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A SQUARE DEAL This government le based upon the fundamental idea that each man. no matter wire* his occupation, his race, or ms religious belief, Is en titled m De treated on his worth as a man, and neither favored nor discriminated against because of any acci dent in his position.—Theo dore Roosevelt. VOL. VII—NO. 14 DOCTORS HAVE PLAN TO END SUFFERING Os PATIENTSSAY REPORTS COPENHAGEN—A bill which would authorize physicians under certain conditions to take the life of a pa tient without incurring punishment has been introduced in the Danish Parliament by Minister of Justice Steincke. According to the old law, the taking of a patient's life at his special request came within the de signation of murder or manslaughter. The Steincke bill says: If action is undertaken in order to release a hoplessly ill person from severe and inevitable sufferings, pun ishment may be waived under ex tenuating circumstances. A wise provision. Many old. help less incurable persons, suffering the tortures of the damned, haven’t the nerve or have too much religion to commit suicide, and yet they daily drag through unspeakable misery, because the doctor prolongs instead of shortening their lives. Life has far too much suffering and many people now are wise enough to realize that God is neither blamable for their condition nor responsible for the indiscretions that caused it. ‘‘As ye Sow, so shall ye also reap.” MARRIAGE OF MINORS ATTACKED IN ILLINOIS CHICAGO, —Casper L. Redfield, famous scientist of Chicago, has an nounced an educational campaign to have the state legislature prohibit marriage under the age of 21. In a statement to the United Press Redfield said he had been making his investigation for almost 50 years and hopes that every state legis lative body will enact laws against wedlock for minors. "Last year there were 3,000 mar riages of couples under 15 years of age.” Redfield said. ‘‘Prom this class come the principle part of our criminals, paupers, it is legal for 12-year-old girls and 14-year-old boys to marry. ‘‘Chicago’s crime wave would not have reached its present peak if marriage laws had been passed in Illinois 20 years ago.” To prove his theory that many of the most distinctive men of history were born of parents well along in years. Redfield names Sir Francis Bacon, Charles Darwin, James Watt, John Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abraham Lin coln, Robert E. Lee, and Henry Ward Beecher. The investigation has brought an other genealogical phenomenon, he declared. ‘The great agressive war leaders have been the sons of young fathers, whose fathers before them were older men. Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and U. S. Grant are among them,” he de clared. In his research Redfield has found that the eldest child is lighter in weight, dies at an earlier age and is more apt to become a criminal than any other children in the family. He who cannot sleep finds hib bed badly made. Direct Persona! Appeal An advertisement in the Tri bune is a direct personal ap peal to Colored people. Consider each advertisement as a personal invitation to visit the establishment rep resented, then Go Where You Are Invited CT KOy K> wlppingtrr *3.000 Homer □ □ LOCAL NEWS □ -a Benton James Entertains . Phoenix’ younger set was enter ’ tained at a unique breakfast dance Christmas morning at the home of * his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben James, 1 14 N. 11th street. At 6:15 the guests ' began to arrive and were at once 1 served hot chocolate. Mr. Fred 1 Williams acted as Santa Claus and 3 presented each guest a little gift. Promptly at 9:30 an appetizing 5 breakfast was served, after which s the younger people engaged in - dancing until high noon. The honor . guests were: Miss Manley of Kan sas City, Mo., Miss Anthony of > Kansas City, Kans., and Mr. E. B. i Perry of Kansas City, Mo., others - present were: Misses Helen Peter :- son, Willie Jefferson, Ethelyn Temple, Fay Waynne, Dorothy and i- Elizabeth Crump. Mesdames Edith 3 Lindsey and Fred Williams, Messrs 3 Harry Saizon, Ellis O. Knox, Wm. j Hawk, Arthur Morton, Fred Williams r and Mr. Lewis. * * * * New Year Party 5 While the old year found its way > out and the New Year joyously came 1 in, Mrs. Jessie James was enter s taining a few of her friends with a 3 delightful midnight supper. The * house was artistically decorated, Xmas colors of red and green, pre dominating. The guests made merry until the wee sma hours of the 3 morning, when all departed pro claiming Mrs. James a delightful . hostess. 