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The Mankato free press., 1923-10-19
BURGLAR ALARMS
DIDN'TWAKF FOLK
So Bandits Made Good Haul at
Ellsworth, Minn., Early
Today
T TAssociated Press Dispatchl

IASSUCIdteu fFese DispdtCIiI
Ellsworth, Mimi, October IT,
burglars entered the Crowley de-
partment store here early today and
carried off silks, mems suits and
ether wearing apparel valued at ap-
$4,000. An electric
burglar alarm gave warning Of the
presence of the robbers, but the sig
nal was disregarded.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-19
Returned 10 FaribauIt

Clifton Morgan, Faribault man
who was in Emmanuel Hospital at
Mankato suffering frtm injuries rey
"eived when his automobile ran M
to a ditch seventeen miles east OF
Ma1kato on Trunk Highway No. so,
returned to his home in Faribault
yesterday.
Evening star., 1923-11-08

msrtial appointed to try cases grow
ing out of the accidents proceeded
today with charges against Lieut..
Commander Donald T. Hunter, COM
manding officer OF the destroyer Del
ply, flagship Of the Inflated squadron.
when Capt. watson's case was con-
c1aded late yesterday Lieut.. Com
mander Hunter at once took the
place Of his senior. The judge ad-
vccate said that he was well satis-
fed with all members Of the court.
Commander G. l. Weyler, appearing
as counsel for Commander Hunter.
however, challenged every member
of the court and the court as a
whole on the ground that they had
alE heard the evidence in the case
off Capt. Watson and had formed an
opinion.
in each case the court overruled
the challenge, but 1t has not ruled
on the challenge Of the court as a
That the decision of the court prob
ably was a conviction of Capt. Wat
soh was indicated, observers be-
lieved. by the fact that no verdict
wss announced. Had the accused
been acquitted, the court would have
released him from arrest, though it
Evening star., 1923-11-08
CHARRED SKELETON
STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Police at StandStiII in Inves.
tigation of Church Fire
Murder.
By the associated Press.

By the associated Press.
TT ZALOOSA, Ala, November s.
Officials investigating the finding of
q woman's body in the ruins of a
church for negroes which burned
near here last week are puzzled as
TO the next step. One of their big
gast handicaps, they say, is the fact
that only a skeleton. a few trinkets
and the steel frame of a suitcase were
left after the fire.
AT least one girl from Birmingham
is missing, but the task Of officials
has been to trace her movements
after she last was seen. barpin
found after the fire is said to be a
clue by which Birmingham officials
hope to establish the identity. A
merchant is quoted as saying he sold
the pin to a woman who is believed
10 have been the companion of a
man who left Birmingham for Tus-
caloosa Tuesday.
Alf Winchester, held in the county
Jail here since his arrest Sunday,
will attempt to establish an alibi at
his preliminary trial. il is said. y
statement was made yesterday Ia
authorities by Nose Ashely. Tusca-
ioosa policeman, that he had seen
Winchester anu woman alight
from a train on the pight OF the
Are. Both rode away in ,Winchester's 5
automobile, the policeman said, the
woman carrying q suit case.
Jack John ton. arrested Tuesday
night In BirninEham still is held.
According to the Birmingham Off
Gals he had copies of newspaper
clippings bearing on the church mys-
terry and the name of a woman miss
-irg from Birmingham was writt"n
On the back of a personal card. He
declared that he hSd Jus; return i
rom KanSa and that he had clipped
7te articles because he was acquaint
cd with some OF the persons men
toned in connection with the case
Evening star., 1923-11-08
SALOONS MAY BE CLOSED
AS PUBLIC NUISANCES
New Interpretation of Law Pro-
pounded by Milwaukee
Judge.
RY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, November g.
Seventy-fve or more saloons in Mil
waukee county will be closed perma-
nently to liquor business II the su-
preme court sustains Judge Walter
Schinz in the first definite action to-
ward declaring saloons whose owners
have been convicted of violating
liquor laws a public nuisance.
Judge SchinZ overruled the de-
murrer of Sophie Thekan to the
states petition declaring her saloon,
situated at the entrance to the Sol
diers Home, public nuisance.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
CHALLENGES NAVY
COURTS FAIRNESS
Lieut.. ,Comdr. Hunter Asks
New Personnel-BeIieve
Watson Found Guilty. |
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN DIEGO. Cal, November s.
Having disposed yesterday of The
case Of Capt. Edward H. Wataon,
destroyer division commander. charged
with culpable inefficiency in The
Point Honda disaster. in which selen
destroyers were wrecked, the court
Evening star., 1923-11-08
SHRINERS VISIT MEXICO.
Fifty in Delegation Headed by In.
dianapolis Man. -.

