Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-31
RACE WAR crisis
MOVES CHESTER
New Threats Heard That
Band Of Whites Will Run
Negroes Out of City
CHARGE MAYOR HAS
APPOINTED CRIMINAL

n its grp for week was reached /
asst night. when the saloons, after /
dispensing liquor all day. closed their /
loors at O'Clock. Until that time |
hero had been no trouble, but the
arge number OF intoxicated men seen
81 the streets Of the city, particularly
n the negro quarters, worried the
,ficials and a double guard was
brown about the scot 'ons where tho
fun fghting has taken place In the
past.
Threats that an organized band OF
whites was prepared TO run the
Negroes from the city were heard on
he streets, and Mayor Mcdowell and
Chief OF Police Vance received letters
saying that they could not be sure
Of thir lives II they continued their
attempts to block the anti-Negro
movement These letters were signed
X. Y. D." and were posted In this city
Postal inspectors are investigating.
Mayor Mcdowell went before the
City Council and asked for authority
10 appoint twenty-five more poliie-
men. declaring they are necessary.
The force at present consists Of forty
.our men.
The criticism Of Mayor Mcdowell
and his administration, controlled By
The Mcclure polhico-liquor organiza-
ton. for undue coddling Of Negro
criminals and the charge that this IS
the cause OF the situation here, per
sisted yesterday, and new charge
was developed.
This is that Mayor Mcdowell APP
pointed 10 the police force a Negro OF
the organization who had served one
prison term for ballot-box frauds and
81 Iaar.f,rr n dfuprHarIN hnrcN
and had been disfranchised In the bar
gain. The man is now a policeman.
His name is Charles Caldwell For
mer District Attorney A. ID. McDade
said that Caldwell has been convicted
and sentenced twice. Mayor Mcdowell
appointed him 70 the force in May.
Asked about Caldwell's appointment,
the Mayor said:
I'VE have man named Caldwell
on the force. But ! knew nothing OF
bis criminal record. He was very
airhly recommended for the position
md j took the word OF the men who
recommended him"
The Mayor did not say that he would
Investigate the charges.
The body Of Joseph Mccain, one OF
the victims in Thursday nights bat
lie OF bullets at Third and Lloyd
,treels. was hurled yesterday with
state and local policemen guarding
he funeral ceremonies and the pro-
.ession. There was no disorder.
Judge johnson, at Media. yesterday
admitted 10 bail the three Eddystone
ammunition plant guards charged
with the murder OF David Schwartz
white. and James. Riley. Negro. on
saturday night William c. Alexan-
--fei counsel for Sheriff Hepburn. In
sltuted the habeas corpus PROCEEDINGS
resulting in their liberations District
Attorney Hannum opposed the appeal.
The men arc Newman Stockdale, John
w. Ellis and Fred Orfeld, employed
by the Remington Arms Company but
acting as deputy sheriffs when the
ihooting took place.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 for Stock
aale. and $500 for the others. Stock
sale IS charged directly with the MUIR
Ter Of Schwartz. chauffeur, VINO was
acting as a deputy sheriff during the
rlotlng A new angle on the status
II Riley the Negro. was developed
today when Jhoonkeeper Fry Nc
Clure political agent in the Negro
nuarter denied that the dead man was
guarding his place when killed.
Sheriff Hepburn is now trying to dis
cover Just what the Negro was doing
At Fry's place when the battle took
place. Riley was armed with a loaded
ihotgun.
A virtual political upheaval is fol-
lowing In the wake OF last week s
rloting. The. excitement into which
n The town has been plunged has served
10 cause criticism of the alleged Will
lngness OF the administration TO over
look the crimes Of Negroes in return
,or political assistance and Of many
other phases Of the life OF the town.
Gambling. il is charged by critics
n Mayor Mcdowell. has been per
nltted here on the main streets of the
III ,ity for nearly year past Every
HI poolroom. IL Is alleged is the scene
Of gambling in the form OF "Harrt
& gam pool. "Harrigan" nets the pool
room PROPRIETOR an average of So pc
table per hour. Any number OF
PLAYERS can engage In a game ant
lre6nently as many as fifteen younl
fellows stand about table with cue
IN hand waiting for their chance Z
shoot the winning ball into III
There was no doubt about the popl
laritv of "Harrigan" in a half doze
81 ooolsooms in the heart of the city whic
we're visited this evening. In one
a these places there were more than
Be hundred young men, all either direetl
Interested as players or enjoying du
N evening as spectators at the game Z
,hance.
Mayor Mcdowell Also angered man
q citizens when. on three occasions, h
responded TO the clamor from Beths
couri and the other Negro sections an
impressed the moving picture, "Th'
s. Birth Of a Nation He never perInitte
NJ K to be shown.
Despite this, he is charged with hay
Ing refused TO listen TO a delegation
4 from the New Century Club which cam
q 10 protest against tho Character OF per
n formarces offered at a theatre Thes
81 women visited the playhouse and thei
DESCRIPTION of the performance, show
IN mixed audience, was that it wa
HI immoral That was five OF six week
# lgo. Nothing has been done
II Yesterday at the same theatre
81 rompany began an engagement. IN
rast consists Of six chorus girls. tw
comedians, an ingenue. a male iuvenil
"a and a female dancer Persons who vii
Sessed it describe it as worse than Il
worst.
Negro who sat on a window sil
IN the theatre two weeks ago laughe
20 heartily at the jokes that ne fe
backward three stories 10 the sire,
and is still in the Chester Hospital
II vas discovered yesterday ths