Show Washington Stirred By Omaha Omah Lynching WASHINGTON Sept 29 Majr Major r General Leonard Wood commanding the central department with headquarters head head- quarters at Chicago has been directed by Secretary Baker to proceed to Omaha Neb where federal troops were sent last night to quell a race riot r Mr Baker communicated with General Gen Gen- eral Wood after he had received a message from the governor of ka asking for federal aid ald The I troops were ordered from Ft Omaha by Gen Gen- i eral oral Wood the secretary said An appeal for help was received late I l last ast night by Senator Hitchcock Dem Dern of Nebraska Nebraska- from the sheriff at Omaha It was referred to Mr Baker Congressional Investigation of or recent riots race over oer the country proposed i in n a resolution by Sena Senator or Curtis Rep of of- Kansas of-Kansas was considered today today to to- to day by the senate judiciary commit commit- tee but action was deferred Acting Secretary of Labor Post lost wrote the committee Indorsing the resolution but opposition in the committee developed de de- de and the resolution went I for a week over I de-I Opponents said they believed race face clashes were matters matten for the states to I deal with and doubted whether congressional congressional con con- gressional investigation would be ful help help- Senator Curtis today filed with the committee a statement from the National Na Na- a. Association for Advancement of Colored People declaring that forty forty- three negroes ane an and four white men had been l lynched and ond nd eight negroes burned to death this Yea year up to September 14 and that from 1889 to 1918 19 2522 negroes ne ne ne- groes and whites were victims of lynch law less than 24 per cent of the negroes charged with attacks women on The states statE's have proved themselves unable or unwilling to stop lynching the statement declared tempts Even at attempts attempts at- at to prosecute are arc so rare be exceptional as to Lynching and mob violence have become a national problem tension Of f lynching to Northern The ex extension ex- ex with white men as victims states shows it is idle to suppose mob murder munier can bo confined to one section of the or one race country Disregard of the law will Inevitably lead to more frequent blood bloody clashes and encounters between and negro negro sand nd a c white of men Potential poten Poten- potential race war in man many cities |