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The Washington times., 1913-03-27
RAIL WAY COMMON
SOLD DOWN TO 81 "A
Preferred Higher-Gas Weak.
Banks Inconvenienced by
Wire and Train Trouble.

On the local Exchange Railway COM
/ mon and Washington Gas were under
pressure with other stocks held steadily.
1t was but natural with the rapid
| rise of the earlier days of the week that
| there should be profit taking in Rail-
way common and with the offerings in
creasing and a chance of accumulation
at lower figures that buying levels
should be lower. The preferred stock
was decidedly strong, none offered un-
der 81, with 9O1e bid, gain of the frac-
ton over Wednesdays market. Initial
sales of the common stock were made
at 9311 and on the call The price drop
ped to 92ts. Later on two sales were re-
ported, one at 9212 and the other at 9eh4.
Pressure on Capital Araction was re-
laxed and 40 was bid for the stock ex-
dividend " points, without actual
transaction.
Washington Gas. which has been I'M
der pressure for the last few days.
yielded a little more. this time going off
to Siss, with an odd lot at S4i1. This
Sias sales were generally In the after
CALI sales.
Typesetters attracted some attention,
Lanston going to S. and Mergenthaler
to 2l3 and 2l3k.
Trust 1S6.
Bonds were not as active as on pre-
vious days of the week. Railway As
S3a. with 81 for a $500 bond. Gas 5's
sold at 1851 and 1854.
Local banks are suffering great incon-
venience in getting their mails from the
west, or rather in not getting them.
The governor of Ohio has declared legal
holidays prevailing in flood cities, do
ing this to protect paper. Communica-
Ua 10 NJ nj nd
sit are held up indefinitely. so also are
collections.
Washington is having some advantage
in the matter al Inconvenience. Drafts
and wire orders for remittances are tied
UP from the flood section and bank bal
ances are larger therefor. 1t works
both ways, but Is a decided incon-
venience.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Miss Boardman Has
Nurses in Readiness to
Go When Train Is Ready

Miss Mabel T. Boardman. chairman of
relief board of the American Red Cross
has reported to President Wilson that
all trained nurses necessary to handle
the Ohio situation are available as soon
as relief trains can be sent through to
the flooded districts. The following
report was made to the President by
letter today:
Latest reports from the Red Cross
agent at Dayton say the city IL cut In
two by the water. and there is no means
of communication between North and
South Dayton. Relief trains are ar
irving from Springfield Lebanon, Gin
cinnati. and Columbus, also motor boats
and skiffs.
I'VE are arranging to send another
sgent to North Dayton and have also
sent an agent to Columbus. TO report to
the governor there. We have plenty of
trained nurses available in the State as
soon as IL is possible to get them
through. Surgeon General Hall of the
National Guard of Ohio wires that at
present it is impossible TO send them
from the North to Dagton.
I'VE have active trained workers
ready to send TO any section as soon as
needed. After the first needs of medical
assistance. food and clothing are met
the important work of rehabilitation will
be carried on for which funds are par
ticularly needed and / am glad to re-
port that generous response has already
been received
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
BELIEVE 800 DEAD
NEAR GAINESVILLE
Reports Say Residents Along
Muskingum River Lost
Lives in Big Flood.

