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i 5 1 HaV; MAY' 31V I934i; (:7 the PITTSBURGH COURIER GENERAL CONFERENCES A 'ASSIGNMENT, OF. BISHOPS AT. 'A. M. E.

GENEKACONFEF fiNi. re.4 nut n. 1 TaUUu and South. I Seveateeath District Bishop JoHn Brooka We4 iirica 5 BishoP WilHm Jersey, i i i. aad Nw ttgtM vOauereiica.

Twelfth District Bishop Isaac' N. Ro Arkansas i. a niM. Louisiana aa4 boala MMoriw iomerences. District Bishop J.

S. Flipper, Georria Conferences. Kcnath Tt ti n. k. John Grejt, Soth African Seventeenth urteenxn isricv oay Americas Conference.

t. Foarteenth DUtrkt Buhop R. C. Rawome. Kemtockj aad Ten nesseo Conference.

tJrl Fifteenth District Bishop W. T. Temon, Mkhiran, Ontario, Ber rVsfeites. SSrhcp Jo bn H. Jones, OWo KtUWh, PewwjI.

Conference. Eighth. District Bishop W. W. Beckett, Mississippi Conference.

Ninth District Bishop William A. Fountain, Alabama Ceafercmces. Tenth District Bishop William D. Johnson, Texas and Mexican EixMeenlk Diatrkt Biaiop H. B.

Parks. Poct So wl. British Bias a. Windward Islands and 5. K5vi Bishop L.

Coppia Chicago, Nerth western, IUi fWrkt Biibop J. M. Conner, retiree Conferences. mada and Nova scoua uonierences. OF ML; i VIDO WMiCLOSES I S) Av I 1 Liz iU'ILra.

li i Story yWoman; lines Lover lv Wooing. Ad llffleAManin Order Long last a clean Wthe fact? concerning 1 Vine Rnhhitt. met his iccaitiy, Kllen Bobbitt, Cir was released on a frgjoad from the county UThnrfdav afternoon. cthorities are holding yet Baitet, who is accusea Mrs. Bob 3 that Ba Vet made im 't I 'kiHeil her hus rL sha would sccept him as her ref'axM from telling aver.s because kill her if she hiito tno Mr? the stale's chief wit fcfd No Money jlKfasyofthe thousands of i 03 complete stock.

Pay 'nasi whea be drlivcrs your i pav on all fcdksof atnour.C Records jMt? cents, post.ipc paid. IttJatefue Free Jsr Ira catalogue onntaining srfiBtlestars. Records by Id Cor, Sara Martin, Jsdwrn. Mciame Ma Rainey. S5fiauf, mith, ana I bUst Hits or a bi stork of the in fcrst.

Order listed hf lnw and pet our a coTpicte selwt tvt From This List I ir dsn bul h' Mrtng tag Roa Hndn. Blilin. 7M tji 5ri Martin ftfaa Mvtcrt Rw.W Ifxyi. Tit a km blut. 1 CT Ch.

Dasnor1 (5a ghitv 75o 1 Dew amiTn aw Buw. Tie So? by B.v Smrh rrBiriien I'm ocn? riKy tine ir ma but he enrrm to i to of Nut vou n.ef.!. tnecf yfs ixf i'f four Lilian. Turn, your orHcr 1 9 75e i w. II in ml every day seven p.

m. en m. icken and BROWN. rPetor. Author of 'From uperman to Man 9 Plans Long Tour 'ft'll J.

A. nOGEUtS XV.VI YflRlf. Vv 9Q Rogers, author of "From Superman to Man" and other books, in company with Dr. Hubert Harrison, lecturer for the Board of Educa tion of New York City, also an a vw OV vra WMa. m.

tour, during which they will visit many targe ciues in xne oouineast and Middle West. Among the places they intend visiting are Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. Wilmington, Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and other large cities of resume his lectures with the Board of Education. The tour will be educational and these two thinkers are planning a greater dissemination of knowledge on the race question. They will address colored and white audiences and endeavor to bring about a better understanding between both groups.

No Segregation As All St. Louis A ids In Big Drive Negro Citizens Pledge Over $125,000 as Share In $3,000,000 Y. C. A. jjCampagn.

ST. LOUIS, May 9 The Colored Citizens of St. Louis participating in the Three Million Dollar Y. M. C.

A. Development raign. went beyond all previous records in their subscriptions. Mn the final reports were compiled on Friday night, May 23rd, the total stood at $125,838. This sets a new high water mark for the participation of our people in philanthropic enterprises, and it will stand for vears to come, as an inspiration lo them in all future financial projects Two things stand out in uns wiu paigm First, the Colored Citizens were an integral part of a big citj wide effort.

