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NORTH STAR LODGE ELECTS
OFFICERS

North Star Lodge No. 81, United
Brothers of Friendship, met in its reg
ular monthly meeting and last meeting
of the year on Dec. 8, at Bailey's Hall,
1888 S. State St. After a very inter
esting meeting, election of officers for
the ensuing year was held. M. 1.
Bailey, who has served as secretary
of the North Star Lodge for a number
of years was elected Worthy Master
to succeed ]. B. Street, who has been
elected as state grand master of U. b.
F. & S. M. L. throughout Illinois. Mr..
Street has served North Star Lodge
long and well and has initiated some
of the foremost prominent professional
and business men in the city, including
Hons. Jas. g. Cotter, Geo. G. Adams,
r. r. Jackson, Geo. t. Kersey, Chas.
A. Griffin, Walter M. Farmer, w. D.
Crawley, Henry Humphrey, Drs. VIM.
L. Thurman, w. B. Buchanan, I. {.
Tymony and many others. The lodge
meets on the second Wednesday even
ing in each month at Bailey's Hall,
1888 S. State St.
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THE CHICAGO AND NORTH
ERN DISTRICT FEDERATION

More than three hundred persons
attended the second quarterly meeting
at Hull House, Dec. 6. Cordial greet
ings were extended by DR.. Hamilton
and Miss Page, residents Of Hull
House, Miss Jane Adams was i'll, but
sent her sincere regrets.
Among the excellent reports de-
serving special mention are those Of
Mrs. Dixie Brooks, the very efficient
statistician; Mrs. Eva Thornton Wells,
the untiring chairman of the schools
committee; Mrs. Mary Galloway, the
conscientious chairman of household
science, brought a representative from
Prudence Penny department of the
Herald and Examiner, who gave
most instructive demonstration Of
fabrics and interior decorating, recipes
and pamphlets were given to the dele
gates. DR.. Rachelle Yarrows made a
plea for more interest in the Social
Science Institute. Mrs Alexander, Of
the Nine. Walker company, urged the
women to help put over million dol
lar soap factory, thereby giving EN-
ployment to thousands of our boys
and girls Miss Roberts made an APP
peal for Mrs. Bethune's School at
Daytona, Florida.
Mrs THETA Adkins, president of
Hull House Community Club, and her
committee served an excellent dinner
to $50 in the coffee house.
Mrs. Mamie Reed, the popular
president and her efficient co-workers
has brought the Federation up to
high standard of permanent construc-
tive effort, we need many more of such
women in our club life.
Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Editor.
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FRANK w. HENRY ARRESTED
DOWN SOUTH AND BROUGHT
BACK TO CHICAGO FOR ROB
BING THE FORT DEARBORN
. LODGE
BY Charles Stewart

The members of Fort Dearborn
Lodge of Elks are to be congratulated
for their persistent and successful ef-
forts in having detected and brought
back to Chicago by Lieutenant Mid
dleton, Frank w. Henry He was
formerly Of the undertaking firm Of
Poole & Henry. During the time he
was secretary Of the Undertakers As
ISOLATION, there were many questions
as to his method of handling their
finance. 1t was reported at the time
of his election as treasurer Of Fort
Dearborn Lodge, it was intimated that
his election was questionable. 1t is
alleged that he is eighteen hundred
dollars short as treasurer of said lodge
and in justice to the members of Fort
Dearborn and other secret organiza-
tons, he should be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law. This will
serve as a warning to others who may
attempt to pilfer with money entrusted
to them.
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Every door or window in your apart
ment or your house should be securely
fastened before leaving it. Try your
door when you 60 out. Snap locks do
not always work properly, and you
may leave your home an easy prey tor
a thief.
To conceal keys under door mats or
over door castings is an invitation to
rob your home Of everything movable.
If you see suspicious person in the
hall Of your apartment house or loiter-
ing about your home, notify the police
at once by calling Police 1913 or your
nearest neighborhood police station.
BY your vigilance you will assist the
department in protecting you against
thieves, and if you cause the arrest OF
one of them, help US to convict them
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CONGRESSMAN LION
FISH ASKS N. A. A. o. P. AID IN
NEGRO SOLDIER MEMORIAL
FIGHT

