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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
CONDITIONS ARE BETTER
IS POST OFFICE REPORT
Communication Gradually Be.
inq Restored in Middle West
Is Announcement.

Late advices to the Post Office Depart
ment from the flooded districts of the
middle west indicate that communications
are gradually being restored, although in
some places the situation is still bad.
The Pennsylvania lines between Pitts
burgh and Chicago opened this morning
by way of Alliance, Hudson, Akron and
Mansfield, Ohio, the Erie railroad being
used between Akron and Mansfield. 1t
is expected Columbus will be reached by
way Of the Crestline and Big -Four rail-
road. No other western lines are open
out of Pittsburgh, and it is uncertain
when the lines to Cincinnati will resume
Postal employees reached Dayton yes
terday by way OF Lebanon with ietter
mall They found one letter carrier at
Station c at Dayton, and he was imme-
diately placed in charge of the station
which for the present at least Will con-
duct the post Office business for the city,
because the general post office building
is still flooded.
The Big Four is expected to operate
trains from Cleveland to Indianapolis
and to Columbus, from CINCINNATI 10
Franklin; from Louisville to Greensboro:
from indianapolis to Durbin. lad, and
from Paris, Ind, to st. Louis.
THE Wabash road is operating local
trains from ST. Louis to Danville, ILL.,.
and possibly from Toledo to Fort Wayne.
The baltimore and Ohio is operating
from st. Louis to Washington; Louis
Vile to Mount Vernon. Ind; Seymour 10
Lawrenceburs, lnd, ana 1iiheiiiha'i ~
Madeira Ohio.
II was stated the trains. are able to
cross the bridge at Loveland, Ohio, where
the big trouble began The Baltimere ana
ohio will be able to operate to point
onposite Columbus on the PITTSBURGH,
Wheeling and Cincinnati line
Demoralized in Southeastern Ohio.
Service in southeastern Ohio is demor-
allied. The Chesapeake and Ohio has
trouble with its line in West virginia.
The Big Four, however, started a train
from Cincinnati to Chicago yesterday art
afternoon at 3 O'Clock via the Louisville.
Evansville and Danville, which carried
mails.
The Ohio river was reported nfty-nine
feet high last night and still rising. IL
is expected to pass the siXty-nve loot
mark. with q possibility of exceeding ITS
highest record. N, -,
Conditions at Cleveland are still bad
A heavy wind and snow storm RACED from
y am. until noon YESTERDAY, anu tran! Iran,
service on the New York Central lines
was delayed by the destruction or the
telegraph and telephone wires.
There had been no resumption OF sefV
ice south of Cleveland at CLOCK iast
night, so far as the department is ad-
dusky bridge at Fremont was carried
away Wednesday night. thus placing the
southern part of Ohio in a bad situation
for several days
Unless the main line on the Lake Shore
Is broken, it was explained. 1t Is expected
through service between New YORK anu
Chicago can continue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
UNCLE SAM WOULD BAN !
C0RN-MEAL SAUSAGE.
Many Packers Attend Hearing
Held by Department of
Agriculture.

One OF the n-nst important meat hear
ings ever held before the Department of
Agriculture began this morning and con-
tinued at intervals throughout the day.
Representing the American Meat Packers
Association were is president. George L.
Mccarthy and about twenty other pack
ers. The hearing was officially on the
subject Of the departments recent order
limiting the amount OF water ana
cereals to be allowed in sausage.
The cereal in this case is usually corn
meal The department held that the
packers were getting to the point where
it would soon be cornmeal sausages with
a meat flavor, so it limited the amount
of added cereal to per cent.
Secretary Houston. Assistant Secre-
tary Galloway. DIR. Dorset of the bu-
reau of animal industry, DIR. Pfister,
MIR. Steadham and a number of otler
officials of the department were pres
ent at the hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
Rise in the Ohio Halted;
Upper River Is Stationary

