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WOMAN SHOOTS HUSBAND--IS FREED LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year—5 Cents a Copy WOMA NEIGHBORS ALLEGE WIFE DELIBERATELY SHOOTS HUSBAND Alius Wright, Pullman Porter, Victim of Wilful Murder at Hands of Spouse, According to Story of Witnesses FREED BY CORONER'S JURY Many Spectators Who Attended Inquest Express Disappointment and Astonishment at Verdict According to the story of several neighbors and witnesses to the tragedy, Alius Wright, aged 54, a Pullman porter, residing with his family at 2627 Charles street, was wantonly and deliberately killed by his wife, Alma, aged 41, on Twenty-seventh street, between Hamilton and Charles, not far from their residence, shortly after 6 o'clock Tuesday night, following a quarrel which it is alleged, started in their home. Mrs. Wright told the police that the quarrel began when her husband came home and found the meal prepared but not on the table and that he struck her with a chair and pulled a gun on her and in the tussle to get the gun away and save her life, the gun was discharged. Her story is in direct conflict with the facts as given to the police and to The Monitor by witnesses. However, the quarrel may have started in the home, it is alleged by witnesses that Wright had left the house and that Mrs. Wright went hunting for him with a gun. She asked some children which way he went. As she emerged from the alley she intercepted him and shot him. After he had fallen to the ground she fired two more shots at him. This was on Twenty-seventh street between Hamilton and Charles and in broad daylight. The inquest was held at Jones & Company undertaking parlors, Tuesday afternoon at which the coroner's jury exonerated her. The verdict disappointed and astounded the spectators who had crowded the room to hear the testimony. Only a few witnesses had been subpoened. Robert A. Morton, white, residing at 2639 Charles street, testified that about 6:20 p. m., he was sitting on his north front porch when he heard a revolver shot, followed at a short interval by two other shots. He did not see who fired them. Jessie Wright, aged 17, daughter of the couple, testified that she arrived home from Technical high school about 5 o'clock, having left school about 4:30 and walked home. She found her father and mother fighting at the front door and as he was attempting to strike his wife with a chair, the daughter warded it off. She said she heard her father say to her mother, "I'll kill you." She didn't hear her mother say anything. She sat on the front porch, according to her testimony, until after 6 o'clock and knew nothing of the shooting. Dr. Clenneghan, coroner's physician, testified as to the two gunshot wounds found in the left thigh and right leg, and stated that the cause of death was a hemorrhage from the puncturing of the large blood vessels in the left leg. Douglas Munson, brother of Mrs. Wright, testified that "just about 6 o'clock" his sister and her husband were "fighting in the kitchen" and that Wright was attempting to hit her with a chair and said he would "knock her damn brains out, or something like that." He made them stop and they went into "one of the other rooms," he didn't know which one. He didn't know who owned the revolver. Mrs. Mary Dorransen, 1314 North Twenty-seventh street, heard one shot and then two, and saw the man lying on the ground. She didn't see who fired the shots. Joe DeGrinder, 2811 Charles street, testified that as he was on his way home he saw a crowd of people watching Mrs. Wright, who was THE MONITOR NEBRASKA'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. standing in front of 2725 Charles street, (the residence of T. H. Dyson) acting like she was drunk. She was swearing and he heard her say, "You'd better give me that gun." Some man gave her the gun. "I saw her put it in her bosom first, but she then took it out and put it under her arm and went down the alley. She said, 'I'll get the dirty son of a ____.' In a few minutes I heard three shots." T. H. Dyson, Pullman porter, 2725 Charles street, testified that between five and six o'clock, Wright came to his house, just as he was about to have supper and said that he had been having trouble at home. He invited him to have supper, which was declined, and Dyson left Wright sitting on the screened porch while he was eating. Mrs. Wright, with a gun in hand, pushed open the screen door and calling her husband a vile name, they clinched and began fighting. He was on top of her and trying to get the gun. Dyson separated them, took the gun away from her and put them out. Shortly after 6 o'clock she came back and demanded the gun, saying that it belonged to her brother, and that "I didn't give it back there would be trouble." Dyson gave her the gun. She took the gun and went away. He identified the gun in answer to a question, saying, "Yes, sir. that's it." Mrs. Wright testified that they had ben married for twenty-three years and had two surviving children, one child having died; that for the last year her husband had frequently fought her, and was mean when he was drunk, which "lately was most any time." He was mad about supper, and grabbed up a chair to hit her. She told him to go away and leave her alone. She said she went out to get protection and "hid in a store." She was not questioned about the shooting by the attorney for the state. Her head was bandaged where she was said to have been hit by her husband and she showed bruises on her arm. A minister, a lawyer, a doctor, two business men and two or three women expressed themselves to The Monitor as being surprised at the coroner's verdict. Alius Wright came to Omaha ten years ago and had in the employ of the Pullman company since 1920, where he left a clea nrecord. His widow, two daughters, Jessie and Edna, his father, who lives in Kosiusko, Miss., and two sisters survive him. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR FEDERATION ASKS END OF COLOR BAR BY UNIONS New York, N. Y.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has received from John P. Troxwell, of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, copy of resolutions unanimously passed by that body at its 26th annual convention in Harrisburg, May 10 to 13, in which all labor unions are urged to admit Negroes to membership on equal terms with white men. The resolution also instructs the Pennsylvania delegate to the convention of the American Federation of Labor to introduce a similar resolution there. The resolution as sent to the N. A. A. C. P. by Mr. Troxell is in full as follows: WHEREAS, many of our unions exclude Negroes from membership, sometimes by explicit constitutional provision, and sometimes by subterfuges and technicalities; and WHEREAS, such exclusion is contrary to the very fundamental of democracy and brotherhood, upon which our labor movement is built; and WHEREAS, the Negro has time and again shown that he can be a loyal union man, often more loyal than the white worker at his elbow; and WHEREAS, if we bar the Negro from our unions, he will work as a non-union man, for he must make a living, and the employers are hiring him in constantly increasing numbers; therefore be it RESOLVED, that we declare in favor of full and open membership OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1927 EDITORIAL In the last few months Omaic cides among Negroes for which ment. Several of these have been shot and killed in some of their paramours and have gone. One of the most recent of the Contrary to The Monitor's police is never to play up crime, we have of space to this case, because of flagrancy as a sample of those munity and gone unpunished. The county attorney should be respecting and law-abiding Nefavor on, and indeed protest apleniency in the prosecution of the parties involved are Negroes is nevertheless true, that there is in the case of homicides among. We listened carefully to the inquest and we cannot undersend the release of the defender the many witnesses to the trai-tor to it were others who should that as it may, from the test-shown that Alma Wright did defense and that therefore it w she had shot her husband in the sling over the gun, that would That, however, was not the c-provocation had been at the W left home and was neither atti-but was apparently trying to g and wantonly took a deadly her man. She shot him on the and not coming towards her. ing to witnesses, and two wounds one of which he died. Despite the verdict of the shows—and this can be corro-The Monitor has—that this w in our opinion, murder, and the bound over to the district court. There has been entirely to cases. In the last few months Omaha has had far too many homicides among Negroes for which no one has received punishment. Several of these have been at the hands of women who have shot and killed in some cases their husbands, in others their paramours and have gone scot free. One of the most recent of these cases occurred this week. Contrary to The Monitor's policy, which as our readers know, is never to play up crime, we have devoted an unusual amount of space to this case, because we desire to call attention to its flagrancy as a sample of those which have shocked the community and gone unpunished. We feel that the attention of the county attorney should be called to the fact that the self-respecting and law-abiding Negro citizens do not look with favor on, and indeed protest against what seems to be unusual leniency in the prosecution of cases of this character where all the parties involved are Negroes. Whatever be the cause, it is nevertheless true, that there have been very few convictions in the case of homicides among Negroes. We listened carefully to the testimony given at the Wright inquest and we cannot understand how the jury could recommend the release of the defendant. We believe that among the many witnesses to the tragedy and the events leading up to it were others who should have been subpoenaed. But be that as it may, from the testimony submitted it was clearly shown that Alma Wright did not shoot her husband in self-defense and that therefore it was not justifiable homicide. If she had shot her husband in the house or on the street in tussling over the gun, that would have been justifiable homicide. That, however, was not the case. No matter how great the provocation had been at the Wright home, Alius Wright had left home and was neither attacking nor threatening his wife, but was apparently trying to get away from her. She wilfully and wantonly took a deadly weapon and went gunning for her man. She shot him on the street as he was going from her and not coming towards her. Three shots were fired, according to witnesses, and two wounds were found in his body from one of which he died. Despite the verdict of the coroner's jury, the testimony shows—and this can be corroborated by others whose names The Monitor has—that this was not justifiable homicide but in our opinion, murder, and the defendant should have been bound over to the district court to be tried for her crime. There has been entirely too much leniency shown in such cases. to the Negro in all unions, on exactly the same terms as white men; and be it further borhood Projects in Cities." Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban RESOLVED, that we pledge ourselves to work for the removal of whatever discrimination prevails against the Negro in our own locals and internations; and be it further RESOLVED, that our delegate to the coming A. F. of L. Convention be instructed to introduce a resolution of the same effect as this one; and be it further RESOLVED, that the officers of our federation be instructed to give this resolution the widest practicable publicity throughout the labor press. RACE QUESTIONS RECEIVE LIBERAL CONSIDERATION National Conference of Social Work in Des Moines Re-Elects Eugene Kinckle Jones to Executive Committee Des Moines, Iowa— The National Conference of Social Work, composed of more than 3,000 delegates closed eight days of meetings on Wednesday, May 18th. This conference, composed of leading social workers from all over America, discussed many problems connected with the life of the people throughout the country, and throughout the discussion was a lively and sympathetic consideration of questions in which colored citizens are particularly interested. The forty colored delegates were tendered all the privileges of the conference, including luncheons, dinners, receptions and dances. The outstanding social event of the conference was the public reception tendered by the governor to the president of the conference, John A. Lapp, held in the Capitol, where under the rotunda on the main floor, the governor of Iowa, the mayor of Des Moines, leading citizens, and the officials of the conference mingled freely with the delegates and the townspeople in making merry to the strains of a twenty-piece orchestra. R. Maurice Moss, executive secretary of the Urban League of Baltimore, spoke at a dinner session on "Publicity for Unpopular Causes;" his subject being "When Prejudice Must Be Overcome." Mr. Moss also led the discussion under the neighborhood and community life division on the subject "Ways in Which Families as Families Participate in Neigh- Des Moines, Iowa— Isha has had far too many homi- th no one has received punish- een at the hands of women who causes their husbands, in others is scot free. These cases occurred this week. Key, which as our readers know, have devoted an unusual amount we desire to call attention to its we which have shocked the com- bine. We feel that the attention of called to the fact that the self- egro citizens do not look with battain what seems to be unusual cases of this character where all uses. Whatever be the cause, it have been very few convictions ag Negroes. The testimony given at the Wright and how the jury could recom- dant. We believe that among needy and the events leading up have been subpoened. But be amony submitted it was clearly not shoot her husband in self- was not justifiable homicide. If the house or on the street in tus- have been justifiable homicide. case. No matter how great the Wright home, Alius Wright had packing nor threatening his wife, get away from her. She wilfully weapon and went gunning for street as he was going from her. Three shots were fired, accord- dents were found in his body from the coroner's jury, the testimony observed by others whose names was not justifiable homicide but the defendant should have been ert to be tried for her crime. No much leniency shown in such The Ones and Mission A. M. E. days' session Wednesday Rev. Rev. John sermon and vices by R mainder o was devot and a stud presented "The Origi Church Co Trials; the The night to a symp African M Rev. Messs Grant of Lincoln; a chison. Thursday sessions, more The evang J. H. Grant Nebraska vice. A was condu and this w homileties of Preach cussed by C. Knight the afterr features w Rev. W. S The Wov vention ha program. The ses The Rev. pastor of C. Peck o borhood Projects in Cities." Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League, address an inter-racial dinner of 200 guests on the subject "Racial Co-operation;" and participated in the section on social work training, and at a special luncheon on the subject of "Supervision of Recent Graduates of Social Work Schools." E. Franklin Frazier, director of the Atlanta School of Social Work, Atlanta, Georgia, spoke on "Professional Education for Negro Social Workers," at a round table under the division on professional standards and education—Mr. Frazier presiding at the meeting. Charles S. Johnson, director of Research and Investigations of the National Urban League, spoke on "American Migrant: The Negro," at a joint session of the division on Industrial and Economic Problems. Eugene Kinckle Jones was re-elected a member of the executive board for a term of three years—Mr. Jones receiving the second largest number of votes of the five candidates elected from the slate of 13 nominatives. It was the second time in 54 years that the conference had elected a colored person to the executive committee, and is considered a compliment to the grade of work performed by the Negro social workers. Mr. Jones' new term will make six consecutive years of his incumbency—which is a very unusual procedure in connection with membership on this important governing and policy-forming committee. The colored citizens of Des Moines joined the white citizens in making the delegates comfortable and in adding to their enjoyment. Several receptions were arranged and meetings were held under the auspices of the colored citizens of Des Moines. The conference, after considerable debate, decided to go to Memphis in 1928. In order to gain the final vote for Memphis, the Memphis delegation assured the conference that there would be no discrimination in the seating of the delegates at the conference sessions there, and that arrangement would be made to make the luncheon and dinner meetings inter-racial. Much satisfaction was expressed by the colored delegates at the conference that the outstanding leaders in the conference insisted on getting these assurances before they would sympathetically consider the going to ID--ISI OMAHA DISTRICT CONFERENCE HERE The Omaha District Conference and Missionary Convention of the A. M. E. Church opened its three days' session at St. John's church, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. W. Baker preached the Rev. John Adams, D. D. P. E., presidernon and was assisted in the services by Rev. S. L. Miller. The remainder of the afternoon session was devoted to reports of charges and a study hour at which Dr. Adams presented an instructive lecture on "The Origin and Development of Church Courts; the Law of Church Trials; the Judiciary." The night session was given over to a symposium on "Why I Am an African Methodist," discussed by the Rev. Messrs. T. W. Kidd and John H. Grant of Omaha; M. C. Knight of Lincoln; and J. W. Brewer of Atchison. Thursday there were three sessions, morning, afternoon and night. The evangelistic sermon was by Rev. J. H. Grant, the Rev. I. B. Smith of Nebraska City, assisting in the service. A study hour in hymnology was conducted by Rev. I. B. Smith, and this was followed by a course in homiletics on "The How and History of Preaching," sub-topics being discussed by Rev. W. M. Bell, Rev. M. C. Knight and Rev. T. W. Kidd. In the afternoon among the principal features was a sermonic address by Rev. W. S. Metcalfe. The Women's Mite Missionary convention had a busy and interesting program. The sessions closed Friday night. The Rev. W. C. Williams, former pastor of St. John's and the Rev. W. C. Peck of Kansas City, Mo., were among those present. WALTER WHITE IN FLOOD AREA INVESTIGATES FOR N. A. A. C. P New York, N. Y.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recently received a preliminary report from its assistant secretary, Walter White, who is in the Mississippi flood district investigating reports that the disaster was being used by white landlords to hold colored tenants in peonage. Mr. White reports he conferred at Red Cross headquarters in Memphis, with Dr. William R. Redden, chief medical officer of the flood area and that Dr. Redden authorized the following statement: PREACHER LOSES LIFE IN KANSAS TORNADO Topeka, Kansas—The Rev. Buford Johnson, 60 years old, colored Nazarene pastor near Medoria, Kansas, and his four-year-old grandson were killed in a tornado which swept across McPherson county. the South. On Tuesday evening Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, gave a special dinner to Miss Florence Kelly of the Consumers League, to which she invited sixteen selected delegates from the conference group, among whom were the president of the conference, Dr. Lapp; Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Federal Children's Bureau, Washington, D. C.; T. A. Hill, director of the Department of Industrial Relations, National Urban League; Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League; Miss Mary McDowell, former director of Public Welfare, City of Chicago; Royal Meeker of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.; and Miss Amelia Sears of the United Charities of Chicago. Vol. XII—No. 48 "The Red Cross emphatically disapproves of any attempts to use this disaster by landlords to enslave further Negro tenant-farmers and share-croppers. Aid is given directly to the individual sufferer. It will be an interesting problem to see that attempts by landlords and others to charge relief against tenants are checked when such relief is given to refugees after they have returned to their homes." GROWING THANK YOU! Whole Number 618 NEGRO IN SOUTH AWAKENING POLITICALLY, SAYS BAGNALL Supreme Court's White Primary Decision Having Profound Effect New York, N. Y.