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VOL. XLVI., No. 105 Palladium. Bat. 1811. Consolidated with Bun-Telegram. HOT. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1921. SINGLE COPY S CENTS

PERSONALITY OF WILSON IS INTERESTING His Hold is Strong on Attention of His Contemporaries Curiosity Follows Him Into Retirement.

NOT TO WRITE HISTORY! BY MARK Sl'ItlVAS WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12. There is proof of the vitality of Woodrow Wilson's personality and the strength of his hold on. the interest of his contempories in the fact that even in the midst of the excitement of his successors beginning he has been followed into retirement by a public curiosity which, although ,cold and distant, la always keen. Much of this curiosity is going to be satisfied by approaching developments. The first will be Secretary Lansing's book of -which the publication is due on March 25. A few persons in Wash- . ington who have seen advance copies of it know that it contains many extracts from private observations set down by Mr. Lansing during the peace 'conference when the events occurred about "which be treats. Justifies Part. The book is in effect an attempt at justification on Mr. Lansing's part, and in that attempt he tells much not heretofore known. The book reads as if Mr.. Lansing meant it as a permanent justification in history for his own course, but it gives the impression that be expects this justification to come rather from his friends and partisans than from impartial historians. It has the air of a book meant for his family and friends to turn to in explanation of his dismissal by President Wilson and" of the events of a year and a half preceding that dismissal. From Mr. Wilson's side there will shortly come a less personal series of documents. Mr. Wilson, contrary to general understanding, is not going to do much writing. He has said that all he will do will be a series of theses on public questions and has refused to accede to repeated solicitation from friends that he should write personal memories. Instead of this the plan is for a friendly historian to do the work. This historian is to be Ray Stannard Baker. ,' Prominent Author Mr. Baker is an author of the highest rejwtfctkm? No one will ever question the painstaking and conscientious quality of his inquiry into the facts. But most decidedly the judicial and impartial quality of Mr. Baker's forthcoming history will be challenged. All who are close to the situation know that Mr. Baker has towards Mr. Wilson a devotion so loyal and fine that from the standpoint oj the coldly detached historian he will be regarded as erring on the side of personal sentiment. In addition to the work Mr. Baker will do, the voluminous letters, memoranda, and other documents in Mr. Wilson's possession are to be put at the disposal of George Creel. Creel's personal devotion to Mr. Wilson is as great as Mr. Baker's, but Creel differs from Baker in being one of the most bellicose persons in the fraternity of literary artisans. To Hit Hard From Mr. Creel there will be nothing in the way of merely sentimental justification.' There will be hard hitting and pungent assaults on Mr. Wilson's enemies and critics. It is such a situation as Creel was born for, such a situation as his temperament rises to; all George Creel wants to know about a controversy is, "Who is the under dog?" In the present case Creel will picture Wilson as a fine and benevolent mastiff beset by a large variety of vindicative mongrels. Creel's natural sympathy for any one who is on the defensive, added to his almost passionate devotion to Wilson, is sure to make of whatever he writes reading that will be most interesting to the public and most uncomfortable to those who have opposed Wilson. Exalted Figure. Out of all this and out of other material we shall have in due course the material for an adequate history of me of the most exalted figures that has walked the earth in our time. One point which will undoubtedly emerge from these researches is the fact that during the peace conference Wilson was not a well man. The formal records say it was on September 26, 1913, that Wilson fell sick, that however, is merely the day his illness became sensationally apparent. Everybody knows that airsickness, and especially the kind of tickness that struck Wilson down, has its beginning?,' long before the collapse that attracts public attention, in the case of Wilson, the period when, it will be found, the beginnings of his illness showed their effects on the quality of his acts was more than a year before during August, IMS. Show Recession. In the opinion of the best judtres his Russian notes of that month showed the first recession from that accuracy of thinking and clarity of expression vhich raised his documents far beyond any other utterances of statesmanship Curing the war. It is true that a month later he. delivered one of the several speeches which formed the high spots in the acknowledged superiority of his utterance. It Is also true that still another month later, in October, 1918. was the time of the superbly directed correspondence with Germany leading up to the armistice. But also it was in this same month that Wilson fell into the lapse which he himself thought was the most unwise act of his career The request to the country to elect a partisan Democratic congress. The latter part of October. 191S. and November, when Wilson made his de- ( Continued on Page Two)

