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THE BROAD AX Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann Secretary Of The Illinois State Commission To Celebrate The Freedom Of The Afro-Americans RESIDING IN THIS STATE IN 1915 IN A BOLD AND BEAZEN MANNER LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ALL HE HAS TO DO IS TO BUSH UP IN FRONT OF GOVERNOR EDWARD F. DUNNE SHAKE HIS FIST IN HIS FACE OR SNAP HIS FINGER AT HIM AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ILLINOIS IS READY AND WILLING TO DO HIS BIDDING IT WAS DECLARED IN GLARING HEADLINES RECENTLY IN THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD. THAT "MR. SWANN, IS THE ONLY DISTINGUISHED? CITIZEN IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WHO CAN WALK UP TO ITS GOVERNOR AND SAY, "HELLO! ED. OR EDDIE" AT THE SAME TIME SLAP HIM ON THE BACK OR JAB HIM IN THE RIBS AND EXCLAIM, "BEHOLD ME, I AM THE HEAD KING OF THE COLORED RACE OF THIS COMMONWEALTH." NO PERSONAL ILL PEELING ON THE PART OF JULIUS F. TAYLOR IS ENTERTAINED AGAINST MR. SWANN OR AGAINST REV. CAREY OUR CONTENTION IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE AND THAT IS THAT THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE HIGHEST INTELLIGENCE OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE RESIDING IN THIS SECTION OF THE MIDDLE WEST. Vol. XVIX. Hon. Thomas Swann Sees The Illinois mission To The Free Afro-American RESIDING IN THIS STATE IN 1915 LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ALL FRONT OF GOVERNOR EDWARD FACE OR SNAP HIS FINGER AT HIM AND THE ONE READY AND WILLING TO DO GLARING HEADLINES RECENT NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD. THAT "MR. SWANN, IS THE ONLY STATE OF ILLINOIS WHO CAN SAY, "HELLO! ED. OR EDDIE! THE BACK OR JAB HIM IN THE ME, I AM THE HEAD KING OF MONWEALTH." NO PERSONAL ILL FEELING ON THE ENTERTAINED AGAINST MR. OUR CONTENTION IS PLAIN THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE RESIDING DLE WEST. It has been maintained in all the ages of the past, namely, that "the higher up or the more prominent any one becomes in state or in governmental affairs, the more easily it is for slick and oily bold or brazen faced worthless characters to tickle them with fattery, to hoodwink them and to pull the sheep's wool over their bat or blinded eyes to a dead stand still or to perfection." The person or individual who gave expression to the above sentiments came within an ace in striking the truth right square on its head; this holds true as far as outside appearances forces itself upon us, in relation to the Honorable Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary of the Illinois State Commission to celebrate the freedom of the Afro-Americans in this state in 1915 and Governor Edward F. Dunne. Prior to the national election last fall Mr. Swann was making his home in New York and he did not come on to Chicago to vote for one candidate either on the Republican or on the Democratic ticket, at that time he claimed that his western home was at Gary, Ind. The smoke of that great political battle had scarcely cleared away before he made a bee line for Chicago, he fully realizing that he possessed a more cunning and a much stronger mind than Governor Dunne he more than successfully fastened his fangs upon him like a bold and daring barnacle and being able to look a short distance into the future the idea soon flashed itself across his mind that being small in stature he could easily ride into political power in this state on the weak back of Governor Dunne. In this Mr. Swann was not mistaken and when Governor Dunne removed from Chicago to Springfield Mr. Swann followed suit and he managed to camp on his trail and keep within his shadow all the time. Every time that Governor Dunne would sneeze, Mr. Swann would blow his nose and so on. On Sunday mornings when Governor Dunne would look around him while worshiping in one of the leading Catholic churches in that city he could behold Mr. Swann not far from him doing the same things that he was doing and his Governor jumped at the idea at once that Mr. Swann was and always had been a good Roman Catholic, he was not aware of the fact that while Mr. Swann was engaged in hanging around the Rev. Honorable Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. at Bethel Church a few years ago he become one of its members he read all the church notices as secretary to its political pastor and he was the head boss of the church and he found his HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY way to the Institutional Church and served its tricky pastor in the same capacity until he held out one hundred dollars from the Rev. Honorable gentleman we don't think as he informed us then he asserted that he forced Mr. Swann to tear out from around the Institutional Church. Being able to talk ten times faster than Governor Dunne and to unbosom himself of a long string of vile aces at the same time and to act in a bossy manner and by carefully keeping his past shady career out of sight from his Governor, it was no more than natural for Governor Dunne to arrive at the conclusion that even if Mr. Swann does not pay one dollar in taxes on any kind of property in Illinois and even if he did not have any visible means of support until he fell into his present job, that even if he could be classed as a camp follower, that "he is ten thousand times better than any other Colored man in the wide world, that there is no difference between Colored people, that one Colored person is as good if not better than the other, that he had decided to select Mr. Swann as the boss leader and the infallible representative of all the Colored people residing within the confines of Illinois and that settled it." It is passing strange and we have never been able to account for it namely, that for many years the very best so-called White friends of the Colored race have always strongly insisted that their Colored butler, porter, coachman and other servants or general utility men and women and political tramps; are a hundred times smarter and know a great deal more than the most highly educated and the best class of property owning Colored men and women; and that those belonging to the serving class and who stand at the beck and call of the Whites, in all things and at all times; are more than eminently qualified to become the real or the true leaders of the Afro-American race. By strictly adhering, to this older idea; Governor Dunne, has made it possible for Mr. Swann, to assume a bold and arrogant attitude and he greatly delights, to let it be known; that all he has to do, is to rush up in front of Governor Dunne, shake his fist in his face, or snap his little finger at him and that the Chief Executive of Illinois, is ready and willing to do his bidding. As it was recently announced, in glaring head lines, in the greatest weekly newspaper in the world; that "Mr. Swann, is the only distinguished citizen in this state, who can walk up to its Governor, and say, Hello! Ed, or Eddle! At the same time slap him on the back, or jab him in the ribs 1 MR. THOMAS J. TOBIN. and exclaim, behold me! You have never gazed upon the likes of me before; for I am the head king of the Colored race of this commonwealth." Showing, far beyond a reasonable doubt, that Mr. Swann is a thousand times bolder than any sane, dignified, self-respecting citizen; either White or Black; that he has more nerve and gall in this respect, and that he has a much stronger mind than the present Governor of Illinois. Once and for all time to come, we desire to state; that we entertain no personal ill feeling against Mr. Swann, or against Rev. A. J. Carey; our contention is plain and simple and that is; that they do not represent the highest intelligence of the Afro-American race residing in this section of the middle west. Any person violating the provisions is declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $50. In the discretion of the court an offender can be imprisoned in the Baltimore City Jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 12 months. Each day the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. Owner or agent of house is deemed equally guilty of misdemeanor with person occupying the house. ATTORNEY DE WITT H. HARDIN SECURED THE DIAMOND BROOCH FOR MES. PHILIP STRIN THE NEW SEGREGATION LAW OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, IS THE MOST OBNOXIOUS PIECE OF LEGISLATION SO FAR ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCILS OF ANY OF THE SOUTHERN CITIES. Last week, the first branch of the city council, of Baltimore, Md., passed a new Segregation Law. Only four members, three White and Harry S. Cummings, (Colored) voted against it. Mr. Cummings, made an eloquent plea, against its passage, to no avail and he might as well of talked to dead or stone men. For the members of that body had successfully sealed or closed up all their reasoning faculties; that is if they ever had any to start with. Mayor Preston, promptly affixed his signature to the new Segregation ordinance, and it will become effective without delay, and nothing is left for the Afro-Americans, in that city to do but to fight it to the bitter end and to contest its constitutionality in the highest courts of the land. The new Segregation Law, reads as follows: The segregation ordinance is now law. It was passed by the City Council, taken to the Mayor's house by his secretary and promptly signed by the city executive. The ordinance makes it a crime for any White person to use as a residence or place of abode any house, building, or structure in any Colored block. The same restrictions apply to the Colored race. Provisions of New Law. Any person violating the provisions is declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $50. In the discretion of the court an offender can be imprisoned in the Baltimore City Jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 12 months. Each day the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. Owner or agent of house is deemed equally guilty of misdemeanor with person occupying the house. ATTORNEY DE WITT H. HARDIN SECURED THE DIAMOND BROOCH FOR MRS. PHILIP STEIN. For some time, Mrs. Fred Jackson, 4906 Wabash avenue; who was a White lady married to a Colored gentleman, was employed at the home of Mrs. Philip Stein, 4339 Drexel Boulevard, and it seems that some how or other, Mrs. Jackson permitted herself to come into the possession without any authority or right whatever, of a diamond brooch, belonging to Mrs. Stein, which was valued at $500. In the mean time Mrs. Jackson, was taken sick, and her daughter Miss Mercedes Clark Radford an actress and a daughter by a former White husband, came on from New York, in order to be at the bedside of her mother who passed away and was buried last Sunday. In the meantime Mrs. Stein, employed Attorney De Witt H. Hardin, 3522 S. State street, to recover the valuable jewel for her, and without losing any time; Attorney Hardin, promptly had Miss Radford arrested, charging her with receiving stolen property. At first she denied that she knew anything about the brooch or that she had received it from her mother. But it seems that Attorney Hardin, had the goods on her and knew what he was driving at, and on Tuesday she was arranged before Judge Sullivan of the Hyde Park branch of the Municipal Court and just as he was forcing the case to trial, she gave up in despair and the brooch was returned to Mrs. Stein, and Miss Radford was discharged. Attorney Hardin, skillfully handled the case all the way through and added new laurels, to his legal ability and his long sightedness. Chief Justice Harry Olson Of The Municipal Court Places Col. S.B. Turner And Other Afro-Americans ON HIS BLACK LIST HE MAINTAINS THAT JUDGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED UP AGAINST THEM IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT. THEREFORE THEY HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO BE BAD BONDS-MEN. CHIEF OF POLICE JOHN MC-WEENY AND OTHER POLICE OFFICIALS ARE WARNED AGAINST PERMITTING THEM AND MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED OTHER UNRELIABLE CITIZENS TO SIGN ANY MORE BONDS. The first of this week Chief Justice Harry Olson, of the Municipal Court, informed John McWeeny, head chief of the police department of this city, to the effect that in the past many persons have been engaged in signing bonds for the release of prisoners from the police stations who are unreliable and Chief Justice Olson places 116 such persons on his black list and in accordance with