The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
ITALIANS FLOCK
TO THIS COUNTRY.
GOTHAM HAS MORE SWARTHY
SONS or ITALY THAN THEIR
BEAUTIFUL VENICE.
LATEST IN NEW YORK
Is Real King Who Has Hroadway
Office--Mecca For knowledge
Seekers Roosevelt Aids
Russian Famine Relief.

i New York, March l5. Every
year" says signor Nitti, i deputy IA
the italian senate. an Italian prov.
ince Is transferred to America There
are more Italians In the city to-day
/ than there are III all of Venice. Most
/ OF t}aee migrants reach the country
through tha port Of New York As i
/ matter Of figures The number Is some
thing like half 4 million annually.
4 most Of whom come from the inprov-
| erlshed southern provinces and settle
| IN the larger cities, notably Bosten
New ,Yo-k, Washington, New Orleans,
and Chicago, whre many of them
seem to prosper exceedingly we'll
Their property holdings iii this CRY
alone are valued at $60,000 000. More
than $4,000 600 Of this amount con
siats Of deposits in the savings banks
Of Manhattan. They own 10000
stores, 1000 pieces at real sSte and
send more money home than any
other class Of adopted Americans,
Last year the sum amounted to $13.
400 geo, most OF which went ID Italian
savings banks for deposit.
The race IL also credited Or dis
ar dried, with the largest 6hafe of
the more violent crimes, such Ill mur.
der, stabbings, kidnappings and other
anirages of The black hand var 9TH.
This, according 70 Signor Conte. until
tngpnt1y Ssaprafs,., IN ti,,. T4ats., ..
sulate in this city and now the newly
appointed consular agent III Milwau.
tEe, Is directly due to the influence
Of factory life and the unnatural con
dlions ID which Italians are subjected
in the largee cities. Hence the or.
ganization Of an Italian agricultural
colonizatAn scheme enrot gh whica
II y propo4ed to relieve the congesled
districts ana distribute Italian imml
grants TO farm colonies throughout the
South and West
Mecca For knowledge Seekers.
0ne can acquire alAast AJAX kifaa
Of an education IN New York free of
charge or III merely nominal cost
whether II be- four years college
course or a years training al theH
plumbing trade There liz probably noI
other city in the world so free with
It's educationtional gifts in which the
city Itself plays but small part: for
by far the greater amount of free
higher education H. that given by en-
downed schools which are entirely
Zee or nearly so.
Cooper Union is the largest OIL
these, Here, without cent Of cast
other than that for text hooks, anv |
one capable Of passing the entrance
can study almost any
arr science or profession under the
sun and get degree for his pains
and the Institute pcinta with instin |
able pride TO many grad ates of nota- |
bic prominence In the bus ness and
world of today. Among
them is the president of one of the
biggest engineering and contracting
firms in the city, Or. George +.
hunze. the gem expert: and perhaps
the most famous of all the late
George Washington Roebling. who de.
signed and built the Brooklyn Bridge
AT the New York Trad School. for
a merely nominal fee it is possible
10 learn almost any one of the practi /
cal trades. including house pain. ing
5ricklaying. plumbing, plastering tile /
laying, frescoing blacksmithing. nrint |
ing, sign paint ng, cunice work and |
while the various branches
Of the v NJ c. A. ipclude classes in
languages, stenography. mathematics
and business training. importing and
Exporting. moter boating, real estate
investments aud aniomobiling.
Real King Has N. Y. Office.
All the lesser tiles Of nobility have
lecome 50 common in New York that
wen ROYAL duke excites Ht,le more
han passing comment: but real
i've. truly sworn and duly authent'.
iatei king living in New Jersey ans
ioing busin IS in an Office on Broad
Tay, T. good deal more interes 'ng
H- o." MUS rNf ltAfh tENlthNlF scion
# the house Of Dusan. who during the
last two years has organized about
iim iunta # Serriaus. with smat-
ering of Americans. which. with New
York As headGuart RS. has been
working actively for the overthrow Of
King Peter while ava ting a faTorahls
nOment 10 return 10 Servia and claim
lis own.
II is stated by certain Servians here
hat within three months King steph.
"a has iak n the oaths Of Office a.
uler of servia and that his claim
n the hiood-staircd throne Of Alex /
'nfer have been reviewed and sans
Toned By ecclesiastical author 5ies in /
ierria It is further said that IN
government of the Unfcl states an
.l The governments Of Europe have
lad their Official a-eht.on called 10
(Concluaei on second Pagel