The Broad Ax

Hon. William Hale Thompson in the Midst of Almost Three Thousand Warm Friends and Admirers, Was Inducted into the Mayor's Chair in in the City Hall on Monday Evening for the Third Time. Mayor Thompson Never Felt So Happy in His Life as He Did on that Wonderful and History Making Occasion. His Adorable Wife Mrs. Thompson Sat Near His Side on the Platform and She Seemed to Be Extremely Happy While Smiling at Her Many Lady Friends Right and Left. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. Hon. William Warm Friend in the Mayor Thompson History Make on the Pl Mayor Thompson's Face Was Over With Smiles When He Platform and the Smlies Once or Twice During the He Made Many Appointments Were All Eagerly Confirm ed. The Old Thompson In to Run Very Smooth Start and Alderman Willie Was the First City Father Brick at It, But He Failed Slightest Dent in It. Mayor Thompson's Inattentious Was Full of Solid Meat and Adhered to By All the Cago. His Civic Program One of His Big Fights Went Out the Water Meters. Mayor Thompson's Face Was Covered All Over With Smiles When He Ascended the Platform and the Smlies Only Left Him Once or Twice During the Evening. He Made Many Appointments and They Were All Eagerly Confirmed by the Council. The Old Thompson Machine Started In to Run Very Smooth Right from the Start and Alderman William D. Meyering Was the First City Father to Heave a Brick at It, But He Failed to Make the Slightest Dent in It. Mayor Thompson's Inaugural Address Was Full of Solid Meat and It Should Be Adhered to By All the Citizens of Chicago. His Civic Program Is O. K. and One of His Big Fights Will Be to Knock Out the Water Meters. ```markdown ``` Monday evening, after more than one year of nerve-racking or nerve-breaking political upheaval and excitement in this city in which this big town has been turned upside down, Hon. William Hale Thompson was inducted into the mayor's chair in the city hall, surrounded by more than three thousand of his loyal and stedfast friends consisting of the most distinguished and prominent ladies and gentlemen in this city, including the big and the small fry politicians who were much in evidence on that delightful occasion and all the politicians and would-be politicians put their best foot forward and strutted around and poised very much in order to attract the attention of Mayor Thompson. Hon. Miles J. Devine and his famous County Democracy Band escorted Mayor Thompson from the Hotel Sherman to the City Hall. The newly-elected chief executive of Chicago was escorted from his headquarters in the Hotel Sherman to the City Hall by the famous Cook County Democracy and its far-famed band, its president, Hon. Miles J. Devine, marching far in the lead and it woke up the town with its soul-inspiring music. The members of the Cook County Democracy, with their high, slick silk hats, long Prince Albert coats, glossy patent leather shoes, were the fashion plates of the long-to-be-remembered occasion. Fifty to one hundred police were in evidence, who were supposed to maintain order and to see to it that everybody found seats, but at least some of the police were as dead as a cold marble statue and they stood idly by and permitted the crowd to rush into the council chambers pelmell and with a great deal of noise they squatted down in the seats belonging to the aldermen and as the police would not assist them to regain their seats many of them were forced to stand during the entire session of the city council. THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY Biam Hale the friends and the City Hampson Never Making Occasion Platform and Face Was Covered All when He Ascended the families Only Left Him during the Evening. Pointments and They confirmed by the Counsion Machine Started both Right from the William D. Meyering Father to Heave and Failed to Make the Inaugural Address seat and It Should Be the Citizens of Chiogram Is O. K. and its Will Be to Knockers. ale The and Ad city Hall Never Fe Occasion m and S Her ered All ded the ft Him ng. d They e Coun- Started from the eyering leave a take the Address ould Be of Chi- K. and Knock The Cook County Democracy Band on arriving at the entrance of the council chambers started to march in and occupy the seats which had been reserved for them but were already filled and the police failing to assist them to come into possession of them they were forced to back out of the room. Mayor Thompson was in the most jovial spirit throughout the evening. He had a pleasant word, happy smile and a hearty hand shake for everyone he came in contact with. Near the middle of the council session he made many appointments. Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson topping the list corporation counsel of Chicago $15,000 per year. Hon. James W. Breen, first assistant corporation counsel of Chicago, $10,000 per year. Mr. Leon Hornstein, Democrat, second assistant, $8,000 per year. Hon. Micheal Hughes, general superintendent of police of Chicago. Mrs. Anna L. Smith, commissioner of public welfare, $5,000 per year. Hon. Hugh Norris, former alderman second ward, city oil inspector, $5,000 per year. Mr. George E. Nye, inspector of boiler, $6,000 per year. Daniel A. Serritella, inspector of weights and measures, $5,000 per year. Mr. John Pelka, commissioner of compensation, $6,000 per year. Mr. Leroy Milner, superintendent Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. U. J. (Sport) Herman, member of Public Library Board. Michael Kennedy, Commissioner of gas and electricity, $8,000 per year. William J. Balmer, commissioner of public service, $6,000 per year. Gatthard A. Dalberg, assistant corporation counsel, $5,000 per year. Mrs. Mae Guernsey, member of board of censor of moving pictures. Hon.-Richard W. Wolfe, commissioner of public works. Mr. E. Moore, deputy commissioner of public work. ```markdown ``` THE SENATE WAS CONFERRED ON THE TITLE OF THE "FEDERAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES" FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE YEAR. THE CONGRESS WAS CONFERRED ON THE TITLE OF THE "FEDERAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES" FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE YEAR. THE CONGRESS WAS CONFERRED ON THE TITLE OF THE "FEDERAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES" FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE YEAR. Prominent personages occupied seats on the platform. Aside from Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson and Mrs. Thompson: His sister, Mrs. William Nelson Peloutze, Hon. and Mrs. Samuel A. Ettelson, Hon and Mrs. James W. Breen, Miss Margaret Straus, ex-Judge Bernard W. Brassa, Hon. Homer K. Galpin, Chairman of Cook County Republican Committee; Hon. Michael Hughes, Superintendent of Police of Chicago; Major General and Mrs. Roy D. Keehn, Representative and Mrs. Thomas O'Grady, Mr. Martin W. Walsh, Rt. Rev. S. M. Griswold, Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, and Hon. Miles J. Devine Mr. Thomas J. Houston, president of civil service commission, $7,500 per year. Mrs. Eva Holland Hamilton, chairman zoning board of appeal, $7,000 per year. Michael Faherty, president board of local improvements, $6,000. Many other appointments were made prior to the absence of Mayor Thompson from the city, and he was greatly pleased over the fact that all his appointments were heartily and warmly confirmed by the member of the city council. Only one flare up occurred during the evening. Alderman William D. Meyering heaved a brick at the Thompson machine. But it only created a small ripple on the smooth political surface. Alderman Meyering spoke in opposition to the repeal of the water meter ordinance which was drawn up, passed and sent to committee on finance for deliberation. Possibly it did not occur to Alderman Meyering that Mayor Thompson with the aid of his two able assistances, Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson and Hon. James W. Breen, had thoroughly worked over and oiled up his old aldermanic political machine, and it worked as slick and as smoothly as it possibly could work and it will continue to work in the same way with possible few exceptions for the next four years. Mayor Thompson's message was full of good sound and sane logic, and it should be generally read by all the citizens of Chicago and they should assist him to knock out the infamous water meter and to make Chicago one of the most beautiful and magnificent cities in the world. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 23, 1927 Inaugural Ceremonies for Mayor Thompson Pack Council Chambers Council Chamber Jammed at Third Inauguration of William Hale Thompson as Mayor HON. MICHAEL HUGHES, NEW CHIEF OF POLICE, OF CHICAGO, GREATEST THIEF CATCHER IN THE UNITED STATES WHO STRIKES TERROR INTO THE HEART OF CRIMINAL ELEMENT IN THIS CITY In the appointment of Hon. Michael J. Hughes, as superintendent of police, well may Chicago boast of being the possessor of a chief who never soldiers on the job but is ever alert and awake waging relentless war on crime and criminals. For he is ever up and doing. He has assiduously and energetically worked his way up from the first step of the ladder of police promotion to the topmost round and now stands exalted on a pinnacle of well deserved and hard earned victory. Fearless Mike, as he is known throughout the circles of the department and the city at large, is famous as a man hunter, a thief catcher and a go-getter of all varieties of contenders of the law. He is recognized from one end of the country to the other as one of the most clever and successful detectives that ever took the oath of office. He is fair and just in dealing with his men and it may be irrefutably stated that he will treat all of his officers according to the merits of their work irrespective of race or color. This veteran detective genius has served on the Chicago police department for 33 years and during that long career he has achieved many notable captures and solved many seemingly unsolvable crimes, and has befittingly won the sobriquet of "Fearless Mike." Recently he was appointed Chief of the Cook County highway police. He is a devoted husband, loving father and a twice loving grandfather. His record as chief of the detective bureau under Chief of Police Chas. Fitzmorris during the last administration of Mayor Thompson stands out as one of the crowning features of his dashing and spectacular career. The mayor is to be congratulated and complimented on the sagacity he has shown in the selection of such a competent and effacious figure as superintendent of police and Chicago may rest assured that if given a free hand and departmental cooperation "Fearless Mike" will purge her commonwealth of crime in 90 days. HON. JOHN H. ALCOCK, NEW DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, THE BRAVE AND INCOMPROMISING FOE OF MIDNIGHT BANDITS, REDHANDED MURDERERS AND AUTOMOBILE THIEVES John H. Alcock is another instance of the prudence shown in the drive on crooks and criminals, also facing forward in the right direction for the reorganization and rejuvenation of the police department. He will positively acquit himself with credit and high honors. He is known all over the city as a fearless, conscientious and painstaking officer, and who is ever found pursuing in the line of duty. He is commonly known as "Iron Jack," as he uses iron tactics in dealing with outlaws and all offenders of established order. During the world war he was Chicago's acting chief of police. And his merciless onslaught of the bailiwicks on criminals and denizens of the underworld spread terror in the rank of these social undesirable. His fame as a great police specimen rest chiefly upon his accomplishment while superintending the Woodlawn district. While in charge there he brought about the solution of more than 17 murders. When the power that he were in a quandry as to what to do concerning W. F. Childs, the first lieu- tenant of color on the police department, "Fearless Iron" John Alcock came to the front in his behalf and thereby did him a service and con- fered honor on the colored people of this city. Doubtless he will justify and live up to the expectations and responsibilities which Chief Hughes and Mayor Thompson have so con- fidentially rested upon his shoulders. HON. WILLIAM O'CONNOR, THE NEW CHIEF OF THE DETECTIVE BUREAU, WILL PROVE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIGURES WHO EVER HEADED THAT DEPARTMENT Hon. William O'Connor, Chicago's new chief of detective bureau known all over the city as "Get 'Em Quick" O'Connor, will interject new life into that branch at the police department, and give the thieves and criminals a hot time during his reign as head of that department. His valiant police officer received an honorable award for the capture of Teddy Webb, the first offender to gain notoriety as an auto bandit. The ins and outs of the detective bureau are nothing new to this veteran in the line of service, as he has acted in the stead of Chief Hughes when he headed the bureau and was on the sick leave. He knows how to pick his men for the different kind of detective craft to be pursued. And when he makes his assignment and selection you place a bet that the work will suit the man and the man will be suited for the work. Team work and cooperation and magnetic leadership are the chief essential and outstanding qualities of the man who boast he makes the Chicago detective bureau an institution of its kind second to none in America. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX ee Thousand r's Chair in Time. Wonderful and ear His Side miling at Chambers Mayor his sister, Mrs. William Nelson Peloutze, issa, Hon. Homer K. Galpin, Chairman al and Mrs. Roy D. Keehn, Representa- cese of Chicago, and Hon. Miles J. HON. MICHAEL J. GRADY, DEP- UTY CHIEF OF DETECTIVE BUREAU KNOWN AS THE ACE IN THE DETECTIVE BU- REAUS DURING THE REGIME OF CHIEF HUGHES Michael J. Grady, Lieutenant of police, recently appointed deputy chief of detectives is one of the most modern specimens of the breed and brood. He is known as a fearless officer of the law and the very mention of his name throws a spasm of fear and terror in the bosom of crooks, pickpockets, safe blowers, bootleggers, gunmen and gangsters of all criminal propensities. On more than one occasion he has shot it out face to face with desperate characters and ever emerged from the fraças with the victim's scalp dangling from his belt. On two occasions has he been cited with medal for act of bravery and courage. In the appointment of this rising genius of detective ingenuity, Chief of Detectives William O'Connor will be blessed with a competent aid and who will fearlessly render support to his policies and carry out his orders thereby conferring credit and honor to the police department and the administration of Mayor Thompson. HON. JAMES L. MOONEY, DEP- UTY SUPT. OF POLICE WHO WON FAME WHILE CHIEF OF DECTECTIVES James L. Mooney, deputy superintendent of police, formerly served in the capacity as chief of the detective bureau. That position was conferred on him as a compensation for his ability and cleverness as a thief catcher. Through his keen insight into the inside activities of criminals and underworld marauders he reduced crime to a minimum. During his superintendency of that branch of the police department he will doubtless prove a strong auxiliary to chief Hughes in his endeavor to clean up Chicago and make this city a safe place to live. [Name] HON. HUGH NORRIS The head and front of Norris- of the most successful an the South Side and his tho ceedingly glad to hear that has selected him for City Chicago. "CHICAGO'S HEALTH" of Norris-Ward Coal Coal successful and best known and his thousands of war to hear that Mayor William aim for City Oil Inspector The head and front of Norris-Ward Coal Company, who is one of the most successful and best known business men on the South Side and his thousands of warm friends are exceedingly glad to hear that Mayor William Hale Thompson has selected him for City Oil Inspector for the City of Chicago. Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health KEEP UP CLEANING UP By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner "Clean up—paint up—plant up," is the slogan that shows that spring is here as sure as the first robin. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, for the fellow who is clean inside and out has a healthy self-respect and therefore respect for all of God's doings," says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, in his latest bulletin. "To be clean and keep cleaning up 1. Safeguards health. 