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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

The second annual meeting of the
Philadelphia branch of the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People was held at the
Friends Meeting house, Fifteenth and
Race streets, Philadelphia. The re-
ports Of the work of the association re-
vealed that considerable had been ac-
complished during the year in behalf
of the colored race in that city. II
was shown that in several cases dis
elimination in moving-picture shows.
theaters and restaurants efforts to
safeguard the Negro had been met
with success and in one instance a
damage suit had been won against the
proprietor of moving-picture show.
The meeting listened to addresses by
Miss X NJ. Johnson. travelling repre-
sentative of the National association.
and Miss May Childs Nerney, national
secretary of New York.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year; President, Ellwood Heacock; /;
vice-presdents. DR.. j. Max Barber,
Mrs. s. w. Layton; secretary, Isadore
Martin; treasurer, r. r. Porter, Brad
ford. Executive committee. Hon.
George II. White, r. r. Wright, Mrs.
Mary Murdah, James G. Davis, Rabbi
Eli Mayer, Bishop ]. S. Caldwell Rev.
f. w Moore, Miss Francis Bartholo-
NEW, Mrs. Addie w. Dickerson, DR.. j.
Max Barber, Ellwood Heacock. Mrs. S.
w. Layton, Isadore Martin
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05
BUDGET FOR hOMv IS INCREASED
Estimates Call for More Than $1o4,.
100000 for Coming Year.

Washington.-Appr aggre.
eating $l04,124,5l2 to carry the army
through the coming year was proposed
in estimates which the war depart.
ment Just has completed for submis.
sion to congress. This is an increase
OF $3,104,30O over the total carried by
the army bill for the current year, al.
though reductions are made in the al
lowances for many branches of the
service.
A new item of $15O,0O0 for purchase
of automatic machine rifles is asked.
Altogether $2,900,000 is sought for am.
munition compared with S3,OOO.00O
carried in the current law. For field
artillery for the organized militia
S2,O00,000 is asked; $2,100,000 having
been appropriated last year. For the
manufacture, repair and issuance bf
arms at the national armories, $3.50.
900 is asked as against $450,000 last
year.
The signal service would get $780,.
900, OF which 100000 would be for
the purchase, maintenance, operation
and repair Of airships. ProviGion
would be made for giving one years
additional pay to the benefciaries Of
men killed in the army aviation serv.
Ice.
Other items in the estimates on
which congress will be asked to base
the army bill include:
Subsistence OF the army $10.250,912:
regular supplies for the quartermaster
department, sS,000,o00; new barracks
and quarters In the United States
proper, $20O0,00O; transportation OF
he army, s1O.OOO,OOO; barracks in the
Philippines, 100000; clothing and
camp equipment, s6,9OO,O0O. an in.
crease OF s250.000.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05
AFRO-AMER|CAN CUL[|NCS

The freside appeals to the older
members Of the family Here they
gather to talk of the past. Very little
planning for the future and only
spare use of books and papers. In
fact, there is nothing to interest the
younger generation of today. The
old, unpainted ill-constructed house
called home has ceased to be attrac-
tive to the boy or girl who has at
tended school and learned something
OF modern living. In most cases his
thoughts turn Immediately to the city.
where his brothers have caught the
spirit of modern life. live in better
houses and have some of the com.
forts of modern life. Is II any wonder
he leaves the farm for the city? And
In proportion as these young Negroes
leave the farm and flock to the cities
the problem" grows harder of solu-
ton.
General observations show that the
majority Of the workers are careless
and Indifferent. The spirit of hope of
interest in things living and growing
seems to be dormant. A mere exis-
tence is all asked for or expected.
There is no display of inventive gen.
ius, no saving and planning for the fu-
ture. We again repeat that there are
exceptions, but the above criticisms
are absolutely true of the majority of
our Negro farmers. And IL II is true
OF those who own their farms, what
must be the condition of those who
rent? What can be said of the tenant
farmer? Where directed by some in.
telligent owner whom he respects and
has confidence in he does well, but in
most cases his condition and that OF
his large family is pitiable. A mere
child In mind. man in body, he
works and works, and yet accom-.
plishes nothing. This condition can
be stopped to his advantage and to
the advantage of the landlord. Com
mon sense, business and humanity de-
mand a change.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

