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--- Growing Thank You! $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Ballou Convicts Theatre Manager The General Says His Bulletin Was One of Advice, Designed to Prevent Racial Friction and Had Nothing to Do With Any Policy of Segregation. EXPLANATORY LETTER TO EMETT SCOTT Implies That Pro-German Influences Are Actively at Work to Aggravate Grievances of Colored Americans. CAMP FUNSTON, Kansas, May 15. —It transpires that while Major-General C. C. Ballou of the Ninety-second Division, was addressing the men under him through Bulletin No. 35 he was at the same time pressing the prosecution of the theatrical manager who had discriminated against a sergeant of the division. The prosecution of the manager of the Wareham theater for discrimination on account of color, instigated at General Ballou's request, was, after being twice continued, tried in police court at Manhattan, Kan., a few days ago and resulted in the conviction of the defendant and the imposition of a fine of $10 and costs. It is generally assumed that the conviction of the theatrical manager will serve to prevent a repetition of the offense and will deter other theater owners and managers from making discrimination on account of color. General Ballou followed the same course here as he did at the officers' training school at Des Moines, Ia., last summer, namely, while admonishing his men to refrain from precipitating racial disturbances, to prosecute those who should discriminate against his men. General Ballou Writes Scott. The following letter, addressed to Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the secretary of war, although dated April 22, 1918, has just been made public, since the prosecution and conviction of the offending theater manager. A letter similar in character has also been written to the editor of the Crisis, New York. The letter to Mr. Scott follows: April 22, 1918. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, War Department, Washington, D. C.: My Dear Mr. Scott-I have your request that I make a brief statement relative to Bulletin No. 35, these headquarters. There seems to be no good reason why I should not do so. Here are the preliminary facts. A soldier of this division got into trouble with a theater manager at Manhattan and reported it to me. I at once ordered an investigation, placed the facts before the division judge advocate and was informed by him that the theater manager had violated the law. I then put the case in the hands of the United States attorney and requested the prosecution of the theater manager. The case was set for April 22. I then issued Bulletin No. 35, which, in brief, is counsel to my soldiers to avoid race troubles. This bulletin was g'ven out to the Colored press of the country, accompanied by an entirely misleading letter that not only completely suppressed all mention of any prosecution of the theater manager, but directly and falsely conveyed the impression to editors and readers that I had not done so. The most prejudiced person will, I think, at once see that this was a malicious attempt to stir up race feeling by misrepresentation. Foundation Stones. The character of Bulletin No. 3b was that of advice, as already stated. This advice was ordered published to the division. It had nothing to do with any policy of segregation or with any policy outside of the military establishments. Its purpose was to prevent race friction, with the attendant prejudice to good order and military discipline. Good order and military discipline are the foundation stones of the military service. They are indispensable. Nothing connected with the service of the Colored troops has ever been so threatening to good order and discipline as race troubles have been, and it is well known that our enemies have sought to profit by this fact ever since there was a prospect of war. No stone has been left unturned. There have always been foes of our country ready to aggravate the grievances of the Colored people on the one hand and to stir up the whites on the other. It was no mere coincident that the East St. Louis atrocities occurred in a THE MONITOR city filled largely with German sympathizers. There is little doubt that the same influence egged on both whites and blacks at Houston. Most troubles have small beginnings. At Houston they grew from the fact of Colored soldiers entering cars reserved for whites and other similar matters. Great wrongs were eventually committed on both sides, culminating in the killing of a score or more of white people and the hanging of thirteen Negroes. In the midst of all the feeling and excitement caused by the East St. Louis and Houston troubles, the Colored officers' training camp at Fort Des Moines won golden approbation all over the United States, made thousands of friends for the Colored race and achieved a glorious success. It did all of this by following precisely the advice that was repeated to the Ninety-second Division in Bulletin No. 35. "By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them." Our enemies do not wish the United States to have its military power increased by Colored soldiers, and they stand ready to add fuel to every race discord in order to embarrass our country as much as possible in this war. Is it any wonder then, in view of what the enemy has accomplished in the past and is seeking to accomplish again, that the commander of the Colored division seeks to nip troubles in the bud, and while prosecuting white men for their offences against his soldiers, urges the soldiers to do their part to keep the peace and promote harmony. I have shown that my position and action were deliberately and maliciously misrepresented to the Colored people by the suppression of the news of my prompt prosecution of the theater manager and by falsely conveying the impression that I had taken no such action. The entire letter that accompanied Bulletin No. 35 to the press of the Colored people was a misrepresentation of my attitude and of the facts in the case, and no fair-minded person, when the facts are known, as stated above, can fail to see the work of an enemy—an enemy of our country and an even greater enemy to the Colored race. Is the Colored race going to "fall" to such schemes? I think not. I think they will contrast the work of the trouble-maker with the solid achievements of the Colored officers' training camp at Fort Des Moines and of the Ninety-second Division and consider thoughtfully the words, "By their fruits ye shall know them." Sincerely, C. C. BALLOU, Major-General, Commanding 92d Division. Speakers to Present U. S. War Aims Announcement Made Through Office of Emmet Scott, Special Assistant to Secretary of War. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF WORK WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C.—Through the office of Mr. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the secretary of war, it is announced that the war department and the speaking division of the Committee on Public Information, recognizing the importance of enlightening Negro public opinion as to the war aims of the government, have decided to appoint a special committee of speakers, to be composed of leading Colored Americans, who shall, as opportunity offers, seek to create and mobilize public opinion, which shall back up the government in the prosecution of the war. As has been stated, the issue of this struggle depends to a large extent on the way public opinion in the United States is stimulated and directed. It is, indeed, only through the united efforts of enlightened and enthusiastic Americans that the full strength of the nation can be exerted, that victory can come to our righteous cause, and that America can accomplish those things for which she entered this conflict. Upon the leaders of our public opinion, therefore, rests a responsibility heavier than perhaps ever rested upon any group of people in our entire history. It is a task which can be performed only by men and women who themselves are well informed and who co-operate with all patriotic organizations, governmental and private, which are unifying public opinion in support of the national purpose. More than sixty gentlemen, who are representative of Negro thought and opinion, have been requested by the war department and the Committee on Public Information to render the services above indicated, among whom are the following: Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Dr. Ernest Lyon, chairman Colored Branch of the Maryland Council of Defense and consul general of the Republic of Liberia to the United States, Baltimore, Md. Hon. William H. Lewis, former assistant attorney general of the United States, Boston, Mass. Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, editor the Crisis Magazine, New York City. Hon. Charles W. Anderson, former collector of internal revenue for the Second district of New York City, now assistant commissioner of agriculture for the state of New York; at present serving on exemption board, New York City. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, vice president Gammon Theological seminary, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. John R. Hawkins, financial secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal church, Washington, D. C. Are Decorated Their Privates Johnson and B. "Magnificent Example and Energy" When Force of Twenty-five SOLDIERS MAINTAIN Engage in Heroic Hand counter with Super Wounded but Conquer onel a Former Nebraska By Junius B. W. Special Cable to Omaha W. and Chicago Daily New WITH American Army Front, May 20.—T gallantry of two American soldiers, who attacked a twenty-five German, early day morning and complied and beat off the enemy wounding five men aloft Dr. Robert E. Jones, editor the Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La. Mr. Perry W. Howard, president National Negro Bar association, Jackson, Miss. Dr. E. C. Morris, president National Baptist convention, Helena, Ark. Bishop George W. Clinton, senior bishop African Methodist church, Charlotte, N.C. Bishop George W. Clinton, senior bishop African Methodist church, Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Fred R. Moore, publisher the New York Age, New York City. Hon. J. C. Napier, president National Negro Business league, Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Robert S. Abbott, editor and publisher the Chicago Defender, Chicago. Mr. W. T. Andrews, editor the Baltimore Daily Herald, Baltimore, Md. Hon. Charles N. Love, editor the Texas Freeman, Houston, Tex. Mr. R. W. Thompson, newspaper correspondent, Washington, D.C. Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Howard university, Washington, D. C. Dr. John Hope, president Morehouse college, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Nelson C. Crews, editor Kansas City Sun, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. N. D. Shamborguer, pastor Methodist Episcopal church, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. W. Clarence Hueston, attorney-at-law, Kansas City, Mo. Patriotic Campaign to Be Undertaken. This patriotic campaign will be undertaken at an early date and zones of activity will be worked out whereby the gentlemen above named may have full opportunity to serve the United States government in this hour of national emergency and need. There is also being worked out a program whereby representative women of the race may later be called into service to conduct a similar campaign of patriotic activity. In addition to this a special campaign will be conducted in all of the camps and cantonments where Negro soldiers are stationed, and in the cities surrounding such camps and cantonments by Colored physicians, surgeons, etc., who will seek to promote the best possible health conditions among the soldiers of the various camps. This work will take the form of lectures, clinics, stereopticon talks, etc., dealing with those subjects which directly concern the moral and physical welfare of the Colored soldiers. A selected group of prominent physicians and surgeons will have charge of this campaign. DOMESTICS JOIN UNION New Orleans, La.—Horrors of war are as nothing compared to what New Orleans housewives may experience within the next fortnight. All because domestics of New Orleans have been unionized. Oft made threats to organize the domestic help of New Orleans were fulfilled Tuesday night when the wife of Sylvester Pete, a labor leader, organized "The Colored Domestic Union" at a meeting of over 300 Colored cooks, housemaids, washerwomen and nurse girls in Pythian Temple. Units recruited in the union are preparing plans for battle. Word from the headquarters last week was that the first skirmish with employers will be for shorter hours and higher wages. The union will seek a charter from the American Federation of Labor, it was said. Are Decorated For Their Bravery Privates Johnson and Roberts Give "Magnificent Example of Courage and Energy" When Attacked by Force of Twenty-tive Germans. SOLDIERS MAINTAIN TRADITION Engage in Heroic Hand to Hand Encounter with Superior Force; Wounded but Conquer; Their Cottonel a Former Nebraskan. WITH American Army on French Front, May 20.—This story of gallantry of two American Negro soldiers, who attacked a party of twenty-five German, early last Thursday morning and completely routed and beat off the enemy, killing or wounding five men although themselves wounded, carries with it the announcement that Negro troops have for about a month been holding a part of the front line trenches in the Stmeinhould region west of Verdun. These troops, acting in close association with the French, have discharged their duties in the most excellent fashion. The Tuesday night fight being typical of their conduct. It is described by military observers as worthy of the best traditions of the American army. Occupied Advance Post. Early Thursday morning five Negroes occupied an advance post jutting out into No Man's Land. Three were asleep in a dugout and the two others were on guard. These two men were Henry Johnson of 23 Monroe street, Albany, N. Y., and Nedham Roberts of Trenton, N. J. About 3 o'clock when it was still dark. Johnson thought he heard a noise and called out, "Here they come." A sergeant back of the post shot off a flare, disclosing the figures of a squad of Germans trying out the barbed wire surrounding the post. Later it was ascertained that they had entered an abandoned trench to the right of the post about 2 o'clock with the intention of gobbling up the occupants just as soon as the flare lighted up the surroundings. Wounded by Grenades. The Germans threw grenades, which wounded Johnson and Roberts, felling both. But the two men while lying on the ground threw grenades back at the Germans, who were now forcing an entrance. As the first came in Johnson regained his feet and shot him through the chest, but his rifle jammed and so he used it as a club, knocking down a second German with a blow on the head. Three other Germans had slipped by and one was trying to check the prostrate Roberts, while two others tried to carry him off. His rifle was broken, but Johnson drew a long trench knife, which the Colored men call "Bolo knife," and brought it down upon the skull of one of the Germans. Later it was found that the knife was stained with blood, as was the German cap picked up nearby. Lunged With Knife. Another German leaped at Roberts, who lunged forward with the knife, almost disemboweling the man. Both Johnson and Roberts swear that the German cried out in English, "The son of a — got me." Johnson all this time was shouting "Turn out the guard," but another German fired at him with a revolver, the bullet striking him in the arm. As the intrepid Negro fell he managed to hurl a single grenade which, from the signs found in the morning, blew the German to pieces. Then Johnson fainted. But the Germans had had enough and they scuttled off in the darkness, bearing away the killed and wounded and leaving behind stretchers, wire cutters, grenades and revolvers. Strong patrols searched for them but were unable to find them. Awarded War Cross. Both the Colored men were awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palms, accompanied by army order The Johnson citation read: "Johnson gave a magnificent example of courage and energy." Roberts' was described as a "Good and brave soldier." Negroes previously took part in a rain in which they entered the German trenches and brought back three prisoners after finding slight resistance. This opera- tion was executed with the French. They go out patrolling No Man's land every night and have been shelled frequently. Their sector is a veritable sniper's nest and German bullets whistle about constantly but they are full of enthusiasm in their surroundings. They had not had a casualty until Thursday's fight. Soldiers Will Recover. Both Johnson and Roberts will recover, though wounded in many places by grenade splinters. Most of these troops are from New York and their commander is a former New York official, who hails originally from Nebraska. LIBERIA ASKS AMERICAN AID President Wilson Evinces Deep Interest in the Welfare of the Besieged Republic; Claims Admirably Presented by Representative Men of the Nation. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17-- At the recent conference at the White House with President Wilson, when consideration was asked for the application of the Republic of Liberia for a loan of $5,000,000, the following well known men presented the claims of the overseas government in a highly convincing fashion: Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute; Dr. Ernest Lyon of Baltimore, Liberian consul general to the United States; Attorney William H. Lewis of Boston, former assistant attorney general of the United States; Dr. James H. Dillard, president of the Slater and Jeanes Fund Boards of Trustees; Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the Phelps-Stokes fund, and Mr. Emmett J. Scott, who was a member of the American commission to Liberia in 1909 and at present serving as special assistant to the secretary of war. President Wilson greeted the party most cordially and expressed deep interest in the cause as presented by his callers. The Red Cross, Mercy's Maid, Calls upon you now for aid. Riveters Break World Record Charles Knight and a Crew of Seven Surpass All Previous Records Made In Riveting Ships. BALTIMORE, Md., May 17.—A gang of Negro riveters working at Sparrows Point, Md., in the Bethlehem Steel Corporation broke the world's record for driving rivets. One of the gang, Charles Knight, drove 4,875 three-quarter-inch rivets in a nine-hour day. The previous highest record was 4,442 made by a workman in a Scottish shipyard. This is the way the Negro is demonstrating his patriotism at home while his brothers in black in the army are showing it in France. Mr. Knight is a highly respectable and industrious citizen of Baltimore, a native of Virginia. Telegrams announcing the new record were sent to Mr. Charles M. Schwab, director general for the fleet corporation, and other officials connected with shipbuilding. If a bridge of ships will enable our soldiers to go over, to be fed and our allies to have supplies the Negro will have a large supply in the building those ships. Mr. Knight is one of thousands of Negro shipworkers. At Newport News yards alone there are about 8,000 employed. Commenting on this performance of work the Washington Times of May 18 said: "Not many months ago German propagandists were spreading the story that the Colored people of the South, even as far north as this city, were preparing to revolt against the government and do what they could to hinder the work of the war. "Day before yesterday there was a revolution, but it was not the kind the Germans planned. Charles Knight, Colored, and seven Colored helpers turned upside down every record that had ever been made for driving rivets into the hulls of ships. "That is the kind of a revolution the Colored men of this country are carrying on. "That is the kind of a revolution they may be depended on to carry on to the end of the war. "Foreman Knight set an example of efficiency to every citizen of the country, whether he be black or white." ```markdown ``` Lifting Lift, Too! Soldiers Pleased With France Encounter No Blighting Race Prejudice There, Where Character and Merit Alone Count and Color Raises No Sinister Bar. DEMOCRACY A REALITY THERE More Than Twenty Thousand Sable Sammies Have Been Landed in France. Colonel Hayward's Men Known to be on the Firing Line. RECENT estimates place the number of United States Colored men in France at 20,000. This force includes the four Fifteenth Regiment, of New York; the old Eighth, of Illinois; a battalion from Ohio, one from Massachusetts, several separate companies and about 2,000 stevedores. All are volunteers. There are also a large number of Colored volunteers serving as mess attendants on transports and war ships. None of the Colored regiments of the Regular Army; the Ninth, Tenth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth, have been sent to France as yet. The Post-Dispatch, this week, publishes an article by Lincoln Eyre, Staff Correspondent with the American Army in France, in which he gives the Negro soldier, "Over There" high praise. In writing directly about the New York volunteers, Eyre says: "Since January they have been in France, and many considerations make this contingent as interesting as any the United States has contributed to the common cause. "The standard of intelligence in the unit is extremely high and no illiteracy is noticeable. Many of the men have become French talkers and I heard animated conversations between our men and the Senegalese who chanced to be passing." No Racial Prejudice. "The American Negro lads get along famously with both white and black Frenchmen. In their dealings with the feminine population they are punctiliously polite, and not a single complaint has been lodged against them in this respect. Naturally they are delighted at the complete lack of racial prejudice they have found in France, and some of them have declared to me their intention of remaining here after the war. Their pride in their unit speaks well for a continuance of the high morale they have manifested so far. Band of Forty Pieces. "But they seem to be prouder still of their band of 40 pieces. Some one donated $10,000 for this band. He would never regret it if he could see how much pleasure it has brought into the dreary lives of the aged men, women and children in the villages in which the Negro troops have sojourned. "James Europe, once considered America's greatest Negro bandmaster, and now a first lieutenant with the New York outfit, drafted 17 members of the Municipal Orchestra of Porto Rico, in order that his regimental band should have worthy players of reed instruments." White Lieutenants Serve Under Negro Captains. "Democracy is carried to the nth degree in this New York outfit. There are two Negro Captains under whom white lieutenants are serving without the least friction. Lieutenant Europe's fellow officers include a newspaper man once on the New York World and a member of a millionaire family who was militia secretary to Governor Whitman. (Lieutenant-Colonel Lorillard Spencer.)" "The Negro unit landed in France after three attempts, having been the victims of accidents on the sea, not by submarines, but by faults in their transport. Eyre says: Trained by Frenchmen. "They were immediately sent to another maritime base, where they did every imaginable chore from chopping wood to building railroads. Not until March were they ordered North to begin training under French instructors, close to the front. "While this was the first American Negro contingent to reach France, there are others now undergoing intensive training at widely separated points. I visited three other outfits." DELEGATION WAITS ON MAYOR A delegation waited on the mayor and commissioners Tuesday morning in the interests of Amos P. Scruggs, whom they would like to see retained as inspector of weights and measures. Lincoln News 2 Miss Mary Green was hostess at a delightful luncheon given at her home, 840 North Twenty-fifth street, last Wednesday evening, in honor of Mr. Hartzelle Parham of Kansas City and Mr. Rossiker Smith of Denver, who are students at College View Normal. The parlors were tastefully decorated with ferns, potted plants and cut flowers. Covers were laid for eight. Patronize Monitor advertisers. The sermon preached by Rev. R. R. Powers on baptism Sunday morning was a spiritual treat. The baptism or five candidates followed and the large audience present was seemingly inspired by the solemnity of the scene. The Baptist Mission circle held a business meeting Tuesday at the parsonage. They will give a social at the church on Decoration night, May 30. By the way, are you a subscriber for The Monitor or do you borrow your neighbor's copy? The Daughters of Bethel's annual sermon was preached at the Baptist church last Sunday afternoon by Rev. R. R. Powers. The sermon was grand and the council made a fine appearance. Mrs. Laura Johnson is president for the ensuing year. The social given by the Gideon Band on last Thursday night, for the benefit of disposing of the beautiful patriotic quilt made by its members, proved a grand success. Mrs. Wade Smith and Miss Maggie Garnett were the real contestants, including small amounts brought in by other members. By mutual agreement the money was counted in favor of Miss Garnett, who received the quilt. The gross receipts of the social was $33. I will be glad to report any news you may wish to give The Monitor. Don't be backward about it. Help boost for Lincoln.—Stelle Crews. Rev. M. D. Johnson of Omaha was in the city a few days the past week. Rev. R. R. Powers preached a splendid sermon last Friday night at the Vine Street mission. A good number were present to enjoy it. St. Anice tabernacle, No. 92, held their grand patriotic drill at the Masonic hall last Wednesday night. It proved a splendid success. Mrs. Anna Toles arrived in the city last week and will spend the summer with her son and daughter, Mr. Walter Toles and Mrs. W. L. Johnson. The receipts from the special effort for the parsonage at the Baptist church was, from all services, $89.54. Kindly pay your subscription to Mr. Gene Nichols at once. Then get some one else to subscribe. Mrs. William Patrick and daughter Edna May of Aurora. Neb.. stopped a day with her sister-in-law, Miss Flossie Patrick, enroute to Kansas City, also Macon City, Mo., where they will attend the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Adams. The B. Y. P. U. held a splendid meeting Sunday from 7 to 8 p. m. The sermon which followed by Rev. Mr. Powers, on "What Think Ye of Christ?" was a masterpiece. The whole church re-echoed with amens and shouts of approval. Class No. 2 was jubilant at Sunday school when it was announced they had wrested the banner from Class No. 6, which has held it so long. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Williams entertained Tuesday evening for their cousins. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Curtis of The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People-Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Webster 4443 Excellent Service 24th and Grant DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED BOOMS Automobiles 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. THE BETTS' CAFE AND ICE CREAM PARLOR GOOD HOME COOKING. WE SERVE YOU BEST. Mrs. J. L. Betts, Proprietor 2530 Lake St. Web. 5262 Springfield, Mo. They will go to Camp Funston after a short visit to Fort Scott, Mr. Curtis naving been drafted as a soldier recently. Kindly report your news for The Monitor each week not later than Tuesday, so that we may receive it at our office Wednesday. Report all news to either of the following persons: Mr. Gene Nichols, Mrs. Major Moore or Mrs. Eva Crews. The Kensington club met at the residence of Mrs. Melvia White Monday afternoon. The Optimistic club met at the residence of Mrs. Helen Randall. Their next meeting will be with Mrs. Eunice Shipman. Mrs. T. Davis and sons, Freddie and Theodore, left Monday for Omaha, where they will live. The A. M. E. men's day rally will be June 2. They plan a great program for the entire day. Mrs. David Nichols and mother, Mrs. Ratley, left Sunday evening for Denver, having received word of the illness of Mrs. Nichols' brother, Mr. W. Ratley. The Federation of Colored Women's Clubs of Nebraska will convene in Beatrice June 24. Davis-club members please respond. Mrs. R. B. King gave a picnic at Antelope park Sunday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Davis, who leaves for Omaha, and Mr. N. Ray, who goes to Chester, Wyo. An abundance of good things to eat was on hand. The joll, crowd were: Mr. and Mrs. Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Little, Mrs. King, Miss G. Bolts, Miss Easley, Miss Taylor, Miss Florence Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mr. Roy Saunders. MONTANA MASONS TO BE ORGANIZED Lewiston, Mont., May 14.—E. H. Holmes, superintendent of identification of the Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla, is in the city to establish here, under dispensation, a lodge of Colored Masons to be known as the William Henry Upton lodge. He is being assisted by Wand D. Cole of Great Falls. A PATRIOTIC TOAST HERE'S to the blue of the wind-swept north When we meet on the fields of France; May the spirit of Grant be with you all, As the sons of the north advance! And here's to the gray of the sun-kissed south, When we meet on the fields of France; May the spirit of Lee be with you all, As the sons of the south advance! And here's to the blue and gray as one When we meet on the fields of France; May the spirit of God be with us all As the sons of the flag advance! —George Morrow Mayo. 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 Surdries AUGUST ANDERSON GROCERIES AND FRUITS Good Goods—Fair Prices Webster 2274 24th and Clark. Res. Colfax 3831 Douglas 3181 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 3807 Camden Avenue. Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NOETH 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 908 Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed 1914 Cuming Street Res. Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718 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. THE MONITOR STILL ONE OF THEM Veterans Always With the Boys in Spirit, Though They May Not March. COMES the old-time feelin' at the beatin' o' the drum. An' I'm sittin' in the sunlight an' a-watchin' of 'em come! An' I seem rejuvenated!—see the old-time battle sky. An' I'm one o' them same youngsters—with the boys a-marchin' by! An' I'd give the world to jine! (They's lots o' grayhaired fellers that could form a battle line!) Comes the old-time feelin' as I see 'em march along; The winds that wave the old flag seem to sing a battle song! A man is kneeling and guiding a horse that is jumping over a fence. A boy is riding on the horse. The fence is made of wooden posts and a metal railing. There are trees in the background. An' the rifle on the rack there—must I see it with a sigh, My war days gone forever, an' the boys a-marchin' by? Keepin' step so fine— How it thrills this heart o' mine! (An' lots o' grayhaired fellers that would form a battle line!) It isn't to the old brigades they're handin' out the guns, Though when it comes to trouble we are all the country's sons! An' that's why I'm a-sayin', when the time's drawn' nigh, I'm one o' them same youngsters— with the boys a-marchin' by! An' I'd give the world to jine! (They's lots o' grayhaired fellers that would leap to battle line!) —Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitution. NOTHING SAFE FROM THEM Gen. Hancock Evidently Had High Opinion of the Foraging Abilities of the Nineteenth Maine. "There is some doubt as to what part the Nineteenth Maine played in the war," remarked a veteran of that regiment. "The fact is, the Nineteenth ate up the Southern Confederacy. They stole pigs, robbed hen roosts, cleaned out orchards and cellars and foraged the country so thoroughly that the enemy had nothing left to feed on, and so lay down and died." Then Al Wells of the same regiment took up the thread of the story: "We were sweeping along one day, dining on the fat of the land, as usual. Another troop was ahead, and between them and us rode General Hancock. As the general was passing one plantation, the aged proprietor came out and stopped the general's party. "General," said he, "I want some sort of safeguard. Those troops that have just gone by stole my pigs, lifted my hen roosts and emptied my cellar." "I'm sorry," said Hancock. "Yes," replied the old man, "they stole everything but my hope of immortality. Thank God! none of them can steal that." "Don't be too sure about that," retorted the general. "The Nineteenth Maine is coming next." And so Memorial day is here again; and we lift up our eyes and behold the hosts gathering all over this land and marching to the cemeteries. They are bringing flowers—wreaths and pillows and crosses. These are tokens of a nation's love and emblems of a nation's gratitude. We honor the Northern and the Southern dead today, and with one hand put a wreath on the Federal, while with the other we put a similar wreath on the Confederate graves.