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z1^,"XHE MONIXOR =™! A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor * ‘‘I.:-r- —-— # - - ■ - - . ' --- ' ' ~ 00 a Year. 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923 Whole Number 421 Vol. IX—No. 5 — V — ■■ —. _. ■— .. ■ .— RACE CORPORATION PLANS TO ORGANIZE KANSAS CITY BANK The Security Loan and Investment Association Believes Time Op. portune For Advance Step. STOCKHOLDERS FAVORABLE Loan Association Has Rendered Good Service to Working Glass as Well as To Business Men. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3. — The board of directors of the Security Loan and Investment Association, met sometime ago for the purpose of formulating some plan to take care of the housing conditions and the rapid growth of business among our ) group. They soon decided that the D time was ripe for a Negro bank in Kansas City, while the company has now about $160,000.00 in assets, com prising real estate, loans and surplus money, giving it the quickest and surest way to achieve a bank "by our people, among our people and for our people.” The directors of the Security Loan and Investment Association, finally agreed that a special meeting of the stockholders tie called to vote upon a proposition of increasing the capi tal stock from £10,000 to $50,000, for the express purpose of creating enough surplus to establish a bank L, in Kansas City. The meeting was called and every stockholder present voted for the increased capital. The necessary papers have been filed and $40,000 of the increased capital is now on the market to be disposed of at $50.00 per share which can be bought on the installment plan. $10.00 down and $5 00 per ij month. Said a stockholder: “Of course some people are going to criticize a Negro bank and are going to say that it can’t be done. Some said that the Security Loan Company would be a sure failure, but the achievements of the Security Company should be suf ficient guarantee to tiff general pub ii lie that it can be done whenever our people unite and put their fonfes to gether. The company has been a helping hand to the working man as L well as the business man. It has jf saved many a home of our people from foreclosure. VETERANS’ BUREAU HEAD INVESTIGATES F SHEET LOANING TALE Dismissed Nurses Alleged To Have Proof of Truth of Charge Which Will Be Presented to ’ Officials. CALHOUN IS ORDEREU BACK Washington, August 3. — Director: Hines of the Veterans’ Bureau has j begun an inquiry into charges that I sheets belonging to the new Federal j Hospital for Negro ex-service men at | Tuskege, Ala., were used by the Ku j Klux Klan members in a demonstm- j tion against Tuskegee Negroes, July j 3rd. Negro leaders here promise a sen sation when they have finished pre- j senting their case to the Director. Two suspended nurses of the Tuske gee hospital, Mrs. Evelyn Robinson of Philadelphia, and Miss Adella Woods of Norfolk, both Negroes, ap peared at the Bureau recently witJh what purports to be a receipt re ceived by hospital employees for the sheets later used as disguises by j Klansmen. According to reports which have gained wide circulation among th» Negroes, Klansmen visited the Tus kegee establishment and searched for John Calhoun, a Negro civil service employee, sent down from the North, whose life had been threatened un less he left town. Gen. Hines has informed the World i that after personally investigat ’ ing, he had ordered Calhoun back to Tuskegee. But Gen. Hines denied he had ordered a military guard for the man. WILL OPEN ON SOUTH SIDE The popular Rialto Music Shop is opening a branch store or. the South Side at Twenty-fourth and N streets, to accommodate their customers on that side. The new store will be opened with a full stock within a few days. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN SUMMONED HY DEATH Doctor Shannon, Superintendent Old City Hospital. Dead After Long Illness. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3.—Dr. J. G. Shannon, superintendeent of the Old City Hospital here and one of the most widely known physicians and most distinguished fitizens of this city died Friday, July 20, after a protracted illness, Coming to Kansas City from Meharry Medical sdhool, twenty-six years ago, his whole med ical career has been passed in this city, where he was active in business affairs as well as in his chosen pro fession. He was one of the owners of the Peoples Drug Store, established in 1004, out of which has also come the S. P. L. Mercantile and Invest ment company, which owns consid erable valuable real estate. The fun eral, which was held from the Second Raptist church, Monday morning, Julv 23, was attended by more than 1,200. Eulogies were pronounced by many who knew and esteemed him. Dr. L. W. Booker has been appointed Dr. Shannon’s successor as head of the Old City hospital. WEDDING HELLS TO RING The Pueblo papers are announcing the engagement of Mrs. Hattie Gar denhire of that city to Mr. Wm. S. Brown of 2616 Parker St., Omaha. Mr. Brown admits that there “may be'' something to it, that he intended to motor to the western city about September 1, “just on a visit.” But just the same the engagement ring "went forward" some time ago, and also he has purchased the modern Hickman home, 3216 Emmet street, a Ford car, and is about to select fur niture, so why “soft peddle it”- Bro. Brown? Your many friends wish you well.