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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
OF THE MINIMUM"

In 1917 during the world war, num-
Der of colored men were called to
meet at Washington, at the sugges-
ton of Secretary Of War Baker, and
they were asked what they wanted.
The colored men drew up resolutions
stating that they really wanted moth
ing, that's what they said amounted to.
THE APPEAL, the Boston Guardian
and few other papers, under the
head of "Gentlemen of the Minimum"
criticised their action and stated that
that was the proper time to demand
the abolition of Jimcrowism in the
army and if it was not done at that
time, the future would show that a
great mistake had been made.
Time has proved the truth of the
contentious of THE APPEAL and the
other papers. Jimcrow lines were
rigidly drawn even on the battleields,
the American colored soldiers were
shamefully treated, but they fought on
and many thousands gave their pre-
cious lives to make the world safe
for democracy"
Of the new army bill Secretary Baker
practically excludes colored men from
entering the federalized national
guard. Instead of free men they are
to go in as pariahs in pioneer" seq
regated regiments.
''The gentlemen of the minimum"
ought to hang their heads in shame.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
A CURSE, NOT A BENEFAcTIoN.

The recent offer of julius Rosen-
valid, wealthy Jew of Chicago, to
give money to aid in the organization
OF segregated Young Mems Christian
% Associations will not in the end
be a benefit to the colored people,
II he had confined his offer to the
Southern States the harm would not
have been so great, but to include the
whole country, he is doing a great
wrong, from which it will take hun
dreds of years for the country to re-
cover. He wrongs not only the col
ored people but he wrongs the whole
people by catering to an un-Christian
prejudice.
1t is surprising that man of Jew
lsh ancestry whose people have been
for thousands of years and are even
now the victims of race hatred would
do anything to increase the race hat
red between white and colored Chris
tions of the United States, for there
is no questioning the fact that such
establishments have served to increase
the prejudice of the white people
against their colored brothers, as the
establishment of any kind of segre-
gated semi-public place will do.
If Mr.. Rosenwald had told the Gen.
trail Y. NJ. c. AS in the North that
he would give money only on condi-
ton that these quasi-public institutions
be open to colored men as freely as
they are to those of other races, even
the scum of the earth he would have
been true benefactor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
cRINGlNG AWAkENs CONTEMPT

We cannot win by blinking at facts
or by ignoring fundamental princi-
pies. Editor j. @. Adams of the ST.
PAUL APPEAL is sound to the core
and we shall all have to accept his
kind of leadership if we expect to at
tain our full stature and status under
the American Constitution. Cringing
may be comfortable for the time be-
ing put it is mighty humiliating for
all the time thereafter and it awakens
contempt for US as it should do in
the minds and hearts of our adver-.
saries. 0 zE:
Editor Adams points the way,
whether we accept his advice or not
and sooner or later he viii blaze the
way to our financial, industrial and
political enfranchisement in this
country where none will dare modest
us or make US afraid. Wise colored
leaders will take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
The foregoing from The Planet Of
Richmond, Va, edited by Hon. John
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
WILL BE DISAPPOINTED

The imperialistic Harding admins
tration is absolutely opposed to Civ
ing immediate independence to the
Philippines and the Filipino independ-
ence commission due to arrive in this
country soon to plead its cause prob
abb" is doomed to failure. Both the
President and the Secretary of War,
Weeks are opposed to independence.
OF course the United States solemnly
promised to give the Filipinos free
dom, but what is promise to a great
country well supplied with warships
and money and the people, to whom
the promise is given are weak and
defenseless AZ. B. 3l} NJ
A letter of instructions issued by
independence commission Of the Phil
ippnes to the second Filipino mission
says at the outset: 4. ~ n.
Gentlemen: The mission shall
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

. For many years we have heard q lot
about throwing the hammer" into the
discard and giving time to ..construc-
tive work. !" Many have said: Build
up; never tear down. i
But knocking and tearing down are
Just as necessary in the economy OF
things, as building up. Battering
down Wrong is a useful process and
must usually precede the building up
of Right.
Foul as it is, hell itself Is defi1ed
by the fouler presence Of John" That
was the terrible verdict Of the con.
temporarfes Of King John Of England
In his person were combined insol
ence, selfshness, unbridled lust, cruel
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
THE coLoRED DIVISION
(APPEAL Editorial Sept. g, 1921

