Show i fLOOD CONDITIONS t IN PIS NON A NI 1 yr R t 6 1 J American Relief Contribution Contribution tion Larger Than From FromAn Any An Other Country PAR PARIS S. S Jan 2 The Th The flood situation continues to improve e rapid rapidly Except in the Ja Javel l quarter the twelfth ar- ar and a few isolated on the left bank of the river Seine the waters waters' have hao almost wholly receded from the streets The rho retreating waters have ha-e exposed great reat gaps aps in the tho pave pave- ments The work of and the restoring re storing of transportation systems systems is proceeding but it will be many days davs and probably weeks HII tle telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph and arid telephone systems ti the surface surface sur sur face railways and the railroad lines are again on a normal basi basis The plain below be be- low Paris Parit as far as as' as St St. Germain-en- Germain Layo is still under several feet of water Rodman Whitaker has offered through American American Bacon to pay for a loaf of broad bread for ever even flood vic vie tim in hi Paris and vicinity daily for a apt pt period of thirty days Some American Contributions The The American subscriptions received over OHr night include from froni Henry C C. C Frick of Pittsburg Pittsburg- an gail and 1000 from citizens of Baltimore The total of American subscriptions now exceeds the largest sum stun con contributed butell by any foreign n country Bacon who has made personal visits to many of the hospi hospitals soup kitchens and temporary places of refu refuge e praises the tIle effectiveness effective effective- ness lies of the relief or organization and the intelligent ent system m by which aid is ren rca dered The Rod Red Cross has hat moro more than Ulan OO privately privately owned automobiles at its ita dis disposal disposal dis- dis and three fifty relief depots es es- es in Paris and anil the suburbs It is estimated the public charities department de do- and the tho Red Cross are are distri bating buting daily aily moro more than loaves loave of bread |