National Drainage Congress elects Francis president
Delegates from 33 states and 4 foreign countries adopted resolutions urging Congress to fund Panama Canal drainage and land reclamation efforts. Former Governor David R. Francis of Missouri was elected president with a Louisiana address for next meeting in January 1913, and M O Ligton named director.
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Francis
Missouri
National Congress
Panama
United States
New Orleans
Congress
Panama Canal
Washington
National Drainage Congress
David R. Francis
Edmund T. Perkins
Illinois
Senate
Rill
Interior Department
Army
Drainage Congress
Chas. G. Elliot
Bureau of Drainage
A. B. Moorehouse
A. R. Lawton
Savannah
Committee On Resolutions
J. Y. Sanders
Louisiana
E. B. Craighead
H. L. Gueydan
Geo. H. Maxwell
Pennsylvania
Goodman on Good Roads at National Drainage Congress
New Orleans April 13 Judge A. A. Gunby of Monroe La spoke on Good Roads Drainage and Levees. He argued levees come first since others cannot precede. He said reclamation would shield best lands from floods and urged decisive action over half measures.
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Judge Gunby
Louisiana
Mississippi
Monroe
National Drainage Congress
New Orleans
A. A. Gunby
Weather outlook showers storms and cooler conditions
Tonight showers and thunderstorms move through with cooler air following. Sunday is generally fair and cooler. Highs and lows are not specified in the readable text.
Weeklong political rush features major party conventions
Washington April 13. The week will host Republican and Democratic state and district conventions in Hawaii Connecticut Delaware Illinois Nebraska Oregon and Alabama with primaries to name delegates and officers. National figures Roosevelt Wilson Harmon La Follette Bryan and others will campaign across regions as events include the John Paul Jones statue unveiling and a Vatican bishop consecration in Des Moines with a solar eclipse visible in the east.
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Washington
D. C
Hawaii
Honlulu
Connecticut
New Havyen
Delaware
Dover
Illinois
Alabama
Montgomery
Nebraska
United States
Oregon
Col. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Georgia
Florida
Harmon
Middle West
Senator la Follette
Far West
William J. Bryan
National
John Paul Jones
Taft
Father Austin Dowling
Des Moines
Providence
R. L
Harkins
Canada
Episcopal Church Congress
St. Louis
The
Conservation Congress of the Men and Religion Forward Movement
New York City
National Convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution
International Conference On the Negro
Tuskegee
Ala
Banks Close in Monroe for Election Day Holiday
Banks in Monroe will close Tuesday due to a legal holiday. All financial institutions will suspend operations for the Election Day observance.
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Monroe
Cubs infield touted as greatest by President Murphy
President Charley Murphy of the Cubs praises Chance, Evers, Tinker and Lennox as the greatest infield in the world. He may have overcalled it, but the unit is clearly impressive.
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Charley Murphy
Cubs
Chance
Evers
Tinker
Lennox
Charles
Time for action on Ouachita levees urged in Monroe
The News-Star calls on Monroe and West Monroe leaders to unite citizens to protect levees along the Ouachita river from possible overflow. It urges action despite not being in immediate danger, notes some levees lie outside city limits, and says the Levee Board will cover costs to prevent costly flood damage. Continuous rains near Vicksburg worsen conditions. chief engineer warns of hard fight ahead.
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Ouachita River
Monroe
West Monroe
Red River
Mississippi
C. Q O. Sherrill
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Flooding Near Roosevelt La Worsens As Breaks Expand
Urgent calls from Roosevelt Louisiana report levee breaks driving residents to store buildings and trees. Water fills a store three miles south of the levee break at twelve inches deep with rising levels. Major Woodruff heads from Lake Providence to Salem break as Madison parish braces for further flood damage and livestock losses mount.
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Vicksburg
Roosevelt
Madison Parish
Morrissey
Associated Press
Woodruff
Third District Engineer’s Office
Lake Providence
Salem
Arkansas
Memphis
Lee Shields
E. J. Davis
Floods Pour Through Gaps in Louisiana and Arkansas Levees
Floods pour through two gaps in levees at Panther Forest Arkansas and near Roosevelt Louisiana. Thousands of square miles in East Carroll Madison parishes and Chiecot DeShay counties Arkansas likely to flood. Water from Greenville to Vicksburg is falling.
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Panther Forest
Ark
Roosevelt
Gene
Greenville
Miss
Arkansas
East Carroll
Madison Parishes
Chiecot and
DeShay Counties
Vicksburg
Flooding Stuns Border Towns as Levee Break Claims Eighteen
Eighteen lives are reported in peril at Roosevelt Louisiana as a steamboat struggles to reach a crevasse near Salem. Hundreds of families are marooned on housetops in Madison Parish while Vicksburg Mississippi reports a break in the levee. The captain refuses rescue work claiming it would end in murder for passengers. Early reports reveal widespread devastation from yesterday's breach on the west bank levee.
