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? «r oo tp h e Monitor »b»w f NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $2.00 a Year—5c a Copy * * OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925 Whole Number 496 Vol. X—No.28 START DRIVE FOR j $5,000,000 FUHD TO EHDOW SCHOOLS Alumni of Tuskegee and Hampton Join in Nation-Wide Campaign to Secure Conditional Donation EASTMAN’S OFFER STIMULUS Kodak King Will Increase His Dona tions to Schools Provided Desig nated Sum Is Raised in One Year Hampton, Va., Jan. !).—Hampton and Tuskegee alumni have joined hands in a campaign to raise $300,000,1 as an nlumni contribution to the $2, 500,000 drive being conducted by the two institutions in order to meet George Eastman’s promise of an ad ditional $2,000,000 to the industrial schools should they raise a total sum of $5,000,000 before the end of the year. The pledge of the Rochester, N. Y., millionaire places the Hampton Tuskegee forces in a position to start the year 1926 with a $7,000,000 en dowment. Starting with a $5,000,000 endow ( ment drive, of which $2,500,000 have already been unconditionally pledged, the Hampton-Tuskegee combination received from George Eastman, the Kodak manufacturer and philanthrop ist, whose most recent benefactions ' have attracted nation-wide attention, the promise that if the balance of the 1 desired $5,000,000 endowment was col- j leeted before December 31, 1925, Mr. Eastman would swell the total by an j additional $2,000,000. The spur of a prospective 40 per cent increase in the amount which would be available from the endowment for the educa tion of youth, has led the adminis- j trative heads of both institutions to concentrate every effort upon the task of reaching the $5,000,000 goal by December, in order to capture the ! added $2,000,000 pledged by Mr. East man. Alumni Join Hands To relieve their schools of a por- j tion of the burden, the alumni have taken it upon themselves to pledge to the success of the drive the sum of $300,000 and have launched a cam- | paign which will reach Hampton and Tuskegee men in every city and town 1 in the United States in order to make good their pledge. Thirty graduates of Hampton and Tuskegee, members of the executive committees of the alumni associations ' of the schools, allied in the drive, met at Hampton institute recently and out lined plans for their drive. From as far south as Alabama and from as far W'est as Chicago, these thirty sons of the two institutions, before they i separated, pledged the executive com mittee^ alone to $5,000. In addition, each member placed himself at the disposal of the general committee in the campaign of personal solicitation. "The motives of the alumni asso ciations in making their contribution toward the $5,000,000 drive are: The fund will enable the two institutions to develop their advanced courses of collegiate grade; by reducing the fi nancial burden of the principals, it will give them more time and energy to devote to actual development of their institutions; the joining hands by the two institutions will make for closer and more effectual co-opera tion in the future. "The committee adjourned confi dent that each Hampton and Tuskegee man and woman would enthusiastical ly work to the limit to provide larger educational opportunities for the youth of the race.” CLEVELAND’S HOME FOR YOUNG WOMEN TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR BUILDING Cleveland, Ohio., Jan. 9.—The Phyl lis Wheatley association of this city, which provides a Christian home and opportunity of advancement for girls, is to campaign during the last week in January for $600,000 to provide a new building, increased facilities and a summer camp. The Phyllis Wheatley association, founded in 1913 with 22 members, to day has grown until the membership list includes 2,814. “The service ren dered,” says Miss Jane E. Hunter* founder and general secretary, "paral lels that of the Y. *W. C. A. and has the interest and support of Cleveland men and women who know the uni versal girl need for recreation, whole some activities and the protection of a £ood environment.” The fund will permit the extension of present activities and service of the association, which include the housing of girls, educational work through literary clubs, musical, dra matic and domestic science groups through a large employment bureau, and camp and playground work. Are you doing all you can every day to prevent accident?—Omaha Safety Council. WIN PRIZES FOR PROTECTING HEALTH Diamond Rings and Gold Prizes Dis tributed Among Those Who Conserve Health and Sthow Thrift PLAN MAKES FOR EFFICIENCY St. Louis, Mo., January 0.