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Evening star., 1927-04-28
w. C. D. A. TOURNAMENT
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Evening star., 1927-04-28
TOURNAMENT LEADERS.

SINGLES.
Glass A.
High game--Burtner, 149.
High set-L. K. Meaney, 374.
Glass b.
High game-WOIfe, 151.
High set-Woife, Ala.
Glass c.
High game-WOOdruff and johnson,
High set-O. II. Clark, $40.
DOUBLES.
Glass A.
High Boyer, 284.
High set--Sweeney-McKa 756.
Class b.
High game-DavidsOn-C Cones, 259.
High set--Burns-Norris, 7O2.
Class G.
High -O'COnnor.Douglass, 239.
High set-Whelan.C Clemens, 645.
TEAMS.
Glass A.
High game--AgricuIture, 6O4.
High set-Agriculture, l,74S.
Glass Il.
High game--Petworth Masonic, 514.
High set--POstmasters, 1857.
Glass G..
High game-Independents 583.
High neutrality-suspicious., 1855.
UNCLASSIFIED TEAMS.
High game-St. Johns, 535.
High set-St. Johns, 1,541.
Few turf fixtures anywhere attract
a larger attendance than does the an
nual renewal of the Melbourne cup
ra % an Australia
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Few turf fixtures anywhere attract
a larger attendance than does the an"
nual renewal of the Melbourne cup
race in Australia.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

HHE annual invitation tennis
doubles tournament of Chevy
Chase Country Club opens this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Willie MacLean. golf pro at the
Heights Country Club,
Alberta, Canada. has many trick
shots, one of which is to putt golf
ball over distance Of 100 feet into
a drinking cup.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

~ OMORROW will be easily the
biggest day SO far this Spring
for schoolboy athletes here
II nhnI1fg
Evening star., 1927-04-28

and track athletes of
L Georgetown University, Uni
4 versity of Maryland, Gallaudet
i and Catholic University will
Evening star., 1927-04-27
LEvEE OPENING APPROVED.
War Department and Louisiana Con-
cIude Arrangements.
BY the Associated Press

Secretary Davis concluded the War
Departments connection with plans
of Gov. Simpson of Louisiana to open
the levee at Poydras, when he formal
ly communicated to the governor to-
day the decision of Maj. Ger. Jadwln,
chief of Engineers, not TO object. The
War Secretary's telegram reiterated,
however, his previous statement that
the War Department could accept no
responsibility for damages or injuries
resulting from this break.
A note attached to the War Depart
ment's announcement that the Secre-
tary had telegraphed the governor to
tbs effect added
Decision now rests with the au-
thorities of the State of Louisiana,
who will have entire responsibility Tor
any damage which may result.
The Veterans Bureau today stepped
into the fight TO aid flood sufferers
in the Southern States. A shipment
Of supplies was sent today from the
supply depot at Perry Point, Md, TO
the bureau co-ordinator at Memphis,
Tenn.
In response to a telegfaphed request
for assistance, received last nlSht,
500 mattresses, 25 900 tow Is, and 500
suits Of mems underwear were sent
Immediately These items constitute
all the surplus supplies of the kind
requested.
Fifteen hundred mattresses also are
being sent from the Long Island, N
Y, depot. and 10000 suits of men $
underwear from the Chicago supply
| depot.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
BY stan Correspondent, of The Star.

,
GREENVILLE. Miss, April 27.-
An entirely unexpected and peculiar
factor is presenting itself in flood
rescue work to battle distracted rellef
officials 1t is the unwllllngnesS 81
considerable numbers of refugees TO
leave immediate places Of safety in or
near their water besieged homes. 1t
seems to be an actual fact that lots OF
these Mississippi flood victims Just
naturally don't want to be rescued at
all.
Take the situation in this stricken
CITY for instance. GreenVille Is wholly
under water, reaching into second
stories of many of the residences and
stores. Relief workers have ordered
the city evacuated. Under the condI-
tions it does not appear possible that
Greenville could be anything else but
in q state Of evacuation, yet, in utter
defiance of insstent pleading, com
mands and cajolery OF Federal and
local authorities, approximately 5000
of the city's 900 souls have re-
fused TO bulge from their precarious
quarters in upper rooms and attics.
Hazards Are Explained.
The people. the majority men, have
been told that they face dire hazards
of contagiOn and accident, II they re-
main where they are, that their drink
ing water is, or will be contaminated
by river seepage, that many other
things may happen 10 them II they
don't get out and get out quickly.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
CITIZENS PLAN TO AID
FLOOD RELIEF FUND
Iowa Thomas Circle Group Votes
to Contribute to Red
Cross Appeal.

