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Evening star., 1921-08-24
SEEKS SEPARATE TREATY.
Hungary ofacial Says Negotiations
With q. S. Are Under Way.

BUDAPEST. August 23.-Negotia-
ttons for separate peace treaty
between Hungary and the United
states have been started. Foreign
Minister Banny announced today.
Grant Smith, American high commits
sioner in Budapest. Is acting for the
United States.
A Budapest dispatch on August Is
announced the unanimous approval
by tho Hungarian assembly Of the
peace resolution of the. United
States Senate, 49,.
Evening star., 1921-08-24
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
Two Dying and Is to IS Others In
jured in Colorado.

GRAND JUNCTION. Colo, August
24.-Two persons are dead. two are
injured as q result Of a wreck on the
Rio Grande and Western Railroad
near Gale, Colo. early today. The
dead are Douglas Armstrong. en-
eineer, Grand Junction. Colo. and a
man named Fairfield, believed to be
a resident Of California.
Evening star., 1921-08-24
cLAIMs ALTITUDE RECORD.

NONTEvIDO. August a4.-Capt.
Larre Borges. . military aviator. YES.
terday made what is believed, to be
the American altitude record for an
eitplene carrying two passengers.
HIS machine rose to 4 height Of ap-
pro1tmatsly. "a. 900 1asA, 80,
Evening star., 1921-08-24
Several Killed, Number Injured When Giant
Blimp Breaks in Two After Long Voyage
Washington Man Is Safe.
TERRIFIC EXPL LOSIONS MARK WRECK
OF CRAFT PURCHASED BY u. S. NAVY
Parachues Descend Carrying Crew From Blazing Arshp-hou
sands Witnessing Accident Flee in Panic
Commander Saved

Twenty-one Americans board the drgible zR-2
when she wrecked today during her final trial Hight
report to the Navy Department from London said The re-
port filed 1890 o'clock said at that time there appeared
onv six survivors from the entire complement.
Py AsNch ed
LONDON Association had message from
f<tery OF WASH
in~tou had reported lost
hadbee
the Hull said 1t IL
have Twelve bodies
beenr
Association Hull FIVE men
,ere saved the crew of fortyn
LONDON August 24-Th giant airshp ZR2 purchased by the
Hull today
according to shortly after $50 o'clock this evening
airsp Humber Two dead and number of
the Hull nhrmary
The ahp passing Hull in fine STYLE when suddenly it
Instantly there terrific explosion and
~. hurst flames o descend
Evening star., 1921-08-24
PREPARE TOULOUSE
D|SARM|NG ENJOYS
Real Estate Board Appoints
Special Committee for
Work.

By the Associated Press
TOXIC, August 24.-Japan's ac-
ceptance of the Invitation Of
President Harding to participate
I'm the conference in Warrington
on far eastern questions and dis
armament In November next, was
forwarded to Washington today.
Evening star., 1921-08-24
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow; little
change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest. 81.
at 2:2O pm. yesterday; lowest, 81, at
6:15 am. today.
Evening star., 1921-08-24

Continued on Page 2, Column
Evening star., 1921-08-24

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the use for republication Of all news dispatches
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AL rights Of publication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
Welded PREACHER, so
El0PES WITH GIRL, is
Minister Abnnds Her and Returns to
Wife; Police Hunt
Him

Omaha. Neb.. July 2s.-Authorities
today are seeking the Rev, W. o. Har-
rell. nifty. and a grandfather. pastor
OF church In Homer. Neb., who ia
alleged to have clopcd with Hazel
Riley. is, a farmers daughter. after
she had asked him to help her find
work. The girl was returned to her
father by a deputy state sheriff yester-
day, She said she had lived at the
ministers home for several months and
had come to love him when | asked
him to take me away" she told OH
Gals. N. said he would IL It were for
an honorable cause"
They are alleged to have eloped last
Tuesday. Hnrrell Is said to have left
the girl at Hooper. Nsb.. retoined his
wife who had been III in an omahn
hospital. and ief, for tho south in an
automobile
''Ho would kiss me and tell me he
liked me awfully we'll" Hazel told a
deputy state sheriff. Il nrst came to
love him on our way home from re-
vivsl meeting several months ago"
The girl declared she had spent . week
with Harrell travelling in an automo-
bile. Mrs. Harrell was III in a hospi-
tai. at Omaha but he did not 60 near
her. the deputy sheriff said the girl
told him. one off'cial said tonight that
Harrell and his wife were seen to pass
thru Coresco. Neb.. in an automobile
yesterday.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
CONGRESS RESPONDS TO new
FINANCIAL PLAN OF PRESIDENT

