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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXIIJ. 1920 M. B. HON. JOHN DAILEY The most eloquent statesman of Illinois; Peoria, who with all of his eloquence was stop the on-rushing of so much gas thro ate the past week. quent statesman of Illinois; hone with all of his eloquence was u- crushing of so much gas through it week. The most eloquent statesman of Illinois; honored citizen of Peoria, who with all of his eloquence was utterly unable to stop the on-rushing of so much gas through the State Senate the past week. EVERYTHING IS BEGINNING TO HUM AND BUZZ IN CONNECTION - WITH THE CHICAGO CIVIC AUDITORIUM COMMITTEE The general committee, which will have active charge in constructing the new Chicago Civic Auditorium, consists of well on to three hundred of the leading and most prominent citizens in Chicago and they have been divided into seven groups, as follows: Mr. Julius F. Taylor has been selected as a member of the Public Relations Committee. "Committee on Financial Plan—Frank M. Gordon, chairman. Committee on Legal Procedure—William C. Boyden, chairman. Committee on Construction, Design and Equipment—W. Rufus Abbott, chairman. Committee on Location—James Simpson, chairman. THE MOST WORSHIPFUL "GRAND MASTER, DR. J. C. ELLIS, LOUDLY SOUNDS THE PRAISES OF THE BROAD AX The following letter speaks for itself: Office of Most Worshipful Grand Master Decatur, Illinois, June 22, 1927. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir and Brother: Permit me to express my appreciation and gratitude for your kind remarks and for the amount of space given in your valuable paper to the Cornerstone Laying and Dedication of our new Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Committee on Convention Requirements and Facilities—John N. Van der Vries, chairman. Committee on Transportation Facilities—Major R. F. Kelker, Jr., chairman. Committee on Public Relations—Bernard J. Mullaney, chairman. [Name] M. J. PETER H. HARRIS Reappointed one of the Commissioners of Lincoln news is very pleasing indeed to the thou friends of Mr. Fyfe and his lovable and wife, Mrs. Fyfe. The colored race nowhere try have any better friends than they, and sadly mistaken, there are higher political for Mr. Fyfe. one of the Commissioners of Lincoln pleasing indeed to the thou Mr. Fyfe and his lovable and Fyfe. The colored race nowhere better friends than they, and, then, there are higher political use. Reappointed one of the Commissioners of Lincoln Park. That news is very pleasing indeed to the thousands of warm friends of Mr. Fyfe and his lovable and very charming wife, Mrs. Fyfe. The colored race nowhere in this country have any better friends than they, and unless we are sadly mistaken, there are higher political honors in store for Mr. Fyfe. Vol. XXXII. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir and Brother: Permit me to express my appreciation and gratitude for your kind remarks and for the amount of space given in your valuable paper to the Cornerstone Laying and Dedication of our new Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Again thanking you for your kind consideration, I am P. S. Thank you for the fifty copies, send me fifty more together with your bill and also a statement for a year's subscription to your paper. ```markdown ``` visioners of Lincoln Park. That led to the thousands of warm is lovable and very charming red race nowhere in this count than they, and unless we are higher political honors in store THE BROAD AX Decatur, Illinois, June 22, 1927. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO ILLINOIS, JUNE 25, 1927 Governor Len Small's Gasoline Two Cent Tax Bill Will Become a Law Effective on August 1, 1927. It Passed the State Senate After Governor Small Cracked His Long Black Snake Whip Over the Backs of the Majority of the State Senators. Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts Bitterly Opposed the Bill Voting Against It Last Week. But Some Way or Other, He Executed a Double Back Action Summersault and Landed in a Front Seat in the Small Gas Wagon. Whenever the Big Politicians Democrats or Republicans Have Any Dirty Political Work to Be Performed, They Generally Select Some Boss Colored Politician to Perform It. It Will Be Recalled That Mayor William E. Dever Selected the Hon. Louis B. Anderson to Preside Over the City Council Which Was Composed Largely of Irish-American Democrats at the Time That the Infamous Water Meter Ordinance Was Passed by It. Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson and Hon. Michael L. Igoe Came Near Engaging in a Fist Fight in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. There Are Still Mighty Hot Times Ahead for the Politicians at Springfield and Thruout the State of Illinois. The present long drawn out session of the state legislature has so far been the stormiest, the noisiest and the most disorderly in every way that has ever existed in the history of Illinois, in fact it has been a burning disgrace to the great citizenship of the great state of Illinois. are freely passed between its members as freely as gulping down a glass of water and a little something stronger on the side. There is two preachers in evidence all the time, one in the house and one in the senate, but evidently the gods pay not the slightest attention to their prayers, for just as the preachers re- And—Illinois Has Len Small "Caesar had his Brutus," he cried. "Jesus Christ had his Judas Iscariot the United States had its Benedict Arnold and Jefferson Davis, and Illinois has Len Small. And if the Judas of Illinois had the courage of the Judas of Jesus, he would return the In noting their actions or conduct, sometimes we have been strongly of the opinion that a crowd of colored men right from the back woods of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and from the other backward states in the south, could not do any worse or deport themselves more uncouth than the vast majority of the present members of the legislature and to think of it every mother's son of a gun of them, except five of them, belong to the so-called superior race and their daily conduct is so far below them that no one would or could believe it unless they were reminded of that fact every hour in the day. Many disgraceful scenes have occurred in both houses right from the beginning of the long, useless session; the lie, and other bad and vile names THE AMATEUR MINSTREL CLUB CLEARED $1,450.00 AT ITS LAST SHOW AND DANCE EASTER-MONDAY EVENING, WHICH WAS TURNED OVER TO THE HEAD OFFICIALS OF THE OLD FOLKS' HOME Last Saturday evening the members of the Amateur Minstrel Club held their final meeting for this year at the Stenhouse Inn, 543 E. 46th place, at which time a large number of the friends and well wishers of the club were present and after enjoying a luncheon consisting of hot dogs and so on, and a bottle of ginger ale on the side, and after listening to some of the top line singers, sing some of their favorite songs, which they eased off on the audience at the Eighth Regiment Armory Easter Monday evening, the following officers were elected for the coming year: Howard Thompson, president; R. O. Edwards, vice president; Lewis V. are freely passed between its members as freely as gulping down a glass of water and a little something stronger on the side. There is two preachers in evidence all the time, one in the house and one in the senate, but evidently the gods pay not the slightest attention to their prayers, for just as the preachers retire to the anti-rooms the loud cussing, swearing and other conduct unbecoming to high class gentlemen goes on just the same. It is safe to say that never in the history of the state has the money belonging to the people been blown in in such a wild cat maner as it has within the past few months; for it will be recalled that the Hon. Len Small some way or other in a round about way connected up with almost five hundred thousand dollars interest money. In speaking of that wonderful incident the Hon. J. Bert Miller, member of the present legislature, exclaimed that Governor Small absolutely refused to testify in his own behalf in closing his far-reaching peroration before the lower house which was packed to the guards, he declared. Berry, secretary; Charles Settles, first assistant secretary; Ernest Smith, second assistant secretary; David A. McGowan, treasurer; George Harris, stage manager; J. Edgar Mitchem, musical director. After all expenses were paid in connection with the Easter Monday performance and dance at the Eighth Regiment Armory, $ 1,450.00 was turned over to the officials of the Old Folks' Home. The members of