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The monitor | A National Weakly Newp&per Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every F*riday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the | Monitor Publishing Company. Entered as 8' sond-Class Mall Matter July 2. 1915. at the Postoffice at Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. | THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. j W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS | Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Applicaton. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 V, ■ ■ J 1 ’ <' ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. < i Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. ! 1 « < > ! 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ;; ; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ; • ; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ! ' privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ; ; ; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop ■ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person !! within Its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. \ \ A TIMELY WARNING JQURING the time that Dean Ringer was commissioner of police, in order to “get him” and show the in efficiency of the police department under his administration the commer cialized vice interests of this city were directly responsible for a systematic campaign of vicious propaganda w’hich resulted in the lynching and rioting of September 28, 1919. For several weeks prior to that disgraceful af fair there appeared in local news papers over box-car headlines re ports of attacks upon white women by Negroes. Most of these reports were deliberate lies, manufactured and given currency for a wilfully malicious purpose. Law-abiding citi zens of color suffered keenly from the odium and reflection cast upon them by the alleged criminal acts of members of the race and their per sons and property were placed in jeopardy by the mob-mind and spirit evoked by that vicious propaganda which at bottom was political. Put in other words, it was a white man's wrangle, if you please, for political advantage of which the unoffending and inoffensive colored American was made the goat. It centered chiefly upon the control of the police power of this city. The direct attack was aimed against Police Commissioner Ringer and Mayor Smith, who loyal ly supported him. Our purpose in recalling these facts at this time is to sound a timely warning. In the last few days there has been an up heaval in the city administration. Dan B. Butler, one of the ablest and most efficient commissioners who has ever served this city, and who has openly charged that vice has been protected, has been transferred, under a resolu tion introduced by Mayor Dahlman and passed by a vote of 6 to 1, from the Department of Finance to that of Commissioner of Police, Police Com missioner Dunn taking Butler’s for mer department. In other words, But ler and Dunn have been compelled to swaps jobs. The Monitor opines that there is more back of this adroit movement than appears upon the sur face. Judging from Dan Butler’s past record, we have every confidence in him that he will do his level best to make good on this job as he has I Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1893. 1 Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state ahall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. "The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638." “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 368; N. W. 718" , —a—11 mi flu done in every department of the city government of which he has hitherto been placed in charge. We are not, however, so sure that he will receive the hearty co-operation of his col leagues in carrying out the far-reach ing and drastic reforms which he has indicated that he will inaugurate for the betterment of the service. Clashes in the Council Chamber attendant upon, the transfer presage friction. Hence our scepticism as to sincere and whole-hearted co-operation from his colleagues. It appears to us that the difficult office of Police Commis sioner is again to be made a storm center as it was during the Ringer incumbency. If so the same tactics may be used as then. Propaganda of the same kind, damaging to our people may be circulated. We hope not. But we sound this note of warn ing. Watch developments. If there should begin to appear numerous re ports of alleged crimes by Negroes, with corresponding inability upon the part of the police to apprehend and convict these “Negro” criminals, it will take no Sherlock Holmes to know what’s up. It politicians and others are staging a fight around the office of Commissioner of Police we ask them kindly to leave our peo ple out. It is their fight, not ours, end we are unwilling to be made the goat. In the meanwhile we coun sel all our people to be industrious and law abiding and to keep their eyes wide open. ATHLETICS AND AMERICANIZATION ^n interesting, instructive and sug gestive ’.cut” appears on the first page of this issue. We are indebted for its use to the appreciated cour tesy of the Omaha Daily Bee. The illustration carries its own lesson. It conveys visible and tangible evi dence of how the excellent public schools of our city are not only pro viding for the physical development of all children, but also how these schools are carrying on the work of genuine Americanization by encour aging and providing healthful and legitimate sports in which the chil dren of all racial groups compete upon absolutely equal terms accord ing to merit. Such association and competition make) for (comradeship,; mutual esteem, respect, good will and understanding that is absolutely im possible under a system «C isolation and segregation. America’s future depends upon amity and unity among all groups of her citizenry. These are impossible without association and helpful contact. Separation breeds dis trust and suspicion. The public school where all children meet, study to gether and play together is the place where this nationalization of Amer ica, which is not yet a homogeneous nation, can best be accomplished. Those who do not