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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-20
DAVID DAVIDSON DEAD.
Interment to Be Made in Winches-
ter. Va. Tomorrow.

David Davidson. eighty-nine years old.
died Yesterday morning. after an illness
Of only few days. at HIS home No. III:
NJ street northwest. His body will be sent
to Winchester. Va, tomorrow and inter-
red in Mount Hebron cemetery. where his
wife, who was formerly Miss Mary Clark.
was buried fifteen years ago. Mr.. Da-
wilson was for many years merchant
at Cedar Grove. Frederick county. Va.
where he was born. He lived in Win
chester for thirty-three years. coming to
Washington ten years ago. He was never
i'll until he reached the age of seventy
five years. About that time he learned
to ride bicycle and became an ardent
devotee. A year or two later ne was
thrown, fracturing a hip. which made
him lame ever after.
He was the oldest member of Grace
Lutheran Church of Winchester and Rev.
Dr. George S. Bowers. pastor OF that
church. will officiate at his funeral he
leaves five sons. including T. Edward
and Allen. of WASHINGTON city, and four
daughters, Mrs. David Wingerter of VIM
chester, Mrs Hamaline Haines and Misses
Edith and Nora Davidson Of Washington.
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Condition of the Water.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. May 2O.-Adverse crop re-
ports from Bulgaria and France made
wheat today tend upward. There was
also notable falling off in the Euro
pcan visible supply total. Beneficial
rains in the American spring crop belt.
however, had a restraining effort on the
bulls. The opening was the same as
last night TO 4 higher. July stated at
SOL: to S9ss, a gain of q to Il, reacted
to S93s and rallied to S9ss.
Weather unfavorable for planting and
crop movement strengthened the corn
market. July. which opened unchanged
to Is higher, at 1914 to 567s, advanced to
57a511s.
Despite rain here. oats hardened with
other grains. July started a shade up
at :,114. touched SIlba31l4. and assembled
to 37Aa31ss.
Sharp commission demand lifted pro-
visions. Offerings were light. The open
ing was unchanged to 1is higher. with
July at 1880 to 1922 for pork. lilo
Tor lard and $50 to 30 for ribs.
Butter-Cnchanged; receipts 1O,O:S
tubs.
Eggs-Cnchanged: receipts. 21.aO cases.
Potatoes-Higher receipts. forty three
cars; Michigan. 5Oa55: Minnesota, 4Sa1S;
Wisconsin, .Oa5S.
Poultry-Hi2her.
Chickens. alive, 16: springs, alive, rs.
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RUSH FOR CHINESE LOAN.
London Scenes Recall Incidents of
Toxic War Issue.

LONDON, May 2O.-The rush today for
the prospectus OF the Chinese loan re-
called the scenes which attended the is
sue Of the Japanese war loans
The portion allotted to London is APP
proximately 37.sOo.coO. OF which. accord
ing to the prospectus. $4,000 600 has been
already applied for and will be allotted in
full.
The provision that $50 Is payable on ap-
pfication sent chill among those who
were preparing to take advantage Of the
premium Of N per cent at which the
loan was quoted yesterday. There was
a smart reaction. and the premium de-
clined to from y to per cent.
The loan Is rcdcemable by annual
drawings in forty-seven years
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MAY GO IN DEBT $4,000.
Board of Children's Guardians, Out
of Funds, Authorized to Do So.

