The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs- day. PAN-AMERICAN | NATIONS ALL ON EQUAL BASIS y, U. S. Policy Is to Use Re- sources to Assist Them, Says Pres. Coolidge | Sao —thnaner een ROME Ri i R : } COOPERATION IS NEEDED Dischssing Trade Relations, Executive Suggests Confer- ence on Advertising Washington, May 4.—(P)—All_na-} tions in” the Pan-American U; United States, President Coolidge declared Tuesday night in un address before the Pan-American Commercials.C tte" lished policy’ of this government,” , “to use its resources not to burden them but to assist them; not . to control them but to cooperate with them. “It is the forces of sound think- ing, sound government and sound economics which hold the only hope for real progress, real freedom and real prosperity for the masses of the people, that need the constantly com- bined efforts of all the enlightened forces of society. “Our first duty is to secure these results at home, but un almost equal obligation requires us to exert our moral influence to assist all the peo- ple of the Pan-American ,Union to provide similar agencies for them- selves. ‘ “Our Pan-American Union is creat- ing a new civilization in these west- + ern republics, representatives of all) that is best in the history of the Old World, We must cooperate in its advancement through mutual helpfulness, mutual confidence and . mutual forbearance.” : ‘ Suggests Conference Discussing improved trude rela- fions in the western hemisphere, the president suggested a Pan-American conference on advertising. He de- clared that advertising was the “most important influence” in enlarging trade and “of all forms of advertis- ing that which results from personal experience and personal contact is most valuable.” “A conference of this nature, that will bring into such intimate’ rela- tionship the Lae og py ives of the; Famous honeymooners, these—Lieut. W. Curtin, naval aviator, and his bride, who was Miss Catherine Radcliffe, «daughter of a million- aire shipbuilder of Cardiff, Wale They're honeymooning in Wash- ington, Curtin expects to fly the Auiantic with Rene Fonck, French ace. He was with Fonck when their plane was wrecked and burned HANFORD COX OF CLOQUET SUCCEEDS DR. A. D. MCANNEL OF MINOT AS NINTH DISTRICT ROTARY GOVERNOR Minnesota Man’s panne Made Unanimous When Dr. Bill Hocking of Devils Lake Withdraws — New Gover- nor Is an Attorney and Has Been Very Active in Ro. tary Work Flood Relief Fund Is Given Big Boost A donation of $50, voted at last night's meeting of the local Eastern Star lodge, to the fund being raised by the Burleigh county Red Cross chapter to aid the sufferers in the flooded area of the south gave that fund a nice boost today. It is expected that other lodges and organiza- tions of the city will follow the lead set by the Eastern Star and contribute to some extent to the St. Cloud, Minn. May 4. Hanford’ Cox, Cloquet attorn day was nominated as the ne: at the take-off of their first trans-Atlantic gclaiilss last fall. | DELEGATES AT GENEVA MEET Great International Confer- ence Opens Today in Reformation Hall Meeting Well Qualified to Study Great Problems, Says Pres. Theunis Geneva, May (P)-—The grent i ternational economic conference summoned to evolve plans to stabilize economic conditions throughout the world, was opened today in Reforma- tion Hall. Some 1,500 delegates were present, representing 46 the United States, Soviet Russia, and Turkey as non-members of the League of Nations—and the hall pre- sented an even more animated and! crowded scene than during meetings | of the league assembly. Former Premier Theunig of Bel- gium, president of the conference, in ualified to sti Jeevan prehensively problems whic precious boons ity.” The conference, he added, help maintain peace by guidance in the economic field and sensitive. gates. All the delegates to the con- ate attitude. cerned chiefly with the | a policy of “selling combines,” carried. Under such a plan, feared, efforts would be polistie prices on European goods. CONDITION OF AGRICULTURE CAUSE OF PRESENT May 4.