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A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700-South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 VoL XXV. February 14, 192a No. 21 Altered as Second-Class Hatter, Aug. lfl, 1902, at the-Post Office at Chieago, I1L, "Under Act of March 3, 1879.

THE NEGRO YEAR BOOK FOR 1918-1919. Monroe N. Work, Editor. The Negro Year Book for 1918-1919, tbe fifth annual -edition, has been enlarged and improved. There are over two hundred pages of new matter.

The information contained in previous editions has been Tcvised and brought -down to date. One hundred and thirty pages are devoted to a review of the events of 1917-1918 as they affected the interests and showed the progress of the race. Among the important subjects comprehensively reviewed are: "The Negro's Economic Progress," "The Church and the Negro," "The Migration of the Negro," 'The Negro and the Trade Unions," "The Financial of Negroes to Liberty Loans and War Work Activities," The Problems Connected with the Use of the Negro as a Soldier in the World War" The Negro as a Sol dier in the World War," "The Negro in Politics," "Race Relations and Racial Co-operation," "Race "Lynchings," 'The Race Problem in the United States, in the West Indies, in Africa." The Editor has made extended researches and has spared neither time nor pains to make this New Edition of the Negro Year Book in every way more comprehensive and author itative than tiny of the previous edi tions. "It covers every phase of Ne-jjro activity in the United States, reviews progress in all lines, discusses grievances, outlines the economic conditions of the race, presents religious and social problems, educational statistics and political questions" as they relate to the race. Price, postpaid, paper cover, 75 cents; board cover, $125.

Address The Negro' Year Book Company, Tuskegee 'onstitute, Alabama. HON. WARREN B. DOUGLAS ENTERS THE FOR COMMITTEEMAN OF THE SECOND WARD. It Will Be a Hot Fight Between Him and Hon.

Edward Wright The followers of the Dcneen faction of the Republican party have at last decided to invade the second -ward and wage a red hot fight "against Mayor William Hale Thomp son and his supporters. With that end in view, Hon. Warren B. Douglas has been selected to go to the mat -with Hon. Edward H.

Wright, for Ward Committeeman, and they will engage in a wordy combat with each other, which is more than likely to drift into personalities and make the fnr fly, from now until the close of the polls April 13. WILL ATTEND T. L. Scott, pastor. Grant! Memorial 46th and Efans" avenne7 has gone to Baltimore, 'MdV where' Tie will attend the, Bishops-Council.

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WHAT IS BAHAISM? By Wm. Sulzer, Former Governor of New York. Several persons have asked me to tell them something about "Bajja-ism." I am glad todo so. Bahaism is a realisation of the true relation of mankind to the 'Stellar. Universe; the oneness of living things; the universality of all matter; and in the last analysis the Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God.

Bahaism is not novel, recent, or incomprehensible. It is not a new religion. It is as old as the Ethics of Asia, the religion of the -Jews, and the philosophy of India. It began in the cradle of civilization. It is the hope of the dreamers of yesterday and today.

It is the longing of the forward looking people of' the new, for the better and the grander and the greater things of the morrow. In a word it is Truth the eternal truth in all things. The dreams of the dreamers, the hopes of the hopeful, the ethics of the moralists, and the philosophies of the philosophers throughout all the centuries, however, had a new birth in the Bahai movement, in Persia, in the year 1844. This reawakening for social justice, for freedom, and for spiritual reconstruction, centered about a iradiant youth called Bab. Many writers have described the wonderful charm of this pure-hearted young nian who was martyred for the Cause, in 1850, after six years of brilliant teaching.

