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Evening star., 1923-04-04
DECEIT AND FRAUD
CHARGED T0CULT
Michigan, Making Move to
! Suppress House of David,
|, Also Cites immortality.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich, April 4.-Formal
charges that the Israelite House of
David colony, at Benton Harbor, is
based upon "a foundation of deceit,
immortality and fraud" were filed in
the Ingham county Gansing) circuit
court today by Andrew B. Dougherty.
attorney general for Michigan.
The charges were filed III support
of the quo warranto proceedings be-
gun in the court yesterday to COM
pei the leaders of the cult to show
cause why the organization should
not be disbanded.
Today's charges allege that the
colony has set Itself up as a king
dom, with Benjamin Purnell. head of
the order. as king" The allegation
which filed articles OF incorporation
in 1903 as a religious and ecclesias-
tiCal association. has usurped its
privileges as an organization of this
Character by means of fraud.
TO Enrich Head.
The attorney general alleges the
colony is not and never has been "a
corporation for religious and eccle-
sIastical purposes, but, on the con-
trary, has. for its true object the en-
richment of Benjamin Purnell and his
elevation to the rank of temporal
king and the establishment within
the state of a kingdom, whose king
and his subjects are, or eventually
shall be. free and Independent of the
civil power of the state"
John j. Sterling of Benton Harbor
attorney for the cult, arrived here
last night. He said the house of
David Is ready for any investigation
the state may make.
Opposed to Laws.
The charges filed by the state today
allege that the colony has usurped
its franchise rights ''by inducing,
committing and perpetuating frauds
and deceit upon it's members; by
deluding members into conveying 6
property to the corporation in return
for fantastic and absurd promises of
Immortality and religious spiritual
benefit; by setting up within the
state. by deception and fraud. a
temporal kingdom opposed to the
constitution and laws of the state and
whose avowed principles would de-
Stroy the government of the state
Dy inducing ana permitting acts or
an immoral and unlawful nature
under the guiSe of religious discipline
and spiritual ministration; by Undue
Ing and permitting commission of
statutory crimes and misdemeanors
involving vice and immortality in and
about the community commonly
known as shiloh"
The preamble to the charges alleges
among other things that the colony,
under Purnell'S direction, has adopt
ed laws OF its own, ousting the
jurisdiction of the courts of this state.
State officials today said they as
sumeQ an order directing the cult
leaders to file an answer to the state
charges within about fifteen days
would be issued by Circuit Judge
Leland Carr in whose court the
Charges were introduced.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
TAXI COMPANY GRANTED
WRIT AGAINST RIVAL
Injunction Restraints G.. B. Shaw
From Operating Black and
White Car.

Chief Justice Mccoy of the District
Supreme Court today granted a pre-
liminary Injunction asked by the
Black and White Taxicab Company
against George B. Shaw, who operates
a machine painted like those of the
company and is said to answer to
the hail BLACK and White" from
prospective customers.
Shaw claimed he first introduced
the black and white scheme of paint
ing automobiles in Washington and
said 1t is in use in other cities. He
introduced photographs, which, on
close inspection, the court admits
discloses a difference between Shaws
cab and the taxis of the company,
but the court finds that the prospec-
tive customer does not have time to
make the minute examination which
would disclose the difference. He
finds that If Shaw did introduce the
color scheme here he abandoned II
as far back as 1918, and the company
has since built up lucrative busi-
ness and that the defendant is en-
deavoring Ito enjoy the fruits of
plaintiffs efforts by unfair methods"
Attorneys Simon, koenigsberger &
Young appeared for the taxicab
company. while the defendant was
represented by Attorney j. H. Bilbrey.
Evening star., 1923-04-04

day afternoon with a business meet
Ing and reports of national organiza-
tions, while the formal opening ses-
sion will be Sunday evening, with In
troductory remarks by Mrs. Charles
Goldsmith of Washington, chairman.
Rabbi Abram Simon will offer the
opening prayer and Commissioner
Rudolph will deliver the address OF
welcome. The presidential address
will be delivered by Frances Taussig
of New York City.
On Wednesday the conference will
go TO Baltimore for a demonstration
meeting of the Jewish Children s
Bureau of Baltimore, and a tour of the
new Children's Society building.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
PLAN MONTICELLO DRIVE.
Movement to Buy Jefferson Home
to Be Launched April 13.

