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The broad ax., 1926-01-16
DOUGLASS SCHOOL COMMU-
NIFTY CENTER

Last Monday evening at o'clock
there was opened at Douglass School,
32nd St. and Calumet Ave, the Doug
lass Community Center. Although
the weather was stormy and the big
N.A.A.C.P.. benefit was on, the hand
some new auditorium of the Douglass
School was we'll filled with parents and
young folks.
The meeting was opened by singing
America. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barett,
the chairman of the program commit
tee, presided and introduced Mr.. Mos
by, the director of the new center, who
told at length of the different activities
that the Board Of Education would es-
tablish if the people Of the community
wanted them He invited them to reg
lister for any one Of the following
activities:
Gymnasium, dancing, orchestra,
chorus work, dramatics, handicraft,
sewing, cooking, millinery, photog-
raphy, home nursing, first aid, voca-
tional guidance, radio, English, arith-
metic, 'reading, writing, debates, clubs
for girls, boys, men and women, Camp
Fire Girls, Boy Scouts.
Twenty persons can start a class in
any of the above subjects. A small
fee of ten cents will be charged and the
center will be opened every Monday
and Thursday evenings for this work
Mr.. Mosby urged every one present
to make herself and himself commit
tee OF. one to get large crowd out
for the work.
Mr.. J. E. Rogers, head of Social
Centers and Fairgrounds at the Chi
cago Normal College, spoke on the
advantages Of the Social Center to the
community and was loudly applauded.
Mr.. Lucas, playground director at
Douglass School, entertained with sew
eral selections on the mouth organ.
Miss Marie Merrill, superintendent
Of Community Centers, next urged the
people to respond to the opportunity
provided.
Miss Yates, accompanied by Mrs.
Johnetta Clanton Grant, sang beau
tiful solo.
Mrs Maude Lawrence, president
Community Civic Council, Mrs. Ada
Mckinley Of the South Side Com
munity Center, Mrs. Eva Wells, of the
Douglass Community Center, Mrs.
Helen Sayre, of the Coleman School
Center, Mrs. Barnes, Of the Willard
School Center, were all introduced and
made short talks.
Then Mrs. Barnett called for express
sions from the residents of the COM
munity and Rev. Shambourger of
South Park Church, Mrs Irene Nc
Coy Gaines, Mr. Baker and several
young men responded, promising their
support Miss Priscilla Goodwin gave
a piano solo and Mrs Sayre was es-
pecially helpful with songs.
The Douglass Community Center is
established and it is up to the people to
support it, by being at every meeting
Monday and Thursday evenings.
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Should Visit School and Get Correct
Information

Continuing the statement says in
part, The type of publicity which
these individuals persist in giving the
university could not help any probable
situations. In fact we feel that the
function of the alumni is not to be
fault finding.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16

"What'll | do?" Count Byron Khun
de Prorok, whose expedition has re-
turned from Africa, reports that men
of the white race were living in the
interior Of Africa more than three
thousand years ago. Wonder if they
had any miscegenation laws in Africa
at that time?
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
THE BROAD AK
Published Every Saturday

In this city since July 18th 1899,
--ithout missing one single issue Re
,ublicans, Democrats, Catholics, Pro-
testants, Single Takers, Priests, inn
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
is own mind. 1t is neither Demo-
cratic nor Republican. 1t 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 adj
vance.
One Year Observation-Disclosures. .$<OO
Six Months MISUNDERSTANDING ST. 40
Advertising rates made known on
application.
Address all communications to
THE BROAD AK
6206 S. Elizabeth St, Chicago.
Phone: Wentworth 1897
JULIUS F. TAYLOR
Editor and Publisher
Vol XXI No. Is
Chicago, January 10, 1926
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preston News Service)
/. Art Conquers Segregation.
2. Senator Caraway's Bill
3. Pass the Anti-Lynching Bill.
4. Preaching and Practicing.
S. Koldfeet.
s. Colorgrams.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16

When John R. Bromell (white) a
graduate student of George Washing
ton University, and editor Of student
paper called The LASH" announced
that his next issue could carry re-
print Of the two suppressed Rhine
lander love letters, he was expelled.
The Lash dashed its last lash.
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WHEREFORE STUDENTS RE-
SENT ATTITUDE OF ALUM
MI OF CHICAGO
preston News Service)

