The Broad Ax

BROAD AX Echoes and Re-echoes of the Aldermanic Contest in the Second Ward. Major Robert R. Jackson Carried Twenty- Nine Colored Precincts by Three Hundred and Twelve Majority and Eighteen White Precincts, Making Forty-Seven All Told, as Against Twenty-Seven for Mr. De Priest, Who Carried Twenty-Four Colored Precincts and Three White Precincts. Major Jackson Received Twenty-Seven Majority of All the Votes Cast by the Women in that Bitter Contest MR. DE PRIEST AND HIS FOLLOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO OPPOSED HIS ELECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. HE WILL GROOM AND TROT OUT HON. EDWARD H. MORRIS, GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, FOR CONGRESS IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, IN OPPOSITION TO HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN, WHO DISPLEASED MR. DE PRIEST, BY COMING HOME AND "NOSING" INTO THE SECOND WARD ALDERMANIC CONTEST. MR. DE PRIEST MAY EITHER RUN HIMSELF THIS FALL FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER OR FOR STATE SENATOR IN THE THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT AND KNOCK OUT HON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON, OR LAY LOW AND PUT ALDERMAN LOUIS B. ANDERSON OUT OF THE RUNNING IN 1919. MANY OF HIS COLORED SUPPORTERS WILL HAVE HIGH POLITICAL HONORS CONFERRED UPON THEM, AS THERE ARE ALREADY MANY COLORED CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD FOR THE BIG POLITICAL JOBS. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON ENTERTAINED MANY OF HIS FRIENDS AND WORKERS AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, 459 E. 31st STREET, LAST FRIDAY EVENING. THE BROAD AX HAS ALWAYS BEEN STRICTLY INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS AND THEREIN LIES ITS GREAT STRENGTH AND POWER. IN 1916 IT DID NOT RECOMMEND THE ELECTION OF EITHER HON. CHARLES E. HUGHES OR HON. WOODROW WILSON TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ITS EDITOR DID NOT VOTE FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM. Many of the short-sighted followers of the Hon. Oscar De Priest who spend most of their time in talking long and who seldom do any reading have been contending since the election that "if it had been left to the women voters residing in the Second Ward that it would have been nothing to it but the shouting for Mr. De Priest, that he would have been elected without the least trouble, that Major Robert R. Jackson was elected by the White voters and not by a majority of the Colored voters living in that ward." The official figures plainly indicate right to the reverse, for they show that Major Jackson carried twenty-nine Colored precincts, his majority in those precincts being three hundred and twelve; that he carried 18 White precincts, making all told 47 precincts, as against 24 Colored precincts, and three White precincts for Mr. De Priest; that Major Jackson received twenty-seven majority of all the votes cast by the women belonging in the Second Ward; that his official majority over Mr. De Priest is 648. The fight on the big and small-fry politicians who fought Mr. De Priest at the late primaries and the election has just begun and without the least delay he and his followers will groom and trot out the Hon. Edward H. Morris, the Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, to make the race for Congress in the First Congressional District against the Hon. Martin B. Madden, for the purpose of punishing and rebuking him for coming home to Chicago and butting in or "nosing" into the aldermanic fight, which was very displeasing to Mr. De Priest. Many prominent Colored men from all parts of the country will invade the First Congressional District to make speeches for Mr. Morris and race prejudice will again be fanned into a white flame and it will be worth anyone's life to appear on the streets or in public unless they are perfectly willing to shout down with the "Whites, and every Colored man and woman will be branded as an enemy and a traitor to the Colored race unless they are loudly in favor of the Hon. Edward H. Morris for Congressman from the First Congressional District of Illinois." There are mighty hot times ahead for many White and Colored pol- [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. The patriotic war Governor of the great State of Illinois, who has stretched forth his strong arm and saved the life of "Chicken Joe" Campbell, and who is headed for the White House in 1920. itician who have incurred the displeasure of Mr. De Priest, who may either run himself this fall for county commissioner or for State Senator in the Third Senatorial District and knock out the Hon. Samuel A/Ettelson in order to punish him for daring to turn his back on him prior to the late aldermanie election, or Mr. De Priest may lay low himself for awhile and route out Alderman Louis B. Anderson in 1919. The following big Colored Republicans who loyally supported Mr. De Priest in his fight against