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wJi 0 The Omaha Sunday Bee v PAST OHE. - - NEWS SECTION- WEATHER FORECAST. Fair; Colder ?AGIS OSS 10 TWELVE ' f If A vor.: XLI-NO. 42. FISHER PRAISES PRESIDENT TAFT AS GOOD LEADER Spcretary Says, Leaving Out Que. tioa of Own Position, Chief Ei ecutm it Seal Progressive. APPODmUKT WAS HOT SOUGHT 'Ko Obligation Involved in Endorse ment of Big Han. HAS HAS CHANCE TO JUDGE HIM Capacity, Ideals and Methods Found Above Beproach. , GOOD EMPLOYES TO WOSZ FOB Helpful Co-operation and Uniform , Support Given Aids. - NATION FACES GSEAT FSOBLEMS !wrirr ( Interior A earns the People Are Determined that 014 Abaara Miall Ma Longer Be Kiiirtd. WASHINGTON. April (.-Secretary of the Interior Fisher in an Interview today urged the renomi nation of Prealdent Taft. Hla statement, which waa kujued from lha Tuft national headquarter, aald: "It would be tale nodeaty tor ma to Ignore, or to expect othera to Ignore, the fart that the Judgment thua expressed la the opinion ot a member of the cabinet, aubjeet to auch conscious or unconsclout Influence aa ariae from that association, but I hope the personal not will b ex cuaed when t nay that the appointment waa not Bought, but waa offered Under circumstances that compelled acceptance and that Imposed no political obligations ot any kind; that no such obligations were then or have ever been suggested, and that the personal and official aaaocla tion baa at least afforded the opportunity to form an accurate opinion of the char acter and the c$ paclty ot the prealdent and of hla MeoJa and methods." Secretary Flaher aald the people ot Chi cago "do not need to be told" that ha la, and haa been, an earnest advocate of progressive policies: In (act, "enough of a progressiva to hava been denounced aa a radical. "No department head." aald Secretary Flaher, "could ask from the caief execu tive a mora. Intelligent appredaUon, a mora helpful co-operation or a mora uni form and unservrJnt support" thaa ha had received from pi ,nrcs)djM.A x .iini. ifaMHi ureas Problems. Taking up the argument m favor ot President Taft. Mr. Flaher said that the nation faced problems of the treat est dif ficulty and that the "people are deter mined that old abuse shall no longer b endured." rw York Will Baderae Taft. NBW YOkK, April s.-The atatement waa made at the republican atate com mittee headquarter today that there would be opposition to any plan to in struct the lour delegates-at-lange to be elected at the Rochester convention next Tuesday.. On the other hand.' Samuel S. Koenig, prealdent of tuo republican county committee, aald that the national administration would be endorsed and that the delegatea-at-large would be In structed for. Taft. "New York state Is for. Taft." Mr. Koenig aald, "but there la a difference of opinion as to how tills Is to be ex pressed at the tate convention. Some believe endorsement of the administra tion will be sufficient, but I favor spe cific Instructions and I have no hesitation In saying that auch action wdl be taken. Colonel Roosevelt will not bolt," Mr: Koenig said. "His friends cannot per auade him to go to that extreme." Chairman William Baraea of the re publican atate committee - declined - toH comment on the question of Instructions, but bla friends insisted he would oppose instructions. : ' REMARKABLE OPERATION BY GERMAN SURGEON LEIPSIC, Germany. Apill .-A remark able operation baa Just been performed on an Imbecile child fey Prof. Erwln payr. director ot the surgical clinic at tached to the Lelpsie university, with great success. The professor planted a piece ot the thyroid gland taken from a healthy child, born ot a healthy mother, into the liver of aa imbecile child,' who 1 nuked lately afterward began to Improve In intelligence, which steadily Increased until a complete euro was effected. The Weather FOR NEBRASKAAGenerally fair: In east portion colder. ' FOR IOWA Cooler unsettled weather with probably Mowers. Traaperatare at Oaaaha Yesterday. Moor. Deg. S a. m 3 a