The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Carter H. Harrison, Andrew J. Graham and Edward F. Dunne HAVE OPENED UP THEIR MAYORALTY HEADQUARTERS IT IS EXPECTED THAT JOHN E. TRAEGER AND OTHER CANDIDATES WILL SOON FOLLOW SUIT. FORMER ALDERMAN JOHN J. BRADLEY WILL OCCUPY A PROMINENT SEAT IN THE DUNNE BAND WAGON. MANY OF THE BIG POLITICIANS WILL BE FORCED TO COME OUT INTO THE OPEN AND SHOW THEIR HANDS BEFORE THE FIGHT AT THE PRIMARIES FEBRUARY 28th IS ENDED. WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL, ALDERMAN MICHAEL ZIMMER AND JOHN E. OWENS WILL DISTRIBUTE THE PATRONAGE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES. INDEPENDENT OF CHAIRMAN JOHN McCARTHY AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MANAGING COMMITTEE. ON THE FACE OF THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS CHARLES S. CUTTING DEFEATS ODE L. RANKIN IN THE RACE FOR JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT A CONTEST IS IN SIGHT. JOHN R. NEWCOMER WINS OUT AGAINST W. W. WITTY FOR JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT. Vol. XVI Carter H. Harris Andrew J. G. Edw HAVE OPENED UP THEIR MAYOR IT IS EXPECTED THAT JOHN E. DIDATES WILL SOON FOLLOWS FORMER ALDERMAN JOHN J. PROMINENT SEAT IN THE D MANY OF THE BIG POLITICIANS OUT INTO THE OPEN AND SHE THE FIGHT AT THE PRIMARY WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL, ALDER JOHN E. OWENS WILL DISTRICT THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES INDEPENDENT OF CHAIRMAN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE M ON THE FACE OF THE OFFICER CHARLES S. CUTTING DEFEAT RACE FOR JUDGE OF THE PR IN SIGHT. JOHN R. NEWCOMER WINS OUT JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL C The contest for Mayor of Chicago, among the Democratic candidates, is getting mighty lively and bitter, even at this stage of the game, and to a blind man up a tree it looks as though there will be a free for all fight among the gentlemen who are very anxious to serve the city in that capacity. In order to be in on the ground floor on time, the past week, Carter H. Harrison, Andrew J. Graham, and Edward F. Dunne, opened up their mayoralty headquarters and each day they will be on hand to extend the glad hand to all comers. It is fully expected that John E. Traeger, and other candidates, will soon follow suit. Former Alderman John J. Bradley, who ranks with the wisest politicians in the Town of Lake, and Edward H. Roche, ex-city purchasing agent will occupy prominent seats in the Dunne, band wagon, and they will have charge of circulating his petitions and otherwise manage his campaign! The following announcement, has been issued by Ex-Mayor Dunne. "In response to the urgent and repeated request of many hundreds of my fellow citizens, I have consented to submit my name for the consideration of the Democratic voters of Chicago at the next primary election for the office of mayor of Chicago. In so doing, I feel in honor bound to abide by the result of the Democratic vote at such primary election. "Should I be successful at said primary election, as I am confident I will, I shall conduct a vigorous campaign against the scandalous administration at present in power with the confident expectation that the people of Chicago, having suffered sufficiently from the present municipal misrule and maladministration, will place in power the party and the men who will serve their best interests and put a stop to public plunder. "With a deep sense of appreciation of the cordial assurances of support already given me by hosts of my fellow citizens, I invite the support of all Democrats at the primary who believe in clean and honest government and an equal and impartial administration of the duties of the myorality of Chicago." If there is the least bit of honor or self-respect among the real laboring people they should be with Edward F. Dunne, for while serving as mayor, he had the wages of the laborers for the city, increased from $1.50 to $2.00 per day and the policemen and the firemen also had their wages raised by Mayor Dunne, but they have been cut down by Mayor Bussi, in order to provide a few of his rich pets with more spending money. Within the next few weeks many of the big politicians in the various wards throughout the city, will be forced to come out into the open and show their hands, for the hot mayoralty fight is on in full force, and it will continue to grow mighty hot until the primaries February 28, and at this time it is hard to tell who will snatch the winning prize from the voters. As further evidence that the political pot is boiling over, William L. O'Connell, Alderman Michael Zimmer, and John E. Owens, have decided to distribute all the patronage of their respective officers, independent of Chairman John McCarthy and the other members of the managing committee, and their manly determination to stand by the people and honestly administer the affairs of their respective offices and take their time in selecting in their opinion the best men to fill the many responsible positions in their offices, has caused some of the boss politicians to do a great deal of cussing on the side. For this class of politicians looked upon Messrs. Zimmer, O'Connell and Owens, as easy marks, and they naturally thought that without the least trouble they would be able to shove all of their undesirable henchmen up to their pie counters. On the face of the official election returns Charles S. Cutting defeats Ode L. Rankin in the race for Judge of the Probate Court and more than likely a contest is in sight for Judge Cutting. The official count also shows that John R. Newcomer wins out against William W. Witty, for Judge of the Municipal Court. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WILL ADDRESS THE SUNDAY EVENING CLUB AT ORCHESTRA HALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH. On Sunday evening, December 4th, Booker T. Washington, principal of the noted industrial school at Tuskegee, Ala., will address the Sunday Evening Club at Orchestra Hall. In his talks he will dwell at considerable length on his observations while on his recent trip to Europe. It is contended, that his purpose in making the European trip was; to compare, the conditions of the laboring classes, in that part of the world, in respect to their opportunities and CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 26, 1910. CAR VETERON AND GO NOT LAMBO WEEKEND MRS. WILLIAM EMANUEL. With the Assistance of Many Other Prominent Men and Women, Are Making Active Preparations for the Grand Charity Benefit Ball To Be Given at the 7th Regiment Armory, Monday evening, January 2d. THE MEETING OF THE CITIZENS HEALTH ALLIANCE OF CHI- This movement is of greatest civil importance; we count on your press Dr. Hyman Cohen, who is greatly interested in the welfare of the citizens of Chicago; has sent forth the following appeal to its public spirited citizens to assist in the formation of the Citizens Health Alliance. Dear Sir or Madam:— You are earnestly requested to attend the organization meeting of the Citizens' Health Alliance of Chicago, to be held at Hull House Theater, 800 S. Halsted St., Sunday, November 27th, 1910, at 8 p. m. The purpose of this organization is to consider ways and means and to bring about an improvement in the sanitary conditions under which we are living. And these are deplorably bad and injurious. The fearful ravages of consumption, the Great White Plague, that constantly plucks our dearest from our midst; the apalling infant mortality that lays low a fourth of humanity at the threshold of life, the unnecessary and inexcusable existence of acute contagious disease, the many chronic sufferers, and a great deal of the moral deprivation in the community, are due to unsanitary and abnormal living conditions. It is time that something practical be immediately done to mitigate the tenement house evil. The litter-laden streets, the stench and disease-breaking alleys, are a shame and a menace to civilization. The national airophobic, the working hours and working conditions of the masses, the health education of the people, are subjects which must not be ignored and cannot be put off. It is the purpose of the Citizens' Health Alliance of Chicago to start a movement that will do something practical along these lines, and do it now. With this end in view, we are seeking to join all the forces of the community, individual, social and municipal, in a co-operative effort in behalf of this great necessary task,—better sanitary living