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The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
ROLLER RINK SOLD
Roy e. Lusk and Others Bought
Annusnnnent Parlnr For 81 900

Roy e. Lusk and Others Bought
Amusement Parlor For $500.
The roller skating rink located at
the Van Brunt slough was purchased
last Saturday by Roy E. Lusk and
other parties from C.. J. Fouch for
a consideration Of $500. Mr.. Lusk
will manage the rink in the future.
Lusk is a well known Mankatoan,
having been associated with the I'm
perial Bowling alleys for a number
Of years.
According to Mr.. Lusk the roller
rink will be conducted in the same
orderly maner in which it has been
run by the retiring owner, Mr.
Fouchs. The rink will be maintained
as it is during the rest OF the sum
mer and in the fall. 1t will be run
all winter, as Mr.. Lusk plans on
boarding it up this winter and 9TH
erwise making it comfortable for
the skaters. The rink was formerly
located on South Front street.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
NEW AUCTIONEERING FIRM
r. D. Walker and Charles e. MuIIin ,
Of Amboy Buy Martin Lease


T. D. Walker of Mankato and
Charles e. Mullins of Amboy have
purchased the lease and contents of
the auctioneering business at PIG
South Second street. formerly owned
by the Martin Salayge and Auction
company. .. -.s..:.
Mr.. Mullins is one of the high
standard auctioneers of the county
and Mr.. Walker is just finishing a
course of instructions in the auc-
pioneering work. The business will
continue as usual and regular sales
held every Saturday and auctions
cried on all classes of goods, includ-
ing land sales throughout the north
west.
Mr.. Martin will be with the new
firm for several weeks cleaning out
his old stock and other holdings
about the city, after which he ex-
poets to takeup his home in Califor-
mia
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
WILLIAM WILKINSON DIES
Aged Gentlemen Sucumbed' To the
Effects of Cancer

William Wilkinson, seventy six
years of age, and father of Mrs. Ira
Auringer of Poplar street died at
one of the local hospitals yesterday
from the effects of cancer. He came
here Just recently from Coopers-
town, y. D.. to visit his daughter
The surviving children are: Mrs.
Ira Auringer Of this city, Mrs. S. E.
Wickham Of Cooperstown. n D.:
Mrs. Paul Kolen, Ray and Marion
Wilkinson of Jessie, n. D.; Louis
Wilkinson Of Fargo. n. D.: Mrs.
Norman Durant of Fate River, On
tario, Mrs. A. G.. Bishop Of Aber
deem, Washington.
= The funeral announcements will
be made later.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Former Pipestone Man Killed
Especial To The Free Press

Pipestone, Mimi, June 23.-Lor-
EMO d. Butts, a pioneer settler of
this county, was killed at a railroad
crossing on a public highway in
Montana a few days ago, according
to information that has Just been re :
ceived here. Butts. who has been
residing at Stanwood, Wash, since
removing from here twenty eight
years ago, was driving through to
Pipestone for a visit with relatives
when he was caught in a deep rail ;
road cut at a crossing and was
killed. ---...
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
REV. RAPPA OFFICIAL
Minnesota Lake Pastor Elected Sc,

Minnesota Lake Pastor Elected Sec.
retary BY Church Organization.
Rochester, MINI, June 1S.-Rev
A. Muecke, D. D., of Saltwater,
Mimi, has been elected president of
the Minnesota District of Evangelist
Churches of North. America.
Other officers include: Rev. T. T.
Hermann, pastor of st. Johns Evan
gelist church, Minneapolis. vice
president; Rev. Otto Rapp, Minneso-
Ia Lake, secretary: and Rev. G..
Mayor, st. Cloud, treasurer.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Death Of Elizabeth Hughes

Miss Elizabeth Hughes, daughter
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, 224 Will
$3.50 o'clock at the immanual hos
pital Her death was caused from
the effects of an operation, perform
ed on Tuesday, for a goiter. The
funeral services will be announced
later. '-- TX
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Rochester Woman Injured

Rochester. June 23.-Mrs. F. w.
Oesterrich was seriously injured in
an automobile accident which oc-
cured three miles outside Of the city
on the Wipona and Rochester state
highway last evening. Medical ex-
animation has shown the local wo-
mans injuries to be serious, includ-
ing broken peivis bone.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Most Pertinent Question

