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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
NEW BANK IN CHICAGO,

Chicago. - The Douglass Nationa
Bank, 32nd and State streets, the
first national banking institution con
trolled by colored people has re-
ceived it's charter. P. w. Chavers
women's garment manufacturer, al
534 w. 43rd street, is president. The
bank has 100000 capital and $4,000
surplus. -"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
THE SIN or SILENCE

TO sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men,
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Mad no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guiIIotines decide our least disputes,
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs of
many.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
INTER-RACIAL Comfy.

THE APPEAL is not particularly
enthusiastic about inter-racial coun-
ellis and believes they are absolutely
unnecessary in the North. They may
be necessary in the South, but there
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
Report otCrispus Attucks Home
St. Paul. Mimi. Nav 3 TO-

St. Paul, Mimi, May 2, 1921.
The present. Board of Control of
Crispus Attacks Home, assuming du-
ties March 18th, 1921, herewith makes
financial statement to date:
The Board of Control of Crispus
Attacks Home, Inc, notes with a HIGH
regard the timely and insistant de,
nnand OF our people for Facts and
Figures from corporations and insti-
buttons appealing to them for patron
age and depending upon them for
support, presents the following re.
port from March II to May 2, 1921:
RECEIPTS =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
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Colored People Present Plea for
Justice to President.
Special to THE APPEAL.

Special to THE APPEAL ..
Washington, May 5.-Fifty dele
gates attending the conference of the
National Race Congress presented 9
memorial to President Harding to-
day protesting against lynching, peon
age, unjust restriction in the exer
else of suffrage, Jimcrow laws anc
the practice of segregating on ac
count of color in government depart
ments in Washington.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07

-"Ac@AASS . 10 oil
The Board of Control takes great
pleasure in spreading before the pub
tic this financial statement for con-
sideration.
Respectfully. submitted,
L. R. HILL,
Secretary Board of Directors.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07

Be is ever so humble,
There is no place like, home.
Home, Home, Sweet, Sweet Home.
The people of the Twin Cities
who were here in those days cannot
but remember the splendid picture
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
CLASSMATES REPUDiATE DIS.
CRlMINATION,

Students in the political science
department of the University of Min
nesota are not willing to have racial
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-05-07
"oWN YOUR HOME

Is Good Advice No Matter From
Whence 1t Comes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
THE CABINET.

ZX7 HAT IS supposed to be the final line the Cab w inet was given out yesterday Only ap- peared in it which had not been mentioned win Denby of Detroit Michigan Secretary of the Navy.
 As it stands the for Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes Secretary the Treasury drew William Mellon; secretary of War; John Wngae Attorney General Harry M Daugherty Postmaster General Will H. Hays: Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby Secretary of the Inferior Albert Bacon Fa Secretary of Agriculture Henry Cantwe Wallace; Secretary of Commerce. Herbert Clark Hoover; and Secretary of Labor John Davis
 There is question yet to whether Mr. accept the position offered him refuse reasons could be produced for either
 The group includes five lawyers Hughes Daugherty Denby, and Fall; bankers Mellon Wallace; engineer, Hoover and labor man, Davis.
 There little to be gained by dissecting the qualifications lack of hem of these Whatever their abilities they to be the persons that Harding termned for his official family wait and hope Responsibility and opportunity some times developed great ability integrity places They may again. they will a great victory for normalcy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
THE SHELTON WRECK.

MOTHER HORROR close. at hand calls again the atten- A A hon to the extreme fallabiy of the most careful rules and regulations and the necessity of there being limit to the taken by the human element in transportation
 It would be foolish, if indeed wrong critcise any particular individual individuals the accident until investigation has determined if possible where the blame lies It would that there could be little if such mistake in broad daylight out in the open country.
 It has been conclusivey that all steel the railroads have saved lives accidents Why should trolley not be of all steel construction also? The also to emphasize the need for form of automatic device for stopping which is allowed to signal Such device should not be beyond the ability mechanical skill to construct cheapy and practically That 1t possible to great numbers of people safely by the exercise of diligence and the mechanical aids by the records of the subways New York City.
 Yesterdays horror should awaken the community point where it makes certain that reasonable of hu man life and limb is taken in it's trolley
 The Shelton line has earlier tragedy record n which 30 lives lost
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
A REFRACTORY AND UsURpING BODY.

