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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13
Anniversaries



1875 Msssarru setts satAerirea pri-
vRte afu.el vessels - rr So against
the British
1871 -Josn Moody was hanged as a
british spy IN Fru adeiprio-
1854 Ara luH4rre f.ro broke. uNt tr
Hotand French lgfrtaIs eKpo ied.
and The House - Orange restrre
INEf Esr Hocd's army crossed tle
Tennessse river to Florence. Ala
is6-T Tire nar department rr .red
the establish OF an artillery
school az FORTRESS Monroe FirEtr
1889 Amer. AN college ~ tre t
man Catholic ceurcA cpened ln Wash
inEtcu. %.
iqlS-Cza- - Russia refused Poe
lands plea FOR a parliament and cons
stituff1ual government ~ lta ewn
1914 British parliament called Tor
4 0on 600 more men for ths arfnr
lsfs Russia offensive on Riga
pvinsN front gained momentum.
YEAR AGO TODAY ~ THE WAR
British launched new offensive
hgalusf fhe tfefmans ~ northnrn eD4
~ Somrle battle line
Reported ina; Rpssian fleet sank
most Of German destroyer
that ralaed naval base ~ HNif
Finland
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYs.
Joseph r. SMITH. pff
church u Tattsr-n8y saints. born az
Far west Missouri years
Louis H-ar8els asse ate
- che slIUrnrun court az tho
states born in Louisville, - fea
sI,l'n 1ra-r chs ~ tho .farr
actors ~. the American staE" f.ru
Ira philadelphia "a years az
ur Joseph 10 EErlretHn preside
~ virginia Polytechnic .refltrrH
In Pr nce Edward county so
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13
TO College Men
~ a. AunTNCrON nRUCE
Author ~ 'rhe Riddle OF Person
tN Psychology aud
uthncd etc.

Educaton confers privileges. but
also it entails responsibilities The
man who h.s been 10 college owes
moro to 5.occ than The man who
bees noi rern favored viii a college
0duCl GA
Ot an men hereford. tho college
hrc CHr ought tc enter most heart.
llN into WORN i0r the common good
he i- 100 only best qualified io Go
mis- it b. hs duty to do TO-
for % ls h'- fCftuW uTrU VINO have
enabled him fo 60 90 college
wFs reminded az this tho other
jaf q taik with ara old school.
rs ar nf miro. man whore friend
rH,p have for years valued highly
lie said
rha college man who acts In n
sgpoiriiious and snobhlsh way to
otlnv mon BIS most foolish and
wrong beaded he only bhowp that
ha does nor appreciate his debt to
society at larec
Who made u possible FOR him 20
So t0 college Was IL his gatherl
His father may have written
checks n PAYMENT for his college
ffrs Hnt whore did he money
come tom o meet these checksf
lt came orls part from his
fpthcrs LAHORE 10 came also from
fao labor az men who worked FOR his
father. or with whom his father did
business
These other men may never
have earned enough 20 give their
own sons college education But
.tsr haze cn opcrated IN educating
hr oys who az GO 10 college
rho latter should never forget
rhls they are debtors 90 society
anj iNedd 81 working only for
themselves or looking down on 9th,
er men should be extra Jealous 20
work for he good az all
The situation Is similar with 70
gard 70 the man who. as the phrase
Isl works his way thru college"
lie had mo father 20 pay his fees.
nlt DE could mover have earned
hose fees NIhout The CO operation
g people WHO In some degree sym
pa'h2od wth bis ambition 20 gain
college education
Always. ths' IL - say, tho man
who goes 20 college Is scclety's
dDhfor
And happ .v many college men
consciously rr unconsc iously anpre-
oate their debit ~ society The en-.
ltu-aem VITA which thousands ol
college men have thrown them
selves into al phases OF war work
recent and most impressive
proof no fhs
hpt th.re arc college men who
take fhr foolish and wrong headed
attitude complained O, by my old
fras,fr lt 10 them 7 would ap
peal today
w4u.d urg0 them 20 drop their
absnrl p~e'rnsions to intrinsic SUI
per.oritr Their college education
~ itself makes them not one bif
better than other men. even X they
90 happen 20 know little more than
tho average man.
Nor 81 u any particular merit 20
thom II thev d0 know mora They
haYc merely been exceptionally "a
v0rd ~ circumstances.
because thev have been oycop
naailv favored. their obligations to
ooetr Gre sp0ndingly great
f the thing they most should
seep iH mind
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

me patient and al articles used n
The room where he patient r. kept
When recovering II the patlen
runs about the house All parts Of
The house become infected
We have an almost certain cure
Cor diphfheris- antitOrin Given
early enough practically no victim
~ dIphthcrta Will die
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13


