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The broad ax., 1925-06-27

Sixteen cases Of lynching are re-
ported for the year 1924 BY the Fed
eral Council of Churches, which adds
to its report the statement that grow
ing public opinion is having slow but
sure effect upon Americas greatest
evil, the Court Of Judge Lynch. 1t
is pointed out that 10 IF these crime
events is the lowest figure since re-
cords have been kept And even
though, as we 60 TO press, word
comes from Utah Of lynching there
.is cause for rejoicing that this monster
evil Is on the decline, no matter what
the cause may be. Lynching, Of
course, reverts to the days of pre-
historic man. 1t is not unlike the early
English custom Of having accused
folks thrust their hands into cauldrons
Of boiling water to test their guilt or
innocence, in which latter case the
flesh was not supposed to become
scalded. That lynching has endured
- long in this land Of the free and
the home Of the brave, tinted with
modern Christianity, is one Of the an
omalies of Civilization.
Even in the face Of decline. sixteen
lynchings are sixteen too many; and
" long as one man, woman IF child
i victim Of the mob, just % long
will this country be unable to boast
Of simon-pure Civilization. We feel
that the testing-time Of the dual citi-
zenship Of Americans-one in the
State and one in the United States
is at hand And the time to punish
mobs which execute American citizens
without due process of law is long
overdue The draft Of sons for the
World War, the interstate commerce
traffic, the federal laws of taxation.
and dozens Of other matters have
been and are amenable 10 federal
power Who then dares continue to
presume that an American citizen, be-
set by the mob, i not entitled to fed
eral protection. whether he be Ill
Georgia, Mississippi, Utah, or Maine.
for that matter. When state protee-
ton ends. it is time for Federal pro-
lection to begin; for the Constitution
says a person is citizen III the
United States and Of the state wherein
he resides. For man whom the Fed
eral Government drafted TO fight in
France to be unprotected from mob
violence, or for that mob to 90 I'M
punished for its lawiessness, il, We
think. one Of the present great neon
gruities Of American justice and M
dependence challenge 70 civiliza-
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
GENERAL ROBERT LEE BULL
ARD ISLANDERS NEGRO SOL
DIERS, N. "A. "A. c. p. SECRE-
TARY CHALLENGES
Asks Publishers to Amend General
Billiards. Book

a slanderous article BY General
Robert Lee Billiard, maintaining that
the Negro soldiers of the 92nd Divi-
sion were towards and could not be
made 70 fight, that they had been
guilty Of rape and that they showed
the Negro generally to Be inferior and
incapable of soldierly qualities, was
published in the Herald Tribune and
drew a prompt and hot response IRON
James Weldon Johnson, Secretary Of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, Mr..
Johnson's letter appearing in the Her
ald-Tribune Of June 10th.
The N.A.AC.P. communicated with
Col Hayward, Major Hamilton Fish,
and Emmett J. Scott, former Special
Assistant to Secretary of War, re-
questing them to write to the Herald
Tribune in protest against General
Billiards. article.
The N.AA.C,P. has also written to
Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co, who
are to publish book containing Cen
eral Billiards. articles, calling their at
tention to the libel upon Negro SOL
diers and the Negro race written BY
General Bullard, and asking that
those chapters be amended before the
book is published.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
WHITE AND NEGRO STUDENTS
SEPARATED BY CHURCH
Preston News Service)

Anderson, Ind, June 25.-With-
drawaI OF the Anderson Bible Train
ing School from control Of the Gospel
Trumpet Company and establishment
Of a separate institution Of the train
ing of white and Negro ministers, with
schools III Anderson and Augusta, Ca,
was voted BY members Of the min
isterial conference of the Church Of
God, being held here Tuesday.
The Anderson school, which IS for
training white candidates for the min
istry, will be the parent organization
and will have under its control the
Church of God, school for Negro
ministers at Augusta.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
BAILEY HEADS COMMITTEE

