Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-22
ORDER OF ETHIOPIA UNDER PROBE AFTER
 RIOTS AT CHICAGO
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Continued From Page prosecution on charges of murder lies with the state of Illinois. l MT. Brennan said searching inves- tigation would be made to determine just how far the Abyssinian movement has spread and what individuals are behind it.
 Resolutions denouncing Jonas as a iwhte leader responsible for creating unrest among the negro population were passed today by several negro organizations. They said that the riot was not caused by racial feeling but was the result of racial propagan- da and that reputable negroes had no part in the movement.
 Jonas was identified in New York dispatches as "Rev. Dr. R. D. Jonas, secretary of the league of darker peo- iple." He was reported to have ap- Ipeared in the interests of black star line, owners of the steamer Yarmouth, on which cargo of liquor was seized recently. Counsel for the black star company, however, said that Jonas had no connection with the concern.
 Disclaims Him. Jonas was said to have been the chief speaker Sunday at meeting to urge Mayor William Hale, Thompson to become candidate for president ron third party ticket backed by the "solid Irish and negro vote." He was said to have declared that the friends of Irish freedom had aided in estab- fishing the black star steamship line which would ultimately "carry arms to Africa"
 Counsel for the steamship company in New York denied that the Irish Organization was interested in the black star line, and branded as "ri- l diculous the statement that arms would be carried to Africa. Marcus Garvey, the negro president of the line declared, however, that members of negro society who plan ned to go back to Africa had arranged to sail on one of his company's ships. Thousands of pieces. of literature re lating to the Abyssihian movement were confiscated by the police in a raid on a garage on the south side. According to the police one leaflet boasted that a standing army of four million was in readiness in Ethiopia l Applications for admission to the or der were among the papers. They were captioned "Star Order of Ethi- opia," and bore bible quotations. States Attorney Hoyne today re- ceived the following telegram from New York signed "Black Star Line, Inc, Marcus Garvey, President" l "From newspaper reports it is ap- parent that one Grover c. Bedding is operating in Chicago under the guise of an Abyssinian and representative of colored people. He has often used the name of the Black Star Line cor poration in representing himself to the people.
 "This man has been operating all over the United States and is fraud. We have had cause to denounce him in many cities, recently in Boston,"
 One pamphlet bearing the crossed flags of Abyssinia with the Lion Ram pant, was inscribed:
 "The Lion of Judah,
 "Treaty
 "between the
 King of Ethiopia
 l "And the
 "United States t
 "His Majesty ,Menelik II King of Kings of Ethiopia, etc."
 The Abyssinians explained at a meeting called yesterday to boom Mayor William Hale Thompson as the presidential candidate of third party composed of Irish, negroes and trade unionists, that the treaty, which was negotiated under the administration of President Roosevelt, would, if re- stored, vitiate "Jim Crow" laws in the south, as negroes, claiming pro- tection as Abyssinians, could demand l the rights to travel on the same terms as whites. Reports that the Abys- sinians were backed by the I. w. w. through a negro radical organization known as the Black Star, were denied at I. w. W. headquarters. Officials there decclare there were no separate branches for negroes only, and that the I. w. w. operates under only one name.
 At the Thompson meeting yesterday Jonas told the negroes that the friend of Irish freedam had aided in estab- fishing the Black Star Negro Steam ship line which would ultimately "carry arms to Africa" |. He also declared he had seen a let ter from Eamonn De Valera, in whic,, the Irish president said he had given up hope of obtaining an Irish freedom plank in the democratic platform at San Francisco and would back the third party movement.
 Ethiopian Flag.
 New York, June 21.-Charles Man son. negro janitor here, who claims fo he hisboo If cu1t known aS the