WHEELING, W. Va, March 2S.-Wheel-
ing turned away from the spectacle of
flood today to take up in earnest the
task Of caring for her thousands of des-
titute and homeless. At noon the Ohio
was practically stationary at the fifty-one
stage. and officials We're confident that
there was but little danger of higher
water.
Although at this figure Wheeling is far
ther under water by one foot thar. she
has been in thirty years. reports to po-
lice and relief headquarters and to news
paper Offices indicated comparatively lit
tie loss OF life.
report reached the police today that
q houseboat near Martins Ferry had cap
Sized with a loss Of three lives. 1t was
uneonfrmed. II 1t proves true, the deaths
10 date from the present flood will num-
Der less than ten. The jewellers in the
lowlands of the Wheeling district. used
10 the Ohios vagaries. took the warning
seriously and sought the high ground
early.
Stationary at Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH. March 2s.-The Ohio
river here reached 800 feet at O'Clock
this morning and is now stationary.
Information from up-river points on the
Allegheny river. from which the flood
came is that the river has commenced to
fail.
Evansville Is Warned
EVANSVILLE Ind. March 2S--The
Ohio river rose % feet here overnight
and the weather forecaster issued a warn
ing al S O'Clock this morning. saying:
All stock and movable property af-
-fected by a forty eight-foot stage of the
river at Evansville should be moved by
shutdown tonight
Mayor Heilman is directing the collec-
ton OF sk!ffs and motor boats to move
people from flooded districts and the city
authorities are constructing hoodgates to
keep the rising waters out OF the city
A record-breaking stage Is feared, the
waters rising this morning at three inches
an hour.
Heavy Loss at Fort Wayne.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, March 2s.-With
the flood receding at the rate of three
inches an hour, this city has the situation
in control, and stands ready to assist her
less fortunate neighbors.
THE property loss is estimated at $4,000
600 and 1t Is almost certain that the loss
of life will not exceed six
The pumping station was started III
last night two locomotives furnished by
the Lake Shore railroad furnishing the
power The water IL being pumped from
the river, and the only drinking water
available 10 brought in bottles.
Still Rising at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, March 2s-The Ohio
river registered a stage of 3S.4 feet here
al Z O'Clock this morning, rise of IS
feet in the last twenty-four hours. II
was then rising at the rate of about two
inches an hour.
: MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 2S.-The Mis-
sissjpr,i river here marked a stage of :s:'.
feet, rise of seven-tenths of foo
within the past ~ hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

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umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
ECZEMA IS
EASILY CURED
BY POSLAM

To be rid of skin erupiions. pmpes. ETC..
and to quickly clear an infamed complexion
or red nose. use Poslam as soon as the trou-
BILE is noted.
IL eczema, acne. BARRIERS itch or any stub
born disease afiicts. cure IL without extend
ed treatment through the timely application
of Poslam This perfect remedy heals the
skin under all conditions more rapidly and
more effectively than anything yet devised.
itching stops at once. Zee Poslam now aud
prove its merit.
The daily use OF PosLAM SOAP. an alb
soIutely pure soap medicated with Poslam. is
OF inestimable benefit TO all whose skin Is
subject TO eruptional troubles. Soothes ten
der skin: ideal for baby's bath.
Al, druggists sell Poslam price, so cents,
and PosIam Soap ,priee. % cents. For free
samples write 10 the Emergency Iabora
tories. 30 West 18th street. New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
Two Villages Threatened.

SYRACCSE,, y. Y. March 2S.-The vii
lagos of Marcellus Camillus and Marietta
west of here. are Threatened wirff~&eing
wiped out. The earthen bank winch ad-
joins the huge dam Of Otisco lake is
weakening, and it is feared tnat.if the
flood conditions do not improve shortly
the bank will give way, releasing more
than 1900 O0O, 900 gallons of water.
Men stationed at the gatehouse of the
dam were forced to open three gates.
releasing about 100,000.000 gallons of
water, and 1T is said that it will be
necessary to open another, as the
strain of the rushing waters against
the stone dam and earthen wall weak
ened both considerably.
In Western New York.
ROCHESTER, n. Y. March 2S.-The
high water records of 1865 have been
broken throughout western New York,
and from nearly every hamlet and town
:. come tales of damage and suffering on
account of the floods.
4 In Rochester the Genesee river over
nowed its banks last night and flooded
Plymouth avenue and Front street. the
. latter In the heart of the business section
i. This morning all available fire engines
have been called out to pump the water
from the cellars of business places on
Main street.
A snowfall of three inches last night
has checked the rise of the river, and
little additional damage is feared in
this city.
At Lyons the Clyde river has risen
eleven feet. and many families have
been forced to leave their homes.
Barge canal work representing thou
sands OF dollars has been destroyed.
The Naples branch of the Lehigh VAL
ley railroad has been compelled to sus-
pend trafic. Canandaigua. Seneca and
>euka lakes are at the highest level
ever known.
The Erie. Pennsylvania and New York
Central railroads and trolley lines are
badly crippled throughout this section
and schedules are merely a matter of
luck.
The Genessee valley. south of Roch-
ester, is a vast lake. and hundreds of
head Of livestock have persisted, and
fully 500 families are out Of their homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
Expect Hudson to Fall Today.

