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MORTGAGE FIRM
CHANGES METHOD
OF REMITTANCES
MARYLAND CORPORATIONS IS
DESTROYS or HAVING PAY.
hENTs MADE THROUGH
NEW CHANNELS

JACKSONVILLE, July is.
For the information Of Floridians
generally, and especially thosA
who have business with finance
concerns, the Florida State Cham
ber of Commerce announces that
the Mortgage 4 Acceptance Cor.
yora ion. Baltimore Maryland,
which heretofore has conducted
substantial hnsiness IN Flor da and
which maintains Florida head
quarters in Jacksonville. an office
gt Miami ard egenti In other
cities In the state has sent the foi-
loving notice 10 FIoridians whose
paper IT holds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-13
SPANISH HAIR RAISER

CORtJNNA. SFain Is0sS Sam
era inmpei 81 srApc snessiissrv
suto. vas struck BY another and
esraneA with bruises. but was Ar
cd Tor tempted sasciaie.
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VOLUNTEERS FOR EXILE

GATESHEAD, Eng De-
naaneed in court ~ fit saabiect
for Soviet rule, Edward LawsheF
offered 80 aeeept deporj stien 70
Russia with his family
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SOMETHING NEW

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KISS cosrs JOB

CHICAGO Mis- Jane Riarlan
WAS discharged - hospit auTse
hccanse she kissed eeas lent
male patient.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-13
SAN CARLOS

TODAY Douglas McLain IN
'sNever Say Die Musical Comedy
and Specially .The Girl Be-
hind the Counter.
ToMoRRowTh price al i
Party Also Musical Comedy.
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'Ral. naers. NergIaa1 J

The Chansher declared ssat arv
rsumens Il psighs make wsfh ~
ferenee 20 the nenner in vai<h
Fioridlans sAonId feaazJ fhs No
sie e she baltimore eoneern onif
Be 'saperfluens
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-13
ADJUSTMENTS A
STRAND THEATRE

TODAY Constance Talmadge
ia sHer Night Of Romance. I"
Comedy 'Noboay's business :
TOMORROW - Thrce Faces
East Comedy South Of the
North Pole
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-13
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geiopspent in the Tlovids berlina
situation re sra forced n dis~on-
fsnna accepting checks drawn on
sny Ffesida pNnk.
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The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
AUTO|STS TRAVEL
6N BILLION MILES
Figures of State Mileage for
Year IL Times That of
Railroads.

Minnesota people are riding $780,
100000 miles a year in automobiles,
according to estimates made by the
State Highway department. This is
twelve times the total railway travel
in the state and more than six times
the railway travel in 1919, the rec
ord year for passenger traffic.
The estimate of automobile travel
is based on registration records and
on the results of the traffic census
taken recently by the Highway de-
partment. 1t was shown that the
average car travels 2,425 miles a
year on trunk highways. The aver
age car, it is estimated, travels as
far on local roads and streets as on
trunk highways, and the average
load is 2k passengers. Trucks and
horse drawn vehicles are not includ-
ed in the estimate.
The ratio of automobile travel to
railroad travel in Minnesota is dou-
BILE the ratio in the whole United
States. For the nation as a whole,
automobile travel is thus shown to
be little more than six times the rail-
road travel.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
HEYWOOD BROUN ASKS
TEX, 'WHY NOT WILLS?"
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
New York, Oct. 1-Heywood
Broun, in the N. Y. World of Sept.
80, pointedly inquiries of Tex Rick
ard why Harry Wills is not given a
chance to fight for the heavyweight
championship and says of Richards
refusal to arrange such a fight:
"The thing seems to me more broad
than a question of race tyranny.
The picture also stands as the perfect
example of the way in which the
strong can oppress the weak. Ty-
rants are more annoying than they
used to be, because they grow more
clever. 1t is now the GUS
tom of any American well-establish-
ed in power to make pretense that
he does not even see the unfortunate
serf whom he rides down." Mr..
Broun urges that the newspapers call
Mr.. Rickard to account: Indeed, he
owes us all an answer, if we choose
to cup our hands, crane our necks
and shout up at him, why Not Har-
ry Wills?'"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Vance H. Marchbanks, Jr., Son
of Officer in 10th Cavalry, to
Stand Examination as Candi-
date From U. s. at Large. .

