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Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
By P. A. BARRows.

1 oy - kAs oxAANNO WV
Lincoln, April 20.-With the ring
ing down of the curtain Saturda,
passed into history the 37th session
Of the Nebraska legislature, des
tined in the future to be referred t.
as the most constructive and i'm
| portant session in the history O
the state. The, writer has been. close
ly associated with half a dozen Of
| more sessions and he believes tina
when the people have had time ste
digest the work of. the session thai
| there will be very little to criti
cize.
There has never been a session
where the members have been more
honest and active in an effort to pass
laws which. would be beneficial tc
the. state and as a result there has
been little if any "log-rolling'" in
connection with the activities abou,
the state house nor has there been
the antagonism between the two
branches which has characterized
sessions of the past in many in
stances. The members. have ave-
ragged far above the usual. take
them as whole, and this is not a
criticism of former sessions, for in
many instances the members were
elected from districts where they
became candidates after consider
able effort ton the part of the peo-
pie of their districts to allow their
names to 60 upon the ballot.
Not All Satisfied.
OF course, not everybody is salts
fed and the fact that an effort is
being made to use the referendum
on some OF the legislation is an in
dication that some people do not
like the action of the legislature and
are So radical in their views that
they are not willing even to give
the new laws trial, which gives
evidence that even so good law
as the referendum can be used to
perhaps the detriment of the state
at large.
4 When the referendum law was
enacted it became law simply for
the purpose of giving the people an
opportunity to revoke any law which
a legislature might pass which would
be, if put into effect, vicious and
detrimental to the best interests of
the state. Like other acts of the
legislature, it can be used advisedly.
Just why the people should elect
men to the legislature to make laws,
give them all opportunity to study
the propositions from all angles and
then because such laws may not suit
some of the people, invoke the ref
erendum to repeal the laws without
even giving them a chance to be
tried out, is hard to understand.
Main Principles.
The fundamental principle upon
which .our state constitution is
founded is the republican or rep
resentative form of government, the
same as used by the national gov
ernment. Under that form of gov
ernment the people elect their state
officers to do the business of the
state, and elect their representatives
to meet every two years to enact
laws for the people. If. the people
arctic be given the right to kill laws
made by the men they have elected
to make them, we are simply adopt
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
BILLY SUNDAY is HERE.

Billy Sunday, the great evange-
list, is here to boost the loan in
Omaha. He reviews the great
"Welcome Home" parade from the
grand stand at court house square,
and afterwards will go to the Mu-
nicipal auditorium and make an ad-
dress there. Mr.. Sunday will go to
Denver at 4:25 p. m. He is headed
for Hood River, Ore.
Have you noticed the camouflage
effect on the platform on court
house square? It's the real thing
the sort of camouflage the boys
used in Europe to deceive enemy
airmen. .
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
dTIASHEC 7Tom FIIMI AND
PHOTO PLAY. OFFERINGS. FOR. TO-DAY.
ffr OMMON CLAY,H with
Fannie Ward playing the
~ leading role is ork of

Fannie Ward playiffs the
- leading role is OH OF
the best and strongest prob
lem plays ever depicted on the
screen. 1t is now being shown at
the Strand theater. 1t touches on
one of the greatest problems of the
big cities, the girl, handicapped by
poverty, who is struggling along
without psopet safeguards. 1t has
to do with stark realities that can
not be overlooked or lightly pushed
aside. 1t deals with souls in travail
and good endeavors combating the
evil. Fannie Ward eclipses her
previous successes in the. character
Ellen Neal. She passed through a
career as shop girl, cabaret singer,
housemaid and society girl. Com
mon Clay" is a screen version of the
Harvard prize play.
Mary Miles Minter in The In
trusion of Isabel' has true Minter
picture, charming and with an in
teresting love story woven into the
plot as the attraction at the Sun,
showing again today and Tuesday.
Miss Minter, as Isabel, is as bonny
a maid as any young bach might
find in lifetime of searching; and,
when her mothering heart impels
her to make sure that his vest but
tons are where and how they should
be, you wonder how OH earth he
manages to, stop at just gracious
smile and thank-you.
At the Rialto theater ALA Nazi-
nova appears in "Out of the Fog"
a screen version of her stage Sue
cess, "Ception Shoals" Two roles
of widely different characters are
portrayed by this Distinguished star
in the production. At different pc
RODS in the play she is seen as both
the mother and the daughter. 1t
would be difficult to duplicate char
acter with as great range Of emo
ton. The play is replete with grip.
ping power and subtle charm
bring vivid1y to the imagination the
griefs and joys of the ardent char
acters portrayed. The play was
adapted for the screen by Albert
Capellani and June Mathis. ALA
Nazimova is supported by cast of
sterling players, numbering such ac-
tors as Charlie Bryant, Henry Har-
mon, Nancy Palmer, George w. Da-
Wis, T. Morse Koupal, Charles Smi-
ley, Tom Blake, Hugh Jeffrey and
Dorothy Smoller.
Pauline Frederick in "One Week
of Life" at the Muse has dual role.
In one she plays the part OF a
woman who does not see much of
life, and in the other she. is the
oman who has everything that |
money can buy The two trade |
places for one week of "life" for !
each to enjoy. But here is dis
covery made and how the entangle-
ments are avoided is. an interesting
and thrilling dramatic story and one
in which Miss Frederick stars to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
Famous Engineer Dies.