—A new era of political awakening among Negroes in the Southern states is reported by Robert W. Bagnall, branch director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who has just returned from a month's tour of Southern cities. Mr. Bagnall said that Negroes are not hesitating to register in the democratic primaries and to vote the democratic ticket where they feel the votes are to the advantage of their race, having been advised of their opportunity by the United States supreme court's decision in the Texas white primary case fought and won by the N. A. A. C. P. "Everywhere I went in the South I saw indications of the rapid passing of the old feeling that the democratic ticket should be taboo," declared Mr. Bagnall. "Negroes are using the ballot where they are convinced it is for the best advantage of the race. "In Savannah, Georgia, the mayor of the city sent for a Negro minister who is president of the Baptist as well as of the Interdenominational Ministerial Union. After stating how good a mayor he had been to all citizens regardless of color, and what he intended to do for the Negro if reelected, he asked that all the ministers should work for the registration in the democratic primary and the voting of colored people. I was informed by this minister that definite steps were being taken to organize the colored people, by block, precinct and ward, for registering in the democratic primary and voting. "In Atlanta, despite the professional politicians, definite steps have been taken to register colored voters in this way and to instruct them regarding the matters to be voted upon. In Columbia and Charleston, Negroes are making preparations to organize by block, precinct and ward to offer themselves for registration at the democratic primary election and to contest any refusal to register them. In Raleigh, North Carolina, it is generally conceded that the mayoralty election recently held there was determined by the Negro vote cast for democratic candidates by Negroes. Negroes were brought to the polls in large numbers by colored and white people and registered to a large extent to vote the democratic ticket. "It looks as if the day of bossism—of leadership by the old type of Negro politician in the South is rapidly coming to an end. A new era of enlightenment is dawning to Negroes as to how they may use the ballot to gain their rights and privileges. "Everywhere I heard the opinion expressed that the decision of the United States supreme court in the Texas white primary case had opened the eyes of colored voters to these possibilities. Many expressed the opinion that Negroes throughout the South, by voting the democratic ticket in large numbers, would of necessity end the present one-party system and produce a two-party system, inasmuch as it will make it respectable for white men to be in the republican party. "The realization of the awakening of Negro voters and their growing power is not confined to colored people. White people are realizing it too. It is leading to a much greater interest on the part of white politicians in the opinions and the welfare of their colored constituents. Negroes are realizing that the ballot is a weapon, not a mere matter of sentiment; that the democrats are in power; and that if the Negro vote is to determine what kind of man is to be elected at present, it must be cast for a democratic candidate." MASS MEETING A mass meeting is called for 5:30 Sunday afternoon at St. John's A. M. E. Church to hear a report from the executive committee, elected at the meeting held Sunday, May 22, to interview the city commissioners and others with reference to jobs for our people. Pee ee Lee Tee eee eee eee piace a pn ae CS ic | 2 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS | “PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY - Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915. at the Postoffice st | vee “* Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of Maren 8. 187% | THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS... Ealtor | WIWUMOSELY.. Lincoln, Nebo Associa Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS. 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We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or pay the senaley: EPISCOPAL Church of St. Philip the Deacon 21st near Paul Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector SUNDAY SERVICES 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion 10 a. m. Sunday School 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon 8 p. m. Service and Sermon The Church With a Welcome and a Message, Come PAGE TWO SOCIAL WORKERS The re-election of Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive sec- retary of the National Urban League to membership on the executive board of the Nation- al Conference of Social Work- ers for another term of three years is an honor well deserved and worthily bestowed. Mr. Jones has proven his ability and this is a well-merited rec- ognition. The Conference took a firm stand against segregation, in declining to accept the urgent ly pressed invitation of Mem- phis for the next national meet- ing until assurances were given that there would be no dis- crimination there and that ne meetings, or dinners should be held in any place from which Negro delegates would be ex cluded. Laus Deo! Social worker: have caught the vision. TAKING HIGH GROUND Some plain and invincible truths concerning absolute jus- tice and fair play towards all races of men are being pro- claimed by the Congregational- ists in session in our city. Nor are these utterances meaning- less platitudes, they are being put into practice. It is significant that the Council has gone on record as refusing to hold national meet- ings in any city where any of the delegates shall be discrim- inated against on racial grounds. PRINCIPAL IS GUARDED AFTER DEATH THREATS Washington, D. C.—Following the threats which were made upon his life through letters from unknown send- ers, David Houston, principal of Arm- strong High school is being guarded by detectives. The threats are be- lieved to have come from men against whom the principal had made com. plaints about their association with girls in the high school. SALEM DAY OBSERVANCE URGED Boston, Mass.—Today the national headquarters of the National Equal Rights League issued a call for the race everywhere to observe Salem Day as a nationwide race day on June 17th, anniversary of America’s first regular battle for Independence, at which colored men were soldiers and heroes, especially Peter Salem and Salem Poor, thus reminding Ameri- cans of manly service in demand for equal rights and stiffening the spirit of the race itself, A historical leaflet ‘is offered for six cents in stamps, postpaid from 9 Cornhill, Observances everywhere by Equal Rights Citizens Committees or Leagues or by Equal Rights sub-com- mittees of race bodies or churches are advocated, with a plan for every meeting to send a resolution to Pres- ‘ident Coolidge for abolition of fed- eral segregation and for a federal anti-lynching bill with signatures and address and a copy to the League to be used in bulk as a united race ap- peal to President Coolidge. The call reads as follows: THE CALL | “Boston, Mass.—Greetings to the Afro-Americans from National Equal Rights League of Aframericans, and appeal for the post-sesquie crusade for rights. Greetings from the city of Bunker Hill. Hail the name of Salem, Peter Salem and Salem Poor heroes of that battle, June 17, 1775. “Por Bunker Hill was first regular pitched battle of the war for indepen: dence of the colonies founding the United States of America. The fight. ing of the patriots was so successful | that it gave confidence to declare for independence, for Americans showed tnt British regulars were not toc much for them. Besides, a company | and of their individual colored men, | Salem Poor was honored in the colo: ;nial legislature for valor and Peter | Salem was given credit for shooting down the British commander as he | started to declare a victory. Ever the American fifer, Lew, was a col. BSien | “Proseribed as our race is, treated with contempt as inferiors, we shoule (auull giewllves: of every” agitivont THE MONSTOR opportunity to promulgate our his- torically recorded service to the coun- ‘try along lines indicating patriotic devotion and equal ability and man- [hood. Constantly throw into’ the teeth of the arrogant majority that they have needed us often when in peril, have used us in war against men of their white race, found us willing to serve and equal as soldiers and thence they should discard their ‘disdain and denial of public equality. “Let us by thes annual race days, based not on what white America has done for us but what we have done on equality plane for it, inspire our race to feel fully entitled to equali- ty and show up to the whites their in- gratitude and inconsistency in deny- ing it to us. “Celebrate then, on June 17, everywhere, ‘Salem Day,’ by means of Equal Rights Citizens Committees or Leagues or Equal Rights sub-com- mittees of existing race bodies or churches. Adopt and send resolu- tions to President Coolidge with sig- natures and address of arranging committees for abolition of federal segregation and for federal anti- lynching bill, forwarding a signed copy to League headquarters that they may be carried to the White House eventually in bulk as a united race protest and appeal. The League sends historical Peter Salem leaflets postpaid for six cents in stamps. Hail then the Salems publicly on June 17, 1927.” UNVEIL MONUMENT TO. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Atlanta, Ga.—Before an audience of 10,000 people, in which both races were represented, Atlanta honored both itself and Dr. Booker T. Wash- ington by the unveiling of a heroic bronze monument to the great edu- cator on the grounds of the Booker T. Washington High school. High tribute was paid to Dr. Washington by both white and colored speakers, Dr. Plato Durham of Emory Univer- sity and Dr. J. W. E. Bowen of Gam- mon Theological Seminary delivering ‘the principal addresses. In presenting the monument to the city, Prof. Charles L. Harper, prin- cipal of Washington High school, spoke of the monument from the standpoint of art, as a project in inter-racial co-operation, as a tribute to the life and principles of Booker ‘T. Washington, and as a n inspiration to the boys and girls of today. |The memorial was accepted on behalf of the city by Dr. P. M. Eubanks, presi- dent of the board of education, The monument is a replica of the famous Keck memorial at Tuskegee Institute, representing the great ed- ucator as removing the veil of igno- rance from the eyes of a Negro kneel- ing at his feet. It is considered one of the finest works of art in Ameri. ca, The erection of the monument was conceived by Principal Harper ‘and was achieved through his untir- |ing efforts, in which he had the co- operation and financial support of 'white and colored citizens and the city board of education. It is said that this is the first instance in the history of the South in which a mem. orial to a Negro leader has been ‘erected on public grounds. | Tuskegee Institute was represent- ed at the unveiling by Dr. G. Lake Imes and A. J. Neely, Col. Joseph H. Ward, commandant of Tuskegee Vet- | erans Hospital, was present also, Annual Decoration Day Ball The annual Decoration Day ball will be given at Dreamland Hall, Monday evening, May 30. JUNE CRISIS CONCLUDES STUDY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS New York, N. Y.