r _ _ WE RE LIFTING ^ I T P ]\ /I ^ I ^ 1^ STEADILY GROWING I-1 Y I ■ ^ I fJhC THANKS ALL AhOUND! A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS T THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy ^ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1921. Vol. VII. No. 24. Whole No. 336. WHAT OBSERVERS ARE OBSERVIRG IhVASHIHGTOR President's Message ^ '’ongress Is Considered Thorough merican In Tone And Has In • All Citizens of Repub. *V, EARLY ACTION ON DYER BILL Anticipated By Those In Touch With 1 National Legislation. Johnson’s Rejection Deemed Unwise. Daugherty for Justice (By The Associated Negro Press) , WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 15.— President Harding has a thoroughly American message to Congress, ac cording to the opinion of a majority of the people. The President made no reference to racial matters, nor lynching. This is regarded as being in keeping with the fundamental pur pose of the message, and the avowed ideals of the Administration of talk ing to all Americans alike. •With reference to lynching, a sub Y ject occupying much attention in Congress with Administration back ing, the Dyer bill promises to take early precedence over other legisla tion. In other words, Congress is at last aroused to the necessity of heal ing the wounds of disappointment in the body politic caused by the inflic tion of painful silence. "Passing the Buck," has become one of the season’s pastimes. House members and Senators who returned from a brief vacation to the home lands, bring back news of most dis quieting unrest because there has not been enough practical politics played in the Iiew Administration. There are murmurings about the White House with fingers pointed in the di rection of Capitol Hill, and there are murmurings on the hill about affairs at the other end of the avenue polit ically speaking. Around Republican headquarters—j National—, in the Munsey Building,1 which is about half way between ttye* two other locations, they are pointing! their fingers with outstretched hands,' in both directions. The plain facts of the case, as view-j ed from the Washington monument, which gives a bird’s-eye-view of all, there should be considerable speeding up in all directions. Alibis and "pass ing the buck” will not carry the cause of 1922. Party workers, who get out in the dust and mud and tune the electorate up to singing the song of victory on the first Tuesday in No vember, will refuse to accept excuses. Determined Leadership Needed It is being said by all the folks con cerned, and this includes those who are coming up for suffrage approval, or condemnation next year, that a I, really determined leadership, void of ' sentiment, is needed. It is being argued, especially by members of Congress, with whom the A. N. P. representative discussed the situation, that the Senate "Pulled a terrible boner,” when it failed to con firm Henry Lincoln Johnson. The re action of the Race press on this mat ter seems to justify the contention of the Congressional side. From one end of the country to the othf , the press has condemned the failure in no uncertain terms. Ah a matter of cold fact, party man agers, responsible for the election suc cess of the party, have expressed the fear that the Democrats might con tinue to play, a bit of "Senatorial Courtesy” politics, and put in a per sonal objection on all Presidential nominations, from now on. Investigation by The Associated Negro Press discloses the fact that the majority of the good places held by the stalwarts of official prefer ment, are still occupied by Democrats, a few of whom profess to be Republi cans, and many of whom still con I Nebraska Civil Rights Bill j Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1893. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amuse ment; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. / 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 deemed 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 sccount of color. Messenger vs. States 25 Nebr. page 677. N. | W. 638.” "A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with refreshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly Ji able, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in a more private part of the house. Ferguson vs. Gies, 82 Mich. 358: N. W. 718, tinue to admit with gusto that they are "Dixie Democrats.’’ W. E. Gibbs Is Retired It will be gratifying information to those who followed the series of articles carried by The Associated Negro Press last summer, to learn that W. E. Gibbs, who was then sec retary to Attorney General Daugh erty, has been retired from that po sition where he could not see why Colored Americans should object to segregation in the Department be cause white people did not object, and his position has been filled by Secre tary' Martin, who was formerly sec retary to the late Senator Knox. Mr. Martin is both a gentleman and a good Republican. Attorney General Daugherty has declared in an open statement that his department must be run with ab solute fairness to all. In discussing, recently the grave responsibility of selecting thirty-two additional Fed eral Judges, who are appointed foi life, Mr. Daugherty declared that they must be men who will be just to all, "rich and poor, white and colored.” He further declared that they must be men who will see that all laws are enforced without fear or favor. Special Assistant Attorney General Perry W. Howard has handled the cases assigned to him with much cred it