Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1927, Page 4

x THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 1, 1927-PART 1. S0 GEN FEE PYSAVITING OF POYDRAS DIC: i o, DESOLATION WROUGHT £ FLoB0 it o e 73 R VESSLS RS MENACE GROWS| H]R H-U[m RE”EF‘Stafl: Writer Finds It as Exciting as Burst-iw»“""'?"‘fi"“'? G v e Secretary Paints Dreary Scene as He s Rei]"(:ioss e ARE EA”-EI] FHR | | | Writing that she wanted to help Gl el 3 f p B W h H 1 were being fed and that Ahlol .tPurlanzrj Declares That 2m 000 persons Have ua tiny bit” to r‘»ne‘\o'zm-l suffering I 7 of tents for WO e met o i Mississippt flood zone, & . . $4’37E,200 Contributed So! lng or a aper ag 1t ole v‘l]rh.x‘\‘xht; ne: e | | n’in: Flr]“}m!%r!!.‘n' 'z»nln Al th Plan to Kill All Dogs in Ref- Jofore leavin: 3 | she has saved since Easter—45 | . 1 o “ommerce Sec; - conferred with e ocal Red Cross fun Far Throughout Nations. Already Torn in It. IR e R | cena—to the local ied Cros und. | uge Camps Shouted Dowa cue and relief work and to reinforce ) s A s 2 2303 M street, and she made her | : 4 Church Appeals Asked. et funds in a nationally broadeast radio | __(Continued from First Page) _ |the lands sibject (o overflow,” the| contributions through ihe cashier | by Relief Heads. ‘ BY REX (OLLIER. ach with Ni e forcs. They | ACRIN & to urgent invitations to | the result of the fight may be no one| Declaring thit positive results can- | °f The Star o e —_— P o e &, 1d told of the wiping out by this art not be obtained by reforestation, the While the American people continued | NEW ORLIEANS, April oy ial flood of thousands cf acres of “’)',m(‘ff;’,",,.f,.,t.f],‘,‘,x‘, 'l"l,fif";fllelfx‘:',’,‘l‘,,," L, 4 statement continued that levees are By the Associated Press. e ay to give of their resources to |0 ine yun of Poydras cre poard D e . Planemimes | Mayor O'Keete expressing regret that | _'But if our engineers should fail in | the o actical, feastble and eco- MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 30—Ever 3 suffert n e I had been advertised by those | P, rd and Plaquemines | pe “could not make the trip at this | thelr work at any section to hold the | nomic solution widening the scope of thelr operatic the Mi ) were g e assurances that “the | lines orces of relief « | Vi oul Ni . i as o most dramatic, mo- | ere, indeed, epics of drama | time and ing assurances that “the | lines, the forces of relief are tonight Work Would Be National. a8 the Mississippi flood water I e g een | mentous affalr. From a spectacular |and moment, these vivil advance|Government is co-operating fully | mobilized:for instant action at every | “The work of constructing them L et ool d a o FRE NN o ot whde bout as dra- | Stories sent out and marked “Hold for | With the Red Cross” in the rescue |, . ould be national and will cost many . vd, relief ag t from newly looded sections nd of | viewpoin it w just abou dra- 1 relie X point,” he said. | s Asineial Red . ved steps being taken by Red Cro i & s o t least as|release at the first flash.” To say that | #nd retiet work iy .onfident that we shall have | Millions. Levee heights must be re- lin the American Red moved P8 sheline B n Aaiibro s da i e e e | Vised upward with a margin of safe- | apace tonight to await death and suf oS i Ho et b ] e b | consternation reigned would be using Long Fight Is Lost. ot ol i Aovsd 5 e ers to shelter the homeless and Pro-far as the newspaper cor -x];mrh NS o phrase entirely inadequate for the | mya coweh i th ’n\ ! C e l""\o',‘ e e I e WOSt ty," wnid the statement, Asserting that 7 1 el mrodn e it it o S . ness were concerncd. us though the engi Thoke el Moaning wwilticrs| . The slough in the levee at comes, 3 o . uch | o Board of Army Engineers had e & Lotall SHBEETbteT by e wsion. These well meaning writiers | % arious Kool deve eatitutic e sreaks | the Boa e B i v s had slipped up behind the press | \were sunk, to use a Ccast Guard ex.| ooy, (he m vious flood develop. | destitution and suffering it breaks | o0, “working for some time on the | up to last night had mou Ry ient of the day, ended a dey und|come.” e : : te. reo- | : cfugees already homeless 876,200, and the District of Col et ol e | night fight by workers and enginee \i He listed these homeless. B hiih ot Mo nese sastog. of| LAKgEat Number of Ships for it i P had reached $34162.10 tows already torn in it Third “Explosion” Heard. hold_the surgi ers at that| Three thousand in each of Tliinois. Ee | A gigantic mobilization of men, bow S { ister to the wants of - S br iin | e, ; & : ; ! | Congress. — and supplies was taking place auota ¢ 000. Alth N sneral consensus of the press voint. Since it is of “buckshot” clay, | Kentucky and Tennesaee; 20,000 or | CONEIeS: ine . a1 for relief funds was set at $5,000.000, |after the widely heralded spoctacle | A8 thoughts of these storles went | cngineers expected the levee to re.|30.000 in Missourl; 150,000 flocded in B Tlhmrl‘nfinlm“\0..'