^^^^^^f*^^^ph^i i^j^yf «K& ^ «£.« J *•*?£ ~ *v^ ^,-f^x r^- J> »? ;5sxcs£s. 5*2^*2' "X3-&, - THE APPEAL do and say when the earthquake and COLORED TROOPS BARRED. the volcano shall be around you. Our -? - LIBERATION OF ALL PEOPLES. AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER •** ISSUED WEEKLY country Is in dire need of clear heads Race Prejudice Prevents Soldiers from (From the Boston (Mass.) Journal—Leading Daily Paper.) and stout hearts—Christian hearts, Being Sent South. _, both within and without." Over three weeks ago, on the eve of an anniversary dedicated to J. Q .ADAMS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER THE MAN. WHO DARES the establishment in America o± life, liberty and the pursuit of happi­ a i m Washington, D. C, August, 1917. The war department has decided ness, occurred the blackest atrocity in the history of the republic. ST. PAUL OFFICE A LITANY OF ATLANTA. that no colored regiments shall be sent We venture, after the lapse" of nearly a month, to revert to this In September, 1906, there was a with the national guard training outrage of all outrages because (1) The proper authorities have failed No. 801-2 Court Block, 24 E. 4th at I honor the man who in the consci­ brutal massacre of colored people at camps in the south. to act. ( 2) The horror is far greater than anyone dreams. (3) The Atlanta, Georgia. Scores of colored Objections of southern cities to hav­ M. *. ADAMS. Manaffer. entious discharge of his duty dares to ing the northern colored troops sent to episode may repeat itself. (Note the riots at Chester, Penn., and men, women and children were mur­ training camps in their midst are un­ Youngstown, 0.) stand alone; the world, with ignorant, dered because of their color. Dr. W. derstood to have inspired the new de­ In East St. Louis some desultory inquests have been held. No E. Burghardt Du Bois wrote the story cision. The fear of race riots, aroused MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE < serious effort to apprehend and punish the guilty has been made. intolerant judgment, may condemn, of the massacre In the form of a litany since the riots in East St. Louis and No. 2812 Tenth Avenue <«»titli| Chester, Pa., and the trouble In south­ The President of the United States, commander-in-chief of the army, which appeared in the New York In­ 3. FT. SBJIXKRS. Manager ern towns where colored regulars were members of which were actively and passively engaged in the the countenances of relatives may be dependent shortly after its occur­ stationed was another compelling rea­ slaughter, has uttered no word. Entered at the Pontofllce In St. Paul, rence. It was "done in the day of son. Mlnnenota, urn Mecond-claR* mall averted, and the hearts of friends grow ***** matter. June «. 1885, under death." Iowa has been considered as a State Act of ConKreas, in which a cantonment site might be From tentative reports, which we know to be reliable and will March 3, 1879. cold, but the sense of duty done shall The recent massacre at East St. obtained for colored troops. A col­ Louis so resembles the Atlanta mur- ored officers' reserve camp is now be­ be published in due course of time, we quote the following excerpts : be sweeter than the applause of the derfest that we print in this issue Du ing held at Des Moines. Several "The number of victims—it is openly admitted by all— TERMS, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE: Bois' "A Litany of Atlanta," by ex­ Southern representatives have told is probably nearly 200. The 37 casualties announced include SINGLE COPY, ONE YEAR S2.oo War Department officials that colored world, the countenances of relatives or press permission of the New York In­ only those colored shot in the street whose bodies were re­ SINGLE COPY, SIX MONTHS 1.10 soldiers will be welcomed if they are covered. More'than 300 colored homes have been burned, SINGLE COPY, THREE MONTHS 60 the hearts of friends.—Charles Sumner. dependent. well disciplined. ~ When subscriptions are by any means allowed There are two complete regiments of whole blocks where nothing was left, and it is impossible to to run without prepayment, *lie terms are colored national guardsmen, the Fif­ estimate exactly the number who perished in the flames. 