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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1919)
...iHniuiiiimiiittiiiiiiuniii »<iM>iiii»iiiiiimii>iii)iiiiiiiMMiM(>UMiiiiiiHtnMinHiiiuitiiumiumiiiiuiiuiiiHmiiu.iuuiii»’ * | Lincoln News MRS. SARAH WALKER. Mr. and Mrs. Harris of Superior,! Wis., are visiting at the home of Mr. and T. T. McWilliams. Mr. Harrison Miller left last week 1 for Canada, yvhere he expected to join the Buckner Jubilee Singers, who are touring that territory. Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Lindsay, who died last Tuesday, were held on Friday afternoon from the Mt. Zion church, Rev. Payne officiat ing. The remains were taken to Marshall, Mo., for burial the same j evening. Her husband, Mr. Richard Lindsay, died about two weeks ago. Remember the Woman’s Day Rally, which will be observed on March 2 at the A. M. E. church. Everyone is '■ cordially invited to be present. A j splendid program is being planned for the occasion. Mrs. F. F. Teal, who is chief guard ian and also president of the Camp Fire Girls association of Lincoln was i a visitor at the A. M. E. church Sun day. Mrs, Teal is endeavoring to es tablish a club among the girls there. Her first meeting with them will be on Wednesday evening at 4 p. m., Feb ruary 26. Every girl from the age of 12 up is urged to become a mem ber. LA GRANGE, TEXAS H. L. Vincent, Agent Last Sunday night Mrs. Pearl Woods was married to Mr. John Sykes, both of this city. Rev. I. D. Coffey officiated. Mr. Walter Lee left last Sunday for Bastrop to visit relatives. Mesdames Clementine Riley and Arie Howard are at home after spend ing some time in Galveston and Bell ville, respectively. Mrs. Mollie Dobbin and little C. L. Hatch spent a few days ini Halstead last week. Private Arthur Simmons is visiting relatives here. Miss I. Victoria Sutton left last Friday for Eagle Lake to help Rev. Tillman in the Sunday services. Rev. J. V. B. Gains, P. E., held his quarterly conference at St. James A. M. E. church here last Friday and Saturday, and preached at Joiner Sun day and here last Sunday night. Rev. S. A. Tillman preached at Eagle Lake Sunday. Sick—Mesdames L. E. Moore, Paul ine Zachary' and Julia King. PALESTINE NOTES A. G. Howard Last Sunday was registration Sun day for the churches here. More than 460 people registered at the various services and $4,685 was taken in. All the preachers delivered excellent ser mons. N. H. Johnson of Rockwell was in town last w'eek. Mrs. Elnora Motley and Mrs. Lillian Tubbs, both of Buffalo, were in the city last week visiting their brother, L. Carland and wife. I. H. Bland is recovering from the flu. The sick include Rivers Waldon, Mathew Austin and Rev. D. J. Craw ford. Everybody is preparing for farm ing. Soldier boys are still returning home. G. E. Thomas was in the office a few days ago. ATCHISON NEWS Arthur Hurt, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was called to Baxter Springs, Kas., to attend the funeral of his mother. On his return he stopped in Atchison a few days to visit with his wife’s mother, Mrs. Cal Montgomery. The many friends of Mrs. Mabel Pain will be glad to learn of her return home. She is improving fast. Mrs. Myrtle Ray of Omaha and Mrs. Anna Bell Murphy of Chicago were the honored guests at tea Sunday of M rs. Cal Montgomery. Mrs. John Dudley received word from the government that her adopted son, Leon, had died in a hospital in France of pneumonia. Rev. J. W. Lee was installed as pas tor of Mt. Zion Baptist church Sun day. All pastors in the city were present. A beautiful program was rendered. Miss Lulu Valuzett of Omaha is visiting her mother on Park street. Will Covington is on the sick list. Mrs. Clarrie Webster is indisposed. ADVICE CONCERNING WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Owners Warned Against Disposing of Their Certificates at Less Than Current Value. A. M. Dockery, third assistant post master general, has sent to Charles E. Fanning, postmaster of Omaha, the following quotation issued by the sec retary of the treasury: The Optimistic Set will entertain at tea on Wednesday afternoon, Feb ruary 26, complimentary to Mrs. May and Mrs. Virgil Miller at the home of Mrs. Mary Holmes. Miss Mabel Scott of Beatrice spent Saturday in Lincoln as the guest of Mrs. Sarah Walker. The Living Picture Show given by the Woman’s Davis Club was a marked success last Wednesday eve ning. The attendance was large and a splendid program was rendered. The holiday program of the Third Christian church, postponed