New York.-The National Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Colored
People, 90 Fifth Avenue, has received
a letter from Representative Hamilton
Fish, Jr, who introduced in Congress
Bill providing for a memorial to the
colored soldiers of the o3rd Division in
France. Mr.. Fish writes as follows
to the N. A. A. c. p:
Il am writing to ask if you will
please use your influence and that Of
your Association to carry word to
the colored newspapers and to your
people that H. R. 1904 which author
ICES the expenditure of $4,000 to erect
monument in France to commemor-
ate the valiant services Of the 93rd
Division has passed the House Of Rep
resentatives, and has been reported out
by the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, and is awaiting action by the
Senate of the United States.
Unless a vote is reached before
Bill will die automatically, and fav-
March 4 when the Senate adjourns, the
orable opportunity to secure such ac-
ton by this Congress will have ex-
PRED, and it will be much more diff
cult to take it up again in any future
Congress. Consequently, it is of the
utmost importance that every Senator,
particularly in the Northern States, be
petitioned by letters and kilograms to
work and vote for H. r. 1894 in order
to secure its immediate passage.
There were four hundred thousand
colored soldiers in our Army; there
are twelve million of colored people in
the country and every one should be
interested in seeing that recognition is
given to the soldiers Of the colored
race who made the supreme sacrifice.
@The four regiments. 36oth, 57Oth,
37lst and 372nd which composed the
o3rd Division, served with the French
Army. Three Of the four regiments
had their flags decorated with the
French Croix de Guerre. There is no
dispute as to the heroism, gallantry
and courage of the colored fighting
soldiers of the o3rd Division. Out Of
a total strength of Approximately TO-
600 soldiers in these four regiments,
4s7 were killed and 5,46S were
wounded, amounting to 4Oa6 casual
ties.
"All the colored people Of America
are asking that the unjust discrimina-
ton against the heroism Of the Negro
soldiers be done away with, and that
! monument be erected in France
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BULLETIN No., 87.-FOR THE
PROTECTION OF YOUR
PROPERTY

By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins
This is the season that burglars and
sneak thieves are more apt to ply their
vocation than at any other time Of the
year. Here are a few hints on how to
guard your property when absent from
your home or place Of business:
Burglars will rarely enter home
where there is a light burning. 1t is
a bad practice to leave your home i'll
total darkness when you leave at
night
When you leave your house don't
advertise the fact by pulling down the
shades or by leaving note in the let
ter-box saying that you will be back
at such and such a time 1t is an in
vitation for them to enter.
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city, United States sepators and con-
gressmen were present from all parts
Of this country as the following indi-
Gates Senators Deneen, Robinson,
Moses, Overman, McNary, Fletcher,
Shortridge, Ashurst, Weller, Brussard,
Fess, Harris, Ernst, Stephens Tyson.
Members Of Congress present included
Madden, Hull, Sproul, Britten, Chind-
blom, King, Funk, Yates, Nicholson,
Adkins, Williams, Denison, SABBATH,
Kunz, Rainey, Arnold, Burton and
Montague.
Members of the Hamilton Club of
Chicago present included William
Grant Edens, chairman of the COM
mittee and manager Of the senator's
first senatorial campaign; Adam G..
Cliffe, federal Judge; Palmer Ander-
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son, United States marshal; Postmas-
ter Arthur c. Lueder, Samuel E.
Bradt, president First National Bank,
Dekalb; George T. Buckingham, An
thony Czarnecki, collector of Gus
toms; Ralph T. Bradford, appraiser Of
the court; James D. Snyder, waterway
commission George Edmund Foss,
former member of Congress; Justice
J. Kilkenny, investment banker, friends
Of Gen. Dawes and Mckinley and Paul
Deamus
1t is estimated that almost FIVE thou
sand people attended the funeral serv-
ices and the floral tributes were the
finest ever witnessed in this state,
simply proving that Senator McKin-
ley occupied warm spot in the hearts
of his fellowmen.
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Christmas seal booths are now oper-
ating busily in various parts Of the
city.
One at the Wilson Avenue station Of
the North Shore Line opened Dec. |.
1t is in charge of nurses from the
Grant Hospital, the Augustana Hos
pital, the Ravenswood Hospital and
the Swedish Covenant Hospital, each
of these hospitals providing student
nurses for certain number Of days.
The rest opened December 10-one
at the Randolph station of the ILL
nois Central Railroad in charge OF
nurses from the Roseland Hospital;
one at the Van Buren, Street station of
the Illinois Central in charge of the
Presbyterian Hospital; one at the
County Building in charge of the St.
Elizabeth Hospital; one at the Amer.
lean Express Company, 20 East Ran
dolph street, in charge of the North
Chicago Hospital.
1t is the yearly custom of the various
hospitals TO contribute the services Of
student nurses for this purpose in
friendly cooperation with the Chicago
Tuberculosis Institute.
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~ LYNCHINGS, BIG INCREASE,
REPORTED
preston News Service)

