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SHOOTS WIFE; COMMITS SUICIDE LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year— State Historical Society TERRIBLE TRAGEDY SHOCKS AND STUNS WHOLE COMMUNITY Wade McRaven Shoots and Perhaps Fatally Wounds His Young Wife and Then Kills Himself BROTHER MAKES DISCOVERY Gaitha Pegg, Central High School Student, First to Learn of Shock- in Affair and Notifies Wade McRaven, aged 21, shot and probably fatally wounded his wife, Ruth, 20, at the residence of Mrs. John Grant Pegg, Mrs. McRaven's mother, 4308 Patrick avenue, with whom the young couple made their home, about 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and then shot himself through the head, killing himself instantly, according to the belief of the police. The tragedy was not discovered until 6 o'clock, when Gaitha Pegg, 15, a Central High school student, came home and found his sister lying on a blood-soaked cot in the living room, with the month-old babe of the couple lying on the foot of the cot crying, and the body of McRaven lying on the floor. Gaitha had tried to reach home by telephone but had failed to get any response. John Pegg, who is a clerk in Robert Smith's office, clerk of the district court, had telephoned home, shortly after 2 o'clock and getting no response thought his sister was asleep. Gaitha Pegg ran to the home of H. Hansen, next door neighbor, and reported the tragedy. The Hansens notified the police. Mrs. McRaven, although apparently fatally wounded, was conscious when the police arrived. She stated that her husband had shot her about 2 o'clock following an argument. McRaven left a rather rambling note in which he stated that he and his wife could not agree and that he intended to kill Ruth and himself. "We argue too much" the note stated in part. "I know that I am not always wrong. Someone take care of the baby. I am going to kill Ruth and then myself. I always did want to explore the next world, and will try to communicate with this world. Bury me in the same coffin with Ruth." Mrs. McRaven was rushed to the Lord Lister hospital where her condition is reported to be precarious. The baby was taken to the Child Saving Institute by Miss Esther Johnson of the juvenile court, for temporary care. The body of McRaven was taken to the Harry E. Swanson funeral home under direction of the coroner. Mrs. McRaven is the youngest daughter of the late John Grant Pegg, former inspector of weights and measures, and is a graduate of Central High school. She is greatly beloved by a large circle of friends for her sweet disposition. Her marriage to Wade McRaven, oldest son of Mrs. Birdie McRaven, who stood high in Boy Scout circles and was considered a youth of exemplary character, was a great surprise because of the youth of the pair. They seemed to be devoted to each other. A daughter was born to them December 15. Said John Pegg, an older brother of Ruth, who besides working in the clerk of the district court's office, is studying law at night at the University of Omaha, and did not learn of the tragedy until 7:30 when he was reached at the university, "Wade must have been crazy. There was no excuse for his deed, and I can only account for it by the fact that he must have been crazy. The note he left would seem to indicate that. Of late he has been literally devouring detective and sensational stories, cheap trashy stuff. I never spoke to him about it, but both Ruth and my mother, urged him to read literature that would improve his mind and leave that trashy stuff alone. Ruth and Wade got along all right and there was no excuse for this terrible affair." Mrs. McRaven's mother, Mrs. Pegg, was called to Moberly, Mo., a few weeks ago by the illness of her THE MONITOR IOWA PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH PRAISES AND JOINS N.A.A.C.P. Branch Protected Colored Teacher Against Klan Threats Which Action Elicited "The Iowa Bystander" reports that at the recent launching of a membership drive by the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the local president, Mr. S. Joseph Brown, read a letter from Professor Luther Mott of the Department of English at the State university, highly commending the work of the N. A. C. P. and applying for membership. Professor Mott was at once received and appointed a member of the Publicity committee of which other members are: Harvey Ingman, editor of the Des Moines Register; Fred W. Pounell, editor of the Des Moines Daily Capital; Miss Dorothy Hughes of the Bystander and Gordon H. Kitchen of the Y. M. C. A. The branch recently stood by Miss Fay Jeffers, a colored teacher, whose presence occasioned the burning of a fiery cross in the yard of Judge Anthony Burrell. The branch procured prompt action by the newly elected district judge, who after a conference with the sheriff, appointed two deputies to guard the teacher. Klan threats promptly ceased when the sheriff threatened to arrest anyone attempting intimidation. Since then Miss Jeffers has been teaching undisturbed. BISHOP URGES SUPPORT PRESS Charlotte, N. C.—Outlining a program for the new year in his address before the citizens of this city, Bishop W. J. Walls urged his hearers to support Negro newspapers, to promote business enterprises, encourage education and work for inter-racial good-will. "No Negro," declared the bishop, "is true to his race who does not have Negro magazines and newspapers coming to his home weekly. The newspapers occupy a place that makes the Negro press the most potent of all agencies in reaching the public conscience. They fight our battles, hold up our ideals, plead our cause before the world, articulate race spirit and enterprise, keep the fires of religion burning on our altars of arts and science. If you could strike the Negro press and its work from us it would be like blasting Gibraltar from Constantinople, or taking the altar out of religion." KEYSTONE AND SOUTHERN BANKS MERGE Philadelphia, Pa.—The Keystone Co-operative bank, of which the Honorable John C. Asbury is president, and which has been in operation here for a number of years, has become merged with the Citizen's and Southern Bank and Trust company. The matter has ben pending some considerable time but the necessary steps were taken and all plans perfected through the State Department of Banking at Harrisburg. With this merger, which is said to be the first in the history of the Negro race, the Citizens' and Southern Bank and Trust company becomes the largest race bank in the world and among the largest banks in the country. WILBERFORCE INVESTIGATION MOVES SLOWLY Chicago, Ill.—According to Sheridan A. Brusseaux, the investigator employed in the current Wilberforce upheaval, no report will be made by him on his finding until the committee appointd by the state to investigate the state side of the school, known as the combined Norman and Industrial Institute, has completed its report. Mr. Brusseaux in a statement to the press deplored many of the stories which have been put into circulation and stated that he has never yet given any report of his investigation. daughter, Mary, Mrs. Clifford Timony, and so was absent from home. She has been summoned by telegraph and is expected home today. