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NEGRO GROWING STRONGER POLITICALLY Sweet Trial at Detroit Is Started With Darrow in Complete Charge LIFTING :: :: :: LIFT TO State Historical Society $2.00 a Year—5c a Copy RUBBER VENTURE WILL STIR LATENT POWER OF LIBERIA Diplomat Avers Negro Republic Will Gain Place of Political and Financial Importance Within Next Decade EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT Advantageous Educational and Social Project Shown in Appointment of Representative of Phelps-Stokes Fund New York—A letter to Charles B. D. Ning, President of Liberia, feliciting him on the successful negotiation of concession whereby the Firestone Rubber and Fire Company will invest $100,000,000 in developing the rubber output of Liberia has just been sent to Dr. R. P. Falkner who was chairman of the American Commission of Liberia in 1999, and who subsequently carried through the negotiations to put its financial relations with the Great Powers on a firm basis. Dr. Falkner said, in an interview, that this entrance of American capital into this West African Negro Republic could hardly fail to give the country a needed impetus in developing its resources. While agreed that in the course of years this step would be bound to increase the interest of the United States in West Africa, and that along with commercial development greater political interest could not fail to arise, he was confident that the concern shown by some London newspapers over this new growth of American interest was greatly exaggerated. He continued in part: "The United States, of course, has traditionally taken a friendly interest in Liberia, and from time to time, when the Liberian Government has had foreign relations to straighten out, it has called on us to use our good offices. We have always maintained that indefinite relation. We helped to establish Liberia as a country after the war of 1812, and in 1844, when called on by Great Britain to say categorically whether or not we held a protectorate over Liberia, we replied that we did not, but, with the knowledge of the other countries interested, we helped her declare herself a republic. this new concession will be developed sufficiently to stimulate other trade material-" It will take 10 years or more before, so that any growth of political interest on the part of the United States is bound to be very slow." An educational and social project for the little Republic of Liberia as ambitious and extensive as the industrial development planned for that country by Harvey Firestone, has been revealed in the appointment of James L. Sibley as educational representative in Liberia of the Phelips-Stokes Fund, the American, New York and Massachusetts Colonization Societies and the missionary bodies of the Episcopal Churches." Mr. Sibley has been commissioned by these various agencies, acting in concert and with the officers of the Phelips-Stokes Fund directing the work, to formulate plans in cooperating with Liberian officials and representatives of the existing schools, for a complete redirection of all educational effort in the republic. This work contemplates placing the conservation of health and the development of native industries in the foreground and will include farm and home demonstration work similar to that being carried on in the United States by the extension service of the agricultural colleges. Mr. Sibley has been connected with the State Department of Education in Alabama, and has been active in the agricultural extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the University of Georgia. He spent three years in the Phillipines for the Government, training groups of natives in modern agricultural methods. More recently he was the assistant director of the Alabama Child Welfare Department, a position he resigned to accept the Liberian commission. During the war he was in charge of the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers in Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana. He has done post-graduate work in social, industrial and economic branches at Harvard and Columbia. Because of his varied experiences and his contacts with Negro education in this country, Dr. Anson Stokes chose Mr. Sibley for the new work in Liberia and the appointment was confirmed at a series of conferences of the organizations interested held last week in New York, Hartford and Boston. In educational and industrial aspects this second phase of Liberian development is considered by commercial authorities as important as the first, which was THE MONITOR "I must get something to raise me." "A cake of yeast, if you please!" "I hope it works!" "Going up!" DECIDED DECLINE SHOWN IN DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS Important Achievement in Notable Improvement of Health Condition Among Washington—The present Negro death rate, because of tuberculosis is about 244 per 100,000 deaths in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Industrial districts, and about 300 per 100,000 in the United States registration cities. Compared with the death rate among whites, because of the same disease, the respective figures are about 100 and 100. During the past ten years the decline has been 35.7 per cent for colored and 50.3 per cent for whites in the Metropolitan Life districts; and 33.1 per cent for colored and 46.4 for whites in the United States Registration cities. So closely have experts of both races studied this problem, and so encouraging is the past ten years' decline, that an eminent white statistician says: "The most important single achievement in the improvement of health conditions among Negroes for the past ten years has been the reduction in mortality from tuberculosis." announced recently by Harvey J. Firestone. The Firestone interests are said to be making a $100,000,000 investment in Liberia and have announced the acquisition of 1,000,000 acres of land for the production of 250,000 tons of rubber annually, the employment of 300,000 natives, improvement of the principal harbor at Monrovia, the construction of railroads from the port to the interior and the building of schools and hospitals equipped on American lines. The 2,000,000 natives of the interior are said to be strong and comparatively healthy people, but primitive and badly in need of training in the care of their health and in modern agricultural methods if the country is to reap the benefit of the American