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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
THE DOCTOR SMILES.

A few days ago we saw one OF our
big doctors listening to one of those
street fakirs at SIND and State st.
The vendor had one of those anatom-
zeal charts standing on a box so that
the unlettered multitude might look
upon it with great solemnity' and
wonder. The doctor left the crowd
with a disgusting smile upon his face,
and we could almost read his thoughts
from the cars. Say, reader, we are IN
a heIluvahx. There ought to be some
ordnance passed in the city council
to save our poor easily fooled and
easily robbed people of their hard
earned money.
-"Watchman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH
COLORED WOMAN CAUSE
OF FLOGGING.

Birmingham, Ala.-Charges that he
had been seen too frequently with
colored woman are said to have been
the grounds for which c. s. Cooley,
a white butcher, was taken into the
country last Saturday night and fog
ged, with the threat that if he did not
leave town at once he would be more
severely treated.
Although Cooley denied that the
Klan had taken him for another, &C
cording to latest reports he IS settling
up his business as fast as possible
and plans to leave the city within a
few days.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
GIVING HIM THE SPILLED
BEANS.

The Cop-"Give me that package"
Colored Fellow-"What fur | must
give it to your"
Cop with authority)-"Because l
want IT.
Colored Fellow with scornful curl
of lips)-"Say, if you is in the habit
of gettin' what you want jes for the
askin', why man, why don you ask
Mr.. Rockefell for a million dollars?
You got jes as good chance gettin' it
as you is this package"
But say fellow, why not get few
thousand yourself by the employ
ment of your own God given talents?
"Benevolence."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
SHUT UP-YoU KNOW TOO
MUCH NOW.

Mr.. Spry was discussing with his
neighbor the demoralizing effects
brought on by the new creations in
women's wear His little grand son
was tugging at his coat Grandpa,
when does a man grow old?" asked
the youngster.
when he gets so his eyes fail
him." said the grandpa.
Style Lizard"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
RESOLUTIONS.
James c. Hall, Capt. 9Th Infantry,
Ill N. G.
Adiutant

James c. Hall, Capt. 9Th Infantry,
Ill N. 6.
Adjutant.
For Officers and Members 9th Infan-
try, Illinois National Guard.
RESOLUTIONS.
From the Louise D. Marshall Auxil-
iary.
WHEREAS the hand of Divine
Providence has removed our beloved
Major Charles L. Hunt from the
scene of his temporal labors and this
Regiment, which he loved so dearly,
we the Louise d. Marshall Auxiliary
are DESTROYS of expressing our respect
for his memory, and testifying our
earnest and affectionate sympathy
with the household deprived by this
dispensation OF its earthly head,
therefore be II
RESOLVED, that we tenderly con-
dole with the family Of our deceased
Major, in this their hour of trial and
atfhcuon, and devoutly commend
them to the keeping of Him who
looks with plying eyes upon the
widow and daughter.
RESOLVED. that in our natural
sorrow for the loss of a faithful Of
heer we find consolation in the belief
that it is well with him for whom
we mourn.
RESOLVED, that. we sympathize
with those who were bound to our
departed Major by the nearest and
dearest ties. We share with them
the hope of reunion in that better
world where there are no partings.
and bliss inefable forbids a tear
Mrs. James Fl. johnson. Pres.
Mrs. Ida Hill. See'y.
lst Lieut.. Sheppard A. Ware came
up from Springfield, Illinois to attend
the funeral of the late Major Chas.
L. Hunt. Lieut.. Ware is on the Med
ieal Staff of the Medical Corps.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

course the teacher wanted him to see
how bright her pupils were. She told
Johnny that he would be asked who
discovered America" and that he
must answer Christopher Columbus.
VIII was to be asked who made
youe" and he must answer God 1t
happened that Willie stayed reme
Monday; so that Johnny had to rep
resent the class. The first question
asked Johnnie was who made your"
Christopher Columbus answered
Johnnie. NO" said the Superintend-
ent. God made you" ooh, no.
said Johnnie, 'the fellow that God
made stayed at home"
Monitor
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
AS YOU LIKE IT.

