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The Washington times., 1921-06-05
BOY RISKS HIS LIFE TO
SEE MOVIE THRILLER

PHILADELPHIA. June 5.-His de-
sire to see four-reel movie thriller"
Is said by the Main Line police to
have led tvelve-year-old Samuel
Berker to escape from the Devereaux
Manor School, Berwyn.
Berker gathered up pile of sheets
from the beds of his sleeping school
mates and converted them into a rope.
He attached one end to a radiator In
the room and then slid down from the
third story to the ground. with a
known capital OF 81 cents.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
FRENCH CHILDREN TO
AID IN SCHOOL BUILDING

NEW YORK, June 5.---In a letter TO
J. M. Halstead. president a the French
restoration fund, Mayor Hylan an
proved the movement Of the fund OF
ficials to raise Sl65,0OO to rebuild
eleven schools in the devastated areas
of France. The drive is to be made
in the public schools.
81 hope" wrote the mayor, that the
citizens OF New York and the parents
of our children will, lend their moral
support to the boys and girls OF our
great city In their effort to send to
France message which will be a last
ing memorial OF the fat that thew m.
preciate thoroughly the, value Of odu-
cation and are not fonretful OF the
help we have received In The past from
France
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
WHIP AND RATTAN BARRED
IN PITTSFlELD SCHOOL

PITTSFIELD, Mass, June 5.-Use
by school teachers of rubber hose.
straps and whips to discipline school
children is ordered discontinued in a
bulletin Issued by Superintendent OF
Schools John @. Cannon.
The bulletin says "a light rattan
applied on palm OF the hand should
suffice Complaints concerning the
form OF corporal punishment used by
some teachers was given as the rea-
son for, the Issuance OF the order.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
Auto His Only Asset.

LYNCHBURG, Va, June b.-when
T. N. Via, a loom flxer in local cot
ton mill. filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy his petition disclosed the
fact that his only asset was an auto
mobile. He had debts aggregsting
s42I. The car was valued at s335,
which was made available to cred.
itors OF record.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
Bullets Menace Crowds.

DURHAM, N. c., June 5.-Pedes.
TRANS barely missed being struck by
bullets fred by guards yesterday
at a fleeing negro, who made his es-
cape from a truck which was loaded
with other prisoners.
The escape took place on the main
street OF the city. The negro was
serving a life sentence for murdex.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05

Pueblo practically isolated from the
rest OF the State.
Conditions in the city, however,
were improving. despite the. falling
rain, which was not heavy, although
1t poured down in steady sKSets.
The city council of Pueblo passed an
emergency Appropriation of S75, 900 to
be used for the aid of refugees who
packed the court house, city hall, and
public buildings, where they spent the
night in improvised cots or on the
floor, where they fell from exhaustion.
Some food and hot coffee, however,
was obtained by the workers. who
passed II to the half starved men,
women, and children, who had for
gotten their desire for food in the
wild rush to save themselves from
a drowning death.
TO CHECK MISSING.
Military laws were strictly enforced
throughout the night. A detachment
of troops stationed throughout the
city enforced o'clock curfew law
and prevented looters from rifiing the
stricken business district
Stores throughout the business Sec
ton were flooded by water, which de-
stroyed ninety per cent of the stocks
1t was pointed out by conservative
members of relief parties that most
of the dead were drowned in the
sparsely settled negro and Mexical
districts on the river banks. Most
of the bodies will never be found. IL
was believed and some were of the
opinion no definite death list could be
set until all the refugees had report.
ed to the city council. which could
check up on the number of citizens
saved. Any attempt to check up or
the survivors was impossible today
it was pointed out.
RIVERS RECEDING.
The flood waters OF the Arkansas
river and the Fontaine were SLOWLY
easing to their normal height, al
though the rain somewhat impeded
them. Here and there little parties
of rescuers in rowboats and i'm.
proyised RATS pushed their way
among the buildings and sought ia
save any who had been imprisoned by
the rush of water.
The fires, which consumed a large
lumber yard in the center of the food
area, were out, and only the floating
of half-burned pieces of lumber ind.
Gated the double horror spread by
the flames and water.
A heavy rain which was falling mere
early today hindered the work of the
relief parties.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
Gas observation-disclosures.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. June SC. D.
Calvert held lighted match over
his gasoline tank to see II il con-
tanned any gasoline. II did. He'll
be out OF st. Johns Hospital soon,
doctors say.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
To Sell "a, $50 Lbs. of Platinum.