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—One of the novel features of the celebration of the New Year at the Poro College of Beauty Culture in this city, was the award of prizes in gold to those employees of the firm who have pro vided themselves with rubbers, rain coats and umbrellas during the year. These awards were initiated by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron E. Malone, heads of the college, to encourage their work ers to guard their health. The heulth awards, however, are only one set of a number of ohers which have placed the college in a distinctive class in its observance of the Yuletide. An annual Christmas dinner is held at which all Poro em ployees and many friends attend. At this dinner diamond rings are given all employees whose fifth anniversary with the firm has occurred during the past year. This year twenty-seven workers received rings and of the 175 employees at the home institution more than 100 have received diamond awards. On New Year's day gold awards were given to those employees who had made investments in ”eal estate during the year, or those v.’ho had as sisted their parents in acquiring real estate. Other consideration was given I to employees who had been punctual and regular in attendance at their work. Some employees are regarded for particular service by being given trips to interesting places. Tt is said that , there is no time of the year when j workers at the college are not being | sent on these educational or pleas- . ure Journeys. Interested observers have voiced the ( opinion that many of the above evid- , ences of human interst on the part of ( the owners of the college are respon- , sible for a practically complete ab sence of a labor turn-over among Poro workers and for the splendid spirit manifested by the employees. SEEK SUBSTITUTES FOR NEGRO LABOR IN THE SOUTHLAND Imported Italians Failing to Fill Bill —Cotton Planter Turn for Aid to Mexican Peons Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 9.—First it was the Italian who was to replace on Southern cotton fields the workers of our race—but the hot-tempered and swift-acting Filipo didn’t warm up to the caste distinctions of below the Mnson-Dixon line, and white South erners soon found that the gentlemen from southern Italy and Corsica were not exactly safe to fool with. A lynehing-bee that left an Italian who hadn’t bothered to take out his na turalization papers swinging from a Georgia peach tree wouldn’t make good reading for an Italian govern ment official. So, recently, the Mexican laborer entered the scene. According to the statement of Henry B. Smithson, pro prietor of a large cotton plantation here, a determined effort is being made to import more and more of the Mexican peons into the United States for work upon the southern plantations. The need for the Mexi can laborer is due, Mr. Smithson ex plained, to the discontent which was driving members of our race from the South into the factories and into the large cities of the Northern and Western states. Strict immigration laws, Mr. Smithson admitted, handi capped the work of bringing the Mex icans into the country, but that they were coming in growing numbers, he plainly asserted. With them, however, is coming a problem as distressing to the white Southerner as the problem presented by the attempt to southernize the Italian laborer. The Mexican Is prov ing no more amenable than was the Italian to the life imposed upon the cotton field worker by the white, southern owner and “boss". In 1922, Mr. Smithson admitted, more than 478,000 laborers left the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mis sissippi, and their loss had left a gap which had to be filled with some form of foreign labor. That the attempt to get along with the Italian labor had proved a failure, was proved by the changing over to the Mexican peon.' But Little Pedro is proving no more of a successful "fit” with the South ern white man’s system of doing things than was Filipo. As a substi tute for Old Black Joe, they were both about equal failures. The first female student in the world who received a diploma in law was Misa C. B. Ray, a young colored lady of New York City. 8he grad uated from Howard University. [ . January Thaw Law Enforcement and Economy Are Stressed in Gov. McMullen’s Address Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9.