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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. 1910 ```markdown ``` HON. KICKHAM SCANLAN One of the best Judges of the Circuit Court of member of the Circuit Court bench for 18 le there is no disputing the fact that he will be his time-honored position on June 6. est Judges of the Circuit Court of of the Circuit Court bench for 18 lo disputing the fact that he will be honored position on June 6. One of the best Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County; member of the Circuit Court bench for 18 long years, and there is no disputing the fact that he will be re-elected to his time-honored position on June 6. HON. FRANK D. COMERFORD WILL MAKE A SPLENDID JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY, FOR HE IS ONE OF THE ABLEST LAWYERS IN CHICAGO Very few lawyers practicing at the Chicago bar have any edge on Hon. Frank D. Comerford from a legal point of view, for he is thoroughly familiar with every phase of all branches of the law from A to Z and he has the high reputation of possessing all the qualifications which high class judges or lawyers should possess. no question about his election as a Superior Court judge. It should be very gratifying to his hosts of warm friends to record their votes in favor of his election as such. For twenty-seven years Mr. Comerford has been a constant reader and supporter of this newspaper and its editor has no better or warmer friend in Chicago than the new judge to be of the Superior Court of Cook County. SURGEON EXTRACTS PIN FROM GIRL'S THROAT (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., May 26—Little Lucy Anderson, aged 7, was operated No citizen in Chicago is more popular or held in higher esteem than Mr. Comerford. Several times in the past he came within an ace of being elevated to the Superior Court bench and on Monday, June 6, there will be A THE FILM "THE BOY WHO WAS NOT A BOY" THE BOGUS PRINCE KOJO TOVALOU HOUENO OF DAHOMEY, AFRICA The above picture has figured in the alimony hearing before Judge Harry Lewis in the Superior Court. It was this picture which caused Mr. Harry N. Knowlton to object to making payments to his former wife, Mrs. Knowlton, shown here with her child and "Prince Kojo Tovalou Houano" of Dahomey, Africa, for some time in 1925 and 1926, the "Prince" hobnobbed with the high white society folks on the North side and with the leading colored society queens and princes on the South side. Circuit Court of Cook County; it bench for 18 long years, and that he will be re-elected to June 6. no question about his election as a Superior Court judge. It should be very gratifying to his hosts of warm friends to record their votes in favor of his election as such. For twenty-seven years Mr. Comerford has been a constant reader and supporter of this newspaper and its editor has no better or warmer friend in Chicago than the new judge to be of the Superior Court of Cook County. SURGEON EXTRACTS PIN FROM GIRL'S THROAT (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., May 26.—Little Lucy Anderson, aged 7, was operated upon successfully Wednesday night for an open safety pin lodged in her throat. Dr. W. C. Cantrell removed the pin by forcing the point into his finger, enabling him to withdraw it before the child had been seriously affected. THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 28, 1927 Mrs. Adolph Bolm, Dancing School Teacher, Stated Under Oath While on the Witness Stand, Before Judge Lewis, on Tuesday in the Knowlton Divorce Case, "That the Bogus Prince of Dahomey, Africa, Spoke Perfect English." That Statement on Her Part Is Absolutely and Unqualifiedly False. The Editor of this Newspaper Was Present at Wendell Phillips High School the First Part of October 1924, at the Time the Bogus Prince Delivered His First Talk in French on the South Side and the Late Reverend Theodore Stephens, Who Accompanied Him from New York to Chicago Between the Rising and the Setting of the Sun, Interpreted His Utterances into English, Which Plainly Indicates that the Bogus Prince Was No Master of the English Language. Judge Lewis, While Sitting in Judgment on the Knowlton Case, Let the Whole World Know That in These Fast or Modern Times That Highly Respectable White Ladies Possess the Undisputed Right to Entertain Their Colored Gentleman Friends in Their Front Parlor or Cafes. On Tuesday Mrs. Zulme Knowlton had her second day in the divorce court before Judge Harry Lewis and His Honor Judge Lewis permitted her lawyers to walk away with everything in sight at the end of the second day in court of Judge Lewis after the foam and the froth had all been blown away. she had him in her home if he was acceptable to others. The court may pass on matters of conduct, but not on matters of social etiquette." After Mr. Knowlton had testified that he and Mrs. Knowlton were divorced October 9, 1925, and that he was married the following day to Mrs. Ethel M. Gallagher of Boston, he Mr. Quan put Mrs. Theordore Holm, 18 E. Chestnut st., on the stand. She testified she met the prince at Adolph Bolm's school of dancing in 1924, that she met him at the salons of Mrs. William Vaughn Moody and at the Alliance Francaise. "I am not a fine enough French student to understand all of his lec- "Let's get down to this prince," he urged the principals in the case of Harry N. Knowlton and his French wife, Zulme, when they appeared before him on a motion asking that Mr. Knowlton show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for being $2,500 behind in his alimony payments. "What kind of a man was this Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houeno of Dahomey, South Africa?" queried the judge, while Mr. Knowlton, wealthy consulting engineer, sat on the stand. "If he was the kind of a man that Jane Addams and other reputable people of Chicago stood for, there is no reason why Mrs. Knowlton should be discriminated against for associating with him because he came from another part of the world. You cannot cast any slurs on this woman because she had him in her home if he was acceptable to others. The court may pass on matters of conduct, but not on matters of social etiquette." After Mr. Knowlton had testified that he and Mrs. Knowlton were divorced October 9, 1925, and that he was married the following day to Mrs. Ethel M. Gallagher of Boston, he stated that his income was $8,000 a year. Paid Only Half Alimony He stated that although he and Mrs. Knowlton had agreed to a settlement of $200 a month for Mrs. Knowlton and the child at the time of the divorce, he had sent her only $100 a month. "Why did you not pay the $200 a month?" Michael J. Quan, attorney for Mrs. Knowlton, asked. "When I found out about her and the prince sailing for France on the same boat two weeks after the divorce I decided not to give her the $200 a month. My lawyer called my attention to a picture of my wife and daughter with prince taken on shipboard as they were sailing." In Gold Coast Salons When the judge asked to hear from some one acquainted with the prince, Mr. Quan put Mrs. Theordore Holm, 18 E. Chestnut st., on the stand. She testified she met the prince at Adolph Bolm's school of dancing in 1924, that she met him at the salons of Mrs. William Vaughn Moody and