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c. V. OFFICIALS SEEK TO
AVOID FREIGHT DAMAGE

Montpelier, Sept. 5.-Several of the Off
ciais OF the Central Vermont railway
were mere Tonight for conference with
the employees OF the company in this city
ana Barre which was held in the freight
once "here the matter of how to avoid
damage 10 freight was discussed az some
iehsth' IL Is part of the federal adj
mlhisfation program TO prevent so much
damage being done freight handled by
railroad employees.
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HIS EXPERIENCE

Gentleman ito besgar)-You know the
saying that II man does not work he
shall not eat?
Beggar-I don't fnd it 'zactly dat way.
boss, but I know II my stories don't work
| don't eat.-Exchange.
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PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY

land, Sept. 5.-Three petitions ir
fuptcy have just heen filed in the
of Clerk Henry Conlin Of the United
court in this city as follows:
ter 3. Hutchins, Norwich. mil
pr; liabilities. s55257; assets, s2.242, II
planned exempt.
lard b. Rushford, ST. Adams. boile,
RS helper, liabilities, 1922; assets
Hlaimed exempt.
ut Sargent, Barre. occupation not
liabilities, $l02S.26; assets, 1855
himed exempt
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Adioo Guy, CHI. h., tHudson) .......l
Baron Alta. b. h.. tSunderkain) 80 3
Baxter Lou, CHI, h., ,Bruse) ....,S 8 8
Ben Earl, h. g., tCoakley) ..,.......6 8
Northern Direct, h. h., tBurgess) "A 5
Silver King, CHI. G., 0Dorr) .....,...5
Bill Jackson. br. g.. tMcDonald) 81 8 DIS.
Time: 2:o9s4; 2;osi.; 2;Oeh,
Quarters second heat; ,S294; l:o4; 1857:
o;o9i4,
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RUTLAND COUNTY FAIR
TRACK RECORD BROKEN
Adioo Guy Wins Free-for-AH in :,0eN,
2,O9h and 2iOOA

Rutland, Sept, THE track record Of
2;1o was broken in all three heats OF the
s.. 500 free-for-all which marked the close
of the Rutland fair races Saturday. being
won by Adioo Guy owned by B. F. O'Neil
Of Halifax, y. s.
Ga,
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BELGIAN ROYALTIES
WILL SAIL SEPT, %

Brussels, Sept. Sit is announced that
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth. with
Crown Prince Leopold. will sail on Sep
TENDER 22 for theUnited States, on an
American warship.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-09-11
PASSES BILL TO GIVE
ITALIAN WOMEN THE VOTE

Rome. Thursday, Sept. 1.-THE Chamber
of Deputies to-day passed the bill giving
Italian women the right Of suffrage
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Get that position through advertising
in the classification that is the modern
way of applying for work"
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Patrick Duluth. br. h., Crosier....1 1 J
Balen. b. G., Dorr. ..,................2 . I
Nelson Todd, h. h., Jamson.......3 4 !
Pluchy Chat. gr e., Hodson........S 8 8
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Otway Byrd, b. h.. Pickle. ...........4 DIR.
Time, 2:lsie. 2:1sla. Pts.
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Proud Peter. b. e., Crosier !
Revelry, b. g.. Fox..................2 2 q
William Blng, b. e., Pickle. ......3 3
Bell Gay, b. m. Burgess. ...........5
Sis Armont, b. NJ, Naughan..........6
Guyor. b. h., Jamson................4 DIR.
Time, 2:l7,c, 2l74, 2:lsA.
TROT. PURSE $1,000
Neptune Boy, b. c.. (RusselD. ......... /
Amelia. b. f. ,Burgess) .....,. .,..,.,. 2 I
Dolly Guy, b. T., tWoodrow). ......... 8 3
Van Mont. blk. g., Vaughan)........ I
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Rabban, CHI h., tMosher). ...........1
Roy Hall b. h.. Reed)...,,...,.......3 2 q
Anoakia, blk. m, tPope).,...,......3 8
Belle Locanda, blk. M. tO'Clair)..4 I 3
DR.. Gaines, b. g., ICampbclD. 8 6
Belle. G.. blk m, tRoberts) ..,......5 5 S
Time, 2;1a 1-2, 2;l9 L. o:le1-4.
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RUTLAND FAIR RACES
WON IN STRAIGHT HEATS
Twelve Thousand People Witness
Events-NO Stirring Finishes

