The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Illinois State Commission under the Manipulations of the Rev. Hon. Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D.D.D., and the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann. ARE STILL ENGAGED IN THROWING DUST IN THE EYES OF THE UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE OR TAX PAYERS RESIDING IN THE "SUCKER" STATE. THEY CLAIM THAT THE CELEBRATION OR EXHIBITION IN 1915, WILL BE HELD IN THE PROPOSED EIGHT REGIMENT ARMORY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE ARCHITECT HAS NOT YET DRAWN THE PLANS FOR THE ARMORY THAT THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE TO MEET IN REGULAR SESSION, JANUARY 1, 1915 AND APPROPRIATE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CONSTRUCT THE ARMORY. IT IS THEREFORE EVIDENT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE SHOOTING IN THE AIR BLINDLY IN THEIR EFFORT TO HUMBUG THE PEOPLE. IT IS CLAIMED THAT THEY WILL ASK THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO TURN OVER TO THEM AN ADDITIONAL $200,000, SO THAT MESSRS. CAREY AND SWANN, CAN SECURE ENOUGH OF THE SWAG OR MONEY TO LAST THEM THE REST OF THEIR DAYS ON THIS EARTH. THE HON. P. J. LUCEY ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ILLINOIS WHO CLAIMS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO BURY WHITE AND COLORED PEOPLE IN THE SAME GRAVE YARDS IN THIS STATE. CONTENDS THAT THE ILLINOIS STATE COMMISSION HAS THE UNDISPUTED RIGHT TO EXPAND INTO A NATIONAL AFFAIR ALTHOUGH THE ACT PASSED BY THE 48TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS RIGHT TO THE REVERSE OR CONTRABY TO HIS OPINION. GOVERNOR EDWARD F. DUNNE, WHO SIDED WITH HIS LEARNED AT TORNEY-GENERAL WHO FAVORS SEPARATING WHITE AND COLLE ORED PEOPLE IN GRAVE YARDS OR DESIRES "JIM CROW" CEME TERIES FOR AFBO-AMERICANS. UPHOLDS HIM IN HIS FALLACIOUS OPINION RELATIVE TO THE MEADS AND BOUNDS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE COMMISSION. Vol. XIX. The Illinois mission unnipulations Hon. Archi Carey, Ph. the Hon. Wallace S. ARE STILL ENGAGED IN THROWING SUSPECTING PEOPLE OR THE "SUCKER" STATE. THEY CLAIM THAT THE CELEBRATE BE HELD IN THE PROPOSED NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT DRAWN THE PLANS FOR THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE JANUARY 1, 1915 AND APPROXIMATE MONEY TO CONSTRUCT THE AIT IS THEREFORE EVIDENT THAT ING IN THE AIR BLINDLY IN PEOPLE. IT IS CLAIMED THAT THEY WILL LEGISLATURE TO TURN OVER $200,000, SO THAT MESSRS. O ENOUGH OF THE SWAG OR MORE THEIR DAYS ON THIS EARTH. THE HON. P. J. LUCEY ATTORCH CLAIMS THAT IT IS UNCONSTANT COLORED PEOPLE IN THE SAIT CONTENDS THAT THE ILLINOIS DISPUTED RIGHT TO EXPAND THOUGH THE ACT PASSED BY RIGHT TO THE REVERSE OR GOVERNOR EDWARD F. DUNNE, WORN BY TORNEY-GENERAL WHO FAVORED PEOPLE IN GRAVE YARD TERIES FOR AFRO-AMERICANS. UPHOLDS HIM IN HIS FALLACY MEADS AND BOUNDS OF THE Some three or four weeks ago the Illinois State Commission to celebrate the half century golden jubilee of Negro freedom, under the wise or scheming manipulations of the Rev. Hon. Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D. D. D. and the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann issued or caused to be printed and issued several thousand pamphlets or booklets setting forth the aims and objects of the commission. It contains the names of the various commissioners, it also contains a fine cut of Governor Edward F. Dunne, which is intended to tickle him under his chin so that he will continue to come across and stand by Messrs. Swann and Carey in their time of real trouble. On the back of the booklet or pamphlet in question is a cut of the new Eighth Regiment Armory, with the following reading matter: "The Proposed (Chicago) site of the Half-Century Golden Jubilee of Negro Freedom, Eighth Regiment Armory Illinois National Guard." In handing out such rot to the public it is clearly evident that Messrs. Swann and Carey, who seem to absolutely control all the other members of the commission, including the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, are still engaged in their vain attempt of throwing dust or sand into the eyes of the unsuspecting or the unsophisticated people or taxpayers residing in the "Sucker State." It is nothing more than the height of folly for anyone to hold out the idea that the celebration or exhibition in 1915 will be held in the new Eighth Regiment Armory. If we are not mistaken the state architect has not yet drawn the plans for the new armory and even if the plans are, ready nothing can be done in the way of constructing the pro- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY posed armory until the Illinois legislature meets in regular session January 1, 1915, and appropriates the money to construct it and as a general rule the appropriations are not made until the end of the sessions which would either be in March or April, 1915, and if the celebration is to be in it in August and September the armory would have to be thrown together or completed in four to six months, a feat which would be impossible to accomplish even in Chicago, with all of its chain lightning building. So it is therefore, evident that the commissioners are blindly shooting in the air in their effort to successfully humbug the people. Well onto three thousand dollars of the taxpayers money was spent for publishing or printing the booklet or pamphlet which was supposed to convey to the mind of those who were honored with a copy of it, a glimpse of the progress that has been made on the part of the Colored people residing in this state for the past fifty years, but it contains nothing of the kind and it is blank or silent as the grave in connection with that all important subject. As stated before the best or the finest thing it contains between its outer covers is a very handsome half-tone cut of Governor Dunne, and the inscription under his cut states that he was a "former Judge of the Superior Court of Cook County," whereas, he made his greatest mark in life and his most brilliant record as one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook county, and that bit of misinformation cost the people residing in Illinois three thousand dollars. The following appears on the last page of the booklet: "There will be Congresses and Exhibits representing the Y. M. C. A. CHICAGO, NOVEMBER, 29 1913 movement among the Negro people, and a Roman Catholic exhibit depicting in pictured, painted and sculptured form the marvelous progress this great branch of the Christian church is making among its American Negro communicants. A world of meaning is conveyed to the reader of the above lines. It is claimed that Messrs. Swann and Carey and the other commissioners will ask the next session of the legislature to turn or transfer over to them an additional $200,000, so that Messrs. Swann and Carey can secure enough of the swag or easy money to last them the rest of their days on this earth. (The largest club in the organization), Household of Ruth No. 1086, the Old Settlers Club and a number of other organizations. High tribute was paid to her ability and character by the speakers and in the resolutions read by the various organizations. Loving friends, the clubs and societies paid further tribute to her worth in beautiful and appropriate floral designs which filled the entire rostrum. Undertaker Charles Jackson had the funeral in charge and the remains followed by many sorrowing relatives and friends were conveyed to Mt. Glenwood Cemetery by automobiles. The Hon. P. J. Lucey, Attorney General of Illinois, who claims that it is unconstitutional to bury White and Colored people in the same graveyards in this state, contends that the Illinois State Commission has the undisputed right to expand into a national affair. Notwithstanding the fact that the act passed by the 48th General Assembly is right to the reverse or contrary to his opinion, and it clearly states that the $25,000 appropriated to celebrate the freedom of the Colored people in this state must be confined, in expenditure among them within its borders, and the word National is in quotation marks. Governor Edward F. Dunne, who sided with his learned Attorney General, who favors separating White and Colored people, in graveyards or desires "Jim Crow" cemeteries for Afro-Americans, upholds him in his fallacious or shallow opinion, relative to the meads and bounds of the Illinois State Commission. FUNERAL OF MRS. IDA D. LEWIS. Services for Well Known Club Woman Held in Bethel A. M. E. Chucrh Monday. FRIENDS PAY HIGH TRIBUTE Bethel A. M. E. Church was filled to its capacity, Monday morning, when funeral services were held there for Mrs. Ida D. Lewis, president of the State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, who died at St. Anne Hospital, Tuesday, November 18, after an illness of one week. Rev. T. A. Smythe, D. D., pastor of the church officiating, assisted by Bishop Parks, Rev. McCracken and several other clergymen. Mrs. Lewis was not only president of the State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, but she was a member of the City Federation and president of the West Side Woman's Club, who spoke at Orchestra Hall, this city, the "Bossism of Charles F. Murphy, the (largest club in the organization), Household of Ruth No. 1086, the Old Settlers Club and a number of other organizations. High tribute was paid to her ability and character by the speakers and in the resolutions read by the various organizations. Loving friends, the clubs and societies paid further tribute to her worth in beautiful and appropriate floral designs which filled the entire rostrum. Undertaker Charles Jackson had the funeral in charge and the remains followed by many sorrowing relatives and friends were conveyed to Mt. Glenwood Cemetery by automobiles. GOOD THINGS FOR THE OLD FOLKS This week has been an unusually pleasant