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MOST PISTIJiCTIYE WEEKLY IN
AMERICA.
Founded by W. E. Mng.
VOL. 2C NO. 47.
CHICAGO'S SPECIAL GRAND JURY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN FOR A SHAKEUP
Lack of Proper Living Conditions
Given as Cause for Hostilities.
Advocate Elimination of Politics
From Police Department
(By Associated Negro Press.) j
Chicago 111. Sept. 4. With cen-
sure for the part politics plays in the
police department and the indictment
of five white men one of them a po-
liceman the special grand jury on the
recent race riots reported on its work
late this afternoon.
Two of the men indicted Frank
Eiga and Joseph Carka are charged
with the murder of Negroes. Biga
is accused of killing Robert Williams
at State and Van Buren streets and
Carka with the death of William Do-
zier in the stock yards.
Julius Bcneventui 2901 Federal
street a saloon keeper and Cash. Har-
ris are accused of conspiracy to hribe
and Policeman Edward Mitchell of i
bribery in connection with the attempt
to hush up a riot case.
The political influence of hoodlums
and loafers in the black belt region
which saved lawbreakers from proper
punishment was blamed for the recent
race riots by the jury which rendered'
its report to Judge Kavanah. The re-j
port also criticised the police force for
failure to apprehend criminals and the
judiciary for failure to punish offend-
ers brought before them.
At the request of the judge the
special jurors will continue in session
indefinitely. The court asked them
to continue to serve .until all the
cases pending are disposed of because
they were the only body of men who
were familiar with the situation.
F
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Pittsburgh Pa. Sept. 4. The Girl
Scouts bring a thoroughly democratic
and American organization it favors
neither color nor creed. Owing to
this advantage the number- of Negro
Girl Scouts is on the increase show-
ing a splendid roll to date. Nearly
150 have enrolled under leadership es-
pecially chosen. The roster shows
that the Euclid Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church haa 20 scouts un-
der Jessie Blair captain.
As a mark of force of the new move-
ment in the education of girls a
glance at the July report from Nation-
al Girl Scout headquarters just re-
ceived here shows that during last
month 258 girls new scouts have
been added to the national roll and
this does not include the unregistered
scout girls.
HOSPITAL NO. 2
FORJT. LOUIS
. (By Associated Negro Press.)
St. Louis Mo. Sept. 4. Hospital
Commissioner Shupp announced that
City Hospital No. 2 which will be
used exclusively for Negro patients
will be ready for opening September
10 It is located at Harrison and Law-
ton avenues. All members of the
hosi.ital staff will be Negroes except
the two head nurses who will be
white women because trained Negro
nurses qualified for the position could
not be secured. Miss Gertrude E.
Martin and Mi&s Annista Mosler who
nr.ve b"en supervisors of nurses at the
I ity Hospital will be superintendent
and assistant of nurses until Negro
nurses can be trained to hold the po-
sitions. A three years' course in nurs-
ing will be offered Negro girls who
have had a high school education. Fif-
teen Negro women who will work as
nurses at the hospital are now being
trained at the City Hospital. The
staff physicians and internes will be
Negroes. When the hospital which
will haye a capacity of 200 patients
opens it is expected to have about 175
for by the city will be sent there.
HEGnOHOmFOB
.LOUISVILLE
(By Associated Negro Press )
Louisville Ky. Sept. 4. The first
hotel for Negroes in Louisville will
soon be opened at Sixth and Liberty
streets under direction of Dr I A C
Lattimore colored 1502 West Walnut
street.
Dr. Lattimore is negotiating for the
oold Bohemia hotel property of the Cen
tral Consumers Company and is pre
I
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MAKES REPORT ON WORK COMPLETED
The cause of the recent riots ac-
corning to me report suomiueu oy
the jury was the steady importation
of colored labor from the South with-
out making any preparation to receive
it.
The lack of proper living quarters
and the crowding of the black belt
created a hostility betweeYi the whites
and the blacks in the district that
only needed a spark to start a bitter
race war the jurors said. This spark
was furnished by the killing of the
Williams boy a Negro at the Twenty-ninth
street beach.
The remedy suggested by the jurors
to prevent a repetition of the riots is
the providing of a decent section of
the city for the Negro populace and
furnishing proper police protection In
that section .
If.such a district was provided the
Negroes would willingly segregate
themselves there and would not min-
gle with the white race according to
the opinion of the jurors.