—@). jon’ of agriculture ‘cause pre various producing elements of so go worthy cause, ernor, the ninth district of Rota: many aitaret ening be "ead: Ligtergtonsi( lis ‘wil ‘ve formally | gyitGiideat denations cceied 3 e y teleeted at the June meeting of Rotary wante- and- many new sources from which they can be supplied. “Our sister republics have re- sources of enormous value, and con- stantly increasing aemanience of the, whole world upon the products of( their natural resources assures them of a continually enlarging commercial horizon. While our own country is desirous of parblelpadiag in this trade, it does not wish to do so at the expense of any other people, but upon a basis which is mutually just and equitable. Commerce has no other permanent foundation, All Will Benefit also more: numerous than during the past few days, a total of $46 having been contributed. This, with the $50 from the Eastern Star and the $100 already sent in by the local chapter, brings Bur- leigh county’s fund to a total of International wf Ostend, Belgium. Superior, the only Wisconsin ‘city in the ninth district Was awarded the 1928 convention. There was no op- position. phisraarvis Second in Attendance Minot’ won the attendance prize. This club had 30 of its 65 members present, giving it a percentage of Rnd and a total mileage of 18,233. marck is second with 19 of its 57 m mbers registered for a percentage of 33.3 and a total mileage of 12,366. Mr. Cok succeeds Dr, Archibald D. McCannel of. Minot. His nomination tade unanimous when Dr. Bill Hocking of Devils Lake withdrew im- Donatioaly, ‘reported .by Miss Mary Cashel, Red Cross secre- tary, today included $5 Eastern Star 0. 0. Lee . - Mrs, H. S. Johnson I. J. Reid . ‘ J. P. Spies Mary L. McLean Lyman A. Baker F. G. Trefertnen J. J. Horner, Wing ‘i Donation Donation. Lobach family: . F. E, Shepard . 5.00 The. Bismarck. radio station, KFYR, is also raising funds for flood relief work and already has over $300 promised. This amount - is not included in the above men- tioned tofal, but will be reported later when it is turned over to the Red Cross chapter. WIND STORM DOES DAMAGE IN KIDDER C0. Several Farm Buildings De- stroyed Sunday Night— Some Livestock Killed Steele, N. D., May 4. winds destroyed several ings in this county Sunday night, according to advices received here ar-' today with communication lines being sally fe ored, A large barn on the L. 8. Langdah! | m, 20 miles northwest of Steele, | wrecked and al head of 0. 5 6. “We expect other countries to pro- 5 quce core modltine whieh we can use it, we produce commodities which shegeeag | mediately after his name had. been use for their benefit. The result is| Presented before the annual district a more abundant life for all con-| Convention, ' cerned, The new district governor was nominated By werner’ Bierce of Winona, past jent_of the Win- ona Rotary club. y. Huey, a direc- tor of the Duluth Roti ry club, and Dr. Fred Davis, past president of the Faribault’ Rotary club, seconded the nomination. Dr, Hocking’s name was_ presente: by Tom Kane, president of the Uni versity of North Dakota and pas president of the Grand Forks Rotary club. The Fargo and Minot dele; tions seconded the move. Then Hocking made a brief apcech of with- canal saying that he felt that North Dakota should yield to Minnesota since the Flickertail state was honor- ed with the last governorship. A‘ motion for unanimous nomination of | Governor Cox followed and, amid thunderous applause, the new district chief was. egcorted to the stage for a short address of appreciation. Yale Gradua’ Mr. Cox, who is a graduate of Yale, is 37 years old and is one of the spanavat of ninth district governors. le has been active in the district since its inception. He established the club in his home town of Cloquet and wa: ee first Bresident. The. jovernor has a record of untiring act vity in the district, hav- ing attended all district conventions as well ‘revaral 1 meetings of Inter-! nat atanel Ae ry and he probably will attend the 1038, gathering of the ent organization at Ostend, Belg! in June. He led his home club-in such major! fi activities as rural-urban acquaint- y, a fnce jand in boys and girls work and livestock killed. Barns on the Han- fie and verament alta, : He ia Bab ea Danialege places also were judge of the Cloquet municipal cou; and a past president of Carl Ander- Aualtor Mend 0 of, Lormes, County son post of the American’ Legion.” | Steele, a small barn, just -mov Mr. Cox was born in Cloquet and} itg” foundation, wus bipw attended the local schools. = He | Several other buildings sout studied three years at the University | this town were damaged. of Minnesota before going to Yale for his degree. He fd a’ wife and two children. Mrs. Cox is attending the; loca} convention. : sssesssss S88 mutual tatetdependence ies the whole Pan-Amer- (Continued on page two.) | Weather Report Weather conditi at North Da- 4 kota points for the 26 hours ending at 8 a. m. today Temperature at 7 Highest yesterday . Lowest last night .. Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity . qs Temps. Mwhircat wag Amenia ... BISMARCK . Bottinéau . Devils Lake -4, Dickinson .. Fessenden Grand Forks .. Jamestown . 05 “Cloudy 05 Cloudy | 19 Cloudy 06 Cloudy 10 Cloudy 06 Cloudy 0 Cloudy 10 Cloudy 40 Cloudy yn... 48 0 PCidy, ad, Minn. 46 01 Cloudy WEATHER ECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursda: Not much chai in temperature. For Noi Dakota! Partly & tonight and Thursday, robably thundershowers extreme west portion. Not much Rit in temperature. /ENERAL W! CONDITIONS, pressure is over the Great region and over the southern Rocky . Mountain “region while high pressure ‘are « ‘centered © over Saskatchew: id over western Ore- atipa precipitation pecerred, Re places from, h Se, Aire pe Yestened te cath P. fee rete cific coast, while prevails ener ane 7 er prevails in al Riley, a ae ee iaraiee meat ari re. Bho! " trom Be ott Field, Belle, Jamestown t1enHy; rauss, or Harold A. : of the ship, with its iy fight was LRESESESSSSESESSERSE Lowest cloudy onto off. ov it of | mperoene el IB > of Mercyry ss at Le. red mare! 185; road St. Cloud—Cleudy, 45; beh Rie 4 Minot—Partly ‘Toudy, 33, 33; roads samy fig eod rs e _Sreokion Cloudy, ratana Rona pe Ms fen clones, Se reads fair, g oie. roads bn Wi Hibbit Devils Duluth—C! Rochester—Clondy, "Tomcat ody, 40; roads fair. Bail {of agriculture has concluded nations—including| providing the face of difficulties which made the world uncomfortably dangerous ference were anxious to learn wheth- er the soviet would display a moder-|door and it ‘American representatives were con- question whether the conference would adopt an if so. how far the policy would be they made to compel America to accept fixed mono- he principal economic: jcrisis,” the international commission) * in a report prepared for submission today i NUMBER 4 00 ELECTION ROW | i | 46 NATIONS INCLUDED | HEARING TO BE MAY 11; must| Bertschinger as clerk. Interest of delegates was focused) on the attitude of the soviet dele- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1927 ‘ARREST WADE ATER SCHOOL Miss Ellen Mackey, ‘Teacher, | Charged With Threatening | District Treasurer i Trouble Occurs Monday Night \ at Rural School Near Rochester, Minnesota ( i Rochester, Minn, May 4- | Miss Ellen MacKey, 27, was arrested | and arraigned in’ municipal court i here today on a charge of assault | with a dangerous weapon, following a school election row in district 41, rural schoo! four miles from here, Monday night. Miss MacKey was released on her own recognition and | a hearing was set for May 11. i Miss MacKey is alleged in the com- | plaint, signed by Earl Hurlbutt, former clerk of the school board, to have threatened Frank (Mahoney, treasurer of the district, when he barred the schoolhouse door after his opening address declared there! the meeting ended in an uvroar. had never been a meeting so com-| dy the “the two for which mankind is ever yearning—peace and prosper. The election was the third that has been held. The first clerk, elected six months ago, rr ned The sec- ond election held was declared illegal, and the third ele resulted the choi Monday night, tome ately afterward charges of misapprop: tion of funds and other mismanage- ment were voiced on the floor. Officials of the board sent for {County Superintendent of Schools W. L, Mercer, who came at once to the ene of trouble. As he rose to speak f the audience made a rush for door. Mr. Mahoney barred the then } to have the wi alleged rawn the revolver, A.0.U.W. LODGE ANNIVERSARY I$ CELEBRATED 150 Present at Banquet Mark- , to the international economic confer- tence at Geneva. “In spite of progress achieved in agriculture technique and in the or ganization of productio ;port declared, “the condition of Ae hered last night at the C eulture is, almost everywhere, more | ci Juntavorable than before the war,” and added that this has resulted inj quet and with ing 33rd Year of Bismarck Lodge—Shafer Talks One hundred and Bismarck Lodge No. 120, A. 0. U. W., ic hotel to celebrate the 33rd an- niversary of its founding with a ban initiation of candi restricted purchasing of -manufac-] dates~ tured products for farm ments and machinery. “this sale price not being adapted improve- other prices to the money deprecia- tion,” said the report, “is generally ‘no longer sufficient to cover the cost ‘oe {of production. To this circumstance must be added the considerable in- crease in the expenses of agriculture, through all kind: Recommendations Made dations: the cost of luction. An examination of which may have The report made these recommen- erest, duties and taxes of Congratulations to