realize this fact are wanting in vision and it is as true to day as when spoken of old, that “where there is no vision the people perish.” Americans who have vision want no “little Italy’’, “little Ger many, “little Poland” or “little Af rica”, but one great big all-com prehending America and consenquent ly they are willing to do all they can to develop this ideal. As an encour-1 agement to school athletics the Oma ha Bee has instituted tournaments for the grade schools. Its basket ball tournament, recently held, evoked i great interest. In the finals played last Friday night, the city champion-1 ship was won by Long, in a spirited game with Miller Park. The players in Long team are all colored boys with one exception. Christenson. Mil ler Park team are all white boys. Gar field team has one colored member. In Friday night’s finals it was an all colored team against an all-white team and the best of good will pre vailed. It was simply a case of picked athletes from one Omaha pub lic school, who by fair competition won their right for a place on the team, contending for the city cham pionship, with picked athletes from another Omaha school. Miller Park teachers have shown what good los ers they are by providing a treat Fri day night for the four teams con testing in the semi-finals. We con gratulate Long school upon its well won victory- and we congratulate Omaha upon the fact that it is broad minded and large visioned in its work of educating its future citizens by making provision for developing t^ieir minds and bodies. HOLY WEEK J^EXT WEEK is known as Holy Week. It commemorates our! Blessed Lord’s last week upon the earth during the period of His hum ilation. Its culmination is Good Fri day. The week should be given up as largely to devotion as our busy modem life will permit by all those j who profess and call themselves Christians. The Monitor notes with pleasure that several of the leading relipfous bodies of the city have planned for a united noon-day service j to be held at the Brandeis theatre during the week. Trinity Cathedral will continue its usual noon-day serv ices. St. Mary Magdelene, in addi tion to its masses, has also a noon day- service. Ample provision thus seems to be made for Protestants, Episcopalians, Roman Catholics and other Christian folk who so desire it opportunity- for worship during Holv Week. We hope our people ac cording to their liking will largely- j avail themselves of these privileges. _ VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN HOME ECONOMICS In 1921-22 approximately fifty-six all-day departments for vocational education in home economics, enroll ing 2,719 girls, were maintained in public schools for colored children. One state reports that in the past year this work has more than doubled, and that there are keen interest fine co-operation wherever these depart ments have been organized; another state reports that nine colored schools have signed a blank signifying their interest in vocational education in flhoio try 4rr</*r>**>oc/ 4 Harbor of Durazzo. <Pr*p*r«d by the NeOnael Oengrapbla So ciety. Wuhirifton. D. C.) While the Near Hast conference Is reshuffling the territorial cards that were shuffled last by the treaty of Sevres, Allmnlu, Just outside the most recently disturbed region, will prob ably be permitted to go on Its rather somnolent way. The country was created In 1912 to avert a world war, und when World war <11d come the troops In five countries occupied vari ous sections of It Germans, Aus trians and Bulgarians were in control In the northern districts where Ser bians made after-war attacks, while France and Italy held the south. In cluding the area about Korltza, which later formed a bon. ,.f contention with Greece. Durazzo, chief Albanian port, was seized by d'Annunzlo. Perhaps history will recognize Ko rltza as the scene of the first definite step toward remaking the map of Eu rope. For there In December, 1916. was set up a government, generally referred to as the republic of Korltza. While most of Albania was In Aus trian hands this little republic, under French military protection, started to function as an Albanian republic. Is sued paper monej t>ostage stamps, and established a national army with a fighting strength of 000. Before 1914 Albania was the new est country of the Old World, and It Is peopled by the moot ancient race of southeast Europe Edward Gibbon called It "a country within sight of Italy, which Is less known than the Interior of America.” And more than a century after that characterization, before the war helped Introduce the Balkans to America, a letter addressed "Albania" was sent from England to the United Stateo'-Und was returned from Albany, N. \\ with the notation “Not for Albany try Europe.” The towns of southern Albania are few and, though strange and pic turesque In apt>earance, are In reality poor In comfort. Of cities there are not Hny. Korltza. with some 20,000 people. Is the largest place, but It Is far from being a city. However, If the towns are somewhat mean and squalid, they are Interesting to the eye and have the charm of old-world quslntness. There are hut four worth mentioning: Arjlrokastro, so old, at least In appearance, that Its origin falls back Into the mists of time; the pleasant village of Brematl. lying In a fertile valley along the river Vlosa ; Korltza, which was held by the French; and Valona, which became clean and thrived under the Italian army. Few Modern Comforts There. They are all pleasant places to look upon, nestling among the mountains, In the valleys, and by the sea, with their old gray walls and roofs of stone dotted with storks; hut they possess none of the comforts or conveniences of modern life. Such matter-of-fact thlngB as trams, hotels, or cafes do not exist In Al banian towns and would seem wholly out of [dace. Water I* drawn from the wells as It was 4,000 years ago, or maybe from some nearby stream. Inns are represented by the Whan, a stone building half house, half stable, where caravans and park trains stop to rest. Albania belongs to a time as far back as the annals of the world can reach and Is as primitive as If It were In central China, almost as difficult to