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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-04
BARGEs BREAK AWAY.

ASBURY PARK, N. j., Feb. 81
Two barges broke away from the
tug Thomas Howard off Scotland
Lightship at o'clock, according to
a wireless message received from
the coast guard cutter Seminole at
the Sandy Hook station. Each was
manned by four men and one, sank
Immediately, the other going ashore
at Sandy Hook. No trace of the
crew of this barge, the Phoenix, was
found by Captain Elwood Butler,
who got to the scene with boat
crew. The barges were loaded with
coal and were bound to New York
from Delaware Breakwater The
Thomas Howard was reported bound
into New York. A second barge came
ashore at Asbury Park. It was be-
lieved to be unnamed. The tug
boat Susan Moran of New York had
the barge in tow when last seen at
sea. The Whereabouts of the tug
were not discovered
superintendent Rasmussen of the
fifth coast guard district said that
number of other tugs and barges
were unaccounted for in the storm.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
new YORK MAYOR
SELECTS NEGROES
Seven Prominent COlOred Citi-
zens to Serve on Survey
Committee of 500.

Mayor Walker of New York City
has appointed a number of prominent
New York colored citizens members
of Committee of 500 who will help
the officials of the City of New YORK
in discovering and planning to meet
the needs of the growing metropolis.
The colored members of the Mayors
Committee are: James Weldon John
son, Secretary of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People; DR.. w. E. B. Du Bois,
Editor of The Crisis; Eugene Kinckle
Jones, Secretary of The Urban
League; John E. Nail, of the firm of
Nail and Parker; DR.. Louis T.
Wright; Ferdinand @. Morton, Civil
Service Commissioner, and Lester A.
Walton, journalist.
Among the duties, of the Commit
tee will be to report on housing and
tion, sanitation, highways and bridge
zoning, port facilities, traffic reg
ulations, sanitation, highways and
bridges, parks and Fairgrounds and
new sources of municipal revenue.
The Committee comprises many of
the outstanding persons in New YORK
civic and social life, including bank
presidents and industrial leaders,
jurists, educators, welfare workers,
engineers and representatives of all
walks of life. Among the prominent
members Of the Committee are: The
Presidents of New York and Colum-
bia Universities, the Director of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Di-
rector of Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, the Presidents of
the N. Y. Life Insurance Co., of the
N. Y. Times, of the Herald-Tribune,
of the Parks and Fairgrounds Asso-
citation, etc.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
Bright Lights
OfChicaeo Lure
Air-Mail Pilots

Making an engagement to be filleu
in Chicago the evening of the day
that you leave Chicago for St. Paul
is one thing and being able to keep
it is another. This is easily done in
your sleep, that is, it is often done
in ones dreams, but now it has be-
come reality through the practice
of the pilots on the Dickinson con-
tract air mail route from Chicago
to st. Paul.
Pilots leaving Chicago at 5:45 A.
M. for st. Paul often make engage
ments for the same night in Chicago,
and the only difficulty they have in
keeping their engagement is being
able to get the pilot that is leav-
ing the other end of the route to
change runs with him, so he can get
back to Chicago at 7:15 P. M.
Pilot Behnke left Chicago Thurs
day, June "a, at 5:45 A. M. and ar
rived in st. Paul 20 minutes ahead
of schedule accompanied by his wife,
who apparently likes the looks of st.
Paul as she was all smiles as they
landed. Mr.. Behnke told James
Lehne, assistant superintendent of
mails that, instead of bringing San
ia Claus to St. Paul he brought his
wife" Mrs. Behnke had kept her.
self busy on the trip arranging the
mail.
Pilot Behnke and wife left st.
Paul at $40 P. NJ. with consign-
ment of mail and arrived in Chicago
at 7:15 P. M. just in time for the
first performance of an evening
movie.
That the air mail is proving its
worth while is shown by the fact
that large number of local busi-
ness houses are using the service to
a great advantage.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
MILL CITY BABY
|. CONTEST DRAWS
300 WITNESSES
Charles Curry, Jr., Gets First
Prize; Chandler Glenn, Sec
Ond; Zena Earl, Third.
Gross Receipts $4O5.96
Highly Successful Effort of Min
neapolis Branch Summed
by Pickens.

