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New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
People Given Until Friday Noon, When Leyees Will Be Cut to Lower River Waters Which Threaten Delta City-Great Army of Homeless, Now TotaIling l60o0o, Increases Hourly isolated Refugees Sought By Seaplanes.
HOOVER AFTER PERSONAL SURVEY
 THINKS CRISIS HAS BEEN PASSED

New Orleans, April 27 Gp, --- The crisis probably has passed in the Mississippi river flood situation and no more extensive hardship, suffer ing and loss of life and property is Anticipated in the opinion Of Secre- tary or Commerce Hoover, President Coolidse's observer in the inundated i region. He arrived here today, com
 p!eting his tour of the area from Memphis 10 New Orleans.
 In Mississippi and Arkansas, NIT. Hoover said. he found no unsatis. l factory conditions and only the ne cessity of continuing adequate relief measures. He said, however, that his view of the end of flood danger may be upset by later developments Hoo>cr's Opinion Mir. Hoover expressed his opinion Of the flood situation briefly as fol- lows:
 T believe the flood dead will not greatly exceed 900.
 The homeless will probably be not much greater than l5n, ,0oo.
 ''l'he world war training has taught us to handle a crisis, Our war organizations - the national guard, the American Legion and the Red Cross-and the men and the wo- men Of the south did not become bysteriCal and lose control of the sit uation but immediately commenced the machinery of assistance This is the great lesson of the flood.
 Rehabilitation Next Problem Our greatest problem is the re- mobilization of the homeless persons in their former habitations and the establishment of agricultural pro- durtion in the stricken regions.
 The commerce secretary said he ! felt confident that the return to nor mai agricultural production in the inundated regions Nill be only the matter Of q few weeks after the water runs off the land.
 Mr. Hoover conferred with New Orleans committees in charge of the flood situation and during the after noon will inspect the Poydras section where the proposed emergency lcyee break will be made.
 Th" army engineers were said to feel that the danger has not passed as there is considerable overflow water speeding into the Mississippi river from the Nazoo and the Red rivers, which probably will meet the Mississippi flood crest. The con- bined high waters will be q grave menace to the lcvees between Nicks- burg and New Orleans, in the en- glncers' opinion, and even with the foydraS lcvee break the flood crest might not possibly be reduced ma tcrially enough 10 dis&tpate the dan ser to the Louisiana levces and the embankmcnts guarding New Or leans.
 Secretary Hoover indicated that he too somewhat shares the opinion that the flood still is | threat by en- gazing in lengthy conferences with Governor Simpson Of Louisiana. Ma Jor General Edgor Jadwin, chief of army engineers. and the New Or leans flood committee.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
FORMER SENATOR
 BEVER|DGE DIES lndianian Was Identified With Roosevelt in Bull Moose Party PROMINENT AS A WRITER
Also Was War Correspondent in World War-Rose From Humble Surroundings As Boy To National Prominence in Politics.

Indianapolis, Ind, April @7 Opi-- United States senator from Indiana, died suddenly here today.
 MT. Beveridge was twice elected 10 the senate from Indiana, He re- tired from the senate In 1911 and twice sought to return but was de- fea,ed in 1914 as the progressive party candidate and in 1922 was de feated by Samuel M. Ralston, demo- crat.
 Death came this morning at his home. He has been working for some time upon his latest book, the life Of Abraham Lincoln.
 Mir. Beveridgc's work on the life Of Lincoln was only half completed.
 The former senator's health has not been the best for several months but his condition was not regarded as serious. His death occurred at G:45 o'clock this morning. Ii came as surprise to close associates who said there was no intimation yesterday his condition was critical.
 Mir. Beveridge's death was caused by heart disease. The heart ail- ment had caused some concern to immediate members of his family during the last two weeks and Dr. William Thaycr of Johns Hopkins university was called here. Dr. Thaycr and Dr. Charles r. Emerson of Indianapolis were hopeful of MT. Beveridge's recovery.
 The fo-nlcr senator had not bc"n confined to his bed but on orders Of his physicians had been living quiet
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
Twice Freed From Same
 Woman But Loves Her Yet

