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$2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy FRANCIS VISITING THE UNITED STATES FOR HIS COUNTRY Stalwart Native Editor and Legislator Here to Plead Cause of Suffering Natives of Virgin Islands CONDITIONS ARE VERY ACUTE Islanders Are Poverty Stricken Thru Destruction of Their Chief Industries by America New York, Jan. 18. — Rothschild Francis, editor of the Emancipator member of the legislature of St. Thomas and St. John, Virgin Islands, United States, has just reached New York City on his way to Washington, D. C., to place before the Congress and President Coolidge the acute economic conditions prevailing in the Virgin Islands and to ask for remedial legislation. A group of liberal white Americans has pledged support to the cause. Mr. Francis declares "Nearly half of the 'natives have left the islands due to lack of employment. This state of affairs was hastened through the application of Federal laws to the islands. The people are greatly disheartened and look to Congress for immediate relief." Continuing his story, he said "I fear that the situation is at bursting. Our people are unemployed through no fault of their own and its up to our protectors to remedy this evil. I am here to plead the cause of my suffering countrymen, whose wives and children are underfed, before the bar of American Public Opinion. I am not talking from sentiment. Uncle Sam bought these islands—applied Federal laws to them and then forgot to establish new industries in place of those his laws have worked hardships upon and in some instances put out of commission. Although an integral part of the republic the natives of these islands are not citizens of the United States." Publicity and More Publicity "Many American who would champion our cause know very little about these new possessions called the Virgin Islands. They need publicity and more publicity. They need remedial legislation to change things as they are into things as they ought to be. Uncle Sam owes to the natives a chance to eke out a livelihood." Mr. Francis expressed a willingness to address bodies of colored people and other interested parties in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Washington, D. C., who are willing to help to save the good name of this republic in these islands so recently purchased. His New York address is No. 166 West 141 Street. RACE INQUIRY BY GOVERNOR PINCHOT Harrisburg, Jan. 18.—Lincoln News Service.)—Governor Pinchot, welcoming representatives of institutions agencies and persons interested in the welfare of the State's Negro population, who recently met in conference told him he is planning the appointment in the near future of an "interracial committee to take account of the relations of the two." The governor indorsed the conference, which was called by Dr. Ellen C. Potter, state secretary of welfare, to discuss health, housing conditions, recreation or leisure time activities and problems of dependency as they affect the Negro population. CONGRESSMEN INTERESTED IN THE SOLDIER PARDONS Boston, Mass., January 14, 1924.—The Equal Rights League campaign to put pressure on the President in various ways for pardon of our soldiers is meeting success in letters sent to all northern congressmen and senators. Replies are being received daily. Rep. A. P. Andrews of Massachusetts answers, "I shall be glad to consider the suggestion you make of writing to the president." Rep. J. W. Summers of Washington wrote to President Coolidge "I believe the Negroes now in federal prison as result of Houston riot have paid full penalty and should be liberated, provided their records have been good in prison." Senator C. P. McClean of Connecticut answers, "I shall be glad to appeal to the President . . . I feel sure he will do as justice demands." Senator Raiph H. Cameron of Arizona answers, "I shall take occasion to talk personally with the President." All letters to Congress were dated January 1st and sent as Emancipation Day requests inasmuch as when emancipated colored soldiers saved the union, soldiers who were the fore-bearers of these in prison. THE MONITOR JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SECRETARY N.A.A.C.P. DELIVERS ADDRESS The Negro problem in the United States is more a question of national mental attitude toward the race than of actual conditions. Given a fair chance and an equal opportunity, the Negro himself will solve the major part of the problem. The problem is not that there are twelve million moribund people deliberately ignorant and poverty stricken in the very midst of a civilization trying to save them. The problem consists in the fact that these twelve millions are forward moving people and their forward movement is met by reluctance and often by refusal to open to them new doors of opportunity at which they are knocking. New York City is the greatest laboratory experiment station of race relations in the world. Negro Harlem is a city within a city, the most wonderful Negro city in the world. The statement has often been made that with the migration the Negro problem would be transferred to the North, with all of its acuteness. Well, 175,000 Negroes—75,000 more than live in any Southern city—live in the heart of New York among their white neighbors and do so without any race friction. New York guarantees its Negro citizens protection of life and property, equal treatment in the courts, their constitutional right to the ballot and, in a large measure, fair industrial opportunities; and in return the Negro makes a good citizen, a good New Yorker. He loves his city and is proud of it. There are discriminations, it is true but, possessing the basic guarantees of citizenship, the New York Negro knows that these discriminations will sooner or itaer be abolished. The Negro New Yorker can thus help to make New York a greater and better city, and this he is doing with enthusiasm and pride. His section of New York is one of the most law-abiding sections of the entire city. In it Negroes own seventy-five per cent of the properties which they occupy. The chief purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to secure for the American Negro the fair chance and equal opportunity that will enable him to work out his own problem. It goes about its task by seeking to change the national mental attitude regarding the race through educational propaganda. It bases its campaign upon facts and it fights thru legal and constitutional means to maintain those common citizenship rights which the Negro already possesses and to secure for him all of those to which he is justly entitled. COURT OF APPEALS SUSTAINS COLORED TEACHER Washington. D. C., Jan. 18.—Sustained by the District Court of Appeals, Louise F. Denney has won her fight to compel the Board of Education to appoint her as probationary teacher of English in the colored high schools. The appellant, it is said, had failed to secure a writ of Mandamus in the District Supreme Court to compel the Board to appoint her, even though she had alleged in the lower court that she was first on the list of eligibles. After reaching the top of the eligible list it appears that a vacancy was caused by the granting of a leave of absence to another teacher. The appellate court held that the rules were not observed in the granting of leave to the other teacher with the "pledge" that the latter would return to work. Consequently, the procedure was held to be irregular and the District Supreme Court was reversed, with the mandate to enter a judgment in consonance with the findings of the appellate tribunal. CHURCHES ARE PROSPEROUS Cincinnati, Ohio Jan 18.—(Lincoln News Service.)—In the churches, the year just closed has been productive of prosperity. Pastors are better paid, old churches renovated, new churches built. We cannot say that they speak for much betterment of their respective communities, since they devote too much time to the next world and too little to this. Churches should go strong for every little movement that tends to the civic and general improvement of the people. If God had wanted all of our thoughts and actions concentrated upon the next world, we would have been colonized there. (From The Cincinnati Union.) Johnson City, Tenn., Jan. 18.