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Arizona republican., 1912-04-14
Levee Has Broken Again in Two Places and Millions of Acres
 Inundated
SUFFER
 A HEAVY LOSS
And Still Another Calamity Occurs When Storm Wrecks Small
 Town
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 NEW ORLEANS. April 13.- Through two crevasses in the Missis- sippi river and another in its equally rampant tributary. the Arkansas, great volumes of water today are rushing out over the lowlands on the west side of the big stream, and are destined to cover a large section in northeast Louisiana ana portion of the extreme southeastern part of Arkansas.
 For the next eight or ten days the raging waters. which late Friday tore their way through the restrain ing levees. will move southward. and finally will return to the Mississippi at the intersection of the Red river. No less than twelve of the largest parishes in Louisiana and several Arkansas counties will have felt the effects of the flood waters before they again get back within the Mis- sissippi levees. X million acres of land will be inundated. mostly untill- ed sw1mps. No lives were lost, ac- cording to reports received tonight
 
 the flooded district. The property loss will be heavy. Many thousand cattle are already drowned.
 ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. April 13.-The Burlington railroad offices here re- port that New Cambria, Mo, was swept by a cyclone this afternoon. Burlington depot is reported de- molished. All wires are down and details are lacking.
 A long distance telephone message from Brookfield. ten miles from New Cambria, corroborated the report of the tornado. Beyond that place the wires are down. X special engine has been sent to New Cambria from Brookfield to ascertain the extent of the damage The dispatcher's office at Brookfield says number of houses have been blown down. New Cambria has a population of 800.
Arizona republican., 1912-04-14


 WASHINGTON, April 13-The Mex ican rebels are rapidly rousing the ire of this government. While no steps at retaliation have been discussed, it is almost certain the revolutionists will never obtain recognition or sym pathy Interference of the rebels with official mail and the summary execution of Thomas Fountain, an American gunner in the federal ranks, over the protest of our consuls. have caused a feeling of aggravation. Though the United States Is prac- tically powerless to compel more cour- tesy at the hands of the rebels, it is thought a heavy awakening will soon come to some of the rebel leaders. It is stated here if the rebels, made des- perate by failure to secure arms and ammunition from the United States think they can force intervention by overt acts. they are doomed to dis The president has warned all Americans to keep out of the war zone, and if they fail to heed the warning the government officials declared they have no one to blame but themselves. Military leaders Tn Mexico. federal or rebel, who deliber- ately bring about the execution of prisoners of war, are considered guilty of murder under the international law. If the rebel leader who ordered such execution comes within the jurisdic- tion of the United States he will be arrested and turned over to the MeXi- can federal government for trial on a charge of murder.
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TUCSON. April 13.-AocOrding 10 a message received by railroad officials here today Culiacan, the capital Of Sinaloa, has been evacuated by the federals and occupied by the rebels under General Franco, who is per sonally popular with the people.
 EFT, PASO. April 13-It is stated on excellent authority that the indictment of one of the foremost leaders of the Mexican revolution. now resident or San Antonio, Texas, is uder consider ation by federal authorities of that city. This indictment. if voted. 1t IS said, will be used principally on the alleged confession by E. Fl. Deen to the federal grand jury here last week, ad will charge cospiracy to smuggie arms and ammunition, across the Mexican border in violation of the neutrality laws
 Two indictments against prominent Mexicans are said to have been voted in this city several days ago and which have bee suppressed for service. wy lie M. Phillips, member of the Texas natioal guard and J. Fl. Talbott. both charged with smuggling ammunition into Juarez. were sentenced today to a year and a day in the federal pris- on at Fort Leavenworth. Dr. Rafael Molina and eight other Mexicans. inn plicated in the Reyes revolt, were sentenced to a year and day to Fort Leavenworth.
Arizona republican., 1912-04-14

PHILADELPHIA, April 13. (Bul- letin)-Roosevelt national delegates in the Fifteenth district are running ahead of the Taft delegates In the 18th Roosevelt delegates are still lead- ing. Wilson national, delegates in
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PHILADELPHIA, April 1s. (Bulle- tin)-Returns up to midnight indi- cate that J. Butler Woodward and John MeGahrin will be nominated for national delegates on the democratic ticket in the Eleventh district. They are for Harmon but are not instruct e;1.
Arizona republican., 1912-04-14

PHILADELPHIA. April 14.-The result by districts follows: For Roose- welt. five. six. seven. ten, eleven. thir- teen. fifteen, seventeen, twenty-three. twenty-seven.
 For Taft. one. two. three. four, nine, twenty.
 The twenty-seconi and twenty ninth are for Roosevelt. The fifth gave Taft one delegate and Roosevelt one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
STOPS JAIL DELIVERY.
Wisconsin Prisoner in Serious Condi.
tion-Planned to o~verpower
Turnkey.

