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The evening world., 1919-07-30
GARMENTS CHIEF
/. IN CHICAGO TO
SETTLE STRIKE
Mahon Expected to Urge
Referendum on Action
Forced by'RadicalS.

CHICAGO. July se.-w. d. Mahon,
international President. OF the Street
Car EmploysoS Union, upon his ar.
rival in Chicago to-day. took personal
charge Of the strike Of 1900 surface
line ana elevated road employees
and promised 70 do everything in his
power TO settle the dispute without
unnecessary delay. He came from, his
homo In Detroit in answer TO n sum-
mona from the officials Of the local
unions.
His nrst action was 10 sand a let
ter 10 the officials and members Of
the execuuve committee OF the local
unions calling a confercnce this
afternoon. President Mahon said he
wanted TO learn from the local leaders
every detail OF the union mass meet
ing which resulted in tho calling Of
the strike. ..t
According TO L. D. Bland. interna-
tional Treasurer OF the carmen's
union. the strike a0tiou was caused
by not more than 800 radicals.
II Is believed Mr.. Mahon will urge
the union to take a referendum vote
on the oompromlAe offer of the trans
Dortation lines granting n maximum
scale Of IS cents an hour 70 the om-
ployes Of surface lines and 81 cents
to the elevated road men with an
eight hour day and time and a half
for overtime.
President Mahon was also to confer
with Gov. Lowden, Mayor Thompson
and officials OF the street car lines.
Working Chicago found its way to
business to-day by the various meth
DDS brought into service yesterday,
but tho congestion 10 trafic wal
greatly reduced. -Four hundred busi-
ness men organized for the purpose.
and, provided with the authority OF
star. did duty as trafnc. officers. every
available policeman being on riot
duty.
OPERATOR OF vehicles converted IN
to passenger eonyeyNncea found
caus9 for complaint when notified by
forty deputy collectors sent from the
United States Internal Revenue Col
lector's office that they must pay q
Government tax ot eiOs'N o.
Railroads. running west of the city
were taxed 70 their capdeity;AA strike
during the early, morning OF 'eeVerai
hundred employees OF the Aurora,
Eigin and Chicago Electric Railway
sending trafhc from western suburbs
10 the steam roads.
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SIBERIA BUYS TEXTILES
MaS. ARMY SALE HERE
$50 Purchasers Deposit $500 Each
to Attend S4,5oo,ooo Sale
at Opera House.

What "a said TO be the most expensive
show" ever staged in New York opened
this morning at the Manhattan Opera
House. II was put on by the United
states Government and tickets Of adj
mission vere $500 each. Boz onieo re-
ceipts totaied t375.OOo.
The show consistod OF a PUBLIC sale
Of tloOo.0oo worth Of surplus army tex
tiles. There were $50 buyers present
and each was oompened to deposit $500
cash or n certified check 10 show good
faith before being admitted. This money
u 70 be returned 9ater in case no spur-
chases are made, A' as - ';t
Among the heaviest purchasers wsrS
representatives Of Admiral Kolchak'r
Siberian Government and OF the Colon
bian RnDpbhe.i Capt. A. A. stewart oi
the ouartermRsterT Department Is In
charge OF thS sale and John c.wilmerd.
ing To- auctioneer. The sale is expected
70 eontinue several days .'.t.,
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you know where the orders for this
destruction came fnoml". -.
From the Commanding officer OF
tho flying field, 30 far as know"
was the answer.
ITO whom did he give the orderS7''
ITO Capt. J, l.. McGrath, COM
mandlng officer OF the squadron"
Asked who the commanding officer
OF the field was. the witness said II
was Lieut.. Col. Aleshire. He sup
posed the man next above Aeshire
would be Cen Pershing,
He said he left before the destruc-
ton was completed, but that forty
men were transferred from his squad
ron to remain and finish the destruc-
ton. He said his men told him or
having seen shlppinG tags on some Of
the planes, indicating that they had
recently arrived and had not been
used.
Liberty motors were destroyed. He
had only seen one suoh motor at
tachod 70 an airplane In his squadron
and had rarely seen Liberty motors
on the planes of, other units.
After the last witness was heard
Congressman Bland told the report
ers he was convinced that the de-
molition OF the aeroplanes at Colom-
hey was only one OF many such
Instances in France. He said II was
apparently a the policy OF the War De-
partment TO burn up supplies or sell
them TO the French at a low figure
Ir. spite Of the demand for goods in
this country.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
INSPECTOR HENRPS CAR
BREAKS INTO PRINT AGAIN
Almost Wrecked, Not Lost This
Time, He Tells Court, Who Fines
Alleged Reckless Driver.