.I,H“N1n','1‘ulrl-‘« s Rescue Work in History i L TR the full extent of the needs'In (e |wuy over wi at it was a “big | {WOUEh thelr dnzed minds, and as Lhc | st stubbornly, hat they were satis. | Mississippi and 160,000 in Avkansas. ey IR i rettIrro (i awarips | of Service e procctive. dfkae, while fieat flonded area is not. yet k n, and it distracted cameramen eased down | fied that eventually the rushing e i | ey . b e | AR o W e ' has been the belief for several days - ¢ s A | aroggily to their seats and wiped their | rent would « - out a large section | Planting Must Be Done. and .~om_e|lu-<!_ H;n‘;x}; :"E'-' ‘nm“ m[x:x ped to the relief of thousands that. more than that amount will be e, e has® All'| foreheads, a_third so-called explosion | of the embankment x millions of acres of land have | fertile DOrtions of tre K oot AR ymes have needed. i e ouno | reached their ears. This was the best| Concordia Parish’ at the point of |alrcady been flooded.” he continued as 15 to whatthe remedy should be, The | eeociated Press new wall ot wate The pastors of Washington churches i “'1“» 'l“”;“'}* - ""l“_ of the three, but it ight them en-| the break already was under back-{he brushed in the lines of the for. | 1Creases in lanc »@u)«v x By th ted Pr southwe ) Darby, secretary of the Federation of | WHeR Tobl- fephat. 1n hoarse (hes:) They were still several miles from | Ited Rivers, but the flood there would | “Ovar $200,000,000 of damage hay|™MOSt eXCMSIVEN M0 Ahe FO it | oxpeditions in the history of the Coast | 30 More Boa Churches call attention of their | it b ge, the scene, anyway. A fourth of fainter| be greatly augmented by the main| ajready been done. The cattle and |? ' 3 3 i Suar G rl . re 150 Sonir to the need for |IN& more than two hours of im-| g €00 SO0 T Sivar: flate 1 ‘sore esHmatoh. ware ;‘I""'v‘l "-;1" 3 ;"‘ l“‘ "‘“9 ': only direct and sure remedy I8 the | Guard at New Orleans,” whére 150 igment, craft already gathered lonten SOaLy e as heard. Mo C e estima r he mules have been drowned by the | o0 %, O o G 4 ko 3 ¥ Shels b o Niufia & roa d Cross to carry | Patient _doL:.\vl that everything was| “wret or blow,” said one of tha|that it would cover all of Concordin |thousands and the sced has - been | Construction of levees that will with- | craft will be assembled, and at Nat-|in the Loulsiana and Misaissippi wa on its v among the fiood | '°@dY for the blast. 'Plcture the eager| . ysneq obse s he turned f. Parish, threatening the towns of Fer- | gwans e . | stand the floods. The situation tewve | o @ Lo ately 80 boats | ters, orders have gone forth for more s il suspense of the half a dozen motion | GP<0, 08 ARCERCHIRSE SO | dday At Vidaila, 16 the momhmid | eore awiy. Rhe. 180 in the RCOIRR | poyiye oY EHtatinih e tras welk metin |5 S8 B UES SRR atel | B ROt O e Which it | picture camera men, the score of | 1Fns OF 1ce wat JiEeay da o_the northward, | gjstricts will be under water for a |® 4 hny defer the appi.ca- |will be stationed, went forward vester- 5 ] ek rar-Reachi . ; Capt. Benham, it is only fair to|and flow over into Franklin, Tensas R 4 |ing persons may de I n from Easterrand Southern eachi Hewh ohBtosratnE (and itha . ; ly fair to | _ov! month or six weeks. The camps must | T S ey ahid ] e Ralarde ey . D 7 and the legion | g,y " gaomed ¢ inted | and Point Coupee Parishes. | - | tion of the sure remedy and enter | day with further orders issued that|ssaboards and from the ¢ wdquarters here [of breathless writers from all parts | o2V, Scemed as acutsly disappointed | anc VOINt Goubte EREEINR. o a | De maintained for that time. —Im-| T8 1ol investigations of measures | oy 5 oot St aiane s akes, | Those will assemble At New s oy e [oF hn Soutn. Yaaters flom ol DTS s anybody. He ordered full steam wt. J. R. Loulstana | mieqitely the land is drained planting | c v e ihe | Wil in effec b the Great Lakes, wil nble at 2 b T et ahead and resolved that if any more| Board of Engineers, declared that not | i that are known to be ineffectiy ind Natchex, where already ing task the Red Cros s have [the skipper pointed out the exact|’r TV A o8 T that hot i must be done agaln ' a t said ts are eng oV 4 ! of these puffs were going to take| @ thing in the present inundated area | ™ qorratar: et btk | statement said. boats are engaged in evicuating low before them and how they ar spot, a few hundred feet offshore | going ke . L ‘o | Sccretary Hoover, speaking with of the n coast of all Government : 4 c ¥ hore | 1),ce he was going A other than trees would be above " o of thy stern coast of all land threatened or now inundated by deavorin to meet n emergencies | from the Orange ( ve distillery B Vs @ullis to 80 that those W . i 1 the desperate scenes i1l fresh in his Rains Cicate F = | and ¥ ately owned motorized T > t " i d ship got a better glimpse of | Water within 3§ hou Hou ind’s ey, appeale 2 Y 1g g - the rolling waters as they a where the great flood control eXperi- | them. Tha SComancne. LommPse of | Gould be covercd addir [fnind's eys. appealed to the Natlon| jgserting that the most Inttiguing fvessels. WInTe: Wil s dviiis oatens N ik heapatiirbe s Tkl i 2 | short’ distance from the grove of|he would concent 1oy Delpixor, sis; steloken) MIRSIRSpDL {aiterrntive: rerivoy gor the foodnetul || T anticipat a break in the meagures well in hand, post- St e Planes Give Signal. where the blowing up was tak- | the Vidalia fron : | n I the flood 18 not extendid | SO0 Ee