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DEMAND CONGRESS INVESTI GATE MOB VIOLENCE IN U. S. Taft, Hughes and Other Noted Ameri cans Sign Names to Petition. NEW YORK, July 29.—Congress ional investigation of the wave of mob violence and lynching through out the United States was demanded in an “address to the nation,” signed by former President Taft, officials of several southern states and other na tionally prominent citizens, made pub lic here by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple. “Patriot|c citizens throughout the country feel the shame which lynch ^ ings have cast upon the nation, but they have assumed partial responsibi lity for this shame by their silence and their acquisence,” said the ad dress. “The time has now come when citizens of the United States can no longer contemplate without protest the setting at naught of the funda mental principles upon which their citizenship is based.” The “address” recounts than in 1918, no less than 67 persons “were done to death without trial or any process of law,” and declared that it is well known that the innocent with the guilty “suffer the cruel inflictions of mob violence.” A congressional in vestigation is urged so "that means may be found to end the scourge.” Prominent signers included: United States Attorney General Palmer, former Attorney General Charles G. Bonaparte, of Baltimore; Elihu Root, Charles E. Hughes and Judge Ben B. Lindsey. JEWISH MIGRATION TO THE HOMELAND (Continued From Page 1.) sands, perhaps a million people, are preparing to leave Russia at the first opportunity." From Siberia came a request on April 15 to the London Zionist bureau to obtain permission from the British authorities for a great number of wealthy persons 10 settle immediately in Palestine. Inquires have come also from Irkutsk, Omsk, and Harbin. Poland’s Contribution. N. Farbstein, reporting for the Jew ish National Council of Poland, says: "The persecution suffered by the Jews under the present political regime has given an immense impetus to the migration movement. The general political situation and fear of pogroms, on the one hand, and on the / other the absolute stagnation of trade and industry, have combined with the Balfour declaration and the teai of bolshevism and confiscation to create an intense longing for Pales tine: so much so that large groups, and, in many cases, whole Jewish communities have firmly resolved to leave Poland and migrate to Pales tine." The Palestine immigration move ment in West Galicia is even stronger than in 1 oland. Here also large eom munitif s ere in readiness to go, and the Jews of this country have filed strong protests against the plan to limit Palestine migration to 50,000 a year. Pioneer groups have been or ganized in 20 towns in West Galicia, and the report from that country says, “We are overwhelmed with applica tions from men of scientific and tech nical training who desire to follow their professions in Palestine.” Tzecho-Slovak Plans. The report from Tzccho-SIovakia says: “Jewish young men, returning from the army, find themselves unable to recover their positions owing to the strong anti-semitic feeling which has been aroused by certain interested circles to divert public attention from their own extortions. Between Oc tober, 1918, and February, 1919, Jew ish businesses were pillaged in from 50 to 60 towns in Bohemia and Morav ia. To avoid a repetition of this ex perience the Jews are more anxious than ever to secure for themselves a firm economic position in Palestine. In Jugo-Slavia 100,000 Jews and Jew esses of every class, even down to domestic workers, have organized.” _ Holland reports vast preparations, especially among the 700 Russian, Rumanian and Galician Jews who came there from Antwerp when the war broke out. University students lead the list from Germany. The Jewish refugees from Russia and Poland who found their way into German Austria at the beginning of the war are unwilling to remain in that country, mainly be cause they are not allowed to acquire full civic rights, and they are also unwilling to return to the countries whence they came. Their favored ob jective is Palestine. Reports from Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Egypt, indicate a similar /movement, and a large number of well-to-do Jewish farmers are pre pared to leave Canada for Palestine. This is also true of some 500 Jewish farmers in Chile, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Mexico and Brazil are represented in the groups that are preparing to migrate. In the Argen tine, the younger men among the Jewish colonists have begun to organ ize themselves in groups of 50. ROW AT G. O. P. MEETING Representative Dyer Threatened to Fight Negro Opponent—Negroes Left After Trouble and Women Members Were Presented—Take Up League Late Today. — (Special to The Monitor.) St. Louis, July 30.