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The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
FALL STARS"OPEN.
SEASON, LOSING
Former Uptown Sanitary Team
Shows Promise For Fast
Aggregation.

The "Colored All Stars" baseball
team opened the season Sunday at
Bayport, Minnesota. The "All Stars
are the former Uptown Sanitary
Team" Although the "All Stars"
were defeated by the score of 81,
they showed signs for a prosperous
year. The game was nip and tuck
affair from start to finish, and the
crowd was given many exciting
thrills. Roach and "Scotty" showed
we'll on the mound for the "All
Stars" while Winnie did very neat
job receiving.
The roster Of. the "All Stars" was
strengthened by the presence of two
new players: Singleton at short
stop and Jones in the outfield. Both
showed up well.
In the sixth inning Jimmy" Lee,
third baseman for the "All Stars"
reached first on an infield tumble,
stole second and raced home on a
beautiful hit by Dave Mays.
In the late innings the "All Stars"
tried to pull the game out of the fire
by sending Coleman to second for
Field but the attempt was in vain.
The following was the "All Stars"
lineup:
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
Celebration At
Lake Pokeeanna
Sunday, Monday

The Sanford Investment Co. an
nounces two opening days, May 29
and 80, of it's Pokegama Lake addi-
ton, located near Pine City, Mime
sofa, between Highways No. l and
No. S, on M. %; half way between
the Twin Cities and Duluth.
Lake Pokegama is the summer re-
sort Deluxe with club house and club
dining hall building newly furnished.
The grounds are beautiful, and there
is excellent fishing, boats and fishing
tackle are available. Music will be
furnished by the Johnny Baker Post
Band and refreshments at the club
resort store. There will be short
talks by prominent citizens of the
Twin Cities and a variation of amuse-
ments are now being planned. Don't
miss these two gala days at the Po-
kegama Lake addition. Remember
the date, May 1890.
This property is now being sold
out to the public by The Sanford In
vestment Company, COS Temple
Court Bldg, Minneapolis. Phone
Geneva 40S4.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
Fast Boxing Bout And Dance
Scheduled By Ames Lodge Monday
Special Attraction to Be Held on
the Night of Decoration Day
at Elks Hall, 9Th and Lyndale
Avenue.

What promises to be a fast card
is scheduled for Monday night May
30th, at the Elks Hall, 9Th and Lyn-
dale Ave-, Minneapolis. Edward l..
Boyd chairman of the Elks enter
tainment committee and promoter of
the bout states he has some of the
fastest boys to be found on the card.
Fast Card.
Frank Lewis VS.. Eddie White at
12O pounds; Kid Bob VS.. Floyd Ban
ner at 130 pounds; Battling Sikh VS..
George Jackson at 135 pounds; Bob
Morton VS.. Benny King at 145
pounds; Ray Williams VS.. Jim Car
ter at 140 pounds will furnish more
than 80 rounds of fast action.
Special Attraction.
The committee announces there
will be dancing between and after
bouts and there will be a main at
traction staged. Music will be fur
nished by Culbersons Jazz Hounds
who are now going over big at the
cabaret dances. The big boxing bout
and dance is a special program that
was arranged for the Decoration Day
celebration. The admission charge
will be IS cents.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
Madam c. J. Walker Manufacturing
Company Begins Million Dollar
Home. viii Reflect Race Progress

the late Madam C. J. Walker and
present country home of her heir and
daughter, Madam A'Lelia, it will con-
tain the best that money can buy and
be further testimony against doubt
ing Thomases' who may question the
races chance to succeed.
To Cost Million or More.
The completed building is to be
four stories in height, with base
ment of reinforced concrete, steel.
hydraulic press brick, terra Gotta
trimmed, enclosing five separate
projects: complete theatre, a
group of store rooms, factory space,
office space and an auditorium, all,
when fully equipped, will cost a mil
lion dollars or more.
Each project is to be complete in
itself, of the best materials, strictly
fireproof and unit of the entire
structure which will have many ex-
traordinary features and reflect the
historic development and progress of
our race. The theatre, which is to
be one of the finest in America for
Negroes, will contain a main audi
torium and balcony, seat 1900 and
be equipped with pipe organ cost
ing $4,000. Rest rooms, smoking
rooms, etc., will also be features of
comfort.
This building will provide several
thousand feet of much needed Office
and factory space for the Walker
Company and house the finest, most
modern machinery for manufacturing
the Madam C. ]. Walker preparations
which are marketed by thousand of
agents and drugstores throughout
the world.
CROSSROADS of America.
This monument of race progress,
located on the intersection of three
much travelled streets, Indiana Ave-
nue., West and North Streets, but a
stones throw from the heart of the
city-"the crossroads of America
will dominate it's neighborhood and
doubtless grow to become known as
the races Flatiron Building. 1t will
be ready for occupancy late this year.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
FOUNDER. OF PORO
COLLEGE G|VENAB-
SOLUTE DIVORCE
Judge Charles w. Rutledge in
Domestic Relations Court
Hands Down Decree.
AnArray of Witnesses
Mr.. Malone Not Present But
Represented by Attorney
McElwee.

