The Broad Ax

[Image of a man in a suit with a tie, looking slightly to the right. The background is dark. There is no text or additional details in the image.] --- M. Hon. James W. Breen, Republican candidate for Judge of the Municipal Court, was born in this city August 11, 1873, receiving his early education in its public schools from which he in time graduated from them with all the honors due him. At the end of that period he attended the Bryant and Stratton Business College and the old Chicago Athenaeum, where he completed his commercial education. Later on in life he graduated with the highest honors from the law department of the Lake Forest University. Mr. Breen was admitted to the Chicago Bar and the Illinois Bar in 1897 and later on he received his commission to practice in the United States Supreme Court at Washington, D. C. It must be said to the great credit of Mr. Breen that he has been one of the many successful practitioners and most popular members of the Chicago Sus Association. He served with honor to himself and to the citizens of Chicago as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago under the late mayor, Fred A. Busee, from 1907 to 1911. For almost four years Mr. Breen has honorably served as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, and he is one of the best and most brainy aides that Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson has connected with his office, and at all times Mr. Breen conducts himself like a high-class gentleman. For more than 25 years Mr. Breen, who is still single, handsome, pleasant and very manly in his bearing, has resided with his highly honored parents in their own lovely home at 5241 South Morgan street. In conclusion it is freely admitted by the vast majority of the lawyers in this city that with his splendid legal training that he will make an ideal Judge of the Municipal Court. NOAH D. THOMPSON OF LOS AN GELES, CALIFORNIA, STILL STANDS BY THE BROAD AX. The following letter speaks for itself: Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 9th. My dear Mr. Taylor: I am pleased to enclose my check to cover the attached statement, and I want you and Mrs. Taylor to know that both Mrs. Thompson and I read The Broad Ax regularly and enjoy it. I was particularly pleased to read your recent article on the late Senator Tillman. If I am not mistaken, I had the honor of accompanying you and your party to the mayor's office when you protested against Mr. Tillman. HON. ALBERT NOWAK Hon. Albert Nowak, who is winding up his second term as one of the honest commissioners of Cook county, was born in Poland in 1860, and came to Chicago in 1874, where he has met with great success in life and in business. He started his career as a hard working man at that time, being a member of the Knights of Labor. He later engaged in business for himself, and has been very successful. He is a man of family, residing at 2128 North Leavitt street, and Mr. and Mrs. Nowak are strict members of the Roman Catholic Church. He is an honored member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Polish National Alliance and several other societies. He is a member of the National Union. He was treasurer of the Polish Building and Loan Association for nineteen years, which he resigned on account of illness. He was subsequently elected treasurer and is now the treasurer of that institution for an indefinite term. For the past twenty years he has been treasurer of one of the most prosperous building and loan associations in his ward. He is a man of good hard busi- HON. EDWARD J. GLACKIN Hon. Edward J. Glackin was born in Canada and came to Chicago with his parents to reside when he was a boy one year old, receiving his common and academic education in the schools of this city. He is a successful manufacturer of ventilators. Mr. Glackin is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus, and he and his lovable wife reside in a pleasant home at 745 Lytel street. He was elected to the legislature of Illinois in 1904 from the seventeenth senatorial district. He was elected to state senate from the same district in 1906-1910-1914 and will be renominated and re-elected in 1918. Senator Glackin has always manfully championed the cause of the Colored people in the state senate against all discriminatory legislation. As the able Secretary of the Local Board of Improvements he is one of the best and most popular public officials of the City Hall. Mrs. Thompson joins me in kindest regards to both you and Mrs. Taylor. Trusting all will continue to go well with you, I am, It is true that Mr. Thompson was a member of the committee which we had selected to accompany us to call on Mayor Edward F. Dunne on Tuesday morning, November 20th, 1906, to protest against permitting the late Senator Benjamin R. Tillman from lecturing in Orchestra Hall Tuesday evening, November 27th, of that same year, and aside from the late Robert M. Mitchell the writer has no warmer or truer friend in the United States than our old friend, Noah D. Thompson. ness sense, of the strictest integrity. For more than twenty years he has been handling other people's money in amounts which at the present time average more than three hundred thousand dollars year, and has properly accounted for every penny of it. This shows that among his friends and business associates he is considered trustworthy, reliable, and a man in whom all confidence can be placed with the assurance that that trust will never be betrayed. Mr. Nowak ably represents that class of Polish-American citizens who have done so much to give Chicago the high standing which it now holds among the municipalities of the world. Since becoming one of the county commissioners Mr. Nowak has amply proven himself to be the right man in the right place; at all times he has been ever ready to, as a county official, to aid those of all races who were in distress, and it goes without saying that the voters residing in this city made no mistake when they selected honest Albert Nowak as one of their public officials, and that the voters will renominate and re-elect him to his present position this coming fall. This is free to all the people of Chicago suffering from tuberculosis. One million dollars is available each year for the prevention and cure of tuberculosis. Resolution appointing a commission of five to investigate and report to the Legislature a draft of a bill providing for Old Age Pensions for workingmen, and also for compensation to workingmen for injuries received in the course of their employment. The first commission of its kind appointed in the United States. Through Senator Glackin's effort an appropriation of $100,000 was obtained for the relief of the families of the miners who died in the Cherry Mine disaster. Senator Glackin secured an appropriation of $10,000 for the relief of the earthquake