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The Washington times., 1912-04-06
River at Cairo Reaches
54 Feet, But City Is
Believed to Be Safe

CAIRO. Ill, April 6.-The Mississippi
river was at a stage OF f1fty-four feet
here early today and still rising, accord
ing to a report made by the Weather
Bureau. The levees are still holding.
The stage of the river today is q rise
or two-tenths of foot over yesterday,
but the, city is still believed to be safe,
ter Big forces of men are still guard
ing and strengthening levees today, and
scores Of families are being taken from
Iheir submerged homes in the drainage
or the Mobile and Ohio levee. The wa
Ter Is from % to Il feet deep in the
Many of the flood victims have been
taken from the roofs of their homes,
some were taken from windows in sec
ond floors. Dogs and other animals are
Stlll perched on roofs. No attempt has
been made to rescue the animals so far.
but they may be taken off today.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
BILL TO REIMBURSE
FARMERS FOR COWS
SUPPORTEDNHOUSE
Congressman Carlin and
Others Score Health Of
ficer Woodward.

The Lewis bill requiring the District
Of Columbia to pay all farmers for
cows slaughtered under the tuberculin
test was heartily supported before the
House District Committee today. Con-
gressman Carlin of Virginia declared
that at the rate cows are now being
condemned the price of milk will soon
be about as high as the price of cham
paRne"
Congressman Carlin said that Health
Officer Woodward will be responsible
for the increased cost Of milk in the
National Capital IL he continues his
rigid policy toward AIlk. Others who
supported the bill introduced by Con-
gressman Lewis of Maryland included
State sta S Senator Blair Lee Of Maryland.
Attorney. Mr.. Baker said he appeared
as "a victim of the tuberculin test"
According to Congressman Carlin, the
District has all sorts Of laws about
farmer for the cows slaughtered under
the test.
II believe they are getting pure milk
in the District" he said. They are
getting the same milk that makes Vir-
ginia babies fat, but which the health
officer says Is fatal to Washington. The
tuberculin tests means death to so per
cent OF the cows to which II Is applied,
with great expense to the farmer whose
investment may be wiped out Some one
ought to be compelled to pay for these
slain cows"
The Lewis bill, Mr.. Carlin added, was
necessary to offset tho activities OF the
"faddists" of the District, who are
causing the slaughter of the farmers
COWS
''1he same health officer who brought
these farmers into business without the
test, now seeks to wipe them out with
the test continued Mr.. Carlin. The
price of milk under such conditions will
become about the same as that of cham
pagne, and this ough. not to be, fos
many of us cannot afford champagne"
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
CORONER UNABLE
TODETERMINE HOW
WOMAN NET DEATH
Certificate for Mrs. Greever
States Drowning" as
Cause.

Unable to determine whether Mrs. N.
Roberta Greever. wife OF the Rev. w.
II. Greever of Columbia, s. c., whose
body was found washed up on shore of
Fort Hunt. Va, was accidentally drown
ed or Intentionally took her life, Coroner
hewitt this afternoon issued a certificate
simply stating drowning as the, cause
of death.
The Coroner said that as there were
no witnesses, and in view of the other
circumstances connected with the case,
he did not believe a jury could reach
any other verdict, and for that reason
he deemed an Inquest unnecessary.
The Rev. Mr.. Greever. who arrived in
Washington shortly before noon, said
that he did not know what plans would
be made for the funeral. although It
was likely the body would be taken to
Tazewell, Va. Mrs. Greever's three
children are now at Tazewell with
relatives.
1t is pointed out that had Mrs. Greever
contemplated suicide she could have
taken no more difficult course than that
Of drowning in the Potomac. on the
day she disappeared, February II, there
was nearly two feet OF ice on the river,
and the only place where 1t would have
been possible for her to have got
through the ice would have been an
air hole or the narrow channel kept
open by the Norfolk boats.
The finding of Mrs. Greever's body by
Private John L. Austin, of the Goa st
Artillery, stationed at Fort Hunt, late
yesterday afternoon, was the culmina-
ton Of a country-w wide search OF nearly
two months. Suffering from a nervous
and physical breakdown, Mrs. Greeyer
has been in Washington since last fall
under the care of DR.. Thomas S. d.
Grasty for melancholia, and her con-
dition showed decided Improvement.
She had been staying at the home OF
Miss Frances s. Ryan, a trained nurse
OF 1901 Corcoran street northwest. On
Saturday, February II, Mrs. Greever and
Miss Ryan we're shopping in + street,
when Mrs. Greever strangely disap-
peared. She was never seen alive after
that.
Following the recovery of the body
1t was learned that two OF the soldiers
at the fort had heard a woman scream
on the ice of the wharf on the night of
February II, the day Mrs. Greever dis
appeared. Because of darkness a thor
ough investigation could not be made at
that time. but the next morning a squad
OF men searched the ice-covered river
but found nothing to indicate n woman
had gone through the ice.
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Wholesale Produce Market

