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VOL. 18. i NO. 243. v ; ; WEATHERS - Ram -wffifi . . Tmn. ,-jig ch on, cent.:
NO HEARINGS ON of pope PppJiiiinii liiSBAiiaABLonKiAN, named president InnnmrFs
TARIFF BILL
Finance Committee Has Decided
That Hoose Hearings Were
Sotficlent " " i
SUGAR AND WOOL ARE
POINTS OF CONTENTION
Representative Iiardwlck Will Propose
Amendment to Put Sugar on Free
List in March, .1916, Instead of
Three Years From Date as Proposed
in Original Bill. 1 ' c
WASHINGTON, April 10. The Sen
ate finance commttee has determined
not to have hearings on the tariff bill.
Manufacturers in many lines of indus
try ha e appealed for an opportunity
to present arguments against the rates
proposed in the Underwood bill. The
Senate committee memebrs "take the
position, however, that the hearings
conducted by - the House .ways and
means committee was sufficiently thor
ough to cover practically all points
the Senate needs to consider in con
nection with the tarff revision. . It, is
beileved now that the tariff bill as it J
finally reaches the " Senate will not
remain in the committee fore than
ten days. ; '
The Senate was not in session to
day and members continued the study
of the tariff bill in private..
Republican forces are preparing for
a united attack upon the Democratic
revision on the ground that it pot only
destroys all protection to many Amer
ican industries, but that in many fea
tures it practically is a free trade mill.
It s expected there will 'ber a" confer
ence of Republicans 'to discuss some
of the more drastic features" of the
proposed revision.
House Members Meet.
The House -Democrats met -co reH
sume consideration of the tariff, bill
in caucus when the House adjourned.
The chemical schedule having' been
approved exactly' as" written, by the
ways and means committee, the earth
en and glassware schedule was next.
Considerable opposition to some of the
cuts on pottery come from New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania members.
The House Democrats have demon
strated that a good working- major
ity is supporting Charman Underwood
and the ways and means committee,
and this seems to indicate that the
caucus eventually will ratify the
schedules presented, including free
raw wool and the 20 per cent cut in
Bugar with the provision for its going
on the free list in three years.
Theer are assurances,' however, that
such a result will not be accomplish
ed without a fight. Opposition forces
are preparing for a struggle for a duty
on raw wool and to eliminate the free
sugar provision.
Wool Amendments.
Opponents of free wool are making
the arfument that the party went to
the people in the last election com
mitted to a duty on raw wool as based
on the whool schedule passed in Con
gress and vetoed by the President.
They declare that , when the House
agreed to a duty of twenty per cent
and later accepted 2.9 per cent in con
ference, it went on record before the
public.
Opponents of the textile schedules
had a test vote in the caucus yesterday
when they made an effort to put in
digo on' the free list. They were de
feated by a vote of 112 to 35.
Postmaster General Burleson, who
was an early calle rat the "White
House today told the President ' he
favored tariff revision by separate
bills.
New Sugar Amendment. 7 . .
After a conference with -President
Wilson today. Representative Hard
wick of Georgia declared . he , would
submit to the House caucus an amend
ment to the tariff bill to put sugair .in
the free list in March, 1916, instead of
three years from the dat of the pass
age of the bill now proposed. Mr.
Hard wick predicted ; a fight for ; free
sugar in the House and told; the Pres
ident he believed it to be discrimina
tory to give sugar owners, three years'
time to adjust themselves whUe ther
products were immediately to become
free. ' . . . , .
Democratic members of the finance
committee held another meeting today
to further consider their program.
The wish of President Wilson for early
action on the Underwood . bill and few
changes in its rates were discussed. .
WASHINGTON, . April 10 -Civic
cleanliness is to be taught in the pub
lic schools of the Capital,, as a result
of the activities of a ''clean city" com
mttee of prominent; citizens '.Each
day when the schools open, a brief adr
dress will be made, eithor. by; the
teachers or by, members of the cojh
mttee, emphasizing the iniportancd of
Jnunicipal sanitation. -:
CONDITION OF POPE PIUS THOUGH
IMPROVING
pope'j
BULLETINS FROM VATICAN
ARE REASSURING
TO WATCHERS
ROME, April 10. At noon today
the condition of the Pope was much
better but the weakness of his heart
and his intermittent pulse were still
causing anxiety.
