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Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15

walled tiny gardens, 1abyrinths Of
great halls, chapter rooms, grand
church and little chapels.
And all the Alpine cars are packed
with femininity. Where at one time
ltneditative men on three-night
salutary visit were dogged up to the
dead fine by their plaintive wives and
daughters, now come giggling
couples, caravans OF school friends
land girl cousins, dragging in their
wake the footsore escort. They all
come full of an esoteric sentiment
that they are not profaning 7 the
hushed halls through which they
swish and rustic.
The intense curiosity of women
for the Grande Chartreuse is the
result of course, of the unique and
arbitrary prohibitions Of the past,
which barred them from the entire
territory of the Desert, but men and
women alike have always been i'm
pressed by the excessive severity of
the Carthusian Rule.
Renouneed All Pleasure.
The aristocratic and learned
Fathers-fLatin and bellies letters
were requisites )--never spoke, hu-
man conversation existed no longer
for them. Each passed his life In a
two-roomed cell and a high-walled
little garden attached to it. In his
vestibule, he might have a turning
lathe and carpenter bench with any
quantity of tools, or he might mere
! iy chop firewood for physical en-
ercise. In his solitary garden, he
raised vegetables. In .his two
rooms, he. read and wrote. His
meals were handed to him by young
er or less learned brothers. If he
wanted books and manuscripts from
the magnificent library he wrote
their titles on bit of paper.
His life; passed solitary and silent,
in great and rich community which
administered great properties. He
never ate meat. He rose at $50 a.
m. He glided silently through tn,
corridors to church at s a. m, for
prime" at 8 a. m, for "tierce," at
10 a. m, for "sexte"; at II a. M. for
thanksgiving after lunch, at l2:15.
nSon, for none; and at 2:4s for
vcsyers.At s p. m. it was "com-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15
AMERICAN TROOPS
WERE IN THICK OF
BATTLE FOR KIEFF
Red Gross Unit Members
Forced to Pass Through
Fire Zone.

Warsaw, Aug. l4-Twenty-two
Americans who were in the thick
of the recent fighting about Kieff
have returned to Warsaw. They
went with an American Red Cross
unit to distribute civilian relief after
the occupation of that city by the
Poles. They were among the last to
leave the city when it was abandoned
by the Polish forces, and were forced
to pass through the zone of fire On
their way. A.
The American convoy Of trucks
and ambulances were surrounded at
times by troops of bandit cavalry
and twice narrowly avoided capture.
The unit included, IA ambulance
drivers, guards and interpreters. and
the following Red Cross officers:
Major B. M. Moiler, of Mime
apolis; Major A. G. Palnkers, of
St. Paul; Major H. H. Snively, of
Columbus, O.; Captain Charles
Phillips, of New Richmond, Wis;
Captain Ernest Schoedsack. Of Los
Angeles; Captain Carl Dennewitz,
Of Gary, Ind; Lieutenant H., H.
Hall, of Pittsburgh; Lieutenant B.
X. Sherman, of Astabula, o., and
Lieutenant R. B., Wolfe. Of Topeka,
Kan. They were accompanied by
three officers Of the League of Red
Cross Societies, Colonel Henry
Shaw, of Worcester, Mass; Lieuten-
ant-Co1onel George Fordham, of
White Plains, N. J.. and Lieutenant
Colonel Platz, of Geneva.
Members of the unit, which
reached safety without suffering any
casualties, report that conditions in
Kieff are tragic beyond description.
The entire population of the city is
on the verge of starvation and its
morale very low as result Of the
almost uninterrupted state of siege
to which the town has been SUBJ
;ccted during the past months.
Canada is now nroducin0 some
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15

