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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-08-07
NATIONAL GRAND COUNCIL IN
SESSION

The national grand council of An
Gent United Knights and Daughters
Of Africa Of which William H. Fields
of ST. Louis, Mo-, is national grand
master, DR.. George NJ. Cathrell is ma
tional grand secretary-treasurer, is
holding its 10Th annual session daily
at the Wendell Phillips High School,
3oth street and Prairie avenue having
opened its first session on Monday
morning August 2. AT this time the
national grand master Mr.. Fields,
thanked the grand officers and dele
gtaes which had come from almost
every state from Maine to California,
for the splendid record they had made
during the past year. He advised them
that he would not be able to talk as
much at this session as before, and
therefore, asked them for their CO.
operation in speeding up important
matters of the national grand council
at this session. After the roll call Of
officers, adoption OF the national call
and organizing of convention, an adj
dress was delivered by Hon. E. r. It'd
rington Of Evansville, Ind, vice SUI
preme chancellor of X. of p. Mr.. It'd
rington in his address, praised the
national grand master for the great or
ganiZation he had built up and for the
great work being accomplished. He
said he was born in the same state
with Mr. Fields and that he knew and
liked him so well he remained over to
attend this session.
Addresses on behalf of the governor,
the mayor, fraternal organizations,
churches and the press were made by
Hon Edward H. Wright, state com
merce commissioner; r. R. Jackson,
alderman Of the Ord ward; Geo. T..
Kersey, state representative; Rev. ].
a. Winters, pastor Of Progressive
Community Church; R. S. Abbott,
publisher and editor; Mrs. Eliza Jack
son, state grand queen Of Illinois and
others. Responses were made by Rev.
T. L. Scott, national grand chaplain;
DR.. Geo. NJ Cathrell, national grand
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Ada Coins,
state grand queen of Indiana. Among
some Of the leading business men to
address the meeting were Anthony
Overton, president Of the Douglass
National Bank; M. T. Bailey, one Of
Chicago's leading business men and
suburban builders; Jesse Binga, presi-
dent Of Binga State Bank; Oscar De
Priest, Chicago leading real estate
broker; Atty. L. Amassa Knox Of Kan
sas City. Mo.
AT this time Major General J. A.
Shacdeford, head Of the Military De-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-08-07
PITTSBURGH URBAN LEAGUES
WORK FOR NEGROES
EXPANDS
(Preston News Service

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 6-Miss Grace
S. Lowndes, of the staff of the Urban
League of Pittsburgh, who for the
past eight years has acted as social
worker among Negroes at Morals
Court, has been transferred by the
league from her work at court to a
larger field, that of general work
among delinquent Negroes in the city.
The Urban League, organized for
social work among colored people,
maintained Miss Lowndes at the
Morals Court for the purpose of DEM
onstration and experimentation. Miss
Lowndes this month, in cooperation
with the Morals Court, has begun a
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-08-07
CHARLES ". MCCOY DIES EN-
ROUTE TO CHICAGO

