Death toll climbs in Terre Haute tornado wreckage
United Press dispatch reports up to noon 20 bodies removed with total expected dead around 30 as a northeastern cyclone wrecked Terre Haute razing buildings and disabling the electric plant. City dark last night, volunteers patrol streets and schools serve as hospitals. Reports mention Heath Vigo County fatalities and ambiguity over Perth deaths.
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Terre Haute
Ind
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Heath
Vigo County
Perth
Mayor Cots Prohibition Talk Advocates Panama Canal Opening
Mayor George F. Cot urged a sober approach in a Sunday lecture before the local YMCA arguing liquor is not necessary and the nation cannot endure a long period of drink and half wet and all dry. He urged celebrating the Panama Canal opening with a Pacific coast in 1914 as a tide of reform grows.
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George F. Cot
Panama Canal
Pacific
Biggest Barn in State Burns in Blaze
A massive barn near Duwamish burned after a fire started at 4 50 am. Destroyed are farm implements grain and cattle were saved. Firefighters from Duwamish aided Seattle units but water shortages limited efforts. The barn dated to 1872 and was claimed the largest in the state by its owner. Ed Clark faced jail after a separate incident following a Regina bar visit.
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Seattle
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Belmont Café Presents Refined Evening Entertainment
Assisted by Kitty Covell and Mek Manb have returned from San Fra and will entertain their old entte at the Belmont Café. High class refined entertainment every evening at Belmont Café corner Second Av. and Stewart St.
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Relief Bill Passes For Omaha Sufferers After Cyclone
United Press reports from Omaha Nebraska describe a devastating cyclone striking towns including Avenue Ashland and Louisville. Mayor Dah man and city commissioners allocate 25000 for relief while Union Pacific gives 5000 and others donate clothing. Governor Morehead promises state aid and Red Cross urges action as nurses are requested if needed.
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Omaha
Dahman
Union Pacific Railroad
Morehead
Clarke
Iowa
At Mons
Colorado
White Cat Sighting Triggers Fatal Fall in California
Redwood City Cal March 24 A frightened 71 year old San Mateo County pioneer John Hansen fell twelve feet from a ladder after a white cat appeared in a dimly lit hayloft. He died six hours later from his injuries.
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Family of Fourteen Hailed as Living on $1.75 a Day
In Zanesville Ohio Mr and Mrs Thomas Bunting claim to support a family of fourteen on a daily income of 1.75 dollars. The father, a kiln setter, works to provide for the expanding brood including newborn twins. The mother is said to be 40 years old.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Thomas Bunting
Auto Falls From Bridge In Sunday Crash
Louie Lang of 4302 Seventh Ave is in a city hospital in critical condition after a Sunday crash when a car driven through a bridge railing at Sixth Ave and Holgate Struck fell into the mud. The vehicle pinned Lang while four other passengers escaped with only mud splashed on them. Firemen from the Holgate station freed Lang.
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Insurance coverage questioned after Omaha cyclone claim
A Omaha canvass suggests only about half a million dollars of the ten million dollars in cyclone losses may be insured while residents had strong faith in an Indian prophecy that Omaha was immune. The city faced unusual damage with high winds prior but not on this scale.
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Neb
Third friend of thief jailed in Frisco dragnet
Jeasie Clifton, 19, of Fivebank Cal, was jailed in San Francisco after police netted a gang of burglars. She denies ties to the group and had moved to attend an art school, previously sharing an apartment with Owen D. Conn, the famed $100,000 burglar recently captured.
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San Francisco
Jeasie Clifton
Fiverbank
Cal
Owen D. Conn
Quits Board After Pupils Win Auditorium Fees Strike
Dr Rush Banke resigns from the board of education in Centralia after 250 pupils and parents led a week long strike over the high school auditorium use fee. The protest forced the board to reverse its prior ruling.
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Arrest Accuser of Police Sergeant Charged with Perjury
Everett police arrest Arthur Steibritz who filed an affidavit accusing Sergeant Mason of coaching testimony in robbery cases. Prosecutor Murph says the move aims to uncover truth by charging Steibritz with perjury after he denied the affidavit.
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Yutan Town Destroyed. 16 Dead 50 Injured In Omaha Area
A courier reports Yutan town north of Omaha was destroyed with 16 killed and 50 injured. Ten very buildings in the town were leveled.
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Neb
Yutan
Here
Constantine XII viewed as heir to Constantine the Great legends
A dramatic account presents Constantine XII as the heir to Constantine the Great, claiming his throne linked to ancient Byzantium and a prophecy of reclaiming Constantinople. It traces Greece’s decline from imperial power to fragmentary state while noting Constantine XII’s rise amid war and mixed lineage.
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Greece
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Governor Morehead and Army Take Charge in Omaha
Governor Morehead and Adjutant General Hall arrived by special train and toured the attacked area in Omaha. Army engineers from Fort Crook assisted as three additional militia companies were summoned to aid rescue efforts. Local militia were reinforced by police and sheriff to restore order.
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Homes of Rich Thrown Open to the Victims
In Omaha on March 24, 2,000 storm victims from all classes seek shelter with the city’s rich opening homes and the Commercial club offering rooms and aid. Relief funds have started and contributions pour in as mothers and children wait at undertakers’ parlors for news of missing relatives. Mayor Dahlman issues a proclamation calling police to guard devastated districts and urges shelter, feeding and clothing for refugees until longer arrangements can be made.
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Preacher Sermons After Police Court Experience
Rev. W. M. Jeffers of Queen Anne Methodist Church sat with Judge Gordon in police court on Friday and shared thoughts on the law of God versus man. He announced plans for a sermon series, starting with An Afternoon in Police Court next Sunday night.
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the Star
Four More Bodies Found in Council Bluffs Storm Toll
Reports from Council Bluffs across the Missouri River say four additional fatalities were recovered from storm wreckage, raising the death toll there to twelve. Local authorities continue clean up and relief coordination in the affected neighborhoods.
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Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Crowded Morgues Reported After Omaha Disaster
Reports from Omaha say all morgues are crowded as relief efforts proceed. City officials including Mayor Dahlman coordinate aid while a branch telephone exchange is set up on the North Side. Police say looting occurred overnight and several arrests were made as crowds gathered amid the panic.
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Omaha
South
John Dahlman
Hartman
War Secretary Offers Aid to Chicago Distress
War Secretary directed Col. Hoyle at the army depot in Chicago to dispatch Maj. Hartman to Omaha and the signal corps to the district. The War Department will provide supplies or rush troops if authorities request aid.
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Washington
Col
Hoyle
Army
Chicago
Hartman
Signal Corps
Omaha
Village of Prairieton Wiped Off Map by Cyclone
In Terre Haute Indiana a cyclone hit the village of Prairieton, about 400 miles distant from here. The town was described as wiped off the map and still impassable. Casualties are feared and fatalities cannot yet be learned due to blocked access.
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United Presse
Terre Haute
Ind
Marc Prairieton
Navy denied government pay for private dentist bills
Washington March 24 The Comptroller of the Treasury advised the secretary of the navy that government funds cannot cover dental treatment expenses for enlisted men when naval dental officers are unavailable. Sailors would must bear costs to visit private dentists.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Ist. Comptroller of the Treasury
Tracewell
Secretary of the Navy
Close Call for Bill In Hartford Train Narrow Escape
Scott of New Westminster narrowly escaped while between two tracks as two trains moved opposite ways. His companion Thomas Ryan of Binghampton, New York, was struck, hurled 300 feet, and horribly mangled.
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Conn
Scott
New Westminster
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Binghampton
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