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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 303 Calnil m SKtM-CUll MtttM Kw 31. ItM. It OmM K 0. (Jf Art Mh . U?. OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1921. Until Juna 2. by Mtll (I Vr.). Dally ft Sun., J7.W; Dally 0ly. M: Sua.. I! M Outtlaa 4th 2aaa (I ywr). Dally and Sunday, Dally Only. I'ii Only, M THREE CENTS rn 1 mm ; ; : : ; Police Seek Bandits Who Shot Victim Desperate Effort Made to Ap prehend Trio Who Perhaps Fatally Wounded Woman Saturday Night. Detectives Have No Clew Without a single cttic, six detec tives are working desperately to ap prehend the three bandits who shot and perhaps fatally wounded Mrs. L M. Hyland. l'ahner, Neb., in an JUempted holdup near the St. Jo seph hospital Saturday night. Hospital attendants said yesterday that, although Mrs. H viand was in 'a semi-conscious condition, they be lieved she had an even chance to recover. Doctors were unable to locate the bullet yesterday. Mrs. Hyland, in company . with Mr. and Mrs. James Kane, 2515 South Eleventh street, had just alighted from a street car on Tenth street when they were accosted by thethree bandits. Kane was a former popular Omaha base ball player for several years.' His wife is a sister of Mrs. Hyland. Pressed Gun Against Back.. "We were walking," said Kane, "when we heard someone say: 'Buddie' or 'Bunnie' We all turned ground because we thought some one was calling my wite, whose flame is Bonnie." Kane stated that when thov turned around one of the bandits pressed a revolver against the back of Mrs. Hyland. A minute later a shot was fired by one of the high waymen, who were all armed. , As the men fled, they began firing at Mr. and Mrs. Kane. Kane left the two, women and v pursued the bandits. Four shots were fired at Kane. "Come back, Jim, I am dying," Mrs. Hyland shouted. Kane came back and carried Mrs. Hyland to the St. Joseph hospital. Police surgeons were "called and stated that , Mrs. Hyland would live but a few hours. No One Came to Aid. Kane stated, -thai ifo erc. were . at least six or more persons sitting on their porches and who witnessed the .shooting, but none of them came to liis aid or made any attempt to take Mrs. Hyland to the hospital after she was shot. Chief of Detectives Van Deusen, who personally took charge of the tandit hunt all day yesterday, said that he believed the bandits were novices. "A professional bandit would not have fired at Mrs. Hyland," said Van Deusen. Van Deusen also believes the bandits intended to hold up the street car crew, which stopped at Tenth and Bancroft streets. Al though Kane said he could not iden tify the bandits, police say the street car crew, from whose car the three bandits and the Kane party had just alighted, could recognize the high-1 v. Evmcn. --'.: Honor Students for Year at Grand Island College Announced Grand Island, Neb., June 5, (Special.) Commencement exer cises of Grand Island college closed a very ruecessful and enjoyable .series of events marking the end of the college year. The main com mencement address was by Dr. W. T. Elmore. Honor students were: College: Laura Bancroft. Belle Bryan, Lena Bryan, James W. Ben jamin, Lorenzo Black, Alba Rob bins, Perry Robbins, Esther Hile, Carter Simpson; academy: Esther Anderson. Marion Bancroft, Mary Elmore, Margaret Firth. Pearl Hilc. Wayland Rice, Esther Rice and Edna Weber. ' Prize awards were as follows: Academy: Patterson prize in ora tory, Edna Weber. Pearl Hile; de clamatory, Mary Elmore, Margaret Firth; Wyrick prize in extempor aneous speaking, Lorenzo Black, Irving W. Johnson; best essay on "Boosting Grand Island College," Esther Hile, Belle Bryan: oratory, Harry W. Powers; debate, Laura Bancroft, Belle Bryan, Irving John son, Lorenzo Black, Alvin Klause, Hale C. Cole. Hamilton. County lias 189 Eighth Grade Graduates Aurora, Neb., June 3. (Special.! The "Hamilton' county eighth grade graduating exercises will be held at Aurora Thursdav. June 16. J. H. Stitt, pastor of the First M. E. church of Grand Island and for merly chaplain of the Thirty-sixth division, A. E. F will make the commencement address. The class of 82 boys and 107 girls is the largest in the history