the Amateur Minstrel Club richly deserve to be highly commended for their unceasing labors, for the comfort and happiness of the inmates of the Old Folks' Home. RETURNS FROM VACATION James A. Parker, for the past eight years secretary of The Pyramid Building and Loan Association, has just returned from a two weeks' vacation spent in the woods of Wisconsin and Michigan. And—Illinois Has Len Small "Caesar had his Brutus," he cried. "Jesus Christ had his Judas Iscariot, the United States had its Benedict Arnold and Jefferson Davis, and Illinois has Len Small. And if the Judas of Illinois had the courage of the Judas of Jesus, he would return the thirty pieces of silver, get a rope, and hang himself, and remove the withering blight which will remain upon this state as long as he is governor of Illinois." Approaching the gas business and two cents extra on all gasoline sold in this state after August 1, 1927, Senator Roberts last Friday cat hopped Governor Small and his gas bill and in a burst of eloquence while addressing the house bitterly declared that the people in his district were up in arms against it, but on Tuesday when settled down for another stormy session Senator Roberts, Senator Marks, and three or four other state senators from Cook county without explaining their votes all swung over into the Small gas wagon. DRIVER FREED IN DEATH OF WHITE WOMAN (Preston News Service) Newark, N. J., June 24.—A verdict of not guilty was returned by a jury Thursday afternoon in the trial of Alfred Garrett on an indictment charging manslaughter. Mrs. Elizabeth McArdle, aged 72, was struck and fatally injured by a truck driven by Garrett February 25, last. Garrett is said to have been looking behind him when his slow moving truck struck the aged woman, according to state witnesses. Garrett testified that he glanced back before stopping his truck to look for a parking place at the store where he is employed. As he looked back, he said, Mrs. McArdle must have stepped from the curb in the path of the truck. The defense counsel urged that Mrs. McArdle had no right to cross the street at that point as there was no cross walk there. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX X No. 41 [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. HON. EDWARD J. HUGHES Honored member of the State Senate from the 2 District of Illinois, who fought hard again. Small and his gas bill, but he was forced to r field of action with millions of feet of gas a Senator Hughes has an honored record behi State Senate of Illinois. member of the State Senate from the 21st of Illinois, who fought hard against his gas bill, but he was forced to reti action with millions of feet of gas all a Hughes has an honored record behind state of Illinois. State Senate from the 21st Senatorial who fought hard against Governor l, but he was forced to retire from the millions of feet of gas all around him. an honored record behind him in the is. Honored member of the State Senate from the 21st Senatorial District of Illinois, who fought hard against Governor Small and his gas bill, but he was forced to retire from the field of action with millions of feet of gas all around him. Senator Hughes has an honored record behind him in the State Senate of Illinois. COL. NOAH D. THOMPSON, OF NEW YORK CITY, PUTS HIS O. K. ON THE BROAD AX In a recent note from our old friend Col. Noah D. Thompson, business manager of "Opportunity." Mr. Thompson writes as follows: June 21, 1927. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor and Publisher, The Broad Ax, 6206 S. Elizabeth St., ATTORNEY WILLIS V. JEFFERSON CONTINUES TO STAND BY THE BROAD AX Mr. and Mrs. Willis V. Jefferson, 3424 Calumet avenue, who own their own home, are among the most substantial Afro-American citizens in Chicago. They are firm believers in the plain and simple life and are warm admirers and strong supporters of this newspaper. For some years Mr. Jefferson was I write to let you know that I highly appreciate the kindly reference to myself and work in a recent issue of The Broad Ax. It was very kind of you to make such a reference unsolicited. Mrs. Thompson joins me with kindest regards to both you and Mrs. Taylor. P. S.-This week issue giving the history of the Masonic lodge is great stuff! ```markdown ``` P. A. Member of the State Senate from the Third Senator of Illinois, who voted last Friday and loudly ors the Small gas bill, and then on Tuesday, without his vote, turned a double back action somersau Hon. Len Small had cracked his long black a over his bare back, and it is clearly evident that political bosses can always force the colored o and seekers of office to dance to their music. the State Senate from the Third Senator, who voted last Friday and loudly oraed gas bill, and then on Tuesday, without turned a double back action somersault. A Small had cracked his long black brae back, and it is clearly evident that bosses can always force the colored orers of office to dance to their music. nate from the Third Senatorial District I last Friday and loudly orated against and then on Tuesday, without explaining double back action somersault after the I cracked his long black snake whip and it is clearly evident that the white always force the colored officeholders to dance to their music. Member of the State Senate from the Third Senatorial District of Illinois, who voted last Friday and loudly orated against the Small gas bill, and then on Tuesday, without explaining his vote, turned a double back action somersault after the Hon. Len Small had cracked his long black snake whip over his bare back, and it is clearly evident that the white political bosses can always force the colored officeholders and seekers of office to dance to their music. ATTORNEY WILLIS V. JEFFERSON CONTINUES TO STAND BY THE BROAD AX Mr. and Mrs. Willis V. Jefferson, 3424 Calumet avenue, who own their own home, are among the most substantial Afro-American citizens in Chicago. They are firm believers in the plain and simple life and are warm admirers and strong supporters of this newspaper. For some years Mr. Jefferson was connected with the law department of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Lately Mr. Jefferson was selected Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago and assigned to the Legal Department of the Local Board of Improvements and Mr. Jefferson will more than make good in his new and responsible position. REPORT KIP RHINELANDER SEEKS DIVORCE IN RENO Reno, Nev.—Reno's divorce colony is attempting to verify the report that Leonard Kip Rhinelander has established residence here for the purpose of seeking a divorce from Alice Jones Rhinelander. M. HON. SAMUEL A. ETTELSON The wise and very smooth Corporation Counsel of it is one of the most popular politicians in Illinois getting into a real fist fight in the House of Re Tuesday with Hon. Michael J. Igoe. and very smooth Corporation Counsel of the most popular politicians in Illinois into a real fist fight in the House of Re with Hon. Michael J. Igoe. The wise and very smooth Corporation Counsel of Chicago, who is one of the most popular politicians in Illinois, came near getting into a real fist fight in the House of Representatives Tuesday with Hon. Michael J. Igoe. BULLETIN No. 10—SAVE THE CHILDREN By Chief of Police Michael Hughes carefully at all times. Keep your brakes in good order so that you can stop instantly. Parents are primarily responsible for the safety of their children. Safety, Thousands more children are thrown in the streets—drive carefully. From January 1 to June 17, 6,319 persons were injured and 349 were killed through automobile accidents. Of this number 1,386 children were injured and 92 killed. For the corresponding period last year 6,290 persons were injured and 297 killed. Of this number 1,150 children were injured and 77 killed. The biggest contributing factor of this wholesale murder of human beings is the reckless speeder. Drive ```markdown ``` [Name] [Name not visible] Member of the City Council from the Second Oscar De Priest claims that the Hon. Louis received five thousand dollars in 1923 for colored people in his ward to vote the Demand and in 1925 Mayor William E. Dever command Anderson to preside over the City Council largely composed of Irish-American Democrats meeting the infamous water meter ordinance down the throats of the people residing in Cl in the City Council from the Second the Priest claims that the Hon. Louis five thousand dollars in 1923 for people in his ward to vote the Demo 1925 Mayor William E. Dever command to preside over the City Council composed of Irish-American Democ the infamous water meter ordinance the throats of