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New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
Ce~17o1b 1bakLA-C5~uNre~ "G0.5ey7"
The Tiger, Now Building for Great Britain
with Its 33 Knots an Hour, Seems to
Bring the 40-Knot Cruiser Within
Sight and to Sound the Doom
of the Present Heavier,
Slower Battleship.

under all conditions OF weather and, BE-
the enemy what IL may, either measure
forces effectively or to decline an en-.
gagement and to escape at will. The
fiexibility OF service calls for unusual
qualities, and the turbine has made at.
tainment possible, because OF its pecuI.
iarly responsive caracity when being
run at full power and at its highest ye-
locities The motive machinery Of every
battle-cruiser will bear this assertion out
POINTS OF BATTLE-C CRUISER.
The battle-cruiser is at once a serious
foe for the Dreadnought and menace to
be feared by the torpedo boat destroyer
In short. this new form of fighting ma.
chine is capable of measuring forces
with any other order of naval craft and
with the odds growing yearly in her
favor. True, the Lion and her type
have not the armor protection Of battle
ship. but the vtals of these vessels are
stoutly shielded by pretty thick walls Of
face-hardened steel, and at probable
battle ranges an enemy will find good
deal Of difficulty in breaking through
those defences. Only the main battery
OF a dreadnought or sister battles
cruiser could hurl its armor-piercing shell
with sufficient violence to work havoc at
these fighting distances But what Of the
battle-cruisers capacity to hit?
Twenty-one knots at full speed is
an average best that can be made By
the most formidable battleships Of to-
day, and this places the commander OF
battle-cruiser at an advantage which
greatly offsets the difference in the num-
Der OF guns and the stouter walls OF
armor of the slower enemy. The speedy
battle-cruiser can choose her own posi-
tlon and virtually circle around her less
mobile antagonist. She can get TO Wind
ward of her foe and bring ner guns to
bear with a greater certainty Of hitting
when the sea is running high. But that
is not the whole story. The battle
cruiser carries the latest, largest and
most formidable type Of automobile tor
pedo and her facilities for dischargng
them are excellent. Just fancy, then,
how much more to be dreaded Is this
enemy than the seagoing torpedo boat
destroyer.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
THE pEsTRoYER's STRENGTH.


cover OF fog or darkness. and once dis
covered beyond torpedo range, her
chances OF getting within striking dis
tance are slim. The quick-fring 5-inch
or 6-inch rifle is capable OF destroying
those defenceless naval hornets by one
or two we'll placed explosive shells. and
their only hope OF success lies in their
number and In stealth of approach
The battle-cruiser has the powers o.
the destroyer multiplied in the matter OF
its torpedo armament. In point OF gun
strength the battle-cruiser lags only ID
number OF rifles behind her biggest poten'
tial rival, and her armored hull aud tgnt'
ing stations are strong enough 10 WIFI
stand a murderous hammering. WHAT
then. can she do? She can seek an en-
gagement with foe either night or day.
and while pounding away with her guns
steam right at her quarry at the highes'
speed. When near enough TO make the
chance of striking with her torpedoes
good one she may let go all of the tuoeS
on single broadside, and the prooaole
outcome is one that no antagonist couia
view with equanimity.
On the other hand, assuming the battie.
cruiser TO be threatened with dotlla Oh
destroyers In the open sea, the cruiser
could either elect to run away with ner
superior sustained speed or she couio
measure forces with the attack as she
saw fit-the big rapid fire guns OF 'oe
battle-cruiser being infinitely more pow
erful than the quick firers upon the tor,
pedo boat destroyers. A fleeing llotllla u
these destroyers caught in boistetouS
weather In the open sea could be ~ipe"
from the face OF the ocean by oa'us
cruiser
New-York tribune., 1913-05-25
Continued from first page.

which rendered that relationship so bene-
fetal to me. When | went into politics
at this time | was not conscious of 60
ing in with the set purpose to benefit
other people, but OF getting for myself a
privilege TO which | was entitled in COM
t,nor, utifh ofher neonle
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
PORK BARREL
BILL HELD VOID
Mann Says $4o,Ooo.ooo Public
Buildings Measure Was Not
Legally Enacted.

