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Vol. 3, No. 29

Wilson's

Dismissing and Demoting Color

ed Men A Favorite Slogan

"Gosut-rnatlon Creat. I m Pa.iks of

Coicr'fa Men Now In Civil Service

Employment by Progressive and

Unceasing Assaults of Southern

President's Local Leaders Talk of

Walter's Appointment Pooh-poohed.

(From tlic Now York News, May 20,

1015.)

"Tlint llii) Woodrnw Wilson admin

istration will stop Kb wholesale dis

missal ol colored men from tlio gov

ernment service, whether KopubllcR.ii

or Democratic, only when not one of

Ilium can bonst that ho holds a rep

resentative position, seems to he borne

out by the proceedings of tho last few

days. Since tho forced resignation

of Collector ("has. W. Anderson from

the offlco of Collector of Internal Hov

cmte, most of im- colored people hold

ing responsible and repiesentatlvo

positions In tho New York districts

liavo either been dlsm'ssed or de

moted. Threo colored gangers. It Is

announced, will walk the plank on

tins first of the coming month. Tho

colored Inspectors still In the rcvenuo

service within the Inst fow weeks uro

others among those who have been

"'ither dismissed or transferred. A

colored woman who held a responsible,

stenographic position and rated as

deputy revenue collector has been

handed her resignation. On last Sat

urday Ralph W.. I.ingston, for many

years one of the pillars of locrl col

ored Democracy, who was appi.titcd

to his position as deputy collector by

the Wilson administration a Utile, over

a year ago, was put out of office. It

Is said that Mr. Lnngstou vns notified

some tlmo previously that his resig

nation, to take effect on J'ine 1G,

would be accepted. This this Mr.

1-nngslon Is said to. have demurred.

Falling to send In his resignation, ho

was summarily ousted, It Is stated.

The rumor Is persistent In certnln

quarters that lllshop Alexander Wal

ters could hac the appointment of

Recorder of Deeds If ho wished It. It

was further stated that he was going

to lako it, slnco his friend, I-nwycr

Albert Coney, of New Jersoy, has been

tectntly disbarred uiid could not take

It, Those in position to know say that

Mr. Wllfcou would not appoint any

colored man to office If he figured

I hero was u chance of .his boln con

firmed. 1'eter J Smith, tho other col

ored man appointed by the Wilson

administration to a deputy position in

Iloston, Is also sn d to bo expecting

his dismissal at any time"

Williams Declares Penitentiary Is No

Fit Place for Them and Is Ar

ranging Paroles.

Oklahoma City, June 1. Gov. Wil

liams wants tho women out of tho

penitentiary, because ho thinks it Is

not a fit placo for them. Thero may

bo exceptional cases, ho snys, when

Imprisonment will bring good results,

but ho has virtually promised to pa

rolo all women who have friends to

vouch for their good behavior.

Tho governor's declaration was

mado while commenting upon tho

cases of several women now confined

In tho penitentiary, nnd especially In

the case of Mrs. Alverta Gentry, who

was sentenced to life imprisonment

for tho murder of her husband.

"Tlio penitentiary Is no proper placo

for nwoman," said the governor, "and

I do not wont any woman to remain

there, except In raro cases, when sho

has relatives or friends who will care

for her nnd keep her out of trouble.

When I receive such assurances from

responsible persons I am constrained

to grant paroles.

"Of course there aro n fow excep

tions, but as" a rule I want tho women

out of tho penitentiary They aro a

charge upon the stato and a buVden

GOVERNOR HI FREE ALL

WOMEN PRISONERS

SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE STAR

Official Organ of The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, And The Knights And Ladies of Harmony of'The World, Oklahoma

Administration

True Race Man Ap

preciates The

Star

Unsolicited He Contributes to

Expense of Race Paper

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A.I. PHILLIPS

Ono of TiiIsu'h I'drouuM ltaeo Men of

Tlio Day Who Voluntarily Shown

Apprecl.ition of The Star

Tulsa, Okla, June 2. 1915

Hon A. .1 Smltheriiian,

IMItor Tulsa Star.

Dear Sir:

Please find enclosed $2.G0 which I

nm gllng to lielp carry the cxpenso

of the Star I do this because I feel

that every Colored man in Tulsa who

is able to should donate something

each month to help joii hear'lho bur

den that I know you are beurlng

alone to give us a creditable nnd

worthy mouthpiece. The Star has

dono much good for us nil, and I nm

willing to clvo noun thing every month

) to help hear the expense until the Stnr

Is nulo lo snll nlone.

Very truly,

A L PHILLIPS.

to tho taxpayers As n general thing,

women do not commit crimes unless

Induced or driven thereto by bad hus

bands, or other circumstances that

bring nbout a condition that Is not

normal.

"Usually It Is not necessary to keep

women In tho penitentiary, and I am

going to parole tlioso who have

friends to vouch for them."