his request or instructions, Chief McWeeny has issued an order directing the commanding officers of the police department to instruct the desk sergeants and other officers who have occasion to accept bonds for the release of prisoners to exercise greater care in regard to the financial responsibility of prospective bondsmen. For the guidance of the police in the future Chief Olson has furnished Chief McWeeny with the names of the following persons who have been listed as delinquents for the reason that judgments are at the present time running against them in the Municipal Court. Justice Olson's list of unreliable and delinquent bondsmen are as follows: William G. Anderson, 530 E. 45th street; Samuel M. Amos, 1943 Park avenue; George T. Abbott, 2916 State street; Thomas Arado, 4803 W. Madison street; James Aloupis, 622 S. Halsted street; John L. Buckley, 4809 W. 12th street; Charles D. Bradley; Gayland H. Blackburn, 419 E. 34th street; Abraham Burrell, 516 Pine street; Edward Beatty, 1834 Dearborn street; John Brew, 538 Root street; George Bechares; Thomas D. Courtney, 813 Jackson boulevard; Gracie E. Curey, 129 N. Elizabeth street; Samuel Cramb, 538 Cass street; Thomas E. Coyne; John W. Chapman, 945 Irving Park; Zeachariah Campbell, 742 Dearborn street; George Comerford, Morton Park; Stephen Denkau, 2330 Ravenswood avenue; M. Deddo, 712 Aberdeen street; Seymour S. David, 404 W. 79th street; Robert Dougal, 1636 Wells street; Lewis W. Dickenson, 3558 Armour avenue; Samuel Darwent, 6230 Indiana avenue; P. F. Donlan, 313 W. Oak street; Mrs. Elsie Emmerling; James H. Ferguson, 160 Randolph street; Harry Fannenbaum, 1254 S. Jefferson street; A. N. Fields, 2916 State street; E. Friedlander; J. Graves, 2710 Lexington street; Joseph Galla, 1357 Augusta street; Ella H. Hulsheer, 1728 W. Ohio street; William E. Hanroth, 2022 Peterson street; Herman F. Hesterman; Frank H. Hill; Adolphus C. Harris, 3331 State street; Charles Johnson, 3344 Wabash avenue; John K. Joe, 4504 Woodlawn avenue; Gertrude D. Kitching, 708 Forest avenue; Nathan Kadans, 1703 Washburn avenue; Alex. Kochnick, 1695 N. Hamil avenue; Nick Kieronia; Frank Klima, 1926 Shelly court; Vincent Knaus, 9002 Mackinaw avenue; Solomon Keller, 2153 W. 12th street; Matt Kusell, 833 Lawrence avenue; Ludwick Kristinak, 328 W. 24th street; William Loury, 461 East Division street; Nettie Loomer; S. A. Lewinsohn, Borden Block; Joseph W. Latimer, Cottage Grove and 33d street; Frank Mullaney, 7094 Elizabeth street; Charles Martin, 3635 Emerald avenue; Engene F. Manns, 2942 State street; Lloyd Moore, 331 34th street; Mary E. Maloney, 2311 Warren avenue; William O. Mathis, 4224 Evans avenue; No.1 Charles P. Muno, 2402 Touhy avenue; William J. Murdock, 1728 Julian street; August Miller, 6044 Winchester avenue; Henry G. McCall, 5479 Ingleside avenue; Celestes McCartney, 3714 Racine avenue; Frank McDermott; Michael McMahon; William B. McConnell; H. J. Macpherson, 121 E. 46th street; Bernard Niegoski, 4720 Seminary avenue; Emily Ostergran, 1012 Seminary avenue; Clara Ostrander; William J. O'Mara, 132 S. Waller avenue; Peter Pasowiez; Allen J. Perdue, 4206 Langley avenue; Amleto Pavlecki; Henry Prast; Harry R. Pane, 3650 N. Robey street; Sophia Pavlacek, 328 W. 24th street; W. W. Quinn, 3766 Indiana avenue; Edward J. Ratsch, 2510 Lexington street; L. Rothschild; Johanna Rutkowski, 3034 22d street; Lillian Remus, 301 Windsor avenue; Angeline E. Smith; Andrew A. Scowley, 6512 Parnell avenue; Joseph H. Shreve, 3142 Dearborn street; Charles L. Sherlock, 89 E. 18th street; Harry L. Strohn, 2930 Groveland avenue; Louis P. Smith, 2444 Burling street; C. J. Soderholm, 6050 S. Sangamon street; Rosie Spagnola, 239 W. 23d street; Thomas Slowinski, 3352 Fisk street; John Stanton, 7554 S. Chicago avenue; F. W. Story, 4820 N. Paulina street; Karol, Stahulak; Conrad Schaefer, 435 E. 25th street; Maria Scherer, 29 Reese street; Kate Tobias, 2286 Blue Island avenue; Col. S. B. Turner, 21 E. 28th street; Charles Tyl, 1945 S. Halsted street; Robert C. Williamson; John Wagner; Thomas H. Werner; Charles H. and Mary E. Wilson, 3527 Bosworth avenue; Charles A. Ward, 2969 Wabash avenue; Samuel R. Young, 2900 Dearborn street. The chief justice requests that none of the above list be accepted on bonds. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON WILL NOT DRAW THE COLOR LINE SO HE DECLARES AND THAT HE DESIRES TO BE JUST TO ALL. The first of this week President Woodrow Wilson, at the White House, Washington, D. C., gave expression to the following sentiments, respecting the Colored race. "I desire to be just to every class of citizens, without respect to color. Any appointment, brought to my consideration, will receive due consideration, whether it apply to a White person or a Negro." These are cheering words indeed to emanate from President Wilson, and we sincerely hope, that he will possess a sufficient amount of courage to adhere to them at all times and to prove to the world of mankind; that he will not permit his White fellow-citizens to sway him neither to the right nor to the left and prevent him from doing his duty in this respect by appealing to race prejudice. Mrs. Rosa A. Morgan, the artistic and popular milliner, 3709 State street; has through her Attorney William G. Anderson, filed papers in the Superior Court, in which she is seeking a divorce from her husband, Thomas P. Morgan. They were married sometime in 1903 and they have now agreed to disagree. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times upheld the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, Republicans, or even those can be wrong, because as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is proud 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. $3.00. Six Months. 1.00. Advertising rates made known on application. Press all communications to THE BROAD AX 8027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under Act of March 3, 1879. ROTTEN AIR "MOVIES." Do you go to the "movies"? If not, you are an exception, for there are few people in Chicago now that are not attracted occasionally at least, to these cheap and popular places of amusement, the moving picture theatres. But some of these places are very dangerous places for people to visit for the reason that they are not properly ventilated; some not at all. For the reason that the air in such places is dirty and dangerous, they should be avoided. So, when you go to see a moving picture show, look for a theatre that has a card posted in the entrance and which reads like this: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH City of Chicago This is to Certify that this theatre is equipped with a system of ventilation, which, if operated as it is intended to be, will insure to the patrons the supply of fresh air required by law. (Signed) G. B. YOUNG. If you don't see the card, move on until you find a theatre that displays this certificate of approval signed by the Commissioner of Health, and which informs you that the proprietor of the theatre has complied with the law and is making an honest effort to provide for the comfort and safety of his patrons. --- It can be readily understood that there is a vast difference in the air people will get in a well-ventilated theatre and that which they are compelled to breathe in one that has no ventilation at all. The Department of Health has made many tests of the air in the five and ten cent theatres, of which there are more than 600 in Chicago, and in every instance the air from the unventilated theatres showed the presence of bacteria in large numbers as compared with that taken from those places where the ventilation was good. These tests mean that, approximately, a person in the bad-air theatre takes fifty times greater chances of catching some infection than he would in the well ventilated theatre. For health reasons alone and to prevent needless sickness and suffering, the Department of Health urges people to patronize only those places where the card of approval is placed. The Commissioner of Health emphasizes the importance of following these suggestions for the reason that some of the moving picture men are not inclined to obey the law and are doing all they can to prevent its proper enforcement. These men are not willing to spend the money that would be required to make their places safe. In other words they are thinking more of the dollars than they are of the health and safety of their patrons. Such men do not deserve the patronage of the people whose health they would imperil; and there is little doubt that they will bestow it, once they are informed as to the kind of theatre to visit and the kind to shun. EXAMINATION FOR RHOES SCHOLARSHIP AT OXFORD President Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois, chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Committee of Illinois, announces that a qualifying examination for all candidates for an Oxford Rhodes scholarship will be held Tuesday, October 14, and Wednesday, October 15, 1913, at the northwestern University Building, corner of Lake and Dearborn Streets, Chicago. This examination is not competitive, but corresponds to the entrance examinations required by many American colleges. From the candidates who pass this examination a scholar will be selected for Illinois, who will begin work at Oxford in October, 1914. Examinations will be given in Latin, Greek, and mathematics, but the examination in Greek need not be taken at this time. All candidates who pass in Latin and Mathematics will be eligible for a scholarship. In case the person selected as scholar has not taken the examination in Greek, he may take the Oxford entrance examination in this subject in July, 1914. A Rhodes scholar is appointed for a period of three years and receives the sum of fifteen hundred dollars each year. A Rhodes scholarship at Oxford is therefore a prize of greater money value than any scholarship or fellowship at any American university. The candidate for a Rhodes scholarship must be an unmarried male citizen of the United States with at least five years' residence; must by the first of October, 1913, have passed his eighteenth but not his twenty-fourth birthday; and must have completed at least his freshman year at some recognized degree-granting university or college in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the committee of selection, in selecting a student for appointment to a scholarship, takes into consideration, (1) his literary and scholastic attainments; (2) his fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports, such as football and the like; (3) his qualities of manhood—truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindness, unselfishness, and fellowship; and (4) his exhibition during school days of moral force of character and instincts to lead and take an interest in his schoolmates. Candidates are expected to send written application at once to President Edmund J. James, Urbana, Illinois. All candidates will register in person between eight and ten a. m. October 14, at the place of examination. The examination will begin at ten a. m. Tuesday, October 14th. BLOW TO COLOR RULE. Attorney-General of New York Says Boxing Commission Cannot Discriminate. MUST LET ALL COMPETE Matches scheduled by New York clubs: Sept. 29—"Knockout" Brown vs. Phil Bloom, Harry Pierce vs. Eddie Kelly, Paul Dixon vs. Willie Lester, Irving A. C. Military Athletic club. Sept. 30—"Knockout" Brown vs. Danny Ridge, BattleLovinsky vs. Jack Keating, Atlantic Garden Athletic club. Oct. 1—Al McCoy vs. Johnny Howard, Liberal A. C. Oct. 4—Young Kurtz vs. Johnny Howard, Brown's gymnasium. Oct. 7—Leach Cross vs. Young Brown, Atlantic Garden. Oct. 8—Johnny Dundee vs. "Knock- out" Brown, St. Nicholas A. C. Oct. 14—Johnny Dundee vs. Willie Beecher, Atlantic Garden. Oct. 17—Packey McFarland vs. "Harlem" Tommy Murphy, Garden A. C. Oct. 24—Sam Langford vs. "Gunboat" Smith or Joe Jeannette, Garden Athletic club. Oct. 31—Willie Ritchie vs. Leach Cross, Garden A. C. New York, Sept. 29.