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GOVERNOR WILL
SEND TROOPS IF
f IS NECESSARY
gut Thinks Sheriff Should
Swear m Deputies to'
Handle the Situation.
ANSWER TO COCHRANE
Sherifi' Expressed Fear In
Leter to Morrison of
Possible Violence.
BY .IULE B. WARREN.
Staff Corespondent of The News.
Raleigh, June 4. Replying to
sheriff W. 0. Cochran of Meck
lenburg: county, about the use
of troops to prevent troyble be
tween textile strikers and other
employes. Governor Morrison
tonight informed the sheriff
that he would not hesitate to
use troops to prevent disturb
ances, but thinks the sheriff
should swear in sufficient dep
uties to handle the situation
without troops.
I will not hesitate to use the
Adjutant General's military
forces in preserving the peace
and protecting the legal rights
)f the citizens of any county,"
the Governor says in his letter
to the sheriff, "but it has too
often occurred in tlje past in
state that the local author
ities, in vacillation and weak
ness, failed to perform their
clear duty and thereby made
the use of State troops neces
sary."
The sheriff of Mecklenburg
county wrote the Governor that
one of the cotton mills had an
nounced its intention of resuming
operations on Monday morning and
expressed the fear that trouble
would arise between those who
wanted to work and those who did
nt. He calied attentionto the fact
tliat lie has only two deputies and
a three w eUes' term of court com
ing on. The sheriff wanted to
know if he could call the Hornets
Nf-t Kitilemen to aid him in pre
serving the peace. The sheriff
al'o asUed if he would.be allowed
to call ( n the iolice force of Char
lotte f.iiue the mill is outside the
city .limits.
"I hope there will be no trouble,
rot recent experiences here have
taught me that, as an officer, I
iij!d be advised in advance as to
my duty."
ir,e Governor tells Sheriff Cochran
oc. snould consult his attorney
"is legal duty and the city attor
'-:' as to the use of the Charlotte po
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dutnontios possible in preventing
'-'uj;e wriieh mav rlpmanrl: the use
!-ies that. ' shnulrl wpaknpsq anil
filiation of anv civil authority in the
rfJr'ty fail to prevent trouble, he will
J a" Jn ins power and ' use all the
"ujtnce of my office to exact the
aj pf-rmiued unnecessarily such a
T'.
j a- iiKUL u BiriKP. nui Lnev
vtn i.ihL to use lawlessness or
;v"rfv . and the same applies to
. i siae in the controversy
SHERIFF nT!ivrTT?.c ttt?J
mED FOR SOLDIERS
r. ,. r O. Cochran denied to a
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or t.
i tils'- v I0r trooi
,ry wrote
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to inform the
Ji aaViOG. TVia letter- mac writ
5e,. y R. Preston, the sheriff's attor
6'h(:,,
fo'm," i , ! r:ran said he had been in-
Caroiin -Mecklenburg mill in North
ii.ijto !s mil1 is outside of the city
"".(! nf .
r would fall into the hands
Tv! f;?u,"-y authorities.
itaw.-,. ' "1L saiu he asked about the
thf."'ru'"y .of obtaining troops should
the f, uy by any chance arise in
hnrJ' as be wished definite ln-
ffmati
on
i-s to what course might
illouli
insure military assisi
shouvi :,e neeuea at any time.
f::tv lit. ,'ouh!fi f any kind outside the
"J1'tS ril'iUb uritV. -..V, ; omnll
r tC nis direction could not
Wi . rt-ssiKtance of thp. oitv nolice
I " rt-ssiKtance of the city
Shr.,. p.''led, it was added,
r.iw . -'"ehran characterizerJ
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fcaw. : "ran characterized as
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as ai request
nrpscrvin? nr
t(1 llm,, ! fl AIe,:klenburg will reopen
soltlv morning. The letter was
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purpose of informing
e... "..Morrison of the situation
Etite a,, at should trouble kria the
n"0t a n ' J,lu,-s would -be ready- to
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Millions- Killed V-,
Chinese Floods I
1887, Figures Show
. Pueblo, the flood ravaged city,
is the leading commercial and in
dustrial city of the southern part
of Colorado. It has a population
of about 60,000 and is situated 45
miles south of the famous Colorado
Springs. The city has extensive
iron and steel works, smelting fur
naces and stock yards. The Den
ver and Rio Grande and Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe are the main
failroads passing through Pueblo.