MEXICO CITY, November 8.--A del
egation of fifty Shriners from the
United States, headed by Vernon
Hinckle of Indianapolis, II. Hutchin-
son and William Davis Of Portland,
Greg, and R. G. Cory of New York,
has arrived here
Evening star., 1923-11-08

would not have announced its verdict,
Capt Watson was not released and IL
was assumed by his counsel that he
had been found guilty.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
HEADS MEDICAL BODY.

EVANSVILLE, -. November S.
DR. Leon L. Solomon of Louisville,
was elected president of the Ohio
VniIey Medical Association yesterday.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
XII KLUX INVASION
ALARMS HARVARD
crimson" Says X. X. X. Plans
Next Move on Radcliffe; Will
Wage Fight Openly.

Boston, Oct. %. - The Harvard
Crimson, the students daily news
paper, today warns the university
and Radcliffe college, the women's
college associated with Harvard, that
the Ku Klux Klan is only "awaiting
the moment to strike"
The next open move is expected to
be the organizing of a "Kamelia" at
Radcliffe. This, it is believed, would
spur Klan members among Harvard
students to increased activity in en-
rolling members.
The Crimson says: "Started two
years ago and ever since, month by
month, growing more powerful, the
Harvard Ku Klux Klan has only been
waiting for the favorable moment to
shew its strength.
"And now there are indications
that the next few weeks will see the
largest drive yet for Klan member
ship. AS yet the branch has worked
under considerable secrecy, but,
coupled with this drive, the Harvard
public may expect to see the Klan
pursue a more open policy, leading
probably to a formal statement of its
aims and platform.
"The shadow of the Klan lies from
West to East across the country.
Only recently the fiery cross has been
seen in. Boston. And now Harvard,
considered the stronghold of culture
and conservatism, is about to try its
strength with the boasted omnipo-
tence of the Invisible Empire"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
COlOred Mother, 1O2
Seeks Wayward Son, 81

Washington, Oct. 25.-Mrs. Carrie
Thompson, born in slavery 102 years
ago, came into police court looking
for her boy, Milledge Abner, who is
only 81, and who failed to come back
from his afternoon walk in the sun
light. He was later picked up for
begging and sent to Gallinger hos
pital, under observation for mental
disorder.
Feeble, wrinkled as a dried apple,
Mrs. Thompson told the court that
she had spent a sleepless night, fear
ing, that Milledge had been injured in
crossing the streets. She said he was
frail and feeble minded and she had
to feed him and look after him; but
he was all that she had i'm the world
and she wanted him back so they
might die together.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
COLORED MIGRATION
NEAR HALF MILLION
Analysis Shows That Georgia
Yielded the Largest and Ok
lahOma the Smallest

1t is announced by the secretary of
labor, through Phil H. Brown, COM
missioner of conciliation, specially de-
tailed to observe the present move
ment Of migratory colored labor, that
Ats, ZOO, or nearly half a million col
ored migrants forsook their abodes
and occupations in 13 Southern states
during the year September 1, 1922,
to August 81, 1923, according to con-
clusions made from a series of total
figures submitted by state, municipal
and civic statisticians and authorities
of those states. The round number
estimation is believed to be fairly
accurate usmmary of similar estima-
tions carefully compiled for Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana. Mississippi, North Caro-
lima, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas and Virginia.
An analysis of the 478,7O0 tota
reveals the fact that Of colored mi
grants for the year noted, Alabama
yielded 10000; Arkansas, 5000; Flor
ida, 10000; Georgia, 10000; Ken
lucky, $500; Louisiana, $4,000; Mis-
sissippi,- $4,000; North Carolina, 25,-
900; Oklahoma, 1000; South Carolina,
25, 1000; Tennessee, 1 $1,000; Texas,
1000, and Virginia, 100000. From
the above, it will be noted that Geor-
gia yielded the largest, and Oklahoma
the smallest, quota of colored mi
grants.
In commenting upon the migratory
movement depicted above, a number
of chambers of commerce of the
South expressed the opinion that the
oncoming winter would cause the re-
turn of large numbers of the depar-
tees. Other prominent officials were
reasonably sure that the yield of
their states could be traced to spe-
cific areas, and that, hence, it was not
a movement of general proportions.
Another feature of the exodus seemed
to indicate that the movement was
semi-perpetual, inasmuch as depart
ing colored people were replaced by
incomers. who, in turn, were contin-
ually succeeded, until many of those
who first left had returned to their
original domicile.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
C. 0. P. REGIONAL
CONFERENCE PASS
new RESOLUTIONS
Republican National Committee
men Unanimously Adopt
Resolutions
PRESENTED BY MEMBER
John T. Adams, Chairman Re-
publican National Commit
tee Endorses Resolutions