the people residing in Ch Member of the City Council from the Second Ward. Mr. Oscar De Priest claims that the Hon. Louis B. Anderson received five thousand dollars in 1923 for advising the colored people in his ward to vote the Democratic ticket, and in 1925 Mayor William E. Dever commanded Alderman Anderson to preside over the City Council, which was largely composed of Irish-American Democrats, at which meeting the infamous water meter ordinance was rammed down the throats of the people residing in Chicago. Vacation is here! oration Counsel of Chicago, who politicians in Illinois, came near in the House of Representatives el J. Igoe. carefully at all times. Keep your brakes in good order so that you can stop instantly. Parents are primarily responsible for the safety of their children. Safety, like charity, begins at home. To save the life of a child is one of the finest things anyone can accomplish. Educate your children to be careful at all times. Warn them against playing in the street. Caution them to stay on the sidewalk and be safe. Automobile drivers must be extremely alert between corners. Half of the street accidents occur in the middle of the block. Pedestrians must cross streets only at crossings. Go straight across—not diagonal. Look first to the left; then to the right as you cross. The Chicago Police Department is doing its part to save human lives—Do yours! ```markdown ``` from the Second Ward. Mr. that the Hon. Louis B. Anderson dollars in 1923 for advising the it to vote the Democratic ticket E. Dever commanded Alderman for the City Council, which was American Democrats, at which meter ordinance was rammed people residing in Chicago. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JUNE 25, 1927 Ceremony of Dedicating New $75,000 Prince Hall Home Is Attended by Crowd of 3,000 The New $75,000 Prince Hall Masonic and Eastern Star Home for the Aged and Feeble Was Dedicated Yesterday by Colored Masons of Illinois, in a Ceremony at the Site of the Building, Thirty-seventh Avenue and Rock River, Rock Island. More Than Three Thousand Colored People From All Parts of Illinois Attended. The following article is reproduced from the columns of the Daily Argus, Rock Island, Ill., which is one of the best and most progressive daily newspapers published in this state. ure for me to come down here and extend the city's thanks to you people for erecting this beautiful home at this site,' the mayor said. 'Your lodge takes care of its aged and feeble in a tiful floral wreaths were placed on the platform, the gifts of persons and companies interested in the success of the institution. "Mr. Jackson, the master of cere- "The dedication and the laying of the corner-stone were impressive, presenting a striking scene to the throng, which began to arrive at the grounds shortly before noon and remained until late in the day. Colored Masons and their wives to the number of 900 came to Rock Island on a special train yesterday morning from Chicago. A large delegation also made the trip from Peoria and there were many from other cities, including Rockford, Bloomington, Joliet, Springfield and cities and towns of lesser population. "The day's activities began with a formal inspection of the home in the morning, and at noon the speaking program, which took up the greater part of the afternoon, got under way. Mayor Chester C. Thompson of Rock Island and John C. Ellis, Decatur, most worshipful master of Prince Hall grand lodge of Illinois, were the main speakers. The program ended with the laying of the corner-stone and benediction. "A temporary speaker's platform had been erected on the grounds adjoining the home at the east, and near the platform were seated the state officers of Prince Hall Masonic lodge and also the Order of the Eastern Star. All wore the insignia and emblems of the Masonic lodge and silk hats added to the attractiveness of their appearance. "The program opened with the singing of "My Country 'Tis of Thee," by the big crowd, and after this, invocation was given by the venerable Dr. B. H. Hunter, grand chaplain. The introduction of the master of ceremonies was made by Charles Golden, worshipful master of King Solomon lodge No. 20, Rock Island, and then the master of ceremonies, M. H. Jackson of Chicago, made a few brief remarks. Refers to Lindbergh "In the last few days," Mr. Jackson began, "a bright, blue-eyed boy called Lindbergh gained undying' fame by spanning the Atlantic ocean in an airplane. Why, my good people, did he receive this fame and spontaneous welcome from the United States and Europe? Because he accomplished something that he had set out to do. A year ago Prince Hall lodge set out to erect a fine new building for its aged and it accomplished its work. Now I am going to ask Mayor Thompson to tell us what the people of Rock Island think of our accomplishment." "Mayor Thompson opened his address with a tribute to the colored Masonic lodge. It is certainly a pleas- JUDGES SELECTED TO AWARD PRIZES TO HEALTHY CITIES Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—Announcement was made here this week that the following persons have been invited to serve as judges to award prizes to the cities which have best observed the National Negro Health Week, April 3-10: Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson, public school teacher and journalist of Wilmington, Delaware; John C. Dancey, Jr., executive secretary of the Urban League, Detroit; Dr. Clyde Donnell, secretary of the National Medical Association, Durham, N. C.; George W. Lee, district manager of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Memphis; William O. Walker, managing editor of the Washington (D. C.) Tribune; Miss Virginia ure for me to come down here and extend the city's thanks to you people for erecting this beautiful home at this site,' the mayor said. 'Your lodge takes care of its aged and feeble in a manner entirely different. You make the people who are residents of this institution feel like they are living at home. "‘Rock Island is mighty proud of its colored folks and it is proud of the new Prince Hall Masonic home. I M. B. HON. CHESTER C. THOMPSON The up-to-date Mayor of Rock Island, Ill., who covered himself over with much glory in his talk to the Masons at Rock Island, Ill. pledge you the city's aid in anything you may undertake for the benefit of your organization or its members. I have taken special interest in this home because of the fact that before I was elected mayor I was one of the contractors who collaborated in its construction.' Pavs Mayor Tribute "J. H. McDermod, worshipful master of Mount Hebron' lodge, No. 29, of Chicago, who was the next speaker, paid tribute to Mayor Thompson for his record since assuming office. In his first reference to the mayor, Mr. McDermod referred to him as 'Governor Thompson,' and then explained that he had made a mistake. 'I thought for a moment that I was speaking of our own Thompson, "Big Bill" of Chicago,' he said. 'But who would hesitate to vote for Chester Thompson if he ever does decide to run for governor?' Mrs. Sadie Carter Hunter, Chicago, most ancient grand matron of the Heroines of Jericho, next pledged the support of the 'sisters' to all undertakings contemplated by the Prince Hall lodge, and at this juncture two beau- Wing, of the Cleveland (O.) Health Council representing the National Clean-up and Paint-up Bureau; and Monroe N. Work, Director of the Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute. Three silver loving cups are awarded annually by the National Clean-up and Paint-up Campaign Bureau of New York City to the cities rated first, second and third, respectively in raising the level of Negro health conditions during the campaign. Cincinnati took first honors in 1926 with Atlanta second, and Baltimore third. All cities entering the contest are requested to send in their reports not later than July 15, to Dr. Robert R. Moton, president of the National Negro Business League, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, under whose auspices the campaign is conducted The awards will be presented to the representatives tiful floral wreaths were placed on the platform, the gifts of persons and companies interested in the success of the institution. "Mr. Jackson, the master of ceremonies, took this occasion to compliment Mayor Thompson. 