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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
COUNCIL AMENDS
TRAFFIC. ORDINANCE
Roden Resolution Is Passed and
Measure Now Up to Board of
Aldermen.
POWER COMPANY PRAYs RELIEF
Would Install Skip-stop System and
Wants Help in Fighting High Cost
of Living

Disregarding the warning thrown
out by Councilman Fred n Powell
that they were being Hoodwinked"
into amending a very fsne traffic ordi-
nance, the common council last night
passed the Roden amendments to the
ordinance by a vote OF fourteen to
five. and the measure now goes to the
board of aldermen for concurrence
The ordinance was explained by
Councilman English, who said that 1t
had been the custom of the ordinance
committee from time immemorial to
amend or wipe off the books oFdi-
nances that had proved ineffective or
undesirable or impossible TO enforce
This ordinance, he pointed out. placed
practically impossible restrictions
around the people. and for that rea-
son alone he felt 1t should be amend
ed. Dissenting talks were made by
Councilman Seaton. Moore. Powell
and Cmlauf. who< with Councilman
Ladd remained silent during the
debate, were the only opponents Of
the amendment
The ordinance had been freely dis
cussed in committee and had been dis
cussed in the papers and on the
streets. and by city officials in office
and out. and practically all agreed
that the speed limit might be in
creased to some extent without in
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
RtO0UblES EFFORTS
Excerlcnt Congregations Reported at
Churches and Several Additions
Noted--(TospeI Draxnct Spreads

Strategic salients throughout the
city driven by the Baptist ministers
Ia the great evangelistic campaign
Melted notable victory whose re-
echoes were heard in the various
churches again last night. In an
effort to drag the entire city with TIE
gospel net, the campaign will be
driven with all the possible force that
can be modified. and for the remain
der of the week will be conferred upon
hose outside the pale of the church
The work last week brought more
than two hundred into church MEM
bership, and. since that week the
drive was primarily within the church
circles to obtain cooperative effort
among the members, II is confidently
expected that the harvest reaped dur
Ing this the last week OF the cam
paign will be several times as great
As fitting climav to this great uni
fed movement, the evangelists will on
FRIDAY and Saturday nights make
their appeals. from the streets to the
large crowds that cannot be Induced
20 enter the church doors.
The noon services at the First Bap-
list church are increasing each day
in interest and enthusiasm. The ad-
dress yesterday of DIR. John ". White.
who has been conducting these SER
vices, was repiete with heart mes
sages and hopefulness. His subject
was, IT No Longer Call Ye Servants.
SUIT Friends
All of the churches reported excel
lent congregations last night and sew
eral additions were noted. The music
III the chorus eheirss which hats been
one of the features of the drive. Is
continuing with undated assiduity
and has been one Of the prime fac
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
DRY WASHINGTON SEES
DULL POLICE COURT

Washington, d. c., Nov. 5.--'sIt
is amazing TO sit In court and OBJ
serve the great change TINT has
been brought about by the prohibit
ton law" remarked Judge Null
iowny Of police court from the
bench today. Judge Nullowny con-
timed: Just think OF IT. Monday
morning dockcts usually contained
the names of from forty to fifty
persons who had been arrested for
intoxication. Today we had two or
three persons charged with that Of
Tense. 1t is hard TO conceive that
such a great change could be
brought about i'm so short n time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
ALIEN ENEMIES TO Be FORCED BACK
100 MILES FROM ]. 5. COAST LINE

New York. Nov. 5-An alien enemies are to be forced
back 100 miles from the lines Of the United States
by federal order to be issued in few days. it
nounced today by government official
Over 100000 of the 100000 alien enemies resident in
America will be affected by the order which has been
determined upon at the urgent request of navy officials
That large number of Germans are said to live within
the proposed barred zone including states bordering
the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Gulf Of Mexico and the
great lakes Upward of 100000 Germans will be affected
in New York city
The proposed stringent order declared to have been
determined upon because of the difficulty experienced
by the authorities in preventing German spies and secret
agents from working injury to vessels and~grain eleva
tors along the water fronts
When the order is promulgated it will bar Germans
from entire states Connecticut Rhode Island Della
ware Maryland. New Jersey, Florida and Michigan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
TECH STUDENTS GET
ENGINEERS COMMISSIONS