of the county. Margaret Springer has the highest average in the county. .93 13-14. Helen King was second with .93, 4-7. Chilly Weather Hindering Com Growth at Lodgepole Lodgepole, Neb.. June 5. (Spe- sity of Wisconsin clashed during the ciaL) Wet, chilly weather con- j annual cap burning ceremony of the tinues over this end of the state. , under class men. Scores went into Small grain, potatoes and all gar-1 Lake Mendota to a ducking as a den stuff is making a remarkable ; result of the fracas and one fresh growth, but corn is backward, i man was badly burned when sopho Wheat is heading out nicely and ' mores, in their effort to start the v. Hie sonc ftcMs are ho-t. the gen-j huge bonfire prepared by the year erl condition is above the average, j lings, set one cf the number afire. Contestants In Help Yourself Club Tell Plans Member of Legislature Mak ing Closest Canvass of Life Know Value of Paper 1 Women Working Hard. All kinds of folk are enlisted as members of The Omaha Bee Help Yourself club. They are using all kinds of methods in their effort to win one of the 30 prizes offered for those who get the most subscribers to The Bee. The campaign closes June 25. M. A. Hostetlcr of Shelton, Neb has been three times a member of the state legislature and has been a reader of The Bee for 40 years. "I know it so well that I know what it is worth and I don't have any ; trouble at all in making other peo- pie see its worth," he writes the man ager of the club. Miss Mildred E. Johnson of Mead, Neb., was employed in a store in her home town until she became inter ested in the Help Yourself club. But not any morel The store job in terfered with her club work and Miss Johnson is now putting in all tier time m getting the. votes which, she hopes, will win her the $7,800 house in Omaha or the $4,400 Cadil- lac automobile which are the first two grand prizes. W. H. Hoerstmann of Fremont, Neb., is busy all day selling tickets at the Union station, but at other times he finds time enough to put up a dandy race for high place in the Help ' yourself club campagn. But about the fastest rush is that related bv Miss Lola Hosford of Seward, Neb. Miss Hosford is using her own automobile in getting the votes which may give her a better car. She went after a new Bee sub scriber, with such haste the other day that she forgot to close the au tomobile door and a repair bill re sulted when the door collided with the side of the trarage. All of these and scores of others are busy in the campaign, which closes June 25. Grand prize awards are the $7,800 house m Minne Lusa section of Omaha, the $4,400 Cadil lac, $1,500 Building and Loan cer tificate. There are nine Maxwell automobile? and other prizes award ed in the nine districts into which The Bee territory is divided. Residents of Keith County Hold Booster Trip for Coming Fair Ogallala, Neb., June 5. (Special.) The trip put on by the Keith County Community club to boost the county fair proved to be a success. Boosters from all over the county left Ogallala at 8 in the morning and visited Brule, Big Springs and the Fulscher and Kepler thoroughbred live stock farm during the forenoon. In the afternoon Lemoyne, Key stone, Sillasen's ranch, Roscoe, Sar ben and Paxton were, visited. A total of 150 miles was covered and 10 stops were made.- At each stop a band concert by the Ogallala band was given, together with boost er talks and songs for the fair. The trip ended at Paxton, where the Paxton Commercial club was host to the entire crowd of 630 at a 6 o'clock dinner. An outdoor meet ing followed, at which talks were made by J. O. Shoyer of the State Farmers Co-Operative union; W. P. Snyder. North Platte experimental farm; R. P. Crawford of the Ne braska Farmer; O. M. Gunnell, Pax ton. Robert Goodall, ex-Representative Eugene Beal and J. S. Kroh of Ogallala spoke for the Keith County Community club. Double Funeral Held For Overseas Vets Beatrice, Neb., June 5. (Special.) A double military funeral was held in Athletic park for Charles Sarber and James E. Babb, Beatrice boys who lost their lives during the war in France. Bitting-Norman Post, American Legion, had charge of the services, which were conducted by Rev. J. Franklin