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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO


The atrofities that brought on the
great world war and which was con-
tinued during it's four years of activi
ties, seems to have had the effect of
hardening the hearts of men every
where. Life and property weigh moth
ing in the scale. All sense of reason,
right, justice, mercy and every laud-
able human attribute seems to be en-
tirely lost sight of. All of which
causes us to wonder what is this world
coming to? Pouring oil on human
beings by other human CD beings
and setting fire to them was thought
to be pastime peculiar to prejudiced
southerners, but it appears that the
Turks in Armenia surpassed them bv
a large majority when they broke
through the roofs of seven churches
where Armenians were crowded.
poured burning oil on them set the
buildings on fire and 5000 persisted in
the flames. Six thousand more Ar
menians were killed in the lombard
ment and a 1000 more died from cold,
exposure, lack of food and other
causes. Economic conditions at home
and abroad are in a deplorable state
it seems to be every man for himself
and the devil take the hind most
which again causes US to exclaim:
What is this world coming to?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
ZONE HALF OF THE WORLD
DOESN'T KNOW HOW THE
OTHER HALF lIVES."

Most Of the people in the United
States who are not in the profiteer,
or 'bloated bondholder class, cannot
help wondering how their friends and
neighbors live in these strenuous
H.. c. l.. times? We believe we're
having an awful time but how would
1t be with us if we had to pay as they
do in Russia.
The Russian ruble is nominally
worth a trifle more than half dollar
OF our money. Reckoned on that
basis, bread in Russia is now selling
at $225 pound, -four at $3.50 to $3.50
a pound, beef at $275 to $500 pound,
pork at $3.50 pound, salt at $3.50 a
pound, butter at $1,000 to $1,000 a.
pound, the cheapest tobacco at $4,000
to $4,000 a pound, cigarettes SIS to Sc
each, and matches, half of which will
not light, at $50 a box. Army ra-
tions cost $500 to $500 a day for each
man. Apparently, the cheapest thing
in the country is paper with the ruble
mark printed on it. All of which is
to be commended to those who are
preaching the superiority of the Soviet
to the Republic.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1920
THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT.

Mayor William Hale Thompson OF
Chicago has triumphed over his many
political enemies and has carried "a
out of 35 wards in that city thus put.
ting him in complete political control
of the second city of the country. By
combining with a down-state leader
he will be able to control the great
state of Illinois and will name the
delegates-at-large to the Republican
National Convention. The imbecile
Republicans who endeavored to read
Thompson out of the party, charging
him with being pro-German during the
war, have been licked to a frazzle.
1t is very gratifying to THE APP
PEAL. to note that Thompson has been
able to win in spite Of the opposition
of the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago
Daily News and other hypocritical
newspapers, which for political rea
sons questioned his loyalty.
Mayor Thompson is a great Ameri
can, absolutely devoid of racial preju
dice, the representative of all classes
of Americans. He is headed for the
White House.
THE APPEAL dominates William
Hale Thompson Of Illinois for Presi.
dent of the United States.
The conditions may be such as to
prevent his nomination by the conven.
ton of 1920, but he may be elected
Governor of Illinois, and then U. s.
Senator and then in 1928, THE
APPEAL predicts he will be the can.
didate of the united Republican party
for President and will be triumphantly
elected.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
TIE BOYS CLUB FEDERATION

ITO West Fortieth Street, New York
City.
The Boys Club Federation of New
York is planning for a wide extension
OF Its work during the coming year,
IN the interest of the 100000 under
privileged boys of America, whose
need, following the war, is said to be
vital one. Immediate attention is
believed to be necessary if these lads
! are to be reclaimed and moulded into
men OF character and useful citizens.
me Federation is national organi-
zatlon with a large membership, op-
Grating without profit to itself, sup.
ported by voluntary contribution, it's
| purpose being to give practical direc-
tlonal training to the boy of limited
opportunities, to build him up physi-
cally anato carry him over the danger
period OF his youth. AS a result of
; such training, it has been shown by
statistics, juvenile delinquency has
been materially reduced, a real in
; terest aroused in the wholesome things
OF life, and that the boys of this class
under the influence of the club, are
soon Weaned from the street and pre-
pared for future citizenship.
The Boys Club Federation ordi-
narlly is housed in a building with
gymnasium, library, game rooms and
meeting rooms for which the boys paw
nominal dues Of or 10 cents month.
The Federation club is non-sectarian
and co-operates with all church de-
nominations and welfare OrganiZa-
tons, being the only body of it's kind
That takes the boy under IL years-a
critical age for the lad of unlimited
OppOrtunlties-as we'll as of all other
ages, and moulds him with reference
to his special needs. His spiritual
needs are cared for by the co-operat-
ing churches, and many boys without
religious home influences or training
are thus brought into the fold-boys
that, in the majority of cases. could
be reached through no other existing
channel. One of these federated clubs
alone, located in New York City, has
an active membership of 5000 boys,
most OF whom otherwise would have
hearkened to the call of the street
with all it's evil influences and conse-
quences.
1t is estimated that $500 of the boys
OF America belong to this class, a vast
army for good or evil, and to bring
these 100000 and more under-priv-
LEGGED boys into club formation on a
community basis-as broad and COM
-prehensive as the public playground
thoughe more intensive-is the task
that the Boys Federation has set for
itself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
THE BEGINNINGS OF SEGREGA
7ION

