Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1916, Page 1

Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Bee or to Anyone Connected With The Bee, HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TWENTY-FOUR DEAD IN PARIS FROM AIR RAID | | Fire Engines and Squads Trumpeters. Go Through City Sounding Alarm When Noise Fills Sky. DOZEN BOMBS ARE DROPPED Twenty-Seven Reported Wounded by Missiles Hurled from Aircraft, DAMAGE DON}Z ;‘0 PROPERTY BULLETIN. PARIS, Jan. 80.—Twenty-four persons were killed and twenty-seven injured in the Zeppelin raid over Paris Saturday night, according to an official statement given out to- day. Ten of the wounded were placed in hospitals, owing to the severity of their hurts. PARIS, Jan. 30.--Paris has just been completely darkened in antici- pation of a Zeppelin raid. Fire en- sines and squads of trumpeters are going through the city sounding the “larm Searchlights also are in operation and the noise of aeroplanes is heard in several directions, but as vet the sound of only two shots lias been heard. It is uncertain whether the shots came from ap- proaching Zeppe'ins or were those of anti-aircralt guus, A Zeppelin was heard over Paris at 9:20 o'clock, and shortly after two bombs were dropped, injuring ten persons. It has been learned that about a dozeri bomibs were dropped in all,| killing ten persons and wounding thirty. LONDON, Jan. 30.—A dispateh | to Reuiers’ 7 am company from ' Peris states that a Zeppelin dropped ! bomls ou Paris at 10 o’clock la: id night. The dispatch states that| there were some victims and dam-| age to property. . { Two Janitors Work 1 8y LINCOLYN, Jan. 30.—(Special.)—One of | those great questions of state which may | be of importance is now up to the board ! which has in charge the state house. It | involves the work of the janitors. 4 The statement has been made to tha | board that some of the janitors work too long and that others do not work long | enough. Another mmplm comes thctl two Mmen are drawing " man's pay.) The latter complaint is considerably | different than 'sometimes heard where | one man draws two mens' pay, but! In this case it is alleged that two| students draw the pay of one janitor and | “Mjvido the work. The complaint is that | these two young men are compelled xo} do more than the work of one janitor. This bas brought on a difference of opinion between Head Janitor Berg and State Treasurer Hall, the former declar- Jng that he is ghort one man and the #late treasurer declaring that the janitors are long one man. Thus the harmony | which has prevailed among the state of- | ficers has now been comtracted by the | Junitors and it is not known where it} will all end. | Tt is pretty well known that the janitor force puts In mighty long hours and if | anybody in the stato house earns their | salaries this winter it is the janitors.. Pity the Poor Farmer Not by Whole Jugf MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia. Jan. %.—| (Special )—"Hey; there! Don't you want to earn a quarter by shoveling the snow from the sidewalk?’ said one of the young bank eclerks to & moderately dressed stranger in front of the bank here as the bank opened this morning. “Yes, said the stranger and he took the shovel and did a fine job of work. Then he went into the bank and was Wiven the quarter, after which he laid down 32600 In crisp bills,\to pay off a note not yet due. The farmer remarked that he had no use for the money just new, and would like to meet his obliga- tions & little in advance, The bank clerk collapsed. The Weéther Temperature at Umaha Vesterday. ' :(nur De, a 1 H | 3 ~4i m - b saresu-BHSenas Lorperovaserrre §333888: 39888 h 02 inch = lucnes !rwwu m;vl r.:h day.. otal rain nce Marc) De ncy since flnrch 1 inel ) cy for cor. perlod. 1914. 2.49 inches clency for cor. period, 1913. 6.62 inches [‘I::llauo below ’vm I ipdicates trace of precipitation L. A WELS | swept by i @ l 'STORM CONDITIONSIN MOUNTAINS BETTER Railroad and Wire Communication in Rockies Shows Marked Improvement of |HEAVY SNOWS IN NORTHWEST | DENVER, Colo., Jan. 30.—Storm conditions in the Rocky mountain states, * which for two days were rain and from the Mexican to the Canadian border, showed marked improvement toda; According to advices received here there had been no loss of life. The most serious property damage was indicated in the vicinity of Phoenix and Yuma, Ariz., where the Gila, Salt and Colorado rivers were at flood stages. Phoentx estimates placed the damage in that region at $500,000. 