The broad ax. [volume], July 02, 1927, Image 1

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

Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL

                
soc'uIhEDne^ep,,b-iXHE BROAD AX 1 subs”°*the
_ _SCENTS PER COPY THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 2, 1927 No. 42
HON. F. L. FAIRBANK
One of the best and most painstaking Judges of the Municipal
Court of Chicago, who has made good on the Municipal
Court bench. The voters of this city made no mistake
when they selected Judge Fair bank to preside over them.
HELP THE WIDOWS AND OR
PHANS OF THE POLICEMEN
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE LINE OP-DUTY
Chicago's police track and field
champions are taking strenuous work
outs these days preparing themselves
for the battle to retain their titles at
the Sixth Annual Police Championship
Baseball and Field Days.
This year’s event will take place at
the White Sox Ball Park Saturday and
Sunday, August ^3 and 14, and on Sun
day, August 21 at the Cubs Park. Pro
ceeds of the three days’ tournament
will be devoted to the care of widows
and orphans of policemen killed in the
line of duty.
Today Chicago is mourning two po
licemen who died in the line of duty—
shooting it out in the night with a
cornered bandit. These men were killed
because they went after and got their
man.
Everyone should buy at least one
ticket to help the ones 1< ft “behind”
when a policeman is shot down pro
tecting the people’s rights and proper
ties.
NEGRO DRAMA TO THE FORE
(Preston News Service)
New York, June 30. — Samuel
French, Inc., New York and Lon
don publishers, have just signed a con
tract to publish “Plumes,” a one act
play by Georgia Douglas Johnson.
This j^ay received first prize in the
recent “Opportunity” magazine con
test. Appleton and Co., New York,
are bringing out two one-act plays by
Negro writers in a collection called
“Ffty More Contemporary One-Act
Plays.” “Blue Blood, ’ by Georgia
Douglas Johnson and another play- by
Willis Richardson of Washington, D.
C., are in*this collection. Both these
writers have won prizes offered by the
“Crisis” and “Opportunity” magazines.
Boston, New York, Washington and
Cleveland have put on some very in
teresting one-act play programs and
the call for them is becoming insistent
and strong. Negro life is intensely
dramatic and an intelligent handling
of themes universal in appeal is prov
ing most attractive and popular.
DR. U. GRANT DAILEY
One of the most progressive physicians and surgeons in On*
cago and the founder of the Dailey Hospital and 5am
tori mm, Michigan Avenue and 37th Place.
Death of Col. Daniel Moriarty
Who Commanded for Many
Years the Old Fighting Seventh
Regiment of Illinois. Under His
Command It Became One of
the Greatest Military Fighting
Units in the United States.
He Was Much Beloved by the Members of His Regiment and
Highly Esteemed by the Citizens of Illinois and Thruout This
Country. _ !
A Friendly Feeling Always Existed Between the Officers and
Men of the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and the
Old Fighting Seventh Regiment.
Col. Moriarty Was an Old-Time Warm Friend of Mr. Julius F.
Taylor and He Was a Constant Subscriber to This Newspaper
From October 1, 1899, Down to the Day of His Death.
Last Friday evening. Cot Daniel
Moriarty, who was in his seventieth
year, peacefully closed his eyes in
death after a long spell of illness at
his lovely home, 11722 Longwrood
drive.
For many years he was the head and
the front of the old fighting Seventh
Regiment of Illinois, serving as its
Lieutenant Colonel during the Spanish
American War. At the end of that
war, succeeding Judge Marcus A.
Kavanagh as its colonel. Col. Moriarty
was a prominent figure in Democratic
politics. In 1912 he was elected one of
the commissioners of Cook County.
Prior to that time he was connected
with the Board of Election Commis
sioners’ office. After his return from
France, where he was separated from
his regiment he was connected up until
he arrived at the end of the road with
the County Clerk’s office, Hon. Robert
M. Sweitzer.
Col. Moriarty was born in old Ire
land and had resided in this city for
more than fifty years. He was very
popular and much beloved by people
in all walks of life. He was one of its
first Irish-American citizens to become
a member of the old Hibernian Rifles,
which was in time merged into the old
Seventh Illinois Infantry.
