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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
$4,000 DESTITUTE
Conditions Around Marasha Appal,
ling-Men Killed and Girls
Carried Away BY Turks.

Beirut, Asiatic Turkey, May IL
The recent rioting in the vlcility of
Marasha has laid waste to that entire
district Marasha itself was spared
although a few persons there were
killed, but withing sixty miles south.
west sixteen villages with a popula-
tion of $S 300 souls were practically
wiped out. Tho only survivors are
boys under ten and old women. TIE
girls were carried away and the men
killed
Telegraphic reports received today
declare that the hungry and naked
number $4,000. The interior districts
districts are still far from settled and
from al directions the most heart
rendering accounts and appeals are
being received here.
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WERE CROSSING RIVER AT PITTS.
BURG-3o CROWDED INTO
LAUNCH WHOSE CA
PACiTY WAS 20.
EIGHT RESCUED BY
man IN A R0WBOAT
Anu One Other Reached Shore by
wimmine-Beleved That Num-
ber of Dead May be 21--
Most of Them Carried
Down by Suction.

Pittsburg, May 1l.-Twenty persons
are missing and all are believed to
have been drowned when gasoline
launch sank in the middle of the
Ohio river rear Schoenville, four
miles below Pittsburg, tonight. OF
the thirty occupants OF the boat only
ten are known to have escaped.
The Missing.
AlbortGraham, pilot; Geo. Thomp-
sd-, Boots O'Neil James Connor,
Walter Low, Thomas Kennedy vii,
liam Guthrie, Henry Vigeli, Dennis
Murphy Tony Bole, Ruskey
Louis Gistcin, Wan. Davis, Joseph
Lyle, viii Burke, two brothers named
Bats, and three others whose names
are unknown
All the mau were employees Of the
Pressed Steel Company at McKees
Rocks plant. The men had been work
ing overtime until O'Clock and left
the works to cross the river in the
launch about fifteen minutes later.
The boat is said to have been intend
ed for not over twenty persons and It
Is said that it was dangerous to at
tempt to carry as many as % in It.
But all the men wanted to get acrosi
on the first trip and the thirty crowd
ed into it,
Suddenly Sank.
When the boat reached the middle
uf the stream where the water Is per.
haps twenty feet deep the boat sud
denly sank. AS it sank it caused
suction which took many of the men
down with it. Others attempted "a
swim ashore but were chilled by tho
cold water and became exhausted be-
fore reaching the shores. So far as
is known, crly ten reached the shore.
2t May Have Perished.
BY midnight il was certain that all
the missing men were drowned and
il is believed that the list will be 81
instaed of 20, as first stated John
Deer who lived on the river bank and
heard the cries for help wont out in a
skiff and saved eight lives One man
swan to the bank and was saved. IT.
is thought that not another of the
thirty reached the shore.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
RIOT SEEMED IMMINENT
Whites and Blacks Came Near Clash
ing in Council Bluffs, Ia, But
Police lnterfered.

Council Bluffs. Ia. May IA
crowd of several hundred persons
white and black tonight gathered at
Tenth street and Broa lway ne,r
where Patrrlman Hcrner was shot
last night and for a time riot was
imminent. The whites declared they
would "clean out" the negro settle
ment in that neighborhooI ami only
the arrival Of a strong force of police
prevented a clash.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
THE SULTAN OBJECTS
To Execution Of 20 Persons, Set For
Today--Court Martial for
Adana Governor.

Constantinople, May 1.-THE exc
oution of twenty persons concerned
in te recent mutiny has been fixed for
tomorrow. but it is reported that the
military authorities have failed TO in.
duce he sultan to sanction the carry
ing out of the Sentence.
II is stated that the council of min.
isters has decided that Djeved Bey,
former governor general of Adana
province must return TO Adana to
stand court martial for completely in
the massacrcs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
STOP SUNDAY BARsERINe.

Madison. Wis. MAY 1.-THE as
Scmbly TODAY ordered cngrossed tho
hiE prohibiting SUNDAY ;arbering. As
the bill was engrossel without a roll
call. It Is considered probable that it
will pass
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
DOPE FIEND ASSAULTS
MICHIGAN LEGISLATOR

Lansing, Mich. May 11.-Represen-
tative William II. Schantz, of Has
tings. was attacked on the street to-
night by an assassin, who cut the leg.
islator's throat with a razor. At the
hospital it was reported that Schantz
would probably recover. 1t is thought
the assault was due to the vagaries of
dope fiend' James Duggan has
been arrested.
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The Dead.
JOSEPH STOVALL.
WILLIAM MORROW.
ROBERT M'FARLAND.

