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on the Germans and take some prison.
ers.'
Tribute to Gen. Nivel1e.

A tribute unusual for an official
French communication is paid to Gen,
Nivelle, the defender of Verdun, in The
Journal Official today Announcement
was made on Wednesday that Gen. Nj
sigma of grand officer of the Legion of
Honor. and in this connection the fol-
lowing citation is published:
Robert Georges Nivelle, general of
division, commanding an army, has for
four months commanded the army that
resisted VIGOROUSLY the attacks of the
enemy, renewed without cessation. and
has supported heroically the hardest
trials He has shown in this command
with the most brilliant qualities of
leadership an energy and force of
character which have powerfully in
fuenced the operations in progress over
the entire front.
After having checked the advance
OF the enemy toward his objective,
which had become moral stake of the
war. Gen. Nivelle resumed the offensive,
foot by foot, and by his attacks sue
ceeded in dominating the adversary on
the very ground chosen by the latter
for decisive effort"
Repulses for Allies Claimed.
BERLIN. September Is, via London,
4:41 p.m.-The official account of fight
ing on the Franco Belgian front of
today reports the repulse of allied at
tacks in the Somme region. where vio-
lent fighting continues. The statement
follows.
The army group of Prince Rup-
precht-Artillery duels continue with
the same violence between the Ancre
and the Somme. An attempt by con-
siderable British forces to capture by
an encircling movement our salient line
south of Thiepval met with failure
West of Belloy and south of Soye-
court partial attacks were repulsed.
I'm successful aerial engagements Capt
Boelke and Lieut.. Wingens brought
down two enemy aeroplanes each (The
official German statement of September
10 said Capt. Boelke had brought down
his twenty-second aeroplane).
Army group of German crown
prince subsequently to the actions re-
ported on Wednesday parts of our
foremost lines west of the Souville
salient were lost. After bitter fighting,
which continued throughout the night,
the enemy was elected again In the
evening strong French attack before
our Thiaumont-Fleury front broke
down completely"
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Procedure Mapped Out.

Then follow the provisions deter
mined upon by Gen. Carranza to carry
out his purpose The election of dele
gates to the constitutional assembly
win be held October Is. Business ses-
sions will begin December /, and will
be limited to two months.
AS soon as a constitution is adopte d
a presidential election will be arranged,
and the assembly will be dissolved.
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TEUTONS GIVE Way
BEFORE POWERFUL
BRITISH ASSAULTS
Gen. Haig Wins More Than
: Mile of Ground Along a
Sn-MiIe Front.
BIG SUCCESS FOLLOWS
GAIN NEAR TH'EPvAL
Latest Effort Extends From Bou.
leaux Wood to Albert
Bapaume Road.
FRENCH ARE PUSHING AHEAD
Drive to South Of Combles and Reach
Point as Far as
villss,,e of Ran
court.
BIG SUCCESS FOLLOWS
-. GAIN NEAR THIEPvAL
FRENCH ARE PUSHING AHEAD
LONDON, September IS,

LONDON, September IS,
5:11 p.m.-The British in
their offensive along the
Somme have broken the Ger
man third line of defense and
have taken the village of
Flers, two miles north of
Ginchy, according to reports
received by Reuters Tele-
gram Company today. Brit
ish forces also are reported
to have gained the outskirts
of Martinpuich, a mile and
half east of Pozieres, the
reports add.
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LONDON, September 15.-The
British resumed the offensive to-
day in powerful attack north
of the Sornme in northern France.
According to London, they have
driven back the German lines
from about a mile and quarter
to nearly mile and three-quar-
tiers at some. places, in an assault
along six-mile front. The line
of the attack extended from
Bouleaux wood, northwest of
Combles. to a point north of the
Albert-Bapaume road, which runs
through Pozieres.
As preliminary to today's ex-
tended offensive movement Ger.
Haigs forces last night attacked
and captured German trenches
along a front of more than hall
mile southeast OF Thiepval.
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French Also Record Gain.


