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â-  ~::sar'~'^V:>l^ysf. ^fmTm â- '-V* "W Mii i - i ij. ip y i mf^ wiMw«qap«ir'<^jHmM .^Hj^ a*=r: 20,000 Are Suffering in Alabama Floods I 3,500 Residents Evacuated From Inundated Geneva â€" State's Death Toll 13 THRILLING TALES MontRomprs', Ala.,â€" Unprecedented torrents which raged seaward be- tween AUbana'H two watersheds recently were a handicap to the re- lief agencies which concentrated their efforts on aiding about 20,000 persons affected by flood waters. Clear weather, however, was an aid to the rescue workers, who had helped thousands to safe ground during the last few hdurs. While only thirteen bodies had been r>-covere(l, estimates here were that the fatalities would run into scores. Property loss In the form of build- ings, livestock, household goods, farm implements and other materiaLi was 80 great that no effort was made to give an acurate estimate of the amount. Returning aviators and news cor respondents told of desperate situa- tions at Elba and Geneva, particular- ly They said 100 nutomoblles were moving toward the Elba region to lake some 2,000 refugees from Ceme- tery Hill on order of the Governor. Sanitary conditions were rapidly be- coming dangerous there and an o\it- break of measles among the refugee children threatened to spread. Many Thrilling Rescues Stories of Thrilling rescues and piti- ful refugee conditions were plentiful as correspondents begin to return to Montgomery and Birmingham. Ap- parently most of the refugees escaped the rising waters without anything ADAMSON'S ADVENTURESâ€" By O. Jacobtson. Nobile Proves JGarden Paths and Amundsen's Story "" Summer Bloom Italy Herself Proves Their One Time Hero a Quit- ter and to Blame for Italia Crash One of Italy's heroes Is toppled from his pedestal oy the recent find- Ihks of the board of Inquiry, appoint- ed by Premier MuB.solini, to learn the cau.se of the wreck of the dirigible Italia, and to fix tUo responsibility for tho loss of the airship. In the re- port of the board, made public on March 3, Gen. Umberto Nobilo, com- mander of tho Italia on her voyage Holiday Season Can Be Ac- counted for by Proper Planning of Flower Selection S01L~NbTES ^' Holiday* and the Garden If at all possible the urban gardener should take Into considration the time of lii.s summer holiday when .le Is planting his flowers and vegetables. Of course, in the perfect garden there will always be a good show of bloom from Spitsbergen to tho North Pole, i »"'' * ''^'^^'^^ "'""^'y °' ^^'^f material tors that ordinarily would have htkl ten. "Our first attempt at rescue brought disaster upon us. Our party was corn- but the clr.tlilng they wore. Wire 'posed of four civilians, iiicludliig my- commuLications were so disrupted self. We had taken five negroes from that reports were lacking from many a tree and were Jiist about to land communities known to be endanger- them when our motor failed. .M the ed by the high water. mercy of the current, the overloaded The first train from Fbrnaton, one of the flooded towns, reiched Mobile. J. S. Mart in, of Mobile, conductor of the train; S. J. Brown, the flagman, and R M. Nelson Jr., baggage master, tOid cf two days and nights of rescue •work, taking scores of refugees into the toadies. "Our cars were packed and Jam- med with people, and many of tliem had not eaten for hours,'' said Martin. "We turned on the steam heat, and Bome of the people, although they had to sit upright all night, said they were comfortable for the Jir.st time in many liours." Nelson, who lives at Flomaton, said twenty persons had .sought refuge in his home, which was situated a bit higher than some of the other houses. Water kept rising slowly and as it crept liiglier and higher Lliey retreat- ed to the attic, thinking nionientarily the rise would cease. Finally they were compelled to chop a hole in the roof tlirough which they escaped to be rescued from their perch by a motorhoat. .•\ motorcade of 100 nutomoblles be- gan moving toward p:iba from Troy over an Improvised road at noon to bring out the first contingent of re- fugees. , Swirl With Tree Through Night Elba, Ala.