(By the Associated Negro Press
st. Louis, Mo-, May 27.-An in
dication of the sad state into which
the affairs of the formerly pompous
Aaron E. Malone has fallen was
shown Monday when Judge Charles
w. Rutledge, sitting In the Court OF
Domestic Relations here, handed
down a decree of absolute divorce in
answer to her cross bill filed after
her husband had sued her for divorce
last January.
Array of Witnesses.
Mrs. Malone appeared in court,
with an array of witnesses, only two
of whom were heard, Mrs. J. I.
Breedlove and C. A. Williams, who
served as character witnesses. Mr..
Malone was not present but was rep
resented by Atty. McElwee of Foris-
tells firm. McElwee did not ask Mrs.
Malone a single question.
Terms Unaltered.
The terms of settlement for the
divorce were made at the time the
receivership at Poro College was dis
missed and remain unaltered. The
property and monetary arrangements
made at that time were made with
the divorce in mind and were based
upon the agreement of Malone's
lawyer, Edward Foristel, to have his
client meet certain demands. Until
these demands are met, all proper
ties and monies involved in the
terms will be held in escrow.
Married in 1914.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malone were married
in 1914. They are said to have dis
,, agreed in 1918, and the gap then
created gradually widened until the
wife and husband found it necessary
to occupy separate apartments in
Poro College. Last December Ma
lone left the College and took shelter
among friends, preparatory to filing
suit for divorce and half the busi-
ness of Poro College in January.
Mrs. Malone accepted the verdict
without jubilation and in the same
quiet, calm manner that has charac-
terized her since the inception of the
case.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
DIES AT BRAINERD

Alfred Taylor, 321 w. Central
Ave-, age As years, employed by the
Northern Pacific Ry. for number
of years, died at st. Joseph's hos
pital, Brainerd, Minn., Saturday, May
21, a victim of stroke Of apoplexy.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day, May rs, from Pilgrim Baptist
Church, Rev. L. w. Harris, pastor,
officiated.
Mr.. Taylor is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Essie Taylor, of the above ad-
dress, sister Mrs. LilRan Purcell. two
brothers, Charlie and Elry, all Of
Omaha, Nebr Interment Oakland
Cemetery, A. J. McGavock, funeral
director.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
MAY POLE PARTY GIVES
TREAT AND FUN TO ALL

Did you attend the May Pole par
ty? If you didn't, you missed a
great treat. My, my, so many grown
up children-and didn't they have
fun? Games were led by little
Hazel Craig, while the grand march
was led by Mary Wilson and Mamie
Green. And the May Pole-you
should have seen the following
youngsters wind the pole: Bertha
King, Helen Hudson, Geraldine
Pickett, Mamie Green. Leila Mundell,
Hazel Wigington, Tiny Webb. Mary
Wilson, Floretta Artis, Lillian NC
knight, Ida Mae Murphy and Julia
Douglass.
Ice cream and cookies were served
and every one agreed that Mrs. Roper
and Mrs. Brooks with their commit
tee deserved a vote of thanks for a
delightful evening.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
Feudal Estate