conditions. As a citizen of this great community, as a factor in its collective life, your experience and judgment, your active assistance, will be of great value in this work; your presence is indispensable to the success of this movement. You are urged to attend this meeting. The following speakers will address the meeting: This movement is of greatest civic importance; we count on your presence. Come and take this work up. It is worthy of your time and effort. The living conditions of present and future generations are in the making. Help make them and make them right. Yours very truly, Hyman Cohen, M. D., Temporary Chairman, C. H. A. C. CARRIERS OF DIPHTHERIA. Diptheria in Chicago is steadily increasing and unless prompt and effective measures are employed, it is certain to become epidemic throughout the entire city. The Commissioner of Health has obtained a special appropriation of $10,000.00 with which to fight this disease that is so dangerous to child life. One of the first things that will be done as soon as an extra force of medical school inspectors can be put to work will be to examine the throat of every school child in Chicago. As we have already explained in these little articles, Diptheria in many cases is spread by children that are apparently well. Such children have the germs of the disease in their throats and are called 'carriers' though they are innocently so. The presence of one or more of these "carriers" in a school room means that other children will contract Diptheria, and neither they nor their parents can tell where they got it. In such cases and when Diphtheria is as prevalent in Chicago as it is now, there is but one thing to do and that is to examine all the children's throats and to exclude from the schools for a time all "carriers," that is, all children whose throats are found to contain the germs of Diphtheria. So, if your child should be sent home by the medical school inspector, you will understand why it has been done. All such children must remain at home until their throats have been thoroughly cleared of the germs. If parents in all such cases will call their doctor, the delay need not be long. If only all parents will co-operate along the lines suggested, there will be an immediate decrease in the number of cases, and the present threatened epidemic will be speedily stamped out. Our old friend Neah D. Thompson, arrived in the city Wednesday evening from Tuskegee, Ala., where he is now residing. His hosts of warm friends here are glad to see him. He will leave for the South, Monday or Tuesday of the coming week. Captain John T. Campbell Dialates On Booker T. Washington AND THE APPEAL TO ENGLAND AND EUROPE BY PROFESSOR W. E. B. DuBOIS AND OTHER AFRO-AMERICANS IN REFERENCE TO THE RACE RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. HE FAVORS COLONIES IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE COL-ORED PEOPLE TO BE ABSOLUTELY UNDER THEIR CONTROL. THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST METHOD TO ADOPT TO TEACH THEM SELF GOVERNMENT. SOLDIER'S HOME, LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. November 22, 1910. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The Broad Ax: west coast of Florida was open to any and all settlers. I wrote again and asked if the Megroes as a class or race could run a colony if one should be started. I give his answer in full, except date and name. I have read the appeal to England and to Europe by J. Max Barber and some thirty other Afro-Americans, on the Washington misrepresentations as to the Negro problem in the United Sates. I agree with the appeal. Washington misled me for several years after his head began to tower above the other weeds in the garden. I believe it is inavisable for him to speak the whole truth, but as some Negro critic sald of him several years ago, "he might be silent." If he does not want to or dare tell the whole truth, he need not substitute misrepresentation. His great school would go up in smoke and down in ashes if he should cross those savage "Southern Gentilemen." He is doing a great good in putting knowledge into the heads of the rising generation of Negroes "Knowledge is power," and when the young Negroes get knowledge, they will find a way to make use of it." Prof. Wm. H. Haltsclau, one of Washington's graduates, is doing a similar work in Utica, Hines County, Missisippi. Since the gap between Negroes and whites is clearly growing wider, is it not advisable for Negroes to take the lead in the separation? As the "Jim Crow" cars are here, and here to stay, hy not insist with the railroads that the accommodation shall be first class, or else that the fare shall be reduced according to the lack of accommodation. The roads would soon listen to and heed this demand. The Germans preferred to settle in communities of their own people. So of other foreigners. So of our own white quakers. The Catholics are much inclined the same way. It is the fear of many whites who are not hostile at the Negro, that if he is encouraged he will seek marriage with a white woman. I knew a family in underground railroad days who so sympatized with the slave, that a daughter fell in love with a bright Negro fugitive, who left wife and children in slavery. It took pretty stern discipline to stop the matter. The family shut up like clams, and ceased all work for the Negro. I got this from a cousin. It was noticed that the family would not attend any meeting in the interest of the slave afterward. I have advocated the settlement of Negroes in a colony in the black belt, where they would not provoke the hostility of the whites, where they might acquire wealth, have their own schools, churches, trades, professions, etc. But I have been unable to interest any leading Negroes in the suggestion. The editor of the National Tribune, the great soldier's paper in Washington, D.C., has founded a considerable colony in Florida called St. Cloud. I wrote him recently asking if Negroes were admitted to that colony. He replied that Negroes had not been invited or encouraged to settle in the colony. I wrote again asking if there was any colony expressly for the Negroes in the South. He said he knew of none. But St. Andrew's on the No. 8 west coast of Florida was open to any and all settlers. I wrote again and asked if the Negroes as a class, or race could run a colony if one should be started. I give his answer in full, except date and name. "Dear Comrade—While I would not want to make so sweeping an assertion as that the Negroes are inately incapable of self-government; yet I should say of them as I do of the Portuguese, Spanish and others, that they would have incomparably more difficulties in attempting to govern themselves than would white people. A community of Negroes might be started with such an exceptionally strong leader as Booker T. Washington, who could hold them in order and manage their relatives, not only among themselves, but with the whites. To do this would require some man of unusual gifts, like Moses, Brigham Young and some others that will occur to you. There is no real deep seated antagonism between the Negroes and the Whites, or at least there would not be if both ere wisely led. They need one another; and if managed properly are invaluable to each other. But this management requires the highest order of judgment and executive ability. It is a field of work worthy of any young man who desires to be of the utmost value to his kind." We can't always be prating about grievances. There comes a time when we must consider remedies. It seems to me that such times is up to us now. What are we going to do about it? Counting the lynchings will not solve the problem. Counting the disfranchised voters will not do it. Denouncing the Jim Crow cars will not do it. Voting the Republican ticket like sheep jumping a fence will not do it. If the Negroes would petition the wealthy philanthropist of the country to help them start a colony, like they petitioned the English and European public opinion, they could find the necessary help. They would have to select their colonists at first, as there are a great many bad Negroes, made bad by bad treatment, who would have been good Negroes if they had been better treated. But they are bad and can't now be made good. They would have to be kept out at the start as they would ruin it. There is at least one thing we must say about Booker T. Washington. He is at least doing something. Some of his work may be wrong, but much of it is right. Jack Johnson in fighting