Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1921, Page 1

\ J . ) > .~ Tempetiture fo ended. at 2 p.m. a.th. today. Full report on page 8. W.R & E OFFERS. T0ENT. GAR FARE ONONEGONDITION, Will Make Reduction if Elec- tric Company.Can Have 10-Cent Rate. PROPOSAL RESTS WITH - L. UTILITIES COMMISSION President Ham Belfeves Revemue of Former Could Be Re-Establish- ed Without Interference. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company stands ready to reduce its rate of fare to 7 cents if the Pub- lic Utilities Commission will restore to the Potomac Electric Power Com- pany the rate of 10 cents per kilowatt hour for electrjcity. This announcement was made today by William F. Ham, joint president of the Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company and the power company. This is the same proposal which Com. missioner Oyster made to Congress last week as a means of giving the Washington Railway and Electric Company a fair return without con- tinuing to give the Capital Traction company more than it needs. Without, & restoration of the ten- cent electric light rate the Washing- ton - Railway and Electric ,Company could not stand a reduction in the present car fare in -September, Mr. Ham said. He estimated that ven- cent fare without a'raise in the elec- tric light rate would leave the Wash- ington Railway and Electrig Company with a return of only 2.9“-per cent on the value of the reilway property as found by the commission. Sees Neo Imterferemce. Mr. Ham believes the commission could restore the ten-cent light rate without interfering with the -suit peading in the courts' to determine the value of the ywer plant. He also is of the opinion that the com- mission could carry out Capt. Oyster's plan without disturbing the approxi- mately . $2.000,000 now ‘being held by the District Supreme Court pending & umon‘:en( of the power company’s aluation. V'l':: public has continued to 10 cents per kilowatt since 1917, when the the eight-cent rate. THe comipany, however, has only been allowed to use 3'cents, the court nd: representing ‘the difference be- er company to kilowatt and turn o1 ‘eould n / exercise. l'|ll;|’ll in _Sep! and :ll‘lz'“ “::; col held r¢: -order would remain thers until the Iinited States Supreme Court’ has ly upon the power plant fon.. o . According to Mr. Ham, a 7-cent car rate to the er company would yield the N on .Company 7 per cent on.its tign and give the ‘Washington way ' and Electric stockholders to 6 per cent. Since the Wi Electric all - stock of the m:fl company t rate woul meet the I a!“the ‘Washington “At the preseiit time,” said Mr. Ham, “every time thé people give the Wash- ington and Electric a doHar that it needs they have to give the Capital Traction 'a doHar it does not Railway and Electric the relief it needs throu the pewer company 20 give the Capi- without conf tal Traction . unsought reve- nge. - 2 Mr. Ham ‘'s31d.that since the electric light have.ntever ceased payin, b Sl Sedro et o . er plan i % A‘n‘ with it a reducl:hn puid b Yiaeres revealod by Mr. Ham todsy AR6W- that during the twelve months May 31 the Washington Rail- and Electric Company lost 4,772.- Compan: un‘flud a5 c:%nu 'y el - tioa of 8,937,734 in the lflr‘:lb:r ':f p&yne a total fall- ing off on both lines -duri: th ot 13,710,523 b o Reveaue In - revenue, i that total the Wash- Railway . and Electric lost m and " the w $681,000. the twelve months ended ast the Capital o Com- hauled 72,281,550, as compared s;.;u{ah“c .for the preceding n , Hain’s figures show that for.the efded April 30 the-return to the on., Rallway and °Electric to 56-10-per cent. . the Public.Utilities” Com- ot tzene: Aesaciations oo T - Citizen: ons s pliéd Tor a hearing to consider a ; W the Capital Traction. fare, l ¥imission has not deemed it ad- o order the hearing now. islatibh to ®lve the street - 19 (¥-18. not ' 1ikely the comm lesion wil r -a fare he: before en’it must L e ¥ i > fare 3 > Today’s News in Paragraphs Striking seamen board ship and beas up thecrew. ™ w:- . Page 1 G.erm. mu’qlqt ?um%n; War risk bureau.to.reduce.-force of em- ployes .by -900." . 