The Monitor ‘“w NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP COLORED AMERICANS o, THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor _____ $2A# a Year—5c a Copy £ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1925 Whole Number 533 Vol. XI—No. 13 ablest Defense fob Detroit doctor Residential Segregation Sweeping States Reaches Cleveland, O. .- - ■- -— - ■ ■ ' ' ■ ■ '■■■ i ■■■■■ * LU-gg - EMINENT LAWYER FOR DEFENSE OF DETROIT VICTIMS National Advancefent Association Is Negotiating for Services of a Great Criminal Authority ABLE DEFENSE IS ASSURED New York.—The National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People. GO Fifth Avenue, announced f that negotiations are under way with an eminent white lawver, one of the greatest criminal authorities in the ! state of Michigan, whom it is hoped to retain for the defense of Dr. O. H. Sweet and the ten other people ac-1 cused of murder for defending Dr. Sweet’s home from a moh. The defense of Dr. Sweet, his wife, his two brothers and seven other col ored people has heen entrusted to the N. A A. C. P. and no pains will be snared in behalf of these eleven Ne groes, now held in charges of mur der. The N. A. A. C. P. reports dis patches from Detroit to the effect that all the defendants appeared before Judge Faust on Tuesday, September 22nd, whpn effort was made to have them released under bail. Judge Faust declined to admit bail for any of the defendants and ordered their impri sonment to he continued. An addi tional hearing on the question of hail, this this time before another judge, was held September 26th. In connection with the case. Waiter White, assistant secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., made the following state ment: “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People re gards the case of Dr. 0. H. Sweet and his codefendants as one of the most important it has ever attempted to defend. Those people in defending Dr. Sweet's home were standing for the right of the Negro to choose where he shall make his home and to live there unmolested. We can expect such cases to increase until the U. S. Supreme Court in Washington, in the case now carried there by the N. A. A. C. P., determines the right of the Negro to fix his home exactly as do all other American citizens.” HUNDREDS RACE ON FOOT TO NEW DIAMOND REGION Johannesburgh, South Africa. — Thousands of workers in this district have abandoned their jobs to take part in u diamond rush to Oersonkrail, where several valuable finds have been reported. Already 2,000 claims have been st !*gion *in many places, even forbidden to form American I.egion posts for col ored soldiers. The Negro soldier has been cheated out of war insurance by unscrup ulous whites, has been shut out of citizens* military training camps, and in some in stances was killed because lie wore bis country’s uniform.” Because of the fairness shown by the New York Department of the American I.egion, Mr. Bagnall especially appealed to his hearers to do their utmost to instruct their fellow legionaries throughout the country in the practice of fundamental jus j tice to the Negro soldier, for the sake of justice and for the sake of America. Mr. Bagnall, representing the N. A. A. C. P., was programmed to address the con vention on the opening day, along with Senator Copeland and Mayor Hylan, hav ing been asked at the request of the col ored posts of the American Legion in New York state, who chose Mr. Bagnall as the speaker to represent their race. MUSIC WIPES OUT COLOR LINE Toronto, Ont.—-(By the Associated Negro Press.)—An event of historical importance will occur in this city next Friday night, when for the first time in Canada a white and Colored choir will give a joint recital; moreover the event will occur in a Colored church, as the choir of Rhodes Avenue Baptist church will be the guests of the First Baptist church choir in their choir chancel. SERGEANT BUCK, RETIRED, WHO CAPTURED AGUINALDO, VISITS AN OLD COMRADE Sergeant John Buck, retired, a resi dent of Tacoma, Wash., has been the guest for several days of Sergeant Bailey, his warm personal friend for nearly fifty years. Sergeants Buck and Bailey were members of the fa momus Tenth cavalry and saw excit ing times together on the western plains, in Cuba and in the Philippines. It was their regiment which saved Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in Cuba, and it was their detachment which captured Aguinaldo. Sergeants Buck, Bailey and Letcher, the two lat ter honored residents of Omaha, have been exchanging reminiscences of army days. This is Sergeant Buck’s first visit to Omaha in several years. He leaves Friday for home. NEGRO RAILWAY WORKERS BEGIN ORGANIZATION DRIVE New York.