The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX Congressman Martin B. Madden Delivered the Following Speech to the Leaders of the Republican Party in the Second Ward at Entertainers Hall, Thirty-Fifth and Indiana Avenue TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, HE CAME OUT STRONG OR FLAT FOOTED FOR THE RE-NOMINATION OF ALDERMAN HUGH NORRIS AT THE PRIMARIES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AND HIS RE-ELECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, APRIL 7. HE DECLARED THAT "THE COLOUR LINE MUST NOT BE DRAWN NO RAISED IN THE ALDERMANIC CONTEST IN THAT WARD, THAT THE WHITE AND COLORED PEOPLE RESIDING IN IT MUST DWELL TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY." "THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE AND THE OTHER LEADERS OF HIS PARTY OF THAT WARD WILL FAVOR THE ELECTION OF A COLORED MAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. REV. ARCHIBALD J. CAREY, PH. D.D.D., J. D. MACON, ALDERMAN GEORGE F. HAEDING, HON. EDWARD D. GREEN, HON. OSCAR DEPIEST AND ALDERMAN HUGH NORRIS, WERE THE OTHER SPEAKERS. STATE SENATOR SAMUEL A. ETTELSON, PRESIDED. REV. CAREY, EXCLAIMED! "I AM AT HOME IN A REPUBLICAN MEETING AND I AM NOT AT HOME NO PLACE ELSE POLITICALLY THE ONLY HOPE OF THE NEGRO IS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY I VOTED IN 1912 FOR WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT FOR PRESIDENT AND NOT FOR WOODBOW WILSON NOR COL. THEODORE BOOSEVELT." "THE TIME IS NOT RIPE YET TO ELECT ANY COLORED MAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE SECOND WARD." Vol. XIX. Congressman Madden D. Following S. Leaders of can Party in Ward at Hall, Thirty Indiana Ave. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10 FOOTED FOR THE RE-NOMINATION AT THE PRIMARIES TUESDAY TION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. HE DECLARED THAT "THE COLORED RAISED IN THE ALDERMANI THE WHITE AND COLORED PE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HI "THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE HIS PARTY OF THAT WARD A COLORED MAN TO THE CITY REV. ARCHIBALD J. CAREY, PH. GEORGE F. HARDING, HON. E. PRIEST AND ALDERMAN HU SPEAKERS. STATE SENATOR SAMUED REV. CAREY, EXCLAIMED! "I MEETING AND I AM NOT AT ALLY THE ONLY HOPE OF THE PARTY I VOTED IN 1912 FOR WDENT AND NOT FOR WOODBR ROOSEVELT." "THE TIME IS NOT RIPE YET TO CITY COUNCIL FROM In addressing an audience of White men and Colored men of the Republican party of the Second Ward last Tuesday night, Congressman Martin B. Madden had much to say of special interest to the Colored people. After relating the condition of affairs in Washington whereby the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, Cabinet officers, heads of departments and bureaus, are presided over by the sons of ex-confederate soldiers and deploring the humiliation that is practiced upon those who seek support of measures in the interest of the G. A. R. from these various departments, Mr. Madden spoke in part as follows: "Now, if ever there was a reason for all republicans, all citizens who believe in republican doctrines, to be harmonized, now is the time. This Second Ward Republican organization has stood for a long time and I hope it has always stood, and I always believed it did stand, for what was right. No man in the organization, or the organization as a whole, has ever attemtped to dictate the mind of any citizen in this community, and I hope no man ever will. It has been said frequently by people who are not members of the organization, that it or individuals in the organization are supreme in the dictation of policies of the party in this community, but I would be loath to believe that any man would so far forget his duty as a citizen in this community as to undertake to dictate what any man should do or think or say. I would rather believe that this organization was banded together because of its thorough belief in the doctrine of republicanism, in the enactment of laws for the good of the community, in the doing of things that are advantageous to the public good; that it was together because it believed in good government; that it stands for clean things; that it is susceptible to be influenced by the advice and counsel of every man and woman in the community, regardless of whether they --- are members of this organization or not, and that it is simply the instrumentality for carrying out the things which are for the best good of the community, and without any desire whatever on the part of the organization or anyone in it, to arrogate to themselves or to himself dictorial power that would mean that no man can aspire for anything except as he may be directed to aspire or not to by this organization. We are in the regular annual contest for the re-election of a member to the Council from this ward. We have as our candidate a young man who is serving his first term. That he has made a record worthy of confidence, I think nobody will deny. That he has been at the service of everybody in the community at any hour of the night or day, I am quite sure that everybody will agree. That he has not known any Color line anywhere, I think the most unfriendly man in the community will agree. That he is the last man in this ward against whom a color line can be drawn and I hope that it will not be drawn. I declared myself for him six months ago because of his record, for I believe that a man in this position is not at his best during his first term and that any community is better served by a public servant as he becomes familiar with his work if he conducts himself as a gentleman ought to. And I think it is the universal verdict that no man in this community has ever conducted himself in a more courteous or gentlemanly or accommodating manner than has Mr. Norris, the present alderman of this ward. Now, some time ago I received a letter from a friend of mine who said that he spoke for a large number of people of the ward. My Colored friend had attended a meeting in the interest of an opposing candidate and he said in his letter, whether he was authorized to or not I do not know, that it was agreed at the meeting that I was the master of the situation in the CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 14, 1914 One of the principal speakers at the Abraham Lincoln celebration at Quinn Chapel, Thursday evening, who favors the re-election of Alderman Hugh Norris to the City Council from the 2nd Ward. ward; that my dictum would probably be conclusive in the selection of a candidate for alderman, and that, as the unquestioned leader of the organization had it in my power to say who the candidate should be. These people at the meeting, I understood, declared for the candidacy of Mr. Cowan, a very estimable gentleman against whom nobody has a word to say. And my correspondent said that if I should not declare for Mr. Cowan or remain neutral in the contest that it might not be possible to harmonize the republican voters in the congressional district when congressional election time came around. Well, I replied to my friend this way; that, in the first place, I repudiated the idea that I was the “boss” of the ward; that I never assumed dictorial power in the organization and that I never would; that every man in the organization knew that I never assumed it and that I would not allow any man or body of men to force me into being the “boss”; that I was not especially interested in the aldermanic contest except that I was for Mr. Norris for Alderman because I believed that his record justified my support; and that if, perchance it so happened that when the congressional election time came around that any considerable number of the people of the district thought that some other man would be better in the congressional office than I, that I would feel perfectly content; that I had been signally honored by the people of this community; that I had given ten years of my time at great personal sacrifice away from my business and that I could afford at the end of my present term to retire gracefully from the office and resume my duties in the business world where I might undertake to restore a few of the dollars I have lost during my service in Congress, but that under no circumstances would I ever be a candidate for Congress, or for any other office, on condition that to hold the job I must hold my tongue; that if the condition was imposed upon me that in order to hold an office that I must yield up my rights of citizenship and refuse to participate in the activities at home where every dollar is that I have, that I must