Appleton, Wis, Dec. 16. - A plot,
frustrated by the presence of a WON.
an, having for its purpose a whole
sale Jail delivery. the smuggling of the
turnkey. and a fake attempt at sui
eide. which nearly resulted in the
death of one of the actors, was dis.
covered here through the boasting OF
Frank Williams.
Williams. together with Wilbur Hen.
messy, escaped from the Green Bay
~reformatory about three weeks ago,
later breaking Jail at Fond du Lac.
When the pair were informed that
they would spend the remainder OF
their terms at Waupun, instead of
Green Bay, they confessed to a fake
suicide at the Jail here last Saturday
night, calculated to give them a chance
to slug the turnkey and make pos.
sible their escape from Jail.
George Christi was the third party
to the frame-up and consented to be
the would-be suicide. He was hanged
from a steam pipe in the Jail bathroom
He hung longer than was anticipated
and his condition since has been criti.
cal. Thursday he was carried into
court on a stretcher.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
A STILL BRISK.
Largest Retail Holiday Business
Ever Known in
America.

New York, Dec. 16.-Bradstreet's
says:
Despite cr~oss-currents in trade, re.
flecting the advance of the year toward
its close, business as a whole is still
active, and industry is so, in a high
degree.
Jobbing trade reflects more and
more the influence of holiday demand
and orders from statesmen are smaller,
while mail business is larger, especial
ly in recorders to fill broken stocks.
r. G. Dun and company's weekly
review of trade says:
What appears to be the largest holi.
day retail trade ever known is in
progress, this being a very practical
test of the buying power of the people
as a result of the agricultural and in
dustrial prosperity, with labor every.
where fully employed. Indeed, the on
ly limit to production in many lines
is the limit fixed by the scarcity of la,
Dor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
BIRD AS WITNESS.
Detectives Hold Parrot, Expecting
That 1t Win Reveal Murder
Secret.

Denver, Dec. ia group of detec.
tives began a vigil around the cloth
draped cage of a parrot in the hope
that the bird would testify as the sole
witness to the supposed murder and
suicide of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. c.. John.
son, whose bodies were found in a no.
tel room Tuesday.
The bird was found walking rest
lessly along the footboard of the bed,
muttering to the dead bodies. 1t had
belonged to the Jchnsons for years.
The police. believing hat there was
a quarrel before the tragedy, called In
an aviculturist to cross examine the
parrot. The bird refused to answer
and as a final resort, the bird man
suggested that the cage be covered
and watched, believing its finding it.
self alone the bird might then Groom
some sharp calculations and exclama.
lions that would have impressed il
had a quarrel occurred before the ira.
gedy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
TWO AV|AT0RS LOST
PoNTooN BELONGING TO kEAR-
NEY MACHINE PICKED
UP.
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
Ocean for Miles Along the California
Coast Scanned to No Avail-Se-
cond HydropIane Almost
Lost.

