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I r -r . K'AICJL'. en jrouf papr. f ej five lnye b. i in order to avuid . Ingle eopjr. Paniy k4r Saaday 4 1 i I i V r .v I J " , I I - I 1 1 ervr t'ondayi iceoler, la northeast aunaay. . , n - - 1 " ' f ' 1 i i - xi VOL: CXIII:, NO. 156. : ; . liOliEEDOFlOPS I!) LiECffii GOVERNOR STATES . Writes , Sheriff Of County In .Response TovRequest For f ' Instructions , , yrt SAYS TR0U2LE MAY - ARISE ON TODAY Governor Declares It Will Bo . Disgrtc If CondltiSat Ire ,! , Allowed To Reach r Point -. .Where Troops Are " If eces ! sary; Urges Sheriff" To Do 'His Duty: " .ui., V ', . 0 .. ?" ... - - ' .O,;, ,1 cannot conceive of any posslbla oSditloa that can arts than which , : wonld snake U iMMnrr to aaad State ' troop ta your aid," doe Im red Governor - -' Cameron Morrison in a Utter to Sheriff W. O. Cochraa of Mecklenburg county ia response to tht aharilTi Inquiry as 1 to tha eoaroo to, partus in th event of trouble from WOO striking textil work on ia th county..- ..- .)-. Governor Morrison laid down th prin dpj that troop should never bo aeat 'ivto or called out la a community un til th local anthoritiea had nsed very rbeana at their command and found thorn inadequate. , Th ahoriff did not ' ask 'for troop' bat ho intimated that , they mUtht l lr 'aad explained that the uk jinr iit i: t d-'rpoal for keep- big down trouble was limited. -He fur- ther, stated that two will owner had . ,, informed him they vaer going to start ' operations Monday and, had asked for . I protection. ' -.. , ; ' Weald Be DIejrroee. . 1 1t wiH b a disgrace to Mecilenburf eonntyf' the Coram or told the sheriff, . "and to -you aad the other police ofll ' oera of th coaaty if yba permit coa- ditiona to arise which Beeeseitates my v ordering 8tate troop into action ia th great peace respecting county of Meek ' - lenbnrg. It ia not my duty ta advia ' - you with particularity a to your duty, - bat it ia within tha scop of my duty ; to arg yon that yoo , inform yourself of your, duty and then discharge h. ' But then he added: '"Ia th erent conditions arise ia which yoa are not able by the exercise' of all your authority and power ta pra- . aerr tha peace aad protect erery maa. ; and hi property and bnmaa righta, ' notify sne-and I will send all th power - of the Btat to your support aad with f ' th utmost possible diapaich.' tv Vaw BigM Ta ttrtk.' ;vv '- i Th textil worker have a perfact tight to atrike," tha Gorornot. axplaiat . d, "aad to use all moral sua. ion they saa Command in their cause, but they s har no right to resort ta lawlessness or th threat of H; aad a th other . hand,' their employs and. representa . tires hare a right ta as lawlessness or th threat of it to prevent th strik ' era from asing peaceful moral suasion Ito such aa extent aa they desir to." Th communication from the sheriff :bf Mecklenburg who ha only two depn , . ties and a term ef criminal court on hand, waa jiot a request for troop but : waa taken as aa indieatioa tha a call slay ia all probability eom of there is any difficulty. ." Bheriff Cochraa reported to Goreraor Morrison the aaturo of th situation 'as p reseated to him by mill mea. He gave tha names aad the mills bnt these were atrieken-from the copies of th kt . tor mad publie ta newspaper mea yes terday, v. .-. . ; Careraar Loiter. ' , i Ia' hi letter to Sheriff Cochran, Got- rnor Morrisoa saidt ; . , "Tour favor ef Jan aeeoad relatire ; to condition ia your county growing est ef tha strike of textil worker re ceived this morning. .' "It ia the duty of th police auth6ri Uea, sheriffs in the eons ties, and tha , police officers ia tha towns aad cities, to preserre tha peace, and the Statute ' law ef oar State clothe them with ex traordinary power ia doing so. Tout attorney will advise yoa with particu larity ia regard to your authority aader i" th law. . "X note what yoa say about th num ' her of depntie yoa hare, aad th diffi- - eulty with which yon wm be confronted ia preserriag the peace aader eoatia- v ; geneieS' which may arisvIt is year duty to hare sufficient deputies to dis ' charge the duties ef your office, aad yoa can summon for temporary service " any citizen of your county, aad fbree him, ia the erent of threatened riot, to - aerra. I . adriae that yoa consult aa abl lawyer at once, aad folly acquaint , yourself with year duty, ad tha power ,. given yoa by law to discharge it. -I will not hesiUt to ass tn Adja tsnt General' military forces to aid in . 