3* * * t Resigns Position' Miss Mable Robinson, for the s past several years a teacher in the , Douglas Grammar school, has re } signed and is now in California with . her mother. Miss Robinson made t an excellent teacher and it is to be regretted that she chose to give . up the work here. She did not [ state what her plans for the future , were, however, we are informed that . she will take a special course in . a higher institution of learning and , later engage in professional work which is her natural bent. < * • ■ Pitts Entertain , Sunday evening, December 28th, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pitts of 1423 p East Jefferson street entertained r with a beautifully appointed dinner , in honor of a few friends. Covers , were laid for Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hudson, Mr. i . W. A. Randal and Mrs. J. W. Thomp , son of Ja Junta, Colo. An enjoy able evening was spent and all de clared Mr. and Mrs. Pitts excellent , entertainers. : ... r Passes to Reward , Mrs. Ellen Adair, mother of Mr. , J. B. Henderson, passed away last week at a local hospital following . a lingering illness. The deceased was 80 years old and a member of [ the A. M. E. church, from which i place the funeral was held on Tues i day afternoon, the Rev. R. H. Har bert, the pastor, officiating. • • Mrs. Lewis is Hostess i A beautifully appointed dinner was served by Mrs. Ed Lewis on New , Years’ day at her home, 10 N. 11th Btreet. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion, holly and other Xmas suggestions being used in profusion. Covers were laid tor ten and a sumptous repast was served and enjoyed. On departing, the guests declared Mrs. Lewis a wonderful hostess and a genuine cook of class AAA! » * • Receives Sad News Mrs. Chas. Franklin of North 15th street, received a letter this week from Dr. A. N. Stoval of Fort Worth, Texas, informing her of the death of his wife, Mrs. Willie Stoval, who Is a cousin of Mrs. Franklin. In 1922 Mrs. Stoval spent several months in Phoenix, the house guest of Mrs. E. L. Clayton of 1122 East Washington street. • • • PHOENIX LOCALS Painfully Burned Mrs. Georgia Hoyt, daughter of I Mrs. Ella Barker, 12 South 11th St. ! was painfully burned Xmas day by an explosion. On attempting to light the oven to a gas range, Mrs. Hoyt suffered burns about the face and hands when the accumulated gas in the oven was ignited. She is being attended by Dr. A. A. Mc- Donald and hopes soon to be out. METHUSELAH REACHED RIPE AGE OF 969 YEARS SO SCIENTISTS REPORT WASHINGTON- —The theory that the ancients made their years far short of the regulation 365 days and that therefore Methuselah was not 969 years old when he died, was"at tacked here today by Prof. C. S. Longacre of the Church of the Sev enth Day Adventists, a teacher of biblical exegesis. Referring especially to an analysis by Prof. Russell T. Crawford, Uni- j versity of California astronomer, i who, he said, had recently placed \ Methuselah's age at 80 years, Prof. Longacre said that if it were true! that the ancients reckoned their years by monthly cycles, Adam was ■ 77 years old when be died and only | nine when Cain was born. "If Prof. Crawford has trouble be lieving that Methuselah was 969 years old when he died,” said Prof. Longacre, “what is he going to do 1 with Enoch, Methuselah’s father, by I making him only five years old when i his son was born, according to Prof, j Crawford’s own monthly cycle com-: putation. How can he reconcile the record in Genesis, the seventh chap ter, where it says the flood came in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, and further states that the waters pre- j vailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.” In the eighth chapter | of Genesis it says the flood prevailed ! five months, proving that the an cients reckoned thirty days to each month. “All this shows that the ancients knew all about days, months and i years and that the same number of days were in a month then as are in our month now.” FORMER ST. LOUIS PASTOR EXPELLED FROM CHURCH NASHVILLE, Tenn.,—Rev. D. D. McGhee, a former pastor of St. Louis has been discharged from the South ern Methodist Episcopal church as results of a case growing out of his activity with the Ku Klux Klan in using his pulpit and church for distributing propaganda favorable to that organization. The church committee of appeals, to which Rev. McGhee carried his case, after being convicted of im morality in falsehood and bearing false witness on four counts, by a trial committee of the conference, : upheld the findings of the latter and fixed the penalty of the minister at explusion from membership in the Southern Methodist Church. KISSES WIFE AS HE SHOOTS HER TO DEATH ENSLEY, Ala., —Mrs. Robert Wal ler was slain by her husband at the home of her mother, Tuesday. Wal ler fired a bullet thru his wife’s heart from an autombile, stepped from the car and kissed her as she fell, then shot at her body four times as it lay on the ground before him, according to his con fession to the police. I loved the woman better than anybody in the world, Waller stated in the confession. When he had returned to his home, he sought to commit suicide The bullet, however, struck a rib and chanced to result in a flesh wound in the side and arm. HAS SEVENTY-NINE WIVES JOHANNESBURG, Africa,—The ex istence of a native who has seventy nine wives, by whom he has had one hundred and thirty-four sons and fifty daughters, is reported in the new report of the census, the most formidable blue-book ever published in the union. The native lives in Zoutpansberg district, where, according to the blue-book he has a rival with 110 wives. This man has fUty-one sons and forty-two daughters by fifty five wives, no wife having more than three children. I meant to worship ’neath the high, blue dome, But Conscience whispered, “Seek your fellowmen; Where two or three are gathered God will come And speak”—let all the people say Amen. Trees, hills and streams, each have their different ways Os worshipping, but man shall lead the praise.