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VOL. I, NO. 15
MAN DEFIES MOB THREATS
MICTION IS
GRANTED 0. E. S.
IN LODGE FIGHT
Grand Master Holmes of Seattle
Masons Ordered to Keep Out
of Eastern Star Affairs.
COURT HOLDS HOLMES
ACTED WITHOUT POWER
Masonic Law States That Grand
Master Cannot Suspend
Individual Members.
(Associated Negro Press)
Seattle, Wash., Apr. 27.—1 n the
matter of complaint of Jephthah and
Mt. Ranler Chapters O. E. S. vs. E.
H. Holmes, grand master of Masons
and co-defendants, the application for
a temporary Injunction and the de
fendants demurrer to the complaint
came up for hearing in the superior
court before Judge J. T. Ronald.
After hearing the arguments of the
attorneys the court overruled the de
murrer holding that he would grant
an injunction as asked for by Jeph
thah and Mt. Ranler Chapters re
straining Holmes and his co-defend
ants from committing certain acts
complained of by the plaintiffs. The
court directed the plaintiff's attor
neys, Morris and Shipley to prepare
an order enjoining Holmeß as a Ma
son or as grand master of Masons
from interfering or attempting to dic
tate concerning the affairs of the Eas
* tern Star.
Court Issues Statement.
The court commenting on this
phase of the case remarked as fol
lows: “The defendant Holmes, as a
Mason, had no Hght to interfere with
or dictate to the Eastern Star than
I hare and I am not either a Mason
or a member of the Eastern Star.”
Other points brought out daring the
trial by the attorneys were, that when
the Grand Lodge convened the granu
master had no further power as all
power was vested in the grand lodge
during the session; the grand
master had no right to set the laws
aside during the session of a grand
lodge; that master Masons who hav*
been suspended should have a com
plete remedy at the hands of the
grand lodge which was compelled to
do them Justice by the laws of Ma
sonry whether they asked for it or
not.
VIEWS MD
INTERVIEWS
“I have found in my experience
throughout -the country,” said F. D.
McCracken, local real estate dealer,
“that a great deal of predjudice
against the Negro Is due to the lack
of attention given to their property.
We do not keep our lawns trim and
clean nor do we keep our homes in
good repair. For this reason, If Is
generally claimed that once a Negro
begins to live in a district, property
in that district begins to decrease in
value.”
“How do you find conditions in St.
Paul?" Mr. McCracken was asked.
"Very much better,” he replied.
“Our people here, in this respect, are
very attentive. On* avenue here, I
pride in calling *St. Anthony Beauti
ful’.”
Mr. McCracken also urged property
owners and tenants to give their
homes continual attention and to Join
in with the various Clean Up and
Paint Up campaigns.
' Mr. McCracken was for three years
government expert in housing.
The Hamllne University baseball
nine, with Sam Stephens in th* bet,
defeated the Minneapolis Central
High 1 to 0 in a seven inning game
Wednesday afternoon. The game
was played on Hamlins’* ground.
The northwestern Bulletin
Problem Rests with
Young People — Dr. Roman
DR. C. V. ROMAN
Women Voters Plan
MeetinWashington
League of Women Voters to En
tertain Women From Sister
Republics Over World.
(Asssclsted Negro Prru)
Washington, D. C., Apr. 27.—Wo
men from 22 countries, including Cu
ba and the Phillipines planned for
mutual co-operation in a general
movement for advancing women's
rights at the Pan-American Confer
ence of women in Baltimore, in con
nection with the annual convention
of the League of Women Voters.
Representatives of every country
in North, South and Central Amer
ica, including Haiti were present,
with the possible exception of San
Salvador.
The questions on which Pan-Amer
ican women will seek to unite their
work cover child welfare, education,
white slavery and the civil and pol
itical status of women.
The convention of the League of
Women voters will enable the visit
ing women from sister republic to get
a glimpse of suffrage in action.
The convention followed the ses
sion of the Pan-American conference,
and as the sessions were similar to
those of a national political conven
tion it illustrates for the visitors how
the women of the United States are
exercising the political power they
have obtained.
As a result of the Convention and
conference, suffrage leaders here ex
pect an immediate and general expan
sion of the movement for equal rights
for women.
Moore’s Jam Orchestra will play
the accompaniment for “Frisco &
C 0.,” dancing act appearing at the
Capitol Theater this week.