decline to hold any office, for I would prefer infinitely to be a private American citizen with the right to think untrammeled and to formulate public opinion along my own line of thought, than to hold any office. And so I serve notice tonight on anyone who thinks that I cherish a continuance of power in the office that I hold, that I am not at all solicitous for a continuation in the service, that on the contrary I should be delighted to support any good man that the people of the district might feel disposed to select, and I will say one more thing to you in this connection, that I have been so honored by the republican party in the past that no matter what it may do to me in the future I will be a republican. Now let us get back to the local sit-uation. I wrote to a friend of mine the other day, also a Negro, who de-ployed the fact that we had a controversy between a White man and a Black man, and I said to him this, that I regretted as much as anybody can that such a thing should happen, not that there was a controversy per se, because a Black man has just as much right to be a candidate as a White man, but I said that this is what I de-plete. I am so in love with humanity that I have never been able to see the color of a man's skin and I hope I never shall. I look upon everybody as a human being and every citizen in the United States has a right to aspire to any office in the gift of the American people and no man has a right to say him nay, and God forbid that I should say him nay. I am not going to do it now or ever. I can recall when we only had 120 Black voters in this senatorial district. We didn't hesitate to select a Black man to go to the legislature. We sent him there because he was worthy, but the organization selected him—he was an organization candidate. We believe that the organization has greater opportunities for finding out what is best for the community than the individual man has, and as an organization in touch with every home in our community, we feel we are in harmony with the public thought and we realize what they want and we try to do it as nearly as we can. You can't maintain an organization unless you do. And I say that we as an organization, pledged as we are to the renomination of Mr. Norris, who has made a clean record, ought to stand by our guns and by our candidate. It may be said in reply to that, that the Negroes ought to have a representative in the Council. Well, perhaps they ought, and I am not the man to say they ought not, but the organization of the Republican party has never hesitated to recognize the Black voter or the Black man or the right of the Black people to representation in any of the offices in which we have been able to place them. We have always named two candidates for the legislature from this and the adjoining district and whenever we have been able to do it we have named a Colored man for County Commis- Governor Edward F. Dunne was on the Bill Boards at Institutional Church Last Sunday Evening AMONG OTHER THINGS HE DECLARED THAT "SOCIAL EQUALITY CAN NEVER BE SECURED BY LAW ON THE PART OF THE NEGRO IN THIS COUNTRY." THAT "HE WAS WILLING TO ASSIST TO BRING ABOUT POLITICAL EQUALITY FOR THE NEGRO IN ILLINOIS." HE WAS SILENT IN RELATION TO HIS SIGNING THE ROTTEN AND OUTRAGEOUS OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL THE HON. P. J. LUCEY WHO MAINTAINS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR WHITE AND COLORED PEOPLE TO BE BURied IN THE SAME CEMETERIES IN THIS STATE. COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON, MAJOR JOHN B. LYNCH, WILLIAM B. COWAN, MAJOR ROBERT B. JACKSON, MARIUS PETERSON, MBS. FRANK B. WARING, AND REV. HON. ARCHIBALD JACKSON CAREY PH. D.D. WERE THE OTHER SPEAKERS. Sunday evening the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, the great Democratic Governor of Illinois, spoke at the Institutional Church, 3825 Dearborn street, but he was not a drawing card enough to fill the church, for it was not one bit more than half full, that was further proof that the best and the most progressive, sober minded and upright Colored men and women have no desire to be caught hanging around the Rev. Hon. Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D.D.D. and the Hon. Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary of the Illinois State Commission, and we are exceedingly glad to note that the intelligent and the thinking class of Colored people are making some progress in this respect. Right at the very outset the Governor took the crimp out of the most of his hearers for he declared that "social equality can never be secured by law in this country," that no man can accomplish that object; that race prejudice of various kinds have survived for thousands of years, and I do not expect to live to see the day when it has disappeared." Like the great majority of White gentlemen, Governor Dunne, does not know that there is no such thing as social equality, that it is useless to talk about it, that each and every sane person as a general rule selects the person or persons whom they desire to associate with regardless of the color of their skin and so on, that the Negro has never requested any kind of legislation pertaining to social equality, all that the manly Negro is or has ever contended for has been for the fullest enjoyment of his civil and political rights the same as other American citizens, in other words he wants the same civil and political rights that are freely accorded to the ignorant hordes of people who flock to these shores every year from the old world and are thrusted into political power and other places of prominence for no other reason than that their skin happens to be white. So in the most friendly spirit we admonish Governor Dunne, to refrain from harping on social equality, for there is no social equality except in the southern states where White gentlemen have always forced their attentions on Colored women, and it has made not the slightest difference to them if the Colored women were or have been as black as the ace of spades and as homely as a mud fence, for real White gentlemen have greatly delighted to embrace them just the same. Do you see the point Governor? and do you not know that broadly speaking, that natural selection regulates to a great extent the sociability of the sons and daughters of humanity? The Governor declared he would be willing to assist to bring about political equality for the Negro in Illinois, but he was simply talking through the top of his head and he can never accomplish that object as long as he No.20 Edward F. is on the Bill Institutional Past Sunday DELARED THAT "SOCIAL EQUALITY LAW ON THE PART OF THE NEGRO ASSIST TO BRING ABOUT POLITICAL NEGRO IN ILLINOIS." TO HIS SIGNING THE BOTTEN AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL THE HON. IS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL PEOPLE TO BE BURIED IN THE SAME AJOB JOHN B. LYNCH, WILLIAM E. BACKSON, MARIUS PETERSON, MRS. HON. ARCHIBALD JACKSON CAREY SPEAKERS. is willing to confer high honors upon political tramps, deadbeats and state-house janitors and whisky drinking preachers. There was one thing however, that he was silent on and that was in relation to his singing and upholding the rotten and outrageous opinion of the Hon. P. J. Lucey, the attorney-general who maintains that it is unconstitutional for White and Colored people to be buried in the same cemeteries in Illinois. Therefore, if Governor Dunne, is honestly in favor of the political equality of the Negro while he is on earth, he should be in favor of permitting him to be buried in any public cemetery in any part of the land. How does this plain or logical idea strike you Governor Dunne? It may not be improper, to pause for a reply at this point! Col. Franklin A. Denison, heading his staff and field officers in full uniform, Maj. John R. Lynch, William B. Cowan, Republican candidate for Alderman of the 2nd Ward; Maj. Robert R. Jackson, Marius Peterson, Progressive Republican candidate, for Alderman of the 2nd Ward; Mrs. Frank B. Waring and the Rev. Hon. Archibald Jackson Carey, Ph. D.D.D. were the other speakers and the great and eloquent pastor of Institutional church, very graciously thanked and praised Governor Dunne, for making it possible for his daughter to earn $75.00 per month as assistant secretary of the Illinois State Commission, at the expense of the tax payers throughout the State of Illinois. PUBLIC MEETINGS EACH SUNDAY ARE HELD AT THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COL-ORED BOYS. The third public meeting of the young boys of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys, 6130 Ada Street will be held Sunday at 4 P. M. Music will be furnished by the Glee Club of the Home, accompanied by Miss Cazell. Rev. Scott, who conducted the two previous meetings with great success, will have charge of the meeting. Mr. Lloyd L. Stone of the Boys Dept. of the Y. M. C. A., will be the principal speaker of the afternoon. These public meetings are the outgrowth of the weekly meetings which have been held by the boys under the direction of Mrs. Ellen Dean Wilson, young teacher of Michigan, who organized the Club, December the Second and have given them training along literary and musical lines. Visitors are invited. The meetings will be held at 6129 Loomis Blvd. Carey B. Lewis returned to the city this week from his trip to Tuskegee, Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala. Louisville, Ky., and other points in the south. M. C. H. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. The immortal champion and matchless fiery and burning words of eloqu slave in this country, paved the for Abraham Lincoln, to issue his slaves of America, January 1, 1863 less will be celebrated at Quinn C The immortal champion and matchless pleader for liberty and justice; whose fiery and burning words of eloquence, in behalf of the liberation of the slaves in this country, paved the way more than any other human being for Abraham Lincoln, to issue his Emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves of America, January 1, 1863 and the 97th birthday of Frederick Douglass will be celebrated at Quinn Chapel, Sunday afternoon, February 15th. The immortal champion and matchless pleader for liberty and justice; whose flery and burning words of eloquence, in behalf of the liberation of the slaves in this country, paved the way more than any other human being for Abraham Lincoln, to issue his Emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves of America, January 1, 1863 and the 97th birthday of Frederick Douglass will be celebrated at Quinn Chapel, Sunday afternoon, February 15th. THE ONE HUNDREDTH AND FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Celebrated At Quinn Chapel on Thursday Evening. a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow" March.....U. S. Grant Drum Corps. "Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature-opposition to it, is in the love of Justice" The past week the people residing in various parts of the country and especially in Illinois, have been engaged, in celebrating the one hundredth and fifth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and on Thursday evening a similar celebration was held at Quinn Chapel, 24th street and Wabash avenue and the following program was rendered. "Come what will I will keep my faith with friend and foe." Selection .....Massed Choirs (Star Spangled Banner) Ohl say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming. Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight. O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there! Ohl say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! "Faith in God is indispensable to successful Statesmanship." Invocation. Rev. Eli T. Martin, D. D., President Chicago Baptist Ministers Conference. "I am nothing, but Truth is everything." Selection .....Umbrian Glee Club "Nothing valuable is lost by taking time." Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph. D., D. D., Master of Carey. Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson, Ill. N. G., Presiding Officer. Oratorio Choral Study Club, Mrs. Helen F. Sayre, Soprano; Mr. G. Duncan Jr., Conductor. "Gallia"—Gounod "Familiarize yourself with the Chains of Bondage, and you prepare your own Limbs to wear them" Address. Hon. Martin B. Madden, M. C. First Illinois District "Freedom is the last best hope of Earth" Selection .....Umbrian Glee Club "We cannot escape History" Address .....Prof. Richard H. Cole, Principal, Sumner High School, St. Louis, Mo. "I know I am right, because I know Liberty is Right" Selection .....Massed Choirs (America) My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the Pilgrim's pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. "I believe I have made some mark which will tell for the cause of Liberty, long after I am gone." Address .....Hon. W. Duff Pierce Member Illinois Senate "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent" Selection.....U. S. Grant Drum Corps "My paramount object in the struggle is to save the Union" Oration.....Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A. "I do not think of a man who is not wiser to-day than he was yester- day" Benediction.....Rev. Durant Ford, Pastor, Seventh Day Adventist Church "I want it said of me that I plucked is pleader for liberty and justice; whose ence, in behalf of the liberation of the way more than any other human being. Emancipation proclamation freeing the and the 97th birthday of Frederick Doug Haphe, Sunday afternoon, February 15th a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow" March...U. S. Grant Drum Corps "Slavery is founded on the selfish ness of man's nature-opposition to it, is in the love of Justice" J. Gray Lucas, Musical Director Miss M. Gertrude Jackson, Organist Major R. R. Jackson, Chairman of Pro gram Committee The 8th Regiment Ill. N. G., Military Escorc. Colonel Franklin A. Denison Commanding. Decorations donated by Marshall Field & Company. "Let none falter who thinks he is right." Note:—The U. S. Grant Drum Corps is composed of Grand Army Veterans who played the music for General Grant during the whole of the Civil War. 6 Concluded from page 1. sioner. We named a judge also and he was elected but counted out. We did our part. Now the time is coming in this ward of ours, if the Black population continues to grow, when they will be entitled to representation in the City Council and that time is not very far off, if I see the trend of the times right, and when the time comes, and it is possible for us to name a man from the Black race to represent this great ward in the City Council, I will be the first man to advocate it. I will not only be the first man to advocate it but I will be the first man to urge upon the organization the endorsement of a Black man as the representative of the republican party through the organization to representation in the Council. Now I don't think and I don't want to be misunderstood when I say this, that a Black man could be elected now to the Council if he was nominated, I may be overstating the case, but I want to be frank. I don't want to have it all flowers and laughter, I want to state facts. Now, if my judgment is right, it would be folly to nominate a man that can't be elected. And what would be the result? Suppose you nominate a man and he couldn't be elected and he was not elected. It would put the cause of the Black people of this community, whose friends we are, back 20 years, wouldn't it. Now, when we nominate a man either for alderman or for the legislature, or for County Commissioner, or for any other place, from the ranks of the Black people of this community, I want to see that man elected. I don't want to see him merely nominated. I want to see him elected. And when the time comes, as it undoubtedly will come, that we have the certainty of success in the election after we nominate, the Black people of this ward will find no better friends anywhere than the members of this organization. Now, in saying what I have said I want to be distinctly understood as having no word to say against the man who is running against Mr. Norris—not a word. I just want to drop one thought, and I want you to take it home with you if you will, and I want you to take it in the most kindly spirit, for that is what is intended. Two White men running for the Council in this ward. One endorsed by the organization and one without such endorsement. As between these two White men I would have no hesitation in either supporting the one or opposing the other knowing that whatever I did would harmonize itself when the contest was over. Now I want the same kind of a situation to prevail among the people here, White or Black. I want these men to contest as two American citizens, two citizens of the second ward, and I want every man to forget whether he is White or Black—that there is no color line. I want Mr. Cowan to understand what I have said about this matter and whether Mr. Cowan or any of his friends are with me or against me in the future, it makes no differ- Carter H. Harrison, Mrs. Raymond Robins, Lawrence Y. Sherman, M. A. Majors, James