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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
r,i.coIor viii be Used In Profusion
when French Veteran Army
Band Comes to keokuk
Friday,
10 CARRY FRENCH FLAGS
erectators OF Parade are Asked ia
Do This, and Many organiza-
tions viii Escort Poilus
From Train.

MANY committees for the reception
md entertainment of the French
Army band were completing their
arrangements today SO that from the
sfriyal Of the band on the southbound
burlington train at 9.05 o'clock Fri
day morning the days entertainment
NAV move forward without hitch.
final promises were secured today
from the employers Of returned sol
diers to release them in time to APP
near in the parade in uniform. Sew
eral of the fraternal organizations
that have been active in war work
will be represented by large delega-
lions. and with the reception COM
mittee and French army veteran mu-
sicians in automobiles led by the
Keokuk Concert band. a good looking
parade OF handsome proportions will
move over the line OF march.
Special requests have been made of
the Main street merchants to dress
their windows in the tri-colors, and
SPECTATORS are asked to carry small
French flags.
The Commercial club will decorate
Main StIGSS CD lcbA OuS oS tAAo ohdS0hS
Of material will reach, and will leave
the decorations up over Saturday,
during the cooperation sale.
viii Kodak the Water Power.
When the French Army band was
in Buffalo. N. Y, kodak company
presented each visiting Frenchman
with kodak and a quantity of film,
and information has been received
that all the members OF the band are
saving negatives to shoot the big
water power plant and dam, about
which they have heard so much. Ar
rangements have been made at the
power house to>show them the whole
plant and explain just how It works.
Some uneasiness was felt about
getting the band to Keokuk on time
for the parade as planned, but Cap
tain Pollain autographed yesterday
that they would be here on the
morning Burlington train unless that
train was wrecked. I'VE are looking
forward to the Keokuk visit" he
said
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02

the Judge found him entangled In the
law of Joint tenantcy, inheritance
bv a spouse without children in Iowa
seizen. and some more of Blackstone.
In the end, he found he could not
stav in the shack over the objections
,of Mrs. Cozad, and Officer Brennan
holds the shotgun in escrow at the
police station.
Finally the only thing in dispute
voc red cap worn by little Cozad
sirl that Estes claimed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02

flows through 1t and the Mississippi
washes its eastern boundary, some
thing more touching for dry interiors.
Last year the state compounded and
put on the market Taboo gallons
of soft drinks The quantity is mere
appetizer for the flood to come when
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
Auto Goes into Ditch.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
DIES MONIES, Ia, Apri flames
BEEN was killed and his wife and an
other woman were seriously injured
when the BEEN automobile went into
a ditch on the outskirts Of town early
today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
Violent Outbreaks.

LONDON, April 2.-violent out
breaks and sabotage throughout the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02

PARIS, April "A Copenhagen dit
patch to LIE Matin today declared g
general strike has been proclaimed IL
Berlin.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
ISN'T IT AMUslNo1

The Alabama Methodist Conference
at Mobile. Alabama, has called or
President Wilson toNsummon an inter
national conference to investigate th<
condition Of the Jews in the nationa
Of Europe and to take steps to stol
age long persecution.
Right there At home in Alabama
pogroms are in evidence at almost
any time. Hundreds of innocent
colored men have been tortured
burned at the stake or mob murdered
in some other way. but the hypo
critical Methodists have not been able
to Gee those atrocities, or having seen
them. history does not record that
they have ever made protests.
Raising their eyes high above the
outrages committed by alleged Chris
ttans on real Christians in Alabama
the psalm singers have the nerve to
look 1000 miles across the sea and
protest against prosecutions in other
lands.
The Southern Caucasian Christian
is queer bird.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
ETERNAL VIGILANCE.