Major Jackson will have his hearty support for may also enter the race for the Legislature in that same district. Col. William Randolph Cowan has entered the race for County Commissioner and Attorney Augustus L. Williams is being urged to enter the race for State Senator in the Third Senatorial District. Col. S. B. Turner, who joined hands with Mr. De Priest at the very last hour before the election will enter the race for Representative in the First Senatorial District; B. H. Lucas, Edward D. Green, Henry Goins and Robert Lacey will also enter the fight in that same district. So it seems that there will be anything that they want: Morris Lewis, for representative from the Third Senatorial District, or the nomination for County Commissioner; Harray A. Watkins, the successful real estate dealer, for County Commissioner; James N. Simms, for Representative from the Third Senatorial District; James A. Scott, Warren B. Douglas, Chester De Armond and T. Webester Brown for Judges of the Municipal Court, and Dr. W. H. Davis may also enter the race for Representative from the Third Senatorial District. Carl Nelson, Andrew A. Todd and Hon. A. H. Roberts g GEN. J. Mi LAWRENCE Popular, upright and-honorable citizen. First Assistant General Majer General ‘Staff ob/the-Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythiss, and retiring Brigedier General. plenty of;Colored candidates for all o! the bigajobesinsCook County. ‘Last Friday evening Major Robert R Jackson, the newly elected alderman ot ‘the Second Ward, entertained many of hiacttheads and ‘workers, both men and ‘women, at the Royal Gardens, 459 East Bist stzget. Adolph Sims, who labored ‘aad for his suscess:at the- polls, was the chairman of the-affair; Edward H. ‘Wright, Alderman Louis B. Anderson, ‘Hon. A. H. Roberts and Major Robert ‘Hi Jéskson wevecthe orators for the oc- casion, and Major Jackson was warmly received by the large number of men and women present when he arose to ad- Gress them, and a reception and danc- ing followed the speaking. All in all, it was a pleasatn affair. Right here it might mot be out of Place to state for the benefit of” those who do a great deal of loud talking and no reading that The Brond Ax has always been strictly independent in polities and therein lies its great strength and power. It did net recom- mend the election of either Hon. Charles E. Hughes or of Hon. Woodrow Wilson in 1916, for Mr. Hughes has always been as cold as ice towards the Colored people: and President Wilson in-1915 requested Editor William Monroe Trotter. of Bos- ton, Mass., to inform the Colored people to vote against him in 1916, andfor our part we did not vote for either one of them. ‘That we voted for the Hom. Osear Priest for County Commissioner in 1908: and in 1906; that prior to the late pri- maries we treated him and Major Jack- con both alike by giving them the same| amount of free spate; thet Mr. De. Priest requested us to let him know what 20,000 copies of ‘The Broad and one page advertisement would:cost, and when we informed him he very loudly exclaimed that ‘“he-did not: to buy the paper.”? Th primaries and notwithstanding this as an evidence of our friendship for him on Saturday, Feb. £3, we ran his out and platform in these columns free of charge | and on Monday evening Feb. 25,.he ran| his cut and advertisement in Evening American and the other newspapers, who greatly assisted: him po fall om the outeidg. af the: works at the primaries, OOLORED CHAPLAIN AT CAMP LEE ‘First Negro with Comminsion to Be Sta ‘tomed at Souther Camp. Camp ‘Lee, Va—(Spesial) —Chaplain Gifford L. Miller has reported for duty here and bas ben assigned to the 510th Service Battalion. He is the first and ‘eaiy Colored man with a commission Who Riad been forwarded to camp “for duty, being a fret lextenant. "Vgutenant Miller's 2 native of Ten- Bachelor af Divisity trom Harvard Uni- ‘versity. Rofere entering the service he APPOMATTOX. DAY CELEBRAiED AT THE APPOMATTOX. CLUB. Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Mu- nictpal Court Delivered an Interest. ing Talk, Reviewing at-Great Length the Present World War. Tuesday evening Appomattox Daj was celebeated at the Appomattox Club 3441 S. Wabash avenue; its pleasantly appointed parlors were well filled by its members. and- friends, including the la dies. | Its president, 8. A. T. Watkins, served ‘as master of ceremonies and in a few well chosen remarks he presented the honored guest to the gathering, Hon. Harry Olson, chief justice of the Mu- nicipal Court, who was warmly received by the audience, Judge Olson plainly stated that he considered that it would be more bene- ficial to those whom he was about to ad- dress to elaborate on the present world war and not devote all of his time to the scenes which took place at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, some 50 years age. ‘He therefore spent more than an hour in thoroughly covering all of the inei- dents and events leading up to tho greatest war which has ever