Following-are some of the worst
floods on record:
Galveston, Texas, Sent 8, 1900,
o.uuu eaci, 3B,ouo,ouo loss.
Johnstown, Pa., May 31, 1889, 2,
235 dead, $10,000,000 loss.
Dayton, Ohio, 1913, 5,000 dead.
Hamilton, Ohio, 1913, 1,000
dead.
The total deaths in Oliio due to
floods was more than 7.000; the prop
erty damage was $35,000,000.
Indiana, 1913, 1,000 dead, ?20,
000.000 property loss.'
Guano Justo, Mexico, 1912, 1,000
dead.
Heppener, Ore., 1903, 300 dead" in
cloudburst.
Sea of Azov, March 1914, 1,000
dead.
Japan, 1896, 27,000 lives lost.
Hoang Ho Valley, China, 1887,
dead estimated in millions.
Bengal, 1876, 200,000 -dead in tidal
wave. .
Hyderab Deccan, India, October,
1908, 10,000 dead.
Hankow, China, April 1908, 2,000
.dead.
Consuegra, Spain, 1891, 1,200
dead.
O'CALLAHAN HAS
OBEYEDMANDATE
Lord Mayor of Cork Has
Been on the High Seas
At Least Three Days.
Washington, June 4. The Lord
Mayor of Cork, Ireland, has obeyed
the mandate of the United States and
fled the country, The United Press was
reliably informed tonight.
O'Callaghan, - the 27-year-old boy
mayor of one of the largest Irish cities
and leader of the Sinn Feinn movement.
has been out of the United States for
three days.
The destination of O'Callaghan and
how he slipped out of the country he
picked for parliamentary assistance was
not known.
O'Callaghan's flight not only baffled
British secret service 'officers, who, the
Irish say, are active here, 1ut also
operatives of the . United States secret
serviae forces. '
Assistant Secretary Henning, of the
Labor Department, at "Washington, ex
pressed a "hope" tonight that O'Calla
ghan was out or tne country, "we
have not heard from him nor anything
concerning mm ior two monin3 , pen
ning said.
O'Callaghan s movements . since ne
was ordered out of the country sixty
days ago have been under the. direc
tion of the lrisn mission to tne unuea
States,, the headquarters" of -which is
in Chicago.
It is definitely known that O Calla-
ghan w-s in Chicago five days ago in
conference with high officials of the
mission.-
I am needed back home", O Calia-
e-han was auote'd as saying." I can
not remain in saxety wnne tne peopie
in mv own country are suffering .
O'Callashan persuaded ms political
advisors to allow him to leave the coun
try at a conference which was held at
Washington not many days ago, it was
saiu. . . , i
The Lord Mayor of Cork slipped into,.
the United States several months ago.
He landed here as a deck nana alter
he, had been a stowaway following
his departure from Cork.
He hid away in the , hold and, when
the vessel was out to sea one day,
appeared on the deck, offered to pay
his passage ana was put io wum.
O'Callaehan '"stumped" the whole
country in the cause of Irish freedom.
It is believed nere xnat jie iuu. tne
"underground passage" back to Ire
land. The -opinion was expressed to
The Unite'd Press that it was not
thought he shipped back as a seaman
as prejumed by the Labor Depart
ment. . ., ,
Despite newspaper reports that
Donal O'Callaghan is in New York,
Department of Labor officials reiterat
ed their belief that the. Lord Mayor of
Cork has sailed from the United States.
"Inasmuch as O'Callaghan's time
limit expires Sunday night at midnight
and he is immediately subject to arrest
on sight, it would seem foolhardy on
his part to remain in the United States
after the time set by the Department
of Labar for his departure," Assistant
Secretary of Labor Henning said to
nisrlit "As a matter of fact." added Hen
ning "department officials believe that
O'Callaghan is already somewhere on
the continent if he is not on Irish soh,
although we have no official . inf orma
Son to this -effect;. The Lord Mayor's
attorneys have given ' us assurance
that he would leave the country - ac
cording to the new administrations
atH nf course, we shall check
up at the proper time to ascertain n
our mandate nas Deen
WIRTH CABINET GIVEf
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
-dht, .Tune 4. The Wirth cabinet,
which has set for itself the task of
beginning payment of reparations to
aiiioo was eiven a vote of semi-
.nnfince today by the Reichstag.
