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Show SAILORS POUNCE ON OFFICER AND SCRIBE Men Angered Because of Night Raid on Cafe LOS AXGELKS. Jan. 1. Angered at a policeman and a newspaper reporter because they had participated earlier In the night in a raid on a questionable question-able cafe, several sailors attacked the two, the ensuing fight developing into a riot, which precipitated itself In three pitched battles with th,e entire Do Angeles police reserve, and resulted re-sulted in a number of persona being Injured, one seriously, and considerable consider-able damage to surrounding property here early today. Tbe two men were attacked by several sev-eral sailors and were forced to fight their way to a telephone The reserves. responding to the call, had difficulty ia dispersing tbo mob of several hundred hun-dred sailors which bad then rathered. Although the mob waa scattered. It gathered twice, augmented In the lat. ter stages by a number of civilians. Many plateglasa windows near the scene of the riot were smashed and i three automobiles were .overturned by the mob. - I |