Enclosing adrsernen y ne Conrad COMPANY WI
- what u = adj
sed Ia 81
A Tyrrel
fake. lie Ssy York city r. prefer hairs name Withheld
Moneyworh ColeConad
prohts on
bulk Of the
explicitly its catalogue Will be
sent0 only on further
and ~ the Nor
separately"
articles listed weiknown brands and they
doubtful
advertise heavily certain OF
zne4sh IA hey business probable
British chemists and found
oil OF wintergeen
ard I'm This connection Sc lcaI
vegetable remedies
vegetable
adj
N small
81
As Trre hs internal bath treatment forget Il, We should
and his
from the
be victims
TyrreH
the 81 the
that dangerous practice under
certain
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13
From Another Point of NeD
BIZ c T. S


In other words the president r0l5 the
workers to, ere+ on +bo ioh
Wett.Nrc~n LAST Sentences
TIL death % Won oar,
AT bard labor Tor The term o. sour natural life
L also ran
tFt -liA nave re I'VE
on motion Adjourned
No arrests have been made
Your wheeza pbyllis ,ronf1 Ia all
right. only il is phvsiologicallv inaccurate
Thomas Tor,,;cb .b, ,.~l,I..,.- ,-;,.;,. 4; =
'i0-t4l' - @
re- lduI ant proprietor ana caters 70 those
OF others. all right but he was shot in
the bark of n
The bows viii b. allowed "a Kin one 5ee-
each while they are o camp and will also
Iff.r "a a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

Mrs ~ s. * Have beer
varnrd FRAT ,he after effects OF
measles aro "a dangerous as The
disease teff Is thls trBe7
Tho after effects % severe
case of measles may be decidedly
dangerous f9 a child Woakeuns
of fha lungs. with resulting sus-
repfhlty ro tuberculosis follows
In hundred ~ cases
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

SCHOOL NO n FIUII tNWI' ~
one Of tho masters there who
found button BOZ fhe chapel
Collection. 10 read ouf the rc.
i AZ Tho 0dcrtory BOZ terms
2 hounds ahiliirgs aHd ponce.
aand ono trouser b1.t0n pro
.e,ding immediately with tho
toxt of the SERMON "Htnd four
bcarfa and not your earmcnih
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

red ar the end ~ the third act
Tho orchestra had tried 70
bridge over The gap. and Tho
audience was getting very I'm
patient indeed. BYRON was in
box with y t. Blanchard. tho
critic All AZ once e strong
awning was heard M Tho back
~ tho curtain blanchard
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

Trenton. n. today observes its
ono hundred and twenfyhfih ami
verearv as a city
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13
T1I'Iht.esAd-MirrOr
And Advice 10 Investors
~ IRE Times Prints u, The Times Believes u

'Hs DEPARTMENT ma0taIned to shed the light o truth on me
s"lnoler
with advertisers
nsleo or
honest sdHer-
viii not nc
will Advice Will also
writer's
address preferred
Address, The Ad-Mrror, The Times, Detroit Mich
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13
Laugh With Us

J n Barnes tells tho following story ~ " y
byron he was producing play called "Tho
Lancashire Lass. at fhe Queens Theatre. Ions
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

Ensland. whore some Tynesida
soldiers are billctcd. one Of
thrm m conversation with no.
tites Of thc place mentioned
thar fheS should 500 tho beau
tiful Northumbrlan sands and
BE- WaH pity that thoir beach
WAS 400 shingle.
"Ohi" said "A native. "wo also
had beautiful sands until YOU
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

"a scot viii make lis home wherever hc so's
iit foot" declared one of That .lk "Whore no
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

-ympa,hericaiiy ard exrir7dly said "What's that.
Byron2 What's That
I}44ee-aulte calmly replied ~ pom uy soul
& don't know. old Man. unless they're cutting
0ut tho fourth act
A. a fashionable seaside resort In Tho south ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

well" asked the Cockney. how does IN
support your idea -
"McDougsi stopped there" replied Pa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