There was r.o Negro quota assigned, but instead, the Negro citizens were asked to join with ail of the citizens of St. Louis in raising three million dollars to meet he common needs of the city. From the very first committee meetings our group was represented. There were members of our group on the Exf cutive committee, on the big gift committee, and other functioning committees of the Campaign as a whole. This situation held good i v.

riTtitiaiffn down to tnrougnouw an i into the noon aay 1 cons. BUFFALO, N. Y. AVIMPC A I 1 rSfJrS rfenreFdir9a 1 VJO M. I I vond" rruf Vroirram at the Mk itv 1 Avenue Church last i at nd au account )K0D Savin ore Rani hW i a Clinton 1 ver.

nry last Vre Kiven. T. number of present w're a i.itift Klks to (h lliBhtful tay Wention. Mr. was chigtn av S.

A. Tompitm. of i8 hi rl r.u. left lat week to yi ni uvm and friends in Q. O.J llapahoe hundred nd will epieorHic w.u i June 51 h.

rendered by W. LV nancinx from nvinc'k o. m. to 3 rn. NATIVE DELEGATION ARRIVES TO URGE CIVIL GOVERNMENT FOR VIRGIN ISLES NEW YORK, May 29.

The Virgin, Islands delegation elected at the recent mass demonstrations in St. Thomas to appeal c'irectly to Con rress to paw the bill granting; the Islands a permanent form of civil government, arrival in New York cn A. 10 i OHO For Halr Dre.nslnir ManJcurln Lieauty culture work and baro SMALL PPW Learn a Tra.de ana Call or wrlta for InrormaUon NOSOKOFF SCHOOL i2w Grant Injunction To Stop Elk Leader By Walter J. Slaglctva (S'pecJal to the Pittuburgh Courier) WASHINGTON. D.

C. May 29. The Injunction asked by Columbia, Lodge So. 85 to prevent J. Kjnley Wilson.

Grand Exalted Ruler, Clarence W. Jackson, deputy, from suspending the above oraKnizatlon. or using; any of the funds of the order to purchase a for superannuated Elk near Philadelphia, was Srantad Friday by Justice Stafford, of tne Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. sitting in Equity Court. The Injunction I temporary and will be argued Inter.

MRS. WILKINS LOSES IN RACE WITH (Continued from Page 1.) Lakewood, New Jersey in search of rest and quiet. Ere she had unpacked her trunks and settled comfortably for a long stay, the message came. Sho did not fall pr0 trate and give vent to agonizing creams, but like a woman of unfathomable control, sht steeled herself, jumped into her sport car and nil alone drove like mad over the highways, the lanes, the boulevards to Harlem and him. But she was too late to help, or epeak a comforting word.

When she saw a crowd of spectators gathered before the entrance of her husband's exclusive club, she crumpled into an exhausted, hysterical heap at the steering wheel, and friends carried her ud to her apartment. The rain had fallen fot tne middle west, koihk as iar Kansas City and Minneapolis. Dr. Carolyn the day loomed dark and tt 4 Un .11 i A rpn rv U.rriann uill Tptnrn in th fall to At 193 West 134th Street, charming Carolyn is weeping. Shut in her boudoir, the drawn, Bha ii suffering the bitterness of a great loss.

A steady Btream of inquiring friends seek entrance at the oak door which marks the Wilkins apartment. Flowers, telegrams of condolence from prominent men and women the country over are brought to her bedside, and her acknowledgement is a fresh gush of tears, a heartsob! Mrs. Wilkins is just thirty one. and still retains her slender loveliness and captivating personality for which she has always been greatly admired. As soon as you hear her pleasing voice, you know she is from the east.

New York, in general, and thjien after sornctime, you are convinced she is a Bostonian. in particular. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister is in itself an enviable life's beginning, and suh was charming Carolyn's. Her fam ilv name was Sanford. As accom ily name was banlora.

a. laccom she easily became favorite in Boston and at an early ago married William Sparrows of that cty. She divorced Sparrow and in June lp21 married the noted sportsman, Barron Wilkins. Her clothes, motor cars and home were the talk of the cast. Soon after iff the S.

S. Torto Rico this week ani will proceed to Washington witnln tlie next few i was announced by the Virgin Ulani3 committee today. The delepatioi consists of Oi tavus Cato Granady. for the of St. Thoma; J.