"The police department is in need
of a thorough cleaning" the report
continues. "All officers who heed
the command of politicians or who ca-
ter to the cheap political bosses of the
worst districts of the city should be
dismissed immediately. There should
be 1.000 new men added to the force
as soon as possible and all old men
who are no longer fit for service
should be put on the pension roll.
Since the riot grand jury was sworn
in it has heard 197 cases and returned
ninety-seven true bills.
paring to open the place for the ac-
commodation of Negroes. The prop-
erty is equipped to do a general hotel
business and has about twenty rooms
many of which have bath accommo-
dations. There is also a good sized
dining room and kitchen.
The building is of brick and is three
stories hiith. It covers a lot fronting
seventy-five feet on Sixth street and
150 feet on Liberty street. It will be
called the Roscoe Simmons Hotel
named after Col Roscoe Simmons who
Is a nephew of Booker T. Washington
and who has taken a prominent part
in war activities.
LIBER IAN PRESIDENT IN U. S
(By Associated Negro Press.)
New York. N. Y. Sept. 4. C. D.
R. King president-elect of Liberia
arrived here yesterday on the steam-
ship Ca'-mania on his first visit to
th" United States. After a short stay
in New York he will go to Washing-
ton to pay his respects to President
Wilson. He was met down the bay by
H. F. Worley United States govern-
ment receiver i f customs and fiscal
agent of Liberia who represented the
Sti'e Pei.irtment in receiving the
pr?s!deut-e!ect.
.Mr. King said that a credit of
$50(!0.000 granted this country by the
United States wli'ch is the first loan
rf consequence ever negotiated by Li-
beria would be used for public im-
provements which would tend to make
the country still more productive and
create a larger import and export
trade.
While in thr- country Mr. King will
address the World Christian Citizen-
shiu Conference in Pittsburgh in No-
vember. This engagement was made
while he was attending the Peace Con-
ference as a delegate from Liberia.
Pros-.ident Wilson and Queen Marie of
Koumania also will be speakers.
ORGANIZE TO
STOP RIOTS
(By Associated Negro Tress.)
Columbus Ohio Sept. 4. To pre-
vent the possibility of race riots from
any action on their nart more than
100 colored citizens of Columbus have
formed a Columbus Citizens' Law and
Order League with 'the expectation
of having a membership of 15000
months. The ob
ject of the organization is to instruct j
the colored people and poini oui tj
them the advantages of continuing as
law abiding citizens..
TRACK MEET AT
MORRIS BROWN
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Atlanta Ca. Sept. 4. A colored
11 came and a
track meet was held at Morris Brown j
University on Monday between the i
n.i. -.: l U Afldntn F.Iks
Giants to decide the championship of
Atlanta on the diamond.
STAe Republican Party Is
TO START DEPARTMENT
STORE IN BALTIMORE
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Baltimore Md. Sept. 4. Subscrip-
tions are being taken among Negroes
here to establish a department store
which is to be operated exclusively by
and for members of the race. At a
meeting held at the Metropolitan Af-
rican Methodist Episcopal Church it
was announced that more than $15000
had been subscribed.
The movement is partly due to a
speech recently made here by Col.
Charles Young of the United States
Army a Negro in which he urged
Negroes to own and operate their own
business institutions of all kinds. Such
a plan previously had been discussed
among Nsgro leaders here but Col.
Young's speech caused it to bear fruit.
Rev. B. G. Shaw pastor of the Met
ropolitan Church;- is in charge of the
taking of subscriptions. He said that
it would not be possible to start the
proposed store with less than $20000.
It would be operated on the- co-op
erative plan so that the customers
would not only deal with members of
their race but also would get lower
: xt - :n i n i ' a
pnuua. n u jersuii win uc uuuweu iu
hold more than $100 worth of stock in
the concern. If the store proves a
success the next logical move will be
to establish a Negro bank Shaw said.
He believes that such a bank with a
capital of at least $250000 can be es-
tablished. CIRCULATING THE TRUTH
ABOUT WASHINGTON
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Washington D. C Sept. 4. The
Northwest Uplift League of this city
at its regular meeting Sunday after-
noon voted an appropriation of $75
to pay for the circulation of a two-
page news sheet which contains a di-
gest of the recent articles of the
Washington Post in reference to sup-
posed acts of lawlessness committed
by colored men. In addition to the
Pest articles most of which are play-
ed up stories of a more or less inflam-
matory nature the news sheet con-
tains a review of current comment by
several of the country's leading pa-
pers. Several thousand copies of the
news sheet have been printed and are
being circulated In the United States
and foreign countries.