'Just before Mr. Thompson took his oath of office, he told the building commission, of which I was secretary, when we went to him and asked for help, that he would give us water for our home. Mr. Thompson told me that he wasn't mayor yet, but to wait until he was inaugurated. And now I might inform you that we have fine water in our home. I also want to take this opportunity of expressing our gratitude to The Argus. This paper has been four-square with us on everything of a constructive nature that has been undertaken. The colored people are indeed thankful for its co-operation.' Lodge Has Worthy Cause "Ben A. Horn of Cervin, Horn & Stuhr, Rock Island architects, declared in a three-minute talk, that there is 'no more worthy work than to take care of aged people.' Mr. Horn told of the pleasure he encountered in his work on the new home and of the aid given him by the building commission. "Mr. Jackson announced that officers of the Windham Bros.' Construction Company of Birmingham, Ala. were unable to attend the dedication due to illness in the family. "Mrs. Daisy Cathell-Johnson, Jolieti, worthy grand matron of Eureka grand chapter, O. E. S., and Past Grand Master T. H. Samuels, Chicago, were the next speakers. "Most Worshipful Master Ellis received a rousing ovation from the crowd as he arose. 'I am proud to be a member of a fraternity that proves to the world that the Negro is able to provide for himself if given the opportunity,' he said, 'and for this reason I rejoice with you in this new structure. This grand project to us will be a bond of strength and unity.' In the course of his talk, Mr. Ellis praised the past worshipful masters of the Prince Hall lodge and spoke feelingly of constructive program the lodge is carrying out. He also related a brief history of the birth of the Prince Hall Masonic home." More than five hundred extra copies of this newspaper were sold the past week as it contained the only official account of the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic and Order of Eastern Star Home at Rock Island, Ill. All the big newspaper gentlemen in this part of the country went fast to sleep on the job. of the winning cities at the 28th annual meeting of the League in St. Louis, August 10-12. Reports received to date indicate wide observance of health week and reveal an increasing interest on the part of the community in the welfare of the Negro. White and colored social agencies and state and federal public health bureaus have co-operated generously in making the observance of National Negro Health Week effective in securing better Negro health. ERECTING NEW BUILDING Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Settles, 11336 S. Throop street, are erecting another beautiful building at 111th street and Ashland avenue. The Settles are well known and the holder of several pieces of suburban property. [Name] DR. JOHN C. ELLIS The Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall, Grand Lodge of Illinois and its jurisdiction. THIS WEEK By Ernest Rice McKinney (For Preston News Service) It is difficult to imagine anything more nonsensical than the recent suit of the American Atheists Association to restrain the appointment of chaplains in the U. S. Army and Navy. The grounds of the complaint were that such appointment of "sky pilots" to preach and pray to "buck privates" and "gobs," is a violation of the spirit and the letter of the Constitution. This is plain tomyrot. The next thing these fellows will be trying to take "In God We Trust" off of our money. What difference does it make if the army and the navy do have a few chaplains, commissioned officers at good salaries with nothing to do but hang behind the lines in time of war but lead in the attack—on Satan—in times of peace? If the atheists are right that there is no God and that prayer is an old superstition, what are they afraid of? I don't see a thing for anyone to worry over. There has been more praying in our own south in the last hundred years than anywhere else in the world and not a thing has come of it. That section has harbored and fattened more slick-pants evangelists than any other section; made more converts and baptized more repentant sinners than any other part of the earth and yet the religion that I have read of in the New Testament, hasn't a ghost of a show against the mob and the Klan. If the Christian religion is pernicious, as the atheists seem to think, they have nothing to be peeved over. It is practiced by almost no one. It interferes with no capitalist's profits, no preacher's amours with the women of his congregation or with any politician stealing an election if the inclination and the desire be present. Then why worry about the prayers and the lamentations of a few preachers in the army and navy? The whole position of those who call themselves atheists is foolish and uncritical. It is certainly no more illogical to affirm the existence of God than it is to deny His existence. Neither position is subject to proof and check such as one can do with an experiment in analytical chemistry. As a matter of fact, all the evidence that exists is in favor of the believers. The atheist who dogmatically proclaims that there is no God is no more intelligent than the preacher who not only says that there is a God but who claims to know just what He thinks and what He wants everyone else to do and think. Any sort of dogmatism should be distasteful to intelligent persons. The dogmatism of non-belief is just as obnoxious to me as the dogmatism and cocksureness of belief. A doctrinaire scientist is just as much a nuisance as the doctrinaire anti-evolutionist. A Madison Grant spreading his pseudoscientific dreamings about race is really a worse peril than any ignorant gospel dispenser in the whole land. By Position Unsound Those Silly Atheists Dogmatism Distasteful the same token the communist with his pet doctrine of the "class struggle" is no better than the mourners who spread the hocus-pocus about every boy having equal opportunity with every other boy to be president or a millionaire. The consummation to be hoped for and worked for is a free world where we can and desire to face the facts and to know the truth whether in religion, science, economics or government. MRS. MARY ROLLISON GRANTED $2,000 FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND (Preston News Service) Memphis, Tenn., June 23.—Because an employee shot and killed her husband, Mrs. Mary Rollison will recover $2,000 from the Early-Stratton Company, according to a decision handed down in Circuit Court Thursday by Judge Pittman. Mrs. Rollison had filed suit for $15,000, asking $5,000 under the compensation act and $10,000 damages. Her husband, Lawrence Rollison, who was also an employee of the company, was shot at the warehouse of the concern by Llemu Whitby, (white), mechanic, after an argument with Whitby and V. B. McLaughlin, (white), shipping clerk. Judge Pittman ruled that Rollison was in pursuit of his duties when shot. TENNESSEE WHITES GO ON KILLING RAMPAGE (Preston News Service) Paris, Tenn., June 24.—A frenzied posse of fifty or more whites went to the home of Joseph Upchurch, alleged slayer of Sheriff Caldwell, when the latter attempted to place Upchurch under arrest. A deputy sheriff is said to have placed Upchurch under arrest soon after he had slain the sheriff and placed him in a log cabin, fearing mob violence. Soon after nightfall the mob formed and stormed the hut, riddling it with bullets. 260 HON. THOMAS J. COURTNEY Member of the State Senate from the 11th Senatorial District of Illinois, who locked horns with Hon. A. H. Roberts for changing his vote from no gas in favor of millions of feet of gas, and then some. COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN --- 3. Honolulu Faces Interracial Conference 4. Political Questionnaire The Depopulation Spectre The Depopulation Specie Several noted Nordic statisticians have recently stated that "The Negro population in the northern industrial centers and cities does not reproduce itself" and that "by 1935, the Negro population of the United States will be decreasing absolutely; and this will go on until the Negro, as a separate population, will have ceased to be a factor of importance." A glimpse of the U. S. Census Bureau's Statistical Analysis of Negro population will reveal the fact that the depopulation prophecy is merely a spectre. Probably its originators cherished a secret hope which was parent to the prophecy. As a matter of fact, the Negro in industrial centers is reproducing himself, and more than that. His death rate, at these points at least, is growing lower; and his birth rate higher, than in past decades. His health is improving and his prospects for longevity, in comparison with competitive racial groups, are brightening. Depopulation has set in only in southern farmlands, which are yielding up each year, a goodly number of Negroes who are able to purchase railroad tickets to points north. Even this influence, however, is growing less