JAMES ROOD
The men were at work in the mix.
ing room at the time Of the explosion
Their bodies were blown into bits.
Immediately after the explosion
the factory took fire anG burned for
two hours, doing great damage. Oae
hundred employees of the plant finally
eXtinguished the blaze, all the while
being in great danger from the large
quantities of explosive stored in the
building The loss exceeds $4,000
This is the fourth time The mixing
room in this factory has blown up.
The first explosion killed three, TIE
second two and the third five men.
The plant produces black and
smokeless powder.
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EXPLOSION IN
POWDER PLANT
FOUR MEN KILLED WHEN MIX
ING HOUSE Is DESTROYED
MILL TOOK FIRE.
LOSS EXCEEDS $4,000
Twenty Workmen injured, Some Seri.
ously-Fourth Time Explosion
Has Occurred at This
Particular Plant.

Columbus, Kas., May 1.-THE mix
ing room of The | aain Rand Powder
mills at Turck station near here,
blew up this afternoon, Killing fur
men.
Twenty workmen were injured,
some seriously.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12

The only Cairo paper with the ser
vice of the Associated Press is The
Bulletin
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
DAYS HARD WORK
BY GRAND JURY
TRYING TO FIND PROOF OF
FALSE AFFfoAViTs AND 9TH
Err ELECTION FRAUDS.
ROBBER FOUND GUILTY
In Spite of Attempt BY "PaIs" TO
Prove Alibi-Good Work by
Court--May Adjourn
Soon.

The grand jury did not finish it's
work yesterday, but Is expected TO do
so today. 1t gave IT'S attention to
matters relating to the lata city elec
tion, probing into several cases t.
which their attention was called. A
number of Witnesses were summoned
and examined, including the city
clerk who was directed to bring the
ballot boxes of the First and Third
wards. the contents OF which were
examined with a view to securin 9
evidence against men who had made
false affidavits for voters. Nothing
ltranspircd last evening to indicate
that the jury had found anything
strong enough to base a true III
upon. A witness named WHiiaTs
who refused TO answer some ores
tions asked was sent before Judge
Butler who explained TO him what
the law was and sent him back to the
Jury room. As he did not come baca
into court it is presumed that he told
all he was asked to tell sThe jury
was in session till nearly D. m.
having returned one true bill against
Floyd Wright who stole a bicycle
from Maynard White. This case will
be taken up by the court this morn
ing.
In Circuit Court.
The only criminal case tried yes
'erlay was that of a negro named
Archie Lee accused of robhing an
other negro named Tom Smith re
cently at Twenty-hfia street and
Washington avenue. Smith said Lee
PIT knife to his inroa5 ami made
him give mp. Lee was arrested and
brought before Justice Fuller wher,
he had a gang OF fellows swear a.
alhi for him: but Judge Fuller &c
fused to accept their testimony sus
pecting it to he false. and sent The
prisoner to the county jail. The
same witnesses appeared at the triai
Yesterday. but it appears tine iurs
also refused to believe them. and
after arguing the case some hours
brought in verdict of guilty last
night
Pleas OF gritty were made bv pleas
Jackson. who stole from McKnieht.
Keaton Grocery Co. anT by San
Johnson. who stole fascinators from
an Illinois Central car They wsr1
sent to the state rsforuaiorv. Othrl
cases disucsed of by the court were.
J. II. Kelly IS. W f. Mccarthy. az
peal: Judgment for plaiatih again
defendant for $40.
John VI. LOgsdCn VS. Chicago Mil
and Lumber Co. treSnass: case sub
(Coneluded on Second Psgs)
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r II e
THREE / LEAGUE.
At Determination.

Bloomington. May li-Rock Island
defeated Bloomington in a pitchers
battle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12

Many advertisers know that th5
Bullein covers Cairo like blanket.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
A. Detroit.