Boagh, for Industrial Body to Investigate Race Conditions If BUI It PassedTwo White, Three Colored to Be on Board. WASHINGTON, May 29 The establishment of a Negrp Industrial Commission, to be composed of five members two white and three colored was authorized her marriage to Wilkins, her husband furnished an apartment at the 134th street address at a cost of $35,000. Mrs. ilkins gained a reputation as a daring motorist. Several years ago she ran down and killed a pedestrian in Atlantic City, for which she was exonerated.

The owner of two cars, a Mc Farlnnd and Buick, she has toured thousands of miles. Her presence in any city meant a flurry of smart social events. THOUSANDS WATCH AS BARRON WILKINS IS BURIED (Continued from Page 1.) hair arid bow their heads to the sunlight of a perfect summer's day. Thursday Wilkins is buried. Harlem swings back to its even tenor to soon forget, all out a faithful few.

Foremost among these is Mrs. Carolyn Wilkins, "lady of misfortune," who lost in a desperate race with Death last Saturday and is still prostrate over the latest tragedy which has wrecked whatever happiness she might have had. Thus passes, in swift review, the sensational events relative to Wilkins' death. Known from coast to oct "rial" and one of the squarest sportsmen that ever lived, Wilkins made a picturesque nun through the famous cabaret which bore his name, reigned supreme in his ultra modern amusement palace, two floors beneath the street at the corner of 134th street and Seventh Avenue. FoA years the target of police raids ind crusades against uplift urrkors.

who attribute that innocent girl received her plished musician and trained nurse path first shove 0T1 the downward path through his influence, Wilkins taineJ the title of Killed During Quarrel. Wilkins was slain Saturdav even int iust outside the entrance to hT cabaret, following a quarrel, at first thought to be over his rcfual to St. Croix, and Freilen'ck Gorty, f.r St. John. The bill, vhose passage they will urge, granrs citizenship to Virgin Islanders in the islands and ir the Uritei Sutes, and provides for a civil rornment similar to the one in PoVt Rico.

NEGRO COMMISSION BILL IS FAVORABLY REPORTED VvMsv in Kill th Wftuse Judiciary Committee favorably reported to the House, with an appropriation of 1250,000 for the first year. The salaries of the commissioners are fixed at $5,000 annually, the chairman to be paid $7,000. All appointments to the commission are to be made by President, who recommended the establishment th body to look after eor.ir.u and educational welfare, and social conditions of the cvlr.a ruce The commission, if finally creetef' Ky Congress, is to be located in V. asn ington, D. C.

lend William Miller, alias "Yellow" $100 to escape the city following some crime he had committed. Harris, it was alleged, was shot when he attempted to adjust their differences. But when Miller gave himself up Sunday, he told an entirely different story that which might result in disclosures of a sensational nature. He told officers that he slew Wilkins because the latter refused to pay him the remaining $400 due him on a $700 cargo of stolen whiskey Barron had purchased from him. and that after refusing to give hiru the money, put his hand threateningly on his hip pocket and Miller fired.

Wilkins died on the way to Harlem hospital from loss of blood and nervous shock. Harlem in Uproar. Excitement ran high Saturday night after the murder. Conflicting tales were circulated. It first went the rounds that Wilkins was slain without provocation.

Wilkins was acclaimed as a spotless man, living a stainless life. But when Miller walked into police headquarters his shoes caked with Jersey his face haggard from the strain of an imaginary "man hunt" conducted by the dead man's friends and began to talk, sentiment changed. Corruption Charged. Immediately wild tales of graft and corruption began to go the rounds. "He had to pay the police rnor tfnous sums of money," aid one man in the street, "to keep his places open." It is alleged he owned two more cabarets in addition to the exclusive club on West U4th street.

It is said that the place at Seventh Avenue and street was his. Squandered His Wealth. Rumor. It is rumored that Wilkins is not as wcalthv as his appearance ana siness would se'em to indicate. It is said he made enormous sum in rac Ml cS'ie is a Success! In her chosen profession the Mae.

Nightly, she thrills vast audiences with her beauty and graceful dancing as she appears on the scene La the Beulah Ben bow Musical Company. And. like all successful people we sec in oui group, nowadays. Miss Hartley has an abund t.f lovely, straight, glossy hair. When asked about ber beautiful hair.

Miss Virginia Hartley laughed and said: "Really, that's a professional secret! But. to be honest, my hair was short, wiry and ugly until I started us ing PLUKO HAIR DRESSING. It is really due tn th retrular use of this wonderful rreoaration that I have ssth beautiful hsir r.ov.." i cAre YOU proud or ashamed Ma.aatMa aaa 1 There is no longer need for vcu to have a scanty growth of short, harsh, wirv hair, which you must fee asharr.ed of. when thousands of our leading and successful men and vomen. Uke Hartley re nkingj he.r hair long, straight, glossy and beautiful using PLUKO Hair Dressing.