Faribault News: When the next
grumbling citizen with a grievance
against the government or it's Of
ficials airs his grievance, ask him n
he voted at the senatorial primary.
A man who doesn't take enough in e
terest in public affairs TO vote
hasn't much right TO criticise.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
RAINS HELPED CROPS
Section Around OrtonviIIe Great,
Needed Moisture

lAssociated Press Disp,Ltch.l
Ortonyille, Mimi, June 1S-Rain,
which accompanied violent wind
and electrical storm late YESTERDAY
put the crops OF this section in ex-
cellent condition according to farm.
ers and grain men of this vicinity.
The fields were in need Of rain, ac-
cording to reports, and the storm,
although causing considerable prop.
erty damage offset it by benefit to
the crops.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Fell From ScaffoIdino

Owatonna, June 2s-A. C.. Ander-
son, an employee Of Hammel Broth
erss Anderson, contractors, slipped
and fell from q scaffolding on a
badly bruised about the body. No
bones were broken.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
TWENTY-FIVE PER VOTE
What This City Spent For Primar,
EIAcfinn aRt MnndaN

what MS CITY spent FOR FrImaFy
Election Last Monday
The primary election last Monday
for United States senator to fill the
unexpired term of Senator Knute
Nelson cost the city of Mankato ap-
proximately twenty two cents a
vote, according to F. w. Bates city
clerk Only a third of the total
votes in the city were cast at the
election a trif1e over 1000 at a cost
of $3.50. In Rochester the election
cost the city about fifty cents a vote,
Rochester having thirteen precincts
and Mankato only six. =
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Safe was Robbed

The safe in the office of the
Albert Lea Fuel company, Albert
Lea was opened by burglars and
about $22 in cash taken. No
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
Whv Have Any

Funniest thing in Austria right
now is 1t costs more to print money
than rne money is worth.
The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29
All Bad

Just about every fly we know
needs swatting.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
Congratulations Pour in From
Friends Over the Country,
On Event

Remarks-W. T. Francis, attorney
for Union Hall Association.
Selection-Harmony Quartet, C. D.
Jackson, L. Johnson, B. H. Miller, C.
H. Miller.
Following the selection by the
Harmony Quartet, large bouquet of
flowers was presented by Mrs. Hat
tie Cage who represented St. Paul
Chapter No. 20, o. C. S.
Remarks-Chas E. Charleston, P.
Secretary of Mars Lodge.
Then the Union Hall Association
presented to it's president, Mr.. George
L. Hoage, a solid gold 33 degree
Masonic band ring in token of its ap-
probation for the services he has
rendered.
Remarks - Almerique Barksdale,
Worshipful Master of Perfect Ashlar
Lodge No. 4, F. and A. M.
Baritone solo-H. B. Miller.
Remarks-W. R. Morris, Mime
sota's Fraternal Nestor.
Financial statement - James E.
Murphy, secretary of Union Hall AS
sociation.
Selection-Harmony Quartet.
Then followed the ceremony of the
burning of the mortgage. The
mortgage bearers were: Miss Eliza
beth S. Walker, Master Byron S.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
DENIAL OF VOTE
HELD A MENACE
j. w. Johnson Says Notification
of Amendments Endangers
Government

New York, Mar. 11.-Speaking at
a dinner in the Hotel Pennsylvania
rendered to Representative F. H. La
Guardia of, New York, last night,
James Weldon johnson, Secretary of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People declared
that
eff the Constitution of the United
States cannot extend the arm of pro-
lection around the weakest and hum.
hest Of American citizens as AROUND
the strongest and proudest, then it is
not worth the paper that it is writ
ten on"
Mr.. Johnson made this statement at
the conclusion of an address in which
he declared it was open and public
knowledge that the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S.
Constitution were being nullified in the
Southern States and that the colored
man was being denied the vote. Alleg-
ing the preponderant influence of the
South in Congress because of the fail
ure to reduce it's representation in
accordance with the disfranchisement
of the colored man, Mr.. Johnson said:
"In the elections of 1920 it took
81, ,492 votes in Mississippi to elect
two senators and eight representa-
tives. In Kansas it took $40, ,229 votes
to elect exactly the same representa-
tipn.
The effect of disfranchising and op-
pressing hte colored man has already
proved disastrous to the South, he
asserted.
,"In the whole Sol tn the so-called
purity of the ballot has been pre-
served at the cost of defiance of the
Constitution, perversion of law, in
justice and violence practiced upon d
weaker group. The result has been
that the South is Intellectually dead
and politically rotten"
Mr.. Johnson said further, that if
the South failed to see the light, then
in the interest of the whole country
"steps should be taken to compel COM
pliance with the Constitution and that
should be done through the enforce.
ment Of the Fourteenth Amendment
which calls for a reduction in repre-
sentation in proportion to the mum.
ber of citizens in any state denied
the right to VOTE"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17

