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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-20

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
TEAM CAPTAINS FOR
CHEST DRIVE NAMED
Meeting of All Captains and
Workers Called for Friday,
September FL

/All captains, speakers and work
ers in Division G in the Chest drive
are urged to be present at meet
ing of the division Friday, Septem-
Der Fl, at Little Pilgrim church,
Central and Grotto, at 8:15 p. m. ~
The meeting is called by S. Ed
Hall, chairman of the division. C.
w. Pfeiffer, director of the Com
n1unity Chest, and Elmer,~A. Carter,
secretary of the Urban league, will
talk ON the Community Chest cam
.paign.
The following persons have been
named captains in the divisions:
Mrs. Harriet Sherwood, st. Philips
church; Mrs. Naomi Thomas, ST.
James A. M. E. church; Mrs. A. D..
Mcfarland, Camphor M. E. Church;
Rev. E. H. Thomas, Bethel A. M. E..
church; Rev. T. j. Carr, st. Paul
Baptist church; B. F Edwards, Pill
grim Baptist church; Edward Jones,
Zion Presbyterian church; G. w.
Hamilton. Jr., st. Peter Claver
church, A. w. Jordan, Memorial Bap-
tist church; Rev. Y. j. Gamble, Grace
C. M. E. church; Walker Williams,
select group; Owen Howell, business
men; G. HI. Miller, fraternal orders
group; Roy Wilkins, speakers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
correspondent Tells
OF LIFE IN SENEGAL
Expedition Finds Black Mayor
in St. Louis; People Are
Prosperous

(Used by permission of the Chi
cago Tribune.)
Chicago, Sept. 10.-Floyd Gibbons,
in special story to the Tribune on
the Chicago Tribune's trans Sahara
expedition. has this to say of St.
Louis, the principal city of Senegal:
In St. Louis itself were barefooted
colored bellies, wearing pounds of
yellow handworked gold neck chains,
earrings, bracelets, anklets and nose
rings. On the streets in the native
quarter white travellers frequefy
were shocked to encounter white
women in cloth skirts walking bare
footed beside -colored men of the
darkest hue. They are Albinos, born
of black parents. Although one sees
numbers of blind beggars, the condi-
ton of the people is unquestionably
prosperous, as they are happy.
Many Mixed Breeds.
TIE mayor of St. Louis is a black
with French education and a black
deputy represents Senegal in the
French chamber of deputies in Paris.
"Cafe au lait," offspring of white
and black alliances, are numerous
and constitute separate class.
st. Louis, which extends on both
sides of the river, is the military
headquarters for various contingents
OF black troops, which continually
are relieving garrisons in small iso-
lated spots far north in the desert.
Native soldiers are proud of the fact
that their country sent 100000 fight
ing men to France during the war.
There is French military training
among some natives, but in several
places, such as Bamako, I'VE found
large barracks being turned into
schools, while in other places erect
ed on ground formerly reserved for
military purposes.
From one of these isolated posts
comes a new story of life saving by
airplane. An old colored noncom-
missioned officer, who had worn the
French uniform seventeen years, was
diving from fever at a small post 5OO
miles from the nearest ice-makmg
machine. The doctor said ice would
save the mans life, but none was OBJ
tainable A French aviator supplied
the ice by tuning up his plane, and
carrying a container of water aloft
to a freezing attitute, where he re-
manned until ice had formed and
then made a speedy descent to the
sandy inferno of the desert post and
delivered the crystallized water from
Goods ice plant"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
HEALTH OFFICIALS
OF ST. LOUIS ARE
HELD RESPONSIBLE
St. Louis N. A. A. C.. P. to
Charge Health Officer and
Staff With Murder
WARRANT FOR DOCTOR
Vaccination, Forced On COlored
Emigrants From South
Proves Fatal

