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The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

W. T. Folden arrived from San
Bernardino and his family will soon
follow.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

DR.. George P. Sampson and family,
on their way from Winslow to locate
at Goldfield, New, here visiting rel
atives.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

leigh Patton, Beatrice Patton, Ruth,
Ruby and Mark Ferrell, Celeste, Rob-
ert and George Moore, Marjorie Ed
ward and j. B. Boswell, Eugene Carr,
Louis, Conner and Ida Stalhut, Rob-
ert Striplin, Everett and Esther
Campbell, Rachel House and Mary
Keith.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

Where are little Nell2"
Lii Nell are in them niountaings."
won't the bears hurt Liz Nell?"
'Hell no, them bars loves our Liz
Nell.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
Same at Our House

Teacher: What is the Order OF
the Bath ~
Small Boy: "Well, Harry comes
first, then me, then Willie, and then
the baby"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
MINING MAN KILLED
ON ROAD TO NACO

JAG Harrington, well known Miami
contractor in charge Of sinking of the
new accompaniment shaft of the
Bisbee Queen company in Gold Guleh
near Warren, was instantly killed
Saturday night when his automobile
turned over on the Naco highway.
Harrington, who was driving ard was
accompanied by party Of friends,
had just left Bisbee enroute to Naco
but a few minutes before. None Of
the other occupants of the car was
injured.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
COST or SPECIAL
SESSION So, 3,I90.4O

The special legislative session,
which assembled at the call of the
governor on March 30 and adjourned
the same day, cost $3,190.40, to fig
ures given out at Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

John Campfield, section foreman,
fell off front Of speeding hand-car,
two wheels passing over the top of his
head and scalping him. Taken to AL
buquerquc hospital and it is reported
his scalp viii be patched on so he
won't lose his hair.
Elks install: Dan Hogan, exalted
ruler; Tom Pulliam, esteemed lead
ing knight; John Weatherford, es-
teemed lecturing knight; Fred S..
Breen, esquire; Edgar A. Brown, ty-
Ter; J. E. Ruffin, chaplain; George r.
Campbell, inner guard.
q. Al. Brant, manager El Tovar
hotel at Grand Canyon, formally
offers the county 20 per cent of all
tolls collected FROM Bright Angel
trail during the next five years. The
only other offer the county has had
is from Ralph II. Cameron, who offers
10 per. cent of the tolls.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08
COUNTY CHRONOLOGY
Compiled from the Files Ok The
Coconino Sun, Twenty Years
Ago This Week.
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AT 2 peppy meeting Of Flagstaff
BOARD Of trade NJ. /. Powers, president,
Dr. Perclval Lowell, DR.. j. Walter
FeWkes, Hon. &. S. Clark and General
Solicitor Norton of the Santa re were
the speakers.
Average for. three games in the
bowling tournament: Charlie Isham
l58, Eugene Sliker 1853, Wilcox 15I,
Leo Verkamp 140, George Babbiet
lao, David Babbitt 1877, NJ. /. Powers
1856, Fl. Wilson 1876, #. w. Perkins
134, G. O. Lampland 124,' Newt Pol
lock 121, Joe Wilson 115, G. q. Robin
son lib, Y. M. Slipher LOG.
Martin Buggeln, now resident Of
Los Angeles, visited here this week.
W. S. Norviell, court stenographer
OF Prescott, here attending court.
W. f. Folden arrived from San
Bernardino and his family will soon
follow.
DR.. George p. Sampson and family,
on their way from Winslow to locate
at Goldfield, New, here visiting rel
atives.
The Navajo Indians as a tribe are
quite civilized, yet they have no trib-
al organization. When the present
treaty negotiations were opened to
permit filing mineral claims on
Indian lands, II of the best educated
Indians of the tribe were selected to
act for the tribe.
Big controversy raging in Los
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-08

My girl is furious with me"
4Smatter?"
Il was an hour late. last night and
she had been ready for at least Is
minutes"
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
SLEEPING CAR PORTERS MEET
MEDIATION BOARD

New York, Jan. 14.-In the course
of 10 months the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters has virtually ac-
complished what might normally be
regarded as the impossible. 1t is said
that to the astonishment of the Pull
man Company and the Mediation
Board, perhaps one Of the most thor
oughly and most carefully organized
cases which the Mediation Board for
some time has had occasion to handle
was presented to it December 8, last,
by A. Philip Randolph, general organ
izer of the Porters' union. The pre-
lininary hearings were held in the
Congress Hotel in Chicago. The
mediators assigned to conduct the
hearing were Hon. Edwin P. Morrow
and his assistant, Mr.. Bickers.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
THE ABLE AND ELOQUENT
ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY
"A. L. WILLIAMS DELIVERED
AT UNITY HALL RECENTLY
IN ACCEPTING THE NoMINA-
TION FOR ALDERMAN OF
THE SECOND WARD HAS
STIR RED UP ALL THE
VOTERS IN THAT WARD.

