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GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN BOUGHT TWO DELEGATES FROM MISSOURI FOR TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH; WHO PROMISED TO VOTE FOR HIM; FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Walinger MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. Organizer, Statesman, Administrator, Soldier, Patriot, American, who will be nominated for President of the United States by the Republican National Convention. GENERAL LEONARD WOOD AND HIS FAMILY. Reading from left to right, standing: Osborn Cutler Wood, Miss Louise Barbara Wood, Leonard Wood, Jr. Left to right, sitting: Mrs. Leonard Wood, Major General Leonard Wood. The Wood family is highly qualified in every way to grace and hold forth in the White House at Washington, D. C. RSOENWALD HELPS NEGROES New York.—Announcement has been made of appointments to four fellowships offered by Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, to qualified Negro graduates in medicine to pursue advanced medical studies. The stipend attached to the fellowships is $1,200. The committee in charge of the fellowships consists of Dr. William H. Welch, director of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, who is chairman; Dr. David L. Edsall, dean of Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, dean of the medical department of the University of Michigan. The fellowships announced for the academic year 1920-1921 are: Dr. George W. Adams Jr., M. D., Howard University School of Medicine, 1918; Dr. Theodore K. Lawless, M. D., Northwestern University Medical School, 1919; Dr. W. S. Quinland, M. D., M. Harvey Medical College, 1919; Harvard Medical School, 1919-20; Dr. Carrie J. Suttan, M. D., Howard University School of Medicine, 1920. THE BROAD AX STEVENS AND ASBURY WIN NOMINATIONS FOR LEGISLATURE. Philadelphia, Pa.—Andrew F. Stevens and J. C. Asbury were both nominated for the Legislature; Stevens from the Seventh Ward and Asbury from the Thirtieth Ward at the Primary elections held here recently. Stevens was also elected as Alternate Delegate-at-Large to the National Republican Convention to convene at Chichgo, June 8. Mrs. Carrie Warner, 3822 Calumet avenue, left Saturday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where she spent Decoration Day in visiting with her mother, Mrs. Sidney and her sister, Mrs. Betty Ray. She returned home Tuesday evening. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eberhart avenue, is home again after spending some time in Hot Springs, Ark., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo. She greatly enjoyed her pleasure trip. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920. SO FAR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ILLINOIS HAS BLOWN IN MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND HE HAS ONLY SECURED EIGHTY DELEGATES. IT IS CLAIMED, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE TRUE, THAT COL. WALTER L. COHEN OF LOUSIANA AND COL. HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON OF GEORGIA HAVE RUN THEIR HANDS DOWN DEEP INTO THE MONEY BAG OF HON. FRANK O. LOWDEN, AND THEY AND THE OTHER COLORED DELEGATES FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES WILL CAST THEIR VOTES FOR HIM FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ON THE OTHER HAND, GENERAL LEONARD WOOD AND HIS MANAGERS HAVE NOT BOUGHT ONE DELEGATE, AND WITH 155 DELEGATES AT THE PRESENT TIME HE IS BOUND TO RECEIVE THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THIS GREAT AND GLORIOUS REPUBLIC. As stated in these columns last week—namely that Governor Frank O. Lowden and his close personal political managers have for the past year labored under the gambler's impression that the nomination for President of the United States was for sale to the very highest bidder for cold cash. That with that object in view, he has attempted to buy his way into the White House at Washington, D. C., on a Pullman Palace Car. white for money. Governor Lowden is the only one of the candidates to try that scheme or plan which has enabled him to secure eighty delegates after spending more than four hundred thousand dollars, in that direction, and so far General Wood has 155 delegates; Senator Johnson 115, Harding 39, Pritchard 17, Southerland 16, Poindexter 14. The managers for General Wood were forced to bitterly fight the big bosses and the well organized polit- executive and administrative experience than any other man mentioned for the Presidency. Champion of Law and Order Stands on equal justice for public, employee, and employer. Restored order in Omaha; prevented disorder in the steel and coal strikes. Stands on His Own Merits Roosevelt said of Wood: "His rise has been astonishing, and it has been due purely to his own striking qualifications and striking achieve- Our statement in that respect has come true for this week the United States Senate investigating committee brought out the fact that in the Show Me state of Missouri that Governor Lowden in the coldest kind of a cash business deal bought two or three of its delegates for two thousand and five hundred dollars each and it is said with the understanding that they would assist to work up public sentiment for him and to vote for him in the Republican National Convention first, last and all the time. Although there was no presidential primary contest in Old Missouri, nevertheless Governor Lowden in order to show that he was a prince of good fellows when it comes down to spending vast sums of real money for the nomination for President of the United States scattered almost forty thousand dollars around among the leading politicians throughout Missouri, so that they would be in a position to boss or control the delegates to the national convention from that state and vote them like so many sheep for the boss Governor of Illinois for President of the United States. It may not be true but it is claimed by those who claim to know what they are talking about that "Hon. Walter L. Cohen of Louisiana, who has always been one of the foxy and one of the slickest and one of the most successful politicians in that State and Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson of Georgia, received large sums of money from Governor Lowden to enable them to buy up and to control the colored delegates in their respective states in the interest of the Hon. Frank O. Lowden," that the colored delegates from those two states will vote for him and aid the Lily Whites of the South to ram him down the throats of the fifteen million colored people in this country. Colored delegates to the Republican National Convention have the same moral right to divide their votes up among the various presidential candidates the same as the white delegates, but if the colored delegates are deeply interested in the future welfare of their race they will not permit Governor Lowden and his hirlings to buy them up with money like unto so many dumb driven hogs or cattle for at no time in the past has Governor Lowden had any use for colored people except to use them for his own personal political advancement and no one can seriously contend that he has ever been in the slightest degree interested in the progress of the colored race in this country and as the Republican Governor of the great state of Illinois the home of the immortal Abraham Lincoln, he has utterly failed to give its worthy and progressive colored citizens a square deal and to protect them in their citizenship rights. So far the United States Senate investigating committee has not shown that any of the managers or followers of General Leonard Wood, has in the past or up to the present time attempted to buy up one delegate black or white for money. Governor Lowden is the only one of the candidates to try that scheme or plan which has enabled him to secure eighty delegates after spending more than four hundred thousand dollars, in that direction, and so far General Wood has 155 delegates; Senator Johnson 115, Harding 39, Pritchard 17, Southerland 16, Poindexter 14. The managers for General Wood were forced to bitterly fight the big bosses and the well organized politica Imachines in every state in which presidential primaries were held and for that reason alone they were compelled to expend vast sums of money for newspaper advertising and so on in order to get the merits of their candidate before the American people, but at no time did they attempt to buy nor to influence any delegate with money for the purpose of controlling his vote in the Republican National Convention which speaks volumes for General Wood and his political managers and their straightforward conduct in that respect. In every way General Wood is by far the very best fitted person of all those mentioned for president of this great country for in the past he has accomplished the following things for the everlasting benefit of his fellow men and for the undying glory of his country: American—100 Per Cent. Devoted his whole life to the service of his country, and knows intimately every section of the United States and its possessions. Equipped for Nation's Highest office Mentally, morally, physically fit, Courageous and unbiased, he insures a square deal for all. A Man of Deeds, Not Words Cuba, the Philippines, the Plattsburgh Camps, and the whole of his national preparedness campaign are imperishable achievements. Statesman The rehabilitation of Cuba, the building of the whole of the republic from the ruins of a four-hundred-year-old Spanish Crown Colony, constitutes one of the greatest feats of statesmanship in modern times. Diplomat In his mission of civilization, he won the co-operation of Cubans and Filipinos, strangers in race, language and religion. Business Administrator He found Cuba bankrupt, raised