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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
INSULTS COLORED WORLD.
Boston Transcript Commits Treason
in Preferring Ruin of France
Rather Than Mixture of Blood
Of CoIored Races Fighting
Boston TranScriDt.)

(BOStOn Transcript
However, Tommy Atkins may to
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 af 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
strengthening of her economic, So
cial and moral bases as would result
in normal increase of the native
population, and steady immigration
of enterprising young people from
Northern Europe, or of sturdy Span
lsh or Ligurian peasants. If the blood
Of the French nation should be
Afrieanized or Asiaticized as the re-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13

of the United States, but the persis.
tent segregation of any element of
our country's population into sepa-
rate and distinct group on the sole
basis of color is creating a condition
under which this nation can not long
endure.
When we reflect upon their bru-
talities and indignities, we remember
they are due to the fact that in all al
most every Southern state we have
Systematically by law or chicanery
been deprived of the right that very
manhood suffrage which genuine
democracy would guarantee to every
citizen in the Republic. The propa-
ganda of 6lching from colored Ameri-
cans the ballot is but a supreme ef-
fort to reenslave us and to force our
assent thereto. To this policy the
colored man does not, can not and
will not agree. OF it our intolerance
Is cumulative. Against it, we shall
exert our righteous efforts until not
only every eligible colored man, but
every eligible colored woman shall be
welding the ballot proudly in defense
of our homes.
We are appealing to you neither as
vassals or interiors. Bull Run and
Appomattox fixed our status in this
nation. We are free men. We are
sovereign American citizens - free
men who purchased our freedom with
our own blood on every battle field
from Bunker Hill to Carrizal, full
rights and immunities such as are
freely granted to others but syste-
matically refused to us.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
AMERiCANs-THAT's ALL

For many yearn It has boon tho
custom to treat colored people Al
aliens. although they are more than
ninety-nine per cent Of American
birth; and there is q growing ten
dency among the colored people to
regard themselves as aliens. This IL
being encouraged by 4 class of lead.
ers who call themselves "Negroes"
and yell about Negro Kultur" A.
though they have not more than half
and often less than one-eikhth 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
Negroes"
50 They should not have any rights az
Negroes but every right of an
American citizen should be and will
be accorded them, If they fight for
their rights as American citizens by
right of birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
Hates the Term "Neoro."

Il hate the term Negro because it
Is being used in terms of hatred. It
Is the cause of the segregation of the
Negro; 1t 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 or 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.
Il. Lewis, Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13

said an answer would be sent to the
Convention. The reply was received
on Tuesday, but was marked conf
Dental.
Pleas Made to Congress.
Congress is requested to make
lynching crime against the Federal
government, and as such subject to
the jurisdiction of the Federal courts,
in a petition unanimously passed by
the National Colored Liberty Con-
gress, which has just closed it's ses-
sions here.
This and five other requests for the
abolition Of specific race discrimina-
lions are advocated by the petitioners
as win-the-war measure. The petit.
ton has been placed in the hands of
Senator Penrose, and is to be pre-
sented to the Senate this week.
The colored congress protests that
colored citizens are Disseminated
against in public and Federal build.
ings in Federal territory, in public
carriers operated by the government
in certain States, in the army and
navy schools, in the right of suffrage
in certain States and in the civil serv
ice.
The petitioners ask, in view of the
military service rendered by their race
during the present war, that our own
republic may not be a part of the
world not safe for democracy" They
also protest the segregation of races
in the military camps.
The congress was called for the pur
pose of laying the cause of the colored
citizens before the United States Con
gress, and was attended by lis, dele
gates from 33 states. H. H. Harrison
of New York, was chairman of the
congress. William M. Trotter, of Bos
ton, was elected chairman of the ma
tional executive committee for thu
coming year. The committee viii
wage an active campaign to secure
the desired legislation. ....
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
SOUTH LYNCHES THEM.

