The Omaha Sunday Bee
VOL. L NO. 61.
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Chair After
3 Months
Jury in Trial of Negro Convict
Who Killed Guard Reaches
" Verdict of Murder in
33 Minutes.
Victim Stabbed to Death
Lincoln, June 4. (Special.)
James B. King, negro convict who
killed Robert L. Taylor, penitentiary
guard, May 11, must die.
A jury in Lancaster county dis
trict court this afternoon returned a
verdict o.f murder in the first degree
against King and recommended the
death penalty.
The verdict was reached in 35
minutes, the case having been given
to the jury at 2:35 and returned to
the court room at 3:10.
Marched Into Court.
Officers were sent to the peni
tentiary for Xing and he was
marched into the court room at 3:30.
His handcuffs were removed and
the verdict of the jury read to him.
, He was then handcuffed and returned
to the prison.
There wasn't a change in, the ex
pression on King's face as he stolidly
held his hands out to Warden Fen ton
for the handcuffs.
"It was the best way to do it,"
King muttered as he was being taken
back to prison. Prison officers stated
. this remark- referred to the theory
which they held that King, when he
lulled Taylor, did so partly to settle
a grudge and partly to insure 'his
own death. King has told officers
that he tried to kill himself several
time.s and always failed through his
fear of pain.
This theory was strengthened dur
ing the trial when it was shown to
the jury tha't King had requested
the county attorney to see that he
was electrocuted and said:
"Try to , 'see that it won't hurt
me."
' Asks for Smoke.
The attorney presented these re
quests to the jury: When he reached
the prison, King asked for smoking
tobacco and writing paper.
Warden Fenton said tonight pris
on records showed King had a ninth
grade education,, instead of a fourth
grade as the defense claimed.
The court room was crowded with
men and women. Daughters of
Robert L. Taylor, the murdered
guard, sat in a front seat as the ver
dict was read. They made no com
ment. "
The defense has three days to ask
for a new trial. Until then the judge
will not set a date for the elecrocu
f.on. Under the law King must he
electrocuted within 90 days after the
death penalty is pronounced, unless
legal complication'?, similar to the
Col? and Grammar case delay.
1 The defense pleaded emotional in
sanity. ' : ' -
The state demanded the death
penalty. '
Ccnfessed to Murder.
He will be the third person to be
electrocuted in Nebraska', the other
two having been Alson B. Cole and
Allen W. Crammer for the murder
of Mrs. Lulu Vogt.
Judge W. E. Stewrt will pro
nounce sentence on King.
King stabbed Taylor to death
while on his way to his cell from
' supper. Taylor had reported King
for breaches of prison regulations
and the negro had -been placed in
solitary confinement as punishment'
He slew the guard but a few days
after he had been releaser' from soli
tary confinement. I He confessed.
Soldiers Attack Crowds
Of Teachers at Peking
: Peking. June 4. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Several hundred stu
dents, teachers and others seeking
"an interview with the premier con
cerning arrears in pay, today were
attacked by soldier guards at the
gates of the cabinet grounds. The
soldiers used the butts of their rifles
and several persons, including the
director of the s national medical
school and the vice minister of edu
cation are reported to have been
seriously hurt. '
Major O. H. Sampson Takes -Charge
of Army Building
" Major O. H. Sampson arrived In
- Omaha yesterday from Jefferson bar
racks, Mo., and will take command
of the Army building and interme
diate supply depot. Major E. D.
Barlow, who has been in command,
will be assistant to Major Sampson.
- Major Sampson was formerly in
command of a supply depot in Jef
fersonville. ..- s
Masked Men Severely Beat
Crew of Ship Board Vessel
Old Point Comfort. Va.. Tune 4.
A party of masked men boarded the
shipping board steamer Mitchell in
Hampton Roads today and attacked
the crew, badly injuring eight and
... slightly injuring several others. A
naval detachment answered the Mit-
, chell's call for help, but before the
hue jackets arrived, the attackers
escaped.
