The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Hon. Charles S. Deneen, to the Great Disappointment of His Army of Warm Friends and Supporters, Declines to Toss His Fighting Hat Into the Senatorial Ring and Make the Race for United States Senator from Illinois Many of His Followers Are Climbing in the Band Wagon for Hon. Medill McCormick The new and unexpected turn in the Senatorial fight or situation leaves the Hon. Oscar De Priest hanging high and dry, for if he joins the Thompson forces he will be forced to fall in behind Edward H. Wright and Rev. A. J. Carey. On the other hand, Mr. De Priest will find hard sledding in the camp of Hon. Medill McCormick, for when Hon. Edward J. Brundage and Mr. De Priest were County Commissioners Mr. De Priest cussed him out to a dead standstill, and when Mr. Brundage ran for Attorney-General of Illinois, Mr. De Priest and his followers dealt him an upper cut and a body blow in the Second Ward. State Senator Richard J. Barr, of Joliet, received the united support of Mr. De Priest and his followers for Attorney-General at the primaries at that time. Alderman Robert R. Jackson is not in favor of permitting Col. B. F. Moseley to open an amusement park at Thirty-third street and Wabash avenue, and Col. Moseley has instituted mandamus proceedings against Mayor William Hale Thompson and other city officials to compel them to issue him an amusement license. no doubt that some will grace the heels of Hon. William Hale Thompson. The sudden and the unexpected explosion in Hon. Charles S. Deneen's senatorial boom has left Hon. Oscar De Priest hanging high and dry, for lately he has been butting into Mayor Thompson at his Sunday meetings to beat the band, and if he turns around and faces the front and attempts to shout for Mayor Thompson he would be compelled to fall in behind Edward H. Wright and the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D., who are the two big dogs in Mayor Thompson's meat house, notwithstanding the fact that Co. Wright has been arrested, convicted and fined in an open court of record for gambling, and the Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D., does not stand very high in the estimation of the best Colored people in this city and nothing else holds him up except that he is the boss political pet of Hon. William Hale Thompson. It will be rather hard for Mr. De Priest to land very far in the McCormick band wagon, for some years ago when Mr. De Priest and the Hon. Edward J. Brundage, who is the head and the front of the McCormick movement, were members of the board of county commissioners, Mr. De Priest was overcome with a spell of twilight sleep and he cursed Mr. Brundage out to a dead standstill and some claim, although it may not be true, that Mr. De Priest called him "a white livered a—— of a b——" When Mr. Brundage ran for Attorney-General of Illinois in 1916 Mr. De Priest and his followers dealt him many upper cuts and knock-out body blows and he received many hard jolts in the Second Ward, for Mr. De Priest and his unreasonable fighters threw their support to Hon. Richard J. Barr, of Joliet, for Attorney-General of Illinois, and the chances are ten to one that the Hon. Edward J. Brundage will never send for Mr. De Priest, and if he should come in sight he will not throw his arms around his neck and with tears in his eyes exclaim, "Brother De Priest, I am delighted to embrace you." The writer is not in a position to state just how others fare whenever they come in contact with the Hon. Edward J. Brundage, but we have met him many times face to face and looked him right square in the eye and we can truthfully state that in our presence he has always deported himself like a high-class gentleman. Col. B. F. Moseley very bitterly fought Major Robert R. Jackson all along the line when he ran for alderman of the Second ward this spring and now Col. Moseley is on the eve of starting a baseball and amusement park at Thirty-third and Wabash avenue, and now Alderman Jackson is fighting him and Col. Moseley has instituted mandamus proceedings in the Superior Court to compel Mayor Thompson and other city officials to issue to him an amusement license to run his baseball park, and it is hard to tell how the old black cat will jump between Col Moseley and Alderman Jackson. MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT THE AUDIOTORIUM THEATER FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 14th, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FAMILIES OF THE COLORED SOLDIERS OF ILLINOIS. M. J. Ex-Secretary of State and Attorney for the Board of Underwriters' Association of New York and Illinois, who would make a first-class Republican candidate for State Treasurer of Illinois. The affair promises to be the greatest musical event that has ever been held among the Colored people in this city. It will be soul inspiring and patriotic from beginning to end. On the night of the occasion, Mr. William B. Austin, 1144 Tribune Building, who is one of the best business men in Chicago, and who is a prominent member of the National Security League, will deliver a short talk, endorsing the affair in behalf of the National Security League. The musical festival is bound to be a success, if the Colored people of Chicago will do their part for Mr. Austin and his friends have sold all the boxes at twenty-five dollars upiece; bringing in enough money to pay the rent of the Auditorium and other incidental expenses, and at the very least, two to three thousand dollars should be realized for the relief of the Colored families of the Colored soldiers of Illinois. The boxes on that occasion will be occupied by the most prominent White men and women in this city, who are extremely anxious to witness with their own eyes just what the Colored people of Chicago can accomplish in the world of music. HON. CORNELIUS J. DOYLE MANY WHITE CHRISTIANS ATTACK THE HOME OF A LAW ABIDING COLORED WOMAN. Aroused at the prospect of a Colored settlement of the district, a number of whites Tuesday night stoned the residence of