Tucson, Ariz.-President Calvin
Coolidge has designated colored
American youth to take a competi-
tive examination for appointment as
cadet of the United States Military
Academy, West Point, from the Unit
ed States at large.
Vance H. Marchbanks, Jr., son of
Warrant Officer and Mrs. March
banks, of the Tenth Cavalry, station
ed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., has been
named for the honor.
Thanks Officials.
On the receipt of a letter from the
Adjutant Generals Office of the War
Department telling him of his good
fortune, Marchbanks, Jr., replied
with letter thanking President
Coolidge and the War Department
and accepting the candidacy.
Marchbanks, Jr., will take the en-
trance examination March 1. If he
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Man beaten BY
POLICE OFFICERS
Detectives, Without Displaying
Authority, Accost and Beat
Local Porter.

R. H. Mayes, ITO Eaton ave. st.
Paul, was beaten up by police officers
last week without an explanation for
the treatment.
Mr.. Mayes alleges that he had
been to the barbershop and was
walking along the street near the
corner of Fairfield and Eva streets
when car stopped, and two men
alighted, took him by the arm, and
without having displayed any police
authority to identify themselves, be-
gan to beat him up.
The men proved to be officers
Schmidt and Seward, plainclothes-
men. After a partial beating, the
men informed Mayes that they were
officers, and continued to beat him
before they took him to the station.
At the station, Mayes alleges that a
motorcycle policeman said that they
would have necktie party with him.
Mayes has lived on the West side
for three years, and is a Pullman
porter. He has been with the Pull
man company for about two years
and has a good record. according to
local superintendent Healy. Mr..
Mayes has taken the case to court.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09

If you were to visit Park Point,
Duluth's future "Coney Island" and
should engage in conversation with
any resident or business man on
Park Point, you would not get far
before you were asked: "Do you
know 'Frank'?" -
Frank" W. Winfield was born in
La Grange, Mo-, and has lived in St..
Louis and Chicago.
In Business Is Years.
He conducts a six chair shining
parlor and hat blocking establish
ment at IL East Superior street, in
Duluth's business district. In the
13 years that he has been in busi-
ness, Mr.. Winfield has made many
friends among white people because
he is not afflicted with the "inferi-
ority, or Uncle Tom complex" and
meets all men neither as superiors
or interiors but as men.
His bungalow home on Park Point
is a credit to him, and his neighbors
hold the family in high esteem.
For diversion Frank" seeks "the
great open spaces" The fishing or
shooting season is not officially open
ed without his approval, as he is usu-
ally among the first to begin the
chase.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
MARINES INTRODUCE MOB RULEIN
FLORIDA IN WAKE OF HURRICANE
Marines Treatment of
Fla. Negroes Protested
preston News Service)

New York, Oct. Protest
against eonscription of only Ne
gro workers in Miami, Florida,
and against "unwarranted
shooting of Negroes by U. s.
Marines" in that district, was
telegraphed President Coolidge,
Attorney General Sargent and
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur
by James Weldon johnson, sec
retary of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People. The telegram
reads:
press dispatches from Mi
ami, Fla, report state troop
ers, deputy sheriffs( and police
were sent to round up all Ne
groes of workable age and to
put them to work clearing
debris in all parts of this coun-
ty. They will be put to work
under guard If true this
constitutes virtually peonage
for colored residents of that
county in view of the fact this
order applies only to Negroes.
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie respectfully asks investiga-
tion by U. S. departments of
justice and the navy of condi-
tions alleged in press dispatch
and, if prevalent, that prompt
action be taken to end VIOLA
ton of federal statutes and
constitutional guarantees. Press
reports also indicate unwar-
ranted shooting of Negroes by
u. S. marines"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
AIR MAIL CHANGES

The Northwestern Air Ways Co.
will carry air mail between Chicago,
Milwaukee, Lacrosse, st. Paul and
Minneapolis, commencing October
1st, 1926.
The schedule as to the time of ar
rival and departure will remain the
same as at sent:-leaving Chica-
go, ILL.,, $50 A. M.,-or after the ar
rival of the night plane from New
York. According to schedule, the
mail will arrive at st. Paul 10:30
A. M.
The plane will leave st. Paul at
$40 P. M, arriving at Chicago at
7:15 P. M.-connecting night plane
for New York and also the transcon-
tmental plane west-bound.
The arrival of air mail on and aft
er October 1, 1926, will be daily ex-
cept Sundays and Mondays, and the
departure will be daily except Satur-
day and Sunday. ..
O. H. NEGAARD, Asst. P. M.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
WHITE FOUND
GUILTY OF NEGRO DEATH

