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THE BROAD AX Booker T. Washington And Henry A. Ulrich Had Their Day In Court AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE GREAT WIZARD OF TUSKE GEE WAS SET ASIDE BY TWO OF THE SITTING JUDGES. AND THE GERMAN JANITOR WHO BRUTALLY ASSAULTED HIM AT 11½ W. 63RD STREET, NEW YORK CITY, WALKED OUT OF THE COURT A FREE MAN. MRS. LAURA ALVAREZ SWORE ON THE WITNESS STAND THAT THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EDUCATOR IN PASSING HER EXCAIMED "HELLO, SWEEHEART." IT IS INDEED VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR MR. WASHINGTON AND FOR THE ENTIRE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE THAT HIS BRUTAL ASSAILANT GOES UNPUNISHED FOR HIS CRIME. Vol. XVII Booker T. Was And Henry Had Th AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE GEE WAS SET ASIDE BY T AND THE GERMAN JANITOR W HIM AT 11½ W. 63RD STR ED OUT OF THE COURT A MRS. LAURA ALVAREZ SWORE THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXCAIMED "HELLO, SWE IT IS INDEED VERY UNFORTU AND FOR THE ENTIRE A HIS BRUTAL ASSAILANT CRIME. Booker T. Washington and Henry A. Ulrich, had their day in court, in New York City, last Monday; they both appeared before the court of special sessions, in the afternoon of that day and the final outcome of the case is indeed very disappointing to the many thousand friends of the New Moses of the Afro-American race, for it was thought that owing to his own prominence and with the backing of his strong and powerful white friends, scattered throughout this country who can command hundreds of millions of dollars that he could easily put one over on Ulrich and have him heavily fined for taking the law in his own hands. In setting forth his testimony the great Wizard of Tuskegee, declared that he entered the "hallway of the apartment house at 11 1-2 West 63rd street, New York City, Sunday evening, March 19, past for the sole purpose of looking at its tenants' directory, in his effort to locate one of his friends, but he failed to mention the name of the friend'he was looking for, that he never at that time addressed Mrs. Laura Alvarez, nor any other woman as "Hello sweetheart," that he was not guilty of peeking into the keyholes of any of the doors leading into any of the apartments; that he entered the hall of the apartment building at about 8:45 p. m. and shortly after doing so he was severely beaten up by Ulrich; that his right ear was torn, his scalp cut and his face badly bruised and that he was laid up in the hospital for several days." Detective Hagan, who arrested Ulrich at that time swore that "he saw him running after Mr. Washington and that when he came up to them he found Dr. Washington on his hands and knees. "Dr. Washington was bleeding on the head," said the detective "Ulrich said: 'This man is a thief. I found him with his hand on the door knob and his eye at the keyhole.' On the way to the station house Ulrich remarked that it was a good thing I had come up, for if I hadn't he would have knocked the Negro's brains out." Both Ulrich and Mrs. Laura Alvarez, whom he was living with as his wife while his real wife lives in Orange, New Jersey and had him arrested for wife desertion just after he had left the court room in his case against Booker T. Washington, testified as follows: REV. W. SAMPSON BROOKS TRANSFERRED FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Rev. W. Sampson Brooks, who was at one time pastor of St. Stephens church on the west side in this city, and who has for the past three years been the pastor of St. John's church at Nashville, Tenn., has been lately transferred, from the Tennessee Conference to the Missouri Conference, and he has become the eloquent pastor at St. Paul Church, St. Louis, the best and the largest church in the A. M. E. connection in that city. "I first saw Mr. Washington peeking through the keyhole of my door," Ulrich said. "He saw me and left and walked toward Eighth avenue. I saw him walking up and down the street and after ten minutes he came back, walked by Mr. Revette's apartment window and stooped to look beneath the shade. Says Washington Struck Him. "I opened the vestibule door and burst in upon him and shouted: 'What are you doing here?' He struck me in the face, and then we fought. He asked me to let it drop. "Dr. Washington said: 'I know I have done wrong. Let me go.' "While we were fighting he struck his head against a fire hydrant." "Did you have any stick or other weapon with which you hit Dr. Washington?" "No, sir. I used no stick." "When I went out on the night of March 19 to take out my dog," testfield Mrs. Alvarez, "I found Dr. Washington crouching down in front of Mr. Revette's apartment, peeking through the keyhole. I came upon him so suddenly that he had no time to straighten up and I almost fell over him. He got up, flustered, and hurried out." Later she saw Dr. Washington near Broadway, she said. "He followed me down to the house," went on Mrs. Alvarez. "I was frightened. I ran past him." "What did Washington say to you?" "He said: 'Hello, sweetheart.'" "What did you do then?" "I ran into the house and told Mr. Ulrich. He then went into the hall and I saw him talking to Washington. Mr. Ulrich asked him what he was doing, and I saw Dr. Washington strike at him." When they had concluded their testimonies, Justices Moss and Zeller rendered their opinion in favor of discharging Ulrich, claiming that he was not proven guilty of committing wrongful acts in connection with his brutal assault on Booker T. Washington, while Justice O'Keefe rendered a dissenting opinion in favor of the great industrial educator, but it counts for nothing in the case which was then at bar. It is indeed very unfortunate for Mr. Washington and for the entire Afro-American race that his brutal assailant goes unpunished for his crime. Rev. and Mrs. Brooks are at home to their friends at No. 15 N. Leffing-well street: As Rev. and Mrs. Brooks, are numbered among our good friends and as we have always regarded him, as an honest and straightforward preacher of the gospel, we are very much pleased that he has been selected as the guiding spirit of such a prominent church. For many years, Rev. Brooks, who is a noted lecturer, and has traveled extensively throughout the old world has been a financial supporter of The Broad Ax, and it will each week, wend its way to the new home of Rev. and Mrs. Brooks. CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 11. 1911. [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie and a mustache]. WILLIAM G. ANDERSON. One of the most prominent Afro-American lawyers in Chicago, who continues to win hard fought law suits in all the courts in this city. A NOTABLE VICTORY WON IN chamber empty, which after careful THE FRED WOODS AND examination was found to have been The legal fight made by Attorney W. G. Anderson in the Fred Woods murder case, consuming the past ten days before Judge Martin M. Gridley in the Criminal Court building, stamps him as a criminal lawyer of rare and exceptional ability, keen and sagaicous and thoroughly competent in looking after the interests of his clients. No one who visited the court room during the various sessions of the trial had the remotest idea that the final termination of the case would have been so favorable to the defendants. It was generally whispered around the court room that it would be utterly impossible to prevent Woods from hanging, and each and every one was unanimous in saying that a life sentence would be big victory. Several bets were made that he would hang. Attorney W. G. Anderson evidenced his ability to handle an intricate murder case with creditabale care and precision. No attorney, regardless of whom he might have been, could have hoped to have obtained better results. Recognizing the impropriety of laymen to attempt to pass upon the guilt or innocence of Fred Woods, it is, however, not too much to say that from what evidence your correspondent heard of the case in question it was truly a triumph to save Fred Woods from hanging. It appeared that he was