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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
"Niggers AXE the
White Man 3 Job"

In no other city has this immigration
Of the negro produced what it produced
in East st. Louis.
How race prejudice and industrial
resentment combined in the occur
rences there is best demonstrated by
the stories Of the negroes themselves,
recounting the slogans and catchwords
Of the mob.
Nathaniel Cole, a colored man. who
works in a steel foundry In st. Louis,
on July was returning home from r
trip to Alton, H., passing through East
into white neighborhood and a wom-
an hollered, Stop that niger; stop
that nigger!' Two fcllers ran out Of
IL gangway, one with q brick and the
other with a club | ran and was we'll
out of the way when a Ford came along
and about twelve of the rioters got in
and overlook me after I had entered
an alley.
"They then hemmed me in q yard
where carpenter was at work and
began beating me; the carpenter asked
the rioters not to beat me up there,
but to turn me over to the officers if
mad done anything to deserve it. The
rioters replied, The niger takes the
white mans job"
Cole was beaten into insensibility
and was later taken to st. Mary's Hos
pital.
j. 3. Silas, colored boy, saw two
men shot and thrown into Cahokia
Greek as he was returning from carry
ing dinner to his uncle at Kehlors
Mills. He also saw three hundred
white men chase an old negro, shoot
ing at him, until he ran into the rail-
road shops and found refuge. Silas
says: "Next morning when we Che and
his family reached the ferry to cross
to St. Louis, a white man hollered
You better hurry, niger, we're only
going to give you till o'clock to get
out Of town."
The general cry was, Get the mig
ger!" and THE niger takes the white
mans job"
In interrogating hundreds of East St.
Louis negroes not one has been found
who wishes to return South. eve
won't go back South" they say. They
could not explain why. They just
won't.
The fact is they are undaunted Eas!
st. Louis has not downed them. They
are the unconscious agents of great
change in the industrial life OF their
race. And they won't go back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Newcomers Poor
and Ignorant.

The condition in which the negro i'm
migrants came from the South was de-
scribed to the committee by Frank A.
Cunningham, manager of the relay de-
pot in East St. Louis.
The station manager told of train
loads of colored people arriving In the
Illinois city week after week. They
came singly and in groups-whole
families with babies and with grand
parents. They had no baggage other
than few articles carried in bundle
under the arm or in basket. Some
times one member Of the family could
be seen carrying q washboaTd or some
piece of furniture, brought from the
country cabin back in Mississippi or
Alabama. They seldom had a cent in
their pockets when they arrived, and
even after the weather grew cold the
men wore only single shirt and a
pair of overalls.
They had heard Of the great oppor-
tunity for their race that lay in the
cities of the North. They had not had
much chance in the South. Wages were
tragically low. Schools were poor Life
was poor. The Southern white people
loved and lynched them.
With childish Ignorance of money
values, they were accustomed to work
for wage no human being could pos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Riots in Which
One Hundred Were Killed

A general determination to "run the
niggcrs out of town" seemed to be
spreading. The negroes heard that
they were to be massacred, and many
of them left the city.
The whites, on the other hand. had
the rumor that the negroes were to
rise up" on the Fourth Of July, at a
certain Jones Park, where they were
accustomed to have barbecue on that
day. Feeling grew steadily worse
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

THE influx of negroes to the
Northern cities in the last two
wears was too sudden to he prom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Great Tide of Free" and Mrthful Negro Labor
Brings the Race War to North's Industrial Centr
100000 Grains of Black Powder
Alden to the Volatile Elements
In Economic Struggle-Employ-
ers and Unions Both at Fault

TORE than 100000 negroes have
MI come North in the last two
lVA wears 100000 grains 81 black
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
By Lindsay Cooper

