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Evening star., 1916-08-10
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-.
Senntes

The conferees on the. District
appropriation bill met to begin
consideration of that measure.
A House bill was passed ex-
empting express companies which
report to the interstate commerce
commission from the necessity of
reporting To the District public
utilities commission.
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Probably 5000 Homeless.

The cloudourst occurred at the head
vftcrs OF Pain, ard Cabin creeks
and Coal river. and the torrent which
sursed down Coal river swept its banks
almost clean OF villages. while the
Kanawha river raised several feet. car
rying on it's crest houses and buildings
of all kinds. The Cabin Creek valley
has a population of about is 900 Adyices
receiver here indicate about one third of
this number are probably homeless
More than thirty houses were counted
passing one point in Cabin creek. Many
of the houses crashed into the piers OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
bridge. which earlier had been washed
out. and were demolished boy was
seen on top of one of the houses An
effort to rescue him failed. and he dis
appeared in the water. A large bridge
on the line of the Charleston Inter
u-''sn PaiIread Company was washed
away near Cabin Creek junction.
Into matien received at the office of
the general superintendent of the
cn s1peake and Ohio here Indicated
that conditions on Coal river were httIe
II any etter than those on Ca bin creek.
Iudif ect communication from Madison
indicated great property damage but
no loss OF life there. A local freight
train on the Coal river division of the
Chesapeake and Ohio was washed away.
Including three box cars of merchan-
Continued on Fourth Page.)
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Three Possible Results.

There are tnFee possible results OF the
mediation. One is that the federal
board will be able to get the managers
and workers to sign an agreement. An
other is that the mediators will be able
to induce both parties to consent to
arbitration. IL mediation fails The third
possibility is that the federal board will
fail in both these endeavors.
1t was predicted today that II the
board should be unable to compose the
differences, President Wilson would
ask representatives Of the contending
factions to meet him In Washington
trate their differences The mediators
announced that no statement would be
forthcoming from them until they Ell
ther have succeeded or failed
IL is understood that the labor lead
ers pin their hopes of settling the dis
pute upon mediation rather than arbi-
tration, now that the managers have
failed to agree with them. They are
opposed to arbitration.
W. S. Carter, president of the Broth
erhood of Railway Enginemen and
Firemen, said:
Arbitration is gambling game, even
when-the dice are not loaded. Railway
employees have lost faith in the Justice
bitration Is as tickle as chance
IF there is arbitration of this eight
hour demand and every effort Is made
to appoint neutrals entirely free from
prejudices, 1t is but tossing pennies to
decide the question. Why has no one
suggested that the matter be settled
by pulling straws' and relieve every
body of the bother?'
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False and True Standards of Tax
BURDEN Measurement.

The tax rate. modified by application OF
the census reported relation of assessed
70 true value. furnishes. according to Mr..
Iobnson the true standard Of measuring
comparative tax burdens A table of forty
selected American cities. compared by
~ rates: thus modified, shows Washing
ton with the smallest rate Of all. about
~ THESE forty cities. And yet" says Mr..
johnson; after a .sin showing wing Of that kind
tn.sA Of them all. there come those
here today and defend Washington's
miiiionaires from paying tax on their
wealth"
has avoided the error into which Mr..
Johnson has fallen of treating the tax
rate as an accurate standard Of meas
,,rement of comparative municipal tax
burdens The census authorities early
Of the per capita rate as the proper
standard Of measurement. Census Com
missioner Wright, in his preface to the
bulletin concerning cities Of 1890. says !:
sIn comparing the rates Of taxation be-
tween the several places It should be
borne b mind that the relation Of the
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Villages Wiped Out.

4, least eight villages and mining
settlements in the district were either
wholly or partly destroyed while many
others felt the effects of the storm more
cr less Those practically destroyed or
badly damaged were Acme, Ronda
Dry Branch. Miami. Sharon. Dawes,
Kayford and EskdaIe. Between Acme
and Kayford sixty persons are reported
TO have been drowned.
Local officials of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad today declared that it
would be at least two weeks before
travel could be resumed in the Cabin
Creek valley. They also said that the
eompany's yards at Kayford had been
destroyed and will have to be rebuilt.
Reports stated that portions of the
track of the Virginian railroad, be-
tween Robson and Deepwater. had been
washed out and that service on the
ru2d had been temporarily suspended
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Used by Representative Ben
Johnson to Calculate Com
parative Tax Burdens
of Cities.
OUR TAX BURDEN
ALREADY TOO GREAT
The Johnson Fluctuating Yardstick
Which, Measuring Falsely, In
diets the Washingtonian as
Only alf-Taxed.
No. I,
Editorial Correspondence of The Star.
BY rHEopoRE w. NoYEs.