Union Hall Association, returned to
and bestowed congratulations on the
their homes highly pleased with the
evenings entertainment.
Congratulations Received.
Having read in the st. Paul weeklies
of the coming celebration, congratula-
tons streamed in from all over the
country. Some personal ones came
from Ceaser r. Blake, Jr., Imperial
Potentate, Charlotte, N. c., Samuel
w. Franklin, DIP, Detroit, Mich;
Levi Williams, /. r, Jersey City, N.
j.; Chas. d. Freeman, /. T., Washing
ton, D. c.; DR.. C. C. johnson, G. NJ,
Aiken, s. c.; ]. w. Moore, 33 Chi
cago, H.; r. w. j. Jeffrey, 33, De-
troit, Mich; Lillian F. Hoage, Ruther-
ford, N. j.; L. B. Shepard p. G. p.
Madison, Wis; Robert Fl. Myers,
Hannibal, Mo-; Geo. Woodson, Des
Moines, Ia; Robert II. Weeks, 33,
G. T. Urlmington, Delaware; Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas j. Williams, Winnipeg,
Can.
Congratulations were also received
from the following local lodges: Per-
feet Ashlar Lodge, No. 4, +. and "A.
M; Mars Lodge No. 2202, G. u. o,
of o. T.; Household of Ruth, No. $50,
|G. u. o. Of o. F.; st. Paul Chapter
No. %, 0. E. s.; Pioneer Lodge No
centinued ep Fourth paee
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
b Brilliant Program Features
Epochsmaking Exercises --.e-
9 Tuesday Night

Tuesday evening Union Hall was
crowded with people Of the Twin
Cities who came to witness the cere-
mony of the burning of the mortgage
by the Union: Hall Association. That
they were Interested goes without
saying, for he crowd that jammed
the hal lgavea evidence of their inter-
est; that they came to see, to hear,
to be convinced. Z :.
The burning of the mortgage was
a feat never before witnessed by
Twin City folk, and that as the fea-
ture of the evening mingled with
musical selections, sentiments, re-
marks and complimentary speeches
by prominent people Of the Twin
Cities was treat extraordinary.
What the Union Hall Association
has accomplished, assisted by Perfect
Ashlar Lodge and. Mars Lodge, has
never been equaled by any fraternal
order in the country, and they are
to be highly commended for that
which they have done. "They have
erected, maintained and paid for this
splendid temple, let those who follow
accomplish even more for the better
ment of theSrace." ->
F@ A short history of the undertaking
follows: =
At regular meeting of Perfect
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17

Aurora Avenue, between Mackubin
and Kent Streets.
Both Of these lodges and their COM
mittees worked several years indie
pendently of each other. trying co
perfect plans for a fraternal hall,
but each found the undertaking too
great for any one lodge.
On January Is, 1914, Mars Lodge
called q general meeting at st.
James A M. Church, all lodges in
the city of st. Paul, male and female,
being invited to send representatives.
The following lodges did send rep
resentatives and did take part:
Mars Lodge No. 2202, G. q. o. Of O.
F., Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 4, F.
and A. NJ; Pioneer Lodge No. /, F.
and A. NJ; Corinthian Templer. s. M.
T.; John Hayes Lodge X. p; Gopher
Lodgesef Elks; st. Paul Chapter No.
20, 0. E. s.; and Household Of Ruth
No. 553, G. u. o. of o. F., at which
time q temporary organization was
formed, and lodge representatives in
structed to take the matter up with
their several lodges. All lodges
wishing to join would be required to
place in the treasury the sum Of
$250. 100 each.
February Is, 1914, at the second
meeting, by vote Of the lodges
Mars Lodge of Odd Fellows and
Perfect Ashlar Lodge of Masons
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
BILL TO D|SFRANCHISE Defeated
Juvenile Movie Actor
Now Being Starred

Hollywood, Calf, Mar. 16.-Earn.
est Frederick Morrison, the 10-year:
old film actor, known to millions The
world over as Sunshine Sammy,
has at last won the Icoyetsd goal n1
stardona. + -
Young Morrison with his baby sis.
ter Florence (Farina) head the cast
Of juvenile actors in the series Of
"Our Gang" comedies made at the
Hal Roach studios in Culver City anG
released to the leading theatres
throughout the world by Pathe.
Born in 1918, Earnest has played
in more pictures than any Juvenile
actor in the films. From co-starring
with Baby Marie Osburne in two and
five reel dramas, Earnest has sup
ported in almost weekly releases
"Snub Pollard" and Harold Lloyd
His success with these comedians won
him the starring position Of "Ou1
Gang" comedies; and incidentally a
substantial raise in weekly salary,
which is said to run into three fig
ures; the highest salary any colored
film actor receives.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
SOUGHT TO DENY
COLORED VOTE ON
SCHOOL MEASURES
Delaware Senate Kills Bill Fol-
lowing Passage in House of
Representatives
n. 4. 4. C. P. AIDS IN FIGHT
Measure Would Have Disfran-
chised Voters on Questions
Affecting White Schools