The combined assaults thus covered
virtually the entire Somme front of the
British The night successes included
the capture Of a strongly fortified Ger
man position known as the "Wunder
Werk-" Apparently today's attack had
not spent its force when the official
bulletin was issued. as it declared that
the British we're continuing to progress.
The French on their part drove into the
south of Combles, which already was
nearl- hemmed in by the entente
FORCES. and report an advance as far as
the village Of Rancourt. On the Somme
front the French have captured LIE
Priez farm and enlarged other posi-
Tons close TO Combles. according to
the official statement issued by the war
office tonight. There has been hard
nghting north and south of Bouch-
avesnes
Heavy fighting also has taken place
on the Ferdun front. Paris reporting
two German attacks there, both of
which were repulsed.
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British oncial Report.

The British statement follows:
Last night enemy trenches south
east of Thiepval on front of about
1000 Yards. including the strongly de-
Tended locality known as the 'Wunder
Werk.' were captured by our troops
This morning We attacked the enemy
on front extending from Boudeaux
wood TO north Of the Albert-Bapaume
road. distance of about SIX miles
Considerable successes already have
been obtained. Our troops have ad-
vapced some 1000 to 1000 yards a.
various places. and the attack is pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
"a large number of prisoners has
been taken.
I'm this attack we employed for the
FIRST time new type Of heavy-armored
car. which proved of considerable
utility.
Much aerial lighting has taken
place. -Four hostile machines were
brought down in flames and at least
four others were driven down damaged.
One hostile kite balloon was brought
down last night and one this morning.
Our aeroplanes co-operated with the
advance uf our infantry from low al
titude. firing on the enemy on the
ground.
Bombs were successfully dropped on
three headquarters of the enemy. The
railway station at Bapaume was also
successfully bombed. much railway
stock being damaged and one train de-
stroyed.
French Statement.
The French statement of today fol-
lows:
North of the Somme: At the close OF
yesterday evening our>roops In an at
tack, carried out with dash. took by as
sault a group of German trenches south
of Rancourt and pushed forward par
ties to the edge of the village. In the
night the Germans renewed their at
tack in the region east of Clery. All
their efforts were defeated with san
culinary losses. Especially in an attack
made near the southern extremity OF
Hill 70 the enemy sustained heavy
losses.
South of the Somme we easily re-
pulsed a grenade attack northeast OF
Berny-en-Sa -Santerre.
Between the Disc and the Aisne q
| surprise attack was delivered against
the enemys trenches in the region OF
!. .Autreches. enabling u.s. TO infiict losses
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Showers this afternoon; fair and
much cooler tonight and tomorrow;
fresh westerly winds.
Temperature for twenty -four hours
ending . pm: Highest 81, at 500 pm.
yesterday: lowest. 66. at noon today.
Full report on page 16
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Stokes, Au.
rora Ave., were visited by the stork
last week, who left with them a little
baby daughter.
Mrs. Helen Farmer, alias Helen
LaMotte, white woman, who shot
Willard S. Williams, colored man.
her paramour, short time ago, from
the effects of which he died two weeks
later, was tried by a jury in the Dis
trict Court this week and AC-
Quilted. Her plea was self-defense.
Her acquittal was an arrant travesty
on justice, is the general concensus
of opinion. Had the color of the two
parties to the tragedy been trans
posed the verdict of the jury would
have been exactly the opposite, no
one doubts, not even the members
of the jury.
The recital under auspices of St..
James Sunday school by Prof. w. A.
Weir's piano pupils at st. James A.
M. E. church on Thursday evening
was rare treat in every way. The
pupils all played selections from the
most popular operas and ACQUITTED
themselves admirably and won mer-
tied applause. The vocal selections
by Mesdames Belle Tyler and Irene
Harris and Messrs. Claude Jackson
and John Hickman were splendid and
the reading by. Mrs. Bette Jones of
course could not be surpassed. The
winners of the prizes = will be puh-
llshed next week. Superintendent B.
Z. Archer made an excellent man.
ager.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10
BRANDEIS TAKES HIS SEAT,


