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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

That is the conclusion of Myers Hennessey-wis History of Tammany Hall.
 Now, as in years past, a Mitchell or a Blankenburg or Hunt, has been elected mayor of a great city. But the gang comes back.
 New York's recent election has not solved the problem. Indeed it has re- stated the problem. The opportunity brings inspiring1y the old challenge that Tweed sneered-What are you going to do about it?
 And the answer applies to every city, town and rural county in Amer ica, where, by the fortune of boss's b1under or search lights exposure, or the extension of direct legislation, or by other circumstance, the forces of decency and progress now have a chance.
 Does this mean to get all and only the .'good'' rich people and the ttgood'' poor people into a permanent reform party there and in other comrnuni- ties? It doesn't work. The dry-rot of phariseeism and hypocrisy immediate ly begins to permeate the ranks of any organization of professionally good" people.
 The only practical way that an ad- equate organization can be secured to Permanently control, instead of a Tammany, is by the use of the district public buildingS@the schoo1h ouses, which now stand idle in the evenings, as headquarters of the aII-inc1usive de1iberative organization of the citi- for the practice of citizenship.
 The buildings stand ready. But in order to have these district buildings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

The first college in that part of New England north of Massachusetts was Dartmouth College, at Hanover, &- Ill., which was chartered on this date, Dec. 30, in 1769. It went, into operation the following year under the presidency of Eleazar WheeIock, D. D. Dartmouth grew out of an earlier school founded by Dr. Vince lock in Lebanon. Conn, and designed for the education of Indian children. The idea of this school was suggested by the cIergyman's success in educat- ing Sampson Occom, a Michigan In dian. who became a remarkable preacher. Joshua Moore, farmer, gave a house and two acres of land tc the institution, which then became known as Moore's Indian Charity School Occom collected a fund of s5O.e9o in England for enlarging the institution, and Lord Dartmouth was made president of the trustees. A grant of 44,OOO acres of land induced the establishment of the college at Hanover, N. H., and it was named Dartmouth after it's noble English pa tron.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
THE BURNING OF BUFFALO

Just a century ago to-day the city of Buffalo, and the neighboring town of Black Rock, were burned by the British, in retaliation for the burning of the Canadian town of Newark by the Americans The defenders of Buffalo did not offer much resistance, and 800 of the New York militia fled at the first approach of the English troops without firing a. shot. Gen Amos Hall, in command at Buffalo, finding himself thus deserted, was compelled to retire and leave Buffalo to it's fate. The victors applied the torch, and when the fire died out only four buildings in the town were left standing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
ChicaGo's Mayor Describes Chief Causes Of Corruption
 Of Municipal Governments

much difference between the of municipal corruption city and in another The Far repeatedly chief of municipal ownership of public utilities in private hands, is to constant corruption, flowing private ownership
 In interview with Henry N Hall in The World Garter H. Harrison who eleven been of Chicago dis the difficulties giving honest to city, placing the chief obstacles in two sources: He
 Only a system government
 who is in politics for his pocket thrive pros
 per. Remember thing. Most municipal corrup-
 ton is due directly of two things FIRST, TO THE
 METHOD OF PERFORMING IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL
 WORK BY THE CONTRACT SYSTEM; SECOND, TO
 THE GIVING OF THE CONTROL OF PUBLIC UTILI-
 INTO PRIVATE HANDS.
 Harrison entirely familiar with the kind of ernn1ent, Connecticut, which the lobbyists and other lackies of public utilities the benefit of public utilities pocketbooks.
 Mayor Harrison attributes the regeneration of Chicago to struggle with traction monopoly, which try sixty year franchise the city result of this contest the monopoly compelled Chicago $OOOOOO it's kept reasonable to
 Mayor Harrison led the fight against the traction and As incident of the contest he rescued Chicago from the clutches of monopoly scattered the lobby and made the mercial politician article.
 Mayor Harrsons experiences with private contractors like chapter Warrenite the exorbi ant city work the avoritsm letting demand upon the campaign contributions
 One of the potent which Mayor Harrison used beating the private monopos and their henchmen the referendum which operated successfully Bridgeport to prevent an enormous public debt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

