The Broad Ax

Thirty-Five To Fifty Thousand Extra Coples of THE BROAD AX, Will be Distributed Free Throughout Chicago, Saturday April 3rd and Saturday, April 10th Just Before the Ward Committeemanship Fight. Now Is the Time to Secure Write-ups in it; To Advertise in It and to Subscribe For It; For It is All Powerful and Unconquerable. THE BROAD AX HON. FERDINAND W. PECK WHO IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THIS PAPER, LAID DOWN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS With Hon. Gordon Ramsay, Public Administrator, and a Warm Supporter of Governor Frank O. Lowden, that General Leonard Wood Would Rush Through the Republican National Convention; That He Will Be Nominated and Elected President of The United States VOL. XXV [Name] MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. Steadfast and uncompromising champion of equal, civil and political rights for all American citizens, regardless of their race, color or nationality, who is dead set against "Jim Crowism," secregation, disfranchisement, mob and lynch law; who stands very high in the estimation of the colored people in all parts of this country; who is far in the lead at the present time for the nomination for President of the United States. [Name] COL. AUGUST W. MILLER. The efficient and painstaking Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, who will be re-nominated and re-elected to his present position this coming fall; the Thompson Republican candidate for re-election for Committeeman of the Twelfth Ward. COL. ROBERT S. ABBOTT AND COL. ARCHIBALD NAPOLEON FIELDS HAVE RAN OUT FROM UNDER HON. FRANK O. LOWDEN'S BOOM FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE LEFT HIM HANGING HIGH AND DRY, OWING TO THE FACT THAT HE AND HIS HANAGERS FAILED TO COUGH UP ANY MONEY FOR THEM. IN 1918 COL. FIELDS, THROUGH THE COLUMNS OF THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD, URGED ALL THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THIS STATE TO VOTE FOR HON. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR HON. MEDILL. McCORMICK. IT IS CLAIMED THAT THE DEMOCRATS TURNED OVER A BIG BUNCH OF MONEY TO HIM FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD, THEN AT THE LAST WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION HE AND THE PAPER DESERTED SENATOR LEWIS AND THE UNWASHED DEMOCRATS, AND IT IS MAINTAINED THAT HON. MEDILL McCORMICK WAS SHOOK DOWN FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS BEFORE COL. FIELDS AND HIS PAPER WOULD FALL IN LINE FOR HIM. It will be recalled that shortly after the "Race riots" at East St. Louis in 1917, that Col. Robert S. Abbott and five or six other colored men appointed themselves a committee to represent all the colored people of this state, that that self-constituted committee issued an address to the colored people of Illinois advising them that they must fold their hands and not attempt to defend nor to protect themselves; that at His appointed time that the Lord would take care of them; at that same time that famous committee with its memorable weak address tucked away in their hip pockets wended their way to Springfield, Ill., where they presented a copy of it to Governor Frank O. Lowden and the same time a flash light picture of the self-constituted committee was taken which in time found its way into the columns of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world and the picture very dimly showed Col. Robert S. Abbott, close by the side of the present Honorable Governor of the Great State of Illinois and from that time up until within a few months ago Governor Lowden regarded Col. Abbott, as one of his very best colored friends in this state and that he would never fail him nor coldly turn his back on him, but we very much regret to say that Governor Lowden did not know Col. Abbott as well as some others do. As an evidence of his friendship for Col. Abbott, Gov. Lowden selected him as one of his "Race commissioners" in 1919, for he firmly believed that Col. Abbott could and would be of great assistance to him in booming him through the columns of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world for president of the United States. Col. Abbott started out all right to boom his distinguished friend for president but when it became evident that thousands of colored people in this state were "rising" up against him for supporting Governor Lowden, Col. Abbott got cold feet and he lit out beating it to Los Angeles, Cal., where he will have ample time to study the merits or the demires of the various presidential candidates and Col. Abbott will not arrive home in time to vote for his warm friend, Governor Lowden, for the nomination for president of this great nation Tuesday, April 13. MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON LEISURELY READ HIS SPEECH IN THE BROAD AX DURING THE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS MONDAY AFTERNOON. There is always more or less confusion and excitement at each meeting of the City Council, and at the meeting last Monday just as soon as the roll call was completed the excitement started right in to flow in every direction, and while Sergeant-at-Arms William F. Harrah and his assistants were rung around in the discharge of their duties and while the reading clerk was shouting out at the top of his voice in reference to this or that bill and this or that alderman would yell out, send it to this or that committee; in the midst of all the din, or noise or excitement Mayor William CHICAGO, APRIL 3, 1920. WHO IS DOWN ONE? Warm Supporter of National Convention; Agent of The United AND COL. ARCHIBALD NAPHON. FRANK O. LOWDEN'S BEST HAVE LEFT HIM HE THAT HE AND HIS HANA THEM. OUGH THE COLUMNS OF WORLD, URGED ALL THE HON. JAMES HAMILTON LYING VOTING FOR HON. MEDIUMDEMOCRATS TURNED OVER PORT OF THE GREATEST IN THE LAST WEEK BEFORE SENATOR LEWIS AND MINTAINED THAT HON. MINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ALL IN LINE FOR HIM. It will be further recalled that it was with much glee announced through the columns of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world that Col. Archibald Napoleon Fields who is one of the slickest, double dealing politicians in this country, would be the chairman of the colored end of Governor Lowden's press committee, and Col. Fields felt that within a very short time that he would have a barrel of money to blow in with the boys; that he would be able to feast on pork chops all day long; drink both wines and greatly assist to paint this old big town real red once more; that all of the colored newpaper men would flock around him like unto bees around the bung hole of a molasses barrel. This, however, was not to be, for no money was in sight for Col. Fields and lately he faded away as one of the highly esteemed members of Governor Lowden's press committee; so Col. Fields and his big colored boss, Col. Robert S. Abbott, have both ran out from under Hon. F. O. Lowden's boom for president of the United States and they have left him hanging high and dry for he and his very wise political managers utterly failed to flash up any money for Col. Abbott and for Col Fields. Near the first of May, 1918, a banquet was given at the Morrison Hotel in honor of Hon. Medill McCormick; it was in reality the beginning of his boom for United States Senator, Col Archibald Napoleon Fields and Col James Touchem Brewing, Jr., were among the big dogs in the meat house who attended the banquet and yelled and shouted long and loud for Mr. McCormick for United States Senator for at that time they thought that they would be able to grab off a big roll of easy money from him. Less than one week after the banquet referred to some of the real colored friends of Mr. McCormick, including the late B. F. Moseley, Hon. James G. Cotter and a few others met at the Frederick Dougless Center, for the purpose of forming a club to boost Mr. McCormick, Col Brewington was present and he made so much noise and fuss with his loud talking, shouting at the top of his dishonest voice that he was closer to Mr. McCormick than any other colored man in Illinois and if he was not elected to Hale Thompson seemingly was lost to the world for at that very time he was busily interested in reading a copy of the last issue of The Broad Ax, holding the paper out wide in front of him so that everybody could plainly see just what newspaper he was reading at that time and when he had finished reading it he folded it up and tucked it away in his inside coat pocket. Hon. George F. Harding, City Comptroller, Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, Corporation Counsel of Chicago, Dr. John Dill Robertson, Health Commissioner of Chicago and several other big city officials and politicians were setting up on the platform near Mayor Thompson while he was reading The Broad Ax and they all looked mighty wise, not one of them attempting to crack a joke or to amile as much as to say that Mayor Thompson was guilty of reading some office in the club that he would make it hot for all of them or words of the same effect; so Col. Brewington was elected Chairman of the Committee on Organization and his slick and foxy pal, Col. Fields, was elected Chairman of the Publicity Committee. In passing it will be noted that Col. Fields and Col. Brewington, who are the two slickest double-crossing ducks that have ever breathed the breath of life, had both thrust themselves into positions where they would be right up by the side of the money; but as the money failed to come fast enough to suit them for they were like unto hungry wolves after it. So in order to