The Broad Ax

Hon. Peter M. Hoffman, Sheriff of Cook County, Has Been Caught in the Government's Coon Trap for Hon. James H. Wilkerson, Judge of the United States District Court, Has Requested Him to Rest Up in the DuPage County Jail For 30 Days and Pay a Fine of $2,500. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXI. Hon. Peter Caught in Wilkerson Requested FOR FAILING TO KEEP DRUGGAN AND H FRANKIE LAKE, THE BEER LORDS OF C FINED IN THE COOK HOUSE. FOR FAILING TO KEEP COL. TERRY DRUGGAN AND HIS PAL, COL. FRANKIE LAKE, THE TWO HEAD BEER LORDS OF CHICAGO, CONFINED IN THE COOK COUNTY JAIL HOUSE. --- Wednesday afternoon Hon. James H. Wilkerson, United States District judge for the Northern District of Illinois, in his court rooms in the Federal Building, handed down his long to be expected and far-reaching contempt of court case in connection with Col. Terry Druggan and Col. Frankie Lake. Judge Wilkerson, the fact that Wesley H. Westbrooks, warden of the Cook County Jail, for a long time really permitted Messrs. Druggan and Lake to roam the streets at large at their sweet will and it was proven for beyond a reasonable doubt that many thousands of dollars belonging to Messrs. Druggan and Lake found their way in the pockets of Warden Westbrooks and his army of assistants who closed their eyes real tight at everything that Cols. Druggan and Lake wished to do for, with great pleasure they were allowed almost their full freedom in the way of splurging around taking auto rides with their lady friends instead of being locked up behind prison bars and doing time for violating the established laws of the land. It is safe to say that never before in the history of Chicago have the criminals become so bold like Cols. Druggan and Lake, who have entertained the idea that with their vast sums of money that they could easily override the laws, trample justice under their corrupt feet and debauch and buy public officials whenever they were disposed to do so. Notwithstanding the fact that as warden of the Cook County Jail Mr. Westbrooks very badly managed everything in connection with it and with his eyes wide open he permitted money to flow through it much more freely than water; and riots and fighting among the prisoners was the order of the day. Mr. Westbrooks, for all of his failures to maintain order and his other short comings only received a sentence of four months in the DeKalb ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF "THE BROAD AX" ARRIVES The News is in receipt of the thirtieth anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, well known Negro weekly paper of Chicago. This special edition recalls that The Broad Ax was started by Julius F. Taylor in Salt Lake City in 1895 and was printed here for about four years. Then it moved to Chicago and has been published continuously in the windy city since that time. The editor expresses great pride in the fact that the publication has endured all this time without missing a single issue. The aniversary number is an attractive 20 page edition printed on high grade gloss paper and containing about 100 double column half tone photographs of the foremost friends, white and black, of the publication. THE BROAD AX ter M. He in the Go on, Judge ed Him to Da KEEP COL. TERRY ND HIS PAL, COL. , THE TWO HEAD OF CHICAGO, CON- OOK COUNTY JAIL County Jail and no money fine; it seems to us after taking all of the facts into consideration that he fared pretty well at the hands of Judge Wilkerson. Hon. Peter M. Hoffman did not fare so well for he was sentenced to serve 30 days in DuPage County Jail in Wheaton, Ill., and to pay a fine of $2,500. The many friends of Sheriff Hoffman feel that he will be able to clear himself of all wrong doing when he appeals his case to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision concerns only the Druggan releases. The contempt charges as related to Lake are held by the judge for further consideration, but the cases are parallel, the Druggan affair presumably being regarded by the court as the more flagrant. The court held in abeyance until Dec. 7 whatever penalty he may have in store, under the contempt charge, against the lesser lights of the conspiracy. In the course of his decision the court said there was no evidence connecting Sheriff Hoffman with bribery and corruption in the jail, nevertheless he is guilty of disobedience of the court's writ. Also Held to Grand Jury But contempt of court is not the only phase of the matter. In addition to sentencing Sheriff Hoffman and Westbrooks for contempt the judge also held the sheriff, Capt. Westbrooks. Druggan, Lake, Henry Foerst, Westbrook's former confidential man; former Acting Warden Hans Thompson, and former Assistant Jailer James Fitzgerald to the federal grand jury on four charges involving violations of the criminal code, ranging from conspiracy to obstruct justice to conspiracy to bribe. And the name of Dr. Franklin R. Percival, the famous Druggan-Lake dentist, was added to those of the respondents in the grand jury order. In holding the eight men to the grand jury Judge Wilkerson fixed the bond of each at $3,000. In his reminiscences Mr. Taylor devotes considerable space to the time during which the journal was published in Salt Lake. He gives more than two columns to an account of the fight of The Broad Ax against the re-election of Frank J. Cannon as U. S. senator from Utah, Senator Cannon having opposed the transfer of the twenty-fourth regiment (colored) from New Mexico to Fort Douglas. Particular mention is made also of the mineral collection prepared by Mr. Taylor and his wife and exhibited at the Tennessee Centennial exposition at Nashville in 1897. A special tribute is paid also to Haddley D. Johnson, former editor of the Salt Lake Herald.—From the Desert News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 29, 1925. It was very gratifying indeed to re- --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 17, 1925 [Name] Sheriff of Cook County, whose thousands of loyal friends scattered throughout this city and county confidently believe that he will finally pull out of his present court troubles with flying colors and that he will still be able to hold some of the winning cards in the big game of politics. ceive the above comment on the 30th anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, from the pen of Hon. Charles W. Penrose, who has for many years been the chief editor of the Desert News, and who was one of our best and warmest friends during our four years residence in Salt Lake City. Mr. Penrose has honorably served his church in many ways, being one of the apostles of the Mormon church. He has preached the doctrines of his church in many parts of the world. He is an eloquent and pleasing speaker. The Desert News is the largest and most influential daily newspapers published in the interest of the Mormon people in the United States. Again we wish to heartily thank Editor Penrose for his fine comment on the 30th anniversary edition of The Broad Ax, and for remembering us to cur our many warm friends, residing in all parts of Utah.