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THE COLORED VOTERS, RESIDING IN PULASKI AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES Cario, Mound City and in Other Parts of this State Including Cook County and Chicago; Voted Almost Solidly For General Leonard Wood For President of the United States; Which Enabled Him to Carry This City With A Strong Majority at His Back and to Snatch or Grab Off Fifteen or Seventeen Delegates In Governor Frank O. Lowden's Home State. Mayor William Hale Thompson, the "New Moses," or the "New Man of Destiny," of the Grand Old Party of Illinois, Had His Machine Well Oiled or Greased on Tuesday, and in the Ward Committeemanship Fight It Resembled a Great or Gigantic Octopus, Which Extended in Every Direction from the City Hall Into the Various Wards Throughout the City, Trampling Under Its Huge Feet or Squeezing the Political Life Blood Out of Its Victims Who Attempted to Oppose Its Onward March. Hon Edward J. Brundage, Who Delivered Himself of a Lot of Nonsensical Prattle During the Race Riots in 1919, in Relation to the Colored People Seeking Social Equality with the Whites; Hon. Homer K. Galpin, Chairman of the Republican County Committee; Hon. Roy O. West, Hon. Thomas J. Healy, Hon. Joseph F. Haas, Hon. John C. Cannon, Hon. Charles N. Goodnow, Hon. William H. Dellenback, Hon. Lewis D. Sitts, Hon. Edward R. Litisinger, Hon. Leonard A. Brundage and Sheriff, Charles W. Peters were Among the most Prominent Politicians who Were Caught in the Fly Wheel of Mayor Thompson's All-Powerful Machine, and They Were Fanned or Ground Into Political Powder By It. AMERICAN COMMISSION ON IRISH INDEPENDENCE, 323 Ashland Block, Chicago, Ill. Chicago.—The charge that Ireland today is in the position of the South during the Civil War, made by Lloyd George in the House of Commons last week, was answered by Richard W. Wolfe, chairman for Illinois, of the American Commission on Irish Independence, as an opening slogan for the Easter week intensive campaign in Chicago and Illinois for the Irish Republic Bond Certificates. Nightly meetings were held throughout Chicago and in many cities and towns of the state during the week, at which leading speakers expounded the justice of Ireland's claim for recognition. Mr. Wolfe said: The Greatest Weekly Newspaper in the World and the Plain Double Dealer Turned Over Heaven and Hades in Their Mad and Almost Insane Effort to Defeat Hon. James W. Breen in the Thirtieth Ward and Hon. William A. Bither in the Third Ward, but on Saturday, April 10, Two Thousand Extra Copies of The Broad AX Were Distributed in Their Interest in Their Respective Wards, and It Was All Over at That Time for Them But the Shouting, Which Simply Proves That The Broad Ax Exerts More Influence Than the Greatest Weekly Newspaper in the World and the Plain Double Dealer Combined. It was stated in these columns last week that fully seventy-five per cent of the Colored men and women throughout the state of Illinois would on Tuesday, April 13, record their votes in favor of the nomination of General Leonard Wood for President of the United States. would-be politicians hustled early and late on Tuesday and it seems that they all worked and voted on the side of Mayor William Hale Thompson, for by the united effort of the rank and file of the Republican party and with his valuable assistants he is now the heap big chief or the mon- 14—Alexander N. Todd.....*1,344 15—James J. McComb.....*1,547 16—Daniel D. Coffey.....*907 17—Frederick E. Erickson.....*876 18—James A. Fleming.....914 20—Morris Eller .....Unopposed 21—Charles E. Peace .....2,243 That was one more time the Colored people made good in that respect and almost solidly backed up our best judgment or predictions, for the election returns plainly tell the tale or the true story of just how the vast majority of the Colored men and women voted in this state for it was their votes that made it possible for General Wood to carry Pulaski and Alexander counties, Cairo, Mound City, and to make strong inroads on the Lowden vote in other sections of the state where the Colored people reside, including Cook County and Chicago, and it must be distinctly understood that with the great aid of The Broad Ax, which was the very first newspaper in this city to raise the banner of General Wood for President of the United States, he was able to put Governor Frank O. Lowden to flight in many parts of his home state and to snatch and walk away with fifteen or seventeen delegates. Taking all things into consideration General Wood made a very remarkable race for all of the big white and Colored politicians were dead set against him, and it is claimed that Col. Oscar DePreist and Col. Edward H. Wright and many of the other white and Colored big bosses of the Republican party in the Second Ward advised the Colored people not to vote for anyone for President in order to keep the vote against Governor Lowden down to the lowest point, so that General Wood would not be able to make a good showing, but the Colored people residing in the Second ward closed their eyes real tight and the vast majority of them voted to suit themselves, and the vote in that ward for General Wood tells its own story. Thousands and thousands of the leading Colored and white Republican politicians or would be statesmen and tin horn politicians were too cowardly to come out in the open and oppose Governor Lowden for they were fearful that he would "rise" up in his might or great power and crush them out flat, and for that reason and for no other they voted for Senator Johnson instead of for General Wood, but notwithstanding that fact General Leonard Wood will be nominated and elected President of the United States just the same. With many of the gutter-snipe politicians in this city the election of Ward Committeemen was vastly more important to them than the selection of a candidate for President of the United States, and by reason of that fact the small curbstone THE BROAD AX would-be politicians hustled early and late on Tuesday and it seems that they all worked and voted on the side of Mayor William Hale Thompson, for by the united effort of the rank and file of the Republican party and with his valuable assistants he is now the heap big chief or the monarch of all that he can survey in this city and throughout the state of Illinois; in short he has become the "New Moses" or the "New man of Destiny" of the Grand Old Party of this state, and he will be re-elected member of the Republican National Committee for Illinois. In the years that have passed and gone former Mayor Carter H. Harrison and the late Roger C. Sullivan labored under the impression that they were past masters in the rare art of constructing or building up powerful, well oiled political machines, but Mayor Thompson can give them both cards and spades and then easily beat them at that game with both hands down, for today he has the greatest, the most complete and the most powerful political machine that has ever been thrown together by any set of men or by the shrewdest politicians in any part of the United States. On Tuesday Mayor Thompson's machine was well oiled or greased and it ran as smooth as a well regulated clock—it resembled a mighty or gigantic octopus which extended in every direction from the City Hall into all of the various wards in all parts of this city, trampling under its huge feet or squeezing the political life blood out of all of its victims who attempted in any way to oppose its onward march. The greatest of all the bitter fights for Ward Committeeman was between Hon. James W. Breen and Hon. Thomas J. Healy in the 30th ward, and Hon. William A. Bither and Hon. Robert R. Levy in the 3rd Ward, and single handed and alone The Broad Ax beat back all of the forces behind the greatest weekly newspaper in the world and the outfit conducting the plain double dealer easily defeating Mr. Levy in the 3rd Ward and Mr. Healy in the 30th Ward, which is self evident that The Broad Ax is the greatest of all of the weekly newspapers in Chicago. 1-Michael Kenna 2-Wm. J. Graham 3-Thomas D. Nash 4-John F. Bolton 5-Patrick J. Garr 6-John P. Gibbons 7-James M. Whalen. 