guilty beyond doubt. The very fact that immediately after the homicide this man was apprehended almost in the immediate vicinity with the gun in his possession with one RECEPTION AND TESTIMONIAL IN HONOR OF REVEREND ARCHIBALD JAMES CAREY. On Tuesday evening, November 14 many prominent citizens will give a reception and testimonial in honor of Rev. Archibald James Carey, at the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn street. The affair will be held to celebrate the anniversary of the Twentieth year of his Ordination to the Christian Ministry in 1891-1911, the reception will be held on the evening mentioned from seven to ten o'clock; the committee on arrangements is composed of the following gentlemen: Hon. Martin B. Madden, Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., Rt. Rev. H. B. Parks, D. D., Hon. Wm. Lorimer, Geo. C. Hall, M. D., Bea-regard F. Moseley, Esq., E. H. Morris, Esq., Mr. Robert Stokes, Mr. W. F. Jiles, Joseph A. Kelly, M. D., Hon. E. D. Green, Mr. J. T. Brewington, Jr., David L. Frank, Esq., Hon. Elbridge Haneye, E. H. Wright, Esq., Hon. William Hale Thompson, Hon. E. J. Magerstadt, Mr. George Wheeler Hinman, Hon. Fred D. Lundin, Mr. Charles A. Griffin, W. F. Garnett, chamber empty, which after careful examination was found to have been recently exploded and the bullets therein tallied with the one which caused the homicide, therefore it is plainly seen that it took remarkable legal astuteness upon the part of counsel to achieve such a remarkable victory. Counsel cited some twenty-five decisions bearing upon the question of the law involved in the case, the effect of which can be clearly seen by the verdict of the jury in giving Woods the lowest penalty provided by law for the crime of murder—14 years, which means, with good time allowance, about 8 years of actual imprisonment. Mr. Anderson has achieved some notable victories in the Criminal Court. A few years ago he succeeded in getting Capt. Streeter, of the "District of Lake Michigan" fame—out of the penitentiary after other big lawyers had failed to get him out; also Banker Spalding, of the Globe Savings Bank, and hundreds of others. A representative of The Broad Ax called on Mr. Anderson at his office, 140 N. Dearborn street, and while there met a large number of business men who were showering congratulations upon him. Attorney F. L. Barnett represented Ollie Hubanks, who also got 14 years. Woods and Hubanks, were charged with ending the life of James Harry Hohren, a saloon keeper, corner of Fulton and Paulina streets, at one o'clock A. M., June 15, 1911. M. D., Rev. John F. Thomas, D. D. Chairman, Mr. U. S. Dinglespeel Secretary, Thomas Wallace Swann Treasurer. THE SUCCESSFUL OR THE WINNING JUDICIAL CANDIDATES. The following are the successful judicial candidates who won out at the hotly contested election on Tuesday and they will serve as Judges of the Superior and Circuit Court, for the next six years: Marcus A. Kavanagh (R), William H. McSurely (R), Joseph H. Fitch (D), Henry V. Freeman (R), Albert C. Barnes (R), Hugo Pam (R), M. L. McKinley, (D), Clarence N. Goodwin, (D), Charles M. Foell (R), Denis E. Sullivan (D). Judge Circuit Court, (To Fill Vacancy), John P. McGoorty (D). Mrs. B. J. Wilborn, 5325 Dearborn street who has been in the city, but a short time, is of the opinion, that more Colored people in this city are in better circumstances financially and reside in better homes than in any other city in the United States. -F. A. N. The Russian Passport Controversy An American Not A Jewish Question Religious Freedom the Cornerstone of Our Institutions The United States Must Make Russia Recognize American Passports or Abrogate the Treaty Eloquent Address by Congressman William Sullzer of New York Congressman William Sulzer, of New York City, chairman of the committee on Foreign Affairs in Congress, delivered the following eloquent address in the Pilgrim Church, Madison Ave., New York, Sunday afternoon, November 5, Rev. Dr. Madison C. Peters, the Pastor of the Church presided: every other sensible person, that when the treaty with Russia was concluded, it was the intention of Russia and the United States that the rights granted by Article I of said treaty should extend equally to every citizen of America without discrimination of any kind whatsoever. "This being so, it is apparent that (Stenographically reported for the Press.) Congressman Sulzer said: "It is customary among the civilized nations of the world to recognize without discrimination the passports of each, when duly issued and authenticated, to their respective citizens, who desire to sojourn in other countries. "The only country that makes an exception to this rule is Russia. "It is a well settled principal of international law that each nation reserves the right to make such treaties with other nations as it sees fit regarding all matters, and to determine for itself whom it will admit within its borders, just as an individual has the right to determine whom he will admit to his house. "The question before the people of the United States, therefore regarding this 'Russian passport question' resolves itself into this: "Has Russia by treaty agreed to recognize American passports? Has the United States by treaty agreed to recognize Russian passports? To determine the question it is necessary to read the provision in the Treaty of 1832, between the United States and Russia. Article I, of that treaty, reads as follows: "There shall be between the territories of the high contracting parties a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The inhabitants of their respective states shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports, places and rivers of the territories of each party, wherever foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside." "This provision of the treaty of 1832 seems to be plain and clear, and gives citizens of the United States 'the right to sojourn and reside in all parts of Russia in order to attend their affairs, and they shall enjoy the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside.'" "A treaty is the supreme law of the land, and Mr. Justice Field, of the United States Supreme Court, laid down the construction of treaties in Goofroy vs. Riggs, 133 U. S., p. 271, in which he said: "It is a general principle of construction with respect to treaties that they shall be liberally construed, so as to carry out the apparent intent of the parties to secure equality and reciprocity between them. As they are contracts between independent nations, in their construction, words are to be taken in their ordinary meaning, as understood in the public law of nations, and not in any artificial or special sense impressed upon them by local law, unless such restricted sense is clearly intended. And it has been held by this Court that where a treaty admits of two constructions, one restrictive of rights that may be claimed under it, and the other favorable to them, the latter is to be preferred." "In view of the above, it seems evident to me, and it must be to No. 6 every other sensible person, that when the treaty with Russia was concluded, it was the intention of Russia and the United States that the rights granted by Article I of said treaty should extend equally to every citizen of America without discrimination of any kind whatsoever. "This being so, it is apparent that Russia has for years continually violated the provisions of the treaty of 1832 by refusing to recognize passports granted to American citizens on account of race or religion. "This is not a Jewish question. It is an American question. It involves a great principle. It affects the rights of all American citizens. Russia not only refuses to recognize American passports held by Jews on account of their race, but she also refuses to recognize American passports held by Baptist missionaries, Catholic priests, Presbyterians, and others on account of their religious belief. "Freedom of religious belief is one of the corner-stones of our institutions, and the fathers wrote in the Federal constitution, 'that Congress shall