Wilberforce, Ohio, Jan. 15.-Accord-
ing to a statement of the president OF
the Wilberforce Forum, composed Of
college students of rank, college stu
dents of Wherefore University are
very much aroused over the recent
attacks made on the University by GER
tain disgruntled alumni. This particu-
larly applies to an article published in
the Chicago Defender of January 2,
when a special committee of the Chi
cago Alumni made known their desires
for "house cleaning"
ITO begin with, Miss Barzart and
Mr.. Hubbard, members of the commit
tee are not considered as alumni, ow-
ing to the fact that they only received
their high school training here. In
fact, one of them never completed the
high school course. AS to Messrs.
Foster, Crews, and Reed, it is a ques-
ton in our minds as to whether they
are in position to criticise the univer-
sity or any of its policies intelligently.
The gentlemen finished the university
ten years ago and only one of them
has ever graced the campus with his
presence since that time. "A survey OF
the subscription list of the campus
paper, "The Mirror" fails to reveal
any of the gentlemen's names. There
fore we question the authenticity Of
their information and we seriously
doubt their ability to criticise This
is not the first attempt of disgruntled
alumni to undermine the present adj
ministration, it is declared.
Should Visit School and Get Correct
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Colorgrans

In Mississippi they're wondering
what's the use Of the public expenses
Of trial,-that is if mob is going to
overrule the jury, later on.
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Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug.
10. 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
III. Under Act of March 8. 1879.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16

Langston Hughes, the young Negro
poet, gave a reading of his poems
at the Playhouse (white) Washington,
D. c., Friday. Dr. Alain Leroy Locke
presided
The broad ax., 1926-01-16

Washington, D. @, boasts OF one
colored registered plumber. Many as
pirants, including those Of years Of
experience elsewhere, have sought reg
istration, through examination and
otherwise; but without success. Won
der why? Unwritten law, we guess!
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
ANDREWS SAID
TO BE: AGAIN
READY TO QUIT
P TO hib ition Enforcement
Head Disguised with Fail
ure Of Plans and Work.

NEW YORK., Oct. IA special
dispatch from Washington to the
New York World says Lincoln c.
Andrews. Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury. in charge of enforcing the
Volstead act, is again disgusted with
his job, according to his close
friends, largely because of the fail
ure, one after another, of his high
powered enforcement officers EN-
ployed when he reorganized the unit
about year ago.
OF the "a zone administrators Sc
lected by Mr.. Andrews to make pro.
hibition really effective, more than
half of them have either resigned
refused to serve, been denoted or
discharged. Several others, it is
reported, are slated for dismissal
In one or two regional districts
the post of administrator has been
filled by three department men with
in the last year.
When Mr.. Andrews announced his
new zone system to replace the state
directors he did so with bIare OF
trumpets. expressing the firm con
viction that America soon would be
as dry as the Sahara
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
GOLD RUSH HEROINE
AGED AND DESTITUTE

in Alaska % years with only infre-
quent visits outside" AS Mrs
Woods, before her marriage in Daw.
son to c. w. Chase. she became
known all over Alaska as Mother
Woods. friend of the sourdough. 1t
was while carrying letters and news
papers from back home" to the
sourdoughs in the interior that she
spread the news from st. Michael to
Dawson that gold had been struck
on the Bering Strait coast.
Ten years ago, with money made
and years of comfort lin the states
seemingly before them, Mr.. and Mrs
Chase left Alaska to make their
home in Nevada. But the gold gain
ed from the cold hills and sands OF
rushing rivers in the North melted
away in the South and fortune
vanished.
Mrs. Chase came here in quest OF
living. She placed a modest adver
tsement in a newspaper asking foi
washings to do at her small home
on the outskirts of town.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
SAYS SUBMIT
DRY QUESTION
TO The PEOPLE
Senator Borah Makes Sug-
gestion-Now Teach
ing Bolshevism.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. Oct. T.
United States Senator William E.
Borah told the students OF the Uni
versity of Minnesota that the only
way to settle the prohibition ques-
tion is to submit 1t to vote OF
the people.
There Is no reason why We
should disobey our laws as long as
it is within the power of the people
to change them. The United States
is nation of the civilized world.
The people have failed to observe
the Eighteenth Amendment. II we
continue to preach the doctrine OF
lawlessness against the laws. we do
not like, but which have been de-
cided by the people. we are only
transplanting Bolshevism. Observing
the liquor amendment can only come
about through voluntary obediencs
Of the people"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01

