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Richmond planet., 1917-12-15

Mr.. Virnal c. Hodges, of Norfolk.
Va. was in the city this week taking
the state bar examination. He was
one of the nineteen successful candi-
dates out Of total of forty-sevcn.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Lcod Bcthunc, of
DaEtona Training School, Daytona,
Fla. was in tho city last week She
visited our Office in company with
Mrs Maggie l.. Walker.
Mr. j. B. Evans, Jr., Lynchburg.
Va. passed through the city cnroutc
to Hampton, Va.
Mr. james Edwards Of PITTSBURGH
Pa. called on us.
Mr.. j. T.. Chick. Of Mangohick, Va
was in the city this week.
Mrs. Frances T. Preston. National
Organizer for l.. r. l.. Of the Ma
tjonal w. G. II. T.. is in the city i'm
the interest Of that work Shn is
the guest Of DR.. and Mrs w. II.
Stokes.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
nftt NtT TRUE REEoRNiE,I,S,
BANK DEpOSiTORS

1t is important that those demos.
Itors OF the defunct Truc RcCorm,r.
Bank, whether individuals or soci,
ties, not having other attorney and
who wish to participate in a dividonI
Soon to De mad, to Immediately COM
i,i"li'atc with me. There are more
nan eisht thousand separate accounts
10 DC verified. Resident dcpositors
'ic urScd 10 see me in person: non
rrS,dehls write to III +. Clay Street
Richmond, Va.
J. X. POLLARD. Atty.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
Y. w. G. 4 NOTES.

y Cohwch Social will be given at
the \. W. G. a. Friday, December II,
at eight o'clock. Admission. five
cents.
Instead Of the regular vcspcr ser
wees at the Y. w. G. 4. Sunday,
n"r"mhcr lG. the friends and NOM
h"r& VII attend a service at st. Phil
ms Episcopal Church. at $40 p. NJ.
Miss II. L. jackson Of the Y. w. C.
\. Will speak. Special music by st
Philips choir.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15

una, OF soldiers on the march. Ar
rived at the clearing tho singing
stopped, tho men, shacklcd. wer,
hclped from tho trucks to the scaf.
lold ana seated on chairs. 4 low
Good-byc. boys" addressed to mcm
DerS OF their military guard, who mad
pceh IN charge of the Negroes since
they were brought here from Fort
Bliss was the only expression from
any of the Negroes.
ALL PLUNGE NINE FEET TO
An army chaplain offered PRAYER,
An officer called "Attcntion!" And
as on parade tho Negroes stood erect
lhcE stood quietly whilr caps and
nooseS were adjusted and then step,
PED on the traps. The Major in
'harTe OF the execution gave a signal
and soldiers sprung the traps. The
Negroes plunged nine feet to instant
death
Even after the execution and the
- IN OF the guard to camp news OF
what had occurred did not spread
throuSh the camp or through the
city until announced by newspapers.
1t created some demonstration among
Negroes who had followed the prog
rcSs OF the trial in the nature OF
'mourninSS" at few Negro churches.
Crowds ut these, however, were small.
No announccmcnt has been made
Whrn the forty-onc Negro defendants
gwen lille sentences by the court.
martial will. be taken TO Fort Icaycn.
WORTH The five men acquitted we're
sent to join their commands.
y guard of l23 cavalrvmcn and 100
infantry soldiers was stationed AT the
scene OF the execution. With Millard
L. waltz, post commander in com
nand. The guard arrived at G:20 4. NJ.
IN" guard assembled in hollow square
formation around the scaffold and
about y. NJ. the prisoners were
CONTINUED On Fifth Page
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
W NADDEi-p:ITON.

heV. ana Mrs. Il. V. Pcyton wish
TO announce the marriage Of their
oanEhter. Miss Annctta Virginia to
Mr. Charles a. Waddey. the stepson
MT. Richard llamilton and the
son or Mrs. Francis Hamilton. The
marriage ceremony was performed on
me l4th or November, by Rev A.
i'ihEa, Jr., ID. d., pastor Of the First
BAPTIST Church South Richmond.
The reception will be later.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
HEAR DIR. DOUGLAS :. lSREESI
N!il Speak on, "Our Girls, Our
Soldiers, Our Country"

DR.. Douglas :. Freeman will spcal;
at tn" Ehcnczcr Baptist Church.
Tuesday night. December is, 1917,
al N:"n T. NJ. Editor John Mitchell
Jr VIII Introduce the speaker. Spc-
cial music by the Sabbath Glce Club
ana Virginia Union Quartettc. Mr.
Benjamin D"anc Will sing Joan OF
Are. Com" rain or shine. Hear
these two brilliant editors.
Dr. w. IT, Stokes, pastor.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
Gone Before.

