— ""I.: The Monitor NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor | $2.00 a Yoar—5c a C f OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1925 Whole Number 527 Vol. XI—No. 6 CONVENTIONS WILL COST MART MILLIONS DNRING AVGUST Estimated That Colored Americans Will Spend the Enormous Sum of $25,000,000 Attending Conventions PLAN LAVISH ENTERTAINMENT Richmond, Isruisville, Chicago, Tulsa And Other Cities Wil Vie In Extending Hospitaily to Thousands of Guests (Associated Negro Press) Chicago, III., Aug. 14.—'Throughout ihe month of August, it has been conserva tively estimated that Colored America, ! alone, will spend more that $25,000,000) for railroad fares and expenses during at- j tendance at conventions and in having | vacations. This does not include the other amount, say at least another $1,000,000 [ or more that will be spent by those who) travel in automobiles, buy thousands of gallons of gasoline, oil, and other neces saries connected with motor touring. \ugusl is the “climax month” of con ventions. The Knights of Pythias, 25.IXIO. will swoop down on laiuisville; the mil-! itarv end of the aggregation being under tile direction of Major General II. R. Jackson of Chicago, who will keep llie div ision under strict military discipline dur ing the entire period. The sessions of (he Grand Lodge will lie under lln- di rection of Supreme Commander S. W. Green of New Orleans. The national convention of the Inde- j pendent. Benevolent ami Protective Order of Elks of the World meets in Richmond. Va. Thi“ will lie guided by the hand of J. Finley Wilson of Washington, Grand Exalted Ruler. It has been announced that 40,000 will accept the hospitality ot the famous capital of Virginia, and “make the welkin ring" for practically a week. This occasion will lie particularly enliv ened bv the contest for Grand Exalted Ruler, in which T. B. Watkins of Kansas City seems to he the leading candidate.' \ magnificent parade is a feature of both Elks and K. of P.’s. Tile National Negro Business I,cacur, l)r. R R. Moton, president, will have its day and say in Tulsa. Oklahoma, the land of oil, wealth and hospitality. The entire) state of Oklahoma has joined hands with the Tulsaites in helping to make the or rasion one long to be remembered. For almost a year, business men in all of the cities have been co-operating with the host* of the convention in helping to make the occasion a success. It has been staled on high authority that every visitor will he surprised at the genuine courtesies tnat will be extended by all groups and classes. \ number of surrounding places will be visited. Spec ial consideration of business j and e, onotnir conditions will lie studied. Doctors in Chicago The National Medical Association. Dr. M 0 Dnmas of Washington, president, will hold its session in Chicago. The at tendance at this convention, while not as lurge as that of some of the fraternal bod ies, nevertheless, promise* to be the larg est in the history of the organization. The Chicago committee informs us that pre para!ions are being made to entertain sev eral hundred visitors who will be in Chi cago a{ the time of the convention, “just because Chicago is such a fine place to visit." All Chicago organizations, includ ing the Associated business Club, the Ap pomattox Club, the newspapers, and indiv idual citizens, will have special entertain ment during the week of the convention. Word has been received in Chicago that coming and going many hundreds of vis ifors attending other conventions will spend a day or two in Chicago. Prepara lions, are also being made by “Windy City" folks to extend the glad hand of welcome to these, “as though their main objective wen- Chicago", a* one citizen j j itil it. There are always changes of progress going on in Chicago, and visitors will find that the last year has brought a larger percentage of advancement than has ever been known before. There has been more building, more businesses established, and more new homes provided in the most exclusive sections of the city, than has ever been known heretofore. EDUCATORS ENDORSE KINDNESS (Associated Negro Press) Durham. N. C, Aug. 14.—During the national convention of Teachers in Col ored Schools here last week, the oonven lion went on record endorsing humane ed ucation in the schools of the country, and elected Seymour Carroll, field secretary ol the American Humane Education Society of Boston, Mass., as the chairman of the department. Mr. Carroll, who makes his home at Greenville, S. C, will speak at all the col leges and high schools this winter in the interest of kindness, justice and mercy to every living creature, even Negroes down here. CHINESE STUDENTS PROTEST BRITISH OUTRAGES UPON THEIR PEOPLE New York, Aug. 14.