Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 1

EVENIN (Established January 20,1836) 3c Per Copy ALTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927 Member of The Associated Prestij HOSPITAL FORCIBLY TAKEN BYCftNTQNESE Other Foreign Property at Wupu Seized by Troops in the Face of Protests. Paltzer Vow is Broken; Levee Blocks Flood U. S. SAILOR HURT, STEAMER ATTACKED American Woman Missionary Captured Japan Sends More Troops to Manchuria. (By The Associated Press) Capture of nit missionary, tho American wounding woman ot nn merlean sailor In an attack on a de- royer In the Yangtse, and seizure it American property nt Wupu were In today's news trom China.

Cantonese troops arriving at Wupu above banking seized tho American hospital and other foreign property In the face of protests. Continuing their drive to oust the reds from the Cantonese ranks, moderates staged further raids In Canton and Hankow. General Pnl Tsung Chi, commander of the Cantonese troops in the Shanghai district told the Chinese press to- daytljat th rds must yield or a definite drive would be launched against them. Paris reports that the ministers of Ihe United States, France, Great Britain nnd Italy and Japan have recgmmended that they be empowered new demands on the Cnn- toncse for redress for the Nanking outrages. HONG KONG.

April 16, and shooting throughout Canton in which about 100 radicals were killed were reported in a wireless bearing yesterday's date. Tho fight ing Is jsaltl to have occurred while conservatives were rounding up and disarming many radical unionists. The headquarters from which It Is alleged the Chinese strikers were directed, was. raided and officials nnd others on tho premises were arrested. A number ft rifles were seized.

Tho Authorities took i exceptional precautions to insure the foreign quarter at against disorder. SHANGHAI, April 16, M. I. Craig ot Philadelphia, attached to the China Inland Mission at An- shunfu, has been captured by bandits, foreign official sources here are advised. The Cantonese extremists at Han-j kow must yield or the moderates will launch a drive to oust the communists and establish the Cantonese capital at Nankins until China Is unified.

This declaration wns made today by General Pnl Tsung Chi, Cantonese commander for the eastern area, in a statement to a conference of repre- sensitives of tho vernacular press. An American sailor suffered a flesh w'ound when the destroyer Preb)e was fired upon wtlh machine gum) yesterday from the north bank of the Yangtse opposite Kiangyln, it was'learned today. Tho Chinese fired u'ntll'the Preblo turned loose her main battery of four inch and three inch guns. fioth northerners nnd the digging in today on the northern and southern banks respectively of the Ynngtse river between Nanking nnd Chlnklangr, nnd there were no developments in the military situation In the lower Yang tsc valley, Haids by Cantonese soldiers In the Chinese section ot Shanghai last night resulted in the killing of an uneatl- ated number ot laborltes. PARIS.

April 16, lives of the five powers In China recommended to their governments that they be authorized to draft a nciv note on the Nanking incident In reply to the communications from Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister which they regard as unsatisfactory. The note Is expected to be ready within five or six days. It is understood it will make it clear that Great Britain, the United States, France, 'Japan and Italy are. united in demanding that the lives and property of their nationals in China be protected and that reparation' be made. The Peltier vow hag been broken, across the river.

Years flgo, so" tho story went, the Paltzer brothers had! promised their father thnt Ihcy would not build a levee acroiw ft low slrlp ot land to keep out the flood ot the Missouri. Yesterday. It de veloped at West Alton, permission wag given for landowners interested to go on the Pnltzer land and build a loves to keep out the waters of the Missouri river which was coming In and would have flooded much other land but for the emergency move. In every former flood year much damage was entailed by that pledge the Paltzer brothers had given theJr father. The change In view by the Paltzers was an interesting IncI dent of the battle Missouri Polnl farmers are waging against tho flood When it became certain that there would be need for a fight agalns tho rising waters to keep tho flelclf from being covered, that low place on the Paltzer land which could leveed In a short time by a handCul of men was the first thouglit.

