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NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY. APRIL 22, 19-7. FOURTEEN PACES PR TCP 1 CENTS CENTS TIVAVL DAILY SCNDA riJ I IE 111 II II II II II "TTwa --rr nTS VI fcfVv.fe.JlliUl GOOD WILL" FLIGHT NEW SEAS CREATED FEDERALS SCOUR JALISCO TO FIND SLAUGHTERERS OF HELPLESS TRAIN TRAVELERS Glass Refuses. "Favorite Son Convention; To Act As "At A not her Is Emphatic DEATH AND PESTILENCE IN WAKE OF FLOOD DISASTER CLAIM THIRTY OR MORE AS LEVEES BREAK IN DROUHIN IS LATEST TO SEEK TRANS-SEAS HONOR Sharply Colder Weather Adds to the Distress of 50,000 Refugees of the Flood Waters of Mississippi. BELIEVE MAND DEAD TO REMAIN UNDISCOVERED Red Cross Appeal States That 52,000 Persons Are Under Care of the Organization.

(BY R. M. LYNN) WASHINGTON, D. C. April 21 Senator Carter Glass has no desire to enact, the role of Virginia's "favorite son" at another Democrat ic national convention.

Ho says so. says it with emphasis, and intimated today that ho would, issuo a public statement to put an end to gossip He insists that lie is not and will not be a candidate, receptive or otherwise, for the presidential nomination. Senator Glass' elimination of himself will leave tlm way open for Governor Byrd to be endorsed at tho state convention as the Old Dominion's' choice for President. In recent months, occasional political stories have spoken of both Glass and Hyrd as favorite-son possibilities, some writers listing the senator and other writers specifying the governor. A statement from Mr.

Glass saying he is not to bo considered will simplify matters. Senator Glass was opposed to the idea of having tho state convention Instruct for him in 192-1, and consented only upon tho urging of others who insisted that otherwise there would be an ugly Inter-partv fight in Virginia between the friends of Underwood and McAdoo. These persons persuaded him to stand in the breach and avert what they said would be a row in tho Democratic party in Virginia. Virginia people in Washington believe that the state will send a delegation to the 192N convention either Instructed for Governor Ryrd or not Instructed for any candidate. Senator Glass Is attached to no candidacy.

His position at Mils early pre-convention stage i (hat of a Democrat desirous of safeguarding the party itself, when manifest dangers confront It. It was In this spirit that he talked at Asheville, deploring the. attitude of unthinking extremists opposed to Governor Smith on the ground of hia religion. He realizes the unfortunate rltuation that would ensue if the northern wing of the party, whose choice happens to be a Catholic, were to be rebuffed through the Introduction of the religious issue. Millions of Democrats who are Catholics would be alienated, perhaps permanently, and the party wrecked almost beyond rehabilitation.

tt Is well known that following the New York convention Mr. Mc Wednesday Set As Date To Begin Hampton Roads Oyster And Clam Siwvey Major Dargue of the Belief That Long Journey of U. S. Planes Will be Fruitful of Practical Results. COMMERCIAL FLYING IS THOUGHT PRACTICABLE United States Aviators Flew Over Dense Tropical Wildernesses and Data Gained.

MOW YORK, April 21. (Vf) The Pan-American flight of the iirmy "good will" planes has "added wealth of knowledge to the flying possibilities" of South America, said Major Herbert A. Dargue, flight commander, in a telephone conversation from Havana today with (hover LoeninK of the Locning Aeronautical Engineering Corporation, builders of the amphibian planes used in the cruise. Establishment of commercial air lants along the South American roast is practical, said Major Dargue, who told of making' IU0 landings in their 17,000 milo tour, many of them in places where planes had never been seen before. Flights hundreds of miles in length were made over dense tropical wilderness and over the stormy western seacoast of South America where there was no purt, Jiarbor.

landing field or even a beach offering landing facilities. Points previously considered inaccessible were chartein lie Raid, and dangerous coast I country noted. The airplanes New York, San Francisco, San Antonio and St. Louis planned to start for Miami Saturday on tho last Jcg of tho tour, said Major Daijgue. Major, Dargue mentioned with pride that the arrival at Havana, T.ns on schedule, the squadron having made up a delay of 20 days, caused early in the flight by bad flying conditions' in Central America, The most, sensational feature of the flight Major Dargue told Mr.