Three hundred people gathered at
st. Peter A. M. E. church last Thurs
day night to greet Dean William
Pickens, Field Secretary of the N. A.
A. G.. P, and to witness the close of
the Popular Baby Contest.
Mr.. Pickens fully sustained his
reputation as a humorous and inter
esting speaker, yet won the earnest
attention of his auditors as from
time to time he injected into his talk
matters of serious moment and dis
cussed from an unusual viewpoint
the ever present problems of his peo-
pie.
Program Given.
A short program by the young peo-
pie preceded the lecture. Miss Vesta
Mosely presided, presenting as the
opening number the Junior Girls
from Phyllis Wheatley House, who
sang several songs very acceptably.
A group of little girls from Bethesda
Baptist church presented an amusing
skit called the Little Grandmas. "
1t was hugely enjoyed. Miss Mosely
then introduced Miss Eunice Doughty
who presented to the audience the
speaker, Mr.. VIM. Pickens. During
the lecture the committee in charg.
of the baby contest was receiving the
returns, which will be found in the
report submitted below.
The local organization is highly
elated over the success achieved and
is deeply grateful for the earnest and
intelligent work of the committee,
consisting of Mrs. Fannie M. Shanks,
chairman; Mrs. w. R. Banks, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cheatham and Mrs Jessie
Shepherd.
Report Made.
The chairman of the membership
drive, DR.. M. w. Judy, emphasizes
the fact that the drive does not end
with the closing of the Baby Contest
but will continue until the goal so
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The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
SEGREGATION TO
Be RE-C0NTESTED
Legal Committee of National As.
sOciatiOn Meets to Plan
New Mode of Attack.

New York, June 25.-The National
Legal Committee of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People has held a meeting to
discuss further steps in the segrega-
tion fight, following the U. S. Su-
preme Courts decision in the Curtis
Segregation Case in Washington
D. C.. The meeting was held in the
Offices of Louis Marshall, 12O Broad
way, and besides Mr.. Marshall there
were in attendance Arthur B. Spin.
garn, Chairman of the Committee;
James A. Cobb of Washington, Herb
ert X. Stockton and James Weldon
Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. A.
C. P.
Because of the fact that the Su-
preme Court did not pass upon the
merits of the case but declared itself
to be without jurisdiction, the Com.
mittee decided to take up another
case as soon as it may be possible
that will force a conclusive opinion
upon the fundamental questions in
volved.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
Intellectual Stagnation Will Re-
suit From Widespread Re-
sumption of IntOlerant Atti-
tude, GOodnow Says.
(Preston News Service)


Baltimore-America has been and
is prevented by intolerance from be-
coming truly a "land of the free"
DR.. Frank J. Goodnow, president of
Johns Hopkins University, told the
fiftieth year graduating class. Amer
lean civilization is likely to drift in.o
period of intellectual stagnation, he
declared, unless the new generation
goes out into the world to flight in
tolerance and stand for freedom of
thought and expression"
Although supposedly a free peo-
pie, we are subjected probably to a
more comprehensive official controi
as to our personal conduct than most
peoples" he said.
Indeed, in the public mind, little,
if any, distinction is made between
vice and crime. Little trust is given
the efficacy of ethical teaching. Much
reliance is placed on criminal punish
ment. Recent legislative and govern
mental tendencies have shown how
dangerous is the attempt to prophesy
with regard to human conduct.
Whatever may have been the prog
ress in the last Is years, it would
seem that the American people in re-
cent years are reassuming their for
mer intolerant attitude"
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
DATE SET FOR TEXAS
WHITE PRIMARY CASE

James A. Cobb, member of the Ma
tional Legal Committee of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, reports that
the United States Supreme Court has
advanced the Texas white primary
case on the calendar and has set next
January as the date for argument.
The case, which challenges the
right Of the Texas legislature to bar
Negroes from voting in the state
Democratic primary elections, has
been appealed from the district Fed
eral Court by the N. A. A. c. P,
which retained a white Texas lawyer,
Fred c. Knollenberg, to handle it..
Mr.. Knollenberg is receiving the CO.
operation Of Mr.. Cobb, Moorfield
Storey, President of the N. A. A. C..
p, and the other members of the
N. A. A. G. P. National Legal Com
mittee.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
ELKS' ANNUAL PICNIC TO
BE HELD AT BASS LAKE

With the largest attendance on rec
ord, Twin Cities folks packed Elks
Hall Thursday evening, June II, on
the occasion of the weekly cabaret
dance given by .Ames Lodge and Min
nehaha Temple, 1. B. P. o. E. w.
Miss Ozzie Shauffner and Clarence
Johnson's orchestra furnished the en-.
tertainment.
Mr.. Archie James received a hand.
some fern stand as lucky prize.
Everybody is invited to attend TIE
annual picnic to Bass Lake On
July Is.
Motorists can follow the road
through to Robbinsdale. Elk signs
are to be placed en- route to direct all
motorists.
After the picnic the Elks will be
hosts at their weekly cabaret dance
at Elks' Hall, Sixth and Lyndale Ave
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
CARTlERET NEGRO
GIVEN SENTENCE
Prison Sentence of 18 to 80
Years Saves Ducrest From
Capital Punishment.