over sixty millions of dollars, made enduring public improvements and left the country debt free. Authority on International Affairs Foresaw and foretold the European war through his extensive knowledge of foreign relations. Predicted its menace to the United States. Launched his program of military preparedness in 1909 and continued it until victory was achieved. Judge of Men Selected Reed to wipe out yellow fever; Olcott, Dodge, and Van Horn to construct and develop Cuba's railways; and Hanna and Frye to create the island's modern school system. Peacemaker Pacified the unruly Moro province in the Philippines, stamped out piracy, slave trading and internal warfare, leaving the province law-abiding and prosperous. Organizer and Builder The Cuban schools, hospitals, harbors, lighthouses, railroads, highways, and telegraph system, and the Philippine fortifications are monuments to his labors. Proved Leader He has wider and more diverse ex- eecutive and administrative experience than any other man mentioned for the Presidency. Champion of Law and Order Stands on His Own Merits Roosevelt said of Wood: "His rise has been astonishing, and it has been due purely to his own striking qualifications and striking achievements." General Wood is the only candidate seeking that high and honored office who has the moral courage to speak out strong in condemnation against mob and lynch law and the distranchisement of the colored American in this country. Major John R. Lynch, who has had a personal acquaintance with General Wood of more than twenty years, under whom he has served as army officer when General Wood was military Governor of Cuba. In the following manner Major Lynch who is held in high esteem by the colored people of Chicago and by the colored people throughout this country loudly sounds the praise of General Wood. "I have known General Wood favorably and well for nearly twenty years, and can therefore speak of him from personal knowledge and contact. "For President of the United States we would have in General Wood the right man in the right place. "Some say that we ought not to have a military man for president. We have had a military man for president immediately succeeding every war in which our country has been engaged. Why not follow that custom now, in view of the indisputable fact that we have in General Wood a man that will measure up to the requirements of the occasion in every particular? "The present abnormal conditions growing out of the recent world war render it imperative that we place in the presidential chair a man of the experience, ability, and calibre of General Wood. He is not merely a military man. He has demonstrated remarkable and splendid executive and administrative ability and capacity in every station he has been called upon to fill. It was my good fortune to serve him as an army officer while he was the military governor of Cuba. It will not be denied that that country never had a better administration than it had under General Wood. "General Wood does not pose as the special friend and champion of any one race, class or group, but he believes in giving every one a square deal, regardless of race, color or nationality, and that is all we ask, expect or desire. Racial proscription and official segregation will neither be countenanced nor tolerated by him. In matters of official recognition the rule by which he will be governed will be merit and not race, fitness and not color. In other words no race or color line will be drawn by him or by any one else officially connected with his administration. His administration will be broad, liberal, fair and just to all races, classes and groups of which our citizenship is composed, whatever their race, color, nationality or religion, provided they are true and law abiding Americans. He believes in national supremacy, human rights and man hood suffrage, because he will see that every American citizen is protected in the exercise and enjoyment of his civil and political rights at home as well as abroad, as far as it may be in his power of the chief executive to do so. General Leonard Wood is the man of the hour. © 1920 MOTFETT COL. WILLIAM COOPER PROCTER Chairman of the Leonard Wood National Campaign Committee, who after carefully reviewing the national political situation freely predicts that General Wood will without any question about it be nominated for President of the United States by the Republican National Convention. The first citizen of Chicago, the highly esteemed friend of Major General Leonard Wood, who feels more than confident that he will receive the nomination for President of the United States at the hands of the forthcoming Republican National Convention. His nomination and election will be to the colored American a new emancipation. It will give him new hope, encouragement and inspiration. It will strengthen and increase his loyalty to his country and his devotion to the flag and to our American institutions. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Sherrill, of Chattanooga, Tenn., who is one of the big preachers in the M.E. church con- nection, spent the past week in visiting in this city with friends. Sunday morning Rev. Sherrill preached to a large congregation at the South Park M. E. Church, Thirty-third and South Park avenue. His amiable and lovable wife, Mrs. E. A. Sherrill, is a first cousin of Mrs. James H. Johnson, 3650 Prairie avenue and as their house guests they were royally entertained by Col. and Mrs. Johnson, during their pleasant visit to this city. [Name] In this city since July 15th, 1890, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrat, Catholic, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say 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. Advertising rates made known on application. 8006 So, Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill Phone Wentworth 2597 DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Mattered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, III. Under Act of March 3, 1879. 8TH REGIMENT NOTES. The 8th Regiment, Commanded by Colonel Otis B. Duncan, took part in the Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31st. It was inspiring sight to again see the "Old Eighth" with rifles on the shoulders of the men. Headquarters Company, the Supply Company and Company B, have been armed and equipped. Requisitions for equipment for the Machine Gun Company, Companies D, F, G and H have already gone forward to Springfield. On Wednesday, June 9th, the Detachment Medical Department, Machine Gun Company, and Companies D, F, G and H will be mustered into the service of the State of Illinois at 8:00 p. m. Recruiting for Companies A, E, and C has been very satisfactory during the past week and it is expected that within the next week these companies shall have completed their quota. With the muster of these three companies, all Chicago units will have been mustered in and recruiting will cease. On Tuesday, June 8th, the Regiment will give a military ball in honor of the delegates and visitors to the Republican National Convention. This affair promises to be a bigger success than the 17th Annual Ball given February 12, last, when more than 2,500 people attended. The regiment has received an invitation from Mr. "Rube" Foster to attend the base ball game at the American Giants Park on July 25th. This day will be called "8th Regiment Day," and the entire regiment, armed and equipped, will attend the game and give an exhibition drill. THE DELEGATES AND THEIR FRIENDS WILL BE WELCOME AT THE WOMEN'S HEADQUARTERS AT THE IDLEWILD HOTEL The ladies of the Hospitality Committee of the Wood Camp, of --- MISS VIOLETTE N. ANDERSON. Successful Court Reporter, first colored woman to be admit henceforth it will be Attorney or Anderson. Successful Court Reporter, who has the honor of being the first colored woman to be admitted to the bar of Illinois, and from henceforth it will be Attorney or Judge Anderson instead of Miss Anderson. Violette N. Anderson, 3347 Calumet avenue, who for several years past has been a court reporter in the different courts of the City of Chicago, has been admitted to the Illinois Bar, having passed the examination necessary for such admission. She is a graduate, of the Chicago Law School, where she received the degree of LL. B., and is the first colored woman to be admitted to the Illinois Bar on examination. Miss Anderson is deserving of much credit since her law studios were completed which Mrs. M. O. Gainer is Chairman, will hold open house at their headquarters at the Idlewild Hotel during the week of the National Convention, all delegates are also invited to call at any time delegates are also invited to visit the women's headquarters at the Stratford Hotel where they will meet Miss Vittum, Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Grainger, Chairman of the Hospitality Committee at the Stratford Hotel. The service of the stenographer, free of charges are at the disposal of all delegates and friends. while she was earning her livelihood and that of her widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Nectly, whose sole support she has been for many years past, and it is to be hoped that much success will attend her future career. For the past seven years she has conducted the only public stenographie bureau in the city in which colored girls have been employed, located at 145 N. Clark street, and numbers many of the leading lawyers of the Chicago Bar among her customers colored and white. has made a success of everything to which he has put his hands. Among other speakers were: Bishop Coppin of the A. M. E. Church, Rev. E. T. Martin of Bethesda Baptist Church and Dr. W. S. Braddan of the Berean Baptist Church. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BEAUTIFUL ROYAL GARDENS EXTENDS A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL THE DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND VISITORS TO Mrs. Nannie Reed, Manager, has her forces well marshalled for convention week. LARGE MEETING IN THE INTER EST OF JESSE BINGA'S STATE BANK A very enthusiastic meeting of the stockholders of the Binga State Bank was held at the Y. M. C. A., Wabash Avenue Branch, Tuesday night, June 1st. Capt. R. A. J. Shaw, a prominent attorney, spoke on the laws governing state banking institutions. He discussed the benefits to be derived from "credit," and this was gotten mainly through banks. The Binga State Bank was no one man's bank but was a corporation under state supervision and the control of the stockholders. The principal address of the evening was made by Dr. L. I. McGee of the University of Chicago, who spoke along the line of supporting institutions that are to remain right with us, and not be benefitted by us and then go to other parts. He said that the Binga State Bank was fortunate in having the reputation of Mr. Binga to fall back on, the reputation of a man who while she was earning her livelihood and that of her widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Neatly, whose sole support she has been for many years past, and it is to be hoped that much success will attend her future career. For the past seven years she has conducted the only public stenographic bureau in the city in which colored girls have been employed, located at 145 N. Clark street, and numbers many of the leading lawyers of the Chicago Bar among her customers colored and white. has made a success of everything to which he has put his hands. Among other speakers were: Bishop Coppin of the A. M. E. Church, Rev. E. T. Martin of Bethesda Baptist Church and Dr. W. S. Braddan of the Berean Baptist Church. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BEAUTIFUL ROYAL GARDENS EXTENDS A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL THE DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND VISITORS TO VISIT THE FINEST PLACE OF AMUSEMENT IN CHICAGO. Several years ago when Mr. Virgil Williams assumed control of the old Palace Theater or dance hall, located at 459 E. 31st street, many of the wise ones felt dead sure that blank failure was staring him right square in the face that they could see no future success for his enterprise and gigantic undertaking. Mr. Williams, however, continued to saw wood and say nothing and in a very short time, he transformed the establishment into the Beautiful Royal Gardens, which is the most orderly conducted and the best place of amusement of its kind in the United States. It must be said to the everlasting credit of Mr. Williams, that before Uncle John Barley Corn received its final knock out and death blow, that Mr. Williams never sold one glass of liquor in his establishment, nor kept it in any manner, shape or form around about him. The Beautiful Royal Gardens contains the best and the largest dancing floor in this city. The original New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, discourses the finest and the most enchanting music that can be heard any place and the entertaining is always of a high order, also the entertainers are topnotchers. For a clean or a real place of amusement, the Beautiful Royal Gardens cannot be excelled. Mr. James F. Griffin, the polite and gentlemanly manager, is always on hand to assist mine host, Mr. Williams, the enterprising and hustling proprietor to extend the glad hand of welcome, to all of its friends and patrons. Aside from conducting the Beautiful Royal Gardens Mr. Williams is one of the directors of the Liberty Life Insurance Company; he is also president of the Royal Gardens Moving Picture Company. He is full of race pride and the past year, directly and indirectly, he contributed more than seven thousand dollars to charity. EN ROUTE Hon. L. A. Knox of Kansas City, Mo., is en route from Virginia where he visited his parents as well as attending the bi-annual meeting of the Alumni Association of the V. N. & I. I at Petersburg, to the city to attend the Republican National Convention GRAND MASTER EDWARD H. MORRIS ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE ORDER FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE MEMBERSHIP: "To the Subordinate Lodges, Households of Ruth, P. G. M. Councils, and M. V. P of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, Greeting: "The B. M. C. of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America will meet in New York City on the second Monday in September, A. D. 1920. "Delegates must be elected at a regular meeting in May (or at a special or called meeting thereafter). "Send your delegate's credentials to James F. Needham, Grand Secretary, Twelfth and Spruce streets, Philadelphia, Pa. "The Grand Household of Ruth, the Past Grand Masters Council, and the Grand Patriarch will also assemble in New York City at the same time the B. M. C. meets. "Information in relation to the B. M. C. will be furnished by Grand Secretary Needham. "New York is the city where the B. M. C. will meet—the second Monday in September, 1920, is the time. "From now on let the slogan be: "On to New York! On to New York!" In all parts of this country the leading Odd Fellows and the strongest Odd Fellows Lodges are fast pledging their loyal and steadfast support to Grand Master Edward H. Morris, as an indication of this fact the District Grand Lodge No. 27 (Florida), of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, which convened at Daytona, Fla., the middle of May and after transacting much important business passed the following resolutions: The first resolution was offered and passed pledging support to the present Sub-Committee of Management presided over by Grand Master Edward H. Morris. Pretenders Repudiated. The district grand lodge went squarely on record as supporters of Grand Master Edward H. Morris and colleagues, taking positive stands against all conspirators and preten- "It is expected that this will be the largest B. M. C. ever assembled. Let every financial lodge strive to send its delegate "Fraternally yours, "EDWARD H. MORRIS, "National Grand Master, "G. U. O. of O. F. in America" Chicago, May 17, 1920 In speaking of the forth coming B. M. C. the Odd Fellows Journal says that "The B. M. C. to be held in New York will, no doubt, go down in history as the most momentous one yet held, as at that meeting will be determined once for all by the entire membership of the Order through duly chosen representatives whether the members who pay dues and taxes and have their own as well as the Order's interests at heart shall elect their officers or, whether a mere handful of outlaws, by the use of money and through agencies foreign to the designs of Odd Fellowship, shall do so, and whether matters of purely functional routine shall be reserved to the membership or given over to any twelve strangers to determine. "These two issues will be squirrel up to the membership represented in the B. M. C. to determine, and they are paramount to all other issues now, for upon them rests the very existence of the Order and its free and unquestioned right to regulate its own internal affairs and elect its own officers without any extraneous intervention or interference. The membership is more thoroughly aroused than ever, and well it should be. There can be but one stand when the matter is put to a test. No man, with a modium of sense or property would erect a house and provide regulations for its government and then surrender his control and the enforcement of its regulations into the keeping of strangers or destructionists. “Neither will the builders and keepers of this temple of Old Fellowship so surrender it to a set of satraps or knaves. Of this all may be certain. “So, it is, “On to New York,” as duty calls and as loyalty compels. Let the lodges send delegates to New York, let credentials be piled up with Grand Secretary Needham, as the law directs, and let the delegates go to New York and speak in thundering tones and acclaim with one voice: Down with trickery and treason, down with conspiracy and contumely, down with despoilers and doers of evil deeds. THE GREAT BILLIARD CONTEST OR TOURNAMENT. Lovers of billiards are indebted to Mr. Virgil Williams for the opportunity of witnessing the greatest players of the race, J. W. (Bam) Simons, National Champion and Watson W. Burns, the famous California billiardist, in a 750 point match. These great players will contest at the Royal Gardens, June 9, 10 and 11, playing 250 points each evening. This match promises to be the greatest ever staged by our own artists. Watson Burns' skill on the green cloth has been a favorite topic of conversation among billiard fans for years. Chicagoans have looked forward to the chance of seeing him in action against the popular, local wizard "Bam" Simons. The gratification of this long established desire was made possible through the persistent efforts of Virgil Williams. It was no easy task to pull Burns away from the pleasant environs of his home, in Southern California. That the local fans will show their appreciation by attending this great event in face, is a foregone conclusion. The Broad Ax heartily approves this effort to boost the "gentleman's game." MISS COVINGTON BACK. After spending a most enjoyable stay at Milwaukee, Wis., as the guest of Mrs. Anna Price, 227 Chestnut St., Miss Bessie Covington 4417 Dearborn St., is back. Miss Covington was accompanied by Mrs. Sadie Blakely and Mrs. Bertha I. Smith. "From now on let the slogan be: 'On to New York! On to New York!'" In all parts of this country the leading Old Fellows and the strongest Old Fellows Lodges are fast pledging their loyal and steadfast support to Grand Master Edward