Flood Refugees Report Loss of Life in Louisiana Inundation
May 6 Newroads La flood refugees report deaths in the Toryas breach area. Boats arrived too late to save many from flooded houses. dozens remain missing or escaped on rafts. Rescue crews face shifting waters and rapid crevasses across Pointe Coupee Parish and Batchelor.
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Newroads
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tor- Tras
Lettsworth
Toryas
Batchelor
Poine Coupee
Gomez Warned to Flee Mexico by Orozco
Escalon Mexico May 7 General Pasquale Orozco refuses to recognize Emilio Vasquez Gomez’s provisional Juarez government. He orders Gomez and associates to leave Mexico or face pursuit as his advance guard nears Chihuahua en route to fed eral forces under General Huerta.
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Escalon
Mexico
Pasquale Orozco
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Juarez
Orozco
Gomez
Chihuahua
Huerta
Vasquez Gomez
County Education Board Sets June 8 for Commencement
The county board of education met at the County Superintendent H G Felger's office and set June 8 at Princess rink for the county schools commencement exercises. Rev Thomas H Kuhn of Indianapolis was chosen to deliver the address. A program committee includes Henry E Branning Frank Lamont D H Forsythe and F G Felger. Another committee led by Edgar Myers H B Roller H J Shaffer H G McDuffie and the superintendent will review agriculture texts to adopt suitable books for county schools.
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County Board of Education
H. G. Felger
Princess Rink
Thomas H. Kuhn
Indianapolis
Henry E. Branning
Frank Lamont
D. H. Forsythe
F. G.felger
Edgar Myers
H. B. Roller
H. J. Shaffer
H. G. McDuffie
Lafayette Business Leader Frederick R. Levering Dies
Lafayette Indiana May 7 Frederick R Levering a prominent Lafayette business man died yesterday at his home after a long illness. The death ends a noted career in the city’s commercial life.
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Lafayette, Ind
Frederick R. Levering
Lafayette
Lever
Ohio battle grounds shape Taft Roosevelt clash
Roosevelt and Clark gain a solid 16 Maryland delegates to Chicago from the state convention with 16 Republican delegates to be named in May. Democratic delegates chosen May 16 will yield 32 national votes. Roosevelt and Clark backers claim unity after a close Maryland vote, hoping state law keeps delegations aligned to their candidates at Chicago.
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Wilson
Ohio
Roosevelt
Clark
Maryland
Chicago
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Baltimore
Gov
Texas Conventions Hold Step Toward Presidential Picks
Dallas May 7 Texas Democrats and Republicans held county conventions to indicate preferences among Wilson Harmon and Clark and between Taft and Roosevelt. Wilson leads the Democratic side while Taft Roosevelt contest remains open. Conventions planned in at least 243 counties.
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Dallas
Texas
Wilson
Harmon
Champ Clark
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Saloon Tragedy In Jelbyville A P Alexander Dies From Acid Poisoning
In Jelbyville Indiana on May 7 A P Alexander drank acid from a beer glass while companions toasted his health. He died shortly after amid belief in a charmed life. He had told a friend days earlier that he might be better off if a fatal accident occurred.
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Jelbyville
Ind
A. P. Alexander
Tragic buggy accident near Terre Haute claims teen rider
A late afternoon buggy crash near Terre Haute yesterday left a fourteen year old boy dead and his adult companion gravely injured. The vehicle overturned after departing the road, with emergency crews racing to the scene.
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Terre ‘Haute
Alr
Rae Wi
Fort Wayne and Toledo Interurban Line Under Construction
Grading work for the Fort Wayne and Toledo Electric railway has begun with large crews. The line aims to run 55 miles from Fort Wayne to Montpelier with connections to major cities, hourly service, and freight and mail cars. Bonded finance plans total about 1 million dollars, with expected gross earnings near 302,500 and net 121,000 after expenses.
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Fort Wayne
Toledo
Philadelphia
Indi
Sandusky
Fostoria
Lima
Springfield
Hamilton
Cleveland
Findlay
Tiffan
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Logansport
Muncie
Astor will reveals Vincent as principal beneficiary after Titanic
John Jacob Astor names son Vincent as primary heir and residuary legatee in a will drafted in New York after his 1912 marriage. The trust funds allocate 5 million to the widow and 3 million for a posthumous child, with a single charity bequest of 30 thousand to St. Paul’s School.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Talmage Force
Vincent Astor
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Muriel
Ava Willing Astor
William Vincent
Ava Alice Muriel
William Astor
United States
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Titanic Inquiry Hearings Question Lifeboat Use
Lord Mersey questioned Quartermaster Robert Hichens about lifeboat use at the Titanic disaster. Hichens testified that lifeboats would not have helped, and that in every other boat he had served on he had the same experience.
