The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-05-01

NieNelanu ". Alien, a New York
reporter. is credited with originat-
lhS The nomination of Frederi,x
Douglas for the Hall of Fame
/ William Monroe Trotter. or poy.
ion' who went to France without a
passport says he sent message in
/ Resident Wilson demanding that
/ leace Conference i'm session nj ihs
limc at Paris do something for The
! Negroes of America.
WORK has commenced on erection
/ oi three Colored school buildings IN
/ Delaware, as provided for by Mr..
/ Du Pont Nemours, the millionaire
powder manufacturer. who SET -
/ part two million and q half dollars
Tor improved opportunities for No
81" education in that state.
me Federation of Colorcd Organ
izaiIonS of New Jersey have enler-
cd protest with Speaker Glover or
tlle y. j. House Of Representative,
against repeal of civil rights laws
The public employment bureau of
.'chmond, Va, reports an increase
/ VI "a is FOR he y during March Dur
ing That month, G26 employers cali
e. for 1913 persons U277 male and
2hf female. Number of persons fill
ing for places, 1922 The greatest
/ demPnd was for Colored laborers
owing to shortage.
James II. Shane of East Orange.
y j., recently died, left In his will
a fund TO provide needy chidrel
with proper clothing to attend Es-
ScN avenue Sunday School.
The first session Of the North Am
criCan Negro department of The
3 Seventh Day AdventSts was held
q last Wednesday at Nashville, Tenn.
Elder w II. Green, secretary, pre-
sided.
The military authorities at Wash
ington have authorized the Adult
ant General of Massachusetts to or
g ''zc a battalion of Colored troops
as a part of the National Guard of
! Massachusetts.
/ The Colored voters of the first
legislative district of Pennsylvania
have decided on VIM. NJ. Randolph,
a well known attorney, as their
candidate for seat in the legislature.
The Colored patrons of school
in Wilson County, North Carolina,
turned out and did over thousand
dollars worth of hauling and other
work to help in building a new
school house.
Henry A. Gill, librarian of the
New Orleans Public Library, an
nounces that in supplying the Col
ored Carnegie branch, he finds the
greatest demand is for books teach
ing handiCraft of some SORT. Ortho-
doX religious publications, also oil
Christian Science, are popular. The
writings of Frederick Douglas,
Booker T. Washington and Paul
Laurence Dunbar are much read, he
says.
The Massachusetts State Senate
has passed the bill which prohibits
discrimination against our group
in employment on state controlled
street railways.
In connection with the Negro
Health Week Campaign the Colored
school teachers instructed their pu-
pills concerning the dangers of the
germ carrying fly, and started a
swat the fly" campaign.
The art and industrial exhibit
recently held under auspices of the
/ Y. NJ C.. A., of Indianapolis, Ind.,
was pronounced success. Each
booth represented some useful art
or industry owned or operated by
members of the Race. The decora-
ton and illumination features were
gorgeous and beautiful.
Colored men for the first time are
taking examination necessary for
appointment on the police force of
Baltimore, Md.
George Washington, as president,
and G.. NJ Brown as secretary, are
heading a movement for the giving
of a great Colored County Fair at
Creenvillt. ). 2 Preparations have
been made i0r interesting every
Colored farmer and family in the
county.