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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
HALT currency
DEBATE UNTIL
TARIFF IS FIXED

Washington, Ju'y 1.-THE ad-
ministration plan for government
controlled federal reserve board to
administer to the entire banking
system, provided for in the Glass
currency bill, has been indorsed,,
practically without an amendment,
by the Democratic members of the
House banking and currency COM
nittee.
The salary of the four members OF
the board, who will be appointed by
the president, wi be $4,000 a
year. The members will be distribu
uted geographically fhrougout the
country.
All the net earnings of the reserve
banks above five per cent cumula-
tive diA idends to the stockholders,
will be paid the government and
twenty per cent OF the surplus re-
naming will be the property OF the
government.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
TALK AR0ur sPILIWAY


ST, Louis, Mo, jury il.--The July
meeting of the Mississippi River
Commission began yesterday morn
ing on ths thirteenth floor of the In
ternational Lite Building in this
city and will continue through to-
morrow and part of Saturday. Col,
G.. Med. Townsend OF st, Louis,
president of the commission, pre-
sided.
Most of today's work was devoted
TO hearing reports of river and levee
districts from ST. Louis to New Or
teams. Some of those who appeared
before the meeting and asked for
ievee improvement and revetment
work were special representatives
from New Orleans. who desire the
!. construction Of a spiiiwag and spec
ial levee protection. Members of the
commission went over details OF the
s, pIans submitted for the construction
of a spillway, but would not say
what action would be proposed by
the commission in its report to be
submitted to Congress at the end o
the present session of the commits
siorf. A request for the spillwal
was made by Mayor Behrman OF
New Orleans.
United States Senator Clarke o
Arkansas appeared before the meet
ing and presented report on wha
is needed in Arkansas.
Work that is needed to- improv,
the dikes and levees at CaIso. Mem
phis ,Vieksburg. Helena, Greenvill
and other places along the river wa
I(Noupiu1p0 on Page Seven
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
"REPUBIIC OF W0MEN'S" EN-
BASSY,

London. July 1.-THE Lord May
or has made preparations to receive
twenty delegates representing tn
American ,Women's Republic, VIII
have bottled him that they will b.
In this city from July 13 to is.
They are coming, 1t is announced
as the representatives Of America
womanhood to present to the womer
of London and Great Britain a plea
for a worldwide permanent republi
of women, whose membership shaf'
embrace the best womanhood of al
nations, and whose mission shall bs
for worldwide peace among all ma
tions. Permanent peace must b.
the accomplishment of woman. a.
she bears the burdens of war.
OF this embassy. Belva A. Lock
wood, LID, is dean"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
WARRANT OUT IN
WINTERS CASE

Detroit, suJly l1.--A warrant was
issued today at the request Of the
United States district attorney,
charging Mrs. Jay Vance, under ar
rest at Adrain in connection with
the disappearance last March OF
katherine Winters, daughter of DR..
A. w. Winters OF Newcastle, Ind,
with fraudu ent use of the mails II
is charged Mrs Vance wrote to DR..
Winters saying she would tell him
the location Of his missing girl for
$25. The authorities claim Mrs
Vance had no idea where the girl
was.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
SLAYER FLEES
PRISON IN Rain
OF RIFLE SHOTS

Jackson, Mich, July l1,-Searcn
by armed posses, accompanied by
some of the best trailing dogs in the
state. has failed to find a trace of
Joseph NJ. Miller, the Detroit music
professor who murdered one of his
girl pupils in 1902, and who escaped
from the state prison sometime dur
ing the night
Miller, who murdered Marie NJ,
Jennett with a hatchet, was sem
fenced 90 life imnrisonmeat ND
during the last year he had made
several attempts to escape.
Hide Manner of Escape.
Officials of the prison were forced
TO admit today that Miller had es-
capped but refused to tell in what
Kramer he had gained his freedom.
But a volley of rifle shots heard in
the direction of the prison shortly
before midnight point to dar'ns
run for freedom, in which the pris-
oner braved the gauntlet of the
score of guards stationed along the
high walls.
When Miller, who either climbed
over the walls or dug ms way to
liberty. had left the prison behind
him he succeeded in destroying
every trace of his flight The dogs
today succeeded in following his
trail for q few hundred yards, but
there gave up and became confused
Miller is believed to be still hiding
in the woods near Jackson, alf
every road is being patrolled by
prison guards or deputy sheriffs.
Ding Way Out.
J "trusty," who was reached BY
newspaper men tonight, told of tn
details of Miller's escape as they hac
been circulated through the convicti
by the mysterious system of trans
! hitting news employed by the men
According to this story, Miller hat
been preparing for his escape TO
months. ard that five other convict
were to have made the attempt witt
| him. The dash for liberty was de
tected almost before it began am
Miller was the only one of the 81
to brave the life fire of the guard
and make for the wall.
Miller is believed to have had out
side aim in his scheme. 1t wa
known for weeks by some of tn
other oonvicts that Miller wa
spending his nights digging at tn
bars to his cell window or cuttin
his way DO a sewer conduit or out
side corridor in the prison.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
Jewel ROBBERY
IN PARIS HOTEL