Ell Dorado, Ark. Oct. I'd. r.
Hall, white man, charged with the
murder of Ernest Woods, last Octo-
Der, while the two were at work at
the Ritchie Grocery Company's ware
house here, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary by jury
here Friday, in First Division Union
County Circuit Court on verdict of
manslaughter.
Only three witnesses out of IL
summoned were used, and three
hours were consumed in the taking
of testimony.
AL three witnesses testified that
Hall and Woods had quarreled over
truck used in transferring groce-
ries about the place, and that Hall
stabbed Woods to death with a
butcher knife.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
SLAVE MARRIAGES
Get RECOGNITION
Pension Bureau Decides on Fa-
vOrable Policy Over Case
From st. Paul.

Slave marriages among the Ne
groes of the South finally have been
recognized by the Pension Bureau.
The case was that of Cinthy E.
Brown, now living at st. Paul, Min
nesota, the widow of Mathew Brown,
slave, who, after he was freed, en-
listed with the Douglas Independent
Battery, United States Colored Light
Artillery.
The Browns were married before
freedom, according to the slave Gus
tom. The widow wrote to Senator
Shipstead of Minnesota that after the
war they were informed they would
have to be married again, which they
did in 1872.
The Pension Bureau had the rec
ord of that marriage.
1t at first declined to allow the
widow an increase of pension from
$50 a month to so month under
the recent pension act on the ground
that the wedding took place after
Browns service with the Union
Army.
After the letter explaining the
earlier slave marriage the increase
was allowed.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
HARRY WILLS TO
BOX SHARKEY ON
0CT.12--
Panther on Campaign to Meet
Any and All Corners Picked
by Promoter.
"Uncrowned Champion y
Mullins Attacks Dempsey, Crit.
cises "COlOr Line" of Tun-
ney, Raps Rickard.
'Uncrowned Champion
preston News Service)

New York, Oct. Harry Wills,
heavyweight and long standing title
contender, will fight Jack Sharkey of
Boston in a 15-round match at Eb-
belts Field on Columbus Day, Octo-
ber II, Promoter Humber Fugazy
announced Friday.
In taking the match Wills through
his manager, Paddy Mullins, an
nounced a campaign to meet any and
all rivals picked by Promoter Fuga-
zy with the purpose of demonstrating
his contention that he is the "un-
crowned heavyweight champion of
the world"
Mullins Attacks Dempsey
Mullins issued a statement attack
ing Jack Dempsey, the former cham
pion "for side-stepping Wills" for
five years; criticizing Gene Tunney,
the new title holder, for indicating
he would draw the color line. and
concluding with a fling at Tex Rick
ard, who has declared he will not
match Wills with any opponent.
Referring to Richards attitude,
Mullins declared Wills would not box
under any circumstances for the
Madison Square Garden promoter.
The contract with 'Fugazy was
]
signed by Mullins fot Wills and by
Johnny Buckley for Sharkey.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
British Criticise U. S.
for Treatment of Negro

In a recent issue The West
ern Press, of Bristol, England,
comments on American law
lessness as follows:
"The Negro question in the
United States is undoubtedly at
the root of much of the vio-
lence and intimidation that is
practised there. We, in Europe
can show nothing to match the
dementia of a mob that still
tears a Negro to pieces or
burns him alive for his crimes.
1t is an odd illustra-
ton of the difference between
theory and practice in the Unit
ed States that thousands of
men who nominally possess full
political rights dare not exer-,
else them for fear of inviting
the vengeance of their fellow
citizens"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
GOPHER LODGE los
OPEN REST DOORS
New Home to Be Scene of Many
Engagements for Friends
and Members.

