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Hon. John E. Traeger, the Best City Comptroller Chicago Has Ever Had, Bought $5.00 Worth of Tickets FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOUISE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS. HON. MERRITT W. PINOKNEY, JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE COURT; COL. A. D. GASH, PRESIDENT OF THE GOOD ROADS COMMISSION OF ILLINOIS; HON. MILES J. DEVINE, EX-CITY ATTORNEY OF CHI- CAGO, AND WILFRED REYNOLDS, HEAD OF THE CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID SOCIETY, WILL BE THE SPEAKERS OF THE AFFAIR, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 61st STREET AND LOOMIS BOULEVARD, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29. Vol. XIX. Hon. John E. Best City Chicago Has Bought $5. Tickets FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT TO BE LOUISE TRAINING SCHO HON. MERRITT W. PINCKNEY, JUD A. D. GASH, PRESIDENT OF T ILLINOIS; HON. MILES J. DE CAGO, AND WILFRED REYNOL HOME AND AID SOCIETY, WILL BE THE SPEAKERS OF THE THE HOPE PRESBYTERIAN C BOULEVARD, FRIDAY EVENING On Friday evening, May 29th, an entertainment will be given at the Hope Presbyterian church, 61st street and Loomis boulevard, for the benefit of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys. Judge Merritt W. Pineckney of the Juvenile Court; Col. A. D. Gash, president of the good roads commission of Illinois; Hon. Miles J. Devine, ex-city attorney of Chicago; and Wilfred Reynolds, head of Children's Home and Aid Society, will be the speakers on that occasion. The program of the affair will be published in full in the next issue of this paper. Being deeply interested in the Louise Training School for Colored Boys, which is located at 6130 Ada street, we pledged our word and honor to Mrs. McDonald, superintendent of the school, to aid her to the extent of selling from 50 to 100 tickets in order to help to make the entertainment a financial success, and on Monday afternoon while the storm was raging over Chicago, we called on the Hon. John E Traeger, the best city comptroller that Chicago has ever had, who has a heart in him as big as an elephant, and who has been a regular subscriber to The Broad Ax since September 1, 1899, down to the present time, and as briefly as possible we stated the object of our errand. He listened very attentively until we had finished talking, then he pulled out his pocketbook, opened it and fished out a $5.00 bill and smilingly said, "Mr. Taylor, you are representing a good cause and I have unbounded faith in your honesty and straight-forward course in all business transactions and you can shell me out $5.00 worth of tickets." THE GRAND MAY MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT ORCHESTRA HALL MONDAY EVENING WAS A FLATTERING SUCCESS DESPIE THE UNPLEASANT WEATHER. Monday evening the Coleridge Taylor Club, Prof. James A. Mundy, conductor, gave his first Grand May Musical Festival at Orchestra Hall. Between 1,200 and 1,500 people attended the high class affair, and in spite of the unpleasant weather it was a great social and financial success and Mr. Mundy and his associates are richly deserving of the highest commendation for so successfully conducting a grand musical of that character on such a high scale. Prof. N. Clark Smith, formerly of this city, and late conductor of the Tuskegee Institute Band of Booker T. Washington's school, added much to his past reputation from a musical point of view, by so ably conducting Mr. Mundy's compositions. The chorus work or singing was well done indeed; in fact, it was up to a high standard. But that does not hold true with the other singers, aside from Mrs. Willa Sloan, who sang her soprana selections with much grace and elegance. She possesses a rich mellow voice, once in a while inclined to a little harshness which she can easily overcome by constant practice; but with this slight defect, she made a fine impression. PLEASE READ THE BACK OF THE PAGE. HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAX Mr. Traeger came near causing us to lose our breath, and it was really hard work to find it for a few moments. Hon. Frank W. Koraleski, secretary and member of the Board of Assessors of Cook county; Dr. Howard S. Taylor, election commissioner; George A. Schilling, president of the local Board of Improvements; William H. Clark, F. A. Rawlins, A. L. Harris, Attorney F. L. Barnett, Hon. Frank J. Ryan, J. R. Buster, Attorney C. J. Waring, Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Col. Franklin A. Denison, Dr. M. J. Brown, William D. Neighbors, Attorney William G. Anderson, Hon. Edward D. Green, Mr. Jesse Binga the banker, J. John Dunn Coal Co., Charles E. Morrison, Attorney Walter M. Farmer, Mrs. J. S. Tandy, Samuel Alston, Hon. Adam Wolf, member of the Board of Assessors of Cook county, and General Stuart D. Fowler are among some of the many admirers of this paper who have purchased tickets to aid the boys' home. As stated before, that we would like to assist to raise $50 to $100 for the school, and if any of the many readers of this paper feel that they want to contribute to a worthy cause, without coming in personal contact with the writer, they can send their contributions or donations to us by mail, making their checks payable to Will T. Davies, president of the Louise Training School for Colored Boys, and they will be turned over to him by us. All we want is the credit for getting the money in. Address all letters to Julius F. Taylor, 5027 Federal street; phone Drexel 4590. If any one desires us to call for money or checks, all they have to do is to so indicate by letter or phone. The violin solos by Mr. Carroll K. Dickerson were very pleasing to the ear. On the whole, the musical festival reflected much credit on the musical ability of the Colored people, and once each year an event of this character should be looked forward to with great interest by those who admire the musical productions of Afro-American composers. The following program was rendered: Tannhauser Overture (Wagner), Mr Walter Gossette, organist; The Lord Hath Done Great Things for Us (Mundy), The Coleridge-Taylor Club; Plantation Song Cycle: (a) A-Dreamin' (b) Bose, (c) Bye o' Bab'um (N. Clark Smith), Mr. W. A. Hahn; Rain Song (Will Marion Cook), Messrs. Ross, Borden, Reid, Moragne, Jones, White, Mrs. Lily Nelson and Coleridge-Taylor Club; O Lovely Night (Offenbach), Y. M. C. A. Boys' Glee Club; Ethiopia (Mundy), Coleridge-Taylor Club, Capt. N. Clark Smith, conductor; Mazurka de Concert (Ovide Musin), Mr. Carroll K. Dickerson; By the Waters of Babylon (Coleridge-Taylor), Coleridge-Taylor Club; I Hear a Spirit Flower at Eve (Cadman), Mrs. Willa Sloan; Sons of Freedom (Mundy), Coleridge-Taylor Club. Note.—The selections rendered by the Coleridge-Taylor Club in the above group are by Colored composers, also the Plantation Cycle. Holdenish (Handel), Coleridge-Tay CHICAGO, MAY 16, 1914 MAJ. ROBER Head Chief of the Uniform Bank Kn who Has Succeeded, After a Har Political Enemies to Flight. THE MASTER Head Chief of the Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias Throughout the World, who Has Succeeded, After a Hard Fought Battle, in Putting All of His Political Enemies to Flight. lor Club; A Spirit Flower (Campbell-Tipton), Mrs. Willa Sloan; Quartette, "Rigoleto" (Verdi), Mrs. Lily Nelson, Mrs. Phyllis Woodward, Messrs. Edward Borden and John W. Jones; Toreador Song, "Carmen" (Bizet), Mr. W. A. Hahn; Seventh Concerto (Beriot), Mr. Carroll K. Dickerson; The Bells of St. Michael's Tower (Stewart), Coleridge-Taylor Club; The Lost Chord (A. Sullivan), Y. M. C. A. Boys' Glee Club; One Fine Day, "Madame Butterfly" (Puccini), Mrs. Willa Sloan; Waltz Song, "Faust" (Gounod), Coleridge-Taylor Club. Dunne had aided in the appointment of Mr. Jarecki, a citizen of Polish descent, qualified in every respect to fulfil the duties of judge. The assistance of the Governor in the appointment was in the fact that Mr. Jarecki was a typical representative of a large number of Polish citizens who lived in Chicago and were served by the court. This was a great aid in making the court truly representative, but a greater and more complete service would be rendered the Chief Justice and the court made truly typical of that type of citizens served by it when A COLORED MAN FOR JUDGE. Last Saturday, in Chief Justice Olson's chambers of the Municipal Court, the Bench and Bar held an installation and inducted into office as it were Mr. E. K. Jarecki, a Polish lawyer, appointed recently by Governor Edward F. Dunne as the successor to Judge Frederick L. Fake, resigned. The occasion was one upon which as is customary for the Bench and Bar to eulogize the merits of the person being inducted into office. Chief Justice Olson led off with the purposes of the Municipal Court. He was followed by other members of the Bench, including Judges Pam and Goodwin, and others of the Circuit and Superior Courts, and then the Bench having concluded, the Bar had its inning. Several eminent members of the Bar spoke of Mr. Jarecki and his qualifications to serve upon the Bench as judge. It was left, however, to Mr. Tyrrell to refer to the members of the Colored race that were present and who had been unsuccessful in the past in placing a member of their race upon the Bench. At this junction the Hon. Beauregard F. Moseley entered the court room, and was at once recognized by Chief Justice Olson, who called upon Mr. Moseley to respond to the installation and elevation of Mr. Jarecki to the Bench. Mr. Moseley said among other things, "that it was a pleasure as well as a surprise to be called upon by the Chief Justice