4 Railroad and wire communication which was seriously showed gradual improvement to- night. Overland trains from the west were reported twelve hours ' late owing to flood conditions in south- ern California and Arizona and heavy snows in the Rocky mountain states. Cheyenne reported no trains from the west had reached there today, and snow was drifting badly in southwestern Wyom'ng snow wific Delayed. Slides continued in the Telluride and Silverton, Colo., region, but early tonight no loss of life was reported. Overland traffic on the Denver & Rio Grande which crosses the cont nental divide near Lead- | ville was serlously delayed. Reports from Yuma, Ariz were the Colorado river had passed the twenty- five foot stage and was rising about one foot an hour, with the crest of the high waters two days away. Merchants were moving their stocks to higher ground and ranchers were driving live stock from lowlands hitherto considered immune from tloods. Reclamation officials said they hoped to hold the Yuma valley levees, just re- buflt, but expressed doubt as to whether those on the California side would with- stand the rise. Every available man was being pressed into service for strengthen- ing the levees. No word had been received from the Imperial valley since early morn- ing when the last wire to Yuma went lown. Phoenix advices described the storm which ended today, the worst In eleven years. The Arizona capital was cut off - from rail communication by washing out of bridges on the Southern | Pacific ana Atchison, Topeka & Santa|Dumber of years and when C. L. | Fe rafiroads. Twelve teet of water was| Mather, mayor of Benson, issued or- | roshing over the spillways of the Roose- | dary t] velt dam and ‘the Gla “anfSalt vera ‘Were at flood stage, hut receding. Snow In Northwest. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 3.—The heavy fall of snow in many sections of the northwest during the last three days has seriously interfered with train serv- ice, blocked street traffic, in many towns and made wire communication uncer- tain, aceording to reports received here tonight. Trains from the western coast arrived in the Twin Cities, several hours ate. Railroads are experiencing the greatest diffieulty in operating traing in North Dakota, where the spow in some sections reported to have drifted to a depth of ten to twenty feet. Ambrose, N. D, and other nearby towns have been ten days without railroad serv- jce and report that the fuel supplies are becoming extremely Tow. Low temperatures prevall in Montana, where huge drifts and snow slides have demoralized rallroad traffic. Not fn a score of years has the state been in the grip of so severe a storm, reports say. Catches Pneumonia On 102nd Birthday And Death Results SIOUX FALLS, 8 D, Jan. %0.—(Spe- cial)—At the home of her dsughter in Toronto occurred the death of Mrs, Karl A. Mundahl, aged 102, the most aged per- son in Bouth Dakota and one of the oldest in the northwest. She celebrated her 1024 birthday anni- versary only a few days ago. On that day she econtracted pneumonia and her death resujted. She was born in Norway in January, 1814 At the age of 28 she wi married. The husband died many rs ago. Of their three chien two are lving, these being John and Britta Mundah! of Toronto. For the last four years the aged woman had been confined to her bed on account of an injury she received, but otherwise was in good mental and physical condi- tion until afflieted with pneumonia on her 102d birthday. In addition to the son and daughter, she is survived by five grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchlldren iBritish Officials See French Chiefs %.—A commission consist- PARIS, Jan. ertson, General Du Cane Ian McPherson and Colonel Arthur Lee arrived here from London last night to discuss with Albert Thomas, under secretary of war, and his assoclate experts the subject of speeding up the production of munitions and eloser co-operation between Great Britain and France. SWISS REGRET RIOTS AGAINST THE GERMANS BERLIN, Jan. 3.~—(Via London.)