—Editor. MRS. FRANK L. GILLESPIE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE IN HEALTH Last Monday, Columbus day, the writer called to pay his respects to Mrs. Frank L. Gillespie, 4524 South Park way, and every indication shows that she is continuing to improve in health. The terrible strain on her nervous system for the past seven or eight months, has been extremely severe, and like a true soldier of the Cross, she is bravely standing up under it. With much pleasure we can state that Mrs. Gillespie is numbered among our many warm lady friends in Chicago. Mr. John B. Hart, 4841 Federal street, who is one of the most prominent and active Masons in the United States, attended the sessions of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, of Free and Accepted Masons, at Rock Island, Ill., this week. Also Sir Knight James E. Bish attended its sessions. HON. PETER M. HOFFMAN County, whose thousands of loya bought out this city and county confi finally pull out of his present colors and that he will still be the winning cards in the big game EDITOR TAYLOR ENJOYED HIS BIRTHDAY WONDERFULLY Last Saturday evening our good wife (Mrs. Taylor) presented us with a huge birthday cake, and as Sunday was our birthday, we laid up close to the side of the cake all day long. On Sunday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Harris B. Gaines, 3262 Vernon avenue, and their two bright little sons, Harris B. Jr., and Charles Ellis Gaines, spent the evening with Editor and Mrs. Taylor, and assisted to celebrate our birthday, all hands joining in in partaking of the birthday cake. Charles Ellis Gaines, who is growing very fast and is almost 20 months old and has a monthful of good sharp teeth, will soon be able to talk right out in meeting; presented his Godfather with a brand new large picture of himself which will occupy a prominent niche in the Taylor household. A quiet and pleasant evening was greatly enjoyed; those present expressed the hope that the editor would be able to enjoy many more birthdays. Just as Mr. and Mrs. Gaines and the children were getting ready to depart for home, Harris B., Jr., exclaimed in a loud voice: "We have had a most wonderful time." WHITE (WOMAN WILLS HER ESTATE TO HER COLORED ADOPTED SON Tuscola, Ill.—Through the will of a white woman, Mrs. Josiah Wright, who died here Sunday, her colored adopted son, Thomas Wright, will inherit her estate. Wright's mother who came north with the family from Kentucky many years ago, died while he was still in infancy, and the Wrights adopted the orphan. MISS EMMA ARA BACON LAID TO REST AT DOLTON, ILL. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The Broad Ax, Dear Sir: Memorial services for Miss Emma Ara Bacon were held at the Lincoln School, Dolton, Ill., on Thursday, October 15th, at 3:00 p. m. Dr. Duncan H. Browne of St. James Episcopal Church, Chicago; Dr. William A. Evans, Health Editor of the Chicago Tribune; Miss Edna Foley, Superintendent of the Visiting Nurses' Association of Chicago; and Mr. Orville T. Bright, Superintendent of Schools at Dolton, spoke. Both to honor of Miss Bacon's memory, and to keep the enormity of the offense before the public, we shall be grateful if you will make this announcement. Sincerely yours, LOUISE SACHS, (Mrs. Theodore B. Sachs), Superintendent. J. L. HOFF DIES FOLLOWING BLAST FROM GASOLINE. (Washington, D. C., Oct. 16.—The explosion of a pan of gasoline is said to have caused the death of John L. Hoff, aged 30 years, and badly burned Edward Kelly, aged 46 years, Thursday afternoon, and threatened to destroy the building at 1723 Desota street, where the accident occurred. Hoff died at the Emergency hospital a few hours after the explosion, Kelly, suffering from severe burns about the face and hands, was treated by his family physician. It is said that a lighted match dropped by Hoff in the gasoline caused the explosion. Before firemen could extinguish the fire it is estimated that over $3,000 damage had been done to the building by the flames and water. One of the Outstanding Social Affairs of the Fall Season was the Reception and Dance Given at the Appomattox Club in Honor of Madam Martha Broadus Anderson by the Chicago Music Association. Last Wednesday evening a formal reception and dance under the auspices of the Chicago Music Association, was held at the Appomattox Club, 3632 South Parkway, in honor of Madam Martha Broadus Anderson, the new Vice-president of the National Association of Negro Musicians; also in honor of Prof. J. Wesley Jones, past Vice-president of the Association. The lovely affair was largely attended by some of the most prominent ladies and gentlemen who are deeply interested in the advancement and cultivation of music. It was a brilliant affair in every way from beginning to end. earrings and necklace; Mrs. Mamie W. Beck, pink georgette and old Mexican lace, pearls; Mrs. Astell Comes, green beaded georgette; Miss Goldy Guy, butterfly French gown of silk and gold lace, pearls; Mrs. Vira Tompkins, white spangled georgette, pearls; Miss E. V. Jones, rose velvet ostrich trimmings; Miss Carrie Lester, black beaded georgette; Miss Magnola Lewis, gray georgette and ostrich plumage side drape, pearls; Mrs. Harriet Jimerson, blue crepe silk, deep gold lace trimmning; Mrs. Florence Washington, all over white silk lace with pearl ornaments; Mrs. J. O. Hawkins, multi-colored silk The Receiving Line The receiving line was composed as follows: Prof. Harrison Farrell in his splendid evening attire; Madam Martha Broadus Anderson, the highly honored guest of the evening never looked as sweet and as charming as she did on that pleasant and long to be remembered occasion. Madam Anderson's gown was a wonderful creation of pink silk crepe satin with hand made lace and mother of pearl showing the "Havle Novveavte de" label. Prof. J. Wesley Jones, a master of music, and attired for the occasion in his Prince Albert; Mrs. Clara Hutchinson, Swiss embroidered gown of white silk, pearls; Mrs. Mildre Bryant Jones, blue and brown silk crepe of foreign design; Mr. George Hutchinson, Prince Albert; Mrs. Albert B. George, orchid beaded geogette, and pearls; Mrs. Mable Sanford Lewis, hand made pale blue crepe de chine embroidered in ropes of new merrow beads; Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Gray crepe silk with fur trimmings, pearls; Mrs. George R. Garner, Parisian model of blue, pearls; Mrs. Winona M. Brown, Madam Antoinette Garnes, Miss Gertrude Jackson, and Miss Estella Bonds. Mr. George R. Garner, princely in evening dress, introduced the invited guests to the receiving line, as the master of ceremonies. Among the many guests present were Madam Aniti Patti Brown, gown of Parisian blue and gold lace flouncing, jewel ornaments of hand-chased gold DR. J. S. HATCHER, OF RICH MOND, ON LECTURE TOUR IN WEST Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 16.—Dr. James S. Hatcher, pastor of the leading A.M. M. E. Church in Richmond, Va., was in Pittsburgh last Sunday and Monday on his lecture tour which will include some of the leading points in the West. Sunday morning Dr. Hatcher preached in Bethel A. M. E. Church, of which Dr. J. C. Anderson is pastor; in the afternoon at the Missionary Christian Alliance, of which Dr. E. M. Burgess is pastor, and at 8 P. M., at Ebenezer Baptist Church, of which Dr. J. C. Austin is pastor. Dr. Hatcher is helping to raise an educational fund for Kittrell College, of Kittrell, N. C. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX Has Been James H. Court, Has Jail For 30 standing Social Affairs of on was the Reception and at the Appomattox Club Madam Martha Broadus the Chicago Music Asso- Just before the dancing began, Madam Anderson, Mildred Bryant Jones, Madam Neal Hawkins Buckner, Mrs. Martha B. Mitchell, chairman of the program committee of the Chicago Music Association; Madam Patti Brown; Madam Albert B. George, Prof. J. Wesley Jones, and several others delivered short talks in honor of the occasion. Cooling refreshments were served during the evening, and the lovely dance music was furnished by Tate's famous orchestra. P. L. H. Mrs. Harry Stanton Brown, 4009 South Park way, is greatly pleased with the advanced record being made by her daughter, Miss Beatrice Brown, being only in the junior high school. Miss Beatrice has a bright future before her, if she continues diligently with her studies and follows the wise instructions of her mother. Mrs. Brown has for many years been a constant reader of this newspaper. Church, pastor; missionary E. E. M. M., at which Dr.atcher is real fund N. C. Mrs. Henry O. Tanner, wife of the noted colored artist, died at Edgewood, the Tanner estate, in northern France, recently. Besides her husband, a son, Jesse, survives Mrs. Tanner. Jesse is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. He holds a position in the International Department of the British government. 