Mr.. Bcalc r. Roanc, a member of
the firm Of Roanc and Holmes. harness
company. II l-2 North 18th street,
died suddenly. Saturday night De
cemhcr s. 1917 at the residence Of his
cousin. Mr.. John r. Holmes. 1918
T.. Leigh street. Before coming to
Richmond in June 1917 he was in
Sfrnrtor Of the harness department
or st. Paul Industrial School at Law
r"nceville, Va. Funeral ARRANGEMENTS
later
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
CIAKk--IIORSIIII.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T.. Horslcy
request the pleasure OF your presence
at the marriage ceremony of thor
daughter, Avis Frances. to Prof. Will
nam w. l.. Clark, on "Wednesday cy-
enlng. December twcnty-siXth, n'nc-
teen hundred and seventeen, at four
o'clock. II II West Cary street, Rich
mond. Virginia.
All friends invited. No cards.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
50'r!i WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
lSt1-fof.

Mr.. ana Mrs W. W. Hill rcuucst
IN" pleasure of your presence at their
flftlcth Anniversary, "Wednesday,
December the twcnty-siXth, 1917.
seven to eleven o'clock p. NJ, at
loo6 - North Seventh street.
All friends are invited. No cards
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
NOT A CONFESSION.


Bcllcvillc, Ill.,. Nov 26, l917.-Inas
much as every statement that have
thought 1t right to make, to cnlight-
en- those who seek to correct condi-
l"hS at East st. Louis, has been re
ported III the daily press with "a
me caption, "Dr. Bundy Confessing,"
declare | have nothing to confess
am telling the truth about politi-
cal conditions at East st. Louis. lust
as have told the truth about riot
conditions there.
My present annoyance here comes
lhronEh men who dare not tell the
truth.
am not guilty Of The crime with
"hirh am charged, as fair trial
on that charge will reveal.
'SlGncd) Leroy y. RUNDY,
81. Louis Argus }
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
LOST

Thrcc pass books. money orders,
checks and cash, Saturday, Drccm-
her %th n Mechanics Savings Bank.
.Thlrd and Clay streets or on Clay
stree car. The finder VIII please
send. hrin% or mail the books. money
ORDERS and checks to j. W. THOMPSON.
SamaritanS Hall, n. w. corner Sixth
ana Dnval streets or 1ol W. Jack
son street No questions asked.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15

at it, Bundy stated. Then he contin.
ucd, the "checker" signalcd work.
er on the outside, who took the voter
to white pay off man." who had
headquarters near, and who paid out
the money.
SAYS "WORKERS" GOT So Il DAY
Bundy admitted that he supported
those who practiCcd this scheme, but
said he protested to the white leader
that it was dangerous. The leader re
piled, he said:
what in the hell do care? If
the fellows haven't any better sense
than to be caught, that is their bust.
ness. 1t is cold turkey with me-"
The affidavit covers Il wide range
OF corruption and involves more than
100 prominent men in Eas, st. Louis,
VINO may have to face the courts on
account Of the exposure.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15

Thc Fulton Branch OF the Mcchan
'cS SAVINGS Bank returns thanks to
the patrons Of Fulton Bank. S24 Den
ny street. y. d. Daniels printing
plant. Cards for 1918 arc being is-
sued
John Mitchell, Jr. President: r
w. Whiting. Manager.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
NOTICE..