A remarkable incident was related
by the young man which we do not
care to print, but it is interesting to
note that the incident we withhold
occurred within the confines of the
vast estate of the noted Lee Wilson,
who is reputed to own all of the land
running sixty miles in one direction
and forty miles in another. Once a
Negro gets on Mr.. Wilson's property
he is ever afterward a slave of his
lord Wilson, because he never gets
out of debt no matter how hard he
works; he only goes farther in the
hole.
Strike for Freedom.
The lads escape from slavery
reads like fairy tale. He walked,
waded, swan, rowed, and ran more
than one hundred miles to a place
of safety, from which he could set
sail for the North. They found a
DOdC WHICH Was HUI lOChSu W Ihe
pier, and they used this to row across
torrent that would have been i'm
passible otherwise. While being
chased and shot at they found refuge
in the home of a French widow, who
concealed them until dark so they
could again resume their flight with
safety. Several times bullets went
astray which were aimed for the
escaping poems.
In Land of Free.
Arriving in Minneapolis penniless
and destitute the Salvation Army
and Phyllis Wheatley House were OF
the job as usual and came to hi:
rescue, and the lad is now comforta
bly, located with place to stay and
| job. Minneapolis is truly a have1
! in the case of this young man wht
believed in himself to the extent tha
he defied rifles and sawed-off shot
guns to escape to freedom.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
CORINTHIAN TEMPLE 1872
HOLDS ANNUAL SERVICE

The Order of U. B. F. Royal Lodge
159 and Corinthian Temple 1872,
S. M. T., held their annual Thanks
giving service at st. James A. M. E.
church Sunday, May %. Rev. w. H.
Griffin preached the sermon. The
Temple wishes to thank Rev. Griffin
for his encouraging remarks and also
the Junior Choir and sisters and
brothers of Minneapolis who attended
and our own Sister, Josie Mccall, and
Myrtle Thompson for their selections.
Lazar Claiborne, w. Princess, Naomi
Thomas, Financial Secty.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

The Carnation club of which Mrs.
Gertrude Willis is president, enter
tanned at cabaret party at the Elks
Cabaret Dance, Mpls.
John L. Morrison, Duluth, Editor
Publisher of "The Rip Saw" and ad-
vocate of law and justice for all,
died.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
GIRLS WANT ESSEX

There are many reasons why every
body wants an Essex Coach. After
once riding in the Essex Super-Six
you will never forget the thrilling
difference from all other transporta-
ton. 1t will give you fifty miles an
hour all day, along with ease to car
and comfort to passengers, with far
greater speed If you want it. These
are some of the reasons why the girls
have entered the Echo Contest to
secure subscriptions.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
MRS. MALONE WINS HER DIVORCE
Victim Of Flood Area Escapes
Levee Camp Slavery, Using
Underground Slavery Method

In the southland at present writ
ing African slavery still exists, what's
more it is sanctioned by officers OF
the law. An Echo reporter while
nosing around in Minneapolis last
week, discovered that it is still nee
essary to operate underground rail-
road. A young man now residing in
Minneapolis tells hair-raising expert
ences about his escape from the leVee
camps of Arkansas and Louisiana
where he was forced to labor with
out pay, without shelter, and poor
food. Negroes were herded together
in boats and barges and transported
from one break in the levee to anoth-
er and worked long and hard. No
question is asked a Negro about his
willingness to work in the emerg-
ency, he is simply ordered to do so
and shot down if he refuses. This
young man happened to escape from
the camps near Lake Providence,
La, where recently a Negro 1nsur-
ance superintendent was shot on the
spot because he refused to let his in
surance alone to push a wheel bar
row on the levee.
Cruelty Treated.
Only Negroes are forced to work
on the levee; the whites act only as
guards and bosses. They stand over
the Negroes with pick handles for
clubs, and rifles and sawed-off shot
guns, and one disobeying command
is promptly clubbed, and if any pro-
test is made he is shot down and that
ends it. This lad reports that he has
slept out for weeks at the time IN
close range of the levee where a
break at any time might wash away
his life with thousands of others. In
such times as these no shelter was
afforded the men, only plank and
blanket were offered as a bed; this
was usually on stills about three feet
above the water.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
HAND SIGNALING
NOW S|MPL|F|ED
BY TRAFFIC CODE
Arm Extended Gives Warning to
Other Drivers, New Law
Ends Confusion.
To Use One Hand Signal
Hoover Uniform Traffic Act
Was the Basis of New
Minnesota Law.