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Levee
Vicksburg
Miss
Roosevelt
Madison Parish
Salem
West Bank
Red Fork Levee Breached Threatens SA and N Louisiana
The Mississippi flood caused two main levee breaks near Red Fork Arkansas and a collapsed Arkansas river dike. Water covers over 300 square miles of southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana. No deaths reported. warnings likely allowed evacuation. Davis Island levee also cut with landowner consent.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Memphis
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
Red Fork
Ark
Davis Island
Urgent Appeals for Aid as Gap in Levee Breaches Waters
In a Mississippi river flood near Alsatia the gap in the levee is taking water inland with a tremendous rush. Rescue parties from Greenville and Vicksburg began at dawn with boats and supplies, and others followed as soon as possible. No drownings reported yet. the steamer Alice Miller led the main rescue, while the Falls City described the roar and suction miles from the breach and the flooding extending twenty miles south toward Tallabina.
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Alsatia
Vicksburg
Greenville
Alice Miller
Falls City
Miller
Salem Breach
Madison Parish
Tallabina
Flood Devastates North Louisiana Near Alsatia
Floods in North Louisiana after a sudden night break near the West levee at Alsatia caused extensive property damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and raised fears of loss of life as relief efforts begin.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
West Levee
Alsatia
Levees May Hold Amid Heavy Rains in New Orleans
Continuous rains raise fear of levee breaches in the Third district as engineers report crevasses last night that could ease pressure north of the city. Officials monitor river levels and coordinate protective measures with emergency services and local authorities.
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New Orleans
Third District
Heavy rains raise Mississippi levee concerns near New Orleans
Rainfall across the Mississippi Valley totals over two inches at Vicksburg and extends to New Orleans and St. Louis. Levees from Red River to New Orleans rise four to five feet above flood levels, while sections near Quasco L Argent and Bayou Sara remain weak. Crews work around the clock to shore up weak spots amid ongoing heavy rains.
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Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Vicksburg
St. Louis
Arkansas
Louisiana
Bayou Sara
Red River
Sherrill
Quasco
L’argent
Vidalia
Fishpond
Natchez
Levee Breach Floods Fifth Levee District Near Tallulah
A 100 foot section of levee at Dog Tail Loop near Salem Landing in Louisiana collapsed at dusk allowing floodwaters to rise across Last Carroll and Madison parishes. The break threatens Tallulah and will flood Tensas Concordia and surrounding areas as the V S and P and M H L rail lines move livestock and people to safety.
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Tallulah
Dog Tail Loop
Lake Providence
Salem Landing
Holgason and Lorance Levee
Fifth District
Hollybrook
Last Carroll
Madison Parish
Tensas
Concordia
East Carroll
Madison
Hoffman
McClellan
Pavens
Sondeheimer
Alsatia
Panther Forest
Lake Village
Ark
Arkansas City
Salem
le Sure
Leo Shields
Shields
Memphis
Iron Mountain
Algatia
Delta Point
Bayou Bartholomew
Hamburg
Montrose
Morrell
Little Rock
Panther Point
Red Fork
Morehouse
West Carroll
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Catahoula
Franklin
Chicot
Ashley
Arkansas
Floods Rise in Ouachita Valley Coverage Expands
Flood conditions intensify in the Ouachita Valley as authorities issue alerts and residents prepare for rising waters. Emergency crews monitor river levels and coordinate }).
Floods from Red Fork and Panther Point Breaks Threaten South Arkansas
Levee breaks at Red Fork near the Arkansas river mouth and at Panther Point north of Lake Village drive rising floodwaters across Ouachita Bayou Bartholomew and Bayou Boeuf, threatening Monroe plantations and Tallulah with rising Bartholomew water. Levee crews, aided by Grayling Lumber and the Levee Board, reinforce banks while rail lines face disruptions.
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Red Fork
Arkansas River
Panther Point
Mississippi River
Bartholomew
South Arkansas
Lake Village
Ark
Ouachita River
Mississippi
Bayou Bartholomew
Oak Ridge
Gallion
Boeuff River
Oeuff River
Lafourche
Monroe
Morrell
Ouachita
Lover's Lane
Grayling Lumber Company
Child mascots for Braves and Red Sox named
Miss Virginia Kling aged six serves as the Boston Braves mascot while Jake Stahl Jr aged four is the mascot for the Boston Red Sox, both children holding official roles in their teams' public image.
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Virginia Kling
John Kling
Boston Braves
Jake Stahl, Jr
Boston Red Sox
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Gunby
Weather Report
North Louisiana
News-Star
Tensas Basin
Peri
Lever
Ouachita Valley
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