George Ducrest, the colored man
who is alleged to have killed John
Carroll, white prizefighter, during a
street fight in Carteret, New Jersey,
the consequence being the burning
of a Negro church and the driving
out of town of 100 colored people,
has been convicted of second degree
murder and sentenced to from 18 to
80 years in prison. A mastery de-
tense of Ducrest by Attorney William
]. Brandon of Newark, who volun-
teered his services, saved him from
execution in the electric chair.
The New Jersey Branches of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People agreed
to pay the cost of the trial and the
National Office of the N. A. A. c. +.
contributed $50 to the defense.
A local white newspaper speaking
of the work of Attorney Brandon,
wrote: Attorney Brandon seemed
to have an uncanny knowledge of the
various jurors who were drawn,
seemed to know their relationships
about the county and their minds
fairly WELL"
Rev. Louis II. Berry, who repre-.
sented the N. A. A. G. p. at the trial,
reports that prejudice Of white eye
witnesses and absence of defense
witnesses prevented substantiation OF
Ducrest's plea of self-defense, but
that all present at the trial agreed .
notable. victory had been won in saw
ing him capital punishment or life
imprisonment.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
PASTOR STATES
HIS ATTITUDE AS
SUIT IS CLOSED
Mrs. Carr Sues on Triple Grounds
for Release From PrOmi-
nent Local Divine.
Suit Uncontested, Carr
Letters, Witnesses Available to
Prove Long-Standing Dis
content, Carr Says.

Following an action which has
been pending for some months, Mrs.
Ollie B. Carr was granted divorce
by District Judge R. d. O'Brien Mon
day from the Reverend T. ]. Carr,
one of st. Pau1's best known pastors,
who at present has the pastorate of
the St. Paul Baptist church, Central
Ave. at Mackubin street.
BY the stipulation entered into,
Rev. Mr.. Carr agreed to give his wife
half interest in property which he
is purchasing in Illinois, to pay her
500 as alimony, and to pay w. T.
Francis, her local attorney, and her
Chicago attorney 500 each.
Grounds for Suit.
Mrs. Carr sued on grounds of nom
support, desertion and adultery. In
her complaint she alleged that she
was informed that her husband Sc
cured divorce from her in Chicago
in February, 1912.
Early in the fall of 1913, she
charged, her husband sent for her to
join him in Ottumwa, Iowa, and she
went there and came to St. Paul IN
1917. Later, she charged, Mr.. Carr
sent her to Chicago, where he prom
ised to join her.
1925 Climax.
Last August, however, the Rev.
Mr.. Carr went to Chicago and in
formed Mrs. Carr that he could no
longer live with her. Mrs. Carr
charged further in her complaint that
her husband married Eva Walker, a
well known elocutionist of the Twin
Cities, in Minneapolis, on January 4
Of this year.
Rev. and Mrs. Carr have two chill
dren, Joseph and Harold, both Of
whom live in Chicago.
Rev. Carr Passive.
Throughout the whole proceeding,
the attitude of Rev. Carr has been
one Of passivity. In statement
made Immediately after the settle
ment of the action, he said, "Con-
cerning the matter put in court
against me, wish to state that there
has been no trial insofar as my side
of the question is concerned.
"The matter should have come to
trial before court adjourned for sum-
mer vacation, but neither attorney
filed the note Of issue, which was filed
by my second attorney five weeks
late. My deacons requested the court
to advance the case on the calendar
that it might be tried before court
adjourned, but this was not done.
"As no contest case can be heard
during vacation, agreed to give part
Of equity in property to complainant,
and lawyers fees, but no alimony.
agreed to this compromise rather
than wait three or four months long.
er to try a case that should have
been tried before court adjourned.
Lived Under Protest.
"I have numerous letters and liv-
ing witnesses to prove that complain
ants presence with me was under
constant protest and against my will,
Continued on page ~
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
Former St. Paul Pastor viii
Take Over Consolidated Church
B. N. Murrell, Now of Quincy,
ILL.,, Effects Consolidation of
Churches of City; Social Work
Planned.

