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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
American Legion Sails.

Chicago. Dec. t2.-The American
Legion of the Dominion OF Canada,
under command of Lieutcnart-Colonel
w NJ, Sage. has sailed for Europe,
according TO a statement made by an
official of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way. AFOREMENTIONED Sage was
born in New York thirty-two years
ago,
other officers are: Major l. F.
Clerk, formerly auditor with New
York bank; Captain d. Trainer. Penn
sylvania, former Rough Rider in
Cuba, w. X. Turner, medical officer,
Kentucky; Captain f.. f,dsen. Seattle,
Wash; Captain II r. Sanburn. Cali
fornia and Washington; Lieutenant
l., Yale Smith, Massa Chusetts; Lieu
tenant FLOYD *. Beach. Michigan:
Lieutenant V. Heydendahl, Providence,
Il. T., and Lieutenant II. II. Johns,
Buffalo. n Y.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
Boiled Down Items :
From Everywhere
Colonel James BRIAN Stricken.

'oNh ""ahssS bryan SuNheh.
New Bern. N. c.. Dec. 13-Frfends
all over North Carolina of Col. James
A. Bryan, president Of the National
Bank of New Bern, will learn with
genuine regret of his critical fitness
at his home in this city following
stroke Of apoplexy which occurred
Sunday night.
Colonel Bryan was ont calling when
attacked Medical attention was at
once secured for him and for time
II was thought that he would not live
through the night. but his condition
has improved and he. Is today said TO
he resting fairly well.
Colonel Bryan is one Of the best
known men in this section. He is a
native OF New Bern and has been en-
gagged in the activities of the town and
county for many years and numbers
his friends by the legion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
Bears Are Plentiful.

New Bern. n. G.. Dec. 13.-Not be-
fore in years have bears been as
plentiful in this section as is the case
at the present time, and scores of
them are being trapped and killed by
sportsmen.
Probably the largest one OF these
animals to be captured and killed
this season was caught In a steel trap
down near Havelock a day or two ago
by Joseph Green, woll-known resi-
dent of that section,
This animal was a magnificent
specimen of the hrun family. and he
put up an awful fight for liberty after
having been captured, but this proved
of no avail and he was shot and
killed short time later
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

gallons of oyster stew, ITO mince pies,
and crackers too numerous to even
he paid for betting on Hughes on
election day. Luckily, there we're no
eggs on the bill of fare. Over conf
dence has been the undoing of many
man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
Carranza Not Killed.

Neuvo Laredo. Mexico. Dec. Is
Reports that General Carranza, first
chief of the de facto Mexican govern
ment. had been assassinated at
Queretaro were denied in official
quarters here The only rumors of
the assassination. officials said. come
from the United States
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
DISTINGUISHED CAROLNIAN
TO LEAVE, BENCH

Special to The Richmond Virpinian. J
Raleigh, n. c., Dec. l3.--Judge
Charles NJ Cooke, of Louisburg. who
has been Judge OF the Seventh Judi
cia, District for many years. has sent
in his resignation, Governor Locke
Craig announced today. The Gov
ernor rendered the position to j. w
Bailey. collector OF the Eastern Dis
trict. Mr.. Bailey is undecided wheth-
er he will accept
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
Watching Coal COMPANIES

Charlestou. w Va. Dec t3.--lt has
become known here that detectives
have been stationed ny railroad COM
panies and other large consumers at
nearly every coal Triple in this district
for the purpose of checking up tho
shipments of operators, who. II is
claimed. arc behind on their orders
because of car shortage.
Tho detectives. 1t is said. will sec
chat the operators carry ont their
agreements az far as possible.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
Old Western Editor Dead.

Chicago. Dec 13.-John McNickar,
- years old once president Of the
international Typographical Union
and formerly editor of the Detroit
News. died hero Monday. Mr.. Nc
NiCkar also had been connected with
Chicago and other Middle Western
newspapers
He came here a few weeks ago for
an operation. from which he never
rallied.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
ANVIL SPARKS.

