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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-11
Women's Club Raises
Funds for Labor Lyceum
BY a Worker Correspondent

DENVER, Colo, April 9-The La
dies Educational Club, composed of
radical women of Denver, realized a
good sum of money from an entertain
ment and concert given to raise funds
for the new labor lyceum building
which will be erected soon to house
many Denver radical organizations.
One of the special features of the
evening was a two-act play, Trial
Marriage" The play was spoken in
Jewish. A number of young folks
gave a ballet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-11

man beings with self respect During
the struggle they learn of newer and
better ways of fighting. Many de-
velop into advanced fighters for the
workers-into leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-11
UNITED GARMENT WORKERS UNION
OFFICIALS OF PITTSBURGH DO NOT
PROTECT THE MEMBERS INTERESTS
BY a Worker Correspondent,

PITTSBURGH Pa April sThe principle
prevent the bosses from firing whenever
United Workers
fire girls eacnary
with the business
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
RECRUITS WANTED
FOR 9TH CAVALRY
Local Recruiting Station Will
Enlist COlOred Men for
Fort Riley.

Staff Sergt. John w. McNeely of
the local recruiting station, 319
Jackson St., St. Paul, Mimi, has just
received word from the War Depart
ment that he may enlist limited
amount of colored men between the
ages of 1S and 35 years of age for
the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Riley,
Kansas.
Sergt. McNeely has information
that Fort Riley, Kansas, is one hun
dred and thirty miles west of Kansas
City, Mo-, that it is one of the old
western frontier posts, is very pic
turesque and has quite history con-
nected with the fort, dating back to
the Indian wars and that the Ninth
Cavalry is mounted regiment and
has some of the finest horses in the
army.
If any colored men who care to
make inquiries about the Ninth Cav
airy will call at Sergt. McNeely's Of
fee he will explain the educational
advantages, recreation and amuse-
ment, religious services held at Fort
Riley, and is prepared to answer any
questions that any colored man cares
to ask about the Ninth Cavalry and
the U. s. (peace time) Army.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
SEGREGATION LAW
DECLARED VOID
Norfolk Makes Test of Grocery
Location; Case to Be Taken
to Higher Court.

Norfolk, Va, March 5.-The resi-
Dental segregation law enacted in
Norfolk, Va, has been declared un-
constitutional by Police Justice R. B.
Spindle and will be carried to high
er court in order to have this ruling
affirmed, according to announcement
by the local branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.
The first court test of Norfolk's s
segregation law came about when
Nathan Falk, white merchant,
opened a grocery business III strict
ly colored section of the city. In Or
der to test the law, the local N. A.
A. C. P, under the presidency of
David H. Edwards, made complaint
and warrant charging violation of the
law was served on Mr.. Falk. With
Mr.. Edwards as complainant and B.
J. Barnes and w. w. Foreman act
ing as prosecuting attorneys, the case
came before the police court justice,
who declared the law unconstitu-
tional.
AS the police court is not court
of record, the N. A. A. C. P. plans to
carry this case to the next higher
court on appeal, in order that def
mite and recorded decision may be
had holding the segregation ordi-
nance unconstitutional.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06

The address at Vesper Services at
the Central Ave. branch of the Y. w.
C. A. Sunday afternoon will be given
by Mrs. Mae Black Mason. The sub
ject of the speech is Achievement Of
the Negro in Music" Mrs. Mason
was for two successive years the SOLO
ist of the International Bible school
at the University of Minnesota. Three
years ago, she made a two months
tour through California, and she was
one of the soloists in the recent Com
munity Chorus presented in Mime
apolis. Within the next few months
Mrs. Mason plans to go to Europe to
finish her music.
Other numbers upon the program
Sunday include devotions under the
direction of Mrs. Lillian Maxwell; a
piano selection by Helen Jackson,
and vocal solo by Ruth Brown.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
JAMES LOWE TO
HEAD PLAY CAST
Former St. Paulite to Take Title
Role in Western Presentation
of Emperor Jones'"

