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Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-05-04
DiS-A NATIONS GREATEST
ASSET
Commencement Week
May 10th to 25th

One OF the most important events
In the life of every community Is
the graduation OF the senior boys
and girls of Its high school and tn.
activities attendant upon the closing
OF the school year.
The class Of Nineteen Twenty
three numbers twenty-eight, one of
the largest to graduate from the
Monte Vista high school. and tn,
week OF May 20 to May 25 is com
mencemcnt week. The baccalaureats
sermon viii be given Sunday, NAY
20, at the Presbyterian church and
Will be- preached by Rev Kephart;
the commencement program will bs
held at the Armory. Wednesday eve
ming. May %; alumni banquet and
reception to graduates Friday eve-
ming May %.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Glass Professional. Miss Hazel May
invocation -...............----.---. Rev. Bell
sprlngtime Waltz Song
SAlutatory --.--.......... Thelma CorreIi
Address Bishop Irving T. Johnson
Solo tseleCtedD ....-.-..... Helen Tyn.r
Presentation OF Glass Memo
rial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Harvey Johnson
Nalcdictory .......... Dayton Mexican
chorus-Stars Brightly Shining
Presentation of Glass Prin. c. 5. Fo1
Presentation Of Diplomas
..-..-.-..---.......S Supt H. H. Van Fleet
Bcnediction -..--........-..- Rev. Sigmon
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-05-04

SENIOR CLASS ROLL
DUANE Assay
SIDNEY BATCHELDER
ROSE BOUTWELL,
MARY BRADLEY
LOUISE BRADLEY
MARY BuRGETT
LEONA CHASE
FRED CHAVEZ
THELMA CORRELL
GEORGE GINDERS
MABEL GOFF
RHEA HART
MADELINE HOLDEMAN
LEWIS HOYLE
HARVEY JOHNSON
DONALD kerry
OLIVE LEONARD
DAYTON MrKEAN
ESTHER OsTERGAARD
NORRIS PAUL
VILLA PRICE
FRANCES sCHALL
TOwNE SMITH
LAWRENCE sTODDARD
RUTH SYLVESTER
RUTH VAN NOsTRAND
FLOYD WHITE
MARY WORTH.
CLASS OFFICERS
PrcHidont..ssss.-.s.--. Harvey Johnson
Niec-Pr"sidont.a..........Ma Mary Burgc,t
Secretary Treasurer . VILLA pric.
Glass Colors=old Rose and Gray
Glass Motto Sink or Swim
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
NATION MAY ENACT ANT|-m0b Law
H. Year Old Boy Attempts To Kill
off Whole Family With Poison
Coored Lad Tired of "ndng the Baby of White Employer
and Resentful of Reprmand, Sprinkles Strychnine
in Oatmeal Bowls and in Milk.

started with it for the Emergency
hospital, Easton, but the baby died
soon after they had left Centerville.
Returning to their home, members
of the family were perplexed by a
bitter taste in. the coffee, sugar and
other foods. Hall complained of vio-
lent pains in his stomach, and it was
finally decided that some foreign
substance had gotten into the food.
Even at that time, however, no
thought was given to poison and the
colored boy was not suspected. This
morning Justice Coursey received no
tice of the occurrence and question
ing the boy learned that the plot had
nearly resulted in wiping out the
entire Hall family.
Between sobs in the Justices office
the lad narrated the story of how
he had determined to "get even" with
his employer, and at the same time
rid himself of the bothersome job of
attending to one of the children. He
told how he had seen Mrs. Hall use
the strychnine last week to kill mice
and sprinkled liberal portions in the
bowl which he knew members of the
family would use for breakfast.
Fearing that the infant would es-
cape, the boy placed some of the
poison in its milk bottle and more of
it on the bottle nipple.
Bryson said he did not understand
why he had to use all his time TAX
ing care of children with no time for
rest or recreation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
5000 KIP. Trek TO.
new YORK FOR SESSION
Lose $4,000 Camp Site Deposit
on Long Island Because
of Color.
* N. F. Service)