3 . % g 2 1 leaders are leaving for Denver ederation -annual, conven- Labor to attend f < Attenton’ i tion. 2 ‘and_cooler tonight aad to- £ _twenty-four hours tmr Highest, l% at & p.m. yesterday; lowest, 64 at Capital Traction | gress still considering leg- | Lieut. / ‘"WASHINGTON, NORMAECY MUST AWAIT NATURAL READJUSTMENT Government Cannot Force Reconstruction, Is BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding is encountering the full force of the tidal wave which rises out of a' distressed economic situation and mistakenly demands that the government cure all business ills'and restore the profits of bygone aays. The President told friends todny that judging by the appeals for gov- ernment aid many people imagined it possible for the executive and his ad- ministration By a wave of the hand to bring back normal conditions. The President looks ueon the economic situation as the’ inevitable result of reconstruction and readjustment fol- lowing the war. The cabinet at its Friday meeting discussed what the government could do, but unfortu- nately the government cannot do miich more than guide certain cur- rents 4hat may have an influence on the situation. After all, it is the feel- ing of the President that the big in- dustries will themselves find the way out. America, he thinks, will recover from the shock of the European war Just as she did from the civil war—in 2 natural and orderly way. Farmers’ Big Problem. It is the agricultural situation, how- ever, which causes concern, fof while the big industries can in a sense help themselves, the farmer needs to be financed and needs to have an export trade and at the same time must be protected in his home market. All these different desires are the basis for the so-called agricultural bloc in Congress, composed of mem- bers of both parties, mostly from the west and south, who are able to put through Congress- practically any measure of relief that the farmers may want.. And President Harding is unquestionably. sympatheti¢ with the agricultural ‘group. - Meanwhile, the President himself recognizes that the chief trouble of the present moment in the economic. situation is the fact that the profits of yesterday, out of which it might be possible for the American business man to recoup losses of today, are inaccessible. Large portions of those profits have been paid into the Treasury of the United States as in- come taxes and have in turn been expended by the government. ‘Were it possible ror the business people of America to have paid taxes over a period of years rather than - Stand of Administration—Can Only Offer Guiding Hand. . shemselves in the trying era of re- construction, when goods bought st steep prices.must be sold below cost to clean shelves and empty the ware- houses for new suppl Every Effort Exerted. But this is impossible. The EOV- ernment faces a condition and not & hypothetical case. And Mr. Harding realizes that the full strength of the electorate is being exerted to meke the administration move in this or that direction, so as to hasten a re- turn_to normalcy. It is a fact that the Harding administration has given more time and thought to domestic problems, and particularly business readjustment, than anything else, but even the folks in the administration admit that the tide of circumstances, over which no one In the government had control, is almost irresistible. . During the week Fresident Harding broke a precedent in order to speed up one form of relief for American pro- ducers. By implication he suggested reductions in freight rates to the In- terstate Commerce Commission, and found upon inquiry there that already the commission was trying to work out a program of voluntary reduc- tion by the carriers of burdensome rates. Incidentally, Mr. Harding seems to think that the days of horizontal increases in freight rates are about over and that the inequities of that system ought not to be repeated in any revision of freight rates. Freight Adjustment Wanted, The farmers have been clamoring for an adjustment of freight rates. ‘The carriers have been reluctant, but the power of the agriculturil ele- ments of the nation in the Harding administration loomed up as too great to resist and the carriers are trying to work out a program that will be least harmful to them. Of course, if there were a definite tax program available the air would be cleared, but Congress is having trouble enough with the tariff, let alone a revenue bill, and the pros- pects are not as bright as they were for an early cleaning up of legisla- | tion affecting business. The chances are that next fall Congress will still be here haranguing about tariff or taxes. Everything moves slowly in the convalescent period—even the wheels of Congress. The administra- tion is proceeding steadily, but it would breathe much easier if the peo- ple didn’t expect so much of the gov- over