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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. M. [Name] HON. JOSEPH F. HAAS By far the best and most popular Recorder that has ever had, whose vast army of warmth throughout this city and county are alike in the runnig for his same responsible p Laying all jokes aside, Mr. Haas today is the German-American residing in this city or and most popular Recorder the old, whose vast army of warm for this city and county are already nig for his same responsible po- kes aside, Mr. Haas today is the American residing in this city or C By far the best and most popular Recorder that Cook County has ever had, whose vast army of warm friends scattered throughout this city and county are already putting him in the runnig for his same responsible position in 1928. Laying all jokes aside, Mr. Haas today is the most popular German-American residing in this city or Cook County. BULLETIN No. 12--PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE SHOPLIFTER By Chief of Police Michael Hughes Beware of shoplifters. A strict observance of the following suggestions will safeguard you against the theft of merchandise. Be on the lookout for suspicious characters loitering about your place, particularly women accompanied by small children. Watch the stranger who carries a coat, traveling bag or suitcase. The coat oftentimes is used to conceal stolen articles and many bags and suitcases are equipped with false bottoms. Shoplifters reap their biggest harvest during the noon lunch period and shortly before closing time. An unguarded counter spells disaster for any tradesman. smoothly talking strangers. Our best thieves are invariably well dressed. Cash no checks for them. Play safe and insist upon cash with order. Valuable merchandise displayed on tables or outside a showcase is an invitation to a shoplifter. You are sure to suffer if you permit strangers to handle your wares without the aid of a salesperson. Do not permit any person caught stealing to go without notifying the police. They may be wanted by other merchants. Remember a shoplifter in jail is a safe investment for yourself and every other merchant. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 7. While crossing the tracks of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad at Portvue station Thursday afternoon, Ernest W. Pollard, aged 45 years, of 6322 Frankstown avenue, was struck by a passen- Beware of prosperous looking and P. S. S. Assistant United States District Attorney for the trict of Illinois. Mr. Cotter is one of the most far-reaching and important cases in the courts. Saturday, he departed for Washin an important secret mission and was right in the Federal Building on Tuesday morning closed much tighter than a steel trap. And States District Attorney for the Missis. Mr. Cotter is one of the m that office and he is constantly tr aching and important cases in th saturday, he departed for Washi but secret mission and was right b val Building on Tuesday morning at tighter than a steel trap. Assistant United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Cotter is one of the most valuable assistants in that office and he is constantly trying some of the most far-reaching and important cases in the United States courts. Saturday, he departed for Washington, D. C., on an important secret mission and was right back in his office in the Federal Building on Tuesday morning with his mouth closed much tighter than a steel trap. Vol. XXXII. 1930 Bear Recorder that Cook County army of warm friends scattered county are already putting him responsible position in 1928. Maas today is the most popular in this city or Cook County. smoothly talking strangers. Our best thieves are invariably well dressed. Cash no checks for them. Play safe and insist upon cash with order. Valuable merchandise displayed on tables or outside a showcase is an invitation to a shoplifter. You are sure to suffer if you permit strangers to handle your wares without the aid of a salesperson. Do not permit any person caught stealing to go without notifying the police. They may be wanted by other merchants. Remember a shoplifter in jail is a safe investment for yourself and every other merchant. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 7.While crossing the tracks of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad at Portvue station Thursday afternoon, Ernest W Pollard, aged 45 years, of 6322 Frankstown avenue, was struck by a passenger train and instantly killed. THE NEW YORK TIMES Attorney for the Northern District is one of the most valuable assist constantly trying some of the important cases in the United States settled for Washington, D. C., on hand was right back in his office Tuesday morning with his mouth steel trap. THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY The ans the Sun Hoe of as The Do H Relie Terr Northern Dis- valuable as- some of the United States Several to upset missed a school a court to had not --- The Colored Citizens of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and throughout that State, Covered themselves Over with Undying Glory Last Sunday in Welcoming the Hon. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, Director of Red Cross Flood Relief Work, Selected as Such by President Calvin Coolidge. The Best Members of Both Races, Vied With Each Other to Do Honor Unto Secretary Hoover, Who Loudly Praised the Relief Work Accomplished by the Colored People, During the Terrible Floods in the Southern States. One of the freest, whole-heartiest expressions of inter-racial good-will that has ever been witnessed in the state of Arkansas or Pine Bluff was seen here last Sunday afternoon at a meeting for Secretary of Commerce Hon. Herbert Hoover, arranged by the colored citizens of the state. round after round of applause and at one time stopped the show. Notables Present With Secretary Hoover were Governor Martineau of Arkansas; James L. Feiser, chairman of the Red Cross; Harvey C. Couch, chairman of the Arkansas flood commission and state Red Commission. began his speech and for half an hour was the center of attraction and the secretary of commerce of this vast nation found himeslf listening with interest to every utterance. And to reveal that he was impressed he mentioned and complimented Neal for his talk. Following a short talk by Mr. Hundreds of white and colored persons rubbed arms and shoulders without a sign of prejudice at the meeting on the campus of the State Normal School. The mob spirit, which has characterized the state was forgotten upon this occasion which the colored Americans arranged to pay a tribute to the nation's official for his conduct of relief work in the great flood. Acknowledgment of the race's present and appreciation came in the form of a huge sterling silver loving cup, presented by Prof. R. E. Malone, superintendent of the branch Normal. On the cup was engraved the words of appreciation from the donors. But probably the outstanding event of the meeting was the fact that Prof. C. C. Neal, superintendent of the Arkansas Haygood College, near here, carried away the big applause with his speech just prior to Hoover's talk. Especially did his comparisons of the Negro and the white race receive RACE WINS IN TOMS RIVER SCHOOL FIGHT Trenton, N. J., July 6—School boards of the state of New Jersey now know that classification of school pupils by groups must be on grounds other than religion, color or nationality. The State School Commissioner, Dr. John Logan ordered reinstatement in the schools at Toms River the Negro children who had been put in a special class in an old delapidated building at South Toms River last fall. Negroes Stand Up for Rights Negro residents of Berkeley and Dover townships resented the action of the school officials and protested vigorously against this malignant segregation of their children. So intense was the feeling aroused by the action of the county school authorities that the case was carried to the State Supreme Court, and was brought to the attention of the State Legislature by Senator Alexander Simpson, who conducted the prosecution in the second trial of the famous Hall-Mills murder case, and who submitted a bill in the senate prohibiting segregation. The measure however, died in the committee on judiciary. The decision of the Supreme Court has not as yet been handed down. Whites Try Demurrer Negro