8-John H. Mack 9-John J. Leonard 10-Joseph A. Mendel 11-A. J. Sabath 12-Anton J. Cermak 13-Martin J. O'Brien 14-P. A. Nash 15-Thomas P. Keane 16-Stanley H. Kunze 17-Joseph Ruskewicz 18-John J. Touhy 19-Anthony D'Andrea 20-Dennis J. Egan 21-John F. O'Malley 22-R* L. Schapp 23-Joseph L. Gill 24-Frank F. Roeder 25-Harry R. Gibbons 26-Henry A. Zender 27-Neil Murley 28-Glayton F. Smith 29-Emmett Whealan 30-Jos. M. Fitzgerald 31-M. K. Sheridan 32-Andrew J. Layden 33-Timothy J. Crowe 34-Jos. Kostner 35-Wm. P. Feeney. W. H. On Wednesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, at his beautiful home, 342 Wellington street, he passed on out into the next world. For twenty years he was one of the warm friends of the editor of this paper, who joins with his other legions of friends in extending condolence and heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Sullivan and the other members of his bereaved family over the great loss they and the citizens of Chicago have sustained by his untimely death, for in every respect he was one of its foremost citizens and a true friend of the colored race. HOW TO TEACH CHILD COURTESY My text is the manners of two little children who called upon me, each with her mother. When Three-year-old was introduced she put out her tiny hand and said with a charming smile, "How do you do? My mamma said you liked little girls." "Mamma" opened her bag and out came Three-year-old's best beloved doll. In two minutes Three-year-old was playing happily in the bay window, while her mother and I had the long talk that we wanted. When Four-year-old called and her mother said, "This is my little daughter," she made no response to my greeting, but promptly seized my prettiest sofa pillow, threw it on the floor, and trampled over and over its delicate silk with her dusty scandals. Her mother said nothing, but when she rose to leave she was quite severe with little Four-year-old because she neglected to make the formal courtesy that she had been taught. "Evidently her home training in good manners consists in learning to make that courtesy," said a friend who was present, but I fancied there was something more than that back of the difference between the two children. Of course calls on grownups are dull matters for small folk, but little Three-year-old had, by the thoughtful word of her mother, been put in a mood to please and be pleased, which is the foundation of pleasure in society. THE LATE ROGER C. SULLIVAN. Wednesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, at Wellington street, he passed on out in her twenty years he was one of the warmest of this paper, who joins with his other extending condolence and heartfelt sadness and the other members of his bereaved loss they and the citizens of Chicago is untimely death, for in every respect most citizens and a true friend of the old. Poor little Four-year-old was "at odds with her environment," and her mother had not said the thoughtful word that might have helped her. Whatever life may bring to a person there is one thing certain—he will have to mingle with other people, and good manners which have their rise in a kindly feeling toward others will be a great help. Of whatever follicle kings and queens have been guilty, they have generally realized that much of their popularity must rest upon the impression that their manners make upon people. Long before Queen Victoria could speak plainly she was taught to make a little bow and say "Morning, lady," or "Morning, sir," when any one approached her carriage. How can children be taught courtesy? The foundation, of course, is to teach them by word and example to feel kindly towards the people around them. Show them the little ways of thoughtfulness by which they can express this kindness of feeling. Teach them not to save up their good manners for strangers and emphasize this by treating them with the same courtesy that you wish them to manifest. "I like to have the Blanks come to play with my children," said a mother, "for they are never rude and rough in their games." I was interested to ask the mother of the Blanks how she had brought this about. "I really believe it is due to our after supper hour," she replied thoughtfully. "For an hour after supper I do whatever the children choose and as --- one of them. We read aloud, we go to walk, we make candy, we snowball one another, we play games, sometimes wild, rollling games, and I do not ask for any special privilege on the ground of being a grownup. "But of course the children would not think of tagging mother too roughly or making hard snowballs when one might happen to be thrown at her; and they won't quarrel about who shall stir the candy when they know that mother is waiting for her turn. If they practice self-control and courtesy with me, they will be more likely to practice it with others. The National Kindergarten Association, which prepared this article, asks you to clip it and pass it on to a neighbor who will profit by reading it. Parents both white and colored should carefully read the above article and thereby honestly endeavor to teach their children some manners for children without manners are the greatest nuisance that any one can come in contact with.—Editor. BARS WOMEN WITH 'MODERN DRESSES AT HIS CHURCH. Phoenix, Ariz.-The privilege of attendance at church services will hereafter be denied to women wearing low-necked dresses at St. Mary's Catholic Church in this city, according to the Rev. Father P Novatus, rector. Members of his congregation found his signed posters on all church doors to this effect. AMERICAN COMMISSION ON IRISH INDEPENDENCE, 323 Ashland Block, Chicago, Ill. Chicago.—The charge that Ireland today is in the position of the South during the Civil War, made by Lloyd George in the House of Commons last week, was answered by Richard W. Wolfe, chairman for Illinois, of the American Commission on Irish Independence, as an opening slogan for the Easter week intensive campaign in Chicago and Illinois for the Irish Republic Bond Certificates. Nightly meetings were held throughout Chicago and in many cities and towns of the state during the week, at which leading speakers expounded the justice of Ireland's claim for recognition. "Mr. Lloyd George is now making frequent use of a comparison between the secession of the South and the claim of the Irish people for freedom. No one better than he knows the falsehood and hypocrisy of the comparison. We prefer George Washington to Llyod George as an authority when the truth is at stake. George Washington in an address at Mt. Vernon in 1788 declared: 'Patriots of Ireland—champions of liberty in all lands—be strong in hope. Your cause is identical with mine. You are calinated in your day—I was misrepresented by the loyalists of my day.' "Why does not Mr. Lloyd George compare the case of Ireland with that of the revolting colonies? The case in that instance is parallel, except that Ireland's claim to liberty and her cause for total separation from England is stronger than that of the colonies. The South was fighting to maintain slavery—Ireland is fighting to maintain liberty. The South and the North were the same country, same laws, same flag, same race, same history, same beginning, same language, common heritage. In all these things Ireland is different from England. Even Sir Edward Carson the other day in the House of Commons, following Lloyd George, spoke of Ireland as 'my' and of England as 'your' country. "Mr. Lloyd George's immediate and pressing problem is, in plain, honest terms, the cold-blooded massacre of the Irish people in Ireland. To this task he is setting himself in characteristic fashion. He cuts the cables and isolates Ireland from the world outside. He shoots down women defending their own homes, while he erects monuments to Edith Cavell. He lauded as heroes Belgians who shot German officers, while he calls Irishmen murderers for defending their children and homes. "He mobilizes the press and all other agencies of publicity at his command. The mills of deception and lying are busy coining fine phrases to fool the gullible, just as recently the 'rights of small nations,' 'open treaties,' 'freedom of the seas,' and so on were used to serve their purpose." JACK JOHNSON BUYS CAFE, NOT TO STEP ON U. S. SOIL. Los Angeles, Cal.—(Special to The Broad Ax.)—Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, has bought the cafe known as the Main Event in the village of old Tiajuana, Mexico. The price was $20,000 and Johnson is said to have paid for it with twenty American $1,000 bills. Johnson told friends that he had no intention of crossing the border and surrendering to United States authorities and returning to Chicago. TEACH NATIVES HO WTO USE DYNAMITE. Cape Town, South Africa.