" appeal Editorial Sept. 3, 1929
II. THE APPEAL is sorry to note that
the color line has been drawnsin the
new Veterans Bureau by the organ
ization Of a "Colored Division and
the appointment Of DR.. J. r. A. Cross
land as its head.
Grassland lost son who fell flight
ing for democracy" in France, and it
is poor reward for the father to
be given segregated bureau It is
also said that he was an effective
speaker in the last campaign, in
which it was given out that the Re-
publican party would abolish segre-
cation in the departments at Wash
ington. If these things are true
Grassland deserves better treatment
at the hands of the victors, and he
also should have refused the appoint
ment as undemocratic and demanded
the same treatment as is given to
other groups Of American citizens.
One Lasker, Jew, was made head
of the U. S. Shipping Board. Repre-
sentatives of other racial groups have
been given places, but not in segre-
gated bureaus. No President Of the
United States would dare offer q Jew
q place as the head Of segregated
Jewish bureau. There is no such
place and never will be. Only color
ed people are segregated by this al
legged democracy.
Some people may think that the
Especial" appointments which have
been handed out by the present Re
publican administration are forward
movements, but they are really nails
in the coffin Of democracy and are
dangerous to the social and political
status Of the colored people. d.
The Administration ought to cut
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
AMERIcANs-THAT's ALL.

For many years 1t has been tho
custom to treat colored people AZ
aliens. although they are more than
ninety-nine per cent of American
birth; and there Is a growing ten
dency among the colored people to
regard themselves as aliens. This ID
being encouraged by = class Of lead
ers who call themselves Negroes"
and yell about Negro Kultur'' A.
though they have not more than half
and often less than one-eighth Of
Negro blood. Such men ought to
stop the Negro" propaganda and be
Americans and demand Justice be-
cause they are Americans and not by
tho false assertion that they are
4 Negroes
They should not have any rights az
Negroes" but every right Of an
American citizen should be and will
be accorded them. If they fight for
their rights AZ American citizens BY
right Of birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
WOULD "coNvERT" THE JEWS.

Some members Of the Episcopal
board of missions favor the raising of
fund Of s1,0O0,00O for the purpose
OF converting the Jews, because they
are losing faith in Judaism and be-
coming atheistic.
This move brought, quick retort
from many Of the rabbis. three of
whom we quote: .a
Attempts to convert the Jew
have never been successful said
Rabbi Joseph Stolz Of Isaiah Temple,
and the thronged synagogues refute
the charge that the American Jew
is straying from his faith
Rabbi Stolz said that reports that
the Episcopal Church might be in.
duced to appropriate large sums for
Christianizing the Jew were too RI
diculous to discuss.
Rabbi Abraham Hirschberg of Tenn
pie Sholom declared that Judaism
was stronger than It had ever been
and that the American Jew was one
Of its greatest factors.
y In Europe they have had for hun
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
DEATH OF ABDUL BAHIA.

A cable from Haifa Syria, an.
nounced the death in that city of
Abdul BAHIA Abbas, one. of the great
est men Of the day and the leader Of
the Bahaist movement. *.e-
Abdul BAHIA, Servant of God,"
travelled through the United States in
1912 and visited ST. Paul among other
places. He was the guest of the large
congregation Of Bahaists in Chicago
the latter part of April and early in
May in 1912 and on May 1, he dedi-
Gated the site at the Sheridan road
bridge in Wilmette, a suburb of Chi
cago, where the Bahaists are now
building temple costing several mil
lions of dollars, to be the world CEN
ter Of Bahaism.
Abdul BAHIA was born in Teheran,
Persia. He was the successor Of the
Bah, gateway Of knowledge who
began about 1914 proclaiming
throughout Islam the coming of a
messenger Of God and made much
Roadway until executed at. the age Of
81. The noble father of Abdul BAHIA
was Mira Hossein Ali Of Nour, a
disciple of the Bah.
Father and son were banished in
1868 to Aka, prison city in Syria.
Forty years later the Young Turks
overthrow the despotic regime in Con-
stantinople, and Abdul BAHIA was
freed.
The death of Abdul BAHIA will be
mourned by millions Of his core
ligionists all over the world and it is
now claimed that there is at least
50,000,000 Of them, who practice as
well as preach that "of one blood God
made all nations"
There are many thousands Of coll
ored people in the United States who
have left orthodox Christianity and
have become Bahaists because Of hy-
procrisy of the so-called Christians on
the color question. j.
Bahaism is social reform. It
aims at the freeing of mankind from
religious, social and political yokes.
Among the things for which it stands
are: Universal religion, universal
language, parliament Of men with
representatives. from all countries FOR
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23


