Mississippi River Flood Threatens Natchez Area Levees
Mississippi valley floods widen with the river near Natchez at flood stage. Hundreds work through night to shore up 638 miles of levees from Columbus Kentucky to Vicksburg Mississippi as breaks threaten large parts of the region. Death toll rising toward eighteen with property losses estimated up to ten million dollars. At Hickman Kentucky three hundred people live in government tents with food aid, while Senate approves ten thousand dollars for Lost Mound protection.
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Natchez
Miss
Columbus
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Helena
Arkansas
Hickman
United States Senate
Lost Mound
Minets
Mississippi river flood breaches levee near Hickman
In Hickman Kentucky, the Mississippi River flood breached a government levee five miles west of town, washing over Reelfoot Lake district. About 150 square miles of farmland may be submerged tomorrow as workers fled when the breach opened. Gasoline launches rescued marooned residents while many homes were abandoned. Telephones fail to reach scattered villages.
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Associated Press
Hickman
Reelfoot Lake District
Levees at Cairo Hold Back Ploom
Cairo Illinois stays dry as levees hold while flood waters surge elsewhere. Districts north of the city see homes and a big church overturned, factories submerged, and mills ruined. The city cuts railroad links. residents ride tugs to Mound City for trains north.
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Cairo
Drainate
Mound City
Caruthersville Flood Situation Escalates
Despite massive relief effort river levels in Caruthersville Missouri continued to rise tonight, plunging the town into a more perilous flood situation as waters advance further.
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Associated Preag
Caruthersville, Mo
Sulzer bill creates separate Labor Department in cabinet
The House Labor Committee voted to report favorably a Sulzer bill establishing a separate Department of Labor with the Secretary as a cabinet member. The measure places the Labor Department under presidential influence and legislative oversight.
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House Labor Committee
Killing in Hill City shocks Granbury residents
In Hill City near Granbury Texas, Dr J B Thilley Luther Garrell were killed and T M Wilson wounded in a morning shooting. Police hunt Mack Parker 25, suspected gunman who reportedly asked to be arrested.
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Daily News
Granbury
Tex
J. B. Thilley
Luther Garrell
T. M. Wilson
Hill City
Here
Mack Parker
Dr. Thilley
Wilson
Garrell
Parker
Guggenheims Hear Plan for Alaska Resource Development
President Taft hosts a hearing on Alaska development prospects for Daniel Guggenheim and partners. Secretary Fisher and Vice President Sherman attend at the Guggenheims’ invitation, seeking clues on favorable legislation for tapping coal fields and Copper River Railroad interests.
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Associated Press
Washington, D C
Taft
Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
Interior
Fisher
Sherman
Guggenheims
Alaska
Copper River
Bering River
Negroes to Discuss Lynch Law in Oklahoma Convention
The sixth annual convention of the Constitutional League of Oklahoma began in Lima near Shawnee to discuss the Jim Crow case before the U S Supreme Court, the need for a reform school for negro youths, and lynch law in the state.
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Shawnee
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The
Constitutional League of Oklahoma
Lima
Supreme Court of the United States
Clark to Speak in Louisville Jefferson County Banquet
Champ Clark will be guest of honor and principal orator at a Democratic Club banquet in Louisville Kentucky tomorrow night. The event honors Thomas Jefferson with speakers including J Hamilton Lewis of Chicago on The Rule of the Majority and former Senator Blackburn of Kentucky on The Democratic Issues of 1912.
Flood Threat Deepens as City Faces Major River Break
A flood threatens the Saint Francis Valley as the river basin behind the city fills rapidly. The Camthersville levee is crucial. a breach could flood the entire basin and submerge settled towns. Two thousand workers joined frontline defense while all stores closed today as floodwaters rise. Several houses reportedly floated down the Saint Francis.
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Camthersville
Saint Francis
Sevveral
Rebels Overrun by Small Federal Force
April 5. Parrall fell to rebels as a Federal force believed large proved to be 700 men. They escaped last night leaving a gun and a mortar. Generals Villa and Urbina are believed to have retreated to Mapini where the main Federal force is said to be mobilizing.
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Associated Press
Jiminez
Parrall
Campa
Villa
Urbina
Mapini
Bridge Dynamited Between El Paso and Juarez
Explosive damage on the Mexico and Northwestern bridge over the Rio Grande halted traffic between El Paso and Juarez. Mexican guards report seeing the blast party flee to the U S with cries of Viva Madero. ұйым
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EL Paso
Juarez
Associated Press
Tex
Mexico & Northwestern Railway
Rio Grande River
Canadian Indoor swimming championships to be held in Montreal
The Canadian indoor swimming championships at Montreal A A A natatorium will feature the Dominion's top aquatic talent with events planned for April 5. Prominent swimmers from across Canada are entered to compete for national titles in indoor pools.
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Montreal
Dominion
Mormon Church in Conference Opens in Rainy Salt Lake
In Salt Lake City Joseph Smith opens the eighty second Mormon conference denying charges of commercialism. He says tithing is voluntary and that church officers do not enforce it, noting he pays tithing as part of church practice.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Tabernacle
Eighty-Second Conference
Mormon Church
Joseph Smith
Smith
To Try Woman for Murder
St Louis case of Mrs Alma Jones charged with murdering her husband last May will go to trial next Monday. The killing occurred in the couple's home as Mrs Jones shot her husband three times in bed. Defense expected to plead temporary insanity due to indignities suffered at his hands.
