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RF1 IAnH-tTY CHARACTER ENTERPRISE THE MORNING OKLAHOMA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER FINAL EDITION VOL. XV, NO. 2-1S. Tt'LSA, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, Jl'NK (5, 11)21 PRICE 5 CENTS EW FLOOD STRICKE PIIFRIO rUE-DLU 3 TUjmgsSkLO SES High ARKANSAS RIVER IS ON RAMPAGE I omiI Kails to Dissipate Itself in Irrigation Floodgates SITUATION ALARMING Lii-tern Colorado and Kansas a Far East as Dodge City in Grave Peril TRAIN SERVICE IS HARD HIT Mil. After of Track Is! U.i -hod Out; Dam RursUng I Halts Repair Work 1 i.O June i Fear wns cx-tonight for tlio safety of pco- i towns on the Arkansas a I'ir'blo There wan no i 1 racing a warning from I ua.s lnitioASlhln fo pel Into 'Mcnia of hi' rlty or out of 1 the south The heavy a and tonu'it again mane i Is almost lmpa3lble MTt VI ION IS IV HI VI'IMIV I.

1 1" I i. had te.iched Lnmnr at 6 a this evening, according to I '-il reived at the general offices the, general offices I hison. Topeka am miles wt of Ate j-a'itu i i.inmr is CO miles wl i' The flood crest -v 1 f. et high and was trnv- 'g the ime of about seven i him', ording the in-' wall of water has 1 Arkans-is rvrr over an i 1 i nines wide In tin vicinity expected by Santa I'e i' i dissipate Itself through gHtcs of Itrlgation ditches Uimar. had not done mo.

ii. I and the situation In east-'''n, Kin and western Kansas as is Dodge City is considered ig flood, canted by the dalil west of Pueblo. i1' preparations made by the I for repair work In that 1 il forma tralno of th Santa M.I .1111,11 I lAilfl, onnell. general passenger imnoiinced. Number five, tor Denver, was detnured I Dllmwood to Mcl'herson.

Kan- wh. re It was transferred to the ii Pacific tracks. Connell said. h' Colorado tratns on ithe rSanta V' were utile to get through r. Ford up to late this after-' were unahle to get beyond S' i after 0 o'clock tonight.

Pas-c Cms for Denver and other Cnlo- in's have been transferred to if If tnilns at Kansas City today. Connell said. A I' .11 maim loaded with pnssen-' U'b hit. i were delivered to the i' Cltr I I md at that point, Connell 1 1 l(Ml) s'Mll's TltMS ON i tyi'u i OS. T.

xas. June ft-The Texas I fv fi railroad tracks near here "It n.iit-i for of 1 fn at a depth of from ih flvr feet and traffic has over this se-tlon of is a result of the overflow-bi 1'eios river. The Atchison, i Santa IV railroad track under water near here, it Is iver rapidly rising tonight. in the lowlands have been to leave Heavy rains In 1. v.

o. augnynted by a two- ii lure late Saturday night 'rmmS out of their banks, ihw damage has been i roph. No loss of life has 1 T'i pi; pivi: I ll' KANSAS w'i IT Kan. June b--Hecatlse 1 1 u''i helvieeo SvrnciiAe am hj- i a'i 'i i iu. tlx- Colo.

Santa Kc trains in proceed further west ric ut-e, nording to dls-h re ItcpnrtM indicate be- ir and five miles of track mun Sanla l'e line wimhed i estimated froni four to will be to ropalr ig yp trains to tin flood around Pueblo have been in order to that effoi be i lore i.usi nicni. nania igers to Denver are being. -n to the l.o'ck Island -ad officials state. pi: 'I Us IV roMHIMh), 1-AS VKOAS. At June 6 i he Atchison.

Topeka it at I (Up rai'way are under wnter be- i amar and 1 Junta, 'Col I rqports to the railroad tiere passengerh arc, il.Nl.UU ON 1WGE fIB Waters Menace S2Sr Hoslelr- The Influence of Adju'vit Gen eral Charles Ilarrett with (liv rrnor Hobcrtsnn all ihat prevented the command-1 ring of The Tulsa Hotel by the states military, during the re. cut reign of martial law, according to reliable sources Intimate with official dlreetlnn of thn military here. A cording to this soime. which cannot bo revealed, the governor came 'to the ilty of Tulsa In an ugly mood. Arriving he found the hotel filled with guests and nothing left for the Mate's ehlef executive The governor Is said to have pleaded, commanded ami threatened to no avail After a time the governor Is said to have lost hi head, whereupon ho vehemently declared ho would commandeer the place, mint every gue.it In the house and turn the) establishment over to the soldiers operating under.

