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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-24
ERROR IN POSTAGE
 STAMPS DISCOVERED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. - A mis- take by the United States government in printing it's sheets of 2-cent stamps has given wide-awake dealers an op- portunity to indulge in the liveliest speculation in current stamps that has been known for several years. It is the first time since the government began isuing adhesive postage stamps in lSl7 that an actual error in value has been made.
 On one of the plates of the red 2 cent stamps there are three stamps bearing the numeral "5o on each side of the word cents" instead of "2". When the error was discovered the Postofiice Department recalled all the copies. but large number of them got out and the collectors of United States stamps have been making great efforts to get them.
 ihe error plaJe contains four SneeJS of 100 stamps each. On one of these sheets is one error and another sheet contains two errors. When the mis- take was first discovered and it was believed a few sheets had been sold, few of the complete sheets, with the errors, sold for $2OO and more apiece. It is estimated that 5O,OOO plates were printed with the errors, making 15O,- 900 individual Scent stamps of the color of the 2-cent variety.
 There has ben a steady fall in price and recently a dealer sold a few copies at auction, the first time they have been offered at public sale. A single error brought $710.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-24
FOOD PROBLEM MOST SERIOUS
 WITH ALLIES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The war demands upon the resources of France were strikingly illustrated today in figures of foodstuffs prepared by a military general for supplying France and made public by the federal food administrator.
 The production of food, including cereals, potatoes and beet roots, had decreased from 35O,OOO,OOO hundred weight in 1913 to 22O,OOO,OOO hundred weight in 1917.
 It is estimated that the require ments for France this year could be held to 4O,OOOOOO hundredweight of cereals, but the task of providing this quantity promises to become most difficult.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-24

Seward citizens are on the qui viVe regarding the dance to be given Mon day night at the A. B. hall by the of ficers and members of the crew of tbe U. s. S. Saturn. There will be no general invitations issued and all of Seward, or rather the dancers, a'e asked to attend. The men of the Sa- tprn will attend to the entertainment in their own pep way.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-24

The large fish boat Starr, in port earlier in the week with 10000 pounds of catch, has left for the outside again. The Starr will not return to Seward but will go direct to Seattle with the netx catch and be laid up for the winter.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-24

w. W. Stoddard, who was injured by being struck by a locomotive yes. terday, passed a restfuI night and his condition is much better today.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
COLOR LINE DRAWN IN PALOS
PARK SCHOOL.

Palos Park, ILL.,, Oct. 5.-Mrs. Ber-
tha Thomas (white) was tried before
Justice Kendall Monday on a charge
of threatening to horsewhip any per-
son who endeavored to prevent race
children from attending the school in
that district. Miss Burnadette Brem-
mer, also white, filed the charge. The
case will be continued next week.
ku kIux klan Method Used.
81 was driving to the school, Mrs.
Thomas said, when l met the three
small colored children running furi-
ously down the road. l stopped them
and they told me two men swathed in
white sheets had told them to get out
and never come back. l took them
back and demanded of Miss Bremmer
what she smeant by such work, and
her answer was unsatisfactory. | sup
pose / brandished my whip around
little too much.
when / left the school l met Mrs.
McCord, a member of the school
board, and two men. We talked for
while and / told them what /
thought of such an un-American prac-
tice. The men jumped out of Mrs,
McCord's car and took my whip from
me and whipped me with it. l was
rescued by some farm hands working
nearby"
Mrs Eaton, mother of Kenneth, Ma
than and Alice Eaton, the children
driven from school, had been to see
the states attorney and was told that
her children would not be molested.
Mrs Eaton told of several letters
Mrs. McCord had read to her. and
that she had called In person on sew
eral occasions and prevailed upon her
not to send her children to school.
Refused to Teach Race Students.
Miss Bremmer, employed as teach
er in the district school, had resigned
once because she declined to accept
members of the race in her class. She
has been very airish and uppish in
her disposition ever since, it is
claimed.
From the last report, Miss Brem-
mer has returned to the schoolroom
and waived her protest of teaching
race pupils. But for the loss of a few
dollars, she is perfectly happy to earn
a livelihood at this occupation and
seems willing to suffer the irony of
acknowledging ignorant misleadings.
The children are now in school and
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
the white men indicted in connection
with the riots will be opened
EXODUS OF NEGROES CUTS
NAVAL STORES SUPPLIES

