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THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Eight Thousand Colored People in Omaha and Vicinity, and to the Good of the Community The Rev. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy. Twenty-Fifth Infantry Wins Athletic Honors Champions of Six Regiments Compete in Exciting Finals of Tournament in Honolulu. THE COLORED REGIMENT WINS. Scores Nearly Half of All the Points Made by Combined Competitors Two Omaha Boys in Contest. HOW THEY ENDED Twenty-fifth Inf. .....70 points First Infantry .....40 points Second Infantry .....29 points Coast Defense .....14 points Honolulu, H. T., March 24—The Twenty-fifth Infantry February 26, made good its promises to carry off the major honors of the big military athletic meet, finishing in the finals against three other regiments with seventy points to its credit out of a total of one hundred and fifty-four. In addition, Gilbert, of the Twentyfifth, smashed the Island record for the 100-yard dash to smithereens and set a local mark equal to the best ever made in the world. The finals attracted a great throng of spectators to Alexander Field. Interest in the meet had steadily increased with each day's preliminaries and all who had been out to see any of the preliminary events were out early for the finals, besides several hundred who were out for the first time. Time and time again the spectators swarmed on to the field, but promptly left at the request of the officer in charge. There was really nothing for the guard company to do in keeping back the crowd and only good natured taunts were hurled back and forth by the men of one regiment to those of another, as some favorite measured up to their expectation. Crowd Out Eearly. At nine o'clock sharp the first event took place. There were tardy ones who lamented their misfortune, and well they might, for Gilbert of the Twenty-fifth Infantry held the bleachers spellbound as he raced down the cinder track in record time. He ran in magnificent form and smashed his newly established record of nine and four-fifths seconds by setting a new one of nine and three-fifth seconds. No Mistake Possible. Five stop watches caught the world record time of nine and three-fifth seconds. The Twenty-fifth Infantry went mad with joy and pounded their appreciation on the back of Gilbert who is a perfect type of the sprinter. He is tall, wiry, and hasn't an extra ounce of flesh on his body. His every movement indicates speed. Parker of the Twenty-fifth Infantry ran second and Bray of the First Infantry was a close third. (Continued on seventh page.) Omaha, Nebraska, March 25, 1916 OSTER'S DECISION INTELLIGENCE Language of City Ordinance Discursive Do You Agree With We Simply Appeal to the Comm ORDINARY An Ordinance Prohibiting Public Providing a Penalty for the Violation. Be It Ordained by the City Council. Section 1.—It shall be unlawfully show or exhibit in any pictures of pictures by any device knight, kinemacolor, penny arcade, ma, play, theatrical song or statement or bill board display which shall represent or purpose or placing in a place of ignominy or grace hatred. Section 2.—Any person, person visions of this ordinance shall conviction thereof shall be fined in one hundred dollars. Section 3.—This ordinance shall be seen days from its passage. R'S DECISION INSUR INTELLIGENCE OF CITY of City Ordinance, Dictionary Discredit Him. Agree With This Learned Appeal to Honest People With Common Sense. FOSTER'S DECISION INSULTS INTELLIGENCE OF CITIZENS Language of City Ordinance, Dictionary and Facts Discredit Him. Do You Agree With This Learned Judge? We Simply Appeal to Honest People With Ordinary Common Sense. ORDINANCE NO. 9094. ince Prohibiting Public Exhibitions in the City qualty for the Violation Thereof. Defined by the City Council of the City of Omaha -It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or or exhibit in any place in the city of Omaha ties by any device known as mutescopes, kineto- color, penny arcade moving picture, or any theatrical song or stage or platform performance board display which tends to incite race riot represent or purport to represent any hanging, in a place of ignominy, any human being, the sa- -Any person, persons, firm or corporation violi- this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misd- of shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollars. -This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from its passage. An Ordinance Prohibiting Public Exhibitions in the City of Omaha, and Providing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof. Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Omaha: Section 1.—It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to publicly show or exhibit in any place in the city of Omaha, any picture or series of pictures by any device known as mutescopes, kinetoscope, cinematograph, kinemacolor, penny arcade moving picture, or any vaudeville act, drama, play, theatrical song or stage or platform performance or any advertisement or bill board display which tends to incite race riot or race hatred, or which shall represent or purport to represent any hanging, lynching, burning or placing in a place of ignominy, any human being, the same being incited by race hatred. Section 2.—Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars. Section 3.—This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after fifteen days from its passage. Passed: December 21, 1915. Attest: T. J. O'CONNOR, City Clerk. I hereby certify that the foreg document now on file in the C 'C'CONNOR, City Clerk. Certify that the foregoing is a true and correct c now on file in the City Clerk's office. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original document now on file in the City Clerk's office. LYNCHING. AS DEFINED BY WEBSTER. "Lynch, v. t.; lynched; lynchineth, without the forms of law, sed person. "Lynch-Law. Formerly Lynch by the name of Lynch who toin of the term is very doubtfulicting punishment for crimes t.; lynched; lynching: To inflict punishment on the forms of law, as when a mob captures an law. Formerly Lynch's law. (Said to be derived from of Lynch who took the law into his own form is very doubtful) Act or practice by punishment for crimes or offenses without due pro "Lynch, v. t.; lynched; lynching: To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. "Lynch-Law. Formerly Lynch's law. (Said to be derived from a Virginian by the name of Lynch who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful) Act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses without due process of law."—Webster's New International Dictionary. "Gus" is shown in the photoplay in the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who strike him down, throw his body on a horse and, galloping to the home of the Mulatto Lieutenant-Governor, hurl what purports to be the corpse of the offender, with a warning placard pinned thereon, on the door-steps of the house. If this is not a lynching, or does not "PURPORT" to be a lynching, WHAT IS IT? Police Judge Charles E. Foster decided that there was nothing shown in "The Birth of a Nation" which violates the ordinance. Such a decision dazzles one's eye with the brilliance of its asininity. Use the Monitor to Reach the Colored People of Nebraska. It's their Only Newspaper. VISION INSULTS ANCE OF CITIZEN nance, Dictionary and Fa redit Him. With This Learned Judge Honest People With Ordina non Sense. Public Exhibitions in the City of Omaha, Nation Thereof. Council of the City of Omaha: Suit for any person, firm or corporation, place in the city of Omaha, any picture, known as mutescopes, kinetoscope, cinema, moving picture, or any vaudeville stage or platform performance or any act which tends to incite race riot or race hatred to represent any hanging, lynching, beating, any human being, the same being incited, firm or corporation violating any of the deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and any sum not less than one dollar nor more. I will take effect and be in force from and after JAMES C. DAHLMAN, Mayor and President of City Council. bing is a true and correct copy of the city Clerk's office. T. J. O'CONNOR, City Clerk. ing: To inflict punishment upon, especially when a mob captures and hangs a man's law. (Said to be derived from a Virgo took the law into his own