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The broad ax., 1924-06-07
ONE JAZZ DANCE WEARS OUT
SPIDER WEB HOSE

Berlin-Spider web stockings form
one of the novelties of the season on
display here. They are made Of thread
so fine that 270 miles of it would be
required to make pound Of silk. AS
for the wearing qualities, the dealers
admit that after one dance to modern
jazz music the toes and heels would
be all out.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
LET EIGHTEENTH AMEND
MENT REST"
lLineoln News Servicel

Boston.-The Negroes as a minor
ity group awfully in need Of certain
legislative favors can well afford to
let the matter Of repeating the
Eighteenth Amendment rest with the
Caucasian vets There are far more
vital problems in need Of the Negroes
attention right now than the question
whether he viii be permitted to poi
son himself in the future, legally, as
some have done n the past (and as
some are doing now, Illegally Z
(From The Boston Chronicle).
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

DR.. and Mrs. L. Frank White, 4s4S
St. Lawrence avenue, will leave the
city on Tuesday, june 10th, for an ex-
tended trip to New York City and
Boston, stopping at Memphis en- route
to visit their parents. Dr. White i a
graduate Of Dental Surgery from one
Of our leading Colleges, and plans 70
open his Offices in Chicago on his re-
turn.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
TO SPEAK IN MILWAUKEE,

Nine Ezella Mathis Carter, 45Oo
Prairie Ave, widely known in the city
as speaker, will speak before the
opening meeting Of the State Fedora
ton of Colored Women Clubs Of Wis
consin on June 9Th, at Milwaukee.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
CHILDREN NDE r FIVE
YEARS OF AGE
Lincoln News Service

Philadelphia.-In the State Of Penn
sylvania there are 274 -colored children
under FIVE years of age per 1000 col
ored women, Is to IA years Of age, AZ
compared with 51l white children per
1000 white women of the same age
group. In Ohio the proportion i ~
coIored and 443 white children; IN
New York, 20 colored and 3o4 white;
and in Illinois, 227 colored to 40
white children.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
LEAVING FOR NEW YORK

Mrs. s. Harrison OF 1922 Prairie
Ave-. and daughter, Mrs Julia Groves,
are leaving Chicago during the week
for New York City. to take up future
residence.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
OUR FARM OWNERS
(Lincoln News Service)

Washington-Colored farmers own
and operate farms in every state and
in about three-fourths Of all the coun-
ties in the United States. In the
North, the State Of Missouri leads iii
the number Of acres owned BY them.
and is followed by Kansas, Ohio, Illi-
nois, Michigan, Colorado, California
and Indiana, in the order named.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
cOLORED FOLKS TO LISTEN
TO PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

Washington, June president
Coolidge accepted an invitation to
make the commencement address Fri
day at Howard university, a colored
institution here.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
GO EAST

Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Ford Of
6l47 Aberdeen ST., are leaving the city
during the week for the east, making
Trenton, ~ j., their immediate stop.
The Fords will take up future resi-
dence in the east.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

Miss Eleanor Gaines, the soprano
songstress, has removed her home
from 21o f. 44th street to 4543 IN
diana avenue, third apartment, where
she win be greatly pleased TO meet her
many friends.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
THE QUESTIONABLE
By Miss Louise Bond


/. Who built the CIermont? When
did she make her first trip from Al
bany to New York? What was her
rate of speed?
2. When and from what country did
the United States acquire Florida?
What was the price paid for this ter
ritory?
8. Name the states admitted from
1908 to 1925.
4. In what year was the Erie canal
completed? Where is it? State its
length and depth. What did it cost?
5. When was the first railroad built
in the United States? Where?
ANSWERS
l. In 1907, Robert Fulton's steam
boat, "Clermont," steamed from Al
bany to New York at the rate Of five
miles per hour.
2. "A portion Of Florida was seized
by the United States in 1908, and in
1919 was purchased from Spain for
$5,OOO,OOO
8. The states admitted to the Union
from 1908 to 1925 were: Ohio, 1905;
Louisiana, 1872; Indiana. 1916; Mis-
sissippi, 1917; Illinois. 1878; Maine,
1920, and Missouri, 1921.
A. In 1925 the Erie canal was com
pleted at a cost Of $52,540,800. Its
length IS 565 miles and it is feet
deep. 1t provides a connecting link
between Albany and Buffalo, New
York.
5. In 1927, the first railroad in the
United States was built in Massa-
chusetts
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

Pennsylvania has the largest col
ored population Of any northern state,
and is followed, in the order named,
BY New York, Ohio, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan
and Kansas.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

! looked around ST. Louis, went to
the Argus office, and believe me
honey they have one more plant.
When see my people doing things,
| just get SO happy. must shout
right out on the street, in the alley,
or wherever the spirit strikes me. If
you don't want me to shout then keep
ME away from the wheel of progress.
Don't let the spirit come near me, for
if it strikes me l am going to speak
right out, and any time | don't serve
my Jesus, and praise God for success,
the stuff is all off, and you had just as
we'll say so. / am not going to keep
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
PubHshsd Evsry -


