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sccurstoly to estimate either the loss p! Uf*> or of property, but the toll will D- very heavy. "Knowing that the vesponse will be prompt and gcnerons. I, rui chief exocu- tnr« of tlie state. call upon the people 0 Uolorado to contribut* to the relief w '>¦¦... iloo.i sutr«r«r«, Th« city stross i| great and their needs most prcssing. lt \yill rcqniro not days hut weeks and perhaps even month- to rclicvu the situation. "As Governor 1 have. on behalf of the people of the state, accepted the oher of the American Red Cross to take general kherge and supervision of the relief work. ps omcmis now an on tho ground nrut aetively undcrtaking tlie hoirulean task. "1'Voin s personal inspection of much ©J tho flooded area I can state that the feguctioa is serious. 1. thevefore, make this urger.t appeal for prompt and gen- erovis responSe."' Mamy Rabies Are Lost "Whatevcr figure the death list finally i-ftrehea, not bal* the bodies of the Yk-tmis cf tne flood will be recovered," | 'r.. Rreckcnridge, president of the Pueblo RoUry Club, said to-day. He hased thia statement on poculiarlties oi the vi.-or channel and the drifting and mud over the flooded aroas. All <¦! the recovered bodies nre be¬ ing helrl >" the morguos. It will be im- possible, und'crtakers suy, to bury the >.. i. for several days. roads to the cemeterks being impassablc. Rain r.g.iin began falling this after¬ noon, and J. E. Moorehead, personal rcjuesonUtivo of the Governor. made p*nuJoxica1 stalenieufc that it was a blessing. Should the city "dry up"- too r_!)ij:y before the debris and mud re removed tho result would be dis- a'leeabie odors and probable menace to health. While tbe list of known dead grows slowly, reports to under* .takors indicate that other bodies have been found and will be recovered when thp. water abatos. Lieutenant Colonel Newlon late this afternoon ordered out the rifie com¬ panies at Prush. Fort Morgan and Brighton to xugment the troops al¬ ready doing guard and police duty in Pueblo. A relief train with suppiies for the flood sufferers left Fort Logan, Colo., thia afternoon and is expected to ar- rive here Tuesday morning. Tents and Provisions Arrive A carload of provisions, the gift of peeplc of Utah to the Pueblo flood :"¦ rei was sent from Salt Lake City l day, bringing 125 tents, 2,250 blan- Icet- and 1,750 bed sacks. Three bag- " cars, loaded with tents, blankets .. i cots, will be started to Pueblo trom Fort Logan to-morrow morning. Rehabilitation ot" the teleuhone serv- almost completely disrupted by the f.pod, is to bt!« ;n immediately. The :'.ary nuthoriti'is to-night granted rmission fco siring temporary wires to Cbnnect important points in order to restore business. ; First Train Enters City En'.rasice into the city from the north by rajl was effectcd to-night by a train 0*i the Denver & Rio Grande, ivns aunounced by the Colorado i..;:-gers, It was a work train and car- two baggage curs loaded with Red Cross strpplies and nurses from Colo-1 jado Springs, it was said. Uesidents of the Grove district, most- i; fcrelgXters, were at work this after- noon retrioving what they could of ;. household effects. Some are plan- ing to go back to their homes immedi-1 ;rove is one of the poor sections of Pueblo. Little of this district is more than a few feet above the river rika, and that the waters swept across tlie settjlement with great vio- lence is'shown by houses swept from their ffunda* ions and a freight car lodged more than 300 yards from any raUrb. ftr icks. An imjj$L(taft&l part of the salvage to¬ day v ,.-, sacks of mail. These. were rt covered from all parts of the yard, gatheieq! in piles and haulcd by ropes from the railroad yards to viaduct? and taken to the postoffice. All last ni^iit the devastated aTeas were patrolled by a heavy guard of Colorado's soldiery. while the state n.ngcrs in automobiles and armed with riot guns patroiled the streets of the residence quarters. Every person found on the streets after nightfall was stopped and questioned. Along Union Avenue, a thoroughfave connecting the north and south sides of the. city by a viaduct, the heaviest -ago was noted. The mud is nearly two feet deep in many sections along this street. Here, too, the waters ap- parently attained their greatest vc- locity. Water had receded from the lower p:.rt of Main Street, leaving only mud, which was about a foot thiek. Offlcials attribute much of the flood to the blocking of the high waters by railroad right of way in one aection built entireiy of slag. Witb the excep- tion of a small hole under the tracks the slag withstood the onrush of the fiood and the waters backed up to the city, washing out the levees and leav- ing the lower part of Pueblo at the mercy of the waters. All the levees were washed out in the flood and restoration of the river to its naturftl bed presents an en- gineering problem of magnitude. Flood Falling in Kansas, No More Damage Feared ..- Rumored Fatalities Not Defi- nitcly Established; Tracks atul Bridges Washed Out TOPEKA, Kan.; June 6.-~The crest of tho flood penetrating Kansas is , decreasing steadily, according to re¬ ports reaching Santa Fe officers here to'-day. They expressed the belief that the damage in Knnsas would not be larger. No loss of life has been defi- r.itely established thus far. Mnny county bridges were washed away. The Arkansas River flood, which twept down from eastern Colorado, tilled the river at -Syracupe and sent tarmers ar.d ranchmen living in the bottoms hurrying to the highl'.'.nds. fhe Amity darn, iive miles west of 1 opeka, was reported to have given way i and the telephone operator said the town of Amity was completelv v/ashod «wgy with a possible loss of life. 1'fiw pereona who were detailed to keep driftwood from tho piors of a twagon bridge are reported to have gone down with the bridge into the main current of the river. The work of rebuilding the Santa Fe track imo Pueblo wi'.l be^in Thursday, , ofliccrs of the road aunounced here to¬ day. About one hundred milrs of the track were alTffded by the fteod, but less than iive miles have been washed OUt, it Was e;,tii!iatel. Salvation Army People Lost Heavily in Lives Diep&teqes received at the national h-^dquarte.-a of tho Salvation Army in this city yesterday informed Com- mander fiSyangeline Booth that of the Salvation Armv Corpg, consisting of about forty men and women, 8t Pucblo, it was evidertt that at least half and perhapa two-thirdl had lost their lives in th" (i'sa.'.ter. Stipplemrnting this newa came the repcrt of Commissioner! Adam GinTord that clothes, food and i loney were needed imnjediately, in lon to that ayailabje to tha Saiva- in the Weatern States. The r#per\ explained that all the reseurces ¦' the Salvation Army in persenncl, equipment and reaerve funds had been ptBeed at tho djspeaa! of Governor Shoup and th c Salvationrsts were be- ifl poured inia the -tats from all near- hy post*. i f. Pueblo, as Seen From HiJitop, Appalliiig Speetaele of Ruin Charred and Crumbling Wreckage Sumds in Maze of Slime-Covered Streets; Flood Touched the Highest Mark in History Special Ditfatch Co The Tribune PUEBLO, June 6. -There is a high hlll in the center of Pueblo from which one can look out on the most appalling scene of destruction and miscry thia section of the West has ever witnessed. From its top can be seen the crumbling business district of the stricken city and mtles of mud-washed streets in the valley of the Arkansas and Fountain rivcrs. ln the city below troops are pntrol- ling. Tha streets are buried in mud and slime, swept through them by tor- rents of water never equaled since white men settled here, Buildings and Iumber yards aro charred ruins. In public buildings and churches thou¬ sands of homele8S are cxisting. There is food, they can keep warm and they *»re h«jT>py that their Hves have been spared. The water and gas plants are out of commission; communication is stopped. Daily an airplane from Den¬ ver sails over to survey the disaster and report the progress of the city in its recovery. As morning came to-day, the third day of the flood, the city seemed para- lyzed. But as the day wore on it be- came appurent that Pueblo, which was dazed and stunned yesterday, was pul- sating with new life. Citizens were buay righting the wreckage as the water slowly receded. They were not dismayed by the renewal of the rain last night, for the water was out of most of the business section this morn¬ ing. As eitizens toilcd to-day at digging the city out of tho mud or searched wreckage for bodies they compared storios of tho disaster. Some poignant and dramatic incidents were revealed. On a cottage lodged against one of the piers of the Denver & Rio Grande bridge over the Arkansas River two kittens huddled in the rain. At another place n dog stood guard all day over a pilc of debris. Search- ers were waiting for the water to re- ce.de further to hunt for the body they believed tho dog was watching over. It was the river bottosns along the Arkansas that suffered the greatest damage. And it was the people least able to withstand the losses who saw everything they possessed, except here and there a picture of a saint or a tawdry bit of jewelry, swept away in the swirling waters. To-day the central Santa Fe River bottom is laboriously seraping and dig¬ ging and pawing its way from beneath wrocknge that can hardly be realizcd even in a two-hours' walk over the soaking, stench-emitting ground. Little, wizened shawl-drspped women of sixty, sortiug over scraps of furni¬ ture, crooning Italian and Mexican prayers, pausing now and again to gaze resentfully at the brown current uow- ing past the debris -that is the pitiful Exempt the Dog From Vivisection, Demands Dr. Mayo Warns Surgeons 'Man's Best Friend' Can Be Spared From Experimental Table; Ban on Beer Is Opposed BOSTON, June 6..Dr. Willfam J. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., told the Boston Surgical Society to-night that animal experimentation had become one of the foundation stoncs of prog¬ ress and had resulted in "gifts of in- estimable value to humanity." He warned the surgeons, however, that if they wished to continue this work they must protect the dog from "the wan- tcn experimentcr." "Tho activities of anti-vivisection- ifcts," Dr. Mayo said, "seriously threaten the continuance of these in- vestigations, which are of such para- mount importance to the nation's health. It is undoubtedly true that op- position to animal experimentation has been brought about by physicians their.selvcs. For at least 4,000 years the dog has been man's frior.d and com¬ panion, and the practice oi' buying stnlen family pets at small prices for animal experimentation has alienated the public." Use of the Sunday newspapers as a connecting link between the profes¬ sional doctor and the laymen was sug- sested to-day by Dr. Dwight Murray, of Syracuse, N. Y., speaker of the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association. Physicians should take the public into their confidence to a larger degree than they have in the past, Dr. Murray declared in an address at the open ing session of the House «f Delegates meeting here. Hia view was upheld by Dr. Hubert Work, of Pueblo, Col., the president- elect »f the association, who said achievements in medicine ha,d been hidden from the public because there had been no means oi' displayin them. Dr. Murray aug^ested first the estab- lishment of a lay health journal. "Another plan which might be fol- lewed in case this was not feasible," Dr Murray said, "would be to appoint; editors and creato a demand for a medical featuie section of the 900 great Sunday papers in this country, taking a differerit subject or different pheses of a popular subject for each issue." More than 100 physicians of this city to-day petitioned Senator David I. Wa'.sh to oppoae the amendment to the Volstead act prohibiting prescription of beer and wine. The petitioners as- serted that in their opinion "beer and light wine have valuable medicinal qualities." The signers also registered a protest against "t>« present onerous Federal restrictioiu on the manufacture. pre- scription and sale of alcoholic bever- uges for lnedicinal puiposes." Get» Medal for Saviu^ Dog Ferryman Made Thrilling Res-! cue From ice Floe Quartermaster Gerard H. Barry, of the ferry boat Edgewater, reeeived a bronze medal yesterday from the New York Women's League for Animals.' ihe award was made i'or Bjury's thrill- ing reseue of a fox tcrrier which was marooned on a cake of ice in the Hud¬ son River last January, The medal boie the following in- tsrjptioni "Tlw> NV.v York Women's League fo- Animals awards the mednl of viilor to Gerard H. Barry, quarter- mjister of the ferry boat Kdgev.atcr, who risked his life to reseue u dog froitl tha Ice floes in the Hudson River January, 1021." Burry c'imbed a laddcr thrown from thi forry .po«t to the cake of ice pn which the Uiimal was marooned, and seized the dog just as tho ladder bi\>ke. The sailors rescued him and the animal from the water with granpling hooks. picture of the river bottoms. For those women, who survived, have seen their shanties, their homes, snatched from beneath them while they themselves clung to trees, to poles and river bnnks for dear life. And there is nothing ahead for the sullon, wrinkled little old women nothing to build a future pn. for lt ls too late for them and taoir husbands to start nil PVer. Some of the women saw their son« dashed to death or to ajl uneerlai'. fate. Some saw their husbands or their boys floating helplessly past on rafts, on roofs of houses, on beds, Others have given up all thought, of saivaging their hits on property until thev have made the rounds of morgucs nnd* hospltals. But all aro taking their sorrow, their doubtful future. with a stolid philosophy that is re- markable, Perhaps their grlef is loo gigsntic for their dullei- appreriation. ilow the devastation shall jfae eleareri away and the river bottoms rebuilt is too much to guess now. But dog- gedly. to the occasional mpan of .. Btipplfcatlon to the Almighty, these Italian and Mexican women are aprting out a broken mirror here, a mud- splashed pillow there, as if sucii tasks could re-ereate their shattcrod iiresidos by some miraclc. Never will Pueblo residents forget the awful force with which the plunging flood struck the city. Striking lirst the odge of rho residence and foreign quar¬ ter, the water picked up hundred-j of houses and swept on through the whole- sale district, the raili-oad yards and the lower part of the business section, It toro channels through brick buildings! and drove timbers and pieces of furni- ture against walls with the force of battering rams. Only a few locomo- tives and the heaviest bridges stood against the blow. The lighter bridges, the less substantial buildings, totterod, crumpled and joincd the racing torrent. The cverflowed district, where. people hnd lived an hour before, became a lake three miles wide. ln the center of this was the current,, five blocks wide and swift as a mill race. Three times the water passed the previous high-water mark. At its highest il was nine feet above the highest point floods had ever reached here since the. white men first came. Many of the survivors -those who stared death face to face for hourr; on house roofs and other places of refuge.still show their battle for life in seamed faces and bloodshot eyes. Among them were men and women who had been trapped beneath ^eiling? and had saved their lives by chopping through the floors above. There wero scores of unacelainied heroes who hat! rescued others at their own peril. But the strain of tho danger has passed and there is little unnecor.ssry discomfort. The foocl supply is sufl';- cient for a few days and supplies are coming in. Veterans' Fund Drive Will Open Next Week Need $200,000 for Emergency Work for Benefit of the Disabled Soldiers Everybody who wants to cut red tape with a good vicious clip of the scissors, will have his opportunity next week, when ihe Veterans of For- eign Wars will institute Red Tape Week for the benefit of disabled sol¬ diers. Two hundred thousand doilars is needed to carry on emergency work among ex-soldiers. An employment bureau will be established, clothing and special food for invalids piovided, free legal advice given and recrea- tion»l opportunities provided for con- valesrc-nts. George Barr Baker is chairman of the committee, and Gen¬ eral Pershing honorary chairman. A committee of women under Mrs. Oliver Harriman will have charge of the red tape cutting. Rolls of red tape will cost $1 per foot, and may be snipped into as mnny pieces *i» the buyer desires. At a meeting of the women's committee held yesterday nt Mrs. Ilarriman's home, 112 East Fifty- fifth Street, leaders were appointed for all the city districts from Canal Street to the Bronx Kiver. These lraders will work in cooperaticn with the post commanders of the Foreign Legion, and will endcavor to sell red tape through local organizations, sush as the churches, stores and parks. Among the women on the committee are Mrs. Wickliffe Rose, Mrs. II. Archi- bald Pell, Mrs. S, Stanwood Menken, Mrs. Clifford McAllinter, Mrs. Wnliam E. D. Scott, Mrs. Edward Breitung and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, 23 Swept to Death From Train in Flood Believed M j n i in