New York, August 23.-About
5000 members of the Knights of
Pythias are here for the meeting
Of the Grand Lodge, which held it's
first session Monday afternoon.
After paying $2,500 for a camp
ing site in Elmhurst, Long Island,
and $1,000 for materials, Lee Craw-
ford, grand chancellor of the order
was told that the camp could not be
established there. A ten-acre plot
was then secured in the Bronx.
The laying out of the camp is un-
der the direction Of Major Robert R
Jackson, of Chicago, major-general OF
the uniform rank. Mr.. Jackson served
during the war with the Eighth Hi
nois Regiment.
Other officers of the lodge are: S
w. Greene, supreme chancellor; E. j
Giddington, supreme vice-chancellor
Greene is from New Orleans, Gid,
dington, from Evansville, III.
A reception will be held in the
Ayssinian Baptist Church, A. Clay
ton Powell. pastor; a dance in the
Fifteenth Regiment Armory; a com
petitive drill in the new Star Casino
and a Mardi Gras parade through
the colored section Of the city, are
some of the outstanding events of the
Knights during the week.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
KHAN is PERMANENTLY
BARRED IN NEW YORK
(Crusader Service)

Albany, Aug. 24.-Denouncing the
alterations made by the Ku Klux
'Klan in it's incorporation papers as
mot only an illegal and unauthorized
act but also an imposition and fraud
upon the court" Supreme Court JUS
tice Ellis J. Staley at Elizabethtown
tonight granted an injunction sought
,by Attorney General Sherman to
5reFent the Klan and it's sister organ
:za,:on, the Kamelia, from operating
as corporation in this State.
Justice Staley wired his decision to
Albany. From what developed at the
hearing before Justice Staley in Eliz-
abethtown yesterday it is believed the
Alan may attempt to obtain the ap-
proval of some Supreme Court Judge
to the altered papers and then file
them a second time with the Secre-
tary of State.
Deputy Attorney General Griffin,
who appeared for the State in the
fight against the Klan, said tonight
any attempt on the part of the Klan
to file the altered papers second
time would be fought to the last by
the Attorney Generals office.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
MASONS CLOSE ANNUAL
COMMUNICATION HERE
Lodge Makes Record by Finish.
ing Business in One Day;
Officers Elected

The regular Grand Lodge Prince
Hall. Free and Accepted Masons
held their 29th annual Communica-
tion at Pioneer Lodge Hall, St. Paul,
Tuesday, August 21, with representa-
tives present from Winnipeg, Duluth,
Minneapolis and St. Paul. The re-
ports of the several officers and COM
mittees showed that substantial in
creases had been made during the
year. This Grand Lodge has a rec
ord not equaled for finishing its work
in one day that requires several days
in many jurisdictions, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Walker Williams, M. w. Grand
Master.
VIM. T. Francis, R. w. Deputy
Grand Master.
Geo. Johnson, R. w. Senior Grand
Warden.
Geo. w. Brown, R. w. Junior Grand
Warden.
John F. Coquire, reelected Grand
Treasurer. .
Ernest B. James, reelected Grand
Secretary.
John H. Dillingham;, Grand Lee
turer.
Next place of meeting will be Du-
luth the third Tuesday of August
1924.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
PULLMAN PORTER ASKS
DAMAGES OF $4,000
Employe, Nearly Lynched Last
January, Sues Railway
Company
(K. N. F. Service)