Towa,Thomas Circle Citizens Asso-
citation met last night at Northminster
Church and voted unanimously to con
tribute to the Red Cross fund for the
relief of the flood sufferers. The mat
ter of aiding in the District war me-
mortal project was taken under con-
sideration.
Safety zones We're urged on Four
teenth street between l. and T streets.
Cleanup week was heartily indorsed
and members of the association
pledged their individual cooperation.
Election of officers will be held at the
May meeting OF the association. while
the June meeting will be celebrated
with a reception and entertainment
program in token of the final gather
ing until Fall. Mrs. Ella M. Thomp-
son, president, presided.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
FLOOD REFUGEES STILL CLING
TO THEIR THREATENED HOMES
Relief officials Bafaed by Unexpected
Factor-Order Evacuation, But Many
Persons Refuse to Bulge

But to date, none of them has been
convinced, Ar else they don't care.
Another example of the same sorts
of problem was recited TO Secretary
Hoover and his relief party here yes
terday by Mai Donald III. Connolly,
district engineer. A group of refugees
have enseoaced themselves on a bridge
over the White River near its mouth
in Mississippi and have refused to
leave their perch. he said.
II have Just issued an ultimatum,
however" Maj Connolly said. II sent
them word that unless they consented
TO Cor1e aboard one of our Engineers
boats for transportation to place or
safety we wor3ld have to leave them on
the bridge without food from now on.
Thrt ought to bring them around, be-
cause tf7e only food they have had
since the fiooG is that which our boats
have carried to them"
No Place Like Home
Secretary Hoover and Maj Gen
Jadwin, chief of Engineers, have
infused upon the psychology involved,
i'm such occurrences, and they have
agreed that back of the apparent.
foolhnrdiness is the attachment of
human beings to the places they call
their homes.
The attitude Of these men, all of
whom are of the poorer class, seems
to be that home even when they are
suffering from dire want, is after all
home-the only seal place in which a
person feels any sense of security in
time Of great disaster.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
S105,OO0 FOR FLOOD AREA.
Donations for Relief Through Red
Gross in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, April u (P).-
Contributions aggregating $685. 900 for
Mississippi River flood relief have been
received bv the Philadelphia Chapter
Of the American Red Cross, officials
of the society announced today. The
quota for this district is $365 900, but
it was said this may be doubled be-
cause of more disastrous reports from
the stricken zone.
Among the large contributions were
$4,000 from Samuel M. Vauclain,
president of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. and $4,000 from the Girard
National Bank Announcement was
made that the Loyal Order of Moose
would donate SIS 900, and Charles II.
Grakelow, grand exalted ruler of the
Elks last night forwarded S14, 900 to
the flood districts from various lodges.
Mr.. Grakelow previously had sent
$4,000 on behalf Of the Elks.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
ARMY ENGINEERS BATTLE MUD
AND WATER ON MISSISSIPPI
Maj. 7. C. H. Lee, Who Served Overseas,
Found Busiest of Grew IN Action Among
Levee Perils of Vicksburg District.