1 1 praserring ' th peace, and . protecting - th .legal righta of th eitixen of say county, out n nas too orwn oeearred in the past in this Stat that th local auhoritios in vacillation and wedkaen failed to perform their clear doty, aad ' ' thereby made use of 8tat troops aeeea asry. v "' r "We aught not to aead troops into any community "except where th local authorities are nnabl to preserve the peace, aad protect th righta of ally When this inability grow eat or mere weakness and. refusal, to perform duty by local officers, it always aggravate th situation, and adds mrg aad un necessary expense to the. State. There ' is ao earthly reason why yoa and the force which yoa have authority aader the law ta summoa to your aid, together with th polie infjh city of Charlotte. Charlotte, when tha disturbsne ia with ia their territory aad jurisdiction, ean- , aot preserve order in Meeklenbarg ' county. I ranaot conceive of any poa aibla - condition that caa aria there which would mak it necessary to send State troops to your aid.' ' "I am aot informed as to' th' exact territorial juriadietion of the police ef doera ef the city of Charlotte. Yonr at " torney and the city anthoritiea of Char lotte will know, about this. I suirgest that you aad th polie officer of Char lotte stay within your respective legal limitations, bnt thnt within these, yoa exereis promptly and fearlessly all the power given you to' see to it thnt no property or human right ia Mecklea- . , (Ceatiaood Pag TwaJ , THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. DaiVERS SERMON AT TRINITY.TONIGHi t bishop o. r.yr. darjjnctox. Arriving this morning aarly from At lanta, Bishop Darlington will' preach at the Edenton Street Methodist - church this morning at 11 o'clock aad this afternoon, aecom panied by Bev- W. W. Peele, pastor ef Edentoa Street church, ha will motor to Trinity college when toaight ha will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. . ' ",''':'" Recommends To Gallatin Rob erts That Mayors Meet . J - Jo Request It Governor Morrison declined to om- ment yesterday on th uggesUon that he will be asked to call a epecial session of tha Geaeral Aaaembly t provide re lief for eitiee of th Stat foltbwing tha opinion of the Suprcm Court Hied Wsdnoaday declaring the Municipal Ti aance Act of 1921 invalid. - " - But already step era beiag taken ta call a meeting ef tha mayor and finan cial officers ef th principal citiea of th State to ask the Governor to esse sa ble th legislature ia special aessioa to re-enact .the , Municipal finance Act which waa rendered ineffective, by ; rea son of a elerieal error. . ' "-, .': . Mayor T. B. Eldridgo, ia response to aa inquiry from Mayor' Gallatin Bob erta, of Ashev'Ue,. president . of ' th North Carolina Municipal AaaAiatioa, reeomaended that a meeting of the mayors of tha larger cities be called at no for th purpose or aaxing ue Governor to summon tha general As sembly into aessioa.