penetrate as Tibet Itself. It Is a land unfamiliar to the traveler and shunned by the tourist of today. If the three or four centers of popu lation In southern Albania are a little disappointing as cities, this Is not true of the country or of. the picturesque villages which gather like gray splashes upon the grayer hills, where they appear to have nestled since the beginning of time. Rough stone huts they are for the most part, with flat stone roofs. For purposes of defense, they are usually situated half way up the lower hills, and the houses und outbuildings are often surrounded by strong stone walls. The valleys are rich and well cultl vsted, chiefly by the women, hut pre sent a desolate, deserted appearance, except In the daylight working hours. Not a farmhouse nor a stable Is to be seen amidst all the fertile acres. The crops cannot he stolen ; no bandit would think of destroying them, and ■o they are left ungna rded. borne economics and their willingness to observe the half-time program for vocational education. In one state ;wenty to seventy-five schools apply ng for approval in 1922-23 were col ored. Five years ago these schools gave nuch attention to models in sewing ind to individual cookery, and little o large problems of food, clothing, ind other activities of the home. To lay proper food and clothing for the ndividual and family, care of the iome, expenditure of income, home ursing, and care of children occupy integral and prominent places on the home-economics program. Realizing the great need of quali fied teachers to carry out a vocation al program of home economics, a spe cial effort has been made to raise the standards of instruction in teacher training. The results have been very encouraging, both in regard to the number of students and in quality of workj—Adelaide C. Baylor in the Southern Workman. Take heed and beware of covetous ness.—The Bible. In Albania It Isn't so mnch that his tory repeats Itself, ns that It engages In a process of monotonous reitera tion. Albania Is the enfant terrible among European nations. It simply refuses to grow up. It does not lurk In the hnckwaters of Europe because of Inferior people; for It has a stock which Is sturdy, Intelligent and resourceful. The vital ity of the Albanians Is exemplified In the mere fact that they continue to exist as a homogeneous people amid geographical and historical handi caps that have absorbed or displaced many of their old-time neighbors. In recent years contacts with Vlaehs and Greeks have modified the Tosks, or South Albanians. The wilder part of wild Albania, and the more primitive among its people, the Ghegs, are In the north, along the River Drin, which figured In Serbian war news. The Drin Is formed by the conflu ence of the Black Drin, which rises In the beautiful Lake Oehrlda, and the mountain-born White Drin. The Drin proper flows due west before It emp ties Into the Adriatic near Lake Scutari, south of Dalmatia, hair trigger littoral of post-wur politics. Land of the Blood Feud. North of the Drin Is a mountain land, the Karst, a Sahara of roek, akin to a tireless cooker In Its efTeet after a hot day. Here live tribes, un conscious of national Influences, ex cept to tight Invaders. Here is the land of the blood feud, a code by which 2f> per cent of the men in some tribes are killed *off in their prime. Yet this practice Is not to be confounded with mere lawless ness. Rather it Is a poor substitute for any recognized legal system or any central power to enforce Justice. It Is both more rigid and severe, and more elaborate, than the common law of advanced nutlons. One student of Its workings found that a failure to make good a promise of a trifling pres ent cost a dozen lives In a day. Be cause one man killed u pig that was eating bis crops, the male relatives of the pig's owner killed many of the pig slayer’s clan over a long period of years. L'nder such a system male relation ships assume great Importance. A man’s third cousin becomes bis “broth er" ; u woman’s family ties, outside her parents, husband, or brothers, are matters of small moment. In many places there Is no consciousness of kinship between niece and aunt. But the ramifications of this same code make woman’s position higher In Albania than In the Orient, or even In many a more modernized region of Europe. For one thing the man who has a “blood foe’’ Is Immune from at tack while In company of a woman. During times of feuds which amount to tribal warfare, women attend large ly to outdoor duties. Marriage Is by contract; generally arranged upon the birth of a child. A woman exercises no choice but has a veto power In re spect to her husband. Should she not wish the man of her parent's arrange ment she may reject him, but. In that event, must take vows to remain a virgin, assume the status of a man, and In some regions she dons men's clothing. Should she marry another man her rejected suitor's family must seek blood vengeance upon her male relatives. Our Ways 8trange to Them. These customs seem strange, but no less so than some of our ways to the Albanian. When told that In England a woman must hung for murder an Al banian company was deeply shocked. It waH beyond their comprehension how a man could he found who would hang a woman and they concluded that England must he a barbarous In land, Indeed. No less surprise was caused among another group when In formed of the flirtatious tendencies of the Anglo-Saxon maid. They couldn’t see how the parents of a young woman who Jilted a man could escape dire vengeance by his brothers —“brothers” meaning all his male relatives of near and far degree. Even the minor habits In the dally life of so Isolate a people are novel. To he without a mustache Is a dis grace In many parts of north, or high, Albania. The Albanian mother tells her child stories In which, unlike our stage melodrama, It always Is the hairless man who figures as the vil lain. 'New Tires x f J« J. ^ ELI ER | i I GUARANTEED FIRSTS f f FURNITURE REPAIR 1 1 | o2Xoi/.-* 5'S5 k k Refinishing $ X 30x31,4 .♦. 6.95 X X .}. T 32x31,4 . 8.95 * Box Spring and Mattress ? ? 34x4 . 12.95 $ Work k % WHY PAY MORE? 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