and less, for the reason that those who have endeavored to stifle previous departures of Negro groups from the cotton and rice fields, and from the lumber camps and steel mills of the southern states, are beginning to realize that the proximate cause, not the result, is what should be given first attention. It is indicated that, as between the years of 1910 and 1920, when the Negro population increased more than half a million, a new trend of increase will begin within the next few years. With restricted immigration and increased industrial opportunities, nothing else could be expected. In the meantime, if "crossing the line" could be averted, either by the removal of miscegenation laws of the south or the estopel of unethical practices, instigated by the other group, which tend to bring about an indirect depopulation, through blood, rather than through actual numbers, a greater menace to the Negro population than that caused by the actual lessening of population would have been removed. * * * Grotesque Journalism Harris Dickson, (white), flood journalist on the staff of the New York World, has just penned his latest "epic" entitled "Heroism Shown by Negroes in the Southern Flood." Mr. Dickson may have been sinicre, but incapable of making a descriptive journalistic narration of the blighted Negroes of the flood-ridden Mississippi Valley; or he may be insincere, but capable of producing newspaper minstrelsy anent the flood victims. At any rate, his contribution to a recent issue of the World—a journal to which we are much indebted for its continued fairness toward our group—smacks of Van Vechtenism, Munchausenism and prattle. For instance, Mr. Dickson writes: "Look yonder, boy," one of the rescuers said to a young Negro, who had been wading in water for three days. "Look yonder! What are you going to do when you get on top of that hill?" "Who? Me? Well, suh, I sutt'nly aims to kick off dese wet shoes and prance around wid bare foots in de dust." Again, Mr. Dickson writes: "Two Negro preachers start a revival on a barge. Together the pair makes one complete preacher, because the yellow one can read, but has no fluency, while the black one is a natural orator who doesn't know 'b' from a bull's foot. "Brudder," the illiterate one asks, "please give out my text." And so on, Mr. Dickson, whose flood press effort is about as valuable in America as a Russian kopeck coined by the Soviet Government, essays to describe the Mississippi calamity under the guise of "Heroism" with the comic suavity not unlike that which abounds in the Pickwick papers. It could have been a splendid constructive effort, had Mr. Dickson stopped to think that comedy and tragedy never appear together on the same stage. Some time, perhaps, white journalists will realize that Negroes reached the stage where they rightly resent "end men" stuff in printers' ink. Times are too serious nowadays to spoil a galley of press "makeup" with insincerely-stated news. In the meantime, we hope that our good friend, Lester A. Walton, of the World staff, will take Mr. Dickson to school with him, so that he may absorb an appropriate style in which to describe either Negro life or Negro death. Honolulu Faces Interracial Conference "Peace and Prosperity for Posterity in the Pacific Area" is the topic announced for discussion in a massive interracial gathering, which will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 15 to July 29, this year. This conference will discuss racial, national, industrial, and social relationships in all of the countries which are sending delegates. It is said that Japan will be represented by one of the largest and most influential delegations present. An Australian group, a New Zealand group, a Chinese group, and representatives of every government and race bordering on the Pacific Ocean will rub shoulders and strive better to understand each other. As far as we can see down the list, the "brethren" will have no bloc representation, and there is apparently no good reason why they should. They do, however, pay territorial homage to a number of the countries represented; and should at once make sure that their countries' delegates will carry into this gigantic interracial conference some policies which black people advocate as being worthy of consideration by sincere statesmen who really want to eliminate national and international racial problems. Political Questionnaire Q.—Which would you prefer for President, a Ku Klux candidate or Governor Al Smith of New York? A.—Calvin Coolidge. Q.—What did the Governor of South Carolina say to the Governor of Alabama when they were discussing Negro votes? A.—Though they belong to somebody else, this year they belong to Grandfather. Q.—Which is more important, the Fifteenth Amendment or the Eighteenth? A.—Territorially, the Eighteenth is more important. A.—The Eighteenth is recognized everywhere, while the Fifteenth is only recognized north of the Mason and Dixon line. Q.—Why are many of the people clamoring for an extra session of Congress? A.—Because of the damage done in the south. Q.—You mean lynching, of course? A.—No, are you crazy? I mean the flood. Q.—What is the difference between a farm bloc and an agricultural bloc? A.—A farm bloc is made of members who actually produce something out of the ground; while an agricultural bloc is made up of members who merely talk about what they are g-o-i-n-g to raise. TO BUILD NEW S C H O L O HOUSE IN MISSISSIPPI (Preston News Service) Hickory Flat, Miss., June 24.—In line with the policy of educational leaders here to give better educational facilities to the Negro youth of the section, Prof. J. B. Hill, working under the direction of County Superintendent of Public Education W. T. Renwick, of Benton County, plans are being formulated for the erection of a modern school building near here for Negro youth. Humorous Stage Character Lord Dundreary is an amusing character in a play by Tom Taylor, produced in 1883 and known as "Our American Cousin." He represents a young nobleman whose gentlymanly manners, kindness of heart and lack of sense combine to produce a humorous effort. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. JUNE 25. 1927 Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health PROLONGING LIFE By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner "All that lives must die," sighed the weeping poet, and many have echoed that sentiment. The desire to live is one of the strongest instincts of all living things, and whoever can show the way to prolong life will be hailed as one of the greatest benefactors of mankind, says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, health commissioner of Chicago "Living is a process of wear and tear on the body mechanism. Suppose you had a clock so perfectly built that with proper care it could keep good time for a hundred years. Without proper cleaning and oiling that same clock would be worn out in ten or twenty years. So with the even more complex organism of the human body. "What then is the maximum life of man? The Psalmist sang: 'The days of our years are three score and ten, and if by reason of strength they be four-score years, yet there strength, labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away,'" continues the Commissioner. "In these days we are not satisfied to accept without question all that our fathers handed down to us; we must look for ourselves. And looking farther, behold! The Lord has given us a new mark to shoot at. Witness the sixth chapter of Genesis: "And the Lord said "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for he is also flesh; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years!" "What progress have we made toward this higher goal? In the 17th century it was calculated that a newborn child had an even chance of living 34 years. By the 18th century this expectation had been increased to 39 years. In the United States by 1901 the expectation of living had increased to 50 years. By 1920 five more years had been added to the expectation of life. And now, thanks to our unexcelled living conditions, the baby born in Chicago in 1927 has an even chance of living 58 years. "How this increase in the span of life has been accomplished is too long a story to tell here. The discovery of the germs of disease, the work of Pasteur, Robert Koch, Joseph Lister, are tales more thrilling than the wildest romance. "The protection and purification of drinking water, the safe disposal of sewage, the pasteurization of milk, vaccination against smallpox and typhoid fever, antitoxin and toxin-antitoxin for protection against diphtheria, are only a part of the factor that have helped to stretch the