confronted all the people throughout the civilized world. He paid a glowing tribute in closing to: the Colored soldiers for the bra which they have always displayed, in all of the wars, for the defense of the American flag, American institutions, und to the Colored people in general und he contended that if this war for a world’s democracy did not mean better reatment for the Colored people and. arger opportunities for them in all of be industrial avenues then we might 16 well stop fighting right now. At the cpmelusion of the program, judge Olson shook hands with overy- ody present and felt that he was come and among friends. Watkins eseorted him through the club coms and he was very much pleased vith the Appomattox Club. 3 ‘Mrs. Martha B. Anderson and Mrs. ajors condueted the musical program. 45D MRS A J. BOWLDNG | HAVE FINALLY COME TO THE PARTING OF THE WAYS. Last Seturday morning, Mra, Katie Fowler-Bowling, who was united in marriage to Prof. Alouzo J. Bowling the first part of 1016: by Rev. A. J. ‘Carey, appeared in Judge Henry M. Guerin’s Superior Court and after the testimony on the part of her sister, Mra. Geneva Smith, slie was granted » di- voree frem her husband on the grounds of cmelty, at the same time being sl- lowed to resume her maiden name, Miss Katie Fowler. _- Attorney Hale G. Parker, represented ‘im court. - Prof. Bowling did not en- oe ne ere Miss ‘will receive. $10 per week as long as she remains single, which will her to drem very nicely and later on ew enein cameepeine sieienh, THE BROAD )AX: CHICAGO; APRIL 13, 1918 National Negro Health and Clean-Up Week VALUABLE PRIZES: WILL BE AWARDED TO THOSE ENTERING THE CONTEST AND: CAN PROVE. THAT THEY RESIDE IN’ THE BEST, CLEAN COMMUNITIES. ‘Tuskegee Institute, Alabama—Some days ago in the announcement that Na tional Health Week would be observed April 21-27, it was stated that Mr. Al Jen W. Clark, Chairman of the Nationa! ‘Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign Bu reau, St. Louis, Mo., was this year, as was done last year, offering three. (3) silver cups for the best cleaned com: munities, Since that time #0 many requests for fall details of the contest have been re- ceived that the following suggestions and conditions for entering the contest are herewith offered to the public. These conditions are the same as for 1917 and are as follows: In order to enter the contest for the cups it will be mecessary for each com- munity to organize and appoint commit- tees to carry out a definite program as outlined below. Records. must be ac- eurately kept in order that the. report of the campaign in each community may cover the following points: 1. How was your city, community or section organized to earry on the cam- paignt 2, What organization, etc., co-oper- ated with you in the campaign? 3. How many public meetings were helat 4. What was the attendance of each of these meetings? 5. What were the programs rendered Jat each meeting? 6. How many house-to-house cireulars were distributed? 7. How many pieces of advertising matter were plsced in conspicuous: places? 8 Btate briefly how you inspected your community before the Campaign began its work to find out what was most nseded to be done. 9. State your method of inspection after the Campaign was over, to ascer- tain how much cleaning up had actually been accomplished. 10. How many homes of colored peo- ple are there in your city, community or section? 11, How many of these were cleaned up during the campaign? 12, What was done to get rid of flies, mosquitoes and-rats? 13. What was done to encourage the planting of flowers and beautifying of premises? : 14. How many premises received new oats of paint or whitewash? 15. What system dia you employ to lispose of house and yard rubbish? 16. Deseribe here any special feature ¢ unusnal interest in conection with ‘our campaign. COMMITTEES. It is suggested that in each com- munity there be a Clean Up Committee which shall arrange a program for| Health Week. ‘This committee should] ppoint other committees as follows: 1, Committee on Inspection—The du-| ies of this.committee will be, two weeks | ' fore the opening of the campaign to|| aake.a. thorongh inspection of the com-| | munity and decide what especially needs > be dome, After the Campaign is|' joted, this committee is to make a sec- | nd inspection to.see what has been ac-|| omplished. 