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HOME RULE FOR
HAITI DEBATED
Democratic Senator Claims Gov
ernment of U. S. Imposed
at BayOnet Point.
(Preston News Service)

Washington, D. c., May 20.-De-
nouncing the policy of the United
States toward the affairs of Haiti,
Senator King, Democrat of Utah, de-
livered an address in the Senate,
Thursday, in support of his resolu-
ton providing for the withdrawal of
American troops from the island and.
the granting of permission to the
people of Haiti to set up a govern
ment of their own choice.
Referring to the recent selection
Of President Borno, he sserted that
the State Department has imposed
on the Haitian people by force and
arms a government that they do not
want, which is supported by the bay
onets of the United States"
He said that military and naval
officers, assigned to government posi-
tions in Haiti, carried into their ad-
ministration "the spirit of the
martinez and exercised greater
tyranny and greater ruthlessness
than they do upon their subordinates
in time of war;"
At the request of Senator King, his
resolution was referred to the for
eign relations committee for study.
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Annual Educational Campaign
Of Alp1as viii Close Sunday

campaign manager, more enthusiasm
has been shown in the contest this
year. than ever before, and a close
decision. is expected. E. A.Carter,
executive secretary of the st. Paul
branch of the Urban league, Abram
L. Harris, executive secretary of the
Minneapolis branch of the league,
and Atty. j. D. Crane of st. Paul
will act as judges of the essays.
''The larger the attendance at this
meeting, the more moral pressure
will be brought to bear upon our
boys and girls toward making them
realize that they have a real respon-
sibility in life," said William
O'Shields, chairman of the local cam
paign, in speaking of the event. "In
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Five COlOred, Five White Mem
bers Will Work for Racial Har-
mOny and Firm Economic Ba-
sis for Negro.

Fulfilling a promise given to the
Advisory Board of the Division of
Negro Welfare and Statistics in it's
first annual session, Alexander J..
Groesbeck, Governor of Michigan,
has announced the appointment of a
State Interracial Commission consist
ing of ten members, five colored and
five white. They were named as fol-
lows:
White members:
Hon. Carl Young, Commissioner of
the Department of Labor and Indus
try, Compensation Division, Lansing,
under whom the Division of Negro
Welfare and Statistics was originally
established.
Hon. George w. Sample, Judge Of
the Circuit Court, Ann Arbor.
Mr.. 1. R. Ellison, City Manager Of
Muskegon.
Hon. Charles C. Greene, Mayor of
Battle Creek.
/ Mr.. c. Edward Knight, Manager
of the Detroit Creamery, prominent
layman Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and an ardent welfare work.
er.
Colored members:
Mr.. Oscar w. Baker, Attorney,
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MUST SELL CAR
Preston News Service)

Preston News Service)
Columbia, Mo-, May 20.-Matthew
Palmer, must sell his car because il
is too expensive luxury" under the
first provision of parole granted
him by David H. Harris, judge of the
Boone County Circuit Court. Palm.
er had told him that the upkeep OF
the automobile was about $40 per
month
Palmer was sentenced to serve
two years in the penitentiary fol
forging warrant for $3.50 on the
University of Missouri, but was
paroled on condition that he find
regular employment.
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WHITE ATTACKS
COLORED WOMAN
Man Goes Free Because ''NO
White Man Would Convict
Another for Such Act"
IN. A. A. G. P. Press Service) }

IN. A. "A. u. +. fToSS SeFVlce)
New York, May 20.-Police Off
cials in Phoenix, Ariz., have refused
to prosecute white man who had at
tackled a colored woman, choking her
into insensibility, according to a re-
port from the Phoenix branch of the
N. A. A. G. P.
Mrs. L. Ada Walker, secretary of
the Phoenix N. A. A. C. P, reports
that local attorney in the County
Attorneys Office had said no white
man could be found who would con-
vict another white man for choking
a "Nigger woman"
Mrs. Walker writes: "The case
was decided against us but an ex-
ample has been set that means much
to us as we are led to believe that
they know we are not asleep" The
white man who committed the
assault is said to hail from Okla
homa.
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OMAHA TRAINS IN
HEAD-ON WRECK
Many Passengers and Several OF
Train Crew Severely Hurt
in Accident.