u ra Toll Araonp the Passengers of Sfalled PuHmaiis Just Oulside Pueblo Station Thrilling Tale of Rescues Negrp Porter Real Hero m Aiding Women and Girls to Place of Safety Special Oitpaich in The Tribune PUEBLO, Col., June (i..Twenty-three dead is considered the miniimim death toll among (he passengers of Denver & Rio Grande train No. II, which wns uptumcd by the flood waters of tho Arkansas Rivei- in sight of the Union Station here Friday night. T. T. Robinson, iifty years old, a civil engineer from Kansas City and a tourist. on the ili-fated train, is au¬ thority for the statement. He said to¬ day that the. conductor told him a few sninutes before the coaches went ovi'r on their sides that ninety-three passengers were n board. When a count was made oi tne rescued at the Nuckolls packing plant, the next day, only seventy could be located. Robinson said the train carried four Pullmans. He was riding in the third one. j "We were in sight of the station," Robinson continued, "when the water ci'ept upon us. We suddenly stopped. Oui- Iignta went. out and it was pitch dark exeopt for the kaleidoseope illu- sion given by the recurrent ilashes of lightning. "The cars began to wabble back and forth, followed by n crash, and our car toppied slowly over on its side. llastily we broke through the windows in the top. Our Pullman porter, a negro, proved himself a real hero in thnt emergency. Heedless of his own danger he boostcd the girls and wom¬ en up on top. Voices Drowned by Roar of Torrent "Once on the. top we were com- paratively safe. Through the long night hours we sat there huddled to- gether, unable to be heard one by the other because of the deafening roar of the torrent. At dawn rowboats were seen approach ing and we were removed to the Nuckolls plant. I can¬ not believe that every one on that train escaned from that night of terror alive." Once in the Nuckolls plant the reseue party was attended by Harvcy Nuckolls, president of the company.1 A huge bonfirc was built to warm their ehilled bones and wienies and bread toasted over the coals, Robinson told of helping reseue a 200-pound woman who was trapped in the same car with him. She protested being lifted through the window at the top of the car, but Robinson seized her and boosted her through one. Two women on top grabbed her arms and pulled her to safety. He also aided in the reseue of two young girls, 13 to lb years old. They were standing kneo dcep in water before hc hoisted them through the broken windows. They were on their way to the Coast. Although the Missouri Pacific train, which overturned a few rods away, was f.ecn before total darkness descended, Robinson declared that he could not discern what happened to it after his own train was upset. J. W. Stanbaugh, a railroad fireman from Cumberland, Md., on the same Pullman with Robinson, declared this morning that he had come West for n vacation, but that he has now had cnough and will start home at once. "The rain came down in sheets," Stanbaugh recited. "Box cars, freight and various railroad equipment were nweeping down upon us all night. The crashing of box cars into our train is what turned us over. I think every enn got out on top in our car, but I cun'l say that they all stayed there." Huntlred Perished, Says Kurvivor COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., June G 'By The Associated' Press)..Frank Ducray, Sheriff of Mesa County, whosc home is at Grand Junction, was one of the survivors of 200 passengers on Denver & Rio Grande train No. 3, which arrived in Pueblo Friday night at 8 o'clock. Just as the train pulled up lo tne bridge over'the Arkansas River leading into the Union Station it was stopped, he said. "We were left there," he said. "On the next track was a Missouri Pacific train. We had been there only a short time when we heard the roar of waters and the flood lapped at the coach steps and began rising rapidly. "It was soon rush ing through the car. Some of us went up and down in the cars quictlng the paBnengers, many of whom were acreaming nnd moaning and pray ing. "A young girl was sitting in her seat erying. I stoppedto reasaurc nnd jemtfort her, She said she wa. from Chicago nnd sobbingly called out I'Dnddy!' 'Daddyl' I told'her we would look after her and it cheered her. But.well, I saw her swept away as the water rushed into the coaches and cnrricd us out through windows and doors. Mother nnd Son Together "An old lady set tn her seat Hmiling just before tlie water flooded in on us. She declared that if it were her timo to go she was prepared, and kept on smiling. I reckon 3ho died in her seat. t saw a young man sitting in an upper berth with hia mother conaoling her. She was pray ing. "In the water we clung to thfl coaches of the train, which were sway- ing back and forth with the waves and striking the coaches of the Missouri Pacific train. "Screama and cries of nnguish arose. 1 bhw people go to their deaths cru3hed between the two trnins. A great pile of lumher came rushing down upon us, sweeping over US, it, striking some of those clutching there with precarious hold on the cars. They were torn loose and went floating down to death. I saw a man break his way through the top of a eoach only to be washed down the flood. "On either side of us houses nnd barns and other building. were swirl- ing down. Many people were elinging to them. I saw two women on the top of a house. The structure struck the bridge nnd crumbled like an eggshell. I saw their white hands a moment on the water. "Morning came, The waters had been receding. Those of us who were left.nbout sixty -were able to reach the ground and walk around in water above our knees. "Some of tho unconscious women and children were left in the dark. It was a scene of devastation and death. It v/as awful. "I cannot say whnt the loss might be. I know it must be far over a hun¬ dred lives, for at least that many, I am sure, were lost off our train and the Missouri Pacific train, though more from the last named train were found alive." Mother and Child Saved PUEBLO, June 6 (By The Associated Press).--Mrs. Ruby Ellis, of Wichita, Kan., who was imprisoned in an over¬ tumed Pullman coach with her nine- year-old daughter for more than four hours, said: "We were in the car next to the en¬ gine and the train was pulled out of the station yard to a point near the river. The car turned over gradually onto its right side as the water rushed under the bottom. "My little daughter, Mildred Mary, md I were thrown to the bottom of the car into the water. I struggled to the surface nnd found mattresses and bed¬ ding over me. Then I found my little girl and pulled her to the top of the car, which was not yet filled with wa¬ ter. We stood on the. rods of the upper berth and held on to the rods on the other side of the car. "The water rose rapidly until it had reached my chin. My little girl was elinging to my neck. Fortunately the ventilator windows were open and we were able to brcathc freely. "I had given up hope of life when the water came to my chin. Mildred Mary had not cried nor complained up to thia time and she asked, 'What shall 1 do, mother?' and I told her to pray. "Then she repeated over and over, 'Jesus. I trust you.' "It seemed only a few minutes then until the water began to recede. We made our way to the end of the car where some woman in the. train had broken a window and were helped to the side of the coach by the rescue party." Humanity in All Things His Motto, Says Davis Tells Jewish Orphans He Will Be Gnided by the Golden Rule James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor was principal speaker in the new home of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immi- grant Aid Society of America, A2Z _iafayette Street, last night. Leon Sanders presided. Frederick C. Wallis, Commissioner of Immigration in New York, spoke on problems facing the im- migrants. Before beginning his addross Secre¬ tary Davis was presented with an American flag by Jewish orphans whose parents were killed in Poland. lhe Secretary told his hearers that he had been an immigrant from Wales only a comparatively few years a<-o! "The first words President Harding said to me when we were discussing policy," said Mr. Davis, "were.'Let us be human in all things.' That is the Borfc of policy I am trying to carry out. We want to follow the words of the Master. We want to do unto others as we would be done by." _, <Sfc <*&, *5Bi if A5 <«j 4ij <81 41 t-i ai il «J *1 4? 