a single year as a unit, they would have been better able to finance | MANY AT STEEL PLANT MAY LOSE JOBS SOON| ernment. (Copyright, 1921.) ™ RESTORATION OF LINCOLN STATUE TO BE PUSHED Unless Fresh ‘Orders Received | Representative King Will Strive to Operations May Cease Entirely : -/ b¥ July 1. Owing to a gradual slowing up of work at the Washington. Stee}-and Ordnance Comfany at Giesboro goint more than 300 employes at the plant are likely to be thrown out of work between now and the first of July, according to officials of the company today. ‘When interviewed by a representa- tive of The S8tar, Corcoran Thom, president of the company, said that there had been a gradual slowing up for some months, and that compared with the more than 2,500 men em- ployed two years ago the number at work now was between three and four hundred. “The work is fast being cleaned up,” said Mr. Thom, “and unless fresh T | orders are forthcoming the chances are that the plant will shut down completely in a very short while. 1 cannot say for certain just how long it will take to ‘finish work on hand, but it- will probably ‘be soon, maybe by July 1.” ON JURY: COMMISSION. Justices of Court. J. Harry Cunpingham has been se- lected- by the justices of the District Supreme Court to serve as a member of the jury commission for the next thrce years. Mr. Cunningham suc- ceeds Barry Bulkley, whose term of office expired. The new jury com- missioner has taken oath and entered upon his duties. The other vacancy on the commis- sion, due to the resignation of B. F. 8haw, will be filled next week, it is expected. This appointee will serve out'the unexpired term of Mr. Shaw. B. 08, jr., the third member of -the commission, has two more years to serve. we. s rasucion o sae- | CONCESSION TO. STATES. Equitable Disposal of Colorado River Water Proposed in Bill Under & #ouse bill Introduced by ve Mondell, Wyoming, re- publican léader, the consent of Con- gress would be given the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming to negotiate for equitable apportionment of ‘the. water.supply of the Colorado river: and its tributaries for irriga- tion development, Approval by the legislature of each state would be necessary to make it binding. Governors of the states named have appointed commissioners to negotiate the agreement and they recently asked President' Harding to appoint a repre- sentative of the federal government. POLISH FLYER EXECUTED. TIwaniski Faces Firing Squad for High Treason. _WARSAW, June 4-rLieut.. Henry Iwanicki of the Polish.Flying Corps, convicted by court-martial of ‘high treason in disposing of military secrets to British agents, was executed Fri- #, by.a firingMquad at the famous ‘arsaw citadel. Obtain House Action on Monday. Proposed restoration of the statue of Lincoln to its forme# sl ont of the courthouse may he actéd-upon by the House of Representativeh Monday. Representative King' of . II author of a bill for this purpess, Wwhich has been reported faverabi the committee on library, ll-lrd. tb’d:g he expected to call the bilj up Monday on the unanimous consent: ulnndlr.l Should he fail to get the measure be- fore the House in this "v..y he will ask for a suspension of the rules in order that it may be considered. The statue has been in the custody of the office of public buildings and grounds since if' was removed in De- cember, 1919. It has been crated and is held in the government storehouse yard at 15th and C streets, just west ?'{‘the bureau of engraving &nd print- In a deficiency act passed in Novem- ber, 1919, Congress appropriated $23,- 445 for- constructionof walks around the new courthouse and removal of the statue of the former President, but gave no directions as to what should be done with it. The office of public buildings and grounds con- sidered it had an implied obligation to protect it until Congress should di- rect the final disposition of the statue, ————— PRESIDENT ON OUTING. Goes With Party to Valley Forge. Guest of Senator Knox. The presidential party left the White House at 9:35 o'clock this morning for Valley Forge, Pa., where the President, Mrs. Harding, Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the famil hysicia: and George B, Christian, ir., the bres: ident’s secretary, will be the guests for the week end of Senator Knox at his country estate. They expect to be back at the White House before b o’clock Monday afternoon. S It was the intention of the party when they started out today to stop at the old Towpath Inn, at Cono- wingo, Pa., for lunch, They expect to arrive at their destination in_ample time this afternoon to perffiit the President and Senator Knox to play :t least n‘n:;ttlho:le’l olh.lblf. ‘The ormer was red in his ‘gol t for the trip. S Secretary Christian and Senator Knox's secretary motored ahead to make arrangements for the party along the way. ACTED WITHIN ITS RIGHTS. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Upheld in Pre- NEW YORK, June 4.—The appeliate division of the supreme court decided today in Brooklyn that the city. of Mount Vernon was within its rights When it refused to allow socialists hold a street meeting’ October-3, 1930, The socialists had asserted the action abridged the -right-of ¥ree epeech. 7 U. §. SELLS BALLOON. CLOTH. More than 600,080 yards of_balloo: cloth, stored in %nanm"lt Rich. mond, Va;; have been sold by .the War Department for $128,814, 7{ was ‘an- nounced today. : AUTOS, WITH STILLS TO MAKE GAS EN'ROUTE, PREDICTED BY EDISON, JR. By the Associated Press. . June 4.—A prediction that automobiles/within a few years - - . gasoline for ten years. The Db o b{ problem D.. C, SATURDAY, CONESSES PARTIN BRUTALKLLING OF YOUNG HRS.WEBER 8gventeen-Year:0|d Negro Blames Companion for Actual Shooting. AUTHORITIES DOUBT Alleged Accomplice Denies Part in Crime—Both Taken to Balti- more for Safekeeping.. James Dixon and Calvin Cousin, both colored, the former thirty years old, married, and separated from his wife, and the latter seventeen years old, were arrested early this morning and taken to Baltimore, where they were placed in jail for safekeeping, as. the alleged slayers of Mrs. Margaret Eliz- abeth Weber, twenty years old, at ‘White Station, Columbia Park, Prince Georges county, Md., the morning of May 19. [ County authorities say Cousin made a written confession of the 't he is alleged to have admitted takeh in the tragedy, while Dixon denies having taken any part in it. County officers have information, however, that both the man and boy were seen carrying the body to the spot where it was found, and also were seen to divide the money. . Mary Queen, a small colored girl, the first one to report seeing the body of Mrs. Weber in the woods, is the witness who, under close questioning at 1boro, seat of Prince Georges county, late last night, changed her story and told of seeing the two un- der arrest carrying the body and sub- sequently dividing the money. Removed to Baltimore. State’s /Attorney J. Wilson Ryéh deemed it advisable to have the pris- oners taken to Baltimore for safe keeping, fearing there would be a demonstration made against them should it become known that they were accused of the murder, and more | particularly if it became known that i the bey had made a confession. Renewal of the investigation was started last night, following informa- tion from a woman residing near White Station that Mary Queen was displaying a nervousness suggestive |of knowing something more of the murder than she had already told. The child was ill at ease, it was stated, and it was suggested that close ques- tioning might obtain information which would bring a solution of the murder mystery. State’s Attorngy Ryon, Censtable Garrison, Detective Dougherty and Policemen Wilson and-Willlams of -the state 1 ate ). - | gred T Crantoie Pah'EhG "o ary Queen. & e " enind Tets WeF iy, Déeniing it advisadble to get her ftom her bome; Where the preasfice of relatives and friends might interfere with their efforts, the officers took her to the county seat and proceeded t0 quektion her along the lines sug- L nty minutes’ close ques- foning caused the child to weaken and begin the story of what she de- clared she actually witnessed. Mary Queen, who had theretofore said"she know nothing of the murder and that she had seen no men in or near the woods the day she found Mrs. Weber's body, told of having seen xon d Celisin carrying the body to the spot where it was found. Then she saw the money divided, she said. Her llps were sealed about. what she saw until this morning, she sald, not even telling her parents. Cousin was caught near Largo early in the morning, having gone there from near the scene of the crime, where he resided, a week after the murder, and Dixon was arrested at his home near Ardmore, a short dis- tance from. the scene of the crime. Mary Queen told the inyestigators that Cousin went through the woods i the direction of Sheriff road, when the two separated, while Dixon ed her and went in the direction