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Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts, Who Is Held in the Highest Esteem by All Classes of His Fellow Citizens, Who Is Well and Favorably Known Far Beyond the Bounds of Illinois, Was Tendered A Grand Testimonial Last Sunday Evening at the Wendell Phillips High School Auditorium, Which Was Crowded by His Vast Army of Friends and Well Wishers Hon. Adelbert Steem by All C Favorably Kn Tendered A C Wendell Phil Crowded by 5 CENTS PER COPY Albert All Claus Known A Great Phillip by H HON. ADELBERT H. ROBERTS state Senator from the Third Senatorial District who on Sunday evening past was tendered a memorial at the Wendell Phillips High School where by more than three thousand persons the most prominent personages in this city and Illinois. Material District of Ile is tendered a grand high School which w and persons consist this city and the st State Senator from the Third Senatorial District of Illinois, who on Sunday evening past was tendered a grand testimonial at the Wendell Phillips High School which was attended by more than three thousand persons consisting of the most prominent personages in this city and the state of Illinois. HON. ADOLPH MARKS state Senator from the 1st Senatorial District of a covered himself all over with undying eloquence paying his splendid tribute to Hon. Adelberi Sunday evening at the Wendell Phillips High this connection it is safe to say that Senator proven himself to be one of the best friends of race in this city and many times when colored into trouble he will aid them legally, money or Ral District of Illinois lying eloquent glory Mon. Adelbert H. R. Phillips High School that Senator Marri best friends of the c when colored people rally, money or no m State Senator from the 1st Senatorial District of Illinois who covered himself all over with undying eloquent glory while paying his splendid tribute to Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts Sunday evening at the Wendell Phillips High School. In this connection it is safe to say that Senator Marks has proven himself to be one of the best friends of the colored race in this city and many times when colored people get into trouble he will aid them legally, money or no money. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 23, 1925 MR. H. A. WATKINS SERVED AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES AND HE UTTERED MANY PLEASANT WORDS IN BEHALF OF ALL OF THE ELOQUENT SPEAKERS. HON. ADOLPH MARKS, STATE SENATOR FROM THE FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS; HON. JESSE L. DECK, STATE SENATOR FROM DECATUR, ILL.; HON. JOHN DAILEY, STATE SENATOR FROM PEORIA, ILL., AND MAJOR R. A. BYRD OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL., FURNISHED THE ELOQUENT ORATORICAL FIREWORKS FOR THE GRAND OCCASION. HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT DELIVERED A SHORT TALK IN BEHALF OF SENATOR ROBERTS AS A MEMBER OF THE SECOND WARD REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION. HON. LEN SMALL, GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS; HON. FRED STERLING, LIEUT. GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS; HON. RICHARD J. BARR, STATE SENATOR, JOLIET, ILL.; HON. HARRY OLSON, CHIEF JUSTICE OF MUNICIPAL COURT OF CHICAGO, AND REV. L.K.WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, ALL SENT LETTERS WHICH WERE READ BY REV. A. J. BOWLING, REGRETTING THEIR INABILITY TO BE PRESENT ON THAT GLORIOUS OCCASION. MR. BERNARD W. FITTS, REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF FRIENDS OF SENATOR ROBERTS, PRESENTED HIM WITH A GOLD WATCH, WHICH COST $175, WITH HOWARD CASE AND ELGIN MOVEMENT. Sunday evening, May 17, 1925, will be long remembered by the best and the leading white and colored people residing on the south side, for on that delightful evening more than two thousand warm friends and admirers of Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts, highly honored member of the State Senate of Illinois from the third senatorial district was tendered a high testimonial reception and good will offering for his past valuable services which he has so unselfishly rendered in behalf of all the people residing in this city, county and state for at all times since he has been a distinguished member of the Legislature of this state. He has always cast his vote for the very best interest of all the people residing within the walls of this state. That one very important act alone on the part of Senator Roberts has indecided him into the hearts of the people for all time to come. The further fact that for more than 30 years he has resided in this city and during all of those years his honest, upright and straightforward life has been as one wide open book, and his manly conduct at the head of a highly respected family for more than 30 years property owner and taxpayer places him in the best class of American citizens. It is far beyond our ability at this time to paint a ture pen picture of Senator Roberts as it should be painted, that must be left to the future historians. The program which was adhered to at that time was as follows: Senator A. H. Roberts Guest of Processional, Metropolitan Choir, Opening Hymn—Onward Christian Soldiers," Choir and Congregation; Invocation, Dr. W. D. Cook; Anthem—Selected, Metropolitan Choir; "Mr. Robert's Moral Worth to the Community," Mr. George R. Arthur; Chorus—Selected, Metropolitan Choir; "What the Women of Illinois Think of Mr. Roberts," Mrs. Ella G. Berry; "Mr. Roberts, My Colleague," Senator Adolph Marks; Soprano Solo—Selected, Antonette Garnes; "My Regards for Mr. Roberts," Senator Jesse L. Deck; Baritone Solo—Selected, Dr. Burger; "Mr. Roberts As an Elk," Mr. Jas. C. Martin; "Mr. Roberts as a Legislator," Senator John Dailey, Selection, Kappa Alpha Psi Quartette, Dr. Carl G. Roberts, Dr. Wm. H. Marshall, Mr. C. Rodger Wilson, Mr. W. H. Thomas; Offertor Remarks, Dr. Alonzo J. Bowling; "Mr. Roberts as a Member of the Second Ward Organization, Hon. Edward H. Wright; Soprano Solo—Selected, Mrs. D. R. Parson; "Mr. Roberts as I Know Him," Senator Charles S. D. Seneen; "In Testimonial To Mr. Roberts," Mr. B. W. Fits; Response, Senator Adelbert H. Roberts. Hon. Charles S. Deneen was unable to be present and Mr. Wm. J. Brown, assistant Supt. of Mails, Chicago Post office spoke in his behalf. Mr. J. C. Martin, Exalted Ruler of the Fort Dearborn Lodge of Elks, in behalf of his Lodge presented Senator Roberts with a beautiful basket of flowers, and Mrs. Ella G. Berry head of the Lady Elks in this city was presented with a large basket of lovely flowers from the Captain of Pct. 40 of the second ward. Madam Antonette Garnes never did sing so sweetly nor looked so lovely as she did on that history making occasion. Senator John Dailey who is one of the most eloquent orators in this country, in closing his classical oration paid a high tribute to Mrs. Adelbert H. Roberts, whose pleasing face was wreathed in pleasant smiles all the time at the many high honors which were being showered down upon her dutiful and distinguished husband and Senator Roberts in winding up his part of the talking frankly admitted in the presence of more than three thousand people that he felt positive that if it had not have been for his true and lovable wife, Mrs. Roberts he might not have been the present honored senator from the third Senatorial District of Illinois. The following persons served as vice presidents on that wonderful occasion. Major A. E. Patterson, Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Mr. Walter Speedy, Mr. Dave Hawley, Mr. John Broadice, Hon. George T. Kersey, Mr. A. L. Jackson, Mr. Carl Watkins, Mr. David A. McGowan, Mr. Charles Washington, Col. J. H. Johnson, Mr. Eugene Renfroe, Ald. Louis B. Anderson, Mrs. J. L. Richards, Mr. R. S. Abbott, Mr. William R. Cowan, Mr. Arthur A. Brown, Mr. Robert Hardin, Dr. George C. Hall, Miss Jesse Jones, Col. Franklin A. Dension, Mr. Morris Lewis, Mr. John W. Thompson, Hon. Warren