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The broad ax., 1926-12-25

League, treasurer of the National
Baptist Convention, who conducts the
finest hotel and bath house at Hot
Springs National Park, Ark, ranks
among the best business men in this
country, barring none, and he and his
beautiful wife, Mrs. Webb, are a
great honor to the colored race in
America.
The broad ax., 1926-12-25
The Present Street Car System Is the Best in the
World and Its Owners and Managers Are Perfectly
Willing to Keep It Up to High Standard If they
Can Secure New Charter or Franchise to Run
for Twenty or Thirty Years.

ing whatever about any kind of bust
ness, but after carefully noting the
actions or the conduct on the part of
the gentlemen who have been thrusted
forward to settle the traction ques-
ton, that the same number of col
ored men would have done equally as
we'll as they have and by this time
they would have stopped stalling
around 50 much and long before the
break Of day the colored men would
have firmly decided that something
must be done right now to settle the
traction question.
1t would seem that some one is
endeavoring to play the right and cen
ter field at the same time and make
several home runs before the pay
master came in sight
Laying all jokes aside the members
Of the Local Transportation Commit
tee should not permit Mr.. John a.
Ritchie, president Of the Chicago Mo
tor Coach Company, and his associates
The broad ax., 1926-12-25
RED CAP" PHILOSOPHY

New York-"We can pick out
those who are leaving New York for
home and those who are leaving ii to
60 on visit" a red cap at Grand Cen
tral was overheard to say recently.
''The travellers who have been on a
visit here have spent their money and
are low in funds"
The broad ax., 1926-12-25

The Members Of the Local Transportation
Committee of the City Council Of Chicago
Should Not Permit Mr.. John Richie, Pres
ident Of Chicago Motor Coach Company,
and His Associates to Clutter Up the
Streets In the Down Town District with
Five or Six Thousand Buses Which Would
Endanger the Lives Of Citizens in General
Aside from the Fact That they Would Be
Utterly Incapable OF Transporting the
People to and from their Homes.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
N.A.A.C.P. GIVES
ASSAULT REPORT
Official Record of Case Given
Last Week Made Public by
National Body.
On. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. y. +. Press SerV1ce)
New York, April 9.-The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People today reported on
the case of the fourteen-year-old COL
ored girl assaulted in the Bronx,
New York, in connection with which
number of white men were arrested
and indicted.
Owing to the death of the girl it
was not possible to establish the
guilt of any one of the men, all of
them being therefore discharged.
Alan L. Dingle, colored attorney re-
tained by the N. A. A. C. p. to COOP
crate with the Bronx prosecuting at
torney, reports that the authorities
did everything in their power to
bring the white men to justice but
that the provisions of the New York
Law governing rape, are such that
the death of the victim makes it vir-
tually impossible to prove guilt.
The N A. A. C. P. spent $364.63
on the case of which $61.O3 was ad-
vanced to the mother of the girl to
enable her to come to New York to
testify, the sum including her living
expenses in New York as well as rail
road fare back to Virginia.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
JUDGE A. GEORGE
HERE APRIL 17-18
Chicago Jurist to Address Mass
Meeting; Banquet Planned
by Auxiliary.

Judge Albert B. George of the mu-
nicipal court of Chicago, will be the
guest of st. Paul citizens April IT
and IS. The Woman's Auxiliary of
the st. Paul Urban league, co-operat-
ing with the executive board, have
arranged banquet and a mass meet
ing to be held during the time of
Judge Georges stay in the city.
A great mass meeting at which
Judge George will be the principal
speaker, will be held on Sunday aft
ernoon at Pilgrim Baptist church,
Cedar st. and Summit Ave-, at 3
o'clock. Judge George is the first Ne
gro ever selected to the municipal
bench in a city-wide election in
America.
Tickets for the banquet to which
all citizens of St. Paul and Mime
apolis are invited are in the hands
of the Woman's Auxiliary and can be
secured either from the members or
at the Office of the Urban league, II
w. 7th St., or at the home of Mrs.
R. F. Wilson, 697 st. Anthony Ave.
The banquet will be held at st. James
A. M. E. church, Dale and Central
Ave-, at 1880 P. M.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
WANzER HEADS
MUSIC SCHOOL
ColOred Girl Who Studie d
Abroad Highly Praised by
French Instructors.
IN. A. A. C. p. Press Service)