- :. Most af the larger citiea aft tha State, Mayer ldridge-ia informed, are- in tha same s'tuatioa that without relief Dromises to atrangta municipal govern- tnent in Bakigh. .Throwa back en .the old Mnnieipnl Pianaee-Aet and tha de valuation Act, Mayor Eldridgo declared, Baleigh will be able ta aeeur only approximately two-third of th revenue accessary for - operation area aa the moat rigid seal af economy.' ARREST THIRTY WHITE ' MEN AT TULSA.' OKLA Are Beiag Held As SuipecU ln Connection WithBecent Ser- ions Sace Eiot's . Tulsa, Oklm, Juno 4. Thirty white men have been arrested and are being held for investigation aa suspects in connection with the' race ' riot here, Police Chief Gustafsoa announced this afternoon. Another whit maa arrest ed by State guardsmen oa a complaint of inciting riot also .is being held. Po lie officials refused to reveal tha aames of the men. ' The thirty white men under arrest are alleged to hav beea ' found plun dering the devastated negro district. About seventy -dvn men were taken into custody' the. last two days aa various charges, but many, ef them have beea released. . . Chief Gustafsoa declared that drastic measures would bo taken igaiast all looters. We ar keeping a cloee record of all property' recovered," ha said, "aad aS negroes identify their belong ings we will demand tnat. thty sweat to warranto for tha arrest ef the van dals. Tha prosecution will follow., SEARCHING FOR VICTIM ' OF AIRPLANE-ACCIDENT Airman Accidentally Onts Him el Aldoie From Plane While "'-Q Uc 1 In The Air . . ; ,, Montgomery, Als, June 4. Hundreds of persons were searching' the country around Dothaa, Ala, tonight for the body of Boy Scott, who accidentally cut himself loose front aa airplane late this afternoon,, His absence wsa aot noticed until his paraehut waa seen dangling from the plans. TRAIN SMASHES FOOT OF ' CHAPEL HILL STUDENT .Chapel Hill, Jane CW. TC. Coaley af Glea Alpine, Burke county, a phar macy student of the University of North Carolina, ia trying to board a moving train at Carrrboro, the Chapel Hill station, this moaning, slipped and fell, with his foot aeross the. track. The train swathed his right foot badly. Be was taken to Watt Eospitah aad about half the foot waa removed ,.,' . ' ... , Whlshoy mm Steamer. - Portsmouth, Vs., June 4. In a sur prise raid on tha Shipping Board vessel New Orleans docked here, local police anthoritiea late last .'night secured 23 quarts of liquor concealed about the ship and arrested four members of her complement including the enptain, G. J. Johnson, letter two more member "of the crew w taken along th water Xrontv , . .v ., . ... , ELDRIDGE URGES . RALEIGH, COUTINUE DRIVE TO SECURE FlliiDS FORM North Carolina Methodists Expect To Raise Three Mil lion For Schools ; EXPECT REPORTS TODAY V JO BRING UP. FIGURES Extension Of Tims for Xnten- i lire Campaign Tot Christiafl , Zdaoation Granted At Xe , quest Of Pastors and Lay men; Leaders Confident That Korement Will Go Orer Th taaaeial driv through t whkk 8outhern Msthodista ax seeking SU,. 000,000 for Christina edueatioa, wiU be continued another week. According to a message from tha Naaavill head quarter this extension af time it granted at tha request af pastor and laymen throughout tha South. ' , With a milioa dollars already pladged in North Carolina aad only a small number ef church heard from, lead ers ia th denomination were confident Igst Bight that today would see th drive wall oa toward th mark nf $2- WOflW sot. for th two Worth Carolina conference. ,... . : "' Beports from city church Indicate that ths quota ascigad ar ia process of being reached ia praetieally all eases while in winny instanoe th goal as signed hag beea passe a. Beport gather ed at random show beyond a doubt, that th movement it making la prog r. - 'I "Wi will go ever th top," said & Ttr. r ....!.