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Evening star., 1926-03-14
BY w. }. HARDING KING. r. r. q. $.

M W. D. HAhDiNS klNU, r. k. u. -.
TT was with good deal Of trepida
ton that I set foot on the first
dune we came to. and realized
Il that | had embarked on the des-
perate attempt to solve the riddle
Of the sands of the Devils Country
This is what the dune belt of the des-
ert Ia called. 1t was an awful pros
peet.
However, at the time l placed great
faith in my guide. an Arab Of CON
siderable experience in desert travel
ing. This Arab. Qway Hassan Qway.
had proved himself absolutely depend
able on many occasions, and seemed
TO possess an uncanny instinct for
nnding his way in traCkless waste.
Under his guidance we were able to
make good progress, and by the eve.
ming of the first day had reached the
northeast corner of the plateau and
were within days journey of Nut.
the principal town of the district. The
next day we reached this town with
out incident. but arrived just in time.
as our water-tanks were becoming
quite empty
Finding that the caravan was rather
overloaded at our start for our jour
ney from Nut. I left on our second
day out. a tank of water and two
sacks OF grain in the desert. to he
picked up on our way hack From
that point we had gone three DAYS to
the south. We had then gone two
DAYS southwest; then two days west:
another day toward the northwest.
and then three DAYS northeast.
All but the first four days of this
Journey had been over ground which
vas quite unknown to Qway: but
when at the end Of his roundab bout
route 1 asked him to point out to me
where our tank and sacks had been
laid. he was able to indicate it's posi-
ton without the slightest uncertainty
At the first sight the faculty that
good desert guide has of finding his
way about q trackless desert seems
little short Of miraculous but he has
only developed to an unusual degree
the powers that even the most civil
lied individual possesses in a rudi-
mentary state.
The BedOuins. accustomed to travel
ing over the wide desert plains from
one landmark to another, keep their
eyes largely fixed on the horizon. You
can always tell desert man when
you see him in a town. He is looking
toward the end of the street and
appears to be oblivious Of his imme-
diate surroundings. This gives him
that ''far-away' look that is so much
admired by lady novelists.
Qway was an unusually, intelligent
specimen of the Bedouin Arabs-a
race who are by no means so stupid
as they are sometimes represented.
There was little that he did not know
about the desert and it's ways, and he
was extraordinarily quick to pick up
any little European lodges. such as
rnap-making to scale, that showed
him.
Shortly after our arrival at Dakh-
% oasis, the Coptic doctor dropped
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watching this little scene from
distaHce. looked very much per
turbed when ! got back to- the cara
van. Qway, he said. was feeling
mabut tired and that was very bad
because he was very cunning, and
he prophesied that we should have
a very difficult journey.
Add er Rahnan was right things
began to go wrong almost at once
The first two days after leaving Nut
had been cool. but Il simun sprang
up after we left the bushes and the
day became stifTling hot. Towards
midday The internal pressure caused
the expa nsion Of the water and air
in one of the tanks. restarted a leak
that had been mended and the water
began 70 trickle ont of the hole.
We unloaded the camel and turned
the tank round, so that the leak was
uppermost and the dripping stopped.
But soon leak started in another
of the mended tanks, and by the
evening the water in most Of those
had with me was ooZing ont from
at least one point. and several OF
them leaked from two or more
places.
nN arriving in camp, took the
~ leaks in hand and stopped them
with sealing wax. This loss of water
was a serious matter. Every morn
Ing l measured out the days al
lowance for each man by means of
a small tin: in face of the leakage
from the tanks, ] thought 1t ad-
visable to cut down the allowance
considerably
The sealing wax / had put on the
leaks effectually closed them; but to-
wards noon the increasing heat
melted the wax and soon they were
leaking as badly as ever; the other
tanks, that had held out up to that
point, also opened their seams in the
heat, and by the end of the day,
every single tank that ! had was
dripping it's precious contents on the
ground Only the small ones that !
had made for the depots remained
waterproof.
AS the sealing wax proved in
effectIal. | scraped it off in the even
ing, and. since the leaks were all in
the seams of the tanks, ! plugged
them with some gutta-percha tooth
stopping that I had fortunately
brought with me. wedging it into
the seams where they leaked with
the blade Of knife.
This was apparently unaffected by
the heat. and. though ii was liza bile to
he loosened by rough usage. was
great Improvement on the wax. But
the leaks were plugged too late. Dur
ing the two DAYS while they were
omen. one tank had become almost
entirely empty. and the others had
all lost Considera bic portion of their
contents.
We continued our march. leaving
Evening star., 1926-03-14
BY Oil Pressure.

