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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919.
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MAYOR'S HURTS
NOW THOUGHT
NOTORIOUS
Heavy Rainfall Shortly After
Dark Aidss Soldiers in
Keeping Down
Crowds.
(Continued Frem Pf One.) . .
Dodge has quarters in the city Au
ditorium. Wood Due Today.
' Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, com
manding the Central division, United
States army, is due here this morn
' inn at 3:20 to take charge of the mil
itary situation, under orders from
Secretary of War Baker. The gen
eral, immediately after his arrival,
will meet with business men and
city and county officials to learn
what the local authorities have done
to handle the situation.
Five hundred men and J7 officers
entrained yesterday afternoon from
Camp Grant, with orders to report
at Omaha for riot duty. They started
with full equipment, including ma
chine guns. They are two complete
companies of the Fourteenth in
fantry. Their special train is due
early this morning. '
Surgeons on Duty.
Ten surgeons are on duty at Cen
tral police station, where machine
guns, mounted on trucks, are in
readiness. Citizens have offered the
use of their automobiles for emer
gency duty.
Soldiers from Camp Funston are
expected to be ready for service
this morning.
A machine gun on the lawn of the
court house adds another military
touch to the city. The chief of
police and sheriff have been author
ized to appoint men for special ser
vice.
Situation in Hand.
Governor McKelvie yesterday
wired Lieut. Gov. Barrows, who
n Omaha, that he would arrive Mon
day night to assist in restoring the
metropolis to normal conditions.
Th general opinion of the mili
tary and civil officials last night was
that the situation is well in hand and
that no aftermath of Sunday night's
reign of terror, will be experienced.
The formation of crowds is pre
vented by keeping all pedestrians
and vehicles moving.
Court House Ruined.
The sanguinary and incendiary
scenes attending the lynching of
Will Brown, negro, at the court
house Sunday night by a mob of
12,000, inflicted upon Omaha a night
of terror.
The ruination of an imposing
new court house by tire; an attempt
to lynch Mayor Smith; the death of
one civilian and wounding of 50
others; raids upon pawnshops and
ammunition stores, for weapons; the
placing of Nebraska's metropolis
practically under martial Jsvir; the
burning of a police patrcJf an early
morn in or attemnt to enter the central
police station all o these and other
dramatic tnudents" entered into the
awful situation.
' Outraged Public Sentiment.
All of this terrible demonstration
of passion and emotion grew out of
an outraged public sentiment against
assaults upon white women by
negroes, the culmination being an
attack last Thursday night by Will
Brown, identified by Agnes Lobeck,
his victim.
It is conservatively estimated that
30 were wounded by stray bullets.
All of the wounded have not been
reported. Three were prisoners on
the roof of the court house, shot by
members of the mob who held shotguns.
Rioters Face Charges
As Sequel to Lynching
(Coo tinned tram Vasre On.)
colored, Tenth and Grace streets;
Frank Groggin, 18, 620 North Eight
eenth street: Richard Lee, 16, 4325
South Twelfth street; Dale Irwin,
4907 South Twenty-fifth street; Ed
ward Bollard, 17, Box Butte, Neb.;
Charles Rhoades, 2509 North Thir
tieth street; Irvin Wyer, 3435 Sahler
street; Bert Cherry, Toledo, O.;
Clarence Headier 5412 South
Twenty-eighth; Floyd Robinson,
colored, Thirty-second and N
streets, South Side; Bernice Terry,
colored, 1411 Cass street; John Wil
liams, colored, 523 North fifteenth
street; Frank Richardson, colored,
Twenty-third and Sorague streets:
Paul Tapley, student, 2555 Mander-
son; Homer Steeles, colored, 2424
Parker street; Joseph Watson, 18,
3330 Parker street; Leonard Kleid-
asley, 2453 Mason street; Ormand
Showalter, 17, 805 South Eighteenth
street; Lester Price, colored, 2226
Seward; Charles Saylan, 1506 North
Twenty-fifth' street; S. Donovitz,
3312 North Twenty-third street; J.
C. Salner, 2518 Seward street; Art
IiJmm, 17, 2519 Washington ave
nue; Harry Brosies, 19, Chicago,
Til.; Edward Hotlot, 15, 1256 South
Fifteenth street; George Knight,
King hotel; R. P. Home, colored,
l) Uark street, and Howard
royn, coiorea, iojo wortn iwen
tyV xirti. street.
