Show f ONE ONEHUNDRED HUNDRED CAUGHT IN FLOODS Ever since man started to con confine confine fine fine the MIssissippi river to artl- artl artificial fi jal banks called levees the father of waters at regular intervals has broken through and inundated vast a areas But Dut of all the floods of the past three quarters or of a century or mOIe more during which foods have occurred the worst one is now rushing down the tho valle valley sweeping over the barriers made by man carrying death and destruction An esti esti- estimate mate places the homeless at with dead and square miles ot of farm land under water A new feature ot of the rescue work work is the use of airplanes including seaplanes to carry carry aid to the thousands who are marooned many of whom are In tree tops waiting to be saved Secretary hoovers hoover's special train wilt will arrive in the flooded area today and the secretary will pro pro- proceed proceed as President Coolidge's r rep rep- representative Ir e to organIze the relief Work With thousands ot of home home- homeless less hungry people waiting to be succored the task Is big enough to command the most capable I forces of the nation The MissIssipPI rIver seems to tobe tobe be one ot of the engineering problems lems which our engIneers cannot solve with the means they have at hand The difficulty Is that millions ot of tons of carried by the loads floods are 6 along the bed of the stream makIng higher and higher levees I sary How tremendous Is the ocean of water moving on to the gulf guU of Mexico Is disclosed by the statement that near Memphis cubIc feet of water Is passing every second That Is n a flood so so large as to be beyond the po power er of man to stop At best It can in only hI directed lind in Its destructiveness by to spread pread |