one for the inmates of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People, 510 W. Garfield Boulevard. First many interested friends called to cheer the "old folks," and on Tuesday night the Gandeamus Charity Club arranged and carried out a program of music and recitations much to their delight. A number of others were present and refreshments were served. Thanksgiving Day, however, was the banner day. Mrs. Rebecca Rodley prepared a fine dinner and the inmates feasted to their hearts content. The menu included roast pig, cranberries, vegetables, celery and many other toothsome dainties. Following this there was another enjoyable program by one of the local clubs. TWO PROMINENT MEN IMPROVE. Two of our prominent citizens, Major John C. Buckner and Attorney S. Laing Williams seriously ill last week are reported improving this week. At the residence of Major Buckner 3638 Dearborn Street it was announced that he was "somewhat improved," although his condition was still considered serious. Attorney Williams was at Provident Hospital, where the attendant said he was "resting nicely." Mr. Williams' illness was a sudden one, he having been stricken on the street last week. The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club, and the members of the committee, which has charge of the 12th Night dance, which will be presented at Masonic Hall, 3956 State street, will hold a reception in the parlors of the Appomattox Club, 3441 Wabash avenue, Friday afternoon, December 5. Former Governor and Mrs. William Sulzer of New York Arrived in the City on Wednesday. AND THEY OCCUPIED A FINE SUITE OF BOOMS AT THE CONGRESS HOTEL DURING THEIR STAY HERE. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON JULIUS F. TAYLOR CALLED AT THE CONGRESS HOTEL TO PAY HIS RESPECTS TO THEM AND WAS WARMLY RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR AND MRS. SULZER. ON THAT SAME EVENING HE LECTURED AT ORCHESTRA HALL, ON THE ABSOLUTE BOSSISM OF CHARLES F. .MURPHY, HEAD CHIEF OF TAMMANY HALL. DURING HIS LECTURE HE WAS HEARTILY APPLAUDED BY THE AUDIENCE WHICH GREETED HIM. Wednesday noon, former Governor and Mrs. William Sulzer, arrived in this city from New York City. He is on a lecturing tour to the Pacific Coast, and they will not return to New York until January 1, when he will begin his duties as a member of the legislature of that State. During their visit to Chicago, they occupied a fine suite of rooms at the Congress Hotel, and on Thursday afternoon, we called to pay our respects to Governor and Mrs. Sulzer, and were warmly received by them and we also attended his lecture at Orchestra Hall that same evening. He spoke in part as follows: High Court said that my campaign statement last year was erroneous. It was testified on the trial, and not contradicted, that I did not make up that statement; that I did not read it; that I asked if it was correct; that I was told it was as correct as it could be made; and that then I signed it. That is all I had to do with it, and I have not seen the statement from that day to this. "The evidence showed that about $27,000 was donated to me while I was a candidate for Governor; of this sum $10,000 went to Murphy; $5,000 to Delany; and the balance to the Campaign Committee. I did not make Murphy's High Court. "The people know that I was removed from the Governorship because Mr. Murphy controlled the Assembly, and ordered my impeachment when he found out I would not be a rubber stamp. He controlled most of the members of The High Court of Infamy; dictated its procedure, and wrote the judgment. Murphy was the Judge and the Jury, the Prosecutor and the Bailiff. "They called it the High Court of Impeachment, but history will call it Murphy's High Court of Infamy. The trial was a human shambles; a libel on law; a flagrant abuse of constitutional rights; a disgrace to our civilization; and the verdict overturned the safeguards of liberty and the precedents of three centuries. "The Judgment will not stand the test of time. The future historian will do me justice. The Court of Public Opinion. "There is a higher Court than Murphy's—the Court of Public Opinion. I appeal from Murphy's Court of Political Passion to the calmer judgment of prosperity, and the sober reflection of Public Opinion. "When I refused to obey the orders of the Boss to stop the investigations of Blake and Hennessy, and to clog the wheels of the machinery of justice, which I set in motion to prevent the further looting of the State, Mr. Murphy threatened me with degradation and removal from office. "From that day to this, all that money, all that power, all that influence can do to disgrace me and destroy me has been done. "However, I shall keep up the struggle for honest government; I am in the fight to stay to the end; and the forces of righteousness will prevail over the forces of iniquity. 'Let those who have failed take courage; Tho' the enemy seems to have won, Tho' the Bosses are strong, if they be in the wrong "The record will show that no man, in all the history of this country, has suffered more than I have for the cause of good government. But I am content. Justice will triumph. I shall be patient. "Now, another thing. The "Chief" and his wax figures in the Murphy No. 9 High Court said that my campaign statement last year was erroneous. It was testified on the trial, and not contradicted, that I did not make up that statement; that I did not read it; that I asked if it was correct; that I was told it was as correct as it could be made; and that then I signed it. That is all I had to do with it, and I have not seen the statement from that day to this. "The evidence showed that about $27,000 was donated to me while I was a candidate for Governor; of this sum $10,000 went to Murphy; $5,000 to Delany; and the balance to the Campaign Committee. I did not make a dollar as a candidate for office. That is the truth; and that is all there is to it. Instead of making money, the record shows that I borrowed money and ran in debt and besides I refused to accept money from contractors, corporations or the Special Interests. "Mr. Murphy knew more about my campaign affairs that I did, because the men he had planted in my office from the time I was nominated until I went to Albany knew everything that was going on and kept Mr. Murphy advised. "They say Mr. Murphy took a leading part in making up the statement last fall of the Democratic State Committee. I want to ask him if the statement of the Democratic State Committee is correct. He knows all about it. Let him tell us if that is correct. Let him tell about the money the "bagmen" collected, and what was done with it. Murphy Offered to Destroy Campaign Statement. "I have notified the Secretary of State not to let that campaign statement get out of his office. Mr. Murphy threatened me about my campaign statement, and intimated that it would disappear from the files of the Secretary of State, if I would take 'orders.' Of course I refused to be a party to such an iniquity. Knowing what I do I hope the campaign statement of the Democratic State Committee will not disappear from the official files of the Secretary of State. At all events, I have a certified copy, and I hope others interested will get a certified copy. They say Mr. Murphy put the names of a lot of dummies in that statement as contributors who never contributed a dollar. How about that, Mr. Murphy? Removed from Office Because He Would Not Do Wrong "The people know that my removal from office by Mr. Murphy was because I would not be a "proxy" Governor; because I would not be dishonest; because I insisted on stopping graft; because I stood by the taxpayers; because I would not do wrong; because I would not do what Mr. Murphy wanted me to do; because I would not be a Murphy tool; because I refused to be a party to the looting of the State. Murphyism Must Go. "Murphyism must go or our free institutions are doomed. No man, and no official, can serve Murphy and the People; the 'Chief' and the City; if he is true to Murphy, he must be false THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Cathelicle, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their views on their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform emphasizes all, ever 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. Address all communications to: THE BROAD AX 5027 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1801, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 4, 1870. HON. WILLIAM SULZER FIRES INTO CHARLES F. MURPHY. Concluded from page 1. to Duty; he cannot be loyal to one without betraying the other. The Brady $25,000 "Mr. Murphy has answered my charges about the Anthony N. Brady $25,000, which I refused from Judge Beardsley, and which Judge Beardsley then gave to Mr. Murphy, and which the 'Chief' never accounted for. "Mr. Murphy calls on a dead man to prove that he returned this money. He says he gave it back to Brady, but Brady is dead and he can't corroborate Murphy. Was anybody with them when the money was paid back? Beardsley took the money to Murphy in bills. Did Murphy Give It Back "Why didn't Murphy give the money back to Beardsley? Were there any witnesses present, so that Judge Beardsley can feel sure that the money he gave Murphy was turned back to Brady? Will Judge Beardsley take Murphy's word for it? "Everybody knows that Brady and Murphy were not on speaking terms. Let Murphy make an affidavit that he paid the money back to Brady, stating the circumstances of the payment in detail. "Let Murphy make his affidavit, too, that he did not get the $10,000 Allan Ryan sent to me during the campaign. If he did not get the Ryan $10,000, who kept it, and where doe he think it went? Has Murphy's bagman been robbing him? But I know that Murphy received Allan Ryan's $10,000, because he told me so. It is now too late to lie about it. Where Did He Get It. "Will Mr. Murphy be good enough to give