a. m... 52 7 a. m 8 a. m 41 a. m 43 Ha. m 44 11 a. m., II S 1 p. 4t S P.T to I p. tn. 5 4 . m. ...... ....... tl I p. m i ' n. 4Z i ; p. m t CamBSumHva'LewsJ mecara. ' Official record of temperature and pra eipitatioa compared with the correspond ing period of th hut thro yeara: Xfii. mi. 1st. Bss Hiaaeat yeaterday S T 44 Mean temperature S3 m fTecipitaitoa - .0 . Temperature and precipitatton depart ures (ram the normal at Omaha: Normal tatrajaratur Ezeasa for the day T Total deflcteacy since March I. m .Normal rainfall .Wmcb Deflciestrr for th day M inch Total rainfall since March I tS mehea Kxeaaa atsc Maresi 1 ." Inch Erase tor cor. period IfU H loch Hi Zg4re5rPl I XA5TER PARADE . ... ' BRITISH STRIKE FORMALLY ENDED . . Executive Committee of Federation Orders Miners to Sesume ' ' Work, ACTION FOLLOWS WASM DEBATE Xasaber at District Orcaalsatlaas la Ike North May Make At- . . tempt ta rreloea; the Stresgdr. LONDON, April I -The miner- federa tion this afternoon accepted the recom mendation of th executive .committee that the men should resume work aa th result of the recent ballot, and the miner Will be ordered to return to th vita forthwith. ' Trie decision of the federation waa reached after a two and a half hour' controversy, which at time waa Intensely bitter, the extremist charging executive pusillanimity )n recommending that th meq tepum work oerore tna district board had yielded to th minera' aehed ula at minimum tr.v.f"ii The moderate, however, carried th day. arguing that with Wioea men already working erf. with, doubt that number ready., ta .resume work on Monday-It would be hopeless te attempt to carry on th .wife" Th resolution accepting the recommendation of th executive com mute waa carried by a tot of 0 to 13 and the emmtnkteo sent Instruction or dering the resumption of work. Some ot the extremist delegate threat ened that th minera In the north, who still have plenty of fund In th union treasuries, will break away from th federation and refuse to resume work until the minimum wage schedule have been granted. , Even If this la true It doe not alter the fact that the coal strike aa a national atrlke la now ended. It would mean' on the other hand a breach In the eolidartty of the miner' federation, which haa enabled th collier to paralyse halt th trade of th United Kingdom for the last month, causing ml aery to' mllllona of persons at a coat to th oolllera themselves of some M,- M0.OM. . ... Wreck Reveals Fact . That Brakeman ; Has Three Wives LA CROSSE, Wis, Ap ril (.-It waa an unlucky wreck for Bert A. Bond, brake- man on the . Chicago, Kurllngton It Qulncy railroad, which caught him In a smash up at Newport. Wla. two weeks ago and sent him to the hospital at 1 Crosse. Bond waa living bet with on wife. Today Mra. Bert A. Bond No. 3. who had heard ot the wreck and thus located her husband, arrived from. Burlington, la., and awore out a warrant for nla arrest on a charge of desertion. - Th day' mail also brought to th railroad company a letter from a woman near Qulncy, III., who claim to b Bond's wife, and hear ing that be had been killed In a wreck, asked that his clothing and other effects be sent to her. t , Bend Is still In the hospital and showing no anxiety to get out. Wife No. t, -who bt said to b really wife No. I, wa taken to Jail tor a.rty day an a charge of associating with Bond . though ah knew they were set legally married. . . , FIRST HEALTH MARRIAGE IN CHICAGO CATHEDRAL CHICAGO. April 1 Th Drat "health marriage.'' under Dean Walter T. Bum aer requirement of medical certification, will be performed la the Episcopal ca thedral of 88. Peter and Paul, April 10, when Mtsa Ruth Palmer win become the wife of A, W. Bode, a telephone operator In the Chicago police department. : Both the prospective bride and bridegroom were required to bring oertiflcatea from reputable phystdaa that they war sot physically aor mentally deficient and that they had neither Incurable aor ooa tagtoa diseases. - . IDA COUNTY REPUBLICANS , UNANIMOUS FOR