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ARIZONA
JL w B A
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTIETH YEAR
12 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1919
12 PAGES
VOL. XXX., NO. 79
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Preliminary Hearing of j
Harry Walters Continued
Examination of H. E. j
Wooten Will Be Taken j
Up This Morning Before'
Judge Jacks j
IHU GI.AS. July 14. -Alur almost
the entire 'lay had Iwen occupied in
!'cnr;n testimony of witnesses tn tho
preliminary huti-inK of Harry Walters
of Bul.ee on the charge of kidnapping,
preierred in connec tion with the Uipor
lalion of more than 1,100 alleged 1.
W. V. and their alleged sympathizers,
(he case was continued by Judge W. C.
.lacks until Wednesday, on request of
Robert N. French, county attorney.
At that time, Mr. French said, he would
have several additional witnesses here
to testily. The case of Harry E. Woo
lan of Bisbee. similarly chsirsed, will he
taken up Tuesday morning at 10
o clock lor preliminary hearing before
Judge Jacks.
A sensation was caused bv Fred W.
Frown, the tirst witness for the prose
cution, when, undoe cross-examination
by W. 11. Burgess of El Paso of de
fendant's counsel, he said be had been
a witness for the defense in the trial
nf "Big Bill" Haywood and other I. W.
V. leaders in Chicago. Brown denied
heing an I. VV. W. himself, however, or
ever having been one"
Imagines He Was Forced
Brown, in his direct testimony, said
lie had resided in Bisbee a year and
five days prior to the deportation, and
lie had been among the men "round
up" in Bisbee on the morning of July
i-. 1917. In reply to a question as to
whether he had been forcibly taken,
Jie said: "I imagine I was. I had to
go."
He said hf had been approached by
Charles Bear and by him taken to H. E
Woolen'.s store. Bear asked Wooten if
J,o was the man, and upon receiving an
affirmative answer, Brown was taken
to the Warren ball park, he said, and
there held with others until they were
placed on a train and sent first to
Columbus, X. M., under guard, and
later to Hermanas, where they wen
left by tie Bisbee men who had guiud
ed them that far.
Brown, In detailing his career in Bis
bee. said he had worked as a clerk
in two cigar slands. Later, he worked
on the "Square Deal." a labor paper
published in Bisbee. In June, 1917, he
became an organizer for the American
Federation of Labor. Later, although
he held no card in either union, but
had a card in the Ketail Clerks' union,
he said he had been appointed secretary-treasurer
of the Painters' and
Carpenters' union and a member o
their grievance committee.
Collected Evidence for Gompers
Witness said he had remained in Co
lumbus at the camp established by the
United States army for the Bisbee de
portees, from July to October because
-be had no means to leave. He said
be had charge of mail distribution.
Frown said he had not been kept in
camp but "lived there." He said he
bad advised others not to leave but
to "stick. together.'' In the stockade at
'Columbus. Brown alleged the food had
been insufficient and he and others
had complained to the army officers.
" Hit of the total of more than 1100 al
leged to have been deported from Bis
l.'ee. Brown said between 110 and 40 re
mained until October 10, when the
refugee camp was broken up by
the I
army. Leaving the camp. Brown said
he had gone to work for the American
Federation of Labor under orders
rVnm Samuel Gompers, securing data
on the alleged deportations.
After being in Bisbee two days he
had been arrested on a charge of "vag
rancy, but was released on posting of
a bond for $50. Later the charge
against him was dropped.
Some time later he went to Chicago
to testify for the defense in the trial
of Haywood and others, and then re
turned to Bisbee, where he ha since
been.
Burt Perry, who testified that he
was a pipe fitter in the employ of the
Phelps-Dodge Corporation, Copper
Queen branch at Bisbee, the next wit
ness, said he saw Walters, the defen
dant, carrying a gun, at Warren, on the
day of the deportations.