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 21, 1927 The United Sates seems to be filled with a fear of Russian reds. This is evident from speeches of public officials and others and from articles in the press. There is a note of apprehension that the communistic effort for the overthrow of government will reach formidable proportions. The Monitor does not share this fear. We believe that America has nothing or little to fear from foes without. Her greatest danger lies from within. If she will remain true to the ideals of the fathers, "love mercy, do justice and walk humbly with God," she has nothing to fear. The lowering of moral standards and the growing disrespect for law upon the part of the American people are the potential elements which forebode national disaster. What is needed, and sadly needed, is a return to the religious ideals and standards of the founders of this republic; for whatever may have been their faults, and they were many, this one thing is clear, they had an abiding faith in Almighty God and in reverential fear of Him, they lived their simple lives. This was the strength of the nation in its infancy and this must be its strength in its maturing years. While there seems to be this fear of "red propaganda," it would appear to be the part of wisdom to deal more justly with that group of Americans whose loyalty and devotion to American ideals and principles has never been doubted, the American Negro. If injustice against this group of people, as manifested by segregation, Jim Crow laws, and like discriminations continue, and there be any real foundation for the "red fear" or red peril," may there not arise an overmastering temptation upon the part of at least some of the black populace to ally itself with the "Red Menace." Can America afford to continue to allow unjust discrimination and galling humiliation towards her black citizens without paying the price? Justice and fair dealing towards all within her borders is America's chief protection against foes without or dangers within. The fear of red radicalism can be overcome by white justice and magnanimity. DEFEATED ON BASIS OF LOUISVILLE CASE OF 1917 New York, N. Y.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has received from J. W. Rice of the Dallas Express, a report showing that on the basis of the victory against segregation by city ordinance or state law, won by the N. A. A. C. P. before the Supreme Court in the Louisville case of 1917, a segregation ordinance recently enacted by the City of Dallas, has been declared unconstitutional by the Texas Fifth Court of Civil Appeals. This makes the third city segregation ordinance within the last year to be outlawed on the basis of the Louisville victory of ten years ago, the other two victories having been won in Norfolk and Indianapolis. Still another case hinging on the Louisville decision has arisen in New Orleans and is pending before the Supreme Court. The case, according to the Dallas Express, arose from the desire of a white corporation "to open up a new addition for Negroes in a district which, heretofore, by a joint agreement, according to reports, has been designated as white." According to these reports, the City of Dallas intends to carry the case before the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Rice in his letter to the N. A. A. C. P., adds: "Three years prior to the present case, a case involving this issue arose in a section of the city presumably Negro but declared white at the instance of white property owners. A Negro was tried and fined and a group of Negroes at once raised $1,500 for defense and employed attorneys. City officials never brought the case to trial and the tenant was never forced to move. "It might be of interest to the Association to know that another attempt is being made to draft a statewide segregation ordinance and the representatives are being approached for their views on the question. The measure is one in five which have to do with city planning. It appears likely to raise a formidable question which will be of state-wide extent." Commenting on the above report, James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., said: "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will follow these developments closely. Meantime, it becomes more and more clear that in establishing the precedent laid down ten years ago through the Louisville case, the N. A. A. C. P. created a weapon which can be effectively used by colored people in any city or state to defeat segregation enactments." NAZARENE CHURCH BUYS NEW HOME New York City—The Nazarene Congregational church, Brooklyn, of which the Rev. Hugh H. Procter is pastor, has contracted to purchase the property of the Universalist church of Our Father, Grand avenue and Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, title to which will be taken by the Nazarene Congregational church next July. The property is purchased at $117,500 and $32,500 will be spent on improvements. N. A. A. C. P. LISTED IN SELECTED NATIONAL WELFARE AGENCIES The Welfare Information bureau of the Public Charities association of Pennsylvania, in a report entitled "Where to Turn," prepared for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Province of Washington, lists 16 outstanding national welfare agencies in its directory. One of those listed is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Others included are the American Red Cross, the American Social Hygiene association, the Boy Scouts of America, the National Child Labor committee and others. BISHOP WHITE OF SPRINGFIELD PREACHED AT ST. PHILIP'S Despite the unusual hour, the regular service being at 11 o'clock, a large congregation was present at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, last Sunday morning at 10 o'clock when the Rt. Rev. John Chanler White, bishop of Springfield, Ill., and head of the crusaders appointed to conduct the Bishops' Crusade in the Diocese of Nebraska, preached. His sermon from the twenty-third psalm made a profound and lasting impression upon the congregation. He spoke of it as being the psalm of life, depicting the soul's pilgrimage through life until it finds it place in the eternal mansions of the blessed. He called attention to its place in the Psalter between the twenty-second psalm, which he called "The Dirge of Life" and the twenty-fourth which is a paen of victory. He expressed his regret at having to hasten at the close of his sermon to fill an engagement at Trinity cathedral at eleven. Washington, D. C.—Individual restricted Indians of the Quapaw reservation in northeastern Oklahoma reaped a harvest of royalties amounting to $1,679,886 from the production of lead and zinc on their lands last year, according to information made public at the Interior Department recently. RED FEAR Strand Porter Bandit Victim Succumbs to Wounds Vol. XII—No. 30 TS SUI Strand Porter Bat tim Succumb John F. McCree, aged 49, porter at the Strand theatre, who was shot Monday noon by a bandit near the Athletic club, and robbed of $1,595 while accompanying the Strand cashier, Miss Helen Linaberry, to the Courtesy of Omaha Daily News First National bank, died Wednesday night at 7:10 at the Lord Lister hospital. At the inquest held Thursday afternoon at the Joseph D. Lewis funeral home, 2310 North Twenty- fourth street, George O'Neal, alias Nolan, held in connection with the case was bound over to the district court charged with first degree mur- EDUCATION REDEMPTION OF AFRICA SAYS NATIVE Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—Redemption of Africa through education is now the hope of the natives, declared John L. Dube, native Zulu educator, in an address here Sunday evening. Ignorance and tribalism have been the forces which have most retarded the advancement of the native, according to Mr. Dube. Definite steps are being taken to overcome ignorance through education and tribalism through the organization of the National Congress of Native Tribes. "Despite our suffering, and we suffer as no other peoples do, we are rising in South Africa," Mr. Dube stated. "The day is not far distant when Africa will again become a land of opportunity for Africans, when we shall again inherit the land that rightfully belongs to us." Mr. Dube is principal of a native school in South Africa. At the age of 15 he was brought to this country where he was educated, attending Oberlin college and other institutions. At that time he also visited Tuskegee Institute. He is remaining during the week at the Institute studying the Tuskegee methods of instruction. KAPPA ALPHAS GREET COOLIDGE Washington, D. C.