The War Department is offering
for sale 34,15o pounds of platinum
mass. now held by the Ordnance De-
partment. Bids will be received I'M
til June 20.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
Y. M. II. A. Excursion June 10.

The Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
ton will hold it's eighth annual ex-
cursion to Colonial Beach, Va, on
June 10. The steamer St Johns will
carry the excursioners.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
DELUGED CITY IN
GREATEST NEED OF
FUEL AND WATER
Aviator Who CircIed Stricken
Town Tells of Harrow
ing Sights.
ny international News Service.

COLohADO SfhlNSS, COlO., June D.
The Evening Telegraph publishes a
story written by Ford C. Frick. a
local aviator. Who few to the devasted
city OF Pueblo and circled over its
environs for nearly an hour. He failed
to make a landing.
Frick was the first outside person
TO view the ruined district.
"A vast eKpanse of water" was
Tricks frst view when he sailed over
Pueblo.
Muddy water. sucking, grasping.
pulling at homes and store buildings
alike, here and there, with it's freight
of human lives; everywhere desola-
ton and death" was Tricks descrip-
ton.
Although the storm has ceased, the
Arkansas river refuses to be still and
every moment pours down upon the
city it's thousands and thousands of
gallons OF f3od water from the higher
districts.
IF you really want to appreciate
the stupendousness OF the food, you
should view II from a height of 1900
feet, looking down at the flooded dis
tricts, upon the seething mass OF mat
ter as II worms its way through stone
walls, carrying away heavy founda-
tions, sweeping bridges from their
piers--tsking its toll of human lives.
CITY OF WATER
Pueblo yesterday presented all the
appearances of a city built in a lake.
Water was everywhere. There was no
business, only the heart breaking
work of searching out the living from
the dead. while from all around poured
the pent-up waters OF the flooded
district.
Apparently the heart of the flood
struck near the Union Station from
the northward to the heart OF the
business district and extending north
west and eastward to the city limits.
THE whole scene is one of vast
desolstion. Box cars. swept from the
tracks, are scattered about the streets.
Houses, flooded from their founda :
tions. are piled together in greatest
confusion.
And through IL all Pueblo is cut OF
from succor from the outside terri
tory. On the trip down we counted
seventeen bridges swept away by the
storm.
HELP CUT OFF.
Judging from the condition of the
road as disclosed from my pi2ne. the
worst result OF the flood will be the
inability of help to reach the city.
Through the eve of the observer
lit seems impossible that the wreck
age can be removed. that homes car
be provided for the homeless, or that
the suffering can be alleviated for
many days.
The greatest need of the stricken
city when I left was fuel and water
Shelter. / believe, can be provided for
most OF the homeless in the large area
of the residence section on the higher
! ground to the south, which escaped
serious damage"
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
Saved From Flood,
Gives Birth to
Healthy Boy

PUEBLO, June While ref
ugees from the flood were hud-
died in the corner of a little
church here and sounds of the
rushing waters mingled with cries
of the injured and the excited call
of rescuers, a Mexican mother ref
ugee gave birth. to a boy.
Physicians and nurses who were
attending the survivors took spe-
cial care of the new baby. They
said it would live.
The mother, saved by a rescue
party, was said to be in a serious
condition.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
RANGERS PATROL.

