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"SILENCE OF GOOSE CREEK" IS SHAME OF TEXAS Colored Builders Form National Association; Do $1,280,000 Business in Year LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy "SILENC Colored Build CONTRACTORS FROM 37 CITIES ENJOY PROFITABLE MEET Hampton Institute Builders Conference Attracts Leading Men in Building Industry From Alabama to New York REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY Plan to Further Interests of Colored Builders Thru Dissemination of Information and Practical Improvement by Study. (By Wm. Anthony Aery) Hampton, Va., Feb. 8—"The National Builders' Association" was formed at the closing session of the first annual Hampton Institute builders' conference, which brought together from 37 cities and towns and from 12 schools and colleges, for three days, over 80 leading colored builders and contractors, as well as others who are interested in developing the building industry. This association of employers and instructors in the building industry has the following objects: Dissemination of information; self-improvement thru study, local organizations and national conferences; propaganda for the training of mechanics; the fostering of all trade schools; and the placing of trade graduates. The following officers were elected: Charles T. Russell, Richmond, president; W. T. Courtney, Atlanta, vicepresident; H. Whittemore Brown, Hampton Institute, secretary-treasurer; A. L. Manly, Philadelphia, chairman, executive committee; and C. H. Evans, Tuskegee Institute, member of executive committee. A committee was appointed to draw up a plan of organization: H. Whittemore Brown, chairman, David H. Terry, Edward H. Spennie, Robert A. Coles, Alexander Santa Cruz, all of Hampton Institute, and C. H. Evans, Tuskegee Institute. The next meeting of the association will be held in conjunction with the annual Hampton Institute builders' conference, which will serve as the association's clearing house. Members of the builders' conference were distributed from Alabama to New York. Some of the cities represented were Atlanta, Lynchburg and Roanoke, Norfolk and Suffolk, Williamsburg, Hampton and Phoebus, Richmond and Petersburg, Charlottesville, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia. Some of the educational institutions represented were Tuskegee Institute, Fort Valley High and Industrial Institute, Spelman Seminar, Christiansburg Institute, St. Paul Normal and Industrial Institute, Virginia Union University, Virginia Manual Labor School, St. Eupa Industrial and Agricultural College, Gloucester Agricultural and Industrial School, Bordentown Manual Training Industrial School, and Hampton Institute. Dr. James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, in his address of welcome, expressed his appreciation of the cooperation which had been given by Hampton-trained colored builders in submitting helpful ideas for the new, two-year, advanced builders' course that will start in September, 1923, under the direction of H. Whittemore Brown, who is in charge of Hampton Institute's new department of building construction. The conference program included the following speakers: Alexander B. Trowbridge, consulting architect, New York, Federal Reserve Board, "Value and Use of Standard Plans;" Arthur A. Shurtleff, Boston, landscape architect, "Influence of Proper Placing and Good Planting;" T. Alfred Fleming, New York, National Board of Fire Underwriters, "Fire Prevention and Fire Resistive Construction;" Frank R. Walker, Chicago, contractor, text-book writer and lecturer, "Cost Accounting and Estimating;" Raymond F. Bryant, production engineer, Stamford, Conn., "Manufacture and Selection of Hardware;" Dudley F. Holtman, Washington, D. C., "Manufacture and Use of Lumber;" Irving H. Cowdrey, Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Relation of the Testing Laboratory to the Building Trades" W. C. Davis, New York, "Gypsum Products;" C. B. Bryant, Washington, D. C., "Concrete Products;" and J. C. Pearson, Washington, D. C., U. S. Bureau of Standards, "Recent Developments in Concrete Houses. The speakers used lantern slides and THE MONITOR motion pictures, as well as exhibits of materials, to drive home their messages. H. Whittimore Brown, who was in charge of this builders' conference, arranged a series of demonstrations to show the value and use of modern methods and standard materials in building construction. In this work he had the cooperation of manufacturers and the Hampton Institute Trade School staff of instructors and student tradesmen. Among the conference members were forty colored contractors, who during the past year completed work valued at $1,280,000. Albert Farwell Bemis of Boston, prominent merchant and manufacturer, whose gifts have made possible the establishment of the Hampton advanced builders' course and the new department of building construction, with its service bureau and short courses in cost accounting, estimating, use of standard plans, materials of construction, mathematics, and strength of materials, was present and expressed the hope that this builders conference would prove helpful, not only to those in attendance, but also to those living in distant places. He expressed his appreciation of the cooperation of the many groups that had made the first conference a success. (Special to the Monitor by Wm. H. Ray.) Miss Martha L. Root, a magazine and newspaper writer of Pittsburgh, Pa., spoke Wednesday evening, January 31st, at the Calvary Baptist church, Duluth. The pastor is Rev. S. E. Beasley. Her subject was "Universal Education—the Four Ways of Acquiring Knowledge." Miss Root is an ardent believer in the universal principles taught by Baha'o'llah of Palestine as the solvent for present day world disturbances. She explained his teachings on the oneness of humanity; independent investigation of truth; the foundation of all religions is one—universal education, universal peace, a universal auxiliary language, a new solution for the economic problem, the abolishing of all prejudices. "The one infallible standard for education which never fails." Miss Root said, "was the help of the Holy Spirit. Through the help of the Holy Spirit certainty can be obtained, God's greatest gift to humanity is the bounty of the Holy Spirit. It is when, through meditation, the Holy Spirit shines on the intellect, that the human spirit catches the reflection of the Divine cosmic spirit and then through comprehension, meditation and action the greatest discoveries, arts and books may come into reality. Human spirit inspired by the Holy Spirit will be able to educate a nation. Read the Holy Word, pray, meditate and then act," Miss Root said, "was the way to progress." She gave lines from the wisdom of the ages: "In the silence characters are formed and developed." "In the silence geniuses are born." "In the silence great truths shall come to thee and thy soul be blessed with the rich increase of celestial knowledge." "In the silence all perplexities shall vanish, all troubles cease, all sorrow assuage." "Into the silence, then, and commence with self, find there thy mission in the world." The lecturer spoke of the teachings of Baha'o'llah as taught by his son Abdul Baha who visited America in 1912. This son said there is a sign of God in every phenomena. The sign of the intellect is contemplation and the sign of contemplation is silence, because it is impossible for man to do two things at the same time—he cannot both speak and mediate. When one meditates he is speaking with his own spirit. In that state of mind he speaks to his own spirit and his spirit answers; the light breaks forth and the reality is revealed. Through the faculty of meditation man attains to eternal life; through it he receives the breath of the Holy Spirit—the bestowal of the Spirit is given in reflection and meditation. This faculty brings forth from the invisible plane the sciences and arts. Through the meditative faculty inventions are made possible, colossal undertakings are carried out; through it governments can run smoothly. Through this faculty man enters into the very Kingdom of God. FOR RENT—Furnished Room with Kitchenette, 2425 Grant street. Phone Webster 3 34. Inquire at 2221 North Twenty-fifth street. A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor LINCOLN (Copyright, W. N. U.) CHICAGO N. A. A. C. P. PROTECTS COLORED GIRL CHICAGO N. A. A. C. P. PROTECTS COLORED GIRL Following Report Tells How Interests of Innocent Southern Girl Were Looked After When Betrayed by "White Slayer" ASSIST IN PLANS FOR FUTURE Chicago, Feb. 8.