Levee Break Rumor Denied North of Baton Rouge
Reports from Morganza and New Roads contradicted a Baton Rouge claim of a Mississippi river levee break north of Morganza. Officials cited a small overflow near Secour and dangerous crawfish holes as the cause of the circulating rumor while Governor Sanders ordered convict labor to reinforce embankments.
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Bullettin
Associated Press
New Orleans
Morganza
New Roads
Mississippi River
Secour
Levee Break Threatens Mississippi Flood Near Baton Rouge
AP report from Baton Rouge May 3 describes the west bank levee near Morganza failing shortly after 1 PM. No confirmed deaths yet though earlier word said eight drowned. emergency efforts with volunteers and convicts push to shield Baton Rouge as Main Street levee braces for a larger breach while governor directs rescue and flood control work.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Morganza
Point Coupee Parish
Gulf of Mexico
Main Street
Mississippi
Sanders
Oakley
Orleans
Flood opens 1000 foot gap on Torras Island
In New Roads Louisiana on May 3 the Mississippi River swelled to create a 1000 foot gap at Torras Island. The flood devastates Point Upee and nearby parishes with hundreds of thousands in crop losses including sugar cane cotton and rice. Livestock losses loom as Torras loses telegraph and telephone communication severing links to the outside world.
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Torras
Pointupee
Flooded Angola Farm Hits Baton Rouge Refugees
Flood waters eight to ten feet deep inundate the state's large Angola farm and a sugar refinery, forcing refugees to seek aid in Baton Rouge. Officials say many evacuated from across the river and are being sheltered by U S government relief workers.
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Baton Rouge
Angola
United States
Heavy Rain Floods Melville Area In Louisiana
Citizens of Melville, Louisiana, shelter on high ground as the Calcasieu River area floods. Heavy rain over twelve hours totals about eight inches, pushing river gauges to 41.8 feet and delaying runoff due to backwater. Local residents await the potential levee breach and await further news.
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Melville
Associated Press
Titanic speed under ice warnings at time of collision
The British wreck commission heard that the Titanic maintained 21 knots after ice warnings, with evidence from Cunard Caronia and Baltic. Sir Rufus Isaacs outlined the ship’s capacity and lifeboats, noting 1 1 crew and 1316 passengers on first voyage and 892 crew, plus bulkheads and water tight doors designed to keep the ship afloat if two compartments flooded.
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Rufus Isaacs
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Baltic
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Denounces Workmen's Compensation Bill in Senate
Senator Reed of Missouri denounces the workmen's compensation bill as the most revolutionary legislation in twenty years. He claims it would erase common law rights and state statutes, and says labor groups must approve the measure before he can support it.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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Missouri
Senate
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Overman
Ashington
Judiciary Committee
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
City area weather remains unsettled tonight and Saturday with showers and thunderstorms. Expect cooler conditions Saturday as a cold front moves through.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Observations At 8 A M
Reports from major cities show varied conditions with temperatures ranging from 50 to 68 degrees. Winds shift around the region and scattered rain or showers are forecast tonight through Sunday in several locales.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
Unfounded claim about AP wire reprint outside San Antonio Light
The statement asserts that no newspaper other than the San Antonio Light carries AP wires in whole or in part. It claims any such assertion is unfounded and without basis in fact, implying exclusive rights or coverage by the Light is being misrepresented.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Roosevelt Denounces Corruption in Maryland Primary Campaign
The colonel urged unity beyond party lines and warned against corrupt methods in Maryland primaries. He planned a multi city tour from Salisbury to Havre de Grace and Baltimore. He asked African American voters to prevent vote selling and endorsed a straight line up between bosses and the people.
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Eastern
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Wilmington
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Havre de Grace
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Wilson Campaign Warns of Election Law Violations
Judge Cato Sells reports a democratic county chairman may violate the Terrell election law to affect Woodrow Wilson delegates. Harmon supporters deny any expected violations and predict Harmon will win Texas by about two to one.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Cato Sells
Harmon
Hero
Judge Sells
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Terrell
Roosevelt Campaign Touches Maryland In Salisbury Speech
Colonel Roosevelt opened his Maryland bid for the presidential nomination in Salisbury. He framed the fight as between bosses and the people and said he had the right to appeal to this region as part of his nationwide drive.
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Associated Press
Salisbury
Roosevelt
Maryland
Ohio Governor Scores Taft and Roosevelt at Mass Meeting
Governor Harmon addressed a Baltimore mass meeting advocating his presidential nomination. He blasted Taft for vetoing the Aldrich tariff bill as a breach of faith and called the tariff burden the nation’s worst postwar imposition. He accused Roosevelt of silence on tariff issues during his presidency and denied having confidential letters as Ohio governor.
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Judson Harmon
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Roosevelt
Harmon
Congress
Ohio
Delegates Back Baldwin for Democratic Nomination in Conn
Delegates at large to the national Democratic convention were instructed to nominate Governor Simon W. Baldwin of Connecticut for president. The first chief district delegates, ratified today, designate Baldwin as the party’s choice.