Loening, was making; the first flight ever attempted down the entire Western coast of South America, followed by crossing the Andes at an. altitude of 12,000 fct. "By a series of "forced marches' in our flying up the Eastern coast of South America," he said, "we covered over 3.000 miles in four days. In one day alone, 1,200 miles were cov ered from' sunrise to The longest single non-stop flight of the trip, a distance of over 800 miles was made from Natal to Maranhao, Brazil." Metal propellers and complete water protection from others allowed continuous flying in nil kinds of weather. At one point near the Equator, said tho major, the squadron flew in close formation through a torrential downpour a few feet above water because of lack of visibility.

Further down the coast the aquadron rose 5,000 feet to secure favorable winds, directly contrary ot' those encountered nearer sea levels. Shortly after their entry into the United States, the "good will" expedition plans to come to Langley Field en route to Rolling Field, Washington, where the formal reception back home of the United States government will take place with fitting ceremonies. The exact date of the arrival at Langlcy Field is not as yet announced. COMPLETE SNYDER JURY LIST TODAY SAYS JUDGES NEW YORK, April 21. P)-Five jurymen needed to complete the 12 to pass on charges that Mrs.

Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray murdered Albert Snyder will bo found at tomorrow's court session. Judge Town-send Scudder, presiding, announced at recenn tonight that the jury will be completed tomorrow even It necessary to hold the court in session "until the next day." Three jurymen were added today (o four previously accepted. They were selected from a total of S3 talesmen who passed in review. Vhen tho seventh and final group of talesmen wero exhausted tonight 244 prospective Jurymen had been examined and the supply for the mo-rrent was completely used. One hundred additional talesmen will be brought in tomorrow and if the Ave reeded are not found, others will be summoned until the 12 have been passed by the district attorney and the tw0 defendants.

BRIDGE CRUMBLES UNDER FLOOD WATERS, QUANTICO RICHMOND, April 2.1. (P) A temporary bridge will be ready at noon tomorrow -to replace the one I hat crumbled today before the flood waters of the Quantlco reservoir, on the Richmond-Washington highway, spanning Chappawaumpsic creek, it was announced this afternoon by Chairman Henry fj. Shirley, ot the slate highway comjnisHion. Damage to the concrete bridge end the road fills was estimated by n-glneera of the highway department at 1:0,000. plans will be drawn Immediately for the erection of another concrete bridge, 24 feet wide Instead of 19 feet.

the width of that, which broke under the strain of the flood, DR. AMES ELECTED AS HEAD OF THE N. A. 0. A.

WASHINGTON. April 21. (Ti Dr. Joteph S. Ames, of Baltimore, today was elected chairman of the national advisory committee for aeronautics to succeed the late Dr.

Charles f. Walcott. Dr. Ames was appof ted 1915 as one of the original twelve members of the committee and haa served continuously since. HOWS coin SOUTH 1 THE LOWER VALLEY Father of Waters Routs the Strongest Force of Man Smashing Way Into Eight Prosperous Counties.

COLD WAVE, DISEASE, ADD TO WATER MENACE Whole Communities Turn Out to Increase Earthen Defenses and Disease is Rampant. MKM THIS, April 2I. Dlsuster extended its tragic sway in the lower valley tonight as fresh areas surrendered to the plunging floods Hint a cold wnva joined disease and desl miction to scourge the stricken lowlands. Routing man's strongest forces along the brimming, levees, lit Mississippi, the giant stream smashed through the main near Stops Landing and poured east and south to submerge a vnst area in tht fertile hoi touts. The new sea created by today's crevasse, whlrh occurred IS miles north of Greenville, wits sweeping tonight through parts ot eight counties and was expected to inuiiditle an area stretching 50 miles to tha eastward and 7fi mlhs north and south.

In this basin lie a score of prosperous, towns and cities ud great plantations tenanted by thousands of cotton growers. Greenville, Leland, Shaw, Moore-hrud, Indlanolu, Relsonl, Percy, Silver City. Hiillandalo and Muyersvllle are among the larger communities against which the floods were moving and these all tonight turned out their residents to pile' up earthen de. fenses to shelter fleeing folk. The fight against the assaults of the stream continued upon the dykes from Cairo south -to Vleksburg with varying degrf es of success for the time being.

