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Ij-"!rThe Monitor — J A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor ■ v ~ ■ . $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 26th, 1922 y0i yu \0 47 Whole Number 358 1 : I 1 A \ M_I [ FRANCE TO ERECT A MORIMENT FOR BLACK SOLDERS raleful Republic Will Commemorate Valorou* Deed* of the Colonial* Who raid Supreme Sacrifice > in Her Defence. REPUBLIC CARROT FORGET The Black ‘•Tirailleurs” From Every Part of fhe Vast African Conti* b nent W ho Paid Most Dearly in the Conflict. Paris, France, May 19.—In com memoration of the colored troops of every country who fell in the World War and or fheii' heroism and sac rifice to make fhe world Bafe for Democracy, the French Republic is arranging to erect a huge monu ment at Bamako, in the center of French Africa. The action, coming as a direct re ^ suit of popular public opinion to ' ^ tmmoi tallze, In some fitting way, the Mack heroes of every country, who milled their life blood on the bis torirc battlefields of France, shows that country’s appreciation. An official statement from France is of interest Made Supreme Sacrifice “During the great war, France hreatened by the loss of her tights rnd liberty, appealed to the deve lop and faithfulness of all her chil lren of adoption. Africans and Asiatics, with one accord and with hearty enthusiasm, sprung to the aid % of the Mother Country in danger, and came voluntarily to pour out f their life's blood with the best of her sous on every battlefield. But, of all the peoples living under the protection of tbe free flag of the French Republic it was the black "Tirailleurs” from every part of tbe vast African Continent, who paid ^ # most dearly for their participation in the final victory. Their glorious feats of arms accom plished alongside their comrades the "Poklus” were numerous. They dis tinguished themselves particularly at the two battles of the .Vlarne, on the Yyer, in Champagne, at Cheinln des Dames, Rhetms and on the Alsne. France is not a nation who forgets services rendered once the danger iB over. For this reason our committee proposes to honor in a dignified and titling manner her black heroes, the “Tirrailleurs,” who fell on the field of battle, by erecting at Bamako, in tbe center of French Africa, the first mon ument to their glory, on which will also be inscribed the names of the principal donutors and groups of do nators. France t» Pay Tribute It appears to us to be of world wide interest that every race of blacks should be afforded an oppor tunity to contribute their offerings towards the erection of this monu ment to commemorate the aacrriflce and heroism of so great a number amongst them on all the battlefields of Europe and Africa, and also to re cord the fraternity of the races and the great part played by the blacks in defense of civilization. Therefore, thanks to the generosity of the French people and your great nation, friend of Fiance, it will he pos sible for us to have erected a great aud durable tribute of heartfelt grati tude. Far away, on the banks of the N ancestral Niger, In the midst of the blacks who fought on the Great War for Right and Liberty, and who today have returned to their peaceful occu lt pations, the monument will awake In P their faithful hearts the great pride of having participated so nobly in the j making of history. The Rev. Griffin G. Logan was home for a few days last week leav ing Sunday night for Topeka, Kans. LOVETT A BUSCH STILL LEADS IN CONTEST Votes from Kansas points have been received for Miss Busch who leads in popularity and from Iowa and Min nesota for Miss Williams who goes to second place. The contest is get ting a little lively. Send in votes promptly. Here’s this week’s stand ing: I /ovetta Busch, 5219 South 29th street, 46 votes. Dorothy Williams, 1119 No. 21st street, 33 votes. Audrey Trueheart, 1443 So. 17th street, 23 votes. Cerelda Tucker, 2508 M street, So. Side, 15 votes. Ireta Walker, 1926 So. 14th street, 9 votes. Otis Watson, 2925 Grant street, 9 votes. OPEN SANITARIUM Drs. Kiddle and Madison formally opened their sanitarium in connection with their offices at 813, 815, 817 and 81!) North Sixteenth Street. Saturday, May 20. This enterprise is a step forward in a very much needed direc tion for the citizens of Omaha. It will be equipped with twenty beds, including private wards. The enter prise lias several patients now occupy ing rooms. This sanitarium will fill a very great need to the community and these young physicians deserve great commendation for this great step forward in providing this most needed Institution. A BITTER DEBATE MARKS PASSAGE OFJESOLUTIOR By Vote of 11N to 18#, House of Rcpre senlatlves Passes Measure Ap proving to,#09,00# Loan to African Republic NOW 60ES TO THE SENATE Forty Republican Members Side With Democrat* In Bitter Opposition to Certain Provisions of the Bill Washington, D. C., May 19.—Exten sion of a $'),000,001) credit to Liberia was voted Wednesday by the House, together with approval of terms, al ready negotiated, under which the United States will establish a virtual protectorate over the African republic. The passage of the measure by the House has shifted the issue to the Senate. The Forduey resolution pro viding the authority was adopted by a vote of 148 to 139 after four hours of heated debate, during which the entire Democratic side and a large number of Republicans voiced bitter opposi tion to the plan. Forty Republicans voted against the measure. The fight centered almost entirely about the financial plan and depos itory agreement under which the United Slates will send to Liberia a financial commissioner who will as sume control of most of the affairs of government. The slim majority on nine votes given the resolution was largely due to the contention of its opponents that It means taking over another permanent dependency. Picture "Another Haiti” Democratic speakers painted a pic ture of "another Haiti, governed by United States marines and exploited by big bankers under the protection of the United States Nuvy.” Representative Mills, Republican, of New York City, declared, during a re vival of the discussion of the