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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
RUTH ELDER SAILS $500
TO SEE HER PARIS

Ruth Elder is the darl-
ing of her home town, but
they always wonder what
she III do next. Read the
first installment Of the life
of the air heroine on
Page 2 Of this edition.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

man James l.. Fieser in the Mississippi
River flood area.
Henry NJ. Baker, Red Cross director
of relief in the entire flood area, in
formed headquarters that he has es-
tablished temporary general relief
headquarters I'm the Chamber of Com
merce Building at Memphis.
Miss Elizabeth Gordon Fox, director
of public health nursing of the Red
Cross, has been appointed nursing ad-
wiser for all nursing service in the
Mississippi River Valley flood area.
Miss Fox has held the positions OF
president of the Graduate Nurses AS
sociation of Washington and president
Of the District Board of Nurse Elk.
aminerS,
The Masonic Service Association an
nounced last night through its head
quarters here that grand masters of
the Masonic lodges of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi. Arkansas and Tennessee
would hold q conference at New Or
leans tomorrow for the consideration
of means of relief for Masons affected
by the Mississippi floods.
A survey Of the situation will be
made and an appeal for funds sent to
lodges throughout the country. Fol-
lowing a similar plan, the Masonic
Service Association raised 100000 for
the relief of Masonic victims of the
Florida hurricane.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
BREATH PUMPED 81
HOURS INTO BOY, 1S
Physicians, However, Doubt Ar
tifcial Respiration Can Save
Virginia Youth.

BY the Associated Press
ROANOKE. Va, April 25.--Walter
Boothe, s years old, OF Troutville,
near here, today neared the I00th hour
of living under conditions rarely
recorded IN medical annals. Loyal
friends continued taking turns IN Civ.
ing him artificial respiration. but
attending physicians declared at noon
the ninetyfOurth hour Of their battle
with paralysis. that there was little
hope. B0othe's condition at that time
however, was announced as un.
changed.
Since Thursday the battle has been
waging. the boys friends working in
Commute relays in their valiant ef-
forts to save his life.
Despite the fact that man stands
on each side Of his bed working his
arms i'm clock-like unison TO keep UP
breathing, the victim sleeps quite
bit at night and talks with a strong
voice whenever he desires.
Boothes present condition came on
Thursday when ii was found neces-
sary to operate in order 30 relieve his
suffering. 1t was in the midst Of the
operation that his lungs ceased 10
function and the operation was then
abandoned and the task of supplying
air to the collapsed organs was begun
The boy, who is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. T. Boothe Of BOtetourt
County, was injured in an automobile
accident near Radford, May %, 1925.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
Summary Depicts Pitiful Scenes

By the Associated Press
Of hardhp and the 100000 food refugees
Mississippi River depicted today
headquarters Memphis but
Henry director of the Red Cross
Slight improvement the situation which he
be greatly accelerated within the next few days with
increased relief resources
The detailed reports follows;
Greenvle-Ten thousand left Greenvie 1000 negroes
local health officers the evacuation OF all
women and children
ArcoaNost serious situation; 5000 refugees. with
pected from 10 feet deep; food and
badly needed Director Baker after receipt OF
radoed all rush supplies to the nearest
river and he special from Memphis laden with
and food)
In all Mississippi the situation well in hand
health problems food shortages have
been reported
Brasfed-Fifeen refugees square mile
on l-foo rise water; health conditions refugees
crowded into boxcars.
Cotton Pant-oated 1900 refugees living in box
marooned victims practically COM
pleted ,oono
CySeventyiour hundred ST Francis County oO
feeding practically hniSed; very
heavy bad couple Of temporary hospitals
on evee condon need food and boats once
Pine thousand refugees marooned IN eterSon ana
adjacent portions Lincoln and Desha Counties feedg
bv boats and search for marooned by arpanes
Marnna-Thee with 200 to 800 expected teed-
ing bv National cae health vigorously protected under
difhcuties boats needed ....:.. ..
In other Arkansas refugee the situation was
said bv the be under control with rapid improvement
anticipated.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
MERGER OF TOBACCO
JOBBERS FORESEEN
Eventual Capitalization of More
Than $3OO,0OO,O0O Planned,
New York World Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 25.-The New
York World today says that a consoli-
dation OF tobacco jobbir houses is
being planned by the Mutual Tobacco
Corporation, recently incorporated in
Delaware and which. says the World,
is intended eventually to have a capt
talization of more than $300,000,000
Heads of some Of the leading tobacco
distributing concerns and several Wall
St.eet financial leaders are said by
the World to be sponsoring the COR
poration.
Among the plans of the projected
combine are:
Financial control under one central
unit of leading tobacco distributing
houses in every section of the country;
elimination of inordinate overhead
costs; creation of effective centraliza.
tion of distributive effort; standardiza.
ton of credits and other essentials
for efficient operations; formation of
zones embracing the entire United
States.
The combine, says the World, plans
no effort to fix prices, but will be
governed by the usual competitive
market quotations.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