Morgan Boys In

'Mix Up

Two Drothers Pulled Off a Fist Fight

On Greenwood Sunday.

Quite a commotion was caused In

the business district of tho East End

Sunday afternoon when Morgan

and Morgan, brothers, engaged

In a frstlc encounter which lasted for

sovernl minutes beforo tho officers ar

rived and placed the combatants un

der arrest. No serious datnago was

done to either. They were fined by

Judgo Clark tho next morning .

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TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JUN1S 5. 191o

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jjmmmmutammmarr. be wtr7 r"t wi --m -v cMl',i'i.

San Francisco had a clean-up of

destroyed. Tho plcturo shows 8,000

Rravo.

STRADFORD ViSITS POINTS OF INT

WAT TO NEW UK

Member State

Legislature Must

Stand Trial on Li

quor Charge

Muskogee, Okla., June 1. Tom

Hunter of Hugo, prominent In stato

politics and a member of tho Oklaho

ma legislature, must stand trial In tho

federal court on tho chargo of violat

ing the federal liquor law A motion

to dismiss the chargo was overruled

today by United Stntes Judge Ralph

Campbell. Hunter was Indicted joint

ly with Ell llohannon In November

last year by the grand Jury nt Chick

asliii. Ho was a member of the legis

lature at the time of his arrest.

Mrs. Swinger

Gets Divorce

Mrs. Emma Sevlnger of North

Greenwood was granted a divorce In

.tho district court here Monday from

her huBbnnd, II. W Swinger. Tho

trial of the case Is said to have oc

cassloned a deal of amusement prob

baly not any more than many other

cases whero both parties were whlto,

but more noticeable becauso In this

ense they were Negroes.

Teachers Appoint

ed For Colored

Schools

At a meeting of tho school board

Monday night all of tho teachers for

the Colored schools wero ro-appolnted

for tho next school term. Tho list

Is as follows:

Miss Lula M. Sims, Clarenco Gull

lot, S. D. McCree, J. W. Hughes, C.

W. Woods, Miss Lula Curtis, II. M,

Maglll, Wm. Lane, Mrs. Nettle Hugh

es, Mrs. Julia Jackson, MIbs Myrtle

Cotton, Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ulrd

lo L. Lynch. Mrs. M. M. Martin and

Miss Alma Porter.

A Set

FRAUDULENT MEASURES ARE

fraudulent weights and measures recently and vast quantities of them wcru

milk cans being dumped Into barges to bo towed out to sea uud Etvn a watery

Writes Interesting Letter Of

His Observations To The

Star-Says Tulsa Is Behind

So Far As Colored People

Are Concerned

Kansas City, Kans., May 31, 1915.

Mr. A, J, Smlthc.man. Doar friend,

I tnko this method to Inform all of

my friends ad acquaintances of my

whereabauts, my health nnd tlio con

ditions which exist among our people

In this city, especially tho civic con

ditions of Kansas City.

Monday I met our old friend Harry

Graham, a man who knows how to

mako It pleasant and interesting for

a stranger In u strango city, llie

first placo of Interest wo visited was

Oarrlson square, between Flrest nnd

Troost on Gtli street. Garrison school

Is also situated In this square. This

square and its buildings are devoted

exclusively to tho Interest or tho Col

orded people, ono of tho larger 2 story

buildings on this squaro contains ono

largo auditorium which Is used for

tho children to havo drilling exercises

through tho day, and for public meet

ings etc., at night. Thero aro qulto

n number of committee rooms, free

bath rooms for tho public to sccuro

n bath, you must pay ono cent for a

bar of soap, 1 cent for a towel, nnd

then go Into tho bath room and wash

until your scales fall off. This bath

room Is well patronized, and tho Col

ored citizenship of Kansas City Is ap

proaching a stato of Godliness, for

they all havo a chance, to keep clean.

Last but not least by any means, thoy

have In this building a public library i

which Is well patronized, au Instltu-

tlon which I have Inbored so faithful- i

ly to establish In Tulsa. It pains me

very greatly in deed, to know that

tho needs of our npoplo aro so much .

neglected In Tulsa. I bollevo that

whenever thero Is a will thero Is a

way. I bellovo thero Is a way for us

to sccuro somo public accommodo-,

tlons for our people; wo must not de

spair, wo must doublo our dctcrmln-'

atlon, wo must work Incessantly to

Bee our hopes realized and our labor

crowned with success. This wholo af

fair Is supported by tho city. I hopo

tho day will soon como when our city

will bo more liberal with her Col

ored citizens. Tho next placo of in

terest visited was tho Colored cem

etery, an Institution exclusively for

the Colored nennlo.