2 THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th. 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly 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 THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXI No. 5 Chicago, October 17, 1925 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago. Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. HON. ARTHUR C. LEUDER. POSTMASTER OF CHICAGO. WILL SPEAK AT PEOPLE'S CHURCH, 56 EAST 48TH ST. SUNDAY EVENING, OCT. 18 Sunday evening will be a big time at the Progressive Community of the People's Church, 56 East 48th Street, Rev. J. A. Winters, founder and its eloquent pastor, for Hon. Arthur C. Leuder, postmaster of Chicago, will be the leading attraction at that time. Prof. George R. Garner of National Reputation, the Young Men's Council Quartette of the Staff of WLS, John Greene, popular baritone, and Mrs. Precilla Mayo will sing. Rev. Winters continues to accomplish a good work for the advancement of the people residing near him. AT THE PHYLLIIS WHEATLEY HOME The Phyllis Wheatley Home last Sunday resumed its usual 5 o'clock Vespers. It was truly a gala occasion which was graced by the presence of many of our talented young people. The Mus-O-Lit Club rendered several selections, among others, a violin solo, a vocal selection by Mrs. Young, with chorus by the club, and "America the Beautiful." Miss Zenobia Laws of the University of Chicago presided at the piano. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laws and Rev. Theodore Stephens were among those who made brief remarks. The speaker of the occasion was Mr. Robs, who spoke on the impossibility of failure. The speaker pointed out many instances of apparent failure that were turned into marvelous feats of success. He encouraged his hearers to eliminate from their vocabulary the word "failure." Miss Ida Odom, superintendent of the Phyllis Wheatley was hostess of the occasion. CLUB NOTES The Clarafessamine Club held their installation of officers at the beautiful home of Mrs. Carrie Stonton, 5317 Wabash avenue. Mrs. Wilson, the wife of Rev. Dr. Wilson, was chosen by our President to preside at their very special occasion, which she did very beautifully. The placing was as follows: Mrs. Belle G. Fountian, President; Mrs. Carry South, Vice-president; Mrs. Bettie Caraway, Secretary; Mrs. Silva Stephson, Treasurer; Mrs. Alice Mingo, Reporter; Mrs. Willie Saxon, Chaplain. A delightful luncheon was served, and the club adjourned to meet October 19, 1925. American Rose Art Club gave a breakfast dance Thursday, Oct. 15, at 515 Aldine Square, for the Phyllis Wheatley Home. It will meet Saturday evening, October 17th. The Knowledge Seekers Club will hold its regular meeting Saturday evening, October 17th, at the Phyllis Wheatley Home, at 8 p. m. Miss Alice Boyd of New Orleans, speaker. Subject, "Evolution in Literature." All cordially invited. Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines, Secretary; Rev. Theodore Stephens, President. (Editorial in "The State," Columbia, S. C.) Commenting on the recent barbarous action in Union county, Mississippi, where a Negro was burned at the stake, The Weekly Times, a Negro newspaper published at Memphis makes this appeal for protection and justice: "We do not condone crime. We want to see every criminal punished to the limit of the law, regardless of color; but we do want punishment meted out by law, the courts. We appeal to the best blood of the South for protection and justice. We appeal to the thousands of white ministers for condemnation of such acts. We appeal to the governor and all officers of the law for punishment of the guilty. We appeal to every agency for making sentiment, that the ends of justice may be served, and that right quickly. "This act does not and can not meet the approval of all the white people of Mississippi. There is pity, there is shame and there is passive condemnation; but these will not remedy the condition. There must be an active program to the end that such deeds may not occur again, not only in the State of Mississippi, but in the bounds of this great nation." That appeal must be heard and beeded. What is at stake here is not the lives of the few persons who may be annually done to death by mobs in savage frenzy, but the character of the people; the reputation of a section whose governors claim civilization and capacity for orderly government. Acts like that in Union county, Mississippi, bring shame and degradation upon the whole South. If they are to cease, public opinion in the South must everywhere cease to be passive. Press and pulpit must perform their parts, actively and vigorously. As the Memphis paper says, "There is pity—there is shame and there is passive condemnation, but these will not remedy the conditions." Only the fear of punishment impresses the barbarous, and punishment of lynchers is only possible where public opinion holds those charged with the operation of the machinery of the law responsible for its proper execution. When a human being is burned at the stake and the criminals escape punishment, the county and state in which the crime occurs are blackened in reputation, but they are not the only sufferers. It is a blow against the whole South, and the whole South should protest. And the time to effectively fortify our states against the possibility of such occurrences as that in Union county, Mississippi, is now. It can not be said in any state, "We are holier than thou," until so strong a sentiment for law is known to exist there that we can have faith in its dominating influence. Actually, the appeal quoted above is not in behalf of Negroes but of the covering whites of the South. There's the degradation and shame. THE SHUTTLE (Rev. Chas. Stewart) Behold a tapestry take form 'Neath Master-weaver's hand The busy shuttle building up The work His mind hath planned, An epic weave of lowly life Beginning with the sod To find in its epitome A closer walk with God. Unlettered youth with down-cast mien And sluggard steps along Bettimes the shuttle's busy work Seems lifting into song. And up the Mount of High Desire Their quickened foot-steps tend Each face alight with new-formed hope Of them who've found a friend. As from the very Fount of Life The multitudes deploy And plumb the depths of human life Its sorrows, and its joy. But still the busy shuttle darts, Propelled by Master mind, And form and countenance exalt From what it leaves behind. MOVED TO MORGAN PARK Mr. and Mrs. Saul Purvis, who recently purchased a lot in Morgan Park, have erected a cottage at 11304 S. Racine avenue, into which they have moved. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 17, 1925 M. H. MRS. MARTHA BROADUS ANDERSON Vice-President of the National Association of Negro Musicians. She was the highly honored guest at a reception and dance at the Appomattox Club, Wednesday evening. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. The popular Superintendent of the Cook County Hospital, who may be induced by his thousands of loyal friends to enter the race for Sheriff of Cook County in 1926. INSTALLATION One of the most brilliant affairs in club life was that of the elaborate installation of the newly elected officers of THE CHICAGO AND NORTHERN DISTRICT FEDERATION in the beautiful parlers of the Appomattox Club, Thursday, Oct. 9, conducted by Dr. Mary Fitzbutler Waring in her most gracious and impressive manner. A splendid musical program preceded the exercises; the demonstration. A "SPIRITUELLE" (original) by Mrs. Grace Outlaw was one of the pleasing features of the afternoon. Gorgeous floral tributes were presented to the officers, and a beautiful silver water pitcher was given to Mrs. Carrie Horton, the popular and energetic outgoing president, as a token of appreciation for her splendid two years' administration; the chairman of the various committees and trustees were introduced and refreshments were served. The new officers are: President; Nannie Reed; first vice-president; Maude Smith; second vice-president; Jeannette Smith; corresponding secretary, Helen Brascher; recording secretary, Lulu Heath; assistant recording secretary, Margaret Bunch; treasurer, Margaret O. Gaynor; chairman executive board, Clara McAdams; assistant chairman executive board, Violet Cunningham; secretary of executive board; Etta Johnson Jones; organizer, Georgia Morten; parliamentarian, Joanna Snowden Porter; editor, Elizabeth Lindsay Davis. (Preston News Service) (Preston News Service) New York, Oct. 16.