Police Inspector DomInlek 1Isnry's
historic fllvver figures again to-day IN
the public prints. The flivver has De-
veloped the habit OF being stolen from
almost any place Henry stops with IT,
The last time It disappeared from in
front Of the Palsis Royal while Henry
was inside attending the reception To
the other side. p
. This morning Inspector Henry ap-
peared before Magistrate Brancls Y
Mancuso TO prosecute Paul Zuckcrman
twenty OF No. II East 3Sth Stree
and IN the cotton business at No. i2l
Franklin Street, on a charge OF reckless
driving. The inspector testified that
Zuckerman almost ran him dolsr. on
Riverside Drive while he was *
his machine.
Zuckerman was fined SIS. InSpector
Henry had left his car outside OF tho
court and when he returned for Il TO his
great surprise II was still there.
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.HOLD-UP OF STEAMSHIP
RIVALS CAPT. KIDD'S WORK
Brigands Rob Passengers, Blow Up
the Vessel, and Row
Ashore.

LONDON. July 3O.---Geofgian brig
ands. after smuggling themselves aboard
the Russian steamer Constantine, staged
dramatic hold-up in the middle OF the
Black. Sea that, closely riyalled the
achievements Of Capt. Kidd. pccordlng
to a news agency despatch to-day from
constantinople.
Drawing revolvers. the bandits lined
up men. women and children on the
decks and ordered the Captain TO con-
tinue his course. The hold-up men then
robbed the passengers OF gold coins,
notes. jewelry and other valuables worth
IS. 900. 900 roubles.
Near Rizeh. on the Turkish coast. the
brigands blew up the steamer. rowed
ashore and escaped with the booty.
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SOLDIER-MINISTER
vANISHES, LEAVING
! CLOTHESAT CONEY
Wife Believes Rev. Mr.. Shubert,
Who Was Still in Army,
Was Drowned.

At II o'clock yesterday morning a
young man. believed TO have been
the Rev. Frank A. shubert, walking a
trine lame, entered the stauch Bath
House at Coney Island. left his valu-
ables in aseaied envelope at the desk
and his clothing in one Of the lockers,
donned a bathing suit and went out.
When the clothing was Btil in the
locker this morning ana the sealed
envelope in the safe the police were
notified.
''My husband" Mrs. shubert said at
No. 1se West 1O7th Street this after
noon, was a clergyman Of the Bap-
tist faith connected with the Ameri-
can Rescue Workers, with headquar-
ters In Philadelphia and an office at
No. 2os East Sixth Street in this city.
He had never been assigned 10 a pas
torate.
'In March Of last year he enlisted
in the army. was attached to a medi-
cal unit OF the I'd Division. and in
June sailed for France. One month
later his right leg was riddled with
shrapnel and badly gashed.
''He came back In November and
until March was a patient at Base
Hospital No. 1. in Gun Hill Road. Be-
cause Of his injuries he had not been
discharged and, although he went to
Coney Island in civilian clothing, was
stlll in the army"
The Rev. Mr.. Shubert was twenty
nine years old. Mrs. Shubert 10 some
years younger. II was at Coney
Island, she said. where she was en-
pioyed in the oriole Baths. that they
first met
He left the apartment yesterday
morning at . o'clock" she said,
promising to meet me at the oriole
Baths at $50 o'clock in the afternoon,
II he was not there. he said. I was
not to walt for him. have not seen
him since. Es.
"one morning two weeks ago he
told me Of q terrible dream he had
the night before. His heart had beer
troubling him. The next time w
20 into the water together he said
I want you TO keep close watch or
me. dreamed last night that I wa
drowned"
Because OF his collar the aine
boys at stauch's thought the clergy
man was Catholic, priest. His name
and address were found written to-
day In q religious book in one Of the
pockets OF his black suit. Walking
stick black shoes and socks and q
straw hat were also in the compart-
ment. The sealed packet IN the bath
house safe apparently contains jew
eiry and some money. Mrs. Shubert
says the young clergyman had taC
with him.
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ROMEO AND JULIET,
|. IS AND II YEARS,
FOUND IN PARK
Big Policeman Discovers Them
Peacefully Asleep on
Bench.

