THE MONITOR ▲ NtUoul Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest* of Colored Americans. _ Publls'ied Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub II shine Company. ____ Entered as Becond-Claaa Mall Matter July 2, 19’4, at the Postofflce at Omaha. Neb., under the Act of Msu-ch I. 1*7*. __ ; THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. George H W. Bullock, Business Manager and Associate Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, 42.00 A YEAR; 41.25 6 MONTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address, The Monitor, HM Kaffir Block, Omnhn, Beb. Telephone Douglas 3224. THE KLUXIES TV7E devote considerable space this ** week to the activities of the Kluxies or, as they are officially known, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. We do so, not because they are really worth it, but because our readers are entitled to know what this organization is doing and also the op position with which it is meeting from sensible American citizens who are awakening to a realization of the serious menace this arrogant un American secret fraternity is to American institutions. Its propa ganda against our own group which of course has done and is doing us much damage is not giving us chief concern. Difficult tho it may be to overcome the adverse conditions which it is creating for us, by vir tue of our own manhood we shall tri umph over these. It is simply mak ing our task a little more difficult. The more serious aspect is the dam age this organization is capable of doing, and wilfully and maliciously designs to do. the American republic. Its doctrine of “Might is Right,” and “Let Him Keep Who Can,” with its sinister purpose of arraying class against class, race against race, and creed against creed, that it may' car ry out its ulterior designs, threatens the very life of our nation. Can America survive, can she fulfill her God-appointed destiny, which we be lieve to be a high and glorious one, if the “Invisible Empire’’ has full sway? No, by no means. Here then is the menace. The newspapers there fore, which are giving publicity to the real purport and principles of the Kluxies are doing a noble, patriotic service. Titiless publicity tolls the death knell of this bolshevistic organ ization, with its sacred “Kloran," Kleages and Wizards. AS the autumn approaches our peo pie ought to be giving some tbot as to how they can employ a certain portion of their leisure during the long winter nights to intellectual im provement. Rv the judicious selec tion of some worth-while books, foi thoughtful reading, study and diges tion one can add very substantially tf Vi? general knowledge and education The Monitor suggests that its read er." decide to follow a systemati< course of reading this winter alont some particular line. Read at leas' one worth-while book this winter. NIGHT SCHOOLS ■W7E desire to call the attention of ** our Omaha readers to the fact that before long night schools will he open for all who desire to attend. Here is an excellent opportunity for those whose educational chances have been limited or neglected to improve their education. There should he a large enrollment from our people in these schools when they open. Peo ple of foreign birth, men and women as well as girls and hoys atter.l these schools in large numbers, all eager to learn. We hope, therefore, that our own people will do the same. Minis ters of the city can do a great ser vice to our people by calling their attention to these night schools and urging such as will to enroll and go regularly, sticking to their task tena ciously. WIDENING TWENTY FOERTH ST. rpHE widening of Twenty-fourth St. at the enormous cost of ^4,000,000 to be assessed against property own ers far distant from this point is not a crying necessity. It can well v, ait until needed improvements, more im portant than the widening of this growing thoroughfare, are undertak en in other sections of the city. There has been a good deal of speculation in property adjacent to Twenty-fourth street predicated upon the proposed widening of the street. Land specu lators, of course, ure anxious that the scheme should go through. The com missioners did the right thing in turn ing it down. G:ve other sections the Improvements for which tin / are ask • ing and let the