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The Detroit times., 1913-12-08
TAKE OVER AUTO
SPECIALITY BUSINESS

Paul II. Beese. formerly of the Ham,
flton, Garages. aud II. b. Jay, OF the Jay
Sales company, have taken over the
latter concern under the name OF the
Auto Specially Sales company. at 3O7.S
1o6erson-ave. east, and will deal.
Wholesale and retail, In automobile &C
,ccssories. particularly In speciaities
Tor which there has developed . mark
"a demand. including hood covers,
wizard anti-freeze. and other products.
"A special Offering In hood covers is
announced for next week.
\ ft is said for Wizard anti.freeze that
~ will not freeze at 10 degrees below
1oeo. and will not injure any part OF
the car 1t will not evaporate nor
boIl, and Is specially adapted for cool
ms purposes.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-08
DETROIT SLIP COVER
co. IN NEW HOME

The Detroit Slip Cover company has
moved 20 their new location at % Hen.
sdr1eAve.. where they have increased
fnc1IitieS for manufacture Of their spe-
)ninlfies- Limousine at
1nchnents, radiator covers. storm cur
fa1ns and slip covers. Their one-day
'nervice on roadsters and two-day ser
Nee on touring cars Is appreciated by
automobile owners. especially when
|3hs Weatherman hands the country a
Cai9xnrd like the one now enroute from
colombo.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-08
SAFETY FIRST, IS
GOODYEAR PLAN
Factory Foremen Are Organized
Into Compact and Aggres-
sive Battalion

One hundred and fifteen factory
forsmen Of the Goodyear Tire Z Rub
Der company. Akron. Ohio. have been
organized into . compact and aggrss-
sive safety flrst" battalion. This or
ganisat atom was perfected at banquet
presided over by President r. e. Sell
berling. Of the Goodyear company. and
addressed by him and other Goodyear
oNlcials, % wen ~ other outside
safety 6rst" experts OF note.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-08

N Nr. r. w. Thatcher has proven him
~ 70 successful 40 city pneumatic
h1oomAn for the Ffrsstons Tire \
Nbbor company that he has been re-
lkos1ed BY position as manager OF
- Memphis, Tenn, branch.
4. Mr.. Thatcher has had plenty Of az
&6r1encs to handle his new position.
- was formerly city man dor the
llrInton Motor Car company for two
'nooyD. Later he left the above COM
SAuy to become manager OF the War
IN Motor Car company's local branch.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-08

doned his plan OF action by any
means. for he Is today using them In
regard to every elemnt that makes
for the betterment of his business
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
SlRES AND SONS.

Prince KropUtkin of Russia. now ssr
enty. is living quietly in London.
Captain David Jackson. lO4 ve,rs
old. Is believed to be the oldest H.
habitant Of London. He is a pIcturo
Of health. and in spite Of his age no
steps out as blithely as a boy when bs
goes for his daily walk
W. II. Surber. the first policeman Of
Seattle. recently celebrated his seven.
ty-eighth birthday and is as active ne
a man Of fifty. He was appointed I'm
1866. when Seattle had but one strest
and a population Of only 200 people.
One OF Lord Roberts warmest nd.
mirers IS the German emperor, proof
OF which was given some few years
ago by the bestOwal Of the Order Of
the Red Eagle upon him. his lordshiD
being the first nOn-German officer IN
receive this distinction.
Professor Willis Moore. frequently
mentioned of late as a probable sue.
cessor to Secretary Of Agriculture
Wilson. has been ut the head of tn.
government weather bureau since 1895
and has more than once been acting
secretary of agriculture.
Captain Robert Chilcote War;, COM
mander Of the Campania and commo-
dore Of the Cunard line. has quit the
sea after career Of fOrty-nine years.
thirty-three Of which were spent IN
the service Of the Cunard company.
He is an EnGlishman. sixty-three years
of age. has commanded nineteen Gu
nard ships. GaviCated them 125OO1O
miles and has crossed the Atlantic no
less than 5Ju times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
MRS. JOSEPHINE B. vIRDEN HAS
LEASED THE AMERICAN APART
r MEET BUILDING, 2sTH STREET
AND WABASH AVENUE.

