Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-21
FLAG INSULT,
RACE RIOT IN
BLACK BELT"
Chicago Scene of Fatal
Encounter With Rad
ical Agitators.
TWO WHITES KILLED,
TWO NEGROES HURT

tlon by Organization Seeking Re-
turn Of All Negroes to Abyss'nia--
Followers Of Mayor Thompson and
Devaisra. !.
BY Associated Press.
Chicago. June 21.-Police today
were searching for r. D. Jonas. al
legged radical agitator. and three ne
groes IN connection with riotlng in
Chicago's "Black belt" last night,
during which two white men were
killed and two negroes were seriously
Injured The fighting followed dis
persal Of a parade Of negro members
OF the "Order OF Ethiopia" an or
ganizatfon said to advocate return of
tho negro to Abyssinia, Immediately
gafter~one OF the leaders OF the parade
had set nre to an American hag.
Police today emphasized that the
rioting was not the result Of racial
feeling. but more probably the re-
suit OF q radical plot. They pointed
out that negroes and whites had CO..
operated In an effort to resent the
insult to the flag. However, several
incidents. including the mai-treat-
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ANNA tIor ~ - 'ne
Reports that the Abyssinians were
backed by tho I. W. W. thru q nepro
radical organization known as, .Srhe
Black STAR were denied All w. 10
headquarters. Officials there =.
clared there were no separate branch
es for negroes only and that the
w. w. operates only under ona nama
Jonas. who was still at liberty thjs
morning after an ,all-nfght hunt nv
police, was found by@ q, renorter a1d
told his version, Of the .riotfne
Reddinu ,Recejved hv v;I.on
He said ne met Reddinr who
poses as an Abyssinian. n New
York several weeks ago and I.+ar
introduced the Abyssinian 10 preai-
dent Wilson at waShineton Red.
ding Jonas said, told him he has ra-
Gently been to Abyssinia and when
asked how he got there explained
that 5he ''took an airship from
Mexico
Police raided a garage near the
scene of ~the rioting and cantured
one Of the fantastic robes worn hy
the princes and five short -barreled
rifles.
Followers Of Mayor Thorn p.on.
The Abyssinians explained at a
meeting cailed yesterday to boom
Mayor William Hale Thompson as
the presidential candidate OF a third
party, composed Of Irish, negroes and
trade untonists, that the treaty
would. II restored. vitiate Jim
Crow laws IN the south. as negroes.
claiming protection as Abyssinians,
could demand the right to travel on
'ne Same terms as whites.
tne thompson meeting yester-
u.y Jonas toio the negroes that the
.tienus OF Hlsn freedom had aided,
s estanllsn!ns the BLACK Star
a.eAns,p Line which would ulti-
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