Detroit, May 1.-THE visiting I'm
field was put in the air by Detroit s
base running.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
Cubs Defeat New York Nationals
Detroit 10 New York S in the
American--Results in Other
Leag@cs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing,
At New York.

New York, May IL Errors by
Doyle and Bridewell helped Chicago
defeat New York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
At Cleveland.
At Chicaao.

Chicago. MAY ll.-Chicago won
lc-g drawn out and poorly played
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Concluded or Fifth PsgeJ
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-12
District Attorney Surprised.
Father Deeoly erieved.

IN striking contrast to the de-
mcanor of tho prisoner, was the grief
If his aged father. Genera Peter c.
Hains. and his brother, Major John
Powers Hans. For moment thew
sat as II dazed, then broke DOWN and
wept. Captains Hains aged motheF
was not In court
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Concluded On Second Page.)
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
Auti-Dirt Crusade.

Washington's spotless town crusade will
produce results 1t has already pro-
duced results. A captain and lieutenants
have been chosen for Washington's WON
ems cleanup army, the plan of campaign
has been determined, the time of attack
set and dirt will fly. The very knowledge
that such experts in housecleaning and
housekeeping in Washington are on guard
has stirred the superintendent of stree,
cleaning and his force of men to their
utmost endeavor.
The spotless town campaign is good
move and the Twentieth Century Club
and the other women's clubs of the Dis
trict deserve the reward of public thanks
for having taken the initiative.
Next Thursday has been set as clean
up day The chairman OF the cleanup
organization said at the meeting of the
anti-dirt crusaders yesterday that every
woman in the city was expected to see
that her front yard and the parking and
sidewalk in front of her house were
cleared OF paper and other debris by 6
o'clock Thursday morning in order to fur.
nish an object lesson to the District.
1t is reported In the news columns that
the chairman said that it would not be
necessary for the women themselves, In
all cases. to do the cleaning Husbands
servants or employed agents could do the
actual work, she said under direction OF
the women.
Husbands will appreciate the compIi-
menr of being given preference over serv-
ants and employed agents. Here is a
chance for the husband to demonstrate
that he Is good for something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09

A long step forward toward the re-
preston of unruly and irresponsible
auto drivers was lately taken in New
York by the National Highway Protec-
tive Association. One of the leading
objects Of this association is to keep
watch over the chauffeurs who steal
their employers machines and use them
for Joy riding. and 1t is intended to
extend the supervision to such owners
as may themselves transgress the laws.
1t has been announced In the press
that the association will aid in the
prosecution of all offenders against the
traffic laws; that it will organize de-
tective force to get evidence of such
violations; that 1t will urge the pas.
sage Of legislation making an owner
responsible for injury that may be In
nicted by his automobile. no matter
who is running It; that 1t will keen q
card index OF all violators. whether ar.
rested or not. showing the character
| Of each offense reported by the detec-
tive Of the association; and that il
will seek to extend the organisation
to all parts of the country.
Reckless, careless persons with the
means Of travelling through city streets
at faster pace than the great body Of
citizens have always been q disturbing
element. A couple Of generations ago.
| when most Of Americas city streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
The Next House.

There is much discussion of the cues.
tion as TO whether tariff revision will cost
the republicans the next House. The tar
if Is always more or less perilous. You
cannot please everybody. and everybody
is. in some measure. interested in the
tariff. What must be calculated, there
fore, in new tariff legislation Is the
greatest good to the greatest number
Ours is a government of majority rule,
and If you fail to serve the majority, or
10 convince II that what you have done is
in its interest. you lose at the polls at the
next election.
The New York World is inclined to be-
lieve that the Payne bill will fail to
please the country, and says of the pre-
vious tariff revision by the republicans:
THE Dingley tariff would have cost the
republicans the Fifty-sixth Congress but
for the war with Spain. AS II was, the
republican majority in the House was
only thirteen"
Ii is hardly fair TO ascribe the republi-
can success in the congressional elections
of 1895 to the war with Srkin. There
was no loud outcry against the Dingley
law. which was a success from the outset
1T had been in operation for more than a
year, and business had rapidly revived
under 1t. Upon the whole, the country al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
Exes and the Future.