rrV,-Nearby. fresh. 2Oc per doz' South
eFIs; rn..,s-New -. York, new. 17alsc per lb,' nat
Hc per lh. - ,rh Ssa
per IT,. process. soc per To-
soc per 10. ~ ohtck.
live Poultry-Heng. l5calSIac per ID chicN'
sns eoa2ec per lb small. :4a25c per To- roos'
Ter, sasc per ID turkeys. iSa2Oc ID geese
~,ucrsd xaloc per lb; unplucked. loalse per
h.: ducks. lIaIsc per ib.: keats T"0ns' IL
"A. n.r In. : old, loalec per ID. ~
nreSaed Poultry-TurkeyE. lSa--c Per ~ :
chickens, lsa2:c per ID; hens, lial5c per TO- )
.1pons, large 2OA21c per io: DUCKS UAI"
o.r IN. : geese. i2alIc per 10;
'Green Goods-Oranges, Florida H-W PEI
hoI. grape fruit, k3.50a4.oo per oox: appieS,
% SGaa 20 per bbl potatoes. $50 per
sack: celery. 500 per dcI.; kaLe; "SS so per per
Sssket 500 per sack; onions. $3.50 g sack; !nH
sweet potatoes, $3.50 per bol' lemons SS'Hoa M
a box: cranberries. 500 per box; $ll per
Dbl. -, ..,,,. o. n.r lb.; 4;
medium. Sas1c per ID; common. sac per 10: :
old sheep, $500 per c~t' iahOs' P'''
6iIc per ID. ; medium. per 10.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
"HELLO, TOM," SAYS
TAFT TO MARSHALL
Informal Greeting Received by In
.s. diana's Governor at
White House.

Gov. Thomas r. Marshall, of Indiana,
was visitor at the White House to-
day. The governor. who is a Demo-
crat, did not permit his personal liking
for Mr.. Taft to prevent him from ex-
pressing the hope that the Democrats
would thoroughly defeat him next
November.
81 merely called because I like Presi-
dent Taft personally" the governor
said. He said to me, Hello, Tom' and
we shook hands and chatted a little
while. That was all. Politics was not
discussed in any form.
The governor said he came to Wash
ington to make some speeches in be-
half OF the Y NJ. c. A
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
One Hundred Thousand
Acres of Cotton Land
Covered by Water

HICKMAN, KY, April Gone hun
dred thousand acres of cotton land is
submerged today between the HIckma n
hills and Tiptonville, Tenn. as a res,It
OF the break In the big Government
leyee south Of here late Yesterday. An
mood damage in this district TODAY as n
result OF the break. In ana aIound
Hickman the damage up today is esti-
mated at nearly Sl,OOO,OOO.
Ing to save the levee since early in ~.
week got their first undisturbed sleen
iast night. When the Government Ieyaa
1roke' causing them to fec for their
nTSs. Srh. me- tnea sought refuge IN the hills.
Ihe break swept out the last remain
ing protection In this district But for
the fact that heavy wind dashed the
waves against the levee. 1t is believed
,rls hnat the pig dixie would still be intact.
The break was six miles below IIick-
man. The water had a fall of seven
rect and soon tore a gap $50 yards wide
Realizing the Importance of presery-
ing as much OF the levee fragments as
possible, sand bags are still being piled
on the embankment and boatcd TO the
threatening spots. The big work i'm
hand now is the relief of s, 900 homeless
people and the staving off OF an epi-
demic. P
Aid from the outside is beginning To
come In. Local resources have been ex-
hausted for three days. Many individ-
uai donations are being received.
Among the women in the camps are
several with newborn infants ana
scores of toddling children.
The town of Dorona. Mo. across the
river Is depOpulated. Mrs. SQUIRE
Tankersley ana her five children were
brought across the river in a gasoIene
boat. For two days they had refused to
abandon their home. They were the
last to get out. Eleven persons are all
that remain at Craigs Landing, Mo,
thew 70 4
tents on RATS and prefer to guard their
property. Gasolene boats today piled
between Hickman and the Tree Lake
district, bringing out refugees and live
stock.
1t is hoped that all have escaped with
their lives in this vicinity, although
hundreds of families have lost every
thing they possessed.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
RACE RIOTS FEARED
IN MINING VILLAGE
Murder of Bank Boss by Foreign
ers Starts Serious
Trouble.

