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. 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. On Tuesday evening many of the warm friends and supporters of Hon. Charles S. Deneen met at the Hotel Morrison and those assembled represented every ward and voting district in Cook County and after exchanging pleasant greetings and after enjoying a short repast they settled back, smacking their lips, feeling at ease with the world, and some 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. Charles S. Deneen would be able to finish announcing that he was good and ready to toss his old fighting hat into the senatorial ring and that he was ready to bitterly contest every inch of the senatorial ground against all cameras. Finally when Mr. Deneen arose to speak it was no trouble to hear a pin drop and when he declared that under no condition would he become a candidate for United States Senator it was like a clap of thunder from a clear sky, and some of his followers could scarcely believe him. They thought that he was bidding them at first, and when they fully realized that he really meant what he was saying they were greatly depressed and many of them refused to be comforted and it left them up in the air or far out at sea, politically speaking, and many of them are still undecided just where they will land in the present senatorial fight. Of course some of them will climb in the band wagon of Hon. Medill McCormick, and 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 cut to a dead standstill and some claim, although it may not be true, that Mr. De Priest called him "a white livered s—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. PROF. JAMES A. MUNDY WILL APPEAR WITH A CHORUS OF FIVE HUNDRED VOICES. M. 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. HON. CORNELIUS J. DOYLE ate and Attorney for the Board of Underw Illinois, who would make a first-class Rep of Illinois. MANY WHITE CHRISTIANS AT- TACK THE HOME OF A LAW ABID- ING 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 Vincennes 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, is said by Mrs. Nettles to have engineered the deal. In the Nettles home Tuesday night, following the bombardment, a council of defense was held. Prominest at this consultation were the Rev. Alonzo 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. MAJOR FULTON RETIRED. Columbus, Ohio.—(Special.) — Major John O. Fulton of Cleveland and Columbus, 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 of the organization until a short time ago. The battalion was trained for overseas service at Newport News, Va. Major Fulton has returned to Columbus. 1 MME. M. CALLAWAY-BYRON The Celebrated and Unapproachable Golden-Threatened Nightingale Soprano S Bird, Who Has An International Reputation as One of the Most Gifted and Talented Operatic Singers, Who Will Appear in Recital at Quinn Chapel, Tuesday Evening, June 25th To. Ambitious Colored Youth: This is the season when ambitious young men and women are looking around in quest of a higher school or college in which to continue their education. The operation of our educational fabric is apt to be seriously interrupted on account of world-wide war conditions, which appeal to the patriotic emotions of every right-minded American youth. President Woodrow Wilson powerfully appeals to American youth to continue their educational 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, urgently seconds the President's appeal. At this time it is particularly important that Colored youth should utilize every available educational opportunity. The requirements of the war are opening up a wide area of skilled pursuits, from which they have been hitherto excluded. There is but one standard of efficiency by which all applicants must be measured who seek to render efficient service on a high level. While our chief energies are now focused upon the winning of the world war for freedom and equality. Yet it is easy to project our vision to the consideration of conditions after the end of this titanic struggle. Millions of men of the best brawn and brain that the human race produces will have been destroyed by the awful ravages of war. In order to repair this incalculable loss to civilization, the world will require the fullest exertion and development on the part of every individual working on the highest level of his powers. There will be little time or disposition to stop to inquire of the winning participant in the world's work, "Of what complexion is he?" Great will be the condemnation of any individual who fails to prepare himself for such tremendous responsibilities both during and after the war. The need for education and efficient leadership of the Colored race was never so imperative as now. Load is the call for qualified men in the higher arts and crafts, in specialized scientific pursuits, in intellectual stimulation of the masses, in wise guidance and control, in social uplift and reclamation, in work of moral ameliorative reform, in spiritual outlook and aspiration. Happy indeed is the lot of these whose Golden-Threatened Nightingale Soprano Song opposition as One of the Most Gifted Who Will Appear in Recital at day Evening, June 25th privilege it is to prepare to enter the vineyard of humanity, which promises