Time after time tho Pnltzers had refuse' to allow the work to be done, evci when compensation was 'offered then 15 years ogo But the old order has changed in Missouri Point. A new spirit pro vails there and the Paltzer brother have changed along with the others Amid the threat of probably greatc damage niul In the presence of nc unl damage done by the floods, til mnshine of understanding broke an tho Paltzer brothers decide it wa time to break that promise they ha given many years before. 60 now water-tight barrier is keeping out th Missouri Ht that low spot. CITY LOSES IN SUIT OVER OLD CITY BUILDING I Judge Sullivan Holds That Traction Company Right to Have and to Hold Rental Money. DISPUTE WAS OVER OLD FIRE HOUSE City Contended that Traction Company Had No to Sublease Without Its Consent.

Air Mail Plane Stuck in Mud in Fidelity Field were not Intended to run In tho mud. Theirs must he nn ncrlnl way nmld birds nnd clouds. The Chlcago-St. Louis Mr mall got Into trouble last night and had to land at Fidelity in muddy field. Once on the ground It wag Impossible to rise out ot the mud.

There the great eagle ship had to wait until the going on the surface would be golld enough for It to soar nloft again. The mall the airship was carrying was unloaded this morning and transferred to the Chicago, Spring' field St. Louis train. That train too was hue nnd so the airmail suffered an added delay. It had to wait In the Alton post office from tho time the train came In until 6 o'clock when It was sent on to St Louis, nearly 24 hours behind time, BURN IN EFFIGY PRINCIPAL WHO FIRED TEACHERS Wood River Students and Parents and Alumni Parade Through Streets as a Protest.

NONAGENARIAN DIES AFTER A FALL AT HOME Mrs. Elizabeth Schultz, Who Dies from Fracture of Leg, Would have Been 94 Easter Sunday. Dreaming of her approaching end, hoping that she would make the great change on Easter Sunday, the wishes of an aged' patient in St. Anthony's Infirmary that she would "so to Heaven" on Easter Sunday nearly realized. She actually did pass out on Good Friday, and could she have known how it would be doubtless tho day would have been even more to her liking.

For many years she had -wished she might die at Easter. Mrs. Elizabeth Schulz died Friday evening at o'clock at St. Anthony's Infirmary, where she was taken five weeks ago today, a short time after she tell at the family home, breaking her leg. Mrs.

Schulz would have been 04 years age on Easter Sunday. She was born in Helmsdorf, Germany, in 1832. She was married in Germany and came to this country in 1882, five years after the death of her husband, Fred Schulz. She was accompanied to this country by her nlne-ycarold eon. For 45 years Mrs.

Schulz has resided In Alton. Mrs. Schulz was a member ot St, Mary's Church and Altar society. She is survived by her son, Fred Schultz, six grand children and two great grandchildren. Six weeks or more ago In speaking of her approaching birthday, Mrs.

Schulz remarked to a relatives vis- King her, that she'would "like to go to heaven" on her birthday, 'Easter Sunday. The aged woman died on Good Friday. The body was taken to the Schulz home at 910 Pearl after- The question of who is entitled to rent on the old hose house property on Market street, two doors north of Broadway, In the period" after the electric unities quit the old city hail until expiration last Nov. 1 of a lease given by a city council committee to tho former A. O.

St. L. Trnc tlon i has decided by Judge M. R. Sullivan of Granite City in favor of tho receiver of the traction company.

In tho decision as entered on the records ot Alton city court, the court finds issues in favor of Receiver T. W. Gregory of the A. a. St.

L. Traction and against tho city of Alton and M. A. CrivcIIo. Judgment Is entered In favor of the receiver and ugainst Crivello in amount ot $1,467.60, anil an execution ordered to issue, Some time after the G.

St. L. moved out of tho old city hall three yenrsl ago so that It could be re- I modeled by the city, It leased tho Market street building to M. A. Crivello.

The utility company had held both the city hall and the market street quarters under one lease. A misunderstanding arose as to whether the company had given up rights to both pieces ot property or merely to the hall. The city officials claimed the A. G. St.