COTTON Cal, Oct. 1.-"Mother"
Woods. who carried the news across
Alaska that great gold strike had
been made on the spot which soon
became Nome, wants to take in
washings SO that she may eat.
Mrs. c. W. Chase, as Mother
Woods is now known, left the north
with $4,000 in her money belt. Ad'
versity began with the loss of her
fortune and was followed by the
disappearance of her husband after
an automobile accident.
Nome's First White Woman
Friend of Rex Beach. Jack Lon
don and Tex Rickard in the North
during the gold rush days, Mrs
Chace declares she can do as good
a washing as anyone, in spite Of her
20 years. She says she was the
first white woman to set foot in
Nome and that she was Anna
Black" of Rex Beach's THE Spoil
ers.'
Mrs. Chance heard and needed the
call Of the North in 1894 and lived
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
MRS. MCPHERSON
LETS DOWN her
HAIR IN court
Casping Courtroom Spccta-
tors Arc Given Thrill
More Testimony.

Los ANGELES. Oct. Latte yes
terday afternoon, after the prosecu-
tion quzzed Emma Schaeffer as TO
whether Mrs Mcpherson wore false
hair, the evangelist took her hair
down and the gaping courtroom
spectators saw it came only to her
sholders.
Miss Scbaeffer testified that she
had Mrs. McPherson's wrist watch
while the evangelist was gone and
returned the watch the day after
she returned.
Mrs. Mcpherson told the jury she
| did not remember whether she had
the watch with her or not but if
not, her mother took it to her when
she went to Douglas, Arizona. A
! picture taken in the hospital showed
the watch on Mrs. McPhersons
wrist
Thomas Melville, hotel man, testi
fled he saw Mrs. Mcpherson in a
hotel at 10 O'Clock on the morning
of May 18. Walter Lambert. haber-
dasher, testified he saw a man whom
he identified as Ormiston, by a
photograph, at the same time.
Attorneys for Mrs. Mcpherson
said: I'VE will put on the stand
reputable business men to prove that
Mrs. Mcpherson was engaged in the
transaction of business elsewhere"
Investigators announced they have
Pherson bought at a store here Is
months ago Mrs. Seilaff bought
goggles at the same place. She said
this was at Mrs Mcpherson sug-
gestion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
TRIO OF P1RKHURSTS
FAR APART IN IDEALS

LONDON, Oct. Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst and her two daughters
have been given the title of Eng
lands most remarkable family trio,
Mother and daughters all sit down
at the same tea table, now and
then. but their interests in life. and
their aims, politically and religious.
ly, and their methods of bringing
about their respective reforms de
signed to regenerate society. are as
far apart as the poles.
Banned at Table
But they never discuss politics or
religion over the tea cups.
Mrs. Pankhurst, long known as
the militant suffrage leader, has
taken up the cudgel against Com
munism, while her daughter Sylvia
goes on, more energetically than
ever. advocating the teachings Of
Lenin.
Miss Chrislabcl, the eldest of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
JERmhNE PUTS
Al SMITH AT
HEAD OF LIST
Seattle Times Associate Edi-
tor Says N. Y. Governor
Make Great President.

SEATTLE, Oct. Nv. w. Jer.
name, Washington political cores
pondent and Associate Editor of the
Seattle Times, in Washington
dispatch to the Times, said that the
nomination of Gov. Alfred f. Smith
for a fourth term by the New YORK.
State Democratic Convention and til.
announcement that he will ask the
Democratic National Convention tc
nominate him for the Presidency in
1928 means that Gov. Smith will
take the place of William NJ. Nc
Adoo as the aggressive candidate
for the Democratic nomination.
Mr. Jermane said further that
Gov. Smith will have delegates n
structed for him from New England
and west to the Alleghennies and
south of the Potomac almost solidly
Il have been told" said Mr.. Jer-
name, that the large cities through
out the country will support him, u
and then he adds
Would Make Great President
GOV Smith would make a great
President AS an administrator.
doubt if he has an equal in the
country He has perfect gen us
for government and with it go an
industry and capacity of the very
highest order"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
DIES, CURSING
EXECUT!0NERS

BUTTE, Mont. Oct. Tony Vet
lters. murderer, shouted viva Mus
jsOlini' as he made a break for lib
,erty just before he was hanged to-
day.
When an under sheriff entered the
cell. Netters swung a pipe at him
and escaped into the corridor of the
prison. Vetters dared officers to
get him. He cursed them and the
judge who sentenced him.
Tear gas was used for Is minutes
when Vetters was then overcome
manacled and carried to the gallows
He was revived and was cursing his
Iexecutioners when the trap waa
sprung.
Vetters killed Antoine Favero last
November.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
JAPAN CANCELS
SEALING TREATY
Ban to Be Lifted on Pelagic
Sealing in the North
Pacific Ocean.