hands. But did) Act or practice by private person or offenses without due process of law Volume I. Number 39 From Fair Nebraska to Sunny Tennessee Incidents of the Trip and Impressions Received by Editor on First Visit to the Southland. MEMPHIS, AN OLD MODERN CITY Provisions Made For Separation of the Races Impress an Outsider as Strangely Inconsistent. Did you ever notice that typographical errors sometimes make you say what you did not say and had no intention of saying? Well, that is what happened last week. I said "A Mission does not appeal primarily to the emotions, but to the intellect and will. All sensationalism is rigidly excluded." But the printer made me say "all sentimentalism is rigidly excluded." Quite a difference, isn't there? The printer says the trouble was not with him, but with the proofreader, and I guess he's right. It's natural to dodge responsibility or to lay it on the other fellow, isn't it? And speaking about "sentimentalism" the individual or people who is void of sentiment, the right kind of sentiment, is to be pitied. Sentiment depends upon environment. As one notices the conditions nuder which some people exist he wonders what in the world there can possibly be to awaken any wholesome sentiment in them at all. Swampy Arkansas. This was the thought which came into my mind as the train sped on towards Memphis, and it became light enough for me to see out of the sleeper window. Yes, I had a sleeper right into Memphis, and out again—although in getting out there was a little embarrassment, which really turned out to my advantage and of which I shall tell you later. For miles and miles we ran through the dreariest swamp land. That was in Arkansas. Here and there were houses propped on "stilts," with water all around. How the people exist in such places, passeth all understanding! "And yet they seem to be fat and thriving," said the porter, who knows the country well. "I should think they'd die of malaria and chills and fever would hold high carnival among them," I said. "You would think so," he replied, but they stand it all right. It's all in getting used to things." Guess he's right, but sometimes its difficult to get used to some things. Through this section I saw nothing but uninviting cabins and paint-imploring shacks—many of them abandoned—only temporarily, however, because of high water. Now and then I saw a shiftless-looking resident or inhabitant of that section. Now, one who called himself or supposed him- (Continued on third page) General Race News 2 PRAISE FOR NEGRO TROOPS. Tenth Cavalry's March to Casas Grandes Fine Record, Funston Says. San Antonio, Tex., March 18—Danger to four hundred American Mormon colonists at Colonia Dublan was removed today by the arrival of a portion of Colonel Dodd's cavalry column there. Dublan is south of Casas Grandes, which the United States troops have left behind. The Tenth Cavalry, Negroes, reported to have been the first to enter Mexico, south of Hachita, early Thursday, composed the Dublan relief party. The march of Colonel Dodd's forces from Hachita to Casas Grandes, a distance of slightly over one hundred miles, is said by General Funston to be one of the finest marching records held in American army history. Funston stated that smaller bodies of picked men had made marches of seventy miles in twenty-four hours, but that for a large force to maintain an average speed of fifty miles a day in rough, desert country is most remarkable. Led by Mormons who had left their families in Dublan, Dodd's horsemen were in the saddle almost continuously for sixty hours. Spurred on by reports that the colonists were in danger of massacre by Villistas, the troopers covered one hundred miles of the most difficult desert country in Chihuahua on forced marches that will go down in the annals of army history. The column took advantage of the knowledge of the Mormon scouts, who knew every water hole, trail and road along the route. NEW REGISTRATION LAW. Oklahoma City, March 10.—The Democrats of the state in a special session of the legislature adopted a general registration law and submitted an amendment to the constitution that will presumably prevent most of the race men of this state from voting. The law requires that no person that did not vote in November, 1914, can vote now. Under the new law a race man will be shut out entirely. The same law is what broke up a session of the present legislature in a free-for-all fight. There are wordings in the bill which when sought to straighten out only a very few men of the race will ever be able to cast a vote in the state of Oklahoma. This new law is simply the "Grandfather" clause hashed out, changed around and reworded. JIM CROW BILL FAILS. Annapolis, Md., March 10.—Baltimore will have no "Jim Crow" cars for the next two years at least, the judiciary committee of the House of Delegates having made an unfavorable report on the bill introduced by Delegate McCusker, of Baltimore City. No one took the bill seriously, and among its strongest opposers were city Democrats. A NOTED BANDMASTER RESIGNS Advices from the Philippines state that Walter H. Loving, for fifteen years conductor of the Philippines Constabulary Band, has retired with honor with the rank of major. The well-known bandmaster is said to have found it necessary to relinquish his duties as conductor of the famous musical organization because of ill-health. THE MONITOR CONFERENCE OF COLORED REPUBLICANS HELD Representatives from the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma to the number of thirty met in Kansas City, Kans., February 22, for a conference on the political situation in the western states, and took preliminary steps towards forming a permanent organization. The committee on permanent organization consists of the following: John Grant Pegg, Nebraska, chairman; L. H. Bradbury, Missouri, secretary; F. J. McNeil, Oklahoma; J. A. Graves, Iowa; James H. Guy, Kansas. The committee on resolutions of which Mr. Pegg of Nebraska was chairman, presented the following which were adopted: We, the colored republicans of the Western states in convention assembled, assert our faith in the doctrines and principles of the republican party. We deplore the industrial and financial depression which prevails throughout the country as a result of democratic rule and incompetent administration of the tariff policy. We believe the re-enactment of a protective tariff law absolutely essential to the return of prosperity among us. We look upon the republican party as the dominant political organization in this country and we therefore look to it for such wise, just and courageous legislation and administration as will be conducive of justice to all men We are adverse to segregation in any and all of its forms in the political affairs of our government. We deplore lynching and mob violence wherever found as crimes against civilization and forthe prevention of it we favor such rational legislation as will make it an offense against the national government and will give to the federal court jurisdiction in all such cases. We look with hope for the success of the republican party in the coming national campaign and to the end that it may be successful we favor the association of our people with the local party organization, to their smallest units throughout the states. We condemn the recent action of the legislature of the state of Oklahoma in its attempt to nullify the decision of the supreme court of the United States by the enactment of legislation to disfranchise the Colored voters. We favor the adoption by the republican party, in its next national convention, of a plank in its platform declaring for the strict enforcement, according to the letter and spirit of the second section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, to the end that the representation in congress of any and all states shall be commensurate with the number of citizens who vote in such states. We recommend that we ask the national committee to recommend to the next national convention the selection of two Negroes to serve on the next national committee with the full rights and privileges of other committeemen and that one be selected from the Eastern portion of this country and the other from the Western portion. The Monitor is on sale at R. L. 