Louis D. Brandeis, the first man of
the Hebrew faith to be made Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
States has taken his seat.
The ceremonies lifting the new jus.
tice from among the ranks of attor.
neys to a seat on the first court of
the nation were precisely those by
which his predecessors of the last gen.
GRAFTON were likewise elevated.
Chief Justice White privately admin.
istered the oath of allegiance to coun
try and later when Mr.. Brandeis' com.
mission had been read the clerk ad-
ministered the judicial oath, taken by
judges to do equal justice to rich and
poor.
Being one of an oppressed and per.
secuted people it may be that Jus.
tice Brandeis will be on the right side
in cases involving the rights of colored
citizens, but this is by no means GER
tain until a test has been made.
Some of the worst enemies of the
colored people are Jews. Many of the
advocates of the proscriptive laws of
the South are descendants of parents
who lived in the ghettos of Europe and
one man in his anxiety to be called a
"great philanthropist" is giving thou.
sands of dollars to establish jimcrow
Y. M. G. AS in order to make himself
popular with the white people and sell
his wares.
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not only too cowardly to defend them.
selves when attacked but have actu.
ally advised submission to great
wrongs.
Major Motion is in no sense leader
of the colored people, but the fact that
he is at the head of Tuskegee gives
him influence and he is doing the col
ored people great wrong when he
fails to resent any wrongs. He was
picked for his job by white people
who are not looking for the real vel
fare of the country but for their owl
selfish ends.
If the trustees of Tuskegee really
mean to serve the colored people the!
should ask for the resignation of Prin
cipal Motion and put in a man who will
resent attacks on the rights of tn,
race.
Manhood is the basis of all rea
progress.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Nine. L. A. Porter-Henderson has
opened her classes in Hair Dressing,
Shampooing, Scalp Treatment, Mani
curing, Facial Massage, Switches.
Puffs, Transformations, Curls, Bangs.
etc. Prices reasonable. Phone Dale
42O. ~
SECOND HAND FURNITURE-1f
you wish to get good, substantial Sec
ond hand furniture at very low figures
call to see me, Louis Liverpool, 586
Marion street. I have a lot of odd
pieces left in storage and unredeemed,
(5-20-16)
VOCAL AND PIANO LESSONS
GIVEN BY MRS. ADDlE cRAW.
FoRD-MINoR, At HER RESIDENCE.
800 HARRINGTON AVE. HOURS
ARRANGED TO SUIT PUPIL q.
TERMS VERY REASONABLE. TEL
DALE 1897.
The place to have your shoe repair.
ing done in the best possible way and
at the lowest price, is at JARVIS, 1914
1O6 East Fifth street. He also has :
complete stock Of mems, women's and
boys shoes Of the best grades for the
money to be found In the city.
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RESENTMENT NEEDED.


After having been granted Pullman
tickets from Montgomery, Alabama to
Savannah, Georgia, the wife of Major
Robert R. Motion, recently installed
as principal of Tuskegee Institute, and
Blanton Motion, his brother, were
elected from the car by 1.-TWO police
men and some of the best citizens" of
Troy, Ala. Although they had paid
Pullman fares and were interstate pas
sengers, both were forced to ride in
the jimcrow car.
The wires tell us that when Major
Motion was informed of the matter, he
condoned it saying that he respected
the traditions of the South and had no
resentment against the people who
committed the outrage" .. f..
THE APPEAL has no hesitancy in
saying that if Major Motion is quoted
correctly and feels that way that he
is unified for the presidency of an
institution which is designed to fit col
ored youth for life. Manhood should
be the basis of all training.
What more is needed to make man
resentful than an attack on his wife?
A being who would not defend his wife
against every foe is unworthy to be
called man. Even among the lower
animals the males willingly give up
their lives in defense of their mates.
The present unhappy state of the
colored people in the United States is
largely due to the servile tactics Of
the so-called leaders who have been
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

capital out of it by playing to the
so-called 'hyphenated' vote.
Foreigners in America should be
quietly made Americans through edu-
cational method, by patriotic concerts
in the parks and patriotic meetings on
occasions of national moment. The
group meetings should be discour.
aged"
Mr.. Anderson is right. People who
come here and become citizens ought
to drop the hyphen and become Ameri
cans in fact. And if this is true how
much more important is it that people
who are born in the United States
should reject any proposals to sci
them apart in groups for any reason
or purpose whatsoever.
The colored people are citizens for
titled by ten generations of residence
and they should shun any schemes
which segregate them in any way
Such plans, no matter how alluring
they may seem are un-American
dangerous and damnable.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10
WOULD ABOLISH THE HYPHEN