—Attorney-General Carmody's decision that the boxing commission had no legal right to enforce its ruling prohibiting bouts between White and Colored boxers was a sharp rebuke to those members of said commission who had only a few days previously voted to let the rule stand in spite of the fact that popular sentiment as expressed in local newspapers was in favor of its rescission. And it was likewise the most welcome bit of news handed to fight fans of the state since the bill legalizing the sport was passed by the legislature two years ago. In the first place, such a ruling should never have been made. It was against the spirit of fair play. It was framed originally to prevent Jack Johnson from coming here to box White heavy weights. Why experts like Joe Jeannette, Sam Langford and other Colored boxers should be forced to suffer because of the sins of the champion is difficult of explanation, and had the representatives of the Negro boxers taken the matter to court it is a cinch the unpopular ruling would have been revoked in short order. The Frawley bill legalizing boxing says nothing about race discrimination and in prohibiting all "mixed" bouts the commissioners overstepped their authority. COLORED MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE ACQUITTED IN SO. CAR. Judge Commends the Jury. Spartanburg, Sept. 24, 1913. Spartanburg, S. C.—At 12:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon the jury in the case of Will Fair, who was alleged to have committed criminal assault on a 21-year-old White married woman who resided near Glendale on August 18, was acquitted of the offense. The jury had been out since Friday afternoon at 4:57 o'clock, and their decision was awaited by a crowd of interested spectators. From authorized information, it seems that six of the jurors were for absolute acquittal and the other half dozen, while they were agreed that the Negro was innocent, desired to place the responsibility of his acquittal on another jury. They were evidently of the opinlon that the audience in the courtroom were hostile to the prisoner, Will Fair, and they THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION. After consultation with a number of the leading men and women of our race I have taken upon myself the responsibility of asking our people to devote the week of October 19th to 26th to the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of our freedom. Something has already been done, however, in several parts of the country towards carrying into effect the plan already suggested for local celebrations. In order that these various local celebrations may be carried out harmoniously and in such a way that local celebration will contribute to a national total, the following recommendations are submitted: (1) That October 19-26, 1913, be known as Fiftieth Anniversary Week. (2) That schools, churches and all other societies and organizations in every part of the United States, where there is a considerable number of our people, unite and co-operate for the purpose of holding local celebrations; these celebrations to take the form, where that is possible, of an exposition of the progress in commercial, professional, intellectual, moral and religious directions, made by members of the race in that community. (3) Where possible these local expositions should be held in connection with existing county or state fairs. (4) Wherever it is feasible the county should be made the unit of organization of the celebration and in every case an effort should be made to obtain city, county or state aid to carry the plans of the local committee into effect. (5) In addition to the exposition referred to, an effort should be made to secure the strongest and most representative man obtainable, North or South, as principal speaker. (6) It is suggested that Sunday, October 26th, be set apart as a day for raising contributions to a fund to clear off the debt upon the Frederick Douglass Home, in the District of Columbia, and to set aside a sufficient sum to maintain this national memorial of the Colored people. (7) In conclusion, it is strongly urged that our people begin now to prepare for the Fiftieth Anniversary Week, and that this be made at once a means and an occasion for calling the attention of the world to the tremendous progress which the Negro race has made during its first fifty years of freedom in America. It is my earnest hope and desire that the above suggestions be read before the various churches, lodges and other organizations of our people, to the end that the Fiftieth Anniversary Week of Freedom shall be generally observed everywhere. desired to protect him. When the foreman of jury, Joseph Lee, announced the verdict of the jury, Judge Gage said substantially as follows: "Gentlemen of the jury; Inasmuch as you have had the courage to do your duty in this matter, I ought to have the courage to commend you for it. Time will show that your verdict is right. There are many things that cannot be proven in evidence, but when you sift this thing to the bottom you will find your face to have been set in the right direction. I discharge you." When the final verdict of the jury was rendered, announcing that Will Fair was a free Negro, with no stain of criminal assault on him as adjudged by 12 of his peers, the courtroom was crowded with interested spectators, but no demonstration was made. In fact, no disapproval was expressed when the Negro was released. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH The first Quarterly Meeting for this conference year was held at our church last Sunday. The services all day were well attended. The sermon in the afternoon by Rev. Carroll, pastor of Scott's M. E. Church, was a splendid effort and was greatly enjoyed by all who were present. The reports rendered at the Quarterly Conference showed a steady increase in the work. Something over one thousand dollars was raised. Our church is in a splendid working condition and it is hoped that by the earnest and honest co-operation of the members and friends under the leadership of our pastor, Rev. Callis, that the financial effort which is being made to raise the indebtedness now due on the mortgage, will be a success. Rev. Callis will preach in the morning at 11 a. m. Rev. Dr. Fisher of Olivet Baptist Church will preach in the afternoon at three o'clock. At the evening service, Mr. J. Wilbur Messer, the General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Chicago, will give his popular address on World-Wide Brotherhood. He will be accompanied by stereoptical views. This will be Mr. Messer's last talk before his departure upon a trip around the world. After a service in the Y. M. C. A. work of twenty-five years, Mr. Messer will be absent from the city for six months.—"C" ATTORNEY A. M. WILLIAMS WITH DRAWS FROM THE ENTERPRISE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLI NOIS. Attorney A. Morris Williams, founder and organizer of the Enterprise Savings Bank, Springfield, Illinois; has severed all of his official connection with it and recently, he opened a loan and investment company with a savings department on 11th street, near Washington street, that city and as Mr. Williams is the best and leading Afro-American lawyer of Springfield, and resides in an elegant home of his own and rides around the streets of the capitol city in a fine auto and controls a large amount of income property; he is bound to cut some figure in the financial affairs of Springfield. New Addition to Pompei Cafe now in Course of Construction. Active progress is being made by a score of workmen on the new $20,000 Pavilion and Winter Garden which is being erected by McCain & Shoercraft 38th and Dearborn Streets Rev. H. J. Callis, pastor. POMPEI WINTER GARDEN Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. in the rear of the Pompei, and the opening of which will mark a new era in the entertaining line for the Colored people of Chicago. Tony Langston, Chief-of-Publicity announces that Manager Joe Shoecraft has already formed plans for a series of affairs which will be beyond any effort ever made by this or any other institution in Chicago, so the announcements in the near future will be watched for with interest. The date of opening will be announced later. "Jes Growin'." NEGROES HELPING ORPHAN BABIES. Ground Broken for National Industrial School. Hundreds of Colored Children Sing Hymns While Dirt Flies for Construction of Institution of Learning —Creating Proper Environment Is Its Purpose. Ground was broken yesterday for the National Industrial Orphan School at Centralia on the Redondo Beach line near Palmyra Heights, in the presence of 500 Negroes. Addresses were delivered by Rev. A. Hubbs of New Orleans, Rev. C. H. Duvall of Pasadena, and Mrs. Noah D. Thompson and Rev. Dr. Kenchen of this city. The project is in the hands of a board of directors. There are 145 Negro orphans from one to 14 years old in a temporary home in Pasadena, who will be transferred to the new home when it is completed. The inmates of the new home will attend the public schools, and they will be taught useful trades and occupations and be given Christian training. A large number of the children were present yesterday and heartily sang a number of hymns. Mrs. Thompson, who formerly was in charge of settlement work among the Negroes in Washington, made a plea for proper environment and influence for the parentless children of the Colored race. "The National Industrial Orphan School," she said, "has undertaken the task of creating an opportunity of proper environment for friendless Colored youths who would otherwise be homeless. There is no nobler or more important work. Is it not possible that beneath the dusky exterior the little ragged urchins who apply for admission to this school there may exist a Frederick Douglass, a Paul Laurence Dunbar, or a Booker T. Washington? Then let us inquire with Henry Van Dyke, 'What are you going to do, my brother-men for this higher side of human life?'" Contributions of several hundred dollars were made, the largest being from a young men's club at Watts.—The Daily Times, Los Angeles, Cal., September 24, 1913. TO SPEAK AT THE NEGRO FEL LOWSHIP LEAGUE. Mr. R. B. Cabell, who has spent the last ten years in the Phillipine Islands in the government service, will address the Negro Fellowship League, Sunday, October 5th, at four o'clock, at the Reading Room, 3005 State Street. Mr. Cabell is an old Chicagooan, and he has a most interesting story to tell of his ten years sojourn in the Phillipine Islands. Everybody is cordially invited to come and hear this story. Good music. Meeting begins promptly at four o'clock. Mr. B. W. Fitts, former president of the Bethel Literary Society, will preside. —Ida B. Wells-Barnett NEWS ITEMS FOR THE MUSIC LOVERS. The Harmony Musical Club gave a Round-De-La Monday, Sept. 29th, at Mrs. Nannie Mitchem, 3728 Forest Ave. Endora F. Lockett, President; Mrs. L. H. Ferribee, Secretary. Mr. James A. Mundy entertained 40 friends at a musical Monday evening. Mdme Nelson-Brown, Miss Maude Roberts, Charles Settles, C. Delpha Boger redered appreciative numbers. Mr. and Mrs. James Bell of Denver, Col., have taken residence in this city. Mr. Bell has several compositions which will be before the music lovers shortly. He is the nephew of James Madison Bell the Negro poet of Ohio. Miss Marion Garner will be accompanist for the Sing Tell Play Company this season. Mr. George Jones will spend the winter at his home in monmouth, Ill. The Recital at Oakland Music Hall on Oct. 16th will be well attended. The artists billed for the occasion are drawing cards individually. Mr. B. Emmanuel Johnson is the director of the Kemble players. His early training was received in Hamilton, Ohio. He graduated from Wilberforce University in 1903. He was piano with G. Adolphus Stahl in Handel Hall, later at the Cosmopolitan School of Music with Clarence Eidann. Booker T. Washington in speaking of Mrs. Merrill's voice writes: "It's a rich, sympathetic quality which touches the heart and delights the soul." Mr. White is so well known to the American public. His early training was under the best teachers in America. In Europe his studies were with the great Russian violinist, M. Zacharewitsch. Mr. White has a pleasing personality. Miss Ida V. Jones will spend the month of October in Washington with relatives. Mr. Roy Armstrong and Roy Burke of Batavia will spend their vacation in Aurora with friends. Miss C. Delpha Boger will spend the week end in Aurora with the family. Mdme Patti Brown entertained her friends Tuesday evening. Progressive whist was played. Prizes taken by Mrs. Daisy Childress and Mr. Phil Buckmer. JUDGE CLASSIFIES MANN ACT. Federal Official at Cumberland, Md., Declares Law Does Not Aim at "Personal Escapades." Cumberland, Md., Oct. 1.