Cairo Flood Crisis as City Fights Levees
Cairo Illinois fights the historic flood with levees under strain at fifty four and a half feet. Citizens work feverishly while Shawneetown and Mound City face inundation. Reports include Missouri river flooding from Cairo to Paducah and rescues by Chicago naval reserves. Dr Friedmann to reveal tuberculosis turtle culture treatment to physicians.
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Cairo
Shawneetown
Chicago Naval Reserves
Sixth Missouri Regiment
Bird's Poll
Missouri
Dayton cleans up after flood with army at work
Major Rhodes directs an army of relief workers in Dayton Ohio, distributing twenty thousand dollars to two thousand men hired to clear flood debris. Governor Cox and Red Cross official Mabel Boardman toured the city as relief leaders estimate forty million dollars needed to make Dayton habitable after the disaster. Four more corpses were recovered bringing known dead to eighty five, with nearly forty still missing.
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Dayton
Ohio
Rhodes
Cox
Mabel Boardman
The
Red Cross Society
Ohio Relief Commission
Columbus
Benefit for Flood Sufferers at Pas Time Theater
A benefit show at the Pas Time Theater raises funds for Ohio and Indian flood relief via the Commercial Club. Evening crowds were smaller than hoped, but generous attendees donated amounts up to 4 dollars with others giving 50 cents. Only running expenses will be deducted. at least 100 dollars is expected from the two days.
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Commercial Club
Ohio
USA
Local Chinese Citizens Donate for Flood Relief Effort
Local Chinese residents contributed to the flood relief fund with 21 subscriptions totaling 48 dollars. D R Chen and Wah Ying Chung collected the money and handed it to J W Tallman of the Commercial Association for dispatch to the eastern relief committee.
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D. R. Chen
Wah Ying Chung
J. W. Tallman
The
Commercial Association
City Cafe
Sing Lee
Sam Lee
Jim Lee
Horseshoe
Ah Foon
Eastremonian
C. ©. Connor
Helix
T. P. Gilliland
Pilot Rock
John Dand
Jones
Matila Agency
Levee Breaks Flood Naples Town and Surroundings
The Hinok river levee at Naples broke in three places flooding most of the town under four feet of water. Meredosia levee failure inundated ten thousand acres of farmland. Beardstown reports more than a hundred homeless families.
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Shawnestown
Medley
Missouri
Mechanicsburg
O'Brien's Landing
Jacksonvill
Naples
Meredosia
Beardstown
Sir Thomas Lington Aims Unconditional Challenge for America's Cup
London April 3 Sir Thomas Lington announced his intention to send in the near future an unconditional challenge for a race for the America's Cup to the New York Yacht Club.
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London
Sir Thomas Lignton
New York Yacht Club
Water plan for Thorn Hollow springs wins council approval
By unanimous vote the city council endorsed the Thorn Hollow springs gravity water supply plan and authorized sale of 200000 bonds to fund work. The water committee backed the report deeming the plan preferable and feasible, with a pipeline capacity of 6000000 gallons daily and a storage reservoir, to serve current and future needs.
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Thorn Hollow Spring
Water Commission
Thorn Hollow
el, Dyer and Cole
Frank Co. Kelany
Thorn Hollow Springs
McCormmach
Umatilla
Moore
Th Commission
Rebels Move South From Naco After False Start
Federals are bottled up at Naco while the rebel army edges southward leaving four hundred troops to hold General Ojeda. Ojeda sent several scouting detachments from Naco in the morning to learn rebel dispositions, as Mr and Mrs Thomas B Adams of Baker were noted at the Bowman venue.
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Douglas
Arizona
Ojeda
Naco
Thomas B. Adams
Baker
the Bowman
Mrs Pankhurst Is Sentenced To Three Years
London April 3 Mrs Pankhurst is sentenced to three years hard labor for inviting followers to dynamite Lloyd George villa at Walton Heath Feb 19. Audience hissed at sentence. she pledged to begin a hunger strike. Other cities note mixed opinions with suffragists in Plymouth cutting wires in protest.
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London
Plymouth
England
France to Honor Late J. P. Morgan
Paris reports the French government will extend military honors to the late J. P. Morgan due to his Legion of Honor rank as his body is taken aboard the steamer La France at Havre en route from Rome to New York.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
France
J. P. Morgn
la France
Havre
Rome
New York
Pendleton Sees Rainfall Near Normal Despite Snow
Weather observer EF FL Averill reports Pendleton's rainfall since September 1 totals 38.9 inches, about 0.78 inches below the normal, with a three month deficit. From January to March the season shows mixed results, including a March precip of 1.8 inches against a 1.62 inch norm, amid ongoing snowy weather.
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Marek
Pendleton
Effl Averill
Disappearance of Girls Mystery Deepens in Baltimore Train
Chicago April 8 The disappearance of twenty immigrant girls from a Baltimore and Ohio train en route from New York to Chicago is under investigation by Justice Department agent C F Dewoody. He fears they may have fallen to white slavers. The girls were part of a party of 150 immigrants who left New York March 12. At Newcastle Pennsylvania on the 18th, trainmen gave a ten minute luncheon stop. the girls alighted and the train pulled away. They have not been heard from since.
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Chicago
New York
C. F. Dewoody
Department of Justice
Newcastle
U S to Recognize Chinese Republic
Washington April. The United States will recognize the Chinese republic after a White House meeting between Secretary Bryan and President Wilson. A formal note from the State Department to China is being prepared. Officials expect the move to project U S friendliness toward China before other nations act.
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Washington
United States
Bryan
Wilson
White House
State Department
China
Wnited
Republic
Ten Gunmen Arrested In Chinatown Highbinder Sweep
In San Francisco on April 3 a Chinatown squad hunted for highbinders amid crude weaponry while federal prosecutors plan wholesale deportations to curb the bloody tong wars. Ten gunmen are in custody and may be sent to China if identified as highbinders.
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San Francisco
McNab
China
Chinatown
United States to Recognize Chinese Republic Invite Issued
Secretary of State Bryan issued an invitation to all powers to join a concerted U S effort to officially recognize the new Chinese republic on April the government headed by President Yuan Shi Kai would be recognized on that date.
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Washington
United States
Bryan
Yuan Shi Kai
Medium wool tops 16 to 17 cents a pound this year
Woonsocket woolbuyer P. Defour reports medium wool at 16 and 17 cents per pound, with heavier grades at 11 to 14 cents. He arrives from eastern Washington and will head to Echo and Pilot Rock for wool sale dates, noting cold weather paused shearing last week and Eastern Washington wool quality is better than last year.
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P. Defour
Woonsocket Woolbuyer
Northwest
Defour
Washington
Here
Umatilla
Echo
Pilot Rock
Free wool on list unlikely to force price collapse
Washington April 3 The tariff removal agreement on raw wool between President Wilkin and Ways and Means Committee members is seen as not guaranteeing price drops. Wool buyers led by E. J. Burke say prices may hold if manufactured wool remains protected, keeping mills active and benefiting sheepmen. Market remains quiet until more buyers arrive.
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Washington
Wilkin
House Committee On Ways
Congress
Oregon
Wood Biving Brigade
Mr. Defour
Northwest
N. P
J. Sheuerman
San Francisco
Maxeord
House
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