A. Quinn, Joseph L. Novak, Si Mayer, Marius Peterson, George A. Wilson, John W. Lewis, Byron L. Smith, Maclay Hoyne, H. H. Kohlsatt, W. J. Onahan, Theo. R. Mozze, William C. Niblack, Miss Jane Addams, Rev. Isaac Thomas, Leroy W. Tucker, Thomas H. Boyer, U. S. Dinglespiel, Francis P. Brady, Mrs. Clara J. Dailey, John M. Glenn, Leon Hornstein, Charles G. Dawes, Mrs. Edith Poindexter, David E. Shanahan, Mrs. George W. Ford, Rev. James Higgins, George F. Harding, Rev. Emil G. Hirsch, Miss Mary McDowell, Bernard J. Cigrand, Rabbi Joseph Stoltz, George W. Ellis, Thomas H. Cannon, Mrs. Eva T. Jenifer, William L. O'Connell. THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LOUISIETRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS. Monday evening a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys; met at 6130 S. Ada street. The members present were as follows; Will T. Davies, President; Julius G. Brumfield, Mrs. Alice J. Caldwell, Mrs. Georgie C. Davies, Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, Rev. F. Emory Lyon, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, James / MeDonald, Julius F. Taylor and the Secretary, Mr. William O. LaMonte. At the present time there are 32 boys in the home; 26 of that number was sent to it by the judges of the courts of Cook County, including the Juvenile Court. The other 6 are dependent and neglected. The county pays the home $10.00 per month for the maintenance of each boy placed in it. As the home is duly incorporated under the laws of Illinois, and under the supervision of the state board of the administration; it is worthy of the support of the charitably inclined, public spirited citizens. John L. Whitman, Superintendent of the Bridewell, is the treasurer of the home, and he, Leo A. Philips, con- ence to me. I am obliged to live here. I am not going to move away whether I am in office or out of office, and I will be found ready to meet my neighbors face to face and to counsel with them and advise with them on what is best to be done either as to the question of who is going to be a candidate for alderman or any other place, and I want every man to feel absolutely free to exercise his own judgment about what he ought to do on the question of the congressional election when that time comes around. But, boys, both Black and White, I never was more sincere in my life. I want you to go home and take the time with you that if up to the present time there has been any feeling of race in this contest that, that feeling must from this moment be eliminated. Now, we have got to live together. We are here. The situation is with us. We have a condition and I want every man to feel that he is my equal, but I want to be given the right to feel that I am his equal. That is all I ask. I want every man to feel that he has a right to express his views. I want no man to attempt to restrict mine. I want every man to feel that I am conscientious in what I undertake to do. I will give him credit for integrity and honesty of purpose in what he undertakes to do. I will undertake to misconstrue no man's motives. I don't want him to undertake to misconstrue mine. I want to be left with that freedom of thought and expression that belongs to an American citizen, and I shall accord that same freedom of thought and expression to every man no matter who he is or where he comes from. I want the most complete harmony to prevail among our people. I insist that there shall be no race problem in this community. I want to do what I can in my humble way to help the most humble man in this community to help himself and I want when the time comes that we know success is assured to do the same for the Negroes of this community as to council representation as any other nationality where they control. I want this city to be a cosmopolitan city in fact as well as in name. I want the government of this city in the council to be truly representative. If the Black people of this community believe they ought to have one of their own race in this place and believe that I am right and that the time is coming when they will have representation to which they will be then entitled, join themselves today and stand by the man who has honored the community by the character of the work he has given to this community in the Council. It is unfair to turn a man out before he has finished his first term. Why the ethics of the situation deny the justice of such action. Now I ask you, as a personal favor, to go home from here, to-night feeling that you are doing but your duty by giving Norris the endorsement to which he is entitled by voting for his nected with the Glenwood training school, and Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, are among the other directors. ton, are among the other directors. Those desiring to contribute cast off clothing, for the boys, provisions or other supplies, can do so, by simply calling, phone Normal 3081, and Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, Superintendent of the school, 6130 S. Ada street, will cheerfully communicate with them. THE NINETY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT QUINN CHAPEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 15. At 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, February 15, the 97th birthday of Frederick Douglass will be celebrated at Quinn Chapel 24th street and Wabash avenue, by the various Sunday clubs of this city. Mr. A. H. Roberts will preside and introduce the speakers. United States Judge, Julian W. Mack, will be the principal orator. His subject will be "Let the Nation Now Stand by the principals for which Douglass stood." Mr. Justice Orrin N. Carter, member of the Supreme Court of Illinois will be the second speaker. Harrison Emanuel, will render several violin selections; solo, Mrs. Marie Burton Hyram; Music by the 12th Regiment Band G. U. O. of O. F. The public in general are invited to attend the celebration. THE HUMFREY-ASHTON WEDDING. Mrs. and Mrs. Dominick Humphrey announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Irene Anna Humphrey to Mr. George William Ashton, Wednesday, February 18, 1914. At home after March 1st, 7435 Blackstone avenue, Chicago. Mr. Ashton, has for a long time been connected with the Chicago Legal News Co., and as he is popular with all of his associates and no doubt they will present him with a lovely wedding present. [Name] Republican candidate for re-nomination at the Primaries, Tuesday, February 24, and re-election to the City Council from the 2nd Ward, Tuesday, April 7. The aldermanic contest is on in full force in the 2nd ward; and Alderman Hugh Norris, who is just finishing one term in the city council and has made a splendid record by voting right on all questions affecting the best interest, not only of the people residing in his ward, but for the best interests of all the people throughout Chicago. Honestly believing and feeling that he has discharged his duties in the past without fear or favor, he has become a candidate for re-nomination at the Primaries, Tuesday, February 24th, and for re-election, Tuesday, April 7th. He has the solid indorsement of the 2nd Ward Republican organization at his back. He is also being warmly supported by Congressman Martin B. Madden, State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, Ald. George F. Harding, Hon. Edward D. Green, Major Robt. R. Jackson, Hon. Oscar De Priest, A. H. Roberts, and in fact by all the other strong and influential leaders of the Republican party in the 2nd Ward—Adv. ALDERMAN HENRY P. BERGEN. Democratic candidate for re-nomination at the Primaries Tuesday, February 24 and re-election to the city council Tuesday, April 7, from the 31st ward. Henry P. Bergen, Alderman of the 31st ward is a candidate for re-election and apparently has no vigorous opposition at the primaries and although a Democrat, his Republican admirers in the ward are so numerous, it is doubtful if he will have a very hard fight at the regular election. Alderman Bergen has become known as a Council leader. He is possessed of forensic ability and nothing of importance escapes his attention in the affairs of the city that is under discussion before the city council. He is now finishing his second term and soon after he was first elected, a number of his enthusiastic friends decided that he should be honored by presenting him with a diamond star. Knowledge of this reached the alderman and he immediately requested that his friends should not proceed any further in such a movement, that they had honored him enough by electing him to represent them at the City