the name of the lawyer who prepared his statement? Mr. Murphy could not do it. Who did? The people should know. If you believe what Murphy says you must believe that he is not in politics as a trade. "Anybody who believes that Murphy is not a broker in public offices may possibly believe that Murphy did not send McCall to me begging for offices. Murphy Deals in Jobs "Murphy is in politics for all there is in it. He is a dealer in jobs and contracts, and not in the game for his health. They say he is worth $15,000,000.00. WHERE DID HE GET IT? A VOICE: "You didn't get a square deal." Mr. Sulzer: 'No, I did not have a 'Chinaman's chance' in Murphy's Court. Everybody knows that my trial, from beginning to end, was a farce—a political lynching—the consummation of a deep-laid political conspiracy. The Murphy Court ruled in everything against me, and ruled out everything in my favor. The rules of evidence were thrown to the winds. A horsetief, in frontier days, would have received a squarer deal. In my removal from the Governorship, by Boss Murphy, the State witnessed the most monstrous perversion of government in all its history. The Impeachment of Farce "Mr. Murphy, and the Special Interests, which I antagonized, have won a temporary victory, but the fight, for honest government will go on. The force of my trial will have a good effect in the end. It has opened the eyes of the people to the graft of millions of dollars annually, and it will hasten the adoption of the initiative and the referendum; bring about the recall of public officials, including judges and judicial decisions; and write upon the statute books other reforms, especially a direct primary law, so that the voters, instead of the bosses, will nominate, as well as elect, all officials to public office. The people now know that the power to nominate public officials is the power to control these public officials; and that we cannot have honest government in the State of New York until the voters nominate and control all public officials. Was, An Honest Governor "As Governor I was honest in all things, and faithful to my trust. No influence could control me in the performance of my duty but the dictates of my conscience. I have lost my office, but I have kept my self-respect. I would rather lose the Governorship than lose my soul; I would rather be right than be Governor; and no Governor can serve God and Mammon; the State and the Special Interests; the PEOPLE and the Boss; the visible and the invisible government. "Let us indulge the hope that my loss of the Governorship will be the people's gain. Misfortunes are often blessings in disguise. If my undoing by an ignorant and an arrogant and a corrupt and a desperate 'Boss' shall be the humble means of forever destroying 'Bossism' in the State of New York, I shall be content, and feel that I have not struggled in vain for better things. Fought a Good Fight "I have fought a good fight, against tremendous odds, for honest government; I have kept the faith; I have been true to my ideals, and to my official oath; I have stood by the PEOPLE; I have dared to defy the "orders" of Boss Murphy; and I did it in the face of threats of exposure and personal destruction. HAD I BUT SERVED THE BOSS WITH HALF THE ZEAL I DID THE STATE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO IMPEACHMENT OF WILLIAM SULZER. Has No Regrets. "Looking back over it all, I am frank to say that I have no regrets, as my conscience is clear and tells me truly that I have done no wrong—but my whole duty—fearlessly and honestly—day in and day out—to all the people of the State—as God gave me the light to see the right. Tammany a Blot "Tammany, under Murphyism, is treason to the Government; Tammany, under Murphyism, is not a political organization—it is a criminal conspiracy to loot the city and the State; a stumbling block to Democracy and to Progress; a big black blot on the fair escutcheon of the Empire State; and a threatening meanance to civic righteousness and honest government." Prominent Colored People Presents a Petition of Protest to President Wilson Against Race Segregation. Washington, D. C., November.—A delegation of Colored citizens representing the National Independent Political League, bearing a protest and petition directed against race segregation in the government service, visited the President on Thursday, and had an audience with him. The petition bore about twenty thousand signatures, from thirty-eight states, mostly Colored people, about equally divided between the South and the North. The delegation was introduced by Congressman Thatcher of Massachusetts. The delegation was composed of W. Monroe Trotter of Boston, Rev. Dr. Byron Gunner of Hillburn, N. Y., President of the League, Dr. William A. Sinclair of 'Philadelphia, W. Maurice Spencer of Delaware, Thomas Walker of District of Columbia, F. H. M. Murray of Virginia, and Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett of Chicago. W. Monroe Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian, was spokesman. He made an extended statement and gave instances of discrimination which had been discovered and insisted that these were calculated to "humilate and degrade our race and bring it into scorn and contempt," and that it was all the worse since it is being done under authority of the National government. The President was impressed by the protest and commented on its strength and stated that it was deserving of, and should receive, careful consideration. The delegation said that the President seemed at first inclined to doubt if the matters complained of had any official sanction. But he was handed a copy of an order issued by the auditor of the Interior Department which explicitly ordered separation on account of color in lavatories. Other orders of similar import which had been issued in other bureaus were embodied in the matter left with the President. He then stated that perhaps he was not well posted on the matter. He said that he would go into the matter thoroughly and would endeavor to find a solution satisfactory to all concerned, and gave assurance that segregation had not been decided upon as an administration policy. In their protest the spokesman of the delegation insisted that it was the principle of the segregation that was objected to and not the manner in which it was administered. He quoted a letter written by Mr. Wilson before election as follows: "It is my earnest wish to see justice done Colored people in every matter, and not mere grudging justice, but justice executed with liberality and cordial good feeling. Every principle of our Constitution commands this, and our sympathies should also make it easy." Commenting on this the petitioners said to the President: "Fairer words were never written and their readers could not possibly have expected their author to countenance the institution of any new policy in his own branch of the Government, now admittedly based on racial prejudice, against them; a policy of caste which no president would dare even hint for citizens of any of the many other racial extractions which make up our heterogenerous population." The petitioners laid particular stress upon the order of Secretary McAdoo requiring separate eating tables, and on the segregation in the auditor's rooms of the Postoffice Department, the Navy, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and elsewhere. "Necessity," says the petition, "can not be pleaded as an excuse for this affront and injury. Afro-Americans and other American employees have been working together, eating at the same tables, and using the same lavatories and toilets for two generations. They have worked in peace and harmony and the Government's business has been well executed. Some of the very Afro-American clerks taken from rooms where Americans of other ancestries worked, or from seats in juxtaposition thereto, have worked for twenty-five and thirty years. They did so through two Democratic Administrations. These Democratic Administrations were nearer the abolition of slavery of Africans than yours, Mr. President. The same efforts to inaugurate this segregation in Government service were made under your illustrious predecessor, the late President Grover Cleveland, and were stopped by his order, as we trust they will be in short by yourself." At a mass meeting under the auspices of the League on Friday night, which packed the large Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, the delegation made a full report. At this meeting it was urged that the sending in of signed petitions be continued. It was also advised that letters of protest be sent to congress man and senators by Colored citizens everywhere. HEALTH NOTES. Wherever vaccination is enforced, smallpox is an unknown terror. * * * Sanitary education is more important than sanitary legislation. * * * The health of a community means the combined health of those who live in it. No member of a community can afford to be indifferent or careless about matters that affect his own or his neighbor's health for the reason that community health and comfort is based upon the health of its individuals. --- The fourth national Tuberculosis Day will be observed this year on Sunday, December 7th. Sermons will be preached from thousands of pulpits all over the land and collections taken to aid in the nation wide movement to eradicate this disease from the long list of maladies that annually destroy thousands of human lives. --- For the ten months ending October 31st of this year, the Sanitary Bureau of the Department of Health has received and handled 19,605 complaints, on which 12,832 notices have been served ordering the abatement and remedying of the matters concerning which the complaints were made. During the same period 12,785 building plans were examined and approved; and of these 10,713 were for new buildings and 2,072 were for old buildings remodeled. Inspections were made of 