force the money to the front Col. Fields, over his own name, through the columns of the greatest weekly newspaper in the world began to urge the colored people in this city and state to vote for Hon. Jas. Hamilton Lewis instead of Hon. Medill McCormick; that of the two men Senator Lewis was the best friend of the colored people—that the colored people should not nor must not "carry all of their eggs to market in one basket," in other words that the colored people should vote the Democratic ticket and defeat Hon. Medill McCormick for United States Senator. Col. Fields who is unable to lay straight out in bed, kept up his fight or warfare against Mr. McCormick through the columns of his greatest weekly newspaper in the world until its last issue before the November election in 1918, then he and it three Senator Lewis overboard and he wheeled in line for Mr. McCormick. Col. Fields ran a double column cut off him and devoted three or four columns of reading matter to him in which he was lauded to the sky and in every way Mr. McCormick was compared to Abraham Lincoln, Charlie Sumner and to all of the other great statesmen of the past. It may not be true but Col. Field and some of his hosts of warm friend contend that in turning that slick trick that is in supporting Senator Lewis right up to almost the last minute and then coldly kicking him aside, that it enabled Col. Fields and the greatest weekly newspaper in the world to shake Mr. McCormick down for one thousand dollars. the best and the leading weekly news paper in Chicago. HON. JOHN G. DRENNAN STILL CONTINUES TO STAND BY THE BROAD AX. Hon. John G. Drennan, District Attorney; for the Illinois Central Railroad, is one of the big men of this city and the State of Illinois, with all of his legal responsibilities he finds time to read The Broad Ax, each week on its arrival at his beautiful home, 5110 Hyde Park Boulevard. Mr. Drennan, was born and raised in old Kentucky and he always feels right at home, among colored people. If all the people in this country were as fair and broad minded as Hon. and Mr. John G. Drennan, there would be no so-called, Race Problem, in the United States. HON. WILLIAM A. BITHER. The able and liberal minded cation, who will not permit an of this city to discriminate agon on account of their color or na Republican candidate for Com whose thousands of loyal frietion, Tuesday, April 13. all liberal minded attorney for the ill not permit any of the teacher discriminate against any of the their color or nationality; who is candidate for Committeeman of the ids of loyal friends feel confident April 13. The able and liberal minded attorney for the Board of Education, who will not permit any of the teachers in the schools of this city to discriminate against any of the school children on account of their color or nationality; who is the Thompson Republican candidate for Committeeman of the Third Ward; whose thousands of loyal friends feel confident of his re-election. Tuesday, April 13. HON. JAMES W. BREEN, FEELS DEAD SURE OF WINNING OUT IN HIS FIGHT FOR COM.... MITTEEMAN IN THE THIRTIETH WARD. Three Thousand Extra Copies of The Broad Ax were Distributed in that Ward. In the Interest of His Candidacy Last Saturday. Hon. James W. Breen, continues to wage a bitter and determined fight to be elected Committeeman of the Thir ```markdown ``` [Name] [Name] Hon. James W. Breen. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chica son candidate for Committeeman of who will make a desperate effort to win Tuesday, April 13. Corporation Counsel of Chicago a for Committeeman of the a desperate effort to win out 13. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago and the Thompson candidate for Committeeman of the Thirtieth Ward who will make a desperate effort to win out at the election, Tuesday, April 13. attorney for the Board of Edu- y of the teachers in the schools inst any of the school childre- niality; who is the Thompson mitteeman of the Third Ward; ds feel confident of his re-elec- tieth Ward; he is the Thompson candidate and everything seems to indicate that he will go over the plate in his hand to hand fight with his opponent and make a home run on Tuesday, April 13. Mr. Breer is a prince of good fellows and he always greets all comers with a pleasant smile and with a glad hand and it is safe to say that eighty-five per cent of the cooled men residing in the Thirtieth Ward who love and respect Mayor Willam Hale Thompson, will vote and work for Mr. Breer for Mitteeman of the Thirtieth Ward. [Image of a man with glasses and a suit] of Chicago and the Thompeeman of the Thirtieth Ward port to win out at the election, No.28 THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city sinee July 15th, 1999, without missing one single issue. Be- poblicans, Democrats, Catholic. Pro- festants, Single Taxers, Priests, inf- dels or anyone else can have their say = long 2s their language is proper ‘end responsibility is fixed. ‘The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever aiming the editorial right to speak tte own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. Gix Months ..........2:-00+--+ $1.00 Advertising rates made known on ap- Plieation ‘Address al! communications to THE BROAD AX @206 So. Elizabeth St, Chieago, Ill Phone Wentworth 2587 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR M.A MAJORS ~ Associate Editor . 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. April 3, 1920. No. 28. ‘Matered ss Second-Class Matter, Aug. 148, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, ML, Under Act of March 3, 1879. a ‘THE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT OF ‘THE LEONARD WOOD NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, OON- GRESS HOTEL, HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING FAR REACH- ING LETTER FROM A COLORED MAN IN MISSOURI IN OPPOSI- ‘TION OF HON. FRANK 0. LOW- DEN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE ‘UNITED STATES. Grover C. Stephens of Piedmont, Mo, has written the following letter ‘opposing the candidacy of Governor Lowden because of his inactivity in connection with the race riots in East Bt. Louis: “Governor Lowden is secking the Republican nomination for President of the United States, and is making his race upon his record as Governor of Tlinois. | “Let's see for a few minutes what his record looks like, and try to de termine, i pole if heist to ep resent the party of Lincoln, of Grant, of Garfield, of McKinley and of Roose- valt. | “If I am not mistaken, he is the same Frank 0. Lowden that was gov- emnor of Ilnois when the race riot broke out in East St. Louis, just as this great and free nation was emerg- ing victorious from a world war in which it had fought for democracy, for justice, for humanity and for eivili- zation. “In the middle part \of 1917 a mob ‘of lawless people, calling themselves Amerieans and lovers of liberty and the champions of the oppressed of the ‘world, threw off all restraint of law and order and decency, and forgetting that there was such a thing as the Con: stitution of the United States of Amer- fea, guaranteeing to every man, white or black, the equal protection of the law for his person and property, killed about a score of defenseless Negroes, wounded many others, and destroyed their property, merely because one of their number happened to commit a crime and because they were black, thus setting a record for lawlessness in this free land of ours. “*¥es, Mr. Lowden was Governor of] Mlinois when it all happened. What @id you do to give protection to the citizens of his state and nation? Noth- ing. He did not move to uphold the great constitution of his country, the findamontal lew of our land. Al though sworn to uphold the Constitu- tion and to sdminister the law without foar or favor, yet he made « dismal failure. Not to this day have these mob leaders been punished for their awful deeds, and this man Lowden is wholly responsible. Do we want such ‘2 man to rule over the destinies of our nation? I say it is reprebensible to think of. : ‘This same Governor Lowden is now seeking to become nominated for the presidency of the United States, He is asking the great Republican perty to name him es its standard dearer. It certainly takes some nerve for a man with such s record to put himself forward as president, particu- larly to represent the Republican party, the party of high ideals, of progress, and the party that right now insists that the Constitution of our country be kept inviolate. I am unalterably op- posed to Lowden for president nor am I for any other man for that position who refuses to uphold the Constitation. Of course, I know the rank and file of Republicans are against him being ominated, but there is danger of the machine politicians attempting to put, him over. It seems to be e fact every politician in the country is working for Lowden. I know that to be = fact in Missouri. They are not consulting the people at all. I am of the opinion thst the people will have the lest may.” CRS i : oe” Sate ee > ee 7 ansce Cr \ So cr ‘4 oo \ > a \. a © ho ee HON. JOHN F. DEVINE. The honorable and straight-forward Clerk of the Probate Court of Cook County, who is held in the highest esteem by all classes of his fellow citizens, and the Deneen Republican can- didate for re-election for Committeeman of the Thirty-third Ward. THE FUTURE OF THE HERO: | ech child being pathetically unequal— A NATIONAL ISSUE. often in a ratio of ¢3 to $11 yearly, New York.