Evening star., 1921-03-13
RACE RIOTS ENDED
!. BY CURFEW ORDER
Springfield. Ohio, Streets Pa
troIIed by Militia and All
Traffic Suspended.
Ry the Associated Press.

SPRINGFIELD. Ohio. March IL
After a day of preparation. Spring
field officials tonight announced that
they were ready to cope with any
situation that might arise in con-
nection with racial disturbances,
which last night resulted in the
wounding of policeman and ne
gro and which have kept the city
in turmoil since last Monday when
an unknown negro assaulted eleven
ycar-old MarCe Ferneau.
Sheriff David Jones. placed IN com :
pletc charge of the situation and
with eight companies of national
guardsmen as his aids. tonight had
barred all traffic from city streets,
suspended street car service. cioSed
stores. the aters and all public gath
erng places and ordered all citizens
to remain in their homes after
pm. As measures TO enforce orders
of the sheriff. guardsmen patroiled
the streets on foot, in Army trucks
with machine guns. poking threaten
ing muzzles over their, sides. and IN
ordinary pleasure cars furnished by
citizens.
Given Swift Justice.
Another precautionary measure TAX
en- by the authorities was the eX-
peditious bringing to justice of James
White, Seventeen-year-old negro ana
confessed assailant of Patrolman
Joseph Ryan. whom he shot three
times last night in the opening phase
of the disorder Captured shortly
before noon today by posse OF
farmers following a running pistol
battle. White was brought to TINS
city. taken before Judge Gaiger in
Juvenile court and hustled away in
q speedy automobile TO the Mansfield
Reformatory. following his plea of
guilty to carrying concealed weapons
and shooting with intent to XIII.
The whole procedure was accomplish
cd before it became generally known
that White had been captured
Today passed quietly. with no un-
toward incidents. Chief interest was
aroused by military preparations and
the arrest of White, but at no time
was there anything hut tranquility.
People gathered on the streets, dls-
cussing incidents of last night and
specuIating on the possibility of re-
currence of the clashes between Of
ficials and negroes, or possible dis
turbanceS of more serious nature.
Many officials admitted during the
day that they were apprehenslVe OF
further outbreaks. but the arrival of
four additional Guard companies
from Columbus late in the afternoon
seemed to lend announcement to the
optimistic. The situation. however
was admitted by people of all walks
to have many and serious possibili-
ties
Adjt Gen. George Florence, who
spent the early part of the day here
comforting with city officials as to
plans for maintaining order. returned
to Columbus during the afternoon
and left Col. Robert Haubrich in
charge of the military forces on duty
here.
Special Police Sworn.
Police Chief Richard E. OBrien had
his full force of patrolmen on duty,
augmented by twenty-five specials
and a. detachment of city firemen.
Sheriff Jones announced that he
had sworn in but four special depu-
ties The remaining companies of
the 4th Regiment are held in readi-
ness 10 entrain for Springfield If the
present contingent is not sufficient.
Patrolman Ryan was said to be i'm
proving at the City Hospital tonight.
lie will recover. il is said.
The Ferneau girl is in the city hos
pital and her chances for recovery
were said tonight to be fairly good.
Shirley Shafer. the negro who was
shot during the street fighting last
night, was transferred today from the
hospital to the county Jail, where a
score or more men and boys arrested
last night are held for investigation.
The prisoners were being held
without bail Many of them are
youths. and authorities have not as
yet placed any formal changes
against them. Several are said to
have had concealed weapons, and