interests. The new educational program proposed is based on a survey made in 1920 by a commission, of which Dr. Jesse Jones Secretary of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, was Chairman. The report of the commission, written by Dr. Jones and comprising 326 pages, is considered the most informative publication on the education of native Africans ever issued in America. The cooperation of the colonization and missionary bodies with the Phelps-Stokes Fund trustees in the unification of the work in Liberia is said to be the practical application of the lessons contained in the Jones report. Liberia extends from a point 260 miles north of the equator nearly 600 miles along the West African coast, its habitable region for the white race is a strip from ten to twelve miles wide, but with the interior it comprizes 9,700 square miles, about the size of Teras. Because of the constant presence of malarial fever, the vitality of the people has been undermined, and this has retarded their progress, although the country is rich in both mineral and agricultural resources. The native products are rubber, coffee, cocoa, palm oil and several varieties of nuts, some of which are used for making dyes. No attempt has been made to work the mineral deposits, which are said to include coal and iron. It is felt by the various American agencies that if the Panama Canal Zone could be made more habitable for the workmen and the American forces retained there, Liberia can be made more healthful for its natives by sanitation and protection against mosquito communication of malaria. Although the country has a competent native medical force, largely trained in American colleges, its financial resources have been inadequate for such a program of sanitation as can now be carried out. NEBRASKA'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1925 DETROIT RETAINS MAYOR SMITH BIRMINGHAM CELEBRATES NEGRO TRADE WEEK Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—(By the Associated Negro Press) According to a report received Albon L. Holsey, Secretary of the National Business League, a successful Negro Trade Week was conducted in Birmingham from October 19 to 26. The campaign was conducted under the auspices of the Birmingham Civic and Commercial Association, P. D. Davis, President, and was productive of most satisfactory results in increased cooperation and good-will among the business men of that city. Through the medium of mass meetings, placards and circulars, the citizens of Birmingham were called upon to patronize the Negro merchant during that week. Coupons were given for each twenty-five cent purchase or for any payment of back accounts. The campaign was brought to a close on Monday night, October 26, when a monster Detroit retains Mayor Smith, Republican, avowed friend of Colored America. One of the objections used against Mayor Smith by his opponents was the fact that he "is friendly to Negroes and appoints too many to office". In the last days of the campaign, Henry Ford came out in an open statement backing Mayor Smith His son, Edsel Ford, had been strongly for him from the beginning. Smith's opponent was openly backed by the Ku Klux Klan, hence this made a bitter issue of the invisible empire, and it lost in Detroit. With the trial of Dr. O. S. Sweet on in Detroit, the election results are not without some significance in trend of sentiment. In Cleveland, where they have the preferential ballot and elect twenty-five councilmen by districts, Thomas W. Fleming, attorney, is retained in the council. This will make Fleming's Seventh term. John H. Duvall was elected Mayor of Indianapolis on the Republican ticket. The new mayor, according to outside reports, had the hearty backing of the klan. Colored people of Indianapolis took little stock in the report, and supported him heartily, even those who were opposed to Gov. Jackson last year, because of the same charge. Mr. Duvall is a native of Indianapolis, and there are almost 30,000 colored votes in Indianapolis, it is very obvious that he could not have been elected without the racial vote. Cincinnati, for the first time in years, seems to be lost to the old Republican organization. For the first time the "Queen City" held an election LYNCHINGS HAVE CLAIMED NINETY HAVE SINCE 18R9 New York—According to the reports compiled by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, New York, for October, 1925, there have been 90 women lynched in the United States since 1889; of this number 74 were colored and 16 were white. "Old Mississippi" leads with a total of 16, her last feminine victim being in Pickens county, in 1923. Mississippi holds two lynching "honors". She has lynched more women than any other state of the Union, her closest rival being Texas, with 11; and the last woman lynched in the United States was lynched in Mississippi. Texas has lynched 2 white and 9 colored during this year. In 1895 Texas broke all records by lynching 6 women; 2 white and four colored. No state of the Union has lynched as many women in one year. meeting was held in the auditorium of the Masonic Temple. Speeches encouraging race pride were made and prizes amounting to $175 were awarded as follows: one for $50, one for $25, and ten for $10 each. The Birmingham Reporter says of the campaign, "The movement, sponsored by the Birminbham Civic and Commercial Association, was intended primarily to call attention to what the Negro business and professional man has to offer the public, to stimulate a mutual helpfulness between business and profession, to encourage the enlargement of the Negro enterprises and sponsor the establishment of new concerns. The program also called for better, cleaner, and more orderly conducted places of business and offices." As a result of the campaign, the business men of Birmingham report a substantial increase in business, and everywhere there is praise for President Davis of the local association and for the National Negro Business League which fostered the idea. under the preferential system. A small council of nine is chosen, who will elect the city manager and mayor. The Rud. Hynica organization sought to keep control, but at latest accounts the charter candidates won; this means opposition to the old Republican organization. Charles P. Taft II, son of Chief Justice Taft, was with the charter side. He is practically interested in racial welfare. There is little to be gained in knowledge of the trend of general political sentiment in the fall elections. Local issues were before the voters. Republicans of New York are frankly surprised at the poor showing of Waterman. This means that the Senatorial election next year will be keen, and aggressive. In Louisville, Ky., Republicans claim the election of their candidate, but the Democrats will contest. A tremendous sensation was created at the last minute in Louisville, by the Democratic candidate withdrawing because of open charges by Republicans that he was a member of the Klux. The militant and mysterious determination of the Ku Klux Klan to keep itself a definite part of American politics is one of the astounding facts of the times. Los Angeles, Cal.