sufferers in southern Italy and Sicily. Passed a law making Saturday afternoon a legal half holiday. Passed various laws which save the city of Chicago and taxpayers a million dollars annually. Stands for and fought for Home Rule for Chicago, and Municipal Ownership of Public Utilities; Workingman's Old Age Pension; Free Medical Attention for Mothers and Infants, and is with the flag all the way. His public career shines forth without one bleimish and the hard work which he put forth in order to secure the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium and Free Medical Attention for mothers and infants, regardless of their race or nationality, will ever stand as a living monument to his memory and able statemanship. M. Regular Republican candidate on Loyalist platform for the nomination for member of the Board of Review, to be voted for at the primaries Wednesday, September 11th. Both men and women can vote for him. Mr. Bass is President of the Chicago Real Estate Board, and he has been endorsed by it and the Cook County Real Estate Board. He is held in the highest esteem by his White and Colored fellow citizens of Evanston, Ill., where he resides. Morrison Photo For many years Mr. Bass has honorably and successfully been engaged in real estate business in this city and having a wide knowledge of real estate values he is eminently fitted to serve as a member of the Board of Review. He has been indorsed by the Cook County Real Estate Board and by the Chicago Real Estate Board, of which he is president for the office he is seeking, and being very popular with the real estate men in all parts of this county they will urge their friends to record their votes in favor of his nomination on Wednesday, September 11th. Women can also vote for him. The image provided does not contain any text. It appears to be a black-and-white photograph of a person sitting at a desk, writing on a piece of paper. The background is dark, and there are no discernible objects or details. 1930 HON. WILLIAM E. MASON Abraham Lincoln Republican, author of Free Delivery, candidate for renomie the fair and honest friends of the Co Abraham Lincoln Republican, author of the Pure Food Law, father of the Rural Free Delivery, candidate for renomination for Congressman-at-Large. One of the fair and honest friends of the Colored race in this country. Former United States Senator Hon. William E. Mason, who is so extensively well known to the people in all parts of this country, was first elected to the legislature of Illinois in 1878; since that time he has been State Senator, member of Congress from the old third Illinois district, United States Senator and is now congressman-at-large from this state, being elected in 1916. instead of sticking to the fingers of the profiteers. Congressman Mason, in his running tilt in Congress with Congressman Thomas J. Hedlin, of Alabama, in April and May, attracted wide attention and Congressman Mason branded him as a "gun-toter," for it will be recalled that in 1908 that Congressman Hedlin, in order to show his superiority over the Colored people, shot a law abiding Col- He is a candidate for renomination for congressman-at-large, to be voted for at the state-wide primaries Wednesday, September 11th. He is running or standing on the following platform: The first business of the nation is to win the war. We are in this war to defeat Germany; not to make millionaires. "The American flag should be used as a heart-stimulant and not as a mouth-wash." I am opposed to any man or party that seeks to make money or political capital out of this war. The men who abuse me are the fellows who feel sure that they will not have to go where my son is now—in the Flanders trenches. Beware of the man or the party that infers that he or it has a corner on patriotism. I propose to do all I can to see that the taxpayers' money goes to the support of your boy and my boy in France, PLAN FOR COLOR LINE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS STIRS THE COLORED PEOPLE—RESENT SCHEME PROPOSED BY TRUSTEE NAMED BY MAYOR THOMPSON. Max Leeb, one of the first group of Mayor Thompson's appointees to the board of education, has stirred up trouble for himself in the Second Ward by a letter to the Colored citizens which appears to advise segregation of Negro children in the public schools. Mr. Loeb says the seriousness of the question impressed itself on his mind while he was a member of the school board. He will return as a member of the board if the recent ruling of the Supreme Court is final regarding the status of the present school body. Wants Negroes' Approval Mr. Loeb made the suggestion that separation might come at the suggestion of the Negroes themselves. He said: "It seems much wiser to have separation (if any at all is necessary) by voluntary action rather than through AGE TWO instead of sticking to the fingers of the profiteers. Congressman Mason, in his running tilt in Congress with Congressman Thomas J. Heflin, of Alabama, in April and May, attracted wide attention and Congressman Mason branded him as a "gun-toter," for it will be recalled that in 1908 that Congressman Helfin, in order to show his superiority over the Colored people, shot a law abiding Colored man, who was riding in a street car in Washington, D. C., just because he failed to surrender his seat and duck for his life when the rattle brained southern congressman entered the car, who also shot a white man while he was endeavoring to murder the negro. Congressman Hedlin was indicted for his bulldozing conduct and the charges or cases against him were continued from time to time or for eight years and then they were dropped after the Democratic party was ushered into power at Washington, D. C. As Congressman Mason had the courage to stand up in the halls of Congress and tell Congressman Heflin to his face just what he thought of him and let him know that he could not be considered a first-class gentleman and a great statesman and as Congressman Mason is one of the most loyal friends of the Colored race, therefore every Colored man throughout Illinois should on Wednesday, September 11th, vote for his renomination for congressman-at-large from this state. lamed me," wrote Mr. Moseley to Mr. Loeb, "and almost made me feel that I had been insulted, for I have been told repeatedly by some Colored men and some white men who are holding office through the good grace and appointment of William Hale Thompson, our mayor and present aspirant for the United States senatorship from this state, that he was a real friend of the Negro people. "And to know, as I must conclude from your letter, that one of his appointees is advocating in an indirect way the adoption of separate or segregated schools in Illinois is, to say the least, surprising." Mr. Moseley struck the bull's eye right square in the center and if Mayor Thompson and his loud-mouthed Colored supporters, those who are getting rich at the public crib, expect the decent and self-respecting Colored people to vote and about for him he must lay away from Max Loeb. Wednesday evening some Colored people held forth at 30th and State streets, and the following committee was selected to do something, but nobody knows just what it can do. The committee is as follows: George H. Jackson, W. H. A. Moore, W. D. Neighbors, B. P. D. Wells and F. L. Barnett. It would seem that all the committee can do is to wait and watch. Mr. C. E. Parrish, 6544 St. Lawrence avenue, recently returned from a very delightful vacation last three weeks. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, AUGUST 17, 1918 Several hundred persons attended the opening of the new institution of R. W. Hunter & Company, Bankers, at 4757 South State street, last Thursday morning, August 15, from 10 to 12 a.m. This new bank gives proof of the enterprise and energetic qualities of those in charge. The air of business and finance seems to be in the very atmosphere which surrounds the building in which the bank is located, and as one enters the door and notes the massive oak fixtures, designed in the latest style, it reminds one of a Wall Street concern in New York City. On one side of the room is placed a number of handsome desks at which the large number of clerical force is stationed, including bookkeepers, stenographers and receiving tellers. Private rooms are being constructed which will be occupied by the officers of the bank. Recommendations from leading men of both races all over the city make evidence for the sterling qualities, honesty and integrity of the board of directors and officers. Many distinguished visitors called at the new bank to congratulate the President and his officers upon the new institution, among whom were ex-Secretary F. E. DeFrantz, of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A., and City Editor Carey B. Lewis, of the Chicago Defender. Opening exercises were conducted, President R. W. Hunter acting as Master of Ceremonies, and the following speakers were listened to with the greatest interest: Editor Chandler Owen of the Messenger, Rev. Dr. F. G. Snelson, Elder Roles, Mr. William C. Linton, manager; Mr. M. C. B. Mason, manager of the Real Estate Department, and others. At the close of the program President Hunter fittingly told of the aims and purposes of the new bank and that the institution was under State supervision and cautioned members of the Race against lack of faith, because there was more than enough money on hand to meet all emergencies; further, that the company had met all the requirements of the State of Illinois, and he asked support of the institution not because it was Colored but because it offers the same investments and securities that any other organization does in the entire country, regardless of color. The speakers pledged their support to the new bank and praised the extent to which the responsible men had gone to make this institution safe and secure. They also praised the extent to which they had gone to facilitate the interests of the Colored people, and they were very enthusiastic about the future. Each department of the bank is separate in its location, having offices in different parts of the room. The employees are from some of the best schools and colleges in the country, and have had extensive business training. They are as follows: Miss Jennie Matthews, 4216 Indiana avenue, Bookkeeper; Miss Eunice Simma, 6006 South Racine avenue, Stemogrepher; Miss Blanche Wood, 4239 Champlain avenue, Receiving Teller; Mr. W. M. Bell, 451 East 32nd street, Manager Real Estate Dept., and Mr. L. D. Thompson, 451 East 32nd street, Collector, Real Estate Dept. Miss P. B. Johnson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is an interested patron of the new bank and through her efforts many out of town depositors have been secured. The first four depositors in their order were little Miss Alice Bell, daughter of Mr. W. M. Bell, Mr. L. D. Thompson, Mrs. Mary H. Randolph and Dr. F. N. Barnes. This institution has all the assets and resources behind it which are back of the main office at 3005 South State street, and from the number of people who opened accounts on the first day of business, indications point to a rapid rise in the commercial world for those connected with the organization, and it will also make a name among the leading business man of the city as to the success of banks of the Race. The receipts at the close of the first day's business were $3,095.98. Col. Roscoe Conkling Simmons was royally received Thursday evening at the Institutional Church, where he lectured on the "Negro's Opportunity in the Present Crisis." The church was well filled and Col. Simmons delivered a highly interesting talk. THE VARIOUS CANDIDATES FOR THE NOMINATIONS FOR JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND CANDIDATES FOR CHIEF BAILIFF OF THAT COURT HAVE FILED THEIR PETITIONS. The following Democratic and Republican candidates for judges of the Municipal Court and candidates for chief bailiff of that court are now in the running: Republican. ("T" designates Thompson-Lundin, "D," Deneen, and "B," Brundage- Galpin faction.) Bailiff Municipal Court—William J. Umbach, B; Peter G. Nix, T; George W. Underwood, D. Clerk Municipal Court—John A. Pelka, B; James A. Kearns, D; William H. Wesbey, T. Chief Justice Municipal Court—Harry Olson, D and B; Henry T. Chace, Jr., T. Associate Judge Municipal Court (to fill vacancy)—Irwin R. Hazen, B; Otto L. Kolar, D; Michael E. Libonati, T. Associate Judge Municipal Court—Earl C. Hales, D; Daniel P. Trude, D; Bernard P. Barasa, B; Robert E. Gentzel, B; Charles F. McKinley, B; James F. Burns, B; Clarence S. Piggott, B; Thomas J. Graydon, B; William Karr Steele, B; Edward Berkson, B; John J. Beilman, B; Paul A. Hazard, B; Benton F. Kleeman, T; James W. Breen, T; Roy S. Gaskill, T; George W. Ellis, T; George B. Holmes, D; William W. Maxwell, D; Leo L. Brunhild, D; Michael F. Girten, D; Arnold Heap, D; Louis Pinderski, D; John F. Tyrrill, D; William N. Gemmill, D; Otto F. King; Stephen A. Thieda, T; Meyer Rossen, T; Hector A. Brouillet, T; Daniel G. Gerst, T; Frank Peska, T; Albert R. Icely; Rolla R. Longenecker. Democratic. ("R" designates "regulars" and "H" the Harrison-Hoyne-Dunne-O'Connell faction.) Bailliff Municipal Court—Dennis J. Egan, R; George Kuebner; Frank A. Drab; George W. McGurn, H. Clerk Municipal Court—Frank X. Rydzewski, R; Frank D. O'Connell; William H. Devitt; Dennis A. Horan, H. Chief Justice Municipal Court—Hugh J. Kearns, R; Michael F. Sullivan, H; Edward H. White. Associate Judge Municipal Court (to fill vacancy)—Daniel J. McMahon, R. Associate Judges Municipal Court—Charles A. Williams, R; Boco De Stefano, R; John K. Prindiville, R; Stanley S. Walkowiak, R; John