( j:u... .v. North Carolina eonfereaee, last sight He pointed ta the fact that practical ly aoae ef tha churches ia th rural sec tions hav beea heard from while re ports in hand already ' indieato that a half million of th tlOOpOQ assigned to tha conference i ia sight , "Wi have Just begun to mov, h explained and dec land that the ' re sults reported at church' service today would toll tha. story., Good Shewing Ia Grm Greensboro, Jane 4 Pour of tha six Methodist Episcopal ehnrchea her have already raised their )uota la th educa tion driva of th ehnrcb, being con ducted throughout the Booth, and, the remaining two sxpoct ta ubtertb. to morrow a few thousand they lack af being viv Park place, a ohureh re cently organised,- raised alas thousand dollars. ' Its quota waa eight thousand. Spring Garden Street Church, a an got U it saiiotment or aouot Bethel, wua a. quota ef 7J0, iod 1,H5.. oiea wood with S600 went - to 778. West Market Street Church, with quota 1 f $31,725, has raiswl 927 FK. Centenary with' quota af ill.TSt, haa gone ovar by flr thousand. - Presiding Elder A. W. Plyler and offlciaU of West Market are confident tomorrow night will find both church with qaotaa raised. 1 Oxtti Baiess Tw-Thlra. ' ' ' Oxford, Juae 4. Th Oxford Method' 1st Church haa raised $8400 aa iU educational campaign, that being two- thirds ef desired ameaat : Both Bar. B. C Craven, aad Dr..B. T. White ex press the opinion that "further efforts wijl eaabl th ehsKh to complete it quota, aa aefinii reporta xrorn other ehurchea ia county, j V - ; : Cnavaaa Nat Completed ' Kinston, Jnne 4v Beports on th Methodist Christian edueatioa driv bar wsr aot availabla toda. Th canvass was aot completed.' Matt Ia Ov.r-Ssbscrihad. Maxton, June 4. Th Maxtoa Method ist Church ver-cuberibd allotment by 20 per cent All subscriptions were directed to Carolina College. Leaiabarg T Complete Qaeta. Louisburg, Jua 4. iLouisburg cams near going eve; it quota is' it first week ef tha drive its 110,000 apportion ment of tha educational drive, of the Methodist church. Tha figures up to this afternoon show a subscription of 9,M aad Mr. E. H. Melons, chairman of th-4eeal driv state that tha re maindes will be raised before time of services tomorrow. The people af this community have responded wonderfully well ia view of the times. ' ' " ' . . Wilnaa Balsas-Qaeta. '. Wilson, Juae 4. F. M. Miller, finan cial director for the' Methodist educa tional drive for Wilson town, reports that the quotas for both ehurehee, th First Methodist aad Calvary ar as sured. Tha Pint Methodist " church's apportionment is $18,000, , of which amount $19100 has already beea raised th full quota of $3,000 for Calvary Church haa been raised. " j Plae Progress Ia the West. 'Salisbury, June 4. Beports : toaight from tha office of J. D. Norwood of this city, chairman for the educational drive for tha. Western North Carolina Conference, chow that Bp to' date the eonfereaee haa raised half a 'million dollar en a qupta of $1,600,000. Th WayaetvUle and AshsviUa distrieta ar leading, having, already raised their quota. Tha Salisbury district with 17 charges aad a quota ef $180 WO has raised $71,000. The First Church, Balis bury, of whleh Dr. J. E. Aberaethy ia pastor, ha raised $20,000 oa quota ef $14,000, making more than 200 per cent Chairman Norwood is enthuslastie ever the outlook for going aver the top in th entire conference. ' , ; . , V $$$.$$e la Chariots District. - Charlotte, Jua . a. About - aixty thousand dollar la repdrted subscribed ia Charlotte district to tha Christ iaa edueatioa campaign af the Methodist Church. A great many charge hav not reported. Beports are expected next week. Canvass will be coa tinned' for another week. Tryon Street Methodist Church, the first Sunday of the cam OTHERVEEK paign, raised $27,285, oversubscribing its quota by mora than two thousand. Uaw- , (Ceatinned pa, fag TwO TS N. C, SUNDAY MORNING; JUNE 3, 1921. LOSS iOE LIFE FROM FLOO&iM i AT COLORADO CITY MA Y REACH 500; DAMAGE, TO PROPERTY 10 MILLIONS WHISTLES SOUN 1RIKB OF FLOOD Scrr.3 li2c!cd ' It "d, wC'Jait fieri:; 3 in Hills: Others paid ' With Their Lives- - DARKNESS AND TERROR AS FLOOD WATERS RI$E Boar Of ' Onrnahing Waters, ' Crash Of rallinr Boildinf s and Shrieks Of Women, and Children . 