Show I FLOODS N THE SOUTH I I Rations Given Out to the Desti > tute Refugees SOME VERYSAD SCENES BREAKS IN A LEVEE 1700 FEET v WIDE Relief Committee i Doing Good I Work and No Complaints Have Been Made River Falling at All Points Uetween Cairo and Helena I News From Other Points Memphis Tenn April Telegrams received tonight from the flooded areas of the Mississippi delta report thL situation sit-uation unchanged A heavy rain accompanied ac-companied by a strong northwest wind has nrevailed all the afternoon Information from the Flower Lake crevasse savs Breaks are 1700 feet wide Everv effort is being made tote to-te the ends of the levee The town of Lulu is entirely shut out except by 1 telegraph Today was ration day for I the destitute refugees and a more povertystricken band of negroes than those gathered at the place of distribution distri-bution would be hard to picture Only those who were known to be in need were supplied At Helena the river ha fallen two feet and 1 inches since the levee gave way on Sunday The backwater in the southern Dar of the city is at a standstill Many flood refugees are being be-ing taken to Helena and the number in that city will now probably reach 3000 The relief committee is doing good work and no complaints have been made The river is falling at all points between Cairo and Helena I |