—More than 100 visiting delegates to the sixteenth annual convention of the Kappa Alpha Psi being held here were included in a group which called upon President Coolidge to extend the greetings of the season. The convention was opened Sunday night and will continue through Thursday, on which day officers will be elected. Archie A. Alexander, Des Moines, Iowa, and T. Gillis Nutter, member of the West Virginia legislature, were presented with diamond-studded wreaths in recognition of their distinguished achievements. Alexander, an architect, recently won one of the Harmon awards. About 350 delegates from western universities and colleges attended the convention. VETERAN LETTER CARRIER E. G. Rozelle has begun his thirty-seventh year as letter carrier out of the South Omaha post office. He began work January 15, 1890 and has been faithfully on the job ever since. GROWING THANK YOU! Whole Number 600 UICIDE Bandit Vic- nbs to Wounds der. der. Monday about noon as McCree, who had been in the employee of the Strand theatre for the past fifteen years, was accompanying Miss Linaberry to the First National bank, and was carrying a satchel containing the Saturday and Sunday receipts, just as they were in front of the Athletic club, a bandit stepped behind McCree and ordered him to "drop that bag," pressing a gun against McCree's back and shooting him while making the demand. McCree turned and he was shot again. The bandit then grabbed the bag, jumped into a car which was moving slowly westward, his confederate opening the car door as soon as the shot was fired. The car sped westward on Douglas. Scores of spectators witnessed the holdup. Later in the day the police arrested George O'Neal at the Sanford hotel, whom one or two eye-witnesses positively identified as the bandit and other partially identified. Some of the witnesses were not positive, however. McCree was taken to Lord Lister hospital where he succumbed to his wounds Wednesday night. He is survived by his wife and a five-year-old daughter. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from the Lewis chapel, Rev. H. DeWitt, of Jacksonville, Ill., an old friend, officiating. BEAUTIFUL OPERETTA "THE SNOW QUEEN" SOON TO BE PRESENTED Sixty Children Have Been Rehearsing Musical Event for Four Months Under Best Teachers Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston has been training a cast of sixty school children for the past four months in the beautiful operetta, "The Snow Queen," which will be presented under her direction soon. Miss Tapps, the well-known dancing teacher, has been instructing them in artistic dancing and Professor Mizner in dramatic art. The operetta will be given in Technical High school auditorium, Thursday night, February 17. A representative of the Monitor has attended one or two rehearsals and does not hesitate to say that the operetta will be one of the most beautiful and artistic entertainments ever given in Omaha by any group of citizens, barring none. Tickets are soon to be placed on sale and there ought to be a packed house when the operetta is given. OUR STATE LEGISLATORS BUSY IN LEGISLATURE F. L. Barnett and Dr. John A. Singleton, representatives from the Ninth and Tenth districts are alert and busy in Lincoln. Barnett is a member of the committee on Fees and Salaries, and Singleton is on the committee on Cities and Towns. Barnett has introduced two bills known as H. R. the first being an anti-mob bill and the second an anti common-law marriage bill, and Dr. Singleton has introduced a bill H. R. No. providing for increasing the number of juvenile probation officers for Douglas county from three to six. SOLOMON ENDORSED FOR CITY COMMISSIONER The Workers' Community association, an organization of working men and women, has endorsed Charley Solomon, a business man, and chairman of business and professional men's club, for the race for city commissioner, subject to primaries in the spring. Plans are bing made to finance his campaign, petitions are now being circulated for sufficient number of electors. THE MAIL A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED OF COLORS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A MONITOR PUBLISH Entered as Second-Class Mail Mail Omaha, Nebraska, under THE NEV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb. MARTHA D. W. WILLIAMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $250 A YEAR Advertising Rates Furnished Address, The Monitor, Postal Telephone W AN IMPORTANT WORD The postal regulations must be sent through the mails so advance. A reasonable time renewals. At the expiration scriptions are not renewed, if this is not done, postal publication. 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Statements are being sent to all those who owe, or our collector will call—and unless your subscription is paid we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of course, we do not want to do. We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or pay the penalty. Yes, Omaha needs a new Union station and a new County and City hospital. Let us get busy and put these things over. Omaha is a good city. Let us all unite in making it a better one. MAKE A GOOD JOB OF IT It looks as though the litigation over the proposed municipal playground on North Twenty-first street north of Paul has about been settled and the playground, a much-needed utility, will soon be Negro Sanhed By Kel Negro Sanhedrin Redivivus By Kelly Miller Mr. Robert L. Vann, editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, has more than once, in an offhand editorial way, made querulous reference to the apparently defunct Negro Sanhedrin. This organization was projected some three yars ago with fair promise and good hope of success. I can recall no one who caught a fuller measure of its spirit and who was more ardently devoted to its aim and ideal than the redoutable editor of the Pittsburgh Courier. The apparent collapse of the movement, it must be confessed, was a serious setback, if not a permanent race misfortune to the race. But the movement is not dead, but sleeping. The fundamental and vital principles involved in its inception can never die. The importance and necessity of such a movement strengthens with the lapse of years. It cries out more loudly today than it did three years ago. The intervening years have but emphasized the demand. The utter inadequacy of existing agencies and organizations, working as they do independently, and often at cross purposes, makes some mode of unification imperative. Notwithstanding certain specific accomplishments, the race on the whole is steadily losing ground. The interests of twelve million Negroes are sacrificed by default. All because the present generation of leaders have not evinced the requisite ability or consecration to wisely and efficiently administer the vast estate of racial welfare committed to its charge. This is a terrific indictment against the Negro intelligence; but it is no more terrific than the plain facts make necessary. Why is it, one might ask, that twelve million Negroes, to whom has been vouchsafed every right by the Constitution, have been divested of a plaything? Plainly enough, it is because the requisite political sagacity has not been forthcoming. Will any one say that the Negro's political estate has been wisely and efficiently managed? Are we doing the best we can or are we reaping the fruits of selfishness, cowardice and sloth? Will any one stand up in his place and say that the Negro is incapable of availing himself of his political prerogative more effectively than he has done or is doing? The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. The N. A. A. C. P. and the Equal Rights league have been battling away at our political and civil rights. Specific accomplishments are commendable, but the curve is steadily pointing downward. Not a single PAGE TWO NEW NEEDS Vital Principles Involved