—The Swiss minister called at the Joreign office today and expressed the regret of his out- the German flag over the consulate was torn government over the anti-German | break In Lausanne, during which down. The German government | pressed thanks for Switzerland's prompt H, Local Forecaster. | dction and the lucideut was closed. faterrupted | OMAHA, MONDAY FUTURE When Em nephew A ; AND g-Joseph | | [ MORNING, JANUARY 31, EMPRESS OF AUSTRL of Austria passes away, his Archduchess Zita, wife of the ONE ARREST MADE | IN BENSON SUNDAY E. H, Tindell Put in Durance Vile for Selling a Bee Against Order of Mayor. TEST IS TC BE MADE ON ORDER Ernest H. Tindell, who conducts & news stand at 2903 Military ave- nue, Benson, must stand trial before Police Judge Fred Bailey of Benson at 9 o’clock this morning for selling a Bee on Sunday. Mr. Tindell has run a cigar and news stand at the main intersection of Benson for a very store in shauld be closed Tinde Mather lesued orders that ing anything in the village should be ar- AMERICAN LINER Philadelphia Collides with British Steamer and Puts Back Into Mersey. EXTENT OF LAMAGE UNKNOWN LONDON, Jan. 30.—The Ameri- can line steamer Philadelphia has been in collision with the Liverpool steamer Benlee twelve miles south of Carnarvon Bay. Lloyds reports the Philadelphia putting back into the Mersey, the extent of the damage to it being unknown. The Benlee was waterlogged, but its crew was rescued, ! The collision hetween the. Benlee and the Philadelphia, which was out- ward bound from Liverpool for New rested. Chief of Police Hughes went into Tindell's place and after watching him make the sale of The Bee and other sales, arrested him. The mayor and chief then went the rounds of other stores, but found that all were obeying the order, It 1o understood, however, that seven- teen of the merchants of Benson have signed an agreement to test the law and that they will have someocne iviolate the law to make a test case. Whether they will stand back of the arrest made yes- terday to make the test has not been determined. {Price of Pound of Radium Over Nine Millions of Dollars WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—More than {$9,0000000 a pound would be the price sked for radium were that quantity of | the valuable metal available and for sale at one time. Late in 1915 there was sold in this country one and one-tenth grams of radium (element) at the rate of §120,000 a gram, according te @ report issued to- day by the United States Geological sur- vey. The entire output of ‘the United States last year, however, was only six grams, or about one-seventy-sixth of a pound avolrdupois. The European war caused a great slump in the production of radium, as in 1914 there were 233 grams produced. .. “The United States has the largest known radlum-bearing deposits in the world,” says the geological survey, “but the market for radium is mdstly in Eu- rope, for, although Americans like to feel that they are sufficlently progressive to take hold of and use ta the full new dis- coveries, inventions and processes, yet the Buropean municipalities and hospitals have been buying and utilizing most « | the radium produced. When the war be- #an, therefore, eausing European money to flow into other channcls, the demand for radium fell.off so greatly that there was practically no market for radium or uranium ores in the early part of 1915, and very little market during any part of the year.” | As a result of the collay | market, mining of raf gn-bclrlnx ores ‘exe-m for such work as Was necessary to hold claims, was nearly stopped. Through the efforts of the experts of the United States bureau of mines a process has been developed by which radium has boen produced at & cost of $37,68 a gram. The of the radium ~—6!ing of David Lloyd George, minister of | principal fields of the radium-bearing ores ‘"4 | munitions; Andrew Bonar Law, secretary | aro in Colorado and Utah. |for the colonies; General Sir Willlam Rob- BANDITS WHO KIDNAPED EL PASO, Tex., Jan, 3—General Miguel Pearson, western Chihushua, and Lis band of about 125 men, was attacked by | Mexican ranchers of Cocomorachic, in ths Guerrero district, a lost all of their horses, rifles and ammunition, according 10 & report reaching the border today. The ranchers reported fourteen Mexican girls had been kidnaped by the bandits. After two days’ ride, the ranchers sur- prised the bandits and opened fire. The bandits were unable to