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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22
MOUNDS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Mrs. s. J. Bolstad was a Mound
City shopper Friday.
Miss Jessie. Schuler of Mound City
was in Monnds on business yester-
day.
The infantechild Of MIR. and Mrs.
ToGmy died Thursday night. The
funeral will be held in Jackson,
Tenn. ~
Rev. Runalls is moving into one
of DR.. Royals houses ON Blanche
avenue.
DR.. Hudson will move into the
one he vacates,
The show given at Owega Friday
evening was very fine. Mr., Hagan
will always give you a good show.
As good as you will see in our large
cities.
| Mr. and Mrs. n. B. Camp have as
their guests Mr.. Camps mother and
brother from Texas
The Busy Bees of the Congrega-
tional church held business meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Ida Nelson
! Thursday afternoon.
Raymond Grain was in Cairo
shopping Friday
Mrs. A. C. Burr visited in Mound
City Friday.
Misses Edna Deasley Is visiting
Mrs. Fred Ball in Jackson, Tenn.
l Miss Ruth Entswinger of Terrt
Haute. Ind, is visiting Miss
Blanche Thistlewood.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

Little Miss Iva McClintock went
to Cairo yesterday morning to meet
her sister, Miss Ethel, who was re-
turning home from Carbondale, H.,
where she has been attending the
spring term of normal. Both will
spend week as guests of Cairo
relatives.-Mtl Carmel Republican.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

never submitted to arbitration the
claims of Colombia FOR redress for
the loss OF Panama
THE fact that ii has not been
arbitrarily does not relieve the
United States from it's responsible
ty," said Senator Bacon at is
is still burning question and II is
to our eternal Disgrace that we
should treat weaker nation as we
have Colombia"
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22
Miss blanchard Ill.

y Miss Minnie Blanchard, formerly
saleslady at Carnes dry goods store.
has been i'll for some time at the
home OF her parents, Or, and Mrs.
Blanchard of Golden. She was tax
on to hospital in st. Louis for
treatment few days ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

The Misses Lattuer Of st. Louis,
daughters of George Lattner of this
city, are the guests Of Miss Gerald
inc Doud of Fourth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

Miss Ida Kaiser Of ST. Louis is
visiting her relatives, Mrs. s. Grus-
kin Mrs. j. Kaiser and Mrs. Ho-
Witz
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

Mrs. r. A. Blanchard and little
daughter, Carol. return to their
home at st. Louis after several
weeks visit with the formers pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. zim Bishop Of
.2aos Sycamore street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

Oat Bonds came up from Memphis
yesterday to spend the day with his
wife who resides at Sl4 Twentieth
street. xS,sgsi .sTtfi'kia
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

Miss Alice Sourlock of Paducah
is visiting friends In the city this
week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22
Reverss. Kick.

Jealousy doesn't take much to start,
and nothing to keep It going. .--Atchi'
kon Globe,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

Dick Roberts has returned from
d visit to Louisville, Ky,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22

New York, July 81 Herbert
Knox Smith. recently resigned as
commissioner Ct corporations, is ex-
pected here in day or two for
conference with Colonel Roosevelt
regarding the political future. In
his letter of resignation Mr.. Smith
announced tha. he intended to ally
himself with the Progressive party.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-22
WEATHER.
49, -

llinois-Local showers Monday
in South; fair and warmer in North
portion; Tuesday fair.
Kentucky-Local showers Mon
day; fair Tuesday.
Missouri-Local showers Mon
day, except generally fair in the
northwest portion; Tuesday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Most Noted Isthmus

from the Christian Herald
 The Bridge of Seas" is the striking name which Finder gives to the narrow isthmus which connected the Gulf of corinth with the Aegean Sea. It is one of the most interesting strips of soil on the five continents It is the isth- mus, par excellence. of all the world for from its greek name, Isthmia, every other isthmus has been named.
 The ancicnts were not good sailors. They never went by sea where they could conveniently go by land. and to cross this narrow neck of land. only four miles wide. saved them many a weary league of sailing around stormy coast in going from Peloponnesus to At tica. and. indeed. from Europe to Asia
 The southeastern point of Attica wa especially dangerous, and an old prov erb used to run: When you are round ing Cape Malla, forget all you have a, home Indeed. navigation in these seas was almost wholly abandoned in the winter months, and we remember in the graphic account of St Paul's ship wreck he advised tho captain to winter In the Creton harbor of Fair Ravens Through disregarding this advice dis aster came to ship and crew and prison CTS alike. No wonder. then. that the isthmus, which the ancient city of Cor inth dominated became at one time the busiest and perhaps the most notable strip of land which the world knew. More battles have been fought, more dynasties established or dethroned just here. in all probability. than in any other spot on the earth's surface.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

