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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
MR.. HoWARD'S REPLY

This week THE APPEAL publishes
Perry Towards reply to certain
charges in it's entirety only because
the charges had been so published
His attack on the National Associa-
ton heads we leave to that body, ex-
cept to say in passing that any pub
lie speaker must see in Mr.. Towards
cease" the old debate tricks of argu-
ment ad hominem and ad populum
The real issue has scarcely been
touched.
It is in his argument on the sup
port and defeat Of so-called friends
of the race that Mr.. Howard slips
into a fallacy that is not so obvious
as the one name above. He, with
many others, assumes that anybody
bearing a Republican label is by that
token "friend" of the colored man
Upon this false premise he builds the
argument that a non-political organ.
ization which fights Republican oppo-
nents of its policies becomes political
and democratic! In the heat of his
letter the defeat of seven Republi-
can friends" is laid to the N. A
A. c. P. This is misleading in the
extreme. Of at least two of the de-
feated ones, Townsend and Kellogg;
everyone knows the facts. Townsend
was beaten on the Newberry ques-
ton and Kellogg was defeated be-
cause of Newberryism and corpora
ton legislation.
One of these days Mr.. Howard will
wake up and see that what the party
did in 1865 carries little or no weight
with the voter of 1922. We hope he
will live to see the day when black
voters will repudiate parties and
men who pass out one or two $4,000
jobs and hoodwink the mass of col
ored citizens out of money and rights
by maladministration of government
business.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
Still Hope For Dyer Bill

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2s.-Presi-
dent Harding still hopes to do some
thing for the Dyer Bill, according to
the following letter sent to William
Monroe Trotter, of Boston, by George
B. Christian, secretary to the Presi-
dent. The letter reads: @at' /.
81 have before me your message of
December first, to the President. AS
you know, the President has made
every effort possible in behalf of this
measure. Its present status is not q
promising one, but it is still hoped
that something may be accomplished
along this line in the near future"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
CHICAGO RIOT TO
COST CITY 100000

The CITY of Chicago must dig up a
half million dollars to pay the ex-
penses Of the race riot there in 1919.
eighteen death claims aggregating
$4,000 were approved yesterday by
the city's finance committee.
The city previously had paid $780,
800 for five ether deaths. Fifteen
death claims remained unsettled.
Damage to property was not in
Guided in the estimated figure of
100000. -.
During the riots, according to an
investigating commission, SAB persons
were injured-178 white, 348 colored
people and II Of undetermined race.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
COLORE men EAT TOO
MUCH; GETTING FAT

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 29.-Colored men
are getting fatter to the detriment
OF vest buttons and longevity, &C
cording to survey just completed,
by local medical organization.
The expansion of the waist line,
according to- this survey, is d1e to
overeating and indulgence in sweets.
"Men who used to treat guests,
friends and customers at bars now
entertain them at meals, buying
food, pastries and Sweets" the report
said.
Except in the rarest instances, COL
ored men who live to ripe old age are
thin.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
LYNCH|NC EVERY.
48 HOURS after
dyer BILL DEATH
National Association Places Blame For
Mob Outbreaks Squarely on
Senators