Los Angeles, Dec. 17.--Horace Kear'
ney, the young Kansas City aviator,
who Saturday tried to master land
and sea in a hydroaeroplane flight
from Los Angeles to San Francisco,
lost his fight with the elements and
with his passenger, Chester Lawrence,
n Los Angeles newspaper man, almost
certainly vas drowned.
A pontoon of the hydroaeroplane
"Snookums" was picked up by a mo.
torboat off Redondo Beach and towed
into Santa Monica by a party of fish
ermen, and 30 hours continuous
search for kearney and Lawrence has
been without result, except that Glenn
II. Martin, a fellow aviator. nearly
met Kearney's fate while attempting
TO alight on the waves off Point Mugu,
where he was seeking the missing
young men.
With every yard of the rough Mali
bu coast already examined and the
oceans surface scrutinized, it seems
certain that those who saw the
"Snookums' swing out to sea an hour
after starting Saturday had a last
glimpse of Kearney and Lawrence.
Efforts at organized search have
been abandoned. Charles Day, who
built Kearney's machine, went down
to Santa Monica and looked at the
pontoon. He identified it as the one
he had put on the "Snookums' and
gave an explanation of how the joy
u Kearney fulfilled his ~oft.repeated
prophecy that death would catch him
while he was flying.
Engine trouble, Day said, probably
drove the men to the surface of the
sea, which, smooth for months at a
time, had been dashed for three days
by a 3O-mile gale. A swell, Day be-
lieves, wrenched the machine from the
pontoon, which has been recovered.
This unbalanced the whole thing, and
probably threw the men into the wa
ter or dragged them down in a sud
den capSiZed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
6RAIh BLOCKADE VERY HEAVY,
SEvENTY-THREE VESSELS WAIT.
ING TO BE UNlOADED.
Railroads Deny Shortage Of Cars, De,
ciarine Hundreds Are
Available.

Buffalo, Dec. 16.-Three miles OF
giant freighters. their huIls filled with
millions OF bushels of grain, are riding
at anchor inside the breakwater of
Buffalo's outer harbor, forming one of
the heaviest b~lockades OF grain in the
history OF the port.
Fifty-three vessels in this line carry
cargoes aggregating $1,000, 900 bushels
Of export grain. practically all of it
being wheat. In the inner harbor are
20 vessels and a like number of expect.
ed from upper lake ports before the
lakes become unnavigable.
The total cargo value of the fleet
in winter quarters here is estimated
at $4,000, 900. The grain will be trans
shipped at the rate of 500 to 900 car
loads a day during the winter and the
remainder will be shipped by canal in
the spring.
The public service commission is
investigating a complaint from
elevator interests that railroads are
not supplying a sufficient number OF
cars. Since the close of navigation an
average of 500 ears daily has been
placed at the disposal of the elevators
while a capacity of 1000 cars daily or
the elevator switches is claimed. The
railroads declare there is no car short
age.
The Christopher, the vanguard of
the fleet enroute here with Canadian
grain from Fort William, Ont, has
just arrived covered with ice. She
reported hard blows all the way down,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
WOMEN TO MARCH
The Fair Ones Will Walk to Albany
To Deliver Their Mes
sage.

New York, Dec. 17.-Votes for wom-
en-! Votes for women, Votes for
women! Albany! Albany! Sulzer,"
This is the slogan adopted by the
suffragettes who have begun a two
weeks walk to the state capital to de-
liver to Governor Sulzer on his inaug-
uration day a message for the cause
of woman suffrage.
About 20 women answered the call
of the suffragette leaders to rally at
the headquarters of the New York
State Woman Suffrage association and
gave final answer as to whether they
would undertake the $40 mile Decem-
Der pilgrimage.
Each woman received a knapsack
and a birch rod staff and was advised
to start with light marching equip
ment."
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haustion.
ut was hoped that he might rally,
as no pneumonia symptoms had ap-
peared. With difficulty the par
oxysms of asthma were got under con-
troll, but Sunday morning the exhaus-
ton became extreme, and he later
died from pulmonary oedema."
Court Learns Of Death.
The Hen. John Hubert Ward, who,
with his wife, had been at Dorchester
house continually since the ambassa-
doris condition became serious, mott
fed the staff of the embassy when the
patient began to sink and when death
anne he sent word to the king and
queen at buckingham palace, the
queens mother, Alexandra, at Sand
bingham, and the officials at the court.
Almost Immediately the king sent his
equery, Sir Harry Legge, to express
the coincidence of himself and the
queen.
Body to Come Home.
The body will be sent home and
probably will be inferred in Sleepy
Hollow, but the details will not be
decided upon until some communica-
ton is received from Ogden Reid it is
learned what action the British gov
eminent may desire to take.
There also will doubtless be a me-
mortal service in n of the great
cathedrals in London, in addition to
services in some small chapel for
members of the family and the staff of
the embassy. This being Sunday,
nothing could be done, but if Mrs.
Reid has her way she will start for
home at the earliest possible moment.
Successor Within a Few Weeks.
Washington.-The American ambas-
sadorship at London will not long be
left vacant. Although President Taft
was said not to have decided at this
time upon a successor to MI. Reid,
it is understood hat he will fill the
place within a few weeks. The presi-
dent regards the diplomatic problems
in which this country and Great Brit
ain are at present entangled as too
important to leave the United States
unrepresented even for a few months
at the court Of st. James.
Within the next few days and prob
ably during his trip to Panama, the
president will scan carefully names
of men he considers available for the
post and a nomination may be sent
to the senate early in the year.. The
president is understood to be hopeful
that the senate will confirm any NOM
nation for this ambassadorship which
he sends in.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Would Amend Press Law.

