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n=n the monitor A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS _ _^___ -« ^nj *2.0(1 a Year a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1921. Vol. VI No. 48 Whole No. .108 |! COURT ACTION TO PROTECT NEGRO HEIRS j MAY BE ADMITTED TO NATIONAL GUARD “p > % - IJv i he Ruling of Secretai, \ var Weeks Colored Americans May Be Included In the Feu V "d National Guard In Such Pro * portions As Each State % Vtermine. This Ruling Repu diates The Baker Mandate '% h Restricted State Military Recognition of Race to Uibor .its. SEVERAL STATES FOLLOW FORMER POLICY Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Illinois And the District of Columbia Will Doubtless Organize National ‘Guards l pon Their Former Basis. These States Have Been Proud of Col ored Militia. Vice-President Coolidge Who Defied Baker Order Active in Movement For Federalized Guard. (By The Associated Negro Press.) WASHINGTON. I>. C.. May 24— Secretary of War W eeks has let it be known that any state may include Colored Americans in the Federalized National Guard, in such proportions as they may determine, on an abso 1 lute l>asis of fairness. This informa tion the Secretary gave to Attorney W Clarence Matthews of Bouton, in an interview at the War Department. It repudiates the order issued hv for mer Secretary of War Baker which has caused nationwide criticism and which has prevented Coloded Ameri can- from enlisting in National Guards except a “pioneer” or labor organizations. ' , The associated Negro Press recent * ly carried an extensive story on this subject, which was laid personally H fore the Secretary of War, Vice Pres ident Coolidge and others. Vice Pres ident Coolidge took a personal inter est in the subject, for. as Governor of Massaehustetts, he was prevented by the Baker order from including a bat talion of Massachusetts National Guard in the regular state i|Uota. in a manner in keeping with the traditions of the state. At that time Mr, Cool aige |iroceede<l to organize anyway, and declared that the Commonviealth of Massachusetts would stand behind the organization until a change of administration. At the time of mak ing this statement, Mr. Coolidge was not a candidate for any office. Recently, Mr. Matthews, who was formerly assistant District Attorney ,n lioston, in company with a repre sentative of the Associated Negro Press, took the subject up with the Vice President, and Mr. Matthews re minded the Vice President of his re marks. The Vice President, true to his promise, took the matter up im mediately with the Secretary of War. This decision by Secretary W'eeks, who will doubtless issue a formal statement on the subject, fiermits Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Illin ois, and the District of Columbia, wiiere there have been National Guard;- for vears, to organize on a just basis. It will also permit such other state- as may desire to recog nize Colored units, to organize on a basis in keeping with principle and justice. SCINTILATING SAMPLES OF SERIOUS LEGISLATION IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY SOUTHERN SENATOR. Tw0 Remarkable Hills Which Future Generations With Antiqua nan Predilections Will Regard As Splendid Specimens of the Embiiotnon of Certain Near Statesmen in the Hystenical Era of Reconstruction Following The World War. (;7ti Congress, 1 st Session. S. 1795. In the Senate of the United States May 14, 1921. Mr, Caraway introduced the follow ing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Mili tary Affairs: A BILL Prohibiting the enlistment of any member of the Negro race in the mil itary or naval services of the United S States of America, and directing the discharge of all members of the Ne gro race now serving in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou-e of Representatives of the Unit ed Stabs of Ameiioa in Congress as semUed. That hereafter, in times of peace, no member of the Negro race shall be enlisted in any branch of the military' or naval wrvice of the Unit ed States of America. Sec. 2. That all memiiers of the Negro race now serving in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States shall discharged .from such service within sixty days after the passage of this Act. Sec. 8. That no member of the Ne gro race shall be admitted to either the Military academy or the Naval academy' of the United States. fiTth Congress, 1st Session. S. 1796. In the Senate of the United States, May 14 1921 Mr. Caraway introduced the follow ing bill; which was read twice und re ferred to the Committee on the Din trirt of Columbia. A BILL Prohibiting the intermarriage of the f Negro and Caucasian races in the Dis trict of Columbia and the residence of members of