Jeffries did some thing that benefitted his race as well as himself. He showed that the Negro could do, what three-fourths said he could do. The Republican party has long been pledged to reduce the over representation of the disfranchising south. The party has had the president, the senate and the house, and has not made the reduction, nor has it attempted to do it. I notice that the insurgent Republicans are not at all distressed because the party has not kept that pledge; yet they howl like hungry wolves because the tariff was not changed to suit them. Nobody understands all the kinks in a tariff any more than the average preacher understands revelations. —John T. Campbell. PUBLISHED WEEELY. fe eee Wan promulgate und st all times upheld fq tree principles of Demecmcy, but G@utitics, Frotestants, Priests, Infidels, ‘Saugie ‘Tasers, Republicans, or sayone cise eam have their says, ss long se their lnn- guage te proper and reaponsibility ts Sxed ‘is Breed Ax is © newspaper whees pinttecm ts besed envagh for sll, ever ciateing the ciitertal right to spenk tts own mind ‘Buset communications will ressive attes- thom, ‘Write oniy om one side of the paper Gubesiptions mast be paid in sfvance Advertising vates made Imown on sppll- ect ‘Address oll communications to THE BROAD AX 0st ABMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. * pmone DREXEL 4x00. JULES F. TAYLOR, Balter and Publisher. ee er Entered ap Seconé-Ciaes Matter Ang: 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Grsenge, inels, under Act of March a-: MBS EXAMINED AND TREATED. Dr, P. J, Scott, coular specialist. ‘Spantecies and eye giasses made to order. 2686% State street, Chicago. ————— THE ALL STAR STOCK COMPANY AT THE PEKIN THEATER. Monday evening, November 21,—The first entire production by the All Star Stock Go., entitled “A Night in New York’s Chinatown,” play by J. A. Shipp was put on the billboards at the Pekin. The production is easily the brightest and most diverting musical play ever staged atghe Pekin. It was welcomed with laughter and applause, every musical number on the list is of a dazzling and dashing nature, and the comedians are-provided with dia- Jogue and situations of the laugh com- pelling kind. The arrangeifient of the piay gives many opportunities for in- troducing songs of the syncopated type and the ragtime melodies are rendered with inimatable charm. The first act laid in a Bowery Cafe teems with life. The entertainers and musicians provided to amuse the guest and £004: time seekers who join in the fun and eongs, makes this scene one of the dest in which trath in the portraiture of Negro character in a humorous vein has ever been shown. The very first song by a petite little miss Es meralda Statham Lovie Joe, was given with an abandon that made the audi ence feel themselves a part of the crowd in the Cafe. Chas. Gilpin as the owner of the cafe was splendid and familiar in his interpreta‘ion. Gibbs and Amos funny as the waiters. Charming Fanny Wise pleased with her number a ragtime gem written for her by Joe Jordan. The Old Sol- @ier and Deacon W. C. Elkins furn- {shed many laughs and his pleasing baritone voice was displayed to ad- vantage, Tom Brown as the dandy, the policy gambler and in his great Chinese character demonstrated that he was the greatest character actor the race has given the stage. The finale of the first act was a riot of comedy and song, dashing Goldie Crosby and Jerry Mills as s bum who had fallen to sleep in the Cafe, %o- gether with the entire company fairly electrified the audience. The second act laid in Chinatownenfete was @ Deautiful picture and brought forth rounds of applause. The opening scene shows a tragedy by the High- binders on the street presented entire: ly in pantomine, by Messers Brown, Shipp; Gilpin and Mills it was 2 most powerful scene and was superbly acted. The curtain being lowered af. ter this and again raised on the fas- cinating Chinese quarters and its Eat ties. The business of the Colored folks in the district being to play the policy game and see the sights. Many types come to play the game among them, two broken race horse touts played by Sidney Perrin and Jerry | Mills they were merry and funny in everything they did each situation was productive of laughter. Mrs. McIntosh in and old women character displayed ther remarkable talents as a comedt- ‘enne. Messrs, Elkins, Gibbs and Amos ‘as three swells offered a medly of songs ‘that was marvelous in its renderation. ‘The highly diverting performance was closed with a most stunning picture “when the Misses Davis Jones and Brown came on the stage as three Broadway girls and sang and danced the The Gay White Way number this feature was sparkling and briming over with joyous, bright carefree life ‘The Pekin has indeed provided a eps co oe ot 0 ‘ment for Jts: price of 10 and 20 Tents. The, provions skits presente {a connectionrwith vandeville were _ prodiaced in. order that contracts with “the randerill, artist, might be com, vr “eye ts et he from now on the Stock will fnave the stage exclusively, its present vehicle bids fair to serve them for some time to come. And in plain day slang the show is 2 KNOCK: ITHE TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFER- - ENCE. ‘Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, “o vember 19, 1910. The twentieth an nual session, of the Tuskegee Negro Conference will convene at Tuskegee Institute on Wednesday and Thursday, January 18th and 19th, 1911. ‘On Wednesday the first day, the ‘Tuskegee Negro Conference will be held. Among the topics to be discus eed are: “Making Farming Upy,” “Sue cessful Truck ‘Farming,” Rats. ing,” “Live Stock and Poultry-Rais ing,” “Cotton-Raising.” “How to Suc cessfully Manage a Large Plantation,” “How to Make a Living on a Small Farm.” A number of prominent white plant Jers are expected to be present and the question of making tenant farm ing more. profitable both to the land- lord and to the tenant will be dis- cussed somewhat at length. On Thursday, the Annual Workers’ Conference will be held. On this oc- casion an unusually large number of persons directly engaged in Negro education from the schools of the South especially, or interested in the uplift of the Negro are expected to be present. Among the subjects that will be taken up at the Workers’ Con- ference is the following: “How Min- isters, Teachers and Business Men as- sist the farmers to make Agriculture more Profitable, particularly by as- sisting in teaching farmers more eff- cient methods of farming and also to develop the business side of farming. ‘The indications are that the com- ing Tuskegee Negro Conference will be the largest and most successful of all the Conferences held at Tuskegee Institute. PHYLLIS YHEATLEY NOTES. ‘A special illustrated bealth talk by Mrs. Martha Thrall at the Phyllie Wheatley Home, 3530 Forest Ave. Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p. m, Dec. 7. Every lady and her friends are invited to hear this. ‘Admission and refreshments free. Mrs. M. A. McCracken and Miss A. Pollard of the Philanthropic Section have this meeting in charge. Come early and hear the entire talk as it will be very interesting. Anyone desiring a nice quiet, coth. fortable home will find it with our matron, Mrs. Hightower, at 3530 For est avenue. Strangers are especially welcome. Something quite new to the Phyllis Wheatley Club, will be an experience meeting to be given the evening of the 14th of December. Each member is to earn one dollar by that time and tell how it was earned for that occa. sion. I wonder how many members will take this up at once, the money is to finish paying for our furnace. Mrs. Minnie Mercer, chairman of our executive board is on the sick list. It is hoped that all the members will stop and see her and give the cup of cold water if nothing more—“L.” CHATEAU RINK NOTES. ‘The Turkey Carnival was an added feature at the Rink, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. One dozen fat turkeys and @ barrel of fun was had by spectators and participants. cee oS Don’t fail to be on hand early to- night and to-morrow night as the ‘Skate Program will be a splendid one while the entertainers in the Terps chorean Parlors are the best in the city. “eter ae Big skate contest on tonight. Come out. gins y 0 Mr. Peterson and Granbury, two young men of Buxton, Ia, were the guests of Secretary Moseley at the ‘Rink Saturday and Sunday night last and expressed themselves as highly pleased with the Chateau. ew ee Ne ‘The Public should remember that the Rink is the only institution of its kind in the city, owned, controlled land operated by our people and de lserve your patronage in preference ito the concerns run by other men td lexploit and leave us as is the case with most of the Amusement places ion State street. NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. Rev. E. T. Martin, Pastor of Be- thesda Bafitist Charch - will “address the Negro Fellowship League at 27th, at 4 p. m ’ - Subject “Fixttres “in American Life.” Special music. You are invited to be present. “ =. 