span of life. Intelligent care, pure milk, and infant welfare work have in the past few years saved thousands of Chicago babies for useful happy lives. "We do not know the limit of life, we only know that limit is receding as our knowledge and our skill advance, and with the continued reduction of disease and the growth of positive, abounding health, we can confidently look forward to the day when people will be born in health and live their lives in fullness of health and then die not from defects, but because they have fulfilled their allotted span of life," concludes the Commissioner. WOMAN KILLS MAN WITH AN ICE PICK (Preston News Service) St. Louis, Mo., June 23. Jesse Ousley, aged 38, was instantly killed by Mrs. Etta Richardson, aged 24, with whom he roomed. It is said that during an argument between Ousley and his landlord resulted in the woman driving a sharp ice pick through his brain. The point of the instrument entered his head just above the left temple. Police claim that Ousley worked as a chauffeur during the day. Wednesday evening when he returned from work he started an argument with the woman and attacked her with a bread board. The police say that the woman in self defense seized an ice pick and struck at Ousley. His body was taken to the morgue, and the Richardson woman was arrested. Rulers' Extravagance The Field of the Cloth of Gold was the name given to a meeting between Henry VIII of England, and Frances I of France. The brilliance and magnificence of the display on either side led to the name given to the meeting. It was merely a display and nothing came of the meeting of the kings. By DOROTHY DOUGLAS AMY-listened attentively albeit with puckered brow to the unfamiliar business terms tripping lightly from her brother's lips. She was being instructed in her duties at the office that day and was trying her best to absorb intelligently that which was being imparted to her. Rod, her brother, was jotting down the important telephone numbers and names on the edge of his morning papers and Amy felt that she would get through the day nicely, so comprehensively was Rod noting down her duties for her. Amy was spending a few weeks in London during the trip abroad her father had given her and Rod's stenographer being away Amy had agreed to go into his office and help where she could. Rod had to be out a good part of the day and it left the responsibility on Amy's shoulders. When they got off the train at Liverpool street, Rod dived down to the left for his underground train and Amy went out toward her bus. When she saw the big box waiting for newspapers to be collected for the wards in hospitals she dropped her own in from force of habit as did many more of the suburbanites. It was a simple and natural bit of charity to indulge in. It wasn't until Amy entered Rod's office and sat down at his big desk that she remembered with a nervous start that she had flung away all his carefully jotted instructions for the day. They had been on the edge of the newspaper and there was no way of getting it back. She called herself every name under the sun and wondered what she should do, and hoped Rod would not lose a pile of business through her stupidity. She remembered that there were several most important phone calls to make. It was perhaps an hour and a half before the telephone rang and a man's voice spoke to her. After making sure he had the right number and asking for R. Dalton the man seemed not to know just how to continue. "As a matter of fact," he said, "I've called up on the chance that your Mr. Dalton left his paper in the hospital box this morning." "Oh," breathed Amy joyously over the phone. "I have been nearly distracted over the loss of the notes on that paper. Is there any possible way in which it could be sent to me? I cannot leave the office." The young man at the other end of the telephone rather liked the sound of Amy's voice, and, since his time was his own, he said: "I'll just bring it along myself. Be there in about quarter of an hour." When he came into the office later Amy noted with satisfaction that the young man's eyes showed distinct approval. He explained immediately the manner in which the paper had come to him. "I went to see a chap in hospital who had come down in that air crash —I escaped with only a bruise or two. Well, this paper was handed him by his nurse this morning and the first thing he saw were these notes. When I arrived to see him we talked it over and decided they might be important and we looked through the telephone book for Daltons—you see his name had been written in the corner for the delivery boy I suppose. "You and your friend are some little Sherlocks," laughed Amy. "It was rather quite simple. But Sid insisted on my calling up. He said anyone who was thoughtful enough to send his paper to poor suffering patients in hospital was worth helping—so here in I am. Is Mr. Dalton not in?" "No," said Amy, "that's the whole trouble. I am trying for a day or two to hold down my brother's office chair and I don't know any more about business than you perhaps know about knitting sweaters. He wrote me down those instructions for today so you may know how badly I have needed them. It is too awfully kind of you to have brought them over." Amy looked up and smiled quite frankly and exquisitely into Frank Davenport's eyes. It did the trick completely. Frank decided then and there to stay in London until the ship sailed that carried Rod Dalton's sister back to the land of her birth. "I say—do you think I could help you out in any way? I'm as free as the birds and would be only too glad to get my hands on a little office work." "Oh!" gasped Amy really delighted at the thought, "but things like that aren't done—are they?" "They sure can be done. Come, tell me all you know about your brother's business so that I can talk at least with half-way intelligence if anyone calls." There was no doubt about the combination being a happy one and Amy fell to wondering how any perfectly strange man could grasp things so swiftly and handle business so knowingly as did Frank Davenport. But then, men's brains are different, she decided and realized that if it had been a case of herself going in to help some strange girl in her flat with a baby it would have been just as simple to her as it would have been difficult to a man. Anyway, strange as the whole situation was, Rod was not in any way displeased, and when he was called on to act as a brother-in-law to Davenport he didn't mind in the least. Shakespeare Mutilated "Macbeth" is Shakespeare's shortest play, and is evidently much mutilated. MOST SEGREGATION UNDER COOLIDGE Says Neval H. Thomas in Salem Race Day oration in Faneuil Hall, Boston—N.A.A.C.P. leader as orator guest of National Equal Rights League declares segregation greatest issue before American people. Says lynching is making Americans murderous in speech at Bunker Hill Monument. *** Boston, Mass. (Special to The Broad Ax).—The National Equal Rights League and its national headquarters signalized "Salem Race Day" not only by a two-days' commemoration, on the 16th in Faneuil Hall, "Cradle of Liberty" and outdoors at Bunker Hill Monument on the 17th, but by having a national officer of the N.A.A.C.P., Prof. Neval H. Thomas of Washington, local president and member of the Association's Board of Directors, as orator guest for both observances, a notable example of amity and union of civil rights organizations. At Faneuil Hall, in the course of a great oration, one of the greatest excoriations of Jim-Crowism ever heard here, Prof. Thomas, leading authority as to federal segregation, declared emphatically: "Segregation is the greatest issue before the American people, this country's most widespread evil. It is war against democracy and human progress, hence against the Constitution of our country. It was invented to kill the soul and destroy the self respect of a great people, and to promote the conceit and intolerance and the political, civil and economic advantage of the dominant group. "I am thankful for the splendid traditions of equality that fill the pages of Massachusetts history, but I deplore the fact that with this same great commonwealth in the saddle at Washington there is more segregation than at any time since the Civil War. In every department of the Federal and municipal government there is pronounced discrimination in position, salaries, quotas of appointments, toilets, rest rooms and restaurants. "Nearby I saw the statues of Summer, Phillips and Garrison, and with them those of Crispus Attucks, and the black regiments of Civil War fame. We have just marched from the spot where black and white blood flowed in one