THE RACE IN VIRGIN ISLANDS
(By Associated Negro Press.)
New York N. Y. Sept. 4. Roth-
schild Francis a We3t Indian and
member of the St. Thomas (Virgin
Islands) Legislature addressed an au-
dience of about 250 persons last night
at a Negro church at 55 W. 13th
street on the subject of the conditions
of the Negro race in the Virgin Isl-
lands. The speaker said that conditions
were so bad there that the black man
was little better than a slave. More
than 8000 Negroes he said had left
the islands and migrated to this coun-
try in the last few years.
Mr. Francis said that he had re-
cently appeared before the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Senate
and had discussed the situation with
it. He said that he had been prom-
ised that a bill would be introduced
providing that three Senators and
three members of the House of Repre-
sentatives should be sent to investi-
gate conditions in the islands.
Mr. Francis said the inhabitants
wanted a reorganization of their ju-
iciary and school systems after the
American plan.
SHOE DRUMMER TRAV-
ELS MILLION MILES
WITHOUT ACCIDENT
Portland Oregon: Traveling
1000000 miles in 50 years as a shoe I
drummer and never having an acci- j
dent is the record of R. J. Prince who '
is at the Multnomah. Since he started
on the road in Maine in 1869 he has
averaged more than 20000 miles a
;.er.r or equivalent to a trip around
he world each twelve months. Mr.
Prince has seen the sleeping car de- j
velop from a crude affair to the pal- j
ae of to lay and he declares there was
loss kicking in the old days than now.
On Sept. 2 he will celebrate his gol-
den jubilee as a traveling salesman J
and invitations have been issued to
400 traveling men in the territory to
attend a banquet to be held at the
Multnomah. Speaking of shop Mr.
Prince asserts that quality and prices
of shoes now are better than they
were in 1873 and people have a greater ;
variety ot wmtns; leatner is treated
so it no longer has to be greased to
keen soft. As to the price of leather
it was 40c a pound in January and is.
now 8:c so there isn t much hope of
getting cheap shoes with the world
demanding leather.
COLORED WOMAN GETS
COVETED POSITION
(By Associated Negro Press.)
New York N. Y. Sept. 4. Mrs. Lil-
lian II. Turner a colored woman
graduate of the University of Minne-
sota is assistant to the executive sec-
retary of tho National League of Ur-
ban Conditions Among Negroes.
The Ship All Else Is The
THE DALLAS EXPRESS PALLAS SATURDAY SKITEMRER 6 1918.
SGIIII III IIPEI
SEP1H 15111
BOARD ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE
ASSIGNMENT! OF TEACHERS
Active preparations are being made
in the school buildings throughout the
city for the opening of school. In the
buildings where additions are being
made and the old parts of the building
being remodeled the contractors and
architects give assurances that the
old part of the buddings will be ready
for occupancy remodeled and refur-
nished. -
A conference of the principals of
the white schools with reference to
the details of the organization for the
opening of schools will be held at 9
o'clock on Thursday morning Sept. 11
9t the offices of the board of educa-
tion. A similar meeting of the colored
principals will be held at the same
place at 11 o'clock the same morning.
The teachers of the colored schools
will assemble in the Colored High
school building at 10:30 o'clock Mon-
day morning Sept. 15 to receive in-
struction. The pupils will not go to the school
buildings on Monday Sept. 15 but all
pupils in. the elementary schools will
report to their respective buildings
Tuesday morning Sept. 16 at 9
o'clock for classification and enroll-
ment. It is very important that pu-
pils be present on this day to enroll
"R new pupils will not be enrolled in
the fornoons for the remainder of the
week but in the afternoons only in
order that the forenoons may be de-
voted to caring for children already
enrolled and t work: On Tuesday
alter the pupils J2f.the elementary
schools are olassJJio -nd - enrolled
'hev will be dismissed for the day and
will return the next morning prepared
to spend the entire day in regular
school work.