The movement to buy Monticello.
the home of Thomas jefferson. at
Charlottesville. Va. for a national
memorial. will be officially launched
in a big ceremonial at Monticello.
Friday. April 13, 1t was announced
today by Mrs. E. d. Hotchkiss. presi-
dent of the Thomas Jefferson National
Memorial Association. and Mrs. Mari
cite Minnegerode Andrews. president
OF the National Monticello Associa-
ton.
The occasion will be on the 1S0th
anniversary, of the birth of Thomas
Jefferson. and will inaugurate the
national movement by the amalga-
mated organization OF all associations
interested In the preservation Of
Monticello, which have been united
Evening star., 1923-04-04

under the title OF the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial Foundation. Stuart G.
Gibboney, temporary chairman.
John Jennings Luck OF the Uni
versity OF Virginia is assisting in
making arrangements for the cele-
bration, which will be held at Month
cello at 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
MISSING GIRL RETURNS

Miss Janice Heck, twenty years old.
FORMER Central High School student,
reported missing from her home. at
1910 18th street Monday night, has
returned home. She had not been out
OF the city: Her failure to advise her
parents OF her intention 70 remain
away overnight caused them un-
easinesx "
Evening star., 1923-04-04
ASKS $50, 1000 IN SUIT.
Breach of Contract Alleged by
w. E. Ryan Against j. Cckladt.

William f. Ryan today fled suit
in the District Supreme Court TO re-
cover $4,000 damages from Joseph
Schladt of 1898 Wisconsin avenue
for alleged breach of contract Ryan
claims he was engaged by Schladt in
1920 to secure contracts for the use
of a corrosive paint, of which
Schladt had the formula.
The paint was to be used on ships
TO prevent the collection of barnacles.
He says he secured a number of con-
tracts, but declares Schladt failed to
paint the boats under their agree
ment. He is represented by At
torney Raymond NJ. Hudson.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
CONFER NEXT MONTH.
Leaders in Jewish Welfare Work
VIII Gather Here May 1915.

Leaders in Jewish welfare work
from all over the nation will be in
Washington May 13 to Is for the
Washington meeting of the National
Conference of Jewish Social Service
The place of holding the sessions has
not yet been finally decided.
The conference will open on Sun
Evening star., 1923-04-04
SPANISH CABINET STAYS.
King Expresses Confidence When
Ministry Resigns.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MADRID. April 4.-The king today
expressed confidence in the ministry
OF the Marquis Of Alhucemas, when
the resignation Of the cabinet was
rendered him. In consequence of this
the ministry remains in power, with
the exception of the minister of
finance, Jose Manuel Pedregal.
Evening star., 1923-04-04

All babies have blue eyes when
they are born. In some infants pig
meEt granules begin to develop in
the iris Immediately after birth.
Thus they become black or brown
eyed. In others no such pigment
formation takes place, and the eyes
remain their original color through
out life
Evening star., 1923-04-04

Sir H. Rider Haggard, the famous
novelist. lost several hundred dollars
on his first book and in disgust he
abandoned writing and became q
lawyer. 1t was only as sparetime
hobby that ne wrote his first great
success, "King Solomon's Mines"
Evening star., 1923-04-04

Some OF the latest coast defense
guns Of the United States can shoot
distance of thirty miles. 1t takes
more than a minute for a she'll to
cover this range.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
WINS jim CROW CAR
CASE IN WASHINGTON
COlOred Plaintiff Awarded $500
For Being Put Off Inter-
State Train.

Washington, June S.-James A.
Cobb, chairman of the Legal Com
mittee of the District of Columbia
branch, National association for the
Advancement Of Colored People, has
won before ethe Court of Apeals in
the District Of Columbia, Jim Crow
case involving the right of a colored
passenger to travel from Maryland
into Washington without having to
change to the Jim-Crow section of
the car he was riding in. The case,
won on appeal, awards $500 and costs
to Mr.. Cobb's client.
William A. Waller, the plaintiff, for
whom the victory was won, was
elected from a train operated by the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapo-
lis Electric Railroad company, be-
cause, having purchased a ticket
from Maryland into Washington, he
refused to change to the Jim-C Crow
section of the train when ordered to
do so by the conductor.
The eviction took place in the
state of Maryland, about midnight,
and Mr.. Waller. was compelled to re-
main there until sometime the, next
morning.
+ In affirming the verdict in favor of
Mr.. Waller, made by lower court,
Judge Barber of the Court of Appeals
said:
eve think that the appellee was
an interstate passenger and that the
Maryland Statute requiring segrega-
tion of white and colored passengers
was not applicable to him."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
Husband ~For771er St.
Paul Woman Appointed
To Wiley University

