Flood Losses Run Into Millions In Montana Dam Break
Floods from the Hauser lake dam break cause widespread damage in Montana. Craig wiped out, thousands of cattle drowned, ranches damaged, with losses estimated in the millions. The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co. may be liable. Dam rebuilds and Wolf Creek dam project likely proceed. Signals from Hauser indicate Great Falls spared significant damage. Rail disruption reported near Wolf Creek with three feet of water on tracks for weeks. Assistant Secretary of State Bacon reportedly expected to become Secretary of War around July 1.
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Samuel T. Hauser
Helena
Stewart
Wolf Creek
Deadly floods hit Texas and Arkansas as rivers rise
Floods sweep Clear Fork and West Fork in Texas with the highest levels in twenty years. One man drowns fleeing rising waters as residents abandon lowlands for higher ground. In Arkansas, the Lower Arkansas river breaks levees near Little Rock and near the state farm convicts helped seal a breakout, prompting partial levee cuts to defend the area.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Clear Fork
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas River
Society Girls Fire Watch at Rogers Residence
Three Baltimore society women Mary Bayly Fanny Bayly and Mildred Dulany carried water on the roof of Miss Marley Rogers country house near Rogers Station to hold back a chimney fire until fire crews arrived. The rear of the residence suffered heavy damage but the blaze was extinguished.
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Baltimore
Marley
Rogers
Rogers Station
Mary
Fanny Bayly
Mildred Dulany
Misses Bayly
Iugers
Misa Dulany
Iowa Jurist David Hindman Dies at Boone
Judge David R Hindman aged 14 ten years on the Eleventh district bench died Friday from a ruptured blood vessel. He was a well known lawyer and jurist in Boone Iowa, respected for decades of service on the bench.
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Iowa
Boone
David R. Hindman
Eleventh Judicial District
Noted Iowan Baldwin Dies in Omaha at 60
John N. Baldwin longtime Union Pacific general solicitor and Council Bluffs resident died in Omaha on the morning of the 19th at age 60. A famed orator and jurist lineage from Caleb Baldwin, he helped lead Iowa Republican politics and once nominated William Jennings Bryan for president. He had spent years in law, public service, and with Wright & Baldwin.
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Omaha
John N. Baldwin
Iowa
Baldwin
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Council Bluffs
Caleb Baldwin
Supreme Court of
John Nehemiah Baldwin
Fairfield
Pennsylvania
Lilla G. Holcomb
Cedar Rapids
George B. Wright
Wright & Baldwin
George S. Wright
William B. Alison
St. Louis
Bright
California
Hundreds Fired in Fort Dodge Stucco Mill Strike
About 300 United States Gypsum workers in Fort Dodge were discharged as the day shift yielded to the night shift. The dispute centers on gypsum rock mining rates, with miners seeking a 5 cent per ton increase by the 21st. failure to concede led to terminations and a likely nationwide mill shutdown.
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Fort Dodge
United States Gypsum Company
United States
United States Company
The
Trust
American Independent Gypsum Company
Electric Dan Patch Road construction moves to Dubuque
Work on the Dan Patch Air Lane electric road between Dubuque and Minneapolis shifts. Crews from the north end at the Ine will relocate to Dubuque and start active construction there. A $600,000 local boost signals a Dubuque boom. The government dredge heat No 26, built at Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, is launched, costing $125,000.
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Dubuque
Minneapolis
Ine
Duburque
Weaver Still Missing As Iowa Falls Couple Sight Attorney
A Iowa Falls couple, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Osterbach, report seeing Attorney W. J. Weaver in Connell Cluits while en route south. The county grand jury’s actions remain unofficial and unverified, with police continuing efforts to locate Weaver.
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Iowa Falls
Town Falls
A. C. Osterbach
Connell Cluits
W. J. Weaver
Weaver
Fire in De Soto threatens town and destroys lumber yards
A midnight fire in De Soto destroyed Kite Lumber yards, J W Blackman ice houses, and H I Malcomb corn crib, with an estimated 11 500 loss and 5 100 insured lumber stock. Wind drove flames toward the main residence area. water supply ran low and aid from nearby towns was summoned. Origin remains a mystery and officials may investigate.
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de Soto
Kite Lumber Company
J. W. Blackman
H. I. Malcomb
de Soto Brick and Tile Company
Des Moines
Des Moines Student Arrested After Cambridge Auto Crash
Frederick Oliver Thompson of Des Moines Iowa, Harvard law student, was arrested in Cambridge Massachusetts after an auto accident in which an unknown woman died. Thompson and another Harvard student were riding in the car. He was released on $4000 bond. Thompson's father is H DeVere Thompson, Des Moines Union vice president.
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Massachusetts
Fred O. Thompson
Cambridge
Mass
Frederick Olver Thompson
Des Moines
Harvard Universty
Thompson
Harvard Prudent
Frederick Oliver Thompson
H. DeVere Thompson
Des Moines Union
Hubbells
Oliver
Colorado
Greek Feud Ends In Murder In Davenport-A
A Greek laborer George Thotis was shot and wounded by a killer named Nicholas Baromis during a Davenport feud that began in Greece. Police scoured the area and checked all trains for the fugitive, while another Greek suspect Gregoss Baromis was also involved.
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Davenport
Greece
George Thotis
Gregoss Baromis
Nicholas Baromis
Child Dies After Scalding Incident Near Boone
The year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelly living east of Boone fell into hot water. Medical staff reported extensive burns and the child’s condition grew critical with death hourly expected.
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Boone
Sam Kelly
Burglars Blow Safe, Steal $150 Then Set Fire
Burglars blew open the safe at the People's laundry, took $150, and set the building ablaze before escaping. They tampered with the fire alarm beforehand. Police, who heard the explosion, saved potential victims. Seven suspects were arrested and two revolvers found on them.