—Christian Advocate. The Heroic Dead. T Our remembrance for one day of the service of the dead is valuable only if it inspires in us, the living, their spirit of devotion. THIS MEMORIAL DAY Nation's Tribute to Its Heroic Dead Has a New and Greater Significance. By HERMAN HAGEDORN Of the Vigilantes. IT IS fifty years now that the American people have every year laid aside their tools for a day to remember their noble dead. This year they again lay aside their tools. This year they again gather roses and lilacs and apple blossoms and cherry blossoms and wander out to the cemeteries to decorate those old but never forgotten graves. This year they decorate them with apprehensive hearts. This year, as in other years, they refresh in their memory the heroic deeds and sacrifices of their fathers; but they do something besides this. Recalling those deeds and those sacrifices in the bright light of new heroism and the shadow of new sacrifice, they dedicate themselves, their hands, their minds, and their spirits, to the new struggle on which their country is embarked. They remember American men who died fighting on old battlefields, but they remember more vividly American women and children who died on the Lusitania. They remember Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville, and Frederickburg and Chickamauga, and the Wilderness; but they remember more vividly what happened in Belgium, and France, and Serbia, and Armenia, and on the open seas. They remember the Lost Cause and the Cause that was victorious. With high hearts they remember them, and with grateful hearts they remember the men who fought and die defending them, and the men who fought and lived and were great enough, for the sake of a united nation, at last to forgive and forget. They remember these things. But more vividly they remember that the nation which Washington created and Lincoln preserved is face to face with the most sinister foe that has yet threatened its liberty. They remember that this foe, with sly and insidious cunning, sought to confuse, corrupt, and hamstring the energy and moral will of the American people even while he sank their ships and slaughtered their fellow-citizens. They remember that by the force of his arms this foe has beaten down great Russia, subjugated Serbia, Roumania, Belgium, northern Italy and northern France. They remember liberty, and they remember that where this foe has trod, liberty has died. In the midst of a great war, the American people give a day to their heroic dead. They honor them in speeches and parades. They honor them with flowers and music. They are doing them no more than justice when they so honor them. But they honor them best if with firm will and fearless heart they resolve that humanity's foe shall die; but that, by the strength, the courage, the endurance, the spirit of devotion and sacrifice not only of the men in khaki or in blue in France and Flanders and on the sea, but of the fathers and mothers and wives, the sisters, the sweet hearts, the brothers, who work and wait at home in the Great Republic of the West, Democracy shall triumph, Right shall triumph, and Liberty shall live, bringing to the world a peace that shall endure, and to men and women everywhere a happiness that shall have foundations. Will Be With Us Many Years. Although their ranks are steadily, and even rapidly, diminishing, the old soldiers have many a march yet to make before the last of them departs for that bourne whence there is no return. South Side Notes Mr. and Mrs. C. Jordan left Monday for Detroit, where they expect to make their home. The Golden Rule tabernacle, No. 35, and Herald temple, No. 1, will hold a joint public installation at A. O. U. W. temple Saturday night, May 25. Everybody is cordially invited. Admission 25 cents. Miss Myrtle Fisher left Sunday morning for Des Moines to spend a short time with her grandmother, Mrs. J. Fisher. We hope for her a pleasant visit with her grandparent. The quarterly meeting held at Allen chapel Sunday was the best financially they ever held. Those who attended the services at 3 o'clock listened to a wonderful sermon by Rev. Mr. Williams of St. John's A. M. E. church. At 8 p. m. the presiding elder, Rev. King, seemed at his best when he so nobly pictured out to the Christian the result of a shining life. Keystone lodge, No. 12, Twenty-fifth and M streets, will give an entertainment Saturday night, June 1. Plenty of refreshments, dancing and good music. Committee: William Townsend, chairman; W. Williams, A. Patterson, Harry Winston, A. Smith. Come one, come all! Don't miss this grandest entertainment ever given on the South Side. A. O. U. W. hall. Admission, 21 cents.—Adv. Mr. Alexander Davis of Thirty-first and X streets, received word this week of the death of his sister in Arkansas. Mr. Philip Mitchell, son of Joseph R. Mitchell of 6617 South Twenty-seventh street, is seriously ill at the hospital. Little Clarisy Smith, who underwent an operation for appendicitis, returned to the home of Mrs. Ervin Wednesday. She is getting along nicely. The Ladies' Aid of Allen chapel was entertained at the home of Mrs. M. Brown at Twenty-seventh and Maple streets. A three-course luncheon was served. The aid meets next week with Mrs. J. Williams of 2509 P street. Kansas City, Mo.—Henry A. Spencer, president of the International Conference, Knights Templar of the United States and Canada, has by proclamation to the craft throughout his jurisdiction, indefinitely postponed the 1918 session of the International Conference, which was to be held here August 25. DEPUTY'S ACTION SAVES PRISONERS FROM MOB Shreveport, La., May 17.—The life of Louis Kemp, aged 17, was saved by the timely action of Chief Deputy Stokes and Deputy D. D. Bazer and others of the sheriff's office, when a crowd of citizens gathered around the court house Thursday afternoon with the intention of lynching him. Kemp 4704 South 24th St. M. SWANSON FLORIST Classified Busi Classified Business Directory BILLIARD PARLORS CAPITOL BILLIARD PARLOR Cigars and Tobacco. Barber shop in connection. All kinds of choice candies, chewing gum and soft drinks. Service to our guests our specialty. Athletic and baseball headquarters. Webster 1773. 2018 North 24th St. Charles W. South. Prop. BLACKSMITHS J. W. STAPLETON South 2571. 5825 South 23d St. CAFES AND RESTAURANTS THE BUSY BEE CAFE South 2793 4917 South 26th St. STAMP'S RESTAURANT 2522 Q Street. DRESSMAKERS FANNIE PARTEE Webster 3519. 1531 North 21st St. DRUG STORES THE PATRICK PHARMACY Webster 1755. 24th and Seward Sts. THE PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE Douglas 1446.. 109 South 14th St. ADAMS HAIGHT DRUG CO., 24th and Lake; 24th and Fort, Omaha, Neb. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SOUTH SIDE was acting as note bearer for a white man who had made an indecent proposal to a saleslady in Woolworth's store when arrested. While the crowd was slowly gathering about the court house Kemp was smuggled out of the rear and spirited from the city in a high-powered motor car. Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 J. D. HINES TAILOR AND CLEANER South 3366 5132 So. 24th St. McNeilly and Norman PROMPT Taxi Service AT ALL HOURS Pool Hall and Billiard Parlor in Connection. Phone South 2962 2603 N St. South Omaha. Electric Studio We Want Your Patronage FIRST-CLASS WORK J. W. Gardener, Prop. 2417 N St. MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable BUSY BEE CAFE GOOD HOME COOKING MEALS ALL HOURS 4917 S. 26th. Tel. South 2793 Elizabeth Clark, Prop. SOUTH SIDE Farmer & McCray CAFE GOOD HOME COOKING MEALS AT ANY HOUR 2605 N St. Tel. South 2962 OMAHA, NEB. ness Directory HAIR DRESSERS MADAME JACOBS Hair Culturist. Webster 2320. 1910 North 27th St. W. B. NICHOLS Paints, Oils and Glass. Webster 3516. 24th and Lake Sts. COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FRANK DOUGLASS Shining Parlor. Webster 1388. 2414 North 24th St. DEEP WATER FISH MARKET Webster 3943. 1409% N. 24th. St. Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence, 2409 Erskine St. Hours: 8 a. m. to 10 a. m.; 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. and evenings. Phone Webster 71. TAXI SERVICE Five-passenger.....$2 per hour Seven-pass.....$2.50 and $3 per hour 3 p. m. to 12 p. m., Doug. 3724. 12 to 3 a. m., Doug. 1491. Residence, 3 a. m. to 3 p. m., Web. 949> Phone South 701 MARKETS YOU ATTEND The Liberty Ball GIVEN BY THE O. N. E. CLUB Thursday Nite, May 30th AT WOLF'S HALL TWENTY-SECOND AND CUMING STREETS Admission, 35 cents (includes war tax). ALHAMBRA THEATRE 24th and Parker Streets Monday and Tuesday— PARA-TO FEATURE J. WARREN KERRIGAN in "A Man's Man" Ebony Comedy. Wednesday— PEARL WHITE in "The House of Hate" (No. 8) FLORENCE LA BADIE in "War and Woman" Thursday— Special Decoration Day Program WILLIAM S. HART in "The Dawn Maker" MUTT AND JEFF Two-Reel Keystone Comedy. Friday— Paramount Night WALLACE REED in "A Prison Without Bars" CHRISTY COMEDY. Saturday— Fox Feature Night VIRGINIA PIERSON in "A Daughter of France" HEARST-PATHE NEWS COMEDY. Sunday— ROY STEWART in "The Boss of the Lazy Y" HEARST-PATHE NEWS BILLY WEST COMEDY. SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ANITA STEWART In "THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY" Strong Five Act Drama. RETREAT OF THE GERMANS AT THE BATTLE OF ARRAS This is a Regular War Picture in Two Acts. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SARAH BERNHARDT In "MOTHERS OF FRANCE" This is a Stirring War Super Feature That None Should Miss. Also a Good Comedy. DIAMOND THEATRE 24th and Lake Streets SUNDAY EFFIE SHANNON AND NILES WELCH In "HER BOY" A Five-Act Metro Star Series Production of Mother Love and Timely Interest. MONDAY A Five Reel Feature "NOBODY'S WIFE" Also a Two Reel L Ko. "BEAUTIES—THE PRETTY BABIES" Best Production Ever Made. The Pinkston Recital Large and Appreciative Audience Delighted With Excellent Program. Had it not been for the severe and threatening storm which broke over Omaha at 8 o'clock Tuesday night there would undoubtedly have been a capacity house at the Pinkston recital. As it was the Y. W. C. A. auditorium was well filled by a large and appreciative audience, which was well repaid for its attendance by a delightful, well-balanced and artistically rendered high class program. The opening number was "The Star-Spangled Banner," led by Cecelia Wilson Jewell, Dolores Johnson, Madeline Roberts and Corinne Thomas, in which the whole audience joined and sung as only our people can sing. Mr. William G. Haynes, who has a good tenor voice and knows how to use it, sang "Perhaps," by Dorothy Forster, and as an encore gave "Just Smile," by Grace L. Watson. Mrs. Pinkston was enthusiastically greeted as she appeared for her first number, which consisted of three selections: (a) Andante Molto from the pianoforte sonata in E minor by Grieg, (b) Impromptu by Chopin and (c) Hungarian No. 12 by MacDowell. In all of these her work proclaimed her an artist of the first rank. Her execution of the difficult Hungarian by MacDowell was brilliant. Another most difficult composition which tests musicianial skill is Pastels No. 3, by I. Phillip, and which was one of two selections given by Mrs. Pinkston for her second number; Harmonies Poetiques et Deligueses, by Franz Liszt, being the other. Mrs. Pinkston showed herself mistress of her art in these numbers, also in the Three Preludes from Chopin and the Valse Chromatique by Godard, with which the program closed. In addition to her musical ability Mrs. Pinkston has a most gracious manner, which at once wins her audience. Omaha deserves to be proud of such an artist as Florentine Frances Pinkston. Mrs. Cecelia Wilson Jewell, who has a rare contrata voice and has always been a favorite with the music-loving public, was never heard to better advantage than on this occasion when she sang "The Promise of Life," by Cowan, and "By an' By," by Burleigh, as her first number, and "When the Heart Is Young," by Dudley Buck, for her second. Mr. Haynes was pleasing in his second number, "Rose in the Bud," by Dorothy Forster. One of the most pleasing features of a most delightful program was the singing of the national Negro anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the words of which were written by James Weldon Johnson and the music by J. Rosamond Johnson, by three beautiful young girls, Madeline Roberts, Delores Johnson and Corinne Thomas, dressed at Red Cross nurses. Their voices are soprano, mezzo-soprano and alto, and their singing was faultless. At the conclusion of the program the Rev. John Albert Williams made a brief but stirring appeal for liberal subscriptions to the Red Cross fund. The Misses Otis Watson and Ozelia Dunning, as accompanists, are deserving of all praise. The recital was under the auspices of the Woman's auxiliary of St. Philip's Episcopal church. Mrs. E. R. West being chairman of the committee. It is worthy of note that the program was concluded by half-past 1'c'clock. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN; DO YOUR SHARE In order that so far as possible full credit may be given to the Colored people for their contributions to the Red Cross war fund, a special committee has been organized, under the chairmanship of the Rev. W. F. Bottis with headquarters at Zion Baptist church, to push the campaign among our people. The campaign closes Monday. Friday and Saturday a systematic canvass for subscriptions will be made. Give what you please, but do give something. The average amount that is asked is the equivalent of one day's wages. Omaha's quota is $200,000. Our people ought to give $5,000 of this amount. The Monitor hopes that all our people who contribute will do so through this special committee, or at least report the amount they have given, so it may be known how we have responded. Let everybody give something. Omaha is going over the top in this RedCross drive and all will be pleased to have a share in it. And remember this: Your dime or dollar may help save the life of your boy in the trenches and bring him back to you. Or it may help some family whom you know. Have you forgotten the Omaha tornado of 1913? The American Red Cross sent $40,000 to help relieve distress here then. It is asking now for funds for war relief. Will you withhold your help? FOR RENT Lodge rooms at 24th and Charles streets. Vacant two nights each week. Persons wanting to rent same, call Allen Jones, rental agent, Webster 1100. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. THE MONITOR Colored Nurses For Our Soldiers Editor Moore Says American Red Cross Must Stop "Passing the Buck" to the War Department When Colored Nurses Ask to be Sent to the Front. NEW YORK, N. Y.