L. had lost its right to the Market street property, and the company the contention. Both tried to collect rent under a sub-lease from Crivello who, as the innocent bystander in the argument, filed a bill ot inter- pleader in city- court and asked tho EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT, WRECKS FOUR BUILDINGS Ignition of Gas Pocket in Chicago Tailor Shop Causes Blast-Two Fam ilies Victims. CHICAGO, April 16, per sons were burned beyond rccognltlo and four buildings reduced to ruin by an explosion followed by fire the west side today. The dead an missing are Barnett Levin, 40 4 1 wife Hose, 40, their two sons an Harry Sokolsky, 40, his wife, Sarah, 40, a son and a daughter.

The explosion apparently was due I the ignition of a gas pocket In tl Levin tailor shop. The Levins ha living quarters above tho shop, as OSBORNE ASKS POLICE HELP RIVER STAGE HERE TO PASS MARK OF 1922 BY TUESDAY life-Size Dummy Fired and Carried Through Streets Board to Act Next Week. court lo determine who his landlord was. He had a court order entered under which rent "money was paid In escrow to tho Citizens National Bank at rate of $75 a The A. G.

SI. L. receiver was able to show a lease signed by the city building committee, but a question was raised as to right of the committee execute such a lease, and other legal points came into question. The proceedings became so mixed that an agreement finally was reached to take the case before Judge Sullivan under a set of stipulations as to the facts and let him decide who was entitled under law to the rent money held in the bank. Judge Sullivan's order which has just been entered on the court records holds that the A.

St. L. receiver Is entitled to tho rent money held In the Citizens Bank, and the two-year- old litigation seems at an end. M. A.

Crivello continues to occupy the Market street building with a fruit store. Since last Nov. 1 he has been renting from the city without question, the disputed lease of the A. G. St.

L. having expired at that time. While the court fight was in progress the A. G. St.

L. was sold under re- celvorshlp and split into several new companies, but It will bo no concern of the city ot Afcon how the rent did the Sokolskys above their dry- goods store adjoining. A theory that a still may have exploded in a grocery store operated by Andrew Cardenali also was being considered. Battalion Chief Poterman said that when he arrived the fronts of tho grocery and tailor shop law In ruins on the sidewalk. He said there was a deep hole in the basement ot the tailor shop.

It was first feared that Anna SoU- olslty, 17, had lost her life but later she was located at the home of friends wliero she had spent the nfght. Besides the tailor shop, grocery and drygoods store a building believed Id have been vacant was destroyed. Relatives could not Identify the bodies due to their charred'condition. Descriptions of the explosion by eye-witnesses agreed that flames enveloped the buildings so quickly that escape was impossible. The property loss was estimated at with no estimate as to their contents.

A monster demonstration followed by a parade of gr more high school students, parents nn(l friends of the pupils wan staged on ths gronds of the Wood Jliver-East Alton Community high school Friday night. The purpose of the demonstration was to show disapproval ot action of Principal L. G. Osborne In refusing to recommend to the board ot education Wednesday night the rcappointment of MtHB Clyde Hart, Instructor in English, -and Miss Kathryn Calvert, Instructor In the commercial department, for the coming term. The board delayed action In the matter Wednesday night, but reserved next Wednesday's session to consider the matter further.

Students were angered at the action of the superintendent and began cir culatlng petitions throughout tho district to. bs presented to the board ask ing that the tenonors be retained. These petitions were being freely signed yesterday. The demonstration was arranged yesterday. Students called Rt the offices of the Wood River and Alton newspapers and announced In advance what was going to happen, It happened.

On assembling at the school grounds the students poured kerosene on a life- Record of 1922 to he Ex ceeded by One-Tenth of Foot River Almost Stationary Here This Morning. Flood Data Weather Bureau Forecast by Tuesday. ..35.6 feet Today, 6 n. 20.2 feet Friday, 6 28.3 feet Peak of 592! 30.4 feet Peak ot 1303 33.So feet almost stationary In forenoon today, but Weather Bureau predicts further rise of 1.3 feet by Tuesday breaking 1S22 high mark by ,1 foot. STANDARD OIL PLANT IS CLOSED White Star Also Main Tracks of Alton Eastern on the Levee Here Covered by Water.

