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Evening star., 1909-08-18
WORST FLOOD IN YEARS
Raging Torrent Follows Cloud
burst in Colorado.
RAIL WAY TRAINS DELAYED
A Thousand Tourists Detained at
Pueblo and. Other Points.
LANDSLIDES BLOCK TRACKS
Water Up to Hanging Bridge in
Royal Gorge-Damage Esti-
mated at $25o,oOo.
LANDSLIDES BLOCK TRACKS

PUEBLO. Col, August 1s.-This city
was aroused at O'Clock this morning by
warnings from the upper Arkansas val
ley that there was grave danger OF a
flood. and within an hour 5000 persons
were upon the streets working hard to
remove merchandise and household ef-
fects out of danger. The work proved
unnecessary as. although the river rose
seven feet above normal, there was no
food in the immediate vicinity of the
city.
Great damage was reported, however,
in the neighborhood Of Canon City, forty
miles away, where the Arkansas over
flowed and was higher than at any time
within the memory of residents.
In the Royal Gorge the river is re-
ported to have risen twenty feet. wash
Ing OUT several miles of track on the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad. Tele-
graph and telephone communication with
the upper valley was cut OFF.
The height of the water at this point
will be appreciated when it is stated
that the river was level with the tracks
of the Hanging bridge" The tracks OF
the Colorado Midland were also blocked
by washouts, and detouring of the Dem
YER and Rio Grande trains was impossi-
BILE.
Ground crops may suffer heavily, but
there was no damage to the fruit crop.
1t is believed the damage will be in
excess of S2JO,000
All Trains Delayed
All trains on the Denver and Rio
Grande bound for the west were held in
Pueblo last night. and no trains from
the west could get through this morning.
At Canon City a steel bridge was
washed away and several other bridges
were damaged Stock in slaughter pens
also was carried away. cabins were de-
stroyed and the Santa Fe railway yards
flooded.
Fully thousand tourists, a large ma
jority from the east. were detained today
in passenger trains at Pueblo, Saiida and
Grand Junction as a result Of the. floods
In the Arkansas river. following cloud
tracks Of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad were washed out In half dozen
places Between Pueblo and Salida.
The westbound passenger trains on this
line were held at Pueblo. two eastbound
three at Grand Junction. Not only were
the tracks washed outsAbut landslides
blocked the tracks alonl the Arkansas
river, and resumption OF traffic was not
expected before tomorrow.
Town Of Florence Scared.
At Florence the entire population worked
throughout the night, carrying goods to
higher ground In the expectation that
practically the entire town would be SUBJ
merged. The extent of the damage at
Howard has not been learned. as COM
munication was cut off by the storm.
Horsemen were sent out last night all
along the river between Canon City and
Pueblo and eYen below here to warn the
nf a "a n flood
The Colorado Midland tracks were
washed out near Manitou, tying up traffic
completely. Rain fell all night all along
the Arkansas watershed.
Evening star., 1909-08-18
Blues Right in Full
Retreat Toward Boston

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
BR1DGEWATER. Mass, August is
The right flank of the Blue army defend
ing Boston started in full retreat at a
o'clock this morning. with it's baggage
wagons. through roads mired by two
days rain. 1t was a retreat, not from
the enemy. but from a useless and ex
posed position.
Although there was no pursuit, the re-
treat was as hurried as almost impassa-
BILE roads would allow. The three re1i-
ments composing the right wing OF the
Blue army retired northward up to Brock
ton road, bound for Brant Rock. where
they were to wheel eastward and come to
the support of the hard-pressed I'd Brig
. ade. now holding the line of the hard
pressed left wing.
The hrst fighting OF the morning &C.
CURED at 80 O'Clock at East Middle
boro. four and half miles from Middle
boro town. The engagement was between
cavalry. artillery and infantry. but OF
minor nature. The Red troops were sue
cessful and the Blue soldiers were again
driven back. Many prisoners were taken.
Gen. Bliss and his army continued 10
0,ontinued On Third Pagel
Evening star., 1909-08-18
THERE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
American Waterways Commission
Begins Work in Berlin.