In Nevada they have discovered
something worse than the twilight
sleep. People who are anxious to die
without being hung or shot, or in the
electric chair may enter the sulphur
chamber and be strangled or asphyx-
lated. To the would-be suicides that
are jumping off tall buildings, or
drowning may go to Nevada and die
a sterilized sulphurism.
''Salvato."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
WHY DON'T 1T RAIN ON ME9

The Negro starts everything. He
started the blues, and hang our skins
we almost got the blue Sundays. He
started Jazz, gin. and raz, ragtime and
syncopation, the jerky step. Walking
the Dog, Texas Tommy, the happy
glide, balling the jack, the cake walk,
crap shooting and a hundred other
great American pastimes. Now it's
up to him to start something that will
rain more American dollars into his
hat, then we u say he's a peacherina.
Originator"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
HE WAS A SLIcKER.

A genius has found that fountain
pen will hold one drink. He filled up
his pen but forgot and wrote a letter
with 1t. What happened to the re-
ceiver of that letter has not been re-
ported yet. Doubtless he will try to
keep up the correspondence.
Drink Fountain"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
MAD BOYS MAKING TOYS.

The Germans are coming back. A
million mad young Germans are
working to put the industrial system
of Germany in the forefront of In
dustrialism. We would like to see
even a hundred thousand Of our mad
men working like blazes to put life
into our own economic problems.
There is not a thing in the way of
fellow holding down a job and saw
ing his money, and then to spend it
judiciously.
Mailman"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
WE DON'T KNOW.

Bohemia is a great word, although
we do not know the meaning OF it.
1t is so easily pronounced, and then
it is big word, and a good space fill
er. 1t has a sporty ring to it and
maybe that is why we like it.
Reason"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
Oh YOU LEM OH YOU BIG
BILL OH YOU FRED

Governor Small is capable man
on the job at Springfield. They are
trying to bluff him, they couldn't buy
him. and they win not be able to hu-
initiate him. Looping seven hundred
feet of Of political dogs tail, at one
thousand dollars a foot, caused a ca
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
AUSPICIoUS REMARKS
SUCH AN OCCASION.
ON

The gentleman upon being called
upon to address the meeting, rose and
said, "Mr. Chairman: The discussion
has been very interesting, but my
remarks will be like the ladies skirts,
they will be very short and will hard
ly cover the subject, but however, it
is getting very clear that the eye is
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

DR.. A. Wherefore Williams, who
has for some years been located in
fine Offices at 3545 S. State street,
numbers among his many patients
some Of the best people in Chicago,
and for almost twenty years, DR.. Will
liams has been a constant subscriber
to this paper
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
THE HARD BIRD.

A woodpeeker is a blamed IDIOT,
look at the trouble and worry he
goes to just to get a worm. We ad-
nit that he knows the kind Of worms
he likes better than we do. When he
gets hunger for worms he must be
in lot of trouble; look at the wood
he knocks.
Wholesome"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
THE BABY DOLLS.

"Oh, Dry Those Tears must have
been written by a woman. Women
have, you know, a special attraction
OF tc-rs. When they become dried
she can rub her checks red without
rouge. Get the idea:
Crocodile Tears"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
RESOLUTIONS.
Major Charles L. Hunt, Former Off
Ger This Regiment.


WHEREAS It has pleased the Su-
preme Commander of the Universe in
His infinite goodness and mercy to
remove from his beloved ones, Major
Charles l. Hunt, former officer of the
Eighth Infantry, Illinois National
Guard, and
WHEREAS, his excellent record
as a soldier OF the Spanish-American
War, Mexican Border Service and
the World War has been one of I'M
faltering faithfulneSs to his country
and his duties. and
WHEREAS, while we know words
cannot alleviate the grief of the be-
reaved family, we feel that it will be
a consolation to them, in their sor-
row to know that faithful former
comrades and friends are suffering
from an irreparable loss, as we'll as
they, and that they have deep sym
pathetic interest, therefore
BE 1T RESOLVED, that the
Eighth Infantry, Illinois National
Guard, in heartfelt sorrow extend to
the widow and beloved one of our
esteemed former comrade, Major
Charles L. Hunt, our deepest sympa-
thy in this their hour of sorrow and
IOSs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
SHE WAS PLAYING GREEN,
AND HE WAS GREEN.