—Establishment of a public library for the Negroes of Johnson City had its beginning in a "book shower" held on January first, at the A. M. E. Zion church, under the auspices of the Women's Bible and Civic club, an active organization headed by E. S. Grimes. A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor Modern David Harums I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO—I'LL TRADE YOU ONE STAMP FROM BOLIVIA FOR TWO FROM PERU HOW ABOUT TRADING A STAMP FROM CUBA FOR ONE OF YOUR PERU STAMPS I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MEXICAN STAMPS FOR ONE OF YOUR PERU 'STAMPS (Copyright, W. N. U.) Theodore Roosevelt Addresses Annual Meeting of National Advancement Association in New York City THE MUSEUM Col. Roosevelt said in part: Work of Association "Americanism of a Higher Order I strongly endorse the work that has been and is being done by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It is constructive work of a high order and as such is practical Americanism of great value. We have far too great a tendency in this country to content ourselves with words. Words are allright in their way, but amount to but little unless they predicate action. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People both preaches and practices its preachments and that is why I am strong for it. As I see it, the ends we must strive for in this country divide themselves largely into two groups. Both of these groups are covered by the work of the Association. The first is to see that colored Americans get all the privileges to which they are entitled by their American citizenship. The second is to aid in every way the development of colored Americans in order that they may take up and carry with credit the responsibilities of citizenship. The ideals underlying our endeavors under both of these groups are A MODERN WELL-EQUIPPED UNDERTAKING PARLOR This is a cut of the beautiful building designed and built exclusively for the undertaking business of Jones & Company at 2014 North 24th Street. It is one of the most complete buildings of its kind in the city. There are a few larger ones, but none more up to date or better equipped. And congratulated upon the erection and ownership of such an establishment. The total outlay represents a cost of $17,000. The building is a one story pressed brick, 30x40 and is so designed that other stories can be added. The building is divided into a large and attractive office and several rooms. These consist of a neatly furnished parlor, opening off of the office; a large chapel, also neatly and tastefully fitted up, with an this enterprising race firm is to be OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1924 thoroughly in accord with our concepts of Americanism. I have said that words are valuable only if they predicate action. Therefore if the ideals I have outlined above mean to us more than empty words, we should set about seeing that they are practiced in our country. For this reason I favor the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. Though others have been lynched, the vast majority of the lynching outrages are perpetrated on colored Americans. Regardless, however, of who is affected thereby, lynching has been for a long time a stench in the nostrils of all liberty-loving, law-abiding Americans. Many an innocent man has suffered thereby, and for those who are guilty of crime, the punishment should be inflicted through due process of law and in no other way. Lynching has not simply destroyed its victims, but in addition it has contravened our American principles. There are those who say that the Dyer Anti-Lynching-Bill would not eliminate lynching in this country. Perhaps they are right, but at least it would indicate how the country, as a country, feels toward such brutal lawlessness. We should pass the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, and after its passage use every legitimate endeavor to have it legally enforced. The issue on Lynching is clear cut as a ivory case chapel piano, matching the interior. finishing; a family room, off the chapel; three slumber rooms; a bath room; a bed room for the attendant; a receiving and preparation room into which bodies are brought from the rear; a show room for caskets; and a morgue. The heating plant is in the basement. A long hallway and well placed doors makes communication with various rooms very convenient. A door opens from the chapel on the side entrance which provides convenience and a degree of privacy for filling hearse and automobiles. The curtains and furnishings are rich and beautiful. The curtains and coverings for the chapel chairs were all made by the skillful hands of Mrs. Jones. This is an establishment of which all Omahans may well be proud as marking business progress of our people in various lines. die. It is law or lawlessness, and to every right-thinking American, under these circumstances, there can be but one choice—law. Condemns Disfranchisement of Negroes Our country is a republic. In many communities colored Americans are unfairly deprived of the franchise. This of course violates the principles and guarantees of our country. It is idle to talk of freedom and liberty when through cunningly drawn laws and tolerated chicanery American citizens are deprived of their fundamental rights. When you permit a group or class to withhold the franchise from American citizens who are entitled to exercise it, you strike at the very roots of our government. Denounces Ku Klux Klan Over and above these things, and more difficult to deal with because it is outside the law and cannot be reached, there are organizations and groups that have as their creed the banding together for the purpose of drawing distinctions against certain of our citizens, based on race or creed. As an example of this is the Ku Klux Klan, of which I have already spoken. There must be no compromise on a matter of this kind." Col. Roosevelt also urged full education opportunities for the Negro throughout the country. INVENTOR PERFECTS AUTOMATIC COTTON PICKER Melbourne, Australia, January 15.—(Lincoln News Service.)—An automatic cotton picker has recently been invented in this city. The machine is portable, and it is stated that it will pick an acre of cotton in much less time and at a lower cost than it can be done by hand. The machine is seventeen feet high and four feet in diameter, and consists of a circular tower carrying two horizontal arms having a 35-foot spread. These arms ars 8 feet wide and have a series of holes on the underside. The ripe cotton is drawn into the hollow arms by suction and is carried along the arms to a central chute, where it is compressed into bales and dropped out at the rear of the machine. The Christ Child Center is the name of a community work which has recently been opened at Twenty-fourth and Grant streets, in St. Benedict's Community House and is under the charge of Miss Helen McLaughlin, a native of Boston, Mass., but recently engaged in similar work in Minneapolis. There are classes in instrumental music, classical dancing, sewing, athletics, cooking, citizenship and recreation. A very important department of this work is Child Shelter. Working women can leave their children between the ages of 2 adn 5 here while they are at work. Miss McLaughlin whose heart is in the work wishes to have it distinctly understood that while this center is under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church, it is wholly undenominational and cordial welcome will be given to all who desire to avail themselves of its privileges. Whole Number 445 PROSPERITY DUE TO REPUBLICAN POLICIES Washington, January 18. — When Henry Ford, who employs a large number of colored wage-earners, said "I am satisfied that ninety per cent