Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. District of Columbia and Maryland —Fair today ead tomorrow. Some- ‘what cooler today. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 10 p.m. last night—Highest,: The Associated the . use for paper and also 79; lowest, 64; Full report on page 32. . H No. 845—No. 28161 Fueehs? Simbcrs B 3 " WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY'MORNING, JUNE 5, ‘192L - . FLAMES ADD TO RUIN IN PUEBLO; DAMAGE EXCEEDS TEN MILLIONS; THOUSANDS ARE LEFT DESTITUTE Gity Stunned in Grip of Disaster|| 1! the Looters,” Is Order a;yRSe?lll_l;ees S tragée Througth | to Rangers in Ruined Area Mud—Morgues Being Filled ' With Bodies of the Dead. i ! WORKERS DARE TORRENT'I TO HELP THE INJURED By the Associated Press. DENVER, Jume 4—The state of Colorade this aftermoom was hurrying preparations to relieve the stricken population of Pueblo, | Col. Patrick J. Hamerock, in command of the state Tamgers, han chartered a train to carry teats, water and food to the suffering eity. The train wi ve here in a few hours and will proceed as near te Pugblo as possible. Motor ear trucks them will be used to trams- port the reliet supplics inte Paeblo. A foree of rangers will go along to prepare the roads for the metor tramsport. “Kill the looters,” was the inwtruction Col. Hamerock gave his men as they prepared for the journmey to Pucblo. The colonel ordered Maj. R. H. Jancke to take charge of the rangers in Pueblo. “We have no time to make arrests,” said the colomel. man found looting will be shot.” The seliet traln will carry supplies suficient te eare for 1,500 men for three days. $ Col. Hamereck alse erdered all available troops from Camen Olty to Pueble. : “I will have fifteen hundred men patrolling the streets of Pyeblo by daylight tomorrow,” sald Col. Hameroek. i “Amny | Trains Overturned, Scores Marooned as.Rush- ’ tomorre g WaerCary ey B An TS CONFIDENGE PRESENT HOTORS O ™ | INWIRTHREGINE - TO VALLEYFORGE swept through Pucblo last night and today and caused deaths!Reichstag Approves Action Passes Through Baltimore that may total 500 and property damage in excess of $10,000,000,1 on Allied Ultimatum and Unrecognized and Lunches according to the fiawnw reports that can be gathered as the| Silesian Attitude. by Roadside, portion of Pueblo was under six to eight flood recedes. The whole business : feet of water this morning but by afternoon the flood had begun FRANCE SEES GOOD WILL |PLAYS GOLF ON ARRIVAL to recede, disclosing a scene of devastation. ; To add to the horror of last night, lightning set fire to half If Tangible Proofs Continue Min-|Party Occupies Revolutionary 0f- a dozen ‘buildings in the center of the city. Firemen could not!" jiper of War Wikl Xeep ol i ot i reach the scene, and they would have been helPIcss if they could, s 'Qw’hx. o m‘ 3 for the flood had already cut off water service as well as the Rhin XKnox's Home. electric lights. : o 4 At the same time the rising flood overturned two trains filled| menrgy, jyne 4—rne & R with passer‘lgérs: P4 & x:::fll confidence fo.the govern-| The railroad yards were left filled with mud coveréd debris [ THELG Ms and broken and overturned equipment, urryi.ng. the damages to n#n,. il i more than a million dollars.- Business houses inside and out were e vote of confidence was on the e i brick |3%estion- on - approval of ihe: Wirth covered with the same slimy mud, and in many cases even brick | government's recent ‘dectaration re- buildings were undermined and wrecked. Frame buildings in :::Jns tulfiliment of the allied ultima- the path of the flood were swept away, in many cases Carrying| 4" uecond section of the sme reso- ir i i 3 lution dealing with the government's their inhabitants. In the grip of disaster all Pueblo seemed stunned today. All :;"':l;: l:]:':r‘l’“th;:m’ iu]::,.. day long refugees, dazed and seemingly not knowing w'hat to A'iO. straggled about the mud covered streets. Mothers with babies in their arms, mothers whose arms werée empty, old men and By the Associated Press. BY the Amaciated Pryss. _VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 4.