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The Washington times., 1929-03-18
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by JAMES ~ hlGUtAA1AznN
EEBA, Ala, March Is tf.N;s.j.-
Graphic stories of thrilling ex-
psfisness III fi5od.swsBt Alabama
Mere related by refugees today as
'ksscue workers at Elsa, Geneva and
ptlier iiafd-hit cities stfove to re-
jgt6rs conditions 70 4 semblanee Of
ncrmalcy.
A visit to the stricken cities Of
Elba and Geneva revealed that
while great havoc Had been
wrought aid that property dam
age would run, to approximately
eight million dollars the loss of
life would BE Iiesligible, in fact,
Benn Lee, 80, Confederate war
veteran, is the only known cas-;
ualty Iii friBa, although several
negroes were reported drowned
Lee died ST heart diseases as he
saw his fonls tl6atifig down the
flood waters OF Pea River: At
Geneva there is no loss Of life 50
far as known.
Property Damage
Property damage at 1iBas 4 eit5
Of about 2;o90 population in Coffee
county, was estimated between SS,-
600 900 and $4,O00,O00. The prop
Srty loss at Geneva; county seat
Of Gensva county With 4 popula.
ton OF $500, viii probably total
$4,Ob6.600.
The greatest difficulty was ex.
y5eriehced by reporters In entering
the flood area. Highways were al
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river, wondering what had happened
to members Of their families.
The bridge connecting the east ana
west sections Of the city had been
washed away and it was virtually
Impossible to cross by boat over the
swirling waters.
The courthouse seemed to be in
tact, and the spires Of First Baptist
and the First Methodist churches
stuck. up out Of the water. The Gar:
rett Hotel was . wreck; the May
building was badly damaged, and
about half Of the homes were off
their foundations Fully Onesthird
Of the buildings were completely de-
iaOlished.
Miss Thglma Paul, 81, d home
girl, said she was atop Of the May
Building from Thursday at IL am.
until Saturday morning.
''I was almost starved, as were
all the others atop the building, -
she said; t'and We certainly were
grateful when airplanes from Mont.
gomery and Pensacola came swsrv.
ing overhead and dropped food to
us. However, in all that time
did not have a drink Of water.
None of us had"
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BY air, land ana water, the Gov.
erffnefit moved today to suceOr
the thousands Of homeless and
hungry flood sufferers in the south.
eastern stricken zone.
With all available Army Air.
planes In the South already In use,
10 additional ships were ordered
today from Langley Field, va, for
flood relief duty, which consists
principally Of transporting emer
gehcy rations.
Eight Coast Guard vessels have
started up the ChoctoWahtchee
River with rations and supplies,
under orders to proceed as far as
possible. The cutter Gemmanehe Il
standing by the Pensacola base and
keeping in radio communication.
From Washington today were dis.
pa tched two representatives of the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
report on what emergency railroad
measures the commission can take
to aid in the situation.
Maj. Gen. Richmond r. Davis,
Fourth Corps Area commander, at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, reported to
the war Department today that
more airplanes were needed to carry
food and medicines to stranded
refugees in the Alabama area.
Urgent appeals from Florida for
assistance in the vicinity of Cary
vile reached Davis. He is invests
eating and will afford relief II this
proves necessary.
Davis report indicates the Ala.
bama flood situation continues ex.
tremely grave and that local relief
agencies are being taxed to the ut
most. The principal difficulties at
present, he said, is inability to reach
stranded refugees by road or rail
transportation.
To date the Army has sent tt
Montgomery, Ala, $50 tents, 2,0O'
Ala, was sent 100 cots, 1000
blankets, and $50 tents.
The Naval Air Station at Pefisa
cola, Fla. is likewise participating
in the relief measures on a large
scare. All available planes of the
Navy at Pensacola are operating
throughout the Southern floor area
Twenty planes will deliver food al
Flohlaton ana Brewtofl, and a plane
win make daily trips to Mobile tt
deliver mail, white five planes will
deliver food daily to Geneva, Ala
One land plane of the Navy has
been detailed for the use OF the
Tallahassee, Fla, food administrator
BOSTON, March Is I.N.s.l-A
marked drop in temperature halted
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Scoutmaster to Speak
At School Meefina

Scouting ana What it Means to
All Parents" win be- the subject Of
an address by ScOutmaster William
Reed before the Hubbard Raymond
Home and School Association 1t
the Hubbard school tonight. Reed
Is head OF Troup 40, Boy Scouts
The Singing Mothers, official
chorus Of the District OF Columbia
Congress Of Parents and Teachers,
will sing several numbers.
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Highest Student Honor
Paid Barnard Dancer