4 y automobile Of revolutionary do
sign. driven ny oil pressure. is 70
bc manufactured in Lansing. Mich,
according 10 recent reports. Gears.
driving shafts and brakes arc 20 he
replaced nv oil pressure pipes.
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that every moment Of mans life |
should he devoted to the service of
his Creator: consequently, though he
may be working for an earthly
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Keen Witted Arab Shows His Perfdy
In Aiding the Senussii, Hostile to For
eigners, to Preserve the Secret of the
Libyan Sands-Uncanny Instinct Is
Possessed by Sand Pilot in Fiindis the
Way-Eneaeine a Rival Leader of
Caravan-The Tell-Tale Footprint.
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duty towards Allah. as having the
first claim upon his services.
Add er Rahman. who had been
Evening star., 1926-03-14

On the northern fringe of the
Sahara lies the Libyan Desert.
With an extent of a million square
miles, 1t is perhaps the least
known area of it's size in the world.
Into that vast traCkless and
waterless region ventured Mr.. w.
J. Harding King at the suggestion
of an officer of the Royal Geo
graphical Society-of which he is
member. Previously Mr.. King
had been awarded the Gill Me
mortal by the society for his ex-
plorations.
Many another traveller had been
deferred by the hostility and in
trigue of the desert dwellers, par
ticularly the Senussi-Moslem der
vishes-with whom Mr.. King was
to have sad experiences. However.
he not only penetrated to the heart
of the region. but remained for
three years. This article and two
subsequent ones describe his most
exciting adventures.
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Sunshine Sammy viii Leave
Vaudeville, For Pictures
MINNEAPOLIS PIONEER
CHURCH WORKER DIES

Mr.. Edward Hammond, aged sc
years, passed away at Minneapolis
General hospital, Tuesday at $3.50
p. m. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at st. Peters A. M. E. church.
Friday, p. M, Rev. H. c. Boyd Off
ciating, assisted by Rev. T. B. Stovall
and Rev. H. C. Claybrook.
Mr.. Hammond had been a resident
of Minneapolis for the past thirty
five years and had been employed by
the j. w. Thomas Co. for % years
and also at the Minneapolis Auditori-
um ever since its opening.
One of the first members of st.
Peters church when the church was
established on the East Side, and has
always been an active, ardent work
er for the upbuilding of Gods king
dom.
Until the past two years, due to
his rapidly failing health, he was a
member of the trustee board, steward
and class leader.
The true Christian spirit was eX-
emplified in his daily life, malice to-
ward none and charity toward all.
Dearly beloved by both young and
old, he will be greatly missed by a
host of friends in the Twin Cities.
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REFUSED SERVICE
BECAUSE NEGRO
Restaurant Proprietor Under
$500 Bail for Violation of
Civil Rights Act.
(Preston News Service)

Damden, N. July 23.-Refused
service in the Famous Restaurant
Friday, Hamden Abraham, a silk and
linen dealer of New York, caused the
arrest of Peter Silos, Greek, pro-
prietor of the restaurant, on a charge
of violating the Civil Rights Act of
New Jersey. Silos was held under
$500 bail by Magistrate O'Grady.
In a statement to the Magistrate,
Abraham said he went to the restau-
rant for lunch and after waiting 20
minutes asked one of the mattresses
to serve him. He said the waitress
would not serve him food and that
Silos said he didn't cater to "colored
people," Silos admitted that he re-
fused to serve Abraham because he
thought he was Negro.
Abraham said he is an American
citizen and fought with the American
Army in France. He displayed sew
eral scars of wounds received in bat
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Latest Mob Violence Upon Negro Home Owners
By Indignant Whites Reported In New Jersey

Mr.. Adams and his wife were well
coined by the neighbOrs. Upon MAX
ing preparations to move into his new
home, Mr.. Adams was threatened by
persons living more than a mile from
the house, among the threateners be-
ing several of foreign birth and a
number of whom are unable to speak
English.
Threats Made.
Several mass meetings were held
and veiled threats were made. Fear
ing for the safety of his wife and
child, while he was at work in the
Postoffice at New York City, MIR.
Adams appealed to the Association
for help.
The Association Immediately took
up the matter with Governor A. Har-
ry Moore of New Jersey, Mayor Heder
of Palisades Park, and Sheriff Sherry
of Bergen County.
Police Protection.
Mr.. Adams was also furnished with
a letter to Oliver Randolph, a prom
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LOCAL man TO
Open THEATRE
Harold Coins With COlOred AS
sistants Will Manage the
RemOdeled Como.