—“‘Once more the pres ‘ence of the Nogro is testing the sin- eerity of our patriotism, the depth of ‘our love of liberty, the reality of our justice, and the vitality of our devo- tion to government of the people, by the people, and for the people,’? de- elared Dr. James E. Gregg, principal of Hampton Institute, in his recent address, delivered before the Society for Ethieal Culture, on ‘The Future of the Negro: A National Issue.’” He said: | “I have an unshaken faith that as our people met the challenge of sixty years ago, 90 they will face the search- ing questions of the present years; that they will accept the responsibility and make the most of the opportunity which the presence of our cleven mil- lion Negroes creates; that they will prove to all the world that when we declare this is a land of liberty, equal- ity, and fraternity—with a govern- ment of, for, and by the people—we mean what we say. ‘The Lynching Menace. “On the surface, there is much to make one bitterly ashamed. During 1919, not less than 75 Nogroes were put to death by mob violence; more than in any year since 1915, when the number was 80. In 1917 it was only 44, Ada to these facts the race riots in cities of Washington, Chicago, and Omaha, and the inter-racial conflicts at Elaine, Ark. and elsewhere—some forty in all—and we find that in these shameful affairs 129 persons were re- ported killed and wounded. ‘Tribute to Negro Soldiers. “(As we remember the Negro sol- diers: how uncomplainingly they ax swered the country’s call; how cheer fully they submitted to unwonted dis cipline; how faithfully they did the hard drudgery, as well as the fighting; how thoroughly both officers and pri vates accomplished all that could rea sonably have been expected of them— and more; how loyally and unselfishly they were supported by their kindred and frineds at home in the buying of Liberty Bonds, the supprt of war re lief, the production and conservation of food—when we think of all these things, how can we help hanging out heads in shame and sorrow that these our fellow-Americans, our fellow-citi zens, our neighbors and friends should be so unjustly, so cruelly treated in this first year of peace. Grievances and Their Removal. “One inevitably thinks of lynching as the greatest grievance of the Ne- grocs in this country; but there are others almost equally serious, There is the all-toofrequest refusal to let even intelligent, property-holding Ne- grees vote and serve on juries; the tendeney to believe and favor the white man when opposed by « black man in the equrts; the lack of effective protection for the Negro customers of dishonest white merchants; the scar city in mqsy Routhem cities of perk, playgroung, snd library facilities for the colored pe Fae ap pee commodatins though the fare charged are met loss then those which white people pay; and unfair and in- adequate provision for the colored pub- lie schoole—the per capita cost for each child being pathetically unequal— often in a ratio of $3 to $11 yearly, while there is a corresponding dispar- ity in teachers’ salaries. If the aim of education is the removal of ignorance, it would seem mere common sense to attack the evil most vigorously—as we fight disease—where it is at its worst: mut this is not yet generally per- eeived.”* Dr. Gregg clearly outlined what some Southern states and communities are doing to control mob violence; what progress has been made in giving Ne- groes the franchise; what the South is doing to iraprove educational facilities for Negroes; and what white people of the South arc doing through fair-deal- ing to improve race relations. “Courtesy on both sides will take care of social relationships between all sorts and races of men,” said Dr. Gregg. ‘‘The true aristocraey—the American kind—is that not of birth, but of worth. Noblesse oblige. We must treat our fellow-men as brothers: not with cold, legislative equity, but with broad sympathy.”? MAYOR THOMPSON WILL SPEAK AT THE EIGHTH REGI- ‘MENT ARMORY. Second Ward Thompson meeting, 8th Regiment Armory, Sunday, April 4, 1920, 3 p. m. Speakers: Mayor Wil- liam Hale Thompson, Senator 8. A. Et- telson, Oscar DePriest, George F. Harding, Edward H. Wright, Edward H. Morris and Dr. A. J. Carey. Statement of the Ownership, Manage- ment, Circulation, etc, Required ‘by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, Of The Broad Ax published weekly at Chicago, County of Cook, Illinois, for April Ist, 1920. ‘ | State of Illinois, County of Cook. Before me, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Julius F. Taylor, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is tho editor and pub- lisher of The Broad Ax, and that the following is, to the best of his knowl- edge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, ete., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, em- bodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, land business managers are: Publisher |Julins F. Taylor, Chicago, Ilincis, 16206 So. Elizabeth Street; Editor Julius F. Taylor, Chicago, Iinois, 6206 Bo. [Blizabeth Street; Managing Editor |Julius F. Taylor, 6206 Go. Elizabeth Street; Business Manager, Juliua F. Taylor, 6206 So. Elizabeth Street. 2 That the owners are: Julius F. Taylor, 6206 So, Elizabeth Street, Chi- jcago, Tinos. 3. That the known bondholders, }mortgagees, and other eseurity holden jowning or holding 1. por cont or more jot total amount of bonds, mortgages, other securities aze: None. (Gigned) JULIUS P. TAYLOR. Sworn to and subseribed before me this Ist day of April, 1990, (Beal) ‘Michael J. O”Malley. Qly commission expires March %, 1984.) a ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 3, 1920. ———— eS THE FOLLOWING TIMELY, LOGICAL AND ELOQUENT SPEECH WAS DELIVERED BY HON. WILLIAM A. BITHER, THE THOMPSON REPUBLICAN CANDI- DATE FOR COMMITTEEMAN OF THE THIRD WARD, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28TH, AT MA- SONIC HALL, 3956 SOUTH STATE STREET. | towards the colored people and all other classes of his fellow citizens, who ‘honestly believes in giving every per ‘son s square deal spoke in part as fol lows: “(Mr Chairman, neighbors and friends of the Third Ward: As I look over this great audience gathered here to-day in the interest of good government applied to our own local affairs I cannot but think this is the climax of the past five years of hard work, which many of us in this hall have done for the purpose of ac- ‘complishing this result,—that of cement. ing together all the Republican inter ests in the Ward for our own protee tion, We have the greatest leader of the present time. No man whose heart has been with the people of this Country has equalled his leadership since the death of Abraham Lincoln. ‘As I. stepped into the hall someone gave me a printed dodger, unsigned, which is against the statutes of this State. Ordinarily, I pay-no attention to campaign literature, and T do not believe the publie docs when it is a Knock against a candidate. This time, however, it is a boost. It asks you why Bither does not run on his own platform and not ride into office on William Hale Thompson's carry-all. 1 am proud to say that I am riding in William Hale Thompson's carry-all, and I expect to finish my journey in that conveyance. William Hale Thompson stands for the things that are right for the people of this community and this city. He cannot make the fight alone. In order to succeed in the great undertaking which he has commenced, ha must have our help to give the peo- plo of this City five-cent ear fare, ade- quate telephone service at fair prices, abolish the obnoxious utility commis- sion and drive the pubic utilties to use the same courts which other citizens and business organizations are com- pelled to use to enforee their rights. The same people wno caused these dodgers to be printed, a few weeks ago were crying that they also were oc- cupants of Mayor Thompson’s band wagon. On the 20th of this month, in Forum Hall, Mayor William Hale Tomp- son, in terms which cannot be misun: derstood, repudiated the men who are back of this attempt to belittle Mayor Thompson’s position. Now that they cannot ride in the band wagon, they are erying that the band wagon is old and shaky and unfit #Yuse, but to you and me, my friends, there never has been a, band wagon in the City of Chiengo which has shone so brightly and seemed to us so strong and firm as the one in which we are now riding, driven by William Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chicago. I was asked as I came into this hall if I would not state today where I stood upon the Kenwood-Hyde Park Protective Associaton. I have no knowledge whatever as to what that association stands for, nor what they are attempting to do, except by the merest hearsay from those who do not claim to know the inside of its affairs. If my inquirer, by asking me this ques- tion, meant to ask me whether I be- lieved that one or more American cit- izens have the right to say to any other American citizens where he should build his home, I refer him to the Constitution of the United States and say that there is my answer; that all men are born free and equal and all men have the same rights under that constitution to build their homes any- where they see fit. No man can tell me where I shall live as long as I comply with all the laws of my Coun- try, and I do not propose to in any way attempt to tell anyone else whore he should live. And if the Kenwood-Hyde Park Protective Association is attempt- ing to tell any American citizen where he shall live in this great City, if he complies with the laws, I refer that as- sociation to the Constitution of the United States and say: ‘‘If you make such contentions under the Constitu- tion, you are a law breaker and a eriminal.’