the settlement of international dis
putes, universal education, a perfect
civilization founded on simplicity and
cooperation, and emphasis on the
spiritual things of life.
In this world movement which
found adherents of almost every re-
!igion-1slam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Juda-
ism and Christianity. Almost every
race and country of the globe con-
tributes adherents to the organization
for international brotherhood.
People came to the city of Acca
from all parts of the world to see and
talk with Abdul BAHIA Abbas. His
home was a regular Babel. Within
1t gathered peoples Of all races and
creeds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

verting' the Jews by surrounding the
dreds. of years, great way of ICON.
ghettos and numbering men, women
and children. In Hungary, recently,
hundreds of Jews have professed
Christianity to save the lives Of them
selves and families, but all of the Ger.
tificates of baptism were overprinted
in red, mot good in case of pogroms
(massacres)." :=s.s'5 =
%, The Jews of the United States will
not rush to Christianity because they
know that American Christians would
then segregate them and compel them
to ride in jim-crow cars and lynch
them Just as they have their colored
brethren.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
PROTEST AGAINST INJUSTICE,

We trust that our editorial friends
will print strong editorials and write
letters to the Secretary of War pro-
testing against the color line in the
army, and advise the writing of let
tiers of protest to every cabinet mem
Der portesting the color line in the
various departments. And ask the
President to abolish segregation where
it can be done by executive order.
Let us stand together for the abso-
lutte abolition of the color line in
American citizenship
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

ty, shamelessness and tyranny. The
barons rose against him and demanded
a change A. D. 1915, they invited the
King to little meeting at Runny
mede and they Informed the absolute
monarch that there must be some ma
terial notifications in the autocratic
power Of the King. John did not relish
the demand but he realized that he
stood alone and that the barons had
their little hammers" up their sleeves
and were ready to use them, so he
granted the Magma Charta. The Great
Charter was discussed, agreed to, and
signed In single day. Thus modern
democracy and liberty had their origin
In hammer" work.
In the sixteenth century the Cath.
Ollie Church had grown corrupt. The
priests were guilty of immortality, ex-
tort1on and all the other crimes in the
decalogue. The Inquisition was work
Ing overtime. When conditions were
at their worst, Martin Luther appeared
on the scene armed with hammer, !"
and he battered down the Devil so
braced Christianity and this in the
strongly entrenched in the church.
Thus began the Reformation which
separated the Protestant church from
the Romish See, and conferred in
estimable benefits on mankind.
For many years the American COL
on1es had been oppressed by England,
the mother country. The colonies
protested against taxation without
representation. Mother England re-
fused to heed the cries of her children,
so IN Its, the colonists revolted, the
first blood shed being that of Crispus
Attacks, a mulatto, whose valor the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts has
commemorated in enduring granite
and bronze on Boston Common. The
continued "hammering'' of the colon
lists finally brought the liberty which
was proclaimed, July 4, 1776.
In the seventeenth century, African
slavery was inaugurated in America.
William Wilberforce and others ham
mered" at the vile wrong in England.
The agitation was continued until the
year 1884 saw the abolition of slavery
in all British colonies.
Bond-service had a strong hold in
L1o OulIcu OLdCeS, out Cno aDOllC1On-
lists had already unsheathed their
hammers" William Lloyd Garrison,
Frederick Douglass. Wendell Phillips,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sum-
ner and hundreds of others Hammer
ed" the great evil until the slave hold
ers' rebellion came, when hammers"
were exchanged for guns, and with
the assistance of nearly 100000 former
slaves, who fought nobly, the great
blot was wiped from the escutcheon.
The work of the hammer is not yet
complete. Thousands of social wrongs
still exist which must be hammered
until they disappear.
Thousands of men, such as women
slavers, jimcrowists and their ilk men
who would barter their birthrights,
must be hammered until they beg for
mercy and reform or are knocked into
hell.
Great is the hammer! Long may it
exist to knock down the Wrong; to
build up Right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
Strong Editorial eraCeS Of the late John Adams Militant Editor Of THE APPEAL
Rejecting the Policies I aRmsfuM lou Of mn