the local lodge on its growth and progress were of- of agricultural; fered by Attorney General George like] Shafer, a member of the Watford City lodge. Shafer” pointed out that one of the outstanding characteristics of the franeenity was the spirit of “protec- tion” and declared that protection of the home and the loved ones in it, which this group offers, is “one of the cornerstones of any sound and progressive society in the civilized world.” _ An effort to sec that the prices of agricultural products corrgspond to 1 the factors the effect of improv- ing the organization of production and of decreasing expense: Avoidance of measures which have a bearing on keeping agricultural products below production price such as the prohibiting of exports, export taxation, etc nance of accounting duti: Mi reting out farm evils ‘The fight against pro; Eau rality of agricilture with com- ions. tions of the League of ERNEST R. BALL | Heart Attack After Ap- pearance at Theatre 3 | Santa ost Calif, /Ernest R. he had finished in ickem an engagement. Angeles. sys- tems on certain farms to aid in fer- Je and plant disease should be favored in the var- fous countries, and respect of private who formerly lived in Cleve- ‘Ohio, recently moved to Los merce and industry in all the func- COMPOSER, DIES IN CALIFORNIA \Popular Song Writer Has May 4.—(P)— He his dressing room when The composer, keg ge songs have stirred the hearts of we not feeli at a fo fitness to-exeuse him from singing. er Ja serentan® on room where he died. the Reid of the, Desert Grow "colds" Mi “Gerd end £ Trish Sailing’ eaers the last gener- tion, had told Santa Ana friends he well and when he ncheon and pleaded the ai “Til jen of be “You may find this spirit in other fraternities, but in none of them is it so well illustrated or ome hasized as it is here,” Shafer said. “It repre- sents a evens to the loved ones in my family and in your family. Fraternal Spir:t Importa nd. He declared that another ou! ing characteristic of the organization is that it brings people together from every walk of life on a basis of com- mon humanity. He pointed out that the different lines of work in which people engage today tend to draw. them apart and make them self-cen- ‘For this reason,” he declar- ed" this organization is valuable be cause in it the life blood of fraternal rinciple may expand and greater breadth than in each individ- tal life. Bradley C, Marks, grand master workman of the lodge, paid tribute to the members of the local group who stayed with it all through the years. He declared that the North Dakota enapters of the A. O. U, major factor in e: ganization on its present sound basis in the northwest and said that this) fact was recognized all over the coun- try. Figures Show Growth order were elted ar ed out that in insurance ia had: over $35,000,000. The organiza- tion hed’ 7,000 members 10 ye: and now it has 27,000 he sai declared that a healthy condition in the fraternity and predicted a continued growth. The speaker paid fr lbate to Dr. F. R. Smythe and Capt. P. Moffit,! the only remaining unter membe | of the focal chapter. He read a let- ter from Moffit, who is in the Unit-; ed States army und stationed at Madi-| son, Wis. quet. Dr, Smythe saying he would be unable to be pres- ent. “Veterans’ buttons” were presented ito members present who had been attilisted with the organization for received buttons were: William E. \Breen. George Robidou, Fred J. Rup- pert, Thomas Sheean, ie G. Wach- ter, James D. Wakeman, John Fr. Youngman and Alfred er. Henry Halverson sang two selée- tions and Lillian Peltier sang a solo, “Pale Moon.” Feature dances were vr. Ds at a gd a if the A, 0. Uv. W. toastmaster William F. Broening, Republican, defeats William Curran, Democrat, in wee, man- as MacKey | | also W. were a/ jing the or-| Figures to show the growth of the, . He point-| ad $11,000,0004 the end of 1926) expressing regret that he! would not be nile to attend the ban-| so sent a note! 25 years or more. Those present who} micep by Louise Goodreau and Mary | election for mayor of Baltimore, It will be escape the several, days before Mississipp levee at Poydras to save the city. of men placing thousands of sandbags along the docks at” the river | ¢ Proposed Boost in Cream Rates Denied New Orleans knows whether it. wi!l valley flood, despite the dynamiting of the This pictui front. Only Daughter of Michigan’s Chief Executive Elopes Lansing, Mich, May 4. ()—Miss! Peggy Green, only daughter of Gov- ernor and Mrs. Fred W. Green, elop- ed yesterday with Norval Tyrrell of Detroit, a fellow studen