The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-01-24

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meeting in Paris, and the boIsheviks
have assembled in Moscow for inn
portant conferences. A resolution in
troduced in the House Of Representa-
ives, during the past month by Rep
resentative Britten, 81 Illinois, calling
for a conference Of white nations bor-
dering on the Pacific Ocean, has been
denounced BY the Honorable Stephen
6. Porter, Of Pennsylvania, who, as
chairman of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, suggests an early
meeting Of that committee. Represen-
tative Porter is against the resolution
and wants it reported on negatively,
especially as affecting the Japanese.
Mr.. Porter says that Japan has been
more than friendly at the Opium Con-
ference The Senate has passed
bill carrying with il an appropriation
for $4,000 for use by the Inaugural
Committee. Politically, everything is
quiet in the State Thomas Bluett,
the Philadelphia wet, was named
speaker over Gov. Pinchot's candidate.
This Is said to make the Governors
position extremely precarious. While
the other part Of the world IS con
tending, and while the United States
is being charged with "trampling
upon the weak peoples in Haiti,
Santa Domingo, and the isthmian re-
publics, Germany is staging "a big
comeback"
Business Conditions in Philadelphia
January instead Of being a dull
month so far as colored business in
Philadelphia is concerned, is holding
the record for business achievements.
The Gardiner Williams Corporation
has taken over three pieces Of prop
erty on South street, the colored
boulevard, and announces that it will
be open for business within the next
Jew days. Colored men have recently
acquired property, among the number
being Arthur L. Taylor, a progressive
young man, formerly Of Portsmouth,
who recently purchased the property
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Carpenter streets, where he has
opened a modern barber shop. Col
ored men in the fruit and produce
business on South street and on
Ridge avenue North Philadelphia
have fine establishments and report
growing business. While business
conditions are all right, employment in
this city is tagging somewhat. The
industrial plants have not been active,
and then, too, the large number of
persons put on the various payrolls
for the holidays have been dropped.
With the Crier on His Rounds
Sixteen thousand invitations were
sent, principally TO members CT the
hotel fraternity, to attend the house
warming OF the New Benjamin Frank
lin hotel This hotel cost S13OOO,OOO
and has more than 1900 rooms. It
is now open for public business. II
is said to be the best appointed and
the most minute hotel in the
East.
The Bell Telephone Company is
planning campaign OF building dur
ing 1925. Large sums Of money have
been set aside for the purpose.
Although work on the surface was
halted, the underground in connection
with the Broad street subway suffered
no setback because of weather condi-
tons.
The Way Of the Transgressor
Passengers on north bound troll
ley on 18th street the other night were
put TO fight. Two young men, Ely
Bailey and John Smith boarded the
car down town, and engaged in an
argument which reached its height
when the car was nearing 18th aud
Girard avenue. Both men are said to
have drawn knives, at the sight Of
which the men and women passengers
on the trolley made rush for safety.
The trolley doors were broken open
and several windows smashed. The
combined efforts Of the motorman and
the conductor were unsuccessful, and
an officer was summoned who dubbed
The men into subsection. They were
both treated at the Children's Homeo-
pathic Hospital and afterward both
We're placed under arrest.
Salus Lawson Is said to have en-
tered down stown store, picked up
a suit OF clothes and run out He was
followed BY Mrs. J. Nugent, who gave
chase. The poor man ran into the
hands Of a policeman who arrested
him. He was held IN S5no hail for