—Within the short time of two weeks 7,000 Pullman porters who reside in this city are reported to have formed a union for the fur therance of their work welfare. This, it is said, is the beginning of a na tion-wide movement to organize the 136,065 railway employees in the United States, 20,224 of whom are in [ the Pullman service. Similar drives are said to be contemplated in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis and other citieH where railway and Pull man employees make their headquar ters. It is presumed also, that, the ninety-seven Negro telegraphers, 111 engineers, 6,498 firemen and other hands comprising the 136,065 total will be formed into appropriate organiza tion units. FOR RENT—Furnished room in pri vate family. Modern home. Phone . WE-3464. It SECURES FELLOWSHIP IN HISTORY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY Miss Gladys E. Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper E. Brown of 2883 Miami street, who received her B. A. from the University of Nebraska In June, where she majored in history, left Friday night for Howard univer sity, Washington, D. C., where she has ’ been fortunate in securing a fellow ship in history. This gives her the advantage of advanced study and re search in history. Fellowships are es tablished to help students who show special aptitude in certain studies to pursue further work in their chosen line. Such opportunities are rare and coveted honors. FOR RENT—Large furnished front room in modern home; one block from car line; $4 per week; gentle men only JAckson 6196. It COLOR BAR HILL IS DEFEATED BY SENATE OF SOUTH AFRICA Capetown.—The senate has rejected the government's color bar bill, a measure that would have made it a penal offense for any native, however cultured, to compete with a white man in a skilled trade. The bill, fathered originally by the labor party, which has consistently refused to recoginze that the real laboring man in South Africa is the native and the Colored man, had the general approval of the nationalist party. That party is large ly composed of the least cultured and most conservative portion of the elec torate, and it finds its chief strength. in the Free State and the Transvaal, where a policy of native repression has from a time long before the union been advocated and on many occasions carried into practice. COLORED WOMEN JURORS TO SIT IN INDIANA COURT Crown Point, Ind.—For the first time colored women will sit in a jury box for the fall term of court in Calumet county. The three women were appointed by Judge E. Miles Norton of the Juvenile and Circuit Court. They are: Mrs. Clark Wagner of Hammond, Miss Lillian Perry of Garey, and Miss Eunice Scott of Ga rey. MOTHER OF HARRY LELAND SUCCUMBS TO STROKE Mrs. Rena McDowell, 2726 Burdette street, mother of Harry Leland, died at her late residence Sunday afternoon as the result of a paralytic stroke which she suffered a few days ago. Mrs. McDowell, who was born in Mineola, Tex., in 1870, was in the 56th year of her age. She is survived by her husband, Timothy McDowell; her son, Harry Leland, and other relatives. The funeral was held Tuesday after noon from the Seventh Day Adventist church, of which she was a member, the Rev. Elders Allison and Lightner officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn. Sickening Story of SavagryTold by Eye Witness of Burning Black Man Alive “Oh, God! Oh, God! I didn’t do it, Have Mercy!” cried victim as flames snuffed out his life. He was beaten, suspended from a rafter by the neck and mutilated with fire and knives but still he main tained his innocence. Finally, under torture, it is alleged he confessed the crime. Was not identified by girl | as her assailant, tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiwHUMis»niiminiiinniiHiiiiniuiwiiiiuiuimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii New Albany, Miss.—“I watched a Negro burned at the stake at Rocky Ford, Miss., Sunday afternoon. I watched an angry mob chain him to an j iron stake. I watched them pile wood J around his helpless body. I watched them pour gasoline on this wood. Ami i 1 watched three men set this wood on fire." So wrote J. L. Roulhac, a cor- j respondent for the Memphis Scimitar, | in giving an account of the lynching j of L. Q. Ivey, a Colored lumberjack near here last Sunday afternoon. Victim Prayed. “I stood in a crowd of 600 people as the flames gradually crept nearer and j nearer to the helpless Negro. 