The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-02-07


Owens, New YorKs leading yount
Socialists, made a successful trip tC
Detroit, Michigan. last week. Thes
arrived in Detroit Saturday. January
Path. On Sunday at the Laboi
Forum before huge crowd Of both
races, Mr.. Randolph spoke on The
Americanism Of Tomorrow" Mr.
Owens topic was THE New Eduea-
ton" On Tuesday before the Labor
Ivceum they both discussed The
New Emancipation" Last Wednes-
dav the young leaders of radical
thought addressed the Bethel A. NJ
F Church on Economic aspects Of
the Negro Problem" Following the
speeches at Bethel the citizens of De
troit rendered a banquet to Mr. Ran
dolph and Mr.. Owen at the Crisis
Cafe. Both Randolph and Owens are
teachers in the famous Rand School
of Social Science and are considered
on par with their white brother
worker in the school,, Prof. Scott
Nearing, formerly of the University
of Pennsylvania faculty. They are
also in connection with Victor R.
Dalv, a former officer Of the 367th
Bufaloes, owners and editors of the
Messenger Magazine In the last
election held in-New York City, Mr..
Randolph, although III in bed and
notable to deliver single speech,
received over 1000 votes for the of
fee of assemblyman. They are ac-
tive in the works of the race, more
recently being connected with the
movement to insure justice to the
condemned men in Arkansas, and
also Lovett Fort Whiteman, who is
imprisoned in ST. Louis. They were
active in behalf of Jones. the colored
man arrested in Boston during the
recent police strike for distributing a
pamphlet called Justice to the Ne
gro" Had Jones not committed sui
eide it was confidently expected that
the progressive element among our
people would have succeeded in hav-
ing him released.
The play at the Lafayette Theatre
last week was the former Broadway
success, THE Challenge" Its author
was Eugene Walter. 1t was grip
ping play of Labor conditions. An
drew Bishop as Dick, Arthur Ray as
the city editor of the Globe, and Cleo
Desmond as Mary, were the best in
the cast. This weeks play, This
and That" advertised as a musical
revue, did not make its debut at the
customary Monday matinee, due to
the fact that the actors did not know
their parts. Quite a crowd of would
be spectators were keenly disap-
pointed.
The Midwinter gathering of the
students Of the New York Academy
will take place Tuesday evening,
February 10th, at the Harlem Casino.
Miss Clara Blunt of the Wheatley
Court, was quietly welded to DR.. E.
c. Capehardt of Eatontown, n. c.
She will leave New York to take up
her home in the South on February
10Th.
In the weekly road race of the
Harlem Athletic League held Sun
day, February lst, the colored boys
Of the St. Christopher A. c. carried
off the team prize with a. score Of Is.
The HANDBOOK Heights A C., white,
was second with 81. Wilson Jack
son, St Christopher A C.. colored.
also carried away the fast time prize.
His time for FIVE miles was 34.23.
Nine c. Francis Of 203 West Tooth
street, died Wednesday, January
18th, following an operation. She
was buried Saturday following from
St. Marks NJ. E. Church. Rev.
Brooks delivered the funeral sermon
and Lulu Robinson Jones sang beau-
tifully over her dead friend. Many
floral tributes from the many organ
Izations to which the departed be-
longed were received at the funeral
Reverend w. Louis Williams has
opened up a series of religious lee
lures at Lafayette Hail. His first