—Modern girls do not want ministers for husbands for several reasons—chief among them being give up of dancing, movies and card parties and because the ministers have much smaller incomes than men in other professions and in business. This is disclosed in a report made public a few days ago of a survey of the theological schools of the country, made under the direction of the Institute of Social and Religious Research by Dr. Robert L. Kelly and W. A. Daniel. Ministers Lack Education Ministers are not well educated as men trained for other fields of activity, says the report, and their influence as leaders in this country is waning as a result. While the first efforts of Negro education were especially directed to the training of ministers and the best men in the schools used to enter the ministry, the theological schools are now nearly all of lower status than other schools of higher education, with lower entrance and graduation requirements and comparatively small enrollment. Failures Enter Ministry "In most cases." the report adds, "the members of the theological faculty compare much more favorably with the rest of the faculty than do the students in the theological department with the students in other departments." Very often students fail J. B. HON. MICHAEL ZIMMER superintendent of the Cook County produced by his thousands of loyal Sheriff of Cook County in 1926 to pass in the grades in the other departments of the school and then enter the theological course, and most of them taking the "short" course. Very few of the young men take the "regular" theological course because it requires as much and in some schools more scholastic preparation than in other departments. It is further pointed out, the report states, that if all the men graduating from the fifty-two Negro theological seminaries in the United States last year had gone directly into the ministry, as is usually the case, less than 3 per cent of the vacancies could have been filled by men "whose combined literary and theological training would be equivalent to the three years above high school." MAN AND WIFE HELD ON BLACKMAIL CHARGE Norristown, Pa., Oct. 16.—Charged with sending a threatening letter to William Robb, of Valley Forge, demanding $50 under penalty of personal harm, a man and woman were arrested Friday morning by State Police, and were for several hours grilled by officials. They gave their names as Charles Smith and Emily Smith, man and wife. It is said that the man from whom the couple demanded the money had formerly employed Mr. and Mrs. Smith in his home as servants. The writing on the note corresponded with paper and writing found in the trunk of the defendants. Joseph Henderson GENERAL CARPENTER Plastering—Concrete Work Orders Receive Prompt Attention ESTIMATES FURNISHED CHARGES REASONABLE 4033 Indiana Avenue Chicago Phone: Drexel 2268 WALDEN COLLEGE (Formerly the literary department of Walden University) An Approved School in an Educational Center Modern in methods and thorough in scholarship. Throws Christian influence around the student. Places emphasis upon development of the initiative on part of the student. EXPENSES SURPRISINGLY MODERATE Session Begins September 21 For further information, address T. R. DAVIS, PRESIDENT Nashville -- Tennessee The Board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, was replete with business relative to the closing of the fiscal year. The Directors are still contemplating the purchase of a Greater Phyllis Wheatley home, and have several desirable places under consideration. The annual meeting and election of officers was held Thursday, Oct. 15, from 1 to 4 p. m. The House Committee will give one of their famous Harvest Dinners at the home Wednesday, Oct. 21st, from 12 to 8 p. m. The public is invited to come and enjoy a good meal. The Knowledge Seekers' Club will meet Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8 p. m.; the Janus Club meets every Monday at 8 p. m. The Art Class meets every Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club The meeting Oct. 7th, was well attended by members and visitors; Dr. Jasper Phillips gave a most instructive address on public health; the new officers were installed by Mrs. Nannie Reed, president of the District Federation. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 21st, at 2:30 p. m. Program: Household Economics. Mrs. Irene Hudlin Jordan, one of our most efficient teachers of that department in our public schools, has been invited to speak. The public is cordially invited to attend all of the activities of the home. MEMPHIS MAN KILLS SHERIFF HE SAYS MURDERED HIS WIFE (Preston News Service) Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 16—Matthews Lewis, aged 51 years, a laborer, was in jail without bond here last Tuesday night on a charge of slaying C. C. Worthham, aged 62, a deputy sheriff, who is alleged by Lewis to have killed his wife, Sarah Lewis. The killings occurred Tuesday before noon in Hollywood, a suburb. P. D. Crusie, Jr., another deputy sheriff, received cuts and bruises on his head, but was not seriously injured. Mrs. Margaret Simpson, a daughter of Lewis, was shot in the abdomen. Physicians say she has an even chance for recovery. Lewis surrendered to deputies at the county jail shortly after the shooting. Cause of the trouble was not learned. M. T. BAILEY BUSY M. T. Bailey of The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State street, is busily on the go making preparations for future homes for members of the race in many surrounding suburbs before the fall season closes and many are building homes into which they will move before the close of the season. MANY VISIT ST. LOUIS Many Chicagoans spent the weekend in St. Louis, Mo., with relatives and friends taking advantage of the low rate excursion to and from that city. MAJOR FRY SEEKS KLAN TAKING OVER U. S. GOVERNMENT Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 16.—While white Americans live in a fool's paradise hedged about on all sides by prejudice and intolerance, the Ku Klux Klan enters the most threatening phase of its life, according to Major Fry. With business dozing over its own affairs, reformers arising with new shouts of "thou shalt not," the nefarious Klu Klux Klan is turning slightly from its vicious attacks upon Catholics, Negroes and Jews to sap the vital strength of government, which it wants for itself. This was the salient point brought out in a renewed exposure of the klan made here last Thursday night by Major Henry Fry. He declared that the public had a chance to crush the klan but failed by lack of interest in seeing the great menace this monster is to the social, industrial and moral progress of the country. He said that when the New York World made the great exposure of the klan, if the people of the country had awakened to the seriousness of the situation the klan would now have been only an unpleasant memory. "Now here is what is going to happen in this country unless business men awake from their slumers," declared Major Fry, "the klan situation in eastern industrial centers is becoming more and more acute. As the klan grows stronger among workingmen, one of these days you are going to see a gigantic racial and religious riot that will tear industry to shreds. The small states that control the Constitutional amendments are likely to start a movement to amend the Constitution of the United States, disfranchising, Negroes, Catholics and Jews. And if