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THE BROAD AX Hon. Clarence S. Darrow, Who Is One of the Greatest Criminal Lawyers in This Country; Hon. John J. Healey, Ex-State's Attorney of Cook County, and Charles Erbstein, Are All Three Firmly Convinced That Former Chief of Police, Charles C. Healey; Stephen J. Barry, and William R. Skidmore, Will All Be Cleared of the Present Charges Pending Against Them in the Criminal Court by a Jury of Their Peers; That in the Final End They Will Walk Out of It Free Men MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON STARTS HIS CAMPAIGN IN DEAD EARNEST FOR THE NOMINATION FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD. HE HAS BEEN UNITEDLY ENDORSED BY THE REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION OF THAT WARD. THE A. M. E. MINISTERS' ALLIANCE; THE A. M. E. ZION CHURCH; BARBERS' UNION OF THAT WARD; ASPHALT WORKERS' UNION; KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS; GREAT LAKES LODGE OF ELKS; WARDEN TEMPLE LADIES OF ELKS; WOMAN'S CIVIC LEAGUE; ANTIOCH TEMPLE, SISTERS OF THE MYSTERIOUS TEN; MAYFLOWER CLUB; BAPTIST WOMAN'S CONGRESS; BEACON LIGHT COURT ORDER OF CALANTHE; ROYAL HOUSE, UNITED BROTHERS OF FRIENDSHIP; JOHN R. TANNER CAMP, SPANISH WAR VETERANS. THE JOHN C. BUCKNER LODGE OF GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, PASSED RESOLUTIONS HIGHLY COMMENDING HIM IN HIS RACE FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD; HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, NO. 44, AND THE EASTERN STAR TRANSPORTATION CLUB, LIKE THE OTHER CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, HAVE ALSO ENDORSED HIM. MAJOR JACKSON HAS OPENED UP HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WOMEN VOTERS OF THE SECOND WARD AT 3638 SOUTH STATE STREET. HE DECLARES THAT FROM NOW UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE PRIMARIES THAT HE WILL WAGE A CAMPAIGN FREE OF ALL PERSONALITIES. CAPT. MAX NOOTBAAR WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN ORDER TO PLEASE EDWARD H. WRIGHT AND LOUIS B. ANDERSON. ON THE DAY OF HIS TRIAL A WHITE ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL REPRESENTED OR DEFENDED HIM. ON THE OTHER HAND, GEORGE W. ELLIS AND EDWARD H. WRIGHT, THE TWO COLORED ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSELS, ASSISTED LOUIS B. ANDERSON AND ATTORNEY ALBERT B. GEORGE TO PROSECUTE HIM. Vol. XXIII. Hon. Clarens in This County Former William Pending Peers; MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON STA NEST FOR THE NOMINATION WARD. HE HAS BEEN UNITED REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION THE A. M. E. MINISTERS' ALLIAN BARBERS' UNION OF THAT W KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS; GREAT TEMPLE LADIES OF ELKS; W TEMPLE, SISTERS OF THE MYS BAPTIST WOMAN'S CONGRESS, CALANTHE; ROYAL HOUSE, U JOHN R. TANNER CAMP, SPAIN THE JOHN C. BUCKNER LODGE, ODD FELLOWS, PASSED RESO HIM IN HIS RACE FOR ALL HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, NO. 444 PORTATION CLUB, LIKE THE O HAVE ALSO ENDORSED HIM. MAJOR JACKSON HAS OPENED UP VOTERS OF THE SECOND WAY HE DECLARES THAT FROM A PRIMARIES THAT HE WILL W PERSONALITIES. CAPT. MAX NOOTBAAR WILL NOT FORCE IN ORDER TO PLEASE ANDERSON. ON THE DAY OF CORPORATION COUNSEL REPLIE ON THE OTHER HAND, GEORGE W THE TWO COLORED ASSISTANT SISTED LOUIS B. ANDERSON A TO PROSECUTE HIM. The Healey-Barry-Skidmore trial continues to run in full blast through the Criminal Court of Cook county, and Judge Joseph Sabath is taxed to his wits and in order to hold or keep all the lawyers connected with the celebrated case straight in the middle of the road in relation to the various important propositions of law which in spite of everything to the contrary will continue to force themselves to the front during the progress of the famous trial, which at times has been full of hot stuff and excitement, and in all fairness it must be said to the everlasting credit of Judge Sabath that at all times he seems to be willing to be fair to all parties interested or concerned in the ease. So far nothing has floated far above the surface which strongly indicates that former Chief of Police Charles C. Healey, Stephen J. Barry and William R. Skidmore are really guilty of committing the many crimes which have been showered down upon their heads by the honorable state's attorney of Cook county; therefore, their very able attorneys, Hon. Clarence S. Darrow, Hon. John Healy and Charles Erbstein, all feel more than confident at the present stage of their trial that in the final end Mesra, Healey, Barry and Skidmore will be able to walk out of the Criminal Court free of all of the charges now pending against them. The first of this week Major Robert R. Jackson started many home drives in his effort to secure the nomination for alderman for the Second Ward, and from this on he will wage a redot fight up to the primaries, and recently the Second Ward regular Republican organization passed the following resolutions in favor of his nomination and election: Whereas, The Second Ward Regular Republican Club believes in safeguarding the interests of the Republican party by presenting to the voters candidates for nomination who will command the confidence of the peole, and Whereas, We believe that the candidacy of any individual should be based upon personal fitness, together with the best interests of the Republican organi- HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY zation of the Second Ward and the Republican party generally, and Whereas, The cordial relations existing between all racial elements of our ward has resulted in making the Second Ward one of the strongest Republican wards in Chicago, thus developing powerful leaders and useful public servants, thereby giving to the ward a commanding influence in the councils of the party, therefore, be it Resolved, That we endorse Major Robert R. Jackson, whose terms as an efficient legislator are a guarantee of his father public usefulness, as the choice of this organization for alderman to succeed Hon. Hugh Norris, and commend his candidacy to the Republican voters of the ward as tending to promote harmony and maintaining the high prestige and efficiency of the Republican party in the Second Ward, and we hereby pledge our earnest efforts to bring about his nomination and election. MARTIN B. MADDEN, Ward Committeeman and Chairman of Meeting Noble B. Judah, 1st precinct; D. W. Donaghue, 2nd precinct; W. Wainwright, 3rd precinct; B. W. Lacy, 4th precinct; William Brown, 5th precinct; Hon. Ed. D. Green, 6th precinct; Geo. H. Woodson, 7th precinct; P. Gillespie, 8th precinct; Phillip Leonard, 9th precinct; Alfred Steele, 10th precinct; John Sneed, 11th precinct; George Wood, 12th precinct; Francis Wilson, 13th precinct; Ald. L. B. Anderson, 14th precinct; A. P. Olsen, 15th precinct; Chas. Weightman, 16th precinct; Hon. W. M. Brinkman, 17th precinct; J. J. Dubay, 18th precinct; P. Koehler, 19th precinct; Hugh Richardson, 20th precinct; Henry Burson, 21st precinct; Hugh C. Gagin, 22nd precinct; John Pattee, 23rd precinct; Ed Turner, 24th precinct; G. T. VanMeter, 25th precinct; B. M. Thomas, 26th precinct; Thos. Bouchier, 27th precinct; Fred Herr, 28th precinct; George Griffin, 29th precinct; Grandison Jasper, 30th precinct; Major A. W. Ford, 31st precinct; Ed. Edinger, 32nd precinct; A. H. Pressler, Jr., 33rd precinct; Archie Smith, 34th precinct; Clarence Finley, 36th precinct; B. W. Pitts, 37th