The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy tonight"and Situr- day. “Not much change. ESTABLISHED phkide'cinscktoud ak CORO et Uae eae : 928,837 FOLKS ‘NOW CARED FOR BY RED CROSS Niiber Swells Hourly as Additional Flood Waters Break Through Dikes ALL RECORDS BROKEN Organization Has 99 Trained Workers, 40 Doctors, 78 Nurses in Field Memphis, May 6.—()—Raging rents of the. unprecedented Missis: pi valley flood today, after than three weeks rampage, had | placed 823,837 persons, a record num- ber for disasters, under care of the American Red Cross. The: list swelled hourly as addi- | tional flood waters poured from brok- {en dikes in Louisiana and officials | { would make no attempt to predict the | | | final total, M. Baker, national director of di aster relief, does not include com- plete counts from the inundated sec- tions of Louisiana. Continual move- ment of refugees there in addition to the emergency situation which has prevented field workers from making their reports, may delay the complete check several days. Of the 323,837 persons, 173,566 are refugees in 60 concentration camps in seven states. The others are persons | receiving food or other supplies in | their flooded homes, in upper floors of town buildings and in other places where they have elected to rema’ rather than go to the refugee cen- ters. Mississippi Leads List Mississippi led the list with 160,941, many of whom are Louisianians, tak- en to , Vicksburg or Natchez. | Arkansas) with a slight influx of \ Olissourians, was ~ second, with 114,373. Four upper valley. states not so severely visited by the floods ha Missouri 11,821; Minois —_ 6,601 Tennessee 4,322, and Kentucky 3,032. In the latter commonwealth were many refugees from Missouri. Reports to the Red Cross showed that 95,000 persons have been ‘immunized from typhoid and 85,000 from ‘smallpox. Ninety-nine trained | Red Cross disasver workers were | stationed in the fields as | were 40 | Red Cross pl cians and 78 nurses: } of the pamaniaadiony: | { | | | { ORTHW2ST COMMUNITIES GIVING FUNDS FOR RELIEF St. Paul, May 6—()—Spurred by continued appeals for aid as flood waters continue their sweep in the lower Mississippi valley, northwest communities are going “over the top” in fand drives for the aid of suf- ferers. Not content to meet quotas assigned in Red Cross appeals, com- munities are out to double and treble the amounts requested for relief work in the stricken area. | BARBER GROUP TS ORGANIZED harter Granted Association, Started Here—Will Expand Over Whole State oe To gain, betterment of conditions ‘among barbers of this state and secure ble legislation, tae North Dakota Barhers’ association has been organized here and a c ter granted by the secretary o state’s office. The organization was formed esterday. ek, Mandan and 12 id plans .to, expand over the entire state. tharter members of the orga ization are Fred K. Ode, Bert O'Neill and C. W. Peterson, O'Neill is president; ry, and A. R. Bruhjell, treasurer. eis chairman of the organization mmittee, P. G. Harrington of the eae ittee, committee and Edward Bannon of the litigations committee. According to} Péterson, circular ters have been sent out to barbers throughout. the state ‘and the mem- , bership is expected soon to include “ yepresentatives from every town in the state. Heretofore, Peterson said, there has. been no organi ion. of : this kind in North Dakota. Plans are now being m: a state convention, to be held Sher here or at Jamestown some time in July. Members of ie jy Fo "Walter Ray, Medot ‘and James: ‘Murphy, Zap, ‘odat aan b: gins A. G. Sotlie as members, of the tate penne ming f ® attners rolice oatgariar a ok " eae The new mark, announced by Henry | ere reappointed | Am Here, with his sister, Floren Walter L. Boothe, of Roano ~ whose friends, working in shifts, are keeping him alive by artificia, res piration after collapse of his iungs. Boothe was asleep this afternoon as , he entered the sixteenth day he has }been kept alive by artificial respira- tion. When he dozed off he had not rallied from a sinking spell which earlier in the morning caused physicians and two score friends, who have pumped air into his lungs day and night for more than two weeks, to fear that the end was The attack was described by att ants as worse than any of the ous ones from which the youth overed, to the amazement of ians. GRAY STICKS — TO HIS STORY OF MURDER Counsel For Mrs. Ruth Sny- der Unable to Break Down Defendant’s Version \ phy- Qui ity- Court -House, New ¥o 6—(AP)—Testi- mony was completed in the Sny- der murder trial today” and ad- journment was taken until Mon- day. ¢ Queens County Court House, N York, May 6.