ZINE 'rrepressble conflict gave American people 0 great civil with all its consequences There another conflict which seemingly repressbe not be and which the people the States ought to squelch with show of public opinion dragged further in the mud and possibly involved complications Fdisagreeable to consider This is the friction which and the State Department ever of the first President of the United States hered deep rooted jealousy treaty nogiating power of the Executive whether delegated to his Secretary of Sae years go on this feeling does not grow any less.
 When members of the Senate in their robin served notice Woodrow Wilson make any diff ference what sort of treaty negotiated they would wreck it. it thought that the limit audacy had been reached but 1t evident now before Mr Harding has beeA nauguraed his selection fof State confirmed Senator Penrose saving
 T do not think 1t matters much who is Secretary
 of State. Congress especially the Senae-1vI blaze
 the way in connection with foreign policies I do
 not think we will be satisfied to sit take the
 program of any Secretary of
 Coming from body which, of a membership of ninet, during the most strenuous history of the world did not develop single commanding figure single nd vdual who above the level the commonplace and med this Sratuous insult to Hughes calm assumption o function which the Constitution distinctly Senate is interesting to say the least.
 If the Senate is to be allowed continue it's policy of fry to usurp the functions which belong it and v with its crude log rolling methods take foreign affairs we shall be- in increasing source of disgust serious results which would be than probable
 No and dignifed relations of the world can be maintained by such methods that the people of the United States nmaed to the Senate in uncertain manner that into the noon given 1t by the Constitution which created it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
LAWYERS AS LEGISLATORS

Lawyers put enormous ooserVauon of aW1nakng bodies that lawyers make
 
 
 
  which s C. cned the 
 s "h Will later be discussed designed to effect " lawyers attitude ~ W texture Of enacneLts that
  resulted
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
What Do You Know About Your City?

Each day The Times will print five questions anent fact of interest re- garding the history of Bridgeport, the answers to be published in the fol- lowing issue. Many more incidents will be touched upon and historical facts noted. l. Why was Bridgeport thought to
 nave been at one time a great
 Inolan hunting and burial
 ground? Z. What Indian tribe lived along this
 coast at the time the first white
 men settled here? 5. what three subdivisions of the
 parent tribe lived in Fairfield,
 what is now Bridgeport and
 Stratford . At what date did the Indians cede
 to the General Assembly terri
 tory at both Fairfield and Strat-
 ford? 5. What fashionable portion of this
 city was once an Indian reserva- tiOn?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
UNION LABOR MEETS FOR
 DEFENCE

Washlngton.-Repre natives of the 1O9 national and international unions affiliated in the American Fed eration Of Labor gathered here today in an extra ordinary conference to meet at Jacks on the union labor movement.
 The first business was the presenta- tion by the executive council of a
 blll Of rights" and recommendations for a labor program. The council framed it's report after being in con- t1nuous session nearly all day yester- day.
 While the program was not made public it was undrstood to provide for a campaign by organized labor to combat anti-union shops, wage re- auctions, compulsory arbitration, la DOT 1nJunctions and "open shop" pro paganda.
 Federal and state legislation to further the cause of organized labor IS to be considered.
 The conference, a union leader said, IS expected to determine the attitude the federation shall take in its re- lauon with the incoming Republican administration. Survey of industrial conditions throughout the country was being taken by labor leaders here for tooays meeting and all agreed that the present depression was the worst the federation has faced in years.
 9Th coal mining industry has been especially hard hit, said John L. Lew is, president of the Mine Workers of America.
 Production is less than sixty per cent. of normal We have 100. 900 men who have not done any work slnce the first of the year. The m1ners that are working are only getting two to three days a week.
 Michael Tighe, president of the eAsmalgamated Association of Iron, steel and Tin Workers, said he had never seen conditions so bad but added he believed the worst will soon pc over, as some of the mills already are starting up.
 Ihousands of our men are out of work, said William Johnston, pres ldent of the International Association or Machinists. ''The railroad situa- tlon IS especially bad, hundreds of workers being laid off because of re- ouced working forces.''
 The present industrial depression l ana widespread unemployment, lead | CTS said, would not deter the fedora l nion In it's plan to combat attempts l Q further reduce wages and inau- arafa tho 'souan ahon-''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
CHILD WELFARE LEGISLATION.

