Flood at Cumberland Railroad traffic blocked by submerged tracks
Flood conditions flood Cumberland area delaying through trains as water covers tracks on Western Maryland and related lines. Woman saves passenger train near Scott Haven with a torch, refused reward. Potomac at Williamsport 18 feet above low water, Wheat lands flooded and rail facilities inundated across Garrett and nearby counties.
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Scott Haven
Potomac
Walliamsport
Potomec
Western Maryland
Seymour
Cedar Cam
Cumberland
Shhell
Chent River
Liking
Maryland
Cumberland and
Pennsylvania
Barton
George Hunter
Baltimore and Ohio
Scott Hlaven
Hunter
Virginia
N. S Lemons
Western Maryland Railroad
Skyron
Williameport
Elkins
W.va
Tygarts Valley
Tygarts
No Danger In Washington Water Rise Not Flood Threat
Reports from Harpers Ferry Cumberland and Western Maryland show swollen tributaries raising the Potomac at a slow pace. Prof Edward B Garriott of the Weather Bureau says Washington would need at least ten more feet of rise before a flood is possible and that the river should peak around high tide between 8 and 9 tomorrow morning.
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Garriott
Clark
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Cumberland
Maryland
Edward B Garrott
Weather Bureau
Washington
Potoma
Flood Submerges Mosquito Flats Forcing Evacuations
West of Cumberland railroad tracks are buried, causing delays while the Mosquito Flats in South Cumberland remain fully submerged, prompting the relocation of numerous families to safer facilities.
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Cumberland
Mosquito Flats
Flood Devastates Wheeling West Virginia March Flood
Wheeling faces its worst flood since 1884 with the water at 44 feet and rising four inches hourly. Communications are cut as railroads and trolleys halt, isolating the city. About 3,000 houses submerged and roughly 15,000 people displaced across Wheeling and nearby towns with emergency moves for the sick and extortion reported from afloat ferries and vehicles. Majoraville and Vicela villages reportedly wiped out. nearly one hundred houses submerged in Wheeling Creek Valley. No fatalities confirmed yet, but many narrow escapes.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood
Martina Ferry
Bridgeport
Bellaire
McMechen
Moundsville
Wheeling Island
South Wheeling
Majoraville
Vicela
Wheeling Creek
Majorsville
Zanesville
Ohio
Deacon
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley
Pennsylvania
Trinway
Cty
West Main Street
Columbus
Newark
Southeastern Ohio
Here
Crooksville
Muskingum
New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas
PLAN FOR UNIVERSAL PEAGE DISCUSSED AHEAD OF HAGUE
New York March 1 at President Roosevelts urging Representative Richard Berthride submitted a report on universal arbitration drafted by the Interparliamentary Union. The plan seeks a permanent international deliberative body representing all nations to codify world opinion into rules of international law and empower The Hague court to rule on violations. Controversies outside this area would go to armed forces only after failed good offices.
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New York
Mar
Roogevelt
Richard Berthride
Missouri
Interparliamentary Union
Carnee c Hall
Roosevelt
Hague Court
Fall Down Shaft Kills Gate Lift Worker at Lenox
Lawrence B Williams 38 colored engineer died instantly last night at the Lenox apartment on 1528 E Street NW after slipping through a fourth floor elevator gate. He was on nightly duty removing waste when the gate stuck and he climbed over it. His body struck the concrete below and was taken to the morgue after police notified the coroner. Williams lived at 817 Twenty first Street NW and was a trusted Geno employee.
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Lenox
E Street
Lawrence B. Williams
Willams
Walliams
Wiliams
Twenty-first Street
Geno
Butlers Dance in Temple At Washington Ball
The third annual ball of the Associated Butlers of Washington was held in the Masonic Temple with over 200 couples dancing. American flags and palms decorated the venue, Marine Band provided music, and a midnight luncheon followed. The event was led by committee chair G Glass with treasurer R Hunt and secretary Norton, plus assistants.
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Associated Butlers
Washington
Masonic Temple
Marine Band
Association
G. Glass
R. Hunt
Norton
W. Gardner
A. Dudley
G. Cunningham
P Frewd
R. Horne
Carswell
A. Grand
G Hanlon
T. Williams
Banquet Follows Initiation at Modern Woodmen Lodge
Washington Camp No. 11464 Modern Woodmen of America held a class initiation in Typographical Temple and a banquet afterward for new members and visiting brothers. Two teams led by PW Thompson and E W Ford competed for entrants. Thompson won with twenty recruits to Ford's thirty. Head Consul H A A Smith presided, and about 30 members attended the banquet with brief speeches by Smith and others.
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Washington
Workmen of America
Washington Camp
Woodmen of America
PW. Thompson
E. W Ford
Secme
H. A. A. Smith
Coke
Will of Rudolph Eichhorn Ties Inheritances to Contests
In his Probate Court filed will Rudolph Eichhorn directs that any child who contests the instrument forfeit their share as designated. It specifies Mary B Waldecker’s portion be charged with $6,000 already paid her. Mrs. E. D. Keplinger of Canton Ohio, wintering in Washington, is reported ill at the Normandie.
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Rudolph Fichhorn
Mary B Waldecker
Century Co
de Vinne
Washington
Flood Devastation Hits Pittsburgh and Nearby Towns
Massive flooding across Western Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio leaves over two million people affected. Pittsburg’s Westinghouse works and mines idle, railroads crippled, and downtown submerged as residents seek higher ground. Evacuation spreads to Aspinwall, Sharpsburg, Etna, and Nolville with hundreds marooned and firesmen guarding afloat engine houses.