—()—Detail by detail, Henry Judd Gray was led his story ef the killing of Albert Snyder = and deviated re breadth from his 0} Counsel for Mrs Ruth anyoee co-detendent, pounded a in the effort to break down Gray's testi- mony but the effort showed no ap- parent result. Counsel for Mrs. Snyder told re- porters before court opened today that the Queens Village housewife will be put back on the witness stand in an attempt to refute the story of Gray. Eating in Court Room Stopped All spectators carrying packages were stopped at the main entrance to the courthouge today and the pack- ages were investigated to see if they contained lunch. Court officers suid the spectators, who have stayed in the courtroom during noon re- cesses so as not to lose their seats, haye turned the room into a picnic grounds, strewing bottles and refuse about the floor. The situation had become so ag- rravated, they said, that an order had been issued to permit no more eating in the court room. Tt was ann panes that court would be held all day tomorrow in an ef- fort to get the case to the jury before Sunday. Previously there have been no Saturday sessions. As court opened, G: went back to the wit- ness chair and Mrs. Snyder's .ounsel, Dan Wallace, resumed his cross ex- amination, Gray Calm on Stand Gray was calm and answered in a clear even voice. Mrs. Snyder sat staring at him from the defense counsel table. Wallace questioned Gray, abe about his income, which ave: a prod and about his Ferhat which ray id often exceeded half a dozen drinks @ day. Gray, insisted his bibulous habits did not eat/ into his income to such an extent: that he was in desperate straits for money, The courteous’ manner in which Gray: answered all questions, ending ch sentence with a polite “sir” or ‘Mr lace,” seemed to annoy the examining attorney. “Don't’ call me ‘Mr Wallace,” he snapped. “All I want of you is Just yes or no to my y gu ‘Very well, ,Mr. Wallace,” Gray Vedllace glared at him. agreed and W. t body of water that is Lake Titieae, in South $57 Is ‘Added to Relief Fund “Today pits i St oid to the be unt ‘uaa chap- _Jexplain why he knew of the murder BROTHER OF SLAIN LAWYER QUESTIONED Police Investigation of Mur- der of St. Louis: Man Takes Dramatic Turn SOLUTION IS HELD NEAR Brether Unable to Explain Why He Knew of Killing Be- fore Body Was Found St. Leuis, May 6,—()—Facing a barrage of ‘questions today in con- {nection with the death of his elder brother, C. M. Hicks, slain law associ- ate of former Governer Major E. E. Elliott, Glen Hicks today occupied a conspicuous role in the dramatic turn taken yesterday by the police investigation of the crime. Named as the beneficiary of most of the estate and $365,000 insurance Jof the dead man, who’ a former | minister who turned financier, Hicks was arrested yesterday with two for- mer convicts, William Davis and Harry W. Bostelman. ‘Five hours of grilling at the hands of authorities brought out the an- nouncement from Chief of Detee. tives Kaiser that he believed solu- tion of the baffling mystery was near. He openly accused Hicks of being the instigator of his brother's death, after Hicks was unable to two hours before the body was found last Sunday morning in a clump of bushes outside of town. Ransacked Office After questioning Miss Ida Sinn- well, secretary of the slain lawyer, Detective Chief Kaiser said he was satisfied Hicks had visited his broth- | er’s office before the body was dis covered and ransacked it for papers. Hicks denied any connection with | the erime but was nonplussed, Kaiser said, when asked how he had known of his brother’s death prior to dis- covery of the body. When told of the arrest. of her husband’s ‘brother, Mrs. Hicks ex- pressed faith in him and stated she would not believe he had anything to dq with the murder. : OPERATION OF N.D.WHEAT POOL IS DESCRIBED Bushelage Handled as Good | ¢; as Expected—Has More | Than 20,000 Members Kansas City, Mo. May -6—(P)— Progress of the wheat pool mov ment in the United States through which farmers market millions of bushels of grain