1B) W. BARNETT, Pres. =*_-@-K. SMITH, ‘RR, Sec. 4 es | ATTORNEY B. F. MOSELEY. Secretary and Treasurer of the Lelaond Giants Baseball and Amusement Association Who Is In Favor ‘of Forming Negro National Base- ball League. ; oe ee es BANQUET AND RECEPTION INy Club next played with, where th HONOR OF RUBE FOSTER| percentage of debtor Clubs share ex AND HIS LELAND GIANTS. | ceeds the expenses and cost of trans — .. portation to the next point wher Many Brilliant Speeches Delievered] scheduled game is to be played an By the Various Speakers. forwarded to the Treasurer, 7th, tha — the sum of $1,000 be the maximun ATTORAEY B. F. MOSELEY FA-| amount to be retained in the Treas VORS THE FORMATION OF Alury, 8th, that any Club not clearinj | NATIONAL | NEGRO BASE-| with Treasurer in 30 days be assessei - BALL LEAGUE. the amount of its indebtness and i Last Saturday night.the Reception, Ball and Banquet to Rube Foster and the Leland Giants was put over on schedule time and everyone seemed to enjoy not only the menu but the speeches ae splendid econ- iums and prais for the greatest ball Team on earth, the Leland Giants. From the moment Secretary and Treasurer Moseley introduced in that happy foreeful Moseley way Mr. Wm. C. Niesen, of the Gunthers until the last word by Jimmie Smith, inter- est and enthusiasm were at its height and baseball as played by the Le- land Giants was the’ theme. Each speaker in his own happy way told of the prowess of the Giants. Among those to make interesting talks were M. J. Fitzpatrick, (the Ump), Prof. Wm. Emanuel, Julius F. Taylor, Edi- tor The Broad Ax, Geo. Figg, the baseball enthusiast, Col- J. H. John- son of the Eighth Regiment, S. B. Turner, Editor and Publisher Illinois Idea, W, C. Peterson, of Buxton, Ia., Cary B. Lewis, the writer and Free- man representative and Andrew Rube Foster. The boys were all there except Lloyd, Johnson, Hill and Pet- way, who are still in Cuba playing in the Autum Baseball League on the Havana Team. Next year the Le- lands will be as strong or stronger than ever as the great Rube has signed Bradley and Lindsay and other new men for utility work. All this was gleaned from the speech of the Rube himself, while Secretary Moseley smiled so it must be the goods. After 1 a. m. all departed feeling fine and determined to be at 69th and Green streets early in May, 1911, when the Umpire orders play Ball. It was the unqualified opinion of all the speakers that “owing” to the great business ability displayed by B. F. Moseley, Secretary and Treas- urer, of the Leland Giants Baseball and Amusement Association, that. the team under the leadership.of the matchless Rube Foster, have become the greatest ball players in world. « The folowing plan has been ‘out- lined by Attorney Moseley, for the formation of a National Negro Base- ball League. ahs oe PLAN NATIONAL NEG! BASEBALL LEAGUE OF AMERICA. First I would suggest that the League of Colored baseball players be named the National Negro Base- ball League of America, 2nd, Presi- dent-Treasurer, 3rd, that it be com- posed of 10 Clubs, 4th, that each Club pay in $10.00 by March-1, 1911, Sth, winners of games 50 per cent, losers 30 per cent, grounds 20 per cent of gate receipts, 6th, certificate from both managers to Treasurer for tion in case proceeds in Sey ieics of canadt seagate penses and cost of transportation to next town where scheduled games are to be et ie same charged ‘to and liied" from. the Club's share-by the Manager ef thie Club next played with, where the percentage of debtor Clubs share ex- ceeds the expenses and cost of trans- portation to the next point where scheduled game is to be played and forwarded to the Treasurer, 7th, that the sum of $1,000 be the maximum amount to be retained in the Treas- ury, 8th, that any Club not clearing with Treasurer in 30 days be assessed the amount of its indebtness and if not paid in 10 days to be suspended, 9th, umpires be employed of compe- tent men, half of whom shall be Col- ored, 10th, 15, 25e, 35c, and 50c be charged for admissions for boys and adults, as follows boys 5c, adults bleachers 25c, Grand Stand 35¢ and Box seats 50c, 11th, players salaries to be classified A. B. C. and shall in no case exceed 80 per cent of the earninigs of the Club to which they belong except in cases of Clubs now under contract with players for year 1911, 12th, that a list of all players signed and undercontract be record- ed by the Club owners with the Sec- retary and the same shall not be tam- pered with by other Clubs, Managers or owners unless released by the Club first obtaining contract, 13th, that no expelled players be permitted to play in the League until re-instat- ed by the Association, 14th, that all grievances be made to the Associa- tion officers in writing by the ag- grieved party and the party com- plained against promptly notified 10 days before any action is taken, 15th, that umpires receive a salary of $5.00 per game and to be paid from the gross receipts by the home Club, 16th, that the President receive a sa- lary based upon a percentage of the moneys handled, 17th, that a meeting of all interested parties be called by Elwood C. Knox, of the Freeman on or before the 15th of December next 1910, and definite plans made. These are my suggestions and if they appeal to you I would be pleased to have you assist me in getting it before the Public, and especially those interested in the game of base- ball by writing me. Respectfully yours, B. F. MOSELEY, 6221 South Halsted Street. Phone Wentworth 215. po} a S ~ ae Bes. a = A <SS Zee ~~ eS Zip > Yop KZ é f @ J. M. HIGGINBOTHAN. The Most Successful Afro-American Mason and General Contractor In This City. | ‘The past week, J. M. Higginbothan, who is by far the most successful Afro-American mason and general contractor in this city, closed a con- tract, to erect an apartment building. on the South Side near Drexel Bivd. " “He has already started the work and will receive $25,000 for’ erecting the bullding. . Mr. Walter N. Hall 3126 Wabash avenue is suffering with La Grippe. Mr. Green Topley, 3448 Wabash ave., is confined to the house with tonsil- tis. Mr, Clarence Gains of St. Louis, spent a few days in the city this week visiting friends. Mr. Jno, Slaughter of Milwaukee en- tggeained 10 Chicago saloon men at a bariquet, Tuesday. Mr. Howard Finley who has been spending a month in the city, went to Grand Rapids, last week to be head waiter in a large hotel there. Mr, and Mrs. Frank L. Akers, and their little son Frank, Jr., 5025 Armour avenue; spent Thanksgiving day with Mr. and Mrs, L. W. DeCrouch, 3542 North Marshfield avenue. Hrs. R. W. Ellison, 3704 State street, fs of the opinion, that The Broad Ax, is the best weekly newspaper in Chic- ago, and she is willing to pay in some of her money towards its support. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones, 3149 Ar- mour Ave., entertained a number of young folks in honor of their daugh- ter Hazel’s 17th birthday, Thursday ‘evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley of Detroit, Mich., = in Chicago to spend a week, after having sold out their business in De- troit. They expect to make their ‘home in Glencoe, during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thornton, 4325 Forestville Av., celebrated their 12th anniversary, Thursday evening, many Deautiful gifts were given them by their friends. ‘Word has reached us that Mr. Dor- sey- Hoxster recently died. The date and place not being given. We sin- cerely hope this is a false alarm, as he is ape of our best young men. ‘Mr:Timmie Blount who recently took charge of Poney Moore's Palace dance hall, gave ft uv as a bad job and is now working for Mr. Slaughter in Milwaukee. Frank Jordon Woods, 5032 Armour avenue, who has been in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the past four or five months, spent Thanksgiving day in this city at the home of his parents. ‘Mr. and Mrs, Howard M. Smith and son, 3552 Rhodes avenue are visting the family of Mr. Smith in Baltimore, M4., and while in that city they are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Mc- Card. pa ‘Mrs. Mary Gardner, Grand Haven, Mich., expects to spend the holidays in Chicago, and attend the great char- ity benefit ball, at the 7th Regiment Armory, Monday evening, January 2, 1911. Frank L. Gale, head of the Gale Piano Company, 3159 /State istreet, telephone Douglas 4558, is a hustler from away back and he expects to sell many pianos, and talking machines, between now and the holidays. Booker T. Washington's sayings in ‘Burope and counter sayings on his re turn to America, make him a strad- @ler—knock him off the fence.