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sp the Monitor § A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS g THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editow f m©© a Year. 5c ;t pv OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924 Whole Number 480 Vol. X—No. 12 f SPLENDID SERVICE BRINGS HONORS TO A COLORED DOCTOR Dr. S. B. Jones Received Distinguished Decoration from King George— Was Former Teacher in U. S. Schools London, Sept. 18.—Dr. S. B. Jones, who received his medical edication in the United States, has l>een awarded by King George the Order of Mem Iter of the British Empire in recog nition of meritorious services render ed in combating a smallpox epidemic in the British West Indies in 1923. Dr. Jones, who is medical officer, magistrate and coroner at Anguailla, Leeward Islands, West Indies, attend ed investture in Buckingham Palace, appearing before King George to re ceive one of the British ruler’s birth day honors. When an epidemic of smallpox swept the leeward Islands Dr. Jones used wholesale vacination to check the disease—a plan introduced in North Carolina several years ago by Dr. W. S. Rankin of the state board of health, which was a departure from isolat ing patients and those exposed to smallpox. Dr. Jones’ method was so successful as to attract the attention of medical authorities in England. Several months ago he came to l/>n doi: to take a post-graduate course and while here he received notice he would be honored by the King. Dr. Jones received his early educa tion in the government schools of the West Indies. He went to the United States shortly after l>eing graduated from Harrison college, Barbadoes, West Indies. He stayed in New York several weeks, deciding to live in the South. For two years he taught at Shaw University, four years at St. Augustine’s Episcopal College, Ra leigh, N. ('., then studied medicine at lx>yola University, Chicago. In 1915 he became head of the De partment of English at the Agricul tural and Technical College, Greens boro, N. C., and also served as col lege physician. In 1916 Dr. Jones married the daughter of Dr. James B. Dudley, the institution’s president. In 1917 he returned to the British West Indies with his wife and became con nected with the British medical serv ice there. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 22nd and Grant Sts. Rev. W. F. Botts, Pasor The pageant of All Nations which was to have been given at Zion Bap tist church September 15, under the auspices of teh Welcome Circle, was postponed on account of rain until September 25. Notice is hereby given to all queens, attendants, other par ticipants and the public that the pa geant will positively be held Thurs day, the 26th, at 8:30 p. m., rain or shine. ) |. _ ; . WAYNE ELSWORTH SAWTELL, ATTORNEY Who is one of the city’s most brilliant lawyers. Thorough in preparation, he is a hard, relentless fighter, who never relishes a defeat, and never accepts one until every point of law has been unsuccessfully brought to bear upon his client’s case. He is clean and honest. Lawyer Sawtell is a product of Iowa, having been born, raised and educated in Des Moines. He finished law from Des Moines University in 1910, coming to this city two years I afterwards where he has been located ever since in the Omaha National Bank building. He has been attorney for the Kaffir WESLEY GIVEN STAY FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR Colored Man Will Be Sent to Sani tarium for Insane—Was to Be Electrocuted Sept. 26 Sol Wesley, Omaha Negro, will not die September 26 for the murder of W. M. Deerson. District Judge Coss Wednesday issued an order postpon ing the execution “till the further or der of the court”. Wesley began acting abnormally several weeks ago and since then has not spoken a word. Judge Goss was summoned by Warden Fenton. He called into consultation a committee of experts consisting of Drs. W. S. Fast* D. G. Griffith and George E. Charlton, superintendents of the three state hospitals for the insane. They reported to the judge that W'esley is "mentally inaccessible” because he will not talk or answer questions, but sits gazing into space, clasping a Bible to his breast. They are unable to determine whether or not he is sane. Wesley is to be observed in the future and when the doctors decide he is sane they will report to the judge, who will then again impose the death penalty. Wesley was convicted of the murder of W. M. Deerson of Lodge Pole, Neb., in a grocery . tore at 3824 Sew ard street. Sentence of his companion in the attempted robbery of the store, I,e Roy Mauldron, was commuted to life imprisonment. ST. PAUL’S NOTES Attendance and interest in our ser vices seem to indicate a new spirit of work for the Master’s kingdom. Under the leadership of Superin tendent Mrs. M. A. Johnson the Sun day school rallied Sunday with a sub