B. Douglas, Dr. W. H. Davis, Atty. G. W. P. Brown, Atty. F. L. Barnett, Mr. Chas. Bentley, Mrs. Adelbert H. Roberts, Col. John R. Marshall, Atty. S. A. T. Watkins, Mack Bell, Dr. D. J. Williams, Judge Albert B. George, Mrs. W. J. Yerby, Dr. Robert Turner, Dr. Norwood Thorne, Mr. G. S. Bundy, Dr. Gordon H. Jackson, Atty. Chas. A. Wil. (Continued on Page 2) SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX e Highest o Is Well Illinois, vening at Which Well Wis Highest Es- s Well and Illinois, Was ning at the which Was ell Wishers Miffett Shing HON. JOHN G. DRENNAN they for the Illinois Central Railway of the sturdy or staunchest fries in the United States. He always pleasure in attending some of the Sunday afternoons or Sunday even on the South side, presiding over and advice unto them. There are site race in this city, who are held them than Mr. Drennan. The Illinois Central Railroad Company hurdy or staunchest friends of the Co- united States. He always experience in attending some of their public meet- ternoons or Sunday evenings in their side, presiding over them and im- unto them. There are very few mea- n in this city, who are held in any higher Mr. Drennan. District Attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company, who is one of the sturdy or staunchest friends of the Colored race in the United States. He always experiences much real pleasure in attending some of their public meetings on Sunday afternoons or Sunday evenings in their churches on the South side, presiding over them and imparting sound advice unto them. There are very few men of the opposite race in this city, who are held in any higher esteem by them than Mr. Drennan. M. PROF. J. WESLEY JONES President of the National Association President of the Chicago branch of older and director of the far-famed listing of more than one hundred on Community Center Church, W ol, Prairie Avenue and Pershing his famous choir won the secon ing contest at Orchestra Hall, w by fourteen choirs, twelve white after that noted event it is free that the Metropolitan Community and the greatest choir among the United States. (Story on Page 3) the National Association of Negro Musi the Chicago branch of that associ director of the far-famed Metropolitan more than one hundred voices, of the inity Center Church, Wendell Phillipi Avenue and Pershing Road, on Mon een choir won the second prize at the at Orchestra Hall, which was par een choirs, twelve whites and two col noted event it is freely admitted by Metropolitan Community Center Choir greatest choir among the Colored people (Story on Page 3) First Vice-President of the National Association of Negro Musicians; President of the Chicago branch of that association; founder and director of the far-famed Metropolitan Choir, consisting of more than one hundred voices, of the Metropolitan Community Center Church, Wendell Phillips High School, Prairie Avenue and Pershing Road, on Monday evening, his famous choir won the second prize at the great singing contest at Orchestra Hall, which was participated in by fourteen choirs, twelve whites and two colored, and after that noted event it is freely admitted by everybody that the Metropolitan Community Center Choir is the best and the greatest choir among the Colored people in the United States. 2 THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is stricly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... $1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago. Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. THIS WEEK A miracle happened in Washington recently. Something that most of us have said could not happen. But it did happen. A group of Negro women were there to attend the sessions of the International Council of Women. Women were there from all over the civilized world as well as from the United States. United States women were in the majority. They were running the affair. The foreign women were guests. Our own white women had charge of all arrangements as to the program, balls, receptions, and all the rest of it including the seating arrangements. A group of Negro musicians—our very best—had been invited to give the program on a certain night. They were there all ready to sing. They discovered that Negroes, their own people mind you, had been segregated. That is the white women who run and manage the International Council of Women in this country had permitted someone to demonstrate to the foreign ladies just how "we handle the race problem in this country." All the Negro audience was all to itself alone. The program had been arranged to show the foreign ladies just what America has contributed to music. Evidently someone—in charge—decided that this was not enough to show the foreign ladies. They must be shown that democracy in these United States is confined to whites only. They must be shown also just what the land of the free and the home of the brave has contributed to the god of hate, prejudice and bunk. But the miracle happened. These Negro singers and musicians walked out. There was no program as far as they were concerned. This little group, by their actions, said to the United States and to the rest of the world, that at last the American Negro is beginning to show the germs of mass or group action. This is the consummation that white America has striven against with might, main and flattery. All the hocus-pocus that the shrewd Nordic could think up and devise has been whispered to Negro leaders to get them to ward off just such an occurance as this in Washington. Some of the Negroes will say that these Negroes missed an opportunity to show the whites just what we can do. This is tommy-rot. The whites in this country know better than we, just what the Negro can do. The outstanding gain to us from this affair is, that this group of Negroes denied themselves the pleasure of applause, congratulation and that good feeling that comes to all of us when the world bows at our feet. It is this budding consciousness of kind, this younger racial solidarity that should make us stop and think before we say that these Negroes did not do the wise and politic thing. I hope that more Negroes will decide to take the same attitude when the same situation confronts them at some future date. Hon. William E. Dever, Mayor of Chicago, for some cause or other failed to select A. J. Carey, one of the new members of the Board of Education of Chicago. M. H. HON. JOSEPH S. LA BUY Former Judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago where he honorably served as such from December, 1912, to December, 1924, and during that time he served in all the branches of that court in all parts of this city. As it has been stated in these columns many times in the past, that Judge Joseph S. La Buy was first elected as one of the judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago in 1912, and re-elected to it in 1918, honorably serving on the Municipal Court bench for 12 years, sitting in every branch of that court in all parts of this great city, thereby enabling him to make many lasting friends among all classes of his fellow-citizens. Shortly after the first of this year Judge La Buy opened up law offices at 123 West Madison Street, Madison Square Building and he has established a West Side evening office at 1536 West Chicago Avenue, where at all times he will be greatly pleased to greet his oldtime white and colored friends. THE ALL-STAR M U S I C A L SOIREE AT BETHESDA BAP- TIST CHURCH, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MRS. MARTHA B. ANDERSON, WAS A BRILLIANT SUCCESS Monday evening an all-star musical and it is safe to say that never in the history of this city have there been such a large number of high class artists rubbing up against each other as they did on did on that delightful occasion and that was brought about through the uniring efforts of Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, who has gradually become one of the most popular and efficient musical directors in this