Washington, March 49, Repre-
sentative James r Mann, Repdhlf-
can leader, has discovered that the
omnibus public buildings bill. prize
pork barrel" OF the last session OF
Congress, is void and not a law, al
though signed by President Taft,
because it did not pass the House as
presented to the President
BY authorizing the appointment
of the public buildings and grounds
committee the House Democrats
might be able to repass the bill at
the extra session. Many new Demo-
Gratis are coming in, and they may
demand their share OF pork" IN
the appropriations for public build
ings. The bill passed at the last
session carried over $4,000, 900
and because of treasury conditions.
was signed reluctantly by President
Taft.
Failure of the bill will prove a
heavy blow to House economistst.
who insisted on pubic buildings at
the expense of battleships. the navy
and the national defense.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
EASEMENTS WILL
Be CLEARED OF
WATER BY PUMP
Repair Made to Tenth Street Plant
So it Can Run Con-
tinously

Through various portions Of tho
city, Cairoites are being put to q
great disadvantage by rain water in
their Easements, in some Instances
as deep as two and three feet. Yes
terday many were at work in an eff.
fort to rid themselves of the water
on their premises. Siphons and
pumps were used and in many in
stances the common method of bail
ing the water with buckets was re-
sorted to.
Yesterday the Tenth street pump
was out of commission because OF
trouble with the feed to the boilers
Water that had been pumped out of
the easements and cellars the night
before, again made entrance into
Easements through the drain pipes
when the pump stopped running,
This gave those affected an addition
i al task of sdisposlng of the water
with other methods.
Yesterday evening the Tenth
street pump was started again and
lit ran all night The shut down
during the day resulted in the fail
ure of a pump used in filing the
boilers to properly perform its duty.
IA new one was installed last night
lin its place. 1t is now expected that
the pump viii continue nninterrupt-
ed in its work.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
JOBS AS BOOK
AGENTS RECEIVE
CONDEMNATION
College Secretaries Confer on Plans
to Help the Poor Students
Pay Their Way.

New York. March 26.--FIow the
poor boysc work his way through
college was discussed at a confer
ence OF student employment secre-
taries of nine Eastern. colleges and
universities hedl at Columbia.
War was officially declared on the
exploitation of college men as book
agents and canvassers during the
summer months. 1t was agreed that
this work seems attractive, but often
turns out lady for the, student. A
plan Rr a central clearing house for
positions was also arranged
Professor F. w. Nicholson OF
WESLEYAN. w. H. Salmon, Yale;
Morris Gray. Harvard: w. ]. Dugan,
Cornell; +. " n. Magoffin, Johns
hopkins; Dana G How. University
cf PENNSYLVANIA; Dean F. j. Ran.
dali. Brown; W. W. Bartlett, College
of the City of New York. and Nal.
colin NJ. Roy, colnmbiss were the
sccnferee4. -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
DEATH CLAIMS
THE QUEEN OF
SMUGGLING RING
Brightest Smuggler Who Ever
Operated en- Pacific Coast"
Dies in 4 Hospital

Los Angeles, March 26.-Mrs.
Ethel Hall, the so-called Queen oi
the Smugglers' who passed year
in the county Jail before pleading
guilty and. paying q fine of $40, is
dead in hospital here today from
an absces1
Mrs. Halls arrest created great
excitementi when government Off
cials charged she was the leadin1
spirit of a band of smugglers active
in bringing conrr2band Chinese
coolies into the United States from
Mexico.
immigration officers had many I
thrilling adventure before the bam
was broken up. Several alleged
members were imprisoned in the
county Jail and other in the federal
per,itentiaries,
Hrs. Half. who was only twenty
six, years old. was credited with be
ing the brightest smuggler whit
ever operated on the Pacific coast o
the UNITED States
Even after her release she appear.
ed to- have great interest in Mexico
as she paid visit to Ensenada
Lower, California. and was orderet
deported by the Mexican authori
ties.
Two Indictments pending agains
here at death will be dismissed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
HELEN KELLER
READS MEN BY
HANDSHAk|Nc
Bind Genius Grasps Good and Evil
in Humanity by Touch
af Palms.