? A few days ago 2 woman came to my office by the name of Mrs. Byron Clark and said to me: ‘Mr. Bither, my home has been bombed three times in the last few months. I would like to have a special detailed officer to protect me in my home.’’ I ‘informed Mrs. Clark that we would have such protection given to her to protect her property against some brute who would throw a bomb and would indiscrimin- ately Kill men, and women, and even babies. I told Mrs, Clark that while we might be able to protect her home, we would not be able to give a special detailed officer to every home in the City of Chieago, nor could we give apprehend and convict them as are the bomb throwers. In the Inst few week: ‘there has been presented to the State’ Attorney evidence sufficient to warrant his apprehending certain citizens for their implication in the throwing of bombs, but the State’s Attorney re fused to act upon this testimony, the reason being, as I charge, because it was politieal. A few weeks ago a politieal friend and worker with the present State’s Attorney, just after dark, drove up to his home in an au tomobile and was getting out of the ear when another automobile drove up, with the lights out and without a num ber, the curtains drawn so that no one could see who was inside, and some- fone shoved out a sawed-off shotgun loaded with slugs and murdered Moss Enright while he was getting out of his ear, and the assassin’s ear drove on. Enright’s reputation was bad; he was not one of our best citizens necording to all reeords and reports, and yet with in five days from the time he was mur dered, the criminals who had murdered him had been apprehended. Do you not think that under the same condi tions and the same power to examine witnesses that this same State’s At torney could not conviet the men who threw the bomb at Mrs. Clark’s home? Are you not interested then in who the next State's Attorney will be, and are you not interested that the State's At. torney should be a man big enough, honest enough and fair enough to give Jeverybody, every citizen, no matter what his political affiliations, a fair land honest deal. For five years Wil- iam Hale Thompson has managed the affairs of this City and who is there im the City today in whom you would [trust the protection of your homes, your wives and your children than to the protection of an officer like the present Mayor of this City? Do you not think that he, together with the men he now selects as Ward Committeemen, would be as safe to select the next State’s Attorney as any other set of men you could find in Cook County? My friends, what the personnel of the next Com- mitteeman in the Third Ward is, is not so important as the principles he stands for. It makes little difference who the mam is if he is owned by commer. cialized newspapers, such as the Tri- bune and Evening News. They can or- der and control one man as well as another; nor is it of very great diff- erence who the man is if he stands up manfully and fearlessly for the great principles for which our Mayor has been fighting for five years. Mayor Thompson cannot win this fight alone. He must have the power of his own political party. Not only that, he must have the power given him by the peo- ple who are back of it. I care not how many newspapers nor how much money nor what big corporations are against Mayor Thompson, if the peo- ple of this City stand with him, he will win. Personally, I know no difference be tween one American citizen and an- other, so far as political matters are concerned. This Government is as much for one man as another and it makes little difference who his parents are, where they were born, and whether they have come to this Country and have honestly made this their home, be- coming citizens here; their rights are equal to any one else’s. I do not be- lieve, however, that any man should come here voluntarily from some other country, because he believes he can better himself, and attempt to dictate to anyone whose forefathers were brought here against their wishes and who have been compelled to be Amer- ican citizens, and say to these Amer- iean-born citizens that they shall not have all the rights of American citi- zens— no matter what their color or race. Let us be fair and just; under no other conditions ean we reach the goal we seek—GOOD GOVERNMENT FOR ALL. This Government was not made for me, it was not made for you alone, but it was made for us all, and under its protecting, guiding hand we must find some means by which we can live our own lives in our own way and let all other American citizens live their lives in their own way. Some nine months ago I was ap- pointed by the Board of Education of this City as its Attorney. I did not take the position for the money there is in it. I could make more money in private practice, but it was pointed| out to me by the Mayor of this City that if I took the position I could do a great work among the children of the public schools. Through prejudice and race hatred some of our children were not receiving the opportunity of others to participate in the benefits of HON. PATRICK J. CARR. ee eee ee aoe County, popular Trustee Sanitary District of Chica 90, and candidate for re-election for Committeeman of the Fifth Ward. position which I am using to advance myself or to raise myself up to -o~ other position. I have no desire to be elected to any political job, except that T am now a candidate for this oflee. and for the benefit of the people Tam trying to represent I an doing every thing I can and I ask your support to help me into this office. T saw in the daily newspapers that onc of the men who is contesting my election says that T and the others of the Thompson Or- ganization Committee, should we be sue- cessful, will name the coming judges I say to you now, I have no ambition to be a judge of any court. I do not care to be the arbitrator between men and their differences, and I do not eare to be the one to send a buman being to his Maker by way of the gallows, but from a man who has openly said, as this opponent has, that he was seek- ing the office of Ward Committeeman for the sole purpose of boosting him- self up that means to a judgeship’s chair, it seems to me it comes at this time with poor grace. He is, in ef feet, telling you under a veiled state- ment that he is the proper man to be elected as a judge of this County. It is apparently a fact that if elected judge he would not lack egoism in the performance of his duty as an arbi- trator between man and man, I can only pledge you this, my friends, that if you see fit to elect me as your Com: mitteeman on the 13th day of April for four years, during that time I shall stand solidly for the principles promulgated by Mayor William Hale Thompson for the last five years. I shall stand with him in his Sght for five-cent fare, for better telephone ser- viee at a fair rate, and I shall fight with him to maintain our government for the benefit of the people and not for the benefit of profiteers. If you do not believe in these principles, and do not want me as your representa- tive to stand for them during that period, do not vote for me; but, if you believe in the principles of Mayor Thompson, I pledge you here and now that Iwill work to the best of pe ability to accomplish the ends which Mayor Thompson bas been fighting for during the past five years. FIRST NEGRO GRADUATES AT THADDEUS STEVENS SCHOOL. Lancaster, Pa—The dream of Thad- deus Stevens, who founded a big in- dustrial school in this city, material- ized Inst week when 2 Nogro was presented with a diploma. Steveng gave Lancaster the school, “providing students were not barred for race, color or ereed.’? Edward L. Sebastian was tho first colored student to graduate. Nine of the eleven boys who graduated lost year’s school work by serving in the army. ‘Thaddeus Stevens was one of the truest friends of the colored race in America. Just before closing his eyes in death his last request was that his earthly remains should not be buried inside of the cemetery of his native town for the simple reason that race prejudice prevented colored people from being laid to rest within its in- closure. REV. BOYD HERE Rev. Henry Allen Boyd of Nashville, Tenn, is in the city where he came * fow days ago to attend the funera} of Willie Thomas, the son of Rev. and Mrs. John F. Thomas. Rev. Boyd came in the absence of his brother, Dr. B A. Boyd, = staunch friend of Rev. Thomas, but who is now ini Panama. THE NATIONAL NEG2O Frzart ‘WEEK Tuskegee Inst.