A stage of 30.5 feet above low water mark In the Mississippi at Alton by Tuesday is forecast by the Weather Bureau. This stage will exceed the 1922 high mark ot 30.4 feet by one tenth of a foot. Today the Missis- use dummy and began burning it. I i mn Alton wns almost stationary Then the parade started, mostly of fort-noon after a rise ot ,9 ot a uto trucks and automobiles in which 00 in the last -'4 hours. Tht stage tudents and their friends were riding.

I reported to the Weather Bureau at Tin pans and drums were beaten, and a today.trom the Alton bridge wns longs were sung and high school yells 29.2 feet. It 1.2 fcot under the 1022 given. First the paraders visited the) stage. 'the polnunf recent years Jsborne horqc. called the po- 1 and 4.G feeVUnder the 1903 flood peak.

noon. Tho funeral morning at 9 will be held Monday o'clock at St. Mary's Church. Interment will be In St. Joseph's cemetery.

WASHINGTON, April 15, Another American naval vessel has found It necessary to use her guns in Chinese waters, the navy department was informed today In a dispatch which reported that tho destroyer Preblo )md fired upon Chin- tse on the north bank of tho Yangtze river opposite Klangyln Fort. Onn unlisted man received a flesh wound In tho los. Admiral Williams advised that the Prcbye WHS proceeding from Shanghai to Hnnkow when It was fired upon by the Chinofe soldiers. Tho destroy- ir returned the fire with her four and three Inch batteries and machine The Chinese, however, con- Ifinued to fire several minutes after- word. Cufe Owners Missing CHICAGO, April 1C, Tribune today says that Jaklc Adlcr and Frank Lawro, owners of the Midnight Frolics Cafe, a center of night life, have been missing three days iind It In fcarcil thfy mny have l-cen inur ileiTil nr kidnaped anil Invld fur ran Kulh nrv.

n-jiirtnl hitvc ae- c-uniltliM'ilblc valth ot KaiiililiiiK plai' report jtjftn been nnule to the pollit. Rev. Cates Sends Easter Greetings The Rev. Theodore Cates, pastor of the Main Street Methodist church, who Is Improving In health at St. An thony's Infirmary, today sends to his friends an Easter greeting.

It will be the first time, tomorrow, that Rev. Mr. Cates has not been at his post of duty in church on an Easter Sunday his 35 years work as a clergyman. able to be up and walk about bit each day, but has not regained his strength enough to return to his home. Ills greetings to the people follows; Greetings: I take this opportunity of expressing to the entire church and Sunday school and all organizations in the church, my very great love arid high appreciation, as co-workers together in the Kingdom ot Got! dur Ins tho past year.

May Easter bring you happiness, And springtime bring you cheer. And bleKsliig shower upon your path Through another happy year. I wll lhave many happy thoughts of you during the day. Only one thing would increase my happiness on this Easter occasion; that would be the restoration ot my health suftlolent to enjoy with you all the activities of this Ensjer Day. Out of a pastorate flf 35 thlH Is the first time for me to be absent from the duties ot my church upon the blessed Easter day.

I can lhu.nl; my Heavenly Father for long years ot unbroken health to serve In the Interest of Ills kingdom on earth In tlie salvation of souls. May the peace, nf Ciud pasnrll, with juu all alwuya. Your pnMur, Sheoduie Catee. money is finally split up. In city court today before Judge Yager action was had In 10 cases.

