Mississippi Valley Flood Crisis Deepens in Arkansas
Southeast Arkansas residents face peril as two thirds of Lincoln Desha and Chicot counties flood. Arkansas City McGehee and Lake Village evacuated. Mississippi River at Arkansas City runs 55% feet, river levees stressed, relief trains and Red Cross aid mobilized. Federal warnings urge levee strengthening and rationing for willing helpers as Memphis Cairo and Ohio basin gauges show falling water but backwater persists.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Lincoln
Desha
Chicot
Arkansas City
McGehee
Lake Village
Mississippi
St. Louis
Tron Mountain and
Southern Railroad
Murry A. Burbach
American Red Cross Society
Pine Bluff
Washington
War Department
Mississippi Valley
Vicksburg
Miss
Nnts
Arkansas River
Memphis
Cairo
Upper
Ohio
Paducah
White River
Ownership dispute over British ship Appam held in U S custody
The Appam, a British steamship taken as a prize by a German crew, remains in Newport News custody as Washington weighs competing claims by Germany and Britain. Officials note the Prussian treaty of 1828 and The Hague convention of 1907 could govern stay length, with a formal ruling pending war’s end.
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Newport News
Germany
England
State Department
Neutrality Board
Armerican
Two Hundred Obey Wabash Strike Order
Chicago February 6 Two hundred switchmen joined a strike against the Wabash Railway seeking union recognition. The dispute pits a new Switchmen’s union against the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen as St Louis enforces a temporary order. Police guarded trains while crews were replaced.
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Chicago
Wabash Ratread
Switchmens Armon O
North America
St Loms
Union
Vienry Fiche
Chienen
Brotherhood of Railway Traimoen
Eiche
Ficke
White River Levee Break Floods Clarendon Arkansas
The White River levee broke near the city limits of Clarendon Arkansas Saturday night flooding the town of 5 000 residents. Residents moved to upper stories and sturdier buildings, with women and children evacuated in time. No loss of life is reported.
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Clarendon
Ark
White River
Senator Lewis predicts postwar alliance forming abroad
In New York at a Hudson County Bar association banquet Senator Tlamilten Lewis of Phnois warned that after World War I the first major commercial advance will be between Grat Hrilam and Germany. He said Germany and England will unite against America and that the United States will face trouble from enforcing the Monroe Doctrine as European powers oppose U S guardianship in South America and Central America.
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United States
Tlamilten Lewis
Phnois
Hudson County
No Op Bar Association
Grat Hrilam
Germnany
America
Orient
South America
Germany
England
Lewis
South Ameria
Central America
Cabinet crisis in Luxembourg deepens as reform bid fails
In the duchy of Luxembourg the attempted cabinet formation stalls as Ma Van Neurns withdraws after failing to unite opposing factions. The Democratic wing of the liberal party sought inclusion but was not granted a seat, preserving conflict within the coalition efforts.
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Feb
Avia Londen
Duche
Luxemburg
Ma van Neurns
Grand Duchess
Jeganda
Liberal Party
Illness Grips Opera Singer Seotti in New York Hotel
New York February 6 Antonin Seotti the opera singer is gravely ill with pneumonia at his hotel in the city. Sig Scotti has been ill with pneumonia for four days. Earlier he suffered the grippe but was believed to have recovered.
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New York
Antonin Seotti
Sig Scotti
Providence Woman Swoons After Guilty Verdicts in Murder Case
Elizabeth Mohr was acquitted of instigating the 1915 murder of Dr C Franklin Mohr as jurors found Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman guilty of murder. Brown and Spellman were convicted of the shooting Miss Emily Burger. Mohr faced an additional assault charge.
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Proidence
R. IL
Elizabeth
Mohr
C. Franklin Money
Victor Brown
Henry HH. Spellman
Cecil Victor Brown
Hiram Johnson Expects to Join Forces in June
New York Governor Whitman spoke by telephone with California Governor Hiram Johnson at a New York real estate board dinner. Johnson indicated he expects Republicans to unite with Whitman’s party and that they will be together in June.
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Hiram Johnson
EW York
Real Esrate Board of
New York
Whitman
California
Johnson
New York State
Republican Party
Gov. Johnson
Expect to Repeal Free Sugar Clause in Next Week
Washington reports Democratic leaders aim to bring administration bills for a no tariff submission and repeal of the free sugar clause of the Underwood tariff to the House before next week. The Ways and Means Committee will meet midweek to draft reports, with the sugar bill likely first and possibly ready for a Democratic caucus within the week.
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Washington
House
Kitchin
Wave and Means Committee
Berlin Journal Sees Serious View of American Crisis
The Berlin journal argues tensions between Germany and the United States require a clear, lessened risk path or a decisive, peaceful settlement. It notes Von Bernstorff negotiating with Washington and calls for rapid restraint. In London the Tagische Rundschau echoes the need for calm and warns of potential catastrophe. A second note reports Chicago banker George M. Revastis improving after a critical condition.
