The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Aldermanic Primaries Routed Many Of The Old Members And War Horses Of The City Council COL WILLIAM RANDOLPH COWAN WOKE UP THINGS IN THE 2ND WARD RECEIVING 2700 VOTES AS AGAINST 3222 FOR ALDERMAN HUGH NORRIS GIVING HIM 522 MAJORITY. ALDERMAN GEORGE F. HARDING, STATE SENATOR SAMUEL A. ETTELSON, HONS. EDWARD D. GREENE, OSCAR DEPRIEST AND THE 2000 EXTRA COPIES OF THE BROAD AX CONTAINING THE SPEECH OF CONGRESSMAN MARTIN B. MADDEN OF FEBRUARY 14 SAVED THE DAY FOR ALDERMAN NORRIS. SEVEN LADIES WON ALDERMANIC PRIZES IN THE VARIOUS WARDS MISS MARION W. DRAKE HEADING THE LIST IN THE FIRST WARD ALDERMAN JOSEPH A. SWIFT FELL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BREAST WORKS IN THE 30TH WARD, WILLIAM R. O'TOOLE COMING IN UNDER THE WIRE AHEAD OF HIM. ALDERMAN WILLIAM J. HEALY MADE GOOD IN THE 18TH WARD ALDERMAN MELVILLE G. HOLDING HAD CLEAR SAILING IN 32ND WARD ALDERMAN HENRY P. BERGEN RECEIVED THE LARGEST VOTE OF ANY OF THE ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES, HIS WARD THE 31ST BOLLED UP 3279 VOTES IN FAVOR OF HIS RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. Vol. XIX. The Aldermen's Route The Old M War Horse City Council COL WILLIAM RANDOLPH COWARD WARD RECEIVING 2700 VOTES HUGH NORRIS GIVING HIM 52 ALDERMAN GEORGE F. HARDING, SON, HONS. EDWARD D. GREEN EXTRA COPIES OF THE BRO OF CONGRESSMAN MARTIN B. THE DAY FOR ALDERMAN NO. SEVEN LADIES WON ALDERMANI MISS MARION M. DRAKE HEAD ALDERMAN JOSEPH A. SWIFT FELL WORKS IN THE 30TH WARD, UNDER THE WIRE AHEAD OF ALDERMAN WILLIAM J. HEALY ALDERMAN MELVILLE G. HOLL WARD. ALDERMAN HENRY P. BERGEN B. ANY OF THE ALDERMANIC O ROLLED UP 3279 VOTES IN FA COUNCIL. As it was stated in these columns four or five weeks ago that many of the wisest politicians were fearful of the final outcome at the aldermanic primaries, with so many ladies voting for the first time and many of them were justified in being apprehensive for such old war horses of the city council as Alderman Charles Martin, Frank J. Varrvrieck, Frank W. Bewersdorf, J. Edward Claney, Hugo L. Pittte, John H. Bauler, John Czekala, Frank J. Wilson, Charles Twigg, Joseph A. Swift and James Donahoe, all came up short of votes and they fell by the wayside in their respective wards, it was pleasing indeed to see Alderman James Donahoe laid out stiff and cold for he is a walking bundle of coneit and self importance. The greatest of all the primary fights was in the second ward between Col. William Randolph Cowan and Alderman Hugh Norris, the regular Republican candidate, after a long and exciting contest in which Col. Cowan and his followers woke things up all along the line for he received 2700 votes more than one thousand of that number being cast by the ladies for at all times Col. Cowan has always been very popular with the fair ladies, as against 3222 votes for Alderman Norris, which gave him 522 majority. It is freely admitted that the hard work on the part of Alderman George F. Harding, State Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, Hons. Edward D. Green, Oscar DePriest and the two thousand extra copies of The Broad Ax, containing the speech of Congressman Martin B. Madden, Feb. 14th which were distributed free among the Colored people residing in the second ward saved the day for Alderman Norris. The vote at the end of the aldermanic contest in that ward plainly brought to the front one thing and that is that within the next two or four years at the longest a high class popular solid Colored man of affairs can and will be elected to the city council from that ward, it is estimated that at least one thousand Colored men and women voted for Alderman Norris, thereby enabling him to make a home run and if three hundred of those votes would have been transferred from him over into the Cowan column nothing could have prevented HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY'MAY him from breaking into the city council; all things considered he must be given due credit for making a splendid run and he has performed his part well in the way of making it possible for some first class Colored business man in the near future backed by the regular Republican organization of that ward to become one of the city fathers. That object however, can never be accomplished by raising the "Color-Line" in slightest degree. The following ladies won aldermanic prizes in the wards wherein they reside. First ward—Miss Marion H. Drake, Progressive; Sixth ward—Mrs. Josephine C. Kaneko, Socialist; Seventh ward—Mrs. Lida E. McDermut, Socialist; Twentieth ward—Mrs. Gertrude R. Dubin, Socialist; Thirty-first ward—Mrs. Julia Agnew, Progressive, and Mrs. Maude J. Ball, Socialist; Twentieth ward—Mrs. B. Napleraiski. As stated before Alderman Joseph A. Swift, fell on the outside of the breast works in the 30th ward, although he had served all of his constituents well and very faithfully for the past two years and William R. O'Toole, coming in under the wire ahead of him. Alderman William J. Healy, who is one of the very highest fathers in the city council, again made good in the 18th ward proving beyond doubt that he can and will come back to the city council. Alderman Melville G. Holding, who must be classed with the best of the aldermen, who always conducts himself like an honorable polished gentleman had clear sailing in the 32nd ward. Alderman Henry P. Bergen, who has honorably and very creditably served two terms in the city council from the 31st ward, easily has the honor of having more votes cast for him, than any of the other aldermanic candidates, he receiving 3279 votes in favor of his re-nomination and re-election to the city council. The following are the winning aldermanic candidates in the various wards throughout the city: CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 28, 1914 [Image of a man in a suit with a tie and a lapel pin. The background is black. The man's face is clearly visible, and he appears to be middle-aged. The image is in black and white. There is no text or additional information present. HON. KOBERT M. SWEITZER. The up-to-date and more than proficient County, who is extremely popular, and who will be re-nominated and election this coming fall. WARD. DEMOCRAT. REPUBLI 1-*John J. Coughlin...Phil I. Orn 2-Thomas T. Hoyne...Hugh Norris 3-Jacob Lindheimer...William J. I. 4-*John A. Richert...*Charles M. 5-Thomas A. Doyle...*Charles F. 6-M. M. Marks...Willis O. N. 7-R. P. Bamrick...John F. Ste 8-Stanley J. Block...*Ernest M. 9-Eugene Block...*Joseph T. 10-James McNichols...*Albert Rus 11-C. P. Pettkoske...John I. Bag 12-Joseph I. Novak...Rudolph Mc 13-Frank McDonald...*W. R. Vau 14-Joseph H. Smith...Charles J. 15-Edward J. Kaindl...Albert W. H. 16-John Szymkowski...*F. H. Jani 17-Stanley S. Walkiak...*J. E. Fran 18-George A. Jett...*William J. 19-*James B. Bowler...*Vinceno P 20-Henry L. Fick...*Nathan M **Matt Franz...**Mendel O 21-W. P. Schofield...Andrew M. 22-Gustav P. Bartnick...Alfred J. S. 23-Adolph D. Weiner...John Kjella 24-John Haderlein...*Lloyd S. S. 25-Lee M. Pedigo...Jacob Alber 26-J. L. Lowenthal...*George Pre 27-Michael Dominowinski. William S. S. 28-Thomas H. Donoghue.*Theodore R 29-*Frank McDermott...Frank B. B 30-William R. O'Toole...Frank J. L 31-Henry P. Bergen...Earl C. Ha 32-Melville G. Holding.*James Rea 33-Tom Murray...M. Alfred R 34-John Toman...*Frank Sam 35-Thomas J. Lynch...*Otto W. St *No contest. **To fill vacancy. VARDAMAN INJURES THE SOUTH. (Indianapolis Star) more than proficient clerk of the C. extremely popular with all classes. re-nominated and re-elected to his j ing fall. REPUBLICAN. Phil I. Orme *M* Hugh Norris Sin William J. Pringle Joe *Charles M. Conlon No *Charles F. Kramp *J. Willis O. Nance John John F. Stewart *J *Ernest M. Cross *W *Joseph T. Spiker *F *Albert Rus No John I. Bagdzinnas *W Rudolph Mulac Mr *W. E. Vaupell Sara Charles J. Lucas Wi Albert W. Beilfuss *W *F. H. Janiszski Wi Wiak J. E. Franke *A *William J. Healy Jan *Vinceno Plone A *Nathan M. Nemerovski No **Mendel Cohen No Andrew Mitchell *H Alfred J. Schroeter Ha John Kjellander *W *Lloyd S. Suhn CH Jacob Albert Freund *H *George Pretzel *J William S. Swiney No Theodore R. Steinert M. Frank B. Buszin *Bo Frank J. Leonard *F Earl C. Hales *Ju James Bea *Lu M. Alfred Miichaelson *G Frank Sampson Job Otto W. Struben *F. S THE SOUTH. even one woman (Star) about as she desi he declares, go The up-to-date and more than proficient clerk of the County Court of Cook County, who is extremely popular with all classes of his fellow citizens and who will be re-nominated and re-elected to his present position at the election this coming fall. WARD. DEMOCRAT. REPUBLICAN. PROGRESSIVE. 