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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
(From the Boston Guardian.)

(From the Boston Guardian.)
June 21st to 29th, 1918, are now
historic dates in colored American
history. They mark the approach OF
colored Americans to their federal
government in behalf of justice and
liberty for their racial group.
These eight days with a Sabbath day
thrown in, witnessed the gathering
together in the nations capital Of
delegates from all sections of the
country in the midst of worlds war
to formulate and present to the fed
eral Congress a statement of the
grievous wrongs visited upon their
race and a demand for redress.
Meeting under purposeful ques-
tionings of loyalty, and in spite of a
Jewish-American majors attempt
through the War Department to
thwart this race convention, yet
there was no wavering- among these
delegates. They came for a share
for their race of the world democracy
which their country's president pro-
claimed as the flower of their race,
was sent into battle in another hem
isphere, and they never faltered. Day
after day the delegates met in two
executive sessions without a dissent
from the announced purpose of the
call. Firm in the conviction that
they were true to the real patriotism
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918.
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS.

Don't let your Liberty Bonds get
away from you. Hold onto them, even
if you may be tempted to dispose of
them.
In the first place, the government in
tended them for YOU. The Liberty
loans were designed as peoples loans
In order to finance the war the gov
eminent must have the support of
ALL the people. 1t was intended that
you keep the bonds and not trade
them or sell them.
Promiscuous selling tends to depre-
ciate their value, and that is what the
German agents here would like to do.
Not only is it your patriotic duty
to retain these bonds, but in doing so
you are laying up something for a
rainy day. The Liberty loans and the
Was Savings Stamp issues have done
more to encourage thrift in America
than anything ever before attempted.
They have made bondholders out of
thousands of people who never in
their lives until now had made an in
vestment.
Crafty and INSCRIPTIONS individuals
are using every means to entice these
bonds out of the hands of their own
ers. One method is to offer in ex-
change for Liberty bonds stock certi-
ticates in fy-by-night companies,
worth only the gold paper they are
printed on, and represented as return
ing much higher rate of interest
than the government securities.
Those who are not familiar with stock
values should beware of such offers.
There are other methods, some
savoring of the gold4brick variety;
others just within the limits of the
law.
Liberty bonds are the safest invest
ment in the world If you MUST dis
pose of them, you would do we'll to
consult your banker.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
WALLER AGAINST "NEGRo."
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says 1t Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.
(FrOm Amsterdam Nows)


(From Amsterdam News.)
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: I cannot too heartily congratu-
late you on 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
ize that it is the most potential fac
tor at work at the present to bring
about both a physical and mental
segregation of the people of color. It's
use. is on the 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 it 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," NE
grofy," and it's compounds, Negro
head, Negro-fy, Negro-monkey, are all
clearly in their associations, degrad-
ing.
+ d. Its feminine form, "Negress," is
justly and correctly used to define
your wife and daughter and sweet
heart, if you favor the use Of the 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 "colored."
f. 1t 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 in
fluence in cutting us off from the
thought, sympathy and cooperation
of the millions of colored Africans.
Asiatics and Islanders of the Yonder
world
Very truly yours,
OWEN M. WALLER, M. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Minimum Consideration Only !
Asked By Co|ored Editors

