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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-17
COMEDY MIXED WITH PATHOS Z
IN GEORGIA FLOODED AREA
Children Play in Water as Tide Recedes.
Prisoners Pray for Stronger Current
to Garry Walls Away.

American Newspaper Alliance.
MACON, Ga, August I7.-As trag-
edy has stalked the fertile valleys of
south Georgia for the past 40 hours, SO
has comedy walked--and close at the
elbow Of the destroyer.
The little city of Quitnam. tobacco
market and cotton mill center. is en-
tirely cut off from its neighborS, ex-
eept by boat. Anything that will float
Is used to traverse what were once
roads. One worker in the cotton mills
who had Just seen his little shack down
by the Withlacoochee swept away la
conically remarked:
II never did like that place anyway
Now ! kin move without the old lady
objecttn'.
Prisoners Pray.
Water, water. everywhere and not
q drop to drink could very truthfully
be said by the citizens OF Milledgeville
Too much water in the streets and not
enough under them In the water mains,
which have burst from the foods.
More than 5000 inmates Of the State
Asylum for the Insane are on a water
ration. Isolated from the main part
of Milledgeville by the flood waters of
the Oconee, the asylum tenants seemed
not to be disturbed by the scarcity of
visitors. Keepers report most OF the
charges accepting the matter with a
philosophical calm.
Not so the inmates of the State
prison farm. One guard reported that
praying among the felons has material
ly increased. 1t Is understood that the
prayers are for more and bigger rains
perhaps really disastrous flood of
sufficient strength to undermine the
gray walls and liberate the prisoners
would constitute a parole by act of
(3od "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-17
STORM TOLL 10 IN SOUTH.

ATLANTA. Ga. August II (Pl.
Four Southeastern States counted 10
dead and great property damage in the
wake of storms and floods today.
In the wake of receding waters, rail-
roads, telegraph and telephone compa-
MES were struggling 10 restore COM
munication lines which were broken in
Virginia. North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and Georgia
Property owners contemplated thou
sands of acres of wrecked farmland, de-
Stroyed and damaged homes and build
ings. and uneStimated bridge and high
way damage. The rains and winds of
the last few days apparently had sub
sided.
Probably the greatest menace obtain
ed along the Broad River. In South
Carolina, which is the drainage cham
mel for the western edge OF North
Carolina as well. where 4 power dam
burst near Union, S. c. Officials said
there was no danger To residents in the
valley. The Saluda River was declared
to be falling
Farther up the Broad, IN North Caro-
lima, danger apparently had subsidized.
In North Carolina the two great SyS-
TENS OF power dams ON Catawba River
are apparently holding safely the As
600, 900 600 cubic feet of water Inn
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SEVEN DAIRY FARMS
PERMITS SUSPENDED

Permits OF seven dairy farms fur
nishing milk to Washington. located In
Fauquier County. Va, have been Sus-
pended by Or. William c. Fowler. Dis
trict health officer. It was made known
today upon the discovery of anthrax
a dreaded scourge among live stock ON
the farms.
No attempt was made by any OF the
diaries to send milk into Washington
today. DR.. Fowler announced. While
he has not been officially notified. 1t is
the understanding In the District
health office that the Virginia health
authorities have placed Fauquier Coun-
ty under rigid quarantine
DIR. Fowler did not attach particular
danger to the possibility of the Scource
being introduced into Washington.
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Then there is the story of the young
lawyer in East Macon who left his
home and his family in his automobile
only TO return In rowboat and rescue
two small daughters by lifting them
through a Second-story window.
And in all the towns the children
glory in the excitement and the nov
city OF the rains and the floods.
Mourns Lost Pig.
One Young member of a small to-
bacco planters family was brought into
the safety of the higher ground in
Quitman after his home near the river
had been washed away. The little
chap was mournful and questioning re-
vealed that his brothers and sisters we're
all safe. hut Jackie" the boys pet pig.
had been carried away. The boy was
not to be conSoled
Nor are the victims of natures ca
price all natives of the State Between
Quitman and Thomasville. ON an in
undated section of track. a crack At
lantic Coast Line train lay for many
hours marooned from both towns.
Farmers and villagers rowed out to
view the city folk who sat uncomfort-
ably In the fine coaches with their
heels few inches above the water.
AS the water recedes the townSpeople
go back to their flats and bungalows
and begin struggling with the problems
OF discontinued gas and light service
and scarcity of drinking water.
To the farmers. the Homecoming is
really thing of uncertainty. Their
crops are almost total loss in many
sections and they go back wondering
1t any OF their live stock will be safe
To those who wander as spectators
through these scenes there is much of
comedy. but rightly enough, the "ioke"
is not SO easily seen by the victims.
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paper Alliance
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RAIN DELAYS FLYERS
TAKE-OFF ON SECOND
LAP OF JOURNEY