In head-on collision, between a
freight and the crack train No. 10 of
the Northwestern line on Wednesday
about 7:45 a. m, in st. Paul, num-
Der of passengers were injured and
several carried to the hospital.
M. r. Woods, Pullman porter of
Los Angeles, who was transferring to
st. Paul, received severe cuts about
the forehead and possible internal in
juries and is in st. Lukes hospital.
John Rayford, of 1898 Sherburne
Ave, Pullman porter who works out
of Minneapolis, received severe cuts
and bruised arms and was thrown
head first upon the floor.
Mr.. Rayford is at his home and is
being attended by DR.. Kissell.
Railroad officials are now investi-
eating the cause of the accident.
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Closest Essay Contest in Years
Predicted; F. D. McCracken
Obtained to Give Principal
Address.

With an educational mass meeting
Sunday, May %, at p. M, at Pill
grim Baptist church, Cedar ST. at
Summit Ave-, Mu chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity will close it's
seventh annual go to High School,
Go to College" campaign.
At this meeting the fourth annual
scholarship award Will be made to
the winner of an essay contest for
which all high school seniors in the
state were eligible. F. d. McCrack-
en- will deliver the principal address.
According to r. A. johnson, state
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MAAS FILES FOR CONGRESS

Melvin ]. Mas, 1904 James St.,
has filed on the Republican ticket
for the nomination for Congress
from Ramsey county, and among
some of the interesting things in his
platform is that he is for the modifi-
cation of the Volstead Act, to permit
wines and beers, and the develop
ment of the waterways and farm re-
Lief.
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RELEASE OF ALL
|. DEFENDANTS May
FOLLOW DECISION
Judge Warns Audience Against
Any Display of Emotion
AS Jury Appears.
Court Room Overflows
Jury Spends Only Three and
One-half Hours in Deliber-
alton of Case.
Court Room Overflows
(Preston News Service)


Detroit, Mich, May 21.-A verdict
of not guilty was returned in Judge
Frank Murphys court at Sis p. m.
Thursday in the case of Henry Sweet,
charged with completely in the slay-
ing of Leon E. Breiner, fatally shot
last September during a race disturb
ance in front of 1905 Garland ave-
nue..
Whether the acquittal will mean
the dropping of the cases against the
10 other defendants arrested follow
ing the shooting is a matter Prose
cutor Robert M. Toms said he had
not decided.
Jury Out 31s Hours.
The jury spent three hours and 35
minutes in actual deliberation. 1t
was locked up at 1885 p. m. At $3.50
p. m. it sent out note asking wheth-
er a crowd in front of the house
would necessarily give the defendant
the right to shoot. The Judge ignor-
ed the notes request for q reply. At
'5 4 04cnc Of tho jusyn<ns rsaped ct
the door and announced that an
agreement had been reached.
Whites and blacks filled the court
room as the jury filed in. Before
the report was read by the foreman,
Judge Murphy cautioned spectators
against making any demonstration.
"Do not let passion interfere with
your acceptance of this verdict, what
ever it may be-" he warned. "Ac-
cept it courageously and with a good
will" A murmur ran through the
courtroom as the verdict was deliv-
cred, but there was no further dis
play of emotion.
Murphy Compliments Lawyers.
The judge complimented the vari-
Gus attorneys for their conduct dur
ing the trial, declaring it reflected
honor upon the CITY,"
Clarence Darrow and Thomas F.
Chawke, defense attorneys, were
congratulated by many of the spec
tators.
The jurors were:
Charles Thorne, sailor on the
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NO PERCEPTION
OF AIMS BASIS
FOR FRICTION
Both Persecution and PrOsecu-
ton to Be Expected in Worth
While Work, Statement.
HasHealed ManyP People
Present Marriage of Divine Die
tation; Unholy Methods of
Injury Being Used.

