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Circulation Only outr fiett ffhm Cirguiaum It A. C. riMES VOL. LXVIL, No. 69.

SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS MANY FLEE HOMES Mississippi River District IB Threatened HU Floods (fly International Xrwi Kmlrr.) Floods anil heavy snows throughout the central por- tlon of the United Stales today forced thousands lo flee their homes, pa rob zed transportation in many sections and atuittti intense suffering. Missouri. Oklahoma.

Kentucky. Tennessee and Illinois were seriously by the while Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska were gripped by rajr- inc snowstorms which in wrs- tcrn Nebraska piled up the thickest blanket in 20 years. The entire Mississippi river district between St. l.ouis and New Orleans was threatened -with one of the most, disastrous floods In years as tiic mighty river, fed by tributaries, ripped through protecting Icvccs at widely Hparatcd Four wore reported dead throughout this area'hut a greater loss of lire was feared when wcrd is received from outlying sections. 'STARTS EASTER HOLIDAY London.

April Uld aside her woes and worries--China, the tndget. unemployment and trade depression and started a four day Baiter holiday today. Hundreds of thousands of persons left Victoria and Waterloo stations for English Continental Cross-Channel aeroplanes were filled to capad'y and cross-cban- 'nel steamers were packed'to tbe gnnwalcs. with holiday 'makers willing to risk mal de mcr for.a respite on tbe continent. The'English were congested with motor traffic.

Brighten, which has long been the favorite watering place of Ixmdoners. had some 100,000 visitors today: At Coney Island of I-ondon whooped It up on the "'obby 'ones" and tbe "giant racer." No newspapers were published IB England today, and ttores. banks and public offices were closed. Even the "pubs" were working on short hours. Note Reaches By OKOIUJi: It.

HOLMES, I. K. K. Staff t'nrrcspnndrnt. Waiblnglon.

April 15. Tho' 'Chinese reply to the American demands growing out of the outrages reached tbe department today. Generally speaking, officials considered It "unsatisfactory" although It Is doubtful If It is un- satisfactory enough to Impel tbe United States lo take any panl- steps. It Is consdlered here a very adroit aniwer to the American note far enough to appease tbe American demands In some' points, hot still not fir en- oogli to end the matter. The note was cabled to the state department by Consnl General Loekhart at Hankow, the southern Chinese headquarters, and Washington before the cabinet assembled at the House for renewed discus- tbe general Cblces: problem.

reached Waiblccton, too, Just after Secretary of Kei- fcsd left Ibt city for an Easier vacalloa at Hot Springs. no action h- taken by 'tbe administration oe the note an- tfl after his return next ASKS AID IN FOR HER HUSBAND Plslns, N. April 15-'(INS)-- Authorities here hire re- "reived an appeal from Mrs. Ktbe) Thrcshle of lonrton. England.

fnr aid In'' fladln; her hnsband. G. Thresbie of fongton, Kagland. ttbo dljanprared from'nil home here more ihan A year ngo. fears her hnsband It-suffering from loss-of lodncrd by.

his twar eiperiencrs. Tbmhie served with tbe British army, was gassed, and was thrice decorated bnvery. Thmble 4 tvai'latt heanl from a year ajo last when he wrote his wife fiSH SNYDER CASE? A parallrl In (lie famous Snydrr iiturdrr M-fn in the itrrnt at NfHlon. N. of Itasrr and I'raiUi boardrr fn lirr liomr.

Itctli iiltluml In jail on 3 charge of and killing for linslianil. Kdivanl. Irrn monllif rbpwti.bffore rrtrla- tlon of (lie alleged crime. 40 Days To Find Blackmer, O'Neil Washington. April pivcrnuient has forty data left In lo a laok It lias Ivrn unsuiws-sfully striving In ac- coupIUIi for murr than three years-- It.

M. Itlactmcr and Jamrs O'Neil, mlslns witnesses Itf Ibe.Trapot Domn uil 1'Mt'j mm, Hbctmcr. former tliairnuiii the lunnl of tbe lliil- nest Itcflnlng Co. and O'Neil. Former president uf the 1'ralrle Oil snd 2as Company, are "abroad." Tlirjr bate liecn ever since he Hcnalc mmmlttrc Ixvan to un- rr fvnsallonal ctiilcncc In tbe Tcnpot IJomc Intcstlzallnn.