ADDroval of the Wirth program was
ViZJtrr. firt when the Reichstag de
feated a resolution of lack of confl
nn. offered by- Deutsche National
oarty 261 to 77. . The vote of partial
confidence was carried 261, to 77, Volks
Partei membrs rfraining from voting,
AL CRIMINALS
UNMOLESTED BY
GERMAN COURTS
.
Hardboiled Smiths" Given
Police Sentences for
Crimes of the War.
WHERE ARE HIGH-UPS :
Like a Bank Failure, Those;
Guilty Escape; Clerks Are
Put on Grill.
By WILLIAM BIRD, .
MafT CoivesuondoQl-. f Tlu Nmvs.
Special Wireless Dispatch to The News.
-tV'-i J' JeiTsruDiwmng Co.
Leipzig, Germany, June 4. Here in
this peaceful provincial city, world fa-
maus as a center of literature, is l
mg put into exqfcution today that
clause of the Treaty of A'ersnillps.
which, norhans r,.- t,aT,oW
iuiteu irom tne neatt or humanity,
iurLurea oy more man lour years of
heloraust that dreadful clause which
promised .that war and its horror
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should henceforth be avenged not
alone by punishment of the fighters,
but by bringing to the bar of inexor-
able justice the rulers, the chiefs, and
pronteers, whose vanity and cupidity
were declared to be the root and cause
,of the world calamity. '
Stern judges, clad in the solemn
robes. of office, git learnedly and lend
dignity to the criminal court scene,
fittingly set for mankind's awful ven-
geance on the slayers of twenty million I
innocents.
NO FA3IILLVR FACES
But , look into the prisoners' dock.
and you look in vain for the faces you
expect to nnd there.
Where is the man, who, for no mili-
tary purpose ' whatsoever declared the 1
destruction of homes of nearly a mil-
non Jtrrench peasant workers and of
the mines and factories from which
they gained a livelihood? I
Where are the German industrial
barons who hoped to profit bv the
elimination of the French mines and 1
factories from competition, makins-1
France forever economically a vassal
to Germany but who, instead, have
only heaped misery and staggering tax
burdens ubon the peonies of all Eurone
to repair, the damage done?
Where is the man who. while Am-
erica was neutral, attempted to induce
Mexico to attack, promising to Mexico
the annexation of Texas, Arizona and
New Mexico in the event that Ger-
manv won the war7
Where is thft man who nmnnw tho
sinking of passenger ships without
trace, in order that dinlorrmtio onmnii.
cations might be thus avoided?
Where is the .man who gave the ord
ers for the hiring of spies to use dy
namite in neutral America to blow up
ships and bridges and factories?
WHERE IS MASTER CRIMINAL?
In short, where are all the men I
"higher up" in the crimes of the war,
including those responsible for the
master criminal himself the Kaiser?
RE
Instead of these thprp are nn for opinions of the Supreme Court have
insteaa oi tnese, mere are up tori... Vlot K latriBi!,,,r.0 whinh -maflfi
judgment some two score of "Hardboil
ed Smiths" of the prison camps, and
:ru"; ",r " V ."."ri
" "'.r""!sT "CS"V"1S "Mif the special session is not called, the
puuiaiiment, nu uuuui ui mat, dui
ZIZT
.lAr.A J IS AJ
fll . - . v,ecu vo,t me
infliction of a few police court sen-
fences and the world's demand for per-
sonal .expiation for four years of
slaughter is supposed to be satisfied.
An American observer cannot help
comparing this procedure to such a
thing as a great bank failure in the
uiiueu oiaies, wnerein mousanas oi
poor families have lost their lifelong
savings.. The prosecuting attorneys
publish sensational declarations for
penitentiary terms to the prisoners and
expectations run high. But, after in-
terminable delays, the net result is cf the Municipal Association, has been
the trying of a few clerks and book- communicated with about the next step
keepers .for making, false entries pur- 0f the cities. At the initial meeting
suant to orders, while the men who of the executive committee, it was the
got away with the swag, take a vaca- decision to prosecute the case before the
tion in Europe on in Florida until the supreme Court for the purpose of find
whole thing blows over. Then they insr out 1ust what the law was. The
will return-and open another bank.
n"VT.V TiYY!nf!TTTF!n OBIlFTfS! -
Europeans, witn long memories, re?
member that, when the war criminals
section of the Treaty of Versailles was
to make eternal examples of "the auth-
ors'of the war and those who profited
by the wanton destruction of life and
property and not to direct merely the
punishment of a lot of hard-boiled ser-
geants ana u-noai comraanaers, wno,
like any other nayal officer, faithfully
executed the orders ot tneir superiors. a position to lay all the facts before
Thus it is not surprising to hear ex- the Governor and ask for a special ses
planations from England that the siDn of the legislature 'to correct the
present proceeamgs nere m jjeipzig
the same time, nobody in Germany be
lieves that Prime Minister lwioyd-
Georee at this late date, will refer
again to the promises he made repeat-
edly during the electoral campaign im-
mediately following the armistice, and
demand the bringing to trial at this
time or tne men wno actuauy were re-
sponsible for the war and its major
horrors.
