The Tulsa Star from Tulsa, Oklahoma • Page 1

St We A. Fearles Exponent of. Right and justice. An Uncompromising Defender of the Colored Race. We fear only to do wrong.

VOLUME WEALTHY NEW YORKERS LAUNCH BIG FINANCIAL PROJECT (Hy Tlic Associated Negro Press) New York, Dec. 30. A project is on foot to opci a stock exchange in Harlem for the trailing in securities of corporations owned and managed by Colored people. The proposed name is the Harlem Stock Exchange. The sponsors of the proposed institution arc said to be negotiating for a building at Seventh Avenue and 1.18th St.

The plan calls for the issuance of $100,000 stock in the corporation managing the exchange $25,000 -commoi) and $75,000 preferred. The par value will he $5 a share. There are said to be more than 100 corporations in New ork owned by and selling securities to Colored people. Hanks, real estate companies and other business arc included OKLAHOMA FARMERS SELL COTTON FOR LESS THAN OTHER STATES Growers Association Has Remedy Oklahoma farmers were receiving 4 cents per pound less for their cotton the firsUoi this month than the average price paid throughout the United States to figures of the federal bureau of crop estimates. The average for the entire country on that date was 14 cents per pound, whilcvOklahoniaitfarmcrs received -but 10.5 cents average.

Surrounding states were receiving more than Oklahoma. The Arkansas average was 13.3 cents; Tennessee, 13 cents, and Texas, 13.2 cents. Oklahoma's production was estimated at 1.300,000 bales. "The above figures indicate that the selling end of the Oklahoma cotton farmer's business is mighty sick," says C. I.

Stcaley, secretary of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers' Associa. tion, with headquarters at 414 Empire Building, Oklahoma City. "And right here is where this As-o. ation takes a jiaud. By pooling th' cotton by grade, class and staple, storing it in their own warehouses and hiring the best available maiketing expert to find a market for their crop, members of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers' Association are going to very considerably raise the average price received for Oklahoma's cotton crop as it will be announced in the 1921 and succeeding reports.

"Organization is progressing rapidly in all counties in which we have been able to carry our message. It is only a question of letting the folks know about the plan." JAP STARTS RACE RIOT (By The Associated Negro Press) Sydney, Australia, Dec. 30. An armed Japanese, claiming racial equality, ran amuck in Broome, Western Australia, the center of the pearling industry, where large numbers of Japanese are employed. In a general riot which followed two Japanese were killed and a number of others were wounded.

Two white policemen were injured. Later the riot act was read and all whites were sworn in as special constables. They were quickly organized and armed and, under army officers, began patrolling the town and disarming all Japanese. Would Return to Life as Mosquito to Torment U. S.

Marines. Washington, D. Dec. 30. President Dartigucnavc of Haiti has de- Largest Monument in Texas 7 For Deceased Colored Boy (By The Associated Negro Press) Fort Worth, Texas.

Dec. 30. What is said to be one of the largest and most cxensive cemetery monuments in Fort Worth is the one which is being set up in Trinity Cemetery by William M. (Gooseneck Bill) McDonald, in memory of his son, who died about three years ago. The shaft is thirty-one feet high, of polished granite and cost $12,000.

It was made by a Chicago concern, whose manager, Josef Rittemeyer, is Wish Our Many Readers, Patrons and THIJBlJjgfp INDIAN GIRL PREFERS HOME WITH COLORED FOLKS cliued to order a trial in the ctwl courts offCadus Hellgrade, whose conviction by an American military court on charges of murder and cannibalism recently was set aside by the navy on the ground of Jack of jurisdiction. Hellgrade was found fjuilty Isrgch on the evidence of Haitians of the killing of a young girl as a human sac rificc at a "voodoo" performance President Dartigucnavc had approved the trial by American authorities The navy was advised today that he now is unwilling to proceed against Hell garde in the Haitian courts because of the belief that he could not be convicted. At the time of his arrest Bellgarde informed his- followers that if executed he would return to Haiti as a mosquito to make it merry for the marines. Ax Falls On Colored Officer Because he expressed objection to white officers working in the Colored section of the city over the Cplorcd officers employed and confined to that nart of the city bv the present citv administration, Stalie Webb, patrol man, incurred the disfavor of his superiors and was summarily dismissed from the police force, early this week, It seems that white officer have been spending much of their time in the Colored section scenting petty criminals while the Hi-Jackers helped themselves' to downtown Many of the bold hold-ups in downtown districts and other white settlements might have been averted had these white officers been alert on the job instead of disturbing the peace of the Colored settlement. Pilgrim to Speak Here Monday Or, A.