Paris, France, July 11.-Mrs. John
F. Martin, of New York, was robbed
last evening of jewelry valued at
$4,000, at her hotel on the Place
Vendome. t@ A8lM@
She had left the jewels wrapped
in a handkerchief on table in her
suite. When she went to dress for
dinner they were gone.
New York. July 11.--Mrs. John
F. Martin is a wealthy widow, whose
residence is at the Hotel Ansonia in
this city. she sailed for Paris ten
days ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
ALABAMA LAWYERS IN SESSION

Mobile, Ala. July 11.-The thir-
ty-sixth annual meeting of the Ala
bama State Bar association began
here today. A discussion of law re-
forms and election of officers con-
stitute the main business.
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HEAVY RAIN AT CAMERON.

st. Joseph, Mo-, July 11.-Virgil
Volger, aged 10, was killed and his
brother injured when lightning
struck their fathers barn near
plattsburg. At Cameron three inches
of rain fell within an hour. Win
dows were broken. trees blown down
and crops damaged.
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FEDERAL JUDGE
FAVORS FURTHER
LEVEE SYSTEM
CAPE TO GULF

Memphis, July 1.-THE levees
won the opening battle in their
fight for existence yesterday.
An Injunction asking that the
Mississippi River Commission be re-
strained from building and repair
ing leyees from Cape Girardeau to
the Gu was dismissed by Judge
John e. Mccall.
The decision came yesterday
afternoon. IL was inomentous and
far reaching
Millions OF acres of land and
stores Of small towns as well as sew
eral large cities are affected by the
dismissal of the injunction.
Indications now point to the dis
missal CT the iniunctions against the
Lake County and St. Francis levee
boards
1t is also probable that the opin-
ion will have an effect upon the pro-
posed suit considered by the city
against the government and the
ItNpe DOdIuS.
Federal Stand Upheld.
judge Me airs opinion was that
the' government, through its agent,
the Mississippi River Commission,
had right to build and maintain
levca systems for the protection Of
navigation and commerce.
The court also held that the dam
aces incurred by the building of such
systems was merely incidental
This last clause releases the gov
ernmcnt and levee boards, it is said
from liability. Suits amounting to
nil ions of dollars have been filed
against leyec boards on the grounds
that their work had caused inunda-
ten Of lands which otherwise would
not be covered by overflow water.
Suits against the river commits
sion end the two levee boards we-o
Ged last December, Al the time ap
effort was made by the Riparian
Land owners association and John
4. Cubbins to stop repair work being
carried on ty nearly 20 levee boards.
Ievees Are Vital Factors.
Tho suits had hardly been hied
before an effort was made to dis
miss them.
In one case MAJ. Markham was
cited as a representative of the river
CON- ssicn, but the action was not
upheld. Later the commissioners
visited Memphis and papers wee
served on them aboard the steamer
Mississippi. 1t was this Injunction
that was dismissed yesterday,
The attorneys for the Riparian
Land Owners association have so far
brought only four of the suits out
Of the many fled into court. The
cases against the Lake County and
St Francis boards are due to be
called soon.
Casey Todd United States district
attorney, said yesterday that in MS
opinion the decision wou d effectual'
~ block the city's suit.
In his plea for dismissal Of III:
Injunction he declared that if tht
wishes of the Riparian association
were complied with it would NEAR
the destruction of the entire levet
system.
Flood waters, he asserted woult
shen be allowed to devastate 50,
100000 acres yearly. This land il
roughly valued at s3,000,00 600.
1t would mean, also. he asserted
,ne end of a score of towns an(
cities that have been made possib
and have flourished under the pro
lection OF the levee bulwarks.
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NEWS DREV|TIES

London, July 11.-A delegation
of twenty women representing the
American Women's Republic" are
here to persuade London women to
work for a worldwide republic of
women, working in the interest of
permanent peace. They will be re-
ceived by the Lord Mayor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
TEARING DOWN STONE DEPOT.