"i ofrn hr fhai Hut r.
ncscr believed lt. saa yho
N'r OE n8vfhtr unuk 10
dag pIi n Pat "Me an Me-
lqaEai arr another ieiiH wint
in TOR q divin' competition in
thc river ihis murnin p an SIC.
DouFal touched lhe % foot bot.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

In other words. the president told the
workers 70 get on the job.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-13

follows collared \ an for saudbags'"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
Must Judge A Group by ito Best.
(From the Christian Register. Boston
Mass.)

IRON the Christian Register. Boston
Mass.)
No one can be said to know an,
class of people who has not been In
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as we'll az the worst of the
class. We compare many persons
who live In the South, and think thew
Know the colored race, with others
who have had no such contact. but
VINO have come into intimate and SYM.
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF that race whom their Southern
friends have never known; and OF the
two sets OF people we should say tha,
!ne second knew the colored people
better than the first. They know aspi-
rations among them that the others
40 not know, or, knowing. do not
enter into and appreciate: they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
best OF the race which others are obi.
vious Of: they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
otners by their very acquaintance are
blinded. II those who know the col.
ored race through the mass and by
observation merely could know what
individual possibilities are demon
strated In growing numbers of the
elect, and would be courageously can
did with themselves. they would re-
wise their judgments and possibly sof
ten their prejudices. At any rate,
tney ought to credit to those on whom
tney charge ignorance of the colored
race the values that come from know.
Ing how many Of that race are the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
COLORED DIVISION
Of Soldiers in the New National, !

OF Soldiers in the New National Army
Washington, D. C.-The colored di.
vision will be distributed for training
throughout all sixteen national army
cantonments. It will not be assembled
as a division until the eve of it's de.
parture for France. -.
Only coIored to Labor.
Army orders today authorized imme.
date organization of "a labor com.
panles "by voluntary enrolment of
conscripted colored men after their
mobilization" or, if sufficient men are
not obtained in this way, by voluntary
enlistment of colored men-no white
men to be enlisted in labor companies,
Each company will have four white
officers-a captain, two first lieuten.
ants and second lieutenant-and 200
enlisted men. Negro non-commis.
stoned officers will be obtained by
transferring qualified men from the
Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the
TWenty-fourth and Twenty-f1fth infan-
try Of the regular army.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20

Crockerland expedition, who has re-
Gently returned to New York, after
four years in the arctic.
Mr.. Mcmillan was in daily contact
with the Eskimos. He finds them
lovable and easily managed. The
members of the expedition trusted, i'm.
plicitly the little colony of six fam
lilies at Eta, base of the expedition,
on the northeast shore of Greenland,
and never suffered a loss by theft. Yet
the same understanding of the Eski-
mo character has made Mr.. Mcmillan
skeptical as to the power of mission
airy work to better their social stand
ards.
Il don't believe the missionaries will
be able to change the social customs
Of the Eskimos very greatly. They
are happy, care.free, jovial people.
They are continually laughing. If they
see man in serious thought for more
than a few minutes at a time they
think something is wrong with him.
And, really, they have all the neces.
sary virtues right now. They love
each other, they care for each others
welfare, and they protect each other.
IT one is hungry all are hungry. They
have perfect socialism.
"And they are absolutely honest.
Our supplies at Eta lay on the ground
in plain view of every one in the set.
| tlement for four years, and no one
'ver touched them without permits.
sion. In New York after dark they
| wouldn't remain four minutes before
being stolen.
"Piblockto" is the word that ex-
presses what the Eskimos think of the
world at war, Mr.. Macmillan said. It
means run amuck; gone clean crazy. .
The Eskimos believe that all the white
man nations have gone "piblockto."
Il tried to explain" Mr.. Macmillan
said. that the war started because
Germany wanted to acquire more land,
but they wouldn't believe it; they
only shook their heads and said ::
No; that's impossible. There is plenty
of land for everybody When we were
getting ready to leave Eta they begged
US to remain with them. why 70
back there?-meaning civilization
| they asked us, where everyone is nib.
'ockto? Stay here with us and be
happy"
THE APPEAL believes that the mis-.
sionaries who are trying to "convert''
the Eskimos are "piblockto," espe.
cially those from the United States,
who are trying to impose the Amer
lean brand of jimcrow Christianity on
them. If they have all of the neces.
sary virtues right now, why waste time
and money teaching them the murder.
Gus Christianity of America?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
Hates the Term "Nearo,"