BERLIN, August 1S.-The members OF
the American waterways commission, who
are visiting Europe in search OF informa-
tion as to the best methods Of solving the
problems confronting 1t. began their work
today. Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio
called at the Prussian ministry OF public
works. large steam launch has been
placed at the disposition of Mr.. Burton
and his party. which will be used during
the next three days for study of the
canals and streams adjacent to Berlin and
the upper Eibe. Prof. Emory r. johnson
of Philadelphia, George Mcpherson and J.
Hopkins will collect material bearing on
the historical development of the water
ways system Of Germany.
The commissioners were Joined today by
Maj. F. A. Mahan. U. 8. A., retired. who
came from Paris.
Evening star., 1909-08-18
WOMEN BEsIEGE PREMIER.
Sudragettes Keeping Watch in From,
Of Asuuith's House.

LONDON. August 1s-The militant
sunragettes who have been importuning
the house OF commons for the past six
weeks with the object Of securing an in
terview with Premier Asquitb have ex-
tended their operations to the premier s
residence on Downing street.
Mrs. Despard and Mrs Saunderson this
afternoon took up their stand outside Mr.
Asquith's house and declared that sentries
would be maintained uninterruptedly until
the premier granted an audience. The
premier, however. is lin the happy posi-
ton of being able to slip out through
q garden in the rear of the house. to
Evening star., 1909-08-18
70 SEEK REST At ARDEN
No Immediate Intention Of Resum-
ing Business Activities.
WEAKENED BY TREATMENT
Is Suffering From overwork, His
Physician Declares, and Now
Needs. Only Quiet.

PARIS. August 1S.-E. H. Hartman
left Paris at II o'clock this morning on
special train for. Cherbourg. where
he embarked for New York today on
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Through his secretary. Mr.. Price, he
informed the newspaper men that he
was going to- his home at Arden TO
rest and complete the cure inaugurated
in Europe. He said also that he had no
immediate intention of resuming his
business activities.
''Mr. Hartman said Mr.. Price, plan
ned originally to return home on the
steamer Mauretania, sailing September
4, but he suddenly changed his mind
when he found that he could be ac-
commodated at home now. His health
is greatly improved as a result of this
European trip. but now he is going
home to Arden to rest. He will not for
the moment resume his active business
life. His cure in Germany has been
success, but he is going home to COM
plete it,
Weakened by Baths.
Dr. Lyle. Mr.. Harriman's physician,
who accompanied him. declared that il
Mr.. Hartman was weaker 1t was an
effect of the rigid treatment he had
undertaken at Bad Gastein. LAS soon
as Mr.. Hartman arrived in Paris he
felt much BETTER" DIR. Lyle continued
'Mr. Hartman was suffering from the
results of overwork. He also had
rheumatism of the back, but he has
improved greatly under the massage
treatment.
MIR. Hartman eats well of diet that
is carefully arranged. but the baths natu-
rally have weakened him. Now cores the
after cure-that is, rest
Mr.. Hartman arrived here from Munich
by train and not by automobile. as was
at first understood. He went at once to
the home of his friend James Stillman.
who is now in America. Among his call
ers yesterday was George ]. Could who
has engaged passage for New York Sep
tember l.
Departure Kept Secret.
Extensive precautions had been taken to
keep Mr.. Harriman's departure as secret
as possible and to make sure that he
would not be disturbed. Few OF the $50
passengers for the Kaiser Wilhelm II who
had left for Cherbourg earlier in the day
on the two regular steamer trains were
aware that Mr.. Hartman. purposed trav-
cling with them. Among the passengers
are former Gov. Odell. Rear Admiral VIII
liam H. Reeder and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick W. Vanderbilt.
Mr.. Hartman is accompanied by his
wife and two daughters. His son Roland
will take steamer for New York at
Southampton.
Coming Home to Recuperate.
NEW YORK, August 1S.-Robert s.
Lovett, vice president of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, received cablegram
from E. H. Hartman. in which Mr.. Har-
riman stated that he was coming home
by advice of his European physicians.
The cablegram was dated at Paris today
and read in part as follows:
II am coming home for my after-cure
instead of staying here. With the treat
ment at Bad Gastein l lost about ten
pounds. Our home food is better than
hotel food and will help me to gain
weight. l hope to recuperate more rapid
ly there"
Evening star., 1909-08-18

