davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
TRADING IS DULL
AND PRICES Low
ON LOCAL MARKET
Gas and Union Trust the
Only Stocks That Attract
| ed Attention of Buyers.

The local stock market today. appar.
entity, was aft f,ceed by the heat or the
humidity, or a caE,b,nauon CT both.
TIE trading was in small proportions
and prices inclined to sag. Offerings of
stick were meager. except at prices
which were not allrrinS TO the small
number of buyers. and at the close of
the session this recon- was shorter than
It has been for many days.
Washington Gas gold at S6f to S6N.
and the largest sale or tho day was ut
a quarter OF point l..aer. .Ijiion
Trust came out In broken lots at 145 and
a quarter better. After call quarter
of point was added to this stock for
fourtn5n shares. At the end two
shares OF Lanston sold at 93:. Railway
stocks were entirely neglected. and the
bond investors were unable to find any
except one snail Norfolk ani Washing
ton Steamb b1at 5 per cent. which sold
mt 'N5
Many OF the washington brokers are
out of town. and the attendance on the
daily sessions Of the stock exchange
ts small.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
Wholesale Produce Market

Eggs-Ncarby. fresh, lsalsiac per doz
Southern. l7ha1sc.
cheese-Nsw York. new. 11alse per ib. D.;
nat, lsc per ID.
Butter-Best. print. ssc per lb.; tub. 300
per lb.; process. 2sc per lb.; undersrades. 2bc
per lb
Live Poultry-Hens. 1ha15c lb:; springers.
30a33c per h.. ROSTERS, Sa9c per lb.; turkeys.
l3a15c per lb.: geese, plucked, 6aSc per ID.
unplucked, sa10c per h.; ducks, l0al2c per
ib. keats, young, 12al4c per lb.; old. loaisc
per ID.
Dressed Poultry-Turkeys 15a2oc per ID. ;
chickens, s?a35c per ib.: hens. 1sa17c per lb. ;
ducks, lsa17c per lb.; geese. 1es12c per ID. :,
Green goods-Oranges. Florida. $SOoa5 ~
box; California. sa.6OaS.Oo per box: apples
$3.50 per bbl.; potatoes: new. 800; old
n.Oo per bbl.; spinach, s2.e6 per bbl,; carrots,
Soc per basket; $3.50 per sack; onions. new.
s.. o0a2. 80 per crate; sweet potatoes. $3.50 per
bbi lemons. q. so a box; Strawberries. Sa1oc
per box; cucumbers, $50 per basket toma-
toes. $3.50 per crate; peas, $3.50 per basket
string beans. 500 per basket.
Live Stock-Calves, prime, SIto per 10.
medium. lass per ib. !; common. 5a6c per ib.
old sheep. 800 per cwt.; lambs. spring. d
Der lb. medium. 7asc per lb.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
Realty Transfers

Woodridge-Henry A. Vieth ct ux. to Russell
M MacLennan. west half lot AZ, square
43l5, $40
Brookland-Edwin C. Ford ct ux. to Charles
V. Burnside, lot l. block SO. $40.
Petwsrth-Robert w. Burroughs ct ux. to
Mary A. Rose, lot SO, block "a So
Whitehaven, st. Philip, and Jaeob-Ethel NJ
Clark, trustee, TO Harry z. Ackerman and
Joseph II. Barnes, trustees OF Camp No.
9. ID. c. Patriotic Sons OF America part,
$40. N''''
Fifth street northeast, between and
stTeets-Herman r. Howenstein ct ux "a
Sadie M. Hollock lot 20. square S32, $40.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
Mrs. Mary A. Hodges
Condition Unchanged

The condition of Mrs. Mary A..
Hodges. prominent in Washington for
thirty years as a mission and settle
ment worker in the parish of the Church
of the Epiphany, who is critically Ill
at the home of friends at Nineteenth
and G. streets northwest, is the same
today, according to attendants.
Mrs. Hodges has been i'll from heart
trouble for about three weeks.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
Charge South Carolinian
With False Pretenses

Joseph F. Jones, thirty-one years old.
OF Chester, 8. c.. a guest at the Key
stone Hotel. was arrested today by Po-
liceman Rossiter. of the Fifth precinct,
on a charge OF obtaining money by al
legged false pretenses.
Jones is accused OF passing two checks
amounting TO SIS on the hotel where
he was stopping, and five checks ag
gregating SS1 at Arth's drug store, 65S
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
Today's Sales on
The Local Exchange

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
b's, $5O09105.
6OqS6
Union Trust, SOFAS, 6a145A.
After call-Union Trust, 14@145h.
Washington Gas, 2qS6A.
Lanston, cQ931A.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
DIVIDEND NOTICES
MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE co.

