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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
BY BORIS A. BAKHMETEFF,

Former Russian Ambassador to the United
States.
The Communist masters of Russia
seem to be having bad luck. Blow
after blow and severe disappointment
are following in unexpected success
sion. Failure in China, with their
emissary Borodin practically be-
sieged at Hankow Exploded hopes
at the Economic Conference in
Geneva. And now, the rupture Of re.
lations by England Disconnected, in
appearance, all of these events in
reality are internally linked by logi-
cal sequence.
AS emphasized before, the Com
munist government of Russia Curl
ously possesses two faces; two inner
ent sets of principles and methods,
Numerically opposed and incompati-
BILE. On the one hand they are revo-
lutionaries openly processing world
upheaval. On the other, the govern
ment officials have to face the respon-
sibilities of office, to meet the rising
dissatisfaction of the peasants and
of the city populace. Hence, the Com
munist endeavor to >4evelop trade re-
lations; hence, professions of good
will and friendly purpose to the out
side world.
For a while the two essences in
the Communist government seemed to
live and to unfold side by side. At
present the two purposes, incom-
patible as they are, have come to
clash. That is the substance of the
latest happenings.
Revolutionary Tide Low.
When in 1921 England signed the
trade agreement with Moscow, and
later when other countries resumed
political relations with the Soviets,
the ebb of the revolutionary tide was
low Not that the Communists had
modified their faith and become
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
BY HERBERT HOOVER.

Y you have asked me to give my views on
" the following questions for the benefit
of your readers:
Whether this flood disaster is due to
faulty engineering and lack Of safeguards or
to unavoidable and unacceptable natural forces?
What can be done henceforth to prevent re.
currence of the catastrophe?
This flood was unprecedented in all his
torv Our authorized engineering plans were
sound as against any normal expectation
They were, in fact, yet not fully completed
Even if completed they would have most likely
proved insufficient.
The plans must be revised in the light of this
experience and made bold enough to protect
them from even greater floods. am certain
that this is possible and that such disasters can
be absolutely prevented.
1 am equally certain that the cost OF this
program will be but a small part of our flood
losses plus the wealth that can be created by
adequate control. and am also convinced That
financially the major responsibility belongs to
the Nation.
cost of sound program will be found sur.
prisingly small compared to other items OF
government and the values to be attained.
X X x
To have an understanding of Mississippi
flood control problems it is first necessary to
understand how this flood has come about
The Mississippi has engaged itself in regu'
lar flood from Spring rains and melting OF
the snow probably ever since the valley came
out from under the ice. And the great trunk
of the Mississippi below st. Louis Is called
upon also to carry the similar floods or the
great tributaries-the Missouri, Ohio. Tennes-
see Arkansas, Red Rivers and score of lesser
streams.
The natural channel below Cairo is not large
enough to carry the flood water Before man
came on the scene it spilled over some 2o,ooo''
900 acres of bottom lands stretched from 20
to 100 miles wide one or both sides OF the
river for 900 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.
But man came along. He naturally wished
to cultivate this richest Of all soil and there
upon started pilng up earth entertainments into
bikes and Ievees to keep the annual water off
his land or off a collective group of lands
organized into levee district.
Every time an area was protected from MOOD
the protective works congested the river into
smaller flood area and therefore piled the water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
See Knee Brooches
Restored to Favor

Will long trousers soon be replaced
by knee breeches? Such a change
in French mems apparel is a likely
outcome of the Paris agitation
against trousers. Supporters of the
movement want no more pantaloons
Tapping about ones heels, narrow
stovepipes, or sloppy Oxford bags!
They demand knee breeches, tight.
fitting at the knee! Masculine calves,
swathed in silk or wool, but at least
having the courage of their own
shape! Denying that they desire a
return Of the days of Louis XIV, or
to initiate the English court. they
say that nothing can be more mod
ern and more French than breeches.
Practical in the daytime, elegant for
evening wear, whether at the thea.
ter or the ball, whether golfinR or
motoring or strolling in the park. or
dashing through the crowd on the
steps of the stock exchange-one Is
neater, more agile and surcr-footed
when the leg Is clear cut and fee.
Already some success has been
achieved. Excited meetings have fore
sworn trousers. Masculine calves
have appeared.aN& first tinidly, then
more boldly, at chSrity balls. theaters
and even at the botEae.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Hoover Discusses Flood Control

