Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
that contributions Of childrens clothing
would be numerous during the day.
Open Until Six This Evening.

The relief station will keep open until
6 O'Clock this evening, when it will close
until Monday morning. Contributions re-
ceived at the station today will be ship
ped to Columbus. Ohio, word having been
received from the Red Cross officials
this morning that time can be saved by
shipping direct to that point instead OF
| first sending the things to Cincinnati.
| No difficulty will be had in getting the
| contributions to the flood districts, as the
| big express and freight companies have
| consented to haul free OF charge all
packages of clothing provisions and bian
| kets addressed to the flood districts. Two
| companies offered to handle the contribu-
| tions free of charge yesterday, and today
| announcement was made by the ADAMS
| Express Company and the freight de-
| partment of the Pennsylvania Railroad
| Company of like offers. These companies
will carry free of charge packages OF
| clothing and other articles which are
| which are supervising the distribution of
| supplies to the flood sufferers
! Relief Train on the Way.
| At 1875 o'clock last night the Red
Cross special train chartered by the
Washington Post, bearing five carloads
| of clothing, provisions and blankets for
the food sufferers, left Washington for
| Cincinnati. Aboard the train were Miss
can National Red Cross Society; Maj.
Charles Lynch of the Medical Corps OF
the United States Army, and mead OF
the first-aid department of the Red
Cross Society, and Miss Jane Delano, head
of the Red cross nursing corps. Presi-
dent W. w Finley of the Southern rail-
way gave instructions giving the train
right of way over the tracks or that
system, because of delays on the orisihai
routing.
The nurses of the party are Misses
Bartlett. Clark, Mortinnas. Dack, Seifert,
Daub, Cox. Weed and Donnelly.
Others on the relief train lnclude Lr'
Frances I. Mclean of the Red Cross serV-
Ice. Representative J. A. Key of Marion.
Ohio. Representative James D. Post OF
Washington, ohio; H. c. Claypool OF
Chillicothe, Ohio: Representative =. L.
Brumbaugh OF Columbus onlo' uuss
Stutesman. minister to Bolivia; DR.. ii.
M. Vreeland of New York and twenty
Ohioans whose families are in stricken
zones. 80
clothing which the train carried repre-
sented the generous contributions made
by citizens of Washington IN less IMAM
two days. OF the five carloads the con-
, tents OF three represented contributions
which were received at the merchants
relief station at ILL + street. Nearly
200 large packing cases were required
to hold the quantities OF clotnihs ana
bedding received at this station yester-
dav. Twelve expert packers from various
department stores, who had been at work
since early in the morning packing the
cases. continued on duty until 10 CLOCK
last night During the evening they
were assisted by a number of volunteer
packers who reported to the relief sta
ton in response to Secretary Columbus
call for help yesterday afternoon.
throughout the afternoon and well into
the night the wagons of the Merchants
transfer and Storage Company continued