DR.. J. H. P. Westbrook, of Denver,
member Of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, presented q resolution calling for
federal anti-lynching legislation, be-
fore a regional conference of Repub-
lican National Committmen in Den
yer, Colorado, on October II, and the
resolution was unanimously adopted.
The regional conference embraced
committeeman from Colorado, Wyom-
ing, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and
Nevada.
John T. Adams, Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, to
whom the resolution was addressed,
assured the committee that he would
do all in his power to obtain federal
legislation against lynching, and is
reported by DR.. Westbrook to have
stated that President Coolidge would
do the same. Each Of the committee
men was asked individually if he en-
dorsed the resolution and each man
replied, yes.
Others on the committee accom-
panying Mf Westbrook, were George
w. Gross, President of the Denver
Branch of the N. A. A. c. p; Thomas
Campbell, President of the Denver
Colored Civic Association; and John
w. Hardy, clerk to u. s. Senator
Lawrence C.. Phipps.
The text of the resolution, is as fol-
lows: .~---
WHEREAS, There seems to be a
spirit of anarchy, lawlessness and a
growing disrrespect for the laws of
our regularly Constituted Government
throughout the country, and;
WHEREAS, The lives of citizens
regardless of race, color, or national
ity are repeatedly threatened and in
many instances actually taken without
trial by court and jury, and;
WHEREAS, The Republican party
in National Convention assembled in
1920, went on record as favoring an
ti-lynching legislation, and;
WHEREAS, The late lamented
President Harding recommended to
Congress the carrying out of the
pledge made by the Republican party;
BE 1T RESOLVED, That we, the
undersigned citizens, voters and re-
publicans, urge upon the members of
the Republican National Committee
men in regional conference assembled
with the Hon. John T. Adams, Chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee, held in the city and county of
Denver, state of Colorado this, the
18th day of October, A. D., 1923, to
the end that you and each of you use
your influence with the President and
Congress of the United States for the
passage of legislation making lynch
ing a Federal crime.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
c Citizenship of Republican
Candidate Proven
TX. N. F. Service)

New York, Oct. 25.-According to
a decision handed down by Supreme
Court Justice Wagner, DR.. Henry O..
Harding, regular Republican candi-
date for alderman of the 21st A. D.,
is a citizen of the United States.
The Doctors citizenship had been
questioned by former Alderman
George w. Harris, editor Of the New
York News and insurgent candidate
for reelection to the Office.
Harris claimed that DR.. Harding
was born in British Guiana and that
at the time his father became a citi-
zen he was over 21 years of age.
The present incumbent of the oficeis
colored Democrat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
n. A. A. C.P. TO PRINT
MARTYRS PETITION
National Office Will Arrange
For Printing Petitions Re-
leasing Infantrymen

1t was announced today by the Ma
tional Association for the Advance.
ment of Colored People, at SO Fifth
Avenue, New York City, that the Ma.
tional Office will arrange for the
printing Of the petitions to be used
in gathering signatures asking the re-
lease of the fifty-four men Of the 24th
Infantry confined in Leavenworth
Prison for the use of individuals and
those organizations which desire the
petitions only in small quantities.
This the National Office has arranged
to do for reasons Of economy. There
fore, those organizations which de-
sire only limited quantities Of the Pc
titions may secure them at the rate
of one cent sheet, approximately
one half the cost Of printing and mail
ing, by sending an order and the
amount necessary to cove the same to
the N. A. A. C. P. These orders will
be turned over-to the printers at New
York and filled as promptly as poss-
ible.
Larger organizations are following
the original plan and having their Pc
titions printed locally, but the N. A.
A. C. p, feels that the above outlined
plan will be a convenience to smaller
and to individuals.
The N. A. A. G. P, reported today
there has never been any cause which
has been entered into with such whole
hearted enthusiasm as the campaign
to free these men. The Methodist
Episcopal church through Bishop R.
E, Jones is distributing petitions
among it's churches; the Knights Of
Pythias of North America, etc.,
through Supreme Chancellor S. w.
Green is circulating through it's Grand
Chancellors more than five thousand
petitions leach petition having space
for 60 signatures); the Citizens Club
of Berkley, Norfolk, Va, has unan-
imously passed a resolution pledging
in this effort and, dur
ing the special meeting which it will
hold on November 18th, the audience
will stand for five minutes in silent
prayer for the release of the men.
to all present indications
many more than the original goal of
100000 signatures to the petition will
be secured.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
BALL GAME CANCELLED
COLORED STAR ON TEAM
Call Game Off at Eleventh Hour
On Account of Presence
Of COlored Player