After the Bab's martyrdom Baha-ollah, a Persian noble, took up the Cause of mankind and led forward the movement for the regeneration of the World. He announced the dawn of a new age, an era when peace, and brotherhood, and enlight- enment shall cover the earth even as the waters cover the seas. His universal principles, however, were too vast for the limited minds of his contemporaries. In consequence he, and his little band of followers, were driven into exile by the reactionaries of his day, and at last, in 1868, Baha'ollah was immured in the desolate prison of -Acca, in Syria, where subsequently he died another martyr to the-Cause of THE LATE IMMORTAL jsKPlHiML5lsl lHsliHisisHSSSlJSBp1 SnStBdr mSS HaHBllHBL -4HI flHQEfJBVHBBHp "ifl stsHtsHssllsiislsism isH Thk coming week his one iundred and. third birthday will be fittingly celebrated Isy jbe colored pttple throughout the United States.

He -was the. stai of hope of tie colored race; ne was the g3etfcdipiontana'StatJ ItwasJarge- ly throagh hk labors that the shackks were stricken from the limbs iop: asiSion darts. Her-was tfee 'steadfast friend and supporter the Abraham Lincoln, whose achkrenients win ever remaia. frsah kx the mkxk of bis I But the persecutions of men can- not extinguish the light of truth when it shines from the hearts of its great prophets. From the Prison of Acca tne iause rapiaiy spreaa throughout western Asia.

After the death of Baha'ollah, his great son, Abdul tBaha Abbas, put -on the mantle of his -father, and has since led the Cause onward until it is now known in all lands and to -all climes. It is binding Jews an' Christians, Hindus and Mohammedans, Buddhists and Parsees, Scientists and Confucians into the most wonderful spiritual brotherhood the world has ever seen. While sectarians squabble over creeds Bahaism goes on apace. It is growing by leaps and bounds. It is hope and progress.

It is a world movement and it is destined to spread its effulgent rays of enlightenment throughout the earth until every mind is free and every fear is banished. The friends of Bahaism believe they see the dawn of the new day the better day the day of Truth, of Justice, of Liberty, of Magnanimity, of Universal Peace, and of International Brotherhood the day when one shall work for all, and all shall work for one. The ethics, the religion, and the philosophy of Bahaism can be summed up in the following ten terse fundamentals: The oneness of God. 2. The oneness of Man.

3. The oneness of Truth. 4. The oneness of Justice. 5." The oneness of Freedom.

6. The oneness of Religion. 7. a 9. 10.

The oneness of Concord. The oneness of Science. The oneness of Language. The oneness of Education. These principles are centuries old, and yet they will ever be for all the centuries to come.

If you be lieve in them you are a Bahaist whether you know it or not. Bahaism has no creed. It antagonizes no religion. It stands for the good in all religions and there is good in all religions. Bahaism is the foe of fear, the enemy of ignorance, and the destroyer of superstition.

It is the friend of freedom freedom of man, freedom of thought, freedom of speech, and freedom of conscience. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. cowrttysaen. THE pnAfi ay. rmcAGO.

FEBRUARY The great "teachers of lnankina era of more or less note. The few the martyrs" of the earth-have dro session was taken up by disced that a universal brotherhood Hon of xeprwentatiou in convention based on Truth and Justice, on Unity nnd incidentally an airing of the to "Prrjrnitv andlorud man's nous had gncvanaes 1 Equality, on -revealed science and a common religion, would establish world concord and univcrsalpeace. Bahaism stcs the essence of truth in its universal light. It that the great need of the world today is goodwill, tnlth, justice, liberty, fraternity; knowledge, friendship, and universal citizenship. Tt is based on the association and the solidarity of humanity.

When we know each other better we will think better of each other. That the ideals of Bahaism can be realized suddenly is not expected, and is contrary to human experience, but this docs not preclude the forward looking peoples of the earth from working, through these ideals. to prepare the world for this inevitable condition the dawn of the millen-ium. We are now living in the last stages of feudalism, and though our feudal states are larger than formerly, and based on nationalism rather than danism, nevertheless we still have the feudal mind. We are for the most part narrow and provincial in our thoughts, in our associations, and in our sympathies.

It is hard to rise above our heredities and our environments. Through the agencies of Bahaism, nevertheless, the dreams of the philosophers will come true, and the prejudices of the past shall be dissipated like the murky mists of doubt before the rising sun of universal truth. To be free we must rise above racial, and religious, and national prejudices. These provincialisms are a survival of past things and archaic heredities. It may be instinctive but it is antiquated.