a very handy person to have around
when food reports began to s1tt into
this territory. Ever since he has been
the busiest man between GreenVille
and Nicksburg No sooner would he
institute protective measures at one
section of the ievees than a frantic
call for aid would come in from an
other point
Miles away levees aWash with the
muddy currents required organlza ton
of sand bag patrols. sand Dolls,
those peculiar eruptions Of sand and
water on the land side of levees. un-
able TO Withstand the tremendous un-
derground pressure and erosion of the
waters. had to be hemmed in with
dirt and bags to permit rising of
water in the improvised tank" and
afford relief from the menacing
pressure.
Safety Work Success.
Most of this work of safe
guarding danger points has been
successfully accomplished, Mai Lee
told his chief One place still giving
officials concern is at Southbend
Miss. On a tributary of the main
stream a collapse of the levee at this
point would result disastrously to
some OF Mississippis fine cotton
plantations, including one of the two
partly owned by Gov. Lowden of Hi
nois The present emergency over,
and 50 far as the area above Vicks-
burg is concerned, it appears to be al
most over, Maj. Lee will resume his
less spectacular but fully as impor-
tant work of completing the Govern
ment's vast levee program begun
after the floods of 1913 and 1922. a
total of $50 100000 was authorized for
this reconstruction work, and half Of
this amount has been expended. under
direction of Maj Lee and the other
district engineers stationed along the
Secretary Hoover. him
self an engineer, congratulated Lee
on his splendid efforts in the flood
disaster, and Gen. Jadwin couldn't re-
strain a CHEEKY unmilitary-like ''fine
work, Johnny"
Evening star., 1927-04-27
DESPERATION IN ARKANSAS.
Flood Situation in Mississippi Also
Grows Worse.

MEMPHIS, April 27 0P).-While
Louisiana authorities We're preparing
for the unprecedented expedient of
deliberately cutting the dykes and
flooding almost all Of two parishes to
save New Orleans from the mighty
flood tide sweeping down the MiSsls-
sippi, situations little short of des-
perate were presented today in south
eastern Arkansas and the Mississippi
delta section.
Nearly two score Of towns within
A radius of less than 100 miles in the
two States were under water with the
plight Of thousands of refugees de-
scribed in official reports 10 Red Cross
headquarters here as serious in the
extreme.
With the racing waters hattering
at their homes or the levees and
knobs upon which they had sought
refuge, those in these devastated dis
tricts were sending out plteous calls
for boats, clothing, food and other
supplies. Directors Of Red Cross re-
lief moved as speedily IS possible to
render aid.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
REAL HEROES FOUND
IN FLOOD DISTRICT
Many Weary, Grim Faced Meu ant
Women Bravely Remain in
Posts of Peril.
Rx a stan corrasponasn. of The slae..


GOODRICH. Miss. April 27i--M
this heroism in the flood disas ter il
not of a spectacular sort. There arr
heroes and heroes. aSd not the leasl
of these are the weary but grim -facej
men and women who are stick ing al
their posts in an effort to lteeg opel
the lines Of communication CreWi
of repair men in rowboats art work
ing on telephone and telegraph linci
in the fo9d district, while IL uppei
floors of water surrounded uildiags
the gallant operate are Coim q almOSi
supcrhuman duty under Uae most
trying of circumstances. "A typiCa
example Of this fortitude 90 the par
of those charged with handling news
of the disaster came to tn q attention
of the Hoover relief exped kti0n TODAY
i'm Greenville One tele Dhnue gin
there tainted at her pos YESTERDAY
after remaining on cont Duous duty
for 90 houEs. Thirty OF hers stage.
at exchanges for periods Of Sc to
hours without relief.
Newspapers Great Acf fevemeni.
Equally remarkable is the servic,
rendered by fhe Greenville newspaper
the Daily De uocrat-T Times. which il
being issued regularly in single-sheei
form with the aid of q. lone linotyp,
operator. vE.use boot-in ca.sed feet rcst
in water several inches deep. Tht
two other type machines were put Oui
of commission by the Hood
Editor E1rn sst Smith distributes his
bulletinized Inper free of charge Il
the officials atnd refug ees huddled or
the Greenville' levee.
Today's edi fion announced with
banner headlines, the passage of the
crisis at this point. Warnings were
issued that Oh linking water must ie
boiled, as anal ysis tyy health officials
show the waite supply contaminated
photographers Kept Busy
Thirty-one telsgrssph offices are this
busiest places in the stricken town
The Cumberland Telephone Co. has es
tablished a kitch Ell on the second floor
of the building adjoining the eX
change, and the operators take only
enough time to snatch a sandwich
and a cup of coli ee. The Greenville
paper has just on g advertisement--H
it that of a hardw are store, which an,
noIInces it is opq for business day
and night. All tht3 customer needs to
make his shoppins trip complete is
pair of hip boots = a roWboat.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