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Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 YES—ICE CREAM any style, for any occasion J. A. DALZELL Quality First 1824 Cuming St. Tel. Doug. 616 S. FINKENSTEIN For Groceries, Meats, Fruits and Vegetables Phone Web. 1902 26th and Blondo LUMIERE STUDIO Modern Photography 1515-17 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 3004 Phone Webster 850 We sell nothing but the very best Meats and Groceries J. BERKOWITZ 24th and Charles Sts. Will L. Hetherington Violinist Instructor at Bellevue College Asst. of Henry Cox Studio Patterson Blk. CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. CHAS. EDERER FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. Phone Webster 1795. I TAKE PLEASURE in thanking you for your patronage. I want your trade solely upon the merits of my goods. You will profit by trading here. H. E. YOUNG Phone Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. Arthur C. G. Wade Obe Candidate for WATER BOARD John N. Baldwin REPUBLICAN For POLICE JUDGE. VOTE FOR James L. Johnson Present Councilman Florence Candidate for ASK ANY C I Have Lived A Square MU Rep COU VOTE FOR John W. Long For --- Charles A. Goss Born in Ohio 52 years ago; lived in Omaha 30 years; practiced law 28 years. Served in the legislature in 1893 and was United States Attorney for Nebraska 1906 to 1910. GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 self to be white, but apparently guiltless of the use of water for bathing purposes, although it existed in abundance; and then one who was unmistakably black. Whether white or black, they looked equally shiftless and unenergetic. This, however, was a car-window impression and refers to the Arkansasites I saw in the swampy section through which the Frisco line runs. The Mississippi River. As we approached Memphis I was impressed with the magnificent view we got of the Mississippi, vastly widened by the recent floods. As one beholds it he can well understand why it should be called "the Father of Waters." Memphis An Old Modern City. Memphis impresses one as an oldmodern city. There are many signs of age and of youth, too. In certain sections one notices many old buildings and hard by the modern skyscraper. I was told that nearly all the "sky-scrapers" had been built within the last ten or twelve years, just about the time Omaha was struck by the "sky-scraper" craze. Separation of the Races. Naturally, one of the first things that impressed me in Memphis was the provision for the separation of the races. The separation strikes one unaccustomed to it as puerile and inconsistent. But of this later. They have not reached the point where they have separate platforms for the races as they alight from the trains—not in Memphis at least. All alight on the same platform and walk on the same platform—shocking social equality, isn't it? until they come to the exit—and here Shakespeare is literally fulfilled: "they have their exits and their entrances." The white people go into one place reserved for them, and the Colored people go into the place prepared for them. In the Grand Central Station the provisions made for Colored passengers are adequate, well-kept and comfortable. There are separate lunch rooms and other accessories. The thing that For Supreme Judge THE MONITOR struck us as tremendously funny was the fact that a Colored nurse or servant in attendance upon a white passenger, may go into the section reserved for the whites without carrying color contagion or contaminating the air, but if the same individual were to attempt to enter those sacred precincts save as a servant, well—"Here, gentlemen, we have a hiatus," as my professor of theology would remark when we would arrive at some point where abstract reasoning would falter and faith alone could point the way. There are many of these strange hiati or gaps in Southern social customs when it comes to the association of the races. VOTES REPORTED BY CONTESTANTS IN THE FREE TRIP CONTEST Help Your Favorite. Frances Shaw ..... 150 Medeline Roberts ..... 70 Hazel Hall ..... 60 Ruth Jeltz ..... 51 Blanche Lawson ..... 30 Pearl Ray ..... 15 Ozelia Dunning ..... 0 Anthone Edwards ..... 0 Olga Henderson ..... 0 The Douglas Republican League held an enthusiastic meeting Thursday night and adopted the constitution and by-laws of the organization. The League will meet next Thursday night in St. Philip's Guild rooms. NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN From Nebraska. RIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. s and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 I saw another large depot, I think they call it the "Union," near the Grand Central. Here, too, were the two separate entrances for passengers, with the usual accessories, but the general commingling of the races on the common train platform, not, however, in the ocaches. Here there is separation again, with the notable exception above noted of being an attendant. I haven't told you much about Memphis, itself, yet; have I? Well, be patient, I'm coming to it. DOUGLAS LEAGUE MEETS. Charles F. McGrew Candidate for Republican Primaries April 18, 1916. PETER H. BURKE These Candidates Solicit Your Support at the Primaries April 18 J. P. PALMER FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY On the Republican Ticket As a member of the 1915 Legislature he was the author of the "Loan Shark Law" and the laws creating a municipal court to take the place of the Justice of the Peace Courts. VOTE FOR H.W.Reed thur C. Thomsen Arthur C. Thomsen FOR JUDGE OF THE Municipal Court e Obee e for BOARD G. Wade Obee Candidate for Subject to Republican Primaries, April 18th. VOTE FOR MURPHY VOTE FOR Will N. Johnson --- PETER H. BURKE M. REPUBLICAN For POLICE JUDGE. VOTE FOR Representative Subject to Republican Primaries April 18,1916. VOTE FOR Representative A Vote for Him is a Boost for Us. Subject to Republican Primaries April 18, 1916. Geo. A. Magney DEMOCRAT For COUNTY ATTORNEY Candidate for Re-election. 3 PETER HARRIS VOTE FOR Republican Candidate for Re-Nomination My Platform:— "A Square Deal to All" Primaries, Tuesday, April 18th. PETER B. ASK ANY ONE IN SOUTH OMAHA I Have Lived There Twenty-five Years A Square Deal is My Motto As Republican Nominee For COUNTY ATTORNEY VOTE FOR Lawyer Republican Candidate for PUBLIC DEFENDER Primaries April 18, 1916. Walter A. George Republican Candidate for GOVERNOR. F. S. TUCKER FOR REPRESENTATIVE At Republican Primaries April 18th. Member of 1905-1907 Legislature. THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail office at Omaha, Neb., under the s THE REV. JOHN ALBERT W Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Pryor, Asso Joseph LaCour, Jr., Adverti SUBSCRIPTION RATE Advertising rates, 59 c Address, The Monitor, 1119 N Telephone V Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Pryor, Associate Editors. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising rates, 59 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. THE FACTS OF THE FIGHT. We had sincerely hoped that we were through, for a time at least, with the Dixon-Griffith photo-play which was permitted to run for six weeks in our city at the close of last year. Our readers are fully advised of the steps then taken, not to have the play stopped, but to have the most objectionable features eliminated or modified, as was done in many other cities before the pictures were permitted to be shown. But that the record may be clear, let us review what was done. 1. The matter was taken up personally with Mayor Dahlman, upon whom we felt we could confidently count. He called into consultation John C. Rine, city attorney, and directed him to look up the law and see if there was any ordinance under which he could act. Mr. Rine's opinion was that there was no such ordinance. Mr. Dahlman then said to us: "In the absence of an ordinance I do not see what I can do. If we had an ordinance under which I could act, and we ought to have one, I would see that the ordinance was enforced. There is not time enough now to have an ordinance passed that would prevent their coming. One might be introduced that would prevent such things in the future." Mr. Rine speaking for the Mayor before a committee of citizens in the Mayor's office,gave the same legal opinion. Up to this point we believe that Mayor Dahlman acted in good faith. We believe that Mr. Rine's opinion as to the absence of a specific ordinance covering the case was correct. 