Hony sQit qui nal pense.
That means that you ought to be
ashamed Of yourself II you think
what Policeman McConville thinks
you might think II you merely jumped
at conclusions and didn't really think
at oil.
On a bench in Prospect Park this
morning a boy and girl who had been
there all night. crying a little. hold4
ing hands little. star-gazing a lit
tie until they grew sleepy. awoke
when Mcconville OF the Park Squad
stood looking down at them, smiling.
He had been there for quita awhile,
unwilling 10 disturb the picture which
reminded him. he said, Of the babes in
the wood. Twice he had gone off about
his duties, coming back afterward 10
see IL the two had finished their sleep.
Then, when they woke, he asked the
necessary questions.
The girl said she was Musette Bragg,
seventeen, No. TAI Halsey street. Tile
poy-he stin wears knickerbocken3. al
though he Is sixteen--was Matthew
Boyd. No. t3s Prospect Place.
I'VE love each other" the both
said, and our parents don't want US
to-
That was the whole story--except
that Il was made clear later in the
Flatoush Court that their love was
an idyllic Romeo and Juliet affair,
even though II was necessary to
charge the youngsters with "vn-
granoy' and turn them over to a pro-
bation ofncer until Saturday.
But want Il understood" de,
clared McConville. that this is not
the sort OF case some people might
think"
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Taken by Police to See Girl Found
ling They Believe Might
Be Hers.

Carelessness in police routine duty
was responsible for a cruel disappoint-
ment to-day TO Mrs. LISA wentz OF
No. 71S Home street. the Bronx. whose
Seven-weeks'-old baby boy was kid
mapped last night from his carriage,
which the mother had left IN front Of
a department store at iB0th StreetrRnd
Third Avenue Mrs. Vents reported
the loss OF her baby 10 the Morrisania
Police Station.
A report reached the Morrisania sta
ton early this morning that found
ling had been picked up in the Grand
Central Station and was at Bellevue
Hospital. Theareport a. sent out from
Headquarters plainly stated that the
Grand Central founding was q girl
baby. about one month old.
Detective Michael Foley went "a
Mrs. Wentz's home and informed her
that perhaps her ehild was at Belle
vue. The distracted mbther rode with
the detective all The way. down tc
Bellevue 20 see an abandoned little girl.
Mrs. Wentz's baby was one OF a
numbAr in carriages IN front OF thC
department store. Bystanders told hei
they saw a woman take her baby out
OF his carriage and walk down Thirc
Avenue.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
SLIGHT CHANGES URGED
IN COURTS MARTIAL
Board Finds System Not So Much
at Fault as Way II Is ..
Administered,

WASHINGTON. July sO.-one new
article OF war and changes in thirty
others have been recommended BY
the special board OF officers appointed
early In the war TO investigate the
army court martial system. In max
ing this announcement to-day, Sec
retary Baker said he soon would
transmit the boards report to Con-
gress.
"It may be said" Mr.. Bakers an
nouhcement said, that the board
upon the whole. finds no radical de-
feets In the system and 1t attributes
the greater part Of the just criticism
not TO Inherent faults OF the system
itself. but rather to the inexperienced
personnel called upon to administer
Il at a time OF stress when the grea'
thing was to get I.0O0.OOo men quick
ly in shape for the fighting llne,"
The evening world., 1919-07-30
RY VIII INVESTIGATE RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO

no large mobs invaded the black belt
II was mostly guerilla warfare, bu'
exceedingly bitter. In some casei
men would lie hidden along a boule-
ward and IRE on passing cars oc.
supied BY the members Of the op-
positA. race. In others. a few whiter
would assault a building occupied By
negroes IN the midst OF a white
neigbborhood. dragging forth q VIC
tim TO q beating.
SOME HoTgLs AND REsTAu.
RANTo ARE CLOSED.
Nearly 1900 negro employees Of The
city were laid off by official order,
owing 70 the riots. Many Of the num-
Der were employed in street repair
work. BY onfioial order nlne munich
pal playErounds In o. adjacent 70 the
racial war some Wers closed. All city
work In the 'Sblack belt" has been
suspended.
Negro chauffsurs, clerks and car
riers az ths possofflos were assured
ne fuliess proteetion By Postmaster
Garlic under whose Jurisdiction are
several hundred negroes.
Several lunch rooms and restau-
rants and dining rooms of several
larger hotels have been forced to
close ana TO hang out slEns asking
Tor portors. walters and kitchen. men.
Negro help was either sent homo by
smployes through fear Of violence
Dg failed 70 show up for work.
Tho Palmer House restaurant was
closed as was that at the Briggs
Hotel and the Lexington.
DUN dunn" bullets we're found on
The person Of Thomas Smith and Bob
Jones. nero porters arrested last
night acoOrdlng 70 police. The ne
yroes were former soldiers.
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soLsHEvlSM IN BULGARIA.

Denominations In LarGeF Tosv ne
Ahd BlOOdshed Reported.
LONDON, July O.-Reports from Bull
gAriA BY way OF Berlin declare that
Bolahevism 10 spreading In that country.
says an Exchange Telegraph despatch
from Copenhagen to-day. Several
demonstrations haye occurred In the
larger towns, accompanied by disorders
and considerable bloodshed the message
declares, -.
The Soviet system OF Government Is
demanded. II In added, and general
revolution is momentarily expected.
A Russian Soviet Government wireless
despatch from Moscow on Tuesday re-
ported a Bolshsvik movement In Bull
gaFia. The garrison Of one town was
said 70 have Joined the Bulgarian Boil
sheYiki" there. A strike OF the Bulgarian
Railway and Tr$nSport workers also
wat reported.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
PAeANs HERE, SAYS DUNNING
FoFa Case TeAtlnsoAy TuFns Brsna
AnaFchlHts to AtheIn1s.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, July aO.--
There are two leading schools OF anaT-
ehy tho indivlduallstlo and oommunls-
uc' according TO Prof. william a. Dun
aing. Of Columbia University. tsstlfying
In Henry FOrd's $4,000 900 libel suIt
against the Chicago Daily Tribune. Prof.
Dunning remarked that thero we're
many Anarchists who could not road.
The witaess remarked that even
heathens and pagans, as we'll as some
Anarchista, desire to benefit mankind,
adding that there were loads OF
hoathens and pagans IN New York;
and that there had been a pagan or
two In Columbia. University. but they
were not there now,
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BOY REScUER LOSES, LIFE.
rryiHE ts save Companion WITH
oSa@p, Lad IL DrOwssd.

Swimming TO the aid OF a companion
who had been sslEed with a eramp Fred
Neversai. nine years old. OF No. 2lO
Ton Eyek Street Brooklyn. overtaxed
his strength in COoperS Pond. Green
point and was drowned late yester-
day.
Paul KADsch. fifteen, Of No. eos Ten
Eyek Street. was the boy who wal
seized with cramp in twenty feet oi
water. Neversal supported him toward
the shore. but his strength gave out and
he sank. kApsch managed 10 reach
shore, NeversarB body was recovered.
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Italy to Use TroopsAIps to Transport
Coal

ROME. July 3O.--Every available
means OF transport. including troop
ships. will be used to import coal. II
was decided to-day at a special meet
Ing OF technical experts TO discuss
the fuel supply situation. Extreme
measures were declared necessary In
order TO prevent partial industrial
paralysis.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
EMPIRE CITY RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-FoF two-year-olds;
SrIa5I ssIlnE PaFSs 4 CiS fys snS hall
3 to I. TO 5 and out, wop; Shoal. i1e
lFalrbrotherl. 3 TO- z. and put. second;
c0noran. i0s (snsidman), Z 70 1. ever
and out. third time. los l-5. Sadie u,
Bread Line. also ran.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
Soldiers Can't ne Tried Twice for
SHme Offenae.