. The doctors permitted him to eat
an egg with broth but the patient was
able to take it only with difficulty.
Dr. Andrea Amici declared - today
that he hoped by next week P.ope
Piue X would be convalescent. r- r
An entirely contrary opinion, how-,
ever, '. is expressed by some of those
immediately surrouning the Pope who
depict ' the situation, as -grave. - They
assert that an examination made by- a
specialist showed the presence of-from
10 to 12 degrees of ..albumen.
The sisters and niece of. tle -;Pppe
remained with hi mthis morning three
hours. : . . . j-
Just before 11 o'clock Cardinal
Merry del Val entered the bedcham
ber. The Pope, said in reply to -.the
Cardinal's inquiry" that he felt bet
ter. He then spoke about the pil
grims who had come- to the1 "Vatican
from. "Venice and expressed his regret
that he would be unable to see them.;
Cardinal Merry del Vai informed him
thatlthe pilgrims had. been separated
into groups arid were being escorted
about Rome, visiting various churches
and basilicas where they prayed for
the Pontiff's recovery.'
" The Pope rejoiced to see the morn
ing bring a 1 change in the weather.
A splendid sun streamed through the
ample window of his bedroom. ' Al
though this seemed to encourage his
spirits, he continued to feel nauseated
and averse to taking nourishment not
withstanding the efforts made by his
own cook, Stefa.no , Inchiestro, an old
servant, who came with - him from
Venice. ,'. Inchiostro ' keeps a ' special
cow. in the Vatican garden for 'his
master's milk. ; J . ' '.'.. :
' Professor Marchiaf ava said after
his mbrping visit that ; We considered
the unchanged position, as auguring,
well for a . decided turn to the bet
ter. The only specific apprehension
is heart weakness ; " 7 ; c
In all the churches of Rome this
morning special prayers were offered
for the recovery of the Pope. The
faithful recited with the clergy the
Latin: Oremus Pro Pontefici' Nostro
let usfpray fo our- Pontiff Pias." - .
X: Doctor Amicir who spent - the night
at the ppe's bedside; ; said this morn
ing that his patien t rested sufficiently
welll His temperature." is now -a lit
tle above 97. ' f-iMi ;iA;;'i
5Dbctof-Atnlci 'deniedmost emphat
ically tlie4 persistent? reprtsUhat the'
Pope, ; is suffering from,; nephriUaiand
: ft X&X ik l&if iWf f '
: m mt 1 '
CAUSES UNEASINESS
pius x;
- - 3k - ,
NORTH CAROLINIANS FOR
POSTOFFICES NAMED
BY CONGRESSMAN
(By Parker R. Anderson.)
' WASHINGTON April .1.0. The fol:
lowing men were .'recommended for
postmaster rtqday:. Representative
Stedman, fifth district, Joseph H.; Car
ter, Mount Airy; E.: H. Avpnt, .East
Durham; Robert S. McRae,' . Chapel
Hill ; , W. T. . .Chambersc, Madison j Jo
seph E. Lane, .Lieaksyille and L. Ml
Sheffield, Spray. '.'
Representative Page, seventh dis
trict, J. Gordon Hackett North
Wilkesboro, and H. H. Hunt, Mocks
ville. , 'Z '
SMPPEE SNATCHEB
Is the Newest Vogue in Thieving Line
Among. 'Gotham's ' Many ' Modern
Modes of Crime. ' ' -' " :
NEW, YORK, April 10. ThV slipper
snatcher who stole a pump from the
foot of a Bronx girl while she was as
cending the stairs of a subway station
on Monday has either set out td make
a colection of low shoes or-else set an
example' which others are following.
A second 'theft of the kind occurred
last night when Selma Graft; a 15-year-old
high School student, was trip
ped up by a tug on her. shqe on the
subway stairs." She turned around' just
in time to catch a fleeting glimpse of
her slipper disappearing into the
pocket of a man about 24 years bltT
who was running down the stairs and
who escaped In a . train ' despite ' the
young woman's "cries.- Miss, Graft was
helped to a shoe store -where she
equipped herself with a pair of high -laced
shoes which she. declared she
would wear until-the mysterious slip-f
per thief is caught.
reiterated, that .the whole trouble is: a
relapse from , his recent attack, of inf
fluenza.! . " . .-. "'
' "professor . Marchiaf ava. this after
noon gave .confirmation of the contin
uance of; the. improvement of '.the
Pope's condition. .He . said that -his
his' only fear 'was'that complications
might arise, more - especially ; through
lack of .nourishment .owing' to the" ab
sence of appesite. Efforts' will be made
to administer artificial riourisrimenfc" ;
. 'Eight hundred oPlish pilgrims arrived.-
today ; and went to ' the Vatican.