—The June Crisis magazine will contain the second in- ‘stallment of the study of the Negro ‘common school in North Carolina, this being the third state school sys- tem covered by The Crisis under the Garland fund appropriation. Although North Carolina is in ad- vance of other states in the schoo! opportunities given Negro childrer yet, The Crisis points out, it is back- ward. For example, as against an expenditure throughout the United States on each pupil of 39.6 cents per day, the average for the Negro in North Carolina is but 10.9 cents The white schools there average 20 cents. The June Crisis also includes ar account by Maud Cuney Hare of George Bridgewater, the colored vio- linist for whom Beethoven composed his Kreutzer Sonata; a forecast of che Eighteenth Annual Conference of the N. A. A.C. P. to, be held in Indianapolis, June 22 to 28; the story of Arthur Sewell, a colored man who made a fortune when he held on to oil land in Arkansas; and illustra. tions, stories and poems. IS IT ANY USE TG CONTEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the only race, responsible members of which are in favor of submitting to dis- crimination on the claim that their race “always will be discriminated against.” ‘The Jews are still contend- ing, after over 1,900 years of univer- sal iscrimination, and are winning even social rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. The race that says it’s of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say, “Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by nature with: out self-respect and have no ‘guts’.” ‘The world respects only those who re sent and resist proscriptions for race. Let us be worthy of the abolition. ists, worthy of our own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of their race to equal liber- ty, and forever resist denial of right: in our native land, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to deserve contempt.—Bos- ton, Mass., Guardian. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building PROBATE NOTICE IN THE MATTER of the estate of Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 21st day of July, 1927, and on the 21st day of Henry 0. Wood, deceased: Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, county judge of Douglas county September, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m. each day, for the purpose of pre- senting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. ‘Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 18th day of June, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4T—5-20-27 County Judge. H. J, PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER of the estate of Frances E. Mortimer, deceased: Persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 17th day of May, 1927, William H. Mor- timer filed a petition in said County Court, praying that his final admini- stration account filed herein be set- tled and allowed, and that he be discharged from his trust as admin- istrator and that a hearing will be - eo $. ; ICE CREAM : Best on the Market 4 | JF. 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Easy terms. No interest to pay. As much as 18 months to pay. ee eee ise il lak tne: iS ari aL lhe ee i had on said petition before said court on the fourth day of June, 1927, and that if you fail to appear before said court on the said fourth day of June, 1927, at 9 o’ckock a. m., and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition and make such other, and further orders, al- lowances and decrees, as to this court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally settled and determined. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 2T—5-20-27 County Judge. Myers Funeral Home z 2416 North 22nd St. Phone Web. 0248 : ah A Modern Funeral- Home : be Endeavoring at all times to meet the Ps — demand economically as well ‘ wi as scientifically ‘ 7 W. L, Myers - Mortician _ PERSONALS __ Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Pe- ters Trust Building, JAckson 8841 or Harney 2166. See Lincoln and Omaha play here ‘at Western League Park Saturday and Sunday. Denver is here on Dec- oration Day for a double-header. Single games start at 3 o'clock and double-headers at 2:00. FOR J. E. MeBRADY toilet prepar- ations, call WE. 3025, Elsworth Mozee of Kansas City spent Sunday as the guest at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. Miss Grace Adams, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, W. T. Adams, 2517 Blondo street, who has been attend- ing Atlanta University during the year, is expected home in about two weeks. Enroute home she will visit an uncle in Chicago. Mrs. Lucille Henderson entertained at a very delightful dancing party at Columbia Hall, Saturday night, in honor of her daughter, Eula’s six- teenth birthday anniversary. One hundred guests attended, Eula was the recipient of many beautiful and useful gifts. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large ex- perience. Handles all law cases. 2310 North Twenty-second street. Webster 4162. See Lincoln and Omaha play here at Western League Park Saturday and Sunday. Denver is here on Dee- oration Day for a double-header. Single games start at 3 o'clock and double-headers at 2:00. Mrs. William Lacey and daughter, Denice, enroute to their home in Pas- adena, Cal. from Grand Rapids, Mich., arrived in Omaha Wednesday and have been the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt. Miss Ola Whiteside is quite ill at her home, 2875 Binney street. | ° Petersen Bakeries 24th and Lake—24th and Ames—1806 Farnam : Sunday and Decoration Day : The Picnic and Hike will be in order. ; Buns and Vienna Rolls for the Wiennies. ; Sandwich Bread, Square or Round Loaf ; 10 and 15 cents ‘ Cakes or Cookies suitable to carry in the lunch. 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FOR RENT—Nice, strictly modern rooms, 2516 Patrick Ave. Web. 2180. Will share my nice apartment with responsible couple or single person. At. 7237. See Lincoln and Omaha play here at Western League Park Saturday and Sunday. Denver is here on Dec- oration Day for a double-header: Single games start at 8 o'clock and double-headers at 2:00. Walker Tidings, aged 69, 529 So. Fifty-eighth street, who died May 16, was buried from Joseph D. Lewis fu- neral home May 20 at 9 a, m. Rev. T. W. Kidd, officiated, Interment was at Forest Lawn. Mrs. Marcella Fields, aged 23, 1701% No. Twenty-fourth street, who died May 15, was shipped to Tulsa, Okla., Friday, May 20, from Joseph D. Lewis funeral home. The funeral of Willard Wright, aged 29, 2168 Grant street, who died May 18, was held Saturday, May 21 at 2 p. m, from Joseph D. Lewis fu- neral home. The Rev. Mr. Staple- ton officiated. Interment was at Prospect Hill cemetery. NEBRASKA DEPUTY HAS RETURNED FROM SUPREME COUNCIL Nate Hunter, Nebraska deputy, re- turned last Thursday from Indian. apolis where he attended the 46th annual session of the United Supreme Council of the 32rd and last degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Prince Hall affiliation for the northern Masonic jurisdiction of the U. S. A. The session was largely attended and one of the best in the history of the Supreme Council. The allocution of the M. P. Sov- erign Grand Commander, Dr. Sum- ner A. Furniss, of Indianapolis, was THE MONITOR a masterful document, which dealt not only with the organization but with the race at large, and urged upbn the body the responsibility which its national membership owes not only to the Masonic organiza- tion but to the race generally. The council voted its annual al- lowance for scholarships to the most worthy boys or girls in the jurisdic- tion. Also $100.00 to the N. A. A. C. P. as has been its custom in the past. During the session the 33rd degree was conferred upon a large class of Masons from the several states of the jurisdiction, among those so honored being W. A. Johnson of Lincoln, Neb. Final steps were taken looking for- ward to the immediate erection of the cathedral in Philadelphia. The members of the local Shrine temple and consistory did honor to themselves by the manner in which they so royally entertained the Su- preme Couneil. TWO NEGROES ELECTED BALTIMORE COUNCILMEN Baltimore, Md.—Colored voters saw two of their race go into office as city councilmen at the election held recently. Those elected were War- ner T. McGuinn and Walter S, Em- erson. Emerson, 54 years old, has been in politics for 35 years. He has been on the republican state central com- mittee and has served in the inter- nal revenue department. McGuinn is a former councilman, and a graduate of Yale university law school. WINS AT SCHOOL MEET Lorene Anabelle Lewis, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Lewis, won second in high jumping out of a group of girls held at Ben- son High school last week. N. A. A. C. P. BABY CONTEST The following babies have been entered in the baby contest for the N. A. A.C. P.t Betty Jane James, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John James, 3127 Corby street; War- ren Gordon Taylor, intant son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Taylor, Jr., 2814 Charles street; Marjorie Edna John- son, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Johnson, 3025 Pinkney street. Please enter your babies for the con- test at once. Get your coupon books promptly, so all may have an equal chance, OKLAHOMA INVESTMENT CO. Dealers in REAL ESTATE We have newly opened our office and we are honest and trustworthy. Please Give Us a Trial 1423 No. 24th St. WE. 7004 H. D. Williams, Mgr.—Adv. W. B. BRYANT, Attorney NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER of the estate of Alonzo Jackson, deceased: Persons interested in said” matter are hereby notified that on the 17th day of May, 1927, Grace Jackson filed a petition in the said County Court, praying that her final admini- stration account filled herein be set- tled and allowed, and that she be discharged from her trust as execu- trix and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the third day of June, 1927, and that if you fail to appear before said court on the said third day of June, 1927, at 9 o'ckock a. m., and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said, petition and make such other and further orders, al- lowances and decrees, as to this court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally settled and determined. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 2T—5-20-27 County Judge. LINCOLN MARKET is still drawing crowds. 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Seed BILZ settee sttver STORES Siar Eael Btppter : Nowihwest Corner—HARNEY ot FIFTEENTH ST ‘ATi 2644 ‘On Mail Onder, Add 30 Cents Bove Jor Packing Charges STOLL 1 ER ELIE ELE DEN EE LIEBE EIEIO TALE LEG AGED PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKSON 1317 Agents = BRUNSWICK Sna°Recoa: te and Records | STUART’S ART SHOP | ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE Picture Framing and Enlarging 1803 North Twenty-ourth Street FAGE FOUR American husbands instinctively lie to their wives, contends Charles J. McQuirk in an article in Liberty. "Even in those circles that keep up the fiction of the supremacy of man," the writer maintains, "the influence of the American wife reaches, causing husbands to lower their voices and think up lies. "For corollary to this tyranny, and chiefly responsible for it," the writer explains, "is the cowardice of the American husband. There isn't a normal married man in the United States, who has been that way for a year and upward, who won't cower and look guilty when suddenly asked a question by the woman he swore to love, cherish and protect. "It makes no difference how innocent the question may be. Instinct and experience cause his mind to dive beneath the inquiry's surface in search of the uterior motive that prompted it. Generally his answer is untruthful but highly exemplary. His motto is, Safety First. "If you ask these husbands why they lie, they will tell you. 