Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-30 | Page 2 | Wood Ordered to Take Charge of Guard Duty

WOOD ORDERED TO TAKE CHARGE OF GUARD DUTY WASHINGTON'. Sept. 2f. Major General Gen-eral Yi'ood, command the central department depart-ment with headquarters at Chicago, has been directed by Secretary Baker to proceed pro-ceed to Omaha, Neh. , where federal troops were sent last night to quell a rae riot. Mr. Baker communicated with Genera! Wood after he bad received a message from the governor of N"ebraka asking for federal aid. The troops were ordered from Fort Omaha by General Wood, tiie secretary secre-tary sa:d. An appeal for help was received late last night by Senator Hitchcock. Democrat. Demo-crat. Nebraska, from the &heri ff at Omaha. It was reicrred to Mr. Baker. Congressional invest; cation of recent race riots over the country proposed in a resolution by Sena tor Curt is. Republican, Ka.nhs. was enrsidred tolay by the senate sen-ate judiciary i o:u:r.itttc, but action was i defend. Actii.c Secretary of labor Post ': wrote th1 committee endorsing" the reso-! reso-! Pat ion, but opposition in the committee de- velop-d and the resolution went over for j a w eek. OppoiTm . s said t'-ey bP.evd! ra Hmios wc1 matters for the states to dea! wit h and doubted whether congressional invest ;g:itici would be h.elpf'-l. I Sena ' or Curtis ti ay f lit d tv: tb the rommicee a statement from the National i ,- sO'.'.a::on for Ad ai: "emers t of C'nloreii '' nle. dfclan.-c that 4H r.ecroes ar.d fo-jr j white nn-n ha d b.e-n lyr''--'d and fich t i n-i: rr--s b,:rn.-d to d--ath this v.-r. un to I S- '-t- u-.'-er I i. and that from to ! negroes and T 2 w lutes w t re victims of -j,ch law. with les t'rn 1M per f ent i o: th.e ii' groes chare-: J with attacks on j w omen. ' "'j 'he sta'e-: h.ivp pro'.-fd lhen el-e nn-: nn-: ji b- or 1 1 u -1 i n g to s u I;. -' .! nc." ' pp--f i::e a:-- so r.i-e as to he exce- '!::. t!. !.-, hive a-'i m.nh :o-n.-. h.i o he-i he-i corre a i;at'.'':.ai p rob'.f-! : i . The M.e:ishe; nf 1 c to i or.' rn '..i-s v :th w""te . ;::(:: a- ;r:m. s.,os :t t'i I o1'1 mob ; :: - ird -r c be ,-or f : 1 to i r.e . of ,' ov!"'rv or ore ra --'. i " : U -:-- i -d of the htw w ; i f .-: ;C ibid to nice fr- c, :c:: claslK-.- nnd t 'o:-:v .-'..--' :,r i a coT..i:Vo:i cf po t :; t rl w a r in many cities."