I UNSETTLED
Washington, June 4. North and
South Carolina: rartiy ciouuy sun-
day and Monday, cooler in norineass
portion Sunday.
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Of LEGISLATU
NOW ICE
Invalidation of Municipal
Finance Act Causes a
Shortage of Funds.
DENTISTS MEET HERE
Apparently Authentic Ru-
mor Says Duke Interests
Buy N-Southern.
By JULE B. WARREN,
Staff Correspondent of The JVews.
Raleigh, June 4. A special session
Of thf litridln llra will n I 1
necessary to aid cities in eettina- out
of the financial difficulties imnosed bv
he a3verse decision of the Supreme
ITrS.
of Raleigh. The mayor calls attention
to the condition in which the REfleierh
mu.nic.iPa! authorities find themselves
' ancl thinks that this condition is typi-
cal of the situation in practically all
u.1 ciues ana towns oi jNOrth Caro-
lina"
i.The..Sup.em,e Court decision . throws
the cities back on the amended 1919
law for the authority to get its reve-
nues. In 1919, the City of Raleigh
r.aised $244,000 for general purposes,
r13 1S a11 . PurPses except sinking
t - lutcicot, wmai are piuviueu
for by sPecial legislation.,
This year the City of Raleigh is
working on a budget of $380,000 for
general purposes. It will take every
cent of this money for the city during
the present year and the probabilities
are tnat it will take a little more dur
ing tne coming year. This leaves the
city $112,000 short for, in addition to
$244,000 raised by general taxes on real
j property in 1919. the cities are allowed
to raise ten per - cent more, which is
$24,000.
Asked if, in hi&bpinion, the City of
Raleigh could cut -off ' a sufficient
amount of expenses to, enable the mu-
nicipaiity to save the S112.000, the may
or -declared that he did not believe this
possible. The city could stop all street
repairs, it could cut off ' its sanitary
forces and require the citizens to pay
for the removal of all garbage; it
could stop cleaning the streets and
could possibly drop some of its police
and firemen. None of this is desirable
and would result in greatly hampering
the city administration. These same
conditions prevail in practically all of
the other cities. Raleigh will have to
operate on one-third less revenue this
year than its budget calls for. i
Some of the other cities are a little
bit better fixed than is Raleigh on ac-
count of the larger valuations in other
cities of approximately the same size
Ra1eigh has about half the tax values
of Durham, two-thirds as much as Ashe
ville and on down the line. The other
cities may not be so badly hit as is
Raleigh because of the large amount
of state and educational institution
property in the city limits of Raleigh,
which pays no taxes yet entails the ex
pense on the city.
ONLY SOURCE OF RELIEF.
The snecial' session of the legislature
is the only source of relief for previous
held that the legislature which made
the mistake is the only proper authori-
ty to make the correction. Of course,
.t. ri m!lrQ n p.At
the additional money
b t thi cannot De done.if the average
cit ls tQ k its repairs to street
W(k and do hev0ther services which
the average citizen expects of a city
administration. In the opinion of May
or Elldridge, holding up street repairs
Vo .Ssinn of the lee-isla.
ture in 1923 will be disastrous, since
the averao-e street will get into such
bad flx during the next two years
that -it win rpnnirp. .a ereat deal more
for repajrs than the special session of
the legislature1 would cost,
Prpsirtont Gallatin Roberts, chairman
special session' was not talked at the
meeting: of the' committee last monin,
for, in the opinion oi xne memoers, it
i would be unwise to1 .suggest to uov-
I ernor Morrison that a special session
be called when there was such a dif-
ference of opinion among various city
attorneys and municipal authorities
about what the law was if the amend-
I mentA of 1921 were held invalid.
i The? Supreme Court supplies the de-
i finite information ana, witn tnis m
hand, the - municipal league will be in
troubles
I MAY KE-DKAr 1 ALl
Tf a menial .session is called, the
I r,.nWovtiin. r,ot nn offnrt win ho
maja to re-draft the whole municipal
nnance act. It is in a pretty ragged
condition at the present time, since it
hag been amended and patched up for
- numher of vears past. The resrular
seSsions of the legislature during the
past several sessions has been so busily
enerasred in other work that little atten
tion has given the municipal finance
act. A special session would afford the
opportunity for considering municipal
legislation in detail
DUKE CONTROLS N-S?