Henry Johnson, a colored soldier, of
Albany, New York, has been cited and
decorated by the French military au-
thorities for what the French general
Of division terms "a magnificent ex-
ample of courage and energy" With
him was Needham Roberts, another
colored man. Both men fought
bravely," says Pershing in his official
report of the exploit.
On the same day that the cables
from France brought the news of
Johnson's and Roberts heroism, the
wires from Valdosta, Georgia, brought
the story of the lynching of a colored
woman, Mary Turner by name, be-
cause she had attempted to resist the
lynching Of her husband.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1918.
NO CAMOUFLAGED REPUBLICAN

The Republicans of Michigan, speak
ing through their State chairman, say
that President Wilson's entry OF
Henry Ford in the Wolvering Sena.
torial race will make no difference
with Republican plans. Those plans
look for the nomination of a straight
patriotic Republican, one who never
was a pacifist-before or since the
war began-one who never con-
tributed money to pay for Democratic
advertising, one who has voted more
than once in the past twenty years,
and each time voted the Republican
ticket.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13

fact that there is not enough food
stuffs to supply our needs without the
practice of rigid economy by every.
one, especially the housewives. The
forecast Of available supply indicates
grave danger of serious shortage, I'm.
less conservation is vigorously and
nationally practiced. The slogan is:
I'm the Name of Liberty-SAVE
FOOD.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
THE LADY AND THE TIGER,

The first enrolment of New York
City's women voters has just taken
place and 279,566 of them have
formally taken on party utilization.
Naturally, the Democratic party,
which is in the ascendancy, takes
the larger share, gaining 164,722 to
the Republicans 96,749. Whether
this means the continued domination
of Tammany Hall or whether the new
voters will exercise their privilege
to the purging of the Democratic or
ganizatiOn remains to be seen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
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, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guil'otines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrones Of
many.-Elia Wheeler Wilcox. i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
PULLMAN MEN GET RAISE

washington dispatches announce
mat Federal control of the Pullman
service will continue and pay in
creases totaling $2,750,OO0 a year will
be granted 10000 conductors, porters
dining car men and maids. Increases
WILL be on the same basis as given
railroad employees and will be dated
from January l last.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
SHOULD BE NO COLOR CASTE.

The New York World, one of the
greatest daily newspapers in the coun-
try, says in a recent issue:
III there is any ground for the CON-
plant of Colored trained nurses that
they are >unjustly Disseminated
against by the Red Cross, it should
De removed at once. This is a 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??, 1918-07-13

suit of the war the country's eventual
caIamities from that source would be
greater than those resulting from the
destruction of her cities and the raxr
age Of her fields.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
GOD GIVE US MEN.

God give men! A 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;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagogue ~ ~
And damn his treacherous batteries without wininp!
Tall men, sun crowned who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
j. G.. Holland.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-07-13
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 "MlNI.
MUM" AND DON'T STATE WHAT
THAT IS-EMMETT SCOTT AND
MAJ. sPINGARN TO BLAME.
(Ofacial 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:
'" ", IAO IAAA IJ-OnC 1Opl CScuCdC1V6S
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 tc
the welfare of the world in genera
and to our people in particular.
We deem it hardly necessary, i1
view of the untarnished record of Ne
grO-Americans, to reaffirm our 10y
atty to our country and our readiness
to make every sacrifice to win thi!
war. We wish, however, as students
and guides Of public opinion amons
our people, to use our every endeavol
to keep these 100000 people a
the hi CHEST pitch, not simply of pas
sive loyalty, but of active, enthusi
astic, 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??, 1918-07-13

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 jimcrow-
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 National Food Administration
is doing it's utmost in every way DOS
sible to educate the people up to the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
TEITON FORCES
IN ITALY RESORT
TO BRUTAL ACTS
Vandalism, Violence, Pillage
and Brutality Are on In
crease, Prisoners Say

