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THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Colored Americans c. Nebraska and the West 5c a Copy Restrict Negro Exodus Thru Secret Service Georgia Council of Defense Seeks Federal Intervention in Labor Problem. Resolutions adopted recently by the Georgia Council of Defense asking the government to stop the exodus of Negroes from Georgia, will be addressed at once to secretaries of the United States departments of agriculture and of labor. Whatever measures the government adopts, if any, toward restraining the tide of Negro emigration from southern farms will be taken through these departments. Colonel Alexander B. Lawton, of Savannah, author of the resolution, appealing to the federal government for aid in the present labor situation, insisted at Tuesday's meeting that the government has power to adopt autocratic measures to stop the exodus. "A conscription law was necessary," he said, "and it will be passed, summoning men from their business and their homes to serve in the army. Why then, can't the same conscription methods be applied to Negro farm laborers and the order go forth that they must remain on the southern farms instead of going north?" The resolution adopted by the council of defense calls on the government to use every necessary agency to stop the northward migration. Prof. S. V. Sanford, who first suggested federal intervention, urged that the council adopt a resolution calling on the United States government to use its secret service men in the detection of agents who are inducing Negroes to leave Georgia, and that it aid in the prosecution of such agents. It was the final decision of the council, however, to go even further by asking the government to use not only its secret service force, but any and every other means necessary to stop the flow of Negroes to the North. Dr. A. M. Soule expressed the sense of the meeting when he declared that Georgia is being confronted by an unjust situation. "We are told," he said, "that in the present times of stress it is imperative that we raise food crops enough to feed ourselves, and at the same time we are being deprived of the power to do this by the exploitation of Negro laborers, who are being induced to go north by the thousands." TO REDUCE HIGH COST OF LIVING WITH MELONS Hempstead, Tex.-R. C. Chatham, known throughout Texas as the "watermelon king," says he is going to reduce the high cost of living with his famous "boneless ham" Waller County melon, which will be ready for shipment to Houston and other points by June 16. Mr. Chatham is an expert soil analyst. He has five hundred acres of watermelons under cultivation near Sealy, Tex., his two sons having THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor Omaha, Nebraska, June 2, 1917 How to Serve Your Country By Buying a Liberty Bond While the members of the race have come forward in large numbers in all parts of the country with offers to serve the country in any capacity that is opened to them, there is still another way in which those not qualified for active service on the field may do their bit. Money will play an important part in putting the armies into the field and this money will be raised through the coming issue of Liberty Loan Bonds. Savings can be invested in these bonds in sums of $50 or more, payable in installments. The security will be the best in the world and the rate of interest is equal to that paid by most savings banks. The following statement as to the nature of this loan is taken from the official bulletin, published by the Committee on Public Information: "The Liberty Loan Bonds will mature in thirty years and be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the United States, on or after fifteen years, at par and accrued interest. "In order to avoid adding to the heavy burden of work incident to the July 1 and January 1 settlements, the Secretary his determined the Liberty Loan Bonds, shall be dated June 15, 1917, instead of July 1, 1917, as heretofore announced, and that the inter- charge. They have shipped this season 540 barrels of radishes, spinach and mustard greens, which netted them $4.20 per barrel. They have 35 acres in snap beans and with the aid of a fine rain now falling their outlook points to 150 bushels to the acre, which, as in former years, will net 90 cents per bushel. The "watermelon king" and his sons have 800 acres, including all crops, in cultivation. They are planting cowpeas all over the 500-acre melon patch, and with the assistance of watermelons, will be able to fatten 200 or 300 hetad of hogs for the Houston and Fort Worth markets. TENNESSEE FRIGHTFULNESS While the nation is going to some pains to curb the frightfulness of Germany it might be the part of consistency as well as of civilization to abstain from frightfulness at home. Such exhibitions of barbarism, for instance, as burning at the stake and mutilating a Negro in Memphis recently, do not square with America's protests against the atrocities of Prussianism. Generally such outbursts can, to some extent, be condoned by the fact that they occur in isolated and ignorant communities, but in this case a mob of from two thousand to three thousand in one of the largest cities of the South took part in the horror, and, from all accounts, got a considerable amount of glee out of it. The fact that after sixty years of lynchings, occasions for them still occur in the South, is proof of their noneffectiveness in preventing Your Country By iberty Bond est shall be payable June 15 and December 15 in each year. "Applications must be made on or before June 15, 1917, subject to the right of the Secretary in his discretion, to close the subscription books at an earlier date, and payment for the bonds must be made as follows: 2 Per cent on application, 18 per cent on June 28, 1917, 20 per cent on July 30, 1917; 30 per cent on August 30, 1917. "Bearer bonds with interest coupons attached will be issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. Bonds registered as to principal and interest will be issued in denominations of $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000, and $100,000. Provision will be made for the interchange of bonds of different denominations and of coupons and registered bonds." Those who wish to buy the Liberty Loan Bonds will find their local bankers prepared to furnish subscription blanks and render every possible form of assistance without charge. This will also afford a splendid opportunity for the various organizations of the race, such as lodges and societies, to safely invest their surplus funds and at the same time fulfill a patriotic duty. the crime they are aimed at. And they are not necessary these days as a safety valve for the fury of the populace. The recruiting offices are open to all citizens who feel an overpowering desire to participate in bloodshed. Kansas City Times. EXODUS OF NEGROES HAMPERS MILL WORK Thomasville, Ga.-The Negro exodus from South Georgia to the North still continues and every Monday morning finds many of them leaving. They are paid off by their employers on Saturday night and take Sunday to get ready and depart Monday morning. Various industries are reporting a serious shortage of labor and the sawmill men say they are very much handicapped in their business. Many of those going are among the better class of Negroes, who have some means, the idle and worthless ones not being able to pay their way. PUPILS HELP BUILD CANNERY Lincoln High and Lathrop Students in the Role of Erectors. Negro pupils of Lincoln High School will do all the masonry work on the school cannery, excavating for which began yesterday. The building will be one story, half of the height in concrete blocks. The carpenter work will be done by pupils of the Lathrop School. The park and street cleaning depatrments are supplying teams and equipment for excavating and hauling materials.—Kansas City Times. Vol. II. No. 48 (Whole No. 100) Provisions for Colored Training Camp Letter to the Chief of Staff Departments of the Army Gives a Brief Outline of the Provision. "1. You are advised that training camps for Colored citizens will be established at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, under Section 54, National Defense Act, and the regulations prescribed for present training camps, except as modified herein and hereafter. The camp is under the control of the Department Commander, Central Department, who will prepare and conduct the same. The total attendance will be twelve hundred fifty, of whom two hundred fifty will be noncommissioned officers of Colored regiments of the Regular Army, to be sent on detached service status, and one thousand citizens either enlisted under Section 54, National Defense Act for three months beginning June 18th, with agreement to accept appointment tendered, of members National Guard whose status will be as in the case of National Guardsmen now in training camps. 2. The contingents of citizens and National Guardsmen from the various departments is as follows: Northeastern Department 40, Eastern Department 240, Southeastern Department 430, Central Department 195, Southern Department 75 plus contingent from Twenty-fourth Infantry 84 and Tenth Cavalry 57, Western Department 20. 