While, OF course. on account of the
great secrecy in all army movements,
it is not known definitely just where
the next European battle will be
fought, it is thought that it will be
in the reighborhood of Pom
odosepchovk
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

The dry" victories in various Sec
tons of the country will most GER
tainly make it much easier for the Ii
quor interests 10 compile their bust
ness statistics in the future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

1t seems to us the best way to stop
the corner on eggs" would be to
consume his own possessions, after
they have become good and ripe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
WHY ENGLISH WOMEN
WANT SUFFRAGE

why English Women want sur
frage" will be TOLD to the Equal suf-
frage League Of Richmond this after
noon at State headquarters. CONNER
cial building. Second Street near
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14
-Beautobian-

Broad. at it's regular weekly meeting.
400 o'clock.
Mrs. " l. Blaxill. the speaker. n
native OF Southern England, lis now
resident of Richmond and connected
with the Bureau OF Vacations for
Women. Mrs. g. Harvey Clarke will
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

Money may be the root Of all evil,
hut, personally, we feel perfectly safe
from the evil resulting therefrom. We
are too high up on the limb to even
see the root?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

II our good friend. Henry Ford
would put some sort of contraption
on his 1917 models to prevent them
from up-settine a man when he is
not looking, he would confer lasting
favor upon Us poor fellows who have
10 walk
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

be chairman OF the afternoon.
The fourth lesson OF the suffrage
school Is to DO discussed at I O'Clock.
under the direction OF Mrs. Edith Clark
Sowies, The public 10 cordially In
vited to attend both the I o'clock and
the 40 o'clock meetings
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

The small boy is working overtime
these days to save dad" the necessity
of firing the furnace and splitting the
kindlinE Coming events cast their
shadows before
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

Come 10 think OF II, tho election
showed that Roosevelt was the power
behind the thrown
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

Mr. Roosevelt has accepted the
temporary craftsmanship of League
of Neutral Nations" Good? Theo-
dorc somehow has formed the habit
OF temporary things" in recent years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

II YOU know of anyone willing to
swap" IA dozen good. sound, guaran-
teed. fresh-laid Hanover eggs and
pound Of real butter, for a first class,
modern home. in choice location, let
us know. and. we think we can bring
about an exchange.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

Our deepest sympathy goes out to
Mr.. John Fred Beede, OF Meredith, n.
II. Dinner for 500 of his townspeo-
pie, at which 225 pounds of meat, rs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

IT looked like the brokers we're in
the breakers when the peace story
broke
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-14

The Raleigh News and Observer is
guilty of the assertion that we should
do our Christmas boycottinR early.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
PLUCK AND PREPAREDNESS

Deputies from the Illinois state fire
marshaps office have begun an inves-
tlgation into fire which occurred
Wednesday in the home of Fred R..
Jefferson, colored man who resides
in Oak Park, suburb of Chicago.
JEFFERSON charges that his house was
set on fire purposely because of race
prejudice.
This blaze was the second attempt
made to burn Jefferson's home. The
first occurred in April, 1914. The
latest blaze occurred about 1:3O
o'clock. The Jeffersons would prob
ably have burned in their beds had
not the flare of the burning gasoline
awakened them.
Mrs. Jefferson carried out their
little daughter Faith. Jefferson him.
self could not get a connection over
either of the two telephones which
he has in his house and ran to a
neighbours house to call the fire de-
partment. After this he saw a white
man run away from the house and
stumble over hedge, and was yell
ing when he disappeared, and it is
believed he was wounded by a shot
which Jefferson fired from his rifle.
Like a sensible man Jefferson has
learned the lessons of preparedness,
and keeps a rifle, shotgun and a
revolver in the house, not to mention
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11

as mistakes and set aside in favor of
the principles they violate. We hope,
however, the experiment of segregation
will not lead to serious consequences.
"The racial problems with which
they are planned to deal must be solved
on a sounder basis of justice and lib
erty and with broader spirit of hui
manity than are embodied in these
measures"
Recently the colored people of Saint
Louis rallied and raised a large sum
of money for a jimcrow Y. M. G. A.
(God save the name) and now they
have their reward. Segregation in
residence follows segregation in Chris
tianity(?) as sure as the night fol-
lows the day and in this instance the
inevitable came quickly.
The argument that segregation was
mot conceived in hostility and is in
the interest of the colored people is
the old lie that has been worked so
long that it is threadbare. The slave
holder represented himself as great
Christian philanthropist who was un-
selfishly working in the interest of
the slave. No oppressive law, no mat
ter how unjust, was ever conceived
in hostility" 1t was always in the
interest of he poor downtrodden
people,"
1t is said that the intelligent COL
ored people of Saint Louis will fight
segregation to a finish and that they
must do, for upon the proper settle
ment of this question depends their
very existence. Segregation is spread
ing all over the country and money
must be raised to carry the question
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
THE APPEAL hereby subscribes
five dollars to the fighting fund and
will upon demand pay that amount to
and has forwarded that amount to the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People at New York,
the same to be added to the fund for
carrying the matter to the court of
last resort. Who will follow suit?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
BE JUST TO THE LIVING.