This racial and religious hatred assumes various phases as the different peoples come into competitive contact We will get over it as we move along the lines of Bahaism into the domain of unity, fraternity, and universality. The student of history knows that most racial, and religious', and national hatreds fade away when the peoples really come to know each other. The bitter enmity of the Irish and the English, of the red man and the white man, of the French and the Corsican, of the Jew and the Gentile, of the Arab and the Mongrel, will disappear when they become citizens of the Republic of the World under a special government where they share common rights, and common privileges, and common responsibilities. Bahaism is the new dispensation. 'It means that the dream of the ages is coming true.

Bahaism is one of the best instrumentalities of the time to destroy the fears tears, the hatreds and superstitions, of the past We should not condemn, or oppose, any honest effort to promote unity and justice, peace and harmony, ed ucation and fraternity along international lines. Humanity is rising to greater heights. The race of today is break ing the hateful shackles of yesterday. Tomorrow we shall stand above the clouds and then, after long ages of toil, we shall be ourselves our real selves under the dome of the great blue in the sunlight of the universal. It is significant that the thinking people, all over the world, are now rising up and demanding that all men shall be free! that wars shall be no more; that all men must be friends; and that the boundaries of the state shall be circumscribed only by the air we breathe and the sunshine of the Creator which give to all life and opportunity.

LINCOLN LEAGUE LAUNCHES CA5IPAION. Great Gathering of the Leaders of the Colored Sace in America. Prom the On tho Corner. iTho Lincoln. League, formed about a year ago in a gathering in, which Bos- coo Simmons, Bob Church, waltor Cohen, 'PoTry Howard, Henry Lincoln Johnson were leading held its first gathring in South Park Church of this city during, the week.

It had in its makeup, men of note from some 30 of tho states that ranged from captains of industry and tho men "known on twa continents down to pre cinct captains in tho Second Ward. It was really a great gathering of very men and women. It was really about tho biggest thing Ihb havo pulled off for mora than a generation. It was larger than tho Business. League even in ita palmist "Washington if had most of his prominent figures, and then tho political lifo of iho colored raco -in.

America was heavily and largely represented. In tho gathering one saw many of the. great and- the near-great, as Boscoe Simmons put it There wcro gathered about in tho aatfnietioBS auditorium, Maj. John Lynch, Wal ter Cohen, Henry Lincoln Johnson, Bill McDonald W. E.

J. Latham Banks, Thomas HI Harp of Memphis, J. A. Oobb Mr. CottreH, PHmmings, Harris, tho kttet being aldermen respectively of Cleve-lkad "and 2Jew York, not to mention Oscar Da Priest, Ed Wright.

Louis B. Aadersen, Bob Jackson, WH-King, 0. B. Travis, Dr. Davis, Harney A.

Vat- Idas, Charlie -Qrifia, sad a hett ef oth- 1020. America. On, Wednesday the was a great eliraa, when Gov. Lowil. and Chairman Will H.

Hays of the Republican Committee both spoke to the assembled delegates: The address of Chairman Hays was really a splendid, well prepared American document. It showed careful preparation, and was delivered in such a manner as to indieato that tho speaker's heart went with his words. Mr. Hay is a man of small stature, but of mighty intellect and apparently of great heart Ho did not flatter nor cajole the colored people as so many public men do. Ho gavo in well chosen phrase, tho ideas and ideals of the great organization which ho heads, lie was frequently interrupted by gener ous and timely applause.

Roscoc Simmons described by some person present, as the-greatest Jazz orator of the'ajje, made many speeches some of thern delightfully picturesque, and some in questionable taste, but all evidently vory pleasing to the great audience. For example he said that God almighty was knocking on tho Jim Crow car door, not fo much because he was interested in getting tho Negroes out of the Jim Crow car, as it was because He (tho Almighty) was tired o'f riding in the Jim Crow car with the Negroes. It did not seem to shock tho audience whieh seemed to take it for granted that God must be riding in the Jim Crow car because his people were there. Anyhow Simmons got by with it as he does with many raw stunts, because it is Simmons. He introduced Governor Lowden in both serious and flippant way.