1919 bakeries, new and old, and 920 notices served to correct violations and non-compliance with the bakery regulations. --- Dr. John W. Trask, Assistant Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, in a recent issue of the Public Health Reports, gives the following excellent definition of a Department of Health. He says: "The health department is a department created and supported by the people to look after the community's health, to protect them and their neighbors from unnecessary exposures to sickness. The health department is your department, doing the things for you that you cannot do for yourself, and being the creature of the community, the community's servant, as it were, the health department will be as efficient and watchful as the people insist that it shall be or allow it to be. It can not be more so." --- Then the Doctor adds this fine comment as to what a department of health really stands for. He says: "The health department and its work represents the desire of the people to avoid disease, to live useful, wholesome lives, to protect themselves, their children and their families. It represents not only the self-interest of the individuals but their altruism as well. It represents one of the finest products of our civilization that health is the right of every man and that the preservation of one's own health and that of his neighbors is a moral duty. The health department is the result of our knowledge that disease can be prevented and that the degree of the community's health depends upon the desire of the citizens to have health their intelligence and the amount of effort they are willing to make individually and through their municipal or other government to attain it." 'MOVIES' WILL SHOW FAKE CONSUMPTION CURE EVIL. Interesting Drama Tells the Right and Wrong Ways to Cure Tuberculosis. How thousands of consumptives lose their lives annually by taking fake cures for tuberculosis, will be depicted in a motion picture film which has just been produced by Thomas A. Edison, in co-operation with The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The film is entitled "The Price of Human Lives" and will be placed on exhibition in theaters throughout the United States on December 2nd. It has been designed to further the Red Cross Christmas Seal sale and the general antituberculosis campaign. The story of the picture centers about the wealthy proprietor of a drug concerner named Gregory Cort and his daughter Beth. In the earlier scenes of the play a striking contrast between the lavishly furnished Cort home and the dingy tenement room of Nellie Linn is given. While Cort and his family live in luxury and happiness, his principal source of income is derived from the sale of a fake consumption cure called "Concura." Neither his daughter nor any of his intimate friends know the exact nature of his business. Nellie Lann is shown taking "Concura" to cure herself of a "hard cold," while her lover, Ed Grant, goes to a fake consumption cure doctor in answer to a newspaper advertisement. Beth is engaged to a young man by the name of Harry Bruce, whom Cort finally induces to become his advertising manager by showing him the huge profits which he makes in his business. Meanwhile Beth, as a result of her interest in Red Cross Christmas Seals, has enlisted as a social service worker and in this capacity becomes acquainted with Nellie and Ed. She becomes a friend of the family and attempts to urge them to stop taking fake cures for consumption including "Concura." Neither of them pay much heed to her advice until one day Nellie receives a letter telling her that a near relative had just died from tuberculosis, simply because she had delayed proper treatment too long by relying on "Concura." Nellie shows the letter to Beth who declares that it is a crime to allow the manufacture and sale of such false remedies. Burning with indignation, and with the wrapper of the "Concura" bottle in her hand, she goes to the office of the company where she finds to her surprise and sorrow that the business is conducted by her own father and that her affianced husband is the chief promotor of the swindle. She refuses to recognize her lover after this discovery and forgives her father only after he has promised to make full restitution as far as he can to the suffering consumptives whom he has robbed. As a part of his reformation he sends Nellie and Ed to a sanatorium, where they may be cured. The closing scenes of the story show Gregory Cort as a changed man. Bruce is also seen in a new role, namely, as the friend of the Linn family and also as the manager of the Red Cross campaign. The story closes on Christmas eve of 1913, with the lovers restored to each other, and Ed and Nellie making good progress on the road to recovery. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, 105 East 22nd Street, New York, will send, free of charge to anyone literature on fake consumption "cures" and will be glad to give as much information as possible with reference to particular alleged "cures" for this disease. The New Monogram Theater Under the Ownership of H. B. Miller Continues to Run at Full Blast. Several weeks ago, H. B. Miller, owner of the Monogram Theater, located on State street, near 31st, bought the old Merit Theater, which is located on the east side of State Street, near 35th and it has been christened the new Monogram Theater. located on State Street, near 31st, Mr. M. Klein, will manage it as well as the other house. It has been greatly improved in every way, and good vaudeville acts, and up-to-date moving pictures, hold sway at each performance. Prof. William Dorsey, will lead the orchestra and Mr. Miller and Mr. Klein, are well pleased with their new theatrical venture along the stroll. A NINE YEAR OLD MOTHER. Mildred Meredith, the oldest of a family of three orphans, their mother died when they were six, four and two years. They were taken in by a good woman to keep them from being separated. Today that woman is sick and the chances are they will be separated, and only God knows whether they will be used human or not. Their only chance is to win one of these prizes. They can win if you will help them. They want the coupons out of the Chicago Examiner every morning, clip them out and send them to her each week. You can send your subscription to her or she will call and take it. You can subscribe from 30 cents up and the paper will be delivered to you daily. Membership to the Child Mother is 25 cents if you wish to join. This is simply race pride or christian charity. Send them some coupons today, you don't have to join the club nor subscribe, of course it helps the greater. But any one can send her coupons. Will you kindly help her! Mildred Meredith, 5228 La Salle Street SANTA CLAUS ASKS YOUR HELP. Washington, D. C., Nov. 28.—Now that Thanksgiving is over aid to Santa Claus, who in this case, means the overworked Christmas season mail clerk and carrier, was extended today by Postmaster General Burleson. He ordered sent to the 60,000 postoffices throughout the country conspicuous placards requesting everybody to mail their Christmas parcels early, to wrap them securely, and to address them plainly. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. Correction.—The first three lines in this column last week, should have read: "Suggestive and oftimes indecent buffoonery, is never taken for refined comedy." Messrs. Opal Cooper and De Koven Thompson have returned from a successful three weeks musical tour through Earlington, Madisonville and Henderson, Kentucky. THE APPOMATTOX CLUB AND THE ADVISOBY BOARD OF THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME Present their Twelfth Night Dance Monday evening, December 15, 1913, for the benefit of the mortgage fund of the Phyllis Wheatley Home. The public is urged to support this dance, for it is for a worthy cause. Committee: Frank Hamilton, Mrs. Clara Studymire, John T. Morton, Mrs. Adams, Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Treasurer. CHIPS Mrs. Hattie Arrant, 3635 Vernon avenue, celebrates her umphteenth birthday, today. Mrs. Williams of Topeka, Kan., is visiting her daughter Mrs. Monroe L. Manning, 3524 Calumet avenue. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Boger, 3524 Calumet avenue, enjoyed their turkey Thanksgiving dinner with the Bogers in Aurora, Ill. Mrs. R. J. Bass, 5244 State street returned home Sunday morning, from a peasant two weeks visit with relatives and friends at Xania, Ohio. Mrs. Mattie Green is very ill at her residence 3750 Rhodes Avenue. Mrs. Green is a prominent member of Mt. Hope Temple No. I, S. M. T. Gen. J. T. T. Warren of Hot Springs, Ark., one of the high priests of the Knights of Pythias, in that state, is still a subscriber to The Broad Ax. Attorney Charles L. Rice, of Mound City, Ill., who is master-in-chancery of the Circuit court of Pulaski county, the only Afro-American in Illinois serving in that capacity, is still a strong financial supporter of The Broad Ax. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moseley, 6248 Sangamon street, on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, entertained Mrs. C. P. Gannaway of La Fayette, Ind. and Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor at a Thanksgiving dinner. BARGAINS IN TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS. For sale by owner, 2 apartment buildings; all newly decorated; ready for immediate occupancy. Call at 3233 Calumet avenue; and 3338 Forest avenue. Small cash payment down and easy terms. Open for inspection from 2 to 4 P. M. Must dispose of these at once. Those desiring nicely furnished rooms can be accommodated, by applying or calling on A. Tucker, 3539 Dearborn street. PROGRESS IN EDUCATION Agricultural College In Normal Classes Two Students Win Prizes. Normal, Ala. - The thirty-eighth annual commencement of the Agricultural and Mechanical college in this town, of which Walter S. Buchanan is president, has closed what is to all intents and purposes the record breaking year in the history of that famous institution. After four years of his administration young Walter S. Buchanan is able to present Normal to the public in much of its same glory and popularity it enjoyed in the best days of its founder, the well known William H. Councill. Although this young educator found the plant in a much run down condition after the death of his distinguished predecessor he has been able to add many facilities and improvements, to erect four buildings in four years and to re-establish the institution on much of its former basis Fifteen young people received diplomas from the normal or academic department and eighteen from the various trade divisions. All of the graduating exercises centered in a discussion of the rural school, each speaker from the salutatorian to the valedictorian taking part in the symposium of the subject. Increased interest in rural school education for Negroes was heightened by the fact that every subject was illustrated by actual demonstration. "Plans For the Rural School" was the subject of the salutatory presented by Joseph W. Falls, who exhibited a model schoolhouse containing a cooking room, a sewing room and two cloak rooms. Three other graduates, William Fenoy, James H. Herbert and James H. Hunter, demonstrated "Building a Schoolhouse," "Plastering a Schoolhouse" and "Painting a Schoolhouse" respectively, each doing the actual work before the audience. "Sewing In the Rural Schools" was undertaken by Rosalyn V. Harris, while Ellias J. Murdock took for his subject "The School Farm as a Means of Extending the School Term." Rosa Belle Black, in demonstrating "Cooking In the Rural School," prepared an appetizing lunch for six at an itemized cost of 75 cents. On account of the inability of Rev. Richard Carroll to be present and deliver the annual address, Rev. Dr. R. S. Gavin, pastor of the First Baptist church (white) of the Huntsville, spoke to the graduates and emphasized the importance of loyalty to self, to others and to their religious creeds. "No matter what your life's calling may be," said Dr. Gavin, "make up your mind that you are going to grasp every opportunity that comes your way." He commented upon the advantages of the kind of education given in a school like Normal, where young people are not only educated, but trained, and declared among other things: "The plan of the work proposed in this school is ideal. It is not possible to overestimate the value of an institution like this." The nurse training department of the school offers superior advantages to young women. It has comfortable quarters in the new Virginia McCormck hospital, of which Dr. W. L. Council is surgeon in chief. Dr. Wills E. Storrs delivered the annual address to the students of this department. The annual musicale was a splendid success. Mrs. Ida C. Buchanan presided. Editor O. W. Adams of the Birmingham Reporter delivered the address to the preparatory department. Prizes in the speaking contest were awarded to Dorsey E. Payne and Armolla Whitfield. THRIFTY BUSINESS CONCERN. National Benefit Association In Washington Has Rapid Growth. The National Benefit association at Washington, operating in six states, owning property valued at $200,000, and embracing a membership of 20,000, is doing a phenomenal work for the commercial uplift of the race. It began business fourteen years ago in a six dollar per month room. The association now owns the building in which it was then a humble tenant—a modern office building with twenty-seven finely appointed rooms, valued at about $50,000. After using much of the space for its own offices the association collects $1,800 per annum from its tenants. It has regularly employed in its home office twenty-seven clerks and stenographers, making with its army of field agents, etc., a total of 750 persons earning a good living through the National Benefit association. Long Island Baptist Summer Session The Long Island (N. Y.) Baptist association held its summer session in the First Baptist church in Flushing, New York, week ending June 21. The association is composed of about seventy churches in Brooklyn and on Long Island. Among the speakers were many distinguished pastors who have had the oversight of the work for many years. One of the most helpful addresses was that of the Rev. Dr. William M. Moss, pastor of the Concord Baptist church in Brooklyn. Lucas In Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Mr. Clarence Edward Lucas, head bookkeeper at Howard university in Washington, has been made a member of the Beta chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Young Lucas is a law graduate of Howard. He was made a notary public during ex-President Taft's administration. Mr. Lucas is a graduate of the public and high schools of Brooklyn and is held in high esteem by the people of Brooklyn, who admire him for his ambition and manly hearing. Spades are no longer trumps at Panama. What becomes of the things that we forget? Evidently some royal circles would profit by a course of eugenic marriages. To call the sleeping porch a "solarium" makes it more habitable in cold weather. Of the modern safety appliances at sea wireless has thus far made the best showing. Lightning may not hit twice in the same place, but it is different with the chronic borrower. Perhaps the real reason why the lady wants to wear the algrette is because the law forbids it. Russian explorers found a green sun shining over a polar continent. Can't get away from the Irish. Landlordism is a problem as old as civilization, and is about as near solution as it was in the beginning. In the opinion of the commandant of West Point, even General Sherman couldn't adequately define football. According to a French dramatist any dance can be made vulgar. That is not doubt true, but some dances are born vulgar. A medical journal reports that New York's Broadway is "vulgar, but not vitious." It must take a lot to shock a doctor. The Russian judge who suspended court to permit a witness to smoke a cigarette may be barbarous, but he is not a despot. A learned judge rules that "matches are like umbrellas—public property." Rot! We take matches. People steal our umbrellas. The kaiser has bought a Potsdam restaurant. If he wants to get the full profit out of it he will take the job of head waiter. The government is to substitute Arabic numerals for Roman on public buildings, thus depriving us of a standard mental exercise. Some historian has a chance to immortalize his name by writing a feeling monograph on the decline and fall of the buckwheat cake. According to a Hindu professor, plants grow tired, which is no wonder if they have to listen to all that's said about them in their hearing. An "emanation" of radium is just as good, say the scientists, and pretty soon the beef trust will be giving us steaks on the same principle. If the present generation of girls has cultivated the physique of an interrogation point, what the dickens will the next generation of girls resemble? Now the United States bureau of education is planning to educate girls into efficient wives and housekeepers. How old fashioned and reactionary! The man who "chases the can" too long and too persistently finally loses his bearings and looks around after a time to find that it has been tied to him. "Prison is hell," says Julian Hawthorne after serving his term. The prison has, however, a decided advantage in one respect—it is easier to get out of. An "Old Oaken Bucket" sort of poet concludes a poem, "An' so I love the old piano still." We all like it still. People with old pianos should make a note of this. There will be small opposition to Secretary McAdoo's abolition of "We" as used for "U's" in inscriptions on public buildings so long as they are retained on the currency. After fighting 172 duels a Parisian was defeated by a doctor who had never handled a sword before. Practice with the lancet comes in mighty handy on these occasions. The New York billboard commission has decided that the billboard is unsightly, dangerous, insanitary and a shield for rubbish. Aside from this it seems to be unobjectionable. A Long Island youth cleaned his trousers with gasoline and then stuck a match on them. We just mention this to let you know that he now strikes matches on the sole of his shoe. A New York woman wants a divorce because her husband is not "gay enough." It seems to be becoming a very difficult matter for a man to know just when he has struck the happy medium. Now that Secretary Daniels has decided to send the fleet on a European cruise some of our expatriated citizens will be given an opportunity to refresh their memories as to what the American flag looks like. The humiliation of England is complete. At Binghamton, in a close contest that went to fifty-one games, Pomeroy, the American, defeated Jordan, the Englishman, for the world's championship at checkers. SIRES AND SONS. Secretary of the Navy Daniels be lieves in mineral water as a beverage. The Duke of Westminster owns 400 of the acres on which the city of London is built. Carlos D. Cisneros, well known for his work in connection with the Lima Geographical society, has been made a fellow of the Royal Geographical society of London. Princé D'Arenberg, for many years president of the Suez canal-council, has resigned, but his connection will not be entirely severed, as he is to be made honorary president of the council of administration and will also remain on the directorate. Gallard Hunt, official heraldist of the United States government, has devoted forty years to the study of his art and has produced most of the government seals and designs usually seen stamped on official documents. He is also a historian of international reputation. George Anderson Cooke, recently elected chief justice of the Illinois state supreme court, succeeding Frank A. Dunne, is in point of service the youngest chief justice in the history of the state. He was elected to the supreme bench to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Guy C. Scott, with whom he had been a law partner. He was a member of the Illinois house of representatives for four years, beginning in 1902. Flippant Flings. We are disgusted at the criticisms of statuary hall in the capitol. It is perfectly beautiful and is a great credit to the stone mason's trade.