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VOLUME m, NO. 14 BT. PAUL—MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1924 PRICE: FIVE CENTS
VOTERS’LEM
LETTER IS GIVEN
DUE ATTENTION
Reasons Why Bulletin-Appeal
Kept Identity During Cam
paign Given.
On April 25t1» thin paper received
a letter from the offlce of the secre
tary of the Colored Voters’ League,
but signed by a purported committee
of that organization. Because of the
mental Immaturity evidenced in its
composition we at first determined to
disregard it. but have since changed
our mind and will answer one of its
several questions. The question fol
lows verbatim:
"Why your paper is not willing to
eo-operate with this organization to
present'the truth and facts to the
people of all candidates, regardless
and impartial to personal interest?”
% Our Answer.
Our answer is that the columns of
the BULLETIN-APPEAL have been,
now are and always will be used to
present the truth and the facts, as
we know to be, to the people eover-
I all political candidates, and our
* advertising space may be used by any
political candidate at the regular
legal rate for advertising, under the
same regulations as required by all
other reputable newspapers. We do
not, however, lend our columns to
anything that poses as an impartial
political organization but which in
reality seeks to promote only partisan
and personal preferences.
Our Questions.
Now may we ask the Colored Vot
ers’ League two questions:
Why is it that after announcing
that the Colored Voters’ League
would hold meetings and'invite all of
the candidates to address it so that
a fair conclusion as to the qualifica
tion of each might be reached, that
the Colored Voters’ League never
held a single public meeting at which
all of the candidates were Invited, or
even expected to appear?
Why did the Colored Voters’
League hold but one meeting UN
DER ITS NAME after the primaries
and during the entire election cam
paign, and hold that meeting in the
afternoon if it had anything but par
tisan purposes?
BUILDING LOAN
ASSOCIATION IN
DRIVE
Campaign Is Incorporated for
One Million Dollars With
Stock at Par Value.
Among the financial Institutions
which have originated within our
group during the last few years the
Pioneer Building and Loan Associa
tion of Pittsburg takes first rank
among those concerns that are actu
ally “delivering the goods.” Mem
bers are being placed in homes of
their own and are paying for them on
a small weekly payment basis. Home
owners are likewise able to improve
their property in the same ready and
easy way.
The association has grown under
the careful supervision of its officers
and directors until it has reached
the substantial dividend paying stage,
a dividend of six per cent having al
ready been paid for 1923.
$500,000 Drive.
Greatly encouraged by their past
success, the ofllcers and directors
have launched a drive during which
they hope to dispose of 1500,000
worth (6,000 shares) of their stock.
The stock is being sold to groups
as well as individuals, churches and
their auxiliaries, social, political and
all other groups find it highly ad
vantageous to make investment in
the Pioneer Building and Loan As
sociation. This association is chart
ed in Pennsylvania and capitalised
at 61,000,000. The par value per
share is 9100, payable 10 cents a
week. The Joining fee is 25 cents
per share.
If the Crusaders who wish to re
cover Africa prefer to go there on a
steamship owhed by‘the U. N. I. A.,
whose business is HP
In
tcert
The sixth annual spring concert of
the Mu-Bo Choral club, 30 voices, un
der the direction of W. C. Jeffrey,
will be given at the Wells Memorial
House, 11th street and Western ave
nue, Wednesday night, May 14, at
8:30 o’clock.
The club needs no Introduction to
the music lovers of the Twin Cities,
it having established itself firmly in
the last two or three years as one of
the leafing choral organizations of
the city. If the citizens of the Twin
Cities, and especially Minneapolis, are
interested in the progress that has
been made musically by our group,
we invite your presence at our com
ing concert, thereby giving to the
club tlutt financial and moral support
of which it is worthy.
W. C. Jeffrey, Director.
MURDER CASE WON
IN MINNEAPOLIS BY
TWIN CITY MEN
Woman Charged With Killing
Man Is Freed After Jury
Agrees on Innocence.
Perhaps in the long history of the
Hennepin County* Courts a murder
case was tried in the briefest space
of time, and terminated successfully
on last Friday when Attorney Glee
ner Fowler of Minneapolis, the at
torney of record; Attorney Hammond
Turner of St. Part; and Attorney H.