Pupils Backward, Claim Defending their action in the proceedings before Dr. Logan, the school THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 9, 1927 Hundreds Attend (Preston News Service) round after round of applause and at one time stopped the show. Notables Present With Secretary Hoover were Governor Martineau of Arkansas; James L. Feiser, chairman of the Red Cross; Harvey C. Couch, chairman of the Arkansas flood commission and state Red Cross director. Two brass bands from Little Rock furnished the music, Professor R. E. Malone, superintendent of the State Negro Normal, was in charge of the program. Atty. A. F. Jones, prominent local lawyer, made the opening address, welcoming the party to Pine Bluff. Mayor W. L. Toney of Pine Bluff, next on the program, praised not only the work of Mr. Hoover in his relief campaign, but accredited the race with remarkable ability to act and co-operate in the time of need. Governor Praises Negroes Governor Martineau in his speech paid further tribute to the race. He cited countless occasions wherein Negroes of the state rendered steady and efficient aid when Arkansas was virtually inundated in April. Then came the speech of Professor Neal of the Arkansas Haygood College. With the poise and forcibility of a genius, he raised his deep voice to attract the notice of the large crowd, and authorities argued that the exclusion of the Negro pupils from the Toms River school was because all were from one to three years below normal and so unruly and insubordinate as to constitute a menace to school discipline. The parents of the children attacked that contention and knocked it sky high and declared that the building to which the Negro children had been sent was inadequate and dangerous to their health. Dr. Logan stated that he did not agree with the parents that the building was inadequate. He even said that its facilities were better than in some of the other schools. Dr. Logan Makes Ruling Ruling on the exclusion of the Negro pupils Dr. Logan said: "In the commissioner's opinion the exclusion from a certain school and segregation in a school by themselves under a colored teacher, of all those tuition pupils in a certain district who are colored, together with a number of colored pupils from another district, inevitably raises the question or presumption that color is the peculiar characteristic constituting the basis of exclusion. Such presumption is not rebuted by proof on the part of the school board of certain mental or temperament characteristics of the colored pupils. Unless it is also proved that such characteristics are peculiar to such colored pupils and in no way shared by the white children who were left." Whites Claim Victory The order of the Commission of Education to the Dover Township board of education to reinstate the thirty Negro children alleged to have been segregated on account of color has been hailed by the school authorities as a began his speech and for half an hour was the center of attraction and the secretary of commerce of this vast nation found himself listening with interest to every utterance. And to reveal that he was impressed he mentioned and complimented Neal for his talk. Following a short talk by Mr. Feiser, Red Cross chairman, the main event got under way and when Mr. Scipio Jones, well known Little Rock attorney, arose to begin his speech, preparatory to presenting Secretary Hoover, a deep hush fell over the audience. The introduction was brief and Hoover swept directly into his talk. Given Ovation Bareheaded, his face shining in the sunlight, he stood there before that crowd and for half an hour he talked, man to man. And when it was over, Hoover was accorded an ovation seemingly impossible from such a crowd. Several minutes after he had finished the applause was still ringing in the air. It was Hoover's first public appearance in Pine Bluff. Immediately after the celebration Secretary Hoover and his party left Pine Bluff for Southeast Arkansas, from where they will later go to Louisiana and Mississippi on their inspection trip. victory. They declared that the order says: "shall reinstate the colored children in the Dover Township schools until such time as the contract between the Dover board and the Berkeley board terminates." They claim that inasmuch as the contract terminated June 1, 1927, this board has no concern over the matter whatever. The contract will, in all probability, not be renewed for the next year for either the whites or the Negroes with Berkeley Township. W. M. B. WADLEY, THE NOTED SONG WRITER AND COMPOSER, CONTINUES TO STAND BY THE BROAD AX Mr. W. M. B. Wadley, 3644 Federal street, who is one of the most widely known composers and publishers of everything in sheet music in Chicago. "A Mother's Plea" is one of his heart touching ballads, which he has so far produced and it has been sold in many parts of this country. His latest "jazz" hit, "Silent Cal Coolidge," orchestration, twelve parts, 25 cents, continues to be one of his headline sellers. Prof. Wadley has many other musical compositions which are well worth coming in contact with. He is always willing to let the world know that he always pays his subscription to this newspaper on the first day of July each and every year. ON SHORT VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gamble of Jackson, Miss., are spending a few days in the city with the Lamberts and other friends. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 43 DR. WALTER N. THOMAS Continues to rapidly regain his to the great delight of his Dr. Thomas was brought Sunday morning in a very writing Dr. Dudley and ot beyond the danger line and hold on to life for many gain his most excellent health, much of his untold legions of warm friends. bought home from Hot Springs, Ark., a very critical condition, but at this and other M. D.'c pronounce him farne and that he is bound to pull through or many more years to come. Continues to rapidly regain his most excellent health, much to the great delight of his untold legions of warm friends. Dr. Thomas was brought home from Hot Springs, Ark., Sunday morning in a very critical condition, but at this writing Dr. Dudley and other M. D.'c pronounce him far beyond the danger line and that he is bound to pull through and hold on to life for many years to come. There are very few better or more prominent physicians in this city than Dr. Walter N. Thomas, whose office is located at 2359 South State street, and who resides with his happy family in a beautiful home of their own at 5233 South Michigan boulevard, and owing to the fact that he has been working so hard lately that although robust and a fine specimen of humanity, his health broke down under the heavy load he was constantly carrying and he decided to spend several weeks at Hot Springs for the benefit of his health, and instead of improving there he seemed to grow worse all the time until finally his steadfast and devoted wife Mrs. Thomas, and his sister Mrs. Johnson, decided to go to Hot Springs and accompany him back home. They arrived home last Sunday morning and he was in pretty bad shape but being under the direct care of Dr. Dudley and plenty of other doctors, some of them being high up specialists, they snatched him back from the jaws of death. Therefore, if all sings do not fail, it is easy sailing for him right now. Dr. Thomas ranks with the highest Masons in the state of Illinois. For several years he has been worshipful master of Garden City Lodge, No. 59, F. and A. M., and he is always actively interested in every movement for the benefit of the colored citizens residing in Chicago. His host of friends greatly rejoice that the indications are that he will still remain on this earth for a long time. NATIONAL ASS'N OF NEGRO MUSICIANS TO MEET IN ST. LOUIS, AUG. 20-26. (Preston News service) (Preston News service) St. Louis, Mo., July 7—Miss Daisy Westbrook, convention secretary of the National Association of Negro Musicians, announces that the ninth annual convention of that organization will be held in St. Louis during the week of August 20 to 26, inclusive. Headquarters of the convention will be at Central Baptist Church, Ewing and Washington avenues. Officers of the St. Louis Music Association are: President, Grazia Corneal; vice-president, A. Haskell; secretary-treasurer, R. C. Jackson, corresponding secretary, Hattie Howard; Committee on arrangements for the