1 ‘% Committee on Publicity—The du- es of this committee are to provide ouse-to-house circulars and other ad- ertising matter and decide on a plan|* or thoroughly distributing the same |‘ sroughout the community. t 3. Finance Committee—The treasur- | t should be Chairman ofthe Finanee |} ommittee. The duties of this commit- | t @ will be to see the business men of |i ye town amd solicit a moderate con-|1 ibution to defray the expenses of the|s mpsign. Small contributions and|2 any of them is the best way to finance campaign. si et ee oot ST See. A Ge fore every class in each school, appeal: ing to sehool children to do their part im the campaign to make their com: munity the cleanest and most beautiful in the country. Adopt some plan for interesting school children, such as of fering prizes for essays on clean-up subjects. z y 6. Committee on Flies and Mosquitoes —The duties of this committee will be to provide and distribute circulars, giv- ing simple rules for destroying breeding places of flies and getting rid of same; alse simple rules for preventing the breeding of mosquitoes; confer with city officials and health department officials to have such rules observed and carried out. Program for the Campaign Sunday—Sermon Day. On this day churches will give sound advice on how te keep physically and morally clean. ‘Monday—Fire Prevention Day. Clean your basements and attics of rubbish, greagy rugs, and waste paper. Fifty per cent of the fires start in rubbish piles. ‘Tuesday—Clean House Day. For gen- ‘eral house cleaning. Clean all carpets, ventilate your cellars, serab everything. Use. plenty of soap and water every- ‘where. : Wedtesday—Yard Day. Clean your yard of all rubbish. Cut lawas, plant flower beds, clean walks, repair side-' waiks, and fences. ‘Thursday—Paint Up and Whitewash Day. Paint up and whitewash inside and out, porehes fences, woodwork, poreh chairs. Make everything radiant with fresh colors. Friday—Fiy, Mosquito and Rat Day. Give special attention to freeing your premises from breeding places of flies and mosquitoes, also get rid of rats. Saturday—Vacant Lot Day. Equip school children with sharp pointed sticks and bags, and have them piek up paper om vacant lots, parks and play- grounds. Plow and plant garden plots wherever possible. J. ©. NAPIER, President National Negro Business League. RR MOTON, Chairman Executive Committee, National Negro Business League. EMMETT J. SCeTT, Secretary National Negro Business League, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. | FIRST YEAR OF WAR COSTS U. 8 ‘NINE BILLION. ‘Onesixth of Bill Paid by Taxes; Ex. = penses Are Increasing. Washington, D. C.—(Special.)—Nine billion dollars is the approximate cost to the United States of one year of war. More than one-half has gone in loans to allies; more than one-third has been spent for the army and military estab- lishment; one-tenth for the navy, and one-fifteenth for shipbuilding. Just one-sixth of this big war cost ‘has been raised by taxation and other ordinary sourees of revenue, and the balance bas come from sale of Liberty bonds and certificates of indebtedness. Billion 3 Month Now. Enormous as these war expenditures may seem to a country whose govern- ment in peace times costs between $700,- 000,000 and $800,000,000, they are less than Great Britsin’s and are only about two-thirds of estimates made by officials less than a year ago. Slow progress of the shipbuilding program and the retard- ing of the outpouring of war supplies are regarded by officials as the chief rea- sons why expenses did not equal esti- mates. Government expenses now are rus- ning about s billion dollars a month, with somewhat less than half going to the allies, who spend the greater part of their loans for war supplies in this coun- try. Sinee the declaration of war April, 1917, the government's actual expendi- tures have been more than ¢ 000, but about $800,000,000 of this sum | 3 a , ‘ 3 : xa HON. JULIUS JOHNSON a ‘The sccessiul furniture manufacturer of Moline, Ill.; prominent Swedish-Amerc Republican, who would make a dandy candidate for State Treasurer of th State this coming fall. eee would have been spent for normal activ-]| The communicable diseases levy ties even if the United States had not | heavy tax on the people in the shape y entered the war. sickness and funeral expenses, whit Allies. Get $4,743,000,000. ‘cost, mpeh in money in addition to th Ordinary. expenditures under which |P&im, sorrow and suffering they cam the treasury classifies all outlays for | Money that is spent for prevention iss ities even if the United States had not | ¥#7 # good investment. operation of the governmental machin- aa tion of war have been approximately $5,-| If you believe in a ‘‘square deal 084,000,000. Actual payments to the| #24 ‘‘safety first’’ you will not shakey allies amounted to about $4,743,000,000. | beat your rugs on your back poreh a thus endanger your neighbor's beali eae DOMESTIC PETS—DANGEROUSB. | 2. ee | The U. 8. Public Health Service, im s recent bulletin, calls attention to “the sanitary dangers from domestic pets’ and emphasizes the role that they ma; Play in the transmission of disease, es pecially among children. In support of this statement an in stance is cited of a fatal ease of small: pox in an infant.in arms. The nearest case of the disease was in a house more than a block distant and with no social ‘or neighborly intercourse between the families. But a pet dog in the infected family happened also to be on friendly terms with the family wherein the in- fant was attacked with the disease. “In no other way,’’ the report con- tinues, ‘‘eould the source of the infee- tion