The following item from the Chicago
Daily Tribune is interesting as show
ing the various influences which are
suggesting and encouraging segrega.
ton.
'The possibility of Wendell Phillips
High school at Thirty-ninth street and
Prairie avenue being set apart for COL
ored pupils exclusively, "by a natural
segregation" was suggested last night
by Principal Charles H. Perrine. At
the First Presbyterian church, Grand
boulevard and Forty-first street. DR..
Perrine spoke at the first Of series
of Sunday night community meetings
in connection with the Chicago Plan.
NEGRO boys and girls deserve the
best available in the way of teachers
and equipment. The district around
Wendell Phillips is rapidly becoming
settled by colored people, and there
are comparatively few white pupils.
They are getting fewer and fewer.
"The time is near at hand when we
shall need another high school farther
south to take care of the increased
white population there. A modern
high school located somewhere near
Fiftieth street will be necessary soon
and should be included in the Chi
cago Plan. Wendell Phillips will be
then exclusively for colored pupils.
They should be given the finest high
school possible"
The Rev. William Covert, pastor of
the First church, Announces series
of discussions on Sunday evenings to
consider the duty of the church in the
development of the Chicago Plan.
Like nine out Of every ten schemes
for the degradation of the colored peo-
pie it was suggested by a supposed
friend and perhaps there is "nigger
in the woodpile." That is perhaps
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
"PROPER RACE RELATIONSHIP. -

Since: Hope Springs Eternal in the
Human Breast" we have had new
hope to spring in our breast, because
Major Joseph B. Cumming, in signed
editorial in The Augusta (Ga.) Chron.
icle, the oldest paper in the South, ex.
pressed sentiments and facts that can
not but rebound to our benefit in the
benighted South.
He said among other things:
"Colored people, as a whole, are a
well-disposed and law-abiding people.
Literacy has made great progress. and
many are fairly and few highly edu-
Gated. They have accumulated prop
erty and they engage in all the various
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17

errine had talked with some jimcrow
negro who approved the outrageous
plan.- There are some jimcrow
negroes" in Chicago and in other
cities including st. Paul and Mime
apolis. .,
Like the majority of schemes for
the degradation of the colored people
it was incubated in a so-called Church
of Christ.
Principal Perrine said that the dis
trict was becoming settled by colored
people and therefore Wendell Phillips
High School should be made "colored. "
That would be an outrageous perver-
sion of the name, for Wendell Phillips
was real Christian white man who
devoted his life to work in Fighting
the wrongs of his colored brethren.
There are neighborhoods in Chicago
inhabited almost exclusively by Ital-
ians, Chinese, Poles, Russians and other
| foreigners, but the thought never
comes to Mr.. Perrine or others Of his
ilk to restrict the children in those
| neighborhoods to "exclusive" Italian
Chinese, Polish or Russian schools
The schools remain PUBLIC schools
open to all.
| There has been much talk about the
"Chicago Plan" and now we are get
ting some intimation that segregation
is to be part OF that plan. However
we believe that the thinking colored
people of Chicago have their eyes open
and will be ready to fight jimcrowiza
ton Of the schools.
One thing that Mr.. Perrine said is
true: "The colored boys and girls are
entitled to the best in the way OF
equipment and teachers" The colore6
children have the same rights as othe,
children, no more and no less. To at
tempt to segregate them is to take
from them their birthright The only
way they can get the "best" is to at
tend the Identical schools that other
American children attend. A jimcroW
school built of gold and studded with
diamonds would still carry with it the
degradation for which it was designed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
Editor Smith Also Outspoken.
(From the Cleveland Gazette, H. C
Smith F1ifOr)