Paris. Feb. 13.-The Austro- err
man invaders in Northern Italy daily
are resorting to increasing acts of
vandalism, violence, pillage and bru-
tality, according to the statements
of prisoners captured by the Italians.
Havas dispatch from Rome saws.
OFFICERS as well as soldiers are par
ticipating.
odine mas been pillaged and stores
ana buildings destroyed wantonly by
intoxicated troops. The rivalry in
stealing, it is said. has been so great
that fights have broken out between
the various groups of the Central
Powers. In Udine these fights result
ed in the death of fourteen Germans
and three Bosnians. There were also
bloody conflicts at Polo Cattaro be.
tween the Germans and Austrians.
Women and children. 1t is added
have been stripped of their clothing
which has been sent to Germany
while foodstuffs. wherever found
also are sent away by officers. Th'
city of Trigesimo has been pillaget
of leather and copper and the churcl
bells there have been taken away
Italian prisoners working on road!
for the Austro-Germans are reported
to be underfed and forced to subsis
on the carcasses of horses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
American Gunners Become
More Proficient Daily;
u. S. Sector Is Quiet

With the American Army in
France. Tuesday. reb. 12.-Aside
from increased aerial activity, the
American sector has been normal
during the past twenty-four hours
Harassing artillery fire and patrol
ing operations have been kept up,
but there have been no clashes.
The American gunners are said to
be growing more proficient daily
They have been especially accurate
in registering on the railroads back
of the enemy lines. So nearly ac-
curate has been the shrapnel fire
against the first lines of the enemy
that they are now almost abandon
ed. the Germans keeping only a few
men in them. In a sector such as
this the Germans seldom man their
first lines fully, but opposite the
American positions they are report
ed to be keeping considerably less
than the usual number in the
trenches.
The number of enemy snipers and
sniping posts has been reduced still
further by the American sharpshoot-
ers. machine gunners and artillery
men.
Airplanes were overhead every
where to-day. The enemy late in
the day sent over a considerable
number of machines in battle forma-
tion. They were met and driven
back by a French squadron.
The wounding of three men in con-
sequence of an accident was reported
to-day. constituting the only new
casualties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
IN EIGHTYSECOND YEAR, BUT
KNITS EVERY DAY FOR, ARMY
Aged Woman Manages to Knit
Scarf Each Week For Some
Soldier at Front

Mrs. Lizzie Kaufman, widow of
Abraham Kaufman, who is making
her home at the present time with her
only son, George Kaufman, 4S North
Eighteenth street, Harrisburg, has
the unique distinction of working
for the soldiers in the second of two
notable wars. Although she passed
Eer eighty-first birthday anniversary
on January 20, and is afflicted with
poor sight, she manages to knit a
scarf for a soldier every week. Rela-
tiVes and friends are amazed at the
work she does, for she must feel her
way as she knits each stitch, and the
average woman who finds discour-
agement in her endeavors with the
needles, would probably be wonder
struck If she should see the laborious
work attendant upon Mrs. Kauff-
mans efforts.
But although she is loyal to the
cause and is proud of her work. the
aged woman does not permit anyone
to see her operations and knits only
when she is alone. And she does this
too. despite the fact that she is an
invalid. She has not been down stairs
at her home for two years.
Mrs. Kaufman before her mar
riage was Miss Lizzie Light, and was
born and reared in Lebanon county
When the Civil War broke out, and
the young men of Lebanon county
shouldered arms in defense of the
Union she went to the country and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
Women Sufferers May
Need Swamp-Root

Thousands upon thousands of wo-
men have kidney and bladder :rou-
hle and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove
to be nothing else but kidney trou-
ble. or the result of kidney or blad-
der disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other
organs to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss
of ambition, nervousness, are often
times symptoms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a ply
sician's prescription, obtained at any
drug store, may be just the remedy
needed to overcome such conditions.
Get n medium or large size botIie
Immediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
10 DR.. Kilmer e Co., Binghamton.
y. Y, for a sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention the
harrisburg Daily Telegraph-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
Juniata County Man May
Succeed Late Judge Seibert