Cannon of Minneapolis tried the case
of Mrs. Mazie McDonald. 1609 4th
street south, charged with murder in
the first degree in the killing of Wm.
Briggs, April 2, at her home. The
masterful way in which the case was
handled by the defense has attracted
attention from all sources, and the
finding of a not guilty verdict has in
creased not only the respect for these
attorneys, but has given a greater re
spect for their well known ability.
Co-operation Won.
Attorney Fowler’s address to the
jury was a masterpiece never to be
forgotten by those who hear it* In
fact, so touching was it that tears
coursed from the eyes of the jurors
and .people assembled in the court.
The zeal, ability and force displayed
by these gentlemen should give con
fidence to the people in the Twin
Cities that though the late Frederic
McGhee may be gone, his spirit and
eloquence still lives by those present
pursuing hi* profession.
The co-operation of Attorneys
Fowler and Turner was responsible
for winning the case. Attorney Can
non, who is a recent graduate, was
greatly benefited by the legal wisdom
of such master attorneys as Messrs.
Fowler and Turner.
Baby Welfare •
Tea Saturday
What promises to be a brilliant af
fair is the Baby Welfare Tea which
will be given at the Hotel Howell
from 2 to 5 P. M. this Saturday aft
ernoon. The tea has been arranged
by the St. Paul Urban League as a
part of its health program.
A demonstration will be conducted
by the Baby Welfare Association and
nurses and physicians will be in at
tendance.
Co-operating with the St. Paul Ur
ban League is the Everywoman Pro
gressive Council, which is sponsoring
the affair.
Useful gifts will be given to all
children between the ages of 1 and
5 that are present. All women, es
pecially mothers, are invited to be
present.
Our leading politicians will soon
be broadcasting, and what some of
them. lack in depth they will make
up in length.
EATS SEVENTY -FIVE ONE
CENT ORANGES, THEN DIES
Cleveland, Ohio. —Wesley Craig
mlles, Jr., 17, ran into a fruit sale
where oranges were going at a penny
each. He bought 50 and ate them.
They were not enough. He bought
25 more. These were disposed of
also. Then the trouble started. He
was seised with a violent physical ail
ment which ’resulted in Insanity.
Pneumonia overtook him during ex
posure dtoe to his insanity. He Is
now- dead. '*>* 1 J
TRUTH TWISTED
BY SIEGEL OVER
SHOO ASSERTION
The Bulletin-Appeal wishes to
completely repudiate the statement
made by George L. Siegel at a meet
ing held at Union hall Monday eve
ning. Mr. Siegel gave the impression
that he had been interviewed by a
representative of the Bulletin-Appeal
with reference to the uqp of this me
dium for the sum of SSOO. The state
ment as made by Mr. Siegel is un
true and wholly without foundation. (
The Bulletin-Appeal will pay one (
hundred dollars (6100) to any chari
table association named on presenta- ,
tion of alleged authentic letter writ- ,
ten by the Bulletin-Appeal making ]
any sort of proposition to Mr. Siegel
or proof that we offered Mr. Siegel
our service for any kind of considers- (
tion. ,
Sometime ago Mr. Siegel, with
Robert W. HeffelAnger (white) in-
terviewed Mr. Elmer A. Carter of the (
Urban League. Mr. Heffelflnger pro- ,
posed that Mr. Carter write ten ar- ,
tides to be used in a newspaper to (
be published during the political
campaign for the Siegel interest. This
proposed paper was to be in no way •
connected with the Bulletin-Appeal,
as the Bulletin-Appeal opposed Mr.
Siegel. Mr. Carter informed Mr. Hef
felflnger that this was out of his line l
as the secretary of the Urban League, i
but as an Individual he would pre- ]
pare the articles for 650 each. These i
articles were not to appear in the <
Bulletin-Appeal but as another race ]
paper that was to be published dur- ,
ing the political campaign only. i
Mr. Siegel attempted to twist the I
truth, and to have it appear that we <
opposed him because he did not pay j
6600 for our service is devoid of I
truth and wholly without foundation. 1
The Bulletin-Appeal had no part in f
the proposed transaction. We dp» 1
posed Mr. Biegel from start to finish 1
because we did not consider him the l
right man for Mayor of St. PauL j
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dig lightest togs and deepest tones;
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dlorr steadfast and Binrere.