this happens—you may draw your own conclusions." Major Fry was once a member of the klan and when he saw the real plans and purposes of the organization withdrew from its ranks and joined with the staff of the New York World in an effort to lay plainly before the people of the United States the real plans and purposes of the Invisible Empire. RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP Rev. Jesse W. Coleman, 9535 Harvard avenue, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lilydale, has returned to the city from an extended trip through the east and his home town in Virginia. Rev. Coleman attended the Baptist Convention held at Baltimore, Md., and spent much time visiting cities of importance in that section. He is back at his many duties. ON THE JOB Mrs. Eliza Jackson, state grand queen of Illinois of A. U. K. & D. of A., with the assistance' of her committee of 200, are busily engaged in doing much advanced work in lieu of the coming of the national grand council session to be held in this city next August, at which time it is expected 40,000 will be in attendance. COLORFUL NEWS "MOVIES" By The Cameraman (Preston News Service) 1. The High Episcopal Church Speaks 2. Building a Race. 3. Musical America Goes Abroad. 4. Evolution in Baltimore. A grave Episcopalian Church Congress has just closed at Earlbourne, England, at which solemn words of warning were uttered against the continued arraignment of race against race and color against color. No less notable churchmen than Lord Willingdon (white), a former Governor of two presidencies in India, and J. H. Oldham (white), Secretary of the International Missionary Council, agreed, in open conference, that it is impossible to continue the old policy of white supremacy: "In my view," said Lord Willingdon, "there is only one solution of the problem. The white races must realize the necessity of treating all colored men in the spirit of absolute equality and give up the attitude of color superiority. Providence long ago placed the white man in the position of a trustee, whose wards, the colored men, are now rapidly growing up. The white man no longer dominates them, even for their good. At best he can only tactfully guide them past particular dangers. I honestly believe if the whole attitude of the white to colored faces could be altered, if the white man would always act in a spirit of giving equality and opportunity to those who are colored, what appears now as an aggressive and unreasonable attitude on the part of the colored races would entirely change and they would be willing to discuss these important matters in a fair spirit, with a due sense of the difficulties surrounding them. The only one way of doing this is by always carrying into relations with the colored races the principles of the Christian faith and remembering that there is a divinity who shapes our ends, roughhew them as we will." A Christian Indian, Shoran Singha, also addressed the Congress in faultless English, saying that: "We have got to get rid of the idea that God sent the white man to rule the black. We must get rid of the white man's prestige. Not the prestige of color, but the prestige of character will count in the future. To say that the Protestant Church world will be "rocked" by his pronouncement of certain notable of the staid but colorful church of England is to put it mildly. Yet, of all the Protestant churches, the Episcopalian has ever been the most radical; and were it, with one forward move, to attempt to assert such a fine type of Christianity as that which Lord Willingdon and his colleague so openly asserted, it might be that the Christian conscience of the church world might arouse itself from its dormant state and begin to practice what it has been preaching for lo, these many, many years. It was a rainy night and the Veteran was gloomy as we opened his door and he laid aside the evening paper to bid us a gruff "Good Evening." "Lodges and churches are about the only ventures into which colored people put their whole energy, brains, time and money," he said despondently as he substituted his bank book for the evening news. "Start a laundry, a boot-black corporation, a cafe or a county fair upon the cooperative plan, and you'd have the time of your life trying to get a dime investment; but just organize the Ancient and Derided Order of the Knights of St. Caliph, or the Royal Zebras League, and you'd have to hire two certified public accountants and eight double entry book-keepers to insure straight accounts," he ended with a snap. "Well, the churches are quite a necessity," we ventured to reply, timidly, "Yes, but it's quite overdone," the veteran quickly countered. "Here's where a congregation of four thousand open the doors of a $450,000 church in New York City, while all poor Sam Browne can get to keep the Staten Island Ku Klux Klan from putting him out of his home on Castleton Hill is $150.00," the veteran shouted as he flashed a newspaper into our face. "Look in the next column," he added, "and you will see where the Grand Legal Counsellor of the Dilligent Order of Stags, already getting a salary of $75 a week, has been sent to jail for fraud." "We're all wrong," the veteran continued, excitedly. "The churches and the lodges have got the economic advancement of the brethren bound and gagged; and for every twelve-dollar-a-week dude there is behind the cash window of an insurance company, a grocery store or a shoe factory, there are fifty-seven varieties of evangelists drawing three and four thousand bucks [Name] a year for telling us to fasten our minds on glory." "The church is all right," the veteran concluded, as we arose uneasily to depart, "and so is the lodge. The church did fine work as the Negroes' only forum in the antebellum days; but now we've got to put some dollars and SENSE into the race; or else Time, the Tomb builder, will catch us all without any economic overcoat when the cold season comes; and the churches, as you know, are closed all during the week." Percy Grainger (white), one of the world's greatest pianists, has returned from Europe with the astounding information that jazz music is popular all over Europe. "Jazz," says Mr. Grainger, "is the natural music of America, and owes its popularity to its thorough originality." Just how American "Selects" will take Mr. Grainger's statement is quite a question when it is considered that "Jazz" is the child of "Ragtime" and that "Ragtime" is the musical offspring of American Negroes. Thus, if Negroes are the originators of honest-to-goodness American music—and they must be it Mr. Grainger says so—it is not strange that they are so thoroughly familiar with the pulse beats of American temperament and American psychology; for, alas, their musical product has been pilfered and taken abroad to delight not only frequenters of the Parisian Montemarte, but into London Music Halls, Scandanavia, Russia and so on. When Will Marion Cook wrote his famous "Emancipation Day," and Harry T. Burleigh assisted Anton Dvorak compose the wonderful "New World Symphony," neither Cook nor Burleigh dreamed that they, as American Negro musical geniuses would later be given credit for popularizing American originality across the Alps and the Rhine. They probably believed that a European battlefield line would be the only background over which American Negroes might take some original American products to Europe, and that an army rifle rather than a moaning saxophone would carry their message of Americanism across the seas. Thanks to Mr. Grainger, however, credit has been given where credit is due. And our only regret is that more Americans of Mr. Grainger's hue will not take inventory over here of worthy accomplishments of their fellowmen whose ancestors were brought from the Dark Continent, Perchance such an inventory would show conclusively that additional American virtues, other than Jazz Music, have similarly become popular where thoughtful people have taken cognizance of the originality and the abilities of exemplary Americans, black, bronze, or otherwise tinted by color. The evolution mania has gotten as far North as Baltimore, and Johns Hopkins University proudly announces that twenty "sure-nuff" monkeys are on their way from the Himalaya mountains of Asia to Baltimore, where an exhaustive attempt will be made to find out for once and for all the real THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 17, 1925 Statement of Condition At the Close of Business on April 6, 1925 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ... $2,002,602.57 Bonds and Securities ... 