country. The all-star musical soiree was held under the auspices of Alpha Circle, Katie Kelly, president, at the Bethesda Baptist Church, 53rd Street and South Michigan Avenue. The highly instructive and interesting program follows: Spring Song, Mendelssohn, Woman's Festival and Chorus, Martha B. Anderson, directing; Baritone Solo, Mr. Emmet Berger, Berean Baptist Church; The Harmony Four, Girls Quartette, from Pilgrim Temple; Cello Solo, Mr. Ernest Smith, Grace Presbyterian Church; Soprano Solo, Mrs. Frances Hereford; Bridal Chorus; "Rose Maiden," Cowen, Woman's Festival and Chorus; Baritone Solo, Mr. Morton E. Dennis; Dramatic Reading, Mrs. Luella Lyles-Smith; Contralto Solo, Mrs. Inez Edmonson; Piano Solo, Miss Goldie Guy; Reese Solo Setxette; Violin Solo, Dr. F. Eugene Butler; Rousseau Concert Four, Jas, Harris, Roger Johnson, Chas. Rousseau, Jno Burdette, assisted by Miss Ruth Allen, accompanist and Miss Estie Kennedy, soprano soloist and reader; (a) Happy Song, Del Riego; (b) Rose of My Heart, Lohr, Woman's Festival and Chorus. Each and every one of the artists connected with the long to be remembered pleasant affair rendered their parts to perfection and on all sides Mrs. Anderson, who occupies a warm spot in the hearts of the music loving people in all parts of this country, was at its conclusion heartily congratulated over the brilliant success which attended her all-star musical soiree. RAPIDLY IMPROVING Little Elnora Stewart, 5508 S. State St., has been removed from the Provident Hospital to her home, after an operation performed several weeks ago following injuries received when hit at school by a ball. al Court of Chicago where he heom December, 1912, to Decemme he served in all the branches this city. many lasting friends among all classes of his fellow-citizens. Shortly after the first of this year Judge La Buy opened up law offices at 123 West Madison Street, Madison Square Building and he has established a West Side evening office at 1536 West Chicago Avenue, where at all times he will be greatly pleased to greet his oldtime white and colored friends. DR. WILLIAMS LEAVES ON LONG TRIP Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, 3543 S. State St., left the city Sunday, May 17, as the only member of our race with 749 doctors, headed by the famous Dr. Charles Mayo of Rochester, Minn., on the Inter-State Postgraduate Assembly Clinic Tour. On May 21 and 22, the party will be the guests of the Teaching Staff of the McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Leaving May 23 for Liverpool, England and on June 1 to 7 inclusive, they will be in London as the guests of Mr. Philip Franklin, F.R.C.S., Honorary Secretary of the British Laryngologist Society. June 9 they will go from Liverpool to Manchester and Leeds; June 12 to Dublin, thence to Belfast, Edinburgh, Newcastle, University of Durham and to scores of other cities. From June 23 to June 27 they will motor through the English Lake country to Paris. On June 28 Dr. Williams will leave the party to go to Lyons and Denmark in search of the Gold Cure, T. B., there spending the greater portion of July and August, returning to the States some time the latter part of August. CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Pride of Morgan Park Council, A.U. K. and D. of A., Dr. Elizabeth Crawford most excellent queen, held its anniversary exercises at 3 o'clock last Sunday, May 17, at Pace's Hall, 111th and Bishop Streets, where those present enjoyed a fine program. Dr. Henrietta Dean, state grandmother queen of Illinois, addressed the assembly. M. T. Bailey, chairman of the Publicity Department, National Grand Council, in his address, paid tribute to Morgan Park Juveniles, and complimented Dr. Eliza Jackson, state grand queen of Illinois; Dr. Crawford and Dr. Dean for the splendid work which they were accomplishing in Illinois. The anniversary sermon was delivered by Rev. Walls. TO ATTEND ANNUAL SERMON The United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Tens will attend their annual exercises and sermon next Sunday afternoon, May 24, at Bethesda Baptist Church, 53rd St. and S. Michigan Ave. MRS. HARDING OUT Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, 3710 Indiana Avenue, state grand princess of Illinois, of S.M.T., is able to be out again among her fraternal friends, after confinement to her home for more than five months. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 23, 1925 HON. ADELBERT H. ROBERTS HIGHLY HONORED BY SOME OF HIS WARM FRIENDS AT THE WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL. THE M By (Continued from Page 1) son, Dr. Fred C. Cade, Ald. R. R. Jackson, Mr. Chas. A. Jackson, Mr. J. C. Davis, Mr. W. Ellis Stewart, Mr. Will Kelly, Mr. Andrew Bason, Dr. A. Wil伯力ce William s, Hon. S. B. Turner, Mr. Cary B. Lewis, Dr. James Lawson, Hon. Chas. A. Griffin, Atty. J. Gray Lucas Mr. Rudolph Lawrence, Atty. Harris B. Gaines, Dr. U. G. Dailey, Dr. Park Tancil, Dr. Geo. A. Thornton, Mr. Edward Tidrington, Dr. R. A. Williams, Dr. H. Reginald Smith, Mr. Dell Mathews, Dr. J. A. Harper, Dr. M. R. Bibb, Mr. H. B. Penney, Prof Wm. Emanuel, Atty. Leroy Johnson, Mr. Samuel McGowan, Mr. William McCoy, Atty. Earl B. Dickerson, Dr. M. O. Boussie, Grover C. Rutherford, Mr. C. Udell Turpin, Mr. William J. Brown, Asst. Supt. of Mail Chicago P. O., Dr. W. D. Cook, Dr Robert E. Giles, Dr. Roscoe Giles, Atty. A. E. Tansil, Dr. Alonzo J Bowling, Dr. Harry W. Garnes. Mr. Bernard W. Fitts, in Behalf of Some of the Friends of Senator Roberts. Presented Him With a Fine Watch and Chain Mr. Fitts spoke in part as follows: "Senator Roberts, it becomes my pleasant duty, in behalf of your friends assembled here tonight, to remind you that we are proud of you in your high position. You have endeared yourself to us by your amiable character, your earnest devotion to duty, and the hearty interest you have manifested in all the people. "During the years of public life, you haven't lost one worthy qualification that you possessed when you entered upon your official duties. Nor has the tongue of slander been able to stain a single attribute of your private character. "You have made an enviable record but we would not confine our gratitude to mere empty words. "Looking about for some suitable testimonial to present to you, as a token of our admiration and esteem, we have purchased this beautiful watch and chain, which we ask you to accept as our gift. "You know the value of correct time and the necessity of always being 'on time,' and we deem it not only an appropriate present, but one which you might be induced to wear near your kind and generous heart. Whenever you look upon its face, will you not think of us who gave it as a memento of our high regard and esteem. able, so is every minute of time'." The following persons chipped in and presented it to Senator Roberts. Mr. B. W. Fitts, Mr. H. A. Watkins, Mr. Oliver J. Duff, Mr. A. G. F Sims, Sr., Mr. Frank H. Rea, Mr. T J. Kellar, Mr. Robert L. Davis, Mr Wm. P. Miller, Mr. William E. King, Mr. Davis B. Anderson, Mr. Geo B. Woodson, Mr. E. M. Cleaves, Mr. A. F. Tervalon, Mr. William H. Davis Lucas and Hill, Judge A. B. George Mr. J. B. Street, Mr. Emil O. Kowalski, Mr. Joe Nierman, Hon. Martin B Madden, Mr. Geo W. Blackwell, M E. H. Reynolds, Mr. Robert W. Lacey Mr. John B. French, Mr. Chas Krutchoff, Mr. Roscoe C. Taylor, Mr Lafeyette Martin, Cornell Charity Club, Mrs. Lou Ella Young, Mrs Mary E. Moore, Mr. Chas B. Jackson Major R. R. Jackson, Mr. E. E. Johnson, Hon. George T. Kersey, Mr. Wm J. Morsell, Mrs. Henrietta P. Lee, Mr Morris Lewis, Mr. A. A. Rayner, Miss Estelle L. Arnold, Mr. Geo U. Gryffin Mr. Robert E. Townes, Mr. Bouchier Miss Beatrice Griff Turner, Mr Charles B. Travis, Mr. A. A. Dillard Mr. Wm. Adams. All in it was by far the finest affair so far held by the best class of white and colored citizens residing in this wonderful city of the middle west. GEN, FOREMAN BACK FROM TOUR TODAY Maj. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, commander of the Thirty-third Division, Illinois National Guard, arrived home Wednesday morning, completing a four months' trip around the world. The general was escorted from the depot by a mounted escort from the 233 Field Artillery, his entire staff and commanders of all guard regiments of the state. General Foreman is looking as fine as a brand new fiddle and after greatly enjoying his wonderful trip abroad he was exceedingly glad to land back in old Chicago. THE MUSICAL SYMPOSIUM AT ORCHESTRA HALL By Rev. Theodore Stephens Truly we are living in a new age, an age when music, like true science, is making for itself a unique place in the ever-changing panorama of human accomplishments. Music, like literature, printing, engraving, painting, sculpture, etc., is an art, but unlike these, music is also an expression of certain vibrations, colors and cadences of rhythms which rustle through universal nature, and which are borne to us on the undulations of ether as sounds and as colors. We of today are in nowise bewildered at the statement that, more often than not, Paracelsus heard "the music of the spheres." Those who attended the musical contest at Orchestra Hall on Monday evening, May 18, both saw and heard in objective reality what to the great Alchemist were only mystical sounds vibrating on a higher plane of consciousness. The first strains of music that jetted forth from musical contest composed of fourteen choirs—twelve white and two colored—under the auspices of the Chicago Church Federation, came from the Lamon Avenue Methodist Choir (one of the small choirs) in the singing of Randegger's "Praise Ye the Lord," which was the "prize song" sung by each of the fourteen choirs in accordance with the programme, and followed by a selection of its own. The entire symphony was a grand demonstration of choir attainments and perfection as standardized by the prize winners in the following order: Small Choirs: 1. Ravenswood Methodist Episcopal Church; 2. Temple Mizpah, (Jewish). 3. St. Paul's Universal Church. Large Choirs: 1. Ebenezer Lutheran Church; 2 Metropolitan Community Church; 3 Austin Baptist Church. The awards were made by the following judges: Mrs. Albert B. George, Glenn Dillard Gunn, Edgar H. Nelson, Dean Peter Christian Lutkin, who also read the decision of the judges. In commenting on what seems to us the merits and pleasing aspects of the different choirs, we make mention of the Israelitish Choir of Temple Mizpah of only nineteen voices—the seventh on the program. This choir, in finesse of tone, rhythm, and musical cadence seemed, under the great master in music as well as in personality, Prof. Adolph Muhmann, to excell Union Church of Hinsdale was the only choir in which "infant voices" participated. These children stationed in the front row, added to the pleasing aspect presented by choir No. 6 of the larger group. Special mention should be made of the Metropolitan Community Church Choir of 106 voices, under the leadership of Director J. Wesley Jones, Walter E. Derrick, pianist. Fourth in order and the largest numerically, with the dignity, grandeur, and comely aspect of the priests of Isis robed in their snow-white surplices, the Metropolitan Choir seemed the keystone in the great structure of Competing Choirs. Succeeding the classic selection that had been sung by the preceding choirs and like a grand symphony of united choirs, as the maestro J. Wesley Jones, raised his baton, there peeled forth the classic music of a Negro Spiritual—"Poor Mourner's Got a Home at Last." The selection was one of the most enjoyable pieces of the programme and the standard by which, doubtless, hereafter the Metropolitan Community Church Choir will be rated, and for which both choir and leader must be felicitated. Numbered among the small choirs, but conspicuous nevertheless, in gracefulness, manner, bearing, dignity and melody of voices, under Director T. T. Taylor, Grace Presbyterian Choir made for itself a unique place among the Chicago Choirs, as well as a rating that will command the respect and admiration of choirs of its own size, as well as those numerically stronger. Ebenezer Lutheran Church Choir proved to the world that the Lutheran Church is a singing church. Martin Luther was a great musician. One of his masterpieces is "A Mighty Fortess is Our God." This choir thrilled the audience as the 63 voices warbled "We Praise Thee." The conclusion was the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah, in unison by the united choirs, fourteen in number, with an aggregate of 619 voices. Its sublimeness of composition, richness of tone, sweetness of melody and harmony of voices, surpassed anything before heard in sacred music. It symbolized the grand oratorio of the great brotherhood of those who, ten thousand times ten thousand, out of every kindred and nation, and tongue, and sing "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts." THE MUSIC CRITICS FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND THE HERALD-EXAMINER ARE UNSTINTED IN THEIR PRAISE OF PROF. JOHN WESLEY JONES AND THE PART HIS GREAT METROPOLITAN CHOIR PLAYED IN THE SINGING CONTEST, ORCHESTRA HALL, MONDAY EVENING. Here is what the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Herald-Examiner had to say in their respective issues of Tuesday morning, May 19, in relation to the wonderful singing contest held at Orchestra Hall Monday evening and it speaks volumes for Prof. Jones and his almost unapproachable singers. Ebenezer Lutheran and Ravenswood M. E. Choirs Win Contest By Edwin Moore In an effort to raise the standard of church choral music, fourteen choirs appeared at Orchestra Hall last night, under the auspices of the Chicago Church Federation. They were divided into two classes, seven choirs with less than thirty members, and an equal number with memberships of more than thirty. Each choir in both classes was required to sing Randegger's "Praise the Lord" as a prize song, to be followed by a short anthem of its own selection. Here was where the necessity of raising, or at least equalizing, standards became evident, for the choice of numbers ranged from good music down to some exceedingly feeble efforts. It was interesting to note that the common accusation against popular music, namely, that it borrows themes from better composers, applies also to church music, for one anthem contained repeated quotations from "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth," and the quotations were the best parts of the number. One of the most enjoyable pieces was a spiritual, "Poor Mourner's Got a Home at Last," sung by the Metropolitan Community Church Choir. Each winner in the two classes is to receive a tablet commemorating the victory, with honorable mention going to the second and third choices. First place among the small choirs was voted to the Ravenswood Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Alexander Harley is the director, Walter Keller the organist, and Mrs. Eleanor Ford pianist. Second place went to Temple Mizpah, directed by Adolph Muhlmann, with Milton Manasse accompanist. Third place was taken by St. HENRY CRUSOE COLDLY MUR DERED HIS WIFE Mrs. Savanah Crusoe, of 519 E. 44th St., was shot three times by her husband, Henry Crusoe Monday night, May 18, 1925. She was a member of A. U. K. and the S. M. T. The inquest was held at Williamson's Undertaking Parlors, Tuesday afternoon. From the evidence, Mr. and Mrs. Crusoe were separated and she went to her people's home to live and the husband called to see her and objected to her living at the home of relatives, although he had disposed of all their household belongings and had spent the money. She was employed at the A. B. C. Cleaners and Dyers and the husband demanded her salary, which she refused to give him. The body will be shipped to Hattiesburg, Miss. The police were asked to apprehend and hold the husband for murder until discharged by due process of law. THERE ARE LEGS AND LEGS BUT THESE LEGS HAVE CAUSED THREE HUSBANDS TO LEAVE