IN. A. A. C. p Press Service)
Maud ]. Wanzer, whose journey to
France to the Fontainebleau Con-
servatory of Music. was opposed and
who was aided by the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, has, returned to this
country after completing her course
and is the head of'the Wanzer School
of Music in Charleston, w. Va.
On the completion of her course,
the director of the Fontainebleau
academy wrote a letter stating that
the presence of Miss Wanzer had in
creased the affection he and his wife
felt for colored people and that they
would always be glad to receive col
ored students at the Fontainebleau
academy.
Miss Wanzer was recently given a
reception by the College Alumnae
club of Kanawah county, w. Va, at
which she narrated her difficulties in
passing the commission representing
the Fontainebleau academy in New
York. At the end of her course
there, out of the limited number of
fifty, who attended the conservatory,
Miss Wanzer ranked first of the sew
en- who were successful in completing
their work. ..
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Hudson Seal Coat Disappears at
Minneapolis Dance; Search
Through Night Proves Futile,
Until

1t was truly "a cold day in April
for Miss Florence Robinson, office
secretary of The Echo, last Monday
evening when her Hudson seal coat
was mysteriously spirited away from
the cloakroom at Minneapolis dance
hall.
Anticipating very pleasant eve
ming, Miss Robinson checked her
coat and hat at II P. M. in the cloak
room of the Arcadia dance hall,
where the Fellowship club of Mime
apolis was giving a dance. Two hours
and more passed joyously on the
wings of music and a floor of glass.
Yes! We Have No Coat.
At the end of that time, when Miss
Robinson's party attempted to leave,
the checking official handed out not
a black Hudson seal coat and a black
hat, but a brown cloth coat, and a
glaring red hat! Miss Robinson was
aghast.
Protest was registered. Explana-
ton followed explanation, but there
is no explaining away brown cloth
coat for a Hudson seal! The party
waited until every one in the hall had
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Ell PAS0 MAYOR
OPENS CITY TO
Greet P|CKENS
Cordial Welcome Extended With
Wish That Ell Paso Meeting
Be Auspicious One.
Official Tours Country
On Return Trip From Coast
Pickens Will Speak Here on
Way to Conference.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
New York, April 9.-What is one
of the most startling evidences of
growth in cooperation between white
and colored people in southern states
has come to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, in the form of a, letter from H.
P. Jackson, Mayor of Ell Paso, Texas,
in which he welcomes William Pick
ems, Field Secretary of the N. A. A.
c. p, to the city. - o., -.
Mayor Jackson's letter to the N.
A. A. c. P. Field Secretary is as fol-
lows: .-.-..-
Cordial Welcome.
"Mr. William Pickens.
Field Secretary, -1--...
National Association for the Ad-
cancement of Colored People,
50 Fifth Avenue. New York City.
Dear Sir: - - .-s...
II am advised that you are coming
to. our city to deliver an address at
Liberty Hall on the afternoon of Sun
day, April 1S, 1926. ....-~ - - !
""As the Mayor of Ell Paso, desire
to extend to you cordial welcome
and to hope that your meeting here
will be an auspicious one. t,.2
-. very truly, yours. - '*-
(signed) III. P, JACKSON, Mayor. a
Pickens to Come Here:
On the speaking tour which takes
him to Ell Paso, Mr.. Pickens will visit
Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, New Mex.
leo, and the Pacific Coast States OF
Washington and Oregon, returning
by way of Montana, South Dakota
Iowa, Minnesota, returning to Chi.
cago in time for the annual spring
conference in that city of the N. A.
A. C. P. next June.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Death Of Muriel Alexander Is
Huge Shock To Whole Community
Hundreds Gather in Grief at Sol
emn Funeral Rites for Loved
Girl; Flowers From Admirers
Heaped High.