Another Haywood Witness
Witness declared he never had been
a member of the I. W. W. but admitted
having been a witness for the defense
of Haywood and other I. W. W.'s at
the Chicago trial.
On re-cross-examination by W. G.
Gilmore of defendant's counsel, Perry
admitted that he had joined the I. W.
' V. in Hay of this year, but said he had
remained a member but one month,
that he had dropped the organization
beeauseSie intended to quit mining. He
s:id he understood a majority of the
miners in (ilobe and many other min
ing camps of the state were joining
the I. V. W. organization.
Judge J. L. Winters of Lowell, tes
tified having held an inquest over the
' I7dies of two men killed during the
' deportation, one a member of the sher
iff's posse, the other a1 man the posse
' was attempting to capture. Mrs. J.
Stodgill of Bisbee testified in connec
tion with the Inquest. Pan McGiven
who said he had been deported, was
the next witness, but nothing new was
brought out in his testimony.
NEWS EPITOME
FOREIGN
Crippled and maimed, war heroes
head great Victory procession
through Triumphal arch on French
Bastile day celebration.
Allies will seek deliverance of 167
" German leaders from German gov
ernment. DOMESTIC
.First preliminary examination of
alleged , Bisbse deporters started
yesterday.
Cloudbursts do $100,000 damage at
Globe. '
LOCAL
Suit to prevent transfer of school
land site for million dollar hotel is
dismissed.
Official of Southwest Cotton com
pany today will make first busi
ness trip to plantation by airplane.
n'on Growers' association to be
farmed in Salt River vallev.
lonniw r
uli uuimu unuLj
WITNESSESADMIT!
WOBBLY SUPPORT
Allies Ask For
Deliverance Of
167HunLeaders
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BERLIN, July 14. The Tage
blatt says it learns the allied and
associated powers will not ask
Holland to give up the former Em
peror William for trial, but they
will request Germany to demand
from Holland that, he be delivered
up.
The same procedure, the news
paper adds, will be taken with re
gard to German statesmen who fled
to neutral countries. It says 167
persons will be asked for, includ
ing leading generals, admirals, the
commander of the raider Moewe,
which sank numerous vessels on
the high seas; the commander of
the submarine U-53, which visited
Newport in October 1916 and on
leaving sank a number of vessels
off the American coast, and Dr. von
Bethmann-Hollweg, former im
perial chancellor, Dr. Alfred Zim
mermann, former foreign minister
and Dr. Carl Helferrich, former
secretary of the interior and vice
chancellor.
THREE DROWN IE!
SEAPLANE PLUNGES
10 filR BOTTOM
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PHILADELPHIA, July 14. Three
naval aviators were pinned to the bot
tom ot tha Delaware river and
drowned today when a large five-pas
senger seaplane plunged into shallow
water off the Philadelphia Navy yard.
Two others in the seaplane at the
time were injured.
The dead:
Knsign Harold O. Roehrig, Pasadena,
California.
Chief Machinists Mate A. E. Ehrke
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Coxswain H. G. Souder, Atlantic
City, X. J.
The injured :
vv . it. w arner, carpenters mate,
broken leg and badly cruised.
P. Parker, civilian observer, suffer
ing from shock.
ine seaplane was making a test
flight working out a problem in aerial
wireless. It was practically , unob
served by the thousands of employes
working in the yard and had been in
the air some time when it was seen to
descend at a sharp, swooping angle.
When about 200 yards above the
water it suddenly dropped apparently
out of control. It struck the water
nose first and went straight to the
muddy bottom. The plane, completely!
wieviveu, ruse siowiy to tne surface.
The injured men, who were in the rear
of the machine, were rescued but the
other three, who were seated in the
front, did not rise to the surface. A
detachment of sailors dragged the riv
er for the bodies.