—In sentencing Seymour Lantz, a mulatto who pleaded guilty to violation of the Mann act in bringing a 15-year old White girl to Cumberland from another state, Judge Rose in the United States court here today said he believed the act was not intended to apply to the personal escapades of men and women but applied to panders and procurers. Lantz was given six months in jail. MRS. GRAYSON TO BE TRIED SOON. Mrs. Jennie Grayson, who is accused of killing Bennie Taylor last Decoration Day on Wabash Avenue near 32d street will be put on trial for her life next Monday before Judge Tuthill of the Criminal Court. Her plea will be self defense. Attorney W. G. Anderson who has just secured the acquittal of Chas. Robinson indicted for murder, will defend her. Attorney Anderson says he will have Mrs. Grayson acquitted. WHITE WOMAN TRIED TO SAVE COLORED LOVER. May Mailor, a white woman, failed to free Lester H. Diggs, a Colored man, whom she admitted she wanted to marry, when she gave unexpected testimony in court Tuesday. Diggs was arrested and tried on a charge of larceny of $200 from the Mailor woman. On the stand yesterday, when she was called, she smashed the case by saying he had only borrowed it from her.-The Advocate-Verdiet, Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 27, 1913. PRANK L. HAMILTON, PRESIDENT OF THE APOMATTOX CLUB, TO BE ENTERTAINED THIS EVENING. "President's Night." This evening at the Appomattox Club, 3441 Wabash avenue; promises to be, a very jolly occasion. Its President, Frank L. Hamilton, will be on hand early, to greet the members and their friends. Each member will be permitted to invite one guest; prize whist and an extra luncheon will be served. Dr. M. J. Brown, the expert oculist, 3502 S. State street; is still doing business at the same old stand. Col. "Bill" Lewis, owner of the Mineral Spring Club, 3517 S. State street; celebrated his birthday on September 25, but he absolutely refuses to let any one know just how old he is. Miss Maude Hurley, 3528 Wabash avenue; returned home last Wednesday, from a pleasant pleasure tour through the East, and she has her cafe open again for business. Hon. Robert Redfield, member of the law firm of Toleman & Redfield, Stock Exchange Building; may be induced by his many friends, to enter, the race for one of the judges of the Circuit Court, at the next judicial election. Col. Milton T. Bailey, 3638 S. State street; one of the high priests of the True Reformers; returned home Thursday morning, from attending the sessions of the Grand Fountain, at Richmond, Va. George D. Gray, is proving himself to be one of the best Deputy Clerks of the Probate Court and Mr. John A. Cervenka, clerk of the Probate Court, holds Mr. Gray, in the highest esteem. Mrs. Rosa Morgan, 3736 Forest avenue; celebrated her nineteenth birthday last Sunday. She was the recipient of many lovely presents and she feels that she is just beginning to enjoy some of the pleasures of life. Lee Armstead, of Springfield, who has been a regular reader of The Broad Ax, for a long time; was in the city Wednesday, after a long spell of severe sickness, but he is now again able to resume his duties on the railroad, between that city and Chicago. Attorney Isreal Cowen, Suite 907 Tacoma Building; states in a recent letter; that owing to his extensive law business; that he is not and will not become, one of the candidates, for one of the judges of the Municipal Court, in 1914. Miss Emeline Ganaway of La Fayette, Ind., is visiting this city; stopping at 3253 Rhodes avenue; and her friend Miss Bertha Moseley, 6248 S. Sangamon street, is greatly assisting to make her visit to this city very pleasant. Mrs. Johanna C. Snowden, who has been one of the probation officers of the Juvenile Court for some years, and who resides with her mother Mrs. Joseph Hudlun, on 51st street near Dearborn; will the latter part of the present month, become united in marriage to James Hale Porter. An informal dance will be given at the Appomattox Club, 3441 Wabash avenue; Chicago Day, Thursday, October 9. Each member will be permitted to invite 2 guests. The dance will commence at 8:30 p. m. Good music will be a feature of the evening. J. T. Morton, David McGowan, Prof. William Emanuel, A. A. Wells, and Charles S. Washington, entertainment committee. "BOGER'S COMPLEXION CREAM" is guaranteed to remove all blemishes from the face, black heads, sunburn, tan. Will heal all pustular eruptions. Price 50 cents. Quality not quantity. Address 3540 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, or 228 Claim Street, Aurora, Ill. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT. Modern furnished rooms to rent reasonable to either married couple or single gentlemen. 3215 Vernon avenue. The only reason there is not a duty on limburger cheese is that so many of the customs houses are already in bad odor. A German aviator reports that he ran his machine into a shower of meteors. There are rocky roads, even in the sky lanes. A woman's organization in Cincinnati has declared against slit trousers for men. This is not sarcasm; it is just plain retaliation. These X ray skirts and X ray shoes of which the fashion pages tell may be fine for summer, but how about winter's chilly winds? It is no surprise to learn that Americans are the greatest consumers of sugar in the world: we use a great deal of it in our politics. There can no longer be any doubt that John Armstrong Chaloner is sane. He has announced that never again will he live in New York. The French war office is training eagles to attack possible enemies in aeroplanes. German aviators will now take lessons in swatting eagles: Secretary of the Navy Daniels predicts that "airships will become an important arm of the navy." Mixed metaphor—he meant wing no doubt. THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestant Priests, Baptists, Episcopals or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper 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. $3.00. Six Months. 1.60. Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 8027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under Act of March 3, 1879. ROTTEN AIR "MOVIES." Do you go to the "movies"? If not, you are an exception, for there are few people in Chicago now that are not attracted occasionally at least, to these cheap and popular places of amusement, the moving picture theatres. But some of these places are very dangerous places for people to visit for the reason that they are not properly ventilated; some not at all. For the reason that the air in such places is dirty and dangerous, they should be avoided. So, when you go to see a moving picture show, look for a theatre that has a card posted in the entrance and which reads like this: City of Chicago This is to Certify that this theatre is equipped with a system of ventilation, which, if operated as it is intended to be, will insure to the patrons the supply of fresh air required by law. If you don't see the card, move on until you find a theatre that displays this certificate of approval signed by the Commissioner of Health, and which informs you that the proprietor of the theatre has complied with the law and is making an honest effort to provide for the comfort and safety of his patrons. --- It can be readily understood that there is a vast difference in the air people will get in a well-ventilated theatre and that which they are compelled to breathe in one that has no ventilation at all. The Department of Health has made many tests of the air in the five and ten cent theatres, of which there are more than 600 in Chicago, and in every instance the air from the unventilated theatres showed the presence of bacteria in large numbers as compared with that taken from those places where the ventilation was good. These tests mean that, approximately, a person in the bad-air theatre takes fifty times greater chances of catching some infection than he would in the well ventilated theatre. For health reasons alone and to prevent needless sickness and suffering, the Department of Health urges people to patronize only those places where the card of approval is placed. The Commissioner of Health emphasizes the importance of following these suggestions for the reason that some of the moving picture men are not inclined to obey the law and are doing all they can to prevent its proper enforcement. These men are not willing to spend the money that would be required to make their places safe. In other words they are thinking more of the dollars than they are of the health and safety of their patrons. Such men do not deserve the patronage of the people whose health they would imperil; and there is little doubt that they will bestow it, once they are informed as to the kind of theatre to visit and the kind to shun. EXAMINATION FOR RHODES SCHOLARSHIP AT OXFORD. President Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois, chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Committee of Illinois, announces that a qualifying examination for all candidates for an Oxford Rhodes scholarship will be held Tuesday, October 14, and Wednesday, October 15, 1913, at the Northwestern University Building, corner of Lake and Dearborn Streets, Chicago. This examination is not competitive, but corresponds to the entrance examinations required by many American colleges. From the candidates who pass this examination a scholar will be selected for Illinois, who will begin work at Oxford in October, 1914. Examinations will be given in Latin, Greek, and mathematics, but the examination in Greek need not be taken at this time. All candidates who pass in Latin and Mathematics will be eligible for a scholarship. In case the person selected as scholar has not taken the examination in Greek, he may take the Oxford entrance examination in this subject in July, 1914. 1 A Rhodes scholar is appointed for a period of three years and receives the sum of fifteen hundred dollars each year. A Rhodes scholarship at Oxford is therefore a prize of greater money value than any scholarship or fellowship at any American university. The candidate for a Rhodes scholarship must be an unmarried male citizen of the United States with at least five years' residence; must by the first of October, 1913, have parsed his eighteenth but not his twenty-fourth birthday; and must have completed at least his freshman year at some recognized degree-granting university or college. In accordance with the wishes of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the committee of selection, in selecting a student for appointment to a scholarship, takes into consideration, (1) his literary and scholastic attainments; (2) his fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports, such as football and the like; (3) his qualities of manhood—truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindness, unselfishness, and fellowship; and (4) his exhibition during school days of moral force of character and instincts to lead and take an interest in his schoolmates. Candidates are expected to send written application at once to President Edmund J. James, Urbana, Illinois. All candidates will register in person between eight and ten a. m. October 14, at the place of examination. The examination will begin at ten a. m., Tuesday, October 14th. BLOW TO COLOR RULE Attorney-General of New York Says Boxing Commission Cannot Discriminate. MUST LET ALL COMPETE Matches scheduled by New York clubs: Sept. 29—“Knockout” Brown vs. Phil Bloom, Harry Pierce vs. Eddie Kelly, Paul Dixon vs. Willie Lester, Irving A. C. Military Athletic club. Sept. 30—“Knockout” Brown vs. Danny Ridge, Battling Levinsky vs. Jack Keating, Atlantic Garden Athletic club. Oct. 1—Al McCoy vs. Johnny Howard, Liberal A. C. Oct. 4—Young Kurtz vs. Johnny Howard, Brown's gymnasium. Oct. 7—Leach Cross vs. Young Brown, Atlantic Garden. Oct. 8—Johnny Dundee vs. “Knockout” Brown, St. Nicholas A. C. Oct. 14—Johnny Dundee vs. Willie Beecher, Atlantic Garden. Oct. 17—Packey McFarland vs. "Harlem" Tommy Murphy, Garden A. C. Oct. 24—Sam Langford vs. "Gunboat" Smith or Joe Jeannette, Garden Athletic club. Oct. 31—Willie Ritchie vs. Leach Cross, Garden A. C. New York, Sept. 29.—Attorney-General Carmody's decision that the boxing commission had no legal right to enforce its ruling prohibiting bouts between White and Colored boxers was a sharp rebuke to those members of said commission who had only a few days previously voted to let the rule stand in spite of the fact that popular sentiment as expressed in local newspapers was in favor of its rescission. And it was likewise the most welcome bit of news handed to fight fans of the state since the bill legalizing the sport was passed by the legislature two years ago. In the first place, such a ruling should never have been made. It was against the spirit of fair play. It was framed originally to prevent Jack Johnson from coming here to box White heavy weights. Why experts like Joe Jeannette, Sam Langford and other Colored boxers should be forced to suffer because of the sins of the champion is difficult of explanation, and had the representatives of the Negro boxers taken the matter to court it is a cinch the unpopular ruling would have been revoked in short order. The Frawley bill legalizing boxing says nothing about race discrimination and in prohibiting all "mixed" bouts the commissioners overstepped their authority. COLORED MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE AGQUITTED IN SO. CAR. Judge Commends the Jury. Spartanburg, Sept. 24, 1913. Spartanburg, S. C.