Other points. where government engineers were concentrating their efforts were south of Hickman, on the Hoelfoot-levee at Knowlton, between Helena and Laeonia Circle und at Albemarle Rend. 30 miles north of Vleksburg. In Arkansas most gravely strick en of the river slates, the flood men act became more acute along the lower reaches of the Arkansas' rtver from Llttlo Rock, southeast to I'lnc Bluff and down to the area of Juncture with the While and the Mississippi. From Llttlo Rock northwestward to Fort on' the.

Oklahoma border, the Arkansas appeared to have reached its crest. The steel bridge of tha Missouri Pacific railroad, spanning the Arkansas' at Little Rock was wrecked by tho angry current today. The waters snatched away two plora and superstructure of tho south approach to tho draw span and hurled them with a faring of loaded freight cars Into the racing current. Disease epidemics in refugee camps of Arkansas became more acute to-duy with the report of, more sickness at Van Ruren, Wynne, Parkin and Forest Cltywhero the fugitives have been gathered to the number of several thousand. Mumps, measlon and whooping cough seized hundreds of unfortunate people; A call for smallpox and typhoid vaccine came from tho Forest City camp where refugees are assembled and this medicine was ordered from SI.

Louis. Meanwhile the destitute thousands were afflicted tonight by ft biting cold wave which was blowing from tho northwest with bitter keenness. Freezing weather was forecast for tonight throughout the Little Rock and Memphis districts, thousands of the refugee left their homes with little but the clothes upon their backs. The fat" of Claredon, swept by tho unleashed torrents from the White river yesterday, remained uncertain tonight but reports from a number of persons who have escaped from the flood wrecked town encouraged the belief that residents had escaped with their lives. The wide arta flooded.tn the lower part' of the 'river valley was Increased today when a new break the third occurred In the Plumb bayou levee near England.

Crews of men worked desperately tonight on weakened levees south of Pine P.luff where the backwaters of tho Mississippi swell the down-charging current of the Arkansas. Dykes in dire dlstr'ss Included the new Gascony levee, the levee at the state convict farm at Cummins und the Pendleton defenses. Responding to the inflowing tid'K from the New Madrid, Mo area, waters of P.ig Lake and the Little River In the upper St. Francis basin of Arkansas and Missouri wero rising tonight. The floods now coming down the St.

Francis basin have come through the breach in the Mississippi river at Doreno, where the government dyke first yielded. They have submerged New Madrid, to a depth if five to 1 feet and will be carried again Into the Mississippi Jiist, north of Helena. New Madrid is virtually abandoned by its population. A rift in the drk cloud of distress appeared In the announcement front the weather bureau office at Cairo. which said that the Mississippi at Cairo and ape Girardeau, Mo, will fall Indefinitely.

Levee Break Fatal GREENVILLE, April 21--Several negroes perished when the Stops Landing wan swept away by the current of the Mississippi river today. Judge R. C. Trimble told The Associated Press tonight. Thousands of negroes were frantically piling sandbags at Stops Landing hen the levee caved, Trimble esid, and tie was sure a number of them were swept away.

The speed of (he torrent was so great that recovery vt the bodies will be impossible tut many days, he declared. Government Charges Catholic Revolutionists Responsible For Outrages, Those of Faith Denying Allegations. REPORTS OF AMERICANS ON TRAIN UNVERIFIED Only Two Americans Appear to Have Been on the Train When it Was Attacked. MEXICO CITY. April 21.

W-Whlle large force of federal troops aided bv airplanes are scouring the-country in the state of Jalisco in an endeavor to round UP bandits or revolutionists who auatKc.i I ouadalajura-Mexiea city i night and brutally itaisw at least 100 pansvi cuards and wounded more, tl Is speculation here as to the murderous bandits. 'Iho go 'iment charges that the outrages were committed by Catholic revolutionists, and some of the survivots who have reached Mexico City usaor-that many in the attacking partt -tried "Vivo Cristo Roy. (Dong Christ tho King), and declared thai Catholic priests were among me leaders. This Is denied by persons closely identified with the Catholic faith, who hotly resent the governments lefinite assertion that, tho Catholic cspiscopate directed the outrages ana that priests were among the leaders in the attack. The whereabouts of the dignitaries of tho episcopate is a closely guarded secret in Catholic circles, for there is considerable tear government punishment if nnything is said ot-lonsive to the authorities.