925,886.34 Bank Building and Annex ... 152,646.08 Furniture and Pictures ... 18,686.42 Cash on Hand and Due from Banks ... 550,558.71 Other Resources ... 77,015.27 Total ... $3,727,394.49 LIABILITIES Capital Stock ... $ 400,000.00 Surplus ... 50,000.00 Undivided Profits ... 18,536.13 Reserved for Taxes and Interest ... 6,203.58 Other Liabilities ... 44,433.85 Deposits ... 3,208,220.93 Total ... $3,727,394.49 This Bank invites you to avail yourself of its complete facilities. First Mortgage Gold Bonds—approved safe investments—yield 7% interest. Boxes in our completely equipped Safety Deposit Vaults rent for $4.00 per year and upwards. Interest at the rate of 3% is allowed on all savings accounts. Savings Department open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays. GEORGE F. LEIBRANDT, President CHARLES A. WHITE, Vice-President GEORGE S. CAMPBELL, Cashier L. A. DELAURIER, Asst. Cashier MAURICE H. WOLPE, Asst. Cashier C. E. GILLELAND, Mgr. Savings Dept. LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Under State Government Supervision 31st and South State Streets Telephone Victor DOCTOR U. GRANT DAILEY truth about the origin of man. Several white scientists, who have charge of the experiment, will keep records of the habits of the monkeys, together with their births, deaths, parental instincts, and social relationships; and the monkey colony will be carefully compared with those of man. Perchance the monkey charts and mortality statistics will be introduced as expert evidence when the Scopes case comes from Tennessee for final adjudication. Not being very well acquainted with Asiatic monkeys, we do not know just what they will do under the restricted environment which will be carefully shaped for them at Johns Hopkins University. We are venturing to suggest, however, some activities which we firmly believe they would not engage in, even though they were given a chance. We are confident they would not become consumers of bootleg liquor; nor do we believe they would join a lynching party, though they can find some excellent instructors on this side of the ocean. While a trained ape is very intelligent, we are convinced that one would never develop sufficient thought to recognize color distinctions. If a monkey were highly trained, we don't believe he would refuse aid to an injured man, as was recently the case in Memphis, Tenn. We certainly wish the Johns Hopkins scientists great success in their experiments and trust that they may achieve results which will be of use to the scientific and civilized world. But we would like to add the hope that Johns Hopkins may, too, add a class of twenty colored scholars to its medical and other departments for careful study and observation and opportunity. Such an EVOLUTION as this, we sincerely believe, would be of much benefit, particularly to the University, the Negroes and the Nation, to all of whom the scientific and social relationships of soulful men should be of far greater importance than the origin and habits of soulless monkeys. NORTH CAROLINA OFFICERS INVESTIGATE MYSTERIOUS KILLINGS (Preston News Service) Snow Hill, N. C., Oct. 16.—The last few days have been hectic ones for officers of Green county. Sunday morning the officers were called on to investigate the death of William Ross, who lived in Ormond township, by himself. Ross was found shot to death at the door of his home. Sheriff Raspberry arrested Ned Artis, Jeff Holloway, Ned Daniels and Vester Brown, and is holding them on suspicion person charges. The track of an automobile tire is said to match that of a machine owned by one of the men held, and the officers say there is other incriminating evidence. All four men are in jail at Greenville. While attending inquest into the Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 5121-23-45 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. Dawson death of Ross the sheriff was called into Speight Bridge township to investigate another killing. There he found in the woods the body of a 14-year-old boy, Nathan Bridges, whose heart had been literally shot out. Officers have not yet obtained any clue to the motive of the crime. THREE DIE IN FIRE AS SMOKE AND FLAMES DRIVE FIREMEN BACK Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 16.—Three persons were burned to death and several injured when fire badly damaged a three-story brick building in Penn Avenue Friday morning. The dead: Joseph Williams, aged 23, residing on third floor; Mrs. Marie Williams, aged 23, wife of Joseph Williams; Mrs. Maud Potters, aged 30 years, wife of Clifford Potters, residing on the third floor. The injured included: Mack Thomas, aged 50, proprietor of a barber shop and tailor shop, residing on the second floor; both legs injured, injuries and suffering from shock, in West Penn Hospital. Mrs. Sophina Thomas, aged 45, wife of Mack Thomas. Burned on left arms, legs injured, in West Penn Hospital. Mrs. Bessie Blanch, who lives in the rear of the building discovered the fire at 4:30 a. m. on the first floor of the structure used as the barber shop and tailoring shop by Mack Thomas. Mrs. Blanch screamed and succeeded in awakening Mrs. Thomas and her husband, who leaped to the street from the second floor, after finding their means of escape by the stairway was cut off by the flames. After firemen arrived they attempted to rescue Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Potter on the third floor by means of ladders, but were driven back by the smoke and flames. It is believed that the three were overcome by smoke. Potters was away at work at the time. While the firemen were working to recover the persons on the third floor the roof collapsed and all hopes of rescuing them vanished. Their charred bodies were recovered later. It is said that a heater left burning WILLI UNI A. B. JOHN D. SCOTT, Manager Licensed Undertaker MRS. MARY E. WILLIAMSON Licensed Undertaker J.E. BISH 33d Degree PR.W.D.G.M. Bookkeeper Embalmers Apprentice No.194 Unexcelled for AUTOMOBILES KEN 5121-23-25 "TheWilliamsonFuneral" is distinguished by the up-to-date designs of its Cunningham Limousine Hearse and Cars in the tailor shop on the pressing machine is believed to have started the disastrous fire. NEGRO EDUCATIONAL PROG RESS RECOUNTED BY DR. I. G. PENN (Preston News Service) Le Mars, Iowa, Oct. 16.—The anniversary address on the education of the Negro before the white ministers and visitors of the Northwest Iowa Conference in session here last week was delivered by Dr. I. Garland Penn. of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the secretaries for schools and colleges for Negroes operated by the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Penn recounted the wonderful growth of the schools and colleges for the Negro of the M. E. Church saying that 30 years ago there was not a Negro filling the presidency of one of the schools, now there are eleven presidents. Thirty years ago most of the teachers were white missionaries, now out of 450 teachers fully four hundred are Negroes. The university of the system at Atlanta, Ga., is headed by a Negro while the institution having the largest college enrollment has a Negro president. This, he said, showed what the investment of white missionaries and means meant in race development and assumption of responsibility. Dr. Penn said, however, that the race is not overstocked with college graduates for leadership; for in sixty years there have been graduated only ten thousand and this number has been depleted from time to time by death. "More Negroes are seeking college education today than ever," declared Dr. Penn, "In 1910 there were not more than 100 college students in the Negro Methodist Episcopal schools while in 1924 there were 690." Dr. Penn dwelt at length upon religious as well as intellectual training as a solvent for the problems. He said that the problems are man-made anyway. The prevention of problems as well as their solution followed as man was able to know and practice the truth of God. In conclusion Dr. Penn stressed the importance upon the white ministers and visitors of the need of an endowment to make permanent the institution he represented at a time when their future was threatened because of the high cost of education and the ever-increasing standards. ACTIVITIES AT DOWNING TOWN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Downingtown, Pa., Oct. 16.