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\ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
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$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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
