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• .The Monitor —— A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor # $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 25th, 1922 Vol. VIII—No. 8 Whole Number 372 LODGE A PROTEST WITH GOV. McKELVIE OH BOXING HOLING Colored Delegation from Omaha Calls on Governor to Complain of Race Discrimination Against Black Boxers in Nebraska ARY JIM CROW LAW RRFAIR Want Act Prohibiting Fistic En counters Between White and Col ored Fighters Repealed—Not Defending Jack Johnson. Complaint of race discrimination against negro boxers in Nebraska was made to Governor McKelvie on Thursday forenoon ny a delegation of four colored men from Omaha who called at his office to protest and ask for the abolition of Rule No. 8 of the regulations promulgated by Public Welfare Secretary Antles and Athletic Commissioner Doyle, which forbids mixed bouts between whites and blacks. Dr. L. E. Britt, Dr. C. H. Single ton, Rev. F. J. Bryant, and H. W'. Black, the latter an employe of tile Omaha postoffice, were in trie parry that saw the governor. Athletic Com missioner Doyle, who came into the office about the same time, remained and took part in the interview. After hearing what the delegation had to say and discussing the mat ter with them, Governor McKelvie announced that he would take no ac tion until he had conferred with some of the leading sportsmen in Nebraska. He complimented his callers for pre senting their grievance in a courteous] and orderly way. Not Taking Jack Johnson’s Part “This complaint has nothing to do with the athletic commissioner’s order barring Jack Johnson from the state,” Mr. Black stated to newspaper men. “We understand that order was based : on a criminal charge against Johnson, and not for his color. “What we are protesting against is ] the rule which prohibits any licensed club from staging a mixed bout, where one of the contestants is white and the other colored. This is unfair, un-American and contrary to the federal and state constitutions. It denies the right to colored men to en ter a competition on fair and equal | terms with others. It closes the door : of opportunity to our race, and we desire to have it expunged.” The delegation appeared on hefiall of the National Association for Ad vancement of Colored Peop... Its members told the governor that New York and Michigan, which formerly had a similar rule, have wiped it out and now permit mixed bouts. Jack Taylor, a colored man who is one of Jack Dempsey’s training corps, tried to get some matches at Omaha, they said, and promoters there were wilting to put him on, but under the existing state regulations, no athletic club could permit him to go against a white man. Why Rule Was Adopted Athletic Commissioner Doyle denied that there is any purpose on the part of the state authorities to discrimin ate, but said Rule No. 8 was adopted for good ami sufficient reasons drawn from the experience of other com munities. “At the time these rules were put into effect a year ago,” said Doyle, “there had been some serious race troubles in different sections, and It was feared that mixed boxing matches would tend to the same thing here. Following the fight between Johnson and Jeffries some years ago. race riots broke out in five states. Wo want to get along in Nebraska with out anything of that sort." The colored men called attention to the fact that only Negroes are barred, while Japs, Indians, Mexicans, and others are allowed to take part in contests. No request was made for a club permit to hold boxing exhibitions. The complainants said all they were asking for is the right to have boxers i 'heir own race compete with white > men at any licensed club. Omaha has one colored orgar.lza tion which holds a state license. Its events, of course, are restricted to members of Its own race. —Lincoln ‘ tar, Thursday, August 17th. YOUTH IS SAVED FHOM WHITE MOB BY SHEBIFF’S HUSE Blot don* and Bravery of White Of ficer Prevents an Outrage In Oklahoma. Vlnita, Okla., Aug. 26.-—Riot guns unleashed and ready for Instant use coupled with the unswerving sense of duty and bravery of Sheriff Rid enour, prevented a lynching here last week, when Ellas Ridge, 18-year-old colored youth, held In connection with the killing of a white woman, saun tered through the crowd which was hoarsely demanding his life, and sped away to safety In an automobile. It was not until hours later that the crowd discovered that they had been the victim of a ruse Explain* Detail*. When members of the mob entered tile Jail here on Invitation of Sheriff Ridenour to "see for themselves that I lie was iiiot there,” Ridge was stand ■ ing behind the door which was open ed to admit them. When the scarch s had passed Into the building, Ridge, a straw hat pulled over his ■ yes, sauntered out with two deputy sheriffs, walking unconcernedly near him. Three blocks down the street they entered a molor car ami s|>cd (<> daremore where the prisoner was placed i,n the Rogers county Jail. HOLD PHYSICIAN ON OPERATION CHARGES Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 25.