The teachers in the elementary
3chools on Tuesday afternoon will ar-
range their programs for Wednesday
and provide the necessary free text
books for all their pupils so that full
regular schol work may be begun
Wednesday morning. Pupils in the
elementary schools who do not enter
school Tuesday morning and who
wish to enter later in the week should
"o to their buildings at 1 o clock in
the afternoon for enrollment as after
Tuesday no pupils will be enrolled in
the forenoon owing to the inconven-
ience occasioned in the securing of
text books etc.
High school pupils will report at
their respective high schools for en-
rollment and classification as follows:
First year low division IB Tues-
dav morning Sept. 16 at 8:30 o'clock.
First year 'iigh division IA Tues-
day afternon Sept. 16 at 10 o'clock.
Scond year high division 2A Tues-
day afternoon Sept. 16 at 2:30
o'clock.
(Continued on page 4).
OFFICERS SAVE NEGRO
FROM ANGRY MOB.
Persistent persuasion and a r.ever-
failing supply of good humor aio as-
signed as reasons for the safety from
death of Robert Grigsby a negro 17
or 18 years oh! who was placed in the
Dallas County jail early last night
after two deputy citizens had kept
the negro from the hands of a mob
variously estimated at between 200
and 500 persons at Wilmer 15 miles
south of Dallas yesterday afternoon
about 4 o'clock. Deputy Sheriffs Pat
R'chnnb and Allen Scale accom-
panied by Deputy Constable Will Green
of Wiimer and J. C. Bramiett arrived
in Dallas after going through an ex-
perience they described as lacking but
the stricking of match to set off a sit-
uation already threatening to their
own lives as well as the negro they
were attempting to save from a vio-
lent death at the hands of a mob.
When they arrived at the jail the
Negroe's neck was helf encircled with
a pink-tinged ring the size of a half-
inch rope from which the black skin
had been removed in two abortive at-
tempts to hand the Negro and an at-
t"mnt to dr.'.g him behind an auto-
mobile. His body also was covered
with abrasions that had been inflicted
with a rope and a club.
Negro Makes Statement.
In a siged statement made befoore
District Attorney J. Willis Piersoon
last night the negro admitted all of
the allegations made by the father of
two little girls who figured in the in-
cident that brought on the attempt at
violence. Wilder stories were in cir-
culation among the great crowd of
people that had gathered but they
were minimized by some of the calmer
men who were present but took less
active part in the proceedings accord-
ing to the officers.
According to the story of the girl's
father which was born" out by Grigs-
bv's s'srned statement he was proceed-
ing along the Seagovllle-Wllmer road
yesterday about noon when he met
Sea." Fred Douglas.
WESLEY
MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL
SOLD
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Atlanta Ga. Sept. 4. Wesley Me-
morial Hospital owned by the Geor-
gia Methodist Conference and lo-
cated at 129 Courtland street has
been sold and a new hospital to cost
about $500000 will be erected on the
grounds of Emory University within
the next year according to informa-
tion obtained from authentic sources.
Neither Bishop W. Chandller nor
Walker White president of the hos-
pital would discuss the reported sale
and the plans for the erection of the
new institution but it was definitely
stated by others in close touch with
Methodist activities that the facts are
as stated.
The present hospital it is said has
been sold to Al Herdon well known
1 proprietor of a Negro barber shop
and one of the wealthiest Negroes in
Atlanta and Henan Perry president
of the Standard Life Insurance Com
pany with headquarters in Auburn
avenue.
SALVATION ARMY
RECOGNIZING NEGROES
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Philadelphia Pa. Sept 4. Fifty
colored children from the small
streets and alleys of South Philadel-
phia will be the guests of the Sal-
vation Army during the next seven
days at the Fresh Air Farm at Up-
land. Hundreds of white children and
their mothers have enjoyed the hos-
nitality of Col. Richard E. Holz and
his assistants during July and Au-
gust. Each child is kept for one -week
at the farm at the expense of the
air good eats plenty of milk and
nir. goo deats plenty of milk and
healthful exercise. Heretofore col-
ored children have not been taken on
these "county weeks" and the pres-
ent plan is an Innovation. -"
COMMUNITY CLUB
FOR HOUSTON
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Houston Texas Scot. 4. The Vic-
; tory Club an amusement center pro-
vided by the War Camp Community
Service for the Negro ex-service men
of the city will be formally opened
Thursday at 8 p. m. At the present
the rooms are open for inspection by
white people after which Judge Ches-
ter H. Bryan will present the clnb to
the Negroes in the name of the War
Camp Community Service.