—A moving picture film now being shown here teaches native diamond miners why they should not kick open a box of dynamite or give percussion caps to the baby for teething rings. There is a reel or so on the evil effects of wife beating, and the picture closes with a few scenes of the British fleet at review. It is an educational film. In this city since July 15th, 1899 without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrat, Catholic, Protestants, Single Taxa, Priests,印els 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 Mix Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1418 Vol. XXV. April 17, 1920. No. 30 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, IL. Under Act of March 3, 1879. The Rt. Rev. Chas. P. Anderson, D. D., Episcopal Bishop of Chicago, expressed his hearty sympathy with the plans and purposes of the Interchurch World Movement, the thirty denominations of which will inaugurate on April 25 an eight-day campaign to raise $366,777,572 for the world needs of those denominations. Because of the fact that the Episcopal Church was in the midst of a Nation Wide Campaign of its own when the Interchurch Movement was launched, this denomination has not become a part of the Movement. Great satisfaction was expressed by leaders of the Interchurch, however, over the fact that the Episcopal Church has taken occasion to express its full sympathy with the aims the Interchurch has in view. "The success of one, is the success of all," said Bishop Anderson, at the Church Club. "Nothing will stimulate the Episcopal Church more than to see that other denominations are being stimulated; and I feel that the stimulating influences of the Interchurch World Movement will have a highly beneficial effect in the ranks of all christianizing and civilizing agencies. Because of this, I am very glad to give the Movement my full support and to wish it every success. I have no doubt that the Episcopal Church would also have been enlisted in the Movement but for the fact that our own campaign was well under way when it was organized." Bishop Anderson's endorsement of the Interchurch resulted from his attention having been called to the section of the Governing Council of the Episcopal Church made public in New York by the Bt. Rev. Thomas J. Gallor, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, expressing hearty sympathy with the purposes of the Interchurch Movement. The text of Bishop Gallor's statement follows: "The Presiding Bishop and Council have heard with interest of the progress of the Interchurch World Movement and hope that the Nation Wide Campaign Committee of this Church and the authorities of the various dioceses will furnish to the survey contemplated by the Interchurch World Movement, such information concerning the work of this Church as may be desired. Inasmuch, however, as our own Nation-Wide Campaign in still in progress, the Presiding Bishop and Council feel that they cannot take any official part or assume any financial responsibility in the Interchurch World Movement; while at the same time they assure the leaders of that Movement of their hearty sympathy with the purposes they have in view, and of their prayers that God will bless the Movement to the extension of His Kingdom and the higher welfare of mankind." The immediate result of this attitude of the Episcopal denomination it is believed, will be to bring large numbers of the rank and file of that Church into active support of the Interchurch Movement. The evidence of this cooperative spirit was shown in the fact that large numbers of the Episcopal Church in the diocese of New York recently attended the Interchurch conference of pastors there at the suggestion of Rt. Rev. Charles Sumner Burch, D. B. Bishop of the Diocese. A. H. MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. Last Sunday Morning General Wood delivered a short and very impressive talk at Olivet Baptist Church, Thirty-first and South Park Avenue, and more than four thousand people sat under the sound of his voice and hailed him as the next President of the United States. Hampton, Va.—The Sophoclean Dramatic Club, a student organization at Hampton Institute, has again scored a big success in its artistic presentation of "Philocetes" (from the translation of Sir George Young) on the great stage of Ogden Hall—the new aud beautiful memorial auditorium at Hampton Institute. Nearly 1,500 white and colored citizens of the Lower Peninsula of Virginia witnessed a well finished production of Sophocles' famous-play which depends almost entirely upon character rather than situation for its interest. Lewis Campbell has said that in fineness and delicacy of characterization "Philocetes" stands alone. "Nowhere in the range of dramatic literature have such simple means been more subtly employed." The Hampton players, all of whom had undergone long and thorough training and had entered into the spirit of the Greek drama, showed clearly their skill in acting. They enjoyed the advantages of sympathetic coaching, adequate facilities for effective stage lighting and costuming, and an enthusiastic, intelligent audience. Members of the Sophoclean Club had previously visited all the Hampton class rooms and explained in detail the seven episodes of the drama. The interpretative dances, which were performed with grace and skill, added to the effectiveness of the dramatic presentation. "Philoctetes" deals with the struggle which Odysseus undertook to recover, by fair means or foul, the highly-prized bow and arrows of the armorbeaver of Heracles. The work of the chorus—men from the Island of --- HON. WILLIAM A. BITHER. HON. WILLIAM A. BITHER The honorable attorney for the Board of E friend and supporter of Mayor William Hale That was elected Committeeman of the Third Ward aid of The Broad Ax. Seyron,''—under the leadership of Ulysses S. E'am, Waverly, Va. was another element in the success of this student dramatic effort. The music was selected from Mendelssohn's 'Antigone' and 'Odipus Coloneus'—two plays of Sophocles which this Hampton student dramatic club has presented with corresponding success in previous years. The east of "Philocetes" follows Odysseus, Bernard Byrd, Dallas, Tex. Neoptolemus, Russell W. White, Axandra Va.; Philocetes, Lyle M. Hawkins, Eminence, Ky.; Spirit of Her alexes, Stuart E. McClanahan, Abingdon Va.; Guard, Robert A. Knox, Lexington ton, Ky.; Chorus of Men, Edward A Alston, William M. Ball, Moss Bryant Jr., Andrew M. Burris, Oakes A. White James M. Dillard, James I. Green, R Wilson Howe, J. Moses Johnson, and Gayle H. Peters; Dancing Nymphs Lucien E. Lowry, Clara E. Major, Margaret L. Ricks and Eliza G. Spennie By Pupils of Mrs. A. C. Cone. Assisted by Mr. Harrison Emanuel violinist, and Mr. Thurman F. Charleston, of Northwestern University School of Music, organist. The Salem Baptist Church Choir will also assist. In addition to the solos it will be interesting to hear the quartets and choruses. Tuesday, April 20, 1920, 8:15 p. m. Abraham Lincoln Center, Oakwood boulevard and Langley avenue. Admission 50 cents. —Adv. 1910 the Board of Education, warm William Hale Thompson, who the Third Ward with the great SONG RECITAL THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 17, 1920. Articles pertaining to music and musicians will be found in this column each week. Matter intended for publication must be in not later than Tuesday. Address all communications to the Music Cabinet, 6450 Champlain avenue, Chicago, Illinois. NEGRO POLK MUSIC During the dark days of slavery, work on the plantations was often done to the accompaniment of songs whose rhythmic swing acted as an incentive to steadier and better labor. One writer tells of a leader in a band of slaves who was besought by his companions not to sing a certain song because it made them work too hard. This was true not only with the mowers in the harvest, but also on the river boats, as well as on the boats plying between the West Indies and Baltimore and the Southern ports. The songs used by the laborers in the construction of fortifications and earthworks soon became known as "Railroad Songs" from the fact that tracks were often laid to the melody. In Louisiana, the music of the Negro took on a special color owing to the influence of his Creole masters, which influence is noticeable in the French patio of his songs and the character of the music both of his songs and his dances. The majority of his songs were almost always accompanied by dancing, the singer being chosen not so much for his voice as for his skill at improvisation, his words taking suggestion from the grace of or pose of some dansseuse or in praise of some plantation hero. The dancers themselves did not sing the -musical accompaniment consisting of singing and rude instrumental efforts furnished by the onlookers. Aside from those songs which referred to animal life, some of which are rather ludicrous, there are those which are distinctively historical, and which seemed to have been inspired by some important episode in the community life. The love songs of the Negro of Louisiana are more distinctive than are those of the Negro in general. Louis M. Gottschalk, of French and English parentage, who won fame for himself both as a pianist and composer, made use of many Creole Negro melodies in his pianopieces. It was he who made known to the world the charm of the Creole airs. When he appeared in the Paris salons, he attracted much interest by his vivid pictures of Creole life as suggested in his compositions. Since the time of Gottschalk, many composers have made use of Negro themes as material in composition, among whom Anton Dvorak ranks highest. His "New World" symphony is founded chiefly on such themes and shows the possibilities in the use of this material. Among the composers who have followed his example and made success may be mentioned G. W. Chadwick, who made use of the themes in his