Confusion as to the meaning of
hand signals should be reduced to a
minimum if drivers will read and
observe the new Minnesota traffic
code. The trainers of the Hoover
uniform traffic act, which was the
basis of the new Minnesota law, were
aware that attempts to have differ
ent kinds of hand signals for left
turns, right turns and stops, had led
to misunderstanding, and therefore
provided for only one hand signal.
Motorists in the Twin Cities may be
interested in this section of the new
law, which reads thus:
''The driver of any vehicle
upon a highway before starting,
stopping or turning from di-
rect line shall first see that such
movement can be made in safe
ty, and if any pedestrian or cy-
clist may be affected by such
movement shall give clearly
audible signal by sounding the
warning device and whenever
the operation of any other We
hicle may be affected by such
movement shall give a signal
either by extending the arm
horizontally from and beyond
the left side of the vehicle or
. by an adequate mechanical or
electrical signal device, plainly
visible to the driver of such
other vehicle, of the intention
to make such movement at least
fifty feet before a stop or turn
is to be made, except that the
requirement of signal by a
warning device shall apply to
motor vehicles only"
No Signal for Right Turn.
Since a right turn ordinarily doe
not affect the movement of other We
hicles, no signal to drivers in tn
rear is required. While no ruling
has been made, the operation of ;
"stop light" would probably be con
sidered an adequate signal of an in
tention to stop, and the extended
arm or some special device must bt
used to warn of a left turn or wher
starting from the curb.
But a driver of a car not equipped
with a stop light would under the
law be required to give a hand sig
nal when stopping in the Travelled
portion of a street or highway. The
hand signal. therefore, will stand fol
Just one thing: a call for caution on
the part of the driver following.
A vehicle whose driver has sig,
nailed a left turn, may be passed on
the right. If all drivers when max
ing a left turn will drive near the
center of the street or highway and
give signal, it will both expedite
traffic and prevent many accidents.
Next week the st. Paul Echo will
publish the provisions of the new
law relative to stopping and parking
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
SUMMER CAMP STARTED

Approximately 14h acres at Nine
sure-on-Lake st. Croix have been
set aside by the owners for the pur-
pose of establishing free summer
camp. Plans for providing recrea-
tional facilities for the community
are now under way.
Representatives from all churches.
clubs and organizations are request
ed to confer with the Echo" for the
purpose of naming a committee.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28

The "All Stars" are managed by
John Davis and their captain is
George White.
Sundays game, May 20, to be
played at Gales Meadows at Oxboro
Heath.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
GIRLS WANTED

Girls wanted to enter popularity
contest. Valuable prizes to be given
away. Apply the st. Paul Echo.
GA Court Block, Cedar 1879.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
Especial to the st. Paul Echo)

Perhaps the most inspiring sight
ever witnessed in this city was the
ground breaking last week OF the
new home of the Madam C. ]. Walk
er Manufacturing Company. Eager
eyes watched the mammoth steam
shovel scoop out the first dirt to
make way for a structure that will
help in a no mean way toward
Fastening the coming of a new day
for the race in this city and in
America. 1t is the elimination OF
the dream of the late Madam c. j.
Walker, who in her life planned for
this very event, which, but for her
untimely death, would have been
long since realized. But this race
genius still lives, in the hearts OF
her daughter and men and women
she grouped about her to carry on"
and most of the plans she made,
many of the dreams she dreamed,
are being realized. The beginning
of building operations is but another
one of them.
Buildings Studied.
Many observations and much study
were made of the finest combination
buildings throughout the country be-
fore the officials of the Walker Com
pany decided the style and nature of
building to be erected, this being
prompted by their determination to
do as the late Madam G. ]. Walker
desired, to give to the race the most
modern plant for the manufacture of
high class toilet preparations and to
supply some of the existing local
needs. The study they made served
them well, for under their direction
a most proficient architectural use is
planned of the site, which runs 21S
feet on Indiana Avenue and $50 feet
on West Street, purchased in single
parcels at a total cost of $6S,00O.OO.
The Walker building is to be a
show building as well as adapted
most efficiently to the company's s
| needs. Like Villa Lewaro, quarter
million dollar New York Mansion OF
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28

Hear Bertha Kings pupils recital
to be held at the Y. w. C.. A., Thurs
day, June 30th.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28

Hear Bertha Kings pupils recital
to be held at the Y. w. C. A., Thurs
day, June 30th.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