his direct authority. It Is fald the governor even threatened to make barrack rooms out of parlor suites. Arcordlng to the unrevealed source-, thn governor was preparing to Ihhuc his orders when the adjutant general ap-peared and succeeded In InMueing the commander In chief to recedu from his militaristic position The. hotel authorities managed to accommodate the governor NEW'PROfECTIVE LEAGU FORM ED -r Citizens Organization Is lnnepenoeni 01 uiner Enforcement Bodies MEMBERSHIP OF 250 Only Men of Known Ability to Re Admitted to Merchants' Protective League The formation or a business men's proteitlvc organization was an-noun-'d Imni "dl.itcly afti i the meeting of the executive of the central welfare hoard Sunday 1 It Is to be organized un der direction of the committee, and as near as can be learned will function Idepsndently of all other organisations. The membership will be about 250 men who havo hown abUlty In law enforcement and In dealing with the criminal element.

Sunday passed quietly In tho city, with little moro than rumors to disturb the quiet. An occasional ar- rf imq in th illsturiiaiH ol luesuay nignt nun Wednesday, and of persons ho were charged with possession of lot. A lost property cubtod an Is to be appointed within the mxt day or Uko by T- 11 Avails, and thosii persons will have charge ot fj' 'IT 2 I III till' CIMHUIUUM' HIIU iU lir oronenv that was taken from the burned district either by friends or hv looters (iiianU on All lloads. Armed guards have been stationed at the edges of the city on ever road leading Into Tulsa. These guards have been Instructed to ha I', iinv person or automobile that looks suspicious, and to fire If persons te-fuHc to halt at their command.

1'ollre Commissioner J. M. Adklfon said Sunday evening that the co-operation of police -'ithoritles In every city and town In this section his been promised to Tulsa, and loi al officials are to be warned immediately if there is anv unusual action een on the part of negroes In nil) uf the surrounding towns. Adklson stated there will bo iecnane In the number of special men employed bv tin- police department until all rumors of impendln, trouble have entirely died out. A large reserve fori Is in readiness at a minute's notice in event there should be any further dlsturb.un cs or blgns of disturbances soarrh for Itlot 1cndcrs.

Police have obtained information lii the effict that IM Howard, one of the negroes who incited the riot, was anion those killed Howard, It was learned official i. was on one of the first trip ks loaded with ne- Jl? i liriilh CONTIM'KD ON I'ADK HHVK.S' THE WEATHER Junr Mann um kl muni ih nulh intl lur lil.V) OilA wjttrrea nowfi dv a'tir 'iini aukass xuur liti. Tufinltv iih.t Montiiiv 4Bi tui tua Mon BLACK AGITATORS' BLAMED FOR RiOT Bishop Mouzon Cites Visit of Radical Negro as One Cause of Rattle CITIZENS CRITICIZED Says City Government Reflects Moral and Spiritual Desire of Its Electors WHITES OVERLOOKED CRIME Allowed 'Little Africa to Re-come Festering Sore and Wonder at Results That the visit of Doctor Dubois, editor of a magazine for negroes, "The Crisis," to Tulsi some time ago may havo had a bearing upon thn trouble of the past week was intimated by lllshop Kd D. Mou.on In his sermon last night at the Itoston Avenue Methodist church upon the subject. "The Tulsa Itace Iliot and the Teachings of Jesus The magazine published by Dubois wan termed by tho lllshop "dangerous." and Dubois himself characterized as tho most vicious negro man In the country.

"I knew at the (lmc that Dubois was heM," declared the lllshop. "and 1 very' keenly regTct now, In view of the events of the p'ist week, that I did not take advantage of that knowledge, and Inquire Into the purpose of his visit." It wa.s reported to him. stated the nishop, that on the night the riot negroes went to the offi. of thiJ II, t. i i I ammunition.

