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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
WALLER AGAINST "NEGRo."
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says It Causes
Mental and Physicai Segregation.
(From Amsterdam NeWs)

Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says 1t Causes
Mental and PhysicaI Segregation.
(From Amsterdam News.)
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: I cannot too heartily congratu-
late you on a recent editorial discour-
aging the use Of the word Negro"
There Is no greater delight enjoyed by
the white people of the United States
today than the spreading use of this
unfortunate term. Why? They real
tie that 1t Is the most potential fac
tor 1T work at the present to bring
about both z physical and mental
segregation of the people of color. It's
use 10 on tho increase only because
our speakers and writer's, especially
Do Bots and Washington feel that it's
repetition, ad nauseam, is necessary to
retain the good will of the masses. The
term NEGRO" is not only absurdly in
accurate as applied to millions Of col
ored people, but 1t is also alarmingly
injurious, for the following reasons:
a. It has never stood historically or
In the present, anywhere in the world,
for anything noble or uplifting. Most
high-grade Africans repudiate it.
b. In Africa and out of Africa it was
never applied to the higher types, but
to Guineas, Sudanese and Senegam-
bans only.
c. It's derivatives, "Negroism," me
grofy," and its compounds. Negro
head, Negro-hy, Negro-monkey, are all
clearly in their associations, degrad-
ing.
d. It's feminine form, "Negrsss," is
Justly and correctly used to define
your wife and daughter and sweet
heart, II you favor the use OF tho mas
culine term.
e. It has been the word used by the
Southern whites for two centuries.
when formally speaking or writing
about an unworthy or criminal man
or woman Of the race. For when he
speaks Of the worthy he invariably
says "coloFed."
I. It is not differentiated In the mind
and thought Of the whites from their
favorite and generally used (among
themselves) terms. Negro" and mig
ger"
6. As stated by an eminent Japanese
diplomat It has an unquestioned ia
duence In cutting US of from the
thought, sympathy and cooperation
OF the millions of colored Africans.
Asiatics and Islanders OF the Yonder
world.
Very truly yours,
OWEN N. WALLER. n. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28

Christian Scientists have opened
welfare houses in London and Wash
ington and it is very likely that they
will be the only places where colored
soldiers will be welcomed. In many
of the other so-called welfare houses
colored soldiers are forbidden to en-
ter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28

In spite of the recent order of the
War Industries Board that their dia-
pers must be smaller, the patriotic
babies of the country will continue to
DO their bit for the winning of the
war. Their cute little tricks will do
much toward keeping up the morale
of their parents.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28

A movement for woman's suffrage
is being taken up in jamaica and is
meeting with encouragement thru
out the island. Out of total popu-
lation of about 100000, more than
$4,000 are colored, there being
fewer than 10000 white people on
the island.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE MEETS.
Eleventh Annual Convention Of Ma
tfonai In Session In CHICAGO.

Chicago, September 20.-Delegates
from twenty states are in Chicago at
tending the eleventh annual conven-
ton of the National Equal Rights
League, which opened at Olivet Bap-
list Church, Chicago, Tuesday. Mass
meetings at various churches were
held every night during the sessions
and were attended by enthusiastic
audiences. The principal speakers
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
Colored Men Nominated.

AT the recent primaries in Chicago
James H. Johnson, former Lieuten-
ant-Colonel of the former Eighth
Regiment, Illinois National Guard,
was nominated for County Commits
sioner on the Republican ticket. He
stood fourth on a list of ten nomin-
ated, receiving 47,175 votes. S. B.
Turner and A. H. Roberts were nom-
mated for the legislature.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
CONVERT OTHER ISSUES LIBERTY
4 BONDS AT ONCE.

The privilege of conversion which
arose in consequence OF the issue Of
4A9o bonds of the Third Liberty
Loan will expire on November 9Th
and under existing law cannot be ex-
tended or renewed. Holders of these
49s bonds lose nothing by exercising
the privilege Of conversion and gain
no interest per annum. Holders OF
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
ONLY HALF ADJOURNED.