| The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, 70
Fifth avenue, New York, today made
public an "open letter to every Unit
| ed States SENATOR" setting forth that
four lynchings have occurred in the
eight days from Monday, December
4, when the Senate dropped the Dyer
anti-lynching bill, to December IL.
The letter charges the Southern
senator's with being directly response
BILE for the "outbreak of barbarism,
anarchy and degenerate bestiality''
which followed the abandonment of
the Dyer anti-lM1ching bill, and ex-
presses the hope that there will prove
to be sufficient craftsmanship in the
congress Of the United States to cope
with this threat to civilization. The
letter follows:
An Open Letter to Every Senator Of
the United States.
December 10, 1922.
Sir: From December 4, the day
the United States Senate abandoned
the Dyer anti-lynching bill, to Deem
Der IL there have been four lynch
lngs in this country, one for each two
days, one of the victims being pub
licly tortured and burned at the
stake.
This outbreak of barbarism, an
archy and degenerate bestiality and
the blood of the victims rest upon the
heads Of those Southern senators who
have obstructed even, discussion of
the measure designed to remedy this
very condition. And the RESPONSE
hility' rests equally with the Republi-
can majority. who surrendered with
hardly a struggle to the lynching tao
tics Of the Democrats.
New York, N. Y, Dec. 29-The
Herald of this city, like the Tribune
Of Chicago, seems to have discovered
that the red rays of Moscow are be-
ginning to shine en- the race in the
United States. The paper declares
that the bolsheviki, ever on the alert
to plant: the seeds of revolution in
fertile soil, have seized on the race
in America.
The Herald continues by claiming
that Moscow tried to incite the race
to rebellion. The only thing that
saved the day, according to his pa
per, was the races dislike for for
eigners.: -.
"Had the black man." complains
the Herald, "of the United States
been as. inflammable as the Russian
reds thought he was blood would
have run freely in many commune
ties, for there would have been race
war;" -.
The Herald says that after the race
riots of 1919 the reds rushed secret
agents into this country and the
African Blood Brotherhood was
formed. The Herald AYERS further
that the A. B. B. is a bolshevist or
ganization with all the bolshevist
trappings and propaganda. What is
claimed to be the program of the A.
B. B. is quoted at great length. The
article closes with a statement that
a number of educated race men have
Joined the movement and have been
preaching violence ever since. The
Herald concludes:
During the first year of the or
ganized activities by the communists
among the Negroes a number of adu-
Gated Negroes, most of them from
Harvard, were found sufficiently dis
contented and sufficiently excited to
make good communists. They were
enlisted in the work and from that
time have been preaching violence on
every occasion to the Negro element
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
Sues For $4,000 0
Settles For $40

Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. 29-The
mother Of little Arthur Mack, aged
8 years, who was run over by L. III.
Hodges automobile last November,
must have needed Christmas money
very badly when she is alleged to
have settled a $4,000 damage suit
out Of court for the paltry sum Of
$40. III 81 U 4
Hodge, Of Scrivens, Ga, was on his
way to Daytona, Ga, on business it
is alleged when he ran over the small
lad at curve on the state highway
near here. He went to the magis-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30

Wizard Evans of the Koo Koos
says, lit makes little or no difference
what Gov. Allen says and what he
means even less" Alexander Howatt,
now enjoying the hospitality of a
Kansas Jail, once had the same idea
as Wiz Evans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30

Perry Howard says he read with
amusement his letter to Senator Du-
pont. That's just how the darned
thing struck us when we read it.
Pittsburgh Courier.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30

trouble and noteriety. So the woman
said that $40 would suit her since it
would put an end to all the bother and
trouble. =. =, MI :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30
BLIND MAN MADE
WEALTHY BY OIL LANDS
Wright Rock Of Louisiana Becomes
Near Millionaire Over
Might. -

Shreveport, La, Dec. Sitting
in the blackness of eternal night, for
many years ago he lost the sight Of
both eyes Wright, Rock Of De Soto
parish, Is years old, on whose land
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-12-30

PERRY w. HOWARD.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
KITTY HERMAN.

The world has Travelled long way from
the age Of the convent 1t is inclined to look,
especially in strongly Protestant countries
with more or less curiosity and wonder upon
this institution, to regard it as hang-ov from
an age that has been thrown into the discard.
And it is certain that the convent has in it little
that is common to the spirit of activity of self
expression and self-exertion,, which dominates
modern civilization. But there hovers about
this ancient institution something which will
always appeal to the frail of spirit to the
broken-hearted, to those with crushed pur-
poses-to those whose thoughts turn inward.
Witness kittie Herman, iancee of Michael
Collins, entering convent as she is reported
about to do, and closing the door behind her.
How much that we should like to be rid of is
she not shutting out? How much of the soli-
tude, contemplation and silence that some OF
US would so much like to have is she not COM
hitting herself to! Her act does not fit in with
modern ideas of life and its purpose, to be sure.
But sight of this beautiful young woman turn
ing her back upon the world and all that it
offers cannot but remind us that this mad rush
we know is not the only side of life. And then,
too, there is something pathetic and touching
in the thought Of this woman, deprived of the
life she had sought, spending the years with
her dream.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
MAKING HOME HUM.

