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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
They Are Nearly" Engaged.

Dear Miss Libbey: 1 am girl of 10 and
am keeping company with young man of o.
He often loves me, as we are nearly engaged.
Do you think it is right for me to sit on his
lap? EMILY
My, my, am SO disappointed in you Any
girl should know intuitively that such actions
are dreadful. You never will be any more than
nearly engaged if that is the wny you con-
duct yourself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
!" If a Boy Winks First"

"Dear Miss Libbey: Is a girliin first year
high school who is Is or 16 too young to go
with the boys? Is it wrong to dance and play
cards? Is it wrong to wink at boy if he
wnks first? If boy tried to kiss girl good
night, and she refused him the kiss, would it
be wrong if she went with him again if she
knew he would do the same thing again? II
girl and boy go out driving in the evening is
it wrong if the boy puts his arm around the
girl if he means nothing else than love? If
girl and boy are introduced in another town
is it wrong for them to 60 together that same
night by themselves? Would it be wrong for
him to kiss the girl good night? l have no
one to go to for questions like this. SO you
will please pardon the number of them, and
thanking you very much. LONESOME"
A girl of 10 or 16 is entirely too young to
go about with boys. She should finish her
schooling first. Dancing and card playing are
matters for the individual to decide. If you
think they are wrong avoid them. The girl
had better keep away from such fellow.
girl should not permit such familiarites at any
time. I see no harm in boy End girl going
out together under the circumstances 1t
would be entirely wrong for them to kiss.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

ears. The next moment a litter ran
through the crowd as a pumpkin in
the rear seat called out:
THE dudes eyes amt matesi"
Chester Kent. already conspicuous
in his spotless white fiannels, had made
himself doubly so by drawing out q
monocle and deftly fixing 1t in his
right eye. He leaned over the body
to look into the face, and his head
jerked back the merest trifie. Bend
ing lower, he scrutinized the unman-
acled right wrist When he passed on
his lips were pursed in the manner
of one who whistles noiselessly.
He resumed his seat beside Sedg-
wick His eyes grew dull and melan-
choly. One would have thought him
sunk in a daze, or doze, while the
procession filed past the unknown
dead His monocle which had dropped
from his eye as he turned from the
coffin, dangled against his hand.
CHANGING TO look down at 1t, Sedg-
.Rick stared. Kent's knuckle, as seen
through the glass, stood forth. mon
trous and distorted, every line of
the bronzed skin showing like q fur
row.
The monocle was a powerful mag
nifying lens.
The sheriffs heavy voice rose. ANY
one here present recognize or identify
the deceased p he droned, and with
out waiting for q reply, set the lid
in place and signaled To the medical
ofiiCed.
'Feller citizens" began the still
shaking physician, I'VE don't need
any jury to md that this unknown
drowned woman"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06
Continued from last sundayl


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Then the corpse must nave come
from a good ways out sA'd 9aliot
smith, for the reefs woman c4ich
IL AZ that tide
Nobody knows now fhe oeaa CONF ~.
80 Lonesome Cove. SAID the hherlH
in his deep voice
There was murmur or assent. ne
people felt certain pride IN the Ill
omened locality
Flder Ira bennett was the next and
last witness called. Somewhere be
neath the Elders dry exterior mrked
The instinct Of the drama. Stalking
to the platform. lac told his story with
skill and fervor, He made telling
point ~ the newly finished picture ne
had seen in SedeWiek.s studio. depict
ing the moonl4t charge of The wave
mounted corpse He sketebed ont the
encounter between the artist and the
dead woman NlvldlE AIS he proceed
I'd the Rlauces turned upon 9edgw ICk
darkened from susp GIN to enmjn
Kent was almost ready TO wish that
he had come armed when bennett
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