—Governor Adam McMullen who was inducted into office yesterday stressed law en forcement and economy in his in augural address. He set forth that "it is frequently the case that prudent expenditure is the truest thrift,” and asserted that the state institutions should not be made to suffer “through a misap plication of so-called economy.” The new chief executive also rec ommended enactment of a gasoline tax, amendment of the “intangible tax” law, a constant policy of road improvement, enforcement of law. Governor McMullen made no spe cific proposals for agriculture, saying "legislation cannot create wealth" but he said that within certain limitations every effort should be bent to the assistance of agriculture. Traffic Regulations A proper system of highway traffic regulations and provisions for sum mary punishment of offenders “cal culated to prevent a repetition of the offense,” was suggested to the law makers. The new governor declared that the republicans, the majority party, in the legislature, pledged certain specific legislation in their platform and he also asserted all such pledges should $475,000 AWAITS MISSING MAN Detroit, Mich., Jan. 9.—James R. Johnson, formerly of 2480 Rivard street, Detroit, Mich., has disappeared and a small fortune is awaiting him on his return. He has been absent for several months although the fam ily has been making strenuous efforts to locate him. A short time ago a grandfather of Johnson’s died in Oklahoma, leaving a fortune of $475,000 in real estate and bonds, all willed to his four grandchildren. It is necessary that all the grandchildren be present to ex be redeemed and “all promises cover ing definite legislation should be held inviolate.” The chief paragraphs on economy and law enforcement here follow: Economy There is always an urgent need of economy in connection with public ex penditures. I urge upon you the most mature consideration of thrift and ef ficiency in the use of appropriated Adam McMullen. I funds. The burden of the taxpayers is heavy. Where possible it should be lightened. Law Enforcement The basis of sound government lies upon respect for the law. Unless the laws are adequately enforced this basis is impaired. The governor of this state makes no laws. It is his duty to enforce such laws as the stat utes direct him to enforce. I invite your thoughtful consideration of such amendments to our civil and criminal codes as may increase the certainty of punishment and may tend to lessen the number of shocking crimes of violence against the persons ana property of our citizens. As gov ernor of Nebraska, I promise you every effort will be made within my constitutional and statutory power to enforce them. ccute the will, therefore the division of the estate is being held up by the absence of Johnson. The missing man is an expert electrician. He is about 5 feet 5 inches in height, weighs about 150 pounds, brown skin with heavy eyebrows, black hair and has a gold tooth on the left front side of his mouth. The first colored school south of Mason and Dixon’s line was organized May 20, 1885, in Lexington, Ky. It was established in the same building over which Capt John Morgan hoisted the first Confederate lfag in Kentucky. EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WINS JUVENILE ARTIST CONTEST Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 9.—Duncan Campbell, 8 years old, in a juvenile painter’s contest wherein over 8,0001 school children were entered, was se- ■ lected as the winner. The winning painting consists of a tiger on a canvass, fully five feet long. The painting was considered by the judges to be true in line and per fect in detail. The thing that appealed to the judges was the excellent por- ■ trayal of the tiger in action, which showed in detail the tiger snarling at an inteiTuption while feeding. Duncan is a pupil in the 6-B grade, in the Brooking public schools. His father is a high school teacher of the Boys’ High School in Brooklyn. This is the third prize young Campbell has won, SOUTH AFRICA NATIVES SEEK INDEPENDENCE London, England, Jan. 9.—News reached here that the natives of South Africa are restless and are arming themselves. The African correspond ent of the London Express states that the aim of the natives is to establish their independence and set up a re public. The Zulus especially are arming heavily and the authorities are becoming alarmed. A fund that the natives are collecting, ostensibly for the building of churches was be ing used to buy arms and ammuni tions. PRESIDENT RECEIVES COLORED FRATERNITY Washington, D. C., Jan. i).