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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Major Robert R. jackson
Secured the Passage of
The Race Film Bill, Bar
ing the Niger"
Thomas Dixon's "Clans-
man, or ''The Birth of
a Nation"

Tuesday, May Is, 1915, was a red
letter day for Major Robert R. jackson
who hOnorably represents one Of the
most exclusive districts in this state,
the KenwOod district, who secured the
passage of the following bill which was
brought forth by Attorney Walter NJ.
Farmer, 1s4 West Washington street,
this city. One hundred and eleven
members voted in its favor, while two
voted against its passage.
A BILL
For an Act to prohibit Acts tending to
ineite ill-feeling or prejudice or to
ridieule or disparage others on &C.
count of race.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Peo-
pie of the State of Illinois, represented
in the General Assembly: That any
corporation, person or combination Of
persons who shall advertise, publish,
present or exhibit or cause to be adver-
tised, published, presented or exhibited,
in any public place in this State, any
Autograph, drawing, picture, play,
drama or sketch, that tends to incite
race riot or race hatred; or that shall
represent or purport to represent any
hanging, lynehing or burning of any
human being, melted by race hatred,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

fined not less than 5000 nor more than
1000 for each offense.
Speech Fires House.
Major Jackson made the speech Of
his life which set the members of the
house and the many visitors on fire,
causing them to stand up on their feet
all the time he was speaking, winning
decisive victory over those who were
attempting to defeat the bill. In
closing he maintained that the moving
picture interests were behind the effort
to kill his bill. The measure prohibits
the exhibition of any film that shows
a lynehing or unlawful hanging and is
based on the theory that presentation
Of such pictures tends to race hatred
and to rioting.
Calls Bill Too Sweeping.
Representative Louis ]. Pierson of
Wilmette led the fight against the bill.
He made an extended argument, alleg-
ing that the bill as drawn affects much
more than the Negro race difficulties.
He commended in his speech that the bill
if it becomes a law prohibits in a re-
ligious way the use of any reproduction
of the erueifxion in any church, any
film which would raise the racial issue
in any form, and in effect would put
the movies out Of business.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
The Cookbook.

For a small cake or cookies have
a hot oven; for a large. rich cake. q
slow oven
In making a plain omelet it Is better
70 add hot water than milk. as 1t makes
II much more tender.
Put a handful Of raisins on top of
apples when baking your apple pies.
This gives them a fine flavor.
A steaming hot dish OF baked or boil
ed macaroni dressed with cream and
grated cheese is a very good subst-
tute for meat
Overboiled potatoes, placed in a cloth
and squeezed hard. can be mixed with
-four or barley meal and made into
scones- They should be toasted and
eaten with butter.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
FIippant filings.

Thank goodness, Switzerland Is not
laying In a stock Of submarinesAPhil-
adelphia Record
Congress is going TO have an cleo
trical device for use in recording votes
taken at the sessions. Time thus saved
can be devoted to talking.-Detroit
News
Now It is declared that Mrs- Chris
TOPPER COlurlbus discovered America
They'll be telling Us next that Mrs
Noah built the ark--Detroit Free
Press.
China may have a few diplomatic
cards up her sleeve, but the advan-
tages afforded by a japanese ktmono
are not ID be Oyerlooked--Washing-
ton Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
English EtchingS-

Altogether seven Englishmen have
been knighted for acting
There are 100000 acres Of waste
land In the United Kingdom
The ribbon OF the Victoria Cross, Is
crimson for the army and dark blue
for the navy.
No foreigners have ever been admit
ted to the freedom Of the city OF Lon
don. as they are unable to declare al
legiance % the sovereign
The largest single dock hclosed By
artificial walls In Great Britain Is at
Newport. MonmOuthshire. Its total
water area Is ITO acres and its dimen-
sions 1000 feet long by about 1000 feet
wide.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Timely Tips.