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Baldwin
Associated Press
Bridgeport
Conn
Simon W. Baldwin
Connecticut
Sherman Preparations for Hot Primary Day in May
Sherman Texas expects a heated political day tomorrow as a Woodrow Wilson club formed last night. Three volunteers will be at every polling box to push the precinct conventions for Wilson. Harmon supporters work to bring Bailey to speak, while Wilson backers seek Brooks or Thomas. Taft and Roosevelt factions also active.
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Tex
Woodrow Wilson Club
Harmon
Joseph W. Bailey
Wilson
M. M. Brooks
Cullen F. Thomas
Taft
Roosevelt
President Ket Heads to Maryland Campaign Swing
President Ket arrived in Washington from Savannah and Augusta Georgia and will spend the day in his office. He plans a day of campaigning in Maryland tomorrow ahead of Monday primaries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ket
Savannah
Augusta
Maryland
Bootleggers to the Pen from Paris Texas
Ten convicts including six bootleggers were taken to the penitentiary from Paris Texas today May 3.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tex
Bankers and merchants pursue league endorsement in Dallas
Frederick Terrell and Franz Groos lead a group of bank presidents and executives including W. W. Collier R. L. Ball W. F. McCaleb Joseph Frost and Edwin Chamberlain. W. M. Morgan head of the State Retail Merchants Association attended the meeting to learn the league's aims. Endorsement by the association is sought and a convention in Dallas next week will decide.
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Groos National Bank
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West Texas Bank & ‘Trust Company
Joseph Frost
Frost National Bank
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
W. _M. Morgan
State Retail Merchants’ Association
Dallas
San Antonio bankers back monetary reform league drive
A San Antonio clearing house meeting endorsed the National Citizens League for monetary reform and pledged financial support for its Texas branch. A committee led by Franz Groos, Joseph Frost, and Dr Frederick Terrell to solicit bank subscriptions was formed, while Walter Dorland outlined the league’s educational aims and sought bankers’ input rather than immediate legislation.
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Clearing House
National Citizens’ League
United States
Franz C. Groos
Joseph Frost
Frederick Terrell
Texas
League
Walter E. Dorland
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
Campaign of Education
R. L. Ball
National Bank of Commerce
Franz Groos
Mr. Dorland
Dorland
W. F. McCaleb
San Bape Eee Ge
Chicago Pressmen Dispute Not Settled
Differences between the Pressmen's union and Chicago newspaper publishers disrupted afternoon and morning editions. Wagon men and newsboys backed the pressmen, leaving the situation unsettled as morning papers faced distribution gaps and suburban readers saw city papers limited to smaller city editions.
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Associated Press
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Pressmen's Union
Lightfoot seeks conference with San Antonio treasurer
Attorney General Lightfoot after a conference with his assistants regarding City Treasurer F. W. Church of San Antonio requested a session in Austin with Church and City Attorney Joseph Ryan to discuss filing the sinking fund report as required by law. Church was temporarily out of the city but would return in a few days for the conference.
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F. W. Church
San Antonio
Lightfoot
Joseph Ryan
Ryan
Church
Shriners Halted By Juarez Visit Tension in El Paso
Oklahoma City Shriners in fatigue uniforms with scimitars planned a Juarez crossing but El Paso Shriners and locals opposed it. Fears of intervention by Mexicans in Juarez sparked tensions, but bloodshed was averted by canceling the visit.
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Oklahoma City
Shrine Patrol
Juarez
Mexico Congress Appoints Peace Committee to Treat with Rebels
The Mexican congress named a peace committee to negotiate cessation of hostilities with the revolutionaries, with a subcommittee to confer with Orozco in the north. No word on President Madero’s approval. Salina Cruz tensions rise as a bridge on the Pan American railway is burned. The British cruiser Algerine is due at Mazatlan to take aboard refugees, likely to follow Buford’s course, while Pomone conducts coast service.
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Mexican Congress
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
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Salina Cruz
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Pomene
Knox Refuses Meeting With Mexican Rebel Representatives
In El Paso May 3 State Knox refused to see a delegation from the Mexican rebel army while in the city. He stated he cannot meet them officially and noted no change in government policy regarding intervention.
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Knox
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Gomez Not Expected Rebels at Juarez Not Interested
El Paso officials state Emilio Vasquez Gomez is not en route to Juarez and not involved in the Orozco revolution. They say he would not be welcome in Juarez.
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Vasquez Gomez Declines Interview Amid Funeral News
Rumor of Emilio Vasquez Gomez leaving San Antonio traced to a signature sent from 601 South Presa Street showing him at home where he lies sick. He refused a reporter, saying his sister Maria Jesus Vasquez de Tellez had died April 28 in Saltillo Mexico. Two Pascual Orozco commissioners visited the house, while secretary Francisco Guzman claimed documents show accord between Orozco and Vasquez Gomez and promised more tomorrow.
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Francisco Guzman
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Orozco
Ft Antonio
Senor Vasquez Gomes
Deport Two Russians Barred by Mexico Officials
Report from Mexico City notes a May portation action targeting two Russian nationals, A. Z and Joseph Rattner, described as manager and associate in a Tampico general merchandise firm. The move follows a banishment policy applied to foreign residents.
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