—(Special to The Monitor.)—How a colored girl who had been brought from Alabama to Chicago by a white man was cared for and the white man prosecuted and fined, is told in a report submitted to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York, by Morris Lewis, secretary of the Chicago branch. Mr. Lewis' report states: A colored girl and white man had been picked up the day before at a railroad station. The white man had brought this simple-minded colored girl from Alabama to Chicago, paid her railroad fare and furnished her spending money. At the time of the arrest the man and the girl were hiring a cab to take the girl from the station. The case found its way to the juvenile court and the girl being over 20 put it outside the "juvenile" jurisdiction, thus it became the duty of someone other than a juvenile officer to look after the girl. My wife then came into the case. The girl was put in her charge and was taken to the Phyllis Wheatley Home for the night. Next day the trial came up. Mrs. Lewis appeared just the same as a lawyer for the girl and was so recognized by the court. The man was fined $200 and a nominal fine of $25 placed against the girl. She was continued in my wife's care for six months' probation, after which time on payment of the fine she will be free. I imagine the fine will be remitted when the time comes. There was apparently some effort on the part of shysters to get the yellow off, one Negro seeming to be interested on his side. When he found out that my wife was representing the girl he beat a hasty retreat. The investigation was followed up and consideration given to resorting to the Mann Act prosecution, but in view of the fact that the girl is free of the man and he on his way to the bridewell, it is perhaps just as well to let it drop and save the girl further publicity. Mrs. Lewis was greatly commended by many social workers who were in the court room and said it was quite a treat to see a colored woman stand up and fight for the rights of an innocent simple-minded colored girl. Mr. Lewis further states that the girl will be helped to find employment and to obtain education. TRIED IN VAIN TO BAN ATLANTA KLAN PARADE Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 8.—John A. Mang get disclosed today his unavailing eff OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 9, 1922 forts to persuade Mayor Sims to cancel permission for the Ku Klux Klan parade which marched through the streets last Wednesday. “This cowardly aggregation hid behind masks,” Mr. Manget said, in giving out his correspondence, “and were advertised as Knights of the Ku Klux an, which organization was born in this city of dreamers and grafters. At the head of this bunch of Invisible Empire champions, who hide their names and faces, rode mounted police of our visible government by order of the mayor.” MER ROUGE MAYOR GETS DEATH THREAT City Executive Ordered to Leave the Town Because of His Opposition to Ku Klux Klan. Mer Rouge, La., Feb. 9.—Mayor Robert L. Dade, a brother-in-law of Watt Daniel, murdered by a hooded mob, is said to be threatened with death unless he leaves town within ten days. The warning came today in an anonymous letter, bearing a Hot Springs, Ark., post mark. It was written by someone apparently familiar with Mayor Dade's history and his testimony at the open hearing at Bastrop into the hooded murder mystery. The mayor, who opposed the withdrawal of troops from the parish, announced that he would ask the attorney general and department of justice agents to try to locate the sender of the death threat. The mayor once joined the Ku Klux Klan and then renounced it as he opposed its policies. The letter, written on stationery of the National Park Hotel at Hot Springs, Ark., follows: "Dear Sir: You are hereby notified to pack up and get out of town within ten days of receipt of this notice. You have never been any good as a man or as a citizen. Use your own judgment and either leave or become a corpse—Law Abiding." E. MONT REILY MAY QUIT Harding's Comedian Governor of Porto Rico Being Forced Out. Washington, Feb. 8.—Governor E. Mont Reilly of Porto Rico said recently he would resign if his health did not show decided improvement. After conferences earlier in the week with the President and Secretary Weeks, Governor Reilly purchased tickets for his return to Porto Rico on a steamship leaving New York on Saturday. Considerable dissension over his administration has been reported to the government from Porto Rico. Governor Reilly, who does not like Negroes, had six ribs broken in an automobile accident at his home in Kansas City three weeks ago when his car collided with that driven by a Negro chauffeur. He said today the hardships of his office required his best health, and if his condition did not improve immediately he might resign. FORWARD STRIDES BY INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CORP. FORWARD STRIDES BY INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CORP. Association Formed for Purpose of Giving Financial Assistance to Race Enterprises Reported in Excellent Condition. OUARTERLY DIVIDEND GIVEN Washington, D. C., Feb. 8—That great forward strides are being made by the Allied Industrial Finance Corporation was definitely shown from the reports of the President, Dr. Emmet J. Scott, and the Treasurer, Mr. John R. Hawkins, at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation at the offices of the Corporation, 1901 Seventh Street N. W., Washington, D. C., January 30, 1923. The reports of these two officers show that the Corporation has succeeded in having more than one-half of its first offering of $250,000 worth of stock subscribed for and enough paid in to warrant the officers of the Corporation to decide that it would enter actively upon its program of giving financial assistance to Negro business enterprises beginning July 1, 1922. The wisdom of the decision of the officers to have the Corporation begin active business on July 1, 1922, is shown by the fact that the investments brought sufficient returns to enable the Directors to declare a quarterly dividend at the rate of eight per cent a year for the period July 1, through September 30th, 1922. Upon the showing made according to the books of the Treasurer, the Directors have again voted to declare a second dividend payment at the rate of eight per cent a year for the second quarter October 1st through December 31st, 1922. The enthusiastic approval of the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation was evidenced by the re-election of the following men as Directors: Whitefield McKinlay, M. O. Dumas, John R. Hawkins, A. B. Jackson, Emmet J. Scott, A. M. Curtis, and Norman L. McGhee, of Washington, D. C.; S. W. Green of New Orleans, La.; T. H. Kiah, of Princess Anne, Md.; Joseph L. Jones, of Cincinnati, Ohio; E. C. Brown, of Philadelphia, Pa.; R. M. Fowler, Jr., of Atlantic City, N. J.; J. B. Stubbs and S. G. Elbert of Wilmington, Del. The strength of the Board of Directors was increased by the addition of Dr. George E. Cannon, a prominent physician of Jersey City, N. J., who has taken leadership in many affairs affecting the colored people of New Jersey and the Nation. In speaking of the important service which the Allied Industrial Finance Corporation is rendering, Dr. Scott, the president, in his report to the stockholders, stated: "Nothing more vividly indicates the need and necessity for a corporation such as the Allied than the experience which your officers have had in having brought before them so many investments of a Whole Number 396 worthy nature which have had to be turned down because all the available funds were invested. In keeping with the program of the Corporation, the officers and directors have given