Flood danger near end as Ohio River floods threaten Pittsburg area
March 18 dispatches describe crests at Portsmouth and Wheeling with the Ohio river rising and flood relief plans. Officials seek bonds up to 150000 to aid sufferers while mills restart. vast damage and deaths attributed to high water and mud, with thousands displaced and recovery efforts under way across Ohio Valley cities.
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Oelock
Bassler
Lontington
W. Va
Cinclnnet
Highth Street
Mill Creek
Portsmouth
Polhelma
Ohio
Pittsburg
Burs
Allegheny River
Parker
Pennsylvania
Dofon
New Martinsville
New Martinville Glass Compiung
Tmetsburg
Lake Erie
Fallaton
Wheeling
Ohio River
Wariskottary
Wisconsin Girl Kills Herself in Cal Home
Grace Parish, 27, committed suicide at her parents’ Moorehead Wis. home during their absence on Saturday. The act, attributed to worry over ill health, followed the family moving to Logoles California for the winter. Her father is a lumber dealer from Moorehead.
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Wisconsin
Logoles
Cal
Grace Parish
Mooreteqd
Wis
Eyewitness testimony in Brownsville shooting inquiry
Senator Foraker’s questioner hears from Macias Tomayo, a Brownsville carpenter, who worked on Fort Brown sewers and was near the wall when the Brownsville affray began. Tomayo claims no ties to the negro soldiers and asserts soldiers did not leave the barracks to fire into town. Foraker reveals paying witness travel expenses for southward interviews.
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Washington
Brownsville
Tex
Senator Foraker
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Trownsville
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Macias G. Tomayo
Fort Brown
Hye
Wal
Avijlengu
Poraker
Getting After Coal Roads in Indiana Intrigue
Washington reports an interstate commerce commission meeting with coal operators and mines groups in southern Indiana and Illinois. They discuss impending freight-rate changes and may urge the Attorney General to file anti trust actions against railroad officials under the Sherman act.
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Washington
Priday
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coal Mines’ Organization
Indiana
Southern 11H Nais
Fatal wreck on Rock Island near Little Rock
An eastbound Rock Island flyer from Hot Springs to Memphis ran through an open switch at Cuneo, three miles west of Little Rock. The crash killed engine and fireman, two mail clerks, a messenger, porter, and several dining car waiters. none of the passengers were injured. An investigator suggested the wreck was the work of a wrecking party.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tock Island
Hot Springs
Memphis
Cuneo
Killoyne
Currier Hud
Rock Island
Luis Gly
Ltis
Archies Return From Bed Rest Amid Easter Plans
Arch ie sovel s condition remains unsettled as Surgeon General Rixsey notes restrictions due to wartime measures will be lifted Archie sits up in bed and Theodore Roosevelt Jr will stay at the White House after Easter Also mentions a September encampment and a New Brunswick MP Alfred Sepugies Stockton's death in Ottawa.
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Archie
Bad
Washington
Archie Sovel
Rixsey
Towan Dies in Havana Kavana March 16
George Stewart, an American visitor from Cedar Rapids, died suddenly in Havana on Friday after reportedly suffering from Bright's disease. He collapsed at Trocha 1, the suburb of the city, as Havana Pebsuary 14 went on.
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Towan
Havana
Kavana
George Stewart
Cedar Rapla
Trocha 1
Bright
Soldiers Fight Cuban Guards Near Clara
Dispatch reports a clash between rival Gisial forces and a group of American natives near Clara. Several persons sustained serious injuries in the incident amid tense border violence and recurring gunfire.
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Tata
Clara
Gisial
Diamond Mateh Wages to Go Up One Month
Five Diamond company employees in Oo N March 16 were notified of a ten percent wage increase. The notice indicates a salary rise effective next month and underscores company labor cost adjustments for the period.
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Diamond Company
Brownsville Raid Mystery Explained by Ex-Soldier
Galveston March 18 A discharged Negro from the Twenty fifth Infantry provides a full confession to Galveston News reps outlining that the Brownsville raid began as retaliation after a white man struck a Black soldier. Several soldiers volunteered, others helped prep the arms, and the assault followed a perceived insult in Brownsville. The committee on military affairs notes prior information on a possible confession and government protection, but no official War Department report has been filed.
