ReliefEases Cairo After Ohio River Flood Display
Relief efforts by the Chicago Association of Commerce and Peoria are expected to be accepted in Cairo. Soldiers with brooms cleaned streets as sanitation is watched to prevent disease. A levee break near Point Pleasant is unverified but water nears the levee top. A relief expedition was sent to Mound City as conditions worsen for residents and troops.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Chicago Association of Commerce
City of
Peoria
A. B. Hunter
New Madrid
Ohio River
St. Francis
Mound City
Moriarity
Brick Wall Fails Flooding North Memphis Area
The Mississippi River gauge stood at 42.4 inches at 7 a.m. marking a 1.5 foot rise in 24 hours. A brick protecting wall along Bayou Gayoso failed, flooding a residential district in the northern part of Memphis.
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Memphis
Associated Press
Tenn
Bayou Gayoso
Levees Near Point Pleasant Deny Flood Reports
Associated Press report from Memphis states that US engineers denied rumors of levee breaches flooding the St Francis basin. Officials said they were in contact with Point Pleasant after midnight and that the levees remained intact.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Ohio river flood recedes as relief steamers reach towns
By Associated Press report from De Koven Kentucky on April 5 notes the Ohio river has risen only slightly since yesterday. Officials believe the worst of the flood is over and distress fears eased by two relief steamers bringing supplies to Shawneetown Caseyville and other damaged areas.
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Associated Press
DE Koven
Ohio River
Shawneetown
Caseyville
Major Nor moyle sends aid to Hamilton flood victims
Nor moyle has dispatched three carloads of foodstuffs to Hamilton Ohio to relieve 12000 destitute people. He finds 500 homeless families needing beds and bedding and orders 500 cots and 500 blankets to shelter 1200 persons sleeping on damp floors. Ernest P. Bicknell reports a very serious flood situation across Indiana Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Illinois.
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Associated Press
Washington
Major Normoyle
Hamilton
Ohio
Ernest P. Bicknell
Red Cross
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ilinois
Levee Work Steadies Floodline as Chicago Sends Aid
Major Markham reported Cairo region conditions satisfactory overnight and levees expected to hold. Flood source traced to upper St Francis basin causing fall at Cairo. Sandbagging and dike strengthening continued along the Feel Foot levee. Chicago Association of Commerce mobilizes relief with 5000 dollars for southern Illinois, shipments to Cairo and Shawneetown planned.
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Memphis
Tenn
Markham
Caruthersville
Point Pleasant
Cairo
St. Francis Basin
New Madrid
Mississippi
Feelfoot Levee
Special Grand Jury Called in Montgomery to Investigate Convict Department
Judge Armstead Brown has summoned the Montgomery grand jury for a special session Monday to probe the state convict department. The move, said to be directed by Governor O Nea l, has caused a sensation in Montgomery and drawn wide attention.
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Montgomery
State Convict Department
Ala
Armstead Brown
Night Agent at St Elmo Held Up at Gunpoint
Night operator J. C. Turner and his wife Mrs. Turner were held up at the St Elmo L and N railroad station twenty miles from Mobile. A white, six foot tall, well educated robber stole Turner's watch and money while threatening to shoot if they moved. Mrs Turner aided by Dr Edwards recovered from shock. Deputies chase leads as tramps terrorize the area.
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St. Elmo
Mobile
Mr. Turner
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Irvington
Turner
Palmer
Theodore
Ala
Day
St. Eric
Scranton
Miss
Temperature Drops with Cool Wave From 17 Degrees
A disturbance moved over the central U S causing a 17 degree drop in Mobile Friday afternoon and night with a low near 55 on Saturday morning. Friday morning 71 degrees at 6 am. Heavy fog Friday night cleared by a brisk northeast wind. Winds from the same direction expected into Sunday with warmer weather forecast.
