The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 22, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 19, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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A Fcarlea Exponent of. Right
and justice.
An Uncompromising Defender
of the Colored . Race.
We fear only to do wrong.
Larger Circulation than all the
combined Colored "weeklies In
Oklahoma.
Read THE STAR and keep in-
formed on all current issues.
Weekly Mail Edition
VOLUME X
TLL8A OKLAHOMA. SATLRDAY. NIMUER TWENTY-TWO
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
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Angry Duluth
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Three !
Police Fight Mob Off
With Water
5000 IN DULUTH
OVERRIDE POLICE
Three Blacks Lynched; One Withla
Two Blocks of Polka
Station.
THREE ARE ACQUITTED.
Crowd Holds Court and Lets Two
Go Take Entire Possession!
of Baatlle.
TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT
Two Companies Ordered to Entrain
for City White Girl
la Attacked.
(By Associated Press.) .
DULUTH Minn. June 15. Three
Negroes were lynched here tonight
by a mob estimated at 5000 pur-
sons which overpowered the police
and took possession of police head-
quarters and seized the Negroes
who were held in connection with
an attack on a young white girl.
Not a shot was fired in the at-
tack on the police station the mem-
bers of the mob using bricks and
other missiles and in the final stages
of Hie fight streams of water from
fire hose taken from the police
themselves.
A mock trial was held by the
mob in the station and three Ne-
groes were found guilty and three
others also held In connection with
the assault were acquitted and
turned back to the police
play and as the battle waged at
the rear others of the mob obtained
a section of house and started an
assault on the front.
Here too the police were pre-
pared and in the water duel which
ensued neither side had a marked
advantage until the mob managed
to cut the police hose. This caused
a momentary retreat by the police
and the mob began battering down
the front door.
After entrance had been forced
the police ottered no further resist-
ance realizing they said that at-
tempts to use fire onus would turn
the disturbance into a riot of more
setious proportions and probably
cause loss of life.
Within th police station the mob
faced two heavy steel doors bar-
ring the way to the prisoner's cells.
With a large timber the steel doors
wete battered down after an hour's
attack.
It took only few minutes to
force open the cages and gain pos-
session of the Negro suspects.
On tlje second floor of the sta-
tion a mock trial was held. The
three Negroes declared guilty were
taken to Second avenue east and
First street about one and a half
(blocks away.
McGhle was tbe first to reel Hie
noose. He cried for mercy declar-
ing his innocence. Two Catholic
priests called upon the crowd to let
the law take its course but their
please were unheeded.
One priest Father F. J. Howard
climbed 15 feet up an electric light
pole and again pleaded with the
mob. He was met by hoots and
Furmnn was second and Gore was
third. Because of a "gentlemen's
:igi cement" lo the effect that the
east and west sides of the stiitc
should have a representative in the
United States Senate Judge Furmnn
who witli Senator Owen were east
side candidates although Furm.in
received the second highest number
of votes withdrew his name and
the short term election went lo
Gore.
Louisiana House Rejects Suffrage.
(Star Ncwg 8crvlcc)
BATON ROUGE La. June 1G
The lower house of the Louisiana
legislature by a vote of 07 to II
recently rejected n resolution call-
ing for ratification of the federal
sull'ragc amendment.
The senate last week defeated
the ratification resolution.
After the defeat of the Shatturk
resolution providing for the ratifi
cation of the federal .sulTrage amend-
ment the house by a vote of 00 to
39 adopted the Jordan resolution
which puts the house of represen-
tatives on record as opposed to fed-
eral suffrage. Prior to the vote on
suffiagc the house declined to hear
Congressman Baker of California
who wanted to speak in support of
suffrage.
In The Iublic Bye
Cfvjl Service 'Is Not Only Avenue.
(Btar News Service)
WASHINGTON D C June 18.
One official here. Assistant PO';t
master llaycock. believes that the
Hes o "remember the gYri-lynch civil -rvice is not sufficiently tight
.i h enough as a Net.ro barrier and cx-
Twlce McGhle was Jerked into 1 lc 1m hnJ lh1c "
ii i . n. .!.... r n. k .i already enough Colored clerks in
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be with them I am not the right
Shortly after midnight the mob man." was his last crv as the third
still surrounded the poliee station ' riul ho went to his death.
but gave no indication "of further
trouble. The police believed the
mob would disperse without other
disorder.
II was reported that automobiles
loaded with members of the mob
started at midnight toward Virginia
where it was said four other Nr-
g'ces arc held in connection with
the case.
The Negroes were roustabouts
with a circus and the attack on the
17-year-old white girt took place on
the circus grounds last night. The
circus was in Virginia today and it
was said eight Negroes were taken
into custody there but only four
held.
One report was that the Virginia
authorities and John Murphy Du-
luth's chief of police had started
bapk to Duluth with these four sus-
pect! before the mob trouble had
started. It was understood the party
had been diverted to another city.
The Negroes hanged were Isaac
McGhie Elmer Jackson and Nate
Groen all about 22 years old. They
were lynched in the order named
nt 11:30 p. m. 11:38 p. m. and 11:15
p. in. respectively. All professed
innocence.