e vhe Etrtement | s e D N ered o & i e e g o Jox pors vees errida i . S Clon the head & g L ' eir cre oday were ordered 'to after car of food supplies, cloth the flood area, is e of r ue} Overhead buzzed half a dozen sea- | iginal explosion, according | 11 &n effort to keep the waters mu;'f" the breaking of more levees. the ured that proponents of th: Hlan | jyroceed by fast pa train from | ing. tents, blankets and Al comm ke Village and MeG , | planes, from one of .which three | TR e ot § |calamity is an appalling one. These | «gyerlook the faci that it is not the | 4o coagt Guard station at Lewes, 5 needed were sped 040 ¢ water flowing out of the mountain | Del ‘and Asbury Park, N. J. fNuED Boliky Eraul whese the more to official statements, was to go off | Of those towns | hundrads of thousands mus s dred persons are | pieces of paper had be ropp .| , was Ohe | . X dreds of s ist not alone Ark, Fifteen hundred per pie £ paper had been dropped 45| exactly at high noon, central stand.| The day brought forth so man tood. clothing, shelter -‘m:l‘ treams, but rather the rains falling : 0 lard time. aptai - 4 leciig afe | streams, kg b b ‘eaft G ‘ than 200,000 refugees will he aided in the latte occur 15 minutes later. As the abso- d time. The captain looked at his levee at points other t SOALE attention, but they must be [ on the alluvial basin of the mm\;l Craft Go to New Orleans. 3 i (hux(z f”‘n ot r:n:x " bust” anyway one looks:at it. Southern and Gulf geaboard and a part located in the former town and nal that the explosion wi rumora about breaks in the main | to5Ve e watch and saw thal Vi ¢ ab . | st in li ouses, She reported at midnight ¥ lute zero hour was at hand. the cam- | ™ Gelonk, * Four Httle. blasis e | (hat Dictator Parker fssued an | e T i foiues, fUES aile et erdhiten thisifnodRRLL All Coast d_craft from the | today set aside a fund »f §250,000 to that some of the h in MeC eramen, perspiring in the blazing | taken place and men could be seen | P°A! against the spread of unfounded |} oy seed, food for anl- | ississippl. sulf of Mexico and Florida coast|be used for emergency farm relief ir. < o e 8 g : als must be found after the crisis v the per rivers ; are going to piece the corn Louisiana_sun, focused their lenses | oi " the levee carry, °M| tumors, which he sald could serve | Mals ol Reservoirs in the upp have been ordered to New, Orleans,| the flooded Mississippl Valley strain of the s g on the spot 'Indicated and began | D A0S 167€e, CArrVIng boxes of ex-| o5ty undermine the morale of the |18 Passed. would be of value in the regulation | (% SEER FUOCTRE CD TUSally used | The funde will be anent (o o she is mov. refugees from ‘R\ grindi g awuy nQ-mu.q,v.] A girl 2 2 | peonle. | Resources Are Exhausted. | of local floods—a h\;m }t‘u """;',‘B“,‘fi:‘ in preventing rum running activi-| seed and other supplies as farmers re- 10 other buildings, w! they will be | porter from a New Orleans paper | Foiik Bhote o BARTIRAL “The psople of the South ari and power purposes in the upper trib- | i/ e saete BORGE ADA TR NUMINE | § el et oena s S BT ¥ ‘omparatively safe until they can be | put her fingers in her ears and ot DREACH IN LEVEE WIDENS. | The peanle of the South are giving.| il KOS, D'ror the main trunk of the | ties, power surf boaty and s numbes sume operations.aftar waters racede. evacuated to Monticello. The boat | squinted. _Another “shot” was to be made. | o | Many villages and towns have had | Mississippl, from cCairo to the BUIf | ooy hoqts ‘that have been donated Dogs Are Saved. Cappa is standing by at Lake Village | The whole assembly, scattered over | Those on_ the boat drew from this| 30 Towns in Arkansas Expected to |their population doubled by destitute | they would have but small influence | .o " "5 e flood work will be mo-| Medical men, gathered to disciss under Red Cross orders for rescue |the ships' rigging, guns, rails and |that the four tries had been unsuc-| Be Inundated Soon. refugees. Their - resources are ex. | on the great floods. torized with a shipment of engines en | plans for safezuarding the health « and to maintain radio communication | other places of vantage, stood in pet- | cessful. They waited patiently for . S w0 g |Bausted with this, the first week. “To_derive any substantial controll oo B Tve ¢ Grieans 200,000 flood refugees, argued Tow with Memphis headquarters nbout me} rified suspense. Only the ominous |the final effort. After an intermin- PINE BLUFF, Ark., April 30 (/) “Th have aiready given more | Over the floods of the Mississippi the At the request of the Post Office | ser's part in the health danger today situation. ‘ droning of the planes and grinding of | able period of anxiety, a boom was| The crevasse in the Arkansas River |y, of our Northern neighbors | reservoirs would have to be located artment a Coast Guard vessel will| Ong man of science proposed tht Marooned Refugees Rescued LT IR {eard” behind_ the treés and a few | at South Bend has widened to 600 feet | iy be called upon to give, in_the alluvial valiey of the stream | blish mofl service Trom New OF:| every dog in’ refugee campe scattered Ma 2 Suddenly Capt. Benham cried out:|loose clumps of dirt barely lifted | and the evacuation of the surroundin L or the main tributaries, and, fyre-| establish mai s v = by e Bkt e o Another statement from nat'o “What is that? above the weeping willows. | 6ountryaiae s besr accelerated, Col. | o Tor “,ml_h”“‘m f‘jl":‘:nh‘ . Red | & tive of their cost, the fertile and | leans e off from other over L.nms“n,\. ,\Vr‘r\‘ln'. ‘.