annually was shown in reports to the intenational wheat pool conference here tod: As submitted by the various bodies the reports set out the growth, trials ‘ASK MINISTERS TO AID SAFETY WEEK PROGRAM May 22 Designated ‘Safety Sunday’ By State Council— Schools to Cooperate LETTER SENT PARE Students May Compete in Es- say Contests, Telling Ways to Prevent Accidents To impress citizens with the value of accident prevention, Sunday, May 22, has been designated as “Safety Sunday,” and ministers are being asked to make reference to the safety movement in their sermons that day. Frank Milhollan. president of the state safety council, has announced. The week of May 22 to 29 has been designated os “Safety Education Week" and, besides plans for a two- day safety congress at Minot May 25 and 26, a special effort is to be made to see that some observance of the week be made in the public schools of the state. 4 The council is suggesting that schools present programs to show the value of this work and possibly have essay contests or have students write compositions on the work. neral discussion of the ways in Which accidents can be prevented is suggested for the various classes. A letter is to be sent out to p: ents throughout the state em ing the value of safety education and asking that they help in seeing that their children learn safety rules. Safety Ru Parents are asked to teach thei jchildren tha: When they start across the street they should look to the left and when they reach the middle of the street, look to the right. They shouta not coast or run into the «str an automobile may pass at any moment and they may be str They should not play with matches —big fires have been started and many little children have been burned to death because some child ; fooled with matches. They should be careful near the wa: ter, and never go swimming unlesb an older person goes with them, It is against the law to hitch on to street cars, automobiles or trucks. They should never p: in front or behind a car or automobile until they know what's on the other side. It is dangerous to play or roller skate in the streets—automobiles and cars are passing constantly and they are liable to be struck any moment. They should not chase a ball into thet street. The council, according to its of- ers, “seek to perform none of the functions of the public officials and courts, responsible fér public safety, but ithet to mobilize public senti- ment * the safety education of school oi ildren, commercial and pri- ate drivers, as well as the workmen in industry.” cemal Officers Ermatinger, Green, preasure: are W. F. land, Manda McGi ‘hee ane Mrs. J, Devils Lake; J. E. Davis Goodr: and difficulties of the or; anizations in their efforts to enlist farmers in the compersrive marketing plan. The North Dakota Wheat Growers association reported a membership of more th: and that “the bushelage handled by the association during its operation has been as good s we expected, consideri tions with which we have tend. Especially has the delivery of: the 1926 crop been good, for it has increased ag sppren imately 15 per cent over that of the previous year, taking into consideration the short crop. Individual Effort Best Individual effort has been most productive of increased membership, the North Dakota group reported. The idea was applied by having the organizer call on the individual farmer at his farm. More than 12,- 000 members were obtained by this method: in 1923, the report stated. Other members were obtained by holding saaeiings in the country and having men follow up these meetings with the personal campaign. One speaker and a crew of six men now are campaigning in Stutsman county, the ee said. The speaker holds three meetings a week, leaving two men at each place. At the fourth meeti the first two. men follow him, clean sweep through the townships being made and each farmer is visited whether or not he is now a pool member, it was re- Ported. In each case the membership fee collected five years of $2 a year in advance, either by cash or note, and the member agrces to market his wheat through the pool. riegces of Other states and district pools re-| Lisbon ported a large volume of business in 1926, ‘the Southwest Cooperative eee Goa eg paneer jon, Mynmieea ing states of Kansss, mabeste) YS Etlorade and -Oki betwe ,000,000 hie 1 Oe be ve ie’ was mo er vator at Lpetenworthe ke has ari vias hed to con-| Minot T. Welo, Velva; Staale Hendrickson, Coteat On the executive committee are C. L feta e R. O. McCandless, Mi- not; M. Flynn, Jamestown; Dr. Thomas Kane, Grand Forks; Dr. E. 8. Keene, Farg ir. J. Gillette, fear a Poaks N. B. Black, Fargo: A. J. H. Bratsberg, A. J. McInnis, Valley City, and "Mrs. J. E. Feather: sone, Valley City. Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a, m. today: ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. ... Highest: yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation te 7 a.m. . Highest wind velocity . Temp 39 . 56 . BT 0 i 3 = c 6 Precipitation in inch Amenia .. BISMARCK Bottineau Crosby . Bocooooos . 49 Prasinaea. Dunn Center . Ellendale ... Fessenden .\. Grand Forks . Jamestown . ‘Cgecogoeooo Cloudy WEAT! ‘HER g Pe Se For Bismarck and’ vicinity: Partly cloady tot tonight ond id Soha rear: Not muel temperature. For Nort picota? Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Not muc' 0 aes in temperature. Gl hern fon Miracle’ and wagon and -| when | osha s/Arvest of 2 Alleged K TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927 DOZENS O OF VILLAGES COMPLETELY SUBMERGED COOPERATION IS PLEDGED IN GRAIN SELLING Russian, Australian, Cana- dian and American Rep- resentatives Agree Kansas City, May 6.—()—Grain production and cooperative marketing! reports from the world’s largest shipping centers today occupied dele- | gates to the international wheat pool conference here. The conference entered its second} day with pledges for cooperation in| a world marketing plan to stabilize prices from Russia, Australia, Cana-! diun and American representatives of farmer organizations. Messages approving the international coopera- tive proposals also were received) from South American growers. While some delegates advocated a great world pool, C. C, Burnell, pres- ident of the Manitoba ' pool and chairman of the —confer- ence, urged perfection in co- operative organizations in each country to operate in conjunction; with ‘each other rather than as al single unit. 8. Assistance Pledged Burnell’s, plan was in line with ws of William M. Jardine, secre- of agriculture, who declared h country no doubt had problems vhich would require widely differen’ treatment and that each nation prob- ably would obtain better resuits if the growers formed separate coopsra- tive agencies. Seeretary Jurdine pledged the as- sistance of the United, States dep ment of agriculture for the wheat pool movement. Saul G. Bron, head of the hussian! delegation, assured the delegatcs that! his country was willing to seri ut the world price “and take her chances! with the others.” Bron estimated Russia would export next two years. He said that any ef- fect this huge export traffic might have-on lowering prices would, in his! opinion, be offset: to a great extent by increasing world eonsumption, ‘MONTANA MAN IS SAILING TO NEW ORLEANS Fe ae Man and Wife Start’ on Boat Trip to Gulf— Will Visit Bismarck Williston, N. D., May 6~—(Special to the Tribune)—The day of adven- turers is not yet past, D. D. Dotson, county treasurer of Richland county, Montana, and resident of Sidney, proved this con- clusively when he arrived here Wed- nesday from Sidney on the first lap of a suil to New Orleans, via the Missouri ‘and Mississippi rivers. The trip from ciaiey. to New Or- leans is 3,000 miles long, but Mr. Dotson expects that he'll be in New Orleans before fall. He is makin re trip with his wife. and starte ay. His boat, which he has named the Montana, is 18 feet long, with a five and one-half foot beam and “is equipped with two pairs of oars, a questionable sail “und an outboard| motor,” Dotson says. He expects to! stop at Bismarck on his way to the/ guilt. Entered State Tuesday “We entered North Dakota Tue: day ing at°about 4 o'clock and | camped-on Lewis of Clark’ ground,” he said. the Yellowstone and te issouri, orf the western boundary of North Da- kota, is a beautiful place. “Fort Buford is located near the junction of these two rive ind Fort | inion about two miles’ up the Missouri on the very western of North Dakota. We {the Missouri to Fort Union to get some gas for our little motor. The town which is located there was until recently called Mondak, famous in saloon history, but now it bears the name of Fort Union. | “This river trip gives promise of being a wonderful one. The smell ond willow sticks mingled sbacon makes a perfume that is difficu't for (the skilled manufacturers of the rarest Persian betsumes to excel. Sometimes the food is scorched a. little, but rarely is any left over. Our appetites are above par.” Broken Leg Leads to | Liquor Law Violators Jamestown, ND. D, May 6.