1 j watched the blaze climb higher and j higher, without mercy. I heard his cry j of agony as the flames reached him' and set his clothing on fire.” “Oh, God! Oh, God!” he shouted. “I didn’t do it. Have mercy!” The blaze leaped higher. The Negro struggled. He kicked the chain loose from his j ankles, but it held his waist and neck against the iron post that was becom ing red with the intense heat. “Have mercy! I didn’t do it!” he shouted again. "You should have thought of this before,” some one shouted from the crowd. There was an instant of si lence. Then several voices rose in agreement. Nowhere was there a sign of mercy among the members of the mob, nor did they seem to regret the horrible thing they had done. The Negro had supposedly sinned against their race, and he died a death of tor ture. Soon he became quiet. There was no doubt that he was dead. The flames jumped and leaped above his head. An odor of burning flesh reached my nos trils. I felt suddenly sickened. Through the leaping blaze I could see the Negro sagging and supported by the chains. Woman Spectalor. The setting was a little sawmill. The crowd stood on a huge pile of sawdust and the Negro’s death pyre was in a small gully beside it. They calmly watched the flames leap and dance. There was no talking now. Everything was silent. When the first odor of baking flesh reached the mob there was a slight stir. Several of them moved nervously. “Ijet’s finish it up,” some one said. Instantly about twelve men stepped from the crowd. They piled wood on the fire that was already blazing high. The Negro was dead, but more wood was piled on the flames. They jumped higher and higher. Nothing could be seen now, for the blaze encircled everything. Then the crowd walked away. In ■ the vanguard of the mob I noticed a j woman. She ace.Aii to be rather young; yet it is hard to tell about women of her type; strong and healthy, apparently a woman of thel country. She walked with a firm, even I stride. She was beautiful in a way. I Soon Forgot Crime. The crowd walked slowly away. “I’m j hungry,” some one complained. “Let’s | get something to eat.” “I’m hungry, t too,” said another. “We’ll have to go to New Albany,” some one said. “We’ve bought out all the food in the Rocky Ford stores.” “We might go to Myrtle,” said an other. The crowd loaded into automobiles, j The Negro, who was still chained to ; the white hot stake, with the red-blue flames leaping about him, was forgot-; ten. The crowd was hungry and was going in search of food. Girl Failed to Identify. A white girl was criminally assault ed in a pea field Friday morning by an unknown Negro. He escaped in the woods. The county sheriff organized a posse and captured L. Q. Ivey, who denied having anything to do with the attack. He was taken to Tupelo for safe keeping. Rocky Ford citizens went into court and obtained a writ forcing the sheriff to return the Negro to New Albany for identification. In a New Albany hospital the girl was asked to identify the Negro Sunday morning. She was not sure, but thought he looked like the one who had attacked her. Then the officers started to take him out of town. Crowds filled the streets. The officers started out the Myrtle road. The mob jumped in their cars and followed. At a bridge an at tempt was made to block the road, but it failed. The officers’ car sped on. Just outside the city limits of Myrtle the officers found two cars across the road. They wrere forced to stop. The mob surrounded them. Several pistols were drawn, but no shots were fired. The caravan of cars started toward Rocky Ford. Saved Pals. At Rocky Ford they took the Negro to a deserted barn, where he refused to confess. He was beaten, suspended from a rafter by the neck and muti lated with fire and knives, but still he maintained his innocence. Satisfied of his guilt, the mob took him to the sawmill. While men were driving the iron post in the ground to which they were to chain the Negro, he was taken to the top of the sawdust pile. The Negro stood on top of the pile with his head bent and prayed. Then he was asked if he wished to confess. He admitted to the crowd that he was guilty and under questioning told the details of the crime. Then he was chained to the stake and the fire lighted. He screamed twice, denying his guilt, and then he was silent. The mob talked of burning three other Negroes whom Ivey had impli cated in his confession