The club rooms are airy and well
lighted have an office for the Negro
secretary and stenographer a parlor
for the chaperons a piano and two
pool tables.
After the opening the club will be
in charge of V. E. Daniel and Cordelia
McDowell Negro welfare workers
under the supervision of the War
Camp Community Service.
two little girls about 10 or 12 years
old. He drew a pistol from the pocket
of his shirt and told the children to
stop. When they attempted flight
stop or ho would shoot. At about that
time one of the children saw a man
rpproaching from across a field and
cried out: "Yonder comes papa
now.' The Negro took (o flight in an-
other direction and was pursued by
J. M. Dockery father of the girls. A
mile away in the bottom lands close to
Trinity River the negro was overtaken
lind forced to accompany Mr. Dockery
back to his home at the point of a
shotgun. Deputy Constable Will
Grteri had been telephoned to come
and arrived at the Dockery home a
lit Lie later. The father told of the in-
cident and said that in view of the
fact that he had not placed hands on
the children he felt that "he has not
done enough for me to -kill him."
Crawl in Cotton Field.
Others in the meantime had tele-
r honed t; Sheriff Dan Harston and
Messrs. Seale and Richards answered
the call. Green set off with the pris-
oner for Dallas and met about twelve
men who placed a barb wire about
the negro's neck but later were per-
suaded to let him accompany officers
after talking with the girl's father.
When he had proceeded on up the road
two miles to Wilmer an automobile
tire went flat and several automobiles
had joined in the pursuit. Green
with the negro fled afoot into a cot-
ton natch and were crawling through
the heavy growth of cotton while
Pramlett who accompanied Green to
the farm went across another field to
procure an automobile to resume the
trip to Dallas. When Green and the
negro had proceeded for a distance of
shout 150 yards in the field they were
discovered and a crowd of men with
ropes took the negro from his hands.
The car had stopped at the edge of
(Continued on page 4).
TENNESSEE ENTERS
THE RIOT COLUMN
Knoxville the Scene of Unfortunate
Clash Between the Races. State
Troops on Guard After Much Dam-
age and Loss of Blood
Knoxville Tenn. Aug. 31. One1 occurred and patrolled the place all
white man and two negroes were night and throughout Sunday
wounded today in rioting between Firearms Taken.
whites and negroes growing out of !
last night's disorders which resulted
in the killing of seven persons in-
cluding two National Guardsmen and
the wounding of more than a score.
Last night's riots which followed
attacks on the county jail by a mob
of more than a thousand persons bent
on obtaining Maurice Mayes a negro Damage done during the raids to
accused of killing a white woman the stores and stocks in the city is es-
were quelled early today but as the timated to be about $10000. Hard-
day wore on incipient rioting broke ware stores and pawn shops suffered
out afresh despite the presentee in j the heaviest losses. Several furni-
the city of 1200 National Guardsment. ' ture stores also were broken into and
One of the negroes wounded today looted of their stocks of kitchen
was shot by a guardsman while re-1 knives cleavers etc.
sisting search. Many negroes during j State troops tonight were standing:
the night broke into hardware stores ' in front of each of the looted stores
and pawnshops to obtain guns and ; w'ith fixed bayonets and with orders
ammunition. To prevent the bringing ' to keep the passing throngs from even
in of more firearms police and sol- j stopping to peer in at the damaged
diers today searched all negroes ar- stocks. t
riving in Knoxville by train.
Sixteen Prisoners Escape.
The attack on the jail was made by
a mob of more than a thousand whites
who believed that Mayes was held
there. The negro however had been
taken to Chattanooga for safekeeping
during the day but the mob declining
to accept the word of the jail officers
shot out the windows and battered
down the doors. In gaining entrance
to the jail the mob permitted sixteen
prisoners several of them convicted
murderers to escape.
Foiled in their attempt to obtain
its- intended victim -.and driven from
the vicinity of the jail by guardsmen
hurriedly brought into the city the
mob spread to outlying parts of the
city and sporadic rioting began at
once and increased in violence after
midnight.
Troops meeting a band of armed Ne-
groes who refused to give way turned
machine guns on them. In the re-
sulting exchange of shots Lieutenant
James W. Payne of Providence Ky.
a regular army instructor and a pri
vate named Henderson were killed.