Mrs. Lavinia Nettles, a Colored woman at 4319 Vinecannes avenue. Police of the Fiftieth street station were called and the woman's premises were patrolled for the remainder of the night. No arrests were made. Mrs. Nettles told a police sergeant she had recently purchased the property from a white woman, Mrs. Mary Carvlin. She had paid $500 down, she said, and given her a note for the balance of $3,000. It was her intention, she said, to start a rooming house. Mrs. Nettles and her daughter Geneva moved in Monday. Mrs. Mary C. Byron; a Colored social worker, connected with the Turner Memorial African Methodist Episcopal church, who, it seems, dabbles in real estate on the side, in said by Mrs. Nettles to have engineered the deal. In the Nettles home Tuesday night, following the bombardment, a council of defense was held. Prominent at this consultation were the Rev. Alonso J. Bowling, pastor of the Turner church, and W. Harold Thomas, its social director. Residents of the neighborhood were emphatic in expressing their disapproval of Negroes moving in. What Mrs. Nettles and her friends want to do is to provide themselves with a full stand of arms and be on guard day and night and blaze away at the very first person who attempts to interfere with her constitutional rights as a free American citizen, which carries with it the undisputed right to reside wherever her money or means will enable her to provide herself a pleasant home and that is a long ways from social equality. For downright cowardice the White Christians residing near Mrs. Nettles, cannot be surpassed.—Editor. aD ASIA ae : HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Wa EBS ci aes "CHICAGO, MAY 38 ey ee 1 gee RNa a No. 36 Hon. Charles S. Deneen, to the a Disappointment of Hi Army of Warm Friends and Supporters, Declines to Tos His Fighting Hat Into the a. Ring and Make th Race for United States Senator from Illinois Many of His Followers Are Climbing in the Bard Wagon for Hon. Medill McCormick The new-and ‘unexpected turn in the Senato- fal Sebo Station Iavs the Hon. Ona De Priest hanging high and dry, for if he joins the Thompson forces he ‘will be forced to fall in be- hard sledding in the camp of Hon. Medill McCor- mick, for when Hon. Edward J. Brundage and Mr. Priest cussed him out to a dead standstill, and Hlinois, Mr. De Priest and his followers an upper cut and a body blow in the Second Ward. State Senator Richard J. Barr, of Joliet, re- followers for Attorney-General at the primaries at that time. , z Alderman Robert R: Jackson is not in favor of per oer teeny cee acme: ment park at Thirty-third street and Wabash avenue, amd Col. Moseley has instituted. man- damus proceedings against Mayor William Hale Thompson and other city officials to compel them to issue him an amusement license. On Tuesday evening. many of the warm friends and supporters of Hon. Charles 8, Deneen met at the Hotel Mor- ison and those assembled represented every ward and votibg distriet in-Cook County and after exchanging plessant Greetings and after enjoying = short re pa they. ste es ecg el lips, feeling at ease with the world, and tee of them no doubt were figuring on how to exterminate and denounce their Political enemies and were ready to toss their hats high up in the air long before the Hon. Chaties &: Deneen- would. be able to finigh announcing that he was fod and ready to toss his old fighting ‘tat into the senatorial ring and that he ‘Wu ready to bitterly eontest every inch “ie senatorial ground against all ‘mers. ¥ Finally when Mr. Deneen arose to ‘Peak it was. no trouble to hear spin op and when be declared thst under % condition would he become s ean< diate for United States Senator it was Mee a clap of thunder from a clear sky, some of his Zollowers could eeareely lieve him: hey thought that he was a and many, of. thems malpee’ te Se Thee aking” ‘nil Saka cake ae ak Sa ea ce ata Se eee , + of them. wi wee ak 0 no doubt that some will grace the heels of Hon. William Hale Thompson. ‘The sudden and the unexpected ex plosion in Hon. Charles 8 Deneen’s senatorial boom has left Hon. Osear De Priest hanging high and ary, fo: lately he has been butting into Mayor Thomp- ‘son at his Sunday meetings to beat the band, and if be turns around and face: the front and attempts to shout for Mayor Thotipson he would be compelled to fall in Dehind Edward H. Wright and the Bev, Hon. Archibald James Carey, }Ph. D. D. D., who are the two big dogs in Mayor Thompson’s meat house, not- ‘withstanding the fact that Oo. Wright has been arrested, convicted and fined in ‘an open court of record for gambling, and the Rey. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Ph. D. D. D., does not stand very high in the estimation af the best Ool- pee bees te ty oot oe holds him up except that he is the boss politieal pet of Hom. William Hale ; z It willbe rither hard for Mr. De ‘Priest to land very far in the MeCor- mick band wagon, for some years ago when Mr. De Priest and the Hon. E¢- come with a spell of twi ; he carved ae ee ee es ee . p aot be tens, that Mr rea _ ‘When Mr. Brundage ran for Attorney- General of Illinois in 1916 Mr. De Priest and his followers dealt him many upper cuts and knock-out body blows and he received many hard jolts in the Second Ward, for Mr. De Priest and his unres- sonable fighters threw their support to Hon. Richard J. Barr, of Joliet, for At- torney-General of [linois, and. the ehances are ten to one that the Hon. Eaward J. Brundage will never send for ‘Mr. De Priest, and if he should come in sight he will not throw his arms around his neck and with tears in his eyes ex- claim, ‘Brother De Priest, I am de 2 ‘ state‘just how others fare whenever they come in contact with the Hon. Ed- ward J. Brundage, but we have met him many times face to face and looked him right square in the eye and we can truthfally state “that in our presence he has always deported himself like a high-class gentleman. Col. B. F. Moseley very bitterly fought Major Robert R: Jackson all along the line when he ran for alderman of the