The Lewisburg tPa.) Saturday
News very pertinently remarks that
the annuun cement that politics is
adjourned" has not been accompanied
by the appointment of 8 Republican
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28

Te sin BY silence when We should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human rsoe hos climbed Ga pre-
test. Ned 40 voice booa r,i,ad as.i..%
jajusties, iGaorssss end lust. The in
qststties yst wssld serve the l.r, and
gslHetanss decide ssr tees& dssesees.
The few vhe deFo moss seaak And
spssk .esta % eioh& tAs vreaas ef
maay.-E1sa W6ootos Ufsjeex.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28

speech may be secured by writing
Senator Sherman at Washington. D.
c., for copy. It will make you sit
up in bed o'nights. T.. .s- -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
no COMMISSIONS FOR coLohED
-e- PHYSICIANS.

(From the Journal Of the American
Medical Association, Chicago,
September z.
The new draft regulations seri-
ously effect the Washington, I'd. CT
colored doctors, Of whom there is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
= ~ - --.1l- ~ ~. - - - ~,
OUR WAR INTENTIONS.

I'VE intend what our forefathers,
-sae founders Of this Republic, in
tended. We in America believe our
participation in this war to be the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28
OBJECTS TO "DARkY."
The Editor Of THE APPEAL Writes
Letter to the Chicago Tribune,
Which 10 Self Explanatory.
Saint Paul MIMI,
August 20, 1918.

August 20, 1918.
Managing Editor,
The Chicago Tribune,
Chicago. Illinois.
Dear Sir:
The enclosed was probably printed
without your knowledge or consent.
1t IL, however, an insult to more
than 100000 colored soldiers now
In the United States Army, of whom
100000 are already in France fieht-
Ing for freedom and democracy.
1t Is also an insult to the 10000
600 Americans in the United States
who are classed as "colored" who
are 100 per cent loyal. a fact the
Tribune admitted in an editorial
some time since. While the "col-
ored troops are fighting nobly' at
the front-many have died in the
trenches for their native handsome
have won the "Croix de Guerre"-
DO not permit the use of terms which
are offensive to those they have left
behind, who are buying Liberty
Bonds, War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps; contributing to the
Red Cross, Y. M. G. A., knights of
Columbus, Salvation Army and other
war funds, in spite of the fact that
some OF these organizations either
segregate them or refuse admission.
They are also conserving food and
fuel and willingly making as many
sacrifices as any other group Of
Americans, and they are genuine
Americans without the hyphen, the
Census of 1910 showing that ONLY
1876 COLORED AMERICANS WE'RE
BORN IN AFRICA!
To be consistent the Tribune
should use "Sheeny" for Jewish SOL
diers, "Dago" for Italian soldiers,
mick" for Irish soldiers, frog
eater for French soldiers and
"Chink" for Chinese soldiers, and
other nicknames for the various
nationalities which make up the
United States Army. Even German
Americans. many of whom are in the
army, do not have such offensive
epithets applied to them unless they
are discharged for disloyalty.
Cut out the word 'darky" and
al other words which offend loyal
Americans, for the period of the
war. Kindly send the order down
the line that "darky' and other
offensive words will not be permitted
In the columns of tho Tribune. This
would be an act Of simple Justice for
Americans who are doing their full
duty to their country.
When the victorious American
Army marches down "Unter den
Linden" in Berlin in triumph, col
ored Americans will be in the ranks
and after that "darky" and all such
terms will be obsolete.
Yours truly,
J. q. Adams,
Editor THE APPEAL.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-09-28

To the above letter the following
reply has been received:
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
The Worlds Greatest Newspaper
Chicago, Sept. LIST, 1918.
INT. ]. G. Adams,
Editor-TIIE APPEAL,
St. Paul, MINI:
Dear Sir:
have your letter of Aug. 10Th call.
ing attention to the use of the word
Darby" In q head over an item from
Camp Grant. --
wish to assure you that there was
not the slightest intention on the part
Of anyone who had to do with this
item, of rejecting on the colored PEG
pie in Identifying the soldier as a col
ored man. Everyone, I think, appre-
ciates the loyal spirit and heroic work
Of the soldiers of the colored race
in this war and no one could wish to
detract from the just recognition that
is theirs. I'll Fl
- r. Yours very truly,
: e. S. BEW,
.z Managing Editor"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
PATRIOTIC CRITICISM