—The Chinese Stu dents Club of Colorado college, Colorado Springs, has sent to James Weldon John son, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a statement placing the blame for recent disorders in China upon British police, and asserting that unarmed Chinese students were massacred. The statement quotes from evidence showing that most of the Chinest shot were shot in the hack, that no British po lice were wounded, that at least 70 Chi nese were killed and 300 wounded and that the massacre occurred during a parade conducted hy the students in protest against the arrest of fellow students by the British police for making speeches and ! distributing handbills. The statement includes a motion unan imously passed by the faculty of Tsing Hua college, Peking, including British and American professors, which is as follows: “Recently in Shanghai a number of Chi nese students were shot and killed or wounded by the British police. We wish to voice our extreme indignation at this I occurrence. For those who died and tor the wounded, we feel the deepest sorrow and we join in expressing our profound ' sympathy to the people throughout the nation who protest against these atro ! cities.” Moreover, in Peking 118 foreign women united in issuing a manifesto, the names including Mrs. Henry Houghton, wife of the president of Pekin Union Medical col lege; Mrs. W. J. Calhoun, wife of the former American minister to Pekin, and other well known women. The Chinese students also ask for the abolition of extra-territorial rights by for eign powers, alleging that racial prejudice in the European courts of justice main tained on Chinese soil results in grave dis crimination and injustice to the Chinese.! BROWN BABIES RAISE OVER $22,000 < Associated Negro Prowl New York, Aug. 14.—The Brown Babies) of the United Slates were asked to raise $25,000 during 1925, They; answered ny raising just about that amount in the first seven months. At the same rate they would make it between $40,000 and $50. 000 by the end of the year. This deed of the Babies is the biggest single thing that any group ever did for the Association in a financial way. Our reports from Baby Contests for the N. A. A. C. P. since January 1, 1925, until July show $22,663.80, for the branches and the national office, and we have not all of the reports. There are still about 30 contests pending and many others will he organized PROTEST RENEWED A1TEMPTS AT RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION I Associated Negro Press! St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 14. A mass meet ing called for the purpose of protecting the property rights of the colored citizens of this city was held last Monday night at St Paul A. M. E. church. Efforts have been made by realty dealers and neighbor hood organizations here to establish agree ments not to sell to colored people in cer tain blocks and a temporary injunction has been granted Dr. Holt, who purchased in the 4500 block on Cote Brilliante, a street in which many of the l»etter colored homes are already located. 'Hie meeting was called to protest and to arunge a de fense fund to fight the encroachments be ing made. It was held under the auspices of the Inter denominational Ministers Al liance, The St Louis Business League and the St Ixrnis Negro Insurance Association. NORTH CAROLINA LEADS IN COLORED SCHOOLS (Associated Negro Freest Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 14. -North Car olina. leading all other southern slates,' ! has 494 Resenwaid schools and fourteen J teachers' homes, representing a total ex penditure* of $2319,053, according to A. L. Smith, general field agent of the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The nearest competi tor, so far as Rosenwald schools are con cerned, is Mississippi, which is mighty bad in many other ways. BROWN AND STEVENS BANK SOLD AT AUCTION (Associated Negro Press) Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 14. The prop erty at the northeast corner of Broad and Lombard streets, formerly occupied b> Brown and Stevens, bankers, was offered by the sheriff at a public sale on Monday August 3d, on foreclosure of one of the mortgages. The property, a very good looking one ! consists of twenty-one feet on Broad street by ninety-three feet on Lombard street to an alley, and is improved by a three-story building, the top of which contains three apartments. Two offices occupy the sec i ond floor, the first floor the bank, and a | side office. Ninety-four thousand dollars was the | consideration for which the building sold. J and is considered by real estate operators i to be a big price. BISHOP DECLARES FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BEING SHAKEN ( Associated Negro Press t Round Lake, N. Y„ Aug. 14.—Bishop Robert E. Jones of the Methodist Episco pal church declared here Friday in an ad dress before the Men’s Council that the foundations of American democracy are being shaken by race barriers and race antipathy. The Bishop further pointed out that the gitod-natured, docile Negro is be ing transformed and he is becoming re sentul of the treatment accorded him. “If we will keep in mind”, said ihe Bishop, “that the Negro does not want philan thropy but justice, that he wants a chance and not charity, we shall have un approach to the subject of race relations that will give us finally an entirely different result ' to which we have had heretofore.” WILBERFORCE ORGANIZES A SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Associated Negro Press) Wilberforce. Ohio, Aug. 14.