A. T. Bailey 1888 S. State St, pres.
The Bailey Realty Co., has been ap-
pointed by the president Of The Ft.
Dearborn 1925 Marching Club, chair
man Of the Transportation Committee
composed Of FIVE members, including
Tom Jackson, II. B. Williams, Edgar
Walker, George w. Gray and the
chairman, to &c that efficient arrange
ments are made to take the hundreds
Of Elk Brothers and Sisters who ex-
pect to 80 from Illinois to Richmond
to the grand lodge in August.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
TOM PERKINS KILLED AS
ENGINE OVERTURNS

Goldsboro, N. c., June 26.-Tom
Perkins is dead as the result of an
accident that occurred Thursday after
noon on the tracks Of the Virginia and
Lumber Box Company near Neuse
river Several other men were taken
to local hospitals from injuries re-
ceived in the accident The engine
caught Perkins underneath it when it
overturned.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

Washington is all "het" up, both
physically and mentally. The rare
June days brought beads Of perspira-
ton to the brows of Washingtonians,
and sweltering heat has scorched the
smiles of those few Christian scien-
lists who make believe that Washing
ton is a cool place in the good old
summer time. Alas, too, the bathing
beach down on the cool Potomac,
which has so often brought temporary
relief to burning bodies, is no longer
available; for Congress blue-penciled
the appropriations for the maintenance
Of the beach when it became painfully
apparent that the colored folks of
Washington, so often jim-crowed
where public utilities are concerned,
would not accept the secluded spot on
Buzzards Point, where "Sunkissed"
Washingtonians could desport them
selves for cooling or cleansing pur-
poses, as the case might have been.
Six drownings during the hot spell
quite convinced white Washington
that it had cut off its nose to spite its
face in permitting Congress to fail to
provide funds for the beach. So
compromise was undertaken to pro-
vide funds and space for a beach, at
the same time alloting similar advan-
tages, excepting as to location, for
the brothers and sisters. So insistent
were white proponents Of the beach
that wild and reckless promises were
made that space and equipment, excep-
ing as to location, as aforesaid, would
be made available to the colored people,
whose skins, however, tanned by God,
may not suffer a. much az lighter
tints do under the burning rays Of the
Washington sun.
ne compromises. though, reckoned
without their host, who far and away
have wide sway in the First Congress
sional district Of Chicago, from which
cometh Congressman Madden, though
appealed to by Congressman B1anton
and other influential folks who, last
spring, had gone without a beach in
order to Keep the brethren without
one, remained adamant and immov-
able, saying: Il was not in favor Of
the law as passed, but now that it
IS law I do not sanction its viola
ton"
All Of which leads Us to conclude
that the good old porcelain tub, here
tofore despised in the Capital City in
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

The telephone rang the other day,
and we listened to a joyous Hello"
from our old friend MEL" Chisum,
who was about to serve another one
Of his famous dinners. You have
heard that Chisum Is Amer
ica's dinner king" from coast To
coast, and that whether he is at the
Vincennes, the Whitelaw, or Travel
ers Inn, somehow or other Melvin
seems to be able to induce the chef
to put the same touch into All the eats,
from soup to nuts. In other words
a Chisum dinner is one hundred per
cent perfect-cooked with feeling
and satisfying to the nth degree.
II was after the dinner, though, that
VS. looked down into Mel and wy
found that Chisum the benefactor, out
stripped even Chisum the giver Of
dinners. Here was man who had
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
Member of the City Council the Third Ward eno
the respect Of all the members of that body

done by the City without cost to the
people Of the Alderman's ward.
Service Of this character Arid Kind L
creditable and leads all other wards N
the city street repair for this year. The
Alderman is now directing his atten-
ton. to Vernon Avenue and Rhodes
Avenue and other macadam Streets III
the ward he has the honor tn repre-
sent. He is really protecting The small
property owner.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

