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KIU KLUX KLAN
BRANDS ill IN
ARIZONA CITY
Law-abiding Citizens of Middle
West Aroused by Ku Klux
Klan Orgies.
GOVERNOR PROMISES
ARREST OF OFFENDERS
Negro Lured Into Car, Carried
Into Desert and Beaten
by Masked Men.
lAMarIUHI Jl»*p« Pre*«i>
Pboenix, Ariz., April 6.—The Klux
has gone wild in this section of the
country, in a made craze to throttle
the spirit of law abiding citizens,
and has resorted to a series of orgies
that have aroused all of the respec
table people of the state, regardless
of color.
“Report to the police, the sheriffs
office and the newspapers and let
them know that the Ku Klux Klan
has been active.”
Such was the parting message de
livered by six persons, unknown to
Aubrey Carter, colored, who far the
past seven years has been in charge
of the Phoenix National Bank Build
ing, after they had administered
stigmatizing lashes and marks, K. K.
K., on the body of their victim.
Long before Carter staggered,
nearly exhausted, into the sheriffs
office, his wife had reported his dis
appearance under mysterious circum
stances. It was at this time a man,
representing that he was from the
sheriff’s office, called at the Carter
home and demanded that Carter ac
company him.
From this point, Carter tells his
story: “I asked to get ray hat and
coat, but was told to come along
without them,” he said. "There were
two cars waiting, and both carried
fair loads of men. That aroused my
suspicious. But as soon as I got into
the first car, a Chalmers, a man
poked a gun into my ribs and an
other threw a coat over my head. I
only know that we went weaLpast
the state capitol.”
Carter said that the car was
brought to a halt In the desert after
running about an hour. “They or
dered me out of the car, then tied my
hands and lashed me to the frame
work. They flogged nie and painted
me.”
To substantiate his statement,
Carter showed three crimson K's
which had been painted upon his
breast. He also exhibited to mem
bers of the sheriff's office the deep
marks which had been left by lashes.
The only reason assigned for the
outrage, according to Carter, was a
statement by a member of the "gang”
that while operating an elevator in
the Phoenix National Bank building
he. Carter, stopped the carrier be
tween floors and "sized up” a woman
passenger.
Carter is prominent in church and
lodge circles, has been in Phoenix
for the past 15 years and is held in
esteem by his present employers.
"The charge made against me is
ridiculous," Carter told members of
the sheriffs office. "My wife is the
only woman that interests me.”
This is the third mob attack in
which the letters K. K. K. have play
ed a prominent part in this district
during the past two months.
Governor Issues Proclamation.
So bold become the masked an
archists that Governor Campbell is
sued a lengthy proclamation offering
a reward for information leading to
the arrest of the offenders. The
sheriff and county attorney have Is
sued similar statements.
ABBYSSINIAN SHOCKED
BY AMERICAN GIRLS
< Associated Negro I’rrnul
Pittsburgh. Pa., April B—Charlie
George from Abbyssinia, is shocked
at our lack of clothes and informal
manners. He registers this shock
keenly as a means of defending, his
own land from caluminiators and not
to be Impolitic. Mr. George who runs
an employment agency d'own on West
street, and is one of the seven real
Abyssinians in this country, read in
some paper tbe other day a treatise
on the rampant barbarism in his
country and a declaration that gangs
of wretched slaves chained together
may be seen there by any traveler.
80 he rose to protest. Not only are
his people highly civilized, he says,
Bht "Oh! If Abyssinian girl take off
clothes like American girl—no good.”
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I>r. Earl 8. Weber.
Last week. Dr. E. S. Weber, den
tist, 204 Dakota Bldg., successfully
removed a tumor (epithelioma) from
the mouth of William B. Brown, 909
St. Anthony avenue, with much skill
and precision.
Before consulting Dr. Weber, Mr.
Brown had consulted several New
York dentists, all of whom, after
diagnosing the case, pronounced it
extremely difficult and advised him
to go to a specialist. In St. Paul,
local dentists advised him likewise.
But finally Dr. Weber diagnosed the
case and successfully removed the
growth that was disfiguring his
mouth and face.