IF MORE THAN
5515 PERSONS
READ
The Bulletin
In the Twin Cities and The Northwest Last Week* it means
THE BULLETIN represents quality phis growing prestige.
; Make up your mind to read it every week. It costs only five
cents per copy and worth every cent. •
ST. PAUL—MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922.
Noted Physician Believes Race
Problem Will Be Solved in
Next Twenty-five Years.
In a lecture last Sunday evening at
the People's Church, on '‘Back to
Taw,” Dr. C. V. Roman, noted physi
cian of Meharry Medical College, de
clared be believed that within the
next 25 yean the race problem in
the United Statee would be solved If
H is to be solved at all.
Task For Young People.
“In the last few yean,” the phy
sician said, ”1 have found that the
black man has developed a pure
heart and that the white man has de
veloped a clear head. Together, the
pure heart and the clear head of the
younger generation will solve the
race question If the young people of
both races will only be reasonable.”
Dr. Roman brought out several In
teresting points, time and time again
giving his audience something to
think about. In his “Bight Word
Philosophy of Life” he said, “Know
Thyself, Control Thyself, Deny Thy
self, Respect Thyself.”
The lecture given under the aus
pices of the local branch of the N. A.
A. C. P. and the Peoples Church be
fore a well crowded house. The phy
sicians remarks were well received.
Dr. Roman spoke the following
night in Duluth at St. Marks A. M.
E. Church before a large audience.
Worth SIOO,OOO
And They’re Still
Giving Him Tips
When -the diners on the Pioneer
Limited of the Chicago, Milwaukee ft
St. Paul railroad push their dime and
quarter tips to the able and accom
odating waiter, they do not know
that they are giving their money to
a man worth SIOO,OOO.
The waiter is Wm. Taylor Johnson.
For more than 20 years he has had
charge of the cafe club car on the
train between Chicago and the Twin
Cities. It was the two days that he
is forced to spend every week in Min
neapolis that gave Johnson his first
idea for high finance.
He bought a 3<? acre farm at Ano
ka, Minn., 20 miles north of Minnea
polis. Here he raises hogs, turkeys,
chickens, corn, potatoes and never
has known a crop failure. He has
studied scientific farming with thor
oughness and has installed the lateet
methods on his farm.
Dr. Sumner A. Furnias of Indian
apolis, Indiana, M. P. Sovereign
Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council of Scottish Rite Masons, will
arrive In the city next week to at
tend the 41 annual session of the
United Supreme Council to be held on
May 8 at Union Hall.
BORNO ELECTED
PRESIDENT 0E
HAITI REPUBLIC
Luis Borno, Well Known and
Popular Member of the Bar,
Elected President.
INAUGURATION DAY IS
TO BE EARLY IN MAY
Borno’s Election Indicates that
Haiti Means to Fight For
Independence.
Port Au Prince, Haiti, Apr. 27.
By unanimous vote of the electors,
Luis Borno has been elected Presi
dent of the Republic of Haiti. Borno
is a well known and popular member
of the bar, and a member of the cab
inet of the outgoing President, Sudre
Dartigeunave. He will be Inducted
into office early next month.
Borno was at one time foreign sec
retary under Dartigeunave, and has
been for many years a prominent and
striking figure in Haitian affairs. He
is training in foreign affairs, and his
long practice as an attorney admira
bly fits him for the position which he
is to hold.
With Borno will come a more ben
eflcient American occupation, though
the United States is not expected to
evacuate. The unaminous choice of
Borno indicates that the Haitians in
tend to make a prolonged fight for
absolute independence and control of
their dominion.
Appointment of a minister pleni
potentiary from the United States to
the Island is expected at no late date.
Several Colored men are known to be
persona grata to the new administra
tion, but there is a general disposi
tion on the part of Colored men of
wealth and prominence to shun the
appointment. The salary is SIO,OOO
and prerequisites.
Colored Service
Men To Organize
Legion Poet Here
It Is the plan of local ex-service
men tq organise a chapter of the Am
erican Legion. All ex-soldiers Inter
ested in the plan are aaked to meet
at the home of S. L. Ransom, 294 St.
Albans, Thursday night, May 4, at
8:30 P. M. At this Urns a local
branoh of the American Legion will
be organised.