2. A representative committee of our best citizens, of both races then waited upon the management of Brandeis theatre, a representative of the company presenting the film being present, and requested the management to eliminate the most objectionable features. This they positively declined to do. One concession was secured from Mr. Sutphen. At the suggestion and request of Mrs. F. H. Cole, he consented to have printed on the theatre program, a note prepared by the committee calling attention to the fact that the fidelity and loyalty of the slaves as he protectors and supporters of the white women and children of the South during those perilous times was nowhere adequately portrayed in the film. This note was printed on the program. 3. Having failed to secure the relief we sought, as a last resort recourse was taken to the courts. Ten Colored citizens through the law firm of Jeffries & Tunison, filed a petition before Judge Redick in the District 4 Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post-act of March 3, 1879. WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Associate Editors. Using and Circulation Manager. RES, $1.50 PER YEAR Reents an inch per issue. North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Webster 4243. Court seeking a restraining order. This Judge Redick refused to grant. He took the rather unusual course of refusing to issue an order directing them to show cause why they should not be enjoined. Judge Redick took the position that relief rested with the Mayor and Council. It has been suggested that Judge Redick's opinion may have been influenced by the fact that he is interested in or owner of the Gayety Theatre. We would dislike to believe that a judge would be in any way biased in giving his opinion or judgment in any case in equity because of his ownership or interest in similar property. Certainly, not a gentleman of the standing and probity of Judge Redick. 4. Early in November we presented a copy of the ordinance which had been prepared by the able attorneys of the N. A. A. C. P. to the city attorney's office and said that we believed that it would adequately cover the case here. The ordinance as submitted was amended by adding sections 2 and 3, and introduced by Mayor Dahlman to Council sitting as a Committee of the whole, November 11. It was recommended for passage and then "influence" was brought to bear to have it held up until the photoplay was about ready to leave the city. It was passed December 21st. The photo-play engagement closed December 26. We believe that in holding up that ordinance Mayor Dahlman and all the Commissioners broke faith with us. We personally told three of them this in an interview in the Council chamber. The three were Messrs. Dahlman, Kugel and Drexel. We told them that it looked very much like a case of double crossing. We said so publicly in these columns. After the ordinance passed we were told that it would be impossible for offensive photo-plays, etc., to be presented here in the future. These facts are here set down for the enlightenment of Judge Foster, among others, in order that he may understand just what steps were taken and why it ultimately came up for his decision, "chiefly for political reasons," as he expressed it in prefacing his outrageous decision. We were astonished when our attention was called to the fact that "The Birth of a Nation" was advertised for "a return engagement by request" at the Brandeis theatre. It was urged that it would be absolutely wrong to permit it to come without protest. inasmuch as a suitable ordinance was now in effect. We replied that it looked to us very much like a political trick. It was known how the race felt. The politicians who played us false would expect us to make a --- THE MONITOR great fuss about it; the law might now be enforced, and that fact would be sufficient balm for wounded feelings. We consented, however, to write a letter to the Commissioners advising them of what they already knew, that this play was coming and that they had an ordinance in effect under which they could act and simply asking what they were going to do about it. The Council directed Police Commissioner Kugel in its session Monday morning to proceed against the theatre for violating the city ordinance. This he proceeded to do. The theatre management went before Judge Leslie and secured an injunction restraining the city officials from interfering or even filing a complaint! An unwarranted invasion of police power, upon which Judge Leslie was compelled to reverse himself by City Attorney Rine and McGuire. This left the way open to file a complaint and have the manager of the theatre arrested. The City Attorney's office advised us that they were willing to do this if some of us who were interested would stand by it and help secure conviction. A committee consisting of Dr. Hutten, Thomas Adams, the Rev. W. T. Osborne, Mrs. J. Alice Stewart and the editor were called into consultation. Two of us frankly stated that we did not feel like wasting any more time in the matter; we were tired of being played with. The City Attorney's office, seeming so sincere, we concluded to co-operate for the sake of establishing a precedent. Mr. Sutphen was arrested. The case was tried by Judge Foster of the Police Court to whose jurisdiction it belonged. Mr. McGuire appeared for the city and Mr. Kinsler for the theatre people. Despite the fact that it was pointed out that the ordinance strictly forbids the exhibition of anything which "shall represent or purport to represent any hanging, lynching, etc," and that the photoplay represents "Gus" as being lynched by the Ku Klux Klan and what purports to be his body is thrown on the steps of Lynch, the mulatto lieutenant governor, and a warning placard placed on the corpse, the erudite, the learned Charles E. Foster, police magistrate of the city of Omaha, referring to his notes prepared before the hearing of the case, decided that in showing "The Birth of a Nation" the management of Brandeis theatre had not violated Ordinance No. 9094, and therefore discharged the defendant from custody. This Decision is Rotten—Absolutely Anyone with a thimbleful of brains or common sense, who will read the ordinance and see the photoplay and, especially the lynching of "Gus" and yet claim that the ordinance is not violated, in our judgment, exposes himself to the charge that he is either a fool or a knave. Here is the story of our fight on the photoplay and the result. It calls for some hard thinking. What do you think about it? NEW HOME FOR NEW YORK Y. M. C. A. New York City, March 10.—Plans for the new building of the West Fifty-third street branch of the New York Young Men's Christian association are being drawn by John F. Jackson. Work on the building will be begun on May 1. The land and structure will cost about $180,000. The building will be located in Harlem at West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, near Seventh avenue. Remember the Name Will Appreciate Your Support for CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT Republican Primaries April 18, 1916. VOTE FOR Kelso A. Morgan Republican Candidate for the Office of PUBLIC DEFENDER Primaries April 18th, 1916. Vote in 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th and East Omaha Wards. VOTE FOR James R. Musgrave Republican Candidate for COUNTY COMMISSIONER Fifth District Primaries April 18, 1916. Benj. S. BAKER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR Congress Vote for the Colored Man's Friend. Republican Primaries April 18, 1916. William F. Wappich (Attorney) Candidate for POLICE MAGISTRATE An Efficient and Plain Man for the Plain People. Sam K. Greenleaf Chief Clerk County and City Treasurer's Office Republican Candidate for COUNTY CLERK Vote For JACOB LEVY For JUSTICE OF THE PEACE He Knows the Office—He Has Been Justice Before. P. J. Trainer Vote For FOR REPRESENTATIVE A Friend of Our Race—He's All Right Republican. ASK FOR AND GET SKINNER'S THE HIGHEST QUALITY EGG NOODLES 36 PAGE RECIPE BOOK FREE SKINNER MFG. CO., OMAHA, U.S.A. LARGEST MACARONI FACTORY IN AMERICA Events and Persons In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Mr. John Grant Pegg left Wednesday evening for his ranch at Whitman, Neb. Wait for the twenty-seventh at the Mecca. St. Douglas Co.