, fingers that actually drummed on the
wood, forced the hasps into place.
shes come to life" cried a voice
from the rear.
mo, MOI" rumhIed the sheriff.
whirling upon the medical officer, he
whispered in his ear; not more than
single word, it seemed TO the watch
| full Kent
The doctor turned CHASTITY. Gents"
he said In a quavering voice TO the
amazed crowd, the program will not
be carried out as arranged. The
the-well the condition of the de-
ceased is not fltten--" He stopped,
hopping his brow.
But Yankee curiosity was not so
easily to be baked of its food. II
found expression in Lawyer Adam
Balm.
THAT amt the law Doc" he said,
I'm the law here" declared Sheriff
Schlager, planting himself solidly be-
tween the crowd and the coffin. One
hand crept slowly back toward his
hip
torted the lawyer quietly ut amt
necessary"
"YoN heard Doc Breed say the body
wasn't fifteen to be viewed, pursued
the sheriff,
hasn't got the final word. The law
has"
A quick murmur of assent passed
through the room.
And the law says" continued
Rain. that the body shall be duly
viewed. Otherwise. and the decease
being buried without view, an order
OF the court to exhume may be OBJ
tanned"
Look at Breed" whispered Kent 10
Sedewick.
The medical officers lips were gray
as he leaned forward TO pluck at the
| sheriff's arm. There was whispered
/ colloquy between them. Then Breed
spoke, with q pitiful effort at self
| control.
| Lawyer Bain's point is correct;
undoubtedly correct. But the body
must be prepared. IT ought to "a
been looked 10 last night. But some
how I've VIII six citizens kind
| ly volunteer to fetch the coffin back
TO my house?"
Ten times six offered their services.
The box was carried out swiftly, fol-
i~r~aS Inv iha variable h"no Of axnitad
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

strains of Honey Boy. .sedgwick
shoe the whistler mistakenly.
Eth? What?" cried Kent, wrench
ing his shoulder free. Go away!
Can't you see I'm busy?"
I'm give you something to think
about Look at this face of a cigar
store Indian at the window. No!
gone"
"Gansett jim, probably" opined
Kent. Just where his interest in this
case comes in, | haven't yet found
out He favored me with his regard
outside And he had some dealings
with the sheriff on the beach. But
L don't want to talk about him now,
nor anything else"
Acting on this hint, Sedgwick let
his companion severely alone, until
a hustle from without warned him
that the crowd was returning. Being
aroused. Kent accosted one of the
villagers who had just entered.
Body coming back?' he asked.
Yep. On the way now.
What occurred in the house where
they took it."
search me Everybody was shut
out by the sheriff and the doc. They
had that body TO themselves nlgh
twenty minutes"
AT this moment the sheriff enter
cd the hall, followed by Doctor Breed,
who escorted the coffin to its support
ing sawhorses. The meager physician
visibly at the flag end of his self-con-
troll. Even the burly sheriff looked
like sick man, as he lifted the ld
OF the coffin and spoke.
There was reasons, neighbors,
said her, "why the corpse WASH
suitable 10 be looked at. Nobody had
seen it since last night. We've fixed
ii up as good as we could, and you ii
now please pass by as quickly as
possible"
In the line that formed Kent got
place behind Elder bennett, who
had decided to take another look for
good measure. as he said. The look
was n productive one. No sooner had
1t fallen on the face of the dead
than bennett jabbed an tndicatory
finger In that direction and addressed
the sheriff
Hey, Len! What's this?"
Whats what?" Groweld Schlager.
why, there's a cut on the lady s
right cheek. 1t wasn't there when l
seen the corpse last night
I "Ah, what's the matter with your
| eyes?" demanded the sheriff savage
/ ly. You want to hog the lime-light,
/ that's your trouble"
4 This was evidently a shrewd lash at
1 recognized weakness. and Elder
4 moved on amid jeering comments,
/ But Sedwick. whose eyes had been
/ fixed on Kent, saw curious express
| sion flicker and fade across the long
jawed face, 1t was exactly the ex-
preston Of a dog that pricks. up Its
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

The deceased was not drowned
Emerging from his reYerie. Che
ter Kent had leisurely risen in
has place and made his statement
:N-n-ot drowned gasped the
medical man
Certainly not. AS you must know.
il YOU made an autopsy
NO austopsy was necessary" re~
piled the other quickly. Their
plenty Of testimony without tha
We've heard the witnesses that S4
the drowned body on the grating
washed ashore on"
The body never washed ashore en
that grating
A murmer ran through the. crow
How do You figure that" called
voice.
"On the under side OF the gratjne
T found a cocoon of common moth.
Half an hour in the water would hava
soaked the cocoon through and XIII
ed the insect inhabitant The insect
was alive"
How'd the grating get there.
them"
Dragged down from the high-
water mark on the beach. IL was an
old half-rotted affair such as no shla
would carry Ask sailor Smith"
That's true said the old seaman
with conviction
You're an expert. Mr.. Smith Nov
was that grating large enough 10
float a full grown human body"
why as TO that. a body amt bur
a mite heavier than the water.
should say it'd just barely float it.
(Continued next sunday1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