TAFT IDA OROVE. lav, April tWSpeclal Telegram.) The Ida Grove county re pobUeaa convention today named Ha delav gattoa at eigtit aelegatea t the Mate eoaventloa and passed raaalutlona endors ing Taft. endorsln- th republtcaa Mat administration, endorsing tba admlDlav tratton of Stat Aadttor Bleak ley. aa Ida county aaaa. aaa liasuauUng th ta oaaa aa xgxtt (or ML OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNIXO, ABE RUEF TUELL IT ALL Political Boss in San Quentin Prison Writes Complete Expose. NAMES INFLUENTIAL FASTNESS Cearlrted Grafter at Haa Fraaclaca Dare Mm TklaklaaT la Little Cell and Moaraa Rala at Ills 1.1 fe. BAN FRANCISCO. April l-Abraham Ruef. convicted political bosa ot San Francisco, now serving a sentence of fourteen year In San Quentln peniten tiary, began In the San Francisco Bulle tin today a aeries of articles, which he declares will constitute; a complete expoa of the men accused with hurt In the graft prosecutions but not convicted. "Without reservation." he aaya, "I shall relate my actions and the part played by others." Ruef foe back ten year, when be first-gained recognition from Influential men. Th first period la. bridged by a single sentence: "A few year - later found be associated with th tool and memengers of the railroad." Th beginning ot thla aasoctatioa with a leading railroad official I told suc cinctly : 4- .. "He began to court me. I could gat wasee and iavora from hire. For the first time I dmed at his house." Tha: eublltatlon ot thr article waa precipitated by an editor In Ban Francisco newspaper April 4. which characterised Ruet as a "human hyena and condemns the agitation for hla release. - , Name Officials and Polltlrlaaa. Director of public utIUIty corporations and railroads, public officials and poli ticians are named by 'Ruef In hla pro logue and he declare he will show how money waa promised and paid. -Since the heavy doera of the atate prison dosed behind me." he eays, "I have given much consideration to th vent and Influence which ended ao ignomlnlpusly a life full ot nope. I br Hevo much good can com from a straightforward atatement ot my experi ence. I have determined to make auch a atatement 1 shall give circumstantially all Important facts and event. Including those leading up to and embracing th San Franstseo graft prosecution." Here Ruef menllooa th granting of a franchise to a street rallwav company and declare be will show how money waa paid for the privilege. "I shall glv a full account ot the fa moua Santa Cnu convention which nomi nated Governor Gillette," he continue, "and ot an my conference In relation thereto." Prtaaa Brim Brpeataac. Ruet begtaa hla narrative with a con fession ot repentance. lie says in part. . "With other I co-operated In eelUnc out th city of Ban Francisco and ao I am la a prison cell. It baa taken these atone walla, thla area six by ten, where the only light or air. la that which come from a narrow wicket to bring me to the full realisation ot thla betrayal. "I started life buoyantly. When I left the university I had th Ideal ot th average young man of that period. How and why my Ufa flew so wide ot Ita goal. I now am determined to trace and to writ In detail In the bop that my story may prove of public benefit and may make amend for what society baa loot by my work. "I shall write without extenuation for myself or those who co-operated with roe. However harshly I may write. It will be without malice or Hi will and with a de sire to have other suffer a I have ut tered." , Able Men-to Speak at BigTaf t Rally The Omaha Taft dub will hold it big meeting at the Boyd theater tomorrow evening. To till th vacancy made by tba Inability to be present ot Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher, a num ber of able Omaha - and Nebraska speakers have been placed on th pro gram. Albert W. Jefferta will preside. Among thaa who are scheduled to peak are John Leo Webster. Allen W. Field of Lincoln and Jadg E. Bv Parry ot Cambridge. Th Gat City Quartet and Green's band wtU furnish mode tor ta occasion. Four Indicted by Rock . Island Grand Jury ; . , . ROCK ISLAND. 