\u‘:ms.\n‘,.. headquarters told of Red The crowd started and looked far| This boatload of news gatherers, | Joo Harris, levee chief in charge of {5 600000 relief fund ,'”i“ O ade | productive lands submerged by ‘the | COMMURCALOT. o P R Ay it rescue boat finding g r up_the river in time to see a faint | sent out by their papers and press | ths rescue work, telephoned from |omg fe w und has been made | Produetive CETU S R oxceed in | Headquarters of Comdr. M. W. Ras. | Tennessee, be exterminated. A quic levee in south Arl S, puff of smoke clearing away behind | associations to get the story of fl‘l?‘ljnuld Ark., late today. Q‘:(“;‘ d\\bhl('!l\)"At}lvllxt,onv\! money will area the land saved by thelt construc- | mussen, liaison officer between the | and unannounced extermination of the without supplies, usla patch of willow trees, some 3 miles | blowing up of Poydras crevasse had| The maniger of a hotel iii McGehee | M. Hoover reports to hin nst see | tion. * © O Aot Lt TOlbliee th (et | Bt Tt o T s 0 KN T service: he Woi B S - Vs agr E d be | to wai i 36 § d, | reported b; S s mo day i = S i Pk, s e i I asgented. by the strains of the spiritual singins R e o mandie i water Btbad trol, o 1o, 14 1o Jpotsing i WasHfington. Reforestation Held Ineffective. | icis’\where the waters have receded.| “No!* shouted Dr. €. W. Garrison coming across the swirling waters. must have been it,” the cap- | Dl They found, of course, they |deep in the town. A number of houses | {hees (diffieult p’;‘rjl;“e';'_. i oo 1'Ev Other suggested _ren-e;d::f;w"@“:‘ Foar BAak: Noks Natitior: "3}'"“" hhalt]h Mcer of Arkansas, “Noah sailed the seas for 40 day." | win announced. The correspondents | had been misinformed as to the place | Were being lifted from their blocks {apace o said Y | . b g ottt oifer oe' thbISati | © RAR AHE Mieme s ad ’ Oh, Noah, tell us what | jooked at one another in wonder and|of the dynamiting. They already | by the force of the current and efforts - i fade that (A greatedt tutordadd va Elennoro weporten’ yelirduy thiet | daos of troat T e in n - . .| amazement. They looked again at|knew that, however. They found that | were being made to evacuate the town. | Reconstruction Is Being Planned. he fact tba e g es er Elea ported vesterday that| clamor of protest. Kilpatrick ant national HEL | i irty flood of the upper Mississippi past|she is assisting United States Army| Reports of health officers showed Kilp iy T Ay o td»ne another with increasing rage and | the first small charge of explosives | \‘\llhn"omethllfla Hk; “?1”” towns | “The American National Red Cross |St. Louls occurred in 1844, while the | engineers at Fairview, near Natchez, | only a few isolated cases of rables in o st R isappointment. had cut only a small gash in the|and villages within the five county | has, by quick action, spread its nets | weih, o vored with primeval] wi Sl cipraad febi £ - ponetie % by gha, ¥ A Faint Noise Heard levee, through which a puny little | area of southeast Arkansas, Col. Hov-| of uppott and. protsetion over the | NOLihwest was covered with primeval sl LA Sl U I e L e where 7,000 persons being aint Noise Heard. stream of muddy water had to ‘be | ris belleved rione would escape the |fooded svens § 2 forests, shows that positi od. Two patrol boats are bringing | Refugees, it was explained by cp under difficult circumstances, ster- . e " e s v s = 0 "be looded ~reas In support of the loecal nnot be expected from reforestation. s out of the Black River low: | ponents of the extermination plan fol. 3 | . While yet in the midst of a dawn-|coaxed to wend its w They found | flood. communitics. Looking even further s to contour plowing and such|jands, and evacuation of the St..Jo-|lowing the conference. ure in en h ""“40\, Simpson of Loulslana was in ing realization that su:;el})j}m{:’ was at mle <e(‘(];ml:1m|lhn blasts didn’t1 Planes Give Warning. .| forward, upon my recommendation, | remedies, the United States cannot|seph Basin is also under wa » | a A \mh”nnin‘fl*: "_F{:f":r Eomaitti0n with JRed (Cross haan: | *TO0E SALINEIODE agioC ol (ERHE | vem Gletuch RIOUED. alct 101t lany oA e S SipDi | dicigte (o its farmers how they will | “The situation is scen as terious by | tholr dogs Would add-to thetr worrl quarters at Memphis yesterday COI| Far up the river they glimpsed, drop:| ~They found that gangs of negroes | Vas telephonied, of dropped by alrplane Koo i incions of. rerief. and’ reconstete: | it the most widespread | oon s o it of Nhtohayersville | It was said. cerning the refugee problem In TS| ping behind the trees, anoher hand: [ had to be sent into the breaches—the | In towns without, wire communiciziyion. under lesflorship jof dmdependent | aies anout Tsces 1o the assertion | weat sids of the Siver. Cres: om the | b State. He asked in caring for | fu1 of girt. very breaches their papers, no doubt, | ton. residents who remained in Du-lgng aple citizens, | Faithics” Faise Hiu bed of the river,] Twanty-aeven pow b8 ook | HEALTH AID PLAN refugees coming into the northeastern | Lat 1t be remarked here that many | now were featuring. an. filled with o | mas. Walnut Lake, Tillar and Me(G: e bomkalorie ave: ok AN | LT e e e [P DE (DS TIva [l TN S CAhaE o € bad i S MED. part of Louisiana from Arkans: | of the out-of-town correspondents had | roaring torrent—to open a ditch|hec left the lowlands as auickly as|, .o 'tuicing a N LG | o e O e e o e T Ot nkeh ) P . t | @ . 