Mr. Brown says that he never has
been handled with as much care,
gentility and patience before, and
that he is feeling fine.
Allen Buckner Gets
Workhouse Term
Pleads Guilty of Carrying Dang
erous Weapon Before Judge
O. B. Lewis.
Although the case has been contin
ued for further investigation, A. E.
Buckner, train porter, was given a
sixty day sentence to the workhouse
for carrying a dangerous weapon by
District Judge O. B. Lewis, Thurs
day. Buckner pleaded guilty.
According to O. U. Bray, local real
estate dealer. Buckner entered his
office at 411 University Ave., and af
ter some unpleasant remarks were
exchanged, Buckner drew a revolver
and threatened to kill him. Bray then
attempted to wrest the revolver from
Buckner. A struggle ensued which
was stopped by the entrance of two
customers who helped take the pistol
from Buckner. The incident occur
red February 16.
It is rumored the altercation be
tween the two men was the result of a
love affair which both Bray and Buck
ner were interested. Further inves
tigation of the case was ordered.
ST. PAUL CLEANUP
WEEK* APRIL 16-22
Clean-up week will be held in St.
Paul April 16 to 22.
These dates were announced by
Commissioner Wenzel.
A campaign will be put on to get
people to clean up their yards and
especially alleys in which ashes and
refuse have been thrown during the
winter.
Mr. Wenzel Baid he is about to
send out four inspectors to check up
complaints which are coming in that
many alleys are practically impas
sable now because of rubbish and
ashes.
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Boston to Honor
Monroe Trotter
April Seventh
Wm. Monroe Trotter, Editor of
Guardian, to be Honored
on 50th Birthday.
f Associated Xr*r«
Boston, Mass., April 6. —The Trot
ter Golden Testimonial Committee
composed of some of the leading citi
zens of Greater Boston, organized for
the purpose of paying a tribute to
Wm. Monroe Trotter for his 50th
birthday anniversary. April 7th, at
its regular weekly meeting voted to
invite the co-operation of justice
loving men and women throughout
the country in the movement to pre
sent a golden testimonial to the edi
tor of the Guardian and the intrepid
agitator of the cause for Equal
Rights for Colored Americans.
The committee expects liberal re
turns in recognition of Mr. .Trotter’s
well known labors for this cause.
Masons Overcome
By Gas in Hall
Two Members Prostrated by
Coal Gas Fumes During
Session of Lodge.
On Monday evening, April 3, while
the Pioneer Lodge of the Masonic
order was in session at their lodge
rooms at 588 Rondo street, two of
the members were overcome by coal
gas fumes and two were slightly af
fected. The fumes were supposed to
have come from a badly regulated
furnace.
Those overcome were Wm. Hil
yard, 792 St. Anthony avenue, and
Kelly Turner, 935 St. Anthony ave
nue. It was necessary to use a pul
motor in the effort to revive Mr.
Turner. For awhile his condition
was thought to be serious. The case
of Mr. Hilyard was not considered
serious because he was revived short
ly after the accident.
Walker Williams and Will Archer
were the first to detect the fumes.
They were slightly affected but were
able to leave the room and summon
aid. Dr. Valdo Turner responded to
the call, and after working for more
than an hour, the men were revived.
Mill City Man
To Write Story
For Newspaper
George Holbert Asked to Write
Fiction Story For Chicago
Defender.
George Holbert. prominent Minne
apolis Elk, has been asked by the
Chicago Defender to write a short
story for publication in that paper
some time next fall.
Mr. Holbert is author of several
stories which have been published in
several colored newspapers through
out the country and the request to
write a story for the Defender shows
that hjs work is considered very
good.
If he accepts the Defender’s propo
sition to write a story, more time
will have to be allowed him to com
plete his story, he says.
HARLEY KNOX IS
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Harley Knox, 634 Aldrich Ave. N.,
Minneapolis, died last Wednesday,
March 29, at the General Hospital.
He was a victim of pneumonia. Fu
neral services were held Monday aft
ernoon from O. A. Lawrence Under
taking Parlor.