MEHGENIHALEIt LINOTYPE co.
New York, June l. 1912.
A regular quarterly dividend OF 2h9o and
an extra dividend Of one-half of l%s on the
capital stock or Mergenthaler Linotype Com
pany will be paid on June 2s 1912, TO the
stockholders Of record as they appear at the
close OF business on June 8. 1912. The Trans
fer Books will not be closed.
FREDk J. WARBURToN. Treasurer.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
WORKINGMANS WANTS

WoRKINGMEN-Gener intention TO Share
for you and us. See US and spend the cash
here for a slightly used suit, S3 to $40; big
stock; one price. JUSTH'S OLD STAND,
619 ID. l.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
TAlL0RS

DID YOU KNOW, GOLDMAN,
POPULAR TAILOR 800 18th ST. N W..
VIII make you a better suit for less money!
Full guarantee on ladies' and gents custom
made garments. Also dyeing. cleaning repair
ing. PHI. NJ ss2
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
FOR EXCHANGE

NEW MODEL ROYAL TYPEWRITER,
with case; never used; cost $50; for sub
urban lot or sentlsman's diamond ring. BOX
~, Times offieS.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
STORAGE

GET OUR ESTIMATES on absolutely fire.
proof storage. moving, packing. United
STATES STORAGE CO., 1880 10th st. n. W.
Phone NJ. 4229.
SEPARATE RooMS-Also by the load See
us before storing. THOMAS BOWLING &
CO.. Aucts. sl2 Il st. n. w. Phi. Main SIS.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03

SLIP COVERS TO ORDER
best material used Call NJ. 70s2 and repre-
sentative will call with sample. SO st. NV.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
LADIES' TAILORING

SHAPIRO 9lI NEW YORK AVE.
AIi1Ai iieN PHONE NJ. ll22.
LADIES' TAILOR. s45 and s65 suits at ss5
Linen Suits, speciality. $40 and SOS kind at
SIS; extra discount until 18th of June l.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
FLOOR OILS

c. 7. HUNTERS SANITARY DUST-KILL-
ING FLOOR OIL. contains olium and wax
them q polished finish. Good fer your fur
niture. Try IT. soc gal. delivered. Used by
last rs years. G. T. Hunters Sanitary Dust
Killing Floor Oil. ll3 Pa. ave. N w, M Sl5S
Accept no limitations. Don't forget II.
EvERYBoDY's using It now. What? En-
HARDWARE CO.. s27 9th st. N. w. M. bO61
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS

WHEN GOING AWAY CALL
Union Station Baggage g. Moving Express Co.
You will get prompt, polite and
experienced service.
Office and Stables, 43S o Il. n. w. Phi. n .76l
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
BIRDS AND ANIMAL S

cANARIEs, Finches, Paroquets Dogs. Cats,
Rabbits. Guinea Pigs. etc. Let Us board
your pets. PHI. COL. 166,
NORRIS PET STORE, l40I Fla ave. n. W.
wANTED-Young live gray and red fOxeL
also tame rabbits.
sCHMID's BIRD STORE,
712 18th st. N. W. 49,.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
GENERAL HOUSE REPAIRS
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER

PHONE FREE PLANS MAIN ss'i
We win build Bungalow. rooms and
bath, and all improvements, for 81, $50 For
terms and plans apply TO w. WALLACE
q CO.. 9Th and d SITS. N. W.. Stewart Bldg.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03

YOUNG MAN--white, to work in grocery
store; one willing to take orders and de-
liver on wheel. 10 Eye st. N. Il.
YOUNG MES-Two, for soda fountain. APP
ply at once. AFFLEcK'S DRUG STORE.
904 @ 1T. N. w. =.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03
WINDOW SHADES