BY TdEOOORE W. NOY Els.
What Representative Ben johnson says
in advocacy of the repeal of the half-and-
half law is entitled to special considera-
ton. His words have the influence and
carrying power that attach in the House
to the Craftsmanship Of the District COM
mittee. This years repeating rider is in
essentials the johnson amendment Of last
year. Thus his proposition of last year
then rejected-is now resurrected and re-
vitalized. And thus, also, Mr.. Johnson's
arguments of last year-then unsuccess-
ful-are now renewed and ably condensed
in his speech MAY 23. 1870 on the Dis
trict appropriation bill.
The weight which attaches to Mr.. john
sons words causes any Inaccuracies in his
basic facts and any fallacies in his rea-
soning to inflict special injury and in
justice upon the National Capital What
Of fact and flaws in reason
ing. then, does analysis of Mr.. Johnson's
speech disclose? If there are any they
must, in fairness to the District, be
promptly corrected, and Mr. johnson him
self, if he can be convinced that he has
been misled, will undoubtedly be disposed
to make this correction.
Evening star., 1916-08-10

census authorities, and. apply to the tax
rate this confessedly grossly mislead-
ing factor of calculation? The result
Will be worthless as measure of COM
parative tax burdens.
Evening star., 1916-08-10
MEDIATION MAKES
LITTLE HEADWAY
Railroad Brotherhoods Insist
on Full Demands, and Con-
cede Nothing.
BOTH SIDES CONFER
WITH FEDERAL BOARD
Employees Believed to Prefer to Me-
diate Rather Than Submit to
Arbitration.

NEW YORK, August 1o.-The
United States board of mediation
and concilia ton held its first
conference today with repre-
sentatives of the four railroad
brotherhoods of employees in eff
forts to prevent, through media
ton, a countrywide strike to en-
force the employees demands for
an eight-hour basic day and time
and half for overtime.
Nothing officially was disclosed as to
the success the mediators met. 1t was
learned on good authority that the broth
erhoods had shown no disposition to mod
ify their demands.
THE status is unchanged" was the
only comment which A. B. Garretson.
head of the conductors brotherhood. was
willing to make after the conference ad-
journed.
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Soldiers to Preserve Order.

The commander of the military has
cen ordered to detail men to guard
~ operty and restore order. leaving
re greater part of the relief work to
re many parties which will be in the
alley before afternoon,
So great has been the loss that coal
.,rnpanies with mines in the valley
estimate that many thousands of dol
lars will be needed to feed and clothe
the helpless miners and their families,
as scores of them have lost all their
possessions.
The flood, due to a cloudburst. result
ed in a property loss Of at least $1,000
0eo. Because of the topography of the
country state authorities here express
ed the belief that II would be several
days before the full extent of the flood
could be ascertained
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WEATHER.

Generally fair tonight and tomorrow;
somewhat cooler tonight: light north
east winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm.: Highest, Sc, at $3.50 pm.
yesterday; lowest. 6s. at am. today.
Full report on page 10.
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Brotherhood Unyielding.

sSAV~A&~A 4ASSA SAy ASAk<4AAss
The brotherhood chiefs told them,
however. 1t was learned. that they were
still nrm for their demands as original
ly presented to the railroads. While
expressing their appreciation Of the ef-
forts of the mediators, it was said they
informed them that they saw little
chance reaching a satisfactory ad-
justment.
The mediators. however. 1t was said.
did not contemplate that the men would
offer concessions at today's meeting.
Most of the meeting was devoted by
Mr.. Garretson to a detailed explana-
tion of the brotherhood's demands,
upon which he made it clear. it was
that they stood firm.
The mediators held their first con-
ference with the national conference
of railway managers yester-
day. Judge Chambers said afterward
that the railroad managers told the
mediation board how far they were pre-
pared to go in an attempt to avoid
strike. and that the managers made
their side of the argument plain. These
deliberations are secret.
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5000 OF THE SURVIVORS
PROBABLY ARE HOMELESS
State Militia and Relief Parties
Forcing Their Way to Stricken
Mining Camps.
ENTIRE VILLAGES WIPED OUT
Flood, Due to Cloudburst, Gave Lit
tie Warning to Those Living in
Its Path-Railroad Commu-
nication Destroyed.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Au-
gust 10.-Twenty-three bodies
have been recovered, from the
debris carried down by the flood
which swept the Cabin creek
valley, near here, yesterday.
Rescue parties have penetrated
sonle distance above Cabin
Creek Junction, and meager re-
norts brought back by couriers
and from the railroads indicate
hat the loss of life has been
heavy, although no accurate esti-
mate can be made. Belief is exe
pressed that more than 100 are
,'ead. Persons driven from their
tonnes to the mountains are re-
;';rning to find whole villages of
rining cabins swept away, while
tress and suffering is seen on
".ry hand.
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Continued on Second Pass.)
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Only a Beginning Made.