111.. April (.Four per son were indicted today by the special grans Jury called to Investigate the causes leading up to the recent riot in this Uy tn Which two were killed and aln wounded- The grand jury recseaed OBtn next Thursday, wheat tha tadict eaaejts wlB be BTeeened to await. APRIL 7, 1912 -SIX SECTON'S-TORTr-FOUR PAGES. , Coming and Going in Omaha COLONEL FACES CRITICAL TEST First Seal Trial of Strength is to Come in Illinois Next : Tuesday. . ROOSEVELT MAKING EASS FIGHT Thla Fire Great Republican State Where There la a Direct Preal v aleatlal Primary Kiev Ilea. ROCKFORO, 111., April t-What la re garded by Roosevelt' aupporura aa a critical period In the former prealdent' campajgn began today. Colonel Rooas velt delivered a speech at Rock ford at th opening of hla two-day trip through Illinois, during which he I to make a determined fight tor the states fifty eight delegate to th republican national convention. Ullnola I th first pf th great republican' stale In which at a direst preferential presidential primary the aupportera of thr prealdent and the farmer prealdent will be able to measure their relatlv strength. .. - Colonel Roosevelt wa told that C boun cy . Dwy, manager ot th Rooelt campaign In .IlUnola claimed every dla- itrlct In th Mate csoept Senator Lor! mer s bailiwick tn Chicago and possibly the Esst St Louis district. ft am a warrior and not 4 prophet the. colonel replied, "the primaries are to be held next Tuesday." In the Intervening time Colonel Roose velt I to (peeJC In six congressional die. tricta Including those of Congressman McKlnley. President Taft'i campaign manager and ex-Speaker Cannon. In hi speech her th colonel empha sised hla belief the Istu In this cam paign la on whlh affect fundamentally th welter of th country, H said ha wa making th fight tor th benefit of th rich man as weU aa th poor man. Colonel Roosevelt renewed bla attack on Senator Lortmer to whom he referred a representative of a type of men opposing him. He said that these men stood for tha "(mall representative part ot the people,' who, th colonel declared, seek to rule th peopl. 'I protest agslnat the use of Lincoln' name," Colonel Roosevelt aald tn connec tion with the activttte ot Sanator Lort mer, during hi second apeeoh, mad to a large crowd at Freeport. "Th prin ciple of Senator Lortmer are th direct reverse of the principles of honest Abe Lincoln." WlUaa Speak at Galeebar;. GALESBUKu, III., April (.-Governor Wood row Wilson at New Jersey, In abort speech delivered this morning to many voters of this vicinity, made aa attack upon government for the Inter eats, th present system of choice ot candidates, the republican tariff meas ure and also mad a strong appeal for the support ot the voters at the preferen tial presidential primaries next Tuesday. lis aald "th people are tired of being governed for the especial benefit ot the Interest" and they ar clamoring for a president who will take the lead and see that thing are dona for the benefit ot the general public. ' "All government needs to be taken back to tba general public In frank confidence. A nation doe not grow from th ton, but from th bottom, and Km future ot America depend upoa th men who are making th struggles, rather thaa upoa the men who have fought their way to the top. ' "The question of th present I'm I not ao much what party la going to win at th coming election, but, which party la going to draw to itself th force of th nation, and work for the renewal ot the power of th United States." A versa Has Mast Get lata Gaaae. MOLiNE. 111., April .-There never win be a permanent and settled tariff policy In thla country until the average man la brought Into the gam and pub lic opinion aa been fully consulted." de clared Governor Wood row Wilson to a gathering of citizen which assembled at tha railroad atatlon her today. 'The trouble I that the tariff schedule have been made up after consultation with a email group of Interested person. 