in the “Claims Department," that he has been given the privilege of promoting his former clerk, Attorney Lewis Mellinger, to be his assistant and I,. R. Lautier, acting as secretary and C. A. Evans, who was stenogra pher for years in the office of the late Senator Knox. GUIOU TAYLOR MAKING GOOD IN MUSIC Omaha Hoy Receives Complimentary Notice in Kansas City Advocate. In Son of Mrs. Northern Jenkins. The Kansas City Advocate in a re cent Issue contained the following item which will be of interest to Om aha readers. “Last Sunday at 3 p. m. the public was given one of the few musical treats that it has been their oppor tunitv to hear. It was a concert ren dered by the Western University hand and was held in the auditorium of the First A. M. E. Church. A large and appreciative audience was present. While this is only a college, organization it has a score or more of excellent musiciahs. “Mr. G. Taylor, a young man of Omaha, Nebr., is the director. He is, also director of the orchestra and teacher of violin and is making out of these departments the best music al organizations Western has evei had.” 1 Guiou Taylor, who is the son of Mrs. Northern Jenkins, of 2917 North Twenty-fifth street, this city, is not ,et eighteen years of age. RUMORED COTTRELL MAY BE RECORDER Ohio Politician Selected In the PI«k Of Henry Lincoln Johnson Who Was Not Confirmed WASHINGTON, Dec. 1",. — The name of Charles Cottrell, colored pol itician of Toledo, Ohio, is expected to be sent to the Senate shortly after congress reconvenes for confirmation as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Cottrell will get the job following the refusal of the senate to confirm Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Georgia, who was first nominated. Johnson is said to have been opposed by Pres ident Harding, who favored giving the plum to Cottrell. Efforts being made to keep the job from going to any colored man will prove unavailing, it is now in Heated, Cottrell when named, will become the employer of a number of white wo men working in this office. , , RETURNS FROM DENVER The Rev. John Albert Williams, pas tor of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon and editor of the Monitor, re turned this week from Dnver, Colo., where he preached an eight day mis sion from November 27 to December 4, in the Church of the Holy Redeem er, of which the Rev. Harry Ellsworth Rahming, a talented young priest, is vicar. The niision services were well attended. Father Williams remained for several days after the close of the mission, taking a brief, but well earned vacation, and was most hospitably en tertained by the vicar and many friends in the congregation, some of whom were former residents of Om aha. NATIVES OF INDIA GIVE WALES PRINCE A COLD RECEPTION Proclaim Day of Mourning and Re fuse to Take Part in Ceremonies . At Allahabad LONDON, Dec. 12.—A complete boycott by the natives marked tht Prince of Wales’- visit to Allahabad, India, today. Obedient to Ghandi’s orders, the natives proclaimed a “partal,” or day of mourning, when the prince arrived refusing to attend the ceremonies to the royal visit. No violence or other outbreaks were reported during the prince’s visit but it is said that threats, intim idations and terrorization were used by the native extremists to prevent the people from attending the wel come. There was a remarkable scene when the prince arrived. Instead of tumultuous cheering crowdds such as have greeted them elsewhere, the roy al party was apparently a city of the dead. ADAM’S OiM'HESTPA GIVES GOOD CONCERT — Pine Musical Organization Pleaso Large Audience With Excellent Program at Zion Baptist Church The lecture room of Zion Baptist Church was filled with a large and ap preciative audience Monday night when Adams’ orehe=tra grve an ex cellent concert of classical numbers under the auspices of the Laymen’s Club of the church. This fine musical organization Is under the management of Holland Harrold and the leadership of W. P. Vaughn, and includes in it3 membership such artists as Jeff Smith, solo cornetist; W. P. Vaughn and Her bert Walton, violinists; H.McGill, pi anist; L. L. Gaines, clarinetist Lloyd Allen, tromlMjnlst; Joe Drake, Baxa phonist. The ensemble work and solo Holland Harrold, drummer and xylo phonlt. The ensemble work and solo ists were delightful and won repeated encores. The program opened prompt ly at the hour appointed, 8:30, with Barnhouse's march "Worthy Sons of America,” followed by Lutsplel Over ature by Bela and Reverie—D. Au tomne by Golden, all given with splen did interpretation and musicianship. Other orchestra numbers were Alexan der’s march, "The Southerner;" Prin cess of India,” overture by King; “Memories of Stephen Poster," med ley by Holmes; "Dream Chimes,” In termezzo, Wyatt; Sousa’s march, “Stars and Stripes Forever” and Hans flath’s overture "Sunshine and Show ers.” Special features of the excellent program were a cornet solo, "Facil ita,” by Jeff Smith; banjo solo “II Tra vatore” by R. W. Reed; soprano solo, "When the Heart Is Young," Miss Ir ene Cochran, who also sang by special request as an encore with ringing In spiration, "We’ve Fought Everey Ra ce’s Battle But Our Own;” and a drum solo, with xylophone obligato by Hol land Harrold, and a saxaphone quar tet, March of the Vikings, by Drake, McGill, Gaines and Allen. ABDUL BAHA PASHA SERVANT OF GOD, DIES Head of Movement Which is Gaining Adherents Among Colored People Of United States NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—A