'To keep peace in the family.' That is true as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. The real reason lies deep in their subconscious minds. It is an unconscious memory inherited from their millions of husband-ancestors. It is the instinctive knowledge that a wife will believe a lie quicker than she will the truth. She prefers fiction to fact." Opposition to Census Traced to the Bible During the census taking in Russia, government officials charged with this task, encountered strong and persistent opposition in certain peasant districts against the count. They explained to the authorities that counting the human beings and the horses would bring bad luck and that this was an ancient belief, which had many times been put to the test. This strange feeling of impending danger in the face of counting possessions is not restricted to Russia. Flemish peasants never count their sheep or geese nor any of their personal possessions, in the belief that counting will bring an end to a run of good luck. The origin of this curious belief, that seems so widespread, is to be found in the Bible. It will be recalled that David, the king of Israel, was severely punished by the Lord for his census of the people. The Lord counted it as evidence of pride and insufficient trust in the strength of the protector of Israel.—Pierre Van Paassen, in the Atlanta Constitution. Cats Had Revenge? A story that recalls Bishop Hatto and other medieval legends comes from a small Hungarian town and is reported in the Pesti Hirlap. A man of seventy was found dead with a broken skull and his face horribly mutilated. He was a recluse, had no friends and his only companions had been some tame pigeons, which he had treated with the greatest affection and care. On their behalf he waged a relentless war against the neighborhood's cats, whose cadavers he threw on the manure pile. His face was discovered in an almost unrecognizable state, bitten and scratched, and the nose had entirely disappeared. The peasants believe that the cats took revenge, formed a shock battaillon, attacked him en masse and did away with him—Pierre Van Passen, In the Atlanta Constitution. Geographic Boundaries Various factors acting upon the primitive races of mankind influenced the using of boundaries. Men were originally nomadic. They moved from place to place in search of food. During the various migrations favorable conditions of climate, soil productivity, etc., would induce them to settle in a certain locality, where they would have the opportunity to develop. These tribes generally established themselves in regions having definite geographic boundaries, such as mountains, rivers or seas, which could be easily defended from aggression. With the progress of civilization these boundaries became clearly defined. Idea of Daylight Saving Daylight saving was suggested as early as 1907 by an Englishman named William Wyllett, in his book entitled "Waste of Daylight." The following year a bill for daylight saving was introduced into the house of commons, but failed to pass. The subject was brought up in Germany in 1916, when the German federal council passed a measure to set the clock ahead one hour. Within three months twelve European countries had followed, namely, Holland, Austria, Turkey, England, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. Egg Signifies Welcome The gift of an egg is the usual form of greeting accorded visitors by the Dyaks of Borneo. This greeting holds true to the old primitive ideal that a guest must be welcomed with a gift, says William Beebe in Liberty Magazine. Throughout the whole country, if you find favor in the eyes of a tribe, you are formally presented with an egg on the day of your arrival in the village. And in the heart of Borneo, where food is, in the nature of things, a more or less undetermined quantity, the possession of an egg is a matter for profound congratulation. Mixtures of Bloods Ainong Earth's Races Racial relationships go a good deal deeper than the facial kind, according to H. Murio Fox, professor of zoology at Birmingham university, England. The relations of the races are literally a blood relationship, he declares, for the composition of an American Indian's blood is not like that of a white man or a negro and there are even differences between the blood of certain European nations. If a biologist prepares a serum from the blood of one animal and injects it into the veins of an animal of a different species, the serum is immediately precipitated—in other words, thrown out. This is accomplished by things called antibodies, about which nobody knots very much. There are four "serum groups," and they have a definite relation to the various races of men—and monkeys. Chimpanzees have one kind of substance, oranges have two. South American monkeys have a kind different from the chimpanzee, and still other monkeys have neither. In northern and central Europe there is one type of blood further east quite another kind, and still another in India. But the various characteristics have an odd way of appearing in mixtures—showing that the various races of mankind have been mating with one another for a long, long time.—The Forum. Few Illusions Left in Evening of Life The life of individual man is of a mixed nature. In part he submits to the free-will impulses of himself and others, in part he is under the inexorable dominion of law. He insensibly changes his estimate of the relative power of each of these influences as he passes through successive stages. In the confidence of youth he imagines that very much is under his control, in the disappointment of old age very little. As time wears on, and the delusions of early imagination wear away, he learns to correct his sanguine views, and prescribes a narrow boundary for the things he expects to obtain. The realities of life undeceive him at last, and there steals over the evening of his days an unwelcome conviction of the vanity of human hopes. The things he has secured are not the things he has expected. He sees that a Supreme Power has been using him for unknown ends, that he was brought into the world without his own knowledge, and is departing from it against his will. J. W. Draper. Father Paid Dearly "Recently a little chap, known to us as 'Junior,' cried for a whole day because his mother made him wear a little suit all trimmed in ruffles and the boys down at the corner garage called him 'Betty,'" writes Pansy from Urbana. "That night when his father returned home he met with instant sympathy, and he explained to him that he need never act like a 'Betty,' even if his mother did insist sometimes that he look like one. "So the next morning, still wearing his ruffles, 'Junior' went down to this same corner garage and heaved almost a whole brickbat through the front window. A father, with considerable pride, paid the bill."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. First Iron Bridge The first iron bridge in the world was iron bridge, in Shropshire, England, which spans the River Severn. The work was put in by hand and the various parts cast in 1778 at the Coalbrookdale ironworks, the proprietor of which, Abraham Darby, was the designer of the structure. Approximately 500 tons of iron were used in the construction of the bridge. All the castings are keyed together, no welding or screws having been used. The roadway, which is 24 feet wide, has an iron foundation, upon which is laid a few inches of clay, which in its turn is covered by the usual road metallising forming the surface. The main arch has a span of 100 feet. Possibilities of Gas A gas company has figured out that 1,000 cubic feet of gas will: Cook 18 meals for six persons; heat shaving water for 1,000 days; roast sufficient coffee to make two cups dally for 70 years; light two cylars a day for 500 years; boil 275 gallons of water, bake 1,700 three-quarter-pound loaves of bread in a continuous oven; do the work of two hens in hatching eggs; broil 70 three-pound steaks; barbeque enough ham to make 1,750 sand-wiches. These Make Happiness Six things necessary for a normal happy life, Dr. William S. Sadler believes after 20 years of study are: 1. Good health. 2. Congenital work. 5. Reasonable leisure. 6. Religion. Hard to improve this list. Yet many achieve happiness with less.—Capper's Weekly. Out of Fashion "Wealth does not always bring happiness!" "I should say it doesn't," answered Senator Sorghum. "Out my way they've been using so much money that anyone who wants a chance in the political game has to pretend to be as poor as possible." 1KG MONITOR In the winter of 1882, when the writer was at work on the fishes of Key West, a tourist came to his office, bearing a small ray or skate of which he told a curious story. Seeing the little fish close to shore, he stabbed it with a pocket knife. At once he felt a sharp shock like that from a Leyden jar, which, for the moment, paralyzed bib arm. So he brought the fish to me. It belonged to the family of torpedoes or electric rays, being one of the smallest kinds of these fishes. Narcine brassiensis. It is locally known to the Bahama and Key West fishermen as numb-fish or cramp-fish, and to the Spanish as entemedor. These fishes the torpedoes or electric rays, are very much like the ordinary skate in appearance, but softer in body and more rounded in form, the flesh being very watery and the skin everywhere perfectly smooth. The torpedo yields a quick, sharp shock when touched, benumbing an enemy for the time being. The shock is well carried along a metallic conductor, such as a knife or spear. It is said to have the qualities of magnetism, "rendering the needle magnetic and decomposing chemical compounds." However disconcerting to one who feels it, it is not dangerous. The exercise of this power soon exhausts its possessor and a period of rest is needed.-Prof. David Starr Jordan in the Scientific American. Coffee on Broadway During her recent week-end visit to a town on the South shore the Woman stopped in a fruit and vegetable store to make some purchases for her friend. The clerk was having a rather difficult task, for the customer up on whom he was waiting wanted to know the history of each purchase. "What kind of coffee have you? she asked. "Good coffee!" promptly responded the dark-eyed son of Italy. "Yes, I know. But what brand is it? "These one, she's drink by all the people downtown. New York. Fifty nine cents a pound." "Oh, that's too expensive." "Well, here's another, only 49 cents," hastily volunteered the man. "Is it strong?" asked the lady duobiously. "I like strong coffee." "Sure. Wonderful strong. They drink these kind on Broadway. They gotta have strong coffee there. They stay up all night."