The meeting OF the Colored Liberty
Congress at Washington, D.. c., re-
Gently, brings to mind the old adage,
Eternal Vigilance is the Price of
Liberty" Many people seem to have
forgotten this old and trite saying.
The colored people who are not only
surrounded by enemies who are try
ing to undo them and fitch from them
their rights as Americans, should re-
member that there is far more sin1-
ster and unprincipled foe within. &.
1t is the foe within which is more
dangerous than the foe without, whose
moves are usually open and above
board. On the contrary the foe within
Is rank coward, Hckspittle and a
sneak, and often spreads his poison
when no one of the race is near. -
A large number Of the negroes"
as they almost invariably call them.
selves, who solicit money for segre-
gated schools and other Institutions
are traitors of the deepest dye. Ad-
mitted,; grinning, to the private ONCE
of some white philanthropist.s in order
to reach his pocket-book, they belittle
the colored people and tell him that
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
END AUTOCRACY OF COLOR
Asks Editor of THE APPEAL in an Appeal Wired to
President Wilson on the Eve of His Ill
Departure for Peace Table, u ~
calls Color Line Greater Menace to Permanent World
Peace Than Hun Mitarism Just Overthrown
Asks President to Aid the Oppressed of All Nations.
Races, Colors, Creeds and Sex in Realizing
Liberty; Fraternity and Equality '~~~

Saint Paul, Mimi, Dec. 2, 1918.
To the President,
White House,
Washington, D. c.
Sir:
Now that the world war is over and
! military autocracy has been doomed.
I appeal to you as the representative
OF the United States at the Peace
| Table, to demand the abolition of that
greater menace to the peace of the
world, THE AUTOCRACY OF COLOR.
Through the centuries the colored
races OF the globe have been subjected
to the most unjust and inhuman treat
ment by the so-called white peoples.
Every atrocity which the Huns have
inflicted on the helpless white peoples
OF the world during the four years of
war now ending, has been suffered by
| the colored peoples of the world for
more than four hundred years.
In the recent war the colored races
nave furnished as many men as the
white races have supplied, If the labor
and fighting units are both counted.
and now that victory has been won,
it is but just that the color line which
has hampered the progress of the COL
ored peoples, should be abolished at
once. Not only that, but the op-
pressed of the white race should be
delivered from oppression.
Mr.. President, shall endeavor to
! outline program which should meet
the approval of every believer in world
democracy:
l. Home rule for Ireland.
2. Home rule for India.
3. Home rule for all colonies which
| desire it..
4. Standardization for the people
OF all countries, in which the people
| are practically all of one race or ma
tionality and yet dominated and op-
pressed by a few of different race or
nationality.
S. The former German colonies to
become republics under the protection
OF the League of Nations. These peo-
pie are as capable of self-government
as the people of Russia, Germany, Tur-
key. or the Balkan States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
OUR coLoRED TROOPS,

(From Popular Mechanics, Chicago. }
Had it occurred to you, the uniyer.
sal loyalty OF our colored citizens
have you ever met colored man In
this country who was pro-German
DO you even know anyone who thinks
he has actually seen one? I have
personally made this inquiry in the
South, in New England, on the Pacific
coast, and here at home in the central
West, and have arrived at the firm
conviction There amt no such ami.
NAL" as pro-German American COL
ored man.
When the big war started and Bern
ston let loose his long and carefully
prepared plans of arson, bombs,
strikes, and general confusion in this
country, one of the most dastardly
schemes on which his boss depended,
was an uprising of the nine million
colored people in the South. The ef-
fort was we'll organized, beautifully
supplied with money, was operated
with great secrecy, and at first was
carried on outside the larger southern
cities. All sorts of impossible rewards
were promised; the blacks wero to
own and rule the South; every sort
OF poison lie was used to tempt the
colored people into a revolt against
the whites. It was expected and
hoped this revolution would keep this
country busy for the duration OF the
war. OF all this people in the North
heard very little. -
To the everlasting credit of the COL
Ored people they refused to be led into
the trap, and like the proposed revolu-
ton In India and Egypt and some
other countries, the plot m1serably
failed.
At last We entered the war. What
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
A JIMcROW BISHOP.