Continued from First Page.)
word with his mother, shook the hand
of his brother william. who has been
acting as mechanic for the Greater
Rockford. and climbed in behind Has
sell.
Takes Air Easily.
The engine had been warming up
for more than half an hour. HaSsell
"gunned" 1t and swung into position
on the end of the runway. The plane
gathered speed quickly and. tail up. few
down the field. AS Hassell pulled 1t into
the air about half way down the 5000
foot runway it rose rapidly They cir
cled toward the hills that were their
nemesis three weeks ago. tipped wing
impudently at them and circled back
across the field. The lighter load was
giving much more maneuverability,
Hassell swung around the field in a
complete circle. with Cramer leaning
out window waving a last farewell.
Then the plane started north at an al
titude of about 1000 feet.
The Greater Rockford carried a Spe-
cial experimental radio set made by the
Burgess Battery Co of Madison, which
also made sets to be used by Byrd on
his Antartic expedition and McCarroll
on his second trip around the world.
Cramer had arranged set of hourly
code signals to mark the progress OF the
plane, and these came in regularly. tell
ing the position of the plane by 100
mile stages across Lower Wisconsin, out
the Door County peninsula between
Green Bay and Lake Michigan, into the
northern peninsular of Michigan, and
then across Lake Superior into Ontario.
The Burgess laboratories and local
amateurs reported that the signals were
coming In with great strength and pre-
dicted that the plane would be heard
here all the way TO Greenland.
Meantime the city tried to settle itself
to its normal pursuits but In vain. The
streets before newspaper bulletins were
crowded and the telephone companies
reported one of the busiest days In the
history of the local Office as patrons
called newspapers and the headquar-
tiers of the flight committee for latest
information.
Hassei and Cramer are both pilots OF
long experience. Hassell started flying
in 1913 and Cramer a short time later.
Both were In the Army Air Service
during the war Cramer IL now on
leave from his duties as an aeronautical
inspector for the Department OF Com
merce.
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State Highway Commission for fear
the foundations had been weakened.
Last nights storm put out of COM
mission $50 telephones i'll this city, 1t
was reported by the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. Repair crews
expected to have all the lines back in
service before nightfall. A feeder line
of the Potomac Electric Power Co. was
out for a short time last night at
Silver Spring when water short-circuited
the line. The conduits are so wet from
the repeated rains that it is feared
additional rains may cause serious
trouble with power lines in many parts
of the city.
Two Capital Traction Co. cars on the
Takoma Park line were derailed last
night by debris washed over the line.
The cars were derailed at Third and
Concord streets and Third and Sheridan
streets. Connecticut avenue again was
under water at Albamarle street. but
street car traffic was not halted and the
water subsidized this morning
The Washington Railway & Electric
Co. escaped without storm tie-upS on
any of its lines, though service on the
Eleventh street and Mount Pleasant
lines was halted temporarily last night
by mechanical breakdownS.
The American Automobile ASsocia-
ton reported today that highways to
southern Maryland are open today
The waShout at Mattawoman Greek on
the southern Maryland road has been
temporarily bridged. The only road
closed today was that from Riverside
to Hilltop, on which a bridge was
washed out
In Virginia the highway from this
city to Richmond is open to light
tratfic, and the road from Richmond to
Raleigh was reopened today The high
way from Richmond to Danville still
is closed and traffic is being rerouted
by way of Farmville. Lynchburg Alta
Vista and Halifax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-17
WIFE IN MAINE UNNERvED.
Mrs. Jane Lyon Says She Knows Meth
ing of Woman.