EVANSVILLE, Ohio, March 2.-Many
reports say 800 have perished in the fats
along The Muskingum river. The water
has risen to a height OF fifty-eight feet,
and the houses in the river are thought
10 have vanished.
All the residents there are working
men and their frail homes crumbled In
the food. There is no means of COM
munication with the hills across The
river. where some of those in the district
worse stricken may have fled. Only
seven bodies have been recovered. but
more have been sighted tossing in the
rushing center of the stream.
Several buildings in the downtown
section are burning. Four thousand are
homeless. The bodies of John Carr, his
wife. their two children. and an uniden-
titled man, woman. and baby have been
dragged from the torrent.
Three score houses have been swept
away from the Seventh and Eighth
wards of the city. where the bulk of the
residences are located.
The great concrete W bridge went
down last night, and tremendous mass
of drift wood was let loose to become a
terrific battering ram that hammered
dwellings. business houses, everything
in its path to pieces.
The Third street bridge, 500 feet long.
was swept away and deposited on the
river bank five miles away. The woOlen
mills were ripped from their founda-
tions.
The mills hurtllng along in the tor
rent, rammed the Sixth street bridge
with an ear-splitting roar. The bridge
10
The Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania railroad bridges collapsed and
sank from sight. The Baltimore and
Ohio depot is surrounded by twenty feet
of rushing yellow water.
The Regg House and the Clarendon.
the two chief hotels here. are under
water TO the middle of the second story.
Refugees are clustered on the roofs OF
the bigger buildings downtown.
All are suffering intensely In the cold.
and have been without food since early
yesterday The entire south end OF the
city is submerged Food supplies are
becoming exhausted. as all provision
houses are buried in the water.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
RUNNING BOARDRU
TO Be D|SREGARDED
Charges Involving Violation of
!. c. C. Order NoIIe Pressed
in Police Court Today.

Prosecution of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company for violation
OF the running board order of the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
been discontinued by the District. The
charges involving violations of this par
ticular regulation, which prohibits the
carrying of passengers On the running
boards of street cars were nolle pressed!
in the Police Court today by order of
Corporation Counsel f. H. Thomas.
Three charges of running cars with "de-
fective equipment" was easily settled bv
the company. Attorney General F.
and on entering a plea of guilty being
assessed IS fire on each charge.
Assistant Corporation Counsel James
F. smith appeared for the District and
caused no little surprise by announc-
ing that the much discussed cases. the
hearings of which have been deferred
for months, had been settled through
conference between the corpora ton
counsel and attorneys for the traction
company.
Corporation Counsel Thomas. in
view of the placing of traction affairs
of the District under the new Public
Utilities Commission" said Mr.. Smith.
representing the District. believes
that this running board matter and
other difficulties involved in these
cases Can be dIniCdDly ADJUSTED TO the
satisfaction OF everybody concerned
by the nolle pressing of the running
board charge against the company
and accepting the pleas of guilty in
the defective equipment cases.
While the law placing the traction
company under the jurisdiction of the
new commission does not affect pend
ing charges against the companies, it is
the belief OF representatives for the Dis
trict that 1t is best at this time that
the running board matter be left for
the Public Utilities Commission to de-
eide"
For more than a year the cases in
volving violations of the running board
regulation have been pending against
the traction company. One case was
tried in an effort to test the validity Of
the law. The jury. however. returned
verdict of not guilty, and the plan
to take the regulation to the Court of
Appeals was abandoned by attorneys
for the car company. Since the acquit-
tai in the first case the other cases have
been postponed from time to time, and
consequently The regulation has never
been put to the test anywhere except
before jury in the Police Court.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Miss Boardman Urges
Need of Money to Aid
Poor Families Later

While Miss Mabel Boa rdman, head OF
The executive committee of the Red
Cross. is calling for contributions and
saying that food and clothing and bed
ding are the most urgent necessities in
the afflicted cities and villages OF Ohio
and Indiana. her mother. Mrs. w. ].
Boardman, today called attention 10 the
fact that money will be needed TO helm
many a poor family whose means OF
subsistence have been utterly wiped out
when the most pressing demands of
the situation have been met" said Mrs
Boardman, when people are no longer
in need of food and clothing, help must
D. extended TO thousands Of families
whose means Of earning a livelihood
h4ve been swept away. There must be
hundreds and hundreds of carpenters
and other artisans who ought TO be
helped to get on their feet again Their
tools have been lost. their homes de-
stroyed. and they have nothing left but
their hands and willingness to work. IL
Will take money, and plenty of IL, to
give these people a lift. There are self
respecting people who. through no fault
Of their own. have been rendered help
less. For this reason money contrfbu-
lions will be necessary"
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
MANY CAPITAL FOLK
WORRIED ABOUT KIN
Presidents From Ohio Have
Brought Hundreds of Buck
eye Men and Women Here.
Continued from First Page.)