Some reverend colored man was re.
Gently made sutfragan bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. A sui.
fragan is simply an assistant bishop
and he can only assist the presiding
bishop of the diocese by doing what
he Is ordered to do. and in this par
ticular case. only among the particu-
lar class of people he is ordered to
serve. Thus he is a segregated rub
Der stamp who must follow the whims
and caprices of his master, tho white
bishop, and he has no vote in the con-
vention.
For many years some jimcrow Epis-
copal ministers have endeavored to
have jimcrow bishop appointed. The
intelligent colored people were op.
posed to it and protested to the Gen.
eral Convention Of the Church against
the infamy of a color line in the
church of God. -. ~-.. g. .-..
The plan was thwarted for a while.
but when jimcrow negro makes
up his mind to do something which
will lower himself and his race in the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
Must Judge A Group by it. Best
(From tho Christian Register, Boston.

SSo0S ~ 0IoUp ~ l1 OOSt.
(From tho Christian Register, Boston.
Nass)
No one can be said to know any
class Of people who has not been In
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best a. we'll ~ the worst OF the
class. We compare many persons
who live in the South. and think they
know the oolored race. with others
who have had no such contact, but
who have come into intimate and syn,.
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF that race whom their Southern
friends have never known; and 4: the
two sets OF people We should say that
tho second knew tho colored people
better than the flrst. They know aspi-
ratlons among them that the others
do 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 obli-
vtous Of; they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
others BY their very acquaintance are
blinded. II those who know the COL
ored race through tho mass and by
observation merely could know what
individual possibilities are demon
stratsd in growing numbers Of the
elect, and would be couragoously can
did with themselves. they would re-
wise their judgments and possibly sof-
ten their prejudices. At any rate.
they ought to credit to those on WHOM,
they charge ignorance Of the oolored
race the values that come from know
ing how many of that race are the
equal Of any members OF the dominant
race in tho highest abilities and in the
clearest aims. No estimate 10 worth
much which does not take people at
their best.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
Buy War Savings Stamps

600 African Methodists and 100000
Baptists. Domestic problems, while
OF dominant local interest, are actu.
ally subordinate to the fundamental
justice of the elements of the African
race to govern themselves"
From Chicago, ILL.,, under date OF
December 18th, Bishop Schaffer de,
MES any knowledge of the delegation
and says that he is certain it does not
represent the African Methodist Epis.
copal Church or any other church in
this vicinity.
1T may be made up of persons who
say they represent u.s. says the
Bishop, "but our organization has
never been consulted"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
ON TO FRANCE


the Sanonal Coored Congress
Nana Equal Rights League 1915 at Washnrtpn
less than $4,000 at Coed paan
VIII Tue n OBJECT OF sending in
R OF our race elected by this body to procd to
core America arsnst
ment of the - Wv "0140 o0nApacI III the read1ust-
you millions
Loan United
NO" Will in
table? ,'o l0OON'n VI Soor own presented at the
o you national treasurer
ooo ON Street. N w, to
Colored Democracy ~ ioln your state to the
N s. Taylor, l. Neiua w
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04

eyes of the public, he can invariably
count on the assistance of his white
friends (?), who will go the limit to
aid him. Finally the jimcrow won
and it was decided that jimcrowism
was the proper thing. One of the
jobs was offered to Rev. James S. Rus
sell of Virginia, but he declined to be
a segregated bishop.
Some papers are boasting about the
matter but it Is nothing to be proud
of. The heads of the church who
have demonstrated that they have no
right to be called Christian and the
man who accepted the place ought to
hang their heads in shame.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
EXTINCTION or THE HYpHEn


A suggestion has been made in thu
Mail Bag which the Dispatch and
Pioneer Press wish to extend to its
limit and then unqualinedly approve.
It applies to the absolute abolish.
ment Of the hyphen, in its racial
sense, henceforward and forever. If
the war has done anything, It has
made US all Americans, 100 per cent
test. 1t has left the hyphen extinct,
Hereafter there is. in our American
Ism, no room for dilution or limita.
ton. The new order of things in.
cludes all possible combinations OF
hyphenism and is not limited to the
nationalities over which we have
scored a victory in the name of lib.
erty. 1t takes in friend and foe alike,
A man can be no more an Anglo.
American or a Franco-American than
a German-American. In our patriotic
lexicon there Is no hyphen. When q
man is born an American or becomes
one OF his free will through the pro-
cess OF law he is at the end and the
summit. We amplify this suggestion
by our Mail Bag friends and give It
our cordial Endorsement. :,
The foregoing excerpt from the St,
Paul Pioneer-Press has our hearty ap-
prevail and we beg to add that the
Afro ought to be taken out of the
Afro-American and the Negro out of
the Negro-American.. The war for de.
mocracy has been fought and won, let
US all now be just-AMERICANS.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS.

