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Evening star., 1936-03-20
President Makes T,U0-H0ur
Tour of District Flood Sector

tention to various features Of the
swiftly moving waters.
In order to obtain a better view,
the President then motored to the
crest of the hill at the south end Of
the bridge, where is located the home
of Mrs. William N. Doak, widow Of
President Hoover's Secretary of Labor.
The President sat in his car on the
lawn of the Doak estate for more
than IS minutes, apparently fascinated
by the scene of the flooded river be-
low him. Mrs. Doak Joined the
President and posed with him for q
photograph.
Signs Bill In Car.
Because of the congestion of motor
cars, the President returned to Wash
ington via Langley Hill and through
Mclean and then to Tyson's Cross
roads, Falls Church and the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge.
The President then found he had
an engagement with Senator Norris
of Nebraska to sign the bill estab-
fishing a national park at Fremont,
Nebr. The President motored to west
entrance to the executive Office,
where he greeted Senator Norris. who
was awaiting him and where. as he
sat in the rear seat of his automobile,
he signed Senator Norris bill and
presented the latter with the pen.
With this formality over, the Presi-
dent made a hurried trip to see the
extent of the food In the vicinity Of
Anacostia. He motored across the
Anacostia Bridge, from which he
could see the Anacostia golf and tennis
courts entirely covered with water.
The President then motored through
Anacostia to Pennsylvania avenue
southeast and started back to the
White House over the Pennsylvania
avenue Bridge.
Several times during the motor trip.
especially in the vicinity of the White
House grounds, the Presidents car
was forced to come to stop while
his motorcycle escort made an aisle
through the traffic jams.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
COST
SET At S,0D0,0DO.
Relief Work Is Directed by
Red Cross, Aided by
Advisory Council.
BY the Associated Press.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 90
With the first official estimate placing
Cumberland's flood damage at $3,ooo,-
900 - estimating conservatively' -
county, State and Federal authorities
today began laying the groundwork
for the rehabilitation Of Maryland's
second largest city.
All relief work in the stricken sec
ton was co-ordinated under the Red
Cross. with Miss Margaret Lewis. ma
tional field representative. in charge.
"It Is a little difiicult to check losses
accurately as yet" she said, but I
should say, estimating conservatively,
that damage will total at least $3.000.-
600. That figure was decided upon at
a meeting of my Advisory Council"
Leaders on Advisory Council.
The Red Cross Advisory Council.
which Miss Lewis named Immediately
upon her arrival in the flooded city.
is made up Of IA civic, professional and
business leaders. Included are Mayor
George w. Legge, Mayor-elect Thomas
Koon, j. Milton Patterson, chairman
Of the Allegany County Welfare Board;
Lieut.. Col. George Henderson OF the
National Guard and others.
Mayor Legge. by oficial proclama-
ton, yesterday placed the whole Of the
relief activities in Cumberland in
the hands OF the Red Cross.
Miss Lewis said field workers have
been sent into the various small COM
munities in the county, affected by
the food. and that complete reports
Of conditions would be furnished
tomorrow afternoon.
Supplies to BE Issued.
Miss Lewis said IA Red Cross work.
ers will be assigned in the county to
set up subordinate relief agencies
About 10 days will be allotted for
registration and investigation of per-
sons applying for aid. AS each case
is investigated and approved, neces-
sary supplies will be issued.
so far as I can tell now, there
will be very little building and repair
work necessary in the residential dis
tricts," Miss Lewis said. The vast
majority of damage has been to
household goods and personal prop
erty. Only one house was torn from
its foundation in Cumberland proper.
and not more than half Q dozen in
the county.
The business section here Is a far
different problem. Property damage
has been terrible and extensive repair
and even rebuilding will be necessary"
Evening star., 1936-03-20
MEMORIALS HERE :
HELD UNAFFECTED
Engineers Deny Flood Has
Impaired Monument or
Lincoln Shrine.