VICTORIA, b. 6, Oct. 1.-The
to end the treaty with the United
States. Great Britain and Russia
banning pelfgic sealing in the North
Pacific. when the time limit is
reached on December 10
Tokyo newspapers received here
stat that in order to end the agree
ment, Japan must notify the other
parties in writing year after which
the treaty ceases to be effective. II
Japan closes the treaty, deep sea
seal fishing during the breeding
season will be virtually Unrestricted.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01

two girls, is tremendously interested
in religion. She loathes politics.
Mother After Votes
Mrs. Pankhurst herself has joined
the Conservative party and for weeks
has been addressing meeting in her
endeavor to rouse the British women
voters against Communism and all
its works. AS one who did her
share in the effort to win the rights
of citizenship for women, she - now
out" she declares. to defend what
she has long worked for; the voting
power of citizenship in order to de-
feat the deadly Vaccinations of the
lutionaries.
ChristabeI's Religion
While Mrs. Pankhurst is renewing
her youth and seeking to save So
ciety by political propaganda. Chris
label has scared into the atmosphere
of religious prophecy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
WILL VOTE ON
PROHIBITION IN
EIGHT STATES
Dry and Wet Issue Comes
Up in States at No.
vember Election.

CHICAGO, Oct. Voters In eight
states, at the November election,
will have an opportunity to pass up
on prohibition. The states are Cali
fornia, Colorado, Illinois. Missouri,
Montana. Nevada, New York and
Wisconsin.
In New York. Illinois and Wiscon-
sin. the referendum is on the ques-
tion of asking Congress to amend
the Volstead Act.
Would Amend Volstead
New York and Illinois vote on the
same propositions Beverages which
are not in fact intoxicating as deter
mined in accordance with the laws
Of the respective states" In Wis
consin, the proposition says beer
for beverages purposes of an alco-
holic percentage of 2,75." In New
York the legislature passed a bill
to place the question on the ballot.
In Wisconsin the proposal was
adopted by joint resolution of the
legislature. In Illinois, the referen-
dunn was initiated by petition.
The question in California is
whether to repeal the Wright Act,
the state enforcement law, adopted
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Salt Lake Is
Rising, 25.Yem.
Record ShO,Us

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1.-Great
ceding, records of the last 25 years
show. Salt Lake is remnant of
Lake Bonneville. the vast prehistoric
body of water which covered por-
tions of what is now Utah, Idaho
and Nevada.
There are times when the shore
line of Salt Lake, the waters of
which are 90 per cent solid. recede5.
and again the waters will rise for
few inches. However, climatic
conditions must change materially
if the lake is to dry up or spread
over the widespread areas it once
covered.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Says Florida Relief
Work Is Handicapped

WASHINGTON, Oct. American
Red Cross Chairman John Barton
Payne today accused Florida Off
cials, from the Governor down, and
realtors as bandicapping relief and
minimizing the losses in the recent
hurricane.
RICHMOND. Va. Oct. Mayor
Bright has stopped payment of a
$4,000 check mailed yesterday for
Miami relief work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Woman Nurse Wanders
Deer Month IN Woods

PRINCETON, b. c., Oct. with
her scanty clothes in tatters. and
bordering on nervous prostration
Miss Mary w. Arburton, aged 81, a
nurse. was found late yesterday
after wandering through the forests
for more than a month.
She left Hope. b. c., on August
26 for a hike Of 65 miles over the
rough mountain trail to Princeton.
She took four days food with her
After she was reported missing, a
guide named Davis and Constable
Dougherty. of the Provincial Po-
lice, left here Saturday to trace her.
While sitting about a campfire in
Paradise Valley, yesterday after
noon, they saw her tottering toward
them with the aid of staff.
The soles of her shoes were bound
40 her feet with pieces of rope.
You are an angel from Heaven. "
Mrs. Arburton exclaimed, and then
collapsed at Davis's feet.
Mrs Arburton said she took the
wrong trail when % miles on her
journey The next day she lest her
food IN a creek. She rescued half a
pound of butter which she ate a
small portion of each morning and
evening until it was gone. Then for
25 days she wandered aimlessly She
tramped through snow on Tulameen
mountains. subsisting on leaves and
fungus. She declared that after the
first few days, she did not feel
hungry.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS
TO FIGHT FOR VICTORY