—At 12:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon the jury in the case of Will Fair, who was alleged to have committed criminal assault on a 21-year-old White married woman who resided near Glendale on August 18, was acquitted of the offense. The jury had been out since Friday afternoon at 4:57 o'clock, and their decision was awaited by a crowd of interested spectators. From authorized information, it seems that six of the jurors were for absolute acquittal and the other half dozen, while they were agreed that the Negro was innocent, desired to place the responsibility of his acquittal on another jury. They were evidently of the opinion that the audience in the courtroom were hostile to the prisoner, Will Fair, and they THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION. After consultation with a number of the leading men and women of our race I have taken upon myself the responsibility of asking our people to devote the week of October 19th to 26th to the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of our freedom. Something has already been done, however, in several parts of the country towards carrying into effect the plan already suggested for local celebrations. In order that these various local celebrations may be carried out harmoniously and in such a way that local celebration will contribute to a national total, the following recommendations are submitted: (1) That October 19-26, 1913, be known as Fiftieth Anniversary Week. (2) That schools, churches and all other societies and organizations in every part of the United States, where there is a considerable number of our people, unite and co-operate for the purpose of holding local celebrations; these celebrations to take the form, where that is possible, of an exposition of the progress in commercial, professional, intellectual, moral and religious directions, made by members of the race in that community. (3) Where possible these local expositions should be held in connection with existing county or state fairs. (4) Wherever it is feasible the county should be made the unit of organization of the celebration and in every case an effort should be made to obtain city, county or state aid to carry the plans of the local committee into effect. (5) In addition to the exposition referred to, an effort should be made to secure the strongest and most representative man obtainable, North or South, as principal speaker. (6) It is suggested that Sunday, October 26th, be set apart as a day for raising contributions to a fund to clear off the debt upon the Frederick Douglass Home, in the District of Columbia, and to set aside a sufficient sum to maintain this national memorial of the Colored people. (7) In conclusion, it is strongly urged that our people begin now to prepare for the Fiftieth Anniversary Week, and that this be made at once a means and an occasion for calling the attention of the world to the tremendous progress which the Negro race has made during its first fifty years of freedom in America. It is my earnest hope and desire that the above suggestions be read before the various churches, lodges and other organizations of our people, to the end that the Fiftieth Anniversary Week of Freedom shall be generally observed everywhere. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. desired to protect him. When the foreman of jury, Joseph Lee, announced the verdict of the jury, Judge Gage said substantially as follows: "Gentlemen of the jury; Inasmuch as you have had the courage to do your duty in this matter, I ought to have the courage to commend you for it. Time will show that your verdict is right. There are many things that cannot be proven in evidence, but when you sift this thing to the bottom you will find your face to have been set in the right direction. I discharge you." When the final verdict of the jury was rendered, announcing that Will Fair was a free Negro, with no stain of criminal assault on him as adjudged by 12 of his peers, the courtroom was crowded with interested spectators, but no demonstration was made. In fact, no disapproval was expressed when the Negro was released. WALTERS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH The first Quarterly Meeting for this conference year was held at our church last Sunday. The services all day were well attended. The sermon in the afternoon by Rev. Carroll, pastor of Scott's M. E. Church, was a splendid effort and was greatly enjoyed by all who were present. The reports rendered at the Quarterly Conference showed a steady increase in the work. Something over one thousand dollars was raised. Our church is in a splendid working condition and it is hoped that by the earnest and honest co-operation of the members and friends under the leadership of our pastor, Rev. Callis, that the financial effort which is being made to raise the indebtedness now due on the mortgage, will be a success. Rev. Callis will preach in the morning at 11 a. m. Rev. Dr. Fisher of Olivet Baptist Church will preach in the afternoon at three o'clock. At the evening service, Mr. J. Wilbur Messer, the General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Chicago, will give his popular address on World-Wide Brotherhood. He will be accompanied by stereotypic views. This will be Mr. Messer's last talk before his departure upon a trip around the world. After a service in the Y. M. C. A. work of twenty-five years, Mr. Messer will be absent from the city for six months.—"C" ATTORNEY A. M. WILLIAMS WITH DRAWS FROM THE ENTERPRISE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Attorney A. Morris Williams, founder and organizer of the Enterprise Savings Bank, Springfield, Illinois; has severed all of his official connection with it and recently, he opened a loan and investment company with a savings department on 11th street, near Washington street, that city and as Mr. Williams is the best and leading Afro-American lawyer of Springfield, and resides in an elegant home of his own and rides around the streets of the capitol city in a fine auto and controls a large amount of income property; he is bound to cut some figure in the financial affairs of Springfield. New Addition to Pompei Cafe now in Course of Construction. Active progress is being made by a score of workmen on the new $20,000 Pavillion and Winter Garden which is being erected by McCain & Shoecraft 38th and Dearborn Streets Rev. H. J. Callis, pastor POMPEI WINTER GARDEN in the rear of the Pompei, and the opening of which will mark a new era in the entertaining line for the Colored people of Chicago. Tony Langston, Chief-of-Publicity announces that Manager Joe Shoecraft has already formed plans for a series of affairs which will be beyond any effort ever made by this or any other institution in Chicago, so the announcements in the near future will be watched for with interest. The date of opening will be announced later. "Jes Growin'." NEGROES HELPING ORPHAN BABIES. Ground Broken for National Industrial School. Hundreds of Colored Children Sing Hymns While Dirt Flies for Construction of Institution of Learning —Creating Proper Environment Is Its Purpose. Ground was broken yesterday for the National Industrial Orphan School at Centralia on the Redondo Beach line near Palmyra Heights, in the presence of 500 Negroes. Addresses were delivered by Rev. A. Hubbs of New Orleans, Rev. C. H. Duvall of Pasadena, and Mrs. Noah D. Thompson and Rev. Dr. Kenchen of this city. The project is in the hands of a board of directors. There are 145 Negro orphans from one to 14 years old in a temporary home in Pasadena, who will be transferred to the new home when it is completed. The inmates of the new home will attend the public schools, and they will be taught useful trades and occupations and be given Christian training. A large number of the children were present yesterday and heartily sang a number of hymns. Mrs. Thompson, who formerly was in charge of settlement work among the Negroes in Washington, made a plea for proper environment and influence for the parentless children of the Colored race. "The National Industrial Orphan School," she said, "has undertaken the task of creating an opportunity of proper environment for friendless Colored youths who would otherwise be homeless. There is no nobler or more important work. Is it not possible that beneath the dusky exterior the little ragged urchins who apply for admission to this school there may exist a Frederick Douglass, a Paul Laurence Dunbar, or a Booker T. Washington? Then let you inquire with Henry Van Dyke, 'What are you going to do, my brother-men for this higher side of human life?'" Contributions of several hundred dollars were made, the largest being from a young men's club at Watts.—The Daily Times, Los Angeles, Cal., September 24, 1913. TO SPEAK AT THE NEGRO FEL LOWSHIP LEAGUE. Mr. R. B. Cabell, who has spent the last ten years in the Phillipine Islands in the government service, will address the Negro Fellowship League, Sunday, October 5th, at four o'clock, at the Reading Room, 3005 State Street. Mr. Cabell is an old Chicagoan, and he has a most interesting story to tell of his ten years sojourn in the Phillipine Islands. Everybody is cordially invited to come and hear this story. Good music. Meeting begins promptly at four o'clock. Mr. B. W. Pitts, former president of the Bethel Literary Society, will preside. —Ida B. Wells-Barnett. NEWS ITEMS FOR THE MUSIC LOVERS. The Harmony Musical Club gave a Round-De-La Monday, Sept. 29th, at Mrs. Nannie Mitchem, 3728 Forest Ave. Endora F. Lockett, President; Mrs. L. H. Ferribee, Secretary. Mr. James A. Mundy entertained 40 friends at a musical Monday evening. Mdme Nelson-Brown, Miss Maude Roberts, Charles Settles, C. Delpha Boger rendered appreciative numbers. Mr. and Mrs. James Bell of Denver, Col., have taken residence in this city. Mr. Bell has several compositions which will be before the music lovers shortly. He is the nephew of James Madison Bell the Negro poet of Ohio. Miss Marion Garner will be accompanist for the Sing Tell Play Company this season. Mr. George Jones will spend the winter at his home in monmouth, Ill. The Recital at Oakland Music Hall on Oct. 16th will be well attended. The artists billed for the occasion are drawing cards individually. Mr. B. Emmanuel Johnson is the director of the Kemble players. His early training was received in Hamilton, Ohio. He graduated from Wilberforce University in 1903. He was piano with G. Adolphus Stahl in Handel Hall, later at the Cosmopolitan School of Music with Clarence Eidann. Booker T. Washington in speaking of Mrs. Merrill's voice writes: "Its a rich, sympathetic quality which touches the heart and delights the soul." Mr. White is so well known to the American public. His early training was under the best teachers in America. In Europe his studies were with the great Russian violinist, M. Zacharewitsch. Mr. White has a pleasing personality. Miss Ida V. Jones will spend the month of October in Washington with relatives. Mr. Roy Armstrong and Roy Burke of Batavia will spend their vacation in Aurora with friends. Miss C. Delpha Boger will spend the week end in Aurora with the family. Mdme Patti Brown entertained her friends Tuesday evening. Progressive whist was played. Prizes taken by Mrs. Daisy Childress and Mr. Phil Buckmer. JUDGE CLASSIFIES MANN ACT. Federal Official at Cumberland, Md. Declares Law Does Not Aim at "Personal Escapades." Cumberland, Md., Oct. 1.