Since several months ago, at the
time of the first rumor that the st.
Paul Elks had purchased new rest
at 207 w. Central Ave-, all eyes have
been trained and all ears open to see
and hear what would be their next
move. They have moved and the
house committee of Gopher Lodge
have opened the doors of the rest to
it's members and their friends for en-
tertainment.
Just how great your expectations
are of the Gopher Lodge in their new
rest, is hard to tell, but with the con-
templated plans of r. s. Harris,
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee put into effect and perpetuated
by his able assistants, one might
spend an evening or two week in
reminiscence of gay old New York,
in strutting Harlem, or Atlantic City
on the board walk.
Gladys Naye of New York City,
formerly on Pantages and Orpheum
time with a company in song and
dance act, will appear at the Elks'
new Rest on Tuesday evening, Octo-
ber IL, as entertainer at their regu-
lar cabaret engagement. Music that
is always good will spirit the charm
ing little lady on, in her songs and
dancing that are of the very latest.
Ferns, flowers and colored lights,
four in all of the Elks' colors (you
know the colors, Bill will add splen-
dor and gayety to the affair.
Under Chairman R. s. Harris, the
entertainment committee Of w. B.
Walker, C. w. Wigington, Thomas j.
Franklin, Secretary e. A. Carter, E.
N. Martin, L. r. Blair, C. P. Oden,
P. S. Johnson, w. C. Willis, A. J.
Todd and S. w. Wright extend cor
dial welcome to their friends, the
Daughters of Como and Minnehaha
Temples, members Of Ames LOG and
Minnesota Council No. 80.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Clubs, Guns Used by Army Men
to Drive Miami Negroes in
Reconstruction Work.
Revolt Causes Rioting
Additional Troops Sent Colored
Men Beaten; Bay0nets Used
to Cow Women.

MIAMI, Fla.-To a casual observ-
er, the city of Miami and the sur
rounding territory in the wake of
devastated districts visited by the
hurricane little better than a week
ago are beginning to peep out from
what may be called sackcloth and
ashes.
But unlike the characters describ-
ed in the Biblical "Sackcloth and
Ashes" these people, the white peo-
pie, have come forth with revenge in
their eyes and guns and clubs in
their hands, their prey being the Ne
gro.
How 1t Happened
AS may be expected, the first thing
that should claim the attention of
the people here after the storm, was
clearing away the debris and remov-
ing the dead. This, of course, called
for labor, so the officials turned their
attention to the colored district for
the necessary labor.
The colored men and women were
ready and willing to respond to the
call, but they balked when the Ma
rines and National Guardsmen came
to them with clubs and guns driving
the colored worse than any slave
driver of the "fifties."
Women Assaulted.
1t seemed that the young men who
largely composed the troops-guard,
were revengeful because of what had
visited the city in the way of the
hurricane. Even women were as
saulted with. clubs in the hands of
the soldiers and threatened with bay
onets by the National guardsmen.
This condition was endured until
the men, the colored men, could
stand it no longer, and resisted with
arms.
Troops Curse.
This caused a general alarm and
riot call which brought to the scene
a thousand or more additional troops,
police and special police reserve, who
swooped down on the Negroes who
Continued on page -
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
MILL CITY FORUM MEETS

Notwithstanding one of the years
wettest days, the attendance at the
opening meeting of the Minneapolis
Sunday Forum at the Phyllis Wheat
ley House would have done credit to
a much stronger organization. Aft
er the installation of the officers
elect, the day was given over to an
informal program, with the excep-
tion of a reading by Miss Anna Selma
Foster of st. Paul, asmost talented
young lady.
Others taking part were VIM. R.
Morris, VIM. M. Smith, Mrs. Fannie
May Shanks and Miss w. Gertrude
Brown, all sounding the key note of
coming year. Next meeting Sunday
hopefulness and optimism for the
Oct. 18th. VIM. M. Smith, publicity.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Aldrich, Who Attended Congress
at HelsingfOrs From Hartford,
Says Americans Put Away
Traditional Prejudice.
(Preston News Service)

Hartford, Conn. Oct. 7-Kenneth
C. Aldridge of this town was the only
Negro delegate from New England
states to the world congress of the
Y. M. C. A. held recently in Helsing-
fors, Finland.
Although he says that the Negroes
were given the same consideration as
other delegates, "even the white
American lad put aside his tradition
al prejudices, for the time being
anyway" he records that they were
not allowed for a single moment to
forget that they were Negroes.
Impressions.
Aldridge issued a statement of his
impressions, which roads, in part, as
follows:
.It often happens when Negro
returns from travel in Europe or
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09

is successful in passing the rigid test,
he will be admitted to West Point,
July 1, 1927, if any vacancies exist
for appointees from the United States
at large. Marchbanks is Sopho-
more in the University here.
First in Years.
Marchbanks' selection is the first
of its kind in many years. 1t has
been practically impossible to prevail
upon northern congressman in whose
hands these selections are left to
choose colored boys. Even after boys
have been give nthe opportunity to
take the examination, many obstacles
have been put in their way to keep
Continued on page p
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Charles Ray Elected by
Bates as Grid Captain
preston News Service)