H. Morris, as an indication of this fact the District Grand Lodge No. 27 (Florida), of the Grand United Order of Old Fellows, which convened at Daytona, Fla., the middle of May and after transacting much important business passed the following resolutions: The first resolution was offered and passed pledging support to the present Sub-Committee of Management presided over by Grand Master Edward H. Morris. Pretenders Repudiated. The district grand lodge went squarely on record as supporters of Grand Master Edward H. Morris and colleagues, taking positive stands against all conspirators and pretenders who seek by sinister methods to get possession of the offices of the Order. The resolutions giving expression to their sentiments and convictions are as follows: Whereas, Grand Master Edward H. Morris and associates have the cooperation and support of every financial jurisdiction of the Order in America and the isles of the sea, as well as that of the Committee of Management, England, from which authority is obtained for the Order's existence as a branch in America— Be It Resolved, That the delegates, officers, and members of District Grand Lodge No. 27 (Florida), Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, assembled at Daytona, Fla., May 12, 13 and 14, 1920, in district grand lodge session, representing the lodges of the State of Florida, do now and herafter sincerely and heartily pledge our support and give recognition to the SubCommittee of Management presided over by E. H. Morris, and their successors only when elected by the free choice of the representatives of the financial lodges in America at a regular B. M. C. Be It Further Resolved, That we condemn, repudiate, and brand as scoundrels any man or set of men who by intrigue, fraud, or false representation, coercion, or any other method other than through the free suffrage of the people, according to the laws of the Order, seek to get possession of the offices of the Order. Be It Further Resolved, That we do not now nor will we in the future support or recognize any persons as officers whose claim is based on fraud. Resolved, That we give ourselves no unnecessary concern or alarm over the recent jury verdict, but that it is the sense and opinion of this district grand lodge that right will win, and in the words of the immortal Lineolin: "The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth;" and we will not be overthrown by Bolshevist, radicals or others, and neither shall the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America be. National Grand Master Morris and his friends and associates feel more than confident that he will be re-elected by the B. M. C. as the lawful head of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America. BIG DOINGS AT THE APPOMAT-TOX CLUB. The Appomattox Club is leading all the local organizations in the plans for the entertainment of the large number of delegates and visitors drawn to the city by the big convention. The handsome club house of the popular club has been decorated for the occasion and the committee under the guidance of David B. Hawley, Claude A. Barnett, Nahum D. Brascher and others, are very busy with the arrangements and are making things fairly hum. A long list of functions have been prepared which includes a meeting of the newspaper men on Monday afternoon where a dinner and talks will be provided. During the week the delegates will be entertained by automobile trips throughout the city; dances and receptions, and on Wednesday night the big feature will be an elaborate banquet at the club where a program will be rendered which will include addresses by many of the most prominent men and women in the country. The banquet will be preceded by a reception where the public will have an opportunity to meet the big guns. In fact, the city will "take off the lid;" get out the red paint and make the heavens ring with a "big noise." The Leonard Wood Headquarters will be an open game where good cheer will be on lavish tap with the doors thrown wide open and the keys thrown into the lake. [Portrait of a man with a white shirt and a black tie]. Honored and prominent member of the Constitutional Convention of Illinois, the great Blackstone of the colored race in the United States, the National Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. HON. EDWARD H. MORRIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ILLINOIS stating that as an eminent lawyer, he easily ranks with the best legal minds in the convention; that no legal propositions, presented to it, are HE IS AN HONORED MEMBER OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. It can be truly stated, with much pleasure; that very few members of the Constitutional Convention of Illinois, are looked up to, with any greater respect; nor held in any higher esteem, than Hon. Edward H. Morris. The writer was thoroughly convinced of that fact, while attending a session of the Constitutional Convention at the State House in Springfield recently. Hon. John E. Traeger, Democrat and Hon. Alexander H. Revell, Republican and other members of the Constitutional Convention whom we had the pleasure of conversing with were all loud in sounding the praises of Mr. Morris and they did not hesitate in HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, D. C. Program for Commencement Week, 1920. Sunday, June 6, Baccalaureate Sermon, 4:30 p. m., President J. Stanley Durkee Monday, June 7, Field Day, Chapel Exercises conducted by Class 1920— 11:30 a. m. Tuesday; June 8, Senior Class Picnic, The President and Mrs. Durkee will be at home to the class of 1920 8 to 10 p. m. Wednesday, June 9, Senior Prom. Thursday, June 10, Class Day,and Night. Theological Alumni Exercises and Banquet. Business Meeting, General Alumni Association, 8:00 p. m. Friday, June 11, Commencement Day. Commencement Address by Dr. Newell. Dwight Hillis, Plymouth ```markdown ``` MAJOR JOHN R. LYNCH. Ex-Paymaster of the United States Army, for years the warm personal friend of Major Gener who is working mighty hard to assist to bring abo for President of the United States. Ex-Paymaster of the United States Army, for more than twenty years the warm personal friend of Major General Leonard Woo who is working mighty hard to assist to bring about his nomination for President of the United States. stating that as an eminent lawyer, he easily ranks with the best legal minds in the convention; that no legal positions, presented to it, are seriously considered, unless they first stand the acid test of Mr. Morris, as to their legality and soundness, in short, the Mr. Morris is the great Blackstone of the Constitutional Convention of Illinois. Mr. Morris is a member of the following three most important committees of the Constitutional Convention: Seedule, former Judge George Duppe chairman; its other members consisting of Messrs. Elting, Gorman, Mika Morris, Curtis and Trautman; Mr. Morris is also a member of the Committee on Bill of Rights and the Legislative Department. There is no state in this country which has conferred such high honor upon one of its delegates belong to the colored race, who had the duty of being elected to assist, to form forth a new State Constitution. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Conference of Degrees, 4:30 p. m. Alumni Union by Classes: Alumni Lunchroom, 1:30 p. m.; Alumni Reception to Graduates, 8:30 p. m. QUINN CHAPEL NOTES Dr. J. G. Robinson will preach at Quinn Chapel Sunday morning at 10:45 o'clock, at 3 p. m. The Poro will have their annual sermon preached by Dr. Stewart. * * * * * At 8 o'clock the order of Eastern Star will hold their annual sermon Dr. Stewart will preach. * * * * * Mr. Snyder will give an illustrated exhibition Monday night. June 7. * * * * * The colored boys in France and scenes from the life of Christ—"C" ```markdown ``` States Army, for more than twenty Major General Leonard Wood, list to bring about his nomination 5 Song writer and one of the most highly acce in this section of the country, who at one ti ducted the choir at Quinn Chapel, this city. Song writer and one of the most highly accomplished musicians in this section of the country, who at one time successfully conducted the choir at Quinn Chapel, this city. "HIS DARLING FLO." By Marion Reeder Adams. An old man bending over with the weight of many years, Had traveled foreign countries to relieve his mind of cares, But a face would always haunt him, no matter where he'd go, The dearest face in all the world, his darling little Flo,— His darling little Flo. How well does he remember the day when first he spied His bonnie little sweetheart at the glorious Christmas tide, How her hair in sunny ringlets, and her eyes of violet blue, Seemed to whisper to him fondly—Darling, yes, I love you too! Darling, yes, I love you too! The cry of war was sounded between the grey and blue, He hastened to his sweetheart to say a fond adieu, Oh! Jack, don't leave your Flo,—'twill break my heart, she cried, A fond caress, a sad goodbye—and he had left her side— And he had left her side. And when the war was over, his heart beat with delight, For soon he'd see his girlie, to claim her as his wife, Her mother gently told him, when she met him at the door, That death had claimed his sweet-heart, his darling little Flo, His darling little Flo. All rights protected. THE APPOMATTOX CLUB AND ITS MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS, ARE ALL READY TO ENTERTAIN THE DELEGATES AND VISITORS ATTENDING THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. In less than forty-eight hours after criminal vandals had bombed the Appomattox Club, Col. William R. Cowan, chairman of the Decoration Committee of the General Reception Committee for the entertainment of delegates and visitors to the National Republican Convention, had