Washington, Pa, Oct. 26.-Several
thousand of football fans were dis
appointed here this afternoon, when
the scheduled struggle between Wash
ington and Lee of Lexington, Va, and
Washington and Jefferson college, of
this lace, was called off at the elev-
enth hour through the refusal of the
Southerners to play if Charles West,
a colored star nd national intercol-
legiate pentathlon champion, played
on the w. and j. team. w. and j.
insisted on the right to play the IA
nous colored athlete as he was a
bona fide student.
The final decisions in the contro-
versy were made by the heads of the
two institutions. Graduate Manager
Richard A. Smith and Head Coach
Jane Dehart, acted under instruc-
tions from Dean Harry Campbell of
washington and Lee. Smith and De-
hart communicated with Dean Camp
I bell by telephone. His ultimstum
was that athletes Of the institution
mad never participated against col
ored athletes and hat this tradition
would net be violated: Upon receiv-
ing this ultimatum, President S. S.
BAKER OF washington auu ASS, ~
NAMED firm in his contention that
w. and J. would play West.
81 simply acted under instructions
from the head of Washington and Lee
college in refusing to take my team
on the field" Dehart said. "The de-
cision was not up to me, but the
school I represent"
"I am sorry the unfortunate con-
dition arose." President Baker said,
'but Washington and Jefferson col
| lege is a Northern school, with ira
ditions, too. It has never made any
distinction against color or creed in
enrolling its students. Charles West
has been one of the best students IN
the college for the last three years.
He has been an honor to the school,
both as student, and as an athlete,
adding to it's prestige by his gentle
manly conduct" -s,-&
While there had been some contro-
versy as to the playing of West, the
matter was never brought to defi-
mite issue until the Washington and
Lee football squad arrived here today.
Manager Smith and Coach Dehart
i asked for conference regarding
West, and met with Graduate Nam
i ager r. M Murphy, Head Coach John
1W. Heisman, and Line Coach David
lC. Morrow. representing Washington
j and jefferson. It was then agreed te
i place the matter before the heads Of
1.-THE two Institutions.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
Steel Milk Affected;
COlOred Workers Protected
lCrusader Seryicel

Pittsburgh, Oct. N.-Colored peo-
pie, including women and children,
who were driven out of Stowe town
ship recently by self-appointed vigi--
lance committee, returned to their
homes under protection Of special
officers. The extension of police pro-
lection to the colored workers came
as a result of the tie-up their exodus
caused in several of the steel plants
of the district. The capitalist" re-
senting the blow to their pocketbooks,
forced the authorities to give the col
ored workers protection and even to
brin gthose back who had fled.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
Harry Wills Will Not
Box For Tex Rickard
IK NJ r Sorxrinol

New York, Oct. 25.-Harry Wills
will not fight anyone for Tex Rick
ard, according to statement attrib-
uted to Paddy Mullins, Wills man
ager. III
Neither Wills nor want anything
further to do," he continued, "with
Rickard, Kearns or any Of that
crowd. Most any fish will rise once
to the bait. After once finding out
what it is and you 60 after it again
you're sucker. / may be a poor
fish, but I'm no sucker.V
Mullins believes that If it were not
for Rickard and Kearns Harry Wills
would have had his coveted chance at
the worlds heavyweight champion
ship long ago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
Windy City Chosen For
Conference of Walker Agents

Mrs. Alice C. Burnett, national rep
resentative of the Nine. c. j. Walker
Mfg. Co., of Indianapolis, Ind, has
arrived in Chicago and set up head
quarters at 1918 Grand boulevard,
Apt. 3, phone Douglas 4410, where she
is making plans to conduct the region
al conference of Nine. c. j. Walker
agents from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Kentucky, Minnesota, Wis
consin ani Missouri at st. Johns Bap-
tist church, 3446 Wabash avenue. All
Walker agents Of these states are
urged to attend the conference and to
communicate with Mrs. Burnett at her
address.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
AN NUAL j BAN
LEAGUE MEET HELD
At KANSAS CITY
Foremost White and ColOred So.
cial Workers in America At
tend National Conference.
MANY DELEGATES PRESENT
Ohio Employment Manager Tells
In Detail of His Faith in
The Colored Workman
iSpecial to The AppeaN