New York. April c7 (UP)--Wifc No. testified in supreme court to- day that her husband, Bernard Nj. Dcckman, wealthy contractor of Hampstead. \. Y.. could not resist the charms of Wife No l. although he had been divorced from her twice.
 He even took some rugs and q lamp from the Decknan home and gave them to his first wife, Mrs. Virginia Baird Deckman. the sec ond wife. testified. She asked for S15o a week almony and $2,5G0 counsel fees.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
"3350, 900 for Normal Dormitory
 10 Be Voted On by Legislature
Appropriations Committee Takes Favorable Action on
 Allowance for Homes for Girls School Here

The committee on education rec commended the appropriation from the angle that a dormitory would benefit the girls from the entire state rather than the girls who live in New Britain. At the hearing be- fore the appropriations committee at a later date, this point was stressed with the result that the 1927 legislature will be asked to act on a favorable report Of the ap- priations committee. The senate and the house of representative Of this session are working "hand-in glol ." with the appropriations committee and it is considered unlikely that the committees report calling for S350. 900 will be thrown down by either house. The matter will be considered by the legislature next week.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
Bouncing on Bed, Boy Bounces Out of Open
 Window, 3 Stories Up

Chelsea, Mass, April q (CP) While jumping up and down on q bed at his home here, four year-old James Mccarthy was bounced through an open win dow and fell three stories to the ground.
 He was taken to hospital. where 1t was found he had escaped with a broken leg and bruises.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
SPENT $|,I7O
 IN ELECTION CONTEST
Republicans and Demo- crats File Accounts
 With City Clerk

Campaign expenditures Of the two contesting parties in the oit-year election totalled $l.170.25, of which SS46S2 was spent by the republicans and s323.4S by the democrats, ac- cording to reports filed by the chair men of the respective town com mittees.
 The democratic party received the greater amount of contributions, list ing sS3l.66. while the republicans show donations of sl6950. All dem- ocratic expenses were paid out of contributions made specifically for this years election. The republican party was required to draw from bal ances left over from previous years. democratic town committee shows a balance of sS.23 on hand. and Chair man William H. Judd Of the repuh- lican town committee. reports $l,- 0lS.S2 In the party's treasury.
 Republican contributors are: Pol ish-American club, s39.50; Sol Rat ner. $l0; J. s. Rccor SIC; r. R.. Lasher s1O; s. NJ. Cooper, S5: John $. Dixon. S5; C. H. Maxon, $5; John F. Holmbere. s5: D. l.. Nair, Sl0; John J. Mack. s5; l.. J. Colon. $5; William s. Warner. S5 B. z. Grys- bowski. $5; D. l.. Bartlett, S5: Mon roo $. Gordon. S1o; l.. W. Lawyer. 55; Fife G. kimball, S2j; W. G. Gibncy, $5: total, sl69.5o.
 Chief among the items of ex- penditure are: Telephones, Sl50,S0: auto hire. Sl90; fifth ward expenses, $99.75.
 Contributors to the dem mocratic cam paign are listed as follows: F.. TT. Ringrose, S25; Thomas J. Smith, S25: William F. Mangan, S25: B. F. Gaffney. S25 $. Gerard Casalc. Si5: Dr. A. l.. Avitable, s25; Frank l.. Conlon, s1o: James J. Butler. SIC: James w. Manning. s5: James P. Murphy, s5: F. J. Henncssy. s15; Paul Zehler, BIO: Louis Squillaciote, S5 l.. F. Mansan, s25; Robert kcr- rigan. s5; Samuel Sablotsky. SIC; Thomas B. Fay, s10; Lucian Macora, S5; Michael T. Kerwin. S5: John F. R. Keevers, s25: Mrs. Nellie Me Cram, $10; Mrs. Ann Smith. $i0: A. Valentine. $1o; M. Hart, Sl0. Total. $33i.6G.
 The largest item in the expendt- urcs of S32343 was for personal
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fSpecial 10 the NeraldN

Hartford, April 21-It became known today that the appropriation committee of the legislature will recommend an appropriation Of s350,0o for the erection of a new dormitory at the Normal school at New Britain.
 Senator F. F. Hall, chairman Of the committee on appropriations. could not give much assurance at the beginning of the session that the appropriation would be forthcoming but as the states appropriations were untangled, the New Britain senator saw his way clear to "boost' the proposition. The state owns the land, and it was the opinion of leg islators that the dormitories were to be there some time.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
Hollywood Today Has
 Still Another Murder