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Dr. C. E. Sawyer. Dr. C. E. Sawyer, for years the family physician for President and Mrs. Harding,? has been made the president's physician at the white house. He has been nominated for brigadier general in the reserve corps of the medical corps by the president. REFUGEES OF RUSSIA ARE FORGED TO FIGHT TYPHUS BY AMERICANS (By AssociateJ Press) CATTARO, Jugo Slavia, March 12 Russian refugees, brought to this port following the collapse of the Wrangel government in South Russia, were forced to take measures against typhus fever only by a show of authority by American doctors here. The Russians either did not fear the disease, or were actuated by the fatalists of thought common to their native land. When asked to take precautions such as bathing and disinfecting their clothing they complained. "What, Is the use of all this?" asked -i no nt Tir C P Vrinnt nt Pittehnrph I an American Red Cross physician. "Certainly a number will die, but by summer the disease will be gone." Dr. Yount said today that in one hospital under supervision of Russians 30 per cent of the staff had - been Btricken with typhus simply because ordinary precautions were not. observed. - Huddle en- Floor. ... Dr. John n. Hanson of St. Louis, Mo- .-wha ia --assisting , Dr. Yount " in caring for Russian refugees here-conducted The Associated Press correspondent through he refugee camps where the epidemic is raging. The refugees were found huddled on the floors of buildings formerly used as airplane hangars. They had no beds and slept on the hard cement floors. In some cases the parents of four or five children had made some effort to secure privacy, sheets of paper had been tacked up as a dividing line between their "apartments" and others j near by. The conditions seemed most nopeiess. Many naa Deen removea 10 the hospital, but there were no white sheets there. Ten babies were born at this h'ospital during the last two months. Dr. Hanson has been using old Austrian war material to 3quip a disj infecting plant and he and Dr. Yount have established several stations nearby. Assisting them are three nurses from Johns Hopkins hospital. Baltimore. They are Miss Marian Rossiter of Worcester. Mass., Miss Barbara McLeod of Everett. Mass., and Miss Mona Wilson of Toronto, Canada. HAMON WIDOW CALLED TO TESTIFY IN TRIAL (By Associated Press) ARDMORE. Okla.. March 12- The first of the witnesses to be called today by the state in the resumption of the trial of Clara Smith Hamon is Mrs. Jake I Hamon, widow of the oil man, shot by Clara Hamon last ! November. S. P. Freeling, Attorney General, of Oklahoma, announced that Mrs. Hamon would be followed on the stand by Frank L. Ketch, who was Hamon's business manager, and Dr. T. J. Irvin. Daster of the Presbyterian i church at Lawton, Okla., who officiated at Hamon's funeral, would be another witness today. Other important witnesses for the prosecution, Mr. Freeling said, are T. W. Sallis, taxi driver of Fort Worth, Tex., who in a signed statement declared lie drove Clara Hamon from Dallas to Cisco, Tex., on her flight from Ardmove, Sam Blair, newspaper man. who is said to have secured Clara Hamon's story of the shooting shortly before she surrendered to the authorities at El Paso. Tex., W. B. Nichols, close friend of Hamon, and former chief of police of Oklahoma City, and Errett Dunlap, business associate of Hamon and a close tendent upon Hamon following the hooting. Mayor of Springfield is Former Local Man Burton J. Westcott, mayor of Springfield, Ohio, who is directing the police work of that city during the troubles that have arisen there since Friday, is a former resident of this city. He is president of the Westcott Motor Car company, and an officer of the American Seeding Machine company. He is a son of the late J. M. Westcott. PROMINENT ENGINEER DIES (By Associated ' Press) BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, March 12. W. T. Brown, chief of the American engineering commission engaged in the task of surveying a route for a railroad across Nicaragua, died here Friday.

PETROGRAD IS IN HANDS OF REBEL FORCES Bolsheviki Ousted, Wireless Dispatch Declares Revolutionists Take Minsk But Are Driven Out.