Pullman cars sold this week by the
Pullman agency, included touring ears
to l.. Perna, L. Sherman, and A. II.
Ccrdes. and roadster TO ]. Beller.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
ESCAPE MADE GOOD,
BY CONF F|DENCE MEN
. WHOROBBEDW VISITOR
Start to Match Pennies and
Finally Get $40 and
Diamonds. i

Gambling on the White House lawn 10
practically the only charge that could
be preferred against the two clever con-
fidence men who are being hunted by
the police today for swinding r. 4.
Maxwell, a Kingsbury, Cal, druggist, OF
$40 in checks and diamonds in penny
matching game yesterday. The men are
still at large and bid fair to make good
their escape with their loot.
Maxwell was met by one Of the swind.
lers while he was walking in the Cap
itol grounds. He was taking pictures
of the grounds and the Capitol build
ing when the first of the two strangers
accosted him. They engaged In con-
versation. Maxwell was glad to haye
ompany and when the other man said
he too was stranger In the city, the
two Joined each other in seeing the
sights.
At Fifteenth street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest. the two men met an
Hglishman. who also was seeing the
sights" He Joined them and the three
men, all of whom on the surface had
Just met each other, jeurneyed towards
versation game of matching pennies
| was suggested by stranger number one.
You put down heads each time and
| we'll win all of this Englishman's a
| money" said stranger number one IN
Maxwell, who assented to the sugges-
1 ton.
The three men played and the English
| man became very angry and accused
| his two companions OF being "bunco
men," He even threatened to call the
police in his anger. He suggested that
Maxwell put up some real money. The
latter handed to stranger number one
his travellers checks and his diamond
ring. Then the Englisman's ire rose
| higher. Stranger number one hinted that
the Englishman was going to call the
| nolice. He suggested that Maxwell run
| around the corner and that he would
meet him and give him back his prop
erty in a minute. Maxwell waited much
longer than a minute he told the police.
but the man never returned.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

eades was being filed. without fuss or
furry. a.
So urgent has been the demand for a
ouick, dependable cross-bay connection
that baltimore bushiness men have seri-
uusly considered the difficult and expen-
sive plan of bridging Chesapeake Bay.
When the limo was first esta blished n
feeder system of automobiles was
planned. -Four automobiles. carrying
Forty ,people each and capable of max
ing thirty miles an hour; were pur-
sengers and transport them to the
water terminal. maintaining a regular
schedule. Every thing was lovely for
day. On the second day 1t was
found that the roads we're SO narrow
that trouble occurred whenever a team
was passed. On the third day It rained.
The big machines went into the ditch.
There they remained. The $4,000 worth
Of tine automobiles are. now In storage
feurs have sought other fields. Given
nike roads, however, President NcIn-
tosh believes that automobiles may be
made a valuable feeder for any wator
passenger system.
One of the most encoura ging symptoms
uf the new enterprise is the spirit oil
| it's employees. The Eastern Shore
| Steamship Development Company now
employs 175 men. and every one IL
pulling for the company. From the
| they ali Ike II. Tho boats leave nr
| time and arrive on time, every business
! chance is locked after with the ceierits
/ OF a wall Street ofhce. and the whoit
force is sure that the fast little line II
4 q winner
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
BULLET|NCONDEMNS
FNE.yEAR TENURE
TOFEDERAL CLERKS
Committee Of One Hundred
Declares Proposed Plan Is
Most Unbusinesslike.

