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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
VISITATION WEDNESDAY.
Nearby Councils to Be Entertained
by Mt. Vernon. J. O. u. A. M.

/ The several councils of the Junior Orde.
of United American Mechanics from
Maryland, Virginia and the District vii
pay their annual visitation to Mount Yer
non Council, No. 10. of this city Wednes.
day evening. An elaborate program has
been arranged by the good of the order
committee.
Several members of Congress and ma
tional officers will be present, and 1t has
been decided by the council to open the
doors and admit invited guests after
transacting special routine business
Speeches will be made during the ban
quet.
On the committee having charge Of ar
rangements are John H. Hargett. ]. A
Frazier. George Cohill. Guy NJ Yost. A
c. Columbus. w. c. Carter. Edward D
Schwenk and r. \. Hutchinson. all pas
councillors of Mount Vernon Council. No
TO-
Among the members of Congress eX-
pected = be present are Representatives
Burnett of Alabama. Lever of South
Carolina Austin of Tennessee. Finley OF
South Carolina, Howard of Georgia
Blackmon of Alabama, Edwards Of
Georgia, Gudger Of North Carolina and
Littlepage and Brown Of West Virginia.
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS

The sale of, good-sized block of the
bonds of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company at'.today's meeting OF
the stock exchange was a feature of the
trading in the bond list. The price paid
was 81 which is an advance of a quarter
of a point above the last sale.
There were more of the bonds to be had
at the same figure
The bid for Capital Traction stock rose
to 12J, half a point better than the one
recorded Saturday. The asking price was
127 Washington hallway preferred stock
sold again for 81. Only one twenty five
share lot was secured at that figure. al
though the bid advanced to that point.
The asking price was half point better.
A couple of odd lots of gas stock sold
for So, and that was the bid for quota
ton lot, with the asking price an eighth
of point higher.
Four ten-share lots of Commercial Bank
stock sold at half point advance from
2O5ss to POI. The supply of the seller was
exhausted, but the buyer was willing to
take more at the same figure and kept
the bid at 2O7. The asking price was 21O.
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WOULD PROVIDE SAFEGUARD.
Senator Hoke Smith for Extension
of Emergency Currency Act.

.enator Hoke Smith of Georgia will
soon Introduce a resolution providing for
an extension of the emergency currency
act beyond June 80. 1914. when it expires.
The extension is aimed to continue 1t in
effect until the democrats have put on the
statute books a general law revising the
currency system of the country, SO there
will be provision to enable banks to
meet a panic should one arise before the
new currency legislation is fully developed.
ne emergency currency act provides a
reservoir of $JO0,OOO,OGO of emergency
currency, which may be issued in times
of stress. The issues are to be taxed at
the rate of ) per cent year for the first
month they are outstanding and at an
increase of per cent for each additional
month until the rate reaches 10 per cent.
The object of the increase is to tax the
notes into retirement when they are no
longer needed.
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Lighthouse Service Changes

George O. Keeney has been selected by
the lighthouse authorities as keeper OF
the new lights established i'm Occoquan
creek. a tributary of the Potomac in
Virginia, about thirty miles below this
city.
Clearance d. Marris. assistant keeper OF
the Sandy Point light station on Chesa-
peake bay, has resigned from the light
house service.
Having completed the changing OF aids
to navigation on the Potomac, from sum-
mer to winter marks, the lighthouse
service steamer Maple has returned to
Baltimore. She will take on stores and
fuel there and will early In this week
sail on an inspection trip OF buoys in
Chesapeake bay.
A satisfactory trial trip of the recent
Iy overhauled lightship No. Il. work on
which has just been completed at Balti-
more shipyard, was made on Chesapeake
bay Saturday. and after the tests of the
machinery of the ship she returned to
Baltimore to have some minor work
done. Later in the week she will go to
Norfolw to have modern radio outfit in
stalled. and on the completion of this
work, will go to her station on the Dia-
mond shoals. to relieve lightship No. ".
now on the station.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. January 13.-Money was a
shade easier today. Discount rates were
steadier. although it is expected that the
Bank of England will get most Of the
S5.OOO,OOO new gold offered in the open
market.
The stock market was dull. with re-
dictionary tendency. Gilt-edged shares
declined on new issues Of securities and
the political situation. Copper stocks
were fiat, owing to the cut in the price
of metal. and Paris sold it's favorites on
the cabinet crisis. The feature Of the
day was the slump in National Telephone
stock. which fell from 141 to 1O9 after
the announcement of the decision of the
railway and canal commission awarding
the company $62,576.32O for it's system,
which was taken over by the government
January 1. The mining section was chief
ly occupied with the settlement
American securities were quiet and ir-
regular during the day. Prices improved
a fraction in the late trading and closed
dull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
NOMINATED FOR DIRECTORS.
Committee of the Associated Press
Names Several Candidates.