Wilmington, March 16.-A bill
passed by the Delaware housesof rep
resentatives, which would have dis
franchised colored voters in elections
affecting white schools, was defeated
in the Delaware senate here, by a
vote of to 8.
N. A. A. C. p. Opposes.
Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson of the
Wilmington branch, N. A. A. C. P,
who is also managing editor of the
Philadelphia and Wilmington Advo-
cate, appeared for the Advancement
Association in protest against the
measure. The delegation accompany
ing Mrs. Dunbar to Dover included
DR.. Jason of the state college, also
member of the legislative committee
Colored Women's clubs.
Defeat by the Advancement Asso-
citation of Representative Caleb r.
Layton of Delaware, in the November
elections, because of his vote against
the Dyer anti-lynching bill, helped to
bring about the defeat of the school
bill.
Seek To Keep Peace.
Democrats were disinclined to an
tagonize the colored voter, according
to The Evening Journal of Whining
ton, which said in it's news report on
March 5:
"The first bin is the one which ID
was claimed might disfranchise COL
ored people and Roman Catholics,
who send their children to parochial
schools, from voting at school cleo
tions. This bill, it is claimed, is in
jeopardy in the senate and may fail
largely because Democratic leaders
feel this is not the time to make any
direct slap at the colored vote, espe-
cially after the colored voters sup
ported the Democratic party at the
last election"
The bill was opposed by the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment- of Colored People, on the
ground that the colored people would
be taxed for bond issues voted on in
elections in which they we're disfran-
chised and would therefore be subject
to taxation without representation;
also because the measure has class
legislation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
HOLD SERVICES FOR
/. COL. YOUNG SUNDAY

Memorial services for the late
Colonel Charles Loung, who died in
service in Liberia last year will be
held in the twin cities Sunday, under
the direction of the Minnesota chap
ter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity,
of which Col. Young was an active
member. The services are held with
the cooperation of the Minneapolis
and st. Paul Sunday Forums, whose
officers have consented to the use of
this meeting to honor the army Off
Ger.
DR.. L. r. Hill and Booker w.
Harris will be the speakers at the
Minneapolis Forum, which is held in
the Elks' hall, Lyndale and Sixth
avenue north. Thomas Drum will
sing tenor solo, and Albert Butler
as an accompanist.
Roy Wilkins will be the speaker al
the st. Paul Forum. An appropriate
musical program has been arranged
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
DU BOIS RIDICULES
SUPERIORITY IDEA
Satirical Article in "Smart Set
Shows Black Man Is Not
Inferior

New York, Mar. 16.-Colored peo-
pie are superior to whites, asserts
DIR. w. E. B. Du Bois, in an article
entitled "The Superior Race" pub
lished in the March number of "The
Smart Set" magazine. DR.. Du Bois
is editor of the Chrisis and a member
of the Board of Directors of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. The article
is written in satirical form, as con-
vcrsation with an imaginary white
friend. ,a--''-.'
"Compare humanity at its best or
worst with the IDEAL" says DR.. Du-
Bois. land humanity suffers. But
black folk in most attributes of phys
ical beauty, in line and height and
curve, have the same forms as whites
and differ only in small details Of
color, hair and curve of countenance.
Now can there be any question but
that as eelors bronze, mahogany,
coffee and gold are ar lovelier than
pink, gray and marble? Hair is q
matter of taste. Some will have it
drab and stringy and others in a
gray, woven, unmoving mass. Most
Of us like it somewhere between, in
tiny tendrils, smoking curls and
sweeping curves. I have loved all
these varieties in my day. prefer
the crinkly kind, almost wavy, in
black brown and glistening. In faces
hate straight features; needles and
razors may be sharp-but beautiful,
never"
In a ralsing criticism of the modern
factory system and industrialism pro-
duced by the white man, DR.. Du Bois
asserts, the colored mans sense of
beauty has protected him from it: :
"This race has the greatest Of the
gifts Of God. laughter. It dances and
sings; it is humble; it longs to learn;
it loves men; it loves women. It is
frankly. badly, deliviously human in
an artificial and hypocritical land. If
you viii hear men laugh, go to
Guinea, "Black Bottom" s'Nigger-
town." Harlem. If you want to feel
humor too exquisite and subtle for
translation, sit invisibly among q
gang of Negro workers. The white
world has its gibes and cruel carica-
tures; it has its loud outlaws, but ia
the black world alone belongs the de-
iicious chuc1le.s ?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17
CARvEYITES LIKE
jim CROW LAWS
Letter to New Orleans Mayor
AstOunds POpulace and ~
Causes Uproar
CRUSADER Service.)