not make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof.' We must maintain this great principle inviolate forever. "The Government of the United States has carefully lived up to its treaty obligations, with Russia. We have granted to every Russian coming to this country all the rights stipulated in the treaty, irrespective of race or religion. That is our construction of the treaty of 1832 and demonstrates the intention of the United States Government in its conclusion. "American citizens should have the sam eights in Russia that Russian citizens have in the United States. If they do not, then the treaty is violated, and it ought to be abrogated. To this and, knowing that Russia is violating the treaty of 1832, and has been doing so for years, I introduced in Congress the following joint resolution: RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the people of the United States assert as a fundamental principle that the rights of their citizens shall not be impaired at home or abroad because of race or religion; that the Government of the United States concludes its treaties for the equal protection of all classes of its citizens, without regard to race or religion; that the Government of the United States will not be a party to any treaty which discriminates between the American citizens on the ground of race or religion; that the government of Russia has violated the treaty between the United States and Russia, concluded at St. Petersburg, December 18, 1832, refusing to honor American passports duly issued to American citizens on account of race and religion; that in the judgment of the Congress the said treaty, for the reason aforesaid, ought to be terminated at the earliest possible time; and that to this end the President be, and he hereby is, directed to give the usual notice to the Government of Russia that the treaty aforesaid shall terminate and be of no force and effect upon the expiration of the year which shall commence after the date of such notification. "This resolution speaks for itself. It sounds a note of true Americanism. (Continued on page 2.) Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, Republica, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is honest and responsibility is fixed. The Broad AX is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 8027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO. PHONE DREXEL 4590. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered on Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1905, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM SUL ZER ON THE RUSSIAN TREATY. (Concluded from page 1.) It demands the abrogation of the Russian treaty, in accordance with its provisions, because of the refusal of Russia to live up to it and recognize passports of American citizens to visit and sojourn in Russia without discrimination on account of race or religion. "From a careful investigation of the whole subject matter, I am convinced that the Government of the United States makes no distinction based on the creeds or the birth places of its citizens, nor can it consistently permit such distinctions to be made by a foreign power. "Not the religion, nor the race of a person, but his American citizenship is the true test of the treatment he shall receive, and the rights he shall enjoy, at home and abroad. This is fundamental. We must adhere to it tenaciously. "Treaties between civilized nations should be clear and explicit regarding the rights of their respective citizens sojourning in their respective countries, and should admit of no discrimination in favor of some citizens, and against other citizens of either of the high contracting parties. "Under the construction of the treaty with Russia, concluded at St. Petersburg in 1832, I am certain that no discrimination can be made against any American citizen on account of race or religion, and when Russia makes this discrimination she violates the treaty, and perpetrates an act unfriendly to the United States. We cannot tolerate this injustice—this violation—this race and religion discrimination. "Russia's refusal to recognize American passports on account of race and religion is, therefore, a clear violation of the treaty of 1832, and the remaining question is one of remedy only. "What action should the United States take in this matter? I have given much thought to this inquiry and have finally concluded that the best action we can take to remedy the injustice to American citizens is to serve the usual official notice on Russia that we desire to abrogate the treaty of 1832, and that at the expiration of the notice, given in accordance with the terms of the Treaty, it shall be null and void. "Just as soon as Congress convenes in regular session next December I shall make every effort to pass my resolution, and I indulge the hope that it will be speedily enacted into law, and to that end I trust all friends of justice and of liberty in America will lend such aid as they can consistently." "We must be true to the great principle of our Government. We cannot appear to connive at discrimination of any American citizen on account of his race or his religion, or permit any foreign power to ostracize him, or descriminate against him, for these reasons. It is an insult to every American. Russia must recognize American passports without discriminations or the Russian treaty must be abrogated. No other course is open to the United States, and for this Government to submit longer to the violation by Russia of the treaty is a humiliation that demands the condemnation of every patriotic American. "I am enlisted with all my soul in this fight for Justice to all, and in Congress and out of Congress, I shall do all that I can to make Russia recognize her obligations to civilization and to humanity, I am not a bigot, I care naught for creed. I have no race prejudice. I stand for humanity, and a man is a man, for all that, to me. I have struggled all my life to help, to do something to better the conditions of the poor and the humble, to aid oppressed humanity in every land and in every clime, and to raise the lowly and downtradden to a higher plane and push them forward a step in the grand march of civilization. "As I said, this is not a Jewish, but an American Question. However, I am a friend of the Jew; but it is unnecessary for me; or any other man, to eulogize the intrepid sons and the virtuous daughters of Israel. The Jew needs no eulogy. All he asks is justice. All he demands is equal opportunity and equality before the law. The records of his race from the dawn of time down to the present day is the history of humanity along the highways of progress and the avenues of civilization. In all ages of the world the ostracized and persecuted Jew has done his share for his fellowman, for enlightenment, for liberty, for freedom, for progress and for civilization—and he has done it all in the face of intense adverse circumstances. "In science and in art, in literature and philanthropy, the Jew, in all lands and in all times, has written his name high in the temple of human fame. In statesmanship and diplomacy, in law and in medicine, in ethics and philosophy, in research and discovery, the greatness of the Jew is and ever has been unchallenged. In commerce and in trade, in industry and husbandry, overcoming forces that would deter another, he has held his own in the vanguard of progress. Persecuted for thousands of years, he has summounted all obstacles; shunned for centuries, he has kept in the very front of the higher and better civilization. In trial and in triumph, in tempest and in sunshine, in war and in peace, on land and on sea, in all eras and in all places, the Jewish race has written its enduring name and its eternal fame all over the pages of human history. National and Local Theatrical and Stage Notes Edited by the Stroffer or by the Man on the Caser PEKIN THEATRE. Pekin Theatre opened Monday night to a large and fashionable audience this play is the strongest in dramatic situations that has ever been offered by a Colored Company , it created