The nominating committee of the AS
ISOLATED Press met in Washington today:
Thomas Rees. Springfield, ILL.,. State Regis
ter. chairman: Oswald G.. Willard, New
York Evening Post acting secretary.
The committee nominated for the five
directorships expiring in 1913. the pres
ent incumbents: Messrs. Charles H.
Clark, Hartford Courant: Charles A.
Rock Pittsburgh Dispatch; Clark How
ell. Atlanta Constitution: Charles W.
Knapp. st. Louis Republic: V s. Nc
CATCHY. Sacramento Bee, and the follow
ing five additional candidates: Rosecrans
w. Pillsbnry. Manchester. n. H.. Union
Bruce Haldeman, Louisville Courier
Journal: w. Y. Morgan. Hutchinson
Kan. News; Josephus Daniels Raleigh
n. c., News and Observer. and Isaac n
Stevens, Pueblo. Col, Chieftain.
To fill the vacancy on the board. Sam
uel Bowles. Springfield Republican, and
Benjamin II. Anthony New Bedford,
Mass, Standard. were nominated.
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COMMUTERS TELL GRIEVANCE.
Protest Against Great Falls Line
Before Commission.

F. c. Wright president of the Wash
ington and Old Dominion railroad. was
the principal witness this afternoon at
the hearing before Examiner J. Edgar
Smith of the interstate commerce COM
mission called because Of commuters
along the Great Falls branch protesting
against a raise in the rates.
The hearing. it is expected, will not be
finished today, and it is understood that
the plaintiffs. through their attorney,
John B. Daish. will try to prove that the
company is able to make a reasonable
profit without raising the rates. The COM
pany it is believed will endeavor to show
that it's rates are lower than those on
other suburban lines.
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Court of Claims.

