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THE BROAD AX The People Throughout French Republic Champion The Cause of The Colored Soldier And The Colored People In General THEY CONDEMN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE For Their Narrow-Mindedness And Unreasoning Race Prejudice THE FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES CONTEND THAT COLORED MEN IN NONE OF THE COLONIES OF FRANCE HAVE EVER BEEN GUILTY OF ASSAULTING FRENCH WOMEN; THAT THE FRENCH PEOPLE THOROUGHLY BELIEVE IN JUSTICE, FRATERNITY AND SOCIAL EQUALITY. VOL. XXIV The Cha THEY THE FRENCH CHAMBER OF COLORED MEN IN NO FRANCE HAVE EVER ING FRENCH WOMEN; THOROUGHLY BELIEV AND SOCIAL EQUALITY The French chamber of deputies recently gave public expressions through the Journal Official regarding the treatment of the colored soldiers in France. Carl Linar, chief of the French military commission, attached to the American army, on Aug. 7, 1918, issued confidential circulars to French officers. The circular or document contained statements derogatory to American Negroes and was intended to poison the minds of French people with American propaganda. What the Document Stated. First—That French officers commanding black troops should consider the state and treatment of the Negro in the United States and be governed accordingly, and that it was their duty to inform the French population of such. Second—That any familiarity, or indulgence shown the Negro would profoundly hurt the American whites. That American opinion of the Negro did not admit of discussion; that the races in America must be kept separate because the 15,000,000 Negroes in the United States otherwise would cause the white people to degenerate. Third—The Negro is the inferior of the white man, that he is ignorant and unintelligent; that he attacked French women; that the black troops, although they were the cream of their kind, had caused more complaints because of their attempts to rob than all the rest of the army. That if the French people treated the Negro as an equal it would cause an intolerant spirit in the Negro on his return to America. That any intimacy of Ne- THE RIGHT MAN FOR DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE RIGHT MAN FOR DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Hon. William H. Cruden is one of the ablest candidates for delegates for the Constitutional Convention. SEVEN—BROAD AX Mr. Cruden lives in the 32nd Ward. He served with credit in the last session of the legislature from the Eleventh Senatorial District. For many years he has been in public life; was Chief Inspector of Employment Agencies for eight years; has worked for the Juvenile Court, the Office of the Board of Review, with the Illinois Humane Society; and served on the commission which drew the Adult Parole and Probation Law. Mr. Cruden has done a good deal of work in behalf of the colored people and has been especially interested in the civic and charitable legislation. He is a Presbyterian and a Mason. Mr. Cruden, in his campaigns, has always had the support of the colored people and if elected they will have a friend in the Constitutional Conven- He deserves support at the polls Wednesday. --- groes in France with white women would cause the loss of white prestige. Boisneuf Says the Document a Lie. That Negroes had attacked women in France or stolen or robbed any more than other was calumny and a lie, said Deputy Boisneuf. He challenged anyone to show where and when the blacks had attacked women in France and stated that this was a pretext for lynching in America. No Attacks by Negro in French Colonies. M. Boiseuf further stated that from the judicial records of the French and English colonies, 95 per cent being Negroes, that not a single attack on white women had ever been reported. Lauds Negro Soldiers. Negro soldiers had deported themselves as of the highest type of gallants. That many carried battle scars and wore French medals, the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille Militaire, and even the Americans had sought to tear them from the breast of Negroes that they still typified France's appreciation of honor. The Order of the Day—Racial Equality. The order of the day was unanimously voted. The chamber of deputies, true to the immortal principles which have inspired the declaration of the rights of man and of citizens, condemn all prejudices of race, color or creed and proclaims absolute equality and equal protection of the laws. The government will prevent any further insults to Negroes in France. (Applause by all present.) AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FROM THE 11TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Hon. Chester W. Church, Reublican candidate for delegate to the Constitutional Convention in the 11th Senatorial District, is a former member of the Illinois legislature, where he served for ten years. He is a lawyer and is well acquainted with the needs of the citizens of Chicago and the state of Illinois. As a member of the legislature he always proved himself to be a friend of the Colored people and is well qualified by experience and training to represent our district in this important position. The best interests of all of the people of Illinois will be safe in the hands of Mr. Church. Prof. W. W. Fisher, of Evanston, Ill., who holds down a responsible position in the office of the Attorney General of Illinois and who is one of the leading colored real estate owners of Evanston; spent the latter part of his vacation visiting his relatives and friends at Erie, Pa., Cleveland, Ohio, and at other points in that section of the country. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919 Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois; steadfast friend of the Colored race; who stood up the past week on the floor of Congress and fought "Jim Crowism" and "Jim Crow" legislation with all his force and power at his command. CONGRESSMAN MARTIN B. MADDEN STILL CONTINUES TO BATTLE AGAINST "JIM CROW-ISM" AND "JIM CROW CARS" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday of the past week Hon. Martin B. Madden, who is one of the best and truest friends that the colored race has ever had in either house or congress, brought forward his bill before the house committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to enact federal legislation prohibiting "Jim Crow cars' or other legislation discriminating against the colored race on railroad or steamship within the United States. As usual, the fire-eating, the so-called Southern representatives took prompt exception to Mr. Madden's arguments, calling attention to recent race riots in Chicago and other northern cities. Negroes Favor Measure. Mr. Madden advocated the inclusion of the provisions of a bill introduced by him in general railroad legislation. A delegation from the Colored American council, which sponsers the bill, was present. Representative Sanders of Louisiana was the most outspoken in opposition to the bill among members of the committee. "We contend that the Negro prefers separate accommodations," said Mr. Sanders. "Our Negroes down south 师 HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN Congress from the First Congress fast friend of the Colored race; with the floor of Congress and fought "legislation with all his force and knowing they aren't welcome in the white man's coach, don't go in." Mr. Sanders asked Mr. Madden if it was not true that a great majority of the Negroes live in the south. "Yes," replied Mr. Madden, "but I dont see what that has to do with this bill. We think they should be treated in the south the same as in the north." Refers to Race Riots. "Negroes in my community are treated better than in your city of Chicago," retorted Mr. Sanders. "The Chicago situation was unfortunate one that nobody can explain," replied Mr. Madden. "They are treated better in the south than they were in East St. Louis in your state a few years ago," continued Mr. Sanders, "or in Springfield in your state. You are bringing in a bill to force the Negro to ride in the white man's coach regardless of his wishes." "I want to make the rule uniform throughout the country," said Mr. Madden. "You did not believe in a uniform law when you voted against prohibition," returned Mr. Sanders. For Uniform Wetness "I wanted the country uniformly wet," replied the Illinois member. Representative Rayburn of Texas also took issue with Mr. Madden. "You believe in the absolute equality of races so far as travel is concerned?" asked Mr. Rayburn. "Yes, I do," said Mr. Madden. "Do you believe in social equality in all respects?" continued Mr. Rayburn. Mr. Madden refused to discuss the question. Congressman Madden displayed very sound judgement when he promptly declined to discuss the social equality question with the Hon. Congressman Rayburn of Texas. For more than fifty years the South has not brought forth one single statesman who has been able to discuss any of the great national issues or questions for five minutes, without harping on the "Negro Question", social equality, and do you want your beautiful daughter to marry a big black "Nigger?" That is what the southern members of congress call great statesmanship and many of those same southern gentlemen who are so fearful of their social standing spend much of their leisure time wrapped up in the arms of their Colored Lady Lovers. Therefore Congressman Madden is wise not to pay much attention to their wild vaporings on the social equality bug-bear. Misses Mary E. Branch and Harris H. Johnson, teachers in the V. N. and I. L., Petersburg, Va., who have been attending the University of Chicago during the summer, left the city for the East where they will visit relatives and friends before taking up their fall work: NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE STANDS FOR LAW AND ORDER Dr. Moton Elected President; Dr. Scott, Secretary; Napier Condemns Mob Violence; Constructive Program; Philadelphia Meeting in 1920; "Message to the Country." Hampton, Va.