@SE>Wo fEAtS ago Governor Holcomb appointed commits A sion to investigate the provisions state rel ative to Child Welfare work After survey of
 ons and organizations dealing with important subject if discovered that the need for imperative Another outstanding fact which should of shame o Conneccut was that she stood hirtsevenh among her sis ster states in humanitarian laws for children
 Obtaining definite facts work the drew fifteen bills embracing new legislation Ihese bills are known as the Child Welfare of it's
 eaures including one establishing were sche duled to be heard before the Judiciary Committee today We ave had makesh Juvenile Courts ce indeed have
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23

Kenneth Lawton, a wealthy Vail street broker and society man of prominence, has gone on the stage oecause of a sermon delivered by a prominent Presbyterian. minister on che subject of choosing as a life work what one is best fitted for. He is fill ing a role "In the Night Watch" now being shown in New York.
 MT. Lawton recently made 'eiilI- ing'' in Wall street, and had been an independent operator in the Street for several ears. He is the son of the late Frank Lawton, well known in Eociety and financial circles. Now he is the clerk of the court in the court martial scene in the third act of the big London and Paris success.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23

in this city, but there real duly and properly sttuted Juvenile Court in this
 roessor Henry Farcd executive secretary of the msson IS to speak at the High School evening and he " explain this Code and the and better legislation for children. Professor of New Haven and Mrs. Lewis Rose of Hartford Child fare -
 Bridgeport has crying for Child Welfare If is Vltay interested Therefore it is the utmost importance that there be large attendance this meeting to legislators in Hartford with the the people of Brid port on this question.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
Thursday, In The Yard Goods
 Department

Numerous Tempting Bargains for the Woman
 Who Sews
 The appropriate time to purchase materials for
 spring and summer apparel.
 Fancy Sateens. Women who make their own coats and dresses will be delighted with the new fancy sateens for Innings Very at- tractive combinations in floral or figured de- signs. 36 inches wide 65 cts. yard A Fine Assortment of Imported Figured Voiles for spring frocks, width 40 inches
 69 cts. yard White Madras, one yard wide in stripes and checks 39 cts. yard Colored Suitings in rose, Copenhagen pink and light blue. A real bargain; 36 inches wide B cts s yard Plaid c in g h m for chi1dren's school dresses. 52 inches wide B cts. yard Sheer Batistes, wide range of patterns in lavender pink, blue, green, also plain colors. 50 inches wide 25 cts yarS Ripplette Cloth for chi1drens rompers. 27 inches wide. In pink, blue, gray, lavender ana brown and white stripes. 25 cts. a yard
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23

It used be lot of fun be president Now. what they've and done Inauguration Day will be- will the simplest of simplicity twill precedent It's not all the thing itself that kicking like hard pelf; agreed that But what will happen hncea they be made live and keep expense-and be Democrat Democracy enough that deny Wen all it's bully tuf but what of by and bye What fair should win and the ehar' What her
 tells her will be bid thing party rift or end in pulling hair We fear it's all deep laid scheme hold the and uperzen It's playing politics far stoop a such deba fs keeping mother below paG We'll fight witho pen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
HOW CzT'Y,S DEPA R7NNENT.S
 PARED ON APPROPRIATIONS

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23

Advertise in The Times
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
RUM FILLED SHIP IN PORT

Boston-Cases of foreign gin. rum. whiskey and vermouth. stood with tant1llzing immunity in a pier house here today to the envious admiration e Et InIIsy cluzens. The enemy of the Volstead act entered the port ves- terday under a flag of truce and is safe from capture by prohibition agents. Within few days it will complete the last leg of its journey from Europe and be received bv for aiHsn anahassadors in Washinxton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
UNINFIUENCED
THE JAPANESE QUESTION IN TEy.s