BY 10 O'Clock Inc river had reached -. %
feet. LA feet higher .han the record OF
1857.
With the waters of the Mohawk. reced-
ing. however. the indications at thar~hour
were that the Hudson would fall later in
the day.
Many telephone lines to the north in the
flooded district are out of commission.
The federal building in Albany is sur
rounded by water and the local weather
forecaster was without telephone COM
munication today.
Telephone operators are marooned In
the Watervliet exchange, and at wa
terford the operators We're ordered out
of the exchange because nearby
church threatened to collapse.
The main floor of the Albany Argus
Office is two feet under water, and the
pressrooms are flooded.
Despite the efforts of more than
hundred men who worked throughout
the night. the city filtration plant was
inundated early today, and the city
authorities have warned citizens to boil
all drinking water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
SCORES Of new YORK
TOWNS ARE INUNDATED
Mohawk River Receding, But
Hudson Breaks High-Water
Mark of 1857.

ALBANY, y. Y, March oS.-Scores OF
cities and towns throughout the Mohawk
and Hudson valleys are partially inun-
dated as the result of the worst flood in
years.
The waters of the Mohawk river were
reported as receding this morning, but
. the Hudson river continues to rise. and
already has shattered the high-water
mark of 1857. Al o'clock the Hudson
had passed the twenty-two-foot mark in
Albany and was still rising.
The lower section of Albany is under
water and hundreds of families have been
forced 70 leave their homes. A cold Wlnf
added TO the discomfort of the homeless.
Business houses have been forced TO close,
trolley traffic is practically at a standstill.
railroad schedules have been dSarranged
and navigation on the Hudson has been
suspended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
Stationary at Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH. March 2s.-The Ohio
river here reached 800 feet at O'Clock
this morning and is now stationary.
Information from up-river points on the
Allegheny river. from which the flood
came, is that the river has commenced to
fail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
The New Boys Shop
Second Floor of the Greater Palais ROYAL.
sSa3.45

The New Boys
Shop New School
Suits Tor the spring
summer OF 1913 were
contracted for with
the stipulation that
the makers would be
responsible for their
durability not less
than their general ap-
pearance.
&" Two t h GU sand
2.ooo-of these Suits
were ordered. in con-
sideration OF the SUI
periority that could be
linked with a guaran-
tee.
Sizes q to II years
in Norfolk and Dou-
ble-breasted styles, at
S3.45 for choice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28
Heavy Loss at Fort Wayne.
Still Rising at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 2S.-The Ohio
river registered a stage of 3S.4 feet here
AT I O'Clock this morning, rise of 4S
feet in the last twenty-four hours. 1t
was then rising at the rate of about two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

No crucfx was given her until in re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

copyrighted. 1919. by Willis ]. Abbott
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-28

New Collars. of wolfe, with epaulet,
plated rabats and colored hem
stitching; also Hand
Batiste Collars, with net E1n<,
ra bats
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
FREE-F -FOR-ALL FIGHT
DEFENSE OF LINCOLN
Seven Men Stabbed in Hotel When
Union Veteran Resents Abuse
of Martyred President.