The Governor was. greatly impressed, and confessed his delight in hearing for the first time the man of whom he had heard so much. Governor! Lowden 'a address dealt with Lincoln and his ideals. It was well delivered and many pcoplo remarked that as an oratoi Governor Lowden 1 takes first rank. He seemed thoroughly and deeply in earn est as ho told of the great emancipator and the homago that the man of the world arc constantly paying as they kneel in reverence beforo this American shrine.

He did not hesitate to say that this tribute was not only to the greatest American, but) the greatest of the human race of all tho ages. He counseled tho colored people among his fellow citizens to take Lincoln's love for the law as their shining example of civic duty. He paid great compli ment to tho great services to American arms rendered by colored soldiers in two great (wars. Ho was given a tremendous ovation both in the beginning and close of the wonderfully eloquent address. On Thursday morning the League bad Mayor Thompson's wel- como and of course there were suf ficient numbers of Chicago people pres ent to make Big Bill's entry and reception signal event.

Roseoc Simmons introduced him as the greatest living American and the Mayor smiled as though he actually believed it, and tho distinguished courtiers of his colored confreres on the platform wished for words of larger import than ever Roseoc had used' in speaking of their chief. Tho was at his bestJIfe, has improved wonderfully within tho past two years and the wonderful thing about him is that he seems to be in earnest about somo of tho things for which ho has been denounced as a demagogue. Like Cato of old, who began and ended every speech, Carthago dclenda est, ho made Jthe -traction company tho burden of his song after he gob outside of tho constitution which he unfolded and read in measure and told his hearers how they should reverence and venerato it. Ho was interrupted fio frequently by applauso -that it took.him quite a while to deliver his address. But it was really worth hearing.

Maj. Gen. Wood came in while Mayor" was speaking and received quite an oration in which the Mayor appeared to join. When the time como for tho General to peak, tho audienco applauded lustily, and it must have delighted him extremely for ho spoko charmingly and well. He has nono of tho arts of the orator, but his words strike like bullets, nia sentences are cpigramatic, and his statement that ho is for tho full enforcement of the law and the giving of equal rights to all tho "citizens of America carried sueh ring jf earnestness and truth that there was but little room for anything but tho most'' generous hand clapping.

He had to hurry away to catch a train, buf ho left a- most excellent impres sion on all who heard him. It was remarked after the General had gone that in all human probabil ity, tho Lincoln Leaguo and its visi tors in listening, to Lowden and Wood had heard -the voice of the next President of tho United States. The session wound up Thursday night in a blaze of oratory and 'glory, and there were receptions and donees and social All hands joined, in wishing that the Lincoln League would make Chieago its permanent meeting place. ON DUTY. After an absence of several days from his oSce on accoaat of illness, Attorney Walter M.

Farmer is on duty daily at his officesmte, 706-1S4 W. Washington street BBBBBSsP BBBBsHsBBBi iKsbeaiMujJsffilHSsH BBBkKr- aLsSBBBSBBBBBBBBH 4tBSBBBBsSHbsS am. J1 7 ATTORNEY DAVID I. SWANSON. Non-partisan candidate for alderman of the Thirty-first Ward.