Chicago, Oct. 10.-Shortage OF la
Dor due to the exodus of thousands
of Negroes from Southern states to
the North, with unfavorable weather
conditions in the early spring, have
resulted in 15 per cent decrease in
this years crop of naval stores, tur-
pentine, pitch, tar and resin, accord
ing to the statements made in com
mittee report adopted today at the
annual meeting of the National Paint,
Oil and Varnish association.
The United States is now the sole
source of supply in these stores for
the allied navies and merchant ma
rine.
w. H. Crawford of Cincinnati,
chairman of the committee on naval
stores, said: I'VE believe that the
German propaganda that induced the
Negroes to leave the South was di-
rected against the indispensable naval
stores as well as against cotton"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
NEGRO SOLDIERS TAKE
SAT, 400 OF U. S. WAR BONDS


and thirty-six enlisted men of de-
tachment of 691 Negro cavalrymen of
the regular army stationed at Fort
Huachuca, near here, have subscribed
to S47,4O0 worth of Liberty bonds,
according to an announcement today
by J. N. Gaines, county salesman in
the loan campaign. Among the men
are veterans of General Pershing's ex-
pedition into Mexico, including the
survivors of the fight at Carrizal, in
which Captain Boyd and Lieutenant
Adair were killed.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
TEN NEGROES GUILTY
OF ILLINOIS RIOTS

Belleville, ILL.,, Oct. TEN of the
thirteen Negroes who have been on
trial here for a week charged with
the murder of Detective Samuel Cop
pedge on the morning of July last,
which precipitated the East ST. Louis,
ILL.,, race riots, were convicted today
and sentenced to fourteen years each
in the penitentiary. Three were ac-
quilted
Those found guilty were: Fayette
Parker, Othaniel Peoples, George Rob
erts, Horace Thomas, Marshall Alex
ander, Dee Smothermann, Albert
Hughes, Bud Townsend, Will Palmer
and Charles Foster.
After the verdict was read, attor-
neys for the state told the court that
the state had other charges against
the three Negroes who were acquit-
ted, and they were remanded to Jail.
Tomorrow hearings in the cases o;
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
SCOTT MADE ADVISOR TO SEcRE-
TARY BAKER.

Washington, d. C.-Emmett ]. Scott,
secretary or Tuskegee Institute, has
been appointed civilian advisor to the
secretary of war and will take up res
idence in Washington, D. C.. He will
be in daily communication with the
other members of the committee
Felix Frankfurter of the Harvard Uni
versity Law School, and Walter Lipp-
man, editor of the New Republic. This
committee will be in direct consulta-
ton with Secretary Baker
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
NO 8

indianapolis, Ind.-A new
school problem-how to care for
the increased number of Colored
pupils-has arisen in the last 10
days. Six of the II exclusively
Colored schools are overcrowded,
four of them being conducted on
halliday sessions. Heretofore
only three of the schools have
been crowded, and then nothing
like the present conditions. The
Colored school enrolment, which
is an increase of 500 over former
years, is about one-ninth of the
total school enrolment. The
number of Colored pupils grades
and high exceeds 4,20O,
while the total school enrolment
is Sc, 454. The II exclusively
Colored grade schools have an
enrolment of 3,571.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
SUIcIDED BECAUSE ADJUDGED
TO BE "coLoRED."

Washington, Sept. 20, 1917.-Alfred
Lord, 27, physically fit and ready for
service in the new National Army,
committed suicide when the army sur
geons at the Chillicothe, Ohio, canton
ment told him there was Negro blood
in his veins and he could not serve
in a regiment with white men. Lord
had always thought himself white and
had associated with white men all his
life.
Lord left his home at Mineral City,
Ohio, last Monday in fine spirits and
eager for service with 105 of his fell
low townsmen, but when the army
physicians examined him they said he
must go with colored regiment.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
WHAT A CONVENTION
DID FOR MUSKOGEE

There were at least 10000 to
25, 900 people who came to Mus
kogee to the National Baptist
Convention and they left in that
beautiful city fully 5000, 900.
This same wonder city entertain
ed the National Negro Business
League some time ago, much to
its credit and much to it's profit.
Grand lodges go there and organ
izations of all sorts are attracted
to Muskogee for their annual
sessions.
AS a result, Muskogee Negroes
have grown richer and better
known all over America. One
Muskogee colored drug store pro-
prietor last week declared that
his cash registered from $3.50 to
S4O0 each day during the session.
One Negro tailor employed six
extra men to press clothes. Res
taurants charged 35 cents for
meals that surely had a profit in
them and black chauffeurs reap
ed barrel of dollars. Rooming
houses (some of them) charged
as high as So for a bed and it was
paid, and nobody kicked, and ev-
cry other activity of black folks,
including dry goods stores, ham,
burger stands and boot blacks
reaped a golden harvest.
In other words, the Muskogee
Negro business men grasped a
years profit in a week from the
National Baptist Convention. A
great many of these will not be
on the anxious seat again this
year about financial affairs, be-
cause of the dollars left by the
Baptist hosts. Oklahoma City
Black Dispatch.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
OPEN ALL THE LABOR
UNIONS TO COLORED

