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CALMED TORRENTS
AID FLOOD VICTIMS
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River Waters Used to Erase
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Traces of Disaster —Food
.Is Scarce.
By the Associated Press.
WATERBURY, Yt., November 12.
"Water, which like tire is *a good
servant but a bad master, was docilely
at work today for the very people it
ruined last week in its rain-driven
rush from the mountains. \. ~*, . 4
In this and other, villages .of the,
"Winooski Valley, the heart of the
Vermont flood district, the water
systems were at last repaired, largely
removing the threat of typhoid. Water,
drawn from the streams that ravaged
the villages, was being used to remove
traces of the damage.
Homes Are Scrubbed.
Homes, shoveled out during the
week, were being scrubbed with mop
and brush. Streets where last week
torrents ran 15 feet deep were being
flushed from standpipes, and cloth
ing, caked - with river mud during the
inundation, was washed and hung to
dry.
In front of many farm homes,
household goods still crowded the
porches and lined the road, but they
were gradually being cleaned and
dried and moved back to their ac
customed positions.
There was heat in most of the
houses and cooking was being ac
complished somehow, though this was
hampered by a peculiar action of'the
farmers at the time of the flood. For
some reason, possibly because they
are costly articles, the kitchen stove
was about the first thing to be saved
when the flood began to threaten.
A journey along the Winooski re
veals to the' traveler scores of weighty
kitchen stoves perched high in hill
sides or rocky promontories above the' ,
homes they once adorned.
Hysterical Strength.
It is easy to imagine the heroic es- ,
fort necessary to carry those great
coal burners up the steep Verniwnt 3
hills and it must have been -Alie ‘j
strength nf hysteria that made the
feat possible. “ - < --V -
The food has been brought in over *
reconstructed roads this week. Ver
monters are a thrifty people and by ]
this time of year, their cellars are
slocked wjth homegrown provisions 1
to last through the . Winter. - Veg
etables, salt meat, preserves, jars and ‘
barrels stand row upon row with 1
their promise of plenty.
Food Is Destroyed.
In this condition, the flood found
the cellars of the valley farms when, t
it roared down to Lake Champlain"- ■
And when the flood receded the food
wae gone, carried away '-or
rotted, " * V ■ > • 1
So the farm folk are facing .the t
fcvinter without food and many of them .
without money to buy it, for farming *
Vermont is not aa a general rule a ’
profession leading to wealth.
But they are a.prpud people as. well s
as a poor one and ppe of itfte.ijiffldul- c
ties relief workers have encountered 1
is this stiff-baked pride. ts#,t Scornd t
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GENIUS NERVOUS BUT NOT CRAZY,
SCIENTIST FINDS AFTER STUDY
Dr/Shepherd Meets Difficulty
in Studying Complexes
of Great.
Declares Work Itself Has
Little to Do With Out
standing Success.
is a genius crazy?
By no means, says Dr. William T-
Shepherd of the Washington So
ciety for Philosophic Inquiry, who Is
malting an intensive study of the
characteristic traits common to men
and women of extraordinary ability.
There is, however, an almost in
evitable nervous instability. Dr.
Shepherd has found, which Is found
in the great majority of persons who
have reached high places in the arts
and sciences. The great difficulty in
studying the complexes of genius.
Dr. Shepherd said, lies k in obtaining
clinical specimens. The few persons
in Washington who might be con
sidered geniuses do not,lend them
selves to that kind of analysis. He has
confined his experiments to one organi
zation composed of writers, most of
whom, he believes, have some of the
characteristics of genius-
The true genius, he saya, combines
with extreme nervnuspess’ high in
ventive power and. extraordinary
mental energy, and there always is a
mysterious inner urge to creative ef
forts. Work itself. Dr. Shepherd lie
lives, has little to do* with -genius, in
WELLS IS SCORED.
Winston Churcfcftll Denies Warlike
Policy of Conservatives.
SOUTHEND ON SEA, England,
November 12 i/F).— Winston Church
ill, chancellor of the exchequer, hits
back at H. G. Wells, the novelist,
who. in a recent letter indorsed the
Liberal candidate opposed to Lady
Iveagh, the Conservative candidate,
pn .ihevground of the warlike policy
of the Conservative government.
In a message to Lady Iveagh, in
which the chancellor refers to Mr.
Wells’ allegation that the govern
ment was heading for war,.he says:
"ft is wrong to make an. untrue
statement like this, and indescribably
mean to make an untrue statement
for the paltry purpose of cadging
votes.”
MUSSOLINI MAY RELENT.
*; ROME,, November 12 -* G4*).>—Pre
mier Mussolini may grant amnesty
to a number of political prisoners on
the occasion of the Christmas fetes,
says the Tribuna. In doing this, the
newspaper adds, Mussolini will take
account of the prisoners’ ages, con
dition of health and the economlo sit
uation' of their families, .as well'as
their antecedents. ‘
The Fascist emblem, Lictor’e rods
bound around an ase, \vill henceforth
attain the national flag, the premier
has decreed. Only- old. dhot-torn* battle
flags, of historic regiments will be ex
cmpted from this addition.
THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C- NOVEMBER 13. 1927-PART 1.
OK. WILLIAM T. SH KPHKKD.
spite of the maxims of the old-school
copybooks, and the best that can be
obtained by unmitigated labor, com
bined with fair intelligence. Is a prod
uct that falls considerably short of the
product of a genius.
The story of geniuses, says Dr.
Shepherd; who is making this study
for presentation at the annual meet
ing of the National Association of
Psychologists, seems to show that
genius fundamentally is of one order
and that the difference between
great general and a groat musician is
simply one of environment and train
ing. Had these been reversed the
work of tho men would have been re
versed.
WANTED IN FIVE CITIES. ‘
St. <Louis Prisoner Faces Charges
in Baltimore and Western Centers.
ST. LOUIS. November... 12 </P>.
A man arrested here last Saturday
while committing a burglary was
identified today as a member of the
notorious Adler gang of burglars
and check passers, whose operations
in the last three»years were said by
detectives to run above a million
dollars.
Tolice at Cleveland, Detroit, Bal
timore and Chicago asked that the
man be held. Cleveland police said
he had jumped a bond there. The
man gave the name of Richard Berg,
24. He used a different name in
each of the other cities. He fur
nished bond after his arrest here and
police fear he will jump it.
DALLAS IS FAVORED.
Texas City Looms as Convention
Scene for Rotarians.
CHICAGO, November 12 (4>).—
Dallas, Tex., has been tentatively
agreed upon as the 1929 convention
city, by the board of directors of
Rotary International.
Definite selection of the Texas
metropolis depends upon the satis
factory assurance of the ,Dallas local
that all requirements regarding ac
commodations will be met, Chesley
Perry, secretary of the international,
asserted. He believes that all ar
rangements will be completed within
a month.
• The convention will -be held- in
June, .probably opening on the sth. <
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