—The Pioneer Press, Martinsburg, Ca, Nov. 19, 1910. Mrs. A. Wilberforce Williams, 3408 ‘Vernon avenue, arrived home, Wednes- day evening from Danville, Ky., where she spent the last five or six weeks im settling up the estate of her re cently deceased mother Mrs. \15,, Tibbs. Madam E. Azalia Hackley and sti, Mary Fitzhugh, continue to meer xi:h great success, on their present tour through the south, and on Tues; evening, November 29th, they wit! ap. pear at the 5th Street Baptist (orci Richmond, Va. ‘ Mr. Edw. Morris, one of Chicco most prominent Piano an! > aj Teacher's has now full charge o7 the Quinn Chapel Choir. Mr. Morris ic serves credit for his excellent +, agement of handling a choir, ay. making great effort to estabii.. more harmonious .and better «i; than ever. ‘Mr, Hugh Buchanan, Chicago's / orite Tenor singer, and composer of “Traint No Use in Cryin’,” is [sidering @ nice salary offered Js by the Vaudeville Agents, to sign 2 con. tract for this season, to work vant ville. Mr. Buchanan has not ©" decided just what his plans will ‘concerning the proposition. Mr. Charles Mills of New York city, was the guest of his sister, \! Carrie Briscoe, 3749 Vincennes for three days; Mr. Mills spent a ver pleasant visit here, after having sp: two weeks at his home in Quincy, {1!, with his father and sister, Miss "ui: Mills. Although his stay was a shor: one in Chicago, Mr. Mills spent most of hig time in looking up old friends Wednesday evening, the informs! opening of the Netherwood Cafe Chan tant, 2806 State street, occurred, ani it was largely attended. The ‘ur ishings and fixtures are very clabor ate and a thing of joy and beauty to behold. Miss Bessie La Belle, Mr Charles H. Young, Mr. Eddie Crag ani Mr, Fred Burch, Chicago's favorite en tertainers, delighted the many gues's with their performance who were pre- sent at the informal opening. SPECIAL NOTICE. The next issue‘of The Broad Ax ‘will contain a full account of the John- son-Smith wedding and reception. . lis ee an al aie i History affords many cases of one city being built above the ruins of an- other. There have been some notable exceptions. but quite often when a city has suddenly been wiped out of exist- ence by war or fire or a great cata- clysm of nature it has been rebuilt ‘within a short time. In some instances this process has been several times Tepeated on the same site. The list of exceptions now receives an addition im the city of St. Pierre, Martinique. Absolutely nothing has been done to ‘ward restoring the city in which the entire population of over 25,000 people met an awful death when Mont Pelee Dlew off its top in May, 1902. Rank tropic vegetation is rapidly covering the charred and fallen walls and chok- ing the silent streets.—Youth's Com- anion. Fichtine the Het. A “no hat” brigade fashioned after the one which is thriving in London has been formed in Vienna. “The bat,” says one of the members, “is a supet- fiuous article of man’s wearing ap parel. It deprives the head of needed air and sunshine, retards the growth and in many instances kills the bair and is a source of inconvenience and considerable expense. At no time does the member of our league appreciate his’ resolution to go bareheaded #0 much as when be visits a theater or ‘opera, The crush bat has gone out of style; the cylinder takes up too much Toom, and it is never improved by stor age in a theater wardrobe. No maa ‘who once joins our ranks will desert; Dur, like taking passage, it requires & Iittle courage.” Platinum and Geld. ‘The recent high prices of platinum have led to extensive searches for this rare metal in the United States. Last year, says David T. Day, most plat! bum was produced in the neighborhood of Oroville, Cal., where it is found in the ratio of 1 to 500 of gold. But near Surf, in Santa Barbara county, it 's found in the ratio of 2 to 1 of gold, and at Cape Blanco, Oregon, a deposit has been found where the ratio of platinum to gold is to 1. On the west coast of Washington platinum is compors tively abundant in the ratio of 1 to 10 and 1 to 15 of gold. At present the Useful accumulations in the United States are !Imited to a mine in south em Wyoming. a group of mines in eastern Nevada and about seven de posits In connection with placer mines on the Pacitic slope. ‘Vine Cee Gusenes, Arthur Scynmuski, an Austrian © engineer. has invented a street clea- ing machine which does not raise 205 dust. It consists of a motorcar with & revolving brush which not only swecps up the dust. but throws it into « larze funnel, from which it is sucked up and deposited in a metal box. The dust !s not left on the street to be collected later or scattered again by the wind. = box can be removed when full ‘be replaced by an empty one. The wagon is driven by a tweoty-lz! thirty-two horsepower motor and ca= _gweep eleven miles of street an hour. He will bury cheaper than the trust C GEO. O Funeral Director and Embalmer successful undertaking establish of the people's appreciation of I am the only Undertaker that the same price as Hearse and or to One Hundred Dollars on a fun You are cordially invited to com making arrangements. We carry a large stock on ha suit the people. Funerals are conducted in any out extra charges. Large Chapel free to our pat of the United States and forei prices. Phone, West 1761. Lady atten Lake St., near Lincoln St. We carry a large stock on hand from which to select, that will suit the people. Funerals are conducted in any part of the city or suburbs without extra charges. Large Chapel free to our patrons. Bodies shipped to all parts of the United States and foreign countries at the very lowest prices. Phone, West 1761. Lady attendant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. Lake St., near Lincoln St. THREE YEARS LATE A Train That Won the Behind Time Record Medal. A train of a railway system in the southwest once arrived at its destination nearly three years late. The circumstances were these: The train left Bolivar, just across Galveston bay from Galveston, on Sept. 8, 1800, and was caught in the great storm that so nearly destroyed the Texan city. Bolivar is seventy-five miles from Beaumont, which was the point of the train's destination. Before the train had traveled far on its journey it was caught in the storm. Thirty miles of the track were washed away, and the train was left stranded on a sandy waste. Many persons who lived on Bolivar peninsula were saved from death by taking refuge in the train. After the storm subsided they walked to Bolivar with the passengers, but the abandoned train was left on the prairie. The storm bankrupted the railway, and no effort to rescue the engine and cars was made until 1903. Had not the road suffered so seriously in that the property would have proved of great value a few months later, when oil was struck at Beaumont. In 1903, however, the road underwent repairs, when the train was drawn into Beaumont, where it was greeted by a cheering crowd.—New York Press. The Diplomatic Room. One of the most interesting and most visited places in Washington is the diplomatic reception room in the department of state, where the secretary of state transacts his business with the envoyes of foreign governments. This room is close to the secretary's office and looks southward to the Potomac, the Washington monument looming up with stately effect at the left. Thursday of each week is set apart for the diplomatists, who are received in this famous room by the secretary of state or the official who may be acting in his absence. The room itself when not occupied by the foreign representatives is open to the public. In it most of our treaties of recent years have been signed, and many have been the notable assemblages gathered within its walls—New York Press. In response to the messenger call there appeared one of the smallest boys who ever walked alone. The office force assumed a humorous nature. "Aren't you too small to carry messages?" one asked. "I kin carry such lightweight ones as youse fellers write," the midget contended.