cable from Haifa, Syria, announces the death o^ Abdul Baha, “Servant of God,” expounder of the Bahaist move ment and recongnized as one of the greatest philosophers of modem times. In spite of the age old intolerance of religious beliefs and mankinds un iversal jealously of his chosen faith, Rahaism, so called, has taken a great er hold on the masses of mankind than any teaching since the life of Gautama Buddha. It is claimed that 50,000,000 people believe in and preach the Bahaistic philosophy that “of one blood God made all nations,” There are many thousands of colored people in the United States who have left orthodox Christianity and have become Bahaists because of the hy pocrisy of so-called Christians on th color question. Abdul Baha was bom at Teheran Persia, of noble parentage. In 1868 he and his father were banished to the prison of Akka, in Syria. When the Young Turks overthrew the des potic rule of the Sultan in 1908 he was freed and in 1912 he travelet through America. On May 1 of tha year he dedicated the sit at Chicag where the Bahaists are how building a temple costing many millions of dol lars which is intended as the center of their culture for all the world. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE DEFEATS FISK (By The Associated Negro Press.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 9.—Oi Thanksgiving afternoon in the South ern League Ball Park, Nashville, Tenn., before a large attendance ol football enthusiasts, the Morehouse College Tigers defeated the Fisk Bull dogs, 6-0. This annual battle for su premacy between the Tigers and the Bull-dogs was played on a sea of mud and water with a steosv. downpour of rain during three quarters of the game. The rain, however, seemed to increase the brilliancy of the playing t>f the two teams. Neither had tasteu the cup of defeat and both fought with a determination to finish with a clean slate and the title of Southern champions. The referee’s whistle brought the game to a close with the ball in More house’s possession and the Fisk team fighting valiantly to stave off anoth er touchdown. Both spectators and officials were loud in their praise of the players of both teams and the manner in which they conducted them selves. The officials were capable and efficient and the game went off with out delay and smoothly. The Morehouse team this year has proved itself a remarkable defensiv | team, only one time has any colleg team carried the ball within its thirty yard line, this honor going to Fisk The only scores recorded against the team were made in the first game of the season by Camp Ilenning. While the Morehouse varsity was subsiding the Fisk Bull-dogs Thanksgiving Day the Morehouse reserves were taming the Knox Institute team, at Athens Ga., 13-0. Morehousei .41 Camp Benning 18 Morehouse . 7 Morris Brown .. 0 Morehouse .41 Biddle . 0 Morehouse .13 Knoxville . () Morehouse . 7 Atlanta Uni. 0 Morehouse . 6 Fisk . 0 Morehouse Res 13 Knox Inst . 0 WEST VA. INSTITUTE WINS FROM WILBERFORCE 14-0 INSTITUTE, W. Va., Dec. 9. Fresh from their victory over the in experienced and rugged Kentucky State Normal, and trusting to their bewildering aerial attacks with vari ous trick formations and the famous Dartmouth “shift”, the Wilberforce warriors matched Institute on Turkey day and most submissively bowed their heads in the stinging defeat dealt them by the hard fighting “Yel lowjackets” of the West Virginia Col legiate Institute. Both teams were on a par and the rain drenched gridiron warranted their playing at a great disadvantage, nevertheless, that dar ing of the West Virginians resulted in a 14-0 victory. The lineup: W. V. C. I. 14 Pos Wilberforce 0 Holland (cap) le (cap) Trigg Wilson It Shearen Moore lg Caldwel Jones c Maghe Saunders rg Butle Preston rt Robert Smith re Edward Gough qb Mumford Harris lhb Sedwick Cardwell rhb Hurd Eaves fb Huff Score by quarters: W. V. C. I. .0 7 7 0—14 Wilberforce ...0 0 0 0— '0 Touchdowns—Cardwell, 2. Goals from touchdowns—Holland, 2. Referee—Gardner, V. P. I. Umpire —Stark, West Virginia Wesleyan. Head Linesman—Stratton, Howard. Timekeepers—Burk, W. V. C. I., and Smith, Wilberforce. Time of quarters —15 minutes. YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE MARRIED Laura May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Buckner, will be married to I.e Roy Kelly, st c? those who had issued the call tc t he conference. Moulds Public Opinion Meanwhile pub’c sentiment tV.i-nu.Lout the Uiutil States, by rceaus of personal inve-.rigHt.'.ns of lynclmgs, made by members of tie As ■■ nation's staff, ♦hi'the piess and public meetings, has been farmed to such an extent that nowhere does anyone dare to openly defend lynch ing. Only recently white women in Georgia and Alabama have denounced the lynching spirit, and denunciations have come from the most powerful of Southern newspapers. The National Associations investi gations of -ynchit'gs made on the spot, have done much to bring the facts to light. No other agency in the United States has been able to investigate lynchings as has the National Associ ation for the Advancement of Colored People, whose representatives have frequently risked their lives in order that the facts might be made known. After ten years of unremitting ef fort, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is confident that if public opinion will rally to the support of the Dyer Bill, it can be enacted into law, thus crown ing the long and arduous afforts made to obtain this legislation.