St. Louis, Sept. 11.-"My child
died as result of being vaccinated," ;"
is the statement of a mother, Mrs.
Earmie Farmer, whose child, little
Alto, S years old, died at their home,
Newport, ILL.,, Sept. 1.
Little Alto was one of the victims
of DR.. Starkloff's order to examine
and vaccinate those coming to St.
Louis from the South. The mother,
with her four children, arrived in
st. Louis August 3, en- route to New
port, ILL.,, where her husband, Arthur,
had prepared home for his family,
whom he had left at Little Rock,
Ark. some time before.
Mrs. Farmer says that when she
arrived at the union station, she with
her four children were vaccinated
by the health officers operating in a
box car for that purpose.
Ignores Protest.
Mrs. Farmer states that she pro-
tested with all her might and intel
ligence against being vaccinated and
also protested in the behalf of her
children, but of no avail. She told
the officer in charge that she was on
her way to Newport, in another
state, and was not coming to St.
Louis to stay; but the officers insist
ed, telling her it was an order from
the health department and had to be
obeyed. Thus an "assault' on moth
er and four children was carried out
officially.
Once out of the hands of these Of
fcerr Mrs. Farmer was met by her
husband. the father of her children,
who took them forthwith to - their
present home at Newport. Not a
night was spent by them in St. Louis.
All Became Ill.
Mrs. Farmer says they were much
excited at the time they were vac
cinated, and they were i'll as a result;
she being still suffering from the
effects. Little Alto, she says, con-
tinued to complain of pains in his
left arm and side, but they did not
kow it was serious until the child's
death.
COroner's Inquest.
Because no physician had attend
ed the child a coroner's, inquest was
held to ascertain the cause of death.
The coroner's verdict says, "Died
Sept. 1. 1922 probably from vacci-
nation received four weeks ago."
W0n seen by a representative of
the Argus, Coroner Edward Mercer
of Granite City stated that it was
his belief that the child came to it's
death as result of being vaccinated
at St. Louis August 3.
Damage and Criminal Proceedings.
A warrant will be asked for the
arrest of DR.. Starkloff, ct al, charg-
ing them with murder of the little
filed against those who are alleged
to be responsible for the child's
death.
The local branch National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People will probably handle the
case.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
TWO DRIVERS HELD IN
''AUNT JENNA" DEATH
COlOred Doctor and Truck Driv-
er Held for Killing Aged
Woman.

Chicago Sept. 1O.-Two drivers
involved in an accident which caused
the death of Mrs. Nancy Green, SO
years. old, the agen "Aunt Jemima"
cf pancake fame, We're ordered held
to the grand jury yesterday ON
charges of manslaughter. Six men
were sentenced to bridewell terms
for driving automobiles while intoxi-
Gated, a record number over a period
of a year or more.
The drivers held criminally respon-
sible for the death of Mrs. Green,
who lived at 4543 Prairie avenue, are
Burke Adams of 862 Oakwood boule-
ward, driver for the Davies Laun-
dry company, and DR.. Harry S.
Seymour, colored, who lives at 473O
Prairie avenue.
Witnesses at the inquest conducted
by Deputy Coroner Joseph Gubbins
testified that Adams truck, leaving
an alley ON 46th street, near Prairie
avenue, collided with Seymour's au-
tomobile, which bounded up on the
sidewalk where the aged woman
was walking, struck her down and
crashed into building. The jury
decided the drivers were equally re-
sponsible.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
BAGNALL TO SPEAK
HERE SEPTEMBER q
Official of n. A. A. C.. P. to Ad-
dress Meeting at the
Pilgrim Church

Robert Bagnall, of New York, di.
rector of branches for the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People, will speak in ST.
Paul, Friday night. Sept. Fl, officials
of the local branch announced Wed
nesday.
Mr.. Bagrall will speak at Pilgrim
Baptist church, Cedar and Summit
avenues, at 8 p. m. There will be
nc admission charge.
St. Paul will be only one of the
cities visited by Mr.. Bangall in the
interests of the national organiza-
ton. Methods of more effective Or
ganization for carrying out the pro
grom of the association will be dis
cussed by thespeaker in addition to
new and complicating phases of the
race question brought to the fore by
the migration? from the South.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
SEEK LARGE HALL FOR
BUSINESS EXHIBITION
Plans Laid for Greatest Gather
ing; Requests for Space
Come In

Committees to promote the second
annual business exhibition under the
auspices of the St. Paul Business
league have been appointed, and
work is rapidly getting under way, O.
Howell, president of the league, an
nounced yesterday. The exhibition
will be held in November.
So great was the interest aroused
by the first exhibition that inquiries
by merchants for space at the forth
coming celebration indicate that a
large hall will have to be secured to
care for the exhibits and the crowds
expected to attend. Several requests
from Minneapolis merchants fos
space have been received.
The league is negotiating for the
largest hall in the city, but the deal
has not as yet been closed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
GIRL AND SCALP REUNITED
dent When Young Woman Was
Rushed to Hospital.