—More than 2,000 young Colored women, as well as many others, attended a monster patriotic meeting at Lafayette Theatre Sunday, when a movement was launched to have Colored nurses sent to France to look after the sick and wounded Colored soldiers with the American expeditionary forces. The big audience applauded Attorney George Battle, Fred R. Moore, publisher of the New York Age, and chairman of the meeting, as they made strong pleas for the sending of Colored nurses. "I have every reason to know that the trained Colored nurse is as competent as any nurse in the world," said Mr. Battle, who said he had been reared by a Colored foster-mother. He asked the Colored women to participate more actively in war work, thus doing their share in aiding their men who are now in France or about to go over. Mr. Moore spoke of the courage of the Negro regiment, the 15th New York Infantry, now the 369th, somewhere in France. "Looking at their bravery, and not their color, the French have received them with open arms," he said. "We are second to no part of our population in loyalty. But, speaking as an American black, I say we are not being treated right here. "We have trained Colored Red Cross nurses, ready to go to the front and minister to the wounded in the hospitals. They are no longer content to stay here, and the American Red Cross must stop 'passing the buck' to the War Department whenever our nurses ask to be sent to the front. "We want the best white women and men to tell the American Red Cross that the millions of Colored sympathizers with the United States in the war are not satisfied with the treatment of our trained Colored nurses. We don't want a black Red Cross, but a universal Red Cross, with every vestige of the old Southern anticolor prejudices wiped out, and with nothing else required from its workers but ability, respectability and character." The speakers' arguments were strengthened by the presence in the audience by a squad of Colored Red Cross workers and by the members of the senior class of nurses from Lincoln Hospital. The rally was held under the auspices of the Girls' Patriotic Service League, which is a division of the New York War Camp Community Service. It is the first of a series of meetings being arranged for girls and women throughout greater New York. OMAHA'S COMING TREAT Word has just been received at The Monitor office that Hon. Roscoe Cochlin Simmons, the great race orator, is to come to Omaha, June 10. This is an event that all Colored Omahans have hoped for for a long time. Mr. Simmons has startled the country with his fearlessness in going into the far South and condemning it for the wrongs practiced upon his race. Thousands upon thousands of whites have crowded his meetings and listened spellbound as he denounced them for their treatment of their armed countrymen. No assembly was ever too bitter for Mr. Simmons to attack with his fiery eloquence and bring it to understand that injustice against the race must cease and that the rights of American citizens must be for the black as well as for the white. We trust that every man, woman and child of Greater Omaha will hear him. It will be an event that will never be forgotten. Further announcement will be made next week. AIRPLANE STABLEIZER INVENTED BY COLORED MAN ACCEPTED BY GREAT BRITAIN Baltimore.—L. A. Hayden, a Colored inventor of Charlotte, N. C., has succeeded in having an airplane stableizer, his invention, accepted for use by the British government and has received a commission as a second lieutenant in the aviation corps of the British army. He failed in an effort to give the invention to the United States. ORGANIZE HOME GUARDS Why not organize a company of home guards? There are hundreds of men in our city, not eligible at this time for active military service in the regular army, who would be most serviceable in a company of home guards. Let us organize a crack Colored company of home guards. With men like Sergeants Bailey, Bradley, Letcher, Carr and others to drill us we could have a splendid company and the drill and discipline would do us all good. Buy Good Groceries From Your Own Groceryman J. L. BETTS 2526 Lake St. Web. 5262 For Hauling and Express CALL THE "One-Minute" S. L. Moates Trunks delivered to all parts of city. Stand 2416 N. 24th. Web. 5784 Residence. 625 S. 18th. D.-8627 Phones: Office, Douglas 3841; Residence, Harney 2156 Reference—Any Judge of the District Court of Douglas County. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW 640 Bee Bldg. Omaha, Neb. J. ELKIN BUILDING AND REPAIRS 1138 North 23d Street. Estimates Free. Phones: Web. 3927; Res. Web. 757 D. E. Nichols Tailoring Co. 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Magic Hair Grower grows hair on bald places of the head. If you use these preparations once you will never be without them. Magic Hair Grower and Straightening Oil are manufactured by Mesdames South and Johnson. We also do scalp treating. Agents wanted—Write for particulars. We carry everything in the latest fashionable hair goods at the lowest prices. We make switches, puffs, transformation curls, coronet braids, and combings made to order, matching all shades a specialty. Send samples of hair with all orders. 2416 Blondo St., Omaha, Neb. Telephone Webster 880 Fisher Fish Market CITY-FOURTH STREET Binds. We will quote some of the a Spanish Mackerel, Mullett, Carp FISH OF ALL KINDS. In need of anything in our line to in twelve blocks. Webster 3943. BARGAIN SALE BENES AND CHILDREN'S SHOES Christ. You save 25 per cent on use here. LESS. BUY HERE. CLOTHING CO. Omaha, Neb. FOR ALL SIONS Monaghue (ed 1866) 1622 Harney Street. FLOWERS" LGOFF ARE TOVES, RUGS, LINOLEUM Hey. 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We will quote some of the best varieties: Red Snapper, Fresh Spanish Mackerel, Mullett, Carp and Buffalo. DRIED AND SALT FISH OF ALL KINDS. We ask the friends in Omaha when in need of anything in our line to call in and see us. We deliver within twelve blocks. E. HAYNES, Proprietor. Webster 3943. MEN AND WOMEN'S FURNISHINGS MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHOES We are out of the high rent district. You save 25 per cent on every purchase here. FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Phone Douglas 1001. 1622 Harney Street. "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" H. DOLGOFF FURNITURE AND HARDWARE STOVES, RUGS, LINOLEUM Better Goods for Less Money. Credit if You Wish. OPEN EVENINGS 1839-47 N. 24th St. Phones—Webster 1607; Webster 4825 ---BUY A HOME--- OBBINS E AND TORNADO INSURANCE 2 or Webster 5519 G. B. ROBBI REAL ESTATE, RENTALS, FIRE AND TO Phone Douglas 2842 or Webst MME. JOHNSON AND SOUTH ```markdown ``` 6-room modern cottage; furnace heat; paved street. $2,600 on very easy terms. Vacant lots. $10 cash and $5 monthly. 2852 Binney St—New 6 rooms and sleeping porch; $4,250. Easy terms. --- 8 rooms; hot water heat; gas and electric; $3,000; very easy terms. 5-room cottage; large lot. 3407 Boyd street. $2,400. Easy terms. 2434 Patrick Ave. 5-room cot. THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and of the race. 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 and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor. Bert Patrick, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Travelling Representative SUBSCRIPTION RATES. $1.80 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4983. LET THE PRESIDENT SPEAK MAJOR-GEN. BALLOU, commanding the Ninety-second Division has at the request of Emmett J. Scott special assistant to the secretary of war, written him a letter explaining the issuing of Bulletin 35, which provoked such a tremendous wave of protest from all sections of the country. The letter is published elsewhere in this issue. It recites the fact, published in The Monitor several weeks ago, that General Ballou had instituted legal proceedings against the offending theater manager before he had issued Bulletin 35, intended only as salutary advice to the men of his command. We pointed out at that time that there were certain expressions in the order that were unwise, unfortunate and indefensible. While we did not indulge in the strongly denunciatory language of some of our more radical contemporaries our position as to the duty of insisting upon our legal rights was unmistakable. In his letter to Mr. Scott General Ballou implies that pro-German influences are actively at work in this country striving to aggravate the grievances of the Colored Americans on the one hand and inflame white Americans on the other. It is implied that these sinister influences were at work at East St. Louis and Houston. We doubt this very much. Southern prejudice against the Colored American has been intense and bitter for years, and increasingly so as he has advanced in intelligence, material prosperity and self-respect. It has manifested itself on every hand by indefensible and most reprehensible acts of injustice, which have been enacted into laws. This hatred for the black race has required no fanning into flame by German propagandists. It is a peculiarly simpure American product of which the United States will be most heartily ashamed some day, when she shall have grown out of her narrow and crude provincialism. Let us not lay our sins of race prejudice on the Germans. They have enough to answer for. God knows, and so has America. This, however, may doubtless be true that German propagandists are now trying to spread sedition among Colored Americans, and very naturally believe that the injustices permitted to be practised upon us should make us easy victims of their wiles. It would, of course, be to their advantage to turn us from our loyalty. They have not succeeded yet and WILL NOT SUCCEED Our president will only speak out as the representative of our nation, which we love and for which we are willing to die, and make it plain that he as the chief executive does disapprove of the lawlessness, lynchings and discriminations of which, unhappily, we are chiefly the victims. The persistent silence of our president will do more to alienate the Colored American than any machinations of the Hun. The Hun may be as subtil as the serpent, but if the president will only speak out he can draw the serpent's fangs. Let the president speak. FROM out of the darkness came light and out of the worst oft comes the best. War is merciless, yet out of war springs the sweetest benediction of mercy. It was once a proverb that while man fought, woman remained beside the hearth and wept. But that was in the olden days when wars were fought for glory and not for liberty. Today as men fight women fight with them. But women's weapons are not cannon, machine guns and submarines. Her weapons are gentle hands to soothe and heal; subtle drugs that knit the flesh and hang sweet dreams in the chambers of the mind that lately knew but visions of horror. The sword of Mars flashes across the world as a silver wind of winter sweeps across a lonely waste, but in its wake glows the warm light of the Red Cross, the symbol of love amidst the storm of hate. To the wounded man on the field or in the trenches the sight of that little red cross is like the sunshine after rain, laughter after tears, the rainbow after the deluge. It knows no race or creed or color. The hurt cruel German comes within its radiant glow as well as the hurt friend. Its errand is mercy and its mercy is the kind of mercy that means MANKIND. 4 THE RED CROSS Once more the Red Cross appeals for funds to carry on its work. How many more times it will come to plead with you we do not know. Let us hope not many more, not because of the paltry dollars it seeks, but because we wish the war to end with the triumph of liberty over autocracy. Yet no matter how many times may come the plea, let us heed and give all that we can and more. Give until it hurts. GEORGIA TIES LOUISIANA ONE can well imagine what glee fills the breast of the kaiser as he reads of America's blood-red record of Negro lynchings. Four more Colored Americans, three men and one woman, accused of the murder of a white farmer, were murdered by a Georgia mob this week. Georgia now ties Louisiana in this gruesome Southern sport, both states scoring eleven victims within the past fourteen months. This makes a total of fifty lynchings within the confines of the United States since America's entrance into the war "to make the world safe for democracy." What an appalling record! In the name of all that is high and holy, when are the people of the United States going to put an end to these atrocities? Whenever the government of the United States really wants to put an end to these barbaries which are making us a byword and a hissing in the mouths of our enemies it can do it. The government can control railroads, food, coal and what it will in times of peace and in times of war. Why is it that mobocrats who murder black men and women and children are alone beyond the reach of government control? BREAKING WORLD'S RECORDS NOTABLE record has just been established by ship rivetters at Sparrows Point. The achievement of these men shows what Colored workmen can do when they are given a chance. While white workmen have been inclined to see how little they could do, under union regulations, Colored workmen have been anxious to speed up to the limit of their power. When it comes to skill, brawn and endurance the Colored American needs to take a back seat for no one. We opine that such demonstrations of skill as Knight and his colleagues have shown will open the eyes of Americans to the real worth of the Colored artisan and mechanic. BRAVERY is the nifty art of stunting that lifts one into the hero class. There are as many kinds of bravery as there are kinds of automobile tires, and that is going some. Some call a man who is about to be married a brave man, but he isn't half as brave as the man who stays married. Just now the world war is making heroes by the dozen, and they are real, sure-enough heroes. General Pershing sent in the names of two jigg heroes the other day. They were real heroes. They were standing sentry duty when a party of boches planned a raid on the Yankee line. Before they got to the line they mixed with the two Sams. One of the two had a gun that worked and the other had a gun that had decided not to work. Quarters were so close that the bayoet was about as useful as cayenne pepper in hades. All that this particular Sam had was a knife. Where he got it nobody knows, but a cullud man nearly always has a knife or razor for close work. The knife got into action and so did the Dutchmen. The knife won and the raid was postponed. The report reported that several boches were seriously injured, as if it could have been otherwise. This bit of bravery also recalls another bravery stunt put across by a Sam some time ago. This Sam carried a razor in spite of the advice not to do so. He also got into close quarters and threw away his gun. Out came the razor. A German started at him. Sam hurled the razor with true Hamitic aim. "Never touched me!" shouted the German. "Den you try to shake yo' haid!" shouted Sam. The boche did and left his head on the ground for a souvenir. This all goes to prove that a cullud soldier feels safer with a member of the knife family than with a member of the gun family. He is always brave, but give him something to carve his initials with and he'll have the whole German army looking like a gory alphabet. SKITS OF SOLOMON Bravery THE MONITOR The Children of the Sun By George Wells Parker AGREAT architect named Ferguson once wrote a book upon the history of his art and in it occurred this surprising statement: "No Semite and no Aryan ever built a tomb that could last a century or was worthy to remain so long." A rather strong indictment of the ability of yellow and white races in the building line, don't you think? And yet when one studies the subject of ancient monuments he or she becomes convinced that what Ferguson said was the truth. Among the ancients there were seven works of man that were regarded as truly wonderful and which were called