Irving Bachelor, speaking before the Phila-
delphia Forum, finds something very much the
matter with the American home today. He
blames parental complaisance for good deal
of the trouble. Children Of what he calls the
India rubber parent "are brought up to re-
gard life as an island of ice cream in an ocean
Of candies and chocolates" and Douglas Fair
banks has taken the place of Alfred Tennyson."
There is always something for the moralist to
mourn oyer in the upbringing of the young
The moralist is inclined to forget, however,
that the exceptional always declares itself
more noisily than the normal. The egregious
and the excessive sticks out and shrieks to be
seen. Most people are running no risk Of be-
ing demoralized by luxuries or by soft living,
because most people cannot afford these things
and must keep busy to keep alive.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
NEW MINDS.

New Minds for Old in II Weeks!" exclaims
An ad in a magazine. We don't want to read
what's under the caption lest it be disillusion-
ing. Our old mind has been getting kind OF
stale lately, and we like to think there's place
in the world where it can be exchanged. How
much do you suppose they will allow us for
the old one? Somewhat used, and a little tired,
but still good for several thoughts, dreams and
decisions of one sort and another. And what
do you suppose they do with the old ones? Do
they take them down and-clean them up and
rebuild" them and sell them to inpeeunious
souls without any minds of their own and not
money or gumption to buy nice, new shiny
minds with all the working parts guaranteed :?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
COUNTY FAIRS.

Tine Vas VIXEN Q county fatr was cn1ediy
week Of tunketing. with hufdy gurdies and
blatant side shows, thimbls-riggers and small
army OF small-bcre crooks following after.
Times have changed now.
= The county fairs are now genuine exposi-
lions q the best rural products, in grains and
fruits and livestock. The keenest minds and
the best intelligence Of the countryside assem-
BE there. Prize cattle and hogs and poultry
are matched. There are worthwhile discus
sions Of methods and systems. There are
points of interchange Of good ideas, distribut-
ing csntees for the influnece Of progress Fed
eral dsnonstration agents, state university ex-
tension workers, experts in all forms Of using
the soil and in handling stocks. put their serv-
ices at the disposal Of the farmers. planters.
orchardists, and dairymen-
Progressive thought radiates from them.
Tho gospel Of good roads, Of domestic science.
of community hygiene, Of rural education, OF
more comfortable country homes. Of rural COM
munity cooperation. is carried out from them.
Townfolks are interested in them, because
town wellbeing is builded on rural wellbeing.
and because none Of us who goes about his
business in cities can do 90 in continued pros
perity unless his neighbors on farms. in fields
and orchards can live and work through the
years with assurance of fair dealing and the
profits due their harvests.
The people Of Rock Island are demanding
that their government be directed from the city
hall and not from the roost Of the vice vultures.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