| goodly woodchopper, half league
down the mountain, who woule
shelter them for the night"
Countess Also Tries.
In more modern version, a live
I ly young countess, on her honey.
moon, had gained admission as fal
as the guests supper, which she at,
TRANQUILITY with the others, suppos.
ing all suspicion to be over,
at is bedtime" said the Frert
Hospitalier, "the first eight on thi:
| side Of the table will~please follow
mew
Don't we have separate rooms?'
/ whispered the disguised brid.
audibly. Her uneasiness was turned
to horror as the good brother
| apparently oblivious. OF the whisper.
ed question, led her husband off al
the tail OF the seven. She heard
him protesting vainly3 "That young
gentleman is of my partyp The
Good Brother pushed him along
And so she finally gave up.
Armand, do not leave mep she
cried desperately. She struggled
with the heavy. door. 1t would not
open.
"Send Armand back to mew she
walled, forgetting all. II will not
sleep with strange men in a dormi-
toryp
There was no mistaking the ac-
cents of beauty in distress.
Lift the LATCH" said a smiling
guest, "the door is not locked" They
were all explaining to her how It
opened when Armand appeared,
crestfallen, pursued by the re-
proaches of the scandaiizcd Frere
Hospitalier. No bluff was at
tempted. "You will find rooms at
the Ladies Inn," were the last words
they heard as they strolled into the
twilight,
Nine. Bernhardt Successful.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt is said
to have been one of the extremely
few women of modern times to sue
cessfully pass all scrutiny and spend
a night at the Grande Chartreuse.
1t was in the days when she was
exceedingly slender, not to say an
gular, and she had the wit to make
up her face as a pale. emaciated and
wrinkled university, professor in
gold spectacles. She wore a rusty
black frock coat and the kind OF
black slouch hat which a professor
imagines suitable for the mountains.
She ate her supper in silence, and
kept her nose in a Latin book. She
saw the. procession of white figures
at midnight, gliding into the black
church amid the fllckering lights Of
their iron lanterns.
/ "The awfullest Suggesting of my
life," said Sarah.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15

State subsidised Alpine cars un-
load their tourists near its awe
inspiring eloisters,, solitary cells.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15

sTrade unionists in Detroit, Mich,
are circulating petitions for the en-
actment of an ordinance to license
private detective agencies. The city
is said to be overrun with these
gangs of Cossacks that place them
selves at the service of employers
in industrial disputes.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15

According to a report of N. c.
Miller of the Pennsylvania State
college, that state ranks first in coli
lcge Institutional work among shop
men and = wo-kingren generally.
During the last year the enrolment
was about rs per cent greater than
ever befNre.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-15

Canada is now producing some
10000 tons of asbestos a year.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
New Negro Bank

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Louisville, KY, Oct. 10. The First
Standard Bank of this place has made
what is believed to be record among
colored people in the United States. Its
entire stock representing capital and
surplus of s11O,OOO.O0 has been sold in
less than five months. In other words,
colored people themselves have bought
up the entire capital stock within less
than FIVE months-not one dollar Of
stock within less than five months-not
one dollar Of stock having been sold to
white persons. So far as available rec
ords show there is no, other corporation
among colored people that has ever ap-
preached this record. Wilson S. Lovett
is business agent of The First Standard.
Act to Combat Lawless Acts Of White
Farmers Who Practice Violence.
Little Rock, Ark, Oc:. 16.-The out
break against unoffending Negroes on
account of dissatisfaction with cotton
prices all over the south, has aroused
southern governors as nothing else in
years has done.
The south is in for the biggest los.
Ing it has experienced in years. Cotton
is costing 80 cents a pound to gather
and indications are that it will bring
only % cents
Some white planters and farmers
are not going to do this.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Negro Athlete
Makes Good

With only three days work out in
which to condition himself, Curtis Nor
ton. fullback at North High and all
state performer in 1919, was inserted
into a game at Western League Park
college and Morningside college OF
Sioux City met. It was largely through
Morton IS efforts that the local team
emerged. victor by a, 7 to count. Nor
ton should add to his record as a play
er during the current football season.
The playing Of Ashby, former East
High and University of South Dakota
star. was the outstanding feature OF the
game played Sunday afternoon at East
Twenty-eighth street grounds between
Grenoia eleven of this city and the An
keny town team His brilliant open field
running and terrific plunges through the
line were important factors in the
manufacture Of the As points scored by
the East Side aggregation.
Anderson, playing his first year az
tackle on the East High team, state
championship contender, was a bulWark " w X
Bluffs game played at East High sta
dunn Saturday afternoon. II.
Frederick, North High halfback, was
one of the chief ground gamers ~ the
North High Mason City clash at the
Drake Staudium Saturday.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
DR.. Phillips Of Keokuk
Passes Away
Veteran Minister, Physician and Pub
licist Passes Away at the Age of
"a at His Residence in
>~.5 Keokul, Iowa.