Several times in the past the won
derful military career of Col. Moriarty
has appeared in the columns of this
newspaper and as it has already passed
on down into history through this
newspaper, we will briefly refer to
him as we knew him for almost 30
years.
Shortly after coming to the great
city of Chicago to reside in June, 1899,
we came in contact with Col. Daniel
MUSICIAN OF RARE ABILITY
VISITS FRIENDS IN CHICAGO
- t
Miss Billie Ransom of New York
City has for the past two weeks been
the house guest of her warm friend,
Mrs. H. L. Pbtterson, 5J61 South
Michigan blvd. She is a musician of
rare ability. She performs on the or
gan in one of the largest play houses
in that city. She is highly educated
in every respect, and being up-to-date,
she maintains a small apartment for
her own comfort. She is a very charm
ing lady to meet.
Ktr, Dickson of Hot Springs, Ark.,
was the guest of Mrs. H. L. Patterson,
5161 South Michigan blvd., Wednesday
evening.
Moriarty, and from that time until his
death we were the warmest of friends,
and on October 1, 1899, he started in
to become a regular subscriber to this
newspaper and during all those years,
once each week to the present it found
its way into his fine home, 11722 Long
wood drive.
On several occasions in the remote
past the writer was the guest of Col.
Moriarty and the members of his old
fighting regiment w’hile it was in camp
at Springfield, Illinois, and we were
never treated more royally in our life
than we were on those occasions. We
had a seat right by the side of the
much beloved Rev. Father Edward A.
Kelly, the eloquent and brave chap
lain of the old fighting Seventh Regi
ment, who has also passed on into the
next world.
It also fell to our lot to attend sev
eral of the balls held at the Seventh
Regiment Armory, and it was there
that Col. Moriarty with much pride
presented us to his constant and de
voted wife, Mrs. Moriarty and to his
many other lady friends. He would
alw-ays say, “This is my friend, Mr.
Julius Taylor.”
On a beautiful afternoon in October,
1917, Col. Moriarty proudly marched
at the head of his famous fighting reg
iment from its armory, 35th and Went
worth ave., to the Union Station, and
we walked all that distance and kept
within his shadow all the time, and
bade him farewell when the train de
parted for the training camp at Fort
Houston, Texas.
There was always a friendly feeling
between the officers and the rank and
file of the old fighting Seventh and
Eighth regiments, and that fact was
MINISTER TOURS EUROPE
(Preston News Service)
Rochester, N. Y, June 30.—Satur
day, July 2nd, Rev. H. M. Smith, pas
tor of Bethany Baptist Church, Syra
cuse, N. Y., will sail on the Homeric
for a three months’ travel tour in Eu
rope, Northern Africa and the Holy
land.
Five years ago, July 1922, Rev.
Smith became pastor of Bethany Bap
tist Church upon graduation from Col
gate University, Hamilton, N. Y. While
a student there, Rev. Smith was the
first colored student to be elected to
the honorary scholarship fraternity of
Phi Beta Kappa at Colgate.
During his five years of pastoring in
Syracuse he has paid off a church
mortgage which stood for fifteen years,
also under his leadership, a modern
church community center with Sun
day School rooms, gymnasium and
library has been erected as an addi
more strongly impressed on our mind
that Saturday afternoon than ever be
fore; for while walking around among
the great crowd of people who had
assembled there to witness the depar
ture of the regiment for the last time
as such, we noticed a young colored
soldier belonging to the Eighth Regi
ment wandering around with a basket
of peaches is his hand, and we kept
on watching him; and finally he ran
across a young white soldier belonging
to the Seventh Regiment with his
sweetie holding on to his right arm.
When they met face to face the colored
soldier exclaimed, “Hello, Charley 1 I
have been looking for you for a long
time,” and at that he presented his
white soldier friend with the basket of
peaches. That one act on his part was
positive proof that a strong friendship
existed between the officers and men
of the two regiments.
He is survived by his widow’, Mrs.
Deborah Moriarty; his son, Maurice,
and his brothers, Maurice Thomas and
Patrick, who is a captain in the fire
department.