Il was estimated that many
more were buried in the coaches,
which are covered with water.
State rangers patroled all
roads leading into Pueblo and
martial law was declared, where
by no persons except rescue
workers will be permitted to
use the roads leading into the
city.
The Washington times., 1921-06-05
DESOLAT ION.
s I ALkS IN.
CITY RUINS.
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ley, all of Colorado Springs,
succeeded in reaching the
city today from Pueblo after
a six-hour fight against the
storm.
Eighty bodies had been
recovered from the floods
and had been identified in
the Pueblo morgue," they
reported.
HUNDREDS CARRIED AWAY.
Hundreds of others, it was
estimated, had been carried
away by the floods, or were yet
buried beneath the great piles
of debris and flood waters which
filled the major portion of the
downtown business district.
ADehver and Rio train, turn
ed over by the force of water
in the railroad yards, contained
a number of dead, the men said.
At the time the train, which con-
sisted of eight coaches, was
turned over, $50 of the paSsen-
gers were reScuad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-16
RED FAILURE is FACTOR
IN PEACE, SAYS HOOVER
Chaos in Central Europe Would
Have Been Fatal to Allied In
situations, He Asserts.

PHILADELPHIA. April Is Had
propaganda of bolshevist and
anarchistic order, born of the misery
of war famine. been successful in
central Europe. no peace would have
been possible. Herbert Hoover, Secre-
tary of Commerce. declared here be-
fore the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Forum on the peace conference.
Nor could intensive production
have stimulated to that degree nee
essary to lay the foundation of sup
port to the excessive urban popula-
tons" he continued. Furthermore.
II would have been impossible for US
TO expect even to maintain the allied
or our own institutions if central Eu-
rope had succumbed to this sort of
chaos"
Secretary Hoover reviewed the
American viewpoint on the solution
of the major economic problems
which were discussed at Paris.
Touching on American philanthropies.
he said:
AT it's maximum load. America
alone was providing in charity. food
and shelter for more than 800. 900
children Of allied and liberated races.
il is sufficient to say that Anne RIGA
bore the major burden in negotiat-
ing such arrangements and that her
Observation-Disclosures. her sense of serv-
ice. carried Europe through this, the
most terrible period of its history.
The final signing of peace mark :
ed a great turning in political and
economic force from disintegration
and destruction. on the one hand. to-
ward freedom of commerce and pro-
duction and renewed hope, on the
other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-16
RED ARMY CHIEFS
DEMAND BIG FORCE
Warn Against Enthusiasm
for Peaceful Life" as Labor
Becomes Energetic.
By the Associated Press.

RIGA. Letvia, April 15.-Russia
mu: maintain her military strength.
in spite of the fact that fighting has
ceased on all fronts, as the period
of transition from war to peace is
one filled with danger. says a resolu-
ton adopted at conference of army
commisSarieS and commanders at
Moscow. The text of the resolution
is printed in the newspaper Pravda
of that city. and follows:
The liquidation of the battlefronts
partial rehabilitation and the con-
centration Of energy on labor has
decreased the attention given to army
affairs. and this conference considers
II necessary to issue warning
against enthusiasm for peaceful life.
All Russian soviets have decided
unanimously that our army must be
maintained and it's fighting eff
cheney increased. ,-r,-ni IT, y
Nobody should forget that pre-
peace. 1t is more difficult to pre-
serve the army during peace than
during war. and the present tran
sition period is dangerous for both
the army and the revolution. The
fronts are liquidated, but soviet Rus
STA remains a country of war and OF
labor as heretofore"
Reports reaching this city indicate
there is fear of new disorders in boil
shevik Russia. The organization of
the new international army" plans
has been commenced This force will
replace the old soviet army and will
be made the basis of the military
strength which will be available to
enforce the dictates of the third in
ternationale. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-16
An Atlas
for Everv Home