The following article appeared in
the Wiley Reporter, March-April,
1923.
"Prof.J. H. Mason, college gradu-
ate of Wiley University, class 1907,
after spending three years as busi-
ness managere of the Southwestern
Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La.
and twelve years as secretary to the
Principle, Prairie View State Nor
NAL and Industrial College, returns
to Wiley as executive secretary. He
was to have assumed his new duties
April 1, but at the earnest request
of Principal Osborne, of Prairie View
he will not report for duty until
June /. Having been connected with
the executive department of Prairie
View, Professor Mason will come to
Wiley with valuable, experience for
the position he has been engaged to
fill. A hearty welcome awaits him
and his accomplished wife" Mrs.
Mason, before her marriage, was
Miss Gertrude Howard of st. Paul.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
MIGRATION MAY STOP
LYNCHING, SAYS WORLD

Suggestion is made to colored peo-
pie that they foster the migration OF
their brethren from lynching dis
tricts, in an editorial published in the
New York Evening World. Says the
editorial:
IF farmers and planters Of a
county were certain that, a lynching
would be followed by the immediate
departure of every field hand, the
more responsible would find it prof
liable at least to elect sheriffs who
would insure against such walkout
at time when cotton demanded cul-
tivation or when the crop was ready
to pick. Certainty that labor would
be expensive and hard to find would
be a real deterrent to lynching out
RACES" 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
HARMONICA CHAMPIONS
MAKE STAGE DEBUT
(Crusader Service }

New York, June Benny Koss-
over (Jewish) of the Bronx, and
Herbert Leonard (colored) of Har-
lem, continued their victorious ca
reers yesterday by taking to the
stage and knocking 'em dead in
vaudeville. The two boys recently
won the championships in state and
national harmonica contests, the Jew
ish boy being awarded first prize,
and the, Afro-American lad coming a
close second with second prize. In
their first appearance behind the
footlights they achieved the summit
of vaudeville fame by stopping the
show" In the language of the two
a-day they were a "riot," "panic"
and a "wow."
The scene of their debut and tri-
umph was -Keith's Royal theater,
149th street and Third avenue, where
they have been given weeks en-
gagement as one of the rewards of
winning the championships a week
ago. =.... .e
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
WITNESS SAYS RACES BROKE GARvEY
Francis B. Cary, In
SenateRace, Comes
Out For Dyer Bill
Democratic Candidate Declares
He viii Support Bill if -
. Elected. p

=
Francis B. Cary, candidate for U.
S. Senator on the democratic ticket
came out .squarely for the Dyer bill
in short address to a colored audi
cnce at St. Peters A. NJ. E. church,
Minneapolis, Wednesday night.
"If l am nominated and elected to
the Senate l will do everything pos
sible to secure the passage of the
Dyer bill by that body" Mr.. Cary
said. .I..r
Mr.. Cary is highly endorsed by
Attorney Lena o. Smith of Mime
apolis, who claims that the race can
put no more able advocate on the
senate floor than Mr.. Cary. He is
described as being of keen legal
mind and fearless in fighting for the
things he believes to. be right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
MRS. EFFIE WARD
BURIED SATURDAY

Mrs. Effie Ward, wife of James
Ward, died at the st. Paul hospital
Thursday, May 81. The funeral was
held last Saturday from the resi-
o'clock. Rev. Fl. L. p. Jones and
Rev. L. w. Harris officiated. Mrs.
Ward is survived by her husband and
four sisters. Mrs. T. 81. Lyles had
charge of the funeral arrangements.
Interment was at Oakland.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
n. A. A. C. P. TO HOLD.
ANNUAL MEET IN K. C.
Prominent Speakers Invited to
Address Conference Aug. ,
29 to Sept. 5.