Entirely out OF funds and unable to
provide for the children committed to
its care by the courts. the board of chill
dren's guardians today was authorized by
the Commissioners of the District CT CO.
lumbia to incur obligations to the extent
of $4,000. which is the amount of a def
cheney appropriation the Commissioners
have requested Congress to make for the
board The deficiency estimate Is for
the remainder of the present fiscal year.
which ends June 30
The board is sad to face serious A.
nancial situation and through B. Pickman
Mann. its president. requested that 1t be
permitted to incur obligations to the
amount of the defc' ency estimate. On the
recommendation Of Auditor Tweedale. who
declared the deficiency to be legal
one, the District heads approved the re-
quest. It 10 believed that Congress will
make an appropriation to meet the situ-
alton. -
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The support Of Capital Traction stock
at 12N which was ia evidence at the
meeting Of the stock exchange yesterday
was renewed AT today's meeting. In
consequence tho downward movement
was again checked. and slight reaction
set in. \ sale was made at 12Ols, while
the previous selling price was 12o.
The stock was freely offered at an
eighth and the buying demand at 12o
was still more LIBERAL, as the bids at
that level were unlimited. With practi-
calIy uni mited buying and selling orders
separated by only an eighth of poirt
one quotation lot and a few odd lots COM
prised al the trading that was done in
the stock.
The changes in the figures for the
common and preferred stocks of the
Washington Ra lway indicated that the
quarterly dividend period had arrived. so
that 80 was bid in each case in place
of 81.
The supply of sas stock at 50 was
greater than the demand. and aftes~she
sale of four twenty-five-share lots the
bid dropped an eighth of a point. and al.
ter the call one was supplied at that
price.
Col Frank L. Denny. who recently was
placed on the retired list of the Marine
Corps. has peen elected vice president OF
the Real Estate Trust company
The Nunsey building has value OF
81. l.o.62O. according to report OF
board of three appraisers. made. today
Louis p. Shoemaker represented the Mum
Sey Trust Company on the board. j. L.
Heiskell represented Mr.. Munsey, and
these two members appointed Harold f.
Doyle as third member. The value OF
the plot of ground was fixed at s2lJ.42O
which is $50 square foot. The cost
of the building is estimated at sHc@
Under a special agreement entered into
between Frank a. Munsey and the Mum
sey Trust Company he was to sell the
building to the trust company for the
price found by the board of appraisers
provided il did not exceed s1.G0O,GN. The
building will be sold to the trust COM
pany for S1.GfD.sGO.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. May oO.-Flour-Steady,
with a small trade.
Wheat-GOod rains northwest were
offset by the firm cables. and wheat in
consequence ruled slightly higher dur
ing the early trading. July, 37Ea97A /;
September. 9j7s.
Pork--Firm. Beef-Steady. Lard
Firm: middle west 11.20al1.30. Raw
sugar-Steady; muscovado. 2.77a2. 80:
centrifugal. 327a3.3O: molasses. 2.52a
2.55. Refined steady. Petroleum
Steady. Enthusiastically. Hay-Firm.
Hides-Quiet. Leather-Firm.
process. extras. 271sa2S: do. firsts, ~;
packing stock. No. ,. 2lEa22k.
Cheese-Firm: receipts. 2.6l5 boxes;
state. whole milk. fresh. white, specials
13Aa13l2; do. white, average fancy. 13.
Eggs-cteady and unchanged; receipts,
81. S41 cases.
Dressed poultry-Steady; fresh killed
western fowls. 171eal31k: turkeys. 1Sa19.
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Naval Movements.
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today to
the following:
Cecylia Sniegoski, to build store and fiat
at 342 Sth street northeast: architect. r
s. Hunt: builder. a. Z. Spalding; esti-
mated cost. $500.
W. Oglest. 20 build garage at 2731 Ca
thedral avenue; architect. A. +. Land
voight: builder, J. w. Stewart: estimated
cost 500.
j. A. Baker. to repair store at 921
Louisiana avenue northwest; estimated
cost. $40.
p. NJ Dorsch, 20 repair bakery at 637
s street northwest; estimated cost, 500.
Mrs Duran Turner. to repair dwelling
at 211O Quarry road; estimated cost, $500.
Granville Fortesque, to repair dwelling
at 24OS Massachusetts, avenue; estimated
cost. $3.50.
NJ. Holzberlein. to repair bakery at 1923
Wiltberger street northwest; estimated
cost. 500.
G. S. wilkins. to repair dwelling at 340S
Mount Pleasant street: estimated cost.
1850
Mrs ?. Upshur Moorhead. to repair
dwelling at 1713 X street northwest; esti-
mated cost. $4,000.
H. H. Wheelwright, to repair dwelling
at l5aS 23d street northwest; estimated
cost 500.
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Real Estate Transfers.