BOSTON. July 80. Soldiers ac-
quilted by courts-martial cannot b.
tried again for the same offense. nor
can higher authority increase the
sentence declared by a court. says a
War Department order announced by
the Northeastern Department Head
quarters to-day.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
Missing IEiddiss FOand IN POIies
Stallion.

Eva and Freda SchrOss. ten and eight
years old, respectively of No. go
Bleecker Street, who mysterlously dis
appeared while returning yesterday
afternoon from the home OF their aunt,
No. IS Boerum Place, Brooklyn. were
discovered to-day in the Consy Island
police station. They had spent their
carfare In going to Coney Instead OF
home. and were picked up there by the
police.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
CIsmeAceau warns German Peace
Delegates.

PARIS. July So.--Premier ciemen-
eeau sent q letter to-day to the German
Poaee Delegation protesting against the
properties In Schleswig, IN which plebls-
cites are TO be taken for decision by
the population ~ 20 union with Dem
mara
The evening world., 1919-07-30
Honduras PPesident ImDFisOAs AL
Political Enemles.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua.
July sO.-President Bertrand OF Hon
duras. II was reported to-day in
dispatches received here. has inn
prisoned all the leaders OF the parties
headed by Vice President MembrenO
suit of q revolution proclaimed re-
Gently.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
KIDDIEs' HOME NEEDS AID.
OutlHEs Ter Peer DsDsadsnt o. PuL-
Ne Parse.

"Fellelo," the Orange County. n. Y.
home maintained By the Society foi
Ethical Culture, "a appealing for finan.
eial assistance The home was founded
twenty years ago TO provide vacations
for the children OF the poor.
More than 200 children have beer
given a vacation Al tho home during IN,
present sumner The homo can car,
for 100 children at time. Walter
Lisbman OF No, 5o7 Fifth Avenue and
Milton NJ Klein OF No. ssi Fifth Ave
nue. are receiving contributions.
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Italy 10 Send nm Economic Mission
10 America.

ROME. July s0.-Prsmler NittL It was
reported to-day. contemplates sending
political and economic missions to the
United states. Guglielmo Marconi. the
wireless inventor. and Mayor Apoloni of
Rome have been proposed as members OF
the missions.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
Won BERKSTORFF SLATED
FOR GERMAN CABINET
WIN Be Foreign Minister When
Reorganization Takes Place,
Says Report.

LONDON July sO.-Jrhe German
Cabinet will b0 reconstructed In a
few dAys, with Count Won Bernstorff,
former Ambassador 20 the United
States. succeeding Hermann Mueller
a. Foreign Minister. an Exchange
Telegraph despatch from Berlin
stated to-day. rr
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GsrnaAH Agree to Plan fer TFanHfeE
Of Polish Sell.

PARIS, July SO.-Baron Kurt Won
Lersner. Chief OF the German Peace del
egation. has sent letter to the Peace
Conference. accepting the procedure
proposed by the Allies for the transfer
by Germany to Poland Of the districts
attributed to Poland by the Peace
Treaty.
The evening world., 1919-07-30
Says Japanese Are BuytnE OiI
Lands in Mexico.

WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Japan Is
buying up the oil interests OF Americans
In Mexico who Want 20 leave their hold
lngs because they feel they are insult
hciently protected, senator Phelan. Cali
eomiau daclarod tn-an lutsr0AeM toNdly,
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MORO LEADERS CALL ON COW
ERNoR FoR TROOPS.