- QuGSslOn Oy WEtiius : ne ~ - 4''f
WASHINGTON, ID. C. Give fun nafns sou
,iurn postage lie brief. Al .aldiEies afs
TO each ind. vldGai. No attention sfI d
has made a success in New York in
"Liliom.'
@. Which are best for automo-
bile racing, small wheels or large
ones, disc wheels or wire Wneeis'
{. Il.
A. Small wire wheels are COLI
sidered more suitable for racing
@. Does the government pa
pension TO ex-s!aves? II. L. l.
A. The government does hos
pay such pensions, although suGh
representations have been ihaae
from time to time by inliFldaaiS'
! Q. Who was known as The "a a,
Their of professional prize ilsh''hs
A. Although fighting villa rs,
has probably been practltei -
England for many centuries pr"
to the advent Of james flgg' A.
torians generally agree IN GYMS
him this henor. =,
Q. When a couple leaves -
street car, should the woman 81
| first! J. T.
A. The man should precede ~
/ woman to assist her down 'D'
carsteps.
/ @. In what year did congress 'll
nose a tariff on wire nails ana -"
much was it? W. +. T.
A. The tariff act OF 1890 pr.
vided for such tariff. 1t amouh,,
: to 2, 2la or cents per pouna, IA a.
! cordipg to length and gauge Oh W.
from which they were made, =,
@. What is the origin OF
term Pill Of Fare? Z !.
A. 1t is said that the eiee .ed
Henry of Graunchiweig a't,ae.
general notice at state olhA; !,
during meeting Of electoi9 -
Regensberg in 1889 by reterrins
a long list before a dish was ofI Tue.
ed. In reply to an inquiry the e.e rs
tor spread the paper out ana ,:, No.
found to contain a list OF ois TIA
prepared for the OCCASION, at
idea so pleased the assembly, ~
each of them had it iatroducyo iN
his household.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSNEN
ksfhma and Nitre Paper.

l suffer with hay fever asthma
and an in the habit Of burning II
night pieces Of paper which nave
been soaked in a solution OF sat
petre. The fumes seem to give me
great relief. Will this do any ser
ious harm? Z. n.
Answer-No. It often gives COM
fort and prevents an attack II the
room is filled with the fumes be-
fore you retire.
Lead Poisoning from Hair Dye.
/ have been applying the follow
ing formula to my hair several
times a month for about four years,
with no apparent bad results until
about three months ago, when l
began to feel weak and lose ny
mental and physical endurance,
with an intermittent trembling and
shaking of the right arm and
hand, and l wonder whether my
impaired health can be due to lead
poisoning. II so, what can | do to
counterfeit the effect and get it out
of my system? A. X. W.
Answer-The formula you in
closed consisted Of alcohol Is per
cent, lead acetate grains per
ounce. sulphur, glycerin and bay
rum, quantities not given. The ire
quent application Of such a prep
aration to the head or Scalp might
cause chronic lead poisoning. and
the condition you describe may be
due to lead poisoning. which is a
serious matter demanding the at
tention OF your physician. -,
Chocolate Dipperss Rash.
am employed as chocolate
dipper and have a rash on my
hands which older workers call
chocolate rash. What is the best
areatment for this rash. and will it
return If l attempt to do the same
work again? B. l.. V.
Answer-Irritation by the sugar
probably. causes the eczematous
rash. Unless you can work with
rubber gloves, the trouble will
probably return if you take up the
same work again. l know OF moth
ing better to relieve 1t than freshly
made zinc oxide ointment
Adenoids and Catarrh.
Kindly let me know what l can
do for nasal catarrh. l have ade-
| noids and they are in bad condi-
ton. W. NJ.
Answer-What you assume to be
"catarrh" is probably group o!
symptoms caused by the adenoids
which you should have removed be-
fore the damage becomes irrepara-
BILE. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

The Argus continues to receive complaints
about a notorious disorderly resort on Rock
river. Similar complaints have been registered
duty it is to suppress this obnoxious dive The
Argus still believes that the sheriff is going to
find time during the rush of his Official respon-
sibilities to give proper attention to this dis
reputable establishment and to thus convince
his friends that he is neglecting no opportunity
to contribute to the success of the campaign
to make Rock Island city and county safe and
decent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

~ nasDsfsw ~ Harms = ths CO.
ysaahiy. he Asass doesat know 1sst Wal
b1sinsss II. Losasy hsd With Joe tAe 0adss1
Bat ths Ar4ns 49, know that II has Iosf
n4ithbor, an With the departure Of that
nslshbos It dossn't expect to - much Of ~.
Loensy u he vicinity Of the RSx hotel FOR
al q Which The Argus and othefS,of it, neigh
bors feel duty grateful TO the people Of Rock
Island Who have stood 20 magnicentiy penind
The Argus in the cappaign which has brought
sbost the complete collapse Of the Rock Island
underworld government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

