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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
6
The High Point Review notes a scatter of quirky anecdotes and social curiosities from fashion to aviation and crime trends. It highlights humorous observations on hats, skirts, and embeddings in pop culture, with city life remarks from Chicago to Cleveland and a nod to enduring old customs.
Mexico formally protests to the United States demanding tighter frontier vigilance amid reports that war material including machine guns is crossing the border to rebels. Huerta and Felix Diaz deny clashes, while rumors of intrigue surround the capital. In Laredo Texas eighty nine are killed in a 16 hour battle near Coahuila with federal forces sustaining casualties.
London reports Montenegro's continued bombardment of Scutari defying powers while Servia delays troop withdrawal beyond Albania frontier. Austria Hungary urges action, with Britain Italy and Austria set to enforce naval measures. Russia abstains from coercive steps amid growing regional friction. Meanwhile, J M Sims pleads guilty in Atlanta to five federal indictments for mail fraud. six years prison sentence. President Wilson selects Summer Capital at Harlakenden house in Cornish New Hampshire, awaiting readiness for occupancy.
Isabel G. Temple, 30, daughter of H. N. Temple of Chattanooga, committed death by own action in a Canal Street department store in New Orleans. She had come here three weeks ago suffering from nervousness and was found by a shopper after swallowing most of a vial of poison and died before hospital care. She had earlier walked from the library with her mother.
Flood waters receded across Ohio and Indiana as death toll estimates varied. Dayton faced up to 200 fatalities, Columbus around 60, with other cities like Piqua, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, and Kokomo reporting dozens of dead and extensive property damage. Floyd Allen and Claude Allen were executed in Virginia after a long delay. In Youngstown thousands were displaced as rivers swelled and bridges went underwater.
A large state reservoir south of Akron has breached. Men on horseback spread warnings as residents in nearby sections flee for their lives amid rising waters and imminent danger.
Springfield Ohio endures its worst flood as lowlands flood and rivers overflow. Several hundred eastern houses inundated and multiple factories forced to close.
American financier J Pierpont Morgan died in a Rome hotel shortly after midnight local time. Doctors say the first breakdown followed his testimony before a probing committee and that his death came after a prolonged decline with attendants present and regular medical bulletins issued in the morning.
The text describes Mr Morgan nearing death as his condition worsened despite nourishment and heart tonics. He fell into a coma before death, with doctors and nurses present. Relatives arrived, including Mrs Fitzsimmons, while assistant staff Miss Helen Hamilton aided three physicians: Professor Giuseppe Bastianelli, Dr M Allen Starr, and Dr Geo A Dixon.
Secretary Daniels of the Navy Department announced a firm stance against accepting resignations from midshipmen and naval officers before completing their eight year government contract. He argued the government’s significant expense in education and training warrants a permanent return from their service.
President Wilson will decide whether raw sugar goes on the free list or carries a small duty in the new tariff bills. Congressional leaders are ready to defer to his stance. Chairman Underwood of the Ways and Means Committee awaits the president's position.
The Cairo executive flood committee appeals to President Wilson for help for Cairo and nearby towns. They warn the worst flood in Ohio and Mississippi valleys may break records and request boats sacks food and other supplies to cope with the rising waters.
Centije Montenegro will reject the powers on behalf of the Porte and refuse to admit an envoy to convey a cipher message to Erzada Pasha. The reason cited is King Nicholas offering consuls to leave the city three times, but the town commander rejected each proposal.
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