much applause, all the parts were well acted. THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF A LINCOLN HARRIS MASTER PIECE. "The Bogus Prince of Hayti." (Characters in the order of their First appearance.) Thelma, Clarisse's child ..... Alexzena Nelson Clarisse, a deserted wife ..... Miss Bettiolo Fortson Lanadlord, a property-owner of Jacmel ..... Mr. C. R. Edgehill Farmer Billings, from Millet County ..... Mr. Albert Graham Mother Simpson, a hoodoo witch ..... Mrs Fannie Hall Clint Stella, an adventures ..... Mrs Clara Hutchinson Mad. Nissage Saget, Stella's mother ..... Mrs. Geo. W. Lacey Mr. Nissage Saget, a banker of Port-au-Prince. Mr. C. R. Edgehill Andrew Christophe, Young Emperor of Haiti ..... Mr. E. J. McCoo Frank, a dangerous man, Andrew's Brother ..... Mr. A. L'incoln Harris Dick, Andrew's servant. Jas. Forton Geffrard, Frank's partner in crime ..... Mr. George Madden Herard, a bogus-Prince from Southern Haiti. Mr. George Hutchinson Jasper, all around man ..... Mr. Geo. Hutchinson Hannah, old servant in the Toussaint home ..... Mrs. Fannie H. Clint Richards, Clarisse's foster father ..... Mr. C. R. Edgehill Vance, Hayti's greatest detective ..... Mr. Albert H. Graham Toussaint, a wealthy and refined gentleman of Port-Au-Prince ..... Mr. C. R. Edgehill Bertha, a niece of Toussaint L'Ouverture ..... Miss Hallle Payton Mysterious Lady ..... Mrs. Fannie Hall Clint Helpers, Followers, etc. etc. N. B-A part of the Witch Scene in this piece taken from Macbeth-Author. Synopsis Act. I. Scene 1. Clarisse's home at Jacmel, Hayti. Scene 2. Street in Jacmel, Clarisse and child on their way to Port-Au-Prince (with mother Simpson in Camp at foot of mountains.) Act. II. Scene 1. Same as last Scene. Two GRAND This Theatre is now using split weeks, the first half of the week has a good bill. Billy Johnson and four girla-to a sing and dancing number. The balance of the bill is all white. MONOGRAM. May and May, after several weeks absence in the East opened to a packed house. Geo. Harris made his appearance. He was almost a new face. His story telling, singing and dancing went good. Ada Banks was a hit. The Goodloes pleased. HOWARD THEATRE There is still dissatisfaction at this house being operated for the interest of the real owners and this is what the Washington "Bee" has to say about it. The "Bee" is strictly a race paper. HOWARD THEATER. The Colored people of this city boycotted the Howard Theater under its former management because it was a "Jim Crow" institution, and because it was stated that the Colored people in this city would be satisfied with anything. The white owners, Benedict and Rosenthal, displaced the Colored manager, Mr. W. H. Smith, who would have made the theatre a success, and placed white men in charge. Mr. Smith would have made the theater a great success. It was he who organized "Our Friend From Dixie," and a greater musical combination could not be found. As an evidence of his organizing qualities, "Our Friend From Dixie" met with worldwide success, and had Mr. Smith been let alone the Colored people would have had a great theater. It failed under white management. Now, it is reported that the Thomas brothers have leased the theater for ten years at a monthly rental of six hundred dollars. As a matter of fact Mr. Sidney Bieber is the real manager and force behind the Howard Theater. It will be remembered that Mr. Bieber was among the first individuals in this city to open a moving picture show where Colored people were first "Jim Crowed," and subsequently were not permitted to enter at all. Now what is the difference in the management of the Howard Theater? Mr. Sidney Bieber and Benedict and Rosenthal are alike. It is true Colored men are supposed to be the head and front of the Howard Theater, but are they? The Bee doesn't object to Mr. Bieber running a Negro theater, but it does object having the Colored people imposed upon with the idea that the Howard Theater is now being managed by Colored men, when our friend Mr. Bieber is the power behind the throne. If the Colored people want a Colored theater, let them build one. It would be better for the Colored people to support their own 5 and 10 cent moving picture shows until they get a theater of their own. Let them cease supportign "Jim Crow" enterprises. STAGE NOTES Fannie Wise joined the Pumkin Colored Trio composed of Perrin and Saparo. The act opened at Eau Clare, Wis. The singing of Miss Wise was a distinct success. This act should get the big time. Mr. Sam Patterson late of the Musical Spitters, is in the city. He is now a member of the Famous Watermelon Trust, was forced to cancel several weeks on account of the serious illness of Mr. James Grundy leading comedian of the act. The Alpha Theatre at Cleveland, Ohio, is nearing completion. The plastering being finished. Not since the Red Moon played at the Globe Theatre has there been so many Colored people in attendance, as are attending the sensation of the day, The Mutt and Jeff musical comedy. James H. Browne the well known manager of the theatre is as genial as ever. Mr. Clarence Cameron White played two solos at Quinn Chapel on Monday night. Mr. White is on his annual tour he left on Tuesday for St. Paul, Minn. Will also appear at De Moines, Ia., Peoria and Decatur, Ill., will be at Indianapolis, Ind., this month where he will have the oleasure of meeting his father and mother who recently left their former home, Washington, D. C. The elder Mr. White is practicing medicine at the Hoosier capital. Mr. Harry A. Williams, of Cleveland, Ohio, goes to Boston, Mass., as Instructor of Music. Mr. Williams was formerly Musical Director for Cole and Johnson. Mr. Sherman Coates, formerly of the Watermelon Trust, has doubled up the act as a big success. It is reported that Earl Walker is no longer connected with the Crown Garden Theatre, Indianapolis, Ind., but will manage a new theatre in that city, having interested white men to furnish the financial means, which is another instance that Colored men of means let all good opportunities slip by. Wonder why? Last week, the last four nights, Joe Sims put on a big act for manager Brannon of the Grand. The act went. Big Joe is getting wise as his support was all Star Vaudeville performers. Mr. Leroy Bland returned to the city after several weeks absence. The next issue of this paper will contain all the latest movements from the Colored performers in the East. Manager Harry Yost of the Mutt and Jeff show now playing at the Globe, says that Mr. Dudley has the best shows on the road, The Smart Set. WAYMAN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. The men of the North Side, both old and young, have been called to form an organization next Friday night, Nov. 17th. This organization will be for the betterment of social, moral, religious and political conditions of the Colored men, regardless of parties or regardless of denominations. Meeting will be held at Wayman Chapel, 912 N. Franklin street. A good program will be rendered. Meeting hour at 8:30 p. m. The pastor, Rev. H. E. Stewart, has returned to the city and will preach at both of the services next Sunday. Morning subject will be on "Prevailing Prayer and Its Results." Evening subject: "Chicago and Some of Its Evils on the North Side Among the Negroes." This subject will deal with some well known conditions which exist at the present time, and a suggestion will be made as to the remedy. The pastor has been urged to take up these subjects and discuss them in the hope that something may be done by the North Side people to change these conditions. Special attention of parents to this subject is invited; the balance of power rests with them. The mid-week meeting at Wayman is proving very helpful to the members and friends. Dinner is served from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m., and from 9 to 10 p. m. Thanksgiving services as in olden days will be celebrated Nov. 30th at 11 a.m. Stewardess Board No. 1 will entertain and serve an old fashioned dinner at 6 p. m. to 10 p. m.; also an entertainment will be given appropriate to the occasion.