can people Of granting US our indie
pendence as soon as stable govern
ment can be established in our coun-
try should be, without delay, COM
piled with" H.. 7
bring before the President and con-
gress of the United States this just
demand of the Filipino people. The
sacred promise made by the Ameri-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

out these Special jobs, eliminate
segregation which was promised in
the campaign, and if colored men are
to have appointments let them be
on level with those. given to other
groups of American citizens.
Better no places at all than those
which lower the status of the race
and automatically make their holders
defenders of segregation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
!. BEAUTIFUL BLUE BUNK,
Beautiful blue posters all over IL

country say:
JOIN THE NAVY
For honorable service, travel, sure
pay, trade instruction, excellent pro-.
motion" and so on ad infinitibunktum
One-eighth of the citizens OF the
United States are barred from general
service in the Navy. When a citizen
Of dark complexion tries to enlist he
is told that he can only enter as
servant. 5s
Thus the United States government
lies and insults group Of It's patriotic
citizens. Isn't It enough to give ono
the blues?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

Mitchell, Jr., who recently polled
10000 votes as candidate for gov
ernor Of the state, is pleasing to the
editor but we accept it as a tribute
to the cause for which THE APPEAL
has fought for nearly forty years
rather than a personal compliment.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-02-01

Mr.. Broman was getting along very
nicely.
1t was not even known by Mr.. Bro
mans many friends that he was all
ing and furthermore when they heard
that he had gone to ST. Paul for sur
gical operation they were surprised.
August Broman was born on Sept.
10, 1854, in Sandsjo Parish, J0nk0p-
ings Ian, Sweden. He came to this
country at the age of II years toge-
Their with his parents and resided in
zAndover, Ill, for four years when in
1870 they moved to Kandiyohi County
where he has lived until the final call
came - - - -.
On June 5, 1878, Mr.. Broman was
united in marriage to Miss Josephine
Johnson. Together with his wife they
have lived on farm south of Atwa-
ter until about fifteen years ago when
they retired from farming and moved
to that village. Mr.. and Mrs. Bro
man were members of the Swedish
M. F.. church Of that village. The con.
gregation surely lost one of it's best
members when he was called to the
Great Beyond. Mr.. Broman has SER
we'd in many Offices in the church such
as trustee. Sunday School Superin-
>tendent, local preacher and Sunday
School teacher. He was sincere
Christian, very earnest in his belief
and a loving and kind husband.
The funeral was held on Jan. Is, at
1880 at the house and funeral services
at the Swedish M. E. church at 2 p. M.
The funeral was the largest one that
ever has been witnessed in that Will
age as many out of town people came
to present their last tribute to the
departed. The funeral sermon was
delivered by the local pastor, Rev.
Emil Malmstrcm. The music was
furnished by Herman Swanson. Two
solos we're rendered, onesby Miss Ha-'
eel Broman of Willmar, and one by.
Mrs. 81. Draegert. There were
maryland beautiful flowers given BY.
relatives and friends of the deceased.
Those who ATTENDED the funeral from
a distance were: g. A. Broman and fam
lily, Mr.. md Mrs. John Sand and Hen.
~ Bergdahl of Willmar, Henry Bro.
man and family, Mrs Frank Broman.
of Kandiyohi, E. #. Altman. Mr.. and
Mrs: e Peterson and "A. E. Broman
of Minneapolis. .5z.
The pail bearers were Henry Isaac:
son, John 1saacson, Albert 1saacson,
Joseph Isaacson. Henry Bergdahl and
Charley..Lonn: Honorary pail bearers
were Ruel Broman, Wilton Broman,.
Waldron Broman, Wesley Broman,.
Ralph. Broman and Clifford Broman.
The remains were inferred ID the At!
water eemetery }sss=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-02-01
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AtWater: 800.
q Sunday school 10 a. m. IS .sss@s5.
English services 3 =. "a. ;= 81. 81.
Up. L..League Friday: 8, p n. Mrs.
Morris Nelson and Mrs. sivert Thorpe
will serve. .ss '..=
Arndalll:
English services II a. m.
Up. Z. League 8 p. m.
Mrs. Adolph stenberg and Mrs. Sell
ma Nelson will serve.
..S, *; ( x * ia.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. M. LeVander. pastor
.Atwater. &. .;ls ..s:s NJ
Sunday school $3.50 a. M.
English service 1920 a. m.
The young peoples meeting will be
held in the church basement on Feb
9Th. The Misses Anna Lundgren Ed
Ia and Regina Miller will serve re:
freshments at this time. ,.s.
The young peoples society have in
stalled a new blower in-the pipe or
gan in this church,. It is noiseless and
proves to work very WELL The con
gregation as a whole are very well
satisfied with it. s..% 3.
Grove City: : =.
English services 8 .. m. ~ -,:
The confirmation class will meet on
Saturday forenoon at 10 O'Clock.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-02-01