New Orleans, La, March 16.-All
self-respecting citizens of color here
are up in arms against the local
branch of The Universal Negro I'M
provement Association, Marcus Gar
vey's organization, as the result of
the infamous letter to Mayor Nc
Shane in which a group Of women,
members of The u. N. A.swent-s ION
record as upholding and endorsing
Jim Crow laws, declaring that 1--WE
like your Jim Crow laws in that they
defend the purity of races"
The Garveyites gave copies of the
letter to the white press, and it's
publication in the columns of Che
papers has aroused a fierce storm of
protest and indignation in all circles
outside of the Garvey crowd.
The letter, part of which follows,
also refers to the American birth of
the writer's, members of the Garvey
organization
"We, as members of the New Or
leans division of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association, wives and
daughters of the same, an organiZa-
tion that stands for Improvement and
uplift work among Negroes, do here
by present to you our grievance for
having been called undesira!bles by
some newspapers on date of January
10 and for being dangerous charac,
ters in spite of the fact that we were
born in Louisiana, graduated from
Louisiana schools and are property
owners and tax payers; never having
been arrested before or considered
base-neighbors by anyone anywhere.
"The Universal Negro Improvement
Association is our church, our club
house, our theatre, our. fraternal
order and our school and we will
never forsake it while we live; neither
will our men forsake it, but fear has
crept into our hearts because of the
pohce's continued interference with
our meetings. We are afraid that
some night We may have some serious
trouble. =
Eve like your Jim Crow laws in
that they defend the purity of races,
and any person married to any but a
Negro cannot become q member of
our organization. = -. i
eve are not members Of the Negro
400 of New Orleans, which is COM
posed of that class who are spending
their time initiating the rich whites,
with card parties, eating parties and
studying Spanish so as to be able to
pass for anything but Negro, there
by getting a chance to associate with
you. We are not ashamed Of the race
TO which we belong and we feel sure
that God made black skin and kinky
hair because He desired to express
Himself in that type as well as in any
other. :, y - g.
eve are accused of being impli-
Gated in the murder of j. w. n.
Eason, who was fatally shot in this
city IN the night of january 1, 1923.
OF this we can truthfully say, we
know nothing.
Feeling sure that you viii give us
the justice and consideration we de-
serve, we are
every respectfully yours,
"Mrs. G. D. Dams, r. NJ,
"Mrs. Octavia Franklin,
"Mrs. Essie Halfway,
"Miss Florence Watterhouse,
voluntary Committee of the Uni
versal Negro Improvement Assn" !.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-17

William T. Francis being selected as
attorney for the association.
Lay Cornerstone. r.
This corporation was left open so
that any lodge could join at any time,
the only requirement being that said
lodge should pay in the same amount
the holding lodges had paid. Perfect
Ashlar Lodge purchased from Mars
Lodge one lot giving the association
cash of both lodges was about $3,-
100000 and the two lots. The tax
value of this property in 1922 was
$40, 0,000. 90.
October 1S, 1914, after invocation
by Rev. H. p. Jones. the first dirt
was turned for the future home of
Union Hall. -.
December 1s, 1914, with both
lodges and many friends assembled,
M. w. Bro. Huron J. Shelton, Grand
Master Of Masons for Minnesota, laid
the cornerstone in ample form.
September I, 1915, st. Paul
Chapter No. 20, Order of Eastern
Star, held the first meeting in the
new building.
Formal opening Of the Union Hall
WAS held November 8, 1915, with
an overflow of friends.
February %, 1928, the final pay
ment was made.
Program.
The program which was quite en-
tertaining, interesting and enjoyed by
everyone was started promptly at
eight thirty.
George L. Hoage, president Of the
Union Hall Association, was the
master of ceremonies.
Song-"An hail the power of Jesus
nane."
Invocation- Rev. H. L. p. Jones
pastor of st. James A. M. e. church
Scripture Reading-Rev. A. III
Lealtad, rector Of st. Philips Episco-
pal church.
Remarks-W. T. Francis, attorney
for Union Hall Association.
Soprano solo Selected, Miss Ruth
Brown.
Remarks Huron j. Shelton, Pas,
Grand Master Of Masons.
Instrumental solo Prof. w. A
Weir.