Rutland Sept. 1.-The four races at the
Rutland fair to-day went on straight
heats with no close competition for the
winners, Twelve thousand people wit.
messed the events. The summarizes
2l5 TROT, PURSE 5000
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A classified ad will get your message
to the man who has Job for you.
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10000 At RUTLAND FAIR
Two Days Race Program Combined In
Onc-Featurc Is 2,1s Pace Won BY
Nellie Armont Of Saratoga

Rutland, Sept. AT least 3oOCo people
witnessed the races at the Rutland fair
to-day, two days program being COM
bined. The feature was the 2:1S pace
which was won by Nellie Armont.
Glens Falls horse in two neck and neck
finishes with Queer Lady from Saratoga
second after Queen of the Peters had been
distanced with two heats to her credit.
Summary:
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Belle. c.. blk. m, tRoberts). ........5
Time, 2:la 1-2, 2;l91-2, o:i9l-4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
Trotter Not a Trimmer.
(FrOm the Richmond Planet)

\FrOm the Richmond Planet)
William Monroe Trotter is in the
we'll in Paris and we are expected to
pull him out over here by sending
him financial assistance. Money is
needed and it should be sent to him.
He has made a most remarkable fight.
He is plucky and true to the core.
He is not trimmer" He has not
accepted compromising appointments
and he has not sought official hon.
ors. Help is needed and William
Monroe Trotter needs this help. Ra-
clal organizations and religious
bodies should send money to William
Monroe Trotter and they should see
that William Monroe Trotter himself
gets this help.
We are proud of this Bostonian.
He may have made his mistakes, but
ne is not making any mistakes now.
He is succeeding in doing just what
we believe should have been done by
an organized colored commission in
Paris. With the lights before us and
speaking off-hand, it seems to us that
William Monroe Trotter has out
stripped in service to the race every
leader, who has succeeded in going
abroad. Make friends with our op-
posers and our advocates and with
a united front let us join in raising
money to- send to William Monroe
Trotter in Paris, before his location
is ascertained and our natural enc
mics find a way to deport him.
Our hat is off to William Monroe
Trotter in Paris.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12

they were human beings. There was
no patronizing. They were treated
like men because that is the custom
in France. On the contrary the white
American soldiers continually insulted
and mistreated their colored brothers
in arms. To infer that the relations
between respectable French women
and .colored men were immoral is an
Infamous slur on the French women
and an insult to the colored defenders
of democracy.
1t is said that the French demi-
mondaines preferred the colored men,
and this piqued the white Americans
They did not object to the sin, but
the fact that the female sinner was
a French woman and the male sinner
an American colored man.
The averave white American accus-
omed to the Infamous, abnormal, un-
Christian, and really un-American
color line, can not grasp the psychology
of the French people who not only
have no color line but cannot com
prehend it's meaning.
France which gave to the world
the Dumas, pere ct fills, judges men
by merit not by color. France is true
to it's motto,
''Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
"SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY"