—(By the Associated Negro Press) Jake Ball, white, a cleaner and dyer, was given 250 days in jail, after having been found guilty of wiping his shop windows with an American flag. ASK FOR FIELD SECY. FOR HUGE ENDOWMENT FOR EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS New Orleans, La.—At the annual conference of the Protestant Episcopal Church held here last week both houses have been presented with a memorial for a Negro field secretary, an endowment of $10,000,000 for schools from the American church institute for Negroes and permissive legislation whereby missionary districts with Negro bishops might be constituted. Ten institutions of the church in the South devoted to the education of Negroes will benefit by the endowment. During the past year 5772 students were enrolled in these schools. The value of the schools and equipment is placed at $2,000,000. It cost $380,000 to maintain the schools during the past year. Order your Colored Dolls early.—Adv. FAMOUS BANDMASTER GOES TO TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—(By the Associated Negro Press' The Tuskegee Band of fifty pieces is being rapidly put into shape under the leadership of Warrant Officer, Wade H. Hammond, veteran army bandmaster who is on temporary leave from his post with the Tenth Cavalry Band at Fort Huachucha, Arizona. Mr. Hammond began his army career during the Spanish American War, when he was bandmaster of the Third Alabama Regiment. He later studied band music at Royal Military School of Music in London, and for the past nineteen years, nine of which were spent in the Philippine Islands, he has served with the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Bands. His present service with the Tuskegee Institute Band is made possible through the courtesy and interest of Colonel J. C. Rhea, Commander of the Tenth Cavalry. PRIESTS BECOME FUGITIVES RATHER THAN MARRY Mexico City, Mexico—(By the Associated Negro Press) Reports from the state of Tabasco say that Bishop Pascal Diaz and fourteen Roman Catholic priests have fled from that state to escape the requirements of the decree that priests of all creeds must marry in order to exercise the duties of their office. It is reported that the bishop and his fellow refugees are coming to Mexico City to protest to President Calles that the state of Tabasco's decree amounts to religious persecution. Five priests in Tabasco already have been arrested because they refused to be married. 24TH INFANTRYMAN FREED LEAVES ONLY 22 OF ORIGINAL 67 IN JAIL New York—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been informed by Major Edgar King. Acting Parole Officer at Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks, of the release on home parole, Nov. 1, of James Gaffney, former 24th Infantryman, who will go to Charlotte, N. C. This reduces the number of Houston Martyrs, imprisoned for alleged participation in the Houston riot, to 22 out of the original 67 sentenced to life and long terms. The N. A. A. C. P. has fought in behalf of these men from the day of the riot and expects that every one of them will have been paroled in 1926. Since the N. A. A. C. P. and cooperating bodies presented a petition in their behalf, signed with 125,000 names, to President Coolidge, when there were 55 still in prison, 33 men have been paroled. COLORED WOMAN MAKES BEQUEST OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION The late Mrs. Josephine L. Kane bequeathed $1,000 to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it was learned when her will was filed for probate in New York City. This is the second substantial bequest the N. A. A. C. P. has received within a year. Commenting on the bequest, James Weldon Johnson, N. A. A. C. P. Secretary, said: "The fact that Negroes are reaching the point in prosperity and thoughtfulness where they make provisions in their wills for the aid and continuance of important institutions and causes marks a most significant step in race development." The sooner the white man learns that he cannot circumscribe the opportunities of the Negro, without circumscribing and limiting the opportunities and usefulness of himself, the better it will be for all concerned.—Atlanta Independent. POLITI on Comple NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS HAS FAITH IN RUSSIA Would Train Negro Youths in "Red" Diplomacy as an Effective Cure for American Ills Chicago, Ill.—One of the most startling revelations during the Negro Labor Con- gress here last week, was the statement that three American Negro girls and seven Negro young men are now in Russian schools taking a three-year training course for the Russian diplomatic course. It was also brought out that the Con- gress was considering sending other Negro youths to Russia for training in agitating communism. Dissatisfaction with the special conditions confronting the race in America and leadership in tackling the Negro question were the qualifications stressed in selecting candidates for Soviet schooling. Ford Whiteman, head of the congress, explained. Whiteman represented radicals at the Communist internationale in Moscow. The Congress is composed of forty groups in this country. $1,927.82 RAISED TOWARD LEGAL DEFENSE FUND FIRST WEEK New York—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People which is raising a $50,000 Legal Defense Fund to fight segregation and other cases has announced the following progress: Given by Garland Fund.....$5,000.00 Offered by Garland Fund.....$15,000.00 Required to meet offer.....