Los Angeles, Calif. There are legs and legs. Mrs. Grace Roberts-Stonecipher-Timmins has them all. The reason for all this is that Mrs. Timmins called on Judge Summerfield for legal relief—and had her marriage to Robert Timmins annulled. The trouble was legs. It started with marriage No. 1, when she was the wife of Arch Roberts. That was "a long time ago, oh, at least four or five years ago," she said. She recalled that he cast asperSIONs on her limbs. She thought they were very pretty. He never called them legs, but referred to them always as "limbs." She thought that took the romance out of them. Anyway they quarreled and were divorced. Husband No. 2 was Charles Stone-cipher. He never said legs, either. He was classical and talked about "neither Paul's Universalist Church, Carl Craven, director, Ella Smith, accompanist. Other entrants were Lamon Avenue Methodist, Mayfair Methodist Episcopal, Hiram Thomas Memorial Congregational, and Grace Presbyterian. Awards in the large choir section ran: First, Ebenezer Lutheran, George A. Carlson, director, Esther Bernette Kaub, accompanist; second, Metropolitan Community, J. Wesley Jones. director, Walter E. Gossette, organist; Lowell V. Derrick, pianist; third, Austin Baptist, Ida Belle Freeman, director, Jessie Adams, accompanist. Other choirs in this section were Drexel Park Presbyterian, Grand Avenue Congregational, Austin Boulevard Christian, and Union Church of Hinsdale. The judges were Mrs. Albert B. George, Glenn Dillard Gunn, Dean Peter Christian Lutkin and Edgar A. Nelson.—From the Chicago Tribune, May 19, 1925. Orchestra Hall Choir Contest First honors in the choir contest at Orchestra Hall last night went to Ebenezer Lutheran Church, George A. Carlson, director. Second honors went to the Metropolitan Community Church, Prof J. Wesley Jones, director. The contest, the first of its kind to be held in Chicago, is part of the movement for better music in churches. The Ebenezer Lutheran, singers outclasses all others in the vital matters of taste, enthusiasm and discipline, giving a beautiful performance of Tschaikowsky's "We Praise Thee." But the great choir of the Metropolitan Community Church made a splendid showing with their hundred and seven voices, their tremendous volume of sweet tone quality and the astonishing rhythmical impulse which they imparted to the Negro spiritual, "Poor Mourner's Got a Home at Last." This choir also won the first prize for distributing the largest number of tickets. There was fourteen from the different churches in the city and suburbs participating in the contest—two were colored. The Grace Presbyterian, directed by T. Theo. Taylor, and the Metropolitan Community Church, directed by J. Wesley Jones.—The Herald-Examiner, May 19, 1925. extremities." Nothing romantic about that, so they parted. But that's where the slip came. The young woman became the wife of Timmins without final decree of divorce from Stonecipher. Now Timmins talked about "props." Nothing romantic about that, either, so they parted and Attorney George Hooper obtained the annulment for her. PROF. W. E. B. DU BOIS AD- DRESSED A LARGE MEETING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL : Last Sunday afternoon Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois, editor of the Crisis, New Yory City, delivered an address at the Wendell Phillips High School, under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The large auditorium was crowded down to the doors with both men and women who were anxious to hear him and he delivered the greatest and most brilliant oration of his life. DR.GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL TO SPEAK AT ST. LOUIS, MO Sunday evening, Dr. George Cleveland Hall, 3638 Grand Boulevard, will leave for St. Louis, Mo., where on Monday afternoon he will address the Interracial Conference which will meet at the Hotel Statler. Dr. Hall is down on the program as one of the leading speakers. Before returning home he will journey to Topeka, Kansas, where he will deliver the principal address at the commencement exercises at the Industrial School located in that city. RED CAPS' CLUB NEWS The next regular meeting of the Red Caps' Literary Club will be held on Sunday afternoon, June 7, at four o'clock. At this meeting, short talks will be made by Messrs. Frank W. Henry and D. J. Brooks. All of our friends are invited to attend. Sandy W. Trice, Pres. COL. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE WOULD-BE OLD-TIME TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, HAS LIT OUT FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AND HAS LANDED AWAY DOWN IN TEXAS. Richmond, Va.—This world continues to move and some of you people are inclined to think I am moving with it, and if you do then you will get a little slangy and say "He is some moving baby" and in the expression that may displease me and then I may tell you go where it is perpetual summer and where the wind was never known to blow. Last Sunday I was in company with Prof. Herbert H. Glover, Mrs. Fannie C. Glover, and the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Mitchell. I was there to hear the commencement sermon which was preached at Tuggle Institute by Rev. Dr. G. W. Goodgame, and it was one more sermon I am here to tell you and I believe he is one more preaching baby. I, must give him credit. Brother Driver presided and believe me when I tell you he can do some talking himself. Mrs. Blevins is about—no, she has just finished the first year of her administration as president of Tuggle Institute, and she has been able to close a successful year. She is to be congratulated on the success, because the founder, the woman whose very soul was in the work, was called to her external rest, and the work fell in the hands of the woman who had worked side by side with her for years, and I am inclined to say that she was trained in business methods under that most remarkable woman. Carrie A. Tuggle. You must not expect me to tell you that this work has been all pie and cake for the new president, for it has not, because she has had to work under comparison. The people have seen Mrs. Tuggle and her manner and way of doing things and if Mrs. Blevins did not do just the same way, then you would hear something said about it, but the work has gone right on just the same, and much has been accomplished. After Dr. Goodgame was through stepping on the gas bag, and giving good advice, good information to the young people and old people too, Mr. Glover toted me down to see Oscar W. Adams, the second, and honey they have a fine son, and that means the name is to continue. A father must feel happy when there is a son into his family, and Editor Adams is one more happy man. Another editor into the world, and of course the son is to be an improvement on the father. His opportunities will be better, and he will get a better education, for that father is going to see to it that his son goes through a school like Yale, Harvard, Columbia or University of Chicago, and will rank among the best educated people of his day. God grant it. I met a normal graduate, Mrs. Florence Townsend, who is one of the teachers of the public school system, and indeed a fine young woman. I recall when she was in school under the late William Hooper Councill, the very same man under which Oscar W. Adams was trained. She is a fine young woman, and is still at work. She is going to attend summer school this year, under Prof. G. W. Trenholm, state normal school, Montgomery, Alabama. Bright and early Monday morning, I was on my way to Virginia, and rode one of the Seaboard Air Line fast horses, and honey that old fellow just tried himself, and looked to me like he was going to run his foot brains out. Tuesday morning, I landed in Richmond. Va., and went to the home of Levi C. Brown, one of the finest young men I have known in ages, and a representative of the National Benefit Life Insurance Company, of Washington, D. C. He is an organizer, and is kept on the road all the