Michi state college, andthe two were mar-| ried at Bowling, Green, Ohio, it be- came known today. The bride, who is 19, and Tyrrell, son of a Detroit investment broker, plan to return to school to finish their studies. POLA R FLIGHT STORY 10 BE RELATED HERE! Amundsen to Tell of Trip in| Dirigible Over Arctic Re- gions How he across the ; Speaks May 11 H made his historic flight Nérth Pole in a dirigible last May will be told to Bismarck people whe sen speaks auspices of merce, The lecture will n Captain Roald Amund- here May 11, under the the Association of Com- be illustrated series of still and showing every im- ortant incident of this remarkable journey. There wil in Amundsen’s appearance U1, for it will be just a day since he started Year Since Trip ill be svecial significanc ere May ir to a flight on hi from Spitzbergen across the pole. At 8555 i in the morning of May 11 the leading dirigible Norge started on its flight reached at the next morning. and 0 the Here the Norge descended close to{ the ige and Captain Amundsen, Lin- } coln Ellsworth and Colonel Umberto} A Nebils planted, lorway, t Italy. turn, the flags of he United States and At '7 o'clock that evening, the ex- | Pedition discovered the Pole of In-| Aeceaate lity the first human beings to rea nown ‘ives ii is the cent and is con th: at desolate spot. It as the Ice Pole, und de- name from the fact that it! er of the polar ice pack lered the most difficult; point on earth for man to reach. In air 71 Hours It was after lei ing the Ice Pole that the Norge ran into a heavy fog. Until the 1 landing at Teller, Alaska, 71 hours after taking the air w King’s Bay, Spitzbergen, it was a des- perate battle with fog, with storm and with the unknown. nesday, May 12, to Saturday, May 15,|timony and 60 exhibits. fe | the ‘Amundsen-Elisworth expedition was swallowed up by the mystery of nes From Wed- ' the North, with all the world appre- | hensive over its fate. in the row, Al establi: The trip taking, as shown by the fact that the | cision is the fact that the Interstate | cost totaled nd King's a, but ha communication. * For hours after that, it battled storm! Were offered to show that the bulk | jwinds before effecting a landing at | of | Teller, 91 miles we In that time, of Nome. was a stupendous under- | bout $750,000, As one it die necessary to at Pulham, Leningrad | Bay to house the Norge, and moorin; and Kin; id 5 oe oe Family Found Dead —Mr, and two children, and their ae home Nr. ast of the inent in wn circ! Council Bluffs, Tow hg May 4. Leo Mrs. Alberti, ms Leo, 5, and Eldon, : ? id, were found dead i ere today, suffocated by istant cashier ae and prom- pole was| | Railroads’ State missed ent level in this vi Data p Northern Burleigh, by expert presented handicap Proposals denied by today. Great Nort crease. Thi previo pended dered ci c Shipping, Charges Within Board—Present Rates Held ‘Reasonable discriminatory’ Decision to maintain the pres- nouneed today by the state road board, is of great ance to farmers and creameries with the case shows that the balk of the cream movement is on the ties in this district. roads to increase shipping charges 40 per cent were: The railroad bourd held that the and Soo Line r: justify their petition ly had been temporarily s re shows a large force Plan to Increase 40 Per Cent Dis- By State Railroad and Non- of cream = rates, an- import- \cinity. resented in connection | Pacific railroad in’ Morton and other coun- Estimates 's for the railroad board, at the hearing, said that the increases, if made effec- tive, would have added thousands of dollars to the cost of shipping cream from this would have section and imposed a severe upon the industry. rail- cream of North Dakota intrastate the state railroad board Northern — Pacific roads had failed to for the in-| e increased tariffs w thern, the commission were or- dismissed. board held | for future before the tion by federal Pointing are 20 per \scale, how jon their ac! rates, contending that they should be | brought up state scale. In_ its, there with The deci of discrimi: commission ‘the record Pointing 726,874 | Within the Another | Comuperse rates hh | federal uiten & tors said recovery ai lent. In a review of the testimony the “reasonable and non-discriminatory The North the Commission denying an application for an increase in inte’ body’s nounced late last fall. Rates Not Proved Unfair | roads made “no slight difference between state and | interstate rates imposes a burden on interstate commerce and no showing Four day of the state has increased from | pounds valued at $873,177 