at the Alliance Francaise. "I am not a fine enough French student to understand all of his lectures, but the prince also spoke perfect English." "Where is the prince now?" asked the judge. "I do not know," Mrs. Holm replied. In cross-examination Frank Hall Stephens, attorney for Mr. Knowlton, introduced testimony of officers Frank H. Freemuth and Harvey Guyn, who arrested the prince at Mrs. Knowlton's home, 39 E. Schiller st., on the evening of June 6, 1925, on a charge of passing a bad check. The prince was found guilty and made restitution. Mrs. Holm stated that which was absolutely false when she sore on the witness stand that "Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houeno of Dahomey, South Africa, was past master in the art of speaking the English language," the writer met the bogus "prince" shortly after he arrived in this city under a X 19 HON. FRANK JOHNSTON, JR. One of the highly honorable Judges of the Circ Cook County, who is an independent cand election to his present high judicial position o highly honorable Judges of the Circunty, who is an independent cand to his present high judicial position o One of the highly honorable Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, who is an independent candidate for re-election to his present high judicial position on June 6. cloud, the first part of October, 1924, and from the very first time that our eagle eyes fell upon him we had our doubts about him being a real live African prince and we made up our mind at once that he was a slicker and a rascal and as far as ourselves was concerned that we would not trust him any further than we could heave a bobbed tailed bull by the tail. boat where her sweet little daughter had been left alone and in the meantime she had almost cried her eyes out of her head. With these undisputable facts before us as to the bogus "prince" speaking perfect English, is just as plain as your nose on your face that Mrs. Holm was simply talking through the top of her hat and swore falsely or On several occasions we met him. Mr. Jesse Binga was the first person to present him to us, but as he spoke French and that as we are only able to speak a little English, we could not understand each other. As stated before, we attended his first meeting held at the Wendell Phillips High School and at that meeting he spoke only in French and the late Rev. Theodore Stephens who arrived in this city from New York City with him, where he had some trouble with some bad checks, and on the very day that Mrs. Knowlton sailed with him and her little daughter he was arrested by a colored lady in that city. He was charged with attempting to beat her out of three hundred dollars. Mrs. Knowlton accompanied him in a cab to the police station and just as soon as the colored lady received her three hundred dollars, the bogus "prince" and Mrs. Knowlton beat it back to the S M. H. COL. ABRAM DALE GASH One of the most eminent and who is straightforward in date for Judge of the Circuit Anti-Coalition ticket, and the will be highly honoring the Circuit Court bench on Mo most eminent and prominent lawyer straightforward in his conduct at all Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County ticket, and the people of this city highly honoring themselves by elevating Court bench on Monday, June 6. One of the most eminent and prominent lawyers in Chicago, who is straightforward in his conduct at all times; candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County on the Anti-Coalition ticket, and the people of this city and county will be highly honoring themselves by elevating him to the Circuit Court bench on Monday, June 6. One of the most eminent and prominent lawyers in Chicago, who is straightforward in his conduct at all times; candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County on the Anti-Coalition ticket, and the people of this city and county will be highly honoring themselves by elevating him to the Circuit Court bench on Monday, June 6. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 37 table Judges of the Circuit Court for us an independent candidate for re- high judicial position on June 6. 1924, boat where her sweet little daughter had been left alone and in the meantime she had almost cried her eyes out of her head. With these undisputable facts before us as to the bogus "prince" speaking perfect English, is just as plain as your nose on your face that Mrs. Holm was simply talking through the top of her hat and swore falsely on the witness stand. person Mrs. Knowlton, according to the rulings of Judge Lewis, will receive $200 alimony per month for herself and little daughter, Jacqueline, and the whole case will be settled up September 19. Woman Praises the "Prince" On the stand for an hour or so, Mrs. Knowlton, a verbose French woman, spent half the time denying her husband's charges and half the time praising Kojo Tovalou-Houeno. "I object to your calling him a so-called prince," she almost screamed out her sentence as she leaned toward Attorney Stephens. "Do you know he is a prince," the lawyer queried. "Absolutely. He told me so. And I heard it in France. And when a Frenchman tells me something, I know it's true." (Continued on page 2) 10 it and prominent lawyers in Chicago, and in his conduct at all times; candi- Circuit Court of Cook County on the and the people of this city and countying themselves by elevating him to the on Monday, June 6. 109 4223 HON. ROBERT M. SWEITZER The high grade Clerk of Cook County, who this week decided in favor of permitting all the names of the independent candidates to be placed on the ballot and to be voted for at the Judicial election Monday, June 6. "CHICAGO'S HEALTH" Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health LIFE SAVERS By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner This week's bulletin of Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, commissioner of health, compares the various gifts of Nature with that popular American confection known as "Life Savers." have them, too," concludes the Commissioner. IT IS FAR FROM THE INTENTION OF MR. CHARLES BASS TO BECOME UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANYBODY Several weeks ago, after receiving many reports and rumors of marriage on the part of Mr. Charles Bass, 6214 S. Elizabeth street, it was stated in these columns that some time in the future that he intended to join the "Let us open a package of Mother Nature's life savers," says Dr. Bundesen, "and let them roll out one by one." Among the first ones considered is sunlight, which the Commissioner of Health believes to be one of the finest confections for pale-faced youngsters. "Select another life saver from the package Mother Nature provides—sleep. Sleep means repair of torn-down tissues; not enough of it causes a deficit in strength and energy which, in turn, means a quicker wearing of body and mind, lending to a condition of sleep starvation," continues Dr. Bundesen. "Another and a really tasty life saver is proper food. Man is so constituted that he must have a variety, not only of many kinds of food, but also of food elements. He must have proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins. This means vegetables, milk, meat, eggs, fruits and cereals in the right