The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1927, Page 1

Pann § ‘ } WEATHER FORECASTS Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Possible rain cfunging to tase, * ESTABLISHED 1878 | MISSIONARY | }. AND DAUGHTER }- ARE MURDERED Preacher’s Wife and Son and a Nurse Are Taken Cap- tive By Bandits EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG Firing Continues Between Northerners at Pukow and Cantonese at Nanking April 18—U)—Foreign 8, who came to Shanghai parts of the interior to seek the shelter of the international settlement, were saddened today by the news of the murder by Chinese bandits of one of their feuow work- ers, the Rev. Morris Slichter of Tor- onto, Canada, and his eight-year-old daughter. They were anxious, too, for the safety of Mrs. Slichter, the missionary’s wife, her five-year-old son John, and Miss Mary 1. Craig of Philadelphia, a nurse, taken cap- tives by the bandits. Mr. Slichter and the others of the party were attached to the China inland mission at Anshunfu. The murders took piace at Yunnanfu, re- puted to be a hotbed of banditry. It is feared there were others.in the party, as the mission was com- posed of seven adults who, it is thought, would be traveling together. Murdered a Week Ago When the outrage peoureed the ati sionaric were making their way ., southward to the railway leading to ‘“Hong Kong, having left their sta- tion when the British consul sug- gested it would be unwise for them to remain longer because of disturbed conditions. When the attack took place is not known, but it is believed ‘so have occurred about a week ago. At last accounts firing was con- tins ing across the Yangtze river be- twuen the northern forces at Pukow, on the northern bank, and the Can- tonese at Nanking, on the southern bank, but news of the progress of the battle was meager. The firing was particularly heavy Saturday afternoon when the northerners brought many machine guns and can- non into action. An unnamed Amer- ican destroyer, presumably the Noa, T. O. Kraabel, formerly of ford, N. D., but more recently emp! ed by the regional veterans’ bi at Fargo, been appointed b ernor A. G, Sorlie as veterans ice commissioner, to assist ex-serv- ice men in securing any help they may need from the government. The appointment was made from a list of five men submitted by the execu: tive committee of the Ameri gion, in accordance with provi ons of the law creating the office which was ake by the last legislature. MURDER COUNT FILED AGAINST MRS, ALBRIGHT McHenry Co. Woman Charg- ed With Killing Two Daugh- ters—Believed Insane Towner, N. D., April 18, —(#)- Charges of murdering her two daugh- ters, Viola, aged 13, and Adeline, years old, were filed today against Mrs. Jda ‘Albright, McHenry county farm woman, who is held in the coun- and a lighter belonging to Butterfield and Swyre, drew the fire of the Northerners as they passed up the river, but not for-long. Bringing her big guns into play, the destro; soon silenced the northern batter! and es continued her journey. jew Measures Favored Peking dispatches said that the representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and “italy had sought further instructions from their governments as to the next step in the negotiations with Eugene Chen, the Cantonese foreign minister, growing out of the Nanking outrages. The representatives of the five powers were described as favor- ing new measures on the ground that Chen's reply to the five-power note concerning the outrages was unsatis- factory. Hoboes Killed in Burlington Wreck Billings, Mont., April 18—@)— ge men, reported to be unidenti- fied hobos, were killed early Sun- ry in a freight train wreck on the ‘Chicago Burlington and Quincy rail- road when the train jumped the track near Cadiz, Wyoming, 40 40 miles southeast of Sheridan. Twenty-five freight gondolas and box cars left the track and piled up in a heap, tying up traffic. Temperature at 7 Highest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a Highest wind velocity ‘eather conditions al kota points for the 24 hours ending ut 8 a. m. today: Temps. i s Pas Sa 3s i Be 3% 2 : ze Sas 6 Amenia ... 64°34 10 BISMARCK 62 36 .27 Bottineau ..... 58 38 0 4 56 32 .40 56 88 «126 60 30 .33 59 31 433 - 64 33 OL Fessenden .... 60 34 .48 Grand Forks ... 65. 39 .10 Jamestown 62 35 OL 56 62 62 Cc 60 Cloudy - 62 Clear PCldy. PCldy: Clear Moorh the 48] ed M The above record is hours ending at 7 a, m. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: settled tonight and Tuesday. Possi- bly ue changing to snow. Colder “Be ate. Bete | an ly ral changing to sn Colder Tuesday and north portion tonight. Un- CONDITIONS A low pressure area is centered| over the northeastern Rocky Moun- inl and Oo precipitation, mostly ir. oo bts the ex- treme No! Popeinlta occurred in aa rk aseclenlee! Val: Val- ley and southe: g jail here following her arrest late riday night. ‘Adeline, who was shot twice by her mother according to McHenry county authorities, died in a hospital at Rug- by early yesterday. Viola died al- most instantly as a result of one shot in her back. Both of the children were shot by their mother while they were sleeping. Filing of the murder charges pre- cedes steps which officials plan to ‘take to examine the woman as to her mental condition. Believed Insane Both State's Attorney D. J. O'Con- nell and Sheriff Carl Hanson of| MeHenry county have expressed ver! liefs that the woman is insane, and it is probable that she will be ar- taigned before an insanity board here within a few days. That the woman is becoming more violent in her cell in the county jail is the declaration of those who have had surveillance over her since she was committed. Many questions which authorities have propounded to her she refuses to answer, they declare und she continues to assert that she wanted to die, and wanted her children to with her. She is recovering sat- isfactorily from a slight bullet wound which she inflicted in her own head after shooting her two daughters. A coroner's jury found that Viola came to her death as a result of having been shot by her mother, and recommended that Mrs. Albright be arrested and dealt with according to law. OFFICIAL GETS SHOT VOLLEYS IN WISCONSIN Bootleggers Believed Respon- sible For Attempt on Dis- trict Attorney’s Life Darlington, Wis. April 18—@)— Working on’ the theory that boot- leagers cr heer runners were involved in the attempt made on the life of P. B. Conley, district attorney, Satur- day night on a lonely highway near here Sheriff Hugh Moore and Darl- ington police today were pressing their investigution into the shooting. Conley, who recently staged a wide- spread cleanup of Lafayette county, was able to furnish but a meager seserigte of the two men who open. ire fro: driving to this city from Mine Point. Ong bullet grazed Conle arm. Another. crashed through the side of his car ahd another struck the rear of his automobil we in the roadster then * Galley, who tock office in J onley, who sffico in January, made a determined bool bootlegging and vice ti the | fi county. ELEPHANT EXECUTED Paris.—The most famous elephant in France, pard, old timer of the Jardin de: lantes Zoo, been executed. Suddenly becoming un- manageable, all efforts of his keepers failed to calm. him, In the interests “aoe safety, he we Ailes by asphyxia- jon, Government yment hy 8 Austria, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927 SHOW OWNERS _ AREKIDNAPED IN WINDY CITY ;Rumors Reaching Officials Say Men Are Being Held For Large Ransom | FRIENDS READY TO PAY Band of ‘Professional Abduc- tors’ Believed Working in Chicago, Detroit had been playing its peculiar brand of piracy in Chicago and Detroit for a year, was believed by Chicago newspapers to be involved in the mysterious © disappearance of Jake Adler and Frank Galello, wealthy owners of the “Midnight Frolics.” The two men, with the chauffeur, Tony Albino, vanished early Thurs- day, while they were motoring home. As is usual under the code of gang- land, no official word of the disap- pearance reached the police, although the authorities took cognizance of the case followi rumors that the men were held fof ransom Pas, bok derworld accounts placed at $100,001 to $200,000. Friends of the cabaret men, accord- ing to the same accounts, “ap, ae tiating with the reputed and were ready to pay stooo0b" id cash for the prisoners, Gangster Is Leader The Herald and Examiner said it had learned that the abductors were headed by a former hanger-on of a northside gang of hoodlums and booze wholesalers, and that the gang numbered fewer than 10, recruited in Chicago and Detroit. Up to the pres- ent time victims of the band had been wealthy men of the underworld —almost always gamblers—but in the belief that operations