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
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[ 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
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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.
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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?