New Orleans Flood Relief Under Federal Aid Amid Rising Mississippi
Reports from New Orleans describe a worsening flood as the Mississippi rises and the Torras crevasse breaches the Des Glaise at Torras. Government aid reaches 120,000 refugees with the gunboat Petrel and the battleship Nebraska delivering provisions and rescuing residents from rafts and submerged properties. Seventeen dead confirmed, with 20,000 rescued and estimates of $60 to $100 million in damages and many towns wiped out.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Torras Crevasse
Des Glaces Revee
Old Rivers
Torras
Arkansas River
Gulf
Petrel
Nebraska
Point Coupee Parish
Opelousas
Louisiana
Toledo Purchases Pitcher McCann
Toledo Ohio reports the sale of Pitcher McCann from the New York Americans to the Toledo baseball club on May 9.
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Toledo
McCann
Toledo, O
New York Americans
Burned Steel Documents Revealed in Trust Dissolution Case
Testimony showed that crucial documentary evidence sought by the government in the steel trust dissolution suit was destroyed by Frank Baackes, vice-president of American Steel & Wire. The destruction involved a trunkful of correspondence between company officers and R. E. Jackson, wire pool organizer, dating back to 1901.
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New York
Steel Trust
Frank Baackes
American Steel & Wire Company
Trust
Brown
Probher
J. M. Dick
Nson
Harry A. Whitney
Whitney
Worcester
Mass
R. E. Jackson
Combinatem
Judge Archbald Accused of Trading Favors For Corporate Deals
Washington May 9 The house judiciary committee pressed its probe into Judge Archbald of the commerce court charging he used his office to obtain favors from corporations. Edward J Williams testified they were partners in an Erie railroad calm bank deal and profits from two sale attempts. Other indicated deals include a Venezuela land project a Lehigh Valley railroad matter and a coal transaction. Williams said Archbald was a silent partner and sought influence over litigation in his court.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Robert Archbald
United States Commerce Court
Edward J. Williams
Dunmore
Archbald
Erie Railroad
Willams
Williams
Erie
New York
Bromell
Venezuela
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Archhbald
W. P
C. G. Borland
Strike Riot at Park Row Station Ends in Clashes
Freight handlers struck at Park Row Chicago as Illinois Central officers paid off workers. Two hundred gathered, a window rush ensued, doors barricaded, police called. About a hundred officers fought with strikers. several were bruised as officers dispersed the crowd. Patrick Cleary, a striker, was despondent.
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Chicago
Park Row
Illinois Central
Patrick Cleary
Despon
Striker’s Desperate Act Amid Rail Arbitration Talks
Police say a worker cut his throat after losing his job during the ongoing strike. The Wabash railroad reports the dispute has moved toward arbitration, with officials indicating willingness to submit to a formal arbitration committee. Strikers offered to make reasonable concessions to settle their grievances.
Mrs Astor to Stay Here at Beechwood Newport
New York May 9 The mother of William Vincent Astor will reside at Beechwood Newport next month as Mrs Astor. She will preside over the Astor villa now owned by her son, with his sister Miss Alice Astor, alongside him.
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New York
William Vincent Astor
John Astor
Beechwood
Astor
Newport
Woman Kills Man Then Herself in Los Angeles
A woman identified as Mrs Ann Dewey, daughter of a Haskell Oklahoma citizen, shot Peter Walker a wealthy contractor at the Sheffield apartments 727 West First street and then killed herself. Jealousy was cited as the motive for the double tragedy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ann Dewey
Haskell
Okla
Peter Walker
Sheffield Apartments
West First Street
Veteran Umpire Tim Hurst Critically Ill in New York
Tim Hurst, veteran baseball umpire and referee, is critically ill in New York with pleuropneumonia. His physician says he has not an even chance.
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New York
Tim Hurst
Hurst
Meat Quiz Hears Mrs. Crane on Meat Inspection Flaws
Mrs. Caroline Crane testified before the House committee accusing Secretary Wilson of undue friendliness with beef packers and alleging lax enforcement of meat inspection laws. She cited secret regulations, car seals, and alleged packer influence at Chicago plants and stockyards.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
House
Caroline Bartlett Crane
Kalamazoo
Mich
Crane
Chicago
Shrine Officers Elected for Imperial Council Meet in Dallas
Southern Shriners elected Ernest A. Cutts of Savannah imperial outer guard and named Dallas as next year’s meeting site on May 13 and 14, 1913. William J. Cunningham of Baltimore was chosen imperial potentate with leadership slated for succession in twelve years. Officers named include William W. Irwin, Frederick R. Smith, J. Putnam Stevens, Henry F. Niedringhaus Jr., Charles B. Ovenshire, Elias J. Jacoby, W. Freeland Kendrick, Ellis L. Garretson, William J. Matthews and others.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Shriners
Imperial Council
Ernest A. Cutts
Abee
Savannah
Imperial
Dallas
Tex
Mecca
Texas City
Cutts
William J. Matthews
New York City
Dinner At $50 Plate Dinner Sparks Roosevelt Victory
Politicians in Tacoma Washington credit Roosevelt's primary win to a $50 plate dinner held here. President Taft last October.
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Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt
Teatt
Speculation Runs High Over Coming Methodist Bishops
In Minneapolis on May 9 the Methodist general conference debated reforms on official conduct and Catholic church resolutions. A substantial push for church union, aid to distressed ministers, and rapid episcopal speculation followed, naming favored candidates like Homer C. Stuntz and Downey as likely bishops.
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Minneapolis Minn
Methodist General Conference
Robert Stephens
Danville
Robert Watt
Delaware
Geitys
Nebraska
James Bowe
Chicago
Committee On Education
Ida T. Arms
Chile
Edwin Locke
Kansas
Robert G. Valentine
Secretary of the Interior
Union of Churches North
Frank M. Thomas
Methodist Church, South
W. 8
China
Louisiana
Hottie Missionary Society
South
Committee On Episcopacy
C Thellinois
W. ©. Shepard
Homer C. Stuntz
David G. Downey
R. J. Cooke
Francis J. McConnell
Taft Campaign Continues In Ohio With Rallies
President Taft presses his fighting campaign in Ohio delivering numerous speeches at Memorial Hall and across the southern counties including Adams where about 2000 voters have been disfranchised as he plans a re invasion of the state next Monday morning.
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Columbus
Ohio
Memorial Hall
Taft
Adams County
Sparrows Recommended as Tasty, Says Agriculture Expert
An Agriculture Department biologist declares broiled sparrow a palatable option, claiming it equals other grill fare. The note reflects a 19th century raw appetite stance and cites no official policy change.
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Washington
N. EB. Dearborn
Department of Agriculture
Two Shot And Killed In Seattle Navy Yard Incident
Seattle May 9 George Prathy dock master of the Puget Sound navy yard and Lee Ditton a clerk were shot and killed by J H Haley an ex employee and I W W member who fired after Prathy refused to reinstate him Dittom was shot while rushing to aid his chief.
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Seattle
Wash
George Prathy
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Lee Ditton
J. H. Haley
Malev
Industrial Workers of the World
Prathy
Dittom
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