Hollywood, Cal, April 27.-Up) Tom kcrrick. %2, screen player. was shot to death today in his home. climaXing an early morning party attended by q group of film extras, police said.
 Iris Burns and Henry Isabell were sought for question.
 Mrs. Sarah Kerrick, wife of the slain actor, admitted. police said, that drinks had been served in the homo. She was unable 10 say who shot her husband.
 kerrick's body was found in the dining room. \ revolver was ro- covered from beneath a table. po- lice said.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
%',>.;$ f5:..>' ,>. ;$ s ;$:s'|s, |Ss;, Hot Dog ht,, ''sRaoF
 Snyder-Gray >>. O

New York, April 27 Pi-The fellow who paid s100 for a hot dog concession at the Snyder Gray trial is out that much and a little more.
 A smiling man with a wheel barrow full Of lumber appeared in front of the courthouse and started hammcring. A police man. asking how come, was shown 8 receipt and a permit. It took an hour 10 convince the raving concessionaire that he had been heeced.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
Sorrow Expressed by
 President Coolidge

Washington, April 27 tPt-Prcsl- dent coolidgc's regret over the death Of Albert j. Revcridge was expressed today in a message of sympathy to Mrs. Beveridgc.
 Tt is with feeling of personal loss,' the president said, that I have learned of tho passing Of your distinruished husband. In scholar ship, in literature and in politics. he was a great American figure. I ex- press 10 you and you" family the sympathy Of Mrs. Coolidge and myself"
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
Transatlantic Phone
 Not Self SuDDOrting

London, April 27 UP)--Trans- Atlantic radio telephony is not yet self supporting, Postmaster General Sir William Mitchell Thompson told qucstioner in the house of commons today. Calls between England and the United States from January 1 to, April o4 num- bered 169.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
Rickard to Match Jack
 Dempsey for Fight July 1

New York, April 27.-(Pl- After receiving positive assurances today that Jack Dempsey intends to stage come back Tex Rickard announce ed he will match the former cham pion for a bout with Pauline l-zcu- dun on or about July l, probably at the Yankee stadium.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
PNEUMONIA DEVEL LOPING IN YOUTH
 LIVING BY ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
Physicians Predict This Will Give Death Victory in
 Struggle of Almost a Week

Roanoke, Va, April 2 R-Com- plete exhaustion and traces of hypo- stotic pneumonia today crept over the once sturdy body of Walter l.. Boothe, farmer youth, as he ap- preached the li0th hour in his friends attempt 10 keep him alive by artificial respiration.
 The dramatic struggle against rhy- sicians' prediction of death went on unceasingly, however, with alternat-
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
NEW ORLEANS MUST PAY BETWEEN
 TWO AND FOUR MILLION DOLLARS

from New Orleans. General Edgar Jadwin, chief of army engineers. estimated today.
 In addition the city must care for three to four thousand persons to be evacuated from this section and return them to their homes after the waters recede.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27

New Orleans, April 27 UP) - New Orleans is to pay q Sg.000. .00n to s4,oo0,o ransom Co the Mis- sissippi river 10 save itself from one of tho worst floods in history. Ii will cost tho city that amount 10 cut the levee 14 miles south of here and release flood pressure
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27

ing pairs of companions swinging the lads arms up and down, forcing breath into the tired lungs. Boothe was stricken Thursday as he was preparing for an operation for a dis located vertebra.
 Late last night. the youth com plained of a tickling sensation in his reaction. forosaw pneumonia which they felt finally would end the struggle.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
WELD ISSUES APPEAL
 FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
Urges Public to Contribute to Red Cross
 Fund