would be extended, go police were bend- ing efforts to run down the abduc- tors and break up their operations. The newspaper id it was deter- mined by detectives that the same band kidnaped Clarence Lazarus, former southside gambler, and held| him three days, when his friends bought his release, although Lazarus’ relatives said he had suffered an at- tack of amnesia. Another, kidnaping, laid to the band, accordipg. to the newspaper account, was that of Harry (Hickory Slim) Belford, who was threatened with death until his relatives paid $50,000. Had Part in Detroit Kidnaping The story, based on the newspaper said had been obtained from one of ‘the Detroit victims of the gang, als¢ related that the same outfit kidnaped 'Meyer “Fish” Blum- field in Detroit less than a month ago. Friends obtained his release by paving, $7,000 and promising to de-} i ver $18,000 more a day later but when an attempt was made to collect the money, the newspaper account said, the gangsters were met by ma- chine gun fire that slew two of the Rideapers and. wonsied spelt and wounded another. FARMERS FROM WISCONSIN ARE COMING 10 N. D. Personal Solicitation’ Will | Bring Many New Settlers, G.N.D.A. Officers Say — Fargo, N. D., April 18.—There are hundreds of prospective settlers for | North Dakota in Wisconsin who would come to North Dakota to “look | the country over” and who would | locate here, H. F. Cole, Foster county farmer, told officers of the Greater North Dakota assgciation when spending the week-end in Fargo en route to his home near MéHenry | from a trip to. that state. Cole has been selling North Dakota horses to Wisconsin farmers. and has | from the standpoint of settlers for this state going to devote his entire time to selling farm lands and will return immediately to Wisconsin to escort a party of homeseekers to Foster county as soon as road conditions improve throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. “If North Dakota land owners will ‘get into the game’ by personal effort in Wisconsin as a follow-up to the state’s general campaign of, adver- tising and publicity, we will secure many first class farmers from he: Mr. Cole declared. “The high price of land in Wisconsin, coupled with the increased costs of dairying in that state, compels farmers to seek lower priced land. “They are be- coming more interested Dakota every day and we can get them if we go down end work for them. They have learned that dairy- ing’ is profitable North Dakota and after paying $27 and $28 a ton for hay down there this winte: want to come less overhea e had some men ym Wisconsin up to Foster county and have disposed of one section. I intend to keep at it all summer for the personal solicitation produces results.” Mr. Cole is confident that a real merenant of new nese to ‘North Dakota has starte he believes this movement will ain momentum during May, June and July. At the office of the Greater North Dakota association was oa “ord mate than forth are being given vy Tb000 people "|e 3 now actively en- in'f fields Ww in Mi sid aabaaioat:1 Minois, o a } Chicago, April 18.—{(4)—A band of “professional abductors” which information; Mr. | found the situation so ietletactars | Reghrcetins | if | At 20, Miss Faye Ferguson, concert pianist, finds herself. incorporated, with a board of directors and every- thing.” She is believed to be the first concert artist ever financed in thi manner. She has appeared in several cities as soloist with the Cincinnati symphony orchestra, GRAY WILL GO ON TRIAL WITH MRS. SNYDER Insanity Definitely Eliminat- ed as Defense Plea After Alienists Report Now York, April 18 —)—With in- sunity definitely elimirated as a de- fense plea, Henry Judd Gray today goes-on trial with Ruth Brown Sny- der for the murder of Mrs. Snyder's husband. Announcement that Gray's defense would be insanity was made by os attorney, Samuel L. Miller, hearing the report. of four alienists, two of whom had been restrained by the defense and two by a one that there was no reason wh: should ‘aot go on. trial today with Mrs. Snyder. The state charges that ae rea fendants, secret lovers, mi Albert Snyder while he’ slept. ne scheme to clear their path fer m: riage to each other or obtain ctim’s $104,000 life insurance policy Indications been numerous that each defendant. will attempt to shift the blame on the other. There have been intimations that Gray, Orange, N. J., corset salesman, mar: ried, will try to prove that under the domination of Mrs. Sn She has referred to him as a “sne ing jackal,” and has stated that h alone will’ be shown to have sponsible. QUESTIONING INDICATES TREND OF WOMAN’S CASE Queens County Court House, New York, April 18.