IN this city since July 18th. 1899,
without missing one single issue. Re-
publicans, Democrats. Catholics, Pro-
testants, Single Takers, Priests, inf
deIs OF anyone else can have their say
IS long as their language is proper
and responsibility IS fixed.
The Broad Ak IS newspaper whose
platform is broad enough for all, ever
claiming the editorial right to speak
les own mind. II is neither Demo-
cratic nor Republican. 1t IS strictly
or absolutely independent in politics.
Local communications viii receive
attention. Write only on one side Of
the paper.
Subscriptions must be paid in adj
vance.
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Advertising rates made known on
application.
Address all communications to
THE BROAD AK
500 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, I'll.
Phone Wentworth 1897
JULIUS F. TAYLOR
Editor and Publisher
Vol. xxx No. So
Chicago. June 2, 1924
Entered as Second Class Matter, Aug.
lo, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago.
III. Under Act of March 8. 1879.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

The Steel City Industrial and Com
mercial Association Of Pittsburgh has
purchased 10 acres Of ground in Fay
cite County Pa, to be used as an
amusement park
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

Dallas. Texas.-Now you see where
am this week. I have sent you sew
eral letters from Louisville, KY and
am Of the opinion that impressed
you that ! was there and there to
stay. sent you letter from Poro
college, and told you about the big
time they were having there in St.
Louis for the orphans.
The people Of St. Louis think much
Of themselves, and | believe at times
think that they are the only pebbles
on the beach. ] don't care straw
about what they think, for they have
been doing things.
Mrs. Annie MI Malone has placed
St. Louis on the map, and when you
speak Of Poro you think OF the city,
and il you speak Of the city Of course
you think of Poro. She is a wonderful
woman, and she Is doing things that
will count and she is placing our
people on the shelf in the commercial
world.
Poro. college has ere this reached
the million dollar mark, and we
should feel proud Of this. We must
be like the other race, measure us all
by the aggressive few. We are lifting
up our own, and all that Mrs. Malone
is, she is not indebted to the people
Of the other race, but just our own
people. They have lifted her up, and
take away our people and she never
would have been heard Of in this
world The common people are the
people who make great men great
They are in the majority, and they
spend their money. They pay their
debts, and are ever ready to make
their contribution for racial uplift
They build the churches, the school
houses, and they are the makers of
real home life.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

l. Who built the Clermont? When
did she make her first trip from Al
bany to New York? What was her
rate Of speed?
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
SHORT CUTS
Lincoln News Service

, There are 1902 counties in the
United States.
Of the 14S colored farmers in Colo
RADIO, lis are owners.
Ira T. Bryant is still doing busi-
ness at the old stand in Nashville.
Sixty percent of the colored inhab-
itants Of Illinois live in Chicago.
Two-thirds of the total colored pop
ulation Of Michigan live in Detroit.
Ice dealers have started schools for
the purpose Of teaching drivers eff
Gent craftsmanship.
Mrs. Lena Waters Hall is organic
ing Citizenship Study Clubs among
the women Of our group in Illinois.
English walters now so abroad in
droves each year to learn foreign
languages and to acquire the fnesse
Of the profession.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

One way out Of the dilemma is to
embroider the Pullman porter's name
on his coat-after he has been in the
service ten years.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

8. Name the states admitted from
1908 to 1925.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

2. When and from what country did
the United States acquire Florida?
What was the price paid for this ter
ritory?
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

4. In what year was the Erie canal
completed? Where is it? State its
length and depth. What did it cost?
The broad ax., 1924-06-07
ANSWERS

l. In 1907, Robert Fulton's steam
boat, "Clermont," steamed from Al
bany to New York at the rate Of five
miles per hour
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

Nearly thirty-two per cent of our
southern-born people, now living in
the North, came from the two states
Of Virginia and Kentucky.
Mr.. H. L. Sanders of Indianapolis,
is our largest manufacturer Of white
duck and linen coats for physicians,
dentists, druggists, BARRIERS and wait
ers.
The broad ax., 1924-06-07

2. "A portion Of Florida was seized
by the United States in 1908, and in
1919 was purchased from Spain for
$5,OOO,OOO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
JAPANESE READY.
TO GO TO MEXICO
Land Laws In California Prompt
Move