"Where, asked the speaker, "did they get those guns and that arnniu-Mtlnn? What business had they with with them? Agitators, be they blink or white, can accomplish nothing but serious harm, and smiil lems of cltv, state1 or country are never settled In that wa. i WIiIicm In I)cfcn- of Home. I The mob." declared the Ui-hop "Is alwa.vs wrong It is never o. apologui for. never defended ruinous to i Iviliation.

it is uus As to what happened nftn tin streets were filled with arftTed negroes. I do not know. I do not Know who Is to blame for what happened I Hut If it is true that the i ttv and I county officials wore powerless to stop that which threatened, if It is true that thorn was nothing done at a timo when It was imperative that sntnethinir bo done. If it is true that our wives, oir children and tho people of Tulsa were, threatened with being at the mercy of armed negroes, then tho whito man who got his gun and went out in defense with it did tho onlv thing that a decent white man could have done. It is true that somebodv hliinden ii Civilization broke down in Tulsa.

I do not attempt to place the blame, the mob spirit broke and hell was let mime. Then things happened that were on a footing with what the Hermans did In lielglum. what the Tiriks did in Armenia, what the llol-shevlsts did In Itussla Tulsa has been disgraced. I am ashamed. It will take Tulsa long, long time to get over mat which has been elone here.

Papers the country over have carried In big headlines the happenings of tint i lnht ('itleuililp Miami el. "I repeat. said the bishop, who was freqtientlv intert iipted spontaneous bursts of applaui-e "that I make no attempt to pla.e the blame for the ellsgraceful happenings of that night. It Is easy to tiy, "the cltv officials are to blame. The administration broke Hut let me tell you, that If the blunder was made by the cltv officials.

If the fault was the administration's, then you are equally to blame, for you yoiirsiilv'os are yi ur ilty govern-1 ment, your city government It the I exponent of oui moral and civic Uf Don't blame your ilty officials Illame vourself. "Little Africa," continued thn lllshop. was one of the blacker! spots In Oklahoma I nm amazed at' the open violation of law practiced there, that there were all sorts of i 'Joints' operating there (if cours the officers of the law Knew all about Ii but that was Little Africa' Certainly everything bad was going on there but that was Little Afrl. a' We must raise the standard I of the colored race If we would solve 1 the problem that Is not only tho I robleni of Tulsa Just now, but ot other- itie'S as well, and you can't i do that until we raise our own I standards A great many of us have not elone that, Paid Mteiitlon to Crime. "There has been petty pilfering going on 111 Hie kite hens of some of you women and vou i-ave allowed if for fear of Insinc iour servants I' 'N PIVI Por It eh II I ni' fark.

New 'it Ad-t W.s of Riots In PulP of. Invasion of Business District by Armctl Negroes, Possession of Arms by Citizens, Lnx Law Enforcement and Lack of Interest in City Government Reasons Given Tulsi i liure-hgnei did not e.siiipi 1 in services of worship Sundav, that topic vvhb has been chief In cvci thought and on eveuy tongue fm (hii past five days, for the race riot, its. causes, effects, lessonrt and lie i essary .1 tier null Ii of notion, we're-the subject of I'lillre N'Tniolis or of allusion In practlcullv all local i huri his Sunday inoinlng mid evening. Declaring that the Tulsan who hiis passed thiough such incurrences as that of the past week, no matter In what mauni wllhoui a ilegicc of distill bailee of his feelings and thoughts Is not normal. Itev L.

S. Il.irton of Huston Avenue M. II. ehiirch said. "I feel that to talk of anything else but the theme ot righteousness wotilel be large.

I thrown to the vvln.l," in announcing his text us "HlghteousneHs Kxulti'tle a People; Sin Is a Itcpioach to Any The pill pose expresseel bv most of the ministers; wtlh-Iii keeping with the statement of Itev J. Abel of llrst church that "Though this Is no time for Intemperate spi el there are- some things that ought to be said without any attempt to shield any una In any way to blame and at the sumo time bring home, the lesson to the whole Uly wiii. In our hutnill.il ion we. ought to be ready to i eeelvp CniisoM eif Nllsturli.iiie'er-. Causes of the disturbance were variously named as non-rnlnrcnmciit of the law, ludlsci Imlnate possession of weapons by citizens, the Invasion of the business dlatrlrt by armed negroes, general lawlessness In the edty and Kck of Interest In government by tho dee-ent eltlzcnshtp.