sTAR-cHAMBER RACES CONFER
ENcE At EXPENSE OF GOVERN
MENT DESERTS STRUGGLE OF
RACE FOR RIGHTS OF DEMoc-
( RAcY - coLoRED MEN AWED
By PRESENCE OF GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS, APPARENTLY AGREE
NOT TO ACETATE AGAINST
WRONGS BECAUSE COUNTRY is
AT WARFARE FIRST IN HIS
TORY ALLEGING INJUSTICE
WHO WORK ONLY FOR "MINI-
MUM" AND DON'T STATE WHAT
THAT IS-EMMETT SCOTT AND
MAJ. sPINGARN TO BLAME.
CONCEAL Bulletin, June 20, 1879
The following is an extract from
the resolutions adopted by the confer
ence OF cOlored newspaper editors
held in Washington last week under
the auspices of the War Department
and the Committee on Public Infor-
nation:
We, the thirty-one representatives
OF the Negro press, which has a cir
culation of more than a million
copies, principally among the colored
people of America, and representa-.
tives of other activities, wish to at
firm. first of all, our unalterable be.
lief that the defeat of the German
Government and what it today repre-.
sents is of paramount importance tt
the welfare of the world in genera
and to our people in particular.
We deem it hardly necessary, il
view of the untarnished record of Ne
sro-Americans, to reafdrm our 10y
atty to our country and our readiness
to make every sacrifice to win thi.
war. We wish, however, as student.
and guides of public opinion amons
our people, to use our every endeayo]
to keep these 100000 people a.
tho highest pitch, not simply OF pas
sive loyalty, but of active, enthusi
astfc. and self-sacrificing participa
ton in the war.
Admit Grievances Unsuitable and tina
Race is Festive.
We are not unmindful of tn,
recognition of our American citizen
ship in the draft, of the appointment
of colored officers, of the DESIGNATION
OF colored advisers to the Govern
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
INSULTS COLORED WORLD.
Boston Transcript Commits Treason
in Preferrinq Ruin of France
Rather Than Mixture of Blood
of CoIored Races Fighting
for Her
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript
However, Tommy Atkins may to a
considerable extent be inclined to SET
tie in France. So, very likely, would
be the whole body of the Portuguese
troops who are fighting there, and the
Italians. Thousands at the Chinese
laborers may stay, and so may the
black soldiers from Senegambia and
other African French colonies. I'm
fortunately the Incorporation of most
of these elements into the future
French population would represent
mongrelization and degeneration.
France would do better, in the long
run, to send them home, for the i'm
mediate economic or. industrial ad-
vantage of their immigration would
be more than counterbalanced by the
disadvantage Of the mixture. France
amalgamates all racial elements that
enter her gates. Her best hope for
her Topographic future rests on such
q strengthening of her economic, So
c1a1 and moral bases as would result
In q normal increase of the native
population, and a steady immigration
OF enterprising young people from
Northern Europe, or of sturdy Span
ish or Ligurian peasants. II the blood
OF the French nation should be
Africanized or Asiaticized as the re-
suit Of the war the country's eventual
caIamitfes from that source would be
greater than those resulting from the
destruction of her cities and the raw
age Of her fields.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
BONDS OF THE FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN,

Bonds of the Fourth Liberty
Loan are now being turned out by
the thousands daily by the Treasury s
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The bonds are similar in form and
design to those of the third loan, and
space has been left on each bond for
insertion of the exact terms of the
bonds.
1t is believed that sufficient num-
Der of the bonds will be ready to
make possible immediate delivery of
all bonds of the fourth loan as they
are purchased.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

grievances? How can we? The
lyncher won't let us. The jim-crowel
won't let us. The man who practices
racial prescription won't let us. With
lynchings of colored people averaging
higher than two week, how are We
to forget lynching? With the daily
denials to hundreds of colored people
of the comforts and conveniences OF
transportation, how can we forget
jim-crow cars. When a young colored
woman, or man, has qualified for ad
mission to the civil service of the gov
eminent, and been certified and called
and is refused appointment when it is
discovered that he or she is of the
colored race, how can we forget racial
prescription? The lyncher, the jim.
grower and the racial proscriber keep
these things alive, not we.
No Other Citizens Having Special
Grievances Are Asked by Leaders
to Forget Them.
Then besides no other group of citi-
zens having special grievances are
being advised by their leaders to for
get them, but to the contrary every
effort is being made to correct them
now This is true as to labor, as to
Woman's suffrage and as to rights of
lrishmen Why an exception in the
case of the colored man.
In all charity and seriousness, we
hope never again to see the pages of
The Crisis defled with such stuff as
this To keep the ranks closed and
to fight for democracy means to pro-
test against mob violence, jim-crow
cars and racial prescription. Where
these things exist democracy is not
triumphant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Of America secure, but the liberties

of America secure, but the liberties
of every other people as we'll.
"There can be but one issue. The
settlement must be final. There can
be no compromise. No halfway de-
way decision is conceivable.
1.-THE blinded rulers of Prussia
have reused forces they knew little
of-forces which can never be
crushed to earth again; for they
have in their heart an inspiration
and a purpose which are deathless
and of the very stuff of triumph" -
From the Presidents Mount Vernon
Address.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
SHOULD BE NO COLOR CASTE