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St. Louis
Alma Jones
James
Weather Summary from 1911 Daily Report
Generally cloudy conditions expected with no significant changes. The station logged yesterday’s high of 48 and low of 40 degrees, with today’s temperatures tailed by a modest range near those values.
Texas Attorney General Probes Oil Group Tangle
Attorney General Lightfoot and assistant John W. Brady returned from stops in St. Louis and New York where they investigated suspected Texas anti trust law violations by oil interests. The Pierce-Fordyce Oil Association was examined as Waters Pierce’s Texas successor with a report due in coming days. Detectives trailed the officials, sparking counter surveillance and near clashes between rival sleuths.
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Daily News
Austin
Tex
Lightfoot
John W. Brady
St. Louis
New York
Texas
Pierce-Fordyce Oil Association
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Amarillo Boy Sentenced Two Years For Burglary
Claude Texas April 5 Monroe Hand Amarillo youth pleaded guilty and a jury found him guilty with a two year penitentiary sentence. He was unrepresented but motion for new trial pending Judge Rollins has not ruled. Other criminal cases set for tomorrow per the bench.
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Daily News
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Monroe Hand
Amarillo
JM. Tones
Ameriont Netion Foc
Rollins
La Follette On Five Days Tour Through Nebraska
Senator La Follette campaign stops across southeastern Nebraska head toward the Kansas line. He delivers four formal speeches and many brief talks urging the masses to demand a voice against a rule by a few and selfish interests. He notes voters here are progressive and says he is in the presidential fight to defend progressive principles.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
la Follette
Kansas Line
Lt Follette
Taft
Roosevelt
Roosevelt denounces professional politicians in campaign swing
Anated Press reports Roosevelt speaking from a train rear in Connellsville Pa. He blasts professional politicians as focused on keeping jobs and demands a rule of the people. He arrives late in Pittabarsh and plans to speak in Chicago tomorrow after full day of prep.
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Roosevelt
Connellaville
Chicaso
Wilson Recieves Ovation In Peoria Speech Tour
Woodrow Wilson arrives in Peoria Illinois after a day of stops between Chicago and Peoria. He is hurried to the Coliseum where a large crowd gives him an ovation before he delivers remarks and continues his speaking tour.
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Ill
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago
Jmoria
Beaumont Men Duel. Two Contractors Kill Each Other
Special to Daily News Beaumont Texas April 5. In a street duel two leading Beaumont contractors and builders M A Mc Knight and M C Whitney killed each other after long running feuds intensified by a grand jury report. McKnight stopped Whitney at a building entrance fired multiple times. Whitney fired back after collapsing near the American National Bank. Both men died within moments.
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Daily News
Beaumont
Tex
M. A. McKnight
M. C. Whitney
McKnight
Whitney
American National Bank
Southern Commercial Congress to Convene in Nashville
Nashville expects 2900 delegates for the fourth annual Southern Commercial Congress meeting starting next Monday. Statewide representation ranges from Maryland to Texas and Missouri to Florida, with prominent speakers including Senator Joseph W Pailey, Senator F O Newlands, Louis W Hi, EK Craighead, Maurice F Bean, Col 7 O Weight, and Col DO CC Collier.
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Tenn
Southern Commercial Congress
Maryland
Texas
Missouri
Florida
South
Joseph W. Pailey
F. O. Newlands
Nevada
Louis W. Hi
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Great Northern Railway
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Tulane University
Maurice F. Bean
United States
Denmark
Col
7. O Weight
Frerelades Drainage
DO CC Collier
T) California-Vanama Exposition
San Diego
Montana Democrats Converge to Choose State Convention Venue
Helena Mont April 5 Members of the Democratic State central committee of Montana arrive for a meeting to set the date and location of the state convention that will name delegates to the national Baltimore convention. Wilson supporters led by Governor Norris expect influence, while Clark and Harmon factions also loom. A hard fight over Wilson instructions seems likely.
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Mont
Democratic State Central Committee of
Montana
Baltimore
Wilson
Norris
Clark
Harmon
Dedication of John Paul Jones Memorial in Potomac Park
Washington April 5 memorial dedication two weeks hence marks unveiling of John Paul Jones statue in Potomac Park. Secretary of the Navy presides with addresses by President Taft and General Horace Porter. Admiral Dewey to perform unveiling. Marine Band to provide music. parade of armed forces and patriotic societies to follow.
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Potomac Park
John Paul Tones
Secretary of the Navy
Taft
Vieneral Horate Porter
New York
Admiral Dewey
United States Marine Band
National Guard
Formal Demand on Taft Petition Declares Re Newed Attacks
Washington April 5 A National Lumber Manufacturers Association petition demands rapid publication of the Commerce and Labor Department conclusions on the lumber industry investigation ordered by Congress in 1906. The letter cites rising mill prices and distant blame on trusts, urging full public verdicts to counter insinuations and alleged conspiracies.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Department of Commerce and Labor
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National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Arem
Secretary of Commerce
Department Commerce and Labor
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Navel
Smith
Washington
Lumber Trust
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