Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-07-31
STATE GUARDS
CALM CHICAGO,
WITH RIOT DEAD
TOLL UP TO 50
Cops Kill Negro, Woman
Shoots Another, Po-
liceman Winged.
GOvERNOR AND CITY HEADS
BELIEVED CRISIS IS PAST

Chicago, July 3O.-Chcago streets
tonight were patroIIed by soldiers, called
out by Governor Lowden at the request
OF Mayor Thompson for the protection
Of life and property, threatened by the
race war which for four days has ter
rorized the city.
The state troops established barred
zone, about three miles square, embrac-
ing most Of the coIored residential dis
trict on the south side. In this zone they
searched for weapons every person Wnom
they met. No one could pass in or out
without military permission. The dis
trict extended roughly from Twenty
second street to Fifty-fifth street, north
and south, and from Michigan Boulevard
to Wentworth avenue, east and west.
This happened when riots in the
colored district itself had somewhat sub
sided, but when there was an alarming
spread Of the disturbances outside. New
York Central railroad officials reported
all their trains being fired upon by
negroes in the black belt.
Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson.
after an early evening trip thru the
threatened district. declared the situation
was ..onimous" and this view was shared
By the mayors secretary, who accom-
panied him. Hundreds Of negroes ap-
pealed for protection.
Negroes Face Starvation.
Incendiary attacks upon negro homes
increased thru the day and night. Negro
leaders declared that many members of
their race faced starvation, because
drivers Of supply wagons feared to enter
some portions Of the balek belt.
Stepping smartly forth in full military
regalia, the long columns of soldiers
swung down the streets inspiring con-
fidence in the disturbed zone, both
among blacks and whites.
The military force was under the direct
command of Adjutant General Dickson
and was distributed in accordance with
detailed plans worked ont by him and
his regimental commanders with the
assistance Of the police.
All Searched for Weapons.
The police filled in the intervals Of
the military Gordon and searched every
person on the street for weapons.
While the troops were preparing to
march from the armories, word of a riot
at Fiftieth and State streets was re
ceived by the police. Men. both negroes
and white, were said to have cashed,
fired countless shots. Police reserves
were hurried to the scene.
More Flying Squadrons.
Early in the evening. three negroes
driving an automobile fired promlscu-
ously in Twenty fourth street. Thomas
Possen. white, was wounded in the side
by one of the bullets as he was reading
newspaper in a barber shop. August
Victuz white, years old. was also
wounded. when the negroes fired at a
group Of children playing in the streets.
Possen and the child were taken to a
hospital. Other shots fired by the
negroes were without effect.
About the same time, the police re-
ceived word that rioting was in progress
at 31st and Dearborn streets, near the
heart Of the black belt
A disturbing feature early tonight,
was number Of automobile trucks
filled with young white men, dashing
about South side streets outside the
regro district, trying to stir up anti
negro sentiment.
Four Deaths During Day.
Today's outbreaks were widely scat
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