imbibed deeply Of that theory that il
is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive. Here was a man who was
helping out here and helping out there
"a veritable friend in need, d unset
fish a. the noon day sun. He had
reached town just in time to save the
day for a buddie, and was sorry he
could stay no longer; but friend Bill
had wired him from Chicago and he
had v make time 70 the Windy City
where he was much needed
Servicel Service to the Race seemed
TO be the ace card that Chisum held,
and it wasn't up his sleeve BY any
means. 1T was il the palm Of his hand
and in his fertile brain. The only time
we saw him frown was when an in
justice to 4his people" was mentioned.
And so it is with unselfsh people
Of the Chisum type, who discard the
dilu ~ lot Ou dllu iG9.
"A few more to take the places Of per
sonal profiteers would result in sin
cerity in the Negro world which
would be outstanding and helpfully
influential internally and externally, 50
far Az racial endeavor and progress
are concerned. Self-preservation, Of
course, is the first law of nature; but
that doesn't mean that a fellow has
to fold up in his she'll and keep his
hands away from the other fellows
troubles. AT least, It doesn't mean
that to Melvin Chisum and other ben
efactors of his calibre.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
HARVEST WORKERS WARNED
BY WRITER
Should Have Assurance That Work
Awaits Them Before Travelling.
He Says
preston News Service)

Columbus, d, June 25.-Ohionans
who have planned an invasion Of the
great harvest fields Of Kansas and
Oklahoma with a hope of securing
profitable employment are warned
against going West unless they have
absolute assurance that work awaits
them
Herman R. Witter, director Of in
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

The boss wired Us from the Smoky
City to give him our opinion regard
ing the publication Of crime news,
asking whether or not headline space
depicting murder and other evils was
an accelerant or a deterrent Of the
preparation Of the felonies and mis-
demeanors. Without design to pose
either as a criminologist or a psycholo-
gist, we would answer our boss by
saying that broadcasting Of crime
news Is a patent accelerant Of evil
itself When it is considered that the
mind is fertile to criminal intent from
the age of seven years upwards, and
that there are various stages and types
Of weakness tending toward the prop
agation Of crime, it must Be admitted
that the struggle for mastery between
good and evil is influenced by recitals
of each, and that marked influence
may be noted from crime news told
from screaming headlines downwards.
When lynching was i'll its heyday
in this country, embellished headlines
of the mob formation and action, with
accompanying photographs, had no
quelling influence upon that miserable
outlawlessness. Rather, to the dis
eased criminal mind glowing stories
OF crime were a stimulant, and narra-
tons of felonious deeds quickened
weakbngs to aspire to similar accom-
plishments much alike to the youths
who were wont to initiate, in play, the
deeds Of Jesse James and Captain
Kidd,
News .censors Of today have brought
about stringent lines for the suppress
sion Of vice and crime news. Publica-
tons and news coursing through
Uncle Sans mail must be clean and
wholesome. Municipal ordinances and
state statutes are guarding the types
Of plays and pictorials which exhibit
tors are providing for public amuse-
ment, and even though the Jazz" age
is in full bloom, and modesty is some
what restrained, the world realizes
that the public mind Is in its safest
sphere when It i kept apart from vis-
ions Of crime and vice, for which,
since Adam ate the apple weak men
have craved; and which must be kept
under restraint to prevent infant
minds from propagating the spirit of
rivalry and attempting to Guido the
doors OF evil
No. sir, Mister Boss, crime news
should not be broadcast.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
MRS. FANNIE BROWN FILES
SUIT FOR $4,000 FOR
DEATH OF HUS-
BAND
preston News Servicel

Atlanta, Ga, June 26.-Mrs. Fannie
Brown has filed suit in the Fulton SUI
perior court through Attorney T. J..
Lewis for $4,000 damages against
the Southern railroad and Engineer ].
+. Mooney for the death Of her hus-
band, Oscar Brown. who is said to
have been struck by a train at the
North avenue crossing on June a.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
ALDERMAN JACKSON SAVES
TAXPAYERS $4,000

Prairie Avenue from 39th to 46th
Streets in the 3rd Ward is being re-
surfaced and made into new street.
Alderman Jackson secured the i'm
provement without assessment Of the
property owners and the work is being
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

Tie summer time, viii Be in high favor
this year. And as a City Council
man said: Nearly all colored people
have bathtubs nowadays" We should
worry
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

Doc Grow is not an obstreperous Ne
gro He is the type much beloved
in the southland.
The broad ax., 1925-06-27