TN n conservative statement re-
garding the patriotic limits Of
- criticism former President Taft,
who certainly cannot be accused of
lack of support of the President, de-
clared that facts should be made
known even if they may be uncom-
Portable. This is precisely the view
of the average patriotic citizen.
There is no occasion for disclosure
of military secrets which may be of
benefit to the enemy and there should
be a careful avoidance of anything
of that sort, but the SNUG attitude of
adopted by certain of
the bureaucrats at Washington is
giving rise to a spirit of indignation
the country which is
likely to burst forth in a general
protest.
Just now Secretary of War Baker
is sharing the popular distrust with
DR.. Garfield. the Fuel Administra-
tor. Both these officials are COM
ing in for widespread criticism,
much of which is the outgrowth of
their own indifference to the sug-
gestions of men of large experience
in the particular things which have
been most under discussion.
Mr.. Taft says Secretary Bakers
"commendable desire to learn shown
in his early days in the department
seems to have gone" Too often the
attitude of Government officials is
that of wise men who cannot be en-
lightened upon any subject and the
result of this attitude is to discour-
age bigger men rendering their good
offices and the results of their ex-
perience for the benefit of the coun-
try in this crisis.
Nothing has done 30 much to i'm
pair the confidence of the country in
Secretary Bakers judgment as his
misleading statement recently re-
garding the preparedness of the
Army.
President Wilson has been given
tremendous power and the people
are disposed to support him in every
necessary measure for the prosecu-
ton OF the war, but the time is COM
Ing, II 1t iH not at hend, whom there
must be no Withholding from the
people of the information to which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
RIGHTEOUS WRATH

There are many kinds of hate, as
many kinds of fire;
And some are fierce and fatal with
murderous desire;
And some are mean and craven, re-
vengeful, selfish, slow,
They hurt the man that holds them
more than they hurt his foe.
And yet there is hatred that puri-
fies the heart,
The anger of the better against the
baser part,
Against the false and wicked.
against the tyrant's sword.
Against tho enemies of love, and
all that hate the Lord.
o cleansing indignation, o flame OF
righteous wrath.
Give me soul to see thee and fol-
low in thy PATH
save me from selfish virtue, arm m,
for fearless fight.
And give me strength to carry on.
a soldier of the Right!
Henry Van Dyke in tho Outlook
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
Bachelor at Camp Dix
By LLOYD S. GRAHAM, Stan Correspondent

an hour and a half, while he told
them of his experiences under shell
hre, in the trenches, at the base
hospital and his journey to the front.
Il stood at one of the biggest lines
OF communication one day." said he.
The traffic was heavier than it is
on Fifth avenue at o'clock on a
sunny afternoon. 1t seemed as If
all the nations of the earth were go
ing up to the end of the world.
Frivolous France is no more.
When someone sent unclean plays
down from Paris for the entertain
ment of the poilu near the front,
thinking that was the kind of en-
tertainment they wanted, the poilu
sent back word, That is not what
we want. We are not pigs 1t
means a lot to those men to see
their dearest friends shattered to
bits beside them on the firing line.
They have changed.
In England before the war there
was a very ell-defined degeneracy.
But that is changing now. A friend
of mine went to an English home
to tea one afternoon. The hostess
said; Have you heard of the great
honor which has come to this
house" The guest admitted that
he had not. Our son was killed in
France two weeks ago."
In this connection with the re-
turn of high ideals to the people
engaged in the war because of the
sacrifices they are making, Mr..
Bachelor spoke in the highest terms
of the Y. M. c. A. in the war. He
declared it is the one great spirit
ualizing factor" in this war.
When the war is over, I think
we will all say it was good thing.
The price we are paying is tre-
mendous, but / think it will be
worth while in world regeneration" +"
"Optimia y" with n capital o and
quoted, was the keynote in Mr..
Bachelors talk to the officers. He
said there could be no doubt that
the ultimate victory would be with
the Allies and. despite the suffering,
the effect for good on the peoples
engaged was evident already, even
in America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18