(F'rom the Cleveland Gazette, H. C
Smith, Editor.)
A few more loyal, able, aggressive
outspoken, fearless and unselfish mem
bers Of the race like DR.. VIM. A
Byrd, Prof. Neval H. Thomas and Ed
itor VIM. Monroe Trotter would &C
complish more for the race in one
year than a moving-van full of the
conservative" kind of leaders," in
twenty years. The race has beer
greatly retarded in it's progress, fol-
years, and has often lost ground" I'M
necessarily because it has been so I'M
fortunate as to have at times been mis-
represented by the latter. Sane "radi
cal' leaders, of the kind mentioned
are needed more in this day and time
than ever before and what is most en-
couraging is the fact that they are
slowly but surely increasing in mum
Der and our people are at last begin
ming to appreciate them and what we
have set forth in the foregoing. More
power to-, them!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
DOUGLASS TO GET HIS DUE.

Nominations have been received for
the Hall Of Fame at New York Uni.
Versity to which fourteen are to be
added this fall. Included in the nomi-
nations is the name Of Frederick
Douglass and it is comfortably believ-
ed his name will receive favorable con-
sideration. Douglass was considered
worthy Of having statute erected in
his honor in the city of Rochester,
N. Y, it will now be eminently fitting
to place his name in the Hall of
Fame.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
INDUSTRIAL CLUB,

An Industrial Club has been opened
at 1855 Champlain Avenue, Chicago
Ill, for the benefit Of YOUNG BUSI
NESS WOMEN, along all branches.
Homelike rooms with .conve1aences
at very reasonable rates, within their
reach. Moral atmosphere and safe
surroundings.
A help to any honest girl who wishes
to earn her own living.
Mrs. Melissa Ann Elan.
Tel. Drexel 1904.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
LIBERIA OUSTED HUNS.

African Republic Was Only Nation to
p Expel All Germans Dur ::
ing the War. :: =,
London, March Liberia is said
TO, have been the only state at war
with Germany which expelled every
German from within it's gates and Sc
questrated all their property.
Before the war there were about 300
German citizens in Monrovia, the capi.
tai, and Liberia was rapidly becoming
a German protectorate, says Alan
Bourchier Lethbridge, in the Daily
Telegraph. The Germans, he adds,
controlled giant wireless plant and
evidently had made arrangements to
use Liberia as link in the chain of
colonial possessions.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
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
guilIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs of
msny.-EIIa Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17

All Don't Worry" clubs contain
more debtors than creditors.
You can't very we'll dodge the toll
gates on the road to Success.
A girl with a dimple will laugh at
any fool thing that man says.
There is nothing so apt to make a
man economic as the lack of money.
Uncle Sam expects you to keep
hens and raise chickens in your back
yard.
Help your Government and yourself
at the same time-buy War Savings
Stamps
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
SIMMONS AN APOLOGIST.
His Talks Not Helpful and Inspiring,
but Please the White People Who
Segregate the Colored PEOPLE,
(FrOm the Boston Guardian)


(From the Boston Guardian.
Houston, Tex, March 1T appears
from an editorial in our esteemed con.
temporary, "The Texas Freeman
that Roscoe Conkling Simmons did
not state the whole truth in his ad
dress in the City Auditorium at Hous.
ton recently. The Freeman calls
much of Simmons talk "rot." Here
is part of the Freeman's criticism:
1.-The Freeman has no grievance
against Colonel Simmons, but it says
openly and above board that the rot
he handed out in Houston, especially
at the City Auditorium, was not help
full or inspiring at ALL but on the other
hand, was what the white people who
segregate and humiliate the colored
man every time he turns around want
to hear when the apologists and trim
mers of the race come among them
with their taffy.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-04-17
Needed by CoIored Leaders.

(From the Richmond Planet)
Manhood is an asset that every in.
diVidual should be proud to possess.
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HELP WANTED

MEN WANTED to sell groceries. Sell
ing experience not necessary. One
of worlds largest grocers, Capital
over S1,000,00000) wants ambitious
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Butler Says American Armada
Will Soon Be As Large As
Britain'S.
CONSTRUCTION URGED
Insists on Continuance of Work On
Capital Ships Now Being Built
Would Protect U. S. From
All Nations.