conjecture Quickly the room emp
tied itself, except for a few stragglers.
4 CHAPTER V.
ONE USE FOR A MONOCLE.
Sedgwick, who had followed the
impromptu cortege with his vision.
was brought up sharply by the glare
of a pair of eyes outside the near"
est window. The eyes were fixed on
his own. Their expression was dis
tinctly malevolent. Without looking
looking round. Sedgwick said in low
voice:
Kent"
No answer came.
Kent" said the artist a little
louder
HUH" responded a muffed and
distracted voice behind him.
There was neither sound nor move
ment from the scientist.
IAN Indlan-looking chap outside
the window is trying to- hypotize me.
or something of the sort.
This information, deemed by its
giver to be of no small interest, eli
cited not the faintest response. Some
what piqued, the artist turned, to be-
hold his friend stretched on bench,
with his face TO the ceiling, eyes
closed, and heels on the raised end.
His lips moved family. Alarmed lest
the heat had been too much for him,
Sedgwick bent over the upturned
face. From the moving lips issued a
musical breath which began it's
career softly as Raffs Cavatina and
came to an inglorious end In the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

his eyes diated when Kent whispered
10 him.
Keep your nerve The probability
viii he shown that she was killed be-
fore ten O'Clock"
Now however, Doctor Breed was on
his feet again. Form in line, ladies
and gentlemen" said he, and pass
the coffin as spry as possible
At this Sheriff schlager stepped
forward and loosened the hasps, pre-
paratory TO removing the cover. The
body has been left" said he, slipping
the lid aside, lust as" OF sud
den his eyes stifened, A conyulsive
shudder ran through his big body
He TANNED the cover back, and with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

25c and soc Cough Syrups, Llniments, etc, IN
good i ,so 5a3 but not much de 23c
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

IS One-pound Hospital Absorbent Cot ZOE
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Illinois Town Doomed, r.,
- Women and Children
Are Ordered to Hills

ST. LOUIS. Mo. March 3L-A long
distance telephone message received
from shawneetown, H.. on the Ohio
river, at a. m. said that the town
was doomed: that the women an6 chill
dren had all been ordered to the hills.
and that practically all of them had
been removed at that hour.
The girls manning the telephone ex-
change. were ordered out of the build
ing as this message was bein sent.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Baby Floats Doqvn Rfper
In Chicken Coop; Whole
Tozvn Is Seeking Parents
BY CARL D. GROAT.

~ ShAsD - "AbVAA
CINCINNATI, March 31-There's
. baby at Aurora, Ind- two
years old, smiling and happy,
and wanting its mother. A
chicken coop came floating
down the river near the Indiana
town todaz, In which was the
grooming child. The box affair
came near the shore, and was
pulled to dry land.
The baby was uninjured, and in
the best Of spirits. The entire
city is now engaged in trying
to locate It's parents.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
PAPER FOR STAMPS
WILL NOT Be SHORT
Postoffice Department Advised
of Conditions Existing in
Mills in Flooded Sections.

There will be no shortage OF paper
for the printing of postage stamps and
postal cards for the Government be-
making this paper in Ohio. according
to reports coming to the departments
in Washington.
Inspector Birdseye wired the Postof-
flee Department today to the effect that
an inspection will be made of the Cham
pion Coated Paper Plant. at Hamilton,
Ohio, today If 1t is possible TO reach
that point. This Is the plant which fur
nishes paper for postal cards. Inspector
Swain Is endeavoring to reach the
Miami Paper Company plant at West
Carrollton. Ohio. which make paper for
postage stamps.
Director Ralph, of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, received mes
sage today from the Miami Paper Com
pany saying that 1t expected to begin
operations in ten days. The bureau has
a sufficient supply Of paper on hand to
feed the postage stamp machines for
month.
The same conditions prevail In the
Government Printing Office.
Inspector Birdseye. in charge In the
fifth district. has wired to Chicago for
several additional inspectors to assist
in the Wabash valley, In Indiana.
In later dispatch he says there
was a large amount of marooned mail
taken out of Dayton last night.
A message to the Postoffice Depart
ment from Cleveland says that the sit
uation is improving and that the Biz
Four has started a train for lndianap-
oils. the first one in six days. All
mails to Cleveland and Toledo have
been distributed. and officials are
aw waiting a dispatch saying that the
lines are open.
Nothing is moving in southeastern
Ohio. A complete list of the train SER
vice in operation in Ohio in the food
district has been received by the de-
partment. There is no prospect of any
line operating into Dayton from the
South for several days. The Southern
railroad is not yet able to cross the
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
FOUND By
4 MICROSCOPE

