The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

Of the food administration.
s Prohibition bun
AMI m eaHure
1 Domestic granting sufrrags|
Affairs 70 won aea,,r y sons r.
attention of the leg
islatures OF many states which met III
1917 The women Of North Dakotal
were granted limited suffrage in a bill
passed by the Legislature January Isl
Bills providing for prohibition wers3
passed 10 Indiana and Alaska FebruarH
and on the same day the governorsl
of Tennessee and OFegoE bone Il
dry" bills. on February s, the COVER
nor Of Utah signed prohibition la~i
passed by the Legislature OF that stats "A
on February 10. Governor Lister, "a
Washington, signed n "bons-dry' bill
A prohibition bill was passed In South
Dakota February 20. on February 81
the national house OF representatives
passed q bill already passed by tn 4
senate, prohibiting the importation Cd
liquor into prohibition states. OnI
February % the india Legislature Il
passed a bin granting limited suffra e. 4
10 women but this measure was lated
declared unconstitutional by the state
supreme court on February IS, thu
house Of representatives passed bind
4AEeStA5 VA@Ht1 nv AtAB bEfltAFB
the city OF Washington dry after Octc
Der al The Rhode Island legislature
on April II. extended presidentisl
suffrage to women. on August / tn
L nited States senate passed the Shef1
pard resolution providing for the sui
IA mission to the states Of q / rohibitioM
amendment % he constitution. on
November &. a measure giving wome
the ballot I'm New York state was carl
ried a. the general election by . Iarg@
ma iority. a
The Danish West Indies, purchases
from Denmark for SIS. 200, 900, paasety
under the Jurisdiction of the UniteF
States January II, and were rename}
the Virgin islands President WILSON
on January 20. vetoed the immigraticEI
bin passed by congress because of ths
literacy test but the bill wac passed
over his veto by the house on February
! and by the senate on February !.
Serious race riots In East st. Louig(
Mo. July 2 resulted in the killing I'll
more than twenty negroes and twg
white men and heavy property LOST
by fire The riots were followed ot,
prosecutions by state officials and H
+ congressional investigation. Soldiei1s
OF the Tweuty-fourth United states Ind !
fsntry tcoIored) started race riot
at Houston Tex. August %. resuitin 4
in the death OF ffteen white persona
and several negroes.
On September q. Governor J. Ei
I Ferguson. OF Ttxas, was found guIlts4
+ on tmpeachme a. proceedings of ac-
ceptlnx Illegal profits and was renov1
+ ed from office.
I Interest In the general elections on
+ November was conferred In New York
and Chicago. where Socialist tickets
were defeated by large majorities,
Judge Hylan, Democratic nominee, was
elected mayor Of New York overl
Fusion. Republican and Socialist can,
didates
Thirteen negroes. convicted by court
martial OF participating In the racf
riots AT Houston. Tex, August 20, was
hangeg AT San Antonio December ia
Fortv-one others. convicted on the
same charge we're sentenced TO life
imprisonment,
I Tho national house OF representa- /
I tives. on Deem Der II. adopted reso1
tuition already adopted by the senatei
submitting 10 the states a constitu1
ttonaI amendment providing for ua !
FT4oraf .ureygt bltOh - the hquef tFaniel
+ The amendment will be imperative
unless ratified by three-fourths Of the
states within seven years from tbs
/ date OF submission.