Ex-German Passenger Ship
Named President Harding
New York, June 4. The former
German passenger liner Kaiser Wil
helm II has been renamed President
Harding, it was announced today
by officials of the United States
mail steamship company,
WHERE TO FIND
The Big Features of
The Sunday Bee
Photographs of Omaha High
School Graduates: Commercial High,
Rotogravure Section, Page 3; Cen
tral High, Part 4, Page 1.
Ak - Sar - Ben Races Part, 3,
The Judge's Fall, a Blue Ribbon
Mystery Story by Will Payne
Jfart 4, Page 3.
Married Life of Helen and War
renPart 4, Page 8.
Children in Clever Poses, Photos
by Nebraska Amateurs Rotograv
use Section Page 1.
Bryan Leaves Nebraska After
Thirty Years Part 3, Page 3.
Women's Section Part 2.
Sports News and Features Part
3, Pages 1 and 2.
Editorial Part 4, page 4.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
Part 4, page 5.
Music News and Notes Part 4,
Page 7.
For the Home-Builder and Home
Owner Part 1, Page 8.
Cutting Out the Waste by Monta
gue Part 4, Page 7.
Letters from a Home-Made Fath
er to His Son Part 3, Page 6.
Hughes Is
Sensation of
Qf Capital
"Human Iceburg," Slated for
Failure as Secretary of
State, Gives Doubters
Surprise of Life.
Geniality Bubbles Over
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
Washington, June 4. Consider,
now, Mr. Hughes, the sole sensa
tional development of the Harding
administration up to date. It's the
talk of the capital and of some for
eign .capitals, they say. ,
Mr; -Harding, as president, has oc
casioned no surprise either on the
part of his admirers or his critics.
He is. doing and. saying jus about
what he was, expected to do and say.
It is different. in the case of Mr.
Hughes, who has been giving 1 the
folks hereabouts a regular surprise
party ever since the fourth of March.
Although Mr. Hughes has been in
the public eye for 20 years or more,
has served on the supreme court and
was a candidate for president, he was
regarded more or less as an unknown
quantity in the office of secretary of
state.. Many there .were .who rolled
their, eyes heavenward and implored
Providence to say what would be
come of the country ' with Mr.
Hughes directing its foreign affairs.
A great legal mind, they admitted,
and therefore first-class timber for
an attorney general, but a man with
no experience' in international affairs
as secretary of state and a human
iceberg at that perish the thought.
. " Hughes Springs Surprise.
From such quarters one heard that
Mr. Hughes, lacking any sense of
direction in the labyrinth of inter
national relations, ignorant of ihe i
Machiavellian finesse of European
diplomacy and chilling foreign en- i
voys with his reputed frostiness of
demeanor would soon fritter away
whatever American rights and inter- !
ests Mr. Wilson had failed to hand
over for the sake ot humanity.
The first shock of surprise ex
perienced by the doubters was
caused by the urbanity of the new
secretary of state. He proved to
be a veritable spring of geniality,
bubbling over and still bubbling
after three months of it, despite .the
(Tura to Pago Two, Column Two.)
Man Tries to Get Rid of
Evidence in Liquor Raid
In a raid by the police morals
squad on a soft drink parlor at 519
North Sixteenth street yesterday,
Robert H. Hagen, proprietor, is al
leged to have attempted to throw
away a bottle of liquor. Harry Bu
ford of the police squad jumped over
the bar and grabbed the bottle.
Hagen was arrested on a charge
of illegal possession. He was ar
raigned in police court Friday on a
similar charge, but was released.
O'Neill Murder Hearing
Postponed to Next Week
O'Neil, Neb., June 4. (Special
Telegram.) The arraignment of
Rolla and Delia Dehart. who con
fessed to the murder of John Mize,
whose body was found in the Nio
brara river a week ago, has been
pontponed to Monday or-Tuesday.
They are expected to waive prelimil
nary hearing and be bound over to
the next regular term of the district
court.