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WASHINGTON. July 14. The day
light saving plan under which the
clocks f the country are turned for-
warn an nour in March and moved
bark In October, will be continued in
definitely. This was assured today when, fol
lowing President Wilson's veto of the
$33,000 000 . agricultural appropriation
bill because of its rider repealing the
daylight saving act. the house refused
by a vote of 247 to. 135 to pass the
measure over the presidents' veto.
Strength mustered by the repeal ad
vocates was eight votes less than the
necessary two-thirds.
House advocates of the repeal said
tonight after the agricultural bill had
been sent back to committee for elimi
nation of the repeal provision that no
further effort would be made at this
session-
WIDOW CONVICTED
OF MANSLAUGHTER
CHICAGO, July 14. Mrs. Vera Tre-
pagnier, 60, a widow of New Orleans,
on trial in the criminal court, charged
with the murder of Paul Frederick
Vollard. a publisher, tonight was found
guilty of manslaughter.
Mrs. Trepagnier charged Vollard
had refuseO. to settle with her for pub
lication of a likeness of George Wash
ington and during an altercation over
the miniature original, she shot him
at his office.
Arrest Whites
For Indulging
In Race Riots
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONGVIEW, Tex., July 14.
Seventeen white men of Longview
were out on bonds of $1,000 each
tonight, following their arrests late
today on charges of assault with
intent to murder, in connecion with
the gun fight between whites and
negroes here last Friday. War
rants for their arrests were sworn
out by Captain W. M. Hanson of
the Texas Rangers, and were
served by a Ranger sergeant.
The men submitted to arrest
without protest, waived prelimin
ary examination and their cases
will be considered by the next
county grand jury.
Additional arrests were prom
ised for tomorrow by Captain Han
son, whose men have been inves
tigating the burning of six negro
nouses a few hours after the fight.
Continued quiet marked the
passing of Monday, the second day
of martial law here.
Negroes held in connection with
Fridays clash will be removed to
Austin tomorrow under guard.
DI1T SAVING TO
GO ON INDEFINITELY
NO PLACE
TREATY AND PROHIBITION BRING
FORTH BITTER DISCUSSIONS IN
SENATE ANDH0U.SE RESPECTIVELY
"Dry" Forces Weather All
Storms Engineered By
"Wets" Vote Down the
Proposed 2 Per Cent
Beer Amendment By-151
to 90 Count
WASHINGTON, July 14. Prohibi
tion forces took control in the house
today, refused to permit a vote on a
straightout motion to repeal the war
time act, defeated overwhelmingly an
amendment providing for the sale of
2 per cent beer, and stood solidly
against all attacks on the general en
forcement measure.
Just as fast as one "liberal" amend
ment was offered by opponents of pro
hibition it was voted down without
ceremony, almost a triple vote, for the
minority, fighting every inch of ground,
demanded a division - alter ayes ana
nays were called, and then asked for
tellers. Before the house got through
the first section of the first part ot me
three-part bill, there was more disor
der on the floor than at any time this
session. .,
Would Make Members "Fess" Up
The disturbance arose first during an
attempt by Representative Blanlon,
democrat, Texas, to speak a seconu
time against an amendment which
would have given a jury the rignt to
define intoxicants, and was increased
during an address by Representative
Gallivan, democrat, Massachusetts,
who declared members voting dry
should print in the Congressional Rec
ord exactly how much liquor they had
stored in their homes and offices.
The real battle of i the day, however,
was over the amendment to define a
non-intoxicant as a beverage contain
ing two and three-quarters per cent
alcohol, instead of one-half ot one per
cent, as written in the bill. Represen
tative Dyer, republican, Missouri, au
thor of the amendment, did not ask for
this definition in the constitutional
prohibition amendment, but simply in
the war-time law. In pleading for its
adoption. Mr. Dyer declared It was
what President Wilson had recom
mended to congress and would perrhlt,
during the remaining period of war
time prohibition, the sale of light wines
and beer, and might delay issuance of
a proclamation by the president which
would retsore the sale of "hard"
liquors. . ,
There was a round of speech-making
on this motion, an hour of it, with the
"drys" assailing it as an entering
wedge and the "wets' . 'asserting that
it merely would perfhit the, very thing
the president, as commander-in-chief
of the army, had said was best forJ.he
countrv for the next six months. '.