—"S." WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. Cor. 38th and Dearborn Sts. Rev. H. J. Callis, D. D., Pastor... The services at this church are keeping up their usual interest and seem to be enjoyed by all who attend. On last Sunday the evening service was of unusual interest, many of those present expressed themselves as being much benefited. Four persons united with the church during the day. The Sunday school had the largest attendance that it has had in a year. The Young Men's Bible class, which is becoming a special feature, is rapidly growing. The Wednesday evening prayer meeting is holding its own in interest, although the leader, Brother W. W. Williams, has been home sick for three weeks. The class leaders are preparing for a class rally on the 24th inst. It is hoped that every member of the church will be present that night. The services Sunday will be as usual; the pastor will preach at both services. Sunday school at 1 p. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30: The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society held a very enthusiastic meeting with Mrs. Mayme Myers at 4029 Dearborn street. The arrangements for Woman's Day are very nearly perfected, and it looks as though the 19th will be a great day in Zion. The Stewardess Boards are earnestly at work for the most successful Thanksgiving dinner that this church has ever had-"C." MRS. ELIZABETH WILL ADDRESS AN'S CLUB AT ILLINOIS. MRS. ELIZABETH McDONALD WILL ADDRESS THE WOMAN'S CLUB AT LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS. Tuesday afternoon, November 14, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, founder and manager of the Louise Juvenile Home, 6130 Ada street, will address the Woman's Club of LaGrange, Ill., on the work she is endeavoring to accomplish. The Philanthropy department will have charge of the program. The session will last all day. It will be held in Marquette Hall, and luncheon will be served at 1230 and many of the prominent ladies of that suburb, will join in assisting to sew and make clothing for the children at the Louise Juvenile Home. Mrs. McDonald, stands ready and willing to meet any of the members of the various Colored women's Clubs at their meetings, and explain to them all about the recent attacks which have been made on her home, and answer any questions, which they may desire to ask, concerning its management. CHIPS Mrs. Clarence Tinsdale 3246 Wabash ave., is on the sick list. Mr. Alvin Crutcher left the city to spend a few weeks in St. Paul. Mr. John Slaughter of Milwaukee spent a few days in Chicago last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Stillson of Grand Rapids are the guests of Mrs. F. H. Homer, 3632 Calumet ave. Mr. Gus Henderson who for the past year has been residing in Omaha, returned to the city with a bride. Mr. T. A. Anderson of Provident Hospital celebrated his birthday, Nov. 9th, many of his friends called and congratulated him. Mr. Wm. Cowan who for the past six weeks has been confined to his home is able to be about on the streets again. Miss Cladie Evans, 3256 Wabash Ave., one of our popular young ladies will leave the city next week to make her home in Cleveland, O. The 11th annual supper given by The "Sunshine Circle" of The King's Daughters at The Douglass Center, Tuesday was a grand success. Col. John R. Marshall, 3630 Calu- met avenue; returned home Wednesday morning from a ten days trip in the east. Earnest Tidrington, Evansville, Ind. spent a few days in the city the past week, visiting his brother Edward Tidrington 3347 Forest avenue. Mr. Frank Hamilton entertained in honor of Mr. Lyde Benjamin of Boston at the Appomattox Club, Monday. Covers were laid for 25 and an elegant repast was served. Mrs. Blanch Lett who for the past few years has been a stenographer in one of the big down town stores, gave up her position, and is the chief in charge of Mr. Lett's popular cafe. Joseph H. Hudlun, who has for many years been in charge of the Board of Trade building, has been on the sick list the past week, but by the first of the week he expects to be able to resume his duties. "Our Minister's Honeymoon" will be rendered at St. Mark's church, 50th street and Wabash avenue, Tuesday evening, November 14th. Admission 25 cents. Ice cream and cake free. Mrs. Louise Montgomery will have charge of the affair, assisted by Mrs. Gold. Memorial services in honor of the late John M. Harlan, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be held at Quinn Chapel, 24th street and Wabash avenue, Sunday, November 26th. Attorney Edward H. Wright will be chairman of the meeting. Lawyer William G. Anderson will be one of the speakers. A full program will appear in the next issue of The Broad Ax. Miss Carrie Scobey, bookkeeper and assistant manager, for the Mt. Glenwood Cemetery Association 3125 S. State street, comes from one of the oldest and most prominent Scottish-American families in Iowa. Miss Scobey, resides in Auburn Park, where she is well known by a large circle of friends. She has the knack of getting acquainted with all those who frequent the offices of the Mt. Glenwood Cemetery Association. THE CHORAL STUDY CLUB. There are still vacancies in the active membership of the Choral Study Club for soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices. Applications should be made to Cecelia Johnson, Secretary, 5830 Wabash avenue. Requirements, 1st voice, 2nd voice, and 3rd, $1.00 tuition. Choral practice in singing is one of the most practical and useful experiences a singer can have, as it improves his general musicianship, especially along the lines of sight-reading. Self-control is cultivated by the necessity for careful listening, for steadiness of rhythm and for quick adjustment. To singers who are backward in reading at sight, this practice is invaluable. —P. T. Tinsley. EIGHTH REGIMENT BALL NEW YEARS NIGHT, 7TH REG. ARMORY. The 8th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, will give a Ball at the 7th Regiment Armory 34th street and Wentworth avenue on New Year's night, January I, 1912. It is planned by the officers to make this one of the biggest social affairs of the season, and contrary to former balls given by the regiment no ceremonies will be had, thus giving the patrons ample opportunity to dance from early eve until the wee sma' hours of the morning. The famous 8th Regiment band with its full quota of ninety pieces will dispense music to which the merry New Year dancers will trip the light fantastic toe, their heart's content. Tickets are out and in the hands of any officer of the regiment and at Rankin's drug store, 36th and State streets. No charity ball will be given on this night, so be in readiness for this big ball. MRS. MARTHA TOLTON IS DEAD. Mrs. Martha Tolton, the aged mother of the late Rev. Father Tolton, founder of St. Monica Church, 36th and Dearborn st., is dead at her home, 3641 Dearborn street. Funeral services will be held over her remains Monday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Monica, Rev. Father J. S. Morris officiating. Full account of her funeral will appear in the next issue of The Broad Ax. ZION FORUM A very interesting session of the Forum was held on last Tuesday, several changes in the constitution were made; a short program was rendered which seemed to be enjoyed by all present. The program for next Tuesday evening will be given by the Standard Literary Society of the Olivet Baptist Church. Ice cream and cake will be served free to all who are present. PERSONAL Will Stephen Minus, lately from Pensacola, Florida, or any one knowing his present address, please communicate or forward the same to Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Armour avenue. Phone Drexel 4590. FOR RENT. Furnished front parlor for rent to married couple reasonable. Good neighborhood. Inquire at 3427 Vernon avenue, first flat, steam heat and bath. Mrs. Mary Hawkins. Bagpipe. Bagpiples were used by the Assyrians and were known all over Asia. The Chinese also had this musical instrument. One Cent Pieces. Small one cent pieces were first coined in 1858. A Good Basis The principal chiefs of the Hawaiian Islands in 1824 adopted the Ten Commandments as the basis of government. Gold Lined Shoe At the wedding of the daughter of the house in Germany among the "upper ten" the old nurse presents the first shoe worn by the bride to the bridegroom, who, to make certain a prosperous and happy married life, must fill it with gold pieces to her advantage. Sea Horses. In the Pacific ocean sea horses attain a length of from ten to twelve inches, but seven inches is about the limit of these found in Atlantic waters. An Ancient Custom. Pagans endeavored to peer into the future by opening pages of Homer or Virgil and noting the lines covered by the thumb the instant the book was opened. They were read with a view to casting some light on the problem which occasioned the consultation. Miners in India. Baby miners in India get only 34 cents a day and coal miners 10, but from an Indian point of view this is regarded as fair pay. He will bury cheaper than the trust [Name] GEO. 