Covington, Ky.-Thelma Baker, six
teen years old, Of Newport, and her
skull and scalp are reunited. They
were parted for a period Of several
hours and by \ distance Of many
miles.
Thelma was interested in the work
ing of a corn grinder. She was peep
ing into the machine when her curls
got entangled in the grinder. The ma
chine tore the girls scalp from her
head She was rushed 20 miles to the
Boothe Memorial hospital here, but in
the excitement her scalp was left be-
hind. There was dash at breakneck
speed back to the farm and back here
again. Surgeons by a skillfW opera
ton, replaced the scalp on Miss Ba-
ker's head, using adhesive plaster to
bind the wounds-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
EDGAR BROWN BARRED
BY TEN NN|SASSoC|AT|0N
National Singles Champion is
Barred Because of UnspOrts-
manlike Conduct

Chicago, Sept. 11.-At a specia.
meeting of the members and dele.
gates of the American Tennis asso.
citation August 25th, following the
banquet given by the Prairie Tennis
club to the visiting players and Of
ficers of the association, Edgar G
Brown, winner of the national title
in the mems singles for the past two
years, was suspended "for the good
of the association"
Brown, it is alleged, has been un-
sportsmanlike on the courts during
the national tournament just ended
and other tournaments, and the ac-
tion, though severe, came after a
motion was made to suspend him for
one year, prohibiting him from TAX
ing part in any interchb intercity
sectional or national tournament
sanctioned by the American Tennis
association. Delegates voted solid
against the champion. The decision
was reached only after it became
plain that unless Brown was severe
ly dealt with, the association would
be wrecked, as all officers as we'll as
players present were ready to hand
in their resignation. The action pro-
hibits Brown from entering the
next national tournament, to be hello
in Baltimore.
The meeting was called to order
by DR.. Harry S. McCard of Balti.
more, president of the American
Tennis association. It was also
voted that every club belonging tt
the association would get notice Of
MIR. Browns suspension, that he
would be notified in writing and thai
at the end of the year he would bt
reinstated only after he had writer
an apology to both DIR. David |
Hoage of New York and DR.. Wrigh
of Baltimore. In the meantime
Brown is allowed to retain both IT'LL
and cup.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
LIMIT Seen IN SUPPLY
OF GAS FROM NATURE
U. S. Mine Bureau Says Output
Is Not lnexhauStibIe.

Monroe, LATHE United States
bureau Of mines, having declared that
the natural gas in this country is not
inexhaustible, and that the supply is
dwindling rapidly, persons interested
in conservation of Louisiana's natural
resources are launching a campaign
with the object of either putting an
end to the existence Of carbon black
plants in this state or at least curbing
their operations.
The north Louisiana gas field is the
largest producing field in the world,
and the wells in the Ouachita- More
house district now are giving up the
enormous total of 1,3SO,OOO,OOO cubic
feet of gas daily for the manufacture
Of carbon black
Ninety per cent of this gas Is
wasted, it is claimed, and the con-
servationists have determined to do
something to put stop to it, If for
no other reason than that industries
in search of cheap fuel hesitate to To-
cate in or near the field for fear the
gas will be exhausted in the near fu-
ture.
The Texas legislature recently re-
fused to enact law which would have
permitted of the establishment of car
bon black plants in the gas fields now
being developed in that state, and 1t
is expected the Louisiana Legislature
at it's next session will be called upon
to take steps to remedy the situation
here.
Carbon black is used for many pur-
poses, the best known Of which Is In
the manufacture of printers ink. 1t
is nothing more than what is com
monty known as SCOT, and its produc-
ton is simple process. The natural
gas flame is permitted to burn against
a metal plate, across which a mechani'
cal scraper moves. The carbon, OF
SCOT, Is scraped off, falls into con
veyor and is carried to the packing
room.
Profits from the business are enor.
nous and any attempt to break it UP
is certain to meet with stiff opposi
ton, as was the case when the ques
ton was considered at the state con
stitutional convention two years ago.
The cost of drilling and piping
gas we'll which will produce from 10,
100000 to 2OOO0,OOO feet of gas daily
is placed at $4,000. Construction ot
a carbon plant capable of producing
$500 pounds of carbon daily requires
100000. The cost Of gasoline alb
sorption plant, which will produce from
the gas, as a by-product, from 1,5O(
to 1900 gallons of gasoline daily II
$4,000. The total investment repre-
sents $4,000. ...= RI.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
Styles in Headgear
Include Floral Trim