She was just about to leave him like
the trees leave in Spring.
He was green the darling, had the
money and everything,
She had been an old mans darling.
she could play the game all
right.
The fellow was no novice, burnt the
red FIRE every night.
"Hyena Hound-Pup."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
HOME AGAIN.

Mrs. F. w. Jamison is home again
in Detroit. Mich, after spending a
week in the city a delegate to the
fourteenth annual session OF A. l. n
& d. Of A.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

Mr.. w. H. Montgomery OF the
Public Life Insurance Co., likes the
column and sent us few lines. Mr..
John Auter, Attorney at Law, says
he likes the column and will become
a member of our Column Club.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
CHEMISTS MULTIPLYING.

The year has been blessed with less
drunkenness? Prohibition is to blame,
of course, but did you know before
that there were so many chemists
among us?
Student"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
HERE ON VISIT.

Miss Geraldine Broadus Of Kansas
is in the city where she will remain
several weeks the guest of her unee
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs A. H. Young
$3.50 Giles avenue.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
THE TIDE FLOWS OUT.

A good deal of water has run under
the Michigan Ave. Bridge since the
first long faced reformer tried to put
a crimp in the gentle art of kissing.
"Osculator."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

nine howl heard in the United States
Senate by Senator Mccormick.
Citizen"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

the best member of the nervous sys-
tenn"
Casual Observer"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

Funeral rites for the late Major
Charles L. Hunt were held at the 9Th
Regiment Armory last Sunday after
noon at p. III. Various organiza-
tons and many friends unite to pay
their last homage and respect to the
fallen hero.
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

A VERSATILE ANSWER.
The Superintendent was to visit the
school the following Monday and OF
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
HEADQUARTERS, EIGHTH IN
PANTRY, ILL. N. Q.
3Sl7 Giles Ave, Chicago, Ill.
NOTES.
By Lieut.. Matthew R. Johnson.

The Regiment will leave Chicago,
Friday, September End. 1921 for Camp
Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois for IS
days. Men DESTROYS of taking advan-
tage of this trip may enlist any night
in the week until Sept. lst.
Col Otis B. Duncan is in the city
this week in the interest of the Regi-
ment
The Service Co. commanded by lst
Lieut. Stanley B. Norvell gave a
Smoker last Saturday night in the Ar
mory Annex.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

vail in this the largest Temple in -,
world. I'll TIE
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13

vail in this, the largest TemnIo =
world. I'll TIE
The Closing Session.
Thursday morning was devo,o5
hearing reports of committees foTlo. 70
ed by the election OF of5co-. Nv ~
Grand Court sent a commi,too me
change fraternal greetings Whit "
reciprocated by a COMMITTEE r. " Va,
Imperial Council. ' ''e
Election of Officers
The Imperial Council then nro..,
ed with the election Of Officer, ~. w
lows: - loI'
Caesar R. Blake. Jr., CharIo,,. \,
L. Imperial Potentate. unauimo,,.,
reelected; Samuel w. FL,
Detroit, Michigan, Deputy Tmn.. '
Potentate; Harry Knight. yeu E Va
City, Chief Rabban: VIM Hs,,p .O'S
Providence, r. l., Assistant P,LE1
James E. Sheppard. Durham v
High Priest and Prophet; A n
Ter, St Joseph, Mo. Oriental c.
Chas. Freeman, Washington n
Imperial Treasurer; Levy WiIr,- -
Jersey City, N. J., Imperial RecorI
ID. A. Oliver, Fort Worth. Tcxas T..
Ceremonial Master; c. A. Baxter 7.
dianaPolis, Ind, End Ceremonial M.
ter; l. H. Bradberry. St. Loris NJ
Outer Guard; R. c. Fisher. St I.ouis
Mo, Imperial Reporter; W A Hang,
err Toledo, Ohio, Inner Guard. Caa
we've NJ. Reuben, Official Press S,en-
ographer
Next place of meeting is Washing
ton, D. C., August. 1922.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-13
THE SHRINERS HAD A ~
TIME IN ST. LOUIS, MO nut