Charles v. Mccoy, a Christian gentle
man, died en- route to Chicago, near
Rock Island, Illinois, Tuesday, July n,
at 2:20 a. m. He suffered from a
chronic heart disease which for the
past year had given him much concern.
Never having seen his little grandsons,
Harris B. Gaines, Jr, and Charles FL
lis Gaines, his one great desire was to
come to Chicago for medical treatment
where he might live with his daughter
and her children.
For the past several weeks he had
been hastily trying to end up his bust
ness affairs in Arizona; and on Sunday,
July rs, he closed the doors of his
beautiful home in Tucson, and with his
faithful and devoted wife he left for
Chicago. He was in splendid spirits
and was quite happy in the thought OF
seeing his daughter on Tuesday morn
ing. But on that morning at 2 o'clock
he told his wife he had dreamed that
he was going away on the morrow,
and instructed her what to do concern
ing the property. The Eternal Reaper
then laid his hands upon him, and after
a very brief heart attack during which
his wife, the train porter and conductor
tried to administer relief, he quietly
lifted the veil and was gone.
His Early Life and Training
Charles Vivian Mccoy was born in
Tibadeaux, Louisiana, May rs, 1866
He was the youngest son Of Mumford
and Rosetta Mccoy. After the death
Of his father, his Oldest brother
Thomas, supervised his education
which was had in the elementary
schools Of Louisiana and in Leland
University at New Orleans. When d
young lad he came to Chicago where
he furthered his studies. He was es-
pecially interested in literature and has
written many poems of merit.
His Family Life
In 1892 Mr.. Mccoy was married to
Miss Mamie E. Ellis of Weston, Mis-
souri,; from this union two children
were born, Irene Liberia, and Jean
nette Amanda, the younger Of the two
died at the age of nine years.
He went to Jacksonville, Florida in
1902 where he took the Federal Civil
Service examination and was appointed
a letter carrier. Here he served the
government for period Of nine years.
While in Jacksonville he married Mrs.
Mamie J. Carter, who died four years
later. Shortly after her death he went
to Tucson, Arizona, where he found
a need for good barber shops. Hav-
ing established a good trade beth in Chi
cago and Ocala, Florida, as barber
he decided to open first class barber
shop. This he did and was most sue
cessful.
In 1917 he married Miss Mamie L.
FunderburIx, a young school teacher Of
Birmingham, Alabama. This marriage
was a very happy one and he proved
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-08-07

to be a most devoted and loving hus-
band.
He was always devoted to his daugh-
ter, Irene, and after completing her
elementary and high school education
in Chicago, he sent her to Fisk Uni
versity from which institution she
graduated.
His Church and Fraternal Life
In early youth Mr.. Mccoy professed
religion and became member of the
church. While living in Chicago he
joined Bethel A. M. E. Church. He
was an active member of the Mems
Sunday Forum of that church. After go
ing to Florida he connected himself with
the Laura Street Presbyterian Church
of which Rev. L. B. Ellison was then
pastor. Here he was very active and
for several years served as Secretary of
the Trustees Board. He continued in
the Presbyterian faith until his death.
In 1894 he joined Mt. Hebron Lodge
No. 20, F. & A. NJ, Chicago, Illinois,
and became Past Master Of the Or
der. He was a Mason of Sind degree.
Throughout his life he was known
to be an ardent supporter of all worth
while movements for the advancement
of his race and all mankind.
Death came to him not as the Grim
Reaper or the King of Darkness, but
as Radiant Angel of Light to pilot
him across crystal sea, and now
though he has laid his body down, he
still lives, and with the poet sings:
Say not my day is Ger
And that through night seek dim
mer shore;
Say rather, my day has just begun;
greet the dawn and not the setting
sun,
When all is done
Mr. Mccoy leaves to mourn his loss
his widow, Mamie L. Mccoy, his
daughter, Mrs. Irene Mccoy Gaines,
her husband, Attorney Harris B.
Gaines, two grandchildren, three
brothers, Thomas Il. Mccoy, Of Raj
eigh, N. c.; Robert w. Mccoy, New
Orleans. La; and A. J. Mccoy Of Chi
cago; also host of nephews and
nieces and many friends.
The Funeral Service
The funeral services for Mr.. Mccoy
were held Sunday afternoon, August /,
in the beautiful funeral chapel of Ker-
sey, MCGOWAN and Morsell, 35th and
Indiana avenue, with Rev. DR.. L. B.
Ellison, pastor Of the Thirteenth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church of Newark,
New Jersey, officiating The music
was furnished by the Greater Bethel
A. M. E. Church choir, assisted by
Miss Elizabeth Waters, who sang,
Does Jesus Carer" The funeral adj
dress was given by DIR. ]. G. Walker,
pastor, St. Paul Presbyterian Church,
Chicago. Resolutions were read by
Nine. Bertha L. Hensley, Phyllis
Wheatley Board of Directors; Mrs. z.
Waters, Ladies Republican Club, 9th
Precinct, End ward. The church serv-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-08-07
GEORGE MOONEY AND EMERY
JOHNSON DIE OF SEVERE
BURNS
Preston News Servicel