The earlier reports that from live (o seven Americans were aboard the train are not substantiated in information reaching the United States embassy. H. Dock, an American for miny years resident in Guadalajara and E. D. do Lima, vice president of the Banco tie Mexico, who is a naturaliedz American, are apparently the only Americans on the train when it was attacked who have reached Mexico City.

Like most of the other I'urvivors, the newspapers and Catholic leaders, they seem to be fearful of the consequences of anything they may say and decline to be quoted. Imperial opinion here is that the outrage was committed by revolutionists, who at the same time are bandits, as is otten the case in Mexico. The theory is that their object was both to loot the train and discredit as far as possible the Calles government. But tlio train guard offered such unexpected resistance that the affair developed into a regular battle in which only three of the 50 soldiers survived and the passengers were killed in fusillades between tho attacking forces from the outside and soldiers in the coaches. JMostgOf the soldiers massed themselves within the second class coaches, which were filled with passengers of the Mexican poorer classes.

It is estimated about half of these passengers were killed during the engagement, which, some Ini.fnrl tili 1 li hnlll'S StX.V, laim l.VF 'I llnvv nronHuru' umttiiinif ion Jt MVll fcini exhausted, those soldiers who temained alive were stubbed or snoi. excepting three, who escaped in the rn.l. nf r.i'iHunti TVinii tha tr.lin looted, the passengers were robbed and the coaches burned. Wounueu passengers unablo to move perished in the flames. Tho bandit leader, known only as "Number 14" who, with priests, according to the government's directed the attack, has th2 reputation of being a ruthless outlaw.

GOVERNMENT CREATED CHIANG MOVES NORTH SHANGHAI, Apr. 21 (VP) With the now Nanking government launched civilians supervising the details. General Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of the moderate section of the nationalists, hag suddenly resumed his campaign to the north, Chinese reports assert. His forces jire advancing by two routes. They have reached Linhwe-Rrwan, on the southern section of the Trientsin-Pukoow railroad.

Their objective is Suchowfu, where there is a railroad crossing. General Chiang plans later to take Hanghwang where the Tientsin-Pu-' kow railroad crosses the grand canal. The ra.ntnre of these two rsiints would sever completely communica- lions and supplies ot the northern ers In the Nanking sector. The number of troops engaged is not determined. Ten thousand of Chiang's troops also are moving toward Chinkiang for the purpose of crossing the river and attacking Yangchow, 15 miles to the north.

These two drives would serve to cut off the northern forces in the neighborhood of Fukow, if successful. The objective beyond Tangchow of the second drive is Tsinanfu. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the Man-churian war lord in control of the Peking government, has sent Genera! Chu Yu-Puh to suppress the notorious bandit Liu-Huh-Chi. This, however, is not expected to divert many troops from opposing Chiang's northward advance.1 SEVERAL THOUSAND LABOR TO STOP FLOOD RUSH yrr Orleans, April 21. An ty led army of several thousand nin braved cold winds and rains to-aight in the lower Mississippi valley in continuing warfare against their perennial rnemy, the muddy waters of the Mississippi.

Armed with shovels, they fd truck-loads of dirt and sand Intp sacks and trundled them along the levee tops to lodge them behind revetments constructed at weak spots to break the force of white rapped waves driven against the earthen dykes by high winds. At points in the upper delta electric lights had been strung along the levees to facilitate the work of the thousands called from the lowlands to battle for the safety of their homes. At other sections lanterns lighted th labors of the mud-grimed men Adoo and Senator Glass were not tho friends they had been ui to that time. Hut iin incident at the last session of Congress paved the way to a renewal of correspondence relations Some senator, in the course of debate, had asserted that Mr. McAdoo.

at the time of the Federal Reserve legislation, was opposed to the system It was proposed lo enact. Senator Glass felt it no less than his duty to take the floor for a simple statement to (he that the charge against McAdoo was not in accord with fact. A few days later Mr. McAdoo wrote to Senator Glass (o express his appreciation. As a member of the national committee.