Second ward ‘this spring and now Col. Moseley is on the eve of start- ing @ baseball and amusement.park at Thirty-third and Wabash avenue, and now Alderman Jackson is fighting him and Col. Moseley has instituted man- damus proceedings in the Superior Court to compel Mayor Thompson and other city officials to issue to him an amuse- ment license to run his baseball park, and it is hard to tell how the old black eat will jump between Col Moseley and ‘Alderman Jackson. MUSIOAL FESTIVAL AT THE AUDI- TORIUM THEATER FRIDAY EVE ‘NING, JUNE 14th, FOR THE BENE- ¥Iz OF THE FAMILIES OF THE OOLORED SOLDIERS OF ILLINOIS. PROF, JAMES A. MUNDY WILL AP. PEAR WITH A CHORUS OF. FIVE HUNDEED VOICES. MMB. M. CALLAWAY-BYRON, OF INTERNATIONAL FAME AND REPUTATION, WILL BE THE STAR ATTRACTION OF THE EVE- ING. On Flag Day, Friday, June 14, the Anditorium will be the scene of Ohi- eago’s Biggest Musical Festival. . The National Security League is promoting thé affair for the purpose of raising 0 fund for the relief of families of Illi nois soldiers. Prof. James A. Mundy will appear with chorus of five hundred voices. Mr. Charles Eigar will conduct an orebestra of 35,picces. Mme. M. Cal: laway-Byron, dramatic soprano and Mra Mande J. Roberts George, lyric soprano, are the big voeal soloists. Mr. Harrison Emanuel, violinist, and an aggregation of Camp Grant boys, will also assist on the program. Tickets, $1.50, $1.00, 675 tana Jockeon, 207 E. 35th Street. f- = mmm ye a) : We ih t y, ij ia. i > i 4 if f ; i ane } i 4 ea barr 2s meatal sii one 2a i : r- | ¢ , © \ S eee ‘ i ie — i > ae 4 1 i “a ie € i pare > ‘ i ers yy! i \ F vy ge . Fe, Ex-Secretary of State and “Attorney for the Board of Underwriters’ Association of ‘New York and Illinois, who would make 2 first-class Republican candidate for ‘State Treasurer of Illinois. . = ‘The affair promises to be the greatest musical event that has ever been held among the Colored people in this city Tt will be soul inspiring and patriotic from beginning to end. On the night of the oceasion, Mr. Will- iam B. Anstia, 1144 Tribune Building who is one of the best business men is Chicago, and who iso prominent mem. ber of the National Security League will deliver » short talk, endorsing the affair in bebalf of the National Security League. : ‘The musical festival is bound to be & success, if the Colored people of Chi- cago will do thelt part for Mr. Austin and his friends bave sold all the boxes at twenty-five dollars apiece; bringing in enough money to pay the rent of the penne Seems: f° ree ti jare should be real- eee aoe ener ete wee be ow ee a ee ngpaphipn E yes a: ee ath Sok < Cotenee PAA Sho weet - AE eet HON. CORNELIUS J. DOYLE MANY WHITE CHRISTIANS AT- faery = oat gag ING COLORED WOMAN. Aroused at the prospect of a Colored settlement of the istrict, s number of whites Tuesday night stoned the resi- dence of Mrs. Lavinia Nettles, a Colored woman at 4319 Vincennes avenue. Pol- ice of the Fiftieth street station were called and the woman’s premises were patrolled for the remainder of the night. No arrests were made. ‘Mrs. ‘Nettles told a police sergeest she had recently purehased the prop- ‘erty from a white woman, Mrs. Mary Carvin. She had paid $500 down, she said, and given ber s note for the bal- ance of $3,000. It was,her intention, she said, to start 5 rooming house. Mrs. Nettles and her daughter Geneva moved in Monday. -- ~ is Mrs. Mary 0. Bysony 8. Colored sotial worker, eomnected with the Turner church, who, it seems, dabbles in real estate on the ‘side, is eaid by Mrs Nettles to have engineered the deal. onsnltation wore the Rov. Alas LIGETI ES Mei SP BEE ee D ; and W. Harold Thomas, its social di- reetor. Residents of the neighborhood were emphatic in expressing their disspproval of Negroes moving in. ‘What ‘Mrs. Nettles and her friends want to do is to provide themselves with a full stand of arms and be on guard day and night and blaze sway at the very first person who attempts to interfere with her constitutional rights as a free American citizen, which carries with it the ufdisputed right to reside wherever her money or means will enable her to provide“herself = pleasant home and that is a long ways from social equality. For downright cowardice the White Christians residing neat Mrs. Nettles, cannot be surpassed.—Editor. . ~ Columbas, Obio—(Speeial.) — Major John C. Palton of Cleveland and Co- fembus, for fourteen years commander of the Ninth Battalion (Colored), now in France, has been given an honorable discharge from the military service for physical disability. He was in command af the organisation until a short time ogo. The dattelion was ‘tor, Se ne Foye Samy Py 7 ee H a : fee s a: rs ed ih ;. Wi | fi a a aa & “sig oe MME. M. CALLAWAY-BYRON ‘The Celebrated end Unapproschable Goldeo-Thrested Nightingsle Soprano Son; Bird, Who Has An International Reputation as Ove of the Most Gifted and Telented Operatic Singers, Who Will Appear in Recital st ‘Quion Chapel, Tussday Evening, Jone 25ch AB EDUCATIONAL APPEAL TO | privilege it is to prepare to eater th COLORED YOUTH. vineyard of humanity, which promise: ‘To Ambitious Colored Youth: ‘This is the seasua when ambitious Young men and women are looking <mretchl in. quit o2-@ higher school ot college in which to continue their educa. tion. The operation of our educational fabric is apt to be seriously interrupted on account of world-wide war condi- tions, which ‘appeal to the patriotic ‘emotions of every right-minded Ameri. eam youth. President Woodrow Wilson powerful: ly appeals to American youth to con- ‘tinue their educatipnal preparation on the most extensive scale as a means of more efficiently helping to win the war. The Hon. P. B, Claxton, United States Commissioner of education, ur- gently. seconds the President’s appeal. »At this thme it is particularly iaapor- tant that Colored youth should utilise every available educational opportunity. ‘The requirements of the war are open- ing up a wide ares of skilled pursuits, from which they have been hitherto ex- duded. There is but one standard of