of the people feel perfectly safe with Coolidge, and I feel, too, that the country is perfectly safe with him," he gave expression to the thought that is in the minds of most large employers of labor, who are hoping for a continuance of national prosperity. With mines, factories and mills running at capacity production; with labor generally employed; and with business men preparing to make extensions that were retarded on account of the War, there appears to be a settled conviction that this is no time to rock the political boat or to try out national economic theories that have not had the acid test. If full recovery in industrial and financial affairs is desired and if the horrors of unemployment are to be avoided, the machinery of the government must function to the satisfaction of those whose investments of capital in business enterprises make it possible for industrial and financial activity. With 811 out of every 1,000 colored males, ten years of age and over, gainfully employed, and with 389 in each group of 1,000 colored females, ten years of age and over, also gainfully employed, our economic status shows a remarkable improvement, in all sections of the country, over the prevailing condition of but a few years ago. This is reflected in the home-buying activities of the race in the organization of banking institutions; in the extensions of our insurance companies; in the increase in the number of our retail dealers; in the purchase and building of churches; in the mechanical appearance and increased circulation of our newspapers; and in the exceptionally large number of students attending the various colleges and universities all over the country. In the recent announcement of his political attitude, Mr. Ford said: "Mr. Coolidge has shown in these months of service a great many qualities that should please his countrymen. I think they all feel that Mr. Coolidge means to do right. And when a man means to do right, so far as I have observed, it is usually quite easy for him to find the way to do right." In these words Mr. Ford gave an expert opinion of a remarkably successful business man, an opinion that should cause us to think deeply if we hope for the protection of our citizenship and our further advancement in business and industry. DYER BILL REPORTED FAVOR ABLY BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Washington, D. C., January 10, 1924. —To William Monroe Trotter, Secretary to National Equal Rights League, Boston, Mass. The Judiciary committee of the House this morning reported without amendment favorably the House Bill Number One. It is known as the Anti-Lynching Bill. A motion was also passed directing the chairman of the committee to ask the Committee on Rules for a special rule to make the legislation a bill to be taken up in the House at an early date. I will be glad to have the continued splendid assistance of your organization until the legislation is written into law. Before taking the above action the committee voted not to have any public hearing. (Signed) L. C. DYER. LEAGUE WAS READY TO APPEAR AT HEARING Boston, Mass., Jan. 11, 1924.—Monroe Mason, publicity director of the Equal Rights League and representing its national headquarters here, was present at the Judiciary committee of the House yesterday with local national; officers prepared to argue for the Dyer bill until the committee voted against having public hearings. Representative Dyer appreciated the presence of the delegation, asking continued aid. CLASS HATRED DECRIED BY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT New York, January 18.—Addressing a newly naturalized group of citizens in the Federal Court. Brooklyn. N. Y., Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, said: "There is no place in America for class hatred or religious persecution. Put the Old World animosities and the Old World hatred behind you. It is as un-American for the poor to hate the rich as it is for the rich to oppress the poor." GROWING THANK YOU Vol. IX—No. 29 KLAN TREASONABLE AND INIQUITOUS IS THE VERDICT Kentucky Interracial Group in Fourth Annual Meeting Voices Protest Against Commercializing Prejudice MARKED PROGRESS REPORT Better Schools Chief Objective in 1924 —Representation Asked on State Health Board. "Social Equal- Louisville, Ky., Jan. 18—Vigorous protest against the injection of race prejudice into political campaigns, scathing arraignment of the Ku Klux Klan, the unveiling of the bugbear of "social equality" and the adoption of constructive plans for 1924, were among the high lights of the Fourth Kentucky Interracial Conference held in Louisville last month. Severel hundred people were in attendance, including leading men and women of both races. A two day program of addresses and discussion was carried out. Dr. James Bond, State Interracial Director, reported encouraging improvement in educational, health and traveling facilities for colored people, and the constant' growth of understanding and sympathy between the races. There has been close cooperation between the Interracial Commission and the State and local Boards of Education and Health, the Y. M. C. A., and the United States Public Health Service. Among the recommendations referred to the Executive Committee to be worked out during the new year were the following: That the study of Negro history be put into the high schools, and the study of race relations into both high schools and colleges; that equitable participation be secured in all bond issues; that the advantages offered by the Jeanes, Slater and Rosenwald Funds be avoided as widely as possible; and that representation for the race be secured on the State Board of Health. Another important objective is the establishment of a second standardized training college for colored teachers. With regard to the Klan the conference gave out the following statement: "Whereas the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan is to stir up and make permanent race prejudices between the white and Negro races, besides the injustice done to Jews and Catholics; and whereas the existence and methods of the Klan are contrary to the Constitution of the United States and the State of Kentucky, in that they deny the right of every citizen to his life, liberty and property under the protection of the law and the courts. "Therefore, we commend the excellent paper of Judge Hager, read before the Conference, in which he shows that the Klan is treasonable, in that it is contrary to human law as set forth in the constitutions of the United States and of the State of Kentucky, and is also contrary to divine law, as set forth in the Holy Scriptures." Another significant declaration was the following: "Resolved, that since neither race, the black no more than the white, wishes racial amalgamation, the misleading phrase 'social equality' should no longer be permitted to hold back the helpful hand of white people from giving fair life opportunity to the Negro." PHI DELTA'S CLEEBRATE TWELFTH BIRTHDAY Mrs. George Blair and her sister, Miss Bertha Lawson were hostesses to the Phi Delta Sorority December 26, 1923 at the home of Mrs. Blair, 2722 Corby Street. Sixteen members were present. Plans were made for a birthday party to be given at the next meeting. The hostesses served a dainty luncheon at the close of the meeting. On January 9th, the Misses Ethel and Ruth Jones were hostesses to the Sorority at their home on Caldwell Street. The election of officers was held. The newly elected officers are: president, Ethel Jones, re-elected; vice president, Dorothy Williams; secretary, Ireta Walker; assistant secretary, Frances Peoples; social secretary, Ruth Jones; treasurer, Martha Roberts; sergeant-at-arms, Bertha Lawson; reporter Cuna Watson, re-elected. After the election, an elaborate birthday dinner was served. Everything about the dinner was A-1, even the service. The speakers of the evening were Frances Bell Peoples, club organizer and Ethel Jones, president. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS ‘OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered aa Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1819. oor ree ao re THE REV, JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS...____________Editor W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb... Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS Business Manager 6.8. sUTTON. Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $200 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS: 7c 3 MONTHS: ‘Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged 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 prop- erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1898. See. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan- tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not Jese than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. “The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, ‘25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 688.” “A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve.a colored person with re- freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reaspn than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting ; zi aa ee Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. PAGE TWO THE HEARTS OF MEN MEN of different races, colors ereeds and nationalities largely regard each other as radically dif. ferent from themselves fundamental: ly and essentially. And this accounts for the misunderstandings, dislikes, hatreds which divide mankind into hostile groups and is responsible for strife, discord and war. But after all these differences are only super- ficial. Humanity is essentially one. “Bvery human heart is human.” A realization of the truth that all men everywhere are children of the one All-Loving Heavenly Father and are therefore brethren will heal the wounds of the world and turn the discordant note of hate into the sweet uplifting song of Tove. And this is the truth that all of us should strive to realize and fulfil in our dealings with one another, THE BOK PEACE PLAN A. VAST deal of adverse criticism is being given the Bok Peace plan, for which an award of $50,000 has been given. It is truly said that the features proposed are neither new nor original. But this is not against it. There is very little of originality in anything. Many things consmer- ‘ed new and original and wonderfully helpful are not, but are merely re- discoveries and restatements of what others have done and said. The plan proposed strongly appeals to us as a very sane step towards tne promo- tion of world peace and the banish- ment of war. Any sincere proposal to accomplish this should be given cordial hospitality and honestly tried. There must be some workable plan for promoting international good. The Bok plan points the way. SOCIAL AGENCIES GOCTAL agencies under whatever worthy auspices undertaken for the betterment and uplift of the masses in our community should be given hearty support and encourage- ment. The time has passed for pre- judice, religious or racial, against any worthwhile organization which is honestly and sincerely striving to help develop a high type off citizen- ship by providing instruction, enter- tainment and recreational advantages for our youth. There Js need for such agencies. For this reason The Monitor is pleased to note that under the auspices of the Christ Child So- ciety @ much needed community work Chapter Thirteen ¢ Enacted in 1898. Sec. 1. Civil r has been opened in connection with the Church of St. Benedict the Moor ‘on Grant street which under a com- petent trained worker aims to do ef- fective work among the people in that vicinity. ATTENTION EX-SERVICE MEN ALL colored world-war veterans who have filed claims for dis- ability compensation or desire to file claims are requested to register their names at once with the Colored Com- mercial Club, 2122 North Twenty- fourth street. FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB (THE report of the Labor Bureau of the Colored Commercial luk from September 15 to December 31, discloses some interesting facts which fully justifies its claim to being a necessary and helpful welfare agen- cy. The total number of persons call- ing upon the bureau to send them people for various work was 566. The total number of persons applying for work was 1528. The number given emplovment was 424, an average of 4 persons a day for the period. The classification of men sent to jobs by the bureau is as follows: cooks, 17; janitors and porters, 106; laborers, 18; painters, 8; handy men, 39; car washers 7. Of women the classifica- tion stands: cooks, 49; chamber maids, 13; day workers, 103; house maids, 92; waitresses, 12; dust maids, 18. Commissioner R. L. Williams whio is in charge of this work is dili- gent in trying to find employment for all applicants. ‘The bureau desires to have as complete a registry as pos- sible of workers of all kinds, in or- der that it ean promptly bring to- gether the man or woman who wants work with the man or woman who is in need of workers. It is to be no- ticed over 1500 applicants applied for work during this time, an average of 500 a month. WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY “Let Him That Is Without Sin Cast the First Stone” Under the above caption the Movic Age publishes the following editorial which furnishes food for reflection upon the part of those who are quick to condemn before knowing facts. It was many years before Edgar Al- len Poe, first among American men of ‘eters in the earlier half of the nine- ‘teenth century, was granted & niche in the Hall of Fame, selections being arbitrarily made by a committee which for a time seemed to agree that fame = purely @ matter of morals, snd that to be good was to be great. The same spirit seems to be abroad again —the spirit that would exclude Lord Byron's immortal works from library shelves; that would deprive the world of the best.that Oscar Wilde gave from his pen; that would consign George Etliott’s books to the bonfire, and have closed the mouth of Sarah Bern- hardt at the very zenith of her drama- tic career. Now there is an ontery against Mabel Normand just because she hap- | pened to be in @ room, with. another ‘woman present, wher her crazy, in- fatuated chauffeur shot a man of whom he was evidently jealous. There is nothing to indicate that Miss Nor- mand knew of her servant's secret passion, and certainly the circustances do not condemn her ag being present for any immoral purpose. In that case she would have been alone with Dines. It is nothing new for men to cherish a secret love for film stars, nor is it ‘the first time an infatuated man, mad- ‘dened by such love, has attempted to ‘commit murder. This form of insan- ity is ‘quite common. Now, the forces of reform, without a hearing, are clamoring for Miss Normand’s “scalp”. They seem deter- mined to make an example of her. But why? Because it affords them an op- portunity to parade their own moral- Ity; because by condemning her they fancy they exatt themselves. ‘This is but another form of insanity, and equally as dangerous to society as the first. We are glad to see the public has not become stampeded, and are satis- fied to pass judgment on pictures and ‘not persons. "We do not believe that anyone ever has, or ever will be demoralized by a picture in which Miss Normand ap- pears, and We are confident that should Will Hays make a thorough in- vestigation he would exonerate her of all blame. NEWSLETS (Lincotn News Service.) Africa has but very few good har- bors. King Tut must have instructed the royal grave digger to plant him deep We ahall soon learn whether he was a descendant of Shem, Ham or Japhet. Gelveston, Texas, boasts of a thriv- ing Negro Board of Trade and Chem- ber of Commerce. Prince Bull-Wayo Cetewayo, age 70, of Zululand, Africa, recently marriéd a Hopkinsville, Ky., maiden. One of the leading milk deaters in Freehold, N. J., is Mr. John Jones, a colored man. The colored postal clerks of Den!