—adv. Mr. General Scott, assisted by Mrs. Allen Jones and friends, tendered Mrs. Scott a surprise party March 12, it being her birthday anniversary. An elaborate luncheon was served. A most delightful time was spent by all present. The Young Married Ladies' Kensington held their first meeting last Friday at the residence of Mrs. Howard McDaniels. After the election of officers a dainty luncheon was served by the hostess. Mrs. Zeno Washington was chosen president and Mrs. Arnold Black secretary. For County Treasurer EMMET G. SOLOMON —adv. Mrs. Victoria Haley of St. Louis, Mo., Grand Matron O. E. S., who has been making visitations to the chapters, is ill at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Hicks, 2020 Clark street. Mrs. Haley has been compelled to cancel all her engagements. Millard Singleton, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Singleton, is in the city emergency hospital with scarlet fever. The Don't Worry Girls' club will give their first annual entertainment at Peterson's hall on April 1, 1916. Refreshments served by Woman's club for the benefit of the home at Lincoln. Plenty of music. Stella Davis, president; Nanny Johnson, secretary. Admission 15 cents. Adv. Mrs. General Scott entertained on Thursday afternoon, March 9, at a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Leonedis White of St. Paul, Minn., who was visiting her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. Sawyer. Covers were laid for twelve. The merchants and firms who advertise with us show that they want your trade. When patronizing them tell them that you saw their advertisement in The Monitor. Miss Marie Houston of Aurora, Neb., arrived Thursday and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith, 2409 Blondo street. Mrs. John Hall returned from Atchison, Kans., last Sunday, leaving her mother much improved. A quiet day for women will be held at St. Philips church next Thursday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.. The Rev. Wilbur S. Leete, rector of St. Luke's, Plattsmouth, will be the conductor. It was postponed from March 9 because of Fr. Leete's illness. For County Treasurer EMMET G. SOLOMON —adv. Mrs. Willie Foster died March 10, in Chicago. The remains were shipped to Banks & Wilks. The funeral will be held Sunday from St. John's A. M. E. church, the Rev. W. T. Osborne officiating. THE MONITOR Mrs. A. W. Parker and family desire to express their thanks to their many friends and the Odd Fellows' Lodge for their kindness during the illness and death of Mr. Parker. For County Treasurer EMMET G. SOLOMON —adv. Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mrs. Maggie Brown of Wirt street have gone to Excelsior Springs, Mo. They expect to return the latter part of the week. Mrs. John Hickman was suddenly called last week to the bedside of her sick mother in Hutchison, Kans. John N. Baldwin announces his candidacy for the republican nomination or police magistrate of Omaha, and respectfully solicits the support of all colored voters.—Adv. George N. Johnson, formerly of Omaha, but now a resident of Chicago, is quite ill at his residence, 3334 Vernon avenue. A chicken dinner will be given at the residence of Mrs. Perry, 2130 North Twenty-seventh street, March 27, for the benefit of Zion Baptist church. Dinner, 25 cents.—Adv. Will N. Johnson, Lawyer, Southwest Corner of Fourteenth and Douglas Sts. Douglas 4956. Bishop J. Albert Johnson, D.D., who is an orator and scholar and who is now bishop of the A. M. E. connection in South Africa, having spent eight years laboring with the natives, will give an illustrated lecture on "South Africa and Its People," at St. John's A. M. E. church Thursday, March 30, at 8:30 p. m. Don't fail to hear him or miss seeing the conditions of Africa on canvas. A chicken pie dinner will be given by Hiawatha Chapter No. 57, O. E. S., Thursday evening, April 6th, at Masonic hall, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. Tickets 25 cents.—Adv. The entertainment given by the Grant Brotherhood of St. John's A. M. E. church on Monday evening was a literary and musical treat. The oration by Mr. A. Reed and recitation by Mr. J. Bundrant, together with the solos by Messrs. Maxwell and Bradford and the quartette by the Grant Brotherhood were all well rendered and received rounds of applause. The spelling bee was interesting. Spellers of twenty and more years ago, however, out-spelled many of the present high schoolites. We hope to have many more such excellent programs by the Grant Brotherhood. Corrine Thomas won the prize, being the last one down. Persons mailing us local items must sign their names and address. The Esther chorus is now rehearsing for the presentation of "Queen Esther," dramatized, which promises to be the greatest affair of its kind yet staged in Omaha. Mme. Gruendler, the dramatic instructor, has played in the cantata more than 100 times, and teaches the cantata from the beginning to end withour referring to her book. The five heavy leads are taken by Miss Minnie Wright as Queen Esther, Mr. Jno. Jeltz as King, Mr. Rufus Long as Haman, Mr. Leo McKinney as Mordecai and Mrs. Maude Ray as Zeresh. The advisory board of the Negro Woman's Christian Association will give a charity ball soon after Easter. Adv. One of the prettiest social functions St. Patrick's eve was the reception tendered the Captains and members of the $500 Missionary campaign at the A. M. E. parsonage. The house was beautifully decorated with green in keeping with the day. More than forty ladies were present. After being served with a delightful menu prepared by one of Omaha's best catresses, Mrs. Lenora Gray, the ladies discussed their plans to complete the work in hand. Immediately following the missionary reception a number of ladies, headed by Madams Metcalf, Napper, Hanger and Burton, gave a surprise on Rev. W. T. Osborne, After serving salad and ices, they presented him a bronze book rack. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. Neckwear 50c to $3.00. Lewis Underwear, Imperial Underwear and Vassar Underwear. Interwoven Hose. Free Trip Contest The winner of the First Prize will also be given a number of articles donated by friends and business people to make more complete her summer outfit. Limited to Fifteen. Entries Close March 23, 1916. The following contestants have entered: The Misses Ozelia Dunning, Pearl Ray, Madeline Roberts, Anthone Edwards, Frances Shaw, Olga Henderson, Olethea Russell and Ruth Jeltz. If unable to reach contestants, votes taken at Terrill's Drug Store, Gordon's Drug Store, People's Drug Store and Mrs. Jackson's Lunch Room. Contestants desiring to enter, call Mrs. Martha Smith, Harney 4409 Drug Store and The People's Drug Store. Miss Lena Paul will donate a combination suit to the winner; and Mrs. T. S. Riggs and Mrs. I. Grey will give a sport suit. VOTES TEN CENTS EACH. BENEFIT N. W. C. A. HOME. Committee in charge: Mesdames Jas. Smith, chairman, Ed. West, H. R. Roberts, Marshall, Moore, R. Workcuff and Irvine Grey. McQuillin 1512 Farnam HEART OF OMAHA A Silk Dress Pattern To be Given to the Young Woman Receiving the Second Largest Number of Votes by July 1st, 1916. Miss Bessie Jackson of Denver, is stopping at the home of Mrs. J. S. La Cour. Miss Jackson is a sister of Mrs. Leona Barbee, who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt during the holidays. Springtime is here—Call Webster 5036. Let George remove your ashes and rubbish. HURLED FIFTY FEET IN BLAST AT GREELEY CENTER. Greeley Center, Nebr., March 17. Mose Obanion, a Colored man, who has been connected with the J. J. Harrahill pool hall for the past few years, was seriously burned and otherwise injured when the tank to a gasoline lighting system exploded the morning of March 12th. The rear of the building where the tank was located was badly wrecked. He was blown some fifteen or twenty feet through a doorway into the street. No cause can be assigned for the explosion. JOE LEWIS---TAXI New Easy Riding Seven-Passenger Car 12:05 A. M. to 5 A. M. Midway, Doug. 1491 or 3459 5 A. M. to 7 P. M. Residence, Web. 7661 7 P. M. to 11:55 Peoples Drug Store, Doug. 1446 Quit 12 Farnam PORT OF OMN Stetson Lewis Underwear, Underwear. Interwo rip C Woman's C OFFERS TWO PRIZE First Prize: To Denver, or St. Louis Securing the Lark by July 1st, 1916 Second Prize Bik Dress Park ing Woman Receive of Votes by July first Prize will al and