1—*John J. Coughlin...Phil I. Orme...*Marion H. Drake 2—Thomas T. Hoyne...Hugh Norris...Simon P. Gary. 3—Jacob Lindheimer...William J. Pringle...Joel F. Longnecker. 4—*John A. Richert...*Charles M. Conlon...No candidate. 5—Thomas A. Doyle...*Charles F. Kramp...*J. F. Kruger. 6—M. M. Marks...Willis O. Nance...No candidate. 7—E. P. Bamrick...John P. Stewart...*John A. Benson. 8—Stanley J. Block...*Ernest M. Cross...*Water Willis. 9—Eugene Block...*Joseph T. Spiker...*Frederic O. Bendle. 10—James McNichols...*Albert Rus...No candidate. 11—C. P. Pettkoske...John I. Bagdizzinnas...*William A. Love. 12—Joseph I. Novak...Rudolph Mulac...Mrs. B. Napieralski. 13—Frank McDonald...*W. E. Vaupell...Samuel P. Reese. 14—Joseph H. Smith...Charles J. Lucas...William R. Nealeigh. 15—Edward J. Kaindl...Albert W. Belifuss...*William Ganschow. 16—John Szymkowski...*F. H. Janiszes...William Gieldzinski. 17—Stanley S. Walkowiak...*J. E. Franke...*Albert F. Singer. 18—George A. Jett...*William J. Healy...James J. Breckenridge. 19—*James B. Bowler...*Vinceno Picone...*Alfred L. Stace. 20—Henry L. Pick...*Nathan M. Nemerovski...No candidate. **Matt Franz...**Mendel Cohen...No candidate. 21—W. F. Schofield...Andrew Mitchell...*Hugo Krause. 22-Gustav P. Bartnick...Alfred J. Schroeter...Harris Bollbach. 23-Adolph D. Weiner...John Kjellander...*William J. Sandberg. 24-John Haderlein...*Lloyd S. Suhn...*Charles E. Hyde. 25-Lee M. Pedigo...Jacob Albert Freund...*Howard N. Wagg. 26-J. L. Lowenthal...*George Pretzel...*John A. Anderson. 27-Michael Dominowski...William S. Swiney...No candidate. 28-Thomas H. Donoghue...*Theodore R. Steinert...M. J. Dempsey. 29—*Frank McDermott...Frank B. Buzin...*Bohumil J. Wach. 30-William E. O'Toole...Frank J. Leonard...*Fred W. Badcliffe. 31-Henry P. Bergen...Earl C. Hales...*Julia Agnew. 32-Melville G. Holding...*James Rea...*Luman A. Lobdell, Jr. 33-Tom Murray...M. Alfred Miichaelson...*Gilbert Bergslien. 34-John Toman...*Frank Sampson...John Charvat. 35-Thomas J. Lynch...*Otto W. Struben...*F. E. Roberts. *No contest. The preposterous Senator Vardaman of Mississippi, fire eater and ranter, recently declared in the Senate that the "White women of the southern states are today living in a state of siege with more dread than in the days when the wild man and wild beast roamed the frontier." The reason of this siege, he explained, is the large Negro population of the south. Of course, any one who is acquainted with conditions in the south knows that this is not true, and it get its own answer from the fact that the southern Whites continue to favor Negro workmen and give no encouragement to foreign immigrants who seek to establish themselves there. But it is interesting to have direct testimony on the subject from a southerner. A Louisiana contributor to the New York Post, a White man born in the south, who, was long a resident of Mississippi and has observed conditions for forty years, declares that what Vardaman says is absolutely false and that he himself has never known --- ment clerk of the County Court of Cook with all classes of his fellow citizens are elected to his present position at the POLICAN. PROGRESSIVE. Lee. *Marion H. Drake Simon P. Gary. Wringle. Joel F. Longnecker. Conlon. No candidate. Kramp. *J. F. Kruger. Rance. No candidate. Wart. *John A. Benson. Cross. *Water Willis. Spiker. *Frederic O. Bendle. No candidate. Adzinnas. *William A. Love. Dac. Mrs. B. Napieralski. Bell. Samuel P. Beese. Lucas. William E. Nealeigh. Seifuss. *William Ganschow. Zeski. William Gieldzinski. Rice. *Albert F. Singer. Healy. James J. Breckenridge. Cone. *Alfred L. Stace. Nemerovski. No candidate. Ohen. No candidate. Michell. *Hugo Krause. Chroeter. Harris Bollbach. Under. *William J. Sandberg. John. *Charles E. Hyde. Freund. *Howard N. Wagg. Zelel. *John A. Anderson. Winey. No candidate. Steinert. M. J. Dempsey. Szin. *Bohumil J. Wach. Onard. *Fred W. Badcliffe. es. *Julia Agnew. Luman A. Lobdell, Jr. Michaelson. *Gilbert Bergslien. Boson. John Charvat. uben. *F. E. Roberts. even one woman to be afraid to go about as she desired. Southern women, he declares, go where they will as freely as the women of any other seci- tion of the country. In the country districts especially Colored coachmen are the rule, and it never occurs to a White woman to distrust her coachman, no matter where she tells him to drive. In all the country districts of the south, this writer insists that Mr. Vardaman must know, it is very com- mon to see White women—members of aristocratic families—doing their own driving in surreys and phateons and with every sign of entire security. The writer continues: "I have both seen and heard Negroes ever since I was born, where they are few and where they are many. I ought to know something about them, and I have no hesitancy in claiming that I do know a great deal about them—quite enough to enable me to warn the decent and fair-minded people of this country against taking James K. Vardaman seriously when his professed Negrophobia becomes vocal!" It is, of course, the design of Var- President Woodrow Wilson Throws Down The Gauntlet To United States Senator James K. Vardaman THE UNSPEAKABLE BLATANT OR BELLOWING SO-CALLED AND MISFIT SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI WHO IS UNABLE TO SPEAK TEN WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CORRECTLY WITHOUT RESORTING TO BLACKGUARDISM. THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT THE NAME OF ROBERT H. TERRELL TO THE SENATE TO BE CONFIRMED FOR ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN THIS HE HAS ACTED EXTREMELY WISE. NOW LET SENATORS HOKE SMITH AND VARDAMAN AND THEIR FOOL AND EMPTY-HEADED ASSOCIATES DO THEIR WORST IN OPPOSING HIS AND THE CONFIRMATION OF OTHER COLORED MEN WHOSE NAMES WILL BE SENT TO THE SENATE FROM TIME TO TIME BY PRESIDENT WILSON. President Woodrow Wilson, after many months, seemingly has finally made up his mind to throw down the gauntlet to the unspeakable, blatant or bellowing United States Senator James Kicking Mule Vardaman of Mississippi, for the latter part of last week the President sent the name of Robert H. Terrell to the Senate to be either confirmed for one of the Municipal Court Judges for the District of Columbia or to be rejected by it. President has appointed many of his class of free booters to good positions, and after the repulsive and very coarse, and we might with propriety say the brutal and hellish Senator in question, no sooner than he had succeeded in working the President to a dead standstill in this direction, he let it be known that he will oppose the nomination of any Colored man whose name the President sends to the Senate for confirmation. Thus proving beyond Like a rip-roaring, wild, snorting blind Mississippi bull, Senator Vardaman, who can be rightly classed with the misfits who are absolutely unable to speak ten words in the English language correctly without resorting to blackguardism, has let it be known that he and Senator Hoke Smith and their fool and empty-headed Negro hating associates, will bitterly oppose his confirmation. It is the strangest thing in the world to us that the President, backed up as he is by the vast majority of the people in all parts of this country, that he will permit such uncounth creatures like Senator Vardaman to dictate to him in any manner, shape or form and to think of the name of the braying jackass from the rotten State of Mississippi. Every day in the week this so-called Senator, who is still an unreconstructed rebel at heart and whose useless life should have been brought to a close by the good Lord some way or other long ago, for he is a burning