efficiency by which all applicants must ‘be measured who seek to render efficient service on s high level. ‘While ovr chief energies ere now fgeuped upon the winning of the world owar for freedom and equality. Yet “Wt is easy to project our vision to the stonsideration of conditions after the end of this titanic struggle. Millions ‘of men. of the best brawn and besin Deen destroyed by the awful ravages of war. In order té repair this in- ‘ealeulable loss to civilization, the world evelopment on the part of every indi- vidual working on the highest level of his powers. There will be little time ot disposition to, stop to inquire of the peep ‘Great will . be the condoms $f soy Salietieal sat fs © eee Manet tars algae eta ae aa pean hggny es ae ae ka den toe aes Se a ge ra CAE ne eee oe a ene a are eee enn eae ere Po c eee oe Pega PACE TWO ‘privilege it is to prepare to enter the vineyard of humanity, which promises eo abundant a harvest. I am, therefore, writing this letter to urge every youth under whose eyes it may fall to continue his ednestion enthusisstically; utilize your increased ‘earnings opportunity to defray your seholastic expenses for the coming year; select wisely the college, university, ot professional school, there you will Proseeute and complete your education. I am not writing this letter in the in- terest of any particular institution but the basis of my appeal is as broad as the underlying opportunity and need. It is no longer possible to divoree thought and thing, as the world once attempted to do. ‘The thought is mar- ried to the thing, and civilization is born. It requires po oracular reading of the signs of tho times to forecast future demands, The thinker must work snd the Worker must think. ‘The coming renaissance of civilize tion will emphasize anew the wisdom of Goldsmith's philosophy. ss “£4 just experience tells in every soil ‘That those who think must govern those that toil.”’—Prof.. Kelly Miller, Washington, D. C,, May 22nd, 1918. NEGEO OFFICERS WORK TO SOLVE ABBAULT CASE. Camp Grant, Dl, Special—Brig. Gen. Malvern Hiil Beraum and every white and Negro officer in his One Hundred and Eighty-third infantry brigade have volusitarily contributed to a fund of $500 ae s reward for the conviction of Negro soldiers implisated in the recent attack upon Louise Snyder of Blooming: ton. Officers of the investgating board resumed their work tonight requestion. ing every Negro recruit in the depot brigade’ and grilling the fourteen sus ‘It has been announced that the court wrtial of Brent Dow Allinson will be mont ben oe nin _ Atlanta, Ga—Reports Tuesday from Sandersville to the headquarters of the Negro department, National War Scv- ings Committee, 151 Aubura avenue, showed that. J. Elder, principal of the Sandersville Industrial School for the training of Negro youths, recently invested §1,000 in war savings and thrift “THE — CHICAGO, MAY 25, 1918 =< cHILD ARE ©. Rj epot of the head) has. ¢ ; ——-* ee Ho sikeps 12 hot sumtin ese) Sea tee aa sos thesia! ; normally on the move allt se ae Be el a ‘caried out in Chicago as well as part of this State and throughout ‘the country is ‘tho read th whieh mothers are fringin junder six years of age to the’ oétiters in the city where children are. being weighed and measured; This is the first step in the grent yearlong cam paign which has Deen’ planned as Children’s Year by the Woman’s Com- mittee of the Council’ of ‘National De- fense, and it is hoped that every child under six years of age, will be thus ‘tested before the end of Juine, ‘and the sooner the better. — One might ask the question, ‘“Why ‘weigh and measure these little child- rent’? It is in order to find out how well the ehild is progressing in weight and height, for it we know this, we have the best index of hig general health. If a boy of ten months, for instance, weigh 20% pounds and is 28% inches Jong, he is in good health; for those are the figures of the normal, average American boy of that age. If he does not come up to these measurements, he is ptobably not getting on as well as he should. Something must be done about it, and you should see s physician about his feeding and general health. Dr. Henry F. Helmolz, a well known specialist doctor on children’s diseases and their condition, has‘ dictated the following statement regarding the child who is in good physical ¢ondition: At six months of age the average ‘well baby boy js 26% inches long and ‘weighs 18 pounds; he is fed at ‘the Dréast mot oftener than évery 4 hours and bas regular bowel movements; if he is not fed in the natural way, the ‘milk given him should ‘be pure and clean and modified under the direction cf & physicien. He sleeps from 26 to ‘18 hours a day in a well ventilated room or ont of doors; he waves his arms and legs about vigorously und site up for short periods. “His clothes should be light and not binding on his arms and legs; he can grasp things and follow objects with his eyes. Hy smiles and coos and his color if goo, “He should be happy and should be kept warm in winter and cool in summer. At one year the average baby weighs 21% pounds and is 29% inches long. He should have four meals » day with milk twice, cereals, puree of vegetables, Daked potato and toast. He sleeps 12 hours at night and has a nap of 3 to 4 hours a day. He has 4 to 6 teeth. He can raise himself on his feet and will walk then or soon after, though he rarely talks more at that age than to ag timmeen” at pacge,?? A normal two year old baby is saying and combining words, and is walking confidently. The fontanel (the soft Ra si 5 3 | ’ : | po | E ; ‘ — 2 ee . , 4 3 ae ge ‘\ a : ; : d : Presidest of the Board a ners, whose record in the past as suck ‘entitles him to rece ‘evasiderstion et the hands of the voters this ening hh Cee ene ot of the head) has. closed at 18 mnths, a Se Saas a6? Hew ae mally on the move all th ‘time. nto. evetythia must ot be re garded as nqughty. He should have threo meals » day and nothing between ‘meals but water, and’ not more than 8 [pint of inilk a-day, ‘Pho simplest play- things