—M. Buchanan. WE ORIGINATE OTHERS IMITATE PHOENIX. ARIZONA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1925 COLORED GIRL WILL TRY TO PROVE TO A JURY THAT SHE IS CAUCASIAN WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„—ln an ef fort to prove that she is white, Mrs. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, the so called-white-colored girl who mar ried into one of New York’s oldest : and richest families, has instructed | her attorneys to send envoys to England and other countries to j trace-Hier father's ancestry. This information was brought out during the first day of the hearing in her husband's suit for annulment ! of the marriage when her attorney, Samuel F. Swinburne, applied for | 54.000 counsel fee and $350 a month alimony. The case is before Supreme Court I Justice Arthur S. Tompkins, j Leon R. Jacobs, the husband's . counsel, told the court that Rhine lander is willing to support his j wife during the pendency of the ac | tion and was willing to give her I counsel a sufficient sum to combat : tho issues. It was brought out dur ing the hearing that Rhinelander had an income of SIB,OOO a year from his estate. It was also claimed that Mrs. Rhinelander had reapeatedly told her husband during his courtship j that she had no Negro blood. _ TWO WHITE YOUTHS GIVEN LONG TERMS FOR SLAYING MAN MORRILTON, Ark., —Earl Hudson, aged 20 (white) was found guilty lof second degree murder in con ' nection with the slaying of Lad Thomas by a jury in Conway county Circuit Court, Tuesday afternoon and Judge Bullock imposed a sentence of 21 years in the state penitentiary. After the jury had brought in a verdict of guilty ag; ins* Hudson, his confessed companion in the crime, Thade Bartley, aged 16 years, plead ed guilty and was sentenced to five years in the state reformatory, at the end of which time, when he be comes of age, will begin serving a sentence of 16 years in the peni tentiary along with Hudson, altho’ the court said his term might be shortened upon Bartley’s good be havior in the reformatory. Attorneys for the defense attempt ed to prove Hudson irresDonsible and introduced evidence of insanity during his boyhood days. SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS FOUGHT IN NEW MEXICO LAS CRUCES, N. M.—A case was brought up in the district court here Monday, involving the restriction of colored boys and girls from attena ing district schools with whites. Eight colored families filed a peti tion asking the abolition of such conditions. G. W. Malone, Negro attorney of Albuquerue, took charge: of the case for the plantiffs. The seperation of Negro and whitwl students has been carried on since* the beginning of the fall term a3 which time its practice was begun.' The growing contempt of the Ne groes for such a situation finally terminated in the suit now on docket. Members of the Las Cruces union high school board, the board of county commissioners and County Superintendent Lena B. Sexon are named in the complaint as defend ants. WHY WE URGE, “BE CAREFUL!" The report of Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce tells how the Department recently took the lead in an investigation of the tremendous human and physical loss es due to traffic accidents. A num ber of committees of representative men from all parts of the country have been at work on preliminary studies, and will make their reports to a National Conference on- Street and Highway Safety to be held in Washington December 15. A committee on statistics has al ready brought in a report indicating that the deaths in 1923 were not less than 22,600, the number of peo ple injured not less than 678,000, and the total economic loss not less than $600,000,000. POOR BONNIE My Bonnie bent over the gas tank, The height of its contents to see, She lighted a match to assist her— Oh,- bring back my Bonnie to me. Ladies Skirts Again Will j Be Shortened According to Latest Authentic Reports I CLEVELAND, O. —The National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufactur ers’ association met here yesterday and approved style recommendations for next spring and summer. Skirts as an average will be worn ten inches from the ground and in extreme cases fifteen inches. Sprightliness of style as well as of color emphasizes the new spring creations. The slenderizing silhouette con tinues the foundation for the., new season’s styling. Many new varia tions in the cut of garments are in troduced, including the tunic theme and circular cuts, but in all cases the garments are worn so as to achieve the straight line, slender type. in sport coats the mannish cut will be