Some ten or fifteen days ago Lawyer
"A. r. Williams who at that time made
up his mind to enter the race for
Alderman of the Second Ward, and
on the evening that he accepted the
nomination for that Office the large
citizens meeting held at Unity Hall
went wild when he concluded his ora
ton for it was by far the best talk
that he has ever made at any time in
the past and all the past week the
people residing in that ward are still
talking about it and two or three more
plain, sensible or matter of fact talks
like it will land him in the City Coun-
Gil on Tuesday, February e. See
address in another column Of this
newspaper.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
RHINELANDER OUGHT TO
HAVE KNOWN WHAT HE
WAS GETTING, SAYS
COURT
preston News Service)

\FreStOn news SerVlCeJ
New York, Jan. 13.-The so-called
aristocratic -blooded' Leonard
Kip Rhinelander still has his beautiful
mullato wife, under a decision Of the
appellate division Of the Supreme
Court Of New York, which upheld the
lower court in denying Rhinelander
an annulment Of his marriage to Alice
Beatrice Jones.
Rhinelander, son of one of the oldest
New York families, should be refused
a new trial the judges held because he
had ample opportunity before his mar
rage to learn that his intended bride
had colored blood.
The action Of the appellate court up
held the decision Of Justice Morchauser
Of White Plains last spring. The
opinion held that Rhinelander knew
that his bride was part Negro, and
that Mrs. Rhinelander did not deceive
him in this respect. Justice Lazansly
dissented, while four other judges
wrote the refusal of new trial decision
Il Is said that Rhinelander's counsel
say they still have new move to
make to rid him Of this union
The broad ax., 1927-01-15

carried out with scrupulous fairness.
Among the recommendations made by
the group was one suggesting to the
city administration that in rehabilitat-
ing the flooded areas steps be taken
to improve radically many Of the hous-
ing conditions from which the poorer
colored families have suffered.
The committee pledged itself to
work for school for feebleminded
Negroes, and recommended that local
committees throughout the state seek
to provide proper recreational facil-
tiles for colored children, since such
facilities serve as great crime
deterrent, as well as a promoter. Of
good health" All the churches and
religious groups were admonished to
give more attention to the cultivation
of interracial good will as a religious
duty. Gratitude was expressed for the
support given to the committees pro-
gram by the leading newspapers of the
state, and particularly for their vigor-
Gus editorials against lynching. Will
W. Alexander, director of the general
interracial commission, was present
and made strong appeal for the final
eradication Of lynching, pointing out
the part which the pulpit, the press,
and individuals might play in bringing
this about.
Among the prominent colored lead
ers present were Bishop I. B. Scott,
Prof. w. ]. Hale, DR.. ]. A. Lester,
DR.. c. v. Roman, and Mrs. M. L.
Crosthwaite, Of Nashville, DR.. r. T.
Burt Of ClarIsville; Prof. c. L. Nc
Allister, Of Chattanooga, and R. E.
Clay Of Bristol.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
RACES COOPERATE IN NASH
VILE FLOOD RELIEF
General Improvement of Conditions
Over the State Reported at
Interracial Meet

Nashville, Tenn.-Reports of in
creasing interracial good will and of
the steady improvement of conditions
featured the annual meeting of the
State Interracial Committee held here
January 5. Representative men and
women to the number of seventy-five
were present from all parts of the
state, without a dissenting voice ex-
pressing qualification with the prog
ress made and planning unitedly for
the future. Especially striking were
the reports of improved school facil-
tiles for Negroes, including the build
ing Of many new Rosenwald schools,
stimulated largely through the efforts
Of Robert E. Clay, Of Bristol, secre-
tary OF the colored division.
There was much favorable comment
also on the fine cooperative spirit
manifested in Nashville during the re-
cent food which drove some eight
thousand people from their homes,
many of them colored. 1t was brought
out that the two groups had worked
together in the utmost harmony for
relief Of the food sufferers, and that the
relief measures for which $4,000 was
contributed by the community, were
The broad ax., 1927-01-15