Engineers of the National Park
Service, who have official custody Of
the Lincoln Memorial and Washing
ton Monument. today discounted as
sertions that the foundations of those
two famous landmarks Of the National
Capital were endangered by yester-
days food.
John L. Nagle, assistant chief Of
the Eastern division, branch of en-
cheering Of the National Park Serv-
ice, said:
ANY flood could not possibly affect
the Lincoln Memorial or its founda-
tions.
Since the Washington Monument
has been built there have been several
floods comparable to this one and
nothing untoward has been observed
as result. 1t is quite difficult to con-
ceive that even a greater flood than
this could have any structural effect
on the Washington Monument"
Charles A. Peters, jr., assistant di-
rector Of the National Park Service.
who has charge of Federal buildings
here, including the Lincoln Memorial
and Washington Monument, said:
We have no information that
would lead us to believe that anv
structural damage has occurred to en-
danger the foundation of either the
Lincoln Memorial or the Washington
Monument.
THE Lincoln Memorial foundation
is on bedrock. 1t rests on the same
layer Of rock on which the foundation
OF the Arlington Memorial Bridge is
constructed. The flood waters for
several hours have been rushing
against the piers of the Arlington
Memorial Bridge and nobody has been
concerned with danger to the bridge.
The flood waters were several hundred
feet away from the foundation OF the
Lincoln Memorial, as they only Tapped
at the lowest steps of the Water Gate.
This Memorials foundations are con-
structed down to bedrock, with con-
crete piers and giant cylinders. The
rock is some 40 feet below the eleva-
ton of the ordinary tide Of the Poto-
mac River, making it about 100 feet
from the floor of the Memorial itself.
THE Washington Monument foun-
dations, which rest on a natural
knoll and are not built down to bed
rock, are Of stone and concrete. The
Army Engineers reinforced the Wash
ington Monument foundations several
years ago by spreading them"
Evening star., 1936-03-20

cation of several points in the security
plan.
The draft of the plan has been
transmitted to Berlin. German
spokesman said, and 1t is being given
careful consideration, but Germany
can agree to no one-sided measures" "
Britain's press reflected optimism for
the first time since Hitler's army
marked to the Rhine. March Z,
but there was a noticeable disinclina-
ton to dwell upon what would happen
next If Germany should turn down the
proposals.
The Locarno plan, many details OF
which thus far were kept secret, pro-
vided for course of action, authorities
said, in the event of an absolute break
down of negotiations with Germany
for q settlement.
New Security System.
British sources said that the plan
included q French agreement to drop
demands for German evacuation OF the
Rhineland and to negotiate Hitler's
proposals for q new security system o:
the proposed conference.
British sources said that Germany
must accept an international police
force for the remilitarized Rhine
land during the negotiations, which
would deal with other proposals as
well as Hitler's offer for 25-year non-
aggression and air pacts.
The British emphasized that Ger
many, convicted by the League Of
Nations Council yesterday of treaty
violation, could not hope to make
peace with Western Europe at the
expense of Soviet Russia or its east
ern neighbors.
In addition to a temporary Rhine
land police force, British sources said,
Germany would be asked to accept
submission Of the Franco-Soviet nu-
tual assistance pact, on which the
Reich justified its denunciation Of
the Locarno pact, to the World Court
for q decision as to whether 1t vto-
lated the provisions of Locarno.
BRITISH AID PROMISED.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
MASSACHUSETTS CITY
IS VIRTUALLY ISOLATED