CHICHESTER-James X. NJ. Norton to
Edgar T. Phillips. lot l.. block 3: So
Edgar T. Phillips ct ux. convey same
PROPERTY to Walter ter H. Porter and
NO. l114 b STREET NORTHEAST
Catherine T. Buscher to Mabel E
Evans. lot -. square 9S7: $3.50. Mar
saret l.. Crawford ct al. to same. all
interest in same property: Sligo.
RENO--McGill Grove eft ux. TO Susan W.
Mattingly. lot I. block ;: $40
ELEVENTH STREET SOUTHEAST be
tween and 0 streets-Sallie r. Bal
ley ct al. to Cornelius D; Towniey'
part original lot $. square 1901: $40.
NO o.. 9TH STREET NORTHWEST
Edward p Mertz ct ux. to Patrick
O'Donoghue. part original lot ..
square lO3: so.
HOLMEAD MANOR-Franklin Miller ct
TURNER'S IMPRovEMENT-Lou P.
Shoemaker. trustee, 10 Harry w.
Beach. south half 10. Il: $40.
Henry E. Mitchell ct ux. to William
G. Mitchell. lot 40 and part lot 80
square 1910: $1,000.
MOUNT AIRY AND ADDITION TO
ROCK OF DTNBARTON-Mary {
Williamson to Edwin w. Offutt. lots
IS. II. II. II and Is. square liz Sio.
NJ. w. Offutt, trustee. to same. all in
terest in same property: So Edwin
w OHutt conveys same property 10
Magruder w. Offutt w. Offutt: $40
CORCORAN STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween 18th and 18th streets-Philip II.
Chrstman to Bette A. w. Allen and
James T. Allen, lot 2S. square 10; So
RANDLE HIGHLANDS - Washington
Loan and Trust Company. trustee. to
Fran Erank lin r. Heindel' lot IT, square
CITY VIEW HEIGHTs-Ravenswo
Company to T. r. Schwab. lot l.
square 4444: SO.
NO. 1922 F STREET NORTHW EST
to Arthur a. Alexander. part origl-
nal lot Is. square 10: $1,000.
WOODLEY PARK-Leroy Gaddis. jr.,
ct ux. 20 Elizabeth NJ. Johnson. part
lot 1. block Is: $40.
BENNING ROAD-Ralph +. Barnard eft
al. trustees, to Charles r. X. Young
and Frederick w. Obenderfer. part of
Sunnysidc. s1.52c.
WISCONSIN AVENUE PARK-Capital
Realty Company to AloysiLs W Va
NO. 2i1s o STREET NORTHWEST
Louis P. Shoemaker ct al. trustees.
to Charles F.. Tribby. lot 14o, square
90: $500.
CANAL STREET SOUTHWEST between
T and L stree;s-John w. Rawlett ct
Tx. to Elizabeth MahOn. lots 4, =. II
and y square COS: ST.
NO. 141J G STREET SOUTHEAST
Henry w. Dawson ct uX. to Joseph l..
Waters and Evelyn B. Waters, lot -,
square 1864: S1u
RANDLE Walter B. Wal
Itch ct TX, to Edward G. Atwel. lot
%. block =; $11
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Rufus B. Youngs
ct TX. to Noah r. Robinson. lot 53.
block 80; $40.
r STREET NORTHWEST between 14th
and 18th streets-Harry Wardman et
al. to James Williams and w. F. b.
Stewart. lots 123. 121 and 12S. square
2GS; SO.
NO 3O12 o STREET NORTHWEST
Charles III. Demar ct TX. to Josephine
p. kleinschmidt part lot 81. square
IT.: so. Josephine p. kleinschmidt
conveys same property to Charles II.
and Clara y. Demar; 80.
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WOULD GIVE WOMEN VOTE.
Favorable Action on Bills by Illinois
House Committee.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. May N-In a live
ly meeting preceding the house session
TODAY the elections committee of that
body adopted the report of a subcommit-
fee seating Boardman, progressive,
over Hennebry. democrat: took favorable
action on the womans Suffrage Dill
which has already passed the senate, and
postponed acton on a contest prough'
floor leader.
The woman's suffrage bill would give
votes to women on all statutory offices
in Illinois.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. May 2o.-Money and discount
rates were dearer today.
With the exceptions of a rise in home
rails CT the settlement of labor trouble
and a slight recovery in copper shares
the stock market was dull and easy.
Fur: her realizing in order to particiI ate
in the Chinese loan affected foreign bonds
and Silt-edged securities and kaffirs
sagged when they were offered by Paris.
Consols lost another eighth.
American securities opened quiet. Prices
advanced a fraction during the forenoon,
but business was limited pending the
Wall street opening. . Later the list de-
clined under the leads Of Canadian Pa
cific. which was sold by Berlin. and Of
ferings from New York. A slight rally
followed and the market closed stead.er,
fraction above the lowest.
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MERCHANTS INCORPORATED.
Retail Association to HOLD Meeting
Under New Conditions.

The Retail Merchants Association l.
to become an incorporated body formally
next Tuesday night at a meeting of the
entire association, when the old organize
ton will 90 out of existence and the new
organization will be formed
The incorporation comm ttee. cons sting
of Joseph Strasberger. r. p. Andre VS.
Isaac Cans, NJ. A. Leese and Claude h.
Miller. is 10 meet tonight at office
of NJ. ID. Rosenberg. general counsel of
the association. and from the bylaws.
The Incorporation bylaws are to be
submitted to the board of governors of
the association next Monday night.
special meeting of the printers sec
ton of the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton is to be held tomorrow at noon. W.
j. Eynon rs chairman.
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ELEVEN PERSONS INDICTED.
Grand Jury Acts Against Those
Accused of Crime.