Each week now in Paris brings its
full quota of new spring bOnnets.
Generally speaking, preference for
floral trim is given to fiat, many
petaled silk flowers suitable for ap-
pique, although novelties in. kid, in
wool velours, in metal and in stiff
iacquered silks are in the market.
In ribbons, everything from the mar
rowest shoe string type to ribbon in
eight or twelve-inch widths is in
vogue in plain weaves, in fancy
weaves, in changeable effects, and
embroidered, printed or scalloped.
Trimmings for. the most part me-
ander along at their own sweet will
at the front, and the back, at the
sides, under the brim. at the top of the
brim, at the base or at the top of the
crown, according to the shape of the
hat and the caprice of the milliner.
Brims for the most part are very
irregular in line this season, and are
cut, slashed, notched, rolled or dropped
sometimes wide at front and short al
the back, and sometimes the reverse
namely, wide at the back and short
across the front and sides. The basic
principle of construction is, however
for line short at the back and wide
at the front.
Crowns still show a surprising de
termination to rise to untold-in any
case to unbecoming- but
hand in hand with these new high.
crowned shapes are shapes with soft
supple, squatty sectional crowns just
deep enough to take care of the
top of the head. .->..
In colors, bright emerald green
soft shades Of dull blue Persian greens
and bright gentian blue make theil
bow as the latest novelty shades
while black, shell and blond, alone and
In combination, still represent the pop
ular demand. Black hats with .
multi-colored trim and hats in two
tone combination-a light and dari
shade Of the same color-are both con
spicuous.
There is still pronounced feeling
for metal used for brim facings o.
for metal used on straw or fabric
hats. Letter to the Dry Good
Economist.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
Metropolitan Club
To Glue Dances
At Coliseum

A group of business men have or
ganized under the name of the Metro.
politian club to give a series OF
dances at the Coliseum located at
University and Lexington avenues.
Mr.. John Lane, the owner OF the
Coliseum is anxious for colored :peo-
pie to use the hall whenever it is
available, and has made it possible
for the Metropolitan club to secure
the services Of the famous Little
Bennies Argentine Red Caps, one of
the best orchestras in the northwest
The first of these dances will be
given Thursday night, September 20
Dancing from $3.50 P. M. to loo
A. M. :.
Every one who possibly can should
go as it will be one of the incest af-
fairs of the season and or the patron
age of this, dance depends the series
of dances the club plans to give.
Mr.. C. L. Ray is president of the
Metropolitan Club and DR.. John r
French, secretary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
CURE FOR LEPROSY
FOUND BY EGYPTIAN

Paris, Sept. 5.-An article which
the Matin will publish tomorrow
says that a young Egyptian doctor
has found cure for leprosy.
After citing a statement made at
the recent Medical Congress at Stras-
bourg that there are 100000 lep-
ers in the world, the author of the
Matin article, DR.. Pierre Louis Rehm
reviews the age-old efforts to find a
cure and cites the work Of DIR. James
Hassan of Alexandria, which formed
the subject of a communication to
the Sorbonne faculty in 1922.
Subsequent experiments, he says,
have given such good results that his
preparation. "Amino Aresenophe-
nolo" or "Eparasino," may be re
garded as a certain cure.
This preparation several years ago
was used by DIR. Pomeret against
syphilis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
Cat Summons Policeman
to Aid in Kittens Rescue

London.-A cat, helped by
policeman, succeeded n rescu-
ing her kitten that had fallen
down a well at Alton, in Hamp-
shire. s.e ...- ~
The distressed cat attracted
the attention of a policeman,
and the faint cries Of the drown
ing kitten explained the moth
er's agitated antics and cries.
Two efforts made to save the
kitten by lowering a bucket
failed.
Then the constable lowered
the mother cat by a rope. Her
natural aversion to water van
ished In her desire to save her
kitten, which was raised ,ex-
hausted to the surface, firmly
but gently held in its mothers
teeth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
TRAVELLERS find
COLORED HOTELS
BADLY NEEDED
Even Larger Cities Offer Moth
ing Better Than RoOming
Houses
BUSINESS LEAGUE IoP|C
Writer Makes Plea for Better
HOstelries to Care for
Needs
BUSINESS LEAGUE TOPIC