Lewiston, Mo-, Oct. s.
Charles D. Ray, backfield star.
held the distinction of being
the distinction of being the
first of his race ever elected
captain of the football team of
Bates College. Football has
been played at Bates since the
latter part of the nineteenth
century and during that time
Negro boys frequently have
made the varsity, but Charlie
Ray, triple threat of the
Bates team this year, yesterday
qualified as the first to lead the
team. He was chosen unani-
mously when Donald Cobb of
Gardiner elected last season,
: failed to return to college.
Ray, now a senior, came to
Bates from West Chester, Pa,
and gained a place on the var
sity squad in his freshman
year.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Man Works For 8 Years Before
Broken Leg Collapses; Now To
Bring $4,000 Suit For Damage

fer to some extent, was able to go to
work again in a few days. Last
February, it was said, Edwards was
crossing Independence Square and
stepped aside to let white woman
pass. He fell down and was unable
to rise, his. leg being broken above
the knee, it was said. Investigation
revealed, it was said, that the bone
had long been broken and had been
held together by a thin splinter of
bone. Between the broken ends was
a pad of cartilage, supposed to have
grown there owing to the bone not
having been set. He was given med
ical attention, it was said, and has a
chance that his leg eventually will
regain it's strength,
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Of
Man Imminent
AS Women Beat
(Preston News Service)

Houston, Tex. Oct. S-Engines of
destruction employed in a neighbor-
hood row Monday night were on dis
play in detective headquarters Tues
day.
The bloodstained weapons were a
knife, an aluminium kettle, piece of
cord wood and hammer.
Will West, victim of three angry
women was still in serious condi-
tion at st. Joseph's infirmary as a
result in the affray in the 1900 block
of Whitty. CIV
Two of the women stabbed and
scalded West, while the third held
him down. They were charged with
assault to murder following their ar
rest.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
New Members Added to
Society Staff of Echo

Mrs. Alverta Coram and Miss
Kathryn Tandy have been add
ed to The Echo Staff. They
will serve as associate contrib
uting society editors, begin
ming with the issue of Oct. 16.
Mrs. Coram is a graduate of
the University of Minnesota,
and has completed all the work
for her Master of Arts degree
with the exception of the the
sis. Miss Tandy is also a grad
uate of the University of Min
nesota, and is at the present
time doing graduate work at
the University for the degree of
Master of Arts.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09

some northern part of the United
States that he expresses his enjoy
ment by such an expression as I
didn't know 1 was colored until
looked in the glass ss'-meaning,
suppose, that the thought of his be-
ing Negro disappeared entirely
from his mind, due to there being no
obvious sign of prejudices or the like
in the section visited. / am sure
none of the Negro delegates to the
worlds Y. M. C. A. conference at
Helsingfors will make any such
statement. We were ever aware of
the fact that we were Negroes"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
preston News Seryicel

Charlotte, N. C. Oct. 8-His leg
broken, Ward Edwards, of the
Greenville section, lived, worked and
walked around for three years with
out knowing his injury, discovering
the condition only when his leg sud
denly collapsed one day, according to
preliminary papers in suit for $1O,-
900 against the City of Charlotte,
which were filed Tuesday by Ed
wards in Mecklenburg Superior
Court.
Edwards will tell the jury, ]. Cliff
Newell, his attorney, said, that four
years ago he was laying sewer pipe
for the City in a deep ditch, when
the walls caved in on him. He was
rescued and while continuing to suf-
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
DALLAS WHITE C. C. AIDS

Dallas, Tex. Oct. 7-Oficials of the
Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce
were aided Monday by officials of
the Dallas Chamber of Commerce in
their efforts to secure State incorpo-
ration for the recently formed well
fare organization among the colored
population. w. E. Clarke, executive
secretary, and e. ]. Crawford, pres
ident, called at Chamber of Com
merce headquarters. They said they
hoped to secure Incorporation papers
shortly.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
HIGHWAY VANDALS

Destruction of trunk highway
signs by vandals is costing the state
between ten and FIFTEEN thousand dol
lars a year, according to a bulletin
from the State Highway depart
ment. The annual expenditure for
replacement of highway signs is
about $25, 900 and half of this is due
to wanton destruction. The other
half is due to accidents and action of
the elements.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-10-09
Colored Boy Named By Coolidge
As Candidate For West Point
NEW CAFE OWNER

Duluth, Minn.-B. V. Hoffman
has purchased the cafe at Ill North
First ave-, a business formerly con-
Quoted by G.. A. Precia. Mr.. Holli-
man has been in the employ of the
South Shore railroad for number of
years, and is well and favorably
known in Duluth.