careful and especial attention to the large number of applications for loans with which the Corporation has been deluged ever since it actively began business. It has been difficult for the officers to sift out just which of the many applications should be favorably acted upon in view of the fact that there have been so many applications from worthy persons and concerns and the funds of the Corporation have never been sufficient to enable the officers to handle even a small part of the applications filed with us. As soon as funds were available in the treasury, all loans that could be provided for were placed." The above statement from the President of the Allied Industrial Finance Corporation points out in a very definite way just what a concern of this kind can do to assist Negro business enterprises. It is easily seen that when this concern has succeeded in placing larger amounts of its stock in the hands of the investing public, it will have at its disposal greater sums with which to give assistance to the many worth while race business enterprises, and it will not only be in position to render great service in connection with the economic progress of the race, but it will be able to pay larger dividends and become the great outstanding success which its stockholders are anxious that it shall be. The Board of Directors of the Allied Industrial Finance Corporation met following the meeting of the stockholders and voted unanimously that the following men who had served as officers during the year 1922 be re-elected: Emmett J. Scott, President; A. M. Curtis, Vice President; Whitefield McKinlay, Chairman of the Board of Directors; John R. Hawkins, Treasurer; and Norman L. McGhee, Secretary. BACK HARVARD ON ANTI-NEGRO STAND Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 9.—Harvard's stand in the matter of excluding Negroes from the freshman dormitories is defended by three writers in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin. One of these is Arthur H. Hayden, '18, of Norfolk, Va., a former resident of the north. Edmund A. Whitman, '81, of Cambridge, tells how President Emeritus Eliot dealt with an "exclusion" situation. William Bross Lloyd, '98, of Chicago; the Rev. Edward S. Drown, '84 professor at the Episcopal Theological School, and George W. Martin, '10, are among other correspondents. "When President Lowell declares we do not owe to him (the Negro) to force him and the white man into social relations that are not, or may not be, mutually congenial, he is simply reiterating with the force of a broad national vision—not the vision of sectional partisan—what hundreds of southern alumni have always maintained, and will continue to maintain with all the vigor of their manhood," one correspondent writes. "The freshman class of 1877 included two Negroes and several students from the South," Mr. Whitman wrote. "One of the latter called on President Eliot and announced that if he was compelled—and there was compulsion in those days also—to sit in the same section with one of his colored classmates he would leave college. To this President Eliot replied that, while the college would regret his departure, it would still go on as usual. The young man thought better of it and stayed." NO PARDON FOR SOLDIERS OF 24th Authorities Merely Cut Life Sentence to Twenty Years Imprisonment in Federal Penitentiary. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 9—Twenty of the alleged Houston rioters in the federal penitentiary here have received commutations of sentence, it was announced officially today. Nineteen of the prisoners have had their sentences reduced from life to twenty years and the other from life to eighteen years. Sixty-seven former Negro soldiers of the 24th Infantry were convicted of participation in the Houston, Tex., race riot August 23, 1917. Six were hanged. FOR RENT—Two unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. 1531 No. 21st street. Webster 6081. GROWING THANK YOU per 396 Vol. VIII—No. 32 TEXAS TEXAS "NIGHTS" ADD FLOGGING OF SICK WOMAN TO PROGRAM Grand Jury Investigating Case From Its Verdict Seems Dominated by Same Fear of the "Invisible Empire" as People. FLOOGERS ARE WHITEWASH'D Shades of Early Day Texans Must Writhe in Shame at Spineless Attitude of Present Generation in Loue Star State Houston, Tex., Feb. 8.—The grand jury adjourned Monday, declaring inability to obtain definite information on one flogging at Goose Creek of Mrs. Audrey Harrisson and R. A. Armand. The jury declared its belief a body of men "organized for the purpose of regulating the morals of the community" had committed all the Goose Creek whippings and was sanctioned by the town. The Silence of Goose Creek. A child screamed in the night—a little girl eight years old—but no one stirred. Instead, a man—a painted, disguised man—drew his gun and threatened her with death, if she did not cease. A woman was lifted from her sick bed and carried forth into the darkness to be whipped like a dog. There were strong men to wield the strap, to take the Spanish inquisition for a pattern, but there was not one to raise his voice for common decency, for the teaching of his fathers, for ordinary American manhood. Hundreds knew this thing had occurred, yet for four days a whole community remained silent. “The Chronicle” was the first paper in Texas to report the horrible deed, and its information came through a letter secretly mailed in Houston by a Goose Creek resident. That was five days after the crime had been committed. Not a word had been given the public by the deputy sheriff at Goose Creek, nor by the sheriff's department in Houston. Constituted authority had been flaunted, secrecy prevailed, men and women refused to talk, while the two victims lay moaning and suffering. Is this white supremacy? Is this Gentile civilization? Is this Protestant justice? Is this Southern chivalry? Is this Anglo-Saxon law? And what sealed the lips and paralyzed the arms of so many people? What drove them to be deaf to the cries of a child? What caused them to remain mute? Nothing but the terror of masked violence. Nothing but fear of a disguised hand that might strike from behind. Nothing but an alarm that has spread, and spread, and spread, until people do not dare to move or speak, lest they expose themselves unawares. And suppose the woman had offended, of which there is no proof, was there no law to make her answerable? Is the machinery of our government so clogged with ruts, so eaten and corrupted, that it can no longer function? After 133 years of constitutional democracy, must we admit failure—admit that justice is only to be had through masked violence? After winning such glory on the open battle field, after living for more than a century with open courts, are we to acknowledge that the mob offers us our only salvation? There are men to laugh at the grand jury, more's the pity, and to hope its efforts will prove futile. There are men to ridicule Judge Robinson's charge. There are men to applaud that brutish band, and to rejoice that its identity has been concealed. There are men to become drunk with the thought of anonymous power, and to take delight in its exercise. There are men to prefer disguised, extra-legal violence to the slower processes of the law. When the kaiser threw down his gauntlet and all Europe was forced to defend itself, Lord Grey turned to us and cried: "You next." We refused to believe it—refused for three long years—but it came to pags. Who strikes at civilization, strikes at everybody and everything dependent on it. Who strikes at law, strikes at everybody and everything that looks to the law for protection. If the time has come when the law can not protect the humblest citizen (Continued on Page Two) --- Vol. VIII—No. 32 THE MONITOR THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newpaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Entered as S-sond-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens United States and of the State wherein they reside state shall make or enforce any law which shall abri privileges or immunities of citizens of the United State shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, orerty without