J. Eshlcman, noted Inter national Uible Student Pilgrim of New York City, will speak at the Bible Student Hall, 825 East Eastern, Mondav afternoon at 3 o'clock and at 7 o'clock Monday "evening. The speaker has a wide reputation as a Bible lecturer and his appearance here and his talk will be very much enjoyed by those interested in the truth concerning the Great Plan of Salvation. The general public is cordially invited. Washington Dedicates New Y.

W. C. A. Building (Hy The Associated Negro Press.) Washington, I). Dec.

30 Exercises were held last Sunday and will last for several days, in connection with the dedication of Washington's new Y. W. C. A. for Colored girls and women located at 901 Rhode Island avenue and kuowil as the Phyllis Wheatlcy Y.

W. C. A Miss Eva D. Bowles, chief executive of the Colored work committee of the National Board of the association, ws prlsonl, oilier officers, including Mrs. Hohert E.

Spiyr, of New York, president. The national association gave the local body btoh the laud and the commodious new building which now occupies it. Miss Elizabeth C. Carter ot NewBedford, having bciii sent here two 'years ago to su erin-tend its construction Memphis Woman Entertained Mrs. J.

II. Goodwin and her daugh ter. Mrs. Travis, entertained at the residence of the latter Thursday af-lernoon in honor of Miss Untie Baker of Memphis who lias been spending the liolidns in this city. here to superintend its erectionsIt required three weeks to set the derrick and lift the monument upon its base Rittemeyer is editor of the Monument Reporter, one of the oldest trade journals in the country, and a former Texan who "is renewing old acquaintances while in Fort Worth.

McDonald is one of the best known Colored politicians and business men in the state A'V'? I zr rr- sf 0 Weecv Mail Bdition TlLSA, OKLAHOMA, JANUARY 1, 1921 OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL MAN KILLED IN GUTHRIE F. W. Bruner of Oklahoma City, Shot to Death in the Streets- of Guthrie Guthrie, Dec 28. I- V. Bruner, for sceral years in charge the Manual.

Training Department of the Douglgass School in Oklahoma City was shot and nlmoit initially killed in Ibis city earl.v this inorn'ng by Hoy llurki. well known here. The direct cause of the killing could not be ascertained today, but it is believed to be traceable to improper relationship Burks believed to have existed between the deceased and Mrs. Burks Bruner had been warned by Hurk it is said to nwu frouihi.sshni but failed to heed the warning and went to home this morning and, it is reported, took Mrs. Burk out for a ride in his car.

When Ihev relurntd Bruner went into the house and as he was coining out, met Burk who drew his revolver anil fired four shots into limner's body. The first shot, which was evidently the fatal one, entered his breast near Ihc heait 'and as he turned lo run', three oilier bullets penetrated lower port of the bod v. lie died immediately. Burks was immediately arrested but hns been released on bond. It is said that Bruner's wife and onlv child is in C.hcago and that they bad been separated or some time.

Brunei- was of well-to-do family. His mother and father live near HE'S "JUDGE" NOW rfW3 fl l-f iX. 4Kf jr i JL'DGH A. L. PHILLIPS Well known citizen of Tulsa who will take up hii oll'icial duties as Justice of the Peace in Dawson No.

Monday morning. Mr. Phillips promises the people a clean, blnest and elficieut administration those those who know him believe he wilt make good his promise. Friends A Happy, y1 Star Office to He Moved Next Week I After this week the home of the iinsa aiar win dc at I2i iirc.ii-wood, a half block north of our prcs en I location on the-opposite of the street. It is a big job to move a newspaper plant the size of ours mid because or this there will probably be no paper until the following work.