The ministers! were moro ngreivl as to tho Immediate steps now necessarv suih as assisting the destitute and restni-ing the devastated area and punishing boib blink and white culprit, and were also unanimous in their pli a Uir a firm stand for good gov-einnient and law enforcement by good i ii.ens and for a highei moral Mtanding in tin- illy. The pastors stated i ha they left to the grand Jury the fixing of Individual blame The riot w.us used ns an lllstr.iilon of bow the possession of arms leads FAMOUS WOMAN AVIATOR KILLED Laura Bromwell, Daring Loop-the-Loop Star, Dies in Fall Mr.S'KOLA. June B. JUsa Ij.ura liromvvcll. holder ot tho loop-the-loop record for women, and one of tho bet known ntn pilots In the world, was killed at Mitchell field this afternoon.

Miss Itronivvell wrvs flying at an altitude of about l.OOu fe-t when the accident ippened. She had Just completed eme loop and wus about to make a second when something went wrong with the plane and It crushed to Hie grounel. Miss Hromwell, whore home vvns In Cincinnati, was S3 years old. She establisheded her loop-tho loop ree-jrd on May 16, last, when she ex ectitrd 113 loops in ah hour and 20 minutes. Tb.it sunn- afternoon sho piloted her an plane ov a two mile straightaway course al the rate of 1 miles an hour Military observers; who witnessed the flight, declared that the glils airplane motor slopped abruptly as she was making the upward turn of the loop.

The machine fell bin toward into a tall spin and dropped like a plummet Into a mad Just outside of the field. Hundri'ds of spet tators rushed to where It utruck the ground. The girl's llfelc body was found in the tangled wreckage M's Hromwell bail had tested her m-chlne befoie engaging it In her stunts, aimv officers said, and hud pronounced It in good condilionT Miss Hromwell machine went through th. first loop with the grin of a bird. She had Just started a second when suddenly the bum of the motor stopped anil the plane lun heel sldewlse.

Il seemed to remain suspended ii minute and then sturted In Its meteoric drop. A dark objec flew froiq the ma-i bine and many syt itora. thinking Ihat the simps bidding the avlairlx In hpr seat had broken, letting her full Into spHci shuddered and turned their henels. It later proved to hi' a seat cushion. ICxperieni ed aviators who witnessed tho accident, declared that the girl's apparent to manipulate the control levers In art effort to right (lie plane prob.ililv il II' lo to i being swum," fn.m the -ii ho 1 bat sh i I 'i i a In ni Hh" flving gb enough hrv said nave brought Me plane Rafi toeai'h run ici hid i (Kl I i tu ubi tr ib, Othe Discussed Tulsa SundaiJ to warfare Hev Knife Pome roy I Curio of Trinity episcopal church and llev.

Kaufman of the Knst I. lithi um church, preaching Sunday morning on disarmament In iibnr-vance of national Pence Sunday I Iteveii'tnl Curm declared that "If' tint negroes had had no arms and it i ni il 1 1 1 1 I'm or If they bad been ills armed at the outset, there would i have been no bloodeheil, but because they went through the city armed thev were the cause of their own undoing." Preceding the taking up of nil offering for tin' relief and ri'Slltulinn fund Heverend Crutn said that without regard to where the. blame for the disturb nice lav. help should be given the Innocent negroes suffeilng because' of the radical ele iiiciit. Slating that there would not have lice-n oce urre'tice such us that of Tuesday night and We'dnes-day If cltizc'iis had pot been Hrtneet, Heverend Kaufman went on to say that "Tulsa must redeem her folly Just a warring nations must, by paying the' price.

To restore! tho property losses of the unfortunates is the least that Tulsa can do. Then she ought not to rest until all participants, white and black, arn removed as menace to society" Is Stain I pon Tulsa, Hev C. Kerr of the Klrst Pren-byterlan church the disturbance as a stain upon Tulsa's fair fame years I have been boosting Tulsa and we have all been boosters and boasters' about our buildings, bank accounts and other assets, but the nvenUi of the past week will put. a stop to brag ging for a whllY. The matter should not be dlMciissed in regard to any Individual blame.

Let the courts deelde that; they should go to tne bottom of the whole matter and bring all guilty ones to Justice Th" cause of the riot was divided bv Hi verenil Keir between the act of had negroes and a prevailing spirit of lnwIi'iisnesH in the city. "The colored people must understand that they started It The fact eif their arming and coming up through the city waje an outrage to the citizenship of Tulsa If they had not done C'elMT! VtlCIl r.K I'AIIB VIVK Deputies Picked For Daring and Nerve by Hurley What Is legarded as one of the most formidable organlz-itlotiH thai have been brought about as a lesult of tho race riot is tho quo headed by Major P. J. Hurley, and known thn special deputy shorlffs' force. Hurley organized (his forco at the request of tho executive committee! of tho central welfare! board, and picked his men fur their known ability and couragu to face mobs and disarm them.