Haas and Rev. A. O. Broyles. Among the floral offer ings was a large wreath purchased by the business men of the city. The bodies were accompanied to Ever green Home cemetery by a military escort, firing squad and color bear ers, where they were buried with a brief service and a volley fired over each grave. Charles Sarber served as a private in Company E. 250th infantry. James E. Babb was a private in Company K.'352d infantry. Sarber was a son of C. M. Sarber, an old resident of Beatrice. Babb's mother resides in Omaha. A military funeral also was held at Wymore for Floyd Jones, who died overseas and whose body was brought to Wymore Friday evening. Burial was in Blue Springs cemetery. Wisconsin Freshmen and Sophomore Students Uash , -nA .Anhomores of the Univer- House May Kill Borah Peace Plan Chairman Porter and Leader Mondell Draft Substitute After Conference With President. Early Action Expected Chlcnco Tribune-Omaha Bc laed Wire. Washington, June 5. Following conferences with President Harding, Chairman Porter of the house for eign affairs committee and Majority Leader Mondell drafted a substitute measure by .which they propose to scrap the Borah disarmament amend ment, unanimously adopted by the senate. The substitute measure would sim ply express the concurrence of the house and senate with President Harding's declared policy of co-oper ating with other nations towards re ducing armaments. It provides: 'That the congress hereby expres ses its full concurrence in the de claration of the president in his ad dress to congress on April 12, 1921, that 'we are ready to co-operate with other nations to approximate disarm ament, but merest prudence forbids that we disarm alone,' and further fully concur in his declared purpose and intention to call an international conference to consider the limitation of armaments, with a view to lessen materially the burden ot expendi tures anil the menace of war; and that for the expenses preliminary to and in connection with the holding of such conference, the sum of $100.- 000 to be expended under the direc tion of the president, is hereby ap propriated." ' In Form of Resolution. The measure as now drafted, is in the form of a resolution to be of fered by Representative Porter. The foreign affairs committee will meet Monday to consider the measure, along with numerous other disarma ment proposals already offered in the house. The plan is to report the Porter resolution but immediately and have it ready to be substituted for the Borah plan which now forms a part of the naval appropriation bill. The naval bill will be sent to conference by the house on Monday probably. How far the president has gone towards endorsing the Porter sub stitute is a matter of conjecture, but Mondell and Porter expect to push the measure as more nearly repre senting the administrations desires than the Borah amendment. As a matter of fact, the administra tion, according to reports reaching the capitol, is a bit resentful of the Borah amendment. It requests tne president to enter into negotiations with Great Britain and Japan for an agreement to curtail naval building, imolvine that the administration has done nothing in this direction ana giv ing the country the impression that nothing would be done except to re spond to the demands of congress. Endorse Harding roncy. The president has stated that he began sounding out other nations on disarmament some time ago. The Porter resolution would recognize the president's leadership and en dorse his policy. ' It is understood that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sat with Mondell and Porter m the con ference at which the Porter substi tute was drafted. This was regard ed as further proof that administra tion influences are behind the Porter substitute. v Mr. Porter conferred with the president yesterday and Mr. Mondell talked with him about disarmament only a few days ago. Senator Borah regards the sub stitute as an attempt to throw a monkey wrench into the naval dis armament program as suggested in his amendment. He contends that it would render the whole plan un wieldy and impracticable by drag ging in the involved question of land disarmament and in the end lead to