Calumet and Arizona Co.,
Pass Action on Dividends
New York,, June- 4. Inability to
obtain a quorum of directors of the
Calumet and Arizona Mining com
pany today caused indefinite post
ponement of action on the current
quarterly dividend. Three months
ago this dividend was redu'eed from
51 to 50 cents a share. At present
the company's plants 'are closed. '
Semenoff, Cossack Leader,
Arrives at Vladivostok
Vladivostok, June 4. ( By the As
sociated Press.) General Semenoff,
the Cossacks anti-bolshevik leader,
, arrived here today on the steamer
Iowa Girl's
BodyFound
Near River
Hands Tied Behind Back and
Skull Crushed Was Teacher
At Valley Junction Near
Des Moines.
Missing for Four Days
Des Moines, la., June 4. (Spe
cial.) Sarah Barbara Thorsdale,
pretty Valley Junction school teach
er, missing for four days, was found
murdered near Valley Junction this
morning. Sheriff Robb left immedi
ately lor Valley Junction with a
squad of men. The girl's body was
found near the scene -of her disap
pearance on the west side of the
river. Her hands were tied behind
her back, her skull crushed, and she
had' been assaulted.
Miss Thorsdals disappeared Thurs
day afternoon, while walking from
the Barton school, where she is a
teacher, a distance of two miles from
the car line at Valley Junction. She
walked this route -every afternoon.
passing through lonely woods and
fields. She left the school Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 to return to her
rooms at the home of Mrs. T. H.
Brown, 4814 University avenue. So
tar as can be learned she never
reached Valley Junction.
The little town is in a fewer of ex
citement over the tragedy. Nearly
alt the pupils at the Barton school
are. Valley Junction children and all
adored Miss Thorsdale. Fathers and
brothers of the school children or
ganized searching parties Friday
night, and with deputy sheriffs from
Des Moines, searched .through woods
and fields far into the night. At one
place they fdund tracks of a woman
and a man leading to an abandoned
coal mine shaft.. Thev fear that she
was the victim of some moron was
created, by an incident last week. As
Miss Thorsdale left the school house
she was niet by a man driving an au
tomobile. " She accepted his offer of
a ride home. The next day he called
on her at school, and asked her to
a dance. She declined, but he be
came so insistent it was necessary for
Robert. B. Stone, principal" of the
school, to order him from the
building. . 1 .
Missing Telephone -t
Operator Found in
Rooming House Here
sAftcr a search since Monday for
Mary Madoerin, 3606 Haskell street,
pretty 17-year-old Harney exchange
telephone operator who disappeared
from her home nearly a week ago,
the girl was found late Saturday aft
ernoon in a rooming house at 2618
Leavenworth street, by her sister-in-law.
Mrs. Fred Madoerin.
Mrs. R. Smith, proprietor of the
rooming house, told police that she
rented the room to the girl last
Monday.
Mary burst into tears when found
by her sister-in-law, with wlfom she
lived, and refused to ' explain her
absence.
According to Mrs. Madoerin,
the girl left home Monday after bor
rowing $1 from her brother, saying
that she was going to see the
Memorial day parade. She has not
called at the telephone building to
get her wage check.
Mary will be turned over to juve
nile authorities.
Negress Accused of
Frightening Witness
Ada Johnson, alias "Duckie" Tur
ner, degress, pleaded guilty to in
timidating a government witness in
federal court yesterday and was
fined $1 by Judge Woodrough.
She crept up on one Bill Clawson,
who does some work for federal of
ficers now and then, and fired a large
revolver within a few inches of his
ear, according ta. Assistant United
States District Attorney Magney.
Bill- who was sitting on a curbstone,
was a bit frightened, ran in an east
erly direction, and stopped only
when he reached the river, Mr. Mag
ney says. t
Former Radical Agitator
Graduates From Columbia
New York, June 4. Frank Tan
nenbaum, 28 years old, one time mob
leatler and radical agitator, was grad
uated from Columbia university this
year as an honor student and won
the key of Phi Beta Kappa, an hon
orary scholastic fraternity, it was an
nounced today. Tannenbaum, who
served a year in jail for leading a
mob against churches here in 1914
and scathingly denouncing all laws
when he was convicted, was declared
to have discarded' his radical views.