in fundamental thing when such art
can be produced by the youth among
us. The visit of the Hampton Insti-
tute Choir writes a page Of musical
history Of which we are justly proud"
The Evening Star, Washington,
said, America has shown complete
welcome to the splendid English
Singers and warm appreciation of the
splendid work of that fine organiza-
ton, the Dayton Westminster Choir.
The work of the Hampton Institute
Choir is on an equal level for the sim
plicity that art makes seem natural in
choral work in its finest form"
The Washington Times-Herald said
"The audience signifed by an uproar
of applause their appreciation, and Di-
rector Dett led the young men and
young women through four encores.
DR.. Dett, whose conducting is rem
iniscent of Stokowski's work, showed
himself still the same fine musician
who won first honors in a class OF
1000 at Oberlin Conservatory for two
of his four programmed compositions. .
In an editorial the Union Star,
Brookheld, Virginia, called attention
to the singers themselves. "The at
tentive attitude and natural modesty
Of these young people added material
" to the effectiveness Of their per-
formance. Not a single act on the
part of a single singer during the two
hours the choir was on the stage made
the slightest jar upon the most sensi.
tive musical temperament in the large
audience Evidently the long training
for such singing had wrought rein,
ing influence and because the refine.
ment Of music was deeply felt by the
singers its expression produced a like
effect upon the audience The expires
sive sweetness and harmony were car.
ried to many homes as a most fitting
Christmas experience"
Wellington Adams in the Washing
ton Tribune, goes on to say, "Strictly
speaking, the affair was distinctive ii
that for the first time colored singer:
were accorded the honor Of an appear.
ance in strictly certified program O.
music"
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
Act Proves Bait

The young man had no difficulty in
raising the required amount from
other fnanciers. The fact that he had
been seen in the company Of the great
John D. Rockefeller was sufficient Sc
curity.
When this simple act of Mr.. Rookie
feller's can bear so much fruit. how
much more invaluable is a direct mes
sage from him, written and based on
his personal observations during his
long and successful lifel
Mr.. Rockefeller is one Of the con-
tributors to the series @If Youth But
Knew" which viii appear in the Ari-
zona Times of Tucson, Ariz., starting
February 4. Others, equally as prom
inent will contribute to this unique
series.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15

Sweet Chariot" Don't be Weary,
Traveller" "In Never Turn Back No
More, and Burleighs arrangement Of
Deep River"
Through it all the genius Of DR.. Dett
was apparent. From the happy choos-
ing of the early church hymns, entail
ing an enormous amount of research
and arrangement for his purpose, to
the closing numbers, his choir sang
as one. The attack was without a
voice hesitating, while the release was
so that the sibilants cease together on
the instant. The swell and diminish
was with perfect graduation, and the
eighty voices at times barely whis-
pered. DR.. Dett carried his choir onto
ground formerly considered unsuited
to Negro chorus work. That the same
feeling and the same quality that have
made the spirituals when sung by Ne
groes popular, may be carried over into
the entire range o. musical compost
ton was demonstrated at this concert
under DR.. Dett's leadership. That this
concert begins new era and reaches
high water mark in musical achieve
ment is attested to by musical critics
in the press comments.
The Washington Times said: "We
made a discovery about music in
America last Friday evening, when R.
Nathaniel Dett, foremost among Ne
gro composers, bought his famous
choir from Hampton Institute, Vir-
ginia, to sing for the Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge Foundation in the chambes
music auditorium of the Library oi
Congress" Writing of "Oh, Hear the
Lambs A-crying," this critic says
Zone could have wept with the sad
ness of it, with the pathos Of the
voices. But more than the heart Of it
there was choral accent, sort 81
syncopation, in the rich body of the
various choirs, that created new sort
of illusion of disturbed emotion. Il
was one of those fundamental things
that are hard to describe. 1t proved
that DR.. Dett has given an arrange
ment for voices here that requires high
choral art to attain, and these were
school children. America is rich
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
OVER 5000 NEGRO CHILDREN
IN PITTSBURGH SCHOOLS

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. IA recent
census Of the Pittsburgh school dis
trict shows that there are 153,580 chill
dren Of the ages of to Is, inclusive,
in this city. Of this number, 95,264
children are enrolled in the public
schools; 4l,570 in parochial schools;
1881 in private schools, and 14,817 are
not in school, according to Charles
Reisfar, director of compulsory attend
ance. The report shows that of the
total number of children in the census,
7,050 are boys and 76,530 are girls.
There are 8,752 Negro children in the
Pittsburgh schools.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
WHITE MOTHER ABANDONS
INJURED HALF-BREED SON
preston News Service)

Braddock, Pa, Jan. 13.-For aban-
doning her son, Edgar Lipscomb, aged
II years, who is in the Braddock Gen.
eral Hospital with his right arm and
legs frozen, when he collapsed Tues.
day night near home at Cresta avenue,
North Versailles township, Mrs.
Bertha Lipscomb, aged As years,
(white) was lodged in the Allegheny
county jail. Mason Lipscomb, (col-
ored) the father found the boy and
took him home and thence to the hos
pital.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
PROF. r. NATHANIAL DETT
TRIUMPHS IN PROGRAM
AT CAPITOL
Hampton Institute Choir Acclaimed
in Coolidge Foundation Concert
By ALLEN B. DOCGETT, JR.