Concluded from pape !,
The New York herald., 1921-07-03

Practice has improved the aim of the bonn
bardiers of the heavy airplanes.
The general character of the practice at
Instead of dummy bombs being dropped as
in the early days of the tests, the fliers
now are using live ammunition almost ex-
clusively, taking their loads daily from
large ammunition dump that extends all
along the Back River boundary of the post
The bombs are piled high in this section
of the military reservation. They are in
boxes. as sent down from the ordnance
proving grounds at Aberdeen, stacked
criss-cross in the open, an innocent enough
looking stack, but containing enough ex-
plosive to blow up the entire State Of vir-
ginia II let loose at one time Ordnance
officers are on hand in charge of the bombs
and the assurance has come from them
that there is no danger so long as there is
no tampering with the special safety appli.
ances attached to each bomb.
With each bomb is a sort of tail which
is affixed when the airplane takes on its
load of explosive. The tail is devised to
guide the bomb in it's downward course to
prevent its being carried out of line by the
wind
Every morning of the week except Sun
day bombs are taken from the dump and
carted over to the airplane line in front
of the hangers. ready for the days ma
nnuvres. The mechanicians are to be
found tuning up the airplanes, while the
pilots and observers, with their radio Oh.
orators and other assistants, are adjusting
their headgear and getting into heavy
clothes which will protect them from the
cold air currents of the higher attitudes.
One by one, but rapidly. the different
fights-five to the fllght-get off the field
and assemble in the air. AS the squadrons
are organized they hit off on a course in
the sky to get out of the way for the
medium sized bombers and the heavy bomb.
ers who follow the same procedure.
The sight of 100 or more airpanes in the
sky at one time-the number due to the
condition OF the aircraft is never exactly
the same--is enough to make anybody stop
and wonder whether, after ALL there is not
something more than mere talk in the
argument that aircraft may be superior
The New York herald., 1921-07-03

of the Army Air Service, has come from
Washington to take the leadership of the
organization. Gen. Mitchell, il will he
recalled, started the now intense discussion
on the subject of aircraft supremacy over
the battleship, and he is out to prove to
the country that he was right. He is
flying every day himself with the bombing
outfit, an inspiration at times to the per-
sonnel at the field, whose nerve seems to
be unshaken from the fact that twenty-five
of their number, either directly or indi-
rectly, have met death within the last two
months in the conduct of the experiments.
Gen. Mitchell is not asking the United
States to embark on a policy OF national
defence that provides only for aircraft.
What he is seeking is a consolidation of
the air forces that now are scattered in
the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the
Post Office Department and elsewhere. He
would like to see a separate air force, with
q common overhead so far as administra-
tion and engineering is concerned. with
details OF Army personnel TO operate air.
planes in the Army service, details OF Navy
personnel to operate airplanes in the Navy.
regular postal fliers and so on, as condi-
tions seemed to warrant. This he main
tains, could be accomplished without one
cent of additional cast-that is, il the
present scattered appropriations, which
totalled s121,OoO,o0O last year for all the
services were to go to one central organ
ization, America could have an air force
second to none in the world.
1t Is the opinion of Gen. Mitchell and
those who side with him that the airplane
presents the most sensible means of ma
tional defence at this time. This argument
is based upon the cost of the battleship,
at present approximately $4,000 900, and
the possibility that it could be sunk, or
The New York herald., 1921-07-03