the Seven Wonders of the World. They were, indeed, wonders and would be wonders today or at any future time, and every one of them was built by people who were either African or of African descent. Egypt had the first wonder of the world and it was the Pyramid of Khufu, built somewhere about 3,000 B. C. I can give you no better idea of what a really wonderful thing it is than to join together some statements concerning it gleaned from "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," written by Edgar J. Banks of the University of Chicago: The pyramid covered thirteen acres of ground and was a perfect square, originally measuring 756 feet on each side; it is a walk of more than half a mile about its base, and so accurate were the measurements that modern engineers with modern instruments can detect an error of but a small fraction of an inch. . . . It has been estimated that even with modern machinery a thousand men would be required to labor for a hundred years if they would duplicate the pyramid. The granite, which was used only for the lining of the walls of the inner chambers, was brought down the Niie from Syene in Upper Egypt, seven hundred miles away. . . . The mortar used in cementing them was scarcely thicker than a piece of paper, for the joints were fitted together so perfectly that it is impossible to thrust the thinest knife blade into them. . . . At the base once more you look upward; now, better than before, you realize that towering like a mountain above you is the largest, the loftiest, the most enduring, one of the oldest tombs of man, and then you really understand why the ancients called the old, old tomb the first of the Seven Wonders of the World." I can add nothing to these words. I only want you to read them over and over again and let their significance sink into your mind. Then remember that those who reared that mighty pyramid belonged to your race and blood. It is a pride that no race or blood upon the earth can claim excepting those who are of the Children of the Sun. The Pyramid of Khufu was the greatest of Egypt's pyramids, but not the only one. There were eight others and Gizeh, and many more scattered throughout the land. And besides the pyramids there were other wonders that excited the admiration of antiquity as well as the respect of modern times. You have all heard of the Sphinx. I told you the myth of the Sphinx some time ago and today I will describe it. It stands at Gizeh in the neighborhood of the Great Pyramid. It is partly cut from the solid rock and partly constructed of masonry, with a shrine built at its base. It is $172\frac{1}{2}$ feet long and 66 feet high. It represents a wingless lion with the face of a man, and the face represents Horus, the early hero of Egypt. This face is African in outline and was originally colored brown, though few traces of the coloring now remain. No man or woman visits Egypt without "IN ILLINOIS AND ELSEWHERE" THE Houston Post, recognized as the mouthpiece of the democratic party in Texas and one of the ablest and most influential dailies of the South, in its issue of May 11 contained the following timely and outspoken editorial, which will meet the approval of all right-minded Americans. It is perfectly astounding how indifferent public officials and the press of this country has been to the atrocities against Negroes: The attorney general, Hon. T. W. Gregory, in an address to the American Bar association, discusses lynch law in an illuminating manner. The lynching of the German, Robert Praeger, in Illinois, prompts his observations. He urges lawyers everywhere to stand out firmly against lynch law by volunteering their services as prosecuting attorneys, where needed. He points out the danger of reprisals by Germany if German citizens are subjected to abuse at the hands of mobs. And then he says: "Lynch law is the most cowardly of crimes. Invariably the victim is unarmed, while the men who lynch are armed and large in gazing upon the Sphinx, and the tribute paid by Mark Twain to that wonder embraces all the emotions one feels when standing before that monument which has become synonymous with the mystery that hangs over the land of the Nile. You have heard of temples, haven't you? Perhaps you have visited a temple or two in your day, but unless you have seen the ruins of Egyptian temples you have no idea what a great temple is really like. Around Karnac and Luxor in Egypt there were many temples and the greatest of them was the temple of Ammon, founded during the twelfth dynasty. It stood in an incision about 1,500 feet square and an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes led from the river to the main gateway—a colossal pylon 370 feet in breadth by 142 feet in height. Within the great court and in a line with the gateway were twelve enormous columns, six on either side; six of these are well preserved. A second pylon gate leads into a magnificent hypostyle hall, 171 feet long by 383 feet broad, its roof supported by 134 columns in 16 rows. This hall is one of the finest works of Egyptian architecture. At the upper end of the great hall is another pylon gate, now in ruins, leading to an open court, in the center of which is an obelisk76 feet high. Beyond this again is another court in which stands the tallest obelisk in existence. There are a succession of smaller courts, corridors, pylon gates and halls. All these were part of the temple of Ammon at Karnac, and when you read of great temples compare them with this one and note for yourself how they sink into insignificance beside this one erected by black hands something like 5,000 years ago. I might go on for hours and tell you about the many other architectural wonders of Egypt, her many statues and colossi, her palaces and obelisks. But time and space do not permit. What I hoped to do, and that which I trust I have done, is to give you some idea of the vastness of the monuments which Egypt has left as an inheritance to the world. Other nations have contributed one or two monuments, but Egypt has contributed many. She has been called the land of magnificent monuments, and she is this, indeed. What other nations have contributed are for the most part lost, but in Egypt the dry winds and sands have preserved them against the ravages of time. The greatest damage to Egypt's monuments has been caused by man and not by the elements. Before closing this article I would mention that only a few years ago the temple of Osiris was discovered. The world war has prevented the complete excavation of this mighty monument, but it bids fair to become another wonderful temple. Osiris had been called a myth and the writers of antiquity who gazed upon his temple have been called victims of imagination, but the temple has now really been discovered. We shall learn more of it after awhile. And this ends the article upon Egypt's monuments. I would that you read it more than once and try to understand just what it all means to Egypt, to the world and to you. Count each wonder and place it to the credit of your blood and then you will appreciate what it should mean to be kin to the race that has earned such glory. Other races are satisfied to exult over creations less great than these. When Bishop Newman declared that the ancestral glory of the African race eclipsed that of any other race known to history he uttered more than a mere platitude. He voiced truth and it is the truth that must eventually make us altogether free. numbers. It is a deplorable thing under any circumstances, but at this time, above all others, it creates an extremely dangerous condition. I invite your help in meeting it." Mr. Gregory is perfectly right in pointing out the cowardliness of lynch law as well as the danger, when Germans are involved. But why is it not just as objectionable to lynch American Negroes? Why should not the states and all local authorities use quite as much cilligence to prevent and punish the numerous mob murders of Negroes as to prevent and punish the mobbing of German suspects? The fact that there is no likelihood of reprisals on the part of the Negroes in no sense affects the question of elemental justice that is involved. The people do not believe there are laws adapted to the adequate punishment of German spies, and for good reason. But the people know that there are laws adequate for the punishment of Negroes in every state, with no tendency upon the part of juries to withhold the penalties where guilt has been fairly well established. Whatever may be the court house failures with respect to white crim- inals, there is nothing of that character when Negro criminals are involved. The attorney general might remember another thing. There is absolutely no question about the loyalty of the Negroes. They are responding in the full measure of the government's demand upon them, despite the fact that they are by no means full beneficiaries of the guarantees of the bill of rights and the constitutions under which they live. And the Post would rivet the attention of the attorney general upon the fact that the mobbing of 100 German spies would not give the lie to the Declaration of Independence, the constitution, the bill of rights, the laws of the land and our democratic ideals in the measure that one lynching of a black citizen does. 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The Post addresses these remarks to the attorney general, because the lynching of Robert Praeger in Illinois involved no refusal of federal law. It violated the statutes of Illinois and the guilty murderers if apprehended are amenable only to Illinois law. The attorney general was in fact lecturing the North for the lynching of a white enemy alien suspected of being a spy. In the section wherein the attorney general was born and reared are cases for his consideration so brutal and murderous that they cry out to heaven—Houston Post. once more must be or city and state who are offer- ives for us. Red Cross! Patrick & Co. WOLK TAILOR Ins, Repairing, Pressing and ing at Reasonable Prices. Sale Unclaimed Suits for Men Full Line Men's Pants. Line New Silk and Cloth. Ladies' Skirts. 4th St. Webster 2179 fiture Co. H. NICHOLS, Prop. 1504 NORTH 24TH ST. Washington Market O-Date Market in the Middle at the McCrory 5c and 10c the Basement. 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FOR RENT—Seven rooms, modern except heat; $18. Douglas 3607. The Mothers' club met with Mrs. Clara B. Parks, 2010 North Twenty-seventh street, May 16. Many plans for the welfare of the children were discussed. Mrs. Mary Jackson of Twenty-fifth and Saratoga streets, has planned for a tennis court to which club members' children will be welcome. The next meeting will be with Mrs. George Macklin, Thirty-third and Ohio streets. If you get the "blues" on Decoration day Perkins' orchestra will jazz them away. Mecca. May 30. The Junior Rosebud club met and was entertained at the home of Miss Corinthia Hollowell last Thursday evening. The next meeting will be held next Friday at the home of Miss Clara Carpenter. One of the club members, Miss Catherine Mills, is ill. Miss Blanche Montgomery has the punchbowl at the Mayflower ball Mecca, May 30. Wagoner Robert E. Dipp of the 350th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Grant, was an Omaha visitor this week while enroute from a visit to his home at Parkman, Wyo. The Rev. Dr. G. G. Logan, pastor of Grove M. E. church, after three weeks' illness, is improving. He was able to take his services last Sunday. Mrs. E. Green left Thursday night for New York City for a six weeks' visit with relatives there and at Morristown, N. J. William G. Haynes and Dr. Craig Morris left Friday night for a three weeks' visit to Washington, Pittsburgh, New York and other eastern points. Mr. Haynes' parents reside in Washington and Dr. Morris accompanies him to his home. Both of these young men deserve their well earned vacation. Dr. Craig Morris wishes to advise his patients that he will be absent from the city for a two weeks' vacation. Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Terry of 3521 Blondo street have purchased a summer home in Vernon Heights. The Swastika Art club of Mount Moriah Baptist church will meet with Mrs. Hattie Smith, 2816 Charles street, May 29. Mrs. A. L. Hopkins and children have returned from Rockport, Ind., where she has been visiting her parents. Don't forget to attend the grand Mayflower ball at the Mecca, May 30. Vote for me; I'm a winner. Moonlight club, at the Mecca, May 30. The Bon Ton society met Monday evening at the residence of Miss Gliaós Jordan, 3116 Corby street. A celightful luncheon was served. The center was a beautiful bouquet of white carnations. After business was transacted an old fashioned spelling bee furnished much amusement. The next meeting will be held June 3 at the residence of Miss Marion Gordon. FOR SALE — Seven-room home, completely modern, located on a paved street and in an excellent neighborhood, close to school and car line. This home can be bought on exceptionally easy terms. Phone Douglas 3607 or Webster 1124. $200 down, balance easy monthly payments, will buy a five-room house, modern except heat. Call Douglas 3607 or Webster 1124. Have YOU subscribed to the Red Cross war fund? Dan B. Butler has retained Ole Jackson as foreman of one of the street cleaning gangs. Miss Darlene Duval, who is attending the Western university at Quindaro, is home for her vacation. Mrs. Bentley Webster attended the commencement of Western university at Quindaro, Kan., Thursday, May 16, when her son Harold graduated with high honors. She returned home Sunday, accompanied by her son and daughter, Aline Bentley, who is a sophomore at the Western. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, national president of the Colored Women's Federation, will be an Omaha visitor on her way to attend the national convention, which meets in Denver in July. Buying Liberty bonds and war saving stamps is not giving money to the government. It is purely a saving proposition in which you are getting a good rate of interest on your money. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Alexander gave a dinner party at her beautiful home, 2312 North Twenty-seventh avenue, May 22, in honor of Rev. W. C. Williams and his wife and son, Dr. Williams, which was very elegantly served. The table was decorated with American Beauty roses and the menu consisted of everything in season. The other guests present were: Mrs. G. Glover, Mrs. William Bridges and Dr. P. W. Sawyer and wife. After the dinner the party spent a delightful evening at the recital given by Mrs. Florentine Frances Pinkston at the Y. W. C. A. Sunday dinner will be served from 8 to 6 at 2601 Patrick avenue, 40 cents. Webster 753.-Adv. Mrs. Maggie Brown of 2875 Wirt street and Mrs. L. Emerson of 1517 North Twenty-sixth street have returned home from a pleasant visit east. Mr. James E. Lindsay and son, Jas. Jr., of Birmingham, Ala., is here visiting his sister, Mrs. J. L. Betts of 2526 Lake street. The Moonlight club will give their third annual ball at the New Mecca, May 30. William H. Snell, president; O. Rountree, secretary; Mrs. P. A. Bell, treasurer. Sergeant Major Killingsworth has been removed from Camp Funston to Camp Dodge, where he is taking the officers' training course. Mrs. Anna Williams of Chicago is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Richard Magee of 3049 Pinkney street. RECEIVES HIS DIGREE AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY John Andrew Singleton, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton, received his degree in dental surgery at the recent commencement at Howard university, ranking high in his class. After graduating from the Omaha High school Andrew worked for a year to earn money to help himself through college. He entered Howard university three years ago, where he has been a diligent and popular student. He has enlisted in the army and expects soon to be called into service. COMMUNITY CHORUS PREPARING FOR CONCERT The Community Chorus, which has been meeting at 5:30 Sunday afternoons at St. Philip's Episcopal church, will be ready for its first appearance in concert about the middle of June. The public will be given a rare treat. Membership in the chorus has closed until the autumn. It is requested that persons who purchased books at the beginning and who have not attended subsequent practices, and may not care to retain their books, if they will be kind enough to return their money will be refunded. The edition being exhausted it is impossible to obtain at this time additional books from the publisher. All members of the chorus are urged to be on hand promptly at 5:30 Sunday afternoon. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our grateful thanks and appreciation for the many kindnesses shown to us and our loved ones in our recent bereavement during the sickness and death of Albert West, husband and brother. MRS. ALBERT WEST, MRS. R. L. TURNER. THE MONITOR Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards THE GREAT STRUGGLE HAS BROUGHT TO RACE WOMEN AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY MUCH is being said now about man power in the world war, and that means women power as well. This brings to all the women of America an opportunity such as they have not had in all their lives. Immigration has ceased and the work of women must in a great measure be done by the na- tive-born. This opportunity has come to Colored women as well as to all others. In the past very few of them have been encouraged to seek places in the better paying tasks of the skilled trades and so they have been relegated to the very rear of the industrial army. The Colored women have not been able to advance as much as the Colored men, for they have had small chance at anything except the most thankless drudgery. There are many persons who deplore the fact that they are unable to employ servants now and others because they are asked to pay more for the services of Colored women. The Colored women welcome this opportunity as one that will give at least some of them emancipation. Miss Eva Q. Bowles, a Colored secretary of the national board of the Y. W. C. A., declares that $200,000 of the board's war work budget is for the advancement of the interests of Colored women, "to protect Colored girls in wartime, to help woman relations of men in service and to encourage women to show what they can do in war work and in filling industrial positions." Miss Bowles is the special representative for all Colored women on the Y. W. C. A. war work council and her idea is to do everything for the Colored girl which is being done for the white girl. She is particularly interested in the education of Colored girls as to proper standards of work and wages. "Unless the white girl sees her responsibility to the Colored girl," she says, "the white workers will themselves be injured by lowered standards." This is a timely appeal for co-operation among all sorts of workers to protect labor standards, and another very timely appeal was that to the American Federation of Labor for more attention to Colored workers. This latter met with a cordial response at the last convention, when Colored mens' unions, even from the South, were recognized with cordiality and the employment of Colored organizers was organized, with approval of Southern white men, as well as those from the North. For many years in the garment trade unions Colored women have been welcomed on equal terms with white members, and they prove excellent unionists. In the meat packers' unions in Chicago they are proving enthusiastic and valuable, and in many other trade unions, notably the waitress' they hold their own very well. So there is no reason for considering them a threat to labor standards where their fellow workers recognize their abilities and rights.—F. L. B. Tulsa, Okla. O OPEN, O my Soul, to the beaming rays of Love That shall light thy way onward to the realms above! Thou wert not destined for the sordidness of earth; Greater is thy heritage; priceless is thy worth. Onward thou must go to the higher realms of Light. Reach up! For thou art not a creature of Dark Night: Darkness, squalor, doubt, ignorance, death and despair Are not thy portion; but Life, full, all light and fair. Go on and carry on into thine heritage, And, O Soul of Light, be thou free from all bondage! —Constine Horner in Southwestern Christian Advocate. A Frenchman was waiting at a railroad station in Ireland when a couple of natives sat down beside him. Said one: "Sure, Pat, it's down to Kilmary I've been, and I'm on me way back to Kilpatrick." "Ye don't say so," said the other. 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WEBSTER 1412 Hotel Cuming Douglas 2466 0 Webster 1529 Webster 2556 Among the Churches 6 N. W. C. A. NOTES The next meeting of the N. W. C. A. will be at the home May 29. All members are requested to be present. Business of importance. All chairmen in charge of the drive are asked to complete their territory and make a full report at the next meeting. The committee will call upon those who have made monthly pledges to collect same the last week in May. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. T. A. Taggart, Pastor. Sunday morning service, 10:45. B. Y. P. U., 6 p. m. The pastor preached last Sunday night to a large audience. "The Ways of Man Seem Right but the End Thereof Is Death." Some additions were added to the church. Next Sunday night preaching at S o'clock. Sermon topic, "A Dead Dog After a Flea." The Mission circle meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Velma Scott, 5006 South Twenty-seventh street. Sisters Cheeks and Johnson and Miss Clasie Smith are on the sick list. Sister Smith of 3006 V street is very sick. Her daughter, Mrs. White of Pine Bluffs, Ark., is here with her during her illness. The funeral service of Mrs. N. Walton of 2112 Grant street, who died Sunday morning, was buried from the home Tuesday afternoon. Johnson's Funeral Home had charge of the remains. You will be far better pleased with your cleaning and pressing, dyeing and repairing by Young's Tailoring company. Phone L-7654.—Adv. The reason why every one is pleased and admired by others is that their suits are made RIGHT to the individual that wears them at YOUNG'S, 219 North Tenth.—Adv. If you want good, substantial clothes instead of more pretty lining buy from YOUNG. Don't be mislead. Call and ask us anything concerning clothes.—Adv. PALESTINE, TEXAS Sunday was a good day for all the churches, as it was very pleasant. Rev. J. E. Wilson was in the city yesterday and returned to Oakwood this morning. Rev. G. W. Carter went to Oakwood to hold his quarterly conference. Rev. S. F. Floyd was in the city last week visiting Mr. I. H. Blank and other friends. Rev. T. E. Campbell of Waco was in the city last week on business. Mrs. Ada Clark of Clarksville was visiting her parents this week. Mrs. Clema Williamson shot Mrs. Susie Simpson last week. We don't know what was the trouble. Mrs. Simpson is somewhat on the mend and Mrs. Clema is out on bond. The A. M. E. district conference, held at Tucker last week, under the leadership of Rev. F. F. Washington as presiding elder, was a great success. They raised $600. All of the schools will close this week. H. L. Price of Cuney was in the office recently, as was B. F. Blaine. Mrs. Mary Givens went to Keechn on business last Saturday. G. T. Thomas went to Jacksonville last Saturday on business. A. G. Howard went to Jewett on business last Saturday. The Christian Industrial college had its commencement here last week and rendered an excellent program under the leadership of Rev. W. A. Scott as president. Miss Lucile Johnson and Mrs. Jessie Andy are on the sick list. Henry McGruder shot two soldiers named Lone Gilbert and Willie Lee. Later one of the soldiers died. All of the parties were raised together at Grapeland. ATCHISON, KANSAS Mrs. W. H. Hill, who has been in Kansas City for a week at the bedside of her sick sister, telegraphed Rev. Mr. Hill Tuesday morning that her sister, Miss Gladys Miles, had died. Rev. Mr. Hill will leave for Kansas City Thursday. Annabelle Taylor was taken to the hospital Sunday to be operated on for appendicitis. Will Metchum returned from the Springs Sunday not much improved. Rev. and Mrs. Hill and Mrs. W. A. Covington returned from Kansas City Friday, where they had gone to attend the funeral of Mrs. Hill's sister, Miss Gladys Miles. W. M. Whiteside visited his sick brother in Kansas City Sunday. Sylvester Cornell of Des Moines, Ia., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Will Cornell, who is sick. The Rev. C. H. Todd, whose illness has been frequently mentioned in these pages, died Thursday morning, May 8, after a protracted illness. He ST. JOHN'S NEWS We can well say that Sunday was the culminating day of the two days' women's day and men's day. Sunday was men's day. The whole day was very enjoyable. At the night program the men did their very best. The chorus, "Steal Away," made everybody happy. There were twelve additions to the church. The collection for the day was $219.74. Sunday will be quarterly conference at St. John's. Mrs. Metcalfe was suddenly called to the bedside of her sick father in Sioux City, Ia. Mrs. R. K. Lawrie entertained the Crochet club Tuesday evening, May 21, on her wedding anniversary. The invited guests were Mesdames West and Smith Davis. The hostess was presented with a handsome linen table cloth and a beautiful hand-painted plate by the club. EPISCOPALIANS DRIVE MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN Everything is in readiness for the missionary campaign which the Episcopal church is to conduct next week for mobilizing the whole force of the church in the city. Sunday morning out-of-town speakers will speak at the ten Episcopal churches at 11 o'clock. The Rev, Dr. Rollit has been assigned to speak at St. Barnabas, St. Philip and St. Mathias. At 3:30 there will be a Sunday school rally at All Saints' church and at 8 p. m. a union service in Trinity cathedral. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. there will be one hour instructions or addresses at All Saints' church. Friday night at 6:30 a men's supper, with addresses by Bishop Wise of Kansas and others. Saturday night there will be instruction of canvassers. Sunday, June 2, from 2 to 6 every family and individual identified with the Episcopal church will be visited to secure a definite weekly pledge for support of the church at home and abroad. was in the 47th year of his age. Called to the pastorate of Zion Baptist church April 15, 1917, failing health compelled him reluctantly to retire from active work in December. He was well beloved by his people and his death is mourned not only by his family but by numerous friends. Rev. W. H. Hill preached the annual sermon of the Daughters of Bethel Sunday at the Ebenezer Baptist church. The trolley ride Thursday night promises to be a spring treat, conducted by Mrs. Anderson, captain of one of Brother Billup's clubs. Miss Pearl Williams of St. Joseph visited her sisters, Mrs. Charity Porter and Miss Malinir Williams. Miss Myrtle Potter will give a luncheon at her home on Thursday from 2 to 5. Mr. Emanuel Handy is visiting in Topeka, Kan. Lorenzo Woodson is greatly improved and expects to be out this week. The sacred program at the A. M. E. church Sunday was one of refinement and quality, and was well attended. Miss Frances Griffin visited her mother in Plattsburg Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ewing of Leavenworth, Kan., visited old friends and relatives. Mrs. Mattie Willis White, on her way to Topeka from Weston, where she visited, stopped over and visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Baylis. Mrs. Delia Messiah of St. Joseph visited with her sister, Mrs. Ralph Brown. Silas Cluke won the state certificate for the best four-minute speech on Liberty bonds, and has composed a poem, which he delicated to the late Rev. C. H. Todd. MAJOR FULTON RETIRED Columbus, O., May 17.—Major John C. Fulton of Cleveland and Columbus, for fourteen years commander of the Ninth battalion (Colored), now in France, has been given an honorable discharge from the military service for physical disability. He was in command of the organization until a short time ago. The battalion was trained for overseas service at Newport News, Va. Major Fulton has returned to Columbus. Lincoln, Neb., May 21. Editor The Monitor: I greatly appreciate your weekly visits. I greatly enjoy your pen talks especially as pertains to race matters and race elevation. I trust your many friends and readers may promptly pay their subscriptions with Uncle Sam's "filthy lucre" in addition to kind words and compliments. I enclose draft for renewal Truly yours. I. B. SMITH, Core City National Park, Lincoln THE MONITOR BOY SCOUT NEWS We are pleased to report that Troop 23 is still on the firing line and studying to show itself improved. We are in a very healthy condition and our records show a marked increase in ability as well as number. Every scout is doing a good turn daily and is determined to show that scouting is helpful by living up to the oath and laws of the troop. Alvin Simmons, Guiou Taylor and Henry Gordon led in the discussion on birds last week. All scouts took an active part in drilling, wall scaling, pyramid building and relay racing at our outdoor meet. Robert Allen and Floyd Maxey helped where needed at the fire last week. Troop 23 did her bit in Liberty loan drive and war saving stamp sale. We sold $500 worth of bonds and $300 on stamps. We also distributed 500 copies of government literature and we are now doing our bit on the Red Cross drive. Beaver, Panther and Crow patrols are planning a hike to Scout Reservation on May 30 (Decoration day). We will cook our dinner and supper in the woods. (By Floyd Maxey, a Scout) Oh, kaiser, kaiser, kaiser— The most hated man of today! You clutch with the hand of a miser, The unfortunate countries say. But we're sending over our sons To kill a few of your Huns, And before the war is finished Your armies shall be liminished To a straggling, scattered few, As the Belgians were by you. And the folly you've done repay. Arthur Campbell, troop treasurer, sprung a surprise last week by presenting a bank book on United States bank for $2.60. Now the boys say, "Watch it grow!" If you are not a scout you can be. Registration, 25 cents; Scout News, 15 cents per year; dues, 10 cents per month. We meet every Friday at Mount Moriah Baptist church at 7:30 p. n. You get spanked by the whole troop if you are late. H. L. ANDERSON, Scoutmaster. FLOYD MAXEY, Scribe. MOTHER GIVES HER FIVE BOYS TO COUNTRY Westfield, Ind., May 13.—The five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Armstrong are leaving home for service in the new national army. Ezekiel has volunteered to take the place of a farmer boy needed on the farm. Charles and Lindsay, the two youngest, left April 30 for Camp Meade, and Isaac, the oldest, followed in a few days, Irvin, an Indianapolis teacher, leaves this week. All are graduates of Westfield High school and Irvin graduated from Indiana university. GREAT GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE PLANT TO BE ERECTED AT PITTSBURGH Washington, May 16.