Vast Territory Inundated By Tawny Flood
Ohio River flood reports from Cincinnati and across the Kentucky towns describe deplorable conditions with no power, water, or light. Direct losses exceed 2 million dollars, hundreds of homes flooded, thousands homeless, and relief efforts intensified as Dayton faces about 1,000 inundated homes and 4,000 people needing aid.
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Ohio
Hunt
Red Cross
Kentucky
Newport
Dayton
Smdlow
Bellevue
Louisville Prepares for Crest of Flood
Louisville Ky March as the Ohio River rises gradually all day authorities expect a crest early tomorrow. Indications put the crest near 46 feet with winds driving waves and increasing damage. In Parkland Shipping Port and nearby suburbs floodwaters loosened homes but crews tied structures to poles to save property.
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Louisville
Suburis
Renewed Hope As Ohio River Rises In Cairo
Residents of Cairo Illinois wake to hoped relief as a strong river current emerges and the levee holds though water creeps upward. By 7 PM the gauge reads 52.6 feet, a level higher than the town’s highest street, with waters threatening Bridge Junction and prompting continuation on Page Four.
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Cairo
Ohio River
Fulton
Alo
Bridge Junction
Dinner Dilemmas Prompted by Frugal Menus
A housewife contemplates daily dinner ideas as limited means push grocery ads to spark menu planning. The Constitution suggests sellers can boost sales by printing appetizing recipes and prices, catching readers at breakfast time when thoughts turn to meals.
Walter Page Goes to British Court
Washington reports President Wilson plans to fill ambassadorships with many posts sent to the senate. Walter H Page, editor of Worlds Work and Wilson ally, has been offered and accepted the American ambassador to Great Britain and will depart for London within ten days.
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Wilson
Congress
Senate
Walter H. Page
World's
Great Britain
White House
Page
London
New York State
Redfield
McAdoo
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Fage
New York
Augustus Thomas
William Church Osborne
France
Germany
Empire
Rudolph Spreckels
San Francissco
Spreckels
Wilson National Progressive Republican League
Elmore W. Hurst
Rock Island
Thomas Nelson Page
Joseph E. Willach
Virginia
Justice J.on. Gerard
Frederick Penfield
Germantown
Henry Morganthau
Capt Baltzell Transfer Sought to Fort McPherson
Washington reports Senator Bacon pressing to move Captain George F. Baltzell from the Fifth Infantry at Plattsburg NY to the Seventeenth Infantry in Atlanta. Baltzell's wife Lucille Atkinson of Newnan is eager for the transfer. Orders issued for First Lieutenant John R. Ames to go to Fort DePphis.
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Washington
Senator Bacon
George F. Baltzell
Fifth Infantry
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Seventeenth Infantry
Atlanta
Baltzell
Lucille Atkinson
Newnan
W. ¥. Atkinson
John R. Ames
Fort DoPherson
Mayor Woodward Trails Rafter in Atlanta Fire Hose Probe
Mayor James G. Woodward shadowed James J. Rafter and Secretary Carlton after tips placed them in Rex Saloon on Peachtree Street. Rafter and Carlton were later seen near Engine House No. 4 with a third party, possibly a fire officer, amid ongoing fire department investigation into Fabric Fire Hose company bids versus Eureka. Woodward reports Rafter in Cairo previously and says the probe should continue with Rafter expected to testify on prior remarks about the city’s hose purchases and payoffs.
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Rex
Engine
James J. Rafter
Fabric Fire Hose Company
Atlanta
James G. Woodward
Woodward
Rafter
Pryor
Houston Street
Te Fire Department
G. B. Carlton
W. B. Cummings
Fire Department
Rex Saloon
Peachtree Street
Mayor Woodward
Willie
Fabric Fire
Eureka Fire Hose Company
W. R. Joyner
Lorenzo Jones
Joyner
Jorner
Jones
Eingine Company No. 4
North Pryor
Auburn Avenue
Toodward
J. H. Harwell
Cairo
Watler
Marehel Steinhauser
Piedmont Hotel
W B. Cummings
Hubert E. Davidson
Webb Fire Engine Company
Cottingham
Davidson
Cummings
Mayson
Charten
30 000 Cards Will Ask Charter Vote In Atlanta
Mayor James G Woodward announced that 30 000 postal cards will be mailed to Fulton county registered voters with a return card urging that the charter question be submitted to a popular election within fifty days. The effort, led by Captain James W English and the committee of 100 citizens, seeks voter support for submitting either the council or another charter to the people. The plan includes a stamped return card to Captain English.
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James G Woodward
James W. Enealish
James G. Woodward
Captain English
Council
Ank
Atlanta
Courtland Winn
Woodward
Woodward Felf
Citizens’ Committee
Councell
Committee of Twenty-Five
English Council
Engish
Ieee
Atlanta Financiers Honor J P Morgan After Death
Atlanta bankers including Colonel Robert J. Lowry and Captain James W. English voiced admiration for J P Morgan. They predicted little impact on the money market as Morgan’s son steps into leadership, noting his public contributions to finance and the arts.
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Rome
Italy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Atlanta
Eateam
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
America
Robert J. Lowry
Lowry National Bank
Udh
Pujo
Marriage Death or Immorality Only Chances for Sweatshop Girls
Chicago March 31 Witnesses before the Illinois vice commission hear that marriage death or immorality are the only escape for sweatshop girls. Wage range cited from 2.80 to 6 dollars weekly as investigators seize the Rosenwald & Well books for failure to appear. State senators plan a national aid network with Chicago merchants to help working women in stores and factories.
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Chicago
Tliinois Vice Commission
O'Hara
West Side
Juul
T. B. Scouten
B.M. Blair Coan
Rosenwald & Well
Barrett O'Hara
Abke “Association
Missing Georgia father case revived by clairvoyant aid
In Valdosta Georgia on March 31 a renewed search for Samuel M Clyatt missing for a year and a half began after his children followed an Atlanta clairvoyant to the scene of his disappearance near the road to Hahira The clairvoyant named two white men as murderers and said Clyatt was buried near a vacant negro cabin four miles from where the buggy and horse were found.
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Valdosta
Samuel M. Clyatt
Atlanta
Hahira
Lawrence
Clydit
Morgan dies after nervous collapse in Rome
J Pierpont Morgan the New York financier dies in Rome after a period of nervous prostration. He faded into a semicomatose state and could not digest nourishment, with his daughter seeking recognition of her hand. Officials and friends worldwide send condolences as plans consider transporting his body to the United States.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Noo
Victor Emmant High
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Satterlee
Orr.gan
United States
Thomas J. O'Brien
Zof
George Post Wheeler
Weather Prophecy Reinstale Tuesday and Pro Day Wednesday
Local report shows temperatures with mean 27 degrees and low forecast. The period includes 3.3 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours and excess rainfall since the month start and year start.
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