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The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
500 DISTRICT
WORKERS HIT
BY GUT ORDER
Discharge Of 1900 by Xmas
Planned d-Second Pairing Is
to Be Made in February
JOBS OF VETERANS SAFE
Slack in Work and ECONOMY
Cries" from Congress Given
as Reasons for Reductions

Thirty-two hundred employees Of
the Veterans Bureau. comprising
approximately one-tenth of the en-
tire personnel. will be dropped from
service within the next three
months. according to plans an
nounced by the Directors office
yesterday.
OF this number, 1 500 will be re-
leased between now and the first
Of the year. A similar reduction
will be made following a survey of
bureau activities which has been
ordered by Col. Charles r. Forbes
and which will be conducted by Col
E. A. Shepherd, efficiency expert
of the bureau.
SEE BIG SAVING.
Officials estimate that approx
mately S5,1S4, 900 annually will be
saved the Government by the pro-
posed reduction. This saving win
be accomplished without impairing
the efficiency of the bureau, ana
will allow practically the same
number of branch offices to con.
tinue in operation, II Is declared.
Between five and six hundred en-
ployes in the local office Of the
bureau will be affected, 1t is be-
lieved. Officials announced that
every effort will be made to cause
as little hardship as possible but
that the qualifications of the en-
ployes for the work they are doins
will be given due consideration. In
listing the employees to be dropped,
consideration also will be givel,
to ex-service men, 1t is said.
According to DIR. T. H. Scott.
executive officer, the orders for the
cut have been prepared and the
work OF pruning out the individual
employees Is almost complete. Or
ders for release will be issued as
soon as II can be done without i'm
pairing the efficiency of the organ
ization, he said.
In view OF the fact that the cut
Will entail the assumption of new
duties by old employees, DIR. Scott
said that it is possible that the
first reduction of 1900 will not be
completed before the latter part Of
January. The second release will
follow shortly thereafter.
CONGRESS CRITICAL.
A higher degree Of efficiency in
the work OF the bureau is the aim
of officials in making the cut.
Under the present operation. the
Veterans Bureau Is spending 20
cents out of every dollar appropri-
ated by Congress for the entire
country. The enormous consump-
ton Of taxation by one Govern
ment office, it is said. has CEN
tered the efforts of officials upon
the bureau to reduce expenditures
without curtailing the service to the
ex-service man.
Colonel Shepherd. who was for
merly with the Shipping Board as
coordination expert. started yes
terday to organize a committee of
eighteen members which will super
wise reductions. The committee will
he made up of two representatives
Of each of the nine divisions Of the
bureau.
"The Veterans Bureau has been
operating under high pressure for
the past two years" DIR. Scott said
yesterday. 1T is natural that as
the claimants are cared for. the
work should come in less volume.
Our reductions in personnel will
follow the decrease Of work and will
ALSO be made wherever 1t Is pos
sible to do SO by co-ordinating vari-
Gus departments"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
TODAY.

TO-DAY.
Meeting-Metropolitan Chapter Ep-
worth League. entertaining service men.
John Marshall place and street north
west, p. m.
Meeting-American Association Of Uni
versity Women. 1884 I street northwest,
.. M; address by Gen H. NJ. Lord.
head OF the Budget Bureau on the
Budgetary System.
Meeting-Committee on Americaniza-
tion Work in the Public Schools. Board
of Trade rooms. 8 p. m.
Luncheon-women's City Club. 22
jackson place northwest, 1880 p. m.
Captain Luke MacNamee. chief of the
Naval Intelligence Bureau, will speak.
Meeting-"Ladies' Night" Lions Club.
New willard Hotel, 8 p. m.
Meeting-Canton Washington, No. 1,
I. o. o. F., evening.
Meeting-School of instruction of Ma
sons, evening.
Meeting-Klan 2. Knights of the Ku
KIux Klan. third floor over lunchroom
at Fifth and g streets northwest, s
p. m.
Observation-Disclosures Virginia District of
Columbia section. Mathematical Asso-
citation of America, Bureau OF Stand
ards. Connecticut avenue and Pierce
Mill road northwest. all day.
Christmas sale-victory Chapter d,
A. R.. Unitarian House. l7ss CelumbLa
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HOURIHANE-M E-MILBURN,