—In sentenceing Seymour Lantz, a mulatto who pleaded guilty to violation of the Mann act in bringing a 15-year old White girl to Cumberland from another state, Judge Rose in the United States court here today said he believed the act was not intended to apply to the personal escapades of men and women but applied to panders and procurers. Lantz was given six months in jail. MRS. GRAYSON TO BE TRIED SOON. Mrs. Jennie Grayson, who is accused of killing Bennie Taylor last Deformation Day on Wabash Avenue near 323d street will be put on trial for her life next Monday before Judge Tuthill of the Criminal Court. Her plea will be self defense. Attorney W. G. Anderson who has just secured the acquittal of Chas. Robinson indicted for murder, will defend her. Attorney Anderson says he will have Mrs. Grayson acquitted. WHITE WOMAN TRIED TO SAVE COLORED LOVER. May Mailor, a White woman, failed to free Lester H. Diggs, a Colored man, whom she admitted she wanted to marry, when she gave unexpected testimony in court Tuesday. Diggs was arrested and tried on a charge of larceny of $200 from the Mailor woman. On the stand yesterday, when she was called, she smashed the case by saying he had only borrowed it from her.—The Advocate-Verdiet, Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 27, 1913. FRANK L. HAMILTON, PRESIDENT OF THE APPOMATTOX CLUB, TO BE ENTERTAINED THIS EVENING. "President's Night." This evening at the Appomattox Club, 3441 Wabash avenue; promises to be, a very jolly occasion. Its President, Frank L. Hamilton, will be on hand early, to greet the members and their friends. Each member will be permitted to invite one guest; prize whist and an extra luncheon will be served. Dr. M. J. Brown, the expert oculist, 3502 S. State street; is still doing business at the same old stand. Col. “Bill” Lewis, owner of the Mineral Spring Club, 3517 S. State street; celebrated his birthday on September 25, but he absolutely refuses to let any one know just how old he is. Miss Maude Hurley, 3528 Wabash avenue; returned home last Wednesday, from a pleasant pleasure tour through the East, and she has her cafe open again for business. Hon. Robert Redfield, member of the law firm of Toleman & Redfield, Stock Exchange Building; to enter, the race for one of the judges of the Circuit Court, at the next judicial election. Col. Milton T. Bailey, 3638 S. State street; one of the high priests of the True Reformers; returned home Thursday morning, from attending the sessions of the Grand Fountain, at Richmond, Va. George D. Gray, is proving himself to be one of the best Deputy Clerks of the Probate Court and Mr. John A. Cervenka, clerk of the Probate Court, holds Mr. Gray, in the highest esteem. Mrs. Rosa Morgan, 3736 Forest avenue; celebrated her nineteenth birthday last Sunday. She was the recipient of many lovely presents and she feels that she is just beginning to enjoy some of the pleasures of life. Lee Armstead, of Springfield, who has been a regular reader of The Broad Ax, for a long time; was in the city Wednesday, after a long spell of severe sickness, but he is now again able to resume his duties on the railroad, between that city and Chicago. Attorney Isreal Cowen, Suite 907 Tacoma Building; states in a recent letter; that owing to his extensive law business; that he is not and will not become, one of the candidates, for one of the judges of the Municipal Court, in 1914. Miss Emeline Ganaway of La Fayette, Ind., is visiting this city; stopping at 3253 Rhodes avenue; and her friend Miss Bertha Moseley, 6248 S. Sangamon street, is greatly assisting to make her visit to this city very pleasant. Mrs. Johanna C. Snowden, who has been one of the probation officers of the Juvenile Court for some years, and who resides with her mother Mrs. Joseph Hudlun, on 51st street near Dearborn; will the latter part of the present month, become united in marriage to James Hale Porter. An informal dance will be given at the Appomattox Club, 3441 Wabash avenue; Chicago Day, Thursday, October 9. Each member will be permitted to invite 2 guests. The dance will commence at 8:30 p. m. Good music will be a feature of the evening. J. T. Morton, David McGowan, Prof. William Emanuel, A. A. Wells, and Charles S. Washington, entertainment committee. "BOGER'S COMPLEXION CREAM" is guaranteed to remove all blemishes from the face, black heads, sunburn, tan. Will heal all pustular eruptions. Price 50 cents. Quality not quantity. Address 3540 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, or 228 Claim Street, Aurora, Ill. FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT Modern furnished rooms to rent reasonable to either married couple or single gentlemen. 3215 Vernon avenue. The only reason there is not a duty on limburger cheese is that so many of the customs houses are already in bad odor. A German aviator reports that he ran his machine into a shower of meteors. There are rocky roads, even in the sky lanes. A woman's organization in Cincinnati has declared against slit trousers for men. This is not sarcasm; it is just plain retaliation. These X ray skirts and X ray shoes of which the fashion pages tell may be fine for summer, but how about winter's chilly winds? It is no surprise to learn that Americans are the greatest consumers of sugar in the world; we use a great deal of it in our politics. There can no longer be any doubt that John Armstrong Chaloner is sane. He has announced that never again will he live in New York. The French war office is training eagles to attack possible enemies in aeroplanes. German aviators will now take lessons in swatting eagles. Secretary of the Navy Daniels predicts that "airships will become an important arm of the navy." Mixed metaphor—he meant wing no doubt. ~ When in doubt Reep your face closed. Mexico sbould cheer up. At least, she hasn't any militant suffragettes. Our language grows apace. “Soused.” with the jag significance, is now in the dictionary. ‘There's a Chinese crisis every other day and « Latin-American revolution all the time. ‘An odorless union might taste as good as the old brand, but it would never seem natural. ‘Until there is criminal responsibil- ity for preventable “accidents” they ‘will continug to happen. qpaxicab fares are so high in New ‘York that most people find it cheaper to ride in their own automobiles. Presumably it is woman's innate fore of a bargain that gets her into trouble with the customs officials. London has a breach of promise case with a love letter 140 pages long in it. Probably no love could survive that. “My cup of joy is very full,” sings ‘2 poet. Well. let it be, gentle one. Don't try to change places with the a eae ‘When a man says he is a bachelor from choice you can just wager it's from some woman's choice, not his way ae It will be difficult for the man with an income large enough to make the tax bothersome to secure much sym- pathy. Ohio statistics show that clergymen live longer than ansbody else. What becomes of the proverb that the good die young? When Turks and Bulgarians make ‘an alliance it would seem to be time to arrest the status quo for exceeding the speed limit. Twelve inch shells “made in Eng- land” for the United States navy sug- gest questions of interest for Ameri- can steelmakers. | If the Japanese should ever succeed in getting China's 400,000,000 inhabit- ants thorouzhly aroused they would bave their little brown hands full. A Baltimore man is dead after hav- ing undergone 200 surgical operations in three years. It will seem just like a vacation to the Baltimore surgeons. Mr. Carnezie’s world’s peace palace erected at The Hague at a cost of $1.- ‘500,000 is completed and dedicated. All that is lacking now is world’s peace. The Wells-Farzo Express company Proposes to get even with parce! post by cutting rates, and the people will ‘view the fell design with the utmost equanimity. . Cheer up. all you hand working, plain People: Another biow at the high cost of living is about to be struck. The government hds started in to bast the Jewelry trust. The question has now been raised whether woman originally came before man. No one, however. will deny that, be that as it may, sue has been. after him ever since. A distinguished authority says that Tich people live lonzer than poor peo- Ple. In spite of this fact people con- tinue to be born poor. It must be at- tributive to ignorance. A New York jokesmith has written & new lUbretto for one of Verd!'s op- eras. The next we know some sure fire sharp from Tinpan alley will be tinkering up the music. And now Dr. Dubbe or some other eminent scientist says Mother Eve was feshioned from Adam's backbone. We deduct that a spineless mollycoddle has therefore a strain of Adam 4n bis makeup. Apparently all that the ordinary citl- zen bas to do in order to get the cor- Tect time by government wireless is to carry with him a 100 foot tower and a Tecelving instrument attuned to 2,500 Meter waves. It's going to be a great help. Now it is proposed to make the life- doats on the Atlantic liners of much Sreater size. each capable of carrying 30 persons. being partially decked over and driven by gasoline. Sacri- fce of romance for safety in this man ‘net will be generally approved. Americans are about to build a hotel in Tokyo which will be a reproduction Of the best New York has to offer. ‘This is rather a way of getting 28 wih the Jeb Forel the taney have been causing about California, Megiiaiena bay. etc. oie, Purchase of & $2,000,000 art col- lection ‘at Frankfort-on-theMain by “an ‘unknown American” constitutes Ste tie Soe ae ‘Fr the att treasures of Europe. Europe yet clans millionaire American Collectors as undesirable immigrants? Meat and ens that have been tn’ Philadelphia cold storage hotise since 2008 have been condemned. and: thus Rother Jolt Ix given to some shrewd Sipe mney (eee fia tty won {9 boost the high coxt of living felding Indetultely for the top of the «Proved Hie Claim. While a building wax in process of Construction two of the tilers became engaged in a violent quarrel. So vio: lent was it that the police were called ip and the oTenders taken before a magistrate. Both of the men were s0- ber and industrious and good work- men. This. according to the testimony of the foreman in charge of their work, ‘Who had followed in hopes of being Able to intercede for them. The magistrate asked in astonish- ment the cause of the quarrel. It ‘Seems that one man had accused the other of stealing bis coat. “And I can prove it, too,” added the man. “How?” asked the magistrate. “I always keep my card in the pock- et.” said the man. | ‘The policeman were directed to search the garment, But they found absolutely nothing. “Gimme my coat,” said the workman. It was banded to him. He took two dried peas out of the pockets and beld them up trium. phantly. “P. P. Peter Powell. That's me name. Them’s my card.” He got his coat—New York Globe. i ee I lke to sing of blossoms, and I like te sing of bees, | AB a rough and ready singer ought te lo: ‘T lke to sing of little birds that warble fn the trees And of flow'rets yellow, white or blue, But the thought that most delights me very seldom I express When T lift my more or less exultant tune. It’s subtle, soft impression stealing through my consclousness— ‘That we're going to have a circus pretty ‘s00n. Oh, the sunshine on the river and the cloudlet in the sky And the blooming that is scattered from the trees Are things of beauty in themselves as they go drifting by. Yet things of deep significance for me! Each joy is but a promice of the greater bliss to come. I see a ring of sawdust in the moon, Andhthe breeze brings faroft echoes of the brass band gnd the drum, *Cause there's going to be @ circus pret- ty son. —Washington Star. Beverite Fiction. “Your last chance to buy a lot in this subdivision.” “When I am on the roof of a sky- scraper I always feel an Irresistible in- clination to throw myself down.” “Certainly, Mr. Jones. It will afford me great pleasure to contribute some- thing to that fund.” “I know your name as well as my own, bat It escapes me for the mo- ment.” “Myrtle, have yon been away only a month? Why, It seems to me more than a year.” “I am not anxious to sell the house, but my wife wants to move out to one of the suburbs, where her relations Uve."—Chicago Tribune. Earthly Glory. I do not envy any king The roral purple that he wears. Accrown is but a fool'sh thing, ‘Accompanied by ‘many cares. I would not wish to be a ezar, Compeliad to bide f-om jealous foes. Te rather be # hesetall star, Who dazzles everywhere he goes. I would not journey aver seas To loom up ax n 1 pinnae With brecehes reacting to my knees— I fear 1 lack the tezs for thet. T would not be the hard who wakes The harp. to thrill ws Hluiner thrilled. 14 rather be the man who maker ‘A home run with the buses filled. ST nicape Shanon: thacaie: | Nature’s Part. ~ Fatherly Clergyman (meeting young parishioner in curl papers:—Why don't you leave your hair as it was meant to be. my child? If nature had wanted your hair to curl she would have curl ed it for you. Offended Young Lady—When I was a little girl she did. sir. But, 1 sup- pose. she now thinks 1 am old enough to do it for myself.