quantities and these eaten in a way that makes this life saver valuable. "Exercise. When we say exercise we mean exercise suitable to the age and condition, and the trick of enjoying this life saver is to keep at it steadily each day and not to bunch it together at one time to make up for a long period of idleness or laziness," is Dr. Bundesen's prescription. The other life savers in the package are cleanliness of the body, inside and out, healthful thoughts and moderations in all things. "Thus, in enjoying Nature's confections, you can eat your 'life savers' and 1910 MADAME BERTHA L. HENSELEY Has arrived home again from her extremely pleasant visit to Decatur, Illinois. have them, too," concludes the Commissioner. IT IS FAR FROM THE INTENTION OF MR. CHARLES BASS TO BECOME UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANYBODY Several weeks ago, after receiving many reports and rumors of marriage on the part of Mr. Charles Bass, 6214 S. Elizabeth street, it was stated in these columns that some time in the future that he intended to join the ranks of the married men, but Mr. Bass states that it is far from his intention of getting married; that he does not possess $1,000 to present to any person as a wedding gift or present; that he is not engaged in remodeling or refinishing his home. He is also of the opinion that ladies and gentlemen have the moral right to commingle together without being accused of getting ready to make a bee line to the marriage court every time they may happen to come in contact with each other. PLEASANT VISIT TO DECATUR ILLINOIS Mme. Bertha L. Hensley of 3528 Vernon avenue, visited Decatur, Ill., lately, the birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was organized April 6, 1866 by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson. On April 6, 1915, a tablet was placed by the Department of Illinois Women's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. This tablet is affixed to the wall of the Linxweiler building on South Park street, the exact room is on the second floor. Mme. Hensley was the state musician for the Ladies of the G.A.R. She was also elected delegate to the national encampment to be held in Dayton, Ohio, in September. Of the seventeen elected Mme. Hensley's was the second largest number of votes cast. This bit of news is highly pleasing to the many friends of Mme. Hensley, who is one of the most prominent workers in the women's clubs in Chicago. THE RED CAPS MINSTREL CLUB GAVE ITS FIRST ANNUAL SHOW AND DANCE AT THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ARMORY MONDAY EVENING. A LARGE AUDIENCE WITNESSING IT. FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END THE SHOW WAS A HUMDINGER AND THE "HITS, MISSES, AND BITS" BROUGHT FORTH MUCH SIDE SPLITTING LAUGHTER AND MUCH RARE DRAMATIC TALENT WAS IN EVIDENCE THRUOUT THE EVENING: Monday night with all its rain, lightning, thunder and storming, the Red Caps' Club gave their old time minstrel show at the Eighth Regiment: Armory and the whole show was full of fun and side-splitting jokes from start to finish and a large crowd was present in spite of the down-pouring of the rain. Everybody present seemed to greatly enjoy the singing and the artistic dancing on the part of those who for the first time appeared before the footlights. Its first annual revue and dance will be held once each year for the benefit of the Boy Scouts in connection with the South Side branch of the Y.M.C.A., 3763 S. Wabash avenue. Several new features were introduced into the show, namely, the Red Caps' radio station and the high-class singing and graceful dancing on the part of the young and middle-aged ladies who appeared on the stage. They were all handsomely costumed and like the men folks they all executed their several parts exceedingly well. It is not our intention to boost one above the other for they did fine for first timers. The program follows: Act 1, "Hits"—Overture, Orchestra; Opening Chorus, Entire Company; Sunday, Mr. Charles Collins; Mary Lou, Mr. Cecil Watson; Hello Swanee, Mr. Wyatt Edgerton; Dancer, Mr. William Brady; Where Red Roses Grow, Mr. James Walden; Ain't She Sweet, Mr. Lee Walker; Lay Me to Sleep in Carolina, Mr. Chester Wilkins; Dancer, Mr. Andrew Delucca; Meadow Lark, Mr. N. A. Burbridge; Old Time Melodies, "The Man from the South," Mr. Chas. Anderson; Bird's Eye View, Mr. Raymond Duncan; Come on Black Boy, E. O. Smith and Company; Intermission—Finale First Part. Act 2, "Bits"—Red Caps' Radio Station K-Y-C-R-Q, Chicago; Swanee River Quartette; He's the Last Word, McAllister's Dancers; The Man from MRS. ZULINE KNOWLTON PUT HER LATE HUSBAND TO FLIGHT IN JUDGE LEWIS COURT "But madam, don't you know," and Attorney Stevens was clear cut about it, "that for the last thirty-seven years Dahomey has been a province of France and there have been no princes?" That didn't cause the voluble Mrs. Knowlton to pause an instant. "Yes, and don't you know," she flung back, "that France is so gallant that she has no intention of taking away a title from any one? The prince is bound to be a prince because his uncle was the king of Dahomey." The judge called a halt to this exploration trip to Africa and said: "You wil have to show me that this—er, prince, is a disreputable person before I will decide that there was anything wrong in her association with him. "It may shock our sentibilities at present if respectable women entertain and are entertained by colored men, but we used to be shocked because women smoked cigarettes. This color line doesn't mean anything to Mrs. Knowlton. After Mr. Knowlton had his last fight he declared that he was "astounded" at the result of the hearing. He added that he would carry the fight against his former wife to the highest court to which he could appeal. "I know and think I can prove that she had a great affection for that big African gorilla," he said. "As for that Home, Chas. Anderson; Life and 20 Years, Hymes, McCree and Harris; Asleep in the Deep, William Hawkins; Classic Grace, Naneene Joyce; In a Little Spanish Town, Miss Graham and Mr. Julian Keith; Ante Bellum Sermon, Evans Tyree; Mme. Yalli Kershay, Jos. Miles and Jno. Lyons; Kinkejon, McAllister Dancers; When I Dream of Old Erin, M. E. Socks; A Gentleman in Black, William O. Browne; "Steppin' Around,"- Finale. Mrs. Willia South McAllister was assisted in her great chorus by the following young ladies: Misses Mildred Graham, Mae Evans, Elizabeth Pulley, Helen Johnson, Christobel Johnson, Evalyn Jackson, Bernice Alex, Vallette Spayne, Lois Spayne, Adrienne Mason, Thelma Haley, Rosa Mae Boswelle, Thelma Allen, Bernadine Lyons. Mrs. Sadie Delucca, president of the 500 Nifty-Fifty Steppin' Around Club, furnished 12 lady ushers for the occasion. The music during the evening was snappy and lively and it was furnished by the Red Caps' superb orchestra, Prof. E. Kaiser Cook sole director. The Red Caps' Minstrel Club promotors were Luther J. Mason and William O. Browne. Assisting artists were Willia Pearsalle McAllister, Julian Keith, Naneene Joyce, Dorothy Graham, Andrew Delucca and William Hawkins. The officials of the Red Caps' Club follow: Sandy W. Tric, president; Benj. F. Shepard, 1st vice-president; Samuel H. Harris, 2nd vice-president; James Walden, financial secretary; Otha