New Haven, Conn, April 90
Charles B. Richards, Higgins pro-
fessor of mechanical engineering
at Yale university for Is years and
emeritus professor for the past nine
years, died at his home here today
at the age of IS years.
He invented the improved steam
engine indicator and was one of the
founders of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers. p
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
Faces Trial on Charge
Of Killing Liebknecht
and Rosa Luxemburq

Berlin, April 20.--The Tageblatt
says that man named Runge, ac-
cused of the murder Of DR.. Karl
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg.
was arrested recently and taken to
Jail. The case, the newspaper. as
serts, is nearly ready for trial.
Official confirmation has been re-
ceived Of the arrest, near Holzmin-
den, of Eichhorn, former chief of
police of Berlin, who fed from Ber-
lin early in the year during the revo-
lutionary outbreak. 1t was re-
ported recently that he was aiding
the separatist movement in Bruins
wick
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

advantage. "One Week of Life
will be shown again today and
Tuesday.
Bryant Washburn is making a
perturbation of Martin Browns
play, "A Very Good Young Man,
for Famous Players-Lasky, with
Donald Crisp directing. The play is
one of New York successes of this
season. A notable cast supports
Washburn, including Anna @. Nils
son, Helene Chadwick and Helen
Eddy.
Harry Deep, the comedian in the
new Christie Special comedies,
started garden of alligator pears
when he left the stage and settled
down in Hollywood. Recently he
sent one of the alligator pears to a
brother who lives in St. Louis.
Deep's brother wrote back:
Thanks for the alligator pear, but
you know haven't got an alligator.
Do you think it would hurt my dog
1t / gave 1t to him!
Ruby Lafayette, direct descen-
dent of the famous Frenchman of
Revolutionary fame is supporting
Eddie Polo in his new western, "Cy-
clone Smith Rides Alone"
Fred Fishback has started work
at the L-Ko studios. In his COM
pany are Charles Dorety, Edith
Roberts, Bud Jamison, Jimmy
Adams and a supporting cast of So.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
VICTORY LOAN BANK.

Mrs. M. T. Barlow and Mrs. w.
A. Smith will open the Victory Lib
erty Loan bank in the rotunda of
the court house today. You can
buyVictory Liberty notes there, or
YOU can buy them at Victory Liberty
Loan headquarters, Fourteenth and
Farnam streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
On the Screen T0day

RIALTomMAzIMovA, BALI roN in "ouT OF
BRANDEIS"MABEL NoRMANp. in
SUMMARY MILES M1NrER. in
THE INTRUSION OF ISABEL"
STRAND-FANNIE WARD. in CON
MON CLAY"
MUsE-PAULINE FREDERICK. in
''ONE WEEK OF LIFE"
EMPRESS-MAY ALLISON, In THE
ISLAND OF INTRIGUE"
LOTEROP-24th and Lothrop.
BERT LYTELL, In "HITTING
THE HIGH SPOTS"
LYONS-MORAN and HAROLD
LLOYD COMEDIES
BOuLEvARD--3Sd and Leavenworth.
MITCHELL LEWIS. in 'LIFE'S
GREATEST PROBLEM"
APOLLO-29th and Leavenworth.
VIVIAN MARTIN, in JANE
GRAND-16th and Binney.
CECIL de MILES DON'T
CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND"
SUBURBAN-24th and Ames,
PRISCILLA DEAN. in SHE
HIRED A HUSBAND"
MARIE WALCAMP, in THE RED
GLOVE" No. 4.
HAMILTON-40th and Hamilton.
WILLIAM DESMOND, in IAN
HONEST MAN.
MARIE WALOAMP, In THE
RED GLOVE" No. S.
ORPHEUM-South Side, cath and NJ.
Eft TO WIN"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
Mail Airship Burns.