New York, August 23.-Papers
were served last week on the Sea-
board Air Line R. R. Co., by Attor-
neys Fink and Frank, Al Park Row,
representing George G.. Blair, 1882
West 139th street, a Pullman porter,
who is suing for $4,000 damages.
Blair states in his complaint that
he was forcibly taken from a Pullman
car at Waldo, Fla, Jan. FL last, by
mob of white men, roughly handled
and nearly lynched before it was dis
covered he was the wrong man.
Blair further states that his right
hand is badly wrenched and will never
be straight again.
When the train on which Blair was
working stopped at Plant City, Fla.
two white women got aboard with
out Pullman tickets. The porter ask
ed them to take seats until the con-
ductor came through. For this Of
fence he was taken from the train
and jailed. Later he was removed
from prison with a kerosene rag
wrapped about his head, taken into
the woods and a rope placed around
his neck.
A few minutes later the sheriff in
formed the mob it was a case of mis-
taken identity and that he had not
insulted the women and he was lei
Co. He was given So for carfare tx
Jacksonville.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
ANNOUNCE PROGRAM
FOR Ma. A. C.P. MEET
Migration is Topic on Opening
Night; Spingarn Medal
Award Sept. 4

New York City, Aug. 24.-The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, today an
nounced the program for its Mid
Western Race relations Conference
to be held in Kansas City from Wed
nesday, August 20 until Wednesday,
September 5. The list of prominent
speakers who will discuss ways of
and white citizens in the United
States, is headed by Governor Arthur
M. Hyde of Missouri, and c. B. Grit
fifth, Attorney General of the State
of Kansas, who will speak instead of
Governor Davis of Kansas, at present
suffering from typhoid fever.
The full program of night ses-
sions is as follows:
Wednesday, August 20: Migration
as a Factor in Solving the Race
Problem.
Speakers: Capt. Arthur B. Spin
gam, presiding; Hon. w. w. Cor
don, Mayor of Kansas City; Hon.
j. H. Brady; Lester A. Walton
of N. Y. World; Bishop w. T.
Vernon; A. M. E. Church of
South Africa; Judge Ira w.
Jayne of Detroit.
Thursday, August 80: Ways to In
terracial Peace.
Harvey L. Ingham, editor Des
Moines Register; Mrs. Thomas
w. Beckett, of Raleigh, N. c.;
Mrs. Alice Nelson, OF
Delaware; DR.. G. w. Lucas, OF
New Orleans.
Friday, August 81: Meeting the
Challenge of the Mob.
Representative Leonidas c. Dyer
of 9Th Missouri district; T. A
MacNeal, editor Kansas Farmer
Mail and Breeze; E Burton Ceru-
ii of Los Angeles.
tSunday, September 2: Mass Meeting
3 P. M. Kansas City Convention
Hall.
Defeating the Mob of Arkansas.
Capt. Arthur B. Spingarn, presid'
= ing; Hon. Arthur M. Hyde, Gov.
ernor of Missouri; Hon. Frank H
Cromwell, Mayor of Kansas City
Mo-; James Weldon Johnson, Sc
cretary Advancement Associa
tion.
Monday, September 8: The Menac,
of Segregation in the North, am
The Negro and Public Health.
DR.. George E. Cannon of Jerse!
City, presiding; DIR. M. o. Dunn
as; Miss Mary E. Mcdowell
. Commissioner of Public Welfar'
of Chicago; Morris Lewis.
Tuesday, September A: Spingar1
: Medal Award.
! DIR. Charles E. Bentley, of Chicago
i presiding; Hon. C.. B. Griffith
j Attorney General Of Kansas
Professor George Washington
Carver of Tuskegee; William
Pickens, Field Secretary Of tn
i Advancement Association.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
"Birth of Nation"
Barred in Paris

Paris, Aug. 2O.-"The Birth of a
Nation" the famous David Wark
Griffith film, was personally barred
by President Poincare, it was learned
today. j.,
The picture, which played to crowd
ed houses for two nights was closed
yesterday by the police. Objections
of colored Frenchmen who number 60
per cent of the French empire, were
aroused by the film. Action to bar
the picture, according to the ministry
eff foreign affairs, was taken in or
der to give the colored French sub
iects the full consciousness that they
are the equals of their fellow citi:
zens of the white race in the eyes of
the French government. The depart
ment of the interior declared that the
film is unfair and prejudicial to the
black race.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
Sermon By Bishop Coppin To Close
Birthday Party of St. Peter Church
Organizations, Churches and
Clubs of Twin Cities Greet
Minneapolis Congregation at
Celebration; Bishop H ere
Sunday.