Anivri- can consular antbnritln throughout Kurnpc have trieil to rerve them Tvith for several 'years iut with no mofss. Unless tbey arc fonnil In I lie next forty days tbe "government's wn-. splracy against Harry I'. Sinclair an-I Allxrt It. Fall nil) ruffer materially.

Tlits caso. nrlzlnally set fnr April was pmtnonrI until it by Justice Illtz. Tbe gov- ernmht wanted a six months' postponement, but Sinclair's attorneys pmlrflnl anil demanded an Immediate trial. Tbe court coaprnnlscj en a month. FLASHES OF LAST MINUTE 8a)rr, Pa.

April IS--(INS) --Tna mm ttrre hurnrl to ilralli Imlay iilirn firr. Iwlinnl of Inrclhliary origin, ilnlrti)nl large bnnU hcrr. Ijsli- Irrn oilier ominanls of (he building had narron- escapes. Tma. April 15-- (INS)--Wlh (ram Ijtmh lo Nrrv Orleans mimM- In; lirforr Ihr ram- of (he ritrr'o hilory.

al Irast 3 ilozrn lawns arr nnilrr vralrr, five IhouorNl arc IrnmflfS" and afrr of farm)antl arr val of mndily vtnlrr. ttuffaln. April li- tl.VS)--Partha«e Ihe Ilc Itrarh Compmj-, Hflllincim bonier bracb roorl, for Ijfl.WXI. hy a Jjniliralr nrgan- linl tr Jlnnht ef Toronto, annoanrrd lirre lettaj- by AHisny. li-(INS)--mill Mvcrat Ihou-aml arrrf of slalr humin; Ixjontl rcr.lrol firr and Inlay, an appeal frem Alfiamlfr Jlarlhrcld.

stale rcntrrralion rr. to (lOitrnot Smith to it- flare ill stale fcreMi rlovil la I'M rmMie imminent. Wa'litnriwii April li(IN'S)--Three rrar- Ihe Cintinnall. and the deitnven Preble ami Noa, hare been onlrrnl lo Ilan- "nherr the tilnatlon pears lo be Port Huron, Mirh, April IS --(INS)--A netv Ijpe of au- Ir.moMIe, liavin; no IirakrJ, ho rlulrh. no geareil (ransmlstlon, no dlilercntiat ami no amlen- tor, nil) be produced In Port Huron nllliln a )ear, It nil Joday, 19 Miners Are Safe Henryetta.

April 15. --(I. X. min- era were safe today following a flood which yesterday Ira- prisoneJ them 100 feet below the earth's surface injho old Coal Company mine near here. The men were rescued through the shaft of an adjoining mine after they had spent more than eight hours underground.

TEST GRAY'S II) J.VMKS Ililrltiallniul, News Srrtlra Staff Xrtr Vurk. April Juilil tiliu nllli llulh llrtmn Snyilrr. gum trial next Monday fur Hie munlrr of HIP Mi-Mian's huibatul, AlU-rt Sny- ilrr. a art iilllnr. li to.

undergoing a nf menial anil phjtlral of Hie Ht llmniugli on rrronl--tn determine lil inrnlM flair, the re- suit of nlilrli may rruble rltlirr or lir.iti ilrfrnilanls to esrape tjie ritf-tric clialr. Four.alienists, two'representa; tires of tbe state and two of tbe defense, are conducting tbe examination which will continue tomorrow and Sunday, i It being subjected to Innumerable questions concerning bis past life. Ills senses and reflexes will be tested, his iknll will be X-rayed, bis blood and spinal fluid analyzed and other tests made. If be Is fnnnd to bo Insane. It was Indicated by one of the alienists.

Dr. Sylvester It, Leahy, he probably will be sent to the Mattea wan sute bopsltal for the criminal Insane at Beacon. N. which at one time harbored Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford While.

This would mean thai Mrs. Snyder would stand trial alone for the murder of her husband. And, Inasmuch as her attorneys have, declared that the defense will show her Innocent of responsibility for tbe crime, and alio because It Is assumed will place allithe blame on her lover. Gray, there Is tbe possibility that she would not be convicted of first degree murder. In that event, with Gray In Mattewan, and tbe woman either, freed or Riven a jail sentence, botb of them will haro escaped the payment of the supreme" penalty for the crime.

