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The Appeal., 1923-06-30
JURY IS SELECTED
TO TRY CASE OF
FLOC CAMP BOSS
Fixed Opinions of 65 Out of
Panel of "a Cause
Rejection
EXAMINATION TAKES HOURS
State to Prosecute on Murder
Charge; Trial Opened
Wednesday

Lake City, Fla, June 26.-Two bus.
mess men and ten farmers compose
the jury that is to try the case OF
Thomas w. Higginbotham, convict
camp whipping boss, charged with
murder in connection with the death
of Martin Tabert of North Dakota
The selection of the jury was com.
pleted today.
Requires Ten Hours
It required almost ten hours to OBJ.
tain the jury. The last man entered
the box at P. M. today after an all
day session of court. There were
only seven more veeniremen left out
of a panel of "a when the last selec-
tion was made.
The jury was ordered locked up fol
the night and court took recess
until A. M. Wednesday.
Counsel for the state Immediately
held a consultation with their wit
nesses and early tonight it was not
announced what phase of the fiogging
case would be taken up first.
Majority Have Opinions
Reading newspaper stories, based
on evidence introduced before a joint
legislative inquiry into the death OF
Tabert at the county lease camp of
the Putnam Lumber company at
Clara, Fla, where Higgenbotham was
employed as a whipping boss, caused
disqualification of many of the pros
pective jurors.
The majority of those disqualified
told the court they had fixed opini-
ons as to the innocence or guilt of the
defendant.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
Songs AndStunts
Vie With Eats At
Boy Scout Party
Girl Scouts Guests at Last
Meeting Before Summer
Camp Season

Songs, games, yells,7 speeches and
beans were the order of the day at
the party given by the boy scouts
on the lawn and in the assembly room
at St. James church Wednesday
night.
The boys had as their guests the
girl scouts.
Games were played on the lawn
until dark under the supervision of
Odell D. Smith, scoutmaster and his
assistants, Herbert Foster and John
Lawrence. Girl scouts were in charge
of Mrs. Bertha King.
In the assembly rooms an i'm
promptu program of yells, songs and
stunts was held until the "eats" were
brought on. Committeemen John w
Kelley, Thomas Neal and Roy Will
kins were assisted by Mrs. Thomas
Neal, Mrs. B. F. Edwards and Mrs
Maud Brooks. Rev. H. L. P. Jones
was present and declared he had a
great time.
Some of the troop will go to Square
lake camp next week.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
n. A. A. C.'P. MOVES
into new OFFICE
Association Takes Whole 4th
Floor at So Fifth
Avenue

New York, June 28.-After nearly
ten years. occupation of it's Offices at
70 Fifth Avenue, the National Asso-
ciation for thes Advancement of Col
ored People on July 1, is moving to
larger quarters, at the corner of
Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street,
one of the busiest corners in New
York City, it was announced today
The association has leased for term
of years, the entire fourth floor of the
Mercantile Bank building at
So FIFTH AVENUE
which will be the new address of the
N. A. A. C. P. beginning July OF
this year.
The new quarters front on Fifth
Avenue and on Fourteenth street
comprise floor space of 5000 square
feet and will house, besides the N. A.
A. C. P. offices, the editorial offices
of The Crisis.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
LIGHTNING STRIKES
A. N. E. PARSONAGE
Pastor and Family Forced Out
by Smoke Early Monday
Morning

Lightning struck the residence OF
Rev. H. L. P. Jones, 435 Jay street
early Monday morning, but caused
little damage aside from a little fire
in the coal bin.
The house was only one of the
pieces of property damaged by the
severe storm which swept over the
Northwest states Sunday night, kill
ing eight persons in Minnesota alone
Calls from neighbors and the smell
of smoke awoke the pastor and his
family about 2:30 a. m. Firemen ar
rived quickly and extinguished the
blaze before it had time to do more
than scorch the side of the coal bin
in the basement.
A passerby claims that lightning
struck some high powered wires sew:
eral blocks above the parsonage ano
jumped to the house whose upper
back porch is right under the wires
on the alley.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
EXCURSION BOATS MAY
Be BOOKED BY COLORED
Agents Warn that Bookings
Will Be Refused, However,
if Fights Occur

Colored lodges and other organiza-
tions will not be refused the rental
of river excursion boats, ]. A. Wark,
agent of the line, said Thursday.
Rumors that colored people would
be refused the boats became current
after a fight which occurred on a
boat excursion recently.
81 have not refused colored people
the use of the boat and dancing
barge" said Mr.. Wark, "although
at the time I told them that if any
more fights occurred on the boats
I would be forced to refuse any more
bookings. Since that boat, we have
had two colored excursions and both
have been as orderly as we could
have desired. Just yesterday I
booked two more dates for colored
people"
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
MOBS TO GO, WALTON
TELLS N. A. A. G.. P.