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London
Lord Mersey
Board of Trade
Robert Hichens
Hichens
Girl Rescued From Island Near Evansville
The twelve year old Thelma Rouleau was found on a river island near Evansville by Perry Tichenor and brought to the city. Police expect arrests as they pursue leads that someone abandoned her to die. The girl said she left school to pick flowers and got lost. investigators doubt her account due to wide river channels.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Perry Tichenor
Tichenor
Mount Vernon
Thelma Rouleau
Mary Rouleau
Mizpah Temple Party Honored at Shrine Conclave
Mizpah temple of Fort Wayne sent four representatives a patrol and band and about a hundred nobles and wives to the Imperial Council meeting of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Los Angeles. The Catalina Island trip was rough with an exciting voyage as the largest delegation made the special voyage. Nearly 50 000 Shriners and friends are in the city for the thirty eighth conclave business session.
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Sentinel
Los Angeles
Cal
Fort Wayne
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
Catilina Island
Emily Hoffman Weds Edward Hoffman In Presbyterian Church
Miss Emily Rosenkrantz Hoffman and Edward George Hoffman, Democratic chairman of the Twelfth district and county attorney, married Tuesday evening at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. D. W. Moffat. Relatives and local guests attended with a small bridal party including Mrs. J. J. Kline and Miss Jessamine Sale.
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Emily Rosenkrantz Hoffman
Edward George Hoffman
Twelfth Congressional District
First Presbyterian Church
D. W. Moffat
J. J. Kline
Jessamine Sale
May -Jewell Smith
Edith Tewkesbury
Irvington
N. Y
H. Brook Sale
Charles H. Pidgeon
Frederick E. Hoffman
Messrs
John Hoffman
C. K. Barnaby
Walter A. Barrett
W. F. Peters
Dr. Leslie
Alex Boyd
Philadelphia
Samuel Royce
Terre Haute
Train Derailment in South Carolina Injures Many
A Southern Railway train from Washington to Jacksonville derailed three miles north of Columbia on May 7. The crash overturned two sleeping cars after a wheel axle broke on the engine. Most passengers continued on their journey. the number of injured was reported as many.
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Columbia
S.C
Southern Railway
Washington
Jacksonville
Governor Marshall Rejects Scramble for Delegates
New York May 6 Governor Thomas R Marshall of Indiana criticizes aggressive presidential candidates from both parties and says he will not seek votes as if asking for a marriage. He focuses on service over honors and jokes Roosevelt may be among those he challenged.
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New York
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Theodore Roosevelt
New York Times
Roosevelt
Marshall
Col. Roosevelt
Republic
United States
Washington
Congress
Healy Is Guilty of Manslaughter in Indiana Killing
Harry Healy aged 18 was found guilty of manslaughter in Washington Indiana for complicity with his father in the killing of Robert Walker the Marshall of Montgomery The jury announced its verdict today A new trial motion will be sought The elder Healy faces a separate murder trial to proceed later in the case arising from the Montgomery restaurant quarrel last winter
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Washington
Ind
Harry Healy
Robert Walker
Montgomery
John Healy
Healy
Walker
Allen county trustees meet as county board of education
Township trustees of Allen meet as the county board of education for a annual session. The group includes D H Foraythe Abeite Louis J Roy and others. Wesley Work re elected county truant officer. The meeting followed by dinner at the Anthony hotel with a group photo taken by Standish. Some members declined the photo and left after dinner.
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Township Trustees
Allen
County Board OF Education
Wesley. I. Work
Work
Anthony Hotel
The
Sentinel
Standish
Herman Fenker
Adams
Charles Daily
Cedar Creek
John Solon
Lake
August Bretvneke
Maumee
M. Johnson
Monroe
Wesley. Swank
Pleasant
Michael Costello
St. Joseph
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Shreveport
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Thos. H. Kuhn
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Taft Roosevelt
Wilson Zasy
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Noblesville
Jeffersonville
Wabash
Crawfordsville
Tipton
Franklin
Seymour
New Albany
Detroit
Michigan
Louisville Kentucky
ASTOR
Ries Again
Islam Temple
San Francisco
Catalina
Additional Society
Hoffman—Hoffman
Washington, Ind
D. H. Foraythe
Abeite
Louis J.’ Roy
Tee
Waynes H.inning, Jr
Dep B. Roller
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