'The state and Gray's counsel are cooperating in the of the accused man by an agreement, the nature of which has not been revealed. One of the alienists raid to have a theory regarding the breakdown of mental processes due to tbe Imblblng'bt "prohibition liquor." Drinking of liquor, be licileves. may have a tendency to toCten tbe tissues of the brain and cause tbe drinker to commit acts of violence that be otherwise would not have considered. Cray and Mrs. Snyder are said to decided upon committing the murder of Snyder In the Sny- dcr home on the fatal night over bottle of whisky.

"Old Renegade" Bagged at Last Albion. N. April (I. N. "Old Itcntgade" has ran his last trail.

Tbe huge, gray old timber wolf who violated the caste laws of the animal kingdom when he became tba leader of a coyotte pick which has ravaged Orleans county sheep flocks, canting more than $20,000 worth of depreda- has fallen victim to a wile. Today tbe 63 pound body bung on exhibition hera while Adam Nowalchlk. muckland farmer and trapper, went abaat collcctln: HCO bounty. Question Youth In Slaying Of Girl April li-- (INS)-- Edzar ijceMlonnl by rvllre today In connection trltb the In- trstlgallon of the tlaylc; cf nineteen-year-old Matt.e«cn. who to death lo VTest Iloxhcry field Ian January.

Gallant was taken while In CF it- leged tlflltD anlnrcoblle. In tbe car an Iron bar. threaded on lotb kind of a weapon pnlirr tvlievrd wa nrd In tbe gltlvkllllns. OalUm'j home In Nora Scotia, near that cf JiaybcHe. Place Value On P.

L. E. Washington, April Tbe Interstate Commerce slon today placril a tentative valna- lion of ii of June SO. 1010, the property- orrnrd and end by tbe Pltt-bnrjb snd Lake Erie Bank Closes Doors Kansas April Market State bank cloied Its doots today, Stays In Skies 51 Hours I 1 i i Atlalon Itrrt ami Ctarrnrp C'laniUrliii tn a ItflUnra monoplane at It oilnl alunt the lln al Hie 30 hour mark. picture of Hie lltlUnra In flight uaj made frnni a Curliis cliarirml ly Smlrr.

See and tlambrrltn lltrtr Itrads from 3 nindavv In the plIoU' rentnartoMiit of (lit IWI- anta? Tlirj are rrading a printnl In clialk on Ilir of the NKA Srnlre planr. "lloiv li Artxta and tlumWrliit rrplird fo Hi it and oilier inquirits by ncdclin or iluVinj thfir liradt, and tn olhrr "il Just Before Starting nrrl Arosla and Clarrnre Ctiamlicrlin. pilots ntio nil) try for Hie St3.00 prite for flying (lip Alkmlie 'are r.itb Guisrpp! UrILinra (rrnlrr) and (lie ririv Uliirlitind plane in nhirh Ihrj- hope to iiie otran. Hcllann sinking hands vrilii Chambrrlin. Nature Remakes Body To Withstand Speedy Living Of Jazz Age KDITOIl'S NOTK: This li the of interviews tvlth.Dr.

C. I'ierrc, acting (general, that life Is liocomlns-ionscr and more abundant In Its pleasures Hint nature Rrail- tially Is providing the human Ixxlr to withstand the rifiors cf the jazz age.) Ity ItOHKItT S. TIIOUMtUnCH, I. N. Staff Cnrmpondcnt.

Waihlnglnn. April the great adjuster. In Monly rc- iklnf; the human tioily tliat It may the hlch-nonereil, tpeetleil.up living of the Jazx age. and jet permit the rnjotmcnl of R(VK! health and longer life. Tills opinion nas held out today by Dr.

C. C. I'lrrrr, acting tar. Rron general nf the I nltnl Stairs, nhn ileelamt that the American hmly Is nnik-rcoinff a flow hut certain cvnlutloa. Nature Is.

providing weapons within the body tbit Ibe race may not be -doomed by the rapU changes In life tbat have taken place In the list twenty-five years. Nalnra even providing against physical rain Ihreal- enetl hy the nlM nlplit clulx, by the various about hy llml hut rich "boiler and rss" men. anil hy playing bridge and rating the font nhUh mlilnlshl hours usually an anrtlon party. "If this were cot to. we ttllt would be cllablnx around In tbe trees and rods and Dr.