JPJfoy of those arrested were
roulded up by the police after
breaking into stores on lower Doug
las street
Ogallala Garage Owner
Buys Plane for Business
Ogallala, Neb., Sept. 29. (Special
Telegram.) Rector Searle, local
garage man, arrived here at 5:15 in
his new Curtis airplane, making the
trip from Grand Island in two hours
and 20 minutes. Searle will use the
machine in his business. Frank
Button drove the plane.
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Break Hydroairplane Record.
New York, Sept. 29. The world's
altitude record for a hydroairplane
carrying a passenger was broken by
Caleb S. Bragg, when he reached a
height of 19,100 feet over Port
Washington, N. Y.. it was announced
by the American Flying club. The
former record was 18,900 feet, made
by Bragg in 1917.
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Machine Gun Soldiers Stationed in Heart
of "Black Belt" at 24th and Lake Streets
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Machine gun stationed at the northeast corner of Twenty-fourth and Lake streets,
diers are in the vicinity of this corner.
About loo soi-
Governor Comes to
Probe the Lynching
(Continued From Page One.) '
of 32 men. Commanders of infantry
platoons are Clint Broome, Amos
Thomas, Charles McLaughlin, T. J.
McGuire, Anan Raymond, Hird
Stryker, Walter Byrne, C. R. Glover,
John Kilmartin and George Stock
ing. Earl Kiplinger commanded
the machine gun platoon, Ray Gould
the home guard and A. E. Stokes
the medical platoon.
A fist fight brought on by an ar
gument over the riot Sunday night
on East Douglas street was quickly
dispelled by one platoon early in
the evening, and the participants
turned over to police. Another pla
toon was called to patrol South
Tenth street, but encountered no
trouble.
The Legion organization was
marked by the number of commis
sioned men enrolled in the ranks.
Among those who were privates fast
night v.-as Col. J. M. Banister.
The entire company playing this
week at the Gayety theater enter
tained the men in the council cham
ber after the regular show with
song and dance.
Before dispersing the men were
instructed to call the council cham
ber this afternoon. They are sub
ject to call at any time during the
next three days.
Warns Against Assembling.
W. G. Ure, acting mayor, issued
a statement yesterday, calling upon
people to refrain from gathering in
crowds. The proclamation is as fol
lows: "TO THE CITIZENS OF '
OMAHA:
"The mob which ran riot Sunday
in Omaha accomplished its ap
parent purpose and dispersed short
ly before midnight. The criminal
element could have been restrained
yesterday had it not been for the
presence of thousands of well
meaning but curious citizens. The
spirit of lawlessness and anarchy
which actuated the violence and de
struction done is to 'be regretted
and it is hoped that sanity will now
be shown.
"It is expedient now to take
ample precaution against reoccur
rence or any outbreak and we have
made ample provision of both U. S.
government and municipal authority
to assure this result.
"The citizens, one and all, are
requested and commanded to avoid
loitering on the street, or congre
gating in crowds and are requested
to go directly to and from such ap
pointments as may necessitate their
presence on the streets. This procla
mation is issued for your benefit.
There is danger in congregating in
crowds at this time. Avoid it.
"W. G. URE,
"Acting Mayor."
Lansing Returns Home.
Washington, Sept. 29. Secretary
Lansing returned to Washington
Monday after a vacation of several
weeks at Henderson Harbor, N. Y.
SENATE BODY
DEBATES RACE
RIOTING HERE
Resolution Asking Probe of
Occurrence Opposed; Jef
feris and Hitchcock Get
Order for Troops.
By E. C. SNYDER,
Staff Correspondent of Omaha Bee.
Washington, Sept. 29. The ex
treme seriousness of the Omaha
situation as told in display head
liners in the newspapers of this
morning was accentuated in a tele
gram received by Congressman Jef
feris in the early hours of the morn
ing from Acting Mayor W. G. Ure,
who, reviewing the work of the
mob of last night, admitted that
city authorities were unable to cope
with the situation and after con
sultation with the citizens' com
mittee and commanding officers at
Forts Crook and Omaha, requested
that 1,000 troops be at once dis
patched to Fort Crook for perma
nent assignment.