Funeral services were held over his
earthly remains on Monday morning,
with full military honors, at Sacred
Heart church in Morgan Park. Mem
bers of his old Tegiment, McShane post
of the American Legion, William Mc
Kinley camp of Spanish War Veterans
and regulars from Fort Sheridan par
ticipated.
'Business men and politicians, civic
officials and old neighbors and friends
of his many years’ residence in Chi
cago were present for the services. A
firing squad fired a salute at the grave
and taps were sounded over it. Inter
ment was in Mt. Olivet cemetery.
tion to the original church building at
a cost of $30,000. During this same
period the membership and financial
support of the church has been in
creased over 200 per cent.
In appreciation of the fine accom
plishments gained under his leader
ship, the officers and members of his
church have granted Dr. Smith a
three months’ leave of absence from all
church duties in order to make this
trip.
While abroad, Rev. Smith will make
the usual stops in England and conti
nental Europe, but in addition he will
spend a number of weeks in Northern
Africa, visiting and seeing first hand
the results of evcavations in the Nile
Valley, including the now famous King
Tut’s tomb. Another interesting fea
ture will be a month spent in the Holy
Land- exclusively, visiting such places
as Nazareth, Bethlehem, Bethany, Sea
of Gallilee, Jerusalem and other places j
of equal interest.
THE LATE COL. DANIEL MORI ARTY
The above picture was taken while the Old Fighting Seventh
Regiment was located at Fort Samuel Houston, Texas, in
1917. It represents a group of its officers, Col. Moriarty,
reading from right to left, appearing under the figure No. 2
in the historical picture.
' -f .—" —' —11 1 ■' — ■■ ---—- - - ■ s
BULLETIN No. II—OBSERVE
THE FOURTH SANELY AND
SAFELY
By Chief of Police Michael Hughes
The toll of lives attendant upon the
observance of Independence Day has
gradually decreased year by year, but
still the lives of many grownups and
children are sacrificed through care
lessness.
Fireworks of all kinds, including the
so-called harmless sparklers and col
ored lights are prohibited. Neighbor
hood displays may be conducted under
proper safeguards and a city permit.
Caution your children against play
ing with fireworks. Blank cartridges
may not be charged with lead, but they
are frequently charged with death.
A senseless Fourth is commonly fol
lowed by a sightless and fingerless
fifth. It often happens that the Glori
ous Fourth is too often the gory
Fourth.
Don’t neglect the slightest bum
caused by powder or explosives. Tet
anus is easy to prevent but extremely
difficult to cure. However slight the
injury may appear, call a physician
immediately.
Automobilists must drive carefully
and slowly. The Fourth attracts thou
sands to the open. Be careful at the
beaches. Small children are easily lost
to sight and may get into deep water.
Be strong for a sane Fourth. Don’t
be a sorrowing victim of your own
carelessness.
FISH LAUDS COURAGE
OF NEGRO SOLDIERS
(Preston News Service)
Indianapolis, Ind., June 30.—Hamil
ton Fish, Jr., member of Congress
from New York, upheld the courage
of Negro combat regiments that served
in the American Expeditionary forces
in an address here at the 18th annual
convention of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple.
Recalling failure of Congress to pass
his bill for appropriating $30,000 for
a monument in France to commemo
rate the deeds of Negro troops, Mr.
Fish said: “All we ask is that the
unjust discrimination against the cour
age and war services of the Negro
soldier be done away with and that a
battle monument be erected in France
which will for all time be an inspira
tion to loyalty, patriotism and heroism
for all the colored people of America.’’
RACING HEARSE MAN
IS FINED FOR SPEEDING
(Preston News Service)
Washington, D. C., Jifhe 30.—This
is indeed a fast age. At least Alton
Barbour thinks so. He was arrested
las Thursday for going at 38 miles an
hour by traffic cops. Barbour told the
court that he was in a funeral proces
sion and was simply trying to keep up
with the hearse that was carrying the
corpse to the cemetery.
.-. .- .-g
HON. JOHN E. CONkOY
The poor or the small taxpayers' friend on the Board of As
sessors of Cook County, and the voters throughout this city
and county are already figuring on his re-election to his
present position in 1928.