ngton.-America's navy will
about equal that of Great Britain in
fighting power by 1924, Chairman
Butler of the naval committee told the
House in defending the provision in
the naval appropriation bill for con.
tinuing work on the Is capital ships
now under construction.
''In the next four years." said Mr..
Butler, 1.-The United States will put out
the most formidable armada the world
has ever seen produced in a similar
period"
In 1924, he continued, Great Britain
will have 60 battleships; the United
States, AZ; France, 26; Japan, Is, and
italy, 49, While England will have
more ships, he added, those of the
United States will be about equal in
power.
kitchin Opposes Program.
Representative Kitchin opposed big
ship construction, saying that England,
Russia and France were not building
"sea monsters"
Representative Butler said that until
the other nations agreed to curtail
battleship building and keep their
agreement" he believed it was "our
business to put our army and our navy
in such condition as will protect the
United States from all other nations"
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NORTH HALF of the S. e. one-fourtl

of section 32, Twp. 35, r. w, con-
sisting of eighty acres. One and one
half miles south of Glen Flora ON the
west side of main road and south side
of Range Lire road. One of the best
eighties in the county covered with
cut-oyer timber Of good quality. A
nice running stream cuts corner of
the east forty. WIFI sell together or
in forties. A bargain at S2800.OO.
Write l.. f. ASHLEY, Owner, Charles
ton. Illinois, 1850
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PAINTING

Senate unanimously passed a resolu-
ton ratifying the amendment The
resolution was passed by the House
before it was sent to the Senate.
Washington was the thirty-fifth state
to ratify the amendment
Following action by the Senate the
two houses joined in sending tele-
gram to the legislature of Delaware
asking that body to ratify the amend
ment.
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SCORES DEFEAT OF TREATY
Londen Globe Says Methods Used
Were DiscreditabIe.

London William ]. Bryan's de-
scription of the American senate's re-
lection of the peace treaty as a colos-
sal crime enforced upon the entire
civilized world is essentially correct,
the Globe says "The method by
which the treaty was wrecked was no
less discreditable than the motives of
the workers." the newspaper asserted,
declaring that "hopes for new world
have been dashed into the ground be-
cause the American senators are I'M
able to arise above the miserable
grovellings Of a ward politician"
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EGGS FOR MATCHING
EGGS FOR MATCHING from I

EGGS FOR MATCHING from Rose
Comb Brown and White Leghorns,
Houdans. Silver Laced Wyandottes.
Single Comb White and Buff Orping-
tons Fawn Indian Runner and PeGin
ducks. Setting $50 per 80. $3.50 per
100. $3.50 in 80 or 100 lots from Hou-
dams. White Leghorns and Pekins.-
RICHARD WEGNER, Route ,, Lady
smith. Wis. 1865
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RESIDENCE; 2-story: located sos E.
Lake-av; lights; drilled well; wood
foundation and good cellar. Cash or
terms. Enquire of NICK or JOE
BRITTEN at Kurz Bros. Meat Mar
ket. 45tf
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FOR SALE.-REAL ESTATE

AN UP TO DATE Modern and Fire
Proof Home. hardwood floors, etc. 6
rooms and bath, at a pre-war price.
Usual commission allowed agents.
"A212" care NewsBudget 4Stf
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NURSERY STOCK

APPLE TREES in ten varieties
strawberry plants, and lawn hedges
Order now for spring planting. For
prices write RUSK COUNTY MUIR
SERY. Ladysmith, wis.
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TAKEN
FOR SALE OR TRADE

QUARTER or so; small house shelter
horses, 8 COWS, 100 sheep, 300 hens.
large clearing. Take city, town or near
town property in trade. FRANK
KLEIN, Route 3, Ladysmith. 47-50*
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WASHINGTON FOR SUFFRAGE
Legislature Ratifies Amendment BY
Unanimous Vote.

Olympia, Ratification OF the
proposed suffrage amendment to the
federal constitution was completed by
the Washington Legislature when the
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SOWS-S Young Duroc and Poland
Sows farrow in late spring. r. Ell.
BURNS.
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2 DWELLING HOUSES on West
Miner-av. close to business section.
Il down: monthly payments on bal
ance. 4. NJ. CRANDELL. Ladysmith,
Wis. soft
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CHILE REPLIES TO U. S. NOTE
Has Not Considered Question c
MobiIizino Her Forces.

Buenos Aires-Chile has replied to
the United States note asking the
former country 'tO leave nothing I'M
done to-prevent conflict between Peru
and Bolivia" according to Santiago
dispatches. 1t is said Chile expresses
the opinion that she is unable to at
tribute greater consequence to anti
Peruvian manifestations in La PaZ
than simple agitation by exalted po-
pular elements which in no case could
possibly suffice to produce the threat
of war" Chile has no other desire
than for peace and has not considered
modifying her forces, says the note.
Property owners should increase
their fire and tornado insurance in pro
portion to the increase of materials
r. NJ. Doyle Company.