in 1914 to 41,269,554 pounds valued at | ‘the Norge, floundering about blindly | | $15,164,673 in 1925, the board had reached Point Dar-| that the increase ‘would be a sub- been ‘unable to stantial burde: 25/ growing industry. the cream moves between points ing on a general investigation of al! on agricuitural |the state commi: changes in bod! \less existing rates we: yond reasonable doybt~to ie decision points wt |Mrs. Billy Sunday to |. |"Leave Hospital Soon] teamed Minn, Ma tion Kee on on ort eled and the proceeding that the present rates are ion,” akota:case was argued commission following. ac- Interstate Commerce ap) state rates. The decision was an- out that the state rates cent below the interstate r, the carriers insisted tion to increase the state to a level with the inter- | decision the commission Imost solely effect e elsewhere. sion held that the rail showing that the rates effect nation.” { were consumed by the) in hearing the case an ineludes 438 pages of tes- out that the cream busi. held upon the rapidly Other statist 8 | state. consideration in the de Commission now is carry-| roducts and ion felt thut uny rates in advance cf tne ies would day ele oft aed 140 PARISHES. ==_] THE BoM ARCE THS0 Naa IN LOUISIANA UNDER WATER Number of Persons Made Homeless By Missisaippi Floods Placed at 200,000 MANY GO TO VICKSBURG Artificial Crevasse at Poy- dras Has Relieved Situa: - tion at New Orleans: New Orleans, Bo 1A Pevasses New ci St. and Natchez waters more thousands: immensely to territory now jing flood le above and J betwee: Mie joseph 2 ts oder water bat the ‘ate after carving a new gap in levees yeuterda: ciously today the Villa below St. J stream of the deluge. Every parish Louisiana for the in northesstera first two tiers along the river, extending 10. par- ishes downstream to the, mout| Red river, has felt the gras; waters which already have covered seven million acres of land and ren- dered more than 200,000 homeless as they moved upon the Gulf of Mexico. The 10 Louisiana parishes already covered, either entirely Be rong were Morehouse, East and Richland, roll, Ouachit and Avoyell from four reaches in river levees was moving down oy backwaters from the Red. river, est Car- Madison, Catahoula, Cone Water sti Mit flood waters from the Ouachita end the volume released by breaks . in Arkansas covered other. postions of the territory. Tallulah Evact Tallulah virtually was abandoned as its population fled to Vicksburg and Delhi before a lake released by a@ break in the Mi: ments near Milliken’ sippi embank- Bends Resi- @ents of St. Joseph and Waterproof spent a sleepless night awaiting the jingle of telephones which would tell them that the Villa Clara levee had jbeen smashed. Many of the in the path of the Milliken's' B Bend etevasse had been preparin, invasion for two weeks, people for the 1 were thought to be out of the area. Delhi, located on a ridge west of Bayou Mason, wa: place of refuge for hundreds of residents of the low- lands. The flood was expected to reach Delta Point by noon. St. Joseph, Ferriday and “Water- proof were the principal towns en- dangered by the threatened break at Ferriday already was in- Villa Clara. undated by the backwaters ‘rom the Glasscocke and Bougre crevasses. the as ret. low the mouth of the Red river, jituation had not become c; a All possible precaut ures were take not up to a sufficient tf height to. reid back the crest expected had hag ze- inforced, ™ New Orleans Believed S485 New Orleans strongly fortified rampart of samé- bags and bie lay crevasse at Poydras hi rested’ behind a situation and little fear was ee: ed for the safety of the cil The river remained Natchez and today was expected to see it falling. Relief forces raced flood in the vast Tensas Louisiana, where two muddy stat ry at th et re fans. of waters were slowly swelling the back- waters of Mississippi tributarits*fa- to an inland Memphis tion campa, = First’ fears felt by Batt Crosp. ie of cials for st will b be ale: ‘soon, Me oie rapid er “condition mis a exeel- All night lo) of fleeing peo) ‘ioe the new wave was Delhi were (Ce ine headquarters American Red Cross, with the needs of 200,000 refugees to 7,000 additional persons to care as a result of the inundation | Milliken’s Bend. that more than 20,000 refugees ai- pointed out that no showing was | ready were Sn Loulsiana congentra- made by the railroads to prove that! the present state rates are unfair| and that they relied on a comparison of rates of the fill, expected It was — estimated the steady stream poured out of the ane artificial . ad relieved the