used-in order to bring about the as- sem bling, systematic organization and habituaI meeting of citizens to become Intelligent upon and to take care of the common interest, it is obviously and absolutely necessary to have the service of an authorized, responsible district-clerk or secretary on the job, to look after the bothersome details of arrangement, announcement, con- st1tution suggestion, minute keeping, and so on- It is as unreasonable, 1t is more unreasonable, to expect that plain everyday citizens will assem- ble for orderly, organized, al1-side ed consideration of what is everybody s business and nobody's special business than it would be to expect aldermen, legislators, congressman or other dele gates of the citizens to assemble for their deliberations, without the pub licity paid service of a clerk or secre- tar6.
 Every city, town and rural county which is to get along without private control of the public business by a Tammany-should create the office of General Civic Secretary. This man may well be appointed an associate or assistant to the Superintendent of Schools-resp onsibIe for the use of these buildings as citizens common council chambers, and for all the oth- CT things that we are finding they can be used for without interfering with their present service.
 Boss or Secretary. That is the aI- ternative-the irresponsible, private interest-serving, self-paying boss-or the responsible, public-interest-se ing. nitely-remunerated Secretary. This is the choice.
 The appointment of Civic Score tary is the essential and first necessity of that citizenship organization which Miss Margaret Wilson has recently called 'the means of holding the ground gained in the fight against Tammany and other such organiza- tions," the primary requisite of the movement which her father has de- scribed as "a recovery of the con- structfve and creative genius of the American people,"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
RUDYARD APPLIANCES NATAL DAY.


 The sun never sets on Rudyard I1iplfng's worldwide army of admir- ers, and telepathic good wishes for many happy returns" will be dis patched to him to-day by people in every nook and corner and cranny of the habitable globe The great au- thor will be forty eight to-day, as he was born in Bombay on Dec. 30, 1865. Like all literary celebrities, MT. Kip ling is in a constant state of siege against people who want tjust his au- tograph,'' or a little original verse, or a few hours of his time, or to be dragged into fame on his coat-tails. Having a prejudice in favor of an oc- casionaI enjoyment of the boon of privacy. MT. Kipling has naturally had to refuse many of these requests for -favors. and this has led to the report that he is ''conceited'' and i.uppishp The man whose virile pen enshrined the virtues and detail ed the failings of the English soldier of. the present day. is a democratic gentleman, but, like genial and kind ly Mark Twain. he has often to as e1irr1e an atmosphere of gruffness and hauteur in order to keep from being srnothered by his kind friends. All of us famous writers can understand his attitude.
 When a real representative Ameri- can happens along, however, the ge- lid Kipling immediately thaws out, and gives his visitor the heartiest kind of welcome. This was what recently happened to Irwin s. Cobb, of New York and Paducah, the fat test humorist in captivity. MT. Kip ling didn't embrace MT. Cobb. because length, but otherwise his cordiality left nothing to be desired. Says MT. Cobb.
 we arrived a bit early. and Mir and Mrs. Kipling were out, but had left word they would be back direct ly We stroned in the garden, await ing them. We had not gone far from the house when we heard a shout and saw a man jump over a hedge and run toward us. He welcomed us as Mulvaney probably welcomed him. when he bought a pint of beer as the price of a story. He seemed to be in appearance a sort of combination of Theodore Roosevelt, William Trav- CTS Jerome and Bob Davis. He has quick feIinity of movement, the rapid thrust and parry in conversation, and a very definite way of stating a con viction-''
 MT. Kipling told MT. Cobb the sad news that Terence Mulvaney Ia cor poral wanst' and ia first class hghtin, man." was probably dead. . MT. Kip ling said that the last time he saw Mu1vaney, the immortal hero of Soldiers Three he was superintend- ing a gang of coolies in India. and he was sseedy, down-at-hee1, and ap- peared to be nearing the finish of his worldly pilgrimage.
 When the conversation turned to war. MT. Kipling admitted that his first personal Knowledge of battle was gained in South Africa, and that he 5fdn't like it very much. "A dull mathematical problem he defined modern warfare.
 War is a disillusionment!'' said the great author. The hush before the battle is like the silence of surgeons and nurses before they begin an op- sration- The general sat in a camp chair beside a neat tea table, You heard a few tick-tacks and some body handed him dispatch, and he read it and said. 'Um-m-n. good.' It might have been the dispatch or the tea-''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
The Clearance of Pictures