5. Makes home and city beautiful. Disease thrives on filth and neglect," says the Commissioner. "Sanitation in the larger sense means cleanliness and as soon as civilized countries practised sanitation, diseases dropped and the death rate was lowered. This meant a longer life span. "Cleanliness, fresh air and sunshine are the great health factors. This is clean-up week. Make it clean-up year. Cleanliness is good at all times and in every place," states Dr. Bundesen. ```markdown ``` [Name] HON. OSCAR HEBEL One of the most honorable j Cook County, who would n didate for Attorney Gener honorable judges of the who would make a splendidorney General of Illinois in One of the most honorable judges of the Superior Court of Cook County, who would make a splendid Republican candidate for Attorney General of Illinois in 1928. 2. Promotes thrift. 3. Prevents fires. 4. Stimulates civic pride. Ward Coal Company, who is one best known business men on usands of warm friends are ex- Mayor William Hale Thompson Oil Inspector for the City of HONORABLE IRA McDOWEL, DEPUTY SUPT. OF POLICE WHO CLEANED UP THE FLOP HOUSE DISTRICT OF THE MAXWELL ST. STATION Ira McDowel, deputy superintendent of police, is one of the most energetic and wide awake captains in the department. He was assigned to the Maxwell street district on account of the difficulties that confronted the situation there, but he proved himself equal to that arduous task. And in a short period he cleaned up the moonshiner, safe blower and pay roll robber thereby showing the official metal he is made of and justifying to the letter the wisdom of his commission there. He will give his full measure of devotion to bring about the realization and visualization of the aims and purposes of Chief Hughes and Mayor Thompson by being ever of the lookout for the protection and security of duties he will so efficiently represent and execute. RED CAPS LITERARY CLUB Sunday afternoon, at 4:30, May 1, the Red Caps Literary Club will render an interesting program at their clubrooms, 3639 South Michigan boulevard. Attorney William H. Temple will be the main speaker, and Mrs. Helen Tonley Morgan, soloist. Miss Rose Lee Robinson will conduct the musical program. Everyone is welcome. Sandy W. Trice, President. ```markdown ``` judges of the Superior Court of take a splendid Republican can- dial of Illinois in 1928. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 23, 1927 Ernest Rice McKinney These United States of America get worse and worse each succeeding year. Such phrases as the "land of the free and the home of the brave" approach absolute meaninglessness as time goes on. About the only thing for one to do who believes in freedom and tolerance is to laugh long and loud or to stick one's thumb to the nose and let it stay there. These remarks are prompted by the Sacco and Vanzetti frame-up in Judge Thayer's court in Boston. This trial was so stinking and ridiculous and the conduct of Judge Thayer has been so unjudicial and indecent that Professor Frankfurter, of Harvard Law School, and Professor Hocking of Harvard College, publicly and in print called it a "frame-up" and a "disgrace." In sentencing these men to be legally killed, Judge Thayer said that "it is the law." Of course it is the law. For what is the law in these days of billionaires Fundamentalists and 100 per centers? It is the howl and the screaming of the mob whether the mob be composed of boob jurors, senile and witch hunting judges, Babbits, Gantrys, ditch diggers or capitalists. Intelligent and fair-minded men seem to be pretty well convinced that these men are being railroaded to death for the reason that they are radicals and not because the State of Massachusetts feels beyond a reasonable doubt, that they are guilty of robbery and murder. They are to be murdered by the state for the same offense that some men have been killed for, in days past. The offense is the holding of opinions different from the opinions of the group that controls the dollars and the bullets. In days gone by men were burned at the stake and persecuted for religious heresies but now things are different. The sin against the Holy Ghost today is economic and political heresy. It is very, very difficult to escape the conviction that these two humble Italians are being hounded to the gallows because they dared express opinions at variance with those of Mr. Gary and Mr. Coolidge, and to advocate an economic and political system looked upon by these estimable gentlemen as heterodox and "radical." The only cure for this sort of thing is to let it run its course until the spirit of the mob encompasses the whole land. And then, perhaps, some day there will be a jury that will shove some big capitalist or some senator into the happy hunting ground by way of a stout piece of hemp or a penitentiary "hot seat." Commission on Better Understanding It is said though that every cloud has a silver lining. Now come nine well known and intelligent men to form the "Permanent Commission on Better Understanding." These men are Jews, Protestants and Catholics. This group is composed of such upstanding citizens as Dean Pond of Harvard Law School; Father Duffy, a Catholic priest of New York; Dr. Faune, president of Brown University; Rabbi Wise, of the Free Synagogue of New York; and Martin Conboy, Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Whenever any person of any race or religious group feels that his race or group has been slandered or calminated in such manner that legal redress is impossible the commission will undertake to make an investigation and report the facts to the country. There is plenty of work for such a body to do. For instance there are Mr. Ford and his slanders against the Jews, the Ku Klux Klan lies about the Catholics and the constant campaign of villification of the rebel south and the Copperhead North against the Negro. This group of men might also attempt an educational crusade in the ranks of our swarming neurotics and morons who swallow all the lies that are daily and nightly fed out by our dailies, rotarians, police magistrates, congressmen and professional patriots. Boston's Decline It is perfectly evident to me that the city of Boston has grown weary of any remaining remnants of her reputation as the culture center of this grand and glorious republic. To take the place of Emerson, Lowell, James Santayana and others the "bean" city has now substituted a nincompoop preacher with a Purity League, its horde of numskull policemen and an equally obtuse district attorney. It is these gentlemen who will decide what Boston shall read. Instead of the decision being made by men and women who have given a lifetime to the study of literature and morals the Bostonians will have their intellectual diet dished out to them by gentlemen who have spent all their lives lifting collections, patting women members on the back, shooting craps, taking graft from gamblers and bootleggers and trying to convict everybody who comes into court innocent or guilty. If the Boston censor has his way the citizens of that culturally decadent city will not have opportunity—in Boston—to buy the most worthwhile and significant volumes of fiction and allied books that are being printed today. The Boston of today is a long way from Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller. I wonder what would happen to the "Scarlet Letter" if it were a novel of today? I presume that the police and the Purity League have never heard of this novel. And I wonder how the Bible gets by? At any rate this is one of the times that I am proud to live in Pittsburgh where there is not sufficient interest in books and such things to cause authors and readers any annoyance from the police, preachers and purity leagues. ITINERARY OF EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCED Travel Study Course of Hampton Institute to Start May 26 for Europe Hampton Institute, Va.