Response Feeble come a reality. Why should the Whalen houses, which are crowded in, in disgraceful and unsanitary proximity on the corner of Twenty-first and Paul street be allowed to remain there? Clear these houses off and use the whole tract. Let the city condemn and buy the property now occupied by the Whalen shacks. PAVE PAUL STREET One thing suggests another. When is Paul street going to be paved? Mr. Koutsky, please get busy on this needed improvement. generic evil at which they aim has been seriously affected. Jim crow cars, disfranchisement, segregation, separate schools, and anti-intermarriage regulations are stronger intrenched in public favor than they ever have been before. The response of the race to these appals has been ridiculously feeble. Is this the best that the race can do? Or is it possible by united assault to make these iniquitous foundations tremble? The Urban League and the Y. M. C. A. are doing their quantum of good, in their specific fields, but they do not scratch the surface of racial life and needs. The interracial conferences are moving nicely along the lines of limited service. All these agencies are functioning in some sort of fashion, and yet we are not saved. The demand for an all-race council is so obvious that a wayfaring man, even though a fool, cannot but see the wisdom therefor. This council or organization must be of Negro conception, initiative and support. Up to the present time all such movements have been short lived, or linger to function feebly and imperfectly. On the other hand these movements that have been founded have been more permanent and e-fand fostered by white overlordship fective. The N. A. A. C. P. is more effective than the Equal Rights league, although they have precisely the same program and platform, simply because the former, up to now, has been under white general overseership, while the latter has striven to sail under its own steam. Generous Help from Whites In the Urban league, the Y. M. C. A., and the Inter-Racial Conferences, white men have been good enough and generous enough to work with Negroes for Negroes. They have furnished the principles of procedure as well as the sinews of war. All honor to them. We still need much more of such vicarious fostering. May their good work continue and their tribe increase. But the handwriting is plainly legible on the wall. In all such movements, they must decrease, we must increase. The white man has done for us the best which he is calculated to do. The one thing most needed to be done he is wholly incapable of effecting. His very fostering help serves to defeat the emergence of a race consciousness, from which alone can spring efficient racial relief. Without the race consciousness which has the stubbornness and strength to hold these scattered fragmentary elements to a fixed objective and persistent procedure, all of our efforts and good deeds All-Race Council Needed THE MONITOR will be but vanity and vexation of spirit. Aim of Sanhedrin This is the fundamental aim of the Negro Sanhedrin. No other foundation can be laid than that which has been laid. The race must needs come to it, whither it be the next year, the next decade or the next century. Are we now ready for it, or must we wait for a more propitious period? Suspended Animation Three years ago, I thought that the time was ripe. I laid down the foundation and called the initial meeting in the city of Chicago. The meeting met with more than the anticipated success. My basic principles were approved with scarcely the dotting of an "i" or the crossing of a "t". There seemed to be good prospects of its immediate fruition. Why then, it is reasonably asked, did the movement not continue to move? 1. There was a lack of funds. Voluntary subscriptions were sufficient to defray the preliminary expenses of the first meeting, with a small surplus which is still in the hands of the treasurer, Professor John R. Hawkins. There was no adequate provision to secure a meeting of the executive committee, who lived in widely distant cities. There was no provision for adequate office force and clerk hire. The necessities of the movement required the full time of a highly qualified man and annual hire of not less than four thousand dollars. The whites could not be appealed to as in the case of the N. A. A. C. P. and the Urban league or the Y. M. C. A. This would defeat the spirit of the movement. No organization will carry itself, nor can it operate with purely voluntary service. 2. Very distressing conditions developed within Howard University, which engrossed much of the energies of the promoter of the Negro Sanhedrin to combat. 3. Existing organizations, more or less conscious of their self-sufficiency followed the Negro Sanhedrin, as Peter followed the Savior—afar off. There was not that whole-hearted proffer of assistance that the Sanhedrin on the part of many, who failed to understand that the Sanhedrin was not come to destroy their function, but to fulfill. 4. I immediately found that so great a project could not be promoted as a duty, but it must be made a business. It is absolutely necessary to employ men of the comprehension and breadth of James Weldon Johnson, Eugene Kinckle Jones, C. H. Tobias and George H. Haynes to do the work that needed to be done. White men have rendered a great service by showing us how our own racial affairs must be managed. There was no such provision; therefore the movement did not move. 5. I am personally willing to take to myself all of the blame which any one may be disposed to impute. The apparent failure stands greatly to the discredit of my personal sagacity to safeguard all of these unforeseen contingencies. But now what of the future? Suppose I should fully efface myself. The foundation remains awaiting the superstructure. Is there sufficient statesmanship in the race to take hold of the work and carry it on and carry it up? The hour of the Negro Sanhedrin Redivivus is at hand—shall it be revived? Who says so? Religious services were conducted as usual at all churches. The attendance was quite good. The official board gave a chicken dinner at Mount Zion Thursday evening, January 27. Mr. A. L. Wilson is yet confined with illness. Mary Magdalene mission was entertained by Mrs. Ida Todd at her home, 665 South 20th street, last Tuesday night. A profitable meeting was held. The Utopian Art Club was entertained by Mrs. Viola McDaniel last Thursday night at their home. Mrs. Sarah Saunders passed away last Thursday afternoon at a local hospital, after undergoing a surgical operation for a serious affliction. She leaves as survivors, her husband, George Saunders, four daughters, Mrs. Corinne Neal, Mrs. Electra Murray, Alberta and Pindola at home, two sister, Mrs. Jennie Shanks, Mrs. Grace Shelby, and two brothers, Joshua and Roy Coleman. The funeral was held from Quinn chapel, A. M. E. church, Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in charge of Rev. M. C. Knight, who preached a profound sermon, being assisted by Rev. H. W. Botts of Mount Zion Baptist church and Mr. Johnson of the Newman Methodist church. The Daugh- Aim of Sanhedrin LINCOLN. NEBR ters of Isis and Hatipa chapter of the Eastern Star turned out to pay their last respects to their deceased member. A host of friends were in evidence. Floral offerings were fine and our sincere sympathy goes out to the bereaved husband and family. DANCE JESSE STONE AND HIS BLUE SERENADERS COMING TO Dreamland Hall Friday, Jan. 28, 1927 Subscribe for THE MONITOR Omaha’s Reliable Race Weekly $2.00 a Year JESSE STORE DIE SCHMIDT Admission 50c The law suit which DeWayne Williams brought against Robert F. Swanek and Emma Musgrave for damages for injuries he sustained last May by being hit by their auto- mobile, was tried last week and resulted in a verdict in favor of the child for $900. DeWayne is the six-year-old son of Mrs. Ruth Williams Lewis and the grandson of Mr. A. W. Anderson. The Williams' boy was represented by Attorney H. J. Pinkett. TONE ADERS Hottest Band Available Whether You Dance or Not Come and Hear This Red Hot Band BURBON & CO. Distinctive Apparel for Women McCrory Bldg. A Special Purchase From a High Grade Manufacturer of 200 Wool Dresses These charming dresses were procured at less than ½ of their wholesale value. We will place them on sale only in one great sale at— 895 Sizes 14 to 52 Included are some of our own silk dresses and Kasha Cloths in tailored and fancy styles. All Colors and Sizes PERSONALS Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Building, JAckson 3841 or Harney 2156. Mr. J. Dillard Crawford, who has been recently appointed assistant auditor in the office of the county clerk, is ill at his home, 2505 Maple street, with an attack of appendicitis. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large experience. Handles all law cases. 2310 North Twenty-second street. WEbster 4162. Mrs. George Watson entertained ten guests with a theatre party in honor of Mesdames William and David Burns and Clarence Spears, last Wednesday evening, followed by supper at her home, 2715 North Twenty-eighth avenue. FOR RENT—Seven room house, all modern. Hot water. heat. Half-block from carline. $25.00 per month. WE. 4810. tf.-12-10-26. Mrs. Julia Wright, who has been very ill at her home, 1918 North Twenty-fifth street, since Christmas, is able to be about again. Miss Louise Scott, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Scott, 2885 Miami street, who has been detained at home the past week by illness is much better. FOR RENT—All modern neatly furnished room. Webster 6498. Mrs. Jessie Williams, who has been quite ill at the University hospital for the past month, has recovered sufficiently to go to St. Louis, Mo., to be with her sister. She left Sunday. Mrs. Larry N. Peoples entertained a few young matrons at cards Monday afternoon at her home, 2606 North 30th street, in honor of Mrs. Clarence Spears of Battle Creek, Mich. FOR RENT—Furnished and unfurnished rooms. Web. 1177. There will be a three-day program at Bethel A. M. E. Church, January 27, 28 and Sunday, January 29, at 3 o'clock. Don't fail to see the "Messiah in Song," at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Friday evening, January 28, at eight o'clock. FOR RENT—Four modern housekeeping rooms, $22 a month. Webster 3030. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Smith returned Sunday morning from Atlanta, Ga., where they went to put on BURBO Distinctive Apparel for Woman A Special From a H a style show for Atlanta university for the benefit of the endowment fund. Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Atlanta university and was very happy to be able to help by this effort the endowment for her alma mater. Mr. and Mrs. Smith also visited in Augusta, Ga., Tuskegee and Chicago. Mesdames William and David Burns of Battle Creek, Mich., who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, and Mr. Mahammitt since Christmas, returned to their home Saturday morning. Many delightful social functions were given for them. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Ray, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lecoq, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Harris, entertained Thursday, January 6th, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Harris, 2406 North Twenty-first street, for Mrs. Maud E. Ray of Topoka, Kansas, who was visiting relatives and friends in Omaha during the holidays. About 50 guests were present. Milton Rubith entertained with a stag party of about 20 guests Sunday afternoon and evening at 2401 Patrick avenue. The evening was spent in cards with music. The light repast consisted of Japanese salad, cream wafers with musk-mellon nut sundae. Arthur Crawford acted as toastmaster. "BATHING BEAUTIES" Modern burlesque can look the whole world in the face and wink at the efforts of others who copy its methods of entertainment; but away down deep in the secret places of museum construction, lies a formula that cannot be projected over the footlights with any other class of entertainer other than burlesque. Therein rests the popularity of burlesque, when properly presented with novelty of acts and reputability of performers. One of the most successful shows upon the burlesque stage and one that has stood the test of years for entertainment and originality, is the "Batring Beauties" scheduled here at the Gayetey theatre, commencing next Sunday for a full week's engagement, with Jack Hunt as the star comedian, and Ethel Bailey, the featured prima donna. This entertainment is so unique and original that it may go on forever as a funmaker of exquisite fabric and as an exhibition of delicacy and artistry. ENTERTAIN AT CARDS Sergeant and Mrs. Isaac Bailey entertained at a very pleasant card party Thursday evening at their attractive residence, 2816 Pratt street, in honor of Mesdames William- and David Burns, and Clarence Spears THE MONITOR of Battle Creek, Mich., sisters and niece of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, who have been her house guests for the holidays. The first prize for ladies and for score and the first guest prize was awarded to Mrs. Clarence Spears. The second guest prize went to Mrs. William Burns and the third to Mrs. David Burns. The first prize for the gentlemen was awarded to Mr. Tony Jackson. The booby prize went to Mrs. Alphonso Wilson. A delicious lunch was served late in the evening. Thirty-five guests were present. The public is cordially invited to attend a recital given by Evelyn Battles, violinist assisted by Odessa Banks, mezzo soprano at Hillside Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, January 26—8 p. m. PROGRAM Part I Sonatina Guninan ..... Schubert Evelyn Battles (a) Were My Song With Wings Provided ..... Hahn (b) Maiden's Wish ..... Chopin Odessa Banks (a) Cantina ..... Raff (b) Schan Rose Marie ..... Kreister (c) Hindoo Chant Rimsky-Korsakoff (d) Elves Dance ..... Atherton Evelyn Battles Part II Scene de Ballet ..... De Beriot Evelyn Battles (a) Duna ..... McGill (b) Until ..... Sanderson Odessa Banks (a) Legende ..... Bohm (b) Hungarian Dance ..... Harsche Evelyn Battles Anyone who from any cause finds life dull and unprofitable can rejoice and take up the joy of living, with the announcement that the "Bathing Beauties" are coming here, and that the exhibition of the "female form divine" is said to be even more inviting and attractive than at any time in the history of this favorite presentation. The fascinating offering will be the attraction at the Gayety theatre, commencing Sunday next for a week's engagement with Jack Hunt, as the star comedian and Ethel Bailey as the featured prima donna. The "Bathing Beauties" are said to be more bewitch- I. Levy DRUGGIST New LAKE THEATRE 24th AND LAKE STS. Always in the Lead Sunday and Monday January 23-24 Big Double Show "Kosher Kitty Kelly" with VERA GORDON NAT PARR and FLORENCE VIDOR in "The Popular Sin" also STAGE SHOW SUNDAY ONLY No Advance in Prices Tuesday, January 25 MARY CARR in "The Hidden Way" Also Comedy Wednesday and Thursday January 26-27 "So's Your Old Man" with W. C. FIELDS Friday and Saturday January 28-29 TOM MIX in "The Lucky Horse Shoe" Register Now for Black Bottom Contest Sunday, January 30. While BACON is 50c a Pound, Why Not EAT RABBIT Till Bacon Comes Down? Massey's Little Grocery 27th and Ohio Streets HOTEL CUMING 1916 Cuming Street Rooms by day — 50c, 75c, $1.00 By the week — $2.00 to $4.00 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Mrs. Mayme Mason D. G. Russell, Prop. — Omaha Phone JA. 2466 WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA MISS BATTLES IN RECITAL "BATHING BEAUTIES" ing than last year, that their garments are more diaphanous, their dancing more complicated and their singing more devoted to catchy songs than classic ditties. Bessie