The New York World, one of the
greatest daily newspapers in the coun-
try, says in recent issue:
If there is any ground for the COM
plant of Colored trained nurses that
they are unjustly disseminated
against by the Red Cross, it should
be removed at once. This is black
mans fight as well as a white mans
and the Red Cross should be the first
OF all bodies to recognize the fact"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

There are few honest and sincere
colored men who use the term negro"
in describing themselves. but the ma
jority who use the term are iimcrow-
lists pure and simple. The time has
come to eliminate such words as Ger
man, Negro, Irishman, Lithuanian, etc.
People in the United States ought to
be satisfied to be known as Americans.
That one word is big enough to in
clude all persons born in this country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
AMERlcANs-THAT's ALL,

For many years it has been the
custom to treat colored people al
aliens, although they are more than
ninety-nine Dor cent Of American
birth; and there is a growing, ten
dency among the colored people to
regard themselves as aliens. This 10
being encouraged by class OF lead.
ers who call themselves Negroes"
and yell about NEGRO Kultur" a.
though they have not more than halt
and often less than one-eighth of
Negro blood. Such men ought to
stop the Negro" propaganda and be
Americans and demand Justice be-
cause they are Americans and not by
the false assertion that they are
They should not have any rights %
Negroes"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
OUR WAR INTENTIONS,

eve intend what our forefathers,
rhe founders of this Republic, in
tended. We in America believe our
participation in this war to be the
fruitage of what they planted. Our
case differs from theirs only in this,
that it is our inestimable privilege to
concert with men out of every nation
what shall make not only the liberties
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of man
The human race has climbed On pro-
test. Had no voice been raised asafnst
Injustice, ignorance and lust, tho in.
quisitlon yet would serve tho law, and
gutHotines decide eur lsast disputes.
The few who dare aust speak and
speak again 20 light the wFoaes ef
many.-ENa Wheeler N1tleex.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

lSeSroes" but eyery lisht Of an
Amsrican Scitisen ssshould bs and win
be accorded them. II they light for
their rights - American citizens by
right of birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
GOD GIVE Us MEN.

God give us men! time like this demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith and ready hands,
Men whom the lust of Office does not kill:
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy; --s r..
Men who possess opinions and will; -~s~:- (
Men who have honor-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue ~
And damn his treacherous batteries without winkng!
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
u. g. Holland
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
DUBOIS WORST coMPRoMIsoR IN
EDITORS CONFERENCE,

Editor Harry Smith of Cleveland
Gazette Says w. e. 3. Dubois Wrote
minimum Of Consideration" ResoIu-
tions-One of Dubois Was So Com
promising It Was Cut Out by Vote.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-11
TURN HAIR DARK
WITH SAGE TEA
If Mixed with Sulphur 1t
Darkens so Naturally
Nobody can Tell.

rhe oId-time mixture or Sage Tea
srd sulphur for darkening gray,
streaked and faded hair is grand
,oother's recipe. and folks are again
using il to keep their hair q good, even
color. which Is quite sensible. as we
are living IN an age when a youthful
apnesrance is Of the greatest advantage.
Nowadays, though, We don't have the
troublesome task Of gathering the age
and the mussv mixing at home. All
drug stores sell the ready-to-use nro-
duet. improved by the addition Of other
,nrredients. called "Wyeth's Sage and
SULPHUR Compound" It is very popular
because nobody can discover il has been
applied. Simply moisten your comb or
4 soft brush with Il ana draw this
through your hair. taking one small
strand at a time: BY morning the gray
hair disappears. but what delights the
ladies with Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
Compound. is that. Besides beautifully
darkening the hair after a few applica-
tons. il also produces that soft lustre
and appearance Of abundance which is
SO attractive. This ready-to-use prepa-
ration is a delightful toilet requisite for
those who desire a more youthful APP
pearance. 1t is NOT intended Tor the
cure, mitigation or prevention Of dis
sass.-Adv-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-11
AT THE ORPHEUM.