Minneapolis, Dec. 10. - Twenty
seven lynchings, nine more than the
whole Of 1925, has occurred in the
United States up to November Is,
1926, the committee on race relations
reported to the Federal Council OF
Churches. This, says the report, rep
resents the severest setback since 1922
in the campaign to make this lynch
less land. Bishop George c. Clement,
Of Louisville. KY, is chairman Of the
committee.
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DIR. Herman N. Bmdesen Endorses
the Christmas Seal Sale as Fol-
lows: The Doing Germ

All germs are not harmful to the
human system; indeed some Of them
are beneficial to it. There is really
no reason for our becoming hysterical
about the viciousness and destructive
power Of germs in general. But we
should know and be on constant guard
against those that are injurious, to pre-
vent them from entering and gaining
control Of our bodies.
One Of the most dangerous germs Is
the one known as the tubercle bacillus,
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Rev. VIM. d. Cook and his flock,
which continues to increase by leaps
and bounds, viii move into their new
home Sunday morning.

Some FIVE or six years ago Rev.
VIM. D. Cook, who was at that time
transferred from Bethel church this city
to Des MONIES, Iowa, refused to accept
of his new charge with handful of
members, began to hold morning and
evening services at the Wendell Phil
lips high school building, and after
everlastingly sticking to it Rev. Cook
and his followers will have moved
into their new home at the corner of
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One Of eloquent pastors Chicago who has
following among the people the South Sde has with
followers moved his church home, of
41st Street and South Parkway.

South Parkway and 41st street Sunday
morning. For long time it was the
home of the First Presbyterian church.
1t is one of the finest church build
ings on the south side; it will seat
almost two thousand people, and in
connection with it there is a large
community house which is up-to-date
in every respect.
AS stated above Rev Cook and his
faithful followers will hold their first
services Sunday morning.
Rev. Cook and his Soldiers of the
Cross richly deserve to be heartily
congratulated on coming into posses
sion Of such an elegant church home.
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Mrs. Ethyl Guevarra is convalescent
after a severe attack Of bronchitis.


after a severe attack of bronchitis.
Miss Annie Leonard, 4747 Cham
plain avenue, who was a prominent
member Of the Hyde Park high school
and a charming society miss made a
bow out of the single set last Sunday
afternoon and became the wife OF Mr..
Wilfred Wilson. Their many friends
wish them a happy bon voyage upon
the sea Of matrimony.
The annual sermon of the Ebenezer
Board Of Ushers, Sunday, Dec. ~, at
8 b. M, at which time the ushers OF
the various churches Of Chicago will
assemble and the following program
will be rendered:
Prayer, Rev. J. c. Digs; Anthem,
Choir; Chorus, Usher Girls; Reading,
Miss DeWiss McGaffey; Solo, Mr..
w. N Hall; Anthem, Choir; Duet,
Mrs. Juanita Wood and Mrs. Ruth
Carter; Solo, Mrs. Carris Davis; The
Usher an Asset to Worship, n. Mag
nolia Locke; Chorus, Usher Girls;
Sermon, Rev. c. H. Clark; Offering;
Master OF Ceremonies, Mr. c. H.
Talley.
This annual service is worthy of the
attention of the church goers Of Chi
cago. This group renders invaluable
service in preserving quiet and de-
corum necessary for the success Of all
religious ceremonies conducted in the
church.
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Last Friday morning many Of the
leading and most distinguished cit
liens of this city were present at the
funeral services held over the re-
mains of the late United States Sen
ator, William B. Mckinley, at Cham
paign, Ill
The following prominent personages
were in evidence on that sad occasion:
Hon. and Mrs. Alexander Fyfe of this
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tiny rod shaped mite of life which.
if left unchecked, can cause tubercu-
losis.
The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
advises all of US to keep the health
standards up to normal and thus pre-
vent a lowered resistance" In order
to educate the general public in the
rules of health living, the nineteenth
annual sale of Christmas seals is now
being held throughout the country.
To buy and use Christmas seals is
to help barricade ourselves and those
we love against disease.
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A DANGEROUS HABIT
BY Elizabeth Cole