precinct; Percy Davis, 38th precinct; Richard White, 39th precinct; Albert w, Who Is One of the on. John J. Healey, is Erbstein, Are All T olice, Charles C. He re, Will All Be Clea hem in the Crimina Final End They Wi Morgan, 40th precinct; Emil Hausen, 41st precinct; Ald. Hugh Norris, 42nd precinct; Anthony Insalata, 43rd precinct; Wm. Hamilton, 44th precinct; E. A. Meagher, 45th precinct; Wm. Russell, 46th precinct; Charles West, 47th precinct; L. H. Levy, 48th precinct; J. W. Hamilton, 49th precinct; M. Barksdale, 50th precinct; Chas. Krutchkoff, 51st precinct; J. B. Streets, 52nd precinct; Jas. G. Cotter, 53rd precinct; Ben Rothouse, 54th precinct; J. I. Harper, 55th precinct; Chas. Norton, 56th precinct; Chas. A. Griffin, 57th precinct; Ben Mitchem, 58th precinct; A. H. Roberts, 60th precinct; Thos. H. Crump, 61st precinct; Chas. W. Smith, 62nd precinct; W. E. King, 63rd precinct; W. Mayhew, 64th precinct; E. R. LeGree, 65th precinct; L. J. Frahm, 66th precinct; Frank Pugh, 67th precinct; Sol. Scheffer, 68th precinct; Bert Wilson, 69th precinct; J. H. Sanders, 70th precinct; Walter Gates, 71st precinct; George Tochrane, 72nd precinct; Robt. M. Cochrane, 73rd precinct; Harold E. Tillman, 74th precinct; Senator Geo. F. Harding, Jr., Hon. Edward H. Wright, Mr. Harry Baskin, Mr. Willis V. Jefferson, Mr. Wm. R. Cowan, Mr. Daniel M. Jackson, Hon. D. K. Cochrane, Rev. A. J. Carey, Judge John Richardson, Hon. George W. Ellis, Hon. S. B. Turner, Mr. Max J. Schmidt. The African Methodist Episcopal Ministers' Alliance a short time ago met and passed the following resolutions in favor of his nominations and election as alderman of the Second Ward: Whereas, The Regular Second Ward Republican organization has endorsed Major Robert R. Jackson for nomination as alderman of the Second Ward to succeed Alderman Hugh Norris, thereby conceding to the colored people both aldermen of the Second ward, and Whereas, Major Jackson has served three successful terms in the Illinois Legislature, during which, by his ability, honesty and efficiency, he reflected great credit upon himself and race and rendered valuable services to his State, and Whereas, He is a man of high character and capability and has always stood in his public and private life for the highest principles and ideals of Christianity and moral conduct, Therefore, We, the members of the African Methodist Episcopal Ministers' Alliance of Chicago, hereby heartily endorse Major Robert R. Jackson for the Republican nomination for alderman of the Second Ward and ask all good citizens and Republicans to aid in his nomination and election. Rev. F. G. Snelson, president; Rev. H. E. Stewart, vice-president; Rev. H. F. Bray, secretary; Rev. A. J. Carey, chairman executive committee; Rev. R. E. Wilson, Rev. W. D. Cook, Rev. J. C. Anderson, Rev. N. J. McCracken, Rev. T. L. Scott, Hev. I. N. Daniels, Rev. B. U. Taylor, Rev. J. H. Higgins, Rev. T. Beeves, Rev. R. L. Allen, Rev. J. S. Woods, Rev. E. T. White, Rev. W. H. Saunders, Rev. L. H. Owens, Rev. Chas. Fountain, Rev. G. C. Goddard. On Thursday evening the John C. Buckner Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows met and passed the following resolutions: Chicago, III, Nov. 22, 1917. Whereas, Hon. Robert R. Jackson, a member of John C. Buckner Lodge No. 9606, G. U. O. of O. F., is a candidate for alderman of the Second Ward, and Whereas, Bro. Jackson has made an enviable record in the State Legislature by fully demonstrating his ability as a capable, wise and painstaking legislator, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the members of John C. Buckner Lodge No. 9606, G. U. one of the Gr Healey, Ex-S Are All Three es C. Healey Be Cleared Criminal Co They Will W O. of O. F., in regular meeting assembled, do hereby certify our confidence in the integrity and efficiency of Bro. Jackson and heartily endorse his candidacy for alderman. Committee: A. F. Tervalon, J. A. Gillespie, Geo. T. Mills, I. M. Blake, Jos. L. G. Chase. Clayton Bradford, N. G. Aside from the above endorsements the following clubs, societies and organizations have lately wheeled into line for him: The A. M. E. Zion Church, Thirty-eighth and Dearborn streets; the Knights of Pythias; Great Lakes Lodge of Elks; the barbers of the Second Ward; the Asphalt- Workers' Union; Modern Temple Ladies of Elks; the Woman's Civic League; Antioch Temple, Sisters of the Mysterious Ten; the Mayflower Club; the Baptist Woman's Congress, which met at the Salem Baptist Church; Bescon Light Court, Order of Calanthe; Royal House, United Brothers of Friendship; John R. Tanner Camp, Spanish War Veterans; Household of Buth, No. 44; the Eastern Star Transportation Club. The Ninety and Nine Club met at the home of Mrs. Broadius, 5007 East Thirty-fifth street, Wednesday evening and cheerfully endorsed him for alderman of the Second Ward. Major Jackson has opened headquarters for the Women voters of the ward at 3638 South State street, where he will be on hand part of the time each day to smile upon the dear sweet ladies and to extend the glad hand to them. He states that at no time during his race for the city council will he permit himself to indulge in personalities while engaged in crossing swords with the other aldermanic candidates. The dust and fuss which had been stirred up for the past two or three weeks in relation to Capt. Max Noot- [Name] Republican Candidate for the Nomination for Alderman from the Second Ward. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON baar, who was for some time in charge of the Stanton avenue police station, by Louis B. Anderson and Edward H. Wright, who represents that class of colored men who make themselves very offensive whenever some white person confers a little power or authority upon them, and largely because Capt. Nootbaar permitted his men to arrest Edward H. Wright in a gambling raid, and after he was fined in an open court of record for gambling, he felt mighty sore and he succeeded in having Capt. Nootbaar sent to the woods or to the tall timbers from the Stanton avenue station, and last week he endeavored to have him removed from the police force, but the civil service commission would not bow down to him in that respect. The commission's finding on the case was as follows: "We find that the order complained of was promulgated by Capt. Nootbaar as alleged in the charges; that upon being advised by his immediate superior, First Deputy Westbrook, that the order was an improper one in that it would, if enforced, compel a violation of a state law, the captain immediately proceeded to cancel it; that as a matter of fact the order was in force and effect for only a few hours and that no substantial injury was sustained by any one by reason of its promulgation or enforcement. "Therefore, we find the evidence insufficient to warrant the removal of the captain from the service of the city of Chicago." It seems that Capt. Nootbaar had issued an order prohibiting white women from dancing and drinking with Negro men in cabarets in the south side "black belt." One of the white assistant corporation counsels represented or defended Capt. Nootbaar during his trial, and Edward H. Wright and George W. Gallis, who are employed in the same office, spent the small tax- No.10 payers' time while assisting Louis B. Anderson and Attorney B. George to prosecute Capt. Nootbaar. His honor, Mayor William Hale Thompson, will raise himself very high in the estimation of the best and most highly respected colored people in this city if he will without further delay command Edward H. Wright, the self-confessed stud poker player, to sever his connection with the office of the corporation counsel of Chicago. PROF. W. E. B. DuBOIS ORDERS THE PICTURE OF THE STAFF, FIELD AND LINE OFFICERS OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT. The following letter speaks for itself. New York City, Nov. 19, 1917. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The Broad Ax, Chicago, Ill.: My Dear Sir. Inclosed please find seventy-five cents (75e) and send me the original photograph of the staff, field and line officers of the Eighth Illinois Infantry. Very sincerely yours, W. E. B. DuBois. PATRIOTISM COMMERCIALIZED Is Roscoe Conkling Simmons, who won much newspaper fame as a patriotic orator, attempting now to commercialize his patriotism at so much a speech? We ask this in view of the report that a committee is around soliciting funds to pay Mr. Simmons a set price to make a patriotic address in Portland. Of course, there is such a thing as Mr. Simmons being made the "goat." From the Advocate, Portland, Ore., November, 1917. Brother Comrady, it seems to us that Colonel Simmons is out for the coin at so much per night for his long-winded rambling orations—Editor [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell this week brought suit against the Hon. State's Attorney of Cook County in the Circuit Court for $50,000 damages. PAGE TWO Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell this Attorney of Cook County in the Circuit Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell has brought suit against Hon. Maclay Hoyne, State's Attorney, in the sum of $50.000. The suit is based upon charges Maclay Hoyne filed with the Chicago Bar Association, and then when Mr. O'Donnell tried to force him to a hearing he abandoned them and withdrew. From all accounts the charge of libel of Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell is serious. Maclay Hoyne charged him with attempting to suborn the perjury of Sam Grant, who is a notorious burglar and is now under indictment and is not being prosecuted. Mr. O'Donnell had never seen Sam Grant at the time he is charged with the crime and did not see him for more than a year after when he saw him before Judge Fitch getting a continuance without opposition from the State's Attorney. He also charged him with suboring the perjury of Abe Frank in the famous Storen case, but Frank had written out in Joliet and signed the identical things he testified to five months before he was released from prison, long before Mr. O'Donnell was hired in the case, and Mr. O'Donnell has the original document signed by Frank to show that the evidence was recorded in Joliet five months before it was used, and at a time Mr. O'Donnell was lying at the point of death at home. It appears Frank was arrested in Belleville, Canada, as a German spy and in a confession that Mr. O'Donnell has he acknowledges that he was a German spy and while operating as a disloyal citizen to the American Government he was swindling people in Chicago and Canada by means of a swindling machine out of $7,250. The dangerous point for Maclay Hoyne in this charge is that before the Bar Association he charged that Patrick GRAND ESSAY CONTEST AND MUSICALE. Under auspices of the Young Women's Patriotic Club of Bethel Sunday School, to be held in the auditorium of Bethel Church, corner Thirtieth and Dearborn streets, Sunday, Dec. 9, 1917, 2:30 p. m. Proceeds of silver offering at door to go to Sunday School Literature Fund for Camp Grant and Camp Logan. Subject, "Woman and the War." Representatives from the leading Sunday schools of the city will participate. First prize: Handsome diamond ring. Second prize: Beautiful diamond lavalier. Prizes donated by C. J. Jackson, the popular Colored jeweler, 3242 S. State street, and are now on exhibition at his store. Come early to get a seat. Irene McCoy-Gaines. R. E. Moore, Superintendent. ROLAND W. HAYES WILL APPEAR IN A MUSICAL CONCERT AT THE SOUTH PARK M. E. CHURCH TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEM- BER 27. The musical inclined people of Chicago will be able to enjoy a rare treat on Tuesday evening November 27, for on that evening Roland W. Hayes, America's foremost tenor singer, will appear in a musical concert at the South Park M. E. Church, Thirty-third street and South Park avenue. The program begins promptly at 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. Eliza Bucher Fry, seventy years old, of Seward, Ill., died Tuesday in her home. Mrs. Fry is the mother of Judge Sheridan Fry of the Municipal Court, who resides at 6411 Lanslue avenue. 9 --- H. O'Donnell paid Frank $50 on a certain day which Frank's confession, which Mr. O'Donnell has, shows that Frank confessed it against another man entirely, and that Maclay Hoyne took the other man's name out and put Mr. O'Donnell's name in. Maclay Hoyne also charged him with suborning the testimony of Sarah Wexler, but this woman received benefits from the County Treasury to the extent of about $2,000 and she, too, made a confession to two of Maclay Hoyne's assistants. She tells the story about how her testimony was given to her and names the three people that gave it and Maclay Hoyne, to formulate the charges against Mr. O'Donnell before the Bar Association, puts in four other names in the testimony, among them O'Donnell. O'Donnell has the confession that State's Attorneys Hayden Bell and Ernest Buehler took, and Mr. Hoyne will be confronted with the story out of his own private vault, and then the record of how he charged it in the Bar Association to form the charges against Mr. O'Donnell. Mr. O'Donnell said that if he could get an early trial on his libel charges he will be able to protect the County Treasury against the burglar and their families that have been kept in luxury; that he will be able to close the County Treasury against the favored hotels that have been made the dwelling places of Chicago's greatest crooks and that he will be able to protect the County Treasury from the private detective agencies whose chiefs are relatives of members of the State's Attorney's staff, and if he can get it tried it will be worth a half million dollars a year to the taxpayers and will make it possible to have Chicago's crookdom in the County Jail and in Joliet instead of in Chicago's finest hotels. MADAM E. AZALIA HACKLEY IN A SONG FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. Next Tuesday evening Madam E. Azalia Hackley, at the Washington Irving High School, New York City, N. Y., will present the Harlem chorus, consisting of two hundred colored singers, in a folk song festival. Only the compositions of colored composers will be rendered. Madam Hackley has conducted the folk song festivals in many of the leading cities of the United States within the past few years, and each and every one of them have been more than successful. THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY Mr. R. A. Cole and Mrs. Jordan furnished the music, under the direction of E. O. Marshall, for the last meeting of the Theosophical Society, which was well attended. Next regular meeting Sunday, December 2, 7 p. m., 5827 Wentworth avenue. Lecturer, Miss Gail Wilson. THE GIDEON BAND The Gideon Band of Bethel Church succeeded in raising over $90 in their ushers' contest for the Thanksgiving rally. Mr. Ricks was voted the most popular usher of the church. First prize was $5. Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines recited from Dunbar. Mr. Forrester Washington, executive secretary of the Urban League of Detroit, Mich., was entertained on last Sunday at the home of Mrs. Irene Goins, 2932 Prairie avenue. Many friends of the Chicago Urban League called during the evening. THE BROAD AX: CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 24, 1917 THE MEMBERS OF ARNET LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS AND THE UNITED BROTHERS OF FRIENDSHIP HAD A HOT TIME OVER THE REMAINS OF THE LATE DR. JAMES N. HARRIS. BOTH ORDERS WANTED TO HOLD THEIR SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME. His Remains Were Shipped to Memphis, Tenn., for Burial. At the Time of His Death He Wore a $400 Diamond Ring Which Was Presented to Him by a Widow Lady Residing on South Dearborn Street. It Is Said That Four Ladies Were in Love with Him at the Same Time. Miss Josephine Polk Very Minutely Gave Her Version of the Accidental Killing of Dr. Harris Thursday Afternoon at the Coroner's Inquest at the Stanton Avenue Police Station, at the Conclusion of Which the Jury Disagreed, Four Being in Favor of Holding Her to the Grand Jury for Murder and Two for Accidental Killing. M. H. State Senator from Joliet, Illinois, Warni Friend of the Colored Races, Who Voted in Favor of a New Constitutional Convention for Illinois. As stated in these columns last week that Dr. James N. Harris was in the twinkling of an eye rushed out of this world into the next world in his office at Thirty-seventh and State street early last Thursday morning, instantly dying from the fatal effect of a bullet while the revolver was in the hands of Miss Josephine Polk, who had been engaged to be married to him for the past eight years. His body was removed from his office to the undertaking rooms of King & Hill, 3604 South State street, and on Friday evening his sister, Mrs. Stone, and his half-brother, Robert Lyles, arrived from Memphis, Tenn., and finally made arrangements to ship his remains to that city for burial, where his mother, Mrs. Rhode Lyles, and a full brother, Will Harris, still reside. At the time of his death he was 43 years old. Dr. Harris as he approached manhood attended school at Indianapolis, Ind., and in time he entered the Maherry Medical College at Nashville, Tenn., and after graduating from it with high honors he wended his way to this city and had resided in it for the past 20 years. For a long time after he arrived here he worked at the Tip Top Inn and in 1907 he opened his late office at Thirty-seventh and State streets. He was a member of Arnet Lodge, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of the United Brothers of Friendship, and the head members of those two orders came very near exchanging blows before they could decide which order had the first right to hold their services over his remains, and the final result was that two services were held over them at different places and at different times, and after all of their fighting his earthly remains were at last shipped to Memphis. Tenn., for interment. Dr. Harris was a very elean cut, handsome fellow, and most any lady would naturally fall in love with him. It is said that he had four ladies who were desperately in love with him at the same time. At the time of his sudden death he wore a diamond ring which cost $400, and it was presented to him by a dashing widow, who resides on Dearborn street south of Thirty-fifth street. Thursday afternoon the coroner's inquest was held over his remains at the Stanton avenue police station, and after the jury had been sworn in, Mrs. Ada Passmore, 52 East Forty-third street, was the first witness, and she testified that "She arrived at the office of Dr.Harris near 8 o'clock on that fateful Thursday mornin; that she had not remained in his office all night; that he was her regular doctor," and so on, but when you come to think of it 8 o'clock in the morning is rather early for any high-minded lady to be found hanging around a doctor's office. J. W. McDowell, M. D., was the next witness, and he declared that not so long ago that Miss Polk had called on him to talk over her affairs concerning Dr. Harris; that at that time she had a revolver with her; that he advised her to return to her home and to never permit herself to be seen with a revolver as she might on a moment's notice commit murder. Dr. Harper and several police officers aside from Capt. Matthew Zimmer followed Dr. McDowell on the witness stand and related how they had found the body of Dr. Harris lying on the floor of his private office; that he was almost dressed; that Mrs. Passmore was in the same room taking on like everything; that while they were still in his offices the 'phone rang and they were informed that Miss Polk had given herself up at the Stanton avenue police station; that after the shooting she ran from the bloody scene with blood on her cloak and hands, and in doing so she left her pocketbook behind her lying on the floor in the private room of Dr. Harris; that Police Officer Wm. P. Gorman picked it up and in it he found the address of Miss Polk, 3728 Forest avenue; that on going to her home he found a revolver and a box of cartridges, but that they would not fit her revolver. Miss Polk was the last witness, and she stated right at the very outset that she did not call on Dr. Harris on Thursday morning, November 15, with the slightest intention of killing him; that such an idea or thought had never entered her mind. She had called there on that morning for the purpose of getting some medicine and to obtain 25 cents; that she was his stenographer and transacted all of his business; that as a stenographer and typist she had been employed in the Chicago Public Library for the past two years; that she was 27 years old and had been engaged to be married to Dr. Harris for the past eight years, although no time had ever been set for the wedding; that she had understood that he was fooling with other women; that PEU 74 HON. FRED W. BLOCKI President of the Board of Review of Cook County, who continues to be favorably mentioned for Mayor of Chicago in 1919. they had several spats about a married woman; that after entering the office of Dr. Harris on that Thursday morning she came in contact with Mrs. Ada Passmore, and after accusing her of being in the office all night she replied, that "she had only been there part of the night and that she had had this man (or Dr. Harris) for twelve years." Auter, Dr. M. F. Bousfield, Dr. C. T. Nichols, and C. E. Duke. The floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful; George T. Kersey and David A. McGowan, of the Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., 2959 S. State street were in active charge of the funeral arrangements which were carried out to perfection. Interment in Miss Polk further stated that she grabbed Dr. Harris's revolver and fired one shot toward the ceiling, as she wanted to frighten Mrs. Passmore away so that she could talk the matter over with Dr. Harris. At that instant he caught her and threw both of her hands up; the revolver was discharged and he fell prostrate on the floor, some of his blood splashing over her. At the conclusion of her testimony the jury stood four for holding her to the grand jury for murder and two for accidental killing. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF DOCTOR THEODORE B. MOZEE Last Friday morning, Dr. Theodore R. Mozee, whose dentist offices were for the past six or seven years located at 4709 S. State street, very suddenly passed away at his home, 5133 S. Washab avenue. A severe hemorrhage was the direct or the immediate cause of his untimely death, for at the time of his passing away, he was only thirty-five years old. Dr. Mozee was born in St. Louis, Mo., and in time he attended the Maherry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., from there he came to Chicago, where he received further medical instructions along the line of dentistry and while doing so, he ran on the railroad in order to earn money to complete his education and to sustain himself. Shortly after completing his special courses in dentistry, he opened a small office at 4715 S. State street and about seven years ago, he opened his more modern or up-to-date office, at 4709 S. State street and being of a jovial or pleasant disposition, he thoroughly mastered the art of making friends and he prospered and met with success right from the very start, by working day and night and paying strict attention to business, he soon forged to the front, as one of the best and most popular dentists in Chicago. At the time of his passing away he was the President of the Kashmir Chemical Co., which has ever since it was founded, transacted an extensive business in the manufacture of toilet preparations and known as a mail order company. The pallbearers were: Julius N. Avendorch, George W. Walker, John R. Funeral services were held over his remains Monday afternoon, at St. Mark church, 50th street and Wabash avenue; its pastor Rev. John W. Robinson and Rev. E. T. Martin pastor of Bethesda Baptist church officiated; Dr. R. C. Giles, Dr. Charles E. Bentley, and Dr. George W. Prince also delivered short eulogies over his remains. C. A. Barnett, read the resolutions of the Kashmir Chemical Co., lamenting his death; Mrs. Antoinette Smyth-Garnes, sang a beautiful solo, aside from appropriate selections rendered by the choir. Dr. Mozee leaves, to mourn his death, a sorrowing young wife, Mrs. Cecelia Johnson-Mozee, who was united in marriage to him in 1913 and who a few years prior to that time, graduated from the Chicago university with high honors; his mother, Mrs. Battle; two sisters and one brother and troops of friends to mourn his passing on. Auter, Dr. M. F. Bousfield, Dr. C. T. Nichols, and C. E. Duke. The floral offerings were numerous and very beautiful; George T. Kerser and David A. McGowan, of the Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., 2959 S. State street were in active charge of the funeral arrangements which were carried out to perfection. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Dr. Mozee was one of our best and warmest friends; he was a princely fell low in every sense of the word and from almost the day that he started in business, right up to the day of his death, his professional card appeared in the columns of this paper and he never uttered one word of complaint in relation to promptly adjusting his ad vertising account and we humbly join with his grief-stricken wife, Mrs. Mozee, other relatives and hosts of friends in lamenting his untimely passing on into the great world beyond. HOW WOMEN BREAK DOWN By overeating. By turning night into day; too complex living. By using more force each day than nature generates. By taking life too seriously—all work and no play. By hurrying, worrying, fretting and straining to keep up appearances. By always reading medical advertisements and medical books which describe your symptoms. By drawing more out of the physical bank than is deposited, which results in physical bankruptcy. By not taking a little outdoor recreation every day. The bow always on the stretch soon loses its spring and elasticity. SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSION Phone Calumet 5915. No. 2830 S. State Street. Services every night. H. Franklin Bray, Supt. The Rescue workers are rejoicing over one of their young men, who is now an active usher in Bethel Church. Mr. John P. Faulkner will lead the great layman service next Sunday night. Rev. Ogelsby preached a splendid sermon last Sunday night. Rev. Britten and Mr. A. B. Stokes had charge of the service Wednesday night. Brother C. C. Brisco, a rescue worker with twenty-three years' experience, will be on the job for God and souls every night during the absence of the superintendent. "C." THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY. Mrs. Edwin B. Beckwith will discourse on lecture No. 2 on "The Rounds and Races of Men," at the University Club rooms, 5300 Wabash avenue, Sunday, November 25, 5 p. m. There will also be discourses on three Colored authors by members of the society at 4:30 p. m. Come early. Over $500 has been raised by the Colored American Association of Norfolk for the French war orphans. 1 HON. KICKHAM SCANLAN One of the ablest and most popular judges of the Circuit Court, who would make a dandy Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1919. One of the ablest and most popular judges of the Circuit Court, who would make a dandy Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1919. THE RED CAP MEN AT THE 12TH STREET STATION OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. Mr. and Mrs. James Hale Porter will address Bethel Literary, Sunday, Dec. 2. at 4 p. m.. Don't fail to attend. Ry Juan Wyatte Bell. The ushers have proven their public spiritiness and loyalty to the welfare of the people by donating and raising for Provident Hospital $178.60. Sandy W. Trice, Chief Usher and his co-workers, R. L. Collins, Jas. Robinson, Chester Wilkins and J. W. Bell, highly voice the sentiment of the Illinois Central Ushers trainmen and employee friends who contributed to this worthy cause. Mr. W. S. Russell left for New Orleans last Tuesday. He will be away for 5 or 6 days. Mr. W. L. Clark is "rounding into form" again. Energetic training and a well regulated diet has taken off his excess weight and the "fighting chef" is ready for all aspirants for his title. Mr. J. W. Hightower is a steady worker at the station. We doubt though that we could say the same for him at home if he had few more days assisting in the fall house cleaning. Mr. W. Black came in from Rockford Saturday. He speaks highly of the training in camp. Miss Clara Smith of Evanston is visiting in Champaign, Ill. Mr. Frank Wood of New York spent last Monday and Tuesday in the city. The ushers who attended Bethel Literary last Sunday afternoon praise highly the paper read by Dr. M. A. Majors. He cited many historical facts of the race that so few of us know. It would be highly beneficial for the younger generation and creditable for Dr. Major to put these facts in book form. Sunday, Nov. 25 will be Pleasant Sunday afternoon at Bethel Church. Prof. Mundy, the eminent chorister, promises an excellent program. At this meeting Mr. Sandy W. Trice will announce the speaker for Bethel Literary, Sunday, Dec. 2. Mr. Albert Walton returned to his home Tuesday from Sioux City, Ia. Praise is due Mr. Henry Anderson and the Northwestern boys for their contribution to Provident Hospital. They donated $ Date, Nov. 19, 1917. Time, 6:35 p. m. Place, emigrant room. Audience, a cootie of ushers. President Jas. L. Robinson; Subject, Cooking Welsh Rarebit. Mr. Eddie Craig, the French chef, from Omaha says begin with skinning and salting "the rabbit." Mr. Paul Castile, the Creole chef says pile your "rabbit" in a deep sauce pan, season with salt and pepper, etc. Camp Cook G.W. Trice says the hardest part about preparing this succulent dish is to catch Brer Rabbit as he knows his stuff when it comes to foot work. Right here, Mr. Robinson interfered and explained to these noted culinary artists the difference between a rarebit and a rabbit. Mr. A. Marsh has been ill for several days. . . . Mr. and Mrs. James Hale Porter will address Bethel Literary, Sunday, Dec. 2, at 4 p. m.. Don't fail to attend. By Attorney Harris B. Gaines. This column is open to the readers of THE BROAD AX for the discussion of legal question of general interest. All questions will be promptly answered when received by Attorney Gaines, National Theater Building, 6221 South Halsted street, before Wednesday of each week. Children Share Equally. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 19—(To Editor of Legal Helps.)—My father was married twice. I was the only child born of the first marriage. There were three children born of the second marriage. My father died about six months ago, leaving no will. He owned real estate and had money in the bank. About two months ago my stepmother died, leaving no will. Would the fact that my stepmother died after my father entitle my father's children by my stepmother to a greater share of the real property than I will receive? John J. No. All the children of your father are entitled to receive share and share alike. Chieago, Ill., Nov. 18, 1917.—(To Editor of Legal News.)—I rented a flat in May, 1916, receiving a written lease for the same. The lease provided for a payment of $35 per month rent. The lease expired in May, 1917. In April, 1917, the agent asked me if I intended renewing my lease for another year. I told him I wanted to remain in the flat for another year. The agent said all right, he would make out a new lease for me. Nothing more was said about the lease and I was not asked to sign another one. When the agent came to collect the October rent he told me that because of the high price of coal the rent would be raised to $40 beginning November 1. When he came to collect the November rent I offered him $35. This he refused to take, saying that he had given me 30 days' notice of the raise in rent, and that I did not have a lease on the flat and would have to pay the increase or move. The next day he served a five days' notice on me, and I again offered to pay him $35, but he said the rent had been raised to $40. Has the agent any right to raise my rent or force me to move! What would you advise doing! M. T. No. While you have a right to remain in possession of the flat at the old rental price you must protect your rights or you may lose them. I suggest the retainment of a lawyer to protect your interest. AN OLD FORM OF MORTGAGE, BEFORE CHRIST. The oldest investment the world knows is the real estate mortgage. Twenty-one hundred years before Christ, in ancient Babylon, money was loaned on mortgages. The mortgages were recorded on bricks, and preserved in great earthenware jars that were sunk in the earth. They were dug up after they had reposed there 3,200 years, mute evidence of this most ancient form of investment. MBS. A. T. OWENS, Sec. SANDY W. TRICE, Pres. LEGAL HELPS . . . . . . Protect Your Rights THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 24, 1917 POLITICAL SITUATION The Race May Lose Civil and Political Rights; Jim Crow Cars on State Street, and Separate Schools in Chicago a Possibility S. A. T. WATKINS Attorney for the Supreme Court, Knights of Pythias throughout the world, who will be re-elected President of the Appointee Club! By Beauregard F. Moseley. The Constitution of the State of Illinois is subject to be changed materially by the Constitutional Convention which the last legislature authorized the people of the State to vote upon at the next election. The main reason urged for a new Constitution was the changed conditions, which could only be met by constitutional amendments, and constitutional amendments are allowed to be submitted not more than two at a time to the people, and that the process of thus amending would be too long and tedious; other than the tax levy, woman's suffrage, franchises for cities and legislation concerning public utilities, the most important change would be the civil rights and the school question. The latter two affect the Negro people in the State to a far greater extent than that of any other group. It is conceded by all of those competent to judge that the present Illinois Constitution is the most liberal and the most fair and just of all the Constitutions of all the States of the Union towards the Negro people. Under it no discrimination is allowed; no separate schools can be maintained; no separate cars, coaches or segregation of any kind can be operated or fostered in this State without violating the Constitution. Jim Crow Cars and Separate Schools Possible. The next Constitutional Convention will of course have it in its power to change these things. It is apparent to every one that no better Constitution can or will be made than the present one. There is grave doubt of a new Constitution, when one is made, being as good, as fair and as just toward the Negro people as the present one. The recent episode at East St. Louis, the Dr. Giles case here in this city and other evidences of racial antipathy and prejudice indicates that the men who will sit as delegates in the convention of 1919 will not be as friendly disposed towards the Negro people as were the abolitionists of 1866 and 1872. Should one wake up and find separate schools in Chicago, "Jim Crow" cars on State street, a sign in public stations and waiting rooms, "For Negros Only" he would no doubt be astonished and wonder why this calamity has overtaken him in Chicago, and perhaps he would be loath to believe that the possibilities of this condition has been brought about by the inefficient services rendered the Negro people by their two representatives in the last General Assembly. Before giving in detail the conduct of these two representatives, or even giving their names, I wish to give the public an opportunity to consult the Journal of Proceedings of the last ses- THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The Negro Fellowship League will have an address from Maj. Albert Ford at its meeting, Sunday, November 25, at 4 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to hear this fine soldier and splendid gentleman make his second address to the Negro Fellowship League. Major Ford was one of the instructors at the Officers' Training Camp at Des Moines, Ia., and brings an interesting story. The quartette will render interesting numbers. Thanksgiving services will also be observed. Last Sunday the sion of the Legislature and note the vote by which the bill calling a Constitutional Convention, or rather the enabling act to call one was passed; the names of those who voted "yea" and the names of those who voted "nay" on the final passage. A "yea" vote meant the possible destruction of the present Constitution, with its safeguards of civil rights and prevention of segregation in the schools and the adoption of a new one which would permit proscription. If it is found that the Colored representatives voted for this possible change, then the conclusion must fasten itself firmly upon the conviction of every honest person that these representatives were recrent and either unable to intelligently represent the Negro people, or vicious enough to sell their rights for a mess of