President Wilson gave strong en-
couragement to southern colored men
who are promoting an exposition in
Richmond next year commemorating
the fiftieth anniversary of the emanci-
patton of the Negro by accepting an
invitation to visit the exposition and
make an address.
A large delegation. headed by Giles
Jackson of Richmond, president of the
exposition, and Judson w. Lyons of
Augusta, former register of the treas
ury, representing the Negro Historical
and Industrial association. under
whose auspices the exposition is to be
held, called on the president and ex-
tended the invitation.
In accepting. the president said that
he wished the exposition every sue
cess. The president was told thai the
progress OF the Negro in the last so
years would be fittingly celebrated at
Richmond, and that this progress was
shown in the fact that In the state OF
Virginia alone the Negroes pay taxes
on $34 4,000,0 900 of property, church and
school and similar properties not IN
cluded.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

AS an indication OF the initiative, the
industry and the capability of Negroes.
it is reliably reported that more than
ten thousand business enterprises in
this country are owned. controlled and
operated by Negroes.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

Returns from the several American
consulates and agencies in Australia
show an aggregate export trade to the
United States during 1913 to the
value of $13,159,470 compared with
$lO,9SS,747 in 1912; to the Philippine
islands, s2,759,604, compared with
sS,OOl,1lS; to the Hawaiian islands,
$5l4,960. compared with $377.74S.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

A playground institute has been or
ganized in Cleveland. o., to train work
ers for the local Fairgrounds and rec
reation centers. DR.. A. Il. Patterson,
director of the department of hygiene
in the public schools, started the
work.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

Booker T. Washington and other
Negro leaders took part in the open
ing ceremonies for the Paseo Y. NJ. c..
A, which was opened for Negro men
November %. The new building,
which is on the Paseo between Eight
eenth and Nineteenth streets, repre-
sented total cost of about one hun
dred thousand dollars, and is thorough
ly modern and complete. r. B. De-
Frantz, the secretary of the new build
ing. worked out an elaborate open
ing ceremonial that lasted from No
vember 22 to 90
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

The population of Belfast is slight
ly under four hundred thousand. and
in the entire province. some of the re-
mote parts OF which are unsuited to
motor cars, there are only about one
million seven hundred and fifty thou
sand people.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

To solve the problem of disposing
of the dead, a famous German archi-
tect proposes to erect in the chief cit
les immense pyramids, each of which
would hold the ashes of 100000 Gre
mated bodies.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

Forty Tom Watson watermelons
ranging in weight from as to 62
pounds, recently attracted and held
ny attention in Muskogee. Okla, while
was passing through a splendid ag.
'icultural and Industrial exhibit, writes
William Anthony Aery of the Hamp-
ton institute.
Fred Hawkins, a young, slim. dark
skinned Negro of East Muskogee, who
Is share tenant. working a dozen
acres OF rich Arkansas bottom land.
raised these melons. He had caught
the idea of growing fine fruit and 9TH
er farm crops from seeing his white
neighbors reap large profits from their
few acres.
He had done his best in farming and
had won, thereby. both for himself and
Tor his race, the confidence and re-
spect OF many white and black busi-
ness friends. Law-abiding, hard-work-
Ing, and thrifty. he has not been seri-
ously troubled by any pressing prob
lem of race adjustment. He has
solved the problem through advancing
the best interests of his own commu-
nifty.
when he was a child he lost his
mother and father and was brought
up, along with one sister, by his grand
parents. Though they were ignorant
Of book-learning they taught him to
work, to save and to be honest.
Hawkins-is still a renter and lives
In two-room huose on a small planta-
ton, but he is on the road to becom-
ing an independent farmer He has a
Kind and foresighted landlord-a man
who furnishes his tenant a team of
strong mules, good farm implements
and a comfortable house. Hawkins is
also making hundreds of dollars for
himself, as well as for his boss man.
from his cotton, corn, sweet potatoes
and watermelons.
have told in some detail, the story
Of Hawkins and his success to show
that this young Negro is worth help
Ing and worth understanding. that he
Is really succeeding. and that he is a
real asset to the white man. The best
Southerners know and believe this.
What Hawkins has done in East
Muskoeee to cement more friendly
race relations through his thrift and
good farming, the National Negro Bus
mess league has been doing on large
scale, during fourteen years. for the
whole nation.
What Negroes in Oklahoma have
done to earn bread by the sweat of
their brow may be readily repeated by
Negroes throughout the United States,
provided they are willing to pay the
city for the blessings of the open
country and make their essential in
terests harmonize with the interests
of the best white people.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

In California there are $4,000 acres
on which grape vines are growing;
100000 planted to wine grapes; 1000
TO raisin grapes and $1,000 to table
grones
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05
JIM GROW LAW
HELD ILLEGAL
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO
WHITES is DECLARED uN.
STlTUTlONAL.
HIGH COURT KILLS SLEEPER RULE
Petition Of Blacks Denied, However,
Because Of Glaring lmperfec-
tlons In Presenting
Their Case.

