Arizona republican., 1916-02-01
Two Are Caught Redhanded
 While Looting In Devas- tated Otay District and Courtmartialed, w hilei Others Are Driven Out
Republican A. P. Leased Wire1


 tified looters were caught redhanded late today in the devastated Otay dis trict by United States marines and bluejackets under Lieut. w ". Brad ley, given d summary court martial and jailed to await action in their case by the civil authorities, while two others suspected of footing and iden- tified only as the Holmes brothers, were driven out of the valley at bayo- net point. The four men were said to be Americans
 This was the report received late tonight by Rear Admiral William F. F'ullam by wireless aboard his flag ship, the South Dakota, from Lieuten- ant Bradley, commanding an expedi- tionary force of forty -one marines and forty sailors, from the temporary naval wireless station outfitted early today in a brick schoolhouse in the Otay valley.
 Rear Admiral Ful1am said that he had instructed Lieutenant Bradley to order his men to use every method they could employ to induce sixty or more scantily clothed, ill nourished and poorly housed women and children to allow themselves to be escorted out of the Otay and Tia Juana valleys, where conditions were reported to him as i'm proving but slowly.
 The water situation in the Otay and Tia Juana valleys is bad the ad- miral said, "and I have issued a warn ing that all water for domestic uses should be boiled to avoid illness. urged that the flood sufferers remain ing in remote and isolated parts of these districts allow us to help them reach San Diego, where the relief com mittee will see that they are given l proper attention"
 l Looting in the Otay valley was first 1 reported to Rear Admiral William F. Fullam, commanding the Pacific re- serve fleet, yesterday morning, soon after he ordered marines and steamers | into the devastated district as relief i and rescue parties.
 The marines and sailors were pro- vided with arms and twenty rounds Of ammunition each, and orders were given them to shoot looters on the spot"
 The arrests today were the first made since it was reported that armed MeXicans were in the upper part of the valley, just below the wrecked Lower Otay dam, engaged in footing.
 Sheriff Ralph Conklin, who returned today from the Otay and Tia Juana valleys with the statement that the ser vices of himself and deputies were no longer needed and that the naval forces were ample to cope with any emergency, said he believed the reports of footing by MeXicans were exagger- ated
 No reports of further casualties in the flooded areas were received today and there was marked absence of rumors of wrecked bridges and burst ing dams such as have stirred San Diego and nearby communities since the Lower Otay was wrecked Thurs day night. Coroner Otto Marsh said no more bodies had been recovered, nol had Identification been made of bodies reported to have been found at variou. points.
 Spencer NJ. Marsh, district attorne, of San Diego county exploded a rumOl to the effect that grand jury investi- gatiOn of the bursting of the Otay dan was contemplated.
 Of chief interest to residents here il connection with developments growina out of the floods, was the information that the city's water system had beer crippled to an extent that made it nee eSSary to negotiate with a privat, water company for water with whicf l tn hn Ioi, The ChOllas Heights reservoirs only hold supply sufficient for the city. needs for fifteen days.
 This fact developed at a meeting O , the city council in the forenoon whei , it was reported that a pipe line breal and clogged conduit had shut off tn, supply from the Morena and Uppe Otay reservoirs.
 l While relief for sufferers was bein; l looked after by the Chamber of Com merce committee and the naval au thorities, it's district workers, city of ficials, including Mayor E. M Capps f discussed possible reconstruction of tn l Lower Otay dam.
 Q R. w. Hawley and H. A. Whitney engineers whose services were tende to the city by the state railroad com f mission of California as an aid {