—New York Sun. Hope-Making Plant Much of the peninsula of Yucatan is very stony, and as there are practically no rivers, the planters depend on rain to irrigate their fields. Sisal hemp, or henequin, is the chief article of growth and export throughout the peninsula. The sisal itself is an evergreen plant closely related to the century plant or American aloe. The fiber is extracted from the curving, swordlike leaves, which are cut at the end of the third or fourth year of growth. The leaves are macerated, or made into pulp, and the fibers torn apart by machine. The pulp is then washed away and the fibers dried and bleached by the sun, and when the process is completed this yellowish-white fiber ranks next to Manila bemp in making rope.—Washington Star. Recalling Early Days With plenty of patience, paper and a pencil, it is possible for you to remember what happened when you were six months old, asserts Dr. E. Pickworth Farrow, English psychologist, in Popular Science Monthly. For periods of one or two hours at a time, he says, write down any and every thought which occurs to you. Repeat the process several times. Then, as memories of recent happenings gradually are "worked off" on paper, you will go back to recollections of your early life. Colors and Mentality That different colors may have important effects on the mental state of people has been believed for many years. Some psychologists have gone so far as to prepare charts of the mental effects of different colors, red being stimulating and exciting, blue depressing, and so on. In a long series of tests made on children several months ago it was found that most of the children preferred red and orange colors to blue and violet ones. Red for most people is a cheerful, inspiring color. Not Copied From Nature My sculpture is not copied from nature . I follow a definite and preconceived idea about sculpture, and from that I make a sketch in clay. What I search for is the disposition of volume in space, the figure in light and air. I search for an ample form and the copying of an actual figure is of no interest to me. Who could copy nature? Even the Greeks never attempted it. Knowledge and Power A great many people "know" many things they really don't know. Son he one has said that what is not known would fill more books than ever ha he been printed. Human knowledge is limited, yet a little knowledge may exert tremendous power —Grit. Fish Has Odd Power Had to Have Strong "Oh, that's too expensive." Ancient Jewish Tribunal Sanhedrin was the name of the supreme judicial council of the Jews from the time of the Maccabees to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus in the year 71 A. D. This council consisted of 70 members, including the chief priests, elders and scribes, and was presided over by the high priest. Its jurisdiction extended to every Jewish settlement. After Judea became a Roman province the power of inflicting the death penalty was taken from the Sanhedrin COLORED DELEGATES ATTENDING NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CONG. There are some twenty or more delegates, ministerial and lay, attending the National Council of Congregationalists in session in Omaha. They are a fine body of intelligent, well-educated men and are taking an active part in the deliberations of the council. RELIEF HEADQUARTERS Persons desiring to make contributions of money or supplies for the flood sufferers through the Omaha branch of the N. A. A. C. P., may do so at the North Side Bazar, 2112 North Twenty-fourth street. Theodore Roosevelt Post, No. 30, American Legion, in conjunction with the G. A. R. and Spanish-American War Vetrans and their women auxiliaries will hold memorial services on Sunday, May 29, at 2 p. m. at St. John's A. M. E. church. Efforts are being made to have Dr. Henry H. Proctor of the largest colored Congregational church in America at Brooklyn, N. Y., to make an address. We invite the public to come and assist in justly honoring these heroes. EMERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Suits All 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St., Webster 5084 Tel. JA. 1248 We Solicit the patronage of the readers of the MONITOR and assure them prompt and courteous service and treatment. C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. 2001 Cuming Street Subscribe for THE MONITOR Omaha’s Old Reliable Race Weekly $2.00 a Year A. F. 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Among the many social courtesies extended to Miss Green were a dancing party given by her cousin, Mrs. Ellis Kirtley, at which seventy guests were present, and a theatre party at the Riviera by Mrs. James Peoples and Miss Lucy Mae Collins. FOR J. E. McBRADY toilet preparations, call WE. 3025. Mrs. Thomas F. Scott, 2604 North Twenty-seventh street, is convalescing after a major operation performed at the Swedish Mission hospital. Henry C. Smith motored to Kansas. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large experience. Handles all law cases. 2310 North Twenty-second street. WEbster 4162. Wanted, an experience operator, with following. Call in person at Bell Beauty Shop, 2219 Cuming street. Miss Ione Pinkett entertained at a pleasant dancing party Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Pinkett, 2218 North Twenty-fifth street, in honor of Miss Denise Lacy, niece of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt. Thirty guests were present. FOR RENT—Four complete rooms of furniture and piano for sale cheap. Party leaving town. Will rent the apartment. ATlantic 7237. Mrs. W. Lack, daughter Denise, and Mrs. Burns of Battle Creek, Mich., neices and sister of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, left for Pasadena, Cal., Sunday night. Miss Helen Jenkins, 2917 North Twenty-fifth street, entertained about thirty of the younger folks at a very enjoyable dancing party at her home Saturday evening in honor of Miss Denise Lacy. Miss Jenkins was assisted by Miss Catharine Williams, in arranging the party. FOR RENT—Nice, strictly modern rooms. 2516 Patrick Ave. Web. 2180. Mrs. A. Bowler entertained at dinner at her home, 2711 North Twenty-eight avenue, last Friday, in honor of Rev. H. H. Proctor of Brooklyn, N. Y. Covers were laid for nine. Miss Francis Gordon, who spent the past year teaching in Okmulgee, Okla., returned home Monday morning. Will share my nice apartment with responsible couple or single person. At. 7237. Rev. Charles Stanley of St. Louis, Mo., a delegate to the National Council of Congregational Churches last week, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, 2211 Ohio street. John Adams, Jr., son of Rev. and Mrs. John Adams, graduates Saturday, June 4, from the University College of Arts. FOR RENT—Two rooms, furnished. Strictly modern. For two men. Tel. WEbster 2910. 2211 Miami St. Mr. Eugene Newman of Los Angeles, Cal., is visiting his cousin, Mrs. Price Terrell, North Twenty-seventh street. JOHN H. BURKE --- Endeavoring at all times to meet the demand economically as well as scientifically The cantata given by children of St. John's A. M. E. Church under the direction of Mrs. John Adams, for the building fund, was very successful and enjoyed by all. Mrs. Paul Murray went to Chicago Saturday and remained over Memorial Day. Mr. Henry C. Smith motored to Kansas City and Topeka, Kan., Friday and spent Decoration Day. He was accompanied by Messrs. John Pegg, Robert Allen and Saybert Hanger. Rev. O. B. Johnson of Buffalo, N. Y., president of the National Convention of Congregational Work Among Colored People, is here attending the National Council of Congregational Churches, and stopped at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, 2211 Ohio street. FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished rooms. Near carline. Reasonable. WEbster 1053. Miss Dorothy E. Williams returned home Monday morning from Sapulka, Okla., where she has been teaching the past year. Mr. Alphonso Wilson returned Tuesday morning from Chicago, where he spent the week end visiting friends. Mr. Henry Black was among the number who went to Chicago Saturday for a brief visit. He saw a number of former Omahans. The following race delegates were in attendance at the National Council of Congregational Churches, which held an inspiring, helpful and up-lifting session here during the past week: The Revs. H. S. Bainwell and Alfred Lawless, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. John West, Florence, Ala.; Rev. C. S. Ledvetter, Charleston, S. C.; Rev. H. H. Dunn, New Orleans, La.; Rev. E. R. Deberry, Raleigh, N. C.; Rev. E. H. Phillips, New Orleans, La.; Rev. H. R. Walden, Highport, N. C.; Rev. J. G. Smith, Fayetteville, N. C.; Rev. J. C. Olden, Washington, D. C.; Rev. H. M. Kingsley, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. George N. White, Chicago, Ill.; Rev. C. W. Burton, Chicago, Ill.; Rev. L. N. Brookson, Washington, D. C.; Rev. H. H. Proctor, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. J. I. Donaldson, Houston, Tex.; Rev. G. G. Thomas, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Rev. C. L. Graham, Beaumont, Tex.; Rev. A. C. James, New York, N. Y.; Rev. S. O. B. Johnson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. W. J. Turrentine, Athens, Ala.; Rev. W. L. Cash, New Orleans, La.; Rev. E. O. Lawrence, Birmingham, Ala. Messrs. Gerald and Alger Adams entertained at a pleasant party in honor of Miss Thelma Shipman, at their home, 2870 Pinkney street. Miss Thelma Shipman left Wednesday night for Kansas City, Mo., where she will take the nurse training course at the Wheatley Provident Hospital. Attorney A. P. Scruggs has returned from Litchfield, Ill., where he was called by the sudden death of his oldest brother. Milton Harbin, aged 35, son of A. Harbin, 302 Grant street, died Monday at Douglas County Hospital, after an illness of two months. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon from Jones & Co.'s chapel. Waddles' Ladies Band will give a concert Tuesday night, June 7, at Mount Moriah Baptist church, Twenty-fourth and Ohio streets, under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U. Admission, 20 cents.