A rumor, which bears many of the
earmarks of coming from authentic
cmirriui 4a tHf the ffp.r.t. that, thft T)lllfp
I interests have acquired control of a
majority of the stock or tne jNortoiK
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TELEPHONE RATES PAST AND PRESENT
IN PIEDMONT CAROLINA EXCHANGES
t By JULE B. WARREN.
Staff Correspondent of The News.
Raleigh, June 4. The table below will show the telephone rates in
force in seventeen cities of. Piedmont North Carolina since May 21,
1921, the' rates asked for by. the Southern Bell and the rates that were
allowed by the Corporation Commission. The pre-war rates for all
telephone systems under Federal control, was about twenty-five per
cent under the rates listed unr the 1921 column. The Federal order
lnreasing the rates to the government-controlled companies was ef
fective May 21, 1921. The smaller companies also secured about the
same increase during that year,, so the figures in the 1921 column
represented about one-fourth more than were the rates before th war.
Th tabulation follows:
, 1921 New Rate Rate AskeM
; 1 Bus. Res. Bus. Res. Bus. Res.
Charlotte . . . . .'. .$5.50 $3.25 $6.00 $3.50 $6.60. $3.90"'
Asheville .'. . 5.00 3.00 Pending 6.25 3.90
Greensboro,.." ...... 5.00 3.00 5.50 3.25 6.25 3.75.
Winston-Salem ......... . 5.00 3.00 ' 5.50 3.25 6.25 3.75
Durham 5.00 3.00 - Same None
Gastonia 4.00 2.50 Same None
Salisbury 4.00 2.50 4.40 2.-75 - 5.00 3.10
Concord 3.00 1.75 Same None
Hickory 4.00 2.50 Petition pending
Statesville . . 4.00 3.00 Same None
Thomasville ......... . 3.00 2.00 Same - None
Lexington . 3.00( 2.00 Same None
Lincolnton 3.00 2.00 Same , None'
Monroe 3.75 2.50 Same - Npn,e
Shelby 3.00 - 2.00 Same ' Norte.
Morganton . 3.25 2.00 ' 3.5S 2.2a 3.90 2.40
Hendersonville -. ... 3.30 2.25 Petition pending '
Hamlet ..... 3.50 2.25 3.85 2.50 4.55 2.90
Raleigh .... 5.00 3.00 5.50 3.25 1 6.25 3.75
Wilmington 5i00 3.00 5.50 3.25 6.25 3.75
Demand Government To Bring
Sack Prof its Of
WILLING TO LIMIT
NAVAL STRENGTH
Japan, the Stumbling Block
May Have Her Supply of
Steel Rationed.
By GEORGE N. BARNES,
Former Member British War Cabinet,
Staff Correspondent of Tbe Nevrs.
Special Wireless Dispatch to The News.
Copyright 1921, by ews Publishing: Co.
London, June 4. -"Barkis is willing"
In other words, England is ready to
agree to a limitation of naval strength.
it Japan ana tne united states wui ao
the same.
But Japan is the difficulty.
Perhaps it may be necessary diplo
matically to remind that v country of
her dependence upon outside sources
tor a supply or steel and other requis
ites for naval armaments, and suggest
to her that she may be rationed.
There has been much comment here
regarding the attitude of President
Hardingtoward disarmament, and' the
unanimous adoption by the United
States - Senate of Senator Borah's
amendment to the naval bill, requesting
the President to invite Great Britain
and Japan to consider wfcn the 'united
States the mutual limitation of naval
armaments.
r
Mr. Lloyd-George, the pnme minis
ter, has been asked to submit an indors
ing motion to the House of Commons
and, while his answers have been non
committal, they have Tiot been unfavor
able.
But there is no . doubt as to the
attitude of this country in regard to
naval reduction. Tae country wants
it
WHAT WARS COST.