from Cairo to the Gulf into great trough
the surface of the river in flood times being
all the way from 10 to 80 feet higher than
the surrounding bottom lands.
Engineering experience does not confirm the
popular impression that by doing we cause
the river to silt up its bottom and thus are
compelled to raise the levees higher and higher.
In any event, a population Of about 900
people in farms, villages and cities has set.
tied upon the bottom lands. where every Spring
the surface of the river Is mostly higher than
the level of their houses.
Another 100000 people live in Memphis.
Vicksburg, Natchez, etc, built upon high
ground" but to a large degree dependent upon
the production of the bottom lands. Networks
OF highways, railways, telephones, telegraph
power lines and all the appurtenances of cvi
cation now cover these former food lands
And not nearly all Of these lands have been
cleared of forest drained and put into cultiva-
ton.
Some day there could be-and ought to be
10, 900, 900 Americans gaining livelihood in
homes below the surface of this Gagged river
when it goes upon it's Spring rampage.
The floods were not always the same size,
depending upon snow upon rainfall and espe.
cally upon how many OF the tributaries were
in flood at the same moment This present flood
wass due to a general heavy Spring rain all
over the great plain from the Appalachians
taneously carried a flood of it's own and dumped
it into the Mississippi trough.
They had never synchronized to this extent
before and the result was a food three to
four feet higher than any one known in his
tory The edges of the trough were not high
enough to prevent it splitting over and these
spills Immediately washed out the levee itself,
thus getting its Freeman relief from constraint.
There has been an enormous volume of water
in this flood 1t has been running at rate
10 times that of Niagara in addition to filling
up the flood territory. 1t has covered over
II 00O. 900 acres from to 20 feet deep. besides
a vast amount that coincidentally passed into
the Gulf.
What it all means in human terms is simple
enough--75o, 600 people flooded, 100000 driven
from their homes made dependent upon
relief. The levees protecting some districts
did hold and thus many thousands Of possible
sufferers were saved; the 100000 people in the
CONTINUED on Eleventh PaHeO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Engineers to Rescue
Ships Sunk for Ages

Bringing out from the mysterious
depths of Lake Nemi the two sunken
ships OF the Roman Emperor Caligula
IS a task for a modern Hercules, and
Italian engineers have been carefully
studying countless plans proposed by
individuals from all over Europe.
Suggestions fall into two general
classes, says Prof. William s. Messer
of the classical department of Dart
mouth College, who describes the sit
uation in Art and Archaeology. The
first method would be to raise the
sunken ships. This was attempted in
1886, when workmen with graphing
hooks fished for one of the royal
barges and succeeded only in tearing
off part Of the prov and sides. 1t was
also tried in 1885, and in 1927, with
further damage to the heavy, I'M
movable hulk.
The second type of plan seems more
feasible, Prof. Messer states, If the
cost proves to be within reason. This
method would involve draining the
lake and removing the ships from the
low meadow land of the lake bottom.
The Alban Lake, nearby has an outlet
built by the Romans about 397 BIC.
LAS this lake is IS feet lower, 1t
may be possible by transferring the
waters of Nemi to it, to use this an
cient wonder of Roman engineering
for restoring to the modern world
Roman imperial barges,' says Prof
Messer.
"A tradition of vessel Of fabulous
magnificence sunk in Lake Nemi per.
sisted from imperial times. and was
never wholly forgotten" he states
Peasants fished over the spot for
, centuries, and no one knows what
prizes have been secretly recovered
and sold"
Even as late as 1895 attempts were
made to obtain bronze decorations
bits of mable flooring, and other or
naments of the luxurious ship, but
public sentiment began to protest
against the destructiveness Of the
! divers and now the commission ap
pointed by the Italian government is
! determined that no program will be
followed which will further endanger
| the historic Roman treasure.
The finding Of an inscribed lead
pipe in 1895 proved that the larger
and better known ship belonged to the
| Emperor Caligula, rather than to
| Tiberius, to whom tradition attrib
uted it.
An italian naval engineer who
talked with the divers in 1895 con
cluded that this royal bark was a rea
ship with rudder and oars.
Others are disinclined TO believe
this" Prof Messer says. land hold
with the earlier investiga tor de march,
that it was rather a great float with
elaborate superstructures, a palace
gardens, Chapels, adorned with mar
bles, bronzes, precious stones, and al
the luxuries which the mad Emperor
knew so we'll how TO employ.
The answer to the questions await
the report of the commission and tn
funds necessary to carry out the &C
cepted plan"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