—Republican men and women meeting today at the i Planters hotel to organize the women’s | auxiliary state committee almost wit | nessed a fistic encounter between Rep resentative L. C. Dyer of the Twelfth Congressional District, St. Louis, and Julius M. Weil, Negro state commit I teeman from that district. Dyer 1 charged that he had been insulted [ by the Negro committeeman and walk ing across the room threatened to de fend himself from further insult if the chairman would not do so. Dyer was finally induced by Thos. R. Marks of Kansas City to take his seat and the meeting proceeded in peace. After the meeting Weil announced that the Negroes had decided to put up a Negro candidate, Homer G. Phil lips, a lawyer, to oppose Dyer at the next congressional primary. “The district is Negro and we hope to elect a Negro representative to the next congress,” Weil stated. Desire Negro on Committee. The trouble began after Dyer’s name had been submitted to the state committee to fill a vacancy from the Twelfth district. Dyer had been chos en by the congressional committee. Immediately Weil was on his feet, saying that the Twelfth district, con trolled by Negroes, desired Homer G. Phillips, a Negro, for the vacancy on the state committee. Unless Phillips were chosen, Weil said, the republic ans would lose many Negro republican i votes. Then Dyer, his eyes flashing, jump ed to his feet and showed he had been < hosen legally by the congressional committee and charged that Jacob I. Ilabler, republican national commit teeman, had instigated the plan to de feat him for the place. Babler re plied that the charge was untrue, but said he backed the Negro’s candidacy for the committee. Further, Babler demanded that Dyer withdraw his pre i vious statement, as the representa , tive expected to be a candidate for national committeeman against Bab ler. The Negroes Walked Out. A vote on the committee vacancy resulted in Dyer’s election by 24 to 5. Then Weil nsisted on continuing his fight, hut was ruled out of order. Weil stated that the Negroes, at a meeting last night, agreed to put up a candi date against Dyer for congress next | year if Dyer did not accept a place on the state committee. After Dyer threatened to defend himself, Weil and 1 ;s delegation of Negroes walked out of the meeting. In opening the meeting today of the ; joint men anil women’s committee, W. L. Cole, republican state chairman, said that “the women of the state are ’ '-oing to aid in purifying politics by going into the republican and demo cratic parties and not by holding I Wf.” A speech was made by Mrs. Walter McNabb, Columbia suffrage leader. The roll of women committeemen was railed. .The youngest representative on the state committee proved to be Miss Jemima Hoff of Orrick, Mo., 16 years old. She is one of the two worn i en representatives from the Third con i gressional district. The representa tives from Kansas City, the Fifth dis trict, are Mrs. H. H. McClure and Mrs. C. S. Bradley. The latter was represented by Miss Jennie Fisher, auditor at the Hotel Baltimore, and state president of the Women’s As | sociation of Commerce. League of Nations Up Today A fight is expected at the afternoon session when Joseph E. Black of Rich mond introduces a resolution condemn i ing the League of Nations in any form. The resolution is identical with the I one adopted Thursday by the repubub | licans in Kansas City. LEAVES ENTIRE FORTUNE TO COLORED HOUSEKEEPER (By Associated Negro Press.) Brooklyn, N. Y., July 29.—The will o* Alexander William Waters, BO, filed for probate in the surrogate’s court yesterday, consists of only seven vmids and leaves an estate declared to be "more than $10,000” to Zulma Powell, 3B, a Negress, who was a housekeeper in the decedent’s home for a number of years. “All I have belongs to Zulma,” reads the will. Alexander William Waters died sud denly in his office, 61 Broadway, Man hattan, July 3 last. It was 9 o’clock in the morning. He was sitting at his desk and had spoken of feeling ill. A premonition of impending death seized him. He took a large sheet of paper, on the back of which was printed a “daily market letter,” and wrote the seven words of his will on it in a large, sprawling hand. It is a wise policy