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 5.-George D.
Mooney, 48 years old, Of Geneva street,
and Emery Johnson, 81 years old OF
Wylie avenue, died shortly after
o'clock Thursday morning in Mercy
Hospital. They were burned shortly
before when tube exploded in boiler
at the plant of the Union Storage Com
pany, Second and Liberty avenues.
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The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
WE'RE STILL WINNING
BEAT JEROME SUNDAY

Hoddy Stevens and Jack Wilson,
the kings of home-run hitters of the
Northern Arizona league, each regis
tered homeh in the game with Jer-
ONE last Sunday, helping their team
mates to defeat the Jerome Miners
IL to s.
Turner started on the mound for
Flagstaff and was going good until
the seventh when he weakened and
allowed five Jerome players to cross
home plate. Clyde Etter was sent in
to finish the game.
Jerome had to use three pitchers
to stop the swats Of the locals. The
first victim was sent to the showers
in the first inning when Jack Wilson
lined hot one out to left center for
a homer, bringing in two men ahead
of him. Jerome's second pitcher last
ed until the fifth inning.
Hoddy Stevens, the fast diminutive
Apache, got his homer in the seventh
inning with not soul on the bag.
1t is not known where and who the
local boys will play this coming Sun
day. The schedule makers have not
mailed Manager Grover Hutson
copy of the schedule. Our old time
enemy, Kingman, has entered the
league and this has necessitated a
revise of the schedule, thus the delay.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
MISS BiRGARET STEWART
C. OF C. SECRETARY ALSO
IMMIGRATION COMM Mr.

Miss Margaret Stewart, the new
Flagstaff Chamber Of Commerce sec
retary, who returned a few days ago
from California, on Monday was APP
pointed county immigration commis+
sioner by the county board of super
visors. Roger W. Birdseye, former
secretary of the Chamber and immi-
grafton commissioner, was present
and presented his resignation, due to
the fact that other important work
necessitates his absence from Flag
staff for the next several months
Miss Stewart's appointment was
recommended by Mr. Birdseye, P. j.
Moran, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, |. B. Koch and others
who attended the meeting Her work
here as assistant to L. A Webster
during the hotel drive made other
recommendations unnecessary, though
she has plenty of them. Her expert
ence and ability splendidly qualify
her for the work and with her on
the Job the Chamber will be able to
accomplish even more in the future
than 1t has IN the immediate past.
Mr.. Birdseye Monday emphasized
the need here for an active, thor
oughly functioning Chamber of Com
merce. There are some big things
in contemplation for Flagstaff, he
said, that are not ready to be an
nounced but will mean much to US.
The tourist traffic is about all we
have to develop, he said, and we can
reap material advantages by proper
~ going after it.
Mr. Birdseye during the few
months he was secretary of the
Chamber put new life and strength
into it and under the new manage
ment and with the aid of the presi-
dent, Mr.. Moran, who is doing all he
can to assist, it will do powerful
lot of good.
Miss Stewart is making her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Orinn Compton.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
CLAIMED TO Be OFFICER
HELD UP GIRL WHO SOLD
HEM BOOZE; NOW In JAIL

T. c. Johnson, SO, Of Childress,
Texas, is in county jail charged with
highway robbery, the highway in
this case being the porch Of a Flag
staff southside residence which john
son visited last Friday night.
Johnson borrowed six-gun of Alf
Dickinson, proprietor of the Pine ho-
tel, where he had been staying the
few days since ne arrived here. That
night he showed up at the southside
house, where, it is said, much fire
water was being sold. 1t is alleged
he bought some, then that he pulled
the gun, showed star, and told the
young woman from whom he is said
to have bought the booze that he was
a revenue officer and that she could
come right along to jail.
The young woman began to wall
loud and probably it would have been
long, except that after he got her out
on the porch, johnson is alleged to
have said that he couldn't take her
to jail, because it already was full;
and then asked her how much money
she had. She admitted having $50,
and, it is alleged, he took the money
and departed.
There are said to have been six or
seven witnesses to the transaction
City Marshal Justin r. Cooper and
Night Marshal Claude Tackitt got on
the trail of johnson and found him in
a gambling house. He at first de-
MED ever having been to the south
side house or having d gun, but weak
cned on both claims, especially after
being confronted by Mr. Dickinson.
Now he says he did "happen" to go
to the southside house and that he
was drunk, but that he knows moth
ing about the hold-up.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
DIR. COTTON DEPLORES
HIRING OUTSIDE TEACHERS
SHOULD BE ARIzONANS