sippi above Greenville, was slowly
forcing the waters in the delta region
eastward, and today I3elzoni, Miss.
SO miles southeast of Greenville and
almost so miles from the Stops Land
ing crevasse, was being inundated.
Declaring the situation to be TEX
tremely serious Deputy Sheriff Gore
sent word to Memphis that unless
help arrived within a few hours there
probably would be loss of life. He add
ed that a number of refugees, probab-
iy soc, had left the town.
Isola, Louise and Midnight. nearby.
towns were reported under from seven
to ten feet of water. Their combined
populations is 1000 and while most
of the people got out ahead of the
flood, some were reported on roofs
and in trees.
Across the surging Mississippi in
Arkansas Arkansas City was being
flooded deeper and deeper with approx
imately ]. 500 of it's inhabitants still
stranded on the levee.
Nearly a dozen nearby towns also
We're flooded and long eaverns of ref
ugees were plodding their weary way
along highways yet untouched by the
floods, seeking a haven in Monticello
and other nearby towns, where the
Red Cross has concentration camps.
Far-reaching steps to save the lives
of hundreds and to get the homeless
to safety points were taken by Henry
M. Baker, director of the Red Cross
relief. Because of the terrible condi-
tions in Southeastern Arkansas, he
ordered is coast guard motor craft
from Vicksburg to Arkansas City and
they breasted the tide of the Mississip-
pi all night so urgent was the call.
Additional seaplanes for reconnoiter-
ing and 100 motor launches from the
coast guard have been called for by
the director so that all Of the stranded
may be removed from the levees and
promontories before the flood waters
begin to recede and leave these refu-
gees behind an impossible sea of mud.
Evening star., 1927-04-27

sulting engineer of Providence, r. /.
The scientific sessions of the acad-
envy closed yesterday afternoon with
papers devoted to geology and
geodesy.
Dr. Arthur j.. Day, head Of the
eeophvsfcal laboratory Of the Carnegie
Institution Of Washington, told OF
boring for live steam, as men bore
for oil in the Sonoma County dis
trict of California. where operations
have been going on for some time to
explicit a field of hot springs and
steam vents similar To those of Vel
lowstome National Park, but on
smaller scale Thus far. DR.. Day
said, FIVE borings have. been sunk to
depths of from 800 to 600 feet, yield
ing a total of nearly 5000 horsepower
Of live steam.
The temperatures at the bottom of
the wells vary from 160 to 1S5 degrees
centigrade, and the pressiures attain
maximum of 276 pounds "a square inch.
Similar wells have been operated on a
large scale for several years in Italy.
THE Oldest of the California wells now
has been flowing internationally for
five years with undiminished pressure.
DR. Day also presented q paper on
recent volcanic activities in Japan.
Sea level, the standard TO which land
heights are erred is not such
definite thing after all, Prof. Douglas
Johnson of Columbia University told
members of the academy. Local con-
figurations of shore line may have
great effect. AS extreme examples of
this he cited the case of the Bay of
Fundy, which is wide at the mouth.
but gets narrow toward the head, so
that the high tide in the bay is much
higher than in the oren sea. On the
other hand, broad bay. connected to
the sea by marrow inlet, may never
have a tide as high as the ocean out
side, because the water cannot pour
in through the inlet fhst enough to
fill up the bay before the tide begins
10 fall
Evening star., 1927-04-27
BY STAFF Correspondent of The star.

BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
NICKSBURG, Miss. April 27.--Back
of the visible phases of the heroic
battle being waged against the rising
water in this threatened section ana
lost in the background of the sand
bagging. boarding and other reinforce
ment work on the levees themselves,
is the guiding genius of United States
Army engineers.
From one side of the river to the
other, from up the river points to
lower areas rush these roughly dress
ed engineer officers to master a break
here or a sand boil there.
Going about their all-important
duties with the help of airplanes,
motor boats and steamers, these sol
diers prove that man is not entirely
servile 20 the angry Father of Waters.
Today there reported to Mai. Gen.
Edgar JadWin. chief of Engineers, q
young man dressed in soiled gray
sweater, khaki riding breeches, work
shirt and mud-c7l1ed leather boots. A
days growth of beard graced his tan
ned clean-cut features and a be
draggled gray cap topped his disar-
ranged hair. He saluted in true mill
tary style. He was Maj. j. c. II.
Lee, United States district engineer of
the Nicksbarg area and erstWhile
chief Of staff of the SD Division
overseas.
Leads Fight for Levees.
This well bred. highly efficient Of
ficer is the directing head of the
valiant fight to save the levees. What
Maj. Johnny" Lee doesn't know about
the tricky Mississippi and her land
hulwarks isn't worth knowing. one
gathers from the proud, fatherly in
terest shown toward him by his big
chief. The major gained this expert
ence and knowledge not by reading
books. Primarily the Mississippi mud
on his boots suggests just how he
rounded out his education with re-
gard to levee work. Already engaged
in carrying out the ambitious leVee
construction program of the MisSis-
GiintAi
Evening star., 1927-04-27
WASHINGTON Must Not Fail;
Help Flood Sufferers at Once!

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Evening star., 1927-04-27
JACKSON SEES COOLIDGE.
"Entirely Personal" Call Made by
Indiana Governor.

Gov Jackson Of Indiana talked for
p half an hour with President Cool
idge today at a conference which was
described as entirely personal.
Before going to the White House
the governor asked Chief Justice Taft
10 speak at the laying of the corner
stone Of the War Memorial Plaza in
Indianapolis in July, but Mr.. Taft
was unable to accept William il.
Kershner, adjutant general of the In
diana National Guard, accompanied
Gov. Jackson.
Asked if he intended becoming a
c candidate for the Senate next year
Jackson replied he had mo political
ambitions While declining to dis
cuss politics generally he said this
President lis liked very much in
Indiana" -. "a, "A. - a.. i
Evening star., 1927-04-27
FLOOD RELIEF ASKED.
HyattsyiIIe Red Cross Chapter Told
of Mississippi Needs.
pecial DIspatch ID - 50

tpeCIM Uspatc1 70 TIC SUIT,
EVANSVILLE. Md, April 27.--
An appeal for funds for relief work in
the Mississippi flood has been received
by the Prince Georges County Red
Cross Chapter from the national or
ganization. 1t is pointed out that the
situation is extremely grave. Checks
may be sent to w. S. Hill, treasurer
of the Prince Georges County Chapter,
at Upper Marlboro. or to Mrs. a. y.
Gahan, secretary, at Berwyn.
Evening star., 1927-04-27
1,500 Tents Are Sent.

BOSTON, April 27 CP)-Fifteen
hundre tents, nough to shelter
~ 900 refugees, were Withdrawn from
the qua aTTernasteri1 stores of the 1st
Corps A rpa here during the night and
started for st. LoB is for distribution
through the devastated Mississippi
Valley
Evening star., 1927-04-27
FLOODS HIT IDAHO.
Worst in History of District Caused
by Melting Shows.

KELLOGG, Idaho, April 81 LP).--The
worst floods in the history of this dis
trict were forecast today as high tenn.
peratures rapidly melted an un-
usually heavy snow blanket to swell
mountain streams.
Large crews have been employed in
an attempt to save highways and rail
road tracks
Evening star., 1927-04-27
More Refugees Found.

Almost hourly groups of refugees
are being found by relief workers as
they move by steamer, motor boat or
plane over the desolate regions. one
such group was found last night on
the Mississippi north of Helena.
They had been without adequate food
for days and had little shelter on the
IeVee perch,
An intrepid woman, Nell Williams,
q Rcd Cross worker from st. Louis.
was the first to carry succor to them,
Drawing the racing food crest in a
tiny motor boat alone at night, that
some measure Of relief might be
afforded the women and children at
least.
While no new reports of breaks in
the leyees on either the Mississippi or
the Arkansas Rivers were reported
overnight, the flood waters already
/ loosed by yawning crevasses were
rushing over lowlands and through
valleys TO lag waste new areas and
drive monG thousands from their
! homes.
| The food. roaring through the
Stops Landing break on the Missis'