FOOD REACHES TROOPS fBy Afcsoclaterij Press.) WARSAW, March 12. Petrograd is in the hands of revolutionary forces and the Bolshevik have been ousted, it was declared in a wireless despatch received here t6day. The message, which was confused and disconnected, owing to the weakness of the sending station is believed to have been sent qut from Petrograd. It was declared in the dispatch that food sent by Colonel Edward W. Ryan, American Red Cross commis sioner to the Baltic states had arrived, ; but whether it has been received at Kronstadt or Petrograd was not clear. A dispatch from Vilna says antiBolshevik forces fought their way into Minsk and held control of the city for five hours, but were later driven out by soviet forces. Kill Communists. While occupying the city, the revolutionists killed many local communists, it is said, arsd when the Bolsheviki reentered the town they executed more than 200 persons, many of whom were Poles, who were accused of sympathizing with the insurgents. A radio dispatch signed by Professor eHermann Zeidler, former president of the Russian Red Cross, states ho has undertaken to regulate food supplies for (fhe Russian revolutionists. Russian members of the refugee, colony here state Professor Zeidler is a widely known surgeon and has had considerable experience in directing food administrations. PARIS, March 12. Resolutions expressing the sympathy of the French Dissident socialist party for Russian workers who .are struggling against Lhe Bolsheviki regime were adopted at a meeting of the central committee of the organization here last night. LIMIT WAR FUNDS, URGfWiiffiONS - V. fBy ' Associated Press) GENEVA. Switzerland, March 12. Governments have been asked to enter into an engagements not to exceed during the next two fiscal years the total military expenditures provided for the present year in a letter sent to members of the league of nations by the secretary of that organization. Another lettej sent to members of the league concerns a convention relative to control of the traffic in arms and munitions in order that regions not well civilized" may not receive stocks of arms which accumulated during the war. The governments have been asked to make known their attitude to the league by May 1, and the letters emphasize the urgency that all enter into thse agreements. Former Newcastle For Office as PALLADIUM NEWS Bl'REAV WASHINGTON. March 12 Indorsement has been given by the members of the Indiana congressional delegation to the candidacy of Lem Smith, a former well known resident of Newcastle, Ind , for appointment as United States marshal for the territory of Alaska. Mr. Smith, who has resided In Alaska for twenty-three years, has many friends in Richmond and other parts of Wayne county. He is a brother of Arthur Smith, a well known Richmond banker. Mr. Smith resides in Ruby, Alaska, where he conducts a jewelry and fur business. He is also interested in gold mining. "No finer man in Alaska than Lem i Smith," remarked Delegate Dan Sou-! therland of Alaska, when one of the i Indiana congressman asked him about Mr. Smith's candidacy. Recall Days of Roosevelt. Veteran members of congress who have been visiting the White House since March 4 are reminded of the Rooseveltian days. The weather has been like early summer and tbe doors of the executive office have been standing as wide upon a3 the gates to the walks and roadways leading to the executive mansion, and through these gates Into the office of George Christian, President Harding's private secretary, has poured a flood of people, in every walk of life, each morning and afternoon. Senators and cabinet officers have rubbed elbows with the obscure job hunter from tbe mighty west, and tbe president sees as many of his callers as he possibly can. Snap Woman Solon. Miss Robertson, who represents an Oklahoma district and is the only woman member of congess, dashed into the executive office of the White House the other day and exclaimed excitedly: "My! About 40 moving picture fellows aimed their cameras at me as I came up the walk." "Of course they did," replied a congressman, grinning broadly. "You are the only woman in congress and, besides, you're mighty good looking." "You come from Indiana but you talk like one of those pesky southerners," retorted Miss Robertson, who is a sturdy specimen of western womanhood with snow white hair. Crowds pass through the White t f

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Myron T. Herrick. Myron T. Herrick, former United States ambassador to France, is now corisidered a possibility for that diplomatic post under President Harding. REGENT ADVICES SAY RUSSIAN CITIES LOST TO UKRAINIA, RETAKEN By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, March Three cities in southern Russia, Kiev, Ekaterinoslav and Odessa, were recently occupied by Ukrainian revoluuonary troops iea oy simon r euura, ;

the peasant leader, and General Mak-j 0n virtually all of the streets of adoption of the business-manager no. Recent advices however, would . thc city tne security police are more ' form of government for Richmond seem to indicate that Odessa has again i numerous than allied soldiers, who was decided upon at a meeting held been captured by the Bolsheviki. generally remain in their barracks, j Friday afternoon. The committee a3 The revolt, according to news reach- Streets Thronged I now made up is composed of represenIng here, begun on Feb. 25. when Restaurants, cafes, cabarets, wineltatives from the five leading civic orUkrainians occupied the center cf . rooms and thea tres of Duesaeldorf j ganizations of the city the Young Odessa. They were virtually annihil- j are cheerfully catering to a record Men's Business club, Rotary. Kiwanis ated by soviet troops, but the tables i patronage, which is not particularly and Woman's clubs, and the Central