He is survived by a wife, two sis
ters and a brother.
WHEN REFUSED SERVICE
NEGRO SHOOTS; FINED
(Associated X.grn Press)
Baltimore, Md., April B— When or
dered to leave a lunch room here at
701 West Fayette street, Hobson Tur
ner, Colored drew a pistol and fired
three shots at Louis M. Kramer, the
owner. Kramer escaped injury.
At the approach of three patrol
men, Turner and his brother Frank
fled but the police found them under
a bed in their home. Arraigned be
fore the Magistrate, charged with
shooting at Kramer, carrying deadly
weapons and disorderly conduct, Tur
ner was fined 9226 and costs. The
brother, Frank, was fined |26 and
costs on a disorderly conduct charge.
MPLS. MINISTERS
ENDORSE ANTI
LYNCHING BILL
Mill City Federation of Minis
ters Adopt Resolutions En
dorsing Dyer Bill.
PASTORS BELIEVE MOB
RULE SHOULD END
Rev. David Jordan Proves In
strumental in Getting
Action on Bill.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Minneapolis Federation of Min
isters held in the Bethlehem Presby
terian church Monday, April 3, 1922,
Rev. David M. Jordan, pastor of
Border M. E. church, and the only
colored minister in the organization,
represented the local branch of the
N, A. A. C. P. by speaking for the
Dyer anti-lynching'bill. At the close
of his address the body voted unani
mously its endorsement of the bill.
A committee was appointed to draft
resolutions to be sent to Senators
Kellogg and Nelson urging them to
support it. The committee request
ed that Rev. Jordan himself sit with
them and draft the resolutions. In
response to their request he drafted
the following resolutions, which
were adopted verbatim by the body
and sent to Senators Kellogg and
Nelson at Washington:"
“Whereas, our Federal govern
ment is founded on a Constitution
which embodies law and order, jus
tice in the courts, and a fair trial
by jury to everyone. And,
“Whereas, the evil of lynching and
mob rule has grown prevalent with
in our borders, thereby undermining
these sacred principles of our Con
stitution.
"Be It Resolved: That we, the
Minneapolis Federation of Ministers,
representing eight (8) denominations
and more than fifty thousand (50,-
000) communicants, do earnestly and
prayerfully urge that the Dyer anti
lynching bill, now before the Senate,
be made a Federal law.
“Be It Further Resolved: That we
earnestly urge our Senators, the Hon.
Kellogg and Nelson, to give to this
bill their heartiest support."
Committee:
R. J. RUTT, Chairman
F. J. FARMER.
R. W. McLEOD.
G.O.P. Nominates
Senator Kellogg
Republican Party Stands Pat in
Nominating Junior Senator
for Re-election.
( By James R. Johnson)
The "dope” ran true to form in the
Republican convention at the St. Paul
Auditorium last Friday. As had been
predicted, Senator Kellog won the
nomination for reelection as U. S.
Senator from Minnesota.
Only one ballot was necessary to
determine who would be the Republi
can nomination from Minnesota. It
had been predicted that Kellog would
win on the first ballot with a big ma
jority. On the first ballot, Kellogg
received 750 votes; Judge Hallam,
219; Mayor Leach, 96; and Governor
Preus, 13, on the final ballot. All of
Ramsey county made a strong pull
for Senator Kellogg, by giving him
a unanimous indorsement. Hennepin
county cast 95 votes for Kellogg; 55
for Leach; 13 for Governor. Preus;
and 6 for Judge Hallam. The Hen
nepin county votes were the only
votes that were received by Governor
Preus.
After the nomination, all the de
feated candidates pledged their un
tiring efforts in the best interests of
the party. Judge Oscar Hallam sound
ed the keynote of the Republican spi
rit, when, in a speech, he said: "Sen
ator Kellogg will find no one more
ardent in his support than I am.”
All In all the state Republican con
vention was the most satisfactory one
ever held in the state of Minnesota.
The amount of harmony shown be
fore the adjournment, gives vent to
the statement that victory in the pri
maries and the fall election, can be
confidentially predicted.