Paris, April 20.-An airship carry
ing mail from Strasbourg to Paris
fell today near St. Didier. Two OF
the crew were burned to death and
third was seriously injured. The
mail matter was destroyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
They're off!

Those 1000 enthusiastic work
ers for Victory Liberty Loan. Have
your pen handy and your check
book ready to write check for the
first 10 per cent of your subscrip-
ton. Payment of the first 10 per
cent must accompany the subscrip-
ton or it doesn't count.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
TROLLEY BANNERS,

. Earl Bell and his men were busy
Saturday night. Every trolley guy
on the downtown lines showed a
banner Sunday morning. They each
bear a slogan. and there are four
slogans: "Wear This Button"
"Pay Our Debts, "Finish the Job"
and sThe Last Loan" Some of the
banners are printed in red and
white; some in blue and white. All
of them have the big "V' on them.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

| Mrs. Barlow has German Off
cer's' helmet as one of the orna-
ments of the bank. It's a helmet
that was worn in battle.
The war tanks will make their
first parade Tuesday. Warren H.
Howard of Frank Selby's "stunts"
committee is arranging program
that will show the wonders to be
performed by the monsters.
The Exchange bank of Wilcox,
Neb., sent in the first official noti-
fication to headquarters of sub
scription. They reported the sale
of $500 of Victory Liberty notes.
B. A. Stockwell, county chair
man of Rock county, posted all Of
his district with a half-sheet an
nouncement of the war tanks visit
to Bassett on the 18th, and in con-
sequence there was great crowd
to watch the maneuvers of the bat
tle-scarred machines. Mr.. Stock
we'll is one of the most active work.
ers in the state.
PLATTE CENTER FIRST OVER
TOP.
Platte Center, Neb., is the first
town in the Tenth Federal district
the Kansas City district-to go
cover the top" Chris Gruenther,
county secretary. gives credit for
the victory to Eddie Laun, j. A.
Hauser, j. E. Cossariat, A. ]. Glod-
owski, l.. o. Fangman, Lew Hoare,
Stasia Cornin andNhe committee on
decorations, composed of P. J. Riley,
Ed. Lusienski, Erwin Scheidel, Kit
tie Considine and Frank Bruckner.
Mayor Ed P. Smith will speak at
court house square Tuesday at noon.
There will be vaudeville program,
too.
T. L. Davis, chairman Of Division
3, has made the following additions
to his teams: No. 81, Edgar Allen
and Henry Monsky; No. 80. En-
merry Petersen, H. w. Graham, j.
E. McLafferty, George S. Johnston,
W. D. Lane, Rome Miller, John
McCague, r. E. Deeter and NJ. H.
Haas.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

The Ben Franklin club, an or
ganization of printers that meets
every Monday at noon, declared to.
days meeting off so its members
can see the great Victory Liberty
Loan "Welcome Home" parade.
Good work! ... ......
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

Harry B. Fleharty will speak to
the employees Of the Brandeis stores
this afternoon at 6 p. m. Judge
Howard Kennedy will talk at the.
Ford automobile plant,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

Mrs. Barlow has a German off
cer's' helmet as one of the orna
ments of the bank. It's a helme
that was worn in battle.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21
PLATTE CENTER FIRST OVER
TOP,

Mayor Ed P. Smith will speak at
court house square Tuesday at noon.
There will be vaudeville program,
too.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-21

advantage. "One Week of Life"
will be shown again today and
Tuesday.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26

by their conquerOrs, the British. The
first great revolt against British rule
was in 1857. This failed and the gen.
tie British punished the ringleaders of
the plot by tying them to the mouths
of great cannons and blowing them
to little bits.
In recent years the spirit of revolt
has again been gaining in strength,
but when the great war came the East
Indians entered the conflict and
fought with their oppressors to make
the world free for democracy. The
natives are asking for home rule, but
instead of getting that, the restric-
tons are more onerous than ever,
and 300,000,000 defenceless people are
kept in subsection by a British army
of 100000.
Rabindranath Gagore, the famous
Indian poet and humanitarian, in a
protest against the repressive meas.
ures adopted by the British govern
ment in India, has asked to be re-
lieved of the title of Knighthood con
ferred upon him by King George.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26
REV. B. N. MURRELL.
Writes an Interesting Letter to The
Appeal From Paris, France.