New York, March 26,--Helen Kel-
ler, who makes her debut at lee
turer on Sunday night at the Forty
eighth street theater, declares that
she can read character in the grasp
Of hand.
II see and hear so much with my
fingers" she said today, ''that
grow as intolerant OF things that
feel as do you of the things you see
and hear.
Il have held the hand OF Philip
Brooks. 1t meant a benediction, II
was as the wonderful far-away yes
ser be Is at sunset must seem to
those who hear and see.
Joseph Jefferson's grasp bespoke
enderness and pleading like the
roiee of children Ellen Terry's
,and was more verile and masculine
.han was Henry lrying's. but Sir
/ sIenry's grasp indicated gracious.
,ess superior to that of any woman
My~dear friend Mark Twain. had 9
1and that was full of funny lines
Quaint humor abounded within his
palm.
1T is because | grasp so many
kindly hands that | am an optimist
BY their hands must know human
ity"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
NEGRO GAMBLER
KILLS ONE AND
| FATALLY SECOND
Brawl Over Poker Game Results in
Desperate Shooting ARRAY
Last Night.
MURDER WAS acoLD BI0oDEr
Second Man, Partner Of Shootist
Mortally Wounded in Endeavor
tc Stop Killing.
MURDER WAS sCoLD BLOoDED

{. Gus Moore was shot and instantly
kfltd and Iahng Smith shot and
u oftally eounded last night about
'ogso by Jqhn8urrah.
The shooting took place in a
"poolroom and trestaurant" owned
hy John Durrah and John Smith at
409 Commercial avenue and was the
result or Il quarrel between Darrah
and Moore over j game ofgpoker.
.All three men are negroes.
II is said that Durrah and Moore
had words ear ier in the evening
over an alleged grievance said to
have existed between the two men
for some time.
Later in the evening the men en-
gagged lin a game OF poker.
Following !, a remark made by
Moore. ii is said, that Durrah jump
ed from his chair pulled a revolver
and fired at point blank range, the
bullet hitting Moore in the breast,
whereupon Moore exclaimed; "Stop
john, I'm your friend" to which
Durrah \. replied, "No you're not
and fired the second shot which
found lodging in the brain Of the
wounded man causing instant death.
John Smith, better known as 'Big
john was standing over the table
when the first shot was fired and at
tempted to Intervene following the
second shot but the third shot,
whether fired with intent to hit
Smith or Moore, found target in
the breast OF Smith passing through
lsbothN lungs and lodging in the liver.
Smith was conveyed to st. Mary's
Infirmary where Dr Flint Bondurant
who attended him said the wound
was fatal.
Immediately following the shoot
ing Durrah left the house and went
to his home, 2lS Twenty-fifth street
I.where he left the revolver with
which he did the shooting.
He then proceeded leisurely down
the street in company with his wife
and son but was captured by Off
GERS Mi Is and Terry, who were in
search cf him with an automobile
which they had eo'nmandered for
the purpose. b
Durrah said. when arrested, that
he was on his way. to police head
/ quarters to give himself up.
He was placed in the city Jail
where later he made a statement to
Chief Egan that the shooting was in
self defense, Moore having several
times threatened his life and drawn
a revolver on him.
He said that the shooting OF
Smith was accidental and not in
| tentional He expressed deep re-
gret for this action.
The Durrah-Smith place is ne
gro gambling room.
Moore the man killed was por-
lter on the Illinois Central with a run
between here and Centraiia.
Eye witnesses claim that Durrah
killed Moore in cold blood, the lat
tier making no attempt to assault
or make any motion to draw a
weapon.
An inquest will be held this after.
noon at 400 o'clock in the council
chamber.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
WILSON Wants
MONEY BILL At
EXTRA SESSION
Reform Measure May Follow As SOor
As Tariff is Out Of the Way,
Says Representative Glass.

Washington. March 26.--An init
nation has been given by President
Wilson to Carter Glass, who will be
in charge of the House revision Of
currency, that he hopes to see cur
rency reform legislation enacted at
the extra session Of Congress.
THE President believes that early
revision of the currency laws is
necessary" says Mr., Glass. Il have
not heard that he has decided that
he would prefer this legislation to 60
over to the regular session. | think
that If he had come to this conelus-
ion ! should have been so informed
Indications point to an early
completion of the taEiff work through
harmonious action by the House
Senate and the President. This
makes brighter the chances for cur.
reney legislation to follow immed-
lately after the tariff"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
'PADUCAH TORNADO
| DAMAGE GREATLY
EXCEEDS 100000
Gravity of Situation Greatly Aug
mented By Rapidly Rising River
0verfowing the Lowlands.
BUSINESS AT A sTANDSTILL
Many Persons Quietly Leaving City
On Night Trains 0stensibly
Visiting Relatives.
BUSINESS AT A sTANDsrIII