As -they-: were not alolwed ' to see thd
Pope, - they i marched ' around the pl
aza in procession, chanting ; prayers
and singing' hymns. Many of them
were peasants, wearing their national
c ostumev4 but ' many others welfemeni-
beri pf .the Id- oPJiab, nobility
Sg THE FTOST BALL
, StSltbfGTON, April 10.
" President iWilson arranged- his
business so he could - attend the
opening game here today ; between
. the Washington and - New York
Americans, and toss the Urst ball
fromxhis4 box to" Manager Griffith.
Washington official and social
life, was largely represented in the
attendance j ,
Frank Chance, despite a twisted
ligament in' his leTt leg, insisted
on playing at first in . today's game.
Batteries : , Washington, .- Johnson
and : Ainsmith New York, Cald
well, and Sweeney.
AN1EFFICIENT NAVY
IS ROOSEVELT'S VISH
Assistant Secretary Outlines Ad
ministration's Policy To
Navy League
WASHINGTON April 10. An ' effi
cient navy,: large and Powerful enough
to maintain the Nation's prestige, is
the policy of the new administration
as outlined today by the Navy league
of the United .States. n. its annual con
vention by: FTanklin;Dl Roosevelt, As
sistant Secretary of. the Navy.' His
statement created enthusiasm. It was
regarded as directly reflecting the
views of Secretary Daniels and the
White . House.
Mr. Roosevelt called on the mem
bers of the league to aid in populariz
ing, the ; naval establishment and de
clared ithat as' effective work could be
done outside the navy as within it. He
dwelt on the need for- the support of
the Secretary of the Navy and the 'ad
ministration's naval policy.
- "This is not a question of war or
peace," he said. "I take It there are
as many advocates of arbitration and
international peace in the navy as in
any other profession but we are con
fronted with another ' condition the
fact that our nation has decided in. the
past to have a fleet , and that war is
still a possibility. - ""
' "Mr. Roosevelt tbldbf the thOusknds
f of menngajfedre
anA t amending to the mechanical
working othe department ashore. He
faid'the. service was being developed
with? ;th4? intention of making it as a
foctor'fpr- the national good.
"yfifWe'-want the country to feel that
4nt'the1malntaining of a fighting, force
of the highest efriciency," he said, "we
are-at'thersame time educating thou
sands of "young men to be better cit
izens and to be in a position to help
themselves when they leave the serv
ice. We want to give them industrial
education under ideal conditions. Most
of all, we will help create a mercan
tile marine owned by us and run by
us."
The convention was devoted to dis
cussions today but tomorrow the dele
gates of which there are several hun
dred, will be entertained at a special
cavalry dilll at Fort Meyer. The eon
.ventionwil lend tomorrow night with
a banquet in honor of Secretary Dan
iels, at .which one of the principal
guests will be Vice President Mar
shall... TODAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE.
Not In session; meets at noon
Saturday.
Finance .committee Democrats
considered new tariff bill.
HOUSE.
' Met at noon.
Representative Stephens (Calif.)
introduced bill directing Panama
Railroad Company to establish Pa
cific steamship line in connection
with Atlantic line.
Representative Mann introduced
bill , for tariff board of five mem
bers. Representative Hobson intro
duced resolution for constitutional
amendment for direct election of
President and single seven-year
term; Representative Bartholdt,
one to limit presidential tenure to
two four-year terms; Representa
tive Neely. one to provide popular
election of United States district
judges, every six years.
.Representative Bartholdt intro
duced resolution for commission to
fix boundaries of North and South
American Nations. .