An old quiz about office-holders states
that there are few deaths and no resig-
nations. 1t has been believed. too. that In
the case of office-seekers there are no
declinations As to the latter proposition
a new record is making. Several i'm
portant places have recently been de-
clned by men against whom fortune
turned at the last elections. They are
classed as office-seekers but have plans
which are inducing them not to be easily
tempted They will take some chances
about getting back into harness.
Something depends. of course, upon
the circumstances of the recent defeat.
The man who lost last November by a
narrow margin and has hope of winning
at the next trial does well to decline an
appointment at this time even to a high
salaried office. and especially IL accept
ance would take him out of the country.
He should remain close to base and In
touch with his home people. He cannot
keep his eye fixed too closely on the
gun. An absence of only year or two
might cost him dearly.
Politics is now what may be charac-
teTized as a steady game-an all-the-year-
round occupation Party headquarters
are open at all hours of the day and
night. and party committees meet oftener
and sit longer than many boards of di-
rectorS in the business world. This
makes it necessary for all who seek office
for themselves or for others to- follow
every move made and appraise every
change that occurs promptly. A man
abroad on a diplomatic mission. or at a
distance in this country under an execu-
tive appointment is out of 1T at home.
The man of power there is the one on
deck. who keeps his books posted and
strikes a trial balance every night.
The-case of Judge Taft might appear as
a refutation of this. or as an exception to
the rule. AS matter of fact it is neither
When Judge Taft left home for Manila
he was neither in politics nor cherish
ing political ambition. He had given up
the bench at the Presidents request. but
in the hope of returning to it after a
few years TO occupy a seat in higher
court. Politics came later, and as a sur
prise to him.
And politics would not have come at all
if Judge Taft had remained in the Philip
pines. He might have continued until
last year his admirable service at Manila
without making any impression on Ameri-
can politics His presidential star arose
upon his return home and his assumption
of the duties of political Office. AS Sec
rotary of War he became a factor in po-
litcal affairs, and got into touch with the
organization of his party in his home
state and elsewhere. He was able from
that time to note every move made on the
presidential board. and to confer with his
friends about what should be done in
behalf Of his boom.
The man Iooking'to the people for pre-
ferment should be close to the people. He
cannot Swing things from a distance.
Home is where the heart is. And office is
where the home is.
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Gov. Hughes.

The New York assembly yesterday re-
jected Gov. Hughes proposition for direct
primaries. but In the evening at Roches-
ter the governor before an audience OF
four thousand people renewed his support
OF it. Maybe the battle has just begun.
The question is one of the highest i'm
portance. and has been gaining in the
country for q decade. And Gov. Hughes
has not taken his position without an ex-
animation Of what Is involved. He has
conspicuously two of the elements that
make for neutrality-suspicious. In getting
at facts, and courage In the use of the
facts when obtained. He does not love
the bosses. nor do the bosses. in either
party. love him. It Is a contest between
them.
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Georgia's New Convict System.

The abolition of the convict lease sys-
tenn by the state of Georgia is cheerful
note Of progress in the south. 1t Is also
a tribute to the power of the press and
the influence of enlightened public opin-
ion.
One plank in the platform on which
Joseph NJ. Brown was nominated for
governor last June called for the ex-
tinction of the practice of leasing con-
victs to private contractors. This treat
ment of prisoners and the stories of hard
ship coming with persistent frequency
from the convict camps have offended
the moral sense of the people in and out
of Georgia. 1t brought obloQuy on the
empire state of the south The old sys-
tenn was baneful. vicious and degrading.
1t lacked every element OF the reforma-
tory spirit which should enter into the
treatment Of prisoners.
Under the new order the convicts will
be employed in building and improving
public roads. This ID commendable, In
that 1t provides wholesome work for con-
victs. reimburses the state for their keep
ing and brings to the people Of the state
the benefit Of better highways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
They Have Learned to Talk.

The art Of conversation is not lost. 1t
is making satisfactory progress. A num-
Der of prominent men-public characters
or quasi public characteristic cultivating
the art. Their tongues. once inactive,
havesbecome nimble. Once close-mouthed,
their lips now move like those Of ordinary
men. Take the case of Mr.. Hartman.
At one time he was SO dumb that he
would not talk for publication even In the
sign language. Now it is SO different.
Words do not fail him. He has become
fluent. Once it was as hard for news
paper reporter to get anything out OF
Mr.. Hartman as out of burglarproof
bank vault after banking hours. He was
as difficult to approach as the tenth as
sistant secretary of some back bureau In
an executive department In Washington
But now he sends for reporters. shakes
hands with them. treats them civilly,
talks their wads of copy-paper full and
hands out typewriter interviews for pub
LEGATION. He has grown talkative on the
subject Of the governments attitude
toward railroads.
Then there is Mr.. Rockefeller. The
Sphinx was more loquacious than he.
Not SO now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
LoaferS.
From the Leavenworth Times.