official circles is that the situation will
yield to time and diplomatic treatment.
There is claimed to be absolutely no
ground for asserting that the present adj.
ministration is any less friendly to the
principles Of reclamation. forestry and
Gates of those policies, and that differen-
ences In methods of carrying out the poll
cies, from methods heretofore pursued
and now advocated. can not be seized
upon as arguments hostile to the policies
themselves. ID y -. .s..t.. -.
Evening star., 1909-08-18
COOLER I'm SOUTHWEST.
Eau in Temperature in Kansas and
Oklahoma ?,

KANSAS CITY. August IS.-After ten
deaths In Kansas City from heat in the
last twelve hours. the torrid spell in this
part of the southwest was broken this
morning and a cool east breeze Is blow
ing. At Topeka and generally throughout
Kansas and Oklahoma, a similar fall In
temperature was reported.
Evening star., 1909-08-18

Lieut.. Sutton lis directly and solely
responsible for his own death, which
was scif-infiicted. either Intentionally or
In an effort to shoot one of the persons
restraining him, and his death was not
caused by any other injury Whatever
This is the verdict of the navy court
Of inquiry, which for some weeks has
had under investigation the cause of the
death at Annapolis Naval Academy In
October. 1907, of Second Lieut.. James
n. Sutton of the United States Marine
Corps, which verdict has been approved
by the judge advocate general of the
navy and by Beekman Winthrop. assist
ant and acting Secretary OF the Navy
The court finds. further. that no possi-
BILE charge OF criminality lies against any
OF the participants in the fray except
Lieut.. Sutton himself. and that .'the
charges of willful murder and conspiracy
to conceal it. made by the complainant,
Mrs Sutton, mother of Lieut. Sutton, are
purely imaginary and unsupported by
even a shadow OF evidence, truth or rea-
son."
Lieuts. Bevan. Willing and Utley are
criticised by the court for their failure to
perform their proper duties in not SUBJ
DUNG Sutton by force after he had made
threats Of murder and had armed him.
self and broken arrest These criticisms
are tempered by the court. which adds
that conditions at the Marine Corps
School of Application at that time were
extremely bad. 1t further said that the
carelessness on the part of Bevan, Will
ing and Utley was due to ignorance more
than anything else.
For this reason the court recommends
that no action be taken In their cases.
Suttons Not Surprised.
That the decision of the court was not
a surprise to her was stated by Mrs. Rose
Sutton Parker. Neither she nor her
mother, Mrs. Sutton, would discuss the
case.
Attorney Henry e. Davis said the ver-
dict was the natural outcome OF the
conduct of the case by the Judge advo-
cate, Mai. Henry Leonard of the Marine
Corps. He hin,ed at future action. but
would not say what his plans were.
Attorney Arthur A. Birney. who repre-
sented Lieut.. Robert r. Adams. expressed
pleasure at the result. He said he did
not see how the court could do other.
wise.
While they decline to discuss their
ton and Mrs. Parker will bend every ef.
fort to have Congress make an investigar
ton of the case.
The courts findings are as follows:
Report Of the Court.
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Ccoutinued on Third Page }
Evening star., 1909-08-18
Report Of the Court.
Court ot INJURY.

"
Annapolis. Md, August ~, 1903.
The inquiry having been finished, the
parties 10 the inquiry aavng with
orawn. and the court having grained
the request of the juoae advocate 10 ex-
clude. him from the defiberat ons of the
court in formulating its findings, opin.
Ion and recommendations. met at II
a I'm. this date in closed session, present
only the members OF the court, for the
consideration of the evidence adduced
and the formulation of its findings. opin-
ion and recommendations, as required by
the precept.
After due consideration of the testi-
mony. In the taking Of which the widest
latitude was allowed to all parties con-
cerned, with the object of bringing out
every possible bit of testimony
or. fact that might In any UeS
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-14
MAST Z~ASTOPNIKI.