of the baby be explained than that the dog fondled by the children of the smallpox family carried the virus of the disease to the neighbor’s baby. Simi- lar instances have been noted before in ‘connection with amallpox transmission, ‘and cats and dogs both have been in- criminated as carriers of plague infected fleas—eases of bubonic plague so cou- tracted having been observed by Publie Health Service officers working in re- ‘ent plague epidemics, The same house- hold pets also have been charged in certain instances with the responsibility of carrying the infection of diphtheria, searlet fever and other communicable diseases of children, as well as various intestinal parasites.’” The Department of Health many times has called attention to the danger attendant upon keeping animal pets in eity homes and flats. And in this cou- nection it has been urged that it is not fair to the animals themselves to be kept in quarters and under conditions where the outdoor air and freedom of exercise needed cannot be obtained. But when the possible health menace is taken into consideration, the pleasure derived from the presence of animal peta may after all cost much more than it is worth. And while this phase of the question is with us all the time, there is Jost now another that is also worth while. Food conservation is now. of prime importance. Are dogs and eats worth the food they consume? to makes eS rae es inuing the practice of keeping 5 yar city homes. oe oer ‘The communicable diseases levy 1 heavy tax on the people in the shape a siekness and funeral expenses, whid ‘cost mpeh in money in addition to th pain, sorrow and suffering they cam Money that is spent for prevention ist way a good investment. If you believe in a ‘‘square deal” and ‘‘safety first’? you will not shake beat your rugs on your back poreh ani thus endanger your neighbor's healt eee me 4 ‘The will and the ability to work iste foundation upon which we build best, happiness and_ prosperity. eee If your neighbor’s back yard is dity and unsightly, itis only the better me son why yours should be clean wi beautiful. Vaccination is a sure preventive of that dread disease, smallpox. DRASTIC U. 8, BILL TO PUNIS LYNCHERS Washington — (Special).—Lynchisp im the United States would be dnt tieally punished under a bill which been introduced in the House by RP resentative Dyer of St. Louis. The til provides that each persons in 2 a committing » lynching shall be deesel guilty of murder. The family of tH person lynched would be compensitel by a fine imposed on the county in whieh the erime takes place, ranging {0 95,000 to $10,000. Neglect by any of of the peace to attempt to prevent * lynching makes him liable under the 1 to fine of not less than $5,000 or it years’ imprisonment or both. The = penalty applies to any official who witt cut protest allows a person to be tak from his eustody by a mob and lynebe ‘TO PROVIDE HOME FOR AGED Ax? A FARM POR COLORED YOUTHS Washington, D. C—(Specia!)—* tablishment of a home or homes aged and infirm Colored people working girls, and an industrial for aged people who must move !"* the® alleys“oa Iuly 1, and to provi work for the Colored youths durisg sommer vacation, is the purpose of * Dill introdueed by Representativ® ad ‘of Iowa whieh has been referred t committee on public buildinss ‘grounds, This proposes that the 0” d savagee which was repaid to the ‘ury of the United States by the fret men’s baréad, whieh was due the et" ‘of deceased: Colored soldiers, be 2°” pristed for the establishment of th institations. eee Mr: Josephs H, Roberts, 9251 Ver® vrenae; a the marriage of Sones to Mri Albert B. George, who we * ne foteir fiend: Wednceiss ing, April 10th, at the above 200% M. ATTORNEY F. L. BARNETT Minister State's Attorney of Cook County, who labored hard for almost two years, without pay, to save the life of "Chicken Joe" Campbell. Bulgee Institute, Ala.—Sometimes think it remarkable how the Business League officials have been able to give a local Leagues and to the business men of the race such valuable and important suggestions. Some time ago a number of suggestions was sent out to the Local League suggesting to them that it would be a good thing if the local Leagues could co-operate with merchants, where the number of such merchants were sufficient, by urging them to engage, either individually or cooperatively, a trained bookkeeper or merchant who could assist the merchants and other business men in keeping accurate records, so as to keep track of their profits and losses and thus help to preempt them from slipping into many of the pitfalls of business. In a recent issue of "The Advertising Age," I find an article entitled "Pitfall of Merchants," written by Mr. Ian Joslyn, Referee of Bankruptcy of Michigan. Mr. Joslyn's article contains the following very interesting station. I am quoting briefly from his article: "Commerecial statistics and my own experience of more than twelve years in the bankruptcy court proved that out of every hundred