Robinson, treasurer; C. L. Smith, corresponding secretary. Directors—J. A. Peaks, C. R. Watson, W. Edgerton, R. I. Hodge, E. F. Shepard, E. Langston. A. A. Neal, chairman house committee. Committee of Arrangements—Wm. O. Browne, L. J. Mason, W. W. Mosely, Jas. Evans, Louis Johnson. Each and every one connected with the affair are greatly elated over the success which attended it. back alimony, I've been deluged with bills that she ran up and I'm trying to pay them off." Judge Lewis intimated that white ladies have the moral right to entertain their colored gentlemen friends in their apartments, cafes and so on, showing that the color line cuts no figure with Judge Lewis; that it makes not the slightest difference what Mrs. Knowlton did or did not do three years ago; the big question is can she furnish a good home for her daughter, and it may be possible that Mrs. Knowlton has been transformed into a bright, shinning purified angel. KNOWLTON CASE TO SHED LIGHT ON DUSKY PRINCE Ex-Husband Gets Data for Fall Hearing Hectic social activities of Kojo Tovalou-Houeno, African prince without a principality, are to be exposed as the result of Superior Judge Harry Lewis' ruling yesterday that the black's mere association with Mrs. Zulme Knowlton did not justify her former husband; Harry N. Knowlton, in suspending alimony payments. 'Attorney Frank H. Stephens, representing the French woman's former husband, made this announcement, declaring he would take depositions on the gold coast and in the black belt of Chicago, in New York, and maybe in Paris, to show the character of the bogus royalty alleged to have been entertained by Mrs. Knowlton at her apartment, 37 East Schiller street, while Mr. Knowlton was in New York. The announcement followed Judge Lewis' continuing until Sept. 19 Mr. of his child, Jacqueline, 8 years old, and to reduce the $200 a month ali- Knowlton's motion to obtain custody money. Until fall the alimony will be paid, but the claim for $1,800 back alimony will be held in ayance. Included in the additional evidence to be presented in autumn, Attorney Stephens said, will be a deposition from Gust Paul, now of Detroit, who was janitor of the Schiller street apartment at the time the African was crashing north shore society with his title. The lawyer already has an affidavit from Paul telling of strange noises heard in the Knowlton apartment at 1 a. m. He also relates that one morning when he called that flat to repair plumbing he was told by Mrs. Knowlton to return later in the day, as "the prince is asleep." MUSIC NOTES By Clarence Cameron White, Premier Violin Soloist, Former President National Association of Negro MUSICIANS (For Preston News Service) Violin Once Played by Negro Artist Now Proud Possession of American Millionaire It is generally conceded that the most famous violin maker who ever lived was the great Italian, Antonio Stradivari. This master craftsman was born between 1640 and 1650 and died in 1737. He was a past master of the art of violin making. Stradivarius was a very industrious workman; during his lifetime it is said that he made as many as three thousand violins although at the present time only about one hundred are accounted for. One of these instruments, the famous "Betts Strad," is now the property of an American who is said to have paid the enormous sum of sixty thousand dollars for it. A year or so ago Rodman Wana-maker, the American millionaire, returned from Europe with a collection of instruments which includes many of the most famous specimens of the great master makers of string instruments. In this collection was the famous "Swan" Stradivarius, famous as the "Swan Song" or last instrument made by Stradivarius when he was 93 years old. This violin is dated 1737. It was for many years owned and played by Joseph Whiter, a violinist of Negro blood who was in Mantanzas, Cuba, Dec. 31, 1839. He studied under Alard at the Paris Conservatory where he was awarded first prize. For a number of years he acted as Court Violinist to the Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil. He was an admirable interpreter of the classics. Prior to his death in Paris in 1918, White was a professor at the Paris Conservatory and taught many famous violinists of the present generation. Early in his career he toured America but on account of color prejudice did not achieve the success here as an artist that he did in Europe where he was received with great acclaim. White sold his famous solo instrument in 1913 to a wealthy European collector from whom it was purchased by Wanamaker and brought to America and reposes now in the strong room of the New York Wana-maker store. BULLETIN No. 6—SAFETY PAYS By Chief of Police Michael Hughes Keep your children off of the street! Such is the gist of this week's bulletin, issued by Chief of Police Michael Hughes, pointing out the dangers that exist for little ones in crowded thoroughfares. From May 16 to 22, 7 children were killed and 89 children injured. In the same period last year 10 were killed and 94 injured. Warn your children against hitching on vehicles. Impress upon them that automobiles come around corners and tell them to wait on the curb, not in the street, for passing traffic. Playing marbles in the street is extremely dangerous. Warn them against climbing telegraph poles. Death lurks in live wires. Children are thoughtless and carefree. They must have constant protection. Everybody must do their share. In many districts the youngsters are without playgrounds and the streets are their romping places. Always drive slowly when children are seen playing in the streets. Motorists must drive carefully, keep children off their cars and obey all traffic rules. A child in the road is a danger signal: Go Slow! [Name] MR. SANDY W. TRICE President of the Red Caps Club THIS WEEK By Ernest Rice McKinney (For Preston News Service) Prohibition has raised some very grave and interesting questions relating to law enforcement, public and private morals, the courts and the matter of income taxes. Now the United States Supreme Court has ruled that bootleggers must pay an income tax, reversing the lower court of appeals. This is simply grim justice, for are not the people and the government of the United States responsible for the affluence and the Pierce Arrows of these newly rich capitalists? And is it not right and proper that they turn back to the government and the people some of the gain? I had forgot to mention that the Anti-Saloon League, preachers and Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, Kiwanians and Rotarians and other fuzzy minded individuals are also responsible for our-coast to coast flood of spirits of nitre gin and synthetic whiskey. I would like to ask: What is the bootlegger expected to charge off for expenses? Take the matter of bribes to policemen, mayors, prohibition agents; will he include these little items in his expense account to save himself from the payment of too high taxes? I would like to have one of the bright young men who writes Mr. Mellon's letters—and very often gets him into trouble with Senator Couzens and the British Finance Minister—answer this question. Of a more serious nature in this prohibition farce is the recent ultimatum to the Government by Wayne