New York, June 6.-This years
annual conference Of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, is to be held in Kan
sas City, Kan, from August 20 to
September 5, it was announced to-
day. .=E~., s...-.s.
Those expecting to attend are ask
ed to write for information to Wal
ter F. White, assistant secretary of
the N. A: A. C. P. at 70 Fifth ave-
nue., New York city. :.
Among those who have been and
will be. invited to speak at the con-
ference are Governor Davis of Kan
sas; Judge Ben Lindsay of Denver;
Harvey Ingham, editor of the Des
Moines Register and Tribune; Rob-
ert Abbott, editor of the Chicago De-
fender, and Representative Leonidas
C. Dyer of Missouri, author of the
federal anti-lynching bill, who will
discuss plans for the fight to push
the bill. through the next congress.
Lynching and anti-lynching legis-
lation is to take first place on the
program of the conference and it is
hoped to have Southern white
woman, representing the inter-racial
committees of the South, as a speak
er. Another subject for discussion
will be American imperialism which
it is hoped to have West Indian
speaker discuss, with special refer
ence to discrimination in the Panama
Canal zone.
Scipio A. Jones, the colored lawyer
of Little Rock, Ark, who fought the
cases of the colored farmers con-
demned in connection with the Ar
kansas riots, will tell of the battle
that finally reached the United States
supreme court and brought decision
favorable to the colored men.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
COL. YOUNG BURIED
WITH MILITARY RITES
(Crusader Service

Washington, June 6.-The body of
Col. Charles Young, the only col
ored officer allowed to reach that
rank in the United States regular
army, was buried in Arlington Ma
tional cemetery today with full mill
tary honors. He died more than a
year ago while on duty as military
attache to the Liberian republic,
where he was sent in order to elimi-
nate the embarrassments caused by
his presence in this country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
RACE IS 100 YEARS
AHEAD OF AFRICA,
SAYS EDUCATOR
Africa Offers Opportunity for.
Labor of Trained Col
Ored Men. -
SETS STANDARD FOR WORLD
DIR. James Henderson is Great.
ly Pleased With Progress
of Race In America

Atlanta, Ca, June S.-That the
colored man of America is in every
way hundred years ahead of the
natives of South Africa, is the state
ment of DR.. James Henderson, a
noted educator from that country,
who is spending a few months in
America in the study of race rela-
tions and colored education. This is
due, he said, to the fact that the
colored American came much earlier
into contact with Christian civiliza-
ton and has had far greater oppor-
tunities for education and self-devel-
opment. He was particularly i'm
pressed with the economic progress
which the race has made in this coun-
try, which he said was far beyond
anything he had expected.
Africa Open Field p
DIR: Henderson has given his life
to the education of the natives of
British South Africa, having been for
many years principal of Lovedale In
stitute, the great African Tuskegee,
a missionary institution with a fac
ulty of 60 and student body of. 900.
While in Atlanta he visited num-
Der of colored colleges and was
greatly pleased with them, comment
ing most favorably on their fine
equipmenet, competent and devoted
teachers and intelligent students. A
number of well-trained American col
ored people, he said, are rendering
fine service in Africa as teachers and
social workers. Wherever they have
been tried they have made good, was
his emphatic testimony. He believes
that the number of such workers
will greatly increase and in this way
the educated American colored man
is destined to make great contru-
button to Africa's development.
Sets New Standards
The good will work of the Inter-
racial Commission, of which he has
heard in Africa where it's methods
are beginning to be adopted, inter-
ested DR.. Henderson greatly. The
problems of race relations, he said,
are much more difficult there than
here, and much further from solu-
tion. 1t was his opinion that the
progress of the American colored
man is setting a new standard for
the world in the development of
backward peoples.
From Atlanta DR.. Henderson went
to Tuskegee Institute.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09

men how others circulated petitions
to keep them out.
The greatest impression has been
made on the people and upon pass
ersby, by the construction of lawn
and flower beds where before there
was only muddy gutter. Black
dirt, sod, flowers, a low fence and
some white paint soon transformed
the spot. It is now the talk of the
neighborhood.
>.-. Few Bad Fires Now.
"Fires? Oh, yes, there are fires
enough, but they are not the big
ones of the old days." said Captain
Godette. "Steel and concrete con-
struction coupled with motorized fire
fighting equipment check them be-
fore they get started good"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
THE ACME PALM ROOM
HAS GRAND OPENING