1 an for the laboring maa, because he la a part of tha great body of th n- (Continued on Fourth Page.) The National Capital atsrdai-e April ltlS. " The Senate. Not la session; meet Monday. S a. as. The House Met at noon. Continued debate oa I dtaa appropriation bill with taMottoa, ot CHARGES ANGER LAWMAKERS - r ' BandeU's Remarks About Corpora tion Business Start Debate. EXPLANATION " NOT ACCEPTED Trxa'a Ifferta sf Behalf .at BTII to Per bid CHirwanl Ksspley. meat by Cerweralleaa Make Troable. WASHINGTON.. April 1-On of . th moat acrimonious a bales heard in th house this seealen waa precipitated today when Represcntatlv Randall of Ter.aa, democrat, ' explained that h meant nd reflection on member when he Intimated In his speech at Thursday that a majority of th member ot the hua ware engaged In employment that hi anti-corn ration retainer fe bill would Stop. . Applause greeted th replied of Itspr. aentatlve Edwarda and Barilett Of Georgia. Jam ot Kentucky. -Clayton ot Alabama, democrat," and Hamilton of Michigan, republican. wh virtually de clined ta accent bla axDlanalidn. Mr. Randall referred to th pVliitodeo ord and read th atatement that had caused, crtllclenv i. . vt-,-(f "This l what t said." 'sx'tltlne Mr. Randall, -wad I submit that; nothing la It reflect Ml Any member, t bnv. m doubt an Investigation would show that a majority of th member f tlitti kous and at csngraat are engaged la employ ment today which, th passage of that bill would (top,, I believe It Is tru that, nlne-tcnla or psrbap. a larger percent age of th employment are absolutely Innocent In themselves, but th Situation I there. Thar la th connection of th agent with hi principal; there I th con nection ot lb attorney with hla client" Mr. Edward called sharply on Mr. Rsndell to produoa hi proofs ot any Illegal employment of. members and to name both th members and th orpora tloaa they served. . ' Representstlv Clalrmaa ot the Judici ary committee, before which the Randall bill waa pending, made a vigorous reply to Mr. Rsndell Insinuatioa and charac terised hla measure aa "ridiculous V Th rule af thla Bouse." h aald, "aa probably an undue regard for. th fad ings of th gentleman from Texas, pre vented th committee from making a statement concerning this matter. Let m tell you what I th matter with thla house. It 1 not Ihst the member are crooks or dishonest men, but that there are to many ow wards; wa all vote for measure ot doubtful propriety be cause w are afraid th folk back bom would misunderstand." . Preacher Arrested in Connection with . Sacrifice Murders LAFATETTB. La., April i. -Officers Investigating the confession ot - Clemen. tin Barnnbet, th negres who claims aha ha directed th killing of seventeen r more negro In th last year, took Into custody today a negro preacher named Thompson. Th officer believe he bad much to do with the organisation of the "Sacrifice sect," presumably headed by the Berne bet woman, part O- whoa creed con sisted of th belief that those whom she her co-religionists killed gained Im mortality. Detective hop to gain from Thompson th names of negro who helped Clem entine when she killed entire families. DEPUTY SHERIFF SENT TO JAIL FOR THIRTY DAYS PASSAIC. N. J.. April C-Joba Flem ing, a special deputy sheriff, who par ticipated In tba riot yesterday la which th deputies used their dub and tired over th heads of th ailk mill striker, waa arrested today and sentenced to serve thirty da) In Jell on ' a charge ot as sault, William D. Haywood, organiser ot the Industrial Worker of th World, did not appear In th affected district today. Th police ar reported to have Instruction to arrest aim on sight on a warrant charging him with Inciting to riot.' STEEL TRUST LEASE ON . ORE MINE CANCELLED DULCTH. April g So great baa beea th toll ot human hfe during th bast eight month in th operation t th Mg Norman mine near Virginia, Mlna.. that the fe owner have cancelled th leas held by tha Oliver Irsa Mining company (the Vailed