Present: The Chief Justice. Judge
Charles B. Howry. Judge Fenton w.
Booth. Judge Samuel 8. Barney and
Judge George W. Atkinson.
The following announcements were
made:
Opinions-Stephen Van D. Hallenbeck;
judgment for claimant. Opinion by JUS
tice Booth; Justice Atkinson dissenting
Henry Woog. administrator: conclusion
of law dismissing petition. Opinion by
Justice Howry and concurring opinion by
Chief Justice Peelle: Justices Barney and
Booth dissenting.
/ General Observation-Disclosures F. Abbott
judgment for claimant in the sum Of 500
o. Danforth. Marshall Underwood, James
E. Totten and Sierra l.. Braley.
Indian depredation-Riley Harkey; find
ings of fact and conclusion of law
judgment for claimant.
Robert P. Holt; conclusion Of law dis
missing petition.
Robert P. Holt; conclusion of law dis
missing petition.
Observation-Disclosures of fact and con
illusions in following: Christian Church
Crab Orchard. Ky, $500: Joseph ID. Wat
kins. administrator. Sl.73O: Marion G.
Thompson. S129.Ss: First Presbyterian
Church. Marietta, Ca. $1,000; Lorenzo W
Cooke, $1.212.40; c. f. l.. B. Davis
$2,O41.29: John a. kress. $1.77S.32; DAME
|C. Pearson. sI.667.as; Abner II. Merrill
Si.o'S.cV, T-u" dIu DdNlS, Sl,o3S.V-, SuIits
|OM. Gilmore, 1882
Findings Of fact and conclusion in fol
lowing navy yard cases. Amount set OPP
posite each name in findings:
Virginia c. Boush, administrators, e.
al. (Norfolk): John f. AmaZeen ct al
Portsmouth navy Yard: Charles w
Brock ct al Portsmouth navy yard)
John w. Parrish annapolis. Md: Johr
J. Ennis brooklyn navy Yard: Henry
B. Colson ct al. Portsmouth navy yard)
Smith Creek Baptist Church, New
Market, Va, no amount; Union Church
of Frederick county, Va, $500.
Orders and motions:
Estate of Charles F.. Winton. deceased
ct al. claimants motion to take add.
tional testimony in behalf Of original pc
titioners allowed with leave to Other
parties to take testimony in response
order of December 10. 1912. fixing time
for filing of briefs set aside to avail,
final taking of testimony.
st. Marys county, Md; order remand
ing to general docket.
LuIie p Jones. Administrative; order
remanding to trial calendar.
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Drives by Bears.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, January 13-Flour-Steady.
with demand light
Wheat-Less promising foreign political
news and the firmness in southwest mar
kets caused a. slight advance In wheat
this morning. May, 80 1-16a99Ss
{. PorK-Steady.
Realistically
& Lard-Easy: middle west 9.6Ja91J
Raw sugar-Steady: mlscovado. 50 test,
2?S; centrifugal. 96 test. 3.4S: molasses,
+. 81 test 2.I3: refined, easy.
Petroleum-Steady.
: Enthusiastically
Hay-Quiet
Hides-Steady
Leather-Firm
Butter-Steady; receipts. 5.905 tubs:
creamery extras. 3412a35: firsts. 31a33la
held. extras. 321aa331s: firsts. 3Oa31; Sec
onds. 2sa29: thirds, 25a27: state dairy
finest. 31aS3: good to prime. 27a3O: COM
mon to fair. 23a26: process. extras. 261sa
ton creamery, firsts. 241za25; factory,
held. 2laa2il2: factory. current make.
. firsts. 23a24; seconds. 22a221s: packing
, stock, current make. No. . 21ao1h: No.
). lsa2O: packing stock. held. 2la22.
Cheese-Steady: receipts SO boxes;
state. whole milk. held. white or colored.
specials. 11s4a1S; do. average fancy, 17Aa
lsl2: do. lower grades, 161aa11: state.
. whole milk. winter made. white color
ed. specials. l61sa1I; do. average run. 16:
do, undergrades. 141aa151a; daisies, held,
best, is: skins, 2al41a.
Eggs-Steady. receipts. 6.J65 cases:
gathered fresh extras. 23a3O: extra firsts,
2da2S; firsts. 2512a2612: seconds and lewer
grades. 23a25: held fresh. average best,
2oa@3; poor to fair. 1Ga2l: fresh gathered
dirties. 1Sa2O: checks. 15a1I; refrigerator
firsts. local storage. 2Oa21: firsts on dock,
2'a2ua: seconds, 19a191a: thirds and poor
or, 1SalSl2; state, Pennsylvania and near
by hennery whites. good to large size.
new laid. 36a3S; do, selected whites de-
fectiye in size or quality, 3Oa35; western
gathered whites. 2sa3J; state. Pennsyl-
Fania and nearby hennery browns 70;
do. gathered browns and mixed colors,
.;a29
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ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