entertainment of the convention are: E. D. Hamilton, chairman; Miss Daisy Westbrook, secretary, 3946 W. Belle place; George B. Jones, treasurer; and Miss Myrtle Burgess, 3817 Cooke avenue, housing arrangements. The Wanamaker awards, amounting ```markdown ``` COL. OTIS B. DUNCAN Commanding the far famed B urged Hon. Martin B. Mad Jr., of this city to enter the at West Point. named Eighth Regiment of Illinois, who B. Madden to select Denton J. Brooks, after the United States Military Academy Commanding the far famed Eighth Regiment of Illinois, who urged Hon. Martin B. Madden to select Denton J. Brooks, Jr., of this city to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. arrived home last Sunday morning and he was in pretty bad shape but being under the direct care of Dr. Dudley and plenty of other doctors, some of them being high up specialists, they snatched him back from the jaws of death. Therefore, if all sings do not fail, it is easy sailing for him right now. Dr. Thomas ranks with the highest Masons in the state of Illinois. For several years he has been worshipful master of Garden City Lodge, No. 59, F. and A. M., and he is always actively interested in every movement for the benefit of the colored citizens residing in Chicago. His host of friends greatly rejoice that the indications are that he will still remain on this earth for a long time. to $1,000, will be made at the convention. A loving cup will be awarded the branch sending the most delegates in the point of miles, i. e., Chicago, 285 miles, Los Angeles, 2,170. Chicago has to send 8 delegates to beat Los Angeles I. A post office will be established at the headquarters. All mail may be forwarded here. BLIND BOONE WORTH $350,000 Springfield, Ill.—After having earned, it is estimated, more than $350,000 since the composition of his famous piano solo, "Tornado," in 1880, Blind Boone, famous the world over as the sightless pianist, appeared in his farewell concert this week, in Virden, near Springfield, Ill. Following this concert Blind Boone will retire to his home in Columbia, Mo., to recover his health and enjoy the fruits of his remarkable career. Among the many valuable mementoes in his home are his $1,000 diamond-set striking watch and a Chickering grand piano made entirely of oak. Member of the Illinois Commerce Commission, who has beer confined to St. Elizabeth Hospital, 1433 N. Clarmont Ave. for the past ten days, and Dr. Monahan states that he will be forced to rest up for at least two weeks longer. The middle of the past week Hon. two hours after arriving in it h Edward H. Wright was on official was placed on the operating tabl business at Springfield, Illinois, attend- and Dr. Monahan performed the oper. ing the closing sessions of the Jegisla- ation and the doctor is positive tha ture and also attending a meeting of Mr. Wright is on the solid road to re the Illinois Commerce Commission covery, that he must remain in the and while doing so he was-suddenly hospital for ten or fifteen days longet stricken down with serious illness. Not and rest and sleep to his heart's con: wanting to be confined in a hospital tent. in that city, Mr. Wright was conveyed This is cheering news to the thou to a fast train and rushed to this city sands of friends of Mr. Wright, wh« and on to St. Elizabeth's hospital, 1433 are exceedingly glad that he is still ir ‘North Clarmont avenue, and within the land of the living. ‘Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D., Sc.D., Commissioner “This is not a sermon on morals or fuman behavior. It is only a timely plea for a return to common sense standard. As such it should be taken with good nature and without resent- ment. In a city of the size and im- portance of Chicago the life of the average man or woman is of itself speeded up by the feverish throb of the metropolis. This is especially true of those who frequent the ‘loop district,” says Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, com- missioner of health, in this week’s issue of Chicago's Health. “Thousands of the young people of Chicago, after a full day’s work and a hastily consumed meal, crowd the dance halls until the wee hours or at- tend parties until the time when the mitkman is on his route. “They ‘pep it it up by gin to the tunes of jazzmania,’ without rest, with- out stop, with no thought of tomorrow. Such a life may look attractive while it lasts, but the well known gentleman with the fiddle comes along next day and demands his pay; for pay they ‘must sooner or later, and how!” con- tinues the Commissioner. “Fast living means spending more funds of the bank of good health than the balance justifies. Such checks drawn on that bank usually come back with such notations as ‘no balance, “funds overdrawn.’ When the resources are exhausted to the last penny, bank- tuptey follows and receivership en- sues. Receivership is often conducted in a hospital and the receivership of il health is much worse than that of a financial nature. A young man caf laugh heartily at ill fortune if his health is good. For good health is his most dependable bank account and with it he can pay for his lost job o ‘squandered fortune. “Burning the candle at both ends i most commonly committed by: 1. Indulging in excesses of all kinds 2 Hasty eating. . '3. Taking too many stimulants. 4. Worrying. $. Getting too little sleep. 6. Dodging the sun's rays: _ 7. Dodging fresh air. gh econ cases Soe St “"gonefudes the Commissioner. 4 a Fi ui a ee 4 a4 : | Laue bog i i ¥ ; 2 j : a a HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT “CHICAGO’S HEALTH” two hours after arriving in it he was placed on the operating table and Dr. Monahan performed the oper- ation and the doctor is positive that Mr. Wright is on the solid road to re- covery, that he must remain in the hospital for ten or fifteen days longer and rest and sleep to his heart's con- tent. This is cheering news to the thow- sands of friends of Mr. Wright, who are exceedingly glad that he is still in the land of the living. APPOINTMENTS MADE TO URBAN LEAGUE The National Urban League an- nounces several new appointments to local Urban League staffs. The newly organized Urban League of Buffalo, New York, has elected as its executive secretary, William L. Evans, who be- gan his duties June 1. Mr. Evans is a graduate of Fisk University, former- ly taught in the Central High School, Louisville, Kentucky, and was for a number of years the industrial secre- faery of*the Chicago Urban League. Mr. Evans has also had considerable experience in building construction in Indiana and Kentucky, having had training as a supervising architect. The new secretary of the Pittsburgh Urban League is, Mr. Alonzo C. Thayer, who also began his new duties on June 1. He comes to the Pitts- burgh Urban League from the position of executive secretary of the Atlanta Urban League. Mr. Thayer also is a graduate of Fisk University and was at one time industrial secretary of the Chicago Urban League. Mr. Gerald E. Allen, who has just secured his Master's Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, working on an Urban League “Fellowship,” has been appointed executive secretary of the Canton (Ohio) Urban League. Mr. Allen is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, and has taken a year and a half of Law at Duquesne Uni- versity. He has had experience in the work of the Pittsburgh Urban League ‘Mr. George Goodman, a 1926-27 Ur- ban League “Fellow” at the New York School of Social Work, has just re ceived an appointment in an executive position in connection with the inter racial work of the Boy Scouts o America. Mr. Goodman will probably begin his duties in Boy Scout activities in Harlem, New York, and will be sub ject to call for service in other section: of the country. Mr. Goodman is ar honor graduate of Lincoln University where he was a star football player anc class orator. He has conducted play ground work in Hartford, Conn., an¢ boys’ club work in Englewood, N. J. REV. PERCY HELD ON FALSE PRETENSE CHARGE (Preston News Service) Gallipolis, Ohio, July 8—Rev. J.’ S. Percy,-a local minister, was arrested Thursday and placed in jail at Ironton, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. It was stated that Rev. Perey obtained $142 from Ironton business men for the “Jerusalem and Sisters of Mercy.” Percy said the money.was for the Fourth Street Bap- ‘ist Church ~~ ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 9, 1927 VOODOO DOCTOR NABBED FOR U.S. MAIL FRAUD (Preston News Service) St. Louis, July 7—The distinguished (2) “Doetor” Samuel Kojoe Pearce, who, post office inspectors claim, has victimized thousands of men and wo- men in many states by selling them “charms” by. mail, wa3 indicted Wed- nesday of last week by the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of using the mails to defraud. . It is said that Pearce posed.as the West African Remedy Company, the Pearce Health Institute, the Oriental Institute of Science. He is said to have done a thriving business from his home in this city. The large volume of mail coming to him attracted the attention of the postal authorities and an investi- gation was begun over a year ago re- sulting in Pearce’s arrest and subse- quent indictment. His stock in trade is itemized in the indictment as consist- ing of: Tie’Em-Down Powder, “guaranteed ‘to keep your husband at home, except in aggravated cases,” price $25 for 25 powders. Bring Back Powder, “to be used in serious cases where husband fails to respond to ‘Tie-Em-Down’ Powder,” price $50 for 25 powders. Lucky Turrarie, “will keep evil spirits from home.” . Black: Cat's Wish Bone, “warranted to bring Iuck*in business or love, horse racing andegames.” King Solomon's Wisdom Stone, “very valuable and charged with in- visible life.” Postal inspectors said Pearce ad- mitted that he collected from $8 to $500 from each customer. He said.that he was a native of Nigeria, West Af- rica, and first practiced in New York City. It is said that most of his cus- tomers were Negroes, but on the list was found the names of many wealthy whites who paid large sums for many of his “voodoo” articles. Many of his wealthy white patrons recommended him to their friends, it is said. MILLION DOLLAR HOME FOR NEW YORK NURSES New York—The Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing, the only school for training Negro young women in this district, to Ne registered nurses, will have a new $1,000,000 school building ‘and nurses’ residence. Final plans have been approved by Borough President Bruckner of the Bronx, Commissioner of Welfare Coler, and Mrs. William B. Given, Jr., representing the Lincoln Hospital Board. Pleasants, Pennington & Lewis, architects, have designed the building and the contract has been awarded to the Caldwel-Wingate Com- pany. The building will go up on the new site of the hospital at 14ist street, near Southern Boulevard, overlooking Long Island Sound. The entrance will be on the boulevard side and there will be formal gardens, flanked by a curv- ing staircase. Besides sleeping quarters for the stu- dent nurses there will be a library, an auditorium with stage and scenery, and kitchens and dining rooms. Lincoln Hospital was founded as a home and hospital for aged and sick Negroes. Several years ago it began training nurses. Six were graduated in 1906, and thereafter the graduate classes have grown larger and larger. EIGHT INJURED IN ALABAMA MINE (Preston News Service) Birmingham, Ala., July 7.—Eight men were injured Tuesday when a spark from an electrical connection ignited gas in the Hamilton mine of the Tennessee Coal and Tron Com- pany. The injured men are: Paris Smith, mucker; Adam Cooper, driller; Jefferson Brown, driller; John Hotten, mucker; Samuel Henry, drill- ‘er; Jose Johnson, mucker; Jay Wil- liams, mucker; Henry Johnson, muck- er. The accident oceurred when the ‘shift boss, Tom Cave (white) attempt- ed to complete an electrical connection ‘in a new shaft being sunk to join a ‘seam on a lower level. Cave was seri- ‘ously burned. The nine men were in the mine alone at the time of the ac- cident. All of the injured men were taken to the company hospital at En- sley. CLOSES FINE PICNIC Ft. Dearborn 1927 Marching Club of Elks has just closed one of the finest picnics in the city or state for many years. The three days’ outing was held at Calumet Grove, a beauti- tak ale ace m HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN HAS NAMED DENTON J. BROOKS, JR, OF CHICAGO, FOR EX- AMINATION TO ENTER THE U. 8. MILITARY ACADEMY AT ‘WEST POINT ‘The latter part vob last week, the colored citizens of Chicago and throughout Illinois, greatly rejoiced over the fact that Hon, Martin B. Madden let it be Jnown through a fetter to Col. Otis B. Duncan, com- manding the Eighth Regiment, Illi- nois National Guards that he (the pop- ular Congressman from Illinois) had selected Denton J. Brooks, Jr, for examination to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. Congressman Madden states that during the many years that he has been ‘a member of Congress, it is the first time that he had been requested to select a young colored man to enter West Point. Young Mr. Brooks is a thorough Chicagoan and a graduate of the Wen- dell Phillips high school. Ne was active in military activities and he is now serving as sergeant in the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guards. His father, Denton J. Brooks, Sr., was a captain in the Spanish-American war and was Personnel Adjutant and. War Risk Officer of the 92nd Division of the A. E. F, during the World War for democracy. LOOK OUT FOR BOGUS PO. LICEMEN AND TICKET SELLERS Chief of Police Michael Hughes has issued a warning to the public to be- ware of all persons, excepting Chicago policemen in uniform, who go about soliciting funds for “Police Field Days.” ‘The Chicago Police Department will hold three official Field Days this year —August 13 and 14 at the White Sox Ball Park and August 21 at the Cubs Ball Park. Uniformed Chicago Po- licemen only are authorized to. sell tickets for these Field Days. Every cent of the proceeds of the sale of tickets for these Field Days will go to the Policemen’s Benevolent As- sociation. ‘This association cares for the widows and orphans of policemen slain in the discharge of their duty. CLINIC FOR NEGRO CHILDREN AT SHAW UNIVERSITY (Ereston News service) Raleigh, N. C., July 8—A baby clinic and parade were held on July 4 and 5 in the Campus of Shaw Univer- sity. The exercises and clinic were under the direction of Miss Mamie Ox- ley, Wake county nurse, and Mrs. An- nie Palmer, city association charity nurse, assisted by the city nurses from McCauley and St. Agnes hospitals. Prizes were given for the healthiest and best developed children in the clinic and in the parade. Any child under eight years was eligible to enter ‘the parade which moved from the Day ‘Nursery in the Washington graded schoo! to the Shaw University campus. ‘Several hundred babies were in the parade. Monday night many mothers—the mothers of the healthiest babies were ‘ccowned queens of the Negro baby health clinic. This splendid exercise was held at the Day Nursery. Pa. E ee oe Pe 4 = i= HON. CHARLES A. GRIFFIN Highly honored: member of the Legislature of Illinois from the First Senatorial District, who has sa far made a splendid record in that legis- lative body. At the end of the first session he has merit to his credit and no one can successfully point, their fin- ger at him and accuse him of being a bribe taker, which is much to his honor and credit. | . NN “= F Wee PA ” * a Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of . Illinois, who can be re-elected to his old seat in Congress : just as long as he lives. He has the honor of naming the first young colored man to enter West Point from Chicago. ee ee ee ee BURIES THOS. B. CATRON FACTS ABOUT THE SUDDEN DEAT! —— TELEPHONE CALL Thomas B. Catron, native of Sum- —— = merville, Tenn., and for 40 years a] The new Stevens Hotel in Chicago! ast Thursday ¢ resident of Memphis, Tenn., but who en sali sufficient fora city] + Cattoway, Senic has lived for a number of years in Chi-| 15000 inhabitants. Eagle Lodge No. nit suddenh ie to t oie SINS RAY, PReaSay. evenness stea that well ay S00 B00 Pea (us i oe June 90, at 7 p. m., at the residence off peopte have money invested in the tele-| 1 his daughter, Mrs, Margaret Harris,| phone companies of the United States, | tis death. He had 11170 S. Ashland avenue. Mr. Catron —— this city for more was well known throughout the south] Over 1,000,000 miles of copper wire| "2S highly respect and was one of the pioneer citigens of are used to carry the daily telephone miscicliow citisens. Memphis. Mr. Catron has been con-| Conversations in the city of Rochester,| Funeral services fined to his bed since Novetaber.