—Adv. The name of Sylvia Adams was omitted from the list of pupils appearing in Mrs. Pinkston's pupils' recital, published in The Monitor. The omission is regretted. Funeral 2416 North 22nd St. A Modern F Endeavoring at all demand econo as scien W. L. Myers THE MONITOR PROPHETIC LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES WITH INTEREST A World Empire Conducted on Righteous Lines, To Emerge from Desolation of Opposing Armies The home where changes never come, will be pictured in an enlightening lecture given by Pastor Evangelist J. W. Allison, at the Omaha Third S. D. A. Church, Twenty-fifth and Indiana streets, Sunday night, June 5th at 8 p. m. Come and discover in this promised home the satisfaction of your heart's longings. Twenty-sixth and Burdette streets. Rev. O. J. Burckhardt, pastor. The work is growing in interest. Sunday at 11 a. m., Dr. F. W. Cox of Pennsylvania, preached a very helpful and inspiring sermon. Dr. Cox is one of the leading evangelists among Presbyterians. At 8 o'clock, Rev. R. E. Ewing, pastor of the A. M. E. church of Highland, was the preacher, and he also preached a very helpful sermon. DR. PROCTOR LECTURES AT HILLSIDE CHURCH Monday night, the Rev. H. H. Proctor delivered an instructive lecture on "The Black Man's Burden," at the Hillside Presbyterian church, the Rev. Charles H. Trusty, pastor, before an appreciative organization. He named as the three chief burdens, Ignorance, Poverty, and Crime. Despite the fact that we have reduced our illiteracy in an astounding degree, the fact remains 1,500,000 of our race cannot read or write. Despite the fact that our wealth runs up to three billions, there is still too much poverty. We spend too much. We must learn to save, pool our money and get into the business world. He denied that the Negro is a criminal race and pointed out that the race has never produced a great criminal, but that there is a good deal of petty crime, and the Negro criminal is a burden to the law-abiding and self-respecting. Dr. J. Wesley Jones introduced the speaker. The Rev. Russel Taylor and Mr. W. L. Myers contributed appreciated musical numbers to the program. Attention Ladies! Don't fail to see the grand opening of BELL'S Beauty Shop Twenty years' experience. Licensed operators from the State of Illinois. Special inducements for those wishing to learn. Special prices on opening day. MRS. LUCY C. BELL, Proprietress. WILLIAM PICKENS COMING JUNE 12 William Pickens, Field Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will be in Omaha Sunday, June 12, and will address a mass meeting in the afternoon at Zion Baptist Church Mr. Pickens, always a favorite here whose visits are eagerly anticipated, since his last visit has spent several months in Europe, visiting Russia, Belgium, and other countries, and will bring a new message to our people. The regular monthly meeting of the Omaha branch of the N. A. A. C. P. will meet Sunday afternoon at 4 Home Phone Web. 0248 uneral Home times to meet the nically as well tifically THE GREAT BIBLE- CHRIST TEMPLE ANNOUNCEMENT o'clock at the North Side Branch of the Y. W. C. A., Twenty-second and Grant streets. In addition to important business to be transacted, Attorney H. J. Pinkett will deliver an address, postponed from last Sunday, on "The Political and Civic Needs of the Colored People of Omaha." Mr. Pinkett has collected statistics and data and has made a study of this question and will have a message worth hearing. W. B. BRYANT, Attorney In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER of the estate of Alonzo Jackson, deceased: Persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 17th day of May, 1927, Grace Jackson filed a petition in the said County Court, praying that her final administration account filed herein be settled and allowed, and that she be discharged from her trust as executrix and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the third day of June, 1927, and that if you fail to appear before said court on the said third day of June, 1927, at 9 o'clock a. m., and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition and make such other and further orders, allowances and decrees, as to this court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally settled and determined. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 2T—5-20-27 County Judge. LINCOLN MARKET is still drawing crowds. There is a reason. 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Delivery Webster RONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKS nts or BRUNSWICK Phon and STUART'S ART SHOP FURNITURE CO. M. JACKSON 1317 Phonographs and Records PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKSON 1317 Agents for BRUNSWICK Phonographs and Records STUART'S ART SHOP ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE Picture Framing and Enlarging 1803 North Twenty-ourth Street Admission, 50c PAGE THREE PAGE FOUR Fish Has Odd Power to Benumb Opponent to Benumo Opponent In the winter of 1882, when the writer was at work on the fishes of Key West, a tourist came to his office, bearing a small ray or skate of which he told a curious story. Seeing the little fish close to shore, he stabbed it with a pocket knife. At once he felt a sharp shock like that from a Leyden jar, which, for the moment, paralyzed his arm. So he brought the fish to me. It belonged to the family of torpedoes or electric rays, being one of the smallest kinds of these fishes, Narcine brasiliensis. It is locally known to the Bahama and Key West fishermen as numb-fish or cramp-fish, and to the Spanish as entemedor. These fishes, the torpedoes or electric rays, are very much like the ordinary skate in appearance, but softer in body and more rounded in form, the flesh being very watery and the skin everywhere perfectly smooth. The torpedo yields a quick, sharp shock when touched, bumping an enemy for the time being. The shock is well carried along a metallic conductor, such as a knife or spear. It is said to have the qualities of magnetism, "rendering the needle magnetic and decomposing chemical compounds." However disconcerting to one who feels it, it is not dangerous. The exercise of this power soon exhausts its possessor and a period of rest is needed.-Prof. David Starr Jordan in the Scientific American. Had to Have Strong During her recent week-end visit to a town on the South shore the Woman stopped in a fruit and vegetable store to make some purchases for her friend. The clerk was having a ruthier difficult task, for the customer up on whom he was waiting wanted to know the history of each purchase. "What kind of coffee have you?" she asked. "Good coffee!" promptly responded the dark-eyed son of Italy. "Yes, I know. But what brand is it?" "These one, she's drink by all the people downtown, New York. Fifty-nine cents a pound." "Oh, that's too expensive." "Well, here's another, only 49 cents," hastily volunteered the man. "Is it strong?" asked the lady dubiously. "I like strong coffee." "Sure. Wonderful strong. They drink these kind on Broadway. They gotta have strong coffee there. They stay up all night."—New York Sun. Hope-Making Plant Much of the peninsula of Yucatan is very stony, and as there are practically no rivers, the planters depend on rain to irrigate their fields. Sisal hemp, or hequin, is the chief article of growth and export throughout the peninsula. The sisal itself is an evergreen plant closely related to the century plant or American aloe. The fiber is extracted from the curving, swordlike leaves, which are cut at the end of the third or fourth year of growth. The leaves are macerated, or made into pulp, and the fibers torn apart by machine. The pulp is then washed away and the fibers dried and bleached by the sun, and when the process is completed this yellowish-white fiber ranks next to Manila hemp in making rope.—Washington Star. Recalling Early Days With plenty of patience, paper and a pencil, it is possible for you to remember what happened when you were six months old, asserts Dr. E. Pickworth Farrow, English psychologist, in Popular Science Monthly. For periods of one or two hours at a time, he says, write down any and every thought which occurs to you. Repeat the process several times. Then, as memories of recent happenings gradually are "worked off" on paper, you will go back to recollections of your early life. Colors and Mentality That different colors may have important effects on the mental state of people has been believed for many years. Some psychologists have gone so far as to prepare charts of the mental effects of different colors, red being stimulating and exciting, blue depressing, and so on. In a long series of tests made on children several months ago it was found that most of the children preferred red and orange colors to blue and violet ones. Red for most people is a cheerful, inspiring color. Not Copied From Nature My sculpture is not copied from nature I follow a definite and preconceived idea about sculpture, and from that I make a sketch in clay. . . . What I search for is the disposition of volume in space, the figure in light and air. I search for an ample form and the copying of an actual figure is of no interest to me. . . . Who could copy nature? Even the Greeks never attempted it. . . What is important is the general idea. It can't be explained, but has to be felt.—Mallol. Knowledge and Power A great many people "know" many things they really don't know. Some one has said that what is not known would fill more books than ever have been printed. Human knowledge is limited, yet a little knowledge may exert tremendous power.-Grit. Gem Worn by Musician Idea of Old Greeks When we sit at a concert listening to a great violinist, we are often diverted by the flash of a large diamond on one of the fingers of his bow hand. If we like the music and the artist we dismiss the impression with the thought that it is merely a bit of personal vanity on the part of the player. But when we read that the practice of displaying handsome rings to the audience was in vogue at musical contests 2,400 years ago, and learn that the eminent Greek lyre players of the time of Timotheus wore jewels on the right hand, the hand which held the plectrum and sounded the strings, we find that we are confronting a long tradition of professional practice. Perhaps this persistent habit may be traceable to the Greek desire to discover and reveal beauty everywhere, and to harmonize glints of color with musical tones, if such a combination is possible. Granting that this was the aim of the Greek artist, we must then be dealing not merely with the momentary whim of a vain musician, but with traits of Greek character which are also human, showing themselves in similar guise wherever similar situations occur, and persisting, therefore, through long years in the practices of a guild.