FIVE WHITE DEAD j
AS RESULT OF RIOT
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VILLAGE OF ELAINE, ARK., IS PA>
TROLLED BY" FEDERAL TROOPS.
Eleven Negroes Killed.
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Trouble Said to Have Been Result
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Jfc" of Propoganda Frying Negro
Uprising.
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Helena, Ark., Oct. 2.?Corporal
Luther Earl/^Company H, Fourth infantry
who was wounded today in the
disorders near Elaine, died in a local
hospital tonight. This increased the
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number of white dead to five.
With federal troops patrolling the
Tillage of Elaine, detachments on du.
ty at Melwood and other centers of
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population in the southern part of
Philips county and a company of sol^
diers stationed in Helena as a precautionary
measure, the situation due to
race rioting in the vicinity of Elaine,
while intensified today by the killing
of O. R. Lilly, a member of the board
of aldermen of this city, was believed
iy , - to be well in hand tonight.
* Abie to Restore Order.
Both Governor Brough, of Arkansas,
at whose request 500 soldiers of
the Third division, stationed at Camp
Pike, were sent to the scene of the
disorder, and Col. I. C. Jenks, in command
of the soldiers, expressed con-.
|fidence early tonight that the force
on hand would be ample to restore
p,f > normal conditions.
' Governor Brough accompanied the
- troops from Camp Pike this morning.
Mr. Lilly was shot to death by one
of four negroes who had been taken
-V- prisoner and whom he was guarding
- V a xin an automobile en route to Helena.
Kfey Eleven Negroes Dead.
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-Eleven negroes are kuuwu tu ua?c
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I ' ^)een lilted and several others are reported
to have lost their lives, but
J* y their bodies have not been located.
Ip The four negroes were in an automo"bile
under guard when one of their
pi y,r' number seized Mr. Lilly's pistol an^
shot him'to death. The negroes then
v were hilled by other members of the
posse. Other incidents of the day
, .< were the finding of a negro woman
& \ftitally wounded near Elaine and the
wounding of two of the soldiers,
% Sergt. Gay, of the headquarters comfe
t pany, and Corporal Earl, of Company
bf\l H, Fourth infantry. The latter was
shot in the face and seriously wounded.
Sergt, Gay was not badly hurt.
Governor Brou^h and Chaplain SliJy
ney, of Boston, narrowly escaped injury
when three bullets whizzed over
I 4> the automobile in which they were
accompanying a detachment of soldiers
beating the cane brake near
Elaine for hiding negroes. They
fe.Ty abandoned the car and followed the
troops afoot.
Cause of Disorders.
While the killing of W. D. Adkins
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two other men deputized to investigate
alleged disorderly conduct on the
jpa;. ; part of a white man {p the Elaine
J neighborhood precipitated the outg?)|
; break propaganda circulated by white
. and negro agitators tending to create
? rebellious action on the part of negro
jf - * tenant farmers, is said to have formed
|.?" the basis for the disorders which had
||gj> been brewing for two weeks or more.
Organizing Secretly,
k" . According to Information gathered
|r today, negroes of the county have
been organizing secretly, providing
, themselves with highpowered rifles
and holding semi-weekly meetings to
drill and prepare for the day when,
according to promises made by the
-Vr organizers, they were to be called
upon by the government to join in
collecting 50-cents a pound for their
cotton. Under the mystic plan, according
to* information secured by local
officials, the negroes were promised
that the government was to pay
them for their cotton direct and they,
in turn, were to settle with the land
owners.
But What's in a Name ?
,Now that the nation is dry, an enterprising
dopelogist has compiled
the following for the benefit of sum?
^ mer vacationists: Rye, N. Y.; Bourbon,
111.; Green River, Ky.; Cliquot,
Mo.; Champaign, 111.; tsranay iv.eg,
Ky.; Brandy Camp, Pa.; Brandy City,
Cal.; Port, Okla.; Sherry, Texas;
Brandy wine, W. Va.; Ginn, Miss.;
Wine, Va.; Tank, Pa.; Booze; Tenn.;
:Y Drinker, Pa.; Aqua, Va.; Vichy, Mo.;
and Lithia, Fla. Take your choice.?