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Galveston
Tex
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Galveston News
United States
Whitp
St. Washington
Overman
North Carolina
State Committee On Military Affairs
Taft
War Department
Sal
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
War Department Tes
Employers press clerks to quit IWW or lose jobs
Industrial Workers Beaten Goldfield ev wlarul AML stores reopen Monday morning though employers will not join IWW. Employers offer clerks a choice to withdraw from that body or forfeit their positions. Very few clerks remained loyal to the Industrial Workers.
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Goldfield, Ev
Wlarul Aml
Industrial Workers of the World
Gen Eugene Powell Dead in Columbus at 72
Gen Eugene Powell died at his home in Columbus on Sunday at age 72. He served throughout the Civil War.
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Eugene Powell
Columbus
Houe
Thaw Not Bad At School In New York Case
Harry K. Thaw and a lawyer visit the Tombs to prepare a duplicat e statement denouncing stories about his Wooster University days. Llewellyn Gilliland of Van Wert Ohio signs a note asserting the interview is authentic and defends Thaw’s conduct as a student while criticizing later labeling of his actions as crimes.
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New York
Harry IK
Thuy
Dan O'Realy
Llewellyn Gilliland
van Wert, O
Wooster
Thaw
the Wooster University
Mr. O'Reilly
Gilliland
Harry Thaw
New York City
Stanford White
Tost Fumons
Girlsoner
Rockefeller rumor hints at vast New York gift
The Merald quoted a Rockefeller relative claiming John D. Rockefeller plans a large gift to New York City for charitable and educational ends. The rumor says the will talks of a donation approaching 250 million or more, with details to astonish the world once revealed.
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New York
Merald
Jon D. Rockefeller
Jéin LD. Rockefeller
Nerdidt
Witsman
Rockefeller
Liy
Lakewood
N. C
Hockefeller
Carnegie Medals to Heroes in First Distribution
Pittsburg March 18 the Carnegie hero and commission will begin the first distribution of Hero medals Monday. Gold silver and bronze medals will be awarded across the United States and Canada. In the last mailing dated January 11 twenty eight medals were approved but will be distributed later. Among those honored are Harvie C Giddings Lawrence A Hansen and Peter Lancaster of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero and Commission
United States
Cungin
Harvie Cgiddings
Lawrence A. Hansen
Peter Lancaster
Milwaukee
Wis
Wve
Bold Jewelry Store Hold Up In Hotel Hayward Building
In Los Angeles hundreds crowded the Sixth and Spring corner as a jewelry store in the Hotel Hayward building was robbed at about ten o clock Saturday night. The thieves escaped with loot valued between two and four thousand dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sixth and
Spring
Hayward
Steamer Skuld Reported Lost at Sea Near Miquelon
The Norwegian steamer Skuld, en route from Philadelphia to Rotterdam, was reported lost after being sighted on her beams end, about 16 miles south of the Island of Miquelon on March 15. Her crew had apparently abandoned ship.
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Skuld
New York
Philadelphia
Rotterdami
Bosnia
Hamburg
Island of
Miquelon
Confederate Veteran Dies in Springfield Missouri
Col. George 3. 'tathbun, a distinguished Confederate veteran who served with Shelby and Marmaduke in the Missouri campaign, died Sunday. He was 7 years old.
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Springfield
George 3
Tathbun
Shelby and
Marmaduke
Missouri
Hero Sun Gay
Hummels Story and Thaw Trial Witnesses
New York March 16. Hummel admits conviction for conspiracy and testifies about Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and the Stanford White case. Delmas objects. Justice Fitzgerald overrules. Nesbit denied privilege to discuss the 1903 affidavit. Five alienists testify Thaw knew the act was wrong the night he shot Stanford White.