to respond to a sentiment, elevating and promoting one from the ranks of the Bar to the heights of a seat upon the judiciary, but inasmuch as he was accustomed to surprises, he would endeavor to make good. That the pleasure of this surprise was in the fact that the Chief Justice had endeavored to make the Municipal Court representative of the people it served, or in other words, the people's tribune. In this, Governor T R. BACKSON Rights of Pythias Throughout the World, and Fought Battle, in Putting All of His Dunne had aided in the appointment of Mr. Jarecki, a citizen of Polish descent, qualified in every respect to fulfil the duties of judge. The assistance of the Governor in the appointment was in the fact that Mr. Jarecki was a typical representative of a large number of Polish citizens who lived in Chicago and were served by the court. This was a great aid in making the court truly representative, but a greater and more complete service would be rendered the Chief Justice and the court made truly typical of that type of citizens served by it when I or one of my race shall call the Bench and Bar together to witness the inauguration or installation of a member of my race that have done so much for Chicago and the country in making it a place where all men are treated fair and impartial and that the profession of friendship for the race as voiced by Mr. Tyrrell and other speakers will be regarded as so much pleasantry until racial prejudice gives way for brains and fitness. When that is done, Mr. Jarecki and myself and perhaps the rest of the gentlemen will feel proud to assemble at the installation, and if I am the subject of consideration, none of you shall be fined for contempt for applauding, for you will have done much to cause applause by the American people who believe in justice and fair play and the recognition of merit and ability. There were several members of the race present, including several law lawyers. All witnessed the spontaneous applause given Mr. Moseley by Bench and Bar. Chief Justice Olson said in speaking of the affair afterwards that the Colored people as well as the Poles deserve a representative upon the Bench, and that Mr. Moseley would make an ideal judge. THE ELKS NINTH ANNUAL BALL GIVEN BY GREAT LAKES LODGE No. 43 AT COLISEUM. ANNEX WAS A SUCCESS, IT BEING WELL ATTENDED. On Thursday evening the Elks composing the membership of Great Lakes Lodge No. 43 gave their annual ball at the Coliseum Annex, and from beginning to the end it was a very orderly and enjoyable affair. It was well attended by a large number of jolly and wide-awake men and women, and all of them seemed to have plenty of money to spend, they being out to have a good time. P. W. UPSHAW. Mrs. J. E. Wright has Permitted Herself to be Used as a Cat's-paw by Some Scheming, Soreheaded Politicians THE MANY FALSE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN HER ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE COLUMNS OF ANOTHER NEWSPAPER LAST WEEK ARE REFUTED BY MAJOR ROBERT E. JACKSON AND REV. J. C. ANDERSON, THE ELOQUENT PASTOR OF QUINN CHAPEL. K. P. LODGE No. 2 PASS RESOLUTIONS UPHOLDING THE ARMS OF MAJOR JACKSON. THE HEAD OFFICERS OF THE UNIFORM BANK, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, SOUND THE PRAYSE OF MAJOR JACKSO THE POLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS SPEAK FOR MSELVES. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The Broad Ax: Kindly grant me space in the columns of your paper to answer the attack made on me by Mrs. J. E. Wright last week through the columns of another newspaper published in this city. It is seldom, if ever, that I answer an article in a newspaper, but the article appearing in the paper in question last week, is so tense, so unjust, so outrage and unwarranted by the facts, that I offer this explanation in behalf of the organization which we all love so well and which honored General Wright even after he was dead. I need not defend myself and shall not attempt to do so. It will be necessary, however, to use the pronoun I in order to intelligently convey the facts in the case to a successful understanding. General Wright was stricken with paralysis Monday, April 20th. I was notified and called at his home within an hour of the receipt of the notice. The General was unconscious and did not recognize me. I left his home and told his wife to let me know immediately if his condition grew worse. He died the same night and I was notified over the phone. Early Tuesday morning I called on his widow, offered my sympathy and she asked me to look after his funeral arrangements. I told her that "Ed" and myself had been friends and comrades for more than twenty-five years and that anything that I could do for her and for him, she had but to say so, and pay no attention to expense. Mrs. Wright said at once that she wanted a Sunday funeral, she wanted a band, she wanted the services held at Quinn Chapel church and Rev. A. J. Carey to preach the funeral. She wanted the choir to sing music of her selection, she wanted the band to play certain selections and in addition to certain numbers on the program she wanted the quartette that officiated at Major J. C. Buckner's funeral. I set out immediately to carry out her wishes. Getting in touch with Rev. Anderson of Quinn Chapel, he was reluctant to grant the use of the church for the Sunday funeral on account of morning services lasting until 12:30 and 1:00 o'clock, and it being quarterly meeting Sunday in the church which takes up the entire after- The majority of those attending the ball were conveyed to and from it in fine autos. It was one o'clock before the Eighth Regiment band struck up the grand march, which was very pleasing to behold. The many ladies joining in it looked ever so lovely in their rich and elegant costumes and many of the men were not far behind them in outward appearance. At the conclusion of the grand march the writer struck out for home. Henry Jones, J. R. Dunn, Chas. Harris, John P. Sneed, John T. Powers and many of the other high priests of the order were on hand bright and early to greet their friends and patrons. The Elks will enjoy their annual sermon at the Institutional church to-morrow afternoon. No.34 Wright has Herself to be Cat's-paw by eming, Sore- citicians CONTAINED IN HER ARTICLE WHICH IS OF ANOTHER NEWSPAPER LAST. T B. JACKSON AND REV. J. C. AN- PASTOR OF QUINN CHAPEL. TIONS UPHOLDING THE ARMS OF JACKSON. FORM BANK, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, OF MAYOR JACKSO. TIONS SPEAK FOR IMSELVES. noon, I promised R. Anderson that if he would let me b. the church that we would go into the funeral services at 1:00 o'clock and would positively be out by half past two (2:30) o'clock. On this condition only did we secure the church and we tried to live up to our word. I then got in touch with Dr. Carey and he said he would preach the funeral sermon if it was agreeable to Rev. Anderson. I then consulted Rev. Anderson and he responded in the affirmative. Returning to Mrs. Wright, I informed her of the conditions and the agreement on the hours. She thanked me for my effort and accepted the hours as the very best we could do on account of the quarterly meeting services. Then in succession I arranged for the choir, the band, the music and selections to be played, the pall bearers (lodge, military and honorary), issued orders to the entire Uniform Rank Department of the order to attend the funeral in full dress uniform, notified the lodge officers of the General's death, and sent messages and telegrams to the general staff officers and called on Mrs. Wright each day to learn her further wishes and to carry them out. I visited the lodge and had them to vote out of their treasury $125 for funeral expenses while our departed General was lying dead. All who are members of fraternal organizations know this is an unusual proceeding, for the reason that few lodges pay their death benefits earlier than thirty days, and Mrs. Wright had her money in her hand in less than a week. The Uniform Rank turned out to a man, more than 400 men. We arrived at the residence at 11:45 A. M. sharp and were to leave at 12:15 in order to be in the church at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Wright delayed matters here and we finally left the house at 12:45, thirty minutes late. We naturally arrived at the church thirty minutes late and lost a portion of our valuable time. The services in the church were beautiful and Rev. Carey preached one of the best funeral services I have ever listened to. Resolutions were read, your humble servant represented the lodge, the choir sang with feeling and sympathy, and the lodge performed their last service. We finished the program and services at exactly half past two and I announced to the public that owing to the fact that we had agreed with the pastor and the church to finish at that hour, that it would be impossible to view the remains. Mrs. Wright and the family then viewed the remains and we finally left the church at twenty minutes to three, and any one who has attended a large funeral can judge for themselves how long it would have taken for those 1,200 people to have passed in single file before the body. It was my agreement with the church, backed up with Mrs. Wright's request and consent, that we had a Sunday funeral and at and within the hours stipulated. I will now state on behalf of the organization that we had the Sunday (Continued on Page 2) Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Infaillible, Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their rights gunge is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00. Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 8027 FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. PHONE DREXEL 4500. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19, 1862. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Illinois, Act of March 1, 1862. Act of March 1, 1862. MRS. J. E. WRIGHT HAS PERMITTED SOME SORE-HEADED POLITICIANS TO USE HER AS A CAT'S PAW. (Concluded from Page 1) funeral to please the widow. We could have had a week day funeral just as well, ordered the members out in the same way and manner and had the use of Quinn Chapel for an entire day if the occasion demanded it and it pleased the lady in question. It is the basest ingratitude to abuse me after carrying out all the widow's wishes and doing for her all that was in my power. General Wright and I were good friends. We were brothers until death separated us. We were real friends. There are living more than a thousand men who will tell the world that we were more than friends. There never was any jealousy between us and never a cause for any. General Wright was a brigadier general and not a major general as stated by his wife. Every promotion he enjoyed in the order, your humble servant gave it to him, and I am proud of the honor. We were real comrades. He was never defeated in his lodge for Chancellor Commander and I never ran for secretary of the lodge. It was a shame for Mrs. Wright to print over her signature conditions that never obtained and especially indecides that never happened. General Wright served his lodge and his company faithfully and with honor. Every office he sought he gained, and Pythias Lodge No. 2 honored him with election and re-election every time he offered his services. General Wright at the time of his death had been selected as grand marshal of the annual sermon parade, and I will not state who secured him the position of honor each year for more than ten (10) years, but will leave it to the dear lady to tell the world the truth some day before she dies. It is hard to do your duty by your friend and your brother, and then have abuse heaped upon you by his widow. God forbid and forgive. Yours, MAJOR R. R. JACKSON. Chicago, May 11, 1914. Major R. R. Jackson, City. My Dear Brother:—In compliance with your request, I give you herein a statement with my connection with and knowledge of the funeral of the late General J. E. Wright, although I regret the occasion of dealing after this fashion with so sacred a matter. When one has been called "beyond the veil" it seems to me that nothing should be said regarding him, saving that which means "peace to his ashes and rest to his soul." I cannot believe, owing to what I have heard of the very fine spirit of General Wright, that he would be pleased to have a controversy over his ashes. Toward the close of the week preceding our last quarterly meeting, you called me by telephone and said that "General J. E. Wright was dead and asked if his funeral might be held at Quinn Chapel the following Sunday afternoon." I answered that it was our quarterly meeting day and I did not think there would be time enough for such a funeral to be held with the usual exercises accompanying them, and I named the morning service which not infrequently runs beyond one o'clock. The Sunday School which convenes at two o'clock and the afternoon communion beginning at three o'clock. You said General Wright and his family were friends of Quinn Chapel, though none of them belonged there, that the widow was very desirous to have the service held there and that if we permitted the service to be held there, beginning at one o'clock, you would see to it that it closed at two-thirty o'clock. Since the ceremonies of only one organization would be observed, I said I doubted your ability to get through at that time, but would try you. The pastor --- told the presiding elder about the plea you had made and the consent he had given and requested that all the services of the morning except the preaching might be abbreviated so that the funeral might begin promptly at one o'clock. It was agreed to and the service was closed at one o'clock, but the funeral procession did not arrive till a half hour later (one-thirty). Church members and friends who were present at the funeral said "That it was one of the most orderly, beautiful and impressive that had been held in Chicago for years," and the pastor privately complimented those who participated, including yourself, Major, who as Master of Ceremonies had directed the services. Everything was done, it seems to me, except reviewing the remains. Why that was not done I did not know, no one had said anything to me about it. Having assumed that the General and his family were people of the highest rank and knowing that among the refined and cultured there is a growing custom of excluding the spectacular and emotional from funeral services and in many cases not having the remains displayed when the services are held, and knowing that leading people are more and more honoring their distinguished dead and giving others opportunity to do so by keeping their remains lying in state, which generally precedes interment. Knowing these facts, I thought that this part of the service had been intentionally excluded and said nothing about it. However, I was completely dumfounded when I received a letter from the bereaved widow the following week complaining that her husband had been dishonored, his friends offended, and she, the bleeding hearted widow, deeply grieved because the remains had not been viewed. In her letter to me she asked me to account for all this. I could not, for I knew nothing of it; besides, my attention had been called to her article in one of the papers of our city, in which, I regret to say, she has misquoted me. I did not write an answer for I thought it would be better to call and see her in person, that I might not only understand the question of her grievance more thoroughly from her point of view, but to offer her the consolations of the gospel. In conclusion may I say, Major, that I hope this matter will be seen in its true light, that the good lady may be placated and comforted and that there will be no further impugnment of the motives and actions of those who at great inconvenience to themselves and others tried to pay becoming tribute to an honorable man, and that the sweet memories of his fruitful life may not be obscured by scrimonious controversy following his death. With best wishes to all concerned, I am yours for the peace and good will of the realm, J. C. ANDERSON, Pastor of Quinn Chapel, 3362 Calumet Ave. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY PYTHIAS LODGE No. 2, K. of P., IN DEFENSE OF MAJOR GENERAL BOBERT R. JACKSON. Whereas, Mrs. J. E. Wright, widow of the late Bro. James E. Wright of Pythias Lodge No. 2, K. of P., has, either of her own initiative or at the instigation of others, caused to be printed in the columns of the "Illinois Idea" an article reflecting upon the integrity of Bro. R. R. Jackson, also a member of Pythias Lodge No. 2, K. of P.; and Whereas, The said article is scurrilous and false, embodying statements that should not go unchallenged by loyal and true-hearted Pythians; therefore be it Resolved, That Pythias Lodge No. 2, K. of P., in regular convention assembled, do promptly and vigorously denounce as unwarranted, unjust and untrue the statements appearing over the signature of the said Mrs. J. E. Wright Resolved, Further, that all evidence on the contrary, indicated that a most cordial and brotherly feeling existed between these two brothers, with the result that Bro. Wright frequently became the beneficiary of measures introduced or championed, from time to time, by Brother Jackson. Resolved, Also, that we, the officers and members of Pythias Lodge No. 2, K. of P., in adopting and giving to the public these resolutions, do thereby reaffirm our allegiance to Bro. Jackson, and declare our unshaken confidence in his Pythian integrity. We further affirm as our belief that he has been made the undeserving victim of a cruel and malicious intent on the part of those who have sought to do him injury. UNIFORM RANK K. OF P.'S SOUND THE PRAISE OF MAJOR JACK- SON. Whereas, Mrs. J. E. Wright, the widow of the late General J. E. Wright, caused to be published over her signature an article in the "Illinois Idea," under date of May 9, 1914, containing a malicious attack reflecting on the character and good name of Major-General R. R. Jackson; therefore be it Resolved, That we feel an injustice has been done the Major-General, and members of the Uniform Bank, as we know that the greatest of friendship existed between Major-General R. R. Jackson and the deceased, who was held in the highest esteem by the Major-General; and be it further Resolved, That we, the officers of the Uniform Bank of the Knights of Pythias, do hereby affirm that we did our full duty and to the best of our ability in giving General Wright as impressive a ceremony as the time allotted to us by the pastor of Quinn Chapel would permit, and we also affirm that General Wright never attained the rank of Major-General which is the highest honor and office in the Uniform Bank, but that at the time of his death was the Past Brigadier General of the State of Illinois, and was an active member of the Major-General's staff. He was assigned to duty at General Headquarters, with the rank of Brigadier-General; and be it further Resolved, That we regard the charges unwarranted, and we do hereby publish the above resolution in vindication of the said Major-General R. R. Jackson, and the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. FIRST REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. By COL. H. H. BIGGS, Commanding. THOMAS E. FOSTER, Capt. and Adjutant. Dear Sir:—Having read the communication of the widow of the late Gen. James E. Wright in last week's issue of the "Illinois Idea," and knowing that no man has striven more earnestly for the upbuilding of the Uniform Rank, K. of P., than Major R. R. Jackson, we the undersigned members of the 1st Regiment of Illinois, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, felt it our duty in justice to all concerned to thoroughly investigate the matter and see if in any way any neglect had been manifest or any injustice done our departed brother or his bereaved widow. First of all, we would have it clearly understood that we have no word of criticism or unkindness for Mrs. Wright. We fully realize that in her anguish and in the depths of her sorrow, it was more than easy for her to suspect and feel that some oversight was being shown. But that she is sadly mistaken we are thoroughly convinced. Our committee called on Dr. A. J. Carey, and this is what he says: "Major Jackson never at any time urged me to undue haste in the funeral service. In fact I do not recall that Major Jackson mentioned the matter of time at all to me. I knew it was Quinn Chapel's quarterly meeting day, and all A. M. E. pastors know that on such occasions all extra services must be brief. It was gracious of Dr. Anderson and the good people of Quinn to permit the funeral at that time, on that day, and I am sure all did their best to show every honor to the departed General Wright, whom all of us so highly esteemed." In the light of this statement it is certainly clear that Mrs. Wright was vividly imaginative when she declared that Major R. R. Jackson cut short Dr. Carey's eulogy at the point where the Doctor's eulogy at the point where the Doctor's eulogy at the point where the memory of her husband. Major Jackson's long and faithful service, not only to the order of Knights of Pythias, but to the people of this entire community, is too well known for any words even of a widow in her bereavement to make the people of Chicago feel that Major Jackson would in any way neglect a brother or fail in the discharge of his fullest duty. FIRST REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS UNIFORM RANK, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. RACE NEEDS MORAL, GODLY MEN In the course of his sermon at the Madison Street Presbyterian church last Sunday morning, Rev. L. Z. Johnson declared that the man or woman who only wanted to be a leader to gratify his or her personal whims that his leadership will be only in godlessness and selfishness; but consecrated both to God and his people, he will lead in righteousness and faithfulness to the glory of God and the welfare of his fellows. "The race wants godly, moral, consecrated men, of wide and deep human sympathy, great self mastery, of noble will and courage, and resourcefulness to do and bear, to help and inspire, to lead on and up under God in noble living and noble serving to sure and grandly achieving things of racial uplift and blessness. No other kind of leadership is leadership, nor will avail enduringly."—The Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore, Md., May 9, 1914. Will the Rev. Hon. Archibald Carey, Ph.D., D.D., please stand up and lead us in prayer! GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS SEVENTY-FIRST AN- NIVERSARY AT QUINN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH, 24th ST. AND WABASH AVE., SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1914. Prominent Visitor, Brother of Hon. Edward H. Morris, Member of the Subcommittee of Management, St. Paul, Minn. A TRIBUTE PAID TO THE LATE J. C. BUCKNER, MAJOR-GENERAL OF THE UNIPORM RANK, DECEASED, BY MAJOR-GENERAL MORRIS LEWIS, HIS SUCCESSOR. The National Grand Master's Message of Greetings to the Members of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of the World, Edward H. Morris. By L. W. Washington. It is known that the largest fraternal society in this city is the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and the Rev. J. C. Anderson, the pastor of this beautiful church, preached the sermon of the hour. The popularity of this young, aggressive minister of the gospel has captured the city by his eloquence. For the third time he has been called upon to address as a Christian gentleman another great fraternal order. When we note the facts, we discover that he has spoken to more than 8,600 persons on two Sundays, in three sermons, an honor to be sure only given to but few men in this or any other country, whether they be white or black. This shows that our fraternal bodies as well as our civic ones are seeking the best material among us to serve them. He has proven to be the champion of their confidence. His address was a well prepared treatise upon the "Third Link in the Chain," which is "Truth." And certainly his theme was well founded upon one of the pillars of the foundation of Odd Fellowship, Truth. Calling his hearers, his race, the nation, back to a sure foundation, truth, a safe passage to success, and to build upon a principle that will live for ever, he said: "Brother Odd Fellows, I am as old in the Odd Fellows as my brother, Grand Master Brother Geo. T. Kersey. I think we joined the order about the same time. I bring you pleasant greetings to-day from your brothers of Louisville, where our associations have been of the best. I have chosen my text to-day from the 119th Psalm and a part of the 30th verse, 'I have chosen the way of truth.' My friends, written upon our banners and represented by the initials of the principals of the Order, denotes these words, Friendship, Love and Truth, generally arranged so as to express the systematic principles of the same. I want to emphasize to-day the thought of the third link, 'Truth.' Truth is the revealing feature that makes for success in any society, and any violation of its enminence means integration of its serviceable means. The spoilment of human society, as men seek selfishly to carry out their accomplishments and their endeavors without it. Seek the truth, for the truth will make you free. Follow truth, court the truth, marry truth, and live with truth. Having followed our ambitions on the road to greatness, we will do good and succeed only so far as we continue shaping our lives by the principles of the third link, which is truth. And then as men and women we will be able to control the highest forces in life which makes for the salvation of all humanity. Every Odd Fellow and Sister of Ruth should remember that the emblems you wear upon your bosom, or the lapel of your coat, declare to every one you meet that you have chosen the way of truth. And in order to be imbued with the idea, to be saturated with its devotion, in other words, in order to be a true Odd Fellow or a true Sister of Ruth, you must learn the truth, study the truth, know the truth, and apply it to your daily walks and your daily life; love the truth, so as to be able to speak the truth. It goes without saying that a great many people do not speak the truth. Even though we have not done so, start to-day, rub up the precious coin in your possession, and use it to the best advantage. Why do men dequire a receipt from one another? Why do they require a certificate of authority? Because there may be some liability of one telling the truth. And he or she who will not do so may be compelled to do so, by reason of the law of contracts. My brother, my sister, it is not enough for you to simply know the truth, you must love the truth, you must be truthful. I believe the highest compliment that can be paid to a brother Odd Fellow or to a sister member of the Household of Ruth is to be able to say of them they love the truth. I now ask you to follow Jesus, who says, 'I am the way, the truth, the life. If any man will deny himself and take up his cross and follow me, he will find rest.' Think of Him in your domestic life, depend upon Him in civic life, lean on Him in your national life, trust Him only, for He is Truth.' STYLES FOR WOMEN DECREED. Shorter and Fuller Skirts, Normal Waist Line for Fall Mode. MUCH PLAITING FAVORED. Cleveland, Ohio.