Fierce said. The physical makeup of tbe average human beinj Is chanplnr. iccordlng'to Pierce. He pointed out that worsen don't faint so In the past, that the tendency to the so-called reen BOW attributed to tight clothier. It thin; of the past among young girls.

The tayrcld aad other glands which In cave man dayi shot vitality, stimulation and animation into the aboroejnal as he wooed Mi -love or fled from lions and tigers, now operate lo bring about longer, life and better health. These glands-are eueatlal, bat their purpose Is changing. A care man suddenly tram- planted Into modern Ufa wonld be Aval as nsetnl as a finesse gone wrong and dangerous as a he- dinners, vno trump." he said. Put tbe.CAT* man la an evening jail and him to a Follici show. The first time tbe choru? appeared Mr.

C. Man would go over the fcotligbts and one ol Ibr iadr godivas would be missing. Modern man sits llgbt. at least until tbe show Is over, with llttls physical reaction except a trans- dent jump In blood pressure, regarded ai harm let i. "All this goes lo ibow." Pierce said, "thdt nature Is providing by slow evolution of the body and mlad that one may withstand his environment," JOHN GOES TO DEATH ON GALLOWS Cnteagn.

April IS--(INS)-John Walton U'inn. coavlcled of tbe murder of Albert Nnsbanm, aged contractor, went lo his death 03 the gallowi today. speat the linal mlsntes of hit life peaning a note to 59-year-old sweetheart. "Oraad- raa" Ellta Nnibaum. wldaw of the tncrdered man.

who li serving-a- life sentence In Jollet pcaltentalry for her part In the crime. It wss brought oat Juris? trial that U'lna. was 40. and "Grandma" Nuitaurc. plotted her agei sa tit? could marry and esjoy all tune.

In hi; rcessage ma," wins tcld ter spirit would refers protect ter. Wics willed his train "Icr iclec- tlfir ta the ose mau who mlzbt sated him from Ibe He is Or. Harold S. S. Hnlhert.

r-oted slicaitt who figured In tht fimons Leopote-Uneb trill. Dr. Hnlberl examined WIna yesterday and reported him fane. 2 Negroes Electrocuted niehmond. Va, April N.

negroes, Henry'Per- fey and William Thomai. were electrocuted In tbe itate penitentiary early Icday. Perfey was convicted of criminal assault. Mayor Assassinated Warsaw, Poland. April X.

at Kodi today are searching for an issalUnt- who stabbed Mayor CynariVI to death as be'was leaving Llj home. Private vengeance Is believed to been motive, Get Ready For Flight Over Ocean New Vork, April N. at trlt riclil Icxlaj- brgan pnoni- lag I lie Ilcllanca nuipplane In nlilrli nviaton IVrrt Armta and Clarence I). Cliambrr- Hn up a new tvorld'5 tluration rtrnnl, for a non- Ktop Irans-Atlantlc flight from York lo Tlic nork uf putllns in a nriv motor already under nay. Armla anil Chamberlain, nlio rrmalnnl aloft In roiillii- fllslit fur rt It and Ixrat- Ing the old rrcnnl lirld In France five hours niln- utn anil Ztt plan lo Mart their trans-Atlantic night early In May if flying permit.

They purpoM: In lie the first alrmrn to fl; a single motored plane Hie Atlantic. STUDENTS REENACT HOLDUP Boston, April was the seventh anniversary of the slaying of Paymaster Frederick Parmenter and his guard. Aliessandro Barardellla. In south Bralntree, and a gronp of Harvard men assembled to reenacl the crime, for which Nicola Sacco and Bartolnmeo Vanzettl were convicted and sentenced IP die In tbe electric cbair. Students were assigned to represent all characters la tbt Parmenter case.