second symphony; Henry Schoenefeld in his "Sunny South" Overture, Rural symphony, and sonata for piano and violin, and E. R. Kroeger in his "Ten American" sketches. Nor are we to overlook Samuel Coleridge Taylor who has evolved many charming compositions from the Negro theme. From the efforts of these men some idea can be gained as to the adaptibility of the Negro melodies in musical composition with artistic results. And if America is ever to approach anything like nationalism in music, it must be through the use of the melodic materials originated by this much abused and despised group known as the American Negro. Mr. B. Emanuel Johnson and Miss Pauline James Lee appeared in a two-piano recital last Monday evening at Unity Club. They were assisted by local talent, and the proceeds were for the benefit of the People's Movement. Mr. William E. Berry, former leader of the Eighth Regiment Band, is seriously ill at Musicians' Headquarters, 3934 S. State street. An interesting program is promised for Sunday afternoon at the Original Providence Baptist Church by Prof. John Wesley Jones and his famous choir. They are preparing to render Esther, the beautiful queen, at Lincoln Center, May 31st. INTER-RACE TROUBLES IN CHICAGO. In the September Inter-Church Bulletin there appeared a communication sent by the Chicago Church Federation to all the ministers of the city, calling their attention to the serious situation on the South Side of the city where inter racial troubles had been increasingly evident between the Negroes and white people. The fact was mentioned that within the past four years the colored population of Chicago has risen from 70,000 to 125,000. Better industrial opportunities and higher wages have been the attraction that brought these large numbers from the South. It was hoped that the various efforts made during the late summer and early autumn to allay the irritation would prove sufficient. Within recent weeks, however, the situation has grown increasingly serious. Violence has broken out in a few instances and many bombs have been used as weapons against the property of Negroes and those who have rented or sold dwellings to Negroes. The chief reason for this bombing was the invasion by Negroes of sections of the city hitherto entirely occupied by white people. A definite effort has been made through legal action and the organization of a Property Owners' Association to prevent further advance by Negroes, and as a natural consequence the colored people themselves have organized protective circles. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States makes illegal any such effort to segregate a portion of the population. The causes of the irritation are many. Perhaps the chief one is the difficult housing situation. Rents are high and Negroes are charged much more than white people for the same property. The charge is made also that city and county officials are lax in their efforts to curb and punish crimes against the colored people and their property. Of the twenty-seven cases of bombing in which Negro property or that of white people who have rented to Negroes have been the cause of attack, only two arrests have been made, and in both instances the men charged with violence have been released on inconsequential bonds, five hundred dollars being the limit in each case. The Church Federation, as the representative of co-operative Protestantism, has been deeply concerned with this situation, as has also the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, which sent out from its office in New York letters of inquiry regarding the increasing tension reported in Chicago. The Inter-Church World Survey, conducted by a staff under the direction of the Comity Commission of the Chicago Church Federation, has sent out valuable information regarding conditions here, particularly the details of the bombings. This information has been sent to all the ministers in the city. Two conferences attended by representatives of the various religious groups' emphasized the necessity of creating a commission including those who served on the Church Federation Committee in August and others whose knowledge of the situation and influence made them valuable members of such a commission. Accordingly, this group is now serving the Church Federation in investigation and counsel and will hold frequent meetings, watching carefully the development of events. The members of that group are: Dr. Graham Taylor, Dr. Shailer Mathews, Father M. W. Ross} Rev. John Seibert, Rev. John Thompson, Rev. Henry S. Brown, Rev. Perry J. Rice, Dr. Herbert L. Willett, Rev. Frank O. Beck, Prof. George H. Mead, Mr. Wallace Heckman, Dr. Charles E. Bentley, Rev. F. L. Anderson, Rev. C. S. Laidman, Mrs. G. M. Mathes, Miss S. P. Breckenridge, Miss Mary McDowell, Dr J. C. Armstrong, Rev. W. Clyde Smith, Rev. A. F. Clark, Hon. Robert McMurdy, Prof. Robert E. Park, Mr. L M Smith, Prof. Samuel Dickey, Rev. L K. Williams, Mr. A. Arnold Hill, Mr. George R. Arthur, Dr. George C. Hall, Mr. Lucius C. Harper, Rev J. W. Robinson, Rev Chas. W. Burton, Rev W. D. Cook, Rev E. T. Martin. At the direction of the Commission, public officials of the county and city have been visited for the purpose of emphazing their responsibility for the repression of violence and the punishment of offenders. Meantime, the Commission earnestly requests the ministers of the city to study the problem and to present to their congregations at the earliest possible opportunity such of its phases as seem to them of greatest moment. If violence is to be repressed, it must be because good will prevails, and the most potent influence for the cultivation of justice and neighborliness is the church. Every minister ought if possible to make this subject the theme of comment, with urgent counsel to his people to foster the right sort of public senfiment in a community in which there are so many elements of inter-racial friction and public danger. Furthermore, wherever possible, committees ought to be chosen to call upon public officials, insisting upon greater diligence in the enforcement of the ```markdown ``` COL. NATHAN WILLIAM MacCHESNEY. As the able and wise chairman of the General Leonard Wood Committee of Illinois accomplished a great work in his behalf and put up a mighty interesting fight against Governor Frank O. Lowden and his followers. law and the prosecution of offenders. This responsibility is not met at the present time, either by the city police or by the machinery of the courts. Public sentiment can do much to promote order and justice in the community. It is further recommended that denominational ministerial meetings arrange for consideration of this sensitive and important subject for fuller information and suggestion regarding proper church action. structures such as hotels, club houses and league centres have been purchased and in many ways an aggressive race spirit has mounted high all to show that the race possesses a strong self-determining power which is formidable. This is as it should be, the emphasized restless spirit argues well, we cannot too soon press our forces upon a nation cursed with the flimsy structure of race prejudice whose foundation is built upon the sand. PROGRESS OF TEN YEARS. By Dr. M. A. Maiors. Within the last decade herc.lean efforts have been made by the race to acquire property. In the ten largest cities of America the acquisition of wealth has been phenomenal. Banks and hospitals have opened in several of these ten great centers. Negroes have been given employment in a hundred places beyond our wildest dreams, and every time we have made good. As clerks, operatives, stenographers; women have been made foreladies in large mail order establishments, in fact hundreds and thousands have shown their ability to cope with whatever situation that arose, and thousands of men have made good in literative places never before held by Negroes. In several of these ten largest cities Negro politicians have been elected to the legislature, city council, and appointed to fill big responsible places of city government; women serve as probation officers, and have figured prominently in civic organizations that supply great reforms of a social and civic nature. Large clubs have been organized, large commodoious ```markdown ``` [Name] Hon. James W. Breen Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chi hand to hand fight with Hon. Thomas J. of The Broad Ax was elected Committeen Ward. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, who after a hand to hand fight with Hon. Thomas J. Healy, with the aid of The Broad Ax was elected Committeeman of the Thirtieth Ward. structures such as hotels, club houses and league centres have been purchased and in many ways an aggressive race spirit has mounted high above to show that the race possesses a strong self-determining power which is formidable. This is as it should be, the emphasized restless spirit argues well, we cannot too soon in press our forces upon a nation cursed with the flimsy structure of race prejudice whose foundation is built upon the sand. Recently much has come to us because of our men in arms who have well the brunt of battle and with stood the wear and tare of war. This in turn has supplied us with just cause for aggression. Much hate has given away because of the fierce stern look to be seen upon black and brown face, and there are those in great places of state and military that believe the time has come to allow the Negro to have what he deserves, when the ability to cope with the situation is not lacking. A number of Health and Accident insurance companies are in the formative stage, and we are told that not only are they organizing life insurance companies in all of the states there are a few fire and damage insurance companies on the way. We haps within the next ten years we will build a steel structure skyscraper for a large department store on the South Side. ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON Mr. and Mrs. E. Shanklin, 1653 Palm street, entertained a number of friends on Thursday evening. April 8 at luncheon in honor of Mrs. L. A. Mitchell of Metropolis, Ill., who is visiting in the city. ```markdown ``` bel of Chicago, who after a thomas J. Healy, with the aid committeeman of the Thirtieth 107 HON. HARRY OLSON. The extremely popular Chief Justice of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who delivered many brilliant orations in the interest of General Leonard Wood throughout the state of Illinois. SELF-PRESERVATION IS PARA MOUNT. By Dr. M. A. Majors We are more than 150,000 strong in our numbers, and a hundred times as strong in effectiveness that might be capitalized and used to our great good, but the racial instinct, or the spirit of race aggressiveness is seemingly at a low ebb, or may be we are using all our forces toward religious bigotry, hypocrisy and hurried preparations for death, hell, and the grave. Ignorance is yet the curse, deeply marked in our blood and nature. Ignorance is yet the infamy that would invite our attention to mystery rather than to practical, material things. Ignorance is the fiercest judgment to a suffering, needful people. There are enough of us in Chicago to operate two large stores as large as the Boston Store. In some instances the Negro church is our greatest drawback. Instead of the church leading in all matters of enterprise which govern our well being on earth you seldom hear more than the death rattles from some leather lunged preacher whose heart is bent on a big collection. The uniting of our race has much more to do in bringing about civil justice, getting along on earth, being honorable and treating each other as we should. In other words, we have the strength to demand what we want, rather than having to stoop to fighting each other over crumbs. The ambitious politician should be made to tremble when he thinks of 150,000 Negro citizens. No one of our big Negroes should have to seek, or beg, or stand around any kind of a man with his hat in his hand eagerly expecting, almost afraid somebody will fail to keep their political promise. If the Negro numerically united could build handsome edifices, why in God's name may he not build up large enterprises that would give employment to thousands of our own young men and women? Again, why not make The Binga State Bank a powerful Negro clearing house that could stand financially behind any huge undertaking the race regarded as necessary? Why should it forever be necessary for our big Negroes to almost surrender the manhood of the race for a few small favors? If the race would get together and operate together, even if only two or three months, somebody down town would get scared, and there would be really something doing worth considering as even handed justice. Numerically we can defeat any man in Cook County for any office, because we hold the balance of power, and it's purely damn foolishness for the race to hug fake delusions that it is going to get anything given it, if we don't regulate our numerical forces, and exercise our powers that are God given. They bomb our homes, and our wives are afraid to sleep at night, and the Negro is still going to church praising God, believing in a security which does not exist, and only can exist by him (the Negro) making himself a powerful determining factor by his own numerical strength. It is very evident that there will be a greater need for back yard and vacant lot gardens in Chicago this year than there was at any time during the war period. This assertion is based on the extreme probability that the farmers of the middle west, and throughout the country for that matter, have practically decided to curtail production. A careful reading of the agricultural journals discloses the fact that for months past the farmers through their organized bodies have been considering some such action. During the war the farmers, as a class, responded to the per crops by increasing their acreage and this they did. Then came the era of profiteering in foodstuffs of every kind. The farmers have noticed the tremendous difference in the prices they received as compared with those paid by the final consumer for all classes of farm produce. So they have asked why, in the face of scarcity of labor, the long hours which they must work, they should attempt to raise more grain and foodstuffs of every kind only to fill the pockets of the profiteers. For several years now the people of Chicago have been pretty active in the city gardening movement. A tremendous impetus was given this movement by Mayor Thompson in 1918. Last year there were thousands of gardens within the city limits which raised a vast amount of foods, which otherwise would not have been available at all. This year, as has been pointed out, the need for gardens was never more urgent than now to help the people to meet the high cost of living. Those who have had gardens know how much they help out in meeting the expenses of providing food for the family table. They know, too, something of their value from a health standpoint. They know that gardens are fine for the children who are old enough to help work them and that they pay big returns for the time, money and labor expended. So get a garden. Do it now. The sanitary disposition of wastes and refuse, including human excreta, despite the not infrequently heavy cost, in addition to its health value, is also of decided economic benefit. In other words, it means a saving of dollars as well as a saving of human lives. If the vacant lot near you was not made into a garden last year, better see the owner and get his permission to till it this year. It will mean food for your table, health for your body and also peace and happiness for your mind. If you have mislaid the hoe and spade, hunt 'em up; clean up time will soon be here. Good teeth are first aids to good digestion. Take care of your teeth. MRS. MITCHELL LEAVES. After spending a month or more in the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Young, 3556 Forest avenue, Mrs. L. A. Mitchell of Metropolis, Ill., left during the week for Carbondale, Ill., where she will visit her brother C. P. Wilson. ADJUSTS MATTERS. Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 3556 Forest avenue, D. G. B. N. G., was called to Joliet, Ill., to adjust matters concerning the Household of Buth of the Grand Order of Odd Fellows. GET A GARDEN. Charles E. Stump Has Been Visiting or Traveling Around in South Carolina, the Home of the Late United States Senator Benjaman Ryan Tillman. The Leading White Citizens in Old South Carolina Still Mob and Lynch Colored Men, Women and Children. As I take my pen in hand, ink and paper on the table and sit down in an arm chair to write to you this week. I am in South Carolina and my face bathed with my own tears, as I ask for Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, and no one can tell me where to reach him. He has left here and left no address. I wanted to have a slight conversation with him about conditions now, and ask him what he thought about the possibility of President Woodrow Wilson making another run and what would be the slogan. been removed from the cell, the door of which was forced open, and taken out through the rear of the building. So quietly was the work done that no one had been found who heard any unusual noise about the station at the alleged time of Steward's removal from the cell. It was not thought necessary by the officers to put the Negro in jail as everything was apparently quiet and there was no apprehension of further trouble.