so abundant a harvest. I am, therefore, writing this letter to urge every youth under whose eyes it may fall to continue his education enthusiastically; utilize your increased earnings opportunity to defray your scholastic expenses for the coming year; select wisely the college, university, or professional school, where you will prosecute and complete your education. I am not writing this letter in the interest 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 divorce thought and thing, as the world once attempted to do. The thought is married to the thing, and civilization is born. It requires no oracular reading of the signs of the times to forecast future demands. The thinker must work and the worker must think. The coming renaissance of civilization will emphasize anew the wisdom of Goldsmith's philosophy. "A just experience tells in every soil That those who think must govern those that toil."—Prof. Kelly Miller, Washington, D. C., May 22nd, 1918. NEGRO OFFICERS WORK TO SOLVE ASSAULT CASE. Camp Grant, Ill., Special—Brig. Gen. Malvern Hill Barnam and every white and Negro officer in his One Hundred and Eighty-third infantry brigade have voluntarily contributed to a fund of $500 as a reward for the conviction of Negro soldiers implicated in the recent attack upon Louise Snyder of Bloomington. Officers of the investigating board resumed their work tonight requesting every Negro recruit in the depot brigade and grilling the fourteen suspects held under heavy guard. It has been announced that the court martial of Brent Dow Allinson will be recruited here as soon as deposition papers from the war department arrive in camp. COLORED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BUYS $1,000 WAR STAMPS. Atlanta, Ga.—Reports Tuesday from Sandersville to the headquarters of the Negro department, National War Savings Committee, 151 Auburn avenue, showed that T. J. Elder, principal of the Sandersville Industrial School for the training of Negro youths, recently invested $1,000 in war savings and thrift THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 25, 1918 HON. PETER REINBERG President of the Board of County Commissioners, whose record in the past as such entitles him to receive the highest consideration at the hands of the voters this coming fall. CHILD WELFARE CAMPAIGN. Auspices Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense. One of the best features about the Child Welfare Campaign now being carried out in Chicago as well as in every part of this State and throughout the country is the readiness with which mothers are bringing their children under six years of age to the centers in the city where children are being weighed and measured. This is the first step in the great year-long campaign which has been planned as Children's Year by the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, and it is hoped that every child under six years of age, will be thus tested before the end of June, and the sooner the better. One might ask the question, "Why weigh and measure these little children?" It is in order to find out how well the child is progressing in weight and height, for if we know this, we have the best index of his general health. If a boy of ten months, for instance, weigh $20\%$ pounds and is $28\frac{1}{2}$ inches long, 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 probably not getting on as well as he should. Something must be done about it, and you should see a 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 condition: At six months of age the average well baby boy is $26\frac{1}{2}$ inches long and weighs 18 pounds; he is fed at the breast not oftener than every 4 hours and has 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 of a physician. He sleeps from 10 to 18 hours a day in a well ventilated room or out of doors; he waves his arms and legs about vigorously and sits 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. He smiles and coos and his color is good. 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 a day with milk twice, cereals, purée of vegetables, baked 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 say 'ma-ma' or 'pa-pa.' A normal two year old baby is saying and combining words, and is walking confidently. The fontanel (the soft spot of the head) has closed at 18 months. He sheeps 12 hours at night and has a nap of 2 to 3 hours. He is normally on the move all the time and into everything—this must not be regarded as naughty. He should have three meals a day and nothing between meals but water, and not more than a pint of milk a day. The simplest playthings are the best for him—blocks, sand, and things which will give free scope to his imagination. His weight is $28\%$ pounds and his height is $33\%$ inches. "For the child that is older 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 disturbances, and these must be corrected 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 a child's resistance to disease is lowest if he has not a foundation 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 government 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 S. Michigan avenue. Hours 3-5 P. M. DR. S. T. CLANTON, NEGRO EDUCATOR, DIES AT U. OF C. Dr. Solomon T. Clanton, one of the leading Negro educators of America, died last