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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-07-08

Baltimore.-Six days of convention
ing has just about exhausted the holi-
day spirit of the occasion, and Sum
day general exodus of convention
visitors, rooters, marching clubs and
even delegates took place
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Four Are Drowned in
Cloudburst Which
Floods Streets of City

ST. LOUIS, July 15.-Four persons
were drowned in cloudburst at Alton
yesterday. when a nine-foot wall of
water from the Plaza valley rushed
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Flag Fast Express
When Request to
Stop Is Refused

washingtonians spending the day IN
Hyattsville yesterday and who were
unable to return to their homes over
the electric lines because the latter had
been put out of business by the great
storm which swept that part of the
country, were enabled to reach the
Capital by way of the Baltimore and
Ohio in an informal yet effective way.
The last regular train before mid
night which stops at Hyattsville on
its way to Washington had passed be-
fore it was learned that the electric
lines were out of business. The stand
ed Washingtonians went in a body and
requested the railroad representatives
to have the New York express, Wash
ington bound. and due at 8 o'clock, stop
for them. The request was refused.
Some one collected a pile of paper
and kindling wood and built fire near
the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio
just before the express came thunder
ing by. The engineer saw the fire and
brought his train to a standstill. The
Washingtonians boarded the train, but
not until after both the engineer and
the conductor gave their opinions re-
garding such a scheme.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Boy Scouts and Friends
Barely Escape Death
On River in Storm

Tossed about like a chip on a rough
sea, the Boy Scouts motor launch,
BLACK Arrow" with eighteen passen-
gers on board, came near capsizing on
the Potomac river last evening during
the storm.
Aboard the boat were e. s. Martin,
manager of the Washington Play
two small children Miss e. II. VII
son, Mrs. M. H. Hencle. Of Ruther.
FORD. n. j.; e. w. Garmhausen, Of
the Noel House, and Mrs. Garm-
hausen; Malcolm p. Junken, director
of the Boy Scouts camp at River View,
and seven Boy Scouts.
Engine Went Dead.
Mr.. Martin and party went to River
View during the early afternoon on
tour of inspection. Returning, they had
reached Jones Point when the storm
broke. The engine soon went dead.
great waves washing over the boat
having put the batteries out of COM
mission. From one side OF the river
to the other the boat was tossed.
Signals for help were made, but other
small boats were also in distress. The
motor boat of Usilton and Hutchings
of Washington, stationed at the wharf
and after the storm had broken finally
found the distressed boat. The Black
Arrow was towed into Washington,
reaching the Seventh street wharves at
o'clock this morning. All passengers
on board were drenched.
Tribute to Scouts.
Mr.. Martin said 1t was an experience
that would have tried the nerves Of
veteran seamen. Mr.. Junkin said that
in all his experience at sea, having
made many trips across the ocean. he
never had encountered such a storm.
and that their escape was a miracle. He
paid the Boy Scouts on board a tribute.
THE boys did not lose their nerves.
They quieted the women and children.
Every one Of the bunch were dandy
good swimmers, and stood ready at a
women ana no obS-en 10 bsI ye tbs a'S boat one
over"
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
AV|ATORS TO
HAVE BIG PART IN
AUGUST WAR GAME
Regulars and Militia Will
Combine in Attack on
New York.

In the war game to be held next
month In the northeastern coast States,
the flying squad from College Park, Md,
VIII play an important part. The cap
ture of New York city is to be the aim
OF the attacking force, and to prevent
this will be the co-object of the defend
ers. There will be about 1000 men en-
gagged in the maneuvers
The mobilizing point of the defending
army has not been selected, but the
force will comprise for the most part,
the State militia of New York, New
Jersey, and force of the regular army.
The regular army will contribute four
battalions Of infantry, one battalion of
field artillery, and four squadrons of
cavalry.
The militia force will include: New
York, 500 officers and 1900 men; Massa- =
chusetts, 2i2 officers and $3.50 men
Maine, IS officers and $50 men; Vermona
40 officers and 730 men; Connecticut, III
officers and 1880 men, and New Jersey,
235 officers and $3.50 men.
The military aeroplanes one for each
side, will take part In the war" and
probably will soar over the Metropolis.
The army aviators at College Park have
he6h ordered to report at Bridgeport,
Conn.,. on August /.
Brig. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss. command
ing the Department Of the East, will be
the chief umpire OF the war"
Col Edward J. McClernand will COM
mand one side and Brig. Gen. Frederick
A. Smith will command the other.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
MANAGER
TO ASSUME CHARGE
OF THE SHOREHAM
Willard H. Barse, Formerly
of Waldorf, to Direct
Hotel Here.