complete failure of all efforts to cur tail armament expenditures. Former Consul in France Visiting Wife at Geneva Geneva, Neb., June 5. (Special.) Grady Corbitt, vice consul at Lyons, France, arrived here to visit his wife, daughter of ex-Congressman Charles H. Sloan, who with her. infant son has been at the home of her parents for the last year. Mr. Corbitt arrived in New York from. France last week and has two months' leave of absence before tak ing up the duties of consulate gen eral at Stockholm, Sweden, to which post he has been assigned re cently. Boy Bound Over on Charge . Of Theft From Bunk Car Beatrice, Neb., June 5. (Special.) James Langley, 16. was bound over to the district court by Judge Ellis on the charge of breaking and entering a bunk car and stealing Elk cuff buttons and other articles valued at $200.' Bond was fixed at $500, in default of which young Langley was remanded to jail. His pal, Russell Peterson, pleaded guilty to the charge a few days ago, and ap peared as a" witness against the de fendant. Will Give Cantata. Aurora, Neb., June 5. A can tata. "The Carnival of the Flow ers," is to be given at the Christian church' on Children's day. The Aolian orchestra and the choir vail assist in the music. 1 Jjie Gorge Is Over Politicians Mix j Dope on Wyoming Senate Contest Mondell Seems to Have Clear Sailing Seat in House and Governorship Still In Doubt. Washington, June 5. (Special Telegram.) Wyoming' politics are looking up, according to recent vis itors in Washington from that state. Some of these visitors have come to the! national 'capital to look over the patronage situation and to see whether it might be possilbe to get' a standing at the pie counter. Fxom talk had with canny politi cians from Wyoming outstanding de velopments indicate that Congress man Mondell feeems likely to be un opposed, at the primary next year, for the republican nomination for United States, senator. An editorial urging this course recently appeared in one of -the leading party organs of that state, and has been reprinted and endorsed by practically every republican paper in the common wealth. : ' - .' John Hay, widely known banker of Rock Springs, who announced himself a candidate for the senate s.ome years ago, is quoted as having declared himself out of the race, at least as far as the next campaign i is concerned. Governor Carey, who ! is known to have the senatorial bee buzzing loudly about his head, has frequently stated that he would not contend against Mondell at the "pri mary. A rumor that Frank G. Curtis, representing the New York Oil company, and who has recently ac quired one of the leading ' republi can papers in the state, would be a candidate for United States senator in the next primary, is scouted by representative republicans who have been in Washington the past week, for the reason, they say, that Cur tis' home and family are still in Jamestown, N. Y. ' Congressman Mondell's announce ment for,, the senate will be the signal for many well-known repub licans to toss their hats into the congresisonal ring. Governor Carey is believed to be halting between an nouncing for , the house or standing for re-election as governor as a stepping stone to his senatorial as pirations. Atnong others likely to announce themselves for the Mon dell seat are: B. B. Brooks of Casper, former governor; W. C. Deming, editor of the Cheyenne Tribune, and L. R. Omart of Cody. Memhers of Woman's Cluh Will Attend Convention Geneva, Neb., June 5. (Special.) Members of the Woman's ' club were addressed by Mrs. Olive Lewis of Indianapolis, secretary of the Indiana League of Women Voters. As a result, some of the Geneva club women will attend the conven tion and school of citizenship to be held in Lincoln, next week. Old Timers Gather at Annual Meeting of Roundup Association Valentine, Neb, June 5. (Special :Iegram.) Annual convention of theNorthwestern Roundup associa tion, held at Valentine on June 3 and 4, brought to Valentine practically all of the old timers in the country. John H. Neiss was re-elected presi dent for the ensuing- year and L: J. F. (Billy the Bear) Cager of Chad- ron was re-elected secretary and treasurer. All of the. board of direc tors