Thc ri. Rev. Charles II. Hanniean
" II speak at the ColOrcd Elks Home
1926 N. Second street. Sunday. De-
ccmhcr 16. 1917 at four o'clock p.
NJ. Public invited.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
Politics CAUSE OF RIOT

"Aat lnndy said was to elicit the
truth and to meet the charge that
'olorcd people were responsible for
the riot Of July .. In the statements
inc Attorney General learns that =
crowd of political corruptionsists had
Planned the riot which was to be on
the night OF July :. The killing Of the
o'llrerS only brought the action on
sooner. 1t is also shown that the col
ohlzation Of Negroes for the election
IN Ia" fall Of 1916 is utterly false and
mat Negro voters were hired in largo
nuihDcf aS> "workcrsH on c,rction
day at $500 each to vote fer the cor.
rupt gang.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
kARCll PRETENSE
4 CAMOUFLAGE.

according to Bundy's counsel th,
statements OF Ch; les 4 Karch Irn;t
ca states District Attorney, thai if
'ne STATEMENTS made by Bundv are
rue nc would call the attention of
'he department Of Justice to II and
request an Investigation, arc only \
r'ilonliaEe to hide his knowlcdec Of
me truth. There is no information
Whl'h MIR. karch now has which he
W" NOT nave for year and the idcn
''rIi parties were known to him
harch is federal officer and bas
ohl' 10 do with federal affairs. There
Is no chargc Of fraud in the election
OF PRESIDENTIAL electors or anv othnr
iearral officer. The election rcforrod
10 IN Bundy's statements was Cor
S,a'e offices. Attorney Brundacc is
lhc man who pulled the cover orr tho
political hypocrites. '''>
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
MORNING PAPER MIsrE,nc

! ne statement in the Renublic yyod
Ic'u"! morning relative to Rev. a
d. carey OF Chicago securing Bundv,s
,c'chSe' when arrested last summer
III thlrago because he refused 10 turr
over to the United States District Al
'orhey karch or Lott Tarlton. dom.
"''auc boSs Of East St Louis. q letter
'hat nc had received from Renub1i.
'"h ficadduartcrS at Chicago, ia mis-.
leadlhg. The Republic states that
When Rev. Carey stated he had set
me machine in motion to secure Bun
uFs release he had stated il was no.
llt1raI machinery when as a matter of
iact Dr. Carey secured ATTORNEYS who
sued ont a writ Of habcas corpus and
inc officers were in the office Of Stat.
es Attorney Horync TO serve this writ
"hrn Hundy was released. However,
politics caused his arrest which was
wholly without Justification.
since Bundy has made his state
mcht numerous affidavits substanti-
afing 1t have been obtained from both
white and colcrcd
Refcrring to the buying Of votes
Bnndy described system which he
saws was used in the Lcvcc Board
election in bnving votes. which he
termed the "flaeh system" Those in
tending to paw the Nccrocs for tho
votes had "chcckor" in the polIs.
he said. After the Negro had marked
his ballot he gave the checker a Clash
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15

Dr. Leroy \. Bundy, the East st.
Louis, dentist who is under indict.
ment for murder, growing out OF the
July riots there, has made a sworn
statement to Attorney General Ed
ward j. Brundagc of Illinois. The
aildaVit contains more than 5000
words and tells Of Wholesale frauds
committed during the East st. Lonis
mayoralty elections OF 1915 and 1917
and the election of the trustees Of
the LeVee District in 1916. Bundys
rharG"" are - '.t,artliTT, t,ot- I. Is IN
derStood that the Congressional Com
mlttee Will return for another invcs
ugatlon. 1t is also expected that a spec
lal grand jury will he called in st
Clair county to investigate the poll
tlral corruption mentioned in the
statement.
Richmond planet., 1917-12-15
DIR. BCNDI EXPOSES POLITICAL
FRAUD IN EAST ST. LOUIS.

Corrupt Politics Cause of July Riot
Dentist Tells Truth About politi-
cal Conditions and Asserts His In
noccncc. Statement Not \ Comics
sion. Congressional Committee
Will Return TO Investigate New
Charges.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

ment, but the mad rush around a
newspaper Office when the returns are
coming in, is worse than that the
morning after 4 presidential election
when one fellow is elected at mid.
night and another at a. m.
AS Jim stated the case: "The whole
force is upset, and in trying to make
the mail with early editions, a fell
low gets to tramping around in cir
Gle so fast that he cannot figure out
in his ownImind whether he is going
hometor coming back"
We heartily agree with Mr.. Pow.
ell,--and just for instance,-we would
like to know what he would think Of
having visit from a book agent,
just after the report of the fifth in.
ming had come in and according to
the text of the message only two outs
had been made when there should
have been three?
a That is what happened in this Of
flee, and we confess we felt like the
fans do when an umpire makes a
decision in the last half of the ninth
inning, taking the game afay from
the home team. That murder was
not committed was due to the fact
that there were no empty pop bottles
laying around handy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
RESULTS OF ELECTION.