Major Hurley saw activo overseas The experience ho gained there lias stood him In good stead In selecting those who om-pose tho force uf which he is the dlrei I'T unci commanding of or. As his rirst assistant lie picked Horace H.irnard. now a prosperous local business man, but who at one time whs a mwman who had to deal with a criminal and lawless pioneer element '( believe this force is capable of denlliu- with virtually anv bodv of Uw breakerii that might be disposed to 'start something' In Tulsa Major Hurley dee lured. "There isn't a niun In the bunch who has-nt f.n eel death in probably a do-en different ways, and a mob would hold little or no terrors for them." lleadquarteis of the newly organized force Is in the sheriff of flee In the county courthouse, where tin' members are to congregate immediately at the first sign of I rouble Hurley I) her edit a Reports of Further Outbreaks in Tulsa Dei taring tin main rumors ur-rcnt In the iHv ngardi'ig further uprisings of (be n-gietcH as malicious and perpciratid with the iti-lenl of i ontliniliii. tin general unsettled i olldltleifT.

while without the slightest foundation of fact. Pal .1. Hurley, ut the head of the spe. lal force of deputy sheriffs and .1 Adklson, commissioner of police, said last night that eltU zens of the city should not believed or assist In the circulation of ue rumors. "The district surrounding Tulsa Is adequately -larded, Hurley said, "and we arn constant lv In touch with every peace" officer within radius of to miles.

Itoth Saturdav and Sunday nights false ports wt re i ircul.itecl in he tlt aud it is to wain against sue f. rumors Tl.it 1 tiilc.n I i nke known an' rea' hrrs' ng i gr i I it Ii da g. h' i 1 I si 'i v. u. know at Towns RECOMMEND LOAN TO STOCK RAISERS Federal Reserve Hoard Is in Favor of Advancing WANT APPROPRIATION Fund to Re Taken From War Finance Commission and Loaned for Years BELIEVES EMERGENCY PAST Governor of the Roard Optimistic but Hays Cattlemen Need Credit Facilities WASHINGTON, June -Legislation aiilhorlrlng Secretary Mellon to make avnilabl') to the war finance commission lU.uOO.unn to be loaned to (tittle raisers was recommended to congress by the federal reserve board In a formal statement made tonight by Governor Harding.

Itecomtnendiitlon wan made, Uov-ernor explained, with the iiiniurrrnce of the secretary to meet the temporary emergency existing in the livestock Inductry. The board's proposal was an nounced by tho governor before leaving for il two weeks tour of thn cattle producing sections of tho country. He will stop ut I)es Alnlnes, Iowa; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Albuquerque, Pain, San Ange lo. San Antonio and Dallas Texas Governor Harding has Jusl completed similar lour of the ngrleul-tuial see thins of the south and middle' west "The board feels," the governor said, "that thn financial emergency which menaced the country during 1320 has definitely passed." However, he added, nddlllnnnl credit faellltlcei urgently needed by producers of somn highly essen tial products, particularly in thu stock raising linliistrv Amendment to thci reserve act making one and two year cuttle paper ellgllile for rediscount. Instead of the existing limit of six mouths.

as a means of providing the longer term creelit reeiilred bv the necessities of livestock Industry Is eleemed Inadvisable by tho board, the governor Mec.larrd. Such loans, Im asserted, could bei inailn through reserve banks ns flse-ul agents for the war flnnin'o corporation rather than as banks of discount. He suggested that tho timo for making then advances to stockmen be limited to three ynars from tho passage of the enabling' legislation, "with view to having the funds thus advanced ultimately returned to tho treasury." "This legislation, In tho board's opinion," he continued, "will meet the present emergency and should give amilo time for the development of permanent plans for thn financing of the' live-stock Industry It should also tend to stabilize the credits affecting this industry and serve to demonstrate the value of those desiring shoit time Investments of cattle paper running longer than six months." Discussing the general cri'dit situation. Governor Harding maintained there no ground for appre hi'llMon icg.irdlllg the of Die banks lo i the i oqulrcmcuis 'of both, agin ulturi' and Industrv MAN SHOT BY GUARDS .1. L.