The subjtct Las hai a poignana appl.'-
cation, for one of th no-nle events cf
tru wetk has been iMc iaii for break
ing up of one hundred anj fourteen
obsolete battleships; including the prig'
inal and once all-powerfull "Dread'
naught." They have been sold for
three million dollars. Their original
cost was probably in jexcess of one
nunarea million aonars, mgures tnat
should emphasize the wastes of war
preparation.
We still are confronted by the Irish
situation and the coal strike. The
full results of the Ulster elections, now
at hand, are more favorable to the
unionists than I predicted in mv last
dispatch. The Unionist party has sue
ceeded in placing practically ill of its
nominees, so that the new ls.orthern
parliament in Ireland will tart with
forty members favorable to a 3ritish
union, with but twelve in opposition
Only six of the latter are Sinn Feiners
The elections have passed off without
serious trouble and they demonstrate
in a striking manner the strength of
the unionist sentiment in the north
and east or Ireland. Ireland now has
a chance to redeem herself by-the. co
operation of the elements in, Ulster and
elsewher.
The retirement of Sir Edward Carson
fittingly synchronizes with the estab
lishment of the new Irish Parliaments
He has been a picturesque figure in
the House of Commons, which I murt
sav will be the poorer for his loss. : In
the future, he will be hidden in the
House of Lords as a member of the
Court of Appeals.
LITTLE SIGN OF PEACE.
Meantime, there is little sign of peace
between the Sinn Fein and the British
government. The' latter is about to
largely increase the number of her mili
tary forces in the unhappy island.
The position in regard to the mining
dispute is much the -same as it was ; a
month ago. Conferences nave Deen
held but they have proved abortive, ex
cent for the fact that the mine own
ers and the miners are putting the new
proposals of the prime minister up to
their respective district committees.
In effect, the proposals amount to
arbitration. Pending a permanent set
tlement, it is proposed that -work should
be resumed on a temporary basis, with
a subsidy of fifty million dollars from
the government to be 'used in easing
down the wages of the miners instead
of submitting: them to an aDrupt cut
It aoears that the leaders of the miners
finally are dropping the idea of ana
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By-Gone Days
Many Have the Mistaken
Idea That the President
Can Bring About Change.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Staff Correspondent of The News.
Copyright 1931, by News Publishing Co.
'Washington, June 4 President Hard
ing is encountering the full force of
the tidal wave which rises out of a dis
tressed economic situation and mistak
enly demands that the government
cure all business ills and restore ,the
profits of by rgone days. ;- -
The president told friends todar
that, judging by the appeals for gov
ernment aid, many people imagined it
possible tor the executive and his ad
ministration by a wave of the hand to
bring back normal conditions, Tho
President looks upon the economic sit
uation as the inevitable result of re
construction and readjustment follow
ing the war. The cabinet, at its Fri
day meeting, discussed what-the gov
ernment could do but unfortunately the
government cannot do much mor;
than guide certain currents that may
have an influence on the'situation. Af
ter all, it is the feeling of the Presi
dent" that the big industries will them
selves find the way out. America, he
thinks, will recover from the shocks at
the European war just as she did from
the Civil war In a natural and orderly
way. It is the agricultural situation,
however, which causes concern for
while the big industries can in a sense
help themselves, the farmer needs to
be financed and needs to have an ?x-
port 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 block in con
gress, composed of members of both
parties mostly from the ' "west and
south, who are able to put through
congress practically any measure of re
lief that x the farmers may want. And
President Harding is unquestionably
sympathetic with the agricultural
group.
THE PRESIDENT KNOWS.
Meanwhile, the President himsalt
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 he American business man
to recoup losses of today, are inacces
sible.' Large portions of. those profits
have been paid into the treasury of the
United States as income taxes .tni
have in turn been expended by the
government. Were it possible for busi
ness people of America to have paid
taxes over a period of years, ratlker
than over a single year as a unit, thev
would have been better able to finance
themselves in the trying era of recbn
struction when-goods bought at steep
prices must be sold below cost to idean
shelves and empty the warehouses for
new supplies. .
But this '1s Impossible. The govern
ment faces a condition and not a hypo
thetical case. And Mr. " Harding real
izes that the full strength of the elec
torate 'is -being exerted to make the ad
ministration move in this or that direc
ion so as to hasten a return to nor
malcy. It is a fact that the Hardin?
administration has given more time
and thought to domestic problems and
particularly . . business readjustmen
than' anything else, but even the folkfj
in the administration admit that tho
tide of circumstances, over which no
one in the government had control Is
almost irresistible.