2 iertaking to co-ordinate the State |ag surveys and me: inte; vi o 2 pects Mark to Be Reached. written in advance very dramatic snd | through them with pickaxes and | Possible, although none of these tOWDS | with the national agencies In emer- | - o g:g‘l i & Century ¢ nob ""-i“'EflJf&ETJ'i"xcts?,\’."rg :lrfi'l“{:’;m' Massachuseits to Send Corps of 3 = | momentous accounts of the a shovels. There was one consolation [ W43 in immediate peril. gency questions, but are at once organ- | show that the levees have appreciably | reported as having arrived “in time 2 Victor Deyber, c.r u‘nP::xn ]o)(_‘ n:_p(dmi,(,..,m descriptions apparently given in | which greoted them as they stepped fleet of hoats fer! Jd lhn\rlh"mr;'x: fzing In every tofvn and county to de. | vaisea the bad of the g l“l] pre;im it e Trained Workers'to South. aster committee of tho District of | good faith by St iness. . They. RGF R, ts across sections of high- fi 5 nead anit tha 1 3 iy Y 2y s . g v 2 ' Coluntbia chapter of the Red Cross, | had. describes inmslue\'\?;zn:;L?:'msTll,fli' et bf the N Orloncs i /8 which were inundated tod \:_::‘:)nr::"ulmu:u.(1“:\‘}“’;‘}(.1‘:; tederaa T e et Whoth gt Sy Bpi gy Lk Sl - e s el i expressed the hope last night that |gigantic voleano of earth and mud | taining a blaring account of just sueh | When the new break poured in ve ¢ fggt de- | fnefit| contifed, “the levees So far|day ordered three officers and setts will send a corpa of trained X] oo e ac E | partments will support them with tected some 20,000 square réceet o workers to the fl Washington will reach the $45,000 | heaved toward heaveh by the 1,500 | an eraption as ot Yaren { umes to swell the flood already in the have protected some 20.000 sq to’ proceed. immediately to Memphis, rs to the flood nrea in the N ( $45, 3 3 500 | 2 ¥ £ aken place | 3 thelr representatives and skill. The | miles of land. nst some 8,000 over- . ¥ o o a p sissippl Valley tc " v mar this week. pounds of dynamite they had bee offi- | at all. It was dramatic, all right, this | lowlands from previous creva: Red Cross has appointed ‘ohe of ita ] goees b orersooe i P A oo gl e Py - LR the. v o B e 4 3 avall. v atic, a : this ity e ed C L ts - ¢ vas d_backwater. | for H, M. Baker, Red Cross offizial in [ Of disease preventfor M .'C. Barnes, secretary of the | cially advised would be used:* They | dynamiting of the Poydras levee, but | The majority of the homeles: i ppointed ofie. of flowed by crevasses an for H. M. Baker, Réd Crosg offizial in P ori. Z 3 ally advis 2 y | dynamiting vdras levee, Joui members to act upon the commissions b dituves by the United States | chary Dr. George H. Bigeiow, local ter, contir vesterday | had pictured in ultraspectacular words|to the newspaper men covering the | taken to the refugee camp A 11 to co-ordinate yor] The expenditures by St charge of rellef work in the flooded r. Georg . Bigelow, State com t nued rday | ho v aspect s e 0 i c ate the work and support. | evees have bzen about $86,000, 4 missioner of public health her task of placing Red Cross work-|the roar of the mighty unchsined|“momentous” event it was a drama | 0, westward on the ridges, “py 3 1 UEOhelevass Lixe beenganouc s Mississippl Valley i e Spuounced K e S a he 3 Jined a drama | ey he people of the South are dem- | ¢00, of which the local organizations - that this would I 1i i ers at points of vantage throughout|iaters as they rushed through the!with distinctly tragic touche: will be quartered there with some e dally 3 t 000, of which the s o i Y he done in re the city to receive contributions. . - Mt = 8.000 others who were exiled ecarlier | SnStroting daily thelr coprage and {have contributed about 315,000,000 e . _ | Sponse to an urgent apveal for help Substantial cash collections are being in the week by the flood in Lake Vil-| theira i E cash, besides the right of way. In ad-|raising its _\\harl‘nfil, nflg‘us_.xpn‘ rail 2‘:!1’1”‘! United States Public Health cbtained at booths in banks, stores| her & Bros,, Inc., $100; K. L. Simpson, | Nathan_Sondheimer . 5 2.00 | lage, Arkansas City and other towns. | Cannot Charge Failure, dition, the States and looal organiza: | communications and otherwise re:| Service at New Orleans, He also re. and theater lobbies and yesterday | $10: Robert C, Dahympie, $1; Mr. and | Sales Dept. Nationa Storfes of horror and loss of life 0 man can charge the fate of |tions are reported to have spent in the _mmgdll _lw;‘t (-\fil il_es :.'a meet an Nl;'fi‘f > owvmllqn from medical hotels were added. Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, $50; | cuit Co., Washington, D. C. through the inundated sections of | these unfortunate people to any fail- | Past over §100,000,000." e e e et 0ols and othey Secretary of War Davis has author- | George Eli Evans, $10; Emma K. |James McCollock .50 | southeastern Arkansas, particularly | yre upon their own part. Their bur- Levees Must Be Raised. :_m.‘ must _mmrmred with the cost £ ized a systematic collection in the | Turner, $5; Frank C Skinner, $10|8. 8, ....:e00r... . w9 | in the territory between McGehee and | den 15 an appeal to the charity of | Tyurning hack to a discussion of the [N engineering considerations of War Department and its bureaus in thu;’_ B. Heaton, $25; Julian C. Do Employes Cohen's Popular Lake Village, have not been exagger-| their countrymen. Our country has present flood, which it declared “‘prob- slr“(\'\n‘\s. e ‘:lrol Re d this city. ell, $25; A. F. Johnston, $25; Joseph | Price Plcture Stores. .00 [ ated, Col.” Harrls declared toniRht. |been greatiy blessed by AIMIEhtY | gbly exceeds if volume any of record,” [, (iGey Authority of Comgress a| 3 s e “The urgent need of funds for the | P. Tumulty, $25; Ross H. House, $2;| Henry & Co. ........ 00| Reports of hundreds clinging to trees | Goq. ‘Moto millions of our homes |’ statement qoclared it had shown | Poard of Army engirieers has been Ve ofler the finest service in relief of flood sufferers in the devas-| Lucile Andrus, $5; Albert Douglas, | policemen’s Assn. of the D.C 3 and house tops could not be verified. | tonjzht rest without fear of the heaith | (ni¢ the levee heizhts, heretofore ten- | 105, & ¥ear in cooperation with the | Are You using our facilliless tated sections of the Mississippi Val. | $30; A. Friend, $5; contribution from |T. Russell Hungerford i 07 | although it was reported certain that | 7q%\ire of our little ones than In | {atively adopted by the Missicsippi | JLosiseippl River Commission, making | ley region,” says the Secretary in a|the Treasury Department, $610.50;| I, Linthicum ,. 100 | scores were helpless in attics and barn | anv nation in the world. e o muist be revised | the necessary observations and com:- | DeMoll & Co., 12th & G memorandum to heads of bureaus | collections Earle and Rialto Theaters, | Cash ! lofts. | “"“But a catastrophe has come to the [ (g Ol DOYRE (g qreN T elo 0.y and divisions, “is brought to the at-|§12; _collections Commercial Bank. | George H, Zelier Boats were dispatched today from | paqiie of our South [ “BWith the remaric that -“Tt shouid |§nd eEpects to havéta regit rekay tention of all my associates in the | $182.82: collections Second Natlonal|garah E. Zellers . Monticello to join the many cratt now | PG “ine American people, have | nou 'V iied. that we must aim | next session of Congress. War Department, with the suggestion | Bank, $52.25: collections Union Trust combing the inundated section. They | cieated a national organization | po% 1%, Traltzed, thal WE U vees that some person be designated in | CO. $63.25; Philip L. Welker, 35; col- | mota] ........ will nose through flooded flelds and|ipat should ever be ready for great | yiiiq'1o yaised to insure the protec- each bureau or office to receive any | lections National Savings & Trust Co., farming communities as far east as | emergencies, The American National | Srouid he Falsed 10 I ach & flood voluntary contributions that may be | $37-50; collections Federal-American the Mississippl River in search of | Req Cross is that organization, and [ 1 0% 10€ BEGE PECCR SUTL B S LT TR e g Bank, $2; collections Washington marooried persons. this, your organization, is doing its | 2% 18 MOW O3 S rentor: Hoodirt ) o buch contributions will be turn. | Loan’ & Trust Co.. 335 conections | BIRDS IN FLOOD ZONE Another fleet is engaged in remov- | Guiy aftectively and efficiently. 1t is | S3fety to provide for greater Bocdo | ed over to Red Cross headquarters| Harry S. Wolf, $25: collections Fed- ing refugees from MeGehee, Lake|your hand carrying out the wil of | PRSCES: o b har oot | for distribution. T = I IDERTSAES ASSURED OF FOOD (IEEY Anc) gt S g A Mileee Janatl [yeir preatl HOMAY Pl This work will cost millions of dol- | collections Lincoln National Bank, $3: tants elected to remain until the peo- [ YOf, 50 ur sup- i ol Benefit Bridge Party. | collections “Union Trust Co., $5 from the Jowlands had been | port' e st ehall hor fan o T (Jars. It Is o large mnational work, o a0p | collections Metropolitan Bank, $5; —_— reccued. Crumbling houses in Me. H O A A bridge party will be held at 2400 | {o tions Merchants' Bank & Trust Co., e b abte HarTtRN G Renation of ¢ Less Than 300 Dead. ved. For the reason that raisin: - Steenth srect ut 2 orclock Wednes- | §19.00; collections Keith's Theater, | Isaak Walton League Plans ShiD-| town. and with engineers unable to| That fewer than 300 lives have been | the levees in one part of the river | s poriaoon, she procesds o Ko €0]818.75: collections Coltmbia Theater, : predict how deep the final height of | lost was termed tribute to sys- | inevitably brings greater flood hoz- gl b o ‘.”fx“‘x',‘,i“,’r;’f MommILEe | $41.67; collections Keith's, $21.36; col: ment of Grain to Save Waters will be, every effort was made | tematic grganization, to courage and |ards to (iokel balbw, Lo SRS rom your nocme s composed of Mrs. L. T | jections Metropolitan Bank, $38.43: 5 : T e s e ohe, Ans wenia | aeveion throughou States must b ouipau, Maw. W. L. Kiug, Mre. W. M. | simito, $16.50; Columisie, ' $68.5%; Starving Quail. 