reach their mounts and rifles, according to the re sort and after about forty of the handits had been killed, the others fled. About ity ranchers were sald to have been in the attacking party | GIRLS ARE DEFEATED| , former Villa commander of | York, oceurred about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night. ily became waterlogged. Its crew was rescued by the Cork steamship Bandon and landed at Holy Head. One seaman on the Benlee was badly injured. The Philadelphia sustained considerable damage to its upper structure. Carnarvon is on the Welsh coast, forming virtually a part of St. George's channel, only a short dis- tance to the south of the point where the channel joine the Irish Sea. Hears Same Day His Lost Brother Found And Another Dead SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Jan. 30.—~(Spe- clal.)—James M. Nell, a Bioux Falls busi- ness man, had the unusial experience to lose a brother by death on the same day that he recelvag word from another brother who had not been heard from for & period of thirty years, and who had long since been given up by his relatives as dead, The first telegram received by Mr. Neil told of the death in New York state of Mr. Nell's brother David, and the second telegram brought word of 'his youngest brother, Thomas H. Nell, who came to Sfoux Falls with his brother James over thirty years ago. He is located in Montana. ‘The brother David who died in New York 'state served five years in the regu- lar army in the west under General Crook and he was one of the detachment that helped bury the soldier dead on the Cus- ter battelfield within @ day or two after the massacre of General Custer and the greater part of his command in Montana on June 25, 1876, Two Men Burned by Powder Flare Dead MILMINGTON, Del, Jan. #.—Two of the seven men burned in the explosion and powder flare at the Carney's Point, N. J., works of the DuPont Powder com- pany. last night, died today at the hos- pital, while three others are in & serious condition and death is expected, The dead LAWRFNCY HOLT, Camden, N. J FREDERICK FITZ, Reading P» Not expected to recover Willlam Wallace, Hedley, Pa J. E. Williams, address unknown Fred Starling, address unknown The other two are only slightly Jured In- ' Van Dyke Protest The Seizure of Mail NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—An informal protest against the seizsure of mail from the Holland-America line steamship Rot- terdam, by British authorities on the Downs, was filed with the boarding of- ficers States ! was pon the @rival of the vessel here to- WILSON TELLS | OFHIS FAITHIN | NATION IN PERIL " BENIND FLOODS; | sounded the keynote IS HURT BY CRASH J The Benlee speed-! by . Henry Van Dyke, United | r 1o The Netherlands, who jger aboard the steamer, V] 1916—TEN PAGES, | | THE ALIEN BORN President, in Letter to Be Read Before Meeting of Teutons, Sounds Keynote of Mil- waukee Speech. PLEAD PE)R % AMERICANISM ecutive, in Address in Wisconsin City, Will Urge All to Stand for U, 8. First. B2 WILL TALK FROM HIS TRAIN CLEVELAND, O n. 30— Presi- dent departed tonight for Milwaukee | where he plans to deliver one of his | most important speeches of his west- jern trip. He is belicve to have of his Mil- | waukee speech in a telegram sent to- {doy to Senator Ollies James of Ken- { tucky to be read at a moeting of Aus jtrians at New York. The telegram: eads May I not send my warmest greet- ing to the meeting, and will you no express of me my very deep confidence in the entirc loyalty and patriotism of the greal body of our fellow citizens who have strengthened and enriched America by adding their energy to our own out of the nations which have joined | their stocks to make a great Amer- |lea?” sincere ulation in Milwaukee, the president is ex- pected to urge all Americans, no matter where born. to stand for America first. He will also repeat his warning that the United States must be prepared because of the uncertainty of the International situation Speaks from Train. Before arriving in Milwaukee the presi- dent will deliver brief platform speeches at several Illinols and Wisconsin towns through which his train will pass. Mil- waukee will be reached at noon. At 1 . M. he will address ap ublic meeting in the for Chicago to speak The president and members of his party have been well pleased with the success