those races so intermar rying outside the boundaries of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, and providing penalites for the violation of this Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress as sembled, That hereafter the intermar - * Hag,, of a member of the Negro or black race with a niemtwr of the Cau rn.slon nr white race in the District of Columbia shall be Unlawful Sec 2 That it shall he unlawful for any perrons go married to reside in the District of Columbia: Provided, That those wh<f are thus intermarried anti have heretofore established a res idence in the District of Columbia -hall not fall within the provisions of this Act and be subject to its penal ties: Provided, however, That should | i itch r r»s«ins -o married remove from the District of Columbia they are: hereby prohibited from returning foi 1 t><- purpose of reestablishing a resi- j denee in the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. That any such marriage j hereafter contracted in the District of Columbia shall be null and void, am! \ the issue bom of any such marriage I shall be illegitimate. Sec. 4. That any person residing j in the District of Columbia and whos intermarriage is forbidden by thi'. ; Act who leaves the District of Colum bia for the purpose of evading th>' j provisions of this Art and intermar- j lies with another whose intermarri- j age is hereby forbidden in the I)is i trict of Columbia is hereby declared to fall within the provisions of this! Act end to he subject to all of its pro visions, and upon conviction shall be ' punished ns herein provided. Sec. 6. That any minister or othei j person authorized by law to perform j Unite any person of the Negro or] black race to any person of the Cau casion or white race shall be deemed ; [guilty of a felony, and upon convic-j lion rhull be punished as hereinaftei j provided. Sec. 6 That any person violating j any provision of this Act shall be j deemed guilty of a felony and shall j upon conviction lie subject to a fine] of not more than $1,000 and imprison- i ment for a period of not less than om- I year nor more than five years. MEMORIAL SERVICES I OK VET ERA NS The public is invited to attended the j special memorial services given under j the auspices of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30, American Legion, at St. John’s A. M. E. Church, Sunday night, at which the following program will be rendered: Star Spangled Banner, Desdunes’ orchestra; invocation, J. E. Ewing, Post chaplain; music, choir, St. John’s Church; remarks in behalf of (5. A. R., R. L. Desdunes; solo, Mrs. Lena Curry; remarks in behalf of Spanish War Vet erans, Sergt. I. Bailey; music, Desdu nes’ orchestra; remarks, Mrs. Alphon soso Wilson; solo, Mrs. James Jewell;f introduction of Post Commander, Dr. A. B. Madison, Past Post Commander; remarks, Dr. W. W. Peebles, Post Commander; solo, Rufus Long, Post Adjutant; remarks, Rev. W. C. Wil liams. MRS. ETHEL DOW Who has just returned from an extensive visit to the Southland. COLORED CHILDREN FIRST CLASS CONFIRMED BY NEW YORK'S NEW BISHOP • I By The Associated Negro Press.) NEW YORK, N. Y„ May 26.— Thirty-three Colored childrer wert confirmed at St. David’s mission, by Bishop W. T. Manning. This was the first confirmation by the bishop. He was accompanied by his two daughter^. Frances and Elizabeth^ About 500 persons witnessed the con firmation. The Rev. George Clifton, founder and rector of the mission, introduced Bishop Manning to the audience. The Bishop recalled that the first bap tism he ever performed was in 1891, when he iiaptized two Colored chil dren in Tennessee. CHILD FOUND ON DOORSTEP. A boy about two years old was found on the doorstep of 2724 Bur dette street one morning of this week and turned over to the police matron Abandonment of children by colored people is a rare occurence. WOULD EXCLUDE NEGROES FROM MILITARY SERVICE Race Prejudiii Proposed to he Un acted Into haw—An Attempt to De-Bar the Colored Kace From the Army and Navy In Times of Peace; But In Times of War, That’s An other Story So Our Correspondent Opines. Special to The Monitor, by Walter J. Singleton. WASHINGTON, D. C. May 26.