Now comes the season when the Sun
day automobile accidents crowd the
Monday morning papers-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The American spirit Of restiessness
- typihed by impatient search for
last years rod and line. - Baltimore
American
It Is time to clean up back yards and
front yards In fact 1t Il always ttme
10 clean up yards.-Albany Knieker-
booker Press
Swat the dies before they are bon
You can do that by swatting the filthy
places where the dies are hatched and
brought into existence by the hundred
thousand to torment humanity.-Pttts-
burEh Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Animal Oddities.

The Queen'bee lays 200 eggs q day.
The swallow has a larger mouth IN
proportion to its size than any other
bird
The sea elephant uses Its trunk to
seize its prey and to transfer food TO
It's mouth. just as does its brother
which roams the land
A hawk can spy a lark on earth al
most exactly the same color at twenty
times the distance at which IL u Per
csptible TO a man or dog.
The roar Of a lion can be heard far
Their on than the sound OF any other
creature. Next come the cries Of the
hyena, the screech owl, the panther
and the jackal In succession
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Household Hints.

Every cellar should be aired and sun
ned often
Use paper bags for covering pitchers
with food in them
When you paste labels on glass Jars
that are used for spices or cereals put
the labels on the inside They VIII stay
more securely.
To put a new wick In any lamp burn
er quickly thread a needle first, run the
thread across the wick and pass needle
through burner.
Use no soap on window glass. Use
old muslin and clean soft water. A
cotton cloth dipped in a little alcohol
win add briIlIancy to the final rub
After a woman becomes the wife Of
a great man she wonders what causes
his greatness to evaporate.
Z The fellow who starts out 70 find q
new home always discovers that some
body Is living In the house be wants
10 rent
statistIcians announce that on April
4 the population OF the United States
reached an even Io0Ooo.Ooo Those
WHO doubt It are privileged 70 count
noaes-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Short Stories.

Reindeer are more numerous IN Nor
way than horses.
The services Of about 10000 are re-
Qutred to take q census Of this c0un-
hy.
In the United States there are $751;
602 farms. with a total acreage OF s7S.-
796S2a
There are now sixty-seven bird re-
serves IN the United States where Wild
fowl may live unmolested
A law In Montreal compels the bak-
ers Of that city to stamp on each loaf
In weight and their initials.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Echoes of the War.

Each party Is willing 20 make peace
at once-on its own termA-Phnadel-
phia Record
Neutrality might now be defined As
an attitude that is equally offensive
10 an the beIligerents.-Chicago News.
Possibly more peace talk would be
audible II the warning nations would
stin their cannon IRE for a few mo-
mentz-Detroit News
There are a good many authorities
telling rs what Is going to happen aft
er TIE war. But wouldn't It Be more
to the point II somebody could say
when after the war win bsHPhila-
dslphia Press =
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
FHppant filings.

Sherman omitted to go on record
about acknowledgement Street Journal
The highest ambition Of the Panama
canal seems to be to act as much like
q folding bed as q canal can act.-Chi-
cago Herald
Philadelphia Is 20 teach geography By
moving pictures. That IL about the
only way to keep up with European
acknowledgements News
We shall miss having to listen to PEG
pie who have been to Europe this sum-
mer, but already people who have seen
the San Francisco fair are returning
Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Recent Inventions.

Paper clubs for policemen. practical
u indestructible. have been invented
By an Englishman-
A cone shaped adjustable cover has
been invented that win 1T any ordi-
nary sized cooking utensil
A gas meter has been invented that
automatically prints bills for the gas
that has passed through IT when q lev
er Is pressed.
Two Wisconsin inventors have pat
ented kerosene lamp that b auto
matically extinguished II upset or even
lifted from a support. -.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
PlTH AND POINT.