NEW YORK, March is 1.N.S.l
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter Of
Mf. and Mrs. Charles II. Wander.
bilt. Of White Plains, N. r., today
assumed her duties aA president OF
the Undergraduate Association of
Bafhhafd College. 4
This IL the highest honor giNen
4 Barnard student and follows Mkss
Vanderbilt's SUCCESS as . daneer
"a the 1923 Junior Shows -
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y. S. Air Land and Water Forces
More to Relief of Sufferers

the flood menace along New Eng.
land rivers today.
Ice jams between Waterbury and
Bolton, VT, had backed up the water
of Little river flooding the high.
way.
Water two feet deep still covered
the concrete highway beside the
Housatonie river between Sheffield
and Great Darlington.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March
1S U.N.S.).--With several square
miles OF its residential and business
districts under water and its priIl.
cipal industries at a standstsll,
Cedar Rapids today faced its worst
flood since 1894.
The river, leaving its banks this
morning, swept out mile long
dixie of sandbags, hastily thrown up
during the night.
The waterworks were ordered
closed today by Superintendent Fl
o. Blomquist to prevent pollution.
Drinking water was being obtained
from the main reservoir.
Two agents Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission were dispatched
to the Southern flood area today to
report back On the transportation
situation, and whether the con1ti1ist
sion. can remedy it through use of
its various emergency powers.
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Baseball Stars Join
Fight for Reduction
OF Earned Income Tax

CLEARWATER, Fla. March IL
bazzy Vance, star pitcher Of the
Brooklyn Robins. III training camp
here has Joined the cainpaign
Of the Hearst papers FOR down
ward revision Of FEDERAL taxes on
earned Incomes.
vance pointed 6tt that, At most,
the baseball player can figure
on q good income for 10 years.
His arms and his legs are his
tools. he said, and there Is depfe.
clatioh IN. them just as mulch 90
there is depreciation. on the value
OF factory machinery
would Consider Average
Il think there ought I'd Be c6h-
sideration OF that factor in fixing
the income tax rate" said Vance.
''The IHeofns tax d6es not consider
those years for example. when
! l had to work for 3490 or $500
season. Just as young lawyer
or doctor Mas to work, IL you
take baseball players total earn
ings for his entire athletic career,
you will find his average annual
income ls far lower tran his few
high-salaried years would lead you
to believe.
Most 5f us are not prepared to
| enter new fields OF endeavor after
| our baseball careers end. We are
like the doctor or lawyer who
wears himself out in the practice
OF his profession. we ought TO
| be permitted to save as much as
we can In the years Of DUR pros
| Ref.ifv
siThe same privilege should be
given to all workers. Nowadays
| big firms hesitate to employ. men
ana w6faen over 40, Alth6ugh the
/ full income rate has been col.
| lected on their salaries and wages
/ from 80 to 40, without allowances
for the lean years from IS to 80
when they are getting experience.
"The campaign Of the Hearst
newspapers TO reduce taxes of
earned incomes has nay heartiest
endorsement. urge all baseball
fans to sign the leagues petitions
at once"
Glenn Wright Agrees
Glenn wright, captain ana short
stop df the Robins, was. equally en-.
| thMsiastic. He said:
"A DdSCbdAl YdyGAp line many
other professional entertainers, and
in common with professional men
and skilled workers generally, can
command good salary over = span
Of only q few years. He puts III p
long apprenticeship during which
his pay is small, in order to strike
a brief period Of prosperity. His
savings during these few fruitful
| years often help him to tide over the
leaner years beyond.
"It seems to be n1anifestly unfair
that persons In this category should
be taxed heavily in the few years
when their earnings tend to balance
off the hardships OF other seasons,
"a slight accident may ruin the
earning power OF persons In tSr
class. 1t Is not AZ il we had
incomes from stocks or bonds which
would accumulate whether we were
in good physical condition Or not.
'"The Hearst papers are doing
a distinct service in thei@. campaign
to correct this form OF taxation
ana shall do everything in my
power to cooperate"
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SINAL[ Loss Of life IN
STRICKEN DISTRICTS;
DANCER WAVES
Ce8htlaaed fr6fa f,ltat Pae0

eamp. Huhdfeds in the Same Biaee
were affected by an, eptdenlic 81
3.1easies A Potential typhoid out;
break was also fought. Meanwhile,
sYi all the camps in the Alabama zone
the refugees were being vaccinated
j against disease;
$1,000 without Homes
Tfis humber Of Homeless iii the
southeastern sector 81 Alabama was
estimated at more than is, 900. Most
81 them are in t&fuge camps. iii
the southwestern part Of tlIe state
reports by Army aviat6rs who flew
iCver this favaged section said prob;
ably inote than that fiumber were
nnar66fied tI1ere. Ill northwest
Florida around 1900 Have had is
abandon their homes, and in CEN
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Edison Society Gives
Italian Academy $500. 600