PARIS HILL, Me-. August II LP).--
Mrs. Jane Lyon, wife of Capt. Harry
w. Lyon, jr.. apparently was unnerved
here today when informed that Mrs.
Erma Meier Lyon had filed suit in San
Francisco seeking annulment of her
marriage on June 5, 1920, to Capt. Lyon.
Mrs. Jane Lyon declared she knew
nothing of the woman or the circum-
stances of the case. Lyons father, Rear
Admiral Henry w. Lyon. is i'll, she said,
and she indicated that the news might
react unfavorably on his condition. She
would not talk further.
A celebration in honor of his home
coming awaited Capt. Lyon here tomor-
row when he arrives with MFR. Keith
Miller of Australia and Capt. w, N,
Lancaster of England. with whom he Is
planning a transatlantic flight next
year. Capt. Lyons mother. 1t was
learned. planned to meet her son in
Portland when he arrives in that city
tonight.
Mrs. Jane Lyon was married TO Capt.
Harry w. Lyon, ir., on May 20, 1919,
Walter S. Gray, South Paris attorney.
said today. He declared there was no
question as to the legality of the con-
tract.
Mrs. Harry w. Lyon. mother of the
navigator, said today that the Califor-
mia woman had approached her few
weeks ago In California, demanding
recognition and seeking financial as
sistance from Capt. Lyon"
she even went so Tar as TO declare
that my son had promised to help her. "
Mrs Lyon said He has never so prom
issd. and there Is no reason why he
should"
Miss Meier is not now and never
vas the wife of Capt. Lyon" she con-
cluded.
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Continued from First Page
ouext" emphasized the statement, "she
was transferred 10 the Office OF the
narcotic agent in charge at New York
City. On April 30, 1927, she resigned
from that position and on her own
application was reinStated November
%. 1927. TO the stenographic section Of
the Bureau Of Internal Revenue. the
same Office In which she had been previ-
ousIy employed. She served continu-
os1siy in The income tax unit from the
date OF her reinstatement until the date
Of her death During this period she
was employed in the stenographic sec
ton not TO exceed 6 weeks. the re-
nnainder Of the time she either was on
leave Of absence or was assigned 10
auditing section.
No Record of Complaint.
Careful inquiry does not disclose
that Miss Sherlock ever complained TO
any Of her superiors about her work
being too strenuous for her, or that
the noise Of the typewrtterS was dis
tracing Friends and relatives Of Miss
Sherlock nave advised that the early
life Of this young lady was such that
she had been sheltered more or less
from general contact with the public,
With the result that she was very re-
served and difndent. which disposition.
Of course, made it difficult for her 70
make friends easily. 1t also has been
learned that Miss Sherlock had been
IN II! health for q considerable period
Of time, and that she had consulted In
sll eight doctors up 10 the time OF heH
death
Nothing mas been developed
throughout our entire inquiry which
indicates 10 the slightest extent that
Hiss Sherlock committed suicide as a
direct result Of her employment in the
Ste9ogrsphie section Of the income taa
unit
Ii is the practice Of large business
concerns throughout the country anf
In ether branches Of the Government
al Washington 10 Segfegate their steno
graphic help In single unit. This, q
course, tends 10 greater efficiency in thu
performance Of the work Of the organ
azatlon and within our bureau ii lessen
annoyance 10 persons who may be en-
gagged on auditing or other work Of
difficult nature requiring concentration
and generally has proved satisfactory b
the service and 20 the employees. Tn
general system OF segregation Of steno
graphic employees has been approval b
The Bureau Of Efnciency after exhaus
tive Investigations by experts employee
by that bureau. Undoubtedly there
In some such organizations room 70
Improvement IN the manner Of conduct
inc such sections. but If conducted i
n proper manner they have been foun
to he satisfactory"
Treasury Department oFf1ciais haf
ernseesfS 'heir regret over the deaf
q Alt3 s4asg4oek to hSx family.
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GREETED IN SAN JOSE.