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it means gonr spirit smeet tljat rtjarms
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it means tiff tijtnga, botlf great and small,
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it means just Ijome, tljat Some, mljere all
dig minding Ijeart-roads lead.
——VOLaLAND
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Cramp Leads
Tennis League
• In Twin Cities
A large number of tennis enthusi
asts met on Wednesday evening at
the Y. W. C. A. and organized a ten
nis club for the purpose of encour
aging and developing this form of
recreation.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: Dr. J. W. Crump,
president; Mr. Cornelius Johnson,
vice-president; Miss Mary Lealtad,
secretary; Miss Jane Gooden, treas
urer.
A tournament will be held during
the month of July to determine the
champions of the Twin Cities, and
silver cups will be given to the sin
gles champion of both sexes and also
to the doubles champion. In addi
tion, the winners will be sent to the
national tournament, which will be
held at Baltimore in August.
Membership in the club is open to
all residents of the Twin Cities who
are interested in playing tennis.
Membership applications will be
received until June 10, after which
this membership will be by election.
The location of the special club courts
will be announced in the next issue
of the Bulletin-Appeal.
•
$335.00 IS PLEDGED TO
MILL CITY N. A. A. C. P.’
At the recent meeting of the Min
neapolis branch of the N. A. A. C. P.
at St. Peter’s A. M. B. church, Robert
Bagnall, director of branches of the
national association, was chief speak
er. Minneapolis people pledged 6336.
Because of lack of space the Bulletin-
Appeal has been unable to publish
the names of the donors, who are as
follows: W. C. Jones, 6100; W. J.
Grimes, 660; Mrs. Mayme Donovan,
Atty. B. 8. Smith, Dorothy Sydnor
and Cecil Newman, 626 each; Joseph
Young, 615; C. A. Hughes, Mrs. C. L.
Beams, Mrs. C. MoCullough, Mary B.
Talbert Club, 610; 8. 8. Ratliffe,
Henry Williams, Mbs. H. Y.< Mitchell,
Mrs. lone Poore and Mrs. R. St. Clair,
$6 each. ' * a*
Mother
BAD MANAGEMENT
BANKRUPTS GREAT
WHITELAW HOTEL
> Bad management and lack of book
keeping caused the embarrassed
, financial condition of the Whitelaw
Hotel Company, Washington, D. C.,
the investigating committee reported
to the stockholders.
One of the startling disclosures of
this committee was the controversy
. over a lot on the east side of the
! Whitelaw Hotel. The committee re
ported that it found a number of the
members of the board of directors
under the impression that this lot
was purchased for the Whitelaw Ho
tel, but that John W. Lewis claimed
ownership of it and had lately trans
ferred it to his wife. The committee
also reported that it found that up
wards of 6400 of the money of the
corporation had been used in the
purchase of this lot.
The committee report declared
that it appeared that John W. Lew
is, who constructed the Whitelaw
Hotel and organized the corporations
was given absolute authority in the
management of affairs during *the
period of construction and for some
time after the building was com
pleted. He collected all monies and
disbursed them as he saw fit, it was
reported.
Mr. Orri C. Hall, 727 St. Anthony
avenue, cierk in the city auditor’s of
flce and well known citizen, left Sat
urday evening for Louisville, Ky., to
attend the General Conference of the
A. M. E. Church. Mr. Hall is a lay
delegate to the conference and ex
pects to be absent from the city about
a month. Reverend H. L. P. Jones,
pastor of St. James’ A. M. B. church,
corner of Jay and Fuller avenue, left
Thursday and will be present at the
conference. Rev. Jones has the best
wishes ef his congregation, who heps
that he.will be returned to Bt. James’
and carry on the good work In their
efforts for a new church.
1 Druggist Fined
For‘Color Line’
Claybourue George of the law firm
of Olenn, George and Frey, president
of the Cleveland branch of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
-1 ment of Colored People, has won a
civil rights case for a young woman
who had been refused service by a
druggist because of her color. In a
’ letter to the national offlce of the N.
A. A. C. P. Mr. George gives the de
-1 tails of the case as follows:
“On the 22nd day of March, 1924,
one Miss Hattie Henry, 2185 East
84th street, Cleveland, Ohio, was re
> fused service by a druggist by the
name of Louis E. DeLucia. DeLucia
was arrested and on the 26th of
> March was tried in the municipal
court, found guilty and fined 625.00
and the cost of court by Judge David
Moylan.
