Daylight Flood Devastates Dayton Ohio Millions Impacted
Severe floods flood Dayton Ohio with three miles of water on the city center. Up to 5000 people feared dead and 5000 homeless as the Algonquin Hotel and many offices submerge. Mayors request boats, militia aid, and martial law as relief bills move.
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Dayton
Xenia
Algonquin
Heer
Middletown
Ohio
Hunt
Cincinnati
Cash
Chamber of Commerce
Hamilton
Cox
Miami River
Floods devastate Indiana causing mass homelessness and drownings
Indiana faces its worst flood with ten thousand homeless and millions in property losses. Four deaths are confirmed, with many towns cut off and power and water plants out of service. Marion and Mississinawa report severe damage as levees fail and cities go dark.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Marion
Mississnawa
Okomo
Ray Rothenburger
Roscoe
Frankfort
Wallace Garrison
Burlington
John Dagner
Newcastle
Dayton floods overwhelm city as levees fail
Daytons Miamis river bursts levees in three places flooding Riverdale North Dayton and suburbs. Thousands are homeless sheltered in tents and public buildings as factories close. Three companies of militia aid police while river rises beyond flood depth for 40 years with couriers warned residents Tuesday night.
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Dayton
Ohio
Riverdale
Thousands homeless as cyclone lashes Terre Haute
About 300 residents of Terre Haute Ind are homeless with 20 known dead five missing and 100 injured. City officials say the disaster has devastated the working class district and Mayor Gearhardt orders action against price gouging as stores double prices for food. The homeless crowd public schools while recovery begins.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Gearhardt
Cyclone Wrecks Train. Fifteen Dead at Makanda Illinois
Reports indicate a cyclone struck Makanda Tl Monday night killing fifteen people. A fast freight on the Illinois Central derailed with 25 cars plunging into a ditch. Torrential rain followed the cyclone and engineer Waggoner and fireman Andrews were injured.
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Anna
Makanda
Ilinois Central
Waggoner
Andrews
Will Count Nation's Cash As New Treasurer Takes Oath
The Treasury opens a nation wide money count on April 1 as Johns Hurke takes office as treasurer. A committee will seal vaults and guard the $115,000,000 in gold and silver while funds are verified over two to four months with careful weighing and transfer checks. The 1900s era procedure has seen past thefts and strict safeguards.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Johns Hurke
North Dakota
United States
Uncle Sam
Treasury
McAdoo
Congress
Cananea on edge as Mexican forces threaten attack
In northern Mexico near the Arizona border General Obregon and Colonel Cabral threaten Cananea after a failed surrender demand on Naco. State troops warn of an 18 hour attack and urge noncombatants to evacuate to safety while insurgent trains approach Cananea. Civilian women and children seek shelter as the Mexican White Cross Society prepares for battle.
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Cananea
Mex
Ojeda
Naco
Arizona
Obregon
Cabral
del Rio
Moreno
United States
Table Land
Oregon
Cananes
White Cross Society
President urged to aid social reform in Washington
Illinois Senatorial Vice Commission asks President Wilson to convene a conference of governors and vice commissioners to study the social problem. Representative Hill agrees to introduce a bill to create a DC vice conditions commission. Witnesses stress education over wages as a key factor in preventing girl corruption and blame men for degradation.
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Washington
Illinois Senatorial Vice Commission
Wilson
Hill
Ulinois
Congress
District of Columbia
Bamboo Growing Advised in California Timber Plan
Oroville Calif according to Superintendent J R Beagles of the United States Plant Introduction Garden bamboo shows rapid growth with timber-like development measured at 17 inches in 24 hours at the gardens. Officials say bamboo offers a practical timber conservation opportunity by creating a new supply.
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Oroville
Cal
J. R. Beagles
United States
California
Extra Session May Be Long
Washington Democrats foresee a prolonged extra session of Congress. They expect President Wilson to push currency reform and other urgent issues after tariff revisions are settled, with the tariff being a priority before broader legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Save the Babies Campaign Begins in New York
The Babies Welfare associations plan a spring clean-up in New York City. Milk stations day nurseries and baby hospitals will join in the educational campaign.
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New York
Babies’ Welfare Associaion
New York City
Heppner merchants discuss roads and artesian water plan
About fifty Heppner business men met at the Palace Hotel to push good roads to Geneva and improve the Spray and Willow Creek routes to Ritter. W. D. Newton offered to drill for artesian water if a $20,000 bonus is raised. committees were named to advance road plans and evaluate the water project.