—Houston Post. According to Miss Anna Sumner of Chicago every human soul has a tree affinity. There may be something in it. The partiality men have for the peach has often been noted.—Kansas City Journal. A man went into a Kansas City restaurant and ordered a meal. While the waiter was filling the order the guest walked away with the cash register. Some men will take almost anything in preference to a restaurant meal.—Kansas City Times. Current Comment. A medical publication says that gambling results from a diseased mind. In a short time there will be no vices. There will be only alliments.—Washington Star. At home and abroad there is much complaint that tips are not as lavish as they used to be. Unfortunately for the practice, the public has learned how seldom the tip is held by the man that earns it.—Boston Herald. They have an official playmaster in Chicago, and he proposes to teach boys to be good losers, which he says American boys are not now. If that is so it must be because they do not often lose.—Philadelphia Press. Forest Notes. Canada's forest area is about 800,000,000 acres. Four launches are used in patrol and transportation work on national forests in Alaska, which include many small islands and inlets. On the best German forests the annual expense is $13 an acre, but the gross returns are as much as $24. Thus they yield a net return of $11 an acre each year. Motion picture companies are making films of all of the activities of the federal forest service, including planting, cutting timber, patrol and lookout work. Already at least two fire fighting "movies" are being exhibited. Three Strikes. Any American boy might become president, but many of them know from experience that there is no hope of their becoming baseball pitchers.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. Perhaps one reason why it has rained so seldom in St. Louis this summer is because nobody cares whether the ball game is interfered with or not.—St. Louis Times. A New Jersey baseball fan has nine carrier pigeons which bring him the returns of distant games by innings. In case of extra innings games the poor fellow has to wait till the papers come out.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Equal Rights. Speaking of reversals of form, shall we now begin to write it "wife and husband?" - Chicago News. What will be the status of the right to allmoney when lovely woman secures perfect equality with man in all things? - Cincinnati Enquirer. The entrance of women into politics may work changes in phraseology. Hereafter the "dark horse" candidate may have to be referred to as the "brunette nag." - Kansas City Journal. African Proverbs. The dawn comes twice to no man. It is easy to cut up a dried elephant. The sword shows no respect for its maker. Covetousness is the mother of unsatisfied desires. Wherever a man goes to dwell his character goes with him. A one sided story is always right. Ear, listen to the other side. He is a fool who can't lift an ant yet tries to lift an elephant. - From the Yoruba, an African Tribe. SIRES AND SONS. William Hayne Leavell, who will be the next minister to Guatemala, is a Presbyterian clergyman. Edmond Rousset, recently decorated with the Legion of Honor, is a Parish police officer. He has saved twenty eight lives during his service on the water front and received the distinction for his heroic acts. Lieutenant Charles Svenson, who was recently appointed chief pilot of the canal zone, was for years engaged as a navigator in Alaska waters and later became a naval pilot for the government in the Puget sound district. F. J. Oulmet, the sensational young golfer who recently won for Amerie the open golf championship agains, England's best, is a six foot youngster of twenty years, a native of Brookline Mass. His father is a French Cana dian, and his mother is of Irish descent. Professor A. M. Tozzer, the new president of the International School of American Archaeology and Ethnology, has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 1905 and is one of the most prominent archaeologists in this country. He is a native of Lynn Mass, and a graduate of Harvard. German Gleanings. Perambulators are not permitted in the chief shopping streets of Berlin. Germany has met its own requirements for most kinds of machinery, and has ceased to be dependent upon foreign countries. One of the important functions of the government in Germany is the issuing of permits to hunters. The revenue thus obtained is about $1,500,000 annually. In Berlin a prospective customer in a bakery, butcher shop or grocery store is not permitted to handle the bread, cake, meat, vegetables, etc. It is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine. Dress Hints. When packing a hatbox into a trunk for a long journey sew the hat to the bottom of the box. To freshen a skirt that has become mussed from packing or otherwise brush carefully so that all dust may be removed and then hang over a tub of hot water. If after wearing a gown with lace collar or yoke the latter is, upon removing, dusted upon the inside with talcum powder or gently rubbed with a cake of magnesia the lace will retain its freshness a much longer time than is usual. Current Comment. The price of coal has gone up, not because it had to, but from mere force of habit.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Knowledge is power. That's why a professor gets $1,000 a year and a concrete brained fighter can get $10,000 for an hour's work.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The "green sunsets" which the Russian arctic explorers witnessed were not akin to Dr. Cook's "purple snows," but were merely a verification of an old belief which was exploited in one of Jules Verne's romances.—New York Tribune. Flippant Flings. The judge who advises husbands to plan the spending of their wages with their wives doesn't tell how to get their consent—Cleveland Leader. Zulu prince says American football is too rough for his people. A good elephant hunt, now, or some light exercise like that.—New York American. A Chicago man who tried to commit suicide by drinking hair tonic is expected to recover. Hair tonic hardly ever does what people who use it expect it to do for them.—Chicago Record-Herald. Proverbs. A thread too fine spun will easily break—French Proverb. Keep your mouth and keep your friend—Danish Proverb. The best part of repentance is little sinning—Arabian Proverb. The king goes as far as he may, not so far as he would!—Spanish Proverb. A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it—Chinese Proverb. Tales of Cities. Greater Boston claims a population of 1,522,912. San Francisco claims to have been first settled by Spaniards in 1776. Duesseldorf makes the claim of being the most artistically beautiful city in Germany. Tetuan, a Moroccan city in the Tangier peninsula, has been named the capital of the Spanish possession in northwest Africa. Short Stories. There are over 165,000 clergymen in the United States. The American public pays over $4.000,000 a year for chewing gum. Retail druggists of the United States have a volume of business exceeding $500,000,000. The Food Products palace at the San Francisco exposition will have a floor space of over five acres. The always mysterious Dead sea in Palestine is providing a new puzzle for scientists, as it seems to be drying up. EPÓCHS IN RACE PROGRESS. Year Book Tells of Afro-Americans' Achievements Since Emancipation. What use has the colored race made of its fifty years of freedom? What are the signs of progress? What are the economic and social conditions that have important meaning not only to the race, but also to the white man? What educational agencies are at work for the improvement of the whole southland? Again, what important role is the race playing in the drama of agricultural development? What does the latest federal census indicate regarding the movement of the Negro from the country to the city and the relative mortality of our people on the land and in the congested districts? What is the extent of the influence of the Negro press? These vital questions of progress and present day welfare are strikingly answered in the "aftleth anniversary edition" of the Negro Year Book, which has been compiled by Monroe N. Work, who has charge of research and records at Tuskegee Institute. Within 350 pages, bristling with thought provoking facts, there is told a wonderful story of the development of the colored American during fifty years of freedom-years of opportunity, struggle, perseverance and faith in God. While figures cannot adequately convey the real meaning of the advancement of a people who have suffered much and won important victories, nevertheless they do indicate, on the basis of established facts, the present economic, social and religious trend of the race. The figures quoted in the Year Book should interest those who are giving money to our schools and those who are urging men and women to invest in character building. Publicity should be given to the facts of our progress for the benefit of the average white man, who naturally knows little about the Negro as an individual capable of development. A great many regard him as a "problem" rather than as a factor in national advancement. The facts should also be published as an inspiration to Negro youth who are only too prone to accept their parents' dictum, who too often say, "You never can be