Oslsirne Mnv Not Hec-over: Slsli'i' iiiiiiiIisI Motorists Pallitl to llecil Stop Order, fl Osborne, 17.11 South Cincinnati, was shot ii nd seveie lv wounded and Mrs Paul Varner. bis sister, same addnss. vvns werlnusly (Hit by filing part It les from the same bul let. by guaiils on Hie Hand Spilngs paved road west of Tulsa late Hun day night Paul Vainer, husbanil of1 the Injured woman, the third en u- 1 pant of the motor ear party fired on when the guards' ommnnd to halt! was not obeyed, escaped unittjuri'd Osborne and varnei who were removed to a hospital said thev heard the command in halt, but Ignored it because thev didn't know the' two men who tried to stop them werr guards. Tho guards are on eiuty along the paved mud (is a result of the race jdoilng last week and all motor i ars are iiciuu siopneei ami se-areneq Osborne was wounded In the back Must below the waist and both hlpH.

were bndlv torn Attending physic bins said be might not ret ovei 11 1 was eviilcin lv le Soil liilMit, thev thought, ludglci from llu did' tin wulnd K-lftl a Camden IO I'tl llu'U'k aa Recover 1 00 Bodies; Estimates ot Total Dead Is Guesswork Disease Breaks Out in Flood-Swept City as the Rescue Work Proceeds; Estimate of Ten Millions Property Loss Stands; Military Commander Says Tragedy Can't Be Exaggerated RULLIiTIN. PUKRI.O, 5. AecodiiiK to reports received by the sheriff's office tonight from Swallows, fti miles west of here along the Arkansas river, a wall of water was rushing toward this city, l'ueblo is momentarily expecting another catastrophe of greater magnitude than that of last Friday. LAS ANIMAS, Juno 5. The flood in the Arkansas river from l'ueblo to the Kansas state lino is the greatest in years.

Water from cloudbursts in the Pueblo section hit La Junta at p. m. yesterday with a twelve-foot crest. The. water rose at the rate of three feet, in ten minutes and spread to a three-mile width over the lowlands.

La Junta is flooded to a depth of three feet and the city is without drinking water or lights. lly His Asuerlstc-el I'ffn PI'IHILO, June 100 bodied had been re-lovi'ii'd tonight from Friday night's flood, nccoidlug to figures available al the headquarters of the Heel Cross medical lellef In the e'ourthouse. Tin' i'lillre clt Is under martial law. one hundred and fifty troops me patiolllng the city, armed with rifles anil tinny pistols, with orders i ooi of the restricted district and with nr dors to shoot If necessary, Five hundred persons are In temporary hospitals as a direct result of the flood, according to J. Mnrehend, secretary of the governor.

Thnrn are cases of typhoid, pneumonia, diphtheria and one of two ciiees of Insanity. Centennial hospital bus contagious ward where 10 lo IT, cases of clnckciipox are 'luaiantined Tonight stale mllltli and Colo ido rangers are piiliolllng the city. Lieutenant edonel Newlon pro i helmed military law under authority of 'the' governor. ICiuggcmtlcm Possible. "When arrived here this noon.

I Issued a warning to newspaper corrfsipondenls against exaggerating statements In regard to the loss of life ii rv liroperty damage, but now, since have been over the clevaMnteil area of Pueblo, 1 know that no exaggeration Is possible," Colonel Pat Hiiinrock, adjutant general and iimtnandrr of Colorado ntate troops on duty here, said tonight. It Is nbsoliitelv Imposslrili' to do more than venture guess as to the number of people who must nave been killed In the flood on Frld ly night." he con 1 1 (l eel "I don't earn to begin gueeslng. 1 kiiiw that about a hundred bodies have been fminil, but no man alive can tell how many more corpse's are hidden In the dies of debris In the sections stricken by the flood. It has been reported to me Ihat there are lie-tween .100 and 600 dead horses down (hero; I don't know where they came from." "At any rate." addeel the colonel, "you mav ay that we have- the situation -well In hand, that It is only matter of hours until we cau, begin to get sonic definite line on Jmt how-big a rtlasier has visited Pueblo. Tomorrow, at Mlni'Ola Palace park there will be ehtabllshed a refugee camp where the homeless of the city will be relieved.

