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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23
THE POSTAL CLERKS IN CHI
CAGO ARE MANFULLY AND
RIGHTFULLY cONTENDING
FOR AN INCREASE I'M
THEIR SALARY


Last Sunday evening great mass
meeting was held at the Pilgrim Bap-
fist Temple. 33d street and Indiana
avenue. Rev. S. E. J. Watson, A. NJ.
DID,, pastor. Out Of the vast throng
which had gathered in the church
more than two thousand were white
and coiored postal clerks and mail
men, who are connected with the Chi
cago postofhce.
The object of the mass meeting
was to work up public sentiment
favorable to increasing the pay not
only Of the postal clerks Of this city.
but throughout the United States.
Rev. Watson was the leading
speaker Of the evening and he pledged
the support of the six thousand mem
bers of his congregation to aid in
every way to enable the postal clerks
to receive more pay, which will en-
able them to start to buying homes
Of their own and to support their
families in much better shape than
they are able to do at the present
time.
Strong resolutions were passed call
ing upon both branches of Congress
to pass the Kelley-Edge bill, which
provides for substantial increase in the
wages Of all the mail men and postal
clerks in the various parts Of this
country.
No Additional Taxation
THE pay boost you are asking
would come as apples from your own
tree Rev. Watson declared, "be-
cause it would be out Of post office
earnings and would not involve add
tional taxation"
Mr.. Sol Cohen, president Of the
Chicago local No. ], National FEEDER
alton Of Post Office Clerks, said that,
counting third class and fourth class
postmasters, more than 100000 en-
ployes throughout the country would
be benefited under the proposed bill.
OF these about $500 are in Chicago.
A considerable percentage is Of the
colored race.
What They Want
Clerks and carriers now receive a
minimum Of 81 400 and a maximum
OF $500 a year. They want a $1,000
minimum and $2,4OO maximum, with
a provision authorizing payment Of
$500 to some special clerks and
$1,000 to others.
Mr.. Cohen cited findings Of the
United States bureau 81 statistics to
indicate minimum pay now is ST 900
under what has been deemed neces-
sary to maintain "healthful and de-
cent budget" for a family of three and
that the maximum also is we'll under
requirements.
The resolutions adopted called upon
Illinois senators and Representatives to
support the Kelley-E Edge bill.
On Monday evening d well-attended
meeting was held at the Appomattox
Club in the interest Of increasing the
pay Of the postal employees.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23

Entered as Second Class Matter, Aug.
lo, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago.
III. Under Act Of March 8. 1879.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23
HAMILTON FISH ASKS PRESI
DENT TO PARDON IMPRIS-
ONED cOLORED SOL
DIERS OF 24th

Major Hamilton Fish, representa-
tive in Congress from the State Of
New York and former major in the
18th Infantry, read letter during his
address before the anti-lynching mass
meeting Of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored Peo-
pie, which he had written to President
Coolidge in behalf Of the imprisoned
coIored soldiers Of the oath Infantry
The letter is as follows:
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THE BROAD AK
Published Every Saturday


In this city since July 18th. 1899,
without missing one single issue. Re
publicans. Democrats. Catholics, Pro-
testants, Single Takers. Priests, inf
dels or anyone else can have their say
as long as their language is proper
and responsibility is fixed.
The Broad AK is a newspaper whose
platform is broad enough for all, ever
claiming the editorial right to speak
its own mind II IS neither Demo-
cratic nor Republican. It IS strictly
or absolutely Independent in politics.
Local communications will receive
attention. Write only on one side of
the paper.
Subscriptions must be paid in ad-
vance.
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Advertising rates made known on
application.
Address all communications to
THE BROAD AK
.006 50. Elizabeth St., Chicago, III.
Phone Wentworth 1897
JULIUS F. TAYLOR
Editor and Publisher
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February II, 1924.
4My Dear Mr. President:

my Dear Mr.. President:
Il am taking the liberty Of writing
to ask clemency for the ffty-four sol
diers now confined in prison for par
ticipating in the Houston, Texas, race
riot in the fall Of 1917.
q served with colored troops at
Spartanburg and knew something of
the difficulty of their situation in the
South, the insults heaped upon them
and the provocation they endured.
From personal experience 7 know that
the fault is not all on their side
make no appeal nor hold any brief
for the colored non-commissioned Off
GERS and leaders in the riot, nineteen
of whom have been executed, but have
not the others who participated in the
riot without Fermentation been suffi-
GENTLY punished? / would be a derel-
let to the memory Of the colored SOL
diers who served in my outfit who
paid the supreme sacrifice on the field
of battle, if I did not raise my voice
to secure justice and clemency for
those members Of their race who also
wore the American uniform.
In view Of the recent amnesty to
political prisoners who INSTRUCTED the
draft, poisoned the minds of our peo-
pie. made lawbreakers and draft
dodgers out Of thousands, and some
Of whom melted or actually partici-
pated in the blowing up Of bridges,
factories. etc, which sometimes re-
suited in the loss Of lives, and gen
orally impeded the conduct Of our
military operations. might not these
colored soldiers also be granted
clemency whose only offense was to
take part in race riot where evil
dence has been produced to show
that large part Of the responsibility
should be borne by the white civilian
population
Il am writing to ask you on the eve
Of Lincoln's birthday to grant Glenn
ency to these soldiers in the same
kindly spirit and with the same sense
of justice that Lincoln always showed
in pardoning young soldiers who had
been sentenced to death or to impris-
onment during the Civil War.
Trusting you viii accept this letter
In the spirit in which ii i written, and
grant clemency to these coIored SOL
diers still in confinement
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) Hamilton Fish, Jr."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23

The Colorado Statesman announces.
as another progressive step in Negro
business, that firm is to build a mod
ern building and garage in Denver.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23

Native diggers at the tomb Of King
Tutankhamen receive II cents a day.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23

Mr.. James II. Maxwell, Of Red
Bank. N. j., conducts modern gro
Gerry store and butcher shop.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23

Texas has two colored postmis-
tresses.
Of the 1855 colored school teachers
in Tennessee l,4o7 are females.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-02-23

In the land of Lilliput the clans are
engaged in their quadrennial fight over
the question Of leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
CHEATED CHIIDHOOD'

rC1ONSIDER for few moments the circumstances that
II prompted the child labor committee
United States chden bureau devote last Saturday. Sunday
and Monday nationwide attempt to call public attention
child labor
There roledup general movement apparent in In
danapo but number of Indianapolis cergymen spoke the
subject in
Briefly, child labor facts are these:
Instead of being able play study is the right
every boy and girl of every twelve children between the
ages 10 and Is years working MILL mine cannery
in other form of employment.
Eight per of these children get beyond
grade school than half of them beyond
fourth grade
Among all children between 10 Is years. the iteracy
23 per cent among $4,000 child aboers
81 per unable sign name while per
cent made NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Their health and growth is retarded in ways than
have space to tell
There Federal law applying to child labor the
United States Supreme Court having knocked
being unconstitutional.
There before Congress constitutional amendment
that successful viii give Congress power egslate
child labor.
State legislation has helped but many of the States
backward laws which permit the employment of children
A. putting the United States class with India China and
Japan in this respect.
To your judgment your conscience leave the concu
sion.
These the essential facts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
GET OUT OR BE KICKED OUT!