—The Omega Phi Psi Fraternity, established at Howard University eleven years ago, which met in conclave, was re ceived by President Coolidge recently. It was the first time that the Presi dent has greeted a body of Negro university men. After the visit to the White House the delegates visited Arlington Ceme tery. Wreathes were placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and on j the grave of Col. Chas. Young, a member of the Fraternity and who reached the highest rank ever at tained by a colored man. ATTENTION, MINISTERS AND EDITORS OF OMAHA! The Roosevelt Post No. 30, Amer ican Legion, cordially invites you to attend a banquet at the Y. W. C. A.. I Friday, January 16th, at 5:30 P. M. j The purpose of the banquet is to have a heart to heart talk and ac quaint you with the work of the Post in reference to the needy ex-service men, their families and the welfare of the Negroes of Omaha. It is the de sire of the Post to solicit your co operation in outlining a program for the entertainment of the ex-service men and their families, that will at tend the Legion Convention, which will convene in Omaha September of this year. Ed. Killingsworth, Commander. R. C. Long, Adjutant. The first colored Roman Catholic priest in this country was Rev. Augus tus Tolton, of Quincy, Illinois. Frederick Douglas, the famous ora tor and philanthropist, was often called "Black Douglas” so as to dia-j tinguish him from Stephen A. Douga#. I WOMEN PURCHASE PERSONALLY FAMILY SUPPLY OF MEATS Yet Government Report Shows Their Knowledge of Various Grades and Cuts to Be Extremely Limited HOUSEWIVES SHOULD LEARN Chicago, 111., Jan. 9.—In spite of the fact that the majority of Amer ican housewives shop personally for the family meat, their knowledge of the various cuts and grades is most limited. These facts were revealed in a preliminary report of government experts to the National Live Stock and Meat Board regarding a survey of the retail meat trade being conducted by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture throughout the United States. Practically 70 per cent of the wo men interviewed to determine the con sumer’s habits regarding meat stated that they go to the shops themselves for their meat supply, says the re port. About one family out of seven depends on the telephone to make purchases and the man of the family is the purchasing agent in one out of ten families. On the other hand, most of the wo men questioned were familiar with only two or three steaks and the num ber of roasts known to them was less than two. The general lack of in formation on the part of the con sumer further emphasizes that the housewife is not a careful purchaser in making meat selections, concludes the report. These questions together with a number of others were asked of housewives of all circumstances. Beef is apparently the favorite meat of the American household. Results of the Department of Agri culture survey showed that three out of five families prefer this meat. To further quote the findings of the in vestigators: “In every group beef was rated as the favorite kind of meat. Pork was rated second choice by the poor families and lamb was second favorite among the well-to-do fam , ilies. Veal was generally not used j with the exception of the Italians who indicated that veal was nearly as important to them as beef.” The day of solicitation of orders by the butcher is gone. The government investigators discovered only a few | isolated cases where the market man j either called personally or by phone I to secure business. The neighborhood market is a pop ular place to trade, according to the survey. Sixty-one per cent of the population purchases meat from shops that are within a radius of less than three blocks from their homes. Only 25 per cent are in the halbit of going five blocks or more in order to make meat purchases. It appears that quality and meat that is satisfactory are the chief at tractions drawing the housewife to a particular market. Upon this subject the government report took occasion to say that unless housewives know a great deal more about quality than they do about cuts, their actual knowl edge of quality is very limited. KELLY MILLER ASKS THAT GOVERNMENT STOP INJUSTICES Scholarly Dean of Junior College, Howard University, Persists in His Efforts for Reform Washington, D. C., Jan. 9.—If the use of photographs in civil service examinations, through which it has long been alleged, color discrimina tion is facilitated, is only to avoid impersonation, why not, urges Dean Kelly Miller, abondon the photograph for the more accurate and less effi cient finger print method of identifi cation ? Since 1923, Kelly Miller, for many years dean of the junior college at Howard university, has exchanged correspondence with heads of the United States civil service commis sion, and with heads of the Civil Ser vice Reform league, to secure a rem edy for the existing color discrimina tion in the application of the civil service enactments. The reply of the commissioners, Dean Miller asserts, to his contention that the use of the photograph as a means of identifica tion in taking the examinations, aided color