pottage. In our next letter we will, no doubt, give the vote upon this important measure and the attitude of the persons now aspiring for office at the hands of the people, who were in the Legislature at that time and had an opportunity to be heard as well as vote in the interests of the Negro people. ALDERMANIC VINDICATION. The aldermanic campaign in the Second Ward offers a splendid opportunity for the Negro people of the ward to vindicate themselves by the re-election of the Hon. Oscar DePriest to the City Council. It will be remembered that it was charged that the Negro people had chosen a man who was vicious and who had committed a crime by violating the law, and therefore the Negro people could not be trusted to choose representatives, and as a result Alderman DePriest was accused, indicted and tried. A jury found him innocent Congressman McDermott of the old Third District, now the Fourth, a member of Congress, was accused, tried and found guilty of committing a crime by violating the law and was expelled from Congress. He came back to his Irish constituents in the Stock Yards district, presented his side of the story, was renominated and re-elected, because he showed clearly that the fight in opposition to him was on account of his attitude towards his own people and their interests, as the reason for his expulsion from Congress rather than any misconduct. The cases of the congressman and alderman are parallel. Will the Negro people vindicate themselves, or will they add ignomy and shame upon themselves by refusing to accept the verdict of the jury and the command of the law that no man is guilty after having been found innocent by a jury of his peers! League had one of the ablest addresses that has been delivered by Mr. Willis Huggins, who has the distinction of being the first and only colored man who is employed as teacher in our city schools. His address was freely discussed and resulted in the adoption of the motion to have the League start a fund for the purpose of purchasing Negro books to put in the hands of our boys and girls. Mr. Chas. Cowan rendered a beautiful solo. Mrs. Stephens was made chairman of the knitting committee. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, President. W. H. ALDERMAN JAMES H. SMITH One of the Popular City Fathers, Who Will Be Re-elected to the City Council from the Fourteenth Ward at the Election This Coming Spring. One of the Popular City Fathers, Who Will Be Re-elected to the City Council from the Fourteenth Ward at the Election This Coming Spring. A Complete Education. By heritage, by breeding, by education, by inclination, by profession, I was literary. Seven generations of my family had been college bred. Many of the literary men of the first half of the nineteenth century had been entertained by my family; and those who remembered the happy experience had always encouraged me to emulate, if possible, the lives of Agassiz, Holmes, Longfellow and Hawthorne. In the university I was one of the few unusual creatures who delighted to delve (for the pure love of it) into old poems and ancient plays. My face was almost as familiar a feature of the library as was the marble bust of Homer there. The college authorities made me the editor of two publications; my classmates indicated by their choice that they believed I could write a class poem. True, I had never visited Boston, but about the time of my graduation a third cousin of mine from the far South spent a few days in the Hub, so I felt that in some subtle war my education had been completed.—Atlantic. Some years ago, says a contributor to Answers, the Messrs. Boyd sank a small hole for water on their Australian farm, and struck a running stream at a depth of three feet. One evening a large eel came up in the bucket, and, a light having been obtained, the workmen watched the hole. Fish in considerable numbers were constantly darting across the open hole, and subsequently several hundred eels were caught. It is a mystery where the fish came from and whither they were going; they seemed always to travel in the same direction. Recently the present owner of the farm sank a well about a mile away and found the stream at eight feet. At nighttime, if you have a light, you see the eels flashing by, still going with the stream in the direction of the coast. Some of the fish weigh as much as six pounds. Are Composers Short-Lived? Are Composers Short-Lived? It is somewhat striking to note that a number of great musicians were afflicted with physical infirmities. Mozart, who only lived to the age of thirty-five, died of consumption. Schumann, who died at the age of forty-six, was for some years before his death confined in an asylum. Beethoven reached the age of fifty-seven, but for many years previous to his death this great man of music was quite deaf. Mendelssohn died at the age of thirty-six. Schubert at thirty-one. Weber at forty. Chopin at forty. Purcell at thirty-seven, and Bellini at thirty-three. There are, of course, a few exceptions. Bach, Haydn and Handel all outlived their three-score years and ten. The latter, however, was for some years totally 'nd. Little Things That Count. The sunshine of life is made up of very little beams that are bright all the time. To give up something, when giving up will prevent unhappiness; to yield, when persisting will chafe and ret others; to go a little around rather than come against another; to take an ill look or a cross word quietly, rather than resent or return—these are the ways in which clouds and storms are kept off and a pleasant and steady sunshine secured. Neither let mistakes not wrong directions, of which every man, in his studies and elsewhere, falls into many, discourage you. There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong. Let a man try faithfully, manfully to be right; he will grow daily more and more right—Garlie. Underground Eels Daily Thought A. H. Will Be Re-elected to the City Council from Election This Coming Spring. CHIPS. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, 3336 South Park avenue, will enjoy their turkey dinner at home Thursday, Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 3822 Calumet avenue, will leave, Wednesday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where she will enjoy her Thanksgiving dinner with her mother, Mrs. Sidney, and her sister, Mrs. Betty Ray. The young white women of the Juvenile Court (civil service employees) will entertain Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines at luncheon in Stevens' Building, Saturday, November 24. Mrs. Gaines has been employed in the complaint department of the Juvenile Court for more than four years. She has this week been promoted (by virtue of another civil service examination to a higher grade), and has accepted certification for position in the County Hospital. HORNED LARK (Otocoris alpestris) A Length, about seven and three-fourths inches. The black mark across the breast and the small, pointed tufts of dark feathers above and behind the eyes distinguish the bird. Range: Breeds throughout the United States (except the South Atlantic and Gulf states) and Canada; winters in all the United States except Florida. Habits and economic status: Horned larks frequent the open country, especially the plains and deserts. They associate in large flocks, are hardy, apparently delighting in exposed situations in winter, and often nest before snow disappears. The flight is irregular and hesitating, but in the