were .re-elected. Valentine was selected as the per manent meeting place of the organ ization.,- A ..banquet was ; served for the members.VaUwhich ''Billy the Bear" was toa'strhasterr. Oyer 100 memtjets were taken in cars to Hackberry lake. 25 miles south of here, wherle. in lieu of the customary barbecue. dinner ot tresh hsh was served. , , Odd Fellows Hold : District Meeting McCook. Neb., June 5. (Special) Over 200 Odd Fellows attended the annual convention of-the South-1 western J District association . held 'here.,- ,' ' '.' ., ' Business -sessions : and the con ferring" of degrees, in addition to the conferring- of 20 past grand degrees by Grand Master Charles Navlor of Chadron, were all largely attended. ' K. H. Williams' of W auneta was elected president of the association;' W. V. Votaw ' of May wood, vice president; Dr. Charles W. Rayr of mclook, secretary; rt. J. tiorchert of Benkelman, treasurer; Judge A. L. Zink of McCook, chaplain. - The McCook . Rebekah lodge served a banquet, over 200 participat ing. ' McCook was selected as the place for holding next year's meet-. ing. Bandits Rob Theater Man of Day's Receipts Beatrice, Neb., June S.-'(Special Telegram.) Two bandits hopped on to the. running board of the car oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. George Mon roe of the , Gilbert theater as they were . driving into the yard at their home late at night and at the point of guns forced Mr. Monroe to hand over a-small sack' containing $350 the night's proceeds, at the theater. The highwaymen escaped. Mr. Monroe said one of the ban dits was tall and the other a short man, and that both wore handkerr chiefs over their faces. " Bloodhounds were put on their trail, but without success. ' Farm Barn Near Tahle Rock Is " Destroyed by Fire ' Table. Rock, Neb.. June -5. (See- cial.) A Jarge barn on, the farm-of Joel Babcock, near here, was ,n-. tirely destroyed by fire. A quan tity of grain and hay was. stored iri the building. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is estimated at $2,000, .with, only $500 insurance., Board of Trade Members Oppose Control Bills Power Given Secretary of Agriculture in .Tincher Measure Denounced . By Gates. Chic&o Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington,, June 5. Legislation affecting the. grain exchanges was opposed by L". F. Gates, former pres ident of the Chicago Board of Trade, and by .Samuel P. Arnot, a member, berorp , the senate committee on iaorricUltUre.' . Mr. Gates 'denounced the 'sweeping' delegation 6f power to the ' tfe cretarv of agriculture in the Tincher bill passed by the house.' Mr. Arnot declared that destruc tion' of the Chicago Board of Trade is irt prospect if both congress and the Illinois . legislation enact ;meas- 'ures;'.','.'-.. VLaws should bring confidence and encourage initiatiye," said Mr. Gates. ,The,sort of. legislation by rules, and ; regulations . rather, than by statute cannot command respect.".---. .'.' ;VyMr.';Gates will continue: his. testi monies Monday, r Jleanng probably will, be concluded some time next week, i . ( ;"If the Lanrz bill,', which has al ready been' passed . by the Illinois senate, is, passed by the house and congress enacts the pending Tincher bill, the Chicago Board of Trade will be between - two powers,"- said Mr. Arnot: '.'The , Illinois secretary of agriculture and the secretary of agri culture ' of , the federal government both will be able to establish regu lations. One' might make one rule and the other one: which would be in conflict. It would simply mean the death, of the Chicago Board of Trade. Fires Destroy Home, Auto : And Garage at Aurora -Aurora, Neb:, June 5. (Special.) Two tires in Aurora completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peterson and ihe private garage and automobile of Joe Powell. - Firemen ;vere handicaoned in fighting the former blaze, : because the water hose would not reach the house, . which is outside the city limits. The barn was saved only after strenuous. work. The PoWell garage was ignited by a short circuit in the automobile which Mrs. Powell had driven into the building shortly before.' The Weather - Forecast. .f . Forecast. . ' Nebraska Probable . showers Monday;, not much change in tem perature. , . '. Hourly Temperatures. .. m. .. m. m . . , 7 . m.. , S a. m . . , . m . . , 10 ft. m... 11 a. m... 13 (noon) ...55 . . .. ...7 . ,.M . . .K ...M ...7S lp.m. S p. m. S p. m. 4 p. m. 5 P. m. p. m. P. m. I p. m. ..'3 ..71 ..75 ..77 ..76 ..7 ..74 ..7J People Fleeing From New Cloudburst and Broken Skagway Dam Water Rises to Point Reached Friday Night Giving Way of Reservoir and Heavy Rains During Day Brings Condition Which Cannot Be Exaggerated, Authorities Say. Pueblo, June 5. (3:45 p. m.) A terrific cloudburst started in Pueblo 15 minutes ago. The Arkansas river is again rising at a rapid rate. At this writing the water has reached Fourth and Main streets. This message is being sent in the office of the Postal Tele graph company, into which water is now pouring. The sky is filled with low hanging black clouds, making the city as dark as night. Just as the waters from the break in the Skagway and Beaver dam reached Pueblo at 3:55 o'clock Sunday after noon, rain started falling here in sheets and the city faces a situation which the authorities consider very critical. The combination of a cloudburst and the swollen Arkan sas river brings about a situation which cannot be exaggerat ed. The water had reached Fifth and Main streets at 3:55 o'clock. The high point reached in Friday night's flood was Sixth and Main. Mayor Mike Studinski and Chief of Police Daily called upon Governor Oliver H. Shoup and Col. Patrick Hamrock, commandejr of the Colorado rangers, to take complete charge of the situation and maintain order in the flood stricken city. s- Warning whistles have just been Girl "Bumming" Way Is Arrested At Grand Island Young Woman, Dressed as Male Hobo, Rode Rods From Portland on Trip To Illinois Home. Grand Island, Neb., June; i Sj- Margarette Cotheran, 21, waX;: ar rested in the lower yards here on charges ot trespassing ana vag rancy. She was dressed in ' boy's clothing, passing as an ordinary hobo, having bobbed nrey red hair. bhe had decided to go back to her home in Peoria, 111., which she left over a year ago, and not having money with which to pay railroad fare, decided to beat her way from Portland, Ore., she told police. she got along very successfully un til she reached Grand Island, having left Portland - Monday, she stated that 6he would have reached home by tomorrow if she had not been picked up. 1 was terribly homesick and did not have money to buy a ticket and thought I could 'beat my way,' she said. . "I borrowed my brother's clothes , and started out. There were lots of hoboes and several girl hoboes and sometimes I was fright ened, because some of those guys are pretty tough-looking f ellow6, but they never harmed me. Ut course, I traveled most of the time on bumpers and in box cars. sleeping when I could. I was caught at' Sidney and they knew I was a girl, but they let me go on. "Gee, but I am homesick, and if I ever get home, believe me, 111 be there for life; I just hate, this bumming." Miss Cotheran. through co-opera tion of the local chapter of . the American Red Cross and police of ficials, was given an entire outfit pi feminine wearing apparel and. re freshments at the General hospital. She will be provided by the Red Cross with transportation to Pe- ona, x at . which city Red Cross of ficials will be notified to meet her. Local police officers contributed the" necessary pin money . tor the journey. Judge Declares Seven $1,000 Bonds Forfeited Beatrice, Neb., June S. (Special.) Bonds for $1,000 each were de clared forfeited in the cases of James Hrabak. Charles b. Jackson, Thomas Churchill, George Baker, Herbert Bitting, Ern Darwin and Roy Baker, by Judge Colby of the district court before final adjournment of the Feb ruary term. Hrabak was accused of having in toxicating liquor in his possession and Jackson with stealing auto tires, rour of the other defendants are charged with statutory offences. Harvey Smith, charged with assault upon Albert Coon with intent to do great bodily injury, gave bond ofi $1,000 for his appearance at the next term of court. Robin Attracts Notice By Freak Breast Coloring Geneva, Neb., June S. (Special.) A robin with unusual coloring ha been