disgrace to this great and mighty Nation and he is an everlasting disgrace to the Anglo-Saxon Race which he claims to represent and that he is one of its very highest types of the superior race. If this is true, may the head or the boss devil and his angels have compassion on the lowest types of the same race. What we started out to say was that every day in the week this detestable and despicable thing or Senator calls President Wilson to induce him to appoint many of his followers in Mississippi to Federal positions, and the daman and his ilk to disseminate this sort of slander against southern Negroes as an excuse for political wrongs perpetrated on them and for adverse legislation directed toward them, as in regard to the outlay of school tax. They seen not to understand that such tales harm the interests of the White people of the south not less than they harm the Negroes. No.23 Woodrow Wil- ays Down The To United Senator James lean BELLOWING SO-CALLED AND MIS- PI WHO IS UNABLE TO SPEAK TEN LANGUAGE CORRECTLY WITHOUT RE- TURN. NAME OF ROBERT H. TERRELL TO MED FOR ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL COLUMBIA. MELLY WISE. NOW LET SENATORS IN AND THEIR FOOL AND EMPTY- HER WORST IN OPPOSING HIS AND HER COLORED MEN WHOSE NAMES TE FROM TIME TO TIME BY PRESI- President has appointed many of his class of free booters to good positions, and after the repulsive and very coarse, and we might with propriety say the brutal and hellish Senator in question, no sooner than he had succeeded in working the President to a dead standstill in this direction, he let it be known that he will oppose the nomination of any Colored man whose name the President sends to the Senate for confirmation. Thus proving beyond a doubt that the Mississippi Senator is debased and devoid of all gratitude. What President Wilson should do to him in the future is to have his head bouncer or usher to boot Senator Vardaman out of the White House when he attempts to enter it again, for that is the only way that he can be taught decency and the eternal fitness of things. Robert H. Terrell has served as one of the Municipal Judges for the District of Columbia for many years with great credit to himself and to the Colored race, of which he is an honored member. The President deserves to be highly praised for honestly desiring to continue Judge Terrell in office, and he is acting wisely by sending his name to the Senate for confirmation and the names of other Colored men from time to time he is desirous of appointing to Federal positions, and when he does that in good faith he will be simply keeping or adhering to the promises he made to the Colored people during his campaign in 1912 in reference to knowing no color line in national politics; that only the worth and character of every citizen, regardless of his color, would count when it came down to selecting persons to fill important positions within the gift of the Federal Government. Let President Wilson continue to send the names of worthy Colored men for confirmation by the United States Senate and let the Senators go on open record either in favor of voting them up or voting them down. sufficient to pay all of his outstanding obligations. Major Buckner was always very liberal and generous, as that fact was well known to every one who come in contact with him, and in his last illness he did not want to tax the Odd Fellows Lodge, which he had been a member of so many years, in any way to assist to defray the heavy expenses in connection with his illness and death. Some few of his wealthy White friends will or have assisted, to square all of his accounts in this world. Albert H. Putney, founder and Dean of the Webster College of Law, 29 South LaSalle street, continues to serve as chief of the Near Eastern Division Division of Department of State, Washington, D. C. THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Coghelica, Proteintante, Priesta, Inadda, Single Taxe, Repubblica, Inadda, one can be lying on their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose pages are broad enough for all, even claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $1.99 Six Months ..... $1.99 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 5027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4500 JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Battered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1908, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 8, 1879. OLD HOMESTEAD OF DOUGLASS. Why the Property Is Under Heavy Mortgage. NEW LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT Will of the Great Anti-Slavery Agitator Was Not Properly Drawn—Death Defeated the Good Intentions of Mrs. Douglass—Time For Race Loyalty to Assert Itself. Washington.—There have been a number of inquiries, says Ralph W. Tyler of this city, as to the existing mortgage on the old home here of the late Frederick Douglass. Many cannot understand why the home should rest under a mortgage when Mr. Douglass was supposed to have been quite well off at his death. The estate of Mr. Douglass did mount up to quite a sum at his death. A defective will, made defective by an insufficient number of witnesses, caused the property to be distributed according to law rather than according to the will of the testator. The widow of Mr. Douglass desired that the old house, containing a museum of anti-slavery and Douglass relics, the furniture, books, manuscripts and curios of the great orator, publicist and anti-slavery leader should be bequeathed to the race as a memorial to her husband. To do this it was necessary for her to buy in the home from the other heirs that she might have a clear title to it. This she did, giving $15,000 for the old homestead on Cedar Hill. In order to make the purchase, however, it was necessary for her to borrow money with which to purchase the equity of the other heirs. She died before she could pay off that mortgage. In her last will and testament she bequeathed the home, with all its rich and priceless possessions, to the race Mr. Douglass had fearlessly championed and served. She might have bequeathed it to her own relatives, but she chose to will it to the race with which her husband was identified. This tells how that mortgage happened to be placed on the old home of the great leader. By act of Congress a board of trustees was created to have charge of the home, but it came to these congressionally provided administrators with a mortgage and without funds to even keep up repairs, the result being that the once handsome home, the once fine old estate, is rapidly passing to decay and the mortgage is pressing for payment. Several attempts have been made to arouse sufficient interest on the part of the race to pay off this mortgage and put the home in proper repair in order first to save the home to the race and to preserve the historical relics, etc., it contains, but not sufficient has been contributed to even keep up the interest on the debt. It is figured that if $15,000 is raised by the race it will be sufficient to pay off the mortgage and restore the building and estate to its former beauty and make of the home a historical and memorial site to be visited by thousands each year, just as the old home of George Washington at Mount Vernon is maintained as a historical retreat. There are fifteen acres in the Douglass estate, and it occupies the most beautiful point in all Washington, overlooking the Potomac, as it does, and being within ten minutes' ride of the White House or the halls of Congress. But unless the race responds to the last appeal, and responds quickly, the old home may be lost. By the terms of the will it can be no other than a memorial to Mr. Douglass, free to the public, and consequently has no earning power. When it ceases to be that—in case the mortgage should be foreclosed—the old Douglass homestead will pass from the race. As the legal owners of this estate it is the duty of the race—every man, woman, child, church or organization, fraternal or otherwise—to respond with contributions to pay off this debt, and this response should come quickly. It is earnestly hoped that the Colored people in all parts of this country will respond to the appeal for funds to assist to redeem and for all future time to retain the home of the late Frederick Douglass. . Americans, scattered throughout the country, would give a fractional part of 1 cent, plenty of money would be in sight to redeem the home and maintain it in first-class shape.