--(4)— a ie —— in her trial for the of her husband will be that her Nand sana: tered by Henry Judd Gray, under fear of bodily harm to Sorvall, was indicated by her coun sel_in court today Edgard hoe. -the law closed his intention while ing talesmen' at the trial’s opening Session. “Do you know,” he shouted sud- denly after several minor questions, |“that a defendant cannot be found j guilty if it be shown that she ucted under the command of another, one of whom she stands in fear of her life or of great bodily harm? That | is the law.” District Attorney Newcombe | jumped to his feet to object, but after a brief and inaudible exchange | with a muttered remark about’ Hazcl- ton’s “speech.” During all this Mrs. Snyder her former corset salesman | Gray, sat stolidly at the tables, showing no faint | emotion, KILLING OF A. SNYDER WAS. “PERFECT CRIME’ THAT FAILED New York, April 18.—()—Another ‘perfect crime” that failed, the slaying of Albert Snyder, art editor | of “Motor Boating,” while he slept and lover, counsel morning of March 20, brought to trial his wife, Mrs. Ruth Snyder, and her! confessed paramour, “Henry Judd Gray, on first degree | murder charges. Mrs. Snyder has been the center of | attention since her arrest the day following the murder. She assun jsenior, who had tastes totally dif- (Continued on page three) De Trafford Has Recovered From Paris, April 18. 18—)—Raymond De Trafford, who shot three weeks ago by Countess De Janze, formerly’ Alice Silverthorne of Chicago, had recoyered sufficiently today to enable him ‘to be taken to London by spe- cial airplane. He is understood to have told authorities he wish to take any action against the countess, but “that he held himself at their ete antag to ere. to Paris if his eerie was Countess De Janse, vee gned the gun on herself after shooting De Trafford, is also convalescent, but jhe is still in the hospital. She has steadfastly secliaee to give the rea- son for her act, but the authorities believe it was a sequel to his con- oe that. his love for her was waning. an| been | That Mrs. Ruth} | of words with the judge, sat down! t trace of | in his Queens. Village home on the | d|this afternoon to strengthen the de-| the role of the misunderstood wife, | y 3 | married toa man many years her} Gunshot Wounds; did not | BOGUS MONEY MAKER IS HELD UNDER ARREST Seeret Service Agents ‘Belleve| ; Counterfeit Money Mys- tery Is Solved “FOUR GANGS woo | | | | i \Gigantic Ring Has Distrib-| \ uted About $800,000 in | I Worthless Currency | St. Louis, April 18.—()—-with! | the arrest of John H. Mayes, 35, one! of the most skilled counterfeiters in| {federal secret service records, secret! lservice agents today declared they, |had solved the puzzle of approxi-| mately $800,000 worth of _ bogus money distributed by « gigantic ring which included four notorious gangs. Mayes was arrested yesterday in a| jsmall unpretentious house in Murphysboro, Illinois, where he had been living with his ‘wife and three! children and turning out thousands of dollars of counterfeit money. Two! ~ | government agents, working under/ {direction of Stephen A. Connell, de-| partment of justice chief of the St.| ouis district, made the arrest. | were the Birger and Shelton gangs, whose bootleg wars in southern IIli- nois have attracted wide attention, the Cal Morgan gang of bootleggers and counterfeiters in Universal City, Ind., and a St. Louis band of coun- terfeiters. The latter gang, Connell 5 tributed $270, of bogus $20 bill printed by Mayes. The plates from which this issue was struck were! then sold to the St. Louis @ounter-| feite 0 issued $290,000 of the} same type of notes. Members of this| gang were later rounded up here and| in Kaxsas City. The third issue of $250,000 was in! progress when the ringleader was ar-| rested amidst the paraphernalia of! his craft. U.S. CRUISER | TMG IRE ON IN CHINA No Casualties Aboard Boat, Which Returns Fire With Six-inch Battery Washington, April United States cru 18—@)—The ser Cineinneti has twice been fired upon on Yangtze] river in China, Admiral Williams, | ommanding the American