willard II. Barse, for seven years
manager of the waldorf-Astoria, New
York. and for almost two years at the
Emerson, in Baltimore, shortly will as
sumo the managership of the Shoreham
Hotel, this city.
John T. Devint, for years proprietor
Of the Shoreham, gives up his lease on
october /. and ]. Maury Dove will take
over the business.
Mr.. Barse has been in the city for
several days, making arrangements to
take charge of the hotel.
Extensive improvements on the in
terror of the building are soon to be
made, and by November the house,
with it's improvements, will be formally
opened. The exact nature of the i'm
proyements have not yet been announc-
ed, but when made there will be at
least 300 rooms.
Mr.. Barse Is one of the most widely
known hotel men in the country. He
began at the Waldorf in the capacity of
a clerk. and after five years of work
in different departments he was made
manager, and held this position for
twelve years From New York he went
to Baltimore, and took charge of the
Emerson.
Pending assuming charge OF the
Shoreham Mr.. Barse Is stopping at the
Raleigh.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Mexico RuSheS
Aid to Province
80 Swept by Storm

MEXICO CITY, July ia special
sneeting Of the cabinet with President
hdadero was called today, and 1t is prob
able that federal troops will Immediate
ay ho rushed to the state Of Guanajuato
whore cloudbursts have wrecked two
cities and many smaller towns. Incom-
Isplote reports declare that probably 1000
persons lost their lives, while the prop
erty damange will reach $2o.0O0,00O.
The greatest danger now Is of famine
and the government plans to rush re-
Iaiaf trains to the scene. All crops with
lan an area of 1000 square miles have
been swept away food stuffs in the
aarEer cities and villages were ruined
by the waters, and the greatest suffer-
ing has resulted.
No Food for Rescuers.
Over 1000 laborers have already beon
Bent from here to aid in clearing the
debris from the larger cities, but with
their arrival today word was immedi-
etely sent back to Mexico City to send
no, more men until food was furnished.
As there was no way of feeding the
imported laborers.
Probably the worst conditions exist at
Guanajuato, the capital of the state.
which was struck by a cloudburst The
entire country surrounding the city was
submerged Half of the city was wash
ed away. The electric light plant was
put 4put of commission.
Women Without Shelter.
thousands of poems are wandering
through the streets in search of food,
and have robbed and looted. Women
and children are without shelter or
food Telegraph lines have been badly
crippled by the floods and only meagre
- &c Il
Il Il feared that, when communication
Is fully re-established, 1t will be found
that additional hundreds have died from
hunger and exposure.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
TOWER OPERATOR
TRIED VA|NLy TO
FLAG FAST MAIL
Responsibility for Fatal
Wreck Placed on Engi-
neer or Flagman.

CHICAGO, July 15.-Responsibility for
the fatal wreck on the Burlington rail-
way at Hinsdale, where thirteen were
killed and twenty-five seriously hurt,
when a fast mail crashed into the
Overland Express Sunday, telescoping
most of the latter's sleeping cars, was
placed today between Engineer George
Bronson, of the mail, and F1agman
p. s. Eustis, passenger traffic manager
of the Burlington.
A dramatic feature of the wreck was
a frantic effort made by Mrs. f. A. Will
cox, the tower operator nearest the
scene, who vainly tried to flag the mail.
She had thrown the semaphore against
II, but, fearing the signal might not be
seen in the dense fog that enshrouded
the tracks was trying to light a red lam
tern when the mail passed. Had 1t been
a minute later, she could have tagged
the train.
Flagman Woodruff insisted that he
went far enough back to flag the mail,
which he knew was coming, and assert
ed that he also placed torpedoes on the
track Fireman II. o. Grain, who
Jumped from the mails engine just be-
fore the crash, declared tndt WneH tncy
hit the torpedoes there was not time
enough left to stop the train. HE de
clared the signals were clear and that
after the torpedoes exploded Engineer
Bronson ordered him to jump, but stuck
to his seat In a vain attempt to prevent
the crash.
There were numerous pathetic Incl
dents of the wreck. Mrs. +. G. Pohl-
man, a bride, of Santa Rosa. Cal, re-
fused to permit a doctor to attend her
until he had first treated her husband.
Her spine and both legs were broken,
and she died later in the hospital.
tins were robbed by ghouls was the
assertion of the police. Much jewelry
is missing, and none Of the dead had
more than a few cents in their clothing.
although II is certain all had plenty of
money prior to the crash. Detectives
are working on the thefts.
Three separate Investigations of the
wreck were in progress today-one by
Coroner Huffman, one by the railroad,
and the third by the State railway
commission. Herbert Hease, assistant
general solicitor OF the Burlington, de-
clared he was convinced the weather
was the real cause.
The fog was so dense the engineer
could not see the signals until toe
late" he said
OF the dead three-two middle-aged
women and a girl OF about eleven years
are still unidentified. A boy and a
woman. whose identity was not at first
known. were today found to be Mrs
G. w. Tudor. thirty-two. and Louis
Tudor, six, wife and son OF G. w. Tu-
dor. the Lacey. Iowa. travelling man
who was also among the killed. 1t Is
believed alf of the injured will recover
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Women Without Shelter.
Government Easements
And Private Cellars
~ Flooded by Water