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Heppner
Palace Hotel
Geneva
Spray
Willow Creek
Ritter
T. J. Mahoney
John Scott Mills
O-W, R, & N. Company
J. R. Stain
Mills
W. D. Newton
Hood River Cow Purchase Plan Aims Dairy Cooperative
Hood River Commercial Club proposes a cow purchasing association to select cows and aid orchardists financially. Professor Kent of Oregon Agricultural College says at least 200 more cows are needed for a profitable local creamery. The plan includes financing for buyers unable to pay cash and a buying agent to coordinate remittances.
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Hood River
Engineering Feat Big at Coos Bay Bridge Project
Southern Pacific engineers face a major problem in bridging Coos Bay as drilling to 100 feet shows only sand and no Tedrock. A plan to cast concrete foundations embedded in sand is being developed as a novel solution for this heavy structure.
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North Bend
Southern Pacific
Coos Bay
Tedrock
Bay
Crop Pests Discussed at Oregon Agricultural College
Results of two years work in crop pest investigations and horticulture at Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station are issued in a 300 page bulletin. The work covers body variation effects on fruit markings aphid forms affecting Oregon agriculture and San Jose senate work on penis. Color plates illustrate the treatises.
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Corvallis
Oregon Agricultural Collage Experiment Station
Oregon
San Jose Senate
Coquille to Acquire Public Park and Playground
Coquille will gain a public park and playground on a ten acre Patterson's Grove tract in city ownership after negotiations concluded. Citizens led by Mayor Morrison purchased the property and will hold it until the city is financially able to take the land. The grove will be prepared this season for children's recreation and for meetings and picnics.
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Coquille
Patterson's Grove
Morrison
Special election in Marshfield approves railway sale and band funding
Marshfield held a Tuesday special election with 606 votes cast. The proposal to sell the terminal railway franchise to the Southern Pacific carried 398 to 88 and the city band funding measure of 1800 dollars yearly passed 367 to 114.
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Marshfield
Terminal Railway
Southern Pacific
Orenco Horticultural Club hears lecture on sprayer use
Prof HL Jackson of Oregon Agricultural College outlines fungous disease sprays for apples and potatoes. He cites Bordeaux mixture, lime sulfur, and timing strategies, including autumn sprays before harvest, mid September cleanup, and spring leaf destruction to combat apple scab and other infections.
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Orenco
Orenco Horticultural Study Club
HL. 8
Jackson
Oregon Agricultural College
Bordeaux
Large Grain Acreage Due in Kilbourne Ranch Area
Kilbourne ranch in Gillam county covers 7000 acres with 14 acres in fall wheat and 1500 acres sown to spring grain including wheat and barley. Two caterpillar engines and six mule teams plow and seed daily, night crew, 18 to 20 workers, building projects, electric lighting, and eighteen inches of moisture boost crop prospects.
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Condon
Gillam
Kilbourne
Kilbourne Ranch
Peppermint Farm Planned Near Albany by Todd Brothers
H Todd and Alfred Todd have leased six miles east of Albany near Knox Butte to establish a peppermint farm. They will grow peppermint commercially and build a still to prepare the product for market. A crew is preparing ground for planting with erection of the still to follow.
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Albany
H. Todd
Michigan
Alfred Todd
Portland
Knox Butte
Pacific Coast
Todd Brothers
Treasurer Short 5 Cents in Albany County Accounts
F M Redfield reports after examining four and one half years of county treasurer W W Francis's books that $1 839 651 22 was accounted for with a five cent shortage. Redfield certified accuracy of the accounts and praised the manner of keeping them. He also verified special accounts.
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Albany
W. W. Francis
F. M. Redfield
Francis
Roseburg Cement Plant Proposal Sparks Town Meeting
A large Roseburg gathering heard D. W. Riedel from Portland propose building and operating a major cement plant near Roseburg. Riedel owns a premier quarry eight miles south and would fund a $650,000 plant if Roseburg citizens subscribe $100,000.
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Rosebureg
Roseburg
Roseburg Commercial
D. W. Riedel
Portland
Tiedel
Railroad Subsidy Set For Prineville Meet
A well attended meeting here approved a subsidy for a railroad project. The committee will meet H. P. Scheel of Tacoma in Portland soon, with a final contract expected to be signed. Good news for Central Oregon.