La Sale, ILL.,: John Pueek.
Conemaugh, Pa: Frank Podboj.
st. Louis, Mo-: Vincent Cain
kar.
New York-Brooklyn: Felix's
Kramarsic.
Jo~hnstown, Pa: Math. Gabre-
MIA.
Colorado City, Colo; Drag. Po-
gorelec.
Jakob Dolenc, Box 3, Wilcox,
Pa.
Tony Mrak "a Hackett, Pa, in
okolico.
Joe Pajk "a Pennsylvania.
John Mesojedec, Box 337 Da.
Wis, w. Va.
Frank Crne, Cleveland, o.
Rock Springs, Wyo.: valentin
Stalick-
Ia Chicago in okolico sta nasa
zastopnika Mike Kulovec in John
Jereb.
Z%astOpnik Frank Podlipec V
Chicago "a Severno stran Chica-
ga.
Anton Sterile. Box 36S, CHS.
holm, MINI.
Anton Jalovcan, "a Hudson.
Wyo.
Lorain, o. in okolico: Frank
Vevar.
Kenosha, Wis; Ignac Radoyan.
Darragh, Pa. in okolico: Ivan
Ring.
Hibbing, Mimi: Frank Hitti.
Ia Minnesota: Jernei Crnogoi.
Box Al Eveleth.
Louis Glazar "a Sygan in oko-
lico.
Frank Verbajs. Vandling. Pa.
box 1876.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-14
BERNARD SHAW o AMERIKI

Charles Frohman je povabil ia
mes B~arrie-a, Granville Parker-a
in znanega pesnika Bernard
Shawn, da bi preziveli boziGno
praznike V New Yorku. Bernard
Shaw je povabilo odklonil.
"Kako maj Sc Glovek," pravi
Bernard Shaw, Ski zivi V Londo-
nu, domiSlil. da bi sci V AmerikoY
Razumeti je samo OBJ sebi. da pri-
de Njujorcan sem, sal drive vsi
Americana V Evropo, XII imajo po-
trebni drobiz. Ako bi Sc vsaki
LondonGan V sanjah bavil $ TEN,
da bi jo odkuril V New York. ko
81 je p%rihranil dosti denarja. bi
JAZZ ne bill izjema. V sedanjih raz-
merah je pa London "a mojo ose-
DO najprikladnejSi kraj.
AmeriGani menda ne delajo
pray, da radi potujejo V inozem-
stvo; ne POznajo svoje domovine.
Ako Sc jim pripoveduje ameriSke
dogodke, opisuje tamkajSne raz-
mere, tedaj Sc Gudijo. Tako n. pr.
ne vedo, da V Zdr. drz. nj svcbode.
Meme hi lahko aretirali takoj. radi
zapeljevanja neznega spola k ne
n%ravnosti, ko bi stopil ma ameriSka
tia, GeS, da moja mozka lepota
vzbuja pohotne misli.
Kako je mOgoGe Ameriko ime-
novati dezelo svobode, ko je VEN
dar tam straSna beda in vsled IL
koriGanja otrok V SO. Carolini
grozne raZmere: to so StraSnejSe
IN groznejSe razmere kot pred sto
lett V Manchesteru? Nj smo znaSli
Sredstvo IN pomOc. AmeriGani po-
znajo to Srdstvo, pa ga noce.io ra-
biti, ker noGeio biti svobodni.
Res je, nocem videti soho bogi-
ME svobode Y niuiorSki luki. To
hi bio Sc "a moio norcljivost pre-
vec. Amcrika .ie Y kulturi "a emo
Stoletje oh zadei. IivlieuSke raz-
mere Y Ameriki 50 podobne raz-
mcram Is. s@toletia. oliSpane Z 20.
Stolctnimi pridohitvami industrial
mega r]oparstva. Potovati V Ameri-
ko, hi pomenilo podati Sc Y nazad-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-14
DOpiSf.
Chisholm, MINI.