Senator Glass is asked from time to time whether ho favors abandonment of the so-called two-thirds rule governing: nominntions for President and vice-president. His position is that this is a matter to be determined by the states when they meet In state convention for the choice and instruction of delegates to the national convention. Ho has said that if the two-thirds rule is changed the unit rule also ought to be scrapped. CARTER GLASS to set up uniform rules to carry out the provisions of the. act.

Commisaloner Houaton held a long conference In the office Of Governor Byrd loday when various phases In. cldent to the transfer were discussed. Following the conference, the governor signed six other bills relating lo oysterlng and Ashing. The bill transferring the administrative duties of the oyster Industry provides for examination, analysis and Inspection of oysters and clams, picking houses and other phloem where they are sold for tho market: for protecting thi public health nnd preventing the of this kind of food found unfit for consumption, and for general supervision. At his own discretion, or upon the request of the governor or of the commissioner of fisheries, the commissioner of health has to make an analysis of oyster or clams In the grounds where grown or in tho packing houses where they are put up for shipment.

The packing 'houses also lire subjected to scrutiny. TO AID NEW SOCIAL Dr. Dousrlas Freeman Telia Bankers That They Are Best Interpreters of the Change Now Taking Place. r-TNEHURST, N. April 2.

t-The modern banker la the best interpreter of the social revolution now taking place in the south. Dr. Douglas 8. Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-leader, told the North Carolina Rankers' association In an addrem here today. Dr.

Freeman urged In eloquent, terms that the bankers give opportunity and eountel for the wgro, preach a gospel of thrift and Individual saving for the working man and appealed for a more complete understanding between the rtial and urban Inhabitants. The Richmond editor was introduced by Jofphu Daniels, editor of the Raleigh and Observer, who Jocularly told the bankers that a new epoch had hn pasd whn "editors are allowed to come In the front door." "We are ceijstom'd to come in the side door and ak for a loan," he ald. Mr, Daniels Introduced Dr. Krmn as a "worthy representative of The Richmond editor at the outset the applause ot rhe delegates by referring to the next democratic convention. "I do not know why Mr.

Daniels with his wisdom and splrll of public service Is still In Raleigh," be said. "Ills proper place In In Washing, ton. I will nominate him for ts vice presidency at the national democratic convention and I would nominate him for the presidency jf I thought that a southern democrat could be eleited." Dr. Freeman then plunaed Into bis addreex. He.

tipplem-ntd his remark on ftii lutmlumn thttf 1 iiw. BIKERS ARE URGED REVOLUTION III DIXI Floods At A Glance (By The Associated Press) Weather outlook Cold wave overspreads parts of Arkansas, freeiiisi temperatures in Kentucky and Tennessee and cold weather in other valley states adds to suffering of refugees and hampers levee workers; two missing in tornado at Mellwood, Ark. Latest developments Mississippi river levee breaks at Stops Landing, exposing 400 square miles; Reeltoot levee on Mississippi near Hickmsn, jeopardized by sand boils and waves, disease spread in refugee camps in Arkansas. 1 Known dead Upward of 20; Little flock chapter Red Cross says hundreds of families will be drowned unless rescued within a few hours. Number homeless Growing, several thousand in Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky added to 52,000 previously driven out.

Ares inundated and exposed Approximately 7,500 square miles. Outlook Flood spreading in lower reaches of river) Monroe, being overflowed by backwater! from Ouachita river. Additional losses "There will be no town of Clarendon, if water reaches tha predicted stage of 43 foet," says Prof. J. E.

Howard, Clarendon refugee; village of Pettyville, practically washed awayi numerous other towns abandoned to lood waters. A common bond of distress caused the homeless at Clarendon to share their meagre food supplies with bears driven from the swamps by tha floods. CADETS LOSE LIVES IN CHESAPEAKE BAY N. B. 0 Seaplane Said to Have Hit Fish Net Pole Just Off Fort Wool and Kenniaon and Bingham Drowned.

DAILY PRESS BURKAU, HAMPTON, APRIL 21. Two naval flying cadets lost their Uvea in Chesapeake bay this morning when their NB-9 seaplane from thti' Hampton Roads Naval station sank Just off Old Fort Wool, after striking a tish net pole, while the cadets were attempting to niaKO u. hop off from the water. The dead men are: Richard W. Kennison, 316 Huntington avenue, Uoston, Mass.