Rev. DR.. Thomas II. Phillips, one of
the best known men in the west among
the older generation and who was a
commanding figure in Missouri affairs
for fifty years during his residence in
this state at A.oberly, Mo-, passed away
last Tuesday after a brief illness at his
residence in Keokuk, Iowa, where he
had lived and practiced medicine for
the past sixteen years. He leaves a
wife and baby daughter also son
and two daughters by former mar
riage, all of whom are well known in
Missouri; his eldest daughter, Mrs. Ar
livia Watson having been, Grand Prin
cess for a number of years of the S.
NJ. 7. while DR.. Phillips was one Of the
first Grand Masters of the U. B. r. and
lived to witness it's growth from an in
significant number to the largest fra
ternal organization in this state. DR..
Phillips was a real leader of men and
his commanding figure being more than
six and one-half feet in height, straight
as 81 soldier and with snow white hair
made him the center of attraction in
any gathering. The order has lost a
great man, the church a noble preacher
and the race a courageous and heroic
leader. The funeral was Friday at
Keokuk, and, was largely attended from
all sections of the country.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Negro Football Star " -
Declared Ineligible

Lane Tech football prospects were
dashed yesterday, when the Chicago
Public High School League of Athletic
control voted Left Tackle George Book
er ineligible, and forfeited Lanes two
victories against Crane and Hyde Park.
The action was taken at lively meet
ing in the office of E. c. Delaporte,
supervisor Of city school athletics, and
followed the production of records for
three consecutive years during Book
er's grammar school days, which show
ed he gave the date Of his birth as Dec
2; 1896. :,
This would make the 2l0 pound
Lane colored football nearly "a years
old now, and a rule Of the City High
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Notice To Colored Men
And Women Of Iowa

The undersigned take advantage Oh
this their last opportunity OF cal11hs
the attention Of the readers OF the by
woman in Des Moines who fails to reg
lister on either Thursday, Friday or oa1-
urday, Oct. 21, 90 or % will Posltlvely
be disfranchised on Tuesday, Nov. !.
and will not be permitted to take part
In the national, state or county eiec.
tions all Of which will be held on that
date, regardless of the length OF time
{ they have resided or voted IN the Ie Pre-,
cinet in which they now reside: ms
notice is given because of the 1mpIes.
sion entertained by so maisy voters thaI
registration is only for those who nave
never voted or who have moved INTO q
new precinct, which is not the rule thls
year; and, we are especially ANXIOUS rs
rnat every man and every woman OF
our race in Polk county who IS twenty
years Of age or over shall be perml1teaa q
to go to the polls on Tuesday, NOV. 2
tire Republican national, state ana
county ticket, which they Will no! pe
permitted to do unless they register
this week.
Signed s. Joe Brown and Claude I! a.
Harris, members polk county RepuDii-
can committee.
The bystander., 1920-10-21

School league makes students automat-
ically ineligible on turning 81. In ref
| utation Of the charge an affidavit from
Booker's mother was shown, made out
last autumn for the city bureau Of vital
statistics, and naming the player 8
birth date of Dec. 2, 1899. 1t was
shown. however, that this would have
mad Booker entering the grammar
school at years 7 months, and the
vote against Booker followed.
The verdict practically knocks Lane
out Of the race for the high school title,
although the tech team was regarded
as one of the two strongest elevens in
the league, Englewood being the other.
Lane and Englewood play Saturday
afternoon at Logan Square ball park
Martin, the midget Ames quarterback
played a dandy game for his team
against West High in their annual grid
battle at the Drake stadium Saturday.
The mighty Duke Slater, Iowa Uni
versity's All-Western tackle played a
whale of a game against the champion
University of Illinois gridders last
cd by Coach Kuppke, Illinois football
mentor, and other western coaches and
writer's for a position on the mythical
All-American Eleven.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
New Republican
Headquarters
TENTH STREET
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
FORMALLY OPENED

The Tenth street headquarters re:
Gently established by the Polk County
Central Committee at Tenth and Park
streets was formally opened last Mon
day evening. The meeting was largely
attended by both men and women of
both races; and notwithstanding the
fact that it has been decided not to use
the voting machines at the coming cleo
ton, the machine had previously been
installed and since it is very likely that
they will be used in subsequent cleo
tions the meeting was first turned over
to Attorney S. Joe Brown member of
the County Committee who demonstrat-
ed the use of the machine to all pres
ent who had not had the experience Of
voting upon one; and explained the
Importance Of every voter registering
on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of
this week in order to vote Nov. 2.
Rev. Henry McCraven, the permanent
chairman then took charge of the meet
ing and introduced Hon. Charles Save
rude, County Sheriff; Mr.. w. T. Jones,
a member of Sheriff Saverude's staff !;
Mr.. Claude A. Harris, a member of the
County Central Committee; Mrs. Lillian
Smith and Mrs. s. Joe Brown, State
Organizer of Republican Women, each
of whom gave brief addresses urging
all men and women present to register
and cast one straight ballot for the en-
year.
The headquarters will be open each
day hereafter from a. m. to 9 p. III.
and any man or woman desiring infor-
nation with reference to when or where
to register and vote or anyone desiring
information in regard to the platform
or candidates, campaign buttons or pic
lures of the candidates of the Republi-
can party are cordially invited to call.
The bystander., 1920-10-21