Lieut.. Col. Augustus p. Biocksom. 9Th
cavalry. is transferred to the 9th Cav
airy.
| The leave of absence granted Capt.
Charles r. Alley. Coast Artillery Corps.
| is extended twenty days.
| Special orders assigning Capt James
! Prentice. Coast Artillery Corps. to sta
| ton at Manila. p. L.. and assigning the
following named officers Of the Coast Ar
tillery Corps to the stations Indicated,
are revoked:
Capt. Henry w Bum at New York.
n. Y.
First Lieut.. Henning F. Colley at Fort
|, First Lieuts. Albert II. Barley and
Thomas o. Humphreys at New York.
n. Y.
First Lieut.. Edward n. Woodbury. at
Leave of absence for twenty Eight days
is granted Second Lieut.. David o. Byars.
7th Infantry.
The leave OF absence granted Capt
Ephraim G. Peyton, infantry, Is extended
twenty days.
Capt. Edward T.. Winston retired, upon
his own application is detailed as in
structer in military drill and tactics at
,, the Marist College. Atlanta. Ga.
Naval Movements.
The Vermont. Michigan. South Caro-
4
terson.. Trippe. Jenkins. Jarvis. Fam
ming and Jouett have arrived at Girls
tobal. Panama: the Whipple and Stew
art at Sausalito, Cal the Sterling and
Uncas at Media Luna Cay. Cuba: the
| Virginia. Georgia, Nebraska. Mime
sofa, Ohio. Idaho. Sonoma and Ontario
at Guacanayabo bay. Cuba, and the
! Solace. Panther Lebanon. Patapsco and
Patuxtent at GUANTANAMO.
! The Orion has sailed from Hampton
| roads for Guantanamo. the Mars from
Guantanamo for Cristobal, the Cfncin-
natl from Swallow for Manila and the
Alert. FL. F-2 and F3 from San Fran
cisco for San Diego.
Naval Orders.
Capt G. r. Clark, to supervisor, third.
fourth and fifth naval districts.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) r. b. Coffman,
from Dolphin to Arkansas
Lieut.. Gunior grade) j. A. Monroe. from
the works of Sperry Gyroscope Company.
New York, to navy yard, Mare Island.
Cal
Lieut.. (junior grade, +. ID. McWhorter.
to the works of William Cramps & Son.
in connection CT and in command when
commissioned.
Ensign Frank Slingluf. jr., to North
Carolina
Surgeon W II. Bell to navy yard. Nor
folk. Va.
Chief Gunner Daniel Duncan. to Hart
ford
Machinist c. r. Maynard. from receive
ing ship at Boston, Mass, to South Caro-
lima.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Resuar call. IL O'Clock noon:
Riggs Realty IS dong, $1,000 at 1O3
civ and Suburban Railway IS. $1,000 at 1893.
Washington Railway and Electric As. $1,000 at
81. $1,000 at ~. 81 600 at ~, $1,000 at "a.
S, 900 at 81. 81. 900 at 81. $1,000 at ST. $1,000
at 81. $500 at S41a 5000 at 81.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s $1,000
at 100.
Capital Traction. at 1876.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.. at
OH. - at 81.
Washington Gas, 10 at Sc at S5's.
Commercial National Bank. 10 at 2o5ss, 10 at
2O6. 10 at 206h, 10 at 201.
Graphophone COM. $40 at 40.
Graphophone pfd.. $40 at 40.
After call--Anacostia and Potomac Cons. oS,
81 900 at 101
Columbia Railway rs. $1,000 at zoos.
Columbia Railway It's. 81 900 at lois.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s $1,000
a
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. January 13.-Cotton-
Spot. good business done: prices easier:
American middiing fair. 1.J4; good mid
ding, pa: middling. 100: low middlng,
$50: good ordinary, 642: ordinary. COS.
The sales of the day were 12.OCO bales. of
which LOO were for speculation and ex-
port. and included 1850 American; re-
ceipts. 12.30O bales, all American. Futures
opened quiet and closed easy: January,
6.1Ol2; January and February, 6.67A; Feb
ruary and March. 668h; March and
April. 6.651a April and May. 664 May
and June. 6.62a June and July. $50: July
and August. q 57h; August and Septem-
Der. 6.47i2; September and October. $50
October and November. 6.24: November
and December go: December and Janu-
AIRY, 61S: January and February, SIS.
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SINGING STRIKERS MARCH.
Sixty Thousand Garment Worker.
Led by Girls Released From Jail.

NEW YORK, January 13.-Sixty
thousand garment workers. on strike
in New York for increased pay and
better working conditions. marched
singing through the factory district
today and disbanded at Union square
for an open-air mass meeting. OF the
marchers, approximately 5000 were
women.
Nineteen girls, just released from Jail
where they were sentenced for inter-
fering with strikebreakers. led the line
of march. They bore banners demand
ing the abolition of child labor Ameri-
can flags We're carried by hundreds of
other strikers.
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Sta.

BALTIMORE. January L.. Wheat -
Firmer. spot No. > red. 1oIs. spot No =
red western. LOSE: January No red.
l"I74; February No. red. I.G9l.: March
No. > red. III: steamer No. red, DOS.
receipts, ;i9.4Ji bushels: southern on
grade. .O012 a1.01i2.
Confirm: spot contract, 49,: Janu-
airy, 54A: February. $50: March, ~:
steamer mixed. -; receipts. 162. O93 bush
els; exports. 253. i66 bushels southern
white corn. IS.
Oats-F'irm: No. white, 40; standard
white. 20; No. . white. rs. Receipts,
b.i9t bushels.
Rye-Dull: No. western domestic,
= asked. Receipts, 11.16S bushels
hdy-Quict. No. / timothy. 1S.5Oa
l'oO. No. | clover mixed. 15.00a1550
Grain freights-Firm; steam to Liver
rooi. per quarter. IS 4i2d January: Cork
Tor orders, per quarter, SIS sd January.
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Real Estate Transfers.

