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The broad ax., 1919-07-26
RACE IDENTIFICATION
Foul Spots and Rotten Conditions In
The Second Ward.
By An Observing Citizen.

To the Editor of The Broad Ak
Your paper having made its repu-
tation as the Champion of clean
homes, better manhood and good citi-
zenship as its slogan so long that as
an observant citizen / feel at liberty
to address you upon the subject of
present conditions now prevalent in
our city, and especially in the End
Ward. No people can hope to live and
act one way and secure the reputa-
ton that belong to others who act in
a different way, it therefore follows
that what we do or permit to be done
in our midst, viii in the end give US
all the reputation that some of us do
not deserve.
In the End Ward there according to
reports in the Daily Press and other
wise that there is gambling Of all
kinds along State st. and nightly cap
pers for dice, monte, and card games
are on the streets Of the End Ward.
This has a tendency to give the good
people the same reputation with the
bad, that, they do not deserve, but,
by permitting such gives rs all the
sobriquet of Gamblers; while in the
End ward there is q large class of
good, clean citizens who have nothing
in common with the immoralists or
gambler.
Recently my attention was called
in passing on the street car to some
kind of Carnival or Street Fair on a
small lot corner 37th and State St.
Leaving the car and forcing myself
through the crowded street and reach
ing the interior of the lot, found
from 1900 to 1000 Negroes, men and
women and children, some women
with babies in their arms elamoring
for an opportunity to play all sorts
of gambling devices or games An Of
the gambling joints was operated by
white men or women and Negroes
was seen to pay as high as $3.50 for .
chicken that could be bought any
place for so cents. The method was
simple there was 3s tickets at 10
cents each and the winner being the |
one holding the ticket which CORES
ponds with the number at the end of |
an indicator of q numbered wheel
after being turned.
It was collective swindling; and
through hopes which springs in the
breast of many ignorant people they
were satisfied to play again with a
hope that better luck would be theirs
next time. Hams, Flour, Dolls, Knives
and worthless trinkets were gambled
in this way, and at one or two places
the old Shell game was being played,
every man Of unsavOry reputation
from The first ward was on land as
sapDeri or getting theirs Irola those
to- timid to play. Other than being
p-esent as an OnlOOker or a victim
The broad ax., 1919-07-26

Mrs. Lena Holt, the President is
to be commended for the energy and
enthusiasm which she is injecting in
to the work.
Mrs. N. o. Bousheld is the patient
painstaking and efficient Secretary.
The broad ax., 1919-07-26

DR.. James n. billiard, President Of
the Jeanes and Slater Board spoke 70
the Summer School teachers at ther
regular morning meeting Tuesday.
The broad ax., 1919-07-26
ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILL
LIAMS SCORES A BIG VICTORY
BEFORE THE coRoNER's JURY.

A STRONG verdict was handed down
by the COroner's Jury at the Mob
Case hearing in which one Joseph Ro-
binsOn, residing at 514 West Fifty
fourth place was murdered.
The prosecution was amply assist
ed BY Attorney A. L. Williams, for
the heirs Of the deceased. The Jury
consisted Of four white men and two
eolOred men, although most Of the
eOloFed people had apparently tor
gotten the .untimely and outrageous
death Of Joseph Robinson at the
hands Of q white mob whose only ex-
cuse was in killing Robinson, that
they Wsntonly and maliciously decid-
ed to take the life Of q human-beinE
who happened to belong to the AZ
rican race.
Mobs are the handiwork of the de-
mentsd brain on the part of whose
ever participates in it, and whenever
it attempts to do injury, the actors
or participants never respects the VIC
Tins Of its fiendish purpose.
In this case it appeared that Mr.
Robinson was q peaceful and law
abiding citizen, who had had no trou-
bic with any one in his community,
but as the mob was determined to do
violence to some man or woman Of
the African race. it had no respective
person in view.
At the hearing, when the witnesses
were produced it was found that the
police who appeared at the scene
during the mob, was unable to secure
one eyewitness 10 this mob consist
ing Of more than one hundred per-
sons, taking the word Of policeman
Peter PauIburn, who upon oath stated
that during the occurrence he was cal
led on by one Mr.. William Morden,
awhile man who saw the crowd beat
ing and shooting the victim.
This polieeman's story is one that
should be investigated BY the police
department and If what he says IL
true, he is an unfit subject for the
police force, for It woald rather APP
pear that he was in sympathy with
the mob. he said that he could not
GET any fnfoEmafion at the time and
that he could not get any names sx-
espt Mr.. Morden's. When Mr.. Morden
was called be eOntradieted the state
ment of the oficer and said that he
did not see him until about ten kim
utss after the mob had subsidsd.
Mr.. Morden's statement Is one
which seems to have come from an
honest, prudent and law-abiding eiti-
zen and he shouh Be commended for
his version Of the actions Of this hide
Gus mob.
It's noteworthy that a mob eonsiss-
ing Of enc handrsd people. IN tie
vesds e enesr psulburs. rould con
The broad ax., 1919-07-26