Cenjeni urednik Proletarca:-
Prosim Vas, da uvrstite sledece
vrstice V mas delavski list Probe
tarec.
Dne 3. novembra sem sci kot pc
nayadi ma svoje delo. \ incl sem
nesreco. V rudniku Oliver Iron
Mining Co., kjer delam, mi je pa
do kos rude ma mOjo nogo in mi
10 je zdrobilo pod kolenom. Prene-
si so me v Hibbing Hospital, kjer
skusam eel pekel ma tenn svetu.
Zajedno me je prav posebna cast
videti, kako sc pehaj o cerkveni
zastopniki in obeGajo delavcu raj
in ~veselje ma onem svetu. &c tako
dobro vedo zanj - zakaj pa ne
gredo oni tie.
V TEN hospitalu je pravi pekel.
V tisti sobi, kjer SEN JAZZ, a je
veliko, kteri imamo vsi potrte no.
ge. Kadar pridejo zdravniku, Fac
ne Sc pravi pekel. Vsak kli6e V
svojem jeziku koga ma pomoG.
Prelivajo Sc s%olze, kot bi sci DEF
= a potrpeti je treba vse. Zdrav-
niki nam v svoji prijaznosti obeta-
jo, da bono Sc tepeni, ce he bono
mirni. Zares velika uljudnost z
bolniki.
Je res tako - dokler bono de-
lavci be- pravic, Sc bode povsod
In vedno delalo z mani kakor z Ii
vino. Kadar 81 priborimo zmago -
Sele potem moreno misliti ma bol.j
Sc case. cato je pa cas-, da Sc pre-.
Dude vsi, kteri Sc spe V tenn in
da pregledajo, Sc zdruzijo. Gin,
bOlj Sc z%druzuiemo TEN pref pri
Semo do nash pravic. NaroGajte
. VA delavske liste. kteri resniGno
n 'ejo IA delavca. me pa ma tiste.
Fri Sc nazivajo delavski liSti, "a
casa volitev podpirajo pa "a do.
bro place tisto Stranko - kapita.
hsti6no seveda - ktera Jim vej
da. Stanko BoziG.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-14

bio vse izven tira. Ljudstvo bi
zgubilo interes "a politiko, trgo-
vino, obrt, umetnost, sploh "a vse
Nicaragua bi dala lahko poljubno
stevilo AmeriGanov usmrtiti po-
tom voJnega sodiSGa. Pok strelov
bi sc pogubil V razburjenih pogo
worth o Bernard Shawn. Postal bi
javno zlO, zavora narodnemu Ii
yljenju. he radi Amerike ostanem
ma AngleSkem."
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-12-14
SAM Sc ~RAzKRIVAJO.