—A bomb shell was exploded in the midst of Memphis’ most exclusive social set last week when Arthur K. Kennedy, prominent physician was arrested on charges involving illegal operations on white women. Two Women Arrested. Two of the white women, whose names have not been revealed, and F. A. Moore, colored house physician at the Jane Terrill hospital, a colored institution, were also arrested. Ur. Kennedy according to the po lice, Is said to have admitted the charges, while Moore admitted assist ing Kennedy. It Is claimed that disclosures of a sensational nature and Involving some of the most socially prominent fam ilies In this city will he brought to light when the case comes to trial. COMPLAINT AGAINST OFFICER DISMISSED The complaint filed by James Banks against Police Officer Prophet H. Jen kins charging him with assault was dismissed by the City Council Monday morning. Banks did not appear. OUR SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN OPENS The Monitor Offers Hadnsome and Valuable Premiums Which Any Wide-Awake Person Can Easily Secure. The Monitor is putting on a SIX WEEKS’ CIRCULATION CAM PAIGN. We are making a DRIVE for 1,000 NEW SUBSCRIBERS in OMAHA and VICINITY by OCTO BER FIRST. We are going to get them. Watch and see. During this campaign we will accept NEW SUB SCRIBERS ONLY at the SPECIAL RATE OF $1.00 A YEAR; 50 CENTS FOR SIX MONTHS. 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The wedding will be contingent on Mrs. Wakefield’s securing a divorce from her present husband. All three memhers of the triangle admitted the situation. Tells of Love for Kendrick. She told of her love for Kendrick, of her desire to marry him, and her willingness to sec that Mrs. Kendrick and her baby were provided for. ”1 told Mrs. Kendrick a long time; ago Ihat I loved her husband and wanted to mRrrv him,” she said. "She j seemed satisfied. I promised her that she would have a home with Rodney | and myself as long as she lived.’’ 4,650 INITIATED INTO TIIE KL AN AT (TlIfAflO j Chicago, Aug. 25.- Beneath the red glare from a blazing cross what was , said to be nation’s biggest class of | new Ku Klux Ktansmen, 4,650 candi dates, was Initiated In a huge field Just outside of Chicago late Saturday night. HEAD NURSE PLEASED WITH THE OUTLOOK Miss Marie Bryant, of Ellis, Kansas, who graduated at Provident Hospital, Chicago, in the June class, and is serving as head nurse at the Mercy Hospital, Sixteenth and Cuming street, is well pleased with the outlook for this young institution. Miss Bryant, when off duty, is making her home with Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North Twentieth street. i WOMEN CALL AT WHITE HOUSE TO URGE ACTION ON ANTI-LYNCHING HILL I -“ Washington, I). C., Aug. 26.—A dele gation of women announced after a visit to the White House that Presi ! dent Harding had promised to urge final congressional action on the Dyer anti-lynching bill as soon as consideration of the tariff and bonus measures is completed. He is said to have espressed doubl, however, whether passage of the anti-lyncning bill would be possible at this session of congress. The women also called on Senator Ix>dge form Massachusetts, the repub lican senate leader, and Senator Short ridge, republican, California, chairman of the commission which recently re ; ported the bill, and declared they J received from them a pledge for prompt action. The delegation rep resented the National Association of Negro Women. KANSAS CITY EDITOR VISITS OMAHA FRIENDS Chester A. Franklin, a former Oma ha boy of whom his friends are proud, ; but now a successful business jna.ii 01 Kansas City, Mo., being the proprietor ; of a large and well-equipped printing plant and editor of The Call, Kansas j City’s leading weekly newspaper, was I an Omaha visitor Saturday and Sun- j day. Mr. Franklin, at the age of six teen, graduated frorr *he Omaha Cen-1 tral High School, where he made an j enviable record in scholarship. His university career was cut short at the close of his freshman year by the ill ness of his father, the late George F. Franklin, editor of thr Enterprise, which compelled the fa-jr'iy’s removal to Denver, where his father’s protract ed illness and death threw a heavy burden upon the youth’s shoulders, which he manfully assumed. He suc cessfully conducted a printing busi-1 ness in Denver, removing subsequent- | ly to Kansas City, where by dint of , hard work, honorable dealing and ef ficient service he has built up a sub stantial business. Within a few weeks he will move his printing plant and the office of The Call into his own building in a valuable location on Eighteenth street. Among many pleasant features of Mr. Franklin’s visit to Omaha was a delightful inter view with one of his former High School teachers, Miss Kate A. Mc Hugh, who was an inspiration to him during his school career. Chester is six feet of clean, strong, forceful man hood, a type which is a valuable asset to our people. May their number mul tiply. While here he was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton and a hasty but welcome visitor in the homes of many old friends. ORDER TO CHECK LAWLESS BARD IS ORCAOIZED i — American Unity league to Oppose All Candidates .Supported by Ko Klux Klan In Coming Fall Elections. BISHOP FALLOWS AT HEAD Chicago, 111., Aug. 26.