before the blaze was lighted. But Ivey’s horrible death apparently satisfied it and no further lynchings were attempted. Ivey is believed to have confessed, after much torture, when he saw there was no way out of death, in order to save the three other Negroes who were held like himself in connection with the crime. In his said confession he is alleged to have taken the entire blame for the crime. Governor Scores Mob. Governor Whitfield on Monday is sued a signed statement denouncing the lynching. The statement read in part: “Officers charged with the respon sibility of protecting criminals should resort to extreme measures in thwart ing a mob. Had the governor received notice of the crime he would have given ample support to the sheriff in the prevention of so horrible a crime against the law. “This crime against the law is shocking to every sense of respect for law and Christianity. It is true the offense is a most atrocious one, cal culated to arouse public indignation to : the limit. Yet the records of the past show conclusively that the penalty of | the law is always meted out to such i criminals.” A coroner’s jury which investigated the lynching of Ivey returned a ver dict that he came to his death at the hands of a mob, the members of which were not known. The charred remains were buried Monday. WHITE ODD FELLOWS PROPOSE ABOLISHMENT OF THE COLOR LINE Portland, Ore.—At the opening of the sovereign grand lodge convention of the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows (white) here, Grand Sire Her bert A. Thompson of Detroit recom mended that action be taken to per mit the admittance to the order of races of color the world over. The outcome of the recommendation has not yet been reported. LYNCHING PROTEST LAID BEFORE PRES. COOLIDGE Everett Sanders, secretary to Pres ident Coolidge, has written to James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, telling him that the N. A. A. C. P. telegram pro testing the burning alive of a Negro in Mississippi, had been “very prompt ly laid before the President”. The telegram sent by the N. A. A. C. P. on September 21st to President Coolidge, reads as follows: “The burning of a Negro at stake by a mob yesterday in Mississippi constitutes the thirteenth lynching this year. This case of savage ferocity, inexcusable regardless of the guilt or innocence of the victim, brings for ward the crying necessity for federal action to stamp out the shame which blackens the name of America before the civilized world. We respectfully urge you to bring this question be fore Congress when it next assembles and that you reiterate your recom mendation for effective congressional action.” On the following day, September 22, the N. A. A. C. P. sent another tele gram to President Coolidge, as fol lows: “Supplementing my telegram of yesterday reporting the burning alive of a Negro in Mississippi, I desire to call to your attention newspaper dis patches of today, recounting the mur der by a mob in Georgia of an insane colored man, taken from the State Hospital for the Insane, chained to a tree and beaten to death, charged with murder of a nurse in the asylum. This constitutes the fourteenth lynch ing in 1925 as against twelve for a corresponding period in 1924. May we again urge a recommendation from you to Congress asking suppression of these uncivilized atrocities.” In reply to the first telegram, the president’s secretary wrote: “Your telegram of September 21st has been received and very promptly laid before the President.” A NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE Mrs. Uuth Wallace had a formal opening Saturday of her Flower Shop at 2008 North 24th street, which is in the store of Mrs. H. J. Craw ford & Sons. This is a new enterprise among our people. The Wallace Flower Shop has a beautiful display of cut flowers and can supply flowers for all occasions, such as weddings, funerals, social gatherings and all events where flowers are in demand. Mrs. Wallace was formerly in this business some years ago at Kansas City and thor oughly understands the demands of the trade. When you want to “say it with flowers" patronize the Wallace Flower Shop. ORDERS INDICTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF MOB Asheville, N. C.—-(By the Associated Negro Press.)—Indictments for every member of the mob who participated in the storming of the Buncombe county jail Saturday night in an at tempt to take a Negro prisoner, have been ordered by Judge John Oglesby -of the superior court bench. One mem ber, a woman, who circulated a peti tion against the imprisoned man, was arrested and is being held. The pris oner’s name is Alvin Mansel. SAYS EASE MAKES WEAK LEGS Schenectady, N. Y.