—The National Negro Business League, founded nineteen years ago by Dr. Booker T. Washington, stands squarely for "law and order, peace and progress, justice and 100 per cent Americanism." The St. Louis meeting brought together for "A Reconstruction and Readjustment Conference" a thousand delegates from 26 States—men and women of thrift, perseverance, vision, and faith—pioneers in the Negro business world—disciplined optimists and safe race leaders. By acclamation Dr. Robert R. Motor principal of Tuskegee Institute and a distinguished graduate of Hampton was elected president. Hon. J. C. Napier of Nashville, Tenn, former Register of the U. S. Treasury, who served as president of the League for three years, following the death of Dr. Washington, was elected honor president. Dr. Emmett J. Scott of Washington, D. C., secretary and treasurer of Howard University, formerly secretary of Tuskegee and more recently special assistant to Secretary N. D. Baker, was re-elected secretary of the League, amid great public applause. The new chairman of the executive committee is Dr. Robert E. Jones of New Orleans, editor of the "Southwestern Christian Advocate," who is a brilliant seaker and writer, as well as a fine executive officer. The League will meet in Philadelphia in 1920 Appeal to Negro Soldiers. Referring to the returning Negro soldiers, President Napier said: "You have made a record for patriotism, courage, bravery, and reckless disregard of life in an hour of danger that has never been surpassed by any other group of soldiers in the world. "Let me beseech you to let no deed or act of yours in civil life stain or blot out this heroic record. Your country and your fellow-citizens appreciate the sacrifices you have made and the services you have rendered. They will ever be ready to honor you and to protect you. "You have won for yourselves and for all Americans, black and white, a title in fee-simple to a brand of true democracy and liberty which you yourselves have not yet received, but which Negroes hope and pray will soon be deeded to them and their heirs. For this Negroes will ever seek and make demand. "Without this democracy we would have our fellow-citizens everywhere know that we are a dissatisfied and discontented people with a grievance that can never be forgotten. We simply ask for what was promised to us, when we were called to do our part in driving autocracy and militarism from Europe and thereby making the world safe for democracy. "America has contracted many debts during the World War. She will pay all of them in whatever coin her creditors demand. It does not yet appear, however, whether or not she will pay the Negro soldier and the Negro citizens the debt due them for their part in driving out the Hun or in the coin which they now demand. No Sympathy With Criminals. "This League should go on record as being strongly opposed to mob violence and everlastingly in favor of law and order. We have no sympathy or fellow feeling with the criminal, whether he be white or black, or whether he be the individual who attempts to outrage womanhood or a member of the mob which unlawfully arrogates to itself the right to administer punishment and to take life. Mob Violence Not Surprising. "There is no wonder that mob violence pretties in a land where one group of citizens by law, practice, or custom may withhold at will any right or privilege from another. The withholding or withdrawing of a small right today will only tend to the withholding or withdrawing of a greater right tomorrow. "If my neighbor's child is taught that he can wrong me, or outrage me, or Jimcrow me, or lynch me in a small way by depriving me of any right which he himself enjoys, it will only be a short step for him to join a mob and take my life. Mob law is a creation of the white man! It is his institution. He supports and maintains it. When he sees fit to remove its disgrace, mob law will be wiped from the map of our country. Bright Business Outlook. "Post-war duties are going to open new fields of business activity. The markets of the world are open. Let us study these markets from every possible angle. No more interesting or instructive study can be found than that of securing a proper knowledge of the commodities which constitute the necessities of life for the poor and the luxuries of the rich. When this knowledge is properly assimilated men will secure wealth, ease, and comfort. Business men will then bring happiness to the communities which they serve." Dr. Moton Proud of Negroes. Dr. Scott read a letter from the "Roosevelt Memorial Association" asking the League to help boom the campaign for $5,000,000, during the week of October 20 to 27. Dr. Moton, who is the colored representative in the permanent Association, made a vigorous appeal to the Coliseum audience for their moral and financial support of this worthy project. He also said that he wished to commend the excellent address which President Napier had made. Dr. Moton told briefly the story of his trip overseas, made at the request of President Wilson and Secretary Baker, and his work on behalf of the maligned Negro soldiers and officers. "No one," he said, "needs to be ashamed of the Negro soldiers or officers, either as to their valor, or courage, or morality. Negroes do not ask to their race any special privileges. They do ask for and insist upon having an equal chance in every human endeavor—not more and no less." Cries of "God bless you" and "That's right" greeted Dr. Moton's vibrant words of courage and faith. Page Two In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels 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. Subscriptions 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 6206 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2597. JULIUS F. TAY1OR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXIV. September 6, 1919. No. 51 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., Under Act of March 3, 1879 Hon. Alexander H. Revell, Warm Friend of the Colored Race; One of the Foremost Progressive Business Men in Chicago, Republican Candidate for Delegate to The Constitutional Convenvention, From the Twenty-Ninth Senatorial District of Illinois. The voters residing in the twenty ninth Senatorial District are highly honored indeed, in having the pleasure of being permitted to record their votes this coming Wednesday, September 10, in favor of nominating Hon. Alexander Hamilton Revell for delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the above mentioned district, for Mr. Revell is to the manner born, for he first saw the light of day in this city, January 6, 1888, and he has made his home in this most wonderful city from that day to this and for many years he has been one of its foremost citizens and enterprising business men. As an evidence of that fact, Mr. Revell is one of the directors of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, one of the directors of the North Side Savings Bank; director of the National Business League; Lafayette Memorial Commission; trustee of the Northwestern University; member of McKinley National Monument Association; member of the National Civic Federation (executive committee); member Legion of Honor, France, 1908. He honorably served as one of the members of the executive committee of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. He has also served as one of the members of the Board of Education; he has been president of Alexander H. Revell and Company, furniture manufacturers and merchants since 1879, with offices and salesrooms at 141 South Wabash Ave. Mr. Revell has for many years been actively interested in all of the leading reform movements in this country. The Colored people residing in this city have no better friend than Mr. Revell, for years he has employed both Colored men and women in his establishment in various responsible capacities, and they are always treated with the very best consideration by Mr. Revell, who is very much a cultured gentleman, and by his many assistants and the Colored people residing in the 29th senatorial district should feel themselves highly honored in having the pleasure to vote for him on Wednesday, September 10, for delegate to the constitutional convention. MRS. LOTTIE CARTER ENTERTAINED AT SUNDAY DINNER IN HONOR OF HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, MRS. MILLIE CARTER OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Last Sunday afternoon, at 3:00 