Washington. n. g July 7s.-Par-
'ial Response was made Immediately
by consress today TO n special mes
sage from President. Harding request
ing that powers Of tho war finance cor
poration he hroadonai to tahe chars.
of Funding upward Of Ave hundred
million dollars OF railroad debts ana
to provide additional farm credits.
Tho presidon, in his message dc
clared that The government was NOR
ally and legally bound to fund the
railroad debts and was under an i'm
polling moral obligation TO provide
agricultural credits
The first step toward meeting the
second of the two requests. provision
for additional farm credits-hss been
taken in tn, senate before the message
was read Senator Kellogg. Republican
OF Minnesota introduced a hill drafted
By Secretary Hoover and Director
Never Of tho war finance corporation
and said to have the nrprova. OF the
president as n substitute for the pend
In. Norris bill To create 800 900. 900
farm export corporation. The hill en-
hraced the presidents suggestions to
empower the war finance corporation.
instead Of new federal CORPORATION.
a provided in the Norris BIZ. to sd-
vance credits for agricultural exports.
The message dealt particularly with
railroad financing and declared the
proposal that the war finance corpora
tlon take charge OF funding the rail-
road debts to the government would
cause mo added expense. no added lis-
bilitv, no added tax burden
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
SURVEY MADE FOR NEW
DAM ON BEAVER CREEK

Special to The Chieftain:
Canon City, July 2s.-Preliminarv
surveys were started this morning at
Brush Hollow in Beaver Park, under
the direction Of consulting engineer
Anderson, for the construction Of n
dam and reservoir to take the place
of the Schaeffer dam and reservoir.
on Beaver Creek. destroyed by the
food Of Juno s. Tho proposed reservoir
site Is more convenient to Beaver
Park and being situated away from
the stream viii not lie subject TO des-
truction hy floods as was the former
site on Beaver Creek
II is reported that Denver and Rio
Grande railroad officials disclaim my
knowledge Of any contemplated suit
fer damages on acco,n. of loss to the
railroad by the breaking of the schan-
ffer dam.
II ia understood that the Beaver
Park company Will make every effort
to complete tho new water sys,em for
use at the beginning Of next season.
Copious rains Of the past few weeks
have kept tn" crops in that section
from suffering from lack of irrigation
water. temporary pipe line from
Beaver Geek will soon he completed
and will supply waite for Use later in
the season n needed
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR
HARM DONE TO CROPS
Special to The chicf,sin.

Special to The Chieftsin.
Beuna Vista. July 2s.-one man esti-
mates the loss to his lettuce crop. from,
tho rain and hail on last Friday. to
be 10000. In other places. where the
lose has not vet been figured. 4, will
probably exceed that amount. accord
ing to farmers of the vicinity.
The damage to roads. particularly
in the mountains. was considerable.
Tho Colorado and Southern railroad ND
clear creek II buried in several place.
under mud which ranges In depth
from three to i've feet II will be sew
oral days before the road can he
cleared
MANY trees and buildings were shat
tered by lightning during the storm
Several persons we're temporarily
stunned by the flashes OF lightning. hut
no one was seriously injured Tha rain
came in such torrents that Cotton
wood creek was changed from a clear
stream to ? raging torrent Of mud and
water within a few minutes II is
not yet as clear as IT is normally.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
TURKISH FORCES
CUT TO PIECES
Capital Is Moved to Sivas F.;
Burning Villages Mark
Nationalist Retreat