The list of subjects is large one, and one win find artotypes, water color facsimes royal grayres peral prin sepia patnoS nature prntS cartoons hand coored prntS and photogravueS in landscapes marins hunting and sport scenes fruit and game pictures There reproductions of Corot Mllet Reynolds Rembrandt Gapsborough Van Dyke, Schreyer, Rosa BOnFeur, and other famous artists
 These popular subjects: The Forum, The CoIosseun1 Reading from Homer, The AngeIus, The Gleaners Stain of the Bargello, Christ the Temple Aurora and several Madonnas Fourth noor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Frederico VeIasquez, former minis. ter of finance and a candidate fol president of San Domingo, was ar rested on a political charge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Agram, Croatia-The riotous session of the Diet, which began Saturday. aft ernoon, did not end until o'clock in the morning. Comparative peace had been restored by that time, and Dep uty Nedakowitsch was re- elected pres fdent. He was president of the last two Diets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Stephen Godo, a butcher of St. Louis. offers to sell his six-year-oId daughter for $2,OOO and his eight year-old son for $1,0OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

State Excise Commissioner Earle of New York issued 138 special Ney Years liquor licenses, of which II will be used in New York City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Important Price Reductions have taken place in the Dress Trimming Department, and large group of Beaded Tunics and Garnftures of exclusive designs, both in black and white are marked at half original prices.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

King George and the Prince of Wales were the guests of Countess Cora of strafford on a hunting trip at Houghton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

A cold wave accompanied with snow, struck England and the Conti- nent-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

The application to organize the Ma tional Bank of Commerce at St. Paul. Minn.. with capital of $400,0oo has been approved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
INSTEAD OF TAMMANY
 $@ School Houses As Centers for Citizen Organization Civic Secretary Instead of Boss
EDWARD J. WARD

Civic and Social Center Adviser University
 (EExcIusive Service The Survey Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

"OnIy that movement found ed on such broad and humane principles as will enable it to se- cure the sympathy and co-opera- tion of the poor and disinherft- ed, as well as of that growing mass among the better informed whose ideal is social justice, can rightly expect to expel1 Tam many PERMANENTLY from rpower.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

While he was laying low for wild ducks" at Sayville, l.. T., a meadow mouse ran down the muzzIe of Her unhurt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Cornelius Doherty, an engineer in the works of the Consolidate1 Gas Co, in New York, |~ taught in a f1ywhee1 and killed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Fancy ~bordered Linens
 Scarves, Centers and DOiIies, with inserts of flet lace, and some with elaborate eyelet work edged with Cluny lace. Half-price. Linen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

Small light weight Travelling Bags at special prices Fourth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

The 1914 conNentio1i of the American Road congress will be held at Atlanta. Ga. during the week beginning oct. 19.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30

eIgrade-Another cabinet crisis is imminent. The minister has re- signed on account of refusal of the cabinet to pass the war budget.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
R>usset Pigskin Suit Cases

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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
Capt McMupn's Efficient Command
Expect TO Leave For Their
Homes in Chicago.
HAVE GIVEN VALUABLE AID
In Various Ways in Present Situa-
tion and Have Made Favor
able Impression Here.

IL think the necessity of our de-
parture is greater than the necessity
Of our remaining stated Com
mander W. NJ. McMunn when ques-
toned last night relative to the
move OF the naval reserves. when the
report was in circulation that he
aud his men intended leaving Cairo
today. after being on food duty the
past two weeks.
THE matter rests for the present
with the Citizens Executive Com
mittee, with whom | intend meeting
in the morning at 8 o'clock. - he said
TO The Bulletin.
II believe that we have done all
that is in our power TO do. aiding in
rescue and relief work and render
ing assistance in other ways. Now
since things seem to be in such good
shape | feel that We should be al
lowed to return to our home city,
where we, too, have interests that
must be safeguarded We have
only the kindliest attitude toward
Cairo and its citizens and have been
glad TO give whatever aid we could
in coring With the flood situation =
However he concluded, "if the
opinion prevails that we should re-
remain. I shall give wnatever aid !
can il anything that is proposed, =
Tl,1 ,,,Sa "A ja. r4 ~ a1 N
last real work had been accom-
plished several DAYS ago and since
that time, the men had practically
nothing 10 do, and if present favor
able conditions continued he saw nc
further reason why they should re.
main
The Reserves have given valuable
aid in many instances during theiI
stay here, and it is safe to say that
Cairo fully appreciates their efforts
They are a clean cut, manly set
from the officers on down, and they
have made favorable impression
with every Cairoite
There is hardly doubt that tn:
meeting this morning will be simply
a matter of procedure, as has been
the custom of dealing with al
things in an official way, and that
Capt. McMunn and his men will re.
ceiye vote of thanks for the val
liable services rendered
| In event the reserves return today
| the three crews of the Chicago lif,
saving stations will go back will
| them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
Partial Elevation of Clamp Will
Become Effective at Noon. Con-
tinuing Until 10 P. M.
CONFERENCE OF AUTHORITIES
And the Citizens Executive Commit
tee Decides the Harassing
Question.

