Washington Post Relief Train Aids Flood Victims
The Post dispatches a relief expedition to the flooded Ohio valley carrying Red Cross bedding cots and food. Volunteers pack supplies at 1111 F Street northwest as donors from all walks bring gifts for the marooned. Nurses and physicians join Miss Boardman in directing distribution to save lives and ease hunger and thirst.
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F Street Northwest
Red Cross
The
Red Cross Sactory
Merchants’ Relief Depot
Washington Post
Dayton
Gov. Cox
James M. Cox
Red Cross Society
Miss Boardman
Ohio Valley
Flooded Midwestern Trains Bring Terrifying News From West
Passengers from Cincinnati arrived in Washington on train No 6 from Clifton Forge Va describing a catastrophic flood along the Great Miami and Jackson rivers. They spoke of houses carried away, wrecked mills in Hamilton Ohio and widespread destruction from an unusually heavy thaw and rainfall. Eyewitnesses recounted men using shutters as boats and trains halted by washed-out tracks as relief trains moved in from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle West
Chesapeake and Oale
Union Station
Clifton Forge
Cincinnati
Covington
Jackson River
Lowmoor
Edward J. Wright
Hamilton
Ohio
East
Wright
Columbia Carriage Works
Champion Coated Paper Company
Mr. Wright
Great
Miami Valley
James
Coleman
Cincinnnati
Violet McAlee
Old Point Comfort
Miss McAlee
Cleveland
Trinity College
Miss Wright
Mount Healthy
Thomas J. Thompson
Catholic University
Thompson
King George to visit Paris Berlin and Vienna in May
London reports that King George and Queen Mary will undertake ceremonious visits to Paris Berlin and Vienna in May to replace the postponed coronation visit of 1912 due to labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
London
Queen Mary
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Governor Cox Outlines Ohio Flood Relief Efforts
Governor Cox described relief work as waters recede in Dayton and across Ohio. He noted city rehabilitation, new engineering leadership, and a coordinated aid effort with trains, boats, and medical supplies helping Dayton Columbus Zanesville Hamilton and other flooded areas. Martial law in Hamilton and extensive property loss were reported amid widespread confiscations and refugee needs.
Allen's Foot-Base Promises Quick Comfort for Feet
An antique advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder as rapidly easing tightness corns and calluses. It claims instant relief for swollen, sweaty, tired feet and helps break in new shoes. The copy directs readers to order a trial package from Allen S Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
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Aedieh Va
Wat
Allen
le Roy
Official Friedmann test begins vaccine trial in New York
Government physicians select 7 patients at Seton Hospital for a tuberculin vaccine inoculation trial under Dr Friedmann. Among them 60 are pulmonary and 15 surgical cases, all children. 25 are women. Many cases in third stage. Further 30 cases to be chosen next Wednesday with a debate to follow for several days.
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New York
Mar
Friedrich F. Friedmann
United States Public Health Service
Seton Hospital
Lavender and
Anderson
Washington
Friedmann
Elkins Estate Valued At About 4 Million Dollars
Appraisal of the estate of the late United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia was set at 4 025 409 dollars. Halliehurst, his Elkins home, is valued at 64 100 dollars with other lands around 117 000. The largest holding is 60 000 shares of the Halkins Coal and Coke Company valued at 1 320 000. West Virginia properties include 117 000 dollars in banks 734 000 in bonds and 2 933 000 in stocks.
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New York
United States
Stephen. &. Elkins
West Virginia
Stoaks
Worries Rise Over Ohio Flood Relatives in Washington
A wave of anxious families in Washington await word from Ohio flood zones as telegraph and phone lines fail. Notables such as A Wade Wells and George H. Thompson report no news from relatives in Columbus Hamilton and Dayton, while others like Gun Karger and Mrs. George Gibson fear for loved ones in the flooded regions.