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Bolshevik garrison or tne city was i at 10 o clock m the evening. Crowds Heads of all these clubs will apdriven out by Ukrainian bands who j throng the streets until midnight and I point representatives who are resihanged the soviet commissioners. The : are apparently in the best of spirits, i dents of the eight different wards of Ukrainians assisted by the Russian I The population of the occupied dis-'the city. This will make a committee

social democrats, controlled the city j for a few days but the Ukrainians be-j gan looting and during the disorder , the Btolsheviki retook the city.

General Makno appears to be In au-' over the uncertainty of th aMes dethoritv in Ekaterinoslav. and rcnorts cisions regarding custom. :

alleges Jwha-poreiioa.-JMr4Ja. in progress there. Petlura's army took Kiev on March 2, and executed the Bolshevik commissaries, but the present situation in that city has not been cleared up In despatches reaching Constantinople. M'Cray Asks Clemency for Terre Haute Youth INDIANAPOLIS. In.l., March 12. Governor McCray today appealed to Governor Stevens of California, to spare William Norria. 17-vear-old Ter re Haute youth, sentenced to be hang ed at the St. Quentin prison on March o lor murcier. youth failed to receive a fair trial. Man Candidate

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House grounds at will now, and one of the favorite diversions is to drape oneself over a railing directly in front of the White House and gaze through basement windows into the executive mansion kitchens watching the chafs prepare the presidential meals. Perhaps in time Washington will get over The novelty of being permitted to enter the White House grounds. Indiana is claiming three members (Continued on Page Thirteen) Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Earh Iny n Pnllndluni reporter nlll Interview peranoa ot random lo find out why tbey like to live tiere. Residents of a city surrounded by country districts that have many beauty spots sometimes lose sight of this feature, said, a recent arrival here when he was asked what feature of Richmond appealed to him most. "I have made a number of automobile trips into the picturesque districts southeast and southwest of Richmond, and every time I have discovered panoramas of beauty that are hard to excel anywhere. Take the road to Abington, for instance, if you want to see beautiful vistas and rapid changing scenes of hill and valley. "The forests that cover the hillsides and the river bottoms are beautiful the year around. In spring and autumn especially, the coloring of the foliage is beautiful. "There are few districts in Indiana that have so many beauty spots. I wish all of us would take pedestrian trips into the country to become acquainted intimately with the, offerings which nature asks us to -enjoy. We would learn to love our city and country better, if we followed the poet's advice to commune with nature often."

removal of patrol eases allies; grip Situation at Duisberg Easier German Fear of Advance Allayed by Withdrawal Police Co-operate. no troublTprobable

(By Associated Press) DUESSELDORF, March 12. Belgian patrols which took control of the rural commune of Hamborn on Wednesday night have been removed, and this action on the part of the allied command has tended to ease the situation at Duteburg. Officials declare the patrols were thrown out merely to protect the town of Duisburg, but the advance of the Belgians inspired belief on the part of the Germans that the allied lines might be extended immediately. Assertion is made in official quarters that such a movement is not planned. Co-operation between the German

security police here and allied troops :ei lnto Germany's industrial centers has been effected as a result of Ger- of Duisburg, Ruhrort, Dusseldorf and man initiative. 'Hamborn to enforce the "penalty" on 5?ermans AP0,fl'ze- , J Germany for her failure to agree to Two officers called at French head- reparations terms imposed by the alquartcrs yesterday and made formal jijCs. apology for the refusal on the part of .