B. Wheeler and his prohibition sniffers and snoopers. The Anti-Saloon League is determined that it and not the President and Mr. Mellon shall name the Prohibition Commissioner. To be sure the appointing of this official is a function of the Secretary of the Treasury, he being so empowered and authorized by Congress. But what is a little thing like Congress compared to the ambitious idiots, deacons, anaemic Sunday school teachers and HON. DAVID F. MATCHETT One of the high Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, who is ending his third term on the Circuit Court bench without one black spot on his honorable name, and it is almost useless to state that he will be re-elected for the fourth time on June 6. Bootleggers and Taxes Prohibition Ultimatum other woofers who comprise the League? The League wants Roy Haynes made permanent Commissioner. They met in Washington the other day and passed a resolution containing the following: "That the committee reaffirm the policy heretofore stated, urging the appointment of a Commissioner of Prohibition who is in sympathy with the law he will be called upon to enforce." This was directed at officers of the government who have taken an oath to defend and uphold the constitution of the Republic and to perform their duties to the best of their ability. The resolution goes on to mention that Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Mellon are reminded of the "unmistakable understanding" that was had, presumably between the League and the President and Mr. Mellon, about the way that the Prohibition Bureau was to be conducted. The whole resolution is a club held over Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Mellon. If conditions have become such that an outside private organization is justified in such activities as are carried on by the League, then it is time that the country know it. If this ultimatum is simply more of the usual meddling of the League then the sooner it is submerged in a barrel of prime white mule, the better. The Elks' Convention All the noise and publicity about the Negro Elks and their annual spendiest and parade scheduled for New York are very amusing to me—to say the least. Why all the hub-bub? If an injunction exists restraining them why did they not find out the facts before New York was selected? If there are no good lawyers in the Elks surely there as some on the outside. If these Elk lawyers did give advice that was not heeded, then no one is to blame but those who selected the convention city. The Afro-American reports now that a committee of lawyers finds that it would be a violation of the laws of New York for the grand lodge to hold its convention in that state. Why wasn't this committee appointed to look into the matter? DOG LOST German Police Dog. Liberal reward. No questions asked. Call Victory 9757. COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN American Federation of Musicians The American Federation of Musicians has just closed its thirty-second annual convention, to which delegates came from practically every local musicians' union in the United States, and engaged in musical deliberations at the Southern Hotel, Baltimore, Md. About 12 colored delegates were present, representing outstanding colored local unions in such typical cities as Washington, D. C.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; and other urban centers where colored musicians are particularly active. Despite the ominous name "Southern Hotel," and the southern atmosphere which the Federation selected for its convention, the Negro delegates braved long distance travel and presented themselves to the conference only to be told by the Southern Hotel management, as might have been contemplated, that they would have to ride up and down stairs to and from the convention in the freight elevators, while their white conferes would be accommodated in the regular passenger elevators. The white bloc of delegates professed that they were chagrinned and hurt that the elevator policy was not of their making or choice, and that they sincerely sympathized with their colored brethren that such unharmonious principles should be set up at a convention where the virtues of sweet music, only, was the objective of the hour. The convention, however, continued; and no protest, as far as we can learn, was urged, either in or out of the record, against the shabby treatment which the Baltimore hostelry met out to the Negro delegates. Our memory naturally reverts to a report of the occasion when one Ferrell, colored, accompanied the New York delegation of the Knights of Labor (parent of the American Federation of Labor) to Richmond, Va., nearly 50 years ago; and when the Solid South of Virginia objected to Mr. Ferrell's presence and participation in the convention the New York body withdrew in toto, and refused to do business with the conference until Ferrell was recognized and treated as a gentleman and a delegate. There was no one present in Baltimore, however, with the temerity which Ferrell's associates had, and out of the insult there comes the reaction that the American Federation of Musicians, like its guardian, the American Federation of Labor, is dealing fairly with the "brother" in words only, not deeds. It remains for the colored member- M. EIBER M. E. BEDU HON. MACLAY HOYNE Ex-State's Attorney of Cook County, who conti at the late election in a desperate effort to between the white and colored races in a would be highly delighted to see his fr moyle, elected Judge of the Circuit Court. Ex-State's Attorney of Cook County, who contributed his share at the late election in a desperate effort to stir up trouble between the white and colored races in this city, and he would be highly delighted to see his friend, D. J. Normoyle, elected Judge of the Circuit Court. Ex-State's Attorney of Cook County, who contributed his share at the late election in a desperate effort to stir up trouble between the white and colored races in this city, and he would be highly delighted to see his friend, D. J. Normoyle, elected Judge of the Circuit Court. 1. American Federation of 2. No Color Line 3. A "Relic" of Slavery 4. A Black Man's Protest 5. They Didn't Run Away ship the country over to "smoke out" the parent body and ascertain for once and for all whether good faith and sincerity or deception and spinelessness abound in the A. F. of L. Colored musicians are strong the country over. They are badly needed in musical organization. In fact, they can "make" or "break" any musical association that is genuinely organized for the welfare of Labor. Next year's A. F. of M. convention will probably be held even farther south than Baltimore; and the colored members might as well begin right now to find out whether they are to be insulted by other hotel proprietors to whom their money goes for hall rent, or whether, in future conventions they are to be dealt with as men and musicians. A settlement of this query will not wait any longer. No Color Line It is indeed very strange that there are times when the color line is quite forgotten by the white American, and all become as one in a common need. When a Negro is able, in an emergency, to render very necessary services to those of the other group, "Mr. Jim Crow" is entirely forgotten