Coming as tremendous shock, the
death of Muriel Alexander, "a, 667
w. Central Ave-, was eliminated
Thursday afternoon in one of the
largest funerals which has ever been
held in st. Paul.
Miss Alexander became i'll on We'd
nesday of last week, and was taken
to the Ancker hospital Friday eve
ming, where her illness developed at
a rapid rate. After very brief peri
cd of three days she died Tuesday,
April 6, at 9:35 A. NJ, of meningitis
with complications.
Brother Summoned.
Maynard, younger brother, was
summoned from Chicago and arrived
Sunday morning. DR.. w. M. Cuth-
bert Of Pittsburgh, Miss Alexander's
fiance, was also summoned and
reached the city Monday evening,
April S.
A member of the Tri Art Coterie
club. and active in the social life of
the community. Miss Alexander pos
sessed host of friends who were
grief-stricken at the news of her sud-
den death.
Funeral Services.
Flowers were heaped high around
the rostrum at St., James A. M. E.
church. where the funeral services
were held. Countless floral tributes
had been left by scopes of admirers.
1. Mrs. Belle Salter Tyler and Alfred
Shute rendered beautiful solos.
Their work was supplemented by the
fine singing of the church choir.
Rev. W.. H. Griffin, pastor Of st.
James, officiated, and Father A. H.
Leanad of st. Philips gave the fu-
neral discourse.
The church was flied to more than
capacity, and an overflow group wait.
ed on the outside.
Honorary Pallbearers.
Nine girls dressed in white, init.
friends and club associates of the de.
Continued on page 81
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
DR.. John Haynes Holmes, pastor OF
the Community Church of New York.
and a vice-president of the e>National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People, has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the opening key
note address on Wednesday night,
June %, at the annual spring con-
ference of the N. A. A. C. P. in Chi
cago. DR.. Holmes is known through
out the United States as one of the
most fearless and eloquent orators of
the country.
Another speaker who has accepted
an invitation to be present and to
speak at the Chicago conference of
the N. A. A. C: P. is Countee Cullen
foremost among the young poets OF
his race, now studying at Harvard.
Mr.. Cullen has been asked to voice
at the conference the aspirations and
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
ATHLETES FORM
amateur CLUB
DeHart Hubbard Leads Move.
ment; Purpose to Assist COL
Ored Performers.
(By the Associated Negro Press

(By the Associated Negro Press)
New York, April 9.-With DeHart
Hubbard as manager of publicity and
Hunter johnson as president, the
Century Athletic Club has been Or
ganized and accepted into member
ship by the Amateur Athletic Union.
Mr.. johnson is former trainer at the
University of Pittsburgh and is cred
tied with the development of Early
Johnson, marathon runner.
The aim of the Century Athletic
Club is to foster athletics among
youth and to provide an organization
to back colored athletes who, because
of non-membership in athletic asso-
Citations, are often forced to compete
at great expense, as unattached per-
formers. .... -
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
CHAPPELL AND STINNETT
TOUR CIRCUIT IN STUTZ

Mr.. and Mrs. Chappie Chappell ap-
peared last week at the Pantages
Theater in dancing and singing act.
Chappie Chappell is one of the writ
ers of plantation Days" which
played here last year, at the
Pantages.
Mr.. Chappell has travelled the cir
cult from the far east to Minneapolis
in his Stutz. On account Of jumping
from here to Canada and the roads
being bad, the Chappells will ship
their car to Spokane where they will
play at later date.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Harris, Oliver, Tyler to
Appear at Forum Sunday

Speaking on Movements for
Racial Advancement" Abram
L. Harris, executive secretary
of the Minneapolis branch of
the Urban league, will headline
the program of the N. A. A. C.
P. forum Sunday, April II, at
Little Pilgrim Baptist church,
Grotto street at Central avenue.
Mrs. Harriet Oliver and Mrs.
Belle-Salter Tyler will render
two vocal duets, Rose of My
Heart" and "Just A-Wearyin'
for You" The program is
scheduled to begin at 400
P. M.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Enters ParlOr
|. OfUndertaker
To Take Poison
(Preston News Service)

Paducah, KY, April 9.-Making
up his mind to commit suicide, Will
Pate, 40, coal yard employee went
to an undertaking establishment to
die. Pate walked into the undertak-
ing parlors of the Gaines Company,
Monday afternoon and lifting bottle
of carbolic acid to his mouth swal-
lowed the deadly draught. He died
a few minutes later will you take
care of me here?" Pete inquired
casually as he entered and proceeded
to take the dose of poison He swai-
lowed the contents of a two-ounce
bottle. The man drank the acid IN
the presence of ]. e. Harper, swal-
lowing the dose, however, before
Harper could stay his hand. Pete
did not intimate the reason for his
taking his life.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
AMES CONTINUES TO
HOLD WEEKLY DANCES