Five men In as ao- torroblle, such at be payroll robbers used, were lo sweep down Into Sonth Ilralniree and other students from the' Slater and Merrill shoe faclrry ftre in th role at wltneises. Tbe purpose of the test was to determine whether wltnrsiei could have observed the shooting from tbe shoe factcry windows. A majority of the stndents were members of the Harvard Liberal dob. Tbe teit was said to hare the approval cf Professor Felix Frankfurter and assistants of tbt Harvard Law School. The professor has taken an active part ID tbe Sacco-Vanzettl defense.

Earl Carroll' Still In Coma Greenville. S. April N. S.I--Earl Carroll. Vork theatrical producer, wit still la state of coaa this woralsj.

43 aisrs ifter he callapKd ea rost; to Atlanta to spend year and a for perjnry. Iccoerest thrcaga- ont the clgt and a mtlcn condition gate atttcdlns rnyiiclaci a hare for tis tarl? rercverr. as this Isdlratcd he was flgatiig against the oblivion which fnvtl- him. Ptyj-'cliss tald Carroll'- cosdl- Imprcvlcg siowly. but that tt III.

As iooa if It ccciciontcesi. tbey laid, tl! recovery ihssld be i matter ol s. tew days. BASEBALL 'WEATHER Py Inlcmafianal N'ewl Smfce NATIONAL I.K.l(fI'i; New York at Brooklyn at Boston, ch-ar. Pittsbnrzh ct Clnclnnall.trlrtr.

SL at Cblranv rain. AMKKICAN I.K.\RL Philadelphia at New York, clear. llo'lon at Washington, clear. 'ChlcaiTO at Cleveland, clear. IVfroIt at St.

Ixnts. clear. I.VTKKNATHI.NAI, I.UXnt'E Tornnln at City, clear. at Newark, clear. Buffalo at Ilrailhij.

clear. at BiHimotc, clear. Chinese Nationalists Propose Commission Investigating Reply Is Received To American Note testing Against Nanking 1 Anti-Foreign Outrages of March 24. Uy ALFRED MEYER. 7.

International News Service Staff Correspondent. SHANGHAI, April Chinese Nationalists' la the American note protesting against Nanking antt- forcisn outrages un 21 proposes a joint American-" Chinese Nationalist commission of inquiry to Investigate' n-'- spo fusibility for the attacks, postponing punishment until- guilt is definitely established, it was learned today. Chen, foreicn minister In the Cantonese tnent at Hankoir. handed the Chinese answer to the United States consul at Nanking Thursday. Minister Chen says that the Nationalists are prepared-, to idemnify the United States for damage to the Consulate at Nanking, regardless of the identity of the persons causing the damage because the consulate, which.is upon Chinese soil, was violated.

br the United The'docnment ing-V an apology, bat tin. that tbe Nationalist admlnls-' Separate replies were tent to Great Britain. Fracce. Hair. Japan and the United States, al- Iboath the replle! were almost identic.

The British and American rrpllei contained a reproach (or the bombardment of Nanking white the French reply pretexted against tho French opening fire In Cintoa. As regards reparations for per- onal Injuriei and othir material damage. aside from the ccnta'ate. tbe note states that the National- tits are ready to make "reasonable and necessary" except where It can ba proved that the damages cere caused by the American "and Drltlih bombardment or by Northern soldiers. The cote declares that the demand tor punishment of the perpetrators I- a presnmptlon of Nationalist guilt and that, while this Is contradicted br tbe preliminary Inquiry, tbe National- lit governmeat till making an Investigation and proposes that punishment be irltbheld pending the outcoite of this Investigation or nntll the findings are reported by an commluloc.to be created br the Nationalists and the United States.

Chen's reply says that, as the lavs of nations and civilized practices, prohibit the bombardciect of city or territory a friendly state. It is proposed that the com- mUllon also Investigate "the bombardment of unfortified tratlon will await the deter- mlnatlon of guilt. 1 Effective measures promli- ed to protect foreign 'and' properties In the future." But taphiiUii "best gnanntees etfectiva tecllon wonld be removal of tho fundamental cansu of tbe ent troubled relations-- seqnal treaties." 1 This city was quiet today, la--" terest centering upon where Gen. Chiang Gen. Pel Chang H-il.

Gen. Chow-! Feng Chi and others are attend-'- ing the all Important KnomlnUBg? conference. This meeting. It is btllered. wIIIJ result In an open split the conservatives and mnnlsts.