Mr. Jef feris, just as soon as he
could secure an interview with the
adjutant general, advised General
Harris of the Omaha situation as
outlined in the sentence of the act
ing mayor and pointed out that with
two permanent posts located within
a few miles of the heart of the city
only 390 soldiers could be mustered
to quiet the disturbance. The con
gressman said this was most un
fortunate and stated that city au
thorities feel the lack of military aid
most keenly and urged that steps
be immediately taken to establish
a force of 1,000 men at Fort Crook.
He pointed out that such a number
would serve as an effective deterrent,
to further hostilities.
Wood Given Orders.
After consultation with the secre
tary of war, Adjutant-General Har
ris advised Congressman Jefferis
that orders had been issued to Gen.
Leonard Wood of the Central de
partment at Chicago to lend such
aid as might be required and, if
necessary, to go in person to the
scene of the trouble.
Mr. Jefferis supplemented his
conference with the adjutant-general
with a letter to Secretary of War
Baker, in which he pointed out that
information had reached him that a
division of troops was stationed at
Camp Funston and also a division
at Camp Dodge, and stated that he
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troops could readily be sent to Fort
Crook as a permanent garrison.
Senator Hitchcock was in tele
phonic communication with Omaha
shortly after the mob attacked the
jail and fires began to break out
in the court house, and at once got
in touch with Secretary Baker to
send the troops at Forts Omaha and
Crook to the scene of the rioting.
Secretary Baker communicated'with
Omaha by telephone, and the sol
diers were ordered out to quell the
disorder.
Revolution in the Air.
In a speech today on the league
of nations, Senator Borah used the
mob spirit, as shown in the hanging
of the negro, Brown, and the attack
on the jail, as told in the press to
day, as an introduction to his ad
dress, wherein he said thaj revolu
tion seemed to be in the air and
unrest and discontent rampant
throughout the nation.
The Evening Star of this city, re
ferring editorially to the mob spirit,
says this Omaha outbreak carries
features of the gravest character and
shows how bold a front lawlessness
is putting on these days.
"Now, of all times," reads part of
the editorial, "is the time for order,
for patient and thorough investiga
tion, for sober thinking, and for well
calculated action. And yet here is
the spirit of fury and lawlessness
abroad, indulging itself without fear
and mocking even civilization. If
it cannot be and is not checked, if
it continues to grow and go on its
own way, which is always the way
of destructiveness, we shall presently
find ourselves facing a situation and
a problem throwing all others into
the shade, and testing our institu
tions, as they have never been tested
before."
Congressional investigation of race
riots over the country proposed in
a resolution by Senator Curtis, re
publican, Kansas, was considered
today by the senate judiciary com
mittee, following the announcement
of a lynching and race riot at Oma
ha, but action was deferred. Act
ing Secretary of Labor Post wrote
the committee endorsing the reso
lution, but opposition in the com
mittee developed and the resolution
went over for a week. Opponents
said they believe race clashes were
matters for the states to deal with
and doubted whether congressional
investigation would be helpful.
Senator Curtis today filed with
the committee a statement from the
National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People, declaring
men had been lynched and eight
negroes burned to death this year
up to September 14, and that from
1889 to 1918 2,522 negroes and 702
whites were victims of lynch law,
with less than 24 per cent of the
II
Britain Had Nothing to Do
With Gobs Landing at Trau
Washington, Sept. 29. Secretary
Daniels characterized as "prepos
terous" published statement! that
the landing of American sailors at
Trau, Dalmatia, September 23, was
at the order of the British admiralty.
The secretary declared that Amen-
can naval forces in the Mediter
ranean and Adriatic were directly
under control of American officers
and not in any manner responsible
to the British admiralty. ,
negroes charged with attacks oc
women.
"The states have proved them
selves unable or unwilling to stop
lynching," the statement declared.
"Even attempts to prosecute are so
rare as to be exceptional.
"Lynching and mob violence havs
become a national problem. The ex
tension of lynching to northern
states with white men as victims
shows it is idle to suppose mob mur
der can be confined to one section
of the country or one race.
"Disregard of the law will inevi-
tably lead to more frequent clashes
and bloody encounters between
white men and negroes and a condi
tion of potential race war in many
cities."
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