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New York
Delmas
Idstriey
J¢rome Een
Fynam Abrabhm
Evelyn Nesbit
Eh Hirry K. Thaw
White
Mr. Delmas
Himmel
Justice Fitzgerald
Ms. Delmas
Evelyn Neahit Thaw
Hummel
Stamford White
Thaw
Whit
Hucurel
Land of
Mumrorel
Attommey Delails
xAmong
Withers
Jerome
Glsidlal
Magersld
Delmes
Jimmet
Thsewiet
Jeromie
Courk
Wummel
Fitzgerald Finaly
Summel
Mie Delmas
Mummel
Atorney
Rummel
Stanford White
Miss Nesbit
Madison Squire Garden
Mim
Evelyn Nesbinre
Evelyn
Abraham Laydecker
Tim
Nesbit
Goldfield shuts down as miners strike threat looms
Goldfield Nev March 16 excitement follows the decision of the miners and mine owners association to close all mines and businesses until the Industrial Workers of the World miners yield. Grants are everywhere with hundreds of deputy sheriffs appointed as patrols. Edouard Toudouze painter is dead aged 59.
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Goldfeld
Nev
Goldfield
Bits of News From Across the Nation
A scattered report covers robberies, mine accidents, and disasters. The First National Bank of Ralesville in Jad suffered a safe blow for Ice money. In Chicago a sewer collapse injured sixteen tunnel miners. A Cherokee banker, Mr Alverty, fell into a mine shaft and died during an epileptic attack. John D Rockefeller denied plans to give 50 million for China. Two were seriously hurt in a strike riot at Republic Iron and Steel in East Chicago. Governor Roosevelt proposed a special Missouri legislature session to regulate utilities corporations and dramshops. A gas explosion destroyed Upton Sinehar's Helicon Hall near Sagleword New Jersey, killing one and injuring several in a socialist settlement incident. Jan Guilius alias Jack Zlatkowsle, wanted for jewelry robberies totaling 30 400, was arrested in Chicago after a battle with police. President Roosevelt appointed an inland waterways committee of eight to plan comprehensive river-system improvements.
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First National Bank
Ralesville
Jad
Chicago
Alverty
Cherokee
Kan
John D. Roekefeller
China
Republic Inox & Steel Mills
Fall
Missouri
Upton Sinehar
Helicon Hall
Sagleword
N. J
Sell
Jan Guilius
Jack Zlatkowsle
Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt
United States
Bishop O Gorman Meets Pope Pius at Vatican
In a private audience at the Vatican Rt. Rev. Thomas O Gorman bishop of Sioux Falls D D reported that Pope Pius X praised Archbishop Ireland's December discourse on church and state in France as a clear account of remote causes of the Franco Vatican conflict. They discussed the Philippine situation and U S treatment there, Roosevelt, and Mrs Douglas Robinson’s anticipated visit, with the pope expressing willingness to receive her and hope for open doors.
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Rome
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Pope Plus
Ireland
France
Philippine Islands
United States
Mgr. O'Gorman
Roosevelt
Philippines
Mer. O'Gorman
Pope Pius
Douglas Robinson
New York
Bennedy
Taft candidacy talk denied by Loeb remarks
In Washington on March 1 Secretary Loeb denied reports that a White blouse conference held Saturday aimed to promote Secretary Taft for the presidency. The gathering included Gov. Charles S. Deneen and Attorney General Stead of Illinois.
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Washington
Loeb
Charles 5
Deneen
Stead
Inmots
Taft
Charles
Cincinnati
Jllioois
Charles 3. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Pierpont Morgan
Tourist in peril on Catalina climb slips fate
ER. L. Lund of Ardsley-on-the-Hudson was rescued Sunday after two days on a narrow redge of crumbling rock at Catalina Island. A party of fishermen found him near collapse while climbing toward a canyon mouth to bathe. He could not retrace his steps as the rock above crumbled and daylight daylighting parties were nearby but did not observe his danger.
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Los Angelas
Catalina Island
Borting Partes
ER. L. Lund
Ardsley-on the-Hudson
New York
Big Fire in Genoa Harbor
Genoa harbor suffered a large blaze on Sunday destroying 17 000 bales of cotton and damaging several vessels. The loss is estimated at more than a million dollars.
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Genoa
Cleveland Prelate Thomas P. Thorpe Dies in Cleveland
The Roman Catholic diocese in Cleveland mourns the death of Thomas P. Thorpe a well known prelate who died Sunday due to arterial sclerosis in Cleveland March 18.
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Cleveland
Thomas P. Thorpe
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