nesting on the grounds of the Benedict residence m northeast Geneva. The left half of the breast feathers are white, instead of the common dull red of the rest of the tribe, which are present in unusually large numbers this year and almost unbelievably tame. Crops Near Beatrice Are , Benefitted by Late Rain Beatrice, Neb., June 5. (Special.) Farmers in this section of the state report that wheat, corn and oats have shown great improvement since the rain last, week. Practicallv enough moisture fell to tide the small grain crop over until harvest time. ." sounded and people are once more fleeing from the lowlands along the Arkansas river to higher grounds. It is believed there that the rising of the river at this hour is the fore runner of the flood which is coming down the valley as a result of the breaking of the dams on Beaver creek, eight miles north of Florence at 1 :30 o'clock Sunday morning. Police, National guards and mem bers , of citizens committees an hurrying through the lowland? warning every man. woman and child to get out of the district at once. A courier who arrived from the country east of Pueblo along the Arkansas river, states that the country between Pueblo and Nepesta, is one huge lake; Every thing is under water. Masses of Debris Carried . Upon Crest of New Flood ' Puebloj June 5. (By the Asso c'aed Press.) Trees and masse; of debris were coming down from the country above Pueblo on th crest of the new flood. Troop? quickly cleared the business ane wholesale districts. Citizens wer prevented from coming within s block of the waters, while evrrx effort was made to prevent loss o" uie irom tne new danger. Governor Oliver H. Shoup ant' Col. Patrick Hamrock, commandei of the state constabulary, arrived to day to take personal charge of th situation. Immediately upon theii arrival they held a conference with Mayor Mike Studinsky and Chief ol Police Dailey, at which the city authorities approved of a plan where by Colonel Hamrock'g troops, con-, sisting of Colorado National guard units and state rangers, will assumt " all responsibility for law and order during the emergency. Governor Shoup and Colonel Hamrock left Colorado Sorins at 8 o'clock this morning in a special tram, which consisted of a motor truck mounted on flanged wheels and which traveled to Pueblo over tht Santa Fe and D. & R. G. tracks. J Leaving Colorado Springs tbe car ran into its first difficulty at Foun tain, . where the approaches to the big Santa- Fe bridge over the Foun tain river .had been washed away. Back-tracking several miles, the ear was switched to the D. & R. G. track and continued its journey to Butte, where the approach to the D. & R. G. bridge, the biggest between Colorado Springs . and Pueblo, had been washed -out, but where the rails still attached to the ties remained iti place. Track Repaired. After considerable delay the track was mended , sufficiently to permit the passage of the special, but th governor and Colonel Hamrock de cided to complete the journey to Pueblo by automobile and aban doned their party. Accomnanvinff the srovernnr anrf Colonel Hamrock on their special were K. G-. Breckenndge, president of the Pueblo Rotary club, who was in Denver with his family when h received the news of Pueblo's dis aster, several Denver officers of the Colorado state guard, and a flying squadron of newspaper correspond ents. . As the special neared the out skirts of Pueblo pictures of wreck and ruin began to present them selves. Here a small cottage turnee over and lying half buried in slimv mud; there the debris of several box cars, torn from their carriages and piled in a heap of ruins, or gigantic tree , that had been ton ruthlessly from the earth and cas1 up against the railroad embank ment. ' Upon the arrival of Governor Shoup and Colonel Hamrock, th belief was expressed by members of the party that the reports of the death toll had been exaggerated. The Associated Press correspondent is now trying to compile figures showing the actual dead. The prop erty damage, it is conceded, will re main at least as high as had been fixed originally, $10,000,000. The force of the flood carried en tire buildings down the stream and (Torn to Par CoJu Tfcr