The special assessment the paving of Market street was approved, no objections being on file. A petition tor a special assessment "was filed in the proposed Aiby street paving improvement, the largest In the city's history, and similar action was forecast In tha Washington street Improvement. Three divorces were granted, as follows: James LcRoy McAdams from Edith Allen McAdams; Lillian Jones from Raymond Jones, and Arthur Neudecker from Evelyn Neudecker. In the foreclosing action of the nnd Loan Association against Leo Ventlmlglia, George Sprlngman was named receiver to collect rents; and in a similar action by Alton Germanla Association against August and Nettie Manns, J. W.

Schmidt was named receiver. An order or partition was entered In the case of John T. Jones against Thomas Jones et al, and H. If. Hewitt, J.

B. Bar Closed by Writ Haven For Flood Victims Undue moisture of the variety proscribed by the prohibition enforce ment act caused the closing by In junction last January ot the Bee Hive business place In tha East End It remained closed until yesterday when moisture ot another flood In the its reopening as a haven for refuges from East End places. The idea of having former sot drink places, closed under court order opened as a place of refuge for tlv flood sufferers originated with of I'ollce Rolsch. Early this Chle weel the Red Cross workers began to look for places where flood refugee might be temporarily housed in cas distress became acute. Few place rupted.

Roads are In such condition, it Is reported, that trucks cannot Get through to Oration. Charles ICor man said today that if high water con tlnues, he proposfs to put a boat In Alton-Ornflon service Monday. He will takn out high-water excursion parties Sunday to flooded areas on Missouri Point. More state highways were reportet closed to travel today as result flood conditions The Alton Auto Club has bulletined tho paved roar from Eant St. Louis to Collinsvlilc Impassable because a sccttlon East St.

Louis is under water. Traffic Is being routed by way ot F.dwards vllle and Muryvllle. At Beardstown ftouto No. 3 Is inches under wate and another fool ol water Is expected East End Last evening there came an cmcr- Kency call from flooded East End Place. A colored family oh Missouri avenue south ot the East End Mission found the house settling.

Police moved them out by use ot bout and Iho city ambulance and they were housed in the detention room nt the police station over night. Today the Ucd Cross found them a. place to slay. There was a grandmother, a mother, and five children. The mother ot the family told of the plight ot the flock today.

The hall storm last week punctured the roof full ot holes and the rain poured in. Then the river came up. The family moved to the second story. The water rose In the home until the faucet Farmers Hopeful That Recession of Flood will be Swift and Weather Remain Cool for a While. RURAL FOLKS READY FOR SUNDAY RIDES Every Farm in Flooded District Now Has Boat to Take the Place of Family Ford.

Officer to the jut rcfuscivto interfere when the'atu dcnts gave assurance they, had no plan either to harm the superintendent or do damage to his property. The started on Wood River avenue through the business district. In the parade was a truck containing the dummy, still burning and aloft on a pole. They paraded an hour or more, and by 1030: as the parade passed through the business section, the last vestige of the burning dummy was consumed and fell on the pavement. The parade was over, and the crowd went home.

The Wood River Woman's club will meet In Kpeclnl session Monday night to consider the matter at the request ot the students, One of the members of the board of education said last night he could not forecast the action of the board for next Wednesday night, but thought the two teachers would be retained. Mother Fears Son is Convict In Alton Prison trio rf Wf iM-sMbiin; jUs'v to false Gray shadows stirred In the heap of stones that are tho relics of the olit Alton penitentiary, and the wind sifted the dust of years back to the days when ragged, gray-clad rebels pined behind the walls. Postmaster hopes Oiut were short lived. At 9 7 h. m.

the Mississippi seemed on a stand, but Jhe Weather Bureau forecast issued from the ofllce ot tho district forecaster, Montroso W. Hayes In St. Louis, at 10 o. m. Indicated that a further material rise is certain.

It wns said at the forecaster's ofllce Hint the lull noted here was only temporary and that a further rise Is on the way. A stage ot 30.0 by Tuesday Is predicted, nnd the forecasts ns officially given out are made conservative. Yesterdny the Mississippi rose four- tenths of a foot and over night it live-tenths. Flood conditions Ibis district now nre acute. Tho most Important development is the closing ot the Standard Oil Co.

refinery dun to flood conditions. Grafton Branch service on the A. E. remains suspended. More state highways in this district are being closed to auto travel.