G 1ENATOR WALSH demanded the resignation Of Secre
IL ay of the Navy DENLY for his part in signing the niqu
oil leases Of DENLY should resign If he doesn he
should be impeached.
But DENLY is only of several
Attorney General Daugherty should resign. he doesn't he
should be impeached 1t the duty of his department to
on these either approve dis
approve them before execution.
Daughery has asked the President to relieve him
of his plain duty Attorney General of prosecuting the thieves
Entirely apart the question of guilty knowledge Daugh
ery part nothing could be clearer than that his usefulness
Attorney the United States and member of the
Presidents Cabinet is al end.
When for any public official works himself into
position will discharge the duties OF his
office according his OATH he should get out be kicked
Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy
should resign mpeached Reasons for this will Immediately
who has read the testimony before the
Public Lands Committee.
The public officials who have been connected with the naval
scandal and ncompetents
It accurately classify them although before the
last chapter is written they will be classified
place in the public for either crooks
incompetents.
Malfeasance msfeasance both crimes against
public
It is only question of degree.
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they are 100 times as bright at their
maximum brilliance as at their mini
mum. A few even show wider vari-
alton.
The variable stars are now gen.
orally divided into four groups.
The first is known as the eclips-
ing variables. About $50 of these
are known. The familiar star AL
gol is typical of the group. This
type Of variable is in reality a BIZ
nary star. The change in brilliance
ia due to the fact one OF the COM
ponents Is a dark body or a star
whose light is slowly dying out.
There is reason to believe In some
OF these ecnpsing variables the com
ponents are in surface contact.
Delta Star Typical
The second type is called the
Cepheid var1ables A typical one
is the star Delta IN the constella-
ton Cepheus.
In the Cepheids, the variation Of
light is believed to DO caused by
some change within the star Itself.
The Cepheids are believed to be
single stars and not binaries.
1t is pointed out sun-spots upon
our sun increase and decrease regu-
arly through a eleven-year period.
Some large scale disturbance Of a
similar nature in the radiatng sur
face Of these stars might cause the
change in brilliance.
The third type IS known as the
irregular variables. These vary only
slightly. about a half magnitude.
But they have no constant period Of
variation. They are all among the
giant red stars. The cause OF this
slight variation seems to be uncer-
tain at the present time.
The last type is known as the
long periodic variables. These stars
have periods Of light variation rang
ing from sixty-f1ve days to 500 days.
The period OF the average eclipsing
variable is about five days, while the
Cepheids range from a period OF two
days to one OF forty days.
Some Growing Cool
Some astronomers think the long
period variables are in reality dying
stars, that they are growing so cool
crust Is beginning to form over
their motion surfaces
Those who hold this view include
Professor Campbell. the head OF the
Lick Observatory,
He points out If such a crust
formed, the light of the star would
diminish. However, the gases I'm
prisoned beneath the crust would
rise in temperature and pressure
until they broke through. This
breaking through would cause an In
crease in brilliance OF the star. This
struggle to form a crust over the
star would cause the periodic rise
and fall Of brilliance.
Next article In series: Star Clusters
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
BY LOWELL MELLETT

CLEVELAND. Jan. 30.-The cam
paign of 1924 bids fair to be a read
ing contest. The thought is inspired
by hearing Senator Oscar w. Under
wood carefully address the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce.
President Coolidge is given to read
ing his infrequent public speeches. w.
q. McAdoo, Democracy's leading
candidate at the moment, likewise pre-
fers to pick his words from prepared
paper, though seemingly able to do
himself substantial justice required to
speak without warning, and now I'm
derwood has started reading aloud
to the public. If this keeps up, the
com ing political marathon is going to
be sadly disappointing to lovers of
the great platform sport.
Underwood's performance as a
public reader was interesting. 1t
seemed an unaccustomed exercise for
him. Former Senator Pomerene, who
sat at the readers table, remarked
that 1t was the first time he ever had
heard Underwood talk from a
manuscript in many years of ac-
quaintance with him as an ex.
temporaneous speaker.
Attacks Ku-Klux Khan
One reason for Underwood's eau
ton is his subject matter. He is con-
tinuing earnestly his attacks on the
Ku-Klux Khan. One doesn't know in
Ohio how many members of that gen.
tie society one may be speaking to
even in Chamber Of Commerce cham
Der, and so one choosese ones words
carefully. Underwood chose his from
the Democratic platform Of 1856. The
platform then denounced eloquently
the Know-Nothings an anti.Catholc
and anti-alien organization compare
BILE to the Khan Of today. He indorsed
this denunciauon as exactly applicable
in the present situation.
1t was for his reference to the
Khan that Underwood got his first
applause. The second spatter Of
hand-clapping came when he declared
his opposition to the bonus. His in
PRODUCTION to this was by way OF urg-
ing tax reduction.
No Opposition Aroused
Despite the millions Of wealth rep
resented around the luncheon tables,
his talk on taxes aroused no open en-
thusiasm until he connected il with
the bonus. Then the chambers men,
bers revealed they were with him.
Underwood is going seriously about
this business Of seeking the Demo.
cratic nomination. He was accompa-
MED TO Cleveland and Akron by Fred
Steckman. who was connected with
the Democratic national committee
in 1920, and who until recently has
been representative OF a big New
York bank in Washington. Steckinan
has been placed in charge Of Under
wood publicity during the campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
Friends
By BERTON BRALEY