— Under date of May 14th, United States Senator T. H Caraway, of Ar kansas, introduced a bill ‘‘Prohibiting the enlistment of any member of the flegro race in the military or naval service of the United States of Amer ica, and directing the discharge of all members pf the Negro race now serv ing in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States, which we will quote in full, i “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Hereafter, iVi times of peace, no member of the Negro race shall be enlisted in any branch of the military or naval se; vice of the United States of Amprica. That all members of the Negro race now serving in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States shall be dis charged from such service within sixty days after the passage of this act. That no member of the Negro race shall be admitted to either the Military Academy or the Naval Academy of the United States.” It will be noticed that this bill is a short one, but that is not all—the time that will hi spent in itsdlseus soin on the floor of Congress will be even shorter, before it is cast into a nigeon hole of the Sfenate to sleep the sleep that Vnow's no awakening. It may also be said to be a small bill, conceived for a small purpose, and the excitement it causes among well balanced and thinking people will he even smaller. The only emotion it (Continued on Page Four.) ME1 if 1 have a lover in the fields of Where larks still sing and scarlet poppies wave. \ There let him lie —l ask not his return \\ That my poor grief may tend a lonely grave. ! V There let him lie, among his comrades all, \ / In the world’s common sepulchre and shrine; \ / The try sting-place of every nation’s heart; / And let the common sorrow hallow mine, But let me plant beside his resting-place, X Where fleur-de-lis and scarlet poppies nod, A bit of beauty from his native land— The yellow glory of our golden-rod. There Belgium’s bloom and Italy’s fragrance blend; There shamrock buds and purple heather grows; There the fair lilies of the fields of France Qrow side by side with England’s beauteous rose. i There, with the whispering maples and the pines, $ With cypress black and fragrant laurel bloom, . H The evening winds with gentle rapture blend The breath of wattle and the southern broom. O ask me not to take my love away— ' -L„..U Un f-vi iitr thp firlAs or France. CALMLY APPROPRIATES CLIENTS ESTATE Powell Attorney For Jacob Anderson, a Wealthy Colored Ameri can, Takes Over Client’s Estate To Prevent It’s Dissipation By Other Members of I-eppil Profession. Only $30,000 Re mains For Dead Man’s Heirs. ADMINISTRATORS DEMAND AN ACCOUNTING Court Grants Restraining Order Against Powell Forbidding Him To Dispose of Any Part of the $146,000 He Modestly Claims As His Fee.—This Only One of Many Cases Demanding Ad judication in Oklahoma Courts Involving Millions. Special to The Monitor: , MUSKOGEE, Okla., May 26.—An Interesting suit involving the appro priation of a large estate amounting to nearly $250,000 belonging to Jacob Anderson, a Negro, by Georgie Powell, white, his attorney, has been attract ing very considerable attention in this community for several days. The seven children who are Ander son’s heirs were undoubtedly being defrauded of their inheritance. Pow ell’s Explanation of his possession of Anderson’s estate is rather ingenious to say the least. Here is his story as reported by The Daily Phoenix of May 4. Jacob Anderson gave away his for tune to his own attorney, George K. Powell, because of fear that attor neys would dissipate it in the ad ministration of his estate after his 1 death Such is the explanation of Attorney Powell of why the (Jead Negro gave him a deed to mineral rights that old for $146,000 and later gave him a warranty deed to the oil land itself, which brings an income of between $6,000 and $8,000 a month in oil roy alty and is valued at $100,000 or moij;. The dead Negro gave Tom Hunter, his friend and confidential advisor, his homestead of 80 acres and an ad ditional 80 acres of oil land of a.total value of $50,000 or more, in complit ahce with a promise made years ago to give Hunter a home if he’d come, jto Oklahoma from Texas. $?i»,000 Remains lor Children Tnis was Hunter's explanation of how he happened to get a big slide of Anderson’s fortune when he went upon the witness stand in the county court yesterday. The evidence showed that there is only about $30,000 and no land at all left to the seven children of the dead Negro, five of whom are minors. Powell said that when he cashed! the $146,000 check in Tulsa he ac cented three cashier’s checks, one of them for $98,000. This check he made out to Anderson and tendered it to i him three times, he said. “I’m not entitled to it. It is yours,” |tiie Negro told him, Powell testified, (and after the third tender he got the Negro to indorse it over to him. ..-j GOVERNOR DORSEY IS BITTERLY ATTACKED His Exposure of Conditions In Geor gia Brings Denunciation From High Officials. — Governor Has Backing of Broad-Minded Citizens. (By The Associated Negro Press.) ATLANTA, Ga.. May 26.