Recently the New York Age pub
lished excerpts from different race
journals which took notice of the
comment, made by Editor w. E. B.
Du Bots in The Crisis, on the death
of the late DR.. Booker T. Washington.
The virulence of the attack, by these
papers upon DR.. Dubois, was more
untimely than anything he had said
about Mr.. Washington. Editor Du-
Bots gave public utterance to his con.
victions, and in so doing allowed the
world to know the estimate he had of
DR.. Washington. Many others may
think like the editor of The Crisis, but
will not dare to express it. Mr. Wash
ington would not have been a man,
| if he had been without fault. AS a
man he made mistakes of judgment,
though honestly we believe. The
editor of The Crisis recognized not
his personal mistakes, which had to
do with his personal character, but
those acts which had to do with the
shaping of the destiny of the race in
this country. In criticising the public
acts OF man, no one should be held
up as an enemy nor as unjust if the
criticism is just Those editors who
abused Editor Dubois did not at
tempt to show that he was wrong in
his judgment of Mr.. Washington. It
is grossly unfair to appeal to abuse
when one is in combat. The very
fact of appealing to abuse indicates
that the opponent is correct and
there is not an argument to meet him.
but assaults upon him must be the
alternative. Truly, DR.. Washington
stood out as an educator of no mean
ability in the industrial world. He
achieved his prominence in that por.
| ton of the country where great an
tagonism to the advance of the race
existed. He had to "stoop to con-
quer." He made great concessions in
order that he and his institution
might accomplish a good for the race
which they otherwise could not. In
the opinion of the editor of The Crisis
Mr.. Washington conceded too much.
There are certain facts that stare us
in the face and we must consider
them.
First: Tuskegee has grown, but
the common school education of the
race in the South has shrunk almost
10 nothing.
Second During the height of Mr..
Washington's popularity almost every
Southern state tried to segregate the
school fund.-
Third: Though Tuskegee has
turned out many worthy Students the
rank and file of our children in the
South are worse off today than they
were thirty years ago.
Fourth: The financial backing of
iuskegee Institute, by the most in
t1uential men of the country, resulted
in an alarming decrease in gifts to
! higher educational schools to prepare
leaders for the race.
Fifth: In spite of the Cancellation
OF Mr.. Washington, the South during
his lifetime destroyed more of our
men by lynching and lawlessness
than at any other. period of it's. his.
tory.
Sixth: The advising of our people
to eschew politics and get material
wealth, did not make their lives one
whit better, for as fast as the race
got wealth every device for segrega.
ton and oppression was inaugurated.
Seventh: Mr.. Washington lived to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11

colored people to their own welfare.
She made a tour of the country to
arouse the people from their lethargy
and awaken them to the dangers of
segregation, but found so many
avowed segregationists, especially
among the preachers, that she decid-
ed to give up her work as secretary
Whether this is true or not THE
APPEAL knows that the Indifference
OF many of the colored people is some
thing alarming. Scarcely a day
passes that the writer does not see
some action or hear some expression
which reveals the fact that many of
the people fail to realize the import
ance of fighting every attempt to
make any kind of segregation legal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
DR.. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