Man Held for Stealing
Horse Blames it on Lord
Atlantic, la., June 4. (Special.)
That the Lord told him to do it,
was the defense of John Bull, Rus
sian, arrested near Adair for horse
stealing. - He said he took the horse
after an "all-night conference with
the Lord." He took the best horse
in the pasture of Miles Hogan.
Lakes in Wisconsin Freeze
' Birchwood, Wis., June 4. Reports
today state ice one-eighth of an inch
formed on lakes and streams in this
part of the state last night
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Automobiles to Cans
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rreaiciwn or naisv
Boston, June 4. A prediction that
automobiles within a few years,
would carry individual stills to pro
duce fuel for their operation was
made last night by Thomas A. Edi
son, jr. .
Discussing carburetion at the
graduation exercises of the Knights
of Columbus Automobile school, the
son of the inventor said he had been
seeking a substitute for gasoline for
10 years. The problem would be
solved, he said, by the manufacture
of individual distilleries to be at
tached to cars, the stills to be oper
ated by the heat and motion of the
motor.
Manv Note
Versatility
Of Hardin
g
Ability of Intense Concentra
tion and of Quickly Trans
ferring Mind to Next Topic
Causes Comment.
Rail Question Paramount
Bv N. O. MESSENGER.
Ncopj light, J 921, by The Washington Star)
Washington, D. G, June 4. (Spe
cial Telegram.) President Hard
ing's versatility in dealing with a
number of great questions of wide
ly differing import is noted and
commented upon by his official
family arid others who come in con
tact with the circumstances. He has
the power of intense concentration
upon the subject of immediate at
tention and of transferring his mental
grasp quickly and completely to the
next topic, although it may be as
wide apart as the poles in tenor
from the one last considered, while
he carries along the same effective
concentration. . ;:
He is regarded as fortunate injthe
possession of this faculty. He would
be in a bad way if he did not have it,
considering the fact that each cab
inet member brings to him his own
pal tfcufat 'roubles, -varying from the
other fellow?, and which to him,
naturally, are vastly more important
than any others. r
In addition, he frequently emerges
from a cabinet meeting to take up
with congressmen, with business
men, with financiers, or with rail
road and labor men still another line
of public questions to which he must
apply his attention immediately, to
the temporary exclusion of all other
subjects. His faculty in doing this
successfully commands the admira
tion of those who observe it.
Many Questions to Consider.
When one stops to consider the
public questions of first magnitude
which the president of the United
States has had to consider in the
past three months, the number
seems almost overwhelming and he
has had to consider them from, the
viewpoint of at some time being
called upon possibly to render- a de
ciding verdict upon them.
It is all very well to talk about
the constitutional limitations of the
chief executive, of his keeping with
in his own bailiwick, and" all tha't'
sort' of thing, but the fact is, and is
well recognized to be, that in recent,
years the trend has been altogether
toward the country's. leaning more
and more heavily upon hnn, while
at the same time insidiously, though
unquestionably, putting more power
in his hands thereby.
This is being done by the people
themselves. In the past there has
been criticism that here and there a
president has himself, sought to
grasp and exercise power beyond
tFie scope of his executive office.
Whether that ,has been true or not
is a question open to argument and
the pros and cons approached
through party and political avenues.
Democrats would deny that their
president had done so, republicans
averring to the contrary, and repub
licans for their part indignantly re
futing such an imputation against
their executive.
Submit to Executive. '
But there can be no dispute of the
assertion that congress has at times
yielded, indeed volunteered, submis
sion to the executive judgment and
will, and that the people, in times of
great stress and uncertainty, have
turned 'appealing eyes toward the
White House with the demand that
the president of the United Statei.
whoever he might ht at the time,
should take the lead. ' Only very re
cently the striking mariners prac
tically offered to rest their entire
case in the presidential hands.