"Of the $500 now teaching in Ari-
zona only about % percent are grad
uates of our state institutions" said
DR.. F. A. Cotton. president Flagstaff
Teachers college, in addressing the
student body here on Monday.
IF our university and teachers col
leges are going to grow, drastic ac-
tion rSust be taken Immediately to
change these conditions" DR.. Cotton
declared. mot that we do not well
come teachers from other states" he
pointed out, "but if we are going to
secure positions for Ell the graduates
of our state scllools-if we are going
to keep encouraging the young peo-
pie of the state to enter the profess
sion, we must erect a barrier equal
in strength to that of our neighbor
state, California, which had the same
problem to face few years back.
"The professional qualifications and
standards for teachers in Arizona are
high" he declared, "yet we must
strive to make them higher. We
should require one quarter or more
work in the state before a certificate
shall be issued to teachers from other
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
FOUR DAYS OF FUN, FR0LIC AND PAGEANTRY
GROUND BROKEN TUESDAY
FOR OUR NEW HOTEL

Digging for the foundation of
Flagstaff's new community hotel be-
gan yesterday morning and within a
very short time now laying of the
foundation will begin The front 35
feet of The Coconino Sun office will
be torn down very soon to make way
for a wing of the new hotel.
There will be a basement under the
north part of the hotel and it will be
cut through to the basement of the
postoffice building, to utilize the lat
ter. The postoffice building and site
are included in the hotel property.
T. P. Moorhead, engineer for the
Il. L. Stevens company, got here the
first of the week.
Clark Granting, general superin-
tendent for the Stevens company,
supervising architects, and Mrs.
Granting got back Saturday from
Texas, where they had been a few
days. Labor Foreman C. R. Nichol-
son had in the meantime erected the
temporary office building and the
material building Carpenter Fore
man D. f. Dryer got in from the
coast with his family the first of the
week. The material has been ordered
and the new building will begin TO
assume tangible form right away
soon.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11
Koch Ne'O Mayor-TaOo City Departments
AboHshed--To Consider City Form Gou't.
The New Council is Uery Much on job

I. B. Koch was formally chosen
mayor Of Flagstaff at a special meet
ing of council last Monday night and
other important decisions by the new
ly elected council, which assumed
charge at that time, we're ratified at
another special meeting held last
night.
Mr.. Koch's election to the may
orality was a foregone conclusion,
both by reason of his having received
the greatest number of votes at the
city election last month, and also as
he was the unanimous choice of his
fellow members.
Business from the word go was the
order of the day with the new coun-
Gil. Economy and efficiency will be
the motto and steps to live up to it
consistently already have been taken.
Two city berths have been abolish
ed-that of street superintendent and
police magistrate. The street super
intendency, which had been held for
many years by Frank Richmond, is
combined with the duties of City
Engineer Frank Goodman. The police
magistracy, held for the last several
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

months by Attorney Frank NJ. Gold,
will be handled by Clarence Pulliam,
city clerk and treasurer.
There were no other changes in
personnel of city hall employees. Mr..
Pulliam was reappointed. So were
John Marshall, city water superin-
tendent, City Engineer Goodman, City
Health Officer DR.. Felix Manning,
City Marshal ]. r. Cooper, Night
Marshal Claude Tackitt, Deputy City
Clerk Walter Thompson, Deputy Wa
ter Superintendent Hayes Weidner,
and Park Custodian jim Edgehill
These reappointments were merit
ed and expected. The transfer of the
two city departments as referred to
above to the care of other depart
ment heads was simply in the inter
ests of economy and in no way reflect
on the character or ability of the men
who previously handled them.
One of the first steps the new
council will take will be to consider
change to a city form of govern
ment, something it has long been felt
should be done, as it greatly increas-
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