men in business today, about twenty-five will fail within five years; fifty will fail in ten years, and in twenty years less than a dozen will have succeeded out of the original one hundred. "If nine out of ten fail what assurance have you that you will be the lucky tenth? "The life of the retail business is reported to be only six years." And again his article proceeds as follows: "Very often the man who paid cash for his first stock makes subsequent purchases on credit. Money realized from the sale of the first goods enables him to meet bills for the other and have none left over. He thinks what is left over is profit, but most of it is original investment. Little by little he lives up to his first investment entirely and gets further and further in debt. Then the awakening comes with a crash. "Don't just think you are making money—get the facts, for that supposed profit may actually be a loss." (To be continued next week.) Attorney S. A. Beadle, late of Jackson, Miss., is forging to the front as one of the many successful lawyers of Chicago. His law office is located at 350 R. State street, 'phone Douglas 8078. A. JUDGE J. J. SULLIVAN, WHO WILL SIT IN JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF MISS JOSSEPHINE FOLK WHEN SHE IS BROUGHT TO TRIAL IN THE CRIMINAL COURT. "CHICKEN JOE" CAMPBELL WILL NOT HANG FOR GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN HAS COMMUTED HIS DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. On Thursday afternoon on recommendation of the State Division of Pardons and Paroles; Governor Frank O. Lowden commuted the sentence of "Chicken Joe" Campbell to life imprisonment. He was sentenced to be hung by the neck until dead in the penitentiary at Joliet, Ill., Friday, April 12th, and active preparations were being made for his execution. The gallows had been shipped from the Cook County jail to Joliet for that purpose. "Chicken Joe" Campbell owes his long new lease of life to the untiring effort of Attorney F. L. Barnett, ex-assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, who spent many weeks of his valuable time and hundreds of dollars of his own money in his behalf. For he has always labored under the impression that some one else murdered Mrs. Odelle B. Allen, and not "Chicken Joe" Campbell. Hon. Robert M. McMurdy and Attorney Cowen, of Joliet, Ill., greatly assisted Mr. Burnett, to save the life of "Chicken Joe" Campbell and this week all three of them made two trips to Springfield, Ill., to plead for his life before the State Board of Pardons and Governor Frank O. Lowden. TWO SOLDIERS HANGED AT Camp Logan, Houston, Tex.-Ptes. John B. Mahn and Walter Matthews, former members of Company I, 370th infantry, have paid the death penalty for the murder, Feb. 13, of Pte. Ralph M. Foley, Company G, 130th infantry. The execution, conducted by Lieut. Col. John V. Clinnin, head of the military police of the 33d division, took place in a secluded spot back of the division stockade, in the presence of less than a score of witnesses. Mann and Matthews both faced death without flineing. Within thirty minutes after a guard awakened them the two men had dressed, eaten a light breakfast, received the final visit of Father J. J. O'Hearn, the faithful chaplain who had ministered to them daily. Attorney William J. Latham, who located in this city the latter part of last summer from Mississippi, is meeting with success in the law business. He maintains offices at No. 2 E. 31st street. Office phone Calumet 875 and he and Mrs. Latham reside in a beautiful home of their own at 3119 South Park avenue. Phone Douglas 8356. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. APRIL 13, 1918. Duster Box, Prepared at a Total Cost of 75 Cents, Center of Attraction at "Linen" Shower. The "linen" shower for the engaged girl struck one of her friends at a time when her pocketbook was, oh, so very thin. She would have liked dearly to have brought a set of infilated towels or a really pretty runner, but it was out of the question. After all, linen showers are more or less elastic things; so she finally decided to buy eight yards of cheesecloth at 5 cents a yard. She cut this into two-yard strips and folded each into a yard square of double thickness. Then she blanket-stitched each with a different colored cotton to hold the edges together. Incidentally, she knew the color scheme of the engaged girl's new home and so there was a pink edge for one bedroom, a lavender for another, a blue for the dining room and a yellow for the living room, though nobody would say a word if the dusters—yes, that's what they were—if the dusters got mixed. Then she painted up a nice flat tin box with two coats of black enamel and added a cute little dusting lady cut from a magazine ad to the lid. The dusters went into the box with a small bottle of furniture oil, the kind used for mops. This was to make the dusters dustless, and a note went with them to tell the engaged girl all about it. The duster box was the most-talked of