Through the efforts of the Rev. B.
N. Murrell, formerly pastor of fIl-
grim Baptist church of st. Paul, the
two colored Baptist churches OF
Quincy, ILL.,, are to consolidate after
period of separation of 81 years.
The Rev. Mr.. Murrell is at present
the pastor of the First Baptist church
of Quincy, with which congregation
the members of Union Baptist church
met in the first consolidation services
June 20.
Stay of Seven Years.
Since November 1, 1919, Mr.. Muir.
rell has been in charge of the First
Baptist church of Quincy. Largely
because of the efforts of Mr.. Murrell
$6,400 parsonage for the church
was bought and paid for in six
months.
In social work Mr.. Murrell has
achieved a signal success in gather.
ing enough resources to have bought
a two-story brick building large
enough to house the social life of the
race members of the community. The
building has been completely remod-
eled for the activities which will be
started there within a short time.
Extensive Repairs Made.
Growing the work of Mr.. Murrell
has been the development of a spirit
of cooperation which has resulted in
the vote to consolidate the two con-
gregations. Services at the present
time are being held in the building
of Union Baptist church while the
First Baptist structure is being given
an extensive remodeling.
Among the improvements to be
made at First Baptist are raising the
roof four feet, redecorating the in
terror, laying new floors and placing
new windows, building a new front
building a retaining wall, and build,
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Niger Heaven Will Be
Illustrated by Douglass

New York, June 25.-Two
drawings by Aaron Douglass,
young colored painter and
craftsman, now on the staff of
The. Crisis, are to be used as
illustrations for Carl Van Vech-
tens forthcoming novel. Mig
ger Heaven" the scene of
which is laid in Harlem.
Messrs. Alfred A. Knopf,
Inc, who are publishing the
book, further inform the N. A.
A. c. P. that the two drawings
of Mr.. Douglass are to be used
in all of the advertising of the
book. The publishers are so
pleased with Mr.. Douglass
work that they plan to use in
future other work by him.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26

At a meeting at Pioneer hall Sat
urday, June 10, sponsored by the
members of the Minnesota Society OF
the Royal Circle of Friends of the
World, Mrs. Lille Jones, travelling
supervisor of the organization, gave
an address outlining the purpose OF
the organization and urging greater
membership for the group. Mrs.
Jones headquarters are in Chicago.
Other speakers at the meeting were
E. A. Hatton, president of the Circle;
Mrs. Ella Jackson, Mrs. Jerry Lark
ins, j. R. Lynn, the Rev. P. A. Nor
row and the Rev. L. w. Harris.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
GILES MAKES ADDRESS
AT CHURCH CONFERENCE

One of the speakers at the sixth
session of the st. Paul A. M. E. dis
trict conference held in Duluth last
week was E. w. Giles, lay preacher,
and Bible and missionary teacher,
who addressed the Tuesday evening
session of the series at the st. Marks
A. M. e. church. The topic Of Mr..
Giles address was Footprints In
Africa"
A resident of the Twin Cities for
many years. Mr.. Giles has been very
active in his speciality Of lay preach-
ing. In those years his contacts
with colored church people of the
Twin Cities have been both pleasant
and beneficial.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
U. B. F.LODGE PLANS DRIVE

The local Deputy, DR.. E. S. Weber,
entertained the U. B. F. Lodge and
invited guests, Monday evening at
Union Hall. Rev. L. w. Harris was
the principal speaker of the evening,
outlining many interesting points on
building up the lodge. The U. B. F.s
are planning a membership drive and
hope to unite a number Of the young
men of the city with the order.
After remarks were made by all
those present, a light lunch was
served.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
Sherifs To Get Medals From
Interracial Commission For
Holding off Southern Mobs

President of Athens College, Ala
bama. All nominations for the award
will be presented on a public occa-
sion by some representative person
in each state. The medal is beau
tiful work of art in bronze and was
designed by one Of the leading Amer
lean sculptors. Its preparation was
authorized by the Interracial Com
mission at the annual meeting OF
1925 as part Of the effort for the
elimination Of mob violence which is
being carried ON by many rep
resentatiye agencies and individuals
throughout the South.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
COURT GIVES MRS, OLLIE CARR DIVORCE
Intolerance In America Scored
By President Of John Hopkins
TheObOld Presides at
Eucharistic Congress