Writes an Interesting Letter to The
Appeal From Paris, France.
Rev. B. N. Murrell has written a
letter to the editor of THE APPEAL
from which the following facts have
been condensed:
Peace having been declared he will
shortly return to America.
Since leaving st. Paul, his health
has been the best and every day has
been spent in service to the soldiers
furnishing remarkable experiences.
He plans to join his wife in Wash
ington and may visit st. Paul, has
several offers but has not decided
where he will locate.
He says that all of the 10000 dead
soldiers at Beaumont, Thiancourt and
Ramange cemeteries were buried by
coIored American soldiers, no white
man helped to move one. "A lasting
debt of gratitude is due to the colored
soldiers from American citizens"
He says that many statements that
have been made by speakers and
writer's, who were not actually on the
ground, are not veritable facts Hav-
ing worked in the Verdun sector four
and a half months I know the dead
there tell correct story.
II have spent ten months on the
Western front. 1t has given me a
fairly general acquaintance with Sec
tors from Switzerland into Belgium,
but the facts at hand compel me to
speak guardedly. All units alike who
faced the Germans have left here on
the field, proportionately, their silent
representatives"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26
NEW ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION.

Although it is not particularly need
ed, Illinois is to have new constitu-
ton. The people, by vote, have de-
cided that, and the constitutional con-
vention will meet next January with
1O2 delegates, two chosen from each
of 81 senatorial districts of the state.
The rewriting of the basic law of
the state is matter of supreme i'm
portance, as upon it's action depends
the regranting or resembling OF all the
inherent and inalienable rights de.
manded by freedom in any republic
the right of free speech, free press,
trial by jury, the protection given by
the writ of habeas corpus, the right
to give ball. the right of peaceful as
sembly, etc. ~ ~. p
The colored people, knowing the
great danger to their rights which the
new constitution may mean, have
joined their forces and forced the Re-
publicans to nominate two strong
we'll qualified men-Edward H. Nor
ris, lawyer, and Rev. A. ]. Carey, min
ister-in a district in which 80 per
cent of the voters are colored, so their
election is assured, and that they will
give good accounts of themselves goes
without saying.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26
ABYsSINIAN BLOOD IN EUROPEAN
ROYALTY,
Editor The Appeal:

Editor The Appeal:
The presence in Washington, D. c.,
OF delegation from the Abyssinian
government is of historic and scien.
tific interest.
Gibbon, in ''The Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire recognizes the
Abyssinians as black Negroes. For
centuries these peoples have main
tanned the Coptic form of the Chris
ton religion against the strong Mo.
hammedan influence of both Egypt
and Arabia.
At the battle of Adowa, in 1895. the
military forces Of the Abyssinians de-
teated an Italian army of 10000 men,
under Gen. Bolderossa, defeating
ltaly"s attempt to conquer their coun-
try. The Abyssinians use modern
military equipments.
Alexander Pushkin, the only poet
that Russia has ever produced, was
the son of an Abyssinian Negro. The
direct and lineal descendants of Push
kin have married into the wealthy
and royal families of the British EN-.
pire, and incidentally, breaking the
back of the great Charles Darwin's
biological theory, ''reversion to type"
or, as the common people say, "tak-
Ing back" The rock bottom facts in
the case, are Numerically opposed
to this Pigment of the Darwiniap i'm
agination
If the now reigning family of the
British monarchy should become ex-
tinct, the next heir to the throne
would be the Prince of Battenburg,
whose beautiful and accomplished
wife is the direct descendent of Push
kin. She would be the queen of Eng
land and Empress of India.
DR., J, M, Boddv.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26
AN INFAMOUS STATEMENT