Paducah people coming into Cairo
or'irassing through Tuesday evening
ana Wednesday claim that only 0
portion of the story has been told In
the papers of that,cit yrelative to the
damage and distress resulting from
the cyclone that swept over and
through it from end 10 end early
Tuesday morning.
-, Roth the papers Of Padneall have
pursued a policy OF suppression in
an endeavor to keep the outside
world in Ignorance of the real facts
Even the correspondents of the
foreign press have refrained with
one exception from giving their
metropolitan papers the news except
in brief form. l
The people say that hundreds Of
homes were damaked while business
houses We're nnroofed and stocks oil
merchandise greatly injured by the
rain which fell upon them after the
buildings were ,inroofed
| The total loss in dollars. is now
admitted by the News-Democrat, will
exceed $150,000 or $500, 900.
/ Although the tornado was two
!. blocks wide and miles long, Eleventh
street and Kentucky avenue suffered
| the most.
| In the vicinity Of Paducah farm.
houses and barns We're completely
wrecked.
! The danger TO the Padncah sftua-
tion, according to the News Demo-
cat of Wednesday morning, is great
iy augmented by the river, which is
rising there at the rate OF three~feet
each day, flooding the lowlands Of
the, city and driving people to the
few remaining spots Of high ground.
i If the river continues TO rise with
its present rapidity there is grave
danger that these few high spots will
lbe entirely covered with water,
(which once before flooded all bust
ness houses on Broadway up to Fifth
lstreet, the water during this food be-
ing almost ten feet deep in the Of
flee of the Richmond Hotel.
Retail business Is admitted by the
iNews-D Democrat to be completely at
La standstill and many people are
iduietIy leaving the city ostenslbly
| for a visit to relatives, who are eth
.er sick or have been expecting the
ivisit for some time.
The night trains are the ones
mostly used by those seeking safety
Fin flight from Paducah
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27

cal loss caused by the food. Esn-
mates placing the damage in Ohio
and Indiana at $50,0o0,000 were re-
vised TO show double that amount.
Railroad officials were authority
for the statement that lines converg-
ing into Indianapolis would have to
stand q loss in that city and vicin-
ity alone OF S25 100000.
Dayton. Ohio, March 26.--Flamcs
destroying eight buildings in the
submerged business district tonight
cast a wierd glow over the food
stricken city that added to the
fear of thousands Of refugees and
marooned persons and led TO the APP
prehension that there may have been
made prisoners Of the waters in the
burned buildings.
Soon afterwards a notice was post
cd in the headquarters of the emer-
gencY committee announcing that
the city was under martial law.
State soldiers arrived from num-
ber Of neighboring towns. They
were pEt to work patroling the
edges of the burned districts and to
prevent. further looting Of homes
free from the flood grasp.
4 gang of ruffians went through
the southern part Of the city to-
NIGHT. instrueting the people to put
nut the lights in lheir homes for fear
Of a gas explosion When darkness
prevailed they started to loot the
tones, hnt university students from
ginelnnati and traffic officers dis
aersed them.
lCnneludfd On EiRhth paee.l
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27

Chicago, March 26.--Three thous-
and have perished in the deluge
which swept the north half of the
Ohio river valley yesterday and to-
day:
Fully a half million people wert
made homeless by the food in In,
diana and Ohio and the probable
damage to property in both states
viii be at least $l00,000.000. Fur.
ther reports coming in from the
stricken districts will likely add to
the list Of dead.
An added horror is reported from
Dayton. A fire there. which was dis
covered in several buildings, is
thought to have caught and burned
to death many persons who sought
escape from the food by climbing to
the upper floors.
In view Of the paralysis Of the
water plant, no aid could be given
! in extinguishing the confagrations.
The following is a revised j st OF
the dead in Ohio: Dayton, 5000.
Piuaq, $40; Delaware, 100; Middle
ton, 100: Sidney, 80; Tifin, 50;
Kami ton, l2 Fremont. Ii; Tppe-
canoe, 3; Scattering, 200. sel
S066.
Indiana: Peru, $50: Indianapo-
lis, IA; New Castle, s; LAFAYETTE. q:
Eob,esvil5e, g; scattering, 25. To-
tai. 1856.
The grind total. 3262.
An unconfrmed report sad thai
"a persons are said to have los. taeif
lives in Fremont and SO ct Tiffin
It is said that more lives were lost in
|ether small towns.
Fire in Dayton added to the fnan-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
TRAFFIC ON |. C.
IS DEN0RAl|zED
Lines Out Of DuQuoin Are Put Out
Of Condition by the Heavy
Rains.