London, July 2s.-The Turkish ma
tionalist government. owing to the
successful Greek advances in Asia
Minor. has been obliged to transfer
the seat of its government and the
Turkish nationalist assembly TO Sivas,
according to ConstantInople dispatches
TO the Exchange Telegraph company.
Athens. July 2s.-An announcement
by the Greek official agency late yes
terdsy said the Turkish losses in
killed. wounded. prisoners and missing
amount TO - per cent of their entire
fghting strength in Asia Minor
The statement claims the Greeks
have driven-such a wedgc-into the
Turkish nationalist lines that the KEN
aust forces at Angora, the capital on
the northern branch OF the RaSdad
railway. hive been cut of from those
at konieh. on the main line OF the rail-
way $50 miles to the south.
Having occupied Alum Kara hi-sar.
kutaia. Eskl-Shehr and Billedjik
which now comprise our consoiida ted
front. our troops in the northern sec
tor, and those of the southern sector
nave effected junction and form n
connected line the statement ai.cd
In the center the enemy from, has
been broken and his troops at Angora
have been separated from those at
konien."
naval statement issued by the ad-
niralty announces the CAPTURE of a
stcnme belonging to tho Turkish ma
tonalists. Russian and Turkish gold
to the amount Of several thousand
pounds was seized on board the vessel.
Eski Shehr. July 25.-rho Greeks on
tered ki-Shehr headed by Prince
Andrew. but did not stop here. They
continued their pursuit OF the retreat
ing Turks into the open plains beyond
the city.
The Greek advance was runda with
the utmost rapidity. By night. its Path
was lighted by scores Of immense
blnses all along the road and up the
mountainside. consisting OF burning
villages. which had been fred by the
retiring nationalists. From AineruI on.
in a radius OF 1fty miles around Eskt-
Shehr. few villages are left. Turkish
prisoners say It is the purpose of Mus
taphs Renal Pasha. II no must with
draw in this district. to leave the
Greeks nothing but homeless refugees
to feed
Tho crops in the fields along tho path
of the Hellenic Rrmy's advance have
been left unharvestcd by the dispersed
and terrified villagers. This pre-sges
famine during the coming winter. az
tho utmost efforts arc required on tho
part Of the Greeks to supply their
army alone from its base SIX hundred
miles distant at Piraous.
Every Greek soldier is being used in
The military operations. tho police work
at Brussa and Mudanin. being done by
aailora Of the Creek feet. As all the
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
DEFUNCT BANK
STOCKHOLDERS
LOSE DECISION
Pueblo Mercantile Nation
al Men May Have to
Pay $4,000

Denver. Colo. July 2s.-Judsmsnt OF
the district federal court in favor of
the Mercantile National bank of Pu-
ehlo against the First National bank
OF Silverton was reversed in a deci-
sion handed down today by the Uni
ted States circuit court of appeals and
stockholders of the Pueblo bank may
be compelled to pay the Silverton
bank $4,000 the amount which in the
original suit the Silverton bank al
legged il had deposited with the Pu-
sblo bank and which was alleged to
have been appropriated by the former
institution.
The complaint was Med by the First
National bank of Silverton in 1915 and
alleged that cash and commercial
paper aggregsting sa7 600 had been de-
posted with the Pueblo bank which
later failed. The petition set forth
that following the failure, demand was
made by the First National bank Of
Silverton for tho refund of this amount.
The receiver for the bank. accord
ing to the petition. declared that there
was no record of the deposit.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF 100 Will
ASSIST COMMITTEE OF TWELVE