MEXICO CITY, April 13.-(By Asso-
ciated Press.)-More than $4,000 Japa-
nese agriculturists are ready to emigrate
from California and settle in various
Mexican states, according to informa-
ton received by the department of the
interior.
A statement published by that depart
ment today says: Y
Arturo J. Braniff, Mexican finan-
cier, personally interested in the matter,
reports that more than $4,000 Japanese
agriculturists with ample means are
ready to emigrate from California, where
they are residing because of the prohi-
bition against continuing leases or buy
ing lands in the United States. Mr..
Braniffs representative has been con-
ferring with the japanese ambassador in
Washington, who desires to learn
whether the Mexican government objects
to the arrival of these colonists in
Mexico for the purpose of defeating
themselves to agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
RESCUED
FROM ice FIELD
Subsist. Six Weeks On
Raw Fish Before Being
Found By Ship

MOSCOW, April 13.-Marooned for
six weeks on an ice field, drifting in the
Arctic ocean, party Of Russian hunt.
ers has been rescued by a soviet ice
breaker, and brought into the port of
Archangel.
1--WE were chasing white bears when
ihe ice suddenly cracked with a thun-
dering sound, and we found ourselves
cut off from camp" one of the men said
on arrival, but fortunately we had a
few cigarettes, some tobacco and
matches. We guarded these carefully,
for the tobacco was our only luxury for
the next six weeks. We lived on raw
fish, which we caught"
The hunter said the weather had been
unusually, good, although during the
nights the men were forced to huddle
close together to keep from freezing.
at was beautiful by day as we drifted
through the sea, surrounded by sunlit
ice mountains" he said. I'VE talked
incessantly,' in order to cheer up those
of the party who were inclined to des-
pair of rescue. Along toward the last
of the experience we began to fear
that some of the gloomy spirits would
go insane"
The hunter said the marooned men
had sighted one ship before they were
picked up by the ice breaker. She was
steaming slowly, and for hours the men
on the ice field made frantic signals.
But the craft disappeared over the hori-
zon leaving them alone in the desolate
seas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
POLICE PROBING
FLOGGING STORY
Man Takenxa'o Country And Is
Severely BeateT, Said

Investigation was in progress Sunday
by members of the Birmingham police
department into the alleged flogging,
shortly before Saturday midnight, of a
man named Stewart, said to reside over
the Fort Drug company store at Spring
street and Second avenue, south, Avon
dale.
Report Of the affair first was re-
ceived at police headquarters about 1
o'clock Sunday morning, when j. n.
Bryan and f. J. Smith, call officers,
we're sent to investigate a report of the
floggng, according to the story Stew
art told these officers, he was stopped
about 10 o'clock Saturday evening as
he was making his way home. Blind
folded and held mOtionless at the point
Of pistol, he told the officers, he was
taken several miles into the country.
After the machine had stopped, near
a wooded section, he was carried from
it short distance into the woods. There
he was made to remove part of his
clothing while one of the party dashed
him with a leather belt. CT arges that
he failed to support his wife were made
by a member of the party before the
flogging, he says. Stewart fatty denied
these charges when talking to the Of
ficers. t: -
Stewart told the officers he recog-
nized three Of the five mems faces, but
did not know their names.
Following hisswhipping, Stewart was
left to walk into town. Not knowing his
location, he says, he set out blindly,
arriving in Woodiawn about 1 o'clock
Sunday morning.. Here he entered the
Woodlawn office Nof the Vice Undertak-
ing company, where a cab was called
to take him to his home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
WASHINGTON
SIDELTGHTS

Senator Walsh of Montana, dominant
figure in the Teapot Dome revelations,
declared in the Senate recently that
he was receiving many anonymous let
tiers each day of threatening character.
1t was explained that the writer's
were animated by several possible rea-
sons, one Of which was q conviction
that the revelations were not of inn
portance, and were made solely to EN-
barrass the republican party.
49,
The statement of Senator Walsh
would indicate that the propaganda OF
the republican national committee is
bearing fruit. The committee has be-
Titled and disparaged the work achieved
by the investigating committee at the in
stance of democratic and progressive
senator's.
The indications are that Mr.. Coolidge
will make his race for election on a
contention that the revelations were OF
only minor if any Importance, and that
for what has happened, he could not be
held responsible. -.
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania,
speaking in Maine, belittled the investi-
cations, and charged that the late Presi-
dent Harding was responsible for Fall,
Daugherty, Forbes and DENLY. Pepper
referred to those who would disturb
the sleep of the late President Harding
as ghouls, and then he, himself, it is
pointed out, proceeded to disturb it. +
Senator Pittman of Nevada, demo
crat, on the floor, took Pepper vigorous
ly to task. He charged that Pepper
could not have made a keynote speech
for the President without the President
having had knowledge of its contents.
Pepper denied this.
=
1t was then that Walsh indicated the
mistake being made by republicans in
belittling the Investigations which will
result in restoring honesty in govern
ment, it is thought.
He indicated a dangerous tendency
throughout the country if at this time
any responsible element threatened Con
gress for revealing graft and corrup
ton. and cutting it out of the body
polite.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
CONGRESS FACES
TELLING ISSUES,
CONTINUED from Page One)