Workmen are busy today in many
partS of the city repairing the damage
done by the food of water which de-
Bcended last evening upon the District,
flooding streets, Easements, and cellars,
washing out car tracks and generally
running property so that the damage
runs into the thousands of dollars. EN-
ployes are overhauling paper stock in
the Easements of the Government Print
ing Office and the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing Some of which is soaked
with water. Other gangs are repairing
tho tracks of the Chesapeake and Po-
fomac railway near Benning, where sew
eral hundred feet CT track were washed
out.
Efforts arc being made to get the wa
ter out of the cellars of scores of resi-
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
/ Heavy Storms Sweep Over Country

dences on North Capitol street and Of
small stores in the neighborhood. With
buckets and swabs, barrels Of water
were removed from the basement OF
Stoneleigh Court today and several
inches of water were removed from the
first floor of the Burlington and other
apartment houses, to which the torrents
forced an entrance.
The heaviest private sufferers we're
the residents on North Capitol street,
from p street north and south for sew
Capitol had seven feet of water on the
first floor the water completely cover
ing tables and showcases. The fur
naces and baking supplies were under
water. One cellar wall caved in.
Grocery Stocks Ruined.
At 1414 North Capitol a delicatessen
store was almost wiped out. Several
tons of -four were ruined by the deluge.
A grocery store at First and p streets
suffered heavily also. Householders in
the neighborhood who had food sup
plies in the cellar found them worth
less today.
The damage was not all in the
northeast. The United Cigar Com
panys store at Fourteenth and G
northwest suffered a loss of about
$1,000, owing to leak in the roof
entered the storeroom, and hundreds
of cigars were ruined as well as guam
titles of other tobacco.
Decatur street and II street north
east were heavy sufferers. The base
ments of numbers ,6O2, 604, 6O6, and COS
II street had more than three feet of
water in them. and as much water got
in the basement of the Church of the
Good Shepherd at Sixth and I.
Floods In Georgetown.
Pennsylvania avenue in Georgetown
had several feet of water on it while
the downpour lasted. From the steep
hills above, the water poured down
like mountain freshets, and on the
south side of the street cellars were
inundated.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Woman and Child Only
Known Victims Killed
By Colorado Storms

DENVER, Col, July 15.-Although the
police today expressed the fear that a
dozen or more persons were drowned in
the cloudburst and flood which swept
Denver yesterday, there was confirma-
ton of the deaths of only two persons
"a woman and child. In addition,
two men are missing.
The flooded district has not yet been
thoroughly examined, however and
other fatalities may be revealed before
night. The property. loss will run be-
tween 81 100000 and 100000, according
to today's estimates.
Immediately after the flood, Mayor
Arnold threw open the auditorium TO the
homeless. and they are being cared for
there. Although the earlier cloudburst
dated the lower sections of the city,
the greatest damage did not come un-
til a wall of water rushed down Cherry
creek.
This was caused by a cloudburst at
Sullivan. Col. This wall Of water caused
the creek to sweep through the poorer
residence district, with terrific force. de-
stoying homes like houses Of cards.
Fear Other Fatalities.
So great was the waters force that
for a time it was feared the walled en-
bankment running along the creek of
the city hall would be washed away and
the city hall would be destroyed. The
wall stood the strain, however.
All the deaths so far reported were
in the lower residence districts. Zoe
Wallace and an unknown boy were seen
to fall into the torrent and are now
supposed to have drowned. The body
of a man was found under three feet OF
debris along the railroad tracks today.
Scores Saved By Police.
Scores of persons whose homes were
destroyed climbed to the tops of build
ings nearby and were taken off by fire.
men and policemen. At 10 o'clock last
night the water began to subside. A
four-mile area in the poorer residence
districts was inundated, 500 families
being rendered homeless.
With the fourth and sixth putting
greens practically destroyed by the
cloudburs: and food yesterday, the con-
dition of the Denver County Club links
was such early today as TO cause the
fear that the Western Golf Association
tournament. scheduled to start today.
would have to be postponed.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
GAINESVILLE MAN
NAMED DEPUTY IN
ROCKVILLE COURT
Haitian Brown Is Appointed
to Succeed Webster
Spates, Resigned.