widening of Twenty fourth street wait. It must be done ultimately, but not now. BETTER LIGHTS TWORTH Twenty-fourth street needs ^ more and better lights. Mr. Koutsky, you have charge of Public Improvements, when are you going to A BETTER PLAN IJOYS, ami old men too, the better plan is to get one of those little banks which hold dimes and put your thirty or more cents a day which you are now spending to catch a “saddle or a gig” in that little bank and when you get a dollar or two put it in a savings bank. It’s the better plan, boys. TEACHERS WANTED Lady of settled disposition to teach piano lessons and high school mathe matics in southern school. If can’t teach mathematics state what can teach. Explain age, your preparation what you can teach and salary desir ed in first letter. Address "Shcool Work” In care “Monitor” Kaffir Bldg. Omaha, Neb. THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE ABOUT INTRODUCTIONS We are more sensible of what Ib done against custom than against nature.— Plutarch. NO ONE has any good excuse for not being aide to make Intro ductions easily and In good form, it ta simply a matter of knowing the right form and then in a little prac tice, It is an act that requires no j originality and no special talent. But there are a lot of people neverthe less, who always do hnngle an intro duction. and this for the simple reason i that they do not give the subject suf ficient thought or do not trouble themselves to look np the right way to do it. The other day I observed a stalwart young corporal, proud to have his cheery-faced little mother visiting him, and eager to Introduce her to his friends. “Mother, meet Sergeant Jones,” he said ns one of his friends approached, and again. "Smith, know my mother.” To be snre this answered the pur pose and as every one was very happy on the occasion It probably didn't make much difference how the intro duction was made. But the form was far from courteous. In the ftr-t place a man should al | Can’t Find Name for j Nineteenth Offspring ♦ ♦ Lynchburg, Va. — Fred O.- { J shamr. fattier of 19 children. ♦ \ 18 of whom are living, lias, he | t says, run out of names and he » • Is asking his friends here to 1 1’ suggest a name for the last, a ♦ two-months-old boy. The eight- t eetith child whs named Thomas t Jefferson by former President l • Woodrow Wilson at Mr. Skin- t j tier's request two years ago. 4.....,...><■..->..■^■■►4 Moved and Seconded. Indirectly, tlie recent prize fight gave us a new word, or rather revived an old one, for there our national word and-sltnlle sharp. Frank Wllstach, says he heard for the first time the word "dither.” This means to quiver, to vi brate, as, for exnmple. "She caused the audience to dither with delight.” Not a particularly pretty word, per haps, but a prettier one for the same thing than shimmy, which we suggest tie sent Immediately to the cannery.— Boston Transcript. OPEN SOUTH SIDE OFFICE Drs. R. C. Riddle and Amos R. Mad ison have opened up an attractive suite of offices on the South side, at 2524 Q. Street in conection with the law office of Ailey W. Lewis. The attorney and physicians have a com mon reception room but private con sultation rooms. + ' 5 Woman Bears Five Children * | in Two Weeks; All Are Well ; * From Budapest, Hungary. J t comes the official story of a t J woman who gave birth to live J t children recently, an event that t J occurs once In 700,000 times, ac- J 0 cording to phyalciana. The moth- * ! er I* forty-one years old. and at t t the time was the mother of ten * J children. Including one pair of * * twins. * j The mother waa taken 111 aft- » * er alighting from a street car. J { She was removed to a hospital, 0 * where the live births occurred * 0 over a period of two weeks. The 0 * mother and the Ave babes left J 0 the hospital A month later in a # healthy condition. WOMAN PREFERS AIR LIMOUSINE Owns Ranches and Uses It in Preference to Trains and Automobiles. PLANS TRIP TO NEW YORK California Woman Invites Her Friend* Out for Air Flight Just as One Would for Ride in Motor— Makes Record Trip. Ran Francisco.