Arizona republican., 1919-07-23
NEGROES TAKE INITIATIVE IN ASSUMING OE
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Two Home Guards Killed and Another Injured in Latest Developments = Negro Assailants All Es- cape
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WASHINGTON, July 22.-Race ha- tired in the national capital engendered by attacks on white women by negroes and famed by three successive nights of rioting. found expression again to- night in clashes between whites and blacks. A home defense guard was shot and killed a second guard was fatally wounded and another white man slashed severely by a razoH yielded by negro. All of the negro assailants escaped.
 The outbreaks were sporadic and confined to a single vicinity in the center of the black district of the northwest section. This was due, ill the opinion of the authorities, to the extraordinary precautions taken to prevent formation of mobs.
 Approximately 1,500 troops-cavalrX. infantry, marines and sailors-pa- trolled the streets and awaited in re- serve for possible outbreaks, supple menting regular and volunteer police. Detachments of marines from Quan- tico. Va, and regulars from Camp Meade arrived early tonight and took up stations in various parts of the city.
 Seven Known Dead
  number resulting from the rioting to seven persons dead, Il believed to be fatally wounded, and scores injured.
 The only fatal outbreak occurring tonight up to midnight resulted from the stopping of a negro by Isaac Hslh- finger, a defense guard. Halbfinger attempted to search the black. who drew a gun from his pocket and shot the guard through the heart. Another home guard. also armed only with ,a riot stick, ran to his companions as sistance and also was shot. He died later. The negro escaped.
 Despite all precautions taken by civil and military authorities. rioting be- tween whites and negroes broke out again tonight in Washington and re- port reached the police at 10 o'clock that a white man, believed to have been home defense guard, had been shot and killed in the northwest section. Shortly after 10:30 o'clock. three riot ! calls were sent in simultaneously from a district in the negro section of the northwest covering an area of about l three squares. A cordon of cavalry marines and infantry was thrown about one block in which considerable firing | had been going on.
  | ing authorities denied that the situa- ton had been out of hand any time last night when riot calls were sound ing from half a dozen places at q time. The authorities also decided not to ask martial law be declared, al though resolutions introduced in the house during the day urged that the president be requested to take that action
 Federal Intervention Possible President Wilson took cognizance Of the situation late today when he called Secretary Baker to the white house for a conference on steps that might be taken by the military in cooperation with the civil authorities to prevent re- currence of the outbreaks. The presi dent was understood to be greatly con cerned regarding the last three nights riots in Washington.
 Secretary Daniels said a substantial force of marines had been ordered in for patrol duty
 Cavalry again played part in the police work, holding lines about the congested negro sections to prevent mob attacks by either blacks or whites Police and soldiers again struggled to keep the downtown thoroughfares clear of crowds.
 The scattered nature of the at tacks through the three nights o1 (Continued on Page Two)