After two and three-quarters per
cent beer had been bowled over by a
record vote of 151 to 90 and this was
about the relative division on all
amendments the prohibitionists went
after another amendment by Repre
sentative Igoe. democrat, of Missouri,
which would have stricken out all defi
nition of intoxicants, killing his propo
sal. 182 to 83. ' ' . -
There was the utmost confusion at
times, despite .vigorous -whacks with a
gavel, and some- of the . prohibition
leaders applauded every movement in
their favor. The galleries, filled large
ly with women and officers. of anti
liqruo organizations, broke Into ap
plause when the house roared its dis
approval of two and three-quarters
per cent beer. .
There were many references to
President Wilson during the debate,
and several speakers read this section
of his message recommending repeal of
the war time law so far as it related
to the manufacture and sale of' light
wines and beer.
In lifting his voice for two and
three-quarters per cent beer, Repre
sentative Ramey, democrat of Illinois,
declared these were uncertain times,
that the people were in a pculiar state
of mind, and that poverty w;as causing
more misery than alcohol.
FOR RESPECTABLE
FORD LI BEL ACTION
IliTffilS
m THIRD -MONT
MT. CLEMENS, Mich., July 14. The
third month of Henry Ford s $1,000,000
libel suit against the Chicago Daily
Tribune got under way in Judge
Tucker's court today with Mr. Ford on
the stand as a witness called by the
Tribune.
So much of the evidence consisted of
editorials from the Tribune or articles
from the Detroit Free Press that there
was little testimony from the witness
himself. Today he said "yes" or "no"
or its equivalent a few times and that
was about all.
Tribune editorials of 1914 eulogiz
ing Mr. Ford for the introduction of
the $5 a day minimum wage and char
acterizing him as a genius, establish
ing a new standard for the relations
of employer and employed, were read
to show that at time the Tribune bore
him no ill will, but on the contrary
admired him greatly.
The name of Theodore Delavigne, a
Free Press reporter, who became a
peace publicity man for Mr. Ford, ap
peared in the testimony. The employ
ment of Mr. Delavigne, it. appeared, was
the beginning of Mr. Ford's efforts
looking to disarmament of the world
and the establishment of universal
peace, for which purpose, it appeared
from one of the Delavigne articles, Mr.
Ford set tside $1.000,nnn. Delavigne
wrote a long article which was pub
lished in the Detroit Free Press, quot
ing Mr. Ford along pacifist lines. Tt
was on the subject that Mr. Ford and
the Tribune, which was a vigorous ad
vocate of preparedness, parted com
pany, the witness admitted. Mr. De
lavigne quoted Mr. Ford as stating
that the rest-of his life would be de
voted to establishing universal peace.
Mr. Ford will resume tomorrow.
SMUGGLE AUTO TIRES
VIENIA. Friday, July 11. Automo
biles w-hich have been without tires for
weeks in Hungary, according to reports
from Budapest, have been equipped
with new tires said to have been ob
tained by smuggling two carloads of
French and Italian makes into the
country. The tires were sold for $250
each. .
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Seamen Reject
Offer-50,000
Join Strikers
Reoublican A. ?. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, July 14. The
threatened strike of men employed
on the vessels controlled by the
United States Shipping Board was
called late today. By this action,
according to union officials, 50,000
seamen and thousands of stew
ards, cooks and ' ether employes
joined the ranks of those already
on strike. The offer by the shipping
board of an increase in wages and
. shorter hours -in port was duplicat
ed today by the American Steam
ship association, which controls 75
pej- cent f the coastwise shipping,
but the proposals failed to bring
about a settlement.
' The outlook was made more
threatening when William S. Brown
international presicent of the ma
rine engineers telegraohed from
Buffalo that his union had voted to
join the walkout if demands of the
strikers were not met.