higher. Finally century or more of labor
by individual land owners levee districts, towns,
cities, State and Federal Government has prac-
ticaly developed a great system Of levees ex.
tending not only along the banks of the Mis-
sissippi but also stretching up from the Missis-
sippi along the banks of the tributaries TO
the points where they reach the high ground
above the former swamps.
X X X X
There are some 1000 miles OF main levees
and hundreds of miles of lesser ones. This
levee building amounts to attempt to COM
pei the river to carry the flood in narrow
strip along it own channel, probably total
area of about 1,0000 900 acres instead of 10000
600 The final effect Is to transform the river
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

There has been recently a
considerable criticism of the
Pollyanna philosophy of life.
That philosophy can, of course,
be carried to extremes. There
is something the matter with a
man who whistles while his leg
is being cut off, or fails to
srumbIe when the coffee is cold.
But between PolIyanna and
the average citizen of the COM
munity which | visited, and to
which shall never return, give
me Pollyanna every time. As
matter of cold dollars and cents.
to use no higher standard, the
Poliyanna stuff pays.
Napoleon was called b "one'
hundred thousand man" by his
enemies, because they feared
the effect of his enthusiasm on
the battlefield more than an
extra hundred thousand men.
Would he ever have achieved
his results II he had enjoyed
poor health?"
"Men are nothing" Montaisns
said, "untiI they get excited"
And it 10 such men--excited by
their visions Of great achieve
ment, by their faith in their
fellows, or in a cause or an
ideal, who have founded cities
and built railroads and won
battles and transformed the
world.
The book Of Genesis would
tell a very different story it the
writer of it had lived in the
town TO which ! have referred.
The thirty-first verse OF the
first chapter now reads: "And
God saw everything that He
had made, and behold, it was
very good"
A citizen Of this complaining
community would have written:
"And God saw everything that
He had made, and sighed and
said: IT amt what you'd call
good, and in my opinion, it'll be
q whole lot worse before II gets
any BETTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Air Mishaps Shown.

Airplane accidents in India during
the two-and-a-half year period ended
December, 1926, totaled III, including
% deaths. This represents one death
for every 1883 hours of flying. Dur
ing this period, approximately $4,000
miles were flown. The ratio of deaths
to miles flown amounts to one death
in every 131 $50 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
On Enjoying Poor Health
BY BRUCE BARTON

T VISITED in a town last year
| where nobody had q good
/ word for anybody.
u The people are d-fear-
ing citizens in their own
esteem, who pay taxes, raise
children and attend dutifulIy to
the other obligations of life.
But good news 10 an outlaw
in that community; and an en-
thusiast would be regarded with
suspicion az one who was prob
ably trying to "put something
over"
A cold rainy day seems to
bring a sort Of grim satisfaction,
particularly il it follows q
period Of sunshine. Folks 90
around dripping and declaring
that they knew we'll enough
such good weather couldn't last.
1--WE was due for a spell of rain,
and guess it come, all right"
Merchants positively glow
when they tell that they faint
got" what you want. And there
10 more joy over one sinner
who 10 caught in the act and
whose sin can be told about
than over 10 righteous persons
who need no repentance.
In all the week ! was there,
I never once heard any one say
a gracious, enthusiastic thing
about a felIow-human being.
Where the facts were such that
they could not be given a
gloomy turn, they were uttered
grudginsly, as though no mortal
had a right to such good luck
and il certainly would not last.
The inevitable result is that
the town is dying. Its industries
dried up long ago. Occasionally
a newcomer will try to start
something; but he withers
finally under the cold chances
Of those who are waiting
around to see him fail. And
when he leaves, they tell you
that they always told you so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

