Flooding blocks Cumberland rail traffic and trains delayed
Severe floods cut Western Maryland and Cumberland rail lines. Water covers tracks from Seymour to Barton, delaying through trains to Chicago and Pittsburg. key bridges wash out, stations inundated, and passengers moved to safety. A heroic witness near Scott Haven signals halted Train No 19 as floodwaters surge.
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Scott Haven
Potomac
Walliamsport
Potomec
Western Maryland
Seymour
Cedar Cam
Cumberland
Shhell
Chent River
Liking
Maryland
Cumberland and
Pennsylvania
Barton
Water Rise in Potomac Threatens Bridges and Flood Risk
Reports from Harpers Ferry and Cumberland indicate swollen tributaries feeding the Potomac. Prof Edward B Garriott says Washington would need about ten more feet of rise before a flood chance looms, with the river peaking near 8 to 9 am at high tide tomorrow. Fireboat reports no significant rise threatening navigation.
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Garriott
Clark
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Cumberland
Maryland
Edward B Garrott
Weather Bureau
Washington
Potoma
Flood Submerges Mosquito Flats Forces Evacuations
West of Cumberland tracks are covered causing delays. The Mosquito Flats area in South Cumberland is entirely submerged, forcing the removal of many families to safer facilities.
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Cumberland
Mosquito Flats
Flood Devastates Wheeling Area Isolates City
Wheeling West Virginia endures its worst flood since 1884 with water at 44 feet and rising. Towns including Benwood, Martina Ferry, Bridgeport, Bellaire, McMechen, and Moundsville face widespread submersion, thousands displaced, and stranded transportation as hundreds seek higher ground.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood
Martina Ferry
Bridgeport
Bellaire
McMechen
Moundsville
Wheeling Island
South Wheeling
Majoraville
Vicela
Wheeling Creek
Majorsville
Plan for Universal Peage Discussed Before Hague Conference
New York March 1 President Roosevelt requests Representative Richard Berthride Missouri to submit a report on the Interparliamentary Union plan of universal arbitration to be presented at the second Hague Conference this summer. It calls for a permanent advisory body with global representation to craft international law rules. The Hague court would adjudicate violations within a defined area, while other disputes may go to arms only after good offices fail or facts are examined by an impartial commission.
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New York
Mar
Roogevelt
Richard Berthride
Missouri
Interparliamentary Union
Carnee c Hall
Roosevelt
Hague Court
Century Co
de Vinne
Washington
Fall Down Shaft Kills Lenox Building Engineer
Lawrence B Williams a 38 year old colored engineer fell through an elevator gate on the fourth floor at the Lenox apartment 1528 E Street NW while removing waste. He was instantly killed after landing on the concrete. Police and coroner notified. body removed to the morgue. Williams was a trusted employee of Geno.
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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 last night in the Masonic Temple with over 200 couples dancing. American flags and palms decorated the venue, Marine Band provided music, and the midnight luncheon followed a night of dancing. The ball committee was chaired by G. Glass with R. Hunt as treasurer and Norton as secretary, aided by several others.
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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 Washington Camp
Washington Camp No. 11464 Modern Woodmen of America held a class initiation at Typographical Temple and a banquet for new members and visiting brothers. Two teams led by PW Thompson and E W Ford competed to recruit pledges, with twenty and thirty neophytes respectively. Head Consul H A A Smith presided as speeches followed.
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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 Punishes Contesting Heirs In Eichhorn Estate
In Rudolph Eichhorn’s will filed in Probate Court, any child who contests the instrument forfeits their allotted share. Mary B Waldecker, his daughter, is charged $6,000 already paid to 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
Drownings and flood ruin sweep Western Pennsylvania
Massive floods crest across West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburg and nearby towns face widespread inundation with 2.5 million people affected, 30,000 Westinghouse workers idle, rail lines crippled, and extensive damage to perishable goods, mines, mills, and stores. Hospitals, telegraph service, and power infrastructure disrupted. thousands seek higher ground.
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Pittsburg
West- Jen
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Connellsville
Icoke
Westinghouse
Monongahela River
Othe
Cincinnati Flood Forces Abandonment of Grand Central Depot
Special to The Washington Post reports Cincinnati facing a major flood threat as the Ohio river rises over 585 feet, forcing railroads to abandon Grand Central depot and displacing merchants in the Bottoms. Little Miami River swells, washouts cut interurban lines, and Pennsylvanian travel is interrupted with heavy losses in Mill Creek Valley. Nearby Ohio points endure disastrous floods with drownings in Zanesville and extortion by rescuers amid rising Muskingum and Maumee basin waters.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Deacon
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley
Pennsylvania
Trinway
Cty
West Main Street
Columbus
Newark
Southeastern Ohio
Here
Crooksville
Muskingum
New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Oto
Grand Central
East End
Tts
Unés
Railronda
Mill Creek
Newtown
Cleveland
Ohiio
Miami
Mazar Dezean Jouight
Coghocton
Lima
Ottawa
Chinese Famine Continues Through Fall Says Dispatch
Dr Louis Klopsch publisher of the Christian Herald forwarded a State Department dispatch from Rev Mr McCrear head of the missionary committee in charge of famine relief at Chiniting. It says the famine will likely last until fall with relief work around Chinkiang progressing without friction. Reports from China describe distress as thousands die daily.
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Louis Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
State Department
Mr. McCrear
Chiniting
Chinkiang
China
Missionaries Reported Killed Near Ningpo China
Shanghai dispatch says from Chinese sources a Wesleyan mission was destroyed near Ningpo with three missionaries killed. The report is unconfirmed by foreign sources.
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China
Shanghai
Mar
Ningpo
Listings of hotel guests across major cities
A long OCR list shows guest names and rooming hotels in Baltimore Boston Philadelphia Chicago Philadelphia and other cities. Guests include Reenert Gundlach Wolf Meyer Upham Rosenhirst Spear Briday and many more with hotels such as St James Regent Shoreham New Willard and Metropolitan. The report reads as a composite social register of travelers staying at prominent hotels.
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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
C 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
BP Cooke
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
Rich Bronx Cigar Maker Faces Theft Probe
Henry Heitman a 62 year old Bronx cigar manufacturer and his 28 year old son Stephen were arrested for receiving stolen goods. A confessed thief Emil Becker linked to a burglary ring claimed Heitman’s double life as a respected merchant active in church work. Police found $10,000 worth of loot at the Heitman home and Becker said he could name more stolen items.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Heitman
Bronx
Stephen
Price
McLaughlin
Magistral Wahle
Heltman
Heltmans
Hast 156Th Street
Fol
Emil Becker
Capt
Becker
Heltman House
Tombe
Stephen Hettman
Henry Hettman
Pnce
Brice
Wahle
Heitman
President's Son Archie Roosevelt Improves After Diphtheria
No White House bulletin on Archie Roosevelt's condition yesterday. Doctors say his improvement is steady and satisfactory, with the quarantine on his quarters to be lifted today or tomorrow. Dr. Lambert from New York led the case but will not return home for several days.
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White House
Archie Roosevelt
Archie
Lambert
New York
Arrest of Daniel Newton on suspicion in vacant-house burglaries
Police detectives Grant and Berman arrested Daniel Newton of 9% Eleventh Street Northwest on suspicion as a suspect in a string of vacant-house robberies reported in recent months. Newton allegedly sought to sell sixteen pounds of broken bronze. he gave multiple statements when detained.
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Daniel Newton
Eleventh Street
Grant
Berman
Newton
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