due process of law, nor deny to any within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. MEMBER OF OP THE INNOVATION BILLO PRESS FIRST IN SERVICE ERADICATION OF LYNCHING SEEN THAT the lynching evil is steadily being reduced, both as to numbers and area, and that its eradication is only a matter of years, is the substance of a statement given out by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation as the result of a careful study of the lynching record for the past forty years. During that period, the statement points out, lynchings have occurred in forty-four states, in as many as thirty-three in a single year (1892) and in an average of twenty-one states a year, whereas in 1921 only thirteen states had lynchings and in 1922 only ten. This indicates that the habit is being gradually pushed off the map. The number of victims also has steadily decreased, with slight variations, from the high mark of 255 in 1892 to 57 last year, the latter figure being only about half the annual average for the forty-year period, which was 109. In addition, it is pointed out that there has been a notable decrease in the lynching habit in the states where it still persists. Last year's record represents a decrease of 27 per cent from the forty-year annual average of 79 for the same ten states. The figures for certain states where special efforts have been made to curb lynching are cited as particularly encouraging in their assurance that the habit can be overcome when public sentiment and law unite against it. For example, Alabama with a yearly average of eight lynchings for the forty years, has cut the number to two. Tennessee, with an average of six, had but two last year, and a total of only five in the last four years. Oklahoma and South Carolina, each with an average of four, had but one each in 1922. Louisiana, with an average of nine, has cut the record to three. North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri and Kentucky, each averaging from two to five victims per year for forty years past, had not a single one in 1922. It was pointed out that in several states special legislation has been enacted and found very helpful in curbing lynching, among the most effective measures being a state constabulary under the control of the governor, as in Alabama and Tennessee, and provision for the removal of officers who surrender prisoners to mobs, as in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and South Carolina. These two measures consistently applied, says the commission, will make it possible for any state to reduce lynching to the vanishing point. Anoth BE SURE TO GET Another Hit! naturalized in the United States, on thereof, are citizens of the state wherein they reside. No any law which shall abridge the citizens of the United States; nor person of life, liberty, or prop- law, nor deny to any person final protection of the laws. THE WHITE MAN PROBLEM WE are accustomed to regard the Negro as the great problem of the south. Recent events, however, impress us with the fact that the southern whites constitute the greater problem. No one can in any way blame the Negroes for the Bastrop and Harrison incidents. In fact, it is hard to see why the Negroes should be blamed for much of anything that is wrong with the south today. A fair comparison of the southern whites with the Negroes in so far as their behavior as citizens is concerned is to the disadvantage of the whites. Only the whites are guilty of mob violence, lynch law and those crimes which indicate utter contempt for law and lawful authority. The Negro is peaceable, tractable and as industrious as other classes of citizens. The whites, following that strange characteristic of human nature which makes us hate whom we have wronged, follow a systematic policy of disfranchising the Negro politically, reducing him to serfdom economically and teaching him to "know his place" socially. He is kept in ignorance and practical slavery by whites who often are distinguished from him only by the color of their skins and, perhaps, a greater brutality. Even in the statistics of sexual crimes the whites show no superiority, notwithstanding the fact that a Negro needs only be accused of such a crime to be found guilty and lynched. The percentage of white who commit such crimes is practically as great as that of Negroes. Many cases are on record where the offense was committed by a white man and some Negro paid the penalty. Practically all the mixing of races which is going on in the south is due to criminal or immoral conduct by whites. A Negro woman is without protection and, should she seek justice in the courts, she finds herself without redress. Such treatment of a weaker race cannot but react disastrously on the whites. In a locality which is used to lynching and murdering Negroes, it is natural and easy to lynch and murder whites. Respect for legal authority disappears and the legal government gives way to mob rule and terrorism. This is evidently the condition in parts of the south today, constituting its most serious problems.—Lincoln State Journal. For news when it is news, you must read the Monitor. er Hit! THESE NUMBERS Strauss JEAN DE LISLE Operatic Songbird with Funny John Barry and "The Bon Tons" at the Popular Gayety Twice Daily all Next Week JOHN BARRY WITH "BON TONS" Unique Funster Comes to the Gayety With Musical Show of a Great Merit. Announced as the Gayety theatre's attraction for the week starting Sat- day matinee Jacobs & Jermon's "Bon Tons" come highly recommended by the press of other cities where this new attraction has appeared this season. "Bon Tons" is one of the oldest of Columbia circuit titles but the show itself is completely changed from previous seasons and peopled with clever entertainers. PRESIDENT JONES CALLS EXECUTIVE COMMITTER Head of the Unincorporated Baptists Summons Officials to Meet Dur- ing the Sunday School Congress at Indianapolis. Evanston, Ill., Feb. 9. (Special.)— A call was issued here today by Presi- dent Edward P. Jones of the Na- tional Baptist Convention, calling the executive board to meet at Indian- apolis, Ind., June 13-18th. He stated that this was in keeping with pre- cedent set some years ago, holding the executive session in connection with the Sunday school congress to afford every officer an opportunity to make In the matter of principal players the "Bob Tons" will be capably equipped with John Barry featured as the leading comedian. Barry is a man of quaint and quiet question who gets his laughs without the aid of nose or roistering. Bob Startzman is first aid to Barry's comedy effects and Dave Kindler plays the "straight" roles in various scenes. Both Startzman and Kindler also contribute specialties—Kindler being a whistler and Startzman a "coon shouter" who changes from white to black as he sings his opening song in full view of the audience. Jean DeLisle, Miss Lou Barry, June Bobbie and Gertrude Beck are listed as the principal women—leaders in song and dance interludes backed by a chorus of twenty-odd show girls and choristers. Miss DeLisle is prima donna soprano and gains the rare distinction among artists of her class in being an expert wooden-shoe dancer as well. There will be a ladies' matinee at 2:15 daily all week starting Monday, Sunday's matinee begins at 3:00. TEXAS "NIGHTS" ADD FLOGGING OF SICK WOMAN TO PROGRAM (Continued from Page One) in his legitimate rights, can not grant him a fair hearing, can not guarantee him against arbitrary conviction and punishment, the time will surely come when the law can do these things for no citizen. If the time has come when a mob can invade the poorest home, in defiance of our traditions, in contradiction of our fundamental rights, the time will come when the mob can go anywhere. We are not dealing with an isolated proposition in this latest outrage, but with an illustration, with a symptom, a warning. The silence of Goose Creek is not significant because of what it means to that community, but because it shows how any and all communities may be terrorized, may be frightened, intimidated and made to serve the will of ruthless but organized groups. —Houston Chronicle. THOROUGHLY worthy used furniture of every description is offered for sale at very reasonable prices in our warehouse, between the hours of 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. week days. 8th and Capitol Ave.