[17] Now if you are in your right mind, and free from prejudice read the news. Dear readers, Senator Tillman has gone and left no address where I can even reach him with a letter. I thought trying to be like Moses, from Pigah height view the Promised Land of Canaan, and see if I could see him lurking around there, and then if I failed to find him it would be necessary to descend in the regions of Hades, and then I might get my Sunday-to-meeting clothes burned, so I contented myself to give it up, but I find that the work he advocated from his lofty seat in the Senate is still going on in South Carolina, and for fear something may happen to me I will say that Senator Tillman was the greatest hypo—(man)—crit that ever lived, and I would feel sorry for him if he went to even heaven en or the other place, for there are scores of men in both places who have been shot, lynched, burned at the stakes, but let us not get off, but kneed in prayer, and ask God to direct my pen in the way of right while I tell you what the world is doing. On my way to where I am I purchased just five cents worth of the latest literature I could get my hands on, and it was the Daily State, a newspaper published in Columbia, and this is what greeted me on the front page, second column and at the top of it at that: "NEGRO LYNCHED BY LAURENS MOB. Joe Steward Hanged From River Bridge. INQUIRY TO BE MADE Inquest Adjourned Pending Investigation—Flight with White Men Causes Trouble. Then the paper goes on to tell us that after an interval of seven years, a Lauren's Negro has been executed without due process of law. Joe Steward, aged 25, who had been employed for a year by a local coal dealer, "was last night about midnight, as near as can be ascertained, taken from a station house cell, carried to the foot of Cemetery Hill and hanged, from the North Harper bridge over Little River. The rain soaked body was cut down and taken to an undertaker this morning." This was dated April 9, and the paper saw further: "Upon the arrival of the coroner, inquest proceedings were started with Solicitor Blackwell representing the state in the examination of witnesses. After four or five men had testified, including Chief of Police Blackley and Sheriff Reid, on motion of the solicitor, adjournment was taken until a future date with a view of ascertaining, if possible, additional evidence in the case. "Dr. W. D. Ferguson, who examined Steward's body, testified that five stab wounds were on the body and his neck had been broken. Death was due to hanging and the wounds were not serious in his opinion. "Lynching of Steward was the result of a fight earlier in the night with a party of young white men, three of whom were more or less painfully cut with a knife wielded by Steward. It is said that the fight came about by Steward taking up for another Negro, who, it is alleged, offended a young white boy by crushing against him as the Negro was leaving the opera house about 7 o'clock. The boys, it is said started to get the offending Negro when they encountered Steward, who challenged the boys and used abusive language which led to an immediate fight. All wounded parties had to have the attention of doctors. Up to 11 o'clock everything appeared quiet, and most people went home. Chief Blackley and another policeman were on duty. The officers left the station house for a short time and when the chief returned the Negro was gone. He had NO HOOVER FOR US. These are perilous times, we are as it were sitting tight over a seething volcano, subject for eruption at any moment, and just why of all people, the group which we represent should be called upon to line up for an unknown along the line of political effort passes our understanding. In every crucial test in war or in peace, through which this country has passed, the black men and women have rung true, and the present crisis, when it is apparent to all that Democratic misrule must go, there are those who would betog the issue, and have the nerve to come right out and ask this people to support Wilson's right hand man, Herbert Hoover. He is the same man, he is, who appealed been removed from the cell, the door of which was forced open, and taken out through the rear of the buildings. So quietly was the work done that no one had been found who heard any unusual noise about the station at the alleged time of Steward's removal from the cell. It was not thought necessary by the officers to put the Negro in jail as everything was apparently quiet and there was no apprehension of further trouble.[17] Now if you are in your right mind, and free from prejudice read the newspaper account of what took place and see if there is anything fahy in your fair mind. This is “chivalry” “Cultured” South Carolina. Now here are a crowd of hoodlums who jumped on one Negro and because he took care of himself, got stabbed himself, but returned the compliment he had to lynched. That is indeed a helvua civilization, and I would gladly welcome the devil to come up here and get some of his own and let them render him direct service down there. The chief of police showed indifference, incompetency, inhumanity, and doubtless criminality. How was it that only the black man was put in the cell, when the fight was free for all white men-to beat up a Negro and when they failed, he must be disrobed of his knife, placed in jail in order that these cultured gentlemen (?) could get hold of him without the loss of blood. The police got out of the way. I could imagine that that cell was as famous as the Black Hole of Calcutta—which up to this time has been the synonym for human flath and tortue—was an immaculately clean bed of perfumed purity compared with this human cesspool a-reek with every known mess of filth and contageon. No chef for hogs could prepare a meal fit for swine, and that was sufficient punishment for the young man. In the language of the Christ, I can only say "Father forgive them, and in due time consign them all to the lowest cell of Hades and there let them enjoy their human barbacue or pierce. I have faith in God, and I think it will be all right after awhile. There will come a time when Negroes are going to stop lynching, and they are going to do it not after it is over but when it takes place, and just how it is going to be done, time eternity, the law and God will work out, and to Our Heavenly Father I commit it all. Did you know that Dr. A. J. Carey, has been down in Florida and Georgia! Well he has, and believe me they gave him one more. Old Aunt Dolly Time. They just dined him, and preached him, and praised him, and urged all the men to vote for him next May when he is to be made one of the bishops of the A. M. E. Church. It will be a big time when he is consecrated and ordained to the highest place in his church. The Chicago friends will go down in large numbers to see it done, and done it will be. Then at the same time Rev. W. Sampson Brooks who went from Chicago to the West, and he will be in the number. He will be Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, Bishop W. A. Fountain and Bishop J. C. Caldwell. You will have to figure out the others. I would like to see it done. I would like to see you called upon to do your part of the real work. Dr. W. A. Fountain is one of the most polished men of this race, and he has done a great work in the training of our young people. He is the man of the hour, and a scholar. He is within reach of all the people, and he will be the people's bishop. You can reach him and he will hear the humblest. There has been some talk of one of the men of Georgia being persecuted by Bishop J. S. Slipper, a finer man never walked in shoes, and I would like to say Dr. W. D. Johnson that it is not a good way to go up by saying hard things about your friends. I am sure that he has found Bishop Slipper a friend, and Dr. Johnson today holds one of the best districts in Georgia, and you would not find a sane man who would attempt to persecute a man and keep that man in his cabinet. Not much. Dr. Johnson, is secretary of his conference, secretary of the Trustee Board of Morris Brown University, secretary of the general conference, and leader of his delegation. I will tell you more in my next letter. to the people only at the last National election to elect a Democratic Congress; what for? why to back up President Wilson, of course. This act alone should guarantee the united opposition of all the members of our group. Bowed down as we were in the sloughs of despondency, the incubus of a Democratic administration, backed up by a Democratic Congress was a burden which we could not stand, but if Hoover had had the power such would have been our portion. We are glad, however, to see our people alive to the situation because nine out of every ten we have spoken to cannot see Hoover at all.