—(By the Asso ciated Negro Press.)—The luxuries and so-called conveniences of modern life are making for weak legs and weak minds in the youth of today, ac cording to President Charles Rich mond, who recently addressed the stu dents of Union college at its opening. Boys and girls are becoming so de pendent on motor cars, he asserted, that they are not able to walk across the average college campus. He told of boys who had to tum on a victrola to dress by. WOULD PREVENT DOCTOR TO RESIDE IN‘WHITE’DISTRICT Colored Clevelanders Urging Doctor Garvin to Stand Steadfastly For His Residential Rights. IMPORTANT ISSUE INVOLVED Cleveland, O.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—You have heard of the question of what will happen if an ir resistable force hits an immovable body? It may be that the answer will be found in Cleveland. At this writing the whites about the Wade Park allot ment may be likened unto the “irre sistible force.” Colored Cleveland is the “immovable body.” In a preliminary conference in the offices of William H. Boyd, leading white attorney, attended by a group of citizens of both races, appointed by representative gatherings, there was, as announced by Mr. Boyd, friendly and frank discussion on both sides, but there was not a solution. Colored Clevelanders declare that the subject far transcends that of the individual, Dr. Charles Garvin, who is building a beautiful home in Wade Park Addition, from the occupancy of which efforts are being made to ex clude him. It is maintained that it has become a matter of principle, which the famous traditions of Cleve land and the Western Reserve will not admit of wavering upon nor taking a backward step. It has been pointed out that the same condition obtains in practically every big city of the na tion in the north, and whatever Cleve land does will be watched and set a precedent. There are many Cleveland ers of both races who are jealous of the history of fair play for which the community has been famous from the beginning. The Garvin house is nearing com pletion; the director of public safety, Edward Barry, former sheriff, prom ises police protection; the two imme diate neighbors of the Garvin location continue to be furious, and the daily newspapers are playing a silent game since Monday. The most conservative Clevelanders declare this is the se verest strain on race relations this city has ever experienced. TIME FOR SOBER THINKING AND DETERMINED ACTION Colored America may well pause in its mad career of indifference and wake up to the fact that the most amazing and sinister influences are at work to bring about a state of isola tion and segregation unequalled in American history. The Associated Negro Press for more than two years has been bringing these stories to the papers. Unfortunately, we have only been stirred when they reached our re spective communities. This fall from Los Angeles to Boston and New York, and from Detroit and Cleveland to St. Louis and Washington, there have been and are acute cases of housing segregation. These are followed, as in Philadelphia, Detroit and Cleveland, by suggestion of a definite character from whites and some blacks for sep arate schools. What is Colored Amer ica going to do about this amazing condition? It calls for sober thinking ami determined action. That it is at tributed to the Ku Klux matters not. The conditions exist and are increas ing in tensity. The time is far spent when this job should be tackled in ear nest.—Associated Negro Press. FIND SOURCE OF TUBERCULOSIS Chicago.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)—Two scientists of the Univer sity of Chicago, Dr. Alexander A. .Maximow and Dr. F. J. Lang, are said to have discovered the source of growth of tuberculosis by observing the growth of the disease on living tis sue through a microscope. The ex periment established the belief that the tuberculosis nodules grow on the lung tissues and in the white cor puscles of the blood. MOB FOILED BY SHERIFF Asheville, N. C.—While a lynching was being perpetrated in Mississippi Sunday night, one was barely averted In this state. A crowd of 600 persons who stormed the Buncombe county jail in search of a Negro arrested on an assault charge was only frustrated because the prisoner had been smug gled to another city by Sheriff Mitch ell just thirty minutes before the mob formed.