Possibilities that the successor of
the late President Judge w, N. Sci
bert, of the Perry-Juniata district,
who died Monday, may come from
Juniata county were raised here to-
day when friends of District Attor-
ney John J. Patterson Jr., of Juni-
ata became active in his behalf.
Mr.. Patterson lives at .Mifflin and
comes of a family long prominent in
state affairs. Friends of former
Judge James w. Shull of Perry,
who is backed by the Perry bar, have
been busy, while George r. Barnett,
who has offices in this city and was
judicial aspirant two years ago,
has been talking about him. The
Juniata people claim that Perry has
had the last two judges, but only re-
Gently d. Lloyd Hartman, of Milf
lin, was appointed by the Governor
to the $4,000 place of chief of the
bureau of statistics in the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry. The
Governor will be urged to name a
judge. as license courts must be held
within three weeks. Judge Shull
was here to-day. The Governor is
in Florida.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
HAYS OF INDIANA
ELECTED G. O. P. HEAD
[Continucd from First Pagc.I

[Continucd from First Page.1
mittee would appoint a new eXecu-
tive committee. giving the party new
leadership. He said that after Mr..
Adams became convinced he could
not be elected, he said he knew of
no better man for the chairmanship
than Mr.. Hays, who is chairman of
the Indiana State Central Commit
tee.
The agreement came after three
days of bitter controversy and cleo
tioneering. The fight was kept off
the committee floor by the refusal
of twelve men holding the balance
of voting power to pledge them
selves. These men all came to the
city comparatively late and found
earlier arrivals pledged to one camp
or the other. They had not expected
a real fight
Lead Harmony Move
The leaders in the harmony move
ment, Senator Penrose. Frank II.
Hitchcock, George W. Perkins and
Senator Penrose, Frank II. Hitch
cock, George w. Perkins and Sen
ator Calder, desired above all to
settle the fight before the commit
tee met. Those who held the bal
ance of power were Oliver y. Street,
Alabama; Allen B. James, Arizona;
Coleman Due Pont, Delaware, Geo.
w. Bean, newly seated as commit
teeman from Florida.
William p. Jackson, Maryland:
Judge Purdy, holding the proxy of
Senator Kellogg. of Minnesota, a
newcomer on the committee, who
was unable to attend; Harry Kelly,
proxy for Charles A. Spiess. of New
Mexico: Willis c. Cook. South Da-
kota: Earl S. Kinsley, Vermont: V.
l.. Highland. West Virginia; Alfred
T. Rogers, Wisconsin, and Patrick
Sullivan, proxy for George e. Pex-
ton, of Wyoming.
The committeeman and national
party leaders present were jubilant
at the outcome. The Indiana rAen
credited Hays with winning the last
election for the Republicans. His
friends said he was in line for the
next nomination for governor Frank
II. Hitchcock voiced the general feel
ing when he said:
Il am perfectly delighted. Hays is
an exceptionally efficient man and
there is no better organizer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
"Down With the Kaiser"
Was Hennig's Sentiment

New York. Feb. 1S. Paul c. H
Hennig, testifying under crosseNami-
nation to-day at his trial on a charge
of treason, in the Federal Court in
Brooklyn. characterized as imperfect
the gryoscope parts which the Gov
ernment had introduced as imperfect
during presentation of its case.
The defendant declared that on one
occasion during his employment as q
RyrosCope expert by firm having
Government contracts he rejected as
imperfect 1885 parts of lot of 1000
The fault. he said, lay in the harden
ing process used.
Reiterating his testimony of yes
terday that his antigovernment activi-
ties in Germany in 1906 forced him tc
fee from his native country to the
United States, Hennig said he con-
cluded one of his public speeches al
Leipsic with the words down with
the Kaiser. High with the rebel flag.