Hampton Institute, Va.-When a
Negro choir sings French folk song
so that the applause is spontaneous,
dispelling nthe prevalent impressio
that the spirit of such a piece cannot
be given full value by an American
choir, when a cultured audience COM
ing primarily to hear Negro singers in
a program of Negro folk music is car
ried beyond the race aspects of its
performance into the realm of uni
versal art knowing no color line, a
lasting impression in musical annals
has been made. Such was the effect
of the recent concert given by the
Hampton Institute Choir of eighty
voices in a certified program under the
effortless direction of R. Nathaniel
Dett in the chamber music auditorium
of the Library of Congress, under the
auspices of the Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge Foundation. The choir, with
whom choral work is but an incident
in the training and study at the Insti-
tute, singing with clarity and sureness,
made the audience marvel. The solo
work of Miss Elizabeth Sinkford, So
prano, and of Francis ]. Minton, bari
tone, showed surprising gift of voice
and finish.
A group Of works by old composers
Of the sixteenth and seventeenth cen.
turies opened the program, followed
by two Russian liturgical numbers
/ lC S1Oup VI AIlIISlLIldS CdIOlS III
cluded "Sing Noel" whose intricate
and swift passages were picked out
and harmonized delicately. DR.. Dett':
arrangement of Campion's "As by The
Streams of Babylon" in which the
original lutte accompaniment to The
solo voice he had arranged to SO wei
bring out the richness Of the choiI
voices, was particularly well received
'Rise Up, Shepherd" and two Dett
numbers, "Oh, Hear the Lambs A.
Crying" and Listen to the Lambs
in six and eight voice parts, the former
repeated by request, were enthusias.
tically applauded.
The last group was entirely of folk
anthems, including Swing Low
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
PENNSYLVANIA REFUSES
INSURANCE LICENSES

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. l4.-Refusal
Of Pennsylvania licenses to the West
ern Casualty Company, with head
quarters in Denver, and the Sentinel
Life Insurance Company. headquarters
in Kansas City, was announced Friday
by Elmer Barford, state insurance
commissioner. insufficient paid in
capital was assigned as among the
reasons.
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
SEEN IN COMPANY OF A MIL
LIONAIRE, MAN HAS NO
TROUBLE BORROWING
MONEY
preston News Service)

Tucson, Ariz., Jan. l4.-It is said
that a young man years ago ap-
preached John D. Rockefeller and
sought the loan Of 100000 to further
a worthy project. Mr.. Rockefeller lis
tened attentatively, admitted the feast
bility of the proposition, but declined
to make the loan. 81 will do better
than that" he said, 81 will walk down
the street with you and take you to
lunch"
The broad ax., 1927-01-15
LEAVES FOR HOME

Mrs. Bell F. Woods. pioneer citizen
of ST. Louis, Mo-, has returned to her
home after spending the holidays in
the city with her daughter. Mrs. Mag
eie Thomas, 373o Dearborn street
The broad ax., 1927-01-15

Mrs JonesRhineIander dark blood to be 100
her husband MIR. Kip Rhinelander and ms wnIse
blood unable shake her of through the nsn-
eat In the State OF New York
The broad ax., 1927-01-15

newspaper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
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THINK. 1T OVER
MADELINE HUNT
REG US. eNt OFFICE