WOULD ABOLISH THE HYPHEN.
Universal service in military train.
ing camps as an aid toward American.
izing the immigrant has been sug.
gested by G. Bernard Anderson, Swed.
ish vice-consul at Chicago. Here is
what Mr.. Anderson says:
II think immigrants will get more
of the American spirit by serving for
some weeks side by side with born
Americans than by being lectured or
instructed. It would bring men to.
gether in a common movement.
Il do not really favor the holding of
meetings in which the difference be.
tween American born citizens and nat.
uralized citizens is emphasized. In
fact, I feel that we ought to get. rid
of the hyphen in America at once and
for all time. Any meeting in which it
is a part of the program calls atten.
ton to it. I do not really favor any
reference to the term Swedish-Ameri-
can. I think every man who came
from Sweden ought to forget the n.y.
phen. 1t is true that those who come
from Sweden have many tender recol-
lections of the old country and also
that they are among the quickest to
adopt American ways fully and COM
pletely. For the latter reason I should
like to see the Swedish part of the
term dropped. I think it would be
dropped quickly, too, were it not for
some men who try to make political
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Samuel P. Thrasher, superintendent
of the famous Committee of Fifteen
of Chicago, knows something about
vice as he has studied the question
for many years, and what he said in
recent address is Illuminating
Most of the girls in resorts enter
voluntarily-they are not dragged into
them" white slavery is about 90
per cent bunk" Then he assailed the
theory that low wages to working girls
is the principal cause of their down
fall. There are so many reasons
given for the social evil that there
isn't any," said Mr.. Thrasher.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Crookston, Minn., May 81, 1916.
Editor of THE APPEAL,
St. Paul, MINI.
Dear Sir:
came to Crookston about twelve
years ago, and one of the first men
got acquainted with was Elias
Stevenson, who is candidate for
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner on the Republican ticket at the
primaries on June nineteenth.
I am a man of many years and
long experience, and for these twelve
years I have lived in Crookston.
have worked for him off and on, and
have dealt with him in a business
way. He is an able and upright
man; we have become fast friends.
He is kind-hearted and accommo-
dating man, a friend of the colored
people, whom I hope will show their
appreciation by giving him their
votes for the Office he aspires, and
which I know he is we'll qualified
to fill.
Very truly yours,
VIM. Denham.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Republican Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor.
If the people of Minnesota want a
man for lieutenant governor who is
a country product, and one who will
fill the office with distinct credit, the
opportunity is given them in Thomas
Frankson, the Fillmore County candi-
date for the Republican nomination at
the primaries, Monday, June 10Th.
He represented Fillmore County in
the state legislature during the ses-
sions of 1911 and 1913 and the special
session of 1912, and made an enviable
record as one who stood squarely for
every measure effecting the best inter-
ests of the people. His record is an
open book and the people were never
in doubt as to where Tom Frankson
stood.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Mrs. Armeda Kyle was granted a
divorce in district court this week
from Osbourne Kyle.
The "Commissary Cafe" at 753 Mis-
sissippi street, which has been in I'm
occuOus desuetude" for some time, is
again open to the public with A. E..
Buckner as proprietor. The place has
been thoroughly overhauled, rear
ranged and redecorated, and now has
a private dining room and a lunch
counter and is better than ever pre-
pared to care for the hungry public.
Open from 600 a. m. to 1900 p. m.
First class a Ia carte service at all
hours. Regular dinner from 1880
a. m. to 400 p. m. Tel. Cedar 500.
Public cordially invited.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10
SAINT PAUL.

