CURBING HASTY MARRIAGES
CHICAGO, April 19. (£>)—Efforts
of Cook county judges to curb hasty
marriages in an affort to reduce
divorces will be carried into Indiana
and Michigan.
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WORST FLOOD HISTORY
THTENS RIVERSIDE
ST. LOUIS, April 19. (/P)—'The
worst flood in r.he history of the
midwestern • States is threatened to
|day at all places along the Mississ
| ippi River. The countryside is Hood,
‘ed, dykes have broken away and the
! water is out of control. Thousands
of people are fleeing their homes.
At Fort Smith, Arkansas, the Arkan
sas River was at the highest stage
in 92 years.
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Mils. SIB IS B
VERGE OF COLLAPSE
NEW YORK. April 19. (£>)—Mrs.
Ruth Snyder charged with murdei
oi' her husband is near collapse in
Queens county jail. She will go o?)
trial with Henry Judd Gray, who ii
jointly indicted charged with mur
der of Albert Snyder. Mrs. Snyder
screamed all day for her mother and
has torn out all of her hair.
WINS HARTFORD RACE
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland,:
April 19. (JP)—Tlrton outran Prince
of Wales, in a close race to win the |
Hartford handicap at the opening
racing meet here. Tirton was long
shot in the field of 18 and paid
$17.10 for each $2 in mutuals.
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MRS. M. I. CRAIG OF PHILADEL
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SHANGHAI, Ajrik 19. (/P)—Ameri-!
I
can war vessels engaged in a pitched l
battle with Chinese soldiers from both
Northern and Cantonese forces on ;
the Yanktze river near Nanking. The
destroyers Preble and Ford and cruis
er Cincinnati were hit by shrapnel and
an American gunner was wounded in
the leg. The casualties among the
Chinese was not ascertained but the
American commanders reported they
had destroyed Chinese entrenchments.
The Cantonese Moderates are contin
uing their raids against radicals in
Shanghai and Canton. Many have,
been killed in these raids. General j
Chiang Kai Shek is declared to be
gaining control of the Nationalist par
ty. Mrs. M. I. Craig of Philadelphia
has been reported captured by bandits
while en route to Shanghai.
WASHINGTON, April 19. {&)—The
destroyer John D. Ford yesterday
fired upon Chinese Northern troops
using her four inch guns loaded with
shrapnel and silencing the fire
which the Chinese were directing
upon the Standard Oil ship Meian.
The Chinese entrenched on the banks
'of the river opened fire on the Tank
er.The ship first used machine guns
and when this method failed to halt
the firing, opened with its main bat
tery. The Chinese ceased firing at
the tanker and turned their guns on
the Ford which was - struck many
times but suffered no casiialities. In
the face of what appears to be an
alarming situation for foreigners at
Hankow, American Naval authorities
have taken steps to increase the
American forces at that point. The
cruiser Cincinnati will head a fleet
of ten vessels to hat point. Two
more destroyers have been rushed
from Manila under forced draft and
two others will leave within a few
days.
COMPELLED TO FIRE
SHANGHAI, April 19. (JP)—United
States battleships were compelled to
reply to firing by armed Chinese
near Hankow, official repeats said.
The situation at Hankow was said to
be precarious and U. S. representa
tive Lockhart warned Americans that
American warships cou i not under
take to defend any bunding except
the Consulate. Shanghai and Nan
king were comparitively peaceful to
day. It was believed that the North
ern army and the Cantonese leaders
who are planning the o ^erthrrw of
the Hankow reds, to ho id* a confer
ence.
PERSIST FIRING ON SHIP
SHANGHAI, April 19. (JP)—An Am
erican sailor suffered a flesh wound
when the destroyer Preble was fired
on with machine guns yesterday from
the north bank of the Yangtze opposite
Kiangyin, it was learned today. The
Chinese persisted in their firing until
the Preble turned loose her main bat
| teries of four-inch and three-inch
guns.
BAR WOMEN FROM PULPIT
LONDON, April 19. (ff)—The Eng
lish church union has appealed to the
Bishop of Birmingham to bar women
from the pulpits in his diocese.
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