of Huntsylle. jecond Man Ineriminated. In his written confession Cousin made it appear that he met Dixon at White station about 9 o'clock the morning of the murder, and ten min- utes later, while Mrs. Weber was seated on a bench in the station wait- ing for a car, Dixon, displaying a re- velver, took Mrs. Weber by her hand and demanded that' she accompany him. Cousin said_he was compelled to carry the bag Mrs. Weber had in her possession, the bag in which she had two dozen fresh eggs she was 5{"]‘1“‘ to take to her aunt in Hyatts- . Cousin said he carried the bag frop the station to the woods. Mrs. Weber, he said, screamed when she saw the pistol pointed at her, and when she uttered & second ery in the woods, he sald, Dixon threatened to blow out her brains if she did not keep quiet. The youthful prisoner then told tof the treatment of Mrs. Weber by |both Dixon and himself. Dixon, he said, cut off Mrs. Weber’s finger and took the ring.” He sald Dixon gave hh& o&ly 50 cents, but bl:lry Q‘:l.efi; = e money was al eq divided. ¥ ) Dixon, Cousin added in his confes- took all earnest plea to be spared by Dixon ‘and himself, but did not put:up much of & fight. Arrived- in ‘the woods, Dixon. struck or pushed Mrs. Weber, Cousin said, and she fell in.a sitting position. The assault and murder followed, Dixon ‘firing the fatal shot, to Cousin’s confession. In Session All Night. It was long after daybreak when the " investigation at Marlboro was fipished, and it was deemed best to take. the prisoner to Baltimore. Ac- companied Deputy - Sherift Wells, Detective Dougherty. and the state road police, the prisoners were taken: to Balti- ma]re in an automobile and placed in ail. * g . 3 It was not until the prisoners were #afe in jail in” Baltimore or welt on! their 7way there* that residents .of Prince Georges ocounty were told of the arrests and confession of one of ) that Mary. -more than she had He talked .to ber and had 'm»u"uufian' her, but. it, was not ight - that in laoding the James Dixon was ione of the first persons, said to have been zuspected bg<‘mflflld='--~fll <was .arrested TRUTH OF ADMISSION | the prisoners. R did not believe the. “Mary Queen was questioned & num-~ :n‘:,',",: ,:’.4. by, Mary. Queen . by ber of timbs.the day of.the murder| coyusin, bk - © and several days’ following. -Each| “.piyon was arrested during our in- time, however, she told substantially “m'..uon!:%u,n}; crime and’ was held the:same ' story. : There was one ‘resi- |, “so57 for four days’’ he sald...‘We dent of Columbia Park who sted | o retully. investigated his sthtement WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ,(// THE RED MOTHER HUBBARD. BERMANS CONTINUE TO BATILE POLES Food Situation in Industrial District Serious—Babies Are Dying. By the Associated Press. OPPELN, Silesia, June 4.—Fighting between Germans and-Poles continues in the vicinity of Schimischow, about five miles northwest-of Gross-Streh- lits. The castle owned by Count Stah- wits has been burned. The British are gradually reinforc- ing their troops in the plebiscite, bringing in fresh soldiers and many tanks. The interallied commission for Silesia is reported to be considering the disposition . troops here S0 that clashes et the Poves. and e Steps. TIOWITZ, - Sliésia, * June 4 — D ic ‘stéps have been taken by leaders of Polfph insurgents to pre- vent plundering. Firing squade are busy every morning, and several times recently six men have been |. executed at one time for various “Spare the Rod” Rules As Whips Are Banned | For a Light Rattan PITTSFIELD, Mass., June 4— The use by school teachers of i rubber hose, straps and whips to discipline school children is ordered discontinued in a bulle- tin issued by Superintendent of Schools John G. Ganmon. | i The bulletin says that a “light b of Compinints /form of corporal pumishment uscd- by some teackers were mivem as the reason for the fa- suance of the order. WARRSK TOCUT JOFROM FORGES | "to Leave June 15, Rest at End of Month. . Reduction by 500 employes will be ef- crimes. In spite of the severe disci-|fected in the war risk bureau on Jume line the Poles continue rioting, and 2re reported to have robbed food con- voys. A young German was captured near this city yesterday and was beaten to death by the Poles. The fovd situation in the industrial district near here is serious. There is no fresh meat and babies are dying because of lack of milk. No beer can be secured, and bécause of the insuf- ficient coal supply lights are cut