Patronize our Advertisers
Church Spends
One Million
For Schools
M. E. Church Spends Over One
Million in two Years For
School Support.
I Associated \car*> l*re«a>
Pougbkeopsie, N. Y., April 7. —"In
the last two years the Methodist
Episcopal church has expended one
million and a half dollars upon new
buildings aud equipment at its nine
teen institutions of learning in the
South, for the education of the Ne
gro.” said Dr. I. Garland Penn, Cin
cinnati, Ohio, one of the correspond
ing secretaries of the Board of Edu
cation for Negroes, before the New
York Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in ses
sion here.
The speaker said that the total in
vestment of the M. E. Church in Ne
gro education for the last 50 years
was ten million of dollars, and that
from this expenditure there was the
big result of fifteen thousand teach
ers for Negro schools, three thousand
physicians, pharmacists, dentists and
nurses, six hundred ministers, and
thousands of artisans and educated
men and women of the N'efro race in
various gainful, as well as useful oc
cupations in life,
In referring to the South where
these schools are located, he said:
"A reformation is going on in the
South by leading white men and
women in the interest of better rela
tions between the races, that is
changing counties and states in their
attitude, so that if such continues it
means that migration of the Negro to
the North will be small, compared
with the exodus of a few yecrs ago
These inter-racial commissions being
organized and actively at work in
the South, are clearing houses for
race troubles and misunderstandings.
N.A.A.C.P. Dinner
to be April 10
Dinner Conference will Mark Be
ginning of Annual Mem
bership Drive
All is in readiness for the dinner
given by the St. Paul branch of the
N. A. A. C. P. at the Pioneer Hall,
588 Rondo St., Monday evening. The
dinner precedes the annua) spring
membership drive for the local
branch.
Will Discu.Hn Problems
It is expected that every organiza
tion and agency in the city will be
represented at the gathering. The
purpose of the supper conference Is
to secure every shade of opinion on
race relations in the city, and to for
mulate policies whereby good rela
tions may be continued and poor ones
improved. Conditions within the
race group will also be discussed.
Nearly every organization in the
city has signified their intention of
being represented at the conference.
Prominent citizens have indicated
that they would attend. Only 100 can
be accommodated.
Tickets may be secured at Dr. Tur
ner’s office in the Dakota biulding.
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Elks' Services
Will Interfere
With His Plans
There’s one fellow, evidently
a stranger in the Mill City, w’ho
will take 1n the Twin City Elk’s
Annual Memorial Services if he
goes to the Lyric Theater Sun
day afternoon. But he told our
reporter he had planned to take
in a movie that afternoon and
the Lyric theater was the place
he was going to see it. So, in
order to have the attendance
one greater when the Elks gath
er there at 2:30 Sunday after
noon, our reporter said nothing
about the sevices but wished
the fellow a pleasant Sabbath
afternoon.
Bth Armory to be
Community Center
Negro Military Structure to be
Center of Social and
Civic Events.
lAMiirlUrd Araro I'rrul
Chicago. 111., April 6.—The Eighth
Regiment Infantry. Illinois N. G . has
inaugurated a reorganization pro
gram that is certain to attract
widespread interest and insure bene
ficial results.
Probably the high point of this
program is the development of ath
letics and the staging of athletic
events. The Eighth Regiment Arm
ory Is a great modern structure,
capable of seating upwards of eight
thousand persons and is the largest
military structure in the world com
pletely controlled by Negroes.
Many affairs of consequence, ath
letic, social and ciVic and commer
cial will be staged in this great struc
ture. There will be the development
of crack teams of Negro athletes to
compete under the Eighth Regiment
colors In all branches of sport an*
in all sections of the country.
Max Mason’s Fate
Up to High Court
Appeal for New Trial is Taken
Under Advisement by State
Supreme Court.
The Minnesota Supreme Court
Wednesday morning, heard argu
ments by Attorney A. L. Barnett of
Chicago, for a new trial for Max
Mason who was convicted in St. Lou
is county on a statutory offense a
gainst a 19 year old white girl in
Duluth. Mason is one of the men
who escaped being lynched June 14,
1920 when three of his companions
were lynched in Duluth as the result
of an alleged assault of a white girl
on the circus grounds where the men
were employed. Of the thirteen men
involved. Mason is the only one who
has not been acquitted.
