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Show Situation More Reassuring, Reassur-ing, but Here and There Race Hatred Still Shows Itself. Troops Guard Danger Points; Three More Deaths Reported; Toll of Violence Now 32. CHICAGO, July 31. Race war terror and bloodshed had abated tonight after four days and nights of rioting, but violence vio-lence continued to occur sporadically, notwithstanding not-withstanding an army of nearly 10,000 state troops and policemen was on active duty in the south side negro quarters. Three negroes died today of bullet wounds, making the official death list thirty-two, 'of whom eighteen were negroes. ne-groes. Only one of the three was shot today, though a dozen or more members of both races were wounded in scattered disturbances. There was no shooting by troops, who were ordered on the streets last night by Governor Lowden upon the reciuest of Mayor Thompson. The negro district was comparatively quiet tonight. The presence of the troops had apparently calmed the negroes' fears and had had a salutary effect upon disturbing dis-turbing elements among both whites and blacks. The troops were well distributed and the military machinery was running smoothly. SUPPLIES HURRIED INTO "BLACK BELT." Food supplies were rushed into the negro ne-gro sections by cooperation of the Wholesale Whole-sale Grocers' association, the police and the troops. The black belt remained a barred zone, where whites must not enter, ' and even the guarded trucks of groceries I were driven only to the "dead line" by ' white chauffeurs, who then were re-; re-; lieved by negro drivers under police escort. es-cort. Many of the poorer negroes were reported re-ported in dire need of food and without funds. Today was pay day at the stock yards, but negroes feared to go there to j draw their wages. Thousands of negroes have not attempted to go to work all week. Among today's disorders only two involved in-volved any considerable number of persons. per-sons. Several hundred whites, in search of four negroes who had hidden in the stock yards, were driven off by militiamen militia-men with lowered bayonets after the whites had demanded that the blacks be delivered to them. No casualties resulted. re-sulted. MORE VIOLENCE IS REPORTED TO POLICE. About 400 white men beat one of three negroes severely at Forty-seventh street and Vincennes avenue thfs afternoon. The other two, both armed, escaped after firing fir-ing a few shots. No whites were wounded. A negro was beaten by five white men j at State and Twentieth streets. j Two of the negroes who died today were ; found unconscious on tho west side, far from the south side negro sections. Mayor Thompson, in spite of a decrease in violence, asked the city council today for i?00O additional permanent policemen. The council took no definite action, however, how-ever, because the chairman of the finance committee said he was unable to say where f unds to pay the men could be found. Chief Garrity announced that 1S00 soe-i cial policemen would go on duty tonior- j row. The troops now on acti ve duty number approximately 6 "-00, with the greater part of two regiments, the Fourth reserve militia and the Ninth national guard, still on reserve in armories. The Second battalion of the Fourth was sent o'.it on r:ot duty tonight. Two companies of the Ninth are patrolling in the stock ya rds. BEGIN PROBE INTO CAUSES OF TROUBLE. YVj ;h tho lessening of violence, public officials b-ame more active In investigation investi-gation of the riots and their causes. Attorney At-torney General Prundace and tHate's attorney at-torney Hnyne are cooperating in obtaining obtain-ing evidence for a grand jury investigation. investiga-tion. Both officials say many persons of both rri'V'S will be punished and the death penalty Is virtually certain to be sough:. Governor Frank O. I.owden, in a statement state-ment this morning, called at tent ion to the fart that the c.ty w.ns not under mar-rial mar-rial law and that no turh action is con- ; tempi a ted. unless conditions prow ma- j t--T-!rtiiy worse. lie exr-'aimv't tnat the piate troops are (Continued on Page S, Column 4.) 1 journea until tall over the protest of a minority. Another minor outbreak occurred tonight to-night downtown. A crowd of white men attacked and severely beat a negro who was on his way home from work. The police rescued the negro and he was sent home in a patrol wagon. Major Bauder, police drill master, temporarily tem-porarily In charge of police riot headquarters, headquar-ters, tonight ventured the opinion that no more serious riots would occur. He said the situation was so well In hand that with the state troops better distributed the overworked police could be relieved for rest. QUIET RESTORED Iff IT-lDEi CITY (Continued from Paeft One.) working in connection with the police and that rioters arrested will be prosecuted In the municipal and slate courts and not by military authorities. Mayor Thompson. In a statement issued today, said that one reason for hUs appealing ap-pealing to Governor Lowden for the use of state troops wns that he had information informa-tion of a well defined plot to burn down a large section of the "black belt." The fact that the whites had resorted to tiio torch, he said, was clearly shown by fifty incendiary fires in twenty-four hours in the negro district. The calling out of the troops and the rain, he said, frustrated the plans of the torch bearers and perhaps prevented a great conflagration. conflagra-tion. When Governor Lowden learned tha t thousands of negroes who have virtually been held prisoners in their homes since I Sunday because of the race riots were in ; urgent need of food, he gave orders facili-' facili-' tating the delivery of supplies tu the "black belt." As a result, many wagon-loads wagon-loads of food were sent to the district on the south side, where relief was .seriously .seri-ously needed. Mr. Hoyne announced that much evidence evi-dence had been offered today from nero sources. One negro blamed members of his own race. while another blamed whites. OtherR went back months ago to shootings and bomb explosions in seeking seek-ing o give the county prosecutor an idea of the causes leading up to the riots. Action in Council. The a' derm en in the council meeting to-ay in trod need numerous resolutions calling on Governor Lowden, Mayor Thompson and the chief of police and fire department for information as to casualties, casual-ties, cost of suppressing disorders, extent of carrying weapons and other matters. No action was taken and the council ad- |