gift of the shower, and the whole thing only cost 75 cents because the clever girl had the tin box and the bits of colored cotton. HERE IS NEW 'NEEDLECRAFT But the Needles That Are Employed Are Those That Are Obtained From the Pine Trees. It's really a needlecraft because you use needles, but not the fine, shining steel needles of embroidery or the bone or amber of knitting and crochet, but the long, green needles of the pine trees, the longer the better. One is reminded of Indian basketry as one binds the sweetmelling needles gathered from under pine trees into pliable ropes of many uses. As the needles vary in length, the binding must be a continuous process. The thickness of the rope decided upon, the needles are laid in a bunch until the correct rope thickness is reached, then they are tied with a bright cord or strand of raffia, which winds round and round, and as one needle ends another is added. The rope may be shaped into a basket or mat as the winding goes on, and the attractive trinket further elaborated with embroiderings of raffia after the whole is finished. The continuous rows of rope are held together either by sewing them with the cord or raffia run through a long-eyed needle or as each row is wrapped it can include the row just preceding. PRETTY SCHOOL DRESS I To make a plain dress in a new way and to make it attractive, spells success when the task is to outfit the schoolgirl. A dress made of dark blue serge and bound with silk braid is as plain as the most austere taste could wish, but it escapes being commonplace by a very simple expedient. The sleeveless overbodice has come to the rescue of the plain frocks in dark cloths, wherein the miss at school is correctly clad. The overbodice is shown in many developments, one of the simplest and most practical appearing in the picture above. Instead of darts at the front the material is laid in folds fastened down with bone buttons and buttons serve to fasten the back. A sailor collar of georgette crepe, with a little silk embroidery at the corner, finishes off the toilette of the young girl whose mind is busy with other things than dress. But she is encouraged to freshen up her appearance with collars of organdie or lace or crochet that may be laundered. FUR CAPES ARE TO BE WORN Will Be Very Deep and Rather Wide With a Little Vest Effect as a Novel Feature. And now come the new fur models! According to all prognostications we are to wear fur capes in place of the fur scars and the cape itself is to be very deep, rather wide and to include a little vest effect as a part of its novel makeup. The fur may be kolinsky, Hudson bay sable, mink, muskrat, moieskin or eimine. In the estimation of several of the furriers it is to be a brown season, but others declare gray furs will be in good evidence, while for those who can afford it white will be added to either the brown or the gray. One of the new capes, for instance, is made of spotless ermine and is lined with white satin velled with black chiffon. The cape hangs in soft folds from shoulder to several inches below the elbow and it is slashed on either side of the arm so that when the latter is in motion there is exposed the vest feature. This last is belted to the figure, the belt being of the fur finished with a large tortoise-shell buckle. The cape has flat revers somewhat reminiscent of the directoire modes, and these are completed by a flat collar of Hudson sable, which may be turned upward to envelope the throat in case of severe weather. LONG STITCH IN EVIDENCE Its Frequent Use Probably Is Due to Desire to Make Embroidering Easier for the Novice. It is noticeable that things are being made as easy as possible for the needlewoman, and particularly for the novice. The vogue for hand embroidery still is strong and it is no doubt because of this fact that fashion has said that the single long stitch should be used more frequently than any other so that one can get the desired effect without spending too much time on the work. One place where the long stitch is conspicuous is on the new fabric hats. A very stunning blue georgette crepe model has the crown decorated with long stitches of heavy white floss. The stitches do not bring out any particular design, instead they seem to be placed hit or miss, but the result is extremely pleasing. As for the flowers that can be brought out in the long stitch there are asters, thousand flowers, chrysanthemums, daisies and a number of other plants that will suggest themselves as you grow enthusiastic in the idea. The vogue is for adding an individual touch to a ready-made frock or blouse. In placing the stitches do not draw them tight, and yet do not have them too loose. Strike a happy medium so that each stitch lies perfectly flat and does not pull. SIMPLE IN LINE AND COLOR Sarah The predominating note in this fall costume is one of simplicity in lines and in color. It is a Russian blouse walking costume of brown velours. The only trimming is the buttons, and perhaps the slash pockets may be considered a contrast to the predominating simplicity. The only relief in color is the tan broadcloth turnover on the choker collar and the tan broadcloth lining in the slash pockets. The experts are urging women to use silk instead of cotton and wool. There is bound to be a shortage in both the latter fabrics. In some places it is difficult to get woolen jersey skirts and suits. Silk stockings will replace cotton ones, for every fraction of a pound of cotton is needed by the warring countries. Wool is needed for uniforms; therefore, women will have to wear silk. What was once extravagance will now be economy and patriotism. It may be, however, that the government will forestall this by using up the silk for its airplane. 