—An interesting feature of the trade work at Downingtown is a project assigned to the Department of Carpentry which is the erection of a three-room portable building, 90 feet by 21 feet. This building is intended for use of the Department of Home Economics, whose housing facilities and equipment were totally destroyed in a fire October 13, 1924. This year, for the first time, the department of Automechanics is doing garage work on a small scale. Already four outside jobs, involving major repairs have been received, and there is prospect for many more in the future. Football Team Developing Under the direction of Coach George B. Lomax the football squad of 25 husky lads is working hard to master the fundamentals of the game. Most of the boys are taking up the game for the first time and have to learn it from A to Z. In a few days Coach Lomax expects to give the boys a few stunts in scrimmage work. According to Coach Lomax the boys should be in excellent condition to meet to the Cheyney aggregation on October 31. She says that he expects his boys to make an excellent showing against this team. He also expects to have the boys engage in several other games during the season, announcement of these combats will be made later. IMPROVING Walker Bright, a member of North Star Lodge No. 57, U. B. F., and well known in the city, is improving somewhat at his home, 2328 Walnut street, where he has been severely ill. 4 1920 Beautiful Girl Reveals Secret Once my hair was anything but long and silky soft as it is now, and my complexion was sallow, and there were often unsightly pimples on my face. One day I heard of Exelento Quinine Pomade for the hair and purchased a jar. Almost immediately it stopped all dandruff, made my hair grow long, soft and fine, and gave it a delightful sheen. Because of the perfectly wonderful results I obtained from Exelento Quinine Pomade, I purchased a jar of Exelento Skin Beautifier. I changed my sallow complexion to a more lovely skin, glowing with other skin blemishes, it has no equal. If I am as beautiful as people say, it is all due to Exelento preparations. Exelento Quinine Pomade and Exelento Skin Beautifier may be obtained for only 25% at most drug stores, or will be sent postpaid upon receipt of price by the EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write For Particulars In the entire globe there is no region of work, reputation than the west coast of Africa. G. Ward Prince, special correspondent, writes from Nigeria. With Devil's island and Botany bay it shares praebelian infamy, and by the majority of Englishmen has always been regarded as their national Silberia. Even now, when growing trade returns are revealing to British eyes the economic value of this notorious coast, the mental picture of west Africa to which most men still cling is that of pestilent amnogrove swamps and fever-striken forests. The graves of young Englishmen scattered everywhere about west Africa remind one that but a few years have passed since fifth, fever and drink were the living conditions of Europeans out here, and death within two years their almost inevitable end. The harm, too, which this malevolent climate does to white men is not necessarily immediately or even ultimately fatal. Its principal effect is the slow and steadily sapping of a man's vitality, a process of wastage and decay directed not only against the body, but the brain. The consequences of this debilitation may not manifest themselves even until $\pi$ west African official's career is over, and then a commonplace chill caught at home in England, a touch of influenza, some mild internal disorder such as a European who has never left the temperate zone throws off unheedingly, claims at last from the enfeebled body another life for the unrelenting coast. $66,000,000 for Air Holes He who buys ice cream by the bulk instead of by weight pays dearly for the air holes in the confection, according to facts revealed at the recent conference on weights and measures at the Department of Commerce. A billion quartes of ice cream are made by dealers in the United States annually, it was found, but a fifth of the total amount sold is air space that is packed into the containers in which the ice cream is sold. Selling the ice cream by bulk instead of by weight says Popular Science Monthly, means that somebody pays $66,000,000 for the air holes. Job More to His Liking The box-office man of a popular theater quit his job and before long was seen working for a commission house. It seemed such a complete shift that one of his friends was moved to ask the wherefore. "When I was selling theater seats," was the prompt reply, "after I sold the first 200 I was in trouble. Nobody liked the seats I had to offer. There was always an argument. Today I sold 2,000 bushels of potatoes and I still have good potatoes. Want any?" Reminded "The storm burst upon us so suddenly and violently that we had no warning of its approach," said the tornado victim, relating his experiences to a friend. "In an instant the house was demolished and scattered to the four winds. How I escaped being torn to pieces, I do not know! We—" "G—good gracious!" said Mr. Meeke, jumping to his feet. "That reminds me! I—1 almost forgot to post a letter for my wife!" Franklin on Learning **Learning:** whether speculative or practical, is in popular or mixed governments, the natural source of wealth and honor—Benjamin Franklin. Unwise Discrimination Girls were never admitted to the public schools of Boston until 1879. They were then permitted to go half the year in summer only. Phosphate Helps Fish Fish ponds upon which phosphate fertilizers are sprinkled yield more fish, says a professor of the University of Munich. On the Stroke of Twelve (©, 1925, Western Newspaper Union.) {XZXO} of source understood. "YOU of course understand," said Henry Hail severely, "that I am no coward, and that I am not given to magnifying trifles. This letter is similar to many others that I have received during my lifetime, and yet, because I am almost certain who it is from, I have, a feeling that—" Prentice, the young manager of a metropolitan detective agency, leaned forward and addressed the wealthy man in a tone almost of pleading. "Won't you tell me whom you think it is from, so that in case, in case—" it is from, so that in case, in case—" "So that in case," put in Hall calmly, "the man succeeds, you will know whom to look for. Well," he mused, "I don't think I will. Years ago I did a thing to this man that would justify his murderous design now, and I am going to be sport enough to refrain from naming him. If he succeeds in doing away with me, as he says he will, at 12 o'clock tomorrow night, well and good. I shall even give him an opportunity to escape by not naming him now, but I'm leaving it up to you, and the town police, to prevent it." Hall stopped talking and drummed nervously upon the table. "The man is probably insane" put in the detective impatiently, "brooding over his fancied wrongs all of these years