The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-04
'DANcEROF FLOOD
On THE INCREASE
INS0UTHPORT|ON
Gov. Dunn Responds to Appeal Fo.
Help Prem Southern Illi-
nois Towns.
MANY PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS
Scarcity ID Labor at Cairo Makes
Situation Extremely Critical
Says Springfield Dispatch.

tNitNhSfOt ~ 9otC ot9if0A az
hourly and the number OF distress
ccaters is rapidly increasing. Gov
crnor Dunno and Adjutant Genera
Dickson, with their food hcadquar
ters in the state house, are in toucl
with Cairo. Alexander county
Shawneotown, Gallatin county
Naples. Scott county; Junction City
Gallatln county; Mound City, Pulas
ki county: Beardstown, Cass county
and Valley City. Pike county.
Emergency orders from civi
authorities in All of those towns an,
cities have been filled.
At Cairo a desperate battle Is be
ing waged, to hold the rising water
back with stand bags.
About 1900 Troops at Cairo.
There are now seventeen com
panies of militia at Cairo. three a
Shawneetown and two at Mound
City.
Beardstown reports families be
Ing driven from the lowlands.
Mound City is In imminent danger
of being wiped off the map.
Cairo reports the river rising rap.
idly and the situation most critical.
Valley City ordered tents for
refugees from the lowlands.
Naples sent distress call. indi.
eating that town in great distress
and asking for forty tents.
Junction City ordered tents and
said the emergency was pressing.
River Still Rising.
That the river was still rising
and that laborers who are needed ts
throw the sand bags along the con
crete levee To increase its height art
fleeing from the city was the start
ling information received yesterday
by Govrnor Dunno and Adjutant
General Dickson from Cairo. II
add to the tenseness of the situation
thousands of refugees from the bot
tom lands are rushing into Cairo
while other thousands of inhabitanti
Of that city are rushing out in panic
ut is the labor situation there
which now seems most distressing,
said the adjutant general. as he hes
itated during the rush of messages
to talk to the newspaper men. The
civil authorities report that in re.
sponsa to the food warnings many
of the laborers have left their posts
We have instructed the civil author.
tiles to make what use they can oi
the soldiers and to put them on lab
orers' duties II necessary"
Up Against Labor Problem.
Governor Dunno, who, with Ad
iutapt General Dickson, spent nearly
the entire night Sunday night try
ing to re-establish communication
with Cairo, which was broken of
that night before midnight, receive,
word yesterday by telephone direct
ly from Sheriff A. S, Fraser of Alex
ander county that an emergency con
ference was held In Cairo early II
the day to take hasty action on th'
situation. Attending the confer
epce were Sheriff Fraser, Mayo
George Parsons, States Attorne.
Wilson and the city attorney o
Cairo.
The sheriff later wired that tn
labor problem was most perplexing
Men were needed to throw the san,
bags along the leree and they wer
not availabl The adjutant genera
sent 10000 sand bags for that pur
pose, but It is an enormous task &
fill the bags and place them on tn
levee
The governor and the adiutan
general ordered the troops to STAG
their guns If necessary and do wha
work is necessary regardless of mi
itary regulations Meet the eS
igencies OF the situation" was tn
lsconic dispatch to the post con
mander.
Whether or not to declare martts
law in Cairo was not decided. Shel
if Fraser informed Governor Dunn
that there was o disagreement anon
the civil authorities as to martii
law. and the governor promptly IL
formed the sheriff that the civ
authorities must agree before I'll
order for martial law will be giyel
Governor Dunno declared yestei
day that the situation seemed despe
ate. He is extending all help avail
able to distressed points, and sal
that all the troops in the state wi
he ordered out IL necessary.
Colonel S. 0. Trip. assistar
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