, Representative Clark- introduced
resolution- for special committee
to investigate various legislative
and executive commissions:. Ren
resentative Austin, one to investi
gate tobacco pool - at Henderson,
Ky., and Representative Lobeck,
one to investigate prices paid by
Government for elevators. ' ".v
President would be authorized
to invite foreign Nations to par
ticipate in niaval parade - at open-'
ing of Panama 'Canal by resolution
introduced by Representative Cop
ley. .- " - " .--" r- : .;.-- ,
. Representative- Floyd Introduced
resolution for Government bureau
of tobacco industry. ; u
A' Lincoln - memorial .highway,
Boston to San Francisco, proposed
in bill) of ' Representative, Taylor,
i ; Representative Murdock intro
duced bill for labelllnir of clothimr
and textiles and making misbrand-.
-ing a misdemeanor. -v -
4?P Representative i Palmer - Jntro
dnced f bill" - to permit- National
? banks to lend money- on real es
tate to 50 per cent of combined
1 capital and surplus. . v-ji ,.:
Progressives selected Riepresen
tative Kelly (Pa.) for rules' com
mittee in place of Representative
Chandler, whov declined to serve.
Adjourned at 1 p. m. until noon
Monday. - , " - .
iHARLOTTE MAN NAMED
COTTON MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
" 5-:g::;:;:;:-:-fc:-';
-"' iite - ;
STUART W.CRAMER.
GOVERNOR CRAIG IS
TO BE A GUEST HERE
Freigbt Rate Commission Will
Be Entertained At Selwyii
BotelniottdCx
All plans for tn el eOmihg,pf ' Go'vj
ernor Locke Qraig 'and- the members
of the special Freight- Rate Commis
sion appointed by the Governor under
authority of an act of the recent "Leg
islature are fixed and -they will be met?
at the Southern Railway station .to
morrow at 10 by a; joint-committee
appointed by President Charles C.
Hook of the Greater Charlotte Club.
This committee is composed of Mr.
Hook and Mr. W. C. Wilkinson, Coi.
A. L Smith, Mr. E. C. Dwelle, Mr.
Cameron Morrison and Mr. J. V.
Simms for the club and Mr. McMahon.
Mr H. W. Eddy and Mr. W. S.
Creighton of the Charlotte Shippers
and Manufacturers' Association. 1
The party will be escorted to the'
Selwyn Hotel, .where;-the local . mem-''
bers of the Governor's staff, will take,
them in charge and 'entertain them
for an hour with an automobile ride
over the city. i . .
At 2 o'clock the business . meeting
of the day will be held in the: banquet
hali of the Selwyn Hotel This meet-)
ing will be under the direction, of the
Charlotte Shippers and Manufacture
ers' Association with President . Phil
L McMahon in lheV chair. At this
meeting Traffic Manager W. S. Creigh-,
ton will present the local situation to
the Governor and the" members of
the Commission and will, be assisted
by a number of the- local , shippers
and receivers of freight.
It is probable that this meeting will
continue until 5:30 or 6 o'clock and
at 6:30 the visitors will be "entertained
at a dinner at the Seiwyn Hotel by a
few representatives of the two Organ
izations., At 8:30 a reception will be held in
the palm room of the Selwyn Hotel
on the first floor at which time every
person In Charlotte will have an op
portunity to meet Governor, Craig and
the members of the Commission. Fol
lowing this reception a number of
speeches will be made, among them
being one by Governor Craig. Chairman-E.
J. Justice of the Freight Rate
Commission of Greensboro is expect
ed to speak on the recent meeting, of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and Commissioners W. B. Council of
Hickory and N. B. Broughton of Hal-1
eigh will' speak on the objects of the
Commission and what' is hoped for
and expected. . .. . -,
: Among' the visitors to , the city for
this occasion will be Mr.. C. W-. Hiil
man of Louisville, Xy.. rate expert
for the Commission, Secretary J. C
Forrester of the Greensbofo Chairfbef
of Commerce, Traffic Manager, J.; T.'
Ryan, .of the Southern Furniture Man
hf aefcfiref s' Association of High f Point
and Tramc Manager , J. L. Graham -of
Wiaston-Salem and Mayor Thomas L.