securi ties held in New York, that he learned upon personal Inquiry that there was not more than $10,000 lent by New York firms. DR. EDWARDS HONORED At a recent meeting of the Execu tive Board of the National Medical Association at Newark, N. J., Dr. A. G. Edwards of Omaha was elected State Vice President. ' TYPES OF OMAHA HOMES . The orettj bungalow of Dr. and Mr*. AnguNtn* 0. Edward*, 2411 Er*kine Street. The iittraetbp home of the Be?. au<l Mrs. David McQiippb, 271W Charles Si reef. A great deal of favorable comment is being made upon the showing of types of homes owned by colored citizens which The Monitor is featuring. It is not generally known that our group ol citizens pay taxes on.realty totaling approximately $2,500,000. This week we present to our readers illustration of two more types of homes. MKMCAL ASSOCIATION WITHHOLDS ENDORSEMENT TO HOSPITAL PLAN The Negro Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association of Nebras ka, at a special meeting called May 22, 1922, tentatively rejected the pro position as offered by Rev. Jefferson Davis of Omaha, for a colored hospital because of certain features in the ar ticles of incorporation and bylaws, which the association believes to be inimical to the best interests of the public. The association, while fully cognizant of the urgent need of a hospital for, and conducted by mem berg of our group, feel that any plans for such an Institution should be pub licly declared, in order that the feasi bility of such might be considered. The association further wishes to go on record as being ready to endorse any plans by which it thinks that the bpulic can be best served. ...!"“^ffi Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. I Enacted in 1893. Sec. 1. Civil lights of persons. All persons within this state shall 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. 358; N. W. 718.” Takes Exception to Recent Editorial Which All Right Minded and Sane Think ing People Endorse Some member or members of the Kluxies, better known as the K. K. K., etc., evidently reads The Monitor. The mail has brought us a letter postmarked New York, to which was at tached our editorial of last week captioned “America’s Re proach.” We herewith reproduce our editorial and the interesting and illuminating letter which has filled us with such fear that our hand trembles as we write. But to be serious, we simply submit our editorial and this letter to the sober judgment of Monitor readers of both races, and ask which is the greater bene factor to our lieloved country, we who are pleading for the su-* premacy of law for all American citizens, or the hooded organ ization which works in secrecy and is ashamed to come out into the light. The Letter AAfhich We Received from the K. K. K. New York, May 23, 1922. Mr. Nigra Editor: Your ideas are all wrong here. What you advocate here must not and shall not be, as long as there are any white men in this Country. White Supremacy is our slogan and we are going to rule this Country without the aid or consent of any Nigra or bunch of Nigras, no matter how smart they may be. You may as well put away the fool notions expressed in this yawp. This is a white man’s coun ti-y and we are checking up on you while you are dreaming and having a good time. You’ve lost out politicaly and you can’t recover. We’ve put the thin edge of the wedge under Oregon and Omaha ! comes next. New York will follow for we whites are de termined to eliminate the Nigra from State and National politics. Yours Dyers et al are just stringing you Nigras for your votes. There is no way to enforce that bill. The white man couldn't live who attempted it. We are one family, North and South and, like you Nigras, we sympa thize with each other when our lives and liberties are men aced by an alien race. Your tall talk will not get the Nigra any further than he has gotten. There can be no Imperio in lmperium here. We haven’t the space. K. K. K. The Monitor, 204 Kaffir Block, Omaha, Nebraska. The Editorial To Which Exception Was Taken AMERICAS REPROACH years ago Tristam Bey, the Turkish minister, upon leaving America flung this deserved taunt at the United States, “Turkey does not burn human beings at the stake.” This was just subsequent to the burning of a black man at Paris, Texas, accused of a crime against a woman, but who died protesting his innocence. That was the same incident which evoked the comment from Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, that "dying men don’t He.” We are reminded of these suggestive statements from represen tives of civilizations which we account inferior to our own, by the fact that Texas has again been guilty of almost unbelievable barbarism by burning three human beings, in succession, to prolong the gruesome spectacle and amuse the depraved populace which gloated over the agony of the unfortu nate victims, two of whom died with hymns on their lips and protesting their innocence to the last. One vic tim is said to have confessed, under torture, implicating two others. The sheriff doubted the guilt of two of the men. Two white men whose shoes fit ted the footprints leading from the murdered girl’s body, were in custody under suspicion when the Negroes were lynched, but were released after the “confession” of Curry and the subsequent lynching. The body of an other black man, who is said to have said something against the lynching, was found swinging from a limb. Be fore the men were committed to the flames, they were mutilated and tor tured. Remember that this manifes tation of barbarism took place in a Texas hamlet in Christian America, in the shadow of a house of worship. Similar crimes against humanity and justice have occurred and are liable to occur in ordinarily well-governed Am erican cities in almost any section. America must be delivered from the barbarism of the mob or she is doom-, ed. In the light of this latest lynch ing why in heaven’s name does the United States Senate delay in passing the Dyer Bill? “Turkey does not bum human be ings at the stake.” No. Can Amer ica say as much? Why then should America bear this reproach when she has it within her power as a Christian nation to cast it from her?