It Is easier to forgive an enemy than
10 wish him good luck.
Love just happens" says a woman
writer. So do mistakes.
Only those who hesitate can have
the benefit Of second thought.
Swimming the English channel Il
not a very popular sport Just now.
1t Is better to take up another line OF
work than to remain in the has been"
class.
While a man knows that he pays
high for experience, he keeps on buy
ing It
Sometimes a man Just pays you q
compliment when he owes you real
money.
Huerta says this Is q. great nation.
1t was a tribe too great for Huerta's
own good.
Every young man should understand
that his dead ancestors cannot hold bis
Job for him.
Fools not only rush In where angels
fear to tread. but they sometimes get
away with IL
Possibly a cleanup week in the Bal
kans would go far toward dispelling
the typhus plague.
BRIGHT BRIEFS.
Peace continues to be an increasing
long felt want
The one who hesitates may lose q
good opportunity.
The man who is too proud to ask for
favors doesn't get many.
The world owes every man q living.
but doesn't furnish a collector.
To be content with what you have
imagine how you would feel II you
had lost It
Stock Exchange seats are about to
be listed once more among the seats Of
the mighty.
It Is never easy to find good excuse
for not doing something that should
have been done.
1t Is better to live within your pay
envelope, even at the risk OF being
known as cheap skate
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
THE FOLLOWING LETTER E
PLAINS ITSELF.


Chicago, III. May Is, 1915.
To the Officers and Members of the
Amateur Minstrels:
We the board of directors Of the
Home for Aged and Infrm COlored Peo-
pie extend to you our sincere gratitude
for your liberal donation of $4,000.
Words are inadequate to express ouI
appreciation. If we had few others
who would follow the example laid
down by you, viz, giving US a yearly
donation, We would be able to make it
one of the finest institutions of its
kind in the state. We sincerely hope
that others viii follow your example.
Again thanking you, we remain yours
for the success of the Home.
S. r. JOHNSON,
President.
EDWARD WASHINGTON,
vice-P President.
W. n. YANCY, Secretary.
JAS. W. CAMP, Treas.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

The management Of the beautiful
Hotel Lincoln at Arverne, L. L, has
formed q plan for making Decoration
Day one of the "gala events" of its
summer season. The building, which
stands in striking contrast with its new
bright, white decoration, both interior
and exterior, against its color scheme
of somber hue of last summer, has been
made over into the last word in hotel
perfection. Announcement cards have
been sent out, giving a schedule OF
feature attractions, among which VIII
be dancing and musical festivities for
Saturday, May 2sth Sunday, May
2eth, guests viii be entertained with
an elaborate program of music. Mon
day, Decoration Day, dancing festivi-
ties will be resumed. A large tennis
court is being laid out for the free
use Of the hotels guests
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
Plat ron REzx.

NOtiee-A six-rOOm fat for rent At
GOA Ada street, intending toilet and
bath; everything in arst-elass eondi-
ton Good neighborhoOd and congo
NAL neigbborA Elevated and surface
lines just two h,oeks away. Only tl4.
Apply on the pEsmises-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Captain Anderson, ex-ehaplain of the
o. s. Army, 10th Calvary, is in the
city, and paid a glorious tribute to the
Colored soldiers of the United States
Army at the Institutional Church, 3sth
and Dearborn streets, last week.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

ga thousand hard earned dollars
given to Fisk University by Mrs. Dis
mukes of Nashville, Tenn" A laun-
dress in Fisk University, who out Of
her small means gave $1,000 toward a
music building for Fisk, a splendid sac
rifce, a monumental endeavor, won
dertul example of ehivalry, Forty-nine
thousand others are necessary to have
if the building is to be realized. But
Mrs. Dismukes has infinite faith that
others win give them She has for
four years given her monthly salary to
this Institution; she had given them
the amount of her pledge. This is a
worthy sacrifice, worthy of the highest
consideration.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

We are sorry to note that the very
dear son Of Rev. ]. c. Anderson, pastor
Of Quinn chapel, is at this writing q
very sick young man. We wish for
him q full and complete recovery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Mr.. w. A. Wallace, president of the
Colored Political League, will address
the Star Literary Club Sunday at 4
P. m. at Ebenezer Baptist church, 35th
and Dearborn streets. Subject, go
ing Forward
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
REMOVAL NOTICE.