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A. Wade Wells
George Gibson
Dayton
Washington
George H. Thompson
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce
Delaware
Ohio
Gun Karger
Cincinnati Times-Star
Columbus
Harry Kelewan
Ethelhurst
Fifteenth
Northwest
Ther
George W. Laces
Ninth Street
Trumitton
Mae Wright
Trinity College
Mr. Lucas
Miami Valley
Vermont Avenue
Wells
Weeee
Zanesville
Street
State Department
Hawkes Avenue
Mr. Arnold
Ailes
Milton E. Ailes
Riggs National Bank
Thhree
Sydney
Hutchinson
Sherman
Seventh Street Northwest
Springfield
Andrew J. Volstead
Miss Volstead
Chicago
Grief Stricken Judge Boards Post Special to Dayton
Judge William H. Spier of the New Jersey bench, a friend of President Wilson, suffered frantic hours awaiting news of his wife and three children visiting Dayton, Ohio. After learning they were safe, he joined The Washington Post Special to reunite and aid stricken victims, having been refused by a New Jersey relief train.
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New Jersey
Wilson
Dayton
Washington Post
Ohio
William H. Spier
Tumulty
White House
Mr. Tumulty
Judge Spier
Union Station
Eleanor
Second Avenue
William Spier
Judge Carey
Washington
Aviators Fall To Death In Aircraft Demonstration
In Tokyo two Japanese army officers died during an exhibition flight for members of parliament when their machine failed at about 1,000 feet and they crashed. In Verdun Lieut Brosard, a French officer, was killed this morning when his plane engine burst at roughly 2,600 feet.
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Tokyo
Japan
Verdun
France
Lieut. Brossard
Taft expresses distress over flood damage reports
Former President Taft in Augusta Georgia on March 28 voiced distress over reports of devastating floods in Ohio Indiana and Nebraska. He hoped the reported loss of life might be exaggerated and praised national generosity shown after San Francisco's disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
Taft
United States
San Francisco
Wireless link to flood districts fails at Arlington station
Capt. William Bullard, head of the Arlington wireless station, reports climate and equipment limits preventing contact with flood districts. Only a Michigan University acknowledgment has been received from messages sent last Thursday. By fall the station aims to reach any city, with Mr. McKintee driving the central state efforts.
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Arlington
William Bullard
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Bullard
Central States
McKintee
Girl HURT In Car Strike Near B Street NW
Vir gidia Garlick twelve, of 80 Fourteenth Street NW, sought treatment at Emergency Hospital after a touring car struck her in B Street NW near Thirteenth Street. Her chin wound was dressed, clothing torn, car number noted as n99, BD. and police notified.
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Virgindia Garlick
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Boyce
B Street Northwest
Thirteenth Street
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Fisod District
D. C
Miami
Washaeuts
Olinedinst
W. Finley
Southern Railway
Finley
Cox
John H. Patterson
Harry B. Talbott
Lfe
Muskingum
Muskingum River
Lancaster
Cambridge
Imotor
Irenton
Portsmouth
Middletown
Chillicothe
Tiffin
Ohio River
Ina
Elkins
Rae Geeee
P. K
Aieed Tan
Karte
Im Tan
Eivery
Post
Spier
Atel
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
J. Sloane
H Street
N. W
Main
Pennsylvania
R. R
Congressional
Arlington Station
Michigan
Flood District
Sturgeon
Washington Temple
New Masonic Temple
New York Ave
13Th
Virginia Garlick
Auto
Free
Anglo-American c Mil Co
Central Trust Blag
Owensboro, Ey
John H. Magruder
Connecticut Ave
K St
Treasury Department
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, DC
Federal National Bank OF Washington
City of Washington
District of Columbia
L Lawrence O. Murray
Currency
Corporation Company
Corporation
Colorado
Washington, D. C
Wiorace
Society For Savings
Commissioners
D.C
WM P. Richards
Ballentine
Newark
Jeading
Shoemaker Co
Roe Fulkerson
Optician
F St. N. W
Willard Hotel
Kneessi
Seventh St
United States Trust Co
N.E. Cor
15Th and H Sts
Christian Xander
Seventh Street
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