—Mak-~ ieg his first pleasure trip away from Washington since “his: inkhgumtin \Fresident Hardinig motored to Valley Forge today for a Sunday's vigit &t the coyptry estate of Seidtor Philan- der C. Rnox. The President set oist on his journey in true holiday style, even bringing his lunch and eating it jike any other motor tourist along the wayside; but the responsibilities of his posigion were not long in overtaking him. Be- fore he had been a. half hour at his destination he had shaken hands with several hundred school children, who came to serenade him, and had prom- ised to make a public address tomor- France Decides to Accept Wirth’s _IN COLORAD! [ Member of the Associated Press crédited to it or w3t stherwive credite o tils Ail rights of publication of special dispatches berein sre slso reserved. Press is exclusively entitied to blication of all news dispatches the local news publisied acrein. ADO FLOOD (=¥) RS\I(STENT E PERUR Thinking Wife Forgot Flowers for Baby’s ‘Grave, He Kills Her By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jume &—Because he belleved she had forgotten to place Sowers en their baby’s srave, Albert Beardsiey of M rose Park, killed his estranged wife, Mra. Alice Beardsley, aged alneteen, following a quarrel on the street today and Become Staggering. :hnfl-tl::-d!.le“h- ABMIT FAILURE vTfl CcuTt —— |CONFIRMATION IN SENATE ment of the board of education of the Distriet of Columbia by the Presi- dent, instead of by the justices of the District Supreme Court, is to be in- troduced by Senator Capper of Kan- sas tomorrow, the senator suid last night. The bill will provide also for REPUBLIGANS FEAR | HUGE MONEY BLLS | Campaign Economy Pledges Cause Alarm as Figures WANTS PRESIDENT TOAPPOINT BOARD |Senator Capper to Present Measure for Selection of D. C. Education Body. Made by Special School In- quiry Cotimaitfee. - =T Vot Republican senators and nyre-fih- tives are becoming more and mors ‘e3- ercised because of the apparent sly- Puw 'or Noflh E"d Of c“y siveness of the “economy” in govern- m Be Shut Down TUeS" ment expenditures, which was prode i8ed the people by the republican party i Quring the natfonal campaign last sum- day Morning. mer and fall. - the confirmation of the members so As week after week of the présent| Thousands of residents across the iappointed by the Senate. Congress has rolled by the appropria-| . &na of the.- cit; : - city were appealed Board’s Size Ui tions have rolled up in staggering 18- | 1o 125¢ night by J. S. Garland, super-| > e e i - In offering this bill, Senator Capper ures and promise to continue to do so { intendent of the water department, to{ unless a determined halt is -called. majority. 1919 CLASS NOT NEEDED. women and people of every description wande.red abosxt until gathered up and taken to a headquarters established this after- noon by the Red Cross. There they were fed and alloy\'ed. to rest. \\'i'th everything swept away but the clothes on their backs and the few things they carried in little l?undles, many moaned and cried, while others tried to find relatives and friends. The courthouse was thrown open and served as a canteen and hospital. St. Mary’s Hospital, one of the principal hospitals in the city, was cut off by the Arkansas river wate brought equipment from it to the given the injured and dying. ers and volunteer workers today courthouse, where aid could be All morning motor cars moved up Main street carrying bodies on the fenders, every body covered. with mud. Rescue Parties Brave Death in Efforts to Save Women Harrowing experiences came to rescue parties as well as those they tried to reach. Friday night W. S. Hopkins of Denver, state Y. M. C. A secretary, here to open 2 ‘member- ship drive, and Clark .Jantsen, as- sistant boys’ secretary, attempted to reach two megro women stranded in a tree top five blocks from the heart of the business district. Theif boat was caugat in the swift current and both men were thrown into thre water. Jantzen succeeded n getting, out Quickly, but Hopkins was in the water more than an hour. ° 3. B. Roberts and Robert Wayland, prominent business men,, volunteered to take a boat and attempt to reach two women whose calls could be heard in the.darkness.. After much ' difficulty they found one, a girl of ‘ninsteen; Mary McAllester. clinging a power wire and suspended in the :?filrl‘l’n: water. She was taken into the boat. They succeeded in getting the older woman into the boat, but she gave a lurch and the occupants of the boat.fell into the waters. After a struggle Ropberts and Wayland, with the girl, managed to scramble onto the roof of a floating house. The mother was lost. The trio floated until they reached water in which ihey could wade with safety. ‘Stranded in Her Home. Among the refugees an' aged Mex- feap woman cried for some one to Eo ter her daughter, stranded in, their ::-e In hands she clasped a her ‘Bungle of clothes and a pound of but- | o ter.. The house was nearly covered with water and no one would risk-the attempt at rescue. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Verhofsted, far past middle age, were typical of many of the unfortunates. Fleeing before the rush of water, they had nothing but the clothes on their backs and a small box of valuables. “An@ 1 just bought a $135 phon graph yesterday,” wailed- Mrs. Vel nofsted. 7 . Joseph Rosen, clothing merchant, narrowly escaped death. Like most of the-merchants, he was in his shop| at Maln and 2d streets attempting to save his stock. The flood waters from the Arkansas river rushed up Main $treet so quickly he could not escape. In, a desperate effort Rosen broke through a transom over the show window. Men across the street shout- ed to rescuers on the.second floor, who lowered a rope and hauled Rosen to safety. Wades Water Waist Deep. Deputy United States Marshal H. B. Mcintire of Denver was another who had an excKing éxperience. At 11 p.m. he returned to the Federal building after having fifed a newspaper dis- patch to a Denver newspaper. As he had waded water an jn¢h.or more deep he attempted to change foot- gear, but before he could do it water five inches deep was inside the: build- ing.” In a few minutes more he and Postmaster S. S. Bellefield waded water waist deep in the lobby to safety. Twenty-five girls are marooned in the Y. W. C. A. building, which was in the direct path of the water. 'One whole section of the Pryor furniture downtown district, was carried away when struck by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa way loading shed which was -swept from its foundation by the-flood. The Y. M. C. A. tonight was hous- ing refugees and issuing food cards. ‘Nothing is being sold without per- m its, - ‘The military force continued in charge .of .the situation tonight. Prisoners in the city jail on the ground floors Were hauled to safety by ropes dropped from the second oor. Lives Lost on Traim. On the Denver and Rio Grand the known dead lngbnflflél'i:’nn, switch foreman; J. E. ngqohn. en- gineer, and “Dutch” Haines. 1 Twenty telegraph operators were marooned during-the flood in the G“Il: patcher’s office of the "Atchison, peka ;nd the vy | Fne Bovih Unidn avente brides and a_railroad_bridge. two blocks below 1 Agter, ctecn éity and resching |Mre. Harding strolied along the! river an’ u&?: lt.’:.“_fi _feet, : bank and picked & boquel :.! ‘d:‘u > apparently | gnd anemone. and the LT T prea P ] b and & lane, ne U, = Joluma ¢ P New Program Provisionally. By Cable to The Btar and New York Tribune. = Cop; 192 yright, 1 PARIS, June 4.—Despite the reserva- tion on Silesia and the Rhine customs in Chancellor Wirth’s speech in the reichstag, which somewhat weakened it'’s tone, it is more and more clear that France is momentarily inclined to give Germany the benefit of the doubt and accept provisionally the program the new chancellor offers at it's face value and hope for the best. - Minister of War Barthou announced today, on_his return from a visit to the Rhine lind, that the class of 1919, which .was suddenly called up by Briand, is now preparing to demobil- ize. A “If Germany continues to give tangible proof of her good will,” Bar- thou' said, ** the entire class will re- turn home at the end of the month.” ‘The class-is composed of about 150,000 tweny-year-olds, whereof many gave up ‘their studies and vo- cations, when the premier sent out the mobilization order from London on the night of May 1. Dr. Wirth's promises change the situation and make the 1919 ‘class a ‘superfluous force on the Rhine. The regular units of Degoutte’s army continue on the Rhine:. For fear his word might be misinterpreted in Germany Barthou issued a formal statement saying: “The: Rhine army is ready for ac- tion to obtain guarantees for France and for the defense of her rights. Always with this background France is safe in accepting the reichstag utterances.” e = The press, likewise, accepts the sincerity of. Dr. Barthou's declarations. BOY' FALLS FEET T0 DEATH-FROM PLANE Roy Scott Planned to Make Para- chute Leap as Substitute for Man Who Declined. By the Associated Press. DOTHAN; Ala., June 4.