- Black sburg. Va NOV a--fisa Viz
ginia Polytechnic institute still MAIN
tains her lead of 100 per cent of en-
gineers who have entered training
camps received comm issions in the
army. was the statement issued here
tonight by II. Fl. Hill, executive sec
rotary OF the general alumni associs~
ton.
This places Virginia Tech at the top
of Southern technical schools. In ad-
dition TO this, il Is announced that
John p. Rogers. superintendent of the
Nirginian shops at Princeton. w. Va
has been appointed captain of engi-
neers and will leave shortly for a
foreign county" in.- company with =
party of engineers. who Will restore
transportation facilities. Rogers grad
uated at Tech In 1906 and before go
Ing with the virginian held responsi-
bic position with the Pere Marquette.
He Is native Of Lexington. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
TWO POLITICAL MEETINGS
HELD IN LEXINGTON

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian
Lexington, Va, Nov. 5.-Politfcal
meSkings of both parties were held in
Lexington today. The Republican
meeting was addressed by Republican
candidates. ]. l. Hsnnah and DIR. E. A.
Jenkins. while Hon. III. y. Flood and
William A. Anderson. the latter Dem
ocratic candidate for the legislature,
addressed the Democratic meeting
The Republicans had the courthouse
first. followed by the Democrats. Mr..
Flood and Mr.. Anderson spoke 1t
1uena Vista tonight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
SPY SUSPECT CAUGHT
HIDING ON TRANSPORT

An American Port. Nov. 5.--A man
suspected OF being a. German secret
operative is today In the custody OF
federal authorities. He was caught
hiding in the crow S nest OF converts
ed German liner.
Federal agents declined to divulRa
his identity or the specific charges
which will be lodged against him. III
was reported that they hope to gain
from him some valuable informatiau
as 10 the directing source OF his ac-
tivities
The converted liner. now used Al i
transport for troobs. was to have left
port for France only u few hours after
the discovery OF the suspect IN tho
crows nest. His Arreet caused de-
lay. during which the vessei II hein9
from deck 10 kss,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
Would Enforce Law.

DUN SUES 10 the argument cN-
pressed the belief that, no matter how
popular the ordinance might be, the
police department would see TO its
enforcement and Justice Crutchfeld
would mete out the punishment fit
ting the individual cases as he had
heretofore done.
But" said Mr.. Powell, II object
to being hoodwinked into doing any
thing. Why should we be crowded
to the wall by the automobile men at
this time and do something for them
when the street car people are not
touched Why amt there some com
plant about them? Here, because
the ordinance is unpopular. the po-
lice try to force US into amending it
by strictly enforcing it
President Peters expressed himself
in favor of the strict enforcement of
every section of the traffic ordinance.
He pointed out that the section con-
corning the right of way was not be-
ing observed nor enforced This
should be done and the violators of
any section OF the ordinance should
be punished, said MIR. Peters.
a little ripple .of excitement blew
through the chamber when Mr.. Sui
Ivan arose to the request for a re-
consideration of the vote by which,
at the September meeting, a motion
to transfer $500 from the expense
account of the fire department to the
payroll account for the purpose of
securing the services OF a stenog-
rapher for the fire department to aid
in keeping the records of the cost
system" recently installed in that de-
partment
Close of Peaceful Day.
create new office at this time, when
full day?" asked Councilman Mills.
I'VE have been going along nicely up
TO this point. and now you want to
inject q question which is bound to
create some feeling. THIS matter was
settled at that meeting because the
council did not see its way clear TO
create a ew office at this time. when
the city's finances are at low ebb.
Let this matter come up in the next
Continued on Sacond Paxe)
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN
WILL co ON UNTIL
SATURDAY NIGHT
On Receipt of News Assistant Director
Wires All Chairmen to Redouble
EfTorf&-
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
RICHMOND SAVE DAY
Turn In More Than 5000 Cards, Push
ing City More Than 1000 Above
Coal, With Churches to Hear From.
Norfolk and Wise Counties Boom
ing.