Mrs. Walter B. Anderson, piania
left this week accompanied by hg
mother Mrs. Harrison, for q vacation
at lakewood, Mich.
The broad ax., 1919-07-26

time on its blOod-thirsty TRADE to
point more than a quarter of q mile
and then again shoot and kin another
Colored man by the name of Sandy
Harris and could not have been in.
tercepted by the police.
The death of Mr.. Robinson wss
not in a secret place but was on one
of the prominent boulevards Of the
City of Chicago, namely Garfield Bou-
levard ut the corner of Princeton
Avenue, where thousands Of people
pass two and fro.
The Verdict of the Jury tO-wit:
"JOseph Robinson came to his death
on the 22nd day Of June A. D., 1919,
en- route to Hospital from shock and
hemOrrhage due to ineised (Stab)
wounds of back and left leg"
I'VE find the deceased, a peaeesble
citizen, was assaulted, beaten and
stabbed by men comprising 4 mob Of
sixteen or more white men at about
55th street and Princeton Avenue,
about twelve o'clock June %, 1919.
We find that said assault was murder
Gus and unprovoked; that the identi-
ty Of the men comprising said mob
are unknown.
We recommend that the said men
be apprehend and held to the Grand
Jury, upon a charge Of murder, un-
til discharged by due Course Of Law.
Signed:
Joseph Frsstit, John curtsn, The
mas r. Vaughn, Williams n. MsMoa-
Agls. Williams Lynch, David Trottsr.
c. F. Kennedy, Deputy Coroner.
This verdict of the four white men
and two eolored men shows that the
people Of Chicago as a whole are not
in sympathy with mobs, and If the pO-
bee department, which is paid by the
taxes Of the people, were as cOnSeient-
Gus as this Jury was, there would be
no mobs in the City Of Chicago.
Mr.. Williams said that he intends
to proceed against the City on behalf
Of the Representatives Of both Of the
murdered men, Robinson and Harris,
under the mob law Of Illinois, which
law provides: "That the Surviving
spouse, lenial HERS or adopted child
rem or any such person or persons,
who before the loss Of life were de-
pendent for support upon any other
person who shall hereafter suffer
death by lynching at the hands Of a
mob IN any County or City damages
for injuries sustained BY reason Of
the loss Of life Of such person to q
sum Of. not exceeding 100000"
By doing this. he says that the
people Of the City VIII become IN
terestsd IN seeing to it that mobs are
costly bodies and when such gather
ings in violation Of the law are not
suppressed By the proper authorities.
they as tsxpeyers who are compelled
10 pay for the damages Of these mObs
WIN see 70 II that the police do their
fun duty 70 suppress such unlaWful
snd unwnrzantez bodies.
The broad ax., 1919-07-26
MIND SHATTERED
France View With Alarm Her Men
tally Wrecked, Manned and IIInourish-
ed Heritage of War childrsa-