—Branding 1 the Ku Klux Klan as a menace to religious freedom and a source of ] danger to all true Americans, regard less of race, creed or condition of ! life, Bishop Samuel Fallows, honorary I chairman of the American Unity League, an organization having as Its aim a nation-wide effort to curb the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, showed I himself in hearty accord with tne movement, here last week, and prom ised to leave no stone unturned to ef fectively check the ‘‘hooded hoodlums of the night.” In a telegram sent to the Unity j League in response to the notice of his nomination, Bishop Fallows sent the following telegram from Callfor-1 nia: “The Ku Klux Klan Is a menace I to religious freedom, a source of dan-1 ger to the state and its growing j strength should be curbed through the united efforts of all true Ameri cans, regardless of creed, race or con dition of life.” DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, wife of the Rev. N. E. Stewart, a Baptist minister, who recently left for Africa, passed away at the home of her brother, R. Dewey Allen, 160!) North Twenty second street, last Wednesday. Mrs. Stewart, who was t'he daughter of the late Robert J. and Mary J. Allen, was born in f'anada and reared at Overton, Neb. She was married to Granville T. Jackson, who died some years ago. Subsequently she was! married to Mr. Stewart. Some months j ago she had a paralytic stroke. On j her way from services Sunday, August 12, she had another stroke, from which j she .never regained consciousness. The funeral was held last. Saturday from St. John’s A. M. E. church, where she had been a Sunday school teacher and class leader for many years. The Rev. W. C. Williams officiated. Inter ment was at Forest Lawn. The de ceased is survived by her husband, three brothers, George, Robert De wey, and Hunley Allen, all of Omaha; a sister, Mrs. Julia A. Collier of Cali fornia, and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Nebraska Civil Rights Bill ] Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1893. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state ahall 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 Rhall 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 :ijl "The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not .]! discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, ii! 25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638.” ;||j “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re | freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other rea?mn than || that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him bv setting a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs flies, 82 Mich. 358; N. W. 718” SUPREME PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER TO VISIT OMAHA Dr. R. A. Williams, Supreme Presi dent and Founder of the Royal Circle, will be in Omaha the week of the 11th of September to organize a Triangle Council in this city and with the Ex ecutive Committee to look after busi ness matters pertaining to the Circles | in the city. During his stay here an j address will be made by him at some 1 church to be named later. The Local [ Circles are planning a big week for the Supreme President and Executive | Committee, consisting of an outing at : Krug Park on either the.11th or 12th, | in connection with the celebration giv en by St. John’s Church, a banquet, etc. The Royal Circle is just 16 years old and is doing more for the Race than any other organization in the country, and is increasing its member ship and financial standing at such a fast rate that no other will ever be able to cope with it. It gives its mem bers now more than any other order or insurance company, for the amount paid in. Every loyal Colored man, woman and child should be a member of it, as it is strictly a race order and benefits the whole and not a few. Investigate and join now. For infor- I mation see Supreme Supervisor A. L. j Richmond, 1616% North 24th. Phone : Webster 3567, or see any member. All Circle matter, both local and national, will be found each week in a! column of The Monitor. ROYAL CIRCLE MAKES CLASS OF 264 CANDIDATES — Supreme Supervisor A. L. Richmond of The Supreme Royal Circle ol Friends of the World, on last Friday night obligated into the order a class of 264 candidates which brings the membership in this city in The Royal Circle to 1390 members since March 6, 1922. St. John’s Church was filled to capacity with members and candi dates, and all enjoyed remarks made by Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor, and a member of Victory Circle,,and the fol lowing physicians who are Medical Examiners of the Order, Doctors Hill, Northcross, Wiggins, Hawkins, Jones and Foster. Friend T. Elliott, Presi dent of Invincible Circle No. 1746 won the prize offered by Supervisor Rich mond to the Friend bringing in the highest number of candidates. OMAHA DELEGATION ATTENDS GRAND LODGE A delegation numbering twelve, re