good cheer and helpful spirit with her
friends. The departed was very we'll
known thruout the county which has
been the home Of the family since the
now departed souls arrived from the
native land of Sweden. .
Britta Louisa +Lundquist was born
on July II. 1915, at Mockfjard, Falu
Ian, Dalarne, Sweden. The names Of
her parents were not available for
publication. She was confirmed in
the native church in 1851. She re-
ceived the common school education
in Sweden. In the year 1865 she was
united in marriage to Ole Lundquist
at Falu Ian and five years later the
couple and their one child, Peter, left
for America. They settled first at
Maple Plain in Hennepin County but
remained there but few months
when they came to this county and
located on a homestead in Lake Lill-
ian township. BY hard, earnest work
Ole Lundquist and his wife developed
and improved the homestead into a
valued property holding. ~. ;'','
+; Eight children were born to the
departed. Peter, who died in 1906 in
Lake Li!lian;' Anna, now Mrs. Leon
ard Englund Of Kingman township,
Renville County; Albert, deceased,
who died in infancy ;NOscar of Will
mar; Axel Of Lake Lillian William of
Willmar; Victor of Jamestown N: D.,
and Louisa, now Mrs. Robert Heiden
of Menominee, Wis. The five living
children are all married. All. of these
were present at the funeral with their
families except Louisa who was i'll at
the time and could not be in attend
ance. ra- f.. 80 :
The departed made her home with
her son William at PA Trott avenue
in this city. During the past four weeks
the deceased was confined to her bed
and was removed during the last days
to a city hospital. Death came on
Saturday, Jan. 2Sth, caused by stonl-
ach ailments.
Funeral services were held at the
William Lundquist home in this city
on Monday morning at eleven o'clock
by Rev. Jesper Holmquist of the Be-
thel Lutheran church. Samuel Nelson
sang two vocal solos. -
At 1880 O'Clock Monday afternoon
church services were held at the
Christina church in Lake Lillian, Rev
B: O. Berg officiating. The choir rem
sdered several beautiful songs and Rev.
Berg paid a touching tribute to the
departed Christian soul. H.
1nterment was made in the Chris
tina cemetery Those who bore the,
respected and beloved remains to
their last resting place were four
grandsons, John, Albert, and Raymond
Lundquist. and Harry Englund, and Ar
thur Sundin and Arthur Peterson.
Besides those Immediately bereav-
ed the departed is mourned by two
cousins, Lewis Johnson of W1llmar.
and Mrs. Anna REIN of Casper, Wyo:
There are 81 grandchildren and IS
great grandchildren.
Mrs. Lundquist possessed an attrac-
tive Christian character, one which
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pended for her engagement will be re-
paid by her splendid interpretations
Of the Messiah soprano roles.
Tickets for the concert are now on
sale. Every seat in the High School
auditorium will sell at one dollar.
This concert will indeed be the mus
ical event Of the year and one to
which the public has looked forward
for some time.
The Society Of one hundred mem
bers will render eight choruses, the
best Of the Messiah composition.
Music lovers will also hear with
pleasure that Harry Philips and Mrs.
Agnes Rast-Snyder are also engaged
as basso and contralto soloists res
pectively. 49,, .-,- -. ..:..s: ,.~'