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No. 52
The Thirty-Second Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax Will Appear Saturday,
October 22. It Has Been Published in this City for Almost Twenty-Eight Years
Without Missing One Single Issue, a Feat Which Has Not Been Accomplished by
_____ Any Other Weekly Newspaper in Chicago
HON. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON
The fighting and hustling Mayor of Chicago, who has started
West on an extensive lecturing or speaking tour in the
interest of flood control and the deep water highway. While
absent he will visit St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minn., Omaha,
Neb., Portland, Ore., and other cities on the Pacific Coast.
SENATOR KING SCORES AMER
ICAN RULE IN HAITI
Salt Lake City.—Senator William H.
King of Utah, addressing members of
the local club Satrudav said: “Amer
ica’s imperialistic policy in invading
Haiti in 1915 and the succeeding years
of suppression which it forced upon
the one-time republic is breaking down
the confidence the South American and
Central American nations have in the
United States.
“If our nation is to maintain that
confidence which was inspired by pro
mulgation of the Monroe Doctrine,
with its warning note to Eastern
Hemisphere countries, then we must
withdraw and set free Haiti and let the
ambition and dream of every one of
its inhabitants be realized.”
Continuing, Senator King said:
“If the voice of Haiti could be heard
today, it would be more than 99 per
cent in favor of the United States’
withdrawal, but by secret treaties and
loans with their expected future obli
gations, the LTnited States has sealed
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Haiti's subjugation for the next forty
years.”
WOMAN RELUCTANT ABOUT
TALKING; FRIGHTENS COM
MUNITY BY ACTIONS
(Preston News Service)
Selma, Ala., Sept. 9.—A demented
but harmless woman calling herself
“Kittie” and refusing to talk, was ar
rested by officers of Douglas county,
in the Orrville neighborhood, where
she had frightened a whole community
of persons from their homes by her
strange actions.
The helpless creature was brought
to the county jail and given a com
fortable berth until she can be sent to
the Negro Asylum for insane, near
Mobile.
The woman is a stranger to all who
have seen her and is unable to give
any information about herself or place
of residence. The only words she
speaks is “yes sir,” to all questions put
to her by officers of the jail.
HON. W. T. FRANCIS
Recently, Mr. Francis was appointed United Statc« Mmi*ter
and Consul-General to Liberia, west coast ofAfra^W
President Ctdrin Coolidge, and on Mon^y eTenmg^Sept.
12, he will be tbe highly honored guest of „
Club, 3632 South Parkway, and assist to highly eoj y
elegant banquet to be given in bu honor.
The 32nd Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax Will Be Just
As Fine and Artistic As the Previous Anniversary Editions of
This Newspaper. In Short It Will Reach the Highest Water
Mark in Artistic Afro-American Journalism in This Country.
It Will Be Printed on the Finest American Half-Tone Aber
deen Book Paper One Hundred and Ten Pounds to the Ream
Costing 15 Cents Per Pound. The Paper Will Be Supplied by
Bradner, Smith and Company, Wholesale Paper Dealers, 333
Desplaines Street.
It Will Contain Many Beautiful Half-Tone Cuts of the Leading
Citizens and Politicians, Both Democrats and Republicans
Residing in Chicago.
Many of the Big Head Line Politicians Have Already Started
to Break or Bust Into the 32nd Anniversary Edition of The
Broad Ax. »
The Funeral Services on Tuesday
Morning at St. Ignatius Loyola
Roman Catholic Church Over
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the Remains of the Late
Patrick H. O’Donnell
Was Largely Attended
by All Classes
of Citizens
His Generous Contributions to Religion and Science Will Stand
As a Living Monument to His Memory for Many Ages.
He Was One of the Best and Most Sincere Friends of the
Colored Race in America.
Patrick H. O'Donnell who was one
of the greatest lawyers in this coun
try, eloquent and fiery orators ever
born of a woman on this earth, sud
denly closed his eyes in death at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Michael
Guckien, at Burrows, Ind. Cerebral
Hemorrhage was the direct cause of
his untimely death; at the time of his
passing away he was almost 65 years
old.