—(P)—A broken leg led to frrest of W. W./ th Miracle and ‘Sam Hill-of the Milla) = a a about rudny srening' om, sout| Ps ran on a mee angaging ih ‘ye ig bis Mrs. “snp "whose ne husbands! i it having’ imbibed some of the id said to jased ora Mi pe al ta fo from his ured | nes 8 j the 100,000,000 bushels. of wheat in the, }} | that the bank’s over bank ‘s.creditors - The committes held rald,| deveral meeti Checks Now in Washington and Will Be Returned Here Scon—Depoesitors Will Get Checks From Receiver Ri- Jey and Will Be Paid at First National Bank—Set- tlement Exceptional Bothi as to Time Completed and Initial Payment Approximately $492,000 will be to depositors of the closed City tional bank here oon as auth tion to begin payment is re from the banking officials at Wash- Sie je was announced today ’ by officers of the Depnsit Holding comp: 4 corporation organized to liquidate the affairs of the closed institutio: { Negotiations to this end have been’ in progress for several months and the final transactions between the holding company, the bank receiv and the First National bank completed today. will be available in the near future represents 60 per cent of the deposits in the bank when it ciosed October 14,, last. Payment wi!l be made by the First N. ink, the depositors receiving at that institution credit in like kind for 60 per cent of the deposits they had in the City National k. As a result of the arrange- ment persons who had checking a counts given checking accounts at the First who had savings} deposits at the City National will he! vings deposits at the First ional, and persons having cer’ of deposit ational will be given certificates of deposit at the First National. Certificate for Balance depositor | cive a stock certificate from Depositors’ Holding company which will represent the b: 40 per cent, to the depositors later will depend | considerably on croy conditions in| this territory during the considerable in land, but hopef: vorable conditions, at | part of the.40 per cent bal- ance, if not all of it, will be returned. Checks made of € the individual | depositors for 60 per cent of their | n made out; dep: dare! s have already bi M. Riley, the re er, in the hands of the comptroller | hington, awaiting word from here that all di of the proposed | liquidation plan have been completed. | This word was sent to Washington | by wire today, and, according to Mr.| Riley, the checks should) fetubs, here | bv the latter part of next week. he checks are regular government dend checks, payable to the cred r only, at the First National bank,! . Riley explained today. When the checks are returned here, each depositor must call at Mr. Riley's of-| fice in the City National bank build-! ing, sign a receipt for the check und{ obtain his stock certificate in the holding company. The check must) then be taxen by the person to whom | issued to the First National bank, | where the balance of the transaction | will be completed. An Exceptional Settlement “Settlement of the bank’s affairs on this basis is exceptional, not only as to the amount which will be re- turned to the depositors immediately. but particularly as to the short space of time in which the negotiations aye been completed,” said Mr. Riley SThrough this negotiation the hold ing company has been able to gain possession of several hundred thousands of dollars in assets which were not in the possession of the re- ceiver, and this has been of decided benefit to the depositors.” fficers and directors of the hold: ig company expressed themselves to- day as very much pleased that the negotiations had been completed so depositors will re- ceive 60 per cent of their money soo These arrangements have been possi- ble only because of the hearty co- operation extended by P. C. Reming- closed bank; J. i Ys ind officers of the First National bank, the holding company, directors state. “Very few banks have taken this course, and. it was only possible here be- leause of the cooperation given by i everyone