ME influx of negroes to the
Northern cities in the last two
years was too sudden to be prop
crly handled everywhere. In we'll gov
erned cities the crisis was realized and
prepared for. In Detroit the manu-
facturcrs co0perated with intelligent
resident negroes in handling the situa-
ton. Other cities made similar efforts,
SO that for the most part the negro en-
ploye has not suffered.
There is, however, a reverse side Of
this fair medal, and that reverse bears
the blackened face Of East st.
Louis.
East st. Louis made no efforts,
either selfish or unsclhsh, to assist the
thousands Of negro immigrants in
adjustment to their new surround
ings. Industrially, she welcomed the
negro, and there she stopped short.
Her saloons and gambling houses
mulcted him. Her politicians pam
pered him. And on July 2, 1917, her
population butchered him.
The committee appointed by Con-
gress to investigate the matter of the
East st. Louis riots has recently con-
cludcd its hearings in East St. Louis
This committee was composed Of Rep
resentatives Ben Johnson, Of Kentucky;
Henry A. Cooper, of Wisconsin,; Martin
y. Foster, Of Illinois; John D. Baker, OF
California, and George a. Foss, Of I'LL
nois.
The inquiry brought to light many
facts which might otherwise have
never been known save to the com
parative few whose daily lives were
Immediately concerned. These facts
penetrate into avenues Of industrial
and commercial activity.
1t took q short time for the commit
tee to learn that interstate laws were
completely disregardcd during the riot
ings and to pass on to the question o.
the persecution Of the negro.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Industries Welcomed Negro to East St. Louis;
Labor Feared Him and Mob Butchered Him

Finally on the night of July ] an
automobile filled with white people,
leaving a low-grade hotel in the heart
of the city. made "trip through the ne
gro section of the town, firing into the
houses on both sides as it Went.
Thirty minutes later police head
quarters was informed that the ne
groes were congregating at q colored
church, where they had been summoned
by the ringing Of the bell.
Five policemen, two Of them in plain
clothes, accompanied by newspaper
reporter, got in an automobile and hur-
ried toward the spot. Before they had
gon far, however, they net q body OF
over q hundred armed negroes going
in a direction opposite TO that toward
which the officers had been summoned
The negroes fired on the automobile
and the two plain clothes detectives
were killed.
The riot in which eight white people
and almost a hundred negroes were
killed and hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars worth Of property was de-
stroyed ensucd next day
, 1918-12-19
GASOLINE FIRES
CAUSE OF PANIC
Experienced Man Knows What
to Do and Jumps Immediate
Iy for Some Preventive.
HAVE SMALL ExTINGUIsHER
Large Chemical Devices Are Too
Bulky and Cannot Be Laid In ANY
P.sition-Start Work Of Ex-
tinauishing in Drip Pan.

When gasoline takes fire 1t is a Sc
rious matter, but the most dangerous
accessory to a fire is the one you least
expect, namely, panic, writes William
II. Stewart, Jr., In New York Times.
The average person has such an I'M
reasoning fear of gasoline that he
loses his head completely. The first
few fires will leave one completely
unnerved for a time, but after a little
experience in fighting them panic dis
appears and self-control is gained.
This does not mean hat n should
delay or o any more slowly, but
should know what to do quickly.
Small E~xtinquisher Is Best.
The novice stands aghast as the
first burst of flames come from the
jumps for the nearest preventive. At
least one small fire e~xtinguisher
should be carried on every car. The
large chemical devices are too bulky
and cannot be laid In any position,
whereas the ordinary instrument may
be stored away In q small space. The
best place is beneath the hood on the
%carburetor side. This is where the
fire starts and may be reached by
raising the hood. Some carry them
IN the running board, but this Is OBJ
~Jectionable' on account of theft liabll-
ity. If placed under the seat or Sc
cured by a lock they r not readily
placed in service, and the machine
may be badly damaged meanwhile.
Always turn off the gasoline at the
tan to stop feeding the flames. Or
dinarily there Is not more than two
ounces in any float chamber, and this
will not last long. All the parts about
the carburetor are metal and not cas-
lily harmed. 1t is also well to use the
self-starter to turn the engine. This
will draw flames into the manifold.
Quite often the whole fire may be ex-
tinguished If this is done in time. g
Begin at the Bottom.
So remember, always start at the
bottom and work upward. II there
is q flame on the ground beneath the
car use the seif-starter with gears in
mesh to move to another position.
Sand is good IL available, but never
throw sand on the carburetor or any
other part of the machine. 1t falls
away, leaving gasoline free to burn,
and also gets into the mechanism, do
ing incalculable harm. On a fat sur
face sand is excellent, OIL any other
dry powder. Even -four has saved
many a home where gasoline has been
used carelessly. The old method of
covering the FIRE with a rug or carpet
is good, but the extinguisher is bet
ter. This cover the fluid with a lay
er Of heavy noninfammable gas which
smothers the fisme.
Everyone knows that any kind OF a
fire is dangerous, but IL the above
suggestions are employed under self
control the flames starting from a
carburetor backfire will be efficiently
stopped at the source.
, 1918-12-19
PNEUMATIC TIRES ARE BEST
Reduction In Wear and Tear on
Trucks and Greater Speed Are
Among Advantages.