—Shorter and fuller skirts, normal waistline, accordion plaiting, plaids and stripes—these are leading features of the fall styles for women's clothes as decreed to-day when the style report of the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' association in convention here was adopted. "The styles are far more becoming to all figures than for many seasons," says the report, which in brief follows: Suits—Jackets of finger tip length and longer, set-in sleeves, sloping shoulder effects, a tendency toward normal waistline, with fullness at sides or back. Skirts will be plaited, flaring and of long tunic designs and somewhat shorter. Coats—Three-quarter length will predominate, many cut shorter in front. The coat-cape will be a prominent feature. Separate capes will be desirable. The waistcoat effect will appear in capes. Materials in suits and coats will include mixtures, checks, zibelines, broad-cloths, and a variety of new pile fabrics. Fur trimmings will be freely used. Dresses—The principal changes will be additional fullness in the skirt, which will be shorter and the extensive use of the long tunic either from a yoke or the waistline, which will tend to normal in tailored effects, and be either high or low in evening gowns. Sleeves will be long in street dresses and either short or entirely absent in evening gowns. Accordion plaiting will feature dancing frocks. Stripes, plaids, and printed fabrics will be used extensively. HAMPTON AFLOAT AND APIELD (Special to The Broad Ax.) (Special to The Broad H2) For a hundred days in ten states a score of Colored boys and Indians from Hampton Institute will hold pageants through the summer of 1914. Upon the little eighty-foot schooner "Hampton" the chorus will make the long voyage from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Bar Harbor, Maine, striving to aid their school by giving the best of Negro music and folklore and the vividly beautiful tribal dances and ceremonial chants of the Indians. To be crew, cast, and chorus; to act, to sing, to march, to sleep in the crowded forecastle afloat, to make camp ashore, to give the best of their people's songs and customs to strangers; to try to gain new scholarships for new boys at Hampton—this is the gift of these Negro and Indian students to their school. The camp of brown khaki tents which stood upon the lawns of Newport, Bar Harbor, and the North Shore two summers ago will be carried ashore from the schooner "Hampton" for campaigns into the White Mountains, the Adirondacks, and the Berkshire Hills. The Hampton School has become not only a model of industrial education and training for leadership. It is also the center of true American music and folklore, of the Negro and Indian songs and customs. By sending out the best plantation chorus in America this summer, the workers and students of Hampton hope to gain new friends and new aid for the school. QUINN CHAPEL'S GREAT RALLY SUNDAY. MAY 17th. The Lord's Bank Opened. Sunday, May 17th, is rally day at Quinn Chapel, 24th St. and Wabash Ave. Bishop B. F. Lee, D.D., of Wilberforce, Ohio, will preach morning and night, and Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., of the Methodist Episcopal church will preach a special sermon at 3 o'clock. The pastors of our several churches and their congregations are invited to be present with us at 3 P. M. The choirs of the church will furnish music for the services. The public in general are asked to share in this rally. Any amount will be thankfully received, whether by cash or by check, brought or sent. Report of rally to be given Sunday night. Mount Glenwood Cemetery will hold their Memorial Day exercises on Sunday, May 31st, instead of Saturday, May 30th. Come out with us on that day and help us in our Decoration Day exercises. Train time, 2:15 from Dearborn station, 2:25 from 47th and Wallace, and 2:30 from Englewood station. CHIPS Attorney J. Gray Lucas has removed his law office from 118 N. LaSalle St. to the Union Bank Building, 25 N. Dearborn St. Major Robert R. Jackson left Tuesday noon for Jacksonville, Fl., and other points in that state where he will spend two weeks in the interest of the Uniform Rank K. P. F. A. Rawlins, the undertaker, 4517 S. State St., was on Tuesday evening overcome with a nervous shock, causing him to lose control of his speech. His numerous friends wish for him a speedy recovery. Miss Gertrude Smith, one of the well-known Probation Officers of the Juvenile Court, who resided on the West Side for many years, passed away the first of this week from the effects of nervous prostration. The Eighth Regiment Band, under the leadership of Capt. Wm. E. Berry, are rehearsing every night several new selections with which to surprise the host of admirers of that famous or organization at the 7th Regiment Armory on Monday night, May 25th. President Frank L. Hamilton of the Citizens' Committee reports that the affair at the 7th Regiment Armory on Monday night under the auspices of the Citizens' Committee of which he is chairman, will be the biggest assemblage of people ever gathered under one roof. Mr. Louis Buster, who is past eighty years old, father of J. R. Buster, 3250 LaSalle street, was severely injured Sunday evening at 35th and State streets while attempting to alight from a street car, the car starting up and throwing him to the pavement before he had time to get control of himself. Governor Edward F. Dunne has accepted an invitation of the Colored Citizens' Committee to be present at the reception and ball tendered to the officers and men of the 8th Regiment on Monday evening, May 25th, 7th Regiment Armory. His staff with their brilliant military uniforms will accompany him. Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson, Illinois National Guard, will present the long and honorable service medals to the 8th Regiment boys on Monday night, May 25th, at the reception and ball tendered them by the Colored Citizens. It will be worth "a day's travel in an ox cart" to hear the eloquent General on this occasion. Don't forget the place, and date, Seventh Regiment Armory, May 25th, Monday night. She dresses with great patina. "She dresses with great palms." "Yes. Her shoes pinch, her corset is too tight, and she frequently scorches herself with a curling iron."—Philadelphia Ledger. "Real humor never hurts," explained the preacher, solemn eyed. "Because there's not enough of it to hurt," the wag replied. —New York Mall. His Chum—How well bred your sister is! Her Brother — Yes. You see, she spends most of her time away from the rest of the family.—Judge. Of all the fool, bone headed geeks The star is Adam Burse. The mutt thinks twice before he speaks And then says something worse. —Cincinnati Enquirer. Crabshaw—I don't like this govern- ment by regulation at all. Mrs. Crabshaw—It's your own blame, my dear. If you'd given me all the money I've asked for you wouldn't have to bother about that old income tax.—Life. Thrice blest is he who cannot trail Adown the hill of years The story old, the humor stale. The childish quip, the twice told tale. He hears and hears and hears. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I see that your husband is becoming a tangoist." "Oh, no. He walks that way because he ran a tack into his foot night before last."—Chicago Record-Herald. The meanest thing the knocker says About the other fellow Exposes to us just one thing— The knocker's streak o' yellow. —Detroit Free Press. "This is an electrical suit, I understand." "I suppose, then, it will be tried in the circuit court."—Baltimore American. Little beams of moonshine, Little hugs and kisses, Make a little maiden Change her name to Mra. —Yale Record. "It gwleves me to speak of it. Gwace. Lawst evening you laughed at me right to my face." "You shouldn't mind that. Every day of my life I am laughing at nothing."—Boston Record. There once was an artist so frantic For notice he cut corybantic And improper capers, Which got in the papers, For it pays to be known as "romantic" —New York Sun. NEWLY DECORATED. 2-FLATS AND COTTAGES. PRICES $1975 TO $5750 The following Bargains will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION from 2 to 4 P. M. Daily. Be sure and see them. 541 East 36th Street, near Vincennes Ave., 2-story brick, newly decorated, 2-flat, stone trim, hardwood floors, cement basement, asphalt street, cement sidewalks; lot 25x150, two street frontages. 3228 Calumet Avenue, brown stone front, newly decorated, 2-flat, rooms all light, large brick barn, near 33rd Blvd.; good transportation. 523 East 36th Street, newly decorated, 3-flat; lot 50x150, two street frontages, hardwood floors. This is a decided bargain. See it to-day. For special appointment to see any of our several hundred bargains, phone our Mr. Thomas between 10:30 and 12:00 A. M. Buy from Bartlett's and save commission charges and save money. TITLES ARE ALL GUARANTEED. FRED'K. H. BARTL Chicago's Largest R Merchandisers PHONE RANDOLPH 3751. PHONE RANDOLPH 3751. 59-69 W. WASHINGTON ST. FIVE ROOM MODERN FLAT TO RENT. Nice five room modern flat to rent; newly decorated. A homely man is reported to have been made handsome by a collision with a steam roller. It probably flattered him. 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, 5327 Federal street. Phone Drexel, 4590. Money is man's greatest trouble if he hasn't any. Luck is too uncertain to sit around and wait for it. It never improves a woman's appearance to put on alrs. Perhaps next Asquith will be trying on the king's crown. Many a man can't tell black from white when it comes to a lie. ANNUAL BALL and BAND CONCERT 8:30 to 9:30 P.M. By the EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND GRAND MARCH AT 10:00 P.M. PRESENTATION OF MEDALS for MARKSMANSHIP And LONG AND HONORABLE SERVICE 9:30 P.M. Colonel Franklin A. Denison. Commanding At SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY 34TH STREET AND WENTWORTH AVE. MONDAY, MAY 25, 1914 ADMISSION 50 CENTS Record Price $100 Box No. Chicago ME AS RENT. 2-FLATS AND COTTAGES. 