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 25.-1n the
matters Of publicity, discussions, and
number Of registered delegates, the
annual conference of the National
Urban league which closed here last
week ranked first among the annual
sessions since the founding of the or
ganization.
Notables Present
One hundred and two delegates
from 20 states were registered at the
conference. Numbered among these
were some of the foremost white and
colored social workers in America:
Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive Sec
retary of the National Urban league;
John T. Clark, executive secretary of
the Pittsburgh Urban league; Miss
Martha T. Speakman, recreation spe-
cialist, Children's Bureau, United
States Department of Labor; Miss
Eva D. Bowles, national board, Y. M.
C. A.; L. Hollingsworth Wood, presi-
dent of National Urban League; Miss
Grace Abbott, chief of Children's Bu-
reau, United States Department of
Labor, and president of the National
Conference of sociafWork; Charles
S. Johnson, editor of Opportunity;
Miss Julia Lathrop, ex-president of
the National Conference of Social
Work; T. Arnold Hall and others.
Discuss Industry
In the whole days program given
over to a discussion of the Negro in
dustry, perhaps the most outstanding
address was that given by George B.
Fout, white employment manager of
the Youngstown (Ohio) Sheet and
Tube company. Mr.. Fout told in de-
tail of his faith in colored workmen,
of his work in trying to understand
them and adjust them to factory
work how he had even forsaken his
own church services almost entirely
to visit colred churches and become
they were off the job.
CduSeS ana ellecLS OIL Cue mlSrdtlOIl
were discussed by Charles S. Johnson
end Miss Julia Lathrop; the topic of
"Health" was presented in three ad-
dresses by Miss Eva D. Bowles, C. C.
Spaulding, president of the North
Caroline. Mutual Insurance company
and Miss Grace Abbott. DR.. John
Hope, William H. Baldwin, Jesse O.
Thomas and others took active part
in the discussions of the various
topics.
May Go South
Secretaries from Toledo, Canton
and Columbus, Ohio, Joined William
R. Conners in inviting the conference
to Cleveland next year, but trio of
speakers from the South-Mrs'
Blanche A. Beatty, secretary at Tam
pa, Fla; Monroe N. Work, editor of
the Year Book, and Jesse o. Thomas
put in strong pleas for Atlanta and
Tuskegee, arguing that the league
should study first hand the people
they are seeking to aid. Final deci.
sion will be made by the executive
board of the league.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
Man Burned To Death In
Shower of Molten Metal
Preston News Service)

preston News Service)
Sharon, Pa, Oct. 25.-When a cable
broke resulting in the upsetting Of a
ladle of molten metal in the open
hearth department of the Carnegie
Steel company plant here, Theodore
Brown, aged 19, was one Of five men
to be instantly cooked into crisp
when the 7G tons of steel heated to
$500 degreea showered down on ther
heads like a mass of water engulfng
the men. Their bodies were roasted
into-a crisp almost instantly by the
white hot flames that leaped skyward
and seemed to smack its jaw laugh
ingly as it devoured. it's entrapped
victims. Brown, unmarried, lived at
Farrell.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
Charges Marines I'm
Haiti With Murder
TX NJ. F. Service)

New York, Oct. 25.-According TO
q communication sent to the press
here by Joseph Mirault, correspondent
for the Courier Haitien," harry
Liftchitz, an American-born citizen,
has been murdered by the forces OF
the American occupation for having
espoused the cause of suffering Hart
He expresses the hope that the Amer
lean press will ask that an inyest,-
cation be made into this "cold-Diooo-
ed" murder. :,
The. correspondent also states tina,
Bishop August Albert has Deen
thrown into prison and IS experl,
encing ill-treatment at the hands o.
the occupation troops. A letter nas
been addressed to President Coohage
acquainting him with the facts IN tne
two cases.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-10-27
EIks Plan to Rid ALI
Lodges of Klansmen

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct 28.-
(By Universal. IA nationwide cam
paign to rid Elks lodge of members
of the Ku Klux Klan will be under
taken at once, it was announced mere
tonight when it became known that
Atlantic City lodge of Elks ZIG had
authorized expulsion from the order
of members of the klan.