The nationwide food pledge card
campaign will continue through this
week. orders to that effect arriving al
the Richmond headquarters yesterday.
Immediately on its receipt Cam
paign Manager J. II. Montgomery sent
the following message to every coun
" and city chairman In the Eastern
eirtrict of Virginia:
Food administration extends
campaign until Saturday Please
have workers reduoble efforts.
Utilize every force Overcome oh
stacics with determination. BY all
means attain goal. Good name OF
county and state al stake. Rich
yond goal"
This means that the localities in
which the organizations were not eff.
fected In time to produce such re
suits as could be reasonably expected
vii. have opportunity now to pile up
their food cards Actual reports IN
TO this time show something less than
$4,000 cards signed.
In the city OF Richmond, notwith-
ST. nd!ng the attitude OF gloom which
surrounded the pledge card head
quarters at the outset of the cam
peign because the ladies did not feel
disposed to organize to duplicate the
great drive OF last July. the total fig
dreF run well above 1000, and with
reports from the churches which will
he received today IL is conhdentaily an
tlcipated that the total win be at least
5000. Richmcnd's goal had been
set At 2s.oao-~but Richmond is al
ways suroassing expectations.
Public Schools Fine Work.
The public schools of the city saw
ed the day. however in the present
pledge card campaign. having turn cd
fin up TO this time 8 aTa OF the
cards actually IN hand Norfolk coun-
ty is the banner county OF the state,
with approximately 5000 cards re-
ported signed.
One of the agreeable surprises OF
the situation Is that OF Wise county
alleged at one time to have been a
seething hot-bed OF dissatisfaction
over the war. is leading the entire
Western district. Campbell county is
likewise coming up strong
White there Wits no further report
from the city of Norfolk yesterday
there is no doubt that. with the fur
ther time allowed In whichtto work.
II Will so we'll beyond its goal OF IA
oao
Richmond should add very consid-
ersbly to its total this week. as there
are still several thousand families
within the corporate limits who have
not vet signed up. BY rights, In or
der 20 sustain It's wonderful rcputa-
ton for leadership and for whole
hearted support of the government In
every good work. Richmond should
furnish 10000 cards. which doustless
would place it In the front rank in
the percentage of families support
ing the food administration by its
pledged word.
The extention OF time OF time for the
carrying on of the food campaign was
especially essential in many parts of
the state. IL the best resu~s We're to
be obtained. as weather conditions in
many sections were not favora BILE for
the conduct of a canvass In the coun-
try last week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04
A LlTANY OF ATLANTA,

In September, 1906, there was a
brutal massacre of colored people at
Atlanta, Georgia. Scores of colored
men, women and children were MUIR
dered because of their color. DR.. w.
e. Burghardt Du Bots wrote the story
of the massacre in the form of litany
which appeared in the New York In
dependent shortly after it's occur
renee. 1t was done in the day Of
DEATH"
The recent massacre at East St..
Louis SO resembles the Atlanta MUIR
derfest that we print in this issue Du
Bois' "A Litany of Atlanta" by ex-
press permission of the New York In
dependent.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04

people. The organization of the man.
hood OF the nation for the protection
of human life and liberty on the seas
and for the deliverance of democracy
in the world will be needed at home
after it's task abroad is done. While
our fellow-creatures in the United
States are hunted and tortured as if
they were wild beasts, government can
scarcely be called democratic. So long
as colored people are prescribed, dis
eliminated against, segregated and
despised, ill-will and antipathy will
furnish fertilizers of hatred and MUIR
der.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04