Wilbur F. Bingham 843 IJioadway, New York. Tho two cadets, who camo to the Hampton Roads naval station scv- ctal weeks ago, wero in tho reserve air corps and were undergoing train ing here at, this time. The cadets left the naval station shortly after 9 o'clock Iti tho morning Intending to fly over the peninsula and do some practice training in landing and as eending from the waters. Tho plane, it Is said, successfully landed near Fort.

Wool. In a few minutes, It is understood, the cadets attempted to make a hop off, when in somo man iur the piano crashed Into a fish net pole and sunk utmost Instantly. Hoth ot the men were tied In the plane and wtrc- una bio to escape, especially unco it was reported that both had been severely Injured by the crash. As soon ns the plane was seen to crash in the waters, boatmen made a report of the accident lo the naval huso ami also to Langley Field. A number of boats stood by to render assistance If tho men came to the surface, but others searched around tne waters hopeful of picking up the canets.

Planes from Langley Field and the naval baso appeared In tlm air within a short time, and uftej a search of probably two hours tho exact location of tho sinking of tho seaplane was found. Work waw then started In raising the sunken plane. The searchers were finally rewarded and Iho plane was brought to thes surface, but It was found that both Ringham and Kennison were dead, each being In his position in tho pilot buiit of the plane. May Reinstate Mary Brown NKW YORK. Anril 21 Confront ed by the possibility ot i dissenting movement In the west over the Iss'io pf Mary K.

Rrowns ineligibility for amateur golf competlDon, the United Slates Golf association today indicated through its seerntarv H. H. Ramsay, that the would be opened to her reinstatement only efteh the usual three yetr "good conduct" period. "The rule which annlles In lt Case where a golfer is HeemoH have capitalized his skill will apply in me case or Miss Browne," explained Mr. Ramsay, who Is chair man of the amateur status commit-tee.

iH impossible to toreras what the executive committee wool, do-we will cross that bridge it am when we. come to it." Monroe Man Gets Divorce CINCINNATI, April 21. ol) Captain Renjamin F. llutinon, commander of Battery It, 61st coast artillery, stationed at Fortress Monroe, was granted a divorce today from Mrs. Dorothy Dales Harmon, of Havana, Cuba, on grounds of willful desertion.

Caplain Harmon charged that his wife left him lit 191:3 presumably to visit relatives in Cuba nnd that she never returned. He suid he met ids wife while he was nerving 111 the t'i'mtl Zone and after a brief courtship they nets UiarritU. TWO NAVAL FLYING PARIS, April 21. (AP) The French aviator M. Drouhin, who only recently lost his duration flight record of 45 hours, 11 minutes and 59 seconds to Bert Acosta and Clarence D.

Chamber-tin, is the latest entry into the French lists' for the honor of being the first to cross the Atlantic between New York and Paris by airplane. Drouhin, whose compatriots. Captain Charles Nungesser and Major Francois Coli, now are rounding their plane into shape for the trans-Atlantic attempt, has withheld the name of his partner. His machine, a Farman Bimotor, which has been tested secretly on the Farman aviation field, is reported tuned to perfection, but no forecasts are forthcoming as to when the aviator will take off. Captain Nungesser and Major Coli have been busy at the Villa Coublay airdrome working at slight modifications in their machine, but without attempting a trial flight.

The motor, now in their plane, will be replaced by a new one before they hop off. Both aviators are unwilling to predict even approximately the time of their start. SAPI LIBEL SUIT Court Says Case Fell Largely Because "Justice Crucified on the Cross of Unethical Depraved Journalism." DETROIT. Apr. 21 (P) Aaron Snpiro's $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford and the automobile manufacturer's weekly, the Dearborn Independent, fell by tho wayside today when Federal Judge Fred M.

Ray mond declared a mistrial. He held with the Ford attorneys that the jury had been contaminated by newspaper publication of an interview with a juror, Mrs. Cora Hoffman. "Apparently this case must fall at this time," the court regretfully announced. "It falls to a large extent because justice has been crucified upon tho cross of unethical and depraved journalism." Ho discharged the jury and immediately called John A.