TALEs of German atrocities in
this war are under the actual
happenings instead of over
rated, according to a statement made
by Irving Bacheller in a meeting of
National Army officers at Camp Dix
recently.
He stated that his information
came from English officers and en-
listed men whom he met on the
western front. He said it was COM
monty believed among the allied
fighters in France that the only
good German was a dead one. Stor-
les of cruelties and inhuman acts
which the Germans did to allied
prisoners and the inhabitants of the
Teuton- invaded countries were moth
ing short of blood-curdling. Mr..
Bachelor said he believed them and
believed also that Americas treat
ment of German soldiers must be
stern and thorough.
Because of the fact that the
North Country sage returned from
Europe a few weeks ago, where he
was the guest of the English For
eign Office on the western front, the
Eastern Department of the Y. M.
c. A. Work Council arranged a
speaking appointment covering two
days at Camp Dix. In the early
evening he spoke to the National
Army men, many of whom were
from Northern New York, giving
humorous selections from his books.
On the first evening he described
some of his war experiences to a
group of officers after the enlisted
men had left the "Y" building. The
group sat about the big stove in
Building No. and Mr.. Bachelor was
presented by II. E. Parker, building
secretary. The author of "Eben
Holden" settled comfortably down
in his chair and told his story. The
group resembled nothing so much
as an old-fashioned North Country
gathering around the country store
stove on a winters evening, wait
ing for the 6.10 train to come into
the "deypo" with the evening mail.
He held the officers spellbound for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
Coming and Going

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.1
A newspaper friend of ours, whose
duties keep him up o. nights entered
a downtown restaurant at a late
hour Tuesday evening. He glanced
at the clock. then at the calendar,
then at the menu, from which he or
dered frugal repast. Then he wait
ed, nervously.
At the end of ten minutes he sue
ceeded in catching his walters eye.
Look here, how long am l going
to have to wait for that grub I or
dered?" he inquired.
"Oh, 1 guess it won't be long,
now" yawned the waiter. I'm a
hurry?"
an a hurry? Say, I ordered a
meal without meat because it Is
meatless day. and If have to wait
five minutes longer 1t will be wheat
less day and l won't get darned
thtng!"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HOW ABOUT SALOONS?
rn the Editor Of the TeIeeraeh:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
1 wonder how many or our good
American citizens are just sizzling"
with indignation at the fact that
saloons and playhouses, etc. should
be permitted to remain open during
these FIVE days when our factories
and plants manufacturers of war
munitions), the very things that
would lead us on to victory, should
be stopped. The coal consumed by
these places of amusement and the
men who go there to get "som ething
to warm them up" could be used
to a better purpose. 1t would help
make a few more ships. a lot more
guns and many of the other much
needed things.
It is not for us to question our
government or our great men at
the head of 1t, but cog or sonie-
thing must have slipped when this
bill went through. Can you imagine
the much hated. terrible wilhelm
permitting such thing2 And it's up
to us to "beat him to It."
A CITIZEN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
WHY GOAL is SCARCE