The Como theater, University ave-
nue., near Kent street, is now being
remodeled at very great expense.
Work includes interior and exterior
decorating, two new machines, new
screen and seats. In short time the
theater will be opened, featuring the
best in pictures, vaudeville and using
all race pictures and acts available.
This theater will be managed by
Harold Coins and an entire staff of
race assistants with a view of giving
our local artists an opportunity to
perform and develop their ability.
Such theaters will be found in al
most every large city in the country
operating successfully. Cecil B. De
Mile, one of the most successful mo-
tion picture producers in America, is
planning making feature pictures
comedies for these theaters.
The opening date of the Como will
be published in this paper.
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CREENWAY WILL
NOT TAKE HEAD
JOB At LINCOLN
Family Condition Will Not Allow
Acceptance of Position,
Letter States.
Denies Klan Connection
Pointed Attack of Alumni Gets
Explanation From Minis
ter Candidate.
(Preston News Service)

New York City, July 23.-Corre-
spondence made public Friday by
New York members of the Alumni AS
sociation disclosed that DR.. Walber
B. Greenway, Pastor of Bethany
Temple Congregational Church, Phil
adelphia, had declined the presidency
of Lincoln University.
Friends of DR.. Greenway state that
he had made known his intention of
refusing the presidency before stu
dents and alumni protested against
his selection, declaring him to be a
Klan sympathizer.
Reasons Given.
In his letter of declination to the
Rev. John B. Laird of Philadelphia,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the institution, DR.. Greenway said
in part:
After taking into consideration
my present work and especially con-
ditions in my family 1 cannot bring
myself to the place where 1 can &C
cept the offer rendered me. it would
mean in a way breaking up my home.
my two sons, nineteen and twen-
ty, are just entering the business
world and I feel it would not be fair
to leave them in Philadelphia at this
time in their life. Mrs. Greenway
and I both feel our first duty is to
them until they become definitely an
chored and somewhat older. This is,
perhaps, the strongest reason why we
feel we ought not to accept the work
at Lincoln University"
Explanation.
DIR. Greenway's reply to the imme-
Continued from page p
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STATES SEND 354
PEOPLE TO MEET
Chicago Convention of N. A. A.
c. P. Has Representatives
From "a of 4S States.
IN. A. A. c. P. Press Service)

On. A. A. G. p. Press Service)
The recent 18th annual conference
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People sur
passed all previous meetings in at
tendance and in the number of
states represented. Officials of the
organization believe the increase to
have been due both to the interest
created by the Sweet case, and to a
realization by greater number of
people of the necessity for the Or
ganization.
Actual registrations numbered 354
persons, although there were a large
number of others who went to Chi
cago and did not register. The dele
gates represented "a states. Illinois
led with 80 delegates, Indiana was
second with 20, Ohio third with 81,
Michigan fourth with "a, Missouri
fifth with 10.
The states represented by one or
more delegates were: Alabama,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Con-
necticut. Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Tex.
as, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
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Youthful Star of 'Our Gang"
Comedies to Make Series of
II TwO-Reel Pictures With
Young Turpin.
Pacific Court News Bureau.