—The itinerary of the forty-five day study tour in Europe, under the auspices of Hampton Institute, has been announced to include Caen, Rouen, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Boulogne. Sailing from New York on the S. S. "Albert Ballin" of the Hamburg-American Line, May 26, the party will arrive at Cherbourg on June 3. Before proceeding to Paris for a stay of two weeks, the party will have headquarters at Caen for four days with three more at Rouen, thereby enabling them to see interesting Norman towns, cathedrals of Gothic architecture, and points of historical interest. The stay in Paris is long enough to allow the members of the party time for their own pleasure, when not taking scheduled sight-seeing trips around the city and to points near at hand, including the battlefields and Versailles. Among places visited in Paris will be the Place de la Concord, Champs Elysees, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Eiffel Tower, Cathedral of Notre Dame, Grands Boulevards and the Latin Quarter. One day in Paris is to be devoted to a conducted trip to the Louvre and another to the Chuny Museum. After leaving Paris the party will go to Amsterdam for a short stay, visiting the Rijks Museum and the Palace, and taking a trip to the Isle of Marken. From there they go to Brussels where, after seeing the sights of the city, they will take a motor bus trip to the famous battlefield of Waterloo. The party will sail from Boulogne on the S. S. "Deutschland" on July 1, arriving in New York July 9. Stateroom berths reserved for the Hampton Institute party will, according to A. Ogden Porter, instructor in history, Teachers' College, Hampton Institute, and director of the tour, be held until May 1. Applicants who apply for membership in the party after May 1 will, therefore, take their chances of securing accommodations. It is important that all those intending to join the party send in their applications before reservations are thrown open. A.M.E. DISTRICT CONFERENCE HELD HE LAST WEEK (Preston News Service) (Pastor News Service) Little Rock, Ark., April 22—A fourday conference of the Little Rock district of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was held at Allan Temple here last week. Dr. S. L. Greene, former president of Shorter College, North Little Rock, now presiding elder of the district, made the principal opening address and presided over the sessions. The annual sermon was delivered by the Rev. W. T. Pope of Helena. On Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock, there was a special meeting of ministers and representatives from all the Methodist churches in Little Rock with Mrs. L. M. Hughes, of Fort Worth, Texas, national president of the Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the A.M.E. connection, and Mrs. S. G. Johnson, of Camden, state president of the organization. At this meeting plans were discussed to entertaining visitors from practically every country in the world at the national convention of the Missionary Society in Little Rock June 13 to 18. By Clarence Cameron White, Premier Violin Soloist, Former President National Association of Negro Musicians FAMOUS NEGRO VIOLINIST (Preston News Service) Ludwig Von Beethoven, the great composer whose death occurred just one hundred years ago and whose music still lives as perhaps the greatest ever penned by human hand, has special interest for the Negro musician, due to the fact that associated with him, both as a friend and as musician, was the Negro violinist, George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower, son of an African father and German or Polish mother. Bridgetower made his first public appearance as a violinist in London at the age of 10. He became a great favorite in the English capital and was long in the service of the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. In 1802 Bridgetower obtained leave of absence to visit his mother at Dresden and to use the waters of Teplitz and Carlsbad, which leave was prolonged that he might spend a few months in Vienna. His playing in public and private at Dresden had secured favorable letters of introduction. This gained him a most brilliant reception in the highest musical circles of the Austrian capital. Beethoven, to whom he was introduced by Prince Lichnowsky, readily secured his aid in the public concert. The date of this concert was probably May 24, 1802, when Bridgetower was about 24 years old. The principal item on this program was the now famous "Kreutzer Sonata." This masterpiece had just been completed by Beethoven and was played for the first time at this concert by Bridgetower with the composer at the piano. Ries, the eminent German musician of this period, writes of this concert as follows: "The famous Sonata in A minor, Op. 47, with concertante violin, dedicated to Rudolph Kreutzer in Paris, was originally composed by Beethoven for Bridgetower, an English artist. Here things did not go much better (Ries is wrote for Punto) although a large part of the first Allegro was ready at an early date. Bridgetower pressed him greatly because the date of the concert was at half after four o'clock and said: 'Copy the violin part of the first Allegro quickly.' (His ordinary copyist was otherwise engaged). The pianoforte part was noted down only here and in parts. Bridgetower had to play the marvellously beautiful theme and variations in F from Beethoven's manuscript at the concert in the Augarten at eight o'clock in the morning because there was no time to copy it. The final Allegro, however, was beautifully written, since it originally belonged to the Sonata in A major (Op. 30) which is dedicated to Czar Alexander. In its place Beethoven, thinking it too brilliant for the A major Sonata, put the variations which now form the finale." Bridgetower, when advanced in years, talking with Mr. Thirlwall about Beethoven, told him that at the time the Sonata, Op. 47, was composed, he and the composer were constant companions, and that the first copy bore a dedication to him; but before he departed from Vienna they had a quarrel about a girl, and Beethoven then dedicated the work to Rudolph Kreutzer. The subscriptions for the concert amounted to 1140 florins and the list of patrons was headed by the English envoy. Bridgetower's father was known in England as the "African Prince." How the violinist's father got to Biala in Poland, where Bridgetower was born or whether his mother was a German or a Pole, remains a mystery which has not been cleared up. A letter written by Abt Vogler dated London, June 6, 1790, says: "Last Wednesday, June 2. I attended a concert in Hanover Square, where two young heroes contested with each other on the violin. The two played concertos alternately and both won the warmest praise. One of the violinists was Clement of Vienna, eight and one-half, and the other Bridgetower of Africa, ten years of age." During Bridgetower's residence in England he played before George III and his court at Windsor Castle. The passport issued to him in Vienna for his return to London describes him as, "a musician, native of Poland, age 24 years, medium height, clean shaven, dark brown hair, brown eyes and straight, rather broad nose." He received the degree of Bachelor M. HON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON The Newly Selected Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago. of Music from the University of Cambridge in 1811. Bridgetower died in London at the age of 78 years (some say 80) honored throughout all Europe. BULLETIN No. 1-SAFEGUARD YOUR HOMES By Chief of Police Michael Hughes With the coming of the warm weather the danger to women and small children from burglar and morons becomes greater. Women alone in the home should always beware of strangers. Be careful who you admit to your home at any hour of the day, or night. Equip your door with a chain, lock or other safety device so that you can find out who the stranger is before you open it. Use extreme caution in admitting persons delivering packages or asking the privilege of looking at the flat. For your own safety insist packages are left on doorstep. If delivery receipt must be signed, ask messenger to pass receipt under the door. Beware of the fake beggar. These impostors are exceedingly dangerous. The law forbids this practice. Worthy dependents can obtain help from the County Agent. Never permit water, gas, electric, telephone or other so-called inspectors to enter without proper badge and other means of identification. If in doubt call your nearest police station. Police 1313. Under no circumstances enter basement with peddlers, junk men or vendors without leaving street doors wide 107 LPEU 107 JPEU Member of the City Council from 23rd Ward front wheel horses of that body and the the Track Elevation Committee of the C Member of the City Council from 23rd Ward, who is one of the front wheel horses of that body and the new chairman of the Track Elevation Committee of the City