05 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
1
The forecaster predicts the river will rise to 21.5 feet at New Orleans. Flood warnings may follow as levels approach records and affect nearby communities and infrastructure.
New Orleans officials brace for possible record Mississippi levels with forecasts of 21.5 feet. Levee boards stockpile dirt and lumber, repair revetments, and coordinate with the Board of State Engineers as cantions and emergency works prepare for rising flood waters through April.
Tonight fair and warmer with clear skies. Saturday will be generally cloudy with mild conditions and light winds.
Nashville April 5 The fourth annual Southern Commercial Congress opens next Monday with expected 2000 delegates from Maryland to Texas and Missouri to Florida. Noted speakers include Senators Bailey and Newlands, Louis W. Hill, F B Craighead, Maurice Egan, Col. Wright, and Col. Collier.
In the New Orleans budget committee room Attorney James Wilkinson clashed with Vic Mauberrett over a mysterious petition. Wilkinson denied knowledge of it and rumors spread he would seek impeachment of the assessor. The dispute arose during Thomas Seibert's reduction of his assessment, with Wilkinson representing Seibert.
A new London musical comedy titled The Sunshine Girl with book by Cecil Raleigh and music by Paul Rubens debuts in London. Charles Frohman holds the American rights to the production.
The Mississippi River continues to rise along the lower reaches with Natchez showing a half-foot rise while Cairo stalls near 53.9 feet. Officials warn of ongoing high water for about a week as levee defenses are bolstered and warnings extend for Quincy, Hannibal, Portsmouth, and Cincinnati.
Natchez Miss April 5 The United States Engineer Corps began topping the levee at Giles Bend above the city as forty six feet, the danger line, was passed by the Mississippi river this morning Assistant Engineer Shernberg left for Bayou Sara La to aid in protecting the levees ferriday and the levees between Vidalia and Merville are being strengthened and the Levee Board expresses confidence they will hold
In Caruthersville Missouri the St Francis River flood rises to 20 inches above a prior record threatening a levee breach. If a crevasse forms in the basin a wide area could flood, risking many lives and property. Local militia on duty and additional units from nearby towns ordered out as engineers work to shore up weak spots.
Flood waters swept through the drainage district north of Cairo destroying more than three thousand feet of track and washing tops of houses and sheds afloat in ten feet of water. The only link to Cairo is by tugboat to Mound City reaching the Big Four line.
In Hickman Kentucky April 5 a scene of utter desolation unfolds as three thousand people shelter in tents while floodwater spreads muddy across the town. The Reelfoot levee below is at risk with cresting waters washing over levee tops and leaks found and halted. If the levee fails more lives could be lost.
Weather Bureau special bulletin notes the flood situation shows only one material change since Wednesday. The Mobile and Ohio levee broke three miles above Cairo at 2 30. Local authorities monitor rising waters and implement shelter measures as needed.
Secretary E W Anderson reports a weather service telegram warning the Ouachita will rise with stages of 40 to 41 feet at Camden by April 4 and 43 feet at Monroe by April 12. Ground reports show rising water spreading across the country as engineers brace government works, rail lines, and levees from Lake Providence north with thousands of workers and earth sacks ready for emergencies.
The American Cotton Manufacturers Association endorses a reduction in cotton tariffs. The statement cites industry impact and calls for duty relief to aid U S textile producers and exporters.
Texas congressman Randell sparked a row by saying many lawmakers are approachable yet under influence from interests. He denied any insult and stressed no reflection on colleagues as he discussed a bill barring federal employes from taking retainers from interstate firms.
The Moissant International Aviators arrive tonight and will stage the first flights tomorrow afternoon at Forsythe Park. Harold Kantner, who recently reached 5000 feet in Dallas, joins the group and promises similarly strong demonstrations.
President Mae Clellan, Fifth District Board, returns from levee inspection north from Delta Point. Levee line from Madison parish to East Carroll parish appears strong with topping near complete. 150 teams at work, 200000 levee bags bought, further teams to be added, funds awaiting congressional allotment to begin immediate use.
Arrangements are completed for Memorial Day exercises tomorrow afternoon. The parade forms at the courthouse at 2 p.m. in order: Ouachita Guards, Confederate Veterans, Daughters of the Confederacy, Jessamines, Children of Dixie, United Sons of Veterans, Boy Scouts. At the cemetery the program includes invocation by Rev. J. A. H. Wharton, reading Gen. Lee's Farewell, recitation by Miss Kathleen Byrd Pride da Fainie, Miss Fannie Haas, and benediction by the chaplain.
In Birmingham Alabama on April a grand jury issued true bills charging Walter Jones Arthur Jones Will Watson and John Wate all white with first degree murder in the June killing of John Tol a negro. The indictments connect to twenty seven murders traced to a strike near Lewisburg a Birmingham suburb. Lee Shubert books a tour of The Blue Bird to the Pacific coast.
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