The first of the present week, Mrs.
Josephine B. Virden, late of KlOndike,
who must be one of the wealthiest
Afro-American women in this country,
leased the American apartment build
ing, corner 2sth street and Wabash
avenue, for a term of ten years.
She put up her own cash as security
for the lease. The first year she will
pay $4,000 and for the next nine
years sl3, 200 per year.
The building contains about seventy
apartments and she will transform a
part of them into a hotel and continue
to rent the rest out as flats. She took
possession of the property Friday
morning.
William d. Neighbors & Company
made the deal for the owner, Mr.. John
W. Worthington, and it is the second
or third largest real estate deal so far
negotiated by any Afro-Ameriean real
estate firm in Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
Sporting Notes.

Jockey Danny Maher will ride for
Lord ROSebery again next season.
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball as
ISOLATION players wear numbers on
their backs To aid spectators to iden-
tify the players during the contests.
Besides the American and National
baseball leagues. there are fOrty-seven
leagues in the United States and Can
ada. all operating under the same
agreement. embracing 323 cities.
New York Public School Athletic
league has 100000 boys actively inter
ested I'm iuterClasS athletics i'm the ele-
mentary schools. At present there are
championship tournaments in baseball
soccer football. basketball. indoor base
ball and track and field sports. which
bring together all the schools in the
city.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
DAVID MCGOWAN BECOMES THE
NEW OWNER AND MANAGER OF
THE KEYSTONE HOTEL.

On Thursday morning David Nc
Gowan, well-known among the high
rollers and the sporting element, and
who for some time ran the buffet at
John Johnson's old place, 464 South
State street, became the new owner
and manager of the Keystone hotel,
1929 South State street.
Capt. John L. Fry, Howard F. Cat
lin and Sherman Blackwell breaking
away and making room for him.
The sudden changes in the manage
ment of the keystone buffet and hotel
oecasioned much surprise and comment
on the part of its many patrons.
As it was for many years the head
quarters for all the out of town men
who visited Chicago, no women being
allowed in it or around or about it.
Mr. MCGOWAN states that he will
make an extraordinary effort to i'm
prove it in every way. To carry the
best stock of wet goods, the best brand
of cigars and to maintain it on a high
standard, so that it will continue to be
on a par and reputation impaired to it
under the management of Capt. Fry.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
CELEBRATION OF ABRAHAM LIN
COINS BIRTHDAY.

Preparations are now being rapidly
completed for the great public mass
meeting which is to be held at Orehes-
ira Hall on the evening of Lincoln 3
birthday, February u, in honor of the
fftieth anniversary of Emancipation.
There viii be other celebrations in
Chicago on that day, but the meeting
at Orchestra Hall will be devoted es-
peciaIly to the celebration of the great
est act of Lincoln IS life, the freeing of
the slaves. Admission Will be free to
all, regardless of race or color.
Governor-eleet Edward F. Dunno has
promised to preside at the meeting if
his Official duties viii permit his pres
ence m Chicago on that evening. Ad-
dresses dealing with the Negroes prog
ress for the past fifty years and with
his present-day problems viii be de-
livered by DR.. Emil G. Hirseh, of Sinai
Temple; Dr.. W. E. Burghardt Dubois,
Of New York, editor Of The Crisis;
Miss Jane Adams, of Hull House.
Mayor Brand Whitloek of Toledo, an
eloquent and radical speaker. has also
been invited to take part in the meet.
ing, but has not yet been heard from
it is said. Mr.. Morefeld Storey Of
Boston, president of the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of Col
ored People, has wired Judge Edward
o. Brown, chairman Of the arrange
ments committee, that he win attend
the meeting if law business in Phiia
delphia that week win permit him t.
maksa quick trip to Chicago.
An elaborate musical program is be
ing arranged for that evening. The
celebration promises to be stimulating
and to make for better race feeling il
Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
OLD QUINN CHAPEL FOUNDER, 81,
TO-DAY.
Rev. A. T. HAN Hopes to Round out a
Century.