The durability OF Bright's Disease Is
not a matter Of opinion but fact in
Nature. One factor in determining II
Is the microscope.
Casts are fiecks Of kidney tissue that
flow from the degenerating kidneys In
Bright's Disease. They can only be
found by a microscope. IL an agent
has been evolved that counteracts Re-
nal degeneration then the casts must
gradually disappear. That Fulton's
Renal Compound gets these results can
be proven by any scientist who cares
to take the time.
1t is mild infusion and can be
taken by a child. The usual heart
and eliminative treatment given to sus-
tain patients down with Bright's Dis
ease can be taken with 1t IL necessary.
There is no conflict. Recoveries have
been reported in thousands of cases.
If our ideas are high and II only
half or a third of the 1000 annually
dying from this disease can live on
In comfort TO other terminations who
can estimate the value of this Com
pourd to humanity?
If you have Brights Disease you owe
It to yourself ana family to try Full
tons Renal Compound before giving up.
It can be had at James O'Donnell, drug
gist. 94 F street. n. ".
Ask for pamphlet on our invesuga-
ton into the durability Of Brght's
Disease or write Jno. ]. Fulton Co.,
San Francisco.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Red Cross Fund Raised
To Half Million by
Money Received Today

Additional contributions amounting to
S123 900 were received at the headquar-
ters of the American Red Cross today
from some of its larger branches. The
Red Cross agencies at Chicago, San
Francisco. Detroit, and Baltimore, sent
S., 600. $4,000. $24.0oo and $1,000, respec-
lively, for the relief Of the flood victims.
These amounts are exclusive OF a hum
dred or more individual contributions
which reached Red Cross headquarters
here today and which have not been
listed. Contributions are pouring in so
rapidly upon the Red Cross that force
Of clerks is kept busy opening money
laden envelopes and listing the thou
sands of donors, large and small.
When the Red Cross force began to
open its mail this morning, the books
showed that a total of $392, 900 had been
received at the national headquarters up
to last night. The $3.50 received to-
day will run the grand total far above
the half million dollar mark.
The funds are being put in bank sub
tect TO the call OF Red Cross agents now
in the food district. A dozen expert Red
Cross relief organizers and more than
100 trained nurses are now ministering
to the wants Of sufferers in Dayton,
Hamilton. and elsewhere in the flood
zone.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
0H|0-FtOODv|cT|MS
NEED MORE MONEY
Work Of Cleaning Streets Of
Columbus Is Taken Up by
National Guardsmen.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 3l.-Money
Is needed Immediately for the relief OF
the Ohio flood sufferers. Newspaper ad-
vices say that aireadv 90 has been
subscribed for this purpose. To date
Governor Cox has received $1il. 900 and
has issued drafts for 395.ooo additional.
But far more than this is urgently
needed.
The governor reports today show
that the work of rehabilitation Is pro-
crossing rapidly. Entire communities
are cleaning house and normal condi-
tions are being rapidly restored. Maj.
Cen Leonard Wood has been placed In
absolute charge Of the sanitary ar
rangements in the State by Secretary
OF War Garrison. He was confident to-
day that he would control any minor
epidemics that may break out.
Sixty-eight Bodies Found.
Every militiaman and volunteer who
could be found was at work raking
through slime and filth. four and five
feet deep on Columbus stricken West
Side district today This deposit of
disease-breeding Nth 10 from 800 to 600
yards wide and more than ten miles
long. 1t will all have to be removed
before the district can be made habit
dDie.
Sixty-eight bodies have been recov-
cred and all but one identified. With
the cemeteries at last accessible, ar
rangements were made for wholesale
burials today.
Summary Of Lossea
Reports to Brig. Gen. John c. Speaks.
In command Of all troops received to-
day. can be summarized az follows:
Zanesville-Ffve hundred and forty
six houses destroyed: loss Of life small:
conditions improvfng.
Piqua-Four acres Of the city devasta-
ted: less than thirty dead; conditions
improving.
Marietta-one hundred houses wash
ed away.
Fremont-Property loss. 8, 900 900: four
bodies recovered: food and medical sup
plies badly needed.
Gallipolis-Flood three feet higher
than ever before; hundreds Of families
homeless, but no loss Of life.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
CAPITAL RESIDENTS
ESCAPE DISASTER
The Times Representative
Locates Men and Women
Feared to Be Drowned.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
b McKibben. daughters of DIR. and
Jfrs. William McKibben, president Of
the Lane Theological Seminary. Their
parents are In Washington, and the
young women requested that The Times
notify their father of their safety.
Nurse and Doctor Safe.
Miss Ruth Cline, a nurse in the
Jewish Hospital. Hamilton. and her en-
tire family, are safe. Miss Cline is
sister of Mrs. William Hutchinson, OF
% Todd place northeast. Washington
DR.. Cummins, a brother-in-Iaw of Mrs.
Hutchinson. also is safe.
I have heen unable to. get in touch
with Portsmouth, Ohio. Mrs. NJ. A.
Gates mother of Otis H. Gates, assist
Agriculture, of 1915 Clifton street,
Washington, and Miss Mabel Gates,
his sister, are in Portsmouth. That
city is practically isolated. While the
death list Is small. II is impossible TO
by wire or rail-
] have searched carefully the list OF
the dead and injured at Dayton. and
have failed TO find the names Of VII,
street: John ]. McNeamany. Is South
Findlay street; H A. Tate, Major W.
E. Bickham, or Carl Smith. a spe-
cial inquiry which 1 made convinces
me that all of them are douotlessly
safe.
Washingtonians Escape.
There are no dead in GAINESVILLE list
ed as Mr.. and Mrs. Goodlive. The in
formation bureau in that city wired
me today that no such name is on
the list Of dead or injured.
DIR. p. L. Gunckel. at one time Day
ten police surgeon, and formerly Q
resident of washington, and his mother.
Mrs Gunckel, also Of washington. who
were caught in the Dayton flood. are
safe. talked with both of them last
night, and assisted in getting messages
through to washington relatives. tell
Mrs. F. R. Ridseway. mother of
MRS. yohn G. Gibson. of the Ethelhurst,
Washington. and Charles A. Ridge
way, who were caught in the DAYTON
today. They are uninjured.
Miss Clara Montieue. who left WASH
ington last week for KniThtstown, Ind,
was located today in Columbus where
she was flood bound. She is safe.
Lust Home, But Lives.
Mrs Cook, the wife Of the Rev. Thom-
as w. Cook. and the daughter OF Mrs.
Frank Hume, 1875 Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. washington. is safe. The Cook
home was swept away by the Dayton
flood, but none of the family were in
jured.
The location of persons will be diff
cult until the wire service is improved
There are thousands unon thousands of
messages piled up in the offices of the
telephone and telegraph companies in
Ohio and Indiana, and these must take
their turn in being delivered.
A bureau has been established by
The Times, however, and as the names
arc received from washington, they are
filed and immediate efforts to locate
persons are made .-.,..,. ..-z-, q |
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Girls Union Collects
$3.50 From Assistants
To Aid Flood Sufferers