nobody, nohow." MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO MEET IN RALEIGH IN 1914 Old North State City Will Entertain National Body of Physicians. The popularity of the National Medical association was strikingly shown at the last annual meeting from the number of invitations received from various sources asking for the convention in 1914. Among the cities which sent invitations through their representatives were St. Louis, Atlanta, St. Paul and Raleigh, N. C. As the last session was held in Nashville, Tenn., the association decided to accept the invitation from Raleigh and will hold its sixteenth annual meeting in the latter city in 1914. Dr. W. G. Alexander, secretary of the organization, in a recent open letter paid a high tribute to the local entertainment committee and to the citizens generally of Nashville for the generous hospitality shown at the meeting held in that city. Dr. Alexander also comments liberally on the work of the session performed by individuals in the various sections of the program, such as clinic, dental, surgical and literary. The paper read by Dr. A. W. Dumas of Natchez, Miss., however, on "Vice Disease" was conceded by all to have been the most highly instructive and valuable to the profession of any yet heard on the subject. So pleased were the members that they requested the executive board to have the matter edited and printed for distribution among the laity. The surgical features of the Nashville session without exception were the best conducted since the inception of the association. The officers for 1913-14 are: President, Dr. A. M. Brown, Birmingham, Ala.; vice president, Dr. J. M. G. Ramsey, Richmond, Va.; second vice president, Dr. E. J. LaBranch, New Orleans; treasurer, Dr. J. R. Levy, Florence, S. C.; secretary, Dr. W. G. Alexander, Orange, N. J.; assistant secretary, Dr. G. R. Ferguson, Charlottesville, Va; dental secretary, Dr. A. T. Landers, Tuskegee, Ala.; pharmaceutical secretary, Dr. H. B. Marble, Yazoo City, Miss. Dr. G. E. Cannon was reelected chairman of the executive committee. The new members elected to that body were Dr. A. A. Wyche, Charlotte, N. C. (medical section), and Dr. E. W. Erwin, Memphis, Tenn. (surgical section). Public Interest in Series of Recitals. Much interest is being taken by lovers of music and those who follow the art as a profession in the series of recitals to be given this fall by Chorister J. R. Walker of the Warren Methodist Episcopal church in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Mattle Hawkins Wilson. Mrs. E. W. Thomas. W. T. Miller and Harry Bolden will take part in the first recital of the series on Friday evening. Dec. 12. These recitals will be of especial interest and benefit to the people of Pittsburgh. Mr. Walker is well known and capable of giving the public the kind of music it likes to bear. Young Men's Christian Association, The success of the Carlton avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian association 'n Brooklyn is cause for genuine satisfaction. Under the able and conservative administration of Sec- retary Rufus M. Meroney the educa- tional and cellious work for the wha- ter will be very large and helpful. Jack. Say, do you know you're awfully pretty—tantalizingly so? You're enough to tempt a saint to forget himself. Honestly, now, I want to be frank. What would you say if I should ask permission to kiss you on the cheek? Belle—What would I say? Jack (very much planissimo)—Yes. Belle—That you don't know a first class temptation when you see one. St. Louis Republic. How wayward is inconstant man! He waives the charms of home, And togs and tackle he does scam And cronies with his chosen clan And so prepares to roam. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Binks—Before he was married he could run 100 yards in twelve seconds. Jinks—What of it? Binks—Nothing, only he told me yesterday that he couldn't keep up with his running expenses—Cincinnati Enquirer. She gave him her hand when he asked for it. He little knew what was to come. For when they'd been married a little while He found himself under her thumb. —New York Sun. "Do you think that Chapleigh will be a success in grand opera?" "He will if he can sing anything else as well as he does his own praise." —Buffalo Express. Poor little father has an awful time and 'gets but little praise. He plugs and frets and tolls and sweats, and weary are his days. His is the burden when the kids all need new shoes and socks. While mother rocks the cradle father cradles all the rocks. —Exchange. Architect (showing plans)—This room is intended for your library. Mr. Porkchopps—My lib'ry? Oh, yes—of course! I must have a place to smoke.—Puck. Why sell seeds in a hardware store? The answer is easy, you know. They're "planted" there in rows galore To help the business grow. —Chicago Daily News. "Speak to me," she pleaded, stroking his head and gazing earnestly into his deep brown eyes, "please speak to me." "Bow-wow!" he barked.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. The landlord says he'll raise our rent. Oh, worthy deed! We praise it. For, though we've tried with best intent, We know that we can't raise it. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The lady visitor out of town was being conducted round a famous cathedral by a guide. "Ah, yes, Gothic, is it not?" she murmured with ecstatic admiration. The guide regarded her with pity mixed with horror. "Certainly not, madam," he replied. "Episcopalian." —New York World. Adam had an easy time Back in the garden there. When he was late in getting in There was no chance for him to skin His shin against a chair. —Exchange. "What do you call your dog?" "Stock Market." "I should say so. Most unreliable dog you ever saw. You can never tell what he's going to do next."—Life. A couple they, where each can fit The other's needs enough. For she has bought a motor car, And he knows how to "shuff." —Baltimore American. The difference between man and woman is this—give a man a pipe and a good book and he'll be perfectly contented, and a woman doesn't even need the pipe.—Detroit Free Press. He drank to Maud, and he drank to Lou, And he drank to Mame and Bess, And he drank, I think, to Jane and Sue, But he never drank to excess. —Chicago Inter Ocean. Tommy—Pop, are the bald eagles a distinct variety? Tommy's Pop—I can't say positively, my son, but I rather fancy a bald eagle is simply a married one.—Philadelphia Record. The longer you wait For a trick of kind fate— Success while you're pleasure pursuing— The longer you shirk. While the hustler's at work. The longer there'll be "nothing doing." —Dalton Citizen. Bacon—What has become of the old fashioned bicycle rider who could get himself arrested for scorching? Egbert—I expect he's scorching in some other world by now.—Yonkers Statesman. Although he lives On simple fare, Don't think that he's A millionaire. —Denver Republican. "There goes a man who can always get a foothold in business." "Who is he?" "My chiropodist."—Baltimore American. She is hiking to the doctor's To be measured, head to toes. She wants all her health statistics In case some one should propose. —Detroit Free Press. Wife (pouting)—You never kiss me goodbye any more. Husband—Well, I can assure you, my dear, it isn't because I don't want it.—Smart Set. Jack Spratt could eat no fats; His wife could eat no leans. Now, if they both could vote perhaps They'd compromise on beans. —Judson. --- RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTER PLACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-329 REAPER BLOCK CARK AND WASHINGTON STS. TELEPHONES CENTRAL 329 AUTOMATIC 41-916 CHICAGO A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Suite 615 to 616 Telephone Main 3077 PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 4153 AUTOMATIC 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 7990 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO Phone Franklin 2727 Rea 508 E. 36th St. 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. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW SUITE 706 FIRMENCH BUILDING 184-W. 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Our industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. Information of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address so The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois, Tel. Randolph 5, Home Office-Harris Trust Building, 115 W. Morne St. CHICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 1768 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trips Daily to All Depots 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO FOR RENT. Deak Room for business purposes in branch law office of W. G. Anderson & L. A. Newby, 35th and State St. N. W. corner. THOMAS COLE HOWARD F. CATLIN PROPRIETORS C. C. HOTEL & BUFFET DAVID McGOWAN, Prop. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS WITH BATH FIRST CLASS BILLIARD PARLORS 3022 STATE STREET Foor little our North America is now an island. There is no need of guide posts on the road to ruin. Football may be all right as a sport, but it is a dreadful strain on the voice. Wrist watches are usually worn by those who have too much time on their hands. If a man is going to make a row about every crazy new fashion he will have a life job. Mexico has a republican form of government, with the emphasis placed heavily on "form." If the country is being flooded with counterfeit fifty dollar notes ordinary citizens do not know it. It is news that a scientist has grown nerves in a bottle, but most cases of nerves grow from bottles. Philadelphla girls have pockets in their stockings. For safety it may be necessary to sew up the slit. Miss Jane Addams says she admires Mrs. Pankhurst's capacity for martyrdom. Believe use, it is some capacity. Experience shows that it is just as difficult to get out the woman vote as it has always been to get out the man vote. Of course France will criticise the Panama canal. And of course France did much better when it had the chance. With radium costing $10,000 more a gram druggists will still have to look to the soda and cigar counters for their profits. Every properly equipped historian now employs a force of cataloguers to index and cross index the various Balkan wars. A Boston talking machine company has gone into the hands of a receiver. Talk in this case seems to have been too cheap. A new comet recently sighted is said to look peculiar to the astronomers. Probably it is following the prevailing styles in skirts. When you go to a restaurant don't forget to order oysters. Finding pearls of great price in oysters is awfully common this year. The Suez canal is nothing but a level salt water ditch, while the Panama canal is a fresh water bridge for ships from ocean to ocean. Is there no way for congress to reduce the winter prices of American beauty roses? That would be a great help to the courting industry. So far wireless telegraphy has saved the lives of 5,000 persons who would otherwise have been lost at sea. It is doing more than pay dividends. No way has yet been developed to enable the American agriculturist to raise radium, but he can do the next thing to it. He can raise beef. Some predict that the time will come when people will read each other's thoughts like a book. Many flyleaves will be discovered where least expected. A medical journal has an article on "How to Lie When Asleep." Of more value would be an article on how to induce people to tell the truth when awake. Russian explorers have discovered an island about half the size of Europe. Nature is very careless with her islands. One finds them lying around everywhere. People on Mars are burning blue lights to attract our attention, says an astronomer. May be nothing more than a celebration of some Martian football victory. Fierce Things. The fiercest thing on earth I wot— A thing to call for gibes— Would be a baseball game between A lot of baseball scribes. -Denver Republican. A fiercer thing than that would be A close world series game Reported and not edited By stars that lost the same. -New York Evening Sun. Phone Douglas 883 THOMAS COLE PROPR C. C. HOTEL 3449 So. State St. Automatic 72-377 Phon KEYSTON FLATS TO RENT. B. Richardson, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 160 N. 5th Ave., Room 506, near Randolph St., phone Main 2133, Automatic S3-201, has the following stats 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 wont rent until you see Samuel Richardson, 160 North Fifth Ave., Room 506, North West corner of Randolph St., Owner. THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George I Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. R. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 51st St., near Dearborn. W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 31st St., near Dearborn. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. W. M. Maxwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGloffin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. Mrs. L. B. Taylor, notions, cigars and news stand, 15 W. 36th Street, near State. A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions, stationery and news stand, 3640 S. State St. George McFaro, shoe shining parlor and news stand. $ 3 8 0 1 \frac {1}{2} $ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Bell & Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. $ 3 1 2 8 \frac {1}{2} $ South State street. T. S. Harris, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 2845 South State street. Fred M. Waterfield, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 5202 South State street. Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3342 S. State street. Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing parlor and news stand. 30 W. 39th street. Charles A. Murphy, cigars, tobacco, laundry office and news stand. 2972½ S. State street. F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions and news stand. 3605 S. State street. C. Cunningham, cigars, song store, news stand, and periodicals. 3242 S. State street. A. Turpin, cigars, confections and news stand, 3511 S. State street. In the Morning. Through the gates of dawn is driven Mighty Phonous in his car. And the gloom of night is riven By his lance hurled afar. Now the winds of dawn awaken. With a bugle note they call. And my resolution's shaken. But I shan't get up at all! Now the little birds are singing Their sweet matins in the trees, And the cock's srill cry goes ringing In defiance down the breeze. Now the world begins to shuffle, And rejoice from all that fled, And they rise and don their duffle, But I shall not leave the bed! I can hear the dishes clatter: I can hear the housemaid yawn. Now I hear from all that chatter As they put their garments on. Now I hear the missus calling, "Do you mean to sleep all day?" And—the thought of it is galling— I shall get up right away! -Chicago Daily News. Automatic 72-746 HOWARD F. CATLIN ETORS & BUFFET Chicago, Ill. Douglas 1360 and 2349 THE HOTEL OWAN, Prop. ROOMS WITH BATH BILIARD PARLORS E STREET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR YOUNG PERSONS JESSE BINGA BANKER GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Va REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on or dents, including payment of taxes and on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patr The Cranfor Building. The finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile ba Recent allowed on Savings Acc Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estat payment of taxes and locking after assessments Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business Cranford Apartment Building. 3600. Wabash A building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- xes and locking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Anford Apartment 5. 3600. Wabash Ave. ver opened to Colored tenants in Chicago, tile baths, marble entrance. 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and locking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. The Cranford Apartment Building. 3600. Wabash Ave. THE FORTY-FOURTH STREET The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 'Phone Randolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. from photo of gas are on which saved more factory $1200 last year. Is It Costing You To Light Your Factory—Are You Paying Big for Half Enough Light? ing You To Light Your Store Are You Paying Big Bills Half Enough Light? Sketch from photo of gas are installation which saved one Chicago factory $1200 last year. What Is It Costing You or Factory—Are You for Half E Sketch from photo of gas are installation which saved one Chicago factory last year. $1,000 What Is It Costing You To Light Your Store or Factory—Are You Paying Big Bills for Half Enough Light? Are you aware that store and factory Gas Arcs have been greatly improved in recent years? Do you know that these Gas Arcs now yield the tremendous volume of 350 candles for only one cent an hour? Do you know that the Gas Company maintains these lights—keeps them in order—keeps them burning at their maximum efficiency? Do you realize how much a Gas Arc lighting installation The Peoples Gas L Peoples Gas Building Thos. McCain Joe Shoecraft, Mg The P Peoples Gas Light & Coke Comp s Building Telephone Ran Joe Shoecraft, Mgr. Chicago e Pomp Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Randolph 4567 raft, Mgr. Chicago Mort Shoecraft Pompei The Peoples Gas Light Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4567 The Pompei 20-22 East 31st Street :: CHICAGO S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. would save you each month? Do you realize that the hundred thousand Gas Arcs in use in Chicago are saving tens of thousands of dollars for your competitors? If you haven't investigated the matter—and the economy appeals to you—drop us a line or phone us. We will gladly send you our printed Gas Arc data—or, if you wish, we can send an expert to submit specific figures on your particular requirements. "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. Dallas 4482 73-974 74-478 HARRY LA VERDO BUFFETTE AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS street LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street 0. Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS Street Arlas 3256 Auto Hotel Brunswick Geo. W. Holt, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS. Phone: Douglas 3256 HENRY JONES THE CAFE Finest T 4 3030 State Street WILLIAM LEWIS, F. Phone Doug MINERAL BUFFET 3517 S. S HIGH CLASS INT THE ELITE CAFE and BUFFET Finest Table d'Hote in the City 4 p. m., to 1 a. m. Street C LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEE Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic 75-173 GENERAL SPRING CAFE FET AND CAFE 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVEN WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. HENRY C. SNEED, M'g'r Phone Douglas 3309 Automatic 75-173 BUFFET AND CAFE 3517 S.State Street, CHICAGO HIGH CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVENING JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESAK FIFTY-FIRST RAILYA 51s FRANK DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. C.E. Kreyssler, Druggist 5057 S. STATE STREET NOT ON THE CORNER For high grade Drugs, Chemicals, and Medicinal Preparations All Prescriptions Carefully Compounded 3004 State Street FRANK DUNN J. B. MoCAHEY TRUSTEES BUFFET S AND CIGARETTES 0. nswick BILLIARDS. Chicago Automatic 72-379 A. F. CODOZOE LITE FFET at the City m. MARY C. SNEED, M'g'r omatic 75-173 ING CLUB D CAFE CHICAGO EVERY EVENING RETAIL NOUR AVENUE S. S. & M. S. R AVE. CHICAGO F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. I & SON S 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Phone Aldine 3653 ESTABLISHED 1877 HARRY J. KELLY Prop. Chicago, Ill TEL. OAKLAND 1850, 1851, 1852 CHICAGO