MILAN. March is I.N.s1.-rhe
Edison Electrical Society today pFs.
sented Premier Behito Mussnlihi
with $3.50. 900 to be used by the new
Academy Of Italy for the promotion
Of science.
The same Organization also made
a gift OF $3.50, 900 to the Milan Poly.
| technical Institute.
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Ludlow Sees New Plane
OF Government Ethics

Representative Louis LUDLOW. OF
Indiana, until recently president of
the National Press Club. addressed
the Harrison Bible Glass OF the
Congress Street Methodist Pf6tes-
tant Church yesterday on Mile
stones OF Progress.
Government is on ,higher plane
than ever before" Said. THE
F-1eral pork barrel hSk all but dis
appeared. We have reached A new
plane ot SogssnnantAl ethlcs.s
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Parents and Teachers
Plan Monthly Meet

The regular monthly conferences
Of the District Congress of Parents
and Teachers will he held at I.SO
2. m. tomorrow at the Burlington
Hotel -.
Plans for the annual State con.
vention. to be held here In con.
nection with the April meeting,
win be under discussion. All local
associations, are requested to send
the name of one of their members
as q candidate for election as one
OF the delegates to represent the
District Of Columbia at the national
convention.
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PEDDLERS
CONDEMNED BY
MRS. REID
BY DOROrHY CROWLEY

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, March
IS d.N.S.t.-Who are the real mar
cotic fienas?
Not the addiets. bitfful creatures
lost In d cruel i1iorass against
which they wage a futile struggle.
The zeal flehds are the dope pea.
dlers. those who prey on the weak
r1esses, the illness, of the dope
tortured addicts.
For the peddlers there can be
devised no punishment too cruel, In
the opinion Of Dorothy Davenport
REID, widow Of the late Wally Reid,
hlfn star. who died from the raw.
A9eA OF narcotics.
These ffendIsh peddlers are care
full 10 avoid the use of narcotics
themselves, because they know the
depths to which the drug viii drag
thetia," Mrs. Reid said.
fines No Deterrent
"They know, too, how easy it Il
to make an addict--A new Gus
toner from whom they can extract
hundreds, perhaps thousands, 81
dollars for narcotics which they
sCCuIG a. 1IdCll9tt VI zLnS IItGG
for which they sell item.
They doh't care About fines.
these Beddlers. TheIr profits enable
them to pay a stiff fine without
suffering. What they deserve is I'd
be put behind bars, where their
wicked activities will be stopped.
1T Is SO terribly easy TO become
an addict" Mrs. Reid continued
quietly.
"You are iii and suffering, Of
perhaps you are overworked, OF
perhaps you can't sleep FOR nights
at a time. SomeoneS-a friend Wild
may mean well, or q peadleF who
II looking for a new customer
suggests a remedy.
Addicts Really Sick
'Maybe 1t is only one of the
Iililder forms Of narcotics which art
not commonly looked on al dope.
After a while the effects of thii
wear off and you have to try some.
thing stronger. Then you realize
addict before you know it"
We refer to narcotic addicts as
fief1ds but they are not ffef1ds In
the true. sense OF the word" Mrs
Reid added, telling, OF her expert
ences in aiding dozens OF addiets
to overcome their narcotic addiction
IN the past five years,
"They are only sick. We dom
call scarlet fever patients 'searlsi
fever fiends'; We don't say that
so-and-so has q craving for thii
illness or that. yet the dope addict
Ii just as truly III az any scarlet
fever victim"
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that ones sneaked tifnidiy through
the woods are veritabe flowing
lakes. Creeks that, ordinarily flow
lazily through Well4efdafed courses
have widened to dimensions beyond
those Of the most ambitious river,
while the Conecuh itself has passed
beyond all reasonable bounds.
Small towns and villages whose
names could not be discerned from
the air were under water.
Larger towns, like Brewster, River.
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ANGUS a. ACREE