- son, Texas, have organized a branch of the National Alliance of Postal Em- ployees. ‘The eight states having mulatto pop- ulations of 100,000 or more are Geor- sia, Virginia, Alsbama, North Caro- Hina, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and Texas. One of the leading European news- distributing agencies has tssued in- structions to its American manager to cable full reports of all 1ynchings in this country. Secretary Davis, of the Department of Labor, says: “Both workers and employers in the United States are THE MONITOR Ee better off today:than are workers and emplovers anywhere else in the Pee ‘ When Llewellyn Smith and Chartes | 8. Johnson, who wrote such enlig \ten- ‘ing articles about the colored citizens of New York City and Illinois, respec ‘tively come to Washington, they will tind something worth while to write about. Mr. Walter F. Wilson, a horticultur- ist and the owner of the Wilson Violet | Farm, located near Big Rapids, Mecos- lta county, Michican, is the leading colored grower of flowers in the Unit- led States. a a |LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT ‘The second quarterly meeting o! the Superintendents and Teachers As sociation of New Era Baptist Sunday School Convention of Nebraska will bbe held with Mt, Zion Baptist Sunday ‘School Sunday, January 20, begin- ‘ning at 2:80 P. M. andgthe program ‘will be rendered as scheduled. Lin coln will take notice—H. L, Ander- son, president; Miss Forystine Maxey Secretary. Mrs. Ollie Ray was called to Kan- sas City, Mog last week an account of her daughter's illness. Mrs. Roy Williams of Coffeeville Kans., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Williams here. Mr. Henry Williams was sent to Omaha Sunday to enter the hospi- tal to take treatment for his eyes, which are in bad shape. Household of Ruth No. 5988 held a very interesting session at their annual meeting and the following elected officers were installed by the Past Most Noble Governor, Mrs. W. R. B. Alexander: P.M. N. G., Mrs Jennie Johnson; R. N. G., Mrs. Ma- mie Todd; R. N. G., Mrs, Lillian Gurley; N. G., Mrs. Ollie Ray; W. R. Mrs. Alma Wiley; W. T., Mrs, Lulu B. Alexander; W. Prelate, Mrs. Helen Owens. Revival meetings began at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Monday night with a goodly crowd present, It will con tinue all the week. Services at Mt. Zion Baptist Church was fairly attended Sunday. Rev. H. W. Botts preached his ususal fine sermons; Sunday School and B. Y., We are proud to note that Mr. Ray Holcomb is employed at the New National Bank of Commerce as col- lector and Mrs. Ada Ashford has tak- en charge of the lunch room. ~ This increases the number of our group to five. Death of Mrs. Delia Alexander ‘The funeral of Mrs. Delia Alexan- der, who departed this life on last Monday night, was held in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Thursday afternoon, and was preached by Rev. H. W. Botts, being assisted by his associa- ted pastors, M. C. Knight of A. M. E. and G. W. Carter of Newman M. E, Churches, The speaker chose as his text: “I have fought a good fight; have kept the faith. The de- ‘ceased, no doubt, died as she lived, which was in the triumph of faith in her Master. The pastor spoke of her as being a true Christian character, ‘saying that amid her long illness and ‘intense suffering, she never com- plained, but always seemed to rejoice ‘in the songs and prayers of the right- jeous about her. She always had a good word for her church, warning her children and friends to always be faithful and true to the cause of Christ. Hence a lasting example was left by her for those wohm follow after. . Resolutions of condolence from the officers and members of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and friends were read by Mrs. W. R. B. Alexander. Mr. James Bedell sang, a special solo, ‘The decease was a member of four lodges—The Daughters of Bethel, the Daughters of Tabernacle, Heroines of Jericho and Order of the Eastern Star—all of which performed their ‘obsequirs over the body. Relatives present were: Mrs. Ida Todd and husband; Mrs. Laura Sparks and husband, grand son W. L. Todd and wife, grand sons, Edwin Todd and Walter Gill, Lincoln; son, Wm. Alexander of Davenport, Ia., nephew, Mr. Geo. Curtis and wife from Manhattan, Kans. A. large crowd of friends turned out to take a last look at the deceased, “As she sleeps in sweet peace be- yond, may others follow after her by precepts and example.” ; W. MOSLEY. * WATERS BARNHART PRINTING Co, X #8 yy IN: aa, OMAHA - Real Estate at Bottom Prices on Small Payments - P. H. O'Dell Co. Phone WEbster 4810 Real Estate & Investments’ Insurance and Loans 2855 Ohio St., Omaha, Neb. 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Mrs. Harry Schwein and little son Hamson, returned Friday morning from Hanna, Wyo., after spending the holidays with her aunt there. Mrs. Andrew Harrold was called to Minneapolis, January 6, by the serious illness of her father, Mr. J. Washington, who passed on, Friday, January 11. She was accompanied by her grandmother, who was here to spend the holidays with her. First-Class Modern Furnished Rooms —1782 No. 26th St. Web. 4769. Mira L. M. Bentley Erwin. Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Ernie arrived Monday night from Salt Lake City, and are the guests of their nephew, Mr. Otis Shipman and family. Sargt. Isaac Bailey and Mr. W. G. Haynes were delegates from the Church of St. Philip the Deacon to the annual Council of the Diocese which convened in Trinity Cathedral Wednesday and Thursday. ASK YOUR MERCHANT OR THOSE FROM WHOM YOU BUY WHY HE DOES NOT ADVERTISE IN YOUR NEWSPAPER. Mrs. J. W. Pinkston will present her pupils in piano-forte recital, on Tuesday evening, January 22, at eight o'clock at the Presbyterian Church, 26th and Seward. Public cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Frank Shropshire who has been detained at home with a severe attack of lumbago, is able to be out. Mrs. John Gatus has recovered from a severe cold, which kept her in doors the past two weeks. E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. Mr. J. H. Williams, a citizen of Omaha for the past forty-five years passed on Monday afternoon after a long and painful illness. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Williams was born in England, where his aged mother still lives. The Ladies Birthday Kensington Club held a very pleasant meeting Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Otis Shipman. Mesdames Shipman and Pinkett were the hostesses. Mrs. Thomas Riggs was a guest of the club. Mrs. Alonzo Mimfield and daughter, Sybil have returned to Omaha after an extended visit in Indiana. Celestine Smith was tetained at home this week by a severe cold. Mrs. W. P. Wade passed away on Tuesday after a long illness. She was buried Thursday afternoon from St. John's A. M. E. Church. She is survived by her husband, daughter Mrs. Black and other relatives. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R Streets. Phone MArket 3475—O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor. Superintendent W. L. Carter made an assignment of teachers to the Sunday school classes as last Sunday was election day for the officers for this year's work. At 11 a. m. the pastor prescheduled on "Decipienship." This service was followed by praise service. Our league work under the leadership of Rev. S. E. Gross is making much progress. Rev. P. M. Harris is also taking a vital interest in the league work and young people generally. The program given by the senior THE FILM OF "THE LADY OF THE RING" BY JOHN H. HARRISON, WITH A STORY BY JOHN H. HARRISON. M. MINNIE "BUD" HARRISON specially engaged to liven things up continuously entation of "Monkey Shines," the tremendous show at the popular Gayety twice daily all next specially engaged to liven things up continuously during the presentation of "Monkey Shines," the tremendously funny musical show at the popular Gayetey twice daily all next week. Y.W.C.A. NORTH SIDE BRANCH 22nd and Grant Streets EDNA M. STRATTON, Executive Sec'y choir was a success. Warren Alston actor as master of ceremonies. Mrs. Blackwell is the president. Mrs. Perkins rendered a beautiful solo. Mrs. Sarah Jones and Warren Alston also rendered solos. Master Herold Bart- ley gave us an oration on Rome. Mrs. Vaughn, Lovetta Bush and Della Jones gave excellent papers on important subjects. There are quite a few sick among us. Mrs. Ruth Redd, Ida and Chris Riddles, Maggie Clay, Charley Peggan, G. W. Jones and Martha' Moffat. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS Rev. Thomas Taggart, Pastor The services were well attended all day Sunday beginning with Sunday School. We are enrolling members for new year. We had ten additions to the Sunday School. The Superintendent requests that all teachers and Christian friends who want to go to Lincoln Sunday, January 20, to New Era Baptist Sunday School Convention of Nebraska, be at the Burlington station at 8:00 A. M. The train leaves at 8:25. The morning service was conducted by Rev. E. C. Williams, Jr., of Helena, Ark. He preached a wonderful sermon. B. Y. P. U. meets at 5:30 P. M. An invitation is extended to everyone to attend Bible Union. The evening service started prompt at 8 o'clock sharp at which the Pastor delivered a very inspiring sermon. His subject was: "Fear Not, for those who are with us is more than those who are against us. We had one addition to the church. There are many members on the sick list this week. We wish them all a speedy recovery. Miss L. Webber was called out of the city last week on account of the death of her father in Georgia. BILL FRAMED TO CUT Washington, Jan. 18. — Of special interest to the colored wage-earners is the new immigration bill to further reduce European immigration to this country by lowering the quota of each country to two per cent instead of three, as at present. The effect of this measure will be encouraging to the colored workers, who hope to make more permanent their places in the industrial life of the nation. YOUNG MEN'S CLUB The Young Men's Club of Omaha, an organization for physical and moral development of boys and young men of high school and college age, holds its meeting every Wednesday night in the Gymnasium of Franklin school, Thirty-fifth and Franklin streets. The club is open to application for membership and any one wishing to join can see or call Joseph Dorsey, secretary, 3643 Parker street; phone WAlnut 1691. 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Webster 6428 2716 Miami St. With Bankers Accident Insurance Co. SNAKES IMMUNE TO POISON GASES Army Finds Phosgene, Chlorine and Tear Chemicals Have No Effect on Reptiles. San Antonio, Tex.—Polisonous gases do not prove so formidable against the Texas rattlesnake as they did against troops along the western front in the World war. The Texas rattlers seem to be equipped with natural gas masks. The first of a series of experiments by which it is hoped to develop a means of exterminating the deadly reptile while he is hibernating was performed in November by Maj. George M. Hallioran, chemical warfare officer of the Eighth corps area, Fort Sam Houston. The experiment was conducted in a cave near San Marcos, in Hays county, 50 miles north of San Antonio. The region is known to be alive with big rattlers. Phosgene and chlorine were forced under air pressure into the recesses of a rocky cave, the molting quarters of a big den of diamond-backs. Soon after the fumes had filled the crevices the rattlers began stirring about and could be seen crawling among the rocks near the main entrance of the cave. They were not sufficiently irritated, however, to come out to face the attacking party. Snake Enveloped in Gas. As one huge rattler squirmed along a rock ledge in full view, the nozzle of the phosgene tube was trained on him, and the monster was completely enveloped in clouds of the gas. He quickly changed his course and crawled behind some rocks. "That was enough to kill a regiment," said a chemical warfare officer, in surprise, after the snake had failed to show signs of being seriously affected. The most exciting moments of the experiment came when two large ratters were roped. After one had crawled upon a rock ledge a member of the party wearing a gas mask, approached perilously near the spot and, with a wire noose on the end of a pote succeeded in looping the reptile around the head. Pulled from its winter home, the snake bissed and struggled and, its dozen rattles droned with a fury characteristic only of a Texas rattler. A second snake about the size of the first was looped in the same manner by one of the enlisted men who helped with the experiment. The two snakes had been exposed to phosgene and chlorine fumes for fully an hour before they were captured. They were alive next morning. A heavy concentration of tear gas to which they were later subjected and no effect upon them. Test Made at Request of Farmers. Major Halloran intends to perform further experiments with the prisoners, putting them in glass boxes and trying other kinds of poison gases. Other caves in which rattlers are hibernating will be gassed and it is probable that mustard gas will be used in some of the subsequent experiments. The project of eradicating the rattlesmake during the winter grew out of a request from Hays county farmers and ranchers to the Department of Agriculture. The department appealed to the army, which in turn referred the matter to the chemical warfare service. The rocky hills around San Marcos have long been a haven for diamond-back rattlesnakes, and every spring they are a terror to farmers and ranchers. Texas residents, especially those in the southwestern part of the state, are watching with interest the outcome of Major Halloran's experiments, for if a means of exterminating the rattler can be worked out, an invaluable service will have been done. That the poison gas used in the first experiment sank into the most remote recesses of the cave is indicated by the fact that several large rats were forced out. They were barely alive when they reached the fresh air, and it was the opinion of officers that large numbers of the rodents never lived to reach the top. The diamond-back rattlesnake is the most bulky of all venomous snakes, and the virulence of its poison makes it a dreaded enemy wherever it exists. Cuts Off Nose With Ax; Has It Sewed on Again Hendrickson, Mo.-When his nose was cut off by an ax while he was chopping wood, Elliott Farrington was rushed to a hospital. Surgeons sewed the nose back in place and are confident that it will grow on Farrington's face. Oljon, Spain.—Two diamond-studded crowns stolen from the heads of the Virgin and Child in Covadonga cathedral at Oviedo were recovered from the river here. Nihl Wollman, a German, who had been arrested, confessed to the police that he had taken the crowns and thrown them into the river, intending later to fish them out. They were not damaged. TOP-NOTCH MUSICAL SHOW BOOKED FOR A WEEK OF BOLLICKING FUN An uncommonly attractive offering of Columbia Burlesque is promised at the popular Gayety theatre, week starting Saturday matinee in Clark and McCullough's "Monkey Shines," scheduled for the usual daily matinee and regular evening performances. ASSERTS PRIMEVAL MAN SETS SOCIETY'S FASHIONS Anthropologist Says People of Tropics Practice Ancient Customs Chicago.