A good Atlas is indispensable.
Every day some matter comes
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We have one containing maps
of every state, province and
nation, together with a wealth
of general information. Stats
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torical information. including up
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of various cities. Edition of 1919
and 1920.
Slightly shabby on the outside
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-16
N&POL|C|ESSEEN
HDFAVOR GERMANY
Scandinavian Press Pleased.
Interprets Mr.. Harding as
oas Anti-British.
by HAL O'FLAHERTY.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 10
Conservative newspaper opinion in Swe-
den and also in the other Scandinavian
countries Snterprets President Harding's
foreign policies as decidedly favorable
toward Germany. which, to many whose
sympathies remain with their closest
neighbors. compensates for the refusal
of the United States to join the league
of nations. In the press comments there
appear many efforts to interpret Mr..
Harding's words as anti British.
with regard to relations with Brit
Oaily News) in an editorial. American
diplomacy is already in full swing. 1t
is significant that the new President
first engages in somewhat irritable
exchange of opinion with those two ma
tons. However, the Wilson administra
ton had previously indicated American
disapproval of the allies decision on the
mandate question.
Thus President Harding consistent
1y vindicates the American position
on this point in sharp terms. The feel
ing between the United States and her
former allies is not very cordial. but
fortunately there seems to be a pros
pect of compromise.
The Nya Dagligt Allehanda (New
Daily Events), a conservative after
noon paper, says:
"A separate peace with Germany
will permit the resumption of direct
negotiations, with the result that Ger
many will no longer be wholly subject
to the arbitrary dealings of the vic
tors. 1t seems safe to venture the
opinion that if the United States is
faced with the alternative of support
ing the allies in ruthless extortion
from the conquered or promoting the
interests of world economy, she will
choose the latter"
The newspaper comment generally
shows disposition to exaggerate the
aloofness of the United States into
a suspicious attitude toward the en-
tente.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-16
BILL TOMAKE BOTANNIC GARDEN
ONE OF FINEST IN THE WORLD
Representative Langleys Measure Pro-
poses Enlarging Present Site or Re-
moval to Potomac Park.

To make the National Botanic
Garden one of the finest in the world
by charging it where it can be
constant source of enjoyment land
education to the residents of the
National Capital and to visitors from
all parts of the country. is the pur-
pose of a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative John. w. Langley of Ken
lucky. chairman of the House COM
mittee on public buildings and
grounds.
Representative Langley contends
that it is fundamental. that to best
perform the functions for which 1t
was created the Botanic Garden
must be within easy access of the
people. He makes alternate pro-
posals: % To enlarge and develop
the garden where it noW is at the
base of Capitol Hill. where for years
1T has been a quiet and delightful
retreat for members of Congress and
the thousands of tourists who come
to see the sights of the capital: ca to
place the garden in East Potomac
Park. where it would be ideally To-
Gated. with a three-mile speedway
and waterfront surrounding il. and
where it would beautify the APP
proach to the capital from the south.
SOhSTtSSlOhslI ENttFCHts
Members of Congress love the
years been their handiest retreat.
said Representative Langley, land
they will never consent to its re-
moVal to any place where it could
not be easily reached by the people,
and by the visitors from their home
states. who count the Botanic Garden
as one of the most attractive sights
in their tours of the capital
Representative Langley has been
sixteen years in Congress, and be-
fore that was for seventeen years IN
the departmental service in Wash
ington. SO he says that with a back
ground of thirty-three years resi-
dence here. no one is more Interested
than himself in plans for beautifica-
ton of the Nations Capital.
Hearings are to be held on Mr.
Langley's bill, probably next week.
when he will invite George w. Hess,
direDtor of the oBtanic Garden. to
speak, and he hopes also to have
present representatives from the
citizens associations to express their
desire for a real botanic garden here.
comparable to anything in the world:
From extensive Investigations
have made said Representative
Langley, II find that this govern
ment is far behind all the other lead
ing countries in having an up-to-date
botanic garden Such an institution
has always been strong in the diffu-
sion of knowledge and scientific dis
coveries. This must be corrected. L
believe the difficulty is because the
existing institution has been badly
cramped for space.
Accessibility Essential.
my idea is to give it plenty of
ground for development. and at the
same time keep it close to the center
of population, especially so that visi-
tors may easily find it and spend
some time there without having to
waste half a day going out to Rock
Creek Park, where some time ago
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WRANGEL'S FORCES
HARD TO D|SPERSE
Allies Worried by Problem as
Turks Find Soldiers Un-
welcome Guests.
nY CONsTANTINE BROWN.