st. James A. M. E. church has
started a grand rally to raise funds
to cancel the church debt amounting
to $1,966.OO.
Ladies wishing anything in the line
of made to order Hair Work, Sham
pooling, Scalp Treatment, etc., should
call on Mrs. Elizabeth Battles, 587
Broadway, second floor. Prices rea-
sOnable.
Mr.. J. H. Lawson has fitted up and
opened one of the incest clothes reno
waiting and shoe shining parlors in the
city at the corner of Fourth and Jack
son streets. Expert artists. Call if
you wish anything in his line.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10
ality of it's men and women" said he.
But Vardaman's state contributes very
little of either.

DR.. Ng Poon Chew, formerly a con-
sui in the Chinese service and editor
of the first Chinese newspaper in
America, says China has too many w.
J. organs. He says the great need of
his country is to inoculate fighting
spirit into it's younger generation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

The 100000 raised in Chicago fol-
the relief of the Jewish sufferers in
the European war was contributed by
the Jews themselves. The Christians
did not give one per cent of the
money. The Christian bankers who
signed the appeal did not give any
money. William Randolph Hearst
whose newspapers probably caused
the lynching of Leo Frank in
Georgia, gave $1,000, but Bill will
get that back in a single day from
his Jewish advertisers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

The gavel which was used by Chair.
man Hilles, to call the Republican ma.
tional convention to order was made
by John Kobler of Monmouth, ILL.,, from
block of wood taken from a tree
planted by Abraham Lincoln in Spring.
field. Several years ago the relic was
presented by Former Secretary OF
State J. H. Rose to George C. Ran.
kin of Monmouth, who brought the
gavel to Chicago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

There already are more than 1000
marines in Haiti and Santo Domingo
American Minister Russell and AID.
miral Caperton have been given broad
instructions for dealing with the stu
alton in Santo Domingo, and the Amer.
lean forces are being distributed with
a view to establishment of a policing
system similar to that inaugurated in
Haiti.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

The District of Columbia, where
the citizens vote only on delegates
to national conventions, gets no seats
in the Republican convention. The
national committee voted to throw out
all the contestants for the two DELE
gateships. Crooked methods have been
in vogue in the District for years, and
this time the national committee put
down it's foot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

The United States will hold Santo
Domingo Indefinitely. This is the an
swer of the government to the re-
quests of leaders in Santo Domingo
that troops be withdrawn.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10
the SIN OF SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest, makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, tho in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guilIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right tho wrongs Of
many.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

Recently Senator Vardaman of Mis-
sissippi made a speech in Washington
lauding left Davis, the Confederacy,
etc. THE strength of America is sus-
tanned by the morality and intellectu-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

When Jim Vardaman of Mississippi
was elected U. S. Senator he promised
his constituents that he would have
the Fifteenth amendment repealed, but
somehow he has not been able to de.
liver the goods.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

APPEALS EDITORIALS "PoIsE LOGIC AND COURAGE"
Hon. Richard Eminent Scholar
Iterateur, Writer
Great Charles Sumner, Lauds THE APPEAL.
AS
editorials
(Signed) T.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

y 70 bus ness house can
~ move it's entire stock to
i Y anew location; no man
can move his goods from
one house to another without
some little annoyances. In
changing your telephone to Au-
tomato we realize a few people
have been Inconvenience.
Our subscribers have helped
wonderfully in their courtesy to
the company and it's employees.
The few who have been incon-
venienced have understood why
and have assisted us in getting
things running smoothly.
We thank the people of St.
Paul for this consideration.
Business houses and res:denc-
es are now enjoying the best
service known to the world to-
day. Our subscribers are telling
US so by the hundred, while un-
solicited letters of congratula-
ton are arriving with every
mail. We know they like Auto
matte, because we are handling
more calls every day than ever
before.
Order yours now. Call
Contract Dept, 1881.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-10

PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Prepared !by Elias Steenerson,
Crookston, Mimi, for which $1.OO
per inch is to be paid.