â€" Li<ut. fol. L'lric N. James of the National Guard and Walter Kosser, a staff pbotographer for the Birmingham .News and Age Herald, were rescied after having been in the water since 3 p.m. the day before when their boat capsized. Colonel James said they were plunged Into the flood as tliey were aiding in the rescue work. They clung to the limbs of a tree with water swirling about them through- out the night. A graphic description of the flood In and about Elba was given by tele- phone by Kenneth A. Miller, Associat- ed Press Correspondent, on assign- ment within the stri<kpn area. The correspondent was thrown from a boat and bung In a treelop until rescued. Mo waded four niilea in water waist deep and aided in the rescue of many persons. The cor- respondent accompanied a detach- ment of Alabama National Guardsmen into the flooded area. "I shall never forget my experi- ence of the past three days," .Miller Hald. "The assignment was one of adventure, fraught with danger, yet the tasks had to be accomplished. I'eople were crying f.jr food and >»ater from the housetops and the urge to raceh them cost many of mem- liers of res<'ue parties a wetting from boats capsizing. "We left Montffomery Wednesday Diglit about inldnlKhf and drove Rieadily tn big army motor tnicks for eight liours before we readied Troy, lifty-two miles to the south. Tells Dangers of Rescue Work 'We lost four boats in attempting to cross Big Creek after abandoning our tnicks. Our first rescue work was among our own number, although ve were successful in each luslRnce. "We rea<Jied Elba at noon Friday after rescuing approximately a rcore ,->f niarooneil persons along the way craft spun around like ;i top and we were steadily swept down stream. We crashed Into a submerged tree trunk an«l our boat sank. My com- panions .swam to safety, Including the negroes, while I grabbeil a brandi of the tree and hung on for an hour and a half until a passing boat picked me up." fj Insulated Cabin Cuts Noise of Plane Motor Government Scientists Find They Can Reduce the Roar to Allow Talking WashinRtim. â€" The roar o' tlie New York subways is mild compared to the thunderous noise of an airplme motor as heard by a passenger in a cabin airplane, scientists of the Bureau of Standards contend after studying the development of sound-proof cabins f jr airplanes. The tests showed that sound inten- sity in such cabins can be reduced by a comparlivcly moderate increase in weight to a degree whore conversation can easily be maintained. The structures developed as a re- sult of the tests were also found to be excellent heat insulators, which should make airplane cabin." comfort- able even in the coldest weather or at high altitudes. Tho scientists set up a fcalo of noises running from zero to 108, the greatest volume of noise the protective devices of the human oar will permit to register. In comparison to this, his limit of audibility, ihe noise of an air- plane motor was rated at 100, or al- most the limit. The New York subway roar was rated at 80, while the noise in a room full of stenographers rang- e<i just liolow the subway roar at 70. The report of the tests, prepared by V. L. C:hryslcr and W. F. Snyder, declared that the best means of reduc- ing airplane noises in an airplane caliin seemed to be the sound-proofing ( f the cabin, although they pointed out that development of more effi.-ient ex- haust mufflers and a method of re- ducing the noise raiso<l by the whirling propeller would contribute to this end. They found that airplane noises are complex iH-ing of both high and low frequencies, the exhaus noises being found in the lower frequencies aroun<l 200 beats per second, while in multi- colored planes even lower pitched beat notes are r.omctimes produced by two engines running at slightly different speeds. They also found that cabin walls built up of layers of n two-inch blan- ket of sound-absorbent material, fibre board nnd perforated aluminum so deadened the various noises that con- versation could be carried on in nn ordinary tone. The teats were conduct- ed in a Ford tri-motored transport plane loaned for the purpose by the Navy Department. -* • King Gains in Vigor Despite Bad Weather Doctors Announce Definite and Steady Improvement in British Ruler's Strength Londonâ€" One of the best bulletins since the King fidl ifl was Issued on Monday at Craigwell House, Bangor, Sussex, where Lord Dawson of Peiin visited the royal patient during the day. "His Majesty, tlie King, Is steadily though slowly regaining his health," says the bulletin. "In strength, vigor and appearance his improvement is definite. The weather Is restricting his opportunities for gobig outside the hoiisf!. Hay therapy is being con- tinued. ".STANLEY HEWRTT, "DAWSO.N OF PKN.N." Tlio bulletin confirms what millions of King Oeorge's subjects noticed last week when the first photographs of the King since his illness wero pub- lished. The pictures revealed aston- ishing improvements in the King's ap- pearance .since the day when ho waved weakly from the ambulance on Ills National Chinese Congress Opened Simple But Impressive Cere- inony Marks Inaugura- tion COMMITTEES NAMED Dr. Sun's Principles Stressed By Temporary Chair- man Shanghai.