—Buffalo Express. A More Popular Way. "You know what the poem says— Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate. Still achleving, still pursuing— Learn to labor and to wait." "Yes I know about that, that most of us would much rather sit it this way: Let us then be up and doing Everybody whom we may, So the fortune we're pursuing May be captured right away." —Chicago Record-Herald. Family Honor. "Why did he leave all his money to the black sheep of the family?" "He said the other children were too good to go to jail." "Well?" "And he wanted to fix it so the black sheep would be too rich."—Washington Herald. JONES. er who conducts, one of the most ments in Chicago. As a result, honest funeral direction. furnishes automobile funerals for burriages, can save you from Fifty general. apare our prices with others before and from which to select, that will be part of the city or suburbs with- ons. Bodies shipped to all parts gn countries at the very lowest dant. Office and chapel, 1904 W. BALZAC'S TROUSERS. What the Author Meant When He Told the Tailor "No Feet." In a village in the heart of Touraine there lives an old man whose pride it is that he once had the honor of making a pair of trousers for Balzac. The old tailor delights to tell of his meeting with the distinguished Frenchman. When the tailor got to the chateau where Balzac was staying he found him in the garden at work on a novel. He was so busy that the tailor waited in silence. Many sheets of paper, covered with fine writing, lay around him. He would write a spell, then stars wildly about, and then go at it again as if he knew that a world was waiting for his words. After standing near and watching the great man awhile the tailor at last felt that he must interrupt Balzac in order to get his measure for the trousers. Balzac was extremely good natured—emiled as the tailor measured him, but spoke but once. "No feet," said he as the tailor finished his measurements. Then he turned to his work. The worthy tailor had no idea at all what this meant, but for some reason he had not courage enough to interrupt the novelist again to ask. However, the tailor chanced to meet a servant on his way out and of him inquired what M. Balzac meant by "No feet." "Oh," responded the servant, "M. Balzac wants his trousers made without any openings at the bottom so that he can sit and write without having to put on slippers."—Harper's Weekly. PITY THE POOR BURGLAR. Receive Him With Open House and an Appetizing Lunch. A Chicago man has dispensed with locks and other safeguards against burglars at his home. "If the right hand of fellowship were extended to burglars instead of the kick and threat the world would be better, the pen-tentarires would be emptied in a short time, and there would be no need of lock and keys," he says. So, if you are a true reformer seriously working in the spirit of brotherly love for the betterment of mankind, extend the right hand of fellowship to the housebreaker. Don't let the dog loose at night. Rather keep him chained. Have the door unlocked and emblazoned above it in electric lights a cordial "Welcome, Burgials!" If one enters do not kick or threaten him. Stay quietly in bed. Leave the things he wants where he can find them without trouble. Leave a few ham sandwiches and some ple on the dining room table along with a note telling him that there are a couple of bottles of beer on ice in the refrigerator. If you do that a few times you will find that you will have no further need for locks and keys at your house. You will be ashamed even to take the trouble to lock up anything you have in the house. -St. Paul Pioneer Press. Mineral Waters In Sweden. Mineral waters in Sweden Mineral water is used in Sweden on a large scale both for medicinal purposes and as a beverage, the greatest quantity consumed being manufactured in the country, imitations of most of the famous natural waters of the world being manufactured there. The number of mineral water factories in Sweden is estimated at 250. NEW MOVEMENT BEGINS WORK WILL PUBLISH THE CRISIS Review of Causes Which Led to the Organization of the Association In New York and What Its Policy Will Be-Career and Work of Professor W. E. B. Du Bois. By FRANKLIN F. JOHNSON. The problem of adjusting the differences between the heterogeneous masses in the United States so that each man will enjoy equality before the law and equality of opportunity for himself and his children has agitated the minds of statesmen oft and on since 1776. The overthrow of England's sovereignty in the United States and the establishment of a democratic form of government was the first. The existence of slavery, the agitation against it and its final extinction was another step in the recognition of the brotherhood of man. The enfranchisement of the Negro and the abrogation of many of the J. B. W. E. B. DU BOIS, PH. D. laws preventing the Negro from fellowing various fields of activity were steps in recognition of the principles of democracy. The disfranchisement laws, jihcrow measures, restricted school facilities for the race, are efforts to undo the start made for the extension to all of what many are pleased to term "Jeffersonian principles." With the curtailment of the rights of the Negro and a steadily growing race consciousness as well as knowledge of public affairs and the growing economic independence of the race has come the conviction that the spirit of democratic principles is no less for the colored man than for the white. A number of white and colored men, all firm believers in the principles of democracy and strong opposers to all temporizing with social prejudices and its manifestation in discriminating laws, have organized the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, with offices in the Evening Post building, 20 Vesey street, New York. The need of such an association can be best gleaned from an address which one of its leading promoters, Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the New York Evening Post, delivered at the recent meeting in New York of the National Negro Business league. Said Mr. Villard: "My friends of the Business league, do not let the historian of the future say that in this money making age the colored American became so engrossed in the accumulation of means and the establishment of business as to forget those higher things without which he cannot hope to succeed and rise to great usefulness, to be really worthy of his heritage of American citizenship. "Do not forget that, while every effort must be spent in fortifying ourselves in every community by business and material success, equal effort must be devoted to that of far greater movement, the insistence upon the Negro's equal and political rights in every place and at all times. "Anything short of absolute equality before the law is slavery. "My friends, this republic cannot exist half slave, half free, any more today than it could in the time of Abraham Lincoln." Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, the eminent authority on racial questions, has been engaged as secretary of the association. Professor Du Bois is a native of Massachusetts. After graduating from Fisk university in 1888 he entered Harvard university, receiving the degree of bachelor or arts in 1890 and the degree of master of arts the following year. He was awarded a fellowship and, after studying in Berlin, was award- ed the degree of doctor of philosophy by Harvard in 1895. He did some special research work for the University of Pennsylvania, after which he went to Atlanta university to take charge of the department of economics and sociology. Dr. Du Bois is the author of "Soul of Black Folk," a history of John Brown, "The Suppression of the Slave Trade," "The Philadelphia Negro" and many pamphlets on the race question. When he resigned from the professorship to accept the position of director of publicity and research for the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People the board of trustees of Atlanta university, in accepting his resignation, paid him the following glowing tribute: "We accept with regret the resignation of W. E. Burghardt Du Bols, Ph. D., from the professorship of economics and history at Atlanta university. "For thirteen years he has served this institution with great ability and devotion. He has proved himself a careful scholar, a firm disciplinarian