Addresses greetings and musical
numbers featured the opening pro-
gram in the all week celebration OF
the thirty eighth anniversary of the
establishment of st. Peter A. M. E
church in Minneapolis, Monday night
The welcome address on behalf OF
the church was given by Attorney L.
o. Smith, who pointed out that
church fellowship was necessary for
progress and development.
In an address listed as the observa-
tions of an outsider, Attorney B. S.
Smith congratulated the church on
it's progress and achievement.
"In my estimation St. Peters
church has literally pulled itself up
by it's own boot straps" the speak
er said. "It is now the social center
of Minneapolis and should continue
to be so because the growth of any
community, the development of fine
men and women, is measured by the
growth of the church."
The growth of the church from a
small mission at 1919 Fifth avenue
south in 1885 to it's present size and
location was outlined in an effective
ly written history, compiled and read
by Mrs. Minerva Barnett, one of the
original members.
Greetings were brought by Anchor
Hilyard lodge, Pride of the West
chapter, 0. E. S., Electa chapter, O..
E. S., Attorney De Vaughn, and Way
man Home circle. Music was furn-
ished by the choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Maude Uptegrove, which
sang Dett's "Listen to the Lambs" !"
Other musical numbers were render
ed by Mrs. Katherine Smith, Mr..
John Allison and Stevens orchestra.
The celebration will close Sunday,
August 26, with sermon by Bishop
L. J. Coppin, of Philadelphia at 10:45
A. M.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
SECRET TELEGRAM
FROM MOTION ON
HOSPITAL FOUND
Major Advised White Committee
to See Hines with All
Secrecy"
ASK UNDERWOOD ADVICE
Washington Paper Calls Act
Two-Faced and Asks ''Why
Senator Underworld"

Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-The
Washington Tribune said last week
AS sample of the perfidious at
titude of Robert Russa Motion on the
occasion of his visit to Washington,
Thursday, July 26 he sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Tuskegee, Ala
bama:
"Mr. C. w. Hare, (white member
of Senator Powelrs Ku Klux Com
mittee,) Tuskegee, Ala.
"Advise that committee from town
come at once and with all secrecy to
see- General Hines, with whom I have
just concluded confidential interview.
Further advise that committee get
in touch with Senator Underwood,
who can be of valuable assistance.
Illness prevents my coming to Tusk-
egee at once" (Signed) "R. R. M"
Two days after this telegram was
received in Tuskegee, it was announc-
ed through the Associated Press that
the committee of white Ku Klux at
Tuskegee had requested another meet
ing with General Hines.
This committee, composed of DR.. L.
w. Johnson, who is the direct cause
of DR.. Kenney being run away from
Tuskegee; State Senator R. H. Pow
ell, head of the Ku Klux Klan in
that county and w. w. Campbell, son
of the man from whom Mr.. Wash
ington purchased the first land for
the present Tuskegee Institute; ar
rived in Washington, Friday, August
3, and met General Hines that after
hoon and were closeted with him
for three hours. Back to see him
FRIDAY morning and left at II A. M.
Friday.
Why should Major Motion suggest
that this committee come to Wash
ington with all secrecy to see Gen
Hines" after Moton's "conidential
interview" with Gen. Hines.
Why should Senator Underwood be
brought into the situation except tc
carry out the white program rather
than the colored program.
Why should Motion claim "Illness'
when he was riding around Wash:
ington in his car as robust anc
heartys as ever.
What kind of underhand double
faced work is Motion engaged in?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25