Chicago, Ill.-'Let us open all
unions to the Negro" says the
Chicgo Labor News, in comment
ing on a report of the East st.
Louis race riots in which discrim-
ination of unions against the Ne
gro was criticized. The labor
paper admits that many of the
unions have Disseminated shame
fully against the Negro. =" 1t
adds And we condemn them
haartily for so doing"
The News continues, 1T is ri
diculous to say that the l. w. w.
is the only labor organization
that welcomes the Negro. In
the United Mine Workers alone,
at the present time. there are
more Negroes than the |. w. w.
has had all told IN Its ranks since
it was founded. And this takes
no account of the thousands of
Negroes in scores of other trade
unions. The Asphalt PAYERS
Union of Chicago, one of the
best in the city, is composed en-
tirely of Negroes. So is local No.
2O9 of the musicians. And of
the Chicago Flat Janitors Uuion,
which ranks high among the
most powerful and militant or
ganizations in this city, fully 25
per cent of the 1000 members
are colored. Various other sim
liar examples could be cited.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
FOOD CONSERVATION
DAY SUNDAY, OCT. 21
To Be Observed in All the Churches
of the Country

they must be educated. The selec-
ton of Arthur U. Craig of Washing
ton, d. c., for this work is considered
by the colored people themselves a
good selection. This department is
being thoroughly organized, with some
of the best colored men and women in
the country connected with it. Every
organization among Negroes is coop
Grating in the work. They are assign
ing one or more of their best workers
to be associated with Mr.. Craig, and
these workers, as he is, are serving
without pay. They are patriotic. They
are interested in their country.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct s.
Thirteen of the 156 Negro SOL
diers held in the stockade here
in connection with the rioting in
Houston. Texas, Aug. % were
ordered upon recommendation of
the board of inquiry which found
they had no part in the rioting.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

Washington, D. C.-Sunday, Oct. 21,
is to be observed as food conservation
day in all the churches of the coun-
try, in response to patriotic call
made to them by the food administra-
ton. 1t is expected that on this day
the claims of food conservation will
be presented to all congregations, and
the home and pledge card program de-
scribed so the people will know what
is coming and be ready to respond. =
During the next few weeks an eff
fort will be made to organize every
church, society and other organiza-
ton to help enroll all families for
food conservation. Every man, wom-
an and child can make some contribu-
tion toward the winning of this war,
and all good Americans will do their
duty as soon as it is shown to them.
1t is only a question of a few weeks
before a million Americans will be on
the battlefield, fighting for democracy.
Some will give freely their lives for
the cause. They are determined to
win this war, and win it they must.
But we must realize that they must
be fed and it is up to us to feed them.
Not only are we required to feed our
own, but we must feed the allies, for
in France, England and Italy food is
scarce, and we must supply it. Only
a little care is required from each of
us. If each individual of our millions
saves a little the total will be i'm
mense.
The American Negro must do his
part. The ministers must write to Ar
thur U. Craig, United States Food Ad-
ministration, Washington, D. c., and
get full information and prepare their
people to take part in the October
drive. They must all do their duty.
The race has always been loyal and
patriotic, and it must keep up the rec
ord now.
If it were necessary to eat only one
meal day in order to help win the
war, then we would do that But this
is not necessary. We are not asked
to starve ourselves. Mr.. Herbert
Hoover, United States food admins
TRAITOR asks that all loyal Americans
"eat plenty. but wisely and without
waste" Our sons will be in the
trenches side by side with the white
men. With them they will go to vic
tory or to death. They will defend
with their lives Old Glory, and they
stand ready now to do what they are
told.
Fortunately for the Negro race in
America, we know but one flag, one
country and one president. We are
not foreigners, but are truly Ameri-
cans. There are not enough Germans
in the world to get one Negro to raise
his hands against Old Glory.
For the education of our people in
the matter of food conservation, every
Negro editor in the country will throw
open his columns and freely give his
space. They are anxious to help in.
this fight, and are asking the govern
ment to tell them what is wanted and
X shall be done.
Twelve million colored people in the
United States must be reached and
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