to remain true I and loyal to old friends. THE PERISCOPE Washington—The Center of Disgrace Washington, the nation’s capital city, has at last joined the shining galaxy of cities of blood—Springfield, 0.; Springfield, 111.; Atlanta, Browns ville, Houston, East St. Louis, et al, et al. It is a grim and serious sub ject to comment upon. Paris, London, Rome and Berlin, and all the other capitals of the world are seriously discussing in their newspapers and houses of legislation, and on the streets, what occurred in Washington. Washington has raised the curtain, and from being known as the center of freedom and justice, it has been transformed into the center of dis grace. Is, or is not, this the time for prophesies or warnings? Whether yes, or no, old world newspapers are doing both. It is hardly the time for threats, by either whites or blacks, but the murmurings of such startle the ears of the listener at the “listening post.” The white people of our nations, by and large, have been weighed in the balance, and they have been found wanting. They have been found want ing in acting squarely and faii'ly on the things they teach and preach and fight and die for. We have accepted their teaching and preaching at face value, and we have fought and died for those principles, only to discover they are seldom put into practice. Pa tience has turned to weariness and enthusiasm to disgust. We may not be accorded equality in even handed justice everywhere, but we cannot be segregated from the world wide con dition of social unrest. A splendid group of white people, north and south, east and west, recognize this fact, and are much in earnest over plans for treating us more like hu man beings. This fine group of whites has yet to contend with that shallow, demogogic element that stop at noth ing, but in their true light are mere cowards and notorious examples of ignorance. It must be understood by all of us that group does not repre sent the true spirit of America, even though they have exercised the great est amount of nerve, speaking in the slang sense only. Lynchings and riots are their pastime, but their day of reckoning is fast aproaching. The Associated Press, with its in famous policy of giving us the worst of everything, has run true to form in its dispatches concerning the Wash intgon riots. Furnishing dispatches to the daily newspapers, always in its first paragraph, it attributes the source of the trouble to our people “molesting white women.” That,, the Associated Press knows, is always fuel for the fire of fury. It is a damnable shame for such a great serv ice to stoop to such harmful and un truthful propaganda. The Associated Press always carries its point, how ever. It arouses certain elements of whites to indignation by the thoughts of the ever "burly black brutes,” and it stirs the people of our group to a state of fighting mad by the folly of it—for we know “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” The American people are much in need of militant, fearless, just intelli gent and determined leadership. There is very little of it,at this time in Washington, or any other part. But it must come before the climax is reached, and we again have peace and good will. There cannot bo real peace and good will, however, without jus tice, and this justice is not yet, not yet, not yet. Right will prevail—some day, but between this day day and that day, there can be only disaster after disaster, regardless of conse quences, if it is to be expected that the 15,000,000 people of this group must forever and forever submit to the wrongs of oppression. In the light of common sense reasoning, it is mani festly unfair and inhuman to expect it. CASE OF SOT. CALDWELL STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION Attorney General Expected to Make Recommendation to President Be fore Date Ret for Execution—Dr. Rcott “On the Job.” (Special to The Monitor.) Washington, D. C., July 3j).—Some time ago a Colored soldier, Sergeant Edgar Caldwell, in an altercation with a motorman and conductor of a street car in Anniston, Alabama, shot and killed one or both of them. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hung, and the case has been pending for several months. Rev. R. R. Williams and other in fluential Colored citizens of Anniston have made very strong representa tions in behalf of this Colored soldier through Dr. Emmett J. Scott, former special assistant to the secretary of war, and advice has just been given Dr. Scott in a letter signed by Jo seph P. Tumulty, secretary to the president, that the attorney general of the United States is having made an investigation of the facts in the case of Sergeant Caldwell and that he (the attorney general), will make a recom mendation to the president in time for him to act before the date set for the execution. ARMOURS WALLOP CHICAGO UNION GIANTS TWICE SUNDAY — Saturday and Sunday were the days when the Chicago Union Giants and Armours met on Rourke field in a series of games, of which Armours won the best two out of three. Saturday’s game went to the Chi-; cago Union Giants, with a score of 17 to 3. Jimmy Moore pitched for Armours. His game was more than amateurish, the Chicago boys hitting his offerings to all comers of the field. The score by innings follows: SCORE BY INNINGS Giants .2 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 7—17 Armours ._ 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 3 In the first game Sunday Andy Graves pitched for Armours, while D eke twirled the ball in the second game. Both pitchers put the blinks on the Chicago boys who didn’t seem able to find them. The Chicago Union Giants were clearly outclassed by the faster Ar mour team, but hope to take revenge on them when they return with a new pitcher for a series in August. First game: ARMOURS AB. H. O. E. A. Graves, rf..._.4 2 3 0 Williams, 2b. 4 2 4 1 Corcoran, 3b.4 2 0 0 Dyke, lb.5 0 0 1 J. Collins, cf.3 110 M. Collins, ss.3 110 Reed, If.3 1 3 0 Lacy, c.3 14 0 Graves, p..4 10 0 Totals .33 11 14 3 CHICAGO UNION GIANTS AB. H. O. E. Turner, lb.3 1 10 1 Bingham, rf.4 110 Anderson, ss.4 0 10 McNair, cf.4 12 0 Coleman, c.4 14 0 Burch, lf-p.3 1 0 0 Harney, 2b.4 0 1 0 Redd, 3b.4 13 0 Marshall, p-lf..1 0 10 Hines, If.2 0 0 0 Totals .33 6 23 1 SCORE RY INNINGS Giants .0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0—2 Armours .0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 *—6 SUMMARY Two-base hits—Turner, Andy Graves, M. Collins. Three-base hit—— Coleman. Sacrifice hits—Corcoran, Lacy. Sacrifice fly—Burch. Left on bases—Armours, 10; Giants, 6. Passed hall—Coleman. Wild pitch—Marshall. Struck out—By Graves, 2; by Mar shall. 2; by Burch, 1. Bases on balls —Off Marshall, 3; off Burch, 2; off Graves, 1. Stolen bases—Redd, A1 I Graves, Williams, Bingham. Double play—Anderson to Turner to Redd. Time—1:45. Umpires—McQuade and Graves. Second game: SCORE BY INNINGS Armours .3 10 0 10 *—5 Giants .. 0 2 0 0 0 0 1—3 RACE CONGRESS DELEGATES MEET ABYSSINIAN ENVOYS (Special to The Monitor.) Washington, D. C., July 28.—A dele gation of the National Race Congress of America, composed of Rev. Dr. W. H. Jernagin, president; Prof. John R. Hawkins, executive secretary of the emergency defense fund; Bishop I. N. Ross, Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, secre tary, and the Rev. Drs. W. H. Brooks, J. Milton Waldron, W. J. Howard, W. A. Taylor, W. C. Brown and A. C. Garner, were received a few days ago at the Lafayette hotel, 16th and Eye streets N. W., and the interview be tween these representative Colored men of different governments and two continents was a delightful inter change of facts and opinions touch ing current history and was most sat isfactory from every point of view. The outstanding thing in the conver sation of the envoys was their no ticeable pride in their government and country. The Kantiba Gebrou said, with a bewitching smile, “Abyssinia is the future home of the Negro.” They evinced a deep interest in the con cerns common to Africa and America. The envoys stood in a semi-circle in their privte parlor and were in troduced by the Zantiba Gebrou (may or) ,who stood to the left of his ex cellency, Dedjaxmatch Nadao (duke), the chief of the envoys. The other Abyssinians were Ato Herouy, diplo matic corps, and Ato Sinkae, secre tary. Capt. Paul Rex Morrissey (white) was aide de camp to the Duke Nadao. The Abyssinians wore the picturesque costume of their native land. The intelligent eyes of the en voys seemed to search every man as v,..j lain Morrissey and Dr. Jemagin performed the ceremony of introduc tion. Prof. Hawkins, acting as the spokesman of the race congress, of fered greetings in the name of all our people, telling the envoys of our pride in the achievements of the Abyssinian kingdom; of our fellowship of pur pose; of our esteem for the character, religion, heritages and strength of their people, and welcomed them to our country as citizens of a great race having the promise of the high est development. The duke replied through the Kantiba, thanking Prof. Hawkins for his gracious words. An invitation was extended to the envoys to attend the next national ses sion of the Negro race congress, which will be held here in October. If they should be unable to attend they will doubtless send a letter. Photographs of the envoys and the delegates of the race congress will be exchanged and the conference closed with a feeling that much good for all concerned had been accomplished. CHARGE WASHINGTON NEWS PAPER WITH INCITING TO RIOT (Special to The Monitor.) New York City, July 25.