The grand opening of the Acme
Palm room, 317h Wabasha street,
Wednesday evening was enjoyed by
quite a large crowd. On account OF
the inclement weather the crowd was
not as large as was expected but
everyone present had a delightful
time. Singing, dancing and enter
tanning were the features of the
evening. The Palm room will have
special entertainers and special new
features for Sunday and Monday
evenings all during the summer.
Reservations can be made by calling
Cedar 96e3. Mr.. r. H. Moore, tman-
ager.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
5000 HEAR DYER IN ..
CHICAGO MASS MEETING

New York, June GA crowd of
5000 people heard Representative
Leonidas C. Dyer in Chicago, urge
colored and white people to join with
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People in
pressing for enactment in the next
session of congress of the Dyer anti
lynching bill. Two thousand people
clamored to gain admission to the
hall, which was crowded to the doors.
AS a consequence of Mr.. Dyer's
strong endorsement Of the N. A. A.
C. p. and it's work, 433 new MEM
bers were enrolled at the Chicago
meeting, and pledges were received
from $50 persons. .s. ~|, -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
IMPOSING FINES
ON AGENTS FOR LABOR
.(Crusader Service.)

Greensboro, N. c., June THE
state of North Carolina continues it's
vain and futile attempt to stem the
colored exodus by inflicting fines
upon, labor agents. Charles Hapton,
colored labor agent, was fined $500
here today for "secretly enticing
colored laborers" to leave this city
for Harrisburg, Pa.
Other Southern states are follow
ing this example. Edward Karabi-
nus, white labor agent, was fined
81, 900 at Petersburg, Va, on a
charge of soliciting labor with city
license, =
In the meantime, colored workers
are leaving of their own accord and
hardly wait to be solicited. =.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
FORD PRESSES HARDING : :,
IN COLLIER'S TOLL
(Crusader Service.)

New York, June Tin poll OF
more than $500 readers of Col
lier's, a weekly reactionary maga-
zne, taken personally by visits to
their homes, Ford has received near
ly as many votes as President Hard
ing and together they have received
nearly half the total. The next in
order were McAdoo, Cox, Johnson,
Hughes, Smith, Hoover, La Toilette,
Wood, Borah, Underwood, Woodrow
Wilson.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
KHAN INCORPORATES TO
. AVOID n. Y. STATUTE
(Crusader Service.)

Albany, June 6.-In an attempt
to dodge the rigors Of the Walker
law, which will bare the secrets of
the Invisible Empire, the knights of
the Ku Klux Klan and their women's
auxiliary, the .Kamelia, filed certifi-
Gates of incorporation with the Sec
retary of state today. The objects
Of both organizations are declared to
be purely benevolent and social"
State authorities hold that the eff
feet of the incorporation is to bring
the Klan more surely under the
Walker act. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
HENRY FORD ACCUSED
OF BACKING KHAN
CRUSADER Service.)

Atlantic City, June T. Henry
Ford was charged with being the
financial backer of the Ku Klux
Klan in resolution adopted by the
Grand Lodge Of the Order Of Birth
Abraham in the Hotel Jerome this
afternoon. The resolution condemned
Ford for his activities against the
Jews and response to its introduc-
tion was a general denunciation of
Ford from all sections of the hall.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
ARRANGEMENTS MADE
FOR PETER SALEM DAY

Boston, Mass, June a, 1923.-Final
arrangements for Boston's official
celebration of the 148th anniversary
of the Battle of Bunker Hill,. June
II, and those in honor of the colored
men who fought valiantly that June
II, ITS, will enable the colored ora
tors, including Hon. VIM. Fl. Lewis,
to follow Congressman Garrett of
Tennessee who will be the city's ora
tor. The National Equal Rights
League. will honor Peter Salem.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
ASKED FOR
KNIGHTS OF *. X. X.
(Crusader Service. }

Atlanta, June 7.-Laying a con-
spiracy to gain full control Of the
Kan to emperor" Simmons and I'm
perial Wizard Evans and charging
that $1,OO0,OOO in Klan funds has
been squandered by the imperial Off
GERS and their henchmen, a group of
rebels today asked Judge Humphries
of superior court to place the in
visible empire in the hands of a
visible receiver.
An order stopping all executive
acts was signed by the court and
June 9 fixed for a hearing. .'~-.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-09
Company Has Grown From to 13 Men and From Horse
Vehicle to Motorized Equipment Since October, 1885;
Now Back In Old Engine House.

from the old hoedrawn Chemical No
Captain William R. cBly) Godete