let contracts for the repair of the damages done. He also put his force of decorators at work and from all outward appearances there is little evidence of the dastardly work of the outlaws. Anide from the postponement of the formal opening of the club to a later date, little inconvenience has been experienced by the six hundred members of the club. Precautions have been taken by the club to prevent the recurrence of any attempt to destroy the club. It is promised that the next bombs will meet with a reception that will surprise them. The doors of the club were thrown open to delegates and visitors Monday morning and will remain at their disposal until after the adjournment of the national convention. Every effort is being put forth by the committee to make the stay of the delegates and visitors comfortable. Homes of Chicago's best citizens have been placed at the disposal of the Housing Committee so that each delegate and visitor may be assured of a comfortable place to stop while in the city. Guest cards have been issued and are in charge of the Entertainment Committee, Edward H. Wright, chairman. These cards will be issued to delegates and prominent visitors and will entitle them to the club's hospitality during their stay in the city. It is intended by the club that the service rendered to the delegates and visitors shall be useful rather than --- ost highly accomplished musicians who at one time successfully con- l, this city. social and every resource of the club has been used to that end. However a formal reception will be tendered the delegates and visitors, Monday evening, June 7, from 8 to 12 o'clock. During the evening the following program will be rendered: Open address, David H. Hawley, the club's vicepresident and chairman of the general Reception Committee; address of welcome, S. A. T. Watkins, president of the club. Solo by Madam M. Callaway Byron; address, Hon. Charles W. Anderson, of New York; responses, Hon. Edward H. Wright, one of the organizers of the club and its first president. An orchestra concealed behind a bank of palms will furnish music during the evening. A committee of ladies consisting of the wives of officers and members will act as hostesses and aid in making the delegates and visitors feel at home during their stay in Chicago. During the week, the time depending on the business of the convention, the delegates to the convention will be taken on an automobile trip around the city as guests of the club. GOES TO MILWAUKEE. Mrs. Orphetta Embry of Metropolis, Ill., with her two children passed through the city a few days ago on route to Milwaukee, Wis., where she will join her husband. Mrs. Embry is the neice of Mrs. Lou Ella Young, 3556 Forest Ave. HON. NEWSOME HERE Hon. J. Thomas Newsome of Newport News, Va., a leading attorney of that city and state, well known orator, is in the city as a delegate to the National Republican Convention. RE-ENTERS UNIVERSITY Miss Mary E. Branch, teacher at the V. N. & I. I. at Petersburg, Va., will re-enter the University of Chicago during the month and remain until September. Miss Branch was a student at the University last year. Morgan Park, a suburb of Chicago, is rapidly growing in population with Chicagoans who are buying lots and building modern homes. ON SOUTHERN TRIP. After presiding at the bi-annual meeting of the Alumni Association of the V. N. & I. I. at Petersburg, Va., and being unanimously elected president for 1920-22, which will cover a period of 18 years as president of the Association, M. T. Bailey, 3638 State St., will visit school-mates and old acquaintances in Doswell Richmond, Ruther Glenn, Va., and Washington, D. C., before returning to the city. After remaining in Sedalia, oM., for some time, Miss Wilen J. Hudson will return to the city where she will take up her permanent residence. SPECIAL NOTICE All matter or news items, intended for publication, in the current issue of this paper, must reach the Editor not later than Wednesday evening of each GROWING WILL RETURN. CHARLES E. STUMP, TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, WHO MADE A FAILURE IN ATTEMPTING TO RUN A FARM OUT IN KANSAS, HAS WITHIN THE PAST WEEK VISITED JACKSONVILLE, FLA., JOHNSON CITY, TENN., AND OTHER INTERESTING POINTS IN THE SOUTHLAND. THEATRE Johnson City, Tenn.—If you had it in your power to make a world, I wonder what improvement you would make on this old world? There is lots of room for improvement, and the man who looks at things will agree with me. But I have seen a few things which have caused me to shout right out and to thank God that I belonged to this race, and if I did not belong to this race, then I would be in some other of the races of the earth, for God intended that I should be here. I am here and I am here to stay until the end of time. I have been going some since I wrote to you, the last time, and I am going some this time. My people are doing things, and things which will count. They are getting up, and in getting up they are carrying others with them. I saw a thing the other day which made me feel right good. It was in Jacksonville, Fla., where I had the pleasure of visiting the home of the Afro-American Insurance Company, which was established in 1901. I like to see these enterprises. I had an invitation from W. H. Lee, superintendent and assistant manager to drop in Saturday morning to see the agents. I must fess up right now that I saw more than I had expected to see, and they were all like one family. About 150 agents, men and women, having their weekly conference, and checking in for the week, and getting their pay envelopes. Some of these people earn and receive as much as $50 a week, and others not so much. The company has had 19 years business life, during which time they have paid out more than $548,000; in sick benefits, $120,000 in death claims. They have 51,000 members, 110 branches, 250 agents, and I was told that during the past year they collected over $27,500 in premiums, and the capital stock is $20,000; reserve $10,000, invested in Liberty Bonds $10,000. The officers of this company in question are: A. L. Lewis, president; J. E. Spearing, vice-president; Wash Hampton, secretary; L. W. Ervin, manager; W. H. Lee, superintendent, and assistant manager; A. L. Lewis, J. E. Spearing, Wash Hampton, George Barnning, Mrs. D. Price, L. D. Ervin and Charles H Anderson, directors. Claim department, J. H. Burroughs, Supt. J. T. Davis, Mrs. Charlotte Gaatt, trained nurse; Mrs. Catherine Daniels, Mrs. Mary L. Hudson. Policy Division, James H. Lewis, Miss Wilhelmina Dunham; Cheeking Division, A. A. Price, Eroldine Chisholm, Mrs. Julia Alston. S. P. Robinson, bookkeeper; Miss Adole Austin, cashier; Miss Olivia Walker, stenographer. Perhaps it would not be out of place if I should mention some of the agents I met that morning. Here they are, J. H. Hulin, assistant superintendent; William Lowe, J. B. Blocker, N. C. Roberts, R. B. Stewart, D. S. D. Belling, W. R. Wright, M. Georgia N. Barnes, R. P. Stewart, R. C. Carter, Mrs. Lenora S. DeVaux, D. N. Dwight, H. M. Federick, J. D. Jennings, Wm. Ball, J. B. Wright, I. S. Hutson, Mrs. Minnie M. Marks, S. D. Lee, Mrs. Mary English, Miss Annie V. Allen, A. J. Collins, S. M. Williams, Mrs. Luey Bouie, Miss Marie E. Burroughs, Miss Areator L. Martin, Mrs. Callie L. Hawkins, Miss Lucy A. Ifill, J. M. Sawyer and J. Arthur Williams. While in Jacksonville, I had the pleasure of coming in touch with President A. L. Lewis, who is a man every inch of him, and as brave as any man who ever put his feet in shoes, but I am not going to enter details just now, but I wish I had the time to tell you about him. The company has had two presidents, before the first was Dr. E. J. Gregg (deceased), and Dr. J. Milton Waldron, now in Washington, D. C. They have the right man in the right place now, and it will soon rank with the million dollar concerns among our people. I saw, some of the men who had returned from General Conference Dr. A. J. Gregg, president of Edward Waters College, and he was jumping around like a chicken with her head cut off, getting ready for commencement, and they were to have Bishop W./A. Fountain to preach the sermon, and they are going to have some sermon. It will be over when you read this letter, but I will not be able to tell you the result. But such is life. I beat it to Savannah, from Jacksonville, and spent a day in the town leaving at night for Atlanta. I visited Dr. R. R. Wright, and the state school, then met Dr. W. D. Thomas, who escorted me to the stable, Dr. Wright using his car. It was a fine ride. Then to Atlanta, where I met our new Bishop W A. Fountain, had breakfast with him and his family. He is making a program which calls for work and he declares that he is going to do some work. I think there is a good addition to the bench. Dr. Fountain, is going to make his home with his people, in Georgia. He is not going to run away from Georgia, but if his people suffer, he is going to suffer with them, and if they prosper he will share it, and will not run away to California where he has been assigned. God bless this noble spirit, and may he accomplish much for good. I went out to Morhouse College, and there is where I saw them young men get their sheep skin, and will go out to battle with the world. Some of them are going to take on just a little more, and others will remain in buisness, or in other words will go out in the world, feeling they have enough. At the head of Morehouse College is one of the most remarkable men of the race, Prof. John Hope, who is well educated, and a man among men. He is modest, but as deep as a well. When I saw him, I said "Inkubatusi, tombukus coligaratusum." I meant to say to him I was glad to be present and see the young people graduate. He said something to me, but I don't know what he