A well-known colored resident of
st. Paul who is serving in the United
States army now in France sends a
letter which gives an idea of the pres
ent conditions which surround the
colored soldiers who fought ito make
the world safe for democracy" AS
the censorship has not yet been lifted,
we withhold the name and address
of the writer for fear that he may
be punished for sending the letter,
which follows:
Somewhere in France, June 4, 1919.
To the Editor of THE APPEAL:
l am writing to let you know what
our boys are doing in France and
what is being done to us. We landed
at Sainte Nazaire, a city of 100000
people, and trained while under
great odds. We were then ordered
to the front and were getting ready
to go when the armistice was signed
We all wanted to go, as there was
not man in the whole division who
had streak of yellow down his back.
We are now located at -, France,
that is two companies, and the Med
ical Corps and the other companies
are at different places. The two
companies are in charge of two large
mess halls and can feed about 5000
men in about rs minutes. The men
in the Medical Department look after
the sick in the camp and examine
the troops that are embarking for
home.
What we are doing here is not ap-
preciated, and there is a great deal of
segregation over here. In some
places you can see in large letters
signs reading FOR WHITE TROOPS
ONLY. At the white young Mems
Christian Association" in camp a COL
ored soldier cannot buy anything and
when you attend a movie show you
are roped off. And why? Just to
satisfy the Southern white man. The
colored soldier has caused less trou-
bic than any other soldier in this
country. Something ought to be done.
We have done our bit toward world
democracy and we must enjoy little
of it. We are going to demand it
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
SATURDAY JULY IL, 1919.
A HINT FROM DANIELS.

The reason for the recruiting cam
paign being carried on by the navy
simultaneously with the announcement
of the reduction of the enlisted per-
sonnet to 100000 is set forth in a
statement by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels.
plans are being formulated for an
extensive cruise of the feet in the
fall" says Mr.. Daniels, ITO give the
men in the service an opportunity to
visit various ports as reward for ex-
cellent service during the period Of
hostilities, and it is believed that a
large number of men in civil life may
wish to avail themselves of the op-
portunity to enlist for this cruise"
In his hint" Secretary Daniels did
not say that certain Americans were
barred, but when colored Americans
present themselves they are informed
that they must come in as servants
or stay out. That is the Daniels idea
of democracy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
AN INFAMOUS STATEMENT

DR. Clarence True Wilson, general
secretary of the board of temperance,
prohibition and public morals" Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, ought to
be very careful in the stuff he hands
out to the public for he has just made
a statement which is not wholly true
and which is an insult to one group
of American fighters.
On the authority of Deets Pickett,
research secretary of the board who
has just returned from Europe, the as
sertion is made that drunkenness, dis
honesty, immortality and the associa-
ton of French women with colored,
men, are some of the causes for their
dissatisfaction with France
In another column of this issue of
THE APPEAL will be found letter
from a st Paul man who is now
soldier in France thousands of such
letters have been received from col
ored soldiers), which shows that the
alleged Young Mems CHRISTIAN
Association" drew the color line, and
colored soldiers were continually in
suited by signs reading, "For White
Troops Only
There is no color line in France
or any other European country, not
even in Germany. The French people
treated the colored Americans as if
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12

stated on conditions similar to the
above.
If the policyholder is unable to
keep the full amount of War Risk In
surance- he carried while in the serv-
ice, he may reinstate part of it from
SlOOO up to $4,000 in multiples of
$500. Reductions may be made in
multiples of 1000 to any amount, but
not less than $1,000. Premiums are
due on the first of the month, al
though payments may be made any
time during the calendar month.
Premiums should be paid by check,
draft or money order payable to the
Treasurer of the United States, and
sent to the Premium Receipt Section,
Bureau of War Risk Insurance, WASH
ington, D. C.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
urges all discharged service men,
whenever they write to the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance, to be sure to
furnish the following information:
l.. Full name Gncluding first mid
die and last name) and complete ad-
dress.
2. Rank at the time Of applying
for insurance.
3. Army or Navy organization at
time of applying for insurance.
4. Army serial number, if in the
Army.
5. The number of insurance certifi-
cate, if known
If this is done the, handling of the
matter will be greatly expedited.
Notwithstanding the reinstatement
ruling, service men must bear in mind
that while they have the opportunity
to again put their policies in force,
! II the insurance becomes lapsed at the
=; end of the calendar month, death
claims will not be paid if death should
occur before reinstatement of policy
Premium should be kept up to insure
the safety of the policy, hence the
slogan "Don't Fall Behind"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12

