The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-31
LATEST DEVELOPMENT PARIS
 FLOOD SITUATION.

City and suburbs Overrun with
 thieves who are hunted down like
 wolves by police and soldiers.
 Seine falling at the rate of half
 an inch an hour.
 Water receding fro many food
 ed sections, permitting work of
 disinfection.
 Cave-in in many principal
 streets indicates that more dam-
 age may be expected from under
 mining.
 La Patrie arraigns President
 Fallieres for what it terms his
 niggardly contribution to the re-
 lief fund, comparing his dona-
 ton with that of other rulers.
 Engineers pronounce tunnels
 not seriously damaged to date.
 Hundreds of persons still being
 rescued in boats from suburbs,
 where water is twelve feet high
 in places.
 Paris, Jan. 31.-A reign of crime and pillage. instigated by thieves and Apaches, is sweeping the f1ood-devas- tated sections of Paris and it's suburbs today despite the vigilance of the thousands of soldiers and police.
 The increasing depredatons, which were first mentioned in United Press dispatches only to be denied by the government authorities, have so en- ragged the people that they are taking the law in their own hands and are even figthing with the authorities who attempt to save the looters from the peoples wrath.
 At Alfortville today boat contain ing four Apaches was chased by a boat load of marines. A revolver fire was kept up between the two crews. the looters' boat finally being sunk by the fire of the marines. Two of the robbers were drowned. one was cap tured and lynched, and the fourth es- caped.
 Another boat, manned by two pir- ates, was captured by a police boat. The lynching Of the pirates was mar rowfy prevented by the police.
 A thief arreste at Ivry attempted to sink the boat of his captors. The latter tied a rope to the robber threw him overheard and dragged him through the icy waters for three-quar- ters of an hour The man was so chilled when finally taken from the wa ter that 1t is believed he will die.
 An attempt to lynch a looter here in the police who cut down the robber just in time to save his life. The act of the police so enraged the people that they turned on the officers and fought pitched battle with them.
 Eight armed robbers took refuge in a deserted hotel and for more than an hour held at bay the mob that sought their lives. The police finally gained entrance to the building and overpowered the robbers.
 At livery a robber held off a boat load of police by flourishing a dirk. Isa Nv hv means of a pike and the robber was caught. Eighty dollars and a large amount of jewelry were found on him. Another fight between an Apache in a beat and policemen occurred at Issy. Both boats were sunk but the robber was captured.
 Bremen and Apaches fought a bat tie at Perreques in which one of the f1remen and one of the robbers were dangerously wounded. The robbers were finally captured and sent to the police station. They were found loot ing a villa.
 The villas at Saint Denis have suf- fered greatly from looters while in the Bois De Vincenz it is not worth a citi- zen's life to venture from his home after dark.
 Scores of fights have occurred and it is probable that the police and sol- diers will be ordered to shoot on sight hereafter rather than to attempt to ar rest the marauders.
 Charenton is overTun with thieves and the people there are arming them selves as the authorities have proved impotent to check the lawlessness La Patrie today makes another attack of President F,allieres for what is termed his niggardly contribution to the relief fund. It compares Fallieres' gift of s4000 with those of $10000 from the King of Italy. $7.000 from the CZar, S5.200 from King Edward of England, 5000 from the Queen of England $2,- 300 from the Prince of Wales. $40 900 from ex-President Loubet. 10000 from Mime. Loubet and $6,000 from M. Lou bets son.
 The President is held up to the se- verest criticism and ridicule. Frank Gould sent his check for $5 900 to Pres ident Fallieres today.
 Other donations received from Amer ica were s20.000 from the Standard Oil Company and s10.000 from Speyer & Company. bankers
 Paris, Jan. 31,-With 200 900 actually homeless in Paris and the suburban towns and 30o,000 without employment with hundreds still imperilled bv the acute distress, the announcement is made that the government .has the situation in hand" This statement means no more than that the crisis from the flood itself has been passed and that If everything goes we'll and none of the threatened dangers mater ialize, the city is in a position to re- cover from its terrible plight.
 The Seine is receding but only at the rate of half an inch an hour, the stage at midnight at the Pont D'Austerlitz being 26 feet and inches. At o'clock the stage was 26 feet and inches.
 As the situation slowly improves in Paris the people are coming to a reali- Eation that they have not suffered alone. In the town and provinces con- hitions are as deplorable as in the cap ital. At Bry-Sur-Marne, a town of S0000. 1t is estimated that 2,000 are destitute and suffering. This town is but sample of nearly every city and hamlet along the rivers of eastern and southern France. The military actiEi- ties continue unabated in Paris today. In Paris the soldiers work was chief " to guard endangered property from the idle crowds that swarm the city and to distribute food rations to the destitute.
 In such suburbs as Alfortville and GenevlIneres, more serious task con- fronted the military that of saving scores or Imperilled residents. All day long boats put in from these and other suburbs, loaded with luckless families that had been picked off the roofs of their homes. Many of theSa had hnen