BREAKS. A PRECEDENT. :
During the week, President Hardine
broke a precedent in order to speed
up one form of relief for American
producers. By implication he . suggest
ed reductions in freight rates in the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
found upon inquiry there that already
the commission was trying to work out
a program of voluntary reduction b
the carriers of burdensome rates. Tn
cidentally, Mr. Harding seems to think
that the, days of horizontal increases
or decreases -in freight rates are about
over and - that the Inequities of that
system ought not to.be repeated in an:'
revision of freight rates.
The farmers have been" clamoring for
an adjustment of freight ' rates. The
carriers have- been reluctant but che
power of the agricultural elements of
the nation . in . the Harding adminlstra
tion loomed up, as too great to res's',
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WALL OF WATER
SIX FEET HIGH IN
THE FIRST WAVE
TO STRIKE CITY
Fires Follow -Cloudburst,
Trapping Thousands in
Buildings Like Rats.
WATER BLOCKS ROADS
Rescue Parties, as a Result,
i re Unable to Reach the
Stricken Inhabitants.
CITY IN DARKNESS
Flood Came With the Sud
denness of Lightning,
Refugee Tells Denver.
By International News Service.
Here are the outstanding fea
tures of the Pueblo flood:
Death toll, 500 minimum,
2,000 maximum, j Estimates .
vary.
Martial law proclaimed with
rangers and national guardsmen
in control.
Two-thirds of city under wa
ter, whole business section de
stroyed by. fire.
Property damage estimated
$lO;OOO0O?tt $2000,000:- - -
Looting started; military un
der orders to shoot to kill.
Red Cross attempting relief.
Thousands marooned on high
points. ,
City threatened by pestilence;
lightless, heatless and without
drinking water.
Food administrator named
and all food distributon con
trolled.
Relief trains being rushed
from Denver and Colorado
Springs.
Police at height of flood had
to battle crowds, who sought to
dash into torrents after rela
tives.
Copyrighted 1921 by The International
News Service.
Pueblo, Colo., June 4. (6 p. m.)
An eighteen-hour reign of terror
in Pueblo is gradually coming to an
end.
National guardsmen, state rang-
ers and hundreds of the civilian pou
ulation who escaped are now restor
. ing order. Nightfall finds the city
at the mercy of the elements, with
. bodies floating here and there on
the ebbing waters.
The city is without gas, electric
lights or drinking water.. The east
ern section of the city is isolated.
The business district is kacknel
and charred with filthy water flow
ing in and out. of the ruins. Pe-
pie are marooned in every section .
of. the -city where they escaped
death by climbing to the roofs of
tall buildings. Refugees tire now
housed in schools, the courthouse
. and in churches. Consternation
reigned in Pueblo Friday night.
Hundreds of persons, ignoring the
warnings of rising waters, were
trapped in the downtown sections
nnd drowned like rats when the
flood of the Arkansas and Fountain
rivers broke over the city.
,1 Was marooned in the center of
the city in a large building with
eight feet of water eddying in and
out at the foundation.
The whole south section Is swpt
by the flood waters. The enstern
half of the city is isolated. Fears
are felt for fifty prominent persons
marooned in Minnequa Club on
Lake Minnequa.
The Red Cross is organizing to aid
the sufferers. C. W. Lee, of tho .
Charles Lee Company has been named
food administrator for the rationing
of foodstuffs. Citizens must havfs an
order from him to purchase any Kind
of article at the few shops which' es
caped the fire and flood.
TO SHOOT TO KILL
There has beenUooti.ng. Even now,
rangers are guarding homos and busi
ness places wrecked by tii-a floods but
undamaged by fire. A "shoot to kill"
order has been send out to the city
military forces by Captain S. L. Fitz
gerald, in command. Hangers are pa
trolling with rifles and drajvn revol
vers. Thousands of Mexicans are wan
dering around the dry sikks with their
possessions on, their baiks. .They are
without food and have no place to
sleep. - The Red Cross is endeavoring
to care for them.
The "flood at this moment is station
ary from Second Street to th;e Nessa.
All this territory is under water, some
places as deep as 18 feet.
Trooper Richard Philbins. whose
horse was washed out from under him,
was rescued today after ho nad spentt
the night on a telephone j?ole.
The American Legion and all exjj
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