business people CONTESTANTS en. Entries Close ants have entered Roberts, Anthon Russell and Ruth testants, votes take le's Drug Store a enter, call Mrs. Mole's Drug Store. the winner; and suit. BEACH. BENEFI Mesdames Jas. S. 5 Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. The economic question of the household it is usually supposed, is in the hands of the woman. This is only partly true. It is to a greater extent in the hands of the man, the recognized provider. Any man who by natural authority makes himself the king in his home, and who inspires and maintains the respect and love of the inmates, will never be made to suffer from their extravagance. The wife who loves her husband in the true sense can no more drag upon his purse strings than she can inflict upon him physical pain. The daughter who loves her father will be the first to check the mother who, through over interest and pride, may have momentarily forgotten the limitations that mark her husband's purse. A man who has control of himself is pretty apt to control all the members of his household. It is when he is discovered throwing wood on other fires than his own that extravagance in the home is apt to begin. Most wives are jealous of the money their husbands spend that does not in some way include them. "With all my worldly goods I thee endow" is the most important part of the marriage ceremony with many women, and the part few forget to dwell upon. Her husband's absence from home, which may involve expenditure of money, when the dinner has been prepared for him with pride for his own table, has caused many a woman to recklessly expend the next day whatever she could lay her hands upon in the way of cash. She refreshes herself by the thought of "getting even" and when she discovers she has only accomplished additional loss she bursts into tears. Economy is not a pleasant word. Continuous discussion of deprivations shuts out the light in a home, and the little children suffer most from the darkness. Painful and ostentatious economy is never practised in a household where there is love. Children who love their parents save instinctively. The little boy will save his pennies an entire year to buy his mother, on her birthday, the simple thing for which she has expressed a wish. The daughter will deny herself the particular costume or hat her youth causes her to inwardly enthuse about when she thinks of the worried expression she has sometimes seen settle in the eye of the father she worships. All economy should be the outcome of love! Saving and scrimping out of any other motive warps character. "Lay not up for yourself treasures upon earth" should be the motto in every household. The present is more important than the future. And the present splendidly lived, in reason, never fails to protect the future. G. Vere Tyler, in New York American. AN UNPLEASANT PROCESS. "What a horrible humiliation!" exclaimed the Shirt as it lay in the clothes basket. It belonged to the evening dress of a very fine gentleman, and as it was a new shirt it was passing through a novel experience. "All these dirty clothes!" sniffed the Shirt. "And to be crowded in with common apparel in this way!" 6 ECONOMY AND LOVE The Shirt did not realize that it also was soiled, and so was on a level with the rest. Then came a horrible plunge into hot water. Then came a cruel pounding and rubbing that almost took the life out of the Shirt. Then it was put through a fearful pair of rollers that nearly finished it. Then it hung out on a line, and the wind flapped it insultingly for several hours. Last of all it was laid on a board and pressed by an excruciatingly hot iron. This was the crowning agony. The Shirt swooned away! When it recovered consciousness it was to find itself clothing its master, and shining in the very center of a brilliant company. Vastly pleased, it began to relate its experiences to its friends, the Pearl Studs; but they interrupted it with a hearty laugh. "Why, you simpleton!" they exclaimed. "That was only the process of getting clean. Did you expect it to be as easy as getting dirty?" AN ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY. Blotting paper was discovered purely by accident. Some ordinary paper was being made one day at a mill in Berkshire, England, when a careless woman forgot to put in the sizing material. The whole of the paper made was regarded as useless. The proprietor of the mill desired to write a note shortly afterward, and he took a piece of this waste paper, thinking it was good enough for the purpose. To his intense annoyance the ink spread all over the paper. Suddenly there flashed over his mind the thought that this paper would do instead of sand for drying ink, and he at once advertised his waste paper as "blotting." There was such a big demand that the mill ceased to make ordinary paper, and was soon occupied in making blotting paper only, the use of which soon spread to all countries.—Apples of Gold. I am weary, weary weary, of the city dim and dreary— Of its constant noise and shatter night and day; And I long for marsh and meadow, stream and rapid river, Where the timid woodland creatures romp and play. There's a verdant hanging vine, where the tender tendrills twine, Concealing in its shadow a wee nest; And the modest mother there, with solicitude and care, Keeps warm her future hopes beneath her breast. I would watch the hustling bee, when she seeks her hollow tree, And deposits there the labor of her hours! What joy in dim retreats, to feast on stolen swets, And rob the robber of the flowers! I am weary, weary, weary, of the city dull and dreary; Of its constant roar and rattle night and day; And I long for field and forest, ghostly glades and grassy uplands, Where the wild things in their freedom romp and play. —H. C. January. THE MONITOR REST. Omaha, Neb., March 20, 1916. Editor Monitor:—In your last issue I read with deep regret of the death of Abram W. Parker, of Omaha. It was my pleasure to have known the deceased well and intimately for more than a third of a century. During all that time I never knew a man in whom I had a greater amount of confidence, as he was the soul of honor, possessed of all the noble traits that go to make a good, honored and useful citizen. You were correct in stating that he was the first colored man in Omaha to receive and enjoy a public office; I am proud to say that I was the man who secured for him this appointment, I then being a member of the Omaha City Council, made the request to Mayor Cushing for his appointment and voted for his confirmation by the Council. I never had occasion to regret my selection of him, as he made an excellent public official. I extend to his bereaved wife and family my heartfelt sympathy in the loss of such a good husband and father. Grow with Growing Omaha. ONE POUND NET WEIGHT BIRD BRAND COFFEE ROASTED AND PACKED BY GERMAN AMERICAN COFFEE CO. There is a Lot of Satisfaction in Knowing that in Buying Coffee You are Getting the Utmost Value for Your Money. BIRD BRAND COFFEE is Guaranteed to Please You in Every Way. It Costs No More Than Ordinary Coffee. 35c Per Pound $1.00 Per 3-Pound Can. Ask Your Grocer Today. W. J. CATTIN CO. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING 910 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. More Sickness and Accident Insurance for Less Money Old line protection. No assessments. No medical examination. Everything guaranteed. GET ACQUAINTED WITH LUKE A. HUGHES. Continental Casualty Co. 334 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Douglas 3726. --- ED. F. MOREARTY. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. ОМАНА 524 South 13th Street Phone Douglas 2190 Under the snow soon will spring the delicate violet— We already have dressed up—new stocks all on hand. GLAD TO SEE YOU AND GLAD TO SHOW YOU. Thomas Kilpatrick& Co. ORRIE S. HULSE Harney 6257 C. H. T. RIEPEN Harney 5564 HULSE & RIEPEN Funeral Directors Doug. 1226 701 So. 16th St. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Tip Top Bread Best Bread Made STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Sts. as the most reliable, accommodating and economical furniture store to buy from. NORTHRUP LETTER DUPLICATING COMPANY "LETTEROLOGISTS" TYPEWRITTEN CIRCULAR LETTERS Phone: Doug. 5685 Office: Res. Web. 4292 506 Paxton Block HENRI H. CLAIBORNE Notary Public Justice of the Peace Tel. Red 7401 Res. Doug. 6188 512-13 Paxton Block C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents Furnishings 1514 North 24th St. Omaha, Neb. Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets EMERSON LAUNDRY F. S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 Moving Vans and Piano Moving, Packing, Shipping GORDON VAN CO. 11th and Davenport Douglas 394 BY WILLIAM G. HAYNES. OVERWORKING THE HEART. Do not get angry. Any strong emotion adds to the labor of the heart, and a heart overworked means a shortened life. So reasons Dr. J. Strickland Goodall in some advice he recently gave on the prevention of heart strain. From before birth until a little after death the human heart beats from 70 to 150 times a minute, and each beat means work equivalent to raising a two-pound weight through one foot. To form an idea of this work one has only to take such a weight in his hand and lift it over that distance as many times in a minute as the heart beats. Anything that quickens the heart's action increases its labor. Accurate tests have shown that a man riding a bicycle up a ten per cent grade for 2,904 feet in four minutes adds an amount of labor to his his heart that would lift a ton and an eighth one foot. Violent physical exertion of any kind quickens the heart beats. Strong emotion has the same effect. Intense anger may increase the heart's labor from 150 pounds per minute to 225 pounds. Under such a strain the heart of an animal has been known to literally break, causing almost instant death. Acute heart strain is practically impossible in the young, healthy and well-nourished adult, but quite likely in all others. Once it occurs the heart is incapable of extra work and fails when called upon to do it. The doctor argues, therefore, that one can not be too careful to economize in the work laid upon this organ. According to him, he who retires to bed at 10 instead of 12 saves the heart 876,000 foot-pounds a year. Lying down one-half hour daily lessens its labors in the same period by 219,000 foot-pounds. If our Sundays were spent in bed the yearly relief to our hearts would amount to nearly 1,000,-000 foot-pounds.—Washington Post. CLEAN LINEN FOR STEAMSHIPS. Immaculate napkins and sheets are such a matter of course on the big trans-Atlantic passenger steamships that little thought is given as to how the supply is maintained. On some ships laundries are maintained, but in the big vessels that have been built of late the requirements are too great, and space for other purposes is too valuable to admit of any laundry work being done on board; consequently great stocks must be carried to meet the necessities of a voyage, and as the laundry work is usually done only at the home port, enough must be carried for a round trip. On a ship having accommodations for 4,500 passengers, it is estimated that in the neighborhood of 33 tons of wash accumulates on a double passage across the Atlantic.—Scientific American. HOME BARGAIN. 2726 Blondo St.-Six rooms, modern, good repair, new up-to-date furnace, large lot, street paved; a desirable home at sacrifice price. Cash payment, balance monthly. The tenant on premises will show you. For price and terms, office phone D.147, residence phone Walnut 268. Geo. Marshall, 635 Keeline Bldg. THE MONITOR The veteran Mills of the Twentyfifth ran fourth. He has won medal after medal in athletic events, but had to give place today to faster men. Seen a short time later in service uniform he looked like the hero of a dozen campaigns. His left breast was covered with rows of medals—silent witnesses of past victories. Parker, Bray and Miss were closely bunched all the way down the field and crossed the line almost breast to breast. Smith and Genslinger of the First Infantry ran fifth and sixth respectively. From the start of the hundred yard dash to the close of the meet the interest was at fever heat. It did one good to see such splendid athletes perform in such excellent manner. One thrill followed another. There was wild cheering at the conclusion of each event, when the announcer megaphoned the results to the crowd. The points for the hundred yard dash were five for the first place, three for second place, two for third place and one for fourth place. The Twenty-fifth won nine points and the First Infantry two. The cash prizes were $4.00, $2.00 and $1.00. Gilbert did not accept any money as he does not wish to qualify as a professional. The high hopes of the Twenty-fifth were fulfilled when they secured nine points out of eleven in the one hundred yard dash. Thy felt equally ocnfident in the half mile run and events showed that their confidence was well placed. The entries were the winners of first and second place in the preliminaries of the three previous days. Harrison took the lead at the start of the half mile run and as the runners passed the bleachers the first time they were pretty well bunched. When they neared the home stretch every man used every ounce of power he had to drive himself forward at his maximum speed. It was a magnificent sight to see those fine physical specimens fighting with might and main to forge ahead. Harrison never allowed himself to be in danger of losing by a short spurt of a nearby runner. He maintained a safe lead of about five feet. There is more speed in Harrison than was developed. He was not pushed closely enough to make him exert himself to the utmost. He broke the Island record in the half mile run making the distance in two minutes, seven and three-fifth seconds. Pride and Smith of the Twenty-fifth ran a close race for second place. Pride winning by a few inches. Travers of the First Infantry was some distance behind. Sproch of the Second Infantry was fifth and Morrow of the same regiment dropped out before completing the run, as he was badly distanced. The Twenty-fifth received five points for first place, three points for second place, and two points for third place. The First Infantry received one point for fourth place. With the call for the men for the centipede race to go to their places eevry one primed himself for something amusing. It was generally thought that the teams of ten men on two by fours, fourteen feet long would not be able to run the hundred yards without a few spills. However, the expected did not occur and all three teams crossed the mark without mishap. They showed good training and perfect team work for the slightest misstep or movement out of the regu- (Continued from first page.) Speedy Centipedes. lar rhythm would have meant disaster for the men of the offending team. The Twenty-fifth won the race and did it in the short space of nineteen seconds. The Second Infantry team was a close second and the First Infantry team came in third. There were no points given for the centipede race, the cash prizes were $5.00 and $2.00. The Twenty-fifth runners were Colston, Tate, Dawson, Pittman, Brainer, Everett, Hart, Porter, Dunham and Dunn. Took a Surprise Victory. The Twenty-fifth and Second teams lined up for the baseball throwing contest to decide the championship. The Second Infantry team was the favorite, for on Friday they had made the splendid time of one minute fifty and two-fifths seconds. No team had been able to come anywhere near this time and it was generally conceded that with the usual run of things the Second Infantry should get first place. But variety is the spice of life and the Twenty-fifth Infantry beat the Second out by one second. For first place the Twenty-fifth Infantry got seven points and a cash prize of $12.00. The Second Infantry received five points and a cash prize of $9.00 for second place. The Twenty-fifth Infantry team were Smith, Hawkins, Phillips, Scott, Rhodes, Regan, Crafton, Davis, Bailey, Washington, Herring, Seawell, Washington, Co. D, Robinson and Hollingsworth. Sprinting events again held the attention of the crowd when the winners of the three days preliminaries took their places at the starting point. The first and second places for the two hundred and twenty yard dash had been taken in each event by men from the First and Twenty-fifth. The time made Saturday was not as good as had been made in one of the preliminary runs. Ware of the Twenty-fifth forged ahead and crossed the line first. Mills of the Twenty-fifth and Simmons of the same regiment were running neck and neck for second place, Mills crossing the line a few inches ahead of his rival. Again the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry had demonstrated their superior sprinting ability. In appearance and in action they looked to be faster men. The Twenty-fifth received five points for first place, three for second, two for third and cash prizes of $4, $2 and $1. The First Infantry received one point for fourth place. (Continued on eighth page) To Street Car Patrons Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company Why not occupy the vacant space in the front part of the car? The front part of the car is always less crowded than the rear, and the front door affords a convenient exit. We earnestly ask your co-operation in this respect. The 220-Yard Finals. 