Centreville, Nd, Aug. S.-What the
police believes was a. plot by a r.
year-old boy to wipe out a white
family of husband and wife and two
infant children was uncovered today
by Justice Coursey, after William, l.
year-old son of William c. Hall
white, of Church Hill, had died osten-
sibly from injuries received in fall
The funeral was halted at 2 o'clock
this afternoon while a coroner's in
quest was held, which brought out
evidence that Frank Bryson had
placed quantities of strychnine in the
baby's milk and had scattered the
poison in salt, sugar, oatmeal and
coffee about the Hall home, with the
confessed intention of killing Hall.
Bryson admitted causing the death
of the child because he was "tired of
attending" it, and said that he tried
to kill Hall because he had been re-
primanded for staying out late last
Saturday night. The boy was plac-
ed in Centerville Jail this afternoon
without bail.
The boy took the child for a ride
in a small express wagon yesterday
and it was supposed that in crossing
the street the child fell out and suf-
fered injuries which caused IT'S
death.
Immediately afterward the infant
suffered violent convulsions, and
fearful that the fall had resulted in
of the brain, the parents
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
NEWURBANLEACUE
SECRETARY MEETS
With 'l| DIRECTORS
Two New Members are Elected
to Board of directors
at Session
WILL STUDY FIELD HERE
Chest Official Believes People
Should be Aroused to
Necessity of Work

Elmer A. Carter, newly elected
secretary Of the St. Paul Urban
league was introduced to the board
of directors at it's meeting in St, Paul
Association committee rooms Tuesday
by T. Arnold Hill, western field secre-
tary of the National Urban league
who accompanied Mr.. Carter to the
city.
Elect Members
A short discussion of the program
of the Urban league a as it would
probably be used in St. Paul followed
the brief docket of business. The
board allowed Mr.. Carter's expense
account, elected George w. Hamilton,
Jr. and C. E. Jones to the board and
launched a plan for. the immediate
raising of the balance Of the money
needed to maintain the league until
November 1, when it is confidently
expected that the Community Chest
will admit the budget of the organiza-
tion.
Will Make Study
Isaac Mummerfeld, a member of
the Chest Budget committee and a
member of the Urban league board
lis particularly impaessed with the
necessity of the work of the Urban
league and urged that it be establish
ed and maintained at any cost.
Mr.. Carter in his Introductory
statement to the board said that he
would begin an intensive study of in
dustry and housing in st. Paul and
submit a program to meet the needs
at the conclusion of his study.
Mr.. Summerfield said that the COL
ored people should be aroused to the
necessity of this work here and
brought to realize the fact that if
they allow newcomers to conduct
themselves unchecked, discredit will
fall upon old and new citizens alike.
He added that he thought that lodges
and churches should broaden their
spheres of activity to include bearing
a part of the cost of this necessary
social work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
Styles in Headgear
Include Floral Trim

Each week now in Paris brings it's
full quota of new spring bonnets.
Generally speaking, preference for
floral trim is given to fiat, many
petaled silk flowers suitable for ap-
plique, although novelties in kid, in
wool velours, in metal and in stiff
Iacquered silks are in the market.
In ribbons, everything from the mar
rowest shoe string type to ribbon In
eight or twelve-inch widths is In
vogue in plain weaves, in fancy
weaves, in changeable effects, and
embroidered, printed or scalloped.
Trimmings for the most part me-
ander along at their own sweet will
at the front, and the back, at the
sides, under the brim, at the top of the
brim, at the base or at the top of the
crown, according to the shape Of the
hat and the caprice Of the milliner.
Brims for the most part are very
irregular in line this season, and are
cut, slashed, notched, rolled or dropped
sometimes wide at front and short at
the back, and sometimes the reverse
namely, wide at the back and short
across the front and sides. The basic
principle of construction is, however
for q line short at the back and wide
at the front.
Crowns still show a surprising De
termination to rise to untold-in any
case to Observation-Disclosures; but
hand in hand with these new high
crowned shapes are shapes with soft
supple, squatty sectional crowns just
deep enough to take care Of the
top Of the head.
In colors, bright emerald green
soft shades of dull blue Persian greens
and bright gentian blue make theil
bow as the latest novelty shades
while black, shell and blond, alone ant
in combination, still represent the pop
+ ular demand. Black hats with
mufti-colored trim and hats In two
tone continuation light and darl
shade of the same color-are both con
spicuous.
There is still pronounced feeling
for metal used for brfm facings o.
for metal used on straw or fabri'
hats.-Par1s Letter to the Dry Good
Economist.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
G. s. Smith Honored
At Testimonial