Miss Gertrude J. Milburn, 122
Twelfth street northeast, and Eu-
gene ]. Hourihane. jr., "a New York
avenue northwest, were married
Thursday at noon by the Rev. j.
M. O'Brien at st. Peters Church.
A reception at the brides home fol.
lowed the wedding.
The bride wore dark blue suit
with a corsage bouquet. Miss Ada
Allison was the maid of honor, and
Joseph Jufti acted as best man
Mr.. and Mrs. Hourihane left on
a honeymoon to New York. They
will reside at 122 Twelfth street
northeast upon their return.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Navy to Broadcast
Address of Harding

Preparations for broadcasting
President Harding's address to Con-
gress have been completed, 1t was
announced yesterday by the office
of Elliott Woods. superintendent
of the Capitol.
The necessary machinery has
been installed by the Western Elec.
trio Company and a private wire
provided by the Chesapeake q
Potomac Telephone Company viii
carry the message to the Naval
Air Station, from where 1t will be
sent out over the country by the
navy's powerful broadcasting set.
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200 Employees of the Var Risk Bureau Facing Disms
Seven Schools
To Open During
Next Six DAYS

DATES fer sps1ing exercises
" IN nswiy erected school
houses hsve been anneunced By
the Board a E1scaSim ~ fol-
lows: ....
Eaton. Thkty-foWth and
Lowell strsets northwest, $50
p. m, Monday.
buchanan. e street. between
Thirteenth and FourteeDth
streets southeasf, 3 p. m,
Tuesday.
Moot, Fourth and TrumbuIl
streets northwest, 8 to Z p. m,
Tuesday.
Whesticy. Twelfth and n
streets northeast, 8 p. m,
wednesday.
Monroe, Columbia road, BE-
tween Sherman and Georgia
avenues northwest, 8 p m,
Thursday.
Khgman, Fourteenth street
and Tennessee avenue north
east, Els p. m, Friday.
Deanwood, Whitthgtou and
Lane places southeast, . to s
p. m, Friday.
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BAZAAR OPENS TONIGHT.

The Ladies' Social Club of St.
Gabriel's Church will open a Christ,
mas bazaar tonight in the store and
building at Third and Upshur street
northwest. Many articles suitable
for Christmas gifts will be offered
for sale. There will be the follow.
ing tables: Fancy, grab bag, ice
cream and lunch. A radio concert
will be given. The bazaar will also
be open Monday and Tuesday nights
Of next week.
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RHOADES- BROTHERS.

Charles E. Rhoades, 1924 S
street northwest, and Miss Verna
NJ. Brothers. 1923 Thirteenth street
northwest. were married Thursday
afternoon at the Mt. Vernon NJ. Z.
Church with Rev. c. G. Chappell
performing the ceremony.
The bride wore a dark blue
travelling suit and carried a bouquet
of brides roses and lilies of the
valley. Miss Willie Harrin was
maid Of honor. She wore a blue
coat suit and carried a bouquet of
pink roses. w. Rhoades, brother
of the bridegroom. acted as the
best man. The couple left immedi.
atelY on a honeymoon trim
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Harding and Hughes Say
Farewell to VOgelgesang

President Harding and Secretary
of State Hughes at the White
House yesterday bade formal fare
well to Rear Admiral Vogelgesang
and other officers to the American
Naval Mission to Brazil.
The mission will sail Thursday
for Rio de, Janeiro for two years
of duty as naval advisers to the
Brazilian government.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
NAMED ON ARTS BOARD.