AS we understand this Japanese in merely -EIousto
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
LOST $500 OF SAVINGS

Stamford-William Dixon, colored, or Sz Mill River street, this city, com planned to the police today that he had entrusted $500 of his savings, taken from a savings bank, to an un- Known negro whom he met on the street here and whom promised to in- vest It Tor him with big profit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

 existed in history of sale Tor them Montgonerv merchant so n,ce
 oA Seno" metal which he proved to be a o iuie the ~Hoie ID HUH
 IS not so hard to acquire mnigrans NS the olposloh demonstrated last surgeon m +b. Falasclano of o the vessel of quantities of it in teen hundred passengers in hi immigrants an NA-eeoN anu the one college which ruti to HI it's W nave aready closed its of urea have already that time and 1e enrolment of ~ ~ | nut every institution that is filled Now that there pono.a+on., nouh'1lh' IS threatening from the National just returned e ~ e snow on the mountain melted and giant or gases sometimes thousand feet hfgb h b up the crater There be doine most -H7 ooAns ihose or the
 
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The Washington times., 1921-09-10
FEW REALIZE
FUNCTIONS Of
TREAD0N TIRES
Ideal Construction Furnishes
Grip on Slippery Paving and
Prevents Side-Sway.

Some car owners think tire treads
are decorations. like embroidery on
The Washington times., 1921-09-10
$3.50 FORD Sizes
3OW Other Sizes
; Guaranteed 5000 Miles

MOT only do Superior Cord Tires embody the greater
~ that cord tire naturally gives, but they af-
ford the motorst exceptional factor of service in
that each tire is built by cord tire specialist Each
man specialzes his phase of cord tire construc-
The Washington times., 1921-09-10
Cars That Pass
By J. H. YEoMANs.

Since the birth of the automobile industry some twenty
FIVE years ago more than 75000 cars have been manu-
featured. .r
Approximately 100000 of these have passed out
of existence by ways many and varied Just what be-
of the that have cashed in is almost mystery
Inactive cars pass out of sight quietly and COM
petey that may almost say used to say OF the
much abused mule, HYou never see dead one" \ sn
Most cars are called automobiles until they cease to
function and nosedve into the realm of return Just
how and where they go problematical in most
John Motorist whips his IronSix about for number OF
years-John finds the old conveyance fails to hit in
pinches and the bus disappearsn its place we find
shiny cathe passe bus passes out Of sight and
mind. +. ..-.. ., H.,
It may survive many changes of ownership, but its
metallic vitality must collapse eventually and it ceases
to be an automobile although the honor rode through
until the death rattle
The last resting place may be the junk yard the pot
ters field of the world of motor If this has been
the unhappy fate of the decrept assembly, it is quickly
robbed of its identity by the melting pot the quick
hands of the mechanic seeking part enough intact to
fill in another sick struggling for bit of
this world of action. :
Many cars die with their boots on-ires by the road
side often leave but warped frame and charred tenders
which remain in the ditch until dragged out of sight.
Some few which longer able to negotiate
the highways russed in fashion and do duty
power plants for farmers churns and feed cut
ters This often is the when the motor has survived
its legs-when the chassis has died before the power
plant
Cars have gone to watery to Davy Jones'
by thieves and owners in need of insurance money
Go as they may the automobiles that pass out of
stence forgotten by their owners-in the old
days horse that served its master well remembered
now and then a memorial erected to Dobbin
that had done it's duty and passed to the fields of
eternal clover where good horses CO. but have yet to
learn of any memorial to everyday motor
matter how good and faithful that may have been
motor car be it high caste plebeian, fvefgure
car threefgure car, passes into oblivion when the
last horn blows.
The Washington times., 1921-09-10