—Roy Scott, nineteen, of. Headland, Ala, was instantly killed 2t 7 o'clock to- night. when Heé fell 2,000 feet: from the airplane of Max Fortners,' local aviator, two and one-half miles from Dothan. " YoungScott éame to Dothan: today in company with Irwin Cutchins, also of Headland, who was to make a Tow at the Washington Memorial Chapel at the historic Valley Froge camping grounds. B Accompanied by. Mrs. Harding, Sen- ator Knox, Secretary Christian and Brig. Gen. Sawyer. his physician, the President left Washington at 8:30 this morning and arrived at the Knox home at 3:15 p.m. after an uneventful 1140-mile run over the Maryland and Pennsylyania pikes. An hour after his arriva] he got away for a golf game at the Phoenixville Country Cifib and then spent the evemipg quietly with his host. Lunch With Gevernor. Besides attending the memorlal chapel services tomorrow, the Pre$i- dent and his-party will lunch_at the Knox home, with Senator Penrose and Gov. Sproul of this state. Along most of the way here from the capital, the big limousine bearipg the presidential coat of arms passed unnoticed in the stream of varled traffic. Tt threaded a path throu."h the downtown section of Baltimore without receiving a single sign of recognition from street crowds, ¥nd went through many smaller villages which appeared similarly unaware of their distinguished visitor. During the. latter part of the jour- ney, however, an increasing number of people were waiting at the towns along the way to cheer the President, and in several places school children lined the streets and pelted the presi- dential party wjth Tlowers as. it passed. I Antos Parked Along Road. - A half dozen of the Pennsylvania towns dn the route were decked in flags, and ‘at the end of the trip here the President’s car ran between Icng lines of parked automobiles which- screeched a welcome as He came along. E The stop for lunch was made at 11:30, where the roadway swings close to the Susquehanna river near Conowingo, Md. The veranda of a little tes house .overlooking the Sus- *{quehanna rapids was chosen for the pignic. grounds and the president and the -members of his party sat for an hour about a table there'munching on the ‘sandwiches and other bicnie dishes brought from the White House: kitch- an in. a big- hamper slung behind & ‘secret service-car. Only & few peo- ple knew of the presence of the chief executive and the meal ‘was finished without interruption. e "Afterward the President lingered pup, tied to the ted house gate, whil ve water in their homes from 10 iis following out the recommenda- s iSome of “the republican members|o. i .y Tuesday morning until further ] tions of the special committee of the frankly are admitting that even & be- |, ;.. gioning in a curtailment of expeadi. tures has_ yet to be made, and some of them are wondering what is go- One of the two pumps at the Reno reservoir is badly in need of repatr, Mr. Garland explained, and will be ! Senate which investigated the public | achools of the District last year, and {also’is acting in conformity with the { expressed desire of the justices of. the ing to happen.to them in the elections | yyo. g0 P Sl TR L obly winl | District Supreme Court that they be next year, if steps are not taken 10, nree or four days before the pump | Télieved of the duty of making these cut down these expenditures. B eI asvice: appoifitments. The Capper measure 1 will not change the present size cf pet and feed & little bull terrier| Huge Appropriation Increases. The naval appropriation bill,_ as it passed the Senate, is ‘approximately $100,000,000" larger than it was when it passed the House, mearly half a billion dollars all: told. It .is abeut $60,000,000 greater than was the naval appropriation act for the fiscal year now ending. The Army "appropriation bill, ‘which is to come before the Senate this week, carries in the neighborhood ‘of $335,000,000. 