o'clock, Mrs. Lottie Carter, 5423 S. Wabash Ave., served a very elaborate chicken dinner in honor of Mrs. Millie Carter of Indianapolis, Ind., mother of her husband, Mr. Edward Carter. The dinner was up-to-date in the minutest detail and it was good enough for the most festivities to enjoy. Those seated at the fundraiser board were: Mrs. Millie Carter of Indiana-polis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bird, Miss Jennie Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor and the hostess, Mrs. Lottie Carter. Mr. Carter departed for her home, Indianapolis on Monday morning after greatly enjoying her three week's visit with her relatives and friends. [Name] HON. ROGER C. SULLIVAN The leading boss of the Dem of the Sawyer Biscuit compa People's Trust and Savings Bank Hon. Francis S. Peabody for U in 1920. The latter part of the home from a five week's tour t of this paper had a pleasant int arrival in this city, in which he and the best colored people m harmony in Chicago; that the ro be permitted to run this city. The leading boss of the Democratic party of Illinois; President of the Sawyer Biscuit company; one of the directors of the People's Trust and Savings Bank; who is strong in his support of Hon. Francis S. Peabody for United States Senator from Illinois in 1920. The latter part of the past week Mr. Sullivan returned home from a five week's tour through the West, and the editor of this paper had a pleasant interview with him shortly after his arrival in this city, in which he stated that the best white people and the best colored people must dwell together in peace and harmony in Chicago; that the rough and lawless element must not be permitted to run this city. HON. FRANK O. LOWDEN AND HON. EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE LOG-ROLLED ASSISTANT - ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES G. COTTER. Simply On Account of His Manly Stand For the Colored Race. Chicago, Ill., Sept. 6, 1919. In answer to a mutitude of inquiries by friends concerning the cause of my resignation as an Assistant Attorney General of the State of Illinois I take this occasion to make the following statement: On July 29th, a colored lad named Eugene Williams was stoned to death by a white man at a public bathing beach located at 29th street while swimming in the waters of Lake Michigan. The police officer stationed on duty there refused to arrest the white man and as a result a fight started, which threatened to become general throughout the city. It is said that there was an imaginary line in the waters of Lake Michigan at this point beyond which colored people were not presumed to go. Young Williams crossed this line and was killed for no other reason than that he had violated the unwritten code. On August 1st a certain daily newspaper published a supposed interview with Governor Frank O. Lowden in which he is quoted as saying, among other things: "They (the commissioners) would be men who could through the creation of public sentiment create among their people an understanding that would soften the feeling between the races. There would be a tacit understanding that the colored race should occupy certain areas for residences, certain beaches and parks for amusement and so on. By the same understanding, certain similar areas and facilities would be reserved for the white race." It will be remembered that desultory race rioting was still in progress, and that order was not yet restored. As far as I know the Governor has never denied giving this interview. On August 2nd I wrote the Governor an open letter in which I expressed the view, as a private citizen had the right to do, that owing to the excited state of feeling between whites and blacks, the appointment of a race commission to consider matters of segregation would be a most dangerous experiment. On August 5th excerpts from this letter appeared in the home edition of the Chicago Evening Post. On August 21st I received a letter from Honorable Edward J. Brundage, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, notifying me that my resignation was demanded and would become effective September first. My fight is in the open against segregation as an evil. It will continue, and there will be no compromise. Respectfully yours, JAMES G. COTTER --- democratic party of Illinois; President any; one of the directors of the ink; who is strong in his support of United States Senator from Illinois the past week Mr. Sullivan returned through the West, and the editor interview with him shortly after his stated that the best white people must dwell together in peace and rough and lawless element must not It is understood that Governor Frank O. Lowden requested or demanded that the Hon. Edward J. Brundage, who recently dished up a lot of rot through the columns of the daily newspapers in relation to social equality "log-rolled" Mr. Cotter out of his position because he is not in favor of his segregation scheme and race commission. Mr. Lowden and Mr. Brundage were both elected by the people in general at the same time both are accountable to the people, and neither one has the moral right to dictate to the other how to conduct the affairs of their respective high and important offices.— SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS ARE AFRAID Stayed Away When Republicans Gave Colored Race Hearing — Triumph for Colored Ameri- Washington, D. C.—The hostility of the Southern Democracy to Colored citizens has been shown not only by refusal of passports to Paris to Colored delegates last February, but by the absence of every Democratic member when the Republican majority of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U. S. Senate, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge chairman, gave Colored citizen a hearing at the Capitol last Thursday. A delegation of the National Equal Rights League, Secretary Wm. Monroe Trotter as chairman, A. W. Whaley, Jos. H. Stewart, J. L. Neill, M. W. Spencer, accomplished finally the great desire of the race to be heard on the Peace Treaty officially. The Amendments to the League of Nations and to the Peace Treaty read as follows: AMENDMENT TO TREATY The Members of the League (or the Allied and Associated Nations) undertake to assure full and complete protection of life and liberty to all their own inhabitants without distinction of birth, race, color, or religion, and agree that all their citizens respectively shall enjoy the same civil and political rights and all who belong to racial or religious minorities shall enjoy the same treatment and security in law and in fact as persons of the majority race or religion." This League has issued a call for a National Convention to "MAKE AMERICA SAFE FOR AMERICANS" where Delegate Trotter will relate his passage to Paris, at Washington, D. C. on September 23rd to 25th. After two such-signal services to the race, our men and women are "getting brave" to love loses and arranging meetings to defend delegates. Any group can form a local as the convention is open thus to the entire race. Any race body can send affiliated delegates who will have a vote. A plan and a program for defense and protection, and for the 14th and 15th Amendments, are the objects 16th to 25. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919 --- SEGREGATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; PUBLIC PARKS; BATHING BEACHES; DISFRANCHISEMENT; "Jim Crowism" ON STREET CARS; STEAM CARS; IN ALL PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT AN A LONG CHAIN OF OTHER EVILS AND UNSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE MAY FINALLY FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE ILLINOIS RACE COMMISSION. The Colored Race throughout Illinois is upon the eve of facing the most serious and the gravest situation that has so far confronted the Colored race since it emerged from the house of bondage and since the infamous "Black Laws" of this state were set at naught some fifty years ago and from all indications it looks as though the Colored people in this state which gave to the world the immortal Abraham Lincoln and many other able and noble sons and daughters of the new Democracy will be forced to renew the long fight again for absolute freedom and full American citizenship and assist to repel or drive those back who are endeavoring in any way to curtail those inalienable rights which have been guaranteed to the Colored race, by the Constitution of the United States, after the shedding of rivers of human blood, the loss of more than a million lives, for we honestly believe that there is a silent and a well laid plan or scheme or movement on in this city and throughout this grand old state of Illinois, to seperate the White and the Colored race every way that it will be possible to do so. That some form of segregation in the public parks, public schools, public bathing beaches, residential districts; disfranchisement, "Jim Crowism" on the street and steam cars; that the members of the Colored race will be made to feel the sting of the color of their skin in all places of public amusement and just as sure as the light always follows a long spell of darkness, a long chain of other evils and almost unsurmountable obstacles are more than