James B. Lowe, formerly of St.
Paul, has been engaged to take the
role of Brutus Jones in forthcom-
ing presentation of "The Emperor
Jones" in Los Angeles, Cal. The
play will be put on under the au-
spices of the Pot Boilers, an organ
ization of which Mr.. Lowe has been
a member for some time.
When he was in st. Paul, Mr..
Lowe was associated with the tailor
ing establishment of M. Lowe of
Rondo st. Some years ago, Mr.. Lowe
was listed as one of the best tailors
in the country and was employed in
a Broadway establishment. At an
other time he owned his own tailor
ing business in Atlantic City, N. ].
Ole M. Ness, who is directing the
play for the Pot Boiler presentation
has predicted that Mr.. Lowe will rise
to heights of Interpretation never
reached by Charles Gilpin, the Gre
ator of the role.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06

put upon the colored people at the
dedication of the Lincoln Memorial,
of the means by which he deprived
colored people of a bathing beach
while providing one for the white, of
the gratuitous affront comprised in
the insolent signs that segregated col
ored people in Rock Creek Park, of
the notoriously unfair treatment of
colored people that he enforced at
the cafes in the public government
buildings under his control. Your
action in paying him this honor can
be construed only as an endorsement
of his course. 1t is not possible for
me to retain membership in a body
SO oblivious to the foundation essen
tials of justice and equality.
II have therefore the honor to pre-
sent my check for membership dues
to July l., 1925. and my resignation
herewith"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
DATE SET FOR
FASHION REVUE
Eighteen Models to Display Lat.
est Wear March % at
Dance-PrOmenade.

The Askin and Marine Company,
328 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, are
giving their fifth annual fashion
promenade Monday evening, March
%, at the South Side Auditorium.
Eighteen models will display the
latest authentic modes in street,
sport, party and evening apparel. All
merchandise worn that evening will
be fresh from the Eastern marts and
ill include the latest in bathing cos
tunes.
Mrs. Ruth Walker is directing the
promenade and Clarence Johnson s
orchestra will furnish the music for
the revue and has also arranged a
dance program of popular musical
hits
Miss Sataras Hammond and Master
LIE Roy Hammond, Juvenile Stars
and exponents of the Charleston, are
part of the entertainment features.
Booker Jones and Walter Shepard
have a Charleston speciality for the
occasion.
The most popular model will re-
ceive a merchandise certificate for
$500 from the Askin Marine Co.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
KLANSMEN HEAR
BACNALL SPEAK
Unit of Akron Organization At
tends N. A. A. C. P. Gather
ing in Church.

IN. A. A. C. p. Press Service)
More than $50 members of the
Ku Klux Klan attended a meeting in
Akron, Ohio, last week, held for Ne
groes, and addressed by Robert w.
Bagnall, director of branches of the
N. A. A. c. p. ...-
The large group of whites sat to-
gether in compact body, heavily
outnumbering the bare 70 colored
members of the audience. When a
soloist sang, the whites did not ap-
plaud, and when the collection was
taken, they gave nothing.
Mr.. Bagnall's speech pointed out
the fallacy Of so-called race superb
ority; outlined the facts concerning
segregation; showed the Negroes de-
termination not to tolerate or accept
anything less than was guaranteed
him by the Constitution and the laws
of the land; and indicated the alb
surdity Of claims about race pur-
ity."
When the meeting was over, the
whites marched out in q body. II
was discovered positively that they
were unit Of the local Klan organ
ization.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Negro Culture
Commended In
March Century

Carl Van Doren, literary editor of
The Century Magazine, contributes a
long review of "The New Negro" :"
edited by Alain Locke, to the March
number. In his review Mr.. Van
Doren says:
"If any evidence is needed, the vol
ume is evidence that the new Negro
is a civilized and accomplished be-
ing, who not only has given to the
nation it's most joyous dances, which
may have barbaric strain in them,
and it's most characteristic music,
which may be only folk-art, but
who has learned how to write lucid,
cogent and charming prose, which is
one of the unmistakable signs of an
advanced civilization.
Mr.. Van Doren declares that
something has been uttered to en-
large the imaginative sympathy be-
tween the races which is an absolute
essential of any decent solution of
the color problem in America"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Appointment Follows Unrest at
School Under Mckenzie Ad-
ministratiOn; Jones Fif t h
President.