D1toSv.S
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 16.-The
Wrangeps army worries the allies as
we'll as the Turks. The Turks would
like to dispense with the unwelcome
guests, who put up the prices of food
in Constantinople. while the allies.
especially the Greeks. see the former
source of danger.
All believe that the Russians, who
are dissatisfied with the way in which
they have been treated by the allies.
are apt to listen to bolshevist propa-
ganda and either fall on the rear of
the Greeks with arms supplied by
the strong bolshevist and nationalist
organizations existing in CONSTANT
nople or provoke trouble in the
near enough to take advantage OF
such disturbances
Efforts by French.
Under these circumstances the
French have deemed it necessary to
try to. dispense General Wrangefs
forces, either by sending them back
to Russia or providing them with
means to emigrate to Brazil. The
Brazilian government has consented
to accept 10000 Cossacks.
Reports were spread that the french
would use machine guns to force the
Russians to embark. but these are
denied by responsible officers. who
say that no pressure will be brought
to bear on Gen. Wrangers troops. but
that French and Russian lecturers
make addresses in the Gallipoli camp
daily. pointing out to the soldiers the
necessity of their emigrating to Brazil
or returning to Russia, the present
financial situation in France not per-
hitting that country to continue care
a long time for 10000 men.
Gen. WrangeI himself opposes the
emigration or disarmament of the
army. He is asking the French fol
help to remove the entire force Of
about $4,000 to Serbia, where, he says
be ready to fight the bolsheviki again
when the opportunity occurs.
Carried Back to Russia.
In spite of Gen. Wrangers protest
two boats have left Constantinople
carrying soldiers back to Russia. The
first boat was allowed to land IN.
men in Odessa, where. 1t is reported
only s per cent of the soldiers were
allowed TO return to their homes: Inc
others We're either arrested or forced
to Join the red army.
When the second boat arrived al
Odessa the captain was notified by
the bolshevist authorities that the
men would not be allowed to land un-
til France officially approached the
soviet government with view to the
repatriation of Gen. Wrangefs army
The vessel is expected to return 10
Constantinople soon.
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it was proposed to remove it or tie
Hamilton tract. on the road to Ba!ti-
more. where more recently there has
been proposal to pace it,"
Representative Langley protests
also that the garden should not be
"cluttered' up with monuments. II,
believes that it was fair neither to
the garden or to the Grant memorial
to place it where it is. backed up
towards the Capitol and so crowded
among shrubbery that no one gets a
fair view OF its proportions.
Representative Iangley'S bill pro-
poses TO take two blocks west of the
present site of the garden. between
Maryland and Missouri avenues and
Bird and 9th streets, and add them to
the care of the garden. The govern.
ment already owns these squares and
they are part of the Fine Arts Com
missions scheme for Identification of
the capital. This. he believes. would
give sufficient space for adequate de-
veiopment of the garden in a most
fitting location.
In the event that some members of
Congress feel it is desirable to move
the garden to some locality where
there Will be even more space to pro-
vide for its future growth, Represent
alive Langley will urge his alternate
proposal to place the garden on East
Potomac Park so that it will occupy
the bridge and the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing to the point op-
posite the Army War College and the
aviation station at Boiling Field. This
location would give about ten times
the space to the garden that could Oe
allowed in its present location.
Believes Hamilton Tract Undesirable
In discussing the proposal that has
been made to put the Botanic Garden
on what is known as the Hamilton
tract" Representative Langley said
that was not to be considered. Be
sides prohibitive price for the land
the cost of removal Of the garden to
such distance would be excessive,
and the soil is rocky and entirely un-
suited for plant growth. he pointed
out.
He believes that the esthetic con-
sideration of identifying the approach
to Washington from the south and
by placing the garden on the road to
Arlington National cemetery. and
where it would fit in with the devel-
opment of the parkway facing the
Lincoln Memorial should receive seri-
Gus consideration.
In urging his bill Representative
Langley. whose committee must pass
upon any plan to remove the garden,
will have the heartiest cooperation
of Representative Norman j. Gould
of New York. chairman of the COM
mittee on the library. under whose
jurisdiction the Botanic Garden comes
Chairmen Langley and Gould have
been consulting for some time on this
matter and are agreed that either OF
these proposed sites must be deter
mined upon by Congress so that the
Botanic Garden may be properly de-
veloped.