—The ottention of every Negro, especially in the Souter ‘States, is challenged by the conditins ereating the observance of Natives! Negro Health Weck. beginning ps] 4th through the 1th. ‘There should be a keen interest os ‘the part of every race o-yunization Iiniater and institution of len the Health Almanze now being ds tributed to the public by the Uoited ‘States Public Health Service of the Treasury Department. Washington, D. C. This valuable book will be giver free to every person writing for it ‘The race is requested to seck for the valuable information found in thie a manac, Fraternal organizations, inser ance companies, ministers, teachers 22! everyone dealing with tlic masses est see that every Negro’s home in thet communities is supplied with th almanac. A noted surgeon says: ‘‘Every ot of us has a part in public health Te ourself and our family, we one tit duty of keeping in the best powible physical condition, to our commanity and Nation we owe the duty of belpf cooperation to improve ani coment the health of those about us’ Th is a sound and essential doctrine to ¥ preached during our National Healt Week and to be stressed every GF thereafter. The most valuable facts and sozze tions for the protection ami promotiot of good health have been assembled by the Government experts in this boot. Every mother, for the protection of her ebildren and home should bave * copy. ‘The alarm now being sounded te out the country by our physicians * that the masses of the rice need * lasting protection against theit com mon physical ills because of the ter ble toll exacted by preventable disease —against patent medicines for whit immense fortunes have been expanded by deluded members of the re. Xt gro Health Week will feature s eided crusade against unsanitary PP vies, against careless spitting at host and in public places and aguinst other thoughtless and careless acts on tM part of many which help such epide™ ies as Influenza, The Medical Ase ation and workers for the uplift o the race are asking that the impor tant things be stressed from the PO pit of every Negro church, eve school, theatres and public places =" ng National Negro Health Week A BIG BANAWZA For 3005 BROKERS. Tho First, The Greatest Colored Cit Boo’, and the Only One Eve ‘Written for Colored Childress ‘Dhustrated. Parents do you want your chilén” to do right, and go right, and lear ® love the right, love and respect 1% trust you, believe in you, hosor te race, striving as years como and g° ward high ideals? In fact do you *=** your boy or girl to grow up with * fitness and = worthiness for noble leadership? Then write for The On Child Book, ‘First Steps and Nose? Rhymes,” written by Dr. M. A. Mai™ Price $1.00. Address the Colored Cit Books Pub. Co., 4700 State St, OF ee (Aart) 2g oN eee HON. MICHAEL K. SHERIDAN. Member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, who is always working in the interest of the small tax payers, and Democratic candidate for re-election, committeeman of the Thirty-first Ward. a THE MUSIC CABINET. ; A fifth article on Folk-Musie will — appear in this column next week. Hy Martha Broadus Anderson. Side ie Musicians ind inusie lovers were ota out en masse Inst Monday evening to Articles pertaining to music 27d )hear the annual piano recital, by T. musicians will be found in this col-| Theodore Taylor, at Grace Presbyterian umn each week. Matter intended for|chureh. publication must be in mot later than} Tr is complimentary to any artist Tucsday. Address all communientions| when his friends are present year after to the Musie Cabinet, 6450 Champlain} year to hear the mesege he has to avenue, Chicago, Mlinois. bring, and it must have been gratify- —— ing to Mr. Taylor and those who as- FOLK MUSIC — INSTRUMENTS. | sisted on the program, to note the en- Folk-musie and minstrelsy were pro- life in the invention and application of instruments. The multitude of reconis here is bewildering, especially in the light of manuseripts, architect- url carvings, and poetic and other literary references. Tn the search for novel effects the variety of instramen. tal forms in widespread use was prob- ably greater than ever sinee, for with the rise of scientific instrument-making in the 17th century and of real instru. mental styles of composition, a few main types drove the rest from the feid. It is likely that dancing stimu- lated this attention to instruments, since they were useful for marking its rhythm and figures and for enrich ing its interest. But another stimulus vas the desire for genuine accompani- ments for singing—a desire which, like solo song itself, was lacking in the current contrapuntal system. There are some indications, too, that independent instrumental music was attempted, though it wan slight No exhaustive catalogue of mediaeval instruments can be given. The list is! too long and complicated. Various shapes and names are known to us, but they eannot always be brought to- gether with certainty, and evidently both were liable to curious and eapri- cious variations, In the stringed group we find elementary froms of all the well-known types—harps, Iyres, dul- cimers, lutes, ete., in countless modifi- cations, with peculiar special types, like the ‘trumscheit’ or nun’s fiddle, and the ‘organistrum’ or “burdy-gurdy’—essen- tially a viol sounded by a revolving wheel and fitted with a rude key-board. In the wind group, there are many representatives of the flute, oboe, and trumpet families, with bagpipes and Pan's pipes, besides the organ and its petite varieties, In the pereussion group there are drums, bells, castanets and clappers of al sorts, The key board as a means of controlling a complex instrument like the organ was already known, and pplication to stringed instruments of he lyre or viol was understood, tough it had not been combined with ‘clcimer ag im the pianoforte. All these instruments, exeept the or- “sn, were mainly the produets af pop- ‘ar ingenuity, though at the end of © 15th eentury they began to engage © serious attention of thoughtful vsieiame, The more favorite instruments were ften made in several sizes, so that of ach there might be a graded series rom treble to bass, making an instru- vental choir. It seems that before sarned musicians had fixed upon the otion of true harmony as the basis ¢ composition, popular music had scognized it and had begun to apply it 1 solid ehord-effects from instruments / { different pitch. Similar experiments| ere of course made with voices. Sach forts were essentially diverse from hose of true counterpoint, since the| -veral voice-parts were not developed dependently or equally, but as consti- vents in the massive or total effect.|: + would appear, therefore, that the, ediaeval eagerness for concerted in-|, rumental effects is memorable, not | mply becense it hastened the ma- arity of leading solo instruments, like | te violin, but because it involved] ' mmo recognition of true harmony as/ istinet from counterpoint. f {A fifth artiele on Folk-Musie will appear in this column next week. Musicians ind Tnusie’ lovers were ‘out en masse last Monday evening to hear the annual piano recital, by T. ‘Theodore Taylor, at Grace Presbyterian |Chureh. Tt is complimentary to any artist when his friends are present year after year to hear the message he has to bring, and it must have been gratify- ing to Mr. Taylor and those who as- sisted on the program, to note the en- thusiastie reception accorded on this occasion. Mr. Taylor played his program with the intelligence of a master of his in- strament. His tono was clear and in- telligible, nad his musicianship clean cut. His interpretative genius as- esrted itself more than ever and he has developed in a large measure, that indeseribable quality or characteristic ‘known as ‘‘soul.?” Mrs, Willie Sloan, soprano, looking ». picture of loveliness, sang with a charm that was a pleasure to the large andience. Mins Estella C. Bonds, rendered able assistance to the vocalist by playing sympathetic accompaniments. Artists and audience were on the best of terms and everything conspired to lend its aid to an evening of pleas- urable enjoyment. Mr. Taylor left Tuesday morning on a reeital tour in the East. Word reaches us that Henry Eth- ridge, the young tenor, is meeting with splendid success in recitals in Iinois| and Indiana. : Miss Nannie Mae Strayhorn left this morning for the East. She will have charge of music in Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. Chicago music circles| sustain a loss by the appointment, but| our best wishes follow her to her new field of labor. GENERAL WOOD MERITS THE NE GRO VOTE. te MA Mai. ‘The opportune moment has arrived. The Negro long wronged by cruel usnge of tyranny and oppression ean look for ward to brighter and grander days. Already coming events cast their shadows long before. ‘The National outlook for the grand old party speaks glorious tranquility to the men and women of dark complex- ion. The Major General of this neck of the Northwest looms large upon the sentiment of the times. The man who is a man of justice and right, and staunch in every noble principle of right, who plays no politics, but strikes from the shoulder every ugly aspect of against the old worn out dogmas of white domination to the utter detri- ment of « race of people is to be our next president. ‘The race may with excellent grace register their wish for his nomination and use every particle of of our en- ergy to give him the benefit of the race vote in Illinois as well as clee- where. General Wood is the command- ing figure of the present hour, and he grows like huge collossus with every passing day. They cannot stop him, and the Negro is with the winner. ‘TOUTING STATES. ‘Mr. Charles Satehell Morris, Jr., the well known orator of Norfolk, Va, passed through the city enroute to Nor folk from Detroit, Mich, where he filed several engagements. Mr. Morris is touring the states in the interest of Leonard Wood es president of the United Staten. Mr. Morris will re tura west where he has engagements on the 18, 19, 90 and Sist of April. NEGRO PRINTER ON MASS. PAPER IN YEAR 1741. Boston—The following advertise ment has been found in an old. file of the Boston Evening Gazette of 1741: “To be sold by the printer of this paper a Negro man about thirty years old, who ean do both town and coun. try business very well, but will suit the country best, where they have not so many dram shops as we have in Boston. He has worked at the print: ing business fifteen or sixteen years; can handle axe, say, spade, or other instruuments of husbandry as well as most men and values himself and is valued by others for his skill in