fleet in Chinese waters, reported today to the navy department. Besides meeting machine gun fire, Admiral Williams suid, the er if also had either three or four-inch guns turned against her below Nan- king on Saturday. The fire was re- turned by the Cincinnati with machine guns and her six-inch bat- tery. The sel also met heavy fire north of ung, the report sai There were no casualties aboard the Cincinnati in either encounter. | Admiral Williams said all foreig: y at Luchow Fu, Anhwei, , had been looted. Eight Americans and five British mission- ari¢s there were said to be en route to Shanghai, At Kiukiang on Fri-/ day the house of the Anderson Meyer | company, American exporters on the | Bund, was looted. The commanding | officer of the American destroyer | Hulbert lodged a strong protest and | {demanded the return of the loot. | The encounters of the C: mark a continuation of the firing} from the river banks upon American ; ships in recent days during whick the guns of the ships have been| brought into action in reply? In{ revious instances, however, there | jas been no indication that the Chi- | nese were using heavy guns in their | j attacks, ' besa | AMERICAN DESTORYER Is HIT BY RIFLE FIRE |. Shanghai, April 18.—()—-A wire-; less dispatch from ‘Nanking today | said three four-inch guns mounted on | Lion Hill, Nanking, (which is held by the Cantonese), were hombarting | | Pukow, across the river. | The American destroyer John D.; | Ford was hit by rifle fire from Nan- king. Five whippet tanks were lunded | fense of the French mission in| Shanghai. . Bootleggers Clash __ With Shotguns in Minneapolis Loop Minneapolis, April 18—UP)—Gust Nichols, 39, said to be a restaurant proprietor of Kansas City, was ser- usly wounded here early todey when an automobile he was riding in with three other men was crowd- ed to the curb by another machine | whose occupants opened fire with a shot gun, As trolman was taking Nichols | to a hospital, the attacking machine | drew up again. The officer got out to return the fire and Nichols’ car was driven away. Later Nichols was located in hospital in’ St. Paul and was ordered held for police, who searching for his compan- lions and the attackers. Police declare pid cghend was caused by a war between two boot- leg factions. Nichols told police he had come here to arrange for u ship- i Jun Easter pageunt Bert Acosta ani for the with Clarence Chamb 60-hour flight tryout before the shaking hands w $25,000 Orteig prize for flying acro: Guisseppi Bellanca (center) and the new | Aligned with Mayes, Connell said,! plane in which they hope te span the o erlain, pilots who will thy fer the the Atlantic, are shown 5 Wright Whirlwind 1. The plane was given a transoceanic attempt. Bellanca is ith Chamberlain. SMITH RECOGNIZES NO POWER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH TO INTERFERE WITH ENFORCEMENT OF U.S. LAWS; * Three Killed, One Hurt in Tornado le - oF Forth Smith, Ark., (AP)—Three persons, bers of the family of Cart Burcham, w killed d another injur ed in a tornado struck at Bokoshe, Okla. 25. east of Forth Smith, Burcham, his wife and an in- fant were crushed to death and W. C. Surecham, a son, injured when the Burcham home was blown away. EASTERTIME IS OBSERVED April 13— BY CHURCHES': All Places of Worship in Bis- marck Crowded to the Doors at Services denomination were filled Sun Churches of ev throughout the city capacity on Easter special services, the tiful el day making it possible for hundrs to uttend, The services were, wi i out exception, beautifully impressive and many masterful sermons were given. The different phases of the, Euster season were sclected Floral decorations in churches formed an appropriate! background f« he Euster ip ae Sunrise ser 3 We; held by number of churches. Y: une people of the Methodist and Presb churches met at Ward's gre 6:15 nduy morning for an outdoor serv The nurses of the Bismare innati | hospital assisted the young people of se the Immunuel Evangelical ehureh, an early praise service and a e was held at the Zion eal Lutheran church and rst Lutheran church. “The Easter Victory,” was sung by 26 voices at the Cabe Methodist Episcopal Sunday evening. Special Easter mu- sic wag given by the church quartet Sunday morning and ne ge the: F a cantati M {gram by the Sunday school at the evening service. The Sunday school presented program of music una readings Sun- day evening at the First Lutheran church und the young people of the! eau at the! Immanuel Evangelical chureh an Easter program preceding sermon Sunday evening. The choir of the First Lutheran church visited the Bismarck and St.