FAYETTEVILLE, w. Va, April g.
Extra police have been placed in the
mining communities of Boomer, Can
Melton, and Marting. where race riots
are feared between American ond for
eign miners. Feeling ran high follow
ing the murder of Wash Bostick, bank
boss of the Boomer Coal Company,
who was followed to a stable by three
foreign miners and shot down.
Governor Glasscock has been asked to
have the militia in readiness to be
sent here at a moments notice. All
the miners are idle pending the deci-
sion on the referendum vote on the
Cleveland agreement. At Boomer near
ly every miner is armed with a Win
chester or Springfield rifle.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Capt. H. A. Hegeman
To Investigate Flood
Conditions In Missouri

Capt. Harry A.. Hegeman, army
quartermaster, was given rush orders
by telegraph yesterday to make a
reconnaissance of the flood situation In
the Mississippi valley for the informa-
ton OF the War Department.
Secretary Etimson directed CAPTAIN
Hegeman TO go to New Madrid, Mo-,
across from Hickman, KY, the worst
threatened point along the Mississippi
leVees. He will make an immediate re-
port or conditions there. and will notify
the department whether in his jnd1,
ment 1t would be well to send troops to
the scene to aid the inhabitants In bat
tling the flood.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
.LEVEE OFFICIALS
GIVE UP HOPE OF
'g SAVING VALLEY
Raging Mississippi Momen-
tarily Expected to Crush
Through bikes.
CONTINUED from First Psse.I


was then sent through the district,
which is thickly populated. that every
one should ge to the high ground. Many
iamllles are known to have done so, but
u ls reared others remained.
weather Bureau officials believe that
the break below Hickman should relieve
conditions somewhat at Carlo and New
Ma6rid, but the greatest suffering pre-
walls In the new flooded district Those
VINO fled to the hill are now without
shelter and clcthing. Food supplies can
only be delivered in boats, and II is inn
possible for the residents of the small
towns In the district to meet the de-
mands made for them for aid.
Militia Called Out.
At Charlottesville, Mo-, the militia ha .
been called out to patrol the Ievee. All
business houses have been closed, and
the entire male population of the town
Is working on the levee, piling up sand
bags to resist the rising waters. Ref
ugees are arriving at Charlottesville
from all directions, and are being cared
for by the city.
A carload of clothing and bed CLOTH
Ing has arrived and three loads of pro-
visions were brought as close to the
town as possible and then transferred
6y boat to the basement of the Carnegie
Library, which has been turned into a
storage house for food and clothing.
Tents have been erected in library
grounds to house women and children
One woman arrived here yesterday
after walking and carrying baby
twelve miles along the levee His
nome had been submerged.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06

pushing stocks up-mayhap TO interest
the public-but that they have given
an excellent exhibition of confidence
during the past week cannot be doubt
cd.
steel common started at nv and 71Ss
gain, touched end held 20 12M. The
preferred topped 113.
I he old-tiue railroad shares shared
in the advance In good shape. Unin
Pacific smothsred shorts with a rise
Of lN; Pennsy ana Northern Pacific
each rose point: Rock IslaEd prefer
red rose IN and Canadian Pacific set
the record Of the day with gain of az
points. which makes II nearly points
for the week.
Copper and 5mclter in the metals,
had hard time holding their own.
Other industrials were firm. Locomo-
tive. Car Foundry. Anaconda. and
others gaining a point.
II was a great market while II lasted
Its Ike has not been seen for two
hours In many moons
Local market closed.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Virginia Couples in
Double Wedding Here

A double nuptial knot with two sis
tiers as the brides was tied today by
the Rev. B. w. Meeks, at the home of
Mrs w. II. Boaze. 1888 Holmead street
northwest, the couples being Budford
L. Oakes and Miss Frances l.. Boaze.
and Oberbey NJ. Boaze and Annie v.
Boaze, all of Whitmell, Va. The latter
two are first cousins
The quartet, accompanied by Mrs.
Boaze, called at City Hall late yester-
day afternoon for the licenses They
said they had known each other from
childhood. and that they had been
youngsters.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Red Cross Director at
Flood Scene, Woods Aid
Talks to- Miss Boardman

National Director Ernest p. Bickneu.
OF the Red Cross, reached the flood dis
trict today, and will make an immediate
report, on which will be based a possible
appeal to the entire country for sub
scriptions.
Captain Hanna, of Major = General
woods personal stan, held a long con-
ference today with Miss Mabel Board
man, national secretary of the RED
Cross, who has taken personal charge
OF the administration OF flood relief
work. AS result of the conference
the army and the Red Cross will work
there viii be no publication OF effnrt
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Aged Man Missing
Since Last Thursday

