The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-03
MILITIA TO FORCE IDLE
MEN TO WORK ON LEVEE.


Cairo, Ill-A break in the drainage
district leyce adjacent 70 Cairo on
the north occurred at 100 in the
morlng.
\ great slide first occurred which
workers were unable to brace. Seep-
age wafer undermined the main en-
bankment ana the break followed
There is no imminent danger to the
city from this break, officials whose
optimism has become u by.word, de
clared.
The break. however, cuts Cairo off
from the world utterly and makes the
inundation of the entire drainage dis
trict certain.
Col. Daniel J MorIarlty, command
ing the militiamcn here, sent the fol
lowing MESSAGE to Adjt Gen Dick
son of the Illinois National guard at
Springfield:
All ldlers TO Work.
II pom arrival here with the first
section of the Seventh infantry. with
our $50 officers and enlisted men, |
found what appeared to me to be a
ludicrous condition existing in a town
which seems doomed 10 destruction.
Able.bodied men we're loahng along
the leyee and no attempt was made
by the local authorities to compel
these men TO work to the end that life
and property may be saved from de.
structiCn.. ! requested the mayor and
sheriff to grant me authority and |
would get assistance from the able
bodied citizens 20 aid in the good
work. "MORIARITY."
Col Moriarity would add no more
TO his statement, but It is presumed
the soldiers will compel every one to
work, II the authority asked for comes
from Springfield
The river is rising at the rate of Is
inches every "a hours and the crest
is no nearer than Cincinnati This
is the situation at Cairo, with the
gauge reading 52.G feet.
Cairo's ability to weather the food.
liz II does not 70 above Sc or So feet.
Is believed TO be good unless handi.
capped by lack Of labor. In every
other respect this city Is better able
TO meet the situation than last year.
The scarcity Of men to handle sacks
and build hulkhends is embarrassing
the executive committee, which is di.
recting the fight against the food.
Swift Current Cheers Cairo.
The Seventh regiment OF Chicago.
Col. Moriarity commanding, and four
companies OF the Fourth regiment. |.
n. g. including Companies l. of Oh
ney { of Sullivan, + Of Mount Yer
non and y Of Newton, arrived. These
men went to work with will helping
those on duty at levee work.
The lid went on in Cairo. On or
ders from Mayor Parsons every bust
ness establishment except groceries.
bakeries, butcher shops and drug
stores was ordered closed, including
every saloon in the city. The men
were ordered 10 report at once for
food service The proclamation con.
cludes
IF we loaf. we may lose; II we
work, we win"
Inhabitants of Cairo took renewed
hoped for the safety Of the city. Be-
fore nightfall strong current sprung
up in the Ohio river and gave rise to
the opinion that something had given
way south Of here. and that this sec
ton, which has been growing more
and more desperate, had been re
lieved.
Water Higher Than Streets.
Every one in the city appears to be
under a nervous strain, and this was
intensified late IN the day when a re-
port reached here that the leyee had
broken at Shawneetown, ILL.,
X. T. Lindley, in charge of the gov
eminent work, discredits the report.
Mr.. Lindley likewise was unable to
assign the real cause for the current,
but he admitted that 1t made the out
look at Cairo seem decidedly more
cheerful.