Following a nOn-payment of ali
mony charge growing out of the re-
cent divorce and re-marriage of Rev.
T. ]. Carr, pastor of st. Paul Baptist
church, misunderstanding have aris-
en- which Rev. Carr is making public
for the first time in a statement to
The Echo.
March 13, 1926, Rev. Carr was
ordered to court to show cause why
no alimony had been paid to his
former wife, Mrs. Ollie Carr. The
court ordered him to pay $40, the
amount due, by April 1, and also to
pay $50, as part of attorneys fees.
Order Disobeyed.
He failed to obey the order. April
3, motion for contempt of court
was served upon him because he had
failed to obey the order.-----------------'
On April 27, the second order was
made for Rev. Carr to show cause
why he should not be punished for
contempt. When the hearing on the
order was held May 2, Rev. Carr was
ordered to pay by May 8, which he
failed to do.
Money Paid.
AS a result he was arrested and
committed to Jail on May II, to stay
80 days or until the $40 was paid.
May 13, the sum was paid and Rev.
Carr was released.
Rev. Carr has been the pastor of
Memorial Baptist church, Fuller Ave.
and Rice St., and is at present the
pastor of st. Paul Baptist church,
Central Ave. and Mackubin St. With
the help of his congregation Rev.
Carr has built the church he now
occupies and has carried on an active
work in his church community.
misunderstanding Arise.
Questions concerning Rev. Carr's
activities have arisen and have SER
iously interfered with his work, as he
indicates. Because of those misun-
derstandings he has prepared the fol-
lowing statement in an effort to clear
up misapprehensions:
Il would have sought the privilege
of speaking through The Echo ere
this, but if some people will not be-
lieve Christ how can they believe
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FLORIDA BOASTS
TWO LYNCHINCS
WITHIN 3 DAYS
Man Accused of Attack Shot,
Body Paraded Through
Streets, Then Hanged.
Woman Not Attacked
Grand Jury Now Deliberating on
Findings in Case of Lynch
ing Sunday Last.
Woman Not Attacked
preston News Servicel

Labelle, Fla, May 20.-Henry
Patterson, accused of having attack
ed white woman. was shot and
killed near here last night by band
of men. The body was paraded
through the streets, then hanged to
a tree on the outskirts of town.
Patterson was arrested shortly be-
fore noon. Soon afterwards he was
said to have escaped from the Off
GERS automobile in which he was
riding. Later he was captured by
the mob.
Woman Not Attacked.
According to the authorities the
woman now says the Negro did not
attack her, but that she was scared.
A special grand jury at st. Peters
burg is expected soon to announce
the findings in the case of Parker
Watson, who was lynched there Sun
day night, after being taken from
officers. .q,
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Governor Of Michigan Appoints
State I1terracial Commission

Bay City.
Mr.. Carl Ash, prominent civic
worker of Cass County, Dowagiac.
Mr.. Charles Handy, successful
business man of Flint.
Mr.. Cecil Rowlette, Attorney, De-
troit, and an experienced worker on
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Julius Emme to Speak
at Last Sunday Forum

With julius Emme as the
principal speaker, talking upon
Labor Movements in England"
with particular emphasis upon
the strike, the last N. A. A. C.
P. Sunday forum of the season
will end Sunday, May %, at
Pioneer hall. Alfred Shute will
render a vocal solo.
Railroad men and members
of organized labor are especial
ly invited to be present. The
program will begin at p. m. =
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Kansas City, Mo-, May 21.-(Spe-
cial to The Echo)-In one of the
most spectacular fires Kansas City
has seen IN recent. years, the Second
Baptist church, Tenth st. at Char
lotte, colored, burned nearly to the
ground late Saturday evening. Dam
age has been estimated at $4,000,
and will be covered by the 21,50O
insurance policy carried. Defective
wiring was given as the cause of the
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fire. ...
Built in 1898, the Second Baptist
is now one of the largest churches in
Kansas City and has an average Sun
day attendance of 1900 to 1000.
Rev. S. W. Bacote, who has pas
tored the church for the past 35
years, was in st. Paul in April, 1925,
conducting evangelistic services for
st. James A. M. E. church, Dale st.
at Central Ave-, and Pilgrim Baptist
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GO TO HIGH

school, and 60 to college if
you can, but if those things
are impossibilities, hear the
Alpha program.
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expenses run along just as
merrily as at any other
time of the year. That's
what advertisers say.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Do-a.oIoxf Ho,,fr;hufinuo
Ry DIR. FRANK CRANE
Benevolent Contributions