off 8 o'clock at night. + Machine Guns on Roads. ‘The number of Poles has noticeably increased during the last ten days. Every cross road is occupied by them, and the insurgents are streaming across the country in large numbers. They are well armed and have plant- ed machine guns along the roads. The Poles assert they will not fire on the British, as they do not intend to fight the allies, but they declare they will not surrender their guns un- less the Germans disarm first. Efforts to establish a neutral zone between the Germans and Poles are considered futile in some authoritative sources here, which point out that local clashes are bound to continue until the population is actually disarmed. JAPAN NAVAL GARRISONS WITHDRAWN FROM YAP By the Associated Press. v POKIO, June 3.—The minister of the navy, it was officially’ l.nnonnce'd today, has ordered the withdrawal of the naval garrisons from the islands in the south Pacific, including the Is- 1and of ‘Yap, leaving the protection of the islands, including the wireless tallation in Yap, to the police force 2:1:.}1:0! o': the civil administration. Several destroyers, it was added, will remain in the waters as gugrd- ships. 7 \ ahe action ‘of the Japanese naval in the fore- i "?o'nan"““‘,! in_ the Tokio May 1. The. navy, the news- e cinel.parsisons. of P haa Japan: ll'!:- 1d b; :‘: e » thesé lands in control of -the colonisl b eau. i ’-——-_—_.=_——————-——-—'—- xon managed to produce.a .'.'.?.fiffer'ii Persons to_tell of his move-: ments the day: the crime was com- mitted. hat he risoner set up a plea ti ha‘;h%e"en in this city. the day: the murder was committed and thats when he returned to ‘the country he rode as far as McCarthy's station, some press on papers then withdraw the the Pacific islands, der mandate ant M distance above ‘White Station, and 1eft{su the train. J 5 is being detained at the M.:‘igzr? “;:fi as s state’s witness. Doubts Confession. # 2 rrison 'this afternoon Constable Ga: e that time-as to'his whe; ts at o ime. . the crime . was committed and his évidence was sueh that I am satisfied he had nnthln"w'do "}i{‘ it. -A conductor of a Washington, . ‘more_and Anmapolis raliway car was one witness . who pla Dizon” in Washington at the time the érime is gaid to have been committed. '~ - “Other persons_ also ] il 'a': ‘the time. Following' the stat He was '::.ithe girl, . the o Coein, o B n, we de- m&‘o .t‘:z ?h-:. ;en to Baltimore statementa.” = 'L | b¥ the reduction. 18, it was said at the bureau today." This reduction will be followed on July 1, negt, by another cut of- approximately 490 employes. The cuts, officials say, are made necessary by the tongressional requirement that the force in the bureau }-\nt lbe reduced to 4.000 employes by uly 1. ‘Woman employes will suffer largely Col. Wainer, assistant in charge of personnel, now is working on the list of those to be discharged, and it was said at the director’s office today that notices will be sent out Monday to those .who will be discharged on June 15. Officials in the director’s office say that no hard and fast rule of seniority will be used in making the cuts, but overy case will be considered in particu- lar. GUATEMALA STUDENTS HOSTILE TO CHAMORRO Demonstration .in Front of Hotel Aimed at Recently Appointed Nicaragua Envoy to U. 8. GUATEMALA CITY, June 4.—Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, former President of Nicaragua, and regently appointed Nicgraguan minister to the United States, was given a hostile reception in front of the Grand Hotel here yesterday by a group of studerts. He was_criticised sharply for his atti- tude toward Guatemaia.. Disapproval of the demonstration has been given .by the -Guatemalan government. Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, newiy ap- pointed Nicaraguan minister to the United States, was expected to ar- rive heret I:lhlxtle' days nlnd tfke e of the Nicaraguan legation. He. will relieve Dr. Ale; aw‘&n.r. the present minister, who is 'olnng wisit France, Italy and Spain. n. /Chamorro formerly was stationed here as. minister. 5 - 3 GOES TO FORM-ALLIANCE. |, .to Negotiate for Treaty. ; \PARIS, June 4.—Take Jonescu, min® ister -without' portfolio: in the Ru- 'menia cabinet, will arrive in Belgrade %oday for the purpose of negotiating dn" ailiance -between Rumania .ang Juggslavia, says the Echo De ‘Paris. Jugeslavia has already concluded. P treaty with Czechoslovakia and the impending negotiations, if suc- cesstul, * will “result, the newspaper declares, in the definite formation of ‘the: “little entepte.’ . _ . HED PROBABLY By the Associated Preas; - NBW YORK, June 4.-—Svengeli, ‘twelve-foot - boa constructor, sleepfly dozed in a cage ‘at the Bronx Park 00 todsy, apparen 3y unmindful of the fact that to him Went the honor of being the largest - snake ovér ocaptured in mi his st was_ rudely dishirbed n| on. board the when The Ascctated Prem 15 exclustvily watitied to the use for republicatioa of all 20Ws dispatches credited to it or mot «therwise credited 1n thls AL ST IR LA 8 S SLIE ol lr ESASS JERER OP E SPNO g LA oo Lo SS o ! STRIKERS RAID SHP AND BEAT UP CREW Marauders in Attack Swore to “Drive Everybody From American Vessels.” By the Associated Press. : NORFOLK, Va. June 4.—Striking seamen early this morping raided the American gteamer Mitchell lying off Sewalls Point. Thirty men in the party boarded the ship, overpowered ! the guard and beat up fifteen mem- bers of the crew. They made their escape in a launch in which. they came alongside and headed in the di- rection of Newport News. 2 After their departure the wireless | of publication of special . herein are also seserved. paper and ajes the loesl sews published herein. l An dispated. § MANY PERSONS DE I FLOOLS WHiH SHEEP COLORADD $4,000,000 Damage in Pu- eblo—Hundreds Reported to Have Lost Their Lives. LOSS RUNS INTO MILLIONS; HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING Breaking Dikes and Weakened Dams Menace Many Places. Many Cattle Drowned. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Col., June 4—First in- formation that there had been loss of life at Pueblo when the Arkansas river went” on a rampage- there last night {-was received here today. One from raiiroad sources said &flm been “considerable loss of life and { property,” while a telegram to the Den- { ver Times contained a statement that “hundreds of lives have been lost.” The Times announced it could not veri- fy the report. ¢ The dispatch to the Times said the deaths occurred in the Grove district, populated mainly by foreigners. Residents of the quarter had been warned that the flood was coming, put did not leave their small frame and adobe houses in time to avoid the on- rushing waters, the dispatch Newspaper men in Denver who m‘ familiar with the location of the - trict were skeptical about such a heavy loss of life. They pointed out that there were many high hills negr the quarter on which people might take refuge. Loss Runs Iato Millions. Pueblo is without electric light, power and water pressure, according to reports that reached the Denver office of the Western Union Tele- graph Company. Other reports said fires started by lightning were burn- ing in various parts of the city and that due to the lack of water pressure the fires could not be extinguished. The flood which inundated parts of Pueblo, due to heavy rains, was, re- ceding today, according to word re- celyed here. B Damage estimated at millions' of dollars was done by heavy rains and floods in eastern and central Colors and meager reports coming in from the affected districts placed the loss of life at four. Early. today rain was reported to be falling steadily- throughout eastern Colorado. 4 All wire communication out of Pueblo has been cut off sfnce last bperator sent out a distress call and & Baval.relief perty. with a medical officer hurried to the Mi 1. the 3 . were ed.® The other seven had brpi lice of olk and - Newport News ‘“descriptioni of the Dlers and docks have been patrolied since without a trace of .the -boat or the strikers being found. - ¥ According to -Chief -Officer Henry Leon. Lodge,: temporarily in command of the ship in the absence of the mas- ter, the maurauders announced they were strikérs, and proposed to “drive everybody from ‘American ships.” The leader of the mob, who appeared to be an-American, deciared the party wanted “to get” the chief engineer, who had signed on ‘the ship in de- flance of union orders. The engineer was not aboard, and the leader warn- ed -the chief officer that they would be back. It appears that the party was composed of seamen, fireroom men. and several engineers, since they were particularly anxious to get hold of the chief engineer of the Mitchell. The injured were attended by a naval surgeon from the naval operat- ing base. The description of the launch as furnished by.the chief of- ficers to the naval authorities is as follows: “Power boat of fifteen tons, red wheel house, large cabin, yellow smokestack. with black