BY the Associated Press.
NORTHAMPTON. Mass, March 90
Flood waters almost completely
isolated Northampton and a popula-
ton of $4,000 persons today.
The city was without electric power
or gas, and a food shortage appeared
likely.
Reduced deliveries Of milk were
made only with the greatest difficulty
after State police gave one available
electric generator to dairy to keep
its pasteurizing plant operating.
Food for 126 patients at the Dickin-
son Hospital was cooked on outdoor
fire places. The institutions own boil
ers supplied steam for sterilizers while
the operating room was equipped with
emergency batteries.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Bon,bings Blamed
On Bootleg Feud';
Ttoo Suspects Held
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, Md, March 20.-A
Wicomico County "bootleggers' feud"
was held responsible by authorities
here for the bombing of a home and
automobile near Wango. this county.
Federal, State and local officers in
vestigating the case said the charges
were set of at the home Of Walter
Luffman Monday night.
One explosion occurred near a
parked car at the side of the house
Windows were smashed and persons
inside the residence hurled from their
chairs. A second blew a large hole
IN a corn field 200 yards away and q
third went of near the road.
No one was injured, officers said.
Two suspects held in connection
with the explosions were identified
as Beaufort Luffman and Charles
Garis, the former a son Of Walter
Luffman, the latter his son-in-law.
They were booked tentatively on
charges Of willful and malicious de-
struction Of property with dynamite.
Two illicit stills were seized In the
neighborhood within the last 10 days.
officers said. The last one was found
near the Luffman home the after
noon Of the bombinss.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
National
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covered the business district, forced
Marietta College to close and mum
dated scores Of lowland residences, was
expected to run Of within "a to 50
hours.
Throughout the upper portion Of
the valley the river fell steadily.
A threat Of rain hung over this
area, but rivermen pointed out that
it would take an extraordinary heavy
fall to affect the present flood, other
than to hamper relief and rehabilita-
ton work.
City Hall Flooded.
In Parkersburg. w. Va, across the
river from Marietta, water poured into
the City Hall basement and other
buildings as the Ohio River reached
a stage Of 469 feet, one-tenth less
than the crest predicted by the
Weather Bureau.
The city's organization of relief and
rescue workers was hard at work again
after laboring three days to move $50
persons from the lower sections.
The food rolled over the outskirts
and along business streets.
Pittsburg, toiling against almost i'm
possible odds to clean up the teeming
steel city, saw its death list increased
to IS and worried over threats Of dis
ease and water shortage. Food was
plentiful. however.
Johnstown, Pa. historic flood town
u,h tho fyHttrAofinV% fret
struck. housed 653 i'll and destitute
refugees OF the Conemaugh River
rampage in hilltop dance hall. Three
were born in the building.
Conditions described as terrible"
by one Red Cross chairman, prevailed
at Williamsport. Pa. in the region
laid waste by the madcap Susque-
hanna. This and other East-Central
Pennsylvania cities could not even
count their actual dead or loss in
property.
The swollen Potomac Tapped re-
luctantly back from Washington,
leaving a battered waterfront. Else
where along the Potomac. grave after
flood conditions prevailed. Sand bag
dikes at Richmond held tight against
record crest of the James River.
North Carolina highways, choked by
huge snowdrifts, were opened.
OF the damage, Western Pennsyl-
vania apparently had the top figure
of more than sl00,O00,o00. New Eng!
land and Eastern Pennsylvania each
added $4,000 900 more at unofficial
conservative estimates.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
CONTROL STUDIED
FOR FLOODS HERE
Engineers Suggest Raising
of Grade to Curb River
in Future.