First indications the downtown
distiict received of the trouble
brewing came at 7 o'clock when
trucks loaded with men dashed
through the principal streets the
men calling for "volunteers to
avenge the wrong done the while
girl."
There was ready responso and it
was estimated tbe mob numbered
5.000 when storming of the jal)
began about 8 o'clock. Police head-
quarters is Just west of the city hall
with a front entrance on Superior
street. Duluth's main business
thoroughfare and a rear basement
entrance on Michigan street
On both streets the mob gather-
ed surging toward both entrances.
The police thad made preparations
Scott Ferris Files For Senator.
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Dr. Chas. B. Wickliam Grand Chancellor who is working hard to
make the meeting or the Grand Lodgj here next month u glorious success.
the fact that no discount of ilf. (Colored) was recently created by i
per cent on the cost of living is ae-Jllie action of its pastor Rev. L. L.1
coi tied lo Colored teachers. The Bal- Downing who erected a memorial1
Colorado Court Up-
holds Civil Rights Law
(SUir Nown Service)
DENVER Colo. June 18 In
January 1U18 Mr. Darius was re-
fused servic in a bootblack stand
and brought suit against the pro-
pi letor. When brought to trial the
cave was decided against Mr Dar-
ius the Judge declaring that the
business of shoe shining was not a
public business and did come under
the provisions of the state Civil
Bights Act. Upon the advice of the
National Office of the Association all
of the Colored Branches of the As-
sociation united in raising funds
and employing lawyers to take the
caseto the State Supreme Court.
t When this was done the decision of
I the lower court was reversed.
Apostolus applied lor aim was
granted a rehearing on the consti-
tutionality of the Civil Bights Act.
When tlie case was retried a decis-
ion was rendered declaring that a
boot black stud was place of pub-
lic ccommodation and that Mr. Dar-
ius could recover from the owner
of the stnd who had discriminated
agninst him.
The decision is of great impor-
tnce because of the effect it will
i have in otlir cases which may como
the state courts in the future.
timore Afro-American will soon be-
g'n suit to compel the Somerset
Coiii ty authorities appropriate more
moi'cy for the Colored schools.
(A. N. P. Service)
OKLAHOMA CITY Okla. June 10.
Congressman Scott Ferris of Law-
ton representing the Sixth District
in the lower house of congress;
who has been engaged in an active
campaign for several months for
the Democratic nomination for
United States senator filed his ap-
plication for a place on the primary
bcllot with the state election board
last week. Senator Gore is the on
ly other Democrat who has filed.
Twelve Republicans "Dynamite"
Fd Perry Coalgate; Sumner T.
Dlsbcen; Ernest E. Blake Henry
Powers and Charles L. McGuire of
Oklahoma City; Albert A. Small
Tulsa; E. M. Clark Pawnee; Cash
Caor Shawnee; Ben Thompson
Sapulpa; Parren D. Lindsay Hom-
iny; James B. Cullison Enid; N. I).
Wrlty Bartlcsville have filed for
the G. O. P. senatorial nomination.
Considerable misunderstanding
has arisen from some of the news-
paper accounts of the filing a few
days ago.M. L. Turner of Oklaho-
ma City as an "Independent De
mocrat" canmaate. Jurners name
will not appear on the primary!
ballot and will in no sense affect the1
canqmign between Ferris and Gore
for the Democratic nomination at
the August 3 election. Turner filed
at n candidate subject to the regu-
lar election in November. The on-
ly question relative to the accept-
ance of his candidacy bv the stale
election board is in the manner ini
which his name will appear on the
November ballot. In his applica-
tion to the election hoard he asks
that the ballot read: "M. L. Turner1
Independent Democrat." Secretary I
W C McAlister of the state elec-
tion board said he is of the opinion'
iison while
mquy Colored civil service appli-
cants of color Jiave passed examina-
tions successfully none have been
appointed for nearly a year. Tills
has not served as any discourage-
ment to the Bacc however as open
ing in various other ileitis or hon-
orable and lucrative employment
are becoming available every day in
the North and East.
Colored Schools Robbed in Maryland
Too.
RACE VOLN MAKING GOOD.
Mrs. Ollie Thompson of the Hick-
ory nighborhood is the typ of a wo-
man that is requisite for successful
Race building and progress. She is
living with her husband on a truck
and poultry farm and Ihroug the ex
ercisc of energy and practice of
thrift have gathered for themselves
a comfortable and pleasant home.
Mrs. Thompson has made a study of
thi incubator and lias become an
expert in raising chickens by the
wholesale. She recently hatched a
batch of 250 and the chickens of
lust January are now frying size and
represent dollars running around
the chicken yard. Mrs. Ihompson
is also interested in the rligious and
educational affairs of the neighbor-
hood and proves herself very use-
ful. Her son recently graduated at
1 ot'l Smith Ark. and she is plan-
ning a course of higher training for
himat some university.