—The day of air limousines Is here. If you suddenly make up your mind you want to hop off for anywhere within gasolene range, merely call up your air ehauffenr and tell him to have the ol' boat ready. That is what Mrs. W. A. Keddie. owner of a string of ranches in Nevada, did the other day when she decided to fly to Reno. Mrs. Keddie, who purchased the plane some time ago, merely railed up her pilot and said. ”I>et’s go at two o’clock.” Then she called up her friend, Mrs. Mazle Faulk of San Francisco and asked her to go along. Mrs. Faulk accepted pronto. Great Convenience. W. W. Williams, formerly of the Royal Flying Corps of Canada, who acts ns pilot, had the motor turning over when the two women, dressed in flying togs, reached the Marina. As soon as the women had taken their seats he stepped on the throttle and the big Standard J-1 plane, with a Curtiss K-fl motor, was on Its way. Mrs. Keddie, who acts as manager for her various ranches and calls Fallon, Nev.. her home, purchased the machine some time ago to fly between I her various ranches. She found It so | successful that when she found It neo | essarv to return to Reno in a hurry she telegraphed to Fallon for the rna | chine and stayed another day In San i Francisco, finishing up business affairs. Landing fields have been built at ; each ranch and a system of lighting i has been installed so that night land ' Inge can he made. She has attempted only a few night flights, hut she says ; she enjoys them quite as much as dHy flying. I Mrs. Keddie expects to leave Reno ' soon to make a quick tour of her prop | ertles. Later this summer she expects i to take a vacation—an aerial vacation In which she expects to fly by easy : stages from San Francisco to New York. First on Record. The trip just made is the first on i record in which two women flew over the summit of the high range between California and Nevada. Only one other woman Is known to have taken ihe same trip by air. “Like It?" Said Mrs. Keddie. “Of i conrse I do. Who wouldn't? 1 would not go hack to railroad trains and their | fussy stops at tank towns for water. ' or automobiles with their habits of I getting stalled for anything—unless. ! you know. I could not go by airplane ” PROVED HE WAS NOT YELLOW Jumps From Williamsburg Bridge on Dare—Later Saves Drowning Friend. New York.—There Is no doubt now in the minds of (ieorge Korach’s friends as to his courage. He has j satisfied them beyond need of further ! proof that he has no “yellow streak.” I A month ago one of them tauntingly ! dared him to Jump off the Williams j burg bridge and Korach jumped. Now he has saved another of his friends i from drowning in the Fast river. Korach. who is twenty-five years old, started on a swim with Frank Posplck. They set out from North Fifth street, but had gone only a little way dow-n the river when Posnlck got a cramp and vus swept by the current under one of the Brooklyn piers. Korach found him and awatn wdtb his friend back to the North Fifth street dock where friends helped them out of the water. BAN AUTO TIRES AT BEACHES ' Atlantic City (N. J.) Officials Say Buoys Are Dangerous When They Deflate. Atlantic City.—Once again the ban baa been placed on the use of auto mobile tires as floating mattresses for bathers by Chief Beach Surgeon Charles Boaaert. Several near-drown lngs were ascribed to them, and they have been banished from the beach In consequence. The tires act as a |>erfect buoy aa long as they remain inflated, but once the air begins to leak out of them they leave the bather at the mercy of the waves. "Experience has taught us that they | Invite bathers to venture Into peril.” .; said Surgeon Bossert. “If they were ; permitted, the use of them would In crease, and it would impose just so much more responsibility on the guards.” Farmers Demand Barley Beer. Washington. — Representatives of , grain dealers and farmers of the state of Minnesota, Representative Vol stead's home, have demanded that con gress legalize 2.75 per cent barley malt beer ns a mean*' of aiding the barley growing district*. PIANO MARVEL AT AGE OF THREE Cleveland 0., Sept. 15.*—Three year old Forrest Simms is a marvel at the piano altho Wind in both eyes. He re produces any tune after hearing it played by someone else on the piano or on the phonograph. M TunUna, M Tonkin* any* many a man atnin be ia giving advice when be la Merely being encouraged to loosen up *ls conversation and get his measure I >i.V.WiSVW/i,iWAWAV.V.V«VAViVAW.,i*A,.