8tir Seores Of Stronf lien Ta Bisk Their Lires 7or The Helpless : Pueblo, Colo., June 4. The flooded section of Pueblo is de scribed as extending from Second street. to the Mesa. It contains a larfe portion of the business district. ; Alarm Waa Sounded ..Startirig" ' shortly after 6 o'clock ' yesterday afternoon, Pueblo's fire whistles sounded the flood alarm. At 'that hour both' the Arkansas and the Fountain were rising rapidly from the cloudbursts that pre vailed durinfir the day. Hun dreds of persons took warning and fathered a few belongings and sought safety in the hills around the city. ? Others paid no attention to the warning-, Many of these paid with their lives. , w- v, The floods swept into the city proper about 7 o'clock. Police and guards drove the crowds back - from the main bridires. Where the peoole had taken refuge. In half an hour water was pouring' over the top of the railings of bridges and the- main business section was Inundated Street cars stop- pea, electric lights went1 off, J'i Dsrkaass aad TtwtWiV'p'. ; la th dsrkneea could b heard th rear of tht oarushlng water aad th crash af tailing building. A rain was faiung to nun to th diseomfortare. Here and, there flashes of .lightning, spectator could ses (mall houses float tag about. Over ia the railroad yards passenger eoaetee and ether car equip ment lay overturned. And" ant ef the night cam the cries f the stricken women, aad. children, all appealing for help, ' - , . Seores of strong men risked their lives to bring women aad children to safety. The Colorado Bangers, tha polio aad iroop oc ta Colorado Kational Guard, beat to the work of rescue, Seores of person alive its Pueblo to night awe their, live to th bravery of ue mea ei tnes otganiaaUoae, aad score ox. volunteers. rirea Break Oat Then cam th flr. A, flash Of lightning- burst. Thar was a crash aad ia th light of the next flash a building was disclosed ia flame. There was ao water to combat the blaze. Bo it swept on. It awent throurh th Florman Paint Com pa ay, the gas plant, tns ice pant, mowed down two big uaragea ;n its pata and wen attacked the yard e( the Sing Investment' aad Lumber Company. All were laid ia waste,' 1 REPOBT8 OF LOSS OP LIPS AND PROPERTY NUMEROUS ' Denver, Cot, June 4. (By The Asso ciated Press) Th flood which inun dated parts of Pueblo, Colo, last night when the Arkansas river went en a rampage due to . heavy rains, was re ceding today, according to word re ceived hero. Damage estimated at mil lions of dollars was done by heavy rain ad flood in eastern aad central Colo rado nnd meager report coming In from th affoetod districts placed the loss of life at four, - Early today raia was reported to be falling steadily throughout eastern Col orado. All wire communication out ef Pueblo has been cut off sines last night! Ac cording to a messags received st the office of the Dearer aad Bio Grands Bailroad Company here from its oper-stor-at larkspur, Cole., water in- the Union station at Pueblo which stood at nine feet, six inches, at 10 o'clock last night, had receded to three feet six inches at four o'clock this morning. Trsla From Psebl. The first train to reach Denver from Pueblo today arrived at 8 a. m- nearly It hours late. It left Pueblo just as th flood waters were beginning to overflow levee . and, wss held np nt Colorado Spring. Passenger described the flood as the worst they, had ever witnessed. - From all over that part of Colorado lying east of the Bock Mountains came messages telling of - terrible havoc wrought by ths floods. , At Frederick, Colo- three feet ef water ia the mela street waa reported: st Greeley, Fort Collins aad LeveUad all wire were dowa and the towns were without electric power as the result af the flooding Vof the power plant at Love land. Between Denver aad Boul der a large area of farm land was inun dated with the damage estimated at $100,000.. - Houses wr swept sway at LaFay- ette and hundreds-of hesd of livestock were drowned when Coal Creek went ever its bsnkt. a DED At Marshall aU night long the resi dent remained op , end prepared to " .