MAXWELL FIELD, Montgomery,
Ala, March Is Q.N.sA-MiserY and
besoiation rode high today in the
Hooded area Of puthwestern Ala.
bama where the q scuh River, Pas
kaIiga Creek and Their tributaries
bays sent water raging over IL
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trail Georgia several small towns
were evacuated.
Many Others had deserted their
homes IN tEie section around Mer.
rill, Miss. In other sections OF the
state. hundreds fled to high ground
when water backed iip into tlieif
homes from the swollen Mississippi
River. I1 Hickman; KY, the streets
wers under several feet Of water.
In TaFts 0k Arkansas ana Tennessee
large areas 6f rowland we're inuns
dated.
Cities Throughout tlie southeast
have started RAISING funds to relieve
the flood sufferers following the ap4
peal 81 Governor Bibl5 Graves, Of
Alabama; for an immediate fund
L $225. coo.
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DesOLdtiOn Revealed In Flood
Area In Surrey Made BIZ Plane

counlrySlue.
An International News Service
correspondent has Just returned to
this field from a 5O0-mile flight
over this territory in an army air
plane piloted BY Lieutenant Boyd.
He has viewed conditions next TO
Impossible to convey in type.
Small branches and tiny Etlll
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DR.. 4, ". WILEY
GIVES AID To
TAX REFORM
1coRtInued frofa FIRST Page)

continued from First Page)
to Sign petitions which win .be sent
to Congress, asking for the tax cut.
Similar blank petitions are printed
daily ia The washington Times.
II you are in favor Of b feduc.
ton 81 income taxes, sign the peti'
tion printed today, and have It
signed BY your friends.
Then send it to the Income Tax
Editor OF The Times.
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FEDERALS I AXE
T0RRE0N
CONTINUED from First Page
carrillo and his staff in the event
MaEatlan falls.

Approximately 1000 additional
rebel infantry arrived here from
Ortiz to Be sent to concentration
points at Del Rio ana CananeA.
Sonora. from-where northeastwafd
drive against the Macs FEDERAL sat-
fison, commanded by Gen. Augustin
0lachea, was expected to begin.
General Esc0bar claims he cap
tured 200 prisoners, SIX troop trains
and quantity Of munitions in his
battles southeast Of Torreon.
Ell PAEO, Tex, March Is
u.N.S.l l.-Rebei agents claimed to-
day that a federal airplafle, which
was engaged Ia scouting operations
over the Torfeot1 district, had Been
shot down by Gen. Jose Escobaf's
ifishrgeft forces. According t6 this
same source, the pilot Of the plane
was killed.
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fails, F'ioniaton, Century, Fla.
Brooklyn, CastleBerty. Barnett and
others, have their names on the tops
OF warehouses. !.
These are under many feet OF
water, ranging from 90 feet in the
lower parts to scant covering OF
the ground in higher parts, Depths
are estimated from the heights OF
ordinary buildings,
Mile after mile Of railroad track
"a washed ntIt
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BOSTON, March Is u.N.S).--A
marked drop in temperature halted
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This store is noted for the quality
Of its linens and the satisfaction they
give our customers. The sale ends
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Modernism Invades:
Republic Speaking
Strange Language
Self.Styled French b Com.
munity Insists Independ.
ence Is Maintained.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BESANCON, France, January 2S.--
The self-styled Republic Of Sauget,
near here. has decided to niodernize It
self little, though 1t Is careful to an
nounce that this does not mean that
1t is intending to give up any inde-
pendence.
Sauget claims that its freedom dates
from feudal times. The 500 inhabitants
Of the three small villages around the
capital, Montbenoit, speak o patois no
other Frenchman can understand.
Though French Is taught in the
schools the children grow up speaking
Sauget, which appears to be a cross
between Basque and Chinese to the
uninitiated. The inhabitants always
speak of inhabitants Of nearby towns
as the French"
The n1odernization was literally forced
on the Republic by the growth Of the
tourist business. For over a hundred
years Sauget has had its own national
hymn in Its own language. Recently
1t was agreed that It was discourteous
to sing before strangers something they
couldn't understand Consequently q
French translation was made. Sauget
wishes 1t distinctly understood, however,
that such a move does not create a
precedent, =
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JOHNSTON CALLED
| BEFORE PROBERS
Oklahoma Gov.
: ernor Appeals for Funds to
] Fight Custer Move.
~ the Associated Press.