{ vent prayer that never again in this afternoon to Alexius hospitals Sun to sing Easter carols patients. Dickinson Normal Will Have Motion Picture Equipment Dickinson, N.'D., April 18.—(#)— Preparations are being made at, the state normal school here for the in- stallation of a complete motion pi ture outfit, purchase of the equip- ment having been authorized by the state board of administration. The equipment. will be dent bo FOR ICELAND Copen! Never having had a | rallresd, celand now is to lose that distinction by the construction of 50-mile electric line from the capi- tal Reykjavik, to a fertile section in Four yeurs will be re- the south. quired in the ‘construction, ment of Nquos. will cost $2,000,000, Bb scien PS OR eee EEO i to! for the} milar church! 8° Presbyterian} featured a pro-} Ainaabael paid for: from the student activity fund which is raised by subscriptions and dues collected from the normal school stu- ew York Governor and Pos- sible Democratic Presiden- tial Candidate Writes Open Letter Answering Argu-) ments Presented By New York Lawyer and Episco- } palian | eo New York, April 18.--()—Xditor- {ial comment was widespread today on Governor Smith's open letter stating that he gnized no power of the { Roman Catholic church “to interfere’ h the operations of the constitu- n of the United States or the en- pee na Ei earererena arin His friends praised it and indicated that they were eager to learn what eaction it would have. the letter was written to the At- antic Monthly, in reply to one from Charles C, and Episcopalian, who, quoting jecelesiastieul authority, had argued that in any conflict between church jand state, the Roman Catholic church ciaimed the deciding power for the pope. Mr, Marshall’ asked the gov- jernor to make his position clea: | Publication of the letter today authorized by the magazine a week head of the time first planned, be- cause some newspapers had printed it Saturday and Sunday in violation {of conyright. i ' Of Much Importance The Atlantic Monthly characterizes the correspondence as an + “historic dent,” which may have a part in ng whether complete religious nee shall prevail in this coun- The questions raised by Mr. hall have been regarded as of 11 importance because of mith's prominence 4 ~ Democratic no “an Ameri- Governor Smith a ae “[ believe in. the ccording to the fa the Roman Catholic worship of God, chure! XxX xx x xx in freedom of wor- | ship * “as a matter of right;” in “ab- i separation of chureh and is in “support of the public ! school as one of the corner stones of \ American liberty;” in freedor Jeducation for children in pu or | religious schools; in the “princi of non-interference by vin the internal affairs of other ni tiohs;” ‘the strict enforcement of | ions of the constitution that congress shall make no law respect- ing an ibiting the free exercises there- in n this spirit,” concludes | governor's letter, “I join ith fel- ‘Tow Americans of all creeds in a fe n{ land will any public servant be chal- the lenged because of the faith in which | | jhe has tried’ to walk humbly with | his God,” Elected 19 Times The governor cites 19 times he has; been elected to public office, and ob- served that he never has conflict between his official and religious belief. “Your church, Just as mine,” , told Mr. Marshall, that are God's. “In the wildest principle and political duty mon morality of all God-fearing men. | “And if you can conjure up such 4 conflict how would a Protestant. re- ; of his conscience, | what a Catholic would do.” Cites Present Cabinet - \ (Continued on page three) Marshall, New York lawyer | p this country | tablishment of religion or, ee known any| duties! fra he} is voicing Se in- | junetion of our common Saviour to, render unto Caesar the things that) are Caesar's and unto God the things | dreams of your! imagination you cannot conjure up a! possible conflict between religious | in the United States, except on the unthink- able hypothesis that some law were | to be passed which violated the com- solve -it? Obviously by the dictates That is exactly Governor Smith says that of his which | pinsegs cabinet, 13 are Protestants; PRICE FIVE CENTS | THOUSANDS DRIVEN FROM HOMES BY FLOODS | AAAS _ RELIEF CAMPS National, State and Commun- | ity Agencies Join In Aid- ing Many Refugees | MILLION ACRES FLOODED | peices | Highway Traffic Suspended, Train Service Uncertain, | Due to Washouts Memphis, Tenn., April 18—(P)-- Levees of the Mississippi today were being increased in height along the | lower basin as a record tide of waters moving southward pressed with im- | measurable weight against the earth- Jen walls. Refugees numbering perhaps 10-. 