Washington. Dec. 16. - Representa-
tive Mott of New York introduced an
amendment to the s~o-called newspaper
law, to eliminate the sections requir-
ing newspapers to publish sworn cir
culation statements. statements of In.
debtedness and the marking OF read
ing matter published for pay. 1t
would require publications TO ME
names of their officers and owners,
emitting the names of persons owning
less than S per cen of the stock. Re-
iigious publications would not be ex.
empted, as in the existing law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
BARGE SINKS; TEN DIE
Two Other Vessels Containing 26 Per-
sons May Also Have
Foundered.

Port Arthur, Texas, Dec. 17.-G.
Sand, master of a Standard Oil barge,
and the nine members of his crew,
were drowned in the gulf when a
heavy storm tore the barge from it's
tow and it turned turtle.
Fears are expressed for the safety
of the masters and crews OF the Brit
ish steamer Impoco and barge Hainut,
totalling &c persons which are known
TO have been in the path of Thurs
day nights storm.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
New York Housewives May Aid.

New York, Dec. 16.-The House,
wives league of this city may inaug.
urate a campaign to reduce the price
of eggs. Mrs. Julian Heath. president
of the local organization, is in Phila.
delphia, visiting Mrs. Derr. head OF
the Housekeepers' league. who have
started a campaign against the dealers
Of that city. Mrs. Heath has been
following the campaign In Philadel
phia and II is believed the local or
ganization may take similar action.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
200 Narrowly Escape.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 14.-More than
200 persons, residents Of the Library
apartments, a large residence building
in the business heart of the North
Side, were driven into the streets by
a spectacular fire which destroyed the
structure. A dozen or more persons
were injured, some of them firemen
who We're caught under a falling wall,
but it is not believed there were any
fatalities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Tugs Break Ice for Boats.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Dec. 16.-
Fifteen vessels loaded with grain
bound for Buffalo. followed the two
ice-breaking tugs Sabin and Schenck,
down the st. Mary's river as the tugs
made a passage through the ice for the
big ships. On the return trip four
steamers followed in the wake OF the
tugs to the 500. About a dozen ves-
sells. both up and down bound, are
expected to pass here before naviga.
ton has actually ended.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
SERVIAN PRESS HITS AUSTRIA
MILITARY PARTY OF LATTER
COUNTRY DESIRES RUPTURE.
All The Peace PIenipotentiaries In
London for Confer
ence.

London, Dec. 16.-"During recent
days the Servian press has surpassed
itself in vituperation of Austria-Hun-
gary" says a dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph from Vienna. The Servian
military party clearly desires a COM
plete rupture and is receiving the
strongest support from the Belgrade
newspapers, which vaunt the brilliant
prowess of the Servian army in the
present campaign and compare Aus
tria-Hungary with Turkey.
''They assert that the Servians
would be certain to gain a victory
against the Austrian forces, armed
with old artillery, while such a war
would threaten the very existence of
the Hapsburg monarchy, because it
would be impossible for Austria to oc-
cupy Servia without c%onjuring a Euro
pean war, which would end in the dis.
ruption and partition of Austria.Hun-
gary between Italy, Russia, Roumania
and Servia."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
WH|TELAW REID DIES
NOTED DIPLOMAT TO GREAT
BRITAIN SUCCuMsS TO
OEDEMA. ..
END COMES PEACEFULLY
Wife and Daughter There-President
Taft Will Name Successor
Within a Few
Weeks.