FOR SALE-Good quality Opaque Shades
Cited to windows. only SSc; bgst quality Of
oil Opaque shades. Soc; hung free.
KLEEBI.ATTS. nth and sts N. L.
The Washington times., 1912-06-03

nRNSTCn AMI SIOnRdE
MOVING EXPENSES REDUCED.
We viii do your moving, packing. and ship
ping, and take In payment old furniture.
stoves, etc. WASHINGTON FURNITURE
co.. iblo-lbl2 Tth St N. w. Phone North ERA
PADDED vans, 81 & IS Id; 2-h. wagon. s. Id.
Phone Main l9l5-l9l6
COLUMBIA TRANSFER 4 STORAGE CO.,
S05 n. Y. ave N. W.
Packing and Shipping. Storage, 81 van load
THE WORLD MOVES, AND 80 DO WE"
When you want your furniture moved.
packed. or shipped. get our prices. We make
. specially Of moving furniture In padded
vans with experienced men.
WRITE OR PHONE oo1e-aO1l.
KRIEG'S EXPRESS. 1224 H ST. N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
DAY IN CONGRESS

Washington, April 3-Senate: Met at ? D. m. Beet and cane sugar growers protested against House free sugar bill before finance committee.
 Foreign relations committee ap- proved Crawford bill ~or international inquiry into high cost of living.
 Agriculture committee ordered ra- vorable report on bill creating di- vision of markets in department of agriculture.
 Chairman sutherlano of employers liability committee submitted judiciary comndttee's favorable report on com mission workmen's blii and announced he would ask its consideration Mon day.
 Adjourned at 5.39 D. m. until 2 p. m, Thursday.
 House: Met at midday. Secretary of Agriculture tells Florida everglades land Investigating committee that or iginal excerpt of Major Wright's re- port had been given out with his con sent.
 Majority Leader Underwood an nounces tho legislative programme from now forward would be confined to ap- pronriation and supply measures.
 Foreign affairs committee decided to report favorably resolution directing state department to insist immediate settlement by Mexico of claims of Americans
 Florida everglades Investigating com mittee concluded it's hearings
 Adjourned p. rnr until noon to- morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
MRS. ZEE RUNGE
 M'REE ACQUITTED
Pathetic Scene as Foreman of Jury Announced the
 Verdict Yesterday

Opelousas, La, April 3.--Mrs. Zee Runge Mckee was acquitted today of the charge of manslaughter. The jury stood Il for charged
 Holding her golden haired little daugh- ter. Valera, in her arms and with tears streaming down her cheeks. Mrs. Mckee arose as soon as the foreman announced the verdict. She said:
 Your honor, may I thank the jury men?'
 Judge Paw readily granted the request. The little woman made happy walked over and shook hands with each juror who had voted for her aequittal.
 Mrs NIcRee's husband, tall and robust, but with deep lines of sorrow and worry on his face, jum1ed to his feet and with arms stretched out to the jurors. eX- claimed:
 "Men. allow me to thank you, may God | bless each of you
 Tetween smies and tears fHsnand and wife embraced and then turned to grasI the hands of their many friends who had brushed up to congratulate them. There was a pathetic scene on the other hand l With ill concealed bitterness and express sions of disappointment the verdict was received quietly. While the MeRees were joyous tho Garands gazed dxedly upon the skull of their dead relative which had been brought into court to prove that the boy was shot while his back was turned.
 Mrs Zee Runge Mckee was charged with killing Allan Garland in q fit of passion Mrs. Mckee, who Is the moth % CT of three children. wife of well known railroad man. and related to prominent families in Louisiana and Mississippi has always maintained that she shot and killed Allan Garland because he insulted nrr. "I was eX- cited" she said, "and shot 10 protect my honor"
 Unsuccessful efforts were made by the state to prove that too intimate re- lations existed between Mrs. Mckee and the boy she shot, and il was in- timated .that her motive was pique. II was admitted that the two were often in each others company, but the de- fense maintained that Allan Garland mistook Mrs. McRees friendship for love and sought 10 dishonor his neigh bor.
 The McRees left here this afternoon for Texas, leaving behind town seeth ing with excitement and bitter faetional feeling, sequel to the sensational trial.
 Members of the Gar'and family are credited with charging that the verdict of acqulttal was sectsed through in huence upon the juror, and Sheriff NJ. L. Swords is accused of being unduly active in Mrs McRee behalf. A New Orleans newspaper reporter Is quoted as having said that he had refused a bribe to send distorted reports of the acting district attorneys argument 10 his paper, but he declined to many aifi- davit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