000 persons, driven from their homes by backwaters or overflow from many tributaries of the great stream, were under the care of national, state and community agencies of relief. Other thousands were moving their properties from valley lands, where the floods might break through at jany hour, | Some Hope for Relicf | Hope was renewed today for relief from the destrugtive waters in the upper reaches of the Arkansas and White rivers, tributaries of the Mis- |sissippi, and in the mother strean: around Cairo, Ill, and Hickman, , where the height of the current s menaced the dikes for weeks. | Silene decline in the stages were | reported from these up-stream points. From Hickman southward, govern- | ment engineers were working every | available laborer in their drive to |bring the huge embankments to a Vateonier state of defense. Meanwhile, eastern Arkansas lay | under the swirling overflow waters jof the Arkansas, the White, the Little Red, the St. Francis and of smaller streams, which have climbed over natural banks or burst man-made restraints to cover an immeasurable area. Highway traffic was virtually suspended ad train service was spasmodic and uncertain or entirely paralyzed because of washouts and inundation of tracks. 00 Homeless An unofficial estimate for Arkan- sas alone placed the number of per- | sons driven from homes by the hos- tile waters at exceeding 20,000 and feres overflowed at more than one million. Property losses have reach- ed a staggering figure which no one now dares calculate. Refugee and relief camps at Hick- man, Ky., under direction of Red Cross officials, and state authorities are sheltering 2,000 homeless in churches, barns, railroad cars and tents. Publie kitehens are serving the needy with food. Organized we- men are sewing and collecting and ‘distributing clothing to relieve the unfortunate. HOUSING PROBLEM ACUTE FLOODED DISTRICTS St. Louis, Mo., April 13—A)—The Red Cross ‘today estimated at least 25,000 were refugees as result of heavy floods in the Mississippi river und its tributaries. It was stated \this number probably was “far short” s{of the true figure. \ In Mlinois, Missouri and Arkansas there were known to be at least | 15,000 refugees, and east of the Mis- ippi, in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis- ‘ sissippi and Louisiana, there were at {least 10,000 more. “The housing problem is acute everywhere in the flooded districts,” | said the Red Cross statement. “Box fears, public buildings and vacant \houses have been used as far as available. The state of Arkansas has exhausted its supply of tentage Tentage furnished by the United States army is being moved for the Red Cross by the railroads without charge. “The feeding of refugtes has not s yet become an extensive problem in many places but apparently will volve considerable expense and careful handling. | LARGE AREA FLOODED | Little Rock, Ark. April 18.—(>)— The Scott levee in Pulaski county broke under pressure of Arkansas j river flood waters today and water of! began sweeping rapidly, over 15,000 acres of some of the state’s largest and richest plantations. The town of’ Van Buren also. .was {threatened by a weak levee and Mayor Cunningham appealed to every | able bodied man in town to help | strengthen the levee: Water from the Arkansas river was | spreading over North Little Rock to- day, standing several feet deep on (Continued on page three) ‘*—Tast Minute | Bulletins New York, April ra by Stockholders of the United Stat: a Steel corporation today ratifi increase in common from $508,302,500 to $711, to provide for the se.) per cent stock dividend, tl raising the total “Capitalization, to siete 904,500 including $368,281,000 preferred stock. Newark, N. J April 18-—(AP) An wi isd "euman’ aoa bi - taeay Seen Pg) ‘appeai in an Proctor’s Theatre, in street, broke awa: trainer. The i Ne a 9 ei ST