Pacific Court News Bureau.
Hollywood, Calif.-Frederick Ern-
est Morrison, better known as Sun
shine Sammy" will discontinue his
vaudeville tour and return to Holly
wood as the juvenile comedian in a
series of IL two-reel comedies.
Jean Francis DeVillard, the Indian
capitalist producer, has signed con-
tract for Sammy's services as the
Juvenile comedian in a series of
Messenger Boy" comedies starring
Tomnv Turpin, nephew of cross-eyed
Ben.
Sammy May BE Starred.
To representative of this paper
it was announced that Sammy may
later be starred in a series of
comedies after the completion of the
Messenger Boy" series. Sammy's
return to Hollywood ends his two
year tour of the colored vaudeville
houses under the T. o. B. A. circuit.
Ernest entered the picture busi-
ness in 1915 as a co-star with Baby
Marie Osborne in a series of feature
length Pathe comedy dramas. Fat
ty Arbuckle used him in the Sheriff
which attracted the attention of Hal
Roach. Under the Roach banner
Ernest become internationally ia
nous in support of Harold Lloyd and
Snub Pollard. Upon LlOyd's rise to
stardom, the "Our Gang" comedy
team of youngsters was organized
composed of Mickey Daniels (Frec-
kles); Jacky Condor (Towhead), and
Ernest Morrison (Sunshine Sammy
as the original cast. Later three
more were added, Joe Cobb (Fatty) ;
Mary Kornman Mary, and James
Hoskins (Farina).
CONTINUED on page p -
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ALICE LEAVES ON
TRIP TO EUROPE
Pays Thousands for Travelling
Outfit; Will Meet Moth
er'S Relatives.
preston News SerYicel

New York, July 23.-Mrs. Alice B.
Jones Rhinelander, the bride of Leon
ard Kip Rhinelander, who success
fully fought his annulment suit
through sensational trial, left for
England on the White Star Liner
Majestic last Saturday.
Mrs. Rhinelander denied just be-
fore sailing that the trip was to meet
her husband abroad to effect recon-
ciliation, although it has been report
ed that her husband is in Paris.
II intend to meet my mothers peo-
pie in England" was all Mrs. Rhine
lander would say. CAS- far as this
reconciliation talk is concerned-you
can see my lawyer about that. l
have nothing to say except that it's
absurd"
Mrs. Rhinelander's going away
outfit is reported to have cost sew
eral thousand dollars. I'm going
to have a four-room suite on the
Majestic, too," she said.
A brand new limousine will bring
her back to her home in New ROch-
ellie when she returns. The car,
which she purchased only a few
months ago, has been turned in and
the new one will meet her at the pier
when she comes back, she said. She
was accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
George Jones.
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fireman HURT
while ON DUTY
Joseph T. Harris of Company
Nine Cut by Falling Glass;
Now Almost Recovered.

A fire in the basement of a restau-
rant and shoe store near the corner
of University avenue at Dale street
last Sunday afternoon caused the
severe injury of Joseph T. Harris,
fireman, member of Engine Company
No. 9.
Burning steadily, stubborn fire
broke out the glass in the doorway
in which Mr.. Harris was standing
while gaining entrance to the build
ing. The full shock of the falling
glass was received upon the fireman's s
head and shoulders, the glass knock
ing the number plate off the helmet
and cutting open the left shoulder.
Loss of blood from the injury and
the intense heat of the fire caused
Mr.. Harris to lose consciousness
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Forgotten Body
viii Be Burned
Afer5O Years

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 23.-The
body of Willie Green, hanged so
years ago. neared the ends of it's
travels Thursday after a half CEN
tury of fruitless search for final
resting place.
Green was executed for the murder
of his half brother.
Relatives claimed the body, had it
embalmed and prepared for burial,
but for some reason it was forgotten.
Years passed, with one undertaken
passing the body on to another, until
nearly a score have had possession
of it. ....
Thursday Oscar Miller, its latest
custodian, turned the body over to
the city morgue for cremation.
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ELKS ANNOUNCE
DELEGATES FOR
NATIONAL MEET
Walker, Hunter, Miller, Todd
Selected for Cleveland Con-
ventiOn in August.
Men Uninstructed, odd
B a tie s-P ace Secretary Duel
Grows Bitter as Time for
Election Draws Near.
(Preston News Service)

