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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 5-We
are now at the height of the suicide
season. A daily average of forty
people do away with themselves in
this country all the year round. But
the number is not evenly distributed.
there the fewer suicides, while now,
when the world is sunny and color
full and people are going on vaca-
lions and having a good time, the
toll mounts appallingly.
The reason is not difficult to eX-
plain. 1t is the very c~heerfulness of
summer that does it. The fact that
so many are enjoying life strikes
the depressed person with all the
force of a sharp contrast. He is
not having a good time because of
poverty or trouble of some sort.
He wants to get away from the in
sistent gaiety in which he can not
share.
No one knows exactly how many
suicides occur in a year because re-
ports on vital statistics r not COM
plete. Only estimates based on the
registration area, can be made, and
these estimates which are probably
low give the figure as about $4,000.
Aside from the fact that a sui
eide usually results in a brief news
item in the paper almost no atten-
ton is paid to these occurrences.
They are taken by the public as a
matter of course.
There is a mar in this city, how
ever, who not only believes that sui
eide Is preventable, but thai 1t
should be prevented. He is DR.. H.
NJ. Warren. president of the Save-a-
Life-League and his organization
is the result of his belief. The league
has it's office in a church in the
heart of the city-3O9 West 57th
street, to be exact. Here every day
he sees from two to six people who
are bent on taking their lives, but
who have heard Of the league and
decide to consult an expert on the
subject before taking the fatal step.
II any one can be said to be an
expert on suicide, DR.. Warren can.
Seventeen years ago in making an
address in New York he referred
casually to a suicide case of the day
before. The newspapers reported
that loneliness was the cause. Dr..
Warren told his audience that If
the woman had come to him he
might have been able to prevent the
tragedy; that people in trouble Of
ten needed only a helping hand. He
added, ~ wish thar any m in the
city who thinks Of committing
suicide would come to talk to me
about it first
This speech brought six visitors
to him. They planned to kill them
selves. but they decided to hear his
arguments as to why they should
not. Others followed, and gradually
DR.. Warren became known in dis
tant parts of the country as we'll as
In New York. Now letters come
to him from almost every state in
the Union. Sometimes he carries on
q lengthy correspondence with some
Individual who plans suicide but
delays from day to day while the
matter is discussed by letter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

Baby fell irto a Wisconsin river
and was say ed; a real baby, MOI a
bathing beauty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

One of the books we would like to
see written is How to Be Happy
Though a Reformer."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

Jest as boys are rushing off to col.
lego ar Oregon professor quits to
becom9 a plasterer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

JpSC as DOyS are n OH to COL
lego ar Oregon professor quits to
becoms a plasterer.
A gtntle, loving Los Angeles crea-
ture waits to drink iodine IL trey
won't hang her husband.
pennsylvania man has escaped
from jail three times. II you think
this is easy try t once.
Fat men hold a convention in
Portland, Me. The funny thing is
all are moi landlords.
Even though an Elkton (Mi.)
minister married 5000 couples he
has died a natural death.
Cops think a San Pedro (CAlif.)
oil tank fire incendiary. May have
found ~oiled-soaked waste.
Chinese typhoons are almost as
dangerous as American bootleg.
Furs and fur coats will be about
spell higher this fall.
A senator is being sued for thirty
cents expecting to make him feel
llhe ina dIllOuHCs
Antiques are things made long,
long ago. We are just about out Of
antique prices.
Wonder If the italian who swan
the English Channel developed his
arms eating spaghetti?
One of the books we would like to
see written is How to Be Happy
Though a Reformer."
Place a few auto tags end to end.
Read left to right. It is how many
marks for a dollar.
The California report that a movie
star and her husband are close
friends is probably untrue.
What a pity shoes won't stay
shined, as noses do.
Several makers are making autos
as funny as they can. but can't get
jokes started about them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

The ecllrse due Sept. 10 is not the
Firpo-Dempsey fight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

Wonder If the italian who swan
the English Channel developed his
arms eating spaghetti?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05
SMILES
By TOM SIMS

y Brooklyn baby who swallowed a
toy auto will recover. Please tie
your flivver outside.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

A gentle, loving Los Angeles crea-
ture waits to drink iodine IL trey
won't hang her husband.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05