$30,000.00 Raised in wk. ending Nov. 6.....1,927.82 Still Needed. Among the first to respond to the N. A. A. C. P. appeal were Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Spingarn, who sent their check for $100. Another contributor was the well-known New York musical critic and novelist, Carl Van Vechten, who sent his check for $10. Other contributors include Mrs. Florence Kelley, $200; E. J. Reefer of Philadelphia, $100; District of Columbia Branch, $464.50; Mrs. Mary Perry McCracken of New York, $15; Colored Gar Workers, through A. A. Marquis, $32. Many gifts toward the fund are coming to the N. A. A. C. P. from people who can afford only small sums and write letters saying they wish they could give more. As examples of the wide interest in the case, one dollar contributions have come from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky; Fairmount, Indiana; and points in the Far West. Branches of the N. A. A. C. P. throughout the United States are holding mass meetings to raise Legal Defense Funds and weekly reports of progress are to be issued through the N. A. A. C. P. National Office. GIRL. VIOLATES JIM CROW LAW. IS. SENT LAW, IS SENT TO JAIL Charlotte, N. C.—because she insisted on sitting in the front of a street car, violating the well-known Jim Crow code, Miss Marie Coachman, a young race girl was arraigned in police court on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and sentenced to five days in jail for her offense. The verdict provided that if Mis Coachman paid a fine of $5 and costs within 10 days she will not have to serve her sentence. CLEVELAND SEGREGATORS Cleveland, Ohio—Harry E. Davis, member of the Ohio Legislature, and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reports an attempt to oust 12 colored children from the schools of Shaker Heights near Cleveland, as an act of reprisal against Dr. E. A. Bailey, who refused to vacate his home in that section. The children ousted came from Beechwood Village which, having no schools of its own, had contracted with Shaker Heights to give schooling to all the 60 or 70 Beechwood Village children. Mr. Davis writes to the N. A. A. C. P. National Office: "I prepared a mandamus suit which was to be instituted in our Court of Appeals to compel the Board of Education of Shaker Heights to carry out its contract. In the meantime the Beechwood school authorities requested the County Prosecutor to take the same action in the Common Pleas Court. I withheld my petition pending the outcome of this later suit and I am pleased to advise that on Monday the 26th, the Court issued a Writ of Mandamus against the Shaker Heights authorities requiring them to carry out the terms of this contract." Please be ready to pay your subscription when the collector for The Monitor calls. ```markdown ``` GROWING THANK YOU Vol. XL.—No. 19 CALLY te Charge ELECTION RETURNS SUPPLY GROUNDS FOR RUMINATION Democrats Carry New York and New Jersey By Aid of Colored Voters Responsive To Fair Treatment PARTISANSHIP LOSING PULL Race Voters Learning To Cast Their Ballots Where They Believe They Will Yield Largest Direct Results New York—(By the Associated Negro Press) The Democrats have again won in New York with generous backing of Colored Citizens. Tammany plays an everlasting game in a practical way. Senator Walker won by more than 400,000 votes, but Tammany, Mayor Walker, and all the leaders will recognize leader Ferdinand Q. Morton and his famous organization in political consideration through betterment in Harlem appointments. Tammany spent more money in organization development and publicity in New York during the campaign in Harlem, than the Republican National Committee spent for racial organization during 1924 throughout the entire country. The proportion in Harlem was no larger than the proportion in other parts of the city, but it was a just proportion, that's the difference. Republicans have learned to count on Colored votes with such a degree of dead certainty, that they work up the interest, or attempt to, with an air of condescension. Tammany goes after Harlem as an integral part of the whole—and always wins. That's the answer. As The Chicago Defender stated editorially two weeks ago, Tammany does for the Negro in New York what the Republicans do in Chicago; therefore, the group was urged to support the Democrats in New York, while supporting the Republicans in Chicago. In other words, Colored voters are being urged to place their votes where they will yield the largest direct benefits, regardless of parties. It has been surprising to Republican politicians to learn the effect this kind of argument has on the rank and file. New Jersey Remains Democratic New Jersey remains in the Democratic column, electing another governor. The Democrats of New Jersey, it is urged, have given considerable more attention to the rights and needs of Colored voters than has the Republican party. Gratitude for this has been expressed in votes. The Republicans continue to wonder what it's all about. "In the last analysis", according to a well-known New Jersey Democrat, "the white Democrats may not care any more for a black citizen than does a white Republican, but the Democrat realizes that black votes are essential to holding office, and hence he acts accordingly." Boston gets a Republican mayor after a long wait. This should be gratifying to President Coolidge and Senator Butler, the latter being a candidate for Senator next year. Senator Butler, also chairman of the Republican National Committee, will be put to the test of real political strength to hold his seat. He may win, but he will realize that he has been in a political contest. The Democrats expect to again nominate former Senator David I. Walsh, whom the Colored people of Massachusetts make bold to declare in the friendly column. The secretary of the present Democratic mayor is Joshua Jones, son of Bishop Joshua Jones of the A. M. E. Churc. JEFFERSON DAVIS' SLAVE DIES Gulfport, Miss. (By the Associated Negro Press)—Maria Johnson, 93, who was a slave of President and Mrs. Jefferson Davis during the Civil War, is dead at her home in this city. She is survived by 15 children, 17 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. During the days of slavery she was owned by President Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Logan and the Louis family of Gulfport. INDICT VOODOO DOCTOR New Orleans, La., (By the Associated Negro Press)—Dr. Link Williams, an alleged Voodoo doctor, who it is claimed has defrauded thousands of whites in all sections of the United States by means of magic powder, has been indicted by the federal grand jury here on a charge of using the mails