business and engineering subjects.
The preparatory courses are of high
school grade. The college courses
enable one to work for credit toward
degree from the University. AS many
as half the credits required may be
earned In this way. Students who
seek university credit must be able to
satisfy the entrance requirements of
the University, but if credit is not de-
sired, any one may register for these
courses Many Of them are of general
value, dealing as they do with eco
Monies, history, political science.
sociology, and other subjects Of pres
ent interest. The vocational courses
are practical in their nature and make
constant application of the principles
they teach. These, as well as the
other types of courses, will be in
creased in number and scope as the
demand grows
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
ADDRESS PRESENTED TO PEACE CONFERENCE
By NATIONAL coLoRED CONGRESS FOR woRLD DE-
MOCRACY UNDER THE AUSPICES THE NATIONAL EQUAL
RIGHTS LEAGUE At WASHINGTON, o. C. DEC 10, 1918

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
JOHN @. ADAMS,
OkUMA PLEADS FOR END OF BAN
AGAINST RACE,

Marquis Okuma, who has twice been
premier of Japan, contributes to the
Taikan (Outlook)- strong article on
the desirability Of obtaining the aboli-
ton of discrimination against his race.
Among other things he says:
despite all the talk of justice and
equality for all people, small or great,
colored or white, there still persists a
strong prejudice against our race. 1t
is a prejudice which we cannot toler-
ate for moment.
There is no need for japan to be
afraid of insisting on what all justice
loving people adjudge to be right.
Japan s present development did not
originate in the desire to conquer
others. If she insists on being &C.
corded equal treatment with the west
ern powers, it is because she wishes
to lead the rest of the oriental nations
to light and civilization"
Now isn't it disgusting to think that
" 6iedI udtIOH ike Japan, WIN q great
army and powerful navy is continually
fighting determinations, while GER
tain groups of negroes" are doing
their best to segregate themselves in
the United States and deprive them
selves of the advantages of full Ameri-
can citizenship.
The state of Mississippi leads the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12

when we return. No doubt you have
heard of the faults of the Y M. G. A.
and they are true in the respects that
state. I hope you will take this
matter up with some men who have
political influence and make an in
vestigation of the things which exist
over here before it is too late.
There is another thing we should
! like to know. Why are colored troops
being held in France and then not al
lowed to enlist in the Army of Occu-
patton? You see, these are the
! things which confront us daily. AL
ways something to hold us down.
Our only friend in need is the Red
Cross. 1t is the best organization
in France and is everywhere the SOL
diers are. The service is good and
the prices for their canteen are cheap,
and every man who wears the O. D.
uniform is the same to them. This
is also true of the Salvation Army and
the Knights of Columbus, and when
these organizations appeal for money
they need it and I hope that every
one who is able to subscribe will
do so. Yours very truly,
It is outrageous that the conditions
described should exist and appeals
should be made to the powers that
be to right these wrongs. So far as
the Y. M. G. A. is concerned, THE
APPEAL has never had any faith in
lit. It is one of the greatest fakes
the world has ever known and has
probably done more to cultivate race
word "Christian'' as a part of it's title.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
HOW LAPSED WAR RISK INsUR.
ANCE MAY BE RElNSTATED.

Reinstatement of lapsed War Risk
Insurance is allowed up to nine
months from first date of lapse under
the provisions of an exceedingly i'm
portant and liberal ruling made by
the Treasury Department, May II,
1919, extending the reinstatement
privileges after separation of the in
sured from the active military or ma
val service. The following summary
Indicates how reinstatement may be
made, and when physical examina-
tions are required:
1. Where the insured has paid no
premiums since discharge:
(a) If not discharged more than
three months, the policy may be re-
lnstated by simply sending in past
due premiums, provided the insured
is still living. No application for re-
instatement or proof of good health
is required.
(b) If discharged more than three
months and less than nine months,
insured must be in as good health as
at date OF discharge, and so state in
his application for reinstatement
when sending in premiums past due.
No medical examination is required.
(c) If insured was DISCHARGED be-
fore January I, 1919, the insurance
may be reinstated at any time before
September 80, 1919, on the same con-
ditiOns as in paragraph above; name
ly, insured must be in as good health
as at date of discharge and so state
in his application for reinstatement
when sending in past due premiums
No medical examination is required.
2. Where the insured has paid the
first premium due after he was dis
charged, but has failed to pay some
of the later ones:
(a) If less than three months be-
hind in premium. payments and in
sured is in as good health as when
policy lapsed, and so states in his
application, he may reinstate without
medical examination by sending in
premiums past due
CD If more than three months be-
hind and less than nine months, in
.sured may reinstate, ii in as good
health as. at the date when the in
surance lapsed and so states in his
application and submits Herewith
satisfactory report to that effect to
the Director of War Risk Insurance
from reputable physician, together
With premiums past due.
Where the insurance has been
formally cancelled it may be rein
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
IN THE GHETTO