New York, June 2S.-Gov. Walton
of Oklahoma, replying to a telegram
sent him by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, with reference to the disorders
at Sapulpa, has stated that there will
be no mob violence in Oklahoma, if
he can prevent it. Governor Wal
toms letter, which was addressed to
James Weldon johnson, secretary of
the N. A. A. C. p, reads asl follows:
"On January 3rd you wired me
relative to mob violence threatened
against certain colored citizens in the
town Of Sapulpa.
"While I am just now making for
NAL acknowledgement of your tele-
gram, permit me to assure you that
while 1 am governor of Oklahoma, I
will do everything within my power
to prevent mob violence against our
citizens, and have so stated again and
again in the press.
every respectfully,
(Signed) 81. C.. WALTON,
Governor.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
Begin Plans For Second
Business Exhibition

Plans are already being formulated
for the second annual bushes mems
exhibition under the auspices of the
St. Paul branch of the National
Negro Business league, o. Howell,
president, announced Thursday.
1--WE have received many inquiries
and letters of congratulation from all
over the country" said Mr.. Howell,
"and we plan to make the second af-
fair even bigger than the first one. :"
No definite plans as to the time
and place have been made as yet,
but these will be decided upon and
announced in the near future. There
is talk of securing the auditorium or
some other large hall because of the
fact that the last exhibition attract
ed more people than our own hall
could accommodate.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
BLACK STAR line
HEAD MUST PAY
$1,000 fine, COSTS
Court Names Atlanta Prison,
But Allows Garvey to Go
to LeavenWOrth
ATTORNEYS TO FILE APPEAL
President of Africa Confined in
Tombs Pending Prepara-
tion of Appeal

New York, June 28.-(K. N. F.
Service) Marcus Garvey was sem
fenced Thursday morning by Federal
Judge Mack to five years imprison-
ment and fined $1,000. Although the
Court designated the Atlanta Peni-
tentiary at Atlanta, Garvey, p it is un-
derstood, was given the preference
of serving out the sentence in Leav-
enworth, Kansas. All of the other de-
PENDANTS, indicted with Garvey for
using the mails to defraud, were ac-
Quilted.
Refused Bail
Judge Mack refused to fix bail but
granted a stay of execution until pa
pers for an appeal were prepared.
Meanwhile, Garvey must remain in
the Tombs prison in this city. The
costs of the trial, amounting to $4,000
were assessed against the head of the
Universal Association.
A huge demonstration was staged
by followers of Garvey when he was
led from and to the prison a short
distance from the federal building.
One or two women knelt and prayed.
Start New Defense Fund
While in the Tombs, Garvey must
not write any melting articles on pain
of being sent Immediately to Atlanta.
The Negro World, published by Gar
vey's organization, had announced
that he would address an audience
in Liberty Hall Thursday night. Two
thousand of his followers attended the
hall and were addressed by Mrs. Amy
Jacques Garvey, his wife. An admis-
sion charge of fifty cents was made
and collection taken for his defense
fund.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
RETRIAL OBTAINED FOR
TEXAS PRISONER

New York, June 28.-The Houston
(Texas) branch of the National As
socation for the Advancement of Col
ored People reports that the state
court of criminal appeals has re-
versed a lower court, which had SEN
fenced Luther Collins to be hanged
on a charge. of rape. The higher
court has ruled that new evidence
should be admitted at the retrial
which occurs in September. The
Houston branch, which has spent
about $1,000 in defense of the man,
hopes that he can be proved to have
been absolutely innocent of the crime
he was charged with.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
AU-Race Sanhedrin
Date Nou. S, 1928
(Crusader Service)

Washington, D.. c., June 25.-Prof:
Kelly Miller, chairman of the Com
mittee on Arrangements appointed by
the Omitted Front" conference, form
ed by the civil rights bodies sigma:
tory to the "Concordat," announced
last night on his return from New
York that the committee, which has
has decided upon the week of Novem-
ber 5, 1928, for the holding of the
All-Race Assembly and that the "Unit-
ed Front" Conference which held its
third assembly in New York on Sat
urday evening, had approved the
choice of date. -.
Where the AIl-Race Assembly viii
meet is still undetermined, but, &C
cording to Prof. Miller, the following
three cities are being considered
Louisville, Chicago and Indianapolis
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
MIGRATION HELD
STRIKE AGAINST
SOUTRERNSYSTEM
'.>'~ - = -
Lumbermen Seeking to Abolish
Convict Lease System
for Labor
SOUTH IS WAKING UP
White Journals Are Advising a
Change in Attitude and
Conditions
SOUTH IS WAKING UP