terested,” said W. Webb, president of the holding con ny. The directors were also loud 1 their pri of the work done by N.el, Roop, secretary and manager of the holding company, in working out the details of the liquidation plan so/ successfully. Credit Given First National Succass ne the plan was made pos- sible through the willingness of the! First National bank to assist, the directors say. ‘The bank did not take | over any of the closed institution's | assets, but advanced the holding | compsay a portion of the 60 per cent| payment on the assets held by the! latter. The holding company was} thus able to raise the $492,000 needed to pay the 60 per cent dividend, or ‘the basis of the closed bank's assets and other outside assets which were secured. “The First National bank hi: very glad to have been able place | its resources at the serv’ of the) Depositors’ Holding company and| the depositors of the City National bank, and inthis way to assist in working out the liquidation of the institution, ‘on plan which | en carried through by the © pelaine | iver,” 3.) ‘of fe ira N pany and the roge Bell Ao largess fe tional bank, in commenting today mn | completion of the negotiations. | Shortly after the bank closed last | ey F, & depositors’ heart gesd cod at 8 mass meeting been | and finally decided at the City National will be | | court Negotiations Completed For Sixty Per Cent Payment to Depositors of City National SAVE PEOPLE JUDGE ORDERS RESTATEMENT | OF TRIAL COST: Thiele Case Charges, Protest- ed By Morton County, Are Ordered Revised Order for preparation of statement of costs incurred nection with the Arnold Thiel der trial here was made to Judge Fred Jansonius, The order holding of Kelsch, sta anew mur- de following when C.F. of Morton vas hearing, attorney mi county, appeared before the court to! th protest some of the charges assessed against his county in connection the trial. The case was transferred here from Morton county on a change of venue. Deductions of $22.90, part of the fee paid to an expert witness for the defense and $107.60 for sabpoenas served by Rollin Welch, sheriff of Burleigh county, in Morton county, were ordered. “The judge held that ng ‘service of the rton county could not legally charge fees. New Charges Added New charges were added to the statement. however, with order that jthe per diem ‘the sheriff for attendance on court be charged; compensation for the stenographe: uge of six Jurors summoned x the court term and excused after the Thiele case, and other mileage items. Mr. Kelsch had objected to Morton eaunis ibe ng charged with fees for 9 were culled in the panel for the term. contending all of | them, except those on the Thiele case, should have been sed. He ulso contended that the charge for ploying guards to watch Thiele for a nurse to care for the Thiele children during the trial, were un- ems or: ment of fu- said WIND AND HAIL DOES DAMAGE inelu ill be Large Acreage of Small Grain Devastated—Damage Es- timated at $2,000,000 Oklahoma®City, 6.—()--Dam- tge to Oklahoma buildings and crops from a of wind and hail storms today was estimated at near- ly $2,000,000. Reports from three counties indi- cated a large acreage of small grain was devastated by hail yesterday, fol- lowed by heavy rains. Several farm buildings were wrecked ‘by wind, Wheat in an area five miles wide and 30 miles long in Noble c #inty was reported leveled by hail and rain. large section was razed in Alfalfa and Garfield counties. : Losses fixed at $750,000 resulted in eastern Oklahoma Tuesday when a hail storm struck Sallisaw, punctur-| ing the roofs of scores of homes and| stores. -Last Minute Bulletins Paris, May 6.—(AP)—One of the organizers of Captain Saint Roman’s flight to South America was advised this afternoon that the aviators flew over the island of Fernando de Noronah, miles off the Brazilian coast, at 1 o'clock this morning. New York, May 6.—(AP)—Six persons are believed to have been killed in a two story building at 23rd street and East River this the result of an ex- series are reported Tajored.” New York, May 6.—(AP)—The New York state athletic commis- to lift the a Domneer fe the former ay hn Baad led’ comeback at the Yankee stadium July % ‘Freight Rate on . 