An appeal for generous contribu- tions to q fund being raised to al leyiate suffering in the area Of the Mississippi river flood was made to- day by Mayor Weld in a proclama- ton, which follows:
 April 2I, l9"T
 "1 wish 10 appeal 10 the people of this city To do as much as pos siblc in the way of raising funds to relieve the victims of the Mississippi flood regions. II is fittiu; that the residents Of New Britain show their generosity in helping the poor un- fortunates Of this terrible disaster who have lost not only their dear ones. but also their homes and be- longings
 'The New Britain chapter of the American Red Cross is directing the movement here to gather funds, and checks or contributions may be sent to MT. Curtis l.. Sheldon at the New Britain National Bank or to MT. Leon A. Sprague at the New Brit ain Trust company.
 "GARDNER C. WELD,
 Mayor" The first check for S1 900 was sent to national Red Cross Headquarters at Washington today by Curtis l.. Sheldon, chairman of the New Britain chapter. This makes one fifth of the total of New Britain's quota. There still is a total Of $4, 0G0 to be raised.
 At meeting of the directors held yesterday afternoon to devise ways and means of raising the quota it was voted 10 send out several hun drcd letters 10 local residents and to get out special posters.
 The branch chapters Were appor- toned their share of the quota as follows: Plainville $500. Berlin $200 and Newington $50.
 The total to date is as follows:
 The total amount received by 2 o'clock this afternoon was S1.265.- 50. Of this amount there was one check for S250 and two checks for s100 each.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27
STEAMER IN COLLISION

Philadelphia. April 27 CP'-The steamer Bogota, from Kingston, Jamaica. with passengers and fruit, arrived here with a large hole stove in her bow. the result of a collision with a barge in the Delaware river
New Britain herald., 1927-04-27

Washington, April o7 UP)-Thc Red Cross campaign for a S5,00o,- 600 flood relief fund passed the halfway mark today.
 Contributions totaling s2,5i6, 500 were listed in the third daily re- port. The eastern area states con tributod sl,7o5,5O0; mia-westcrn, S606, 900; Pacific, sl35,50U.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18

of industrial and agricultural pros
perity, and return to the peaceful
and creative habits of life which were
halted by the great war.
Like the waters Of another Nile. the
flood of American funds has gone out
to fertilize the scorched and barren
waste of places of the world, to ex
plore and subdue the savage wilder.
ness and to lay the firm foundations
for a period Of international peace and
prosperity In whose benefits both
debtor and creditor countries will am
ply share. America, having attained
an economic maturity. having become
the gretest international creditor ma.
ton of the modern world, is facing
an almost limitless panorama Of op-
portunity for lettering both itself and
the world. It remains for us to see
that this opportunity is not squan-
dered, that our new financial facilities
are not misused through our pride or
blunted through out elf.satisfactionP
Mr.. Simmons address brought
vigorous applause. and a rising vote
of thanks was extended him on mo.
ton by Howard Moran. president Of
the District Bankers Association.
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ciated from the masses of foreign Sc
curities which were absorbed by Brit
ish investors through the vast London
financial market.
Peace Held Result.
with Great Britain, however, CAPT.
tai flowed out to other countries
through a free and open securities
market of worldwide scope. and direc-
ton was given to it primarily from
economic rather than political mo-
tives. In the main, British foreign in
vestments had in consequence pacific
effect
But other nations, slower to &C.
quire foreign colonies and possessions
than Britain, were more inclined to
give direction to their foreign invest.
ments principally and sometimes pri-
marily on basis of political considera-
tons. 1t became, in fact, recognized
practice in international affairs and
relationships to employ foreign in
vestments as a pawn in the attempt
to expand territorial possessions.
With certain continental countries the
statesman. and sometimes even the
military strategist, stood almost con.
stantly behind the security investor
and the investment banker"
Today these things are remembered
sometimes with great bitterness-in
Europe, Mr.. Simmons said.
Fear Is Only Human.
On the other hand. Mr.. Simmons
said. European countries see in the
United States new and unfamiliar
world power, possessed Of enormous
wealth. and apparently always en-
gagged in much money lending.
1T is only human nature to fear
what is not understood, and to Judge
a new situation by standards inherited
from a familiar past. No wonder,
then, that Europeans declare that the
United States has undoubtedly adopt
ed a policy Of financial overlordship
sad Imperialism to the present. day
debtor countries of the world he de-
clared.
1T seems something beyond human
nature for debtor to love his
creditors. Despite the enormous as
sistance which British capital lent to
the building up Of this country during
the nineteenth century, much angry
talk of British gold was occasioned
by it here. Now that we have become
the great lending nation of the world,
the shoe is on the other foot, and 1t
Is American gold concerning which
so many indignant protests and
sinister allegations are being made in
other countries.
Popular cartoonists, who so fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-18
STOCK EXCHANGE HEAD DENIES
US. ENGAGES IN IMPERIALISM
Simmons Tells Board of Trade Charges of
Using Markets as Political Tool Are
Based on ignorance