a German policeman to salute an allied officer. For a time this incident ! ! threatened considerable tension the; j security police however, appeared to i be willing to salute but seemed not to; i lrnrwr ffinovo frrtm nritfj toa The twn l disobedience or the order to salute. The security police are being depended upon to preserve order but rennrts from all narts of the oecuDied district say no trouble is probable. affected by the ringing of the curfew trict is gradually coming to believe! that no further advance is intended j by the allies, and the only agitation j noticeable Is m commercial circles commission and two American Liaison, officers from Coblenz have arrived here, but it is declared their visit is without official importance. COMMON LABOR WAGE CUT BY ERIE ROAD Ry Associated Press) in wages of common labor put into . 7. t ii j r effect by the Erie railroad on January 1. have been wiped out and the former 5 i tu. i- anbusiness permitted payment old scale The railroad lab r board recently jpondemned action or the road for not.j I submitting the proposed redueons to ; for approval and ordered restoration of the former scale. WILHELM PUBLISHES Al IDI COD HDCAT WAD ALIDJ lUn UilLAl If Mil Amsterdam. March 12 Former Emperor William of G-rmany has written for private distribution a book Rneland wfl.s resnnnsihle for the world war. In the volume he has collated ' historical facts and data relative to international agreements between all cotintries involved in the war. from 1884 to 1914, and these facts have been marshalled in a parallel column by Count Hohenzollern, says the newspaper, Het Volk. H3 declares England's responsibility for the war centered in her "plot, to isolate Germany," and refers to the mobilization of English banks in April, 1914, preparatory for war by the British fl?et in June of the same year, and the Russian mobilization of forces on July 15. "Thus," says the newspaper, "the former emperor tries to find adherents for the theory that allied mobilization made it impossible for Germany to prevent the war." Harding Issues Appeal For Chinese Relief (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 12. An appeal to the American people to do everything in their power for the relief of famine conditions ' in China was issued today by President Hard ing. VESSELS RESUME OPERATION (By Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, March 12. Operations will be resumed by tbe Mlhancvich Steamship company on Monday, after a stoppage of work extending over more than a year, due to a strike which paralyzed river and coastal shipping. This corporation owns more than 200 vessels, and it is announced that all passenger boats will resume their regular schedules next month.

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,omman ies C " General De Goutte. General De Goutte is the French j general in charge of the French, Brit,i8h and Beleian forces which advanc WARDS REPRESENTED IN LOCAL COMMITTEE PUSHING HOME RULE An enlargement of the original citizen's committee interested in the Labor council. I of 40 actively engaged in promoting the special election to determine the form of government preferred for j Richmond The petitions which were expected to be circulated Saturday will be started Atonday evening, according to an announcement by Benjamin Johnson, Jr., head of the committee which ha3 been sponsoring the home rule measure in the legislature. Meet Monday A meeting oi the original committee and the appointees of the various clubs has been called for Monday afternoon at the chamber of com - merce rooms in the K. of P.- building at 4:30 o'clock. At this meeting the petitions will be given out and in structions given as to the methods of i A j,-' , ,, .i,ti, j i According to the law allien passed ' o .a. ,'l0,ie,a,nTO jt s, pthat the circuiator3' of petitions apnr hefore. a notarv niihlic and swear f - r e petlpresence ritine. that the petitions should only be signed by those eligible voters who registered i for the fall elections. This will do awav with anv difficulty for the clerk ln rPrtifvine to the names. . Directors of the chamber of comj nierce decided to take no active part I in the campaign for the adoption of j the new form of city government un- : til after the close of its membership camnaiim It was also stated that they would decided on what part they i should take by a vote of the memi bers. ; Deleware Attorney is Made AWon Prnnfriv CnstnA'inn WASHINGTON. March 12. Thom as member of the house of representaI.: : -. ..-...... llVftt WMS il pirUlilltU it 1 i t 11 yiu(ci IJ custodian today by President Hardin? ! The appointment does not require senate confirmation. Mr. Miller is a lawyer and has been engaged in the practice of his profession since he retired from congress. During the 1920 campaign he was in J charge of the eastern branch of the Republican speakers' bureau Mr. Miller succeeds Francis P. Garvan, who was -named alien propertycustodian when A. Mitchell Palmer was appointed attorney general two years ago. Weather Forecast MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST Cold Wave. Rain will change to Know squalls by Saturday night If not before and Sunday will be cold and the winds will be northerly. Cold weather will continue Sunday night and Monday. Temperatures will fall far below freezing. It will be the coldest wave we have had for some time. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain, possibly turning to snow tonight;, much colder tonight. Sunday, fair; and colder with a cold wave. Temperatures For Yesterday. Maximum 53 Minimum 30 Today. Noon 30 Weather Conditions The Rocky Mountain storm is central over Indiana this noon, with heavy rains east of the Mississippi river and south of the Great Lakes. The Alaskan cold wave has spread southward another 1,000 miles and its influence is already over Iowa and northern Illinois. The temperature ranges from zero to 32 below over the northwest.