Hall. He furthermore contended that they did not then know, whether he would merit the honor conferred on him or not. 45 Not long ago the same friends reinforced with others, became determined that the modesty and unselfishness of their Alderman would no longer serve as an excuse, as he had positively made good, and must accept something, as a token of esteem from his constituents. A banquet was arranged and was attended by about 500 of the leading citizens of the 31st ward and unassuming, Henry P. Bergen was not only compelled to listen to grand and eloquent eulogies of himself, but he had to accept a beautiful diamond star, to evidence the honor and regard that a good and faithful public servant was held in by his constituents. Alderman Bergen is another of Chicago's municipal law makers, who is a native son, his birthplace being not far from where he now lives. His friends are legion throughout the county and many are urging that he become a candidate for Sheriff or County treasurer. The 31st ward is cosmopolitan in its population, with a colony of Afro-Americans. Most of the Colored people in Primaries, Tuesday, February 24th, and for re-election, Tuesday, April 7th. He has the solid indorsement of the 2nd Ward Republican organization at his back. He is also being warmly supported by Congressman Martin B. Madden, State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, Ald. George F. Harding, Hon. Edward D. Green, Major Robt. R. Jackson, Hon. Oscar De Priest, A. H. Roberts, and in fact by all the other strong and influential leaders of the Republican party in the 2nd Ward.-Adv. the ward own their homes, many of them are engaged in business and numerous others belong to the professions. ATTORNEY HENRY R. RATHBONE SPOKE AT THE APPOMATTOX CLUB LAST SUNDAY ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, as it was announced in the columns of this paper last week; was to deliver an oration at the Appomattox Club, on Abraham Lincoln, but being suddenly called to New York Saturday afternoon on important business, Attorney H. R. Rethbone was substituted in his place. President, Frank L. Hamilton, introduced Dr. Charles E. Bentley, who in turn, with well chosen and timely remarks, introduced the speaker for the occasion. Mr. Rathbone, is the son of Major and Mrs. Henry R. Rathbone, who were the guests of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and occupied seats in the box with them, at Ford's Theater, Washington, D. C., the night President Lincoln was assassinated, April 15, 1865 and the recital, of his tragic ending, as it was handed down to him, by his parents; was dramatic and very impressive. At the conclusion of his brilliant oration; a rising vote of thanks was extended to him. Mrs. Clara Hutchinson, rendered two solos. A number of ladies were present. In fact they seemed to have more courage than the men to come out on such a bitter cold day. At the close of the exercises; the following resolutions were passed. "Whereas, during a recent discussion of a measure pending in the U. S. Senate upon an amendment proposed by Senator Jones of Wash., to include the Negro Agricultural Schools of the South in the benefits of a Federal appropriation for agricultural experiments violent attacks were made upon the honor, integrity, manhood of the Negro race by Senators Hoke Smith of Georgia, Thomas S. Martin of Virginia, James K. Vardaman of Miss. and Whereas: The injustice of these attacks brought forth vigorous speeches in defense of the Negro race by Senators Wesley L. Jones of Washington, Moses E. Clapp of Minn. Lawrence Y. Sherman, of Illinois, William Alden Smith of Mich. and Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire, in which the rise and progress of this people in spite of tremendous odds, were eloquently championed. Therefore be it resolved that the Appomattox Club on this occasion celebrating as it does the anniversary of the birth of the Great Emancipator, does hereby express to these high minded and fearless champions of right and justice, our deep sense of gratitude and appreciation for their defense in behalf of a race against whom the very hand of the government at Washington seems to be turned. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to Senators Jones, Clapp, Sherman, Smith and Gallinger. PEKIN ‘THEATRE Fiih and STATE STS. under new Management « OPEN NOW .«. ; At 6:30 P. M. High Class MOTION PICTURES jc0bt%ires so teen pn aS 3048 —— cen Under the — Auto. 77-409 H.C. 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TAYLOR, Balter and Pubtisher ——— Botered a4, Second-Clase, Ang. 19, te oe aoe ae =a CS — WALTERS A. M. B. ZION CHUROH, OE. 88TH AND DEARBORN STS. Rev. H. J. Callis. Pastor ‘The attendance at last Sunday’s ser , vies was good in spite of the intense cold. We were blessed in the morning with a Communion Service of extra ordinary spiritual value. It was the first such service since the close of our revival services and a number of per ‘sons were baptized also. Upon Tuesday evening of the past week was organized in the parlors of the church, the Methodist Brotherhood. This new auxiliary of our church elect. ed the following officers, President, Mr. Paul A. Jones; Vice-President, Mr. James 0. Jones; Recording Secretary. Mr. William Burke; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. Romeo Fields; ‘Treas- urer, Mr. J. A. Mombly. This society ‘will bold its meetin, * at the church on the first and third fuesdsys in each month. The pastor will occupy the pulpit morning and evening upon ext Sun- day. In the evening the sermon and services will be @ little out of the or- dinary. The Negro Progressive League of which Lawyer Ira B. Mosely is president, will be present in a body and the pastor will preach a special sermoa to this organization. Upon Thursday evening of this eom- ing week, February 19th, Mrs. M. Broadus Anderson will appear in song recital. All of the members and friends of the chureh, indeed, all music-lovers are urged to attend. Mrs, Anderson Will be assisted by T. Theodore Tay- lor at the piano and by Walter E. Gos- sette ‘at the organ. The recital is un- der the auspices of our choir. ry —sg” pate ta: ROLUTION OF NEGRO PROBLEM SEEN IN INDUSTRIAL CENTER Isaiah Montgomery Tells of Success of City He Founded Twenty-six Years Ago. Isaiah T. Montgomery, the foremos body sefvant of Jefferson Davis, pres ident of the late Southern Confederacy and founder and Mayor of Mound Bayou, Miss., the Moses of the Negri Tace; arrived in Chicago the first of the week and on Tuesday evening, he Spoke at the original Provident Bap. tist Church, Leavitt and Walnut strect to an audience of about 300 people. He urged, the members of the race to adhere to industrialism, as the bes and most practical solution ‘of many of the problems which now confront, the Negro in this country, He described the community of 10,000 Negroes at Mound Bayou, its bank, newspapers, ice plant, ‘eotton. seed factory, Carnegie library, streets, churches, schools, and other evidences of progress and enlightenment attained with little help from any other race. ‘The settlement was founded twenty-six years ago by Montgomery. The object of Montgomery’s visit to Chicago is to sell stock in the cot- tonseed oil plant, which is operated at Mound Bayou. The company is cap. italized at $100,000, of which $80,000 has been paid up. When the enterprise hed sean coee ne, ateeae ry wald became int in the project by meeting Montgomery at Tuskegee, Ala, and bought $25,000 worth of stock. ‘This was recalled by W. ©. Graves, secretary to Mr. Rosenwald, in a brief talk following Montgomery’s address, as an evidence of the phil- anthropist’s faith in the worthiness of the enterprise. HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The pastor, Dr. C. Lee Jefferson, who bad been ill for several weeks, was in his pulpit and preached at both morn ing and evening service to the de light of all present. The Sabbath ‘school wag well attended and much in- terest-shown by teachers and scholars. Miss Maria G. Jefferson furnished the music at Sunday service at Doug: lass Center, which was enjoyed by large audience, ‘Mrs. E. Craighead, who has been dangerously ill with pneumonia, is able to sit up. ‘Little Miss Lillian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Webb, is convalescent. Frankie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cato Curtis, is recovering from pneu- ‘monia. ‘Miss Ora Brumfield is indisposed and her friends, wish for her speedy re- covery. ‘The Englewood Lyctum is giving special attention to topics dealing with suffrage. HEALTH