to defraud. THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OIAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY 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 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 property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. THE NEGRO'S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE A moment's thought will easily convince open-minded persons that the contribution of the Negro to American nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from the first the foundation of the American prosperity and the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply on the striving white men in Europe and America but also on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for two centuries. The military defense of this land has depended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American literature but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the closest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played a popular spiritual role in America as a sort of living, breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, "The Gift of Black Folk." PAGE TW THE MAIL A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED OF COLOREE PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A MONITOR PUBLI Entered as Second-Class Mail Matte Omaha, Nebraska, under THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR Advertising Rates Fund Address, The Monitor, Post Office Telephone W ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION Citizenship Rights 1. All persons born or made subject to the jurisdiction United States and of the State shall make or enforce any privileges or immunities of citizenship without due process of law within its jurisdiction the equi- TAUGHT BY ELECTION THE RECENT elections held throughout the country offend much food for thought and teach some plain and important lessons. In some places, like Detroit, Michigan, for example, vital political issues were subordinated to the paramount issue of tolerance versus intolerance; or to the consideration of the question as to whether a man's religion or race than his character and qualifications to render efficient public service as an American citizen, should be the determining factor. This is the issue between Klan and anti-Klan forces and be it said to their credit that the voters of Detroit and many other places gave the only answer, and that decisively, that real 100 percent Americans could give. In some other places the forces of intolerance won but with such reduced majorities as to snow their power is weakening, though sufficiently strong yet to constitute a real and serious menace not to be underestimated. It is unfortunate that at this age religion or race should be raised as issues which becloud important governmental policies local, state and national; but the issue being raised it must be met and settled right and that is upon the ideals of a true democracy. This issue vitally affects us as a group and its right settlement will help our status as American citizens. The returns from New York and New Jersey, where the Democrats, who love us no more ardently than do our professed Republican friends, but who, appreciating the value of votes in winning an election have shown a disposition to treat us fair won largely by our votes, are not without significance. Here is a clear and unmistakeable declaration of political emancipation. It is very evident that the race is learning to cast its vote where it is believed the largest and best direct results will be obtained irrespective of party. This is a great gain. Loyal as we have been and desire to be to the Republican party, the division of our vote and its evident alignment in the recent election, serves notice that when and where that party shows indifference to it, it will be met with indifference from us. Racial political emancipation and a clearly defined and uncompromising battle against racial and religious intolerance are among the lessons taught by the recent election. UNITED ACTION OUR PEOPLE everywhere are waking up to the necessity of unity. We have not learned this lesson yet, but we are gradually learning it. Wherever groups of our people assemble some one emphasizes the necessity of union and concord and the foolhardiness of separation and disunity. Forming one tenth of the population we are not seriously considered because we have not yet learned team work. We should unite everywhere for mutual protection of our rights as citizens and for the purpose of industrial and economic development. THE COMMUNITY CHEST THE DRIVE FOR the Community Chest to provide funds for thirty-one charitable and welfare organizations begins Monday morning. The sum asked is $511,000. This THE NEGRO'S CONTRIBUTE A moment's thought will persons that the contribution nationality as slave, freedom negligible. No element of A yet clearly woven itself into and acting as the American N explorers and helped in expl the first the foundation of the cause of the rapid growth economic importance. Moder is not a large sum if every one will give his share. It would be, and will prove, a large sum to raise unless every fellow will do his bit. There will be those who can and will give in large amounts; but the vast number of subscriptions must come from the small givers. When solicitors call on you next week be sure to give as generously as you can. In assigning territory to canvassers a large district from Cuming to Lake and from Sixteenth to Thirtieth has been assigned to workers of our group and it is hoped that the returns from this territory will compare favorably with other sections. Of course our people are scattered throughout the city and wherever they may be The Monitor is counting on them to do their best Everybody give for the Community Chest WHY WORRY? THE Rhinelander case now has the limelight. There is nothing extraordinary about it except that the man in the case has millions or is the heir to millions. There is so much intermixture and comingling of blood in the people of these United States that it is a hazardous task to try to predict with certainty as to just who is of pure Nordic blood and who is not. Fifty yeras from now people will not care a whoop about this question of blood, but character alone will be the thing that will count. As a matter of fact nearly every American city has unions such as that of Rhinelander and Miss Jones, sans