Brooks and Anna Trottman are the soubrettes, who are said to inject lots of speed, spice and snap into the offering, and Jack Sacks, Lew Petel and Phil Howard contribute their share to keeping pace with the girls. CENTRAL HIGH GRADUATES Miss Elaine Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith, 3027 Manderson street, and Miss Virginia Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Jackson, 3117 Corby street, are among the graduates of Central High school who will receive their diplomas at the commencement exercises next Friday night. Both girls have made excellent records in scholarship during the entire course. Miss Jackson being elected to the honor society for her high standing. They will enter the University of Omaha next semester. Both young ladies intend to prepare themselves for teaching. W. B. Bryant, Attorney PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the estate of Alonzo Jackson, deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the creditors will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County on the 17th day of March, 1927, and on the 17th day of May, 1927, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims, from the 14th day of February, 1927. 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The Brandeis Store Buy on Our Easy Paymen Plan—No Interest Charged STUART'S ART SHOP ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE Picture Framing and Enlarging 1803 North Twenty-ourth Street PATRONIZE MONITOR ADVERTISERS THE HAMITIC LEAGUE Suite H, 4707 Calumet Avenue CHICAGO The Brandeis Sto —"Saturday, January 22nd" is Courtesy Day in our february Furniture S CES ARE GREATLY LOWER Come in Saturday—look around and see the values offerel in this February event. Our whole seventh floor—just full of outstanding savings on quality furniture. Come in—see—compare! Brandeis Furniture Seventh Floor on Our Easy Paymen Plan—No Interest Ch PAGE THREE PAGE FOUR The Doom Trail By Arthur D. Howden Smith Author of PORTO BELLO GOLD, Etc. (@ by Brentano's.) WNU Service THE STORY CHAPTER I.—Harry Ormerod, prescribed traitor to King George as a Stuart partisan, returning from France to Juggins from a band of assassins. Juggins proves to be the grandson of a former steward of Ormerod's father, to himself indebted Ormerod tells Juggins he has abandoned the Stuart cause. CHAPTER II.—Juggins tells Ormerod of a Jacobite plot in the American colonies to weaken England by forwarding French interests. Their English return to King James is one England threat. Ormerod is one Andrew Murray, a Scotman, and a Frenchman. De Veille, deadly enemy Ormerod and their scheme Ormerod sees them. Anticipating the plotters early return to America, Juggins arranges for Ormerod to go there with Ormerod to guard the Juggins, and to work fell Murray. CHAPTER III.—Disgusted as Juggins' servant, Ormerod takes passage to America. He meets a Scottish girl, the mother of his late indentation agent. De Veille recognizes him, and their enmity flames. The Frenchman denounces Ormerod to the girl as a slave, and the girl, his wife, his repulses Ormerod's proffer of friendship. He is thrown into the sea by an unseen assailant. CHAPTER IV.—Ormerod, regaining the deck, has recognized his assailant as Murray's servant. Tom, giant negro, is sent to Ormerod, and negro to assassinate him, but a truce is arranged. At New York Ormerod saves an Indian from insult. The Indian, english, is Ta-wan-arz, Seneca chief. CHAPTER V.—Governor Burnet welcomes Ormerod as a friend of Juggins, and tells him Murray's aims. By what smuggles furs, which should come to New York, to the French in Canada. With Ta-wan-ne-ars, and a gigantic cocoon, Ormerod agrees to go to Niagara, French outpost, and spy out the secrets of the Droom Trail. Of course speaks French. To Ve-ve the Droom, Ormerod-n-ne-ars affliated life, now he Frenchman's mistress, and the red man seeks revenge. Ta-wan-ne-ars saves Ormerod's life in an attack on him by Murray's henchman, Bolling. CHAPTER VI.—Accusing Murray, without avail, of inciting Bolling, Ormerod learns the girl's name is Marjory. With his two companions he begins the journey. I was overjoyed—and in no need to simulate my sentiments. This was good fortune. "Was I not camping beside the Regiment de Provence when we were on the Italian frontier? "Tis a pleasant way those lads have of talking. And such good companions with the bottle! Ah, for some of that warm southern wine at this moment instead of the accursed rum. Rum is good only for savages." "You say truth." applauded Joncaire. "Come your ways within. Jean, and you shall taste of the blood of La Belle France—although it be not our Provence vintage. By the way, do you know Provence?" "I cannot say so with honesty, monsieur." I fenced, "although I have been in Aries." "In Aries!" He flung his arms around my neck. "Jean, I love you, my lad! I was born in St. Remi, which is but a short distance out in the diocese." We were now in the entrance of the log house, and Joncaire opened wide the door. "Jean, you are a lad in a million!" he pronounced. "You shall drink deep. I have some wine which Bigon the intendant fetched out for a few of us—you will understand you must say naught of it hereafter; it never paid duty. Aye, we shall make a fine night of it, and you shall tell me of all that has passed in Arles these many years. He clapped his hands, and a soldier entered. "Francois," announced Joncaire, "this is Jean Courbevoir, who will be my guest until he departs. He has been in Arles, Francois. Remember that. What he orders you will render to him. Now bring us the fagon of wine which Monstieur Bigon sent out this spring." The soldier saluted me as if I were a marshal of France and brought in the flagon of the intendant's wine with the exquisite reverence which only a son of France could bestow upon the choicest product of the soil of France. "Pour it out, Francois," commanded Joncaire. The soldier hesitated. "And Monsieur de Lery?" he said. "A thousand million curses?" exploded Joncaire. "Am I to wait for him? Am I to sacrifice my choicest wine in his gullet?" "Who is Monsieur de Lery?" I asked as Francois filled a thick mug with the ruby juice. "What? You do not know him? This pompous whiper-snapper who sets out to teach Louis Thomas de Joncaire, sleur de Chabert, his duty, after thirty-five years on the frontier—pah! He is—" "Monsieur de Lery enters," interposed Francois with a glance at the doorway. A slender, wiry little man in a wig several sizes too big for him strode into the room. He favored me with a curious glance, nodded to Jonaire and took a seat across the table from me. My host made a wry smile and motioned Francois to bring a third mug. "Hola, Monsieur de Lery," he said. "This is a gallant young forest-runner, one Jean Courbevolir, who has come to tell me that charming idiot Alphonse de Tony has been chased out of Le de Troit by the Messesagues. Jean, Monsieur de Lery is the king's engineer officer in Canada." "Another case of a log fortification, I suppose," remarked de Lery sarcastically in a dry, crackling voice. "You gentlemen will never learn." "You must think we grow louls d'or instead of furs in Canada," growled Joncaire. "Be sure, we of the wilderness posts are the most anxious to have stone walls around us. Well, what headway have you made?" "I have traced out the lines of the central mass," replied De Lery, taking a gulp of the wine. "Tomorrow I shall mark out a surrounding work of four bastions to encompass it." He rose from his seat. "Speaking for myself, I have had sufficient wine, and I shall retire. If the masons bring in the loads of stone we expect in the morning, we shall be able to lay the first course by noon." Joncale twisted his face into a grilmace as De Lery ascended a steep flight of ladder-stairs to an upper story. "What is the difficulty, monsleur?" I inquired sympathetically. "Why, at last I have