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The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
'FAR|NA' ENTRANT
IN BABY CONTEST
Diminutive Cinema Star Goes
Into Competitive List in
California Affair.
IN. A. A. G.. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
William Pickens, Field Secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, re-
ports from Los Angeles, Cal, that
Parma" the celebrated little col
ored motion picture star, has joined
the list of contestants in the Los An
geles Baby Contest which promises to
be one of the most brilliant of such
affairs held by the N, A. A. C. P.
Besides "Farina," babies are repre-
senting the leading churches, the
American Legion and the U. S. Army.
Mr.. Pickens addressed a monster
mass meeting opening the contest, As
babies being presented as contest
ants.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
OHIO GOVERNOR ASKED
LIGHTEN SENTENCE

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
New York, May 2S.-The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People has telegraphed Gov
ernor A. Victor Donahey of Ohio.
urging executive clemency for David
Atkins, a colored man recently SEN
fenced to death for shooting a rail-
road detective.
In urging the Ohio Governor to
commute. the death sentence of At
kins, the N. A. A. C. P. stated that
the sentence was extremely severe in
view Of the fact that the railroad de-
tective had repeatedly fired at and
wounded Atkins before Atkins re-
turned the fire killing him. The N.
A. A. C. P. reports the general be-
lief that Atkins would not have been
sentenced to death had he not been
a Negro.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
DULUTH EDITOR
SUCCUMBS TO
BRIEF ILLNESS
John L. Morrison, EditOr-Pu
Usher of ''The Rip Saw" VIC
tim of Fatal Illness.
Urged Legal Equality
After Lynching in 1920, Printed
Facts; Condemned Officials
for Negligence.

Duluth, Minn., May 24.-John L.
Morrison, editor and publisher of
'The Rip Saw" and lover and ad-
vocate of law and justice for all, is
dead.
1t was he who first discovered and
published in his paper the rip Saw
that a great injustice had been done
the colored circus hands that were
mobbed and done to death in this
city in 1920. At that time the ten
sion was strained to the breaking
point between the races and every
body that was able armed themselves
and resolved to die before being
lynched.
Refuted Accusation.
Editor Morrison made a thorough
investigation of the affair and pub
lished his findings boldly with glar-
ing headline thus-"Negroes Did
Not Rape the 17-year-old-White Girl
as Alleged" So eager was the pub
lie to know the truth that the first
edition was soon bought up entirely;
then the second edition was publish
ed because the demand was so great
and it was soon exhausted; then the
third and fourth editions and they
were still going like hot cakes.
The editor said then that his pa
per was never in such demand be-
fore.
Editor Morrison still maintained
that a great mistake had been made
and it has never been proved that he
was wrong, and most people believe
he told the truth.
Condemned Officials.
He openly condemned mob vio-
lence and all those who were con-
nected with that horrible crime, even
the authorities that permitted it to
happen, and was not content until
the principals of the mob were con-
victed and the chief of police and the
head of public safety had been re-
tired from Office.
Previous to this time one found
reading the rip Saw" was looked
upon with suspicion but a mail car
rier claimed that on his route where
he had delivered only a few copies
before, he was required to carry a
great many copies of the rip Saw
to the very best people.
Underground Railway.
Mr.. Morrison was born in Tabor,
Iowa, near the famous mason and
Dixon Line" His family belonged
to the anti-slavery group and many
Continued on page A.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
Libel Charge Cause of
Indictment of Editors

Louisville, KY. = (ANP)-
William B. Warley, editor of
The Louisville News, and I.
Willis Cole, editor of The
Louisville Leader, were indict-
ed by a grand jury at Madison
vile, KY. Tuesday.
The editors are charged with
libel in connection with the
publication of news stories of
the recent "legalized lynching'
trials for rape in Madisonville.
A Negro was arrested and SEN
fenced to die for rape in thir-
teen minutes by Madisonville
court recently, but a rich young
white man who was arrested
few weeks later after confess
ing a brutal attack on two little
colored girls, escaped the death
penalty by pleading insanity.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
WACCO PLAYERS IN HIT

Always in Trouble" given by the
Wacco Players, was a great success
1t was great surprise to see how
we'll each character had been drilled
for their parts. Benjamin Cassius
Artie Boyd, Martha Bradley, Clara
Smith, Josephine Hobbs, Louise
Moore, Earl Parker, Cecilia King
Clara Parker and Ralph Gardner
were all stars in their parts and were
directed by Louis White, who played
an important roll.
The spectacular scene was the Jazz
wedding which was wonderfully ar,
ranged.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
INTENSIVE PROBE BEING
GIVEN FLORIDA LYNCHING