The five-year term in the executive,
legislative and judicial appropriation
bill is again denounced this week by the
Committee of One Hundred in it's bull
letin prepared by former Senator
Charles Dick. The bulletin discusses
what would be the effect on the Gov
ernment service of this f1ve-year lmi-
tation of appointment-length in the
classified service.
THE proposal at this late day to limit
all appointments here to term of years
seems like turning back the hands of
the clock,'' says the bulletin. lin an
era when progressive ideas are triumph
ing 1t would generally be accepted as q
return to condemned political practices
of twenty and more years ago.
washington has often seen what the
late former President Cleveland called
the madness for .spoils in first efflor-
escence,' and the frenzied rush for office
by hordes of hungry partisans which
the city has repeatedly seen in the past
would be no worse than the spectacle
which would be seen here in 1917 on the
expiration of the first five-year term OF
office, especially If there has been 9
change in party control.
"Of course, 1t is said that this pro-
posed change in the law Is not ploW
aimed at the merit system, but such q
claim will deceive no one. Like the
four-year term of office law passed ir
the Monroe Administration, 1t Is a piece
of sharp political practice. That Law
was passed ostensibly for the purpose
of building up the public service; 1t!
real purpose was to build up a machine
Jefferson spoke of 1t as the mischievou'
law vacating every four years nearly
all the executive offices of the Govern
ment' 1t has been referred to as TN
quadrennial slaughter; relic of Ameri
can savageness.'
1.-THE executive departments" say
General Dick, in conclusion, ARE mere
ly branches of big business, whicl
should be run on business principles
From that standpoint nothing could b
more absurd than five-year term o
employment Who would deposit hi
money in a bank whose managemen
announced as it's policy that 1t woul
dismiss its employees every FIVE years
Who would entrust his life to a rail-
road operated on such system?
"The proposition Is indefensible. un
busnesslike and demoralizing."
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
AEROPLANE INVENTOR
AND WIFE MURDERED
Former Secretary Of c. H. Toliver
Shoots Couple-Confesses
When Arrested Today. =

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May &C. H.
Toliver, Of San Francisco, dirigible air.
ship inventor and builder, and his wife
were murdered here late last night by
Bert H. Lewis, former secretary to Toll
yer.
Lewis was arrested early today and
confessed to the crime.
Lewis said that during the absence of
Toliver and his wife during the evening
he went to the house and secreted him
self within and waited for the return
of Mr.. and Mrs. Toliver, when he shot
them.
Lewis and Toiver severed business re-
lations last fall, at which time Lewis
brought suit against the inventor and
Mrs, Toliver, accusing them OF having
alienated the affections of his wife. He
lost a suit for damages and was sued
in turn by ToliVer for the return OF
certain sums of money, which suit Toll
yer won,
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
NEW STEAMER LINE
GREAT AID TO CITY
Merchants Citizens, Tourists, and Farmers Brought
Into Close Touch by Boats to East
ern Shore.

A line of communication has been
established between Annapolis and the
eastern shore of Chesapeake bay. which
will open to Washington merchants
score of busy towns and hundreds of
fertile acres, and to Washington tour
lists a short cut to sea resorts, and pro-
vide a remedy for traffic conditions
that have long been the bane of both
business man and pleasure seeker.
Using the boats of the Eastern
Shore Development Steamship Com
d. ny, which run from Annapolis to
Claiborne and Cambridge, one may
leave Washington at $40 in the morn
ing, reach Claiborne at S:15, spend an
hour and a half in the fertile fields and
fine country places along the Eastern
Shore, and be back in Washington at
o'clock in the afternoon. Or he may
leave Washington at 5:10 in the morn
ing, land at Claiborne, and proceed to
Ocean City, spend four hours there,
and be back in washington at 1920 at
night. Under former traffic conditions
this trip would have consumed prac-
tically all of two days:
The time to Cambridge, a hustling
city of nearly 1900 people, has been
back of Cambridge is solid line OF
those boarding houses so dear to the
heart of the Washington vacation
seeker. The new boat line, running
| from Annapolis, allows one to make the
| trip to Cambridge in FIVE hours.
The same advantages will accrue to
the pleasure seeker are onered the mer,
chant. Washington will hereafter gel
berries, green groceries, and fruit fresh
from the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake
bay only a few hours after they are
| TAX en- from the vine, the earth, or the
tree. Hitherto Eastern Shore products
have been nearly two days old before
they reached the Washington market.
Now In Operation.
| The line has been in operation onl,
since May T. but the president of the
| company, A. J.\McIntosh, a New Yorl
man who is now camping on the joi
at Annapolis, frequently receives 30
|, letters of inquiry in a day regarding
the line. the territory it reaches, ant
the time required.
To the Eastern Shore people the lin
Is welcomed as savior, and when tn
first boat steamed into Cambridge 1t wa
received by 200 enthusiastic persons, in
Guiding the city officials.
Two sturdy passenger boats are nov
operated-the Atlantic, 11S-foot YES
sci of the ordinary passenger type
which makes thirteen and a half mile
an hour, and the Texas, the converte
private yacht Of Colonel Green, son o
Mrs. Hetty Green. The Texas make
sixteen miles an hour, and Is one o
the prettiest of Chesapeake bay craft
A new freight steamer, to be known a
the A. J. Mcintosh, will be in servic
in two weeks. The passenger boat
carry no freight, and the crews are be
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