Whether the Prohibition Constitu.
donal Amendment has won or lost in
Iowa, conditions in the state will not
be changed for the present. Iowa
now has Legislative Prohibition, u
and the succeeding General Assem-.
blies can keep the state dry indef.
nitely.
On the other hand, any legislature
by a sufficient vote may change the
law and open the way for the return
Of the saloon,-that is of course if
the Amendment proposition has failed
of success at the polls. If the
amendment has been endodsed by a
majority vote then Prohibition will
be written into the Constitution, and
no legislature by its own power can
ever change the law.
But, whether the Prohibition propo.
sition has been ratified or not, il
could be voted on again in about five
years. When two succeeding leg
islatures vote for change in the
Constitution, the proposition is sub
mitted to the people to be voted on at
popular election.
Consequently. if the Amendment
has carried, the so-called "wets" by
gaining control of the next two leg
islatures. could force another vote
on the proposition in about five years,
and on the other hand. if the drys
have lost, they can secure another
vote in five years by obtaining favor
able action in the next two Iegisla-
lures.
To sum it up, Iowa is still under
Legislative Prohibition, however the
election has gone. and will remain SO
at least until after the meeting of
the next legislature.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
CHURCHES AND BONDS.

Every church and Sunday school
in the nation should support the sec
ond issue of Liberty loan bonds. II
is not merely patriotism, it is sound
business sense. No matter how
small the church may be, il can dc
something, and the aggregate of mil.
lions of small investments will make
this $3.OO0,OOO,OOO issue a tremend-
Gus success.
Some of the big churches in the
larger cities of the seventh federal
reserve district have already pur-
chased bonds, but the smaller church
es, the country churches, must also
do their part, the movement must be
extended to every part of the dis
trict. Entertainments and various
other forms of social events can be
of aid in securing the necessary funds
and the interest from the money thus
invested can be turned back into the
support of the many activities of the
church. The example set before the
children is also of inestimable value,
teaching them thrift and the first
lessons in sef-sacrifice.
Let this great, prosperous section
of the country set before the church
people of the rest of the nation a
worthy example of patriotism and
business foresight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
NEWSPAPER CRITICISM.

NEWSPAPER CRITICISM.
The Sioux City Journal says 1t is
being criticised because it published
the facts of that recent unsavory Cher.
okee escapade. The Journal has not
the least doubt that il would have
been more severely criticised had il
neglected to give publicity to that es'
capade, The newspaper is under a
constant fire of criticism. II is crit.
icised for what it does, as we'll as for
what it fails to do The newspaper
has learned to expect and to be pre-.
pared for criticism. 1t has learned to
be neither thick-skinned nor thin-skin.
ned. To a certain degree, as criticism
is just and merited, it is guided by it,
On the other hand, it can not permit
itself to shape its course wholly with
a view to escaping criticism. 1t could
not do so and retain any respect for
itself. It could not do so and com.
mand the respect of the public. People
have slight liking for newspaper
without purpose, spineless. The most
of us do not mind what the newspaper
does so long as it does not tread on
the toes Of our friends; so long as it
does not go contrary TO our pet no
lions. The most of Sls have great ad.
miration for the courage of the news
paper when it throws spotlight on
The wrongdoing and the wickedness
of the other fellow. 1t is different
matter when the spotlight gets around
in our own neighborhood. 1t all de-
bends whose OK is gored. The news
paper that sets out to please every
can not be done. 1t never has been
done and never will be done. No news
lone and never will be done. No ews-
paper which undertakes to present the
news honestly, with desire to dis
charge the duty 1t owes the public, can
hope to avoid giving oherse to some
one, on occasion. The best it can do
is to avoid giving offense needlessly.
The newspaper is not honestly or fair
ly a subject of criticism when it eX-
poses wickednesst or vice. The great
est deterrent to evil is the fear of dis
covery, or exposure, andhe public ex-
poets the newspaper u throw the
searchlight of publicity upon evil
wherever it may be found. The public
official who is led into evil ways,
whose manner of life becomes pub
lie offense, has, no claim upon the
newspaper to shield his wickedness
from the public view. The Journal
does not expect that the time ever will
come when the people will cease to
complain about it, or find fault with it.
It is not discouraged by such criticism
but rather benefited by it. as through
the daily fire of criticism it gains a
clearer conception of its own duty and
IS stimulated to better work and a
higher resolve. It is all part of the
lays work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
THE LIBERTY LOAN.