—The great ordnance plant to be erected by the government and operated by the United States Steel Corporation will be located on Neville island in the Ohio river near Pittsburgh. It will cost $50,000,000 and will be greater than the famous Krupp plant of Germany. Thousands of men will find employment and the great industrial district of Pittsburgh will have no peer in the world. Mrs. Ed Hill, who underwent an operation last week at the State hospital, is doing nicely. Remember Monday eve is raffle night at the Diamond Theatre. Those who hold coupons must be there. You may be the one to get the $25.00 prize. Don't miss this great production on Monday night. Best ever made. Sir Oliver Lodge's Faith. "I will not believe that it is given man to have thoughts higher and nobler than the real truth of things." Coffee is not a stimulant pure and simple, but a very considerable nutrient. Justus Liebig proved that, by taking equal lots of men, working in the salt mines, feeding one lot bread and meat, the other bread and coffee, and comparing results. The coffee squad did more work and came out in better shape than the meat eaters. Scout Poem. Oh, kaiser, kaiser, kaiser! The last I have to say Coffee a Nutrient MESSY Length about eleven inches. Brownish red above, heavily streaked with black below. Range: Breeds from the gulf states to southern Canada and west to Colorado. Wyoming and Montana; winters in the southern half of the eastern United States. Habits and economic status: The brown thrasher is more retiring than either the mocking bird or catbird, but like them is a splendid singer. Not infrequently, indeed, its song is taken for that of its more famed cousin, the mocking bird. It is partial to thickets and gets much of its food from the ground. Its search for this is usually accompanied by much scratching and scattering of leaves; whence its common name. Its call note is a sharp sound like the smacking of lips, which is useful in identifying this long-tailed, thicket-haunting bird, which does not much relish close scrutiny. The brown thrasher is not so fond of fruit as the catbird and mocker, but devours a much larger percentage of animal food. Beetles form one-half ct the animal food, grasshoppers and crickets one-fifth, caterpillars, including cutworms, somewhat less than one-fifth, and bugs, spiders, and millipeds comprise most of the remainder. The brown thrasher feeds on such coleopterous pests as wireworms, May beetles, rice weevils, rose beetles, and figaters. By its destruction of these and other insects, which constitute more than 60 per cent of its food, the thrasher much more than compensates for that portion (about one-tenth) of its diet derived from cultivated crops. ALLIED FOOD SHIPMENTS A general idea of the quantity of food sent to European allies by the United States from July 1, 1914, to January 1, 1918, is given by figures just announced by the U. S. Food Administration. In that period the United States has furnished complete yearly rations for 57,100,933 people. In addition there was enough extra protein to supply this portion of the diet for 22,194,570 additional men. The total export of wheat and wheat flour to the three principal allies is equivalent to about 384,000,000 bushels. Pork exports for the $3\frac{1}{2}$ years amounted to almost 2,000,000,000 pounds. Exports of fresh beef totaled 443,484,400 pounds. The amount of food exported to Russia is negligible compared with that sent to the western allies. * "On your side are boundless supplies of men, food, and material; on this side, a boundless demand for their help. * "Our men are war-weary and their nerves have been strained by more than three years of hard, relentless toil. * "Our position is critical, particularly until the next harvest, but the United States can save us. * "You Americans have the men, the skill, and the material to save the allied cause." * SIR JOSEPH MACLAY. * British Shipping Controller. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB REACH LARGE TOTAL The Alamo Barber Shop and Pocket Billiard Parlor The best equipped shop in the state. Leading shop of the city. Baths, plain and shower. Cultured barbers. 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. 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All guaranteed full satisfaction. Call in and see us. We will fix the price all right. Clothes called for and promptly delivered. 1419 $ \frac{1}{2} $ N. 24th St. Web. 3943 E. H. HAYNES, Prop. ECONOMY TAILOR C. M. SIMMONS, Prop. 22 years in the tailoring business Goods called for and delivered. Phone Doug. 6335 We cut trim, make suits to order, $25.00 to make the Gents' Clothes cleaned and repaired. 114 So. 13th St. Omaha, Neb. Neatly Furnished Rooms Modern Conveniences With or Without Board Telephones, Doug. 8727, Doug. 8703 The Booker T. Washington Hotel Mrs. Laura Cuerington, Propr. In Connection with THE WASHINGTON CAFE 1719-21 Cuming Street Omaha J. A. Edholm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 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. OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE The Silas Johnson Western Funeral Home Webster 248 2518 Lake St. The Place for Quality and Service Licensed Embalmer in Attendance Lady Attendant if Desired. Music Furnished Free. I TAKE PLEASURE In thank 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. ERIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1098 BOOSTERS PETER M. BURGESS R. C. Price At Home on the Job. and Pocket Billiard Parlor state. Leading shop of the city. barbers. & PRICE, Props., Foreman. 2416 North 24th Street Wants President to Issue Proclamation Wants President to Issue Proclamation Tennessee State Conference of Charities and Corrections Would Have Federal Authorities Declare Lynching Treason. NEW YORK.-The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, through its secretary, John R. Shillady of New York, makes public resolutions passed within the last few days by the Tennessee State Conference of Charities and Corrections. Mr. Shillady announces that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is much gratified to note the patriotic activities of the Tennessee Law and Order league in its endeavor to create public opinion in that state which will make the lynching and burning of Negroes at the stake impossible in the future. The resolutions of the Tennessee Conference of Charities and Corrections call upon the president of the United States to issue a proclamation to the American people to the effect that he lynching of Negroes by white mobs constitutes a crime against the nation, and appeal to congress to pass laws so declaring and giving to federal grand juries and federal courts the right to indict and the power to try lynchers. The resolutions refer to the lynching of Negroes by whites as treasonable to the nation, as striking at the very root of national solidarity and efficiency; they declare that mob lynchings will have the effect of increasing the length of the war and the cost in dead and wounded and that their occurrence gives aid and comfort to the enemy. The resolutions of the Tennessee Conference of Charities and Corrections follow: "Whereas, The excitement connected with this stupendous war appears to have undermined the self-control of some of the American people to such an extent that lynchings seem to be occurring with increasing frequency; and "Whereas, Such occurrences are incompatible with the principles of justice and democracy for which we are fighting; and "Whereas, The lynching of men of one blood or race by those of another Straw Hats NOW READY PanamaS $3.00 WOLF'S 1421 Douglas St. The Star Lunch Room It's taste that tells! GOOD HOME COOKING 2224 PAUL ST. 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Write or wire for accommodation. is not at this time an ordinary act of lawlessness which may be left to the local authorities, but strikes at the very root of our national solidarity and efficiency, by raising issues of race and of blood among our own people and will inevitably increase the length of the war and the cost in dead and wounded we will have to pay for victory and thus give aid and comfort to the enemy; and "Whereas, We do not believe those guilty of this lawlessness realize the treasonable effect of their act; "Now, therefore, The Tennessee Conference of Charities and Corrections, in convention assembled, does hereby respectfully petition the president of the United States to issue a proclamation to the American people on the subject; and "Whereas, Such acts do in fact amount to crimes against the nation, we do further petition congress to pass an act so declaring and giving federal grand juries and courts the right to indict and try those charged therewith." GEORGIA WILSON LIBERTY LOAN SPEAKER Georgia Wilson, a pupil in the Long school, in a contest open to all the pupils from the sixth to the eighth grades in four-minute talks on behalf the third Liberty loan, was one of the successful competitors. Her name was sent to Washington and she has received a certificate from the government which entitles her to be selected as one of the four-minute speakers for the schools in the next Liberty loan campaign. Georgia is the only Colored pupil in the city to receive this distinction. In her speech she quoted from the poem by Salem Tutt Whitney, which was published a few weeks ago in The Monitor. Classified Advertising RATES—1½ 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 RENT FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, all modern. 2706 Parker st. Web. 1250. Furnished rooms in strictly modern house. Men preferred. 814 North 23r street. Red 8156. Mrs. Ida Cary. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms. Phone South 1981. Residence 4814 South 25th st. Mrs. Sadie Mobery. FOR RENT—Right at 24th st. car, one large room for couple, also one small room. Webster 4745. Strictly modern rooms. 2604 Decatur st. Web. 4490.—(6-27) First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light. On Dodge and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Ann' Banks, 924 North 20th st. Doug. 437. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS 1217½ and 1219½ So. 16th St. Phone Douglas 8730 J. LOGAN. Two furnished rooms, 2415 Indiana avenue. Tyler 3399-W. For Rent—Two furnished rooms, strictly modern, 1923 North 27th St. Webster 3150. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms. 2320 North 28th Ave. Phone Web- ster 2058. Neatly furnished rooms in a private home. Modern except heat. Men only . Webster 1760. For Rent.—Nice front room, 2521 Miami in private family. Nearly furnished rooms, 1842 North 27th St. Call Webster 2812. First-class modern furnished rooms. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. FOR RENT—Ten rooms. 1403 N. 18th street. $16.50. Phone Douglas 3607.—Adv. Furnished rooms. Mrs. H. W. Brown 2552 Spaulding street. Colfax 3627. HOUSE FOR SALE FOR SALE—Acre of ground and 5-room house; $200 down, balance easy payments. Douglas 3607. $100 down, balance easy monthly payments, will buy a 5-room cottage, modern except heat; close to car, school and church. Phone Douglas 3607 or Webster 1124. HOUSES FOR RENT FOR RENT—10 rooms, 1527 North 17th st.; $25 per month. Doug. 3607. THE MONITOR The Spirit of The Spirit of His Fathers THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE WORLD WAR I TWO ENEMIES MADE ONE A Romance of Our Civil War THE death of Maj. Cussus E. Gillette in Philadelphia recalled to the Record of that city an interesting and romantic incident in the life of his soldier father-in-law the noted General Hamilton of Columbus, Ohio. In the Civil war General Hamilton commanded a brigade in Sherman's army, being at the time one of the youngest brigadiers in the service. His command was a part of the host which, under Sherman, made the famous march to the sen. After the army had passed through Georgia its route was deflected northward with the object of moving through the Carolinas. In North Carolina during a halt at a certain point in that state, General Hamilton was sent for by a young southern lady, the daughter of a former governor of the state, deceased, a strikingly handsome young woman and a belle. The general, whose youthful, soldierly figure was well calculated to attract the attention of the fair sex, supposed he was summoned by the young woman to receive a plea for the protection of her property, as it appeared she had been left an orphan in the possession of several large plantations, and repaired without delay to her residence, a state southern mansion with a beautiful lawn and many fine old trees. She received him with the dignity and ceremony befitting his rank, and the general saw he was in the presence of a beautiful brunette with an abundance of fire and spirit in her make-up. He expected to hear reproaches, but was agreeably surprised A man and a woman are standing in front of a window. The man is holding a book and looking at the woman. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers and looking at the man. Received Him With Dignity. to find himself mistaken. The conversation at once proceeded on her part on a line direct. "General," she said with a simple candor which at once enlisted his interest and sympathy, "all our young men, the flower of the South, have gone to the front and been killed in battle with your armies. None is left to whom we can turn, and I have sent His Fathers T for you to ask you what you intend to do for us women who have been left without the hope of finding mates among our own people. There are none left whom I, speaking for myself, would care to marry. Now, what are you going to do for us?" She looked at the general, her dark eyes seeming, as he afterward said, to be seeking to read his soul. After a short silence she came to the point direct by proposing that he should marry her. She explained that she owned large landed properties but, the slaves having been set free, she could not obtain the labor to till her lands. She needed a man to lean upon. General Hamilton, somewhat taken aback by a proposal he had not reckoned upon, rose to the necessity of the occasion, however, and with all the gallantry and sympathy inherent in an honorable man, explained to her that there was a little woman left behind in Ohio to whom his heart was pledged and that he expected the wedding bells to ring for them when the cruel war was over, which he felt sure would be The General Explained Matters to the Young Officer. very soon. But he had an idea he could be of service to her, nevertheless. He informed her that there was a young colonel in his command, handsome, brave and the soul of honor, who, so far as he knew, had no ties, and if she were agreeable he would take pleasure in bringing him to her house and introducing him. The young lady signified her willingness. The general went back to headquarters sent for the young officer and after a private conversation with him they set out for the young lady's residence. There they were received with proverbal Southern courtesy and dignity, and after the introduction and the interchange of compliments the general withdrew. "And, do you know," said General Hamilton in after years, "that in the closing days of the war those two 'enemies' were happily married and after the colonel was mustered out he set there in the home of his bride and the last I heard of them they had seven children and everybody seemed to be merry and joyous on 'the old plantation.'" Make no mistake about the place which this Decoration day of 1918 will hold in the history of the greatest republic of all time. It is one of the red-letter days in the most tremendous chapter of the world life of the American people. He Will Be Ready to Take Up Old Glory When His Turn Comes Richmond, Va.-Piedmont Sanatorium, for the treatment and care of Colored sufferers from tuberculosis, is now in operation, sixteen prospective patients having already been authorized to come to the institution for treatment. There are now beds provided for forty patients and by fall another dormitory will have been completed, making room for the handling of eighty. The state makes the very nominal charge of $2 a week for each patient. TUSKEGEE BUYS $85,000 BONDS Tuskegee, Ala.