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Foreign Echoes. large stock on hand from which to conduct in any part of the city or free to our patrons. Bodies ship States and foreign countries at the 1761. Lady attendant. Office and o Lincoln St. Kin Theatre 297th Street Automatic, 73,251 SUNDAY, NOV. 6TH at the Pekin. MEN HARRIS Comedy Drama us Prince Hayti enguished company, leading HALL OLINT Night, 8:15 P. M. VOTERS F RETAIN Maryland Citizen Against the WOMEN JOIN IN 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. If sounds odd, even funny, to hear of China becoming a republic. Yet some of us may five to see the president of China. - SpringGold Republican. Now that Madero has been elected president of Mexico, he ought to be looking up the most convenient route to Europe for a quick getaway.-Montreal Star. Personally we have no prejudice against the Turk. Still, we do not think very much of men who wear hats without any brim and bracelets without any crease to them.-Galveston News. --- D. JONES. mer who conducts, one of the most iments in Chicago. As a result chonest funeral direction. It furnishes automobile funerals for carriages, can save you from Fifty funeral. compare our prices with others before VOTERS FIGHT TO RETAIN BALLOT Maryland Citizens Are Incensed Against the Digges BHI. WOMEN JOIN IN THE CRUSADE. Inspired by Vigorous Editorial In Afro-American Ledger, Former Minister Ernest Lyon Makes Emphatic Protest Against Effort of State Committee to Organize the Colored Voters. By FRANKLIN P. JOHNSON. Baltimore—The colored people of Maryland are working with might and main to defeat the Digges disfranchising bills, which will be submitted to the electorate of the state, Nov. 7. The voters have been organized in the twenty-three counties and the city of Baltimore, and much enthusiasm has been shown. The Democrats have been trying to disfranchise the col- EDITOR JOHN H. MURPHY. ored voters of the state for the past two years. Though two distranchising amendments have been snowed under by the people within the past six years, the Democratic machine, through the operation of the Wilson ballot law, has thwarted 50,000 citizens of both races in the discharge of their duties as citizens. An auxiliary committee to the Republican state central committee has been organized with Dr. Ernest Lyon, former minister to Liberia, as chairman. This committee came into existence after a white man had been placed in charge of the work of organising colored voters. The Afro-American Ledger entered vigorous editorial protests against a white man having charge of the work of stirring up the colored voters, and Dr. Lyon went to the leading spirits in the party and registered an emphatic protest. He was accompanied by Dra. W. A. C. Hughes and A. L. Gaines, both of whom heartily concurred in the objection of the diplomat. The result of the protest was that the party managers readily agreed with the suggestion that the race have charge of the campaign among the colored voters. Auxiliary headquarters were established in the home of Monumental lodge of Elsa, 412 West Hoffman street, this city, and the battle for --- You Roast One Minute and Freeze the Next ```markdown ``` when you try to heat a house in Fall weather with a stove or furnace. real winter comes. These little gas heaters have been greatly improved recently. They cost A gas heater is the only heater that will actually furnish heat on tap for an hour or two every frosty morning and every damp, chilly evening. Just enough heat to keep the house warm and cozy all through the Fall. from $3.50 to $18 and are sold on liberal monthly payment terms, which we will be glad to explain at our downtown or any of our outlying stores. Of course we deliver A gas heater postpones the necessity of starting up the more expensive and ```markdown ``` and connect them for home use FREE. The Peoples Gas Light less controllable regular heating plant until which Dr. M. W. Dogan has managed and controlled its affairs has proved that the experiment was more than a satisfactory one. the retention of the right to vote in augurated. An advisory committee, composed of 200 of the best known residents of the state, was appointed. The success of Wiley graduates disposes of the criticism that most all the educated Negroes go north, for in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana are any number of its graduates teaching school, preaching the gospel, practicing the professions and making successes out of their business ventures. It's work is academic, collegiate, industrial, and, above all, great stress is laid upon the moral and religious training of the boys and girls. It is one of the few schools where to a large extent the students are self governing. The Y. M. C. A. exercises a salient influence upon the boys' moral and physical life. In its work, which is more than ordinarily thorough, it is one of the only two schools in the country, whose diplomas are recognized by the state board of education. At the first meeting of the committee $100 was raised to prosecute the fight, and now the amount raised totals $500. The committee is working hard for the election of the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Phillipa Lee Goldsborough. Maryland has had only one Republican governor in fifty years. The women have also been very active in the fight for the retention of the right of suffrage and have held J. The faculty for this year comes up to the standard of former years and with a few exceptions, stands as that of the previous year. As an example of the thoroughness of its work, one would only have to point to the suc- PRESIDENT OF THE UNION REV. DR. W. A. C. HUGHES. meetings in various churches here and in the counties. This work is in charge of Mrs. Harry S. Cumming, wife of the well known member of the city council. Among the prominent men associated with Dr. Lyon in the work are: Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, secretary of the committee; Rev. A. L. Gaines, treasurer; John H. Murphy, publisher of the Afro-American Ledger, chairman of the press committee; Hugh E. Macbeth, editor of the Baltimore Times; Councilman Harry S. Cummings, Rev. W. M. Alexander, president of the Maryland Suffrage league; John P. Forrester, Centerville, Md.; former Councilman H. M. St. Clair, Cambridge, Md.; Captain Edward H. Wilson, Upper Fairmount, Md.; W. Ashleigh Hawkins, supreme chancellor of one wing of the Knights of Pythias; Warner T. McGuinea and others. PRESIDENT M. W. DOGAN. cess of many of the men who have won their spurs. In such a list, taken at random, we find as principals of schools H. B. Pemberton, Marshall, Tex.; T. J. Douglass, Hubbard City, Tex.; T. B. Mitchell, Kendleton, Tex. William Daniels, Longview, Tex.; A. M. Salome, Stamps, Ark.; T. C. Compton, Junction City, Ark.; J. H. Roberts, Mansfield, La.; J. B. Fox, Fort Jessup, La. As heads of college departments we have S. S. Reid, history, Wiley university; R. E. Brown, science, Wiley university; A. M. D. Langrum, mathematics, Texas college, Tyler, Tex.; J. W. Frazier, Sam Houston college, Austin, Tex. Wiley university stands not only for the higher education of the Negro, but also for thorough training in the industries. Both are regarded not only as important, but in many respects absolutely necessary for fitting members of the race for higher usefulness. In many a Wiley graduate the two are combined. It is therefore not unusual to see a young man who has taken the full college course having also a trade which he has mastered in the industrial department. One of First Institutions of Learning Managed by the Preceden Aid Society to Be Placed Under Management of Afro-American—Highly Regarded by State Board of Education. One young man who recently graduated from the college department helped build the schoolhouse in the community where he is engaged in training his people. Another young man who graduated with honors from the college department took at the same time the highest honors in the department of electrical engineering and is now superintendent of the electric lighting department of an entire city. Marshall, Tex.