154ve Hia aitagtat Neetioni, Mr. Hoover said that the intentional | prosecuted as a one complete and co- 3 rockmorton and Mrs. G, N. Church. | C." 8. ' Mackenzie, $5; J. W. Heider, Military Officers in control from | brealiing of the east levee below New | ordinate whole. —now and for years to come with a The Henry C. Spengler Unit, Amer-|§5; Anna Heider, Robert W, : cetah (AT catiis? y I . 2 er, $2; i ; defi- | Orleans averted onumental catas 5 ) . fcan Legion, at a meeting Wednesday | Hunter, $10; r,,,.r,(,l.t,., Thom, i | By the_Associated Pres Pine Bluff to McGehee reached a defi-| Oriean Levees Held Economic. - . & vacus ole | trophe to that city . " night, voted to send o shipment of | Alice M. Craighead, §25; Lyvdia K.| MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 30.—Quatl|fiie agreement 1o evacuste (he Wwhote | tORGC 19,0 ™ ihe midst of these| With the declaration that disasters ® clothing to the flood-stricken area. | RBurr, $10; collections, rk Sav-fand other wild birds in the flooded | "o\ cater than expected. events, are humble before such an |from floods in the Mississippi Valley Mrs. Carl C. Brown is chairman of | ings, $14.05; Garfinkle” area will not die from staryation if| ' 5 : outburst of the forces of nature and |react upon the business of the country A the clothes-collecting campaign and|can’ Security & Trust Co. members of the Isaak Walton League Hundreds More in Danger. the futility of man in their control,” |as a whole, the statement advanced requests all donati to be brought | Woodward & 9 can prevent it, Daniel Wolf, presi- Tn Chicot County, of which Lake |pegan Mr. Hoover in explaining the |that levees “‘are the practicable, fens. As warning .of increasing danger were | Or sent to ‘swom 417, Bond E tomac Saving Bank, $2.90; dent of the local branch of the league, | Village is the county seat, conditions | conditions which contributed to the |ible and economic means f ding | Fourteenth street and New York ave. | (Fourteenth street ;. id today. were described as extremely grave be-| flood, a great collection of water from | flood protection for the valley as a nue. Garments of all descriptions are | Washington Loan & Trust Co., (west| While the Red Cross hurried ra-[cause hundreds, safe in upper stories,|3) States moving down the river 30 | whole. They will, if raised to a co- needed, including hats, shoee and hose | end_branch), $3.25; Prudential Bank, | tions to feed the homeless human |where they fled from the first Inunda-|or 40 miles a day. ordinate height, do it effectively for A - for men, women and children of all |$20.79; Riggs Bank. $68.97; Ambassa. | refugees, the league dispatched 10 |tion, will be menaced by the rise of | Mr. Hoover spoke from Station Orleans and Louisiana as for the utcmatic Gos Waler Heater ages and sizes. For convenience of late | dor Theate $40.15: Comm bushels of wheat to Forest City, Ark., |waters from the South Bend break. | WMC of the Memphis Commercial- | up-Tiver States : donators the room at 417 Bond Build- | Bank, $ Keith's Theater, $54.12;| to feed quail marooned on railway| Simultaneously with the new deluge | Appeal, which connected with | Saying that there were special rea- ing will be kept open tomorrow 1'ght. | W, B. Marb §10; A. J. Wads- | embankments in the vicinity. Thou-|from the Arkansas River a new |other stations throughout the country. |sons why consideration should be c ient T The shipment will leave Washington | worth, $10; Harriet A. Perry, $6; Miss | sands of covies of the birds are re-| menace was created in Ashley County | He left at 9 p.m. to reach Wash-|given to permitting New Orleans to onvenient Terms. Tuesday for distribution points of the | Olive M. Riddleberger, Samuel | ported starving on high polnts in the [ by Bayou Bartholomew. Fed by the |ington Monday morning and report [keep her levees at a lower grade if legion and auxiliary in Mississippl. | Mackeintz, $5; Nell Adamson, 85;|flooded district of Arkansas and Mis-| increased wave, the bayou rapidly [directly to President Coolidge before |adequate flood rellef can still be af- EDGAR MORRIS SALES Co Contridutions Announced | Annie M. £lough, $5: 1. A. Slyder, $10; ppi. was rising, threatening to maroon | he hurries hack to the flooded area to |forded to lower Louisiana. It was as- . . gl 4 | Bertie Appler Bibie cla mpany | “You see, when the waters rise|hundreds before they can be trans-| make his base “up and down the |serted that this question involves the Factory Distributors % '_'T'!'