Both men and women can vote for him at the election Tuesday February Hon. Charles S. Deneen and many other of the best business men, both Democrats and Republicans, in the ward are working hard to boost hinvinto the city council. Attorney David I. Swanson, non-partisian candidate for alderman of the 31st Ward was born September 2t, lS34 being born and raised in the ward which hq seeks to honorably represent in the City Council, at the present time and for many years residinp with his parents at 542 W.

o7th place, being ambitious mako something of himself Mr. Swanson was forced to go to work after emerging from the grammcr school, in order to assist his parents. Later on he took up high school work while employed by Swift after successfully completing the same, he began tho study of law at tho John Marshall Law School, graduating from it with high honors in 1912. but in order to fully master somo high school studies he did not take the bar examination until 1913, passing it more than successfully and shortly before that time ho was connected wifh Swift Co. for twelve years, holding several important positions such as the cost of meats, accounting, sales department and prior to securing eon nections with that firm was assistant to head of a wholesales department 01 a large wholesale concern; since that timo he has held responsible- positions in the law department of a large furniture store, was also in the real eatatp and insurance business for himself and prior to going into the law business was office attorney and adjuster of claims for a large association.

Wen into the law business on May 1.0 IS. with Joel C. Carlson, formerly Assistant State's Attorney, with law offices on the Gth floor of the Otis Building, with branch offices at 5926 S. HuLtd street. The following persons will cheerfully testify as to the honesty and upright ncss of Mr.

Swanson: Carl Lunlbrg. formerly Senator 11th Senatorial District, now Cashier United State Bonk, 60th and Ualstcd Congressman William W. Wilson, Washington, D. William J. Lindsay, Master in Chancery, 6 N.

Clark James A. Kwiias Clerk of the Municipal Court, City Hall; Hon. Charles S. Deneen, pero.ial friend and neighbor, 29 S. La alle Joel C.

Carlson, former Assistant State's Attorney, 10 S. La Salle Hon. Frank P. Sadler, Ex-Judge, aw Senator 11th Senatorial District, 60 W. Washington Earl XI H.ilos, attorney at law, candidate in tho hc-t Judicial election for 19 S.

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Chairrnan of thd license Committeo of the City Council, who is extremely popular with all classes of his constituents and being tM the pecrfe's candidate: both men and women, will assist run hm1 "back into the City Council Tuesday, February Ham H. Cmdcn, now State Representative and member of Constitutional Coa vention, 10204 Wallace Glwar.l B. (attorney, jnow -State sentative 11th Senatorial Diivn, member of firm of Ooodnou. Mnttlies Lucius, ami MeXabb, 3S Dearb-ira John S. Rydcll, merehai place and Halsted John A Vice-President Fidelity Tnut na.I Sav ings Bank, a new institution oa the north side; Dr.

W. R. Rfpbnrn. Englewood Business Men 's Association, 6230 S. Halsted St.

E. P. Stran.lVrj, contractor, 111 W. WaMimjjton Rev. R.

Keene Ryan, 3614 S. Rev. Olaf Hedeen, 2210 St Mr. Swanson is a member of Englewood Business Men's ocia tion, and chairman of committee. well as associate member of cvenl other committees and has took aa active part in all their activities or the benefit of the district He a member of the Covenant Baptist Church, 60th and Normal avenue, ai well as a member of the Judson Bible Class of the Englewood Sve.lwfc Baptist Church.

59th and Eniernld and a member of similar cla in ta Englewood Baptist Church, Englowoo.1 and Stewart avenues. in tie Motor Transport Corps and was ent tq Camp Meigs, but armistice stoppI further activity. Mr. Swanson is an honored anil prominent member of the foUowinj lodges and has held responsible jkm rions in them: John Eneson Lodg. No.

361,, I. O. O. Masonic Io-lji fomptuss Lodge No. 922, A 4 Normal Park Chapter, No JIO B.

A. Woodlawn Council, No i S. M. Capt John F. Patty and manv other colored mon residing in the SIr Wan! speak o'f Mr.

Swanson in tho li het tonus and they freely predict tint will be the next alderman fro-i th-t ward; that he is friend of I'mon La bor; that as alderman he will gi every one a square deal. Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, 6450 Champlain avenue, has tendered her resignation as conductor of the choir of Bethesda Baptist Church, to take effect March 1. She has faithfully conducted it fof the past nine car and by hard and persistent work on her part, she has built it up from an unknown quantity, to one of the best choirs in Chicago.

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