were made to the various sections of
East st. Louis and to the cOlOred set
Elements of Brooklyn and National
City. Several meetings of the execu-
tive committee of the Branch were
held and one mass meeting of citi-
zens which overfiowed the beautiful
Presbyterian Church on Pine street.
Every effort was made to co operate
with churches and other organizations
with notable success. We also got in
touch with leading white citizens like
Ex-Secretary Nagel and Mr. G. M. Hub
bard and Miss Pulliam of the Red
Cross.
The Chicago Branch contributed
5000 to the relief funds and also, under
Judge Brown, is preparing to give legal
aid to the prosecution of the county
and city: It will be remembered that
Illinois has two statutes which bear
upon this riot, first an Act to indem-
nifty the owners of property for dam
ages caused by mobs and riots,' passed
1887. and the other, an "Act to sup
press mob violence,' approved in 1905.
The Association, through it's National
Office and through the Chicago and
st. Louis branches, proposes to leave
no stone unturned to bring to justice
the guilty perpetrators of the East
ST. Louis outrage. The St. Louis
branch is still active, the inyestiga-
lions of the National Office are pro-
ceedlng, and the Washington branch
is pushing the resolutions for inves-
tlgation introduced by Congressman
Dyer and Dallinger and Senator !Sher-
man. All members and friends of the
race are urged to write to their Con-
gressmen demanding passage of these
resolutions which are H. J.. Res. 118,
II: J. Res. 124, and S. Con. Res. 10.
Detailed stories of the truth about
East St. Louis will appear shortly in
various magazines and in the CRISIS.
PERSONS who are convinced by our eY-
perlence in East st. Louis and else
where that national fighting body of
this sort is absolutely Indispensable
are urged to join the Association and
TO contribute to our Anti-Lynching and
Ant1-Mob-Violence Fund. A check for
S'Oo has been received from the
knlghts OF Pythias of the Grand Juris-
diction of Illinois and other contribu-
lions have been sent by various or
CARNATIONS and individuals. Litera-
ture and information may be had by
writing to James w. Johnson, Act
Ing Secretary, Room 518, 70 Fifth
avenue, New York.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04
Will Sue for DAMAGES.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, with
former Judge Edward Osgood Brown
OF the appellate court president of the
local chapter, is planning to institute
suits under the Illinois statutes against
the city of East St. Louis and St. Clair
county for personal damages on be-
half OF the dependents of the Negro
men and women who died at the hands
OF the incensed m0bs in the orgy of
murder and arson several days ago.
Under, the statutes, the dependents
have actions against both the city and
the county for damages to property
life and limb, the judgments not to ex-
coed $4,000 in each case This may
mean suits for nearly $1,OO0O0O when
the final loss of the scores killed, the
hundreds injured and the many homes
destroyed is recorded.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04
THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.

It. was fifty years ago-March 6,
1S57,-tLat the Supreme Court OF the
United States rendered its decision in
the famous bred Scott case. The re-
suits which followed this decision were
stupendous and far-reaching.
bred Scott was a slave belonging to
q surgeon in the United States army.
He~was taken by his master to Fort
Smelling, in the State of Illinois, terri
tory from which, by the ordinance of
1887, slavery had been forever ex
cluded. Afterward he was carried into
Missouri. where he was hired as a
slave. Claiming freedom on the ground
that his residence in Illinois had wiped
out his status as slave, his case was
taken before the Supreme Court for
settlement. ~.
After three years consideration of
the case the decision of the court was
pronounced in an exhaustive opinion
delivered by Chief Justice fancy, seven
Of the nine judges concurring.
In substance, the decision was as
follows: CD That persons of the
African race were not, and could not
be, acknowledged as part of the peo-
ple," or citizens, under the Constitu-
ton Of the United States. CD That
Congress had no right to exclude citi-
zens of the South from taking their
Negro servants, as any other property,
into any part of the community, and
that they were entitled to claim its
protection therein. (3) That the Mis-
souri, Compromise of 1920, in SO" far as
it prohibited African slavery north of
a designated line, was unconstitutional
and void. =
The decision raised a storm from
one end of the country to the other
and made the civil war a fcregone
conclusion. -,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04
CRIME AGAINST CIVILIZATION.