cook- ony.?? BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY. Hon. Benj. H. Lucas, on last Monday evening delivered a very able and in- structive address in Bethel Literary. Mrs. Mae E. Motley, journalist, who on account of illness was present and Presented a reading.Both were loudly applauded. A standing vote of thanks was given them. Our good friend, Mr. W. B. Wallace was present and deliv cred an interesting short address. On next Monday evening, April 5, at § o'clock Mr. Lewis W. Wallace will address the society. He has an import- ant message for us. Good music by Prof. C. RB. Robinson. Everybody in- vited. Sandy Trice Prea; J. W. Bell, Sce'y; Geo. T. Kersey, Chairman, Pro- gram Committee. ALDERMAN JACKSON SCORES AGAIN. Frank C. Long, 3400 Forest Ave, attached to the Volunteer Community service of the Health Department in the 2nd Ward was upon the recom: mendation of Alderman Jackson, ap- pointed an Assistant in the Labratory Department of the Health Department last Monday. Mr. Long was given a splendid as- signment and the Alderman is to be congratulated —‘‘C.?" | ae DIRECT FROM OMAHA, NEBR. ‘Sunday was a great day at St. John |A. M. E. Church where Rev. T. L. ‘Scott, the evangelist from Chicago and pastor of Grant’s Memorial Chapel is conducting his second campaign of re. vivals in this city. More than 75 new jeonverts were added to the church in jone day. The entire city seems to jgather to hear Rev. Scott, as the church jis filled at each meeting. COUNCIL MEETS. The Officers of Council of A. U. K. D. of A. of which Mrs. Maggie T. Pryor is president, Wm. H. Fields of Gt. Louis is national grand master, met ‘at Bailey’s ball, 3638 State St, Mon- day evening and completed arrange- ‘ments for its annual sermon to take _— the third Sunday evening in May. ‘TO MANAGE HOTEL. To succeed the Inte Beauregard F. Moseley, owner and manager of The Tdlowild Hotel at East 33rd St. and Wabash Ave. Cary B. Lewis, son-in- law of Mr. Moseley, has assumed management of the hotel and it is certain the popularity of the hotel will inerease. Mra. Lou Ella Young, 3556 Forest Ave, who has been confined to her bed for several days, is rapidly convales- cing. Mrs. Rufus Mitchell of Metrop- olis, IIL, visiting Mrs. Young, has also been quite ill, but is improving. IN ITY. Business brought William Bice of Lake, IIL, in the city during the week. Mr. Rice conferred with the manage- ment of the Baily Realty Co. 3635 State St, on important’ negotiations along the north shore. ‘RETURNS. ‘Mrs. Mayme Hill, who was called to the city on account of the death of Mrs. Ida P. Thadds, a relative, and who has spent several days here, re- turned to her home in St. Louis, Mo., a few days ago. currs. Prof. O. J. Buckner, 418 E. 40th street; Louis Buckner, 3330 8 Park avenue; Mra. Flocena Buckner Green, 246 E. 35th street, and Wm. T. John- json, grandson, were suddealy called to \Cairo, Ill, om account of the death of their father, James N. Buckner, the first of this week. Heroines of Jericho of Chicago, held ‘their emanal divine services at St. ‘Mark M. EH Church Sunday evening. A large number of heroines were in st- tendance in full regalia. The sight was pleasing to the eye Mra Hattie Woolridge, in her charming and digni- fied manner, acted as mistress of cere: monies. An instractive and inspiring sermon was preached by the pastor, Bev. John W. Robinson. 7. Alpha Circle of Bethesda Baptist Chareh bad 0 fishing party ‘Thureiay’ evening at the church for the benefit of thé Baster rally. A large sudience| THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 3, 1920. Who Should Be President of the United States? “General Wood is a nus inc has been one for over ef tae cota as ehcisineeter eed ones Tris svocetd whe the Wood's name in Armeican bietry regurlcas of the polial cress — aa xcaco Finue, Editorial, Mer.25, 19:0, ‘%*7OU'RE going to vote for somebodv & lor rresident — at the Preference Se Tuesday, April 13. It is your one opportunity to let the country know where you stand. When you come right down to it, remember that you really will be voting for yourself when you vote for the man you believe in and the man you want. You'll be voting for yourself. because he will be the man you want to represent you and your iueas in the White House. No primary in the history of Illinois has meant so much to the average man in this state. The “Favorite Son” idea and blind partisanship should have nothing to do with this question. It is beyond that; more than that. You want the man whose character and abilities have been proved in the actual conduct of great national and international affairs; not merely tried in the problems of any one state. This is the one time of all others when an outstanding national figure should be selected—Leonard Wood is the man. EMEMBER, neither candidate was born in Illinois. Both are sons of other states. One was born in Minnesota, the other in New Hampshire. Minnesota has already given her overwhelming vote to Leonard Wood against her “native son” candidate. South Dakota has followed with an endorsement equally strong for Leonard Wood. Both have lived outside of Illinois. Both now live in Illinois. Do not be misled on this issue. You should vote solely on their fitness for President. Leonard Wood has been tested and tried He found Cuba in a condition of squalor and savage anarchy. For more than a century it had suffered military oppression which has few parallels in history. For more than two centuries it had been the fever plagued spot of The streets were open sewers People were dying by the thousands The inland wos infected Oy bandice and begunde ony profes floured It was Leonard Wood's task to build a republic out of this military colony, prostrated by four years of warfare; to build a republic in a ‘country where popular elections, were unknown and where the vast majority of the population couldn't even mark a ballot. He cleaned the streets and rid the island of yellow fever. Beginning at the bottom he taught the people to read and write — established a system of schools — and then trained them in self-government. He abolished profiteering and eradicated corruption. He provided Cubs with a constitution and established a swift, impartial justice He turned a baukrupt nation, notable chiefly for starvation, disease and disorder, into one of the most contented and prosperous countries in the world. Paid all her debts and left $1,000,000 in her treasury. All this work has passed into the solid achievement of history — a record worthy of a Washington or a Lincoln—a training seemingly or- dained to fit Leonard Wood for President of the United States. Neither England with her boasted ability for colonial administration, nor France with her marvelous record, has ever produced so remark- able a genius in constructive government as Leonard Wood. Lord Cromer told his home government that the one man best qualified to succeed him in Egypt as Governor was Leonard Wood; but unfortunately he was an American. listened to the interesting program, and partook of the fish sandwiches and coffee served by the committee. Much fun and merriment was ocea- sioned during the evening by the many ‘end varied kinds of fish caught out of the fishing pond, which was one of the main features of the entertainment. Character Revelation, ‘Not merely «peeches prepared, orm Hons delivered. sermons preached, but what 2 man says and how he says it to his neighbors friend, to his acquaint ance or customer, to his father oF mother, his wife or child across the breakfast table; this is what counts, for it reveals him off bis guard and taken unawares, not as he would wish ‘to be. not even as he would wish to be fought to be, but as he actually ty end it marks him with an indelible mark —Exchanze. ‘Stare of “Dipper.” ‘The stars of the “little dipper” are al constantly moving at tremendous: velocities and mostly im different dh rections, say astronomers, but se vast fa thelr distance from us that they have net changed their relative post tions to any appreciable extent withis i amen at Oak =) = i) Seok A Competence For Old Age is achieved by persistent, sys" tematic savings. Begin today by starting a Savings Account with this Bank. You can open an account with a dollar, bear- ing in mind the lar; and more frequent the deposits, the sooner you will realize your ambition. Sees Ascent oer —we pay 3% interest. Dont put this off—start now! BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS DEPOSITS (Mondays Bamtetam Sam tS pm Other 2 am. to 3 om ILLINOIS ST @ SAVINGS ee La Salle « Jachson--Chica,~ Capital and Surplas - ‘$15,000,080 Cook County Headquarters—Sherman House Seiten Geen: z ‘Saati tian. It’s folly to build with neutral ma terials. Character demands touct with God and co-operation with one’ fellows. There may be some with de tire to be considered clever who dare © assume positions that throw them fmto the limelizht and the ridiculous, Thes may .oajure up eute-sounding phrases trivuned to capture itching ears without giving a thought to what Feal meaning they may convey. It's @angeroux to vent wholesale disaster ‘epon those of other faiths. If men be given tw (oily its your part te lead them to the truth—Grit. Ferged Cameos, Hundreds of treasured cameos and intaglios, for which large sums have been paid, are spurious, although many of them are masterpieces of art. Te such an extent have cameos bees forged that, after a certain French count had spent $25,000 in ferming @ cellection, so many forgeries were found among them that, in despair of separating the false from the true, be parted with the lot fer a fraction of what they had cost him | Largest Organ. It