Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-14
ALLOTMENT Of
100000 MADE
BY COVE ERNMENT
To MD PUEBLO
This Amount, or as Much
Thereof as is Deemed
Necessary to Be Used
for Sanitation Purposes,
CONTRIBUTIONS POUR
IN TO THE RED CROSS
Total of S35,746,95 Re-
Ceivedj Authorities Are
Confronted By the .Un-
employed Labor Problem,


Pueblo, Colo, June 13.-Allot-
ment of 100000 'or as much there
of as deemed necessary" by Secre'
tary Of War Weeks, to be used fol
purposes in Pueblo, wa:
in a telegram received
today from United States Senators
Lawrence c. Phipps and Samuel D.
Nicholson and Representative Guy
U. Hardy at washington. .
The text Of the telegram Whlct
was addressed to James L. Lovern
president of the Pueblo city coun'
ell, follows:
washington, June 10
Hon. James Lovern, mayor OF
Pueblo: This morning the
Colorado delegate waited upon
Secretary of War Weeks. After
explaining the Pueblo situation
and earnestly urging upon the
secretary of war the need Of
immediate assistance he stated
that he would Immediately tel
egraph Colonel Caples placing
at his disposal 100000, or as
much thereof as deemed nee
essary to meet present needs
under sanitary provision Of the
law. We think this can be
used for the purpose of placing
the city Of Pueblo in sanitary
condition and for the immedi-
ate protection of the municipal
water plant. We strongly urge
you to present the need of the
expenditure of this money upon
Colonel Caples. If we can
serve you further do not hesi-
tate to call upon us.
'LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS.
SAMUEL D. NICHOLSON.
Guy U. HARDY"
Contributions Received.
Contributions totalling $685.
1886 were announced by the loca
chapter of the Red Cross today. OF
this amount $13,161 was in checks
received by the chapter itself ano
$22,5S5.95 was reported by Percy
Hagerman, of Colorado Springs, NJ
having been received by the gov
ernor's office.
Tulsa, Okla, itself recovering
from the effects of the race riots %
a few weeks ago and menaced b!
the waters of the Arkansas-tht
same river that wrecked consid
cradle portion of Pueblo, through
its Red Cross chapter today for
wardcd $500 for Pueblo's flood re
lief.
JohnstOwn Sends $4,000.
One of the first checks received
l, Al
$4,000 from Johnstown, Pa, whicl
was destroyed by flood thirty year
Iago.
Stemming the flood Of unem
ployed labor that is sweeping int
the city was the chief problem tina
today faced the military authori
ties in charge of the situation here
Several hundred unemploye
! men have been taken into custod
since the flood. Many Of thes
have been given work at the regl
lar wage scale of 43 cents pc
hour that prevails here, while thos
considered dangerous or suspic
ious" have been put to work with
out pay under military guard.
Warming To Tourists.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul P. New
| Ion, commander of the Puebl
military district, has issued a warn
ing to tourists to keep away fror
Pueblo. Admittance into the cit
| is being refused to all persons VIII
cannot give a good and sucficien
reason for trying to get into tn
flood zone.
Nearly 125 unemployed me
have been taken from trains sine
Saturday as they were about t
enter the city and have been pu
to work under guard. Military au
thorities declared that many idl
men have tried to get into Puebl
in the hope of looting wrecke
stores.
City Water Supply.
Pueblo took another stride bac
to normally today when the cit
water, both on the north and tn
south side of the river was de
clared again fit for human con
sumption by Major John c. Cor
nell, United States public healt
service, in charge Of the Puebl
district.
With the finding of three un
identified bodies-one of a whit
woman, one of a negro man an
the third that of a negro woman
the death list total was brough