More than $500 was raised as a
testimonial gift to Charles Sumner
Smith, editor of the Minnesota Mes
charge of the program announced
last week. Elk's hall in Minneapolis
was taxed to capacity Friday night,
August II, by the crowd gathered to
recognize the services of the veteran
editor. Both Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Rowe, his partner, were confined to
their homes by illness and could not
be present.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
INVENTOR SUES CAR
co. FOR 500, O,0OO,O 600

Curbing his ambitious, the "Rev."
Ebert r. Robinson, colored '1inven-
tor and investment adviser" yes
terday filed suit for only 100, 900 900
against the American Car and Foun-
dry company in the United States
district court. The Reverend in the
past gone as high as 81 ,000, ,000, 900 in
q suit against the United States gov
ernment. The bill charges that the
car company infringed on his patents
of q steel car wheel
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
P. O. SUPERINTENDENT
REFUSES TO BE VAMPED

New York, August 23.-(K. N. F.
Service) Alexander King, only color
ed superintendent of a Post Office
Station here, was in court Monday, to
ask the Magistrate to keep Violette
Ramey, 100 Edgecomb avenue, from
vamping him, morning, noon and
night. The young woman acknowl-
edged in open court that she is simp-
ly wild about King, who is already
a married man.
The case was postponed until a
later date in the hope that the woman
would foget the superintendent.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
COLORED LECTURER
FINED SIS BY CITY
* N. F. Servicel

New York, August 23.-Dr. HUI
bert Harrison, 513 Lennox avenue,
colored, lecturer for the Board of
Education of New York City, was
fined SIS last week for a violation of
the city's new ordinance requiring
the display of the u. S. flag when
speaking on the streets of the city
DIR. Harrison had a flag displayed but
the size was smaller than that re
quired by the ordinance.
Bishop Paul Jones, white, was also
fined.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
AVIATOR IN COURT
ON ASSAULT CHARGE

New York, August 23.-(K. N. F.
Service) Lieut.. Herbert Julian, dare
devil aeronaut, was again in court
last Monday, charged with assaulting
his former partner, Simon Bernard,
3441 Seventh avenue, over the pay
ment of some money. Julian offered
to pay his partners doctor bill, but
the magistrate refused the request.
The case was postponed until later
date and Julian paroled.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
COLORED ALDERMAN'S
REELECTION FORECAST
TX NJ. F. Seryice)

New York, August 2s.-The out
look for the reelection of George w.
Harris, unseated alderman of the
21st A. D., is improving, according to
an observer, who states that the raw
deal handed Harris by the Tammany
machine here is serving as BOOM
erang in his favor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
OKLAHOMA JAILS
KU KLUX OFFICIALS
(Lincoln News Service)

Durant, Okla, Aug. 23.-Two Ku-
Klux officials, j. d. Blanton and E.
M. Stevenson, were sentenced to 80
days in Jail by District Judge New
man for contempt in the failure to
produce their organization records as
ordered by the Court.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-25
PROBE EXCLUSION OF .
= COLORED AMERICANS
G,incoln News Servicel

(LIIICOIII 1NC"o 0O1 '1SSI
Washington, Aug. 24.-The State
Department has ordered an immed-
late investigation of the refusal OF
the authorities at Piedras Negras,
Mexico, to admit colored American
citizens. 1t is intimated here that
this refusal might have some effect
upon the negotiations in progress for
American recognition of Mexico.