persuaded this stupid, timorous government of ours to build me a proper fort." Tis the only way we shall hold the sacre English in check. With a fort here we can control in some measure the intercourse betwint the western tribes and the English. Also, we shall have a constant threat here to keep the Ironons at peace. "Well, I worked up Vaudreuil to approve it, obtained the grants from Paris, secured the necessary mechanics—and then they sent this popinjay to supervise the work. I had pitched on this site here. He would have none of it. No, he must overturn all my plans and put the new works several miles down the river where it runs into the lake. He is conceited with himself because he has been charged with all the works of fortification in Canada." "Are there others then, monsleurt? I asked casually, busying my nose in the wine-mug. "Aye, to be shre. He is to build a wall around Montreal, and to strength en the enceinte of Quebec." "But we are at peace with these sacre English." I objected. winked at the over the rim of his hung "For the present, yes. But how long Jean? Every year that passes the English grow in strength, and we be come weaker; I speak now in matters of trade; for after all, lad, the coun- try which obtains the mastery in trade must be the military master of any contending nation. I may be only a simple soldier, but so much I have learned. "We are a colony of soldiers and traders, well armed and disciplined. They are an infinitely larger group of colonies with only a few soldiers and traders, but many husbandmen. Give them time, and they will obtain such a grip on the soil of the wilderness that they cannot be pried loose. But if we use our temporary advantage, and keep them from winning supremacy in the trade with the savages, then, my Jean, we may force a war upon them at an early day, and we shall win." "Surely we have that supremacy now!" He winked at me again, and drew from a drawer in the table a heavy book such as accounts are kept in. "Jean," he said. "I am about to disclose to you a secret—which is not a secret, because every trader who works for himself is acquainted with it. "Here is the account for this post for the year just ended. We handled a total of 204 'green' deerskins and 23 packets of various kinds of furs. On these we cleared a profit of 2,382 livres, 3 sols, 9 deniers (about $476), which would not come anywhere near covering the operating expenses of the post. You will find the same story at every post from here to the Mississipi." "Why, monsleur?" "These sacre English! First they turn the Iroquois against us; then they build the post of Fort Oswego, at the foot of the Onondaga's river on Irondequoit bay (now Oswego, N. Y.); then they send out a swarm of young men to trap and shoot in the Indian country; then they pass this accursed law that forbids us obtaining Indian goods from the New York merchants! Peste, what a people! They have us in a noose." I shook my head dolefully. "Ah, monsieur, you make me very sorrowful." I said. "I came out to Canada thinking to make my fortune, but if what you say be true, I am more likely to be killed by the English." "No, no, it's not so bad as that," he answered quickly. The governor-general has waked up. It seems that in France they are not quite ready for another war, but we are charged to make preparations as rapidly as possible. There is an emissary coming soon from Paris, who will have instructions for the frontier posts and the friendly Indians. It may be we can persuade the English to be stupid enough to revoke this law of theirs. In any case, my Jean, you will have heard of the Doom Trail?" I crossed myself devoutly. "I have heard nothing good of it, monsieur," I said fearfully. "Humph! I don't doubt it. And mind you, Jean, for myself, I do not like that kind of business. But after all 'tis trade over the Doom Trail which keeps you and me in our jobs. Without it—well, this post would shut down. And they do say at Quebec THE MONITOR that if we can start a revolution in England for this Pretender of theirs and war at the same time, we shall be able to take the whole continent from them." There was a commotion at the door "Bind the Indian." shouted a voice in French. "Hah, I thought so! We meet again, Ormerod!" De Veulle stood on the threshold, his rifle leveled at my breast. "Bring the Indian inside here," he called behind him. A group of Cahnuagas, frightfully painted, with their grotesque bristling feather headdresses, hustled Ta-wan-nears into the room. But now Joncaire asserted himself "What do you mean by this, Monsteur de Veulle?" he demanded. "This man is a forest-runner, Jean Courbevoir, a messenger from De Tony. The Indian is a Messesague—as you should see by his paint and beadwork." "Bah!" sneered De Veille. "They fooled you. The Indian is Ta-wan-nears, of the Seneca Wolves, war chief of the Iroquois. The white man is Harry Ormerod, an English spy and a deserter from the Jacobites. He was stationed in Paris for some years, and recently was sent to New York. Burnet, the governor of New York, dispatched him here to spy out what you are doing." "That may be so," assented Jon calaire; "but it happens that I command here. These men are my prisoners. You will order your Indians from the room. Francois, get your musket and stand guard." De Veille drew a paper from a pocket inside his leather shirt and presented it to Joncaire with irritating deliberation. "Here," he said. "you may find my warrant from the king himself to exercise what powers I deem necessary along the frontier. Only the governor-general may overrule me." Joncale studied the paper. "That is so," he admitted. "But I tell you this. De Veille, you have a bad record on the frontier for a trouble-maker. But for you I should have had the Senecas and Onondagas in our interest before this. I write to Quebec by the first post, demanding a check upon your activities. We have too much at stake to permit you to jeopardize it." "At De-o-nun-de-ga-a it is known that Ta-wan ne-ars and his brother Ormerod journeyed to Jagara," interposed the Seneca in his own language. "Does Joncale think the Senecas will be quiet when one of their chiefs is given up to the Keepers of the Doom Trail for torment?" "The Senecas will be told that you never reached Jagara," replied De Veuille before Joncaire could speak. Joncaire turned to me. "Well, my Jean," he said soberly. "whatever your name may be. you have gotten yourself into a nasty mess. You will be lucky if you die quickly. My advice to you is to pick the first chance to die, no matter how it may be. These Keepers—peste! They are a bad lot. They are artists in torment. 'Tis part of their religion which I will say they still practice, even though Pere Hyacinthe were to excommunicate me." As he was about to climb the stairs De Lery had ascended. De Veuille called him back. "One moment! Speaking officially, Monsleur de Joncaire, I desire you to send out belts to all friendly tribes, summoning them to a council-fire which will be held here by the king's command in August." Joncaire bowed. "It shall be done," he said. "Now then"—De Veulle addressed me—"we will consider your case. Are the bands sufficiently tight?" I had been bound with strips of rawhide which cut into every muscle. The question was superfluous. "Pick them up," he said to the Cahnugas. "We will get back to the canoes." Despite the tightness of my bonds and the numbness they induced, I fell asleep, rocked by the easy motion of the canoe as it was driven along by the powerful arms of the Cahnugas. (Continued Next Week.) OMAHA BOY MAKING GOOD ON THE STAGE Worthington Williams, who is appearing with the Famous Capitolians and being featured as a stro-violinist, is receiving most favorable comment for his work in the Canadian newspapers. He recently made his professional debut at the Capitol Theatre in Winnipeg and was awarded first prize in a contest. After his engagement