New York.-That long drawn and
fierce controversy which centered
around Fayette Mckenzie, former
president of Fisk University, has cul-
minated in the election to the presi-
dency of the institution of Thomas
Elsa Jones, according to an an
nouncement made Thursday by Paul
D. Cravath, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the school.
Mr.. Jones has accepted the offer
and will assume his duties June 1.
Mckenzie Attacked.
The resignation of the former
president, Mckenzie, resulted from
an onslaught by students and mem
bers of the alumni who, during pc
riod of more than year, pushed an
attack on him which had as its main
weapons charges of incompetence
and prejudice. 1t was declared that
Mckenzie sought to ingratiate him.
self with southern whites to the det-
riment of the students of the school
and of the Negro race. Principal
among the leaders against him was
DR.. w. E. B. Dubois, the schools
most distinguished alumnus.
Dubois was invited to speak al
Fisk and his coming marked the be.
ginning of the end for the tottering
school leader. The editor of the
Crisis minced no words in his pro.
test against what he considered the
ills of the Mckenzie administration
and made his complaints so loud
that Mckenzie was forced to take
note of them. He sought to take ref
uge in the charge that Dubois had
caused another Fisk president to re
sign and that his record showed hin
to be mal-content with more interesr
in strife than in Fisk.
Students Strike.
Nevertheless, the battle grew
warmer and reached a climax wher
the student body of the school struck
Many of the students left the institu
tion never to return. This actor
forced McKenzie's hand. He re
signed. The university has been un
der governing board since he left
At the time there was much agita
tion also for colored president fol
the school. Some persons charged
that Dubois wanted to become head
The election of the new president
maintains the tradition of a whit,
president and white and Negro fac
ulty at Fisk, which is the oldest col
lege for colored students in the Soutf
and internationally known through
the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Jones Fifth Prexy.
Mr.. Jones will become the fiftf
CONTINUED on page 81
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Organizations Sponsor Benefit
Dancing Party For Sick Clubn,an
Testimonial Planned March IL
by Allied Clubs for Charles
BrOdy, Prominent in Lodge
Activity.

Hoping to aid materially fellow
citizen and club man in his quest for
health, group of allied organiza-
tions and public spirited citizens of
the Twin Cities are sponsoring a
monster testimonial and cabaret
dance for Charles Brody on the eve
ming of Thursday, March II, at Elks'
Hall, Sixth and Lyndale Ave-, Min
neapolis.
Entertainment will be featured by
Viola Lee and Eva Pugh. A lively
Charleston contest between Ted
Crockett, Booker Jones, Battling
Sikh, Jr., and other favorites is billed
as another attraction.
Clubs Sponsor Benefit.
Ruus Anderson and his Jazz
Hounds will furnish the music.
The Allied Clufs backing the
benefit are the Key, Goodfellows,
Porters and Walters, Shortneck,
Workingmen's, Railroad Mems Clubs,
The Progressive Association and the
Northwestern Walters and Porters'
Association.
Mr.. Brody is one of the most prom
inent clubmen in the Northwest and
now lies dangerously ill at the Uni
versity Hospital, where he has been
confined for several weeks. He is
well known in Masonic circles, being
a member of Anchor Hilyard Lodge,
A. F. and A. NJ, and the Fezzan Tenn
pie.
Among his friends he is known as
prince Of good fellows and before
his health became impaired was ever
willing to contribute his money and
support to any worthwhile project.
For the small admission fee of
fifty cents, an evening of real enter
tainment is promised. Contributions
will assist in providing medical at
tention and other necessities for the
beneficiary. Every one is urged to
turn out on March II to help make
this testimonial an overwhelming
success.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
PORTERS REPLY
TO OPEN LETTER
P. L. Caldwell. Secretary Local
Union, Answers Shannon
Arguments.