There is no conversation, no
laughter, no cheerfulness, no sociabil-
ity, except in splitting, and that is done
in silent fellowship around the stove
when the meal is over" wrote Charles
Dickens land much more on the same
subject in his American Notes" after
his visit to the United States in 1912.
We smile at such a statement now
adays and rather smugly comment on
how far advanced is the 10th century
over the 10Th. And, of course, it is
in many ways.
But have you ever noticed as you
walked along the main streets in your
city or town how many deposits Of
sputum you see on the sidewalks? Not
a very pleasant pastime, to be sure,
but truth is often unpleasant and this
is truth that needs to be driven home
sos days in the year-namely, that we
have not advanced very far in over
coming the dangerous habit of splitting.
Aside from the fact that splitting is
a thoroughly filthy habit, its chief harm
lies in the fact that it is one that
threatens lives. Young children es-
pecially who play ball, roller skate,
spin tops, or play games on the side
walks, are in danger of picking up
disease germs in the dried sputum. 1t
has been found that from to 10 per
cent of the sputum deposits examined
in one city contained live tubercle
bacilli, the germs of tuberculosis. In
huenza, pneumonia, colds, measles, are
other diseases that children may con-
tract from picking up sputum on their
and then conveying the
germs to their mouths on the hands.
No one can be positive that he is free
from disease, for the seemingly we'll
person may be carrier of germs. DR..
Allen K. Krause of Johns Hopkins
Hospital, states that during early
childhood (from to years. almost
half of the infections from tubercu-
losis occur. This is the age period
when children are running about out
doors and can most easily come in con-
tact with the disease germs contained
in sputum.
No one Willingly kills child. 1t is
best to believe that those who careless
ly spit on the sidewalk and in public
places are ignorant Of the serious
danger.
Until this dangerous as well as dirty
habit becomes more universally con-
quered, the campaign to stamp out
tuberculosis cannot be considered
truly successful. The National Tuber-
culosis Association and its 1900 state
and local associations have been
waging war against splitting to help
in conquering tuberculosis for the past
20 years. Their work is financed by
the annual sale Of the tuberculosis
Christmas seal. You can help to stamp
out tuberculosis by buying and using
Christmas seals.
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STANDARD Gauge

The standard gauge In Europe In
not the same as In the United States
and Canada feet 81 inches. But 1t
Is In Great Britain, France, Germany,
Austria, Holland. Belgium, Denmark,
Hungary, Italy, Switzerland Sweden,
European Turkey. and some other
places. Russia favors i've feet; Spain
and Portugal feet 6 inches.
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pairing list of sick and convalescent
of the neighborhood in order to give
them Christmas outing in the shape
OF drive.
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MOST FOUR HUNDRED
PROMINENT CHICAGOANS,
INCLUDING HON. AND MRS.
AMBER FYFE, AT
TENDED THE FUNE RIAL
SERVICES OF THE LATE SEN
ATOR MCKINLEY AT CHAM
PAIGN, ILLINOIS
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Other Comments