75 TO $5750 See OPEN FOR INSPECTION from see them. acennes Ave., 2-story brick, newly hardwood floors, cement basement, axs; lot 25x150, two street frontages, stone front, newly decorated, 2-flat, turn, near 33rd Blvd.; good trans- porated, 3-flat; lot 50x150, two street This is a decided bargain. See it of our several hundred bargains, phone our on charges and save money. ETT & CO., Owners, Real Estate Operators, of Real Estate 59-69 W. WASHINGTON ST. A homely man is reported to have been made handsome by a collision with a steam roller. It probably flattered him. The German tailor who has sent six of his thirty-five children to the army should be called the honorary father of his country. One advantage of being a British officer is that one can resign when one pleases. Plain Thomas Atkins would have to desert. The income tax assessors are finding that we have long had an exaggerated notion of the fortunes of most of our so called millionaires. The wireless telephone is soon to be installed on ocean liners. Then it will no longer be doubtful what is meant by "speaking a vessel." A ple baking contest between suffragists and antis has been proposed. This could be followed by a sock darning race and a house cleaning contest. Possibly that Chicago heiress who married a gardener married beneath her, but any one can be an heiress if she has luck. It takes ability to be a gardener. A German aviator has succeeded in ascending to a height of 20,564 feet, but what's the use getting so far away from the earth now that the baseball season is here? Sometimes congress succeeds in being as truly exciting as it is habitually represented to be by the New York feature writers sent over from time to time to "discover Washington." An advanced woman lecturer announces that the time will soon be here when the housewife will have a kitchenless home. Nothing new in that—some of them have it now. Chicago wife deserters are sent to the psychopathic ward now instead of to prison as heretofore. It will please the deserted wives to learn that it's a disease rather than a misdemeanor. A statement that New York high school students succeeded in spelling "isosceles" fifty-six different ways would have been more satisfactory had it informed us which way was right. MILITARY RECEPTION THE RYILL. N. G. DOWN DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Sarah Cornellus of Patchogue, N. Y., is 100 years of age. Miss Marie Tompkins, a woman of unusual strength, is in charge of the detective squad in a Philadelphia department store. Lady Paget, wife of Sir Arthur Paget, is planning to raise the sum of $15,000 for a copy of the statue of William Pitt, by MacDowell, to be presented to the United States by American wives of Englishmen. Dr. Ethel Smyth, musical composer, has announced that she bequeaths the interest of her fortune to the Woman's Social and Political union, to be used for the suffrage cause until the women win the ballot in England. Miss Emma R. Graves, eighty-two years old, has just rounded out fifty years' service under the government. She is a clerk attached to the office of the registrar of the treasury and detailed to the office of the treasurer of the United States. Town Topics. What's the use of trying to uplift Pittsburgh? It cost a man $25 to kiss the hand of a Pittsburgh belle.-Buffalo Express. Detroit is to have a new postoffice, and here's hoping it will be one that won't have to be enlarged the day it is completed.-Detroit Free Press. Baltimore has just made up its mind to keep on making a noise until it gets that reserve bank--that is, if there are any more reserve banks to dispose of.-Philadelphia Press. Announcement that Chief Kenlon of the fire department has devised a method for the prompt removal of snow makes an auspicious opening for the summer season.-New York World. Pert Personals. Forty-five curtain calls for New York's popular tenor, Caruso—and how many court calls? Nat Goodwin says all his wives "have chosen him," but Nat should cheer up. The time may come when he'll go out of fashion.—Detroit Free Press. Crown Prince William of Germany would like to visit us, but dreads being received officially. Come ahead, Bill. If you're a "regular feller" we'll merely slap you on the back, sell you a gold brick or two and let it go at that.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Current Comment. A poorly printed bogus ten dollar gold certificate is found to be a quarter of an inch short—also $10.—New York Sun. With settlement workers debating the question of standardizing dance steps, the social uplift movement is clearly progressing at a one step pace.—New York World. A course of training for lumbermen is offered by Harvard. In view of the rapid disappearance of the forests it might be well to condense the course as much as possible.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Industrial Items. Belgium pensions miners at fifty-five who have worked forty years in the mines. Women mix mortar and carry the sod for building operations in Munich, Germany. Railway men in Germany may belong only to such societies as are approved by the management. Figures compiled by the department of labor at Washington show that wages in the lumber industry in the United States have increased 29 per cent in the last twenty-five years. English Etchings. London consumes ninety tons of salt a day. London has over 12,000 shops for the sale of milk. There is one policeman in London to every 470 persons, and all these policemen patrol 10,061 miles of streets. In every 1,000 marriages solemnized in Great Britain twenty-one are between first cousins. Among the nobility the rate is much higher, amounting to forty-five in 1,000. Train and Track. Bolivia is soon to have four new railway lines. British Columbia laid 650 miles of new railway last year, not including double tracking. London has only one mile of tramways to every 30,000 of her population. Manchester has one to every 5,000. If an engineer passes a danger signal in a safety device adopted by a German railroad an electric bell is rung in his cab until his mistake is recorded by an official of the road. Telephone Calls. A telephone transmitter that works perfectly when completely submerged in water is a novelty. For use in noisy places where telephoning is difficult a new instrument has receivers for both ears to shut out outside sounds. The automatic telephone exchange erected by the United River Plate Telephone company in Cordoba, Argentina, has just been inaugurated. This is the first automatic telephone exchange in South America. SIRES AND SONS. Francisco Villa formerly was a Chihuahua rancher. Thomas Stifer, ninety-seven. of St. Louis, has been married seventy-five years. Bishop C. E. Cheney, Reformed Episcopal, Chicago, is now seventy-eight and still active. Mr. William Augustus Gordon Hake, the oldest living barrister, of 3 Old Steine, Brighton, England, recently celebrated his one hundred and third birthday. Professor Malladra of the Royal Observatory at Mount Vesuvius, has been appointed director of the observatory in succession to the late Professor Mercalli. He is a scientist whose experience at the observatory has peculiarly fitted him to continue the important work. Captain Morton Fitz Smith, the new commandant of cadets at West Point, comes from the Twentieth infantry. He was appointed a cadet to the military academy from Michigan in 1891, and was graduated with the class of 1895. Captain Smith has served all his time in the infantry branch of the army and has a splendid record for foreign service. Pen, Chisel and Brush. George Moore, the author, is now living quietly in London working on his reminiscences. Mary Cassatt, a Philadelphia painter of children and family life, has been awarded the gold medal of honor of the Academy of Fine Arts, the highest award within the gift of the academy and one of the most valued trophies in the American art world. Negotiations have been concluded with M. Auguste Rodin whereby the French sculptor presents to France the whole of his collections of Greek, Roman and Egyptian art and also all his own works still in his possession. The gift is conditional on the French government creating a Rodin museum in the residence now occupied by M. Rodin and appointing him custodian for life. Flippant Flings. A typewriter small enough to be put in an overcoat pocket. The cute little thing! Blond? - Louisville Courier-Journal. American hotel men will tour Europe this summer. Now, at last, they will get what is coming to them. Cleveland Leader. The chief currency problem right now is where to get hold of enough of it for mother and the girls to spend. Detroit Free Press. A Boston physician says high heeled shoes will cure backache. Three cheers for Boston! Sooner or later it may be demonstrated that narrow skirts will relieve bowleggedness. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Forest Notes. Nearly 4,000 acres were reforested in Montana and northern Idaho during 1913 at an average cost of $7.50 an acre. The best forested area of China is in Manchuria. The principal tree varieties are pine, cedar, larch, fir, yew, oak, ash, elm, walnut and birch. Gannett peak, Wyoming, nearly 14.000 feet in elevation and the highest mountain in the state, is on the divide between the Bonneville and Bridger national forests. Two forest officers in Washington and Oregon are writing popular descriptions of the trees in the Crater and Mount Rainier national parks for the use of visitors to the parks. Fashion Frills. No doubt the worst feature of the prevailing feminine fashions is the fact that the men's fashions are imitating them.-Chicago News. It is predicted that the new styles in women's dress will look all right after we get accustomed to them. By which time there will be newer freaks in style.-Detroit Free Press. Dean Davenport of the University of Illinois says that grotesque fashions are largely responsible for the increased cost of living. But we've got to have some amusement, professor!-Chicago Inter Ocean. Powder and Ball. We now perceive that a standing army is of use only when it moves.—New York Mall. If it ever gets into action strangers will wonder how the Pacific fleet ever got its name.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Fourteen inches is some considerable distance when any one is looking into the muzzle of a navy gun.—Chicago Inter Ocean. The modern army bullet, according to military surgeons, is almost harmless. Sounds like a recruiting office yarn.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Three Strikes. In spite of the perils supposed to be set umpires, the same faces appear from season to season.-Washington Star. Manager Callahan says he has four pitchers who are as good as Walter Johnson, this being optimism run riot.