Cim ml Council Meets in Today McALKSTFIl, Dec .11 Master V. S. Wcbgcr of the Masons has issued a rail for his cabinet to meet here Saturday in a meeting of Grand Masters' Council. Secretary J. Caesar lias sent out the call to all members of the council and they are all expected to attend this meeting.

Tulsa Eleven Wins From Okmulgee I'he llunton Branch Y. MeC. H. of Tulsa won from the Okmulgee Y. M.

C. 13 to 0, in a hard fought game Christmas day. The game was well played by both teams, but the fast eleven of Tulsa was hist too much for the opposing eleven. About400 fans witnesseil the best game of the season, and every one tnrned away happy, for most of the fans were anxious to sec the fast eleven. There is no doubt the Y.

M. C. A. of T'sa has the best team in the Southwest. Bv using Walker and Flemings at ends, arc the best two ends in the state.

Kankens and Nearo playing the tackles, which every one knows they arc the best. Adair and Cherry, the stone-wall guards; Dewey Davison in the center. This is his first year of playing football and he is about the best center Tulsa has had. Maun, the huge fullback, who for some years lias held his own in the position. Collins in the quarter back, who the Y.

M. C. A. thinks is the best quar ter back in the world. Then comes the two half backs, Lewis and Whitlow, the best two back field men in the tsatc.

tins team will play any team any time, at any place, for they believe they arc the best going. The line-up: Walker Left End Rankens Tackle Adair Guard Davison Center Cherry Right Guard Nearo Right Tackle Flemings Right End Collins Quarter Back Lewis Left Half Back Whitlow Right Half Back Mann Full Hack THIS SHERIFF HELD HIS DUTY ABOVE SENTIMENT (By The Associated Negro Press) Grand Rapids, Dec. 30. That the country is thoroughly aroused against the evil of lynching, is evident by the ringing editorials that appear in the daily press, of which the Grand Rapids Herald is an example: "Down at Wise, they have a sheriff who might well be held up as a model for other public safety officials of the country. "In the jail at Wise is a Negro named Williams, charged with assault and robbery of an aged man.

On Sunday a mob stormed the jail and attempted to take Williams from the authorities. The mob was ugly and of no mean proportions. Other sheriffs might have opened the doors to the jail or unceremoniously set Williams out on the front porch to the would-be lynchers. But not Sheriff Corder. "In the first attack upon the jail one man, said to have been the leader of the mob, was killed by the defenders; and the enraged storming party was repelled.

Later the sheriff mounted a machine gun on the steps of the jail and ordered his men to 'shoot to Prosperous New Year kill' if further attacks were made "Of course, tile li'-cs of the members of the mob Aire undoubtedly more valuable to society than the life of the miscablc criminal whom 'the sheriff protected. But the sheriff is placed in lo uphold the law The law snv that Ibis NVurn slmli Jiavc'a air trial. The law denier, lo ine people uie right to sunimar.v punishment of an accused man. "Sheriff Corder may have lost the, vote of every man in the mob that stormed the jail, but in doing so he strengthened the fiber of American government by dctrniiiiedly battling the bane of democracy in the southern states lynch law. HAVE WE TOO, REACHED THIS STAGE OF DEPRAVITY? (By Ihc Associated Negro Press.) Purvis, Dec.

ail. Colored men are believed to lie rusponsi-hie for the latest lynching in Ihis stale. Knrl last Wtdnesday morning the body of Coleman Brown, nn aged Colored preacher was found dangling from a tree and his bod riddltd with bullets. He had been released on bonds the tiny before In connection with the murder of a lirtcciiy-cnr-old girl. He had been released on bond the day before in connection with the inur der of a llfteen-ynr-o'i girl.

Hi had been charged with the betrayal of the girl and later, when her mutilated body was found in a nearh swamp, he was arrested oh suspi cion of being the slayer. He wis, nevertheless, released on bond by the local authorities, and the Ihiil- Iult of bis bullet-riddled body dang ling from the limb of a tree fol lowed. i ews Flashes to Be Seen On the Screen MONTHLY SERIAL PICTURES TO TELL PROGRESS OF DARKER RACES OF THE WORLD (Special to the Tulsa Star) Washington, D. Dec. 30.