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Mobile
Balkan Allies Submit Reply To Peace Basis To Turkey
Sofia April 5 Balkan allies present reply to powers peace basis with Turkey. They accept in part but seek changes on Thrace frontier Albania frontiers Aegean islands indemnity and wartime cessation. Allies demand Aegean islands and Albania frontiers be set by powers with consent.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Balkan
Turkey
Enos
Midia
Albania
Aegean
Crete
Thrace
Aegean Sea
London
Blockade of Antivari Port Starts With Allied Fleet
Montenegrin sea port Antivari is blockaded as eight foreign warships form a semicircular barrier before the harbor. The fleet includes three Austrian, two Italian, one British, one German, and one French ships.
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Associated Press
Cettinje
Montenegro
Antivari
Pedestrian Dangers Grow On Royal Street At City Bank Site
City officials urge action after J H Wilson of Mobile Light & Railroad Co reports dangerous conditions on Royal street near the new City Bank annex. Wilson proposes rerouting street cars and asks the contractor to provide a protected sidewalk passage to relieve the congested traffic area. The matter is referred to City Engineer Wright Smith.
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New City Bank
Schwarz
J. H. Wilson
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Wilson
Traction Company
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Davis Avenue
Beauregard
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Dauphin
City Annex
Wright Smith
Tammany Leader Assassinated by Gangsters
Eugene Smith, a Tammany political leader, was shot and killed on Park Row today by four gangsters after leaving a Tammany Hall ball. One witness saw the attack. the assailants escaped. A brother said Smith was mistaken for another man and had lately moved to Brooklyn amid threats.
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Eugene Smith
Park Row
East Side
Tammany Hall
Smith
Ecenily
Brooklyn
Ohio At A Stand But Mississippi Rising
Washington April 5 flood bulletin reports the Ohio River at Evansville has stood still while Cairo's stage Saturday morning reaches 54.7 feet, unchanged from Friday and down 0.1 foot in 12 hours. The Mississippi above Cairo continues to rise between Cairo and New Orleans, while the Cumberland and Wabash rivers fall.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ohio
Evansville
Cairo
Mississippi
New Orleans
Cimberland
Wabash
Courtship Concluded by Cable Messages
Engagement announced from Kansas City as Ruth W Bookwalter of Oberlin College and Hum mell Hummell of Indianapolis, both Oberlin students last year. Cablegrams exchanged confirm the proposal from Kobe, Japan and acceptance with a light note.
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Ruth W.mockwalter
Oberlin
Ohio
Hummell
Indianapolis
Cable
Oberlin College
Aberlin
Kobe
Japan
Bookwalter
Illinois panel to discuss minimum wage with Chicago merchants
The Illinois senatorial vice committee will start a conference with State Street merchants Monday morning to negotiate a voluntary minimum wage agreement. Most large businesses are expected to be represented as the committee contemplates wage legislation.
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Chicago
Ilinois Senatorial
Weather Brief for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecasts show fair conditions tonight and Sunday with warmer Sunday. Moderate northeasterly winds. In Alabama cloudless skies expected tonight and Sunday. Mississippi will see clear to fair weather with a slow rise in temperature Sunday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Wooed and wed in three days record bold
Frank H. Williams, a Columbia graduate and son of a retired publisher, wed Blanche Metzger within twenty four hours of landing in New York after meeting on a Jacksonville to New York steamer. Their courtship and proposal happened in rapid fire, with marriage following a day after arrival.
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Frank H. Wiliams
New York
Frank H. Willams
Columbia College
Blanche Metzger
Elmira
Charleston
Williams
New Jersey
Congressmen Assemble for Special Session Opens
Washington April 5 Congress members return in large numbers for the opening of the special session. Republicans arrive for a House caucus and Mann of Illinois is eyed for party leadership. Democrats prepare to caucus on tariff revision rules as work slows for local legislative actions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Mann
Ilinois
Senate
Capitol
John W. tGern
Wween
Subie Om
Norday
Wilson
Location secured for Tusculbma industry plant
The Colbert County Cotton Oil Mill and Fertilizer Mixing Plant in Tuscumbia, Alabama, obtained a desirable site in the western city area. A two story brick building 60 by 85 feet will begin soon with other structures for the plant. Over $30,000 has been subscribed toward a total $100,000, with the remainder expected shortly.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Colbert County
Oral
Deaf witness testifies in Bramier case at Anniston court
William Castleberry, a deaf mute, took the stand in the state’s case against Herman Bramier in Anniston city court. An interpreter was needed and a shoe merchant volunteered for the service as Solicitor Tunstall began to catch parts of the sign language during testimony.