.e following additional cont | H, R. W. Barr, treasurer, Mrs. K. | the quail scek higher levels,” Mr. Dar‘led from the danger zone. river. un!l nrflp?snllmlur:m in m;-“ \\i”'“"lf 1305 G St. N.W. Main 1032-1033 lons were announced last night by | F. M BT, W Wolf said. “The highest points in| While relief forces went to investi- " E : construction of s , by s Mr. Deyber ? ; $5: 1 , $50; 2 vast Arkansas areas are roadbdb of |gate a report that 5O Dersons wer New Levees Held Necessary. the Teast produetive portion of Louisi- Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, | A Harry W i the railways. When trains come along | marooned at Montrose, a short di; The sure remedy for present flood fana would be dedicated to the escape $50; Baroness de Cartler de Mar. |F N i 9 A they fly up, to settle again when |tance from Lake Village, other bo: conditions in the Mississippi valley is |of flood waters overland, by a short- chienne, $50; Alice Rockwood T 3 s, | the cars have passed. There s ab. |raced to Parkdale, Wilmot and other | the construction of levees which will fer and quicker route to the sea, thus oL $10; Warren H. Aker i 5 H $10: Capt. solutely no food for them unless it |small towns endangered by the wave. | hoid the stream, said a joint state- [relleving the burden to be carricd by \ Endwell, $25; Home Board, E. s ¢ _ 1onymov s taken to the spot and scattered.| Five hundred negroes, concentrated | ment issued here late today by Sec- | the moin channel PA s as - : Presbyterian ' Church, 20! Depart. | Miss K. W. Cottrell, $5; Zoe W. - | We will send more food for them.” "{on the Drew-Ashley County line, were | retary Hoover and Maj. Gen. Jadwin. | *“While b thie ol ment of Ju " | son, $10; Georg fartin, § -| " High waters will not affect fishing, 'removed to Monticello. The construction of reservoirs |good protection by levees to this city / ment of . . cash. $13; collec. | relda McRae, $5; C. O. Schudt, §10;| asserted Mr. Wolf, who added that around headwaters are not solutions; |as to the rest of the valley, the cost o S ey Il}. - i ] tions, Palace Theater, § .| Dr. and Mrs Knapp, $25; | flooding rivers merely put more fish RN Sy they cover I virtually equal to|and engineering con blr mnias esl !IC € s, Wodoward A. Bostick, Mrs Finch, $1;|in the lakes. — 7 ] 1 collections, West 1 Branch, N. P. Webster Louis Johrden, $3: French .Send Sympathy. 5 % qrslde Subb" l?islon ——e ARIS, April 30 (®).—Forelgn Min- | Q \ { Y ,4\*/ ) (Instantaneous or Storage Types). Loan anc . o 12 3 arthy, §20; Miss = K. = = : , musical, 2400 Sixteentl stre ze, $25; Flora L. Cloman, 5 i ister Briand has sent a cable messag p MRS ), Sixteent strect e R s Gold-Plated Cloth Now Made. |, Sceretary of State Kellogg, assu .The terms of Morris Plan east Co, a0 Collestiaty | Business Women's Council, $7.9 Cloth, wood or metal may be gold or |ing him that the heart of the French Loans are simple and practical ankc '$00; colectione, Earis | 11 Lhe Hatlof contetuutionaieselves | Slierpls e ly. o TEotem T Dok | Beple o oL the a0cs au and ‘fair—it is not necessary to - g K15 | Was credited to Margaret Lidstone, | lated is subjected to a bombardment |mit to the Government of the United pe 526 coleation il “ 1t should have been the Ladies from a fllament of gold or silver in an |States “sentiments of sincere and have had an account at this Bank teenth street and Park road, $450;| i35V, 0f Natens) canital Fost o | SaET ISR th U to borrow. American Security & Trast, | Which she i treasur we reliet | K777 277 /////W////////////,////W/////////////\ and Riaito Theaters, | fund ek Flood fund contribution cceived For each 35007)' Loans are pass- - ’,\ffL"““ $2:1 by cambier of l‘}\"("r:x‘ngu Star :lp'll“\) 8 Iractionbarrm:ed Easy to Pay Mt“'"’l}:! a flfl!zl o w > you agree to de- or two after filin P ";l,‘,‘\‘\;',\,%,2?’1‘5:":'.’.‘.‘,:“,‘Qé‘.}‘fi'u. . $4,210.45 | [\ Concert Dance Recital ‘posit $1 per week . application— ? T e in_ nlv:lm/:::zm‘:j. with few escep- | Located in the Hills of Virginia " A Sharpe........ 20000 | N - ox ol DR £ g a and Lois Bates. 15.00 | which may be adjoining the Belle Haven Country Club and overlooking Sosate N \ used to cancel the Potomac River, Washington, Alexandria and surroundin, o PIIIRL Helen Jane Marr N wormisera- |l |1 Lon o ! Steamboat Co, 100.00 \ due. Deposits notes are usually Ao b WL OOk 5. b 5 Denish: may be made on made for 1 year, Only a 30-minute drive from the heart of Washington . Raup, | .' T :m' e '::3! \ VE———") a znl;fl. semi= || g1 %fi they may over the Washington-Mount Vernon road, accessible to both M | B O Pl mont or ven for any electric car and bus lines. : e G 18 st S 3‘:’.: \ and Her Dancers y":;";:" sis as % g"m:”{m : Every city convenience for the comfort of ‘the property Ben S e LR . 0N i owners—hard-surfaced streets — cement , sidewalks—cement Jamison, $5 1 of Church Exten: | b - 2.00 Belasco Theater R curb and gutters—sewerage—city water—electricity and tele- Tk 55, Henty €0 ranin e os1:| Em 300 Sunday Evening, May 8th, at 8:30 \ Under Supervision U. S. Treasury : SHYdeF-Kane'BOOthe Corp : Luck, §5; Henry C. Tranis, jr uty Salon 40.00 Lyon & Lyon, $30; Mrs. P. A \\A.n\u.g[ Employ ican Auto- N . 2 s Eah ¢ sy, e e || moblle Association s 41 Tickets, Arthur Jordan Piano Co. 1408 H Street N. Wy S el : o ' ; Perry. 85| Marion Wyveli o, g e . Washington Office, Vermont Bldg—Ve. Ave. at L—Phosie Main 9252’ 3 Crane Alice M. Perry, 4 4 Lury . W € $3; Joseph C. Grew . « Lewis . . N ~ ” o - —————— e — J —] $100; A, M. Perkin, £10; W, T. Gall. der Co., X Z 7 2 % 7' Alexandria Office—614 King St.—Phone Alex. 322