Craig of 'Gastonia. -'x J' ;
This' conference heretomorrow-jis to
allow, the business interests, of Char
lotte and Charlotte territory tq lay he
fore 5 the Governor ' and 1 the' Commis
sion, the ..freight- situation- as applies
locally to the end that, the Commis
sion will be in possession of all the
fact3 in the case, when jthey meet the
railroads representatives ' in confer
ence at ' Raieigh EYlday, April 18, -t at
PRESIDENT
STUART W. CRAMER HEADS
ORGANIZATION OF
MILL MEN
WASHINGTON, April 10. The
final session of the ' American Cotton
Manufacturers' Association ended to
day with the' election , of .officers; tThe
nominations- commdtteey.appointed o)n
the. 'first 'day of the convention, has
; -..t'". t- . .... ' . .
prepared1 a, slate. .:
Reports of the secretary .and treas
urer and of the committee on resolu
tions and the committee on tariff and
other legislation were read.'
The following officers and members
of the board of governors were elect
ed: , . - . -
President, S. W. Cramer, Charlotte,
N. C; vice president, T. T. Hickman,
Augusta, Ga..; secretary and treasurer,
C. B. Bryant, Charlotte, N. C.
The .new hoard- members are: G H.
Lanier, . Georgia ;. F.;-E.- Calloway, Geor
gia; f J. D. Hammett, 'South Carolina;
A". A. Thofnpsori; North Carolina;
Scott. Maxwell,. Alabama;', Arthur ,R.
Sharp, Massachusetts, and C.1 B. Arm
strong, North' Carolina. 1 - .-
y During ' the discussion 'of the pro
posed reduction in cotton. tariff rates!
Retiring President K Erw'in . took" issue
with -Secretary. Redfield, who . declared
that if the cotton industry needed pro
tection; its .members "would' be indus
trial cowards.' , ... -' , . v ,
i Mr. Erwin declared that Secretary
Redfield knew little or "nothing re
garding the cotton industry, and that
he would not have made his remark
if he ' had been familiar' with condiv
tions '.'
"I am . satisfied," continued Mr. Er?
win, "that President Wilson will in
sist that certain measures be enacted
In conformity with party pledges, possibly-free
wool, free steel- and 'free su
gar. But I have never seen any - pledge
regarding free or nearly free.cotton.; If
there , had been such aj,party pledge,
Mr. Wilson would not be President of
the United States today.'
The report of the committee on tar
iff declared that if the proposed tar
4ff on cotton becomes law, it will "do
irreparable, injury' to the; 'industry be
cause a condition of depression in cot
ton ' manufacturing 1 that-' will be ap
palling."" . "
FRENCH BIRTH RATE l
LOWEST IS HALF CENTURY.
PARfS, April 10. The-birth rate in
the French capital for 1912 was the
lowest since 1861, acocrding id a mu
nicipal report made public , "today.
There was only one birth for every
thirty familiea - - - "
The infantile death rate was 143
per thousand. - Prohibitive rentals are
said to have . been" the chief cause . for.
the decrease in' the number of births.
which 'time an effort will be made to
secure fan adjustment of. the freight
rate 'situation in; North Carolina on a
basis of ; equality,. with the' rates now
enjoyed , by. Virginia cities. '1 ,
i. The: Governor and; the Commission
was invited to Charlotte by the Great
er Charlotte Club sand . the : Charlotte
Shippers' Association when: they were
entertained at Greensboro recently
and the conference f ortomorrow and
tomorrow , night -have . been- arranged
by-these 'organizations ' , -,
ON MISSISSIPPI
tfidenibo Crevasses And : Rising
Hlyer Causes Fear; At'
Sew Orleans V.!
CAPTAIN SHERRILL , f
HAS A NEW PLAN
Commander of Government Engineers , )
. Will Try Experiment to Hold Leveea , '
lntact-7-OuUook is Brightening at ; J r
Memphis and Points Higher Up on
the Mississippi. ' -"'
NEW ORLEANS; "April . 10. (
Record stages in the lower Miss '-
isslppi river stiU further in ex-
cess or the increased stages .
forecast yesterday morning are'
indicated "In reports received at '
the office of the - United States
engineers in this city. Captain .
C. O. Sherrlll, chief of the engin
eering corps, . announced that tlm
water now in sight indicates a
stage of 22.5 feet at New Or- '
leans,, about May 1st, or .one- .
half root In excess of the recd'rd ' '
flood stage of last spring.! .This i.i:?.. . t
would give stages ranging from ''
one to two feet over last -years
record at points north of . New t .! '.
Orleans to Vicksburg. a; t
captain Sherrill is sUU hope
ful of holding, the levee intact
south of Vicksburg.