RE endowed colleges churches, hospitals ana similar
"a institutions good things or not?
Most people think they are but others question t.
Some say that institution becomes merely house,
furnishing living to a lot of sinecures.
An institution probably looked at most justly wnen it
regarded the communitys own tax upon itself 1t
then becomes democratic affair because it is supported by
people and they have constant right to criticize it.
their criticism becomes too and IS thought to be well
founded institution has difficulty in raising
money.
1t is for this that large gver like John d. Rookie
Teller usually agree contribute only part and require the
public the other part This avoids resting the
institution peculiarly upon the gift of and makes
it responsible to the public.
IF institutions public beneft-f 1t is good to have
hospital church, university organizaton-then
they should be supported by organized effort
One of the outstanding figures today in organized phian
thropic yrasng is Charles S. Ward Of Flushing Long
Island He is the originator of the intensive method by
which, instead of letting worthy drag along for
years. group of interested get together and get the
job done in week ten days He has engineered the
raising of of the largest amounts given by the pub
feat the securing of the first for
the Red Cross during the war.
Besides raising hundreds of millions during the war Mr.
Ward and his associates directed the raising of
than $4O00000O0 for hospitals colleges churches
Christian associations Boy and Girl Scouts orphanages
for the aged and institutions for human betterment
His plan gather together voluntary helpers and
ganze them Months of preparatory work is often
sary The work of solicitation done by voluntary workers.
prominent who give up their time for definite period
during the campaign But in order that their abors not
be wasted by purposes everything worked out
Systematically the gettogeher dinners and
ng everyone knows just what his work is and does
quickly.
Today all this country and in Europe thou
sands of buildings and Institutions ceners of influence and
hepfuness existing silent monuments to this method
Of these institutions might be supported by the
government that is handed down the people from above
is probably better however to have them supported by the
people themselves; IN short, to arrive from below
Copyright by Syndicate
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
LIVING SOIL
By Garrett p. Serviss

are under more perfect control,
and are considered surer and
more productive"
Nobody should suppose that re-
naming On the same land a whole
lifetime, or for generation after
generation, Is In itself provocative
of tedium and dullness. Quite on
the contrary, the settled habit
deepens the interest of life. AL
though have never been a farm
er, was born on a farm in New
York State, and I we'll remember
old farmers whose families had
prospered on the same land for
generations, to whom their fields
were as lifelong friends, infinite
ly interesting, perfectly under
stood, to which they trusted their
welfare, in whose well-tried quail
tiles they had complete conf
dence, and on whose mellow acres
they looked with kindly eyes that
lighted up with "reminiscences of
famous crops, Of antagonistic sea-
sons conquered by the responsive
energies of the old soil. and of the
long train of family events. run
ming back through marriages and
alliances to the far-off time when
Indian tribes hunted and fought
on the same ground. Surely he
who has been long on the land
that his fathers cultivated should
have patriarchal honors and rank
high among the sons of man.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
Poor Little Butterfly!
There Are Others.

You read about the little butterfly" When Valentino
HE'D gas London and SHE died. This
last MESSAGE Look after Rudolphs pictures With his
death my last bit of courage has flown He helped
Barry on He told me of his sufferings.'
In another written before she killed herself the girl
Peggy Scott 27 years DID, wrote ~ only little butterfly
made for sunshine could stand loneliness OR SHAH
BNESs"
Is too bad and sad Of But isn't wise for the
world to get sentimental about it.
Remember the millions of girls that COMPELLED to
endure loneliness and poverty and struggle bravey against
the shabbness that stands out in feeble pay envelope.
They "carry on in the right of the word they
CARRY THEIR TROUBLES back of a smiling face. They
appear for work and work hard They respect themselves
In time if God Wills they make good wives and mothers. If
not still they carry
The worlds sympathy should be with those that LIVE
and endure; those that face poverty and shabbness
and lack of LIES bright sunshine.
They the that keep the world going around and
make life possible
The Washington times., 1926-10-11