1t has never been policy of mine
to enter into controversy either oral
ly or in writing with ony one about
the activities of our group, and I do
not intend, now to change that
policy. But in view of the fact that
Mr.: Geo. Shannon took the method
he did in going to press with let
ter addressed to group in which l
am vitally interested, in which he
miserably attempted to show cause
why the Pullman Porters should
stand by the Pullman Representa-
tive Plan, l feel that there may be
some who would like to have an hon.
est discussion of the subject.
Mr.. Shannon headed his article
with, Porter Shannon Speaks at
Meet He did not say which meet
he meant, but it is known that he
only spoke to the porters in the Pull
man, Yards at meeting at which the
porters were ordered by the Pull
man Company to attend, and what.
ever he had to say must, therefore
have been directed by the Company,
for it's employees, therefore nothing
could be said at that meeting against
the plan" nor in favor of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Challenge Made.
At the same hour at which Mr.
Shannon is alleged to have spoken
and in the same page of the paper
in which his letter is printed you will
find an account of another series OF
meetings being held publicly in a
rented hall. Mr.. A. Phillip Randolph,
General Organizer of the B. S. C. p,
and Mr.. A. L. Totten, Field Organ
izer, were issuing an open challenge
to any employee or official of the
Company to come upon the platform
and prove that, in any way the Rep
Continued on page p
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
c. E. Russell, Washington, d. c.,
Rebukes Business Body for
HOnOring Di S cri m n a t o r
Against Negroes.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
Charles Edward Russell, member
of the board of directors of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, recently re-
signed from the Chamber of Com
merce in Washington, D. c., because
of testimonial dinner it was plan
ned to give Col. Clarence o. Sheriff.,
superintendent of buildings and
grounds in the national capitol, who
has done his utmost to promote seq
regation.
Mr.. Russell had been invited to
speak at the testimonial dinner.
Sheriff. Unjust.
In his letter of resignation, Mr..
Russell says in part:
Colonel Sheriff., by his deliber-
ate course of contemptuous injustice
toward the colored people of this
city, took himself out of the category
of public servants that merit any ap-
plause from their fellow men. Legal
ly, constitutionally and from every
viewpoint of social welfare, the col
ored people are entitled to every
right and privilege accorded to the
white. Colonel Sherrill's defiance of
this fundamental truth was so flag
rant and therefore SO injurious to the
best interests of the community that
l think the Washington Chamber of
Commerce might be better engaged
than in showing him honor.
Chamber Scored.
II am unable to think, as I should
be glad to think, that the Chamber is
unaware Of the intolerable insult he
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Resignation offered Chamber Of
Commerce To Protest Prejudice
MINISTER BEGINS LAW
IN EXTENSION SCHOOL

Rev. Edward L. Fuller, Minneap-
oils minister and social worker, has
enrolled in the American Extension
University law course. Satisfactory
completion of the course leaves a
candidate with the degree of bachelor
Of laws under the regulations of the
university department of law. Ma
circulation in the course which Rev.
Fuller has elected requires a candi-
date to stand two years college rat
ing.
Notification has been received from
F. E. Hirsch, assistant registrar of
the American Extension University,
that Rev. Fuller has successfully
passed the matriculation examina-
tions.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
SOUTHERNERS To
FIGHT LYNCH|NG
BILL WITH HATE
Overman Leads Fight by Pre-.
dieting Bill Has Rocky
Road Yet to Travel"
Cloture Cannot Be Used
Congress Will Not Adjourn by
August 1, if Bill is Forced;
Cannot Pass"
(Preston News Service)

Washington, March 4-If the Re-
publican majority in the Senate at
tempts to pass the McKinley-Dyer
anti-lynching bill at this session,
they will have a rocky road to
travel" Senator Lee S. Overman,
senior Democrat of North Carolina,
on the judiciary committee, stated
Wednesday,
Senator Overman has secured a
postponement of the consideration of
the bill in the full judiciary commit
tee. The bill has been favorably re-
ported to the full committee by a
subcommittee composed of Senators
Cummins and Gillett, Republicans,
who voted for it, and King, Demo-
crat of Utah, who voted against it..
Overman blocked report of the bill
to the Senate in the full committee
by raising the point that full at
tendance was not present and insist
ing that the issue go over to the next
meeting.
Violates "State's Rights
The bill would turn over to the
Federal courts the trial of all per-
sons accused of lynch law" viola
tions and would tax the whole COM
munity in which the lynching occur
red. 1t will be fought by Southern
Senators as violation of what re-
mains of the doctrine of States
rights ...---.
Northern newspapers are making
much of the situation created by the
practical unanimity of the Southern
Senators in voting for cloture rule on
the World Court adherence resolu-
tion. They declared that this will be
embarrassing to them if an attempt
is made to impose the cloture rule
with regard to the anti-lynching bill
Continued on page 81
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
WHITES MURDER
NEGRO AT HOME
FOR AUTO JAM
Insurance Agent Dragged from
Home by Three Men; Shot .
MOrtally at Once. 4
Paper Protests Action
Murderers jailed; One Acquit-
ted; Case Against Others to
Be Dropped.
IN. A. A. c.. P. Press Seryice)