Nero Preacher Bevers "Stonewall"
(Star News Service)
BOANOAK. Va June 18 A mild
sensation in the congregation of the
w.i dow in the church dedicated to
the late distinguished Confederate
General "Stonewall" Jackson. The
wi.idow was designed to portray
Jackson's last words: "Let us cross
over1 the river and rest in the shade
of the trees." The scene depicts u
log cabin in one of the Shenen-
doali valleys with soldiers and
urnifc stacked weeping and praying.
teacher.
(Star News Service)
BALTIMOBE Md. June 18. In
the town of Crisfield Somerset
County of this Slate while the en
rollmenl of white educable chil-
dren exceeds that of the Colored ed-
ucable children by 1200 the author-
ities have appropriated six times
as much for the maintenance of the
while schools Ulan for the Colored.
Tito budget for instance provides
for $83000 lo pay salaries for the
while teachers and only $1-1000 for
the Colored. The salary of a white
supervisor is fixed at 8 J 500 and that
of the Colored at 8750. This grcit
di: parity in salaries is characteris
tic of all the other salaries of the
Colored employes and this despite Fifth avenue Presbyterian Church Bead the Star and keep informed
WANTS TO DEBATE "HELL-
IT RE" QUESTION
Rtv. F. F. Motcn well known soul
winner and preacher who arrived
in Tulsa last week from Okmulgee
is anxious to meet Mr. Bichard J.
Hill and debate the question: "Is
there a Hell of Fire and Brimstone."
Rev. Motcn is here for the purpose
It uppears that the Bev. Downing of conducting revival meetings at A.
was prompted to this act from feel- "d. E. Church of which Bev. Tucker
ings of gratitude to the General who l pastor. He has considerable ex-
had taught Downing's shtve par-! perience in California Missouri
cut. in a Colored Presbyterian Texas and other states and has a-
church id Lexington while he was1 chieved quite a reputation for his
serving as Professor at the Virginia pulpit and vocal powers. Rev. Mo-
Military Institute. It is said the ten was at Hili-"Black Billy Sun-
General during his celebrated cam-' day' debute Friday night and real-
puigns during the civil war always itng that "Billy" made such a poor
remembered to contribute for the defense of the Bible he wr.nts to
support of the Colored Sabbath' enter the ring with our Mr. Mill.
School of which In. imil limm . The latter picks no favorites und
Negro Gets Consideration.
(Hampton Press Service).
WASHINGTON I). C June 17
A E. Holder who represents the
labor group on the Federal Board
for Vocational Education declared
that "the Negro will be given fair
consideration in the administration
of all the vocational "work which is
done under the Smith-Hughes Act."
I is willing to meet anybody nny-
where so he can expound the
i truth and the light as lie sees it.
This debate will be or interest if it
can be arranged to get botli of them
'a the Bible Students Hall on East
Archer.
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NOTICE A CORRECTION.
"Earth's Jubilee" will be the sub-
ject discussed by Mr. Hill tomorrow
afternoon at the Masonic hall. Thru
an error this subject was left out
of his "Notice to the Public" pro-
ceeding his article in this issue.
Editor.
that this cannot be done and that!
to put up a fight with streams of Turner's name will have to go on
water from fire hose. The first) the .November ballot as an "Inde-
concerted attack was on the rearl per dent" candidate. It is probable
enhance. The mob to'ok quick ad-' that the election board will ask an
vantage of a pile of bricks nearby. opinion from the attorney general's
Bricks were sent flying through department of this phase of the
windows and against the rear door i question. I
which finally gave in. I Turner was one of a number of
Tills let the mob into the base- candidates who contested In the "
ment and as it started up the stairs statewide primary of 1907 for the Langston University where hundreds of teachers and students are attending Summer Normal. Accord-
to the first floor strong spurts of nomination as United States senator1 ing to latest reports the school attendance this year has taxed the capacity of the institntion to afford ae-
water washed its members back. ' on the Democratic ticket. Senator) commodation. The Instructors this year are N. J. Caesar Shawnee; II. Graham Luther; II. L. Hargrove
Ilricks again were brought into Qwen lead the lisf Judge Henry M. Boley; W. E. Day Sapulpa; J. W. Hughes Tulsa; J. II. Roberts McAlcsler and Mrs. L. C. Clark Muskogee.
Teacher-Trainers Organize.
They recommended for future
places of meeting Tuskegee Insti-
tute Hampton Institute and llv
Agricultural und Mechanical Col-
leges. They agreed that the nni!-
week sssioiv is desirable. Perman-
ent officers of the Colored Associa-
tion of State Teacher-Trainers were
elected: G. W. Owens Petersburg.
Va. president; F. II. Cardozo Al-
bans (in. vice president; R. E Ma-
lone Greensboro N. C secretary;
and S. II. Simmons Tuskegee in-
stitute Ala. treasurer.
State teacher-trainers other than
the Association officers who wee
present follow: B. F Hubert. Or-
aiigchurg S. C; . F. Bullock Prai-
rie View Tex.; P. S. Bulks. Al-
corn Miss.; W. II. Cruteher Talla-
hassee Fla.; C S. Woodard Pine
Hluir Ark.; and E. C. Yates Nash-
ville Term.
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