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Berlin
London
Tagische Rundschau
Germany
United States
Police guard New York subway after dynamite threat
Police are deployed from the Brooklyn terminal to the Bronx and through the Hudson tubes after a bomb threat. Interborough Rapid Transit Co. says it has not received threats or asked for protection. Dozens of officers search bags and parcels at stations and terminals.
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Brooklyn Terminal
Bronx Terminal
Hudson and
Manhattan Tubes
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
Hudson Terminal
Manhattan
Fourth Avenue
Hane
Coney Island
Deniel Theats
Frank H. Hedley
Yonkers
Bronx
Flames at Ottawa Parliament Spark Fear and Security Push
A small central fire at Ottawa’s parliament complex triggered alarms and a strong security response as guards fenced the area. Fire crews contained the blaze with little further damage, while secret police investigated a trunk found in a hotel containing German notes, maps, and boundary sketches.
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Ottawa
Parliament
Borden
State Department
Secret Police
Deaniamion
Parliament Hill
Secret Service
Carl Schubert
San Francisco
Dominion
United States
Canadians Alarmed Over Factory Fire
Report from Flos periin Wateriesy county outlines a large factory fire alarming residents. Authorities indicate personnel evacuated as flames spread, with several firms affected. Local officials urge caution and assess damages while investigators probe the blaze’s cause.
Illinois and Missouri Flood Recovery under Endless Delays
Fragmented OCR reports recovery efforts in Illinois and Missouri after recent floods. The piece notes rising water levels in Missouri and widespread disruption while officials complain about rotating staff and unclear procedures delaying aid and compliance with state law.
Appam Captain Names Raider as Ponga
Captain H G Harrison, former master of the British steamship Appam, reports the German raider that captured the vessel was the Ponga. He and 150 officers and crew will likely sail to England aboard the Baltic, after surrendering when the raider approached. He describes limited time for observations and says gold bars from West Africa valued at about 180000 were not taken.
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New York
Appam
H. G. Harrison
Norfalk
Hamilton
Harrison
England
Baltic
West Africa
Lieut
Berge
Frisco Judge Proposes Feeble Minded Juries
San Francisco February 6 Judge Frank P Dunne urged using feeble minded juries to curb acquittals of women who shoot men The remark came as Mrs Makenna Dyott was freed in a second trial for assault on her husband Samuel Dyott a Los Angeles real estate dealer The judge’s controversial comment drew sharp notice from court observers.
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AN Francisco
Frank P. Dunne
Makeena Dyott
Samuel Dyott
Los Angeles
Villa activity reported in western Chihuahua and Juarez execution
Advices from Madera western Chihuahua report Gen Francisco Wuia again near Santa Clara ranch west of the Mexican Central railroad. Genera Pedrosa and Iriguey offered to survey at Las Azures about 80 miles north. Gen Gavira, commandant of Jaares, could not identify General Rodrigues. Gen Jose Rodrigues, a prominent Villa officer, was executed at Madera and his heir shown at Juarez.
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Tex
Madera
Chihuahua
Francisco Wuia
Santa Clara Ranch
Genera Pedrosa
Ttn
Iriguey
Vidia
Las Azures
Gavira
Jaares
Rodrigues
Jose Rodrigues
Juarez
New Blood Needed Says Mayor Thompson
Abeago Mayor William Hk Thompson urged support for the Republican party in a mass meeting on Saturday. He called for new blood and framed the local race as a fight between established figures and fresh candidates.
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Ron West
Early settlement seen in German Lusitania talks
Washington reports progress toward a settlement on submarine warfare with Germany. Berlin substitutes phrasing to drop the word illegal, stressing the loss of American lives was not intentional, offers reparation and vows cooperation with the United States to ensure freedom of the seas. Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff held informal talks amid optimism about an imminent formal communication.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
Wilson
Lusitania
United States
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
North Sea
Sas
Hospital nurse. nurse errs and ends her life by suicide
In Pittsburgh on a Saturday Miss Hazel Schoenfelt a nurse student at the Allegheny General Hospital reportedly gave medicine to the wrong patient. After being dismissed by Superintendent Herbert Beamer she walked to the Allegheny River and self drowned. Pedestrians on a bridge failed to intervene before the body was recovered.
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Hazel Schoenfelt
Ed PO
Mteona
Allegheny
Mss Schoenfelt
Alegheny General Hospital
Herbert Beamer
Schoen
Hague Law Voids British Clan in Berlin Report
Fragmented text reports an event involving Hague law affecting a British clan with references to Berlin and individuals. The readable parts mention officials and an upcoming sailing or journey, but many details are garbled and unclear.
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