ing bred in the religion that time
table is a promise. The boats leave on
the minute. and so far have arrived
on schedule.
Appreciation of the new venture was
first shown by the residents OF cam
bridge and the adjacent territory NOW
annapolis is waking up and It m be- be-
line will shortly be recognized In WASH
ington and Baltimore.
Paying Expenses.
The company started expecting to run
at a loss during the first season. Six
days after the Cambridge line was
established the boat was on a paying
business. The Claiborne line, less ex-
pensive to operate, has been running
for twenty days, and very nearly pays
expenses.
A new dock is being built at Annap-
oils. The cars Of the Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis electric line run
| to II now, and when It is completed the
cars will be shunted on to the dock,
where passengers may step on the boat
at once. No time is lost in the transfer
| on either shore. the electric and steam
| roads maintaining schedule that
| makes a continuous passage.
| Much land has been acquired at Clal.
borne, including 140 feet on the waters
edge, where new dock Is being erect
|
erected at this village. The structure
| will overlook the bay, fringed on the fal
| side by the green trees OF Kents Island
| Eventually trolley line will be bull
| from Claiborne back into the fertile
| farm regions where more than 40
splendid country places are now located
OF these fine farms, equipped with thu
best buildings and implements ant
graced by country houses of luxurious
owned by New York residents, Will,
many of the remainder are owned b!
| Western persons of wealth whose an
| cestors came from the Eastern Shor,
back to the old soil and have made o
its rich earth and gentle hills a rura
paradise.
The opposition OF the Pennsylvani:
| railroad to any line of communication
that would seriously interfere with tn
monopoly of the Baltimore. chesapeake
ard Atlantic on the Maryland Deninsul,
In establishing quick cross-bay line
The new line is proceeding indepen
IDENTIFY, but has rot attempted to an
taGonize- the Pennsylvania It is be
lieVcd that the huge Increase in trans
bay traffic will prove to be a mutua
benetlt.
Quietly Started.
The new line was started wtthou
! the help OF q brass band. Presiden
Mcintosh Is a. business man of wild
experience He thought he saw
good transportation field going to Wa ste
when capital was found for the prof
ect the money was quietly spent an
the work actually done before person
realized that a need Of nearly two dc
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

Congratulations today are being ex-
tended to Arthur Foraker for his sue
cess in winning the first sociability run
of the Automobile Club of washington.
Driving a Marmon car Mr.. Foraker
yesterday negotiated the twenty-five
and one-half mile course in hour, 81
minutes IS seconds, or fifteen seconds
more than the time set by Commission
er Cuno Rudolph.
His success in winning the handsome
silver loving cup donated by the Cook
q Stoddard Company was due to the
fact that he maintained an even pace
throughout the contest carefully OBJ
serving the speed regulations. both
in the city and on the Conduit road
1T was my first sociability rum"
said Mr.. Foraker, as the trophy was
handed handed to him by Referee William
my success" Mr. Foraker is con-
nected with the Potomac Motor Com
pany and is agent for the car in which
he won the contest.
| dolph was hour, "a minutes, 20 sec
| onds. Charles H. Orme, in an Apper-
son, and George A, Bentley, driving a
Regal roadster. made the run in
tied for second place. 1t will be neces-
| sary for them to draw lots to deter
mine who gets second hcnors. -Four
position was taken by John LItz, WHO
| competed IN DOtn tne SOCl0Dlllty runs
| Of The Washington Times. The othor
prize winners In the order of their
position were as follows: Charles H.
| Cross, Warren; G. II. Williams, Craw-
ford; ]. II. Earle. R-C-H; z. Martin
card c. Schroth. Warren; DR.. j.: ]
| Ksveny. Warren; Earle & Allen
IIupp-Y Yeats electric: Gordon II. Cowie
Cole: Elliott P. Hough, Matheson; Jacl
Cassidy, Marion; ]. j. Tracy. Stearns
c. Royce Hough, Emf; e. II. Johan'
sen, Flanders; c. hoppmeyer
In addition to winning the ninth
prize Mrs. Annie Boher was ais,
awarded the special prize, a motor bon
net for being the first woman drivcl
to cover the route nearest the secre
time.
The run was the most successful
contest the automobile club has eve
promoted and II Is likely the run will
become an annual event Large crowd
of spectators watched the start OF tn
run on Sixth street, below Pennsyi
vania avenue, and the finish at tn
clubs country home on Georgia avenue
The entry list closed with seventy-fou
nominations and only four contestant
declined the issue. With two excep
tons every car completed the course.
One Of the easiest riding cars in the so
cisbility run yesterday was the Maxwell
entry CT i. T. Donohoe. 1t was equippe
with ]. M Shock sbsorbers. and tn
humps in the road had no terrors 70
Mr.. Dopohoe. who negotiated the roug
places in the road without the leas
| hit OF discomfort to the passengers
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Pennsylvanians Object
To Proposed Rates