~ He| N- ¥- <_- Penains (Sunday af was the father of Mrs, Margaret Har- — the Union Masoni ris, Mrs. Carrie Neal, Samuel and Per-| Less than twenty years ago El Paso| state street. ry Catron of Chicago; Robert and| had but four telephone operators. Now Being a member John Catron of Memphis and the| 175 girls are needed to take cire of the| branches, he was ! ee Mrs. Sallie Hurd of Mem-|city’s telephone calls. tha Masonic hoaoe’ phis, all of whom were present at the — Bes. Sea anes last funeral rites held in this city] In. Arabic, when you give a tele-| Missionary Baptist Tuesday afternoon, July 5, with Rev.| phone number, you don't say, for ex-| Charles S. Jackson, B. H. Lucas, pastor of St. Luke A.|ample “24-56.” Instead, the usual] neral director, in ¢ Ma ©. church officiating” aaa a a ie ea oor YOUNG ROBBERS, TRAILED BY TELEPHONE, CAUGHT Three young robbers had everything their own way, at Paxton and Ogalalla, Nebraska, a short time ago until the sheriff enlisted the aid of the telephone officials and by tong distance put all towns within fifty miles of the scene on the lookout for the young men, The robbers entered a store at Paxton, took clothes, jewelry, cash and $2,515 in cer- tificates of deposit. They then rode by train to Ogalalla, where they were lo- cated in a hotel, but they succeeded in reversing roles in the capture, accord- ing to reports, and locked up the marshall in his own jail. Comman- deering an automobile they tried to make their escape, but were trailed by the use of the telephone to Belmar and captured. REMAINS SHIPPED SOUTH ‘The remains of J. W. Lambert, well known. citizen of this city, who passed away June 29, after a prolonged ill- ness, were shipped to Bolton, Miss., native home of the deceased, for burial. Mr. Lambert is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Lambert, one brother, S. T. Lambert of Chicago;" three sisters of Mississippi and a host of other rela- tives and friends to mourn his demise, HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN congress from the First Congression: vho can be re-elected to his old seat ng as he lives. He has the honor of g colored man to enter West Point fi FACTS ABOUT THE s TELEPHONE m- — s a| The new Stevens Hotel in Chicago vho| Bas @ switchborrd sufficient for a city], vp. | of 15,000 inhabitants, chi- E NS) It is estimated that well over 800,000| © * ©f| people have money invested in the tele- tis, | phone companies of the United States. |" ron —- a uth} Over 1,000,000 miles of copper wire | ™ 5 of |are used to carry the daily telephone |} on-| Conversations in the city of Rochester, He|N. ¥. r [ar- — ~ Itt ’er-) Less than twenty years ago El Paso| s and| had but four telephone operators. Now the| 175 girls are needed to take cire of the| em-| city’s telephone calls. ve In Arabic, when you give a tele- phone number, you don’t say, for ex- ample “24-56.” Instead, the usual method is to say “4 and 20; 6 and 50.” The London Corerspondent of the Danish newspaper, “Politiken” recent- ly completed the first telephone call between London and Copenhagen, when he spoke to his head office. BUY SUBURBAN HOME ‘Mr, and Mrs, Richard Warren, Jr. have purchased a beautiful home at 11352 S. Throop street, Morgan Park, from Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Settles. David L. Jackson and M. T. Bailey, real estate brokers with offices at 1300 W. ith street, and 3638 S. State street, made the deal while Atty. Louis C. Tyree closed the legal transactions. IN CITY ‘Miss Rhoda M. Johnson, public school teacher of Kansas City, Kans., is in the city during the week in at- tendance of annual session of Taber- nacle Knights and Daughters of Tabor. ill. VISITING SISTER a iss, — b ‘ai.| Mrs. William H. Tatum, Jr, of|® rife, | Leavenworth, Kans., is in the city vis- , S$. iting her sister and will remain here ters | several weeks. Mrs. Tatum is the sis- ela-| ter of Mrs. Leroy Smith, 4413S. State| ¢ % ¢ tise, ‘street. 4 SUDDEN DEATH OF PLEASANT CALLOWAY Last Thursday evening, Mr. Pleas ant Calloway, Senior Warden of Royal Eagle Lodge No. 96, F. and A. M, suddenly came to the end of the road. Heart failure was the direct cause of his death. He had been a resident of this city for more than 30 years. He was highly respected by all classes of his fellow citizens. Funeral services were held over his remains Sunday afternoon, July 3, at the Union Masonic Hall, 3958 South state street. Being a member of all the Masonic branches, he was laid to rest with all the Masonic honors due him. Rev. Seals, pastor of the ‘New Haven Missionary Baptist Church officiated; Charles S. Jackson, the up-to-date it- neral director, in charge. SUNDAY EVENING CLUB Metropolitan Corimunity Center, 4ist Street and South Parkway Attorney Eugene J. Marshall will be the principal speaker at the Sunday Evening Club on Sunday, July 10, at 7:45 p. m, Prof. J. Wesley Jones hss arranged a rare musical program.— Sandy W. Trice, chairman; Dr. W. D. Cook, director. J. B. STREET RETURNS J. B, Street, state grand master of U. B. F. & S. M, T. of Illinois and jurisdiction, has just returned to the city from his annual visit to the lodges and temples throughout the state. ~ Earliest Watches ‘The first watches were made ear!y {im the Sixteenth century, Peter Hele of Nuremberg, Germany, 1s credite: with the invention, Sound Philosophy ‘It Is good to laugh. And we should do s0 every chance we get. There will ‘and groans.—Kxchange. Valuable Old Chair chair, upholstered in old Tinga Dee Glework, was sold at auction in Loa- don recently for $1,000.” COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES BY THE CAMERAMAN 1. What Will Become of Them? 2. Hello, Summer! 3. Race Inferiority as Viewed by the Behaviorist What Will Become of Them? "After the Flood—What Then?" is the subject of an article written by J. B. Watson, in the Southern Workman for July. In the mind of this writer, the most important issue that faces this country at present is: "The question of the future of this multitude of harried and benighted victims of the flood." He says: "This question applies to the white as well as the black people, but I refer to the black people especially, for their future is more uncertain." Well do we know, as a group, that the future of our unfortunate brothers and sisters of this stricken southland is most uncertain. The southern Negroes' condition is always more or less uncertain, and in this acute situation it is naturally more uncertain. With the waters of the Mississippi subsiding and habitation being restored, what is to become of the poor Negro tenant? "Will the planters take the Negroes back to the plantations to feed and clothe until planting time in 1928? This is doubtful, for many planters are very heavy losers from the failure of the 1926 crop, and this blow will finish them for the present at least," says the writer. Speaking further, in his article he says: "If these bewildered people do not go back to the plantation, where will they go?" The natural answer to this query is they will migrate north or west. Already 25,000 race people are headed toward St. Louis from the stricken southlands, according to the press. But what of the general mass of this floating population? It is said, "there is not the demand for this type of labor in the north at present, it seems." Mr. Watson writes: "Several doors are open to these people, but none especially inviting." Negro labor may be exploited by those seeking cheap labor. These homeless folk may become scattered over the whole south to repopulate idle farms, or they may he left to drift for a while and eventually become a menace to themselves, their race and the country at large." In opposition to the belief of this able writer that, "eventually most of them will make their way back" to the delta section, every Negro knows that the desire for better treatment and a chance to live and work as other citizens, in a section of the country where lynchings are less prevalent, will drive northward every Negro who can rake and scrape up the necessary car fare. But Mr. Watson says, "The delta planters have 'blood in their eyes' for anyone who would further add to their ruin, by stealing away their labor." According to press dispatches, the sutah is now trying to stop Negro migration by legislation. . . . Truly, what will be the future of this group? Like the children of Israel, must they wander around homeless for forty years, after sixty years