Mr.. Scott was reported knocked from
a telegraph pole by an explosion. He
had been engaged in rescue work and
had saved the lives Of a dozen women
ana children. Miss Louise Scott, who
is the secretary to Congressman Deck
er of Missouri, has vainly tried TO
learn whether this was her brother.
Three Georgetown law students, men,
bers Of the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity,
are among those suffering anguish over
the fate of their relatives. The three
are Elmer Focke, Charles Whelan, and
r rancis Canny. all OF Dayton.
Their fathers have business estab-
lishments in the district where the
floods were heaviest. and where thou
sands of men and women are reported
to be .marooned.
Like other men and women here with
relatives In the stricken cities. these
three students have made desperate ef-
forts to get in communication with
tneIr homes. The effort has been un-
svailing
Oliver Smith, a second year George
town law student is fearful OF the fate
of his father, mother, brothers and
of Dayton said to have been worst af-
fiicted. Mr.. Smith lives at l22S Eleventh
street northwest
J. Lynn Yagle, publisher of the Lynch
burg Progress, and well known as q
newspaper man until recently has rela-
Jack StrudeIl. student at the
Georgetown Law School. who lives at
the Y. NJ. c. A, has been unable to get
into communication with his mother
and father, who live near Dayton, Ohio.
Congressman Andrew J. Volstead of
Minnesota is worried over his daughter,
Laura, who left here Monday night for
her home and is now supposed to be in
Columbus. No word has been received
since Tuesday night when she had
rh.ax. hot .ff - xv,sA
ruption of telegraphic messages has
stopped all communications with the
city and no word has been received
from the young girl.
Miss Volstead is seventeen. She left
here on train So Monday night and
should have reached Chicago Tuesday
afternoon. Both Congressman and Mrs.
Volstead are greatly worried and Con-
gresham Volstead has been contemplate
ing a train to Columbus by way of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, which is reported
TO be selling tickets on trains into the
stricken region.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Married First, Then
Ask P0Iiceman-Papa

When John c. Bum. a policeman con.
nected with the Fifth precinct. reported
for duty at the station house yesterday
he found a note saying. We were mar
ried at Rockville this afternoon. Won't
you forgive us?'
II was signed by his seventeen-year-
old daughter Catherine Elizabeth Bunn
who went to Rockville with her mother
while her father slept at their home, H1
Hickman street southeast. and married
Ross De Witt Heacox. an automobile
mechanic. The couple had trouble get
ting married despite the mothers con-
sent because Heacox had figured in a
divorce.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27

SMALL RECESS|ONS
ON WALL STREET
Trading Restricted by Isolation
of Central Points, But Un-
dertone Is Good.

NEW YORK, March 29.-Wall Street
shorn OF many Of its private wires
unable to get in communication with
it's hundreds of correspondents, receiv.
ing little news that did not relate %
storm. flood. and damage, stood up to
the rack well, and in such a manner
as to give notice to the bears that the
big interests Of the Street would no,
permit national calamity TO be used
b. them to the detriment Of the Sc
curities Of the nation. as represented
on the New York Stock Exchange.
With not a single private wire work.
ing to Chicago, without mail from the
great centers of the West and Middle
West, all wires .lown, and even wires
with Eastern points working slowly. 1t
was rather wonderful that stocks main
tained as good a show of strength as
they did.
Banking business is in a semi-chaotic
state with regard to items in transfer.
maturing notes in the flooded regions.
malls, etc, but the banks are taking
care of local interests with never a
grumble.
Fortunately. flood does not affect the
Atlantic cable. and London sent over
cheering news. Peace in sight, easier
money. and yet no decrease In the rate
of discount. as the Street had ex-
pected.
The opening showed prices close to
the closing of Wednesday. then slowly
there was a decline amounting to Y to
u of a point. and before noon there was
rally, Y to y all around showing a
good tone.
The stocks Of roads in the flood Sec
tions. and of industrial plants as we'll.
did not suffer especially. Chesapeake
and Ohio. traversing the stricken re-
gion. lost 81 share. Steel Corporation
has many plants in central Ohio. but
the common stock went of but q and
preferred was really higher. Reading
lost u. Union Pacific 4. Erie u. Balti-
more and Ohio w. and Can preferred y.
In the early hours of the afternoon
the market became more quiet, but re-
mained steady. Even the bears did
not seem inclined to press their ad-
vantage.
New York Central will remove tracks
from Riverside Drive. cost $4,000. 900.
The Great Northern Railroad Com
pany declared a dividend Of 1% per
cent for the quarter.
The Central Railroad Company Of
New Jersey declared per cent quar-
terly dividend.
Estimates Of repairs to railroad dam
ages in the flooded district run up to
S100. 900, 900.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Army and Navy
ARMY.