Gettysburg, Pa, July 3.-Seven
men were stabbed last night in a
fight in the dining room of the
Gettysburg Hotel as a result of a
fight, which started when several
men aroused the anger of an old
veteran in Blue by abusing Lincoln.
Several Of the wounded men are in
serious condition at the Pennsyl-
vania State Hospital. The State
Constabulary are making desperate
efforts to find the men who did the
stabbing.
The wounded men were:
Edward ]. Carroll, sergeant of
the Quartermaster's corps, U. S. A;
David Faroor of Butler, Pa, mem
Der of the State Constabulary; John
d. Maugin, Harrisburg; Malcolm
Griffin of Bedford City, Pa; Charles
Susler OF West Fairview, Pa; Hay
der Renisbecker, Gettysburg, and
Harry A. Root, Sr, Harrisburg.
Farbor Maugin and Griffin are in
the most serious condition. Sur
geons at the Pennsylvania State
Hospital would not venture predic-
tions as to their chance of recov-
cry.
According to all the information
| the authorities could gather, the
| fight started suddenly and was over
in a few minutes 1t began shortly
before o'clock, when the dining
room was full OF people and caused
panic among the scores of guests
| The veteran who was unhurt and
disappeared in the melee was sitting
near Farbor and Carroll, when he
heard the sighting remarks about
Lincoln, He jumped to his feet
and began to defend the martyreC
President, and upbTaided his de-
tractors.
The men who were stabbed. ac
cording TO the information the sur
geons gathered, jumped to the de
fenso of the veteran when the Others
closed in. Knives were out in {
second and the room was thrown
into an uproaT 1t was all over be
fore the rest of the men in the room
could get their breath and the mel
responsible for IL all had fed. The
! fight spurred the medical men agar
last night IN an effort to have the
| Gettysburg saloons closed durinl
the remainder of the celebration.
The Constabulary later arrested {
man who gave the name of w. b
Henry and said his home was il
Camden, N. j., as one of the mel
concerned in the affray.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
COLUMBIANS ENJOY
TALKING PICTURES
So Natural is the Combination That
Audience Involuntarily Applauds
as If Play Were Real.

The following is taken from The
Columbia Record of July 8:
King Solomon it was who once
observed that there was Nothing
new under the sum-" but since his
opinion was first Civ publicity, in
vention has followed invention, un-
til 1t may be said in all truth, that
the utterance of the royal sage is
open to debate, and when one wit
nesses the marvellous reproductions
of the latest invention of the wonder
worker of all times, Thomas A. Edi-
son, ii is safe to say that they will
see something that is truly unique
Those who have already gone to the
Columbia theatre to see and hear
the talking motion pictures have
been astounded by the perfection of
the amazing combination OF pictures
and the human voice and natures s
sounds and noises. 1t is an exhibi-
tion that should be seen by every
body that can afford the price. So
natural and real are the pictures and
the combination of the pictured
characters and their actual voices
that the audiences nvolntarily ap-
plaud them just as If they were ac-
tually on the stage before them
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
MISS JESSIE WILSON
TO WED F. r. SAYRE
Presidents Second Daughters Mar
riage TO Take Place in Novem-
ber at the White House.

Washington, July 3.-The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson announced
last night the engagement of their
second daughter, Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson, to Francis Rowes Sayre
of Lancaster, Pa. The wdeding is
expected to take place next Novem-
ber at the White House. Mr.. Sayre
is at present an attorney in the
Office of District Attorney Whitman
of New York.
While close friends of both fam
lilies have known of the engagement
for som etime, announcement was
withheld until yesterday, the first
anniversary of Mr.. :" sons nomina-
tion at the BaltimC convention.
White House officials accomp-
panied the chief announcement with
biography of Mr.. Sayre. He is %
years OF age, and after preparing at
the Hill cShool at Pottstown, Pa,
and Lawrenceville, N. j., graduated
from Williams College in 1909. He
was manager of the football team
there, valedictorian of hsi class, and
interested in Y. NJ. C. A. work. He
spent two summers with DR.. Alfred
T. Grenfel in his missionary work
on the coast of Labrador and studied
law at Harvard Law School where
he graduated last year "Cum
Laude." He has travelled extensive
ly during his vacations, spending
last summer in Alaska and Northern
Siberia.
Mr.. Sayre comes from a collegiate
family. His father was the late
Robert Heysham Sayre, for a long
time president of the board of trus-
tees OF Lehigh University, and build
er OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
His mother was Martha Finley
Nevin, daughter OF John William
son Nevin, theologian and president
of Franklin and Marshall College
at Lancaster, Pa. She is descended
from Hugh Williamson of North
Carolina, one of the trainers of the
constitution. She is a sister OF Rob
ert j. Nevin, head of the American
Church of Rome, Italy, and a first
cousin Of Bthelbert Nevin, the com
poser
Miss Wilson is "a years old and
was educated at Goucher College,
Baltimore, and specialized in politi-
cal science She has done much
settlemenS work in Philadelphia and
has been actively identified with the
Y. w. G. A., having recently made
many speeches in its behalf.
While Mr.. Sayre is not known to
Washingtonians, he has made sew
eral quiet visits to the White House
In recent months and was a frequent
visitor at the Wilson home at Prince
ton, N. j. The announcement was
received with keen interest in Capt.
tol society circles as the wedding
starts the winter stason with an i'm
portant social function Not since
Miss Alice Roosevelt and former
| Representative ongwroth Of Ohio
were married, has there been a we'd
ding at the White House and prior
to that occurred the wedding of the
Clevelands.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
ROBBED CHILD OF
LONG CURLY HAIR
Two Young Men Charged With Hav-
ing Used Clippers TO Disfigure
Boy of Eight Years.