—The Eagle, Los Angeles, California, April 10, 1920. Colonel Otls B. Duncan, who stopped over in the city for the Regimental Dancing School and the wrestling match, returned to Springfield Monday evening. The Colonel has succeeded in securing an appropriation for an Armory for Company L at Danville and the building is being remodeled to suit the needs of the company. Lieutenant Frank Robinson of Company L made a flying visit to the city and reports that the armory will be ready for occupancy before the end of the month. Recruiting is progressing satisfactorily except in the Machine Gun Company and Company C. Companies A, D, F, G and H have almost reached their quota and will be mustered into the service of the State of Illinois before the end of the month. The Headquarters Company, Supply Company and Companies B and M (Quincy Company), have already been mustered in and requisitions for clothing and equipment have already been forwarded to Springfield. At the wrestling match last Saturday night, there was much enthusiasm when Sam Langford pinned Marty Cutler's shoulders to the mat, and equally as much when Jack Anderson, late of the 92nd Division, quickly disposed of "Cyclone Bill" Clancy, the pride of the Northwest Side. The Regimental Dancing School was largely attended last Friday evening and a good time was had by all. Many of the officers were out in uniform. Lieutenant Howard F. Bell, who has been at home with pneumonia for the past three weeks, is again on the job. Beginning Monday, Armory Drill for Chicago Units will be as follows: Monday nights — Companies A and B; Tuesday nights—Companies C and D; Wednesday nights—Companies E and F; Thursday nights—Companies G and H; Friday nights—Machine Gun Company, Supply Company and Headquarters Company, less the Band Section; Sunday afternoons—Band practice. APPOINT NEGRO • CONSTRUCI TION FOREMAN. Baltimore, Md.-Two Negro foreme nwere appointed by the Water Board at the request of Mayor Broening, and will organize a Negro gang for the construction division. The men are James H. Roberson of the Eleventh ward and Robert L. Price of the Eighteenth ward. They were named in a letter from the Mayos to Water Engineer William W. Megraw and go on the pay roll at 45 cents an hour. It is the first time that Negroes have been employed as foremen in the Water department. EX-SLAVE DEAD WORTH $150,000. Kansas City, Mo.—William • Price, 81, former Virginia slave died here leaving a fortune estimated at $150, 000 His total capital was $2 when he came to Wyandotte county fifty years ago. LEAVES FOR NEW YORK The Rt. Rev. G. L. Blackwell of Philadelphia, who held the mid-winter conference at Walter's A. M. E. Church last week, left on last Thursday for Syracuse, N. Y., from there to Virginia and North Carolina where he will hold similar meetings. MR. SELTZER AWAY Mr. Warren B. Seltzer of the real estate firm of King & Seltzer, 3209 Cottage Grove avenue, is at New Orleans, La., where he was called suddenly a few days ago on account of the illness of his mother. MR. CONNOR LEAVES Completing the thirty days' course in community work given in this city, Mr. Miles W. Connor of Virginia left a few days ago for Atlanta, Ga., where he has been assigned to take the work up. MOVIES Mrs. Flossie Edgehill, who has made her home with her sister, Mrs. Bettie A. Givens, 27 E. 44th street, has moved to her new home, 4208 Wabash avenue, where she will be pleased to see her many friends. GOES TO VIRGINIA. Miss Alice C. Chiles left a few days ago for her home in Bichmond, Va., where she will remain a few days before taking up the work in community work, the course of which she completed in this city. IN CITY. Business brought Mrs. James Irwin, 1333 Emerson street, Evanston, Ill., in the city during the week. The Bailey Press Bureau of which M. T. Bailey is Manager, at 3631 State street, will be pleased to publish all personal notices in the various papers if you will call Boulevard 1577. 52¢ How would YOU like a raise like this? FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pay to the order of Rev. N.E. Pastor Only Fifty Two Cent 52¢ Each Church Member —and for 34 Years Work THAT is the kind of increase in salary the minister has received. His living expenses have risen just as fast and as far as yours. But he is paid on the average just 52 cents more per church member than he was paid 34 years ago. The Minister Never Fails You Every officer of the C message to deliver appeal of all. But 80% of the minis than government econom for the support of an ave When hospitals need support of the ministers— But when sickness v members of his family the charity ward. His pay is 8 out of every 10 m $20 a week—about half We Pay Him Half the And of these pitifully inade you contribute? Nothing if an average of less than 30 member. All of us share in the best the community. They marry children; visit us when we are spiritual training of the youth We Are All Profite Part of the Interchurch W wage for every minister of Je and a chance to do a big man If you want better preache better. It's the best investment for your children—that you c INTERC WORLD M Every officer of the Government with a war message to deliver appealed to the ministers first of all. But 80% of the ministers receive less income than government economists figure as a minimum for the support of an average family. When hospitals need money they enlist the support of the ministers—and receive it. But when sickness visits the minister or the members of his family they must be treated in a charity ward. His pay is less than a day laborer's. 8 out of every 10 ministers receive less than $20 a week—about half the pay of a mechanic. We Pay Him Half the Wages of a Mechanic And of these pitifully inadequate salaries, how much do you contribute? Nothing if you are outside the church; an average of less than 3c a day if you are a church member. All of us share in the benefits of Christian ministers to the community. They marry us; bury us; baptize our children; visit us when we are sick. In their hands is the spiritual training of the youth. We Are All Profiteers at Their Expense Part of the Interchurch World program is this—a living wage for every minister of Jesus Christ; an efficient plant, and a chance to do a big man's job. If you want better preachers, help to pay the preachers better. It's the best investment for your community—and for your children—that you can ever make. INTERCHURCH WORLD MOVEMENT 45 WEST 18th STREET. NEW YORK CITY The publication of this advertisement is made po- through the co-operation of 30 denominations CHIPS. Mrs. Margaret G. of the very best and The publication of this advertisement is made possible through the co-operation of 30 denominations. Mrs. B. F. Moseley and her mother, Mrs. Jane Hammond, are now residing in the two-apartment building belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Cary B. Lewis, 437 E. 46th street, and for some time to come, Mr. Lewis will be the manager of the Idlewild Hotel, which was the pride of the late B. F. Moseley, his father-in-law. Mrs. Marion Adams, who at one time was the director of the choir at Quinn Chapel, has finally decided to re-locate in Chicago and make it her permanent home. She has written several catchy songs which she is placing on the market. She will also give instructions in music. At the present time she is residing at 3317 Calumet avenue. Rev. Doctor Frank C. Bruner, the widely known eloquent pastor of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, 31st street and Parnell avenue, has become one of the new readers of The Broad Ax. Rev. Bruner is a strong supporter of General Leonard Wood, for President of the United States. Mrs. Joana Snowden-Porter made a very impressive talk Sunday afternoon at the Leonard Wood meeting at the Wendell Phillips High School, when she introduced Miss Harriet E. Vittum head of the National Women's headquarters of General Leonard Wood. Miss Vittum was at her best and she delivered a logical and brilliant talk. Mrs. Nannie Reed, manager of the Women's branch of the Leonard Wood National Committee, with headquarters in the Idlewild Hotel, 33rd street and S. Wabash avenue, was one of the speakers at the Leonard Wood meeting at the Wendell Phillips High School, Sunday afternoon, and she was loaded to the guards with hot pepper or ginger, which she hurled at Governor Frank O. Lowden, for assuming a passive position during the race riots at East St. Louis, Ill., in July, 1917. --- CHIPS. Government with a war led to the ministers first masters receive less income ists figure as a minimum orage family. money they enlist the -and receive it. sits the minister or the they must be treated in a less than a day laborer's. ministers receive less than the pay of a mechanic. Wages of a Mechanic equate salaries, how much do you are outside the church; a day if you are a church feefits of Christian ministers to us; bury us; baptize our sick. In their hands is the ers at Their Expense world program is this—a living us Christ; an efficient plant, job. ers, help to pay the preachers nt for your community—and an ever make. CHURCH OVEMENT Mrs. Margaret Gainor, who is one of the very best and most convincing orators among the Colored women in this country, has been sent on a speaking tour through Colorado and other sections of the west, by the Leonard Wood National Campaign Committee. Mr. Harry Ramsey, 351 Garfield avenue, is one of the substantial Colored citizens on the North Side. He is wide-awake at all times. He is a firm supporter of this paper. Transparent Soap Transparent soap is prepared by drying ordinary soap, dissolving it in alcohol, allowing the solution to remain at rest so long as any impurities settle to the bottom, and then pouring off the alcoholic liquid and evaporating it until it is of such consistency as to become solid when cooled in molds. EXPERT SAVAGE FISHERMAN. The Sandwich islanders and the people of the Ladrones are exceptional as savage fishermen, having no fear of fairly deep water. The latter think nothing of going fishing in 13 fathoms in light canoes called pross, rigged with one sail, in the construction of which their ancestors most likely coped the Malay pirates. Helogland Legends Helgoland's great staircase that mounted to the rocky heights had fairies lurking above it, according to legend. In the eighteenth century, when a baby was born, its feet were buttered promptly so the child would slip through the fingers of a fairy who might try to exchange it for the fairy's babe. Few Escape Censure. It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause. But to escape censure a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing a foolish thing.