—Orchard & Wilhelm Co. COAL The G Franklin This is a VERY HOT and DOES NOT Clinker and I SMALL R Per Ton $11 Thoroughly Screen Consumers Co THE MONITOR Stra PRESIDENT JONES CALLS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Head of the Unincorporated Baptists Summons Officials to Meet During the Sunday School Con- gross at Indianapolis. Evanston, Ill., Feb. 9. (Special.)—A call was issued here today by President Edward P. Jones of the National Baptist Convention, calling the executive board to meet at Indianapolis, Ind., June 13-18th. He stated that this was in keeping with precedent set some years ago, holding the executive session in connection with the Sunday school congress to afford every officer an opportunity to make both meetings. The meeting of the executive board summons the officials of the National Baptist Convention consisting of its president, the secretaries, treasurer, vice-presidents, the chairmen and secretaries of the various boards and the vice-presidents from the sixty or seventy state conventions. In all it means an added attendance to the congress of between one hundred fifty and two hundred persons. At this meeting President Jones states that a program will be formulated for the annual National Baptist convention that will hold its next session in Fort Worth, Texas. In sending out the call he has urged upon the Baptists throughout the country to make every preparation not only to be present at the executive session but to see that their Sunday school are represented in the congress. PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the estate of John H. Costello, Deceased. Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of the deceased will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 27th day of Maren, 1923, and on the 28th day of May, 1923, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. 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Britt has been quite ill with the grip the past week. Mrs. J. H. Robinson is on the sick list, but 1s reported recovering. ‘The family of the Rev. Russel Tay- lor have alk been very sick the past week. Mr. Joseph Carr continues quite ill. He has been removed to the Ford hospital. Mrs. S. H. Dorsey who was quite ill last week has recovered and is able to be out. Mrs. H. R. Roberts was detained at home several days last week by a severe cold. Mrs. C. H. Hicks who was quite seriously ill for several days last week is much improved. Mrs. Willie Ray is confined to bed with serious illness at her home, 811 North Forty-eight street. Mrs. John A. Singleton and two small sons, left Tuesday evening for New York city for a visit with rela- tives. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ray are the proud parents of a fine eight-pound boy, born at the University hospital January Sist. Mrs, A. N. Wade after a year’s ab- sence from the city, has returned and is at the home of Mrs, Harry A. Schwein, 2631 Franklin street. Alger Roy Adams of Howard Ken- nedy school, garde 7 A, was one of the children having the highest schol- aric standing and was presented with a ticket to “Robin Hood”. Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Johnson cele- brated the twelfth wedding anniver- sary at their home, 2720 Drexel street, Thursday, February Ist. A host of friends attended. Many useful pres- ents were received. Refreshments were served and a delightful evening was spent. Messrs. Hatch & Farrell who play- led at the World theatre last week and also assisted Mme. Chadwick in her ‘concerts were entertained at a stag party given by the Fa-Ternity Frat at the residence of Mr. M. H. Randall, 2864 Maple street. Madame Chadwick, the lyric sopra- no, who appeared in recitals at St John and Bethel A. M. E. churches, was delightfully entertained during the week. ‘The Coue club entertained her at a Valentine party Thursday at the home of Mrs. Lee, 2416 Maple street. Monday a reception was given at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Felix, 2806 North Twenty-fifth street. Wednesday 5 o'clock tea at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as, 2512 North Twenty-seventh street. Wednesday evening the Fidelity. so- ciety entertained in honor of Mme. Chadwick at the home of Miss Mc- Gow. Monday noon, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Armstrong entertained at lunch. Mme. Chadwick made many friends while in the city with her charming personality. FOR RENT — Modern furnished rooms in private family, Webster 5853. THE MONITOR ——— or : ESMANUA STAUNTON TENET | ‘The Dames’ club entertained at a very dalighttigetbre-tenten party Wednesday evening at the residence ‘of Mrs. W. W. Peebles. The first prize for ladies was won by Mrs. E. R. Overall, for the gentlemen — by Sargt. I. Bailey. The booby for the ladies was won by Mrs. A. L, Haw- kins and Mr. J. LaCour received the ‘booby for the gentlemen. Mesdames Peebles and Dorsey were the hostesses PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Services began at 11 o'clock a. m. After the usual opening the meeting was turned over to the hands of the many followers of Christ, who arose on their accord and told of His love to them. After the services everyone went away rejoicing. The night serv- ice consisting of the Lord's supper with quite a large audience was also successful. ‘The pastor who was ill the week of January 29th was able to be present at this glorious meeting. Mrs. Robinson, who was reported sick, was also able to be out. Mr. J. H. Robinson, who is on the sick list, was reported recovering. $$$ etetetetetetetetetetetete eS = & ) Dav Offer! = av Orrer! + EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON Services Sunday, February 11th: Church school, ten o'clock; morning prayer at eleven o'clock; evensong and confirmation instruction at five o'clock. ‘Woman's auxiliary held a very suc- cessful meeting at the residence of Mrs. Frank Shrapshire, 1117 North Bighteenth St., last Thursday. This week's meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs. O. Willis, 2712 Maple street. Girls’ Friendly society held a very enthusiastic meeting and social hour with impromptu program on Monday afternoon at the rectory. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R Street Market 3475 0. J. Burckhardt, Pastor Sunday was a very good day with us. ‘Considering the cold weather ow crowds were fair both morning and evening. But our procedures were rather calm for Allen, owing to the fact that a number of our firebrands were kept in on account of cold wea- ther. The Sunday School under the management of Bro. William Carter will have a social program Feb. 11th, also the Allen League under the direc- tion of Miss Ruby Redd, who is receiv- ing great assistance thru Rev. P. M. Harris, Don’t miss this social pro- gram. Miss Louvetta Busch will give the League a recttal trom Paul Law- rence Dunbar, and at 11 A. M. the pastor will preach a sermon on Chris- tian Democracy, and at 8 p. m. Rev. P. M. Harris will talk on Christian Brotherhood. We trust you may all be present to hear these subjects discussed. Our trustee rally from present indications will be a success. W. C. Mallard, sec- retary of the board, expressed himself as feeling hopeful as to full results. W. H. Heywood’s presence at the Sun- day morning service after several months’ absence caused many rippl- ing smiles to be exchanged, backed up by a number of hearty handshakes that made him feel like we all loved nim in the same old way. Our sick are progressing nicely. Mother Helm 1s much improved, Sister Gertrude John- son is able to go and come. also Sister Moffatt is ale to be up. Don't forget | our Sunday exercises. You are cor-' tially invited to worship with us at Allen Chapel. j ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED ‘The engagement of Miss Aline Bentley, daughter of Mrs. L. Bentley- Ervin, to Lieutenant Ray L. Williams of Ohio, who is the commandant of Western University, was announced Sunday during the meeting of the “B” Circle. The