with as much care and accuracy as
men. .. .af.....-.
In Buenos Aires, 8. A.. 1t is planned
to issue luminous number license
plates for automobiles used in that
city. E
Policemen In Chicago have received
orders prohibiting them from using
their own automobiles to do patrol
work. ...
Every mile Of new hard-surfaced
road construction In this country
creates a market for twenty-five addi-
tional automobiles.
In Pennsylvania, roads on which
oiling work is to be done are announced
each week by the State Highway De-
partment. ~.
Wisconsin was the first and only
State in the Union QS75) to offer a
prize for the development OF a motor
vehicle or tractor.
According to law. every married wo-
man in Spain must obtain consent
from her husband before she Is per-
mitted to drive an automobile.
Z Virtually every Commonwealth in
the United States has a different
method Of examination through which
permits to operate a motor vehicle
are granted.
French cars Of the two.lite class,
or engines having maximum piston
displacement of 122 cubic inches, make
more than ninty-four miles to a gal.
lon of fuel.
The maximum possible market for
automobiles in the United States Is
calculated at 20,000,000 cars. or an
average of one for every family, in the
country.
Consumption Of gasoline for the first
six months of 1921. was 1900, 900
gallons, as compared with 2,142 ,705,-
633 gallons in the same period Of 1920.
The Washington times., 1921-09-10

women's dresses. or distinctive pat
terms by which the manufacturer can
leave advertisements on soft roads.
But II such trifling considerations
were suggested 10 the scientists who
create the modern tire. they would be
scandalized.
AS a tire revolves, there forms q
bulge just ahead Of where II II In con.
tact with the road. This bulge In
called a traction wave" Although
the bulge always stays In the same
relation to the road. the revolving Of
the wheel has the apparent effect OF
making II travel around the tire.
In plain tread tires, the full force
OF this wave continues TO roll around
the tire. But where a tread with q
ribbed or cogged backbone, as in the
Miller Geared-to- the Road design, Is
used. the wave In divided TO a certain
extent and thrown off at the sides.
Some tire treads are smooth, some
corrugated. and some indented, but
The Washington times., 1921-09-10

combination, for license plates In CALI
fornia in 1922. a.
More garages than homes were built
in the United States last year.
The motor vehicle is one Of the five
major units of transportation. -.,
The average motorist spends from
$125 to $3.50 annually for gasoline.
There are over 100 recognized auto
mobile schools in the United States.
There is no case on record Of an au-
tdmobile having been struck by light
ming. .,s-. .s..-...t.. -.a..r-..
Germany now has more than 100 au.
tomobile factories. employing $4,000
skilled worlcmen.
Approximately one-tenth of the en-
tire population of the United States
are owners of automobiles.
Women are found to operate pass
'enger automobiles and moter trucks
The Washington times., 1921-09-10

the purpose Of them all is to overcome
this wave. The decorative effect n
only incidental.
Another important FUNCTION Of the
tire tread II to resist slipping and side.
sway. II a tire Il to give fun satisfac.
ton. II must be designed TO hold the
car to the road. An excellent tread
combines holes to provide a vacuum
grip on slippery surfaces with v.
shape or angle design TO prevent side.
SWAY
The Washington times., 1921-09-10
MOTOR BANDITS IN
MARYLAND SCARED

A trial Of the automobile title law
of Maryland in one year has resulted
in an almost complete elimination OF
motor car thefts in that State. Under
the law, no car can be registered and
licensed until title to IL has been
cleared. Once q car in the State has
been recorded as the property of an
individual. license for II cannot be OBJ
tanned by any one else unless he can
show the title has properly passed to
him.
The Washington times., 1921-09-10
New French Auto rack.

An automobile race track Is planned
at Porte de Versailles, near Paris,
which course win be over four and
three quarter miles to the lap. in.
cluding two straight runs Of nearly
one and one-third miles. The track
Is to consist OF a concrete founda-
ton, layer Of end-set brick, and a
top-dressing Of concrete. - =
The Washington times., 1921-09-10
Eight Cars in Liberia.

While the United States is the best
country in the world for motorists
a car for every eleven.--Liberia is
the safest for pedestrians, or a regis
terry Of eight cars for a population OF
two million Inhabitants.