-Detroit Free Press. There is every reason to expect an unusually interesting baseball season this year. Whether it will be as profitable as previous seasons is left for time to determine.-Pittsburgh Sun. ENERGY OF DR. L. H. BROWN. Higher Honors Predicted For Zealous Pastor and Presiding Elder. Louisville, Ky.-One of the most successful ministers in the C. M. E. denomination in this city and section of the country is the Ref. Dr. L. H. Brown, pastor of the Chestnut Street C. M. E. church. He is a native of Elkton, Ky., where he spent his early life on the farm. He joined the Colored Methodist Episcopal church after his conversion at Hadensville, this state, in 1882 and was soon afterward licensed to preach by the Rev. J. W. Bell. After attending school at Walden university for three terms he entered Payne college, Augusta, Ga., from which he graduated in the class of 1891. He returned to Kentucky and entered the itinerancy in the fall of the same year, and in 1892 he served the Earlington and Crofton circuit one year and in 1892 was transferred by Bishop Bebee to the southeast Missouri and Illinois conference at Mount Vernon, where he built a beautiful parsonage and greatly increased the congregation. In 1895 he was sent to New Madrid. Mo., where he remained the limit of six years. He built a beautiful four room parsonage and also the first brick church in southeast Missouri at a cost of $4,000. In 1901 Bishop Lane, D. D., appointed him presiding elder of the Missouri and Illinois district, which embraced the entire conference, including four states. For two years he did efficient work, buying church lots, building churches and parsonages and increasing the membership of the district. In 1903 he was transferred by Bishop Lane to the Kentucky and Ohio conference and was stationed at the old Center Street church in this city. He repaired the church to the extent of $1,500. During the fourth year of his pastorate in this charge he had an opportunity to buy a magnificent church on Chestnut street from the M. E. Church South at a cost of $17,500. In the five years he pastored the church on Chestnut street he reduced the debt to $2,717 and built up a large and flourishing congregation. He pastored this congregation for nine consecutive years, breaking all previous records. During his pastorate he raised for all purposes $42,000. He added 400 members to the church and preached 1,200 sermons. No man has done so much for colored Methodism in Louisville as he. He is regarded by the ministers and the people of Louisville as a great preacher. For honesty, ability and morality no minister stands higher in the estimation of the white people. The ministers of the M. E church south regard him as one of our best and ablest men. He is loved by his congregation, which shows him many tokens of esteem. Commenting on Dr. Brown's fitness for higher honors in the church a man of wide influence says: "One of the ablest men in the C. M. E. church is Rev. L. H. Brown, for many years pastor of what is now the Chestnut Street C. M. E. church in Louisville, Ky., and more recently presiding elder of the Louisville district of his connection. He is a preacher of power and scholarship, and as a financier and administrator has few equals in the entire galaxy of gifted men in his branch of the Master's vineyard. "Those on the inside of the affairs of the C. M. E. convention will be greatly surprised if the general conference, which is to assemble at St Louls in May, does not elevate Dr. Brown to the bishopric, and there will be no surprise if he is chosen to that exalted position. The C. M. E. church places a premium upon commanding ability, and if it chooses Dr. Brown it will simply vindicate the lofty claims that its friends have made for it as an organization of wisdom and foresight. A more fitting selection could not be made." SOCIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN. National League on Urban Conditions to Operate Branches In the South. New York.—The results of the work of the National League on Urban Conditions In New York City have been so satisfactory to the executive board of the league that it is urged to give to other cities of the country where colored people reside in large numbers the benefits of its experiences and accomplishments in New York city. The league has already taken into affiliation organizations in Richmond and Norfolk, Va., Savannah and Augusta, Ga., and St. Louis, and is now entering upon a vigorous campaign to help in the improvement of the work in these cities and the extension of the undertaking by sending the associate director. Eugene Kinckle Jones, to visit these cities. Mr. Jones will be away from New York city from the latter part of April until about May 25, and will deliver addresses in the interest of the league in Richmond and Norfolk, Va.; Augusta and Savannah, Ga., and other cities in the south. Branch of National Association. At a meeting held in Brooklyn under the auspices of a committee of citizens, with Mrs. A. M. Seay presiding, on Tuesday evening, April 28, a Brooklyn branch of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People was organized. The officers elected were Rev. George Frazier Miller, president; Mrs. M. C. Lawton, secretary, and Mrs. Edward H. Wilson, treasurer. The executive committee consists of the following named persons: Thomas C. Moseley, Dr. V. Morton Jones. M. D.; J. D. Nikon, S. A. Pease, N. B. Dodson and Mrs. Arthur Williams. RESIDENCE 1262 MACALISTER PLACE TELEPHONE, MONROE 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. PHONES CENTRAL 230 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 33-736 RESIDENCE, DREXEL 799 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 708, 184 WASHINGTON ST. 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STATE STREET CHICAGO Hours 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. Sundays by Appointment THE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. $100,000 deposited with the State. Policies of all kinds, ranging from five cents to ten thousand dollars. Our industrial Contracts give to the colored policy holder more than any other company for the same weekly premium. Colored Agents to Write and Collect Your Business. Information of rates and values at your age will be furnished free, upon giving your age, name and address to The American Life Insurance Co. of Illinois, Tel. Randall 5, Home Office—Harris Trust Building. 115 W. Street CBICAGO. TELEPHONES Oakland 1609 Res. Oakland 1 60 Auto. 79156 HENRY C. BOMAR & SON FINE FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVERS, PACKERS AND SHIPPERS 3 Trips Daily to All Deposits 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. --- MISSIONARY BOARD MEETS. Reports Show Increase In Funds For A. M. E. Church Work. New York.-The annual meeting of the missionary board of the African Methodist Episcopal church held in the Bible House in this city on Wednesday, April 29, was attended by some of the most noted ministers from every section of the country. The meeting was held for the purpose of hearing the annual report of Missionary Secretary Dr. J. W. Rankin, audit his books and appropriate funds on hand to the cause of missions. This was one of the most important sessions ever held in the history of the board, as it is the first time that the secretary was able to report from the field from personal observation, Dr. Rankin having recently returned from a visit to Africa. The members of the board present were Revs. A. L. Murray, Jersey City, N. J.; S. S. Morris, Richmond, Va.; C. S. Williams, Cincinnati; N. J. McCracken, Chicago; N. C. Buren, St. Joseph, Mo.; W. D. Johnson, Plains, Ga.; D. H. Johnson, Abbeyville, S. C.; J. W. Washington, New Orleans; J. A. Lindsay, Memphis, Tenn.; R. S. Jenkin, Fort Worth, Tex.; S. A. Harris, Coacon, Fla.; G. R. Tucker, Oklahoma City, Okla.; T. A. Smythe, Chicago Mrs. Laura L. Turner, Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs. Mary F. Handy, Baltimore. Following an impressive opening exercise, Bishop C. S. Smith, D. D., of Detroit. Mich. presented Secretary Rankin, whose report showed a large increase over the previous year. Receipts for the year amounted to $51. 570.18, and the expenditures for the year amounted to $45.555.80, leaving a balance of $6.014.38. The work of Dr. Rankin was highly commended, and a vote of thanks was extended for his information about the work in West Africa. Bishop W. H. Heard, who is in charge of the work in West Africa, delivered a short address. MEMORIAL BENEFIT FOR THE HOWARD ORPHANAGE. Pioneer Effort by Citizens of Brooklyn to Aid Deserving Institution. Brooklyn.