railway train
men, having headquarters in Mem
phis, Mild the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen.
The Brotherhood desires a rule
adopted which would mako it pos
sible for only promo,ablc men be
ing given employment, which would
automatically eliminate Colored
trainmen, because pf color preju
dice, J. H. Eifand, President, and
C. E. Hcinke, divisional chairman,
are representing the Association of
Cnlnrprl Hniliwwl Inlnmnn a 11
Long of Birmingham, is represent
ing Colored Locomotive tiremen.
TlllV nn W.'.ffilltT fl ctmnnnu f:.1.
for their respective organizations,
iu waring will pernapi last u
week longer,
THEATRE OWNERS FORM
COLORED BOOKING AGENCY
(By The Associated Negro Press)
New Orleans, La., Jan. 22Thc
Thealer Owners' Booking Agency,
an organization formed at Chatta
nooga "for the improvement of the
quality of Colored entertainment,"
will have as its New Orleans thea
ter, the present Lyric, situated at
Iberville and Burgundy streets.
A combination of Colored thea
tres, embracing nearly every im-
DOrtant fltV in Mm nilrumn Cnnlli
and one or two in the North repre-
icumiB m vaiue auoui S3,UUU,UUU,
will have the services of this book
ing company, every theater owner
being a member oi the company.
The following cities are on the.
circuit: New Orleans, Shreveport
and Alexandria in Louisiana; Mont
gomery and Birmingham in Ala
bama; Atlanta and Macon in Geor
gia; Greenville, South Carolina;
Charleston, North Carolina; Cin
cinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Chat
tanooga,. Nashville and Memphis,
Tennessee; Little Bock, Ark.; Beau
mont, Texas; St. Louis and Kansas
Cltv. Mksnnri. Itnlpnlt MI,1. . nn.i
Louisville, Kentucky.
Pythian Temple
Planned for Tulsa
Six Story Building With Theatre
And Office Floors May Raise
Tho Sky Line in Colored
Section
cct'fl!2 ,. P" re-
- ....w ....J wiuii uAUCUUve or-
H KnlBhh, of Pythias are
seiiously considering a plan to
erect a Mx slor pj ,,,,.. T' ,
Inlsa some time during PJ21, A
six story building is i contempla
tion, the ground floor lo be phmnel
for a modern Ihcntre'wilh .seiitinu
capacity of 1,500, four floors for h,"
el and offices and the top floor for
temple purposes, lodgu meetings etc
J. Ij. Key, millionaire oil man of
OkmillUll VV'llrv lc i """..
K' rT) v- "I , ,,,1"'."Lr lor "ic
i. m .C,ri,"ul Lo(,8c. is 'd h hu
&vllin.rTr,.ofll,i,1ll
(irntirl Plitinlin tw. .-,1
Wl-i i """'"" . '" Willis. U.
nliC.hll!,,1!, of Ul,s ?ll' Wils d
...,,.. ...i, ijiuiiuseu lempie ly a
Star i-i-nm-lnf ...ti i. ' i. .... "
c lined to discuss it, U is well
kllOWIl. Imvvnvi.it II. ..I .. ii. .1..
n....i - "yivi, ""i I'.Miiuui
H'liiple has been under considera-
.....! 3U4u n,u :m some 0- tll(.
lemmiir ttwMiilw,rc r n. ...
rp.Vi. "i -""- . uie timer in
Tulsa have been using Iheir influ.
ence to encourage the idea mid lo
cale the building in this City.
. '" i.'ioiisaiius ot dollars now
lying Idle in tho Pylhian treasury
probably could not bc more safely
invested than in Tulsa real estate,
and put inio such building s
planned would ccrainly 1)0 a paying
proposition,
FRIENDS OF IRISH FREEDOM
OPPOSE THE KU-KLUX KLAN
(By The Associated Nejrc Press)
New York, N. Y. The following,
among resolutions presented by
Judge Daniel F. Cobal at the meet
ing of the National Council, Friends
of Irish Freedom, in the Hotel
Uiltmore, were unanimously adopt-
"To resist the ntteinpt to orga
nize in the United States a free
country a revival of the Ku Khix
KIilll terrorism niim-il ni Hi.. ,..
Illetc nnlitirril nml nnriiiii,. c..i,t..,.
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linfi rf fli.i rl.wl !.. . .V
::. . '. yu:u iul-c in America.
Aid pe it resolved lurlhcr, that
'in this work we oall upon all Ameri
cans of Ilkll lilnnil In inlnn.ir..
their efforts to strengthen and per
petuate uie HDcrty ()r our countrv
to the end we may no! alone con
tinue to enjoy its blessings, but
that through America like liberty
may come to Ireland and to all oth
er oppressed lands."