of his meeting in Pittaburgh and Cleve- land. The arrangements have been kept trictly nonpartisan and republigand and | aemocrats ha ‘walooming him. ils demands ‘prevarednees have met with! warm responses from his audiences. | Advisérs of the president sald today that {in practically every apeech he will cone | tnue to the policy that the {United Btates may be drawn into the ! European struggle as the reason why he |believes the army and navy should be | strengthened without delay. . ! Notwithstanding the opposition of | Chalrman May of the house military af- |fairs committee and other congressional lers in Washington to the administra-~ tlon's continental army plan, President Wilson expeots to continue to support it, giving the reason that the nation need n trained reserve force under the author- llly of the federal government. Recelves Three Indisns, He has taken care, however, to sy the National Guard should also be strength- ened. Detalls of the army and navy are ident in his to the people. He has generalized saying a reserve army of at least 500,000 trained men, a larger navy and more coasf, defenses are needed. He Is teliing his audlences that the army and wavy plans have been carefully drawn up and that the judgment of the executlve should be trusted, With Mrs, Wilson, the president spent Sunday here quietly. They had an early breakfast in their sulte. At 11 o'clock {they motored five miles to the Buclid {Avenue Presbyterian church, where Rev. Alex McGaffin, an old friend of Mr. WiI- son, is the pastor. The president's plans ‘were not known in advance and only the usual congregation of the church saw him. At the request of the clergyman everyone remained seated until Mr. and | Mre, Wilson had left. This afternoon they took a long automobile ride and spent the evening in their suite, Urges Strength ing Gu | her room this morning and was given a Sweet grass blanket by Princess Go-wah- heah-doongwa of the Bt. Regis reserva- tion In New York., Chief Thundering- water and Chief Louls SBolomon stolidly shook hands with Mrs. Wilson. They sald they wanted to. meet her because they had heard she was descended from Poca- hontas. The president will arrive in Chicago at 6 p. m. tomorrew and after dining pri vately will address a mesting in the Audi- torfum. Tomorrow night will be spent in Chicago and then they go to Des Moines, | Kansas City and St. Louls. |Lincoln Eagles to Dedicate Building (From « Staff Correspodent.) | LINCOLN, Jan. %.—(Special.)~Lincoln | Eagles have completed their fine §75000 | bullding and on next Thursday evening | will dedicate it with a banquet to which members and thelr families and friends are invited The organimation in this city is a strong one and it is sald that their lodge | room is the finest of amy in the west. | The exercises will be in the nature of a banquet in which Chjef Justice Andrew | Morrissey of the supreme court will act as toastmaster and Governor Morehead, Sen- ator Mattes of' Nebraska City and Frank E. Herring, ane of the grand officers will be the principal speakers. Wire Commis- oner ell, Hotel Commissonur P, ¥ | Acke: with a committee of assistants have charge of the exercises. Chaplain ‘llu- Beschorner has charge of the re- | liglous exercises and | Because of the large forelan born pop- [ torium and will leave at 4 o'clock | tomorrow night. | Mrs, Wilson received three Indians in | ""“ mL. 'lfi.. 8o 'PRESIDENT SAYS | Comes to Proclaim that Perils Before Republic Are Infinite and Constant, PATIENCE ONLY WEAPON SO FAR CLEVELAND, O, Jan dent Wilson solaninly, 30.—Presi- speaking, as he said, warned the nation last . that the time 1tay come when cannot both keep the United States out of war and maintain its honor and declared that the coun- fry must be prepared to defend itself and be prepared at once “America is not afrald of any- body,” he sald, " I know I reflect your feelings and the feelings of all our citlzens, when 1 say that the only thing I am afraid of is not be- ing ready to perrorm my duty. | am afraid of the danger of shame. T am afraid of the danger of inade- quacy: I am afraid of the danger of not being able to express the correct character of this country, with tre- mendous might and effectiveness whenever we are called upon to act in the field of the world's affairs.” Cheerlug Tremendons, . The president spoke In Cleveland last night with more gravity and force than he he has shown during any of his previous addresses on preparedness. He was applauded frequently and when he spoke of defending the ¥ | honor, the cheering was tremendou “Let me tell you very solemnl. annot postpone this thing,” he & 1“1 do not know what a single | bring forth. | of some particular danger, "I merely wish to tell you that we [ ara daily treading amidst intricate dang- lers. The dengers that we are treading | amongst are not of our own making and | mot under our control. 