3 %7 ^l « ii 45 «IJ al li «j vi-; fj dJ Ii 11 <»J m 4j a « *1 *1 /}.' *1 itf <4J &gfc&gfegyiygg^^ ** ** gfe -fc 4*. -* -fc ik4* «* I" ? One of the chief reasons why so many people find it difficult to save money is that they itemize it last in their expenditures and have nothing left when they get around to it. The sure way to save is to make provisions for the future just as regularly as you buy provisions for the ice-box. Set aside so much for Prudence-Bonds before you pay anything else, and you will save it out of the economy it compels in your other expenditures. Optional economy is [always postponed, but com- pulsory economy makes thrift imperative. Remember, too, that Prudence-Bonds can be obtained in a small $100 'denomination, which is expressly designed to meet the needs of small investors.-$2 a week, too. They are secured by first mortgages on selected New York properties and every dollar of their principal and income is guaranteed by our entire resources. Scnd for Booklet G-172 Rfeajty Associates Investment Corporation Orgarmcd under the BankinSIjn*« of ihc State of New York 31 Nassau St, Nsw York 162 Remsen St., Brooklyn Denominations of $100, $500 and $1000 -$2 a Week, too J] Guaranty Trust Company of New Yeik Trimec of Tfaij l3,ue '4* f^g^ggggggggg^^^^^^^^i^^i^^^^ai Capital Readty To Give Needed to Pueblo Program Include* All Nec¬ essary Relief, but No Ap¬ propriations for the Re- liabiiitation of Damages Weeks in Close Touch Supplies and Nurses Ar© on Way; Citv Commission Asks $5,000,000 at Once From The Tribvnc'n Waahington Bureau WASHINGTON, June 6..Activity at the War Department, at the Iled Cross headquarters and at the Capitol, in the purpose to do all things practicable for the relief of the Pueblo and other flood suffcrers in Colorado, was in evi- dence to-day, apart from the fact that the President issued nn appeal in be- half of contributions for the stricken people, While Major General Pickman, at San Antonio, in charge of the corps area in which Colorado is includcd, is in direct charge of the War Depart¬ ment relief activities, Secretary Weeks was kept in touch. He was advised that supplies wero being hurried from Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming and Fort Logan at Little Rock. Nurses are being sent to Pueblo from Fitzsim- mons Hospital, Denver, as well as else¬ where. Senators Phipps and Nicholson, of Colorado, and Representative Hardy, in whose district Pucblo is situated, conferred at the Capitol this after¬ noon with a view to taking the initia- tive toward any Congressional action that might be necessary. The city commission of Pueblo wired Mr. Har¬ ding, urging that Congress appropriate 55,000,000 at once for relief of the flooded region. The message said 52,000,000 was greatly needed at once to repair the levees of the rivers, the Arkansas and Fountain, and to remove the debris. President James L. Lovera and others oX the commission who signed the. tele- grarn predictetl the loss of lifo would be several hundred and more. They said the debria and wreckagc made an accurate count imposible. The telcgram estimated the damage in the city and countv of Pueblo at from $6,000,000 to ?10,000,000 and that from Canyon City to the state line at $15,000,000 to $20,000,000.. Senators Phipps and Nicholson and Mr. Hardy talked over the question of an appropriation from Congress. Be¬ fore making any move, however, they will consult with the President and Secretary Weeks. Indications are that while Congress will stand ready to make an appropria¬ tion for relief, it will not appropriate for rehabilitation of damage to the flooded area. Banker Arrests Fostmen For Driving Lame Horse Coniplainant Aecused of Inler- fering With Mail; Ordered Before Fedcrai Authorities Robert C. Mayer, who depcribcd him¬ self as a banker, of 120 Broadway, and a member of the S. P. C. A., last night, gaueed the arrest of Leo Orcnstein, a postman, and Mark Bean, tj^o driver of a mail wanon, at Twenty«xfifth Street and Fourth Avenue, chajrging them with driving a horse that gae too lame to walk and with using vile and abu- sive languagc. When the case was brought to the attention of Magistrate Tobias in the night court the two men received a Sttspended sentence, and Mr. Mayer was ttCCOBted by Postoffice Inspector Long- worth, who requerted him to appear to¬ day before Federal authorities for in- terfering with the United States mailr*. Mayer had said that he was assaulted by Bean. Longworth, however, con- tended that Mayer had no right to in- terfere in the first place, whether the horse was larne or not. Flood Is Now Racing Through Denver Streets (ContlnuBil from P»Q» »ne) ward Harriman and Bergen lakes, which are five mile3 southeast of Mor- rison. The Colorado & Southern Railroad tracks were washed out in the vicinity of Weaver Culch, as were two bridges. Men on horseback and in automobiles were sent out to warn all residing in the vicinity ot* the breaking of the dam. Other streams leading dircctly or in- directly to Denver, including Clear Creek and the south fork of the Platte, have been swclled by repeated rains and a series of cloudbursts. Bear Creek, in the vicinity of Evergrcen and Morrison, is contributing a heavy flow to the Platte. Some of the automobile roads have been washed away. No reports of ma- terial damage along the Colorado & Scuthcrn in Platte Canyon have reached Denver, although the water is within a foot or two of the tracks in scores of placcs. No bridges have been washed out. The Platte River 13 out of its banks at Masters and also at Fort Morgan. Masters is seventy-two miles from Den¬ ver. At Fort Morgan, 100 miles dis- tant, the river was ovcrrunning a large Union Pacific Railroad bridge- which measures at least twenty feet higher than the level to its approaches. It was expected to go out any minute. To Re-Advertise Mail Bids Postmaster Patten announced yester¬ day his intention to re-advertise for bids for steamboat mail service in New York bay and-harbor for transfer of mails from incoming ships. In the first advertisement for bids, through an error, the term of the contract, July 1, 1921, to June 30, 1925, was not speci- Jied. larcling Voices Regret Over Tulsa Riotiug "God Grant We May Neret Have Another Such Speo lacle!" President Tel|8 Students at Negro Coliege Colored Soldiers Praise^ Fine Scene at Lincoln University ls Contrasted With Race Disturbances LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, p3i Jun< t .President and Mrs. Harding, tntHm. ing from Valley Forge, IV, to Wa«ii- J ington, stopped at Lincoln rfniversH* shortly afte.- 10 o'clock to-day | cordially greeted by the Rev John m Ada!L President ot the institution j end 400 negro students. l. « J2% speech the President expressed V. pleasure at the reception. * Before speaking the PresfaVjt *.. shown the granite arch trected in iW ory of negro soldier?; who died in 5* World War and in his talk . J & colored soldiers earned this honor their efforts. The President spoke thl of the great benefit:, of educatios \? furthering the wcifare of negro*-. an; contrasted the fine scer.e presentH .* the university with those cnacted in race disturbances. He *-aS cheercd = his automobile left to cross the Mar* land state line, preceded by three Penn" sylyania state policemen on motor'. The President in his address deolortii the recent race riot at Tulsa, Okla- and all similar outbieaks of race feel ing "God grant," he said in referrin* to the riot, "that we may neve^ h»Jl another spectacle like it."" * "It is a very great'plcasure," aaid the President, "to stop for a few morser^ and offer a word of greeting to such an institution on such an occasion Thl» colored citizenship in the World Wir earned its right to be memoriali'»d "Much is said about the problem'o* the races. There is nothing that tha government can do which ii akin to educational work in value. One of tha great difficulties of popular govern- ment 3s that citizenship cxpect* the government to do what it ought to do for itself. No government can wave a magic wand- The colored race, to coir* into its own, must do the great work 3tself; the government can onlv ofler the opporunity. "Nothing is 30 essential as tduca- tion; I am glad to corame-d the work of such institutions as this- It ig a j fine contrast to the unhappy and dij- treasing spect»cle we saw the otW day in one of the Western states. God grant that in ihe soberness, in the jn*. tice and in the fairness of this coun. try we shall never see another such spectacle." WASHINGTON, June 6,-PresMeni Harding reached the White House at 12:43 p. m. to-day. sprirffa 1 Steel Protects -Wood Kindles Steel Protection at the Price of Wood in this is the best etter file, our guarantee everoffered or w< One of three JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK WorWs largest makers of steel office equipment NEW YORK OFFICE . 22 PARK PLACE ¦ * Telephone BARCLAY 7560