stantial addition to its treasury. The program of the Christian En deavor Sunday evening was conducted by Miss Ethel Speese and was excep tionally helpful and inspirational. Es pecially commendable were the read ings of the Misses Anna and Ethel Speese. By urgent request the Speese brothers male quartet gave a selection and though they' have not sung to gether for some time* it was demon strated that they are capable of add ing much to the musical resources of our city. This quartet and the Tay lor quartet will combine in a male voice double quartet for the service Sunday night, which will be in special behalf of men, with one of our pro fessional men as principle speaker. Mr. J S. Speese has consented to read “The Missionary Collection.” Dont fail to hear this. The pastors morning topic will be “Joshua and Caleb, or the Possibilities of Faith ami Courage.’ Rev. P. M. Harris, a well known business man on the^outh Side, and wife were both quite sick last week but are better at this writing. Omaha Central High School (By Courtesy of Omaha Chamber of Commerce.) BAPTIST ENTERPRISE PASSES THE QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR MARK National Baptist Publishing Board Through Its Secretary Makes a Big Report. Chicago, 111., Eighth Regiment Ar mory, Sept. 18.—Special to The Mon itor.—More than a quarter of a mil lion dollars worth of business for the I fiscal year wash reported by the sec retary of the National Baptist Pub lishing Board of the National Baptist convention. In addition to this, the value of the plant representing more than a million dollars was handed over to the convention in a statement of the secretary who gave a resume of the full year’s work. Twenty-five thousand dollars worth of improve ments were made, one hundred thous and copies of standard books, and ten million copies of the Sunday school periodicals were manufactured and printed in 1924 at the close of the fis cal year. The plant as shown in the secretary’s report, covers the biggest investment and is regarded as a Rock of Gibraltar in denamination etlorts. It was founded by the late R. H. Boyd, who established it in 1896, and who was its guiding hand until he passed into the Great Beyond. He was then succeeded by his oldest son, Henry Allen Boyd, who made to the Board this year, his second annual report. One of the features of the report was the humanitarian side of the work of the Publishing Board’s report, con nected with the religious activities, is that each employee is insured for $500.00 and the beneficiary of this in surance is named by the employee in dependent of the National Baptist Publishing Board and yet the Board pays the premium. The secretary showed that this was a kind of a bonus in advance. The editorial work extention work, Sunday school mis sions, new building program, with new feautres and new periodicals to be added cover a scope of the work out side of the financial statement, pre pared by the Homer K . Jones, (cer tified acountants) accompanied by a complete appraisal from the Lloyd Appraisal Bureau; the two substanti ating the statement that the Negro Baptists were holding in the National Baptist Publishing Board’s plant, an institution valued at a million dollars. It was the biggest report and showed the largest holding of any institution owned by any Negro denomination in the world. ALLEN CHAPEL A. !H. E. CHURCH Twenty-fifth and R Street®—MA. 4375. O. J. Burckhardt, Castor. Sunday was quite a day with us. Rjerv. A. W. Jones preached in the forenoon and Rev. Mr. Blackwell in the evening. Our league is back in working order and had a splendid meeting, there were visitors from North Omaha and Council Bluffs present. Supt. S. E. Cross expects to have a great League this year. He is begging for the co-operation of the young people of South Omaha. The pastor will fill his pulpit next Sunday. Come and encourage him by your presence. The sick committee report® the sick much improved at this writing. The pastor has only two more Sun days to close his year’s work. If you are really and truly his friend now is the time to prove it by helping him get his conference claims together. BALL POSTPONED Owing to the heavy rain the ball advertised for Monday evening, Sep tember 16, at Dreamland Hall was postponed to Friday evening, Septem ber 26, at the same place. Pilot Willing to Be Target for “Death Ray” Walter Sutter of Elizabeth. N. J., an experienced array pilot, who has come forward expressing his willing- j ness to fly a pluP'*,<nto the path of Grlndell Matthews' “Death Itny" anil claims that the ray will not bring him down in his plane even at the mean height of 1,000 feet. He also stutes that an experienced flyer would not have his plane wrecked hy the ray without some sort of a struggle. Refugee Family Tells of Hardships in Mexico Norfolk, V'a.