RACE RIOTS IN AMERICA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TAKES ACTION.
BILL INTRODUCED TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW. United Press Association—Copyright. Australian . and N.Z, Cable Association. WASHINGTON, July. 23. A resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives, demanding that the President declare martial law in Washington in order to prevent a recurrence of race riots. It is declared that the police force in the city is unable to cope with the situation. • The chaplain of the House offered a prayer that the riots might not recur. OUTBREAK IN CHICAGO. TWO NEGROES KILLED AND FIFTY PERSONS INJURED. (Received July 28, 8.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 28Race rioting has broken out in Chicago. Two negroes were killed and fifty persons, whites andi blacks, were injured. The rioters used clubs, knives and revolvers. All the city’s available police reserves were called out before ' the riots were quelled. Some of the white people’s wounds will probably prove fatal. sags gs= -r -.■a
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Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5235, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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