of freedom from bondage? Oh, Lord, How Long! Hello, Summer! The advertisements of summer resorts have become a fine art of late years. The eye is pleased and the senses delighted with the pictures advertising the beautiful mountain and seaside attractions. Many of them really making one feel cool, just for the looking. Vacation trails are calling us to follow where they lead, but this summer differs from past summers. Even though we must take some recreation, for mind and body, as both need them, and our flagging energies need renewing; can we, as a group, feel justified this year in making this lavish expenditure, in view of the suffering and needy condition of our own folks in the desolated Mississippi Valley? We are going abroad in large numbers. Many of us will go to the coast, the wilds of Canada, where one may breathe the air of freedom for a while, or to Atlantic City, and other play grounds. But, let us remember those less fortunate brothers and sisters, on whom the hand of Fate seems to have fallen heavily. Homeless, with famine and pestilence on their trail, can we more fortunate ones neglect their cry for assistance? We, as a race, spend many thousands yearly at the summer resorts in spite of the race prejudice which has curtailed many of our pleasures, but, despite this and other obstacles we spend when and where we can—lavishly. The length of the purse is our only limit. This year we spend a little and save a little for suffering humanity in the flood regions. There will be terrible want this winter among these victims, with no summer crops to rely on for winter provender. We who have must give to those who have not. Men, women and little children in the devastated regions are looking to the prosperous Negroes of the north and east for comfort and succor. Let us not disappoint them, for our own selfish ends. Race Inferiority as Viewed by the Behaviorist That "the Negro is an inferior race and will always remain one" is a statement entirely and completely unproven, according to John B. Watson, noted behaviorist, in an article on "Instinct," appearing in the Harper's Magazine for July. In response to the further accusations many biologists and other advocates of race inferiority, "that the southern Negro coming out of darkest Africa, and falling under the influence of the cultured southerner showed no rapid steps in putting on the culture," this psychologist declares, "The Negro has never been given a chance to develop." He says, "if you sent each and every Negro to Harvard and then through law and medicine, and gave him a year for travel and a million dollars a year income, he would still not have an equal chance. Even in Boston or in Washington, the Negro would be still a Negro—he would still be made to feel his inferiority." Dr. Watson seems to feel that the present status of the American Negro is not due to any inherent inferiority of his race—but, rather to the lack of proper opportunity. He thinks that the white man's Negro problem is not so much a matter of racial inferiority as a matter of definite race and color prejudice. Very clearly the writer states that no matter how much a Negro may learn, or how much culture or money he may acquire, from New England to Mason and Dixon's line, he is made to feel that he is inferior. Even where he is given economic and political recognition, socially he remains inferior. The writer says there are certain instances where whites are willing to eat and drink and even revel with Negroes, "but let one Negro try to marry a son or daughter of any member of this clique and the devil's to play;" the inferiority complex comes into play here. In those countries where the social barriers are less rigid, the Negro has a more equal chance with the white, and speaking further in defense of the retardation of the Negro, Dr. Watson explains his lack of development in Africa, "where he was king." "Because where food, sex, and shelter offer no problems, there is nothing in the environment to force the trial and error movements that lead to discovery. Even white races dwelling in the tropics slow down." Regarding brain weight differences between the highly cultured races and those less civilized, the doctor says, "The truth is that, regardless of the status of culture, brain weight is proportional to body weight. The savage has a small brain weight because he has a small body." Whether most of the Nordic world is willing to accept these opinions of this "leader of the behaviorist school of psychology," is doubtful, but this fact is potent; Dr. Watson has shown his fairness in his effort to make every possible allowance for those shortcomings charged to the Negro as traits of race inferiority. Things Material A prominent clergyman says that the girls of today "think too much of the material," but we are informed that many of them leave that matter to their dressmakers.—Boston Transcript. Large American Oaks The largest oak trees are in the Mississippi valley region and range from 150 to 160 feet in height and from 6 to 8 feet in diameter. Inseparable If any man asks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.-Horace Mann. Work is the Grand Cure Work is the grand cure for all the maladies and miseries, that ever beet mankind—honest work which you intend getting done—Carlyle. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 9, 1927 (Copyright.) POSSIBLY this story dates back to Adelalde's great-grandfather who sailed the seas when the waves tossed high and a mariner took heavy chances against a sate return. Had she been a man she would have sought adventure, Adelalde told herself, and, being a woman, she did the next best thing and read brave tqles out of books. There came a time when she was left alone with a small sum of money and the necessity of providing for the future. She thought of all of the possibilities and then decided upon a tea room and restaurant. This was to be no ordinary tea room. Adelalde was determined to make it unlike any in the world. She would go to the coast, to some small port on the Atlantic where fishing fleets have come and gone for many years and there set up in a slab-sided shack a retreat and meeting place for adventurers. Adelalae thought of hale men from the seven seas, men wearing ear-rings and stroking ferocious mustaches. She pictured booted men with red scarfs at their necks and wild yarns on their lips and their delight when they spied in her a kindred spirit. So she set up her shop and with a sign "Adventurers All," invited the roving spirits of romance, the roaring, roistering lads of the sea, to have a cup of tea. The old town of Boulder Cove rubbed its eyes in amazement at the enterprise and assumption of this young woman. Was it possible she thought she could make tea better than the good wives or that the husbands and sons were not getting enough to eat at home? Those who visited the place for curiosity left wondering at the idea anyone could find adventure in tea and cake and felt sorry for a girl who had staked her fortunes in so dubious a venture. Despairing of winning over the home trade or of seeing a real adventurer come into port, Adelalde discovered that if she were to keep the shop open she must attract a goodly proportion of the tourists who motored through the town. Most of them stopped, talked to the old-timers, took photographs and moved on. These old-timers, particularly Tom Crown, were of the kind she had pictured foregathering in her place. Adelaide, in love with the town, totaled her books and decided she had not long to remain. "You," she said to Rodney Meek, Boulder Cove's merchant and postmaster, "are the only steady customer of the place. If I don't get more I'll have to quit." "Perhaps," the young man answered, "perhaps things will pick up. It takes the folks here a long time to get accustomed to anything new. It would be too bad to have you go." The very next day Tom Crown rolled into the inn, took a place at a table near a window and, in his becoming voice, started a yarn of the sea. Adelaide smiled, for this was as she had dreamed. "Tessir," said Tom to Rodney, "that squall came up so sudden it blew the sails to ribbons afore we could haul them down. We was as helpless as an eggshell in Niagara and there came a big wave . . ." Adelade could not catch the rest for she had to welcome a party of tourists who sat at a table adoling the old sailor and gave him all their attention. He