likely to follow in the deadly wake of the Illinois Race Commission. For last week Governor Frank O Lowden appointed the following White and Colored men as honorable members of his race commission: Chairman Edgar A. Bancroft, Julius Rosenwald, Edward Osgood Brown, president of the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, Attorney Harry Eugene Keeley, William Scott Bond, Dr. George Cleveland Hall, Attorney Edward H. Morris, Victor Lawson, Robert S. Abbott, George H. Jackson, Dr. L. K. Williams, pastor of the Olivet Baptist church, and Adelbert H. Roberts sponsor in the fifty-first general assembly of a bill advocating the appointment of an inter-social commission. It is understood that Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts who stands very close to Gov. Lowden and to Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, director of the Illinois department of registration and education, whom they claim believes in some form of segregation or separation of the races along certain well defined directions or lines, had the honor of naming the Colored members of the Race Commission; that one of the Colored commissioners who arrived in this city less than two years ago from away down South believes in separate schools for the white and colored races. PETER H. BURKE HON. MORTON D. HULL Member of the State Senate from the fifth senatorial district of Illinois; who will be nominated and elected as one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention from the same district. Hon. Morton D. Hull, Republican candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention fro mthe 5th senatorial district, has been in the public eye for many years. He ably represented the people in the same district in the general assembly for more than twelve years; he has been one of the prominent members of the State Senate for the past six years and all times has voted right on all public questions and especially those affecting the Colored people and the Colored people residing in the 5th senatorial district should assist to nominate him Wednesday, September 10, for one of the delegates to the constitutional convention. 4 The first part of 1918, one of the other Colored commissioners who is interested some way or other in the real estate business had a long interview in the Chicago Tribune, wherein he went on to state that the Colored people would rather reside in restricted districts to themselves; that they never desired to come in close contact with the whites. When many Colored people remonstrated with this distinguished Race Commissioner for giving expression to such monstrous views he claimed that the Chicago Tribune had misquoted him which was all tommy rot for he never demanded nor commanded the Tribune to retract the statements which it had published in reference to his views on segregation or on the seperation of the White and Colored races, if a little Colored newspaper would have published the same statements about this Colored Race Commissioner and would have refused to retract them he would have sent the Colored editor to jail for one year for criminal libel. It is very funny how some things happen to turn out the way they do but after all there must be some truth in that good old saying that "God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform, that He plants His footsteps, on the sea and rides upon the storm"; for it will be recalled that one of the real Colored Race commissioners who has worked overtime for years to set the Colored people against the white people in this city and in other parts of this country and who has made more money out of his preachment of race hatred than any other human being in the wide world was unwilling to trust his money-mad God, for when race riots swamped down upon this city he tore out for his home at break-neck speed and remained hid away in it until it was all over, not sticking his great intellectual head outside of his door once to see how it was getting on. There is no question in our mind but what Hon. Edward Osgood Brown Hon. Julius Rosenwald, whose race of people have always been treated almost as bad as the Colored people; Col. Edward H. Morris, Dr. George C. Hall and Hon. A. H. Roberts will stand up for everything that is fair and square for the Colored people, as Mr. Roberts has stated more than a thousand times that "no power on earth nor in heaven could or would force him to turn his back on his people, that he firmly believes in social equality, and so on," even though it is claimed that he had the naming of all the other Colored men for the Race Commission, and in our humble opinion he used very poor or short-sighted judgment, for there is no logical reason on earth why anyone who has resided in this city less than two years, and who hails from away down South behind the sun should be selected and permitted to sit in judgment on the progressive Colored people in this city and state, and that one act on the part of Mr. Roberts in connection with his Race Commission will greatly tend to lower him in the estimation of the best thinking Colored people for many years to come. It may not be true, but it has been intimated to us that "one hundred thousand dollars will be expended some way or other to induce three or four members of the Race Commission to hatch up a strong minority report of the findings of the Race Commission in time for the meeting of delegates of the constitutional convention, in which it would be recommended that the Colored race should be stripped of its manhood rights in this state, that segregation or "Jim Crowism" in some form or other must prevail. In conclusion, if anyone of the Colored commissioners joins in such a cold blooded and dastardly or cowardly scheme, then that Colored Race commissioner should be promptly hung in effigy from a million lamp posts in this city and state and be forever branded as a rank enemy and a traitor to all the Colored people throughout the United States. MRS. ANTOINETTE SMYTHE GARNES The highly accomplished and charming wife of Dr. Harry W. Garnes, the popular dentist, who will shortly fill several very important singing engagements in several of the leading eastern cities. Mrs. Garnes possesses one of the most bewitching soprano voices in this country. DEMAND ARREST OF WHITES IN RIOTS CORONER'S JURY CENSURES POLICE FOR PROSECUTING NEGRO AND FAILING TO ARREST ASSAILANTS. Another striking verdict exonerating the colored victim of a riot mob who killed a white man in self defense was returned Saturday by the special coroner's jury investigating deaths in the race war. The slaying was characterized as justifiable homicide, the release of the slayer was recommended, and his arrest and appearance of police against him at the court hearing when he was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of murder were described as forming "a travesty on justice and fair play." Car Stopped by Mob. Nicholas Kleinmark was the white man who was slain. The Negro is Joseph Scott, an employee of the Union Stock Yards. The story is told in the language of the verdict: "We, the jury find that Nicholas Kleinmark, 3451 Ashland Ave., came to his death on the 28th day of July on the street about Thirty-eighth place and Ashland Ave., from shock and hemorrhage due to an incised stab wound on the neck inflicted by a knife held in the hand of one Joseph Scott on street car No. 158, northbound on Ashland Ave. "We find that the said Joseph Scott one Wilson Brown and one Harry Simpson, colored men, were passengers on the said car returning from their work at the Union Stock Yards and that the car was stopped by pulling down the trolley by members of a mob of white men who threatened the street car crew; that the said mob boarded the car, led by the deceased with a club in his hand, the said mob being prompted by race hatred. Attacked by Whites "We find that they attacked the three colored men with fists and clubs, badly beating two of the men, Joseph Scott and Wilson Brown. "We find that the colored men as best they could defended themselves, and that Joseph Scott, with a small pocket knife, stabbed the deceased, Nicholas Kleinmatt, who at the time was assaulting Joseph Scott with a club, causing his death. "We believe this to be a case of justifiable homicide and recommend the discharge of the said Joseph Scott from police custody. "It is the sense of this jury that the conduct of the police at the time of the riot at this point, during the subsequest investigation and at the preliminary hearing at which Joseph Scott was bound over to the grand jury without counsel was a travesty on justice and fair play. Demand Investigation. "We recommend that the chief of police and the state's attorney investigate this entire matter, especially because Joseph Scott was taken to the police station, thrown into a cell and remained there without medical attention for three without one week, and because, from the evidence presented up to the present time, none of the white rioters who made this dastardly attack have been arrested." "Was Judge Aalepen?" The case was brought forcibly to the attention of the coroner's jury through the intervention of Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell, who produced the