Six Million For Mississippi River Flood Control Fund
The Rivers and Harbors Committee approved six million dollars for the Mississippi River in the next appropriation bill. Humphreys of Mississippi will chair the new Flood Control Committee with Garrett of Tennessee and Russell of Missouri as vice chairmen. The Mississippi River Commission has a one million dollar fund for flood relief and is already using part of it in Arkansas Missouri Tennessee and Mississippi.
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England demands Appam return under Hague treaty terms
The British ambassador formally requests that the steamship Appam be turned over to the British consul under the Hague convention. Britain argues any changes to equipment or crew that raise offensive power would violate international law, risking US responsibility. Secretary Lansing said the key issue is how long the Appam may stay in an American port while treaty interpretation is resolved.
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Turks Evacuate Erzerum City
Petrograd report in Novoe Vremya cites a trusted source stating the Turks have evacuated Erzerum, a key stronghold on the Caucasian front, signaling a shift in regional control during the war.
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Seven Dead in Arkansas Floods
The Arkansas floods have killed seven people by Feb 3 with extensive damage and mass homelessness. Drowned include a Newman farmer Tom Perguis and a unidentified man, plus a negro family near Mellwood. Levee breaks flood Lincoln and Desha counties as communities flee. Rescues include fifty marooned in Gould aided by a self-made boat after a failed rescue attempt.
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Newport
Columbue
River Stage Forecasts Across Mississippi Valley
Weather bulletin updates river stages on the Ohio at Cairo and the Mississippi below Cairo. Forecasts show Memphis 45 feet, Helena 53 by Feb 12. Arkansas City 56 between Feb 8 and 10. Greenville 50.6 by Feb 8 10. Vicksburg 52.5 by Feb 8 10 matching historic highs, with Yazoo City 28.5 by Feb 11. Predictions assume levee integrity.
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Allies Occupy Kamerun as Germans Cross to Spain
Madrid reports nine hundred Germans and fourteen thousand colonial troops from Kamerun crossed into Spanish Guinea after being disarmed and interned. The move signals a spring 1916 start to the Franco British campaign in Kamerun, a German protectorate in Western Equatorial Africa with 2.64 million population.
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May Release Burgomaster Burgomaster Max of Bruxy
Zurich reports the release of Burgomaster Max of Bruxy is imminent. The dispatch notes potential gains from his freedom and signals an upcoming political development in the Swiss city.
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Arkansas River Flood Destroys Arkansas City Town
Arkansas City faces a six foot flood surge as White River breaches levees at Clarendon and the rising Mississippi loom. Boats stand by on the levee as residents, many in second stories or box cars, await rescue amid a 55.7 foot gauge and a spreading inland lake. Deaths rise to seventeen with a drowned child and a lost horse.
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Augusta
Christy Taylor
Freedom for Filipinos Bill Clears Senate With Independence Clause
The Philippines bill securing self governance and potential independence within four years passed the Senate 52 to 24. Democratic leaders led by Stone failed to amend independence terms, but supported by six Progressive Republicans. The measure heads to the House with President Wilson’s backing, aiming for early passage pending any future conditions.
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Fire destroys Canadian Parliament in Ottawa blaze
The historic Parliament building in Ottawa burns after a blast in the reading room with explosions suspected. Two women guests of the Speaker’s wife die from smoke. Officials including Frederick Pardee and William Loggs are missing. Fire brigades from Montreal aided, with no insurance on the building.
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William S. Loggs
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Mme. Morin
Beauce
Mme. Sevigny
Mme. Dussault
Washington faces crisis in Lusitania talks with Germany
Washington weighs a grave crisis as Count von Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing review Germany’s latest Lusitania reply. Berlin’s tone implies denial of illegality in the sinking, widening diplomatic strain since submarine warfare negotiations began. The president plans a full cabinet discussion before final reply.
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Skoda Works Armaments Plant Partly Destroyed
A dispatch from Bucharest to Messaggero reports a blast partially destroyed the Skoda Works arms factory at Pilsen Bohemia in Austria Hungary.
Mississippi Briefs A busy farming and crime roundup
Fernwood farms expand oats grazing and summer sowing. Mississippi A M College expects 290 more students next session. Biloxi reports a deadly mobile crime near North Bend as two Black men shoot two white men. Daniel dies, Fulton wounded. locals hear long-standing white vs Black tensions. Belmont man Burk Moore commits suicide with a rifle. Brookhaven schools closed for lack of funds. calls for an extra two-mill levy possible. Gunnison says levees ready to hold Mississippi River flood. Ocean Springs ships over 100000 pecan trees this season, worth about 75000. Coldwater forms a new company to grow fruit and vegetables and run a canning factory.
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Fred Daniel
George Fulton
North Bend
Fulton
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J. W Stribling
Belmont
Barney Grice
Board of Supervisors
Gunnison
J. Brooks
Deeson
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Ocean Springs
Senate Opposes New County Bill and Adopts Dry Law
Mississippi legislature reports show Senate voting 110 to 12 to pass the Roberson-Anderson prohibition measure copied from Alabama law. The bill enlarges liquor controls, bans shipments of more than a quart in fifteen days, and tightens penalties up to 500 dollars fine and up to six months imprisonment, with broader carrier restrictions and prima facie evidence of a blind tiger.
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Senate
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Washington
John Barleycorn
Mississippi
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Alabama
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Anderson
Mississippi Flood Relief Asked by Legislature
The Mississippi legislature adopted a house concurrent resolution memorializing Congress to authorize using National Guard property to aid flood sufferers in affected river sections. It rushed to the senate for immediate communication with the Mississippi congressional delegation in Washington. Brown Appéale Whisky Case In police court M A Brown faced liquor sale charges. he pled nolle contendre and was fined $50, appealed to circuit court, triggering a summer-term trial.
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