GHOSTS
XJM
Resolutions Asking Wilson
For Additional Informa
tion on 3 Treaty Points
Are Passed By Foreign
Relations Committee of
Upper House
WASHINGTON, July 14. Paving
the way for detailed consideration of
the peace treaty, the senate foreign
relations committee today adopted
three resolutions asking President Wil
son for information bearing on the
Versailles negotiations. The resolu
tions concern the Shantung settlement,
an alleged secret understanding be
tween Julian and Germany, and the
failure to recognize Costa Rica as
belligerent. That relating to the re
ported Japanese-German agreement
will be called up for passage tomorrow
in the senate chamber, where during
todav's session debate on the actual
ratification of the. treaty began with
a display of bitter determination on
both sides.
The committee took no action on
President Wilson's suggestion that he
explain directly disputed points of the
peace settlement, though the president
reiterated to his supporters at the capi-
tol his readiness to consult with the
committee members- With several
senators not on the committee he also
discussed at the white house certain
features of the treaty.
Seek More Information
In the resolution to be pressed for
action tomorrow, the president is asked
for a copy of a treaty said in press dis
patches to have been negotiated in
191S. by which Japan was to safeguard
indirectly Germany's interests at the
peace conference. Before voting its
favorable report, the committee added
a request for "any further information
concerning any negotiation between
Japan and Germany during the prog
ress of the war."
The resolution was introduced by
Senator Lodge, republican, Massachu
setts, chairman of the committee.
The Shantung resolution, introduced
by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,
w ould request a copy of a letter said to
have been written on behalf of General
Bliss, Secretary'' Lansing and Henry
White protesting against the treaty
provisions affecung Shantung. Infor
mation also would be asked with ref
erence tn the attempt of Japan or her
peace delegates to intimidate the Chi
nese peace delegates.
The third resolution would inquire
why Costa Rica "was not permitted"
to sign the peace treaty and whether
Nicaraguan forces are "now permitted"
to invade or threaten Costa Ricah ter
ritory. The measure was presented by
Senator La Folette, republican, Wis
consin. . Both the Lodge and La Fol
lette resolutions were reported without
a record vote, but on the Borah meas
ure all the democratic memners present
voted in the negative.
Hold Executive Session
Todav's meeting of the committe was
in executive session, but Senator
Hitchcock. Nebraska, the senior demo
?ratic member, gave notice that he
would move tomorrow that at future
sessions the doors be opened to the
public. Sentiment on the proposal is
divided but some senators on both sides
of the treaty controversy are ' under
stood to favor open sessions.
Senator Hitchcock, after a telephone
conversation with President Wilson
told the committee that the president
was ready upon 24 hours' notice to re
ceive the full committee membership
at an v hour of the day at the white
bouse and go over in detail any pro
visions of the treaty or any . question
involved.
The senate debate was opened by
Senator Swanson, Virginia, a demo
cratic member of the committee, with
a speech declaring American partici
pation in the league of nations an ab
solute necessity to guaranteeing in the
near future the reforms resulting from
peace. He asserted there would be no
Jos of sovp.reierntv
Arrests Follow
Renewed Strike
Rioting at Argo
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO, July 14. With five
men and three women under ar
rest and 150 deputy sheriffs and
special deputies patrolling the
scene after renewed rioting at the
Argo plant of the Corn Products
Refining company, Sheriff Peters
announced tonight the situation
was well in hand.
One woman and a man are ex
pected to die, two others are ser
iously wounded and many others
are slightly wounded as the result
of the fight today between strike
sympathizers and non-union work
ers and guards of the Corn Pro
ducts company.
Strikers, at a meeting today, ex
pressed bitterness at the attitude
of the deputy sherrifs and guards
and blamed them for alt the trouble.