La Belle, F1a.-Protected by ma.
chine guns and company of Nation.
al Guardsmen, a cOroner's jury Fri.
day continued its probe into the
lynching of Henry Patterson for an
alleged attack on a white woman.
According to the authorities, the
woman now says Patterson did not
attack her, but that she was scared.
The county attorney announced
the inquiry would last al lthis week
and he would summon every man and
woman in Labelle, II necessary, to
obtain the names Of those responsible
for the lynching.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
Owen, Randolph Freed of
Libel Conspiracy Charge

-Chicago.-(ANP) - Chand-
Ter Owen and A. Phillip Ran
dolph, editors of The Messenger
magazine, were found not gull
ty of conspiracy to libel Joseph
D. Bibb, editor of The Chicago
Whip, by jury in Judge Gem
mills court Tuesday. The judge
instructed the jury to bring in
a not guilty verdict as the evil
dence of conspiracy was INSULT
cient. He held, however, that
there was cause for libel if
Owen could not prove state
ments made recently in a series
of articles on The Whip and it's
editors appearing in The Mes
senger. Bibb said he would in
stitute suit for criminal libel
against Owen.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
SINGING CONVENTION

Ozark, Ark, May 28.-The Baptist
District singing convention was held
here today and will continue through
Sunday. About 800 persons are TAX
ing part in the program. Thousands
of white persons from the surround
ing vicinity are attending the meet
ings to hear the various choirs sing.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
PARKER SPEAKS
BEFORE P.P.B.A.
annual MEETING
Association Has Aided in Placing
1,7O0 Colored Employees !
in Pullman Work.
Organization Will Stay
Grand Chairman Refutes State
ment That Carey Made Trip
on Treasury Funds.

With Perry Parker, grand chair
man, as the principal speaker, the
Ninth annual sermon and Memorial
service of the Pullman Porters' Bene-
fit Association was held Sunday, May
%, at st. James A. M. E. church,
Central Ave. at Dale st.
The meeting was a joint session
Local Number of st. Paul and Lo-
cal Number 6 of Minneapolis.
Speeches Made.
A. W. Jordan gave an address on
the aim and object of the association.
George c. Shannon spoke on brother
hood, and R. A. Eddings gave re-
sumo of the financial history of the
organization.
Solos were rendered by Miss Iona
Stewart, Miss Dolly Jordan and J. E.
Jackson. C. Ross, master of cere-
monies, conducted beautiful me-
mortal service.
Parker Speaks.
In his address, which was received
enthusiastically with close attention,
Mr.. Parker gave complete history
of the organization, its function, and
its present status. He stated that the
association has aided in putting more
than 100 colored employees in the
Pullman shops and colored girls in
Pullman laundries, and that through
the association all promotion hinges
for colored employees of the COM
pany.
That the organization is one of the
greatest of the race, and that it is
here to stay in spite of all opposition
from within and without was also
affirmed by Mr.. Parker.
Association an Instrument.
According to Mr.. Parker, the asso-
citation is but an instrument in the
hand of the Negro with which he can
revolutionize, inasmuch as through
the association, many things of note
have already. been done for the race
group, many things are being done,
and many things will be done.
Things which it has accomplished
and is now accomplishing justify the
permanent existence of the P. P.
B. A., the speaker said.
Aim of Group.
The P. P. B. A. stands for all that
is best within it's ranks and will al
ways do that which will aid most in
promoting the highest type of good
citizenship, and help in the progress
of civic, fraternal and Christian af-
fairs, Mr.. Parker went on to say.
According to the Grand Chairman
the association is to the rank and file
of its members a distinct step for
ward for the whole race-a step
which will make for permanent
prominent and law-abiding citizens
More, the speaker said that the Pull
man company could be reached
through this organization as through
no other.
Organization Christian.
Mr.. Parker asserted that the P. P.
B. A. is builded upon a Christian and
fraternal basis, and urged that every
member and officer would compre.
hend that fact and would identify
himself with some church.
Branding as false the assertion
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The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
MOTHER STILL ALIVE