\W,ViWi,.V I WATCH FOR OUR AHNOUNCEMENT j! % in next week's paper ’» 5 of an exceptional 2 | BLANKET AND MATTRESS SALE to he held at our two Stores ^ Saturday, Sept. 21th jj •* A Mile from Down Town. 'Tis T rue. \ j Hut a Mile from High Prices, Too. I* * -- i DOLAN & SHEILDS FURNITURE CO. Inc. S 21th 4. l.ake Sts., Two Stores 25th & Leav., Jj £ Web. 0864 Atlantic 2080 I; A,2A,A,22AVA,.VA,22A,2AVAVAVA,.WAW.'.".i.M.ijjL.j.j /.V.VAV.W.V.V.V.V,VAV.\\\\\V.\V.^\S%\V.VAV.V.V.y IAk-SAB-BEN 20 t« 3:.% BEIMCTION SALE |l Don't fail to look over out wonderful new line of fall Jewelry. 3 O11 account of lower rent and expense* we can sell at prices that ^ will please you. Easy payment terms to responsible customers. 3 Select your Christmas gifts now and start payments. 9 OVKB 1,300 SOLID BINDS TO SELECT FBOM 3 Diamond set black onyx rings, $30.00 up. I* Parker, Waterman, Dunn, Snap-Fill Fountain Pens and Eversbarp 2 Pencils jS ? EvP*rt Dr. L.C. 3 ,B Watch i S V Larsen ■* V repair- . . % ■■ . , register I; lng a" — - —ed °ptic- •’ :• Jewelry Larsen -< i.« u ■: :: factor- lewelrx^ >— % ? ing 204^6^. ^tyTtOre*7 C^Ka- Per,enC* 3 B« Ytom** O 6109 ittMoieib >yo» Nskra^ky ■ 2 North of Post Office. aj V.'.NNV.V.V.V.V.'.V.NV.V.VSV.NV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V/.V.V.V ADLER & FORBES ji BAKERY “Try Our Milk Crest % Bread First" I* •ViV^.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V Sunburned Nose Use plenty of cooling fci kit ten win. playing on the sidewalk A stray dog <-nme lip to them with which Eleanor Immediately became friendly. Meanwhile the kitten proceeded to swell np and spit, showing usual cat tllfdlke for a dog. Eleanor, noticing the cat's apparent displeasure, said: •“I.nni 111 that, will you? She always acts like ttint when I speak to R .log.” Partially Identified. Hlonn—"Did you ever meet a fello * down there with one leg nuiued San ders?” Doan (pondering)—“What war the name of tils other leg?” Pearl Fishers in Sea All Year. The women pearl Ushers of Japan commence their work at the nge of fourteen and are In the water,almost all the year round, except In the coldest season, from the end of (»e cemher to the beginning of February Venerate Sandal Wood No wood Is so largely used try llln Jus In India as sandal wool. Whether Uvlng or dead, it has !>een connected ; with their religious ceremonies for ♦ver fourteen centuries. I Specialty Egg I Thoroughly Screened I mi $8.50 p*r tob j ALL BUBS RADIANT COAL AU, SIZF8 I j The Bert From Frunklln Co, HI. ! CLEAN, HOT, LONG LASTING BeUrered $12.00 I Genuine ConSUITlGrS Petroleum Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Hard Coal Supply Co. \ $22.00 “Deuler. In Good Foul” $20.00 ppt Ton PO oelas WWO L ,M>r T°n_ .WAWAW.W.,,V.VAV.V.V.,.V.WJ,/.,.VA,AVA,.V.,.V.,.Y (base ball( jj MON ARCUS Zr :■ vs. I; £ MURPHY Dll) ITS ;Z •I The Monarchs are The Cream of the National Colored \ V League \ J SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 5 ■; September 17th and 18th \ j: at Sr S WESTERN LEAGUE PARK { ' Saturday at 3:30 . S f Sunday 1st Came at 2:00 I* ■Z Don't Miss This One Chance to See ;Z > A REAL BALL GAME *Z «C .\V.V.%V.W.\V.V.W.V'.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.W.,.V.V.V.V ■»" - - . I . . I j: Women s Oxfords \ f , ■" ■* and Pumps j I ■: Now on sale at nearly % HALF PRICE | j; Bring the family and save money 1 STAR STORE | S 1831-1833-1835 No. 24th Str. > :: •: v.v.v.v.v.v. .yA^w^.v.%^v.v^vA%%v\sv.v.v.-.v.v.v.v.-.v.v.v"v (AGENTS MAKE BIG MONET f.fffis-ftWSMs •sznss »*;j | Omaha product for Omahan*. Apply Monday, Sept. 1 »th beteewn3 10 a. m., Room No. 2, Kaffir Block. Ask for Mr. Brown. ad‘. ' 3 Announcement UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIII , Di\ R. C. Riddle wishes l to announce that he has leturned from his pleasure trip and vacation and is now fit and ready to care for all those who need his "?■ professional services. Ife / |V is scientifically equipped to care for chronic diseases W and surgery. He solicits ' the patronage of all who need professional service. J I Office Kaffir Block, 817 Cuming Street, Bought* 7841. I South Side Office-2522 Q St. Market 4055 I ‘ J Hours 3 p. m. to 7 p. nt. I \ /j Reid—Duffy Pharmacy f i 24th and Lake Sts. J Free lelinry Witter ||SI 1 MTRORIZE THE STATE FIRHITRRE COT i 14TH ST. CORNER DODGE ST. Dw*Im1«17 J Vt- bbbns WICK "77- \