Most any decent sort of folk
VIII help you when you're strapped
and broke.
If you are facing pain and woe,
Most anybody that you know
VIII treat you pretty white and fair
If they're convinced you re on the
square;
But-get what I am driving at?-
A friend does something more than
that.
A friend doesn't have to weigh you
much
To test your honesty and such;
A friend knows faults and virtues,
too,
And takes them as a part of you.
He tries to keep you out of trouble,
But when you're in-why, that goes
double.
And all your follies he endures
Because he Is a friend of yours.
A friend is one with whom you sit
And do not need to talk bit;
Who needs no chatter to reveal
approximately how you feel.
VINO, when your secret hearts uns
furled,
Won't rush right out and tell the
world,
Who's not afraid to step right in
And tell you what boob you've
been,
But whose devotion it won't jar
However much a fool you are.
Don It you believe the birds who fret
That loyal friends are seldom met.
Rare is the man who hasn't got
Someone who loves HIM quite a lot.
Whether he's any good or not.
Someone who's faithful to the end,
Through thick and thin-and that's a
Friend!
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Inc,I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
WHY THE DISCUSSION ENDED

fHE tax controversy between Michigan
and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has ended appar
emily.
We this with because with Couzens studying
proposals and discussing them have had light than
through all other discussion combined public
that COuzen performed for without light the subject the
Ion bill might have gotten
But it the exchange letters has
suggested that Mellon tell the public his
and what his income Mellon already done that with
Couzens income With that information made public we might
easily have estimated what Mellon plan have meanr
to the Mellon pocketbook.
NO DOUBT old Ben Franklin greatest forefather
but cannot forget that he invented the harmonca
a DETROIT dressmaker has legally enjoined man from
making love to her, which kind of for leap
EUROPE it is said has erected $4,000 war memorials but
is significant than herself
THE WHITE HOUSE to be repaired you that
Charlie Hughes watch that red gets
LATEST popular color for womens shoes is Airedale
sort of concession those who probably
JIM REED makes his bid for the White House jim ism
sure just what he's forbu he In the league Mr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
CHEER IN SPRING HATS

G ONE persons like to make joke of spring millinery.
IL Of rejoice the sight of the headgear just
rejoice the sight of the first robin the first blade
and the first spring flower.
In the dead of fills the gadnes to see
Indianapolis girls wearing their hats.
Thus bring bleak hearts the breath OF
spring For that call them blessed and wish all them had
the Of spring only heads their
dispositions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
Family Fun
Cuss the Luck

Sandy" had been in trouble on
every hole until the short Nth; by some
stroke OF rare luck he made a one
The ~addy rushed back to I'm, It's
in the hole, mister! It's in the hole.'
To which Sandy" replied, "Cuss
the luck. give me my nibIick. Judge.
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Prospects

michigan City Evening Dispatch)
While there is at present some slack
ness in the operation Of certain Michi-
gan City Industries the prospects are
excellent for even a more prosperous
year than last year. Orders are being
received in excess of anticipations,
which will insure increased demand
for labor, while the building program
far exceeds that of last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
l. Smile
PAPER SOLD