Government engineers today studied
the results Of yesterdays flood here
and said If the grade at Seventeenth
street south of Constitution avenue to
the John Paul Jones Statue was raised
feet the chances of food waters
flowing from the Potomac River to-
ward Pennsylvania avenue in that
section Of the city would be remote.
Whether the engineers can convince
the Fine Arts Commission and the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission that this should be done.
and necessary funds for the work Sc
cured, is a question that only the fu-
ture can answer, they said.
Raising the grade Of lower Seven
teenth street near the Tidal Basin
would facilitate the work of building
a levee, the engineers pointed out.
Even though this were done, they ex-
planned, the waters could still back
up through the sewers and cause
trouble.
The engineers consider themselves
fortunate In yesterdays food because
they had ample warning from the
Weather Bureau the flood was on its
way here. Accordingly they were able
to construct the levee, in the rear
Of the Navy and Munitions Buildings
in IL hours, starting late Wednesday.
The situation would be entirely diff
ferent, they said, in checking over
the lessons learned from the flood,
If Washington did not have as much
warning. In case telephone lines were
down here. the engineers said, they
would be crippled in assembling trucks,
sand and bags, as well as other
equipment necessary to build the
dixie.
The possibility Of raising the grade
Of the roads around the Tidal Basin
four or five feet was discussed in
formally, but the engineers agreed
that this would be very costly and
would require large amount of earth.
If done this would keep the Tidal
Basin within its banks as far as any
anticipated food could be determined.
Plans are in the making to raise
the type of terraces in the rear of
the Navy and Munitions Buildings
at the rejecting pool of the Lincoln
Memorial.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Pittsburgh
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the disaster in the steel city were al
leviated today.
The Triangle, the business district
sandwiched between the Allegheny
and Monongahela. was free of water
this morning. About 40 acres of this
billion-dolla district were covered at
the height of the flood.
There was a partial restoration Of
power service, allowing a few street
lights last night. although buildings
and homes still were not supplied.
Street cars began operating on an
emergency basis, and railroads re-
sumed shuttle service to suburbs.
Many workers had to climb stairs in
high ofice buildings because few
elevators were operating.
It seemed certain the original dam
age estimate of $25, ,000, 900 would be
exceeded, while the Western Penn
sylvania total probably would go well
beyond $loo.00o.o 900.
The food forced between 80 900 and
SO, 900 from their homes in the west
ern area.
The suburban Etna-Sharpsburg Sec
ton across the Allegheny River from
East Liberty appeared to have suffered
the greatest loss of life.
While scores were trapped in their
homes by waters at Etna, there was
an explosion in the Etna Nut & Bolt
factory. Fire spread through the
nimsy frame houses. The terrified
residents either had to dive into the
raging flood or burn to death.
In Sharpsburg bodies were being
found almost hourly. McKees Rocks
also reported a heavy toll
At 2 am. Pittsburgh was free of
fires which had ragged since the hour
the flood rolled into the business dis
trict. For three days the refinery of
the Waverly Oil Works burned, with
explosions marrying the entire sub
orban Lawrenceville district.
Firemen still were on the alert, par
ticularly because Of dwindling water
supplies.
With the receding of the waters
from the history-making height Of
45.9 feet, mcounted thousands of
marooned were freed.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
SELECTION OF CURRAN
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
Assistant Corporation Counsel Is
Named Judge Of District
Police Court.

The Senate confirmed the nonlina-
ton of Edward M. Curran to be a
judge in the District Police Court by
unanimous consent last night. 1t had
been reported favoraby from the Ju-
dietary Committee by Senator King,
Democrat. of Utah.
Mr.. Curran, who has been serving
as an assistant corporation counsel,
will succeed Judge Gus A. Schuldt.
whose term on the bench has expired.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

After a two-hour personal inspec-
ton tour of the Washington flood
front, President Roosevelt could say
today that he drove in his car so
close to creaking Chain Bridge that
the water licking its floor Splashed
on his automobile wheels.
The inspection was interrupted for
a few minutes when the President
paused at the White House only long
enough between visits to flooded spots
to sign a bill, without even leaving
his machine.
In the White House limousine with
Mr.. Roosevelt on the trip. made at 2
pm yesterday, was Secretary of War
Dern, chairman of the Presidents
special Flood Relief Committee. The
two covered more than 40 miles.
President Inspects bikes.
Mr.. Roosevelt motored first to see
the food dikes thrown up Wednesday
night behind the Munitions Building.
He seemed well satisfied with what
had been accomplished and was
loudly cheered by the army of relief
workers who had labored on this dixie
work as his car drove slowly past.
He then crossed the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge, where he ordered the
car slowed down to have his first look
at the raging Potomac waters. The
President then continued on across
the bridge into Virginia and headed
for the Key Bridge further up the
river, by way of the Arlington Ridge
road. Half way across the bridge
the President had his car stopped for
some minutes and looked up and
down the river The caravan of cars
in the Presidents party then turned
about and drove over the Lee highway
and Glebe road to the Virginia end
of the Chain Bridge. There. the
President spent nearly IS minutes
looking on at the river. with the
front wheels of his machine almost
or the bridge itself.
Secretary Dern and Lieut.. w. j.
Matteson, of the Engineer Corps of
the Army, called the Presidents at
Evening star., 1936-03-20
5.MOnth.OId Boy
Sleeping in Crib
Is Bitten by Rat
Mother, Reused byCries,
Finds Child Wounded
by Rodent.