A trip over the Lincoln highway
from New York to Philadelphia pro-
vides many surprises to touring mo-
florists In the multiplicity of big rub
ber-tired freighters that ply on
stantly between these two cities, haul
ing every conceivable kind of mer-
chandise. Motor trucking companies
are springing up almost daily, offer
ing efficient service, which not only
helps to relieve the railroads of a
portion of their heavy burden, but
also offers quicker transportation, In
that all terminal delays, so common
to railroads, are avoided. At first
these heavy-duty trucks were CON
fined to the solld-tired class, but the
advantages Of big cord tires have led
many truck owners to equip their
freighters with pneumatic tires. The
great reduction in wear and tear on
he trucks and the greater speed per
mitted are among the advantages that
are to be gained.
, 1918-12-19
New Successful Standardized Truck Bone of the Type That Is Solving the
- Transportation Problem.

1.-THE farmer" says Mr.. Norton, be
lieves, in the first place, that the mar
ket is overcrowded already. He does
not want to engage in competition
that will find him at a disadvantage.
'Then, again, he says: IF 1 CO.
operate, who is going to sell it for
meY Furthermore, he wants assur-
ance that his stuff will be sold and not
turned back to him, wilted and use
less except as fodder for pigs.
Big Questions to Answer.
"These are big questions and must
be answered to the full satisfaction
of the farmer. 1t is but natural that
the farmer wants to continue to be
his own salesman until convinced that
dependable capital can do more for
him and permit him to devote more
time to his farm"
Mr.. Norton said that the truck hori-
o is full of prospects that large and
dependable capital is at work planning
to take advantage of them, and that
a solution of the farmer problem is
not far distant.
, 1918-12-19

A counterpart to the many COM
pick problems that will face allied and
American statesmen when ultimate
peace comes is the rural motor ex-
press movement that the government
is trying to stimulate to success, writes
Walter A. Birmingham in Chicago
Evening Post. That traditional sus-
picion that the countryman is the log
ical quarry of the "city Teller" still
sits fast in the saddle, and until it
can be rooted out difficulties will be n
countered.
Demand of Farmer.
S. V. Norton, a member of the Ohio
state commission appointed to push all
truck movements, says that the farmer
demands-and is entitled to-as many
assurances as the allies seek from Ger
many.
The farmers position, Mr.. Norton
says, is both sensible and logical.
These conditions he insists on:
Definite assurance that produce he
sends will be sold.
Reliable agents to sell it for him.
, 1918-12-19