NOTES. The poorly lighted and poorly venti- lated work shop is not the place to look for the highest class workman- ship. Good goods do not come out of bad surroundings, A well equipped and efficiently ad- ministered health department costs money; but it is far cheaper in the end ee ae en = eer poorly administered service. fact is that good public service cannot be had without paying for it, and such service is always worth all it costs. People whose occupations keep them out of doors most of the time are not as a rule, troubled with coughs and and colds. Under normal conditions outdoor air does not induce colds. In- door air and indoor surroundings are ‘responsible for many of our ills. In ‘other words it is not fresh outdoor air, but the want of it that causes many of our diseases. For as water is the natural element for the fishes of the sea, so air, good air, is the nat- ural element for the human beings, ‘who live on the land. Tt has been said that malaria had mote to do with the destruction and downfall of the Roman Empire than @id the barbarians of the north. If this be true it only illustrates what we have so often stated that disease kills more qpldiers than are destroyed by shot and shell. And the worst of it is that not only in time of war but in time of peace the needless slaughter of human lives from the preventable diseases goes on just the same. One of the greatest lessons that a nation can learn -is that of protecting and conserving the health of its people. ‘The power and stability of a state depend largely upon the physical well being of its people. Soldiers may be both brave and loyal, but when dis- ease invades their ranks they have little or no fighting value. And what is true of the soldier in war is equally true of the citizen in peace.- War be- tween nations is a terrible thing, but war with all its horrors destroys only thousands, where the preventable dis- eases kill their tens of thousands. ‘Would it not be a fine thing if na- tions instead of warring one with an- other, would all unite in = grand war against needless sickness and suffer- ing? ‘The only way in which the Depart- ment of Health can learn of the ex- istence of contagious disease in a com- munity is by having the physicians who attend such cases report them to the Department. Because this is nec- essary for the proper safeguarding of the public health, there is a city ordi- nance which requires physicians to re- port all cases of communicable dis- ‘eases that they are called to attend and providing a penalty for failure to comply with its provisions. These re- ports, too, have another value; for when they are all collected and tab- ulated at the end of a given period, they tell us a good deal about general health conditions and the kind of dis- eases that are most prevalent through- out the city. A concealed case of contagious disease is a menace to an entire community while the case that has been promptly reported and the premises placarded, is rot; for the rea- son that people will not knowingly ex- pose their children to contagion of any kind. Reporting and placarding cases of contagious sickness mean better eare and attention for the sick and safety and protection for the well. . SPECIAL NOTICE. All parties having social or personal items or other matter for publication Such social items and sd on must reach the editor not later than on Thursday morning, prior to the Saturday the larticles are expected to appear. ‘Write plainly and on one side of the paper only. Personal or social items and short Jehureh notices, will be published free. ‘If you have friends visiting you,, or if you are going on visit ont of the city, for move from one section of the city to another, or bay 8 new honse or fist if any of your near and |dear friends become united in marriage to somé one, or join the Heavenly host in\the great beyond; or if you give s |dameing party or other social functions [and so on; all such information plainly ‘and shortly written will be considered ‘news matter. - And as stated before will be pub ished free of ail charges. ‘Remember that sll communiestions . line must be short and to the point. Address all cos te rest. . Phone Sx COLORED EXILE pres. ‘Was Widow of First President of Liberia, LONDON, Feb. 13—Mrs. Jane Rob- erts, widow of the first President of the Republic of Liberia, died here today at the residence of J. R. Archer, the Colored mayor of the London borough of Battersea. She was 9% Fears old. ‘The aged exile was born in Amer. iea and was the daughter of Mr. War. ing, a Baptist ministet, who emigrated from America to- Liberia. Mrs. Roberts was said to be the last survivor of the original immigrants to Liberia. In the course of several visits to Ev- rope with President Roberts she was received by Louis Napoleon, while he was President of France, by the late Queen Victoria and by the late King Leopold of Belgium. Mrs. Hattie Arrant has removed from 3635 Vernon avenue to 3230 Calumet avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eggleston, have changed their home from 3552 Rhodes avenue to 509 E. 36th street. Mrs. Crump, 5202 Wabash avenue returned home last Thursday from two months visit with her parents and friends, at Parsons, Kan. Joe and Charley Shoecraft, have be come the new owners and manager of the Pompei Buffet and Cafe, 20 E Sist street; displacing Thomas McCain ‘and their brother Mort Shoecraft. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eber hart avenue, left Monday for San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Cal. She will be absent three months. While in San Jose, she will be the guest of Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Boyer. eee _ ‘This evening a Valentine party, will be given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Peyton, 3514 Prairie avenue, for the benefit of Miss Lucile V. Peyton, who is attending the National Baptist training school at Washington, D. C. Mrs. James H. Johnson, 3650 Prairie avenue, as the treasurer of the Neces- sity Club in her quiet and unassuming way, continues to do much good work in the way of assisting to relieve the suffering and distress of those who are unable to help themselves for the time being. ; ‘Mrs, Rosa Morgan, the up-to-date milliner 3709 8. State street, has be- come & dashing grass-widow. For on ‘Wednesday, February 3rd, she secured ‘& divoree from her husband, Thomas P. Morgan, before Judge Dennis E. Sullivan of the Superior Court. At- torney Walter M. Farmer, represented ‘Mrs. Morgan, and~after one year she will be at liberty to marry again. Sergt. J. V. Lacy, 2953 Vernon ave- nue, who was for a long time stationed lat the Stanton avenue station, who was removed from the Police force of this city without a just cause and upon ‘trumped up charges, and after under going slong and rigid trial before the Civil Service Commissioners, finally winning out with flying colors by the aid of his able attorney, Miles J. Devine, has been re-assigned to duty again at his same old place, much to ‘the gratification af his hosts of warm friends, who regret to learn that at the present time, he is confined to his home through illness and they all hops fpr his speedy recovery. Fashion Frills. Possibly this year’s fashions were de- signed by the artists who draw the comic pictures. —Chicago News. ‘The doctor who says that too many clothes are the cause of colds certain- ly talks like an apostle of the modern female fashions.--New York Tribune. “The spring fashions will be a reve- lation.” says an item from Paris. The fall fashions were also pretty good at revealing things.—Charleston Courier. Town Topics. Cincinnati wants lamps on baby car- riages. Fast town if the infants have taken to joy riding._New York Amer- fean. San Francisco is to have public street dances this winter, or it may be fast another yarn to boom the local climate.