same witnesses who testified at the court hearing. Roy Wood, one of the jurors, was so amazed at the court action in view of the testimony that he inquired of one of the witnesses: "Was the judge asleep or awake when you were giving this testimony?" The above verdict of the coroner's jury simply indicates that in many instances the police officers during the late race riots in this city were very brutal in their conduct whenever they had the slightest occasion to come in contact with honest, respectable and law-abiding Colored people and many of them were so much in love with the white rioters that they closed their eyes tight, and utterly failed to observe any of their acts of brutality which they displayed against the Colored people. SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION TWIN DEVILS Cyrus uses philosophy, and here and there his reading sounds like light. But Cyrus does not admit that any form of segregation which he would accept is no more than a form of race discrimination. He knows that segregation in any form is race discrimination, this he omits in his very scholarly letter. He seems to believe in the law alright, and yet he would believe in that which would be clearly a violation of the law. He would leave a tangled web, and yet he cannot receive the public by saying that "segregation is not discrimination," but it is race discrimination. He would capitalize public sentiment which doubtless is on the side which he favors, just as many would capitalize race hatred and race prejudice. The Golden Rule is greater than any legislative enactment and it has ever been the nature of man to strut in defiance of God's laws. We are living in a grand and naff time. The yesterdays are gone forever. Now—in the Negro life grows a wider horizon if only we were courageous and contended for all that we should justly have, than not to have it fearing that we might lose it should we not bow and knew to some dart white politician, whose leaks have become crooked front, bowing to the chief political scavenger. This bent and twisted form grows out of the innocent nature of the old Uncle Mose, Uncle Tom, and Vant Betty, who were alright at heart and good as people ever were in Bible days, but, it has left its hurt in the blood. Show every one the proper respect due them, but if they don't show to you that Golden Rule spirit, let them alone. Republican, Democrat, Christian or Sinner. We have as a people given too much of our zeal to politics, and vastly more of our substance for the church. Both of these we have helped to develop to the successful point. The politician is on his way to something, the preacher is trying to point you to something, but this era ushers in a spirit to lay hold on, something tangible. The economic principle and the spirit of commerce is the neglected child we long have failed to nourish. These principles, Economy and industry are the very foundations of the universe. NOMINATE COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON NEXT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 PRIMARY ELECTION DAY POLLS OPEN 6 A. M., CLOSE 5 P. M. In the first Senatorial District which runs from the river on the north to 32nd St., then east to Calu- met Ave., south to 33rd St., east to the lake, there will be one of the hot test political contests throughout the state of Illinois for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which meets in Springfield on January 6th of next year. The election of these delegates will be held the first Tuesday of next November, but in order to be elected one must first be nomi- nated at the primary election next Wednesday. In recent years there have been six big race riots in the United States, three of which have occurred in this state; the first at Springfield, the second at East St. Louis and the third and last within the limits of our own city of Chicago. As a result of which there will unquestionably be elected delegates from various sections of this state who might have ideas which are against the best interest of our race, to combat which, colored people must insist on sending as many delegates of our own group as possible, which delegates should be among the most capable, experienced, courageous and Honorable that the race has produced. CONCERT AND ENTERTAINMENT AT ST. CATHERINE A. M. E. ZION CHURCH, AT 37TH STREET AND LANGLEY AVENUE. Thursday evening, September 25th Mrs. Moser Ratcliff, 3739 Elmwood Place, will conduct a concert and musical entertainment at St. Catherine A.M. E. Zion church. ```markdown ``` [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. WILLIAM W. MAXWELL Splendid lawyer; one of the former Judges of Court who would make a tip-top Republican canoe of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Splendid lawyer; one of the former Judges of the Municipal court who would make a tip-top Republican candidate for Judge the Circuit Court of Cook County. Col. Franklin A. Denison stands equal to any; he has served in various capacities in the law departments of our city and state and is at present one of the chief assistants to Attorney-General Edward J. Brundage. In addition to which, he served his nation, race and flag with honor and credit in three wars, namely, '98 to '99 as a major in the old Eighth Regiment in Cuba; 1916, on the Mexican border as Colonel, and as Colonel of the same regiment in France, holding the unique distinction of being the only American Negro colonel in active service on the soil of France during the world war. The colored voters of the First Senatorial District are fortunate in having a man of Col. Denison's type as their candidate. With him as a delegate in this convention they can rest assured that there will be drafted a new constitution free from segregation features, broad enough for both white and blacks to work and live under alike in peace and harmony. Benjamin H. Lucas, Chairman. Louis B. Anderson. George W. Blackwell. S. B. Turner. R. W. Lacy. Mrs. Nancy L. Reed. A. N. Fields. Edward D. Green. James T. Brewington, Jr. James Tipper. Mrs. Emma Smith. Mrs. Margaret O. Gainor. The following are a few of those who will be on the program. Rev. W. S. Braddan, who will speak on the Colored soldiers; Mr. H. Thompson, musical numbers; Mme. C. Hayes Montgomery, select reading; Mme. Bridges will also be prominently connected with the affair. Mrs. Ratcliff, with the aid of Rev. T. E. Roach, is working very hard to make it a grand success. 1930 former Judges of the Municipal Republican candidate for Judge unity. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919 NEGRO AWAKENING IN SOUTH AND WEST Large Delegations to Attend "Suff rage Session" of National Race Congress in Washington, Oct. 7 to 11—Local Units Being Formed in Every Section of the Country—Make Careful Note of Exact Day and Date. (Special to THE BROAD AX) WASHINGTON, D. C.—Washington is being received from many states by the officials of the National Race Congress of America indicating that interest in the forthcoming "Suffrage Session" of that organization, called to meet in this city October 7-11, is growing by leaps and bounds, and its success is assured. It is especially desired by President W. H. Jernagin that the exact date of the session is kept thoroughly in mind by the people in general, to the end that the deliberations of the NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS may not be confused with those of another body somewhat similar in name, also announced for this city some time in September. The organizations are separate and distinct, (although not antagonistic), and the program of the National Race Congress of America is peculiar unto itself in points of race protection to be emphasized and in the method of reaching the results to be achieved. Delegates planning to attend the National Race Congress will bear in mind that the convention to which they are being elected will assemble here OCTOBER 7th to 11th inclusive, at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, R street between 12th and 13th Streets Northwest, of which Rev. M. W. D. Norman is pastor, and will govern themselves accordingly. Any further information that may be desired will be cheerfully furnished by Drs. Jernigan, Norman, and Callis, or Prof. John R. Hawkins from the national headquarters, 902 3rd Street Northwest. Local Units Being Formed All Over the Land. Encouraging reports are being received from Rev. A. C. Garner, Rev Daniel L. Reed, Rev. A. A. Graham, and other agents in the field, who are giving their entire time during the month of September to the work of forming local units of the National Race Congress in various states, which will send delegates from every section to Washington in October. The colored people are manifesting a greater measure of enthusiasm for their own welfare now than has been known at any time since Emancipation, and the readiness with which they are responding to the call of the representative men in charge of this cause, bodes well for the future of all concerned. Active work in the organization of local units is being carried on day by day by public-spirited men and women, and to make the convention truly "national," particular attention is being paid to the territory as far West as Kansas City