His ninety-frst birthday anniversary
was quietly celebrated last week by the
Rev. A. 7. Hall, we'll known Colored
Preacher, the only survivor Of the u
founders Of Quinn Chapel, Chicago, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. T.
Boyer, POS Claim street. He was WIS.,
tied by his children, grandchildren,
great grandchildren and many friends,
including a delegation from Chicago.
Mr.. Hall is enjoying fair health, reads
and writes without the use of glasses,
and says he hopes to round out the
century mark. He makes his home at
his old residence in Batavia during the
summer but spends the winters with his
daughter, Mrs. Boyer, in Aurora. His
wife died 20 years ago.
Mr.. Hall was born at Mifflington,
Pa, January Il, 1922, and came to Chi
eago in 1s43 as a barber on a boat.
Two years later he located there, open
ing the first barber shop on the west
side, at the corner of Lake and Canal
streets. At that time there were only
25 COlored people in Chicago. He num-
bered among his customers many men
prominent in the early history of Chi
eagO, including "Long John" Went
worth, the Peeks, the Honores, Thomas
B. Bryan, H. H. Yates, Orrington Lunt
and Potter Palmer.
Mr.. Hall was one of the founders of
Quinn Chapel, the well known Colored
church of Chicago, named for Bishop
Quinn, of Richmond, Va, who came to
Chicago and organized the church. The
church was first a mission and held
services in a blacksmith shop at the
corner of State and Madison streets,
later moving to where the Monadnoek
block now stands, and after the fire of
1871 to its present location in Wabash
avenue.
In 1866 Mr.. Hall moved his family to
Batavia which city has been his home
ever since. Six of his eleven children
are living. They are: Mrs. Lizzie
Dyer, of Sacramento, Cal, who visited
her father the past summer; A. T. Hall,
Jr., of Pittsburgh; Charles E. Ball, who
has a place in the census bureau in
Washington; Ollie Hall, of Rochester,
n. Y; Mrs. C. T. Boyer and E. A. Hall
of Aurora.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

be intelligently approached only by
means of thorough and complete
knowledge Of all the factors involved,
as well as all the methods and expert
enees of other cities and countries in
dealing with it. Arrangements were
made, therefore, in the early part of
last winter to secure the services of
George j. Kneeland, who had directed
the Chicago Vice Commission investi
cation. Since that time, Mr.. Kneeland,
with a corps of assistants, has been
making a thorough and comprehensive
survey of the conditions of vice in
New York City. This survey has COW
cred not only houses of prostitution,
Raines Law hotels, disorderly saloons,
cafes and restaurants, massage parlOrs
and other places where vicious people
eOngregate, but also the personal his
tories of some two thousand prosti
tutes; and a study of all the case rec
Ords for one year of a great majority
of the hospitals and dispensaries in
New York City, with view to aseer-
tanning the prevalence of venereal
diseases and their ratio to all other
diseases. Mr.. Kneeland' s report is now
in progress of preparation and will be
published within the next two months
At the same time, the Bureau was
fortunate in securing the services of
Abraham Flexner, whose reports on the
medical schools in this country and in
Europe are so well known, to study the
social evil and the various methods of
dealing with it in the leading cities of
Europe. Mr.. Flexner spent the greater
part of year abroad, making a search
ing and exhaustive inquiry into the
subject, and is now working on his re-
port, which will be ready for publiea-
tion this winter.
These studies are to be followed by
others, in those cities in the United
States where different conditions exist
or where special methods of dealing
with the social evil have been intro
duced, the object being to become ia
miliar with all phases of the subject
and all methods of handling it which
have been tried in this country and in
Europe.
Based upon all of these studies, which
will probably be published by Deem
Der of this year, it is the hope of the
Bureau that there may be devised a
practical plan for dealing with the
social evil in New York City-a plan
which public opinion can be brought
to support.
In conclusion, it cannot be too
strongly emphasized that the spirit
which dominates the work of the
Bureau is not sensational or sentiment
tai or hysterieal; that it is not a spirit
of criticism of public officials; but that
it is essentially a spirit of eonstrue-
tive suggestion and of deep scientific
as well as humane interest in a great
world problem.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.
For the Bureau of Social Hygiene,
P. o. Box $40, New York City.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