—Chicago Record-Herald. Now that Chicago postal clerks have donned rolier skates to expedite busi- peas New York may be expected (o re tallate with aeroplane mail delivery to skyscraper offices Washington Post. Short Stories. ‘A buman being bas half an ovnce of sugar In bis blood. ‘The largest range finder in the Unit ed States pavy bas been mounted of the battleship Florida. An Australian bas obtained a United States for a process for trans hair on baid beads. a wt statistician xasx that bie ‘ tar cue pa tas mek Same S$iepsS AND SONS. Norbert Weiner. furmerts in the treat frank ax an intant peodizy, bas, at the age of eighteen. been made t doctor of philosophy by Harvard university. Walter P. Brent bas beaten the plano playing record at Lithgow, New South Wales, with @ nonstop perform- ance of seventy-six and one-quarter hours. Joseph M. Baker. the new secretary of the United States senate, is a law- yer. He was formerly « Ubrarian tn the senate and is familiar with its pro- ceedings. Jonn M. Simonds, believed to be the ‘oldest bookbinder now working at the trade, is actively employed in Boston Gespite his age of elghty-Ave years He has been a bookbinder for fifty: four years. Zue Sun Bien, recently appointed as sistant secretary of state of the new Chinese republic, is thoroughly Amert- canized. He was graduated last June from Brown university, where he made ‘8 good record as a student Sir Leander Starr Jameson, just elected chairman of the British South Africa company, led the historical raid on the Transvaal Dec. 29, 1895. He served as premier of Cape Colony for foes venessmeemaee eae ae Bishop Charles Edwet@ Cheney, who has just completed bis fifty-third year as rector of Christ’s Reformed Episco- pal church, Chicago, bas set a mark for continuous service with one house of worship. Christ's church was his Grst charge, and be was its frst rec- tor. Bishop Cheney is a native of New York and was ordained in 1958. The Writers. Frederic Villiers has been a war cor respondent for thirty-six years for Lon- don papers. _ George Bernard Shaw, the famoys dramatist. certainly does not suffer from mock modesty, for the other even- ing be xnnounced publicly that he was “one of the most celebrated men tn Europe.” Owen Wister bas been appointed a member of the committee to raise s fund for a memorial to Samuel Gilman, author of ‘Fair Harvard.” in the church at Charleston where Gilman preached for twenty years. The Marchioness Townshend, the first peerex: to become an editor, is the author of a book of verse, “In the King’s Garden” She bas been select- ed as editor of the new magazine, Our Dumb Friends. which will be publish- ed weekly iv London. It will be the official organ of Our Dumb Friends’ league. Flippant Flings. | Archaeologixts announce that Egypt fought 2 money trust 4,000 years ago ‘And look what happened to Egypt! Chicago News. “Port” hax been abolished as @ naw- tieal term in we navy, as the steward could never tll whether the captain was brivztns hix xhip wbout or order ing a drinks Reston Transerifit. It ts xaid thet there are in the United States 7x: cori! urine. each of which Produces 2.004 tons annually. You Wouldn't tive belleved It ast winter, now, would sou? Manchester Union, Current Comment. - On with the dance: let Joy be unre fined.—Bostun Transcript. ‘The demand for the cookbooks le sued by the department of agriculture has run Into the millions, but good cooks will be as scarce xs ever. —New York World. Simplitied spelling is the final deatb- blow to real poetry Now give us noth- tng but simplitied music—ragtime, sim- plified art—the cnbists and then chlo- roform.—Baltimore Sun. Fashion Frills. Answers to the questions indicated by the plumes in the form of an inter rogation point on women’s bats can be found {p the bilils.—Albany Journal. ‘As long as the better half doesn't {insist on the other balf wearing two of her old bobble skirts for trousers we don’t think the clothing question will cause much trouble.—Baltimore Star. Everything depénds on the point of view. A few years ago a boy whose trousers reached only halfway to his ankles was considered a jay. Now ‘they roll them up that far and think it looks fine.—Cimarron (Kan) Jackso- nian at tog Aerial Flights. | The Japanese government has invest ‘e4 $800,008 in airships. Professor W. J. Humphreys of Wash ington says the assertion of aviators that thefe are “boles” or “soft spots” 4m the air is pure nonsense. Experiments with 2 German war dir tgible have shown that It is possible to drop 1,320 pounds of explosives while im fight without disturbimg the bab joon’s equilibrium. <———— , Short Stories. , Chinese are aduiltted to New Zes land on payment of $1,500 per bead. ‘Onee the president enswered bis ow: letters. Today the White House staf includes forty secretaries. During the iast six years 2000.00 colonists have been domiciled in Sibe ria and over 78,000.90 seres of land pat ander cultivation. Lon Angeles (Cat) chiet at’ ob wen be rey oe - ee ene ee - ps a | MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY aT LAW + ae a = AUTOMATIC 41-016, A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW” 118 North La Salle St. Chicago Sate 615 w 416 Telephone Maiz 3077 rane STE beste Walter M. Farme: ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTCN ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO Phone Franklis Bes 508 E. 36tb At. _™m ‘Tel. Douglas 4397 _.J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney. sf Law ee 118 N. La Balle Street Oxford Building Buite 403 CHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W, Randolph Street, CHICAGO ‘Suite 708 Delaware Bide. ‘Tol, Genten! 3142 NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone Automatic 44-185 iW. G. ANDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Room 40, 143 North Dearborn Street Gor, Randolph St. CHICAGO McCormick Side Evening Office, 3458 State Street Phone Automatic 77 S74 Se DE WITT H. HARDIN .LAWER NOTARY PUBLIC ‘Suite 8 Jobnson Bidg. Phone Dougias 7720 3522 So. State St., Chicago RESIDENCE 3423 FOREST AVE. Phone Dougias 6001 "Phones Douglas 8078 and Ante. 12-386. Hours 10 te 12 a m, 3 to 5 and 7 to oPM Dr. MacENRY J ERCWN ‘Physician and Surgeon Oculist, .. Practice limited to Diseases of Eye and Ear, Office and Residence, 3502 8. State St. hi: Chicage. OFFICE HOURS ‘Phone Oakland 4662 From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Automatic 73-058 Free 7 ted pm. Senta by Appolatenst =, DR. THEO. R. MOZEE DENTIST 4709 S. State St CHICAGO THE | AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. (Old Lime Legal Reserve Co. Under State Coversmest Supervision. AeeEr ee Seales severe es ‘ane weekly premium See en ante Sets ‘The Americas Life lnsurasce Co, of llmeis. \ ‘Tel. Randeiph 5, ‘Beme Office—Harris Trust Building. ‘US W. Monroe St. Cwcaco. TELEPHONES Onkiand 1609 Res. Oubland 1760 Anse. 7156 HEARY 6. BOMAR & SOM FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO ‘OVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trips Daily w A Depens $706 Indiana Ave. | CHICAGS | , Pom auwr. ‘Desk, Boom Yor business purposes in ie a ise Te eins 2 os, ee ee era &. SIRES AND SONS. President Wilson uses a monocle when reading. President Polocare of France may visit the United States in 1915 Dr. Alexander Graham Bell has been awarded the Hughes medal by the Royal society for his investigations into technical electricity. Senator Henry La Fontaine of Brussels, Belgium, on whom the Nobel peace prize for 1913 has been conferred, was formerly president of the permanent international peace bureau of Berne, Switzerland. Celestin Demblon, a Socialist member of the Belgian chamber of deputies and professor of literature at the Brussels university, is planning a lecture tour of the United States to present his views on the origin of Shakespeare's plays. James Smith Woodhouse of Birse, Aberdeen, Scotland, who is just eighty-five years of age, is still living in the same house in which he was born and sleeps on the same oak bedstead on which he first saw the light. He is very active for his age and is a keen gardener. Pert Personals. The new Chinese minister to Washington is Shal Kai Fou. Sounds like a college yell.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. The fate of several preceding leading men would seem to indicat that Fritz Scheff's third will not hold the position long.—Washington Post. Anna Held says that most American women are too fat and too coarse, Anna being a thin, little, blushing model of delicate refinement.—Detroit Free Press. After careful consideration of Dr. Bridges' poem we aren't sure that we didn't spend several years being unjust to the late Alfted Austin.—Hartford Times. Former Ambassador Bryce has been made a viscount. He might well have declined the honor, as Gladstone did, for no title will add a whit to the high repute of Professor James Bryce, author of "The American Commonwealth."—New York American. Forest Notes. The forest service collected 40,000 pounds of tree seed last year for use in reforestation work. The total area reforested was about 30,000 acres. More than 120,000,000 board feet of timber was given away free by the government last year to settlers and miners living in or near the national forests. German pencil manufacturers are looking to California incense cedar for pencil wood. The establishment of a pencil factory in California is not improbable. There are sixteen maples in the United States, most of them being eastern species. The most valuable, not only because of the product of its sap, but also of the lumber, is the sugar maple. "You said you would make papa come to terms." "I did, and they were the vilest any one ever applied to me."