—Deprived of their ranch and property accumulated in 19 years of hnrd work and forced by the Mexican revolution to flee penniless and without food, Wilhelm von Wal- j denfels and his family of four have arrived here en route to Germany. They brought a harrowing tale of flight from their home in the Interior of Tabasco, a 48-hour trip down the j Grijalva river to Frontera In a dilnpi- ] dated sailboat steered by a Mexican girl; of lost direction and the piling of the craft on the rocks and the fight I against drowning and, finally, of the long Journey afoot from Frontera to Vera Cruz. At Vera Oruz the refugees, hungry and sick, had their first bit of good luck In the presence in the harbor of a steamer. They had no money, but Captain Grashoft, u fellow country man, waved aside the question of passage. _ CARD OF THANKS We wish to than kour neighbors and friends for their kindness shown us during the illness and death of our beloved brother Joseph Cloyd, who de parted this life Tuesday, September 10, 1924. Also for the many beautiful flowers. A. L. ANDERSON, Brother. MRS. RUTH COVINGTON, Niece. MRS. CRAIG MORRIS, Niece. LEWIS and B. ANDERSON, Nephews. Rev. Bryant and wife have opened up & nice neat little cafe at 6110 South Twenty-fifth street. You can always find nice barbecued meats on hand. They deserve a generous patronage. COLORED CITIZENS OF DAYTON, OHIO . RESENT SEGREGATION Children lii'Hi-,. to <«« fo Basement for Instruction and Are Fully Burked by Parents Day ton, Ohio, Sept. 18.— (By the As sociated Negro Press)—Colored school children staging a strike protest against a segregation order of the school board Is causing no end of ex citement and indignation in this usu ally quiet burg. “The Basement for Colored Children’’ has been met by a square, “We won’t go in to the base ment for the school board or anybody else,” by the colored children who are being steadfastly backed by *he in sistence of their parents that the or der is grossly unfair and totally at variance with the laws governing the attendance of children in the public schools of the city. It is admitted on all sides that the colored people have assumed a digni fied and forceful attitude toward the question. They have backed up their verbal protests by filing a written protest to the board. This document is dated Dayton, Ohio, August 3rd, 1924. To the Board of Education of Dayton Public Schools: Hon. W. D. Blnik, president; Prof. Paul C. Stet son, Superintendent, greeting: We, the parents and representatives of that part of the citizenship of Dayton called the “colored group”, herewith assembled, arise to protest against the establishment of four new rooms for colored children in the Willard Dis trict. These rooms in positive segre gation are proposed, designated and ordered, are now assembled in the basement of what is commonly known as the Willard School. COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB REPORT FOR AUGUST Number of males applying for work, 237;females, 285; total, 522. Classification of men sent to jobs: Cooks 3, janitors and porters 4, handy men 17, valets 1, elevator boys 1, plasterers 1, laborers 9, chauffeurs 2, house men 1, dishwashers 1, car washers 3, totals 43. Classification of women sent to jobs. Cooks, G. H. work 26, maids 7, day workers 12, housekeeprs 3, cateresses 2, laundreses 8, scrub women 1, dish washers 4, waitresses 4, maids out of city 2; total 69. Total placement, 112. The following information was given: 1. General information concerning individuals and colored business houses. 2. Location of individuals and col-' ored business houses. 3. location of roms and homes for' colored people. 4. General information concerning colored people of Omaha. 5. To ex-service men: Information concerning bonus. 6. On to two hours each day spent filling out application for ex-service men for bonus. Schedule of meetings held at the club: Aug. 5, Nebraska Medical Associa iton. Aug. 6, Railroad Pullman Porters Progressive Association. Aug. 6. Executive Committee R. C. F. of World. Aug. 12, Past Masters, Masonic. Aug. 13, Railroad Pullman Porters Progressive Association. Aug. 14, City Mail Employes. Aug. 15, Past Masters, Masonic. Aug. 16, Shriners, Zoh, 52. Aug. 17, Ex. Committee American Legion. Aug. 18, Executive Committee Col ored Commercial Club. • Aug. 31, Ways and Means Commit tee, Colored Commercial Club. I NATIONAL RACE CONVENTION TO UNITE COLORED VOTE To Be Held in Brooklyn October 9— National Equal Rights League Seeks Unity in Campaign Demands Boston, Mass., Sept. 18, 1924.