flood waters from the Mississippi and
its tributaries overran more towns
today in both Mississippi and Ar
kansas, rendering additional thou
sands homeless and adding to the al
ready staggering total of property
damage.
Occasional reports of death filtered
through from the vast inundated terri
tory, but careful checks of the lists
placed the known dead at only little
more than 100, with an estimated
death total of approximately 800.
Vicksburg Peril Grows.
IndianoIa. Miss, and Arkansas City
and Marked Tree, Ark, were the latest
towns to be visited by the flood
waters. Their combined population is
about 5000. but each had a large
quota of refugees and the encroach-
ment of the flood waters has created
serious situation for the relief
authorities.
The Mississippi town, which is
about Is miles east of Greenville, was
overrun with flood waters from the
crevasse at Spots Landing.
This flood water Is moving on to
Vicksburg at a rapid rate, the engi.
neers reporting today that it was
approaching Rolling Fork, 43 miles
south OF Greenville. A number of
plantations and villages were flooded
over night, but it was assumed that
the inhabitants had needed the urgent
warning sent yesterday by officials to
flee to the levees.
Under feet of water early today,
Arkansas City, Ark, 20 miles north
of Greenyille, became isolated. Five
hundred persons were homeless there
and appeals for immediate relief were
sent to Gov. Martineau of Arkansas
before communication lines dent down.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

ures were adopted to insure against
epidemics. Anti.typhoid and smallpox
vaccine were rushed to every camp.
Orders were issued that all drinking
water must be boiled.
| Vaccination has been made compul-
| sorry.
The scope of the flood in Arkansas
| and Mississippi was graphically shown
| today by estimates of Army engineers
| showing 100000 acres-approximate
| ly 9,400 square miles-Were under
water.
| The flooded land constitutes some
of the richest farming land in the
| United States, Government agricui-
tural experts said. and the devasta-
| ton and damage will amount t markm
| millions. The Government officials
would not make any estimate of the
| loss, because of the lack of opportu.
nifty for surveys.
In Arkansas alone, and excluding
the Texarkana district. engineers said
| 4,064, 4S0 acres had been inundated.
The flooded regions included the st.
Francis Basin, one of the leading
timber-gr growing sections Of the coun-
try, with dense tracts Of cypress, oak,
hickory and sycamore trees. Another
heavily timbered section also is under
water in the Arkansas River Valley,
where the overflowed region stretches
across the entire State from Fort
Smith to the Mississippi River.
The flooding of the White River
has placed under water large farming
areas of cotton, sweet potatoes and
rice Along the Mississippi bank,
several counties; including Mississippi,
Crittenden, ST. Francis and Lee,
which are noted for their production
of long staple cotton, have been in
the path of the flood and are nearly
entirely or partially under water
| other rivers of the State, the
| Ouachita and Red, which flow through
| the most productive cotton region in
regions, also are on the rampage and
| have inundated thousands of acres.
More than 100000 acres are
| flooded in the rich delta region of
northern Mississippi and hourly the
water is covering thousands of ad-
| ditional acres. The delta is considered
| the most production cotton region in
| the country.
In the New Madrid section of Mis-
souri,, also a cotton and timber produc-
| ing region, the Army engineers esti-
| mated 10000 acres under water. The
| engineers here were uninformd as to
| the scope of the flood in Kansas. Okla.
| home and Louisiau. In northern
| Tennessee and southwestern Ken
| lucky conditions have improved ma
| terially. the engineers said, SO that the
| flooded areas are considered negligible
at present.
The engineers showed 1900, 900 acres
| flooded in the st. Francis basin in Ar
kansas, including parts of Clay.
| Greene, Craighead. Poinsett, Cross
| Mississippi, Crittenden and st. Francis
Counties; 100000 acres in the White
| River district, these including parts
of independence. Jackson, Woodruff
Prairie, White, Monroe and Desha
Counties, and 1,044,46 acres in the
Arkansas River Valley from Little
Rock to the Mississippi River, but
mainly in Jefferson, Lincoln, Pulaski,
Faulkner, Conway and Van Buren
Counties.
In Mississippi, there are approx
mately 100000 acres under water, in
Bolivar. Sunflower, Humphreys, Wash
ington, Issaquena, Warren and Shar-
key Counties.
DEAD PUT AT 800.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 25 CP).-
Following somewhat freakish courses,
Evening star., 1927-04-25
'PARENT-1EACHER
PROGRAM OUTLINED
Reports and Addresses to
Feature D. c. Convention,
Which Opens Tomorrow.