F. Bolton, R; Harry M. Fisher, R; Joseph P. Rafferty, R; John A. Mahoney, R; Joseph S. La Buy, R; Joseph A. Weber, R; Edward T. Wale, John J. Booney, John Courtney, John J. Ulrich, Edward J. Queeny, Edmund J. Rice, Edward J. Carey. Noah D. Thompson, "Four-Minute Man," representing the colored population of the city, spoke to 225 colored drafted men at the Independent Church of Christ, Eighteenth street and Paloma avenue, last night. His topic was "Americanism, and What It Means to Us." He told of a young man who appeared before him ten months ago, complaining that nobody had confidence in him and that he had lost his ninth job. The youth was advised to join the army—to let Uracle Sam adept him and make a man of him. He did it. Not long ago he went to Mr. Thompson and expressed his gratitude for the good advice which had been given to him, saying that he has learned to regard army discipline as the thing he most needed, and that he has come to be a soldier of genuine worth to the government. "What Americanism means to that young man, it means to every black, red or yellow man who has truly taken Uncle Sam as a foster parent," said Mr. Thompson. "Americanism today means opportunity to learn to serve efficiently that one may serve all and all may serve one. America will eventually draw a circle, around the word 'All' large enough to include every loyal black, red or yellow man in her domain. Americanism stands for Opportunity, Liberty and Justice for all."—The Times, Los Angeles, Cal., August 10, 1918. Mr. Sam Harris, West Madison street, was among the recent drafters sent to Camp Grant. M. HON. JOHN A. CERVENKA The present capable Clerk of the Probation for member of the Board of Assessor United Societies for Local Self Gov and will continue to be valuable to t SPECIAL NEWS ITEMS FROM CHARLESTON, W. VA. The present capable Clerk of the Probate Court and candidate for the nomination for member of the Board of Assessors, who is one of the active officials of the United Societies for Local Self Government, whose services have in the past and will continue to be valuable to the taxpayers of this county. Charleston, W. Va.—In the state-wide primary, held last Tuesday, three Colored men were nominated on the Republican ticket in as many counties for member of the House of Delegates, the lower branch of the legislature. The nominees were: J. V. Coleman, Kimberly, Fayette county; Harry J. Capehart, Keystone, McDowell county; and T. G. Nutter, Charleston, Kanawha county. Legislative candidates, in fact members, of that branch of the state government, are not novelties in West Virginia, few terms having passed in the last twenty years without race representation. But at no time before have there been so many candidates, nor has Kanawha county before given a Colored man a nomination, though there were two previous attempts. The honor of breaking through the barriers came to T. G. Nutter, an attorney at law, former Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, now Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and secretary-treasurer of the bank recently organized here by Colored citizens. Of the six nominated from among fourteen candidates Nutter was third. Mr. Capehart is also an attorney, and, coming as he does from a rock-ribbed Republican county, is most certain of election. The other nominee, Mr. Coleman, is a laboring man, having worked in various capacities around coal mines all his life. He was second of the four winners among six candidates. The Colored population in none of these counties is one sixth of the whole, that of Kanawha being only about one tenth. A number of representative men and women met at the Young Women's Christian Association on last Wednesday evening and organized themselves into a citizens' committee. It is the purpose of the committee to help the Association raise $9,500 which is still due on the new home at 3541 Indiana avenue. Alderman Anderson was unanimously elected president. Mrs. Ethel Cleaves, one of the most energetic club women, is one of the vice-presidents. Mrs. R. E. Moore is the chairman of the publicity committee. A strong corps of other officers were elected. The committee has engaged Ex-Judge Harrison of Oklahoma City to give a lecture at Bethel chrush on the 26th of August. See "ad" in next week's paper. Dr. Robert L. Douglass was seen driving south on State street this week in By J. C. Gilmer. HAS 13 SONS IN ARMY, 17 GIRLS IN WAR WORK. Raleigh, N. C. — (Special.) — John Ward, a Negro of Goldsboro, has 13 of his 18 sons in the Ninth and Tenth United States Cavalry, while his 18 daughters are busy with war work. The facts are vouchered for by Sheriff R. H. Edwards, of Wayne County, of which Goldsboro is the county seat. Ward also probably holds the record for quadruplets, says Sheriff Edwards, who gives the record thus: Ward was born April 21, 1856, at Goldsboro. He was married three times and his last wife is now living. His first wife bore him 15 children, four at one time twice, three at one time twice, one at a time once. His second wife bore him two at one time twice, three at one time once, and five one at a time. His present wife has borne him eight, one at a time. His first wife lived six years and three weeks after marriage, his second wife eight years and six months. Brother Ward seems to be one of the best men that the world has ever produced and with a few more like him in a very short time it would be hard to tell that anyone had lost his life in the present world war.—Editor. EX-GOV. KELLOGG, VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR, DIES. Washington, D. C.—William Pitt Kellogg, formerly of Canton, Ill., who served during the reconstruction period as United States senator and member of the house of representatives from Louisiana, and as governor of that state, died Saturday morning, at the age of 88. He had made his home in Washington since 1876. Ex-Gov. Kellogg, who was the only surviving Lincoln elector for the year 1860, was born in Orwell, Vt., Dec. 8, 1830, the son of the Rev. Sherman Kellogg. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1852 and practiced in Canton, where he met and married Miss Mary E. Wella, who died last March. In 1861 he was appointed chief justice of Nebraska, then a territory, and on the outbreak of the civil war he raised and became colonel of the 7th Illinois cavalry, being granted leave from his judicial duties by President Lincoln. APPOMATTOX PICNIC Monday the Appomattox Club gave its first picnic since 1912 at Forest Park Preserve instead of going to Northwestern Park, as advertised. The day being extremely hot and dry and uncomfortable anywhere, except quietly sitting somewhere in the cool shade, only about six hundred and fifty or seven hundred pleasure seakers attended the picnic. It is reported that those who did attend had a very enjoyable time. MR. THOMAS KASPERSKI Four years ago Honest Thomas Kasperski was elected one of the commissioners of Cook county and he has made good in his official position every inch of the road. He devotes all of his time to the duties of county commissioner. Mr. Kasperski came into this world in Poland and he is one of the most popular, upright and progressive Polish-American citizens in this city. He has presided in Chicago for thirty-five years and has been happily married for twenty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Kasperski, who reside at 1859 W. 20th street, are the devoted parents of two children, one son and one daughter, and their son Stanley is ALL SOUTH SIDE SLEEPING OVER A VOLCANO. Great Race Biots Are Sure to Come at the Close of War Unless Saloons Are Gotten Eid of. The people of the south side should look some very plain facts squarely in the face. They will do so if they want to avoid serious trouble later on—trouble which will cause great loss of life and property. The situation is this. Everybody knows that thousands of Colored people have come to Chicago since the beginning of the war. Most of them have settled on the south side. Many of them are employed now where whites were employed before the war. When we win the war and millions of soldiers are returned to civil life there is almost sure to be trouble unless the saloons are closed. These returning soldiers will be looking for work; they will find Colored men in their old jobs. If the saloons are there and some of the soldiers begin to drink, as the men in East St. Louis did, and then they are likely to begin to shoot and start a race war as in East St. Louis which would sweep ever the south side. Hard Times After the War. Everyone recognizes that there will be a period of economic readjustment after the war. This economic readjustment will fall heavily on the shoulders of a good many people. The saloons are the kindling wood to start a fire of trouble. The only safe thing is to remove the saloons in order that new conditions may be met with cool heads. Springfield, Illinois, went through a street car strike recently. Not a life was lost. The officials there are agreed that this was due entirely to the absence of the saloon. If the saloons remain on the south side it does not require much of a prophet to see that there will be repeated the East St. Louis race riots on a very much larger scale. The people of all the south side might well study the report of the United States Senate on the East St. Louis riot if they want to save themselves serious trouble later on. That report is an astonishing record of one of the blackest outrages in the whole history of the country. More than two hundred and fifty buildings were burned; a large number of innocent people lost their lives—the exact number will never be known. Harmless women and children were burned in their homes. According to the report of State's Attorney, E. J. Brundage, as printed in the Congressional Record, January 7th, 1918, "Negro children were thrown back into burning buildings; numbers ran from their burning homes only to be shot by mobs which had started the fires." Saloons Cause the Trouble. Frank E. Armstrong in his report of the riot in the Chicago Daily News said, "Drunken rowdies returning from a Sunday carousel fired the spark that has cast a shadow upon the honor of Illinois." The report of the Grand Jury which investigated the riot contains this just on the eve of going to war. Mr. Kasperski springs from a patriotic and liberty-loving race of people and aside from his son being ready for military duties he has eight nephews in the war, fighting to assist to establish a universal Democracy in all parts of the world. Mr. and Mrs. Kasperski are devoted members of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus and is actively identified with many other fraternal and benevolent societies or organizations and as he has made a good record as county commissioner, he should be renominated for his present position at the primaries, Wednesday, Sept. 11th. paragraph: "Two automobiles containing white persons, one automobile being the property of a bartender, and the other a service car, made a number of trips through Market street, inhabited largely by Colored people, between 9 o'clock p. m. and 11 o'clock p. m., and the occupants of these cars shot through the windows of these homes of Colored citizens." Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of Chicago, sitting in the Federal District Court at East St. Louis in November, preceding the riot, severely criticised saloon conditions in the city. "Virtually every East St. Louis case I have tried here in the last ten days," he said, "has been hatched in some lawless saloon in this city. Don't you know that 90 per cent of the crime in East St. Louis can be traced to the lawless saloons!" he asked the police chief whom he had called before him. "The principal source of the vile, fetid, corrosive element that blazed the way in disorder and wrote the story of blood across the sky over East St. Louis is the infernal, lawless, damnable saloons that have infested that town and blighted the community for years. It is the saloon keepers of East St. Louis and their kind who lead the van of every lawless movement and breed and spawn their infamous vermin upon every community where they are suffered to exist. I am a bone-dry Senator from new on." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, AUGUST 17, 1918 Tuesday the Illinois Centennial Celebration and Exhibit opened up at the Wendell Phillips High School and on that evening Bishop Samuel Fallows delivered the dedication speech of the service flag, presented by the Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, which contained forty-five stars. Judge Thomas F. Scully was unable to be present and he was represented by Mr. Edward Strauss. Former Governor Richard Yates, who was duly commissioned to represent Governor Frank O. Lowden, was present and delivered a highly interesting and instructive talk on the present war and the war of the Rebellion, in which his father, as the governor of this state, played a prominent part. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, who is stopping at the home of Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall, 3408 South Park avenue, delivered the welcome address in behalf of the women's Federation. The remainder of the program during the celebration was very interesting. THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. The Negro Fellowship League will hold a meeting Sunday, Aug. 18th, to appoint a committee of arrangements for the National Equal Rights League meeting which will be held in Chicago in September. Mr. George Cowhard will have charge of the program. Last Sunday a committee was appointed to arrange for a conference of representative colored people on the separate school agitation in the city. This conference was held at the Reading Room, 3005 South State street, Wednesday evening of this week. Mrs. I. B. Barnett, our president, reported organizing a local branch of the Equal Rights League in Rock Island two weeks ago. Doctor B. J. Davis was made president of the same. Mrs. Barnett also reported the placing of Mrs. Perrin, the aged mother of Sidney Perrin, in Oak Forest. The regular Third Ward Democratic organization meeting, Kenwood Hall, 47th street and Calumet avenue, recently indorsed the candidacy of Thomas Carey, wealthy brick manufacturer, for mayor. Mr. Carey, who retired from politics twenty years ago, "came back" as a campaigner with a stirring address. Indorsement by the Democrats of the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Fifth wards is predicted. Mr. Carey has held office as Twenty-ninth Ward alderman. MR. ST. ELMO MASSENGALE, PRESIDENT OF THE MASSENGALE ADVERTISING AGENCY, TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL NEGEO BUSINESS LEAGUE. August 21st, 22nd, and 23rd the National Negro Business League, will meet at Atlantic City, N. J., and among the many speakers who will address its sessions will be Mr. St. Elmo Massengale, President of the Massengale Advertising Agency, Atlanta, Ga., who will speak on "Advertising," in relation to newspapers and business men generally. DE. GEO. C. HALL TO VISIT ST. LOUIS. Dr. George C. Hall, the noted surgeon, president of the Post Graduate School of Chicago, will visit St. Louis this coming Sunday and Monday as guest of the St. Louis Medical Forum. A big clinic is planned for Monday forenoon at the People's Hospital and a reception will be given in the afternoon at the Manhattan Cafe. The house at 3344 Wabash avenue, given by Jack Johnson, the Colored pugilist, to his mother, Mrs. Tiny Johnson, was the subject of a transfer filed for record last week. The transfer was to Mrs. Mary C. Barnard for a stated consideration of $3,791, the result of foreclosure proceedings. The Phalanx Club will hold a reception in the parlor of Unity Hall, 3119 Indiana avenue, Saturday, August 17, from 8 p. m. to 1 a. m. Miss Isabell F. Green, of Washington, D. C., is the guest of Mrs. George Sublett, 5303 Washington Blvd. She will return this week. Among the recent enlistments is Robert Pitts, 2422 West Madison street, who has joined the naval forces to help make the world safe for democracy. Mr. Paul Bronson, 6448 Drexel boulevard, who has been quite ill for the past two months, is improving steadily and is expected to be out again soon. Mr. H. J. Roberts, 118 East 41st street, was a visitor in Terre Haute, Ind., for several days last week. He combined business with a pleasure trip. The Utopia Club met last Wednesday evening, August 14, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Owens, 5827 Wentworth avenue. The members spent a very pleasant evening. The Easter Lily Club assembled at Quinn Chapel Church last Sunday afternoon for the purpose of listening to the annual sermon, which was delivered by Rev. J. C. Anderson, pastor. Mr. W. R. Baugh, 5216 Wabash avenue, now serving with the signal corps detachment in the National Army, was a visitor at Quinn Chapel Church last Sunday. Mr. L. Hawkins accompanied him. Judge Robert H. Terrell, the only Negro on the Municipal Court bench in the District of Columbia, is expected in the city soon. He is on a speaking tour of the Middle West as a representative of the Government. Dr. J. R. Harvey, pastor of Quinn Chapel, Louisville, Kentucky, filled the pulpit at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church, this city, last Sunday morning. He was very eloquent and several members were added to the church as a result of his discourse. Miss Bessie Dunbar, of Indianapolis, Ind., stenographer in the Lieutenant-Governor's office of the Hoosier State, is visiting in the city. It is interesting to note that Miss Dunbar is the only young lady of the Race employed in the State House there. Miss Lillian Vanderburg, a public school teacher of St. Louis, Mo., who is visiting in the city, was entertained at dinner last Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. David Manson, 5816 Michigan avenue. Mr. William J. Martin was also among the invited guests. Miss Annie Jackson, a public school teacher of Birmingham, Ala, is spending her summer vacation with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, 3523 South LaSalle street. She has been the recipient of many social honors while here, among them a theater party at which Mrs. W. L. Johnson was hostess. The DuBois Club, Mr. A. L. Weaver, President, and Mr. Claudius A. Beld, Secretary, held an interesting session last Sunday, August 11 at 5:00 p. m. Mr. F. G. Lane, acting secretary of the Y. M. C. A., was the principal speaker. New members elected were Herman B. Blandon, of Tuskegee Institute, and Mr. C. H. White. A good program was rendered. The Allen C. E. League was in session at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Wednesday and Thursday, August 14 and 15. Many prominent speakers were on the program at different sessions, among them Hon. George W. Ellis, Hon. A. H. Roberts, Mr. E. M. Cleaves, Dr. A. D. Sutton, Mr. George Stone of the Y. M. C. A., and Lawyer Samuel Z. C. Westfield. Prof. E. C. Deas was Director of Music for the convention and Mr. Franck C. Lowry, District President. The University Society met at Frederick Douglass Center last Sunday, August 11, at 4:00 p. m., when a very interesting program was rendered, Mr. Hammond presiding. Miss Tertean, instructor at Bennett College, North Carolina, gave a talk on "Being Prepared for the Boys When They Return." She also discussed the study of French In- [Name] MR. EDWARD D. GREEN Father of the Anti-Mob bill of Illinois; Se strong supporter of Mayor William and Republican candidate for the not Senatorial district of Illinois. Father of the Anti-Mob bill of Illinois; Secretary of the Pythian Temple Commission; strong supporter of Mayor William Hale Thompson for United States Senator and Republican candidate for the nomination for the Legislature from the First Senatorial district of Illinois. Mr. Green's record in the legislature of Illinois stands forth as clear and as bright as the noon-day sun. He secured the passage of his Anti-Mob Bill, all the Republicans as well as all the Democrats voting in favor of it; he passed the law to prevent discrimination in the price of burial lots and graves and both laws were signed by Governor Charles S. Deneen, and are enforced at the present time. children were being shot down in cold blood in the streets of East St. Louis, Ill., and their homes destroyed by the lawless mob that without any brass bands Mr. Green rushed to Springfield, Ill., where he sought out Governor Frank O. Lowden and he induced Governor Lowden to start at once for East