said, and he saw that I did not, and he talked some plain English to me and advised me to do the same thing in the future. Morehouse College is one of the largest institutions in the country for the training of our young men. They had a white president for years and was known as Atlanta Baptist College, but they have changed all now, and we are in charge, and it was a good selection. Now they are going to improve. A new building will go up this summer to cost one hundred thousand dollars; walks will be made a new athletic field will be laid out and finished up, and many other things will be done. I saw the young men brim full of education get what was coming to them, and then I had the pleasure of seeing Rev. H. K. Hill, with a black cap and gown, crowned with the Degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Prof. John W. Davis, president of West Virginia School, get the degree of Master of Arts, and he is a deserving man. The following young men received the degree of Bachelor of Arts: Russell Conwell Barbour, Londell Deloney, Clifford Joel Hurston, Marque Leslie Jackson, Chandos Dewey Maxey, Elmund Thomas Moore, Wade Hampton McKinney, Walter Watson Scott, Nathaniel Tillman, David Tittle, Harper Counciln Trenholm, Brister William Turner, George Obadiah Summer, and Robert Roscoe Turpin, got the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and diplomas were awarded Glasco Luther Allen, John Thomas Griffin and James Clifford Zanders. I enjoyed being there and touched Rev. A. A. Williams, and Dr. P. James Bryant and others, and then made it to another part of the world I beat it to Knoxville, Tenn., where I was the guest of Editor Webster L. Porter, of the East Tennessee News. I shall have to talk about that and this trip in another letter, for this is full. I have a fine letter from the principal of the Berry O'Kelly industrial school inviting me to visit the school the next year, and telling of what a glorious closing they had. They are going to put up a new building there. I do not need to tell you that the great race man is behind it, Berry O'Kelly. I am going to visit the Grund Lodge of North Carolina at Ashville, N. C., in July. CHARLES E. STUMP. Because the hollow fibers of cotton are loaded with oxygen they burn with a quick flash. When you add to cotton, which is already loaded with oxygen, oil, which is also loaded with oxygen, the excess of oxygen is likely sooner or later to make the cotton burst into flame. That is how spontaneous combustion occurs among oily rags.—Youth's Companion. And He Had Only Ohe Way to Go! There is at the entrance of the church of San Salvador in the Spanish city of Oveldo a remarkable tomb erected by a prince named Silo, with a curious Latin inscription which may be read 270 ways by beginning with the capital "S" in the center. [Name] HON. S. A. T. WATKINS. President of the far-famed Appomattox Club, who will leave no stone unturned in his efforts to make it pleasant for the delegates and visitors attending the Republican National Convention. The Young Spurn Advice. One peculiar thing of life is that when we grow old we cannot make the younger generation take our advice on matters of life. They say: "That may have been all right when you were young, but that was many years ago. Times have changed since then." It would be fine if we could have the younger generation start where we leave off instead of committing the same foolish mistakes that we ourselves have made, and yet it seems that this cannot be.—Dean Shaller Mathews. When Birds Return. When birds begin to come back in early spring, they may be attracted to trees near the home by placing near the trees a shelled cocoanut, with some suet. You should get the new songs Composed by Marion Reeder 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 a great factor in history. It takes the yeuth, Luther, and makes him the reformer of religion. It has taken men from the plow, the garret, the sculery 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. Found Out What Ailed Him. Billy's mother had bought some apple tarts for company, and when Billy spled them he said to his mother: "I have such a funny feeling in my stomach. I don't know whether I am thirsty or hungry." His mother said, "Take a drink of water," after which he said, "No, that isn't it. I still feel that way." Whereupon his mother gave him one of the tarts, and after eating it he said, "That was it, mother, I was hungry." 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. After trying many other processes of recovering tin from old cans, there is now, according to La Nature, a return to the old-fashioned method of boiling the scraps (well cleaned) in a solution containing an excess of free alkali and saltpeter. The tin is recovered as crystals of stannate of soda, and the alkali and saltpeter can be used over and over again. Remarkable Flight of Pigeon. A homing pigeon bearing the name of Ben Bolt was announced as having established a new long-distance flight rec $ ^{r} $ of 2,200 miles in the summer of 1915, from Norwalk, Ohio, to Los Angeles, Cal. The bird made the trip in five days nine hours and thirty-one minutes, arriving at Los Angeles August 30. Grand Military Ball Given In Honor of the Delegates and Visitors to the Republican National Convention BY THE Eighth Regiment Illinois Infantry N. G. AT THE Eighth Regiment Armory 35TH ST. AND FOREST AVENUE Tuesday, June 8th, 1920 Music by the Eighth Regiment Band Admission 50 cents Soul Vision. Sound Waves. Boiling Tin Cans. Appomattox Club, who will leave to make it pleasant for the dele- Republican National Convention. When Birds Return. When birds begin to come back in early spring, they may be attracted to trees near the home by placing near the trees a shelled coconut, with some suet. You should get the new songs Composed by Marion Reeder Adams. "Love's Waiting," a beautiful, pathetic ballad, and "Only One Word" (Love), a brilliant waltz song. ASK YOUR MUSIC DEALER. Beginning of Spring. Spring begins when the sun enters the sign of Aries of the zodiac, or the constellation of Pisces, and the exact time of this event varies a little from year to year. The dates of the commencement of the seasons may be stated as about March 21, June 21, September 22 and December 22. You Can Save! Here is a plan that has proven its worth. Promise yourself to put $10.00 a month into the bank and make your obligation come true. Deposit that sum regularly with us and you will have at the end of the first year $121.95, or in ten years about $1,400.00. BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS DEPOSITS. 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Saturdays 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BAN La Salle at Jackson--Chicago Dangers to Be Avoided. Wrong eating brings disease and premature aging. This is obvious to all unprejudiced minds. And there are two principal styles of eating which must be avoided to secure dependable health—namely, eating badly prepared food and eating too much of food properly prepared.—J. M. Tilden, M. D. Military Ball of the Delegates to the Republican Convention Start Now! STERMINO BUCESS The Sign of Storm JESSE BINGA, BANKER FIRST REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED AND FOR SALE Houses, Apartments, Buildings and Stores' For Rent and For Sale 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 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Edward 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, 5012 S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. 53rd street, near State. Mrs. Moes Entcliff, President of the Willing Workers' Club, of St. Catherine A. M. E. Sion Church, 5729 Elmwood Avenue. 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. News items left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. SPRING is a vexatious time for house-heating. One day it is hot and the fire is allowed to go out, the next day it is freezing and you have to clean out the dead ashes and start a new fire. Then the weather turns warm again and the house gets over-heated. The only way to adjust this "see-saw" of Spring temperature and save all the discomfort, annoyance and expense is by having gas ROOM HEATERS. New designs, scientific and satisfactory. THE TREEMPHORE ROOM HEATER —An ideal heater for General purposes. ROOM HEATER—Sizes and prices to meet requirements. BCLIPSE—Handy little portable heater. RADIANTIFF—A very handsome, hygienic and comfortable gas company room heater. GAS STEAM RADIATORS—Steam Heat systems with a harmonize with all styles of interior decorations. GAS STEAM HEATING—Steam Heat systems with a virtual heating plant. Noani needed. There are many other interesting modern designs in "ROOM HEATERS." Look them out in "Exhibition Hall & Custom Best Room," "People Gas Building, or any of our South Side 271 West Fifty-third St. 2142 W. Madison St. 184-5 East Thirty-fifth St. 1641 Milwaukee Ave. 9851 Commercial Avenue 3724 W. Twenty-fifth St. 11625 Michigan Avenue 4033 W. Madison St. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Michigan Avenue Wahsh 6000 at Adnus Street Telephone Central 5832 Residence Douglas 2516 Mrs. Warner Painless Chiropody 15 'Years' Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street CHICAGO Warblers of All Kinds Warblers of All Kinds. Not taking into account the human beings who are sometimes referred to as warblers, you will find that there are many kinds of warblers. If you had a collection of them all together they would take in about all the colors of the rainbow, yellow, orange, chestnut, black, white, green, gray, brown and other colors, with numerous shades entering into their beautiful plumage. Beliefs Concerning Sapphire To the sapphire has been ascribed wicked thoughts; that it is such an enemy to poison that if put in a glass with a spider or venomous reptile it will kill it. St Jerome in his exposition of the nineteenth chapter of Isaiah says that the sapphire procures favor from princes, pacifies enemies, frees from enchantment and obtains release from captivity. This gem was sacred to Apollo and was worn when inquiring of the oracle at his shrine. It was esteemed a remedy against fires. TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H REAL E Insist on Recognition. Insist on Recognition. The best ideas in the world will not work themselves. Usually the best things have to be impressed upon folks. There's something in human nature that seems willing to fall for the nonsense of life much more readily than it takes on life's responsibilities. Call it what you will. The name you give it won't alter the facts. So the only thing left is to get under the load and carry it to success. You must not get tired. Let others grow weary and quit. The leader and reformer you must trudge on and by your dogged zeal compel recognition for yourself and what you stand for.-Grit. The Movies of 1713. On another page of this paper was printed recently an alleged newly discovered manuscript by Aristole philosophizing on the movies. Mr. Walkley was joking, of course; but there is no joke about this extract from Swift's "Journal to Stella," dated March 27, 1713: "I went afterward to see a famous moving-picture, and I never saw anything so pretty. You see a sea ten miles wide, a town on 'other end and ships sailing in the sea and discharging their cannon," etc.-Boston Transcript. The Alban Calendar. In the ancient Alban calendar, in which a year was represented as consisting of ten months of irregular length, April stood first with 36 days to its credit. In the calendar of Romulus it had 30 days, while Numa's twelve-month calendar assigned it to fourth place, with 29 days; and so it remained until the reformation of the calendar by Julius Caesar, when it recovered its former 30 days, which it has since retained. Hla Drawing Powers. "Can you draw?" an applicant for a private tutorship was asked. "Certainly," replied the candidate; "at ten years of age I could draw elder; at twelve, a picture; at fifteen, a hand-cart loaded with cabbage; at sixteen, an inference; at twenty, a bill of exchange. If I were an actor I believe I could draw the largest house; but, being a teacher, I am content to draw a small salary!" Beautiful Birds. There are about fifty different kinds of birds of paradise, which are among the most beautiful of the world's feathered creatures, and their home is in the South seas, on the continent of Australia and islands and countries nearby. These birds live in forest treetops and are very lively and active, jumping about and hanging from the limbs of the trees. Cost of Producing a Diamond. Cost of Producing a Diamond. To produce a diamond in the rough costs approximately $7 a karat, according to estimates of various students of the diamond industry. If this diamond properly cut were sold at $30, it would net a good profit. In the South African mines it is said the diamonds are distributed so evenly that 100 tons of the bluish clay yields about 100 karats of diamonds. The production cost of a five-karat diamond is $35. If it is flawless and of good water it will easily net $3,500. The supply of diamonds is unlimited. Almost all of the world's supply comes from South Africa and complete control of it is in the hands of one British concern. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 3829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 188 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 3854 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Res. 3646 Grand Boul. Doug. 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 129 E. 31ST STREET Suite 16-17 Phone: Douglas 6351 CHICAGO 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 1239 CHICAGO Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue. Phone Kenwood 5611 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706-184 W. 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EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, JUNE 5. 1920 Sensations of Heat and Cold. The feeling of cold or warmth is caused by sensations in the skin and has little significance as to the body temperature. On a hot day one may feel very hot when the body temperature is quite normal. Again at the beginning of a fever one may feel cold as in the case of a chill. This chilly feeling is caused by the contrast between the higher temperature of the internal organs and still normal temperature of the skin. A Terrifier. An artist was sketching from the river bank near two friends who were fishing. The artist was at one time surrounded by cows which interfered with his view, and he tried to drive them away by throwing things at them, but they would not budge. At length one of the anglers cried: "Show them your sketch, old man!" He did so, and the offenders fled. West End Ashland S CAPITAL AND SU 1610 West 63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEMENT LAST SEVEN November 18, 1912. November 17, 1913. November 17, 1914. November 17, 1915. November 17, 1916. November 17, 1917. November 18, 1919. November 17, 1919. OFFICI JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vic EDW. C. BARRY, W. MERLE F. ARTHUR Largest Labor of Negroes in Every Craft of Railroad West Englewood Fishland State B CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000 West 63rd Street RATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPART LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 836,600 November 17, 1913.....988,380 November 17, 1914.....912,000 November 17, 1915.....1,059,400 November 17, 1916.....1,132,750 November 17, 1917.....979,377 November 18, 1919.....1,284,084 November 17, 1919.....2,359,636 West Englewood Ashland State Bank COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS OFFICERS BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant ARTHUR C. UTESCH, A West Labor Organiz Negroes in the W ry Craft of Railroad Work Repro 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 her 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 magnificent the Appomattox Club—recently ters. Railway Men's Benevolent Industry General Headquarters, Appomattox Club Office Phone: Do KERSEY, McGOWAN CHICAGO'S REPRE housed in the magnificent home former mattox Club—recently purchased as our Hilway Men's International Solent Industrial Assoc General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Club CHICAGO Office Phone: Douglas 8285 HASEY, McGOWAN AND MORSE CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Appomattox Club CHICAGO, ILL. KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. SEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MOR Proprietors 5515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO RNEST H. UNDE RSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. Proprietors ANA AVENUE CHICA RNEST H UNDE GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors ARNEST H. 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The teacher had read a chapter "The History of the American Revolution" and Raymond had then beamed a word "breastworks" for the first time. Telling his mother the story she got home, he said: "When the Boston got up in the morning and saw the Americans on the opposite side of the hill, they threw up their breakfasts Boston Transcript. Odd. A British firm bears the name "English & Irish." The funny thing about it is, however, that Mr. Irish English and Mr. English is Irish—Boston Transcript. on Blank and Mail it to $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS $2.00 PER YEAR e enter my name as a sultan therewith Two Dollars, the star for six months. CHICAGO, IL JESSE BINGA, BANKER FIRST REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED AND FOR SALE Houses, Apartments, Buildings and Stores' For Rent and For Sale If there is anything you need in the Real Estate line on the South Side, call or consult Mr. Binga for Real Bargains. 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If you had a collection of them all together they would take in about all the colors of the rainbow, yellow, orange, chestnut, black, white, green, gray, brown and other colors, with numerous shades entering into their beautiful plumage. Beliefe Concerning Sapphire. To the sapphire has been ascribed wicked thoughts; that it is such an enemy to poison that if it put in a glass with a spider or venomous reptile it will kill it. St. Jerome in his exposition of the nineteenth chapter of Isaiah says that the sapphire procures favor from princes, pacifies enemies, frees from enchantment and obtains release from captivity. This gem was sacred to Apollo and was worn when inquiring of the oracle at his shrine. It was esteemed a remedy against fires. TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H. REAL E Up-to-Date or Modern and Stores 3101 COTTAGE Corner 31st St FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn street. L 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, D. W. 53rd street, near State. Insist on Recognition. Trust on Recognition. The best ideas in the world will not work themselves. Usually the best things have to be impressed upon folks. There's something in human nature that seems willing to fall for the nonsense of life much more readily than it takes on life's responsibilities. Call it what you will. The name you give it won't alter the facts. So the only thing left is to get under the load and carry it to success. You must not get tired. Let others grow weary and quit. The leader and reformer you must trudge on and by your dogged zeal compel recognition for yourself and what you stand for.