The number and magnitude of the
questions the president has had to
bend his attention upon are well
known to every reader and hardly
need recapitulation, unless to recall
them in detail to mind. Not all, to
be sure, are subject to his 'decision
or final dictum, but to his review,
advice and suggestion.
The first big question and the one
most susceptible of yielding to influ
ence exerted by the chief executive
i the foreign policy of the United
States toward joining an' interna
tional association to preserve the
peace of the world from unnecessary
aggression. President Harding in
dealing with this subject has had the
good fortune to please to a gratifying
degree all shades of thought upon it.
Not that he has been a trimmer, not
that he has been carrying water on
both shoulders, not that he has been
(Torn to Tnie Two. Column Four.) 1
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Lone Indian Pays
Respects at Bier
Of Suicide Buddy
Bishop Shayler, in Funeral
Sermon', Denounces Those
Who Questioned Paul
Herrera's Motives.
A lone Indian mourner stood at
the bier of Paul Herrera, Navajo
Indian and veteran of the world war,
during the funeral service Saturday
afternoon at Fero's mortuary. Her
rera committed suicide in Omaha
Thursday.
The mourner was Joseph W.
Twin, Winnebago Indian, ex-Carlisle
student and buddy of Herrera
in the, A. E. F.
Departing from the conventional
funeral sermon, Bishop E. V. Shay
ler of the Episcopal diocese de
nounced - those who raised their
voice to question past motives or
actions of the dead soldier.
"The record of this man's life
was written in those glorious mo
ments of service he gave to his coun
try and to the great humanitarian
ideals of the late war not in the
deed of a distraught moment brought
on by his wounds and sufferings as
a result of that experience," declared
the bishop.
Herrera's bride, married a year
ago tomorrow, and her mother, Mrs.
Homer White, had to, be assisted to
the carriages, . so overcome were
they. Mrs. Herrera was Miss Sarah
White, a descendant of a Mayflower
pilgrim.
Harry C. Hough, adjutant of the
American Legion, paid a brief trib
ute to the deceased member. The
choir of Trinity cathedral, where
the couple were, married last year,
sang "Lead Kindly Light."
Officers of the reserve corps, of
which Herrerra was a member, were
pallbearers,' and buddies of the
Ninth- balloon company, with which
organization he went to France as
sergeant, made up the firing squad.
A Boy Scout was bugler. Burial
was in West Lawn cemetery.
Red Cross Finances Self
First Time Since Founded
For the first time since the Oma
ha chapter, American Red Cross,
was organized, the local home serv
ice department of this organization
financed itself, during May. This
was accomplished through refunds
of grants and loans to disabled sol
diers, according to a statement by
R. M. Switzler, chairman of the
Omaha chapter. Mrs. Charles Metz
is chairman and Mrs. . Charles
Granden, secretary of the home serv
ice section.
Last month this section handled
314 cases, of which 130 were new.
Court Rules City Right in
Refusing Street Meeting
New York, June 4. The appelate
division of the supreme court de
cided today in Brooklyn that the
city of Mount Vernon was within iti
rights when it refused to allow
socialists to hold a street meeting
October 2, 1920. The socialists had
asserted that the action abridged the
right of free speech,
Ti '
Naturally Follows
Denzel Chester
Is Acquitted of
Murder Charge
Alleged Slayer of Kansas City
Society Girl Wins Freedom
After Legal Battle of
Two Weeks.
, Kansas City, Mo., June 4. Denzel
Chester was acquitted by a jury here
this afternoon of the murder of Miss
Florence Barton.
The jury was out only 20 minutes.
Judge Latshaw had gone out to
lunch and it took a few miniites to
locate him when the verdict was
reached. Chester . was brought into
the court room and entered leaning
on a cane and walking in a shuffling
manner.
When the verdict had been read
Chester, smiling broadly, walked
over without the aid of his cane and
shook hands with the jury and
smiled his thanks.