turned completely, Frank e. Harvey OF
White Hall, ILL.,, resolved that certain
improvements in automobile headlights
were necessary. Therefore he produced
a very simple and commendable in.
vention.
The idea is to make at least n
headlight turn, and that at the mo.
ment the steering wheel is revolved.
Thus one headlight shines up in the
new direction while the other con
tinues to light the old roadway. In
this way light is provided in the two
places most needed when rounding q
corner. The connecting rod between
the front wheels supplies the motive
power which moves the lamps. Two
pins are made fast to this rod near
each end, and the rod In its .right-and-
left movements causes one or the
other Of the pins to strike the arm of
its bent rod leading up to the CORE
spending light. The illustrations show
details. A spring keeps the parts
taut and ready to respond to all i'm
pulses from the pins and rod.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
, 1918-12-19
PARIS MILLIONS
GREET WILSON
ALL FRANCE PAYS PRESIDENT
HOMAGE AS HE GOES TO
PEACE CAPITAL.
Dimes WITH pOINCARf
TROOPS JOIN PEOPLE IN CHEER
ING PARTY ALONG FLOWER
STREWN PATH.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, Dec. 16.-President and Mrs.
Wilson mace heir entry into Paris
Saturday morning, greeted by 2,000,-
uOO of the population not only of the
city but of the surrounding districts.
THEY were attended by President
Poincare, Premier Clemenceau and
others among the most eminent fig
ures of France Flowers were dropped
around their carriage; airplanes
winged overhead; guns sounded.
The city was ablaze with illumina-
tons; the boulevards were thronged
with crowds, dancing and singing and
throwing confetti.
The chief official event of the presi-
dents first day in Paris was a lunch
con rendered to him and Mrs. Wilson
by President Poincaire. 1t was a gor-
geous affair. But its outward magnif-
lcence and brilliance were overshad-
owed by something that went straight
to the heart of Paris and of France,
something touching upon the question
that has been foremost in the hearts
and minds of all French ever since the
signing of the armistice.
Somehow the impression had taken
root here that President Wilson was
opposed to the full payment by Ger
many of the damages her armies did
In the ruthless campaigns in france
and Belgium. Somehow a great sec
ton of the French people had come to
fear that he would try to stay the
hand, not of vengeance but of just
and deserved punishment.
1t was therefore natural and in
keeping with Frances traditional pol
Icy of utter frankness that President
Poincare in his speech at the official
luncheon dwelt tactfully but candidly
upon this question of questions. He
spoke of the deliberate savagery" and
astounding cynicism'' or the German
staff in its systematic procedure of
wanton destruction. He touched upon
the absolute necessity that such
crimes must not 60 unpunished- that
their just punishment is part and par
eel of the justice upon which the
worlds peace must be based here
after.
In his reply President Wilson, with
equal candor and an explicit direct
ness that made all doubts vanish into
thin air, spoke his own heart and
mind on this subject.
Il am sure" said he, that l shall
look upon the ruin wrought by the
central empires with the same revul-
sion and deep indignation thai they
stir in the hearts of France and Bel
GUM, and j appreciate, as you do, the
necessity of such action in the final
settlement of the issues of the war as
will not only rebuke such acts of ter
ror n spoliation but make men ev-
erywhere aware that they cannot be
ventured upon w'-''out the certainty
of just punishment"
President Wilson spent his first
Sunday in Paris by going twice to
church. laying a wreath on the tomb
of Lafayette and having a brief con
ference with Premier Clemenceau and
another with Col. E. NJ. House. In the
evening he rested in preparation for
the coming strenuous week of prelim-
mary conferences. During the after
noon the President made a short call
on President and Nine. Poincare at
the palace of the Elysee.
, 1918-12-19
GERMAN ARMlsTlcE EXTENDED.
Allies Reserve Occupation Rights and
Impose Additional Conditions.

Allies Reserve Occupation Rights and
Impose Additional Conditions.
Copenhagen, Dec. 16.-The German
armistice has been extended until )
o'clock on the morning of Jan. II and
the Allies have notified Germany that
they reserve the right to occupy the
neutral zone east of the Rhine from
the Cologne bridgehead to the Dutch
frontier, according to a dispatch from
Treves.
The message states that the follow
ing conditions have been added to the
armistice agreement of Nov. II:
1.-THE supreme command OF the AL
lies reserves the right, should it con-
slider this advisable and in order to
obtain fresh guarantees. to occupy the
neutral zone on the right bank of the
Rhine north of the Cologne bridge
head as far as the Dutch frontier. No
tice of this occupation will be given
six days previously"
, 1918-12-19
Prussians Tear Down Red Flag.

v @'f -0 FL
Copenhagen.-Soldiers of the Prus-
sian guard removed the red flag from
the town hall at Potsdam, where the
German imperial palace is located.
Assassin Stays President Of Portugal.
London.-Dr. Sidonio Paes. presi-
dent of Portugal, was shot and killed
by an assassin at midnight Saturday
while he was in a railway station at
Lisbon waiting for a train to Oporto.
Advices from Lisbon reporting the as
s~assination say that he was struck
by three bullets. President Paes died
within a few minutes after he was
shot. The presidents assailant,
named Jeetne, was killed by the
crowd. Tamagnini Bartosa, minister
of the interior, has assumed the prest
dency.
, 1918-12-19
Brief News Notes
From All Parts M
Wyoming

estern NeWFpaper Union NeWs scrNice.
COMING EVENTS.
Jan. 9-11-Annual meeting of Wyo-
ming Woolgrowers Association at
Lander.
, 1918-12-19

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, 1918-12-19
LIGHTS BOTH ROADS
ROUNDING A CORNER
Illinois Man Makes Decided I'm
provement in Headlights.
One Shines Up New Direction While
Other Continues to Light Old
Roadway-Rod Supplies Mo
tive Power.