Cabaret dances are proving to be
the popular diversion for amusement
seekers, according torAmes Lodge No.
LOG and the Daughter Elks of Mime
haha Temple, who are achieving
great success with their weekly
series of dances at the Elks' Hall,
Sixth and Lyndale, Minneapolis
Miss Ozzie Shauffner and Clarence
Johnson's orchestra are offering a
unique bit Of entertainment on the
program. Valuable prizes are award
ed each Thursday.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
STATUTE FORCES
NEGROES TO Get
PASSES AT DARK
Daytona, Fla, Citizens Protest
Regulation of Activities After
Fall of Night.
Termed 'Un- American
Bridge Keeper Must Issue Per
mits for COlOred Pedestrians
Arrests Made.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. c. P. Press Service)
New York, April 9.-Colored citi-
zens of Daytona Beach, Florida, have
sent to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
a copy of a petition submitted to the
members of the local city commits
sion, asking the lawmakers of Hall
fax county to relieve the colored peo-
pie of the necessity for carrying a
pass or facing arrest if they are out
after dark.
The petition sent to the N. A. A.
c. P. recites:'
Ordinance Hampers Negroes.
For a number of years there has
been a city ordinance in force across
the river in which was previously
known as Daytona Beach, prohibiting
the free movement of colored citi-
zens after nightfall. BY the provi-
sions Of this ordinance, no coiored
person from this side of the river can
go across the bridge to Daytona
Beach, and no one on the other side
can come to this side without a pass
issued by the bridge keeper. Furth-
er than this, colored people employed
in families and hotels on the other
side have been arrested and fined for
being on the street at night.
Un-American Regulation: 80
"The' men and women working on
the other side are wholly deprived of
pleasure and recreation by this un-
American and unheard-of regulation.
Their churches, their lodges, their
social outlets are all on this side.
They cannot come to them without
either the humiliation of getting a
pass, or the fear of arrest if they fail
to do SO. The enforced deprivation
of recreation is affecting the temper
and efficiency of a group of otherwise
cheerful and efficient workers."
The colored citizens ask relief
from this condition, mot as a favor
but as our right as American citi-
zens."
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Kip viii Have
ToPay $4,000
In Court Cost

" New York, April 9.-It was learn
ed Friday that the cost of printing
the testimony and exhibits in the ap-
peal of Leonard Kip Rhinelander
from the order of Supreme Court
Justice Morschauser confirming the
verdict of a jury which denied him
an annulment of his marriage with
Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander, of
New Rochelle, will cost more than
$4,000.
The appeal papers will consist of
three printed volumes of more than
1000 words each, which will be sub
mitted to the Appellate Division
within three months, the appeal will
not be argued until next fall.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
been accommodated in the hope that

been accommodated in the hope that
the coat would turn up at the end.
Mrs. Hall to Rescue.
The shelves grew more and more
bare. The last smiling couple trip
ped out to waiting car. In the hall
there was left only the checking Of
fetal, the gentleman who accom-
panied Miss Robinson, Mrs. Aimee
Hall, advertising solicitor for Fhe
Echo, brown cloth coat, bright
red hat and Miss Robinson /. in
tears.
Nothing daunted, the party sailed
Continued on page p
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
(By the Associated Negro Press)

(By the Associated Negro Press)
Detroit, Mich, April 9.-"Colored
Detroit in Music" will be one of the
big features of Lets Know Detroit
Week" as fostered by the Chamber
of Commerce, which is to be observ-
ed here during the first week in
April.
Colored Detroit is showing great
interest in this mammoth musical
event which bids fair to outstrip any
thing the Negroes of this city have
ever attempted in musical way.
All of the leading musical organ
izations and individuals in the city,
some of whom are representative of
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Detroit Commerce Chamber
viii Feature Negro Singers
During Week OfFestivities

some of the best in the country, are
taking part; rehearsals are being
held nightly in preparation thereof,
Tickets are already in demand and
from the enthusiasm aroused among
both colored and white, 1t is doubted
IL even Orchestra hall with its tre-
mendous seating capacity will be able
to accommodate the crowd, Monday
night, April IL.
Detroit's united choirs of two hun
dred voices, singing such numbers as
the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Han
del's Messiah, and other classics,
while the Knights of Ethiopia G. Clef
singers will sing Negro spirituals.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Churches Announce Non-Lynching Roll of Honor
John Haynes Holmes, Countee
Cullen viii Head Speakers
At N. A.A.C.P. Conference

to tell of the achievements of creative
Negro youth.
Branches planning 20 send dele
gates to Chicago, and individuals ex-
pecting to attend are urged to form
groups to travel to Chicago together.
All those who plan to be in Chicago
for the N. A. A. C. P. conference are
urged to send their names at the
earliest possible date to Walter
White, at the N. A. A. C. P. National
Office, So Fifth Avenue, New York,
in order that proper housing and
transportation arrangements may be
made. AS has been the custom at
recent conferences of the N. A. A..
c. P, it is planned to provide for as
many addresses as possible by dele
gates during day sessions. In order
that names may be included in the
conference program it is important
that they be sent early to Mr.. White.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
VICTIMS OF MOB.
DURING 1925 ALL
NECROES,REPORT
Impossible to Achieve Goal of
Lynchless Land in 1926 Be-
cause of January Crime.
4 State Records Clear
Minnesota Has Had No Lynch
ings for 5 Years; General
Betterment Noted.
(Preston News Service)