1 The second deficiency bill which has just passed the Senate, carries dbout $150,000,000, including millions of.dol- lars for the Shipping Board, which| was the subject of severe attack by Senator Kenyon of lowa and others, who declared that the Shipping Board is wasting millions - of “dollars each ‘month. Basking oa Budget BilL Just where the promised cut in ex- penditures is to come has not yet ’ueeh‘ made clear, it' is said. The republi- Mr. Garland made it clear that lhe¥ people in the area served by the Reno reservoir ‘will get water, but that it will be safer for the community not to use any more water than is neces- sary while only one pump is in opera- tion. . The territory affected extends fromy 10th street and ‘Michigan avenue in Brookland around the Soldiers’ ome, | the section north of Rock Creek Church road; also between Georgia avenue and the western boundary of Rock Creek Park, and north of Shep- herd street; also between the western boundary of Rock Creek Park and 50th street and north of Calvert street. Mr. Garland has requested’ Walter Reed Hospital not. to use the swim- ming pools there during the time the pump 1s out of service. ’ POSSE AND BLOODHOUNDS SEEK WOMAN'S SLAYERS cans, however, are banking upon the | Threaten Lynching Men Who- Kill- newly ~enacted nationai : budget bill and the coming regrganization of the|. executivg departments ‘to work for economy _of expenditure.. ¥ At the same time thajthese large appropriatioss ‘are befng - made, -the veterans of, the. world_war are press. ing for bonus legislation. The $25,000000 which .must come out of the revenues.of this country. The demotrats in the Senate and House have not been slow to’ criticise large appropriations of funds’, e Blame Former ‘Administration. One reason givew for-the large.ap- propriations 1 They- are. saying .now June 4. —While filming & bull fight near Kere today, _ Colam- | p150dshounds bian treaty has been ratificd by the|mve shot and killed Senate, ‘aggeeing to pay t6 Colombia|gweeney, wife of the by the republicans is’thel _of. ‘claims jand ‘other wan ex-. penditures left: them' by the Tast ad- wha ed Manager's Wife With " Shotgun. . MEMPHIS, Tenn.. June ¢.—FPosses of officers from' both Arkansas and Tennessee “tonight are trailing with negroes believed to Mrs. B. C. manager of the Mound “City, Ark. mill of the East ‘Arkansas Shingle and Lumber Company, in her:tent at a logging camp of the conmipany, four' miles the republicans for. the ~continuiig|erom Memiphis, on the Arkansas side government o¢. the ‘Misnissipp!“river, iate today. Feelipg in_Crittenden county. is run- ning_ high over the killing of Mrs. Sweeney, and workers at the camp ghreaten. 2. Iynching-if the suspected Tnegroes are cdught. « S "~ “NEgro'-employes~at’ the camp are suspedted. of killing Mrs. Sweeney, “Was “shot from ambush with's a mumber of articles, ineluding a re- ‘| volver which Mrs. “Sweeney was kngwn_to have been carrying, were 1Mru. ‘Sweeney. was alone in the“camp,_at the -time, her’ husband Neving come to Memphis on busi- {puppy became warm friends; and the!charged and-'tosséd’ by a:young-bull|negro employe of the camp,’who re- s { By to the mill of the coinpany. | | 1 Hagerstown, Md. jthe board of education, but will merely amend the existing law re- lating to the appointment of the board | 50 as to transfer the appointing power to the President. Representative Focht, chairman of the House District committee, has re- cently offered a bill providing for the appointment. of the board of educa- tion by the District Commissioners. Senator Capper said last night that he ‘believed ‘the appointments should be made by the President and con- firmed by the Senate. He ‘is chair- man of the subcommittee on'schools of the Senate District committee, which has recently made .an investi- gation of the needs of the schools, 50 far as additional bulldings and playgrounds are concerned. Approves Appropristien. -He expressed himself as well pleas- ed with the recent action; of the Sen- ate in_adopting the Curtis amend- ment to the second deficiency bill, providing more than a million and a half dollars for mew school buildings and playgrounds. His subcommittee plans 1o make a personal inspection 1ot the ‘schools as soon 23 opportunity is found. 'WIFE UNDER INDICTMENT FOR MURDER IS ARRESTED By the Associated Press. S NEW YORK, June 4—Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber of Cleveland, Ohio, indicted for the murder of her hus- band, Daniel, wealthy publisher, was arrested tonight and -taken ‘to police headquarters. “Detectives found Mrs. Kaber in the home of Mrs. Verona Smith, on the upper West Side. ABERDEEN VICTIM DIES. Lieut. Carl §. Eliason Sixth to Suc- cumb to Injuries. . Lieut. Carl ‘G, Eliason, one of the explosion.’ of,/an' aerial bomb at the Aberdeen proving ground Tuesdsy morn- PORTER DISARMING PROPOSAL AGREED ONBY REPUBLICANS | | | bers Approve Substituté for Borah Plan. BACKS HARDING VIEWS - AND HAS HIS SUPPORT Definite Aims Expressed and Would Make President Head of Peace Movement. A joint resolution “concurring 54 the declared purpose of the Presiden: of the United States to call an inter- mational conference to limit arma- ments,” was agreed upon yesterdav by republican members of the Hou- foreign affairs committee, as a subst!