VINE STREET NEGROES ARE
GIVEN KLU KLUX WARNINGS.
Evidently Work of a Joker, but Resi-
dents of the Valley Are
Excited.
Scattered throughout the negro district near Twenty-sixth and Vine streets yesterday were many posters or small bills bearing cabalistic signs and a warning to the negroes. The bills were surrepititiously distributed, but whoever did the work accomplished his purpose, if the intention was to create excitement among the negroes.
In large black type on the bills was the word "Warning." Beneath was a notice to the negroes of Twenty-seventh street and west of Vine street. They were told that the white residents of Linwood district had the kindliest feelings towards the negroes, but would take active measures to enforce the Klu Klux order. A whitecap notice was served on a single negro man who was on a Woodland avenue car.
The negroes living on the edge of the limited district were considerably worked up over the notices and the excitement spread through the black zone. The police were unable to locate anyone guilty of the distribution of the whitecap notices, or to trace them to the originator of the idea.