City and State engineers ar ;":v-.
not in the least . apprehensive : J
about the leveeg.in and. above '.. .
New Orleans, 'although. Ions
stretches will have to be topped ; . '
with sand bags and earth."' V'j::4;
Heavy Rains Bring Dangers v:'ii':$l
The heavy rains of the past . two , ;
days in the central .and lower . Miss
issippi valleys, coupled, with' the3,
crevasses which have - occurred M in V '
the .Arkansas , levees,. -have increased l
the apprehensiveness. of the , engin- . '
eers for the safety - of levees south
of Vicksburg. The record .breaking- -stages
. of ,1912 in the ower Missis -
sjP.Ri.:jeromisei.:to' pe, feclipsed within "L;
theJiext four -' weeks, an.d f although 7 -the.
IeveesMre being alsedsonttiof ;
VicksbUTg "from ' one;,"f o i thr eef feet . ;
above the record stages of ;- last
Spring, preparations -are -beingymade.
to cope with crevasses ..and to insti
tute rescue work 4 In ; the threatened' "
stretches along" the west -side of the.,
river. : , '
A solid train 1 oad . of seventeen car
of steel sheet piling Is enroute from
Pittsburg to New Orleans for the' U
the United States ' engineers; td "' be ,
used inv tieing the endg of ; crevasses.- ' x
This shipment, containing 6 1 8 tons,
Is being brought here to guard
against any emergency in' -the third
federal levee district, from Vicks-
burg, south to the mouth of : the
Mississippi river. . - .'.'' '
Captain Sherrill Aids. , .
Captain C, O. Sherrlll, chief of the T
United States engineers here; V has
devised a plan for tieing' the ends off, ' r
breaks in the levees -which engineers ,
believe feasible and the shipment 'of -steel
sheet piling has been purchased, , '
by railroads and 'Louisiana .leVee t
boards for the purpose of giving. thi
plan a thorough test., ; . . . ' , -
Captain Sherrill explained J that, '
this supply of. steel piling was pur-, v.
chased- merely to guard-against ." an;
emergency. -, -
It will be placed '.on government
steamers and barges and distributed
at points along , the river , from, v
Natchez south to New Orleans, and ,
at all times a large force of men
will be kept ready to proceed
promptly to any break in the -levees.
From. Helena, Ark., "south'' to New
Orleans the Mississippi river ' rose ,
more rapidly during the past 24 -hours
than at any .time since the ; be- ;
ginning of. the present flood. .' - . '
Renewed HopeatMemphi. ;,f. .
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 10. A t
sence of rain and occasional Splashes
of svmshine today brought renewed
hope to the thousands of workers whof -spent
a night in anxious watching:
along the leveea that are holding ther
Mississippi 4flood from the fields, and'
forests of eastern and .northeastern
Arkansas. These are considered the
most critical along the "river , at! ""the;
present . time. Thia morning's : re- .
ports show that with the exception!
of the crevasse at Wilson,, all the em
bankments were holding. ''
The gauge at Memphis showed' a?
fuli of one-tenth at 10 o'clock from
the 7 o'clock reading of 46.5. ' 'AtJ ,
Wyapoke, just below Memphis, a six
inch fall was . reported, 'while at;
Mound City, just above this city4 a; v
fall of two and one-half inches-aS
indicated. According, to the forecas
ter the river will be about stationary
with the falling tendency rin-i;his ter
ritory for the next 24 hours. iRVer;
experto, however, state , that' the break, '
at Wilson will relieve ' thecal tuatlon! ? '
considerably and .should show : a drop; ,
in the river at .Memphis of four to six 1 .
inches. Reports from Oseeoia, wherej
the , situation,; was critical last, night, ;
today were that the additional laborl ' .
had,been secured and the bank Vera
holding. The' same information waa
received I from rLuicora. pabQUtp three ,
miles farther 'north on the same .
stretch' of :ievee ;:-;;'i;ivi ' '
t :i; Widening'' Crevasse at Wilson .
; At Wilson the break was reported,
widening slowly. -The water from thU
crevasse will ? flood ? about JOO.OOOi
acres ' of .farming and timber- land,
and together with the water from the
Graves bayou crevasse is expected to
cover about 40 per cent of the St.
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