—Newark Star. eam She dropped a sunny smile upon ‘The hard and frozen ground. ‘There was an awful thaw that day ‘For many miles around. —Peoria Journal. Bho raised her tearful eyes to gaze ‘Upon the sun so grand. \ ‘He hid his face, and for two days It rained to beat the band. ‘—Chicago Tribune. She danced so lightly in and out, ‘Like gossamer she flew, And all the Little hills about ‘Were struightway dancing too. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. ho Gece, “I am so embarrassed when among fashionable indies.” declared Mrs. Wombat. . “Why so?” “I don't smoke.” “That needn't lose you an caste ‘Dell the other Indies that your doctor forbids it."—Boston Advertiser. Alike, Yet Different. ‘The clam is silent; 20's the owl ‘The clam’s considered cheerful. ‘The ow! by night doth roam and prowy ‘And boot in manner tearful. And yet the ow!'s considered wise, ‘Which doubtless makes tt prouder. ‘The clam for optimism tries— ‘And winds up In the chowder. ‘Wilbur D. Nesbit in Judge. Unfair. Boy (who has jast lost a sack race) Aw, it ain't fair? ‘Manager—What's not fair. son? Boy—Lettin' dat girl in de race Course she'd win! Ain't she used te @em narrer skirts?—Indianapolis Star. ‘September Music. only hear a winter sound, ‘Though summer birds cajole, ances Le St2 rile Yearly Com ; ~~, oe . Little food. Pleasant mood. Living simply, Giri in white, ‘Make the summer a Out of sight: —Chicago Inter Ocean Knicker—How do you remember to water the plants when your wife ts away Bocker—I keep ‘em in the bathtub.— ‘New York Sun. —————— ‘The naked truth will have its fing— ‘It shows up all our acts— For there's no way to cloak a thing ‘That's made up of bare facts. * —Cincinnat! Enquirer. “Gracious, Smith, old boy, bow are you? I haven't seen you in ages. You fare altered. I should scarcely know you again.” “Excuse me, sir; my name is not Smith.” “Great Scott! Your name altered as well?"—Wasp. “T've got @ greenback,” said the frog. “Tl need it, too, all right, For Iam going to attend | ‘The fancy hop tonight.” Pittsburgh Press. “Marriage is odd. You add one to one and make one.” “How singular!’—Judge. | Jes’ when a feller’s drowsin’ Where river breezes creep A fish comes tuggin’ at his line, | ““Disturbin of fits sleep. | Mo rest for the weary— ‘The world is, rollin’ wrong— To be awakened from a dream By a fish three inches long! —Atlanta Constitution. “What is personal magnetism?” “Personal magnetism,” replied the manager, “is what enables a man to stand up and keep the audience inter- ested in a lecture without the use of moving pictures."—Washington Star. He sued to break his father’s will. He'd left a fortune great. ‘The young man got the verdict and His lawyers the estate. Exchange. , “Did you notice that fellow at the Orpheum right opposite us?" “That good looking fellow with the tan suit and red necktie? No. Why?" —Wisconsin Sphinx. Pretty bride in his canoe. Ere you paddle off with him Listen—T would question you: ‘Did you ever learn to swim? a “And what.” he angrily demanded, ‘{“am I to have in return for all ee >| thoney I have spent on you?" “Well, you've got the experience,” .| she calmly replied.—Chicago Record- >| Herald. * : ——— > Autte pig ‘With a curly tail And a satiny skin All pinky pale Is a very different Thing by far From the lumps of iniquity Big pigs are. Pittsburgh Dispateh. “Did that palmist tell you the truth ‘about yourself?” “Yes, but my wife has been doing that for years.” — Birmingham Age- Herald. “Why do you run so fast, my boy?” This answer then was made: “When far enough from Johnny Jones T' yell, “I ain't afraid!” —Lippincott's, “The great question of the hour is the canaJ question.” “Panama?” “No, alimentary; Low to keep traffic passing through it at present food prices.”—Welispring. “Arithmetic,” said Tommy Tubbs, “T study hard at night. I want to get so I can read ‘These baseball box scores right." —Cincinnat! Commercial Tribune. Mother (impatiently) don't know what will ever become of that child. Nothing pleases bim. Father (serenely)—We'll make an art critic of him.—Puck. Upon the shore Tho breakers roar And fret with frowns unfading, Incensed no doubt At what turns out For board walk promenading.- —Washington Star. “What do I say at the wedding?” “Not a word. dad. All you utter is the check.”—Kansas City Journal. | How small a pittance they receive ‘The downcast poets tell. To live they needs must strike the lyre ‘And strike their friends as well. —Boston Transcript. “Get any exercise while you were away?” “Plenty of it. My wife dressed four times a day and I did the buttoning for ber.”"—Washington Herald. “Here's your molasses.” said the clerk. “Now pay me, little man.” “Th’ nickel.” sped the little boy, “wath in th’ shirup can.” <Qabvesion tua, | “Dad. what do they mean by untold wealth?” “Means the man hasn't filed a tax statement. son."—Loulsville Courler- Joornal. ‘They held a rose to his nostrils. He grve a violent start ‘It made him sick, he told them— He drives © garbaze cart. _ Brooklyn Times. “Why are yoo in such 2 hurry for the new currency?” ad “The fittie xujipty that } had of the ole nimont extinct Bale ee press. J ¥ ta “The shadow of the pixskinu is over the borsebide. ‘The Panama canal bas cost thus tar $185,000,000. And that is “cut” rates too. ‘The highway to bappiness is travers- 4 by the trolley us well as by the auto. The Big Dipper. says a scientist, is to vanish in 200,000 years, We should ait up and wait. “Laugh at misfortune.” says an Ox- ford professor. Yet it is said a Briton bas no sense of humor. A Scottish scientist says the world fs headed for starvation. What a re- ‘vVenge on the beef trust. | Perhaps the apprehended decline of cricket in England is due to the lack of a baseball vocabulary. | Since the governments of the world invested in aeroplanes it hasn't been 80 hard to rise in the army. “Lying.” says a theosophical expert, “causes stuttering.” Not if you think up your story well in advance. Peary's arctic records have been found and returned to him. but Dr. Cook's records still remain a mystery. A London specialist says frequent haireutting causes baldness. but it's our guess it only makes it look like it. Good milk must contain only 200,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. Con- sumers are warned to accept no more. Still, when you come to think of it in the light of the well known law of gravitation, the leaves can do noting but fall. They say that the nary needs more @rydocks. OF course. No usitter bow handsome s navy may be ii Is never #0 safe as in deydock. | Tales are coming In from different ‘points of immense meteorites. Can it ‘be that Mars from its superior height | is throwing stones ut us? | Now. that Manuel bas married and aettled down, perhaps the Portuguese will look more toleruntly on his stand- ing application for a job. } There is a report that another comet 1s headed for the earth, which seems unnecessary in view of all the different J kinds of excitement we are now enjoy- ing. It is said that but 234 millionaires have been enumerated in Chicago. But who wants to be tagged as a mil- Honaire in these parlous income tax times? The landlords have got their nine foot sheets just in time. A Philadel- phia doctor has discovered 2 process by which be can greatly increase a man’s stature. Many persons will be surprised to learn that the government of Santo Domingo has any gunboats. But it has; also a president who was alive at the last writing. An English police station provided its prisoners with a billiard room and a shooting gallery. And so proceeds the landable effort to make useful citi- zens out of convicts. ‘The discussion as to whether women dress to please the men or to excite the envy of each other looks like a waste of time. Nobody knows but the wom- en, and they won't tell. Lord Chancellor Haldane\sayg that in fifty years the United States will be the leading nation. He may be a bright light in his own’ line, but he is a trifle behind the times in his reck- oning. Now that a man has succeeded in flying upside down and women have decided to add X ray shoes to their Attire, this jaded world will be hard put to it for a new thrill in the way of sensations. . Recently collected statistics show that the proportion of bachelors to married men is steadily increasing in England. That's probably because more American gitis are marrying at home nowadays. A new folding bed is attached to the closet door and disappears when the door is closed. but the old kind that closes with you in the middle of the night anf gently slips into the burean drawer will remain in public favor. A youth. dumb ten years, became so excited over a cricket match that his speech was restored. A person who could get excited over cricket would be a raving maniac over the game of throwing a cord of hardwood into the aah The equestrian statue of George Washington in Union square, New York, is to be turned around so that the first president will look down Broadway. This is calculated to hide from bis reproving gaze the wickedest section of the bad old town. Dr. McDougall of Oxford says that it is right and proper to laugh at oth- ers’ mishaps. thus turning into a stim- lant which’ promotes well being a mass of minor illx. Which is quite true. no doubt. Any one can try it for himself, besinning with his own _misbaps. - a“ DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest daugh. ter of President Wilson, is enthusiastic over the work of the University of ‘Wisconsin's bureau of social center de- Velopment. ‘Mrs, Thomas Riley Marshall, wife of ‘Vice President Marshall, made forty- five calls in ninety minutes recently, ‘scoring the social speed record for Washington. _ Mra. Strong, wife of the new gover Ror of Alaska. is quite = cultivated woman, having studied musie in Eu- Tope five years after her graduation from the schools of Seattle. Sarah Bernhardt bas already decid- 4 upon the new play in which she ‘will appear in Paris in October or No- vYember. It is by Tristan Bernard and ‘will give the actress a fantastic role. ‘Its name bas not yet been announced. Mme. Melba bas built for herself a Gelightful retreat at Lilydale, one of the most picturesque localities near her Rative Melbourne. She bas hinted more than once that she would soon make ft ber permanent abode. She is keenly interested in the conservatorium of the University of Melbourne and has lectured to its students. . Electric Sparks. A new telegraph cable is being laid from England to Hongkong. said to be the largest ever made. Twelve billion horsepower—that Is ‘the combined electrical power output of the 7,500 central stations in the United States. Rudolph Drambourg, a consulting electrical engineer of Brooklyn, says be has about solved the storage bat- tery problem. He bas invented a sin- gle cell six volt storage battery of from 100 ampere hours up that, he claims, is three times more powerful and two-thirds less in weight than any battery in existence. Se Aerial Flights. The international commission of ect- entific aeronautics will hold its next triennial meeting in 1915 in London. ‘The roof of the new German hangar fs made in two sections, which are swung apart. permitting a dirigible balloon to rise directly from its anchor- age. Aeroplane manufacture in Germany fs far from a flourishing condition financially. At present there are thir- ty-five aeroplane construction works, not counting amateur construction, but im nine out of ten cases the orders come from the government and go to only two or three leading rma, | Town Topics. “A city in overalls,” says a New Zea- lander visiting in Pittsburgh. Yep. ‘The other kind have gone on to New York.—Washington Post. A New York paper speaks of Brooklyn asa “baby carriage suburb” of Man- hattan. Then the quitude of Brooklyn is a myth?—Louisville Courier-Journal. ‘The mayor of Chicago is puzzled to ecide what sort of vew uniférms to select for his policemen. From all that we have heard of the Chicago force it might be well to equip some of them with the kind now being worn by a mumber of New York's ex-finest. — Philadelphia Inquirer. Pert Personals. Though Mrs. Catt was reelected president of the international suffrage body, no one was rude enough to say that she came back.—Chicago News. When Miss Sylvia Pankburst is in prison the officers can’t get her to open her mouth, and when she is out of prison the officers can't get her to close it—Kansas City Star. Sarab Bernbardt says that she has retained her youthful appearance be- cause she always did just as she pleased. Her chief pleasure seems to have been to come to the United States on farewell tours.