Washington.-A majority of the su-
preme court joined in an opinion that
the Oklahoma Jim Grow" law pro.
viso permitting railroads to furnish
sleeping, dining and chair-car accom-.
modations only to the white race was
unconstitutional, but they did not so
decree because of imperfections in the
petition on which the case reached
the courts.
The case was one in which five ne.
groes, claiming that the entire law
was unconstitutional. sought an in.
junction to restrain five railroads in
Oklahoma from enforcing it. The Ok
lahoma federal courts dismissed the
petition, holding the law consttu.
tional. The majority of the court
affirmed the dismissal because the
negroes had not shown they had ap-
piled to the railroads for accommo-
dations under law or that the rail-
roads had notified them that they
would be refused certain accommo-
dations.
Disagree on Teohnieality.
The majority through Justice
Hughes stated however, that they
could not agree with the lower court
that the proyiso as to sleeping, dining
and chair cars was constitutional. A
minority consisting of Chief Justice
White and Justices Holmes, Lamar
and McReynolds concurred merely
in the order of aflirmance but ex-
pressed no views on the constitu-
tioDal question.
In the opinion by the majority Jus
tice Hughes stated that previous de-
cisions that laws for separate coaches
for the two races was constitutional
were not to be questioned. He then
set forth the reasons for the opinion
that the lower court was wrong in
holding the proviso constitutional.
"The reasoning is." he said. that
there may not be enough persons of
African descent seeking these accom-
modations to warrant the outlay in
providing them. This argument with
respect to the value of the trafii C
seems to be without merit II makes
the constitutional right depend upon
the number of persons who may be
Disseminated against, whereas the es-
sence of the constitutional right is
that II is a personal one. Whether
or not special facilities shall be pro-
vided may doubtless be conditioned
upon there being a reasonable demand
therefor, but if facilities are provided
substantially Of treatment of persons
travelling under like conditions cannot
be denied.
The court gave no intimation as to
whether I'm n proper case II would
merely hold the luxury" car section
unconstitutional or whether II would
decide that this section being uncon.
stitutional the entire law must fall
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-12-05

Nine-tenths of the fire loss Of this
country is caused by carelessness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
Villa Is Slow to Attack Torreon
Rebel Leader Prepares to
Return South to Direct
the Battle.

Francisco Villa may leave Juarez
tonight or tomorrow, taking with him
several hundred soldiers Of the Zara-
gosa brigade. The "ConstitutiOnalist
leader never announces the time Of his
departure or arrival anywhere until
an hour or two before he acts, and
sometimes not then. when a man is
playing the war game" he says, "he
cannot tell his plans beforehand"
Says Huertistas Arc Desperate.
Il expect to capture TorreOn, but
VIII make no prediction as to the
length OF time Ii will take to do it"
ne said tOday.f 'eThe HUertistas are
desperate and they are evidently con-
centrating every available man at Tor
reon. 1t win probably be the hardest
battle Of the revolution, but it win
have only one ending, a victory for the
,ConstitutiOnalist cause. We will have
5000 or 10000 more men in the field
than the federals, and our forces will
fight. Ojinaga showed that the same
cannot always be said of the enemy"
1t is believed that the actual attack
on TorreOn viii not begin until after
the goth Of February. The movement
OF rebel troops south to the front at
Escalon is a complicated process and
VIII take many days. Villa apparent
" realizes that the hardes- fight of his
career up to this time is before him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
NEW UNIFORM is
DONNED BY VILLA