Antiques are things made long,
long ago. We are just about out Of
antique prices.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
SHERIFF CALLS ON
MILITARY FOR AID
AS MOB GATHERS
Soldiers With Bayonets Patrol
Street Leading to
Jail
VOLLEY KILLS ONE IN CROWD
Mob of 1000 Quieted When
Soldiers Fire Into Threat
ening Section

Savannah, Ga., June 20. -
Forty-nine persons were arrest
ed here today in connection with
an attempted lynching of WAL
ter Lee, colored, during which
one man was killed and several
injured.
Savannah was quiet today, al
though soldiers with fixed bay
onets patrolled the vicinity of
the Jail where Lee, charged with
attempted assault, was held.
Sheriff Merritt Divon called on
military authorities for assistance
when a mob of 1000 persons swarm
ed about the Jail, intent on lynching
the colored man.
Shortly after a military patrol ar
rived, one section of the crowd be-
came threatening and volley was
fired into the throng. o. C. Parker,
Jr., was killed, and several injured.
The volley dispersed the mob.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
Paws Creditors After
20 Years Beating Back

Cincinnati.-In private dining
room at an exclusive club, IA business
men met Tuesday night for what prob
ably was the most peculiar feast ever
attended by any Of them. 1t was ar
ranged with mystery concealing the
identity Of the host, but each guest
was creditor-whom he repaid after
20 years of efforts to "come back"
The presentation Of checks for the
principal with interes, for two decades
recalled to each Of the guests the
name of Foster Butner, former Lexing-
ton, (Ky.) produce dealer, who failed
in business in 1903 and left for the
West.
Presented by the toastmaster, who
had arranged the dinner at his tele-
graphed request, the host explained
that he had succeeded as q produce
grower at Roseberg, Ore.
He told of his struggle to regain a
footing and thanked each creditor for
leniency.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
German Called Swine
Is Told He Is Lucky

Berlin.-It is no crime here to call a
German a "swine," however touchy
Hans, in other places. may feel about
the epithet. A local court has just
decided that the appellation is not
even offensive-in a legal sense.
A Berlin police official recently was
transferred to Munich. He wasn't very
popular in Berlin, and the Zeitung
und Mittag, in reporting the transfer
declared "Henceforth Munich will have
the swine"
The police official, oddly enough,
felt aggrieved. He sued both the
writer of the article and the editor of
the paper. Both insisted that the
term ito have swine" meant luck.
The Judge ruled that no offense was
intended. There is no record that
Munich considers herself in luck, but
the police official Is said to feel he ID
out Of luck.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
TEN BURNED TO DEATH
IN CHICAGO tenement
Eleven Injured in Blaze Which
Sweeps Four-Story Frame
Structure

Chicago, June Fl. - Ten colored
people were burned to death and
eleven others injured, some seriously,
when fire destroyed an old four-story
building in the colored residence dis
trict early today.
A police announcement said nine
bodies had been recovered ands one
man died after being taken from the
structure which, fremen declared,
burned like a paper box.
More than ITS colored people, in
Guiding many children, were. asleep in
the building.
The fire was reported to have
started in a secondhand store on the
ground floor. The proprietor is held
by police for questioning.
The tenement is located at 22d and
Federal streets.
A panic broke out in the building
and those surrounding it when the
flames were discovered after having
gained considerable headway. Occu-
pants fled into the street, their cries
mingling with the screeching sirens
Of fire apparatus answering a general
alarm from all parts of the city.
Firemen and police were hampered
by occupants fighting to rush back
into the flaming structure to rescue
relatives.
Nude children dashing through the
streets were knocked down by We
hicles.
The panic was added to by trapped
women and children crowding upper
story windows. Some jumped. Others
thwarted rescue by fighting among
themselves to be first taken out by
firemen.
Two or three times ladders were
knocked away by the struggling vic,
tins and before thev could be re.
placed the faces at the windows dis.
appeared as the flames liked upward
A squad of taxi drivers Joined po.
lice reserves in quelling the crowd
They formed hollow squares fighting
hack the colored people with clubs
monkey wrenches from their cars anc
bare fists.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
GRAND
CHAPTER CLOSES
ANNUAL SESSION
Chapter Which Was, Organized
in 1907 Now Has Twenty
Six Chapters
LARGEST IN HISTORY
Social Functions, Motor Trips
Arranged for Visitors
by Residents
By Mrs. Geraldyne Pickett.