—The workers at the Tuskegee institute have subscribed more than $5,000 worth of the third Liberty loan and together with the students invested about $4,000 in thrift stamps and war savings certificates, making a total of about $9,000. In addition to this the institute, a corporate body, has purchased $25,000 worth of the third Liberty loan bonds, making a grand total of approximate- BOARDING AND S HORSES FOR HIRE BY COAL AND A. W. SHERM DING AND SALE STABLE SES FOR HIRE BY DAY OR WEEK COAL AND FEED V. SHERMAN, Prop. HORSES FOR HIRE BY DAY OR WEEK COAL AND FEED 2109 North Twenty-fourth Street. Subscribe for THE MO NOW BEFORE PRICE Subscription Price $2.0 after July 1st, SUBSCRIBE WANT All Members and St. Phil Episcopal THE MONITOR NOW MORE PRICE ADVANCES Subscription Price Will Be $2.00 after July 1st, 1918 BSCRIBE NOW WANTED Members and Friends of St. Philip's scopal Church Sunday Morning Promptly at 11 The Rev. Dr day Morning, May 26 promptly at 11 o'clock Rev. Dr. Rollit Sunday Morning, May 26 Promptly at 11 o'clock OF MINNEAPOLIS SPEAKS HERE AND THEN GOES TO St. Matthias Church I earnestly appeal to you to be pres humiliate your pastor by being either ab mostly appeal to you to be present promptly. Please don't our pastor by being either absent or late. I earnestly appeal to you to be present promptly. Please don't humiliate your pastor by being either absent or late. PLEASE BE ON HAND, RAIN OR SHINE Faithfully, Your Friend and Pastor, John Albert Williams --- 7 ly $85,000 invested by the school to help win the war; $50,000 having been previously subscribed by the school. The reindeer is said to be able to endure more fatigue than any other draft animal except the camel. It has been known to pull 200 pounds 10 miles an hour for 12 hours. LEGAL NOTICE. ED. F. MOREARTY Attorney-at-Law. Bee Building. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT. To Lena Downs, Non-Resident Defendant: You are hereby notified that on the 15th day of February, 1918, Edward Downs filed his petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which is to obtain an absolute decree of divorce from you, on the grounds that you have wilfully deserted him, and for more than two years last past. You are further notified that on the 15th day of May, 1918, leave was given the plaint for by Hon. Carge, A day at the edge of the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, to secure service on you by publication. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 24th day of June, 1918. pROTR Tes ae. Maan SVHRS ERMA ors Sa POR eNOS Ee OE SE EE ph Se EY PSE BI LEAS EAMG SRE Oe SEAL Tae PRT a BO Tae TEN ls One See eme ee Ns tne va THE MONITOR Well Number One Brought In With a Production of Approximately 30 Barrels of Oil Per Day This Proves to the World That Our Stockholders Will Be Receiving a Handsome Dividend In Less Than 60 Days | What the Success of the Square Deal Oil and Gas Company Will Mean to the Neoro of This Country THE SQUARE DEAL OIL ACREAGE HAS RICH OIL WELLS ON EVERY SIDE Sacrifice Price Offer a 1 Share . $3 50 Shares . $150 ue, SQUARE DEAL STO! SOLD IN ANY AMOUNT 5Shares.15 100 Shares. 300 POSITIVE FROM $3.70 $3,000| 10 Shares.30 500 Shares . 1500 LIMIT 25 Shares. 75 1000 Shares. 3000 | - SEES Liberty Bonds Accepted as Cash Payment for Stock We told you our company would strike Oil, and we got it. This well is but a starter. We expect to drill well after well until we have at least a production of Five Hundred Barrels of Oil or more per day. When we get such a pro- duction of Five Hundred Barrels per day, it will mean that each stockholder will receive in dividends Five Cents or more per day for every share of Square Deal Oil Stock he may own. Think of it! The more shares of this stock you own, the larger your dividends will be. a cc | What the Success of th Square Deal Drill Starts on Well No. 2 Your Greatest Opportunity It is the duty of every true and loyal Amer- in winning this great war by purchasing ' a e - Liberty Liberty Bonds, you can still further assist i A iesere Se Chi es the Government by purchasing SQUARE arin gocaameei 4 le might help this HEAL OIL STOCK with them. The Govern- great Government of ours to win this war. ment is greatly in need of oil and every doi- *f you have already assisted the government lar invesied in this way is a patriotic duty. We will accept your bond or bonds as cash payment for stock What Has and What Can Be Made by Investing Money in the Oil Business When this company succeeds—and there is one chance in a thousand now since we have brought in Well No. 1, of us not succeeding—it will mark a new epoch in a financial history of the Negro of this Country. It will prove to the world that the Black man is fully able, without the leadership and assistance of the White man, to finance and operate big business enterprises the same as any one else. Hence it becomes your duty, and the duty With Well No. 1 in and arrangements hav- ing been made for the installation of pump- ing the same, oil tanks having been ordered, we are now spudding in on Well No. 2. Our stock has already raised from $1.00, its par value, to $3.00 per share. As soon as our pump and tanks are installed on Well No. 1, and as as soon as Well No. 2 is brought in, which will be a week or ten days, our stock Heretofore the Black Man has been com- pelled to invest his money in White Oil Com- panies. The SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS Company is the first company of its kind in tnis section of the country organized and incorporated under the blue sky law of the State of Missouri and controlled and man- aged exciusively by Negro Men, and has brought in a REAL OIL WELL. Our Company is managed by competent, There are more wealthy Negroes in Kan- sas and Oklahoma than in any other two States in America—and OIL is the reason. Have you heard of little Sarah Rector, whose income is Six Hundred Dollars ($600) per day, or Luther Manuel, who pays an income tax to the Government on a valuation of an Eight Miilion Dollar Estate? And Again, OIL is the reason. You read about the Trapshooters Co., which brought in the huge gushers at El- dorado, Kan., and made $40,000 for each in- vestor of $100. Perhaps you read the head- lines in some daily paper: “Twenty-Three Kansas City Men Made Millionaires by Black Gold From Eureka Wells,” and the story that followed on how Hale, a former railroad conductor, made fifteen million dol- lars. Again, you may have read of the amaz- ing career of Harry St. Clair, who rose from a drug clerk to a multi-millionaire in a few short years, and how in only eleven months his Oil interest earned neariy nine and a half miltion dollars. Then there was the 1914 OIL Co., which paid 157,400.00 for every $100 invested in eighteen months; the ind we got it. Our stock is now selling like wildfire at $3.00 per share. ‘ill well after In a few days or so, as soon as we begin pumping Well No. ‘ive Hundred 2, our stock will have advanced to several times $3.00 per t such a pro- share. NOW is the time to buy SQUARE DEAL OIL ill mean that STOCK in a SUBSTANTIAL WAY. You should buy every ive Cents or share of this stock that you can possibly get while it is be- Oil Stock he ing sacrificed at this very low price. his stock you ‘A few dollars invested in this company will, in all proba- bility mean prosperity and happiness to you for the rest of ial ac a ' 3 of the Square Deal Oil and Gas : the Negro of This Countr of every Race loving Negro, to do his bit throughout the United State in supporting and maintaining such legit- _ every one of our true, loyal imate Negro enterprises. It must be re- ing stockholders. It will membered though, that we are not solicit- homes for them; it will me: ing your support merely because you are cation for the little ones; a Black man and because our company is broader avenues of business a Negro Company, but because we are up for the Negro, and lastly here offering you the same great oppor- _ that the contributions to tunity that has heretofore been principally _ will be larger, thus enablins offered to the White man tend farther the work of G When our company is successful it will brethren, is what the su also mean prosperity and happiness SQUARE DEAL OIL AND will have been greatly advanced In its price, so it will show great wisdom on your part to buy as much of this wonderful invest- ment while it is being sacrificed at $3.00 per share. Since we have already struck oil in Well No. 1, we are bound to strike oil in Well No. 2, hence your investment is not specu- lative, but a sure thing. Clip coupon below and mail in your remittance at once. t Opportunity efficient, successful and progressive young business men—men who have studied and know the oil business—men who act rather than talk. Our Lease on which Well No. 1 was brought in is an 80 acre tract in Section 12, Township 26, Range 18, Allen county, Kan- sas, near the proven territory of the Hum- boldt Fields which hold the world’s record for the smallest percentage of dry holes. Coline Co., which paid $83,000.00 for every $175.00 invested, and the O’Deall Co., which paid $58,000.00 for $300.00 investment. There are scores and scores of cases like these in the Oil Fields. It is said in Tulsa alone, there are 160 Oil millionaires and hun- dveds who are rich from Oil. The above is what the white man has earned by investing in Oil. These men were in on the ground floor of these companies about the time their first wells were brought in. These were white companies, and were principally or- ganized for white men. The SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS CO, is a Colored con- cern, Our Capital Stock is now $20,000.00; our shares are now $3.00 per share. We are here offering you the same great opportu- nity that the white man has had. The Col- ored man has the same chance to make money in the Oil business as the other fel- low has. E. H. Harriman, the great railroad builder and investor, once said: “It is the keen minded man who invests at the start ef an enterprise and makes all the money.” GET IN BEFORE WELL NO. 2 GETS IN. BUY YOUR STOCK NOW WHILE’ YOU CAN GET IT AT $3.00 PER SHARE. your days. WARNING—If you wait too late the stock will have been greatly advanced in price, or will have been sold or taken off the market. Do not delay! Do not hesitate! Clip coupon below, mail in your remittance at »nce for as many shares of this won- derful opportunity as you can possibly buy. CLIP COUPON BELOW AND MAIL IN YOUR REMIT- TANCE AT ONCE. Six Facts About Our Company Square Deal Oil & Gas Company 1315 East 18th Street, Kansas City, Mo. Capital Stock $20,000 Stock Now $3.00 Per Share NON-ASSESSABLE OFFICERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ©. Hr: Fowler, Presidetit | 4, Samuel R. Hopkins, Chairman G.H. Purnel, First Vice-President CH Bee O ea ne Ehyae Wm. M. Moss, Second Vice-President Wm. M. Moss Dennis Seals M. E. Oden, Secretary and Treasurer M. E. Oden Wm. Bluford C. R. Groves, General Manager W. C. Huston and C. H. Calloway Saml. R. Hopkins, Asst. Gen. Mgr. General Attorneys Bell Phone Grand 317 Home Phone Main 3963 It Won’t Take a Thinking Man Long to Act A Hint to the Wise Is Sufficient This may be your last opportunity to buy this stock, USE THIS FORM! MAIL QUICK! | SQUARE DEAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY, 1315 East 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. Dear Sirs: Inclosed herewith $ in full payment for shares of SQUARE DEAL OIL STOCK at $3.00 per share, with the understanding that these | shares are fully paid and non-assessable, now and forever, and that J am entitled to a | full pro rata interest in WELL NO. 1, which has already been brought in, and every "acre of our present leases or any we may acquire, and that I shall share in every dol- | lar of profit the Company may ever earn from Oil, Gas or any other source. Yours’ truly, Name be ; | Address ‘ * K LIBERTY BONDS ACCEPTED AS CASH PAYMENT FOR STOCK, reer enrenrarareerenenermemna ain ieee iene 1. Allour Stock is Common. Every share entitled to dividends on exactly the same basis as every other share. You share in Well No. 1 just the same as you share in all the Wells which are to follow. 2. All stock is non-assessable. No as- sessment or obligation can ever be made against your stock or any other owner's stock. 3. We are not going to stop with the bringing in of our first well. We are going to develop all of our leases in the different sections of the country. Well No. 1 proves our Allen County Lease, and we are bound to make a great deal of monev whe There are plenty of boobs and wise guys who never made a nickel in their lives who will laugh and pooh-pooh when you talk Oil Stock. You listen to these ginks and you'll never chance a winning proposition. Take a plunge on FORTUNE'S WHEELS OF OIL—with us today. You attend to your business and let the boobs and the _ne’er-do-wells attend to theirs. The time to buy Square Deal OIL and Gas Stock is now, before we get our second and third well— and there is no telling then what Square Deal Stocic will be worth. You do not have to be a gambler to take a chance on what is a sure game. This advertisement was prepared May 23 by Sam- uel R. Hopkins, an official and heavy poceulake of the Square Deal Oil & Gas Company. Facts told are exactly true to date. We reserve the right to return your remittance if oversubscribed. You will get in on this—if you hurry. Please note this—the Square Deal Oil & Gas Sooke is not a fifty million dollar corporation. Neither is it a million dollar corporation. Neither is it a half million dollar corporation. Neither is it 4 $250,000 corporation. Nor is it a White Corpora- tion, ‘The Square Deal Oil & Gas Company is, as I have told you elsewhere in this ad, a Negro Concern, con- trolled and managed exclusively by men of our Race. A few dollars invested in this may make you rich, as our capital is so small. It is going over big, and will go over still bigger when we have fully devel- oped our already proven lease. Do you know the Negroes of this country have = mean to our Race. This, ladies and gen- tlemen, is why we are sincerely request- ing you to buy and encourage your friends to buy every share of SQUARE DEAL Stock that you can possibly get, while you can buy it at $3.00 per share, as we only have a few more shares left. In conclusion, I hope that you will be tiue to your God, true to your country, true to yourself and true to your Race by buying as much as you can of this won- derful opportunity. territory 18 ceveloped, that 1s why we are selling stock now. 4. And get this point: Your Stock makes you a partner and part owner in every acre of our present lease or any we may acquire. and you share in every dollar of profit the Company may ever make from Oil, Gas or any other source, and in Well No. 1 also. 5. We now have a permanent operating Company and fortunes for us all is our “al 6. There is no preferred stock; you share on an equal basis with the rest of us. We ell want quick action and are handling the company’s affairs that way. We are in this deal to make money for each and every stock- holder—and lots of it. chance to earn millions by investing in Oil? Do you know over five hundred million dollars’ worth of oil was sold in Kansas and Oklahoma last year? Do, you know that oll is selling at §2.25 a arrel, with the price going up? We are not beg- ging you 01 anybody else to buy Square Deal Stock. We have about seven hundred stockholders already, We don't want you or anybody else to send us money and then ery about it. If you are not capable of investing. your money in what is now a sure thing ard awaiting the results like full-grown mea ani yomen, which will be very, ‘soon—then do not. buy Square’ Deal Oil Stock. We are too busy to fool with Quitters. We ‘are putting out this full-page advertisement that you may, along with the rest of our stock- holders, be able to purchase as many shares of this stock as you can get while it is being sacrificed at $5.00 per share. To us there is no such word an FAIL. We went after Oil, and we've got Oil. We're going after Oil again, and we will get it. Will you join us? You might as well. And say—listen, Men and Women of my Race— when the Square Deal Oil & Gas Company's holdings are worth $500,000 to # million—then you will thank your lucky star that you acted upon our suggestion. Or would you rather read about the other fellow ana, smaller than you, who buys Square Deal Oil Stock at $3.00 per share and sells it in the near fu- ture for 3100.00 or more per share? At $3.00 per share the Square Deal Oil Stock is, in our opinion, one of the best. investments ever of- fered. Clip coupon below and mail in your Temie- tance at once,