Milton B. Medary, jr., architect
Of Philadelphia, has been appointed
a member Of the Fine Arts Com
mission by President Harding, /,
was announced yesterday. Mr.
Medary. who is a graduate of the
University Of Pennsylvania, is a fel
low Of the American Institute OF
Architects. He will succeed John
Russell Pope, of New York, whose
term of office has expired.
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COOPER GOING WEST.

William Knowles Cooper. gener.
secretary of the Washington Y. u
c. A, left last night for an extend-
Western trip in the interest Of tn
State committee Of the Y. NJ. e. 4
Of Oklahoma. Mr.. Cooper. who {
also president Of the .Washingto
Rotary Club. will address the RI
tary clubs Of each Of the cities h
visits
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QUALIFY AS MARKSMEN.

Six members Of the District Ns
tional Guard. II was announced yes
terday. qualified as marksmen iS
the United States Marine Corp:
target practice held during the sun
mer. The District guards arr
Lieut.. Clarence S. Shields. Lieu
Hugh II. Muir. Sergt. Jens c. Jer
sen. Sergt. John A. Schricker. Pr
vate Joseph w. Crockett and Pr
yate Herbert Mflwit.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

AND
|RUSINESS
~ B. o. FORBES
Man proposes, but

Man proposes, but.
A woolen trade man was
ehuckling over the fact that
William N. Wood, of strike
trouble memory, had "at last
succeeded in getting Rockefel-
Ter money interested in the dry
goods industry" He referred
to the election Of William G.
Rockefeller, son Of the recent
deceased William Rockefeller,
rs a director Of the last wooden
commission, the Consolidated
Textile Company, designed to
make the head of the wooden
trust a power in the cotton
goods industry, Wood naming
himself director general of
the venture.
My reply was that William
G. Rockefeller didn't cut much
Of a figure in the financial
world and also that there was
. vast difference between the
John d. Rockefeller fortune
and that of any other Rookie
feller.
And now, within a few days
of the Wood announcement,
his new Rockefeller director is
dead.
Some of the newspapers, in
THEN obituaries, try to paint
William G. Rockefeller as a
financial giant. He wasn't.
True, at one time he gave
promise of becoming a tower
ing figure in Standard Oil af-
fairs, but later he blasted these
hopes.
His brother, Percy A. Rookie
Teller, is rated as possessing
real brains. Moreover, he at
tends diligently to business.
The only danger in his case.
those who know him we'll de-
clare, is that he has the specu-
lative instinct very highly de-
veloped, and may or may not
be able to keep it under con-
troll should he attain notable
success in his various activities.
Henry Ford now openly ad-
mits that he is flirting with the
idea of the Presidency. He
coyly asserts that he may be
persuaded to run.
As a matter of fact, when /
was recently in Detroit / was
told most emphatically on all
sides that the Ford organiza-
ton was already at work laying
foundations for a nationwide
"Ford-for-President" boom, and
that there wasn't a Ford dealer
in any part of the United States
who didn't realize the part he
would be expected to play in
the coming campaign.
recently wrote something
casting a doubt on Ford's all
round fitness to preside over
the United States Government.
mentioning specifically his wild
ideas concerning the wholesale
manufacture of paper currency,
q la Russia and Germany, and
his woeful ignorance of history
and of everything pertaining to
government.
A Philadelphia friend who
has achieved genuine fame as a
poet-but not as a politician
I(s4-tf-,,aI ~ Daoa "a C0l,,r,n 4
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.

Wright, as examiner and deputy
superintendent of the Department
Of Insurance Of the District, was
accepted yesterday by the Board Of
Commissioners. Harry Nichols, of
the department, was appointed to
fill the vacancy. The position pays
5000 . year.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
CHIROPRAcT0RS To MEET

Disease Chiropractically Consid-
cred" will be the subject of an ad-
dress to be delivered tonight at s
O'Clock by DIR. A. B. Chatfield dur
ing a meeting of the Chiropractic
Association of the District in the
offices of DIR. W. 8. Whitman, 221
Bond Building.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
SHERWOOD SCOUTS MEET.