on ac count of the influenza epidemic, was given Sunday afternoon. The serv ices were conducted by Mrs. Sarah McWilliams and Albert Sellers. The monster demonstration to be given by the N. A. A. C. P last Fri day evening at the Third Christian church, was postponed on account of the bad weather. It will be given, however, on March 3 at the Temple theater. Everyone cordially invited to be present. A supper was given by the mem bers of the chapter at the home of Mrs. Ellen Comeal Monday evening, February7 24. “My attention has been directed to the numerous offers made by unscrup ulous persons through advertisements and in other ways to buy War Sav ings certificates stamps, and, as a result of such offers I am informed that owners of such securities have suffered material losses which could have been avoided by7 redemption of j War Savings cerificate stamps at postoffices, as provided by law. “In order that the interests of owners of War Savings certificate j stamps of either series may be safe guarded, I hereby notify all persons to refrain from offering to buy War Savings stamps or accept the same in trade.” In pursuance of the foregoing, postmasters are directed not to pay War Savings certificates on which the names of the owners have not been entered or have been erased or changed, since under the regulations, they are not transferable, and are payable only to the original owners, except in case of death or disability. Postmasters are further instructed not to pay any War Savings certifi cates presented by persons or firms j known to be buying or publicly of- j fering to buy, War Savings stamps or certificates from the owners, unless positive evidence is submitted that the certificates were originally issued to the persons or firms presenting them for payment. When consulted by owners of War Savings stamps in regard to offers to purchase such stamps at less than current value, postmasters should in- j vite their attention to the fact that ; War Savings certificates may be! cashed at money order offices after ten days’ written notice, and that this is a privilege accorded by law. At the same time it should be pointed out that the need of the government for j the proceeds of the War Savings stamp issue is great, and the holders should be urged to retain their stamps until maturity as a patriotic act un less their necessities are urgent. FRENCH WANT COLORED MUSICIANS Paris, France.—Colored American musicians ore now in demand in Paris, France, as the French h.-ve cultivated a taste for ragtime and jazz music. Having fallen willing victims of the melody dispensed by race military7 bands, the music-loving public of the French capital is eager to hear a Colored orchestra from the states. The presence in New York of Louis A. Mitchell, well known in Colored theatrical circles on this side of the Atlantic marks the firs* determined effort olf French managers to bring to Paris a big orchestra composed en tirely of Negroes from the United States. Mr. Mitchell is representing the owner of the Casino de Paris, who is expected in this country sometime in February. WILL MARION COOK IN CHICAGO The New York Syncopated Orches tra, under the direction of Will Ma rion Cook, took Chicago, off its feet in delight at the famous Orchestra Hall last week. The signs of just recognition is evidenced more and more by the daily press, and thsi oc casion was no exception to the rule in Chicago. Every musical critic gave a very serious story in comment of the event, and the general admission was that the Negro people of America are the only real producers of na tive music, and are the only ones who know how to bring out all that is most effective in tone and har mony. Be careful of your conduct. # Alleged Assailant of Girl Is Acquitted ! Albert Ramsay, Vinton Street Mer chant, VVho Was Bound Over to the District Court for Attempted As sault on Gladys McRoy, a Sixteen Year-Old Colored Girl, Is Acquitted hy Jury. — Albert J. Ramsay, white proprietor of a small notion store on Vinton street, who was bound over to the district court after a preliminary hearing in police court, for an al leged attempt to commit a criminal assault on Gladys McRoy, a respect able sixteen-year-old girl on January 13, was brought to trial before Judge Redick last Friday. The trial occu pied the entire day and was given to the jury at 5:30 p. m., who brought in a verdict of not guilty. The prosecution introduced only two witnesses, Miss McRoy- and her moth er; the defense introduced about a dozen to prove Ramsay’s good