Council. Member of the City Council from 23rd Ward, who is one of the front wheel horses of that body and the new chairman of the Track Elevation Committee of the City Council. open, and keping between them and the door. By your co-operation you will assist the police department in protecting your home against thieves. SAYS WIFE LIVES WITH "OTHER" MAN Washington, D. C. — Through Attorney J. Franklin Wilson, Judson E. Carroll, 1321 Florida avenue, northwest, filed suit in the District Supreme Court last Thursday for an absolute divorce from Edna May Carroll. He names George Brown as the correspondent. According to the petition, Mrs. Carroll and Brown are living together as man and wife at 1801 Sixteenth street, northwest. Mr. Carroll alleges that his wife committed adultery with Brown at 2024 Fourteenth street, northwest, January 24, 1925, and deserted him on the same day, taking with her their only child, Vivian Elizabeth Carroll, 8 years old. He charges that his wife has also misconducted herself with the correspondent at various times at 736 Kenyon street and 1443 Spring road, northwest, as well as at 1801 Sixteenth street, northwest. The couple were married in Philadelphia, Pa., March 7, 1917. Mr. Carroll asks the court for an absolute divorce and custody of their minor child. According to the 1920 census figures there were 10,463,131 Negroes in the United States. The estimated Negro population for the United States in 1926 was 11,631,000. ```markdown ``` m 23rd Ward, who is one of the body and the new chairman of attee of the City Council. [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. JAMES W. BREEN Recently Appointed as First Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago. SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTS MAT- THEWS MEMBER PLUCKY GIRL LANDS FLIM- FLAMMER IN JAIL San Francisco.—Assistant U. S. Attorney-General, William Clarence Matthews, who is now in charge of a riparian case involving rights in California, has been honored by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce with membership. This is a signal honor for the former Boston attorney and to the Federal work which he is soably supervising at this time. It demonstrates that East is West, so far as the San Francisco Commerce body is concerned. In a courteous letter to Attorney Matthews, Mr. Clay Miller, President of the Chamber of Commerce, said: "It is our sincere desire that you as a member of the organization will use the service which is ready for you and that your own organization will interest itself in the work of the community through the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, which we believe offers the most effective field for individual effort. We hope that we may see the members of your staff frequently in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce for data and statistics which are available here and which will be of benefit to you. "Enclosed you will find your membership card and engrossed certificate will be sent to you under separate cover. You will receive our monthly magazine and also the weekly bulletin which we trust will be beneficial and interesting to you. Please bear in mind that the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is your Chamber of Commerce, ready to serve you and to serve commercial San Francisco faithfully." MAN IMPOSING ON LODGE MEMBERS. AVERRED (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., April 22. According to James R. Williams, Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., warning should be given to Masons and other fraternals in Pennsylvania, New York and other northeastern states regarding a man giving his name as L. L. Lowe. Mr. Williams says that the man sometimes claims to come from Atlanta, Ga., and at other times from Pittsburgh, and various other places. He travels in an automobile accompanied by his wife and two small children. He is said to have successfully fleeced a number of individuals and lodges in the northern part of Pennsylvania. According to Mr. Williams, the man's story is concerning a check he wishes cashed or endorsed at a local bank. This ruse, Mr. Williams says, has worked successfully in Meade-ville, Erie, and in other Pennsylvania towns. The man is light in complexion, about forty years old and about five feet five inches tall. His wife and children are dark complexioned. According to recent travelers in Africa, voodoo and witchcraft are not dead in South Africa. Zulu warriors are said to still go through these strange rites. ```markdown ``` PLUCKY GIRL LANDS FLIM- FLAMMER IN JAIL (Preston News Service) Goldsboro, N. C., April 22.—A plucky girl stood at the corner of Center and Walnut streets Tuesday for five hours waiting for Charley Clayton, flim-flam game worker, who had collected three dollars from her in advance promising her a nice easy job, consisting chiefly of being dressed up and holding a silver tray at the entrance of a fine establishment here, to receive the cards of fashionable guests. The pay was to be $20 a week. He stated that he was butler to this high toned family and had been told to find a suitable girl for this place. Clayton went off to get his car to carry her there but did not come back. The girl got suspicious and told the police. Now the flim-flammer is in jail. MISS ADAMS, KANSAS CITY SCHOOL TEACHER, BURIED APRIL 9 Kansas City, Kan., April 22--Miss S. Evenne Adams, youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Adams, of Kansas City, Kansas, departed this life at her home, 634 Franklin avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, and was buried in the same city Saturday, April 9. Miss Adams was a graduate of Sumner High School, Kansas City, Kansas, a student at Crane Junior College, Chicago, and a graduate of Wilberforce University. At the time of her death she was engaged as a teacher in the public schools of this city. Rev. Adams is author of "Arrows," supplied by Preston News Service. TESTIMONIAL DINNER FOR MRS. IDA B. WELLS-BAR- NETT. MAY 3RD The Ida B. Wells Woman's Club will give a testimonial dinner to its founder, Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, at the Wabash Avenue Y. M. C. A., Tuesday evening, May 3rd, at 7:30 o'clock. Plates, $1.25. Mrs. Leila Johnson, 4318 Prairie avenue, is chairman of the committee in charge of the dinner, and asks that all reservations be sent to her by May 2nd. All friends who wish to show appreciation of Mrs. Barnett's work for the race and for club women, are cordially invited to be present. Mrs. Emma J. Andrews, President. Mrs. Lelia Johnson, 4318 Prairie Ave., Chairwoman Committee. Through the efforts of Chauncey Townsend, editor of the Arizona Times, two of the three white dailies in Tucson, Arizona, are using a capita "N" in spelling Negro in their publications. One of the papers—The Daily Independent—refuses to comply. And bitterly complains that a Negro is attempting to control its news columns. Scientific Follies The so-called "seven folies of science, are the quadrature of the circle, the duplication of the cube, tri-section of the angle, perpetual motion, transmutation of metals, fixation of mercury and the elixir of life. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 23, 1927 COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN 1. Dr. Butler's Virginia Oration 2. Negro Health Needs Democracy 3. The Negro in Recent Literature 4. Another Champion early childhood under high economic pressure. His parents are pressed for ways and means to supply him with the necessities of life. His home is Dr. Butler's Virginia Oration Whether conscious or not of the significance of his words and sentiments to the dark tent part of America's population, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York, in his address last Wednesday at the University of Virginia, said enough in two tense paragraphs to cause not only Virginia, but the entire group of southern statesmen and the whole Negro people of America to consider again and again that "pet" theory that the "tail should wag the dog" or that each state (of the south) should become an absolute state monarchy. Dr. Butler said: "Only if the people of America make their democratic institutions EFFICIENT can this Nation ward off the ABSOLUTE STATE as the basis of government, and life, with the consequent loss of INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES." Further Dr. Butler stated: "The moment the state becomes absolute somebody must be absolute. We have gotten through with monarchies; we have gotten through with the tyrannies of majorities. And if we are to resist, in our democracy, in its perpetuation, enrichment and development—if we are to resist the return of the doctrine of the absolute state under the guise of efficiency we can only do it by making ourselves, our democracy, as efficient while retaining our civil and individual liberty." Thus spoke Dr. Butler in the heart of West Virginia, avowedly one of the "capitals" of absolute state sovereignty. This column does not wish to impose upon its readers too many recollections of phases of states rights; yet we say, earnestly, that the doctrine of states rights, of absolute state sovereignty, and of the "tyrannies of majorities" is the greatest menace which the Negro is today facing in America. The suppression of individual liberty grows out of state sovereignty. Look at educational facilities, police protection, health utilities, the ballot, transportation, housing, etc., as influences of Negro life and you will see that due to municipal ordinances and state legislation, absolute citizenship to the Negro is largely encircled by the state. The dual citizenship of everyone in the two democratic sovereignties—the United States and the State in which residence is claimed or asserted—is proving to be more than a technical cloture for the Negro. It is a civic utility which needs to be brought out into the sunlight of Liberty. Is not the whole greater than any of its parts? If states continue to resist the parenthood of the United States, they may continue to resist their association, each with the other. And this is just what is happening where states rights reign supreme. Dr. Butler's theory of Government should mean much to the Negroes of America. His Virginia address should be made the subject of a special lecture in every school and university in the United States, white, colored, and mixed. Negro Health Needs Democracy Negro health ought not to be any different from the health of any other American who lives, labors and loves as a peer, along with his fellow men. Yet, statisticians spend sleepless nights figuring out the Negro's chance to reach three score and ten years before shuffling off this mortal coil. His chances, they say, are poor. He is too often the victim of a premature demise. Choice insurance policies are withheld from him because of his susceptibility to ill health. He is different, they say, from other peoples of America. We are ready to admit that facts usually snash theories to smithereens and that, hence, Negro health is not as good as it ought to be; and yet, what are the causes of the Negro high death rate? Is the Negro a weakling? No, no! If anything, he is the hardier when facing exposure. What, then, is the cause of Negro ill health? It is the uneven life which he is forced to live under the fear on the part of the contemporary racial group that some sunny day he might become dominating and dangerous. He comes into the world under economic stress, with few of the habiliments of infant necessity. He enters early childhood under high economic pressure. His parents are pressed for ways and means to supply him with the necessities of life. His home is down at the end of the street, far away from public utilities and other blessings, from which he is often restricted. His education is frequently scanty and discriminatingly administered through foolish state laws which insist that the Negro should be treated differently from anyone else in America. Thus, the physique and the mind are hampered from cradle to grave. Could it be expected that Negro health should hold its own under such stress? The open door of democracy will do more for Negro health in a decade than ten thousand conferences will do in as many years, unless the conferences list Democracy, first, as the factor which they intend to remedy. The Negro in Recent Literature Negroes and Negro life continue to serve as a most interesting field for literary inspiration, among the Nordics. With "Black April," Mrs. Peterkin has again given the public a book which is the result of her intimate knowledge of the habits and customs of the southern backwoods Negro This book, like her "Green Thursday," is truly a romance of the soil and the southland. Mrs. Peterkin has done in these two books what Thomas Hardy did in his "Under the Greenwood Tree" and "Far From the Maddening Crowd." Piquant and interesting, each authors book breathes of the fields, the woods and the freshly plowed lands. They are peopled with sons and daughters of the soil—in one case white—in the other black. We may call "Black April' an Epic in prose, dealing with the incidents that center with its dusky hero; April; while "Green Thursday" is more like a pastoral poem that breathes of the simplicity of the backwoods life among Negroes in the south. Perhaps of greater importance to the reading public, than either of these two books, depicting the Negro in fiction are the two recent books on the Negro, as an important factor in American life. "The Negro in American Life." by Jerome Dowd, Professor of Sociology in the University of Oklahoma, is a study of the Negro, dealing especially with his rise since the Civil War. A brief background, treating of his life in Africa and the West Indies, and his importation into North America, is given in the introduction. The author has given his subject years of serious study and treats it in a clear and scholarly fashion, free from prejudice and bias. This book is of particular interest to the student of sociology. "The American Race Problem," by E. B. Reuter, University of Iowa, is a sociological study of the American Negro, not as a race but as a population group. Among other things the author tries to show that scientific investigation, up to the present, does not prove the inherent mental inferiority of the Negro, nor does it afford sufficient ground for denying it. Another Champion Through the instrumentality of L. G. Southard, Attorney of Spartansburg, S. C., the Supreme Court of that state has reversed conviction for murder of Jim Davis, who shot and killed a white road gang foreman, who had come to his house for the expressed purpose of removing Mr. Davis' two daughters. A new trial will be arranged for this man by Mr. Southard, whom we remember as the fearless lawyer, who risked his life a few months ago in defending the Lowman family. Should Mr. Southard again be successful in clearing his client, let us hope that the mob's thirst for blood and vengeance has been sufficiently satiated on the Lowmans. In Attorney Southard our group has found another champion. Let us then pay tribute where tribute is due, and surely it is due this worthy man. It seems that God is still giving us the men—"the Time Demands" with—"Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; And dam his treacherous flatteries without winking; (Copyright.) PINEAPPLE PERKINS and a man called Lobster sat in a shed near the railroad yards. Rain fell on the roof, found its way through cracks and dripped on their hats. Pineapple and Lobster stared gloomily out on a world of puddles and mud. "This means," said the former, "we are going to have a hard time of it, considering the condition of the roads and our footwear. How is a man, whose occupation is walking from place to place, going to keep up to schedule when it rains like this?" "Rich," said Lobster, "very rich. You're a rich one, you are." "And yet," Pineapple continued. "I have seen the time when I would give all I owned for a rain like this one, when it would have made me wealthy beyond the dreams of Old Man Avarice." "Rich," murmured his companion, "very rich, and I suppose you had a nice crop of plum puddings or something all wilting in the sun for want of a drop of moisture? Or mebbe you were dying of thirst in the desert of Sahary. That's good, very good; rich, I calls it." "If you would shove that board up a little it will keep the rain from falling on my head," and Pineapple closed his eyes. "If you were not the lazest man in the world you would move your head," Lobster replied, but he moved the board. "Now, go on, tell me about the time you were willing to give away so much if it would only rain. "There was one time when I acquired a horse and buggy. At the same time, and you