stataa Steel corporaseo). Th not tea of assjeenatioa sad the na na therefor wa served aa the offtdaai of the Oliver company ea February bat th paper war act filed aatll to- SINGLE IMPOSING RITUAL AT CONSECRATION Ceremony at Elevation of Father MoOovern First of Class in Nebraska Church. ' VESTMENTS AST) ORNAMENTS i . - What They Signify aad Haw They Are-frepare tbe Oath ta Be . Taken ' by Bishop-Elect P. A. MeOevera. . Th consecration of Right Rev, Pat rick McGovera aa budiop ot. Wyoming, which take 'place al St. Joha'a church on Thursday next, I an event of moving Interest to CethoUce of Omaha and the west. Hitherto all- th bishop assigned to the several divisions of the original vicariate ot Nebraska came - from - tha older die and' were consecrated In tbelr borne cHieSi Th coming ceremony, therefore, will be th first of It elans In tn Catholic, church In Nebraska. Fur thermore, the aandldat for piacopal honor and responsibilities I a native son, schools and ordained for th prleaV hod in Omha, and na Been tnorougniy Identified with Ha religion life for th 1t fourteen yearn It rutty and th coincident attaobed, to th . principal lend to tba ceremony a special and af' lecthmato interest. I ' - Th consecration .o a bishop -la, on or th most ancient and Impoiltuf rite la an the ritual ot th Catholic church. It la a very long ceremony, occupying about four hour, and la tilled with carious symbolism. The order followed la to be found In the Rohtan Ponlisfcdl, of book of ceremonies , for bishop. This la, ot course, m Latin, but It has been translated In' English and printed in booklet form and will be available for th occasion. A refereno to this and to standard Ckthollo works glv Instructive explanation of th Insignia and sym bolism of the rile. . , . , . N on la to be consecrated unless first th csnseerator shall be sure of the com. mission to consecrate, either by apostoUe totter or by verbal commission from th aovsrelgn pontiff. The day chosen for the eoruMicration ahould b a Sunday or a feast day ot on of the apoatlea, or It may even be a feast dsy If the sovereign pontiff shall have made this special eon eesslon. and It la fitting that both the eonaterator and the blahop-elect ahould fast on th preceding day. Two tbaael. In th church where th consecration I to take place two chapel are prepared the larger one for the conaecrator and the smaller on for th bishop-elect. In the larger, upon the altar, prepared In the'susl manner, a cross 1 placed In th middle and at least four candlesticks. On th ground, at th toot of tti altar. carpets are laid, upon which tna blahop elect shall prostrate himself, but th eonseerator and th antetant shaU kneel. In an adjacent' and suitable place a credence for tbe eonseerator la also prepared, upoa which will bo a clean cloth, two candlesticks, baalna and towels (Continued en Sixth. Page.) Mrs. M. J. Monnette ' Dies at Los Angeles Mr,. M. J. Monnette, formerly at Omaha, to dead at -her hem, ta Los Angela as a result of sn attack of pneu monia, which -ah eeuld not withstand. taring weakened her constitution by overwork hi a Young Women's Chriatiaa asawdatloa exuapaaxa tor funds. Mr. Monnstt was tha wife of M. J. Monaetta, vie president of tn Cltl sens National bank ot Loe Aageca. Prior to their removal to - Angel. fir yeare ago, they lived la Omaha for als years. Mrs. Monnel's wa an mrnisi church and Young Womrn'a Chrt-.lan a social loa worker In Omaha and la Loe Angeles. She gav ., wU as auch of her time and tbvught to tbe association work la O.Taha. , Mr. Monnette waa bora October (, MV In Dele ware couur. Ohio. 8hj to survived, by her bus baud and on son. O. E. Monnette ot Log Angeles.' Samuel Cotner to Be Buried on Monday The body ot Samuel Cotner will reach here Fonda y night from Indiana. Th funeral wlU be held Monday after noon at S ' o'clock' . from the . First Carlathus church, twenty-sixth and Har ney streets. Interment In Forest Lawn Tbe service at th grave will la charge of Nebraska lodge No. I. Free and Accepted Masons, of which. Mr. Cotner - wa a member. Tha pallbearer have not yet besa selected. COPY FIVE CENTS DANGER ZONE 111 FLOOD DISTRICT MOVING SOUTH Five Hundred Square Miles in North- western Tennessee) Inundated When Levee breaks. INHABITANTS GIVEN WASHING Belief that Nearly All Escaped to Higher Ground. TWO CHUDSES RIPOSTED SEAS Nearly All Cattle in the Lowlands Are Drowned. MANY HOUSES UNDES WATES Two Thousand Seiugees Are at Tip tonville and Sidgely. . 