see the Supreme Court of the nation
declare unconstitutional the very de-
vices which he asked the race to sub
nit to. In other words, that court
asserted that the intention of the
amendments, that made the race citi-
zens,: was that they should exercise
the franchise for the protection of
their citizenship.
Eight: Though Tuskegee attempt
ed to keep both races in a kindly atti-
tude, no man was more abused than
Mr.. Washington when he ate with the
president of the United States.
Ninth: The summary is, the very
things Mr.. Washington desired most
to accomplish he died without seeing.
For twenty years he labored to have
his people secure the rudiments of a
common school education aud enjoy
the friendly attitude of their white
neighbors. This he did not realize to
any considerable extent
The editor of The Crisis believed
the very attitude of DR.. Washington
riveted upon the race the very evils
he sought to dissipate. The editors
that belabOr the editor of The Crisis
should disprove this position or ac-
knowledge their mistake in unjustly
attacking a wise man. Evidently, no
man will attempt to foster to the
same extent the policies of Mr.. Wash
ington. 1t is very doubtful that Tus-
kegee can continue on the same elab.
crate scale, unless philanthropy en-
dows while the country feels keenly
the death of it's founder. All sensible
persons believe the race must have
material basis upon which to stand.
It must also be remembered that the
material prosperity of every people is
protected by the skill and brains of
the learned in the law that guide in.
dustrial enterprises. No race needs
learned professional men as mech as
our race. No race needs a leadership
which is equipped with the very es-
sence of scholastic ability as does the
race. When men say that William
E. B. Dubois has done nothing, they
stultify Themselves He has his
faults, but he also has the virtues of
manhood, scholarship and ability that
will immortaliZe him.-(Rev.) Byrd,
Rochester, N. Y.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11

tory or they would know that they
are playing with fire. If they are
segregated in the House of the Lord
segregation civilly and socially fol-
lows as q natural sequence. Old col
ored men who were reared in slavery
are apt to have slavish ideas and
the only hope Of the colored people
is that the young men, the clear
headed thinking young men, will take
charge OF the situation and push to
the rear the trucking leaders who
are willing to sell their birthright
for mess of pottage."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
ESTABROOK ON THE RACE QUESTION

1903
new YORK Sun which published
pun April Amend
said ~ - Wis 'o'0 1nr' 1slaorook
problem put by is How to
the vote? Thus
Tolerance To the Negro denied voice in
Ghs3;n part me Fifteenth Amendment am
enough believe that
on Of and you block from our flag
neg fne5 the ballot for defense the
S al liberty and the
mem % the South cling to the haunaon white
deserve suffer- wicked conceit an
concelt and freedom in its ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
THE REASON WHY.

A distinguished foreigner who is
touring the United States had this to
say relative to his impressions of the
race question in this country:
II have always been interested in
what is called the race question in
the United States and since my arrival
I have endeavored to study it from
every viewpoint and if possible find
some reasons for it's existence.
after had met so large number
of intelligent, we'll educated, refined
and cultured colored people 1 was at
a loss to understand the reasons for
the bitter race prejudice and the at
tempts in various parts of the country
to segregate people of color.
"The problem was largely solved
when attended at Evanston, Illinois
recently a conference of the various
branches of Methodism. and in which
the colored branches had representa-
ton. ...
"That a body so-called Christians
should find it necessary to even dis.
cuss the question of segregating any
class Of people was so contrary to
the spirit of Christianity that I was
greatly surprised; but after a South.
ern delegate had in a vigorous speech
opposed segregation, I was dumb.
founded to see a bishop of a colored
Methodist church arise and make a
speech favoring the separation of his
branch from the proposed union of
Methodism. He referred to his mem.
bers as white folks Negroes" and
said they wished to be set apart.
1t was a disgusting revelation.
"The whole thing is now clear. Some
ignorant, short sighted self-seeking
leaders are seeking segregation in the
church for. some personal reasons.
Evidently they are not versed in his
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-11
THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.

THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
1t was fifty years ago-March 6,
1S57,-that the Supreme Court of the
United States rendered it's decision in
the famous bred Scott case. The re-
suits which followed this decision we're
stupendous and far-reaching. -
bred Scott was a slave belonging to
a surgeon in the United States army.
He was taken by his master to Fort
Smelling, in the State of Illinois, terri
tory from which, by the ordinance of
1887, slavery had been forever ex
cluded. Afterward he was carried into
Missouri, where he was hired as a
slave. Claiming freedom on the ground
that his residence in Illinois had wiped
out his status as a slave, his case was
taken before the Supreme Court for
settlement.
Justice Taneys Decision.
After three years consideration of
the case the decision of the court was
pronounced in an exhaustive opinion
delivered by Chief Justice fancy, seven
of the nine judges concurring.
In substance, the decision was as
follows: (1) That persons of the
African race were not, and could not
be, acknowledged as part of the peo-
ple," or citizens, under the Constitu-
ton Of the United States. (2) That
Congress had no right to exclude citi-
zens of the South from taking their
Negro servants, as any other property,
into any part of the community, and
that they were entitled to claim its