A placo of beau

ty. We bad tho plcasuro ot witness-

Back

to The Race

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lug thousands nnd thousands of per

sons visiting this dead city uud dec

orating tho graves of their loved

ones, with the most beautiful f loners,

mid laso witnessing tho unveiling of

tlio statue or Miss Luima Smith, a

departed member of tho 1111ml Iloouo

Conceit Co. A very toslly statue In

deed. The next place visited was the Y.

M. C. A., grand opaelous nnd attract

ive structure. Modern in all its np

nrtmenlH, and it Is conducted like n

well governed home. Everything

that Is conducive to health of mind

nnd body Is afforded for the patrons

Tell George A. Hutchlns und John

Grayson I defeated all tho checkers

players I met, nnd I played several.

Relative to tho economic conditions

of our peoplo bore, and also social

nnd moral I will write at length In my

noxt letter.

I encloso you a card containing

tho names of two yonrly subscribers

ror your paper, who are anxious to

learn what we are dolni; In Tulsa.

Miss llrowu applied for u position in

our cl,ty schools lust yenr. A very In

telligent young lady. Mr. Dnndrldge

Is one of our most wealthy citizens

of K. C, Kau. I will leave Iit at

'J. 10 A. M. Tuesday tor New York,

nnd will arrive In Now York city at

3 P. M. Thursday. I will write you

when I get to Now York. I am en

Joying good health at present, tho

weather Is quite cold, I am very sorry

that I did not bring my raglln with

me.

Hoping this will find you nnd wlfo,

John nmt the kids woll I am your

ft lends. Regards to all.

J. II. STItADFOHu.

Adds 24000 T)o

Army Force

Japan Believes In Military Readiness.

Toklo, June 1 Tlio government's

policy of military development was

approved by the house today In an ox-

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for an Increase In the standing army I Provides for construction of threo sub

of two divisions or about 24,000 men. marines uud eight torpedo boat de

It then approved tho ontlro buCget, stroycrs.

Jurisdiction

Subscription 1.00 Per Year

Many Tulsans

Buy Shares In

Telephone Co.

President of Only Colored Telephone

Company In Southwest Visits Tulsa.

Selling Stock.

Has Operated Smlthvllle

Exdhange Six Years.

Telephone

( omparatlvcly few peoplo In Okla

home know that there Is a telephone

rnmpnny in tho stato owned nnd con

trolled by Colored men, but It Is n

fact fs headquarters aro nine miles

south or Shawnee, nt n, little town

called Smlthvllle. nnd the company

has been doing business slnco 1909,

when it wns first organized, cnpllnl of

ti 1,000.00.

Slnco that tlmo the company havo

built ninny mites of line, both metallic

and grounded circuit, nnd hnvo sub

scribers nmong both white nnd Col

ored people.

They havo trained a number of Col

ored boyB as linemen, who are now

nble to Install nnd repair telephones

and n number of girls as efficient op

erators. It Is now dawning upon tho com

pany tliat their work has Just begun

If It is to be mnde tho grand success

(hat It should bo. They see n splendid

opportunity to mako money for tho

hundreds of our own boys and girls

nnd they hnvo determined to push the

work for nil Its worth.

It Is tho deslro of tlio company

therefore to establish an extensive toll

system throughout the state. To do

this It will require money nnd lots of

It Hut thero nro plenty ot Colored

people In Oklahoma to furnish every

penny needed. Tho company havo

decided to sell 100,000 shares ot stock

lit $1.00 a sharo lo prosecute tho work,

nnd It Is very probable that they will

succeed

N O. Ilrynut, president of tho com

pany Is personally touring tho stnto

selling stock In the hopo of Borne day

realizing tho success of their efforts.

Mr. Ilrynut Is now In Tulsa having ar

rived hero Wednesday afternoon, but

will return to Smlthvlilo somo tlmo

today. A number of Colored men

here hnvo purchased stock In tho com

pany somo of them as much as flirty

chares.

Smlthvlilo Is an exclusive Colored

town with good railroad accommoda

tions, with both ticket and express ag

ents. Bryan Believes

In Education

Would Dulld Schools Instead of Ships

WuBhlngton, V. C, June 1 Secre

tary IJrynn was tho chief speaker nt a

luncheon given today by tho Wash

ington board of trade to the honorary

commercial commission In China. Tho

secretary thanked tho Cbineso for tho

honor they paid tho United States In

emulating Its government; In send

ing its students to American univer

sities, and In co-oporatlng with mis

sionaries and teachers.

"I bollevo tho United States can sc

curo its safety hotter by making

friends who love her than by making

other nations foar her," said Mr.

llryan. "Half tho money wo spend

In battleships could better bo spent

tu educating tho young men ot other

nations In our schools."

Mr. llryan said democrxtlo govern-

montB, by discarding Implements of

terror, daro build citadels la tho

hearts of men. By giving other na

tions their Ideals, republics fulfill tho

laws of service and mako lasting

friends.

including tho naval program, which