crimson stream in the Boston Massacre, and we are here celebrating the 153rd anniversary of the daring and tide-turning heroism of Peter Salem and Salem Poor at Bunker Hill and in the name of all of these services and sacrifices let us appeal again and again to President Coolidge for the abolition of every vestige of segregation from the Federal service and the Nation's capital, most of which can be done by mere executive order. "This great commonwealth must not lose her heritage. We must resist the march of the segregated school, the un-Christian Y's, hospitals, and every other civil distinction that is so generously offered to us." At Bunker Hill Monument on Friday after being the city's guest in viewing the military parade through the League, which had secured the presence therein of the-Peter Salem Garrison, Army and Navy Union, Prof. Thomas declared that the license given lynchings is giving bloodthirsty homicidal traits to American character which seriously menace the government and demanded that President Coolidge get sincerely behind a federal anti-lynching law. At both meetings, a Peter Salem resolution, offered by W. Monroe Trotter, was adopted calling upon President Coolidge to abolish federal segregation by executive order, and to urge and back stronger laws against peonage and a federal anti-lynching law. A. G. Wolff, Esq., of the local Equal Rights League, presided at Faneuil Hall, and Rev. C. C. Somerville, vice-president-at-large at the monument. Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson scored lynchings at Faneuil Hall where Rev. Chellis V. Smith, white, and Rev. Leroy Ferguson also spoke and Rev. B. W. Swain, first national vice-president of the League offered prayer. The other speakers at the monument were Dr. Alice W. McKane and Mrs. Minnie T. Wright. Mr. Thomas was guest at Boston's big New Parker House hotel and was entertained by officers and members of the league till Sunday. Color Cures By replacing white walls and red coverlets in hospitals with delicate green, yellow and mauve ones, it is claimed that patients are kept in a better temper, sleep well, and leave the hospital three days sooner than under the old conditions. One individual, afflicted with chronic insomnia, went to sleep within an hour in the restful atmosphere of a room decorated in mauve. CHECKED SILKS REGISTER AMONG LAST WORD FABRICS Sussexace & Sussexace PROCKS of "gingham-silk" are the smart thing for this summer. These taffeta weaves, so called because of their gingham patterning, especially exploit checks and plaids. A "just arrived" gingham-silk dress is pictured here. Not only its material but its fashioning is the "last word." The surpice opening for the bedie bespeaks the new trend, also the overskirt effect which appears in quite a few of the newer modes. The stylist also employs solid colors for the flower-like chou of taffeta at the waistline, to which little flare cuffs are matched. Black or navy with white are outstanding for these practical afternoon checked taffeta frocks. For dressier wear there is also a considerable showing of pastel shades with white. Prominent among these are yellow with white, green with white and very attractive for children and growing girls are bright red-and-white checks. THIRD DEGREE FAILS; POLICE DOG ATTACK BRINGS CONFESSION (Preston News Service) Uniontown, Pa., June 24—It is alleged that police had used the rubber hose, banana stock, blackjack and other third-degree methods without result according to Albert Moore, on trial for murder, but when a police dog began to chew him up he confessed. Moore testified that he readily confessed the murder of his wife when Corporal Dodson, of the State Police, turned a large police dog on him after the third degree methods had failed. Moore testified that he was bitten twice by the dog before he admitted the murder. The dog was taken away then, he said. KIP HAS ESTABLISHED RESI DENCE IN NEVADE (Preston News Service) Reno, Nev., June 24.—Leonard Kip Rhinelander, scion of an aristocratic Hugenot family, and widely known for his marital troubles, has established residence here. It is said that young Rhinelander has come to this city with the intention of securing a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Alice Jones Rhinelander of New Rochelle, N. Y. Kip slipped into a hotel here and registered several days ago. He is practically non-communicative and has not in the slightest divulged his 'plans, but they are obvious. According to the Nevada law, he can obtain a divorce here within three months. CLUB-HOLDS MEETING The Ladies' Progressive Business Club of which Mrs. Mary Pollard is president and Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon is secretary, met in its regular monthly meeting last Sunday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Wm. Baker, 4320 South Parkway as the guest of Mrs. Grace Patillo. Following the regular routine of business, a splendid program was rendered after which a delicious repast was served. Among the invited guests were Mrs. Sarah McCall, Miss Louise Loeb of New Orleans, La.; Miss Mary E. Branch of Kansas City, Kansas, who delivered a short address to the club; M. T. Bailey, president of The Alumni Association, V. N. & I. I., Petersburg, Va. Smart, indeed, and ideal for summer wear is the two-piece dress which styles its skirt and sleeveless jacket of checked taffeta, the blower being either of washable white crepe or sheer white cotton volle. If this lingerie blouse displays a jabot, also a generous amount of fagoting or hand-drawn hemstitching, so much the better from a fashion standpoint. Designers are doing some amusing things with the new gingham-silks by combining plaids or checks of one color with those of another. A black-and-white check bordered with a red-and-white check is stunning. The same may be said of polka dots, which, by the way, are in smart fashion again. For instance, a large navy-and-white polka dot is trimmed with tiny-dotted fan and white. There is no end to the novelty which can be achieved by following out this line of thought. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1827, Western Newspaper Union.) MRS. BURBRIDGE HOME After spending several weeks in Cincinnati, Ohio, with sick relatives and visiting with friends, Mrs. Nellie Burbridge, 5356 S. State street, well known fraternally, has returned to her home. Mrs. Burbridge is most excellent queen of Liberia Council, A. U. K. & D. of A., and national grand left maid of honor of the organization. With her two juvenile councils and senior council and the corp of lady workers which she has gathered about her, she expects to make a report to the national grand council second to none at Toledo, Ohio. COLORED WOMAN TO RECEIVE DEGREE Philadelphia, Pa.—For the first time in this state a colored woman received the degree of bachelor of laws at the commencement exercises of the University of Pennsylvania. She is Sadie T. Mossell Alexander who also was the first colored woman to receive the degree of doctor of philosophy in this state. She plans to practice law here in the office of her husband, Raymond Pace Alexander. Mrs. Alexander is a niece of Henry O. Tanner, artist and a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. CORRECT THIS The tired business man had just repermaned his pretty stenographer for kissing him on his bald head. He hurried home from the office so that he might spend a quiet evening at home reading Shakespeare. His wife, however, had front row seats for the "Naughty, Naughty Girls' Revue," and urged him to call up one of his pals and go out to the show and enjoy himself. But he threw them in the fire and insisted on his wife singing hymns to him with her, old cracked voice. 37 NATIONS OPPOSE SLAVERY (Preston News Service) London, June 23.—According to advices received here, the League of Nations has received notification at its headquarters in Geneva that 37 nations have signed the League's convention for the world-wide abolition of slavery. 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TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXII No. 41 Chicago, June 25, 1927 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Postoffice at Chicago, TIL Under Act of March 8, 1879. Getting Things Straight ‘The sentence: “All men are born free and equal” is a quotation from the constitution of Massachusetts which was framed in 1779. The complete sentence says: “All men are born free and equal, and have certsn nat- ural, essential, and unailenable rights,” ‘Many people erroneously suppose the phrase “born free and equal” occurs 4n the Declaration of Independence. ‘Thst document says “all men are cre- ‘ated equal.”"