Emery Trapp, foreman of the jury,
said that the reason the 11 men had
voted to free Chester was that the
state had not shown a. motive for
the murder.
The jurors smiled at ' Chester as
he wrung their hands. His mother
and wife reached the court room a
moment after the verdict was read.
As the verdict was announced a
cheer went up from the crowd wait
ing in the street outside the criminal
court building. '
When Chester had finished thank
ing the jurors a deputy marshal led
bim back to the county jail, where he
is held, charged with jumping a
bond in a case in which he is
charged with the theft of a motor
car. The charge was filed against
him before Miss Barton was shot.;
Man Held as Suspect
In Wallpaper Theft
Casper Wenninghoff, 2515 South
Twenty-sixth avenue, was arrested
Saturday and is being held for in
vestigation -in connection with the
theft of $1,000. worth of wallpaper
from the Beard Wallpaper . com
pany. ' - , ,
According to G. A. Townley of
the Reliable Detective agency, Wen
ninghoff, former employe of the
company, sold a quantity of the
stolen wallpaper. .
Andrew Ernest, 4311 North Twenty-fourth
street, also was arrested
on a charge of receiving the stolen
property. Other arrests are ex
pected to follow, according to Town
ley. Teacher's Body Found.
Des Moines, la., June 4. The
body of Miss Sara Barbara Thors
dale, 24, country school teacher v ho
has been missing since Thursday,
was found at noon today by a party
of Boy Scouts who were aiding the
authorities in the search for the girl.
The body was found hidden under a
bush near Valley Junction, a suburb
near here.
Buy Lodge Home
Audubon, la., June 4. (Special.)
The Masonic lodge here has pur
chased the Park hotel property and
will remodel it for use as a hom for
the lodge.
Fugitive Picked
Wrong Shoe Shop;
Now He's in Again
Detectives Just From Kansas
City Stroll by as Escaped
Leavenworth Prisoner
Tries on New 'Kicks
While the ' Goddess of Chance
smiled on Detectives J. Downs and
William McMullen of Kansas City
Saturday afternoon in Omaha, she
vvent" back on Elmer Henderson,
former soldier yho escaped from
the army prison at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., six months ago.
Downs and McMullen arrived in
Omaha Saturday afternoon follow
ing a tip that Henderson was here.
They immediately set out for the
Central police station.
Next door to the police station
is a shoe shop. Henderson, at that
identical hour, had elected to pur
chase a new pair, of "kicks." The
Goddess of Chance turned his foot
steps toward the establishmsnt next
door to law headquarters.
Downs and McMullen strolled by,
casually glancing in. There sat Hen
derson, minus -both his well-worn
shoes, . examining a new pair of
shiny footwear.
The fugitive looked up. Then a
wild dash for the rear, leaving shoes,
new and old, behind. , : -
But he was too slow on the pick
up. The detectives were hot n his
trail and had collared him before he
reached the back door,- -
A brother of Henderson, said to
be wanted in Kansas City on a
theft charge, who also was in the
shop, made his escape.
Henderson Went "next door," es
corted by the law.
Ralph Upson to Represent
American in Balloon Races
New York, June 4. Ralph Upson,
New York pilot, and C. J. Andrus,
chief forecaster of the United States
weather bureau, who won the na
tional balloon race from Birmingham,
Ala., last month, today were desig
nated as one of three, teams to repre
sent the United States at the Gordon
Bennet balloon races at Brussels in
September. The Aero club of
America, in making the announce
ment, said the personnel of the other
teams would soon be made public.
Hardings Quit White House
For Week End Trip and Rest
Washington, June 4. President
and Mrs. Harding left here at 8:30
this morning by motor for a week
end visit at the Pennsylvania home
of Senator Knox near Valley Forge.
The Weather -
Forecast.
Showers Sunday; not much change
in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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132 Bodies
Recovered
From 'Ruins
Receding Waters Show Many
Persons Thought to Have
Perished Are Safe Flood
Administrator Named.