—Ancient man, / paint be decked and ornamented with bits of bone and feathers, set the style for the generation that calls itself ultramodern. Not only some features of present dress and ornamentation, but also several of the modern ideas of propriety and correct behavior are rooted in the life of antiquity. These statements are vouched for by Dr. Fay Cooper Coles, newly appointed assistant of anthropology at the University of Chicago, who has just returned from a stay of a year and a half in the uncivilized districts of the Malay peninsula and the Philippine islands. He was sent to the Orient as a leader of the Field museum expedition, which had as its purpose the study of the customs and habits of the primitive peoples in those lands. More than the modern world realizes, the professor says, are many modern customs outgrowths of savagery. "By studying these primitive peoples," Doctor Coles said, "we can get a good idea of how ancient man lived and acted, for people in these tropical lands, because their development has been retarded many centuries, are really indicative of the life of antiquity. "In my study in the Orient I found that many customs which we call our own and think are peculiar to civilized countries are in practice there, at least in rudimentary form. "For instance, we are accustomed to indicate our respect by giving presents of flowers and candy. This is merely a development from the prehistoric custom of heaping up the ancestral graves with food and sacrifices and is seen at the present time in such countries as those situated on the Malay peninsula. "Bracelets, necklaces and rings are another instance of this custom. They are the modern forms into which barbaric manacles have grown. The gold bracelet flashing from some fair arm is only a short transition from the bronze chain of a former day." Austin, Tex.-Legal brief for the state of Texas in the suit instituted in the United States Supreme court by New Mexico for recovery of 20,000 acres of land have been filed by the attorney general's department. New Mexico claims the domain in dispute was part of the state of New Mexico but is now occupied by Texas because the Rio Grande river, which is the boundary of the two states, has changed its course since 1850. The Texas briefs maintain that evidence gathered by New Mexico from old Indians and Mexicans as to the course of the river in 1850 is not authentic and is of no value. Judge Rules Bathroom Youngstown, O.—A bathroom is not a room. Not in Ohio. So a judge has recently ruled. The decision will be of more than lexicographical interest to members of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, who are concerned with building restrictions. A permanent injunction based on the ruling was granted to restrain a lot owner from erecting a five room and bath house on a lot restricted to a six room house. Irish Drown Pigs Owing to Very Low Prices Dublin.—Farmers in County Donegal are drowning their young pigs because the prices they bring are so low that it is unprofitable to raise them. It is not an unusual sight after a county fair to see a farmer open his cart and let a litter of young pigs out on the road for any one to take. This condition is attributed to an eleven weeks' strike in the Irish bacon industry. Eagle Injured During Attack on Automobiles San Francisco. — A young eagle, probably strayed from somewhere in the high Sierra, descended on the automobile of Dr. M. B. Mooslin in a street here and began a vicious attack on the windshield. The bird shattered the windshield and injured one of its wings on the broken glass. Doctor Mooslin captured the eagle and dressed its wing. Man Made $50 Weekly by Robbing Church Poor Box New York—His business of robbing church poor boxes, according to police, landed Louis McCauley in jail. He was arrested while robbing a poor box in a wealthy church. McCauley is said to have confessed that he obtained about $50 each week by his looting. 800 Coins in One Chain. Buckingham, England—The next mayorsess of this borough will have presented to her a chain made from 800 "threepenny pieces," which were paid as a fine of 10 pounds imposed on Councillor Roper, who refused to accept the position of mayor. Councillor Roper handed over these 800 small coins and will have them made into a chain for future mayorsess. Here is an all-new show brought into view for the first time this season. Written and produced by Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough, those two noted comedians, who but recently forsook Columbia Burlesque to engage as chief entertainers with Irving Berlin's "Music Box Revue," theater-goers are assured of a rattling good entertainment filled with laughs, songs and dances. And to further CROWS PURLOIN GOLF BALLS Trade Them to Japanese Caddie for Food, Says American Consul at Kobe. The Montreal yarn about the squirrel that stole and hid sixty-odd golf balls against a hard Canadian winter is more than matched by a report reaching Washington from Erie R. Dickover, American consul at Kobe, Japan. In commenting on the increasing popularity of golf in Japan, Consul Dickover tells solemnly of the crowds that infest the links of the Miko club and make away with the balls, even those slicking to the fairways. Members of the Miko, the consul asserts, are authority for the statement that some of the astute Niponese caddies seemingly have what might be called a working agreement with the crowds, by which the balls are traded for food, says a Washington letter in the Philadelphia Public Ledger. At least, the members are at a loss to account for the large number of balls the caddies offer for sale. Consul Dickover says that there are four good golf courses in the vicinity of Kobe, and one is perched on Mount Rokko, 2,500 feet above sea level, and is regarded as exceedingly sporty, particularly because of the hazard encountered in getting to the course. There is no carriage road up the mountain, so that golfers en route to the links must be drawn in jikishikas or go afoot, assisted by a coolie, who aids progress up the steep inclines by pushing the puffing pedestrian with a bamboo pole. LEOPARD CULTS IN AFRICA Numbers of These Societies Kill Their Victims With Sharp Iron Claws. P. Aamaury Talbot, who had an opportunity to learn something about two of the best-known Leopard societies, has this to say in Adventure Magazine about the Sierra Leone branch: "Members of this society can often be recognized at sight, as many of them have the sharply protruding forehead, caused by pressure applied in infancy by their mothers. "When the society wishes to kill a man certain members are chosen for the deed. These are armed with a set of iron instruments fastened inside both hands, and they track their victim until they come upon him in lonely part of the bush. They watch their opportunity, suddenly spring upon him from behind and seize him by the throat. Should the body ever be discovered, the marks upon it so exactly resemble those made by leopard claws that the death is put down to those beasts." So that the claws are useful as well as emblematic! And it is evident that members of the Leopard society are brought up to it from infancy. Store Wrecked by Autos 40 Times. There is a corner drug store in Paris close to the terminus of the Northern railroad which possesses an irresistible attraction for motor-driven vehicles. Placed just below the meeting point of two rapidly descending streets, it has been wrecked forty times in the last thirteen years. Three months ago a motorcycle drove through its glass front and died on the spot. A few days later a motor lorry crashed through into the middle of the shop without causing any fatalities. Recently a taxicab went right through the store, breaking the large red-colored globes that still mark a drug store in France, overturning the counter and doing about $1,500 worth of damage to the stock. The proprietor of the store complains that these repeated mishaps are ruining his business; his shop is forever under repairs and customers go elsewhere. Phoenician Stone. The Phoenician stone was a famous imposture, in the shape of a stone, bearing a bilingual inscription in Greek and in pretended Phoenician, and purporting to be a genuine tablet of the Fifth century B. C. In 1824 the stone was sent from Malta to Raoul Rochette, curator of the cabinet of antiquities at Paris, and was declared to be genuine by him. A copy of the inscription was sent to several of the learned men of Europe for decipherment and translation. Among the savants imposed upon, in addition to Rochette, were Gesenius of Halle and Hamaker of Leyden. The Phoenician stone was afterward proved to be a boax. London.