- conference OF nftyi negro minis
ters. professional men. social work
ers and business men, after lnvesti-
eating the causes Of the riots, issued
a report to-day calling upon Gov.
Lowden'tO dstail ftate troops 10 snd
disturbances.
The race riots are the inevitable
result Uf the friction ana bad feeling
due 70 the lndiherenoe Of the public
oflcials to the bpuiSing Of houses oo-
cupied byinegroes In csrtain sections
OF the south side" the report reads.
During the last three months there
have been ten OF these bomb out.
RACES with the result that several
nsgr0es were killed and a. number
injured
'"rhe police have. failed TO arrest
ana prosecute those responsible for
these violations of tho law AAd ~. q
result bad feellnG has been enSon-
dered. We believe the race riots
could speedily be Quelled by the call
ins out Of state troops 70 patrol the
south side and We call upon Gov.
Lowden TO take the necessary action"
cLERoYMEN ON, jury TO IN.
vEsTloATE DEATHS.
Coroner Hoffman announced to-day
that he had impanelled a jury to. in
vestigate all deaths resulting from
the riots. The Jury r. composed Of
two .s4Yysrs. two physicians and two
clergymen.
The August Grand Jury. which
conyenes next week. win get evidence
on the riots through It's own invests
cation, Maelay Hoyns. states at
torney. announced to-day. Vigorous
prosecutions WIN be instituted. Mr..
Hoyne said. ana charges Of murder
BY 'riotinG win be made n the evil
dencp can be directly connected with
any person.
The police all along have struggled
10 clear the rioters from the south
eide negro quarter and early las'
night apparently succeeded. only q
find that the mob spirit had spread
90 other regions.
On the North side lighting pro.
cseded for severa1 hours and IN ths
residential districts known as Wood.
lawn and Ensiewood on tho fNI
South Side ferce fishting took place
The whites again Semed to be tn
more aggressive the negroes havlnI
been converted 70 peace by sane
members OF their race, or cowed b.
the beaungs sustained by scores
slrspinE car porters accepted an one
of the company To house them rathe
than 20 home, and a jazz band con
cert At the municipal pier was eaile
on because the negro mu-lcians re
fused 10 perform.
Dying to the street car strike tn
comparatively few white rioters
the total population could not 9
handiiy get together last night. an
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DIED.
CARsTARPIIEN.-oNAY

CARsTARPHEN.-oN
Lying In state at tho Campbell gU-
NERAL CHURCH. broadway and UBth.
GEYER.-ANDREw.
Services at tho CAMPBELL FUNLWAL
CHURCH. Bway. Goth. Wed. y. ~.
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An Uublic EAtherings In the south
sido negro district were forbidden.
Few negroes went 70 work to-day.
Tho riots and ths street car strike
gave them a double excuse for re-
maininE home The most ssriousiy
affeoted district was the stockyards,
where only half the working forces
reported, despite heavy police guards.
Almost no negroes were on the
streets
FIERCE FIGHTING ALL ovgR
CRY pURINe NIGHT.
To-day's luil in bostiilties fol-
lowed bitter fighting last night that
spread TO all parts Of the city and
resulted in more numerous serious
casualties than In any similar period
during the race ris-
The authqaticated deaths In last
nights fghtIng were three. two being
nesroes. One was killed IN ne Italian
district Of the West slde. ana Ira
Benry, forty, was shot dead whsn he
wounded one of two policemen, who
sought 70 search him for weapons At
soth and state streets There were
reports that a negro on the West
Side had been knocked from a bicy-
Gle. shot sixteen times ana his body
partly burned With gasoline.
Berger oduan, white. twenty-one
ycars old, an Employee Of the Chicago
Telophone Company. was shot In che
abdomen IN a hght with negroes and
diod tails morning.
In other instances whites and
biacks siashed each other with knives,
shot from ambush or ran down iso-
lated memberB Of the other racs and
beat them into insenafbiiity.
There was somo looting OF abanl
doned residences and stores In the
south Side black belt.
Poiios reports stated that during
the night the torch had been applied
70 eleven houses In the west end OF
fhe black belt" In each Instance
iremen and policemen had prevented
any serious injury 10 individuals or
property.
10 start the third day Of warfare,
PatrolmAn waiter sullivAa was prob
ably fAtally shot By a negro for whom
he was searching In n vacant lot. Al
sullivan fell. his partner. John Ksal.
shot the negro dead. DurinE the |
night nfteen other policemen were
hit By bullets and one or two may |
die. ftf.t