Some get-rich-quick concerns are
endeavoring to persuade patriotic
Liberty bond holders, whom they
know will not sell outright their Lib
erty bonds, to turn over their Liberty
bonds to these companies as security
for loan and with the money thus
borrowed purchase stock in their
companies.
A Liberty loan bond is the safest
investment in the world, and a pru-
dent man will very carefully investt-
gate any effort to induce him to e1-
change it for less safe investment.
This lending one money on Liberty
bonds as security to purchase stock
in the lenders company is in many
cases only thinly disguised method
of exchanging stock Of doubtful value
for Liberty bonds of unquestioned
value.
1t IS a good business and it is
patriotism to hold your Liberty
bonds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
WALLER AGAINST "NEoRo."
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says Il causss
Mental and Physical Segregation.

noted erookIyn Doctor says Il Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.
(From Amsterdam Nsws.)
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: cannot too heartily conxratu-
late you on a recent editorial discour-
aging the use of the word Negro"
There il no greater delight enjoyed by
the white people of the United States
today than the spreading use of this
unfortunate term. Why! They real
he that it IL the most potential fae-
tor at work at the present to bring
about both q physical and mental
segregation of the people Of color. Its
use Is on the increase only because
our speakers and writer's, especially
DO Bots and Washington feel that its
repetition. I'D nauseam, 10 necessary to
retain the good will Of tho masses. The
torn Negro" is not only absurdly IL.
accurate Al applied to millions of COL
ored people, but it Is also alarminxly
injurious, for the following reasons:
=. 1t has never stood historically or
IN the present. anywhere In the world,
Tor anything noble or uplifting Most
htgh-grade Africans repudiate It..
b. In Africa and out of Africa It was
never applied to the higher types, but
to Guineas, Sudaness and Ssneeam.
bans only.
e. 1ts derivatives, "Nesroism," me
xrofy," and its compounds, Nexre
head, Nogro-1y, Negro-monksy, are an
clearly in their associations, dssrad.
ing. .'@'
d. Its feminine form, "Negrsss," il
Justly and correctly used to define
your wife and daughter and sweet
heart, If you favor the use OF the mas
culine term.
.. 1t 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 10
speaks Of the worthy he invariably
says 'colored."
t. It il not differentiated in the mind
and thought of the whites from their
favorite and generally used (among
thsmselvss) terms. Negro" and Mig
ger"
&. Al stated by an eminent Japaa>se
diplomat it has an unquestioaed in.
huence in cutting us OF from tho
thought, sympathy and cooperation
OF the millions Of colored Africans.
Astat1cs and Islanders Of tho Youder
world. -, -
Worry truly yours,
OWEN n. WALLER. N. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04

then OF the colored man? When vol.
untary enlistment was offered, he re-
sponded promptly and in large num-
bers. During the Civil War, it was
no infreQuent part of northern gen.
erals report Of battle that "the COL
ored troops fought bravely." The re-
ports which are reaching us of the
colored troops in France include more
than fought bravely'-they fight
magnif1cently.
Yes, the colored troops are still
fighting bravely."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
Not "Nlgqer"-Not "Neqro."
(FrOm the Washin pf0n Paa


Bishop Wilbur Thirkield, in discus
sing colored Americans in the South
western Christian Advocate, and in
his reply to Irwin s. Cobb, says: 1.-THE
writer means we'll, but he does not
seem to know what the term 'nigger'
that has persisted as a relic of slav-
cry and has in it the sting of liquid
f1re to every self-respecting Negro,
must CO."
Yes, and The Bee asserts that not
only the word "nigger" must go. but
the word Negro" We are American
citizens, the same as you. although
our skin may be dark The white
man manufactured both terms and
the Government legalizes them and
colored Americans perpetuate them.
For Gods sake, give both terms a rest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04

the race favors segregation. For
every dollar they collect a thousand
dollars worth of harm is done.
It Is we'll for colored men and
women to meet publicly often and pro-
test against the many wrongs they
are forced to endure, and give the lie
to the vermin who do so much to in
jure the race.
And while watching the enemy WITH
out and protesting against discrimi-
nations, keep an eye on the enemy
within and denounce his nefarious
work.
Remember, Eternal Vigilance is the
Price of Liberty"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04