Il hate the term Negro because It
Is being used in terms of hatred. It
is the cause of the segregation of the
Negro; it is being used in contempt
In public places; it is an excuse for
DISTINGUISHING him; and it is an ex.
cuse for lynching him. Only one
tenth OF one per cent of the colored
people in America can trace their
descent to Africa, and there is no
more right to call all colored people
Negroes than to call all white people
turks or Armenians" -Ex-Assistant
United States Attorney General VIM
II. Lewis, Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
PROTEST AGAINST SEGREGATION.
=coIored chicagoans Wire President
Wilson Opposing Jimcrowism in
the New National Army.

Protesting against the announced
policy of keeping colored and white
soldiers separately in environments
and insisting '.that regiments be
formed and training provided with
out making any distinction based on
race, a letter of protest has been
sent to President Wilson, signed by
the executive committee of the COM
mlttee on national citizenship de-
Tense, at Chicago, Ill.
The signers are: Rev. Archibald
J. Carey, pastor, and warden Insti-
tutional Church; Edward H. Wright,
assistant corporation counsel; Mai.
Robert r. Jackson, member Fiftieth
general assembly; Edward D. Green,
former member Illinois legislature;
LOUIS 3: Anderson, alderman, Sec
ond ward; George w. Ellis, assistant
corporation counsel; Robert S, Alb
6ott, editor Chicago Defender. and
5. B. Turner, editor Illinois Idea.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
Of One Blood.

(Gerald Stanley Lee in Mount Tom. +,
l am a human being. I do not BRO
pose to be cooped up or shut in in my
love and criticism to mere geographic
cal streaks or spots of people on a
planet. This planet is small enough
as it is, when one considers the
height and depth-the starry height
and depth-of the human spirit that
wavers and CLOVIS through us all
Wagner and Shakespeare. Tolstoi and
Moliere! Though the cathedrals quar-.
rel together and sing praises with
siege-guns to their own little foolish
national souls. and rain bombs on
each others. naves. take my stand
by the great bells ringing in their
towers. by the souls of their poets
overriding the years. by the PRAYERS
and songs Of their heroes. artists. in
ventors by the mothers and the Httl
children.
We are all in the same world. We
are all alike. will not say OF any
one nation what I will not say OF the
others; and will not say Of any man
what I will not say of myself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES.

The new war savings certificates
will bear per cent interest, will run
for term Of five years and will be is
sued in denominations as low as IS.
They are to be just what their names
Indicate, Savings" certificates, a
means Of investment for small savings,
so that the money will be safe and
profitable and at the same time afford
ing the government the use of it. It
is planned to sell the certificates to
the public on the installment plan by
using stamps that may be purchased
and pasted in book for that purpose
When there are sufficient stamps to
cover the cost of certificate the book
can be exchanged for one. The stamps
will be placed on sale in every town
and city in the country.
The individual who has money laid
by for rainy day need have no hest
tation in converting it into war saw
ings certificates, since the government
will redeem them at any time upon
the request of the holder, allowing in
terest at per cent. Under this ar.
rangement the investor in these GER
tificates will have the satisfaction of
knowing that if any emergency should
arise in his family, such as sickness
or death, he could Immediately realize
upon his certificates. e..
1t is a safe prediction that the war
savings certificates will 90 like ."hot
cakes" Their small denomination, the
good interest rate, the terms upon
which they may be purchased, the
fact that they are not subject to taxa
ton when held by persons of small
means-all will make them an at
tractive investment Working people
whose margin of income above expen'
ses is narrow at best will find in them
an excellent incentive for beginning
the prudent habit of saving. They
will be popular for Christmas presents.
School children will be able to invest
part of their little weekly allowances
in certificates. AS result many mil
lions will be transferred to the Fed
eral Treasury and through it will flow
into the channels of trade, while the
people of small means will be made
to feel that they, too, are doing their
share toward helping their country
win the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
Why Did They Prefer "CoIored?'
(From the New York News.