You can act PLUKO HAIR DRESSING from ycur druggist or merchant in tovn or city. Pluko Hail Dressing, all perf omed and ready to use. coats less than you would have to pay for materuls to make the same amount of th most ordinary hair dressing. LJmm i 1 seres Mockfmdllhite Gems Ganstft MORE THAN A MILLION PACKAGES ARB SOLD A YE AFC SERVICE That Makes Friends RAAB says: For $30 We Give Yau A New Interest In Your Spring Clothes mir hasrhaii and oren eamounir. Hf 1 but that he had to spend so much for "protection" that it caused him to struggle continuously.

Shortly after he married his second wife, Mrs. Carolyn Sparrow, she ran1 over a white man and killed him outright in Atlantic City, while driving her new Pierce Arrow, a gift from her husband. The case never came to trial, but Wilkins is alleged to have remarked once: "Baby (Mrs. Wilkins) will never know what it cost me to get her out of that scrape." Lived Lavishly. Despite the fact that his substantial financial condition is not rated high, Wilkins undoubtedly has one of the best and most lavishly furnished apartments in Harlem.

For his present widow, whom he married in June, 1921, he converted three apartments on the third floor at 198 West 134th street into one, and furnished it at a cost of over $35,000. His wife, who is a daring, beautiful, vivacious and bewitching woman of 31, a daughter of a Boston Presbyterian clergyman, is an accomplished musician and trained nurse. Wilkins met her in Chicago when she was studying nursing under Dr. George Hall, and following a rapid fire courtship, asked for her hand and was accepted. In her apartment is a piano 'that cost $4,500.

She has a beautiful summer cottage in Lakehurst, N. where she was at the time of her husband's death. Sixty Six Years Old. Barron DeWare Wilkins was 6G years old. He is loudly praised as a genuine gentleman, incapable of stooping to some of the things at REMOVAL NOTICE On and After May 1st the Address of the HOTEL CARTER Formerly of 810 Wvlte Avcnnt Will 45 LOGAN ST.

8ALLIR CARTER, rrop. AND we are talking now of Custom Tailored Suits made to your measure. They are Suits that will be made 50 rikutfJ tn him a man of culture and refinement. He is also praised for his generosity in giving to charitable functions and institutions. But there are other reports too.

Social and upliift workers claim that Willtin nlare. freauented by Jack Johnson, Peggy Joyce and hun 1 dreds or others, was me one Dig obstruction to the moral betterment v. It is aim said that more than one Harlem girl attributes her first step on the down ward path to me innuence oi Wilkins. Separated From First lie. Wilkins' first wife was Mrs.

Mat tie Wilkins. from whom he separ ated several years ago. Many thought Wilkins never gambled personally, but was only surrounded by a gamoung atmosphere. But there are those of his intimates who say that Wilkins actually would bet and win large DR. E.

WILSON Chiropodist IS Pri SU I ltIttira. Fm Sr BI Klor Corns, bunions, callouses ingrown nails scientifically treated. II t1wmvt 7 7 ii in tr Dallv Thursday and Saturday Kvenlngs Till 9 r. M. Twenty five Mid Wesi Tailor Shops TWO STORES IN PITTSBURGH Raab BIde.t 433 Wood Street and at 137 Sixth Street (Near Airtm Tkcatcr) i.

1 rh IS IriVW'n VI That Keeps: Friend of the stuff that Service is made of. Spring Suits fdr $30 Made to Your Measure Pay us a visit, it's all we ask you to pay, us fust now and see for yourself and for your own self interest the dollars you can safely save. And who but yourself can tell you save them so cleverly? Samples for comparison free and welcome. And for extra trousers $7 made to orider ill II turns. Th flub WrilCh.

bora name was ran en, a high ordetvll is said, out it is iurmtr bujcstc owned ox controlled were the lowest types of disorderly bouses, exclusive club was so costly and elaborate that only a few colored iop could afford to patronire.it. It claimed that Wilkins was ona ct tn backers of "The Nest," a big Broad i fc. 'i Si 11 Hni41v with its TTodOCerS, John Carey and Walter Frailer. In the final anaiysui nowwrw, mu Harlem is sayintr tlwordst Barron died as he had urea BI CHANCE." CYMA fResrl wtared). IT MAKES BOBBED HAT SOFT AND SILKY Manufactured By CYMA PRODUCTS COsi Sole Diotritatm 2308 Reed PfttabaxzV a a a Areata wantea liTerywntrr, THE BEST "GO" IN TOWN ALL LATEST RACE I1ES91K SMITH Sorrowful Elucx.

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