Dnevnik Y New Yorku. XII gori
"a vseslovanStvo in narodnost, XII
ina ma PRIV strani napis Z debeii-
mi crkami: list s~lovenskih DELAY
cev V Ameriki, .ie med drugimi
prismodariiami dine 6. dec. t. L.
prinesel tudi pod naslovom: ruski
prestolonaslednik naslednio beda-
sto notice:
"Mali ruski carievic ina Sele
pet let, q ie re hetrHan vseh koza-
kov, naGelnik wee ruSkih polkov
it'd. Teh dnii Sc ie naucil, da neka-
ko podpiSe svoie ime in "a prvi-
KRAFT je podpisal neko dnevno po-
velje. Ali take stvari jake malo
zanimajo malega c%arievica; on Sc
najbolie zabava, ko Sc spleza ma
oeetoVo rame. RuSki car je vrlo
dober Gee in Sc rad Prilagodi vsem
muhaStim zeljam svojega sinka.
Toda carievit ina vendar najraje
nekega starega Gastnika imenom
Stefana, Xxi je prideljen carieviGu.
Start castnik prinaSa redno carrie
vicu rzenega kruha IL voiaSnicc in
ia kruh ina mnogo raie nego vse
druge slaScice. In ko zveGer, pred.
no leze, mOli, vedno V molitvi maj
/ pref spominja Stefanovo ime. Ru-
ski carjeviG ina zelo rad vojake
in Sc mu "a malo zdi. ako GA stra-
"a ne pozdravlja.'
Ako bi sodili to notice 5 sta
lisca, da 50 glave Slovenskih nju-
iorskih G~asnikarskih zeniiev praz-
ne in da radi tega vidijo V vsakem
deeku, Xxi Sc .je rodil kraljevski
ali carski postelji, re oh njegovem
rojstvu veleuma. V kterega je sv.
duh kihnil trikrat in mu tako dial
trikrat toliko pameti kot navad-
MENU zemlianu, hi jim ne smell
zameriti tie notice. pac pa jim prl-
porocati, da dajo ma listen slav-
mem zdravniskem zavodu, kterega
oglasajo ma zadnji s%trani, preiska-
ii zdravniSko svoje mozgane, KITE
re najbrz re objeda bacil magarac-
it's. Ali ker temu nj tako, ker lie
ma tistem delu mozganov %poganja
aldovica, kjer bi Sc morale roditi
misli "a gospodarske in politicne
clanke v korist slovenskim delav-
Gem v Ameriki, ostali del mozga-
nov, kjer sc rode misli "a napolni-
tev Nth nenasitne bisage, kako Sc
v prihodnje obdrlati slovenski ma
rod v dusevni tenn in pod krinko
p~riJaznosti do delavcev izzemati
delavce, je pa popolnoma zdrav in
oollse razvit kot pri navadnih nor
malnih ljudih, je %potrebno, da o
Ipotici sami spregovorimo 4 ozirom
ina sirote V Cherry, H., nckaj be-
ned.
|, Ruskem princu, Xxi nosi Sc br-
lzostrelne hlaGiGe, XII je toliko ne
umen in pameten. kot vsak pellet
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
HAMLINTON.

Miss D. P. Hamlin has closed her
house for the winter.
A number from this place attend
ed Grange at Nobletown on Wednes-
day evening.
Frank Chumard is improving.
Mrs. Jennie Williams is i'll at this
writing.
Mrs. G. o. Gillett does not i'm
prove as rapidly as her friends might
wish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rein
heimer, of Wilkes-Barre, visited at
G. o. Gillett's on Wednesday and
Thursday. On their return they
were accompanied by Cora Alt, who
expects to remain until Christmas.
Mrs. Frances Orchard and Mrs. G.
r. Spangenberg spent last Tuesday
at Hotel Foote.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Boyd Bullock are
visiting Mrs. Bullock's parents here.
Mrs. Bullock was formerly Miss
Lulu Chapman of this place.
Mrs. Roberts and son, Walter, of
Wf1kes-Barre, are visiting at G. o.
Gilletts.
On Wednesday evening, at 1880,
at the NJ. E. parsonage, Pearl,
daughter of Fred Chapman of the
East Side, was married to Wyman
! Field of this place. The young peo-
pie are both we'll known in the COM
munity, and have the heartiest good
wishes of all their friends and ac-
quaintances.
Marion Boyce returned to Wyo-
ming Seminary on Monday.
Mr.. R. H. Simons and Mrs. L. ]
Pelton went to Afford, Susquehanna
county, to attend the funeral OF
Oakley Harding. They returned or
Wednesday.
On Friday, at noon, the funeral Of
Mrs. VIM. Peet was held from the
NJ. e. church here. Mrs. Peet was
a very pleasant woman and delight
full neighbor. and will be sadly
missed by her family and friends
Deep sympathy is felt for the be-
reaved family.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-08
SHERMAN.

Several Masons from this place at
tended the Masonic Lodge in De-
posit last Saturday evening.
Hard cider begins to have its
effect on some OF the toughs in this
place. The disgraceful brawl at the
postofiice last Friday evening Is
something that should never be re-
peated. 1t is high time that the au-
thorities took 1t in hand and see that
the postoff1ce is kept free from
drunkards and fit place for ladies
to enter. .,,...
Rev. Charles Moon goes to Orson
on Wednesday to attend the sunday
school convention.
Missionary meeting at Mrs. George
Arneke's on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Tracy Webster is quite poor
ly with indigestion.
Christmas exercises will be held
In the church on Xmas eve, Let III
not forget the poor at this time OF
the year. We can go with we'll
filled baskets to those less fortunate