Baxter, acting federal district attorney and instructed him to investigate and if his findings warranted, file contempt proceedings against the publishers of the Detroit Times, the reporter who interviewed Mrs. Hoffman and any others in the publication of her statement in that newspaper. Judge Raymond stated from the bench that there seemed to bo nothing to support other charges against Mrs. Hoffman and Sapiroj-made in fifteen affidavits', mostly by Ford detectives in support of the motion for a mistrial. Tho outstanding allegation was that Mrs.

Hoffman frequently had been seen and overheard in conversation with J. "Kid" Miller, who in turn had been observed talking earnestly with Sapiro and that Miller had been heard to say to Mrs. Hoffman that by doing certain things she could earn "thousands of dollars." After Judge, Raymond announced his ruling ho met the attorneys in chambers to discuss a new trial but no agreement was reported and they separated to meet for a further discussion Saturday, April 30. William Henry Gallagher, chief of counsel for Sapiro asserted after the meeting that he had suggested that since there was a shortage in government funds from which to pay jurors the plaintiff and the defendant's share the expense and go ahead immediately with a new trial, Sapiro even offering to pay the expenses himself. The Ford attorneys, headed by Stewart Hanley of Detroitin the en forced absence of Senator James A.

Reed, of Missouri, chief of Ford coun sel, who was removed to the Henry Ford hospital early today, demurred and suggested that information as to the legality of that action bo obtained before the April 30 meeting. It was understood that federal funds would be available after the end of the fiscal year, June 30. and there was a suggestion that court room work In the heat of summer be avoided by agreeing upon early Kept-ember as a date for the beginning of a new trial. Ford counsel turned deaf ears unon Gallagher's impassioned courtroom plea to proceed with "eleven or ten or four or three jurors." He addressed the court for 45 min utes after Hanley tersely stated that the motion for ar mistrial was In Judge Raymsnd's hands but at the end denied that- he was pleading against the section of the four-part motion which asserted the disqualification of Mrs. Hoffman by virtue of me interview.

"It is, just a question now of whether they want delays and are taking this nef.trlous way of getting a delay or If they want iustice and are willing to try this case," shouted Gallagher as he pounded the counsel table under the noses of the Ford attorneys. "The defendant! regret verv much this circumstance has arisen and are hopeful from the time that suspicions were first given to them that something could be accomplished or that the suspicions were unfounded, no that this case would proceed to trial," said Hanley of Ford counsel in regard to the mistrial motion. COUNSEL FOR FORD WINS MISTRIAL IN MEMPHIS, April 21. Sudden death and pestilence blackened the tragedy in the flood swept valley of tho lower Mississippi tonight as report of fresh disaster swelled the total of known fatalities over several days to. approximately 3ft, with at least a score believed to have perished and an undetermined number of persons reported missing.

Sharply colder weather which set in Into today and tonight added to the distress nf more than 60,000 refugees scattered In makeshift camps in most of the seven states atfected. The actual number of those who perished may never be known, but each additional report from stricken localities told of many believed to have been unable to soape the surging torrents which ingulfed their homes. i Typical of the precarious situations of many inhabitants of the area was the appeal late today from the Keu Cross asking for motor boats to save hundreds of persona thought to bo in imminent danger ot drowning in the vicinity ot Little Rock, Ark. Eighteen motor boats, each with a one man crew, were rushed from ft. Louis by train In response, to tht appeal.

F.lghtccn men are believed to have been drowned today when the government launch Pelican was swamped In a crevasse which swept away the Mississippi levee at Knowlton, Just above Laconia Circle, Two are known to have perished and their companions' were reported likewise to have been swept in a turbulent grave. I The breach at Knowlton followed upon tho cracking of tho main dyko at Stops Landing, across tho giant stream and was 40 miles below. An undetermined number of negro workmen who wore piling sandbags there In he last fiantlo effort to save the cruhibling delenso were whirled away in the flood and their bodies wero borne away, nobody knows where An area embracing parts ot eight Mississippi delta counties and extending 50 miles eastward by 80 miles north and soulh tonight was receiving the Invading waters. A score ot cities and towns In the flu lowlands tolled desperately to perfect local defenses and to care for thousands who fled from the menacing flood. The HCnowlton crevasne, definite reports of which reached here only tonight, is expected to add to tho vast excess of backwaters which already were covering tho greater part of the lower delta section between tho White river bottom and the Mississippi river, WASHINGTON.