The Advisory committee OF 100 an
pointed by the City commissioners and
tho advisory committee of Twelve was
announced at yepterdsys meeting Of
the Advisory Committee of Twelve and
tho city commissioners. This COM
mittee 10 to assist the city commits
sioners and the people Of Pueblo In
future work Of flood protection and
viii convene for its frst meeting Mon
day night At the now City Hall The
announcement Of the personnel OF the
committee and the date Of tho meeting
as issued by the city commissioners
follows:
RESOLUTION
Re n Resolved by the Council OF
Pueblo.
That the following named persons
he and nre hereby named as Members
Of the committee OF One Hundred in
the matter Of perfecting plans for
food protection in the City Of Pueblo
and that a pleatinr Of said committee
lie herehy called for the evening of
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27

Tn. president described the proposal
as "a simple remedy" contemplat-
ing receipt ard disposition by the cor
porstion Of ample securities" deposit
cd by the railroads
The message was referred by the
senate to its Interstate commerce COM
mittce hut Chairman Cummins. In i'll
health, was out OF tho city. and when
the railroad legislation would he taken
UP WAS in doubt. Leaders. however eN-
pccted action within the next fort
night. Several senator's stated private
ly tht they would hGht the legislation.
Senator KELLOGG said that the bill
drafted by Secretary Hoover and d.
rector Never had the approval OF the
treasury department. II would author
isc extensions OF credit to producers
or their associations. exporters and
also to bankers for agricultural eN-
port purposes
Besides the finance corporations
capital OF $500. on0. o0a a revolving fund
(, would he authorized to issue 81 COO
ocn. 200 on bonds.
Champions OF IN. Norris bill. how
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
~. S. STEEL REPORTS
q MILLION EARNINGS
Regular Dividends Declared On Pre-
ferrcd Shares; Draw
~. S--r,t.-.

New York, July .s.-The United
states Steel corporation reported to-
day tina. its earnings for The quarter
ctding June 30 were S9i.sa2.ois the
smallest of any quarter since March
| 1915, just prior to the war boom, when
they fell TO ii2.tST.soa
Regular dividends of one and three
quarter per cent on the preferred
shares and one and one quarter on this
common were declared but to meet the
requirements of the common dividend.
or which only thirty-iivc cents was
earned. II was necessary to draw from
the corporations huge undivided sur
plus.
AN analysis Of the corporations
monthly business shows earnings of
S,55s,sSS In April. iT.55i. $40 In May and
ss.s25,ii3 in June
Net income for the second quarter
amounted to STRIPS. 5os against t2o.s5s.-
37s in tho preceding period
This item would have shown more
drastic reduction but charges and al
lowsnces for depreciation were much
smaller than in the nrst quarter of the
year.
Chairman Ebert II Gary issued q
business results for the quarter were
no, surprising to any one familiar with
general conditions. re added tina.
many manufacturing concerns have
been operating at q less. This. he de-
clared. Ia no less censIrable than in
sistins upon 'unconscionabie profits
and cannot be log continued. Com
mentins upon the future. hi said:
As stated at tho meeting Of thu
American Iron and Steel institute las.
MAY industry Is headed in the right d.
rection. This means great deal. for
at som. date in the future there awaits
the biggest business this country ha.
ever witnessed The fundamental
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
Chieftain Road
Bulletin

