Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-22

Washington, July 22.-Anotlner night
OF race rioting found the national cap
ital today counting the largest casual
ty list it has had since soldiers, sailors.
marines and civilians began retaliating
on the negro population for the long
list Of daylight holdups and attacks on
white women, which have alarmed the
city. ~
Four known dead. two mortally
wounded, eight or more seriously
wounded. and an unknown slightly In
1ured in the fighting and police sta
tions and hospitals packed with others
are the results of the most disorderly
times the capital has seen probably
since the civil war.
The score OF casualties In last nights
fighting was largely in favor Of the ney
groes, who transferred their activities
to the lesser guarded districts. From
trolley cars and swiftly moving auto
mobiles negro desperadoes in parties,
singly and In pairs. rained revolver
shots into groups Of whites whenever
they found them, anl all night there
Wd6 bSdtIC1C0 4lAlA8 AAOIh hV0oCo Al
which negroes, terror-strlcken but not
quelled. had barricaded themselves.
May Call For Troops.
Today the local authorities are cop=.
fering with war department officials
on measures to stop the rioting. Sug-
gestions are being made that troops
be brought in to guard the city thor
oughly. which the police maintain they
are unable to do because Of insufficient
numbers.
Altho two troops Of cavalry from
Fort Myer had been called out to pa
troll the streets and 400 marines from
Quantico and the Washington marine
barracks had been added to the pro-
vost guard asa precaution against dis
orders. the situation at times last night
was more than the authorities could
cope with.
Negroes Are the Assressors.
Reserve squads OF police and dprovost
guards were being rushed thru the
streets of the city all night in answer
to riot calls. Army motor trucks were
stationed at the precinct headquarters
with q squad Of men armed with auto
matte rifles, assigned to each. More
than forty-five riot calls were turned
In at one precinct alone between the
hours Of and O'clock and others re-
sponded to almost an equal number.
While in the minor disorders Of Sat-
urday ana Monday night white, men.
assumed the aggressive. last nights
rioting was marked by general pre-
paredness on the part OF the negroes.
who. during the day. purchased hun
M
ing. they formed into crowds In their
own sections aAd attacked white men
wherever found. The first casualty
occurred when Patrolman J. G. Bum.
who was attempting to place negro
under arrest, was shot in the shoulder.
Bum il reputed to be the best shot on,
the local police force and has partici-
pated In q number Of national matches.
Night Of Black Terror.
( Shortly after the patrolman was
wounded negro. riding on the back
platform Of q street car, opened fire
with an automatic revolver on a crowd
Of white men. women and children,
wounding four OF them, two seriously,
before he was himself felled by seven
bullets fired by, an officer who sue
ceeded in boarding the car close to
him. Z,
Late in the night the negroes dis
persed as Mobs and numbers Of them
took possession Of high-powered auto
mobiles In which they raced thru the
streets, pumping bullets from auto
matte weapons at all whites who hap
pened within range. It is believed that
numerous casualties resulting from
this sindiscriminate firing have not been
reported to the police. A
i Another White Woman AssAultsd.
The hr1t police report OF the day
told of another white woman as