The old stone freight depot of the
Illinois Central railroad at Four
teenth and Ohio streets is being
razed to the greuRd. The stone or
which it is constructed will be load
ed on cars and used to rip rap the
river bank south OF the Cairo ele-
wator on the Ohio leyee. thus pro-
tecting it from erosion by ths high
water.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Paris, July 1.-THE Bulgarian
legation received instructions from
Sofia to protest energetically to the
French government against the un-
ustihable proceedings of Roumania
in invading the Bulgarian territory.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Liverpool, July IA remark
alb 9 confession .of a dual life, whicl
in some respects equals the strango
case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr., Hyde, wa
made here today by woman. Mrs
Edith Rigby, wife of a rich anf
prominent doctor admitted to tn
police that she has been a membe'
of militant suffrage arson squaf
for six months without her hus
bands knowledge.
Every night she would slip fror
her home and set fire to buildings
plant bombs and send threatonin'
lettersfto those opposing the cause
She told the police that she hat
caused at least 100000 damage
through her own exertions.
Her husband opposes suffrage and
she had to carry on her campaign o
vandalism elandestinely. BY day
she appeared gentle, dutiful wife
with no thought OF ''yotes for won
en- but at night she went fortl
with vic ence in her heart. She wa
arrested.
After being. taken to the noli
station Mrs. Rigvb dramatically cor
fessrd hvrning down the mansion G
S.r w. II. Lever, Bart, in Lancashire
when over 100000 damage wa
done.
In her excitemen' ne woman b
came hvsterical ard bitterly d.
, nounced the go' ernment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Bucharest. July 1l.-Roumanian
troops today occupied the Bulgarian
,efty OF Sif1stria, on the right bank
of the Danube They were unop-
posed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
RIVER AND Lake
CONN|SS|ONW|LL
FULLY APPROVE
OF LEVEE PLANS

Arther W. Charles and Thomas j.
Healey, members of the Illinois
Rivers and Lakes commission, and
Robert L. Randolph, secretary and
assistant engineer OF the commits
sion, were in the city yesterday In
conference with Mayor Wood and
the city commissioners re atiye to
'the work to be done by the state in
connection with the. ''raising,
strengthening and improving of the
levee system of the City of Cairo.
The commission, after thorough
inspection Of the work, and going
over the whole ground, practically
accepted the states apportionment
CT the WORK which calls for the ex-
panditure OF the $250.000 appropria-
tion by the state in the construction
ad raising the stone retaining wall
to a 90 foot grade on Ohio levee form
its junction with the Mississippi
levee on the south to the Illinois
Central elevator on the north and
the raising of the Ohio levee from
this northerly point to the intersec-
tion with the Big Four 1evee in the
Drainage District.
This will probably be the report
nade to Governor Dunno next Mon
day accompanied by the recommen-
dation that bids be advertised TO"
the construction of the work in
accordance with the plans which
were forwarded to the governor yes
terday by Engineer Miller.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Brooklyn, N. Y. July 1l.-Pro-
gressives here are celebrating the
first anniversary OF the formation of
their party. Distinguished speakers
include Colonel Roosevelt and Miss
Jane Adams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12
Many INJURED BY
EXPLODING BOMB
OF SUFFRACETTES