EAST
Pueblo. Santa Fc Trail to Avon.
GALE. ManIanois. Rocky Ford and La
Junta, excellent.
La Junfa to Delhi. rain. mud; Delhi
to Trinidad, rough.
La Junta to Lamar. rough.
Roods on tho Knnsas-Colorndo
Boulevard. from Fowler clear into
perfect conditions. From Fowler In
To Pueblo. there arc a fcw dctours,
but the road Is clear. and good.
Lamar TO Holly. fair.
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
Pueblo to Wnlsrnburg. fair.
Pueblo TO walscnburg. mostly
Wal.enburg to Trinidad. good.
WnlscnburS to Alnmosa. good. La
NctS Pass. fine.
Wal-snburg to Gardner and to
Westcl,ffc. fair condition.
Alamosn tn Del Nortc. Sood.
sagunche tn Monte Vista. good.
All roads In Woif Greek Pass. good.
Del Sortc to Saguncfse. good.
Del Norfc To Pagosa Springs, via
Wolf Creek pass. good.
Del Nortc to Creole. rough and
muddy.
Paso>a Spring. TO Durango. good.
Durango to Farminxton. good.
Durango to Mesa Verde park.
good.
Durango to silverton. open. good.
Durango to Gallup. good.
NORTH
Pueblo tn Colorado Springs. rough;
temporary bridges At Buttes. Bridge
at Eden. miles north Of Pueblo.
weak. but said psssable. Heavy rains
in that section.
All roads out Of Colorado Springs
said In bad shape owing To heavy
rains.
s-to-oaz Sor.o~~ g. n>u-~- so.,-h
Colorado Springs to Cripple Greek.
rough. muddy.
Colorado Springs to Canon City. via
Dcndman's Canon. rough.
Colorado Springs to BuenA Vista.
rough. muddy.
Pixies Peak auto highway, open.
WEST
Pueblo TO Canon City. rough; all
bridges said passnblc.
Pueblo to Bcuish. rough.
Pueblo to SLOAN. Wctmorc and
North Hnrd scrn hbic. good.
pe,iiah to Wetmore. North Creek
road washed out. impossible until
next week.
Pueblo to Rye. generally good.
rough in some places.
Canon City to top of Royal Gorge.
wnshout In Priest Canon.
Canon City to Wcstcliffe. via
Texas Creek. Open: badly washed nj
DEVILS Gnp, and pcnr Parkdnlc.
Cnnon City to wcstcliffc via Chsnd-
Ter impossible for autos. washed out
slonr Oak Creek.
Canon City to Cripple Creek via
Garden Park. open but rough.
Canon City to Cripple Creek. via
Phantom Canon. closed on account
of .vnshouts.
Canon City to Sslids good. Rad
spot miles long due to read work.
Drivers urged to- observe guidance
signals in this section.
Salida to Lcndviilc. good.
saiida to Gunnison via CochetoM
pass. good.
Salida to Gunnisor via Monarch
pass. Piss open. road good.
LeadviIlc to Clcnwood Springs.
good. except Battle Mountain, fair.
Glcnwccd Springs to Rifle. good.
Rifle to Grand Junction. good.
Grand junction TO Delta. good.
|'-'nd Junction to Utah line. \
rough.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
PUEBLO MAN KILLS SELF AFTER
FIXING DEATH BED AND CRUC|F|X

Preparing a orucihx with candles on
q table at his head. Arthur Selby
Gregg. age IS. living at 30 Block n,
prepared his esathbed on the floor be-
low and shot himself yesterday morn
ing shortly after 5 O'Clock. Gregg. who
has been in i'll health for some time
owing to an appendicitis operation,
shof himself thru the head with n Sc
oAliher revolver that was found be-
side the body
Gregg came to this CITY Ave years
AGO and since that time has been en-
snsed in a cleaning and pressing bust
ness About two years aso he became
~ and has been unable to work.
During the last few DAYS Gregg had
stated that he felt much improved in
health and requested his wife to oh
tain come buttermillS for him yester-
dav morning His wife had been talk
Ing about the date. stating that 1t was
her birthday
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27

Il am so slad that We can be to-
gether on this date" Gregg stated. Il IL
said
The wife left Gregg and went to the
Mesa junction where a dairy lie To-
Gated. During her absence Of about ten
minutes her husband prepared the
settings bier. and then shot himself
Persons living in tho same house Do
clare TIT they heard the faint report
of shot but thought nothing of IT,
Mrs. Gregg discovered her husband =
body In the bed room OF their home.
II appears that Gregg has contem-
plated suicide before, since he had
placed his affairs IN order, decided over
all property to his wife and II is
known that he has had the gun found
by his body in his possession for some
time
The body ia being cared for BY the
United Davis Worries Undertaking com
many.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
MAN CHARGED
WITH KILLING
IS CAPTURED
Man Suspected Of Staying
Stepdaughter Is Ar
rested In Iowa ~

