Day of Devastation in Dayton As Flood Rages
Gov. Cox orders troops to Dayton as flood and fire devastate the city. Reports warn deaths could reach 2000 while rescue workers struggle amid raging waters and collapsing buildings. John Patterson of the NCR leads relief efforts aiding thousands with boats, supplies, and shelter, amid chaotic scenes and heroic acts.
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Columbus
Dayton
Cox
Cleveland
Toledo
Piqua
Troy
Galveston
George Tha
Springfield
John Bell
Russell
West Third St
Boulevard
Steele High
Zanesville
Lebanon
Joss
Hall
Relief Committee
United Press
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Fred Patterson
Cash Resister Company
John Patterson
National Cash Register
Frederick Patterson
Dorothy
Patterson
Feeney
Putte, Mont
Cash Regis Company
Norma Thuma
Ron Halon Meyers
Wm. Wagoner
Flood Damage Hits Two States with Widespread Flooding
Indiana reports numerous deaths as cities from Peru to Richmond face heavy flooding. Indianapolis submerged by the White River with 10 000 homes inundated, while Fort Wayne loses power and faces water shortages. Ohio sees Dayton to Columbus and Lima flooded, 25 dead in Delaware, 2 000 homeless in Zanesville, and major bridges swept away.
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Indianapolis
White River
Fort Wayne
Marion
Elwood
Broadrippie
la Fayette
Rushville
Muncie
Noblesville
Richmond
Kokamo
Shelbyville
Logansport
Terre Haute
Ohio
Miami Valley
Dayton
Piqua
Troy
Sidney
Carrollton
Miamisburg
Hamilton
Mad River Valley
West Liberty
Springfield
Scioto
Columbus
Delaware
Ottawa
Lima
Zanesville
Sixth Street
Mayor Missing as Flood Claims Fifty in Tiffin
Toledo News Bee reports from Tiffin Ohio that fifty persons perished in flood waters. Among the missing are Chief of Police Myers and Mayor Kaeppel as seven feet of water covered city streets.
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Toledo
Toledo News Bee
Tiffin, C
Po- Hee Myers
Kaeppel
Tiff_a
Roofs Jammed as Hundreds Cling to Shelters
Cincinnati dispatch reports severe flooding in the Great Miami valley with Dayton View and Edgemont under water. Homes and barns swept away, towns like Miamisburg and Franklin in doubt, as residents on roofs, trees, and hill camps await rescue.
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Walter Prees
Cincinnati
Dayton
Dayton View
Edgemont
Great Miami Valley
Ohio
Miamisburg
Franklin Io
Piqua
Sibney
Middletown
Hamilton
Seattle Citizens urged to aid flood victims
George F. Cotterill Mayor endorses a relief appeal from Dr M A Matthews president of Seattle Red Cross and the Chamber of Commerce urging residents to donate for flood sufferers across Ohio. Funds to be sent via the Red Cross through the national body to be dispersed. Donations payable at the New Chamber of Commerce office in the Central building.
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Chilberg
Chamber of Commerce
M. A. Matthews
Red Sdciety
Ohio
Seattle
Woodrow Wilson
National
Red Drown Society
The
Hed Cross Society
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
George F. Cotterill
Chamber
Matthews
Free YMCA Membership Drive for Seattle Boys
The Star invites Seattle boys to earn a free YMCA membership by a few hours of work at The Star office. Mr. Parish and Mr. Weatherbee will explain the process, urging mothers to encourage sons to participate for moral and physical benefits.
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Seattle
Star
Parish
Mr. Weatherbee
Seatle
Wilson Urges Nation to Aid Flood Victims
President Wilson called on Americans to support flood relief in Ohio and Indiana. He urged donations to the American Red Cross at Washington headquarters or local treasuries, calling the disaster a national calamity and prompting swift aid.
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United Pree Ooret
Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Wilson
White House
American Red Crosse Society
Society
Treasuries
Recount Sought After Proposition A Election Fraud Claims
Mayor Cotterill says Proposition A is discredited by direct fraud evidence and large spending to sway the vote. He cites 40 000 mail pieces misrepresenting Rainier Valley support and the arrest of election officials in Precinct 215, with a recount possible through the courts by local groups.
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Cotterill
The
Star Today
Vetera
Seattle
Rainier Valley
Paul Redslol
City Car Line League
50000 Tents for Survivors Aid for Ohio Suffering
Secretary of War Garrison ordered 50 000 tents and one million rations rushed to Ohio from Philadelphia for relief of the sufferers. Funeral services for Geo Mages 36 of Seattle were held from Nehney Watsop's Broadway and Olive this afternoon.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Ohio
Philadelphia
Geo. Mages
Seattle
Nehney-Watsop's
Broadway
Olive
Harbor Island scheme in Seattle dead and port to build terminals
Gen Chittenden announced the Harbor Island plan is abandoned as promoters fail to fund the project. The port commission will seek voter approval to move a $3,000,000 bond to an East Waterway plan placing terminals and industrial sites under public control. The Pacific Terminal company formed to run the project remains unresponsive.
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Harbor Island
Seattle
Star
Gen
H. M. Chittenden
Port Commission
AYERS
Commission
Robert Ridges
R. F. Ayers
Pacific Terminal Company
Palmer Woodbury
New York
Gen. Chittenden
Lewis and Sherman Win U S Senate Seats in Illinois
James Hamilton Lewis and Lawrence Y. Sherman were elected United States senators in Springfield on March 26 by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. Lewis to a long term and Sherman to a short term, with cross-party pledges backing the victors.
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United Press
Springfield
James Hamilton Lewis
Lawrence Y. Sherman
United States
Lewis
Sherman
Seattle
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Main St
Peru
Nation
Fake Harbor Island
Ham” Lewis
U.S. Senate
London
Rome
Frank Morgan
H. A. Adama
Morgan
R. A. Howell
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