—New Or- jeans Picayune. —————— Tributes to Mother. A mother is a mother still—the holi- est thing alive.—Coleridge. All that 1 am or bope to be I owe to my angel mother.—A. Lincoln. Make much of it while you have that most precious of all good gifts—a lov- ing mother.—Macaulay. A man never sees all that his moth- er bas been to him till it's too late to let her know that he sees tt—W. D. Howells. Women and Pockets. ~- | Pistol pockets in skirts are the new- est. Next we suppose there will be balf pint pockets. — Pittsburgh Dis patch. ‘The promise of a returh to pockets for women is sensible. especially when ‘accompanied by the paradoxical spect- fication that they are called “pistol pockets.” because the women will not carry pistols in them.—Exchange. Science Siftings. es Apparatus by which gas lamps can ‘be lighted and extinguished by wire less waves Is a German invention. For testing the structure of metals s German scientixt bas Invented a micro- Photographic apparatus which magni- es 2.500 times. According to experts. the force of the eon aithtaee te bhai compass which bas been adopted the United States nary is 291 times as great a2 the force of magnetinm on the angietic needia. - Latest fad in aviation ts, How far ‘can you fall and rise again? Just as good a time as any to do your Christmas shopping early. If matrimony were a more exclusive club so many would not have to be Kicked out of it. | ee ‘The trouble with birthday reminis- ‘cences of famous women is that they ‘never mention the year. New York reformers are great and noble men, except when they attempt impossible tasks, such as reforming New York. ‘The czar of Russia is to encourage football in the hope that it will be an antidote for nihilism. Plainly the esar ever saw a real game. Chicago's new inspector of morals is twenty-seven years old. But then only @ young man would dare to say what 4s moral and what isn't. “The sooner this case is ended the better it will be for all,” says little Evelyn. Are you ready for the ques- tion? The ayes have it It fs alleged that the slit gown was known to the Romans. Possibly so. Immodesty was the beginning of the end in that triumphant empire. That New Jersey artist who painted @ landscape miniature on a grain of corn some forty years ago couldn't afford such an expensive canvas now. A sister ship to the Imperator is now on the ways. The mammoth liner is apparently “here to stay” until yet larger boats challenge its supremacy. ‘The determination of the powers to force Turkey out of Adrianople is hav- ing so great an influence that now two ‘Turks are there where one was before. It is time to call in the prevaricator who keeps circulating ‘the old story that the average European family could live on what the average American family throws away. A great many members of congress have ideas about how newspapers should be edited, but they have never been able to get together and make the dear old Record much of @ popular aes A French financier is said to be try- Ing to revive the time “when every workman sang at his bench.” But ‘was there ever such a time? There is ‘& great deal of romancing about the “good old times.” Now that the gaekwar’s leading @aughter has been married to the Ma- harajah Kumar Jitendra Narayan of Cooeh-Behar the effect will be pro- nounced throughout India, and the name, too, perhaps. Automobilists contend that the elm! nation of brilliant headlights would force them to reduce the speed of their machines, which is one of the best ax guments yet advanced for the elimina- tion of brilliant headlights. * By work!ng industriously a chain of good roads can be completed to the Pacific coast in time for the Panama canal exposition, and the incidental feat would be quite as worthy to be celebrated as the main event. New York is spending far more mon- ey than any city on earth and yet this year it has 100,000 more children than it can accommodate in its schools. But the supply of saloons and similar places is equal to all demands. ‘The National Suffrage association will take part in the Maryland elec- tions, and this is no longer the joke which the politicians used to hold tt. ‘The women have made themselves & force to be reckoned with everywhere. An American woman in Paris saw an “apache terror” snatch her purse. She ran after him, caught him and turned him over to the police. Ameri- an women in Paris do not permit themselves to be robbed outside of the shops. James E. Sullivan says that if the Proposed $500,000 fund for British ath- letics were to be used to hire “ama- teur” athletes Americans would with- draw. As the fund would never be so Used and as it ts an utter failure, bit- terly denounced by British sportsmen, ‘We need not worry. Among kings there is no conditional royalty. Manuel of Portugal remains « King in the king row, and a little draw- back like the loss of a kingdom doesn’t affect his regal standing. There is something amusing about the serious fashion in which these title bearers as- sume inalienable rights. Somebody in St Louis suggested a searchlight on top of a new skyscraper there to aid in the detection of crime. ‘The chief of the prevention bureau doubted its value in that direction, but ‘thought it would be of assistance in locating fires. Hunting fires with « searchlight! Can you beat it? “Eat garile with all your meals and live a hundred years,” says a wise man of Croatia. And at the same momeat & culinary counsellor tells that the faint. elusive touch of garlic imparts the very poetry of Gavor. Why should man cling to his few days and full of trouble when poetry and preservation. artistic nature? _ a ee KEYSTONE HOTEL DAVID McGOWAN, Prop. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS WITH BATH FIRST CLASS BILLIARD PARLORS 3022 STATE STREET The Greatest Book in Fifty Years Mr. Johnson is fast forging to the front as the foremost poet, regardless of race or color. 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State St CHICAGO NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone Automatic 44-185 W. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 40, 143 North Dearborn Street Cor. Randolph St. CHICAGO McCormick Blds. Evening Office, 3458 State Street Phone Automatic 77-574 Automatic 72-377 Phone KEYSTON DAVID McG NEATLY FURNISHED FIRST CLASS BILL 3022 STAT The Greatest Boo # CHICAGO PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4153 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW SUITE 706 FIRMENCH BUILDING 184 W. Washington St. Phones: Automatic 32-395 Main 2017 Residence 5544 Jefferson Ave. Phone Midway 5515 CHICAGO Phone Franklin Res 508'E. 36th St. 2727 Tel. Douglas 4397 J: GRAY LUCAS Attorney-at-Law 118 N. La Salle Street Oxford Building Suite 403 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suite 708 Delaware Bldg. Tel. Central 3142 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North|La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 FLATS TO RENT. S. Richardson, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 160 N. 5th Ave., Room 506, near Randolph St., phone Main 2133, Automatic 33-201, has the following flats to rent: 2420 La Salle St., 5 rooms, $12. 2720 Dearborn St., 7 rooms, $19. 3002 Armour Ave., 5 rooms, $14. 5754 Wentworth Ave., 5 rooms, $18. 7230 Wentworth Ave., 7 rooms, $22. 2424 Seminary Ave., 4 rooms and bath, $16. 2426 Seminary Ave., 4 rooms and bath, $15. If you want a landlord that will do the same to all honest men you won't rent until you see Samuel Richardson, 160 North Fifth Ave., Room 506, North West corner of Randolph St., Owner. FOR RENT. Desk Room for business purposes in branch law office of W. G. Anderson & L. A. Newby, 35th and State St., N. W. corner. Phones Douglas 8078 and Auto. 72-384. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. Dr. MacENRY J. BROWN Physician and Surgeon Oculist. Practice limited to Diseases of Eye and Ear. Office and Residence, 3502 S. State St. Chicago. FOR RENT. For Rent, 4431-38 South State Street, four (4) room apartments. 4519-28 Evans Avenue, six room apartments. 2308 Rhodes Avenue, House eight rooms in perfect condition. Inquire, Chicago Real Estate Loan 117 North Dearborn Street Room 504, and Trust Company, NE HOTEL OWAN, Prop. ROOMS WITH BATH BILLIARD PARLORS TE STREET 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 looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600. Wabash Ave. THE NEW YORK MUSEUM The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. Amber Light Is Fine For The Complexion Amber Light Is Fine For The Complexion The Amber Glow Light is the climax of all the home lights that have come from the Welsbach laboratories Our house to house demonstrations of these lights sold them last Fall faster than the manufacturer could supply them. This season we have a delivery of 100,000 Amber Glow Lights due this month. We will be glad to give you a free demonstration in your own living room. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company The Pompei 20-22 East 31st Street :: CHICAGO THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Va REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on dents, including payment of taxes and on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the pat The Cranfor Building. The finest building ever op Steam heat, electric light, tile 'Phone Randolph 803 Amber Light For The Amber Light is often called "complexion light."— It makes a beautiful woman more beautiful and shows any complexion to the very best advantage. Actresses and singers know this well. Many of them demand Amber stage lights. Hard white lights or tinted lights of other sorts make face powder and little defects of the skin annoyingly conspicuous. Women folks have been our best customers for Amber Glow Lights. Sixty-five thou- The Amber Glow Lights home lights that Welsbach Our house to house demo last Fall faster than the manu season we have a delivery due this month. We will be glad to give you a f The Peoples Gas S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- tates and looking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Fenford Apartment 5. 3600. Wabash Ave. over opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. Light Is Fine e Complexion sand out of the Eighty-five thousand orders we have received for these lights were signed by women. Light is the climax of all the that have come from the busch laboratories demonstrations of these lights sold them manufacturer could supply them. This delivery of 100,000 Amber Glow Lights you a free demonstration in your own living room. Gas Light & Coke Company "A STORE FOR EVERYBODY" HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prices, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Phones Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 LA VE IMPORTED AND DON 3100 State Street Hotel BUFFET, Diglas 4482 No 73-974 No 74-478 HARRY J. Pr LA VERDO BUFFET AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS Street IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street 0. Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS Street Douglas 3256 Autor JONES A. F. CO THE ELITE CAFE and BUFFET Finest Table d'Hote in the City 4 p. m., to 1 a. m. Street M LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEE Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic. 75-173 GENERAL SPRING CITY FET AND CA 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVEN Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Phone: Douglas 3256 HENRY JONES THE CAFÉ Finest T 4 3030 State Street WILLIAM LEWIS, P Phone Doug MINERAL BU F'FET 3517 S. S HIGH CLASS INT HIGH CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVENING JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESA FIFTY-FIRST RAILYA 51c FRANK DUNN JOHN BLOCKI, Pres WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. DUNN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCK FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. JOHN BLOCKI & SON PERFUMERS GO TO C. E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER For high grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF Blocki's Ideal & Blocki's Flower In Bottle Perfumes 3004 State Street FRANK DUNN J. B. MoCAHEY TRUSTEES HARRY J. KELLY Prop. BUFFET AND CIGARETTES 0. swick BILLIARDS. Chicago A. F. CODOZOE LITE FFET the City m. MARY C. SNEED, Mgr' omatic, 75-173 ING CLUB D CAFE CHICAGO EVERY EVENING RETAIL HOUR AVENUE M. S. & M. S. R AVE. CHICAGO F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. Phone Aldine 3653 Chicago, Ill TEL. OAKLAND 1580,1581,1682