At the Hammond Orpheum this mid
weeh we have
\ Mans Iand"-a scenic sketch
featured by a faithful reproduction OF
Il first line trench and made VALUABLE to
the cause at this time by the intersect-
ing proIouges - Sergt.-NIajor. Ander-
son OF the Canadian army and Captain
Ransom. II. s. A.. If rewritten the act
viii find favor on the big time. The
capture OF q German prisoner and the
incident OF the gas masks are capitol
dramatic ideas but the speeches are
sterotyped- 1t Will pay Mr.. Shilling TO
10 hire a rewrite man.
Media & Siivo-They play a harp
and violin respectively. with the re-
apect due those instruments.
Miller. Gladshaw 6 M.lIer-songs.
forte; comedy. allegro.
May & T1Ndun-Good ru3e comedy
act. framed according TO the specihca-
lions that have proven successful fov
many Years in vaudeville.
Maurice woods-Biiied a "hmeri-
cas- Versatile Prima Donna and Inn
p~ersonator.1 That covers a lot Or ter
ritoyy. Suffice to say that last night
Miss Woods entered. performed and
exited and never left a ripple She
looks limp Ia tights.
The bin as a whole IS value received
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-11
HUMANE WEEK.

The American Humane Association.
located at Albany, n. y, has made a
cali Tor the general observance Of next
week as BE Kind % animals Weak.
All schools are urged to make a point
Of teaching kindness 20 every living
rrrature, II there was ever 2 time
whom humane education shoUld b en-
phasized. il IS now. 0ur noble horses
and dogs surely are doing their bit"
n aid IN winning the war Humane
treatment 81 the lower orders q life
should he taught the Young.
All clorzvmen arc requested By the
American Humane Association land
those in Lake county b. the Lake CO.
humane Societv) to preach a sermon
evote 70 the subject or kindness 60
all living creatures. on Humane sun
da~. April 81. 1918. It Is stated that
the a~nt.cruelty movement througcYt
the world numbers anong It's ranks.
some Or the most profound thinkers
OF the aCe which Is proof that . Is
not the product Of fanaticis11. but is
founded on a basis that is enduring
The secretary Of war asked for the
organization or the American Red Star
Animal Relief. which does for the AMI
mails IN war what the Red Cross does
for the soldiers
All members Of the clergy In Lake
county are honorary members OF the
Lake County Humane Society. THIS
Society has been in existence for near
II six years, and has accomplished
much good. not only along lines Of
animal protection. but also is looking
out for abused and neglected children
and old people.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-11
MEAL 4
POISONOUS INJECTION

Few folks suffering from kidney and
bladder troubIes ever think that the
meals which they are taking are hasten
ing their death. Every morsel Of food
taken gives up it's quantity Of uric acid.
through a diseased condition of the kid
news and bladder In the healthy man
nature provides an outlet for this poison.
Those In Ill health must take q medicinal
help 10 drive his d~eath-dealing poison
from the system. For over zoo years
GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules
have been doing this work They effect
prompt relief in all diseases arising
from kidne and bladder troubles. Don't
put off his vital matter of attending
to your health until II is time TO make
v~ourfuneral arrangements. Get A box of
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules to-
day. Look for the genuine. Your drug
gist sells them. They are guaranteed or
money refunded. Insist on GOLD
MEDAL Brand-Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-11
DELUXE THEATRE.

D. ". Grifith's "The Birth OF q Ma
ton" comes here for an engagement OF
four days beginning April . at poplar
prices.
For "rhe Birth OF a Nation" Mr..
Griffith took as the skeleton the story
Of Thomas Dixon's The Clansnan."
but he had in mind a far vaster concep-
ton than Dixon's. It was his aim TO re-
produce an epoch in American history
so vividly that the spectators would
actually be carried out Of the present
and live in a past that is fast becoming
remote and hazy. lie did not make the
mistake Of desiring TO depict his period
or the past in naked and horrid realism.
He was determined from The start to
throw about IL q glamor OF romanc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-11
TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

An examining physician for one or the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview of the subject. made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
1ected is because kidney trouble Is so
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tons are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease.
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there IS one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. TNlmer's Swamp-Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record Of success.
We find that Swamp-Root is strictly
en- herbal compound and we would adj
wise our readers who feel in need Of
such a remedy TO give II a trial It is
on sale at all drug stores in bottles Of
two sizes. medium and large.
However. If you wish first 10 test
this great preparation send ten cents 70
DR.. kilmer g. Co. Binghamton. =. VI,
for a sample bottle. When writing be
sure and mention the Hammond Daily
Ttmes-Advs