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is*1, The Monitor = 8 W NEBRASKA'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS \ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. -- ' 1 —’ ‘ ,, "V — ' - 1 ■■■—" ■■ . r. „ T ,.ALii«T7 | ifff.'wu -j m a i . m — $2.00 a Year—5 Cent, a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927Vol. XIII—No. 9 Whole Number 631 African Native Gets Two Million Loan Negro Civil Engineer, Designer of Bridges, Dies at Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio.—James A. Joyce, 61, assistant county bridge engineer for the last 14 years, and designer of many structures in Cleveland and elsewhere, who died Saturday last at his home, 2246 East 80th street, was laid away in Dakeview cemetery, fol lowing an impressive funeral cere mony at Mt. Zion’ Congregational Temple, Wednesday afternoon. The largest piece of work credited to Mr. Joyce was designing the De troit-Superior high level bridge. He was in charge of county buildings and machinery, and inspected all metal work for the county. Before he be came assistant county engineer, Mr. Joyce was chief engineer and director of the Cowing Engineering company. During that time he designed the Cleveland Hippodrome Co. building, the Jefferson street lift bridge, the Saginaw, Mich., swing bridge, and the Kinsman Road viaduct over the Pennsylvania railroad. Mr. Joyce, w o had lived in Cleve land for 40 years, is survived by t r>’e daughters and a son. PENSION BUREAU DENIES RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THAT DEPARTMENT Official Claim* the Firat Knowledge of Alleged Segregation Policy Derived from Reading Race Paper* Washington, D. C. — Officials of the Department of the Interior vigor ously denied that there had been any attempt to extend segregation in that department but admitted four clerks “had been moved” because of com plaints coming from them, but they would be put back at their old posts. It was originally reported that all colored clerks in the pension bureau were put to work together in the fil ing division on August 1. Four col ored pension examiners had been se gregated from Caucasians on July 19th. No comment concerning the mat ter has thus far been made by Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the In terior, who at present is in the west on a business trip. Official Statement C. E. Finley, acting secretary, vig orously denied that there had been any move on foot to segregate em ployes in that department. He claim ed that his first knowledge of it came from reading several colored news papers. He made inquires, , imme diately, he said, and was informed that there had been two examiners in one room and two in another, and that they had been moved. They made a complaint about being moved, he said, and it is quite probable that they will be put back where they were. COLOR LINE REMOVED BY AMERICAN LEGION Fitchburg, Mass.—The resolutions commending the affiliated society of the “40 and 8” for removing the col or line from its constitution, were adopted, 241 and 211, by the Massa chusetts Department of the American Legion here recently. A roll call of posts was needed and a spirited de bate followed. The resolution, in effect, passes the color question to the national Legion and instructs the department officers and delegates to the national conven tion to take up the issue. WOMAN AGED 103 DIES Mrs. Jane Hogan, aged 103, died at the County Hospital, Tuesday, August 16. Mrs. Hogan was a native of Tennessee, and came to Omaha a few years ago to make her home with her only daughter, Mrs. Mollie McKinney, by whom she is survived. The funeral was held Monday from the Joseph D. Lewis Funeral Home. Burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery. The Rev. O. J. Burkhardt officiated. RETURN FROM GRAND LODGE Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Gooden, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Broadus, Mrs. Allen Jones, Mrs. Maggie Moore, Miss Ruth Seay and Mr. Austin Dickerson have returned from Sedalia, Mo., where they attend ed the sessions of the Grand Lodge of the U. B. F.’s and S. M. T.’s. Dr. Gooden was elected Grand Medical Examiner. Lindbergh Bell and Cabaret Dance by Roosevelt Post at Dreamland ball, Angnst 30th. / JULIUS CAESAR FAR OUT-CLASSED BY THIS FAST COLORED TYPIST Washington, D. C.—Julius Caesar, whom it was said could dictate to six amenuensi and do several other things at the same time, has been out-classed by a colored typist, Cor tex W. Peters, who exhibited much speed and skill in a demonstration at the office of the Recorder of Deeds last week. During the demonstration Mr. Pe ters conversed with people in the room and at the same time copied ac curately 147 words per minute; re cited a poem while writing from a copy at the rate of 160 words a min ute, added four columns of figures mentally without error, as he rapidly typed from a copy; dashed off 170 words per minute from copy in a speed drive. NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS - _ Detroit, Mich.