time placing agencies in various states for the company, and I am told that he is an expert. A few hours were spent in the town, and then I was off for something else. It was raining hard at that, but I did not mind it, for I did not have to be out in it and get sprinkled. I am a Baptist and will jump into the water, but will not permit it to fall on me. I remained in the station known as the C. & O. stable until it was time to start for Newport News, and off to that place I was soon in line. Reaching Newport, News, Va., I reported to the First Baptist church, Rev. A. A. Galvin, pastor, and that was the place for the meeting of the Virginia State Baptist Convention, and I had been attending the convention every year for a long time, and I did not care to miss it. I was assigned to a fine stopping place, one of the trustees of the church, and was told by his wife to make myself at home, and this I was willing to do. A fellow without a home, must make every place he goes home, and this is what I have to do. This was a new home for me, but they have told me to come again. Now regarding the convention. It was presided over by Rev. Thomas Jefferson King, D. D., pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist church, Richmond, and just a leader of men. He has been president for 8 years and he is such a good conservative leader, that he can just continue. Dr. King is a man who believes in and preaches manhood. He is one of the cranks who believes that color has nothing to do with a man, and a Negro can be a real man just as well as a white man, and a white man can be a man just as well as a Negro, all depending on how much God the man gets into him. He believes in that doctrine of Paul thundered from Mars Hill, "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for the dwell upon the face of the earth," and he preaches that thing believe me. The Virginia Baptist State convention is one more body of well trained educated ministers, and they stand for self-help. They do not believe that the race should sit down and beg the white man or any other man to carry them around like children, but they declare that every tub should stand on its own end, and the race over 60 years old should stand up like men. With the large number of banks, insurance companies, lawyers, doctors, merchants, editors, college presidents and professors, teachers in all others of schools, capitalists, the race should stand alone, and make every day count. The wealthy colored men should contribute to the uplift of his own, and not wait for the white brother, who has burdens of his own. It was a pleasure for me to come in touch with these strong men. I met President Robert C. Woods, of the Virginia Theological Seminary and college, the institution that has turned out so many of the Baptist preachers and teachers. An institution that was born to teach the Negro to hold himself, with G. W. Hayes as its president, and Hayes has gone to his reward, and this young giant is just finishing the work and making many friends, and turning out able men and women who are combating with the world problems. Dr. Woods is truly a philosopher, and a scholar, and he is just inspiration all the time. It was fitting that the meeting should be held in Newport News, where an attack had been made on the Negro by an editor, who said that the Negro instead of trying to find himself was trying to get away from himself and become a part of the white man, and he knew that he was handling the truth in a careless manner when he wrote it, but I am going to tell him so, because I know better. We are proud of our race, and it is a rare thing in the north where you find a Negro marrying outside of his own. He is willing to take the black woman and make her his queen. Every session of the convention was freighted with good things. Rev. W. W. Brown, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist church, New York, could not be present, but he sent his assistant pastor who was his own dear son, and sent along with it five hundred dollars for the educational work, and declared that he was going to do more in the future. He is a great big hearted man. Rev. Charles Satchell Morris, was there representing the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist convention, and he was indeed sorry to learn what his son, Charles Satchell Morris Jr., had said about the Florida Baptists, and at once wrote a letter to President Brown expressing his regrets. He wants his son to do well. All eyes are now turned on the National Baptist Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Congress to be held in Wichita, Kans., June 23. It is wonderful how the Baptists are pushing things in this world. They are working together under the leadership of Rev. L. K. Williams, D. D., as one man, and they are following his lead. It will not be long before the new home for the Sunday School Publishing Board, of the National Baptist convention will be completed. It is going to be the largest THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 23, 1925 The Greatest Newspaper in the World Utterly Failed to Transport One Thousand Colored People On to Washington, D. C. to Behold Hon. Calvin Coolidge Sworn in as President of the United States Wednesday, March 4th In concluding our story of our recent pleasure trip through some parts of the east, several times we have gotten the horse or the long eared mule before the cart; for example, for shortly after arriving in Washington, D. C., on Monday morning March 2nd, we beat it to the Senate office building after first calling on Hon. Martin B. Madden to pay our respects to him and while resting up in the offices of Hon. William B. McKinley United States Senator from Illinois, conversing with our friend Mr. Charles J. Pickett, who should walk in but Col. and Mrs. Morris Lewis, Col. M. C. Harper and Col. Wm. E. Hueston and one or two other persons representing the greatest newspaper in the world, which had for several weeks prior to that time published a long freight or passenger train in its columns announcing the fact that the "Inaugural Special All Ready to Go" Each issue of the greatest newspaper in the world contained a long list of the names of the most prominent ladies and gentlemen residing in this city and within a thousand miles from it in every direction who proposed to travel from this city to Washington D. C., and back to it on the "Inaugural Special," but for some cause or other instead of five hundred or one thousand of the leading citizens of this city and around about it riding to the Capitol of the nation, on the special train run by the greatest newspaper in the world, considerably less than fifteen ladies and gentlemen were in the great crowd of pleasure seekers and instead of the Inaugural train consisting of ten or fifteen cars, all the pleasure seekers were bunched into one car which was hooked onto one of the fast trains running over the Pennsylvania railroad. Col. Phil. A. Jones, of sainted memory to Col. R. S. Abbott, was also in the Chicago party and he seemed to do more bossing than Col Morris Lewis and when Col. Lewis and his big push came in contact with the writer they were almost struck speechless, finally Col. Lewis recovered his voice and he walked up to us and he wanted to know how did we land in Washington. D. C., and he answered the question by saying, did you come in to town on the Broadway Limited, and we responded, no, we blew into town on the Capitol Limited which is the finest and the fastest train running over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and that we had our return ticket home right in our vest pocket. To say the least Col. Lewis and his noble little band from Chicago were greatly surprised to bump into us at that time and from there they wended their way up to 1216 Pennsylvania ave., the hgadquarters of Col. Roscoe Conklin Simmons, Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Hon. Perry W. Howard, and the other high priests of the Abraham Lincoln Liberty