The police today were asked to seno
out an alarm for John p. Muir SIKH
Ave years old, a retired Government
employe, who has been missing since
Thursday from his homc' 2tll ontario
road northwest.
Mr.. Muir left the house about o'clock
IN tho morning, saying he was going to
take a walk before break1asl. ne nas h
ice to send out an alarm for her hus-
band. Mrs. Muir said he had not oeen been
in good health for some time' and that
she feared he had been taken SICK on
the street and was In hospild' Vi so'iie
institution.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Knocked Down by
Car, Breaks Two Ribs

Charles Montgomery, sixty-one years
old, of 14lO R stret northwest, was
knocked down by a Capital Traction
car at Tenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest this morning and
badly injured. He was taken to the
Emergency Hospital where 1t was
found he had received two fractured
ribs and contusions about the back.
The accident happened just after Mr.
Montgomery had gotten off the car AS
the car started, he fell against the rear
step, and was thrown down.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
M. Goldenberg Is
Building New Store

F. II. Fitzsimmons, builder, is COM
pleting a new four-story store build
ing at SO5 Seventh street northwest, for
NJ Goldenberg. The building is of the
new store type, with ornamental show
windows on the street floor and win
doWs on each Of the upper floors
nearly the width OF the building itself.
The building is one OF the latest i'm
provoments to Seventh street in the
neighborhood Of New York avenue. 1t
Is equipped with an electric elevator
and was erected by Mr.. Goldenbsrg as
an investment
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Fractures Leg and
Arm in Thirty-Foot Fall

Thomas G. Herbert. thirty-four years
old. of the Seward apartment house. fell
thirty feet from a trestle at the foot OF
TWenty-siXth street northwest tnls
morninR and fractured his left arm and
leg, He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital in an ambulance.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
New York Bank Reserves
Show $7,646,8OO Decrease

NEW YORK, April 6-The weekly
changes:
Excess cash reserve, decrease, 7,646 800
Loans, decrease, $4,000.
Specie, decrease, 49, 10000
lie gal tenders, decrease. s. 202. 900.
Net deposits, decrease, Sl2,6l4, 900.
Circulation, decrease, 1853. 600.
Total loans are $2,040,0 ,027, 900.
The surplus is 1885,, 800. as compared
with $26, 225 a year ago and 1921 $50
two years ago.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Dies Under Automobile.

ROCEAWAY, n. j., April 6.-Clar-
cnce Hedden. twerty-four Of Dover,
was killed and three companions In
iuTed. none fatally, when an auto
mobile in which they were riding skid
ded against a telegraph pole near here
today.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Railroad Is Fined.

Having pleaded guilty of carrying
tractors, the MOI folk and Western rail-
road has been fined $4,000. it was an
nounced by the Interstate Commerce
Commission today. Cassell G. Elliott,
the contractors, were also fined 5000
and costs.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Taft Advises Against
Further Appropriation
Until Officers Report

President Taft has written a letter
to Congressman John J. Fitzgerald,
chairman OF the Committee OH Appro-
priations. saying that he does not think
Il wise for Congress to make any fur
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
Congressman to Speak.

Congressman John Burnett OF Ala
bama will make an address on immi-
grafton at the First Baptist Church at
Clarendon tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
FINANCIAL
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

will be paid on Monday, April 18th,
1912, to stockholders of record at the
close OF business on Saturday, March
30, 1912, WILLIAM r, DRIVER,
Treasurer.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
New York Curb Market.

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Co.. New York; G. 3. Chapman. manager To-
cal branch. Colorado Building.
The Washington times., 1912-04-06
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EDEN.

Mrs. g. Prescott Cleaves and children, OF
Bar Harbor, are guests OF Mrs. C. c. Ladd.
Mrs. Ada Mitchell and Miss Doris, of
Northeast Harbor, we're in town recently.
Mrs. John Stafford, with two children,
of Bar Harbor, are with Mrs. y. Taylor for
few weeks.
Mrs. o. q. Higgins, who has been with
her daughter, Mrs. II. w. Jellison, has
returned home.
Miss Mary Jordan has returned from
Ellsworth, where she has been visiting
the past two weeks.
Boyd and Margaret wasgatt, OF Bar
Harbor, are visiting their grandmother,
Mrs. George B. Richards.
Mrs. Emma Higgins, with grandson
Clayton, of Bar Harbor, spent last week
With Mrs. j. l.. Hodgkins.
Mrs. Carolyn Sawyer, with her daughter
Alison, and Miss Eva Gates, of Manatee,
Fla, are guests of Mrs. Adelaide Grant.
Aug. 10. ".
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COUNTY NEWS.
SOUTHWEST HARBoR.