ts just about impossible to say where the largest orcan inthe world Js, because tere is always one being built that is bigger then the last There are many ‘arge organs in Eng- land, and im the United States. Syé ney, Australia, claimed, some years ago, to have the largest organ in the ‘world, but, like ships. they are always increasing tn size. ‘The Peanut. ‘The peanut is a member of the pes family and the “nut” is more accurate ly described as a pod. It is grown from seed in many tropical and sub- tropical lands, a long warm season be- tug necessary for its maturity. It flowers above ground, then the stem dends downwards. the young pod ex ters the soll and there matures. No roots are ever attached to the aut; the fibers, mistaken for them, are from the stem Feat Square and Square Fost. A mathematician says there is ne @xerence in area or quantity of sur face between foot square and 8 eunare foot, bat there may be a differ- qace tm shape. A foot square must be 9 rectangular surface having four $e Ee meen oe Bt ws A square foot may also be a fect square, but it may be irregular in shape, say six inches wide and twe feet long, oF any shape so = oe eat Sr Sere & ae 8 LEONARD WOOD For President EONARD WOOD has a world-wide, proved reputation be as an administrator. He does not invite disorder by vacillation or indecision—his clear, well-defined purposes avoid trouble and render force unnecessary. One of the gifts in statemanship as well as in business is the ability to choose the right man for the right work. Leonard Wood hhas this ability. In Cuba from the very start he chose Cubans as members of his cabinet. That is one of the reasons they loved him— that is why they worship him to this day. ‘The Encyclopedia Britannica flatly states that Leonard Wood struck (ff the shackles of military control to which the colony had been pre- viously subjected and converted it into a nation governed for the Cubans and by the Cubans. This then is the record of Leonard Wood in Cuba—a record of the far-sighted administrator and staterman—yes, a nation builder. His work in the Philippines is equrlly as marvelous asin Cuba. Theodore Roosevelt said of his work: “It weuid te cifficult to find anywhere a finer record of successful accomplishment.” In this crisis of the world’s history we need aman for President with the experiences snd quali- fications of a nation-builder and a nation-restorer. The secret of success of Leonard Weod is that he knows men, he knows the world and its peoples. His work for Uncle Sam has taken him around the globe. He is a man of peace and yet of courage. Above all else—he is 100% American—strong. rugged and dependable. ‘You need, the country needs, Leonard Wood now, just as it needed Abraham Lincoln sixty years ago. We ask you to resolve to go to the polls Tuesday, April 13, and show your belief and confidence ‘in Leonard Wood. The whole country fs waiting to hear what Mllinois is going to say and it is for you to do the saying. They are relying upon your good judgment and common sense. ‘You personally are responsible You owe to them and to your consci- ence to vote your real preference uninfluenced by local pride or preju- dice. or local politics. We ask you to do your part because we believe Leonard Wood is the ‘man you want. Nathan William MacChesney Chairman Leonard Wood Ilinois Campaign Committee 1248 Congress Hotel, Chicago Remarkable Meteor. Numerous observations of the brik Mant meteor seen in the early eve ning of October 21, 1919, show that It had the long horizontal flight of 835 miles from over a polnt of twen- ty miles northeast of York. England, to thirty miles southwest of St Valery, France, according to the Scl- entific’ American. It traveled at a speed of about thirty-three miles a second and its average altitude was seventy-four miles. Fil, Ino Wife’s S*xtus, In the Philippine islands, when women marry. they go into partner ship with thelr husbands. While the men handle the workers, the women attend to the finance, act as cashiers, pay the workers and oversee much ef .e business, They also have equal- ity with the men in everything except voting. ‘The Cynic. A cynic is im many instances © sm per-idealist whe believes the world could be perfect by rectifying a few alight errors whch be takes the tree ble to poimt eat. tg Geroy temas, tay tere hike mates ona eee cee ee ae Phrricana cum tere ts nating Shai ate ake oreusis shanohels tom Phowthater "ite ineapenstive and’ ts Sia Oy tr lnediae"drcegcee Srey” Pile lade: sractate gre ope eset Wena pe ey Fao, Sur diea esd more, phomates ofp oe eee sed Gust in“ plece et hollows "you Hout“timply ake suum “arg noe™ phate ad ade fe esr ra Herta ir ag tacts spUrarates” tad an trea Te a er atte wee oped ge seers oe, wgaloe kere Ffane on, Se oy eee eae Soe OE Big Ri eevee tat better im ber te SPBCIAL NOTICE to the fact that so many and Shoaphate for ao = wee a eee Fores See Bre rane ORE SPANISH The U. S. Public Health Service says: “The disease is spread by the breath and secretions of the body, especially of the nose and throat. They recommend that the Nasal passages be coated with a weak solution of Menthol in liquid petroleum as a protective. As Mintol Vapocream is a Menthol Cream, which also contains the Oil of ‘Eucalyptus which proved so effective during the London Epi- demic in 1891, and other oils which heal the inflamed mucous mem- brane and act as an antiseptic. Go to your Drugigst at once and get a ar of Mintel and protect the sie Ce ae ee Mintol in the nostrils three or tout times a day. It is positively the cet racentiva’ ine: Comghet Calde Catarrh, Head Colds, Grip, Span- ish Influenza and to prevent Pneumonia. eo eke Tene Ses Sire ee Ste Se eres Seta ee land and Spain, where the es ee Sarg iene os oes Bere Sa ss eon ee Invisible Ink. ‘The simplest of all invisible inks is wilk or, better still, buttermilk. If used with a perfectly clean new pen end on ungiazed paper, it will net show. The easiest way to bring it eat {s to tron it with a hot fiatiren. Infailible Method. An amateur farmer answered an Advertisement beaded “A Sure Way to Make Hens Lay.” This is what be got for bis money: “Tie = stout tring around the hen's body, place the bird on her side on a board and fasten the string underneath. If it te thought desirable, s pillow may be placed under the hen's bead.”"—Bew ton Transcript. Bene Strencer Than Oak. A piece of human bone will suppert balf as much weight again as a piece @f the best oak of the same thickness, Stood fer Religious Teleration. Op the Sth of February, in 168%, Roger Williams, founder of Rhode I> land, arrived at Boston. Bo was the first’ advocate and leader among the ‘Puritans for the principle of religiows ‘plerstien. Phone Boulevard 1555 FIRST REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED AND FOR SALE Houses, Apartments, Buildings and Stores’ For Rent and For Sale een If there is anything you need in the Real Estate line on the South Side, call or consult Mr. Binga for Real Bargains. Southeast Corner 36th Place and State Street, Chicago TELEPHONE DoUGLAS1 0 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. EE REALJ ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments : and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 3ist Street, Chicago in Spring Time cos Js 2, vexatious time for hhouse-heating. y it ae sees Sad you have to clean out the deal ashes and start anew fire. Then ‘the weather turns warm again and the house gets over-heated. ‘The _, way to adjust this “see- ow” Spring temperature and sarp all the discomfort. annoyance er enema coer perpe Toum ‘ester. Sey asd poke feet requirements BOLI ay ite portable heters RADUNTYINE—A very handecme,byas SStmonise wit al uyiee of interior GAS STEAM RADIATORS—Steam Hest Seihout cons Every Radiator an isd ‘Fatalbeating last Nojamtorsended “There are many other inreresting modern Sheet over at cut “Extibition Hal & Cor fomers Reet Room,” Propies Ges Basing. any of oar Neighborhood Stores: ‘North Side Si ince tose Gece Senth Side West Side Fined Aron, + Tres W. Reser Ba. Hess te Tenth Se. 10 Meech Ar $55 Commerc Aves S004 W ToentyastSt ies iece Arce” 4s W. Rome Se ‘The Rocpies, Gas Light & Company ‘Teicphone Michigan Avemme Weber 0000 at Adams Street Breakfast for Doughboys. The French cooks could never get fm line with the American breakfast which was demanded by the American soldiers and others from this country ‘who were called to France during the war. The French breakfast consists ef a roll and coffee, while the Amer fean demanded eggs and bacon as well. | __The Busy Houschusband. Probably no other system will ever be devised for losing long and valu ‘able lead pencils out of one’s waist- coat pocket which will quite equal for efficiency shaking down the fur nace—Ohio State Journal. [Lighthouse Apparatus ef Metal. ‘The optical apparatus of the light- house of Galita, an island off the coast ef Tunis, is entirely of metal. The great parabolic reflector, the largest metallic mirrer in any lighthouse, is of gilded bronze 7 feet 5 inches in diam- ‘eter, with a focal length of 28 inches, ‘and Its 202,000 candle power flash can usually be seen 30 miles at sea. one, SS Donglas 2616 Mrs. Warner Painless Chiropody 15 Years’ Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street CHICAGO FROM THIS DATE ONWARD ‘THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS} BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE, FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Eéward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn street. George W. Boyd, News Stand, Laundry Office and Shoe Shining! Parlors, 3620 S. State street. Mrs. L- Myers, Notion Store,| Laundry Office and News Stand, S012 ‘S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. Sird street, near State. Ofrs, Moses Ratcliff, President off the Willing Workers’ Club, of St.