—In a peculiar way the work of Willey university, an institution of learning maintained by the Methodist Episcopal church for the training of Negro youth, is striking at the root of racial elevation in the south. The training given the young men and women who attend this well known institution is of the gift edge variety, and its graduates are to be found in every walk of life. More and more schools like Wiley show the possibilities of the Negro race. Leaving out the painstaking care of the teachers and the sacrifices of President Dogan and his good wife, one is compelled to admit that a great It was one of the first institutions managed by the Presidium Aid society of the Methodist Episcopal church to be placed solely under the management of Negroes, and the wisdom with future awaits this institution when the fact is known that within the past few years the ministers in the Texas conference have raised for Wiley university more than $50,000 and that within the last year they have resolutely set themselves to the task of raising an endowment fund of $100,000. To this also is to be added a contribution of $15,000 for the erection of the new dormitory for bors. The Canary. The canary is a species of finch, native to the Canary islands. England's First Daily. England's first daily newspaper was the Daily Courant. It was founded in 1702 at London and published by a woman - Elizabeth Mallet. An Unbuilt Mausoleum During Charles II.'s reign it was decided to build a magnificent royal mausoleum edjoining Westminster abbey, and in 1678 the house of commons voted £70,000 toward the cost of the work. The designs, prepared by Sir Christopher Wren, are still preserved in the library of All Souls', Oxford. Artificial Flowers Beautiful artificial flowers were made of wax by the Romans, and the Egyptians used born and metal for a similar purpose. Grimy Coin. By immersing grimy coins in a concentrated aqueous solution of potassium cyanide and then washing in clean water, bright, clean coins are obtained. Brazil. Brazil was in 1515 the first American colony founded on an agricultural basis. All the others were mining speculations. Turkish Cemeteries Upon the graves of the dead in the Turkish cemeteries little vessels of water are placed for the benefit of the birds, and some of the marble tombs have basins chiseled out for the same purpose, the superstition being that birds carry messages about the living to the dead and, like everybody else in Turkey, are suspected of being spiteful unless something is done to curry their favor. The Vandals Home was entered by the Vandals July 15. 455, and pillaged for fourteen days. The empress and many captives were taken away. Bay Trees. The bay tree used to be called the tree of Apollo and was supposed to be an antidote against lightning. Tiberius and other Roman emperors wore wreaths of bay leaves as an amulets, especially in thunders storms. Withering of a bay-tree was an omen of death. Sport For Traian Trajan, Roman emperor, ordained a combat of 183 days. In which 10,000 gladiators fought and 11,000 fierce animals were killed. FURNISHED ROOM TO RENT. 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Packing, and Shipping with Care 233 East 51st Street 4956 Dearborn Street Phone Oakland 1760. 3 Trips Daily to the Depots CHICAGO IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE BROAD AX. WM. D. NEIGHBORS & CO REAL ESTATE AT LOWEST PRICES Easiest Term to be had in Chicago Loans on first and second Mortgages Fire Insurance placed in any company 3517 State Street CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Aldine 2532 GREAT CENTER OF EDUCATION Arkansas Baptist College Opens With Competent Instructors. BRIGHT FUTURE PREDICTED. President Joseph A. Booker Strikes Optimistic Note In Address Opening the Twenty-eighth Scholastic Year at Well Known School In Little Rock. Many Industries Taught. Little Rock, Ark.-The Arkansas Baptist college recently opened its twenty-eighth annual session under very favorable circumstances. Dr. Joseph A. Booker, who is just entering upon his twenty-fifth year as president of the institution, was never more highly encouraged at the beginning of a school year. This was manifested in his opening address and in the announcement of new plans for running the institution another year. Besides many of the old teachers who have returned to resume the work with President Booker, several new officers and teachers from other states are enrolled. Professor M. L. Calloway, a graduate from the science course at PETER BROWN PRESIDENT JOSEPH A. BOOKER. the Knoxville (Tenn.) college, will have charge of all the sciences to be taught. This is the first year that the science department has had a special teacher and a particular chair. Professor Calloway will fit the place well, for he is making science a life study and has done some good postgraduate work at Muskingum university, Muskingum. O. Miss Adina Saunders will be preceptress this year. She comes from New Haven, Conn., from under the very shadow of Yale university. She has lots of bright ideas not only for housekeeping and for governing and caring for girls in the boarding department, but she has talent for elocution and fine needlework. She will give some extra time to this for the benefit of the girls and others who may desire these two fine arts. Miss May L. Smith of Virginia, recently from Hampton, will have charge of the boarding department and domestic science work. She comes full of Hampton ideas as to work, cleanliness, economy and good order. Miss Grace J. Thompson, who taught literature last year, will teach higher Latin and some literature, while Mr. M. H. Eldridge, one of the best graduates that the institution here ever sent out, will teach Greek and elementary Latin. Besides the foregoing list of college, academic and industrial teachers, the grammar school department will be cared for by Miss S. A. Jordan, eighth grade; Mrs. Bessie R. Ashford, seventh grade; Miss Laura Plinie, sixth grade; Professor J. A. Hibbler, the secretary of the institution, will have charge of the commercial department, and Miss Mattle A. Booker, who is now in the Chicago Musical college, will have charge of the music, as heretofore. During her six weeks' absence her sister, Miss Carrie Isabel Booker, will fill her place. Professor R. L. Hansen, a product of the institution, will resume the work of higher mathematics, and Professor J. Frank Jones will do the Bible work and history and also have charge of the registration. Mrs. Joseph A. Booker will teach millinery and dressmaking. The theological department will be taken care of by President Joseph A. Booker, Dr. J. P. Robinson and Rev. R. M. Caver, A. M. Already the graduating classes for next spring have begun to file in and along with them many old and new students. The outlook for the institution, therefore, is exceedingly promising. Great effort is being put forth by the trustees to cancel the mortgage debt this year. With the mortgage debt out of the way, President Booker will have more time to devote to the real needs of the institution and will thus be in better position to raise funds for the many new improvements which he contemplates making in the near future. 