—The memorial benefit for the Howard Orphanage and Industrial school held in the Majestic theater, in this city, on Sunday afternoon. April 26, under the auspices of the Citizens' club, was the largest undertaking of its kind ever held in the interest of the institution. Mr. L. Hollingsworth Wood, president of the institution, presided over the literary program and in his usual earnest and painstaking way gave a brief outline of the present status of the work. Mr. Clinton Rossiter was chairman of the finance committee for the occasion. W. Frederick Trotman was chairman of the benefit committee, which consisted of the following named well known public spirited citizens of this city: Charles W. Anderson, Fred R. Moore, Edwin F. Horne, Sr., Mansdfield B. Snevily, R. M. Meroney, D. D. Hampton, Clinton L. Rossiter, Frank H. Gilbert, Dr. E. P. Roberts, George W. Harris, L. Hollingsworth Wood, Frederick B. Watkins, Henry T. Mars, William Russell Johnson, Charles H. Lansing, Lester A. Walton, Charles O. Thomas, secretary; N. B. Dodson, and Edgar C. McDonald, treasurer, Nassau National bank. The management of the affair by Mr. Trotman was masterly and businesslike and showed him to be a young man of broad experience in matters of financing large movements which require skill and adaptability to get results in a given cause. In the matter of advertising the benefit by the use of large placards on the stations of the elevated railroad and at other important points of public club, the securing of the Tempo club, which presented the National Negro orchestra to furnish the musical program under the direction of Mr. James Reese Europe and his assistants, the influence and national character of the speakers and the place in which the concert was held, it was a pioneer movement which pressages even greater things for the future. The speakers were Dr. Nathan Krass, rabbi of Temple Israel and director of the Probation association of Brooklyn, and the Hon. Charles W. Anderson, collector of internal revenue. Mr. L. Hollingsworth Wood received a great ovation from the audience when Dr. Krass referred to his unselfish work for the maintenance of the Howard Orphanage and Industrial school. Mr. Wood is a true and tried friend of our race and a philanthropist to the manner born. The meeting has aroused new interest in the institution among our people, and they are more determined than ever before to give it personal and financial aid and to hold up the hands of such white friends as Mr. Wood in their efforts to make the school of great service to our race. New Home For Shiloh Baptist Church. The pastor and members of the Shiloh Baptist church in Houston, Tex. are congratulating themselves upon the completion of their new meeting house which was dedicated the latter part of April. The dedicatory sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. L. L. Campbell of Austin. Tex. Dr. Campbell is president of the general Baptist state convention. The new edifice was erected at a cost of $10,000. The Rev. Dr. J. L. Gross and Dr. Robert Carroll, prominent white ministers in Houston, assisted in the dedicatory excercises. . 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. B. 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. 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. stand, 3 W. 27th St., near State. Sylvester McGlofin, news stand and laundry office, 4122 State St. William Gaughan, laundry office cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2636 State St. E. M. Oliver, 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. The class in history had the floor. "Can any scholar tell me where the Declaration of Independence was signed?" asked the teacher. "At de bottom, like a letter," promptly replied a lad—Detroit Free Press. A woman always has a grouch When thinking of her fetters, But she is sure to smile the day The postman brings her letters. —Yonkers Statesman. Mrs. Flitt—My husband very seldom goes to his club. Mrs. Flatt—Oh, that is so? My husband goes to his club nearly every day. "But you do your own cooking, don't you?"—Yonkers Statesman. It des 'bout all dat you kin do Ter hol 'yo lvil' groun' While de worl' des beats de lightnin' De way it's spinnin' roun! But all de time you're de lucky one, Kaze you can't fall off nohow, my son! —Atlanta Constitution. "I think the world takes a man at his own valuation." "I think you're mistaken. The custom house inspectors are as alert as ever."—Town Topics. Said a cubist hen to herself one day, With a puzzled kind of a mien, "If I didn't know that I was a hen I'd think that I was a bean!" —New York Sun. Mrs. Hiram Offen (to applicant)—But you have had a good many places in a short time. Servant—Yes, ma'am; that shows how much competition there is to secure my services.—Boston Trans- cript. "Will you marry me?" asked the millionaire. In tones of deep distress. The maiden wrote her answer on a card "Twas simply "Y-E-S---" —Florida Times-Union. "Faint heart never won fair lady." "I detest that proverb." "Why so?" "I consider it a slap at us brunettes." —Kansas City Journal. Get out and work; your talents use; Live life while life is sweet, For those who wait for dead men's shoes Will often get cold feet. —San Francisco Chronicle. Willie—Faw, what is meant by saying that a girl has an arch look? Paw—It means that she is bowlegged, my son.—Cincinnati Enquirer. I suppose that my heart should be joyous and light "Pa, the paper says there's a crisis in Mexico. What's a crisis?" "A scarcity of news, my boys."—Life. THE BANK OF NEW YORK GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allow Safety Deposit REAL As agent buy and sell Real Estate dents, including payment of tax on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites t The- Crane Building The finest building ever Steam heat, electric light, Recent allowed on Savings Acct. Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estat payment of taxes and looking after assessment 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 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 looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men, The-Cranford Apartment Building. 3600.Wabash Ave. THE BROADWAY 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. What Kind of Gas Range In Your New Flat? It should be a ' Don't take the ch health and good looks out range. take the chance of sacrificing your day good looks on the altar of an out-of-d- have installed Composite" Gas Ran Chicago kitchens. These ranges with used with one fire are far more economi- cals and single oven gas ranges they have number too that we install "Composite" R you the privilege of remitting the cost Don't take the chance of sacrificing your disposition, health and good looks on the altar of an out-of-date worn-out range. We have installed "Composite" Gas Ranges in 90,000 Chicago kitchens. These ranges with their two ovens heated with one fire are far more economical than the coal ranges and single oven gas ranges they have displaced. Remember too that we install "Composite" Ranges free and grant you the privilege of remitting the cost in small sums monthly with your gas bills. Make your selections from fifty styles at any of our branch stores or our big salesroom down-town. Branch stores open evenings till 9 o'clock on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. "Composite" Gas Ranges in 90,000 Chicago kitchens. These ranges with their two ovens heated with one fire are far more economical than the coal ranges and single oven gas ranges they have displaced. Remember too that we install "Composite" Ranges free and grant you the privilege of remitting the cost in small sums monthly with your gas bills. Make your selections from fifty styles at any of our branch stores or our big salesroom down-town. Branch stores open evenings till 9 o'clock on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Gas Building Telephone Randolph 4567 3448 Indiana Ave., near 35th St., Phone Douglas 8242 Boys! Do you want this dandy BICYCLE? No Money Needed This is not a Prize Contest. Every boy who fills out and mails the corner coupon can earn this high-grade Bicycle for very little effort during spare time. ASK "The Bicycle Man." Mail this coupon TO-DAY. FILL OUT AND MAIL THIS COUPOU TO-DAY "The Bicycle Man" % The McCall Co. 236 W. 37th Street New York City Dear "Bicycle Man": Please tell me how to get one of your high-grade Bicycles, without money, and for very little effort. Name Address JESSE BINGA BANKER S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 owed on Savings Accounts at Vaults, $3.00 per Year ESTATE DEPARTMENT estate on commission, manages estates for non-resi- tives and looking 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. "Composite" ance of sacrificing your disposition, on the altar of an out-of-date worn- ite" Gas Ranges chens. These ranges with their two fire are far more economical than the oven gas ranges they have displaced. that we install "Composite" Ranges free privilege of remitting the cost in small A STORE FOR EVERYBODY HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON SUS. Everything to eat, to wear and for the home. Ready to wear attire for man, woman and child at lowest prison, quality and workmanship considered. Make it a point to visit this store every day and take advantage of the special bargain offerings that we give in all departments. JOHN J. BRADLEY Real Estate Loans Fire and Plate Glass Insurance 4709 S. HALSTED ST CHICAGO Anglas 4482 73-974 74-478 HARRY LA VERDO BUFFET BUFFET AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARS Street LA V IMPORTED AND D 3100 State Street HOTEL BUFFET LA VERDO BUFFET IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS AND CIGARETTES 3100 State Street CHICAGO. OTEL BRUNSWIG HOTEL BRUNSWICK GEO. W. HOLT, Prop. BUFFET, POOL AND BILLIARDS 3004 STATE STREET CHIC Phone: Douglas 3256 HENRY JONES THE CAR Finest 3030 State Street WILLIAM LEWIS, Phone Do MINERAL BUFFET 3517 S. HIGH CLASS IN JOI WHOLESA FIFTY-FIRST RAILY FRANK DUNN JOHN J. DUNN JOHN BLOCKI, Pres. F. W. BLOCKI, Trees. 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 Blockl's Ideal & Blockl's Flower In Bottle Perfumes Phones { Douglas 4482 Auto 73-974 Auto 74-478 FRANK DUNN J. B. McCAMEY TRUSTERS BUFFET S AND CIGARETTES CHICAGO. NSWICK pp. BILLIARDS A. F. CODOZOE LITE FFET in the City m. RY C, SNEED, M'fr matic 75-173 NG CLUB D CAFE CHICAGO EVERY EVENING DUNN RETAIL MOUR AVENUE S. & M. S. R AVE. F. W. BLOOKI, Tresor I & SON . , Druggist Telephone Yards 693 PHONE DOUGLAS 8653 HARRY J. KELLY Prop. CHICAGO Chicago, Ill TEL OAKLAND 1860, 1891, 1892 CHICAGO