Y you have asked me to give my views on
" the following questions for the benefit
of your readers:
Il Whether this food disaster is due to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

Elementary education in Turkey is
compulsory for children from Z to 16.
This is nominal to some extent and
necessarily will be so until the coun-
try is more completely equipped with
secular state schools. A new legal
code has been written, which makes
civil marriage alone legal and abol'
ishes polygamy.
The commerce Of Turkey has in.
erea sed rapidly in recent years. The
United States trade, both import and
export, with Turkey is considerable.
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Continued on Eleventh Page.)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-28
A SLEEPING LION

The danger in the candidacy of
Governor Al Smith, of New York, for
the presidency is not the danger that
he will defeat McAdoos and receive
the nomination, and not the danger
of his being elected, should he be
nominated. The real danger is that
of tanning to flame the sleeping po-
litical prejudices of this country. It
is the danger of the revival of the
Ku Klux organization, the anti-Catho-
lie organizations, and the hatred of
Catholics for professionals.
1t is understood that influences are
being brought to bear on both Smith
and McAdoo to get them out of the
race for the presidency. It is believed
that should they stage another contest
for the democratic nomination, they
would virtually wreck the party, and
there are those who fear that it would
result in the formation of Catholic
party in this country for the first
time.-Moultrie Observer.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-28
ANOTHER POULTRY CAR
TO VISIT This CITY
ABOUT MIDDLE OF may
Suggestions and Warnings Given By
County Agent ON Preparation
|, Of Fowls for. Market

On or about May II or IS we will
have another poultry car. In order
that we may obtain the best price for
our chickens it would be we'll for us
to observe the proper preparation of
them for the market.
Examine your chickens. If they are
not fat, begin feeding them on food
that will produce fat. 1t is advisable
to put them up in good sanitary
place for about two weeks before
sale day. If you do not see fit to buy
fattening mash, cornmeal with small
amount of cotton seed meal, made
into a stiff mash, is very good fat
tener. Some cracked corn and some
whole corn for the late evening feed,
plenty of fresh water at least four
times a day, with vessels cleaned reg
ularly, will produce fairly good re-
suits in fattening chickens.
Another suggestion is, or rather a
warning, do not bring chickens to
market in a sack and do not crowd
too many in a box or any other kind
of container. Quite a number OF
chickens died from having been
brought in sacks and crowded into
small boxes when the last car was
here. These car lot buyers will not
take them hereafter when they are
brought to market in a way that will
endanger their lives.
l am not able at this time to tel
you Just what the market will be
only that it will be the same as the
Atlanta market A few days before
the car is to be here l will know what
the price will be and will publish ii
in the papers, and also send you cir.
culars giving you the prices and tbs
exact time that the ca twill be- II
Fitzgerald. If your name is not 81
our poultry list and you want thi
formation, let me know aiss gVil
place your name on the list 4
Do not overfeed' your chickens .ths
day you bring them to market. II
case you do they are liableito be dock
ed accordingly.
C. T. OWENS,
County Agent
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-28
CHAUTAUQUA BRINGS
EXCELLENT PROGRAM;
ATTENDANCE is SMALL
Entertainments Called Best in Years;
Guarantors Must Make Up
Deficit in Receipts .F

Though the attendance. has been
smaller this season at Chautauqua,
due to conflicting interests, the gen.
eral expression of those who attend
each year is that the entertainments
have been better all round than in
any season for the past five years.
1t is the second time that deficit
has been experienced, but the splen-
did character of the entertainments
has made the guarantors quite cheer
full in bearing their share of the de-
felt, feeling that it has been worth
while to the community.
Perhaps more of the people will
rally to the support of the Chautau-
qua for next year because of this
great appreciation of the programs
presented this week, and it is truly
to be hoped that they will. Fitzgerald
will be taking step backward to let
such high class entertainment go by
as it is about the only chance our
young people have to see and hear
something which is at the same time
entertaining and elevating.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-28
Plans Are Rapidly Nearing Completion For
Start Of Big Observation-Disclosures MOtOrcade
INDIANAPOLIS CAR TO
BEGIN RECORD RUN
TUESDAY MORNING

