Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Car Packed to Its Doors :.
With General Supplies
Dispatched to Columbus

Packed to the doors with clothing
and supplies Of all sorts an express
car. laden with yesterdays gift from
the people Of Washington left for Co
lumbus. Ohio, at $50 o'clock last night
The car is due in Pittsburgh at $50
o'clock this morning. and railroad men
all along the line of the Baltimore and
Ohio to Columbus have telegraphic re-
quests to facilitate its passage From
Pittsburgh the car will go to Colum-
bus via Shelby, Ohio.
The goods in this car. sent by the
Retail Merchants Association OF this
| city, are those which were left at the
temporary relief station at I'LL
street northwest yesterday. 1t was
consigned to Columbus because Of the
telegram from Secretary Garrison To
| the President stating that enough aid
had reached Dayton to care for the
situation there for the present Red
Cross agents here and on the scene of
desolation agree that Columbus is now
the point to work for. 1t is in the cen
ter Of things, and in addition there is
need of first aid there.
Favored by Express Company.
The United States Express Company.
through it's agent here w. c. Johnson.
gave the use OF its car and the serv-
ices of the express company to the
Retail Merchants Association. Mr..
Johnson personally sent the kilograms
to railroad men asking that the car
be put through as speedily possible.
kilograms were sent last night to
Miss Mabel Boardman and to Red
Cross agents in Columbus telling them
the car was on the way. The expec-
tation is that the supplies Washington
contributed Yesterday Will be distrib-
II ed
For two days the hauling Incidental
to handling the large quantities of
supplies for the relief station, has been
done by the Merchants Transfer and
bundles have been called for and six
carloads of heavy packing cases have
been taken to the trains
In the two contribution boxes placed
outside the relief station OH F stree
the sum Of $3.50 was found las
night.
The relief station will be open to-
morrow from 3 o'clock am. until /
pm.
List of Contributors.
Among the contributions received at the
flood relief depot OF the Retail Mer-
chants Association after yester
days Star went to press were the fol-
lowing, who gave clothing unless other
wise specified: II. B. Plankinton, Mrs. V.
E Adler, Miss Abbie Kurtz. J. NJ. s., Ver-
non Bailey. Boy Scouts. Troop 80: A. j
Pozen, Robinson, one box goods; Rice
one package: Sigmund. John T. New
bold J. Lynch, Mrs. Johnson, frienc
one bundle: Mrs. Galloway two boxes; =
friend ten pairs of shoes; Mrs. Parsons,
two quilts: Mrs. E. b. Aronheim, c. l..
Cavorne, friend, G. II. Brown. a friend,
Mrs r. j. Mitchell friend. Star Office.
one bundle; H. NJ. Jett. one box mems;
Miss X +. Nelson, Mrs. Milliken. one
bundle bedding: H. ]. Councillor, J. Il.
Perry, two boxes, mixed: Mrs F1emmer.
one box mixed; DIR. Simpson, Bieber-
Kaufman Company, +. ID. Gavin, Mr.. and
Mrs Z. B. Stocking, Mrs. j. Whit. Her
ron, sundries; Mrs. Kohlmer, clothing
and shoes; Helen Kohlmer, Thelma Kohl
mer Mrs. Kelton. Mrs. Leonard, Mrs.
Milton f. Aiies Miss Veitenheim, OscS-
Moses, Miss Ingle. Petit & Co, D. J.
Grinsfelder. Miss B. Cox, womeps
clothing: Miss Hilda Erickson.
Mrs. Falford, NJ. Goldman, friend, l..
Williams, Mrs. C. E. Wright, G.. w. Hol-
stein. Miss G. Perry. Mrs. gray. Mrs. A.
L. Smith, Mrs. Shelby Smith, Fslis