—L. Johnson, 2114 Grant St. WARREN G. HARDING TWENTY-NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Born Nov. 2rd, 1865 Elected President Nov. 2, 1920 Died, August 2nd, 1913 S' I * 'v " - . . ... •;> A>.A!T-.« • "* ' HOSE COMPANY NO. 11 OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT Front Row: Harry B. Lewis, (at wheel) ; Capt. Greer, Leroy Kelly, Capt. Trent, William Jackson, Melvin Freeman. Rack Row: Jasper Cole and Alonzo Jackson, (on truck); Jewell Rose and Frank Stewart. AMONG OMAHA’S FIRE FIGHT ERS HOPE COMPANY NO. 11 HOLDS AN HONORABLE PLACE. Omaha has just reason to be proud of its well-equipped and efficient fire department, which has been devel oped under the chieftancy of Charles A. Salter, and his veteran assistants, Martin Deneen who,has been in ser vice for thirty-two years and John Coyle who has served for twenty-^ nine. Modern fire fighting apparatus, housed in well-appointed buildings, furnish the weapons with which as fine a corps of brave ifien as can be found in any city successfully com bat the fiery demon of conflagration and reduce Omaha’s fire loss to a most creditable minimum. Citizens do not fully realize what a debt is owed to their fire and police depart ment which is constantly on guard for the protection of life and pro perty. Among Omaha's fire-fighting force it is not generally known that one of the best trained and dependable com panies is Hose Company No. 11, lo cated at Thirtieth und Spaulding streets. Its house is one of the neat est, best-equipped and most attract ive in the entire department. In physique and appearance the mem bers of the company are unsurpassed by any in the city. In proficiency and service they rank high. This company was organized twen- j ey-five years ago. The men chiefly responsible for its organization were i M. F. Singleton and the late George F. Franklin; George E. Collins; Dr. M. 0. Ricketts, then a member of the state legnslature; and one or two. others. The late Chris Hartmann, then a member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, was fav orable to its organization and threw the weight of his influence into the movement. The company was first located in a frame building, long since dis placed at Twenty-eighth and Leaven worth. Samuel G. Ernst was the first captain. Scott Jackson was driver. Twenty-three years ago the company was removed to its present location. It has had its trials and vicissitudes, but fortunately has weathered them all and is making good. Recently the “engine house” as it is called, has been remodelled and im proved. The interior is artistically decorated in blue and ivory. The sleeping quarters are airy and at tractive. Baths and shower baths contribute to the comfort of the men. A hose rack has been installed which permits the hose to be drained in stead of kept in coil. The members of the company are mighty proud of their fine quarters and take great pride in keeping them and the grounds as neat as a pin. The company numbers ten men, who work in two shifts of five each, alternating monthly into day and night shifts. The members of the company are James Greer, senior captain, who has teen with the company for eighteen years, serving now his fourth year as captain; Charles C. Trent, appointed junior captain a year ago, has served six teen years; F’rank Stewart, appoint ed in 1910; William and Alonzo Jackson, appointed in 1911; Harry B. Lewis, appointed in 1913; Jewell Rose, and Winfred Melvin Freeman, appointed in 1919, Leroy Kelly, ap pointed in 1921, and Jasper Cole who is the “baby of the company," being appointed in 1922. SOUTHERN WHITE MAN GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE COLORED BABY’S LIFE An Incident Which Clearly Demon strates that Nobleness of Char acter Recognizes Only Human Need. Selma, Ala., July 26. — A colored infant brought to the office of a Sel ma surgeon Thursday, near death, wall live, doctors said Friday, as a result of a gift of blood by C. L. Orth, secretary of tJhe Selma Young Men’s Christian Association, who, by acci dent, learned of the case in time to come to the aid of the medical men. The infant was slowly dying from hemorrhages, surgeons said. Imme-, diate transfusion was a last des- i perate move. They sought a healthy; specimen. Mr. Orth offered himself. ; The surgeons took what blood was j necessary'. The operation was a sue- j cess. *20,000 VERDICT FOR DEATH. Widow of Negro Railway Postal Clerk Gets Record Verdict Against “Southern.” Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3.—The largest1 verdict for the death of a Negro ever rendered by a Fulton county jury was returned recently in the city court of Atlanta before Judge H. M. Reil, when a jury- awarded Mary Harper *20.000 for the death of her husband, Cooley W. Harper, a Railway Mail Clerk, December 19, 1921. The verdict was against the Souths ern Railway Company, and grew out of an accident at Tarsus, near Annis ton, Ala., in which a train was de railed and overturned. Attorney’s Hewlett & Dennis and W. H. Lewis represented Harper's widow, while the Southern Railway was defended by Attorney Edgar A. Neely. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Peebles and son Bill motored over to Sioux City, Ia|( Sunday morning, returning Sunday night. STANLEY STANDS SELF-STULTIFIED SHOULD BE SHUNTED National Advancement Association Asks President to Remove Alabama Man as Hos pital Head. MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES Situation Called National Scandal In Letter to Chief Executive—Re quests Restoration of Nurses. New York, Aug. 3.