First Lieutenant ROBERT H. wILDS
Medical Reserve Corps, ordered tc
active duty to Fort Leavenworth
Kans.
Each of the foIIowing-named officers OF
the Coast Artillery Corps is relieved
from duty at his present station and
will proceed to the station indicated
after his name:
Major JOHN P. HAMS from Fort
Barry to Fort Winfield Scott. Cal
Major JOSEPH L. KNOWLTON from
Fort Winfield Scott to Fort Barry,
Cal.
First Lieutenant ALDEN NJ. GRAHAM
First Cavalry, detailed for general
recruiting service. TO Fort Logan,
Colo.
First Lieutenant HUGH NJ KELLY.
Twenty-sixth Infantry, detailed for
aviation duty with the Signal Corps,
and will report for duty with the
First Aero Squadron. Signal Corps.
The following transfers Of officers of
the Coast Artillery Corps are or
cred:
Captain TERRENCE E. MURPHY from
the Seventieth to the Fifty-fourth
Company.
Captain JOHN C. GOODFELLOw from
the Sixty-sixth to the Seventieth
Company.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
AUCTION SALES
THOs. ;. OWEN & SON. Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE CNIM:
PROEED REAL ESTATE IN BAN I'M
STREET: JUST NokTH OF sIREEp Ep
BY VIRTUE Of three deeds Of trust re-
corded respectively In Libers No. Ss1V folo
.se2. folio 81 OF the land records Of the
, District Of Columbia, and at the request OF
certain OF the parties secured thereby. We
VIII sell at public auction. In fTent ot the
premises. On Monday, March s1st. lsiI. At
Q CLOCK q. m, certain real estate IN tnat
part OF the City Of Washington. District OF
known as lot 81 in Nordlinxer ana Basr
.lustees subdivision OF lots IN square NO
i.uo as per plat recorded In Book -, page
10 ~, OF me records OF the surveyors oincs OF
said District, with the use Of Evs-ioot
aIey on the north. laid on in the rear u
eisht houses erected on Prospect street by
,ne Georsetown Real Estate Company, and
iot numbered 81 In George T. Howards sub
aVelon OF lots in square Los. a. per plat
recorded In Book 81. page 50 Of the records
OF SAID surveyors Ofnre. said real estate
annum.
Immediately thereafter and al 4:3o O'Clock
Of trust at premises 40 Ic4s Wisconsin ave-
noe northwest, in the city Of washington
N said District. one Cylinder press No ..
Model job Press. No. J, 50 Bates 4 wsrtsr
Numbering Machines. Brown & Carver
Raper Cutters. Cutter Automatic Clamp
aano Machine Paper Cutters. Desk. Cut
Saoines. Mil for grinding Ink, Filter.
sdIsani<ed water tank. scales, tables. Gas
ensihe SIX horsepower. | thirty horsepower
ooiier. Cutter. Standard Machine Co.,
pulicys and betting. drying machines. racks.
lot Of zinc. electric motor. circular saw. Is
saii.n copper kettle. perforating machines.
! oid drum cylinder press, patents issued by
lhe United States Of America, No. respec-
useIy GS.7eo s02. $50. iG 7s0, 707, 1sl 107. 49,.
.S'a.o. uo,Ssl, 14.4s5 and assignments thereof
70 the grantor in said deeds Of trust. also
assignments to said grantor Of July 18th anc
november 18th. 1906 of French patents and Of
improvements IN United States patents. also
patents p, OF the Republic OF France numbered
Sss,vl and Sss.s2' patents Of Dominion Of
S,oSS. and patents Of United Kingdom OF
Great Britain A. d. 1906. numbered l3,7a and
1921, all of said patents relating to labels
Ior meat. together with all patent assisa-
ments TO said grantor
TERMS, as to the real estate: One-third
casn OF which q deposit Of 800 must be
made at the time Of sale and balance in
equal instalments. evidenced by notes of the
purchaser. payable in and two years
with interest from day of sale payable semi
annually and secured by deed Of trust on |
the property sold. or all cash at the option
or the purchaser. Terms as to the chattels
and patents. all cash. Terms as to real |
estate to be complied with In fifteen days
from SAFE or ;he trustees reserve the right
70 resell at the risk and cost Of the de- |
tauittns purchaser after i've days publica.
tion. In some Washington newspaper.
IRVING WILLIAMSON, |
Trustee
JESSE W. RAWLINGS.
Tr1fsfeA
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Wholesale Produce Mark<f