DuQuoin, H., March 2s.--Traff,
on the Illinois Central railroad has
been demoralized in this section by
the heavy rains Of the past few days
The roadbeds east of here are under
water and in many places tracks
have ben washed away.
A passenger train that left here
last night was stalled at Benton and
since then traffic between the two
places has been declared unsafe for
traffic.
Points east Of here have ben cut
of since yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
Total Death Toll Will Greatly Exceed
5000 As Complete Reports
Are Filed.
OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS LOST in PROPERTY

Flooding 81 City Besul Homes by bursting Of dam
Lewiston and overflow Of Miami River and Wolf Greek
entails loss of life 1000 with property
cedng millions dollars Fire adds the appalling horrors
the situation
SPRINGFIELD Mad River and hundreds o fami
les homeless
PIQUAA ghtu loss Of life closely estimated at $40 The water
is IL feet deep the Property loss will exceed $5O0000
HAMLT0NTweye deaths have been reported Many homes
and bridges washed away Fe1a8#
Noblie Middleton 100 Sidney 50, Tifin 80 Fremont IL,
Tppecanoe g. scattering 225
and residential section city flooded and hundreds
Of families driven Schools factories
homeless
hundred drowned and several hundred others
in imminent danger
C0LUMBUSTen thousand people and property loss
into the hundreds Of thousands
LIMA--Five hundred people have fed from their homes
zANESvLLEThe districts about the edge Of the city flooded
Wesley Klinger five years old, was drowned
Maumee River raging having fourteen feet
in the past twenty-fonr hours
AKR0N-Mion dollar loss reported rundreds rendered homeless
YoUNGsTOWN--Neay all the big closed
reported property loss
totallng millions
TOTAL loss of life-3262.
LOSS property 100000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
KILLED SAVING CIGAR STUB.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 20
BENJAMIN J Telan OF Chicago, &
travelling salesman. crent out on j
skylfght in the Patton building TO.
day to get cigar stub he hat
had dropped and was killed when
the skylieht gave way. dropping hin
City feet.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
FRlGHIFUL FIRES ADDING TO APPALLING
FLOOD DISASTER WHICH SC0URGED - - -
CITYOFBEAUTIFULHOME
OMAHA WOMEN ARE DRIVEN Il.
CRAZY FROM STORM SHOCK

Omaha, Neb.. March 26.--With
soldiers standing guard and under
orders to shoot to kin any person
found looting, search of the wrecked
sections Of Omaha went forward to-
day.
Fifty bodies were dragged from
the snow-covered debris as the
morn progressed, making 202 bodies
recovered. At 2 o'clock this after
noon it was estimated the Omaha
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27
DIES ABOARD A TRAIN.

Pittsburg. Pa, March 26.-Geo.
B. kerter of Cincinnati. died aboard
a Pennsylvania train near Dennison.
O.. early today. 4..s-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27

death list might reach 800.
A peculiar phate Of the problem is
the care of persons who suffered
from shocks. The many Of the wo-
men who were picked up by the
storm and who seemed to be injured
physically are in daze which the
physicians, have been unable to re.
lieve. 1t is feared a number Of
them have ben permanently mentally
unbalanced.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27

John Smith died at st. Marys In.
Urinary at LOS this morning.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-27

Concluded on Eighth Page')
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-29
TOWN IS SAVED $1,000 BY
FORMER FIRST SELECTMAN
Charlie Welles Makes Good at
Town Meeting in Stratford.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Stratford, Oct. 28.-At the adjourned
town meeting held last night at the
town hail. a recommendation from the
board of finance to appropriate $4,000
for state roads was adopted unani-
mousIy. This will give the town the
Benefit of the state roads appropria-
ton as far as it goes. The town
hould, under this plan, get road i'm
provements to the amount of $40, 900,
but there have been so many applica-
lions from the towns of the state that
it is doubtful if more than half of the
acquisitions will be granted the towns
asking for assistance from the state.
The board of finance recommended the
appropriation of $500 for the widen
ing of the Amesite pavement on North
Main street. At the last town meet
ing First Se1ectman r. B. Curtis sub
mitted communicate from the State
Highway Commissioner in which he
asserted that the state would not be
responsible for more than eight feet Of
Amesite on the street. Former Select
man Charles H. WeI1es stated at that
meeting that he had made an arrange
ment with the commissioner by which
the street would be paved by the state
eleven feet on each side of the trolley
tracks. The letters submitted by the
present first selectman seemed to con-