Losses to farmers by flooded fields and particularly wheat land are growing. The sun shone today for the longest period In a week giving promise that the rnlny period Is coming to a close, and that the flood crest In tho Mississippi lure toon will be reached. But the weather forecast of the morning not entirely reassuring, unsettled conditions being forecast with thunderstorms probable nnd no particular change In temperature. where, drinking water was secured was submerged. Last njght, the house settled so that occupants feared It was about to overturn.

applied to the Tied went to the rescue. Household goods had to be left in the settling house, its fate uncertain. The story Is a typical ono of the hardship of the East End Place families. But though scores have had to move tho Red Cross ami police have hail surprisingly few distress calls. Tho East End Place residents are Independent; they seem to have pride that forbids asking aid save In dire need, nnd most families forced from their homes have found other lodging places on their own initiative.

Today it was said that but few families remained In houses south of Morrison avenue. All week long these houses have been reached only by boats and only a few with two stories now are (ennaiited. Three thousand acres of wheat land covered with water, the young wheat hidden from sight Is the scene presented to the traveller on the Alton bridge train visiting West Alton. Along tho railroad embankment and on the big levee al tha Wise place men are working to strengthen the weak spots, and the inhabitants who havs not already been given a taste of the worst ot the flood are hoping the end is in sight. It was cheerful news that was carrlfd to them yesterday afternoon when the weather forecast for fair weather was taken over the river, but the rahfe during the remainder ot the afternoon were not at all reassuring, The traveller Is pointed put places on the Missouri point inhere levees built a bit higher- would out or- could be found.

There were no vacant Paul B. Cousley received a letter MHxfleld and A. II. Canncll were named commissioners to ma Ice the partition. In tho action trover of the Illinois Glass against the First Trust and Savings Bank, by agreement ot parties to the litigation, Judge M.

R. Sullivan was named to hear the case. warehouses and it looked as though tents might have to be resorted to ns a last reaort. Then Chief Rotsch proposed getting court permission through an application to States Attorney Brown to have the injunctions provisions waived' in rase of empty soft drink stands so that tlood refugees might occupy them until the water went down. Early Friday the Red Cross hml appeals from three families who had no place to go after their homes In East End place were flooded.

Through the state's attorney, the Bea Jilve building was made obtainable, the three families were moved In, and the Red Cross provided bedding and a slove. Customers Defeat County Seat Barbers The Edwnrdsvllle barbers who raised rates a while back have bowed defeat. The public went on and Saturday was llko holiday to the Eclwiirdsvllle barber shops. Uut Friday took a bulge, though the juin on Friday did not offset this But- livduy losses. So again now one can liCt a shavii In Kdwardsvllle on Saturday for the old price thjit did pie- vail.

The public has won out In Its contention. Citiity-AlevaiKld- Nuptials flol'ert 11. Canty and Miss ManyK Aloxr.mk'r. both of Alton, were miirlc-il by Justice of ihn I'cin-c. J.

J'lale in Kilwardsvtllc Thurwlay. They aitenileil UuviU Alexander and Uru U. Mtlculf, Old Hotel Yields Material for Home On Missouri Point An ol'l hotel building' at M'cst Alton, that never realized the hopes of Us builders, has been torn down and tho material of which It was built in being used In crrctln, a home for Henry Jacobs, at West Alton. The old hotel was erected 34 years ago when tho Alton am Bcllefontaine bridges were being built Capt W. P.

Lamothe. who owned more than one thousand acn'f ut land on Mltuiourl Point, thought tin-re WIIB chance of a great inilus trial center being developed there, lie I'ullt the big frame hotel OH a gturtrr, but It ntver had many gueatg any time. For the greater part ot the lime the Litmothe family aluno occupied It. Fioni time to time pwris of the building would be torn duun I'inally JiHobs It: tuic- fluwu all that wjis left of 11. mm IH rt on the same Nil" out nf the miiterlal that tur sears "loud In the hold.