PAPER SLAckERs, will you kind
Iy take up the slack of your subscrip-
ton and help US to pull7 We have
been carrying you since summer be-
fore last and now comes your turn.
He who gives promptly gives twice
as much.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 5. Frank
w. Howell (white), secretary of
the Dayton Defense League, has
issued a statement concerning
the condition of Company C.
Ninth Battalion, in camp at the
National Military Home. He as
serts that they have been in the
federal service since June and
have not received pay, shoes
nor clothing. Some walk Is
miles each day with shoes having
absolutely no soles and wear
coats that are next to their bare
skin. Yet he claims they do not
complain.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

New York, Oct. 5.-Mayor
Mitchell appointed Hon. Charles
w. Anderson, former collector of
ports, to receive and. entertain
the Imperial Japanese Commits
sion, headed by His Excellency,
Viscount Kikujiro Ishii. Japanese
leading statesman. The ex-col-
lector was placed next to Baron
Isamu Takeshiti, Vice Admiral
Japanese Navy, and Judge Ell
bert H. Gary, president U. S.
Steel Corporation.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Lexington. KY, Oct. 5. Chas.
Miller (white), a private in Com
pany G. Second regiment, sta
toned here, was seriously stab
bed when he attempted to insult
a Race woman here Wednesday.
Several bystanders took part in
the melee when the soldiers
threatend to make a charge. Po-
lice officials quelled the uprising.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 25,
1917. The American Bankers
Association has met in this city.
The report of the president,
John Mitchell, Jr., on the work
of the Nation Wide Thrift Cam
paign among Colored people pro-
duced much favorable comment.
Mr.. Mitchell showed that the an
nual producing power of the Col
ored people of the country is six
hundred million dollars.
Washington, Oct. S.-Negroes
in the draft from northern states
will be trained at Yaphank,
Wrightstown, Annapolis juno
ton, Chillicothe, Rockford, Des
Moines and Fort Riley, the war
department decided today. A
regiment of Negroes at each can
tonment will be officered by
white soldiers of rank abovb cap
tain. Six hundred and twenty
six Negroes, captains and lieu
tenants. who will complete their
training at the camp at Des
Moines, Iowa, this week will be
assigned to the seven canton
ments.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-13

will remain, even if someone has to
sit on the school steps.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23
W@lmamlg Real ESQ@Q@
Investments amid HIOnmgS

15OX14O busnes o h
OONl4O business lot
4ONl+O right business stuff s1g5OO
25Xl4O adjoining fvc-story
50xl2S
'
5ox14o closen South
50x12S
5Oxl4O North
all
East front lot South
North
North Main Il on each
We building on
the
OF
to sofe
OF the
and frame finest n
Many smaller $3.50
a
cash payment and let balance like
ASK ABOUT INVESTMENT
ALWAYS PROSPECTIVE BUYERS
lE,o c. CUEINIlENGH[AM
30 Palace Building Phones 467o- -552
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23
WANTEn-RE\I ESTATE M

ACRt Wanted. from two to ak acre
tract close In. Address BOX t2aA care Of
World
AP PiRTMENT-Wanted TO purchase apart
m,nt house or small hotel priced right
~ In good location. Phone 6g59
HoUSE-Wanted TO buy from owner four
or fiye-room modern house or bungalow.
terms. south or west side preferred. Ad.
dress Box i2Ga. care World
LOTT want TO buy good lot on pavement
will pay all cash Phone c932
LoT-Wanted, to buy lot T.. Park addition
near Orcuit lake on monthly payment. II
You have one. write BOX 9To Tulsa I
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23
LANDS AND FARMS FOR SALE 81

SMALL MISSOURI FARM
$40 cash and S5 monthly, no interest or
taxes highly productive land close 10
three big markets. Write far photographs
and fnll Information. Munger. A.126, n y.
Life Bldg, Kansas City, No.
800 ACRES For Salc-Nor,h Arkansas farm /.
about $50 under fence and in cultivation
ten acres in orchard dandy place for
stock: water and free range plentiful. can
take some improved property as part pay.
ment. Phones 6525 and 7667-J. 4l2 South
Guthrie Suits Wilson. Tulsa, Okla
so ACRES Of bottom, land for sale; 81
miles from Tulsa high. class improve.
ments; worlds OF good water thirty acres
in alfalfa; all alfalfa land large house
and barns all good land is worth 800
Per ecrc improvements cost S. Dob; will
sell for $4,000, terms right posses sion
January |, 1917 See Russ l. Grant, 5ll
First National Bank building Phone
goo.
100 ACRES OF black .andy iuam for sale +;
t'G milcS southesS Of Tulsa, 14O acres
in cultivation. balance in hay: so acres
In wheat; this is snAp for sT5 per acre
terms on half " wanted: possession Jan.
nary l. See Russ L. Grant, 514 First
National Bank building Phone 2l6O
80 ACHES for sale seven miles from Tulsa
'ighty acres in cultivation: good improve.
meniS' black, sandy loan soil good water
4 snap FOR f65 per acre terms See
Russ H. Grant, ia First National Bank
building. Phone 2160
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
LANDS AND FARMS FOR SALE 81
WHEAT FARM.