6. The abrogation of the "White
Australia" legislation and the &C.
acknowledgement of the right of all peo.
pies to acquire citizenship.
z. The repeal by the United States
OF all anti-oriental immigration laws
and the acknowledgment Of the right
or Japanese and Chinese and Malays
to become citizens.
8. The repeal of all United States
laws CHASING certain Indians as non.
citizens, all people of American Indian
blood to be Immediately recognized as
American citizens.
3. The repeal of all laws of the
United States, or of any state, in which
the words colored, African, Afro-Amer.
lean, Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Japanese
or Chinese are used for the purpose to
making determinations against the
people of any race, nationality, class
or creed, and the immediate abroga.
ton OF any color line restrictions en-.
forced without warrant Of law.
. 10. The nations comprising the
League Of Nations to be forbidden to
enact any legislation which in any way
d1scriminates against the people of the
Caucasian, Monaghan, African, Indian,
and Malay races, or against any ma.
tionality, religious creed or sex.
II. The free immigration of the PEG.
pie of any one country to any other
country having membership in the
League to be neither denied nor
abridged on account of race, national
ity, class, color, creed, or sex.
The adoption of the foregoing rules
In the Constitution of the League OF
Nations would not only mean freedom
equality and democracy for all man.
kind but would be an actual earthly
realization of the Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man.
Trusting Mr.. President, that you will
as the representative OF our great re-
public, advocate the principles I have
enumerated, am,
Very truly yours,
JOHN @. ADAMS,
Editor The Appeal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
QUEER WORLD THIS.

After more than a hundred years of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, during which time
the Poles have been subjected to op-
preston in its varied forms by Ger.
many, Austria and Russia, the people
are to be reunited as free Polish ma
ton and their independence has been
recognized by the allies. -
After all they have suffered for more
than century is it not strange ia
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
LEAGUE CABLES WILSON
ON LYNCHING OF WOMEN
AND COLORED SOLDIER.
Notify U. S. Peace Delegation of
Quadruple Lynching at Home
Soldier in UnifOrm-Ask
About Safe Democracy in
America.

The Boston Branch of the
National Equal Rights League
sent the following cablegram
through its president, Mr.. E.
T. Morris:
Boston, Mass, Dec. Fl, 1918.
Pres. Wilson, U. S. Peace Del
egation, Paris, France. Col
ored soldier lynched in uni
form in Kentucky; 4 lynched
in Mississippi, 2 of them Col
ored women. Should not
America also be made safe
for democracy.
BOSTON EQUAL RIGHTS
LEAGUE,
E. T. Morris.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04
Hates the Term "Nsaeo."

Il hate the term Negro because it
is being used in terms of hatred. 1t
IL tho cause of the segregation of the
Negro; 1t il being used in contempt
In public places; it 10 an excuse for
dfsfranchising him; and It IL an ex-
cuse for lynching him. Only one
tenth OF ono per cent of tho colored
people in America can trace their
descent to Africa, and there Is no
moro right to call all colored people
Negroes than to call all white people
Turks or Armenians. "-E1-Assistan
United States Attorney General VIM.
II. Lewis, Boston, Mass. O .....
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04

note that they celebrated their new
found freedom with a great poerom
or massacre of the Jews when they
captured Lembery.
The Associated Press correspondent
sent the following in reference to the
brutal massacre:
Immediately upon entering the
CITY the Poles proceeded to sack and
burn the Ghetto district, whose vic,
TINS numbered several thousand. The
streets were filed with the charred
bodies. of murdered Jews, many OF
whom, In the frenzy of despair, had
leaped from the burning buildings
which were surrounded by Polish
troops"