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Pittsburg
West- Jen
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Connellsville
Icoke
Westinghouse
Monongahela River
Othe
Aspinwall
Sharps-bourg
Etna
Nbllvale
Monongahela
Allegheny
Allegheny County
Cincinnati Flood Forces Abandonment of Passenger Station
Special to The Washington Post reports Cincinnati fearing a renewed flood as the Ohio River rises from two days of heavy rain. Grand Central depot passenger service halted as water floods tracks. Bottoms merchants move goods higher while interurban lines suffer washouts and bridge losses. Ohio towns from Zanesville to Lima report rising Muskingum and Ottawa rivers with drownings, extortion allegations against rescuers, and widespread evacuations.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Oto
Grand Central
East End
Tts
Unés
Pennsylvania
Railronda
Mill Creek
Newtown
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohiio
Miami
Muskingum
Zanesville
Mazar Dezean Jouight
Coghocton
Lima
Ottawa
Chinese Famine Expected To Last Into Fall
Dispatch from Rev McCrear chair of Chinese famine relief at Chiniting reports the famine may endure until fall. Relief work around Chinkiang continues with no friction while other China reports describe distress and thousands dying.
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Louis Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
State Department
Mr. McCrear
Chiniting
Chinkiang
China
Missionaries Reported Killed Near Ningpo China
Shanghai report from Chinese sources says a Wesleyan mission was destroyed near Ningpo and three missionaries were killed though foreign sources have not confirmed the claim.
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China
Shanghai
Mar
Ningpo
Directory of hotel guests across major cities lists many names
A long OCR list shows guests staying at hotels in Baltimore New York Philadelphia Chicago and other cities. Names include Reenert Gundlach Wolf Meyer Upham Johnson Hays Parker James and many others. The register cites individuals and couples at Hotels Regent St James Shoreham New Willard Biltmore Metropolitans and other noted houses across the United States.
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Baltimore
Reenert
Gundlach
National
J. C. Wolf
Shoreham
G K_ Manson
Susan Upham
S. W Vincent
New Willerd
T. J. Murphy
Shicagd
D. W. Wiliams
T. Coombs
Raleigh
Hp, Hoyce
Metropolitan
W Bonnavne
James Rowe
Shnaxtin
Deathe
George Behan
St. James
G. F. Horton
Wits
Jane Johnson
Arlington
Ef Bulkley
W. T. Braet
New
Wmterd
A. F. Faulkner
Regent
New York City
George R. Hoshenplug
Albert Richman
Janes Clarke
L. F Kwistowski
Irya Goodlee
Bernhelm
Mary Kennedy
Douglas
Riggs
W. B. Tibout
J. 1
Brower
Ebbitt
W. B. Richarda
W. W. Stevenson
Trowbridge
L. F. L. Holst
Grant McQueen
Myron C. Taylor
New Willard
B. KR
Gomis
W. J. Ke
R.A. Garter
John F. Monley
Religh
Mr. F. Vaughn
H.W. Vilsack
J. I. Vilsack
H. Armatrong
George Armstrong
James
Kay
Charles G. Smith
Richmond
W. F Wolkh
DALI
Ritchie
Alabama
J. E. Buzard
Birmingham
Bragoal
St James
California
J. D Johnson
Mize M
Jonnunn
San Francisco
Edward Chambers
Connecticut
Hyde
C. W. Grom
Hartford
F. J. Mulcahy
Bridgeport
New Wilard
Indiana
J. Fogarty
McEnory
Harry Wair
Worcester
F. W. Putnam
Cambridge
W. F. Honson
Lyon
Lincoln
Missouri
C. M. Butta
St. Louis
J. M. Hoys
New Jursey
William Burgos
Trenton
Ralaigh
C. L. Coleman
Newark
AM. Maddock, Jr
Trentos
Swinger
Areah
A Brayton
Clevmand
Shdreton
Mi Prest
George 'T
Bichon
Frank H. Glan
Cleveland
H. T Stewart
Columbus
HF Roth
Hamilton
Pennsylvania
Howard Singer
Antwit
Edwina Snider
Uniontown
Mra
Wiliam Fareon
Sarah Hasson
City
Shorsham
Joseph Heacock
Wyncote
J. M. Davis
D. W. Evans
Scranton
Edward ‘M. Stechling
Merceraberg
Regint
W . Robinson
South Fork
Lincol
Rhode
W_ Ik
Adems and
Provi‘dence
Saoreham
Shelton
Provience
Rich Bronx merchant tied to stolen-goods ring
New York, Mar 14 Henry Heitman, 62, cigar maker, and his son Stephen, 28, both arrested on charges of receiving stolen goods, held in $5,000 bail for exam next Monday. Becker, a confessed thief awaiting sentence, claims a double life by linking the Heitmans to a looting gang.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Heitman
Bronx
Stephen
Price
McLaughlin
Magistral Wahle
Heltman
Heltmans
Hast 156Th Street
Fol
Emil Becker
Becker
Tombe
Stephen Hettman
Henry Hettman
Pnce
Brice
Wahle
Heitman
President's Son Archie Roosevelt Improves At Home
No White House bulletin issued on Archie Roosevelt condition this week. Attacker diphtheria confinement in quarters to be lifted today or tomorrow. Dr Lambert from New York oversaw care and will not return home for several days.
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White House
Archie Roosevelt
Archie
Lambert
New York
Arrested Suspect Tied to Vacant House Burglaries
Daniel Newton of 9% Eleventh Street NW was arrested by Detectives Grant and Berman on suspicion of burglarizing vacant houses. Police report numerous thefts of gas fixtures in recent months and note Newton offered sixteen pounds of broken bronze to a metal dealer before giving conflicting statements.
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Daniel Newton
Eleventh Street
Grant
Berman
Newton
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