1 FORTY THOUSAND ASE HOMELESS . Report tram Army Officer to Oea- ' era! Weed ay at Least Tea The. . aaad Mere Mast Be Fed far Several Day. . ' The danger gone In the Mississippi flood , district moved southward till morning., but keenest attention was directed toward th lteal Foot lake country, in Tennessee, which was Inundated last night when th levea at Hickman, Ky.. wa breached. , Greatest anxiety centered In the question ' of -life hies. .In th too square aulas of Inundated country In northwest Tenn- ( see hundreds of person were forced to ' flee before the flood ruati and two children ar aald to have beea drowned. In Lake county.' Advices received from several point In th afflicted district In dicate that practically all th farmer, and villagers escaped. Two thousand Reel Foot refugee ar' at Tlptonvllle and lUdgelay. They been provided with shelter aad tha atabaj ha been asked to send then food end clothing. Rescue partita have been sent oat tn boat to bring In persona sue ar marooned on house pop and safta.- 1 , Th greatest Pecuniary toss bag. been eustainej In the drowning of oattl.' Many farm house are under water, but tha loss from this source will not mount -high. There we re a crops In tha fields and planting had not been begun. The situation n ih lower Mississippi valley eotulnnts serious. Ta flood strain, waa relieved somswhat by the lev' , break at Hick man. but much of th water now flooding th tbrel Foot eouajiry vstitually a ill gntjbaclt Into th river. ' WABMt.HQ'fok April -After talk with frestdent Taft today. Major Oan ' ral. Leonard Wood. Antef ot Matt of tha army,' predicted that more than : person would be made homelea and mor than 18,000 othst would hav to be", fed a a. result of th Mississippi river flood. General Wood baaed Ma predic tion en retorts from army officer aow In th field. . " ' Retaaeea at Tlptaavlll. TIPTON VILLH. Toon.. April a-Hua-4rd of refugee from th flooded Real foot ' lake . territory hav gathered at, RMgeley, , wher there . I high ground.. Practically all th live stock on thai lowland of Lk i county had been drea-ned, and It I reported two children of refugee lost tlialr live aa they fled, last night. When the levee near Hickman, evy... brok yesterday afternoon letting the flood water of th Mississippi Into th Reelfoot lake country, th warning wa flashed by telephon and wher the wire did not reach, couriers war dls patched. Farmer and villager who previously had decline! to abandon their homes, were anxiously waiting word of the re sult of th tight to hold th levee. They were ready to flee for tba blghlaada as soon at the warning reached them. Because, of th break tot th leva at Hickman, th Mississippi hers hi not' rising thla morning.. The flood wsters are naming through th lak country '. east of here. Now it I feared there may be a break-- la the Mississippi leve on the slat line. If this occurs, water will rush through tba northwestern countle from two Sources. Mississippi Flaaal Sltaatlea. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April .-Thle la the- Mlialsalppt river flood situation aa re viewed by man directing the tight from the Mlaaouri atate line to the mouth ot the Whit river la Arkansas, that stretch of levea bearing the brunt at th battle' with tha waterway today. Except for the Reelfoot embankment. - which went aut late yesterday, all main- levees are holding this morning, but each hour the situation grows mora critical. The river Is rising faster thaa (Continued on Fourth Page.) 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