Electa Grand Chapter; o. E. S. of
Iowa Jurisdiction held ttheir sixteen
annual session in St. Paul at Union
hall, Kent and Aurora avenues Tues
day, June 10 to 21. Mrs. Carrie
Reeler Of Mason City, Iowa, Worthy
Grand Matron, presided over the
Grand session. !
Electa Grand Chapter was organ
lied in Burlington, Iowa, May 21,
1907, with five chapters and held
their first annual session in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, in May 1908. Up to
the present time they have twenty
six chapters in various; cities of Iowa
and Minnesota who are under the
Iowa Jurisdiction, and nearly 1000
members. .
The other Grand officers who are
attending this session: Atty. John
L. Thompson. Des Moines, Iowa,
Worth Grand Patron; Mrs. Cora
Moore, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Associate
Grand Matron; Cora Harrison, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, Grand Treasurer; Mrs.
Eva L. Abbey, Grand Secretary, Min
neapolis, and Mrs. Sue M. Brown,
Past Worthy Matron, Interstate
Royal Matron.
>r, Social Functions Planned.
Mrs. Harriet V. Sherwood, Past
Worthy Matron of Queen of Sheba
Chapter No. "a, O. E. S., and District
Deputy Grand Matron of Minneapolis,
general chairman of the general COM
mittee of Queen of Sheba Chapter,
planned number of social functions
for the Electa Granddaughter officers
and visiting delegates. Tuesday
evening public reception was held
at Pilgrim Baptist church, Thursday
evening the vaudeville and dansant
which was given at Union hall by the
Fortnightly club, Friday afternoon an
automobile party around the Twin
Cities. The tour around the Twin
Cities ended the largest annual ses-
sion ever held in the history of the
Jurisdiction.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
PLAN new DRUGSTORE;
RoNDo AND MAekuBIN
Owen Howell Announces Plan
for Corner Occupied by
Henrietta

Erection of a modern drug store
on the corner of Rondo and Kent
streets on the property now occupied
by the Henrietta, is planned by Owen
Howell, owner Of the property, ac-
cording to an announcement made
Thursday.
MIR. Howell recently secured con-
troll of the property from a group of
men who had planned to remodel the
Henrietta.
II am interested, of course, in the
business aspect of this proposition"
said Mr.. Howell, "but I am interested
more in providing an opening for
of our boys who are finishing
college. 1t is my opinion that if the
older men would get together and
finance some enterprises, we could
readily provide employment for our
trained young people,"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
Clarence Smith Is
Graduate In Dentistry

DR.. Clarence L. Smith, who is in
the city visiting his relatives, Mr..
and Mrs. James Milton, 528 w. Gen.
tral avenue, and Mr.. Oliver Allen,
sgt Aurora avenue, was one of the
St. Paul men who graduated in dem
tistry at Howard university, Wash
ington, D. c., on June 8.
DR.. Smith attended the public
schools of St. Paul and was one of
the star athletes at Mechanic. Arts
high school, which he attended for
three years.
Leaving St. Paul, he matriculated
in the academic department of How
ard university in 1909 and then ma
jored in dentistry.
DR.. Smith expects to establish an
Office in the near future, but has not
yet decided where he will locate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
ARE ST 49 ME mbERS OF LYNCH MOB
Dr.. Carrier, Tuskegee Scientist,
Receives 1922 Spingarn Medal
Committee Awards Honor to Distinguished Scientist for Service
in Agricultural Chemistry, Recognition by British
Royal Society and Lectures

New York, June 21.-The
Spingarn Medal, awarded annu-
ally for the most distinguished
achievement by an American
citizen of African descent, goes
to DR.. George Washington Car
yer, of Tuskegee Institute, for
1922, it was announced today
by the National Association for
the Advance of Colored People,
70 Fifth avenue, New York
City. The award was made by
a committee composed of Bish-
op John Hurst, chairman; Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy; DR.. James
H. billiard; Oswald Garrison
Willard; DR.. w. E. B. Du Bots;
Dorothy Garfield Fisher and DR..
John Hope.
The medal is awarded to DR..
Carver Gin consideration of his
services in agricultural chemis-
try, his recent recognition by a
British Royal Society, and for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
Exodus OF Southerners To New York
Creates Problems OF Housing In City
Travellers Aid Helping Organi-
cations of Race in Placing
New Arrivals
(Crusader SerYicel