â€" The Third National Kuamlntang Congress was inaugurat- ed recently in Nanking with a simple but impressive ceremony attended by more than the 200 delegates neces- sary for a quarum to Insure procedure of the Congress. Hu Han Ming, a prominent member of tho Kuomin- tang and a high ^^lcial In the Slno j Gover/inient, convened the Congres.s as temporary chairman with a brief welcoming speech in which he out- lined the purpose and serious cliar- I acter of the work before the Congress. Ho said that the future of Dr. Sun Vat .Sen's principles within the Chin- ese Government depended entirely upon the action of the delegates is adjudged responsible for the crash of the dirigible and the disastrous! ending of the expedition, which cost the lives of eight of the Italia's crew and nine voluntary rescuers. In a resume of their findings, the board reached this conclusion: "Tho loss of Italia's was caused by a ' false manoeuvre, the result partly of the composition of the crew and of tho way the craft was handled. Tho responsibility for this faulty manoeuvre rests on the Italia's com- mander." General Nobile, one of the heroes of the Amnndsen-Ellsworth flight over the North PQle, also is sharply cen- sured for hawjng allowed himself to tj% taken off the icepack before the othem wero rescued. In the board's opinia, this was "without justifica- tion." Furthermore, points out the Brooklyn Citizen: "It cannot be said that this crush- ing condemnation was adopted by a committee capable of judging the events considered, or without due in- vestigation. The committee was pre- sided over by Admiral Cagnl, and had a.s members four Generals, one Ad- miral, and one Senator. It held sixty sittings, examining hundreds of docu- ments and questioning all survivors of the wreck." In the opinion of the New York Times "the report reflects an honest effort to bring out the facts, whether they hurt reputations or not.." It must liave been difficult for the Italian commission to reach these conclu- sions, observes the Baltimore Sun, "and It must have been equally diffi- cult for Premier Mussolini to consent to tlieir publication." As the Brook- lyn Eagle explains: "The official condemiation of Gen. Nobile carries, in itself, no explicit penalty. But It fixes definitely the blame that has been informally and pretty widely bestowed. It the com- mander of the Italia expedition failed In fortitude, as the unanimous opinion of the committee holds that he did, he must endure the severe penalty of a public disgrace. By all accounts, he is a man of honorable intentions, of worthy ambition, on whom such a penalty must fall v.ith crushing force. But he seems to have lacked some- thing that no man c?vt definitely know he has until the test comes. For a weakness, he endures a punishment «..y to the .h.-.nnol const. Iportralt which was hung above the Monday sbnlletln was taken to ind|.]p„ai,„ian's rostrum. Then the new cato that the change In his appear- f „alional song was sung .followed by The assemblage made the usual 1 more severe than that of many a de throe hows before Dr. Sun Yat Sen's liberate wrongdoer." ance Is the result of steadily Increas- ing strength and approaching conva- lescence. His extreme exhaustion, which caused the royal physicians so much anxiety, has apparently been oon(|uor-'i' Lord Dawson an I Sir Stanley Hcwntt wero with the King four lioma. During that time little Prin- cess Klizabeth played on the beach In front of Cralgwell Ilousfi. She made sand cakes with fruit-shaped moulds her grandmother, Queen Mary, gave her recently. Blinks: "The under crust to that chicken pie you brought me was ter- ribly lough." Waller. "There wasn't any undercriist to that pie, sir." It was served on a carilboard plate." three minutes of silence The only business was the appoint- ment of committees on