char acter, and apparently had as many more, when Judge Redick drew the line on the admission of any more “character witnesses.” Gladys McRoy told modestly the same story which she told at the pre liminary hearing, to the effect that she was doing the washing in the kitchen w-hich was one of the living rooms occupied by the proprietor and his family in the rear of the store. That about a quarter to 10 o’clock Mrs. Ramsay left to go to town; Ramsay then came to the kitchen and offered her money to go to bed with him, which she refused, saying that she was not that kind of a girl; that Ramsay- then seized her and carried her into the bedroom where she fought I him off. When he desisted and went ; into the store she grabbed her hat and j j coat and leaving by the back door I went directly home and reported the , ! facts to her mother. Mrs. McRoy cor : l oborated her daughter’s story that she came home soon after 10 o’clock, i crying and excited and reported that Ramsay had insulted her. Mrs. Ramsay testified that she put ' on her hat and coat about 9:30 to go ; down town, but that she did not leave j 1 the store until just about 10, when she Meft with a Miss Peterson and re mained until 11:30. When she left i Gladys was doing the weekly- washing ! in the kitchen and when she came hack, the girl had gone, the boiler ; : was on the stove and the washing left undone. The backdoor was unlocked, j indicating that the girl had gone out that way. She asked her husband : where the girl was and he said he j didn't know; he hadn’t seen her. Miss Peterson, who accompanied Mrs. Ramsay down town, testified that she went to the Ramsay store | about 9:30, and was quite sure that I it was just about 10 o’clock when she and Mrs. Ramsay left. She fixed the time by- the fact that when they reached the comer to take the car, Mrs. Ramsay called her attention to a clock in a barber shop on the op posite corner, saying that it was just 10 o’clock. She did not however see the time because she saw some men looking out of the barber shop win dow and turned her head away. She did notice, however, that when she ! and Mrs. Ramsay got to Sixteenth and ; Harney streets, the clock on the Bur | gess-Nash building registered 10:22 I (but just how- many seconds she de | poneth not.) William Rose testified that he reached the Ramsay store just as M rs. Ramsay and Miss Peterson left, which was "about a minute to 10,” and he remained there for an hour and a half and “just as I was leaving, Mrs. Ram say was coming in.” During all that time, Mr. Ramsay, according to the witness, never left the store.’ Ramsay testified that he never left the store from the time Mrs. Ramsay left until she came back and that he had not seen Gladys McRoy from the time she entered the store that morning until he saw her after his arrest. Mr. Lee, the deputy county attor ney, in summing up the evidence said that if Gladys McRoy had been a girl of bad character or if there had been any effort at blackmail or to hold up the defendant for money, it would be conceivable that she had made up the story out of whole cloth. But the girl’s good reputation, her conduct in going directly home and reporting the case to her mother and the mute tes timony of the unfinished washing, in dicated that she was telling the truth. ■ No ulterior motive had even been hinted at in the case. _ Earthquakes in Italy. Statistics gathered Iri Italy throw throw some light on the question o! the relative frequency of eurthquuke by day and by night. It lias been al leged that the supposed greater frt quency of nocturnal quakes is only apparent, being due to the fact that quiet conditions at night make tht shocks more readily perceptible. It appears, however, that considering only those shocks which were so In tense that they could not huve es caped notice ai any hour, 8(i5 occurret during the 12 night hours. EVERYBODY IS NOW FIGURING INCOME TAX In Order to Be Helpful to Public, Internal Revenue Bureau Has Every Available Officer in Field. SEVERE PENALTIES IF YOU DELAY BEYOND MARCH 15 _ With the due date for Income Taxes only a few weeks away, the collection of this far-reaching tux on 1918 In comes lies started off with a bang. Everybody Is figuring Income tax. Payments and sworn statements of Income must reach Internal Revenue offices on or before March 15, and there ure severe penalties for delinquency. Residents of Nebraska ure required to make their returns and pay their tuxes to Geo. I,. Loomis, Collector of Internal Revenue, Omaha, Neb., or to 1 any of his