SPRINGFIELD GATHERINGS PROHIBITED Sheriff Jones, Clark County, Placed in Charge t of Situation Growing Out of Race R -lots.

CITY IS QUIET TODAY (By Associated Press) SPRINGFIELD. O.. March 12 Sheriff David Jones of Clark county, was placed In complete charge of the situation here growing out of racial disorders, which culminated in the shooting of a patrolman and a negro last night, at a conference of military and civil officials here today. An order was immediately issued forbidding all public gatherings after 6 o'clock this evening, and ordering stoppage of street car service and automobile traffic after 7 p. m. The order means cessation of all traffic on the streets and closing of all moving picture houses, theaters, and all places for public gatherings. Mayor B. J. Westcott announced that it was the opinion of the conference that the situation could be handled by the sheriff and he was placed in charge in preference to putting the city under military or martial law. Troop Expected. Three additional national guard companies were due to arrive here about noon swelling the number of troops to 550, sufficient, officials believe, to cope with any eventuality. Col. Robert Haubrich of the fourth Ohio regiment took formal command of the guardsmen today. ChieS of Police O'Brien did not attend the conference. The chief expressed the opinion that the situation was under control and said he did not look for any more trouble. James White, a young negro, captured shortly before noon by a posse of farmers several miles north of Springfield after a running battle confessed to police that he was guilty of the shooting of Patrolman Joseph Ryan in last night's racial disorder, they announced this afternoon. White was brought to this city and lodged in the county jail which is strongly guarded by a cordon of national guardsmen. Ryan was reported improved. City is Quiet. Springfield was quiet this morning following a night of disorder in which Patrolman Joseph Ryan and a negro were wounded in an interchange, of shots between police and negroes. Three companies of Ohio National Guardsmen, consisting of 150 officers and men under command of Lieutenant Col. II. D. Horner, were on duty with headquarters at the city hall. . tr:i: i i i i i :""'larf w na3 "ol uet" upciarea. " &aviS been announced that the Hroops would merely aid the local auInr,uies n maintaining oraer. The entire fourth Ohio infantry was mobilized today in anticipation of further rioting here, but Colonel Horner said he did not think it necessary to call for the other units at this time. Strict Vigilance Although the situation was quiet and no further trouble seemed imminent, both military and civil authorities said they would not relax tneir vigilance and are taking all precaui tions to avoid a recurrence tonight of 'the racial trouble. Machine guns are mounted at the county jail, and although the militiamen are not patroling the streets, they are under arms and ready to answer riot calls. A truck with a machine gun mounted on it is available to make hurried trips. The trouble, which started 6hortly before midnight last night with the shooting of Patrolman Ryan after he had ordered a group of negroes to disperse, was the outgrowth of an assault last Monday night on eleven year old Marge Ferneau, by an unknown negro who escaped. Rumors that he had been arrested caused a crowd to gather Wednesday night and Thursday night but these crowds were dispersed when it was proven the negro had oc Deen caugnt. crowds gathered been arain laet nicht hnt Viarl Kosn rilcnera i " o - " ed when the shooting began. Racial Feeling Strong Among the 60,000 population of the city, about one eighth of whom are negroes, racial feeling is strong and although no further trouble is anticipated, authorities point out thit conditions are such that anything may occur. The national guard companies on duty here are Company C, fourth Ohio, from London and two separate machine gun companies with head quarters in this city. The Marysville infantry company is en route here. Last night's rioting apparently came in three phases. The opening conflict between officers and negroes came when Patrolman Ryan was shot three times after he had attempted to break up a crowd of negroes at Center and Jefferson streets within a block and a half of the 'police station. Ryan is expected to recover. Pitched Battle. Later there was another brush In which Shirley Shaffer, a negro received a slight scalp wound and later a general pitched battle in which 20 or more phots were fired between negroes and officers, the negroea dodging behind trees and buildings and the officers barricading themselves behind a curbing. , While attempting to pureuade negroes to return to their homes and desist from violence. City Manager Edgar Parsons. Mayor B. J., Westcott and Police Prosecutor Robert Flack were fired upon but none of them was wounded. Between 20 and 30 . arres ' were made during the night includh, one' negro said to be the assailant ofVvan. Police, however, would not confirm hU identity nor say where, he had been taken. Most of the. remaining , prisoners were held on charges of disorderly conduct and investigation. - Among (Continued on Page Sixteen) .