John W. Hart, scoutmaster. Boy
Scout troop Of Sherwood Presbyter-
ian Church. Twenty-second street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast,
instructed the boys in foot tests and
outlined overnight hikes at a meet
ing in the church auditorium last
night.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
WOMEN'S BOARD TO Meet

The women's joint congressional
committee will meet at the head.
quarters Of the General Federation
Of Women's Clubs, Monday, at 2:30.
Representatives Of fourteen national
organizations win be present.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
ePWORTH SCOUTS GATHER

Meetings of the Boy and Girl
Scout troops Of Epworth NJ. E.
Church, Thirteenth street and North
Carolina avenue northeast. were
held in the church last night. A
social hour followed.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Tonight Will Mark End
Of ''Safety Week" Drive
Postoffice Department Wins First Prize in
Parade With Float-War and Agri-
culture Also Take Cups

With the passing of the safety parade into Wash
ngon last night settled down to await the final curtain
Safety Week
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At Mister Smiths

"CALVERT'S VALLEY" - John
Gilbert plays the chief role in this
week. He is cast as young lawyer
who becomes involved in a quarrel
tcrney. Calvert is mysteriously killed
hut the hero thinks he killed him.
The punch of the story hinges on the
way the mystery is cleared up. Cast
includes Sylvia Dreamer. Philo Mo.
Cullough, Herschel Mayal and Lulu
Warrenton. A comedy and a news
reel Is on the bill.
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Conway Tearle. At the Isis next
week. Thrills are provided by an air
plane race and a railroad wreck. Miss
Hammerstein is cast as Beth Wynn.
a pampered daughter of a rich man.
She is an airplane racing fiend. She
proposes a race with a sutton for her
hand with the understanding she will
marry him if he wins. During the
race she becomes lost in a fog. She
loses control OF the plane and plunges
into a camp of outlaws. Tearle plays
the role of the bandit gang who cap
lures her. It does sound romantic.
BILL INCLUDES-A comedy,
"True Blue" and the fifth episode of
the serial, ain the Days of Buffalo
BILL"
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Dancers to offer
Artistic Program
CONTINUED From Page 81

Tho lyric idea of wind, wave and cloud in
the heetms forms OF the great veil Is here
added TO the music INSTALLATION.
Misses Scheffer. Graham. May. Bennett
Brahms ......... Waltz. op. 80. No Is
Ruth St. Denis.
Ted Shawn and Ensemble.
IntermissiOn.
PART II.
Spanish Suite.
(a) Granados. Denss Espagnol No: o.,
Ruin ST. Denls
10 Jonas, Tango Ted Shawn
(c) MoshoWski Malaguena
In the Garden =
(a) Levitzki. valse in A major Betty May
(b) Bond Bettys Music Box. ......
Betty May and Ignore Scheffer, May Lynn
(c) Moskowslzi, Waltz OPP. 34 No.
May Lynn. LcnOre SCaeffer, Betty May
and Charles Weidman.
Intermission.
Xochitl.
A Dance Drama based upon an ancient Toll
tee Legend, music composed by Homer
Scene Country side In prehistoric Mexico
Scene II--Interior of the palace OF Tepan.
caltzin. Toltec Emperor
Tepancaltzin, Emperor of the Toltecs
xochitl Che flower 49,. Martha Graham
The father of Xochitl. Charles Weidman
MaidenS, court dancers. etc.
II The father of xOehitl discovers that an
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Intoxicating liquor can be brewed from the
plant. &c and his daughter bring the dis
covery to the Toltec Emperor Tepancaltzin.
xochitf dances for the king. who infamed
by the liquor. forces his illegitimate atten-
lions upon her. The father has been lured
from the room. but hearing her scream,
rushes back and is about to plunge his
knife into Tepancaltzin when Xochitl begs
his life spared. The Emperor now. in love
and gratitude calls in his court to witness
the making of Xochitl the Empress of the
Toltecs.
Oriental1a-CHINA.
Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy. Ruth St. Denis
The dance of Kuan Yin. Buddhist deity,
IL based upon symbolic postures (mudrasl
derived from the innumerable paintings and
sculpture of this Chinese equivalent Of the
East Indian Avalekitesvara.
CRETE.
A Priest OF Knossos .......... Ted Shawn
dance before the Snake Goddess.
INDIA.
(al The Three Apsarases. ........
....... Misses May, Lynn and Graham
Dbl Nautch Dance ........ Ruth st. Denis
SIAM.
Rama ..ss'.'' leo ohaWn
Sta Lenore ScIicHer
Ravan ....ss.....s... Charles We!dman
Hanuman ....'.'.'.'''.'' raul MAINS
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Chaplin Plays Clergyman