strongly evidenced. The shorter length skirt will have its influence upon the styling of new spring coats, which will be somewhat shortened in length. Materials will be soft, at least in coats, and a number of new shades , will be worn, including rose ash, woodland brown, tiger eye, golden oak and many new blues, greens and tans. WHITE WOMEN OPPOSE NEGRO BATHING BEACH WASHINGTON, D. C.,—Possibly no single movement in Negro life I in America has received more varied protest than the tentative plans for ' the establishment of a bathing beach for Negroes at the Tidal Basin, a short distance from the New Lincoln Memorial. At first Negroes from all parts of the country raised a loud , protest against the plan, terming it a “Jim Crow” movement; then various white organizations com plained about the nearness of the beach to a similar one for whites; and now the matter has been taken up by the various clubs of idle-rich women (white) in Washington. Mrs. John B. Sherman, president of the Federation of Women's clubs (white) has written to Secretary Weeks, denouncing the plan in scath ing terms. She says in part: “I want to protest against such a procedure. This is not a question of race, but- a question of keeping the beautiful for Washington, the city of the whole people of the- United States.” HOWARD YOUTH STABBED IN CRITICAL CONDITION 1 WASHINGTON, D. C„—Clifford O. Smith, 21, of Hartford, Conn., stab bed in the lung in a freshman-sopho more melee, following an internslass debate at Howard University, was said to be in a critical condition in Freedmen’s hospital. The outer covering of his lung was punctured. Smith was a graduate of Hampton Jin the class of 1923. He was a prominent*candidate for quarterback „ for next season’s team at Howard. ■L Walter Miles, sophomore in the I college department ,is being held at the Eighth precinct station. He is said to be responsible for Smith’s condition. According to custom, a rush is in order after the annual freshman sophomore debate. The debate, to decide the resolution. “That the Ne gro Should Form an independent Po litical Organization,” led to a warm er clash than usual between the sophomore adherents of the “regu lars” and the freshmen, who would imitate the “renegades.” The freshmen, having won the de bate, the sophomores’ attempt to settle the question by a demonstra ! tion of physical superiority resulted in the stabbing. ' FORMER PARTNER NOW OWNS SENTINEL GARAGE H. H. Stackhouse, formerly a part i ner in the co-partnership owning and operating the Bankhead Garage at Sentinel, Ariz., announced last week while visiting in Phoenix that he has changed his capacity to that of sole owner. The' garage is widely known to - members of the Automobile Club of Arizona who travel the Phoenix-Los i Angeles run byway of Yuma. Mr. Stackhouse reports that busi ness is booming and that he is glad of the change in administration of , his business. The Bankhead Garage at Sentinel has been a garage member of the Automobile Club for the past year. o □ LOCAL NEWS D O Mrs. Conners Entertains Tuesday evening, December 30th Mrs. Irene Conners entertained fourteen of her friends with a de lightful repast, complimenting Mrs. Lillian Essex of Los Angeles, who was spending the holidays here with relatives. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion, Xmas colors being used throughout. The guest list included: Rev. and Mrs. M. Thompson, Miss Ethelyn Temple, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. White, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White, Mr. Lewis, Mr. S. P. Ruchon, Miss E. Thomas, Mr. Chas. Garner, Mrs. Jennie Wil liams, Masters Edward and Clifford Moore. Each guest was given a beautiful souvenir and a New Year card. After dinner a number of musical selections were played and the grand finale was a marsh mellow roast. All had a delightful time and on departing proclaimed Mrs. Conners an ideal hostess. * • * Elaborate Dinner Party Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brown of 1722 East Jefferson street entertained with a delightful dinner at their palatial home, complimenting a few friends. Chicken was the piece de resistance and needless to say it was supplemented by all the things necessary to complete the repast. Covers were laid for Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Burkhalter and daughter, Mr. D. Burkhalter, Rev. and Mrs. M. Thompson, the host and hostess. This was a week-day affair but had the appearance of an elaborate Sun day feast. All enjoyed the repast and were unanimous in proclaiming Mrs. Brown an excellent hostess. • « • Notable Affair One of the most notable events of the Xmas season was an affair given by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Gardner in their recently purchased modern 14 room home, 1229 East Washington street, when they en tertained a coterie of friends. Their giffests included Attorney and Mrs. Richard Paul of California, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Underwood and daugh ter Juanita, of Van Couver, who were motoring overland en route to Hot Springs, Ark., in