that Harding was going to receive the
support of thousands of Democrats who
never had voted the Republican ticket
before Suddenly the Negro equality
talk bobbed up in central and western
Kentucky. Democratic orators began
assuring their audiences they had proof
that the Republicans were bent on es-
tablishing mixed schools of Negroes
equality.
This attack has assumed such pro-.
portions in outlying sections of the
state that the Republican managers are
seriously alarmed. They fear that the
bogey may serve to frighten off thous-
ands of Democrats, notably white wo-
men, who were prepared to vote for
Harding.
The Republicans are viewing with
satisfaction their possession of the most
important election machinery by virtue
of the fact that the state administra-
rion is Republican. They say it means
an honest count of the vote. The Dem
ocratic leaders say it means the Repub-
Leans will count Harding in, If the re-
suit is close.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
IN MEMORIAM.

In loving remembrance Of our
dear little infant daughter, Anne
liza, who fell asleep in Jesus just
two years ago today at 21O1 Bel
.lefontaine avenue, Kansas City,
Mo.
She is gone but not forgotten,
Never shall her memory fade,
And sweetest thoughts, shall ever
inger,
Around the grave where she is
laid.
A loved one from us has gone,
! A voice we love is still,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
Memories rom father and moth
er, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. johnson
Mccormick street, city.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Race Qustion Big Issue in
Kentucky Election

(BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.)
Louisville, KY, Oct. .-..5.--There is
no telling how Kentucky will go in this
election and the chances are the result
in the state will still be in doubt TWEEN
tyfour hours after the polls close on
Nov. g
So close is the contest that whether
Harding or Cox wins the state it is
likely to be by a margin of only a few
thousand votes.
The Republican organization is no
less confident of victory than Democra-
tic headquarters, but each takes care
to cast an anchor to windward in MAX
ing predictions.
Race Issue is Raised.
Kentucky-unless this race issue raised
by the Democrats beats u.s. was the
way the situation was summed up at
Republican headquarters.
According to the Republicans, the
Democrats raised the spector of Negro
equality, if not Negro domination, in a
last desperate attempt to stem the tide
of Democratic detection.
1t was perfectly apparent, however,
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Women Voters Are Well
Organized
MRS. s. JOE BROWN STATE
DIRECTOR PRAISES IOWA WOMEN


That the colored women Of Iowa are
interested and are going to do their full
share on Nov. 2 towards putting the g.
o. p. back in power, is evidenced not
only by the way that they have re.
sponded to the call got by the splendid
reports that have been sent in by the
following women of the various COM
mittees: Mesdames Jessye p. McClaln,
Selma Brown, S. Bates, I. q. Grifith,
w. H. Lowry, Jno. L. Thompson, Mrs.
Maud M. Wilkerson, Miss Jessie =.
Walker, Mesdames Lulu Robertson, AZ
mes Gilmore, and M. McAllister Of Mar
shalltown; Mrs. Clara Shepard Of Dav-
enport; Mrs. Louise M. Greenup OF Mt.
Pleasant, Mesdames Cora Jones and
Mable Crowder of Oskaloosa; Mesdames
Emma Hicks and Mildred Mayfield OF
Centerville, Mrs. Martha F. White OF
| Indianola, Mrs. Myra M. Cater OF
Ames. Mrs. Hester Jones OF Red OAK,
Mrs. Jemima Owens Ottnmwa, Mrs y.
Fl. Crowley of Webster City. These Wo.
men have enabled us this week to sena
in to Mrs. Lethia c. Flemming, national
director of work among Colored We,
men a representative number OF 6,OOu
women voters Of Iowa.
The bystander., 1920-10-21