Atty. Barnett claimed that the evi
dence in the case was too smattering
to convict any of the accused and
that Mason was convicted because of
the prejudice in the minds of the
Jury.
The Supreme court took the case
under advisement.
Tips From Our
Advertisers
K. D. Miller, merchant tailor out
on University avenue, 429 is the
number, says that business is good.
Mr. Miller has a very large number
of sample patterns of the best woolen
goods on tbe market, and is in a
position to take care of orders for
really tailored clothes. Mr. Miller’s
repairing and pressing ability helps
to make business good, too.
You understand, this Is only a tip
from one of our advertisers. They
all offer some real, honest-to-good
ness bargains. But we will only
mention in this particular depart
ment the name of one advertiser each
week. If you don’t read these lines
next week, you will miss something.
A man may gush over a woman or
vice versa, but the gusblng ia seldom
natural.
ECONOMIC LIGHT
ON RACE ILLS
IS NEGRO NEED
Chandler Owen says old The
ories have Failed to Liber
ate Negro.
“NEW EMANCIPATION”
OUTLINED FOR NEGROES
The “Sweet now and Now” is
the Time to act, says
New York Editor.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
OWEN ADDRESS
“The idea that people are dis
liked because of color is obso
lete. The white man has kept
this idea in the ntind of the
Negro leaders in order to keep
them from seeing the real race
problem, which is a question of
dollars and cents.
“If what Fred Douglass said
of the Republican party is true,
then for all these years, the
white man has been on the ship
and the Negro In the sea.
“When Negroes are appointed
to political positions, their
hands are tied, their lips sealed,
and a mortgage is taken on their
brain.
“The church must preach
preach something else beside the
old doctrine the ’the meek shall
inherit the earth.’ It must be
the means of putting ‘backbone’
into Negroes.
“Negroes form one-tenth of
the poulation and produce one
seventh of the wealth. What
they need is not more work, but
more pay.”
( By George Manning.)
“What we need now is the men
who can get our needs provided for
in the sweet now and now,” said
Wm. (’handler Owen, editor of "The
Messenger,” in his lecture at St.
James' A. M. E. church Tuesday
evening, April 4. The audience was
pleased with the forceful and frank
way in which the speaker expressed
his opinion on the questions that per
tain to the race problem.
Social Equality Discussed.
Economic equality without social
equality is like a man trying to live
without air, blood and food, the
speaker declared. The explanation
of the toleration of the Negro as a
servant in the midst of the very
circles that refuse to admit his as a
guest is that there is an ever pres
ent desire to see the Negro in an in
ferior position. Mr. Owen said:
“When some Negroes get a backbone
where they have been accustomed to
having a wishbone, the race may pro
gress.” He then discussed the em
ployment situation and its relation
to social equality. He pointed out
that the Negro is not the only down
trodden one in the labor line, and
showed that the custom of all em
ployers is to get the most possible
work for the least possible price,
Political Equality.
The long accepted statement that
political equality is possible without
social equality, was proved untrue
by the speaker. The Negro leaders
appointed to political positions have
their lips sealed, and a mortgage on
their brains. The appointed Negroes
have always been used as a means to
keep the discontented ones quiet by
their promises of better times in the
"sweet bye and bye." "What we
need now is the men who can get our
need provided for in the sweet now
and now.” said Mr. Owen.
Negro Industry.
The fact that our race produces
(Continued on page 4)
Directors of New
Realty Firm Holds
Midnight Session
Shortly after 3 a. m. the Board of
Directors of the Pyramid Realty and
Investment Co. emerged from a
meeting last Tuesday morning after
an ail night session. But nothing
save strictly business was transacted
such as assignment of duties, dis
cussion of business conditions, etc.
This new business enterprise,
which only recently incorporated un
der the laws of Minnesota, Is com
posed of young Twin City business
men. They expect to start doing busi
ness very soon.