Reports of officers of the District
Of Columbia Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations, addresses and
the general conduct of business rela-
tive to the work of the congress dur.
ing the coming year will feature the
fourteenth annual State convention of
that organization in the Raleigh Ho-
tel, beginning tomorrow afternoon at
1870 o'clock. Reports also will be
made by the presidents of the various
member parent-teacher associations
in the District.
Schools TO BE Represented.
The following schools will be rep
resented: Abbott, Bancroft, Barnard,
Benning. Blair-Hayes, Blow, Bradley,
Brent-Dent, Brookland Bryant. Bunk
er Hill. John Burroughs, Carbery, Cen
trail High, Columbia, Junior High,
Congress Heights. Cooke, Corcoran,
Cranch Tyler, Curtis -Hyde-Addison,
Eastern High, Eaton, Edmonds, En-.
lexington, Fairbrother, Fillmore,
Force-Adams, Gage, Grant, Greenleaf,
Hine Junior High, Henry-Polk. Hub.
bard Raymond, Jackson, jefferson
Junior High, Johnson. Kenilworth,
keene, Ketchum, Kingsman. Lang
don-Woodridge, Langley Junior High,
LenoX.French, Ludlow-Taylor Mac
farland Junior High, Madison, Maury,
Monroe, Mount Vernon Church
School, New Brightwood, Oyster, Park
View, Peabody Hilton, Petworth.
Pierce-Webb, Powell Junior High
Randle Highlands-Orr. Reservoir Con.
duit. Seaton, Service, Smallwood-
Bowen. st. Paul, Stanton, Takoma
Park, Thomson. Tenley-Janney. Trues.
dell, Van Ness, Wallach. Towers,
" hlttler, Weight,nan, West and
Wheatley.
A vocal solo will be rendered at
the session by Mrs. Hugh Brown, ac.
companied by Miss Evelyn Scott.
"Get-Together" Luncheon i'm View.
AT l o'clock Wednesday afternoon
the delegates will hold "get-together"
luncheon, when addresses will be de-
llvered by District Commissioner
Taliaferro and Supt. of Schools Ballou.
Representative Ross A. Collins of the
subcommittee on appropriations for
the District of Columbia, will deliver
an address later.
A feature to be conducted in con-
nectlon with the convention will be
an exhibit of scrapbooks telling of
the work of the parent-teacher asso-
cations, which will be placed on view
in the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow eve
ming. Judges for the best 10 books
VIII be Clifford K. Bergman, Arthur
ID. Marks and c. Powell Minngerode.
The Bureau of Education, the
Chlldren's Bureau and the Abbot
School will be among those having
special EXHIBITS in the collection.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