Charging that railroads in western
Pennsylvania propose to raise excursion
rates to amusement parks to the level
of first class, although providing second
class transportation equipment, the
Carnegie (Pa.) board of trade and
other civic bodies have appealed to the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
relief.
They say the proposed increase is un-
rea Sonable.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Traction Employe
Is Killed by Wire

WILMINGTON, Del. May 26-William
Sapp. aged thirty-five years, employed
by the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company, was electrocuted
while at work on top OF pole shortly
before noon today.
The body became fast in a network of
wires. Fellow-employes of the unfor-
tunate man went to his rescue, but lie
was extinct.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Run on Bank.

Postmaster General Hitchcock was
notified by telegram yesterday of an
extraordinarily heavy run of deposits In
the Windsor Locks, Conn, postal saw
ings bank, due to the failure of pri-
vate savings bank in that city.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
AUTOMOBII-E E RUN
DECIDED SUCCESS
Arthur Foraker Wins First Prize by Coming Nearest to
Secret Time in Sociabilty Event Under Auspices
of Motor Club.
By HARRY WARD.

]. NJ. shock absorbers originated in
Europe and have been on the American
market about seven months. Ii that time
IVA shinstsn ling aaa motorists i feas are fes taxing
gre at deal OF interest in the absorber.' -
said Mr.. Donohoe. ''and We are at
taching on an average OF two gets a
the automobiles In the Barnum e. Bale J
circus are equipped with j. NJ. shock alb.
sorters.
l'red u. Pyle. the architect. was
among the purchasers of EMF cars
this week. lie secured touring car
and will make several tours during the
summer. Other sales of EN- r cars re.
ported by the Commercial Automobile and
supply Company were as follows: DIR
Andrew Stewart, Hugh Wallis, HowarJ
Boyd, S. Shellhorne, and C.. II. Smith.
Pullman cars sold this week by the
Pullman agency. included touring ear,
t. L. Perna, L. Sherman, and A. H
Cnrdes. and n roadster TO j. Beller.
Miller Brothers report the sale o.
Ford cars to Pembroke Shipley, w. G
Allen, J. A. Carroll, Louis Hill. B. +
Fords were also sold to @. A. Kersh
ner. OF Rockville, Nd.
Charles Stein has purchase an R-C-F
runabout from Earle G. Allen.
THE chances are about even that tn
Marmon's world records will stand Ii
the second international sweepstake
race at the Indianapolis speedway OF
Thursday, is the opinion Of Ray Har
roun, driver of the Marmon Wasp
| last years winner, as advanced at tn
Nordyle e. Marmon factory.
1T Is practically up to the, weathe
| man no matter what power the car
| are capable of developing or wha
speed they make In practice. Las
year when the Marmon Wasp set tn
| records of 400 miles in 323 minute
| IS seconds, and 500 miles in 402 minute
| S seconds, at an average of H61 milo
per hour, the weather was ideal. Thi
| year, If IL is just a trife hotter on tn
brick speed track, it means more tire
will be burnt up. and tire changes TAX
time. A wind of any reasonable veloC
| ity is also going to be a serious faC
| tor for the record breakers TO conten
| to consider when you start out to aver
\ age nearly rs miles per hour for owe
| six hours continuously and the chance
1 against you increase for every mil
you draw nearer to the 800 mari
| Another point about last years rae
| which Is most interesting is that II
Marmon did the last hundred mile
In faster time than any other centur
In the race. When a car can stand II
pace and forge to the front in 300 mil,
and then go out and lead the race
400 and then make the last hundr'
at an even higher speed without q
adjustment, every condition, includir
the weather, must he right"
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

One Of the easiest riding cars in the So
entry CT /. T. Donohoe. 1t was equipped
with ]. M. Shock sbsorbers, and the
humps in the road had no terrors for
Mr. Dopohoe, who negotiated the rough
places in the road without the least
hit OF discomfort to the passengers.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

Ford cars to Pembroke Shipley, w. G
Allen, J. A. Carroll, Louis Hill, B. +
Adams, e. Barry, Robert Lamon. 81,
Fords were also sold to G. A. Kersh
ner, OF Rockville, Md.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

Charles Stein has purchased an R-C-H
runabout from Earle & Allen.