- tute for the Borah disarmament amend- ment to the naval appropriation bill The text was drafted by CRairmar Porter after a conference with Presc- ident Harding at the White House Friday night and is believed to have met with his approval. It will be in- troduced tomorrow, and while its passage may be somewhat delayed,. it is intended to convey to House con- ferees on the naval bill the attitude of the House on the whole question of disarmament. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, who discussed the proposal with Chairman Porter Friday, met with republican committeemen and talked over the mode of procedurs. President Would Be Leader. In the dozen or more disarmament resolutions introduced heretofore in the House, the phraseology was quite different from that finally agreed upon by the foreign affairs commit- tee. Some of them “directed.” “re quested” or “urged” the President to call a conference of the nations, others “expressing the hope” that he would do s0. In the final form, howewer, the Predilift would” actually be placed at the head of the movement, with Congress expressing “its full concurrence” in his declaration, =mw set forth fn an address to Congress “that we are ready to co-operate with other .nations to approximate dis armament, but merest prudence for bids that we disarm alone.” Text of Resolution. The resolution follows: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- sembled, that the Congress hereby expresses its full concurrence in the declaration of the President in his address to Congress on April 12, 1921, that ‘we are ready to co-operate with other nations to approximate disarm- ament, but merest prudence forbids that we disarm alone,’ and further fully concurs in his declared purpose and intention to call an international conference to consider the limitation of armaments with a view to lessen materially the burden of expendi- tures and the menace of war, that for the expenses preliminary to and in connection with the holding of such conference, the sum of $100,- 000, to be expended under the direc- tion of the President, is hereby ap- propriated.” Will Hasten Action. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the republican leader, said that with Jhe various views on the subject it had Béen thought best to have the foreign affgirs committes, in touch with the situation abroad and with the administration, out- line what it construed to be the wisest policy at the moment. While the reso- lution itself will not be binding on the conferees, Mr. Mondell said, it would serve to “give them judicial notice”-as to the feeling and attitude of the House. The naval bill, as returned from the Senate, will be called up tomorrow undpr a rule which will give it privileged staths and immediate consideration. Mr. Mon- dell said the conferees to be named: by Speaker Gillett would not be instructed on the Borah amendment, but that_the resolution, while still leaving them fres to act as they saw fit, could hardly be ignored, considering the agencies com- cerned in its preparation. ket Although the resolution made no ref- l | ence to land or sea armaments, Mr. - Porter said both were included under the broad and general term. LANE MEMORIAL SERVICE. duct Ceremony This Afternoon. * Memorial services for the late Franklin K. Lane, former Secretary of the Interior, will be held this &ft= ernoon ‘st ‘4 oclock at St. John's Episcopal Church, 16th and H streets. - Rey. Roland Cotton-Smith, paster of the church, a close friend of Mr. Lane for many years, has retlufl_ to ' Washington from his extended Jeave - of absence to conduct tmems services. The ceremony will be short, consisting principally of a musiest program. 3 ~A caordisl invitation has been &< ténded to all who wish to attend & services, but it has been requ that no flowers be sent to the churel, ing, died Jast ‘night .? ‘Walter npoa é ‘ox"" GOLDEN NEAR DEATE, " Lieut. Mliason is the sixth- the tragedy’'to miccumb to his iajuries. ‘His'body will be taken vietim of || NBW YORK., ‘to"his homs at | ¢ile Workers of America. who rece June 4.—Physicians late today abandoned hope for Joham president of the United Tex- suffered a breakdown from ove! oL o be ceg Lis Lo nat e cadh