T HAVE been reading Milton
/ Whitney's book on Soil and
Civilization" Milton Whitney is
chief of the bureau of soils in the
Department of Agriculture. AT a
time when there is a deplorable
rush away from the farms this
book ought to have a very bene-
fetal influence through the fas-
cinating interest that it imparts
to the subject of the soil and the
management OF the soil.
No man who does not find his
work interesting can succeed or
be content. The successful farmer
Is interested in his work because
he has learned by experience
what Mr.. Whitney affirms in the
name of science, viz: that the
soil is truly living thing and not
mere inert material. The intelli-
gent worker on the land can feel
a response to his efforts on the
side of the soil that he cultiVates.
It works with him, II he cares
for it's needs, Just as his horses
do. A horse will do twice as
much work for one man as for
another, because the one has a
sympathetic understanding Of its
needs and its temperament. and
the other has no such understand
ing.
Knowing the Soil
In a similar way one man can
produce 20 bushels of wheat per
acre from a piece OF soil that
yields only ten bushels to another
man. The secret lies in knowing
the soil. There are astonishing
differences between soils-aston-
fishing, that is, to those who do
not know their peculiarities, and
how to work in concord with
them. But this knowledge comes
only from long as we'll as init
mate acquaintance. Not only
stay on the land" but "stay on
the same land" seems to be the
maxim suggested by the facts
After showing the relatively brief
period during which more than
SO per cent Of American farmers
have been accustomed to remain
on the same farms, or the same
soils, he says:
Very different are the expert.
ences and customs OF the older
countries of Europe and Asia.
in Germany a man who has had
his training on sandy soils would
not willingly be taken onto a farm
having clay soil or a moor soil.
Germany produces about 30 BUSH
els of wheat per acre, while we
in this country with our methods
produce on an average about 16
bushels. The World-renoWned
English gardener has been on
the same land all his life, and
. his father and his grandfather on
the same type of soil. He has
inherited knowledge and expert
ence of many generations on the
same soil.
Value Oldest Soils
"The Japanese farmers espe-
cially value their oldest soils,
which have been occupied per-
haps for &c 900 years, and descend
ed through the same family for
hundreds of years, more than
they do their virgin soils, for the
older soils are better understood
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
WISE SAYINGS

I will utter what 7 believe TO-
day If II should contradict all l
said yesterday.
Wendell Phillips.
Every base occupation makes
one sharp in It's practice and duh
in every other. Shirley.
All Is to be feared where all is
TO be lost. Byron.
Men are the sport Of circum-
stances when the circumstances
seem the sport Of men.
Byron.
Everything that exceeds the
bounds Of moderation has an I'M
stable foundation. Seneca.
Wine invents nothing: It only
tattles, 1t let's out all secrets.
Schiller.
It is better to be nobly remem-
bered than nobIy born.
-Rustin.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
By ELSIE ROBINSON

demanded as much OF love as
they do now. Love must not
only live up to all the old
romantic specifications-it must
also meet all the new demands
which modern young women with
complicated natures make upon
it. 1t must satisfy the mind,
and stimulate the character az
well as soothe the heart. 1t
must be strong enough to COM
pete with the rival allurementS
of A Career, and subtle enough
to satisfy strange spiritual
hungers as fast as a neurotic age
creates them.
And love can't do Il. It can't
do 1t in Edna's case or in any
other woman's case. For how
should we stupid mortals who
can't understand ourselves, be
able to understand another soul
with complete and exquisite wis
dom and sympathy? How should
We who can't solve our own
problems, set another life Alright
in all its itching and tur-
MOL? And why should we ex-
pect love to handle such an
1hAPOooLOAO JO0R "0
but we do.
Margaret Culxin Banning has
written a novel on this theme
called THE WOMEN OF THE 4.
FAMILY" It is the story of
three high strung. women of the
same family who gave up and
drifted into insanity when love
failed them and of a fourth
woman who almost followed in
their footsteps. A great many
American women need to read
that book. Toward the end there
are some great and wise
I'VE PROVED THIS; THAT
LIFE CAN BE LIVED AS IT
IS AND SATISFACTION KEPT
ALIVE AND INTEREST KEPT
ALIVE-AND THAT WOMEN
NEED NOT WITHER BECAUSE
LOVE AND HUSBAND FAIL
THEM THE FEAR OF
LIFE. THE DISTRUST ANDt
DISLIKE OF IT WHICH COMES
TO WOMEN WHEN LOVE
GOES BAD ON THEM-CAN
BE CONQUERED"