t In the opinion of THE APPEAL
the strongest article denouncing the
East Saint Louis massacre was an
editorial published in the Christian
Register of Boston, Mass. The Regis.
ter is the leading Unitarian paper pub.
liShed in the United States and per-
haps that accounts for the article.
The Unitarian church is one of the
few Christian denominations in Amer
lea in which there is no color line.
The orthodox Christian sects in Amer
lea are so filled with prejudice that
the ruthless massacre of helpless men,
women and children fails to bring out
a protest.
The article from the Christian Reg
lister, which follows, is not so long as
some of the articles which have ap-
peared in the daily papers, but it is
evidently the most sincere which THE
APPEAL has seen:
The hideous outrage against law
and humanity in East st. Louis, ILL.,.
makes us turn again from the barbara
ties of war to the ferocities of peace,
from crimes against civilization abroad
to crimes against civilization at home.
The testimony of eye witnesses shows
that nothing is to be learned among
white people of this city from the cru
elites and brutalities of foreign con-
quest. No tribes of any name or time
have ever outdone the white men and
women who burned colored men,
women and children the other day in
this American city. Nothing more re-
voting was ever charged against Ne
groes than was done by these white
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04

The Year Book of the Federal COun.
Gil of the Churches of Christ in Amer
lea for 1917 states that 747,OO0 people
Joined the church" during the year
1915. Judging by the evidences of
Christianity as exemplifed by the so,
called Christians in the country
Joining the church" is largely a mat
ter OF hypocrisy. The people of the
United States are further from true
Christianity than ever before in the
history of the nation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04

When the first troubles in East St..
Louis became public late in May, the
N. A. A. G. P. recognized that this
was something of the utmost import
ance. East st. Louis is one of the
great centers whittier the migration
OF at least quarter million of colored
people has set. It was therefore of the
utmost Importance to understand any
troubles that might arise and to ward
them off if possible. We recognized
the strong interest that various people
South and North had in stopping col
ored migration and discouraging the
emancipation of the colored serf.
Before, however, our representative
could get to East St. Louis, the ter
rible riot of July 2 had taken place.
A hundred or more colored people were
killed, scores of homes and property
destroyed, and six thousand refugees
crossed the bridge into st. Louis. The
st. Louis Branch-of the N. A. A. c.. P.
immediately began relief work. Our
members, prominent in professions
and in business, for nearly ten days
gave almost their entire time to the
succOr of the victims. A mass meet
ing was called and a special finance
committee appointed. Contributions
came from as far as Kansas City and
Chicago and some $500 and $500 was
Immediately collected. The Associa-
ton worked in conjunction with the
white Red Cross and with other col
ored individuals in the city. The
Municipal Lodging House was opened
and hundreds of individuals homes
Immediate steps were taken to pre-
pare legal cases against the city and
county. The Legal Committee of the
Association held open doors and hun
dreds of declarations of losses were
received by Attorney Phillips. DR.. w.
T: Curtis and others gave much time
to the wounds of the victims. From
the National Office, Dr. Du Bots was
sent to make a thorough study of the
situation, and Miss Martha Gruening
to inquire into the attitude of the en-
p'oyers and labor unions.
DR.. Du Bots organized force of
twenty-five volunteer workers and five
paid workers. Chancellor Lloyd of the
Knights of Pythias kindly donated the
narlors of the Pythian Hall, and Dr.
Curtis donated an office on Market
street. Clerks were installed and the
stories of nearly two hundred victims
carefully taken down. Detailed sta
tlstics covering fifteen hundred of the
refuges were also compiled. Visits
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-04
The Illinois Massacre.

(From the Chicago Evening Post.)
In ouah town we don't let a mig
gah get off the train long enough to
brush youah coat, not even if he's a
po'tah on a Pullman
They'll tell you this in just these
of Illinois. -
And it was from these towns that
the mi]itiamen came to maintain or
der in East st. Louis"
This is the whole story of the fail
ure of the militia in the worst race
riot that has disgraced Illinois since
Lovejoy was martyred.
Troops from Northern Illinois should
nave been sent into East St. Louis:
troops from Southern Illinois should
not have been sent there. For the twi-
light zone of the Mason and Dixon
line cuts across the central and south.
ern portions of the state. -- =