—If Gov ernor Dors.y wins in his fight for better treatment of Negroes in Geor gia, he must do it almost single handed. He ,ias the moral support of ministers, teachers and women’s clubs, but has brought down upon himself an avalanche of criticism and abuse from other state officials and public men. Saturday Govenor-elect Thomas W. Hardwich and Sam L. Olive, presi dent of thte Georgia senate, and—by reason of that poosition—second in authority to the governor, both de nounced the governor for vilification of Georgia and for slanderous charg es without basis of fact. The criti cism was brought on by publication of a report prepared by the governor in which he listed 135 cases of al leged mistreatment , murder, lynch ing ami peonage, with Negroes as the victims. He declared Georgia would be as severely condemned, if this condition continued as Belgium and Leopold we re condemned by God and man for the Congo atrocities. A Bitter Denial. President Olive, in bittc, language, denied the existence of conditions as described by the governor; declared that the only way to stop lynchings was to stop rape and murder; de clared that peonage did not exist gen erally, but said the Southern fanners were compelled to make Negro farm hands work out on labor contracts. He said that further agitation of the public over the race problem $146,000 for Services Then he deposited $73,000 to the icount of George K. Powell, attor iey. The sum deposited to himself as ittorney he has expected to invest ind use the income to educate the lead Negro’s children. The only consideration for the $146, )00 and the oil land, which is in the /4 heart or the Glen Pool, was “profes sional services rendered and to be rendered,” the attorney testified. Hunter said Anderson gave him the 160 acres of land unconditionally and lhat he wants to adopt Andjbison’s minor children merely out of the rindness of his heart. Attorney Fow l'll. too, said he was under no restric tion whatever as to the use of the £146,000. that it is all his to do with is he pleases and that ft was his own ( idea to invest half the money and ex- { pend the income upon the dead Ne gro’s children. Administrators Amend Suit Attorneys for the administrators of the Anderson estate anounced, foil owing the disclosures made by Hitn Ser and Powell upon the citation hear, ng, that they will amend their suit against Powell in the district court to ask for the $146,000 instead of the £50,Q00 mentioned in the original pe tition and that they will also bring suit in Creek county to cancel th*> deed to the land. INJUNCTION GRANTED Proceedings restraining George Powell, local attorney, from dispos ing of any part or ail of the $146,000 given him by Jacob Anderson, Negro, and ward of Pow’ell, who died some time ago, were granted by Judge Guy F. Nelson in the district court May 13. The restraining order was brought by J. C. Buchanan and H. A. Boyles, ad ministrators of thle Anderson estate. In an inquest of the whereabouts of the property belonging to the Ander son estate, said to he worth $200,000, held before County Judge Enlole Ver nor, two weeks ago, Powell testified that he was given $146,000 by the Negro just before Anderson dipd. Powell stated that he intended to use $98,000 of the money for the educa tion of Anderson's children and had placed $65,000 in the Commercial Na tional bank in certificates of deposit. CLAIM KU KLUX ACTIVE IN AMERICAN LEGION (By The Associated Negro Press.) CHICAGO, 111., May 26.—The growth of the Ku Klux Klan, among Americans North who are not in sym pathy with many of its secrets as they effect Jews, Catholics and colored people is attracting attention. I hey are said to be working assid uously among members of the Ameri can Legion and to have obtained many converts. It is thought that many Legionaires who have joined have been camouflaged by its so-called American pinlnciplesj Major |Reed ' Landis, famous Aviation ace and son of Judge Kenisaw M. Landis, said decently that the selection of Sim mons to head the Knights of the Air was due only to his ability as an or ganizer, and that he would have no part in any movement directed against creed or color. The demir.l of Gen. Hershing and others that they are identified shows the lengths to which the so-called Klan will go to secure public approbation. WELFARE WORKER RESIGNS Mrs. Julia A. Hudlin, who has been a most efficient member of the staff of the Welfare Board, working chief ly among our own people, has tender ed her resignation. She succeeded Mrs. Ruth Wallace, the first woman of our race in this city to hold such a position, about two years ago. Mrs. Hudlin has been a most capable offic er of the board. might bring serious results, and de clared that' Governor Dorsey’s state ments had already cost Georgia far mers thousands of dollars because of the stirring up of discussion among Negroes. SLOGAN: “The Monitor In Every Home And I’ll Help Put It There” i ^ Y>t + - ■ / ... h. ■ ■ ■ . •i#v- t ;