—London Mall. Pert Personals. Jan Kubelik, the violinist, has insured his fingers for $200,000. Holding hands worth that, Jan should play poker, not the fiddle—New York World. The announcement that he is planning new steamship enterprises indicates that C. W. Morse is able to take nourishment and notice. - Pittsburgh Dispatch. A Chicago theosophist says the average weight of one's astral body is about four ounces, which fairly justifies the divine Sarah's claim that she's all soul. - Washington Post. Current Comment. Well, if there should be a beef famiine the country's complexion might become a good deal clearer.—Chicago News. Even the critics who advocated a Culebra cut in expenses are clamoring to celebrate the opening of the big ditch.—Atlanta Constitution. One of the educational developments in this country is increased attendance at the night high schools. The young American is up and doing.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Phone Douglas 883 THOMAS COLE PROPR C. C. HOTEL 3449 So. State St. Automatic 72-377 Phone KEYSTONE DAVID McGEE NEATLY FURNISHED FIRST CLASS BILL 3022 STAT TO RENT OR FOR SALE Small cash down. Open your eyes, don't shut them until you think my remarks over. What you pay for rent in four years will give you title to property you could never buy if you waited for the next four years. If you have faith in the future value of South Side property within three blocks of either side of La Salle or Dearborn street your property will be worth more than treble. And any property that Samuel Richardson sells you I will bestow it to you if it is not clear of incumbrance you will get three per cent. from Chicago Banks if you want after you pay me back three hundred dollars I will give five per cent. All honest men are the same to Samuel Richardson, 160 North Fifth Ave., near Briggs House, enter Room 506 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 cig- ars 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. 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 Ganghan, 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 parlors and news stand, 3800½ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Bell & Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 31281 $ \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 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. Electric Sparks. Electric rates in Edinburgh, Scotland, have just been reduced by the city council from $5\frac{1}{2}$ cents to $5\frac{1}{4}$ cents per unit. Telegraph wires are better conductors on Monday than Saturday on account of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks, it is said, adds 10 per cent to the conductivity of a wire. Jacksonville, Fis., charges 2 cents a kilowatt hour for electricity for cooking and heating. This is an average of less than 40 cents per person per month. It keeps the municipal electric plant busy in the daytime and is expected to add materially in increasing the city's profit from the plant. Automatic 72-746 HOWARD FRCATLIN NETORS L & BUFFET Chicago, Ill. Douglas 1360 and 2349 THE HOTEL DOWAN, Prop. ROOMS WITH BATH WILIARD PARLORS THE STREET THE MUSEUM JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on co- dents, including payment of taxes and le- n on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patro The Cranfor- Building. 36 The finest building ever oper- Steam heat, electric light, tile ba Recent allowed on Savings Acct. Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages est- payment of taxes and locking after assessment Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business Cranford Apartment Building. 3600. Wabash A A building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance J. W. Casey, A Indolph 803 74 W. WASHINGTON from photo of gas are dom which saved cargo factory $130 last year. Is It Costing You To Light Your factory—Are You Paying Big for Half Enough Light? owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT state on commission, manages estates for non-real- ties and locking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Anford Apartment 3600. Wabash Ave. ver opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. ing You To Light Your Store Are You Paying Big Bills Half Enough Light? st store would save you each month? 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. ALEXANDER 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. Switch from photo of gas are installation which saved one Chicago factory $120 last year. What Is It Costing You or Factory—Are You for Half Er Switch from photo of gas are installation which saved one Chicago factory $220 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 Light Peoples Gas Building Peoples Gas Light Coke Com us Building Telephone Ran Gas Light Coke Company Telephone Randolph 4567 The Peoples Gas Light Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4567 Popular Science. According to an English scientist, X rays are the most extreme rays at the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. That the power of a magnet increases as its temperature decreases seems to have been shown by recent tests. The moon is getting nearer to the earth at a speed of about fourteen feet in 200 years—and astronomers cannot explain why. The microscope is in daily use in the examination of metals and alloys in more than 200 laboratories in the United States. Great Britain and Germany have entered into an agreement to look after Portugal's African possessions. They will relieve Portugal of all responsibility in the matter by simply relieving her of the possessions. --- --- --- Telephone Douglas 1565 Do you realize that the hundred thousand Gas Areas 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 Are data—or, if you wish, we can send an expert to submit specific figures on your particular requirements. The tangometer attached to the tangoer or tangress records the distance tangoed. If your tangometer registers sixteen miles in one evening you qualify as a tangofan. A new invention for ripening cotton prematurely seems unnecessary, seeing that Wall street experts usually have the crop killed, revived, picked and baled along about May. A Paris scientist rises to insist that the appendix is a highly useful feature of the human equipment. Possibly the scientist is a surgeon and bases the assertion upon his own experience. A woman's debate in New York as to painting ended in the decision that painting the face is all right if the paint is put on properly. After this no masculine sneer should be directed at the feminine lack of logic. 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. OHN J. BRADLE Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance JOHN J. BRADLEY 4482 HARRY 73-974 74-478 LA VERDO BUFFETT AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS street LA VE IMPORTED AND DO 3100 State Street HOTEL BUFFET, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES] 3100 State Street CHICAGO. HOTEL BRUNSWIG GEO. W. HOLT, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS E STREET das 3256 Auto 3004 STATE STREET HENRY JONES THE CAFE Finest T 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 ASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVI WILLIAM LEWIS, F. Phone Doug MINERAL BUFFET 3517 S. S HIGH CLASS INT MINERAL SPRING CLUB JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE FIFTY-FIRST RAILYAN 61e FRANK DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51et St. and L. S. & M. S. 51et St. and ARMOUR AVE. NN BLOCKI, Pros. F. W. BLOCKI WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL 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 Phones { Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 Phone: Douglas 3256 3030 State Street PRANK DUNN J. B. MoCAHEY TRUSTKEES HARRY J. KELLY Prop. BUFFET AND CIGARETTES CHICAGO. 653 NSWICK pp. BILLIARDS A. F. CODOZOE LITE FFET the City MARY C. SNEED, Mgr omatic 75-173 ING CLUB D CAFE CHICAGO EVERY EVENING RETAIL OUR AVENUE S. & M. S. AVE. CHICAGO F. W. BLOCKI, Treas. I & SON Telephone Yards 693 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO PHONE DOUGLAS 8653 ESTABLISHED 1877 CHICAGO Automatic 72-379 Chicago, Ill TEL. OAKLAND 1880, 1881, 1882 CHICAGO