Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
Red Cross Representative in Delegation with ,. ".
 Dean and Others,
PINE BLUFF PARTY
 OF RESCUERS BUSY
Dr. C. C. Price and Co.Wcrhers yo,; Engaged Near Dnmas-0ne o} ihp Boats Sent from Here Left at
 Gould. for Rescuers There,

Carrying boats and supplies of food, and with high officials of the Iron Mountain and a personal repre- sentative of the Ar erican Red Cross, a special train on the Ircn Mountain passed through Pine Bluff late last evening. bound for Grady.
 The train stopped some time at Pine Bluff, while more boats and supplies were loaded aboard. and it departed about 6: :45 o'clock for Grady. where it arrived s3metn1ns more than an hour later.
 Aboard the train we're General Superintendent J. w. Dean of the Iron Mountain, General Freight Agent R. H. McWiliams, Chief Eng,- neer C. E. White, AZicultural Com missioner D. c. Welty. Assistant Agricultural Commissioner C. o. Carpentb', and Murray Auerbach. secretary of the Little Rock Associat- cd Charities, and who has been nared as personal representative of the American Red Cross, to care for conditions in the flooded sections south Of this city.
 There were two skiffs and a motor skiff on the train when t arrived here, in addition to 350 pounds of salt meat, 100 pounds of sugar, 30 pounds of coffee, five sacks of pota- toes, four barrels of meal, the food supplies to be used for whatever emergency cases might be discovered.
 Pine Bluff added sthe following list of articles top the. train: Four barrels of flour, 250 nonnds Of salt meat, one case of Pet cream. for use among the babies, one skiff, eight barrels of water for drinking pur- poses, and four pairs Of boots. for the members of the party, not already supplied with these necessities.
 Work Planned Systematically.
 The party will start operations at Grady early this morning. Superin- tendent Shea of the Iron Mountains Valley division, with party of workers, will make the trip from McGehee to Dumas by train, and from Dumas to Grady by water in skiffs and motorboats, and will confer with the Little Rock party at Grady.
 Notes will be exchanged as to con di,ions known tc exist. and the work of the reseuing parties will be out lined thoroughly, after which the boats will scatter out. to all direc- tiOns,
 MT. Auerbach, who will repre- sent the Red Cross in this mission. will keen in close tcuch with the Pine Bluff chamber of commerce. The Graphic's relief, fund committee and the Little Rock Gazette, all of which bodies are cooperating in the relief work. H. will make frequent re- ports, as will the other works, and Pine Bluff and Little Rock will for- ward such necessities as these re- ports indicate are required.
 Pine Bluff Party Busy.
 Secretary E. B. Bloom of the cham Der of commerce received telephone message last night from Dumas, an nouncing the arrival of Dr. c. c. Price and the boatmen sent from here Friday with three boats.
 Five refugees were rescued fram perilous situations by the party dur ing the long ride over the water from Warner to Dumas, and many others were located, whose condition was nc so serious as to. necessltate thelr removal, now that the water is fall Ing.
 One of the boats was left at Gould' for the use of the rescue parties operating out of that town.
 Beginning this morning, pr. Price and his party will work out CT Dumas toward Cummins and Gould, getting into section of country which has not yet been penetrated D! any relief parties, and they expect to be able to make a definite report on conditions in that section by Monday night or Tuesday morning.