Thousands Are Homeless
Denver, June 4. Two train
turned over last night in the rail
road yards at Pueblo and many
persons were killed, according to
information received late today by
the Denver Post.
The trains were Denver & Rio
Grande No. 3, which left Denver
for Pueblo at 3:55 p. m. yesterday,
and Missouri Pacific No. 2, which
left Pueblo at 8 last night, accord
ing to the newspaper's information.
No estimate of how many per
sons were killed was received, but
it was said the trains were both
filled with passengers.
Pueblo, Coldt, June 4. Estimate!
at 3:15 o'clock, of the dead in the
flood here indicated that the num
ber would not exceed 500 and might
be lower. The property loss still
was set at above $10,000,000.
Receding waters disclosed the fact
that many persons believed to have
perished, had escaped.
There are three morgues. One is
located on the north side, where
bodies are being taken. Two others
have been set up on the south side
of the city, where bodies will be
taken as soon as conditions permit.
At 3:30 .o'clock, . 132 bodies had
been taken from the flooded district.
Capt. John L. Fitzgibbon, com- '
manding the military, has given or-v
dcrs to shoot all looters.
Thousands of Mexicans, with pos
sessions on their backs,- were wan
dering through the city this after
noon, with nothing to eat and no
place to sleep. There way no, fra
or drinking water -available?. ( The en
tire eastern section of the city ' 'A'sis '
isolated. The south Side also was ,
cut off from the business district.
Business. Men Marooned.
A big party of Pueblo ' business
men, who assembled for a dinner at .
Minnequa club last night, still were
marooned there today.
The Red Cross was organizing to
aid sufferers. Refugees were being
taken care of in schools, court
houses and churches.
C. W. Lee of . the Diaries Lee
company was named official food ad
ministrator this afternoon. He will
have charge of rationing the food of
the . city. ' . , ,
The flood waters cover the entire '
section from. Second street to the ,
Mesa. This includes a large portion
of the business district.
Frank Pryor; of a local furniture
company, spent last night on one ;
standing wall of his four-story build
ing, which collapsed. Rescuers were
endeavoring to reach him this after
noon. Plane Circles City.
Signals were set out at 6 o'clock
last night but due to the fact that the
waters came up with such sudden
ness it was impossible for hundreds
to escape.
The flooding of the Fountain
river early this morning made the
situation worse as it i supposed to :
have caused a still greater loss of
life. - -
Suggestions have come ' from
prominent citizens-that the imme
diate need of Pueblo are tents, fresh
water, food, bedding and milk for
the babies. The past hour or so,
an airplane has been circling the .
city, apparently seeking a landing
place.
It is believed to carry an Asso
ciated Press correspondent en ,
route here from Denver.
Reports Reach Denver. -
Denver, Colo., June 4. With the .
latest report from Pueblo, which,
however, remains unconfirmed, to
the effect that the death toll of the
flood which swept ' that city last
night might possibly reach several
hundred, details of the terrible havoc
wrought by cloudbursts through the
eastern half , of Colorado began to .
come into Denver at. noon today. ...
From all over the stricken area,
which embraces all that part of the
state lying east of the Rocky moun
tains, come reports oi homes washed
away, people by the hundreds flee
ing to high lands, thousands of head
of live stock drowned and millions
of dollars damage done to crops and.
property.
Just before noon a special rep
resentatives of The Associated Press"
left Denver In an airplane in an at
tempt to reach Pueblo. 1
Rain Still Falling.
Rain was still falling this morning ,
in northern Colorado and southeast
ern Wyoming, but it had ceased in
other parts of the area. After what
is characterized its the heaviest June
rain in this city in 20 years last
night, De.ivcr today is going about
its business under murky skies.
Weather forecasts indicate continued
showers for Denver and the -eastern
slope of Colorado, while unsettled
conditions are predicted for the
western slope.
The precipitation at Pueblo was
reported at 2.02 inches.
Denver & Rio Grande train Xo. 3
turned over while standing still ,
(Tarn to Fa; Two. Colmmn OmJ