Eleven indictments were returned today
by the grand jury. The persons accused
are:
John Burnley. James +. Howard. assault
with a dangerous weapon: George ID.
Case. grand larceny; Edward w. Smith.
assault with intent to kill, assault with
a dangerous weapon; Charles H. Pnkney.
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny: Frank Black.
alias Vivian Macher. robbery: Joseph
Reddick, housebreaking and larceny;
Warren Winston, Fred b. Pumphrey
alias Benjamin Humphrey. housebreaking
and larceny: Anthony Richards. assault
with a dangerous weapon, and William
Dyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-20

James Frinzley. colored. SIS street
southwest. was knocked down By an au-
tomobiie this morning at 9th and q
streets southwest and bruised about his
body. face and legs. lie was standing
near his wagon when the accident hap
pened The injured imam was taken TO
Emergency Hospital. He told the police
NJ would get a warrant for the man WHO
Was operating the automobile
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Bank President Hangs Himself.

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, May o.
Isaac Hecht. president of the Havre de
Grace Banking and Trust Company. and
reputed to be one of the wealthiest men
in this place. committed suicide today
by hanging. His body was found suspend
ed from one of the rafters in the garage
of the Havre de Grace TaX.cab Company.
Temporary insanity due to poor health
was given by members of the bankers
family as a reason for this act.
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. May 2O-Wheat-Steady;
spot No. red, 1.O6A; May No. red,
1Os34; July No . red. 9411a: steamer No.
> red, 1O6A; receipts. 1868: exports.
12S.OOO; southern on grade, 1857
Corn-Steady: spot contract. 5374 May.
i9A: steamer mixed. 57A; receipts, 1921
bushels.
Oats-Firm: white. A.; standard
white. 43h; No. white. 42ha; receipts,
1866 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. = western export 88a
66Hl; No. western domestic 66a8G1s.
Hay-Ffrm: No. timothy, unchanged:
No. clover, mixed, unchanged.
Grain enthusiastically; steam to
Liverpool. per bushel. unchanged:
Cork for orders. per quarter. un-
changed.
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UNCOVER URN OF GOLD.
Articles Found in Germany Believed
of Phoenician Origin.

BERLIN. May 20.-An urn containing
q collection of gold articles attributed
by experts to the seventh and eighth
centuries before the Christian era was
uncovered today by well diggers on an
estate in the vicinity of Eberswalde.
about twenty-sevcn miles from Berlin.
The urn, which is among the most
ancient finds ever made in Germany.
contains seventy-eight articles weighing
five pounds These include bowls. brace
let's and rings supposed to be of Phoe-
nician origin and imported to Germany
by way of the Baltic.
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STREET CAR STRIKE OVER.

CINCINNATI. Ohio May 20--The suit OF
the city OF Cincinnati for the appointment
of a receiver for the Cincinnati Traction
Company was dismissed in the common
pleas court today. after City Solicitor
Eettman had Informed the court that the
street car strike had been settled and the
purpose OF the suit accomplished.
Street car service was resumed on all
lines today.
The two arbitrators named to take up
the questions to be arbitrated met today
to select third member. The agreement
provides that in case they fail to agree
upon q man. the selection should be left
to the state board OF arbitration and con-
citation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-20
TRAIN WRECKS GROW.
Defective Equipment and Tracks
Blamed bv Commission.

Defective railroad equipment and
tracks were responsible for 6S per cent
of all derailments in the United states
during July. August and September
1919 and during those three months
there were 965 more train accidents.
Including 901 more collisions and de-
railments. than there were during the
same months Of 1911.
All train accidents on steam roads
during that time killed cSS and injured
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Bill Provides Six-Year Term.

constitutional amendment for the d.
rect election OF President and Vice Presi-
dent Tor single six-year term is en-
braced in q resolution introduced in the
House today by Representative Britton
of Illinois. The amendment would pro-
vide for short ballot. Ii would not
prevent President Wilson or former Pres
i,lents Theodore Roosevelt and William
ri. Taft from again running for the
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Rammed by It's Own Torpedo.