April 21. (IF) A r.ew Red Cross appeal for funds for flood relief work in the Mississippi river valley was issued today by Acting Chairman James I reiser, who declared 62.000 refugees now are under tho caro of the organization. Governors ot states along the Mississippi and mayors of many cities, he said, had issued appeals for aid and Red Cross chapters everywhere were urged to Intensify their efforts. Information reaehinf the headquarters here, Mr. Felser said, show that the relief needs are "greater than following any flood this country has suffered in the last quarter of a century." TOM'S HILL, CLARENDON.

Ark April 21. (Pi Three white men and an unidentified white woman were at the mercy ot White river tonight. After a boat in which they were seeking to Ieve the floodad town of Clare mlon was overturned In the swirling waters near here. They were said to be resting on top ot a partially inundated house near here. Hundreds ot refugees on Tom's Hill who lied the eight to twenty-ftvo foot depth ot raging water In Clarendon, stood on the banks ot the rampant stream and screamed in horror.

JR. L. Plant, brother of two of tho men witnessed tho accident. The missing persons are: 11. W.

Plant, 40. H. L. Plant, 32 and Jim Creasy, 50, all ot Clarendon and a woman passenger in the motor boat. Because of the sigh winds sweeping across the White river, rescue of the four people was tonight.

STUTTGART, April 21. W) With six reported drowned in tho past 21 hours, epidemics breaking out on all sides and a falling thermometer, bringing added to half clad refugees, the Old river section of Arkansas tonight was experiencing tho greatest disaster in Its history. A man, bis wife and baby were reported drowned at Clarendon this afternoon when a skiff into which they wero loading their hutlseMoKl goods capsized in 14 feet of water. government engineer who came Into Stuttgart this afternoon reported that three men were drowned there yesterday hen a barge, overturned. Ten other occupants of tho barge battle their way to shore-Measles, whooping cough and mumps have broken out in th flooded area of Bayou Meto, according to refugees who say that nearly every refugee family has at least one case.

The thermometer Is falling fast here and refugees, many of who'n have been rescued from (rees in their night are buffering. RICHMOND, April 21. Governor Harry F. Byrd this afternoon signed the bill transferring the Virginia oyster and clam inspection work from the food and dairy division of the department ot agriculture and immigration to the slat com-tclssloner of health. Because it carried the emergency clause making the bill operative immediately upon being signed by the governor, steps wero taken today by Knnion G.

Williams, state commissioner ot health, for the initial launching of an Inspection tour of oyster beds In'JIampton Roads. It was said at the commissioner's of-llce that next Wednesday was set as the probable date, for making a neneral survey of the oyster situation. Commissioner "Williams and Harry Houston, commissioner of fisheries, are charged with i nforccment of the aw governing the producing and marketing of oysters and clams for commercial purposes. Both are empowered tinder tho bill signed today PI KELLY KILLED Following; Grand Jury's Finding fo Murder Indictment, Coroner's Jury Says Kelly Was the Aggressor. LOS ANGELES, April Paul Kelly, film actor, stood charged tonight by both coroner's Jury and grand Jury with having killed Ray Raymond, a musical comedy actor, in a fist fight caused by Kel-ly'a attentions to Dorothy Mackay, actress wife of Raymond.

Following the grand Jory'a indictment of Kelly for murder yesterday, the corr' jury today charged that Raymond dtd Tuesday as the result, of an encounter in which Kelly was the aggressor. The jury rec ommended that further Investigation be made by the district attorney's office. Klly appeared before Superior Judge Charles Burnell today and listened to the reading of the Indictment charging htm with murder, Attorney Gilbert said he trying to communicate with Florence Bayne, actress and divorced strife of the dea4 musical comedy actor. He Intimated hi expected to obtain from her more definite Information concerning the relationship of Raymond and Mls MacKaye. Gilbert predicted that, Miss Bayne would be called as a defense witness to prove lhat Raymond had no legal right to deny his rival admission to their Hollywood home.

Miss MacKaye, over whom tho fatal fight took place, could not be reached for a statermnt her phyel-ctan denying anyone permission to see her. The physician asserted that the actress as in a. state of com- fi thru) TWO JURIES CHARS RAYMOND.