While many important factors en-
ter into the problem, it is perfectly
obvious that the fundamental cause
is that the government utterly neg
lected national preparedness; that
the administration took no meas
ures to meet an inevitable emer-
gency the warning shadow of which
was projected across our pathway
for more than two years. This in
ertia and lack of foresight might be
incredible were it not q matter of
current record, in the testimony of
the secretary of war, that the gov
ernment made not move to pro-
vide arms or ammunition or uni
forms or any other necessary of ma
tional defense until after making a
formal declaration of war - which
was two months after Germany had
proclaimed hostilities and the Unit
ed States had taken the fateful step
of severing diplomatic relations
1t was not until last August when
the country had been at war for
four months and half, that solu-
ton of the fuel problem was under
dent virtually autocratic powers
over food and fuel, and few weeks
later he named as national fuel ad-
ministrator DIR. Harry A. Garfield,
president of Williams College. The
tremendous duties and responsible
tiles of the position manifestly re-
quired that it be filled by a man
possessing extraordinary force, eX-
ecutive genius and intimate knowl-
of 90 nf
and distribution. Doctor Garfield
obviously had no such equipment;
his principal qualifications seem to
have been that he was a pacifiSt
and had been an ardent advocate OF
President Wilson's reelection upon
the ground that he had kept us out
of war"
Before making the appointment,
President Wilson had proclaimed a
maximum price for bitumlnous coal
at the mines, with penalties for SELL
ing at higher rates. He acted with
out full knowledge, for the prices
were so low that thousands of small
mines - those working thin veins
with meager machinery-were COM
PEELED to shut down. The action
was based upon a theory that price
was the vital consideration, whereas
production was the all-important
matter, ana the result was Il ISuuS-
ton of millions of tons in the btu
minous supply during months when
it could have been marketed most
readily.
And of course this was ultimately
felt by the users of anthracite.
When the little bituminous mines
ceased operations, their customers
demanded supplies from the big
mines that could sell at the low
prices fixed, thus taking from the
general market fuel that would have
been available; bituminous which
ordinarily would have come to
philadelphia was taken by districts
Containing numberless closed mines.
And the scarcity of bituminous ma
turally increased the demands of
industry for anthracite, so that fac
tories came into competition with
household. consumers.
Later the President fixed the mine
price of anthracite, but in this case
made a rate higher than the opera
TORS had asked. Bituminous pro-
duction, which could have been
stimulated. was discouraged, and
extra profits were given to anthra-
cite production, which could hardly
be Increased because the industry
was already running at top speed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
Worth the MoneU

Our credits to the Allies have now
reached the neat little sum of $4,000
100000 But we should not feel
that we are getting stung by any
means. The English feet alone has
earned that much by standing be-
tween us and Helgoland while we or
dered our uniforms and rihes.-Sa-
vannah News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

William NJ. Croll, who will run
for Congress in the Berks-Lehigh
district, was a Wilson delegate to
the Baltimore convention.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
E. Patton is home from a visit to
southern states.
Congressman Thomas s. Crago,
who is a Philippine veteran, is TAX
ing big interest in the new Re-
serve Militia.
Hugh Gilmore, Williamsport
postmaster, just reappointed, has
long been prominent in Democratic
affairs up the West Branch.
Oliver NJ. Wolf, well-known
lawyer, has been elected president
of the Penn Wheelmen, one of Read
ings oldest clubs for the fourteenth
time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18

ticket, but intimates that he may run
for the Twenty-first district seat.
Congressman c. H. Rowland VIII not
run again.
-Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon. OF
Philadelphia, last night declared tnat
his name had been used without ms
sanction in connection with the
Democratic nomination for Govern
or. 1t is said that the judge has peen
urged to become candidate py
number of upstate friends.
The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
says: Direct, emphatic and vigor-
GUS notice was served on the slender
Vare-Smith majority in Common
Council yesterday by the newly-eiect-
ed independents. who are more
largely represented than in any OF
the recent years, that all proposed
legislation will be searchingly ex-
amined into and studied and that
If necessary the sharpest opposition
will develop. 1t was the opening fre
in what may prove to be one or the
liveliest sessions of Councils in years.
The meeting yesterday, although not
the first for the new Council, was the
first at which real business could be
touched upon. The independents
plan test vote of strength at an
early hour"
Edwin F. Warner of Weather
ly, Fuel Administrator of Carbon
county, and former Chief Engineer
DR.. ]. E. Waaser, of East Mauch
Chunk, were appointed at Mauch
Chunk yesterday directors OF the
Middle Coal Field Poor District,
comprising the upper portion of Car
bon county and the lower end OF
Luzerne county by Judge Barber.
Mr.. Warner was filling the unex-
pired term of the late Samuel West,
of Weatherly, and now starts on
five-year term of his own. DR..
Waaser succeeds William H. Gibson,
of Lansford, whose term expired.
The appointments carry an annual
salary of $500 each and expenses.