Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-23
STRONG MEASURES
CURB CAPITAL RIOTS
Negroes Murder White Home
Defense Guard and Fatally
Wound Another.
DISORDER IN SMALL AREA
Seven on Death List With Eleven
Fatally Hurt-Another White
Woman Attacked.
LRy Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. July e2.-Race hatred
IN the national capital, engendered by
attacks on white women by negroes
and tanned by three successive nights
OF rioting. found expression again to-
night in clashes between whites and
blacks. y home defense guard was
shot and killed. a second guard ia
tally wounded and another white man
slashed severely by razor welded
by negro. All OF the negro assail-
ants escaped
The outbreaks, however. we're spo-
radic and confined TO single vicinity
near Eighth and NJ Streets. the center
OF the black district of the northwest
- ., ION MS was due in the opinion
ol lne authorities TO the extraordinary
precautions taken TO prevent formation
"l hobS and to rain which began
curly IN the evening
100 Troops Patrol Streets.
>, tapproximately 1.50o troops-cavalry.
"a tne streets and waited in reserve
-. pIosSaele outbreaks. supplementing
resuiar ana volunteer police Detach
Ments OF marines from Ouant!co Va
ana ana regulars under command of Ma ior
General William @. Haan from C'3mn
snd m1aae "a arrived early in the evening
VI me city or on the outskirts
ionlshts casualties brought tho
,heI resulting from the rioting
persons person, dead. eleven believed to bs
.alai!E wounded. and scores iniurrJ
more or less seriously
tohisht up 10 midnight resulted frnn33
snt stopping of a negro by Isaac HaIhl
asneer' ane a nome defense guard. Haib-
Who Who drew ;yen'pt9d n to search the black.
shot the guard throurh ,be ana ~,
Ano,her home guard. like Halbfnserl. fhf hessl.
his ''" co,"nan nniy wi, WIN rio, stick, ran TO,
was shot. He died later Tn u also
escaped. me negro
mttack White Mnn with Razor.
q i,hi, Mo negroes with a razor set upon
OF o ihe city as he was leaving his binn bomn
hnu ma before he could csca 5e ashni
MIN with razor S'asheu
We're reported 10 have fired -, tne city
ap,. ,,.tes. out IN no other instances xas
nesrons reg one rnra kilied or injured scores Of
with &c carrvies eie arrested T@ns tonight charged
.ney nave been stocking IN for "uavh ,.
ment authorities dcnied soHern-
,loii , mad been out of hand a, an, t;iso
;ast hleht when riot calls were s,nmI
Th. 1Tn rom ron haif a dozen places at time
that martial Law be declared .l,hons,h aah
Lsvso!uions introduced in the Honsa
Iur!hS the day urged that the Prasie
uent De requested to take that sction
President Discusses Situntion.
President Wilson took coenizanc. os
me situation late today when he called
o., e'arE saker to the White House
Tor conference on stems that p,iDb,
be taken by the military in co-opera.
lion with the civil authorities to pre
neht recurrence of the outbreaks
neSe were understood 10 be greatly
concerned over the events OF the Iast
tnree nights in the capital
after the conference Secretary Baker
announced that the troops ordered
from Camp Meade constituted "a very
large number" and that Ma General
William q. fiaan would be in command
Secretary Daniels said substantiai
ioFce OF marines had been ordered in
Tor night patrol duty.
cavalry again played a part in the
police work. holding lines about the
lContiMMel Second pa 2 \