There have been several race riots
in Chicago, but the latest one is some
thing of a novelty Recently colored
people, not being able to find houses
in other parts of the city, began NOV
ing into the ghetto. The Jews forgot
all about their prosecutions in Europe
and ordered their colored brethren
out. When they refused to go, two
Jewish girls said they had been in
suited by negroes" Then the riot
started. Result: One colored man
dead, five white men wounded.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
Highest French Order Awarded to
Colored Soldier.
Special to- The Appeal.

Special to The Appeal.
Boston, July 2.-The act of Clar-
ence R. Van Allen, corporal of L
company, Three Hundred Seventy
second infantry regiment, in putting
out of action single handed a Ger
man machine gun, killing four of
it's crew and capturing three others,
was recognized today when he was
decorated with the medaille militaire,
the highest honor for heroism that
France confers on an enlisted man.
Officers of the Northeastern de-
partment, who turned out in a body
to do honor to the man who Was for
merly a waiter at a restaurant here,
said they believed he was the first
American soldier to receive the dec
grafton.
Van Allen was already the possess
sor of the distinguished service cross
and the Croix de Guerre.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
-Abyssinian Flag Is UnfurIed in
washington.

Washington July 1.-THE flag of
Abyssinia, one of the worlds oldest
governments with history dating
back to the days, of the Queen of
Sheba, was unfurled in Washington
today on the arrival of the delegation
from that nation. The visiting mis-
sion consists of three members and
came to this country to present to
President Wilson. the congratulations
OF their country on the victory of the
allied and associated governments. 1t
also will present to President Wilson
certain gifts from their government
The people of Abyssinia are black.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
Not "Nigger"-Not "Nearo."
(From the Washington Bee.)


Bishop Wilbur Thirkield, in discus
sing colored Americans in the South
western Christian Advocate, and in
MS reply to Irwin S. Cobb, says: "The
writer means well, but he does NOT
seem to know what the term tnigger'
that has persisted as a relic Of slav-
cry and has in it the sting of liquid
hre to every self-respecting Negro,
must CO."
. Yes, and The Bee asserts that not
only the word niger" 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 rest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
CORRESPONDENCE TEAcHlNcl
Is Now Developed at the University of
Minnesota,

IT was once thought that to gain
knowledge in any systematic manner
one must put himself under the direct
personal supervision of a teacher
Mary still think this, and when it is
impossible to do this give I'D all ef-
fort at self Improvement. This is to
call attention to the fact that instruc-
ton by correspondence has been de.
veloped to meet just such needs as
theirs at the State University at Min
neapolis and the work is conducted
Dy the Correspondence Study Depart
ment of the General Extension Divi-
sion.
The work as at present organized
includes preparatory and colleee grade
courses and vocational courses in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-07-12
Colored Man in Toronto a High Trac.
ton Official.

Toronto, Canada, July 10.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The prolonged street car strike
in Toronto brought in to the public eye
probably the most successful colored
business man in Canada. He is Fred
Hubbard. assistant general manager
OF the Toronto Street railway, who
draws a salary of some $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Hubbard's father took an interest
in municipal affairs, and year after
year was elected alderman and con-
troller and on one occasion was act
ing mayor.