ROCKVILLE, Md, July 15.-Webster
Spates has resigned as a deputy in the
office of the clerk of the circuit court
here. a position he held several years.
Haitian A. Brown, of GAINESVILLE, has
been appointed to the vacancy. Mr.
Spates WILL 1t is understood. engage in
the real estate business in Washington.
The Montgomery County Democratic
Voters League has been organized at
Chevy Chase, this county, with fifty
members and the following officers:
President, Major J. B. Burke; first>vice
president, c. A. Jones; second vice pres
iden,. e. A, Mclaughlin: secretary.
Jesse w. Nicholson; treasurer, George
A. Green.
Among the first favors to be asked
will be an appropriation for public
school building, and a committee con-
sisting of Major Burke, Eugene f.
Stevens, f. A. Mclaughlin, and Jesse
w. Nicholson has been appointed to
bring the matter to the attention or
the school board
J. H.. Van Houten has been elected
a member of the town council OF
Takoma Park. this county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Councilman S. w. Williams. who was
elected mayor. Mr.. Van Houten will
serve until May l, 1913.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15

down Belle and Plaza streets, delugins
two homes.
Mrs. Frances Mcguire and her three
year-old daughter, Goldie, were drowned
In their home on Belle street, and Mrs
Hester Moss and Arthur Boyce, coll
ored, lost their lives when the water
reached their home, a block away.
died cIinei5e to bsr I Was darnht u1a, ihara aua
the child was jerked from her arms by
the sudden flood, washed out of a win
dow and lodged on a fence a short dis
covered.
The storm did great damage to st.
Louis and surrounding cities.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Lieut.. Col. Gibson's
Promotion Urged

A board of officers OF the ordnance
division of the army today recommended
to the War Department that Lieut.. Col
William w. Gibson be promoted to sue
coed Col. Stanhope E. Blunt, who was
recently placed upon the retired list.
Major Tracy Dixon will be promoted
to lieutenant Colonelcy to succeed
Colonel Gibson.
1t was announced here today that the
officer who will succeed Colonel Blunt
as commandant of the United States
armory at Springfield. Mass, probably
will be designated tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Complete Street Car
Tie-Up in Anacostia
For Couple of Hours

With Nichols avenue between Tai
burtt street and the Morris road. in
Anacosta, flooded with water, gravel
and sand. the suspension of street car
operations in Anacostia became impera-
tive last evening. The tie-up was COM
plete for nearly two hours.
Early during the storm twenty-eight
electric lights on the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. bridge at Twining City went out,
and later those along Pennsylvania
avenue extended gave out
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
HUNDREDS KILLED,
|. BIG PROPERTY LOSS,
FROM HEAVY STORM
Floods Sweep Away Towns
h In Mexico and United
lR States.
- CONTINUED from First Page.)
bridge, being unable to connect with
khe underground current.
Lightning Hits Church.

