02 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1913
Page
1
A proposed water project envisions a massive lake reservoir, demanding construction to be about six times the size of Rhode Island. The plan emphasizes immense scale and long term water storage potential, seeking regional feasibility and environmental review.
The Times-Democrat argues against the Newlands river control scheme, favoring natural reservoirs like Celina and Dayton over artificial storage. It notes historical floods, the limits of existing reservoirs, and urges revising plans to deepen natural basins rather than create new large artificial ones.
The piece critiques Senator Newlands and Secretary Lane plans to flood control by massive reservoir systems on the Ohio Mississippi and surrounding basins. It argues surveys would locate optimal sites while warning that filling reservoirs risks overwhelming lower rivers during floods. It favors levees as practical water management and questions the engineers’ anti flood approach.
Rome April 2 funeral service for J Pierpont Morgan was simple and impressive with few mourners. Attending were Mr and Mrs Satterlee a son in law and daughter, granddaughter Miss Helen Hamilton, Ambassador Thomas O Brien and Mrs O'Brien, and three attending physicians. The body will be rail transported to Havre for a liner bound to the United States sailing Saturday.
Citizens plan a Monroe afternoon meeting with Prof Holden and other agronomists to discuss making farming profitable on expensive land and labor. The talk aims to outline actions to restore good returns for growers facing rising costs.
President Wilson and Underwood hold another conference to discuss the new tariff bill. The meeting focuses on outlining duties and potential economic impact amid ongoing legislative discussions.
Flood waters cover low lands of Big Drainage District as crest rises at Cairo. Officials warn of rising levels and urge residents in affected zones to evacuate low-lying areas and seek higher ground. Local agencies monitor hydraulics and coordinate relief.
Cairo Illinois faces rising Ohio River flood risk with three levee breaks and water creeping toward Main Street. Merchants evacuate goods as drainage dumps floodplain. train service disrupted and drainage districts report standstill with twelve feet of anticipated inundation.
President Wilson and Representative Underwood conferred at the White House over the tariff revision focusing on sugar wool and agricultural schedules. Officials aim to decide between a single general bill or separate schedules and to align House and Senate positions while maintaining free sugar or moving it to the dutiable list.
Hickman on April 2 reports the levee held overnight but shows three blowouts on the west side. Officials warned the embankment cannot withstand more strain and ordered two thousand residents to seek higher ground as floods threaten. Flooding reached Hickman’s main street. refugees fled to hills. Columbus reports fifteen hundred homeless after Monday levee failure.
Cairo reports a four mile washout in the drainage district levee paralyzing main line traffic on the Illinois Central railroad. Water levels rise and then ease as breaks in downstream levees help restore service. Memphis notes rerouting of the New Orleans Chicago fast train over the St. Louis and San Francisco tracks to reconnect with Illinois Central near Thebes, Illinois. Local Memphis trains operate to points on this side of Cairo.
Gov Dunne and Adjt Gen Dickson plan to feed 10000 flood refugees from Southern Illinois. General Dickson to visit refugee camps with troop aid. Levee cut below Shawneetown to allow gradual water inflow to spare the city from destruction. Appeal from Epworth Illinois White
The President backs with House Democrats a tax plan facing Senate discomfort over the slim Democratic majority. Tax rates are provisionally set for a 1 percent tax starting at $4,000 up to 4 percent at $100,000, with possible tariff changes proposed by the President.
Major flooding along the Wabash bottoms endangers Cairo’s drainage district and the Ohio River levee. State troops and U S boats are requested to aid rescues as railroad lines are washed out and all train service halted. A band of 100 tramps hampers city protection efforts.
Louisville, April 2. The Rugby Distilling Co warehouse in western Louisville collapse after flood damage releasing about five thousand barrels of whiskey into the river. Valued at 250000 dollars. A hastily built dam saved many barrels as crews brace for further threatened structural failures after the flood crest passes.
In Cairo on April 2 a 150 foot gap opened in the Big Four levee north of the drainage district. The flood could fill the valley five to fifteen feet, threatening about five thousand residents and industrial plants. Loss pegged around 1.9 million dollars as rail service is halted and more gaps may form. Women and children have been evacuated to safer areas.
City High School pupils under Miss Reser will stage the juvenile opera Red Riding Hood on Friday night to support the Free Lyceum course. The same author also wrote Golden Hair and Three Bears, a hit two years ago. The Free Lyceum budget runs about $735 and requires $150 more to break even.
A Monroe committee secured signatures of over fifty area business leaders to join Prof. Perry G Holden on a four day Louisiana swing. The tour promotes scientific farming and economic gain, with Holden delivering lectures in Monroe Ruston Jonesboro Dodson Winnfield Alexandria Baton Rouge New Orleans and other cities. The movement seeks widespread enrollment among Chamber of Commerce bankers railroad men and farmers to boost farm earnings and state prosperity.
West Palm Beach dispatch at noon reports Henry M. Flagler in very grave condition with death expected at any time in Jacksonville Florida on April 2 1910.
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