100 MISS JOSEPHINE POLK, WHO WILL SOON BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL IN THE CRIMINAL COURT OF COOK COUNTY FOR THE MURDER OF THE LATE DOCTOR JAMES N. HARRIS. MISS JOSEPHINE POLK, WHO WILL SOON BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL IN THE CRIMINAL COURT OF COOK COUNTY FOR THE MURDER OF THE LATE DOCTOR JAMES N. HARRIS. The Lexington annual conference is meeting in our beautiful Auditorium with Bishop Thos. Nicholson, D.D., presiding. This conference brings to us the pastors of such cities as Indianapolis, Ind.; Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Springfield, Ohio; Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Paris, Owensboro and Bowling Green, Ky., as well as Detroit, Mich. The program has been replete with good things in sermons, addresses, debate and music. The appointments will be read Monday afternoon. Sunday morning Bishop Nicholson will preach. The memorial sermon will be preached by Rev. E. L. Gilliam, D.D., Columbus, Ohio, and the ordination ceremonies will be held in the afternoon. The Rev. P. O. Connell of Cleveland, Ohio, will preach at night while Dr. J. N. C. Coggins will speak on temperance. The choirs of Fulton St., South Park Ave. and St. Mark have rendered the music. The Chicago Methodist Preachers' meeting will attend the conference Monday morning, April 15th. The Crescent Ladies' Quartette will sing. St. Mark, with its pastor, Rev. Mr. Robinson, has had an excellent year and made a fine report. BIG MEETING AT BETHEL CHURCH Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Municipal Court, Judge Drennan of the Illinois Central Railway and Attorney Walter M. Farmer will address Bethel Literary Society, Sunday afternoon, April 14th, at 2:30. This is contemplated to be a great patriotic meeting. Judge Olson will speak on "What the World War Means to the United States." Judge Drennan will speak on the Third Liberty Loan. Attorney Farmer will introduce the speakers. Sandy W. Trice, president, will preside.—Mrs. A. T. Owen, Secretary. Mrs. Ed. Nixon, 2827 S. Wabash avenue, who ranks among the oldest and most highly respected Colored citizens in this city, was firm in her support of Oscar De Priest, for alderman of the Second Ward and she is not ashamed of it either. St. Mark Methodist Episcopal 50th Street and Walnut Ave Chicago St. Mark M. E. Church, 50th and Wabash Avenue, Rev. John W. Robinson, Pastor, Where the Lexington Conference Will Hold Forth. BOYS DIVISION OF THE WABASH AVE. DEPARTMENT Y. M. C. A. A group of members of the Y. M. C. A. Boys' Glee Club under the direction of Miss Pauline J. Lee, their instructor, left Chicago last Saturday for Camp Grant. The afternoon was an unpleasant rainy one and on reaching Camp Grant we found it quite difficult to travel in the mud, but everyone kept up good spirits. Saturday evening at 8:15 a splendid program was given to the Colored men of Building No. 3. Miss P. J. Lee, contralto, sang two numbers. Mr. Clarence Lee, baritone, was encored for the third time. The boys' quartet, composed of Messrs. Jerome Robertson, Carl M. Saunders, Hugh Parker and John Hines, did fairly well for their first time. Mr. Leon Smith, our violinist, scored 100. The "Poet and Peasant" was rendered in a duet by Mr. Douglas and Miss Lee. Mr. William Rogers of the Y. M. C. A. dormitory was known throughout the camp as being a great Dunbar reader and the fellows cheered and clapped for him until the master of ceremonies, Mr. L. L. Stone, asked for order. On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock the group appeared at Building No. 1. The audience was composed of mothers, sisters and sweethearts of the soldiers (white). It is believed that the second program took better than the first. Plans were all made for leaving camp on the 5:15 train, but Mr. Read, head of the religious work, Building No. 3, insisted upon the group remaining over until the eight o'clock train and assisting in his religious services at 6:45. The group was highly appreciated by officers and soldiers and highly entertained by members of the various Y. M. C. A. buildings and a cordial invitation was given them to return soon. Program under the leadership of Mr. Stone. Michael G. 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