If thls'comes to pass It'j Is understood Gen. Chiang tn establish a new government ig-fi noring both the Wuhan and.Pe-j king administrations. Manila. P. April 15.5.)--A rush order frtm Adnlralt C.

S. 'Williams. In command of tha'. American forces In ''the "OrleaUi: sent the Deitroyen McCormack. at fall Shanghai The Blachhawk and now undergoing repairs, sect to China by Monday or day and earlier if Note Doesn't Satisfy Say American Hy JOHN fiOETTE International.Neves Service Staff Correspondent Peking.

April Chinese Nationalist reply to the American nntn protesting against the anti-foreign in Nankins en March 21. tva rharacterire! toilay hy nfllclals as They li'eelaml belief that the answer ralciilalnl to thr public abroad. Marshal Chane.Tio L'n, commander of tbe Northern armies, has ajfnred United Slates Jlln Istrr jcha MaeMnrray that the strictest order; have been Issued to thf Northern troops to prevent a of firing npcn United Plate varcrafl rocb as occurred when ihrti were discharged against the American gunboat Noa In the river near Nank- ing. II wa! eiplalned that this attack vtt dat to a tnlsnaderstand a conference flilf mnminc the American mln- nrgcil Marshal tecrelary of fr.relgn affairs tn pnMMi the documents selieil In the recent rah) upon the Soviet embassy compound. It It reported that receipts were found proving that the Comtnnn 1st leader I.I Tachao received one hundred American dollars month IT (ran itse Sovleti.

It fnrtbtr reported that re-iortJ wen discovered made oat ly employed by Acerlcaa lad otisr legations. These rsparts deslfned to keep the Informed of all that went on la tbt legations. are still Cblcese Cecrcnalsts arrested at the Use of tbe Nineteen ethers were released. The: Soviet Tjy rcMilcd hs! Eitcrdiy ly tie Jlcjeow soverrraett af of Embassy raid, plans to leave reVte; pa Tcefday. Tie Pekinr srorertraerit hat ea hied tte Cblccfe eharpe d'affaires at SIoscoTT the tut of the reply lo its Povtttf' coie the ErataMT raid.

Tbi answer declares that the diplomatic Immunity of the KaibaMy ennlil net be e-i tewleil to tetlvitfes jnbverjlve ef tbe Teiilc; eorenoent and that inch activities hsd carried on within It? Emtasty Usdon. Arrll 13--(INS)-War- fire en Ibt Pokotr-NinVIn; front hat heen resumed, aeronllrc the Central Nerrs curretpnn.1- ent. who that the ers In PnkoiT arc thellln; Ibe Can- tonee la Nankin: ar.d that the irrn erolstr Halchl Itft for lo. participate In an offensive. All )nlh O.1r.»» and foreign, lictwrcn Nankin; and I'u- ko li nmlcr ninjlant firr.

Tbe tUuallou la ed as becomin; trcrje and thrfsti have been made on the lite, cnstosis commissloccr. Disorders have been renewed ur.kw iliotlD; still prevails In 'in the Chinese section of hai, and twenty Chinese are ported to have been killed. In IM; past thlrty-sli honrs. POWDER 1 HOUSES BLOW UP? WcTdtmtb, AciU ON3)-- Two powder houses at pbnt uf tbe Hunt Fireworks Com- pany bletr op vrlth a nir tblt shook the vicinity A hundred employes, torn anil women, fled from the Ho'jcrt Qninn, -in, wai tcrlotuly sllihtly bnrt, Flames followed bctT tre qalctly by firemen. Bomb Wrecks Building Springfield.

Mass, April Scorrs fled from their homes In panic, tbe dowstoini sec- lira of tbe city was rocked and lives of a d'tterr la testosTit bonse trere ndant end by fire early today ntcn what police believe was .1 l-oab xploslon wrrflad' two-;" Hrrr brick ballaln; lo ItaUao No lost sn.l none Injarci Will Says Bedford, Ind, AprH 15; (to the Clean Senator MeNary'of Narj' Hauscn farm relief dined at the While 'this week. McXjiryi he would like be i another chance to up he can draw up one out the "furea of the fctit onevrslf it the lionable It elimlnalc the A dirt.