, although frequently an even greater
| expansion was seen in their import
| trade. On the stock exchanges of
such creditor countries, foreign Sc
| curities invariably appeared, and in
ternat.onal financing became there a
regular part of the national business.
Britain Was Pioneer.
Great Britain was the leading
pioneer in developing the functions of
an international creditor nation-a
natural result OF her leadership in the
industrial revolution which occurred
at the beginning of the nineteenth
century. and of her far-f1ung colonial
empire, which proved so fertile a
source of lucrative foreign invest
mentS. Yet British capital also flowed
out from London to many countries
which We're not parts of the British
Empire at all--notably, of course, to
the United States itself.
'On occasion the British navy and
the British army came to follow
paths into foreign countries which had
been blazed for them by the pound
sterling. Some historians, for eX
ample, cite the British investment in
the gold and diamond fields of South
Africa as primary cause of the
Boer war. On the other hand. the
British Empire was a large affair be-
fore London could furnish any great
amounts of capital for foreign invest.
ment. Moreover, it can hardly be
claimed that the United States ever
experienced the effects Of a British
financial imperialistic policy.
LAS matter Of fact, no country's
foreign policies in regard to it's foreign
investments has been strictly con-
sistent and without the exceptions
and paradoxes SO often imposed by
changing ministries and shifting tides
of public opinion. Yet the fact re-
mains that the growth Of the British
empire cannot be altogether disasso-
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quently are an accurate index to pop
ular thought, have seized upon the
undoubted wealth and the frequently
misunderstood aims and ideals of
Uncle Sam, and pictured him as a
long-legged giant. laden with money
bags and decorated with dollar signs,
bestriding the world. At a time when
American capital invested in foreign
securities has proved the chief stabil-
iZing factor in a disorganized world.
the United States is depicted as
bullying and greedy plutocrat, bent
only on the oppression and subJuga-
ton of other nations"
Pointing out our comparative inde
pendence of the rest of the world in
respect to raw materials, Mr.. Simmons
stated that there is absent here the
critical inability to feed ourselves
which is the nightmare of many older
and more heavily populated countries.
THE basic colonial policy of this
country" he added. has therefore
been unique in history. While
foreign orators and journalists are
accusing us of encroachments and
ggrandizements, the United States
has been foremost among the nations
of the world in furthering by practical
and unselfish methods an ordered and
peaceful independence among the
lesser countries.
Loans Not Made BY United States.
The speaker emphasized the fact
that the security loans for foreign
countries recently f1oated here were
not made by the United States Gov
eminent.
There is an almost complete disso-
ciation," he said, between the United
States Government and the American
financial markets. With genuine
sagacity and foresight. the National
Government has always refused to be-
come entangled in our private finan-
cial affairs, or become itself respon-
sible for them, by attempting any such
policy of governmental control "over
our financial institutions as was basic
j. the pre-war European conception
of the imperialistic state. Loans are
not being extended to foreign coun-
tries at the suggestion or initiative
Of the state.
What supervision the Government
has actually extended over foreign
loan f1otations in this country has been
purely negative in character-that is
to say, the Government has provided
a brake rather than a motor for the
process of American foreign invest
ment by opposing certain loans on GER
tain occasions, but never urging posi-
lively that loans be made. This type
of supervision Is a necessary and in
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Husband Charges Desertion.

Charles A. Foley has filed suit for
a limited divorce from his wife, Cora
F. Foley, on a charge Of desertion.
Foley says he has made every effort
to persuade his wife to return to him,
but that she refuses. They were mar.
ried December l, 1921, and have no
children. Attorney P. M. Cook repre-
sents the husband.