 1-Flood threatens many towns. Taft renews plea for tariff board. Educators meet in Nashville.
 Mrs. Mckee acquitted.
 Aviator Rodgers killed. 2-Onical count needed to determine
 winners.
 Pettitt given 9 years.
 Murder cases may be postponed. 3-F'lorence votes full strength.
 Etowah returns not complete
 Pythians convene in Decatur
 Jones decree discussed. 4-Editorial page 5-Many visitors here for convention. Chamber Commerce luncheon success Plans for child s hospital.
 Thirty witnesses before coroner's jury Peoples phone to cease May l. 6-Society.
 Dolly chats with es-Robertson. 7-Sports. s--Dr. Zeubln on new civic spirit.
 Advance tickets being sent out. 9-Paris auto bandit arrested 10-Pig iron market active.
 Annstonans do not credit rumor 11-T'aft disputed by Roosevelt. Sensational eharges h'' policeman. 12-Drive strikers from city. 15-Narkets. 16-Abercrombie wins over Atkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

a-Telephone 
  ing protects   the s sa 70 yards s Mississippi protecting principally the  Nearly every flood ensuns  Mississippi affected by the wall of water eight feet higher than of fic 
  result of the breaking yesterday. Following s the
 
  community badly needed Hickman $250,000 damage
  Eighteen blocks north flooded 12
    more Conservative ostimae. New Madrid Neagre por noodd reped estimated Columbus rapidly; In vicinity estimaed of  
  of breaks Conservative estmate).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Ontion Renewal Refused

Pensacola, April 3.-An option on q controlling interest in the Consolidated Naval Stores company of this place, held for several weeks by ]. B. Duke and other large stockholders of the American Tobacco company, expired last Monday and il became known to- day that a request for renewal had been refused. II Is said that the im-
 pending deal involved about sl0,00O,- 000 Naval stores men in Savannah, Jack ksonville, Pensacola and Gainesville, Fla, are said 10 have been interested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
TAFT REVIEWS PLEA
 FOR TARIFF BOARD
Revision Should Be Along
 Scientific Lines"
BUSINESS IN DANGER
George Neville of New York Cotton Exchange Addresses Manufac- turers on Faults of Govern
 ment Grade Standards

in an address to members of the Amer ican Cotton Manufacturers association in convention here today. renewed his plea for revision of the tarlff only by tariff board that would make revision possible upon scientific lines.
 We in this country are in respect to every business on a protective basis said the President T do not mean that every business needs a protective tariff to enable it to live, but mean that there are so many businesses that are dependent on a. protective tariff that they may live that to take away q protective tariff from them would dis turb the whole business foundation of tba cpIIntrIr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
COTTON SLUMP
 ACCOUNTED FOR

Washington. April s.-Every woman who followed fashions edict by wearing the tube skirt, which requires few undergar- ments. has decreased the demand for cot ton goods every season F yards on every costume she purchased The American vertlon here today, heard this from George Neville, president of the New York cot ton exchange. He said this was q factor in the small demand for finished goods at large in the last two years.
 MT Neville explained that had no att tempt been made to stop the practice the wire men would be making hoop skirts He said modistes have now de- creed women shah wear more yards of cloth in their lingerie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The suspension of public audiences at the Vatican was responsible for a re- port that the Pope had again been stricken with Illness. This was prompt ly denied. An official statement was issued saying that His Holiness was tired as q result of reception he ten dered to four hundred children. The Pope is very fond of the youngsters and dearly loves to greet them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Levees Collapse

Levees Collapse
 Memphis April 4..Both the Mobile anu Ohio and Big Four railroad leVees al Cairo have collapsed, according to dis patch received here early this morning. Four hundred men are reported marooned on the Big Four levoe and steamer IS going to their assistance. No loss of life occurred.
 The levees protected the Cairo drainage district The main levec around the city of Cairo Is intact and it is believed IL will hold. The plants of 22 lumber con cerns, village of 600 persons and many small farms are flooded, according to the dispatch.
 First Break Occurs
 The first break occurred in the Mo- bile and Ohio levee on the west side of the district was the first to go Two hun dfed feet of the embankment went through at 80 o'clock last night and in an effort to close the gap II carloads or sand and rocks were dumped into the cfevasse.
 This gave way in a short time and at ? o'clock this morning the waters of the Mississippi are rushing in and filling the territory between the levee and the Illinois Central tracks, a distance of two miles, The Big r our levee along the Ohio river hurst at o'clock this morning and water is pouring through gap about 200 feet in II. men marooned are laborers at work bol- stering up the Big Four levee
 The Illinois Central now k the only road , entering Cairo, whose tracks are intact. The break in the Big Four leyee is near the Cairo County club, two miles above the city.
 Situation Worse
 Louisville Ky. April 3.-The situation over the flooded district adjacent 10 the Ohio and Missouri grew worse during the night The damage and suffering nave extended far inland where smaller streams have been swollen out of their banks by heavy rains and back water
 score of washouts are reported on railroads. Hundreds of bridges are washed out on wagon roads, farms are inundated and the region between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers is vast lake dotted by islands of the hills. Many country people have had narrow escapes fording branches in effort to reach high ground with their families and live stock.
 Danger of Epidemic
 Shortage of food and the increasing danger of an epidemic are confronting citizens of the river towns. At Columbus the water is 17 feet deep in some streets and accommodations are insufficient for the refugees many of whom are rislins their lives fleeing ovel the treacherous wastes to inland towns.
 Time passing aggravates the suffering at Hickman where 300 houses were made the sport of the water which rW%i through the big gap in the levee and 1eO people, for the most part families of laborers now without employment, are homeless. should the government levee below Hickman break and inundate the fecund Reelfoot lake bottoms. heavily stocked with horses and cattle. it is estimated that the loss would be sl,o0o0oo. More than s5oocoo is believed to be represented al ready done in this section of Kentucky $ damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Body Mangled