In its attack on the jail the mob
came upon a large quantity of confis-
cated whiskey and casks and cases
were smashed open and the liquor
vanishing quickly."
b or fear of further trouble follow
ing the first pitched battle just be-
fore Saturday midnight the militia
threw a guard around the section of
the city where most of the disorder
1. 11. C. L
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Des Moines Iowa Sept. 4. Plans
for the new Y. M. C. A. building for
Negroes to be erected at Twelfth and
Crocker streets are under way and it
is believed that construction may be
commenced about Sept. 15. It will
probably b- completed about Nov. 1.
The building which is being planned
by A. A. Alexander will be similar
to the Knights of Columbus building
at Fort Des Moines and will cost
$7000. It will include a large audi-
torium which will be used for com-
munity affairs and social rooms for
men and women.
CONGRESS FINALLY
WAKES OP
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Washington D. C Sept. 4. In the
House of Representatives July 25 1919
Mr. Emerson introduced the following
joint resolution which was referred to
the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed:
To investigate the race riots in
Washington and elsewhere.
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled that a committee composed of
five members of the Senate to be ap-
pointed by the President of the Sen-
ate and five members of the House
to be appointed by the speaker of the
to be appointed by the speaker oof the
House for the purposo of the U. S. and
Inychings that of investigating the
race riots all over have occurred in
the United States and ascertain it
possible the causes of the same and
what remedy should be employed to
prevent the recurrence of the same.
Said committee shall have power to
attendance of the same and to hold
subpoena witnesses and compel the
hearings in any part of the United
States. The sum of $50000 is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the
United States treasury not otherwise
appropriated to defray the expense of
such- investigation.
H
-A COXSEETATITE. YET FEAR-
LESS CHAMriOX OF JUSTICE."
11.60 Per Annum
PRICE FIYE CENTS
There is not a firearm of any de-
scription to be found in any store in
Knoxville as result of raids made
upon them during the rioting.
Plate glass windows were crushed
in locks forced and in some cases
doors knocked" from their hinges in
. an effort to obtain weapons.
The mob which broke its way into
the jail and the residence of Sheriff
Cate adjoining was not satisfied with
damaging property but everything of
value including money guns whiskey
clothing and books were taken. Part
of the jail records were destroyed.
The mob first made its appearance
in the afternoon small groups of men
gathering about the jail but not suf-
ficient numbers to be alarming. Short-
ly before nightfall the numbers in-
creased until the building was entire-
ly surrounded by shouting men. De- .
spite the reports of itg committees
the 'mob refused to believe that Mayes
had been removed to Chattanooga.
For a while the mob contented it-
self with shouting and shooting into
the air. Soon they began pounding
on the heavy iron bars of one of the
front windows and eventually it gave
way. Men began swarming into the
jail. The jailer and deputies were
overpowered. Heavy timbers were
brought up through the mob passed
from hand to hand over the heads of
the men. Using these as a battering
ram they attempted to force the
doors to the white cells.
Failing with the battering rams
guns were brought into play and in
this way the locks were broken. Even
then the mob was forced to break
through- another door to get to the
prisoners ut they turned their at-
tention to this forced the door and
released all white men confined on the
upper floors.
SU II U. I
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Washington D. C Sept. 4. Adop-
tion of some plan which would permit
of modification of the findings of
courts-martial when it was shown that
errors of trial had been made was
urged before a Senate Military sub-
committee today by Samuel T. An-
sell who recently resigned from the
army.
Illustrating his contention that the
present system is wrong Ansell called
attention to the execution of Negro
soldiers at San Antonio Texas re-
cently before the papers in the case
had been sent to the office of the
Judge Advocate - General. It was
deemed sufficient he said that the
commanding general of the depart-
ment in which the crime was commit-
ted had approved the findings of the
court.
Mr. Ansell indorsed the Chamber-
lain bill for revision of the military
justice system on which the commit-
tee is holding hearings and said that
had some better system existed during
the war some cases of "gross injus-
tice" would have been obviated.
SOUTHERN UNIONS
WANT THE NEGRO
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Asheville N. C Sept. 4. Follow-
ing protests entered by many of the
extreme Southern delegates the
Southern Labor Congress in session
here expects to pass by unanimous
vote their resolution to admit the Ne-
gro laborer into the union as an equal
brother craftsman.
Tho resolution introduced by J. L.
Shaver of Salisbury N. C is to the
effect that Negroes will be organized
wherever possible and when thsy
have large numbers in separate un-
ions but to be taken in with the whites
when the Colored men are small to
numbers.
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