at Greenville last night Indicated lha'
few had left, c,....
Urgent appeals from Arkansas CITY.
Ark related that the flood had sweep
into the town to a depth OF 1eel
and that 500 persons, in ADDITION 10
many refugees from the surrounding
lowlands, were homeless.
Engineers discounted rumors OF a
new break in the Arkansas KlVer
and believed the Arkansas City hood
was swept over the protection dlke
from the wave which poured out OF
the break at Pendleton.
winchester, in Desha County, Ark,
was under water from the Arkansas
while near Texarkana, Lafayette
County, sections were covered with
waters from the break in the Red
River levee at Finley Bend.
Men and materials have been rushed
to two places on the main MISSISSIPPI
leyee at Fairs Point, where a slough
occurred yesterday, and at Bruins
wicks Circle 10 miles north OF N1cks'
burg, where the levee appeared TO De
weakening.
Thousands of acres in northern
Louisiana were going under water
from swollen tributaries of the Missis'
sippi. Refugees poured into Natchez.
A mighty volume of water tore INTO
the lower western section, or the
Louisiana delta from the break at
Junior plantation near Diamond. lt
was estimated that "a square miles
would be inundated. Weather fore
casters did not believe the break
would lessen the flood menace to New
Orleans.
$4,000 Reported Maro0ned.
Meanwhile relief workers reiterated
appeals for boats and men.
Fifteen thousand persons were re-
ported marooned at various places
and in urgent need of food, clothing
and medical attention.
Flooded Greenville, under voluntary
military control, will not be evacu-
ated, since about 1000 of the towns
men have declared their intention of
remaining in the city with some 5000
negro refugees encamped on the Mis-
sissippi levee Additional refugees
were arriving there as boats sought
out isolated groups in the countryside.
Food and medicines, together with
vaccines for the prevention of possi-
BILE epidemics, have been received.
Four thousand persons were yacci-
mated with anti-typhoid serum yester-
day.
Three feet more of water is expected
in Greenyille and the relief commit
tee announced it expected flood
conditions would prevail there for at
least six weeks longer.
Fifteen negro women were drowned
at Winteryille when the house in
which they were marooned was swept
away These drownings increased the
known death list in this area to 81.
Motorboats and skiffs, brought by
train from Gulfport, Miss, raced TO
the Leland sector, where varying esti.
mates had between 5000 and 5000
marooned persons.
Other boats plowedr their way to
Arcola and Hollandale, which have
gone under water, isolating many
hundreds of people on embankments
and upper floors. ,Advices to authori-
ties at GreenYille said no lives had
been lost at Leland.
Additional aircraft have been placed
in service, haulir food, medicines,
making rescues and scouting for iso-
lated groups. River steamers ply the
main channel bearing food to isolated
cities or refugees to concentration
camps.
Disease continued it's spread among
the refugees quartered in some Ar
kansas camps, while strenuous meas
Evening star., 1927-04-25
MORE RELIEF RUSHED.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. April % lP).-
Three carloads of supplies. consisting
of $1,000 blankets and $500 canvas
cots, were sent by special train yes
terday from the Federal Reserve De-
pot here to st. Louis, TO aid relief
in the fiood-stricken Mississippi Val
ley.
1t was the fourth consecutive day
the War Department has ordered re-
Three other orders, totaling 100000
tent pins, have been received at the
local depot during the last week and
were shipped to New Orleans and st.
Louis Night shifts were necessary
by shipping crews to fill some of the
Evening star., 1927-04-25
BORAH SENDS REPLY.
TO "OGRE' CHARGE
Cables Lord Derby, COmpIi-
menting EngIishmen--Says
China Presents Peace Test.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER. England, April 25.
Denying that ne had ever said that
the English people We're "ogres," or
even had thought of them as such,
and declaring that he had no doubt
there were millions of people in Eng
land anxious for industrial and world
peace, Senator William Il. Borah of
Idaho today expressed the hope that
they would exert their influence along
these lines on their government in the
Chinese situation.
The Senator's expression was made
in a cable message to the Manchester
Evening News. which had requested
an answer from him to a speech here
last Friday by Lord Derby, former
British war secretary, who said:
There is one prominent politician
who always seems to think that we
are ogres. 1 refer to Senator Borah.
l invite him to come to this country,
if he will do me the honor, and stay
as long as he likes"
Would Show BOrah Peace.
Lord Derby added that he would
be glad to conduct Senator Borah
through industrial Lancashire in or
der that he might see what peace
Senator Borahs message to the
Manchester paper was as follows:
Replying to your telegram, l do
not need to be shown that the English
people are not ogres, / have never
sat- anything Of that find and never
thought anything of that kind. Quite
the opposite. / should like to know
upon what Lord Derby bases his de-
sire to enlighten me upon this particu-
lar subject. l appreciate his mis-
sionary spirit, but really l do not feel
in need of his gospel of enlightenment.
"I have no doubt there are millions
in England just as anxious for indus
trial peace and for world peace, as
Lord Derby indicates. l trust they
will, together with Lord Derby, exert
their influence along theoI lines on
their government in the Chinese af'
fair.
Calls China Acid Test.
"China is going to be the acid test
of whether the nations which have
been preaching peace want peace,
whether the nations which have been
preaching international justice want
international justice and whether the
industrial peace which we coVet Tor
our own people is to be extended to
other people.
II would really like to visit England
and hope to do so. My mission, how
ever. will not be that of hunting wild
game, such as ogres, but to see and
to know better a people whose highest
encomium is that of always having
been loyal to their own flag, an at
tribute which prevails rather strongly
In the United States, and l think Is
worth preserving"
Evening star., 1927-04-25
Flood Sidelights