St. Louis and he rode in the same seat with the Governor all the way between those two cities, and Governor Lowden He voted against and helped to defeat the Constitutional Convention Bills, Initiative and Referendum and Recall Bills. It will be recalled that the first part of July, 1917, at the time that dozens of law abiding Colored men, women andstrumental solos were given by Miss Nannie Strayhorn, Mr. E. O. Marshall, Miss Mattle Miller and Mrs. Christale L. Owens. Current events were also discussed. Mr. J. C. Johnson addressed the Society on "The Boys Over There." Nearly all the members were present and highly enjoyed the meeting. Quinn Chapel Forum presented "My Brother's Child" at the church last Tuesday, August 13. A fair crowd witnessed the drama. This four-act play is written and produced by Mr. R. A. Crosby and company. All of the cast played their roles well and the leading characters were unusually good, includ- HON. HENRY HORNER The People's Candidate for re-nomination and re-election as the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court of Cook County. 1910 Secretary of the Pythian Temple Commission; Hale Thompson for United States Senator nination for the Legislature from the First children were being shot down in cold blood in the streets of East St. Louis, Ill., and their homes destroyed by the lawless mob that without any brass bands Mr. Green rushed to Springfield, Ill., where he sought out Governor Frank O. Lowden and he induced Governor Lowden to start at once for East St. Louis and he rode in the same seat with the Governor all the way between those two cities, and Governor Lowden let it be known that he was willing to adhere to any of the suggestions of Mr. Green which would tend to restore law and order in East St. Louis, Ill. That incident clearly proves that Mr. Green is always on the firing lines in the interest of the Colored race. ing Mr. and Mrs. Crosby, George Grey, Charles Marshall, E. J. Turner, Mrs. Lillian Hardaway, R. A. Williams and A. Aplin. Mrs. Emma Andrews, chairman of Committee on Arrangements, reported that the play was a success financially and applause from the audience indicated their approval. Attorney Samuel Z. C. Westerfield is President of Quinn Chapel Forum and cordially invites all to attend the meetings on the first and third Sundays of each month. Misa Ida Barnett celebrated her seventeenth birthday with a few girl friends the afternoon of Tuesday, August 13, at her home, 3224 Rhodes. ОДАЮЩО 10ПИ 1 Д PAGE THREE THE BROADWAY The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance. J. W. CASEY, Agent Phone Main 263 133 W. Washington Street Residence, 4533 Prairie Avenue Bax, Kenwood 6500 WALTER M. FARMER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 798 184 W. Washington St. Phones, Office, Main 618 Anton, 1978 CHICAGO Office Phone 8078 (Douglas) Residence Phone, Douglas 8179 S. A. BEADLE Lawyer 8502 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO Dr. Mac Enery J. Brown Physician and Surgeon Practice Limited to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 10 EAST 30th STREET Hours: 9 to 10 A.M. 8 to 9 P.M. CHICAGO RESIDENCE 240 South Park Avenue PHONE BOOULAS 100 OV M. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW SOURCE PHONE: CALVINET 85 2 East 31st Street Suite 7 CHICAGO Frank Dunn, J. B. McCahay, Fountain Telephone: Oakland 1852, 1851, 1850 JOHN J. DUNN RESTAURANT AND Wholesale and Retail COAL Fifty-First and Federal Street CHICAGO KINKY HAIR Always, the Regina West, Co., Canada, where we present our plumes, your plumes and your KINKY HAIR QUINCINE PORAGE Let do for my little. Before I send you a plume, show me your plumes and your kinky hair, and so harden it, and so gain and silky any way I need to. Don't let some fake Kink Remove and feel you. You really can't straighten your hair until it's also and long. That's what EXELENTO QUINCINE PORAGE does, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of the kinky hair and softens it and silky. After using a few times you can tell the difference, and after a little while it will be so pretty and long that you can fix it with a little oil. If you want to keep it clean, we will give your coming book. 856 by mail or receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write For Publication. EXELENTO DANDRUFF CO., Alameda, Co. Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Telephone Number 274 MILES J. DEVINE Attorney at Law Suite 313-329 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Sts. Phones, Central 229; Auto. 42-000 CHICAGO A. D. GASH Attorney at Law 118 North La Salle Street Suite 055 to 055 CHICAGO Rn. 303 Prairie Ave. Phone Dug, 055 PHONES: MAIN 207 AUTOMATIC 05-055 A. L. WILLIAMS Attorney and Counsel at Law Suite 706 FIRMENICH BUILDING 104 West Washington Street CHICAGO J. Gray Lucas Attorney at Law Suite 815 Hartford Bldg. 8 S. Dearborn St. CHICAGO PHONES: OFFICE, CENTRAL 4523 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, AUGUST 17, 1918 PRIMARY ELECTION, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1918 VOTE FOR EDWARD D. GREEN THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue, Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, indulgers or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscription must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 1206 S. Elizabeth Street, Chicago, IL PHONE WENTWORTH 2597. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. Vol. XXIII AUGUST 17, 1918 No. 47 CHIPS. M. W. Tippy, of Plainview, Ark., has become one of the new readers of The Broad Ax. William Parker, patriotic instructor of the John R. Tanner Camp, No. 11 U. S. W. V., Department of Illinois, is able to be around again after undergoing considerable pain and suffering from a fractured rib. Mrs. Beatrice Gertrude Price, wife of Mr. Thomas J. Price, a prominent lawyer of Little Bock, Ark., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, and Attorney Lucas of 508 E. 36th street. Mrs. Price was the highest honor graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston a few years ago and is rated as a great pianist and organist. She now holds the chair of music at Shorter College, Little Bock, Ark. Checking the Dentist. Greeting us Dewitt. The next time we get a bill from our dentist, whom we esteem fully as highly as we possibly could esteem any dentist, we are going to send it back with a request that he itemizes it, showing how much of the time we are charged with was devoted to work and how much to conversation.