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sccurstoly to estimate either the lossp! Uf*> or of property, but the toll willD- very heavy."Knowing that the vesponse will be

prompt and gcnerons. I, rui chief exocu-tnr« of tlie state. call upon the people0 Uolorado to contribut* to the reliefw '>¦¦... iloo.i sutr«r«r«, Th« city strossi| great and their needs most prcssing.lt \yill rcqniro not days hut weeks andperhaps even month- to rclicvu thesituation."As Governor 1 have. on behalf of

the people of the state, accepted theoher of the American Red Cross to takegeneral kherge and supervision of therelief work. ps omcmis now an ontho ground nrut aetively undcrtakingtlie hoirulean task.

"1'Voin s personal inspection of much©J tho flooded area I can state that thefeguctioa is serious. 1. thevefore, makethis urger.t appeal for prompt and gen-erovis responSe."'

Mamy Rabies Are Lost"Whatevcr figure the death list finallyi-ftrehea, not bal* the bodies of the

Yk-tmis cf tne flood will be recovered,"| 'r.. Rreckcnridge, president of thePueblo RoUry Club, said to-day. Hehased thia statement on poculiarltiesoi the vi.-or channel and the driftingand mud over the flooded aroas.

All <¦! the recovered bodies nre be¬ing helrl >" the morguos. It will be im-possible, und'crtakers suy, to bury the>.. i. for several days. roads to thecemeterks being impassablc.

Rain r.g.iin began falling this after¬noon, and J. E. Moorehead, personalrcjuesonUtivo of the Governor. made

p*nuJoxica1 stalenieufc that it wasa blessing. Should the city "dry up"-too r_!)ij:y before the debris and mud

re removed tho result would be dis-a'leeabie odors and probable menaceto health. While tbe list of knowndead grows slowly, reports to under*.takors indicate that other bodies havebeen found and will be recovered whenthp. water abatos.

Lieutenant Colonel Newlon late thisafternoon ordered out the rifie com¬panies at Prush. Fort Morgan andBrighton to xugment the troops al¬ready doing guard and police duty inPueblo.A relief train with suppiies for the

flood sufferers left Fort Logan, Colo.,thia afternoon and is expected to ar-rive here Tuesday morning.

Tents and Provisions ArriveA carload of provisions, the gift of

peeplc of Utah to the Pueblo flood:"¦ rei was sent from Salt Lake City

l day, bringing 125 tents, 2,250 blan-Icet- and 1,750 bed sacks. Three bag-

" cars, loaded with tents, blankets.. i cots, will be started to Pueblotrom Fort Logan to-morrow morning.

Rehabilitation ot" the teleuhone serv-almost completely disrupted bythe f.pod, is to bt!« ;n immediately. The

:'.ary nuthoriti'is to-night grantedrmission fco siring temporary wires

to Cbnnect important points in order torestore business.

; First Train Enters CityEn'.rasice into the city from the

north by rajl was effectcd to-night bya train 0*i the Denver & Rio Grande,

ivns aunounced by the Coloradoi..;:-gers, It was a work train and car-

two baggage curs loaded with RedCross strpplies and nurses from Colo-1jado Springs, it was said.

Uesidents of the Grove district, most-i; fcrelgXters, were at work this after-noon retrioving what they could of

;. household effects. Some are plan-ing to go back to their homes immedi-1

;rove is one of the poor sectionsof Pueblo. Little of this district ismore than a few feet above the river

rika, and that the waters sweptacross tlie settjlement with great vio-lence is'shown by houses swept fromtheir ffunda* ions and a freight car

lodged more than 300 yards from anyraUrb. ftr icks.An imjj$L(taft&l part of the salvage to¬

day v ,.-, sacks of mail. These. werert covered from all parts of the yard,gatheieq! in piles and haulcd by ropesfrom the railroad yards to viaduct?and taken to the postoffice.

All last ni^iit the devastated aTeaswere patrolled by a heavy guard ofColorado's soldiery. while the staten.ngcrs in automobiles and armed withriot guns patroiled the streets of theresidence quarters. Every personfound on the streets after nightfall wasstopped and questioned.Along Union Avenue, a thoroughfave

connecting the north and south sidesof the. city by a viaduct, the heaviest

-ago was noted. The mud is nearlytwo feet deep in many sections alongthis street. Here, too, the waters ap-parently attained their greatest vc-locity. Water had receded from thelower p:.rt of Main Street, leavingonly mud, which was about a footthiek.

Offlcials attribute much of the floodto the blocking of the high waters byrailroad right of way in one aectionbuilt entireiy of slag. Witb the excep-tion of a small hole under the tracksthe slag withstood the onrush of thefiood and the waters backed up to thecity, washing out the levees and leav-ing the lower part of Pueblo at themercy of the waters.

All the levees were washed out inthe flood and restoration of the riverto its naturftl bed presents an en-gineering problem of magnitude.

Flood Falling in Kansas,No More Damage Feared

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Rumored Fatalities Not Defi-nitcly Established; Tracksatul Bridges Washed OutTOPEKA, Kan.; June 6.-~The crest

of tho flood penetrating Kansas is, decreasing steadily, according to re¬

ports reaching Santa Fe officers hereto'-day. They expressed the belief thatthe damage in Knnsas would not belarger. No loss of life has been defi-r.itely established thus far. Mnnycounty bridges were washed away.The Arkansas River flood, which

twept down from eastern Colorado,tilled the river at -Syracupe and senttarmers ar.d ranchmen living in thebottoms hurrying to the highl'.'.nds.fhe Amity darn, iive miles west of1 opeka, was reported to have given wayi and the telephone operator said thetown of Amity was completelv v/ashod«wgy with a possible loss of life.

1'fiw pereona who were detailed tokeep driftwood from tho piors of atwagon bridge are reported to havegone down with the bridge into themain current of the river.The work of rebuilding the Santa Fe

track imo Pueblo wi'.l be^in Thursday,, ofliccrs of the road aunounced here to¬day. About one hundred milrs of the

track were alTffded by the fteod, butless than iive miles have been washedOUt, it Was e;,tii!iatel.

Salvation Army PeopleLost Heavily in Lives

Diep&teqes received at the nationalh-^dquarte.-a of tho Salvation Armyin this city yesterday informed Com-mander fiSyangeline Booth that of theSalvation Armv Corpg, consisting ofabout forty men and women, 8t Pucblo,it was evidertt that at least half andperhapa two-thirdl had lost their livesin th" (i'sa.'.ter. Stipplemrnting thisnewa came the repcrt of Commissioner!Adam GinTord that clothes, food andi loney were needed imnjediately, in

lon to that ayailabje to tha Saiva-in the Weatern States. The

r#per\ explained that all the reseurces¦' the Salvation Army in persenncl,equipment and reaerve funds had beenptBeed at tho djspeaa! of GovernorShoup and th c Salvationrsts were be-

ifl poured inia the -tats from all near-hy post*.

i f.