credentials and rules, following which the session adjourned, subject to the coll of the d, airman. The rules committee will recom- mend tliat the public be admitted to the sessions, but the number will be limited to 150 dally because of limited quarters. There Is some criticism among the members of the press because, al- though they are to be admltte.l to the sessions, the publication of any pro- ceedings will be forbidden until given lifts approval of the secretariat of the Congress. This rule will probably bo strongly opposed when the Congress acts on the committee's report. The fact that a quorum attended the opening session, which was har- Oii the other hand, the board of inquiry completely exonerates Capt. Filipo Zappl and Capt. Alberto Mari- ano, of the Italia crew, who are said to have continued their retreat to- ward the nearets land after their com- panion. Prof. Finn Malmgren, Sweed- ish meteorologist, fell behind. So General Nobile is left to bear the brunt of world-wide criticism. "It is a hard blow," remarks the Philadelphia Inquirer. But adds the Troy Record: "Italy will gain instead of losing from the first of June on, but In the amateur's layout there is usually a time when the garden is at its best. This should not come when the owner is away at some summer resort or on a distant motor tour. One can quite easily arrange to have things come on at the full either in July, August or September. If the gardener is going away, for Instance, in July, it Is best to delay planting of gladiolus, dahlias and the main annual flowers grown from seed until a week or two later than usual. The same rule should be practiced with beets, carrots, corn, tomatoes and melons. When this Is done, the main crop, of both flowers and vegetables will come on In August. If one is not taking holidays until August, however, it is well to get some flowers and vegetables in as early as possible, and the balance in very late, so that there will be a show before going away and a second one after arrival home. In any case. It is well before leaving the garden for a few weeks In the summer to cut everything well back, particularly buds and flow- ers, to mulch well with grass clippings or straw to conserve the moisture when it is not possible to have a neighbor turn his hose over the fence once in a while, so that top growth will be checked while one is absent. An Ideal Soil If it were always possible for a gardener to pick his soil, he would pick one composed of an equal mix- ture of organic and inorganic matter, a light, deep sandy loam with plenty of humus in it. This is the Ideal to- ward which to work In bringing the soil to condition. Gardeners have to take the soil as they find it and bring it into condition, not a difficult work at all if undertaken intelligently, but one requiring patience and perhaps several seasons to secure the proper tilth. A soil of the composition men- tioned is particularly valuable for Its ability to absorb le'ftilizer. Heavy soils absorb it too slowly and sand too rapidly, so the admixture with humus as the carrier is the proper mixture. Every time a crop with the luxuriant growth of a favoring climate Is taken off the soli, a portion of the soil fertil- ity goes with it and it is necessary to replace it. The plowing under of green manures, the spading in of stable manure and the adding of vege- table compots and commercial ferti- lizers is a continuous process. Garden Paths Paths add much to the attractive- ness of any flower garden or lawn. It a supply of limestone is plentiful and cheap, a pleasing effect may be produced by paving crazy style or in ergular fashion. Simply dig out sod or soil the same size and exact depth of you stone and plant Irregularly. If this is done carefully, the lawn mower will run right over and no trimming will be necessary. The central path of the garden should be In line with the regard of the world because of I ^^^'=^"^'â- Â« "' "^« ^'"'^ ^"'"^ «"" ^"^ Its determination to hew to the line " '''""'°''' commanding the view it tha lie: "Do you love me well enough to be my wife?" She: "More than that, I love you well enough to be your I monions, refutes the advance predlc- mother. Haven't you heard that I'm , tiona that the Congress would never going to marry your father?" ' meet. Grace and Poise on Skates • The man of science has a Ood far bigger than the God that can bo con- Arriving In the city proper, we found ' talnrd within the fotir walls of any from fifteen to twenty feet of wafer ' creed.