London, Dec. 17.-Whitelaw Reid.
the American ambassador the Great
Britain since 1906, is dead at his Lon
don residence, Dorchester house, from
pulmonary oedema. The end was
quite peaceful. Mrs. Reid and their
daughter, Mrs. John Hubert Ward,
were at the bedside.
The ambassador had been uncon-
scious since 9 o'clock in the morning,
and at intervals during the previous
"a hours he had been slightly delir.
Gus as a result of the drugs admin
istered to induce sleep.
Doctors Issue Bulletin.
DR.. Barlow, physician to the king,
who was called in last week when
Mr.. Reds illness became acute, and
his regular physician, DR.. William
Hale White, issued the following bull
letin as to the cause of death:
"A fortnight ago the American am
bassador had a slight bronchial attack,
similar to others from which he had
suffered at considerable intervals. On
Wednesday last, asthma s~upervened,
and the asthmatic paroXysms became
very severe, leading to extreme eX-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Janus Ends Long PLIGHT.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 17.-Tony
Janus, the aviator, has arrived in
New Orleans completing the longest
hydro-aeroplane flight on record, a dis,
lance of approximately 1900 miles.
Janus came from Omaha. Neb., by
easy stages down the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers. AS he carried a
passenger, w. III. Trefts. Jr., the claim
is also made that the flight, in total
distance and duration, breaks all rec.
ords for heavier than air machines.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE day of the
scientific bartender is not far distant.
A remarkable college in which the
bartender. and, in fact. all employees
Of hotels, will be given liberal educa-
lions in the needs of patrons, is to be
erected at South Bend, Ind. The es-
tablishment of the college will be one
of the most important subject 10 be
discussed at the annual meeting Of
the American Hotel Protective Assoy
citation of the United States and Can.
ada.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
One Killed; Four Hurt.

Minneapolis, Dec. 14.-Caught in the
crash of two heavy engines at a cross.
ing of the Great Northern and North.
ern Pacific railroads at Eighteenth
venue and Monroe street N. E.. Emil
Blum, fireman, was hurled violently
against the tender, mangled and killed
and four others were injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Hate to Lose Bryce,

New York, Dec. l6.--Regret that
James Bryce, the British ambassador,
is about to retire from that post was
expressed at a dinner here in his
honor, coupled with the hope that he
would find himself able to attend the
celebration in this cauntry in 1914 of
the one-hundredth anniversary of
peace between English speaking peo-
pies. The dinner was given by the
American committee in charge of that
celebration.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Santa Must Be Fireproof.

New York, Dec. 16.-Santa Claus is
to be barred from New ~York-unless
he is f%ireproof. Fire Commissioner
Johnson has so ruled. To enforce this
order the fire commissioner started
out inspectors to visit every store in
the city which has a Santa Claus and
to make sure hat his whiskers and
costume are non-infiammable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
10000 Tons Of Butter stored.

Caicago, Dec. 1%7.-Sixty thousand
IONS Of butter, said to amount, in
the present state of the market, to
an absolute corner. is held in cold
storage according to facts gathered by
a corps of 20 government secret SER
vice operatives in connection with the
suit fled in the United States court
TO dissolve the alleged butter trust.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Mrs. Mccormick 4 suffraolst

Chicago. Dec. 16.-Mrs. Harold p.
Mccormick. daughter to John ID. Rock
~efeller. is the latest conspicuous con
vert to woman's suffrage. Mrs. Nc
Cormick's name has been placed upon
the membership list of the North Side
branch of the Illinois Equal Suffrage
association. 1t was done quietly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Wilson Homeward Bound.

Hamilton, Bermuda. Dec. 16.-"Fri-
day. the thirteenth. is a lucky day with
which to end my vacation" said Presi.
dent-elect Woodrow Wilson in a mo.
ment of leisure between packing and
bidding farewell to his acquaintances,
preparatory to his departure for the
United States.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Man raken From Home and whlpued

Dalton, Ga, Dec. IA revival of
the days of the Ku Klux Khan took
place here when a band of masked
men took John Katkins from his home
to the center of the town. where he
was severely whipped. Watkins then
was given three days to leave town.
The action followed a refusal to get
rid Of several disorderly white women
living in one OF his houses. He had
been given due warning by the reg
ulatOrs."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-19
Vessel Reported Lost.

Manitowoc, Wis, Dec. 14.-An un-
signed wireless grapevine" picked up
at the local station said the freighter
Alaska had %foundered in Lake Supe.
rior with its crew of twenty-five men.