for the time being at least. If there is anything a Negro has that his Nordic brother needs—if it cannot be well taken away from him—he borrows it and "Jimmy Crow" does not figure in the transaction. Such was recently the case in an episode in the southland. From all indications, after a careful reading of the reports, the "Jim Crow" line for the separation of races, was not drawn when Samuel White, a Negro, rescued twenty-five white families near New Orleans, during this Mississippi flood. The raft on which he carried these families to a place of safety bore no such signs as, "White Passengers" on the front part, and "Colored Passengers" on the rear. The food furnished to these half-starved whites by Mrs. Samuel White was not served in hotel or eating house with such signs as these tacked on the door, "Negroes Not Allowed" and "Rear Entrance for Negroes." For three days these unfortunate whites forgot to draw the color line; the race problem was forgotten as well as Negro inferiority. How will it be with these refugees when they are restored to normal living conditions? Will the gratitude and praise they are now expressing for these black samaritans help to save some unfortunate son of Ham from the hands of an angry mob? If not, then these black folks will have to look beyond human sentiment for reward. The scene is laid in the pulpit of a THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 28, 1927 Nordic church in Brooklyn, N. Y., about sixty-seven years ago. The leading characters are the fearless stoic pastor and a timid little Negro girl of nine years. The minister taking the child by her hand addresses the throng before him, "This little girl is a slave," and I have promised her $1,200, his price for her, or she will be returned to slavery. Pass the basket." Thus Henry Ward Beecher purchased from the shackles of slavery and worse, "Pinky," who on Sunday, May 15, 1927, as Mrs. James Hunt, was the guest of that same church at their eighteenth anniversary. It is indeed a most unusual circumstance that took Mrs. Hunt of Washington, D. C., back to Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., to be the guest of honor, where she once stood a slave to be "sold for freedom." Were this one act, the purchasing of "Pinky," the only good deed done by this great Christian man, Henry Ward Beecher, it would suffice to make his name a cherished memory to us all, but his entire manhood was devoted with fearless energy to the cause of slavery. The history of the life of Mrs. James Hunt recalls those days of horror, when Nordic fathers sold their own flesh and blood into servitude and worse. Days when Negro womanhood was outraged, and no one was made to pay the price but the helpless offspring. A Black Man's Protest In his speech before the "Congress of Oppressed Nationalities" held at Brussels during the past winter, the Negro delegate from Central Africa protested bitterly against the treatment his people received in Africa from the world's imperialistics. As a representative of the Defense Committee of the Negro Race, he brought "a cry of freedom" and a challenge to "the races that pretend to be superior" to his own. This "Defense Committee of the Negro Race" is "a world-wide organization of young Negroes, who are devoting their lives to emancipate their brethren." Very graphically, this young man described the treatment his countrymen receive from the whites who "have come to us colored people professing to bring us civilization." He says: "When the French came to my countrymen in Africa, it was with this profession (of civilization) on their lips. But instead of teaching us the French tongue and giving us the education that they call 'la lumiere universelle', they said, 'Ah, no. We must not educate the blacks.' This was because if we were educated they could not use us as they wished. That is the way French imperialistics have civilized the Negro." He also accuses the Frenchmen of committing "atrocities that would shame the worst barbarism of the Middle Ages" and says further: "It is a lie that slavery has been abolished. It has only been modernized." Natives are compelled to work ten hours a day under the burning sun for only a mere pittance." It is against such injustices and other atrocities that these young Negroes have organized to defend themselves. In the concluding words of this address the speaker referred to a condition that is quite like that of the American Negro. He said: "We have been shown that when we are needed to be slaughtered or to perform heavy labor we are Frenchmen. But when it comes to giving us our rights, we are no longer Frenchmen—we are Negroes." Truly "the black man" has been the most oppressed of all the people of the earth." THEY DIDN'T RUN AWAY State authorities who are supervising and directing efforts which are being made to curb the ravages of the relentless Mississippi River, are gloating over the fact that, working practically unguarded, 600 convicts from the state prison, a large percentage of whom are Negroes, are toiling heroically without thought of escape, on the levees to save Louisiana's fertile farmlands from the merciless waters. This column recalls the time when police patrol wagons in the streets of New Orleans would swoop down upon groups of Negroes, rush them to the police station, where, after a perfunctory trial, thirty and sixty-day sentences were meted out in whirlwind style. No one decries the application of convict labor to the task of saving lives and property; and no one would rejoice at the escape of the prisoners whose conduct has forfeited their right to the enjoyment of honorable society. One does lament the fact, however, that many of the Negro convicts who are now working on the levees have probably been sentenced and are serving time after farcical trials and with- out the same just and nondiscriminatory procedure and treatment which the state laws exact for accused whites. And we hope that when leniency is extended to these loyal convicts, white and colored, who are now striving to save the state's citizens and property from further disaster, no racial lines of demarcation will be permitted to influence the granting of parole or pardon. Louisiana with her enthralling history and beauteous fairy tales, has much to do to place herself "on the square" with the suffering Negro population. Here is the prayer that she may move forward in Justice, rather than backward in Injustice. 