The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-02

The homeless thousands OF blacks.
The business Of righting the
wrong done is q problem for the
city to handle for ITSELF" said Gen.
eral Barret. I'VE will keep ESQ
guards in town under command cf
Colonel Ewell Head. These will
patrol the city, and maintain or
der. The citizens will be left TO
prosecute their work Of relief"
Tulsa. Okla, June 2.-(United
Press. )-Governor J. B. A. Robert-
son today announced q Tulsa coun-
ty district Judge will be ordered
to start grand jury investigation
OF Wednesdays race riot. Govern
or Robertson would make no fur
ther direct statement but he gave
every indication that all efforts
will be made by the state to ix
blame where it belongs for the act
ual murder and arson that brought
desolation to 1000 negroes.
Attorney General Freeing will
be put in charge Of the investiga-
tton." Governor Robertson said.
The fact that the national guard
preserved perfect order in q pow
der keg" without firing of a shot
Wednesday night gave rise to TIE
belief that part Of the guard will
entrain for homo before Thursday
night.
Martial Law, however. will be
maintained for at least "a hours
longer, it was announced at guard
headquarters, city hall.
Though the city is absolutely
quiet, we have had no Official re-
ports Of the situation in the coun-
ty and cannot leave the town for .
possible recurrence of Wednesdays
holocaust" said Major Byron Kirk
patrick. headquarters adjutant.
Tulsa, Okla, June 2.-With day
break today, this city under the
control of strict martial law began
a systematic stock-taking Of the
death and ruin which a few hours of
rioting spread in its path Tuesday
night and yesterday morning.
The military forces, headed by
Adjutant General Barrett, started
a check of the list of dead, which
unofficial estimates placed at some
where near 100, most of them ne
groes. Belief was expressed ny all
officials that the disturbance would
not recurr.
Eight white men were killed 30
far as a check Of the morgues dis
closed. Some of the IS white I'M
jured in hospitals are expected to
die.
When the military forces combed
over the burned negro residences, q
number of negro bodies were ex-
pected to be found This morning
the bodies Of Is negroes ny in
morgues.
Belief was expressed by o0cials
that the bodies of all the negroes
killed would not be found, as 1t was
thought that a number were burn
ed in their homes. Then, too, re-
ports were received at military
headquarters that a number of ne
gro bodies had been thrown into
the river and others buried outside
the city.
Physicians treating wounded ne
groes at hospitals said a score
could not recover.
Military in Control.
Military patrols and guards at
every principal street corner kept q
firm grip on the situation today.
Business was virtually suspended
last night under a general order is
sued by Adjutant-G General Barrett,
but stores were permitted to open
at O'Clock this morning.
Citizens were not permitted on
the streets last night, under tbe
order and it was strictly enforce 4
by the guardsmea. Any one who
ventured on the streets without a
military pass, was taken to the
/ guard house.
A sweeping investigation Of the
causes leading up to the rioting
was expected to gain way during
the day. Governor J. B. A. Robert.
son. who came here late yesterday
planned to take an active hand.
military commission had the tasl
of fixing responsibility for the out
break.
Homeless Negroes Problem.
| Outside the horror of killing an,
wounding in the series of race bat
ties, the situation of thousands o
homeless negroes presented th'
most serious condition and on,
which will give authorities tho big
Igest problem for solution.
All that was left this morning o
the hundreds Of negro home
punched in the section fired b,
white rioters was a blackene,
waste, a curling column of smok
here and there and few shattere
walls.
An idea of the extent of the de
struction in the burned area
gained from the statement tha
there is more than q square mil
iof residences destroyed.
Virtually no buildings escapes
Many were cheap frame DWELLING
but more than . score of them wer