—Hume. Fatal Wolves of Russia. 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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, 5012 S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. 53rd street, near State. Mrs. Moses Rattcliffe, President of the Willing Workers' Club, of St. Catherine A. M. E. Zion Church, 3739 Elmwood avenue. --- The prudent household is one where each member enjoys the satisfaction of saving systematically. It pays—for the fund assumes surprisingly large proportions in a comparatively short time. Start saving now! You may open a Savings Account here with $1.00 or more—we pay 3% interest. Don't put this off—start now! BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS DEPOSITS Mendays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Other days 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ILLINOIS TRUST SAVINGS BAN La Salle at Jackson...Chicago Sound Waves. The term "sound" is often mistakenly restricted to the sensation involved in hearing. The term sound is actually applied to those aerial or other vibrations which, were they to reach the ear, would be audible. Sound is made of waves in material things of earth, like air, metal, water, or wood. A falling tree produces sound waves which vibrate symmetrically about it in much the same way as the ripples on a lake caused by throwing a pebble on its surface. Touch Iron Instead of Wood. Touch Iron Instead of Wood. Investigation discloses the fact that in many districts of England the custom of touching wood still prevails just as it did among past generations. In Scotland the superstition of the touch is not unknown, although in their case it is iron that is believed to possess the charm of averting evil. For instance, the fisher people of Scotland, who regard the sight or mention of a plg as a bad omen, are accustomed to touch iron. Origin of the "Horn Book." Origin of the "Horn Book." The horn book, invented in 1450 and used considerably up to the close of the eighteenth century, was the usual text book of the elementary schools. A thin slab of hard wood was covered with parchment on which were printed the capital and small letters, numerals, and some elementary syllables and words. Over this a thin sheet of transparent cow's horn was placed and firmly bound so that no moisture could penetrate. The Babv Giraffe. At the time of its birth the giraffe measures six feet from its hoofs to the top of its head. E DOUGLAS 1 HARDING, JR. RESTATE Barn Houses, Apartments to Rent E GROVE AVE. Street, Chicago R. T. Kirby, Shoe Shining, Hat Cleaning Parlor and News Stand, 20 E. 35th street, near L Station. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, Southwest corner 35th and State streets. 118jN. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 8829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 100 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 146 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8834 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Tel. Central 6588 Residence 3646 Grand Boulevard Phone Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW 86 W. Randolph Street Corner Dearborn St. Suite 402 Delaware Building F. Dunn, J. B. McCahoy, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macallister Place Tel. Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1220 CHICAGO Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4753 Champaign Ave. Phone Dreskel 8178. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708-184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 8419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 BAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Accidence 3855 Prakla Ave. Phone Douglas 9123 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 82-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSSLER DRUGGIST 5057 South Street Near 51st St. Net On the Corner CEDICAGO "Excelsior Will Make Your Skin Long, Too" EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have kinky hair, not just aaya May Gilbert. 'Mr. Jack' has grown 25 inches long, using your wonderful EXELENTO GUNINO PONADE Don't be fooled by fake Elk Renaissance. You can get a kinky hair with long. Our foundation smoothes out, fades the kink, and it grows long and silky. We make Exelento Skin Beauty, as guaranteed by dermatologist skin. Used in treatment of skin troubles. PRICE OF EACH 25-18 STANDS OR COIN AGENTS WANTED: ENVEYVENE EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 17, 1920. Chameleon' food. The proper diet of chameleons and lizards consists of files and other insects; also meal worms, and the common idea that sugar and water will serve in winter is incorrect. A good many of these animals refuse food in the winter months and all of them need warmth and sunshine, as well as water. They are difficult to keep in health, and if not given their natural food will starve to death in time, though their ability to fast for long periods is well known. Solitudes of the Earth. The Bushmanland desert, in southwest 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 villages, whose dwellers depend on the sparse bounty of the sky, will perhaps be found for a season. Otherwise it is a barren desert of 50,000 square miles. West En Ashland S CAPITAL AND SU 1610 West 63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEM LAST SEV West Englewood Fishland State Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000.00 West 63rd Street RATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSIT LAST SEVEN YEARS COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 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..... 2,359,636.63 OFFI JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, VI EDW. C. BARRY, W. MERLE F. ARTHU Largest Labor of Negroes in "Every Craft of Railroa AIN, President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant C ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst West Labor Organiza Negroes in the Wor by Craft of Railroad Work Represen JOHN 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 c than all other labor agencies combined. ociation has done more for the railroad manafer labor agencies combined. 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 magnific the Appomattox Club—recently ters. Railway Men's Benevolent Indust General Headquarters, Appomattox Club housed in the magnificent home formerly theattox Club—recently purchased as our h Halway Men's International Solvent Industrial Associ General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave Club CHICAGO Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWAN CHICAGO'S REPR UNDERTA Finest Establishment GEO. T. KERSEY D. 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Insease that fill, if one of the fellows should try to push his way down a logging road, he would get stuck between the trees and probably stay there until he starved—Detroit News. inglewood State Bank URPLUS $300,000.00 CERS President Cashier ISHER, Assistant Cashier R C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World and Work Represented e for the railroad man of color combined. International trial Association 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE MAKERS not in the U. S. WAN WM. J. MORSELL ors CHICAGO, ILL. WEST H.WIL NDERT PHONE-TENWOOD 020-35629-5030 S. S. OFFICERS Chicago Phone Douglas 8620 The Missi Billiard Ha The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. PRIMARY ELECTION, TUESDAY, APR VOTE FOR WILLIAM H. DELLEY 3254 WALNUT STREET FOR REPUBLICAN WARD COMMITTEE OF THE 14th WARD 7 ELECTION, TUESDAY, APRIL VOTE FOR AM H. 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