League and most complete publishing house in the world owned by our people, and the whole country is going to take notice. Of course this is going to be paid for by the Baptists, and they are loud in their praises of Dr. A. M. Townsend, the efficient secretary, and the man of character and worth. I failed to tell you that I had the pleasure of seeing Major Allen Washington, of Hampton Institute. I could just look at him all day long, because he is some kind of a man. He is a leader of men, and is doing good. You will recall that it was Hampton that gave us Robert R. Moton, and Booker T. Washington. It is a great big institution. I am spending Sunday and Monday in Columbus, Ohio, and from there I am going to Texas. Keep up with me for the next few weeks and you will have some information. I think I have said enough. I am going by to see Dr. W. H. Jernagin. Charles E. Stump held forth where a flash light picture of the whole shooting match was taken but so far we have utterly failed to observe it flashed up in the columns of the greatest newspaper in the world. Let us return for the last time to the main story, on Monday morning, March 9, we was up bright and early for it was the last day that we expected to spend in Washington for some time and at 10 o'clock we called on Hon. William B. McKinley as we had promised to call and see him on Saturday morning at that time and after thanking him for the many courtesies he had extended to us during our visit to Washington, D. C., he brought forth a brand new photo of himself and inscribed on the bottom of it the following words "to my friend, Julius F. Taylor, with my best wishes for the success of The Broad Ax, William B. McKinley," and on withdrawing from his presence he extended his hand and said, Mr. Taylor, I hope you will arrive home safely and whenever you come to Washington you are welcome to make your headquarters right here in my office. Not long after that time we called on Hon. Martin B. Madden, arriving at his rooms promptly at 12 o'clock, and the Congressman greeted us by saying are you ready to call on President Coolidge and we responded, yes sir; then he called Mr. John Gilbert Nettleton who has faithfully served him as his private secretary for more than twenty years and Congressman Madden said "Gilbert accompany Mr. Taylor to call on President Coolidge. A fine auto was standing near the main door leading into the quarters of Congressman Madden and Mr. Nettleton requested us to step in and he followed us and a colored chauffeur was at the wheel and away we went speeding down Pennsylvania ave. to the White House, arriving three five minutes to 12 o'clock and as Mr. Nettleton knows all of the ins and outs of the White House it did not take long before we were standing right in front of Hon. Everett Sanders the private secretary to President Coolidge and laying all kiding or jokes aside he is the right gentleman, in the right place, he is big hearted, jovial, full of bright sunshine, he extends the glad hand to all comers, slaps them on the back and makes them feel at home. It might be well at this point to state that Mr. Sanders had charge of the Speakers Bureau in this city during the Presidential election in 1924, and he has always been true to the Republican Party, He hails from Indiana. Mr. Sanders, who did not seek renomination or re-election to the next Congress, was born near Coalmont, Clay County, Indiana, March 8, 1882, the son of Rev. James Sanders and Melissa Everal Sanders. He taught school for three years; attended the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute for two years; entered Indiana University in 1904, and graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1907. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in the city of Terre Haute, in June, 1907, and practiced law until he entered Congress in 1917. At the National Convention, held in Cleveland he was prominently mentioned as a running mate on the ticket with President Coolidge. The writer had not been in the White House five minutes before he was looking President Coolidge right square in his eyes and on approaching him alone we handed him our business card and after glancing at it he extended his hand and said, "Mr. Taylor we are extremely glad to have you with us this morning," all the time his clean cut face was wreathed in pleasant smiles. ENANUEL JACKSON WE PLACE THIS AMBULANCE AT THE SERVICE OF THE PUBLIC FOR TRANSFER WORK IN THE CITY AT THE NOMINAL FEE TO THE PATIENT OF $5.00; LONG TRIPS ON A MILEAGE BASIS. SHOULD NECESSITY ARISE IN A WORTHY CHARITY CASE, THE AMBULANCE WILL BE AS CHEERFULLY SENT AND THE SAME SERVICE RENDERED AT NO CHARGE AS WHEN FEE IS PAID. Very briefly we informed President Coolidge that out little newspaper had loyally supported him in his race for vice President in 1920, and that it strongly supported him for President of the United States in 1924, and that it would continue to up hold his hands and administration as long as he had the courage and the manhood to stand by the American people, not the white people or the colored people but the American people. At the conclusion of our remarks, President Coolidge again extended his hand and said, Mr. Taylor I heartily thank you for the friendly feeling which you have expressed towards myself and I shall always strive to occupy a warm spot in the hearts of all the American people and anytime you visit Washington I will be pleased to have you visit the White House and Mr. Sanders followed us to the door and said Julius, as long as you are a close friend of Hon. Martin B. Madden, Hon. William B. McKinley, Hon. Charles S. Deneen and Mr. Nettleton the doors of the white house will always swing both ways for you. Shortly after our pleasant interview with President Coolidge we greatly enjoyed a chicken salad luncheon with Mr. Charles Pickett with plenty of ice cream and home made cake and two hours thereafter we were seated in the parlor car hooked on to the Capitol Limited the crack train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad headed for Chicago, arriving home on March 10. Keeping our promise with our dutiful wife, Mrs. Taylor to land at home on that date. Thus ends the long story of our recent pleasant two thousand mile pleasure trip through the east. IN THE REALM OF SPORT A Banner Year for Baseball East and West, baseball this year is drawing the largest crowds in the history of the game. From Hilldale comes the report that a crowd bordering on 9,000 people witnessed the opening of the Darby clan, winners of the Eastern gonfalon last year Other clubs in the East had similarly large crowds. In the West, Dismukes' Memphis Sox played to a crowd numbering close on to 20,000 in the three opening games in the Tennessee state, Birmingham, opening with Rube Foster and his American Giants in the steel metropolis of the south, played to a crowd which taxed the capacity of the park. Special ground rules had to be put into effect, owing to the size of the attendance. In Chicago last Sunday, Rube Foster and his exotic American Giants playing the Kansas City Monarchs, truly Monarchs of all that they survey in the baseball world, drew a crowd of more 1 MR. HARVEY A. WATKINS than 18,000 cash attendance, the largest crowd to ever invade Schorling Park. True, these crowds are showing that the Negro is coming to the fore, not only as a baseball maniac, but is patronizing his own, when he can be assured of seeing baseball of a brand on a par with that which is played in the white major leagues. It looks like a banner year for the owners of the teams, both east and west. And then, with the slice of the world series melon as an added lure, interest in the leagues has increased ten-fold. The Negro is learning a valuable lesson from the Jew, although it is taking him rather a long time to get it through his eri cranium. If the other race fails to take you in, go out and make it for yourself. THE GREATEST DRAWING CARD IN BASEBALL—THE GRAYS The Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh's one winning ball club, and perhaps the greatest aggregation of professional Negro ball players ever gotten together outside of organized ranks, are the greatest drawing card in baseball, in the tri-state district. The club has played 15 games up to the present time, winning 14 and being held to a tie in the other contest. In these games, they have played to an attendance of close to 50,000 people. With a galaxy of stars, which would make the Pittsburgh Pirates step along lively to beat them, with an outfield, which is the greatest for speed and hitting since the wonderful combination of Charleston, Shively and Jimmy Lyons was discarded, with an infield headed by one of the greatest shortstops of the age, and with a pitching staff which turns in wins in one-two-three order with the consistency of a well-timed clock, the team real estate brokers in this city who ceremonies in honor of Hon. Adelendell Phillips High School, Sun- is the realization of the dreams of its crafty and shrewd mother, "Cum" Posey, who, along with Charlie Walker, have crawled along with it in its infancy and are now running with it in its maturity. Negro fans the country over, have heard of this wonderful aggregation, and fans in every town where Negro or strong white clubs play, should pull for this club to make its appearance. Last year the club played 146 games, this year they will do even better, if weather conditions hold out. What a record, what a monument for men to leave behind them. The name—The Homestead Grays—will never die. THE VERSATILITY OF DE HART HUBBARD De Hart Hubbard, the University of Michigan's phenomenal athletic marvel, covered himself with laurels of another kind at a recent dual and track meet half between his school and Ohio State University. Hubbard has already established himself as the greatest broad-jumper in the collegiate world. Last Saturday, he entered the hall of track immortals, when he sprinted the 100 yards in 8.6 seconds, equalling the marks set by the one and only Howard Drew, Charlie Paddock and one or two others. Hubbard thus has proven himself as one of the most versatile athletics of all times. He is the country's best broad jumper, and now has placed himself on a par with the greatest dash of men of all times. What world will he next seek to conquer? THE IRONY OF FATE C. Bell, one of the Bell brothers on the pitching staff of the Kansas City Monarchs, pitched a one-hit game against the American Giants in Chicago last Saturday, only to see his teammates lose 1 to 0. Speaking of the irony of fate, that was it. ADDITION TO OUR AMBULANCE. SOLUTELY THE BEST "M" BEING THE LAST OF THE PUBLIC FOR AL FEE TO THE PA- SHOULD NECESSITY BLAANCE WILL BE AS RENDERED AT NO A OF THE BEST AM- EMANUEL JACKSON CO. 2961 SO. STATE ST. CALUMET 6164 Ernest Williamson UNDERTAKER Charles C.Dawson The Cathedral of Chapels FREE. Dependable Friendly Service Very Moderate Prices AUTOMOBILES FOR ALL OCCASIONS KENWOOD 0455 5121-5123-5125 South State Street EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write For Particulars A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Block 155 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. Perhaps the most valuable player that the Grays have ever secured, and a man who at the bat is the most dependable piece of batting machinery ever turned out by the Omnipotent hand of the Savior, is one Graham, who cavorts in right field, and whangs away from the port side of the plate. Recently reports were carried in all the newspapers to the effect that Sisler of the Browns had hit in 21 consecutive games. The Grays have not as yet played that many games. They have played fifteen games. Graham has appeared in right field in 15 games. And Graham has hit safely in fifteen games. With the most peculiar stance of any player in the game, sought after by Foster and other big league magnates, this North Carolina school teacher, who found out that his calling was the great diamond game, and who was discarded by the Bachrach Giants back in 1921 for practically no reason whatever, has been setting this section of the country ablaze with his marvelous work at the bat. Graham led his teammates in hitting last year, and he is well onto several kinds of new records this year. At present he is hitting close to the .600 mark, and is driving in more runs than any man on the Gray team. Sporting authorities who have seen Graham hit consistently in game after game, claim he is the greatest hitter of modern times, bar none. Graham is going after a record. Whenever you see him come to the bat you can almost rest assured that he will hit somewhere. Rube Foster himself, seeing Graham travel to first base last year, claims he is the fastest man in baseball, going down to the initial sack. He can beat THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 23, 1925 such speed merchants getting to first after hitting the ball as Gray, Moody, Young, V. Harris and others. Truly, he is a valuable man to have hanging around. MORRIS BROWN UNIVERSITY TO OBSERVE FORTEITH ANNIVERSARY (Preston News Service) Atlanta, Ga., May 21—Morris Brown University will celebrate its forteith anniversary and commencement for eight days. Over 300 voices have been trained for the rendition of "Samson and Delilah." On Monday evening, May 25, it has been announced, there will be held an educational meeting in Big Bethel A.M.E. Church at which Bishop J. S. Flipper, president of the board of Trustees of the university, will preside. This meeting will be held in the interest of the $40,000 fund being raised by the alumni and the trustees of Morris Brown. PISTOL DUEL STAGED IN CROWDED STREET CAR (Preston News Service) New York, May 21.—A patrolman and a civilian were shot to death, and a third person was said to be mortally wounded Tuesday night in a pistol battle in the heart of Harlem. The fighting is said to have assumed such proportions that a riot call was sent in. 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FLORIDA PUTS ANOTHER "KULTUR" MARK ON RECORD (Preston News Service) Orlando, Fla., May 21.—Officials of Orange County report that they had been advised Thursday by telephone from Sanford, that Jack West had been taken from a train Wednesday night and lynched and his body riddled with bullets near Longwood, Seminole County. The body was found early Thursday morning tied to a tree. AUTO HITS SMALL CHILD AND SPEEDS AWAY (Preston News Service) Anacostia, D. C., May 22.—Little six-year-old Lillian Proctor was struck by an automobile last Thursday evening while she was attempting to cross Nichols Avenue near Sumner Road. The autoist drove on, leaving the injured child lying in the road. She was picked up by another passing motorist and taken to the Providence Hospital where she was treated for slight injuries. STRAIT-TEX HAIR PREP USE of these prepara- ture of your hair results. Start cari- properly by using s- ing: STRAIT-TEX HAIR RE STRAIT-TEX HERBS . 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McCAHEY, President PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ESTABLISHED 1877 S Hot Radio-Active Water Furniture For All Baths. Sanitarium has 100 Hotel has 56 Rooms; Telephone Water in Every Room. Rates BATH RA 21 Baths . . . $13.00-10 21 Baths to Pythians and OFFICE JOHN BAIN President MICHAEL MAISEL Vice-President EDW. C. BARN Vice-President W. MERLE FIS Asst. Cash. and Trust West Eng Trust and Sav N. E. Corner 63rd and Marsh Telephone Repu Capital and Surplus DIRECTOR e Water Furnished by the Sanitarium has 10 Rooms, Diet a Rooms; Telephone, Hot and Room. Rates $1 to $3 BATH RATES: Hot Radio-Active Water Furnished by the Government For All Baths. Sanitarium has 10 Rooms, Diet and Operating Rooms Hotel has 56 Rooms; Telephone, Hot and Cold Running Water in Every Room. Rates $1 to $3 per day BATH RATES: N. E. Corner 63rd and Marshfield Ave., Chicago, Ill. Telephone Republic 5000 Affiliated Member Chicago TELEPHONE DO GEORGE F. 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