—Columbus (O.) Journal. Durability of Wood. In a very dry atmosphere the durability of wood is almost incredible. Pieces of wood, wooden caskets and other articles have been taken from Egyptian tombs of an antiquity to antedate the Christian era by two or three thousand years. CERMAK Candidate OR RIFF SEPTEMBER 11th 1918 OLD BLOCK PRINTS Invention Is Credited to the Chinese in Year 592. Books Not In Competition. With Manuscripts Until the Middle of the Tenth Century. Printing from blocks is said to have been invented in China in 592 A. D. during the enlightened reign of Yank Chien, the founder of the progressive but short-lived Sui dynasty. Printed books, however, asserts a writer in the Oriental News and Comment, did not compete with manuscripts until the middle of the tenth century. From that time block printing developed very rapidly, resulting in a great cheapening and wide diffusion of books and the consequent rapid decline of the copyist's trade. No doubt the rapid dissemination of learning this entailed had much to do with the great intellectual progress made in China during the Sung dynasty, from 900 to 1280 A. D., which has been called the "protracted Augustan age of Chinese literature." Disregarding the manuscript works of the great Tang dynasty (618-907 A.D.), which were doubtless tenfold more numerous and more important than the contemperate literary works of the whole western world, the printed books of the Sung Yuan and the early part of the Ming dynasties up to the middle of the fifteenth century have no counterpart at all in Europe. They existed in countless thousands of volumes. In 1406 the Imperial Ming library contained printed works to the extent of more than 300,000 chuan (books) and more than twice as many manuscripts, and already many printed works of the Sung dynasty had been lost during the disorders incident to the protracted wars with the Mongols. Undoubtedly more books were printed in China than in all the rest of the world up to the middle of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century. The great bulk of Chinese works, aside from the Confucian classics, is historical or literary, the latter being mostly essays, short poems, or critiques. There exists also a vast Buddhistic literature and very many Taoist works. Novels are not even classed as literature, although famous ones exist and some of them have been translated into European languages. There are also many famous dramas, some dating from the Yuan dynasty, but these, too, are excluded from literature proper by Chinese bibliographers. The historical records of the Chinese are of vast bulk and represent a conscientious and painstaking record of the political and sociological experiences of the oldest civilized nation on earth. In close connection with these records proper we should consider the vast number of geographic treatises and especially the so-called gazetteers. These latter are official publications issued by the empire, province, district, or even township, and treat not only geography and topography proper, but also the antiquities, natural and manufactured products, and even the biographies of famous men, population, taxes, astrology, marvelous happenings, etc. Antiquity of Jerusalem. The wonderful antiquity of Jerusalem has only been appreciated in recent years. Up to 50 years ago, observes the Chicago Examiner, it was thought that Jerusalem was of little importance as a city until it became the "City of David," king of Israel. But with the discovery of the Tel-el-Amarna tablets in Egypt new light was shed upon the history of the sacred city. There were found six letters written by the king of Jerusalem to the Pharaoh of Egypt, dating from the fifteenth century B. C. The name of this king of Jerusalem was Abd-hiba, or, as some scholars read the cuneiform, Abd-sadak, and he writes to the Pharaoh besechei g him to send soldiers, almost as the Turks must have sent messages to Germany asking for re-enforcements that they might save the day. Rats Enemies of Birds. The number of useful insect-eating birds nesting on the ground or in low bushes which fall victims to rats is extremely large and is one of the many kinds of injury done by these pernicious animals which cannot be computed, writes E. W. Nelson in the National Geographic Magazine. Probably few frequenters of the countryside have returned to look into a bird's nest to observe its condition without many times finding it destroyed and fragments of egg shells lying about. Unquestionably a large percentage of such nests located in the neighborhood of buildings have been raided by rats. On one of the small Danish islands it has been authentically recorded that the progeny of a single pair of rats, which escaped from captivity, in two years time exterminated a great colony of birds for which the island had been noted. PETER B. Consult me, I can save you Shipping to all parts of the Funerals a Specialty. C Chapel. Call promptly and Ernest H. W. KENWOOD 455 Unde 5028 and 5030 S. S. I DECORATE H. A REAL EST REN PHONE DOUGLAS 1714 DAN M. JACKSON GEO. T. KERSEY DAVID A. MCGOWAN AHMED A. RAYNER The Unde 298 Reliable Service FREE Complete Line of Funerals I DECORATE GIVE SERVICE LOW RENT H. A. WATKINS REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE RENTING A SPECIALTY 3510 Indiana Avenue PHONE DOUGLAS 1714 CHICAGO The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking Co., Inc. 2959-61 South State Street Reliable Service Courteous Treatment Reassemble Prices FREE CHAPEL IN CONNECTION Complete Line of Funeral Goods Automobiles for Hire A. F. COBBSON J. M. WESTON, Proprietore CILAS, MARRON, Manager PRIMARIES WEDN THOMAS Candidate for For County MEN AND WOMEN PERKINS Regular Repub For B PRIMARY DAY, W PRIMARIES, WED ALBERT CANDIDATE FOR For County FOR 2, 4, Lakeview PRIMARIES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 1918 VOTE FOR THOMAS KASPERSKI Candidate for the Democratic Nomination For County Commissioner MEN AND WOMEN MAY VOTE FOR THIS OFFICE PRIMARIES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 1918 VOTE FOR ALBERT NOWAK CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION For County Commissioner Steam heat, hot water, electric light, wall beds, and strictly modern in every respect APPLY AT Geo. F. Harding, Jr., Real Estate O Phone Douglas 1 3101 Cottage Grove Geo. F. Harding, Jr., Real Estate Office Phone Douglas 1 3101 Cottage Grove Ave. As Near As Your Telephone DISTANCE IMMATERIAL IN A Metropolitan City of this size, death knocks every thirty minutes at some door. Too often that death not only brings sorrow, but misfortune as well. Let the price you pay for a funeral be a business proposition and you will benefit by it in service, quality and cost to you in dollars and cents. The result of my campaign has built for me one of the largest and most magnificent establishments in the world. Chinese LOW RENT INS URSANCE CITY Nona Avenue CHICAGO Oregon Calumet 6164 Automatic 71-639 son Inc. teous Treatment Automobiles for Hire DOUBLELAS INT Phones DOUBLELAS INT AUTO. 12-30 CHICAGO R 11th, 1918 PERSKI nomination ioner THIS OFFICE ASS Platform new NUMBER 11, 1918 BER 11th, 1918 VAK nomination ioner Allis Ave. State Office Grove Ave.