MASS MEETING TO
BE HELD AT THE WENDELL
PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL AU-
DITORIUM, PRAIRIE AVENUE
AND PERSHING ROAD
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The broad ax., 1925-06-27
CoLoRFUL NEWS MOVIES"

By: The Cameraman
/. Lynching Declines.
2. Broadcasting Crime News.
3. Melvin J. Chisum, Benefactor.
4. To Battle or Not to Battle
The broad ax., 1925-06-27
One of the prominent lawyers this country eloquent
who ready the for United States Sem
in 1926 from Illinois.

ton, and menace to citizens Of the
United States Of America. Even six
teen lynchings, we repeat are sixteen
too many
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Urging on the Elements

Neil O'Brien, the minstrel man,
told me that once he landed with a
troupe in Virginia town barely in
time to give the customary street
parade before the hour of the mat
inee. Quilted for marching, the
company piled off the train to find
awaiting them at the depot large
reception committee of negroes.
Every darky in the crowd was
anxious to get the job of carrying one
Of the show banners, not alone for
the sake Of the free pass paid in ex-
change for the duty but for the added
glory of taking part in the pro-
cession.
sThis was a small and struggling
troupe, however, which boasted but
one banner-a large and ornate
square of imitation red silk. A big
negro grabbed it as the property man
passed it off the car, and chung to it,
fighting off all opposition.
AS he started proudly up the street,
with the f1agpole resting in the pit of
his stomach, stiff breeze caught the
banner and it bellied like sail, al
most dragging the color bearer of
his feet and forcing him to back and
jibe to keep from being capsized
bodily,
Observing his plight disappointed
candidate for the same job raised his
voice in invocation from the side
walk: Isle him, wind!" he yelled.
"Sic him ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
ecGooooO0oSOS o0O0ooocc101c
MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB
A Customer Who Wasn't
Wanted

Almost invariably, when men fall to
discussing examples of business sa-
gacity, some one present is reminded
of the Illustrative incident Of the white
tramp and the colored saloonkeeper.
For the benefit of those who have not
heard the story-if any such there be
1t is here and now set forth:
The colored man sat behind his bar
IN a moment when trade was slack.
Through the swinging doors entered
the ragged Caucasian.
Give me good five-cent cigar" he
ordered.
The proprietor produced box con-
tanning a number of malignant-looking
dark-brown rolls. The patron made a
discriminating choice and then in the
act of putting the cigar between his
lips checked himself as though struck
with a new idea.
"Say, I've changed my mind" he
said. Believe I'll take a glass of
beer instead"
The negro returned the cigar to its
box and drew a glass of beer. The
customer drank 1t, wiped his mouth
on the back of his hand and started to
withdraw.
''Yere, hole on, wife man." said the
negro, you forgot to pay fur dat
beer"
why, give you cigar for It."
Eyes, but you amt paid fur de
CIGAR npithpro
''But you've still got the cigar, ain't
you? What's the matter with you.
anyhow"
The colored man scratched his head
"Lemme see, boss" he said, "ef J
gifts dis thing straight: You don't owe
me for de beer, cause you give me de
cigar fur it, and you don't owe me fur
de cigar cause you handed it back to
me. Is dat right?"
Certainly it's right" said the crafty
white.
'ver' well, then" agreed the coloret
man, ''but say, mister, wants to ak
you a favor: Next time you feels lax
smokin' or drinkin' please tex yo' Gus
tom somewhars else"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
The Kink in MIR. Jones