(Ceatlaaed M f aga Tw4 ftlANY ARE KILXED WHEN TRAINS ' " ' : OVERTURN IN YARDS AT PUEBLO Denver, Colo., June 4. Two trains turned over last tight in the railroad yards at Pueblo and many persons . were killed,' according to information received late today by the Denver Post. No estimate) of how inany persons were killed was received, but it was said the trains were both filled with 'passengers. 3 '' ;.v,.', '-w-i, A report received through railroad channels by The Hocky Mountain News tonight said there were on the trains about three hundred passengers, of whom ten were killed. That report however, had not been confirmed, although the information said positively several persons were dead. " At the Denver office of the Denver and Rio Grande to night and report that train No. 3 had turned over at Pueblo wm conflrnrtd. v J 9 , - - ' $50,000 For Flood Sufferers Washington, June 4. The Southwestern Division of the American Red Cross was authorized tonight to draw upon the National Disaster Relief Fund up to $50,000 until Mon day for the purpose of affording relief in the Colorado flood district. Flood HiU New Mexico Town East Las Vegas, N. M., June 4. Damage, the extent of which cannot be accurately estimated owing to the wide area covered, but known to run high in the thousands, was occa sioned hero and in this vicinity by the worst rain and hail storm seen in many years, which broke over the city last nght The precipitation is estimated at 4 to 5 inches. . Scores of homes were flooded with water and mud-several feet deep, while all the gardens were ruined and much poul try and small live stock killed. Roads are impassable,' Send Out Flood Warnings Denver, Colo., June 4.-Flood warnings were dispatched to seventeen towns and farming centers from Pueblo east to the Kansas State line today by District Weather Forecaster J. M. Sherier. Immensei dark louds menaced the eastern mountain slopes in the northern and central portions of the State all day and weather officials forecast second down pour in limited areas. . - - Telegrams were sent by the bureau to Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, to warn of the approaching flood down the Arkansas .River. . uv :., : ; . ., . ' Late today the Weather Bureau reported the crest of flood waters had reached a point midway between Pueblo and La Junta, Colorado. - - . f ' , Harrowing JEpdrtmcesOf Flood :Sufferers Related All Pueblo Seems Stunned By uiow or Flood Disaster; Many Refugees , FLOOD WATERS ROSE ' 1 WITH GREAT RAPIDITY Hundreds Lose AH But Clothes On Their Backs and Bundles Of Valuables Pueblo, June In tha grip ef dis aster, aU Pueblo seemed stunned today. All day long refugees, daxed and seem ingly not knowing what to do, straggled about the mud covered streets. Mothers with, babies la their arms, mothers whose arms were empty, old men and women and people of every description wandered about until gathered up and taken to a headquarter established this afternoon by the Bed Cross. With everything swept awsy but ths clothes oa their backs and tha few thlaga they carried in little bundles, msny moaned and cried, while ethers tried to And relatives and friends. The court house was thowa opea end served ss a canteen aad hospital. St. Mary's Hospital, ona ef the principal hospitals in the city, waa cut off by the Arkan sas river waters and voluatser worker today brought equipment from it to the. court house where aid could b given the injured and dying. HarrwwiBC Exaertencs. Atl morning motor. ear moved up Maia street carrying bodies oa the fenders. Harrowing experiences came td resetting parties aa well aa those they tried to reach. Friday night W. 8. Hopkins- of Denver, Btat Y. M. C. A. secretary, here to opea a member' ship drive, and Clark Jantsen, assist ant boy a secretary attempted to reach two negro women stranded ia a tree top' Ave blocks from the heart of the busines district. Their boat was caught In the- wift current, and both - men were throwa into the water. Jantxen succeeded in getting out quickly but Hopkins waa la teh wnter