may not believe it, I had a good suit of clothes and a high hat. Well, I was driving along a country road figuring on what I would be when I landed in the next town. The hat suggested that I sell medicine but that takes bottles and corks and the chance to visit a pump after dark. I was cogitating, as you might say if you knew enough, when I entered the town. The time had come, as the bullrush said, to think of many things but they wouldn't let me. Somebody spied me from the curb and yelled out: 'Hello, Doc,' and 'Doc' I was. "Of course, I shook hands all around and acted agreeable without knowing whether I was a tooth, horse or human doc. One fellow grabbed me by the arm and hustled me up the street. "In our hour of need, he says, we cannot afford to lose any time." He steered me to a chamber of commerce building where in less than no time the whole board of directors appeared, drew up their chairs, and put their guns on the table. "The president played with his pistol while he explained they had kid-naped me and that it was up to me to make good and all the time I didn't know what I was to do. Then he let it out. "You have been going about collecting money for making it rain, and you are on your way over to Tibbettsville right now to collect more. Well, we need rain worse than any of them Tibbettsville fellows. We are the dryest of the original drys, and it is up to you." "Oh," says I, nodding my head as if I understood, 'and how quick must I act, and just how much rain would you like?" "He looks at me kinda funny. 'We're pinched for time so you gotta work fast. Have rain here in one week or . . . and he taps his pistol. I grinned as if rain-making was my favorite job and asks less-like what there was in it for me when the showers were delivered. "Five thousand dollars," sald the man, and I swallowed hard. "After that I retired to the hotel where I had everything I could order, I found a can of washing powder, which same I put in a bottle, and told the committee I was ready. They gave me plenty of opportunity to move around but always some one was on my trail in an automobile. I could not have escaped had I wished to. So I dropped my washing powder here and there, set out cans, and acted real businesslike. But not a cloud showed up for encouragement and the time for the rain or the shooting drew near. On the night my limit was up I could see by the expressions of the townspeople I was not exactly popular. "Just walt." I sings out, 'tonight it will rain pitchforks. It takes time to woo the elements and you did not give me any too much.' So I locked myself in my room, and after dark, slid down a raiplepi and made tracks for the open spaces where men can be men and not rain-makers. I figured I had lost just five thousand dollars. "Well, they all took after me. I could hear their autos tooting along the road, see their lanterns swinging in the trees and knew that the shooting would start as soon as they spied me. I ran through brush and belars, left parts of my clothing on barb wire, and finally escaped. It was dark when I threw myself on the ground and, exhausted, went to sleep. "And it was early morning when I was awakened by the rain patterning on my face." Wanted the Profits Bolter—Why didn't you hire a lawyer to look after your case? Barnard—Oh, I thought that if I won I'd like to make a little something out of it myself. [Portrait of a man in formal attire, wearing a suit and tie, with a badge on his lapel. The background is plain and oval-shaped.] COL. CHARLES E. MORRISON Special messenger to Mayor William Hale Thompson faithfully and steadfastly served all the mayor in that capacity from Carter H. Harrison, down to the present time. Col. Morrison, we excelled as a weather prophet, stands high in tion of all the big Democratic and Republics who frequent the City Hall. He is always p strictly to his duties and always wears a br smile on his face which never disappears. It state that he will fall in behind Mayor W Thompson and stand by his side for four ye he did in the past. Jenger to Mayor William Hale Thompson and steadfastly served all the mayor's capacity from Carter H. Harrison, on the present time. Col. Morrison, we was a weather prophet, stands high in all the big Democratic and Republics frequent the City Hall. He is always praised his duties and always wears a brace this face which never disappears. It is that he will fall in behind Mayor Winn and stand by his side for four years the past. Special messenger to Mayor William Hale Thompson, who has faithfully and steadfastly served all the mayors of this city in that capacity from Carter H. Harrison, Jr., in 1911 down to the present time. Col. Morrison, who cannot be excelled as a weather prophet, stands high in the estimation of all the big Democratic and Republican politicians, who frequent the City Hall. He is always polite, attends strictly to his duties and always wears a broad, pleasant smile on his face which never disappears. It is needless to state that he will fall in behind Mayor William Hale Thompson and stand by his side for four years longer as he did in the past. Five Points of Success An enthusiastic Topeka poultryman observed that to make a success in such work a man must possess five qualifications: First, desire; second, patience; third, determination; fourth, management, and fifth, work like a son-of-a-gun.—'Capper's Weekly. Russian Peasant Tales "Shakzi" is a Russian word which may be translated best, perhaps, by "wonder tales." They are a combination of fairy tales and mythology with an intermingling of Christian doctrine. "Shakzi" is the plural form, "shakza" being the singular. The Object of Education The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things—not merely industrious, but to love industry—not merely pure, but to love purity—not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice.—John Ruskin. Moses' Long Fast In the Book of Exodus it is recorded that Moses during his interview with God on Mount Sinai, where he recorded the Ten Commandments on tables of stone, fasted 40 days and nights. His abstention, however, was from both food and drink. A. [Portrait of a man in formal attire, facing forward.] [Portrait of a man in formal attire, wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and a bow tie. The background is plain and dark, emphasizing the subject.] HON. EDWARD D. GREEN Ex-member of the Legislature of Illinois; authi Mob and Lynch Law of this state; secretary Temple Commission, who has been appoi William Hale Thompson librarian in the Co sel's office in Chicago. Mr. Green is recgratulations over his appointment from his of the Legislature of Illinois; author of Lynch Law of this state; secretary of Commission, who has been appointed Hale Thompson librarian in the Corp. ce in Chicago. Mr. Green is receiv- ons over his appointment from his n Ex-member of the Legislature of Illinois; author of the Anti-Mob and Lynch Law of this state; secretary of the Pythian Temple Commission, who has been appointed by Mayor William Hale Thompson librarian in the Corporation Counsel's office in Chicago. Mr. Green is receiving the congratulations over his appointment from his many friends. Ex-member of the Legislature of Illinois; author of the Anti-Mob and Lynch Law of this state; secretary of the Pythian Temple Commission, who has been appointed by Mayor William Hale Thompson librarian in the Corporation Counsel's office in Chicago. Mr. Green is receiving the congratulations over his appointment from his many friends. William Hale Thompson, who has served all the mayors of this city after H. Harrison, Jr., in 1911 and Col. Morrison, who cannot be met, stands high in the estimatic and Republican politicians. He is always polite, attends always wears a broad, pleasant ear disappears. It is needless to behind Mayor William Hale's side for four years longer as First Express Carrier On February 23, 1839, the express business first started. The first express package carrier was William Frederick Harden of Boston, Mass. In his first trip from Boston to New York he carried but few packages. Bird's Peculiar Power The falcon known as the kite is remarkable for its power for remaining in midair without apparent motion of its wings. This peculiarity seems to have suggested the name of the boys' favorite toy, the kite. Bad or Worse Another thing a thoughtful new learns, after a while, is that he can't be on either side of any great moral question without being in bad company to a considerable extent.