MUSK ECON, Mich. Oct. 1.-The
enthusiasm of the Democratic State
Convention here and the reports
the delegates bring from through
out the State indicate that the party
will make a serious and active cam
paign to carry this normally Re
publican State. The platform alta cks
the Republican Gubernatorial cal-
didates "autocracy" and 1.-The re-
turn to Newberryism.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
BETTING even
WORLD SERIES

NEW YORK, Oct. l. = Bet
ting this afternoon on, the
World Series is reported even.
Backers of the Yankees claim
the Yanks have the advantage
over the Cardinals. The Yankees
are in their fourth World Series
and the Cardinals their first
time.
Supporters of St. Louis cited
the fighting spirit of the Ma
tional champions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
IDAHO DEMOCRATS NAME
WOMAN FOR CONGRESS

BOISE, Idaho. Oct. 1.-The Demo
cratic Committee has named Mrs
Mary George Gray as the party
Congressional candidate in the Sec
ond District to replace C. Ben Ross,
who had resigned from the ticket
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Eats Corncob
Pipes to Appease
Tobacco Longing

IRONWOOD. Mich, Oct. l.
Florine Stolicha. one of the 43
imprisoned miners. released
early yesterday after being en-
tombed half mile below the
surface since last Friday morn
ing, said he ate three corncob
pipes while entombed. They re-
lieved his longing for tobacco.
One of the miners tried to com
nit suicide with dynamite but
his comrades prevented him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Officers to Investigate
Murder, Westward Alaska

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska. Oct. l..
The Algonquin left Unalaska at
6 o'clock this morning for Nakushin
with United States Commissioner
Funch and L. S. Deputy Marshal
Rose aboard to investigate the shoot
ing there of Charlie Rose by his
stepson Peter Simikansky
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
STOCKS ADVANCE

NEW YORK, Oct. l. - Dupont
stock opened four points higher than
usual today. United States Steel
common. General Motors, Interia-
tional Harvester and Famous Play
ers are from one to two points
higher.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Disregard Gov. Hartley,
Let Furniture Contract

OLYMPIA. Wash. Oct 1.-Disre-
garding Gov. Hartley's recommends
tions to ask for new bids for the
Capitol Building furniture, the Com
mission awarded contracts for $475,-
900.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Coolidge Names Hughes
To Court at The Hague

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. - Presi-
dent Coolidge has named Charles
Evans Hughes as the United States
member of the permanent Court of
Arbitration at The Hague for six
years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
William Jacks, Known
In Alaska, Passes Away

SEATTLE, Oct. l. II. William
Jacks. capitalist and steel construc-
tion engineer. well known in South
western Alaska and Seattle, Is dead
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
COL. WILLIAMS 3.
DR0WNED;AUT0
TAKES PLUNGE
Officer Charged with Intoxi-
cation by Butler, Nets
Sudden Death.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct L.
A board of Marines has been called
to investigate the death of Col
Alexander S. Williams, who was
drowned this morning when his
automCbile left pier returning
from a party.
The coroner's office announced
There is no indication that Col. Wil-
iams was not in his right senses
Col. Williams was convicted last
April by a court martial of drunken
ness and conduct unbecoming an of
ficer." The charges were preferred
by Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler
Col. Williams, following the court
martial proceedings, was transferred
from The naval base at San Diego
to San Francisco. in charge of the
recruiting station.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
Widow Talks


SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. l. Mrs.
Williams said her husband left
home at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon stating he was going to dinner
with friends. He telephoned at
o'clock that he was having wonder
full time.
Col Williams would go daily to
Embarcadero, sometimes several
times day. and watch the ships.
He became to know them so we'll
that he could tell their names when
they were far off in the stream"
said Mrs Williams.
One window of Williams coupe
was smashed
SAN DIEGO, Cal, oct. 1--Gen.
Butler, Marine commandant, said:
THE death of Col Williams is
great blow to us all and the news
of his death has made us all feel
terribly"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-10-01
CONVICTED NAVY OFFICER BROWNS


the New York Yankees the of ue
his
is giant of
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