It is hoped that all ex-service men
will attend this meeting and organ
ise a chapter so that the Colored ex
soldiers of SL Panl will be recognised
in the Legion affair* of the United
States.
WOMAN DIES WHILE
VISITING FRIENDS
Miss Florence Chambers, 29, of
Vancouver, B. C. died suddenly last
Monday at 1 P. M. at the home of
Mrs. Lillian Waller 448 W. Central
Ave. Her death came almost instant
ly as a result of a bursted blood ves
sel at the base of her brain, physi
cians announced. She bad complain
ed J>t slight headaches for several
days previous to her death. The wo
man had only been In the city visit
ing friends for about a week.
Funeral services were held from
Mrs. T. H. Lyles’ undertaking par
lors, 150 W. 4th St. Thursday after
noon at 2:30.
LOCAL MASONS PLAN
FOR BIG MEETING HERE
The local order of Masons, under
the leadership of Mr. Jose H. Sher
wood, are planning a very elaborate
series of entertainments for the dele
gates to the forty-first annual session
of the United Supreme Council 33
A. A. S. R. Meson* of Northern Ma
sonic Jurisdiction which ooavensi at
Union Hnll, May S.
■ ———t
Opposing Candidates For Mayor
of Saint Paul in Final Election
——— _— 1
ARTHUR E. NELSON.
Nelson Favored to Win
In Mayoralty Contest
Steel Mills
Open in Gary;
Help Wanted”
(Assscluteil Negro Press)
Gary, Ind., Apr. 2 7.—“ Help
Wanted’’ signs, the first since
the war, have appeared at the
steel mills in Gary, East Chica
go, Hammond and Indiana Har
bor. The General American
Tank Car plant, East Chicago,
the Wanner Malleable Iron
Works, Hammond and the Am
erican Sheet & Tin Plate and
American Bridge plants, Gary,
need workers. Three of the Re
public mills at Chicago (East)
have opened. Thousands of
Colored workers are employed
in these places.
CHURCH WILL HOLD
BIG REVIVAL MEETING
Dr. Clinton A. Wallace, pastor of
the Mount Zion Baptist church of
Peoriu, Illinois, who recently same
there from Ft. Worth, Texas, Is com
ing to Bt. Paul to conduct revival
meetings at Memorial Baptist eh arch
beginning May 9. Dr. Wallace was
associated with Dr. L. K. Williams,
now of Olivet Baptist church of Chi
cago, and is a splendid pastor evan
gelist.
He will remain In SL Panl until
May 19, daring which time it is ex
pected, the beet revtyd meeting ever
conducted nt Memorial Baptist church
will be held.
A special revival chorus will be
conducted by Mrs. Jordan during the
revival. Rev. J. W. Harris, pastot
of the church. Is making great prep
arations for the rally.
BURGLARS ROB DENTIST
OF MONEY AND GOLD
Burglars entered the office of Dr.
E. S. Weber, 204 Dakota Bldg, and
robbed him of about $25 worth of
gold and a calendar bank containing
$25 in cash last Sunday. The rob
bery was not discovered until Dr.
Weber went to work Monday morn
ing.
Police headquarters were notified
but no clue could be found leading to
the capture of the burglars. It is
thought by the police that the office
was robbed by someone who had a
key because none of the window* or
doom had been forced.
WILLIAM MAHONEY.
Councilmanic Race Promises to
Be A Hot One—All Candi
dates Confident,
Tuesday, May 2 is final election
day in St. Paul. Candidates have en
tered on the last Teg of their whirl
wind campaigns. The majority of
them are ready to rest their fates
with the voters.
From all Indications, Arthur E.
Nelson, present city attorney, will be
the next mayor of Bt. Paul. It la
predicted that he will carry evsry
section of the city by a record vote
for mayor. In the primary election
March 14, Mr. Nelson polled a record
vote of 26,868. The vote given Mr.
Nelson was the highest ever recorded
for a mayoralty candidate in either
a primary or final election in the
history of Bt. Paul. Slnee then, dur
ing the recent campaign, he has add
ed several thousand voters to his list
of friends.
William Mahoney, opposing candi
date for mayor. It is conceded, will
receive the hearty support of the la
bor vote in the city.
The councihnanlc contest ban prov
en a hot one. The three soldier can
didate* of the 1120 race, L. R. 8.