deputy collectors who arc now doing free advisory work on In come Tax. "I'ay your Income Tax by March 15," Is the slogan of the Internal Iteve nue Bureau, which has sent every available officer Into the field to help the public to understand the require ments and to prepare the returns. Who Must Make Return. It Is estimated that many thousands of single and married persons in this ; section of the United States who have never before made annual returns are required to do so this year. Income tax returns must be made I between now and March 15 by persons who come under the following classify cations: Any unnmiried person whoso 191! net income was $1,000 or over. Wid ows and widowers, divorcees and mar Tied persons who are living apart from their husbands or wives, are for the j purposes of the Income Tax classed us unmarried. Any married person living with wife or husband whose 1918 net Income was $2,1X10 or over. Ti e Income of both husband and wife must he considered, together with the earnings of minor children, if any. Revenue Bureau Offers Aid. Each person In the United States who is in either of these classifications must get busy at once if penalties art to he avoided. He should secure a blank Form 1010 A for riqiortlng net Income up to $5,(XX), or Form 1040 if his net Income exceeded that amount Forms are being distributed liy Collec tors and their Deputies, also by hanks. By following the Instructions on the forms a correct return can he prepared at home. If a person needs advice or aid, the Deputy Collectors ill the field will furnish this without charge. The new Revenue law places the In come Tax duty on citizens and resi dents. The Internal Revenue Bureau Is sending Its men to work right with the public to get the tax anti the re turns In. With active co-operation, every tax due March 15 will he paid anti every return required by law will be in the Revenue offices on tlrtie. Exemption* Allowed. A single person is allowed a personal exemption of $1,000. If he is support ing In Ills household relatives who are dependent upon him, he may claim the status of the head of a family who has the same exemption as If married. A married person, who lives with wife or husband, is allowed a personal exemption of $2,000. The head of a family Is entitled to claim a similar personal exemption. An additional exemption of $200 Is allowed for each person under eighteen or Incapable of self support, who was dependent upon and received his chief support from the taxpayer. A husband and wife living together are entitled to hut one personal ex emption of $2,000. If they make sep arate returns, the exemption may be claimed by either or divided. Accuracy Required. Absolute accuracy Is necessary In making up Income figures. Any per son who Is working for wages should find out exactly how much he received during the whole year 1918. Fees, hunk Interest, bond Interest, dividends, rents received, and all other Items must he reported correctly. Mere guesses are not accepted, for they are unjust alike to the taxpayer and the Government, anil defeat the proper ad ministration of the luw. , AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A A A INCOME TAX 18 A A TRULY POPULAR. A A - A A "The payment of Income taxes A | A takes on a new significance A ! A which should he understood hy A j A every citizen. The taxation sys- A A tern of this country is truly pop- A A ular, of the people, by the peo- A A pie and for the people. Every A A citizen Is liable to tax, and the A A amount of the tar Is graduated A A according to the success and for- A A tune attained hy each Individual A A In availing himself of the oppor- A A tunltles created and preserved A A hy our free Institutions. The A A method and degree of the tax la A A determined hy no favored class, A A but hy the representatives of the A A people. The proceeds of the lax A A should he regarded us a national A A Investment."—Imnlel C. Itoper, A A Commissioner or Internal lleve- A A nue. A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA COLORED BATTALION WON EIGHT MEDALS Distinguished Service Cross Was Awarded the 368th Infantry for He roic Attack on September 26—Col. Rothwell Praises Men of His Com mand—Colored Officers Chiefly Promotions From Non-Coms of Reg ular Army. — New York, Feb. 26.