New York, June 20.-The exodus
from the South has created a big
problem for New York and other
Northern cities.
In New York, there is an influx Of
migrants the last of each week. They
get here Saturday, or start Saturday
and reach here Sunday, when, all day
long, the lower level of the Pennsyl-
vania station is crowded with them.
Many come from small farms and are
utterly helpless.
Some bring along with them all
manner of incongruous articles. Many
come accompanied by pigs and fowl,
ignorant of the adjustment made
necessary by their exodus from rural
to urban centers. They may not have
any furniture with them, not even a
trunk, but the ubiquitous pig is al
ways along.
:, Aiding the race organizations and
church bodies in their effort to pro-
vide homes for these people and get
contact with their friends who are
usually expecting them, the Travellers
Aid Society, white, has had it's aids
on the job for the last six months and
has nobly lived up to it's name and
purpose.
"It is argued we get the bad ele-
ment, the undesirables. This is true
only relatively. We get some good
and we get some bad. The good we
get need chance and opportunity il
they are to remain good. The bad
must have a chance, an opportunity
some instructions, some help, if they
are to become good.
"Before we hasten to discourage
the brother whose flight from the
South is just little later than ou,
own, let us give him a chance, 8
mans chance. Strangers are suspi.
cious of other strangers, and natur.
ally so. 1t is our duty to offer the
welcome, and they will accept it ir
the spirit given. We have little rea.
son to point out their faults, thei1
awkwardness, their crude customs
their revolvers and their lack of de-
corum, until we are sure they have
been taught by US in all the nicel
things known to our community life
"Give them a chance"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
FIRST COLORED WOMAN
ADMITTED TO N. Y. BAR

New York, June OK. N. F. Ser
vice) Mrs. Anna Jones Robinson,
POI West 144th street, who has the
distinction of being the first woman
to pass the New York Bar examina-
ton, has been admitted to practice.
She is a graduate Of the law depart
ment of New York university, where
she attended evening sessions. Be-
ginning July /, Lawyer Robinson
will engage in practice with H. Eus-
tice Williams, who has an Office at
101 West 135th street.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
BLACK SWAN COMPANY
AT SECOND ANNIVERSARY

New York, June 14.-(K. N. F.
Servce) The Black Swan Phonograph
company of which Harry H. Pace is
president and general manager, is
now celebrating it's second anniver-
sary. The concern was started two
years ago in a basement room. It is
now housed in building on Seventh
avenue and has large plant in Long
Island City.
Records put out by the Black Swan
company feature colored artists and
musicians exclusively. It made the
first opera records using the Negro
voice and in Ethel Waters, claims
the greatest "blues" singer in the
world.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
POLISH nation
HAS 100000
Country Is Now Sixth in Popula-
ton in Europe, According to
Official Information.

New York.-The new republic OF
Poland, now in its fifth year, has a
population of 27,16O,163, and is the
sixth nation in Europe, according to
official information compiled by the
Polish bureau of information.
Its population is exceeded only by
Russia, Germany, Great Britain.
France and Italy," the statement says.
POLAND has population as large as
Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Sweden,
Norway and Switzerland combined"
Warsaw Has s41, 900.
Warsaw's population is given as
941, 1,OO1; Lodz, 451, ,444; Lemberg, 219,-
600; Cracow, 181 600; Posen, 10000;
Wilma (estimated), 146OO0.
The republic has now been divided
into 16 states or administrative units,
called voyvodships. The city Of War
saw, however, as capital of the repub-
lie, is distinct from any voyvodship.
After struggling with various bound
ary disputes on all sides, and emerg-
ing victorious from war with Rus
sia, Poland established her frontiers
and then turned her attention to in
ternal affairs.
The first regular Polish parliament
came into being November 27, 1922.
succeeding the constituent assembly
that had been organized as an emer-
gency governing body early in 1919.
During its life, the assembly enacted
more than five hundred laws, including
q constitution providing for house Of
representatives elected by universal
suffrage, and q senate elected in the
same manner.
Economy was another far-reaching
measure instituted by the new repub-
lie. During 1922, reduction Of 25,-
600 civilian employees was made in the
various departments. Military affairs
also we're subjected to sweeping
changes. A standing army of 25,OO0
was recommended, with compulsory
military service of two years for all
males reaching the age Of twenty-one.
Demonstrates Its Stability.
The republic demonstrated its sta
bility in December, 1922, following the
assassination of President Narutowicz,
the first chief executive, after he had
been in office but two days. In the
absence Of precedent, the leaders
turned to the constitution for guild
ance. Four days after the assassina-
tion, an election was held and new
president took Office in accordance
with the expressed will Of the people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23

