The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-04
Expedition Cairo This Morn ng b.
Boat With One Hundicd
Rations.
GEN. DICKSON HERE SUNDAY
Bell Telephone Company Begin
Today Work of : establish
ing Scrvi.c North.


Hooded district back of Mounds ar9
| reported to be in need OF immediate
assistance at MOUNDS and 100
rations will be cent from Cairo this
morning to relieve the situation by
| 9 o'clock.
A detail CT naval reserves has
been ordered in charge of Capt. Nor,
ton 70 proceed by boat to Mounds,
leaving here at 1880 this morning.
The trip will be made through gan
in the broken Drainage District
levee and over low place in tho
Cache ievee If il can be found.
Hal Reed, of the American Express
Co., VINO has been over the district.
will be taken along to guide the ex-
petition. Tho states steam launch,
which draws only 3s feet, will bo
uo used for the purpose of pulling
smaller boats which may have to be
|
| The 100 tents and other supplies
sent from Springfield will be loaded
| in the boats and brought TO Cairo
for use Of refugees from the Drain
age district, about 100 of whom ara
camping on the slope of the bridge
approach.
Col. Tripp received this message
late last night from Gen. Dickson
at Springfield.
| Capt. Morton, Seventh Infantry,
advises the Governor that two hun
dred people at Mounds without food
and necessary clothing, request food
and blankets. am shipping first
express from here 200 blue blankets
and have advised him you will sup
ply from Cairo Immediately rations:
Further, that | will be in Cairo Sun
day morning with additional rations
to care for the situation. Wire me
If whaleboat or cutter, under power
boat tow, can reach Mounds from
Cairo, as ] want to ship some sup
plies to Mounds consigned to my
self for use out of Cairo 1t is very
important that the line of communi-
cation be opened"
| Col. Trip answered:
| Naval Reserves expedition to
| Mounds reports great difficulty in
reaching Mounds by water. No
distress reported to them by Capt.
| Morton or others whom expedition
was 70 relieve Capt. Morton de-
| cljned to return to Cairo as he
needed no relief. Boats have to
stop one mile from Mounds, there.
fore not considered good point for
Cairo as base of Supplies which
should come on steamer State os
Illinois. McMunn goes to Mounds
tomorrow morning with 100 rations
Cor immediate relief and to make In
yestimation as to to conditions there
and to see IL better water route can
be found"
| Re.establish Telephone Service.
The Central Union Telephone Co
Twill begin at once the work of re-
establishing service between Cairo
aud The north The company !;
sending a man here who will begir
work today. He will be brought
here from Mounds by the Nava
reserves.
| Adiutant General Dickson wiret
lCol. Trip yesterday Central Tele
phone Co. is sending Mr.. McMasteri
to Cairo via Mounds, as 1T is neces
sary to keep In communication HI
will re-establsh telephone servic'
between the two points. Arrang
without fail for small boat to be a
Mounds tomorrow morning about
o'clock to convey Mr. MacMasters t.
Cairo
Col Trip gave the following com
munication yesterday TO Col. Nor
iarity: 81 am just in receipt of
. telegram from the Adiutant Genera
/ relative to river detail to Mounds
, In. The Central Telephone Co. i
! sending Mr.. McMasters to Cairo vi
Mounds as ii is necessary for the re
establishment Of telephone service
Arrange without fail for small boa
: TO be sent to Mounds tomorro,
. morning about 3 o'clock to conve
McMasters to Cairo. II is urge
that you cause detail from tn
! Illinois Naval Reserves with thei
naval equipment to proceed [
Mounds early Friday morning, reach
ling there at the time indicated an
carry out the provisions of the in
ii siruetions contained in the abov
Telegram.