From the Leavenworth Times.
Why Is q lOafer, anyway? If the loafer
at the very best does no good for him
self he certainly harms those with whom
he comes In contact. We have frequently
heard the remark that there Is but Is
cents difference between the man who
works and the man who doesn't. and that
the latter has 1t. When particularly the
young men Of a town see a lOafer who
somehow manages to get along on no in
come, they are inclined to believe that
the world owes them a living also and
work becomes Objectionable to them. when
1t should be a pleasure. We have too
much patience with loafers.. We should
learn from the bee, which. when 1t can
secure conclusive evidence against the
drone, drives him out. A loafer Is va
grant. He ought to be treated as such
unless he can be compelled to go to work
In Leavenworth. for instance. there are
loafers. and this in spite of the fact that
there is an abundance of employment
here. If under these circumstances these
loafers refuse to work. they should be
compelled to get out of town. or stay at
home, where they could not exert a bad
influence upon others by their idleness.
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that time was very much pleased with the
new law.
Mr. watterson. taking up the subject
says this:
There is every reason to believe that
We shall carry the next congressional
elections. There are many reasons for be-
lieving that we shall be able to clear the
decks for a national victory in 1912"
But no reasons are vouchsafed. Mr..
watterson is Of buoyant temperament.
and a little given to carrying elections.
congressional and presidential. with a
whoop and with ease before they take
place. Judge Parker won in this way
in 1904. and Mr.. Bryan last year. When
the election figures fail to fulfill Mr.. Wat
tersons predictions. SO much the worse
for the figures.
The republicans. however. have. I'M
doubtedly, a problem on their hands. A
seriously defective new tariff law might
cost them dearly in November Of next
year. A deficit In the Treasury at that
time, or the receipts running neck and
neck with the expenditures. with a bond
issue looming up. would make their con-
gressional campaigns drag heavily. The
people want a comfortable balance in the
Treasury. and associate 1t with good
times and a good tax law.
On the other hand. a successful new
law, bearing not too heavily upon either
producer or consumer, yielding revenue
enough easily to pay the government
way upon liberal lines Of living. and
while keeping up wages at home. open
ing up new markets abroad, should Sc
cure another House to the republicans.
The country does not like continuous
tariff agitation. Business suffers. and
most especially under a threat of deep
cuts in the schedules leading toward an
exclusively revenue basis. And as Mr..
Bryan and his friends are advocating a
tariff for revenue only. and as they are
the democratic party, the country must
turn to them If 1t turns away from the
republicans. 1t will not make such a turn
next year except under the most extreme
provocation.
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were quiet lanes compared with their
present congested state. much trouble
was given pedestrians and the police by
a class of horse owners. A man with
q fast trotter did not care to resist
the temptation to show the speed OF
his horse and considered any street
where the going was good" in the
nature of a speedway. Pedestrians were
in the way. but what of that? What
right had a humble foot passenger that
a man with a good horse need respect7
The horses were not really fast, but
their owners thought they were. Those
were the days when a horse trottins
go gait caused men to throw aloft
their hats. Reckless Driving on the
Avenue" was frequent headline in The
Evening Star forty and fifty years ago.
Then came the bicycle age. Fiery and
impetuous youths took to the wheel.
and a man or woman who could not
tear through the streets and swirl
around corners at breakneck speed was
in the way. The bicycle maniac was
at length restrained.
Now the auto comes in. often with its
high horsepower and remarkable. speed
veritable rubber-tired locomotive.
Streets are fuller of pedestrians and
slow-going teams than they used to be
and the dangers of street traffic have
vastly increased
Nothing should be said against the
auto itself. 1t is a wonder-wagon. For
this very reason a greater obligation
rests upon the driver to operate 1t with
extreme caution. and with a spirit OF
good. will toward his less speedy
countrymen.