lectures on agriculture during
the last year before white and
colored audiences, particularly
in the South, where his clear
thought and straightforward
attitude have greatly increased
interracial knowledge and re-
spect."
DR.. Carver's achievements in
,lude developing 165 by-pro-
ducts of the peanut and 115 of
the sweet potato; making pot
ash and china berry meal from
the china berry; making a tonic
for stock food from vegetable
products. He also devised a
dressing for canvas shoes, and
white and colored washes from
clay; used okra fibre for paper,
rope cordage, straw mating and
carpet, and made 20 varieties of
laundry bluing.
The Appeal was among those
who nominated DR.. Carvey for
the Spingarn Medal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
Famous Bible Bought
by Radio While at Sea

New York.-Announcing that he had
purchases Of rare books totalling 81,
250,OOO, DR.. A. s. w. Rosenbach ar.
rived on the Olympic. One Of his ac-
quisitions> was the Gutenberg Bible,
which was bought by radio while at
sea. The Bible was obtained from
James w. Ellsworth, New York City,
who is said to have paid $14,8O0 for it.
The new owner did not reveal his pur-
chase price. He brought back several
collections from England, France and
Italy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
SILKW0RM HAS
BUSINESS Rival.
Chemical Experts Have Found
Way to Make ServiceabIe Tai
fetas From Spruce Pulp.

New Haven.-A warning to the Silk
worm that certain chemical com
pounds, which are his chief business
rivals, are inclined to combine against
him, and hint for him to study their
modern efficient methods, was given
by w. o. Mitscherling of Baltimore, In
his address on "Cellulose Silk be-
fore the American Chemical society.
"While the silkworm turns out q
high quality product and is justified
in a certain pride Of skill,' MIR. Nit
scherling said, "his stubborn refusal
to heed the entreaties of the sales de-
partment to speed up Is playing havoc,
with his market. The modern wom-
an cannot be bothered to wait for him,
and so the spruce tree and the cot
ton plant are gobbling up the big or
ders. These producers are willing to
stand for the introduction of scien-
tific methods. For instance, cellulose
(Which is the technical name for
spruce pulp and cotton linters) Is very
reasonable.
Good Silk From CeIIuioss.
"The most recent discovery in arti-
fetal silk manufacture Is that cellu-
lose and acetic acid combine under
the proper chemical circumstances to
make a very good silk. One Of the
most favored efficiency devices Of the
chemist is the use Of what is known
as q 'catalyst.' The catalyst IL the
efficiency man of chemistry. In the
case of the cellulose acetate silks, the
pulp or cotton linters and acetic acid
naturally combine very slowly. But
the presence Of sulphuric acid or q
zinc salt speeds up the reaction to
great pace. The sulphuric acid or
zinc salt, whichever is used, is the
catalyst. It does not become a part
Of the product, but it stirs the cellu-
lose and acetic acid to great activity"
Doctor Mitscherling said that the
cellulose acetate, formed after the
catalyst has introduced the neces-
sary punch" into the process, is then
dissolved In acetic acid or some other
solvent, and discharged through noz,
zle containing exceedingly fine holes
into water and Immediately becomes q
fine thread.
Silk Worm Fails Behind.
There are three other processes OF
making cellulose silk, and last year
they were made to produce 8 per cent
more taftetas, crepe de chine, stock
fnoo ofc than all the silkwOrIno I'm
the world. The total was approx
mately 100000 pounds.
While Doctor Mitscherling said that
cellulose silk will never entirely re-
place genuine silk, the textile mills
are showing less and less patience
with the laziness and indifference Of
the silkworm, and he had better
watch his steps or he will soon be los
ing q nice lot Of his business to su-
perior American ingenuity and prog.
ress.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
LARGEST NUMBER OF
STUDENTS GET DEGREES

On Wednesday morning, June 20,
eight colored students received de-
grees from the University Of Mime
sofa at its fifty-first commencement.
This is the largest number of colored
student that has ever been gradual
ed in any one class at the institu-
tion. In addition to the graduates
named in last weeks school num-
Der, George C. Lark received the de-
gree of bachelor of science in phar-
macy.