OF 0. S. CITIZENS
IRE PUT TO DEATH
Ambassador Bonillas Says
Carranza Is Employing
Every Means to Punish
Rebel Pillagers
WASHINGTON, July 14. Murderers
of a number of American citizens in
Mexico have been apprehended and ex
ecuted by the Mexican government,
which through expenditure of two
thirds of the republic's revenues in the
work of pacification, is slowly restor
ing order, it was said today by Ygnacio
Bonillas, Mexican ambassador to the
United States, who has just returned to
Washington from Mexico City.
This statement was the first an-
nouncement by any Mexican official of
authority that any of the perpetrators
of the murders of American citizens
which have been the subject of numer
ous representations to the Carranza
government, had been acptured and
dealt with. The ambassador added
bandits and rebels in all parts of the
country were laying down their arms
and returning to their homes to till the
land. To aid in this movement, he said,
the government was distributing train
loads of agricultural implements.
Seeks More Munitions
Mexico's first duty, the ambassador
asserted, was to put down insurrection
and for that reason large sums of
money were being spent in pacification.
This work, he said, was slow, largely
because the government could not ob
tain sufficient arms and ammunition.
He announced he would request the
United States government to permit
the importation of more munitions to
be used in wiping out the rebels and
bandits in protecting the lives of na
tionals and foreigners alike. When the
pacification of Mexico bad been accom
plished, he said, the revenue now de
voted to this end would be used toward
paying off the interest on the foreign
Never Repudiate War Debt
"Mexoco has never and never will
repudiate her debts,' he said. "She
should not be expected now to comply
with her international obligations when
her first duty is the pacification of the
country. Mexico has no fear at all of
any unjust aggressions from its neigh
bors. She hopes they will appreciate
the efforts she is making to set her
house in order."
Regarding the exclusion of Mexico
C1CO
s
from the league of nations, he said
Mexican people felt they had been v
unjustly dealt with but harbored
ill will. Mexico hopes, he said, the time
will come when she will be invited w
join the laague. ,
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ENTIRE POPULATION
OF MEXICAN VILLAGE
HELD BY REBEL BAND
MARFA, Texas, July 14. The popu
lation of the little town of San Antonio,
Mexico, has been held prisoner by a
band of armed Mexicans since 6 o'clock
last night, according to reliable advices
received here today. Advices to mili
tary headquarters here were that the
men were Carranza soldiers.
San Antonio, Mexico, is about 60
miles southeast of Presidio, Texas, and
15 miles south of ihe border. Accord
ing to the story brought here, the
armed men, who numbered more than
70, surrounded the town suddenly late
yesterday.
They gathered all the residents into
a group in the center of the town and
confiscated all the livestock found in
the immediate vicinity. This afternoon
all the male inhabitants of the town
were segregated and soon afterward
the armed band withdrew, taking these
men and the livestock. Their destina
tion was not known early tonight.
MEXICAN MURDERERS
Battle Scarred Heroes
Lead Victory Parade
Under Triumphal Arcfi
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PARIS, July 14. The conquerors in
the great war marched today in a vic
tory parade under the Arc de Tri
omphe, through which only victors
may pass. Picked units and individ
ual heroes represented each of the
allied armies.
Several million grateful persons,
mostly French, but with many thou
sands of their allies, struggled for
ward along the line of march for an
opportunity to wave and shout their
gratitude to the men who saved them
from German imperialism.
The great triumphal arch, conceived
by Napoleon to commemorate his vic
tory at the battle of Austerlitz. took on
new historic importance when the al
lies marched through the massive ma
sonry which dominates Paris and
down the Champs Elysee toward the
Place de la Concorde.
The place of honor in the procession
was not accorded to the generals and
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GLOBE BUSINESS
BLOCKS DAMAGED
Bf CLOUDBURST
Three-inch Fall of Rain
Causes $100,000 Loss in
Mining District Pioneer
Resident Is Missing Post
Office Inundated
GLOBE, July 14. Globe's mart
street is under two feet of water, th
result of a cloudburst this evenins
The post office building and several
business blocks are under water. Tht
Western Union office was wrecked an !
the instruments and fixtures ruined.