more thsa aa hour. Narrow Escape. J. B. Boberta and Bobert Wayland, prominent business men, volunteered to take a boat and attempt to rescue two women whose rails could be heard ia the darhneac After much difflrulty they found one, n girl of 19, Mary MeAllestar. clinging to a power wire and suspended ia ths swirling wster. Bhs was takea into the bnnt. They suc ceeded in getting the older womaai into the boat, but (he gave a lurch and the occupants of ths boat fell into the water After a struggle, Boberta and Wayland, with the girl, managed to scramble onto the roof of a floating house. The mother wsa lost Th trio floated antil they renched wnter in whleh they could wade with aafety. Among the refugee aa aged Mexican woman cried for some oa to go after her daughter, stranded ia their home. Ia her hands she clasped a bundle of clothe nnd a pound of butter. The house wss nearly covered with muddy water and no one would risk the at tempt at rescue. ,., , .' - ;"v; -Mr., and Mrs. A. O. Verhofstad., far past middle, age, were typical of the THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. - WORST DISASTER SINCE YEAR 1915 Sinking Of The Eastland In Chicago Cost 812 Lives; Memorable Floods . . New ; York, ? June, dw Flooding ef Pneblo aad ether Colorado towns, with a reported loss of 600 lives, is th worst disaster that has befallen this country sine th (inking of th steamship East land at Chicago Ja ibis with a loss of SIS live. Withia th last ten year more than 2,000 lives hsve been lost and millions of dollars worth, of property destroyed by flood of American men. The most memorable were: Tha overflow of th Mississippi ia April. 1921. with a loss of 800 lives aid tha destruction af $3,000,000 worth ef property ia Korea of towns snd Cities in Ijouisinns. Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. ' ' In March, 1913, the Ohio aad in tributaries overflowed with serious cr facts upon a large region, iaeludiag the cities ef Dayton, Hamilton, Zaneaviile, Columbus aad Cincinnati. About eq Uvea were lost ia all. The property loss exceeded 2Q ,000.000. Mor than 200 person lost their live is n flood which everrsn tha valley or ine Dan uui acv river in vamur aia in January 10. 1918. . The Bte Grande overflowed its basks following heavy rains in July, 1918. nnd several hundred persons perished, mostly on ths Mexican side of the river. There were 79 dealhe at EI Paso ana hundreds were made homeless. The areatest American flood occur red, when virtually the entire efty of Johnstown, Pn waa destroyed on May SI, 1889, by the breaking of the Cone maugh dam outside it The exact loss of lif w never determined, but re liable estimates placed the number of live lost at about Z,SO0. A mat Dart of th da mag to Gal veston, Texas, in a terrific hurrlesne of September, 1900, was done by water blown in from the Gulf of Mexico. More than IfiOO persons died and property worth 20,000,000 waa destroyed. CATAWBA MAN DROWNS IN THE. CATAWBA RIVER Hickorv. June dl After Cogging the Catawba river half tha afgUV and all day searcher lata this afternoon found the body ef George Green Bsby, aged 14 years, who wa drowned Friday night while swimming. The body wss within a few feet of where it went' down. POLISH AVIATOR EXECUTED FOB SELLING MILITARY SECRET ' Vamv Jnna 4 fRr tha Aaoelated Pr.i-Lkutsnnnt Honrv Iwanicka of the Polish flying corps, convicted by court martial of high treason . in disposing Of military secret to British agents, was executed Friday by a fir-inn- sound at th famous Warsaw Citad. , . , , , . .. j PRICE: SEVEN CETO STEPSTO RELiEVfv " SUFFERERS MEi f - 'St U ,imi amiiiiawiiianii ' V', t' , a.