The lack of hotel accommodations
is one of the most disappointing
features of race progress notice
able in America today. While there
is indexed in the Billboard office
more than 600 stopping places avail
able for the colored traveller, as a
matter of fact the race can boast of
adequate hotel accommodations in
less than one-third of the larger
cities of the country and in very few
of the smaller towns.
The file referred to contains the
names of many hotels operated for
the patronage of the general public
without regard to the race of the
patron, and many more of private
home keepers whose doors are hos
pitably thrown open to the race trav-
eler who could not be otherwise cared
for. Just about hundred cards bear
the names of bona fide hotels oper-
ated for the accommodation of COL
ored people by members of their own
race. The management of many of
these restricted, few seem to care
for patronage once it is obtained.
Travellers Prefer Rooming Houses.
Some are operated on the policy
of getting all of the profit possible
from the patron at his or her first
visit to the hostelry. Others as
sumo that a bed without any sup
Elementary service of any character
is enough justification for collecting
the price quoted. Some assume that
patrons will gravitate towards their
house or be forced to patronize it.
Few unknown to those who would
patronize the hotel, if they but knew
of it.
Another grave error is the pre-
sumption that all colored travellers
are seeking a "good time" with its
attendant noise. Few of our race
hotel men appreciate the numbers
WHO give CutlH llO CLOuSAI, SRlu opoii
arrival in town. proceed to seek a
rooming house.
Need Noted by Business Mems
League.
There is no desire to disparage
the colored hotel. A goodly num-
ber of them will challenge the ad-
miration of even those familiar with
the pretentious houses of other peo-
Piles. The criticism offered in this
article is intended to be constructive
and it is conceded that no evil car
be rectifed until it's existence has
been acknowledged.
That the colored hotel business is
sadly in need of overhauling has
been recognized bv the National Ne
gro Business League, and that body
has been trying for several years to
interest hotel men in the organizing
for the sake of improvement and the
uriformit of service standards ir
their business. So far little progress
has been made.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
COLORED WOMAN ON
w. VA. STATE BOARD

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. IL
Mrs. Irene Meats of Clarksburg, a
graduate of Ohio State University
and a prominent eolored teacher in
this state, has been appointed by
Governor E. F. Morgan to member
ship upon the State Educational
Board. The governor said this was
his answer to an attempt made by
the Democratic lower house in the
legislature to discontinue appropria-
tions for colored welfare work In
West Virginia.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15

New York, Sept. 6.-(K. N. F.
Service) In order to prevent 800
acres of property from coming
into the possession of New York
colored people, the Westchester
County Park Commission the other
day bought it, paying $36O,OOO for
it. The property is known as Gro
ton Point, and is located on the
Hudson river, near Harmon. It is
short distance from the $500,00O
home of the late Nine. C. J. Walker,
at Irvington-on-the- Hudson.
R. W. Justice, a colored business
man of this city, who was in charge
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
J. S. SPARKS FOUND NOT
GUILTY ON CHARGE

J. S. Sparks, 633 West Central ave-
nue., arrested after an accident on
East Sixth street, and accused OF
driving a car while intoxicated, was
Monday morning by Judge
Olso for lack of evidence. The po-
liceman that made the arrest failed
to prove that Mr.. Sparks was intoxi-
Gated. Hammond Turner was attor-
ney for Mr.. Sparks.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15

County Buys Up Land To Prevent
Building of Colored Atlantic Cit,

of the plan to develop at Crotor
Point a summer resort for colored
people, stated that he had a verbal
agreement and an option on the land
until September IL.
81 consider the sale a breach of
contract" Justice said. "Many peo-
pie have subscribed to lots to the ex-
tent of half a million dollars"
It is being rumored here that JUS
tees activities in connection with
the developing of the property for
colored people was only scheme to
get the county to buy the property
at fabulous price.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
TRY HOTEL BELLMAN
IN ATLANTIC CITY

Atlantic City, N. J.-(K. N. F.
Service) Kermit Campbell, bellman
in the Morton hotel, is on trial here
on a charge of stealing $1,O81 In
travellers checks and currency from
the hotel safe. The money belonged
to guests, in the hotel. According to
the police Campbell had 5000 in his
pockets when arrested.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-09-15
LEISURE HOUR INN
OPENED TO PUBLIC

A frst-class eating place has been
added to the businesses in the city
by H. McCarty in the opening of the
Leisure Hour Inn at 438 Rondo
street. Mr.. McCarty and his man
ager, C. P. Oden, are prepared to
serve up-to-the-minute meals at all
hours. Only the finest foods are
served. Cooking is the best. Drop in
and give yourself surprise.