and a thorough and inspiring teacher. "The charm of his personality and his prevailing good cheer have added much to the enjoyment of life in the school family. "Under his guidance the department of economics and history has been greatly strengthened and has brought Atlanta university wide recognition among scholars. "We can only hope that his new field of labor will give him larger opportunity for the exercise of his exceptional powers for the benefit of the Negro race and of humanity." The association will begin the publication of a magazine, the Crisis, the 1st of November. Its aim each month will be to record every important happening and movement in the world which bears on the great problem of interracial relation and especially those which affect the Negro American. The magazine will be the organ of no cliques or party and will avoid personal rancor of all sorts. Dr. Du Bols will be editor in chief. His assistants will include Professor Kelly Miller of Howard university, Oswald Garrison Villard, Charles Edward Russell, William Stanley Braithwaite, poet and writer; J. Max Barber and Mrs. Dunlap Maclean. ANTI-LYNCHING SOCIETY ORGANIZED IN BOSTON. Afro-American Women Unite For Active Campaign Against Injustice. An anti-lynching society composed of Afro-American women has been organized in Boston. The purpose of the new association is to call the attention of the legal authorities to the too frequent lynching of innocent citizens. It will also make investigations as to the cause of such crimes with a view of apprehending and having the guilty punished according to law instead of mob rule. The promoters of the movement met at the residence of Mrs. L. C. Parrish, in Camden street, Boston, recently and perfected a permanent organization, electing the following officers: President, Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson; vice president, A. H. Jewell; re- A. B. MRS. L. G. PARRISH. cording secretary, Mrs. V. C. Clark; treasurer, Mrs. L. C. Parrish, and chaplain, Mrs. M. C. Hall. Among others who took part in the organization are Mrs. Carrie O. Reed, Mrs. A. Bisbee, Mrs. A. Russell, Mrs. E. F. Sport, Mrs. B Anderson and Miss E. Jewell. The harmony of thought, the true principle for vindication of their womanhood and the race, exhibited in the efforts for the public meeting and its success, with the triumph gained over the press, cemented a tie between them which has caused them to press forward with greater energy to remedy, if not lessen, the continued evils perpetrated against the race. Already they have plans formulated for a big anti-lynching meeting in the near future and are assured support by some of the best leading white women and men of the country. Why Claflin University Succeeds. One of the things that contributes so largely to the growth and success of Claflin university is the loyalty of her constituents, says the Columbia (S. C.) Ploughman. Every student who goes out from Claflin feels that he or she owes the institution a lasting debt of gratitude. They talk for Claflin and they work for Claflin. A. O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 205-7 Kedzie Bldg. Telephone Randolph 3575. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 368 Office Telephones Central 1289 Automatic 5069 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone Aldi Hotel Br GEO. W. HO BUFFET, POOL A Phone Aldine 3653 Brunswick co. W. Holt, Prop. OOL AND BILLIARDS. Chicago RAWLINS Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. F. A. RA F. A. RAWLINS UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR Not in any trust; funerals cheaper than the trust. Investigate me and see for yourself. Caskets, $15 and up; complete funeral for $50, 60, 75 and up. Calls answered day and night. --- --- J. E. Webb, Manager. The FRED D. JONES CO. SUCCESSORS TO JONES & DREYER. THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS. From, On and After This Date, The Broad Ax Can Be Found on Sale At the Following News Stands: R. M. Harvey's Barber shop, 1924 State street. J. S. Dorsey's drug store, 20 W. 51st street, near Dearborn. A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand 5004 State street R. J. Jones, news stand, barber shop and pool room, 5264 State street George I. Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st street, near State. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 31 W. 51st street near Dearborn. W. S. Cole cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st street, near Dearborn. Philip Smith, cigars, tobacco and news stand 8 W. 27th Street. T. B. Hall, laundry office, tobacco and news stand, 11 W. 29th street near State. Mrs. Jas. H. Lewis, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th street near State. B. Davis cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State street. E. D. Burt, notions and news stand 2636 State street. W. M. Maxwell notions, cigars to bacco, confections and news stand 5252 State street. H. Hart, news stand, cigars, tobacco and laundry office, 15 W. 35th street. A. A. Dwelle, cigar store and news stand, 21 E. 33rd street near State. Freddie Smith, 1358 29th street, Newport News, Va., news agent. Turner Williams, barber-shop, 19 West 30th street, near State. Suite 315-320 Reeper Block SHARK AND WASHINGTON 300 CHICAGO. 3004 State Street Phone Oakland 1328 3536 State Street Telephone Douglas 4784 In recognition of the large patronage enjoyed with the best people, we have for their convenience, opened a branch of the JONES' DIAMOND SHOP at the above address. It will be in charge of Mr. J. E. Webb who will make it his business to show you what a dollar or two will do in buying Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. If you don't know Mr. Webb you ought to, and it's a good time right now to make his acquaintance for Christmas needs. We invite you to call on him, or if not convenient—to call him up on Telephone, Douglas 4784. Fine goods, low prices and easy terms. See Mr. Webb before you buy. Main Store No. 274 Wabash Avenue. New York Store 17 Maiden Lane. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS Phone Main 4153 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5670 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 171 Washington St. Res., 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO Res. Phone, Doug. 4397 3337 Wabash Ave., Third Apart. 120 Randolph Street, Chicago J. A. TRIBUE Attorney-at-Law 171 WASHINGTON ST. Room 706 Chicago A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 616: Telephone Main 3077 Teacher of Vocal and Piano Mrs. Martha Broadus-Anderson Soprano Residence 6450 Champplain Avenue Chicago, Ill. Phone Normal 3316 Phone Aldine 2686 Renting a Specialty Clark, Hayes & Co. Real Estate, Renting, Loans and Insurance Flats and Houses to rent and For Sale. 3705 STATE STREET CHICAGO 4817 STATE STREET Easiest Terms to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company Main Office: Suite 64, 95 Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL. 'PHONE 4366 CENTRAL UNCLE SAM'S PRISONERS. They Travel In Luxury From Washington to Federal Prisons. "The Leavenworth overland special" is a car which runs every now and then from Washington to a certain rest cure out west with a stone wall around it. The tours are personally conducted and are rapidly becoming famous. With Uncle Samuel there is no class distinction. It doesn't matter whether he was a "man higher up" or not. He travels like one. He travels to the golden west in a Pulitzer. He has porters to wait on him and extremely attentive detectives to see that he is comfortable. He loils in plush swivel chairs, and he dies in those meat little a la carte Pallman buffets on chicken, porterhouse steaks and all the idea dishes. He eats what he please, and he does not tip the waiter. Neither does he pay the bill. Uncle Sam attends to that. It is a delightful trip that is furnished him in his concluding days of freedom, days he is not likely to forget. From Washington to Leavenworth is a trip of more than 1,500 miles. On every mile of the journey the wants of Uncle Sam's priests and guards are well catered to, as evidenced by the hampers of chicken, beef, ham, eggs, sardines, and on down to the more aesthetic delights of the tourist library. Warden McKee, who has been in charge of the United States jail for several years and who has sent more than 500 convicts to various federal prisons from Washington, said that it is possible to feed the prisoners fried chicken, steaks of various kinds and even a few