went on with his story of the bark Nancy Imogene which was lifted on a big wave and deposited in the very center of an island and as he talked he pounded the table. The tale was impressive and no one dared dispute. Here, at least, was one successful noon hour. Maybe Rodney was right and business would pick up. After that Tom Crown came back many times and with him a train of tourists. Always he had a tale of a kind that sent the visitors away talking of the picturesque old man who held forth in the inn of "Adventurers All." Then some one wrote a story about him for the city papers and Adelaide's teashop became famous. "You told me, Rodney, that things would change. I wonder how you knew." "They just had to change," he answered, "because, you know, it would not be right for you to go away. We want you here, Adelaide, the town does and, I do, too." He read the answer in her eyes and afterward when he met Tom Crown on the street told him the news. "Don't say?" the old sailor boomed. "Well, I sorter expected it. I'll tell you what I'll give you for a wedding present. You don't have to pay me to visit that shop any more. I'll go for nothing!" Fallen Star "Why is it that you have broken off your engagement, Alice?" asked her fair friend. "Oh, my dear! He told me he was connected with the movies, and the very next day, I saw him driving a furniture van." The Fine Points "Never borrow any money from that man. He is a shylock. In winter he takes 50 per cent interest and in the summer 60 per cent." "Why the 60?" "Because the days are longer in summer."—Pele Mele, Paris. It Might Be Perhaps it is diversity that makes utility. *Shoe and Leather Reporter* MILLINERY DIVERSITY ACCENTS HATS FOR EVERY OCCASION L How many Steps to your Telephone? Have you ever counted the number of steps you take daily going up or down stairs or from one part of your apartment to another to use or answer your telephone? An extension telephone would save most of these steps. The cost is small. Call our Business Office today. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy • One System • Universal Service MILLINERY artistry and millinery diversity seems to have at last reached its goal—that of providing suitable hats for all occasions and for all wearers, no matter what their types and demands may be. For the woman who desires to express her individuality to the utmost and still be in the mode there has never been such millinery opportunity. In sports hats the clever little cloche gives promise of holding its own. It can be had in infinite varieties from dainty viscas in esthetic colors to the new wool crochets. A hat of wool crochet with a stenciled design in contrasting colors and edged with bengaline ribbon would be a crowning glory to any sports ensemble. Such a model is shown at the top to the right in this picture. For the more formal occasions, when good taste insists upon a more elaborate costume, the small hat need not necessarily be eliminated from the picture. Every wardrobe of hats for this summer should therefore include a 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 through some terrific struggle. Out of sheer pity I stopped the man and asked him who he was and if there was anything I could do to help him. "I am Office," he said. "There is nothing you can do." "Office?" I said, a little puzzled. "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." Mental Attitude Counts Success is the result of mental attitude, and the right mental attitude will bring success in everything you undertake. little afternoon type. What could be more charming than this chic model of brown lace portrayed first in the group? It boasts a tracery of gold and its brim is faced with gold cloth. In the larger brimmed models, hair, milan and ballibuntal will unquestionably dominate with a range of trimmings which begins with the simplest of ornaments and ends with the most elaborate arrangements of flowers and ostrich motifs. An exquisite exponent of the wide-brim type centers the illustration. Black velvet forms the crown and the deep flange is white hair braid. Below to the left is a small hat in a jade speckled effect, stitched in square design. This model would be a delightful finishing touch to a shopping and informal luncheon ensemble. The last hat in the group is made of the new combination of yarn and visca, using coral pink and white for its color scheme. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (@ 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) Unreliable A "quarter horse" is a term applied to an individual who can make spectacular records but cannot be relied upon for a good, steady pace in his undertakings. The term was originally used on the race course, meaning a horse in a race which was capable of terrific speed for a short distance, such as one-quarter of a mile, and which ended the other three-quarters of the mile at greatly reduced speed. Razors The traveling Outlooker recently met a gentleman from Nova Scotia of Scotch descent who proudly proclaimed that by careful whetting he had made one razor blade endure for nine months. Reporting this exploit to a Norway (Malne) Yankee, he retorted that he had one blade in active service after a year's toll on his sandy jaws. Next!-The Outlook. ON TO ST.LOUIS Delegates and friends attending the 20th triennial session of The National Grand Lodge of the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Ten, and Juveniles of the world will leave Chicago via the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD on the non-stop Diamond Special, 11:55 P.M. (Standard time) Saturday, July 16th (12:55 A.M. Chicago city time July 17th). RAILROAD FARE: Rate of fare and one-half for the round trip has been authorized. Tickets good returning on all Illinois Central trains to and including July 30th. Be sure to have certificates when purchasing tickets. Tickets will be on sale at office of M. T. BAILEY, transportation chairman, 3638 S. State Street, 2nd floor, July 16th, 12 noon until 4 P.M. Also at all Illinois Central ticket offices until departure of train. This is in accordance with arrangements made by and indorsements of Student Knew 'Twas No Time to Linger He was a student at the University of Missouri and "loved" military, as do all the students. "I tell you, doc," he explained at the hospital, "my throat hurts something awful. I don't believe I better go to military for a day or two." "Not drilling outdoors now, are you?" the doctor inquired. "No, sir," the student admitted. "Well, your throat won't interfere with your going to indoor classes." "But you see, doc, I play in the band, and—" "Oh, in that case it's different," the doctor interrupted. "I don't want you straining that throat in band practice. Here's an excuse for three days." Three days later the student again presented himself at the hospital. "Well, how's the throat now?" the doctor inquired. "Pretty good, I guess," the student replied. "Think you can go back to band practice now?" the doctor asked. "Guess I might just as well." "Say, by the way," the doctor remarked, "I used to play in a band a little myself several years ago. Toot a horn a little yet once in a while. That's the reason I knew how hard it would go on your sore throat. What do you play?" "One of the drums," the student replied, and slid hastily out of the door. -Kansas City Times. 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 certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights." Many people erroneously suppose the phrase "born free and equal" occurs in the Declaration of Independence. That document says "all men are created equal."—Exchange. 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 city—Robert Louis Stevenson. Too Observant Frequently in restaurants and other places where a certain rule is continually being ignored, we are reminded of an incident related by a friend of ours. While wintering in Spain he lunched at the monastery of the Benedictines. After lunch, he took out his cigar case. "I don't suppose you object to smoking here?" he said to the white-robed monk attendant. "Yes, sir, we do," was the prompt reply. "There's a law against smoking in the refectory." "Then where," said our friend, "do all the cigar and cigarette stubs come from that I see about me?" "From men who didn't ask about the law," the monk replied, mildly.