—Two American transports arrived from France Feb ruary 15 with 5,570 troops after a stormy passage across the Atlantic which delayed their reaching port. The Harrisburg came in first and landed her complement of 2,231 officers and men at Pier 62, North River, foot of West Twenty-second street, but the Matsonia, which had 3,345 on board, arrived too late in the afternoon, on account of the fog off the entrance to the harbor and was ordered to anchor off Weehawken for the night. Out of the 2,231 troops on the Har risburg, which was the old Philadel phia of the American Line, there were 2,059 who belonged to the 368th In fantry, a Negro regiment. They were under the command of Lieut. Colonel T. A. Rothwell, who went to France as commander of a machine gun bat talion in the Flightieth Division. Saw Action in Vosges. Colonel Rothwell said that the regi ment went into action first in August in the Vosges, and a month later in Argonne, where they covered them selves with glory on September 26. The men were excellent soldiers, the Colonel added, and the Negro officers of the regiment were mostly men who had been promoted from the ranks of non-commissioned officers in the reg ular army. There was a little confusion, Col onel Rothwell said, on one occasion when the regiment met with harbed wire entanglements in the woods for the first time at a place where the Germans had brought their crack gun ners to keep the line. They soon got used to the wire and cut their way through and then cleaned out the gun ners in great shape. Every one of the enemy picked up in that section of the woods was wearing an iron cross. On October 10 the regiment went to Metz and remained there until the armistice was signed. Colonel Roth well added that the Colored troops behaved remarkably well under gas attacks. Battalion Wins Honors. Major Benjamin P. Morris, another officer of the 268th Regiment, who commanded the Third Battalion, said that in the drive which started Sep tember 26, he lost 28 per cent of his men. The battalion won eight Dis tinguished Service Crosses in that at tack, the Major said, and he was also recommended for one of the coveted decorations. ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES March 5 is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The services at St. Philip’s Episcopal church will be holy communion at 7 a. m.; morning prayer and litany at 10 a. m.; evening pray er, penitential office and sermon at 8 o’clock. Few Really Sincere. Sincerity Is an openness of heart; we find it In very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dis simulation to win the confidence of others. " Economy Tailor i C. M. SIMMONS, Proprietor Goods Called for and Delivered. Cleaning and Repairing. Suits Made to Order $38 Up. 1313 Dodge Street. Our new location at 1313 Dodge street makes us a daylight tfhop. Plenty of sale room. No time lost trying to please my customers. All we ask of you is to give us a chance to make your clothes, and to be convinced in your own mind. We cut, trim, make a suit with extra trousers, $45.00. It is true old Solomon says: “There is noth ing new under the sun,” but the economy tailor always finds a way of improving his work. We accomplish what others promise. The smartness that satisfies cannot be pressed on a suit with a tailor’s iron—it must Ik- built into the suit from the first clip-clip of tho cutter’s shears. The canvas is the structure that the front shoulders of a coat depend on—it is unseen to you from the way it is molded. The qualities of leadership remain under all conditions, so call and see our new store. 1313 Dodge St. Phone Doug. 6335 □ wigs ; le of Natural Human Hair cither wavy or ,f ripy. Can be combed and dressed the same if t'our own hair. I do not sell to dealers, but people direct. WRITE FOR FREE CATALOGUE he reason stage performers prefer my wigs hat they can also be worn for street wear. We make a complete line of Switches, Transformations, Etc. ALEX. MARKS (M) 8th Ave At 12d St. New York City a a a a a a a a a x a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a. a ;; a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a k a a a ANNOUNCING A I Three-Day Sale I I Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF j Children’s Dresses ON SALE IN DOWN STAIRS STORE. j - - ij Burgess-Nash Company I - v wiwjihmu|>rTffg GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. A Church Where All Are Welcome j Services Sunday School, lO a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. League, 6:30 p. m. Florence P. Leavitt Club, Mon day afternoon. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Kvening. W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon Ladies’ Aid, Friday Afternoon. GRIFFIN G. LOGAN. Res. 1628 N. 22nd. Web. 5003