wedding will take place soon. “The eighteen guests were members of the “B” Circle, together with a few visitors who were particular friends of Miss Bentley's. Just at the close of the meeting while being served each one was asked to repeat a verse, All were surprised when the last verse was read by Mrs. Rose Floyd, who read the announcement. FOR RENT—Nleely furnished mod- ern rooms, one block from car line. Webster 3567. LINCOLN COMMENT Magnolia Court No. 10 is giving their first raffle Feb. 23 in their hall, All are invited. Rey. W. A. McClendon of the A. M. B church left last week for the South- land. Mr. MeClendon has expressed a desire of being transferred to the Lou- isiana Conference. hence leaving the chureh here without a pastor. Mrs. McClendon will join him ae soon as he becomes settled. Miss Minnie Bell is reported improv- ‘ing from her recent operation and sickness. | Mrs. Henry Crews returned home from Topeka, Kansas, last Friday after burying her grandmother. Mrs, May Morris returned home from Concordia, Kansas, last week where she went on account of her sister’s ‘ines. Mr. Leland of Omaha was in the city last Thursday night and held a meet- ing at Mt. Zion Baptist church in the interests of the Daughters of Mercy Insurance and Hospital. There not being sufficient of a crowd out he will make another trip to the city next ‘Thursday, Feb. 15, holding a meeting in the A. M. E. church, Mrs. Nellie Maston spent Sunday with her brothe:, Silas Keller, at Omaha. Services at Mt. Zion Baptist church were well attended last Sunday. Sun- day school at 10; Covenant meeting being enjoyed by a good numger of the membership. The B. ¥. P. U. had a fine lesson at 7 p. m,, followed by sermon by the pastor, Rev. H. W. Botts. A large number partook of communion. ‘The church is continual- ly Increasing if interest and mem- bership. Rey. T. J. Porter, local pastor, fillec the pulpit at the A. M. B. church last Sunday, Rev. McClendon having left for Louisiana to remain. The Sunday school and A. C. B, societies held fine meetings. Quite a number of cases of sicknos ‘tre reported in the city during th present weather. Mr. Zack Johnson is reported con fined to hie bed again at this time. Remit for your paper. , oo: Onl ml lee ae eee : ® & Reid--Duffy Pharmacy : 24th and Lake Sts. ‘ Free Delivery Websier 0609: Wanted—Wide awake boys to sell The Monttor every Saturday. Live| boys can make money by selling | *WATERS eh BARNHART rye and Steve Repairing | PRINTING Ca, lumbing, Heating and Tin Work i —— rr ‘We carry full line of repairs | we. J. STELL Meteys Hl Aerts Lambert, Shotwell & Shotwell ATTORNEYS Omaha National Bank Bidg. 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Washington.—The Department of Commerce announces that, according to returns received by the bureau of the census, the number of prisoners confined in federal penitentiaries, state prisons, county jails, state and county chain or road gangs, city police stations, and other penal institutions on July 1, 1922, was 163,889. Of this number 5,540 were reported for three federal penitentiaries, 78,673 for 104 state prisons, 44,283 for 2,451 county penal institutions (principally jails), 12,717 for 296 chain or road gangs in certain southern states, and 21,635 for 1,319 city institutions, while the remaining 1,041 were women committed by the courts to the care of other institutions (24 in number), mainly under the control of religious or charitable organizations. Similar data were collected for July 1, 1917, but the total for that date does not include all prisoners in chain or road gangs, nor women committed by the courts to the care of institutions under the control of religious or charitable organizations. Excluding these from the figures for 1922, the comparable totals for the two years are: 1922, 151,172; 1917, 150,186. These figures include prisoners awaiting trial and as a few person held as witnesses, as well as prisoners serving sentence. Report Part of Big Census. The returns were obtained in response to a circular of inquiry which the bureau of the census mailed to the various institutions, as a preliminary to the complete decennial census of prisoners, which will be taken in 1923. The number of prisoners in federal penitentiaries increased from 3,018 or July 1, 1917, to 5,540 on July 1, 1922. During the same period the number of inmates of state prisons increased from 71,442 to 78,673, and of county jails from 41,871 to 44,283, while persons confined in city penal institutions (including police stations) decreased in number from 23,855 to 21,635. The data as to prisoners in federal and state penal institutions, presumably, are complete and accurate for both 1922 and 1917. The combined total of persons in such institutions increased from 74,460 in 1917 to 84,213 in 1922, the rate of increase being 18.1 per cent. The rate of increase in federal prisoners was 88.6 per cent; in state prisoners, 10.1 per cent. The ratio of federal prisoners per 100,000 population increased from 3 in 1917 to 5.1 in 1922, and the corresponding ratio for state prisoners increased during the same period from 72.4 to 74.5. County Figures Uncomparable. The returns for counties and cities are not comparable for the two years, for the reason that in each case a larger number of institutions is covered for 1922 than for 1917. The only fair comparison between the county and city figures for the two years is that made with averages based on the total number of institutions for which reports were received (including those reporting no prisoners). For county institutions the average number of prisoners decreased from 18.2 in 1917 to 14.7 in 1922, and for city institutions it fell from 10.1 in the earlier year to 8 in the later. The number of empty county jails and other county institutions decreased from 623, or 24.2 per cent of the total for which reports were received, in 1917, to 570, or 18.9 per cent of the total, in 1922. On the other hand, the number of city institutions reporting no prisoners increased from 1,168, or 49.7 per cent of the total, in 1917 to 1,390, or 51.3 per cent of the total, in 1922. Washing Fluid Poor Seasonin Full River, Mass.—Walentz Nowacki knew that something was wrong with him when "his stomach began to burn," according to the story he told the South end police. He bought what he thought was a bottle of vinegar from a neighboring grocery store and later used some of the contents to season his supper. Investigation showed that the fluid he had swallowed was a washing fluid and a stomach pump was put into operation. Polish Innkeeper, 117, His 215 Descendants Rybnik, Polish Upper Silesia. —Two hundred and fifteen children, grandchildren, great-grand- children and great-great-grand- children assembled at Kkla, near here, recently, to help Valentin Palusche, an inkeeper, celebrate his one hundred seventeenth birthday anniversary. Paluscha is said to be the oldest inhabitant of Silesia. Stray Bits of Wisdom Look not mournfully into the past— it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present—it is thine; go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart—Long-fellow. Much Sand used in Glassmaking. Nearly 2,000,000 tons of sand is used in the United States each year in making glass. CAVE MAN IS RIDDLE Wife Charges Him With Series of Forgotten Crimes. Human Enigma in Jail in New Jersey Is Now Blamed for Shooting for Which Half-Brother Served Philadelphia.