in Senate Investigations, both the
Daugherty and oil committees being in
recess. They will resume their public
hearings Tuesday and meantime the
Daugherty committee will meet to dis
cuss what action is to be taken against
Nal Daugherty for his refusal to per-
nit the committee to examine the books
of his bank in Washington Courthouse,
Ohio.
With the immigration bill out of the
way, the House will devote most of the
week to clearing its calendar of remain
ing appropriation bills. The great bulk
of its work of the session has been COM
pleted, but farm legislation and sew
eral constitutional amendments, includ-
ing that regarding child labor, remain.
Republican House leaders are conf
dent this body can be ready for adj
journment early in June, but even after
its calendar is cleared, it must mark
time awaiting Senate action on the more
important legislation and the ironing
out of differences between the two
in conference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
.M'ADOO TO CONTEST
ILLINOIS ELECTION
Convinced OF Fraud, Says Ma
tiOnal Committee Chairman

CHICAGO, April 13.-McAdoO
forces in Illinois will seek to contest and
reverse the results of the recent demo-
cratic primary elections in districts
where delegates of Boss Brennan were
victorious over out-and-in McAdoo men.
David Ladd Rockwell, national
chairman of the McAdoo-fOr-P President
committee, is convinced that there was
fraud in the election, he said, in a
statement issued here Sunday.
1.-THE primary in the city of Chicago
Tuesday was aptly characterized by
William L. O'Connell, chairman of the
Illinois .McAdOO campaign committee,
as the most corrupt primary he has
ever known in his experience in Chica-
go politics" a portion of the Rockwell
statement said.
Il understand Mr.. O'Connell is pre-
pairing evidence of gross and palpable
fraud and election theft, which will be
presented to the proper tribunal.
There is a cloud on the boss title"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
World Soon To Be Linked
To Every Radio Receiuer
America To Listen TO Paris Moscow And Hong
Kong, Says Expert

PITTSBuRG, Pa, April 13.-Sit in
your home, put on the earphones and
listen to fashion talk from Paris, a
bolshevik speech from Moscow, a native
concert in China or dance orchestra
In London. This is the next step in
radio. according to HI. p. Davis, vice
president Of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company, in an in
terview here.
And it will be possible in the near
future. 1t is all just a matter of
worldwide organization in the distribu-
tion OF the programs" says Davis, the
father Of broedcasting."
Experiments during the last few
months In radio repeating have made
it possible" Davis declared, and said
there would be no need for powerful
receiving sets. Even broadcnsting sta
tons viii be the same.
Radio repeating is the open sesame
to worldwide wireless and viii make
possible the receiving CT programs from
any part of the globe, with the same
ease with which we now hear programs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
STEEL PLUS CASE
is NEAR DECISION

WASHINGTON, April ia recon-
mendation in the Pittsburg plus steel
case has been made by special examiners
Of the federal trade commission, but
commission officials declined today to
discuss it pending a formal announce
ment to be. made later. -.
The examiners findings have been
communicated to some of the steel COM
panies interested.
Officials of the Gulf States Steel
company, with offices in the Brown
Marx building, ,expect telegraphic in
formation concerning the examiners
findings in the Pittsburg blus steel case
within the next few hours, they said
Saturday evening.
o. L. Bum, manager OF the Chamber
of Commerce, also was awaiting infor-
nation from Washington, he said. The
chamber and the Gulf States corpora
ton are interested in the cases, but it
does not affect the Tennessee Coal. Iron
and Railroad company. it was said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
LEAGUE EXPECTS
BERLIN TO ASK
FOR ADMISSION
Dawes Plan To Hasten
Return OF Europe To
Normal, Is Belief

GENEVA April 13s-The impress
sion EXISTS in League of Nations cir
cles here that the successful launching
of reparation plans, based on the reports
Of the experts, will lead to the early
application BY Germany for admission
into the league and that Germany will
favor it as the medium for handling any
project calculated to provide political
security for. France and Belgium, and
conversely for Germany herself. Ger
many is expected to insist on q seat
in the league council as condition to
her entrance.
The tenor Of the atmosphere here L.
that the experts proposals win go far
to stabilize Europe and constitute q
big step toward return to normal
conditions. The opinion 10 reiterated
that some arrangement concerning inter-
allied debts would greatly hasten q
return to normal.
The experts report IL proving Of
immense interest to the League Of Nat
ions, because an examination by league
experts show, that the Drives COMMITTEES
has Incorporated In its report several
features Of the leagues projects for
the reconstruction Of Austria and
Hungary.
A study Of the annexes also shows
that the league would act as the ar
bitral body under the operation OF the
plan. So
Advisors Of the league deem the
Dawes project fair and workable.
They emphasize that the Dawes COM
mittee had succeeded in finding bridge