NEWPORT. r. Il. May 20.-The tor
pado boat vesuvius was struck by one
Of it's own torpedoes late yesterday.
and was beached on Hope Island.
Narragansctt bay. when the lives Of
those on board seemed imperiled by
the waters which rushed In through
q two-inch hole astern Late last
night the vesuvius worked herself of
the beach and proceeded to the tor
psdo station under her own steam.
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COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. May oe.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at An advance OF
10 :; points on a continuation OF the COW
ering movement which developed yester-
day on the failure OF improved crop
news to inspire any aggressive selling
Gables were about as due. but the
weather map was again favorable and
the demand was barely active enough to
sustain prices during the early trading.
There was some further scattering
demand from southern sources. but
wire houses were sellers on the out
look for renewed showers in the eastern
closing figures of last night during the
first half hour.
July seemed relatively steady owing to
small arrivals here from the south and
continued shipments from the local stock.
Futures opened steady; May, offered.
leo: July. 1l.6.: August. l1.i:.: Septem-
Der. Ill. bid: October, HOS: November,
l1.O4 bid. December. Hos; January.
lltr;: February, 1lU; Did and March.
ILL bid.
The market was very quiet late in the
morning. with prices ruling about : points
net higher on July and net unchanged to
] point lower on new crop positions. 4
continued scattering demand from shorts
seemed To be supplied by further wire
house selling. and offerings became lit
tie more active Just before midday on eN
pectations OF "A favorable weekly weather
reLo-i.
Spot quiet; middling uplands, FOO nom-
inal.
Estimated receipts at all the ports TO-
day. 10000 bales against 12.1I2 last week
and lo.1., last year. For the week. a.
v1 aga INST 6fIs1 last week and 1918
last year. Today's receipts at Galveston,
::G31. against S:s91 last year. at New Or
leans, 1873. against :'.1ii iast year. and
at Houston. i.la3. against AIS last year.
The market eased off to a net loss of
= or y 20 nts on new crop positions after
the pub icat. on Of the favorable weekly
weather report, but selling was not gen.
crai, and prices later steadicd up . or
points from the lowest on continued
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Washington Stock Exchange.
,as pannIar call 10 O'clock noon.

Saes-Rcgmlar call. - O'Clock noon:
Potomac Cons. rs. 81 .O0o at 101. 81 900 at l0l.
81. zoo at 101. 81. OG0 at 101.
Capital Traction. 1 at 12o. at 120,s. - at
1905
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.. ) at
l01s
Washington Gas. - at So. % at s., % at 81,
% at ST.
Mergenthaler 10 at PISS. . at 211i..
Continental Trust. 10 al us.
After calI-Washington Railway and Electric
As 81 con ut S:ls $1,000 mt S:;ls.
Washington Gas. p at SIS.
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Militant Argument for Free Speech.

LONDON, May 20.-Advocates of free
speech are adopting militant arguments
with, the object Of making the British
home secretarys life harder A man
strolled up 20 the home office this after
noon and hurled brick through the plate
glass door OF Reginald McKenna's sane
fum. A howl Of vote for free speech
rose above the din caused by the shat
tered glass. The man was arrested.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. May 20-Wheat-spot
easier; No. Manitoba. IS I'd: No. 3, do.
Is sgd: futures firm; May. Is 6kd:
July, IL sid; October. Is 3IAd. Corn
Spot steady: American mixed new,
IS Nd American mixed, new kiln
dried. SIS 1hd: American mixed, old.
So 1l1sd: American mixed. old, via
Galveston. IS Sd; futures firm; July
Ga Plata. IS Nd.
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ARMY NAVY.
Army Orders.

Mai Harley B. Ferguson, Corps of En-
gineers. is detailed to superntend the
construction or repair to any aid to navi-
CATION authorized by Congress in the
twelfth lighthouse district. to relieve Col.
George A. linn. Corps of Engineers. Of
that duty.
Leave of absence for three months on
surgeons certificate of disa bility is grant
ed Lieut.. Col. James NJ. Arrasmith. 9Th
Infantry.
Capt. Frank Parker. nth Cavalry. is
relieved from farther duty with the 9TH
Cavalry. and will join his regiment at
Fort Ogiethorpe. Ga.
Leave OF absence for one month and
fifteen days is granted First Lieut.. Ar
thur w. Lane. 18th Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admirals G. S. Willis. w. F.
Worthington and w " Little have been
commissioned.
Commander c. B. Morgan, from Mis-
souri, to Naval War College.
Commander c. b. Price, to Naval War
College June l. 1915.
Lieut. tjunior grade) H. S. Galloway, to
navy yard, Washington. ID. c.
Chaplain T. r. Thompson, from New
Hampshire TO Illinois.
Naval Movements.
The Piscataqua has arrived at Dion
gapo, the Maryland at SAM Francisco,
the South Dakota at Mare Island, the
Justin at San Diego, and the Nashville
at Santo Domingo City.
The Reid has sailed from Norfolk OF a
trial run, and the Wyoming and several
other vessels of the Atlantic fleet have
left Newport for Block Island.
The Newark has been ordered placed
out of commission at the navy yard. Nor
folk Va. as soon as practicable.