| Gathering A. 3B Zion Cearch, 79 venee. 3 Panama Canal Zone. ‘The United States did not acquire ty the I milan canal convention of November 18, 1908, any title to tert tors in the Republic of Panama, but merely a perpetual right of occupe- tion, use, and control over a zone of land ten miles in width, and covering fan area of 4°%6 square miles. For this priv” - "+ id to Panama the sum of $10,000, 0, and undertook to pay the sum of $250,000 annnally so long as such occupancy continued. These pay- ments began February 20, 1913. Chinese in Java. The standard of living ts probably higher in Java than any other Chinese community in the world. ‘The houses are clean and well furnished, the peo- ple dress in European clothing, and every one has a great deal to say ‘about dirt nnd sanitation. There are Chinese families in Java which have been there for five centuries, but the great majority of the 300,000 who live en the isinnd have come there oF ‘are descended from those who came there In the Inst fifty years. Diligence. Our word, diligence, is from the La- tin, “diligencia.” It means the quality of being dilizent; interested and per severing application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what fs undertaken; assiduous industry; careful attention. Industry has the wider sense of the two words, imply- ing an habitual devotion to labor for some valuable end, as knowledge oF Property. Diligence denotes earnest application to some specific object or Pursult which more or less directly has a strong hold on one’s interest or feelings. ‘Twentieth Century. ‘The first century comprised the years 1 to 100 inclusive; the second century, the years 101 to 200 inclu- sive, and so on to the twentieth cen- tury, which is the period beginning with 1901 and extending to the year 2001. Snowstorms Form in Warm Climates, Potentially snow storms form in general region of warmth, strange as it may seem. The area of low baro- metric pressure, or storm sea, comes Whirling eastward across the Gulf states and then generally takes @ twist northward along the Atlantic seaboard. When sufficiently far north these warm air currents are chilled and the moisture becomes snow, very eften being borne to the earth by the beck draft of east wind. ‘Sleep All Winter Long. ‘When raccoons sleep away the cold snops in the winter, says the Ameri- __A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, No- ee, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State street. | Dodsoa's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, Southwest comer 35th and State streets. News items left with any of the above news ageats prior to Wednes- ‘day mornings of each week, will find theic way into the columns of The Broad Ax. PHONE MAIN 2214 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118}N. LaSalle Street 4 CHICAGO Residence Telephone 3829 Wabash Ave. Boulevard 168s JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 445 NORTH CLARK STREET SuITE <r ‘Telephone Central S384 ‘CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General ‘State of Iitinols Tel. Central 6583 Residence 3646 Grand Boulevard Phone Douglss 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street Corner Dearborn St. Suite 402 Delaware Building F. Duan, J. B. McCahey, ‘Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Fifty-Pirat and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macalister Place Tel Monree 3714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1238 CHICAGO —— ee peer ere ae on cea Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUN- SELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 BAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Aesidence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9183 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 22-295 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Baliding 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO ‘Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to Cc. E. KREYSSLER DRUGGIST S067 South State Street Near Sist St. Net On the Corner CHICAGO Aan a | "KINKY HAIR eae . eyo SS DEEN somes SRSseeree Sun BRE Ge a, ne ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 3, 1920. ‘Ashland S Bank shian: tate CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000.00 1610;West 63rd Street Chicago COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912......-$ 836,605.23 November 17, 1913......- 988,386.38 November 17, 1914....... 912,005.69 November 17, 1915....... 1,059,400.64 November 17, 1916....... 1,132,750.71 November 17, 1917......- 979,377.47 November 18, 1919....... 1,284,084.24 November 17, 1919....... 2,359,636.62 OFFICERS JOUN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Largest Labor Organization of Negroes ‘in the World “Every Craft of Railroad Work Represented OVER 20,000 MEMBERS OVER 150 LOCALS OVER SIX YEARS OLD This association has done more for the railroad man of color than all other labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by | the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquar-_ = | Railway Men’s International Benevolent Industrial Association IGeneral Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Appomattox Club CHICAGO, ILL. | Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO’S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. 8. GEO. T. KERSEY D.A.McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors 3515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. eee es bea a fi | PP a =) 2 ra AMSON i oa ¥ : emis 47: Laie is, F [nomeen ~— a Sa } i : SEA GE ; Sees A 3 S seed | Oar ee noe | ‘Go a Pe : — Ee Eas % Be: : siete mm: fe = Po Che Commagion Chametecrs’ Food. ‘The proper diet of chameleons and Beards cons..1< of flies and other tm fects; also mea! worms, and the com- fon idea that suzar and water will serve In winter Is Incorrect. A good many of these animals refuse food tn the winter menthe und all of them weed warmth nnd sunshine. as well as water. They are difficult to keep In health, and if not given thelr natural food will starce to death in time, though their ability to fast for long periods Is well known. Solitudes of the Earth. ‘The Bushmaniand desert, in south west Africa. Is but little known. A few nomads—some of European and some of mixed descent—hang on Its fringe. Here and there mat-house vik lages, whose dwellers depend on the sparse bounty of the sky. will perhaps be found for a season. Otherwise It fe a darren desert of 0,000 square wiles. wWeri@a Tea Consumption. ‘The world’s consumption of tea, ex- tiusive of the countries in which ten Is grown, Is about 30U,000,000 poun: a year. Lines to Be Remembered. When # umn hax ne longer any com ception of excellewe abeve hie owen his voyage Is done, he ts deud.— Beecher. Lumberjacks Appetite, ‘We heard some time ago that the managers of the lumter camps had Gecided to refuse free feeds to the vagrant lnuberjacks, drifting frou eamp to camp, but not till we saw & Tumberjack eat did we understand the fine impulse that led to the decision. After eating his fill, if one of the feb Jows should try to push his way down ‘8 logging rond, he would get stuck de tween the trees and probably stay there until he starved.—Detrolt News Phone Douglas 8629 ieee a The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. © 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. PRIMARY ELECTION, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1929 a VOTE FOR WILLIAM H. DELLENBAcy 3254 WALNUT STREET FOR REPUBLICAN WARD COMMITTEEMAN OF THE l4th WARD Phone Prospect 427 / JAMES H. RYAN & CO, Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 624 SO. ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO, nL. Cut out this Subscription Blank and Mail it to THE BROAD Ax $1.00 FOR 6 MONTE 6206 S. Elizabeth St, Chicago, I. $200 PER YEAR JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subse to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the anal subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. DMG a 55 < ones vce csnnce MOE. State ......-cseeen ian =e H | = oe ae | i cme: «6 iz eee Eup FE | ie i ae ae r enn oe ee dem | The Cranford Apartment Bldg. 3600 WABASH AVENUE The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chices* « Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance Phone Main 263 J. W. Casey, Agt. 133 W.cWashingtoa® ‘Soul Vision. ‘There's no monopoly of soul vision. It's not particular about the residence of its beneficiary. It finds the simple ‘Maid of Orleans and makes her xreat factor Im history. It takes the youth, Luther, and makes him the re- former of religion. It has taken men from the plow, the garret, the scul- lery and raised them to eminence. It has also used the son of the mansion. It knows men as fit expressions of its purpose and not as individuals. It is limited only by the power of the soul to match Itself with the great need— Exchange. Canine Altruiem ‘The dog is not only # socal ming but has the rudiments, at lau ¢ altruism. I once saw a dog jump n @ river and swim down (o aothe a Younger dog, which had been ay along by the current and who wap tng in vain to make « landing vim the bank was steep and slipper. 4 every attempt his claws slippe: was losing his head; he was poy weak. The older dog pushed ia downstream to a safe landing ta Went on about his business aft were a mere detall—American lap, sine.