New York, June 28.-The migra
tion of trainloads of colored people
northward from the Southern states
is tantamount to a strike against in
tolerable living conditions, low wages
poor schools, injustice in the courts
the brutalities of the Jim-Crow sys.
tenn and lynching, according to a
statement issued today by the Nat
ional association for the Advancement
of Colored People: The statement
which is signed by James Weldon
Johnson, secretary of the association,
is as follows:
"The migration of trainloads of col
ored people northward from the
Southern States, is evidence of a
concerted movement, really strike
against the intolerable conditions
now prevailing in the South. Of
course, the lure of higher wages in
the North is playing its part.
Recognition of the part ill-treat-
ment of the colored man has played
in bringing about the loss of its
chief sourse of labor by the South is
coming from the white people them
selves. In Alabama and Mississippi
the white people are 4helatedly talk
ing about giving the colored schools
some share in the distribution of edu-
cational funds.
"The departure of colored people
from the South literally by the train
load is speedily bringing about a vir-
tual revolution in the traditional
Southern attitude. The Jacksonville,
Florida, Journal of May "a, reports
movement among lumbermen en-
bracing the territory Of Georgia, Flor
lad and Southern Alabama, to abolish
the fee and convict lease system.
Even from Virginia, in an editorial
of the Richmond News-Leader comes
this statement that The South, finally
must improve the living conditions
of it's colored workers, who are now
in a veritable migration and are 60
ing wherever they have the promise,
however illusory, of better things.
They no longer ere held back by tim
idity or by ignorance of the outside
world, as once they were, and many
of them are pathetically susceptible
to the lure of high wages, even for
Temporary employment'.'
"The northward movement of col
ored people from the South is in fact
a strike against industrial and social
conditions prevailing there. In the
migration the colored people are
bringing into play the economic pow
er of their labor which is naturally
more effective than any mere appeal
to sentiment"
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
COLORED MAN WRITES
F.. HISTORY OF KHAN

New York, June 26 TX. N. F.
Service).-J. A. Rogers, author Of
aFrom Superman to Man." "Where
Nature Leads" and other literary
works, has completed "The Ku Klux
Spirit" q brief outline Of the notori-
Gus Klan both past and present
Hubert Harrison. noted lecturer, says
the book is well worth reading by
whites and colored.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
KANSAS ASKED TO BAR
birth OF A NATION''

New York, June e28. - Upon re-
ceipt of the news in New York, that
protest had been made against a
new attempt to show the Birth of a
Nation" film in the state of Kansas,
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People at once
telegrapheed Gov. Jonathan M. Davis,
endorsing the protest and urging that
he prevent the film from being
shown.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
STARKS CASE TO GO
TO SUPREME COURT

Turner ]. Starks was freed of the
contempt charge brought by white
residents to prevent him from erect
ing q barber shop on St. Clair street.
c Construction work is halted, however,
until the case can be heard before
the Supreme Court in the fall term.
Residents have filed an appeal bond Of
$4,000 ITO cover any damages incurred
by Starks because of the delay.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
ORDAIN COLORED MAN
.. CATHOLIC PRIEST

New York, June 26 *. N. F.
Service) Rev. Joseph John, a ma
tive of Grenada, B. w. l., was Or
dained a priest of the Catholic
church, last week, in the Church of
st. Benedict the Moor, by Bishop
John j. Collins of Fordham univer-
|sity.
Rev. John VII do missionary work
in the South.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30
SPELLMAN HEAD GETS
HONORARY DEGREE

New York, June 26 TX. N. F.
Service) Miss Lucy Hale Tapley,
President of Spellman Seminary, At
lanta, Ca, and at one time a resi-
dent of this city, was awarded an
honorary degree of Holyoke college,
South Hadley, Mass, at the COM
mencement exercises held last week.
The Appeal., 1923-06-30

But there is the other South also,
the South of an older tradition, and
today, despite it's long submergence,
it shows innumerable signs of reviv-
ing. It was paralyzed by the Civil
Evening star., 1923-04-23
I.--Introduction.