Villa has a new uniform. 1t is of
soft olive drab cloth with patch pOck-
cts and cap to match, with a Mex
lean eagle holding a snake in its beak
embroidered on the front Of the cap.
Villa ordered the UniOfrm from a
cOstumer in FL PasO and wore it for
the first time When Gov. w. c. Nc
Donald called on him.
Mrs. Villa it is said, was not pleased
with the outfit and Villa FASTENED to
assure her that he expected to wear
1t only on state occasions In the
field, he promised to stick TO the suit
in which he has been SO much photo
graphed.
The new uniform which villa has
had made does not improve the ap-
pearance of the rebel leader. He
loses his individuality and his strik-
ing appearance and assumes the cut
and fitted look Of every Federal army
soldier now residing outside Of the
Fort Bliss prison camp
Villa was pleased when told of the
antics of the Gridiron club. He was
especially pleased with the ending OF
the sketch when "Huerta" was chased
off the stage Of action by villa"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
FUNERAL OF W. F. FAYRABT

The funeral Of William Z. Fayram,
who was accidentally shot and killed by
his wife last Thursday night, will be
held Wednesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, from sos Texas street. Inter
ment will be made in the Evergreen
cemetery. The local Bricklayers' union
win have charge of the funeral The
Eagles, of which order the deceased was
a member, will conduct the funeral ser
vices at the grave.
c. A. DOlan. in the examining trial
before judge James J. Murphy, testified
that on the night of the killing FayFam
came into the house two or three min
utes before Mrs. Fayram entered. Mrs
Fayram stated that she was paying the
chauffeur who brought Mr.. Fayram and
herself home and that was the reason
she entered the house after her hus-
band. Mrs. Ernest Ward, of Horton,
Kas a sister of Mrs. Fayram, arrived
Monday morning and viii remain with
Mrs. Fayram for some time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
DIES IN A CHAIR
AT UNION STATION
New York MGn Is Taken From Train I,
Dying Condition; Was En- Route
Home From PhOnefx, Arfz.

Karl A. Kurt Helm. of Haverstravv.
n Y, died Sunday afternoon in a chair
in the union station a few minutes after
being taken from Southern Pacific train
No. 2, from the west. Helm was en-
route from Phoenix, Ariz.. to his home
In New York. He was about As years
of age. Heart failure, superinduced BY
tuberculosis, is thought to have been
the cause of death.
Coroner E. B. McClintock was called
to hold an inquest over the remains
HELM was well dressed and apparently
IN good circumstances. He had $500 in
MS pockets besides a fine gold watch
his identity was established by letters
and cards in his possession.
The remains were taken to a local
undertaking establishment and efforts
are being made to get in communica-
ton with relatives.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
GUAYMAS FEDERALS
REVOLT, REBELS SAY

Culiacan, Mex, Feb. ACCORDING to
Gen. Obregon, commanding the rebel
500 federals have revOlted at san Jose
de Guaymas, and so Of them, with sew
eral officers, deserted and Joined the
insurgent camp at Cruz de Piedras.
Heavy firing began on Saturday in
the vicinity Of Caro- PrietO, another
outlying town, but is was asserted that
the insurgent CutpOsts. took no part
in the fighting. Continued rifle firing
and cannonading indicated that the fed
erals were engaged in a combat among
themselves.
Many rumors were current that gen
eral Ojeda's troops are preparing to
emOark for points down the coast still
held by the Huerta forces.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02

William Fayram, president Of the. FL
Paso Bricklayers' union, who was shot
arJ killed by his wife Friday morning
at their home, in Frutas street, viii be
buried Wednesday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock from the chapel at sos Texas
street. Fayram was a member Of the
local aerie of Eagles and that lodge will
Officiate at the burial. Mrs. Ennis
Ward, sister of Mrs. Fayram, is ex-
pected to arrive in Ell Paso today from
Horton, Kan. Mrs. Fayram is in the
county jail, where she was taken after
the killing of her husband. Relatives
Of F'ayram in Denver have been noti-
fled Of his death. but it is not known
whether any Of them will come here to
attend the funeral.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02

J. Zuniga, Juarez customs service
man, aged 81, died at a local hospital
Sunday night at $50. Zuniga was shot
in the leg while interfering between
Enrique Lopez and his wife in a family
fight in Juarez. Lopez was killed. The
bone of Zuniga's leg was badly shat
tered by a bullet fired by Lopez and
an operation was necessary. BLOOD
poisoning was the cause of death. Zu-
niga was the fatherinlaw of Fred Del
gado. city detective OF Ell Paso. The
funeral service will be held Tuesday
morning at II o'clock from the Sacred
Heart church and the burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
CARRANZA COMING
IN AUTO TO JUAREZ