Pueblo, as Seen From HiJitop,Appalliiig Speetaele of Ruin

Charred and Crumbling Wreckage Sumds in Mazeof Slime-Covered Streets; Flood Touched

the Highest Mark in HistorySpecial Ditfatch Co The Tribune

PUEBLO, June 6. -There is a highhlll in the center of Pueblo from whichone can look out on the most appallingscene of destruction and miscry thiasection of the West has ever witnessed.From its top can be seen the crumblingbusiness district of the stricken cityand mtles of mud-washed streets in thevalley of the Arkansas and Fountainrivcrs.

ln the city below troops are pntrol-ling. Tha streets are buried in mudand slime, swept through them by tor-rents of water never equaled sincewhite men settled here, Buildings andIumber yards aro charred ruins. Inpublic buildings and churches thou¬sands of homele8S are cxisting. Thereis food, they can keep warm and they*»re h«jT>py that their Hves have beenspared. The water and gas plants areout of commission; communication isstopped. Daily an airplane from Den¬ver sails over to survey the disasterand report the progress of the city inits recovery.As morning came to-day, the third

day of the flood, the city seemed para-lyzed. But as the day wore on it be-came appurent that Pueblo, which wasdazed and stunned yesterday, was pul-sating with new life. Citizens werebuay righting the wreckage as thewater slowly receded. They were notdismayed by the renewal of the rainlast night, for the water was out ofmost of the business section this morn¬ing.As eitizens toilcd to-day at diggingthe city out of tho mud or searched

wreckage for bodies they comparedstorios of tho disaster. Some poignantand dramatic incidents were revealed.On a cottage lodged against one of

the piers of the Denver & Rio Grandebridge over the Arkansas River twokittens huddled in the rain.At another place n dog stood guardall day over a pilc of debris. Search-

ers were waiting for the water to re-ce.de further to hunt for the body theybelieved tho dog was watching over.

It was the river bottosns along theArkansas that suffered the greatestdamage. And it was the people leastable to withstand the losses who saweverything they possessed, except hereand there a picture of a saint or atawdry bit of jewelry, swept away inthe swirling waters.To-day the central Santa Fe River

bottom is laboriously seraping and dig¬ging and pawing its way from beneathwrocknge that can hardly be realizcdeven in a two-hours' walk over thesoaking, stench-emitting ground.

Little, wizened shawl-drspped womenof sixty, sortiug over scraps of furni¬ture, crooning Italian and Mexicanprayers, pausing now and again to gazeresentfully at the brown current uow-ing past the debris -that is the pitiful

Exempt the DogFrom Vivisection,Demands Dr.Mayo

Warns Surgeons 'Man's BestFriend' Can Be SparedFromExperimentalTable;Ban on Beer Is Opposed

BOSTON, June 6..Dr. Willfam J.Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., told theBoston Surgical Society to-night thatanimal experimentation had becomeone of the foundation stoncs of prog¬ress and had resulted in "gifts of in-estimable value to humanity." Hewarned the surgeons, however, that ifthey wished to continue this work theymust protect the dog from "the wan-

tcn experimentcr.""Tho activities of anti-vivisection-

ifcts," Dr. Mayo said, "seriouslythreaten the continuance of these in-vestigations, which are of such para-mount importance to the nation'shealth. It is undoubtedly true that op-position to animal experimentation hasbeen brought about by physicianstheir.selvcs. For at least 4,000 yearsthe dog has been man's frior.d and com¬

panion, and the practice oi' buyingstnlen family pets at small prices foranimal experimentation has alienatedthe public."Use of the Sunday newspapers as a

connecting link between the profes¬sional doctor and the laymen was sug-sested to-day by Dr. Dwight Murray,of Syracuse, N. Y., speaker of theHouse of Delegates of the AmericanMedical Association.

Physicians should take the publicinto their confidence to a larger degreethan they have in the past, Dr. Murraydeclared in an address at the open ingsession of the House «f Delegatesmeeting here.Hia view was upheld by Dr. Hubert

Work, of Pueblo, Col., the president-elect »f the association, who saidachievements in medicine ha,d beenhidden from the public because therehad been no means oi' displayin them.

Dr. Murray aug^ested first the estab-lishment of a lay health journal."Another plan which might be fol-

lewed in case this was not feasible,"Dr Murray said, "would be to appoint;editors and creato a demand for amedical featuie section of the 900great Sunday papers in this country,taking a differerit subject or differentpheses of a popular subject for eachissue."More than 100 physicians of this cityto-day petitioned Senator David I.

Wa'.sh to oppoae the amendment to theVolstead act prohibiting prescriptionof beer and wine. The petitioners as-serted that in their opinion "beer andlight wine have valuable medicinalqualities."The signers also registered a protest

against "t>« present onerous Federalrestrictioiu on the manufacture. pre-scription and sale of alcoholic bever-uges for lnedicinal puiposes."

Get» Medal for Saviu^ DogFerryman Made Thrilling Res-!

cue From ice FloeQuartermaster Gerard H. Barry, ofthe ferry boat Edgewater, reeeived abronze medal yesterday from the NewYork Women's League for Animals.'ihe award was made i'or Bjury's thrill-ing reseue of a fox tcrrier which was

marooned on a cake of ice in the Hud¬son River last January,The medal boie the following in-tsrjptioni "Tlw> NV.v York Women'sLeague fo- Animals awards the mednlof viilor to Gerard H. Barry, quarter-mjister of the ferry boat Kdgev.atcr,who risked his life to reseue u dogfroitl tha Ice floes in the Hudson RiverJanuary, 1021."

Burry c'imbed a laddcr thrown fromthi forry .po«t to the cake of ice pnwhich the Uiimal was marooned, andseized the dog just as tho ladder bi\>ke.The sailors rescued him and the animalfrom the water with granpling hooks.

picture of the river bottoms. For thosewomen, who survived, have seen theirshanties, their homes, snatched frombeneath them while they themselvesclung to trees, to poles and river bnnksfor dear life. And there is nothingahead for the sullon, wrinkled little oldwomen nothing to build a future pn.for lt ls too late for them and taoirhusbands to start nil PVer.Some of the women saw their son«

dashed to death or to ajl uneerlai'.fate. Some saw their husbands ortheir boys floating helplessly past on

rafts, on roofs of houses, on beds,Others have given up all thought, ofsaivaging their hits on property untilthev have made the rounds of morgucsnnd* hospltals. But all aro takingtheir sorrow, their doubtful future.with a stolid philosophy that is re-markable, Perhaps their grlef is loogigsntic for their dullei- appreriation.

ilow the devastation shall jfae eleareriaway and the river bottoms rebuiltis too much to guess now. But dog-gedly. to the occasional mpan of ..

Btipplfcatlon to the Almighty, theseItalian and Mexican women are aprtingout a broken mirror here, a mud-splashed pillow there, as if sucii taskscould re-ereate their shattcrod iiresidosby some miraclc.Never will Pueblo residents forget the

awful force with which the plungingflood struck the city. Striking lirst theodge of rho residence and foreign quar¬ter, the water picked up hundred-j ofhouses and swept on through the whole-sale district, the raili-oad yards and thelower part of the business section, Ittoro channels through brick buildings!and drove timbers and pieces of furni-ture against walls with the force ofbattering rams. Only a few locomo-tives and the heaviest bridges stoodagainst the blow. The lighter bridges,the less substantial buildings, totterod,crumpled and joincd the racing torrent.The cverflowed district, where. people

hnd lived an hour before, became alake three miles wide. ln the centerof this was the current,, five blockswide and swift as a mill race. Threetimes the water passed the previoushigh-water mark. At its highest ilwas nine feet above the highest pointfloods had ever reached here since the.white men first came.Many of the survivors -those who

stared death face to face for hourr;on house roofs and other places ofrefuge.still show their battle for lifein seamed faces and bloodshot eyes.Among them were men and womenwho had been trapped beneath ^eiling?and had saved their lives by choppingthrough the floors above. There weroscores of unacelainied heroes who hat!rescued others at their own peril.But the strain of tho danger has

passed and there is little unnecor.ssrydiscomfort. The foocl supply is sufl';-cient for a few days and supplies arecoming in.