13 INDEPENDENT CANDIDA CIES FOR BENCH ACCEPTED Sweitzer Rules Names Go on Ballot Names of the three sitting judges who are independent candidates and of ten other independent candidates will be placed on the ballot at the judicial election June 6 in addition to the names of the 21 coalition candidates, County Clerk Robert M. Sweitzer has so decided. The decision brought order into the hitherto tangled judicial situation. Objections had been filed by each of three groups of candidates to the candidacies of all others on the ground that nominating petitions had been illegal. Order to Printers As a result of County Clerk Sweitzer's decision the printers will be ordered to turn out ballots with the following: The first column under the heading "Republican" will contain the names of 21 coalition candidates nominated by the Democratic and Republican party conventions. This ticket is composed of 61 sitting judges and 4 lawyers who are running for the 20 Circuit court vacancies, and one lawyer running for the single vacancy in the Superior court. There will be no candidates in the Democratic column. The third column will have the heading, "Independent Judicial Party," and beneath will appear the names of Judge Charles M. Thomson, Oscar M. Torrison, and Frank Johnston, Jr., who were refused nominations in the coalition agreement. Ten Noncoalitionists In the fourth column will appear the names of ten lawyers who are candidates of the "Noncoalition Party." Originally there were twenty candidates, but half withdrew. This party also has a candidate for the Superior court vacancy. Mr. Sweitzer ruled that the petitions of the Lawyers' Association of Illinois, filed in the names of the Republican and Democratic parties, were illegal and the few remaining candidates on the petitions will not be given places on the ballot. THE THREE JUDGES The politicians who left three of the sitting judges off their coalition ticket are now seeking to prevent the three from running independently. A petition has been filed with the county clerk alleging that the nominating petition of the three judges is irregular in that it was not filed with the secretary of state at Springfield as well as with the county clerk. Lawyers familiar with the election statutes have stated that the objection is without weight. Whether that is true or not, it must be apparent to any citizen that the effort to defeat these judges without reference to the voters is cowardly. It gives added reason for believing that Judges Thomson, Johnston, and Torrison are being railroaded out of office by way of punishing them for decisions which were displeasing to the political dictators of the county. It is highly significant that the petition was not filed until the results of the bar association's primary were announced. These results showed that the three judges were highly regarded by the Chicago bar, whose members are far more intimately acquainted with the character and records of men on the bench than the great majority of laymen can be. The attempt to keep the names off the ballot can now be interpreted only as a recognition of the fact that the bar association's primary will carry weight with the voters. The politicians in their distress are seeking to defeat the judgment of the community by the thinnest of technicalities.—Chicago Tribune, May 23. VISIT BROTHER Mrs. J. D. Edwards of 1308 W. 109th place, in company with her sister, Mrs. Sarah Barnett, left the city Saturday evening for Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit their brother, Cleveland Scott, and other relatives and will be away about two weeks. Some of the Iron Bosses of the Democratic and Republican Party Have Put their Heads Together and Hatched Up a Cold Blooded Scheme, to Place the Names of the Eight Democratic Candidates Running on the So-Called Coalition Ticket for Circuit Court Judges of Cook County, in the Republican Column at Forthcoming Judicial Election on Monday, June 6, in Order to Induce the Colored People to Vote for Them Under the Guise That They Will Be Voting for Republican Judges. Hon. Michael L. Igoe, Who Worked Overtime, Prior to the Election Tuesday, April 5, to Incite a Bitter Racial Feeling Between the White and Colored People in This City and Possibly Bring on a Bloody Race Riot, Is the God Father of Mr. D. J. Normoyle, Democrat, for Judge of the Circuit Court, and the Colored People in General Should Fix Him Up in Good Shape on the Day of the Election. The Candidates Running for Democratic Judges in the Republican Column Follow: Hons. John R. Caverly, Thomas J. Lynch, Harry M. Fisher, Philip L. Sullivan, Francis S. Wilson, Otto Kerner, D. J. Normoyle, Ira Ryner. Hon. Frank Johnston, Jr., Hon. Charles M. Thompson and Hon. Oscar M. Torrison Have Honorably Served in the Circuit Court for a Number of Years and as Independent Candidates Should Be Reelected to the Circuit Court Bench on Their Past Honorable Records. Democratic and Republican Candidates for Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County: Judges Frank Johnston, Jr., Charles M. Thomson, Oscar M. Torrison. Independent Candidates Should Be Reelected The final result of the voting of the members of the Chicago Bar Association was a good joke on the coalition Democratic and Republican bosses who always strut around as though they owned the whole earth and its Hon. Michael L. Igoe, Who Worked Over Time During the Late Election to Bring on Bitter Feelings Between the White and Colored People, Should Be Defeated in His Desire to Elevate Mr. D. J. Normoyle to the Circuit Court Bench Wednesday evening the members of the Chicago Bar Association wound up their voting for twenty judges of the Circuit Court. It seems that all the sitting judges managed to run under the wire ahead of the non-sitting judges; 2,966 votes were cast for the Democratic and Republican candidates which follow; 32 candidates in the field: Francis S. Wilson . 2,711 Victor P. Arnold . 2,657 Ira Ryner . 2,655 John A. Swanson . 2,603 Hugo M. Friend . 2,574 Kickham Scanlan . 2,538 Charles M. Thomson . 2,522 David F. Matchett . 2,482 Frank Johnston, Jr. . 2,473 William V. Brothers . 2,415 Thomas Taylor . 2,406 Philip L. Sullivan . 2,405 Thomas J. Lynch . 2,352 Mary Bartelme . 2,313 Oscar M. Torrison . 2,235 David M. Brothers . 2,104 Harry M. Fisher . 2,038 George F. Rush . 1,816 D. J. Normoyle . 1,582 John R. Caverly . 1,575 J. Kent Greene . 1,571 Otto Kerner . 1,483 James E. Brown . 1,269 Wiley W. Mills . 987 Michael Feinberg . 957 Charles H. Soelke . 764 Samuel H. Gilbert . 614 John Gutknecht . 497 Edwin Hamilton . 476 Stanley H. Klarkowski . 380 Evert O. Hutchins . 374 Abram D. Gash . 372 The final result of the voting of the members of the Chicago Bar Association was a good joke on the coalition Democratic and Republican bosses who always strut around as though they owned the whole earth and its fullness thereof for they selected Messrs. Otto Kerner, Michael Feinberg and Stanley Klarkowski to put to flight Judges Johnston, Torrison and Thomson, but it was not in the cards that they should or would be defeated in their race as independent candidates for judges of the Circuit Court, and they won a great victory before the Chicago Bar Association and put to flight those three almost unknown lawyers who are thrusting themselves forward for judges of the Circuit Court, and so far neither one of them have set the world on fire with great legal lore, and we freely predict right now that judges Johnston, Thompson and Torrison will be re-elected to the Circuit Court bench. The voters throughout this city and county should see to it that Judge Caverly is retired from the bench at the forthcoming judicial election Monday, June 6. In our humble opinion he never has nor he never will be rated as one of the highest class judges in this city. While he was still serving as judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago he arbitrarily decided a law case against us absolutely contrary to the law, and the evidence seemingly at the behest of some of his associates, but in the end we got our money just the same. Hon. Michael L. Igoe, Who