—The thirty-second annual convention of the National Medical Association opened in De troit Monday, August 16th, with over 200 delegates present from every sec tion of the country. The meeting continued for four days. The Al lied Medical Society of Wayne coun ty, of which Dr. J. M. Thomas is the j president, acted as host. : _ MERCHANT PRINCE GIVES TO ORPHANS, St. Louis, Mo.—David May, known as “the merchant prince of America,” and president of a chain of mammoth dry goods stores throughout the coun try, passed away at Charlevoix, Mich. ' Among the stores which he founded and owned a large interest in were, the Famous-Barr in St. Louis and the : May stores in various cities. In his will he left $2,500 to the St. Louis. Colored Orphan Home, the splendid | institution of which Mrs. Annie M. Malone is patron and chairman of the board. DAUGHTERS OF BETHEL ARE IN GRAND SESSION The Daughters of Bethel are hold ing their annual grand session here this week at St. John’s A. M. E. church. A number of delegates are present from Kansas and Nebraska. HOME FOR AGED" DEDICATED Boston, MasB.—The dedication of Rest Haven, a home for homeless aged people, 120 Fisher avenue, Rox bury, was appropriately celebrated Sunday afternoon. The Home is a gift to the commun ity from Attorney Edgar P. Benja min, the well known Negro philan thropist and president of the South End Co-operative bank. It will be maintained and supported by the var ious colored churches of Boston. MAYOR DALHMAN IMPROVING Mayor James C. Dahlman, who has been confined to his bed and room for several weeks with a broken hip, has been permitted to come down stairs, and hopes to be able to go to his office in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Terrace Holden of San Bernardino, Cal., enroute east, spent a few dayB here visiting their cousins, D. G. and John H. Russell. EDITORIAL (The following contributed article is so timely and im portant that we gladly accept it as our leading Editorial for this issue. We adopt the sentiments herein set forth as our own, and heartily commend them to our readers. The Y. W. C. A. is worthy of our liberal support.—The Editor.) Attention should be called to the fact that the North Side Branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association is not get ting the proper response and support from the Negro people of Omaha. With as large a Negro population as Omaha now boasts of, it does not reflect credit on anyone, to see the North Side Branch barely holding on by the support given by the Central Branch, and the faithful few who are to be found everywhere. There has been a mistaken idea prevalent among our I coup, that there is no room or place in the sun for anyone but hose having wealth and positions or professions. Such an idea hould be erased at once from the minds of the people. We wish to say that there is room and need for everybody; room for every Negro woman in Omaha; room for every Negro girl from the ages of six to twenty. There is work to be done in this community. There are girls to be taken from the streets and made good, clean women of; there are little girls to be trained to become possible leaders of tomorrow. How can such a large end with such small means be ac complished? Impossible. There are parents who send their girls to the Y. W. C. A. who have not set foot inside of the build ing, and after all it said and done, nothing is known about the work done here. They are YOUR girls, so why not help work out a progres sive program? So, let us appeal to your sense of duty, and let us all build a Y. W. C. A. membership in this community that will be second to none for a city with a population of this size of Negro citizens. The other races support their enterprises, Christianrand otherwise, and why can’t we? We have the in telligence, and the other requisities, but what we need is the INITIATIVE TO GO FORWARD. All the women and mothers who are not members, make up your minds today to become a member within the next few j weeks. Send in your application for membership now, and see what a hearty welcome you will receive. All are invited, rich and poor, educated and uneducated alike. We need YOUR support, we need YOUR presence, if only to come and visit us. With such a beautiful building as the one located at 2306 North Twenty-second street, it is a pity that it is not used daily hs a meeting place for good fellowship and comradeship. The building should be a meeting place for all that is good and Jclean and helpful. So, women of Omaha, let not this note be sounded in vain. ;__ -----— THE LIBERIANS WANT U. S. IS RUMORED — President King Is Reported to Be Seeking to Have the Colony Adopted Again by the United States Paris—A rumor is circulating in Paris to the effect that President (King of Liberia has come to Europe to get in touch with the American diplomatic representatives in Paris jand London with a view to persuad ling the United States government to again take his country as a colony, \ believing that this relationship will bring prosperity to his people, says a special dispatch in the Sunday Log Angeles Times. Although the American school hooks scarcely mention it, Liberia was an American colony until July 26, 1847, when the colored inhabi tants there threw off their allegiance. The country is large enough to supply all tropical products, like rub ber, that America needs. HOWARD GETS N. Y. MAN Washington, D. C.—Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard University, has approved the appoint ment of Mr. Edmund D. Ward of New York City as assistant to the treasurer and chief accountant at the Howard University. ELK LODGE NEWS The regular meeting of Iroquois Lodge No. 92 was held in the lodge rooms Wednesday, Augubt 17. Paul S. Holliday presided as exalted ruler in the absence of Amos Scruggs, who has gone to the grand lodge session in New York. The meeting was short and precise. Thomas Simmons, a boy scout, a member of Troop 33 (Elks Lodge) has gone to Camp Gifford, to spend the ten-day encampment period with the scouts from Troops 23, 79 and 86. Sunday, August 28, is visitors’ day at camp. Everyone is invited to come. Take the Burlington train. Fare, 60 cents round trip. Train leaves at 9:30 a. m. and 1:20 p. m., returns at 3:30 p. m. CHICAGO GETS THREE NEW POLITICAL JOBS Chicago—Close upon the heels of the announcement last Thursday that Patrick E. Prescott of the firm of Bibb and PrcBcott, lawyers, and one of the editors of The Chicago Whip, had been appointed an assistant cor poration counsel at $5,000 a year, came the further news Monday that Attorney William H. Temple had been made an assistant city attorney, and Attorney George Lawrence an as sistant corporation counsel. This increases to five the number of Negroes holding responsible posi tions in the office of the corporation counsel, Samuel Tttleson. THE SOUTH SIDE CULTURAL CENTER There will be a meeting of the Im provement Club at the Center, Wed nesday, August 31. The club has been conducting a home improvement campaign at the Center on the South Side. Forty dollars has been offered in prizes. Ten dollars for the home showing greatest improvement, $7.50 for the second prize, $5 for the third and seven prizes of $2.60 each. At this meeting it is hoped to de cide upon a permanent organization. The ladies of the club will serve re freshments, the men will arrange the program. A committee of ministers from the South Side churches will decide the prize winners. ENTERTAINS FOR WIFE Mr. Henry Johnson entertained at a delightful four-course dinner party Wednesday evening in honor of his wife, Ruth, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. Covers were laid for ten. The guests included: The Misses Florence Jones, Donna Perry, Hazel Roulette, Ethel Jones, Mattie Hendrix, and Mesdames James Lapsley, Henry Johnson, (lerton Elli son, Richard Reynolds, and M. Ren fro. After dinner musical numbers were given by Hazel Roullette, Flor ence Jones and Mrs. James Lapsley of Chicago. Dance with Roosevelt Poet No. 30, American Legion, at the Emancipa tion Celebration at Krug Park, Sep tember 12th. TWO MILLION DOLLAR LOAN GIVEN NEGRO Huge Sum to Go for Financing the Cocoa Growing Industry— African Native Handles Transaction New York.—Following close on the heels of the prompt settlement of the Liberian war debt to the United States, another financial negotiation of a huge scope is underway between United States banking houses and representatives of the large Negro dominion. Preliminary negotiations for a two million dollar loan have been conclud ed by Winifred Tete-Ansa, a native of the Gold Coast, West Africa, with New York banking interests. The loan is to be used to finance produc tion and marketing of cocoa grown on the Gold Coast. Tete-Ansa is quoted as saying that his primary object in seeking finan cial assistance for the cocoa growers of his country was to relieve them of the domination now exercised by a group of London cocoa importing in terests known as The African and Eastern. He declared that prices ob tained by natives for their cocoa at the depot of The African and East ern and its subsidiaries was below the world market price. He said he intended to take a staff of the American executives back to Acora to take charge of the co-opera tive crop bank which he plans to es tablish. FIRST COLORED WOMAN EDITOR IN COLORADO NOW OMAHA RESIDENT The following item, published in The Western Appeal of Pueblo, Colo., will be of interest to Omahans: “The first colored woman editor in the state of Colorado was Mrs. Julia Embry. It is also interesting to know that her name is listed in the ‘Who’s Who in the Colored Race.’ She is now Mrs. Hiram R. Greenfield of Omaha, but we are all proud to re member her as a prominent resident of Colorado Springs.” ON THE LINDBERG RECEPTION COMMITTEE Acting Mayor Hopkins has appoint ed Dr. W. W. Peebles, Edward W. Killingsworth, Commander Roosevelt Post American Legion, and the Rev. John Albert Williams, as members of the Lindberg reception committee. DISTRICT ASSOCIATION HOLDS SUCCESSFUL MEET The Omaha and Council Bluffs Dis trict Association and Women’s Mis sionary Society have been holding their fourth annual session this week at Pleasant Green Baptist church. The sessions opened Tuesday morn ing and closed Friday. An interest ing and varied program of services, papers and discussions occupied the session. There was a good attend ance. Rev. Z. E. McGee is modera tor, Rev. E. H. McDonald, secretary, Prof. S. N. Blake, president S. S. con vention, and Mrs. M. King, president of the Women’s Missionary Society. Y. W. C. A. NOTES The committee of management of the North Side Branch of the Y. W. C. A., wishes to thank each and every one for their patronage at their Seventh Anniversary Homecoming on August 18, last Thursday afternoon. The committee had planned such a *• delicious its well as novel luncheon that all were well pleased. Those who did not attend missed a very en joyable time. The committee of management is sponsoring a popularity contest held between contestants from the various committees. Books are now out, and all of the people who are approached in Omaha are asked to help as far as they are able. A very excellent prize is offered to the successful contest ant, as well as a prize for all others who are entered. But that is the secret. The contest will run for a period of two or three weeks longer, and we ask your support. BOOZES CLEARED OF MORDER CHARGES BROBGHT BY SISTER State Refuses to Support the Case Against Wealthy Citizens—Ac cusers Failed to Make Ap pearance at Hearing EFFORT TO DISCREDIT PROMINENT PEOPLE Cleveland, Miss.—The sensational charges brought against Eugene Booze, special flood relief worker, and his wife, Mrs. Mollie Booze, re publican national committee woman from Mississippi, and three other per sons, in connection with the death of Isaiah Montgomery, father of Mrs. Booze, said to have resulted from poisoning, were dismissed Saturday by David Arnold, justice of the peace at Cleveland. Murder Charge Brought An affidavit charging murder was sworn to by Miss Stella Montgomery, another daughter, against Mr. Booze and his wife; B. A. Green, mayor of Mound Bayou, Miss.; C. V. Thur mond, Mr. Montgomery’s former sec ! retary, and his wife, Mrs. Beatrice I Thurmond. Upon hearing of the case at Rose dale Saturday, Magistrate Arnold dis missed the case on motion of District Attorney John P. Smith, who said the State was unable to make a case. The five persons who were named as defendants in the case are wealthy residents of the all-colored town of Mound Bayou, Miss., of which the late Isaiah Montgomery was the founder. Booze and his wife, with the other three defendants, were charged with having murdered Mr. Montgomery by poisoning. Noth withstanding the fact of Montgomery’s death having occur red in March, 1924, the charges were not made until last week, and the affidavits were made by two race de tectives, said to reside in Jackson, Miss., at the instigation of Miss Es telle Montgomery. None of the ac cusers were present Saturday, hence the dismissal of the charges. Estate Contested At the death of Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Booze was made executor of his estate. Soon afterward Estelle filed a bill in chancery asking that Booze be dismissed as executor, which was refund by the court. Mr. Montgomery left a considera ble estate, which has been the bone of contention and has resulted in a number of court proceedings, culmin ating in the case today on a charge of murder. Owing to the prominence of Mr. Booze, who is treasurer for the Third Mississippi district of the re publican party, and his wife, Mrs. Booze, national committee woman of the republican party in this state, the case has attracted a great deal of attention. Mr. Booze alleges that it is a movement on the part of political enemies in this state to discredit him in the councils of the republican party. BANKERS TO MEET Philadelphia—The National Negro Bankers Association, which was or ganized in the city of Philadelphia last September, Major R. R. Wright, president, is to hold its second an nual meeting in Durham, N. C., on September 15 and 16. DENTISTS MEET Washington, D. C.—The Interstate Dental Association, made up of col ored dentists from 21 states, met here last week in its fourteenth session, with headquarters in the science hall and dental infirmary at Howard Uni versity. Mesdames A. D. James and J. F. Smith were hostesses at a very pleas ant kensington at the home of the former, 4421 South Twenty-sixth street, on Monday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Lillian Black, a former resi dent of Omaha, now residing in Los Angeles, Cal.
