River Levees at Card Are Severely Tested
Flood conditions along the St Francis basin set a heavy strain on Cairo levees as water rose to 54 feet. Vandal looting occurred in flooded districts while deputies patrolled by boat. Refugees and stock moved to Wickliffe and Hickman. flood crest advancing south, affecting Memphis region and cotton acreage. Mail service disrupted from Ohio to mountains with emergency routes and new handling orders to maintain movement.
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St. Francis Basin
Ohio River
Rocky Mountains
Cairo
Idl
Fraser
Missouri
Wickliffe
Mount Mounds
Hickman
Columbus, Ky
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis
Ohio
J. M. Mastin
Omaha
Loup
Platte
Elkhorn
Hitchcock
New York Girls Complete Transcontinental Walk to San Francisco
Daisy Myers and Millie Dougan arrived in San Francisco after an eight month trek from New York. They started with $1.50, funding the journey by writing newspaper articles. Their route went through St Louis the Wabash Trail Ogden and the Southern Pacific to California.
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San Francisco
New York
Daisy Myers
Millie Dougan
St. Louis
Denver & Rio Grande
Ogden
Reid Returns to Duties After Bronchitis Attack
American ambassador Whitelaw Reid has recovered enough to resume duties at the embassy in London. He and Mrs. Reid dined with the king and queen at Buckingham Palace earlier this week.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Mrs. Reid
Buckingham Palace
First Health Certificate Wedding Set In Chicago
Chicago plans its first health certificate marriage as Ruth Palmer and Albertus W. Bode secure a certificate and await a Cathedral ceremony by Dean Walter T. Sumner. They recite a self certified statement declaring no mental or physical deficiencies and no infectious disease, then schedule a breakfast and wedding at Clergy House.
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Chicago
Englewood
Ruth Palmer
W. W. Palmer
Carroll Avenue
Albertus W. Bode
Sangamon Street
Walter T. Sumner
Cathedral of
SS. Peter and Paul
Hode
Migs Palmer
Dean Sumner
A. W. Bede
North
Peoria Street
Mercy girl wins verdict in slander suit
Jurors found Esther Mercy credible in the $100,000 slander case against Marion Talbot dean of women at the University of Chicago. They awarded Mercy $2,500 and the defense immediately filed a motion for a new trial to be argued this week.
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Chicago
Esther Mercy
Miss Marion Talbot
The
University of Chicago
Everett Jennings
Miss Mercy
Red Cross Orders 75 Million Christmas Seals
The American Red Cross society has ordered 75 million seals for this year. The new design features a central Santa Claus portrait with American Red Cross at the top and 1912 at the bottom.
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Red Cross
Santa Claus
Washington
American Red Cross Society
American Red Cross
Ruef Announces Expose Of Graft Case Links In San Francisco
Abraham Ruef, imprisoned former San Francisco political boss, starts a newspaper series vowing a complete expose of the men accused alongside him in graft cases. He promises to reveal actions and the roles of railroad and public utility officials, politicians, and others over the past decade.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
San Quentin Penitentiary
Rue
Ruef
Pioneer Railroad Builder Elijah Smith Dies
Elijah Smith, a pioneer railroad builder of the Pacific coast, died in Portland Oregon at age seventy two in April.
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Pioneer
Portland
Ore
Elijah Smith
Pacific Coast
MURDER CAUSES RACE RIOT IN WEST VIRGINIA MINING TOWNS
Race tensions surge in Fayetteville and nearby mining towns Boomer Cannelton and Marting after banker Washington Trostwick is killed by three Italians. Police rush to swear in extra guards as Governor Glasscock is urged to mobilize the National Guard. Boomer residents stockpile rifles amid unrest.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Boomer
Cannelton
Marting
Washington Trostwick
Glasscock
National Guard
Proposal to Elect Federal Judges in House Action
Washington April 8 A constitutional amendment to elect federal judges was proposed by Representative Neeley of Kansas. It would limit district judge tenure to six years and require selection by qualified voters of the district, while preserving the current method for higher courts. Quincy Adams Grandson Dead. Robert Adams aged 76 a grandson of John Quincy Adams died at his winter home in Santa Monica California.
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Washington
Representative Neeley
Kansas
Neeley
Quincy Adams
Santa Monica
Cal
Robert Adams
John Quincy Adams
Stranded Steamer Is Floated Off Hog Island
The British tank steamer Georgian Prince, ashore at Hog Island, Bristol County, was floated at high tide by several tugs.
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Bristol
R. I
Hog Island
Threaten Coal Peace in Wilkesbarre Over Repair Work
In Wilkesbarre on April 6 union leaders press for all repair work at collieries to be done only by union men. Operators threaten to disrupt peace citing coal strike commission rulings against discrimination. A split between operators and mine leaders appears likely with possible work suspension after peace.
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Wilkesbarre
Coal Strike Commission
Philadelphia
Receivers Named for Allis-Chalmers by Judge Sanborn
D W Call and Gen Otto H Falk were appointed receivers for Allis-Chalmers by Judge A L Sanborn. They will operate the business as a going concern to protect assets while a reorganization plan is explored. Max W Babb will serve as attorney for the receivers.
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ED. W. Call
Otto H. Falk
Sanborn
Concern
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Company
A. L. Sanborn
United States District Court
D. W. Call
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
First National
Wisconsin National Banks
W. W. Nichola
New York
Max W. Babb
London Ends Coal Strike With Industry Wide Reopening
The coal strike ends and industries brace for revival. Miners in Scotland return to collieries today while England and Wales observe a holiday and resume tomorrow. By week’s end all collieries are expected to be in full swing.
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London
Scotland
England
Amd
Wales
French WarShip Boat Sinks Off Tangiers Killing Several Aboard
A steam launch belonging to a French warship foundered off Tangiers during a transfer to the German steamship General. Russian secretary M. Porkins, French secretary M. Bon ardie, Mme Ronarche, three children and three nurses were aboard. two children, the three nurses and two seamen drowned.
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Paris
Tangiers
M. Porkins
Tangier
M. Bonardie
Mme. Ronarche
Marseilles
South jubilees showcase southern progress at Nashville
The second of five annual jubilees opens in Nashville under the Southern Commercial congress with delegates from sixteen southern states. Exhibits highlight agriculture education mineral output and municipal improvements as the south markets rapid growth since 1850 including big gains in population value banking and manufacturing.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Nashville
Tenn
Missouri
Oklahoma
South
Congress
Washington
Atlanta
Dixie
Shiloh
Old Ory
Gulf Deep Waterway Association
Panama Canal
Mason and Dixon
Isso
Police Arrest Negro Preacher in Voodoo Case in Lafayette
In Lafayette Louisiana April 8 police arrest a black preacher named Thompson hoping he will reveal names of victims slain in the Barnabet voodoo murders. Clementine Barnabet the accused woman was arraigned today and her trial is expected to be set next week or the following week.
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Lafayette
Thompson
Clementine Barnabet
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