and as far South as Texas and the Gulf border., where a personal canvass is being made. Large delegations from the South and West, reinforcing the North and East, will render a service that cannot be valued too high in pushing our problems of suffrage and equal rights to the foreground of national consideration. The adoption of the "Zone System" is proving quite effective, and in the Western Districts, under the supervision of Rev. J. R. Ransom, of Wichita, Kansas, the results reported are gratifying to the last degree. In a measure not less satisfactory the Southern Districts are being heard from( and delegates in many quarters have already been elected and qualified. Prof. John R. Hawkins, executive secretary of the $250,000 Emergency Defense Fund for the protection of the race everywhere, reports a constant inflow of subscriptions, with churches, fraternities, clubs, and individuals responding generously and heartily. The recent unfortunate race happenings here and in other places have deeply impressed upon our people the necessity for the maintenance of a substantial Defense Fund for just such emergencies, and Prof. Hawkins is confident he will be able to make a showing at the October convention that will be both surprising and inspiring. The Negro press is lending a cordial support to this movement, "of the people, by the people, and for the people," and there is every reason to believe that October 7th will bring to Washington the most impressive outpouring of the race that the nation has ever witnessed. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION 1 Madison Avenue, New York City New York.—The Roosevelt Memorial Association, of which Col. William Boyce Thompson is president, has completed plans for raising among colored people their share of the $5,000,000 to be used in erecting suitable memorials to the great American. The Executive Committee of the Association, which includes in its membership Elihu Root, Will H. Hays, Coleman du Pont, Major-General Leonard Wood, Mrs. Medill McCormick and Governor James P. Goodrich, desires to have the colored people, for whom he did so much throughout his public life, properly represented in the offering to be made to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt by the American people. Two colored men, Robert R. Church of Memphis, and R. R. Moton, President of Tuskegee, are members of the General Committee of the Roosevelt Memorial Association. The present effort will be vigorously pushed until the final week of the campaign, which will be October 20-27. October 27th is Colonel Roosevelt's birthday. In each State a committee of colored men have been selected, and the chairman chosen. Upon these men will depend the success of the movement to include every element among Americans in honoring the memory of Colonel Roosevelt. The State Chairmen are: Alabama, R. R. Moton; Arkansas, Dr. Fred Lytles; California, J. W. Bass; Colorado, Thos. J. Belf, Connecticut, Geo. W. Crawford. Deleware, Dr. S. G. Elbert; District of Columbia, Judge R. H. Terrell; Florida, W. W. Andrews; Georgia, Henry L. Johnson; Illinois, Robert S. Abbott; Indiana, Dr. S. H. Hurniss. Iowa, S. Joe Brown; Kansas, Nick Chiles; Kentucky, Dr. E. E. Underwood; Louisiana, Walter L. Cohen; Maryland, George A. Watty; Massachusetts, Williams H. Lewis; Michigan, Robert C. Barnes. Minnesota, William R. Morris; Mississippi, Perry W. Howard; Missouri, Dr. Chas. H. Phillips; Nebraska, Rev. J. Albert Williams; New Jersey, Oliver Randolph; North Carolina, Bishop George W. Clinton; Ohio, Jos. T. Jones. Oklahoma, A. J. Smitherman; Oregon, E. W. Cannady; Pensylvania, Andrew Stevens; Rhode Island, Filmore Punnell; South Carolina, Dr. J. R. Levy; Tennessee, A. A. Felding; Texas, R. L. Smith; Virginia, John Mitchell, Jr.; Washington, I. H. Norris; West Virginia, T. Giles Nutter. In several states the chairmen already are planning for a conference on the campaign, and it is not improbable that a meeting of the chairmen themselves will be called. DR. A. WILBERFORCE WIL LIAMS RETURNS HOME FROM FRANCE Last Monday Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams returned from France, after having finished his great mission in and around Paris. That the value and scope of his work may be more fully realized, we are pleased to reprint letters of commendation from white and colored officers of the Y. M. C. A. in recognition of his good work abroad. American E. F., Y. M. C. A., Paris Region, 12 rue d'Aguesseau. July 21, 1919. Dr. W. A. Evans, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill. My Dear Mr. Evans: This letter is to bear testimony to the efficiency and most helpful service of Dr. A. W. Williams in the Y. M. C. A. work for the men of his race in France. I met Dr. Williams a day or two after he reached Paris and immediately put him on our lecture service work for the colored regiments who were working in the Graves Registration Service. In this work they were taking care of our American dead, exhuming them from burial place on the battle fields and re-burying them in our large American cemeteries throughout the triangular battle area, Chateau Thierry, Reims and Soissons. Dr. Williams lectured again and again, and brought to these men a helpful, instructive message and much inspiration and information. I am sure these men will go back to the States better satisfied and better Americans because of what Dr. Williams has done among them. With very good wishes to Dr. Williams and to you on the fine work you are doing thru the pages of the Tribune, I am. Very cordially yours, (Signed) M. H. BICKHAM, Regional Director." "Belleau Wood, France June 29th, 1919. My Dear Dr. Williams, The lectures you made to the boys on "The Vision" and the condition the boys are to meet when they return home will long be remembered. I have noticed with particular interest how the boys have discussed the talks, and the manner which you put it up to them. They as well as the officers were very much pleased and expressed a desire for your return. It is too bad that we didn't have more men of your type over here, men who are not so far removed from the young man and his ideas. I am delighted that you came to Belleau, and that I had the pleasure of meeting you and knowing you better. Hoping that you will continue your good work in the States where we will need you very much, I am Very sincerely yours, (Signed) WILL E. PARKS, Sec. Y. M. C. A., Belleau Wood, France. 2430 Gilpin St., Denver, Col. BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY The installation of the newly elected officers of Bethel Literary Society was held in the lecture room of Bethel church, Monday evening, Sept. 8th, at 8:00 o'clock, Rev. W. D. Cook, officiating. Refreshments were served to all members and friends. REV. W. D. COOK, Pastor. SANDY W. TRICE, President. J. W. BELL, Secretary. J. High class and influential business man; loyal and steadfast friend of the Colored race; Republican candidate for delegate to the Constitution al Convention from the sixth senatorial district. Every Colored man residing in Evanston and there about, should on Wednesday, September 10, record his vote in favor of nominating Mr. Glenn. [Name] Vice-President of the Stockmen's Trust and Savings Bank, and as Collector for the Town of Lake, as Coroner of Cook County, as City Collector, City Comptroller, as City Treasurer and as Sheriff of Cook County, he was always on the job in the interests of all of the people, and as he will be nominated and elected as one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention from the fourth senatorial district, he will assist in formulating a new Constitution in the interests of all the people of Illinois. Vice-President of the Stockmen's Trust and Savings Bank, and as Collector for the Town of Lake, as Coroner of Cook County, as City Collector, City Comptroller, as City Treasurer and as Sheriff of Cook County, he was always on the job in the interests of all of the people, and as he will be nominated and elected as one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention from the fourth senatorial district, he will assist in formulating a new Constitution in the interests of all the people of Illinois. The Fourth Constitutional Convention for the State of Illinois will be held in Springfield beginning January 6th next. At this convention the Constitution—the basic law of the state—will be re-written. Delegates to this convention, two from each senatorial district of the state, will be nominated by the different political parties on September 10th. The election will be held on November 4th. These conventions have been momentous affairs in the history of Illinois and have been made up of men skilled in statemanship and in the knowledge of the interests of the state. It is important that able men be sent from the Sixth District as delegates. Hon. John M. Glenn of Evanston is a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nomination. Mr. Glenn is eminently qualified to be one of the delegates from this district. He has lived in the district more than twenty years and has lived in Illinois more than fifty years and for thirty-five years has been actively identified with the affairs of the state as a newspaper writer and as secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers" Association. He was reared in Monmouth, Illinois, where his father, the late Judge John J. Glenn, was Judge of the Circuit Court in the Monmouth District for twenty-six years. Mr. Glenn was active throughout the war in behalf of the government. He was a member of the Evanston War Council and was a member of several committees operating under the State Council of Defense and through the Illinois Manufacturers' Association was the means of bringing considerable business to the state. Perhaps no candidate in the District has had so much experience in state affairs as has his Mr. Glenn. He is secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, president of Glenn and Company, publishers of Manufacturers' News, secretary of the Illinois Manufacturers' Casualty Association, secretary of the National Conference of State Manufacturers' Association; member of the executive committee of the Art Alliance of America and also of the Chicago Athletic Association, Union League and other clubs. Mr. Glenn is intensely interested in the coming Constitutional Convention, expressing himself as follows: "It has been about fifty years since [Name] HON. JOHN E. TRAEGER of the Stockmen's Trust and Save the Town of Lake, as Coroner of City Comptroller, as City Treasurer, he was always on the job in the and as he will be nominated and en- sure the Constitutional Convention for it, he will assist in formulating a m of all the people of Illinois. Page Three I steadfast friend legate to the Con- district. Every about, should on error of nominating the present Constitution was adopted and the one to be written next year will no doubt live as long if not longer. At least every effort should be made to write one that will fulfill the needs of the state for many years to come. With this end in view it is highly important that much study and thought be given by the chosen delegates to the forming of this new Basic Law. "It is my opinion that a practical constitution should be written, short and easily understood. This will avoid much litigation as future legislatures will have for their gidance in the making of statute laws, simple and plain basic principles. "I believe that it is especially important that the antiquated tax laws should be revised with a view to not only simplifying these laws but to lowering taxes. "Taking it all in all this is the most important work to be undertaken by the state during the past half century and if nominated and elected I shall devote much time and thought to the forming of a constitution that will be to the best interest of all the people of the state." Page Four S i f ! top | hier! TE “Jumbo” gas shown here at the eg (actual $ize) is a fen on any gas lighting inChicago. If you have one, get rid of it, It makes high gas bills and causes a many of the com- - plaints that come to Claims that a “. will give more Tha le the Use mantle burners get more ligit with less gas. 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Suite 7 CHICAGO Residence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 32-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Buliding 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO ‘“Exsiente Witt tnake Your Mair Leng, Teo” KINKY HAIR} have Tice, Toru baie =e Inches tome “by tain pees EXELENTO sizes met egies eee a oer Farrote fi Revetter oa 5-0-2 F EACH 25:1 STAMPS OR COIN Rae tr pence EXQUQHTD MCOICINE CO, Atlanta, Ga, MACLAY HOYNE Np MAGIC ART | It is not supposed that our State's Attorney is so perfect that he eannot make mistakes, or that his authority should not be discredited because he is the state’s attorney. We have read ‘time and again statements after state- ‘ments made by him condemning the ‘mayor, individuals of our race and his charges against the police of Chicago. In his better moments he is no doubt possessed of a kindliness of heart that oftimes saves him from his peculiar outbursts of wrath. Of course a man’s position has something to do with his disposition. The state's at- torney’s office brings a man of a kind- ly nature to look upon everyone as a person of mistrust, because the crimi- ‘nals are brought into his presence to ‘prosecute, and it makes a man fretful ‘to handle all the big criminals of a big city. That position occupied by Hon. Maclay Hoyne caused John E. W. Weyman to lose his mind and kill himself. Men frequently lose their heads and occasionally their mental balance, when they become vested with auth- ority, that makes a man feel that he has the right to break into the mayor's office, consfieate his books, and brand the mayor of a great city us a pro- ducer of riots, and helter skelter array one class against another class. Of course to all appearances it looks fine to the great host of people who cannot think for themselves, but to the more sensible folks it takes the cheap and spectacular aspect as the action of a man suffering from over- weichtew egotism. Mr. Hoyne seldom if ever makes such glamorous spotlight stuf work his charm, We cant beliew i: nis magic art because so often it has failed hin when he would prosecute und convict Now, the dear long oppressed Negro has iven inim cause to hope for a lot of hoodlum votes of the white race, because he, Mr. Hoyne, our great sates attorney can raid the black belt and possible find a few more Neyro rioters, a ies guns an” razors. Why bless your soul, the same arsonnt of 1aiding could ve done in any sther | part of the city for uns and razors outside of the black belt. Why don’t the astute state's attorney get busy with his cases of arson, and pro- secute the white thugs, pick-pockets, car bandits, and incidentally bring to justice those house burners on Wells | and Princeton streets? | We are not opposed to the prosecu-| tion of the law. | We have some ideas that somebody | who is guilty of the spectacular, now sees an opportunity to make a dis-| play of something he can use to re-| habilitate himself in the eyes of the public. Certainly his chance is that old shop-worn theme, prosecution of | the Negro. Most of the world is with him in his new found fortune. Prose-| cute Negroes because white men were| killed. Soft pedal the prosecution of | white men because many Negroes! were killed. | We hope Mr. Hoyne will be as in-| Justrious in bringing to justice the| "white rowdies” as he call them, as he s in prosecuting “black thugs” as he lesixnates for Negroes. But calling people names does not show the gent- jest nature of Mr. Hoyne, who is now qualifying himself for general race hatred and for a generous defeat at | he polls if he ever runs again for, public office. i Somebody should whisper a little common sense into the ear of the gentleman who calls us “black thugs”, a nice distinetion from “white rowdy,” but the man is not himself, he is more like an archangel than he is a devil from whatever view you take of him. The returning soldiers of Ebernezer Baptist church were given a warm welcome last Wednesday evening by the church through arrangements made by a special committee of which Mrs, Eva Hooper, president Baptist Women’s Convention, was chairman. Some of Chicago's most able speakers were present and addressed the audi- ence. Among them were Hon. Osear DePriest, ex-alderman of the 2nd ward; Rev. Geo. H. HeDaniel, presi- dent Enterprise Institute; Hon. Arthur Burrage Farwell, president Chicago Law and Order League; Rev. A. J. Carey, presiding elder of Chicago dis- trict and Rev. John F. Thomas, vete- ran pastor of the church. ARRIVALS AT BEAUTIFUL IDLEWILD J. Thomas and Wife, Joliet, I. W. R. Moore, Leoceter, 5. Dakota. Allet Anderson, St. Louis, Mo. Walter Cash, St. Louis, Mo. J. C. Beckett, Detroit, Mich. Mae Leslie, St. Louis, Mo. P. H. Southall and Wife, Minnea- polis, Minn. Ora King, Milwaukee, Wis. W. B. Johnson, Norpeston, Ill. F. Gorman, City. James M. Jones and Wife, Cleve- land, Ohio. Dr. C. M. Wade, Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Thompson, N. Y. F. J. Stevis, Minneapolis, Minn. J. B. Allen, Easterville, Iowa. G. W. Hill, Acem, Ohio. Miss Florence Williams, Danville, ul. Miss Ella Hayden, Danville, Tl, John Wagstaff, Cattle, Wyo. Ray Williams, Portland, Ore. Loyd Griffiths, Portland, Ore. S. J. Carr, City. L. H. Anderson, City. D. W. Morris, Boston, Mass. M. D. Warren, Boston, Mass. R. R. Gentry, Tulsa, Okla. « Gordon Chalpman, Portland, Ore. Ray Williams, Portland, Ore. C. H. Cross, New York. Geo, Tomblin, Peoria, Ill. Jas. Finch, Peoria, Ill. Mrs. A. Willic, New York City. Mrs. Anna Hamilin, Nogales, Ariz. J. H. Stevens, Oskemesga, Okla. Wesley La Wow, Denver, Col. T. J. Hooks and Wife, Ashville N.C. z Charm, St. Louis, Mo. 'B. Winfield and Wife, Kansas, ul. W. H. Johnson, Louisville, Ky. William Gray, Louisville, Ky. Mr. ant Mrs. Chester, New York City. Dr. and L. S. Peck, City. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willis, N. Y. E. B. Harris, N.Y. J. Parks St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. M. Adams, N. Y. Arthur Kelly, N.Y. ; Mrs. Mamie Young, Bloomington, In. Dr. S. E. McDonald, Bushnell, Ill. | George Clark, Henderson, Ky. W. B. Johnson, Hoopeston, I. J. H. Stephens, Okoliome. | A. M. Adler, St. Louis, Mo. E. B. Harris, N. Y. M. L. Crawford, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Mrs. Alex. Gormer, Gary, Ind. Clarence Huruponi, Minneapolis, Minn. E. S. Smith, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. J. M. Connor, Little Rock, Ark. | Mrs. S. A. Jones, Little Rock, Ark. | Mrs. E. W. West, Hensley, Il. IDLEWILD NOTES The Idlewild has Deen crowded all week with delegates in attendance on the Annual Session of the Royal Cir- cle, a fraternal society of national re- pute and of which Dr. R. A. Williams is president. Mrs, Lulu B. West, the amiable wife of Dr. West is in the city and a guest of the Idlewild. Beauregard F. Moseley reached home Monday after a sojourn of a week with his wife and family at their summer home in Idlewild, Mich. Last week we made mention of something surprising in the Hotel line, this week we are pleased to announce the opening of our people of the Huntington Hotel, September 15th, a four-story modern, completely furn- ished up-to-date hotel at 649 E. 37th St, half a block from Cottage Grove Ave, cor Langley Ave., over-looking Ellis Park. This hotel will be chris- tened September 15th, and will be under the management of Beauregard F. Moseley who put, and seems de- termined to keep Chicago on the map as a hotel town among our people. The furnishings in this hotel cost over $13,000.00 three years ago. Every room and hall, including the Grand Stairway is electric lighted and well carpeted. Each room has telephone, Side exponure, Tare are teeny. five suites with private baths and a most elaborate dining room and kitchen plant. Those desiring clean, comfort- able steam heated rooms for the win- ter will do well to save expense by securing reservations at once. Call Douglas 752 for this purpose. ‘A clerk has been, installed and the premises can be*shown, selections made by phone engagement. Get busy before it is too late, for it will be much cheaper here this winter as well as much more comfortable in this hotel than elsewhere. Don't forget to phone Douglas 752 and ask for the New Idlewild clerk. The Dance Pavillion will continue fo rthe rest of the month in Moseley’s Stadium and Recreation Park. SOME FIGHTING BLOOD By Dr. M. A. Majors. There's the Filipino bolo which he hurls down on his foe, And the dancing Hula Hula girl whe | has a dancing beau. There's the Fiji Island bowman whe ‘can shoot his arrows straight, For a painted Indian maiden Broad. . way cannot imitate. She could fight the German army and she would, she’s got the nerve But our blasterd civilization has a knot tied in its curve. It is cross-eyed and the devil holds ‘a mortgage it must pay, And the Colored races of the world are looking for that day. The Abyssinian people, the Bantus and their crowd Are black as ‘ell but don’t forget that they are mighty proud. And nothing seems to bother as they hail an ancient age They read the stars for centuries long before the printed page. Oh the Japanese and Chinese and the men of Mexico The Singalese, the Hindoo and the Zep from Borneo They haven't got a white skin to keep raising hell about But have the fighting blood in them to make their courage stunt. The Negro of the U. S. A. is not con- sidered white, But he ain't hiding in a house when- ‘ever there's a fight. And so if rioters come along a-break- ing up the Jaw, It’s ell to try to stop ‘em, the sand is in their craw. The heavy muscled fellows just look upon it as fun, The most of what's called hoodlums had been up against the Hun. And the most of our trouble was in keeping anger down, But how in ‘ell to do it was the ques- tion of the town. | All the rest of the dark people that! lived upon the earth | Before the pigment of a skin was xiven hated birth, | Can fight like ‘ell, and don’t you let it get out of you rhead That ideas were ever dreamed by them as being at all afraid, Dh! peoples of complexions that are not considered white, Can never be called cowards when they find they've got to fight. They'll never look for trouble, but if it is brought to them, til take al! ‘ell to stop em, or your Unele Sammie Grim. SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSION 2830 S. State St. Rev. H. Franklin Bray, D. D., Supt. SERVICE EVERY NIGHT IN THE YEAR Nine_men, ranging in age from 68 to 23 years of age enrolled for heaven last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hut- chinson of the Moody Tabernacle are co-operating in the meetings this week and are rendering splendid music and helpful talks. Saturday Night is Sunshine Mission night at the famous Pacific Garden Mission on Van Buren St. A choir of twenty voices under Prof. E. C. Deas will render special music and Superintendent Bray will deliver the address. An offering for the coal fund of the Sunshine Mission will be taken. Dr. Bray will address the meeting for children and young people at 2 p. m., and will preach at 8 p. m. on Sunday. Strangers and the poor es- pecially invited. ; tae COLORED DOCTOR HELD FOR $100 A DAY DRUG SALE U. S. Prosecutor Sees Arrest As Link In Riot Inquiry. Dr. Merwin Bibb, 2900 South State street, colored, spent Wednesday night in jail while political and personal friends of the second ward sought se- eurities for $5,000 bonds in which he was held. The physician was arraigned before United States Commissioner Mark A. Foote following his arrest by John Denison, chief, and Richard Maloney dispensing drugs to regular patrons and operating a wholesale drug traffic which is said to have netted him as $100 a day during the last year. Assistant District Attorney D. P. Epstein said the arrest may prove an important link in the chain of evidence concerning men responsible for the re- cent race riots. ; = | CHIPS | pee The Texas Club met Sunday ever ine at the Soldier's and Sailor's jy), There were present people from. the leading cities of Texas. It was getting together affair and seems pro. ductive of much good to the organiza, tion. The club intends in the very ‘near future giving a patriotic inner and camp fire social for the wour ji Negro soldiers. Hon. Wm. M." McDonald, capita is: and leading politician of Texas, \ runs a bank in the city of Fort W visited Dr. B. R. Britt at his } 3162 Lake Par Ave., enroute from, + Supreme Grand Encampment st \ lantie City, N. J. He also spent a day at the y. dence of Dr. M. A. Major, 4450 Pray Ave. M. T. Bailey, 3638 State St. tans ger of the Milton Mereantile Avery and president Bailey Realty Co, jos; the city Sunday for the state of Ini ana. Mr. Bailey being a special deie este, will attend the grand session of ‘the National Grand Council, AU. k Dd. of A., which will convene at Inui /anapolis, Ind., during the week Mme. Ezella Mathis Carter, svi. Wabash Ave., who made a tour of the Southern states, and who held a great convention and reconstruction meeting of Carter System of hairdressing 4: Waycross, Ga., has returned tw the city, giving a splendid report of the ‘meeting. Mr. James H. Hines, ex-cashier of the Farmer's Improvement Bank of Waco, spent several days in the winiy city, the guest of Dr. and Mrs M. 4 Majors, 4450 Prairie Ave. Prof. Hines is a large tax payer of the Geyser city. He is enroute home from the Grand Encampment .at Atlantic (ity NJ. Mrs. L. W. Canada, 602 FE. 41st St, ‘has returned from Macklinbury, Coun ty, Va, where she went to briny buck the remains of her husband, U. ( Canada, for burial in the family lot at Oakwood. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, si Champlain Ave., left the city the tirs part of this week, for Spriugtiel, Il! where she will attend the session of the Grand Court of Heroines of Jeri- cho. Prof. W. S. Willis of Waco, Texas, Grand Chancellor of the K. of P. of Texas, called at the office, 4700 State St. last Friday. He left Saturday morning with Mrs. Willis to visit in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. After a pleasunt stay of two weeks in the city as the guest of Mr and Mrs. Jos. M. Wilson, 506 E 33rd Place. Mrs. Lulu Jones and sister, Miss Ver na Clemmons, have returned to their home, St. Louis. Master Lawrence Coburn, #0) Wa- bash Ave., has returned to the city after spending several weeks with his grandmother, Mrs. Elnora Tayler, Robbins, I. Mrs. John C. Davis, 1940 Wulnut St., returned to the city during the week after spending a short time with relatives and friends at Blackstone. Richmond and Petersburg, Va. | see Miss Winetta Grady, who spent the summer at the Chieago Unitersity has returned to St. Louis, where she will take up her duties as teacher in the Public school. Mr. Charles Delaware, 1950 W Austin Ave, son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Delaware, has entered the Chi cago post office as a clerk. Mrs. Corrine Eggleston, 3313 South Park Ave., and the other members of her family are now residing at Mad son, Ga., theif former home. North River Association held their annual meeting at Ebeneezer Bat! church during the week. APPLICATION FOR PARDON es aa ore” TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Take notice that the undersigne will at the next meeting of the Board of Pardons, to be held in Springselé. IL, apply for a comamutation of the sentence rendered against Wilisst Jackson, who was on January 28% 1915 sentenced to life imprisonmett for the murder of John Walker. WILLIAM JACKSON. gy SB. TURNER. via