Eggs-Nearby fresh. l7c per doz.; Sou,h.
ern. 1917.
Cheese-New York. new, 2Oc Ib; fiat. &c
process 30d32c ID
Live Poultry-Hens-l5a1sc per lb: roos.
tiers, SEc per ID; turkeys. &c per Id
chickens, large. c2d23c per III: medium PIC
Der Id.
Dressed Poultry-Turkeys. 2ea22I.c per III.
hens: 2oc per lb.: ducks. Ice lb: chickens
1920 per H.
Green Fruits-California oranses s. coaa 90
per box lemons. 81 so per box: pIneapoics De-:
box; tangerines. s2loa2 so per box: apples.
g 0od2 90 per bbl
Meats. Dressed-Iightw eight pork. l2c per
ID: heavier. lOt10lsc per ID P
egctables-Potatoes. Sc per bu.: celery &c
per dozen. yams. sl45 per bbI: onionS
6Sc per crate: cabbage. 81 90 per 100 lbs :
Iettuce u 6oal 20 per basket: beets 81 "a
0l3s per 100 lunches; squash. 81 25 bbI. sweet
potatoes: $50 per bu.: lima beans, i4c per
at; caulihower. 81. 0od2 90 per bbI.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Glacier. at Topolobampo; Con-
Utah, South Carolina, Minnesota.
Ohio, Idaho. Michigan. Panther. at
Lynn Haven bay; Petrol, at Guam
tanamo; Neptune, at Sewall Point
Gloucester, at Brooklyn; Cincinnati,
Chauncey, Dale, Decatur. at Iloilo;
Lawrence, at Sausalito: Wyoming,
at Southern drill grounds; Nebraska.
at Tampico; Lebanon, at Norfolk
yard.
Sailed-Raleigh, from Bremerton for
seven-day cruise; Abarenda, from
Manila for Shanghai: Castine.
Tonopah, D-l. d.. D-3. Ell. from
Charleston for Norfolk; Vulcan,
from Hampton Roads for Baltimore; ;
Mars. from Baltimore for Boston:
Virginia, from Tampico for Vera
Cruz: Osceola, from Guantanamo for
Guacanayaho bay
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Sales Today on the
Local Exchange

Washington Railway and Electric.
common. 25d931z. coa931t. 25G93. 25a925s.
Washington Cas- 25MS4h.. 7aSfs
Mergenthaler, 1Oa2l3. lta2l3.
I-anston. 3OTS5.
Union Trust. 10d1S61z. 1Od1361a.
United States Trust, l0dl3S
After call-MsTgenthaler. 2n213A.
Washington Railway and Electric
4's. s1.OOOdS3as. sJH0nSi.
Washington Gas IS. sl.o0OS1osa.. 1000
d10Sk.
Union Trust, adl3sS 110126.
Washington Railway and Electric
Washington Gas. 25ds4ss. 25as4ts. 5oa
S4ts. 25iIS4%.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
PROPOSALS