SAN JOSE. Calf. August IL tF'.--
Several thousand San JoSeans gavt
Herbert Hoover. Republican NOMINEE
for the presidency. rouSing farewell
last night as his train made 10 minute
stop en- route from Palo Alto to south
ern California and the East.
Mr. Hoover appeared ON the rear
platform of his car with Mrs. Hoover,
his son Allan and Mark Requa. Cali
fornia Republican campaign leader.
Hoover chatted genially with those in
the front fringe of the crowd. joked
with the photographers. shook hands
with as many as could make their way
to him and appeared To thoroughly
enjoy It all.
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DANVILLE AREA HIT.

Special Dispatch TO Tie Star,
DANVILLE, Va. August l7.-Wide-
spread damage resulted last night and
today from second rainstorm within
q week. Patrick County, which en-
braces the watersheds of many streams.
had a cloudburst. and rain recWds of
80 years were broken. Farm property,
telegraph and telephone lines and roads
in Patrick, Franklin and Floyd Coun-
ties have suffered. Business houses and
homes in Bassett were partly inundated.
Roads to Lovers Leap and Hillsville in
Patrick County were blocked by a land
slide.
Smith River reached a i5-foot stage
and receded quickly. Mayo River was
between II and 20 feet The road from
MartinSville to Stuart is still cut of.
Dan River is rising today, having
reached 10 feet. Mails and railway
service are affected
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regular migration to the South. are on
their way from the Ear North, thou
sands of them making their Summer
homes In the Arctic tundras. Ordi-
narily these birds pass over Washing
ton without stopping IN this vicinity
because of lack OF feeding places. Their
southerly migrations begin very early
IN the year, some of them beginning
their long flights South In July. some
OF the birds So as far South as south
ern Argentina.
Or. Wetmore said that among the
species he has seen in the Potomac
Park flooded sections during the past
few days are the greater yellow legs,
the lesser yellow legs. palmated sand
pipers. silt sandpiperS. least sand
pipers. petrol sandpipers, solitary sand.
ptpers killdeers and the semi~palnated
plover. IN addition 10 the rare dowitcher.
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Heavy Rains Bring Strange Bird Species
To Rest Here on Migratory Flights