New York Especially John Kend-
rick Bangs, novelist and humorist-
returned from France on Wednesday
and in an interview to the press makes
a plea for help from America for the
children of France, along the lines
Of the campaign now carried on from
coast to coast by The Fatherless
Children of Frances national COM
mittee, for the American adoption of
50, 900 of these destitute, ill-nourish-
ed and mentally wrecked children.
Zone of the things that impressed
me most in France" said Mr.. Bangs,
twas American solicitude for the well
fare of the little children whose homes
have been destroyed, whose fathers
have either been killed, wounded, or
made victims of German prisons, and
whose mothers have been so i'm
poverished by the war as to be un-
able to care for them. It is beautiful
to see the spirit in which American
agencies have fastened to their sue
cor, but it is the sad fact, that gener-
rous as has been our response TO the
needs of these little ones overseas
their necessities are still far and away
beyond any measures yet taken to re-
lieve and hold them safe. Their con-
dition is pitiable. Not a few have
been MANNED forever by destruction
in the hands of the cruel enemy. !
have seen little boys with their hands
and legs blown away either by shells,
or by innocent-loOking objects they
have picked up in the streets"
Their condition Pitiful
81 have seen them by the dozens
peaked little faces betokening long
period Of starvation, many Of them
in a condition Of general health that
only the most careful nursing and
tender loving care can transform into
anything even remotely resembling
strength. Their little minds are fl
led with background of tragedy that
has well nigh obliterated the pictures
of happier days, and their outlook is
one that, in the very nature of things
is filed with uncertainty"
Their Minds Shattered.
SCHOOLS are being equipped and
We are trying to bring back 20 nor
nal conditions the minds Of the child
rem. / mean by that that we are
trying to help children from 10 to IL
years to recover their state Of mind
which is at present that Of a child Of
from to years old. To a business
man the situation is perplexing, to a |
layman appalling.
by coming to the aid Of the Child
rem Of France now, we can lift these
little children up out of hell and en-
able them to look God in the face
once more. We can place them once
more in the land of the living and
lead them out of the valley of Des-
pair to the heights of renewed cour-
age and faith in the right"
It is for the purpose Of aiding these
little war victims that The Fatherless
Children Of France is making its ap-
peal for foster parents, the adoption
to be made through the contribution
Of 10 cents q day for q specified time,
thus repeating the pension allowed
By the French government-still in
the stress of its war eost-the child
The broad ax., 1919-07-26

Mrs Martha Mitchell gave piano
Recital at the Chicago Piano College
assisted by David Mitchell, tenor. Fri.
day evening.
The broad ax., 1919-07-26

Dr.. Emmett J, Scott, former Sec
Rotary Of Tuskegee Institute, and nov
Seeretsry-Treasurer Of Howard Unl
versity, is at the Institute this week
enjoying a few days rest with the
members Of his family and bis many
friends here.
The broad ax., 1919-07-26
TUsKEcEE INSTITUTE NOTES

The tenth annual Summer School
at Tuskegee Institute comes to a close
this week with regular Commence
ment exercises on Friday night, II
the Institute Chapel, when thirty-On'
teachers win be awarded certificates
Six hundred and twenty-seven teach
ers were enrolled this year represent
ing fifteen states.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-28
INTERMEDIATES DE vERANo

Para gozar de una buena salud du-
rante la estacion de calor, es necesa-
rio que los rinones y vejiga funcionen
normal y abundantemente. Los artri-
ticos quienes facilmente Sc les in.
pregna el acido tirico, no tienen la
sufciente cartidad de orina para ha,
cerlo salir. Ell Arthri-sel restablece las
orinas abundantes evita los dolores
de los riAones, las congestiones del hi
gado, los reumatismos y todas las ma
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-28