—Like a "hairy ape," both in appearance and in his rebellion against society, like a Robison Crusoe in his self-sufficiency, with something of a cave man's characteristics in his disregard of clothes and comforts, William Ware, dragged from his cave near Stratford, N. J., an enigma in Camden county jail. He is a veritable human riddle, the solution of which may mean the unraveling of a number of long-forgotten crime mysteries in New Jersey ranging from petty thievery to heinous outrages. Most of the allegations of crime against Ware of the woods are made by his wife. For some time the county authorities had been receiving complaints from farmers of a "wild man" who terrorized them and their women folk, although no specific acts were alleged against him. When they saw Mrs. Ware she showed them a letter she had begun, setting forth the complaints against her husband. Among the things she alleges is that about eight years ago Ware shot a man, but eluded detectives. His half-brother, a man named Hinkle, was blamed and served a sentence for the shooting. She also avers her husband had some connection with a jewel robber, 18 years ago, in which the jewels were afterward recovered from an underground cache. She is, however, weak on details. Her husband, she said, was the brother of John Ware, the first man hanged in Camden county's old jail. But the detectives say William is John Ware's nephew, not brother. William Ware is intelligent and talks well. He says he is no criminal and resents being taken to jail, although he did not offer physical resistance. He wore only cousers and shoes when they found him in his cave. The hair on his chest is two inches long and few chimpanzees can boast more furry firearms. His torso and upper arms bulged with great muscles. He is one of the most skilful wielders of an ax among the woodsmen of south Jersey. FISHMONGER DIES A BARONET Sir George Sieleigh Accumulated $5, 000,000 From Humble Start in England. London.—America furnishes many instances of millionaires who rose from the ranks, but it is doubtful if even in America a millionaire ever made such a humble start in life as did Sir George Frederick Sleight, first baronet of Wetherby hall, Great Grimsby, who has just died leaving a fortune of nearly $5,000,000. Sir George began earning his living as a boy by gathering shellfish on Gelethorpes beach and hawking them through the town. He rose finally to be the largest individual owner of steam trawlers in the country. The greater part of his fleet was used during the war for mine-sweeping and submarine patrolling. For the services he rendered the country in this way he was made a baronet, and the conferring of the title provoked no such scandal as has grown out of the award of many honors in recent years. GIVE PRIZE DOG NEW GLANDS "Alibi Billy," Winner at 58 Shows, Has Operation to Give Him New Life Lease. Taylorville, Ill.—"Alibi Billy," prize beagle hound and winner in fifty-eight dog shows in the central west, has another lease on youth and another claim to fame as the result of an operation for the transplantation of glands. In the opinion of local dog fanciers he is one of the first prize dogs to share with man this new mode of rejuvenation. "Alibi Billy" is owned by W. A. Powell of Taylorville. He is twelve years old and that in the realm of dogdom is more than middle-aged. Because his twelve years have given him a rank in bench and field track shows that is said to be second to none in his class, his owner secured a surgeon and had the operation performed. It is believed it will be successful. SEEK MISER'S HIDDEN GOLD Searchers, Encouraged by Finding Small Sums Hoarded, Upset Farm in Missouri. St. Charles, Mo.—Searchers were scouring the farm of William Schone, seventy-nine-year-old recluse, who recently committed suicide, for hidden wealth. Schone was reported to be wealthy and distrustful of banks. The searchers were encouraged by several recent findings. William Meers purchased a cupboard from the administrator for $1 and after taking it home found $560 hidden in it. He turned the money over to the administrator. The other day three men found two cans in Schone's shed. One contained $56 and the other $52 and $700 in checks. In a wooden box $270 was found. Ancient Dynasty The Chow dynasty in China began about twenty-three years before the Dorian migration into the Peloponnesus. The generally accepted date of the latter event is 1100 B. C. The common house fly ordinarily makes 800 wing-beats per second, which force it 25 feet through the air. Chanak,Mudania and Ismid Chanak, on the Dardanelles. (Prepared by the National Geographic So- clety, Washington, D. C.) Three towns of Asia Minor, seldom heard of in ordinary times, have stood out in the world news of recent weeks —Chanak, Mudania and Ismid. Mere villages normally, each has had suddenly poured into it soldiers or celebrates, and has taken on, briefly at least, importance greater than that of many a metropolis. Chanak, the strategic point on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, which figured for weeks as a sort of threatened British Thermopylae, illustrates how translation may spoil romance. The name means “pots”—scullery ware. But though it has a hum-drum name, Chanak—or Tehanak-Kalessi—and its neighborhood has more than once been the stage for acts which have radically modeled the world’s history and even the world’s literature. Barely twenty miles to the south rose Troy, to furnish inspiration alike to Homer and his myriad of readers. Within a stone’s throw of Chanak, Xerxes in 480 B. C. led his thousands of Persians across the Dardanelles on a bridge of boats in the first formidable expedition of Asiatics into Europe which history records. At the same spot a century and a half later Alexander led his smaller but more highly trained army into Asia on his triumphal conquest of the world. It was from Chanak in 1353 that the Turks crossed to their first foothold in Europe—a crossing that gave Europe a problem that has bred wars and massacres and broken treaties for more than five hundred years. The Sea of Marmora into which the Dardanelles and the Bosporous widen forms a barrier between Asia and Europe. The roads between the two continents lie across the two struts at its ends. Constantinople at the narrowest point of the Bosporous, is the front door; Chanak, where the Dardanelles is most constricted, is the back door. It is natural enough, perhaps, that almost all of the historic invasions of Europe from the East should have been by the back way, and that there again today Great Britain should have made an important stand. Castle after castle, each fortified, comes into view on both the Aslante and the European sides of the Dardanelles as one steams from the Aegean toward Constantinople. But the narrows opposite Chanak are reserved for the castles of castles; the castle of Asia on the right, the castle of Europe on the left. The Chanak fortifications were first constructed in 1470, not long after Constantinople fell to the Turks. Ever since Chanak has been a place of importance. In recent decades it has been the point of administration for all the Dardanelles defenses—the solar plurius of the outer straits. German artillery experts resided there during the World war and modernized the fortifications. Mudania Something of a Seaport. Mudana of something in a seaplane While Chanak is a channel port, Mudana, scene of the Near East military parley, is a full-fledged seaport—on paper at least. It is, however, on what is now the quiet little Sea of Marmora, though it was once the central body of water of the clivilized world. Inconspicuous as it is, Mudana, scene of the Near East peace parley, was far from being unfrequented before the World war began. In those days its visitors went through Mudana on the boat-and-rail trip from Constantinople to Brusa. The Turks probably chose Brusa's port for their conference with allied representatives because Mudana is the nearest town, in the neutral zone of the Straits territory, to this their chief Asia Minor city, which lies just across the line where the Turk rule is absolute. When the Marmora was yet an inland Turkish sea the boat from Constantinople to Mudanla was apt to be late and crowded, and many travelers complained of petty exactions from porters and customs officials. Petty annoyances, though, cannot wholly mar a trip across the Marmora, and the western traveler who views the Asiatic coast line of this placid lake for the first time has a sight of rare beauty and probably a surprise. Cape and islands, bays and forested shores, make the approach to almost any point between Chanak and Ismid a scene of beauty. And the mid-city of the South Marmora shore, Mudanla, is no exception. Atogether You Orch. Before marriage a man is willing to admit that he is unworthy of his wife, but after marriage he acts as though he had sacrificed himself.