The Wheeling Register.
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Keeping it Dark.
Master of the house?"Why did
you tell the mistress what time I came
in this morning, after I expressly
paid you and told you not to?"
The Cook?"Sure, sir, an' Oi didn't
tell her. She asked me what time
you got in, an* Oi tould her Oi was
^*4* so husy getting the breakfast that Oi
didn't look at the clock."?London
Blighty.
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EGGS GREET REED.
Missouri Senator Unable to Sjvcak in
Ardniore, Oklahoma.
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Ardmore, Oklo.. Oct. 1.?United
I States Senator James A. Reed was
I egged from the stage at convention
I hall tonight as he was being intro|
duced by the mayor* in preparation |
lor his speech against the treaty and ;
league of nations.
As Senator Reed came on the stage
all light wires in the building were
cut. Pandemonium broke loose and
cries of derision howled him down,
while the audience surged upon the
stage. Reed attempted to hold the
floor for a few minutes, but was forced
to make his exit without beginning
his speech.
After several minutes of the demonstration
a number of women climb
ed upon the stage and quieted the |
crowd.
Reed could not be seen at his hotel
here tonight, but it was announced
that he would make no attempt to deliver
his address/
Got What Was Coming to Him, Says
Governor.
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Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 2.?
"Senator Reed got just what was
coming to him," says a statement is^
sued here late today by Gov. J. B. A.
Robertson, in commenting on the action
of citizens of Ardmore in hooting
the senator from the stage last night.
"If it were an I. W. W. going over
the country speaking against the government
of the United States the republicans
would favor giving him the '
same treatment as that accorded Senator
Reed at Ardmore.
"While this is a country of free
speech this privilege does. not give
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president and drag his name into the
mire.
"Neither Senator Reed nor any
other man can come into Oklahoma
and with impunity insult the President
of the United States. I am surprised
that any misguided democrats
of the state have been willing to give
time enough to attend such meetings
as are being held by Reed and his
kind."
No requests for arrests had been
made by Ardmore citizens the governor
said, and no action against the
crowd which forced Reed to cancel
his speech there is contemplated by
State officials.
What the Steel Unions Demand.
The National Committee jof the
American Federation of Labor has
made public the twelve demands
which are the basis of the strike in
the steel industry called recently. The
demands are:
Right of collective bargaining.
Reinstatement of men discharged
for union activities.
An eight-hour day.
One day's rest in seven. .
Abolition of the twenty-four hour
shift.
Increase in wages sufficient to
guarantee American standard of living.
Standard scales or wages in all
trades and classifications of workers.
Double rate of pay for all overtime,
holiday, and Sunday work.
Check-off system of collecting union
dues and assessments.
Principles of seniority to apply in
maintenance, reduction, and increase
of working forces.
Abolition of company unions.
Abolition of physical examination
of applicants for employment.
Sad Fate of a Ham.
A young man entered the village
shop and complained to the owner
that a ham he had purchased there a
few days before had proved not to be
good.
"The ham is all right, sir," insisted
the shopkeeper.
"No; it isn't," insisted the other.
"It's bad!"
"How can that be," continued the
shoukeeper, "when it was cured only
last week?"
"Maybe it's had a relapse."?London
Blighty.
Where the Pen Beat the Sword.
One day the Germans circulated a
rumor In Strasbourg that they had
taken one hundred thousand prisoners.
A dialogue on the subject took
place between two market women in .
Klebert Square.
"But where will they put all these
prisoners."
"Oh, that's easy," replied the other,
a true daughter of the soil. "They
will put them in the newspaper."?
Victory (Franco-American Corporation,
New York.)
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Pointed Question.
Some medical fiend claims to have
discovered that bee stings are a great
cure for rheumatism. Pity the hesitating
rheumatic patient, timorously
muttering: "To 'bee' or not to 'bee'
?that is the question!"?The Passing
Show (London.)
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