Examination showed that his neck jaw bone and back had been broken. A tele- gram was sent to the avlator's widow. who lives in Pasadena, Cal, and q ca .blegram to his mother. Mrs. II. $. Schweftzer, who is now in London. The body was prepared for burial and sent to Pasadena tonight.
 The machine that Rodgers used today was the one with which he won $1l,000 in prizes last July at the Chicago en- durance meet. It is a wreck, many parts having been swept out to sea by the tide.
 Rodgers cousin. Lieut.. John Rodgers, United States navy, now is attached to the aeroplane section of the navy sta ticned at San Diego.
 Charles Shaffer, a close friend of Rod gers. and who came here on the special train that followed the aviator on his trauscontinental trip, witnessed the acci- dent
 In speaking of Rodgers care-free spirit while in the air, MT. Shaffer said he had taken many flights with Rodgers, but the most surprising example of reck- lessness he had ever seen was yester- day.
 Was Up 5000 Feet
 I've had risen to height of about 50o0 feet" said Shaffer, and were off 
 but not puffy Rodgers, feigning he was tired lay back, folded his hands behind his head and stretched out his feet, seem ingfy enjoying the scenery. I said to him. 'Yom better watch out, Cal, the wind might get you, but he answered, oh, we're all right; she's ridden the wind be- fore and shell ride it now.
 Boston. April 3-A Holland Forbes, president of the Aero Club Of Connecti- cut and one of the officers of the Aero Club Of America. in Boston tonight ex- pressed deep sorrow at the death of Cal braith P Rodgers. MT Forbes said that he was planning with Rodgers only about a week ago and that Rodgers was plan ing after his California flights 10 make a long trip -over the sea up the coast of North America to Alaska.
 New York. April 3.-Members of the Aero Club of America received the news of calbrath P Rodgers death tonight with expressions of regret. After his epoch making flight acros the conti- nent he was rendered a banquet by the Aero club and honored with a gold medal.
 Rodgers transcontinentsl flight, be- gun al Sheepshead Bay race track, ~-~-~--~~--~------ = >.-~->-~> lCONTINUEe ON PAGE 0)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
LOsada Appointed

Madrid. April 3.-Louis Losada, secre- tary of the Spanish legation at Rio Ja- neiro, has been appointed to a similar post at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

later the craft crashed into the edge of the surf, not 50O feet from the spot where on December 10, last, he had finished his ocean-to-ocean trip. Many men rushed to his aid.
 Ernest Scott and James Goodwin. life guards were first to reach him. They said Rodgers head was hanging over one wing of the machine, the heavy engine was on his back and his feet drawn up. nearly doubling over his shoulders.
 Rodgers was lifted from the wreck and hurried to the bathhouse hospital. He died on the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Reform All Right

"Therefore, 1t is essential that we, who are charged with authority of adoption of laws and the formation of tariff bills, should know that we are touching the business of the country and probably affecting it's prosperity. Reforms are all right, and I am as much in favor of them, if 1 see that they are real reforms, as anybody, but the thing that makes most for happi- ness is good business and prosperity"
 Laws that affect the business of the country and may prove menace to prosperity" the President said. should not be made by rule of thumb" or with "blacksmith's tools." but upon sound information and advice
 Addressing the American Cotton Manu- lecturers association today. George w.. Neville of the New York cotton exchange said that body had been criticised and threatened for not adopting the govern ment standard in duplication.