Dublin, July 1.-THE most seri-
violence committee by militant suff-
ragettes in their campaign OF arson
and rioting occurred late today,
when bomb which had been mail
ed to William Redmond, NJ. p, ex-
ploded whi it was being handled
in the postoffice sorting room.
Eleyen clerks, one of them a wom-
an, were seriously hurt by frag-
ments of the bomb and dozen 9TH
ers were knocked down and stunned
by the explosion.
Within half an hour after the de-
tails of the outrage had been tleshed
III extra editions of the newspapers,
a mob of angry men and boys broke
up street meeting of suffragettes
by stcning them. One woman was
seriously Injured in the fight be
tween the assailats and he suffrage
,sympathizers.
Building is Wrecked.
of the postoffice building and broke
windows in other buildings within
radius of several hundred feet
The authorities declare that several
Of the clerks who were in the sec
tion of the room in which the bomi
exploded must have escaped dealt
by miracle. One peculiar feature
was the fact that the man who was
handling the package when it ex
ploded was the least severely injur
| ed Of any.
The bomb was crude affair
made from n section of pipe, judg
ing from the remnants of it. whics
were scattered about the buildin
and imhedded in the walls. 1t wa
about fifteen inches long and heavy
and the weight attracted the curios
| ity Of the clerk who first took !
from the mail sack. He noticed tina
| it was addressed to Mr. Redmond
and en- turning the package owe
saw a Votes for Women" streame
pasted across the back OF it.
AS he started to call the atten
tion Of the other clerks to the pack
age he tossed 1t to the floor with
pile OF other mall The jar set off tn
| bomb. and the next instant the oc
fcunants Of the room had beef
thrown to the floor
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Manchester, England, July IL
Police raided the headquarters
the Women's Social and Politica
Union here today and seized every
thing they could find, but no arrests
were made. Since the disorganiza
ticn OF the militant society's office
in London most Of the operation.
have been conducted from here. al
the known militants have been un
der the strictest surveillance II
view of the visit OF King George t.
this city Ju'y ID.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

$2.000.000 viii be turned loose in
Cairo within i2 months for ievse in.
provenlsnts. Asa&a..xl-16k Al
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Washington, July 11.--An unex-
pected setback for currency legisla-
ton at this session was received at
the meeting of the Senate commit
tee this morning. Senator Bristow
Republican. was aggressively oppos-
ed to beginning consideration of the
subject, while the tariff debate was
on, on the ground that these two
big legislative problems could not
be worked together. Senator Works
Republican, aid Senators O'Gorman
and Hitchcock, Democrats, were OF
the same view. Senator Pomerene
wes inc ined the same way, al
though he did not voice opposition,
Chairman Owen favored going
ahead at once. Senators Shafroth
and Hollis were more or less nom
comnittal, hut are expected to fol-
low The lead of President Wilson.
Flans Tied Up for Time.
Temporarily, at least, all plans
were laid aside. Anothe meeting
viii be held ater on at the call o.
the chairman, but it Is understood
that a majority OF the full committee
is opposed to attempting serious
consideration Of this question while
the tariff is on the legislative ways.
SecFtary McAdoo has proposed
and Chairman Garter Glass has
agreed to, it is said, the elimination
from the currency bin of that sec
ton which restricts national banks
to the issue OF bank notes not in eN-
cess of the total amount outstanding
at the time OF the passage of the bill
and the diminution of such bank
notes under Withdrawals cannot be
made up by new issues of bank
notes. Gobyernment notes viii have
to be taken out in their place by the
| banks. .
! Chamber Of Commerce Men Hear1
Mr. Glass was informed today
that the National Chamber OF Cons
merce, made up of delegates from
such bodies throughout she United
States, win approve the administra-
tion bill with minor changes. a
special committee, Wallace ID. Sim
mons, st. Louis, chairman: Profess
scr Lawrence Laughlin, Chicago;
William A. Scott Madison, Wis.
and John w. Craddock, Lynchburg
Eva, today carried the message to the
| House committee cnairman. They
| suggested the amendments they de
sired. to many of which Mr. Glass
consented. He stated that they were
minor in character and did no
change .,the general scheme OF thu
proposed reform legis alton.
| Democratic members of the com
mittee worked throughout the da,
in secret session on provisions OF th'
bill Arguments were heard ant
differences were vital as to section
of the bill, but Mr.. Glass hopes Z
; ! reconcile these differences and to re
port the bill carly in August.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