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Prineville
H. P. Scheel
Tacoma
Portland
Central Oregon
Currency reform likely as extra session looms
President Wilson and aides forecast early currency legislation alongside tariff revision during the upcoming extra session. Although tariff talks dominate, supporters expect a currency bill to be introduced as a party measure after cabinet review and input from finance authorities and business leaders. The president plans to stay in Washington, with cabinet discussions on recess appointments following Huntington Wilson's resignation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Himelf Cirat
de Algounr
Congresa
Simmons
Congressional
Huntington Wilson
State Department
Alva Adeo
John Bassette Moore
Adeo
Aryan
Assistant Secretary Resigns in Washington
Huntington Wilson, assistant secretary of state and Taft appointee, resigned suddenly over the Chinese loan policy. President Wilson accepted the resignation and named Adee to act during Bryan’s absence, with a likely move to appoint John Bassett Moore as counsellor with authority to act as secretary.
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Washington
Huntington Wilson
Taft
Wilson
Bryan
Lincoln
Adee
John Bassett Moore
Harvard President Chosen as Ambassador to Great Britain
Washington reports Dr. Charles Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard University, has been selected by President Wilson to serve as ambassador to Great Britain. Close friends urged acceptance. Rumors also name George W. Guthrie as ambassador to Mexico, with possible picks for Italy and other European posts. No choice yet for Japan.
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Harvard
United States
Washington
Charles Eliot
Harvard University
Wilson
Great Britain
Eliot
George W. Guthrie
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Mexico
James W. Gerard
New York
Italy
William Church Osborn
Augustus Thomas
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Japan
Customs inquiry on Mare Island officers and smuggled goods
San Francisco collector Stratton investigates whether five Mare Island family members serve in the U S Navy medical department and whether a box weighing 400 pounds containing over 1000 dollars in Chinese silks and notions arrived on the army transport Logan last Saturday without a ship manifest.
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San Francisco
Stratton
W. T. McGregor
A. Hammar
P. D. Norton
H. L. Troop
F. M. Brown
Mare Island
United States Navy Medical Department
Logan
Spirit Beckoned by Spirit World as Thompson Near Death
Alonzo Thompson, a Denver multi millionaire spiritualist, lies dying claiming hourly contact with his dead father. He says the spirit constantly beckons him to join the afterlife, with his two wealthy brothers present at the bedside, including Charles Thompson of Portland, Oregon.
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Denver
Alonzo Thompson
Nes
Mr. Thompson
Charles Thompson
Portland
Ore
Tornado Toll Mounts Across Omaha Area
A Nebraska tornado devastated Omaha and suburbs killing many and injuring hundreds. The storm damaged 1200 buildings, left thousands homeless, and disrupted telegraph and phone service. Lincoln reports about 100 dead and many injured. Local hospitals overwhelmed. Dundee and Florence wiped out. rescue efforts and militia deployments followed overnight.
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Omaha
Nebee
Nebraska
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Banson
Dundee
Florence
Webster Street
Windon
Kidls
Dahlman
Morehead
Hall
Terre Haute Cyclone Disaster Kills Nineteen
Nineteen people are killed and 250 seriously injured as a cyclone devastates Terre Haute Indiana and surrounding areas. About 275 homes are destroyed with nearly 1 million dollars in property damage. Rescue work continues with National Guard Company B and local police assisting, while relief efforts are coordinated from Indianapolis by Governor Ralston.
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Terre Haute
Ind
First Regiment
Indiana National Guard
Ralston
Indianapolis
Wellesley College Women Form Marriage Club
Wellesley College women form the Wellesley Marriage Club pledging no marriage for at least three years after graduation unless a husband earns a minimum income of 1000. Ten refused invites, membership capped at 500, upcoming meeting to pledge more members, aim to curb divorce court cases.
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Wellesley
Mass
Orty Wellesley College
Wellesley Marriage Club
Woman Makes Air Voyage From Los Angeles to San Diego
Los Angeles aviator Leonard Honney and passenger Miss Mar Stahl completed a nanoplane flight to San Diego, covering about 100 miles. They departed Los Angeles at 1:30 PM Sunday as wind and chill affected the day, with only a skid break on landing and no motor troubles. The trip begins a 100 mile Southern California tour.
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San Diego
W. Leonard Honney
Los Angeles
Marimaret Stal
Bonney
Miss Stahl
California
Bachelors Seek Wives From East For Langell Valley Men
In Langell Valley near here bachelors who have prospered in alfalfa and grain on homesteads have appealed to Rev. George H. Keese of Klamath Falls to obtain carload lots of marriageable women. Fraese is sending letters to Eastern cities to secure 200 women as a starter for the Lonely men.
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Klamath Falls
Langell Valley
George H. Keese
Fraese
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