Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-07-25
RACE RIOTS in
WASHING Ton
Clashes Between Races at Ma.
tion's Capitol Results in Death
and Wounding of Many Peo-
ple-Soldiers on Guard.

ple-SOldiers on Guard.
Washington, July 22.-Race hatred
IN the national capitol, engendcred
by attacks on white women bv ncr-
roes and famed by three successive
nights of rioting, found expression
again tonight in clashes between
whites and blacks. A home defense
guard was shot and instantly killed,
second guard fatally wounded and
another white man slashed severely
by razor welded by Il negro. All
oil the negro assailants escapcd.
The outbreaks, however, were spo-
radio and confined to n single yicin-
ity near Eighth and NJ Streets, the
center of the black district of tho
northwest secion. This was due in
the opinion of the authorities to tho
extraordinary precautions taken to
prevent formation of mobs and to a
ram winch began early in the even
ing.
Approximately 1,5OO troops. cav
ar y, ,infanry, marines and sailors
patrollcd the streets and waited in
reserve for possible outbreaks AXIS s,,n. NJ
niementing regular and volunteer no
lice p'
Tonights casualties brouph tho
number resulting from the riotinr
winch began Saturday, night, TO seven
persons dead, eleven believed to be
fatally wounded and scores injured
more or less seriously.
Inc only fatal outbreak occurring
tonight up to midnight resulted from
the stopping of negro bv Isonc
ita!bllngcr, a home defense guard,
iialbt!ngcr attempted to search ths
black, who drew gun from his
pocket and shot the guard through
the heart. Another home guard. like
liaibfinger, armed only with n riot
suck, ran to his companion for as
Sistance, and also was shot. He died
later. The negro escaped.
TWO negroes with II razor set upon
4 white man in the northwest sec
Iioh oil the city as he was leaving
ms home and before he could cscnne
slashed him severely.
washington, July 22.-With five
persons dead, eleven possibly dvinr
and scores injured i'm race BATTLES on
the streets here during the last three
nights, every precaution short of
martial law was taken tonight by
police and military provost guards to
prevent recurrence of rioting that
came as an outgrowth of numerous
assaults on white women and other
recent acts of violence by negroes.
There were no disorders during
the day, but Mt nightfall police and
troops, supplemented by additional
detachments of regulars from Cnmn
Meade and marines from Quantico.
va, took up their stations.
statement issued by the govern
ing authorities denied hat the situa
tioh had been out of hand at any
time last night, when riot calls were
sounding from half dozen places
at time. The authorities also de-
IiuGu not TO ask that martial law be
declared, although resolutions intro
uuced IN the house during the day
took cognlZance of the situation Iate
today, when he called Secretary Ral-
er to the White House for n confer
ence on steps that might be taken
by the military in cooperation of the
civil authorities to prevent recurr
ence of the outbreaks.
Alter the conference Secretary
Baker announced that the troops or
ddered from Camp Meade constituted
"a very large number" Secretary
Daniels said substantial force of
marines had been ordered in for
night patrol duty.
The scattered nature of the at
tacks through three nights of grow
ing disorder made the situation diff
ficult. While rioting was at it's
worst downtown, panic stricken neg
roes fired indiscrimminatcly from
the barricaded doors or windows of
their homes. Others whirled through
outlying streets in automobiles, fir
ing wildly at any whites they saw.
The resolutions introduced today
ranged from that by Representative
Giark, Democrat, charging that the
district government had utterly fail
ed to put a stop to the crime-wave
that has swept the city for month,
ana calling for congressional investi-
CATION, to those of Repres entatives
Emerson, Republican, and V'aile, Re-
publican, demanding that martial
law be declared
Representative Hill, of New York,
Republican, introduced bill to reg
ulate the sale of firearms in the dis
trlct. In the absence of a.ny such
law, the district commissioners to-
day induced hardware dca lers and
others to stop the sale of weapons.
Even while the rioting was at its
height early today reports OF another
attack upon white woman came.
Frightened away once, her assaliant
hid and seized her as she left her
mouse. She escaped only when all