Because an automobile in which he
was, riding one evening went around
corners so fast that 1t was dangerous,
and because the front lamps were sta
tionary and would not swing in the d.
rection the car was going until 1t had
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-30
Cure for Dysentery

"While I was in Ashland, Kansas, a
gentleman overheard me speaking of
Chamberlain Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy" writes William Whitelaw of
Des Moines, Iowa. HE told me in de-
tail of what it had done for his family,
but more especially his daughter who
was lying at the point of death with a
violent attack of dysentery, and had
been given up by the family physician.
Some of his neighbors advised him to
give Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which he did, and fully be.
lieves that by doing so saved the life OF
his child. He stated that he had also
used this remedy himself with equally
gratifying results.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-30
WISCONSIN NEWS
STATED IN BRIEF
Geographic Chronicle OF State
Happenings.
SHOOTS SELF SHOWING GUN
State Guard Officer Meets Death
While Demonstrating Use of Au-
tomato Revolver - Accident
Witnessed by Corporal.

Milwaukee, Aug. 2S.-Capt. Derr r.
Neagley, commanding Company b,
Seventh regiment, Wisconsin state
guard, accidentally shot himself while
adjusting the safety catch on his au-
tomato in the officers room of the
company armory, Nineteenth and
Wells streets, and died as he was
placed on the operating table at Emer-
gency hospital. Corporal Fred Steele,
just recommended for a second lieu
tenancy, was the only other person in
the room when the accident occurred.
II did not actually see what hap
pened," he explained, "but as I figure
it the captain was trying to set the
safety catch on his revolver before re-
turning it to the bolster after cleaning
it. He had shown me the safety action
several times before, but that was a
couple of hours earlier. | had just
returned to the room and was on my
way to q chair when the accident Oc-
Cured. The captain was sitting in his
chair at his desk and when l saw
what had happened l rushed out and
called for help" Captain Neagley
was thirty-seven years old and had
been a resident of Milwaukee for six
years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-30
u. S. ORDERS BAN ON
SUNDAY AUTO DRIVING
All Pleasure Cars, Motorcycles and
Boats Included in Request-Must
Conserve Gasoline.

Washington, Aug. 28.-The fuel ad-
ministratiOn called on the public east
of the Mississippi river to stop using
gasoline for passenger automobiles,
motorcycles and mOtOrbOats on Sun
days until further notice. Unless vol
untary action on the part of the pub
lie improves the gasoline situation, no.
tice is given that the administration
will be obliged to enforce prohibitory
regulations.
Automobiles for hire, including taxi
cabs, are included in the class OF mo-
tor vehicles that are expected to OBJ
serve the request.
The following exceptions to the re-
quest are made:
Tractors and mOtOrtrucks engaged in
hauling of freight physicians autOmO-
biles, ambulances, fire and police ap-
paratus, public utilities, repair Wag-
ons, gasoline railway equipment and
motor vehicles used by persons living
in rural communities without other
means of transportation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-30
What's The Reason?
Many Edgerton People in Poor
Health Without Knowing the
Cause.

There are scores of people who drag
out miserable existence without real
izing the cause of their suffering. Day
after day they are racked with back
ache and headache; suffer from nerv-
BUSINESS, dizziness, weakness, languor
and depression. Perhaps the kidneys
have fallen behind in their work of fill
tering the blood and that may be the
root of the trouble. Look to your kid
neys- assist them in their work-give
them the help they need. You can use
no more highly recommended remedy
than Doan's Kidney Pills.
Below is grateful testimony from a
resident of this locality:
Fred Peglow. East street, Elkhorn,
Wis, says: Usually, if ! caught cold
or did any extra heavy lifting, my back
began to hurt. I had pains through
the small of my back and in my sides.
My kidneys didn't act regularly and |
thought they probably caused the back
ache. Doan's Kidney Pills regulated
my kidneys and then the pains left my
back and sides. Doan's are fine; they
do just what they are claimed to do. .
Price 6Oc at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy = get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Pewlow had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-30
Few Persons Coming Over.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Immigration
to the United States during the year
ended June 80, placed at 110,61S by
a bulletin of the immigration service,
was less than in any year since the
Civil war, the number of immigrants
reaching the United States in 1862 be-
ing 2,1S3. Statistics given in the bull
letin shows that immigration in every
year back to 1874 with the exception
of 1862 has shown a greater total
than 1918. 1t also is recorded that a.
5S5 aliens departed from the United
States during the year ending June
30 Mexico furnished the largest num-
Der of the 1918 immigrants.