DR. Clarence True Wilson, general
secretary of the board of temperance
prohibition and public morals" of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, ought tc
be very careful in the stuff he hands
out to the public for he has just made
statement which is not wholly true
and which is an insult to one grou1
of American fighters.
On the authority of Deets Pickett
research secretary Of the board who
has just returned from Europe, the as
sertion is made that drunkenness, dis
honesty, immortality and the associa
ton Of French women with colored
men, are some of the causes for Their
dissatisfaction" with France
In another column of this issue OF
THE APPEAL will be found a letter
from st Paul man who is now a
soldier in France thousands of such
letters have been received from col.
ored soldiers), which shows that the
alleged young Mems CHRISTIAN
Association" drew the color line, and
colored soldiers were continually in.
suited by signs reading, For White
Troops Only"
There is no color line in France
or any other European country, not
even in Germany. The French people
treated the colored Americans as if
they were human beings. There was
no patronizing. They were treated
like men because that is the custom
in France. On the contrary the white
American soldiers continually insulted
and mistreated their colored brothers
in arms. To infer that the relations
between respectable French women
and colored men were immoral is an
Infamous slur on the French women
and an insult to the colored defenders
of democracy.
1t is said that the French demi-
mondaines preferred the colored men,
and this piqued the white Americans.
They did not object to the sin, but
the fact that the female sinner was
French woman and the male sinner
an American colored man.
The averave white American accus-
omed to the Infamous, abnormal, un-
Christian, and really un-American
color line, can not grasp the psychology
of the French people who not only
have no color line but cannot com.
prehend it's meaning.
France which gave to the world
the Dumas, pere ct fills, judges men
by merit not by color France is true
to it's motto, ....-
"Liberte, Egalite, Fraternit@."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26

business and engineering subjects.
The preparatory courses are of high
school grade. The college courses
enable one to work for credit toward
degree from the University. AS many
as half the credits required may be
earned in this way. Students who
seek university credit must be able to
satisfy the entrance requirements of
the University, but if credit is not de-
sired, any one may register for these
courses. Many Of them are of general
value, dealing as they do with Geo.
Monies, history, political science,
sociology, and other subjects of pres.
ent interest. The vocational courses
are practical in their nature and make
constant application of the principles
they teach. These, as well as the
other types of courses, will be in
creased in number and scope as the
demand grove
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26
few speeches, of which one is reported

few speeches, of which one is reported
by hearer as follows:
The address delivered by Or. Motion
to the men consisted of one or two
jokes by coIored preacher, the as
surance that the people at home were
proud OF them and the manner in
which they should act upon their re-
turn to the United States, DWELLING al
most entirely upon the phrase "Not to
be arrogant" After he had spoken to
the men the major informed the Off
GERS that Dr.. Motion desired to hold a
secret conference with them. All Of
ncers congregated in the office. After
being presented to the officers, Dr..
Motion stated that he had been sent
to France by President Wilson and
Mr.. Baker for the purpose of speaking
TO the colored troops. He also stated
that he had just left Paris where he
had been in conference with President
Wilson and had asked the President
his views as to the practical appIica-
ton of democracy toward the colored
man in the United States, but ended
by saying: 81 was very much pleased
with his reply but, gentlemen, can
not quote the President"
After DR.. Motion finished his talk no
opportunity was given to the officers
to inform him of the conditions that
had existed in France, and he did not
seek any information relative to same
from any of the officers after the con-
ference ended.
Dr.. Motion then returned to Paris
and met Colonel House, General Per-
shing and others. Colonel House, told
the writer that he urged Dr.. Motion to
remain in Paris and that if he would,
| Colonel House would give him an op-
portunity to appear in person before
the Peace Conference to speak for the
black world. Dr.. Motion refused to
stay, but promised to return. He
then went to England and secured an
audience with Lloyd George, Prime
Minister Of England The destiny of
the black race today is in the hands of
England and the destiny of England is
in the hands of Lloyd George. Vet Dr..
Motion did not keep his appointments;
but rushed to catch his boat in order
to be present at the Tuskegee Confer
enee. He sailed with Thomas Jesse
Jones still watching him, and did not
return to Paris or to the Pan-African
Conference, which he said he favored
and promised to support.
| No one questions the personal in
tegrlty of Robert R. Motion or his kind
ly disposition, but no one friend or foe,
can look these facts in the face and
not feel bitter disappointment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-26
Is Public Spirited.

DR.. J. M. CASTOR, Chief Executive of
the presbyterian Board of Missions
for Freedmen" reports a remarkable
gift of colored woman to the Board.
The donor-whose name is not
given-is a graduate of Scotia Semi
nary, Presbyterian school in North
Carolina. Left widow on her own
resources, she courageously opened a
rooming house in an Ohio city and
accumulated $4,000. Of this she has
set aside $4,000 for business capital
and the remaining $4,000 she has
presented to the Freedmen's Work of
the Presbyterian Church in the u. S.
A. in order, as she said, more girls
may have the same chance I had"