Montana Dam Break Causes Severe Flooding and Loss
Early dispatches report Hauser Dam breaks unleashing floodwaters across northern Montana. Craig and Hauser Lake towns, about 46 miles north of Helena, are submerged under 25 feet of water. Livestock losses loom as a 300 foot dam section collapses, releasing a 70 foot high wall of water over 22 square miles. Great Falls faces rising flood risk as rivers flood towns and panicked residents flee to hills.
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Mont
Cascade
Hauser Iake
Ja Dotlin
Great Falls
Iver
Montana
Craig
Lewis and Clark County
Hauser Lake
Flood Threat Looms Over Great Falls and Nearby Towns
Water race toward Great Falls as engineers weigh blasting the Great Falls day to save the city. Crest expected about four o clock this afternoon. Craig thirty miles north reports 23 feet above normal, with Cascade and other mining towns possibly underwater. Communications severed between Helena and Great Falls. A man drowned at Great Falls while sounding above the dam. Memphis primaries underway for Democratic county nominations in Shelby county.
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Craig
Here
Cascade
Helena
Chicago urged for better convention site by NR chairman
National Committee chairman Harry New criticized Chicago for poor convention prep and space. He said other cities could host 14,000 delegates, lamenting Chicago's lack of suitable facilities and cash incentives to seat more than 11,000 in the Coliseum.
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National Republican Committee
Chicago
Harry New
Republican National Committee
Coliseum
New Carnegie Endowed National University Planned
A Portland dispatch reports Andrew Carnegie plans a $25,060,000 endowment to create a national university with Roosevelt as chancellor. The plan includes the president traveling abroad for a year before organizing the university, as relayed by a Washington informant. Separately, a South Dakota land sale will begin in Beadle County and continue in 14 more counties, offering state school lands under a legislative requirement to sell at least 50,000 acres annually until targets are met.
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Portland Journal
Hays
Carnegie
Roosevelt
Bells Head
Portland
Ore
National University
Andrew Carnegie
Evening Journal
Washington
Elihu Root
Taft Seeks Two More Delegates In Eighth District
Somerville Mass April 15 Taft likely to gain two more delegates at the national convention as unpledged candidates oppose the Taft slate but appear unlikely to derail the effort.
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Somerville
Mass
Stock Show and Market Day Draw Huge Local Interest
La Grande promises a grand stock show parade with 75 blooded horses through main streets, a Market Day to follow, and wide civic participation. Farmers from Union County and surrounding areas, plus a La Grande band and lady riders, will join the event as merchants expect a banner shopping day for the valley. Meanwhile sailors from the battleship fleet in San Diego faced sleeping accommodations shortages, forcing a street-strolling night for nearly 300 men on shore leave.
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Grande Ronde
Marade
Elgin
Alycel
Amerville
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M. H. Kirtley
la Grande Finess
Yeview
Oregon
Wales
la Grande Business Tan
Diego
Cal
Fleet Parade Monster Affair in San Diego Landing
Crowds along Coronado and San Diego streets cheer as Marines and bluejackets land. Under Captain Schroeder of the battleship Virginia, hundreds march in a grand parade building on postwar patriotism and public excitement.
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San Diego
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Schroeder
Virginia
Johnson fights for Democratic presidential nomination
Chicago April 16 Stirred by Abbott and Bryan material Johnson of Minnesota moves from passive stance to a determined bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He says he is in the race despite opinions of interlopers and insists he will wage a dignified, persistent campaign. Confederate Monument dedication planned in Batonton Georgia with a statue of an old Confederate uniformed figure. Funds raised by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Jon A. Johnson
Chicago
Willa J. Abbott
W. J. Bryan
Washington
Johnson
Minnesota
Atlanta
Batonton
South
Massachusetts Meeting Planned for Commercial Club Reorganization
A mass meeting is planned to organize a restructured Commercial Club aimed at promoting city and county business interests. Directors discussed early next week plans, with T J Ormond interviewing local business leaders who expressed strong enthusiasm.
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Commercial Club
Seabana
Kate Oas
T. J. Ormond
Oregon
Roseburg
Albany
McMinnville
Bay
Ptite
Eugene
Lane County
Medford
Grende Tonde Valley
San Oregon
Ikla
Enet
Douwkee
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