3. As far as consistent with the character of applicants, it is desired that men selected shall be not less than 30 years of age. Local distribution as between various States and cities and between citizens and National Guardsmen is left to the discretion of Department Commanders. From all applicants Department Commanders will select their contingent so that definite notice to proceed to the training camps may be given the selected men not later than June 9th. The training camps will be ready to receive the noncommissioned officers of the Regular Army June 5th, and all others June 15th. The course of instructions begins June 18th." In addition to the contingents mentioned above, 84 men will be sent from the Twenty-fifth Infantry in Hawaii and 25 men from the Ninth Cavalry in the Philippines. Applications should be addressed to the Commanding Generals of Departments as follows: Northeastern Department, Boston, Mass., Eastern Department, Governors Island, N. Y., Southeastern Department, Charleston, S. C., Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Central Department, Chicago, Ill., Western De partment, San Francisco, Cal. The contingent from each Department will be as follows: Northeastern 40, Eastern 240, Southeastern 430, Central 195, Southern 75, Western 20. The remianing 250 will be noncommissioned officers from regiments as indicated above. 2 MEMPHIS HORROR Memphis, Tenn.—After a mob had burned at the stake Eli Pearson, accused of criminal assault, John Burlingame, a Colored chauffeur, seized an American flag from an automobile he was driving and cried to several Negroes who had witnessed this act of barbarism: "Come on boys! We are through! Let's join the Germans!" Then he tore up the flag. He was seized by a dozen men who started to lynch him for manifesting lack of patriotism. Officers who claimed to be unable to protect Pearson from the mob took Burlingame in custody and turned him over to the Federal authorities. He will be prosecuted. The lynching of Eli Pearson occurred near Memphis and was witnessed by thousands. Before he was burned his head was cut off. Five thousand armed men were in the mob. In addition hundreds of persons from Memphis who heard that Pearson was in the mob's hands rushed to the scene. Their automobiles were formed in a large circle and Pearson was burned in the center of it. Pearson was taken from Deputies at Potts Camp Monday night. Seventy-five men surrounded the train on which he was being taken to Memphis for trial and forced the officers to give him up, which they did without protest. Before Pearson was tied to the tree he was mutilated and tortured. Some in the mob proposed shooting him before setting fire to his body. INTERPRETER OF THE SOUTH (From the New York Sun.) Ruth McEnery Stuart, interpreter of the South through tales and verse, died in a hospital in this city on Sunday in her fifty-eighth year. She had been ill since last summer. Mrs. Stuart was born in Avoyelles Parish, La., and was the daughter of James and Mary Routh Stirling McEnery. She was educated in New Orleans. At the age of 19 she was married to a cotton planter, Alfred O. Stuart. After his death, which occurred in 1883, she lived with relatives in and near New Orleans. Her first story, "Uncle Mingo's Speculations," appeared in the Princeton Review in 1888. It and stories which followed were so successful that Mrs. Stuart moved to New York and thereafter made this city her home. She continued, however, to write of the South, especially of Louisiana. She was a true friend of the Negro race. This is her tribute to the slaves who protected women and children left in their care during the civil war, published as the dedication of "Daddy DeFunny's Wisdom Jingles:" "To the memory of those faithful brown slave men of the plantations throughout the South, Daddy's contemporaries all, who during the war, while their masters were away fighting in a cause opposed to their emancipation, brought their blankets and slept outside their mistress's doors, thus keeping night watch over otherwise unprotected women and children a faithful guardianship of which the annals of those troublous times record no instance of betrayal." WATCH FOR THE O. N. E. MINSTRELS AT MECCA HALL, JUNE 4. THE SCREAM OF THE YEAR. THE MONITOR. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION Severence of diplomatic relations between Liberia and Germany was announced during the conference. Dave Lawrence's keen knowledge of international affairs asserted itself again during talk on this subject. "Has this country a treaty or convention with Liberia which provides that this country shall pass upon or acquiesce in any such step taken by Liberia?" Lawrence interrogated. "It has a certain protectorate over Liberia, sir," stated the secretary. "But none requiring that this country pass upon its diplomatic steps before they are taken." At this juncture the New York World man, evidently working his courage up to the sticking point, asked: "Mr. Secretary, this may sound like a very foolish question, but will you tell us what difference it makes if Liberia has severed relations with Germany?" "Only this," replied the secretary instantly, "the terminii of some of the most important cable systems on that side of the world are in Liberia." "Oh-h!" came in a chorus from several of the scribes as they made hasty notes. Evidently this point had either not been known by most of 'em, or, if known, had not been thought of when the severance announcement was made. WRITES BEST ARTICLE; 6,782 TRY TO WIN PRIZE Saratoga Springs, N. Y.—Z. Marshall Cochrane, a Negro residing here, has been awardeed a prize of $25 by Collyers Eye, a Chicago weekly devoted to sports and finance. Mr. Cochrane was winner out of 6,782 contestants. Mr. Cochrane submitted his article to the publication March 21. On March 31 it was announced that the judges had named him among the five best writers in the contest and that the prize of $25 would be divided among them. As it was later learned by the magazine people that the Federal Government would not permit such a division the readers of the publication were asked to read the five articles and decide by vote who was to be awarded the prize. The magazine has announced that 7. Marshall Cochrane received the largest number of votes and that out of 6,782 writers his literary contribution was the best. TEXAS TRAINING CAMP San Antonia, Tex.-The War Department has under consideration the forming of a camp for Negroes to train as reserve officers to be used in officering the Negro regiments which will be organized under the Selective Draft Bill. It is probable the camp will be located in a Northern city, although no decision has been reached to this effect. When the training camp for reserve officers was ordered at Leon Springs many applicants were received from Negroes, but as no provision was made for them in the order, they were told to wait until the matter could be adjusted. This condition obtained at other reserve officers' camps and the War Department is now considering the establishment of a camp exclusively for Negroes. LITTLE LIBERIA AN MAKING IT HARD FOR THE RACE Because of numerous instances in which men have had their transportation advanced them and then failed to put in appearance after reaching the North, the Urban League and other agencies have discontinued the policy of furnishing railroad fare unless the parties are known to be absolutely reliable. It is said that hundreds of dollars have been lost by northern firms which have provided transportation. Unscrupulous labor agents are said to be victimizing southern Negros by taking advantage of their ignorance of conditions in the northern states. Men have been met in New York upon arrival and persuaded to desert those with whom they had agreed to work for $2.50 a day, having been promised by these agents who are looking for a commission, as much as $4 and $5 a day. Upon going to the new positions it is found that the salaries have been misrepresented. In Harlem the attention of the police has been directed to several cases of robbery in which the Colored man just coming from the South has been victimized by members of his race. Confidence men are known to have engaged a newcomer in conversation, gained confidence and then taken him to a flat where he is relieved of all his money and valuables. The demand for Negro labor in the North is even greater than ever, there being openings galore for unskilled workmen. Unable to secure the desired amount of Negro labor the National Highways Commission is importing Spaniards and Mexicans in large numbers who have been put to work building roads. In New York State alone roadbuilding has been almost at a standstill because of the scarcity of labor. Although Negro labor is on trial in the North and prospects of the race assuming an important place in the industrial world are unusually bright at this time, the unreliable Negro workmen is beginning to make himself a nuisance, thereby embarrassing those who bring him from the South and vouch for his dependableness, and proving a costly experiment to those who advance his transportation and go to big expense in giving the Negro a chance to make good. Two serious complaints have been registered against Colored help by northern industrial firms recently. One has been that southern Negroes, after reaching the North, permit themselves to be lured away by labor Colored People Intending to Come North or West--- Take Notice ple The Monitor has taken up this m and is able to be