The Evansville, Ind, Motor Clubs
nonstop car, driven by Dick Pride,
who will be locked to the wheel, will
start Tuesday morning from the mo-
tor club offices. Pride will be accom-
panied by J. William Heyns, director
of the Evansville Chamber of Com
merce, whose sole duty will be to look
after the personal comfort of the
driver and keep his car in gas and the
driver supplied with food and drink.
Pride is to make the trip to Jack
sonville locked to his steering wheel,
and will have food and drink passed
to him by his companion.
The car will probably pass through
Fitzgerald early Wednesday morn
ing, and is expected to reach Jackson'
vile in record time. The excellent
condition of the Dixie Highway from
Evansville, via Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga, Atlanta, Macon, Fitzgerald and
Waycross will attract national atten'
ton.
The party will return over the same
route and will make short stops at
each of the cities along the way. The
highway committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, ]. H. Palmer, chairman
will meet the party at Bowen Mill, if
their time of arrival can be ascer.
tanned.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-28
Rapid transportation
Big Aid to Merchants

Atlanta, April 27.-Hand-to-moutt
buying is here to stay, according to
leading authorities in the field of com
merce and industry in Atlanta. By
that it is meant that merchants nc
longer stock up on large quantities of
goods as they did in pre-war days
The same is said to be true of pur-
chasers of machinery and tools.
Strange to say, it is held by these
same authorities that careful and con-
sentative buying is a good thing for
business in the long run. 1t was point
ed out that there is less waste in mer-
chandise which goes out of style, and
in tools and machinery which become
obsolete.
Moderate stocks carried by local
merchants, it was claimed, makes fl
nancing easier and distribute the de-
mand for money throughout the year,
resulting in the economical and I'M
interrupted use of moderate volume
of credit.
Increased production and transport
taGon facilities, particularly the fast
freight service on the railways, it is
said, have made it easier for manu-
.facturers to fill order, thus removing
the necessity for placing large orders
a long way ahead.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-28
New Territory Over
Three States Flooded
By Onrushing Rivers

Memphis, Tenn, April 26.-Sweep-
ing man and his works scornfully be-
fore it, the mighty flood water Of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries
rolled mercilessly on toward the sea
today, inundating new territory IN
Mississippi, Arkansas and ho ~ ian
rendering additional Sanfs home
less and steadily incgeaaiiiI fhe toll Of
death and desfructioi @
Rssspss
Behind the advansinE wstEefs swift
forces of relief II IAN en-
tire nation, nrovell azaiiabie
means to give succor to thousands
concentrated in refugee camps OF
marooned on such high places as they
could flee to when the wave engulfed
their homes.
With the known death list steadily
climbing above the 100 mark and va
rying estimates from 200 to 500 dead
in the whole stricken area, every pre-
caution was being used to prevent adj
ditional casualties from disease, hun
ger and exposure.
Refugees fleeing from newly mum
dated towns and communities in the
three states swelled the ranks Of the
homeless, which already ha dbeen es-
timated at 10000.
In Southeastern Arkansas, nearly
a dozen small towns were receiving
backwaters from old breaks in the Ar
kansas river levees, the inhabitants
either climbing to the levees or re-
moving to nearby towns which remain
dry.
The southern Mississippi delta,
throuph which the waters from the
Stops Landing break in the man
Mississippi levee must course before
reioining the parent current near
Vicksburg, was another scene of evac-
uation as the food waters from the
mighty river joined with the back
water of the Yazoo and piled beyond.
In northern Louisiana, small trib-
utaries of the Mississippi added their
rampage to the peril from the swol-
len flood of the winding Red river.
Rich acreages were going under wa
ter and towns located in low places
were preparing for emergencies or be-
ing evacuated by large numbers OF
citizens.
Sections of the southern Louisiana
delta, below New Orleans, received
more water from the Diamond Gre
vase.