—Lady Dorothy Mills, novelist and explorer, who not long ago returned to London from a hazardous trip to Timbutoo, is now planning to go to the Negro Republic of Hayti. She will undertake this adventure alone armed only with a revolver and with what she calls the best bargaining material in the world—money. Her purpose is to study the religion of the island natives who are voodooists or snake worshipers. These people still make human sacrifices and Lady Dorothy anticipates seeing this ceremony. insure its success "Monkey Shines" has been provided with a cast that is a real top notcher. George Shelton and Al Tyler, well known to both vaudeville and burlesque as character comedians par excellence, assume typical Clark and McCullough roles. In these parts they have been skillfully coached by the originals so that their work resembles the Clark and McCullough brand to a pleasing degree. For the entertaining support of these talented principals the producers have supplied Wally Sharples, an excellent straight man; Sarah Hyatt, an exceptionally fine prima donna who was featured with "Flashlights" in Columbia Burlesque last season; Bud Harrison, a soubrette who is said to be a bundle of pep and personality; Mae Myers, a very clever singer and yodeler; Thomas and Hayman, dancers, Hugh Wilson and Lloyd Peddrick, an all 'round good character actor. The company will also include THE MONITOR large chorus of extremely pretty girls, every one of whom possesses a pleasing voice and is an agile and nimble dancer. This chorus has been drilled into co-operating with the talented principals with such alluring effect that the result is said to be extremely pleasing. "Monkey Shines" is to be served in fifteen unusually attractive scenes with a dozen musical numbers that are both tuneful and jingly. Paul McCullough is the author of the lyrics set to music written by Mike Zelenke. Larry Ceballos staged the many dancing numbers in a most novel and appealing manner. Dependence for good entertainment may be placed on "Monkey Shines." Sunday's matinee starts at 3:00. Tried b- Tribulation. Thou art neve, at any time neare to God than when under tribulation, which He persecute the purification and beautifyin- soul.-Miguel Molinos. People Must Be Informed. A popular government without pop- ular information or the means of ac- quiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy.—James Madison For Rent FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms. Steam heat. Close in. On two car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks. 292 North Twentieth street. Jackson 4379 Help Wanted WANTED—Colored men to qualify for sleeping car and train porters. Experience unnecessary, transportation furnished. Write T. McCaffrey, Supt. St. Louis, Mo. Wanted—Wide awake boys to sell The Monitor every Saturday. Miscellaneous Madame A. C. 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MOREARTY Attorney-at-Law 700 Peters Trust Building NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To Leon Simmons, Non-Resident Defendant: You are hereby notified that Myrtle Simmons, your wife, and the plaintiff herein, filed her petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, on the 11th day of October, 1923, to obtain an absolute decree of divorce from you on the grounds of wilful desertion for more than two years last past, and for non-support. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 18th day of February, 1924. MYRTLE SIMMONS. 4t-1-18-24 A. F. BRUNGARDT Attorney-at-Law 308 Courtney Bldg. Notice of Incorporation of Sanitary Products Co. Notice is hereby given that on September 6, 1923, Articles of Incorporation were duly executed and filed of the Sanitary Products Company. The principal place of business of said corporation shall be at Omaha, Nebraska. The general nature of business to be transacted shall be to manufacture, trade, deal in, sell and job soaps of all descriptions, cleansing powders, disinfectants, floor oils, sweeping compounds, brooms, brushes and janitor supplies; and otherwise dealing in any and all kinds of materials necessary or appropriate to, or required for, or incidental with the foregoing premises; the procuring by lease, exchange or purchase of patients, and the buying, selling, improving and leasing of real estate. The authorized capital stock of said corporation shall be $30,000.00 in shares of $100.00 each and shall be fully paid for when issued and shall be non-assessable. Money, property or labor may be accepted for shares of stock. The corporation may purchase its own stock. The corporation began business on September 6, 1923, and shall continue for 25 years. The business of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of directors, not less than three and not more than five. The officers of said corporation shall be President, Vice-president, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. The said Board of Directors shall also adopt by-laws for the conducting of the business of this corporation. The highest amount of indebtedness of the corporation shall at no time exceed two-thirds of its capital stock. The regular annual meeting shall be held on the first Monday in January of each year. Matthew J. Norton. A. F. Brungardt. Michael J. Flanagan. NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT To William K. Flemming, Non-resident, Defendant: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of attachment issued by Arthur E. Baldwin, a judge in the Municipal Court of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, in an action pending before said judge wherein Samuel W. Mills was plaintiff and William K. Flemming was defendant, to recover the sum of Two Hundred and eighteen ($218.60) Dollars and Sixty cents, with interest and costs, a writ of attachment was issued and levied upon the following described property: One large printing press, No. 1030, pat. April 12th. '87. Mod. No. 24054, and any other article belonging to said defendant and listed in the attachment returned, and that said cause was from the return day of the summons issued therein continued on December 28th, 1923, for trial to January 21st, 1924 at 9 o'clock A. M. Samuel W. Mills. To Albert Hall, non-resident defendant: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order in a Writ of Replevin, issued by Hon. Robert W. Patrick, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, on the 30th day of November, 1923, in an action pending before said court wherein Gussie N. King is plaintiff and Albert Hall and Pansey Hall, husband and wife, are defendants, to recover the sum of $75.00 with interest and costs, said Writ of Replevin was issued and levied upon the following described personal property, to wit: One dresser, one dining table, two blankets, one quilt, one center table, one rug, one heating stove, one rocking chair, one kitchen cabinet, one Overland car, all being of the aggregate value of $75.00. That said cause was by said court on December 27, 1922, continued to February 14, 1924, at 9 o'clock a.m., at which time said cause will come on for trial. DEFENDANT BY PUBLICATION To Clzra R. E. Malcolm, Non-resident defendant: You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of September, A. D. 1923, John Richie Malcolm filed a petition against you in the district court of Douglas County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which are to obtain a divorce from you on the ground that you have been guilty of extreme cruelty and desertion toward the plaintiff, without any fault on his part. You are required to answer said petition on or before 7th day of Janu- ary, 1924. PYORRHEA PREVENTIVE TOOTH PASTE 25c--2 oz. Tube (A Race Enterprise) OMAHA, NEBRASKA ASK FOR IT AT DRUG STORES TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE Body Knows That the You to Buy Your Fresh Meat on 24th Street Is In t Lincoln Pork House No. 1 2024 No. 24th Street and Patrick Ave. Promptly News, Mgr. 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