of service to you. Write at once for information and en- amp for reply. Address, ditions. The Monitor has taken up this problem and is able to be of service to you. Write at once for information and enclose stamp for reply. Address, George Wells Parker, Business Manager of The Monitor, Omaha, Nebraska. --- agents who make false promises of higher wages. The other complaint is that some Negroes, after being brought North, work a day or two and then quit without giving notice, leaving their place of employment in debt. New York Age. FIRST IN MANY LINES The following compilation of curious facts has been going the rounds of the press, being credited to the Tennessee Valley News: It is interesting to note who were the first Negroes to accomplish certain feats in America. For instance: Macon Allen was the first Negro to be admitted to the American Bar, receiving this honor in 1845. Estevanico, "Little Steven," a Negro was the discoverer of Arizona, and one of the first persons to cross the American continent. The first martyr in the Boston massacre, March 5, 1770, was the Negro soldier, Crispus Attucks. Dr. A. T. Augustus was appointed surgeon of the Seventeenth Regiment. United States Colored Volunteers. He is said to have been the first Colored man commissioned in the medical department of the United States Army. Bean Johnson, of Albany, Ga., enjoys the distinction of putting the first bale of cotton on the market in the State, and by this feat he has acquired the title of the "First bale man." About 1754, Benjamin Banneker, a noted Negro astronomer with imperfect tools, constructed a clock which told the time and struck the hour. This was the first clock constructed in America. Henry Blair, of Maryland, was the first Negro to receive a patent on an invention. This invention was a corn harvester. It is claimed, but not verified, that a slave either invented the cotton gin, or gave to Eli Whitney, who obtained a patent on it, valuable suggestions to aid in the completion of that invention. In 1788 Andrew Bryant was the first Negro to found an African Baptist church at Savannah, Ga. Lott Carey was the first missionary to Liberia, and one of the leading spirits in the founding of that colony. He sailed for Liberia in 1812. James Denham was the first Colored physician in the United States. He was born a slave in Philadelphia in 1767. Dr. John V. DeGrasse was the first Negro to become a member of the medical association. In 1854 he was admitted to the Masachusetts Medical Society. The American Insurance Co., of Philadelphia, was the first Negro insurance company for Negroes in America. It was established in 1810. FARMERS, farm laborers, skilled and unskilled workmen, who intend leaving the south should protect themselves against swindlers and chance con- Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards MOTHERHOOD AND PATRIOTISM The mothers of America's oppressed people are in a peculiar position to teach to their children patriotism. The child also is in a peculiar position to be inspired. At school he is taught of the greatness of only white men. As he grows older he learns that black men have fought and fought nobly for their country, and he wonders why the historian has failed to record it and why his teachers are not informed enough to mention the bravery of the black man. Added to this is the hatred and discrimination shown to Colored Americans wherever the flag of the United States waves and the utter helplessness of the flag, the law, or any other power in this government to protect a Negro, his property, or even his women and children against lawlessness. These things make the teaching of patriotism to our children seem hard. Hope,however, comes to our rescue and we can teach our children to look at a brighter side. God will bring us a brighter day and it seems that it is now at hand. We believe that out of the world's fight for liberty and democracy, America, to be consistent, will take "the beam from her own eye" and grant to her Colored citizens equal rights and privileges before the law. Even while our country is at war the shameful indignities are still heaped upon us, but we feel it is merely the filling of the cup of bitterness to its fullest. We must be patient, we must be hopeful. We must remember that "night brings out the stars." "The darkest hour is just before dawn." Perhaps the time is now when the American Negro shall "under God have a new birth of freedom and that our liberties and rights shall not perish from the earth." Every American, black even as white, in times of war, owes his right "to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" to his country. Our children should be taught that no sacrifice is too great to be made for our country. We should tell them how black patriots have fought and died. We might begin by telling them of Toussaint L'Overture, the world's greatest patriot and soldier, and of Antonio Maceo. Tell them of Crispus Attucks, whose blood was among the first to be shed in the war of the American Revolution; of how the Negro saved the flag after he had been repudiated. When the South trailed the "stars and stripes in the dust," the Colored American came to the rescue and saved the flag from the Southern Confederacy, and then of how our boys—though ingratitude and prejudice fail to record it—saved the day at San Juan hill and of their courage in the Philippines. When such records are set before Colored children their hearts will swell with pride and the fires of patriotism will burn bright. The Negro has proved himself a true patriot. His blood has flowed freely for his country. His record in the hard fought battles of every war America has had, would register his name "high among the few, the immortal names that were not born to die." We must tell our children that the glory and bravery of our race must THE MONITOR. not cease, must not die. Our men and boys must keep the record bright. Thoughts of self and thoughts of wrongs must vanish.in a greater devotion to our native land.—L. S. E. The man who is always trying to save himself trouble is likely to save a lot more than he can take care of. The Tempter was never so lacking in Grace As to enter the Door that was shut in his Face. "Farm and arm!" which Mr. Roosevelt took as the text for a recent address in Chicago, puts the immediate duty of the United States in the most concise form. Many of those who were and are opposed to compulsory military service would most heartily approve conscription and the draft if it could be applied to idle boys and made the means of keeping them at work. A committee that has been investigating the matter reported to government authorities that there are now two million habitually idle boys in the country between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. Anyone who has noticed the vacant-eyed, loose-lipped, slouchy, cigarette-smoking young loafers who hang round city street corners will easily believe the report. Is it not curious that Germany, which began the war as the greatest of all military powers, and which expected its army to win for it a quick victory, finds itself forced to a warfare of defense and retreat on land, and that on the other hand England, long confident of its power on the sea, is threatened to-day with defeat because its navy cannot protect its merchant vessels from the enemy's submarines?—Youth's Companion. OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS By Arthur Chapman. Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins. Out where the sun is little brighter, Where the snows that fall are a trifle winter, Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter, That's where the West begins. Out where the skies are a trifle bluer, Out where friendship's a little truer, That's where the West begins. Out where a fresher breeze is blowing, Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing, Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing, That's where the West begins. Out where the world is in the making, Where fewer hearts in despair are aching, That's where the West begins. Where there's more of singing and less of sighing, Where there's more of giving and less of buying, And a man makes friends without half trying, That's where the West begins. Graduate of N. E. Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass. Florentine F. Pinkston Teacher of Pianoforte, Harmony, Solfeggio Webster 2814 Boston Studio 2214 No. 28th Ave. Omaha. FACT AND COMMENT The presentation of the play "Satan" at the Municipal Auditorium last Monday for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home was a distinct success. A large audience was present and the play was well received. The caste was particularly fine and each rendered his or her part with real histronic ability. The play was a seriohumorous study in the psychology of woman, most excellently brought out wwoman, most excellently brought out through the deft play upon womanly emotions by Dr. Miller, a temporary nom de plume of his Satanic majesty. This part, played by Andrew Reed, was a real triumph. The only regrettable feature of the evening was that the acoustic properties of the auditorium rendered much of the fine dialogue inaudible to a great part of the audience. After the curtain the hall was cleared and the strains from Desdunes orchestra kept Thompson, B Presents s in all thei The econ quality wa than at the May Days Are Here Not Only Here, But Heartily Welcome. Preparedness is valuable and essential here also. Our reasonable prices will always please you. Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. Presents spring and summer fashions in all their newness. The economy of purchasing good quality was never better demonstrated than at the present time. the crowd dancing until one o'clock. Much praise is due the ladies and gentlemen whose efforts made the presentation such a decided success, special credit being due Mrs. Cecelia Jewell and Mrs. John Perry. A full report will be published next week and also the names of the persons winning the prizes for selling the most tickets. THE MONITOR A NECESSITY The Monitor is the only Colored paper in the United States making a direct effort to help people out of the South, and every report concerning labor can be absolutely relied upon. Subscribe now! $1.50 per year; 75 cents for six months; 50 cents for three months. WE PAY A BIG PRICE FOR MEDICINE BOTTLES AND FRUIT JARS. 2214 SEWARD ST. Belden Store spring and summer fashions newness. aomy of purchasing good never better demonstrated the present time. TRUNKS Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturdy locks and hinges, 2 trays nicely cloth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. Freling & Steinle "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" 1803 FARNAM STREET HOLSUM AND KLEEN MAID Why Buy Inferior When The Best COSTS NO MORE? JAY BURNS BAKING CO. Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3831 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to con- tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and of the race. Published Every Saturday. Batered as Seeond-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1916, at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. Z THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Rditer and Publisher. Lucille Skagge Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors, George Welle Parker, Contributing Mditer and Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.00 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 0@ cente an inch per seus. Address, The Meniter, 1118 Nerth Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4a%6. 4 RACIAL HATRED AND RACIAL GOODWILL There have been two awful out- bursts of racial hatred in this country within the last ten days. One was the fiendish lynching at Memphis, Ten- nessee, horrible, ghoulish, hellish; the other was the brutal mobbing of Ne- groes, who simply sought the right to work, at East St. Louis, Illinois. Re- gretable, inexcusable, indefensible manifestations of racial hatred, which show how near below the surface of cur culture and Christian civilization the untamed and rebellious savage in human nature lies. While there have been these awful manifestations of racial hatred, which if dwelt upon would make us morose, bitter and vindictive, there have also been manifestations of racial good- will. From fire-swept Atlanta, Geor- gia, comes the cheering news that ra- cial lines were entirely forgotten in ministering to and caring |for the suffering and destitute. We hope this advice is true; for it reveals the bet- ter side of human nature, the side which if cultivated will make such savage scenes as those at Memphis and East St. Louis which all right- thinking people must deplore, impos- sible. Despite much apparent evidence to the contrary, racial goodwill is far more prevalent and potent than ra- cial hatred. SOUTHERN SIDELIGHTS The following comes to us as an authentic manifestation of the nobil- ity and chivalry of the grand old south. A Colored man intended com- ing to Omaha and informed his em-, ployer he would quit the following Saturday. This man had worked at the one job for a little over seven years. The boss said it was all right znd when the man went about his business, he called up the sheriff and told him that he was going to send kis “nigger” down the street on an errand and that he should stop him and search him. He then called in his “nigger’ and told him to carry his revolver to a gunsmith and have it fixed. Sheriff stops Colored man; discovers gun; makes arrest; Col- ored man gets six months of county dear That is what we call real southern white genius. REALLY RICH No one ever acused Editor Du Bois of being a humorist( but this from the June Crisis is certainly a pipin: “We should worry.” If they do not want us to fight, we will work. We will walk into the in- dustrial shoes of a few million whites who go to the front. We will got higher wages and we cannot be stopped from. migrating by all the deviltry of the slave South; particu- larly with the white lynchers and mob leaders away at war. Will we be ousted when the white soldiers come back? THEY WON’T COME BACK! THE MONITOR. init aR ei tn eh SKI ONITOR | | The naug he civic, social and religious interest: j mien called e@ civic, an ious interests } 1d the West, with the desire to con- || Worse. W ‘and upbuilding of the community and | thrown inte ory Saturday. | days than ter July 2, 1916, at the Post Oitice at || weeks befo 3, 1878. - | because we ILLIAMS, Mditer and Publisher, because w |) Garnett Haynes, Associate Kditers. | aching to t a Reiter and Business Manager. | orable righ ‘as, O19 pas YEAR | tiur are we ente an inc! er lsewe. | ‘ th Twenty-tiret street, Omaha. | marines, be febeter | all praying Per ee eee ORT eae | scope, not \WILL THE DREAM COME TRUE? | Proper. W. The other night we dreamed we were riding on a North Twenty- fourth street car, which was in charge of a Colored conductor and motorman. Naturally, we were de- lighted at this new industrial oppor- tunity for our people. The car was running smoothly and there seemed to be no excitement on the part of either train crew or passengers, who were the average patrons of that line with the average proportion of both races. It all seemed as a matter jor course. We regretted on awaken- ‘ing to find that it was only a dream. But dreams, you know, sometimes come true. And why may not this dream come true? Our people spend thousands’ of dol- lars yearly with the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Com- pany. We have young men with just ag much brains, good judgment, com- mon sense, honesty and ability to be trained as motormen and conductors as they of the other race. Why then should not some of our men be given the opportunity of serving in this capacity ? Of course there is the jealousy of the white laboring classes to overcome as well as some slight opposition from the public. This opposition will not arise, however, in any great degree, at least, if the white laboring classes do not foster it. The time is coming when the white laboring man must see that his truest interests are in common with those of the black la- boring man and the interests of each can be best conserved by standing together, asking only for the right to earn their daily bread at a respect- able living wage in any honorable field of labor for which they may be cualified. Then why not Colored motormen and conductors? Will the dream come true? We hope so. We believe it will. DOING THE RIGHT THING We are glad to know that several young men of our race from this city have filed their applications for ad- mission to the officers’ training camp at Des Moines. It shows the right spirit. The men who have applied have the educational, physical and moral qualifications required by the government, They are not one whit inferior to the splendid and capable young white men who have gone from this vicinity to Fort Snelling and other camps. Most of them are col- lege bred men. All of them have had high school training and in addition thereto professional training in law, medicine, pharmacy or dentistry. Four of them have had military train- ing. So Omaha has reason to be proud of the men who have offered themselves for the Des Moines of- ficers’ training camp. And _ here’s wishing them success. They are do- ing the right thing. Subscribe for The Monitor. $1.50 a year and worth it. sn EATS The naughty name that Mr. Sher- man called war was some right, only worse. We have had more scares thrown into us during the last thirty days than comes to a turkey four weeks before Thanksgiving. It isn’t because we are scared of der kaiser, because we aren’t. All of us be aching to take a fall out of his hon- orable right angled moustache. Ny- tiur are we losing sleep over his sub- marines, because our navy chaps are a'l praying to catch sight of the peri- scope, not bothering about the sub proper. What we are bothering about sre the eats. One A. P. dispatch says the graneries are bursting with grain and before the ink is dry an- other says its all a mistake. Next day Washington says that Sir Hoover is studying the British food control to see how many beans to allow a family and then Sir Hoover says that he wasn’t studying anything but the ticker. Up Boston way they issued a crop of indictments against some food speculators and then the Gov. sent out word to manufacturers to ship their junk because the U. S. will grab all freight cars pronto to ship lumber, et cetra, to military camps. \ hen that happens a food speculator will look like a mustard seed in an oil tank. One guy says don’t buy up any supplies because it makes prices higher; another gink says lay hold of the needful ’cause he thinks it’s going to rain. One