—Editor. CARE OF CONTAGION. Diphtheria.—I. Sickness of any kind in the home is a serious matter. But contagious sickness means more in the way of hardship, for the reason that both the patient and those attending it must be isolated from outside friends and acquaintances. This exclusion of the contagious sick from the well is called quarantine, and as every one should understand, is necessary to protect the public by preventing the spread of disease. Every well regulated community now has health officers whose duty it is to enforce its health regulations and to see to it that the people are protected against the needless spread of contagious sickness of every kind. These officers are clothed with authority to enforce the laws pertaining to health matters; but the highest efficiency in the enforcement of all health regulations is always found in those communities where the people themselves are familiar with those laws, know their value and cheerfully cooperate with the health authorities by observing the laws and in seeing to it that others do the same. Most people, it should be said, are both willing and anxious to obey laws that are made for their own protection. It is therefore important that they should know what these laws and regulations are; for while ignorance of the law does not excuse us for violating it, yet if we know what is required of us, we can be prepared to meet these requirements in the best way for our own good, and that of the communities where we live. So in order that the readers of this paper may know something about the city's health regulations, the Department of Health will furnish in these columns each week a short article containing the information people should want to know about the care of contagious sickness in a way that will prevent its needless spread in their neighborhood. Let us begin with Diphtheria. Diphtheria is very contagious and if not promptly and properly treated a very dangerous disease. If you suspect its presence, call your doctor without delay. The child with a bad sore throat should have a doctor. Diphtheria is a disease that should not occur as we know that it is caused by a germ that finds its lodgment in the nose and throat. When it does occur, it means that some one having the disease or who has recently had it, or who is carrying the germs has come in contact with the person who has caught the disease or who has left the germs upon some article used by that person. A person having diphtheria is constantly giving out the germs of the disease in the discharges from the throat and nose and these find lodgment on all the articles in the sick room, including of course, everything that is touched or handled by the patient. The furnishings in the sick room should not be removed until the case is ended and the room has been disinfected or cleansed by a thorough airing and scrubbing. It is a fortunate thing for all of us that the germs of diphtheria do not live long if in a dry place or where the air and sun can get at them. Sunshine is the best germ killer we know of, and for this reason we should not keep it out of our homes. There is an almost certain cure for diphtheria; it is diphtheria antitoxin. But it must be given as soon as possible; the sooner the better. Practically no case of diphtheria dies that has received a full doze of the antitoxin within the first twelve hours. People who are too poor to buy it can get it free by applying to the Department of Health or your doctor can get it for you. Call up the Department and ask for the nearest supply station. You do not need to come to the City Hall. In next week's article we will tell you more about the care of diphtheria and the requirements of the Department of Health in this particular disease under conditions that we have not mentioned in this article. EX-BANKER SKIPS; TAKES WIFE. John Worthington Disappears From His Drexel Boulevard Apartments. FURNITURE ALSO GONE. Hunted by Sheriff With Writs of Ne Exeat Granted by Judge O'Connor. John Worthington, President and sole owner of the American Banking Associa- tion, a private concern at 117 North Dearborn street, has skipped out again; this time accompanied by his wife. Their apartments at 4458 Drexel bou- levard have been emptied of their furnishings and closed. Search for Worthington was started at noon yesterday by the Sheriff, who has writs of ne exeat granted by Judge John M. O'Connor. In the petition for the writ it is stated that Worthington once told the petitioner: "I will get mine, and if I am pressed too hard I know a place where the alfalfa is so high that they will never be able to find me, and that's where I'll go." **Receiver in Charge of Bank.** George C. Ball, former bank examiner, has been appointed receiver for the American Banking Association (John W. Worthington) by Judge O'Connor. Attorney George L. Schein, representing the receiver, made this statement tonight: "We will show there are $150,000 of debts outstanding, consisting of certificates of deposit which Worthington peddled around the country; cashier's checks supposedly issued on cash funds and certified checks when there was not one dollar in the bank. Even the books had been removed." A petition has been filed to collect the bank's deposits out of rents derived from the Drexel boulevard apartments, held in the name of the banker's wife. Worthington is well known to the police in New York and Kansas City, as well as in Chicago. On July 5, 1962, he was released from a New York prison, where he had served four years for swindling Mary E. Smith out of a stock of merchandise. He came to Chicago that same year, and since then has been engaged in the banking and real estate business. Formerly he had offices in the Kedzie building at Randolph and Clark streets. Jumped $1,500 Bond in June. Worthington was indicted on a fraud charge last June, but jumped a $1,500 bond. He is a member of the Chicago Athletic Association. He was born in South Wales in 1848 and came to the United States with his parents when he was four years old. Banker Worthington made a great stab at relieving many Colored people of their money.-Editor. THE HYDE PARK NEWS By L. W. Washington. Watch This Column. The Quarterly Conference, held under the splendid leadership of Dr. W. D. Cook, the Presiding Elder, was a success for much good. This good man of God is stirring the hearts of men and women of the church as they were never stirred before. The Pastor, the Rev. W. H. Griffin, reported the receipts of $450 from the church rally. Dr. Farrar Martin preached the quarterly sermon, "The Prisoner at the Bar Having an Advocate, Jesus Christ the Righteous." Mrs. Blair, of 5338 Kenwood avenue, is sick and confined to her bed. Mrs. Benjamin Smith, the dear companion of Mr. Smith, of 5220 Lake Park avenue, departed this life last week and left two devoted sisters, Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Hilliard, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Lee, of 5473 Kimbark avenue, is convalescent. Mrs. E. H. Fuller, President of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Hyde Park A. M. E. Church, has left the city to visit her mother, who is quite ill in the city of New Orleans. The Broad Ax is pleased to learn that Mrs. Tinsley, the very dear mother of Mrs. Davidson of 5137 Lake Park avenue, is now able to be out after being confined to her bed from an accident in Indiana Harbor, where she and her husband are doing catering. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rowe, of 5300 Kimbark avenue, are the proud mother and father of a ten-pound baby girl. The mother is doing nicely. The Broad Ax wishes you well. Mrs. Ester Beale, of 5218 Lake Park avenue, is also the proud grandmother of a twelve-pound baby boy. The daughter Addie is all smiles. The News comes to us that Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, of 5336 Kenwood avenue, have purchased the property at 5330 upon the same street. Congratulations. Mrs. Eva Raymore, who was elected for the third term as President of the Hyde Park Women's Charity Club, has resigned and the ladies called a special meeting on Wednesday evening to choose her successor, and the mantel fell on Mrs. Henrietta Lee. The Willing Workers, the splendid organization of Hyde Park, have presented the Hyde Park A. M. E. Church with a piano, bought and paid for by their active endeavor. The Rev. W. H. Griffin, on behalf of the Hyde Park A. M. E. Church, was the recipient of $20 for the building fund donated by the Hyde Park Women's Benevolent Club, another splendid organization of Hyde Park. Read the Broad Ax. It may be you next. The inventor, Mr. J. H. Allen, addressed the Logos Literary Club last Tuesday upon the technic and mechanism of aerial navigation, also demonstrating by model the construction of his dirigible airship. The Girls' Club gave a successful concert at the Cleo Scott's Settlement last Tuesday and cleared something like $9. SUCCESSFUL RECITAL AT THE COLORED STATE COLLEGE, OR ANGEBURG, S. C. By Roland W. Hayes, of Boston, Mass. Special to The Broad Ax. Orangeburg, S. C., Feb. 24.—Saturday evening, February 21, Roland W. Hayes, of Boston, Mass., and Charles J. Harris appeared in joint recital at the State College in this city. The ushers refused admission to the remaining crowd, as the chapel was packed. Hayes, through his unusual qualities of mind and natural ability, has achieved much. He has a pleasing personality and the magnetism of his singing swayed the entire audience. Charles J. Harris is an artist who has a marvelous tone quality in his playing. His technical foundation is good and a few years of study will bring about wonderful results. The program was varied by a number given by Miss Boger, a graduate of the Chicago Musical College teachers' class of 1913, "Could I," Tosti. Miss Boger has a contralto voice of extraordinary brilliancy and beauty. The affair was a grand success. A reception was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Wilkinson after the recital. The State and Clafn teachers attended. Violets were given by the hostess, Mrs. Wilkinson as favors of the evening. Miss Julia May Williams, teacher of mathematics, assisted Miss Boger in the entire affair, which was greatly appreciated by her. This coming summer, at the end of the school term, Miss Boger will resume her study of music at Boston, Mass. FOREST NOTES. The state of New York has just published a comprehensive report of its wood-using industries. Canada has a society of forest engineers. Dr. B. E. Fernow, of Toronto, is president, and Mr. F. W. H. Jacombe, of Ottawa, is secretary. Of the three Pacific coast states, Oregon and Washington far outstrip California in the work done by private owners for forest protection. The development of quicksilver mines promises to make large demands for cordwood and construction timbers on the Tonto national forest, Arizona. Manufacturers of greenhouses and makers of boxes are getting in touch so that the latter may use for box cleats the cypress waste from the greenhouses. Lodgepole pine seed sown broadcast on the snow in southern Idaho last spring germinated when the snow melted, and as many as 60 little trees were counted to the square foot. The summer was so dry, however, that most of the plants died, except where sheltered by brush or logs. PROGRAM THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLLORED BOYS. This coming Sunday afternoon, March 1, at 4 o'clock, Miss Gertrude Smith, Probation Officer of the Juvenile Court, will be the principal speaker at the meeting at the Louise Training School for Colored Boys, 6129 South Loomis boulevard. The Boys' Glee Club will furnish the music. The Rev. C. Scott will serve as chairman. CHIPS Benjamin Hunter, one of the most enterprising and progressive young Afro-Americans of Cincinnati, O., is still a firm supporter of The Broad Ax. William H. Weber, Secretary of the Cook County Board of Assessors, who always stood face high with many Democrats, is being urged to enter the race this fall for his same position on the board. Dr. George C. Hall has bought a new home for himself and Mrs. Hall at 3410 Calumet avenue, and this spring they will move into it from their four-flat building, 3249 Wabash avenue. The eminent doctor and surgeon will maintain a fine suite of offices at the new home. 一 Mrs. Ed Nixon, 2827 Wabash avenue, failed to register the first part of this month and she was unable to vote at the Aldermanic primaries Tuesday, February 24, and as long as she failed to discharge her duty in that respect, her husband, Mr. Ed Nixon, followed suit. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 5223 Dearborn street, has severed her connection with St. Thomas Church, 38th street and Wabash avenue, and she has become a full fledged Roman Catholic and in the near future she is likely to become a member of St. Monica's Church, 36th and Dearborn streets. Mrs. Grace Haskins. 3004 State street, mother of the late Mrs. George W. Holt, passed away the early part of the present week and on Tuesday, funeral services were conducted over her remains by Rev. J. F. Thomas, as she had been a member of the Baptist church for many years. She was between 65 and 70 years of age. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. PROGRESS MADE AT LIVINGSTONE North Carolina Institution Adds Several New Features. PROMOTION OF W. H. HANNUM Success of School Fostered by the A.M. E. Zion Church Reflects Credit Upon President W. H. Goler's Administration—High Standard of Work by Students In Normal Department. By GEORGE F. KING. Sallsbury, N. C.-Every year Livingstone college, this city, the most prominent educational institution of the A. M. E. Zion denomination and one of the foremost colleges for the training of Afro-Americans, is constantly adding new features. Thus it is affording its hundreds of students from all sections of the country an excellent chance for mental, moral, spiritual and physical development. Dr. W. H. Goler, its progressive and affable president, has a faculty for procuring for his teaching corps men and women of exceptional ability—the class that distinguishes itself by mak- A. M. PROFESSOR W. H. HANNUM. ing the welfare of the resident body one of its principal objective points; hence the best work is accomplished, which each student can do. Being a man of rare administrative ability and a master of finance, Dr. Goler saw the steady ascendancy of the race in the commercial world and appreciated the increasing demands for thoroughly trained young men and women to maintain the splendid progress of Afro-American enterprises. He recognized the peculiar fitness of one of his professors who had proved himself capable of making a business department of the college a signal success. Present indications of the work of this new department inaugurated this college year fully sustain the action of the president in causing its inception. Dr. Goler was elected president of the college because of his qualifications for the position. Professor W. H. Hannum began his work at this institution during the school year in 1901. He has filled the position of treasurer of the college since 1902. He is a native of Maryville, Tenn., and a graduate of Maryville college, formerly a mixed institution, now attended entirely by white students, which is due to an act of the Tennessee legislature. Professor Hannum was the only colored man in his class, and when he graduated at the age of twenty he was the third Afro-American to graduate from this institution. Nine colored men have graduated from this institution, and they have all distinguished themselves in their chosen activities. For several years Professor Hannum has been principal of the normal department of Livingstone college. He's fond of music and athletics and has brought up the latter feature to its present high standard. He is well known in this section of the state as the director of the college orchestra, which he conducted with such fine success until it was disbanded, the members having completed their studies at the school. During the time the orchestra was conducted here it furnished music for the opera house playing for an exclusive class of white people. Professor Hannum is especially fitted for his work at Livingstone on account of his having completed the teacher's course at the Bliss Alger Business college in Saginaw, Mich. His home is a Mecca for music lovers. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities. Siloam Presbyterian Church Notes. Rock Postal Cards In Paris In Paris you can buy for half trane at any postoffice a postal card which will hold 200 words of small writing and which will be delivered to any address in the city in about fifteen minutes, projected to its destination through a pneumatic tube. Minuteness of Molecules. If we try to count the number of molecules contained in one cubic millimeter of hydrogen gas, first arranging them in groups of a billion each, it would take a thousand years to count these groups. So writes M. Boll, a French physicist, in illustrating the powerlessness of figures. Wide Apart In Horses. The Argentine has as many horses as people, while Switzerland has only three horses to every hundred inhabitants. Cork Paper. Half a million dollars' worth of cork a year is used for very thin paper. This is supplied in sheets about four inches wide by six to ten long, and nearly all of it - about 100,000,000 sheets - is used in automatic machines for applying as tips to cigarettes. Bark For Tanning. Quebracho bark, one of the chief exports of the Argentine, will tan leather at least three times as fast as the bark of the oak or the hemlock. Nearly a million tons of the wood or the dry extract are sent to the United States and Europe annually. The growth of the tree is of the slowest, and it is estimated that a thousand years are required for it to reach maturity. Fast Cycling. An eminent doctor says that he has found a cyclist's pulse to beat as high as 250 times a minute immediately after making a fast mile. This illustrates the danger of "scorching." Table Linen. If you wish your table linen to look nice do not put it through the wringer, as it makes creases that will not come out even if the cloth be ironed when very damp. In fact, any clothes that you wish to look very nice when ironed will be better if they are wrung by hand. Ice Lined Rivers Some of the rivers of Siberia flow over ice many years old and almost as solid as rock. A tributary of the Lena has a bed of pure ice over nine feet thick Vanilla Orchids The vanilla orchid is now grown commercially in the island of St. Vincent, West Indies, being introduced from the Seychelles. It grows there up to an altitude of 1,500 feet, with a yearly rainfall of 120 inches. The plants thrive best when planted on stems of the tree fern, Cyathea arborea. Long Jumps. The kangaroo readily jumps from sixty to seventy feet. Heat and Cold and Ants Ants can stand extremes of heat and cold. Forty-eight hours' exposure to frost will not kill them, and one sort has been observed to build its nest in chinks in a blacksmith's forge. Pigeons of St. Mark's. Nothing is more amusing than to watch on a winter's day the marvelous intelligence with which the pigeons of St. Mark's, in Venice, can discriminate between residents and visitors in the Grand square of that city, the Piazza of St. Mark. The moment a foreigner shows his face in the plaza the pigeons set upon him in crowds, hoping to be fed. They do not trouble the natives, who may be sunning themselves by the hundred in the square. Goats' Milk. In Russian and German hospitals for children much use is made of goats' milk as being more nourishing than cows' milk and also free from the risk of spreading tuberculosis. A Little Bird Told Me The words "a little bird told me" have their origin in Ecclesiastes x. 20, "Curse not the king—no, not in thy thought—and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber, for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." Hides and Skins The United States is the world's greatest importer of hides and skins, notwithstanding the fact that it has a larger number of cattle than any other country except India, and it draws upon every part of the world for some of the numerous kinds of hides and skins which it requires. Cattle, horse, buffalo, sheep, goat, plg, kangaroo and even fish skins are included in the material of this character imported, and several other animals would be included in the list if the tanned skins imported were taken into consideration. Frogs and Bacteria Frogs survive a pressure of 300 atmospheres, but at 400 atmospheres their muscles become disorganized. Bacteria are killed by a pressure of 8,000 atmospheres. Persian Carpets. The wool of which the Persian carpet is made is taken from the lustrous wool of a special breed of sheep or from the goat, which is dyed by means of certain plants and shrubs. It would be a criminal offense for persons to wavene a carpet according to a European design, for a law has been made by the shiite society for such the Home Address: 3645 RHODES AVENUE Auto. 77-409 Under the Management of H. C. JENKINS GRIFFIN SISTERS THEATRICAL AGENCY AND SCHOOL OF VAUDEVILLE ART MAIN OFFICE: 3159 SO. STATE STREET Phones: Auto. 71-703, Doug. 4558 Managers and Acts Write or Call Hours: 11 A. M. to 6 P. M. CHICAGO Douglas 73——TELEPHONES——Auto. 72775 “The Chateau” Frank Hall, Prop. Mr. Clarence Jones, Symphony Orchestra Personally conducted by Mr. Clarence-Jones Grand SUNDAY EVE. Musicale FROM 5 TO 10:30 P. M., EVERY SUNDAY 346 E. 35th Street, Opposite Grand Blvd. JOE SHOECRAFT, MGR. Finest Cafe in the City. Service Unexcelled. Tales are coming in from different points of immense meteorites. Can it be that Mars from its superior height is throwing stones at us? Now that Manuel has married and settled down, perhaps the Portuguese will look more tolerantly on his standing application for a job. There is a report that another comet is headed for the earth, which seems unnecessary in view of all the different kinds of excitement we are now enjoying. It is said that but 234 millionaires have been enumerated in Chicago. But who wants to be tagged as a millionaire in these parlous income tax times? The landlords have got their nine foot sheets just in time. A Philadelphia doctor has discovered a process by which he can greatly increase a man's stature. Many persons will be surprised to learn that the government of Santo Domingo has any gunboats. But it has; also a president who was alive at the last writing. An English police station provided its prisoners with a billiard room and a shooting gallery. And so proceeds the laudable effort to make useful citizens out of convicts. The discussion as to whether women dress to please the men or to excite the envy of each other looks like a waste of time. Nobody knows but the women, and they won't tell. Lord Chancellor Haldane says that in fifty years the United States will be the leading nation. He may be a bright light in his own line, but he is a tride behind the times in his reckoning. Now that a man has succeeded in flying upside down and women have decided to add X ray shoes to their attire, this jaded world will be hard put to it for a new thrill in the way of sensations. Recently collected statistics show that the proportion of bachelors to married men is steadily increasing in England. That's probably because more American girls are marrying at home nowadays. A new folding bed is attached to the closet door and disappears when the door is closed, but the old kind that closes with you in the middle of the night and gently slips into the bureau drawer will remain in public favor. A youth, dumb ten years, became so excited over a cricket match that his speech was restored. A person who could get excited over cricket would be a raving maniac over the game of throwing a cord of hardwood into the basement. The equestrian statue of George Washington in Union square, New York, is to be turned around so that the first president will look down Broadway. This is calculated to hide from his reproving gaze the wickedest section of the bad old town. Dr. McDougall of Oxford says that it is right and proper to laugh at