Denver. July 2s.-Nilliam Riley Hill
was arrested at Sioux City, Iowa. to-
day charged with the murder of To-
year-old Helen Maxine Short, the Den
Yer girl found drowned and Weighted
with irons near Emo. Adams county.
Colorado. last Saturday, according to
advices received here today. H'll is the
child's stepfather.
The arrest was made by Sheriff
'ormley at 1870 O'Clock this morning
Just as Hi stepped from train
Adams county officials has offered a
$oCo reward for Hills apprehension
According to the child's mother. Hill
mad threatened to kill the little girl
and herself.
:, The murder was one of the most
brutal in this section OF the country.
The post mortem proved, accor ling to
Coroner e. j. Jones of Adams county,
mat the little girl was alive when,
held helpless by heavy iron railroad
ankles by wires. she was thrown into
the water of an irrisa tion ditch
Hlll is known to have taken the
enid from a children's home here
where she had been placed by her
mother He also was seen near the
scene Of the murder in company With
the child, according to the police.
Thursday night a man who authori-
ties believe was Hin. checked suit
case in the postoffice at Derby. ad-
Iowa This information was Hurn-
ished Sheriff Bromley. who Sook a
train for Sioux City Sunday.
In the postoffice of the Iowa town
this morning. the sheriff arrested Hill
as he called for the suit case He had
been furnished with a description of
the man by residents of Brighton who
say they saw him with the girl last
Thursday evening.
In long distance telephone converse
ton today Sheriff Gormley asserted
My bunch was right. I felt that I was
on the right track when pulled out of
Denver.
Il can, tell much OF the story over
the telephone. but Hin, who gave his
name when captured as Harry Vernon
Hin. denies all knowledE. II tn. crime
ana professed total ignorance that the
child was even dead
He said that he started from DEN
yer Thursday morning for Fort Nor
ran with httIe Helen Maxine Short to
seek work. He was going to leave the
child there with some relatives OF his
VIE. he declared He took a stock
Yards car to the end of tho line, the,
hired an automobile and rode to Derby.
AT Derby he declares he mailed the
suit case to Akron. where he Intended
to seek work. AT Derby he hired a
second automobile that carried him as
far as Barr Lake. Here. he says. he
parted company with the girl
The sheriff said Hin told him he do
clded TO go cast for work and ARRANGED
TO have the girl brought back to Dem
Yer He said he hired man with an
automobile to take her back to hnr
mother said Bromley. This was the
last he saw OF the child. he says" con-
tinued the sheriff
I'M maintains he knew nothing Of
me Grim" until informed by the sheriff
TINS morning. according to the latter
Go-mlry Is expected to arrive bcra
with his prisoner Thursday.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27

fraud the state, white state treasurer
warrants had not been served tonight
and the governor left the capitol. pre-
sumably for his home at Karkakee.
Sangamon county officials an
nounced that diplomacy" would be
used in causing the governor arrest.
Attorney General Brundige, impell-
ing force behind the Treasury probe,
which resulted in indictments agar st
the governor, Lieutenant Governor
Sterling and Vernon Curtis. Grand
Park. ILL.,. banker, left for Chicago. or
the same train with the governor.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-27
EIGHT BOYS |MPER|LED
AS HORSE RUNS AWAY
Special to Tho Chleftain.

SN'Nihi w ! II" 'nitIlAin-
A runaawy horse. attached 70 a.
wagon in whic,: eight small BOYS wer,
returning from bail game this morn
ins created CONSERVATION among tho
residents OF Fifth street ana Hsrri-
son avenues. The terrified animal
rushed at hreakneck speed down fhns,
thornfarcs, tho wagon carceninS from
side to side and tho boys hanging on
TO the vehicle. When in the neigh
horhood Of tho Christian church H,r-
vey Bolt. a laborer at work - tina.
vicinity. rushed out and stopped the
horse.
one Of tho boys, Elton Deli foil from
tho wagon on Harrison avenue and was
run over by n wheel OF tho vehicle.
hut was not seriously injured The
other boys were uniniured A broken
shaft which prodded the animal was
the cause Of its fright and runaway.