China. the land of mystery, is the
birthplace Of the game of pung- chow.
which is now being so Enthusiastically
taken up from the Pacific to the At
lantic coasts Though comparatively
new to most Americans, it is centuries
old to Chinese, some authorities stat
ing that it was originated In the court
OF the King OF WI, now known as
Ning-po. during the year Az Il. c..
This was about the time of Con-
fucius
1t is known to have been the royal
game, restricted to the use of en-
perors and their friends OF the man
DARN class for more than 1000 years.
To them il was known as pe-ling
pronounced baylingl. taking it's
name from the bird OF "a hundred
intellisences. the lark like creature
sacred in the land OF Confucius
which now may he seen reproduced
on most Chinese tapestries and en-
broIderies. The penalty pa by one
Of any other class for playing pe-ling
tpung- -chow) at that time was the
loss of his head
Later--no one knows just when
the privilege OF playing this wonder
game was extended to the merchant
or middle classes, and when. some
seventy years ago. a social uprising
threatened. one OF the concessions
granted to calm the unrest was the
universal privilege Of playing the
game. In this way was caused the
confusion of names for the game
which exist even today in China, for,
with the abolishing Of pe-line each
province applied its own pronuncia-
ton TO the game. with the result
Evening star., 1923-04-23

that now we have from twelve to
eighteen different names by which
the game is known. A few OF these
are ma -chenk. NAH -jong, h-1uck,
mah-chiong and mah-diao.
The playing OF punG-chow was
ports of China shortly prior to the
world war. the Germans being the
first TO become interested in this
game Of "a hundred intelligences,
but during the war ii seemed to
have been dropped. as even in
China people were thinking OF other
things at that time. The French
were the next to take up the play
ing of the game about six years
ago. In 1918 the American COM
munity in Shanghai became inter-
ested in the game, and in the short
replaced bridge and all other forms
Of indoor amusements. and today
reigns supreme among all games,
not only In Shanghai but in all the
principal centers of the far east.
to which places its spread was re-
markably rapid.
Pung-chow made its first appear
ance in America on the Pacific coast
having been transplanted from China
by returning Americans and taking
root where il first landed. From the
west coast it's spread over the entire
country has been rapid ana general
and the game is now being played
and much talked OF in practically
every community from Mexico to
Canada and from the Atlantic to tho
Pacific. 1t is being featured by mag
azine and newspaper articles, shown
,, on the screen, broadcasted by radio,
and is often the principal subject of
conversation at the club as we'll as
in the home.
The growing popularity and great
interest shown in Puns-C are due
solely to the intense fascination to be
found in playing the game. Pung-
Chow resembles dominoes in its ap-
pearance and manipulation: rummy
in its procedure of play: poker in
its strategy, and bridge and chess in
its science.
A punS-chow ser is made up OF
IA pieces called tiles made of ivory
pyralin. and similar in appearance
to domino"S. but marked in rich
oriental Celors on the faces. In some
instances where only Chinese char.
acters appear English numerals and
letters are added to simplify the game
for those not conversant with the
Chinese language. Just as in cards,
there are four suits" in Pune-
Chow set. These suits are known
as the character. bamboo. circle, and
honor suits. The first three suits
are each composed OF thirty-six tiles
Evening star., 1923-04-23

-four. similar pieces from one to
nine inclusive. The honor suit 10
made up OF four tiles each of the
green. red, and white dragons and
tne north, south. east, and west winds.
IN the honor suit are also two each
OF the north. south. eaat, and west
mandartns. also called seasons and
mowers These last pieces are not
Eenerslly used. as it IL tho consensus
interesting game may be played with
out them. In addition to the tiles a
set OF counters 10 applied to be used
IN keeping the score in place OF
score SEQ ,dn. PAD or or chips; These counters
and graded in length according to
their different values so arranged
that each players share (when four
are playinE) will be $500 points. The
counters are as follows:
One gold dot. t........ 1000 points
Five blue dots. ...... 500 points
one pIue DOT. 100 points
Ten red dots. 10 points
Two red dots. ........ 2points
A pair Of dice 10 also part OF the
equipment and they are used just
prior to dealing each hand.
AFTER the tiles are removed or shuf-
NED face down on the table q hollow
square or four-sIded wall is built:
each side containing thirty-four tiles
in a double row Of seventeen. one
row on top of the other. The dice
are then used to decide where the
wall will be broken" and each
player receives an original hand of
thirteen tiles. Then the players en-
deavor to improve and complete their
hands by using tiles discar rded by
others or by drawing from the wall,
the object Of the game being to Sc
cure four sets Of three or four of a
kind or sequences Of three and a pair.
something similar to the procedure
IN playing the card game rummy.
The lowest possible winning score
10 twenty-five points. and the high
est winning hand when playing
without the seasons and flowers is
Sso.s2S points; but the most usual
hands secured run from one or two
hundred to a. thousand points. Due
to the great possibilities in high
scores II may easily be seen that
when the game 10 played with
stakes 1t Is quite necessary to check
the high scores to be secured in a
hand. When playing with a limit it
docs away with the necessity and in
centive to play for the higher scores
and consequently takes away from
the game one of its most interesting
points.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-04-23