He was born in Carroll County,
Ind., of extremely poor Irish immi
grant parents and died on his own
farm near where he was born. When
he had plenty of time he wrote his
own obituary which runs in part as
follows:
“Patrick H. O’Donnell was born on
a farm in Carroll County, Indiana, 61
years ago of Irish immigrant parents.
On the death of his father he remained
at the parental post uzitil the younger
children of the family were well pro
vided for. Entering Georgetown Pre
paratory School, he made the complete
course through college and university,
graduating with high honors in law
and with a reputation already made
as a powerful speaker.
“Specializing in Greek classics, he
translated the Odyssey, the Illiad and
the seven plays of Sophocles. He won
prizes in Greek that .had been con
ferred but two or three times in a
century.. On entering professional life,
Mr. O’Donnell took up the practice of
law in Chicago.
Erected Church
“For many years Mr. O’Donnell has
^fven his attention to works of re
ligion and education. His first not
able contribution was a church which
he had erected at his own expense on
the site of his birthplace. It is a
beautiful, solid Gothic structure.
"Later on he found that the great
Jesuit missionary to Alaska, Rev. F.
Barnum, had spent eight years in learn
ing the Eskimo language, had made
a grammar and. reduced to writing
legends and folklore of the people. It
was impossible to publish this colos
sal work as a commercial enterprise as
it was meant only for scholars and
students of comparative languages.
Thereupon Mr. O’Donnell published
this great series at his own expense,
and today, it is found in all the large
libraries of the world.
“Years ago, after the terrible earth
quakes of San Francisco, Port Royal
and in the Mediterranean, the scientific
world endeavored to discover, if pos
sible, the cause of these cataclysms.
It was known that if it could be de
termined where the earth's crust is
thick and where thin, it would be fea
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sible to locate the best places where
cities might be built, great public
works erected and harbors and ports
developed. It was necessary to estab
lish earthquake observatories all over
America and to have one master ob
servatory to direct all the rest. The
universities at once began competition
for this master observatory. At Mr.
O'Donnell’s orders Georgetown Uni
versity built the famous structure
which is today known as.the O'Don
nell Observatory. It is from this
place that the government and the
press take all their data and reports.”
Leader Among Irish
Mr. O'Donnell was extremely active
in civic affairs, aside from his legal
work. He was a leader among the
Irish of the city, for many years being
a moving factor of the Irish Fellow
ship Club and the Ancient Order of
Hibernians. He led in the fight
against the Ku Klux Klan in Illinois
and was one of the men who fought
hardest against the proposed new- con
stitution for Illinois, a measure over
whelmingly defeated by the voters.
Mr. O’Donnell had gone for a visit
to the farm of his sister, preparatory
to giving a Labor Day address Mon
day at Logansport, Ind., six miles
from his sister's farm.
(Continued on page 3)
PATRICK H. O’DONNELL
The late Patrick H. O’Donnell, who has passed on West never
to return this way again. He leaves to mourn his death a
constant and devoted wife, Mrs. O’Donnell, and other mem
bers of his family a.id troops of friends.
COTTON PICKING DEVICE
SUCCESS
< Preston News Service)
Chicago, Sept. 9.—Another pic
turesque feature of the old South is
on its way to the discard, with the per
fecting of a machine that will pick cot
ton. It will supplant the armies of
Negroes working through the vast
whiteness of the cotton fields.
The International Harvester Com
panv announced last week that the new
machine will cut the last bond that
has tied the cotton planter to slow and
costly hand-labor and it will drive hun
dreds of thousands of Negroes to other
employment. Two men can operate the
picker—one to drive the tractor haul
ing it and the other to manipulate the
machine. They can pick two to five
bales a day, equivalent to what two
men could do by hand labor in eight
to fifteen days.
HON. THOMAS GALLAGHER
Ex-Member of Congress from the Eighth Congressional District
of Illinois, who has legions of friends who would be highly
delighted to see him re-elected to his old seat in Congress
in 1928.