(PreSt0n News SerVlce)
Washington, April 9.-"Mob law
has thrown down the gauntlet to the
churches and all other organizations
standing for law and order and JUS
tice through the courts" says the
Commission of Race Relations of the
Federal Council of Churches in an
nouncing its fourth annual Non
Lynching Roll of Honor.
Seventeen lynchings were recorded
in 1925, showing an increase Of one
over the preceding year, when sixteen
were reported, the statement points
out. All the victims were Negroes.
Texas Reports None.
Furthermore, the goal Of achiev-
ing lynchless land in 1926, for
which the churches were striving,
cannot be reached this year, for al
ready during January there has been
one Negro put to death by q mob"
the report says. Two unusual events
are recorded. For the first time in
the records of the evil, Texas was
free of lynching and Utah had its
first lynching in forty-one years.
During the past year five states
which had previously been ON the
Honor Roll, namely: Arkansas. Ohio,
Virginia, Alabama and Utah. lost
their places because of mob murder
within their borders" continues the
document. "In the case of Utah
there had not been lynching pre-
viously since 1884. Texas was placed
upon the Roll because for the first
time since the beginning of full rec
ords of lynching in 1882 this state
was clear of lynching. Four states,
Illinois, Kentucky, South Carolina
and Tennessee, which had been on
the Roll in former years, were re-
stored because their borders, were
free of lynching in 1925. Thirty
eight states were free of lynching. in
1925 and ten states disgraced by 1t.
Non-Lynching Roll of Honor.
"The fourth annual Roll of Honor
of the states free from lynching in
1925 is as follows: ...,
States that have NEVER had a
record of lynching: -.
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire.
Rhode Island and Vermont. A
Additional states that have no g:
record of lynching since 1886: e..
, Connecticut, Maine and New
Jersey
Additional states that have no
record of a lynching during the
past twenty years:
Delaware, Michigan and Wis =
cons1n 49,. ........
Additional state which have no
record of a lyncing during the
past ten years:
Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland
Nevada, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania
and South Dakota ....... :. 10
Minnesota 5-Year State.
Additional states which have no
record of lyncing in the past
five years: "'-".
Arizona, California, Colorado,
Kansas. MINNESOTA, Mon
tana, Nebraska, New York,
Washington, West Virginia
and Wyoming IL
Additional states which have no
record of lynching in the past
Continued on page 4)
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
RUNAWAY INJURIES MAN

Mr.. c. G. Wood, SAG Bradley ST.,
was severely injured when attempt
ing to stop a runaway horse at
Bradley and Partridge streets, Mon
day afternoon. Mr.. Wood sustained
severe bruises about the ribs, arms
and shoulder and his left leg was
punctured. 4
X-ray pictures taken reveals that
no bones were broken. He is at home
resting under the care of a doctor.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
OLD RESIDENT INJURED

Mr.. Fielding Combs, 945 Rondo
ST., was hurt Tuesday, April 6, when
getting off the front exit of street
car Mr.. Combs slipped and fell,
wrenching his back severely. He is
now in bed unable to get about and
is under the care of a physician.
Mr.. Combs is an old resident of St.
Paul and well known among the old
settlers.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10

News of the death of Miss Alexan-
der startled the hosts of her friends
and intimates into grief-stricken
silence. At her funeral services
Thursday afternoon, banks Of flowers
attested to the fact of her wide popu-
larity, and throngs Of quiet reverent
people paid their last tribute Of love
and esteem to a personality that the
whole community held dear.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
Tale Of A Coat Ends Happily
For Florence Robinson, Victim,
Anderson Released; Now
in Custody of Attorney

Pending further investiga-
tion and trial, Robert Ander-
son, 460 Rondo St.. who ran
over and fatally injured wo-
man at Lexington and Aurora
avenues, Wednesday evening of
last week, is in the custody of
his attorney, George w. Ham
ilton. Mr.. Anderson, a prom
inent church worker and busi-
ness man of the city, was re-
leased from custody Saturday,
April 8.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
"Color," Now Available at
st. Paul Public Library

Library officials have an
nounced to The Echo that a
copy of Color" by Countee
Cullen has been obtained and
will be Immediately available
to patrons of the st. Paul main
library. Mr.. Cullen, young
Negro writer, has exhibited
pronounced ability as poet
according to competent critics.
Some of the more favorable
critics have even mentioned
him as the leader of the con-
temporary school of realistic
poets.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
QUESTION BOX

What is the most essential
thing needed in order to stim-
ulate greater interest in our
church life? Send answers to
st. Paul Echo.