Washington, D. c., May az
Among the five mothers of men killed
or who died in the Civil War recent
ly, was one, Mrs. Samatha Ferrer, a
race woman of Athens, Ala.
She was recently found by the
Pension Bureau on the roll of those
receiving $50 month from the gov
ernment.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
PACE CLAIMS NO
INTEREST DRAWN
BY ELK'$.FUND
Money of Order Kept in White
Banks, Candidate for Sec
retary States.
Printing Given Whites
Present Treasurer and Secretary
Fight to Maintain Inefii-
cient System.
preston News Service)

Newark, N. j., May 2S.-That a
battle royal will be fought out in the
election of officers of the I. B. P.
o. E. Elks at Cleveland, in August,
is apparent to those who have read
the platforms of candidates for office.
The present Grand Exalted Ruler,
]. Finley Wilson, of Washington,
D. c., announced himself as a can
didate for a fifth term, and is con-
fident of his reelection. There is
an unwritten law in the Elks that no
man shall serve as Grand Exalted
Ruler more than four years and only
two men have ever served that long
since the original founder of the Or
der, B. F. Howard, served ten years.
1t was one of Mr.. Howard's ambitions
that came near wrecking the organ
ization.
Bates Holds On.
Singularly enough, one of the lead
ers in the fight against Mr.. Howard's
perpetuation in Office was the present
Grand Secretary, George E. Bates,
who had ambitions then to become
Grand Exalted Ruler. But evident
ly Mr.. Bates changed his opinion
about the long tenure of Office after
he became Grand Secretary, as he
has been in Office Is years and is
desirous of holding on to that lucra-
tive job, which now pays a salary
of $3,50O per year besides expenses.
Harry A. Pace, candidate for grand
secretary at the coming election and
past grand exalted ruler of the Or
der, says:
No Interest.
"The Order of Elks has around
100000 in cash, $1,000 of which
is on deposit in two white banks in
Richmond, Va. One of these banks
pays no interest whatever on a $17,-
900 deposit they have had for near
ly ten years, while another pays 2
per cent on $4,000 that has been
with them for long time.
II have sought for many years to
have this money properly invested or
to be distributed for deposit among
the worthy banking institutions op-
Grated by our own people. There are
only two obstacles in the way.
Blame Laid.
lone of these is the Grand Secre-
tary and the other is the Grand
Treasurer, both of whom have
blocked every effort to put any Of
this money in colored banks, except
one effort made by me throughout a
whole years time, after which I sue
ceeded in placing $4,000 in the Wage
Farmers Savings Bank Of Savannah,
Ca, against the opposition of both
these men. .
"In addition to this fact, the Or
der paid for printing during 1924-25.
the sum of $3,912.06, all of which
went to one firm of white printers in
New York, Notwithstanding there are
dozens Of printing houses operated
by members of the race who are also
members of the Order. All of this
money should have gone to colored
printers.
"This year I am making further
endeavor to break down this program
CONTINUED on page p
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
ESTHER DAY SERVICES

Annual Esther Day services will
be held Sunday evening, June 6, at
st. James A. NJ. E. church, Dale and
w. Central, by the Orders of the
Eastern Star chapters of the Mime
sofa jurisdiction.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
Refusal of Service at Public Inn
Occasion for Action; Jury De-
liberates Only Fifteen Min
uteS.

Ventura, Calf, May 2S.-(Spe-
ciaD-Mrs. Charlotte Bass, editor
and owner of the California Eagle,
lost her suit for $1,000 damages
against the proprietors of the Old
Adobe restaurant for a violation of
the California Civil Rights law in re-
fusing to serve her and her compan-
ions on the ground of color. The
jury deliberated but fifteen minutes.
The case resulted from an incident
which happened November 6, last.
On Way to Address.
Mrs. Bass, in company with her
niece, Madeline Johnson, a student
of the University of Southern Cali
fornia, DR.. Vera Jetmore Somerville,
a graduate of the U. S. c., and Mrs.
Susan Parden, talented musician,
were en- route to Santa Barbara to
deliver an address before the Uni
tartan Club Women (white).
The party having started from Los
Angeles (about IS miles south of
Ventura) became hungry and stopped
in the public inn at Ventura for a
bite to eat. They were refused serv-
ice
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
Civil Rights Suit Lost By
California Woman Editor