their Mc- Farland car, Mr. and Mrs. Lee ot Pasadena, Calif., a cousin of Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Anna Marooney, Miss Smith, Mrs. C. Daugherty, Mr. John W. Woods of Chicago, Tim Owsley of Chicago, Mr. Tinsley of Los Angeles. Places were marked for 26 and a feast fit for the God* was served and enjoyed. The house was artistically decorated for the occasion, poinsettais and other Christmas flowers forming the chief part of the decorations. * * * Annual Banquet Salt Valley -Lodge, F. & A. M., gave their annual banquet Friday night, December 26, and Mr. M. A. White, Past Master of Salt .Valley Lodge and Deputy Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Sovereign Grand Lodge of Arizona, had as his guests, his wife, sister, Mrs. Lillian Essex and his mother, Mrs. G. W. White. Mrs. Essex was asked to make a short talk, and told of the beauty and wonders of Los Angeles. Mrs. Essex left Wednesday evening for her home on the coast and stated that she will be pleased to have her Phoenix friends write her at any time at her home address, 1104 East Adams street, Los An geles. • • • Entertain at Dinner Sunday, December 28th, Mr. and Mrs. N. Dillard entertained with a beautifully appointed dinner at their home in East Monroe street com plimenting a few friends. Turkey was the piece de resistance and all the trimmings were provided that go to complete a turkey dinner. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Plato Lindsey, Mrs. Edith Lindsey and children, Mrs. Chas. Franklin and daughter, Mrs. Lulu Wong, Mr Lewis Clinton, the host and hostess and their two neices. * • • Spends Xmas Here Mrs. Lilliam Essex of Los An geles* Calif., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. White of 613 South 3rd Ave., spent the holidays in Phoenix visiting her parents, also her brother, Mr. M. A. White and two nephews, Edward and Clifford Moore. A BTRONG CHARACTER Race prejudice is hood to give way before the influ ence of character, education "d wealth. These are ne -7 ' ~'3 to the growth of our ithout wealth there can ‘ no leisure, without leisure there can be no thought, and without thought there can be no progress.— Booker T. Washington. 10 Cents a Copy; $2.50 a Year BLACKS Os OKLAHOMA TRY TO IMITATE STYLE SOUTHERNJRETHREN HENRIETTA, Okla., —Across the main street of Boley, an exclusively colored settlement in this state, ap peared the warning: ' “White man, don’t let the sun set on you." The sign was ordered removed by fed eral authorities who threatened to discontinue the postoffice of Boley unless the order was obeyed. In ordering the offensive sign removed from the street, the fed eral officers pointed out that it might be necessary for white of ficials in the postal service to visit Boley, and it might also be necessary for them to remain over night in the line of duty. It was also explained to the citizens that such signs were unwarranted and a menace that could only tend to keep alive the racial antagonism that would but result in injury to their community. It is said that the sign was the re sult of high feeling among members of the community over the attempted arrest of John Owen, City Marshall of Boley by Sheriff R. H. McKinnon (white) who charged Owen with election irregularities. This Inci dent was followed by a rupture be tween the races resulting in the arrest of five colored men who appeared in court charged with incit ing colored against the whites and held in SIOOO ball each. Bail waa furnished and the men are at liberty until the trial. ——————————— • WIFE EXCITES HIS RIGHTEOUB WRATH PHILADELPHIA, Na., —Becoming enraged at his wife with whom he was alleged to have been quarreling the Rev. G. L. Jones, so called, of 927 South Fifth street, fired at a policeman who came in response to Mrs. Jones’ cries for help. It has not been learned how the quarrel started. However, It was brought out that the Rev. Jones was giving his wife a terrible chastisetoent. Her cries for Help! Police! Mur der! attracted the attention of Pa trolman Benbow. The preacher started to beat a hasty retreat and was followed by the officer. Jones fired twice at the approaching of ficer, the shots lodging in the of ficer’s clothing, but not touching his skin. It was necessary for the of ficer to wound the preacher in the arm and leg in order to bring him to cover. The wounded preacher was sent to the Pennsylvania Hos pital, where he refused to tell the cause of the quarrel. He will be given a hearing on a charge of ag gravated assault and battery and at tempt to kill. The Rev. Jones has no church. • WHAT CARE WE! An ordinary plug of chewing to -1 bacco wrapped in a clean cloth makes an excellent windshield clean er. When the glass is thoroughly wet, wipe it with the tobacco in the cloth, using a straight up-and down movement. Do not wipe from side to side. Did You Ever Stop To Think? That the merchant who ap preciates the Negro business will advertise in a Negro Newspaper and “vice versa.” ’ Read the advertisements in The Tribune and spend your money where you are wel come. ; It Will Indicate Self-respect ? i *