Veterans' Fund DriveWill Open Next Week

Need $200,000 for EmergencyWork for Benefit of the

Disabled SoldiersEverybody who wants to cut red

tape with a good vicious clip of thescissors, will have his opportunitynext week, when ihe Veterans of For-eign Wars will institute Red TapeWeek for the benefit of disabled sol¬diers. Two hundred thousand doilarsis needed to carry on emergency workamong ex-soldiers. An employmentbureau will be established, clothingand special food for invalids piovided,free legal advice given and recrea-tion»l opportunities provided for con-valesrc-nts. George Barr Baker ischairman of the committee, and Gen¬eral Pershing honorary chairman.A committee of women under Mrs.

Oliver Harriman will have charge ofthe red tape cutting. Rolls of red tapewill cost $1 per foot, and may besnipped into as mnny pieces *i» thebuyer desires. At a meeting of thewomen's committee held yesterday ntMrs. Ilarriman's home, 112 East Fifty-fifth Street, leaders were appointed forall the city districts from Canal Streetto the Bronx Kiver. These lraderswill work in cooperaticn with the postcommanders of the Foreign Legion,and will endcavor to sell red tapethrough local organizations, sush asthe churches, stores and parks.Among the women on the committee

are Mrs. Wickliffe Rose, Mrs. II. Archi-bald Pell, Mrs. S, Stanwood Menken,Mrs. Clifford McAllinter, Mrs. WnliamE. D. Scott, Mrs. Edward Breitung andMrs. William Randolph Hearst,

23 Swept toDeath FromTrain in Flood

Believed M j n i in u ra TollAraonp the Passengers ofSfalled PuHmaiis JustOulside Pueblo Station

Thrilling Tale of Rescues

Negrp Porter Real Herom Aiding Women andGirls to Place of Safety

Special Oitpaich in The TribunePUEBLO, Col., June (i..Twenty-three

dead is considered the miniimim deathtoll among (he passengers of Denver& Rio Grande train No. II, which wns

uptumcd by the flood waters of thoArkansas Rivei- in sight of the UnionStation here Friday night.

T. T. Robinson, iifty years old, a

civil engineer from Kansas City anda tourist. on the ili-fated train, is au¬

thority for the statement. He said to¬day that the. conductor told him a

few sninutes before the coaches wentovi'r on their sides that ninety-threepassengers were n board. When acount was made oi tne rescued at theNuckolls packing plant, the next day,only seventy could be located.Robinson said the train carried four

Pullmans. He was riding in the thirdone. j"We were in sight of the station,"

Robinson continued, "when the waterci'ept upon us. We suddenly stopped.Oui- Iignta went. out and it was pitchdark exeopt for the kaleidoseope illu-sion given by the recurrent ilashes oflightning."The cars began to wabble back and

forth, followed by n crash, and ourcar toppied slowly over on its side.llastily we broke through the windowsin the top. Our Pullman porter, anegro, proved himself a real hero inthnt emergency. Heedless of his owndanger he boostcd the girls and wom¬en up on top.Voices Drowned by Roar of Torrent"Once on the. top we were com-

paratively safe. Through the longnight hours we sat there huddled to-gether, unable to be heard one by theother because of the deafening roarof the torrent. At dawn rowboatswere seen approach ing and we wereremoved to the Nuckolls plant. I can¬not believe that every one on that trainescaned from that night of terroralive."Once in the Nuckolls plant the

reseue party was attended by HarvcyNuckolls, president of the company.1A huge bonfirc was built to warm theirehilled bones and wienies and breadtoasted over the coals,

Robinson told of helping reseue a

200-pound woman who was trapped inthe same car with him. She protestedbeing lifted through the window at thetop of the car, but Robinson seized herand boosted her through one. Twowomen on top grabbed her arms andpulled her to safety. He also aided inthe reseue of two young girls, 13 tolb years old. They were standing kneodcep in water before hc hoisted themthrough the broken windows. Theywere on their way to the Coast.Although the Missouri Pacific train,

which overturned a few rods away, wasf.ecn before total darkness descended,Robinson declared that he could notdiscern what happened to it after hisown train was upset.

J. W. Stanbaugh, a railroad firemanfrom Cumberland, Md., on the samePullman with Robinson, declared thismorning that he had come West for nvacation, but that he has now hadcnough and will start home at once."The rain came down in sheets,"

Stanbaugh recited. "Box cars, freightand various railroad equipment werenweeping down upon us all night. Thecrashing of box cars into our trainis what turned us over. I think everyenn got out on top in our car, but Icun'l say that they all stayed there."

Huntlred Perished, Says KurvivorCOLORADO SPRINGS, Col., June G

'By The Associated' Press)..FrankDucray, Sheriff of Mesa County, whoschome is at Grand Junction, was one ofthe survivors of 200 passengers onDenver & Rio Grande train No. 3,which arrived in Pueblo Friday nightat 8 o'clock. Just as the train pulledup lo tne bridge over'the ArkansasRiver leading into the Union Stationit was stopped, he said."We were left there," he said. "Onthe next track was a Missouri Pacifictrain. We had been there only a shorttime when we heard the roar of waters

and the flood lapped at the coach stepsand began rising rapidly."It was soon rush ing through the

car. Some of us went up and down inthe cars quictlng the paBnengers, manyof whom were acreaming nnd moaningand pray ing."A young girl was sitting in her

seat erying. I stoppedto reasaurc nndjemtfort her, She said she wa. fromChicago nnd sobbingly called out

I'Dnddy!' 'Daddyl' I told'her we wouldlook after her and it cheered her.But.well, I saw her swept away asthe water rushed into the coaches andcnrricd us out through windows anddoors.

Mother nnd Son Together"An old lady set tn her seat Hmiling

just before tlie water flooded in on us.She declared that if it were her timoto go she was prepared, and kept on

smiling. I reckon 3ho died in her seat.t saw a young man sitting in an upperberth with hia mother conaoling her.She was pray ing."In the water we clung to thfl

coaches of the train, which were sway-ing back and forth with the waves andstriking the coaches of the MissouriPacific train."Screama and cries of nnguish arose.

1 bhw people go to their deaths cru3hedbetween the two trnins. A great pileof lumher came rushing down upon us,sweeping over US, it, striking some ofthose clutching there with precarioushold on the cars. They were tornloose and went floating down to death.I saw a man break his way throughthe top of a eoach only to be washeddown the flood."On either side of us houses nnd

barns and other building. were swirl-ing down. Many people were elingingto them. I saw two women on the topof a house. The structure struck thebridge nnd crumbled like an eggshell.I saw their white hands a moment onthe water."Morning came, The waters had

been receding. Those of us who wereleft.nbout sixty -were able to reachthe ground and walk around in waterabove our knees."Some of tho unconscious women and

children were left in the dark. It wasa scene of devastation and death. Itv/as awful.

"I cannot say whnt the loss mightbe. I know it must be far over a hun¬dred lives, for at least that many, I amsure, were lost off our train and theMissouri Pacific train, though morefrom the last named train were foundalive."

Mother and Child SavedPUEBLO, June 6 (By The Associated

Press).--Mrs. Ruby Ellis, of Wichita,Kan., who was imprisoned in an over¬tumed Pullman coach with her nine-year-old daughter for more than fourhours, said:"We were in the car next to the en¬

gine and the train was pulled out ofthe station yard to a point near theriver. The car turned over graduallyonto its right side as the water rushedunder the bottom."My little daughter, Mildred Mary,

md I were thrown to the bottom of thecar into the water. I struggled to thesurface nnd found mattresses and bed¬ding over me. Then I found my littlegirl and pulled her to the top of thecar, which was not yet filled with wa¬ter. We stood on the. rods of the upperberth and held on to the rods on theother side of the car."The water rose rapidly until it had

reached my chin. My little girl waselinging to my neck. Fortunately theventilator windows were open and wewere able to brcathc freely.

"I had given up hope of life whenthe water came to my chin. MildredMary had not cried nor complained upto thia time and she asked, 'What shall1 do, mother?' and I told her to pray."Then she repeated over and over,'Jesus. I trust you.'