There can be no half hearted work
in this matter. Every man must do his
whole duty. And if this is done the re
suit will be to shorten the war. II
will serve notice on the Kaiser that
the American people are backing their
boys in the trenches, and that they
are ready to so to any length to sec
that justice and right prevail.
IF you do not own Liberty Bond,
send in your subscription at once. II
you do own one, you will be ready to
buy another if you can afford it.
''In any event you must act quick.
ly. The time is short. The men who
are giving their time and energy all
over the country to this work are busy
men. Help them out by sending in
your subscriptions. Your banker will
arrange terms that are satisfactory
TO you"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
BONDS BY INSTALLMENT.

The New York Sun suggests that
the buyer OF Liberty bond plan to
purchase it out of what he can save
and not out of what he has saved. The
mall buyer thus would not withdraw
money, but would save it.. His pur-
chase would represent a tightening
up of his personal and domestic &C
counts. 1t would represent money
placed at the disposal of the govern
nent through the thrift of the citizen.
In this fashion it would he 2 genu,
inc contribution to the nation. War
economy would have a definite object
in Liberty bond. Beth the govern
nent and the banks encourage the
Method. Any citizen can arrange
with bank. to make installments or
the purchase of Il bond, and these in
StallmentS would take money saved
from week to week for government
purposes.
Installment buying will commit the
purchaser to a scheme of saving to
which the average person can adjust
his affairs, and the method is com
mended as having advantages over
purchase by withdrawal of savings.
The increase of savings by the
mount contracted for would be {
cal war effort made by thrift and
'rugality for national purpose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
The HIRED MANS BATH.

A boy from the city, who was
working for an Illinois farmer this
summer, expressed laudable desire
to use the family bathtub. He was
told that the bathtub was installed
for the use of the family, not for the
hired men. AS no other provision
had been made for the hired mans
bath, the boy presumably had to wait
or his bath until he returned to the
iity. On a big farm near Chicago,
the owner lives in a big house con.
tanning twenty-seven rooms. He en-
Dloys fifty men during the summer
md has not provided so much as a
yashtitb for them to take bath in.
There is nothing a housewife APP
preciates more than a clean hired
man, comments The Prairie Farmer.
There is nothing hired man-espe,
'cialiy boy who has been raised in ?
home with neutrality-suspicious.
more than a chance to keep clean. 1t
doesn't cost much to provide some
sort of bathing facilities for the hired
man, and it will add much to his con-
tentment
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
A HIGH. GRADE CROSSING

1t is not the motorists alone who
are endangered by the conditions
which exist at grade crossings. A
member of the Iowa State Highway
Commission, H. C. Beard, was in a
grade crossing wreck last year which
was due to the careless work of "a
road patrolman. This man had driven
his road drag across the railroad
crossing so many times that the dirt
scraped along by it gradually accumu
lated in the space between the rails
and the planking just inside them. FL
nally a day came when this waste
road material filed these spaces so
full that the fianges of the cars were
lifted and the train derailed. Com
plants of this negligence by patrol
men are not uncommon, and yet there
is no rule in any instructions issued
TO patrolmen by state or county road
officials directing the men to clear
their road drags of all refuse before
driving them across a railroad. High
way officials will do well to see that
this precaution is taken by their pa
trolmen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
MILLS OF JUSTICE
TROUBLES OF PEOPLE sIFTED
THROUGH COURT HoPPERs.

j. G. Bradley, married, wrote a let.
ter to girl, asking that she meet
him at eight o'clock, on certain ev.
ening, at the corner of High avenue
West and, North ID street. The maids
mother received the letter, by chance,
and opened it. reading to her surprise
Bradley's invitation. Matters were ar
ranged, and the hearts desire" met
Mr.. Bradley accompanied with an Of
ficer Bradley denied all at first. but
'fessed up and paid fine of $25 and
costs.