I'VE have only scratched the surface"
said G. w. W. Hanger, one Of the three
members Of the mediation board. THE
situation may be cleared up within twen-
ty-four hours, and then negotiations may
continue for a week"
The mediators arranged for a second
conference with the railroad managers
this afternoon and to meet the brother
hoods Representatives again tomorrow
morning. Today's meeting with the men
was held in a downtown assembly hall
and was attended not only by the chiefs
of the four brotherhoods-the employees
official spokesmen-but by the 500 dele
gates Of the unions who are here 1t
lasted less than an hour. Outsiders were
barred.
IL was assumed that the mediators,
as was the case at their first confer
ence. yesterday. with the railroad
managers. sought to learn from the
men how far they were willing to go
in making concessions, which would
bring both sides to common ground as
a basis of settlement.
Evening star., 1916-08-10
Militia Sent to Rescue.

wo companies of the I'd West vir-
LA Infantry left Camp Kanawha by
=. oIley this morning and were taken
10 Cabin Creek Junction, with orders
to penetrate the valley and extend re-
lef to all who needed 1t. They carried
provisions and tents.
A special train 10 being made up here
tp. the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
nd will 60 as far as the hastily re-
tlred tracks will permit. From that
,int numbers of men provided with
DIVISIONS will seek out the spots
xtere destitution is most pronounced.
e :y expected that they will be able to
- the entire length of the valley and
.inatrate adjoining valleys. also hard
-, before tomorrow.
Reports reached here today from
ward c. Smith. United States COM
ssioner, who led a relief party for a
-laber of mining companies last night.
at looting had commenced and a
.mber of arrests had beer made and
..ae property recovered
Evening star., 1916-08-10

Continued on Fourth Page.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16
TRAVELLING LIBRARIES OF THE
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

The Civic League, which is inter-
ested in the subject Of rural Libraries,
and the dissemination of literature
for the rural community, may be in
terested in the following letter from
Mrs. Mary /. Crosby, the librarian
Of the Federation of Women's Clubs:
ITO those who are not familiar with
this branch of the Federation work,
and who may like to take advantage
Of It, / would make the following
statement:
eve have these travelling cases con-
veniently arranged both igor ship
ping and displaying books, and each
containing from sixty-fve to ninety
volumes. They are mostly fiction,
but there is also sprinkling of his
tory, biography, travel, poetry, chill
dren's books, and miscellaneous read
ing. One case is filled exclusively
with juvenile books, carefully select
ed.
"By applying to the librarian any
responsible person (not necessarily a
club woman) may secure one of the
libraries for period of six months,
In paying the incoming freight
charges and the fee of one dollar.
During the past year four new Ii
braries have been given to the Fed
Rration; one of ninety volumes, given
by Rollins College, Winter Park; two,
Of eighty volumes, by the Book
Lovers Club of Miami, and one by
the Springfield Association, Jackson
vile. This last makes our fourteenth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16
MISS MARGARET FOLEY TO
SPEAK IN PENSACOLA APRIL %

ing. The various labor organizations
of the country have given their in
dorsement to suffrage, and for this
reason Mrs. Roege wishes the men
who compose these organizations in
Pensacola to hear what Miss Foley
has to say. All men in the city are
invited, however, to be present, and
to bring their wives.
Miss Foley will also speak on the
afternoon Of Saturday. probably from
an automobile on the corner of Gar
den and Palafox streets. Of a very
commanding personality, with voice
that carries well, Miss Foley has
made national reputation as a
street speaker. She win also speak
in Milton on the evening Of Thurs
day, April 20, and on Friday eve
ming, April 21st, she viii address an
audience at Ferry Pass.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16

Mrs. Fred Roege, chairman of the
Woman's Journal Committee of the
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League,
who is instrumental in bringing Miss
Margaret Foley of Boston to this
city to speak on suffrage, announces
that Miss Foley viii speak in Pensa-
cola on the evening of Saturday,
April "a, at the City Hall, at 7:30
o'clock. If the evening is fair Miss
Foley will address her audience from
the steps of the City Hall, otherwise
she will speak in the council cham
Der.
Mrs. Roege is very DESTROYS that
the men of the city hear Miss Foley
speak, and extends to all labor or
CARNATIONS of Pensacola, and all
other men Of the city the most cor
dial invitation to attend this meet
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16
WOMEN ASKED TO HELP
WITH GULF BEACH HIGHWAY