L
ikhe underground current.
Lightning Hits Church.
lightning struck the lexington Pres
byterian Church, tearing large guam
Itfty of tiling from the tower and hurl-
Ing 1t to the roof of the structure. caus-
ing a slight damage. No one was in
l6ured. One side of the store of Rich
lsnond & Pearson. at Lincolnia, Alex
endria county, was ripped out by the
lnghtning.
Hundreds of buildings in Washington
wore injured by the rising water. In
the easements Of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing and the Government
Printing Office, where paper and other
supplies are stored, water crept in, do
lanR great damage.
The motor boat of the Boy Scouts, the
Black Arrow, with eighteen persons on
Point during the worst part Of the
storm. Only the presence of mind of
the passengers kept the boat from going
to the bottom. Other boats and pleasure
craft on the Potomac had narrow es-
canes.
Excursion Boat Grounds.
ulhe steamer Ericsson of the Baltimore
and Philadelphia Steamship Company,
with 500 excursionists on board, was
grounded several miles from the Monu-
mental City early in the evening, and
wes unable to release herself till this
morning. Relatives Of the excursionists
wore frantic throughout the night. Small
shipping in New York was brought to a
etandstill for hours, while one person
was killed
washingtonians, stranded in Hyatts-
vile, and unable to get back to their
homes, built a bonfire near the tracks OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad when
the New York express was due, and
brought 1t to a standstill. They came
home on It.
AZ the Union Station today it was
stated that the train schedules over
tho different roads into Washington sc
var have not been effected by the rain
storm which swept this part of the
country last evening.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
One Killed, Many Scared,
By Heavy Storm Which
Swept Across New York

NEW YORK, July IA severe
thunder and lightning storm. follow
ed by two-hour rain. caused havoc
to small shipping all over New York
bay. Long Island sound. and about
Staten Island late yesterday.
Anthony Anderson, thirty years old,
of West New Brighton, Staten Island.
was killed and queer antics were
played with apartment dwellers in the
upper part OF Manhattan.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Prisoner Escapes.

J. c. Hall, a prisoner in the Frederick,
Md. jail, escaped last night. and is
to have made his way to this
city The District police were notified
that a reward is offered for the return
of Hall, who is thirty years old, OF
stocky build, and dark competed.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Steals Typewriter.

Charged with the larceny of a type
writer. Walter H. Boggs, a young white
man, who Is alleged to have represented
himself as an Alexandria business man,
was sentenced to serve six months when
against him in the Police Court to-
day. Boggs, when arrested, told the
police that he rented the machine from
the l.. c. Smith Company for IS. He
was discovered payning 1t for SIS.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-08
GOVERNOR DICKERSON
SELLS ELY EXPOSITION

On Saturday last Governor Dicker-
son retired as editor and proprietor
of the Ely Expositor, having sold his
interest in the company to Nj. ".
Cox, of California. Mr.. Dickerson ex-
poets to be temporarily absent from
the district for some time, but still has
large property interests in Ely and
will claim this as his home. 1t is not
his intention to leave Nevada, but he
has not yet definitely selected his 10.
cation. The Expositor IS now tenn
porarily under the editorial manage
ment of J. w. Connella, one of the
strongest and brightest editorial writ.
ers in the state. Mr.. Connella will
look after the political page of the Ex-
positor until after the election, after
which he wi probably return to Reno.
l.. G. Schwalenberg, who has long been
with the Expositor, both as manager
and editor, will remain with the paper.
1t is not expected that Mr. Cox VIII
make his home in Ely, or give any or
his personal attention to the news
paper.-Elv Record.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-08
". N. CIRCULAT.
ING FIRST FOLDER

The first folder issued by the Win
nemucca Northern railroad was circu-
lated about town yesterday. One side
IS taken up with a railroad map of the
United States, the new line from Win
nemucca to Caldwell being shown in
red ink
On the reverse side are several
views representing local scenes and
the following reading matter:
The proposed Winnemucea Tor.
thern railroad will traverse and tap a
scope of territory, yet unueveIopeu,
greater in area than some half dozen
states of the Union-will open to the
California wholesaler a new and profit
able field-wiil provide transportation
for the rancher and stockman who are
now compelled to travel many miles
to railroad points-will put in the
hands of the settler thousands of
acres of cheap land, government and
private ownership, heretofore worth
less for any purpose except grazing,
owing to the absence of transportation
facilities.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-08
OF OPINION AS
TO THE PROPER PROCEDURE

Some difference of opinion exists as
to the procedure which should be fol
lowed in estimating the taxable in
come of mining corporations under the
federal law adopted thre years ago. 1t
is a matter that will have to come be
fore the United States Supreme Court.
as the lower courts are evidently not
as a unit upon the isues. The question
reverts to the Interpretation of the
.lepr ,ciatlon of property, for wi i,h
reasonable allowance may be deducted
from the taxable income under the
law. the removal of ore from mine
is comonly interpreted by accountants
as a measure of depreciation in value,
and accordingly numerous contests are
waged by mining corporations to Sc,
cure the recognition of this form OF
depreciation in the tax assessment OF
the government A variety of views
has ben expressed, and the general con-
troversy viii probably emo in one all
important decision by the Supreme
Court.-Mining Science.