From on and after this date, all
letters or other mail matter intended
for Julius =. Taylor or Mrs. Annie E.
Taylor or The Broad Ak, should be
addressed to $3.50 st. Lawrence Ave-,
Jackson Park station. Phone Went
worth 2597.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

We happened to meet on the surface
car the other day our old friend, Har-
rison Stewart, just from the East
Things looked somewhat blue to us at
the time, when he said: "Cheer up,
old chap; that won't do for a news
paper man; just keep up that Pekin
smiIe.D
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
CHIPS

Mr.. Nat Jones of 24s E. 35th St.,
has. left the city for Grand Rapids,
Mich, to spend his vacation. We wish
for him a pleasant trip.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

UNDER NEW
MANAGEMENT

Combines the restful
quiet Of the country and
seashore with the gaieties
OF a great city. Only q
few minutes ride by train
separates New York City
from this delightful spot.
Hotel Lincoln Is within
three minutes walk Of the
Beach, where there Is
boating, bathing and fish
ing; rs magniheently APP
pointed rooms, single or
en- suite. Every convent
encs TO suit the most
exaeting.
Excellent Cuisine, Mod
crate Rates Best Of serY-
+ For Information write
"a saEckENRlOeE
RronRlokoP
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
NICE FURNISHED Rooms TO
RENT.

For rent-Nieely furnished rooms,
hot and cold water, all eonvenienees;
for men only. E. Hardin, s144 Rhodes
avenue.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Mr.. John Andrews, who was consid-
cred one of the best cafe walters in
Chicago, and who has been away in
the West and East for some time, has
Just returned from Philadelphia, Pa
He is looking around and expects to
invest in business here.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Garrett Serviss says the latest aero
plane is Ike a winged lobster. II he'll
now tell Us what a winged lobster Is
Ike our stock OF information win be
complete.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Entered - ssSsaa-Class Lsttse AaE. n,
IOos, - tAS Pest onss - chIsAgS. ullasls.
under Ast - MArGA Z Is7s.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Warmbad has just appeared on the
war map. AS Il Is located in equatorial
Africa the name can't be aseribed to
inefficient heating.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Do not allow the making Of plans for
tomorrow 10 interfere with doing what
you planned yesterday 10 do today.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

The figuring Of war lndemnities wfll
represent one OF the biggest tasks the
expert accountants have had TO under
take.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22
ANNUAL MAY BAIL

Eighth Regiment III National Guar
New Armory, S5th St and
Forest Ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

One dollar spent on the prevention Of
disease win bring bigger dividends 20
any town than $40 spent on relief Or
cure.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Apparently q man never gets TO Be 90
old that he ceases TO be surprised when
women's fashions change.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Presentation Of long and honorable
service medals and rihe decorations
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

Monday Evening. Nay e. ls16-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

JULIUS =. TAILOR. EAiso- Haa PubnsAs-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

1t Is better to live within your pay
envelope, even at the risk Of being
known as a cheap skate.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

1t Is easier to forgive an enemy than
10 wish him good luck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-05-22

It Is never easy to find a good excuse
for not doing something that should
have been done.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-01
FELL INTO PAINT
Bucket Is Wedged Tightly Upon
Shoulders OF Injured Omaha
Railroad Employe.