Charlie Chaplin's new first National
comedy. the title Of which he has
switched from "At Large" to THE
Pilgrim" was recently given an IN
announced preview at a Los Angeles
theater to TRY it on the dog" In
this production Charlie portrays the
role Of an escaped convict who dis
guised himself as a clergyman. Cir
cumstances force him into the pulpit
and a pantOmimic rendering Of the
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At the Ohio

THE FORGOTTEN LAVA
dramatic movie founded upon a rath-
er odd these-the right Of a father to
win away the custody of his child
from its mother. Milton Sills has the
leading role. He has the assistance
OF Cleo Ridgely. Jack Mulhall. Alec B.
Francis MurieI Dana. Alice HOLSTER,
Ednah Altemus. Lucretia Harris and
Walter Law. Was produced under
the direction Of Max Graf Made from
Caroline Abbott Stan1ey's novel. "A
Modern Madonna" The story reflects
the cruelties caused by a so-called law
which gave a father control Of his
child after the fathers death. The
theme abounds IN dramatic possibili-
ties.
BILL INCLUDES-Sta Laurel in
Mud and Sand" a travesty on Blood
and Sand" At the Ohio next week.
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MEN TAKE LEAD
III MOVIE BILLS
CONTINUED From Page 81

has attempted on the screen. 1t is a
dr. - sui comedy and full Of smart
situations. This is Rays first produc-
ton for United Artists Corporation.
Ray is cast as John Paul Bart, a
tai or's helper. who dreams himself
into society and the husband OF a So
ciety girl.
BILL -Tschaikowsky' s
1912 Overture Solennelle. played by
the orchestra; THE World Is Waiting
for the Sunrise" played on the organ;
Topics OF the Day, and Buster Keaton
IN THE Blacksmith" At the Circle
next week.
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Blue in "NIain Street"

Monte Blue. movie character
actor Of Indianapolis, has been placed
under a long term contract by the
Warner Brothers. Blue, who played
a prominent part in Brass" has
been cast for the leading role In the
screen version of Sinclair Lewis
novel, "Main Street" ~
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JAPAN.

JAPAN.
Lantern Dances ....... Martha Graham
O-Mika ...........,. Ruth St Denis
Servant with Parasol .... Paul Mathis
JAVA
The Princess and the Demon .......
Martha Graham, Charles Weidman and
Ensemble.
EGYPT.
The Tflers of the Soil ........
49,. Ruth st. Denis and Ted Shawn
IhOJn ana ~HOruS. ..............,..
-. Charles Weidmsn and Paul Mathis
Priestesses with Tambourines Ensemble
Dance of the Rebirth ............
$500. Ruth st. Denis and Ted Shawn
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story of David and Goliath. There
is also a precious situation concern
ing plum pudding and derby hat.
Edna Purviance, his perennial lead
ing lady, again has the chief feminine
role
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At the Isis