—Action by the Attorney General of the United States against the Washington Post on the ground of incitement to riot in connection with the recent race riots in Washington is asked in a let ter sent to Attorney General A. Mitch ell Palmer today by John R. Shillady, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple. The letter is as follows: July 25, 1919. Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General United States, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People re spectfully asks if the office of the United States attorney general in tends proceeding against the Wash ington Post, on the ground of incite ment to riot, in connection with the recent disorders in Washington. The ground for such procedure seems to lie in matter published on the first page of the Washington Post on the morning of Monday, July 21, on the evening of which day the worst disorders occurred. The matter referred to reads as follows: “Mobilization for Tonight.” “It was learned that a mobilization of every available service man sta tioned in or near Washington or on leave here has been ordered for to morrow evening near the Knights of Columbus hut on Pennsylvania ave nue, between Seventh and Eighth streets. “The hour of asembly is 9 o’clock and the purpose is a ‘clean-up’ that will cause the events of the last two evenings to pale into insignificance. “Whether official cognizance of this assemblage and its intent will bring about its forestalling cannot be told.” In view of the fact that the “mob ilization” announced by the Washing ton Post had not been ordered by any authority, military or civil, does not the passage show intent by the Wash ington Post to bring about such “mob ilization?” Sincerely yours, (Signed) JOHN R. SHILLADY, Secretary. GOV. LOWDEN OF ILLINOIS CALLED BACK TO OWN STATE Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois is not coming to Nebraska to address the legislature and be the guest of Governor McKelvie for a short pe riod. The Illinois governor, en route west last night, by telegram was in formed of a renewal of the race riots in Chicago and the probability of a general strike of street railway men. Feeling that his presence was required in his own state, he boarded a train back for Chicago. He had reached Burlington when he turned back. Good health depends largely upon good habits. NOTICE In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. In the Matter of the Es tate of Mary E. Williams, Deceased. To the Heirs at Law, Creditors and All Other Persons Interested in Said Es tate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court on the 21st day of July, 1919, alleging that Mary E. ,/illlams died on the 3d day of February, 1917, intestate; that at the time of her death she was a resident of the rity of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, and that she was possessed of an equity in Lot 3, Block 2, Laurelton Addition to the lity of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. That said petitioner has an interest in said real estate being the heir of said dereased. Said petitioner prays that a I hearing be had on said petition, that no tice thereof be given as required by law, i and that upon said hearing a decree of j heirship be entered and further adminis jtration of said estate be dispensed with, i You are therefore notifed that a hear ing will be had on said petition at the County Court Hoorn of said County, on the 23d day of August, 1919, at 9 o'clock a. m., and that if you fail to appear at ! said time and place and contest the said petition, the court may grant the same, enter a decree of heirship, and decree that further administration of said es I tate be dispensed with, i BRYCE CRAWFORD, 7-24-3t-8-7 County Judge. WHITE BORAX NAPHTHA SOAP Saves Labor and Fabric Made in Omaha Sold by Your Grocer Guaranteed by the Cudahy Soap Works I BB—B—WMBW '•« r^aungww—— I;..;..;..;*.;..;..;..;*.;..;..;..;..;..;..;, v v*;..;. vwvvvwvwvvwv'^vvwwvvvvwvvwv A • .{. •• jHave You \ I Tried It l X v i ' ^ i y ... 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