J. Williams Clifford, President of the Monumental Pictures Cprporation.rc-ceutly signed a contract with the Seaboard Film Corporation of New York Citv for world distribution of the Monumental Monthly, a news reel to be released each mouth, picturing the achievements of the American Negro in this country and the progress of the darker races of the world. "The educational and inspirational news that this news reel will give to the masses of Colorcd people in tliis country is beyond estimation. Each month you will have an opportunity to sec on the screen, members of our own race that have achieved success along all lines of endeavor, and there will be an opportunity for propaganda in the interest of my people," Lieutenant Clifford said when interviewed by a newspaper correspondent. He further states that it will be the intention of the executives of the Monumental Pictures Corporation not only to place the pictures in every house in this country catering to ColoreJ pat ronage, but also to work up the best foreign distribution possible for the film.

An effort will also be made to have this film show in white houses in the northwestern and northeastern parts of the country. News events, important gatherings, and special affairs will be filmed along with the most prominent men of the hour, and will be presented by highly trained men in (he motion nicture industry. Mr. Clinton further stated that just as the Pathc News has brouglA to millions of Americans glimpses of dif ferent parts of the world, and men and women who stand out pre-eminent as leaders in world affairs, the Monumental Monthly will be American institution that will draw the masses of the Negroes in this country closer together and fill them with pride and honor at the success and accomplishments of their brothers in educational, social, political, business and financial fields. Many congratulatory letters have been pouring into Mr office complimenting the executives of the Monumental Pictures Corporation upon this notable achievement.

The release of the first monthly has been announced for February 1921. 1 Larger Circulation than all thVi combined Colorca Weeklies in Oklahoma. Read THE STAR and keep in- NTMBEII FORTY-EIGHT Mistress of Millions Spends Most Of Her Time and Considerable Money With Her Friends Of Our Group Although hy an act of the state legislature, Indians and other races except people of African descent have been metamorphisized into the while race and by said act she is to nil intents and purposes a whit? girl Miss Eva Bean, Osage Indian girl or Hominy, is openly defying es-tahlishcd customs nnd all rules of white social decorum by choosing her choice associates members of thj "despiccel race.f She upends most of her time In the homes of her Colored friends and much of her money is lavished upon churchea nnd educational institutions for Col. ored people. Miss Bean has a good education haying spent seven years in the Indian School after receiving her primary education.

She owns in her own right 160 acres of oil land witJi producing wells from which she draws a monthly income of more than, $2,000.00. Miss Beau was born at Hominy, Oklahoma, where her parents, Air. and Mrs. Charlie Mcshltlsej now live. She is of a very wealthy family.

The tribe to which she be 'ongs, Is the wealthiest of all the Iiu'nu itrihcs. At present Miss Bean is residing wilh a close friend of our race in Clarcinorc. NAVY TO LAY OFF MEN One ThouKand Workers to Get Rebt Fi.r Lack of Funds; Factory Wage Cut Detroit, Dec 29. The Ford Motor company has closed its De troit plant indefinitely, it was on excellent autnoniy today. The plant which was closed on December 21, Tor its annual inventory, will not reopen until late in the new year, it was stated.

The closedown Is due to the present business depression, it was stnled. Fifty thousand men will be thrown out of work. NEW DOHK, Dec. 29 Approximately 1,000 of the 10.500 workers in the industrial departments at the New York navv yard will he laid off next month, it was announced today. Beasons given were lack of appropriations ami that fact that no now were laid up for repairs.

WILLI.MANTIC, Dec. 29 Notices were posted in the local mills of the American Thread Company today announcing a reduction in wages of 22Mt per cent, effective next Monday. The cut will affect 8,000 persons employed in the company's various mills. The mills have been operated but one day a week for the last month. iitmmr in on Dtnn.

cmtir.iivnc nt Dm nnn ncrtons cm- ployed by the Pullman company In us car snops at ruiimuu, uuvc notified officials the company Hint llinv nrc willlntf to submit waKO reductions ranging as 20 per cent if the company nrnuml business rnndltl inuni TvotTPB npcp.irv. tonight uy company oiii ine proposition win not i on until after the first of Prominent People Visit Tulsa Dr. V. Price, prominent citizen Miss K. Davis, one of the teachers ant callers at the Star offce.

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