"oNE WEEK OF LOvE"-A TO-
mantle melodrama employing the serv-
Ices Of Elaine Hammerstein and
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prolonged cheers. AS the audience
stood silent, Mr.. Johnson, chairman,
thanked Governor Cox for the in
spration of his address and asked
that he take back with him the
thought that here in South Carolina.
men and women were standing with
eager hearts and willing hands anxious
to take their place and part in inter-
national affairs.
Governor Cox is leaving Aiken
Tuesday for Birmingham where he
speaks at the launching of the mil
lion dollar drive for Alabama State
College of Agriculture. From Biz
mingham he goes to Jackson. Miss,
for an address before the general as
sembly.
Before the address today Governor
and Mrs. Cox and Governor and Mrs.
Cooper were the guests of Mrs. Wal
ter Duncan at a beautiful luncheon
at the Highland Park hotel.
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JOHN BJRkE'S
GREAT FIGHT .

Former Governor John Burke Of
North Dakota was Treasurer Of the
United States under the Woodrow
Wilson regime. You will find his
name on all the paper money issued
during that period. A year ago Mr..
Burke joined big brokerage house
operating in several cities, and gave
it his name. 4 few weeks ago the
firm suspended; and the financial
world sympathetically chuckled be-
cause "another farmer had been taken
in by Wall Street, But Burke is
showing the world that the broad
fisted sons Of The Dakotas do not
die off so easily: and instead of "cry-
ing over split milk" John Burke is
capitalizing his lifelong reputation for
honesty by meeting with his numerous
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her rise in the Ohio is also expected

ther rise in the Ohio is also expected
due to rains and considerable water
is reported coming out Of the Cum
berland and Tennessee rivers.
a considerable rise at St. LOui.
was also reported last nsiht and to-
day.
The revised prediction for a stage
exceeding 43 feet at Memphis was
issued this noon after reports Of
heavy rains in the central Mississippi.
Ohio and Missouri river valleys had
been received.
Reports from all parts Of the levee
that all are holding safely and that
there are no indications Of serious
trouble anywhere. Seepage and
sand boils are of frequent occur
renee all along the line, but with the
adequate patrol system inforce these
minor troubles are soon located and
repairs made before the trouble
spreads.
Harry n. Pharr, chief of the St.
Francis board in charge of 10 miles
of embankment extending from the
Missouri state line to the mouth of
St. Francis river ,tongiht issued bull
letin declaring that reports; from
every point in the district received
showed that the levee was
in splendid condition and able tc
withstand a stage OF 4S.5 feet at
Memphis without injury at any point.
The bulletin predicts that the stage
Of water will reach that of 1916, but
adds that with the exception of q
Short distance at the extreme south
ern end, all levees' in the district have
been raised to withstand stage Of
As feet at Memphis.
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LEVEES TO STAND
BEFORE FLOODS

=, Memphis. March 27.-With Mis-
sissippi river stage exceeding 43 feet
at Memphis and SO feet at Helena,
Ark, predicted before the end Of
the week, government and levee engi?
.neers tonight expressed the belief that
the leyees south of Cairo will stand
ail the strain ana that no serious
break is looked for, with the water
now in sight between Cairo and Men,
phis.
Every possible precaution for emer-
gency has been made by both federal
and state authorities and levee en-
gineers have settled dow for period
of watchful waiting: Guards are pa
trolling practically every foot of leNee
between Cairo and Helena, on both
sides of the river engineers have been
assigned their stations at points where
there is a remote Droba bility that
sand bags have been distributed to
strategic points where they can be
rushed where dangerous situhtion
may develop within ia few hours and
forces of workmen are ready to be
assigned wherever needed.
Tho rv;er at Memnhis tonight shows
approximately Al. feet on the gauge
and is expected to top the AZ foot
mark before morning at the present
rate of rise. At Cairo the river is
still stationery, but with indications,
according to weather bureau officials,
that the heavy rains in the central
valley may cause slight rise there
before tomorrow night which may
continue for several days. A fur.