11LlNAS IL Wv En-
IT'S said dog il mans best friend,
For in trouble ON him you can al
ways depend;
But lister. to me and a tale you will
hear
That will make that saying seem
rather queer.
Now man had a dog Of the bull
dog kind:
He thought a truer friend he would
not find.
But the man and his wife had row
He left. she thought he had gone to
stay,
So she started out to look around
And a sugar papa she soon had found
He rented a house and she lived like
A, prettier place You have seldom aeen
When her husband heard how things
stood.
He said he'd wreck the place. he would
He put ON old clothes, let his whisk-
And "a thought he'd be inside before
But he had forgotten that bulldog
And that he also needed a shave.
The dog saw him coming, looking
like q tramp.
ana BA1O 10 0lmBeH, NOW III BCt
that scamp"
The man lost his courage and most
Of his pants,
And to kill the dog he prayed for 9
chance.
He got him gun, through an alley
he went,
To get the dogs life was his full
intent,
But IN policeman saw him and tool
him to Jail,
Where in HIS cell he did nothing but
wall,
An old lady came to him and poem
brought,
It would cheer him mp, or 90 she
thought.
The poem was entitled "Only q Dog ?
He cursed and raved, In fact raised
fog.
The poem told what friend q dog
could be,
And to that everybody would agree.
He said to the old lady, II wish yOu
could see
just how much a dog did chew on
me-"
strong:
II you are going away take your dog
along,
Or. on returning, yOu may find In the
end
That sometimes q dog is a wOman'i
best friend. MAC.
a ~"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
c R | MISSING
AFTER TIFF

Forbidden by her father to re-
ceive her hoy friend, at her home,
|17-year-old Hildegard Elsner y.acked
a suitcase full of dainty fiapper
wear, and has disappeared from her
home. leaving the father and mother
almost frantic.
She left Friday morning and in
her leaving is believed TO have
employed clever ruse to provide
herself with money and escape sus-
picion. For week or more it had
been planned that she should visit
a family of friends at South River.
~. j. She left home, ostensibly
for New Jersey. with her parents
blessings, kisses and $50.
Receiving no telegram announcing
her safe arrival the Elsners commu.
nicated with their New Jersey
friends. only to learn that Hide.
garde had not reached there.
Mrs. Elsner then remembered
that one Of E1ildegarde's friends,
Miss Louise L. Edwards, a tele-
phone operator at the Columbia ex.
change, had called at the house
just before Hildegarde left.
Inquiry at the telephone company
revealed that Miss Edwards re.
signed on the same day that Hide
garde left home. Mrs. Elsner be.
lieves they have gone away to.
gether.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
TRAFFIC ROBE
BROADENED

The investigation of the traffic
light scandal by the Bureau OF
Efficiency has been broadened to in.
clude general traffic problems in
which various congressional COM
nittees are interested, it was an
nounced today by Malcolm Kerlin,
in charge of the inquiry.
There are a number of Congress
sional committees which have sought
information on certain phases of the
District traffic situation" Mr.. Kerlin
explained, and. as long as we are
on the subject, we decided we might
as well give these committees the
benefit of whatever information we
can obtain
1t is understood that the bureau
is looking into the effect of separate
i administration of the traffic laws by
the metropolitan and park police
forces.
This question was raised when the
police merger bill was under con.
sideration during the past session.
The report of the bureau, it il tx
pected, may have considerable
weight in deciding the fate Of the
park police force.
The questions of Congressional
tags, diplomatic immunity, the meth.
DDS OF issuing tags and the manner
Of collecting taxes on motor vehicles
all have been raised by various Con
gressionaI committees and it is un
derstood the bureau will look into
all these problems.
This will not delay completion 81
the traffic light probe. however, Mr.
Kerlin indicated. Bureau exper.s
today turned their attention to tho
drafting of the final report on thi.
investigation.
I'VE have discussed the framing of
this report and have made a mental
draft of our statement, - Mr.. Kerlin
said. 1T viii necessarily be rather
long and detailed report and may
take some time to complete"
The bureaus recommendations as
to the fate of Col. I. c.. Moller and
Director M. o. Eldridge win be sub.
mitted to the Commissioners prob
ably next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-23
MOVE To CLOSE
VA. COURT

Application for writ of prohibit
ton to close up the roadside traf-
fic court at Potomac, Va, pending
the settlement of an appeal to de.
termine the legality of fines i'm
posed by that court, was filed today
before Judge Samuel @. Brent, in
the Circuit Court of Arlington
county.
The hearing on the writ will tske
place at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the
courthouse at Alexandria. The writ
was requested by the American
Automobile Association through C..
G. Collins, attorney.
THE action is taken to prevent
motorists being Illegally fined by the
Potomac court" Mr.. Collins ex-
planned. IF the writ is not granted
we will push the pending appeal to
action.
IF the writ is granted similar
writs of prohibition can be secured
against number of similar courts
operating throughout Virginia" =
Mr.. Collins holds that under re-
cent ruling of the Supreme Court
Of the United States Mayor William
Kleysteuber. presiding in the Po-
tomac court. is unable to give a
fair trial because he is paid out of
fines, AMI it is to his financial bene-
lit to secure convictions.