: A partial elevation in Cairo OF the
elamped lid will become effective to-
day. beginning at noon and continn-
ing until 1900 D. m.
As result of a conference yes
terday between the Citizens Execu-
tive Committee and local author
ities, it was decided 10 modify the
saloon closing order. owing TO i'm
provement in conditions. permitting
the saloons to open as above stated,
Following today all saloons will
be permitted to keep their places
open from 200 a. m. TO i0:0O p. m.
until the situation again becomes
normal, when the lid will be lifted
entirely and business continue as
before
The ban placed upon all business
houses was also lifted and those
merchants who feel absolutely safe
arc at perfect liberty 10 resume the
usual routine of barter.
Included in the order for a re-
. sumption of business. the vaudeville
and motion picture houses were
granted permission to open.
Coincident with the issuance OF
this order, Manager Kimmel,' or The
| Bijou theater,a made gementS
TO open The 3ijou this evening with
a splendid program of three reels OF
pictures. Every day thereafter The
Bijou theater will give daily per-
| formances afternoon and evening
| Manager Kimmel Immediately no.
tilted mis- booking agency in Chicago
10 supply The Kimmel theater with
! three acts, beginning Sunday mat
inee with a change OF bin the fol
lowing Thursday for the last half ot
! the week.
The Arcade and Gem will alsG
open with programs of pictures anC
vaudeville by Sunday as heretofore
Tie gradual resumption of busi
ness in all lines will restore to Cairo
its busy mercantile and manufac
! turing life with an attending buoy
ant atmosphere of prosperity.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
Nos. |. 2, 3, 4, S. 6 and "Whiskey
Die" Met By "Bobtail' at
Sycamore Street.
DRAINAGE DISTRICT SLIDE
Big Four to Resume Roundabout
Service-Nothing Definite
On Other Roads.

The Illinois Central experienced
considerable difficulty in getting it's
trains over the Drainage District
track yesterday with the same de-
gree of despatch as on the first day
The trouble was due 10 slide
above the Sears-Roebuck plant and
the ierailment of fast freight
train.
The deraled freight train was
cause for laying out of passenger
trains. but when this was remedied
slide occurred which necessitated
the use of seven or eight ears of
rock and the driving of additional
piinc.
This made all trains very late in
arriving in Cairo, No. requiring
nearly four hours in passing through
the District to Bridge Junction.
Nos. and brought into Cairo
about $50 people who had fed the
city when the stage OF water was
four feet less than now. They all
expressed themselves as very glad
TO get back home
The Illinois Central is now oper
ating into eairo trains No. l,2, 3,
a, 5, and "Whiskey Dick the
trains running over the bridge and
meeting the tBobtain" at the Syca-
more street approach.
1t is expected that Cairo-Paducah
train. service will shortly be resumed
as track conditions at Paducah are
expected to permit the resumption
of traffic between the two cities
within few days.
AS regards the resumption of traf-
fc on the Mobile and Ohio nothing
can be learned beyond that the
roadbed in the District is badly
washed in many places.
The Big Four is now operating
local trains between Mt. Carmel and
, Harrisburg and Harrisburg and Ohm
| stead
Train service will be extended
| within a few days between Olmstead
| and Mound City or as soon as a
| damaged bridge above Mound City
can be repaired.
Following this and during the re-
pair of its roadbed in the Drainage
! District or the building of the
levee on the east side, the Big -Four
will run into Cairo from Mound City
by using the Illinois Central tracks
from Mound City to Mounds and
thence down to Cairo.
| Nothing is known in regard tC
| conditions of the Iron Mountain in
Missouri or Illinois, or the Cotton
Belt or when these roads will be
able to resume train service.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
Narrow Escape 0ry Due to Break
ing Of Levees Protecting
Alluvial Bottoms.
WANTING STRONGER LEvEEs
To Hold Out Water and Increase Its
Height Until No City is Safe
T From Overflow