and—" Prentice rose. "If you do as you have planned, stay right here in your room tomorrow evening, until after 12 o'clock, and, between my operative and the town police every foot of your grounds and the territory around and near the place is watched, there is no way on earth . . . ." Hall called wanly. At sunset, the following night the operatives began to arrive silently. Not a shadow about the immense, gloomy old mansion but which had its human guardian. Across the street, in the village square, the town police had turned out to a man and were facing up and, down, eyeing everyone who passed. Eleven o'clock came and nothing untoward happened. Prentice knocked upon Hall's door. "Come in!" called out the Croesus rather irritably. Prentice passed into to the luxuriously furnished room and stood opposite his employer, his hands resting upon the mahogany table as he leaned forward to speak. "Well, sir, I guarantee that even a wrist couldn't get in or out of this house tonight without our seeting it; however, I do wish that you'd give me the name of the man who wrote that letter, just in case . . . ." "No," mused Hall, taking the letter from the drawer and tossing it across to the detective. "I won't." Prentice took it up and read it through aloud. Henry Hall: You remember what I told you several days ago. Tomorrow night at precisely 12 o'clock I shall kill you; may God mercy on your soul. There was no signature "Wanted to give me plenty of time to pray, I suppose," said Hall with a short laugh. "Don't know but what I would if I knew any prayers. Instead, I'm reading 'Treasure Island.' Between every line I recall how I felt when I was a boy and read it for the first time; and I wish to recall my childhood tonight; it, at least, was clean." The detective shrugged and took up the large revolver which lay upon the table to examine it minutely. He took out the cartridges and shook them, whirled the magazine, and snapped the hammer once or twice. Satisfied, he said good night and left the room. At five minutes to 12 the town was as quiet as death itself. Eleven fifty-nine game, and nothing happened. As the clock in the city hall tower began to whirr, preparatory to striking 12 o'clock, several of the officers lolling about upon the green arose and stretched themselves. The clock in the tower began to strike: "One," it tolled out, and not an untoward thing happened; "two, three, four, five, six," still everything was quiet as though perpetual sleep had visited the scene; "seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven . . . ." But no one ever heard the stroke of 12. There was a terrific explosion, and a flash as of a bolt of lightning. Suddenly the light across the street went out. The frightful "Boom!" echoed and re-echoed between the hills surrounding the town. The officers ran around in circles, shouting excitedly; lights began to flash on in houses all over town. It took them 20 minutes to discover that the old cannon upon the courthouse lawn had been thrown back 20 feet from its usual position. It was Prentice who found it. "Last thing on earth I'd have suspected," he said ruefully to the town chief of the police. "The fellow, whoever he was, evidently discovered that this old Spanish-American war weapon pointed directly at Hall's room, and so he sent that note, figuring that under the circumstances Hall would want to spend the last hours in his own room. Then, I suppose, he threw in a half dozen sacks of powder, and a clock mechanism to set it off, and finished up with sphrapel—poor Hall." Men Scarce There Many thousand English girls want to marry but can't because of the scarcity of young men in England, Dr. A. T. Schofield, noted nerve specialist, says. Reward Worth While Life is troublesome, full of care, disappointment and bitterness for those that carry responsibility and realize their shortcomings. But it has its reward as great as its worries. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, QCTOBER 17, 1925 Cubit Measurement The length of, the cubit is derived from the length of the forearm. From a number of Egyptian measuring sticks found in the tombs of Egypt, the cubit is ascertained to be equal to 20.64 English inches. The Roman cubit was one and one-half Roman feet, or 17.4 English inches. These are the only two cubits whose lengths are undisputed. Two cubits are mentioned in the Bible. The shorter of these was probably that which is called the cubit of man and the longer is called the cubit after the first measure. Julian of Ascalon speaks of two cubits in the ratio of 28 to 25. We have no accurate knowledge, however, of the Hebrew cubits, since the cubit of the temple is estimated variously by high authorities as from 19 to 20 inches. Idea of Piano Is Old Pythagoras was the first person to be credited with the discovery of the principle of the modern piano. The instrument, described as a monochord, consisted of a single string stretched over bridges across an oblong box. This instrument is said to have dated from 500 B. C. Stringed instruments of the santir class were the prototypes of pianoforte. First known as the dulcimer, probably from reference to it in the Bible, more than 1,500 years passed before an instrument was made that bore the name so common now—piano e forte, so called by its inventor Bartolommeo Cristofori. By trade he was a maker of harpsichords and lived in Padua. Ancient Fundamentalism Is there any one so senseless as to believe that there are men whose four steps are higher than their heads? Or that the things which with us are in a recumbent position with them hang in an inverted direction? that the crops and trees grow downwards? that the rains and snow, and hall fail upwards to the earth? And does anyone wonder the hanging gardens are mentioned among the seven wonders of the world, when philosophers make hanging fields, and seas, and cities, and mountains? I am at a loss what to say respecting those who, when they have once erred, consistently persevere in their folly, and defend one vain thing by another—Lactantius (Fourth Century). Ching Has a Venice There is quite a considerable "boating population" of several of the largest river cities of China, but the real Venice of that country is said to be Soo Chow, which is described as truly beautiful with its many canals running through the city, many of them taking the place of streets and dotted with all kinds of small craft carrying passengers and freight here and there. Boats are made use of to great extent by peddlers and tradesmen, who move slowly along over the water in all kinds of odd boats loaded with their wares. Some are calling their wares and others attract public attention by hammering wooden gongs. Everywhere along the shores are to be seen cobblers and weavers working at their looms or benches. Nicotine in Tobacco Nicotine is a colorless, intensely poisonous liquid. If exposed to the air, it absorbs oxygen and becomes brown and ultimately solid. The quantity of nicotine contained in tobacco varies from two to eight per cent, the coarser kinds containing the larger quantity, while the best Havana cigars seldom contain more than two per cent, and often less. Nicotine does not appear in tobacco smoke. It is split into pyridine and colloidine. Of these, the latter is said to be the less active and to preponderate in cigar smoke, while the smoke from pipes contains a larger amount of pyridine. Wise Youth If a man is too poor to lend his friends money he will retain them longer, says the Office Roy. Chinese "Chain" Philippines Chain stores operated by Chinese now dominate certain lines of retail trade in the Philippines Polish-With Paper Paper burned to a white ash and rubbed on silver with a cloth will produce a good polish Start Young, Young Man Useful attainments in your minority will produce riches in maturity.—Benjamin Franklin. Those who like solitude are strong in its defense, but it never convinces the sociable. 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