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—1 $ \frac{1}{2} $ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should accompany advertisement. Furnished rooms for man and wife or single men, $12.00 a month. Mrs. Monroe, 2408 Erskine street. Comfortable room in pleasant modern home for desirable couple. 2816 Pratt street. Colfax 3798. Comfortable modern rooms for gentlemen, 2883 Miami street. Phone Webster 5519. Nicely furnished rooms. Mrs. Gaskin, 2606 Seward St. Webster 4490. Clean, modern furnished rooms on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street car lines. Mrs. Annie Banks,, Douglas 4379. Furnished room for man and wife or single woman. Modern, except heat. Phone Webster 1574. Nicely furnished front room. Modern except heat. 1630 North Twenty-second street. Webster 1171. Comfortable furnished rooms, 2409 Blondo street. Mrs. W. B. Smith. Webster 6376. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. Modern furnished rooms, 1819 Izard street. Tyler 2519. For Rent—2 room house, East Omaha. A good place for a garden and chickens. Web. 5361. For Rent—7 room house and bath room. 3510 N. 33rd St., phone Harney 4002. Rent $12.00. WANTED. Respectable young widow woman wants position as housekeeper. Will exchange references. Mrs. Esters. Call Harney 6385. FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. HAIR GOODS. Straightening combs for sale. Madam Walker's Hair Grower. Hair goods made to order. Pupils wanted to learn the trade. Miss Emma Hayes, Webster 5639. 8 News of the Lodges and Fraternities Masonic. Rough Ashler Lodge No. 74, A. F. & A. M., Omaha Neb. Meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. J. H. Wakefield, W. M.; E. C. Underwood, Secretary. Excelsior Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays in each month. Zaha Temple No. 52, A. E. A. O. U. M. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings the fourth Wednesday in each month. N. Hunter, Ill. Potentate; Charles W. Dickerson, Ill. Recorder. Shaffer Chapter No. 42, O. E. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Friday in each month. Maggie Ransom, R. M. Elnora Obee, Secretary. Rescue Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Monday in each month. Lodge rooms, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. William Burrell, W. M.; H. Warner, Secretary. Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Fridays of every month. Lodge room 1018 Douglas street. Will N. Johnson, W. M.; Wynn McCulloch, Secretary. Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursday of each month. C. H. Lewis, C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. S. Western Star No. 1, K. of P.—Meetings second and fourth Thursdays in each month. J. N. Thomas, C. C.; E. R Ro.binson, K. of R. and S. Omaha Lodge No. 2226, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Meeting nights, the first and third Thursdays of each month. Lodge rooms, 2522 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Lake street. G. Brown, M. G.; J. C. Belcher, T. S. Friendship Temple, No. 347, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at 2:30 each month at Twenty-fourth and Charles streets, in U. B. F. Hall, Mrs. Ella Johnson, Princess; Mrs. M. A. Walker, Secretary. TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY WINS ATHLETIC HONORS. (Continued) Wrestling Bouts. The wrestling bout was won by Williams, who threw Allen of the Second Infantry. Williams has been the champion wrestler of the Twenty-fifth for some time. Near the end of the fifth minute Williams three his man. Time, four minutes and thirty eight seconds. This gave Williams the match and second place in the heavyweight class. The Twenty-fifth Infantry got two points on Williams' work and Allen gave the Second Infantry one point. Great Marathon Finish. With the close of the wrestling bouts were heard that the Marathon runners were approaching the field. Some one had brought word out by automobile a little while earlier that the runners had passed Ford street and that the Twenty-fifth Infantry had a long lead. The information that the Twenty-fifth Infantry was in the lead proved to be correct. The runners had left Schofield Bararcks at nine minutes after eight. The Twenty-fifth runner on the last stretch of the relay broke the tape two hours, eighteen minutes THE MONITOR fifty-eight and four-fifth seconds after the start from Schofield Barracks. With the arrival of each runner the crowd broke into uproarious applause. All the way on the run the relay man had been cheered by passers by. The Twenty-fifth winners were MrNeal, Watts, Alexander, Armstead, Scott, Wimp, Webster and Zeno. The Twenty-fifth in the marathon won twelve points and $32.00 cash prizes for first place. One of the finest exhibitions of virile manhood was that displayed by the racers in the one mile relay. The Twenty-fifth as in previous speed contests, came to the front in this further exhibition of their prowess as runners. They took the lead on the very first lap and maintained that lead to the very end. On the last lap, Gilbert, the nine and three-fifth seconds man, raced in for the Twenty-fifth. There was between twenty and thirty yards distance between Gilbert and the nearest man to him. The other teams ran rather close together by the First Infantry at the close of the race was several feet ahead of its nearest competitor. The Second Infantry and the Coast Defense had a hard fight for third place. For about the first five furlongs the Coast Defense was running third but in the sixth furlong a speedy Second Infantryman forced him into fourth place and there the Coast Defense team remained. The Twenty-fifth won eight points, the First Infantry five, the Second Infantry three and the Coast Defense one point. The Twenty-fifth Infantry team were Wyche, Stephenson, Savage, Anderson, Russell (of Omaha), Woods, Simmons and Gilbert. The closing event of the 1916 Carnival Military Athletic Meet was the wall scaling contest between teams from the First Infantry, Second Infantry, Twenty-fifth Infantry and Coast Defense. The first team to go over the wall was the Second Infantry team which made the time of ten and one-fifth seconds. The next team was that from the Twenty-fifth Infantry, their time being one second slower than the Second Infantry. Twenty-fifth was given four points and $12. Fourth place brought the Coast Defense two points. The Twenty-fifth Infantry team were Saunders, Kelley, Monteamery, Williams, Hansis, Whitney, Dorsey, (of Omaha), and Patterson. FORTY YEARS A TEACHER. Kansas City, Mo., March 24.—An uninterrupted career of forty years as a teacher in the schools of Kansas City was ended last Saturday night by the death of R. W. Foster, principal of Wendell Phillips School. He lived at 1215 Paseo. Mr. Foster, who was one of the first Negro educators in this section, came here from Columbia, Tenn., in 1875, and taught eight years in the Westport schools. He then became an instructor in the Lincoln School, and in 1886 became principal of the Douglass School. He held that position twenty-six years, and in 1912 was made principal of Wendell Phillips School. In all the forty years he did not miss a day from his duties until the illness of a week ago that resulted in his death. He was 63 years old and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elvira Foster, two sons and three daughters. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in Allen Chapel. One Mile Relay. Wall Scaling Contest. Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People-Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. 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