Mrs. Fannie Jackson COppin, who
was one of the most highly educated
and foremost Afro-Ameriean women in
this country, passed away last Thurs
day at her home 1918 cambridge
street, Philadelphia, Pa. She was in
her 10Th year. She was a graduate of
Oberlin College. She was for many
years head instructor and principal or
the institute for ColOred youths in the
Quaker City and proudly wearing the
degree Bachelor of Arts, which was
rightly bestowed upon her. She was a
high authority on educational work.
Some years ago she became united in
marriage to Bishop Levi ]. COppin of
the A. NJ. E. church. She travelled with
him in South Africa and in other parts
of the old world. She delivered several
addresses in London, England, and was
well received by its best people. At
the time of her death she had Just
completed book on her life and edu-
eational work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
State Lines.

New Jersey is the first state where
the legislature has provided for state
wide special training for all subnor-
NAL children. retarded as well as de-
fective.
Oklahoma is n new state. but is very
proud Of its size Seventy-fve OF its
seventy-seven counties are equal to the
area of New England. and the other
two counties are each equal to a state
the size of Rhode Island
According TO latest reports. voting
has done no harm To the matrimonial
market in California. During the past
year it is said there were 1000 more
marriages in the state than the year
before. II is just year since the
women Of California We're enfran-
chised.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
The Writers.

Mrs. Rose Hartwi K Thorpe. the au-
thor of 'Curfew Shall Not IGn= To-
night" is now sfxty-two years Of axe.
The Hon. John William ForteScue'
whose business it is to select tie books
read by the queen Of England, Is me
author Of several works himself Since
1906 he has been librarian at Windsor
castle.
William c. Smith Of Delphi. lnd-'
widely celebrated as a farm author ana
soil doctor. who jumped into literary
fame with his book. How TO Gro"
100 Bushels Of Corn Per Acre on Worn
Soil Is being doomed for secretary Oh
agriculture in the Wilson cabinet. MI
Smith was a Bryan electOr in 1916.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
Styles and the Women.

The New York woman who wears
watch on her ankle must intend 10
keep step with time-Omaha Bee.
= A perfectly fitting gown seems 10
give a woman more comfort than Is
found I'm her religion. - PhiladeIpnl1
Public Ledger.
A Washington debutante has sprung
a soul gown on society Lots Oh
men would he tickled TO death If thelr
better halves would be satisfied VIII
a sole gOwn.-Milwaukee Sentinel
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
Foreign Affairs.

The new republic Of China wants to
borrow $3OO.OOO.OOO. Why can't these
young people start in mOdestly and
buy one piece OF furniture at timer
Detroit News.
The difference between Italy and
Russia is that the one can grab any
amount Of Turkish territory without
exciting England. while the other
can't-New York World
When we learn that they have Eve
meals a day in England we are re-
luctantly forced to concede that Eng
lands form Of government Is in some
respects superior to our Own.-ohio
State Journal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
FHppant filings.

Science says human beings can De-
come mere vegetables. Almost every.
body has known a dead beat.-Ne"
York American.
A Louisville alderman seeks to pave
the date put on all eggs. They shouiu
be engraved. Ink fades after II"
decades Sentinel.
, DR.. Eliot Of Harvard says there IS 10
hell Evidently he has never encoun-
tered a clOthesline in the back yard Oh
\ dark night.-Cleveland Leader.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

DR.. H. Reginald Smith, 34O1 State
street, recently purchased an elegant
" bound set of the eleventh edition of
the Encyclopedia Britannica, consisting
of 90 volumes, Cambridge University
edition. The set is bound in green
lamb leather. 1t is safe to say that
very few Afro-Ameriean NJ. d. or any
other class of NJ. DIS. for that matter,
can surpass DR.. Smith in the ownership
of such a valuable and useful set of
books.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
Pert Personals.