Florence Special to Columbia
Record, July 3.-Magistrate J. w.
MCElveen OF Evergreen was called
here yesterday to sit in case on
which Magistrate G. S. McCleneghan
was debarred from hearing because
of being distantly related to the
child who rad been disfigured.
The case was that OF little S-year-
old DeArcy Thomas, against DuPre
Seymour and Charles Joyner, two
young men of about Is and 90 years
old respectively.
The charge as made in the magis-
trate's court was that Seymour and
Joyner had taken young Thomas,
who had quite a beautiful head of
curly hair, and that they clipped his
locks with q clipping machine like
that used for clipping hair from
horses.
The above story was given this
correspondent by Judge McClenag-
han and he states that Magistrate
MCElveen bound Seymour and JOY
ner over to the higher court for trial.
This is the first case OF the kind
ever up in this county, and its pro-
gress and outcome will be watched
with no little interest.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
had disappeared from its surplus.
CALLS LAMAR LIAR"

Mr.. Cravath Immediately denied
this, terming Lamar a liar" a
Characterization which the commit
tee insisted should be withdrawn.
Crayath declared the attack had
been expected for sevreal days, as a
part of bear raid TO depress the
stock for speculative purposes.
While Lamar was on the stand
Chairman Overman endeavored to
make him give his real name, but
the witness refused. He admitted
under Overman's questioning that
he had been in Denver under the
name of David H. Lewis, but denied
he had used the name of Simon
Wolf. He said Lamar was not his
name, but declined to give the COM
mittee further Information.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
81, ,983, ,564, ,757 LOSS
TO COTTON CROPS
Feature of the Government Report
is Decreasing Extent of Harm
fuI Work of Insects.

Washington, July 3.-The enor-
nous sum of $1,983,564,757 repre-
sents the hypothetical money loss
through damage from various causes
to the cotton crops of 1909, 1910,
1911 and 1912 in the United States,
the department OF agriculture's
bureau of statistics has figured out.
No less than 16,094, 1898, 100 pounds
of lint loss is the aggregate of this
damage to the four crops. The
causes and extent OF this damage to
cotton forms an interesting feature
of report just issued. Climatic
conditions formed the principal ele-
ment of loss
Damage to the 1912 crop amount
ed to $459,349,25 or 3,765.157.-
600 pounds OF lint The total dam
age from climatic conditions was
1927, 200, 900, of which $11B,3OO.-
600 was due TO deficient moisture.
$112, 100000 to excessive moisture
and $1700O,000 to heat.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
the return fare of all veterans who
have lost their tickets.
AT BLOODY ANGLE.

One Of the picturesque events Of
the celebration is scheduled for to-
day at the Bloody Angle, when the
Philadelphia brigade of the Union
army and survivors of Pickett's
division, will form on opposite sides
of the wall where the charge stop
ped. They will charge as best they
can with their burden of years, but
when they reach the wall they will
stop and shake hands.
General Andrew West of Atlanta,
who is to represent the governor of
Georgia at today's exercises, was
presented with a silver loving cup
yesterday by the Georgia delegation
Judge George Hillyer of Georgia
made the presentation speech.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
Wilson's 13 is No HoODoO, Says
President.

Washington, July 3.-President
Wilson's declaration that the gen
orally supposed hoodoo "13" was
his lucky number and always had
been, was recalled by society today
i'm connection with the announcement
Of the engagement of Miss Jessie
Wilson. second daughter of the
President, and Mrs. Wilson, to
Francis b. Sayre of Lancaster, Pa.
The influence of the Presidents
lucky "13," il is believed. extends
TO the entire Wilson family. For
Miss Wilson, engaged in 1913 and
to become a matron in 1913, will be
the 18th" White House bride.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-07-04
"COLE l.. BLEASE,
"GOVernOr

Governor"
1T is believed here that Governor
Blease's letter to Secretary of War
Garrison is the last word in an Incl
dent which has been of national
interest