The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-25
EVERYBODY AFTER
JACK JOHNSON
Nothing But Trouble From Now on
For Him and Every Hand Is
Turned Against
Him.
WOMEN ARE AROUSED
National Federation Of Womens Clubs
Seeks to Prohibit the PueIIist
From Ever Appearing
Again In Public.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l /
CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The search for
witnesses who know something of
Jack Johnson's adventures with young |
white girls was costinued today by
agents of the federal authorities.
Many subpoenaes have been issued
since the investigation Of the grand
jury was stopped Wednesday until
next Monday morning and it was ex-
pected many more will be served to-
day.
Lucille Cameron, the pretty Min
neapolis girl whose abduction is charg-
ed against Johnson, was held at the
Rockford, ILL.,. Jail today under close
guard. Her mother was with her, the
authorities allowing her to have a cot
| in her daughters room and to send out
for meals.
| The government expected to obtain
| important evidence against the negro
prize fighter from George Little of
1 Cleveland, who was Johnson's manag-
er, while he was on tour of bur-
questioning Ada Banks whose husband
sued Johnson for $4,000 allie, ng.
alienation of his wife's affections. She
was the woman who was supposed to
have shot Johnson is the foot a week
j ago during quarrel over Johnson s
Iattentions to Lucille Cameron. 1t was
believed she would be taken before the
algrand jury to tell what she knows OF
4 Johnson's conduct about his cafe
where she was emulovAd 40 an enter
4 ltainer.
i Action against Johnson by women 8
.Iorganizations over the entire country
4 was promised in letter wri en- by
Mrs. Sarah Webb Helm, of the Chi
cago Women's club, to Mrs. Percy
4 Pennypacker, head of the National
Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs.
Helm urged that action be taken by
the women because johnson Is not
only a menace to the women of the
race as we'll"
A conference of officers of the local
organization was called for today to
(. determine just what action the club
will take
In every large city in the United
2 States, department Of justice officials
are today investigating vice condi
tions looking to the suppression of ar
alleged nationwide organization thai
: is supplying white girls to negro men
This became known today through
I the activity of the Law and Ordel
$ league of Chicago and the Chicago
: branch of the American vigilance SO
!. ciety, whose headquarters are at l5'
Fifth avenue, New York, in helping
the government obtain evidence
!. against Jack Johnson, negro pugilist
d who is charged with abducting Lucille
!, Cameron.
s. The vice organization, according t.
= an admission made to a United Pres
correspondent by Arthur Burrag'
Farewell, president of the Law AM
Order league, has been engaged il
shipping white girls from one city t
another to serve In depraved way
! negroes, Chinese and Japanese men.
said Farewell, that the Chinese me-
are the most fastidious. They vii
7 accept only the most beautiful and al
70 tractiye white girls. The negroes an
u the Japanese are not SO hard t
). please"
= In every city where this vice
said to exist, the league are trying t
show to the government that tn
~ city officials and police, If not in ac
L. uaI conspiracy to further the game
OF the procurers, know of their acti'
'Iities and take no action, their enforc
ment Of the laws being stified b
a actual money gifts Or large contrib
m tions TO local campaigns.
Farewell said that he and his a
"a. torney had asked the indictment
eo Chief Of Police John McWeeny by tt
ng county grand jury, for permitting sue
condition in Chicago, and that I'll
ng grand jury had declined to act. Far
on we'll today wrote a letter to May
ly Harrison. in which he called attentic
It's to a police bulletin issued over NJ
Weeny's name, instructing police
fIcers in the toleration and regulate
=" Of red light district resorts. In u
,sletter, Farewell said:
II understand that you are in fay
ng Of segregating vice of this kind in OF
al district. Your plan is no more pra