-
The banquet given in honor of Mr.
Anthony Overton, president of the
Douglass National Bank and several
other organizations at the Morrison
Hotel on Wednesday evening was a
brilliant affair. 1t is reported that the
diamonds and pearls worn dimmed
the lights in. the magnificent dining
room Of the Morrison Hotel. The
guests present represented the BLACK
Wall Street" Of Chicago.
The Community Christmas tree and
holiday party to be given Wednesday
night, Dec 20, at the Sixth Ward Re
publican headquarters, 1920 E. 63rd
street, under the auspices Of the Sixth
Ward Republican Club, will entertain
the children of high school age be-
tween the hours of and p. m. From
8 to IL p. m, the young people and
adults will participate in dancing.
Among the members of the committee
are Mesdames Lula Scurlock, Hattie
Grendorf, Bertha Morton, Sadie Cave,
and Messrs. H. B. Sloan, f. w. Cave,
and E. B. Johnson.
Mrs. J. M. Brumfeld has been pre-
scented with the latest 1927 model 8
cylinder WHY'S Knight and is pre-
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many years President of the Phyllis Wheaey
Womans Club who is still of the most active work
among club in Chicago, and her thousands
admirers hope that she will be able for many years
to continue her good work among club
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Mrs. J. M. Brumheld has been pre-
scented with the latest 1927 model 8
cylinder WHY'S Knight and is pre-
Evening star., 1926-09-15
IRELAND ASKS SEAT
ON LEAGUE COUNCIL
British Support as Between
Free State and Canada Said
to Favor Latter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA. Switzerland, September
15.-Ireland's candidacy for a League
Council seat, announced yesterday
through the Associated Press, was
officially launched today and interest
centers on the question whether Great
Britain will support the Free States
aspiration.
A British spokesman declined to.
day to disclose the attitude of his
delegation, but. according to reports
in the League lobbies, England would
prefer Canada to the Free State as a
potentila. fellow member of the coun-
cil s.....4s.....
The Irish delegation in a communi-
cation to the representatives of all
the dominions ask their support, de-
claring that in it's judgment the
Dublin governments candidacy will
best serve dominion interests.
Canadian View Stated.
Without referring to the Irish step,
Sir George Foster of Canada, speak.
ing before the assembly, insisted rig
orously upon the right of the British
dominions group to be represented on
the council in equality with other
political or regional groups and en-
phasized that the dominions must
always be considered as possessed of
equal privileges with other members
of the League.
Evening star., 1926-09-15
CAPT. FONCK HOPES TO START
PARIS FLIGHT EARLY TOMORROW
1O1-Foot Plane, Lifting $4,000 Pounds.
Awaits Good Weather Before Hopping
OFF on Nonstop Trip Of Atlantic.

the mile-long fairway of Roosevelt
Field, "give her the gun" at am
and so go roaring into the air on the
precarious voyage.
The course lies over Long Island,
just south of Huntingdon; over point
just south of Providence, r. L.; over
Plymouth Mass; thence to Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia; across BOnavista Bay,
Newfoundland; over the wide Atlantic
on a great circle, south of Cape Clear,
Ireland; over Falmouth, England, and
across the Channel to Cherbourg,
France, and then on to the airdrome
Of lie Bourget, by Paris.
The full course stands 3,6ll niles
by map. If she makes any leeWay
in beam or Q,artering winds the
total will mount up from that mini
mum.
The crew will be out of sight of
land for 1000 miles and the flight
will be over water for approximately
$500 miles.
Fonck wants the sunrise start from
Roosevelt Field for several reasons.
The plane is overloaded at a gross OF
1000 pounds, and he wants to talk
the difficult hop-off when the air Is
cool and heavy and hence a better
medium to climb into.
Also he figures the voyage will
take from 80 to 35 hours. depending
on wind and weather. and he wants
plenty of daylight at the other end.
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1926-09-15
FASCISTS ASSAIL
POLICY OF FRANCE
Declare Republics Toleration of
Regimes Enemies Strains
Friendship.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, September 15-Orders is
sued to the Fascist party by its di-
rectory today refer vehemently to
the French attitude in refusing to
accept any responsibility in the case
of Gino Lucetti. who came from
France to make his attempt against
the life of Premier Mussolini. The
orders say, in part:
THE land of France. for whose
safety some of our 100000 war dead
fell, has been for years the most
hospitable land for all those hatch
ing in their perfidious hearts hatred
against Italy
"It is there" the orders con-
tinue, that spirits are excited.
bombs are built and those people are
instructed who later will enter Italy
to attempt the life of the head of
the italian regime. All this can not
longer be tolerated.
The orders declare that. if France
desires to continue friendship with
Italy, as the latter desires. she must
change her line Of conduct. At any
rate. after what has happened. Italy
will keep a sharp watch at the from
tiers and receive people such as
Lucetti with gums in hand"