serve her and her companions. This
is one of the few times in the state
that such an action has been brought
under the law first enacted in 1907,
and which has been strengthened
twice since then.
The trial was heard before jury
of ten men and two women. Mrs.
Bass was represented by Attorneys
Lewis Beeks and Afue Mcdowell.
The defendant asked for trial by
jury. e
Evaded Issue.
The Ealys took the witness stand
on their own behalf and testified that
they had been serving a party of
prominent men of Ventura, at the
regular Friday luncheon of>the Jonah
Club, at the time Mrs. Bass entered
and demanded immediate service.
Ealy read to her the statement
that appears on the menu of the cafe
stating that the management reserV-
ed the right to refuse service to any
person at any time. ...
Mrs. Bass denied that there was
any special rush when she and her
friends entered the Old Adobe, and
stated that they were refused service
plainly for no other reason than be-
cause of their color, and that she had
been hurt by the humiliation.
Fought Klan.
Last year Mrs. Bass and her hus-
band were sued by the members of
the California Ku Klux Klan for ar
ticles against the khan which appear
ed in the California Eagle. The edi-
tors won the case.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29

If you want to know just when to
go and where to go, read the st. Paul
Echo.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29
Civil Law Violation.

In her suit, Mrs. Bass charged Bes-
sic Ealy and VIM. Ealy, owners of
the Old-Adobe, had violated the Cali
fornia Civil Rights law in refusing to
The St. Paul echo., 1926-05-29

should mean much to the
race when it considers the
splendid record of the Ne
gro in victories of Ameri-
can arms.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03
GOVERNOR DERN OF UTAH
TO CONFER WITH HUNT

PhoeniX-Prospects of the draft
ing of a detailed program that will
be supported by Arizona and Utah
in the development of the Colorado
river, appeared with the receipt by
Governor Hunt of telegram
from Governor George H. Dern Of
Utah saying that he, with three
other members of a special COM
mittee, would come to Phoenix
Thursday for the purpose of in
specting the Salt River valley pro
jact in connection with information
desired relative to the proposed
Colorado river development.
Governor Hunt replied by wire
that he would be glad to see Gov
ernor Dern and the other melpa
bers Of his committee at their coz ;
venience, thereby fixing the date
at which the significant conferz
ence will be held on next Thurs
day and Friday.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03
WILL PLANT One MILLION FISH In
ARIZONA BY MIDDLE COMING YEAR

conventional form Of its parents
Once it has consumed the food
mother nature provided for it, the
trout starts living on raw. pulver-
lied beef heart, dropped into the
trough by hatchery attendants
every three or four hours.
For couple of months the trout
lives in the trough, growing from a
siXtyfourth of an inch to two or
more inches in length. If the time
is ripe, he is, put, then, into a 10
gallon can with 1000 or 1900 of
his brothers and sisters and ship
ped by truck to the stream he is
destined to help stock. If the time
isn't appropriate, he is turned in
to the nursery tank outside the
hatchery building and allowed to
grow a while longer before being
shipped away.
The truck On which the baby
trout are transported to the 300
miles of streams in the White
mountains and those in Yavapai
and Coconino counties seldom is al
lowed to stop because the cans con-
tanning the fish require constant
agitation to insure them a supply
of flesh air. Without fresh air
and clean water the baby trout die
in few minutes.
For that reason the old hatchery
can be operated only in the spring
of the year. Water from the Lit
tie Colorado at other seasons is
too muddy for the troughs The
new hatchery, however, can be OPP
Grated the year round because it is
fed with spring water. Mr.. Greer
relates that the water at the old
hatchery was last spring cooled
with ice chopped from nearby lakes
during the winter and stored for
the purpose. At one time the hat
cherry was using 800 pounds of ice
day to keep the baby fish alive.
All the known trout streams in
the northern part of the state will
be well-stocked in another year,
in the opinion of Mr.. Greer. He
says known" preferably, he adds,
because the state fish and game de-
partment has yet to discover many
streams adapted to the planting of
trout. The trout which will be
planted next year will be nine
inches long twelve months after
they are dropped into the various
streams.
The department is planning ten
tatively on establishing at bass
hatchery in Papago national park,
near Tempe, if the city of Phoenix
takes over the park from the ma
tional park service. The latter has
refused to allow the state to estab-
lish such a hatchery so long as the
park remains government proper
ty.
Bass thus Matched would be used
to stock the warmer streams in the
central and southern parts of the
state.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03
Yavapai County
Facing Loss Of
$45,OOO U. S. Cash