cuando en- Inglaterra Sc establecio
durante la guerra, Ell impuesto sobre
Ell lujo, hube protestas,, crfticas car
cajadas; como las hay ahora aqui, dom
de Sc ha comenzado "disfrutar'' de
ese arbitrio en- ell cual no Sc ha lucido
ell autor, Mr.. Kitchin, Presidente de
la Comisi6n de Hacienda de la Ca
mara de Representatives..
Este financiero de la clase de afi-
cionados-que no ha sido reelegido re-
presentante, porque los pueblos son
ingratos-se propuso extraer dinero a
los mas ricos y tratar bien los menos
ricos y a los pobres; y ahora los que
Sc quejan son los pobres y los menos
ricos Como el irnpuesto no es, nj puede
ser, personal, 10 mismo pagan, cuando
compran un articulo, ell rico, ell menos
rico y ell pobre; y la carga, que es
ligera para los dos primeros, es pesada
para Ell liltimo.
No hay definicion cientifica v exac-
ia del lujo, y de aqui las inconse-
cuencias, las rarezas las jocosida-
des de estos impuestos Un gran ven
dedor de corses ha preguntado al De-
partamentto del Tesoro 81 un corse es
ropa interior, 81 es lujo o necesidad,
y 81 es un aparato ortopedico cuando
tiene hechura especial, causa de al
guna deformidad de quien 10 usa; y
como los de esta clase son los mas
caros y Ell impuesto, en- ciertos casos
Sc regula por el precio, la ley convierte
en- lujos esos corses.
Paga impuesto ell par de medias dc
seda para hombre 81 cuesta un peso
mas y siendo para mujer 81 cuests
dos pesos o mas, pero NADIA tributar
las medias de lana, para jugadores dt
golf que cuestan diez pesos; pol
donde Sc We que en- el capitulo de me
dias no Sc regula el impuesto por g
precio, sino por Ell material.
NADIA paga una traje ''fius'', POI
caro- que sea; pero paga toda camis;
de tres pesos para arriba toda prem
da de ropa natural de cinco mas
pesos. Lo mismo paga la joyeria fins
que la imitada; ell por ciento de 81
valor; y los articulos de bolsillo CO
mo carteras, lentes, etc. no son con
siderados .joyeria mas que cuando es
ten adornados con piedras preciosas
semipreciosas, o imitadas. Y cuandt
esos artieulos sean, de metales precio
SOS de imitaciones de ellos, pagaran
pero no como joyeria; entonces pasar
otra seccion de la ley
Los cuadros, las estatuas, los obje
tos artisticos de bronco de porcela
ma pagan eI 10 por 100, excepto cuan
do los vende ell artista cuando lo
compra un museo u otra institution
de instruction.
una distinction interesante misterio
sa: pagan los calzones y los zapatos, pc
ro no las camisetas y las blusas, a M
ser que tengan algln adorno que Las
convierta en- uniformes. Los aparato.
de gimnasia estan exentos, pero los ar
ticulos de sport" pagan ell 10 POI
100. Pagan los de confiteria, pero nc
los de pasteleria; los chocolates sole
cuando contienen azucar, .'para hacer
/ les agradables al paladar dice el
texto. Pagan las ''libreas, botas y
sombreros que en- muchos casos sor
gorras de la servidumbre domestica-
los uniformes de los acomodadores, por
teros y demas empleados de los teatros
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DESDE .WASF HNGTON
Ell. .1MPUESTO SOBRE FL LUJO