-. One, Hundred and ' Thlrty-t.vo tsomes Recovered so Far-. ; From Flooded Sections Of ; City Of Pueblo RED CROSS ORGANIZES V; -T0 AID THOUSANDS OF NEEDY AND SUFFERING Flood Waters Of The Arkansas Birer.8weep Throui;h' Colo rado City, Undermining' Brick Structures and Carryinff Away r r a m e;, Building's ' Many With v Their habi. tants In Them; Business Sec-: Hion Sbt; To Eight Feet Un der Water; Receding Waters Bring Picture Of Great De vastation To View; Million' Dollars Damage In Bailroad Yards; Hallways and Bridges : Carried Away and Telephone and Telegraph Lines Broken Down 'Pueblo, June 4. Flood "wa-, ters of the Arkansas River aTnaTPamWa 4 V wrAt w r T aInI A 1.i , night and today and' caused deaths that may total 500 and , property damage in excess of 110,000,000, according to frag mentary reports that, can be gathered as the flood recedes. juorgrues were opened in dif ferent parts of the city and by mid-afternoon 132 bodies had been recovered. .The entire eastern and southern sections were cut off from the business section.' m , The Red Cross organized to Bid sufferers and C. W. Lee was named offlcfel food administra tor to have charge of rationing To add to th horror of last night, lightning set Ire t half a dosea build ings in the stater of th city. Fire men eould not , reach 'th seen and they would hav beea helpless if they eonld. - far tha flnAit itmA .lr-. .... off water ervice a well as th electric light. , o . At th aa tim th rising- flood overturned two trains fllled with pas sengers. ; . .. . ; Baalaem' Bectlea Fladad ' Th whol busineas portion of Poeblo wa under six to eight fset of water this morning, but by afternoon th' flood had begun to recede, disclosina a' sca of devastation. ' The railroad .yards . wsr ' left' fllled '. with mud-covered debris aad broken-, and overturned j equipment, carrying. hte damage to more than a million dollar. Business houses insid and out were covered with the same. slimy mud, and in msny eaees vn brick buildings were undermined .and wrecked. Pram " building in th path ef th flood wero swept away; ia many cases carrying their inhabitant with them. . - " Did Not Heed. Wsralag -Wliile flood wsrnings hsd been given ' before dark last night, many persons did not heed them, Imd to this is as-". cribed a goodly part of the death Iocs. Thouaandf of Mexicans' with posses sions en their backs, were wandering through the eity this afternoon with nothing to cat and no place to sleep.' No gaa ar drinking wnter wss available. A party of Pueblo business men, who ', assembled .for a dinner tat Mlnnequn ' Club last night, still were marooned there today. - -. , Marooned en Wall - -Frank Prior, of a local f uraitnr com pany, spent last night on one standing, wall of his four-story 'building, Which collapsed. Rescuers were endeavoring to reach him his afternoon. " L Richard Philblns was rescued from a, telepbono pole, where be had spent the' plght. H was riding a horse last night,', when th waters overwhelmed him. The . horse wp drowned, but Fhftbini man-; hgd to swim to the pole. . Damage Widespread While greater loss of life anneara to fiavo been ia Pneblo, reporta of daman. to property eom from many section of' Southeastern Colorado. , Streams,- sent , out of their bank by cloudbursts in the ., mountains, carried nway farm building , and drowned many head of cattle. Besi- ' dents of the rural districts adjacent to , irrigation projecta spent the night last , night, prepared to flee Instantly if th impounded water broke th irrigation dams.: ' 1 ' Bailroad sod highway bridge war : nvrti,ft aft'MV'antl milM t.l..MTli mA telephone lines were laid to waste. - In Pneblo, damage waa increased by flres in the business section, started by .' lightning and unquesched for lack of water pressure. i ,' . : - ' Cammanlcstloa Peer. ;- -Mean of communication from Pu'e- bio ore most meager.' Th Western i Union Company has three or- four wire from a neighboring suburb, but 1 the were so crowded : with official business that press dispatches hav little how.- Th road to th outside are so torn by the storm that it 'ia ' almost impossible x to mk progress over tbam. i-r.. Th city was without electric lights . (CwaUaaad Page filxtoagA -J (CenUnued en rsge Sltu.J ' - C . i