60 cents for each Id weeks an>l 6 cents in eacn odd week, or at the rata of 12,40 per Many colored people are advocat­ teenth New York and the Eighth Illi­ . One girl was standing at a window of a white year. ing "self effacement" for the race as nois. There are two battalions, one woman's house in which she worked. Her arm was shot Remittances should bs mad* by Express the solution of the race problem. The from the District of Columbia and one Money Ordei, Post Office Money Order, Re­ from Ohio, Connecticut Maryand, away. A policeman and a soldier, she said, did the shooting. gistered Lettei or Bank Draft. Postage more the race gives the more its Tennessee and Massachusetts furnish . An old woman, frightfully burned, dying in the hos­ stamps will be lecelved the same as cash for WILL THE MOB RULE? the fractional parts of a dollar. Only one groes than was done by these white enemies will demand. Never willingly four separate companies. pital, was asked if the mob had done it and replied: 'No, cent and two cent stamps taken. The Loyalty League of America has people. The organization of the man­ relinquish any right. they jes' set fire to my house and I burned myself trying to Silver should never be sent through the mail. been organized at Phoenix, Arizona. It is almcst sure to wear a bole through the hood of the nation isfor the protection get out.' . One of the St. Louis reporters said that he envelope and be lost, or else it may be sto­ The avowed purpose as set forth in of human life and liberty on the seas len. Persons who send silver to us in letters *'IN BLOOD-SMEARED GARMENTS" knew exactly how people felt who had seen atrocities abroad the constitution is to exterminate the INDICT 105. do so at their own risk. and for the deliverance of democracy and were trying to 'get them across' to the rest of the world, Jlarriage and death notices 10 lines or less II. I. W. W. in the world will be needed at home Each auditional line 10 cents Payment Colored Committee Would Make Riots 'although,' he added, 'not even Belgium probably has any­ strictly 'n advance, and to be announced at The I. W W. is seeking to exter- after its task abroad is done. While For Race Riots at East St. Louis. and Lynchings Federal Crimes. all must come in season to be nsws. Belleville, 111., Aug. 16.—Indictments thing quite as horrible to show.' . About 10 blocks t • minate the workers who do not bow to our fellow-creatures in the United Advertising rates, 15 cents per agate line, each against 105 persons—23 colored men of colored homes were burned, and the mobs stood outside States are hunted and tortured as if insertion There are fourteen agate lines their mandates. and 82 whites—alleged to be the ring Washington, D. C, August, 1917. and shot and stoned those who tried to escape. The In an inch, and about seven words In an they were wild beasts, government can agate line No single advertisements less The draft registers in^North Caro­ leaders and participants in the East A committee representing colored mob seized a colored woman's baby and threw it into the than 11. No discount allowed on less than scarcely be called democratic. So long St Louis race riots of July 2, has people who had a silent parade in New three months contract Cash must accom­ lina and Oklahoma are resisting con­ fire. The woman was then shot and thrown in." as colored people are proscribed, dis­ been returned by the St. Clair County ork to protest against race riots, left pany all orders from parties unknown to us. scription bv violence, We do not expect all our readers to believe these details. Their Further particulars on appl'cation. criminated against, segregated and grand jury. a petition at the White House asking Reading notices 25 cents per line, each insertion. i In various parts of the country for action by Congress and 'the Presi­ gruesomeness strains even our war-hardened credulity, but these and despised, ill-will and antipathy will i It is known, however, that Cor­ No discounts for time or space. Beading colored men are being murdered be­ nelius Hiekey, lieutenant of police of dent to make "lynching and mob other facts will be fully, attested by various investigations now in matter is set in brevier type—about six furnish fertilizers of hatred and mur­ violence" a national crime punishable words to the line. All head-liaes count cause they are willing to work East St. Louis, who was on duty as progress. double. I Is orderly government to give way der. head of the department the night of by the laws of the United States The date on the address label SLOWS when the riots, is one of the men held for In their petition the colored men ***** subscription expires Renewals should be to anarchy? pointed out that in the last 31 years made two weeks prior to expiration, so that WARNS AGAINST RACIAL HATRED. conspiracy. Six other police officers of no paper may be missed, as the paper stops I Already enemy countries assert that East St Louis are named for con­ 2,867 of their race, men and women, The question is—what are we going to do about it? We are en­ when time is out the U.