breeding season the males ascend high in air, singing as they go, and pitch to the ground in one thrilling dive. The preference of horned larks is for vegetable food, and about one-sixth of this is grain, chiefly waste. Some sprouting grain is pulled, but drilled grain is safe from injury. California horned larks take much more grain than the eastern birds, specializing on oats, but this is accounted for by the fact that oats grow wild over much of the state. Weed seeds are the largest single element of food. The insect food, about 20 per cent of the whole, includes such pests as May beetles and their larvae (white grubs), leaf beetles, clover-leaf and clover-root weevils, the potato-stalk borer, nut weevils, billbugs, and the chinch bug. Grasshoppers are a favorite food, and cutworms are freely eaten. The horned larks, on the whole, may be considered useful birds. PAGE THREE CHIPS. THE BROAD Ax ‘Published Weekly In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Repub- Ueans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or any one else ean have their say as long as their language is proper and responsi- bility 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. Sabseriptions must be paid in ad- vance. 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WATKINS Real Estate and Insurance 3510 Indiana Ave. _ Phone Douglas 1714 Light of .... itoon. ‘That the ratio of the light of the fall moon to the half moon should be as nine to one instead of two to one has been worked out by a very simple method. The selenium cell is extremely sen- sitive to the light. With this cell an experiment was tried in mensuring the amount of lizht which comes from the moon at different times. It was.dis- covered that the full moon gives out nine times as much light as the half moon. ‘The reason which the scientists have given for this is that it Is due to the varying angles of reflection presented by the roughened surfaces of the moon to the sun. The moon is brighter be- tween the first, quarter and the full moon than between the full moon and the last, quarter. The cause of this is evident in the more highly reflective character of that part of the moon Which lies west of the meridian —Chl- cago Herald. Government and Relicien, I consider that a functionary ough! not to interfere with the manners and customs of the people. but on the con trary, to see that they are preserved It is not the business of the govern ment to force a religion on # people but to maintain that which exists which, whether good or bad, has deer Fegulated by the spirit of the time, the place, and the race. If it endeavors te put down a religion, it prociaims itself Fevolutionary in its spirit, and tyran- nical in its acts, and is justly detested Besides, how are you to raise yourself above the superstitions of the vulgar, except by understanding them and tol erating them ?—Anatole France. Rice an Ancient Cereal. ‘The culture of rice is alluded to in ‘the Talmud, and there is evidence that it was grown in the valley of the Bu phrates and in Syria before 400 B. © ‘It was taken into Persia from India, ‘und later into Spain by the Arabs ‘Thence its culture was introduced inte Italy about 1468 A.D. The Spaniards ‘are also responsible for its introduc ‘tion into Peru and other sections of Spanish-America during the early colo ‘ial period, but the exact date has not Deeh definitely determined. ‘The first introduction of rice culture in the ‘Americas seems really to have been iz ¢ 2 > * Ae Brief as Possible. ‘Marjorie—When he proposed to her abe asked him what kind of answer he ‘wanted,-and he told her the shorter the better. ee a os Tae _ Marjorie—Of course not. said No."—Jndee. @e The Bias? of tie “How did the seed get into the or ange?” asked Frances. “Why, silly, it grew there,” saié “Well,” sald Frances, “I wish it had grown om the outside.” THE FEATHER MARKET er Ves a ee Mrs. Addage—You know “a bird im ‘@e hand ts worth two in the bush.” Mr. Addage—And when it gets om tthe hat the price doubles again. HER IDEA T ia - 4 i fix € hye ee | | | Hl dll Mother—Do you think Charles means business? Danghter—Well, every night he calls er letin listing the houses for rent. WRONG EITHER WAY AND en) Sivan) ye i | ae r em 5 y THE MISSING LINK Ae 2.0 Qhin” i \ ]} ote Y gen mgosit, dost you know, bat my sume nee educated in the highest HE KNEW Sy AB G) ae Sa ak , emcee ae eee ite raining cats and THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 24, 1917 —————— Oo OOOeeeym™ R ; i FREE STYLE ae 7 esidence, 1262 Macalister F ~ Tegaeregteea||MILES J. DEVI SEs oo ae Attorney at Law oe Eos 22i 5. || Suite 313-329 Reaper Bl Ser ccrtce|| Clark and Washington 8 one. We sell thov- Phones, Central 29; Auto. 41-916 Set arieea, St CHICAGO ’ coke es oo Rr | sohibaagraaicn pana os, Sih agin ter ee PHONE MAIN 2214 FREE Seana scront Soe peel iron A. D. GAS Rams Wanted, Address as follows? Attorney at Law 2 ee Soe tock Cy. Address Dept. 6% 118 North La Salle St Smee To Gas Consumers Still Using Flat Flame Lights — The candle power of all gus tn Ist, as provided by City Ordinance, ‘This has cut down the volume of light from flat flame burners. ‘Therefore, to all gas consumers who are wholly dependent upon fiat fiame borners for illumination, this company continues to offer— Two Junior Mantle Lights —burner, mantle and chimney com- plete, and installed without charge. One JUNIOR light will deliver nearly three times as much light as you ever got from a fiat flame burner and use less than balf as much gas Write us immediately—or fill out this coupon and turn it in where cesium cele soso oma The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Peoples Ges Bide. 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"Lat price you pay for a funeral be @ business propestce wf you wil benet by it in service. qualiy and cat et in dallas and cents. ‘The real of my canmage 2 built for me one of the largest and most magnicet eatablahments in the world.) ay yon DR LOUIE USSELMANN | Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optometrist ses sneeson OWNERS AND DRECTORS Sain A econ PActome Ti629 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., Inc. 2959-61 South State Street Reliable Service Courteous Treatment Renveanble Prices FREE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION Complete Line of Funeral Goods Automobiles for Hire TEENAN JONES’ PLACE 3445 SOUTH STATE STREET ‘TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 4591 The finest and most UP-TO-DATE BUFFET and CAFE on the South Side. First-Class Entertainers. HENRY “TEENAN” JONES, Proprietor q The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET 3030 STATE STREET CHICAGO ry Hie Faith Vindicated. ‘Maramatsu San, a converted ex-com viet and manager of a home for dis charged prisoners at Kobe, recently meeded to make a trip to Tokyo, but hed only 85 cents toward his fare With faith in God, he nevertheless started for the station. One train de Darted without him, but when time for the next arrived, it brought mission- ary who, greeting Mr. Maramatsu, said to him: “By the way, I have been ix tending for some time to hand you this $5 for your work.” Mr. Maramatey's faith was vindicated. : Gian ee : oe pa GEORGE F. HARDING, R [Branch office 3101 Cottage Grove Av pe a eg ae 5 FOR RENT and S-reem Gate; hardwood Sees: 1 modern plumbing. 201-9 Vincennes Avo and G11-15-15 EZ Sch Street, From G48” (RM per month. Avpty GEORGE F. HARDING, B Branch office 3101 Cottage Grove Av