lady bird says that Americans are wasteful and housewife chirrups back that she can’t get enough to eat, let alone waste anything. And so on, and on, and all on acocunt of war. Whipping Ger- many isn’t such a big job, but it sure is worrisome. WHY READ THE DAILY NEWS? Omaha’s premier joke shect, The Omaha Daily News, advertised a prize contest for the first June bride. The primary condition for winning in this eentest was that the bride must be white. Any Colored person who will longer take this newspaper excuse after this wanton exhibition of prej- udice has little respect for the race to which he belongs. Our advice is DON’T READ THE NEWS! OPENED THURSDAY, MAY 10 The Monarch e e Billiard Parlor Most Beautiful in America 111 South 14th Street . Six Latest Improved Tables TWO CAROM FOUR POCKET Leroy Broomfield, Mer. J. B. Broomfield, Prop. DUNBAR CLUB IN CONNECTION i Dunham & Dunham MAKERS OF THE BEST : $15.00 : SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN THE WORLD. ‘ REPAIRING, CLEANING AND PRESSING. ; 118 South 15th Street. Omaha, Neb. SKITS OF SOLOMON War. Obvious Observations - Omaha’s political upheaval has been a long time coming, but it has finally come with a sure enough explosion. von’t crowd the arena, citizens! Give the performers plenty of room to pum- mel each other. Did you see Satan Monday night? Seme class to his majesty, eh? Really didn’t think a man of his reputation could draw so many good people to look at him. | What is the difference between the ‘Turks in Armenia and the Americans m Tennessee? Only that the former ave more civilized. Our garden is doing nicely, thank you. How’s yours? A camp for Negro officers has been approved. Watch out for your sweet- hearts, boys. A woman certainly likes gold braid. _ Henry T. Burleigh certainly de- served the Spingarn medal. He has ‘done some things that talk for him without his saying a word. If some of those tornadoes would visit the kaiser’s camp we'd feel lots better of the windy effects, Honestly now, did you ever stop to think that it takes real sure enough ccin to run a newspaper? Then loosen up, brother, loosen up. Are you going on any of the Des Moines specials this summer, Gene- vieve? Thanking you for your most ardent attention, we will now wrap a bacon rind round a tantalizing sore throat. FIRMS WANTING COLORED LABOR Bethlehem Steel Mills, Sparrow’s Point, Md. Yale & Towne Manufacturing com- pany, Stamford, Conn. Minnesota Steel Mills, Morgan Park, Minn. Union Pacific Railway. Kingston Brick and Ice company, ILingston, N. Y. Capitol Coal Mining company, Springfield, Ill. Springfield Drain Tile company, Springfield, Ill. Springfield Paving Brick company, Springfield, Il. Barney & Smith car shops, Dayton, Ohio. Events and Persons Mrs. Blanche Owens, of 3329 Emmett street, died at Lord Lister hospital Thursday, May 24. She is survived by her mother, her husband and two small children. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon from Jones and Chiles chapel, the Rev. W. F. Botts officiating and interment being in Forest Lawn cemetery. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. The Improvement Club of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon gave a pleasant parish social in the Guild rooms Wednesday night. Amusing games and contests of various kinds for skill at which simple prizes were awarded furnished a delightful evening's diversion. Mrs. C. H. Wilson was called to Topeka by the serious illness of her father, Moses Robinson. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking. Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 25th St. Webster 1483.—Adv. The Junior Rosebud girls of Zion Baptist church was organized as an auxiliary of the church by Mrs. Anna Lee at the home of Miss Merle Brown. Miss Beatrice Brown is president and Miss Hazel Roulette, secretary. Enthusiastic and successful meetings were held May 24 with Miss Marjorie Weston and May 31 with Miss McGowan. Plain sewing done. Children's clothes a specialty. Mrs. L. Johnson, Webster 1621.—Adv. John M., the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Robinson, of 1618 North Thirty-sixth street, died Sunday morning. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. The Rev. John Albert Williams officiated. Mrs. Sam Walker, of 2609 Blondo street, entertained at dinner Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Maud Ray, of St. Paul, Minn. Covers were laid for twelve. John Ruskin Cigar, 5 cents. Biggest and Best. Mrs. E. O. Blumenthal, of Chicago, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Jackson, of 2301 North Twenty-seventh street, has gone to St. Louis to rejoin her husband. Will N. Johnson, Lawyer, 109 So. 14th Street. Douglas 5841. Mrs. Joseph Taylor was called home from Lincoln Monday by the death of her little nephew, John Robinson. Miss Josephine Taylor was called to Pleasant Hill, Mo., Saturday by the death of her grandmother, Mrs. Nora Cohron. She returned Tuesday. Joe Lewis has purchased an auto truck and will conduct a light moving and express business in connection with his taxi service. Belmont Laundry, Webster 6900. Satisfaction guaranteed. Misses Mary Pegg, Madeline Roberts, Birdie McRoy, Ruth Washington and Irene Newman were ushers at the N. W. C. A. play Monday evening at the auditorium. WILL OBSERVE ESTHER DAY Shaffer Chapter No. 42, O. E. S., will observe Esther Day, Sunday, by attending a special service at Mt. Moriah Baptist church at 3 o'clock. The Rev. M. H. Wilkinson will preach the sermon. The subject will be "Womanly Heroism." ATTENTION O. N. E. CLUB! All members are requested to be present at S. M. L. hall June 7, 1917. Mrs. Sellers, state organizer, will lecture. THE MONITOR. Report of donations for N. W. C. A. from February 1 to May 1, 1917: Mr. J. Christenson, provisions.....$ .40 Mrs. Isaac Bailey, 1 doz. oranges. Woman's Home Missionary Soc ety of Grove M. E. church, provisions ..... 1.50 Mrs. Wm. Jackson, cash..... 1.00 Mrs. Frank Rice, kindling. Miss Ellrette Smith, provisions.. 2.80 Mrs. Al Gray, 1 doz. oranges. Mrs. Henry Moore, 1 lb butter, cap, 1 carpet ball, provisions. .50 Mrs. J. Christianson, 3 cans peas. Mrs. A. L. Bowler, 1 carpet ball, provisions .50 Mrs. W. W. Peebles, literature, fruit, Mrs. Lee, cash .25 Mrs. McCorkle, cash .25 Mr. Austin Curtis, cash .25 Mrs. G. D. Gordon, carpet rags. Mrs. Sadie Blue, 2 pairs of new shoes. Mrs. J. W. Smith, 1 sheet, 1 picture. Mr. Mack, labor .50 Mrs. D'Arcy, 4 hours labor, Gratfully acknowledged, Mrs. James G. Jewell, Pres. Mrs. Louise Gray, Sec'y. Boston, Mass., May 15, 1917. Mr. George Wells Parker, 1119 North 21st St., Omaha, Nebr. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter will say that I have been unable to find that any special opportunities are offered to the Negro laborer. We have about 15,000 Negroes and the sexes are about equally divided. There is no industry I know of that employs Negro help only. I should say that steamboats, railroads and hotels provide employment for about sixty per cent. If you know of any Negroes who are skilled machinists, I should advise you to write to Comandant Rush of the Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., who is seeking everywhere for skilled machinists. I hope that the above information will be of some value to you. Very truly yours, W. F. P. NICHOLS, Secretary Industrial Bureau. Waterloo, Iowa, May 19, 1917. Mr. George Wells Parker, Business Manager The Monitor, 1119 No. 21st St.. Dear Sir: With reference to your letter May 16 enclosing letter from D. T. Green, of Louisville, Miss, regard to employment in the north, I have requested transportation for The Omaha Poro Hair Dressing Parlor Positively Grow Your Hair. Electric Scalp Treatment. Manicuring and Facial Massage. SMITH, CHILES & WHEELER 2414 North Twenty-fourth St. Phone Webster 3024. --- N. W. C. A. NOTES LABOR LETTERS We treat the Scalp. Stop Falling Hair. Green, Memphis to Waterloo. Also for the other two men he mentioned. We can use ten additional good, reliable Colored men at Waterloo shops at 20 cents per hour, ten hours per day, and we have a good many Colored men in the shops who have been in the shops for five or six years and have become thoroughly established. W. BELL, Master Mechanic I. C. R. R. Kingston, N. Y., May 8, 1917. Mr. George Wells Parker, Business Manager The Monitor. Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry regarding Negro labor in this city and vicinity, would state that we are not overcrowded with such labor, and in fact, the proportion of Colored citizens in our city is small. Aside from the usual vocations, quite a number of our Negro citizens are employed on the brick yards along the water front, including the following firms: Kingston Brick and Ice Company, 20 West Strand; Staples Brick Company, 30 Hasbrouck Avenue; Terry Bros. Company, North Kingston Point; U. F. and J. T. Washburn, East Kingston, N. Y. Very truly yours, JAMES E. CANFIELD, Secretary Chamber of Commerce. Springfield, Ill., May 9, 1917. The Monitor, Gentlemen: Replying to yours of the 7th, if you will communicate with the following concerns they can probably give you some information relative to Negro labor: Capitol Coal Mining Co. Woodsie Coal Co. Jones & Adams Coal Co. Tuxhorn Coal Co. To the Colored Citizens Any trade you may favor us will Popular Prices will b --- To the Colored Citizens of Omaha and Vicinity: Any trade you may favor us with for High Grade Furnishings at Popular Prices will be greatly appreciated. STETSON HATS $4.00 to $15.00 WASHINGTON J.KATLEMAN HAT AND 303 South 16th St Hotel Cuming 1911 Comf Douglas 2466 Silk Shirts Wash Neckw WASHINGTON J.KATLEMAN & SONS HAT AND SHIRT CO. Springfield Drain Tile Co. Springfield Paving Brick Co. Very truly yours, W. H. CONKLING, Secy. Springfield Com. Assn. FAILURE By Julian Walter Brandeis, in "Survey" I hail the man who toiled his days in vain, Who waged a valiant strife that came to nought, Who left but hope unblossomed where he fought Nor reared a single shaft to mark a gain. His mission such as that of sweet spring rain That softly falling to the earth is caught By every yearning living thing, and wrought In all the splendor coming in its train. No thunderbolt from him that shook the world; And yet a flash of light that lit the way For those who struggled bravely to the crest Where Victory's banner rested still unfurled And if he had a cheering word to say That spurred them on—what matters all the rest! TO HONOR GOV. PINCHBACK Washington, D. C.—Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback will be tendered a reception and luncheon by the residents of Washington on Saturday evening, June 2, at Odd Fellows Hall in honor of his eightieth birthday. The local committee is making extensive preparations and many out-of-town friends of the guest will be present. of Omaha and Vicinity: h for High Grade Furnishings at e greatly appreciated. CUMING STREET Portable Rooms—Reasonable Rates D. G. Russell, Proprietor 5 FAILURE SOME NEW BEAVER STETSONS JUST IN 6 Lincoln Department Lincoln Department Anita M. Taylor, Call L9810 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Mrs. Cassie Patterson and son spent several days last week visiting relatives in Kansas City. Mr. and Julius Miller returned Monday to their home in Omaha. After a few days spent there they will go to Phoenix, Ariz., for an indefinite stay. Miss Ella Wilson of Madrid, Mo., is visiting Mrs. Vernon B. Young, of 665 South 20th street. Miss Wilson will remain until after the close of school when Mrs. Young and her young brother, Richard Williams, will accompany her to Madrid. Miss Zola Bedell Sundayed in Omaha with her aunt, Mrs. Slaughter. Mrs. Alex Venable is still on the sick list. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Amaranth Chapter will hold its Esther Day exercises at the A. M. E. Church. Mr. Fletcher Marks, headwaiter at the Savoy Hotel, has been very ill at St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the past two weeks. Miss Florence Jones and Mrs. Mary McCurly are sojourning in Omaha. Miss Belva Spicer will give an elocutionary recital assisted by some of Lincoln's most talented musicians Wednesday, June 6 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, for the benefit of club No. 2 cf Amaranta Chapter No. 54, C. E. S. Mrs. Preston Graves and Mrs. Edna Williams and Mrs. Albert Sellars are on the sick list. Mrs. W. A. Brown, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., field secretary of Western Convention of Baptist Women, delivered an interesting address on womens departmental work in the church, at the Baptist church Sunday evening. She remained until Monday afternoon and organized a woman's missionary circle with the following as officers: President, Mrs. Parthenia Grattin; vice president, Mrs. Ellen Corneal; secretary, Mrs. Rose Adair; assistant secretary, Mrs. Clara Bowdry; treasurer, Miss Nora Reasby, and chaplain, Mrs. Ida Todd. The Optimistic Set met Thursday with Mrs. Monroe Williams. Miss Bernice Hawkins and Mrs. James Murray of Minneapolis were invited guests. After a delightful luncheon served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Claude Shipman, the meeting was adjourned. Next meeting with Mrs. Henry Crews. Come to the splendid Children's Day program at the Baptist Church June 10, at 8 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams, newcomers to our city from Sedalia, Mo., are staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Young. Nebraska State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs will hold its annual meeting at Lincoln, June 20 to 24. Miss Victoria Clay Haley, national organizer of Colored Women's Clubs, will give a lecture Monday, June 4, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. All are cordially invited. Admission free. PUBLIC INSTALLATION The Ancient Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem, Bathsheba Council No. 12, will give an installation June 9 at A. O. U. W. Temple, Twenty-fifth and M streets, South Side. Public cordially invited. Admission 25c. Son J. H. Andrews, Chm. We specialize in cleaning ladies fancy shoes. Called for and delivered. Gene's place, 103 So. 14th St.. Douglas 7306. THE MONITOR. 100 LABOR LETTERS SENT OUT One hundred copies of the following letter were sent out all over the United States last week by The Monitor in an effort to locate work for about 50,000 people who want to leave the South: Gentlemen: Are you in need of lambor and would you consider southern Colored labor? If so, The Monitor can supply you with the most reliable, most industrious and most efficient. We handle chiefly married men from the lumber and turpentine camps in Mississippi, Florida and Carolinas, and southern Alabama. Ninety per cent of these people cannot pay their fares because of the extremely low wages paid in the south, but a deserter is rare among them. If you need labor and wish to consider this class of labor, The Monitor will be glad to serve you. Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I remain Yours truly, GEORGE WELLS PARKER, Business Manager The Monitor. The Monitor sent out more than one hundred letters last week all over the United States in an effort to locate several thousand Colored men at once. There is need for 50,000 now, but the companies hesitate to advance transportation. The Monitor has received a card concerning an employment office located in the Chamber of Commerce Building, Birmingham, Ala. The person sending it in says that he has sent money to that office and has never heard from it since. People should beware. J. M. Neal, to whom The Monitor sent transportation, writes that the division superintendent of the L. & N. absolutely declined to honor the prepaid order, stating that Florida does not intend to let the Colored people leave if she can help it. The I. C. shops located at Waterloo, Iowa, asked for ten men last week and the names were sent in by The Monitor. The ten men are all in Mississippi, this state being traversed by the Illinois Central and hence no trouble is to be experienced furnishing passes. It is not likely that the government will interfere with the Negro exodus. The North needs the labor more than the South, and if the northern mills and factories are to keep up their output under the stress of war they will be strong in the demand that the department of labor leave the situation alone. Four of the men to whom The Monitor sent transportation are still missing. The loss of $120.00 out of $280.00 is a very large per cent and enough to make any company very cautious in the future. More than 2,000 Colored men arrived in Chicago last Sunday. The city is reported overcrowded and labor agents are recruiting there for other places. Colored skilled mechanics may correspond with Commandant Rush of the Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. He is scouring the country for mechanics. Eleven men came to Omaha last week through The Monitor. All paid their own fares and were given work at once. The Monitor can place men in Ohio, New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Delaware, Massachusetts and Maryland. Fares have not yet been advanced for these places, however. Yours truly. LABOR NOTES The KITCHEN CUPBOARD SUNDAY NIGHT SUPPERS. EVILED TOAST.—Cut crust from thin slices of bread (whole wheat or graham). Toast to a delicate brown and butter while it is hot. Have ready at your hand a mixture made by creaming together a great spoonful of butter with a quarter teaspoonful each of lemon juice, French mustard and paprika. Spread each hot buttered slice with this, sift over all dry, grated cheese and set for a moment upon the upper grating of the open oven to reheat. Eat at once. Pea Patties.—Make a rich pie dough, to which one-half a teaspoonful of baking powder has been added, and line pattie pans. When baked nice and brown fill with peas seasoned with butter, salt, pepper and a little sugar and thicken with milk or cream and flour. Cubist Salad.—A crisp lettuce leaf, then an oblong mound of chopped cabbage and onion. Alternate slices of green and red peppers and crown it all with slices of cooked carrots and a sprig of parsley. Use either French dressing or a heavy mayonnaise. Club Sandwiches.—If the housekeeper has not cooked chicken in readiness these dainties may be prepared from the canned boned variety with excellent results. Remove the chicken from the can, rinse in cold water, drain and expose to the outside air for half an hour. Have in readiness crustless slices of crisp buttered toast and use for the filling a slice of the chicken, two or three heart lettuce leaves, two broiled slices of bacon, one slice of peeled tomato and a layer of mayonnaise dressing. Lay the ingredients one on the other and have the mayonnaise on top. Make the sandwiches quickly, so that the toast will be hot when they are served. This recipe provides a delicious luncheon dish at small cost and is one that can be easily and quickly prepared. Watercress and Apple Salad.