One of the most severe floods that
has visited the Globe mining district
for 35 years, swept the business sec
tion and both northern ind southern
ends of the city tonight about 7
o'clock. Property estimated - in the
neighborhood of $100,000 was damage!.
During the height of the series of
cloudbursts the main street was in
undated with two feet of water which
carried household fixtures and furni
ture on its crest to Pinal creek. Sev
eral houses were carired down in the
torrent nd the Arizona Kasffn pas
senger train due in the city at 7:a
p. m., was forced to unload its pas
sengers on the edge of the city owitis
to the washout of a bridge in tbe
southern part of the city.
The post office. Western Union of
; f ice. one of the local brokers offices
and a garage were worst hit by .hv
flood. The Western Union office prob
ably suffered most, being entirely
placed out of commission The interior
of this office was entirely wrecked and
many of the fixtures and reports wer.i
washed away in the flood, which swenf
down the main street.
Pioneer Resident Missing
At a late hour tonight Pat Hurley,
who has been a resident of the city
for a number of years, was reported
missing. When last seen 'he was near
the bridge over the creek at the time
the flood had reached its crest. At
j midnight he was stiK reported miasms
by policemen wno naa Deen netanea to
search for him and it is believed he
was drowned in the stream.
Immediately after the high v.atei
had receded in the flood?d a. work
was commenced salvaging gdbds in
business houses and cleaning the de
bris from the floors of the buildings
which were inundated.
Dr. Fox, local weather observer,
stated that at 9 o'clock after mora
than two hours of rain the precipita
tion passed the .two inch mark. Al
though it was still raining at midnight
he stated he had not taken the exact
amount since the foregoing figure, but
estimated it was well past three
inches.
Thirty Buildings Wrecked
Approximately 30 buildings were esr
timated by city officials to have been
damaged by the flood waters. Several
adobe houses which were partly in.
undated have collapsed, and it is re
ported a number of others are rapidly
being weakened at their bases in tho
disintegration process of the water.
Owing to the havoc wrought in the.
post office building by the water jt is
expected that it will be impossible to
deliver mail for a day at least. A
force of men was placed at work to
clean up the refuse deposited in the
office by the flood.
SEEKS ISTERII I
CHICAGO. July 14. Rain failed to
dampen the spirit of a large crowd
that bade Eamonn de Valera farewell
tonight, as. "the president of the Irish
republic" departed for San Francisco
to carry .his plea for aid for the "de
jure government of Ireland" to the
western part of the United States.
After visiting several of the larger
cities in the west, Mr. de Valera plans
to return to Chicago.
This afternoon Mr. de Valera was
the guest of the city council.
"The question for America to de
cide," he said, in addressing the coun
cil, "is whether it will stand with
might or with right, or whether it will
-do- as it always has done and support
freedom against military domination.
"Some of the peace, conferees are
quoted as opposing our Irish inde
pendence. They even want the treaty
to confirm England in her posses
sions, even those which were obtaine-I
by force. Whatever the peace confer
ence has done, the Irish people will
not yield."
REPUBL C
the smartly equipped , troops. It was
given to a thousand mutilated soldiers
who passed under the arch and in
front of the reviewing stand, where
stood President Poincare, moving halt
ingly and out of step, as best they
could.
Many were injured, some blind. ,
some in wheel chairs and others on
crutches or limped along with the aid
of canes. Few of them were uniformed.
They represented all the provinces of
France, as was indicated by the va
riety of their civilian attire. They
made no effort to maintain military
formation but marched as well as
they could to the airs played by the
military band which led them.
Great crowds filled every inch or
space in the many streets and boule
vards that commanded a view of the .
line of march. Baloncies were pac"ket
and roofs were black with people.
Many hung in the trees which line
the boulevards