Five-month-old John Staples was
bitten by rat early today while asleep
in his crib on the second floor Of his
home, at 1924 Fourth street SOUTH
west. ..-..
He was taken to Providence Hospital.
where he was found to be suffering
from bites on his forehead and face.
Although the wounds themselves are
not serious, physicians we're concerned
about the possibility of infection.
The child's cries awakened his
mother. Mrs. Lillian Staples, who
found him clutching his head. The
rat fed before Mrs. Staples ap-
preached the crib.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Woods Wed Before Woods.

A wedding at which every member
OF the bridal party was named Wood
has been celebrated in Bellingen, New
South Wales. Three completely unre-
lated families-all named Wood-were
among the guests. The bride was Miss
Dulcie Wood. The bridegroom was
James Wood. James Wood tbrother
Of the bride) was best man. and the
bridegroom's sister, Marion Wood. was
bridesmaid. The marriage service was
read by Rev. Gordon Wood, while his
wife. Mrs. G. Wood. played the we'd
ding march.
Evening star., 1936-03-20

XVI Of the League covenant dealing
with sanctions).
3. Limitation Of armaments.
4. Strengthening and widening eco
nomic relations and organization of
financial and economic exchanges.
5. Examination Of conditions for the
return of Germany to the League of
Nations and formulation Of q non
aggression pact for Europe.
Border Security Plan.
To preserve the security Of the
Franco-German border while a new
'Jocarno pact" Is being worked out.
the four-power proposal also would
provide five measures:
/. The maintenance of the status
quo of the present German military
forces in the Rhineland as officially
announced.
2. The maintenance Of the status
quo of all military forces in the
Rhineland area.
8. The maintenance Of the status
quo of fortifcations.
4. The dispatch Of some British
ana Italian troops to the strip Of
German territory 20 kilometers wide
east of the French and Belgian
frontiers.
S. The creation of an international
commission supervising all measures.
Cabinets Submit Proposals.
The cabinets of Great Britain and
France, supporting the power
Locarno proposals for a way out Of
the Rhineland impasse, dispatched the
suggestions for a European political
new deal to their Parliaments today
for formal approval.
Government heads started plans fol-
laying the foundations for a new order
Of peace for Europe in an international
conference which they hoped would be
held next May, either In London,
Brussels or Geneva.
A meeting of the League of Nations
Cancellation Committee Of 10, orig
inally called for today to consider
the Ethiopian conflict, was post
poned until tomorrow.
A private session Of the League
Council, set for this afternoon, also
was delayed until after Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden's address late
today to the House Of Commons on
the proposals for settlement of the
Rhineland situation.
Approved by Cabinet.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's
cabinet last night approved the text OF
the plan for new Locarno pact and
arranged to make q full statement to
the House of Commons today.
Foreign Minister Pierre-Etienne
Flandtn also reported the four-power
accord to Premier Albert Sarraut's
ministry at Paris last night and won
strong support for presentation Of the
proposals today to the Chamber Of
Deputies.
The Italian and Belgian diplomats
submitted the plan to their govern
ments while the text Of the draft pro-
posals was received by the German
delegation today and was studied i'm
mediately by Joachim Won Rihbentrop,
Adolf Hitler's ambassador -at-Mrse.
Won Ribbentrop, after long over
night telephone conversations with
Berlin, went to the Birth foreign
Office this morning for further clarfd-