Yavapai county is in
danger Of losing $4,000 of forest
service improvement money set la
side heretofore for the construction
of a bridge across the Verde river
on the Fossil Creek highway, ac-
cording to correspondence made
public by County Engineer Merritt
The correspondence was between
G. G. Morrison, highway engineer
for the government at Phoenix, and
r. E. Moore, superVisor-el elect 1T
is the prospect of almost Immediate
development of the Paradise Valley
Irrigation project below Camp
Verde, which threatens the fund?
The Verde river which runs south
out of Yavapai county into the up
per reaches Of the Salt River val
ley, has several possible damsites
but the one now expected to be
developed first by means of an
agreement between the Paradise
Valley and Salt River water ASSOC
iations, would back up water al
most into the town of Camp Verde
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03
RUMORS FLY AS
FORMER ATHLETES
PLAN B. B. SEASON

With Winslow Highs basketeers
out for practice and the w. D. H.
Apprentice club preparing to send
a quintet into the field, rumors
of town team" to be made up
Of stars a little past their ascend
ancy seems to indicate that the
indoor sport season here will be
a busy one
According to the dope, which
has really gotten past the rumor
stage, the talent, that shone on
WinslOw courts and in other To-
calities in former years is itching
to get onto slick floor under the
basket, and it is believed to be
only a question of few days I'M
til some definite organization has
been established.
In case such comes to pass,
Winslow will be represented by
an independent team that boasts
as much potential talent proved
before and waiting to prove itself
again-as any town in northern
Arizona.
The team as it may stack up
will boast pair of guards that
are husky enough to stand off
a brace of elephants, Dan Hitch
cock and Sid Moore. Dan tips
the beam at 1913 in his Lewis, While
Moore is 25 pounds heavier. Both
are fast, along with their heft, and
both have had careers on the
court that still are remembered,
and will be remembered for many
q year
At forward will be Frank Christ
ensen and probably Dewey McCau-
ley, and they too are known To-
cally for their basketball prowess.
At center the phantom line up calls
for Roy Williams, if he can be
induced to climb down off his
truck for few hours at a time.
There are others too, many
others, who profess an inclination
to sport the trunks and jerseys
OF the basket sport again. II this
group of athletes whose field days
are only a season or two behind
can be induced or kidded into
banding themselves together for
the season, a schedule might be
arranged with neighboring towns
that would bring basketball tits
to Winslow that would shine along
with any Independent loop in the
games reach.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03
Gardner Charged
With Murder In
Clayton Staying

Stafford - Information has
been filed in the superior court
of Graham county by Jesse Udall,
prosecuting attorney, formally
charging Claude Gardner with the
murder Of Jeff Clayton, aged Ara
vapai district cowman. The al
legged murder is supposed to have
occurred on October 1.
A preliminary hearing in the
case was held before Heber Lay
ton, justice of the peace, Gardner
produced the bond of $4,000 which
was required of him. No date has
been set for the trial.
Evidence of the supposed kill
ing gained by following the trial
of the slain man showed that he
was met while on his way home
on horseback by another horseman.
Blood and signs Of struggles were
noted at that place and Clayton
had apparently been dragged some
distance to the wash where he was
discovered at the bottom OF cliff.
Clayton's horse was taken home
and put in the pasture and his sad
die was hung up in the stable. The
body of the aged rancher was dis
covered only after long search of
the country. Neighbors know of
no motive for the killing.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03
French Syndicate
Takes Over Mines
In Yuma County

Los Angeles-Purchas by
French syndicate of the Arizona
and Swansea railway and the Clara
Swansea mining interests in Yuma
county, Arizona. was announced
here Monday with the arrival of
representative Of the buyers. The
purchase, however, was said to
have been made last June, and,
although the fact has not been
made public, has been operated by
the French interests since that
time.
The railway is % miles long
and runs from the town Of Swan
sea to Bouse, point on the Santa
Fee. The mining properties, copper
mines, consist of $50 acres. More
than $4,000,000 was said to have
spent in developing them and
100000 invested in the railway.
Although but 40 men are now en-
ployed at the mine, the new own
ers announced that this number
will be increased to 200. O. M.
Souden, president of the board Of
directors Of the United States Ma
tional bank, made the announce
ment on behalf of the French
purchasers.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-03

and put the proposed bridge site
40 feet under water.