Mr.. Jones was one of those nerv,
Gus persons inclined to hypochon.
dria. His imagination, from time to
time afflicted him with maladies
which never really materialized.
Nevertheless, his devoted wife con.
tinued to share his apprehensions at
each fresh alarm.
One afternoon long before his
usual hour for returning from bust
ness he fell into the house. His
face was white as chalk, and in his
eyes was a stricken look. He was
bent forward He tottered to a chaiI
and. still curled into a half-moon
shape, dropped into it.
Maria" he gasped, 'it's come at
last! III never be well man
again"
"Merciful heavensi" she cried.
Henry, what has happenedr"
There was no warning" he said.
"All Oh a sudden, awhile ago, /
found / couldn't straighten up. /
can't lift my head. ! feel all drawn"
is there any pain?" she asked,
futtering about in her distress.
NO." he said, there's no pain
that's what makes me think it must
be paralysis. Run for the doctorr p
She ran. She returned in a few
minutes, bringing with her the family
physician. She ushered him into the
room where the sufferer was and
waited at the door, wringing her
hands and dreading the worst.
Almost Immediately the physician
emerged He had his face in his
hands and his shoulders heavsd and
shook AS though under the stress of
an uncomfortable emotion.
"Oh, DOCTOR" cried the agonized
Mrs. Jones, lis there any hope for
him?"
"Well, madam" he said. It'll help
a good deal If he'll rnhitch the third
button of his vest from the top but
ton of his trousers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Brevities of Worlds News Sent by
Cable and Wireless.
COOLIDGE RECALLS
The FARM BOARD
Government Aid in Cooperative
Marketing Seen as Prin-
cipaI Need.

Swampscott, Mass.-President Cool
idge will recall his agricultural con-
ference to map out a legislative pro-
gram for farm aid.
The conference, which was appoint
ed a year ago, presented program to
the last session of congress in which
principal recommendations was for
government aid in cooperative mar
keting.
Coming before congress in the clos
ing days of the session the conference
report failed of approval with consid-
cradle opposition voiced to some of its
main proposals.
Spokesman for the farming terri
tories told the President this summer,
however, that they believed co-opera-
tive marketing legislation to be the
principal need of the farmers and the
President has determined to again
leave the problem in the hands OF his
conference, headed by Robert D. Gary
of Wyoming.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine
served on the conference before ap-
pcintment to his present post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
RIFFS TAKE STRUGGLE TO AIR
Abd-eI-Krim Obtains Airplanes to
Fight Bombers of the French
Army.

Paris-C Confirmation has been re-
ceived of the report that Abd-el-Krim,
the Moroccan war lord, recently OBJ
tanned the airplanes which some time
ago he promised his troops would soon
be in use.
This statement is made in a dis
patch from the correspondent Of the
Temps at Fee.
The dispatch adds that landing sta
lions have been prepared for the
planes which were transported to Mo-
rocco by sea. The planes are intend
ed to combat French planes lombard
ing inside the Riff lines, but the cor
respondent asserts that before they
are ready for action, it is certain
French chassers escadrilles, made up
of French and American volunteers,
will be on the spot. A former German
war ace is said to be the chief Riffian
aviator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Useful Record Book

More than 1000 farm record books
especially prepared to make record
keeping simple for farmers, have
been distributed by the department of
farm management at Purdue uniyer-
sity TO Indiana farmers. OF course
there are many more farmers Keeping
accounts and using other systems. but
the large increase In the demand for
these books shows that farmers are
becoming convinced that records are
necessary to conduct farming as a
business proposition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
His Probable Fate

THE mules run away yiste'dy and
throwed my baby, Rowdy, out, and the
wheel run smack over his head" in
the crossroads store announced Gap
Johnson of Rumpus Ridge.
Hurt him much?" asked an ac-
quaintance.
Only just tollable, but it widened
his mouth out right sharply and like
to have squanched his head plumb out
of shape. l swear, l believe he's dead
shore to go to the legislature when he
grows up."-Kansas City Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
FORD GETS 200 U. S. SHIPS
Manufacturer to Use Few of Vessels
and Scrap Balance.

Washington-Sale of the 200 vessels
for scrapping was awarded to Henry
Ford by the shipping board. His bid
was $1,7O6,000.
The vote was 4 to /, with Commits
sioner Benson, who has opposed sale
of the ships for scrapping, casting the
negative ballot. Those in the affirma-
tive were Chairman O'Connor and
Commissioners Lissner, Haney and
Hill.
Mr.. Ford's intention, as understood
in shipping board circles, is to con-
vert few of the ships to Diesel en-
CINE compulsion for use in transport
ing his own products. and to retain
some of the engines and other equip
ment are to be broken up for junk.