to all other means of combat in the future
and that the wars that probably arc to
come will be fought in the air, with air
planes dropping bombs, spreading poison
gas, strewing bombs and belching forth
torpedoes.
These airplanes, in battle formation, are
travelling at from ninety to 100 miles an
hour although the smaller pursuit ships,
because of their speed, which runs up in
instances to It's miles an hour, are able to
do much more circling and recircling than
those of the heavier types. They maneuvre
like infantry-their precision, after weeks
of practice, is remarkable They are in
tent on finding the target and disposing of
their deadly bombs.
Up to this time the bombardment wing
has not carried its full capacity of TINT,
fifty tons, so that its real effect is not
known even to the most enthusiastic of
the Army air service officers. who are conf
dent that the group now on the field would
be able IL necessity arose, to sink all the
battle fleets afloat. The nearest approach
to the carrying of such great amount
came only recently when the airpanes
started off with something like thirty tons.
but had to abandon the sham battle be-
cause two of the fiers participating in the
sham battle crashed their airplanes to-
gether in the air and fell to their death in
Chesapeake Bay.
The scene was in the vicinity Of the
wreck of the old cruiser San Marcos, for
merly the Texas, which for long time has
been target for navy gunfire. Such bombs
n foil In-. =
disposed of the remains of the one-time
fighting ship.
The bombing practice at Langley Field
has progressed to such an extent that
Brig.-Gen. William Mitchell, Assistant Chief
The New York herald., 1921-07-03
Air Forces Confident They Could
Sink Every Warship Afos,

The fleet is less than 100 miles away and
1t is visible on clear days at attitudes of
5000 feet and upward. Soaring at such an
elevation the pilots of the airplanes and
the observers are able to see the tiny out
lines of the battleships against the mist
and smoke as they silently rise and fall
with the oceans roll.
This force of airplanes now concen-
trated at Langley Field is confident. after
weeks of maneuvres under supposed battle
conditions, of its ability to sink all the
fighting ships aioat--including those Of
Great Britain, the number of whose COM
bat vessels approaches the 500 mark aud
whose feet is still in building. 1t might
take a day-all day, in fact-to sink the
British feet but it could be DONE the fliers
assert IL the proper tactics were employed
and the superiority of the air remained
through numbers, in the hands Of the
United States.
have just passed day at Langley Field
observing the work of this fighting organ.
ization, which on the whole is known as
bombardment wing, corresponding with a
regiment OF infantry. 1t is made up in a
general way of four squadrons OF combat
airplanes and one squadron of surveillance
airplanes. making five in all, each squadron
composed theoretically although not in
fact, of twenty-five airplanes, divided into
flights of five airplanes EACH
These airplanes on the line in front of
the hangers are enough to make ones
blood run cold with a realization of their
destructive possibilities. The bombs they
carry are enough to blow any ordinary city
off the face of the earth, although two
trips Of the sort would in all likelihood be
required for the destruction of a large city
like New York or Chicago
There are in all eighteen airplanes Of
the single-seater type known as the SE-5
airplanes; fifty of the DE4 type, capable
Of carrying two men, pilot and an OBJ
server, and thirty-fve OF various types of
heavy bombing machines. chiefly Martin
bombers, but including also several Hand
ley-Page and Caproni airplanes. with crews
The New York herald., 1921-07-03
Definite Scheme of Attack
Developed in Recent Experiments

The whole scheme of attack hinges on
the success of the pursuit airplanes, which,
being light and quick of maneuvre, have
every advantage over the heavy bombing
airplanes that carry the bulk of the deadly
explosive. In this regard the lombard
ment wing now in operation at Langley
Field is not an ideal one, but is the best
the army is able to afford at this time
because of shortage of this type of air
plane.
The pursuit squadron now consists of
eighteen single-seater airplanes, each of
them equipped to carry four bombs each,
weighing twenty-five pounds They go
ahead of all the other airplanes in an
attack, dipping low over a battleship or
other target and hurling their bombs where
they would be most effective. Then, theo-
retically when the air is clear of enemy
aircraft the secondary airplanes, carrying
heavier bombs, appear They are of the
DH4 type, with bombs Of $50 or 800
pounds-600 pounds of bombs in ALL the
size Of each of the bombs depending largely
on the exact character of the attack.
The very heavy bombs-those weighing
up to 1850 pounds, and soon, IL is ex-
pected, a ton--are carried by the larger
airplanes such as the Martin bombers, the
Capronis and the Handley-Pages. They
are in reality merely great flying ships.
steady, determined slow moving in com
parison, but solid affairs. their courses
flown with the greatest precision and their
bombing much the same. These are the
airplanes which have made such scores as
100 per cent. in their bombing, with their
normal percentage in recent weeks about
90, as compared with 73 two months ago.