1 think no man in the United States knows what a single | week, a single day, a single hour may | bring forth.” nor Dearer Than Peace, | Again and again the president spoke |of the nation's honor. He declared the |real man belleves his honor is dearer {than his life ana no nation's homor is | dearer than its peace and comfort. He |said, it had been difficult to keep the United States out of the war and felt h4 had proved he was a man of peace wien possible. | Regret that {Up In & campaign year was expressed by Mr. Wilson, "Lt us forget,” he sald, a_year of national elections. lesue, he sald, should have nothing to do with politics. © For the MWt time during His | ‘tour the president apoke of the navy 1 do not wish to leave you | with the impression that I am !h|nk|||l‘ the question has come | THE WEATHER. A Cloudy ™™/ SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, 'LOOTERS WORK DAM GOES OUT American Marines Ordered to Otay Valley to Suppress Ghouls While New Torrent Rushes Down. MORENA DIKE THOUGHT GONE Twenty-Nine Bodies, Some Muti- lated, Are Assembled by Rescue Crew. DEATH LIST ABOUT SIXTY SAN DIEGO (Via Rodio to San Francisco), Jan. 30.—Lotting des- cribed by Rear Admiral Willlam F. Fuallam, comanding the Pacific re- serve fleet, as “‘the worst I have ever Otay valley today, while sallors and marines from warships in San Diego bay tolled to recover the bodies of the fifty estimated vietims of the Lower Otay reservoir flood. At sundown twenty-nine bodies, some mutilated, had been gathered together. A new flood poured down the Tiajuan river today, standing four feet high near its mouth which is at the foot of San Diego bay. Officials here sald that it un- doubtedly Indicated the bursting of the Morena dam, sixty miles back in the hills. On a chance that the 50,000,000,000 gallons of water im- pounded by the dam would tear a new channel for the river across the , Coronado strand into the sea, resi- . dents of imperfal beach, a hamlet three miles north of the river on the Strand, were order to flee for their lives, Reports late last night that the cloud burst In San Luls bey and San Pas- aual valleys probably cost no more than ten lives, redyesd the probable total death list in this reglon to about sixty. Rodies Identified. | | Of the twen-nine bodies recovered in | the Otay valley only six have been iden- {tified. They are: BEGA, CARLOS, employe of the Daner! | Winery, DUBE, John JAMISON, rancer. Dube, Mrs. Margareth, his - GALLIGER, WILLIAM B, plpe man at Lower Otay dam. MOSBTO, JOSEPH, employe —Daneri Winery. MOSTO, ROSA, his daughter, The #ald, afe good in quality, but not in| quantity, ‘‘Some people say that the navy ranks second,” he declared, “but the experts agree it ranks fourth.” He added that it should be Increased. Among the. possible mources of danger mentioned by the 'president 'were the diffioulties grow! out of the protec- {tlont of Americans abroad and the obli- i #ation of the United States to maintain [the ifbertien of the people of the west- orn hemisphere. New Clreumstances Arise, New ecircumstances have arisen, Presl- dent Wilson declared today, which make |it absolutely necessary that this country should prepare for adequate national de- | fense, “We are in the midst of a world that 1we did not make and cannot alter,” the | president said. “Its whole atmospheric and physical conditions are the conditio) of our own life also; and, therefore, your responsible servant, I must tell you that the dangers are Infinite and con- stant, “I should feel that I was gullty of an unpardonable omission If I did not go out and tell my fellow countrymen that new circumstances have risen which make |1t adequately necessary that this country prepare herself for war, not for anything |for reasons not given. The destroyer |Lawrence moved down from its station ‘here and anchored off the mouth of the | Otay river, which stream ran bank full |after being dry for years. An overland expedition nlso was started from San Diego, with pontoons and en- | ineering equipment by which 1t was hoped swollen streams might be crossed and mired roads made passable. No word came back as to ita success, No one here knew tonlght what was go- ing on In the outside world or even as {near as Los Angeles. The wireleas; the |sole means of communication except by boat, could not begin to handle the busi- | nerg offered or even the press dispatches. 