In Public
Schools

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. l6-Uasses fol
Negroes, giving instructions in then
own history and literature will begin
uapueM qua lg sesseIo Su!u9Ae qua u1
Phillips high school, it was announced
bv Willis N. Huggins, colored instruc
tor in the Chicago high schools, who
will have charge Of the classes:
Mr.. Higgins said that the purpose OF
the classes will be to q i've the colored
people an idea Of the progress made by
their race in localities in every part
Of the globe.
I'VE shall pick out the stellar lights
in Negro history and endeavor, to en-
courage worthy aspirations from the
Mr.. Higgins. .,.e, -. So.
The idea is said to be an innovation
said never to have been attempted be-
fore in this country. Mr.. Huggins said
that the classes are sponsored by z: H.
Perrine, principal Of Wendell Philips
high school.
Owens, a Negro lawyer, today formal,
" announced his candidacy for national
congressman from the Twelfth MIS-
souri, distdict on the Farmer-Labor tic
exceeds the white vote by S,ooo. u: u
Dyer, Republican, is seeking reelection
Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. lin
Harding after discussing at length the
oil Situation as it affects America ne
answered question put to him by a
local Democratic daily OH the Jim Crow
question in his characteristic fashion
The Senator met the issue squarely
He spoke up and out. Senator Harding
left Oklahoma with every Negro Vote
that is honestly counted certain loi
Harding and Coolidge. ,
The black man must be given the
same rights as the white man, Senator
Harding declared. There was dead 81
lence then applause. -,
81 believe in equality before the
r;gbt to the white man and deny the
same right to the black man. j.
& II wouldn Il be fl to be president =
/ didn't tell you the same thing as i
tel the people in the north Harding
said, prefacing his declaration.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
HEALTH BOARD TELLS
CITY TO .'CIEAN UP''

"Better garbage disposal in the city
of Des Moines is not only desirable, but
positively Imperative DR.. j. G. Sum
ner, secretary of the state board of
health, told the city council today.
Health and sanitary conditions in this
city are badly affected by the present
garbage service, or rather the lack of
It, declared the secretary, who suggest
ed legislative remedy. .
No mattr how it is done the fact re-
mains that Des Moines positively must
have better garbage service, he said.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
PROBE MURDERS IN HAITI
Honored In Home Town
Mrs. Laurence G, Jones Guest Of Bur
lington and Receives Signal Honors.

!
Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 2O.-Both
races have received with honor the re-
turn Of Mrs. Laurence C. Jones, Of the
Piney Woods school, to her home town
Burlington. Mrs. Jones who was Grace
Morris Allen once conducted an indus
trial school in Burlington after her
graduation from High school which
grew to be so popular that more white
children attended than members of our
race, and a part of the faculty were
drawn from the white race.
During the visit of Mrs. Jones and
children and the Piney Woods sextet,
courtesies We're extended by Mrs. Bea-
trice johnson, Mrs. A l.. Cook and Mrs.
E. j. johnson. .... N.-. 4
An audience packed st. John s A. M.
F.. church to the doors to greet Mrs.
, , Jones and singers.
Mrs. Jones was also the guest Of the
big Hotel Burlington.
She spoke in the High school audi
torium, the Presbyterian church,, the
Congregational church, one Of the old
est and largest churches in Iowa and
the First M. E. church. s.' EFT.
A most splendid recognition of the
great good Mrs. Jones has been doing
all of her life for her people, came in
an invitation from Mrs Chas. E. Per
kins, owner Of the G. B. and Q. rail
road, to come to her beautiful home
'tThe Appletrees'' and bring her en-
tire party. The afternoon was spent
with music, good things to eat and an
gardens. The party was led about the
great estate by Mrs Rice, daughter
from Boston who was very happy in try
ing to make it pleasant for the little
boys and girls Of the sextet from down
in far away Mississippi. Each member
of the party received a souvenir gift Of
a beautiful American beauty rose. Such
recognition by the very richest and
most cultured white people in our coun
try is incentive enough to every girl of
our race in Iowa, to acquire an educa-
tion and in some way go forth and
serve their people. ~ 1#@ "
. Mrs. Jones and her little sons, Turner
Harris and Laurence G. Jones, Jr., left
on the midnight train, Sunday night
for Piney Woods school, where she will
open up the tenth session Tuesday
morning.
Principal Jones who motored over
from Des Moines in the car given Mrs.
Jones by her Iowa friends during her
illness last summer, will remain in
Iowa another month with the sextet
before returning south.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Iowa Registration
Pass 5000 Mark

More than 5000 different students
have already enrolled in the University
of Iowa this year and with registration
for the present semester still incom-
plete and the increases Of the second
semstr still to be added it seems reason
able to expect that the anticipated at
tendance of about $500 for 1920-21
will be reached. If continued increase
at last year s rate is maintained until
November l registration will have
reached $500 by that time.
The bystander., 1920-10-21
Iowa Homecoming
November 1918

Homecoming at the University Of
Iowa for all alumni and former students
will be held this year on November IL
and Is. Prof. F. C. Ensign, secretary
Of the University Of Iowa Association
has been named chairman of the Home
coming n6 by President hv Water sae
the occasion bigger and more attractive
than ever