The torrential rains OF last SATURDAY.
and Sunday, although they caused a
tremendous amount of damage, have
their compensations for local bird
lovers. Attracted by the pools of rain
water standing OH the Potomac Park
golf course, many varieties of shore
birds which have not been seen here
In a number Of years are visiting the
Capital by the hundreds.
DIR. Alexander Wetmore, assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu~
ton, in charge of the New National
Museum. reported today that he has
counted ten species of Sandpipers and
plovers In the Potomac Park pools
among them species of sandpiper
known as the dowitcher which has not
been seen In this city FOR = quarter Of
century
These shore birds. now making their
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Yanlpa River gorge. of strange "whis-
pering bottomleSs caveTns" and of
great cataracts and whirlpools.
Surveyors for the United States Gov
eminent. working only from the rim
Of the canyon. have partly subStantiated
these reports.
But still the grim gorge remains un-
visited and unknown.
Our expedition viii attempt the pas
sage of the Yampa River canyon We
hope to bring out a record of scenic
wonders and to discover If a brown
skinned race Of prehistoric cliff-dwei.-
ers actually inhabited this region.
Runs Into Grand Canyon.
We will leave Denver tomorrow by
special train for the end of the rail-
road at Craig, Colo From there motor
trucks win take us. our boats and
equipment. 80 miles farther west, to
Lily Park. in Moffat County. where the
Little Snake River. flowing southwark
from Wyoming, joins the Yampa River
and the waters enter abruptly into the
Yampa Canyon.
The goal of our expedition is the
| junction of the Yampa River with The
Green, at the Colorado Utah line. The
| Green River later on becomes the Colo
RADIO, which passes through the Grand
Canyon of Arizona.
! When our expedition TO solve the
| mysteries Of the canyon starts 1t will
have as complete and stanch equip
ment as has ever been used in any ex-
/ ploration party in the West.
Two boats. built after what Is gen.
orally known as the Grand Canyon
/ hot g.
parties descending the Colorado River
will take the four OF us on our plunge
! into the unknown.
The boats are built of yellow cypress,
| and have unusually high sides, TO pre-
vent the shipping of water in the
| rapids. There is q metal alright COM
| partment in the bow to keep the craft
| anoat, and similar metal tank In the
| stern-this latter compartment has O
hatch where our Photographic equip
ment will be stored TO keep 1t dry.
VIII Explore Gorges.
| While the boats viii mostly be al
| lowed to drift down the river with the
swift current, they are equipped with
/ oars and a sweep to be used in keeping
them away from rocks in the rapids,
| with which the river is believed TO be
! filed for miles.
The alright compartments forward
and aft are decked over, and a device
has been perfected for claiming the
cameras to either deck. SO the photog-
rapher on the leading boat can take
pictures Of the second boat plunginy
through bad water
Camp equipment of unusual aghtness
durability and imperviousness TO water
has been provided Food supplies sum
Gent TO last four men for a month will
be carried. The distance TO be covered
Is approximately 30 miles but there are
innumerable deep side canyons that are
runored TO contain prehistoric Indiar
cliff dwellings, and all of these gorge.
will be explored.
fCopyright. 1923. by North American News
paper Alliance
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Continued from First Page1
ter, Mrs. Leona Curtis Knight of Provi-
dence, who cast vote for her father
for President at the Republican con-
vention and was one of those to second
his nomination for Vice President.
From Rhode Island he win go to
Syracuse. NJ Y, speaking at the State
fair there on August g. Maine and
Massachusetts, will be visited before he
turns southwark for Kentucky, and
probably Tennessee Beyond that he
has no plans. but he has given the word
to party chieftains mapping out the
campaign offensive that he is ready.
Il don't mind campaigning" Senator
Curtis says. Seven and eight speeches
a day from the middle of September to
election day is a regular diet for me.
have done that about Kansas, travelling
by automobile, many a campaign"
Meanwhile, he is enjoying the hand
shaking and visits Of old friends here
at home, as he awaits the notification
exercises TO be held tomorrow at S pm.
on the Statenouse grounds. Smiling and
happy, he rocks away on his front
porch. with his sister and brother-in-
law. Mr. and Mrs. r. Colvin. as neigh
bors. friends and Kansans, all Of whom
he seems to know, call by to say hello
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tN1nAIalEu 4IoAA 4Aok = &C. -
the reply would be made public shortly,
although the governor said yesterday
that the situation had taken new
turn" by the publication OF Whites
cahiegrar from Europe denying he had
retracted any Of the charges.
While some Of Smiths advisers are
known to favor him making his counter
offensive against White comprehensive
answer TO all critics of his public rec
ord. including the Rev. John Roach
Sf-aton, pastor Of Calvary Baptist
Church in New York City, Smith has
no. indicated just how far his rejoinder
viii 60. The fact that he has gone so
exhaustively into old files showing how
he voted on various social legislative
subjects, however, has been interpreted
by some as meaning that he VIII make
his counter charge all embrasive
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Continued from First Page1
boarding the tain for the eastward
journey.
There will be l0-minute stops a.
Pasadena and San Bernardino tonight
as the train moves toward the Arizona
border.
Leaving Palo Alto late last night
after nearly month at his home o..
the Stanford University campus, Hoover
was given q rouSing farewell by his
fellow townsmen. and within less than
half an hour another large crowd had
greeted him at San Jose.
The nominees last day at the plac2
he elected for his notification OF ii,
action of the Kansas City convention
was spent largely IN completing tn
copy of his West Branch address ne.,-
Tuesday evening. and writing tn
speech to be made today at LnS
Angeles. Some slight alterations -
each we're made on the train before lhs
candidate retired for the night.
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NEWSPAPERS MISSING.
Weeks Edition of the Columbia
Heights News Disappears.

Eighteen thousand people living in
Columbia Heights viii lose their copies
OF the Columbia Heights News for this
week unless the papers, taken from a
garage In an alley between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth, Columbia road and Har-
ward street today. are recovered
A truck gathering old papers was
seen 10 pass through the alley, and il
Is believed that the copies OF the News
we're mistaken for trash and taken an
Intentionally.