Wacco Players under the direction
of Louis White, presented, always
in Trouble" comedy drama which
was a marked success.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28
NEW

firms are advertising in the
Echo. Have you thought
about reaching out for new
business?
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-28

IROOP %
Boy Scouts and Cubs are to
lay a wreath upon the JO-
siah King monument Sum-
day. Encourage the boys
by attending.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
BABY FACE" GIRL
IDENTITY SOUGHT
Self Confessed Slayer De.
scribes Her Before Killing
Himself in Milwaukee.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-The identity of
q Chicago girl, described by her self
confessed slayer as a devil with a
baby face" was sought today by
police, following the suicide in a
Milwaukee hotel of a young man who
signed himself w. C. Martin.
Martin, who left a note saying that
his father, whom he named as Charles
c. Martin of New York, an official
of a shipping concern, be Informed
of his death, indicated in his farewell
missive that he had deserted his wife
for the unnamed girl. and that he had
quit the latter when she proved un.
faithful to him. Police, in checking
over recent Chicago slayings believed
the girl might have been Evelyn la
Grand, who was shot to death by one
of two men at the door of her apart
ment in a Northside white light dis
trict last week.
Martins wife, Mrs. Ruth Evans
Martin, who was visiting with her
mother in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said
she was not aware of any estrange-
ment with her husband. A son was
born to them there recently.
He telephoned me Wednesday from
Chicago, saying he would catch an
afternoon train up here to see our
son." Mrs. Martin was quoted as say
ing over long-distance telephone. 'He
was the most loving and exemplary Of
husbands. l know of no other
women
Instead of going to Cedar Rapids
young Martin went to Milwaukee.
registered at a hotel Wednesday night
and was found dead late the next day
with phial of poison by his side.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
CARVINGS DATING BACK
5000 YEARS DISCOVERED
Harvard-Michigan Expedition Re-
ports "Mysterious Sinai Inscrip-
ions" Deemed of Great Import.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 27.-The Boston Her.
aid says that the Harvard Michigan
expedition to Mount Sinai, Arabia, has
made discoveries that may prove of
great Importance in the study of dis
puted questions in biblical history.
A cable from Prof. Kirsopp Lake,
head of the. expedition, the Herald
says, tells of the discovery of new
fragments of the mysterious Sinai in.
scriptions," which are stone carvings
believed to be at least 5000 years old
The first of the fragments ever
brought to light were discovered 20
years ago at the point on the historic
mountain where Moses received the
decalogue.
Evening star., 1927-05-27

Results of whippet races are an.
nounced by a new electric device, the
winning dog touching a thread at the
final tape, thus causing a number to
appear on an illuminated board.
Evening star., 1927-05-27
FREED IN AIR SHOOTING.
English Gentleman Farmer Ac
quilted in Plane-Firing Case.

DORCHESTER, England, May 81
R9.-Dayrell Read, well known gen.
tleman farmer of this district. was ac.
quilted yesterday of a charge of
shooting at an airplane last April in
the first case of its kind in the history
of British aviation.
Read testified that he did not fire
at the pilot OF the plane and that he
did not intend to frighten him, but
had merely fired shot to let the
pilot know that there were people in
the vicinity.
Evening star., 1927-05-27

Buy Your Week End
Vanity Silk
During Vanity Fair tomor-
row-take advantage of the
special savings which this
event offers.
You'll need at least three
vests and three step-ins for a
we'll dressed week end-and
you'll want Vanity Silk Cts
striped), because it is nodded
to fit under the slinkiest new
frocks-because it is SO light
and yet so strong.
This is ho,v sou save!
Vest No. 102-Regular size,
$l.95 each; box of three, $3.50.
Bloomer No. 202-R e gular
sizes, So each; box of three, $8.65.
Step.in No. 602-Regular sizes,
So each; box of three, $8.65.
Chemise No. 402-Regular
sizes, So each; box of three, $8.6s.
Other important valmes
inquire at ''Tanity Fair"
Grey Shops-Second Floor
Evening star., 1927-05-27

Clever awning striped light
wooden, smartly pleated across
the front. In stunning tri-color
effects, green and white, or
ange and white, blue and white
and tan and blue!
Sportsscear Shop-Fourth Floor