—Chicago Daily News. You will never leave footprints on the sands of time if you spend all your time sitting down. Alogether Too Often Thought for the Day THE MONITOR Mudania smid Wide World Photo Upon landing, the illusion of a quaint and pretty town, nesting among hillside panels of olive groves, mulberry trees and vineyards, is dispelled. After one look at the ditches that do for streets, the passenger usually was willing to take the earliest conveyance for Brusa, some fifteen miles to the southeast. This railway, built in the early nineteen, used to be cited as an example of the Turk's inaptitude for engineering projects. After the line was built at extravagant cost the Turkish government bought locomotives not adapted to the tracks and grades, and locked them up for some years while the newlaid rails rusted, and the wagon road to Brusa was in almost impassable condition. If the railway ran beyond Brusa, Mudania might enjoy greater prosperity, as the port of one of the richest agricultural regions of Asia Minor. Instead Panderm, to the west, as the terminus of the railroad to Smyrna, completely eclipses Mudania, with only its short line to Brusa. Counting some four thousand Greeks, Mudania's normal population was only six thousand. The Greeks, of course, have departed, but many Turks have clustered there in recent months. Ismid Rich in History. Ismid, at the northeastern corner of the Sea of Marmora and at the base of the peninsula that extends to the Bosphorus, is the point at which the Turkish nationalists made one of their heaviest troop concentrations in the latter days of the Mudania parley. Ismid's once important harbor is now silted and its population is barely twenty thousand. But before Constantinople was enlarged by Constantine the Great, Ismid, then Nicomedia, was for a time the capital of the Roman empire and the metropolis of the Near East. Situated at the head of the Gulf of Ismail, which forms the sharp Asiatic end of the Sea of Marmora, and with high ground behind it, the town lay in the route of the natural highway from Syria, Persia, Mesopotamia and the entire Near East to the Bosporus and Europe. In the old days camel caravans innumerable carrying the riches of the East plodded around the end of the gulf, paused to pay commercial tribute to the strategically situated city, and continued "west along the low coast of the gulf for the fifty miles that separated Nicomedia from Byzantium and now separate Ismail from Constantinople. And when the steel highway and iron horse that were to connect Berlin and Bagdad came to replace the more picturesque but less efficient camel and his dusty road, the same natural path was utilized and Ismail became a railway station. Darius and his hosts swarmed through the site of the present Ismid, five hundred years before Christ, to bridge the Bosporus and conquer Thrace and Macedonia. Xenophon and his ten thousand Greeks passed through the place in their memorable retreat from Persia to their homes. Near there the defeated Hannibal, a refugee from the Romans, committed suicide; and in a villa close by Constantine the Great died. Force after force of Crusaders held the town during the Middle ages. From Nicomedia Dioctetian directed his implemable campaign of persecution against the Christians and later the first Christian emperor, Constantine, governed from its palaces. Barely twenty miles to the south at Nicea the church council framed the Nicene creed; and only a short distance to the west on the Isidol peninsula in 451 A. D. was held the ecclesiastical assembly from which the Armenians bolted to form the separate Armenian church, which, with the Roman Catholic and the Protestant churches helps make up the four major divisions of Christianity. The Ismid of today has little to remind the observer of its glorious history. An old Greek acropolis fanked by Roman and Byzantine towers is about the only remaining link with its opulent past. The iron-and-wood caravans of the Bagdad railway do not need to pause in Ismid as did the camel trains, and its toll from commerce has dwindled away. To it the world no longer looks either for creeds or the treasures of Araby—only for a modest supply of silk cocoons, tobacco, and forest products. When packing furniture for moving, old stockings will be found inv tuble for wrapping legs of chairs and tables. They will not tear or leave exposed places for scratching, as paper does. Observation Supreme. Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.—A. B. Alcott. Packing Furniture. EXCURSION RATES ANNOUNCED A Round Trip of One and One-Half Fare on the Identification Certificate Plan Authorized. INDICT TWO GARVEYITES FOR EASON DEATH Shakespeare and Dyer Held By Grand Jury for Murder of Federal Witness. New Orleans, Feb. 8—William Shakespeare, chief of police in Marcus Garvey's New Orleans branch, and Constantine Dyer, Garvey patrolman, were indicted today by a special grand jury for the murder of the Rev. J. H. W. Eason, who was shot to death as he was leaving a church where he had spoken here on the night of January 1st. In an ante-mortem statement Eason said he was preparing to go to New York to testify against Garvey who is charged with using the mails to defraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Black Star Line. Eason said he had been hounded and driven from Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement association because he rebuked Garvey at a convention for misuse of funds. When Shakespeare and Dyer were arrested the former had ponderous gold epaulets, a grotesque uniform rivalling Garvey's own and much silk braid, his official regalia as police chief. SIOUX CITY NEWS The annual opening of the N. A. A. C. P. was held Sunday, February 4th at 3:00 p. m. at Mt. Zion Baptist church, corner Sixth and Bluff streets. The meeting was well attended and fifteen new members were added to the association. The Girls' Reserve met at the Y. W. C. A. Tuesday afternoon, at which time plans were adopted to present flowers to a number of the churches during the month of March. And also an entertainment will be given at the A. M. E. church in the near future. Rev. Williams of Fremont, Nebr., who recently moved his family to this city, preached an impressive sermon Sunday evening at the A. M. E. church. Mrs. Viola White of Omaha, Nebraska was in the city on Tuesday for a few hours, enroute to her home after visiting friends in parts of South Dakota. Rev. H. C. Boyd, pastor of the A. M. E. church, has been invited by the Hon. Geo. E. Kendall, governor of the state of Iowa, to attend the National Educational Conference which convenes in Washington March 5-9th. Mrs. J. N. Boyd was host of the Dames' club on Tuesday afternoon at her home, 819 Main street, at which time it was voted to have the club federated. This was followed with a reading by Mrs. J. W. Tutt, the title being, "Good-by" Rev. R. M. Williams then addressed the meeting with remarks "On the Five Types of Women". The club was then favored with a duet by Mrs. J. N. Boyd and Mrs. Arthur Soloman, entitled, "Out of the Dust to You", after which a dainty Valentine luncheon was served by the hostess. A mass meeting of the N. A. A. C. P. will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist church on Sunday, February 18th. Rev. H. C. Boyd who is to be the speaker of the hour, will bring those present a message of "History Review on the Trend of the Race". Bagpipea With Hills. The bagpipe does not belong exclusively to Scotland, but is found in many localities, but they are said to be peculiar to hilly country. A musician walking up hill generally gets out of breath and he needs an instrument which will play itself. The bagpipe does this by reason of the supply of air contained in the bag. Vague Prospect "No Sebastian, I am sorry, but I am sure that we could not be happy together. You know I always want my own way in everything." "But, my dear girl, you could go on wanting it, you know, after we were married." CAPITOL POOL HALL 2018 North 24th Street—Phone Webster 1773 CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES and SOFT DRINKS CHAS. W. SOUTH, Prop. C. P. Wesin Grocery Co. 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