{ OKLAHOMA CITY, January 49,
Henry S. Johnston, suspended Cover.
nor OF Oklahoma and the third CHIEF
executive in the last eight years tc
face impeachment, wAaS called to an.
pear before the Senate Court of I'm.
parchment today TO answer five i'm.
Parchment charges. He will be sum-
moned later to plead to three additional
charges, while still two other articles
Of impeachment against him await leg
tslative action.
| Meanwhile, the House Of Represent
atives investigating committee, which
preferred the ten articles against the
executive, prepared for another busy
week OF probing into alleged miscon-
duct by State officers.
Lawyers Offer Free Aid.
On the eve of his appearance, the
suspended governor last night appealed
to my fellow citizens" for funds to
aid in securing counsel. He said that
when the Impeachment charges were
hled, they found me without a dollar
with which to organize counsel for my
defense. Many Of my lawyer friends
have volunteered their services free of
charge, but I cannot expect them to
sacrifice so much without being COM
pensated."
The executive has not announced
names of his attorneys and the exact
course OF procedure for the trial re-
NAMED in doubt. It was believed, how
ever, that Johnston would object to
each charge on the grounds that it does
not constitute an Improbable offense.
Five Charges Listed.
The five charges to be answered to-
day are:
Article II-Unlawful diversion and
transportation Of funds to pay j.
w. Buck" Eldridge.
Article III-Unlawful issuance of de-
nciency certificate for extra help In the
banking department In 1929.
Article IV-Unlawfui issuance Of de-
ficiency certificate for the banking de-
partment in 1926-2S.
Article VI--UnlawfuI issuance Of de.
ficiency certificate for support and
maintenance of issues commission in
1e27-28, after Legislature refused ap-
preparation.
Article VIT-Unlawful issuance of
deficiency certificate for support and
maintenance Of issues commission In
A Senate investigating committee
has ended its hearings on the alleged
bride rumorS in connection with the
ending OF the purported impeachment
session OF the Legislature in December,
1927, and will make its report today,
according to Senator Ira Hill, mem
Der.
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Fine Marquisette
20c Yard

Arab colored marquisette-which is
quite the most artistic and popular color
you could choose-in fine, sheer quail
ity. This makes exquisite curtains. And
this special price is most unusual
Third E1Anr n.
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KEYES' BRIBE DEFENSE.
NEARING COMPLETION
Jurors Expected to Be Given Case
for Verdict Soon as Fourth
Week Of Trial Opens.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, January 2S.-Open-
ing OF the fourth week Of the bribery
trial of former District. Attorney Asa
Reyes and his two co-defendants today
disclosed a program indicating that the
case probably win reach the Jury soon
Reyes program called for the compile
ion Of his defense. today and the de.
tense case OF Ed Rosenberg, co-defend-
ant was next In order g
Rosenberg, who the State accuses OF
giving gifts and cash to Reyes to OBJ
ain the dismissal of charges brought
against him in the Julian Petroleum
Corporation fraud case, planned to take
the witness stand to tell his own story.
The only defense witness Rosenberg has
disclosed is his brother Jack, code
PENDANT, whose case was dismissed last
week for lack of evidence. ~
The third defendant, Ben Getzoff. al
legged "fixer" in the bribery conspiracy,
was expected to make little separate
defense. His counsel indicated Getzoff
would rest his case on the story of $50
cial friendship. told on the stand By
keyeS es-f 80 t.vsf = 'ss ssfsEs ~
District Attorney Burn Fits said he
VIII call five surprise rebuttal wit
nesseS.
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really knocks q cold in a few
hours; many 60 through the
Winter without any trouble from
colds. It's a compound that comes
in little white tablets. Take one,
and that first snufie is just about
the last; or several tablets If
you've let the cold go until it's
serious. - - r. -.
rape's Cold Compound 10 all you
ask for; and the druggist charges
35c for a package, and 1t never
seems to fail for anybody.
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The quantities are limited, to be sure
but that does not mean that there are not
many attractive patterns from which to
select even now. Absolutely sunfast. A
remarkable sale.
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SYNAG0GUES LOSE PLEA.


SEATTLE, January 20 LP.-New
representatives must be elected bysthree
Seattle Jewish congregations for the
distribution Of their ,sacramental wine
before padlocks viii be removed from
their cellars, Federal Prohibition Ad-
ministrator Roy G. Lyle Informed them
in letters yesterday. - ;.
Baruch Shapiro. chief rabbi of The
congregations, Saturday started court
action to have the padlocks removed
The wine cellars were locked by Federal
prohibition agents nearly q month ago
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MILLS CRITICALLY ILL.

Father of Undersecretary Of Treas.
ury in Perilous Condition.
NEW YORK, January 20 Lp.-Ogden
Mills, father OF Undersecretary Ogden
L. Mills of the Treasury Department
is seriously Ill ut his home here, II
was learned yesterday. Blood trans
fusionS were made Saturday and today
In an effort to combat. his weakened
condition. Although Mr.. Mills was
taken LII a month ago, it was said, his
condition did not become critical until
last week.