—Director Gen eral Hines, of the Veterans' Brueau, has been asked in a telegram sent bv the National Association for the ad vancement of Colored People, to re move Colonel Robert H. Stanley, at present commanding the Government Hospital for colored war veterans at Tuskegee, Alabama. The demand fol lows disclosures of charges that Col onel Stanley had permitted the use of the Government Hospital supplies by the Kii Klux Klan, that he had failed to protect colored subordinates from the threats of mob violence, and that a number of colored nurses who it-was feared might reveal conditions at the hospital, were summarily dis charged without cause. A letter at President Harding calling the Tuske gee Hospital a “national scandal” and asking for a definite stand by the administration, supplements the tel egram. The telegram sent to Director General Hines is as follows: “National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People asks that Colonel Robert H. Stanley be re moved immediately from command of Government Hospital for colored war veterans at Tuskegee. Our request is based upon information on file in your office, establishing conclusively the failure of Col. Stanley as com mander of the Hospital to protect Negro subordinates against mob threats; and showing that Col. Stan ley tolerated, if he did not actually connive at Ku Klux invasion of the Hospital and use of Hospital sup plies; further that Negro nurses have been summarily discharged without cause. We ask the reinstate ment of the three nurses removed without cause. Many other acts of discrimination are indicated, as to which a number of white doctors of Col. Stanley’s staff are ready and willing to testify." END CAME TO CHIEF EXECBTIVE THURS DAY EVE AT FRISCO rhe End Come Suddenly and Unex pectedly While Country Is Ex. pectant of His Re covery. DHOLE NATION IN MOURNING Entire Country Sincerely Mourns Sudden Passing of Harding— Vice-President Succeeds. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 5.—War ren G. Harding died suddenly at 7:30 Thursday night while his wife jvas reading to him. His death was due to apoplexy, following an illness which overtook him just one week ago and compelled him to cancel all engage ments, and from which it was be lieved he was recovering. Warren G. Harding was elected president of the United States, Nov. 2, 1920, by the largest majority ever given any candidate. He was bom on a farm belonging to his grand father, Charles Harding, an Ohio pio neer, November 2, 1865. He was reared at Marion, Ohio, where he made his home and worked on a newspaper, subsequently buying one and after a hard struggle making it a success. In 1900 he was elected to the Ohio state senate. He was candi date for governor in 1910 but was defeated. In 1914 he was elected United States senator. He was nomi nated for the presidency at the Re publican national convention in June, 1920. As president in the trying per iod of reconstruction he has been faced with serious problems. THE COUNTRY SINCERELY MOURNS. (EDITORIAL) ^MERICA mourns the death of her most illustrious son. She sheds tears of heartfelt sorrow for our president has been called with a sud denness that has shocked the entire world. Although the carefully guard ed statement of his physician that - “barring unforseen developments the president is on the way to recovery,” should have prepared the coun try for the sad news, there was a general feeling that he was on the road to health. It was not, however, to be so. His work was done. His arduous duties and heavy responsi bilities as the chief executive of this great nation had undermined his rugged constitution and suddenly while his devoted wife was reading to him his soul took its flight. His death comes as a personal loss to all Amer icans, for say what one will, the President of the United States, is for each one of us “Our President,” and the national sorrow at his passing is sincere and heartfelt. That he was desirous to do his duty, none will deny. That he was a patriotic, God fearing man who strove to love mercy, do justly and walk humbly with his God, all who have followed his career will cheerfully concede. Opinion as to the wisdom and success of his administration will doubtless differ, but as to his sincerity and conscientious devotion to duty there will be a unanimity of sentiment. Warren Gamaliel Harding, the twen ty ninth president of the United States, who died at San Francisco, Thursday night, August 2, 1923, will lopg be cherished in the hearts of the American people to whose interests he was devoted. • MISS GORDON PRESENTS PUPILS IN RECITAL Miss Frances D. Gordon presented her pupils in pianoforte recitalMonday afternoon at the North End Y. W. C. A. An appreciative audience waH pres ent and thoroughly enjoyed the de lightful program which reflected credit upon pupils, nearly all of whom are quite young, and teacher alike. The program was a follows: Hand Culture Exercises—Mary Cald well and Fannie Hue I^evison; Clap ping Exercises in Rhythm—Eddie B. Chambers; Duett, The Foxy-Fox Walt* —Marschal-Loepke—Ellen Richardson and Teacher; The Sweet Violets— Snrallwood—Carmelita Black; Moun tain Twilight—Bohn—Vera Chandler; The Sultan’s Band March—Brown— Edrose Willis. The Life of Lisrt, Jean Dorsey; Yester-Eve—Zamesnik—He len Jenkins; The Mountain Spring— Bohn—Ophelia Hall; Magnolia—Davis —Ernestine 8ingleton; Vera—Host— Zenobla Walker.