Worked Over Time During the Late Election to Bring on Bitter Feelings Between the White and Colored People, Should Be Defeated in His Desire to Elevate Mr. D. J. Normoyle to the Circuit Court Bench It will be recalled that Hon. Michael L. Igoe, who is one of the head bosses of the Democratic party in this city and state, worked early and late prior to the late election in this city for the purpose of stirring up strife between the white and colored people which, in time, would have brought on a bloody race riot in this city; that Mr. Igoe was the worst and the bitterest of all the anti-Negro speakers and seemingly it was no fault of his that the devil was not to pay in this city at that time. Notwithstanding that fact, Mr. Igoe and his Democratic associates who were just as bad and as rank or as raw as he was at that time, have hatched up a cold blooded scheme to place the names of eight Democratic candidates for Circuit Court judges in the Republican column so as to be able to blindfold or hoodwink the colored people, and that without knowing it they will be voting the Democratic ticket from a fore to aft, early and late, and that will assist to elect some Democratic judges who will treat them with scorn and contempt if they should ever be so unfortunate to fall into their respective court rooms. The next issue of this newspaper will contain the names of the Democrats and Republicans whom the colored people can safely vote for for judges of the Superior and Circuit Court Williamson's CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL CARS Are distinguished by their Style and Elegance but foremost by the protection to passengers guaranteed by proper Insurance. 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HONOR WALT WHITMAN AT MEETING ON MAY 31 Lovers of Walt Whitman will gather at the Morrison Hotel on May 31, the 108th anniversary of his birth, and the twenty-sixth observation of the day in this city, to see whether his ideals of love, comradeship and justice have not been brought a little nearer realization in the everyday life of the world. The Walt Whitman Fellowship Club of Chicago, under whose auspices the meeting is being held, is an unorganized society, having no initiation fee and no membership dues. A love of the "good, gray poet" is all that one needs to join the Fellowship. Wil CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION Friday evening, May 13, 55 members of the Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44 and Marching Club went as a surprise to 1902 W. Lake street, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C. Martin, where lunch was prepared in order to entertain Jas. C. Martin, exalted ruler of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44 and requested him to continue as exalted ruler of said lodge. After much consideration and at the close of a very splendid program of which Dr. W. H. Davis was master of ceremonies, Mr. Martin agreed to be a candidate for re-election on Wednesday evening, June 1, at which time Hon. L. A. Newby, grand deputy of Illinois will be in charge of the election. At the same time 22 or more delegates will be elected to attend the next grand lodge session. CHILDREN TO HAVE SERVICES The juvenile department of A.U.K. & D. of A of Chicago, under the guidance of Mrs. Henrietta Dan, state grand mother queen, will hold their second anniversary exercises at Trinity Mission, 35th and S. Dearborn streets, Sunday afternoon, May 29. The pastor, Rev. Hawkins, will deliver the services and the children will render a splendid program. LEAVES FOR KENTUCKY Mrs. Mollie Covington, 6524 Langley avenue, left the city Saturday evening for Bowling Green, Ky., where she will spend three weeks with relatives and friends. TO REPRESENT LODGE M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., has been elected as a delegate to the state grand lodge of K. of P., to be held at Joliet, Ill., early in July to represent Progressive Lodge No. 48. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 28, 1927 U.B.F. & S.M.T. HOLD SERVICES The various lodges and temples of U.B.F. & S.M.T. assembled in their annual thanksgiving services on last Sunday afternoon at U.B.F. Hall, 3120 Giles avenue. Among the participants on the program were J. B. Street, state grand master; Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess; Mrs. Georgia Montgomery, R. R. Hocker, W. D. Crawley and members of the juveniles. L. B. Browne acted as master of ceremonies. TWO ARE DROWNED NEAR LAKE VILLAGE (Preston News Service) Lake Village, Ark., May 26.—Two were drowned in the flood water near the plantation of County Judge Harry E. Cook about seven miles south of here Tuesday morning, while wading in the swift current. Rosa Burgess and her brother, Captain Burgess, were the names of the drowning victims received by Mayor J. C. Gillison, chairman of the Red Cross relief work in Chicot County. Mr. Gillison said the deaths were due to carelessness and that persons should be warned to stay out of the flood water due to the tricky currents. ORGANIZES NEW TEMPLE Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess of Illinois and jurisdiction of S.M.T., set to work a new temple on May 18 at U. B. F. Hall, 3120 Giles avenue, thus increasing the membership of the organization in this city and state. Mrs. Harding was assisted in the organization of the temple by many of the pioneer members. VISITING CITY Mr. and Mrs. John J. Andrews of College Grove, Tenn., are visiting in the city with relatives and friends for a few weeks. New York City, May 26.—A conference of Negro girls who attend local high schools was held Monday afternoon at the New York Urban League, No. 202 West 136th street, under the auspices of the two New York chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a race sorority, in keeping with its vocational guidance program "How Many Colored Girls Improve. Then Standing in High School?" was discussed. The subject had reference to scholastic standing, conduct and standard with relation to extra curricular activities. Among those who took part in the discussion were Misses Madeline McGhee, Mabel Turner and Belle Tobias of Wadleigh High School; Misses Elsie Williams, Evelyn Brown and Gladys Thorne of the Julia Richmond High School, and Miss Ruth Fords of Hunter College. It was led by Miss Isa Gittens. That there is a tendency to judge Negro girls as a group and not as individuals; hence in matters of conduct a special effort must be made by every girl to deport herself that no reflection can be cast on any member of the group. That Negro girls often have a serious handicap in their work by reason of two kinds of teachers. Those hostile to the group as a whole and those over-zealous teachers who are tactless and try to express a sympathetic attitude to Negro girls, often making them conspicuous. But the findings add, most of the teachers are inclined to be fair and treat members of the group justly. That Negro girls should, whenever possible, make contributions, such as Negro art, literature and music, not included in the high school course of study, thereby commanding additional respect for their race, was expressed in the findings were summarized by the findings. 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