Standard Practically all Plant Down departments ot the erdny from Queenstown. Alberta, Canada him to Inquire ot the warden of tho Alton penitentiary If the warden had a "guest" by the name of Parker Crum. Tho writer was tho boy's mother, and she had not heard from him for three years. She asked the warden to have tha- boy write, or to wrlle her himself. The postmaster sent her word thnt 1 Alton penitentiary had been out of business for 7ii years, having been moved to Jollet before the Civil War.

During tho war the old buildings were used as a Federal prison, but since then, the whispering winds of the Mississippi hnve worn It array, stone by stone, until today only a little heap ot gray rocks marks the spot. where silent men once naiif the Prisoner's Song. Endurance Drive of Fisher Breaks His Record Allen Fisher, world champion endurance auto driver, was still K'lint; Htrong ut noon today on the Klxtr, day of his latest endurance drive in the vicinity of Alton. He started last Sunday nt 11 m. and hus reached his former record which was H4 hours, 39 minutes nnd seconds, made in Topckn, Kus In un 'Oakland cur.

He inyn tliut he will continue unlII Monday, which will fie elfelit ilnys nnd tight nights, after which lie will HP rmign tn sleep In the ulioiv mom the Oakland Automobile iifcni-y for 3ii hours. Standard Oil rcflntry nt Wood River have been closed due lo the flood waters, according In nn ofliclnl announcement made by tho management of tho jiliint today. "The closing Is only temporary, "ihe management announced." and will last only during the flood period." There is little water In the plant nt present, but the water has backed up into tho two large sewers and with further ruins during the high Rl.igo of (he river, there would he no outlet for the water and the grounds would likely be Hooded. To prevent a possibility of danger In cnse the river rises higher as expected, It was thought best to close down Ihe plant. The stills were pumped out nnd Hie HITS have been allowed to die.

With the cloning of tho Btllls, nearly every olher department IB affected. Kxtra crews of watchmen arc on Ihn job nnd they will work double tiine from now on until after the consul Ion of tlio flood. The closing of the plant will caii.ir something like 140u men to be idle for a few Tho Whi(e Star Refining Co. at llnitfurd Is thriiitcned with closing- due In Ihe up of w.urr fnvu Lake. The cuiiFtrucllim work ut the plant is said to be Kuhig ahead, Funeral Sunday Tho funeral of Orvlc died Thuruday, will lie hold Suiuln.v o'clock from the Ktrf-ejicr piuloiK and will 1m In c-hnren MoKnnlc lodge.

Inlcrmciu will be in Oakw'uuil cemetery. notwithstanding the Hood. A. K. Trades Covered Friday morning the A.

K. (racks at ElNili were under water nnd with the lidded rise, of nearly a fniil, Ilic rails today were flooded ill several IdMfi'fl. On ihu Alton U-vi-e, tin- nmin Irarl! was com-eil during tin; nlKht. At the A. K.

It wan wild I Imt no niuiuuncviiicnt coiiw yr-t bo niude UH to whi'i) m-rvlci- bttwi-i Ciruflun Alton cuu be rt-siimrd. Arrangements were mndf ycMir- ilny whi-reby Caiilln Brock nf (jraflon will make rnliud (rips inndir liimt daily lii-inc-i'ii Alum and Uinft'iii ciirrylhi; i mall WHB thnt In- Alton nlicuit in a. in. and ntain In nnd afternoon while rail service ii mur- Dual System of River Records "Here Confuse Page Mr. Is needed to standardize flood data.

Tho Secretary of Commerce has been accomplishing notable results In products of private enterprise such aa brick and shovels. Hut It appears he might also try his hand nt standardizing some ot the governmental deparments with good in the matter of public information. At the prevent time Ihere lire two onk-Jal methods of recording- the stago of the Mississippi at Alton. Tho Weather Bureau uses 82 on tho Alton bridge gauge as tho low water mark. It keys all published flood data from Alton on this figure.

