The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-30
IMMIGRANT RUSH
ON ELLIS ISLAND
THOUSAND or FOREIGNERS WHO
ARE WESTWARD BOUND STOP
THERE EVERY DAY.
LATEST IN NEW YORK
10 a Plan to Build s14,o0o.ooo tiouss
Of Many states--Russia Fam
Inc Felt in Gotham--Bread
For the Passover.

| New York March 20 The re-
tsoufces Of immigration Commission
Ter Watchorn and his island are taxed
ito the utmost these day by the spring
lrush Of immigrants, which has starr.
ed out in d way which leads the au-
thorities al Ellis Island to expect an
Unprecedented arrival OF aliens at this
Port during the summer More then
12,0G0 immigrants were landed from
H light ships during two days at The Le.
ginning Of last week. while reports 10
he steamship agents in this city are
70 the effect thar every station abroad
from which immigrants sail III oyer
crowded with other thousands of fd-
ture American citizens, who have
booked all third-class accommodation
for months ahead.
Mos of these immigrants cone
from Italy and son hern European
ports lured by the news Of abundint
prosperity In the western states which
has reach d them III letters from Ia.
atiyas and friends already in thls
country; SO that unusual features af
the present influx are the feg who
desire to remain in New York and
the immediate vicinity and the mary
who are bound for the west 0a
through tickets. Az d consequence
the Battery presents no more than its
ordinary everyday aspect, while ths
etatiuns Of all the hig railroads leai
ing west from Jersey city are oTer.
flowing with inm grants and their cai.
Fiols c6nglomeraIions of baggage
Reslize Famine in New York.
lSew Man, an arc1rnl slf fh@ faxt
that the headquarters of The Russian
Femme Relief comIaitsea are located
lheFe isbeginning b realize sosnething
lof hs horrible condition Of so.0o0.n9a
starving Russian peasants. Net only
hunger but diseases MS we'll. III raw.
aging their ranks and threatening A
death roll Of milIione. Indeed sd BAD
have matters become that the women
that the women of Russian. In
letter. JUST received by Samuel j.
Barrows, the secretary Of the coa-
mittee have appealed to the women
Of America In their great extre nifty.
The letter cites the conditions in enc
village as TYP cal Of thousands and
says
AT present the temperature In this
village Is in the neighbo. hood cf
of twenty degrees below zero. Many
of the peasants are living in holes
dug under ground They arc almo
naked and they are without fuel: for
in this region the peasants make their
fuel from straw. and there has heen
no straw from which fuel can be
made Their food is a sort of breal
made from ground acorn or ether m
eatahles to which has been added
little rye meal Typhus. seurvy and
| bl ndness resulting from starvation
are on all sides striking down gre wn-
! up people and children. This Il not
single village, for there arc ihos S
ands like IT, and these thousands OF
villages have no hope unless aid
| comes 10 them from the outsida.
| Seventy-five cents will keep grown,
lup person alive for a month" Or.
Bariows states that the committee
wh sc offices are located at 135 East
Fifteen h street, will be glad 10 re-
ceive any contr bution. however snail.
since If life Is TO be saved immediate
help is the chief requisite.
Unleavened Bread For Passover.
The feast of the Passover ~ill be
celebrated by Jews all over the world
this month. and the people who are
busy making prepara ions fot its OBJ
servanee are working day and night.
Tn re is much ceremony and many
quaint observanees c -nnec ed with
the week festival but its test known
feature in New York Is the vast qnan
tity Of matzoth. or unleavened bread.
the baking Of which has kept hrn-
dreds OF p ople employed for months
in some forty bakeries on he East
Side.
No baker tells his neighbOr how
much he turns ont; bHt there are
100000 orih dox Jews in New YORK
and an average consumption datiag
the week of ( q pounds for each Pc
son would mean 7.eee.oo0 peands. CT
some S5 0e0 barrels Of -four.
Many bakeries have been working
fox six month on the product which
viii be consumed in a single week.
snd there is one fiv- ST ~ establish
meni in the city where notAiag Is
done al the year except u nanurac-
turs the cracters which are used IN
ueu of bread during the Passove-
aeanson. It's output is old aot Only
70 dealers and consumers n this ctr.