—Boston Transcript. Metric Measures The myriameter, or 10,000 meters, is equivalent to 6.2187 miles. The kilometer, 1,000 meters, is 0.62187 miles, or about 3,280 feet and 10 inches. Other units above the meter are the hectometer, 100 meters, 328 feet 1 inch, and the dekameter, 10 meters, 398.7 inches. The meter is equivalent to 89.37 inches. Below it are the decimeter, 3.987 inches; the centimeter, 0.8987 inches, and the millimeter, 0.894 inches. Watch Oddly Preserved After being lost for 12 months in a plowed field in England a farmer's watch has been picked up, and is going as well as if it had been in his pocket all the time. The man lost it while he was plowing, and searched fruitlessly for it. Yet he has now found it lying on the top of a furrow. Since it was lost the field has been plowed twice, harrowed and drilled, and has yielded a crop of potatoes. Conqueror Without Mercy The slain of the World war would not make a third of the toll of human life exacted by Genghis Khan during his reign over Asia, remarks the Dearborn Independent. Weakness in Vacillation In matters of great concern, and which must be done, there is no surer argument of a weak mind than irresolution.—Tillotson. Use our cars and be assured of protection. The above policy is back of our up to date Cars. If any one is killed or injured in your funeral we will look after all suits and pay damages THE BROAD AX In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXII No. 43 Chicago, July 9, 1927 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Postoffice at Chicago, III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. Windmill Old Idea It is not known who invented the first windmill. Devices based on the same principles have been in use from very early times. The windmill in its present form was in use as early as the Twelfth century. Good Paint Remover A very efficient paint and varnish remover has been recently made from a material which has been regarded as the waste of the sulphite paper mill. The United States army uses parabolic mirrors for searchlights. The size required is 60-inch solid glass. Misleading Any road to success which isn't the straight and narrow path isn't really a road to success. Two White House "Fronts" Two White House Fronts There are two fronts to the Executive mansion. In the days when the White House was constructed, colonial homes, especially in the South were built with two "fronts" wherever it was possible to locate them near a river. The phrases, the river front and the land front, are found in many descriptions of colonial homes. In the early days of Washington, the Potomac flowed much closer to the White House than it does today. The building, therefore, was regarded as having a river front as well as front. Milk Without Cream A cow that possessed "a perfectly adjusted separator" has been reported by a correspondent to the Sydney Bulletin. "She gave a lot of milk and her calves were 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 dish 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, England, 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 disposed 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." Explaining Puzzles The rage for puzzles is but one of the modern signs that there is in us more mental ability than we know how to utilize.—Sr Arthur Keith. Got Along Without Zero The Greeks and Romans did-not have a zero in their numerals. Our present system with the zero was derived from that of the Aavs. Odd Medicaments Elephants tusks, rhinoceros' horns, and the teeth of tigers and crocodiles, reduced to powder, figure prominently in the remedies of the Siamese. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 9, 1927 All Sorts of Things Oecupy Engaged Man Sunday: Engagement announced in the society column. Monday: Received calls from eighteen insurance agents, who kept him on the defensive trying to explain why he didn't recognize his added responsibilities. Tuesday: Was interviewed by seven furniture dealers, three motor car salesmen and thirteen real estate specialists. Wednesday: Found approximately thirty-eight pounds of ralln on his desk, chiefly from florists and gift shops, with a good representation from tailors, interior decorators, greeting card handlers and seed houses. Thursday: Held open house for seventeen 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. Received professional cards from three plumbers. Saturday; Decided to close the office early, but not before the postman left a letter from a lawyer who conveyed the information in thinly disguised fashion that he specializes in all sorts of domestic misunderstandings.—Kansas City Star. Left Record for Caution Politically, "Fabianism" is the doctrine or method of "making haste slowly." the term being from the name of Quintus Fabius Maximum, a Roman general noted for his very cautious and dilatory tactics. Ancient Text Book The oldest text book on the eye in existence dates back to the early Eleventh century and was written in Bagdad. The Big Nuisance Middle westerners have been heard to remark, "Talking movies are nothing new at our theaters."—The Outlook. Some Boss Occasionally you find a male who is boss of the house, but he isn't five years old yet. SON'S RAL CARS and Elegance to passengers OR REQUEST WILLIAMSON'S INSURED CARS demnified AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE No. LP 119207 It costs no more y for our 5 each. ance? The above policy is killed or injured and pay damages A. and Day 55 Street GO, ILL. 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 greatest 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 of 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 Adriatic's cats, that had failed to turn up when the ship sailed, reappeared for the next voyage with its tall proudly waving in the breeze and five little kittens trotting along behind—Manchester Guardian. Think His Day Is Over? Fifty-four million years ago the horse was a little thing no bigger than the average cat and considerably smaller than the late Nicodemus and, the way things are going, guess he might as well begin to revert if he wants to.-Ohio State Journal. Growth of Doll Industry Fifty years ago every doll that was sold in this country came from abroad. There was not a doll factory in this country. Today the detail value of the American doll factories amounts to $25,000,000 annually. Another way of committing suicide is to ask the old married men to contribute to a fund to erect a monument to the man who put canned spinach on the market—Cincinnati Enquirer. Divisions of Indians Indian tribes were formed originally as family units—that is, the members of a certain family banded themselves, maintaining certain customs of life and religion. Various factors afterward caused the tribes to expand. Excellent Definition Mike says: "A pessimist is a man who buries the hatchet of ennity, but carefully olls it to keep it from getting rusty, and also keeps a spade to dig it up."—Cincinnati Cynic. Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Branch Office: 606 Racine MILES J. ATTORNEY SUITE 318-320 CLARK AND W Telephone CENTRAL 1239 WEST ENGLE AND SAVI Cor. 63rd Street and JOHN BAIN, President Vice-President; EDWA President and Cashier; Assistant Cashier and T TELEPHONE Boston Blvd. Res. Phone Office: 606 Racine Ave., Phone Ma- MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW QUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CAL 1239 ENGLEWOOD T AND SAVINGS BAN Street and Marshfie N, President; MICHAEL Bent; EDWARD C. BA and Cashier; W. MERI Bahier and Trust Officer. 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Shadow and Substance Radio Flend (to wife at "Madame Butterfly")—Come on, we must be getting home. They're broadcasting the last act of this opera tonight, and I wouldn't miss it for anything.—Boston Transcript. Was He a Bargain? It pays to shop. A New York woman, shopping in a 5-and-10-cent store, found her missing husband there.—Buffalo Evening News. And Keep Mum Some men are brilliant talkers in public and others go out with their wives.—Boston Transcript. Notary Public Phone: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Telephone: State 3278 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Block 156 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suits 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3646 Michigan Ave. Phona Douglas 9133 Res. 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