are the best for him—blocks, ‘cope’ to his imagination: oe Ok ia 28% pounds and his -height is $34 : ¢ . ‘For the'child that ‘ia older than 2 ‘years and upon whom attention of child welfare workers and the government ‘has not before been definitely focused, ‘the campaign to weigh and measure children is most important,’’ declared ‘Dr. Helmholz. ‘‘Many children have come through infancy in a lowered state of vitality, with rickets and intestinal @isturbances, and these must be cor- rected if the children are to get a good start in life. ‘The important work of following up children who have barely pulled through infancy is to be begun in this campaign. From 2 to 6 years is the time when » child’s resistance to disease is lowest if he has not s founds- tion of good health. He is then likely to have acute infectious diseases— measles, diphtheria and scarlet fever, and needs especial attention. This is the preliminary period for getting the child ready for school age—the time for putting money in the health bank. For this reason the goverument has demanded that all children below six years of age shall be weighed and measured, in order to take a survey of the health conditions and requirements of our children.’’ A convenient weighing and measuring station is Moseley school, 2348 8. Mich- igan avenue. Hours 3-5 P. M. DE. & T. CLANTON, NEGRO EDU- CATOR, DIES AT U. OF C. ‘Dr. Solomon T. Clanton, one of the leading Negro educators of America, died last Saturday while at work 2s assisting librarian of the University of ‘Chicago, a position he had filled sinee Jast fall. Ho was 62 years old. He was ‘born in New Oricans and came to Chi- ‘ago in 1879, entering the old Morgan ‘Park. Theologics] seminary of the’ uui- versity the same year and being grad. uated in 1883, For s number of years he had been engaged in philanthropic and education al work in the south, and in addition had filled the position of field secretary of the American Doctors’ Publishing society of Philadelphia. He made his home in Chicago at 3249 Calumet avenue. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Olive B. Clanton; four daughters, and four sons, two of the latter being engaged im the practice of law—Attorney B. G. Clanton of Springfield and Attorney Solomon T. Clanton Jr. of Chicago. ti third son, Corporal Dwight L. Clanton, is a member of the American expedi- tionary foree in France. Peo —. § Pe ti ye pee | Rs ae oe 4 SS Bee Sees ee — ee , eee ee a a x 3 . *S, a + a oe tos aN os tae 2 ee ry ee a es pa A 7 | Ere 4 eo 2 a ; } < 3 LAWYER AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS Extensive real estate owner and prominent Republican politician whose ag friends are working hard to secure his nomination for State Senator iat ‘Third Senatorial District of Illinois. ee ‘TWENTY NEGRO SOLDIERS HELD CONGRESSMEN AGADy. The Colored people of Chicago u realizing more fully each year ths Bing of Oreal Surrounds Comp Grant) sitieal strength. Not only =, bs ‘Men Woman Accused. they are fast Jearning the much me Camp Grant, Il—Special—Twenty Negro soldiers were swept into the mili. tary dragnet late Wednesday night, and ‘are now confined jn camp under heavy guard to await court martial for the as sault upon Louise M. Schneider of ‘Bloomington, HL, on the night of May 14. js: Im @ grim setting, bordered by armed gusrds, and with an entire company of {infantry under command of Col. Charles B. Howland resting on its arms on the parade ground at the rear of the in- quisition building, the board of officers appointed by Maj. Gen. Charles H. Mar- tin to investigate the affair finished its work shortly before midnight ‘Prisoners Securely Bound. Securely bound, the accused Negroes were marched through the sleeping camp to guardhouses provided for them and the investigation board was dis- banded. It will give place to a general court martial, which will be convened immediately by Gen. Martin. This will give the Negroes « fair and impartial trial before sentence is passed upon them. The accused men are members of the One Hundred and Eighty-third infantry brigade and reeruits of thé One Hun- dred and Sixty-first depot brigade, the only two Negro fighting units in the eantonment. * Are Positively Identified. ‘They were brought to final justice to- night by positive identifiestion on the part of a man upon whom officers of the board place explicit confidence, While army and federal officers, inclading Gen. ‘Martin and Brig. Gen. Malvern Hill Barnum, conducted the final sweeping examination, every Negro scldier of the regiment and of depot brigade units was marched from quarters to pass singly before the board. As the guilty men were identified they ‘were turned over to guards whose fixed any, Shpnght of eeenpe:. ‘| An official statement issued by the board. after its final investigation last Ceeee neti hdmi _ Too much eredit eannot be ha te Cae ee ee — age erent wok Reser Ph te Sas oo ae Re as ee er a ee ee Viens “sab tie a PE OORT ERE teat eee ro ee een rece Tonsn al Pet tate rane CONGRESSMEN AGAIN. The Colored people of Chicago an realizing more fully each year the politiesl strength. Not only so, they are fast learning the much mm difficult lesson of how to use it a vantageously. ‘They elect men of tha race to the state legislatur, & membership in the city council and ‘any other position they may desire. ‘It is reported that an effort isa foot to nominate = Colored maz te congress, apd with the ‘<I Will!”” git whieh animates them they can wat nate and elect a congressman It is alleged that Edward H, Mets is being groomed to oppose Congres ec gressman Madden has always such strong, outspoken friend of ti race that in our judgment it would x 2 pity to displace him at this time. experience and position in makes it possible for him to be great service, and if Colored cagoans set about electing a cong man we would wish that it migtt * accomplished by the climinatios «6 man less friendly or less usefsl Congressman Madden. ‘The day is not far distant—it ‘be within less than ten years—tis Colored men will again be