band. ~Name not visible.” FUSION WITH GERMANY BEING URGED ON HUNGARY Pan-Germans Trying to Organize Movement—Favorable to Union. PARIS, June 4—Pan Germans are trying to organize in eastern Hun- gary a movement favorable to fusion with Germany, says a dispatch from Budapest to the Hungarian agency here.” They are particularly active at Magyar-Ovar, sixteen miles southeast of Pressburg, where manifestations in favor of union with Germany have occurred. Hungarian newspapers are declared to be commenting prominently and hopefully regarding the . petition of Hungarians to ident ing, asking him +to- intervene favorably for a plebiscite in provinces separat- jed’ from Hungary by the Trianon treaty with the aliles. ACQUIT U-BOAT CAPTAIN. ‘Declared Innocent.in .Sinking of Hospital Ship Dover Castle. By the Associated Press. LEIPSIC, June 4¢—The formal ac- chafged with' sinking - the hospital ship Doyer:Castle while he was in command of &' German submarine dur- Ins the war, was announced today. on By S5 Detors the Sourt Gying n . 31 ‘before _the co 5 'md, ot war guilt the pro. oceedings were ‘examination ignocence., . ;.. . > VE-FOOT STOWAWAY, BOARDED' VESSEL AT SEA reposing- The “reptile was not ’ down 'on the" cargo list of the - i o L -~ L3 “Was AN Ce: _crawled aboard through s perts. quittal . of Lieut. Kar] Neumann,from the river to the [ stayed, a preliminary haying ‘resulted in the establishment of Neumann's complete | of night. According to a message Te- ceived at the offices of the Denver agd Rio Graude Raliroad Company here' Larkspur. Cel., o gtation at nine feet, six- i :;::old( “-U’fl- t 4 o'clock ree.feet. this mom(%"‘.:“{ g u = e ‘The message said parts of o | were -piled with driftwood and M‘M_ jed railroad equipment and tbat the downtown g er ‘was covered with two feet of mud. The first train to reach-Denver f Pueblo today arrived at 8 am., twelve hours late. It left Pubelo- just as the flood waters were beginning to overflow . levees and was held up at Colorado Springs. Paseen . de- scribed the fiood as the worst® they had ever witnessed. - From all over that part of lying. east of the Rocky Mo but with the heaviest damage probable loss of life reported frém Pueblo, where several fires still were jreported burning early today, came n\cmiec b;ell.::s; o:dt terrible havoo wrought by t s Early estimates of the Mamage in Pueblo alone fixed the figure at more than $4,000,000. The message re- ceived from Larkspur gave the oper- ator's opinion that there has beem “considerable loss of life and prop- erty at Pueblc.” Houses Are Swept Away. At Frederick, Col, three feet of water in the main street was.report- ed; at Greeley, Fort Collins and Love- land all wires were down and the towns were without electric power as the result of the flooding of the power plant at Loveland. Between Denver and Boulder a large area of farm lapd was inundated, with the damage estimated at $100.000. Houses were swept away -at La- fayette and hundreds of head of live stock were drowned when Coal creek ‘went over its banks. At Marshall all night long the res- idents remained up and prepared to flee, with bomb signals arranged, in fear that the great dam of the Karm- ers' Reservoir and Irrigation Com- pany. three miles above the towns, would break. The situation -early today was: Pueblo inundated and'.cut off from wire communication for hours. Private news dispatches placed :iloss about 34, 100. Marshall, 2 town of 200 inhabitants, t.hrouenidlfby a break in the Marshatl Lake dam. Loutsville. inundated, seversl houses and other bulldings washed-away.. Loveland, dikes of lake broken: apd parts of town inundated; floods ‘put out of commission electric power plant from- which Weéld county towns- get their light and power. Cloudburst Starts Rampage. A heavy rain began falling at | lows, fifteen miles west of Pueblo,. a! 3 ‘o'clock. Virtunily no rain.fell \in ‘the city itself, but § o'clock the Arkansas river had gone over. its banks and by 10 p.m. ‘every basemeént heart of -the business - district been “flooded. Peopl: e marooned in office buuanx;‘ boats. At risihg ‘were removed by means of 11 o'clock the water was: steadily and then’suddenly the -wires ‘went down and n Denver a heavy fain, mixed with bursts of hail, turned thé ‘streets into roaring ‘torrents for a time late yes- terday. The rain continued all night, but_damage in Denver was slight.-. - -Five feét of water was ina message ‘early this merning. _ . A Western Union operator . at-his key. in.the Pueblo