—Charles Burton Gulick, in "Modern Traits in Old Greek Life." Little Visible Charm in Captured Mermaid That the mermaids should have survived all these years is extraordinary; but there is another curious side to the matter—that each successive mermaid seen through the centuries seems to have been uglier than its predecessor. Of this there can be no doubt if one contrasts the description of the "mermaid" of the ancient Greeks with those of more recent times. In an account of a "mermaid" captured off the coast of Natal, a writer describes it as having screamed like a woman when caught, and goes on to state that it had seven ribs on each side, lungs, kidneys and a heart about the size of an ox heart. According to the writer, the "mermaid" was 11 feet long, had a huge tall instead of legs, lacked a tongue and teeth, but had a heavy chin, flat nose, eyes, and a kind of hair that grew in tufts. Not a very prepossessing "mermaid!" It is more than probable that this 800-pound monster was a dugong, which, though once a land dweller, is now an inhabitant of the sea and undoubtedly responsible for many of the "mermaid" legends. Childish Frankness Speaking of embarrassing moments, Mrs. F. S. R writes that she took her four-year-old daughter with her when calling one afternoon and they had not been in a woman's house long when the little one remarked: "You may as well start getting dinner. Mrs. Brown, 'cause daddy's out of town an' if you ask us we can stay to dinner just as well as not." "Needless to say," adds Mrs. F. S. R., "we got the invitation and I was very much embarrassed."—Boston Transcript. Fly a "Free Animal." Not Pest—in Italy In Florence you get over expecting things to be done and learn to take what is given in a mild spirit of thankfulness and to let the rest go. The fly question is an example. We were Americans and we were determined that we were not going to be tormented by flies, Italian files at that, lazy, insolent brushes used to molestation. We combated them with screens, with sticky paper, with determined slaughterings. They merely returned in slow, persistent clouds the moment the holocaust was over. It seemed as though they were born both wise and wary, for screens could not keep them out nor fly paper entrap them. This was seemingly inexplicable until we discovered the kitchen windows invitingly open and Litizia placidly peeling potatoes with a sort of black halo moving about her head. She listened to the storm of expostulation unmoved and rather amused. "Ah, signora," she explained, "but there is no way to keep out a fly—a fly—he is a free animal."—From "Falling Seeds," by Elizabeth C. Chapman. Thinkers Have Ever Seen Trouble Ahead We are all more or less nervous at times—especially when something goes wrong with us—about what is going to happen to the human race. The psychiatrists are particularly apprehensive. Dr. Max Shlapp, for instance, told the Academy of Medicine, at New York that he feared that the whole race of tomorrow would either be grossly damaged or lowered in general efficiency as a result of the high tension lives we lead—though, to be sure, all of us don't lead that kind of lives. "Twas ever thus. Greece saw trouble ahead; so did Rome. Those who watched the moths flutter the Louis XIV candle in France were gravely apprehensive, and so were those who frowned on the gayeties of the court of Charles II in England. Trouble was ahead then as it is now. Some pretty bad messes followed, but THE MONSTER humanity survived, and, on the whole, improved. But trouble is always ahead. We never catch up with the direst of it. Surely there is comfort in the thought that the worst is yet to come—and probably will never get here.-Indianapolis News. What She Wanted to Know A woman called up the Times office the other day and asked the able and efficient young woman in charge of the telephone: "Is there a bureau of information in the Times office?" "What do you want to know?" asked the obliging young woman. "That's what I want to know" "Well, but what do you want to know?" "That's what I want to know Is there a bureau of—" "I know, but what do you want to know?" "That's what I want to know!" "There's no bureau of information, but if you'll tell me what you want to know I'll—" "Thank you. That's what I wanted to know. Good-by."—Leavenworth Times. Cannot Harden Rubber The bureau of standards says when rubber is melted it is changed both chemically and physically. It cannot be hardened. Contrary to what seems to be the quite common impression, rubber goods are not cast by pouring the melted material into molds. Instead the crude rubber is worked between steam-heated rolls and at the same time the sulphur and other ingredients are mixed up. The warm, plastic mixture is then molded and heated to vulcanize the rubber—that is, to cause the sulphur to combine with it. "News" is commonly believed to be formed from the initial letters of the four directions, north, east, west, and south, but it is authoritatively claimed that the interesting sameness is merely coincidence. There are synonymous foreign words "nova" and "nouvelles," which employ various letters to mean the same thing. In our own language the word was formerly spelled "newes." It is likely that the German word "das neue" is the origin of ours since their phrase. "Was giebt neues?" means the same as our, "What's the news?" It is a common saying that men and women hate to pass forty and put on glasses. There is a greater trial ahead of them; to have all their teeth out and buy a set of the kind that never looks natural. False teeth are as easily detected as a wig; but people are rather more charitable for false teeth—somehow, they expect a man to boldly face baldness.—E. W. Howe's Monthly. Buddy Cohen was bragging about now much his father knew. "He knows everything," declared Buddy, but little Bertha was skeptical and finally Buddy did remember that he had asked his father a question or two that he couldn't answer. Still loyal to his argument, however, he finally said: "Well, my father may not know everything, but we've got a dictionary that knows the rest." TWO KINDS OF JUSTICE The Colored people of this country are its greatest asset. They are patriotic, as proven in every war this country has been engaged in. But their patriotism has not only been shown in the time of war but in the days of peace their love of country has been shown. There have been no labor troubles made by Negro workmen. There have been no assassinations of presidents or other governing authorities by Negroes. We have been patient and forbearing in the face of all kinds of adverse legislation. If the meek shall inherit the earth the Negroes of "these United States of America" ought to own America. For we are meek and forgiving and we are gluttons for punishment and always bob up smiling and happy after our "good white folks" have kicked us on the shins and have hit us below the belt. But The News sounds this warning to our good white friends: The Negro is getting tired—we almost said "darned tired"—of this two handed justice. We are wondering why the white man cannot be fair and square. Here are two cases: Fleming and Bard, Negroes, are sentenced to death or an alleged rape of a white girl who never has identified them and about whose guilt there is great room for doubt. Yet it is said they must lie. Charles Falone, white, is charged with rape of a Colored girl. He is identified, in fact he is almost caught in the act, and yet he only gets five years in jail and a thousand dollar line and that not for rape but for "assault and battery." What can our white friends and fellow citizens be thinking about—to deal out this kind of justice? We have produced no marchist assassins, or even radicals, but we warn "our good white folks" that it is not human nature to go on News The Crisis Sure Winner grinning and bearing this kind of thing. Patience ceases to be a virtue some time and we hope for their sakes as well as our own that the white man will come to himself and play the game fair and square. We make no threats. But— COLORED LAD IS THE PRESIDENT OF CLASS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston, Mass.—Edward P. Simms was elected president of the Sophomore Class of the Boston University School of Religious Education and Social Service. This is the first time in the history of the University that a colored youth has been elected to such a distinguished office. Mr. Simms is the son of the late Annie E. and S. Simms. His mother was, before her marriage, a teacher in the Boston public schools. His father served three years on the Boston city council. His grandfather was Mr. Elijah W. Smith, Boston's poet of twenty-five years ago. His great grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Paul, was New England's first colored minister. Mr. Simms has received many honors since attending this school, one of which was to be selected as class representative at the All-School Banquet, held at Repertory Hall, Friday evening, May 6, 1927. He was also one of the few student speakers on the same program with Boston University's president, Daniel Marsh, at the Men's Council Banquet held recently. OKLAHOMA INVESTMENT CO. Dealers in REAL ESTATE We have newly opened our office and we are honest and trustworthy. Please Give Us a Trial 1423 No. 24th St. WE. 7004 H. D. Williams, Mgr.—Adv. 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FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Webster 2180. 2516 Patrick avenue. WANTED—Working girl to take a room in my cosy apartment. Web. 1185. FOR RENT—Six rooms, 1148 North 20th street; five rooms, 1152½ North 20th. Modern except heat. Webster 5299. FOR RENT—Furnished room in modern home, with kitchen privileges. Man and wife preferred. Call WE. 0919 mornings. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. 2516 Patrick avenue. Tel. WE. 2180. ROOMS FOR RENT—1812 No. 23rd St. WE. 2089. 2-T. NICELY furnished rooms. All modern. WE. 3960. FOR RENT—Nearly furnished room in modern home, kitchen privileges. WE. 3308. 4-T. BEAUTY PARLORS MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEbster 6194. UNDERTAKERS JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers 24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100 Satisfactory service always. PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS A. F. PEOPLES. Painting and decorating, wall paper and glass. Plastering, cement and general work. Sherwin-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St. Phone Webster 6366. 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. W. G. MORGAN—Phones ATlantic 9344 and JAckson 0210. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Twenty years' experience. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnams Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 3180. HOTELS HOTELS PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 1018 South 11th St. Known from coast to coast. Terms reasonable. N. P. Patton, proprietor. THE HOTEL CUMMINGS, 1916 Cuming St. Under new management. Terms reasonable. D. G. Russell, proprietor. BAGGAGE AND HAULING J. A. GARDNER'S TRANSFER. Baggage, express, moving, light and heavy hauling. Reliable and competent. Six years in Omaha. 2622 Maple Street. Phone WEbster 4120. C. H. HALL, stand, 1403 No. 24th. Baggage and express hauling to all parts of the city. Phones, stand, WE. 7100; Res., WE. 1056. 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. DRUG STORES ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th Street. Two phones, WEbster 2776 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. PLUMBERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO., J. F. Allison, manager. Estimates furnished. 3025 Evans Street. Phone KE. 6848. Field~Omaha G RACES JULY 4th