members ¢ congress. ‘They will be elected St from the northern states, like Illinois New York and Pennsylvania, and the from the South. And as Congressas# George H. White said in his clogs and memorable speech when be * tired from congress some years “When Colored men again return congress, as return they will, the will return to stay.’” Ghieago’s suggestion of electing * Colored man to congress from Ist will some day become an sctuality The Monitor, Omshs, Ned. May 4 1918, NEGRO WINS NORTHOLIFTS 75 PIB RIVETING RECORD. ‘Washington, Special—The firs iste national prize for riveting was mitted to-day by Chairman Hades ‘the shipping board to Charles Ksitt* fa Colored man, at the request of 1 ‘Northeliffe, who offered $125 for th newt. easté; above previous recor Kaight is employed at the Bethe Shipbuilding. Corporation, Spst™o¥* Point, Md. SUMMER FASHIONS sHOW OOF - BUOTED BY MapaM BOA s 8 | MoReax. | Monday evening, May 2718, st C8 Morgan will Give her sans! ona? wih Boag eee » a aa... cer Se arr sea j Dancing wi hati eo ees asi ai a 2 — aa PEU 101 One of the honest and straightforward members of the Board of County Commissioners who will for the third time be re-elected to his present position next fall. An address by Hon. Edward H. Morris will be the feature of the meeting at Quinn Chapel Forum next Sunday, May 26th, at 3:30 p.m. As a lawyer of ability and national reputation, Mr. Morris has few equals and no superiors. Because of his legal ability he was recently retained as chief counsel in the noted Munday case. He has appeared before the U. S. Supreme Court a great many times and by the power of his convincing oratory has won his way to the top. He is also National Grand Master of the Grand Order of Odd Fellows. His subject for this occasion will be "Bret Harte." A special musical program has been arranged for this meeting, among the numbers will be instrumental soles by Mrs. Christeale L. Owens, a graduate of the American Conservatory of Music, and Mrs. Cornella Lampton-Forrest, a student of Prof. Roy Tibbe, of Washington and a graduate of the Music Department of Oberlin University. Vocal soles will be rendered by Mrs. Ophelia Pulley and Miss A. L. Frazier, both talented artists of recognized ability. There will be no charge for admission and all are cordially invited to attend. Come early if you wish to secure a sent as the seating capacity will be limited and the doors will be closed after all seats are taken. Ashby Carter, Secretary. Bishop Monroe Franklin Jamison, of Marshall, Texas, attending the general conference of the C. M. E. Church held in this city, for the past two weeks died in Provident hospital Sunday morning at 4:30 A. M. and his body was removed to Ernest H. Williamson's undeftaking rooms, 5080 State street, and was prepared for shipment. The body lay in state in St. Paul C. M. E. church Sunday night and Monday morning until 10 o'clock and was then shipped to Marshall, Tex. The Bishop leaves a widow, and two sons and a brother. Bishop Jamison was born in Rome, Ga., in 1851, educated in the public schools of Texas, and received the honorary degree of D.D., from Texas College of Tyler, Tex. He has served the church as Church Extension Secretary and editor of the Christian Index, and was elected a Bishop in 1910 at Augusta, Ga. He was dearly loved by all who had the honor of his acquaintance, a brilliant orator, and a Christian gentleman. The church has lost an able official, Texas an honored citizen and his family a loving husband, father and brother. The interment took place in Marshall, Tex., on Thursday, May 23rd. Many of the delegates will be surprised to hear of the Bishop's death, although he was taken sick before the conference adjourned, and many knew he was sick, but did not think him seriously ill. BUSINESS LEAGUE BOOSTERS NUMBER FOURTEEN. By Albon L. Holsey. Tuskegee Institute, Ala.-The Virginia State Negro Business League of which Mr. W. H. Crocker is the President, has made a very forward looking and important step in the publication of a Quarterly Bulletin. Sometime ago Mr. Geo. W. Blount of Portsmouth, who is a member of the Publication Committee, wrote me concerning the Bulletin and indicated the following as some of the purposes of the League in establishing this form of publicity: THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 25, 1918 NEGRO AUTHORS THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD'S LITERATURE COPYRIGHTED 1918, BY IRENE McCOY GAINES 5827 WENTWORTH AVENUE Passing from this room we entered FICTION HALL, a room just as spacious and more beautiful. This room was crowded with great figures and I wondered if they were visitors like myself; but they looked so much at home, though some were very antique. My guides told me that these were the authors themselves. Naturally I looked for the Colored faces—and I found them. There was a very distinguished looking gentleman who came up and said in French, "Good Evening, Miss," (Bon soir, Mademoiselle), and then I knew him—we all know him, the greatest of all Colored novelists, Alexander Dumas, born in France in the first half of the 19th century, author of the world renowned, Count of Monte Cristo, its sequel, Edmund Dantes, Three Guardmen, Twenty Years After, The Man In The Iron Mask, Le Bastille, La Tulipe Noire, The Queen's Necklace, and many other notable works that have interested and delighted the world of letters. Some critics place him at the head of the world's novel writers in style, the development and portrayal of characters. His influence for good has been world wide and he has immortalized the Negro in tales of romance and fiction. His name recalls to our minds the great and immortal novelists: Defoe and Dickens of England, Victor Hugo of France, Harriet Beecher Stowe of America, Alexandre Pushkin, the Negro writer of Russia, and Cervantes of Spain. Another distinguished looking gentleman whom I recognized at once was W. E. Burghart Du Bois, an American Negro, who for the last fifteen years has been writing some of the world's best compositions. This author has done much to influence the giving of higher education to the Negro boy and girl. The head officials and the active members of the Phyllis Wheatley Club and the Phyllis Wheatley Home at 3256 Rhodes avenue, are greatly elated over the fact that $1,262 was its share of the proceeds from tag day, Monday, May 13th, and the money will be expended in a safe and sound way. Many of the untiring workers belonging to the People's movement in the second ward greatly assisted to bring around such splendid results on tag day. The Old Folks Home received over $1,100 as its share from tag day, which shows that the citizenship of Chicago knows no color line when it comes down to contributing money to worthy charitable institutions. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP The Negro Fellowship League will have an address from Mr. J. F. Hughes, subject "Lessons from the War," at the reading room, 3005 South State street, Sunday, May 26th, at 4 p. m. Last Sunday was Members' Day, and the cases of Mrs. Minnie Smith, the woman who killed her husband, and James Taylor, the man sick with tuberculosis in the county jail, were reported; also the case of a young fellow who has been unjustly sentenced to the Bridewell. Mrs. Laura Robinson and Mrs. A. R. Brown were appointed jail visitors of the league. His works have caused the world to discuss anew the Negro problem. His renowned book, Souls of Black Folk, has been read by millions and entitles him to a permanent place within the fiction writers of the globe. With a charm and felicity of style he has disclosed the inner feelings and emotions of the American black people under the peculiar and embarrassing environment of American social and political conditions. He is also the author of a recognized and standard work on the Negro Slave Trade; and is regarded as one of the most brilliant men ever graduated from Harvard University. From the press there has just been issued his new work, The Quest of the Silver Fleece, reviewed by William Stanley Braithwaite, another brilliant writer of the race. I fancy I see in his hands a picture of a young Negro boy and girl standing in a cotton field and I recall Bles Ahlyn and Zora in their quest of the silver fleece. This work will bring new luster and fame to its author and will be read with increasing interest and enthusiasm by thousands, black and white, throughout the world. He is editor of THE CRISIS, a national Negro publication creating and molding sentiment everywhere for equality and justice to Negro peoples. We might justly say of him what Shakespeare said of Brutus: "He was mild and gentle and the elements so mixed in him that all nature might stand up and say, 'This is a man.'" Of the world's great living Negroes we think with pride and delight of Du Bois as a scholar and an American race champion; of Blyden as a linguist and champion of the African Negro; of Kelly Miller as the thinker and race controversialist; and of Washington, who was the practical organizer and leader of men. was held. Our 1st quarterly meeting will be held Sunday, June 2nd. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Snelson of St. Mary A. M. E. Church. NEGRO VOTERS ORGANIZE TO BACK MEDILL McCORMICK. The candidacy of Congressman Medill McCormick for the United States senate was indorsed last night at a meeting of Negro voters, who took the preliminary steps toward the formation of a county organization which will be active in the coming campaign. The meeting was held at 3032 Wabash avenue and the following officers were elected; James G. Cotter, chairman; William H. Clark, vice chairman; William Randolph Cowan, treasurer; and James T. Brewington, secretary. The Women's Amateur Minstrel report an unprecedented sale of seats, the entire number of boxes, 52 in all, are all sold. A few seats are left, the public is advised to secure seats at once. Seats on sale at 3408 South Park avenue, Phone Douglas 4111. The Women's Amateur Minstrel through the kindness of Mr. Rube Foster took up a collection of $125 for smokes for the soldiers at Camp Grant. The beautiful girls were cheered when the ampire announced the amount. 10 The Able and Popular Superintendent of the Cook County Hospital, Who Would Make a Tip-Top Candidate for County Treasurer This Coming Fall. [Name not visible in the image] The first of the week, at the meeting of the city council, Alderman Robert R. Jackson introduced a resolution, to order the General Superintendent of Police to re-open or re-establish police activities at the old Stanton avenue Police Station, 35th street and Rhodes avenue and the chances are favorable, that everything will soon be running in full blast at that police station. MEGBOBS FLEDGE SUPPORT TO PRESIDENT WILSON. The fifth annual convention of the Negro Baptist General Missionary and Educational Association of Illinois is in session at Salem Baptist church, Thirtieth and La Salle streets. The Rev. John F. Thomas is moderator. Support was pledged to President Wilson in the prosecution of the war, and prayers were offered for the success of the allies at yesterday's sessions. The women's department at its session in the afternoon raised $500 for missionary and educational work. The convention will close this evening. PAGE THREE MEL ZIMMER of the Cook County Hospital, Who Would County Treasurer This Coming Fall. ADVANCE NOTICE. Sunday afternoon, June 2nd, at 2:30 o'clock, Hon. Thos. F. Scully, County Judge, will address Bethel Literary in the Auditorium of Bethel Church, Thirtieth and Dearborn streets. Judge John G. Drennan, of the Illinois Central, will be present also. The program committee has also secured several other interesting numbers. Excellent music. Admission free. Rev. W. D. Cook, D. D., Pastor. Sandy W. Trice, President. Mrs. A. T. Owen, Secretary. CHIPS. CHIPS Mrs. J. C. Anderson, wife of Rev. J. C. Anderson, 3362 Calumet Avenue, declares that she always greatly enjoys reading The Broad Ax each and every week. Alderman Robert R. Jackson left the city the first part of this week for Jacksonville, Fla., and other points in that state, where he will spend some little time in an effort to straighten out, right square in the middle of the road, some of the leading Knights of Pythias. --- 3600 Wabash Avenue | be ‘ as Rg Ee em The finest building Colored tenants in Chi- J. W. CASEY, Agent ‘PAGE FOUR STYLE BOOK FREE 2veur-- Te Gelored Westen Bisetactures st Gelered Women’s Sa eng wet Se ‘Brey colored wo = feta Sars iatctice guaranteed aot Se ec eere POSTPAD $12° asym, resin coma snd tle, aici Raonte Wanted Address ss follows: Address Dept. 84 Dr..Mac Enery J..Brown Physician and Surgeen Practice Limited to, Diseases of the ‘Bye, Bar, Nose and Threat 20 EAST 35th STREET senaiisra CHICAGO es wm, J. "Senda! 