TT1 EREWITH we beg to announce
.IT the purchase of this column
III newspaper
We use the word purchase ad-
visedly inasmuch as no cash has yet
been paid. We have none at the mo-
ment. But we have lots of credit
The former owner gets no cash and
we get the credit. as It were.
Also. with this issue, the paper
changes it's name from Tom Sims
Newspaper to The Daily Smile. This
being leap year any young woman
may propose another change.
No change of policy IS intended.
Our fearlessness of consequences is
notorious. We don't care who laughs
at US.
AS usual we shall befr1end the poor,
overworked pun.
We shall pursue every wise crack
to its lair.
No lordly phrase has any more
chance with us than the lowliest noun.
We believe the paragraph Is might.
Ter than the swordfish.
Our motto shall be: That's a darn
good one.
AUTO NOTES
More than 1000, 900 Fords made.
That's no joke.
COMICS
TO approach a Senator walk up and
ask: What are you investgating7"
This failing, ask, What are you I'M
der investigation for?"
MARKETS
Oh. yes, the one,half piece bathing
suit will cost twice as much.
STYLES
Big pockets viii be very popular,
says style hints. Yes for TASKS.
THE SMILES KITCHEN
One way of setting yourself in solid
with the wife is to run off In tho
morning without scraping eggs out
Of the frying pan.
FOREIGN NEWS
A F'renchman has an auto that
runs on charcoal. Americans have
Fords that run on credit.
EDITORIAL
Spring and fall are the worst sea-
sons for Congress. The weather is
so hot in summer we cuss 1t instead
of Congress. In winter it is so cold
we cuss winter instead Of Congress.
But in the spring and fall we have
no weather that needs cussins so We
blame things on Congress.
HEALTH HINTS
A man flew in a pasteboard air
plane at Topeka, Kan. but 1t Is
not very healthy habit.
CLUB NOTES
A woman in CaInpton, N. H., has
a rolling pin 115 years old which she
uses daily. No doubt the pin owes
It's useful old age to the fact that
it is used on dough instead of hus-
bands. Some rolling pins are used
on husbands to get dough. but such
pins don't last long unless the hus-
band is soft-headed instead of hard
headed. Most husbands are hard
headed.
WASHINGTON NEWS
Wild horses are becoming a nui-
sance in Oregon, and dark horses
are a nuisance in Washington.
BEAUTY SECRETS
Taunton CMass) woman of SO lost
a man when he kicked because she
wanted to bob her hair. Girls win
be girls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
How is liquid air produced7

Air is compressed to q high pres
sure. The heat produced by compress
sion is removed and the compressed
air allowed to expand through valve.
This produces cold. The cold of the
escaping air is used to cool the incom-
ing compressed air by a heat inter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
BY DAVID DIETZ,

BY DAVID DIETZ,
Science Editor of The Times.
Copyright by David Dietz)
MOTHER special type Of star
a is known as the variable star.
This is a star, which varies
in brightness, periodically increas-
ing and decreasing in briiGance.
The first variable star was dis
covered In the group or constella-
ton known as Cetus by David Fa-
bicius. a Dutch astronomer, In 1898.
In 1860 1t was named Mira, mean
ing "the wonderful
Some variable stars vary as much
as five magnitudes. This means
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
A Thought

If we say that we have no sin. wa
deceive ourselves, and the truth Is
not in us-I John 1:S.
sSs
En7 e deceive and f1atter no one by
WI such delicate articles as we
E do ourselves. -Schopenhauer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
Heard in the Smoking Room

Mother, what are those lights
shining in heaven?'
Stars her mother told her. and
when you die your body will not go
there but your soul WILL
But If my body don't go there,
what will have to fasten by panties
tor asked the daughtavA"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
Dads Match CIew

Helen. did that young man smoke
in the parlor last night? I found
burnt matches there
"Oh. no, papa; he just lit one or two
to see what time 1t was. Boston
Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
Dads Worn Shoes

When my wife starts to soold I
90 for walkg'
Indeed! The shoemaker told me you
are one Of his best customers"
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Fast
Decatur Daily Democracy

NDeOdLUI IDLY LJ6IIIUU1dU
The fire chief of Indianapolis has
declared the Marion County Court
house a flre-trap and unsafe for use.
Now they are trying to figure out how
the county can build new Court
house before the present one is paid
for. Seem to be moving fast nova
days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
How aid the word ''blackguard''

How did the word "blackguard'
originate?
A blackguard was originally a man
who was employed in a house to look
after the fuel and the fireplace, which
had the effect of keeping his face
black. In time a black face was asso-
ciated with a black character and thus
''blackguard" became a synonym for
an unpleasant character.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-30
Surprising Hubby

II have a surprise for you, dear"
How long viii your mother stay? :
Judge.