We trust that all of the advocates
learned and otherwise, white and
black, North and South-of the use
of the word Negro as a race term
have caught the full meaning of its
use at Houston, Texas. At the re.
quest of the Twenty-fourth Infantry
men themselves, the authorities de.
cided to refer to them henceforth as
"colored" soldiers. They had been de.
r1ded and nagged and goaded by the
corrupted use of the word until for.
bearance> ceased to be one of their
virtues. They had become contemptu
ously and constantly referred to in
the daily press not as American sol.
d1ers, or Americans, nor as Uncle
Sans Boys" or in any other respectful
terms. They had been designated and
debased in the public mind there
these brave, manly defenders of the
American flag-as Negroes" Per.
ceiving this evil practice and influence
the while officers of the Twenty.fourth
appealed to the authorities to use the
word "colored" instead. With the
word "colored," troopers or soldiers
would have to be used. A kindlie1
feeling between the soldiers and the
townspeople they were sure would in
evitably result. They were profoundly
right, but they were too late. Had
the practice obtained prior to their
coming in Houston, a different state
of affairs might have ensued. We ask
all promiscuous, wilful and Indifferent
users of the word Negro" to ponder
this situation slowly. The request of
the troopers and their officers for the
change should be striking example
to all Doubling Thomases as to Just
how the practice works out today in
hard, everyday life Whatever the ar
gument about making it respectable in
the future, it decreases respect for the
race today. It does no good today.
1t does much harm What reason.
then, for it's use? Are you willing to
be called a "Nigger?" Are you pleased
to have your wife or mother called
a .Negress?" Then discontinue using
Negro. If you think it worth while
for you to be referred to as a man and
your folk as people, insist on the use
of the word "colored.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
UncOmplimentary

Uncomplimentary references to
1rishmen in an edition of illinois in
181S," recently published in an edition
de luxe for circulation among state of
flcials, libraries and universities, has
aroused opposition and criticism or
the part of many Irishmen, because OF
the following paragraph: f..
mot a few drunken profane, worth
less 1rishmen were perambulating the
country and getting up schools; and
yet they could neither speak, read
pronounce, spell nor write the Eng
lish language"
Some of the prominent Irishmen Of
Illinois took up the matter and the
offensive paragraph was removed be-
fore the book was put on the market
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-20
OUR NEED OF JUxrAPos,TItn
(From the Boston GuaruIa.,

(From the Boston GuaruIanj
That we much rather be. and as,u
clate among ourselves, is a saying Ly
Colored Americans that has be-.
almost trite. That is a mistake, !,
Is feeling Of avowed cowardi.e ,u,
innate infer1Ority. 1t is an utter ina.
possi6ilitay for the two races to sub
scribe to common government, and,
at the same time, each race wGr.. t
It's own salvation. The theory" has
been tried and resulted into a e as,
failure: instead OF making for hsr
mony and cordial good feeling se
tween two races, it has increase
race hatred AMI antagonism in leans
and bounds. We have needed too
long the advice from false and treach-
srous leadership that resistance il
wrong, that it only breeds race hat
red and antagonism: that the thing
Tor us to do is to get property and
other rights will inevitably foil. "
We have followed this "advice" fail
fully and have been rewarded In
terms Of residence segregation, street
segregation, confiscation and loss Of
property. anti-intermarriage ia
all OF the BLACKLIST pieces OF legis-
lation, since that 1t leaves our women
defenseless and at the mercy of white
brutes - separate schools, jimcrow
cars, and oven legislating to exclude
further Negro immigration These
are the evils resulting from mon
resistance" and rather be by orr
selves" That with the same degree
OF efontry and terrible legislation
with which our property is taken ana
conhscated. with this same effon'r>
and legislation will our political ami
manhood rights be taken from Tvs
That IL fact. Every congress o.
fers legislation degrading and mimi
cal to our we'll being Race pre*u-
dice. therefore. can only be worn dcwr
by attrition. We must send o"r
J children. and go ourselves. to m'xee
institutions and other places wHorr
We can mix with the other races enA
consequently become accustomed T..
one another. ABOVE ALL TF4rNre
WE MUST WELCOME AND PR.c
T1CE JUXTAPOSITION.