discrimination was that it was used purely for the purpose of avoid ing impersonations. If that is the only use of the picture, Dean Miller has advised the commission, it might well fall in line with the rest of the government departments in substitut ing for the photographs the finger print. The attention of President Coolidge was called to the abuse of the civil service regulations, in a personal let ter from Mr. Miller in the mid-sum mer of 1924, but as the chief execu tive was at that time In Vermont, the matter was handled by undersecreta ries. CONVICT CONCEALS HIMSELF UNDER HOT ASHES AHD ESCAPES Endures Tortures of Scorching Bed Until Truck Passes the Prison Gates Convict Commandeers Automobile RACES THRU CROWDED STREETS John Campbell Under Heavy Sentence for Robbery Makes Thrilling Escape from Eastern Penitentiary Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 9.—Suffer ing great pain as he was hidden un derneath a pile of hot ashes on a five ton motor truck belonging to the Eastern penitentiary, John Campbell, a convict at the prison, remained si lent until the truck had passed the prison gates and was a block away, then jumped from the scorching bed and made his escape in an automobile driven by one of the prison attend ants. As Campbell leaped on the running board of the prison sedan, which was driven by Charles Krout (white), the prison guard chauffeur, he pressed his pistol against Krout’s head and commanded him to drive away at his maximum speed. Firemen Give Chase Two firemen recognized the prison denim of the leaper as he exchanged machines and, hailing another car, fol lowed the swiftly moving sedan in close pursuit. Krout, feeling the gun’s warning muzzle pressed against his skull, opened up the car to its highest speed and soon outdistanced the anxious followers. The mad chase followed down one of the most congested streets in the eastern part of the city. The convict and the prison chauffeur continued to gain, failing to observe traffic reg ulations and narrowly avoiding col lision with other vehicles on the road. The wild ride continued until the first car had reached the extreme northeastern corner of the city. Here Campbell ordered Krout out of the car and obtaining a hammer, beat him unconscious. He then took the chauf feur’s overcoat and a green cap from a passerby and continued his journey on foot. Held for Robbery Campbell was convicted of robbery at 24 years of age and confined to the state institution on a sentence of 25 to 60 years. With the exception of the overcoat and cap, which he ob tained on the way, he was attired in the regular blue prison uniform. Director of Public Safety General Butler ordered out several bandit chasing motor cars to take up the pur suit of Campbell. After hours of search no trace of him had been found. Penitentiary authorities are puzzled as to how Campbell was able to hide in the smoldering ashpile. RESPONSIBLE POSITION GIVEN HARLEM ATTORNEY BY REPUBLICAN MACHINE C. T. A. French Appointed Deputy to State’s Attorney General With Salary of $6,000 a Year New York City, Jan. 9.—The New York state republican machine opened the new year auspiciously by announc ing the appointment of C. T. A. French, Harlem attorney, as special deputy attorney general for the state. The position is said to carry a sal ary grade of $6,000 per annum. At torney French succeeds Cornelius Mc Dougald, a democrat, whose appoint ment to the position some months ago came in the nature of a distinct sur prise. Old-timers hereabuts are in timating that it marks the reading of the “handwriting on the wall" by G. O. P. state leaders, and that the party has decided to meet Tammany Hall on its own ground of holding our votes through patronage recognition. Attorney French has had a very regular republican career. When he began practicing, 1912, he immedi ately launched into Harlem political activities. For years he has been a district captain, recently becoming the right hand man of David Costuma, leader of the 19th assembly district. He is also active in community, civic, and literary movements, is a member of Grace Congregational church, serv ing as chairman of the program com mittee of the Young People’s society, is a member of the N. A. A. C. P., and is affiliated with the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The new official, who is yet a bachelor, was bom in Topeka, Kans., and was educated in the public schools of his state. He received the degree of bachelor of arts from New York university, and the degree of master of arts, bachelor of laws, and master of laws from Columbia university. Ha is senior member of the law firm of French and French, with offices in the Harlem district.