es the power and prestige of the gov
ernment and tends toward both eff
cheney and economy without increase
of administrative expense.
A new system was decided upon
and will be inaugurated today. Once
week council will make a general
inspection of the town, to see what is
NEEDED in the way of improvements
and get right-on-th -the-spot ideas how
best to effect them. Also, in addi-
tion to the regular monthly meetings
the next one scheduled for next
Monday night-there will be regular
weekly meetings. This to take up
matters that need immediate atten-
ton and prevent delays.
Verify, the new mayor and coun-
cilmen, whose salaries are nothing
net year, are on the job.
The committee system of handling
street, park, sewer and other work
has been abolished. The council will
act as committee of the whole, per-
haps delegating to some one member
when special occasions arise the work
of supervision for the time being.
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

as good state of preservation as
the pitcher DR.. FeWkes himself has
been made a member of the antelope
clan by the Hopis, and this emblem of
this old Antelope clan member, who
must have died, according to Dr..
Fewkes, at least a thousand, perhaps
1,500 years ago, especially appeals to
him. There were fine turquoise ear
rings that had dropped from the dead
Indians ears. There was a handsome
bracelet on one arm, made from a
Pacific coast shell. In one nostril
was a coin, which probably had been
kicked from wherever it was placed
at the burial by some marauding bad
ger. This Indian had been we'll pre-
pared by his relatives for his journey
to the Hopi's hereafter, their under
world" with drink and money and
food and with the emblem OF his clan
to youch for him.
Contrary to popular belief that the
ancient Indians always buried their
dead with the head pointing in GER
tain direction, the skeletons exhumed
thus far are laid in any direction,
some pointing east, some west, some
toward the other cardinal points Of
the compass or at an angle.
DR.. Fewkes will stay here at least
two months longer and continue the
exploration Of the ruins. He may
stay until winter. All of the skele,
tons and pottery that are well enough
preserved will be taken back to the
Smithsonian, where various scientists
will have the opportunity to examine
them. In particular will the skulls
be examined and measured.
The first of this week, DR.. Ht2
a Los Angeles scientist, was here and
making careful measurements Of
the throats to determine the relation
between the vocal capacity Of the de-
parted aborigines and their brain ca
pacity. Just what good that will do,
DR.. Fitz, having gone to Grand Can
Won before the agile reporter for The
Sun could get to him, cannot be re-
vealed here. Because we don't know.
But perhaps DR.. Fitz wants to de-
termine just how loud a war-whoop
one Of these prehistoric neighbors Of
The Coconino sun., 1926-06-11

Scientists all over the United
States are deeply interested in the
excavations now being made in the
ancient Indian ruins six miles east
of Flagstaff.
DR.. j. Walter Fewkes, head of the
department of ethnology of Smith
sonian Institution, Washington, d. c.,
and his field man, John H. Harring-
ton, with their assistants have in the
two weeks they have been here ex-
humed 80 or more skeletons of these
ancient pueblo dwellers in the ceme-
terry just east of the pueblo ruins.
Most of them are in good state of
preservation, though there was SO
much rain this spring and so much
moisture remaining in the ground,
that as each skeleton was uncovered
it was allowed to remain until the
sun and air had thoroughly dried it.
Otherwise, if handled wet, the bones
would have fallen to pieces.
DR.. Fewkes has renamed the ruins
"Elden House" They had earlier
been christened "Sheep House" by
DR.. Fl. A. Cotton of the University
of Pennsylvania. The ruins antedate
the famous cliff dwellings, in Walnut
Canyon, 10 miles southeast of Flag
staff, though they were populated by
the same tribe, the Hopis. AS told
in The Sun last week, the ruins will
be reconstructed by the United
States government, under the direc-
ton of DIR. F'ewkes.
The latter, if possible, daily grows
more enthusiastic over this great eth
nolcgic find. One skeleton uncov-
cred by Mr.. Harrington last Sunday,
with the aid of j. G. Clarke of this
city, curator of the Wupatki national
monument ancient Indian pueblo
ruins northeast of Flagstaff, was an
especial find and the antiquities gath
cred from the grave were so rare and
valuable that they are being kept by
DIR. Fewkes in his room. At the head
was wonderful piece of pottery, a
black and white pitcher. On the loins
was clay effigy of an antelope
fatter than some antelopes are-with
wide-open mouth. 1t was in almost