$50 acres OF choice well improved
upland onc-half mile from Pocassot,
ten miles from Chickasha, SOC acres
Ia wheat. improvements worth So
GOO Price SG5 per acre. Loan or
SIS 600 at peg cent
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE


Lor--pne lot Tor talc on easy terms; small
payment down Phone ioi3
LOT--lnsi business lot, 4ONi40 feet. only
$4,000; terms. one block from Hotel Tulsa
Phone 6960
LOTS j0Xl40 feet. close iu, Frisco sddi ion
$3.50, 400 down, $40 per month. Phone
59os.R
MAPLE PARK-Choise lot, Maple Park ad.
ditiou. clear; viii give some difference;
no junk; what have youi Call personaly
Suite 303, Ohio Building
NORTH SlDE-For sale or trade vacant lot
on north side; close in Phone s95. call
Mrs Boiling
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-23

81 inch. Phone 3Ol
EASING FOR SALE-l coo feet s4 in, "a
Id. casing. LOO feet "a in. 17'lb. casing.
4,00c feet 2-in line. Phone 664S o:
CASING For Sale, 900 feet So inch -.
pound casing. LOO feet = inch l7'pound
casing. 1000 feet 2-inch line. Phone
6G4s or ATT.
CREosoTING CYLINDERS FOR SALE
Suitable for creosoting processes, oil stiils
pipe stills, storage, oil, gasoline, acid. wa
ter, etc.,-prcssure pu, poses conversion into
- tank cars; prices +. q. u. ear less value
Of Hat steel; one cylinder. near Pliadel-
phia, AZ feet iong feet diameter. L.l
inch steel, working pressure l6O polnds
capacity about $500 gallons, Sl,500 one
cylinder. IN Pennsylvania, G7 feet long. u
feet diameter Y inch steel, working pres
sure 100 ponds, capacity about 10000
gallons - 0O0 q rec cylinders, in lndi
ana, each Is 40 feet long 5is feet diane.
ter, J" incn steel. working pressure 100
pounds, capacity about 1900 gallons each
VI ZOO, two cylinders, in Wisconsin, cach
is 6S feet long, feet diameter; y inch
steel working press -l6C pounds capac-
ity nbnu' 1880 gallons each, $4,000;
one cylinder, IN California, G7 feet long,
feet inch diameter. i2'irch stcel.
workirl prossu'o 100 pounds, capacity
about l4.500 gallons, S225O; each Is
equipped with neavy track fu operation
of cars Inside; this can be removed oi ado
jus,ed all are perfectly clean never hav-
ing contained any liquid; above prices aIe
f. B. ears at shipping points ana are
less than Tie flat materials are worth;
all are in excellent condition: inspection
il invited. j. a Parkinson, 1910 Com.
merce Building Kansas City, Mo. Bell
phone. Main 1856.
DRILLING machine for sale; one complete
No. % star drilling machine tools new
cnb.e ard sandline. Phone 1927
PIE MACHINE wantcd-Cne Jarecki. cut
up 10 six-inch. with steam engine at
tached The Globe Oil 4 Refining Co,
Blackwell Okla.
STANDARD TOOLS for sslc--Two complete
strings: in good condition. reasonable C..
Choi~n. AIS Daniel Bldg, Tulsa Okla.
STAs MACHINE, for sale, No. 2s, and tools /,
fully equipped; now working contracts
with tools cheap. Phone 4756-R.
STfEL TANKS fol sale-250, 1000 1000
barrels capacity. Z. X. Roth; phone
33GS.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
HOUSES TOR SNLL

CRlBSTDIEG house and LOT for sale; .lrst
house west OF latiou
MAIN ST. s.-Tor sale. two five room bun.
galows close IN, ON South Main street,
corner location; renting Tor 500 per
month price s. 500. terms easy. See
Russ l.. Grant. STA Fi-st National Bank
Bldg Phone 2tG0.
MAIN ST. :. 7O9--For sale. IA room bousc,
good money maker part cash. terms lcay'
ing city. Phone G9G2.
MY property is Of the market Mrs. II. d.
Noonan
NEW five room house Tor sale or trade win
! take small car rs part pay. Phone oi4A.