Ferguson, John McDonald and Frank
Matson, candidates for re-election, It
is generally conceded, will survive at
the polls while James M. Clancy and
Herman C. Wensel, labor candidates,
who came through the primaries
leading the ticket, are scheduled for
a repetition of the same act. Wil
liam J. Peter, one of the candidates
for councilman, who was the surprise
of the primary election because of tbs
big vote of 17,870 he polled, has done
some strenuous campaigning. His
election seems certain If things run
true to the dope. George Sudheimer,
(Continued on page 4)
TAILOR RECOVERS SUIT
STOLEN FROM HIS SHOP
With the arreat of Goldie Dixon
last week by Detective James Mit
ehell, after a fight in a West Seventh
street barber shop, police believe they
have found a prowler responsible for
a number of robberies in the Hill dis
trict in the past month.
Investigation shows that Dixon was
connected with a number of recent
robberies.
A suit of clothes found In Dixon’s
possession was Identified by R. C.
Taylor, proprietor of a tailor shop at
557 St. Anthony avenue, aa a part
of the loot taken from hia place when
It was robbed about two weeks ago.
Join N. A. A. a P.l
PRICE, 5 CENTS
OKLAHOMADEPUTY
SHERIFF REFUSES
TO LEAVE STATE
Says He Has No Intentions of
Obeying Order of Mobbist,
In Letter to Editor.
DENIES “THUGS” MADE
HIM EAT HIS OWN EAR
“I’d Rather Die First” Declares
Victim of Political Out
rage in Tulsa.
(Associated Negro Press)
Oklahoma City, Okla., Apr. 27.
In a letter to Roecoe Dunjee, editor
of the Black Dispatch of this city, De
puty Sheriff John H. Smitherman of
Tulsa completely defies instructions
given him by a mob of “cowards of
the night.” Less than a month ago
Smitherman was taken from his room
in the Red Wing Hotel of Tulsa and
brutally beaten and mutilated by a
mob of masked men because of his
political activities. He was warned
to leave Tulsa and the state at the
time but he has not retreated a step.
In his letter to the Black Dispatch,
he says:
“Permit me to thank you for the
fearless stand you have taken in de
nouncing the cowardly mob who on
the night of March 11, abducted and
severely whipped me, and afterwards
cut off my left ear; giving as their
only reason, that I am a Democrat,
and had been' using my influence to
convert others of my race to the Dem
ocratic faith.
"I am a Democrat by principle,
and may I add, that even another
such treatment, or worse for that
matter, as was tendered me on the
night of March 11, could not change
my convictions.
“Of course you know that I must
most naturally feel a spirit of indig
nation; yet, if my sacrifice, which is
tremendous can in any manner serve
to the advantage of our people pol
itically or otherwise, then 1 most
graciously accept it as an honor.
“In your first news article about
the incident the impression was plac
ed that the “Thugs” made me eat my
own ear. I must ask the correction
of that assertion. They did not make
me eat of my own body—l would
rather suffer death.
“Many of my friends about the
state have It. I am informed, that 1
am contemplating leaving the state
in sequence of the threat by thfe mob
hist that they would kill me If I did
not. You may say for me that it is
not true. When I leave the state 1
will not go in respect of a suggestion
or even the request of a mob. lam
convinced that Tulsa’s best white cit
izenry does not condone or sanction
the actions of these "cowards of the
night,” in fact they very bitterly con
demn the occurence.
“Hoping you the success tbat must
certainly come to the honorable char
acter that you are. I am.
Your* very truly,
J. H. Smitherman.”
NEW PASTOR ASSUMES
DUTIES AT PILGRIM
Rev. L. W. Harris, the newly call
ed pastor of Pilgrim Baptist church,
returned to St. Paul and preached a
very Interesting sermon to the con
gregation last Sunday. Rev. Harris
was due to have arrived in time to
preach the Easter Sunday sermon,
but on account of the large floods in
the Mississippi Valley near his home,
Fulton, Missouri, he was unable to
reach St. Paul the time he had plan
ned.
The members of tfiV church are
very glad to have a new pastor, be
cause since the resignation of Rev.
B. S. Hodge last summer, they hare
been without a leader. Under the
careful guidance of a new leader, the
officers and members are planning
many Improvements for Pilgrim Bap
tist ehnreh.