—In making his plans for the advancement of Wilber force university for another year. Presi dent Gilbert H. Jones has announced the employment of high class artists for the School o Music which is being established there. Prof. Norton E. Dennis, a graduate of the (Chicago Musical College, is the di rector. Prof. Dennis has for seven years been director of the Department of Music at Wiley university. He is assisted by Prof. M. S. Stewart, instructor in violin, band and orchestra work, a graduate of Wilberforce university and the Illinois Conservatory of Music. Aunt Mandy’s Observations in next weeks’ issue. Prompt Action by Officers Averts Race Trouble Letters of thanks have been sent by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to Mayor Charles Green of Battle Creek, Michigan, and Brigadier General Benjamin A. Poore, commanding officer at Camp Custer, for their prompt action in suppressing what threatened for a time to become a race roit between white soldiers and colored citizens of the city. The Calhoun branch of the N. A. A. C. P., through Geo. W. Corrothers, its presi dent; C. L. Evans, chairman of the execu tive committee, and Carrie E. Foster, sec j retary, makes the following report: “The trouble started on Sunday, July 19, between 3 and 5 o’clock in a house with a questionable reputation, among the lower element of our race, a white woman and a white soldier. The outcome of it was that the soldier was cut by a member of our race, not seriously, however, but just enough to form an excuse for revenge, not upon the man who committed the deed but upon the race. This soldier was sta tioned at Comp Custer which is located in the immediate vicinity of Battle Creek. He returned to the camp and that night a large bunch of soldiers came into Battle Creek anil were joined by Battle Creek civilians and startl'd the trouble which, however, was not of any great proportion. “We wish to state here that as soon as the major (Charles Green I of Battle Creek was informed of the existing circumstancesi even though it was in the middle of the night, he immediately communicated with the camp authorities (Brig. Gen. Benjamin A. Poore, commander-in-charge) and they in turn sent military police into the af fee ted district and with the assistance of the police and detective forces of Battle Greek and the sheriffs department of Cal houn county, order was restored for that night. The following evening, however, several of our people were accosted and beaten by men wearing soldiers’ uniforms, in the outlying district, just outside of the city limits, in another part of the town. There have been no lives lost nor has any one been seriously injured. Since Tuesday the camp authorities have kept ‘all of the soldiers in camp, by order.” LAW AND ORDER BILL PENDING IN GEORGIA Seeks to Make End of Riots and Mob Violence—Sheriffs Held Responsible ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 14. (Special). —Georgia will join the growing list of Southern states which are taking active steps to end rioting and mob J violence if the Legislature enacts the I Law and Order bill introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill, entitled “An Act to Main-1 tain Law and Order,” provides that In j any case of riot, riotous assembly, or j mob violence, careful investigation shall be made by the Judge of the i Superior Court. If it apepars from j this investigation that any sheriff, j deputy sheriff, jailer, or other peace j officer was negligent or incompetent in dealing with such disorder, the Chief Justice or other Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint a special Law and Order Commision to hear all i the evidence in the case and render j judgment as to the faithfulness or \ negligence of the officer in question., If he is found by the Commission to | have been negligent, judgment to that effect shall be communicated to the Governor, who in turn shall remove the officer from his position. Proof that any person was taken from the custody of the officer by the mob, or killed or injured while in his custody, shall be prima facie evidence of ne- [ gleet, to be offset only by affirmative i proof that the officer had in fact | used all reasonable precaution and ex- : ercised the utmost diligence in the ef fort to maintain order. The bill provides further that in the case of an officer so adjudged negli gent in the prevention of riotng or violence, the Attorney General of the State shall bring suit against such officer for the full value of any prop erty destroyed by the mob and for the sum of $5,000 or each homicide com mitted by it. Any person removed 1 from office under the provisions of the act shall be disqualified for a period of five years to hold any peace office of the state, county, or munici pality. Friends of the measure point out that it is in line with similar laws en acted in other Southern states which have been found very effective in the reduction of mob violence. It is , said to be widely suported by re- j ligious, civic and welfare organiza tions over the State. MISSOURI JUDGE FAILS TO GRANT REQUISITION, (Associated Negro Press) St. l,ouiB, Mo., Apg. 14.