y tambien los del personal de los no.
teles, almacenes y cafes, el 10 por 100
de su valor; pero nada los uniformes
del personal de ferrovias, telegrafos
y telefonos.
La classification de los articulos es
nuy larga; tiene 18 subdivisiones;
4 los comerciantes estan obligados a dar
cuenta, por separado, de las ventas en-
cada subdivision cornprendida en-. su
negocio. En- estos colosales a1macenes
americanos, en- que Sc vende de todo,
va a haber un papeleo copioso. Me-
nos NAL en- esos establecimientos, que
estan organizados de una, manera supe-
rior; en- otros, modestos de metodos
meAos modernos, habra retrasos, erro-
res, descuidos que seran penados con
multa
va ell Departments del Tesoro ha
comenzado a publican explicaciones,
aclaraciones interpretations acerca
de la obra del honorable Claudio Kit
chin, porque este fnanciero enreve-
sado Sc llama Claudio. Al comercio
no lie hace gracia el}impuesto, no por-
que haya que pagarlo, 81 no por la for
ma de pagar; por las formas. En-
unos casos paga ell productor, en- otros
el comprador, Ell los unos los otros
hay que llevar cuenta andar con mu-
cho cuidado.
Ell publico tambien esta contraria-
do; primero, porque todo impuesto nue.
vo es siempre antipatico; luego, por-
que sabe que 81 al parecer no paga Ell
consumidor, porque no hay aumento en-
ell precio, habra reduction en- la can
tidad de mercancia recibida esta Sc
! ra de calidad algo inferior. Y final
} mente porque Sc creia que terminada
la guerra, no solo no habria impues-
tos nuevos, sino que desaparecerian o
serian aligerados los originados por la
guerra. Nal creido, porque los Estados
Unidos Sc han echado encima una Deu-
! da magma, la cual hay que hacer fren-
tie, y los gastos militares, sobre to-
do los navales, son altos. Despues de
la guerra con Espaiia, en- 1898, que cos
to relativamente POGO, Sc acabaron prom
to los impuestos extraordinarios, que
dieron grandes rendimientos.
Este estado Gle amino del publico
explica que ell elnprestito actual no
Sc este cubriendo tan rapidamente CO.
mo 10 fueron los anteriores. Mucha
gente Sc tigura que con la paz Sc podra
! volver los presupuestos anteriores
a 1917; pero es 10 cierto que Sc ne
cesita muchisimO mas dinero que en-
tonces Sc segu-ra necesitando por lar
gos amos para los gastos corrientes Y
; para intereses y amortizacioon de los
i emprestitos.n Para buscar ese dinero
ideo Mr.. Kitchin un plan de ingresos
, EN- el cual 10 unico verdaderamente mo-
lesto es Ell impuesto sobre ell lujo, que
tiene ell Inconvenience de que Sc We.
ST los derechos de Importation, princi-
pal ramo de ingresos EN- todas las ma
clones ibero- o-americanas, y ramo de cuan
tia respectable en- casi todas las euro
peas, han durado tanto no estan anne
nazados de muerte es porque nadie We
las aduanas mas que los comerciantes
les viajeros, y estos, son una frac-
cion pequefia de la poblaci6n; los con-
sumidores no las ven. Sc les obliga a
pagar caro- 10 que sin esos derschos les
costaria POGO, pero no Sc enteran del
argumento.
Antonio ESCCBAR.
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AvISo

Dofa Ana Terradillos, participa a
su clientela que Sc ha hecho cargo de
nuevo personalmente de los trabajos
de Trus- Trus, Punto de bainica, etc.
Tienda La Fama, San Francisco.
Advt
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nifestaciones del Arthritismo de vera
no. En- todas las Farmacias.
Representative, Juan A. Perez, Box
425, Allen SO, San Juan, P. r. Advt.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-04-03
Willie Turns Out To Be Big
Boss Of The Navy.

Gadsden, Ala. A worn vehicle
drew up in front of the Home Ser
vice Office of the Etawah County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
recently and dear old woman,
giving her name as Mrs. Ida Barnes
of Alabama City, and descended
and entered.
i would like to have you write a
letter to my cousin Willie, 4" she
said to the Home Service secretary.
My hands are so crippled with
rheumatism now that / cannot hold
a pen.
You see, Willie has been in the
navy a long, long time. / don't
know where he is now. He was
only cousin but was reared in our
home and was always fond of the
home folks. He wrote over month
ago asking for family news but my
hands were too crippled to answer
him. Now l have lost his letter
with the address 80 / thought that
the Red Cross would help me to
locate him."
A letter was promptly written at
the woman's dictation to Willie
Caperton, Seaman" giving all the
family news.
Willie Caperton, Seaman, other
wise known to lowly gobs of the u.
S. Navy as sRear Admiral William
Caperton, third ranking admiral of
the Navy, was glad to receive the
letter forwarded to him in Brazil
where he was being entertained by
the President of the Republic when
he answered the letter.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-04-03
Won't You Become God-Parent
TO A FRENCH ORPHAN

