The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-07-23
BLOOD FLOWS FREELY
in WASHINGTON RIOTS
Troops Patrol Streets Day
and Night
FOUR KILLED
MORE WOUNDED

saults upon White cPOple' by Nc.
grOeSe
Washington, July 22.-Another night
Of race rioting found the National Cap
ital today counting the largest casual
ty list it has since soldiers, sailors,
marines and civilians began rctaliat-
ing on the negro population for the
long list Of daylight hold-ups and at
tacks on white women which has
alarmed the city.
-Four known dead, two mortally
wounded, eight or more seriously
wounded, unknown numbers slight
~ wounded or injured in the street
lighting, and police stations and hos
pitals packed with others, arc the re-
curtis or the most disorderly times the
National Capital has seen probably
since the Civil War.
Although reinforced with provost
guard; Of troops and squadrons OF
cavalry patrolling Pennsylvania ave
nue., the police apparently were as
unable to cope with the situation as
they were during the celebrated dem
onstration Of March 3, 1913, when the
crowd completely overran them and
all but mobbed the suffragists parad
ing on Pennsylvania avenue.
Washington, July 2l.-An air Of
suspense hung over the nations capi-
tai tonight as armed forces Of cavalry.
marines and sailors joined with the
police and provost guards to prevent,
il possible, a threatened renewal of
the race riots which began two nights
ago In retaliation for numerous at
tacks by negroes on white women in
the outskirts of the city and general
lawlcsSnesS.
Two troops OF cavalry from Fort
Myers patrollcd the downtown streets
ready to qucll any outbreak which
might start, although the city gcncr-
ally was quiet. Two hundred ma
rincs, brought here from the Quantico
training camp today when it was fear
ed that the provost guard and police
might not be able to stop the disturb
ances, were scattered throughout the
city, together with 100 navel military
police. A dozen motor transport
corps trucks. each able to carry forty
men, were stationed at strategic
points, prepared to rush reserves to
any part Of the city.
Uneasy crowds made up OF civilians
and numerous enlisted men Of the
army and the navy, on leave from
nearby camps, moved up and down
Pennsylvania avc-lc from the capitol
to the White House. Every effort was
being made to keep the men in mo-
tion, and when any number gathered
at corners, police quickly dispersed
them.
On the whole there was little dis
orders. Orders were issued from pO-
lice headquarters to avoid tactics
which might result in fanhing the
spark Of lawlcsSncsS into an outbreak
OF moro serious nature. Friendly
warnings to keep moving" served the
pui pcot VI piSN'h'iis> ths utiis1Ni
from gathering OF mobs.
There was ample proof. however,
that the preparations to guard the
city had been made adviscdy. early
in the evening several disturbances
took place, which might have grown
to serious proportions had it not been
for the timely Intervention OF the pO-
lice and their rcni0rccmcn
A crowd OF more than 800 persons
congregatcd at Peace monument. at
the foot OF the capitol shortly after
the house adjourned and members
were leaving for their homes. A ne
gro had started an argument with a
white soldier, and by ISLANDERS rushed
to take a part. street cars were halt
cd and traffic was blocked for several
hundred yards in each direction. Be
tore anything serious developed. how
ever, four automobiles filled with po-
lice reserves, made through the crowd
and halted the disturbance
Later in the evening, PatrOlman
Bum, crack shot on the Washington
police force, was struck by bullet
fred by negro in the northwest sec