—One bunch of fresh watercress, a cupful of sliced tart apple, a tablespoonful of cider vinegar, six tablespoonfuls of olive oil, two teaspoonfuls of sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Wash and dry the cress, keeping it as crisp as possible against the ice before using, and arrange it lightly in a salad bowl. Pile the apples on top of the green, and after the dressing has been separately mixed pour it over the whole. Serve immediately. 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. M. H. Hazard, C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. S. Weeping Willow Lodge No. 9596, G. U. O. of O. F., meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at U. B. F. Hall, 24th and Charles. M. H. Hazzard, N. G.; T. H. Gaskins, P. S. Colored Engineers and Firemen's Protective Association meets first and third Tuesdays of each month at 1810 Douglas. W. H. T. Ransom, pres.; J. H. Moss, sec. WHO DOES YOUR SHOE REPAIRING? Work done while you wait, or will call for and deliver without charge. Red 2395 2019 Cuming St. If I don't get your work, we both lose. Oliver Theatre Bldg. 149 N. 13th LODGE DIRECTORY R. C. PRICE, The Barber JOHN H. HARRIS OMAHA'S PREMIER BARBER My work stands alone on its merit. Business is good, thank you! AT ESS-TEE-DEE SHAVING PARLOR A. P. SIMMONS, Prop. 1322 Dodge St. Omaha, Neb. SHOES MADE LIKE NEW with our rapid shoe repair methods, one-fifth the cost. Sold uncalled-for shoes. We have a selection; all sizes, all prices. FRIEDMAN BROS. 211 South 14th St. Omaha. SLAUGHTER SYSTEM AND LYDAS HAIR BEAUTIFIER Guaranteed to Grow Hair in Six Treatments or Money Refunded Douglas 8536 Miss Nellie Scott J. A. Edholm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 AUG. ANDERSON GROCERIES AND CHOICE FRUITS See Me First Web. 2274 24th and Clark Sts. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO O M A H A ARE YOU SATISFIED with your Dry Cleaner? If not, try the ROYAL DRY CLEANERS BEST WORK AND SERVICE NONE BETTER Call Us First PHONE DOUGLAS 1811 24th St., 1 block north of Cuming Street 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 Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. Daddy's Bedtime [Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen.] THE minute Jack and Evelyn find "There was once a sick swa Thumbelisa, a tiny girl. So marry him along came her fr away on his back. "Tie yourself on securely with you may go quite swiftly. We'll fly away cavern, far away over the mountains shines with more splendor than it does there, and there are heaps of flowers belisa, fly with me. Once you saved passageway, and now I will save you. "Oh, dear swallow,' cried Thumbe "So she sat down on the swallow's wing. To its strongest feather she t around her own waist." THE minute Jack and Evelyn finished their bread and jelly daddy began: 'There was once a sick swallow who was nursed back to joy by Thumbelisa, a tiny girl. So when a stupid old mole wanted her to marry him along came her friend, the swallow, and invited her to fly away on his back. "Tie yourself on securely with your sash," he reminded Thumbelisa. 'We may go quite swiftly. We'll fly away from your ugly old mole and his dark cavern, far away over the mountains to the warm countries where the sun shines with more splendor than it does in this cornfield. It is always summer there, and there are heaps of flowers for you to pick. Come, little Thumbelisa, fly with me. Once you saved by life when I lay half dead in a dark passageway, and now I will save you." "Oh, dear swallow,' cried Thumbelisa; 'now I will go with you." "So she sat down on the swallow's back with her tiny feet on its outspread wing. To its strongest feather she tied one end of her sash and the other around her own waist." "Goody!" cried the children. "Then her swallow flew up, up high high up above the biggest mountains w "Thumbelisa shivered in the cold low's warm feathers. She only stuck derful and beautiful sights that kept fl "So at last they reached the warmer glow there. The skies were green and blue grapes grew on all the lemons hung in the woods, which were and everywhere lovely children with ing big, gorgeously colored butterflies." "Then her swallow flew up, up high in the air above the forests and lakes, high up above the biggest mountains where the snow never melts. "Thumbelisa shivered in the cold air, but then she crept under her swallow's warm feathers. She only stuck out her small head to look at the wonderful and beautiful sights that kept flashing below her. "So at last they reached the warm countries. The sun shone with a warmer glow there. The skies were twice as high, and the most beautiful green and blue grapes grew on all the banks and hedgerows. Oranges and lemons hung in the woods, which were fragrant with myrtle and sweet herbs, and everywhere lovely children with dark, rich skins ran about happily, chasing big, gorgeously colored butterflies." "More fairies!" said Jack. "Still Thumbelisa's swallow flew and more beautiful. Under splendid g stood a dazzling white marble palace. and vines wreathed around its old pilla birds' nests, and Thumbelisa's swallow Then daddy stopped, and when the end the bedtime story he gave them two "Still Thumbelisa's swallow flew on, and always the country grew more and more beautiful. Under splendid green trees on the shores of the blue sea stood a dazzling white marble palace. It had been built hundreds of years ago, and vines wreathed around its old pillars. At the head of these were countless birds' nests, and Thumbelisa's swallow had its home in one of them." Then daddy stopped, and when the children clapped for him to please not end the bedtime story he gave them two big good night hugs. So Jack and Evelyn clapped him. A military writer in the Paris l'Intransigeant says that 300,000 American workmen on the French front would mean victory for the Allies and suggests that the United States recruit such a number of Negroes from the south for this work. Commenting upon it the Omaha World-Herald says: "To take 300,000 Negroes out of the south might prove a great disaster to the lines in France. They are needed where they are and are doing just as patriotic work in raising cotton and foodstuffs as any troops in the lines facing Germany. The sort of work needed in France could be done by Chinese and East Indians without the loss that would occur in taking labor from the United States. Some Chinese have already passed through Canada on their way to do that work, and a million on two could be sent, if there were ships to carry them, without any interference with the food production of the world. There are a good many East Indians in France now and many more could be obtained. Military writers are not the best of economists, as the proposal of this Paris military writer shows. There is a shortage of labor all over the world except in India and China and those countries would be glad to furnish it Asiatic labor might go a long way in winning victory. Why not secure it? Two men toiled side by side from sun to sun And both were poor; Both sat with children, when the day was done, About their door. One saw the beautiful in crimson cloud JACK ELL COLORED LABOR FOR TWO MEN dy's Bedtime HOW THUMBELISA FLEW FAR AWAY. rashed their bread and jelly daddy began: yellow who was nursed back to joy by when a stupid old mole wanted her to end, the swallow, and invited her to fly for sash,' he reminded Thumbelisa. 'We from your ugly old mole and his dark to the warm countries where the sun in this cornfield. It is always summer for you to pick. Come, little Thumpy life when I lay half dead in a dark Isa; 'now I will go with you!' back with her tiny feet on its outspread one end of her sash and the other in the air above the forests and lakes, where the snow never melts. air, but then she crept under her swallow her small head to look at the wonshing below her. arm countries. The sun shone with a twice as high, and the most beautiful be banks and hedgerows. Oranges and fragrant with myrtle and sweet herbs, dark, rich skins ran about happily, chas in, and always the country grew more green trees on the shores of the blue sea. It had been built hundreds of years ago, years. At the head of these were countless had its home in one of them." Children clapped for him to please not to big good night hugs. And shining moon; The other with his head in sadness bowed, Made night of noon. One loved each tree and flower and singing bird On mount or plain; No music in the soul of one was stirred By leaf or rain. One saw the good in every fellowman, And hoped the best; The other marvelled at his Master's plan, And doubt confessed. One having God above and Heaven below, Was satisfied; The other, discontented, lived in woe, And hopeless died. Go to Gordon's Drug Store, 24th and Burdette Sts., for Brown Skin Powder, Dr. Palmer's Skin Whitener Soap and Skin Whitener. Webster 6174.—Adv. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Nine acres, good house, barn, chicken house, well, cistern, orchard, grapes, alfalfa. Partly plowed and planted. Immediate possession. Price $6,500. $650 cash and $650 per year. Rental value of this place is $450 per year. 2807 Ohio street, 5 rooms, bath and gas, newly papered and painted. Price reduced to $2,000. Will sell on very Phone Webster 5978 I. H. EMERSON WHITE GRAVE MARKER Delivered Here or Elsewhere 1517 No. 26th St. Omaha, Neb. THE MONITOR FOR RENT CHOCO "The Utmo 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. For Sale—Good 8-room house; modern except heat; good location; will sell to Colored. Call C. E. Smith, 308 Bee bldg. Douglas 3367. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Neatly furnished rooms, with or without board, 1723 Cuming street. Mrs. L. Cuerington. Douglas 9458. Nicely furnished rooms for rent. Ben Dixon, 3505 North Twenty-ninth street. Neatly furnished rooms. Hot and cold water. On Dodge and 24th street car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks, 924 North 20th street. Telephone Douglas 4379. Two rooms for light housekeeping, 2205 North 27th ave. Nice, large front room for rent. Mrs. R. Gaskin, 2606 Seward. Webster 4490. Modern furnished rooms for rent, 2121 Seward street. Also a four room house furnished at 2901 Seward street. Webster 3401. First-class modern furnished rooms. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. Modern furnished rooms; hot and cold water. Mrs. A. L. Johnson, 1810 North Twentyt-hird street. Webster 2058. Fourteen neatly furnished rooms. Mrs. Ella Dunivan, 4716 South 27th street, South Side. Phone South 3067. Furnished room. Strictly modern. Harney 4360. Mrs. Jackson, 2669 Douglas street. Furnished rooms to rent in a modern house, 2619 Hamilton street. Phone Webster 1250.—Adv. Wanted—A music teacher for piano. Gentleman preferred. 717 So. 17th street. Mrs. Ora Hooks. China painting. Classes Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mrs. D. W. Gooden, 2211 Cuming street. Douglas 5436. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexander. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. For rent—Two-room house with porch, on two ful llots in East Omaha. $3.50 a month. Webster 5361. For Rent—Two furnished rooms in private home. H. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake. Webster 3171. CHOCOLATES THE O'BRIEN CO. Candy Makers FOR SALE WANTED. 435 Keeline Bldg. Douglas 5435 W. Scott King Water, Sewage and Drainage Systems Street Grades Paving Platting and Planning. Civil Eng- ineering. MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. IMPERIAL DYE & CLEANING WORKS Dry Cleaners, Garment and Fancy Dyers Phone Tyler 1022 1516 Vinton St. GEO. F. KRAUSE, Prop. C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. Will L. Hetherington Violinist Instructor at Bellevue College Asst. of Henry Cox Studio Patterson Blk OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination OMAHA THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE PRINTING COMPANY --- 7 Several Omaha men have made application to enter the officers' reserve training camp which is to be opened at Fort Des Moines June 15. They are Will N. Johnson, attorney, graduate of the University of Nebraska and former football star; W. AMUSEMENTS The Alhambra The Alhambra The House of Courtesy 24th and Parker SUNDAY Wilfred Lucas in LOVE SUBLIME Triangle Feature Jimmie Dale in the STOLEN RUBIES Cub Comedy featuring "JERRY" U. S. Defenders MONDAY Triangle Night Wm. Desmond in BLOOD WILL TELL K. B. Feature, Thomas Unce Produc- One Comedy TUESDAY Vitagraph, Night. Ethel Clayton in DOLLARS AND THE WOMAN Comedy-JUMPS AND JEALOUSY WEDNESDAY Pathe Night Molly King in THE DOUBLE CROSS IS MARRIAGE SACRED? Pathe News No. 41 Triangle Comedy THE WINNING LOSER THURSDAY Metro Night Maurice Costello in THE CRIMSON STAIN Two reel drama One Triangle Comedy, ASIA AND TUMBLE FRIDAY Metro Night Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in A MILLION A MINUTE Metro Comedy, Featuring Mr. and Mrs. SIDNEY DREW SATURDAY Matinee and Evening Baby Marie Osborne in SUNSHINE AND GOLD Pathe News No. 40 Comedy The Entrancingly Sweet Bartolo The Final Word in Beautiful Music JO I KNOW YOU WORLD'S FAMOUS MINSTRE PEC Every Great Stage A NOVEL Given by the THURSDAY, NEW MECCA Come Early and Stay Late Adr BACK HAZEL PERRY an I KNOW YOU ARE GOING WORLD'S FAMOUS MINSTRELS WITH WORLD'S FAMOUS PEOPLE Every Great Stage Star Will Be There. A NOVEL SURPRISE Given by the O. N. E. Club THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917 NEW MECCA AUDITORIUM Come Early and Stay Late Admission 25c. Desdunes' Orchestra BACK AGAIN "GO, YOU GOT TO GO" A Screaming One-Act Comedy at THURSDAY EVE., JUNE 7, 1917 New Me New Cabaret Admission or M. Gordon, physician, graduate of the Gmaha Medical College; H. J. Pinkett, attorney, graduate of Howard University; Craig Morris, dentist, graduate of Creighton College; W. W. Peebles, dentist, graduate of Amherst; Price Terrill, pharmacist, graduate of Creighton College and Edward Turner, fireman, graduate of the Omaha High School. EVENT EXTRAORDINARY The Omaha Students who have been attending Western University, Quindaro, Kansas, during the past year will give a great Concert and Recital Friday, June 8th, 1917 At St. John's A. M. E. Church Corner 18th and Webster Sts. Prof. R. G. Jackson, head of the famous Western University Music Department, recognized as the greatest chorus director in the West, will come from Kansas City to conduct the music. ALAMO DeLUXE ICE CREAM GARDEN SPECIAL ATTRACTION! Cabaret entertainment every evening from 7:30 to 11:30. Don't forget the De Luxe Matinee every Thursday and Sunday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30. No dancing on Sunday. ICE CREAM DELIVERED FREE Herrington & Killingsworth. Phone W. 2861. Rex Theatre LEW ROSE—Your Favorite Comedian With the Five Hargis Sisters ALL NEW SONGS AND DANCES Every Afternoon and Evening 1.316 DOUGLAS STREET A Riot of Fun—Don't Miss It 12 M. to 4 A. M., Douglas 1491, 2491 4 A. M. to 3 P. M. Residence, Webster 7661 JOE LEWIS--TAXI AUTO EXPRESS Service Day and Night Please Phone All Express Orders to Webster 7661. OY! WE ARE GOING BILLS WITH WORLD'S FAMOUS PLE Star Will Be There. SURPRISE D. N. E. Club JUNE 14, 1917 AUDITORIUM mission 25c. Desdunes' Orchestra AGAIN d ANDREW REED cca Hall n 35c Desdunes' Orchestra THE MONITOR. ADVICE TO PERSONS LEAVING THE SOUTH Don't leave on rumors. Be sure you will find a job when reaching your destination. Pay no money to strange labor agents for jobs and tickets. Deal only through reliable firms. Ask every agent if he is willing to have you investigate his claims. Married men should leave first and send for their families after they have found suitable quarters for them. The cost of living is high in the North, but not quite as high as in the South. Clothing is much cheaper. Find if labor agents will look out for men after they arrive. The Monitor will help you find room, reasonable board, and be at your service whenever you need any help that it can give. Be careful of crowding into the larger cities. Many of these are already over-populated. Too much labor in one place is always worse than not enough. Subscribe for The Monitor today and keep in touch with the labor conditions all over the country. For real estate, loans, insurance and investments, see Eugene Thomas first. Rooms 413-14 Karbach Block, 15th and Douglas. Phone Douglas 3607.—Adv. When you need a good clean shave, see P. H. Jenkins, 1313 Dodge street. —Adv. John Ruskin Cigar, 5 cents. Biggest and Best. SMOKE Te Be Ce Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 The CHAPMAN Drug Store 934 P St., Lincoln Opposite Main Door Post Office Cameras and Films, Magazines, Cigars, Candies and a full line of Druggist Sundries Western Funeral Home 2518 Lake Street Open Day Our Conveniences: Free Spacious Morgue and Reposing Rooms com Derma-Surgery work; lady attend auto or horse drawn vehicles. Service. Our Conveniences: Free Spacious Chapel and Organ. Sanitary Morgue and Reposing Rooms complete. Air tight preservation case; Derma-Surgery work; lady attendant, if desired; private ambulance, auto or horse drawn vehicles. Lowest prices. Polite and Expert Service. TRY— GOOD GROCER C. P. WESIN Also Fresh Fruit 2005 Cuming St. GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 THE BEST 5c CIGAR SILAS JOHNSON, Funeral Director A. T. REED, Licensed Embalmer Barma THE LIFE SAVER ALWAYS ON TAP AT THE ALAMO Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed 1914 Cuming Street Res. Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718 TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night JONES & CHILES FUNERAL HOME Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Web. 1100 and Web. 204 Licensed Embalmer. DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 The People's Drug Store 109 South 14th Street Drugs, Cigars and Soda Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We appreciate your patronage. Phone Douglas 1440 Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE Auction Every Saturday R. B. Rhodes Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and Sold Rental and Real Estate 2522 Lake St. Webster 7971 PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS Res. Colfax 3831 Douglas 3181 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 3807 Camden Avenue. General Home Phone Webster 248. and Night Us Chapel and Organ. Sanitary delete. Air tight preservation case; nt, if desired; private ambulance, lowest prices. Polite and Expert --- RIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098