presenting lodges Nos. 4 and 9 of Omaha, attended the annual grand lodge of the Daughters of Bethel which met in Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 16-18. Good sized delegations were also present from Lincoln, Atchison and Leavenworth. The three days’ ses sion was full of interest. John E. Jeltz, of Lincoln, presided as Grand Supreme, and Mrs. Lulu Roundtree of Omaha, as Grand Worthy. The Omaha delegates were Mrs. Anna Banks, president of No. 4; Mrs. Effie Saddler, president of No. 7; and Mes dames Jennie Brown, Lucy Dents, Sarah A. Bragg, Edith Scott, Edith Harrison, Sina Long, Mary Cartwright and Martha Turner. The delegates returned Saturday. TAKES FIRST VACATION IN MANY YEARS Dillard Simpson, the popular club and hotel man, generally known ab “Cap” Simpson, left Monday night on his first real vacation for many years for an extensive southern trip. Mr. Simpson, who has occupied the position of headwaiter in several of the leading hotels and clubs in Omaha, but who lately has been on the information stand of the Athletic Club where his intelligence and courtesy have been appreciated by both employers ana guests, will go first to St Louis and thence to points in Georgia spending most of his time at his old home in Atlanta. He expects to be absent about a month. ARKANSAS COLLEGE TO ERECT A NEW SCHOOL Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 26.—The Philander Smith College has bought a forty-acre estate here, on which it Is planned to erect new buildings, ac cording to an announcement made ■ "hl'c Inst week. COUNCIL SUSTA S CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER ZICH Policeman Who JH is treated Colored Physician Is Pound Gnilty of Conduct Unbecoming an Officer. ZIMMM SCORES POLICEMAN Police Commissioner Bonn Requests Time to Consider Punishment W hich He Will Recommend— Rutler Dissents. By unanimous vote the city council on Tuesday morning sustained the charges filed by Dr. A. L. Hawkins against Policeman Joseph Zich, and found him guilty of conduct unbecom ing an officer. Police Conpnissioner Dunn requested further time to con sider the penalty he would recom mend. Commissioner Butler dissent ed, stating that the evidence was be fore the council and there was no need of delay. He voted "No” o,n the request for delay. Before the vote was taken Com missioner Zimman voiced his indigna tion at the treatment Dr. Hawkins had received. He said that Dr. Hawk ins, when he found that his auto mobile wag blocked by another car, acted with commendable judgement in telephoning the police station for an officer to extricate his car. Right ly assuming that had he tried to re move the blocking car suspicion might be cast upon him, he did the wise and sensible thing. He was entitled to courteous treatment. The evidence disclosed that he had not received it, hut upon the contrary had been in sulted by this officer to whom he politely appealed for assistance and who arrested him simply for trying to get his number. Five years on the police force had evidently not taught this officer good manners and he ought to be discharged. The evidence disclosed that on August 9th Dr. Hawkins had parked his car on Farnam near Thirteenth street. Upon returning he found the car blocked by another car. He tele phoned the station for relief. Seeing Patrolman Zich approaching and thinking he was the officer sent, Dr. Hawkins accosted him and told him his trouble. Do you see porter on my cap?,” said Zich. "What do you want me to do?” ‘'I’ve already told you, sir,” replied the doctor, “I cannot get into that car to remove it, and you being an officer I thought it was your duty to do so.” Not much! What do you take me for? You can’t find porter on my cap,” said Zich. “You colored folks with white starched collars think you run the town. I’ll knock some of that starch out of your collar." Seeing Dr. Hawkins looking at his badge, the officer said, “You’re trying to look me over, are you? Well I'll take you to the station and give you a good chance to look me over.” The patrolman arrested Dr. Hawk ins and charged him with “Interfer ing with an officer”. The doctor signed a bond for his appearance. When the case was called Judge Poster promptly discharged T)r. HawK ine, who filed the charges which were heard Tuesday morning. Dr. Hawkins was ably represented by Attorney A. P. Scruggs and Patrol man Zich by John N. Baldwin. Sev eral prominent citizens were present in the council chamber at the hearing. DEMOCRATIC CLUB FORMED The Nebraska Negro Democratic club was organized Thursday night at the office of County Committee man A. Stuart, 2405 Seward street, with a membership roll of fifty. Har ry Leland was elected chairman; Asa Oglesby, vice-chairman; R. B. Jones, financial secretary, and Jack Lewis, recording secretary. A CONVERSATION “Oh, isn’t that silver chocolate set a beauty I I want one.” “Get subscribers for The Monitor and it’s yours.” “But, can’t I buy one? I’ll pay yon cash for one. right now.” “No, thank you, they are not for sale. We give them as premiums.” Conversation that took place in the Monitor Business Office Monday, August 14, 1922.