Saturday while at work as assisting librarian of the University of Chicago, a position he had filled since last fall. He was 62 years old. He was born in New Orleans and came to Chicago in 1879, entering the old Morgan Park Theological seminary of the university the same year and being graduated in 1883. For a number of years he had been engaged in philanthropic and educational 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 in the practice of law—Attorney B. G. Clanton of Springfield and Attorney Solomon T. Clanton Jr. of Chicago. third son, Corporal Dwight L. Clanton, is a member of the American expeditionary force in France. BROOKS LAWYER AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS Extensive real estate owner and prom friends are working hard to secure Third Senatorial District of Illinois. TWENTY NEGRO SOLDIERS HELD IN ASSAULT CASE. Bing of Steel Surrounds Camp Grant Men Woman Accused. Extensive real estate owner and prominent Republican politician whose many friends are working hard to secure his nomination for State Senator in the Third Senatorial District of Illinois. Camp Grant, Ill—Special—Twenty Negro soldiers were swept into the military dragnet late Wednesday night, and are now confined in camp under heavy guard to await court martial for the assault upon Louise M. Schneider of Bloomington, Ill., on the night of May 14. In a grim setting, bordered by armed guards, 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 inquisition building, the board of officers appointed by Maj. Gen. Charles H. Martin 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 disbanded. It will give place to a general court martial, which will be convened immediately by Gen. Martin. This will give the Negroes a 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 recruits of the One Hundred and Sixty-first depot brigade, the only two Negro fighting units in the cantonment. Are Positively Identified. They were brought to final justice tonight by positive identification on the part of a man upon whom officers of the board place explicit confidence. While army and federal officers, including Gen. Martin and Brig. Gen. Malvern Hill Barnum, conducted the final sweeping examination, every Negro soldier of the Three Hundred and Sixty-first infantry 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 bayonets and loaded rifles discouraged any thought of escape. Negro Officer Praised. An official statement issued by the board after its final investigation last night praises Negro officers. Too much credit cannot be given Capt. Hollingsworth, commanding Company B, Three Hundred and Sixty-fifth infantry, and Capt. Ferguson, who was a member of the board of investigation, and the other Colored officers of the One Hundred and Eighty-third brigade, for the part they took in the investigation and through whose efforts the identification of the accused men was completed, it CONGRESSMEN AGAIN. The Colored people of Chicago are realizing more fully each year their political strength. Not only so, but they are fast learning the much more difficult lesson of how to use it advantageously. They elect men of their own race to the state legislature, membership in the city council and in any other position they may desire. It is reported that an effort is a foot to nominate a Colored man for congress, and with the "I Will!" spirit which animates them they can nominate and elect a congressman. It is alleged that Edward H. Martin is being groomed to oppose Congressman Madden for the nomination. Congressman Madden has always best such a strong, outspoken friend of the race that in our judgment it would be a pity to displace him at this time. His experience and position in congress makes it possible for him to be a great service, and if Colored Cocoans set about electing a congressman we would wish that it might be accomplished by the elimination of a man less friendly or less useful than Congressman Madden. The day is not far distant—it will be within less than ten years—that Colored men will again be members of congress. They will be elected first from the northern states, like Illinois New York and Pennsylvania, and then from the South. And as Congressman George H. White said in his eloquent and memorable speech when he retired from congress some years ago: "When Colored men again return to congress, as return they will, they will return to stay." Chicago's suggestion of electing a Colored man to congress from Illinois will some day become an actuality—The Monitor, Omaha, Neb., May 15, 1918. Washington, Special—The first international prize for riveting was transmitted to-day by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board to Charles Knight, a Colored map, at the request of Lord Northcliffe, who offered $125 for the best score above previous records. Knight is employed at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrow's Point, Md. SUMMER FASHIONS SHOW CONDUCTED BY MADAM ROSA MOERGAN. Monday evening, May 27th, at Unity Hall, 3140 Indiana avenue, Madam Ross Morgan will give her annual Summer fashion show and millinery promenade, with living models. It will be the sensation and the scream of the season. Dancing will be conducted by Mrs. Etta Moore. Admission 50c. 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 °