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
G. H. Donaldson, Negro insurance
agent of Dublin, Ca, was brutally
murdered there by white men on the
pretext that the Negro resisted ar
rest" when served with a defective
warrant.
The trouble arose when Donald
son, driving his automobile, was run
into by the automobile of Ezra Kea.
The crash was witnessed by two
white men, Barlow Jones and Ira
Clark, who are quoted by a local
white newspaper as saying that the
white driver was to blame for the ac-
cident, as he was running on the
wrong side of the road.
Whites Threaten.
The white man, Kea, together with
two other white men, obtained a de-
fective warrant for Donaldson's ar
rest, not knowing the name of the
Negro whose automobile Kea had run
into. The three whites are said to
have remarked on having obtained
their defective warrant that they
"were going to have settlement or
Negro" A fight ensued when the
three whites reached Mr.. Donaldson's
home, and Mr.. Donaldson was shot
and killed, two of the white men be-
ing wounded.
In dying statement made by Mr..
Donaldson, he declared he did not
have pistol when he went to the
door at the summons of the three
whites; that one white man grabbed
him by the collar and tried to drag
him down the steps as soon as he
opened the door and that the other
white men joined in, one of them
shooting him. A Negro witness is
quoted as cOrroborating Mr.. Donald
sons statement that he had no pistol
and that the three white men began
beating him before he had an oppor-
tunity to defend himself.
Paper Comments.
The three whites were jailed fol-
lowing the murder. The murdered
man had good reputation and Clerk
of Council A. H. Grier is quoted as
having assured the three whites be-
fore they called on Mr.. Donaldson
that they would find him ready to
do what was right and would have
no difficulty in settling the matter
amicably.
| One of the white men has already
been acquitted by a jury and the
case against the other two is expect
ed to be dropped, according to latest
advices received by the N. A. A. C. P.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
SUPERIORITY Of
WHITE ATTACKED
Englishman Voices Opinion that
No Race Can Condemn 9th
ers to InferiOrity.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service }

IN. A. A. c. P. Press Service)
An article published in English
newspapers by the Right Honorable
Philip Snowden, member of Parlia-
ment, challenges world domination
by white people, and asserts that the
idea of white supremacy will have to
be abandoned.
The article reads, in part: 1.-THE
old idea of the right of people with
a higher civilization and with a more
advanced economic development to
dominate the rest of the world will
have to be frankly abandoned. 1t
is being abandoned. The constitu-
tion of the League of Nations is an
outstanding instance of that fact. Re-
gardless of race, color and size, ma
tions are admitted to the league on
terms of equality.
"If the principle of numbers" is
accepted as the form of government,
then there is no escaping from the
fact, unpalatable as it may be to the
white races, that in international
government the future of the world
rests with the colored races. 1t is,
for instance, seldom realized that six
out of every seven people in the Brit
ish Empire are colored.
Mr.. Snowden asserts that the out
come of the re-adjustment depends
on the attitude taken by the white
races, that there need not be violence
and an array of white against color
ed, if due respect is given to the as
pirations and opportunities of all
peoples. This grave problem" con-
cludes Mr.. Snowden, with its pos
sible menace, will be solved if it be
recognized that all men are equal
born;' and that, just as Lincoln said,
no man was ever good enough to gov
ern another without his consent, so
no race has the right to condemn an
other race to a position of permanent
inferiority."
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Chandler Owen Jailed
on Libel Charge, Report

According to a story which
appeared in the st. Louis Ar
gus last week, Chandler Owen,
co-editor of The Messenger
Magazine, has been indicted,
arrested and Jailed, charged
with conspiracy to libel the
editors of The Chicago Whip.
The report continues that A.
Philip Randolph is also Jointly
indicted with Owen, but has not
yet been arrested. Joseph Bibb,
editor of The Whip, is quoted
as saying that the indictment
and arrest of Owen is the an
swer to the libellous articles
which have appeared in The
Messenger.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Attorney James A. Harris
Goes to Vets Hospital

Attorney James A. Harris, who
has been complaining for some time
has gone to the Aberdeen Hospital
st. Paul, for X-ray examinations and
treatments. He is not confined in
bed and has the privilege of spend
ing little time with his family dur.
ing the day.
Mr.. Harris is a World war veteran
and has been in poor health since his
return from France.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-03-06
Thomas Elsa Jones Announced By Cravath As New
President OF Fisk; viii Assume Duties June 1st
Professor Declares New
Negro Turning BOlshevist

Chicago, Ill.-(By A. N. P.)
In a lecture over WMAQ, the
Daily News Radio Station in
this city, Prof. Robert E. Park
of the University of Chicago,
speaking of "The New Race
Consciousness of the Negro"
declared that the new Negro"
was not only a radical, but in
many cases he was becoming
bolshevist. He warned his ra-
dio audience that the Negro Of
America is becoming intimate
with and close to the other col
ored races of the world.