in Winnipeg he will leave on a tour of western Canada on the western division of the Capitol circuit. His name appears on the bills as "Worthy Williams." ST. PHILIP'S ELECTS VESTRY AND DELEGATES At an adjourned parish meeting held in the Guild Rooms Monday night the parish of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, completed the election of its vestry and chose delegates to the annual diocesan council which meets in Trinity cathedral next month. The wardens and vestry chosen consist of the following: J. Francis Smith, senior warden; Dr. Herbert Wiggins, junior warden; Henry W. Black, Charles W. Dickerson, William G. Haynes, Dr. W. W. Peebles, Malcolm Scott, Charles T. Smith and Calvin H. Spriggs "It shall be done" he said. Messrs. J. F. Smith, W. G. Haynes and Dr. Wiggins were electd as delegates to the diocesan council and Messrs. Henry W. Black, Charles T. Smith and Dr. W. W. Peebles as alternates. At a meeting held Wednesday night at the residence of Charles T. Smith, 2916 North Twenty-eighth avenue, the Men's Club of St. Philip's elected the following officers: Dr. W. W. Peebles, president; Malcolm Scott, secretary and Dr. Craig Morris, treasurer. The club which is organized for social as well as religious and intellectual work, decided to have as its first social event of the year a pre-Lenten ball at Dreamland hall, Monday night, February 21. BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON A birthday luncheon was given in honor of Miss Alice Crum of Pittsburgh, Pa., by Miss Lillian Westbrook at the residence of Mrs. Sallie Matthews, 2410 North Twenty-first street, Sunday, January 16. The following guests were present: Sam Cooksey, C. B. Hollins, Charles Burton, James Jones, Claud Burdette, Daisey Shanks, Lucille Whitley, Addie George, Francis Pate and Carrie Goodlette. OMAHA WAITERS' ASSOCIATION Mr. A. C. Oglesby addressed the Omaha Waiters' Association at its forum held at its headquarters, $2704\frac{1}{2}$ Lake street, last Thursday night on "Mob Psychology," which was well received by his audience and elicited an animated discussion. The meeting then elected officers for the ensuing year with the following results: A. C. Oglesby, president; R. B. Hill, vice president; C. T. Smith, secretary; C. M. Anderson, assistant secretary; C. H. Spriggs, treasurer; Morris Green, chairman house committee; H. A. Annis, manager; W. H. Owens, custodian; Fred Trusty, R. C. Cole, A. T. Jordan, executive committee. A buffet luncheon with the Bachelor-Benedict club as guests, concluded a delightful evening. Installation and Inaugural An enthusiastic group gathered at the St. John A. M. E. Church to witness and participate in the installation and inaugural program of the Omaha branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This was a new departure and proved quite interesting and inspiring. M. H. W. Black, chairman of the executive committee, presided effectively and pleasingly. Rev. Jno. A. Williams, retiring president, very cogently and concisely set forth the purpose, work and rightful demands of the N. A. A. C. P., citing the cases now pending. He especially stressed the latest case, that against the Atlantic Coast Line railway and the Pullman company for ruthlessly ejecting one of our women en route through the state of Florida. In all these legal battles is the individual fight of every Negro of America. Why then does he not rally zealously to the support of this one organization that thus fights his battles? The secretary's report showed that both the branch and executive committee had been very active in spite of the sorrowful lack of interest shown. President-elect Hunter in a well thought out address urged loyalty and new zeal towards the carrying out of the unsurpassed platform of the N. A. A. C. P. Dr. Peebles with evident feling told the newly installed officers that he felt out of place to attempt to deliver a charge to men who had toiled so faithfully under such adverse and untoward circumstances. He bade them God-speed and pledged undivided support to the cause. In a brief appeal for members, eleven names were handed in with $10.50 in cash. In every way the meeting augured much good for the ensuing year. TO ORGANIZE WELFARE CLUB Employees of Armour south side packing plant under the direction of Mr. George Payne of the hog-killing department, will meet at 3 p. m., Sunday, January 23rd, in the cultural center, 2915 R street, for the purpose of organizing a welfare club among the employees of that company. Robert A. Falls, president of the Workers Community association, and Milton L. Hunter, president of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P., will address the meeting. Why Is the Lincoln Market Always Crowded? ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR 1406 No. 24th St. Web. 1411 N. A. A. C. P. Office, WEbster 4030—PHONES—Ren., WEbster 0940 JOSEPH D. LEWIS UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR With a full line of Caskets, Robes, Suits and Dresses on display. EMBALMING, $25.00 2018 North 24th Street Omaha, Nebraska N. W. WARE ATTORNEY AT LAW 1208 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phones Webster 6018-Atlantic 8192. PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. 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Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEbster 6194 RESTAURANTS PEATS RESTAURANT, 1405 North 24th Street. Where those who de sire good home cooking at reason able prices go. WEbster 0530. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reason able prices. All work guaranteed 1415 North 24th St. WEbster 5064 UNDERTAKERS JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers 24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100 Satisfactory service always. LAWYERS W. B. BRYANT. Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnam Sts. AT. 9344 or Ken. 4072. HOTELS Harry Brown, Express and Transfer Trunks and Baggage checked. Try us for your moving and hauling. Also, coal and ice for sale at all times. Phone Webster 2973. 2013 Grace street. ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th Street. Two phones. WEBster 2770 and 2771. Well equipped to supply your needs. Prompt service. THE PEOPLES' DRUG STORE, 24th and Erskine Streets. We carry a full line. Prescriptions promptly filled. WEBster 6323. PLUMPERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO. J. F. Allison, manager. Estimates furnished. 3025 Evans St. Phone KE. 6848. A. F. PEOPLIES. Painting and desor- ating, wall paper and glass. Plaster- ing, cement and general work. Shar- win-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St. Phone Webster 6366. FOR RENT—Nearly furnished room. Modern home. With kitchen privi- lege. Call Web. 6498. —tf. FOR RENT—Front bedroom for rent in private family, with kitchen privileges. Couple preferred. Call Web. 6179. —2t. FOR RENT—Seven room house, modern except heat, to desirable tenants, white or colored. Rent reasonable. Phone Webster 1823. 4t. H. J. Pinkett, Attorney PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the estate of Frances E. Mortimer, deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 23rd day of March, 1927, and on the 23rd day of May, 1927, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 19th day of February, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD County Judge. 4t—1-21-27. Ed. F. Morearty, Attorney NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT To Marian Ward, non-resident defendant: You are hereby notified that James A. Ward, your husband, the plaintiff, filed his petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, on the 16th day of October, 1926, to obtain an absolute divorce from you on the grounds of cruelty and desertion. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 21st day of February, 1927. JAMES A. WARD. 4t—1-21-27. D. 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