WOODLEY PARk-Herbert NJ. Hall ct
uX, to Harry Wardman and Thomas
Bones. lot 81 block IS; 81.
Recommendations A. Nieth ct TX.
to Walter Lingebach. lot 10, square
43l7: so.
MERIDIAN HILI~Ida +. Tickling 10
Joseph Paul. lot Is. block ~; SO.
LANIER HEIGHTS--William W. Brown
ct ux.. to Charles Z. Wire and Will
liam NJ. Terrell. lots 10 and SO; $40.
Washington-Virginia Rail-
way Company to Washington Utilities
Company, all property, rights and
franchises; 81.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. January 3.-Despite lower
ahles. based on the heavy American
shipments. wheat started higher today
May opening Is higher to unchanged at
'"'4 TO Gls. An advance to 93i2a93ss fol-
lowed Corn was firm. MAY opened Il
lover To Is over Saturday at JOs. to 81
aud sold TO J114aJ1;t Trade was quiet
May oats opened unchanged TO a shade
lower at "a to :,37sa:4 and advanced to
;itsa34i.
Provisions were duh and steady May
pork opened pig down at lSlIi4. and adj
Nanced TO 49,: May lard started ~,
lower Ia .i2 higher at 90 to $50 and
Nav ribs ~. up at -
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. January I3.-Closing-
Wheat-Spot steady; No. / Manitoba, rs
"a: No. 2. do. is sad; No. 3. do 7s
41zd. Futures easy. March, as sid:
May. as Sd: July. as esd.
Corn-Spot steady: American mixed
new. SIS Cd: American mixed old. Ss
I'D; via Galveston, 5s Sd. Futures
steady: January. 5s "a; February, As
11hd.
Flour-Winter patents. EOS Cd
Hops in London pacific. G5 5sa Sc.
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night. temperature about % degrees
Tuesday increasing cloudiness: warmer
moderate east and southeast winds
Although high pressure prevails east OF
the Rocky mountains. it is relatively 10"
over the Missouri and upper Mississippi
valleys with the result that there were
local SHOWS over the northern and east
ern portions of the country. In the cen
fair, while over the middle and northern
districts west of the Rocky mountains
rains and SHOWS continued.
Low temperatures are general. excep'
in the South Atlantic states. but there
was a considerable rise in the upper Mis-
sissippi and Missouri valleys and the
southwest.
The weather will be generally fair to-
night and Tuesday south of the Ohio
river except along the south Atlantic
coast. where rain is probable North anG
east of the Ohio river the weather will be
unsettled. with local SHOWS tonight OF
Tuesday.
Temperatures will rise somewhat.
The Ohio river is falling at Pittsburgh
but continues to. rise below. At Cincin-
natl Monday morning the stage was
sixty-one feet. eleven feet above flood
stage. Flood stage will be reached al
Cairo about Wednesday.
The winds along the New England and
east and southeast: on the south Atlantic
coast moderate northeast: on the east
gulf coast moderate northeast and east.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
esterday, pm, ~;
pm. 81; 10 midnight. So Today. am.
30: am, %; II noon. 81; ? pm. 33
Maximum, IS, at II 80 am. yesterday
minimum. %, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Max.
imum. 8; minimum. 8.
Barometer-Yesterday, 4 pm, 30 %;
pm, ~: IL midnight, 3D.55. Today,
am. 1868: 8 am, 1912; II noon, 1910;
pm, 30.66.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide 6:15 am. and 6:43
pm: high tide, 1910 am. and pm
TomOrrow-Low tide. $50 am. and I nc
pm; high tide, 1927 am. and 1882 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 7:1S am: sun sets,
pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:1S am.
Moon sets 1857 pm. today.
The City Lights.
Public electric arc and electric mean
descent lamps are lighted fifteen minutes
after sunset and extinguished forty-five
lighted twenty minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty minutes before sum
rise. Naphtha lighting service has been
discontinued.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN. January 13.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks 471a pfennigs for
checks: money 31a per cent; private
rate Of discount, 43s per cent.
PARIS. January 13.-Three per cent
rentes. 50 francs - centimes for the &C.
count: exchange on London. % francs
10 confines for checks; private rate Of
discount, 4 per cent.
LONDON. January 13.-Bullion amount
ing to 100000 was taken into the Bank
of England today. and 6 10000 was with
drawn for shipment to France and s1O,-
600 to the continent.
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a landslide on the Connellsville extern
sion of the Western Maryland railroad.
near Confluence. Md. blocked that sec
ton of the railroads Thursday.
The big plant of the Elkins, w. Va.
Brewing Company, which has been idle
for several years. will be dismantled and
the building converted into q cold storage
plant.
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Refined Sugar Takes a Drop.

NEW YORK, January 13.-All grades
OF refined sugar We're reduced ) cents
n hundred pounds.
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Building Permits.

4 building repair PERMIT was issued
today to George Hayes to repair dwell
,ing at "a v street northwest; estimated
cost, so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13

II pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.