90 cents per 100 pounds ha: made in freight rates on canned from the Pacific Beta to Ne e kota, according to informati ceived at the state railroad boa: fices here. The change compete with those h the Lincs [van said, in con-! byj ith | lowed by law to} IN OKLAHOMA Al PRICE FIVE CENTS | APPEAL MADE FOR BOATS T0 | Muddy Tobhaie Race Un- curbed Over Lowlands in Northern Louisiana | ARKANSAS ; HARDEST HIT Pcople Who Had Previously Fled to ‘Safe’ Ground Are Again Refugees New Orleans, May 6.—()—The | muddy torrents of the Mississippi | still raced uncurbed over northern | Louisiana lowlands today after hav- ing overrun more than five million acres of farm and swamp lands on their mad rush for the Gulf of Mex- ico. The spread over 11 Louisiana parishes continued, Rayville was apepaling for boats as the water crept into the town. Parts of that town are under two to feet of water. Talluluah and ton were being invaded. Deltu tood on the fringe of the y sheet. Dozens of smaller vil- lages already had disappeared. jore than 3,000 square miles had covered by ississippi and tributaries in Louisiana as the Giant stream gathered its forces after their rampage over six other states. Arkansas Suffers Most | Kentucky has suffered least and | Arkansas most. In Kentucky, 39,800 acres were submerged south of Wickliffe. Four hundred and sixty five thousand acres were inundated jin Tennessee and 190,000 more in j southeast Missouri, while backwater in the St. Francis and White river basins claimed 890,000 other acres. Other hundreds of thousands of acres in Mississippi had disappeared, but this water now was slopping ' back into the main stream to be poured again through broken levees into Louisiana. Tributary overflows wrought most damage in Arkansas and Missouri. The Black river claimed 195,000 acres in Missouri and 378,000 in Arkansas. The Cache river — in Arkansas scored another 672,000 The St. Francis reached over 735,000 acres and the White river, below Batesville, covered 640,000 ouri, the St. Francis satisfied with 123,000 acres. Red Cross» concentration camps {were being cut off from their sources of supply and the expanding muddy pool threatened to envlope them. was Rescued Again Become Refagees Rescued persons became refugees again and gradually they were re- moved from Delhi to Monroe. Seven- teen thousand refugees had been as- sembled at Delhi from the flooded area between Macon Ridge, Sicily Island and Oak Ridge. The town of . Joseph was slowly disappearing. Motor boats and skiffs replaced expensive limousines in the aristo- cratic old river town. In the inland towns, difficulty was experienced in removing tenan: farmers, since the waters were spreading so slowly it was hard for boats to navigate. Many tenant farmers were threatened with starva: | tion, plantation owners said, because they were reluctant to leave their homes and had no food. EVEN FLOODS FAIL TO STOP MAKING OF ‘MOON’ Memphis, May 6.—(P)—In the swaying tree tons of half a dozen Mississippi river islands near Memphis, ingenious bootleggers have erected great whiskey stills and houses during the last few weeks to do a land office business while their less fortunate competitors were put out of business by the flood, Sheriff Will S, Knight reported today. “High above ground, they ‘havo built houses, using the tree tops for foundations,” Sheriff. Knight said. “We have seized 12 giant stills dur- | ing the last few days, with waters. receding. At one place alone, there: were stored in the tree tops 45° vats, each holding 1,000 gallons of ‘mash, \Industrial Board to Issue $2,500,000 in Real Estate Bonds Decision to issue $2,500,000 in state real estate bonds was an- nounced today by the state indust: ial commission. Present plans call the f the bonds to the Bank of North Dakota and their. resale by ; that institu’ | . The, commission authorized the printing of $300, state bonds of $100. and $200 denominations. These will be issued after July.1 under a new law which becomes ef- fective at that time. The law was to enable small investors ‘to state securities, jank qf North Dakots “was authorized to reduce its interest rate paid on call money from. oné er three-quarters to one and eet er cent interest on such money’ borne the cost of Handling ‘the i ithout compensation, it his in menehies: © elevator, not tend. thet wake Drake property was not ‘itchen, ation. of ies Canned Goods Cut) Voluntary reduction ‘ion from $1.95 te to Lo Da- ‘re- made to asjenuble Pacific Coast saat connecing tol