The LEAGUE OF NATIONS greatest oppor.
unty of National feto which Jesus
Christ need not be ashamed President Wilson has fulfilled
giving form the long existing IDEAL Friendship and Love
between the peoples of Nations the foundation for this
IDEAL to stand upon, for all times
We offer the opportunity place this foundation
to share truly in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS by becoming
French Orphan giving child in least the
chance in life of which the fathers death robbed
tered families where American Godaren the aid of
children we have given them love and confidence live
the long future.
If you will send in your subscription will give you
OF the village and the of the child you beend
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-04-03
Gladbach, Germany.
Feb. "a, 1919.

To the dear old Vidette and
friends: Am all 10. k, soon will be
back in the good U. IS. A. Have
done my best since / came over
here. / didn't get to the front, was
to take the front the night that the
armistice came on. I was Just
few miles from the front the night
before the afinisdc' q they threw
some big shells ovef among us. /
was under shell fire from the 22nd
Of October until the eleventh of
November. The airplanes would
come over us every night and drop
bombs all around us. All we had
to sleep in was our little dog tents
just had 2 blankets to sleep on and
cover with and it raining all the
time. After the armistice | hiked
over two hundred miles through
France, Belgium and Luxenburg
then in Germany, On the first day
of December at z a. m. | crossed
out of Luxenburg into Germany
On the 18th of December at 11:30 |
crossed the Rhine river. Now
am ready to come home.
Yours sincerely,
ED BARNES,
Co. d. 1875 U. S. Inf. American
E. F., A. P. o., 794.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-04-03
These Facts On Food Crops
Should Hit You Like a Maui.

Since the government took its
hand from the control of the hog
market there has been an advance
in hogs. This means there will also
be an advance in fats. There is a
worldwide demand for fats.
II hogs are high corn is going to
be high. Hogs are going to be
comparatively high all summer and
all year. Hogs will be high this
fall, so also will corn.
The cheapest thing in the United
States today, compared to hogs,
cattle, hay, wheat, shoes, hyde and
leather is cotton. There is tre-
mendous amount of unsold cotton
around and about. The people are
going to buy something to eat be-
fore they buy something to wear.
Capt. John luther wrote from
Trieste that he had escorted about
100000 pounds of flour from Tri-
este into Bohemia.
We are just about to make a
trade with Germany for which we
are to send food into Germany for
the use OF some of Germany's ships.
You do not hear anything about
sending cotton into Germany. Peo-
pie want something to eat before
they want something to wear. All
of this means that meal and flour
are going to be high this summer
and this fall,
Cotton is not very high now, and
if you grow big crop this summer
the present crop and the next crop
will be low.
Some of the farmers say the pres
ent crop has already passed out of
their hands and they should wor-
ry," but if they raise a big crop this
year that crop will be on their
hands, and il will be high, and they
will have to pay a high price for
those things they use in raising.
If you only get 20 cents for your
cotton you cannot afford to grow
cotton alone and pay for hog meat
that is sold on the foot for Is cents
a pound and corn at $1.80 bushel
and wheat at 1920 a bushel
Therefore grow a lot of corn this
year, because the price of corn will
be high. Grow lot OF hay this
year, because hay is going to be
very high. Grow all the hogs you
eau and all the live stock you can,
because there is going. to be great
demand for meat.
If you have plenty of corn, hogs
and hay and are out of debt, no
matter what you get for your cotton,
you will have some money. but if
you grow cotton alone, no matter
what you get for it, you are going
to lose money.
Vegetables are high. They are
going to be high all summer. Plant
r whaling big garden.
Mark what we tell you about cot
ton, corn, hogs, grain and hay.
.-Commercial-Appeal.