-Grit The Movies of 1713. On another page of this paper was printed recently an alleged newly discovered manuscript by Aristotle philosophizing on the movies. Mr. Walkley was joking, of course; but there is no joke about this extract from Swift's "Journal to Stella," dated March 27, 1713: "I went afterward to see a famous moving-picture, and I never saw anything so pretty. You see a sea ten miles wide, a town on 'other end and ships sailing in the sea and discharging their cannon," etc.—Boston Transcript. The Alban Calendar. In the ancient Alban calendar, in which a year was represented as consisting of ten months of irregular length, April stood first with 36 days to its credit. In the calendar of Romulus it had 30 days, while Numa's twelve-month calendar assigned it to fourth place, with 29 days; and so it remained until the reformation of the calendar by Julius Caesar, when it recovered its former 30 days, which it has since retained. His Drawing Powers. "Can you draw?" an applicant for a private tutorship was asked. "Certainly," replied the candidate; "at ten years of age I could draw cider; at twelve, a picture; at fifteen, a hand-cart loaded with cabbage; at sixteen, an inference; at twenty, a bill of exchange. If I were an actor I believe I could draw the largest house; but, being a teacher, I am content to draw a small salary!" Beautiful Birds. There are about fifty different kinds of birds of paradise, which are among the most beautiful of the world's feathered creatures, and their home is in the South seas, on the continent of Australia and islands and countries nearby. These birds live in forest treetops and are very lively and active, jumping about and hanging from the limbs of the trees. Cost of Producing a Diamond. To produce a diamond in the rough costs approximately $7 a karat, according to estimates of various students of the diamond industry. If this diamond properly cut were sold at $30, it would net a good profit. In the South African mines it is said the diamonds are distributed so evenly that 100 tons of the bluish clay yields about 100 karats of diamonds. The production cost of a five-karat diamond is $35. If it is flawless and of good water it will easily net $3,500. The supply of diamonds is unlimited. Almost all of the world's supply comes from South Africa and complete control of it is in the hands of one British concern. DOUGLAS 1 HARDING, JR. ESTATE Barn Houses, Apartments es 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. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 3829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 188 JAMES G. 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On a hot day one may feel very hot when the body temperature is quite normal. Again at the beginning of a fever one may feel cold as in the case of a chill. This chilly feeling is caused by the contrast between the higher temperature of the internal organs and still normal temperature of the skin. A Terrifier. An artist was sketching from the river bank near two friends who were fishing. The artist was at one time surrounded by cows which interfered with his view, and he tried to drive them away by throwing things at them, but they would not budge. At length one of the anglers cried: "Show them your sketch, old man!" He did so, and the offenders fled. West Englewood shland State Ba West Englewood Ashland State Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000.00 1610 West 63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEMENT LAST SEVEN November 18, 1912 November 17, 1913 November 17, 1914 November 17, 1915 November 17, 1916 November 17, 1917 November 18, 1919 November 17, 1919 OFFICE JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vic EDW. C. BARRY, W. MERLE F. ARTHUR Largest Labor of Negroes in Every Craft of Railroad RATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSIT LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 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 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 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS OFFICERS 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 than all other labor agencies com. ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magnificent the Appomattox Club—recently iters. Railway Men's Benevolent Industry General Headquarters, Appomattox Club Office Phone: D KERSEY, McGOWAN CHICAGO'S REPRI association has done more for the railroad man- ner labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW housed in the magnificent home formerly the Mattox Club—recently purchased as our he Milway Men's International Solent Industrial Association General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Club CHICAGO Office Phone: Douglas 8285 SEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE This association has done more for the railroad man of color than all other labor agencies combined. Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MOR Proprietors 8515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO RNEST H. UNDE RSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MOR Proprietors ANA AVENUE CHICAGO RNEST H. UNDE GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors ARNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE - KENWOOD 455 Office - 5028-5030 S. State Street Give a Tour of a Personalizable Price Tour to Insure to You A New York, New Delaware International Cruise Line Tour, New York City, New Houston Time Zone The Cunningham Car Trail Pointer. You can't make your face. Perhaps, if you could, you would make it different; perhaps not. But you can make your voice. You can make it gentle or harsh, you can make it pleasant or quarrelsome, you can make it common or refined, you can make it appealing or repelling. Many a job has been refused because of an unpleasant voice, many a friendship rebuffled because of tones that grate harshly on the ear. A "common" voice slams tight the shut of many social and business opportunities—Indianapolis Star. Devices on Old Playing Cards. Devices on Old Playing Cards. In the seventeenth century English cards were embellished with heraldic designs. The king of clubs bore the coat of arms of the pope of Rome. Spades, diamonds and hearts were adorned respectively with the armorial devices of the kings of France, Spain and England.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. MENT OF DEPOSITS FOR BEN YEARS $ 836,605.23 988,386.38 912,005.69 1,059,400.64 1,132,750.71 979,377.47 1,284,084.24 2,359,636.62 CERS The President Cashier SHER, Assistant Cashier C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World Work Represented for the railroad man of color joined. WHO KNOW ent home formerly used by purchased as our headquar- International Trial Association 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. douglas 8285 AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE CHICAGO, ILL. WEST H. WILLI NDERT PHONE - KENWOOD Office 5028-5030 S. ST Chicago Phone Douglas 8628 The Missi Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Prospect 427 [JAMES H. RYAN] Real Estate, Rent Loans, Insurance [JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 6244 SO. ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO Many book lovers with large and precious libraries keep a small book with the name of each book lent, the date and the borrower. After a reasonable time, when the book has been lent, it is no discourtesy to write and remind the borrower that you miss your book friend and are waiting to welcome it home. Get a bookplate. That is the very best way to tag your books. And don't forget that the golden rule applies in books as in other phases of life, and return the ones you borrow yourself. Champion Meanest Man A peculiar case which recently came before a London magistrate was that of a woman who applied for a separation from her husband, whom she denounced as the champion mean man of all England. She complained that her husband during the sugar famine kept his supply in a separate bowl, in which he imprisoned a fly. If the fly was still there when he returned home nobody had tampered with his hoard; if it was not, a lump or two had been taken. Cut out this Subscription THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, III. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please e Cut out this Subscription Blank and Mail it to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the annual subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. THE BROADWAY The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance Phone Main 263 J. W. Casey, Agt. 133 W. Washington St. Tag Your Books Mission rd hall RYAN & CO. te, Renting Insurance An Apt Illustration. The teacher was quoting wise sage to the class and getting their opinion about them. She said: "‘A discreet silence is better than the truth spoken without charity.’ Can any boy give a practical interpretation of that maxim? Somewhat to her consternation, a freckle-faced lad made this homely application: “If you see a cockroach on the table, don't say anything about it.” -From the Outlook. Sickening Discovery The teacher had read a chapter from "The History of the American Revolution" and Raymond had then heard the word "breastworks" for the first time. Telling his mother the story when he got home, he said: "When the British got up in the morning and saw the Americans on the opposite side of the hill, they threw up their breakfasts."—Boston Transcript. Odd. A British firm bears the name of "English & Irish." The funny thing about it is, however, that Mr. Irish is English and Mr. English is Irish.—Boston Transcript. on Blank and Mail it to $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS. $2.00 PER YEAR. e enter my name as a subscriber herewith Two Dollars, the annual dlar for six months. ..... CHICAGO, ILL Odd.