—Bxehange. Sheep Growers’ Handicap In Australia conditions fo rsheep raising are so ideal that shrinkage 1s Ught. ‘The Ohio region in this country produces as good wool as {s grown anywhere. ‘The sheep growers in the western range states have hardships to overeome in the way of climatic conditions that handieap them some- ‘what. OFFICERS INSTALLED The officers of the choir of Ancien United Knights and Daughters of Af rica of Chicago jurisdiction were in stalled by Mrs. Eliza Jackson, stat grand queen of Illinois, Mrs. Serilds Jackson is president; Mrs. Lula Edd ington, directress, and Mrs. Elenora E Claytor, organist. At the conclusién of the exercises, Mrs. Eliza Jackson was presented with a beautiful token as their, appreciation for the services she had rendered them. TIGER FLOWERS TO FIGHT MAXIE ROSENBLOOM (ereston News serves) = \ Chicago, Ill, June 23.—According to angouncement reaching the public here Tiger Flowers, the famous Deacon of Atlanta, and former middleweight champion, and Maxie Rosenbloom, of New York City, have been matched for a ten-round bout at the White Sox ball park on the night of July 4. Con- siderable speculation as to the outcome of this bout is being made. It is said that Rosenbloom is expected to put up a strong battle against Flowers. Metric Measures ‘The myriameter, or 10,000 meters, 1s equivalent to 6.2187 miles. The Kilometer, 1,000 meters, is 0.62187 miles, or about 3,230 feet and 10 inches. Other units above the meter are the hectometer, 100 meters, 828 feet 1 inch, and the dekameter, 10 meters, 803.7 inches. The meter ts equivalent to 80.87 inches. Below it are the dectmeter, 8.987 inches; the centimeter, 0.8087 inches, and the mil- limeter, 0.894 inches. Think His Day Is Over? Fifty-four million years ago the horse was a little thing no bigger than the average eat and consider. ably smaller than the late Nicodemns and, the way things are going, we guéss he might as well begin to re. vert if he wants to—Ohio State aia ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JUNE 25, 1927 Cats Alike Fond of Traveling and Home ‘The glare of limelight that recently beat upon Fluffy, the London Victoria station cat, who boards the 10:45 train to Dover every morning, lunches upon nice creamy milk at the buffet there, and returns to town by the afternoon train, is a reminder of a curious fact about cats; they are at once the great- est travelers and the greatest “home bodies” of all domesticated animals. ‘Other cats in England, and, indeed, in most countries, regularly journey long distances on trains, usually in the restaurant car, but sometimes with the train crew. As for seafaring cats, there must be hundreds of thousands ot them, from North cape to the Horn, Southampton water to Nagasaki bay. Most liners carry quite a number}, there are White Star vessels with five- and-twenty aboard. ‘There was an amusing incident not long ago when one of the Adflatic’s cats, that had fatled to turn up when the ship sailed, reappeared for the next voyage with its tail proudly, waving In the breeze and five little kittens trotting along behind.—Manchester Guardian. Being Allegorical He was a sorry creature to look ‘upon. His clothing was torn, his hair was disheveled, and there was an ‘exhausted look upon his face. It was ‘clear that he was going through, or ‘had just gone throagh some terrific struggle. Out of sheer pity I stopped the man and asked him: who he was and {f*there was anything I could do to help him. “I am Office,” he said. “There ts nothing you ean do.” “office?” I sald, a lttle puzzied. “Oh, yes. You are looking for the man? “No, no,” he panted. “That would be easy, I am trying to get rid of the man.” Razors The traveling Ovtlooker recently met a gentleman from Nova Scotia of ‘Seoteh descent who proudly pro- ‘claimed that by careful whetting he “had made one razor blade endure for ine months. Reporting this exploit to a Norway (Maine) Yankee, he re- torted that le had one blade in ac- | tive service after a year’s toil on his sandy jaws. Next!—The Outlook. Res, 5400 Washington Blvd. Res. Phone: Mansfield 5436 Branch Office: 606 Racine Ave., Phone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW SUITE 318.320 REAPER BLOCK ‘CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. Telephone CENTRAL 1239 CHICAGO WEST ENGLEWOOD TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Cor. 63rd Street and Marshfield Avenue JOHN BAIN, President; MICHAEL. MAISEL, Vice-President; EDWARD C. BARRY, Vice- President and Cashier; W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier and Trust Officer. TELEPHONE REPUBLIC 5000 TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago eee ee Pee CUS UCT TT TTeeeTe | JAS. B. McCAHEY, President PHILIP J. DUMM, Secretary | FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President ‘H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ESTABLISHED 1877 7 JOHN J. DUNN s COAL CO. 7 . ‘Telephone Ockland 1580 | 8100 Federal Street CHICAGO All Sorts of Things Occupy Engaged Man Sunday: Engagement announced in ‘the society column. ‘Monday; Recelved calls from eight- een insurance agents, who kept him on ‘the defensive trying to explain why he didn't recognize his added responst- buittes, Tuesday: Was interviewed by seven furniture dealers, three motor car salesmen and thirteen real estate ‘specialists. Wednesday: Found approximately ‘thirty-eight pounds of mail on his desk, chiefly from florists and gift shops, with a good representation from tailors, fiiterior decorators, greeting ecard handlers and seed houses. Thursday: Held open house for sev- enteen miscellaneous cailers who were completing follow-up campaigns. Friday: Spent an instructive two hours perusing circulars from travel agencies. Learned that every state and thirteen foreign countries offered honeymoon possibilities. s.cceived pro- fessional cards from three plumbers. Saturday: Decided to close the office early, but not before the postman left ® letter from a lawyer who conveyed the information in thinly disguised fashion that he specialize. in all sorts of domestic misunderstandings.—Kan- sas City Star, Milk Without Cream A cow that possessed “a perfectly adjusted separator” has been reported by a correspondent to the Sydney Bul- letin. “She gave a lot of milk and her calves wore the fattest and biggest in the herd, but for household purposes her milk was useless,” according to the correspondent. “The milk could be run through a separator without a drop of cream appearing either in the Gish or in the interior of the machine By no method of milking could she be enticed to give any cream.” “Pickup” for Collector After reposing for many weeks in the window of a shop in Bristol, Eng- land, an old blue-and-white ginger Jar, which many collectors examined and refused to buy, was finally sold by the dealer, for $3, ‘The purchaser dis- posed of it to Louis Huth, at the sale of whose collection it brought $29,500. It is one of the “rarest hawthorne jars In existence.” Elevating Appeal "Help us with the grace of courage, ‘that we be none of us cast down when we sit lamenting amid the ruins of our happiness or our integrity; touch us with the fire of thy altar, that we /may be up and doing to rebuild our elty.—Robert Louis Stevenson. Ueareliahle First Mortgage Gold Bonds from | > South State Street’s Largest Bank Depository re "Pp oS ey | for 1 a. hy. Biel and I cs i hi ai us County MMM EY $500,000.00 and City | Sige7y a) e Fun a s HH e ina H ih | Lee ee | ose ‘Approved Safe Investments yield 7% ' interest. $100 Bonds sold on easy payment plan, See our Mr. Avery of the Bond Department. LOANS MADE ON REAL ESTATE Savings Department open from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Saturdays. r SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES for less than one cent a day. Protect your Valuable Papers, Jewelry, etc. OF CHICAGO : Under State Government Supervision | 318t and South State Streets | Telephone Victory 4500 | A “quarter horse” is a term applied te an individual who can make spec tacular records but cannot be relied ‘upon for a good, stendy pace in his undertakings. The term was origt nally used on the race course, mean ing a horse In a race which was ce- able of terrific speed for a short dis tance, such as one-quarter of a mile and which ended the other three-quar. ters of the mile at greatly reduced speed. Woman's Brain Superior A woman's brain 1s about five ounces lighter than a man’s, but It is of superior quality—of a higher specific gravity. It lasts longer, too. On an average a woman of sixty has ‘2 20 per cent better brain than a man of the same age! 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