--C. F. Heth | ington of Charleston, So. Car., who is al I leged to have travelled half around tne world in search of his brother’s slayer in ! the past twenty years anil who thought his I search was at an end. must now cover the other half as Circuit Judge Mix refused to grant the requisition of South Carolina authorities for Sam Brown, whom Hetli ington had claimed he recognized as tin man who killed his brother. At the hear ing here Friday, Brown, who says he is Nat Winston and has never been in South Carolina was granted a writ of habeas corpus because of insufficient evidence. I “FARM IS BUSINESS AND HOME” (Columbia Press Bureau) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—“The farm is a business, but it is is more— it is a home” recently declared the Secretary of Agriculture. Continu ing, he said: “We want men and women to stay on the farm, not mere ly because they have been able to make a living there but because they have been profoundly satisfied with a farm life. We must have good I schools, good rural churches, good roads, wholesome recreation and pleas ure if farm life is to prove attractive in the highest degree. My efforts will lie directed to help bring about an ef ficient, stable and profitable agricul ture which will provide a standard of living which is in accord wth Ameri can deals. A firmly established, en lightened and prosperous land-owning population is not only a great national asset but it is the safest balance wheel in our civilization. HELD IN RECORD BOND *.r>00.(XX> (Associated Negro Press) Chicago, 111., Aug. 14.—Robert Sneed and John Mitchell whom five persons tes tified held them up with guns were held in a half-million dollar bond by Judge H. Lyle in the Criminal Court hero Monday. Judge Lyle is a storm center because of the heavy bonds in which he has been holding suspects. HAWAII AN INTERRACIAL EXPERIMENT STATION (Columbia Press Bureau) NEW YORK August 14.— “Hawaii is not a land of hulu hulu dances, grsais skirts and "ukeleles,” writes Dr. Albert W. Palmer in his book, "The Human Side of Hawaii.” “Rather,” says the author, “Hawaii is America’s and the world’s experiment station in interracial relationships. The sugar industry has changed Hawaii from a simply Polynesian par adise into a seething interracial pot. All the racial groups have come by in vitation. From a population of 57, 000 in 1872, the total has grown to “07,100, of whom 63 per cent are Asiatics, 40.8 per cent being Japanese. Hawaii is an integral part of the United States, and the greatest single problem in Hawaii is the Americani zation of her polyglot Oriental popu lation, especially the children, who are American citizens by virtue of their birth under the American flag in Hawaii.” DEAD AFRICAN’S HEAD LARGEST IN THE WORLD (Associated Negro Press) New York, Aug. 14.—Word has just been received here from Cape Town, Af rica, that the professor o anatomy in Cape Town University has just got pos session of the skull of a native who re cently died, that is probably the largest in the world. It is scientifically interest ing, because of its resemblance to the famous Boskup skull, which is said to be the oldest in the world. If it should be established that the Boskup skull was na tive to Africa, it would mean that Africa is the cradle of humanity. GORILLAS AS HEALTH INSTRUCTORS OF HUMANS (Associated Negro Press) London, AUK- 14.—According to Dr. Hubert Pocock, who spoke before the an nual meeting of osteopaths in this city, walking on one’s tiptoes is one of the best cures and preventives for ailments. He claimed it to be especially helpful in cases of diabetes. "Watch the gorilla and you can see how the human frame can best he supported,” he explained. “The gor illa’s tremendous chest is the result of its posture. Men must learn to walk on their toes.” WINNERS OF URBAN LEAGUE FELLOWSHIPS (Associated Negro Press) New York, Aug. 14.—The National Ur ban League announces the following suc cessful candidates for its 1925-1926 Fel lowships: Miss Miriam Atkins of Winston Salem, N. C.; C. Glen Carrington of Richmond, Va.. and D. S. Yarbrough ot Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Atkins, who is awarded the Ella Sachs Plotz Fellowship, is a graduate of Fisk university and studied for a summer at Columbia university. She has taught for three years at the State schol and in the city high school of Winston-Salem, N. C Mr. Carrington is a graduate of How ard university, class 1925. He was very popular in connection with student ac tivities, having served as editor-in-chief of the university year book, “The Bison.” Mr. Yarbrough was an honor student! at Sprinfield college, where with very tine marks he received the degree of Master of Humanics in June, 1925. Miss Atkins and Mr. Carrington are assigned to tne New York school of social work. Mr. Yarbrough is assigned to the University of Pittsburgh. These selections were made from a to tal of 39 applicants—26 of whom took the competitive examination. The scholar ship award amounts to aliout $900 which includes $70 a month stipend and free tuition at the respective schools. Applications for the 1926-27 Fellowships may be filed until April 15, 1926, with Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary, 127 East 23d street, New York, N. Y. TEXAS COLLEGE CLOSES LARGE SUMMER SCHOOL Tyler, Texas., Aug. 14. (Special). —Texas College closed this week the largest Summer School in its history. In reality it was the second largest in the state of Texas. Dut to the fact that the College is ranked as one of the accredited schools of the South west—by Standardizing Agencies—is responsible for teachers coming from every section of the state. In connection with the regular work there was in operation a Practice School under the competent super vision of Miss Elizabeth T. Perry for the benefit of those studying Primary Methods. This phase of the work, proved to lie a most valuable and pop ular feature of the session. Every ef fort was made by the institution to give those who attended an opportun- J ity for the very best training along the lines of their profession. The members of the faculty for the regular session are studying this summer at Hampton Institute, Colum bia, Illinois and Chicago Universities. COLLECTOR NICHOLS APPOINTS COLORED STENOGRAPHER (Columbia Press Bureau) BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 14.