j. Bruce Ismay's salary Is said to be
$4,000 a year. But he has earned It
the past few weeks II he reads the
newspapers.-Dallas News
According to the latest estimates.
John d. Rockefeller's interest In the
Standard, Oil company is worth $780,
100000. We believe he has other
means Of support too.-Chicago Record
Herald
Andrew Carnegie says ElIhu Root IL
the wisest man on earth. Elihu prob
ably warned him OF the consequences
OF calling a certain young woman the
prettiest girl In the country.-Philadel
phia Record
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

John Q. Grant, who was one Of the
oldest and most highly respected Afro
Americans in Chicago; died at his
home 36ls Vernon Avenue Tuesday
morning after a long lingering illness.
He was in his list year. He is sur
vived by his wife Mrs. Grant and their
daughter. Funeral services were held
over his remains Friday morning at
Quinn Chapel, of which church he was
member for many years. He was
buried with Masonic honors.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

A Colored girl has recently been
made captain of the basket ball team
of the high school of Ann Arbor, Mich
igan. 1t is the first honor of the kind
where 95 per cent of the students are
white to be given a Colored girl. The
name of the young woman is Phyllis
W. Waters. She is the daughter of
"Phi" Waters the "Boy Orator" of
the Kanawha, who holds the position
of chief deputy clerk of the Supreme
Court of West Virginia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
English Etchings.

London women now feed their dogs
at tables in restaurants
In the last fiscal year 3,1S6'SOO.OU.o
letters were mailed and delivered u
England
II IS calculated that by 1850 theie
win be no coal left in Britain Wi'niD
1000 feet or the surface
Two hundred and ninety-nine um
brellas were left in the Central Lon
don tube during the past twelNs
months: also 566 pairs Of gloves Ai'
one lamp shade,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
High Prices.

II you do not go up to the price Of
meat the price OF meat viii come
down to you.-PhiIadelphia Record
Uncle Sam has discovered the solu-
tion Of the cost OF high living problem
Eat the English sparrowP' says an
agricultural department bulletin.-Chi
eagO Inter Ocean.
Beef prices have broken all twenty
year records. About dine for consum-
ers to get together and adopt a set OF
resolutions In favor Of parsnlps as the
paramount Issue.-Toledo Blade.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
WOMAN, rs, TAXES BOY Is, AS HER
FoURTH HUSBAND.

Fullerton, KY, Jan. s0.-Mrs. Della
Kits, seventy-three years old, was mar
ried to-day to Manford Nelson, an
eighteen-year-Old C. & o. section hand.
The bride has been married three
times, has eighteen children and has
grandchildren older than the groom.
Mrs. Nelson is all right, and she does
not think it is wise for the dear ladies
to live or be alone in this cruel and
cold world.-Editor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

DR.. W. H. Marshall, s1O2 State street,
returned home last Friday morning
from Cheraw, S. c., where he went to
visit his parents. He also pleasantly
spent some of his time in visiting with
his old class or sehoolmates at the Claf-
lin University, Orangeburg,Is. c.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

The news from Kingston, Jamaica,
that J. Alexander Mackenzie is dead
is heard with deep regret by every
one who had the pleasure of meeting
this distinguished and affable gentle
man during his sOjOurn in this eoun-
try last year. He won eminence in
Jamaica as superintendent of the bust
ness affairs of the United Fruit Com
pany, and had an international reputa-
tion as an expert in constructive en-
cheering. He was one of the most en-
tertaining and informing speakers that
appeared before the Chicago meeting
of the National Negro Business League
last August.-Ex.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01
ON TO WASHINGTON, D. C.

All persons desiring to get to Wash
ington during the inaugural period may
get information as to places to stop,
rates, etc, by writing to the sub-eom-
mittee on Public Comfort, 1916 18th
street, n. W., Washington, D. C.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

Miss Kate Fowler, of Atlanta, Gsor-
gia, viii arrive in the city the first Of
the week, to make her home with her
sister, Mrs. Geneva Smith, 1858 Dear
born street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-02-01

Burton Moseley, oldest son of Law
yer and Mrs. B. F., MOseley, 624s s.
sangamon street, is seriously i'll and is
confined to his room most all the time.