—An opportunity for the colored citizens of the United States to assemble in a national conference of their own ra cial element independently of any one else to deliberate upon the most ef fective methods of using the present potential ballot power of the race to secure redress, is to be afforded by the National Equal Rights League at its annual meeting in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 9. The main object of this seventeenth annual meeting of the League will be to have the race endeavor to unite upon a race demand or program tor rights and protection now denied, and upon how to do most with the ballot power of the race in this unusual political campaign to make assured headway for successful results, in view of the three-party contest with unprecedented division of the colored vote. Every race body from every com munity is to be invited to send dele gates, to sit on equality with regular league delegates, but it is especial ly urged that in every town, county or city Equal Rights Committees or Branch League l>e organized at once to agitate this Race Conference and send representatives. Any desired information will be furnished by National Headquarters, 103 Court street, Boston, Mass. -:_ AUSTRALIA BARS COLORED IMMIGRANTS (Special to the Monitor) Sidney, Australia, Sept. 18.—The bar against Negro and Asiatic immi grants to Australia known as the “Australia White Policy Act” is now being rigidly enforced. The law has for its sole object the preserving of that rich country for the white set tlers’ benefit. The whites there feel that their safety lies in the keeping of th native Negroes in subjection. This they fear they cannot do if they allow those who have a blood interest in the natives tell the natives of the injustice that is being done them. Australia and New Zealand are British possessions which were in habited originally by strong and fierce tribes of Negroes. In order to gain foothold on the island it was “necessary” to kill off many of them. This was done. (Australia to England is like Con go was to Belgium. Leopold reduced the natives from 40,000,000 to 27, 000,000 that they might be “more wieldy”.—Editor.) ST. PLILIP’S NOTES There will be the usual services at St. Philip’s on Sunday. Bishop McElwain of the diocese of Minnesota, one of the visiting bishops to the synod, which convenes here be ginning Sunday and lasting to Thurs day, has been assigned to St. Philip’s. Public invited. Come and hear him. Mr. Eddie Harington and Dora Combs were married at Council Bluffs Saturday. The South Omahans wish them a pleasant voyage through life. J (By Courtesy of the New Era.) HARRY WILLS, THE “BROWN PANTHER” Who won a decision over Luis Firpo, the “Wild Bull of Pampas”. “BROWN PANTHER” CONQUERS THE “PAMPAS BULL” Eighty Thousand Witnessed Colored Man Triumph Over White Hope—Wills Was Easily the Best Man. Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 18.—Harry Wills, the “Brown Panther’ won from Firpo, the “Pampus Bull” in their bout at Boyle's Thirty Acres. It is estimated that 80,000 persons witness ed the contest. Firpo was the first to climb into the ring. He wore his famous checkered bath robe and limbered up in his cor ner during the few minutes interval before Wills climbed into the ring. Both were the target for a battery of cameramen while he gloves were fas tened on. Firpo was acorn panied by Dan Washington, his veteran Negro train er and Bill Tate, while Paddy Mullens, manager of Wills headed a group of Wills handlers. Promoter Richard’s forecast of an $800,000 gate came true. The colored fighter will receive $250,000 for his share of the receipts and will have the right to demand a match with Champion Jack Dempsey. Wills knocked Firpo down in the fourth round for a count of four. GROVE M. E. CHURCH 21st and Seward Sts. Sendees for Sunday will be: The Rev. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes preaches at 11 a. m. Dr. Hughes is secretary of the Bureau of Colored Work of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the M. E. church. He was formerly pastor of Sharp Street Memorial Church, Baltimore, Md. He is a gifted speaker. At 3:30 p. m. Bishop M. W. Clair, resident bishop of the Covington Area, will preach. Bishop Clair for the last four years was bishop of Monrovia, Liberia. The Covington comprises, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Kan sas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Liberia, Africa. The bishop is classed among the greatest preachers in the Meth odist church. The public is cordially invited to hear these men Sunday, the 21st. DEFENSE DAY COMMEMORA TION A GREAT SUCCESS Omaha contributed her full share to the national program for Defense Day, September 12. Fifteen thousand took part in the parade, which was the longest ever seen in this city. The colored patriots, as usual, joined in large numbers1 to make it a success. Many of our civic and fraternal or ganizations were represented. The Rev. John Albert Williams spent the week in Detroit, Mich., where upon the invitation ot the priest and vestry of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church he preached an historical ser mon Sunday morning in commemora tion of the eightieth anniversary of the founding of the parish.