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Fer further infer mation, address the editor of this paper or phous, Wentworth 2597. Hew to Get Best Results, From Your Gas Range u docs Fy ay] ine Seas Sires £ a Sess py oe SEeeeeas RESIDENCE: 335% South Pack Ave W. E. MOLLISON ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR Suite 815 Hartford Bldg. PHONE: “CENTRAL 6583 CHICAGO . a Office Phone 8078 (Dougias) ‘Residence Phone, Dougias 6179 S. A. BEADLE Lawyer * 3802 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO = wo REMOVAL NOTICE. Dr. Monroe A. Majors has removed his offces from 4714 8, State streeb'to 4700 & State street, southwest “Gener of Forty-seventh street, whers he will be pleased to mest his many patients. Phone Drexel 1416. ©. © <=? nen | of Draperies on Skirts, © ome of Them Closely Resemble Lit tie Waistooats Formeriy Worn as ‘Bult Accompaniment. Ie Gesigning skirts for fall and jwinter, platted and straightline ef. fects are shown in far greater num Der than are the draped skirts, Vir- tually the only kind of drapery fea- tured consists of low placed loops on either side, with the skirt proper nar ‘rowing to the hem. O44 girdles and belts are designed ‘to take the place of draperies, and in addition to the clever Spanish girdle ‘ere shown, another is the “waist- coat” girdle. This closely resembles ‘the little waistcoats that were shown by some dress accessory designers @uring the past season as suit accom- pantments. Of course when designed as pert of a skirt it is attached to and becomes a pert of the skirt, It slopes up over each hip and is cut tm points in front. Frequently two Tows of buttons are set on to give & double-breasted appearance, and again 2 single row of buttons cen- tering the front of the girdle aids in the waistcoat simulation. ‘The actual fastening of the girdle is at one side. Usually it is equipped with one or two tiny “change” Dockets. Another odd and very attractive gir @le shown on one side of the new satin skirts is a Ginch wide section of the fabric laid in very fine knife plalts, Bows of stitching hold it in the cen- ter, and at the upper and lower edges it flares. Of course a girdle of this kind could be worn becomingly only by & very slender woman, where line rather than curve was the dominant note. Plaids and stripes are being used extensively in the development of ee ) a oe * ‘The Spanish Girdle. sport skirts, and one of the popular fabrics is a plain color with border Black satin skirts are to be ex tremely smart, and these are often of the two-tier type, the skirt consisting of two wide flat plaited ruffles of equal width. LAMPSHADE BAG IS NOVELTY When Properly Constructed It Can Be Made to Look as Though It ‘Came From the Orient. ‘Bags have come to be important ac ‘cessories of dress, Nowadays a wom an bas as many bags as a man has 3 but, of course, she is privi- ed to carry but one bag at a time creative ability has surely beer overworked by some persons, accord. ing to the variety of the bags seep on the market. There is scarcely a shape ‘@ material, a design or a combination f colors that has not been ‘brought Into service. ‘The novel thing of the moment is the lampshade bag. This, as its name im- plies, is made of a lampshade, the Wicker variety. The shade, of course, 4s inverted, the narrower end forming the bottom of the bag. The inside af the shade is lined with silk of any color one prefers—the handsome fig- ‘tured silks are very good for the pur- Dose, Allow sufficient silk to form a ‘deep bag. If the shade is not very Geep the silk can make up for what the shade lacks in depth. Finish the top with a hem and through if run eae ‘Weight the and put coe of the tansels at the bot tom of the bag. 2s ae ee nee bs emt M sone —_— -* The Newest Vella. + ‘Vells having square, ring, chatn, Dear drop, egg-shaped, crescent moon and the full moon dots, are worn in New York. z Also ‘vells calle the nightingale, Sires SEES Sip lekae Sour ee AsNearAs Your Telephone Pig Mensa Cayo ht, dah Enc fF te eg coy pay fora feral be Bane repose wl Sect eto esee deer ssiieces (Chapel. Call promptiy answered day or night. Ernest H. Williamson, "3° Undertaker “75-267 1 DECORATE «=«- GIVE SERVICE LOW RENT H. A. WATKINS REAL ESTATE. AND INSURANCE RENTING A SPECIALTY 3510 Indiana Avenue PHONE DOUGLAS 1716 ‘ : : CHICAGO: - ‘OWNERS AND BIRECTORS rae. "mci " @PEN DAY AND NIGHT The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., Inc. 2959-61 South State Street | Reliable Service Courteous Treatment Reaseanble Prices FREE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION ‘Complete Line of Funeral Goods Automobiles fer Hire The Elite Cafe AND BUFFET 3030 STATE STREET cuicago THE GREAT SOCIETY EVENT Women’s Amateur - CHICAGO THEATER SOUTH WABASH AVENUE AND STREET Wednesday Evening, June 5th For the teaeet of All seats reserved. ‘Tickets for sale by all members and st Recital Mme. M. Callaway Byron Quinn Chapel June 25 Tickets on sale, at Porter’s Drug Store, 3410 South State street; at the Odd Fellows’ ‘Drug Store, 3335 South State street; at the Y. M. C. A., 3763 South Wabssb avenue. General admission 50 cents. Reserved seats 75 cents. ————— —————— NOT AFRAID OF OUTLOOK | . _ REASON FoR IT ¥ & X & %; = 14 i a : i REASON FOR IT ee MEA 2%. \\ 14 \ yess! wh YA bes tw eee — Fest Maen cece for aa eee, Set nek Meme way be om °