'It is Mr. Booker's aim to have a greater school than ever before in the advantages to students and equipment for teachers. The college has demonstrated its right to live and has thereby won many friends. AN HONOR TO HIS RACE. H. C. Smith Delegate to Ohio Constitutional Convention. Over 2,000 signatures of voters have been secured indorsing the candidacy of the Hon. Harry C. Smith of Cleveland, O., as delegate to the state constitutional convention to be held in 1912. Realizing the necessity of having a member of the race in such an important convention, about fifty of the colored voters of Cleveland volunteered to secure the proper number of signatures to nominate Mr. Smith for the position. They had, but a short time in which to accomplish the task, but they went about it with a determination to succeed. The signatures were secured from among both colored and white citizens. In speaking of the phenomenal success of this voluntary movement to nominate Mr. Smith one of the canvassers for signatures said: "We did not even have to ask or urge the men to do the work. As a matter of fact, we who were at the head of the movement did not think the necessary signatures could be got in so short a time. The result was an agreeable surprise, which seldom falls to the lot of an individual without some effort on his part." Disfranchisement has grown in the south until nearly every state in that section of the country has disfranchised its Afro-American voters. The race needs an able and experienced statesman of its own, such as we find in the Hon. Harry C. Smith, to champion its cause. We are taking time by the forelock. Color prejudice should not have any influence with those who make the laws by which all citizens of the United States are to be governed. Mr. Smith has served three terms as a member of the Ohio legislature. STEADY ADVANCE OF Y. M. C. A. Encouraging Outlook For Larger Equipment For Indianapolis Branch. Indianapolis, Ind.-Six rooms in a small business block at North and California streets is the home of the largest colored men's branch of the Young Men's Christian association in the United States. From this small building the work among more than 400 members is conducted, although half that number cannot be crowded into the structure at one time. Despite the inadequacy of the building and equipment the members have organized debating, literary and glee clubs, gymnasium and basketball teams, a band and orchestra, while the boys have formed a club and organized a troop of boy scouts. Besides these organizations, several of the members meet in the small rooms each night and engage in checker contests, the only other form of amusement open to them. During the last few years the building has become too small to accommodate the members, and whenever special programs have been arranged no announcements have been made beforehand, the officers knowing that the S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING allowed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- tues and locking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Ford Apartment 2. 3600 Wabash Ave. er opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 101 WASHINGTON STREET. n Brick Co. - Surer, THOMAS CAREY. President, JOHN SHELMAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. UFATURERS OF and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: d Robey Sts. winter and summer, equipped it improved Wolf Dyer. ne Yards 128. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As ageit 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. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. V The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CARRY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Between CHICAGO ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY via the Chicago & Alton Automatic Block Signals Rockfallled Elevated Electric Lighted Trains Unassolled Dining Service The Only Double Track Railroad between Chicago and St. Louis For further information call on or address H. K. MERVOT, General Assistant Department, Rector Jigd., Clark and Monroe Streets. Phone Number 6479 CHICAGO THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on co- dents, including payment of taxes and lia- on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patro- The Cranford Building. 36 The finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile bat- 'Phone Randolph 803 - American President and Treasurer, The Vice-President, J Secretary MANUFAT Common and Office an 45th and 1 Yards running winter with the latest improv Telophone rooms would not hold all who would attend. Now the committee of management and leading colored business men of the city are considering a new Y. M. C. A. building which will not limit the colored men's branch in this city and which, they say, will offer unusual possibilities. Nine years ago the branch of the association was first organized for the colored men of Indianapolis. After two years of work it had only seventeen members. Since 1904, however, the association has grown until it now includes one out of every seventeen colored young men in the city. The growth has been so rapid during the last few years that every available place about the building has been taken, including the coal shed, which was made into a locker and shower bath room. The growing membership also demanded a gymnasium, and the largest room on the first floor was fitted up for the physical culture work and gymnasium classes. Cornell university has added a course in wrestling for which gymnasium credit will be given. For the benefit of beginners in the mat game a novice meet, from which all intercollegiate athletes will be barred, will take place in December. The New Orleans Young Men's Gymnastic club will hold monthly boxing and wrestling contests of all weights and classes under the amateur rules until April of 1912. The winners will be sent to the National Amateur Athletic union championships. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS Miss Helen Clay Frick, pretty and helress to millions, who has been known for her philanthropies since she was a tiny girl, is a culinary expert. Mrs. William Keith, who recently gave $3,000 to the suffrage campaign fund in California, has devoted about $1,000 a year to the cause for more than ten years. Miss Elizabeth Kendall, professor of history at Wellesley college, recently returned from a trip through Turkey, China and India. She is said to be the first white woman to make such a trip alone. She made the trip for the purpose of research. Miss Beatrix Jones is a pioneer among women landscape gardeners in this country. Her most notable work in landscape gardening was the restoration of the George Washington gardens at Mount Vernon. Mrs. Wordsworth, an English dancing teacher, has taught dancing to royalty in England and other countries since she was fifteen. She now has a class composed entirely of children whose grandparents took lessons of her just before making their debut at Queen Victoria's court. Sporting Notes. The polo players of America and Great Britain have joined hands to bring about a uniform code of rules to govern the game. Eddie Durnan, professional sculling champion of America, who recently defended his title against John L. Hackett of Minnesota, is ready to row William Haines or James Wray, coach of Harvard. THE ONLY WAY JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Frank L. Gale THE GATE 3159 Pianos, Organs, Brass and Strings Payments. P TUNING K. L. Gale Sam E GALE PIANO 3159 STATE STREET Organs, Talking Machines and S rass and String Instruments. Cash or E Payments. Open Evenings till 10.30 Phone Doug. 4558. G RE Frank L. Gale Sam'l I. Lee THE GALE PIANO CO. 3159 STATE STREET Pianos, Organs, Talking Machines and Supplies. Brass and String Instruments. 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