Treasurer Reside today received the
sum OF $50 for the flood sufferers from
the plate printers assistants in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. 1t
was collected through the Girls Union,
Local No. l2116.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Printing of Special
Envelopes Suspended
BY Flood in Dayton

The printing of special-request and Of
fice-request stamped envelopes by the
Potsoffice Department has been tenn
porarily suspended owing to the dam
age done by the floods at Dayton to
the envelope factory there.
This announcement was made today
by the Postoffice Department. 1t is
added, however, that plenty of stamped
envelopes are on hand and can be sup
oiled in any C2antity. The only way
the service is affected is in its inability
to take orders for printed return-re-
quest envelopes.
The amount of damage done to the
factory has not been announced, but II
is expected that only a short delay Will
be felt before II Is again I'm commission
The department will give notice as soon
as IL will again be able 10 fill orders
for the envelopes.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Duluth Holds First
Commission Election

DULUTH, Minn.. March H.-Duluth's .
first election under the commission plan
Of government win be held tomorrow
and public interest in the contests 10
unusually keen. A mayor and four
commissioners are to be chosen. For
the five places to be filled there are
more than sixty candidates on the
ticket, including ten candidates for
mayor. nine for the long-term commis-
sionerships, and forty-hve for the short
term commissionerships.
A peculiar feature Of the contest n
that few regular office seekers are in
the race. nearly all Of those who are
running never having held public office
The Washington times., 1913-03-31

Ohio. or the Wabash rivers between
Louisville and St. Louis. Through ser
vice Is being maintained between Gin
cinnati and Nashville.
Mails are being transferred from the
west bank of the Scioto river to the
postoffice at Columbus. Connection is
made at this point for the Big Four
trains for Columbus and Cleveland, Civ
ing through line to the outh.
The Washington times., 1913-03-31
Cincinnati in Grasp
Of Highest Flood on
Record for Forty Years

CINCINNATI, Ohio. March 3l.-This
city was today in the grasp of the
swollen Ohio river, higher and more
destructive than in forty years. The
crest OF the flood is predicted for to-
day, q stage of seventy feet being the
maximum expected. At 10 o'clock the
stage was 69.3 feet. Flood stage is
fifty feet. The high record in 1884 was
705 feet