the money. So why worry? Keep smiling and hoeing your row. If you have got a job hold onto it and do your best. Winter is just over the hill. Omaha, Nebr. Nov. 10, 1925. To the Editor of the Monitor: Next Sunday the National Association's Branch will hold its regular by monthly meeting at the North Side Branch of the Y. W. C. A. for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, is is hoped that the members and friends will be on hand to take part and elect a full complement of men and women to carry forward this very important work. With persecution, segregation, prejudice and trickery on every hand it is high time the Negroes all over America wake up and begin to fortify themselves before it is too late. The National Office is now appealing for funds to help in the defense of Dr. Sweet and those noble men that helped to defend his home and rights and in that defense were forced to repulse his assailants with shot. How soon we may have to do the same thing we do not know. Dr. Sweet is now charged with murder. The Association has engaged the country's most noted lawyers in this defense and are asking the Negroes of America to stand behind them in this fight, remember this YOUR FIGHT for YOUR RIGHTS and we of Omaha cannot afford not to hear the call. Negroes here go on record with a large contribution in this defense. Will YOU send in or bring in YOUR SHARE? Remember the time, place, purpose, and cause and get together, act together, and be together for your God, Country an RACE. By The Press and Publicity Com. H. W. B. Chairman. The most impressive thing about the trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet and the other ten colored people in Detroit, so far as the effort to select the jury, was the fact that the GREAT MAJORITY of white people, even in a cosmopolitan northern city, admit under the probing of the attorney for defense that they are "too prejudiced" against colored people to sit properly on a jury to try them. It was evident to the onlooker that some of them did not intend to make this admission when they came up to be tested and questioned, but the quiet, good-natured, but persistent mind of Glorence Darrow would finally bring them to it. At last a prospective woman-juryman would cry out, as if in complete capitulation: "I am very prejudiced!" Or some man would finally confess: "Because of something that happened five or six years ago, I guess I couldn't have an unbiased judgment." Or some other fellow who had been left on the wrack since yesterday, and who is suddenly asked now whether he had made up his own mind that he could be a just judge and accept the evidence independent of his bias, says defeatedly: "I guess I had better not sit." To an intelligent colored man, sitting by and looking off, these people seem to be possessed of some awful disease, and Clarence Darrow, cool and humane, seems to be probing into them for the source and center of it. He does not act as if he wished to hurt them. He seems evidently dong his best to hurt as little as possible. Now and then by some good-natured remark, or some humorous turn given to the response of his half-writhing patient, he makes them all laugh even the patient himself. But, although he seems not to want 'to hurt, he seems determined to find the root of that cancer of race-hatred, of inhumanity, of brutal prejudice. He usually finds it. To the onlooker, who has had much experience with this prejudice, it was evident that sometimes the man under the knife was doing his best to conceal his prejudice and to get to stay on that jury, for reasons best known to himself. There was one horn-rimmed-spectacled fellow who was lying, just as sure as we are alive, when he said that he did not be long to "any kind of a secret society" except the lodge which he mentioned. We wondered as we looked on whether Darrow also felt that the fellow was lying. Darrow never raised his voice, never appeared to feel anything, never appeared to resent any degree of prejudice which the subject disclosed. It was as if the human soul to be examined took the seat there before him in the jury row, fully clothed in PRESUMPTIONS and assumptions. And then Darrow would begin to take the clothing off that soul, first by one question and then another—first the outer cloak of concealment and then on down to the last under garment, until the soul was ashamed of its exposure toward RACE and JUSTICE. Sometimes the soul was ashamed of its exposure sometimes it was brazen and defiant, even sometimes almost boastful of the incurableness of the disease which was discovered within. It is a serious commentary on American civilization—this trial. And it is nothing less than a great human show to see this broad-minded American, DARROW, gently, humanely, and yet relentlessly exposing the ugliness of these other American souls who are so NARROW. "COLOR," COUNTEE CULLEN'S FIRST VOLUME OF POEMS WINS POPULAR FAVOR Although Color, just published by Harpers, is Countee Cullen's first volume of verse, this youthful poet is so well known to poetry lovers, that critics were clamoring for review copies long before the book issued from the press. Readers of Harper's Magazine, The American Mercury, The Nation, etc. are familiar with Mr. Cullen's verse, and he has been often before the public as the winner of poetry prizes. While at De Witt-Clinton High School, Mr. Cullen was awarded first prize in a contest conducted by the Federation of Women's Clubs with his poem, "I Have a Rendezvous With Life." He has twice won the second prize in the contest held by the Poetry Society of America. Recently, he was awarded the Amy Spingarn prize for poetry in the contest conducted by The Crisis. Only several days ago, the Associated Press carried the news that he has been awarded the John Reed Memorial prize. Countie Cullen graduated from New York University last June, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was elected to Phi Betta Kappa in March. Now, he is at Harvard, working for a Master's Degree. It was in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, that an interviewer for The Christian Science Monitor found the twenty-two-year old poet last week. She wrote of him in a two column account of her talk with him: "Mr. Cullen's father is a clergyman. There clings about the son the ineffable benediction of a gentle background, with kindness and sympathy and courage for its embellishment." Mr. Cullen told The Christian Science Monitor reporter that after he finishes his graduate work at Harvard, he will possibly teach. "Perhaps it is not what I would wish most," he said, "but it will enable me to go on writing, which I must. My race has things to say which will help the others to understand us. You will Newest in Milliners' Goods Miss Robina Kammerer of Yet does not injure the delicate hair roots as many so called straighteners do. A little more time than the ordinary straighteners is required, but results are more permanent. The manufacturers guarantee results. The Burbon Beauty Shop Phone ATlantic 9721 McCrory Building, Sixteen and Farnam Sts., Omaha, Neb. PEP SERVICE STATION "EVERYTHING FOR THE AUTO" We are specialists in our line. Let this be your service depot. FREE TIRE AND BATTERY SERVICE. 