Extending from Cairo, Illinois, at
the mouth of the Ohio river, to the
Gulf Of Mexico, is the main trunk
of the Mississippi river. Into this
main sewer arN led the water from
"a .000 miles of tributary rivers.
bearing the foods from 81 states
and part of Canada.
The states OF Illinois. Missouri
Arkansas, Kentucky. Tennessee,
mississippi and Louisiana lie ad-
jacent to this main body OF the river
and parts of these states comprise
the ,20,000,OO0 acres that consti-
tute the alluvial valley OF the Mis-
sissippi river. This alluvial region
is about 700 miles in length. ex-
tending from just below st. Louis,
Missouri, to the Gulf of Mexico. and
averages from 40 to so miles in
width. Through this alluvial valley
the channel of the great river me-
anders in a tortuous course with a
total length of 1866 miles. a depth
OF from so TO 100 feet, and width
varying from one to two miles be-
tween banks. When Hood likestife
one that is now coming down, is
poured into this lower river pre-
cipitately, because of the rapid run
off due TO advanced methods of
drainage now in effect throughout
the 81 states comprising the drain
age basin, the natural banks are
oyerfiowed by the water and it must
be held within the channel by earth
embankments or levees.
These levees now hold back the
river throughout its entire length
from Illinois and Missouri to below
New Orleans They are by no means
complete, although they have been
constructed TO their present height
and cross-sections at a cost of about
$100,000,0 900, two-thirds of which
has been furnished by the lands pro-
tected and one-third by the National
government. If they were now COM
pleted to the height and cross-sec-
ltbH pitSCi iUEu ny tHt u nlitu states
Army Engineers when the problem
of food prevention was undertaken
there would be no fear of these
floods. in the lower region, but tive
hundred and thirty-to million cubi,
yards of earth must be put in place
before they will be completed ac
cording to the plans of the Missis
sipp River Commission of Engi
nee~s. | mention this because 81
many people, without knowing tn,
facts, are prone to condemn the plal
for controlling the floods by levee
as failure. We might ust as vel
condemn the Panama Canal as
failure If we tried to pass ship
through it with 232,000,000 cubi
yards of earth still to be remove,
from Gu ebra Cut. The plan to hol,
the food waters in the main chan
--~~a.~~A~s~a~-~..s..u~a
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
River Slowly Falls.

Conditions sun continue to Inn
prove but the river does not fa'l
as rapidly as desired However all
indications are that it will soon be-
gin to tumble down Mr.. Lindley' S
pet guage.
The stage of water at midnight
was 54.2 while in the Drainage
District 1t had fallen "a of an inch
between 6i00 p. m. and midnight
The total fall from the highest
stage being 10 inches at the Subway.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
NOW OCCUPYING THEIR
QUARTERS IN THE NEW
|. c. FREIGHT HOUSE

Agent ], d. Ladd and his force OF
the Illinois Central freight depart
ment are now occupying their new
quarters in the handsome recently
constructed freight house at Four
teenth and Commercial The oc-
cupancg started shortly after the
first OF the month, The employees
are still forced to use their old
desks and office fixtures the new
furniture not having arrived The
clerks are well pleased with their
new home. with its bright, airy and
cheerful surroundings in preference
to the old stone depot on the levee
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-12
MORE SOLDIERS BROUGHT
DOWN TO CAIRO TO
ASSIST OTHERS HERE

Company L of the Fourth regi
ment was brought down to Cairo
yesterday TO assist the other three
companies of the Fourth regiment
in their various duties here. This
now leaves three companies In the
up river city, where conditions are
said to be rapidly approaching the
normal after desperate fight with
the food waters of the Ohio river