—On recom mendation of William C. Matthews, Malcolm E. Nichols has appointed Miss Irma Pack a stenographer in the Department of Internal Revenue. Miss Pack’s appointment was sanct ioned by Senator Wililam M. Butler. Miss Pack is a graduate of the class of 1923 of the Girls’ High School. She is a very efficient stenographer, and has been assisting Mrs. Newman at the Settlement House af St. Mark’s Church. She lives at 504 Shawmut Avenue. Mr. Nichols has also appointed Miss Doris Dandridge of Cambridge, a niece of Mr. Charles H. Shepard, as a clerk. Like Miss Pack, Miss Dandridge is a recent graduate of the Girls’ High School. Mr. Charles E. Newman has been 1 promoted to a position of Deputy Col lector of Internal Revenue, while two other colored appointees have been as signed to the Warehouse Department. All of these appointees have had the indorsement of Senator William M. Butler. Two building and loan associations, controlled by Negroes, and with capi tal of $225,000 are doing business in the State of West Virginia. fRaising tne Kami IV HaiucKyParouna inoCuspiaoc wnen Madldl , __ .. -- BLOOD-STAINED POCKET BOOK DIS CLOSES MORDER Body of Well-Dressed Woman Dis covered With Throat Cut in Corn Field Off Ft. Crook Boult • vard. South Side BODY IDENTIFIED BY COUSIN Zeno White, Husband of Woman, Identified As Man Last Seen With Her Near the Scene of Murder About noon Wednesday the body of Mrs. Emma White, 27, of 2634 Hamil ton street, was discovered in a corn field, partially buried under dirt and com stalks, in Sarpy county, near Twelfth and Edwards streets. This is some distance south of the terminus of the Albright car line. The woman’s throat had been cut, and her clothing was badly tom, indicating a struggle. Harrison Stephens, ice man, found a blood stained woman’s purse and a hat in the road near the scene of the murder and notiifed the police, who upon investigation, found the body. Osie Nolan, 2505 P street, cousin of of the slain woman, identified the body. Zeno White, 4724 South Twenty sixth street, her husband, from whom it is alleged she separated two weeks ago, since which time she has been making her home with her broiner, Charles Johnson, 2634 Hamilton street, was arrested Wednesday after noon by Detectives Keane and Nelson | at the Swift plant, where he was at work and is being held for investi gation. Harold Munan, 1317 Edwards street, and Charles Rashus, Route 5, I Fort Crook Boulevard, identified White as the man whom they saw talking with the woman at the end of the Albright car line, the couple hav ing alighted from an Albright car shortly after 9 o’clock on the night of the murder. According to information given at the Johnson home, where Mrs. White was living, White telephoned his wife Tuesday night to meet him in South Omaha and she left home to keep the appointment. That was the last time they saw her alive. WOMAN RETAINS? HOME WHICH SHE PURCHASED IN “EXCLUSIVE” DISTRICT LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 14.— In January of this year. Miss Frances Henderson purchased a pieec of prop erty at 230 East 45th street. It after wards developed that 135 property owners in that neighborhood had signed an agreement which they called a covenant to prevent any non-white persons occupying any lots in the community at any future time. The man who sold to Miss Hen derson signed this agreement. Miss Henderson purchased this beautiful modern home and occupied it with her mother. The 135 white neighbors filed a suit in court to oust her from possession of the property. This suit was decided July 29th in De partment 4, before Carlos S. Hardy, judge, in favor of Miss Henderson. The “covenant” was declared void as to her and she was allowed to retain possession of the property. Miss Henderson was represented by Attorney Willis O. Tyler who has made a careful study for the past ten years of race restrictions and who Is an authority on real estate law in the state of California. The decision was by trial court and the opponents have threatened to ap peal the case. Miss Henderson is one of the pro gressive young women of our group. NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE DELEGATES GIVEN PROOF Tuskogee Institute, Alabama, Aug. 14.—Dr. R. R. Moton, President of the National Negro Business League and Bryant A. Hammond, Transportation Agent for the League, are urging del egates who plan to attend the meeting of the League in Tulsa, to request Certificates when purchasing tickets, in order that the return trip may be purchased at one-half fare. 260 Certi ficates are necessary to insure the one half rate. Tickets may be purchased any time after August 16th and the return date is extended to August 26th, in order to accomodate the plans of the Muskogee people who have ar ranged a side trip to Muskogee on Saturday, August 22. Delegates are also urged to write Professor J. E. Johnson, 102 North Grenewood Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and make reserva tions for their rooms.