air remarked Casey thoughtfullv.
Rhodes shook his head ~ am more
and more convinced that whatever is to
be. Will be. When a man has lived the
length OF time allotted TO him. he goes
anyhow. II it isn't one way it's an
other
We have done ever. thing possible
for him; in justice TO ourselves We
dared not remain; our duty now is 10
forget him with these last words. which
make-a prayer: May he be found ere
harm, or death, overtakes him. =" Casey
nodded: then each piled himself ener-
getically to his task-and the giant
plane glided onward to it's destination.
Tom morr0w-Destiny which Shapes
Our Ends.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
RESCUE KIDNAPPED GIRL.

By the Associated Press
SlMLA. British India. April rs
Molly Ellis. the fifteen-year-old
daughter of Maj. Ellis. British com
mander at kohat, has been rescued
according to news received here.
The girl. who was kidnapped recent
ly BY tribesmen. is reported TO be
safe in charge Of Mrs. Starr, a WON
an physician at Khanki Basar in the
Tirah country. Though weak and
somewhat bruised, the girl is said TO
be we'll
Evening star., 1923-04-23
The storv 40 far:

The story so far:
Staples Of Iifany's, New York ieweler. is
sent TO Arabia with priceless ruby. TO be
engraved by Bannock. the expert, who has a
beautiful granddaughter. Ji-Bett. The ruby
is to be Inscribed "Mizpah' as gift from the
young muitimillionaire .ay Marmaduke smith
70 his dancee, Clairena Vail. with whom Fd-
After smith's bachelor dinner Thorne gets him
10 drink TOO much. and starts TO take MN 10
Clairena. but the two are held up by roposIs. ~
who exchange clothes with Jay and throwe MN
,nto an airplane which leaves next morning ior OF
a Transatlantic trip with the unconscious n'an
in the cockpit.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-07
LEAD REChINED
 BY KETCHIKAN
 IN PIN SERIES
Locals Lose in Fourth Match of Bowling Tourney
 Series Is Close.

With four out of the five bowlers chalk1lg up better than 300 pins, Ketchikan Eiks last night recaptu9e1 the lead from the Juneau Elks' five man team in the fourth match of the inter-city Elks' telegrlp phic bowl ing tournament. Ketchikan made a total of 2,630 pins to 2,54S counted by the local squad, a lead of S2 for the match and putting the First City bowlers back into the lead in the series by p pins, according to re- vised figures.
 The figures made public last week showed the local team leading by 30 pins. An error was later disccy- cred which cut this to 10. Two more matches remain to be played in the present series. One of these will be pulled off Friday night, the concluding match> being next Tues day night
 BaTagar was high for a single game for the local team in last nights match with 201. He had a iON S1ihGi Afo' NHlNH tul uJNH h41 average and total for the three games. Cleveland had high average 1S2. and high total 546 pins. Lave nix was the only other Juneau man to 80 above 800, downing 51S pins Both Fry and Darby were off their game, the former gstting 4S3 and the latter but All in the three games rolled.
 Four Ketch.kan pin smasbers went over the 300 mark Zaigler was high bowler with 576 for the thret games and PIP for single game Hendr,ckson rolled 524, Hunt 539 and Lettich 507.
 The scores by games and totals follow
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-07
KANSAS CITY SCENE
 OF BASKETBALL MEET

NEW YORK. Feb. Tt was an nounced recently at Amateur Ath- letic Union Headquarters that the Na,iocal A. A. U ba kcsball cham p.Cnship tournament for 1923 wcal1 be held under tho auspices of the Kansas City Athletic Club, at the Kansas City Convention Hall, during tho week of March 12.
 Kansas City was the scene of the championship last year and Is con sidered the most logical place to hold a nat.zaal tournament due to is central location.
 This was rroyed lIst year whoa the tournament was the most repro sentative ever held Club and col lcge teams from almost every state n the Union participated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-07
BOXER DIES

NEW YORK, Feb 7-Antonio Per rainao, boxer who collapsed during a bout in Brooklyn last night with Jimmy Clinton, died this afternoon. Clinton has not been arrested. The authorities are puzzled over what will be done