We have' now on the way from Denver an adequate supply of tents, bedding, conking utensils and other things, a supply sufficient for :.000 priople. we li.ivu enough her" now for 200. Train Victims Not CouiiK'el. Tin number of those drowned in Die Missouri Pa. Ifb ami Denver Itlo Grande trains cannot be le.irnt'il nor the idcmitv of most of the bodies (iffnlals said thai 1-0 peisins on the two trains bud been in -'illul.

il fol line Haiti hud 97 passengers and Hie numbei on the oilift Is not known. An effort was made lo scan the trains todu but (hive was impossible The trams were eiiteieel bin onl a cursory search was possthie and this revealed no bodies Atie mpts in search for bodies weie han-lii npped by the fear of most vluiii' ci that a new flood wiih( coming Trees and masses of debris were coining down from the country above Pueblo on the eresl of the ne w- flooflst Tump qub klv cleared the business and wholesale districts citizens were pri'vented from coining within a block of the waters, while evi'ry effort was made lo prevent lro of life from the new clanger. Governor Oliver II Shoup and Colonel Patrick llamrm-k. commander of the' state constabulary, urrived here today to take personal charge of Hie situation They Immediately held conference with Major Mike 8tudlnky and Chief of Police pulley ut which the city authorities approved of a plan wheie Colonel Hainrock of the Colorado national guard ninth and state rang-eis, wil assume all respnns.blllty for liw end "Hid dining tin enter g. in Governor Has Hani Trip lii.i i nnr Sh'-nip and c'nhine eh i Sprlrgs 1 I I (n i tl 'l nit-a II' jnl tlaOiid Wile I which traveled to Pueblo over the Santa b'e and Denver Itlo Grande tracks.

Leaving Colorado Springs the car ran Into Us first difficulties at Fountain, wheie the approaches to the big Santa IV bridge over the Fountain river hud been washed away Hack tracking seevral miles 1 'v" I- "ramie racks and continued "n- I proaeh to the Denver Hlo Grande I 'l' Colorado Springs: and Pueblo, hud been washed out but where the rails still attached to the ties remained In place. The governor and Colonel llamrpcl; continued the Journey In Pueblo by automobile. Accompanying the governor was a flying squadron of newspaper correspondents. Along tho railroad trucks from Colorado Springs to Pueblo aio seene of desolation and disaster. fences down, great trees uprooted.

gullies torn In the fie lds by the rushing- torrents. As tin n.irtv neared the outskirts of Pueblo pictures of wreck and ruin began to present themselves Here a small cottnge Is turneil over and lying half buried In slimy mini, here tho debris of eeveral box oars, torn from their carriages and pllecl In a heap of ruins; there a gigantic tree thnt had been torn ruthlessly from tho earlh and cast up iigulnst the mil-rnad embankment Damage Full) Ten Millions, I'pnn llu' arrival of Governor Shoup and Colonel Hainrock tho belief was I'xnressecl bv members of the partv that the reports of the death toll had been exaggerated. The AsMoclated Press correspondent Is now irVIng to compile figures showing the actual dead. Tho property damage, It Is conceded, will remain at least as high as had been fixed originally. $10,000,000.

Pueblo really experienced two new floods today. The breaking of a clam on the Fountain river near Colorado Springs early today sent the flood waters of the Arkansas river up again. At o'clock this morning the waters again had reached Third street Hy o'clock the new flood was receding nnd It was believed all danger from a new flood wns ended. Then Skagwav reservoir broke and brought the second new flood The city was under inllltarv control today under charge' of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Newlon of the Colorado national guard. Passes Into the devastated district.

Issued yrstcrdav bv the citizens committee, were recalled ami new permits were lestied bv Colonel Newlon I liuri'licis Cure for Thousands of persons were cared for last night In churches and courthouses, at the Congress hotel and In private residences. Food was Issued from the courthouse to tho destitute' and other were able to buy food from the grocery Mores after obtaining a military permit. The elly has been without lights gas and water since the flood came Frliluv night. Candles and kerosene lamps are at a premium. All fires In Hie citv are out tonight.

Fires lighted the city again last night but no great damage was done llverv railroad line Into the Ity was out of commission, with manv miles of roadbed washed out. The Denver A llio IJrande iTne past Min eral Springs park, a suburb. Is washed out for approxlnialelv 500 vards and within the ity of Pueblo the rath-nail situation wns much CCI.N'I INUK.I1 on nvr. A RUS1NKSS PROPOSITION Shrewd busbies men are picking up splendid bargains every day by watching the oil and gas lease a.ds In th" class. fled eec-Hon of the The World Make a pra.

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