One of the important figures
at the Eucharistic Congress
now in session in Chicago is
the Rev. Stephen L. Theobold,
priest at St. Peter Claver Cath
olic church, harrington avenue
at Aurora street. Father Theo-
bold assisted in performing the
ritual of the pontifical mass at
the St. Elizabeth's church at
the opening of the Congress.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
preston News Service)

Atlantis, Ca, June 25.-For the
recognition of sheriffs who exercise
notable diligence in the protection of
prisoners threatened by mobs, the
Commission on Interracial Co-opera-
tion has prepared handsome bronze
medals which will be awarded by a
committee composed Of Gov. John w.
Martin of Florida, Gov. Henry L.
Whitfield of Mississippi, Ex-Governor
Hugh M. Dorsey of Georgia, Geo. ..
Dealey, Editor of the Dallas News;
Marshall Ballard, Editor of the New
Orleans Item, and Mrs. J. II. Mccoy,
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
POCKETBOOK FRAUD
preston News Service)

Newark, N. j., June 25.-The old
pocketbook game still works. Mrs.
Adeline Sawyer lost $500 last Thurs
day night when she handed that
amount to two strangers at Broad
and Bridge streets who had "just
found a pocketbook." They'd divide
the contents of it with her, they said,
if she'd hand over her money to show
her "good faith"
She did. The men left. The
pocketbook was empty.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
PROMINENT MORTICIAN IN
JURED IN MOTOR WRECK

w. Squire Neal, prominent morti-
clan of Minneapolis, was seriously
injured Thursday when his car run
off the embankment near Rochester,
MINI. Mr.. Neal, according to re-
ports, was en- route to Rochester for
medical treatment.
He was removed to the hospital
Immediately. The extent of his in
juries are not definitely known as
we go to press.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-06-26
CONFERENCE GETS
UNDER WAY WITH
STOREY ADDRESS
President of N. A. A. C. P. Urges
COlOred People to Unite for
Citizenship Rights.
Voting Counsel Given
Appeal to Public Opinion Out
lined as Means of Aiding
Racial Harmony.
Voting Counsel Given
IN. A. A. G. P. Press Servicel

lN. "A. "A. ". Z. II COD OCl FICCt
Chicago, June 24.-Declaring that
for Negroes in America there are no
Republicans and no Democrats, only
friends and opponents" Moorfield
Storey of Boston; President of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, in a
message read at the opening mass
meeting last night of the Associa-
tion's Seventeenth Annual confer
ence, urged colored people to unite in
behalf of their citizenship rights.
Mr. Storey, who was secretary dur
ing Reconstruction Days to Senator
Charles Sumner, and has been Presi-
dent of the American Bar Associa-
tion, could not come to Chicago be-
cause of the strain of such journey
in his advanced years, sending the
message real last night.
Rights Sought.
eve represent more than twelve
million persons of Negro blood" Mr..
Storey's message continued, "entitled
under our Constitution and laws to
every right that belongs to any
American citizen, sure eventually to
receive those rights, and determined
to fight for them until they are Sc
cured.
"The need of the hour is union
We must act together, work together,
and vote together. We ask no chari-
ty, no privilege, only the rights of ev-
cry American citizen, the right to live
unmolested in any house where we
have legal right to live, the right
to be protected in our persons and
our property against mob violence,
the right to a fair trial if accused of
crime or involved in any civil con-
troversy, the same rights that any
other citizen has in public parks, pub
lie schools, and all public institutions
supported by taxes of which our taxes
are part. We ask equal rights in
public conveyances, public hotels,
public places of amusements, and
above all, we want the right to vote,
for otherwise we are taxed and draft
ed without representation, the cause
of the Revolution which established
the United States.
Vote Solidly.
How shall we use our votes? The
answer is: Vote together for men
who will work for our rights and for
no Others There are for us no Re-
publicans and no Democrats. There
are only friends and opponents. We
are tired of promises, pleasant words,
appeals to our gratitude for the acts
of dead men fifty years ago. We
want what those men did unheld
now; we want the Constitutional
Amendments which they passed en-
forced; we want the rights which
they gave us recognized; and no man
who will yield any jot of those rights
will receive our support. Let us
make this clear and even the fraction
of our votes which we can cast will
be found mighty weapon.
"Our next weapon is the courts of
the country. Our experience has
abundantly satisfied us that the
courts are our surest allies, and we
have won many substantial victories
Our rule must be that wherever any
right is infringed our organization
must be ready to take the case into
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