â€" Sir Berkeley Moynlhan. cour.»lng lliiough the principal streets, i » â- â-  - During tlie four hours ending at 4 There are only two men In the p.m.. approximately 250 per sons were world who know what Culvlft Cboltdge picked from house nnd tree tops or ), going to do now he has qi:lt the vi ri^ removed from attics and upper presidency, and he'« both of them.â€" « m. In manj^j^tocea we found from n«Iph Wilbur Hemenway of N()rth- "1 nl.siy pm^Aiis huddled In quar- ampton, Ma«ii. The commission undoubtedly was in- structed by Premier Mussolini to ren- der a decision in accordance with Its findings. General Nobile, not Italy, has been weighed in the balances and found wanting." Censorship New Statesman (London): (The police confiscated a MS. sent by 1). H. Lawrence by post to his publisher.) The Interference of the police wltii porch is so placed that It is imprac tlcabla as an axis. To round off, have the path lead up to a rose-covered' garden seat or archway through the' flower garden into the vegetable patch.' If there is room, the main path may circle a garden pool In which water plants are growing, or if this is too elaborate, a bird-bath or sun dial may be used for similar effect. Spinach Is a Standard Vegetable Spinach will be one of the first vegetables harvested in the vegetable Mr. D. 11. spondence Lawrence's private cone- i ^""''-'"; ''"".'â-  " P'^"'«'' ""^ intervals o{ a couple of weeks, from the time tha soil is flt to work until June, will fur-' Is utterly Indeiensible and abominable. We suppose there is I .,,,,,.,, , some law or regulation . . . which | "''!',\ l!.*"^''''"'^''*!'?^ ^""^ *he .table gives the police power to do until midsummer. RADCLIFFE'4 AVATEUR FANCY 8KATIN0 CHAMPION Maribel Vinson, tie iuuhi tha bolder of the U.S. natiuu. such I"""" """â- â- """"'^' • This vegetable de-' things. Or perhaps there rro pro- 1 1''^^^' '" * ''''*'â- "'• '''''^ '°"' *'°'' ""s' visions in the old Post Office ,\ct ''" '^^'''''''^ '"•'^""'""' ""''' "''® »" o'^" which wero made for nn utterlv ,„t. • ^'^-^'etablos, should be pushed quickly ferent purpose. But tho point which I ''"'' ''*'^"''''''" "PPl'^ations of nitrate of concerns the public Is whether this i soda. The rows should be at least means that the mails are no longer *T^'® '"'"^"^ ""''"â- *' ""''• where' horse safe, to tho supervision of .some more 1 ''"" ''*"°™ '^ Practiced, two feet or a or Icsr. stupid polic-man, that our let- ' ^"'â- ''- " Preferred, and the soil Is tera may be steamed open and ve-i ''*'""•'' "'^^' ''^ '"'^''"'''"^f' '"""' this,' closed bv anv curious censor. Must I ^"*"' '' '** harder t.i keep down the we resort once more to sealins wax i ^^â- ^^''''' •^"®'' "'^ '^'''"'^ "''^ "" ^^®"' to bo sure of privacy, and can we bo! ^'''" T^" '" "' '^""^ '''*^''*' '"'^'^^^ '''P""''- sure even with that? It is nothln- """ ^^'"^ "''' '''°'' c"Itivated and Ux- loss than .-.n outr.ige upon all modern r'"''®''' "'«o^'^''ale Savoy Leaved"Hsf ideas of individual men should possets liberty that police- ! ''"*'. "' "'^ bardiest and Is an Hfiy: . such nower, '"'''"'^-y "'' '^••^"- T^'^- "^e the Woi toria, is wrinkled like .Savoy cabbagfe^ succulent and curled. King of Deo* mark Is one of the most valuable of The making of hickory handles, an'''"' recent Introductions, an dwill keep Handles of Hickory 'V.f fc-.-t activity of the wood-turning Industry, Is carried on mostly in the Southern Appalachllans and tho lower Missis- sippi basin. Hickory la a, native of the United Stales and Canad* and the wood Is more suitable than others fcr the handles of tools. Approxi- mately 8,000,001) wood shafts will be tii-ed thU year, requlilnjc a total of 27,000,000 board feet of Inmber. The ,,,„_,,,, ... ^ , ,- , Canadian Hickory is only a local In- i.-dcilffe College, who, though only 17. Is ,„e,t and of minor Importance' buslnesa to make It awceed.-Vlncent luteur fancy skating championship. ^ j,|cb once it wa» of tmI (lie. , Aator. In condition for cutting for a week op two after other varieties have gone to seed, although it Is not as early as the flnstnamed. Some of the spin- aches after cutting will grow up again an dfurnish a second crop, but th« quality of these is not equal to the others. . t \ It is a mistake to think that a man has to camp on the doorstep of big ^imk