This'young lady was working in
my offlce at-the time and I was very
glad to take her down and have the
warrant issued and on the day of the
trial assist in the prosecution.”
i‘ *•••*•• *•
A little dog came to our house
yesterday;
The cutest thing you ever seen.
She was jet black, with spots of
gray;
And we calted her Queen.
n.
Of our house she had full pos
session ;
And of my bed a goodly slice.
When I found she had a collec
tion
Of those things that you call
lice.
/ m.
I took her in the basement,
Down where we wash our
clothes, i
And rubbed her full of ointment
From her tail to her nose. j
IV.
In the morning she had gone,
And I was glad as could be. .
| But henceforth and now on,
No stray pups for me. j
■ i am ■ n—aJl
MAYOR NELSON IS
RE-ELECTED OVER
GEORGEL SIEGEL
Labor Candidates* “Whispering
Campaign** Beaten by
Votes Tuesday.
Mayor Arthur E. Nelson was re
elected as St. Paul’s chief exeoutive
Tuesday, defeating George L. Siegel,
the Labor candidate, in one of the
hottest campaigns in the history of
that city.
Returns available early indicated
that Mayor Nelson would have a ma
jority of nearly 5,000 in a total vote
between 67,000 and 70,000.
When 205 of the city’s 216 pre
cincts had reported, on the mayor
alty contest, Mayor Nelson had a lead
of 5,062 votes over his La bo rite op
ponent.
The election was marked by heavy
voting in the early hours of the day
in the Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh
wards, and by a rush to the polls in
all wards late in the day.
The campaign Itself was marked by
more bitterness than has been inject
ed into any election In St. Paul in
many years, exceeding even the bit
ter fight between former Mayor L C.
Hodgson and William Mahoney in
1920.
Mr. Siegel was the first to open his
campaign. He began a speaking tour
of St. Paul, March 1, with the result
that he led Mayor Nelson in the pri
mary election, March 18, by 1,322
votes, inasmuch as the mayor made
no campaign in the primaries. %
After the primary election, both
candidates began a speaking cam
paign that took them to every ward
of St. Paul. Mr. Siegel made more
than 650 speeches, while the mayor
made nearly 500. Frequently they
spoke from the same platform and
these debates were characterized by
much heckling from the audience.
Siegel Concedes Defeat.
Defeat of Mr. Siegel was conceded
by his headquarters at midnight,
while Nelson headquarters, as early
as 10 P. M., had Issued a statement
asserting the mayor had been re
elected.
In an Informal statement Mayor
Nelson said that the election had
demonstrated that "St. Paul wishes
to continue to progress.”
Mr. Siegel said at midnight that
he had “nothing to regret."
“I have made the best fight I
could,” Siegel added. “I have been
able to smile through it all. I can
smile now in defeat just as I eeuM Bi
victory. I thank all of my support
ers for their unselfish efforts in my
behalf.”
The Labor candidate apparently
carried eight of the twelve wards, the
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth, while
Mayor Nelson carried the First, Sev
enth, Tenth and Eleventh.
Each candidate carried his own
precinct and his own ward.
The Second ward, Siegel’s home,
failed to come up to his expectations,
but the Seventh ward went almost
three to one for Nelson, the Eleventh
more than two to one and the Tenth
ward went strongly for the mayor.
McCracken in
Effective Role
As vice-president of the upper
Eighth ward “Nelson for Mayor”
Clvb..Frqd D. McCracken was very
Aetiwe iy’the re-election of Mayor Nel
son. * He was also in charge of the
organisation among our group in be
half of the Mayor. The splendid or
ganization built up by him proved
very effective against the “whisper
ing” campaign waged by some of our
group in behalf of Mr. Siegel, attor
ney Francis and 8. E. Hall, with many
other prominent, influential men and
women of our people, co-operated
very strongly with Mr. McCracken
and rendered very valuable service.
The Siegel campaign among our
group was handled by Geo. Shannon,
R. Sidney Harris of the Dining Car
Railway Employes’ union and the Ne
gro Voters’ League. The campaign
was free from any bad feeling be
tween the leaders of the two forces.
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Thaf we have beautiful#
bewitching and charming women la
no news to us, and they are hot all
in New York.