Gen. Venustiano Carranza, supreme
head Of the "Constitutionalist" revOlu-
ton who is expected to arrive in Jua-
rex about the middle of February from
HermOsillO. Sonora, viii make the trip
overland by automobile from Naco,
Sonora, to Casas Grandes or Guzman
where he viii board a Mexico North
Western train for Jaurez.
By the time he reaches JUarez, Gen.
Pancho villa viii have returned to
Chihuahua, so there will be no meeting
in Juarez Of the two leading figures
Of the revolution. Carranza will prob
ably proceed to Chihuahua from Jua-
rez to establish his provisional capital
A big reception viii be held III Juarez
in honor of Carranza.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
REHEARING OF TAX
CASE is DENIED

Denver, Colo, Feb. 2-The state su-
preme court today denied a rehearing
in the tax case involving the right If
the state tax commission to adjust tax
assessments as between counties I'm
der the recent decision of the supreme
court, the power of the state tax COM
mission IN tax matters was confirmed
The effect Of the ruling was to an
prove an increase in the assessment for
Denver and several other counties This
probably ends the tax litigation unless
attorneys for Clair J. Pitcher, assessor
OF Denver county, should appeal to the
United States supreme court.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
FEDERALS CHARGE
U. S. rs UNFAIR
Say RaOuI 1Iadero Is. Permitted to visit
El PasO at VIII While Federal
Officers are Arrested on Sight.

Mexican federal sympathizers in FL
Paso are claiming that the United
States army is playing favOrites in
the Mexican revolution. They say that
RaOul MaderO, a colonel in Villas staff
and his military adviser at Ojinaga and
IN Chihuaua, spends most Of his time
in FL Paso, attends the Country club
dances, where the army officers live
and that he even attended the polo
games between the army teams at
Washington park and sat near Gen.
Hugh L. Scott. This is a descrimina-
ton in favor Of Villas officers and
against the fadermal officers, the fed
eral sympathiZers declare.
Mexican federals say that Salaza1
is being held in Jail al Maria and Gen
Castro and Gen. Mercado are kept in
the prison camp at Fort Bliss under
guard while young MaderO, who has
violated the neutrality law as much as
did either of the federal generals, is
permitted to go and come as he pleases
from Juarez. A formal protest is to
be made to the Washington govern
ment, they say.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
WOOLWORTH STORE
MAY BE OPENED HERE

A branch of the famous WOODWORK
string of five and ten cent stores may
be established in FL Paso.
!. B. Hollis and W. J. Thompson, rep
resenting the F. W Woolworth COM
pany, are here from St Louis to look
over the field in FL PasO with a view
to locating here. This company is one
Of the largest five and ten cent stores
company in the world 1t has branches
in all the principal cities Of the cOun-
try and a large string Of European
stores. 1t owns the famous WoolWorth
building in New York, where the gen
era1 offices are located.
No site has yet been located for the
FL Paso branch but the two st. Louis
representatives have been inspecting
a number Of San Antonio and FL Paso
street properties.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02

Mrs. Carolyn Mohring, aged 81 years.
died Saturday night at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. Gus Bahnert 6O4
San Francisco street. She is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Paulina Ro-
NAL, Mrs. Rosa Bahnert and Mrs Ida
Person, Of Kingsbury, Tex; u grand
children, including Mrs. Rosalie Pepper
Mrs. Paul Heating and Mrs. William
Bunts, of FL Paso. Twenty-Five great
grandchildren also survive her. Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon
at o'clock from the chapel at sos
Texas street Rev. c. Wesley Webdell
will Officiate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-02
POSTCARD PICTURES
APE CAUSE OF ARREST

trouble with the United States govern
ment Monday. CarDan was arrested by
United States deputy marshal Charles
R. Moore on the charge Of depOslt1ng
cigar box filled with obscene post
card pictures in the express office here
for shipment to MOrenci, Ariz-- in viola
ton of the interstate commerce. HIS
bond was fixed at $500 and his Drelim-
mary hearing viii be held before the
United States commissioner this week
Carpan claims IN his defence that he
did not know what the box contained
and that he was given the box to leave
at the express office by a Mexican.