By the Associated Press.
With 9,400 square miles under wa
ter, the Mississippi River and its
tributaries have eclipsed all previous
flood records. The 1903 flood over
flowed 5000 square miles between
Cairo, ILL.,, and the Red River. The
1903 flood was the previous greatest
food since the levee system was es-
tablished.
The hardwood industry of the Mis-
sissippi Valley States is threatened
with a curtailment Of 80 per cent of
it's normal production this year be.
cause of the floods, leading lumber
men Of the section have reported.
Logging and saw mill operations are
at standstill in practically the en-
tire region. Prices have received an
impetus upward by the production
conditions.
The Indians, who in the eighteenth
century. fought the white mans in
vasion of the Mississippi, have now
saved scores of flood refugees through
their burial mounds, the sole remain
ing relics of the aborigines. The burial
grounds in many sections of the
region are the only high points to
which marooned farmers and families
can flee.
Snakes swept about by the onrush-
ing flood waters in the Mississippi
River and its Arkansas tributaries
were reported to be finding refuge on
the leVees.
Not only have live stock and dogs
and cats been saved, but wild animal
| life is receiving succor from human
rescuers. Two game wardens cruising
| about Lambrook, Ark, captured two
| fawns, swimming about in the huge
| inundated area, and brought them to
| Helena, the refugee concentration
| point of the region. Approximately
| 200 deer have been corralled on vari-
| Gus points on levees south of Helena
by the State game authorities.
| AT the Memphis refugee camp negro
| boys are engaged daily in base ball
| games, the relief workers having dis
tributed complete outfit for the
| youngsters, most OF whose families
had been too poor TO supply the bats
and balls.
Miss Ruby Phillips, long-distance
| telephone operator at Greenville, col
| lapsed Sunday night after having been
| continuously on duty for more than
4S hours handling calls from hundreds
of localities 10 the flooded city. Physi.
clans pronounced her condition not
serious after first-aid treatment.
|
Evening star., 1927-04-25
Virginia County Called On.

LURAY, Va, April % (SpeciaD.--
Needing the call of the American Red
Cross for funds to relieve the sufferers
of the Mississippi flood, the Page
County Chapter today made prepara-
tions to raise $3.50. The call for funds
will be made through the newspapers.
Despite the fact that the county is
one of the smallest in the State and
that it is now in the midst of a cam
paign for $75, 900 to build a hospital
in the county, the local chapter ex-
poets to raise the quota quickly.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
COAST GUARDS ON WAY.
Accompany Government Power
Boats to Flood Area.
pv +ha Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 25.--Equipped with
life lines and first-aid material, two
latest type Government power boats
and a s1iff yesterday were sent on an
Illinois Central train to aid in flood
relief work in the Mississippi valley.
Ten Coast Guards, headed by Capt.
J. o. Anderson, commander of Chi
cago guards, win man the boats.
Other boats also were on their way
to the stricken areas from Green Bay
and kenosha, Wis.
Meanwhile Chicago continued solici-
tation of funds for relief work in the
stricken zones with a goal Of $250,000
set.
The Chicago manned boats will op-
crate. probably between Beardstown
and st. Louis, under direction of the
Red Cross, and will be launched at
Havana, Ill.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
81, 500 SOUGHT IN MONTGOMERY.
County Chapter to Seek Funds for
Flood Sufferers.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 25.-The
Montgomery County Chapter oil the
American Red Cross has been asked
to raise $500 as its quota Of the
SIS 900, 900 being collected for the relief
of the Mississippi River flood suffer
ers, Mrs. j. SomerveH Dawson, secre-
tary of the county chapter, has
announced.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
Two Seized in Greek Plot,

ATHENS, April 25 GP.-Two sus-
poets, Pangalist officers, Gen. Pa
paioannou and Col. Valsamakes, have
been arrested in connection with the
reported revolutionary plot. Other ar
rests are imminent.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

Artesian wells are named after Ar
tots. in France. where the tubular
hors was Arst utilized. -.
Evening star., 1927-04-25
HOOVER REACHES
FLOOD ZONE TO AID
100000 REFUGEES

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1927-04-25

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 25 CP.--
Following somewhat freakish courses.
Evening star., 1927-04-25

AT the Memphis refugee camp neg
boys are engaged daily in base bi
games, the relief workers having d
tributed a complete outfit for t
youngsters, most Of whose famili
had been too poor TO supply the ba
and balls.