st. Paul will be well represented
at the forthcoming meeting Of the
Grand Lodge of Elks to be held in
Cleveland, Ohio, beginning the fourth
Tuesday in August.
Delegates selected by the local
chapter are: w. B. Walker, present
Exalted Ruler; Hector Hunter, past
Exalted Ruler; Charles H. Miller,
present treasurer, and A. j. Todd,
present secretary.
Election Interest High.
Alternates include ]. Louis Erwin,
John F. Coquire, C. w. Wigington
and L. C. Jackson, all of whom are
past exalted rulers. According to A.
]. Todd, present secretary of the Or
ganization, all the delegates will go
uninstructed as to how to vote in the
election battle which is expected at
the meeting:
For the first time in 18 years the
chief interest in the outcome of the
election centers around the Grand
Secretaryship. Whether Finley Will
son succeeds himself as Grand Exalt-
ed Ruler has become a question sec
ondary to the fight which has been so
capably made by Harry H. Pace, Pres
ident of Northeastern Life Insurance
company, to oust George E. Bates
from the position of Grand Secretary
which Bates has held for-the past Is
years without opposition.
Bates Machine.
1t had been generally regarded
that Bates would be a hard man to
combat and many prospective candi-
dates who wanted to enter the lists
with him were persuaded by their
friends to withdraw from the race.
Relying on this method of frighten-
Continued on page 81
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inent colored attorney of Newark,
who reports that as soon as Adams
presented his letter he "called up the
Police Headquarters in Palisades
Park, the Sheriff's Office and the Of
fee of the Prosecutor of Pleas of Ber-
gen County, and, after much trouble,
finally got promise from the Sher-
IFS Office that an officer would be
placed on guard at Mr.. Adams house
beginning at five o'clock Saturday
afternoon, July 8, the date on which
Mr.. Adams moved in.'
Governor Moore, in letter dated
July IS to the N. A. A. G. p, advises
that he has referred the matter to
"local authorities, who have entire
jurisdiction in matters of this kind.
Mr.. Adams should present his COM
plaint to the Mayor of the town in
which he lives, and where he is en-.
titled to the same consideration as
any other citizen, and 1 have no
doubt that he will receive it."
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FIRST-CLASS CAFE OPENS
NIGHT AND DAY SERVICE

Ferdye's Place, which is known as
the Bee Cafe, opened Friday at 3S3
Rondo St., and first-class service is
to be maintained at all times.
The cafe will be open day and
night, serving regular noon dinners
and chilli as specially.
Ferdye was formerly connected
with the Wee Hour Inn and needs
no introduction. to the public. Her
reputation as a culinary artist is
hard to beat.
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N. A. A. C. p. Figures Show
13 Lynchings for 1926

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
Between January 1 and June
80, 1925, there were thirteen
lynchings in the United States,
according to the record of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie. The Associations figures
show four more lynchings than
the record of Tuskegee Insti-
tute.
OF the thirteen victims, IL
were Negroes, one was white,
and one was a Navajo Indian.
Six of the victims were hanged,
five were shot, and two were
hanged and shot. Three were
charged with rape. All the
others were accused of burgla-
ry, murder and less serious Of
fenses.
The figures are an increase
of three over the number of
lynchings for the first six
months of 1925. The record
by states is: Florida, 4; Mis-
sissippi, 3; Texas, 2, and Maine,
New Mexico, Arkansas and
Kentucky, one each.
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COURT DECIDES AGAINST
COLORED HOME OWNERS

St. Louis, Mo.-A decision was
handed down in Judge Calhoun s
court Thursday restricting Miss
Agnes Tegethoff, white, owner of
property in the forty-five hundred
block on Cote Brilliante avenue, from
renting or selling this property to
colored citizens. This decision up
holds voluntary segregation pact of
the white property owners of the
block.
AS result of the granting of an
injunction restricting colored persons
from buying or renting Miss Teget-
hoff's property, restrictions are auto
matically upheld against five other
colored families in the block who
have decisions pending in custer
suits. =
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To Raise 81, 100000
For Social Work Among Negroes
JOINT ELKS' PICNIC is
LARGE EVENT OF SEASON

Hundreds of Twin Cities folks mo-
tored to Bass Lake Thursday and at
tended the annual joint picnic given
by Ames Lodge No. 106 and Mime
haha Temple No. 1913.
Following the picnic fully three
hundred persons wended their way to
Elks' Hall, where the weekly cabaret
dance was in progress. Tables were
at a premium and the hall was taxed
to its utmost capacity.
Ozzie's entertaining and the dance
music by Clarence Johnson and his
orchestra measured up to it's usual
standard.
AS the result of holding the lucky
number, Miss Lenetta Carter carried
home beautiful silver bread tray.
According to Mr.. Eddie Boyd,
chairman and his co-wOrkers, the cab
aret will continue to be featured each
Thursday evening.