But the War Department, following the custom of many years, uses S4.40 as the low water mark, nnd tho slnse of the Mississippi as posted on the Alton bridge for information ot pilots ot river craft IH figured from this mark. Thus Uicre is a difference ot 2.4 feet river gauge, readings ns re- fur the two governmental there arc two systems of indk-ntlng the. stage of the river here, It Is natural thnt some L-unf union re- Kiilt.s nnd to some newspaper renders the river reports have been misleading. Nearly all flood data Is based on tl.o U'ratlirr Bureau system of re- river stages to shuw the dlf- Ing sample serves to show the dlf- frrnm-i! in the working of the two plans taking the Alton river level, and may clear up misunderstandings: dlnriry floods and save big loss to thf farmers, but while some ot the landowners hnve done their part, others havo not and the levees built are of no avail, since some did not do tlicir share. Nowhere is the blessings of cooperation more plainly demonstrated than in a place such as across tin river In flood time where the non cooperatives ruin those who are willing lo do their share In providing protection against floods.

Tlie farmers who have seen 'their wheat go under are still hopeful. They arc wise about floods and say that if the water does not slay up loo long and if the sun stays concealed of the weather cool after the water does go down, they can still save some of their crops. FoiH joyrldlnp on the country road on Missouri Point has given place tn rowing imrtle.o. Every farmer whose home Is in lowlands has provided him-' self with a skiff for emergency need. Tomorrow will see many of the rural swains nnd lassies out for boat rides over farms Instead of burning gasoline on the highways.

Henry Machena is tasting bad for- ttine. Last fall he bought a farm that was part of the old lamothe farm. It fs not levwd. Machcns thought would do as others, take a chance, and he bought. His first wheat crop, perhaps 100 acres, Is flooded.

They s-ay over the river that Henry Rlnkman's estimated 300 acres of wheat Is the blgRest area the flood hnn gotten so far. E. L. Cordes is supposed to have about 200 acres flooded, A dozen others between 00 and 100 acres covered and many mom have lesser areas the water has taken. On Bayllss island at the end of the bridge is the home ot John Boworman.

The water was on the level with floor nnd the family were still staying In the house. Last night they had to get out because the water came In on the llrst floor. The polar Wave Ice hns rc- moveij three carloads ot horses from the horse hospital on the Bayllss island, at the bridge end. There little land left for the homes lo stand upon, so the moving wns accomplished while there was still opportunity. The worst feared calamity that couM come lo the battlers over river who arc striving lo snvo tin levws jind Hie embankment of the would bo a high wind.

It Would cause the to pound the weakened earth banks nnd there would lip a collapse, of the earth and Ihe flnml would have claimed more territory from which the oC earth are excluding it. On April 10. the gauge on the Alton lirldyc showed 110,3 ftct. Subtracting the U'enlhoi' Bureau low water mark of i'-' fret gives the published stage IIH in.3 fci-t above low wnu-r. This in I In- reporlcd to the Weather Uiii-i-nii.

Hut MilitrnctlnK from the. gauge of 110.a. the War Department mark uf S4.40 given HMui, uf feet. This staKo wns pnKti'il on the bridge draw-span. Bureau readings are cen- iisul by tlu- pi'c-HH in giving jilic staiii' of tlie at Alton, imniiM! tills in with the in all Bureau tivcn for lujblli-inluii, Th" Weather l-iureaii has (lucid at Alton us 21 feet, but this 1 stage never causes damage In the flly of Alton thoiiKh it murks Ihe point where inm-h farm land In this district bi'flns to In- Inundated.

The highest SIUKO attained liy the, river In recent years was on April 111 and CO, when tin- Wcullipr Din-can Htugi- was fret aliove wali-r murk. Tim I'JHS pv.ik shiKi- wns fiM-l, WEATHER Sunday, slmwers and I fclit and -al thunder mil-ins probable; nut much cuanet In tetnpei'uture..