OPPOSE RACIAL REPRE
SENTATION IN CABINET
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Chicago, Jan. 2 Charles Nagal
or St. Louis, former Secretary of
Commerce, whom the German
American conference named as one
fit to roprecent the German Ameri
cans in tnn piihtnol c'ldl In u.l.li'iii-
Ing the National Conference of
state 131130111' Association:
Wed need forty or more men in
til rabinoi In rpnrnwnt fill Hu t-.i,
es in our country and there would
uu u not ume when they got to
gether. Racial groups should not
be represented in the cabinet."
UNIVERSITY SUES FOR
PROMISED DONATION
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Louisville. Kv.. r-in "') T nnic-
yille State University a Colored
institution, received $10,000 from
the estate or Dr. J. S. Anderson,
Indian doctor" whn difd nl Snmw.
set last year, The amount was
uwuiueu ine univcrsii n a de
cision of the PllIflsLl fr.iilllv Cir
cuit Court. The universltv h:nl
sued the estate for $3(1,000,' which
ho had promised to donate to the
institution and h.iil ilinri willinul
fulfilling the promise
NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
PORATION
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ALLIED INDUSTRIAL FINANCE
ORGANIZATION GETS UNDER
WAY; CHARTER SECURED
Notable Additions to Bonrd of
Directors
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JVASIUNGTON. D. C.-Preliinl-
ary plans for lliu organization of
tile three and Three- Ouartcr Mill-
luiirlSi W'0) V.0,,n" A' in
dustrial I'inance Corj oration have
been completed. Two meetings have
been held in New York City recent
ly for orunnlzntlnn numn. ti.
organizing directors arc proceeding
ncturty with their work prclimi-
ma
preseniing me final plans
corporation to the public
grille prospectus has been
of t
An el
prepa
The
nun me cuartcr secured,
st International Service
ion, Incornorliuwl. lii .,.
Corp
greed
underwrite the complete.
Tli tlif Kin tin!., .
olferii;
tion. "fc ""J,-
1 he fTilIowing officers and mem
bers of the hoard of directors were
ejected sit the micoling just heldj
h. C. Hrown Philadelphia, Pcnn
H',vn,". ' Chuirman of the Board
of nircctors; Emmctt J. Scott,
Wis ilngton, D. C, President; L. E
HilllKS, iMoilIld Biivnn. MinkUitiitil
Jcsso S. Jones, Norfolk, Virginia;
John Jacob Arnold and oseph Don
ovan of the First Intcrnatinal Ser
XT Corporation, Incorporated,
New York City.
In addition it has been decided
to increase tho directorate lo twen
ty members and the following ad
ditional genllemen arc being invit
ed to associalc themselves with the
movement: B. M. Boddy, Cashier
Solvent Savings Bank, Memphis,
lenncssec; Jesse Binga. President,
Binga State Bank Chicago, Illinois;
U C. .Spaulding, Secretary -Trcas
urer, North Carolina Mutual In.su
rnnce Company, Durham, North
Carolina; Dr. W. E. B. Dubois, Edi
tor the Crisis and Director of Re
search, The National Association of
Colored People, New York City;
Dr. R, R. Moton, President, Nation
al Negro Business League, Tuske
gec, Alabama; John W. Lewis,
President Industrial Savings Bank,
Washington, D. C; John It. Haw
kins, Financial Secretary, African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Wash
ington, I). C; B. J. Davis, of Odd
Fellows Organization of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga.; C. M. While, Supremo
Commander, American Woodmen,
Denver, Colorado; Levi C. Brown,
President Mutual Savings BunJi,
Portsmouth, Virginia and Bishop
Robert E. Jones, of the Methodist
Eniicopal Church, New Orleans,
Louisiana. The addition or these
notable personalities brings to the
new organization influences of
very great power.
It is the purpose of the officers
of the Allied Industrial Finance
Corporation to invite every element
among us engaged in business to
associate itself with this tremen
dously big program for racial and
economical uplift. The most careful
attention under the direction of
highly paid legal experts is being'
given to the working out of the
plans of the organization which is
designed in its magnitude to meet
the growing needs of tire Colored
people in the financing of business
enterprises. The main office of
(lie corporation for the present
will be located in the new Southern
Aid Building, 1001-1003 Seventh
Street, Northwest, Washington. D.
C. where a group of highly trained
accountants and clerical experts
will be associated with Uie officers
in conducting the affairs of the
Corporation.
DR. MOTON TO MAKE '
SPEECH MAKING TOUR
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Jan. 22
In response to the many invitations
of Colored and white citizens of
middle western states, Dr. Robert
R. Moton, Principal of the Tuske
gee Normal and Indsutrial Institute
mid President of Ihe National
Negro Business League, will make
a speech-making our of that section
earn hi the month of February.
On his itinerary Dr. Moton will
deliver addresses in some of the
lirlnclnal cities nf Oh in T rwllnnn
ii ....una, ouviiiiiiiiii, ucorgia Vice
President; Harry H. Pace, New
mk ( it Secrclury; Jqlm E. Nail
New York Cifv. 'I'i-o-icm,-,.-. ci,,...
and Illinois.