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City
People's Laundry
Cornell Mutfs County Attorney Files Ouster Petition
County Attorney J. Iil filed a petition to oust H. V W. Bellay from the clerk district court role. Bellay was temporarily removed by Judge Wheeler during an inquiry into alleged irregularities. The petition alleges records were altered and about $2000 is missing, with specifics enumerated.
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Cornell Mutfs
Jiil. Tless
Workers Strike At Rock Plant In Mason City
About 25 workers at the Mason City Brick & Tile plant walked out over the importation of forty Austrians. The aldermen employed at the plant remained with the company.
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Rock
Mason City
Mason City Brick & Tile Company
Clinton-Mrs Irene Dolph Indicted for Murder
Irene Dolph, a 17 year old girl, was indicted by the grand jury for first degree murder. The charge follows the alleged killing of her husband as he slept.
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Clinton
Irene Dolph
Italy to Sail 11 Battleships in Turkish Waters Demonstration
Rome reports Italy will dispatch a squadron of eleven battleships under Admiral Iarenet to show force in Turkish waters. The fleet, led by the Regina Elena and carrying about 5,096 men, aims for Asia Minor with possible landfall on a small island if needed. The move backs post office disputes and broader Turkish provocations, with eight destroyers joining to push total near 7,000 sailors and 500 heavy guns. The gesture seeks no permanent occupation and has broad international approval.
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Rome
Iarenet
Elevic
Regina Hlens
Duke of the Abruzzi
Asia Minor
Turkey
Tripoli
Hallan
Italy
Balkan
Albania
Macedonia
Cannons Slap at Williams as House Adjourns Over Division Demand
Washington April 20 Sit uation grows tense after the house adjourned on the motion of Payne of New York without a division vote the minority leader Williams condemning the action as tyrannous and calling it the most high handed proceeding ever by the speaker of the house of representatives.
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Washington, D. C
House
Payne
New York
Representative Williams
Williams
House of Representatives
Conger Sale Denounced In House Debate In 1900s Washington
Representative Slayden of Texas denounced a Purported Conger sale of 48 curios acquired from the imperial palace of Pekin after its siege, saying the collection was valuable though controversial, drawing much attention in the House.
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Conger
Washington, D. C
Slayden
Texas
China
Peklig
Withdraw Government Suit Against Chittenden Brothers
The U S Attorney General acting on a request from the secretary of war ordered the Western District of Washington to withdraw the government suit against Maj H M Chittenden and his brother Judge C O Chittenden for alleged land frauds in Washington state. The secretary’s letter asking dismissal exonerated the brothers.
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Seattle
Wash
The
United States
Jeterror
Western District
Washington
H. M. Chittenden
Corps of Engineers
A. 8
C. O. Chittenden
Lhfe
Judy
Missing Crook Robbs Bank in Osage Hills Pursuit
In Coffeyville Kansas two men robbed Citizens Bank at Chautauqua locking cashiers in the vault and escaping with about $3000 toward the Osage Hills in Oklahoma. The bank cashier identified one suspect as William Tenant 23 formerly of Chautauqua who had recently escaped from Nowata jail on a horse stealing charge. Four pursuers followed as mudded roads delayed capture.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Citzens’ Bank
Chautauqua
C. Vaulterhouse
del Bailey
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dalton, Starr
Walterhouse
del Easley
Easley
William Tenant
Nowata
Okla
Minnesota Taft Delegates Carry Taft Instructions
Minnesota Republicans chose four at large delegates to the Chicago national convention and instructed them to back Secretary of War Taft until he wins the nomination. Minnesota’s 22 votes will back Taft as all district delegates also follow Taft. In another item, a theater scare in Bagmaw Michigan ended without panic after smoke from a nearby gasoline lighting plant exploded, with safe egress for moviegoers.
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Minneapolis
Miani
Minnesota
Chicago
Taft
Bagmaw, Mich
Bijou Vyaude Villa
Copper Coin Fatality Ends Laporte Farmer’s Life
James Huckins a 67 year old farmer of Laporte Indiana died Friday from poisoning after a large copper cent swallowed six decades ago became encased in his stomach lining and formed an abscess.
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Laporte
Ind
James Huckins
Two Little Girls Cremated in Worthington Fire
Two daughters of William M Watts were cremated after starting a blaze while playing in a barn two miles north of Worthington Indiana. The incident occurred Friday evening in the rural area near the town.
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Worthington
Ind
William M. Watts
Crow chief gifts war bonnet to Senator Clapp
Washington report details Senator Clapp of Minnesota receiving a war bonnet from Chief Plenty Coos and Crow tribesmen after three weeks of testimonies before the Indian Affairs Committee. The feathered headdress, sign of rank, stunned the senator who thanked the chief as the party set for Montana.
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Washington
Clapp
Minnesota
Committee On Indian Affairs
Big Indian
Plenty Coos
Senate
Montana
Pageantry and fleet festival at San Diego celebration
Fun for fleet crews as 3000 sailors explored 16 ships at anchor off Coronado. Morning boat races, baseball, tours, free lemonade, and rides filled the day, with fireworks at night. Rear Admiral Thomas and other officers attended a picnic 30 miles inland, while launches shuttled visitors to sea.
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San Diego
Thomas
Iberty
Anchorage
Coronado
Sea Hall
Cal
Wisconsin Senator La Follette Returns to Senate Soon
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, who has been confined to his room for two weeks by illness, is much improved and expects to attend the Senate session in a few days.
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Senator la Follette
Washington
la Folllette
Wisconsin
Senate
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