John Looney, for years posing before the
community as an advocate of civic decency, has
been brought out into the open as the con-
fessed beneficiary and defender of the condi-
tons and individuals responsible for the
reign of lawlessness that has necessitated an
appeal to the attorney generol of Illinois to
erase the stain from the good name of the city
and punish its traducers And, incidentally,
Looney finds himself indicted by the federal
grand jury as an alleged automobile thief, an
onense he is charged with having committed
while seeking to prove his fitness to serve as
dispenser Of justice in the Rock Island county
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

"Devils!" murmured the hungry
man, devouring the delicious.y
Drowned baked beans. What could
they do?"
What couldn't they do"
"Muvver," called the twins from
their room.
Even now they don't let me
rest" She answered their call.
They twined their short, dimpled
arms around her neck and pleaded
in eager whispers. She crushed
them to her breast, then tucked
them in warm.
"Their goodnight kiss" she gent
ly replied to her husbands queru.-
Gus look.
What was that you were saying
about devilish" resumed the ia
Their, who had his own worries.
"Oh, nothing. They're only chill
dren." The wise wife dropped that
subject. She thought of something
and smiled quietly.
The darlings!" -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady. M. D.
Broneaid Fabr,caf,sus.
Notsd PAyaiclaa ara Asrnc1.

Second IN value to the hot mus
tard foot bath as an expedient for
relieving congestion in the chest.
in the treatment Of acute bronchi-
tbs. is countef irritation.
Counter irritation wouldn't be
worth . fiivver's feeble squawk if it
didn't get on the patients nerves.
The chief fault with many popular
counter frritants is that they don't
counter irritate.
The favorite Is yet, and suppose
always will be, turpentine and lard.
Turpentine around a paint shop Is
not at all q disagreeable odor, but
turpentine and lard smeared over a
chest is, to my mind. ample justifi-
cation for waving the examination
and fabricating diagnosis.
Mustard -four, one part; wheat
flour, three parts; cool, never hot,
water enough to make a paste;
spread over muslin the size of two
hands, backed with waxed paper or
other impervious material. the free
edges of the muslin folded back
and basted Ner the paper, the fin
ished plaster or paste warmed just
enough to take the chill off, and ap-
piled to the chest, is to my mind
the best of all counter irritants,
because the effect may be watched
and the paste removed when tie
skin becomes moderately Redeemed
under the plaster-which takes
from 10 to 40 minutes, depending
on the skin and the mustard, and
no further action is desired. This
is, indeed, the only way to prevent
blistering with mustard, despite
notions that ingredients such az
egg white or lard or milk will pre-
vent blister:lg.
Mustard is never to be applied
to young child's chest. Neither is
turpentine if yod have genuine hui.
name feeling. The ideal counter
irritant for young children and ba.
bies is camphorated oil, and make
your own preparation SO it will be
fresh and good, by crushing the
camph0r into powder and dissolv.
ing it in hot oil. either sweet al
mond Oil tsweet oiD or olive oil
as much as the oil will take w
while hot, and then some, so tha
! a little camphor settles at the bot
tom of the bottle. This may b.
rubbed over the entire chest. tn,
! throat or up over the nose, once {
day, or twice a day, and no othel
! application should be made, in tn,
case of child, except by specia
order OF the physician.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

The Argus is reliably informed that John
Looney will not be member of the next Rock
Island fire and police commission. His time
will be mostly occupied receiving delegations
of voters pledging him their support for the
position OF Rock Island county Judge, work
he will be prepared to apply himself to after he
has convinced the United States government
that he has been wronsuliy accused of stealing
an automobile belonging to citizen of Iowa
and established his innocence of any other
transgressions that may bring him afoul of the
law.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

A United States marshal yesterday visited
the roost of the Rock Island vice vultures and
reported finding there 4 delegation Of armed
thugs awaiting the return of their leader, who
has been evading service federal warrant
charging him with thevery. This is the
remnants of the underworld element that has
been running your city. How do you like it?