others' mishaps, thus turning into a stimulant which promotes well being a mass of minor ills. Which is quite true, no doubt. Any one can try it for himself, beginning with his own mishaps 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. Philadelphia 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. Under the Management of H. C. JENKINS There is a lot of speculation about grand opera in New York. Talking across the Atlantic seems more practical than flying across it. "Of what use is slang?" asks a Boston newspaper. In Boston none whatever. A map who is fearful that he may do more than his exact duty usually does less. Surgery as a cure for crime may cause some prompt repentances before it can be put into practice. Though not ranking with the chrysanthemum, the red headed cabbage has undoubted charms of its own. England's little pact with Japan illustrates once more that it is easier to find an affinity than to lose one. Residences of presidents in some Latin-American countries need to be equipped with secret trap doors. Perhaps if those obstreperous Mexicans should try football it might do something to relieve their feelings. The difference between pride and vanity depends upon whether we have it or it is possessed by some one else. We'd like to have a great deal more direct evidence that the government is making a good job of laundering paper money. Eggs, it is said, are going to 7 cents apiece. Perhaps there was some truth in the old legend about golden eggs after all. A German city has prohibited Isadora Duncan from dancing there. The old fashioned countries are hard to convince. A Chicago court has decreed that "ladies without escorts must not loiter in saloons." Have Chicago "ladies" being doing it? In time the man who is looking for easy money will ascertain that wire-tapping is no more to be relied on than green goods. Thomas Edison complains that when he stops work he gets sick. How would you like to have an Edison or two working for you? Women are not admitted to the American academy of immortals. Immortals do not require any buttons sewed on or socks darned. The thoroughly unscientific man is betrayed by his confessed inability to see anything of practical importance about radium except the price. It is all right for Inez Milholland Bolsevain to say that the housekeeping can be done in ten minutes per day, now that she has a busband. A letter left by Charlotte Corday for her father has brought $675, but it's a safe bet Citizen Marat would, have doubled the bid to have got it first. In all the troubles and tragedies that afflict the land there is a steady and persistent proof that the wireless is saving life and property on the water. Vardon and Ray, the English golfers, complain of the inaccuracy of American journalism. At least they can't complain of the inaccuracy of American golf. Easter Monday NIGHT Minstrel Club WILL GIVE ANNUAL Show and Dance FOR BENEFIT OLD FOLKS HOME AT OAKLAND MUSIC HALL Cottage Grove Avenue and 40th Street APRIL 13th Admission 50c SPECIAL NOTICE. All parties having social or personal items or other matter for publication. Such social items and so on must reach the editor not later than on Thursday morning, prior to the Saturday the articles are expected to appear. Write plainly and on one side of the paper only. Personal or social items and short church notices, will be published free. If you have friends visiting you, or if you are going on a visit out of the city, or move from one section of the city to another, or buy a new house or flat building, or if any of your near and dear friends become united in marriage to some one, or join the Heavenly host in the great beyond; or if you give a dancing 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 published free of all charges. Remember that all communications along this line must be short and to the point. Address all communications to the editor of The Broad Ax, 5027 Federal street. Phone Drexel, 4590. --- 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 planlessmo)—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 plums and frets and toils 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. Porkchops—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 will 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 from out of town was being conducted round a famous cathedral by a guide. "Ah, yes, Gothic, is it not?" she mur- mured 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." "What a peculiar name! Any particular reason?" "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 Spryt could eat no fats; His wife, could eat no beans. Now, if they both could vote perhaps They'd compromise on beans. —Judge. --- HONOR DEECHER AT BIG MEETING Centenary of Famous Preacher Fittingly Observed. FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM Celebration Held Under the Auspices of the Colored Citizens of Brooklyn Attended by Over Two Thousand—General Horatio C. King's Warm Welcome—George E. Wibes Presid By N. BARNETT DODSON. Brooklyn.—With an audience of over 2,000 persons, the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Henry Ward Beecher was celebrated at Plymouth church in this city on Tuesday evening, Oct. 21, under the auspices of the colored citizens of this borough. George E. Wibecan, chairman of the committee having charge of the arrangements for the celebration, presided The hymn, "Love Divine, All Love Excelling," a favorite of Mr. Beecher, was sung, and the invocation was given by Rev. Dr. Holland Powell. The special music for the occasion was [Name] PROFESSOR KELLY MILLER. sung by a choir made up of singers from the various church choirs, under the direction of Mr. P. Albert Myers. Among the anthems sung by the choir, which were also favorites of the noted preacher, were "Who Are These Arrayed in White Robes?" (Stainer), "Thou Lamb of God" (Wagner) and "O Ye That Love the Lord" (Coleridge Taylor). General Horatio C. King, clerk of Plymouth church for many years, made the address of welcome in a brief but thrilling story of some of the historical facts connected with the church which occurred during Mr. Beecher's pastorate of forty years. General King's reference to "Pinkle," the little slave girl whose freedom was bought by Plymouth church, was both interesting and pathetic. He said that the night on which "Pinkle" was sold Mr. Beecher had the baskets passed to raise the $80 to meet the requirements of the bill of sale, the church raised $1,500, paid the slave owner, gave "Pinkle" her freedom and the rest of the money to "Pinkle's" mother. The speakers of the evening were Mrs. A. W. Hunton of this city and Professor Kelly Miller, dean of the college of arts and sciences, Howard university. Mrs. Hunton reviewed the work of Beecher as a preacher, anti-slavery agitator and leader of thought in his day. She quoted many passages from his speeches against slavery and noted his deeds of kindness as a Christian warrior. The speaker paid a glowing tribute not only to Mr. Beecher, but to the members of Plymouth church and other heroes of human rights who fought that the colored race might have its freedom as God intended it should have. Mrs. Hunton was loud in praise of the women of the race, who, she said, had stood loyally by the men, giving them encouragement and hope through the fifty years of freedom which the race is now celebrating. The progress which the colored people have made under the most cruel and unfair treatment ever meted out to a people in a civilized country called Christian, said Mrs. Hunton, fully justifies all that Mr. Beecher and men and women of his stamp did for us. Professor Kelly Miller in his address made the application of the teachings of Mr. Beecher to the present condition of the race in a masterly and scholarly production of facts. He based his discourse on the life of Moses in dealing with the children of Israel and what would have happened had Moses yielded to the selfish notions of the leaders at the king's court instead of casting the positive side of his life with his own people. Professor Miller emphasized the need of the right kind of education and the duty of the educated to the rank and file of the race. This thought the speaker illustrated by calling attention to the positive and negative signs in algebra. Mr. Miller is positive in his belief that were Mr. Beecher alive the great humanitarian would fight against race segregation in all of its phases just as valiantly as he did against the injustice of human slavery. RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTER PLACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 3714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STRE. T PHONES CENTRAL 320 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 4183 AUTOMATIC 33-730 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 799 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. NOTARY PUBLIC CHICAGO Phone Franklin 8727 Bona 508 M. 36th St. Tel. Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney-at-Law 118 N. La Salle Street Oxford Building Suite 403 OHICAGO Franklin A. Denison ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street, CHICAGO Suites 708 Delaware Bldg. Tel. Central 3142 NOTARY PUBLIC Office Phone Automatic 44-185 Room 40, 143 North Dearborn Street Cor. Randall St. CHICAGO McCormick Blvd Evening Office, 3458 State Street Phone Automatic 77-574 DE WITT H. HARDIN LAWER NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 8 Johnson Bldg. Phone Douglas 7720 3522 So. State St., Chicago RESIDENCE 3423 FOREST AVB. Phone Douglas 6001 Phones Douglas 8078 and Auto. 72-384. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 8 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. Dr. MacENRY J. BROWN Physician and Surgeon Oculist. Practice Limited to Diseases of Eye and Ear. Office and Residence, 3502 S. State St. Ohioage. Office Phones: Res. 5133 So. Wabash Ave. Oakland 4662, Auto. 73-858 Phone Dresel 18815 Dr. Theo. R. Mozee DENTIST 4709 S. STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays by Appointment FAMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. Under State Government Supervision. $120,000 deposited with the State. Policies of all kinds, ranging from Sve county 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 to The American Life Insurance Co., of Illinois. Tel. Randolph 5. • Home Office—Harris Trust Building. 115 W. Monroe St. CHICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Rec. Oakland 1760! Auto. 79156 HENRY C. DOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO HOVERS, PACKERS AND SHOPPERS 3 Trigon Daily to All Departments 4706 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO FOR RENT. Desk Room for business purposes in branch law office of W. G. Anderson & L. A. Newby, 35th and State St. N. W. corner. SIRES AND SONS. President Wilson uses a monocle when reading. President Poincaré 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 Fritzi 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 Alfred 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 Kubelk, 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 fami ine the country's complexion might be come a good deal clearer.-Chicago News. Even the critics who advocated a Cu ebra 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 KEYSTON DAVID McG 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 cigars and news stand, 18 W. 31st St., near State. E. M. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelpe, 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. Marwell, notions, cigars, tobacco, confections and news stand, 5244 State St. Edward Felix, notions, cigars and news stand, 52 W. 30th St. 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 parlors and news stand. $3800\frac{1}{2}$ State street. T. B. Hall, Laundry office, cigars, tobacco and news stand. 3618 South State street. Bell & Alford, cigars, tobacco and news stand. $3128\frac{1}{2}$ 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. J. S. Williams, ladies and gents shoe dressing parlor, laundry office and news stand. 12 E. 34th 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, Fla., 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 FXCATLIN RETORS L & BUFFET Chicago, Ill. Douglas 1360 and 2349 THE HOTEL! OWAN, Prop. ROOMS WITH BATH WILLIARD PARLORS THE STREET THE MUSEUM S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per cent allowed on Savings Ac Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per owed on Savings Accounts t Vaults, $3.00 per Year 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and locking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. As agent buy and sell Real Estate on condents, including payment of taxes and lock on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patron The Cranford Building. 36 The finest building ever open Steam heat, electric light, tile ba and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estate payment of taxes and locking after assessment of Estate. Specially Invites the patronage of Chicago business. Cranford Apartment Building. 3600 Wabash A It building ever opened to Colored tenant electric light, tile baths, marble entrance state on commission, manages estates for non-resi- ties and locking after assessments. Money to loan the patronage of Chicago business men. Anford Apartment No. 3600. Wabash Ave. ver opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. tile baths, marble entrance. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. 3 The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric light, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. 'Phone Randolph 803 from photo of gas are dition which saved dodge 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 $180 last year. What Is It Costing You or Factory—Are You for Half Er Sketch from photo of gas are installation which saved one Chicago factory $1200 What Is It Costing You To Light Your Store or Factory—Are You Paying Big Bills for Half Enough Light? 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 Li Peoples Gas Building Peoples Gas Light & Coke Com as Building Telephone Re Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Randolph 4667 The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4667 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. ```markdown ``` --- --- Telephone Douglas 1565 J. W. Casey, Agent, 74 W. WASHINGTON STREET. would save you each month? 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 tangero 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. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance Douglas 4482 | HARRY 73-974 74-478 LA VERDO BUFFET AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS Street BUFFET AND CIGARETTES' CHICAGO. 653 NSWICK op. BILLIARDS LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street CHICAGO. HOTEL BRUNSWICK GEO. W. HOLT, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS TE STREET CHICAGO JONES A. F. CODOZOE THE ELITE CAFE and BUFFET LITE FFET Finest Table d'Hote in the City 4 p. m., to 1 a. m. e Street C MARY C. SNEED, Mgr omatic 75-173 ING CLUB D CAFE CHICAGO EVERY EVENING GENERAL SPRING CENTER FET AND CAL 3517 S. State Street, CHICAGO CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVEN HIGH CLASS INTERTAINERS EVERY EVENING JOHN J. DUNN WHOLESALE COAL RETAIL FIFTY-FIRST STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. UNN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI HN BLOCKI & S PERFUMERS FIFTY-FIRSt STREET and ARMOUR AVENUE RAILYARDS 51st St. and L. S. & M. S. 51st St. and ARMOUR AVE. JOHN BLOCKI, Press. 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 Telephone Yards 693 JOHN J. Real Lo Fire and Plate 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Phones Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 LA VERD IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC 3100 State Street PHONE DOUGLAS 8653 HOTEL B GEO. W. BUFFET, POOL 3004 STATE STREET Phone: Douglas 3256 HENRY JONES THE CAFE an 3030 State Street WILLIAM LEWIS, Prop. Phone Douglas 3309 MINERAL S BUFFET A 3517 S. State S HIGH CLASS INTERA FRANK DUNN J. B. McCAHEY TRUSTEES ESTABLISHED 1877 FRANK DUNN JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. JOHN BLO PERF C. E. Kreys HARRY J. KELLY Prog CHICAGO Automatic 72-379 Chicago, Ill TEL. OAKLAND 1580, 1581, 1582 CHICAGO