Sioux City. April Failing from
the top OF a box car head first into a
pail of red paint. John Jariv. an em-
ploye of the Omaha railroad. yester-
day suffered a broken o $ and in
jured eyes.
Jariv was employed painting cars
at the Eighteenth street shops and
was working on q a top when he
slipped and fell. landing in the paint
bucket.
Workmen who rushed to his aid at
first declared that his scalp and all
the skin from his face had been torn
away, until they observed the color
OF the paint that filed the pail.
The paint bucket was removed
from JARVIS head with considerable
difficulty and he was taken to his
home, where physicians stated that
they expected no serious results from
the accident.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-01
War SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS AS
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, April SPECIAL: Rus
sian forces from Przemysl are al
ready taking their place side by side
with the troops who have for weeks
past been striving to carry the Car
pathian passes in the face of stern
opposition by the Austrians and Ger
mans. The presence Of a division
from Przemysl on the Carpathian
front Is noted in the Austrian Of
fetal communication.
That this Is O struggle of the
greatest Importance, the result of
which will exercise a strong effect
on the entire situation" Is pointed
out by Maj. Morhat, the military crit
lie of the Berlin Tageblatt, who adds:
1.-THE supreme army command has
grounds enough for employing all
~disposable forces to avert a Russian
Eruption into the Hungarian plains"
In this region, particularly along
the Bartfeld-UZsok front, the Rus
sian actions, according to the official
statement from P~etrograd, care de-
veloping with perfect success. not
withstanding the enemy's stubborn
resistance"
The nature of the fighting. as indi-
Gated by the same official communi-
cation which tells of desperate oun
ter attacks, says that the Russians
captured on Sunday and Monday last
seventy-six officers, 1884 men and a
great number of guns.
The Austrians have improved their
advantage of having forced the Rus
slams to withdraw from Bukowina,
for in an advance from Czernowitz
the Russians admit the Austrians
crossed the Russian frontier and adj
vanced half way to Chotin. Already
the Russians are sending troops TO
that section to repel the invaders.
In the western war zone attacks
and counter attacks, with varying de-
grees of success, are reported. The
Germans continue to lombard the
bridges around Newport. while from
the sea to the Aisne and in Cham
payne there have been artillery ac-
tons. The seriousness of the battle
for Hartmanns-Weilerkopf in AlsaceI
is shown by the fact that the bodies
of 700 German dead have beer
found.
A somewhat new view of the op
erationS in the Dardanelles ~ aHoFu
ed by a correspondent, who says tina
apparently no serious attempts Il
sweep the mines from the Darda
nelles waters have been made by tn
allies since March IS: and that Will
the weather conditions for a bonn
bardment have been of the best. witt
a quiet sea. there has been no bonn
bardment since March Is.
This correspondent visited tn
forts that bore the brunt of the las
heavy Smelling by the allied war
ships. and says:
THE damage sustained by tn
- Turkish positions was uniformly in
finitesmal to an almost unbelievable
III extent"
Is The death list of the steamer Fa
4 laba, which was sunk by a German
s. submarine, has been officially places
lie at Ill, and included n American
le Leon Chester Thrasher, an engineer
rs who had been living for the last yea
~ on the Gold Coast.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-01
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
items Taken from The Daily:
Leader Files

Each farmer who comes to town
today wears a broad smile upon his
face. Cause: The heavens have
given of their rain and snow, MAX
ing glad the face of the earth.
The county commissioners met to-
day in regular session, all present;
but their time is fully occupied in
passing upon applications for seed
grain, the auditors office being filled
all day with applicants.
Bishop Hare made his annual visit
to Grace church of this city yester-
day. and after confirming a class OF
six at the morning service. preached
to a large and attentive congrega-
ton. Grace church, under the faith
full m~inistrations of Rev. w. j. Cleve-
land, is steadily growing in member
ship and spiritual strength. Yester-
days services were particularly edi-
flying. the excellent sermon by the
bishop, the inspiring music of the
choir, and the impressive confirma-
ton ceremonies. all combining to
make the hour of worship pleasant
and elevating.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-01
MISSING FARMER
for Emil LANCE of Several
Days Proves Fruitless.

Hudson. April IA persistent
search which has been prosecuted for
several days by scores of men and
boys has failed to find any trace of
Emil Lange, a farmer OF the eastern
section of Lincoln county. who is be-
lieved to have been drowned.
After a visit with his brothers.
Simon and Henry, he started for his
own farm on horseback. The Ice In
the Rock river, which he had to cross
apparently did not look safe to him,
for after securing his horse to a tree.
where 1t was found by the searchers,
he evidently attempted to cross the
river on the ice on foot. 1t Is feared
he broke through the ice and
drowned, for since that time not the
slightest trace Of him has been found.
The ice in the Rock river was COM
mencing to break up at the time he
evidently tried to ross 1t and was
very unsafe. High water in the
river and the presence of floating
masses of ice has made 1t impossible
to drag the river. When this can be
done it is believed his body will be
recovered.