OFFICE OF THE coMMIssIoNERs OF
, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Wash.
thnston. mi 1.,H March 1913 Sealed proposals win
ing and delivering during the Mccall year
1914. for use Of the various branches OF the
| Government Of the District of Columbia
! supplies. as follows: Stationery: printing:
school books: furniture and house furnish
inss: tinware and hardware: miscellaneous
tphotosraphic supplies; rubber stamps. nass:
and athletic g"ods): plumbing: groceries and
provisions. boots and shoes: drugs and chem
| icals: paints and brushes: lumber: meats.
snS
kindergarten supplies: laundry work: auto
materials during the the perod M e named fopm %
proposal. specifications and necessary in
| formation may be obtained from the Pur-
supplies for which forms are desired CUNo
Mark kuP8EPa sR6Gk JoaS as,,,. }9mMsISS
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Wash
furnishing and installing new boiler and re-
snfns h: M sen and ns
form of proposal may be obtained from the
PSfn o2N 2tes1 p 6SS9 H Rg
HARDING. Commissioners. d. C.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. d. c..
Washington. d. c., Mar. es. 1913 SEALED
PROPOSALS viii be received at this office
until o'clock. P. M. April 3rd. 1913 for
constructing sewers In the District Of Column
bia. Specifications and forms Of proposal
may be obtained from the Chief Clerk. Engi-
neer Department. Room AZ District Build
ing; Washington. ID: G. CCNo II. RC-
DOLPH, JOHN A. JOHNSTON CHESTER
HARDING. Commissioners. D. C.
UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE. 800
Southern Building. Washington, ID. c..
March e. 1913. Sealed proposals for furnish
ing and unloading riprap on Anacostia River
Flats. d. c.. will be received at this office
until Il NJ. April q. 1873 and then publicly
LANGFITT. Lieut.. Col. Engrs.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Rate Increase on Seed
Shipments Suspended

Proposed increased rates on grain.
seeds. and grain products from South
Dakota points to Duluth. Mimi. were
ordered suspended by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today from
March 81 to September 30. Rates on
faxseed screenings. linseed oil cakes.
and meal from Minneapolis and other
points to the Gulf points. to become
operative March 81. were also ordered
suspended until July 20.
The Washington times., 1913-03-27
Realty Transfers

ct ux. to Albert +. Burche. lot 36 square
Il so.
street southeast, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets-Annie V. Calvert TO
Henry c. Emrick. lot -. and part lots
IS and 30. square lo1S SO
Petworth-Frank w. Bolgiano et uS to
William V King. lot 43. square 90 $40.
Thirteenth street southeast. between y and
f streets-Herman r. Howenstein ct ux 10
Robert Stewart. part original lot IS square
10lS SO
S3l Fifth street southeast t-George f. Erb -
Clinton {. Burke. lot is. square 500 $40
The Washington times., 1913-03-27

ON SATURDAY. April IL. 1sls at 10 O'Clock
- a. m, In front Of United States Storage
Company's warehouse. fs-4eo 10th St NV,
washington. d. c.. there will be sold at pub
iic auction. to enforce liens for storage
charges, etc. due and unpaid. all goods fur
niture. household and personal effects on
storage In names of Lille King r. J.
Lawrenson. John Fitzgerald. W. 3. Will
LlAMS CO. Auctioneers. UNITED
STATES STORAGE COMPANY 0NC) =
ON SATURDAY. APRIL 5. 1913. AT 10
OCI.OCG A. NJ. in front Of United States
storage Company's warehouse fls-4a0 10th st
y w. Washington, d. c.. there will be sold
at Public Auction. to enforce liens for stor-
age charges. etc. due and unpaid, all goods
furniture. household and personal effects on
storage in names Of Miss Alice Eames. John
Nichols E. B. Renehan. W. B. WILLIAMS
4 CO. Auctioneers. United States Storage
Company Zinc.
THOMAS BOWLING CO., Auctioneers-
On Saturday. March .. 1913. at 10 O'Clock
a; m. 1 VIII sell at Public Auction at the
Wholesale Producers Market, 11th and Il
streets. N. w, condemned District horses
Nos. sss and $50 By order Commissioners
D.. c. NJ C. HARGROvE. Purchasing
Officer. d. c. l.