24th and MIAMI STREETS PHONE WEBSTER 2020 Wide Awake Boys to Sell The Monitor in Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs Call Webster 4243 or apply at 1119 No. 21st Street THE MONITOR know that we who have been given voices must not remain apart from our obligation. It is not for us to mourn prejudice, but to help to fashion the earnest which will eventually overcome it." Many of the poems in Color are, to use his own phrase, "expressions which will etch the truths of our race more distinctly than simple propaganda can." Take, for instance, this poem: FOR A LADY I KNOW She even thinks that up in heaven Her class lies late and snores While poor black cherubs rise at seven To do celestial chores. And his poem: HARSH WORLD THAT LASHEST ME (For Walter White) Harsh World that lashes me each day, Dub me not cowardly because I seem to find no sudden way To throttle you or clip your claws. No force compels me to the wound Whereof my body bears the scar; Although my feet are on the ground Doubt not my eyes are on a star. You cannot keep me captive, World Entrammeled, chained, spit on, and spurned. More free than all your flags unfurled, I give my body to be burned. I mount my cross because I will, I drink the hemlock which you give For wine which you withhold—and still, Because I will not die, I live. I live because an ember in Me moulders to regain its fire, Because what is and what has been Not yet have conquered my desire. I live to prove the groping clod Is surely more than simple dust; I live to see the breath of God Beautify the carnal crust. But when I will, World, I can go, Though triple bronze should wall me Newest in Mi PARTY HATS FOR On the jacket of Color, Carl Van Vechten says: "One of the best Negro writers, Countie Cullen is the youngest of them all. He was barely twenty-one when The Shrond of Color (published in November, 1924, issue of the American Mercury) created a sensation analogous to that created by the appearance of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Renascence in 1912, lifting its author at once to a position in the front rank of contemporary poets, white or black...." Water White says. "Countee Culleq belongs to that company of lyricists of which A. E. Houseman and Edna St. Vincent Millay are the bright stars....His verse has an emotional depth which is extraordinary in one of Mr. Cullen's years. He etches his emotions and pictures with acid clearness, while underneath lies a genuine and sympathetic understanding of the joys and sorrows of life itself." If your local book-seller does not have Color in stock, you can order it direct from the publisher, Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York City. KLAN FLIRTING WITH NEGROES, JEWS New York,—(By the Associated Negro Press). According to information gathered by investigators for the New York World, the Ku Klux Klan began a fight in Tuesday's election which is expected to sound the death knell of the Knights of Column bus. It is understood that the klansmen have been courting the favor of Jews and Negroes in the hope of being able to des troy their arch enemy, the Roman Cath olics. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. 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Dan Desdunes, Omaha's popular band: master, hgs taken over the Lake Theatre at Twenty-fourth and Lake, and will en- deavor to make this Movie House as pop- ular as his famous band, The theatre will ‘open Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and will be conducted in the first class manner which has characterized everything Mr. Desdunes has done during hiw long resi- dence in the city, Entertainments of high character and the best pictures will be shown, ‘The Monitor believes that the venture will succeed and wishes the mew proprie- tor success. All legitimate business ven: tures should receive the enthusiastic back- ing of our people. WANTED AN ELDERLY WOMAN TO caro for three children in exchange for room and board. Mrs. Kellog. WEB. ‘5850, ‘Omaha Branch N. A. A.C. P. will elect ‘officers Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the North Side Branch Y. W. C. A, ‘Twenty-second. and Grant street. Announcement We have opened a new JEWELRY Store at 24th and Parker Street, 1824 North 24th Street. 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The event of that meeting was the lection of officers, after which a dainty On Oct. 31, # hallowe'en party was held luncheon was served, On Oct. 31 a halloween party was held at the residence of Mrs. Arthur Rafferty, husbands and children were guests of hon: or, ‘The decorations forcibly reminded the revellers of the occasion, The meeting on Nov. 6 was held at the residence of Mrs. Cleota Reynolds, business was transacted in a short time, after which a daiaty luncheon was served and anniver: sary gifts were presented 0 those eligible. COUNCIL BLUFFS NEWS By Mrs. Erma Jones 1117 Avenue D. Mr. and Mrs. Cato Neely are the proud parents of « four and a half pound baby git! born November 7, Mrs. John Bland left last week to join leas ee eee. ee ge eae will make their home. ‘Mrs, Russell Fletcher has returned from Kansas City after a pleasant visit with rela- tives, Miss Daisy Cave and Mr. William Fore were married last week. Mrs. Addie Mallett has left for Kansas City to spend the winter, Mrs. Charles Russell has been on the sick list but is steadily improving. Mr. Jeff Perkins who has been ill for some time is able to be around again. Mrs. Ida Giles had as dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Ghalie of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs, Ella Kennedy of Omaha, Beulah Baptist Church will give a carni- val and dinner in Thanksgiving week. Al so a dinner Thanksgiving day. Every ‘one, welcome, Call 1682 and leave news. ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON Mesdames James Vauter and Clifford Foster entertained at @ beautifully ap pointed four course luncheon at the nev home gf the latter, 2625 Maple street, one lock on Friday, November 6, i honor of Mrs. R. H. Taylor of Davenport Ta; Mrs. T. G, Slater of Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs. S. W. Evans of St. Louis, Mo ‘The house was artistically decorated with palms, pink, yellow and white chrysan theums. Covers wera laid for twenty. After the luncheon, the ladies played whist, The first prize was won by Mrs R. H. Taylor. The second prize by Mrs A. Le Hawkins: the booby by Mrs, J. 5: Turner. Each of the honor guests wer given handsomely bound leather books, CHE MONIPOR En pbster 4243 | , CARD OF THANKS: We wish to thank our friends and ,| neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our be loved husband and father. Also for the many floral’ offerings. ; Mrs. T. W. Coleman, wife Mrs. Lloyd Carter Mrs. M. R. Brown Mrs. H. F. Mackay, daughters. 7 ie o>. BU ESO TNE a a o- ESDUN Announcement Extraordinary Dan Desdunes HAS TAKEN OVER Twenty-fourth and Lake Streets AND WILL OPEN Sunday, Nov. 15° at 2:30 p. m. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE ADMISSION: Adults, 20¢ Children, 10¢ | ALL KINDS OF HAULING done at reasonable prices, Quiek, Prompt Serviee, our motto. BABY GRAND TRANSFER | Robert A. Green, Prop. ] Call WEBSTER 5566 | W. G. MORGAN | Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. | NOTICE OF SERVICE FOR PUBLICATION To William (Bill) Jordan, whose place of residence is unknown, and upon whom personal service of sum- mons cannot be made, defendant. Take notice that on the 20th day of June, 1925, Ella Jordan, fied peti- tion in the Distriet Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, Doc. 221 No. 149, The object and prayer of it is to obtain absolute divores from you, You are required to answer said petition on or before the 21st day of Decem- ber, 1925. - Per W. G. MORGAN, 4t-10-28-25 Her Attorney. ce a a a a a aa a a ata a aa a a as = HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY Fountain Pens—Stationery Cigars and Candy Eastman Kodaks and Supplies 2402 Cuming Street ROOMS For rent. Four room modern apart ments, 1547-1551 North Seventeenth street, $15.00 per month, At. 6863, tf, For rent. Neatly farnBhed room, Heat and kitchen privilege, Web. 2089 eee FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms in modera home. 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Milburn Helen Taylor Plaintiff Per H. J. Pinkett Her Attorney 4t—11-13-25 "EQUINOCTIAL STORMS" MYTH Have No Standing in Meteorology, Says Weather Bureau Expert. Washington—This is the storm time of the year, but there are no such things as "equinoctial storms." They are a myth and have no standing in meteorology, according to a statement by the American Nature association. This will shock thousands who have carried from school days some hazy information about "equinoctial storms," such as caught the Shenandoah. They are line squalls. "There is no maximum of storm frequency according to statistics, either in this country or in Europe, close to the date of either equinox," according to the American Nature association, which publishes an extended statement on the point in Nature magazine, by C. F. Talman of the United States weather bureau. "Of course in the long run many storms do occur about these dates, just as they occur at all other times," the writer points out, "but there is no scientific reason for supposing their occurrence can be connected in any way with the sun's passage over what the schoolboy described as a 'menagerie lion running around the earth.'" Looked for in Autumn. An "equinotial" is looked for in the United States particularly in the autumn. The autumnal equinox occurs during the season of West India hurricanes, and it occasionally happens that storms of this character sweep up our eastern seaboard within a week or two of the date in question, extending their influence far inland. These events have probably helped to foster the widespread belief in an autumnal equinotial storm. "The Shenandoah was caught in a line squall," the statement continues. "A balloon or airplane would not have been exposed to similar strain and would probably have weathered the gale. "In fact, part of the wrecked airship, containing some of the gasbags, was wafted to earth 12 miles from the scene of the disaster, carrying several members of the crew to a safe landing. "The squall that caused this tragedy of the air takes its place in the catalogue of historic storms. It brought to general knowledge the fact, previously little realized except by weather men and airmen, that storms can wreak their fury by blowing vertically as well as horizontally. It also naturalized the term "line-squall" in the popular vocabulary. "Violent upward and downward movements of the air prevail in all squalls and thunderstorms. This fact has been known for many years, but it has only recently assumed practical importance. Formerly only the birds and occasional balloonists were whirled aloft or dashed downward by vertical gales, but today such gales threaten the lives of an army of aeronauts. 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Work called for and delivered. WEBster 2792. TAILORS J. H. HOLMES, the reliable tailor who gives satisfaction. Suits made to order. Cleaning and repairing. 2218 North 24th St. WEbster 3320. LET OMAHA BETTER CLEANESS do your cleaning and repairing in a manner that suits and at prices which please.—2510 N. 24th St. WE. 3300. M. LYNCH, Tailor and haberdasher, wants to ask a question: Why pay more for a misfit when you can have them made to fit? 1897 North 24th St. WEbster 2088. ROULETTE, Cleaners and hatters. Speciality cleaning and dyeing at reasonable prices. Suits made to your individual measurement. 2120 North 24th St. WEbster 1020. KEEP-U-NEAT, Cleaning, Dyeing and repairing. Work called for and delivered. 1919 Cuming street. JAckson 1439. J. C. HALL, 1614 N. 24th St., Omaha, Nebr., progressive tailor. Cleaning, pressing, alterations. We call for and deliver. Suits made to order. Ladies and gents fine tailoring. TAXI8 GRANT STREET TAXI CO. 2420 North Twenty-fourth street. 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