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Anniston
Ala
William Castleberry
Herman Bramier
Tunstall
Castleberry
Teenager Cleared of Vagrancy Charge in Anniston
Thomas Cline aged 17 was acquitted of vagrancy after testimony from his mother showed his age. The ruling cites a Supreme Court decision that youths under 18 living with parents cannot be convicted of this charge.
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Anniston
Ala
Thomas Cline
Supreme Court
One Hundred Boosters To Join Montgomery Trip
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League will send exactly one hundred Boosters to Montgomery for a trade expansion trip on Tuesday and Wednesday. Seventy three Boosters had signed up earlier and a fourteen piece band will accompany them. The committee planned to add twenty seven more names, with entries to close Monday at noon. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad issued a schedule folder for the excursion.
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Montgomery
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Trade Expansion Committee
W. T. Kelly
The
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Hartwell Douglas Named Head of State Convict Board
Hartwell Douglas of Montgomery has been appointed by Governor O Neal to lead the State Convict Board, succeeding James G Oakley. Douglas will assume Monday afternoon, with M B Wellborn stepping down. Dan Trawick is expected to become chief clerk, replacing Theo Lacy who is missing. Douglas, a Montgomery real estate broker, did not seek the post and learned of the appointment only from the governor. He will meet the governor and Wellborn on Monday to discuss reorganization.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hartwell Douglas
O'Neal
State Convict Board
James G. Oakley
Douglas
M. B. Wellborn
Dan Trawick
Theo Lacy
Convict Bureau
Mg Wellborn Munday
Ocilla Southern to Extend Rail Line into Florida
Macon leader J A J Henderson says the Ocilla Southern will extend from Macon to Jacksonville a 230 mile line. The route will pass through Fitzgerald Perry Rochelle and other Georgia towns as fifty miles already operate. Construction will begin at once after surveys.
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Macon
J. A. J. Henderson
Ocilla Southern Railway Company
Ocilla
Jacksonville
Fla
Georgia
Fitzgerald
Perry
Rochelle
Ocilla Southern
Roci
Henderson
French Bandit Lacombe Eludes Justice in Paris Prison
Paris April 5. Anarchist Lacombe described as Europe s most desperate criminal dies after leaping from the roof of La Santé prison where he had waited trial for the murder of M Ducret. He had confessed to other killings and, after escaping his cell, saluted a warden before plunging to the courtyard below.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lacombe
Europe
Prison de la Sante
M. Ducret
I’idee Libre
Ducret
Besons
Les Aubrais
Senators Study Tariff Revision in Senate Hearing
The Senate Finance Committee examined the new tariff bill as anti free sugar forces from Louisiana and cane states pressed for changes while President Wilson seeks accord. Underwood announced rapid finalization, noting all revisions could be made quickly and that the bill would eliminate the old maximum and minimum tariffs and allow reciprocity treaties with Senate and House approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
Wilson
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House
White House
Congress
United States
Naval Exhibit Planned for Mobile County Fair
A United States naval exhibit will be shown at the upcoming Mobile county fair. A communication from the United States naval station at New Orleans requests the fair officials coordinate. The inquiry was referred to the Fall Coast Tropical Fair promoters for action.
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Mobile
United States Naval Station
New Orleans
Chinese Bandits Routed on West River Fight
Chinese soldiers clashed with pirates on the West River. The force killed one and captured others. the remaining attackers fled. About 3150.90 in valuables were recovered.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
China
West River
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