Visiting club women to Pensacola
have frequently remarked upon the
number of women's clubs in the city,
and the standards maintained by the
women who make up their member
ship. The City Federation of Wo-
mems clubs comprises women in all
lines Of Observation-Disclosures and
nti-suffragists, the fashionable wo-
man and the woman of plain living
and high thinking, the domestic wo-
man, the school teacher, the business
woman, the professional woman-aIl
women of all ca1lings are members
of the City Federation of Women's
clubs. But there are many women
| in Pensacola who are not club wo-
men, but who give their time simply
and solely to home and to children
and to charity, until some need must
be met, and then these women enter
into the lists with the ardor and the
enthusiasm that only the home wo-
man can know.
In speaking of the splendid part
that the women of Pensacola have
played in its past, and the place they
are fast taking in progressive thought
and work, Mr.. B. S. Hancock said yes
terday:
tThe women Of Pensacola have de-
monstrated again and again that
when they interest themselves in a
thing, they are very apt to make a
success of it. Take a Pensacola wo-
man and an impossible task and add
them together and you get success
every time. For they find no task
unconquerable.
''The women of Pensacola are to-
day taking leading part in the af-
fairs of the city. They are interest
ing themselves in school work,
through their Parent Teachers Asso-
Citations, in civic betterment, in
church work and club work, and they
are looking towards the future quite
as faithfully and fearlessly as the
men.
"The women have worked hard to
make Pensacola a city beautiful, and
the parks of the city for which they
are very largely responsible would
be credit to town many times the
size of Pensacola. Now Pensacola
has before it one of the biggest things
this town has ever undertaken. II
will mean more, possibly for Pensa-
cola than anything else could mean
1t is the highway to the Gulf Beach
This highway will do wonders fol
the development of this city and sec,
ton; its possibilities are almost un.
, dreamed of. Nothing could go far
Their to show this than the enthusi
asm of the visitors to Pensacola this
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16
GIRLS! TRY It!
|. HAVE THICK, WAVY,
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
EVERY PARTICLE OF DANDRUFFI
DISAPPEARS AND HAIR STOPS
COMING OUT.
DRAW A MOIST CLOTH THROUGH
HAIR AND DOUBLE IT'S BEAUTY
AT ONCE.

Your hair becomes light, wavy,
fluffy, abundant and appears as soft,
lustrous and beautiful as young
girls after ''Danderine hair cleanse
Just try this-moisten a cloth with a
little Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifes and invig
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
viii actually see new hair-f1ne and
downy at frst-yes-but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of It surely get a 25-cent bottle OF
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
gist or toilet counter, and just try it
Save your hair! Beautify it. You
viii say this was the best Is cents YOU
ever spent.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16

case. Rollins gave also five dollars
for case for their collection.
'Last summer the Springfield As
ISOLATION sent US thirty-nine books
and nineteen were given by a mem
her of the San Mateo v. I. A. There
is constant need of new books to re-
place those worn out or lost.
"It is desirable to have more books
helpful along the lines of federation
work, especially civics, school i'm
provement, public health, and house
hold economics.
"Most of the requests are for re-
cent fiction, but oneclub countermand-
ed an order for library on learning
that it contained no books on house
hold economics, and another asked
for help along all lines of work.
81 want every woman to collect a
small library of twelve or fifteen vol
umes especially helpful to clubs do
ing civic work. This could be sent
by express and under the same regu-
ations as the regular libraries. The
same thing should be done for several
other departments and would like to
have suggestions from the chairmer
as to collection of books.
1--WE have now thirteen travelling
libraries placed IN the various towns
in the central and southern parts OF
the state. Many personal letters anc
circulars have been sent into northern
and northwestern Florida, but SIS fal
there seems to be no demand there
for the libraries. Your librarian i!
not discouraged, however, realizing
that to create demand is part Of
her task.
''The thirteen cases have not beer
quite sufficient to meet the demand.
and, as the calls are increasing, VIZ
hope that the other clubs will fee
impelled to collect and present to u.
some new libraries. If you cannot
give a complete library, send us al
many good books as you can and VIZ
will put them into circulation as soor
as possible"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16
FEAST OF
SEVEN TABLES.

The East Hill Circle of the First
Methodist Church is planning very
novel entertainment for next Satur-
Gay, the Feast of Seven Tables. The
children viii be especially interest
ed in the Easter egg table, but there
are other things quite as interesting
planned, which will be announced
later.
The Feast OF Seven Tables gives
scope for soma very artistic decoras-
ing, and some very original ideas and
the entertainment is to be most in
teresting and delightful in every
way.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16
TAKE A. "CASCARET"
TONIGHT AND SEE!

bad and stomach sour-Why don't you
get 10-cent box of Cascarets at the
drug store and feel bully. Take Cas-
carets tonight and enjoy the incest,
gentlest liver and bowel cleansing
you ever experienced. You'll wake up
with a clear head, clean tongue, lively
step, rosy skin and looking and feeling
fit. Mothers can give a whole Cas-
caret to sick, cross, bilious, feverish
child any time-they are. harmless
never gripe or sieken.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-16

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