—Ohio State Journal. Asbestos Coat for Dog After their messenger dog had been seriously burned while carrying orders from one sector to another during a forest fire, comments the-Dearborn Independent, California forest rangers made an asbestos coat for him. And Friends Through Life Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age—Collier. ```markdown ``` of Illinois; author of the Antio- state; secretary of the Pythian has been appointed by Mayor rarian in the Corporation Coun- r. Green is receiving the con- ment from his many friends. Wi Ah ( ‘ CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL CARS Are distinguished by their Style and Elegance but foremost by the protection to passengers guaranteed ye anne USE ier we OR WILLIAMSON FP roiaeir (ERS! VP WILLIAMSON'S FUNERAL Vise BY USING O R — INSURED CARS lutest Sie featherblack ‘Ainglerinified ad ME yas & SS N ieeeses anid ips y ae! 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It is strictly er absolutely independent in politics Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. % Subscriptions must be paid in ad- mance. Ome Year oo... cece eeeee ee. $2.00 ‘Six Months ..............-...$1.00 Advertising. rates made known on Neat Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St, Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2997 Réitor and Publisher ee Vol. XXXII No. 32 Chicago, April 23, 1927 a Botered as Second-Class Matter ug 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago IM. Under Act of March 8, 1870 Speed of Birds ‘The difficulties of timing birds tp their wild state make it impossible to give exact information on thelr speed. The United States biological survey says that the greatest speed attained by birds is attained by the Indian swift, which is known to have traveled as fast as 200 miles ap hour. ‘Ordinary small birds do not travel faster than 85 or 40 miles an hour. Washing White Woodwork Enamel paint is dulled by soap. Buch paint may be cleaned by rubbing first with a woolen or cotton flannel cloth, wrang out of hot water, and ‘then with-a clean dry cloth. Spots stains and dirt that will not yield to ‘het water alone, may be removed with a fine scourer. This must be applied lightly in order not to scratch the wurface, _ Name Made Infamous Jacobins was the name of a French political club formed at the outbreak of the French revolution in 1789, and so called from the Jacobin. convent io Peris, in which the meetings of the lub were held. ‘The club represented the extreme party in the revolution, and it practically ruled during the bloody “Réign of Terror.” The fall of Robesplerre, its president, in 1704, led te its dissolution. Schéol’s Distinction ‘The schoo} of tropical medicine in San Juan, Porto Rico, was opened Sep- tember 22, 1926. This school has the distinction of being the first college of its kind established in the Amerl- cas, although several of the leading medical schools of North and South America have departments devoted to the study of tropical medicine. ua PSE RS Humanity’s Failing What @ great and glorious world this might be if we always kept the attitude toward one another which prevails in the hour of flood and fire ‘and earthquake. Ob! the pity of It that we walt for some colossal dls- aster te awake us to the reap spirit of universal love—Ella ier Wil- cox. Mono-Railways ‘The bureau of railway economics says that there are no mono-railways in the United Sates. Experiments have been made with this type, but were unsuccessful in this country. They are used to some extent tn for eign countries. Growth of Grandma “Billy, aged four,” says the Charles- ton News and Courter, “was on his way to visit his grandmother, whom he had not seen for more than a year. “Gosh!” he remarked, being « slangy little boy, ‘I'l bet grandma has grown so I won't know her!'"—Boston ‘Transcript. Habit Most Important Good habits, carefully and delib- erately formed, often serve us better than great natural gifts, for one bad ‘abit has often proved capable of ren- dering the greatest gifts almost use- tess—“the little rift within ‘the lute which, by and by, makes all the music mute." | The Right Spirit "The spirit of young America ts shown by any small boy with a scooter. He knows he cannot hope to run over as many people as ‘his’ elders can in their motor cars, but he isn’t at all dis- couraged by that. He goes right ‘ahead and does his best. Influence of Spirits - ‘The time will come when tt will be proved that the human soul ts already, during its life on this earth, in a close and indissoluble connection with the ‘world of spirits, that thelr world Ip- fluences ours and impresses it. pre- foundly.—Immanvel Kant. Helium Gas ‘Heltum is the name of a gas pres ent in the air in minute quantities. Tt ts about twice as dense as hydro- gen, and is slow to combine with other @lements. It is present in the waters ef most mineral springs. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 23, 1927 Usetal “Camphor Bug” In a small insect discovered in the forests of Sumatra, an English nat- uralist sees a possible rival of the campbor tree as a source of the use- ful drug. The creature secrets @ milky fluid which possesses the prop- érties of camphor, it is said, and the suggestion has been made that these Insects might be raised artificially, as are silkworms, to produce camphor, whieh ‘is now obtained from trees.— Popular Mechanics Magazine. Anglers’ Patron Saint Izaak Walton was born at Staffurd, England in 1593. He became a linen- @raper of London, and amassed & modest fortune, retiring from business early tn life in order to enjoy the so clety of several of the most cultured men of the time. One of his recrea- tlons was fishing, and he Is remem- bered by his book, the “Compleat Angler.” He also wrote admirable biographies, Wishine Away Time You hear a lot of fellows saying they wish it was Thursday, or they wish it was thelr birthday or that it ‘was summer or that this job was done. Now we never could get the idea of wishing away time. You might as well wish away one of your legs. Every time a day goes past there's Just so much less of you left.—Amert can Boy Magazine. ivucal Character ‘The queen of Sheba was the sov- ‘reign whose visit to King Solomon ts recorded in I Kings, Chapter X. The Sabaeans, over whom this queen reigned, were the inhabitants of south- western Arabia, a country now called Yemen. It-borders onthe Red -sea, and is noted for the superior quality ‘of the coffee grown there, Sees ee First Wrong Step ‘The moment you ‘abate anything from the fall rights of ‘men’ each to govern himself, and suffer any arti- ficial positive ‘Mmitation upon these rights, from ‘that moment the whole’ organization of government becomes ‘a consideration of convenience.— Burke. Face the Wind Some men face the wind, some turn thelr backs to it, ‘The former over- come obstacles and accomplish some- thing in life. The latter merely drift, creating nothing, rendering no serv- fee ‘and are frequently @ burden on their fellows. Are you facing the wind?—Grit. i Mythological. Name ‘The Neptune association, an organ- ization of licensed masters and mates of ocean and coastwise steam vessels, is named after Neptune, Roman god ‘ef.the sea. Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Res. Phone: Mansfield 5436 Branch Office: 606 Racine Ave., Phone Monroe 2714 MILES J. 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Telephone Oakland 1550 . 5100 Federal Street CHICAGO Oil as Locomotive Fuel According to the Department ef Commerce, the first experiments in the United States which regulted tn the continued utilization of oll as @ locomotive fuel were made by the Central Pacifie railroad at its Sacra- mento (Calif) shops in 1879, when oll brought by boat from the Atlantle coast was burned In the firebox of an elght-wheel locomotive bullt to burn wood, but at that time using coal. Virulent Epidemic References we have consulted give the following information concerning black death: “The term has not been used for plagues within recent times. Black death was a very virulent form of plague which ravaged Asia and Eu- rope in the Fourteenth century, rag- ing in England from August, 1348, to the summer of 1849."—Washington Star. 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