watermelons for the negro members of the aggregation at a comparatively small cost when the raw food is purchased before leaving Washington. An appropriation of about $30,000 is made each year for this item, and the meals cost only 88 cents each—Washington Cor. Kansas City Star. Floating wrecks are a serious and constant menace to commerce. There is one bureau of the navy department which keeps track as best it can of these derelicts and whenever practical sends a revenue cutter or the special derelict destroyer Seneca to destroy them or to them to port. The extent of this work of hunting down waterlogged and abandoned ships is indicated by the fact that during a recent seven year period no fewer than 1,628 derelicts were reported at Washington, an average of 252 for each year. A large part of them are lumber ladder craft, as other vessels usually go to the bottom when water gets inside. They sometimes drift for great distances, thousands of miles, and remain about for years before finally going ashore somewhere or being captured by a government vessel—Huachaque. The Blind Man's Lantern. A blind man in Khoota (a Caucasian village) came back from the river one night bringing a pitcher of water and carrying in his hand a lighted lantern, some one meeting him said: "You're blind. It's all the same to you whether it's day or night. Of what use to you is a lantern?" "I don't carry the lantern in order to see the road," replied the blind man, "but to keep some food like you from running against me and breaking my pitcher." "Pa, what does it mean to be tried by a jury of one's peers?" "It means, my son, that a man is to be tried by a jury composed of men who are his equals or on an equality with him, so that they will have no prejudice against him." "Then, pa, I 'pose you'd have to be tried by a jury of baldheaded men." The Widow. "In a town," said a life insurance official, "where life insurance was a rare thing a schoolteacher said to a little boy: "Tommy, define the word widow." "A widow. Tommy answered, is a poor woman with a large family of children who takes boarders." Painfully Frank. Wedderly—They say that a man and his wife grow to look alike after they have been married a few years. Now, my wife and I have been married the years. Do you think we look alike? Singleton—Yes. Indeed. You both mean to have the same sad expression. Ocean Derelicts. The Widow. Painfully Frank. A remarkable increase in the efficient distribution of light from an incandescent or other lamp has been exhibited by the holophane reflectors recently introduced in England. Photometric tests have shown that the efficiency is increased from seven to ten times by the reflectors, and the distribution is very much improved. The reflectors are in the form of globes surrounding the light, having a series of prisms in the interior to diffuse the light and another series of horizontal prisms on the exterior to redirect the light. The angles and inclinations of the external prisms are carefully calculated in order to direct the light to the best advantage. The gain in effective illumination is described as surprising. Turning Polished Nuts. Almost all machines are made with some nuts or bolt heads finished "bright" or highly polished, and to set them up tight, and not mar the surfaces calls for more than an ordinary monkey wrench. A special socket head must be made to fit the head close and used with an ordinary wrench in turning a nut. Where only a few bolts or nuts are to be tightened take a strip of heavy tin or zinc and bend it to the shape of the nut to take the place of the special socket head. The jaws of the wrench should be perfectly parallel and set up as close as possible. The Way She Tried to Discover the Telephone Numbers. "I don't believe that the public schools teach their graduates to use their nails," remarked a well known citizen of Philadelphia the other day. "Here's a story just to illustrate what I mean: "I got a secretary last summer who had just been graduated with high honors from the Commercial high school. She had been picked out for me as the best girl in her class, and I found her excellent in all that required methodical, parrot-like work. "One day I jotted down some telephone numbers that I wanted to remember and, having a poor memory, forget in the course of the morning whose the numbers were or what the business was upon which I wanted to phone. "So I called Miss Blank just as I was going out and said, 'Before you get your luncheon I wish you'd find out for the whose those telephone numbers are.'" "Two hours later I came back, and Miss Blank was sitting at her desk, weary and perseveringly studying the telephone book. "I asked her if she had got some letters written that I had left, if she had lunched. If she had done several little things. She said no and then explained: "You see, it takes me a long time to read through the book till I come to the numbers you want," she said. "I haven't had time to do anything else." —Philadelphia Times. Marbles got their name from the fact that originally little bits of marble were rolled down the hills and rounded and pounded by other stones until they became toys for the children to play with. It is said that the Dutch exported them to England. Whether they did or not makes little difference to the boys and girls of today. No matter who introduced the world to marbles as toys, they are with us and always will be. Some of you get them from other children, some of you trade postage stamps for them, but some persons originally bought them from the little store around the corner, whose owner got them from the greatest toy shop in the world-Germany. In the beginning marbles were called "bowls," and men and women played with them as well as children—Dundee Advertiser. A Tree Cut Down by Rife Bullets. In the singularary annals of the American war there was no more singularary episode than the light in 1884 of "the Bloody Angle at Spiray-vanille" "Every bush and every sapling that constituted the threat there," says Mr. G. C. Burdett in his "History of the Confederate War," "was cut away by a stream of bullets as grass is before a mown's scythe. Even an oak tree nearly two feet tall was worn in two near its base by the continual and insistent stroke of leashes until it fell, crushing some of the Confederates who were fighting heath its branches." Branch Office 3517 State Street Problems of Light. Turning Polished Nuts. NEPT HER BUSY. Marbles. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR YOUNG PERSONS GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and locking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. 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Southwest Corner of Madison & LaSalle Sts. Telephone Oakland 1767 The BELLE M. Buffet and FRANK H. LEW 5059 Arrow Cor. 51st St American President and Treasurer, The Vice-President, JC Someone MANUFATU Common and S Office and 45th and I Yards running winter with the latest improv Telephone J. R. Dunn 'Phone O Budweis 5050 STAT CHICAG Fine Wines, Liquors, Imported and Domestic Cigars St. Monica's Church BELLE MEADE O Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 159 Armour A Cor. 51st Street, Chicago American Brick O Agent and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER Secretary, WILLIAM SULLY MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Office and Yards: H and Robey Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dyer. telephone Yards 12 'Phone Oakland 1014 Budweiser Buffet 5050 STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. es, Liquors, Imported Domestic Cigars Cafe Up-stairs. Op Service First Monica's Church Dorset The BELLE MEADE CLUB Buffet and Cafe FRANK H. LEWIS, Proprietor 5059 Armour Ave. Cor. 51st Street, Chicago President and Treasurer, TheOMAS CARBY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf layer. Fine Wines, Liquors, Imported Cafe Up-stairs. Open All Night. and Domestic Cigars Service First Class. St. Monica's Church, Dearborn and 36th streets. Rev. John S. Morris, Pastor, Rectory, 3543 Dearborn street. Masses on Sundays, 6:30, 9:30, 1880. Instruction for the children after the 8:30 mass. Attorney Walter M. Farmer has built up an excellent practice in the short time he has been in the city of Chicago. As a collector of debts he can't be surpassed. Office 171 Washington St., Room 708. 'Phone, Main 4153. NOW IS THE TIME TO ADVERTISE IN THE BROAD AX THE TIME TO ADVERTISE THE BROAD AX Coal and FIFTY-FIRST STREET AND Ball Border 3400 St. & L. B. CHICAGO