11t was Impossible even to estimate the amount of immediate relief work to be done because no word frof the strickes | valleys conveyed any idea of the number or plight of the survivors Filled for First Time, First reports of the Otay disaster reached here late Thursday. They told of anch houses washed away and of cattle and stock drowned. Investigation ap- peared to indicate exceptionally high water, and word came that the lower Otay dam was holding. This dam started 88 a reinforced concrete affair, was |changed above foundution line to a strip of riveted steel In concrete, as & back- bone for & lovse rock dam. Engineering ines throughout the country com- mented on it and said that when the |reservolr was full the test of the con- struction would come. The recent rains filled the reservolr for the first time. | Last night the flood, bearing human | bodies, with a frightful amount of wreck- |age, established, seemingly beyond all doubt, the collapse of the dam. From no other source, water have come. Rain continues here tonight. Russians Advance To Tigris Valley ATHENS (Via Parls), Jan. 9.—The Rus- slans are surrounding Erserum, from which ecity the Turkish authorities have fled, acoording to reports reaching here, A strong Russian column is advancing to the Tigris valley, the advices sald. engineers sald, could this ammunition. The Charles T. Westoott, ir., | valley. The sallors under | ten O'Brien of the Milwaukee, ters in the little brick school Otay City. The United States Lawrence acted as base ship pital squad from the Milwaukee ated in connecton with both ships. Japanese Gives Warning. interests in this vicinity, | Frvast, trying to reach the Mexican town of Tijuana today, met a Japaneso | running along the bank of the Tiajuana river. ““Get back" cried the Japanese in broken English, “Tell people lots water com- ing.” : Ervast could sce a four-foot wave com- |ing down the river. He turned his aute- mobile and spread the warning. George Cromwell, city engineer of San and other said that nothing but the of the Morena dam could cause the flood. | .That the dam should go out was gen- erally unexpected. It stood 265 feet high in & narrow gorge and was built of | masdnry and concrete molded with iron rods. The top of the dam was twenty- five feet wide and it was braced with loose rock on the down stream side. The rock fill on the upper side of the dam was derricked and hand-placed. A water supply was drawn from the reservoir be- hind the dam by a tunnel through solid rock and was conducted through a little watershed into & creek which fed the Lower Otay dam, the one that first went out. The natural channel for the water, however, was down Cottonwood cresk into the Tia Juana river, It was sug- gested by some that a cloud burst might have brought today's flood, but engineers sald not. The sun shone here and fair weather was reported in the limited area with which communication was possible. All Are Turned Back. Federal patrols “turned back would-be sightseers and adventurers who hoped to get Into Otay valley by way of Coronado strand and military and naval authorities kept tight grip on the situation. The Strand Is a long #pit like like a thumb, which forms the southern wall of San Diego bay and offered the only means of | Ingress into the yalley. Fifty farm houses, according to per- 1(3?::'&@3"& Page Two, Column BIX.) }Germans Hold All The Ground Gained BERLIN, Jan. 8.~(By Wireless to Say- ville.)—All the ground gained by the Ger- mans in their offensive movements near Neuville and south of the Te- ter attacks having been PARIS (Via London), Jan. 3.—~The ve- pulse of two German infantry attacks on French infantry near Dompriee, south of the River Somme, wes announced today by the war office, ‘ e |