"It seemed only a few minutes thenuntil the water began to recede. Wemade our way to the end of the carwhere some woman in the. train hadbroken a window and were helped tothe side of the coach by the rescueparty."

Humanity in All ThingsHis Motto, Says Davis

Tells Jewish Orphans He WillBe Gnided by the

Golden RuleJames J. Davis, Secretary of Labor

was principal speaker in the new homeof the Hebrew Sheltering and Immi-grant Aid Society of America, A2Z_iafayette Street, last night. LeonSanders presided. Frederick C. Wallis,Commissioner of Immigration in NewYork, spoke on problems facing the im-migrants.Before beginning his addross Secre¬

tary Davis was presented with anAmerican flag by Jewish orphanswhose parents were killed in Poland.lhe Secretary told his hearers thathe had been an immigrant from Walesonly a comparatively few years a<-o!"The first words President Hardingsaid to me when we were discussingpolicy," said Mr. Davis, "were.'Let usbe human in all things.' That is theBorfc of policy I am trying to carryout. We want to follow the words ofthe Master. We want to do unto othersas we would be done by."

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Weeks in Close Touch

Supplies and Nurses Ar©on Way; Citv CommissionAsks $5,000,000 at OnceFrom The Tribvnc'n Waahington BureauWASHINGTON, June 6..Activity at

the War Department, at the Iled Crossheadquarters and at the Capitol, in thepurpose to do all things practicablefor the relief of the Pueblo and otherflood suffcrers in Colorado, was in evi-dence to-day, apart from the fact thatthe President issued nn appeal in be-half of contributions for the strickenpeople,While Major General Pickman, at

San Antonio, in charge of the corpsarea in which Colorado is includcd, isin direct charge of the War Depart¬ment relief activities, Secretary Weekswas kept in touch. He was advisedthat supplies wero being hurried fromFort D. A. Russell in Wyoming andFort Logan at Little Rock. Nurses are

being sent to Pueblo from Fitzsim-mons Hospital, Denver, as well as else¬where.

Senators Phipps and Nicholson, ofColorado, and Representative Hardy,in whose district Pucblo is situated,conferred at the Capitol this after¬noon with a view to taking the initia-tive toward any Congressional actionthat might be necessary. The citycommission of Pueblo wired Mr. Har¬ding, urging that Congress appropriate55,000,000 at once for relief of theflooded region.The message said 52,000,000 was

greatly needed at once to repair thelevees of the rivers, the Arkansas andFountain, and to remove the debris.President James L. Lovera and othersoX the commission who signed the. tele-grarn predictetl the loss of lifo wouldbe several hundred and more. Theysaid the debria and wreckagc made anaccurate count imposible.The telcgram estimated the damage

in the city and countv of Pueblo atfrom $6,000,000 to ?10,000,000 and thatfrom Canyon City to the state line at$15,000,000 to $20,000,000..

Senators Phipps and Nicholson andMr. Hardy talked over the question ofan appropriation from Congress. Be¬fore making any move, however, theywill consult with the President andSecretary Weeks.

Indications are that while Congresswill stand ready to make an appropria¬tion for relief, it will not appropriatefor rehabilitation of damage to theflooded area.

Banker Arrests FostmenFor Driving Lame Horse

Coniplainant Aecused of Inler-fering With Mail; OrderedBefore Fedcrai AuthoritiesRobert C. Mayer, who depcribcd him¬

self as a banker, of 120 Broadway, anda member of the S. P. C. A., last night,gaueed the arrest of Leo Orcnstein, a

postman, and Mark Bean, tj^o driver ofa mail wanon, at Twenty«xfifth Streetand Fourth Avenue, chajrging themwith driving a horse that gae too lameto walk and with using vile and abu-sive languagc.When the case was brought to the

attention of Magistrate Tobias in thenight court the two men received aSttspended sentence, and Mr. Mayer wasttCCOBted by Postoffice Inspector Long-worth, who requerted him to appear to¬day before Federal authorities for in-terfering with the United States mailr*.Mayer had said that he was assaulted

by Bean. Longworth, however, con-tended that Mayer had no right to in-terfere in the first place, whether thehorse was larne or not.

Flood Is NowRacingThroughDenver Streets

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ward Harriman and Bergen lakes,which are five mile3 southeast of Mor-rison.The Colorado & Southern Railroad

tracks were washed out in the vicinityof Weaver Culch, as were two bridges.Men on horseback and in automobileswere sent out to warn all residing inthe vicinity ot* the breaking of the dam.Other streams leading dircctly or in-

directly to Denver, including ClearCreek and the south fork of the Platte,have been swclled by repeated rainsand a series of cloudbursts. BearCreek, in the vicinity of Evergrcen andMorrison, is contributing a heavy flowto the Platte.Some of the automobile roads have

been washed away. No reports of ma-terial damage along the Colorado &Scuthcrn in Platte Canyon have reachedDenver, although the water is within afoot or two of the tracks in scores ofplaccs. No bridges have been washedout.The Platte River 13 out of its banks

at Masters and also at Fort Morgan.Masters is seventy-two miles from Den¬ver. At Fort Morgan, 100 miles dis-tant, the river was ovcrrunning a largeUnion Pacific Railroad bridge- whichmeasures at least twenty feet higherthan the level to its approaches. Itwas expected to go out any minute.

To Re-Advertise Mail BidsPostmaster Patten announced yester¬

day his intention to re-advertise forbids for steamboat mail service inNew York bay and-harbor for transferof mails from incoming ships. In thefirst advertisement for bids, throughan error, the term of the contract, July1, 1921, to June 30, 1925, was not speci-Jied.

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"God Grant We May NeretHave Another Such Speolacle!" President Tel|8Students at Negro Coliege

Colored Soldiers Praise^Fine Scene at LincolnUniversity ls Contrasted

With Race DisturbancesLINCOLN UNIVERSITY, p3i Jun< t.President and Mrs. Harding, tntHm.

ing from Valley Forge, IV, to Wa«ii-J ington, stopped at Lincoln rfniversH*shortly afte.- 10 o'clock to-day |cordially greeted by the Rev John mAda!L President ot the institutionj end 400 negro students. l. « J2%speech the President expressed V.pleasure at the reception. *

Before speaking the PresfaVjt *..shown the granite arch trected in iWory of negro soldier?; who died in 5*World War and in his talk . J &colored soldiers earned this honor h»their efforts. The President spoke thlof the great benefit:, of educatios \?furthering the wcifare of negro*-. an;contrasted the fine scer.e presentH .*the university with those cnacted inrace disturbances. He *-aS cheercd =his automobile left to cross the Mar*land state line, preceded by three Penn"sylyania state policemen on motor'.The President in his address deolortiithe recent race riot at Tulsa, Okla-and all similar outbieaks of race feel

ing "God grant," he said in referrin*to the riot, "that we may neve^ h»Jlanother spectacle like it."" *

"It is a very great'plcasure," aaid thePresident, "to stop for a few morser^and offer a word of greeting to suchan institution on such an occasion Thl»colored citizenship in the World Wirearned its right to be memoriali'»d"Much is said about the problem'o*the races. There is nothing that thagovernment can do which ii akin toeducational work in value. One of thagreat difficulties of popular govern-ment 3s that citizenship cxpect* thegovernment to do what it ought to dofor itself. No government can wave amagic wand- The colored race, to coir*into its own, must do the great work3tself; the government can onlv oflerthe opporunity."Nothing is 30 essential as tduca-tion; I am glad to corame-d the workof such institutions as this- It ig aj fine contrast to the unhappy and dij-treasing spect»cle we saw the otWday in one of the Western states. Godgrant that in ihe soberness, in the jn*.tice and in the fairness of this coun.try we shall never see another suchspectacle."WASHINGTON, June 6,-PresMeniHarding reached the White House at12:43 p. m. to-day.

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