In connection with the big i'm
proyement in the Drainage District
in the raising and strengthening of
the IA miles of leyee system. it is
authoritatively reported that the
Big Four railroad contemplates ad-
ditional work in ripraping the new
lepee when completed from the base
to the top, either with stone, or stone
and concrete. a deep trench viii
be dug at the base Of the leyee OUT
side. Into this VIII be placed mas
sive stones which wi ! serve as a
foundation upon which to erect tho
rprapping to the summit or ratheF
the crown cf the levca this eff
fectualIy prccluding any possibility
OF a wash by the river.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

The commissioners o. Road Dis
trict No. I Thursday evening as a
result of q meeting gave the Illinois
Central railroad permission to close
the subway in the Drainage District
about mile above the road leading
west from the old half way house,
the crossing TO be over the tracks,
instead of under.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

There are few cities in America
with lower water rates than Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Illinois and Missouri-Fair and
warmer Friday with showers in the
north Friday night or Saturday.
Fsirin the south, Saturday.
ksntucky-Fair and warmer fri-
dag; Saturday fair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Cairo will spend 100000 on
'levee improvements. 7
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-12

Minneapolis, Mimi, July IL
Long Time Sleep, one of the wealth
lest Indians in America. is a unique
entrant in the Nat onal Reliability
Tour. starting from Glacier National
park. The contestants will publish
a daily paper during the trip.
New York, July 11.--For the first
time in eighteen years international
sailing canoe races are being held
over the Marine and Field clubs
course, Gravesend bay. Ralph Brit
ton. winner of last years Canadian
Championsh. p, represents Canada in
the contest for the trophy, which is
held by America.
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Or. Clarke will follow up the
rosecution OF all offenders which
he inaugurated yesterday, haling in-I
20 court any and all persons guilty
.~~-
tConcluded on Page Eight.)
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Five railroad trunk lines run int
Cairo. .-------.-
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Concluded on Page seven.)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-01
TO CURE CHECK PASSER
WITH SURGEONS KNIFE
TBy Latest MALL

OAKLAND. CaL--C. Smith is to
have a piece of bone removed from
Lis head in an effort to cure him OF
the habit Of passing wothless checks
Smith has been an Inmate of the
county infirmary, and while- there
raised some worthless paper with a
Hayward saloon keeper.
II developed at his preliminary hear
ing today that many years ago. Smith
was In an accident at Kansas City in
which he sustained a fractured skull.
Since then he has suffered from cpl
leptic fits DR.. o. d. HaHlin express
ed the opinion that the pressure of
The bone against the mans brain ex-
cited criminal instincts that might be
cured by the removal of the bone. The
court gave the surgeon permission TO
experiment on Smith. and the l4tter
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-01
WHAT WOULD MRS.
BLO0h|ER SAY
TODAY?


IL Amelia Blconler could come back
to life long enough to seer what wo-
men are doing to their skirts these
days, she might well marvel how she
managed to shock the world one sum
mer evening sixty-two years ago. For
III was on the 2Srd Of July, 1851. at q
IAN given in Lowell Mass, that the
bloomer skirt was first exhibited to
i scandalized public.
Amusing today are the decorous rea.
sonines with which Mrs Bloomer and
her followers met the charge Of i'm
modesty. IF delicacy requires that
the skirt should be long, she pleaded,
why do our ladies, dozen times a
day, commit the indelicacy of raising
their dresses to prevent their drag
ging in the mud CT the streets? Sure
w a few spots of mud on the hem OF
their garments are not to be. COM
pared to the charge Of indeIicacy to
which the display they make might
subject tbem!p And all that these
brazen bloomerites ever asked for was
a skirt reaching down to nearly half
way between the knee and the ankle;
underneath the skirt trousers moder-
ately full coming down to the ankle
and there gathered in with an elastic
band" and all this only because It
was comfortable and convenient.
Contrast the unblushing frankness
Of modern fashion which says: II
Providence, saw fit to give women
shapely legs it must have meant that
they should show them-let US slit
snd slash accordingly
Poor Mrs. Boomer is long since
dead and forgotten. but the arguments
with which she tried to popularize the
garments to which her name still
sings bear witness to the modesty
6nd dec0ram OF her generation.
Sixty years ago the innocent, con
cealing bloomer failed utterly because
it shocked the public. Today the slit
skirt triumphs everywhere and finds
| the public ready and eager. MUS
fashion become yet more forward o,
will 1t presently get a fit of shyness
New York World.