Rev. g. w. Robinson has accepted call
to the Congregational church in Brown
vile and left with his wife, daughter and
household goods to-day for his new field.
Superintendent L. E.,williams
has rented the house vacated by Mr.. Rob-
inson.
Rev. G. +. Dole preached fine sermon
at the Congregational church Sunday
morning to a. large audience. The retir-
ing pastor assisted in the service, and
made brief farewell remarks to his church
people, whom he has faithfully served for
three years.
ROBBIE Norwood, building contractor, is
to begin at once on cottage for the
Burkes. The specifications call for fine
building of not less than 5000, to be To-
Gated on the back bay near the Claremont
hotel. MIR. Burke and his sisters have
been coming to Southwest Harbor many
years, and now desire permanent sum-
mer home here.
One of the prettiest spots at Southwest
Harbor is Mrs. Cooks bed Of Shirley
poppies, bordering the front Of the
vegetable garden. 1t is about seventy-five
feet in length by five feet in width, a
brilliant mass OF nodding blooms, in all
| shades OF red, white and pink satin frills.
Mrs.. A. M. Lawton, whose teahouse and
flowers are very popular, had the earliest
| sweet peas, and her collection of dahiias
is very fine, some blossoms measuring six
inches across.
Aug. II. SPRAY.
Helen Sawyer is spending few days
with her parents here.
Mrs. Holbrook, OF vinal Haven, is visit
ing her son, John Carter.
Miss May Jersey, OF Everett, Mass, is
visiting her uncle, Edward Hersey.
Everett E. Tinker, OF Boston, is spend
ing his vacation with his parents here.
Elwell Hamor and wife, OF Town hill,
are with their daughter, Mrs. Alton
Trundy.
Mrs. Katherine Davis, of Lynn, Mass,
| is spending a few weeks here with her
brother.
| Capt. e. M. Sawyer is at home with his
| family for few days. His son Edward
came with him.
| Arthur Smith, mother and two sisters,
of Fall River, Mass, are spending their
vacation at Mrs. Frank Stewards.
wilbert Lurvey, wife and son came from
Mt. Desert light station one day last
week. Mrs. Lurvey and son took the
afternoon boat for Boston to visit her sis
ter.
Albert Knight, wife and daughter, Mrs.
Fanny Pratt and daughter, of Providence,
R. l., James Richardson and wife, Edward
Shaw, Miss Maud Johnson and Miss
Elizabeth Lamont, OF Belmont, Mass, are
at sPleasant Valley FARM. David
Taper, who spent month here, has re-
turned to his home in Brookline, Mass,
much improved in health.
Aug. p. SPEC.
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SURRI.

Miss Lena Sperry is visiting in Augusta.
Miss Buzxell, OF Brewer, is visiting Mrs.
Gustie Stackpole.
Mr.. station and wife are here with Mrs.
Lord for few months.
Mrs. Hannah Woodbury., of Bernard, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Martha Beede, who has been visit
ing her sister in Bayside, is home.
Mrs. l.. e. Gott, who spent few days
last week in Bucksport, returned home
Sunday.
Mrs. Vera Galiison, who has spent few
weeks in town, has returned TO her home
in Portland.
Miss Florence Curtis, who spent last
week in Northeast Harbor with relatives,
has returned home.
A. L. Shorey has returned from Bangor,
where he has been attending the summer
school for teachers.
Mrs. Dorothy Conary, who has been Wis
iting her daughters the past two weeks,
has returned home.
Mrs. Lillian Perkins, OF Boston, is with
her mother, Mrs. Z. n. osgood, for the re-
mainder OF the summer.
Aug. II. ANON.
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CASTINE.

The town is full of summer people.
Both hotels are filled to their capacity.
Miss Bertha Harmon, OF Roxbury, Mass,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. NJ. j. Harmon.
There was a social dance at Emerson
hall Friday evening. Music by Perkins
orchestra.
Miss Emma Coombs is spending the
present week among friends in North
Monmouth.
Mrs. T. e. Page and daughter Addie, of
orland, spent last week at the home OF
Mrs. Pages daughter, Mrs. Otis Parker.
Mrs. Stevens and daughter, who have
been visiting Mrs. William Collins the
past two weeks, returned to their home in
Melrose, Mass, last week.
Harry Clifford and brother John, who
have been guests at the home of John
Sawyer, jr., returned to their home in
Haverhill, Mass., on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Bradbury and son were
guests last week OF Mrs. Bradbury's sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gates. She returned to
her home in Franklin Saturday.
Aug. r. e..