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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-27

PEOPLE. AND THINGS
first was used in Tuesdays Day
Book.
Probably, it was just the nat
ural born degeneracy of this age,
which gives respect neither to age
nor prominence.
If we wanted to be elected to
anything and. didn't give dog
gone how it was done, we'd hire
the guys who counted the states
attorney vote last November.
And, talking about that cote,
we'd like to see Maclay Hoyne be
a real man and demand a full in
vestigation of that fancy, count
ing for the sake of his own good
name.
It's a good job there are nine
brothers of the Maderos. 1t gives
certain American papers a chance
to report one executed every day
tor quite while.
Probably another dispensation
of Providence. Think of how an
noying it would have been for
these certain papers if Madero
hadn't had any brothers or sis
tiers!
A delirious rurnor to the effect
that William Jennings Bryan, of
Nebraska, might be secretary of
state in Wilson's cabinet; has
reached our ears.
The Fl. Sheridan sojers are
brave boys all right. They start
ed for the war on the Illinois Cen
trail.
The Springfield senatorial
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-27

DAILY COMMENT ON
''Four dollars in old bills and
ninety-five cents in small curren-
cy."-The Lantern Magazine.
We must have missed one of
the latest reforms in our money
system.
The mayor, according to the
American, is pleased with the re-
suit of the primary.
The American is supposed to
know just exactly how the mayor
feels politically, but we hope it is
mistaken this once.
We should hate to be forced
into the belief that Carter H.
is suffering from brain flag.
One of the interesting things
about the primary is the remark
able nominations of the Republi-
cans.
Anyone who ever heard of any
of the Republican nominees be-
fore the last few weeks, kindly
raise their hands.
Its my idea that censors, like
poets, are born, not made. "-Jer-
ry O'Connor, Chicago's we'll
known movie censor.
Funny how many different
kinds of people are born, not
made" isn't it? Now some peo-
pie are born with horse sense!
John Borden, son of late Vim.
Borden, is talking about taking a
dash to the Arctic region. Yes
terday's''Day Book.
Sounds like "And I'll just take
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
FRASER
| WILL PAY WAGES
Of HIS SPECIALS
Ten Men, Whose Pay Was Held Up
by City Council Wednes-
day Night.


Sheriff Fraser authorizes The Bull
letin to state that the ten men
whom he appointed to act as special
deputies at the polls during the re-
cent election can call at his office
and secure their pay for the services
rendered.
These salaries were held up by the
council Wednesday evening until
it could be ascertained whether
the city or the sheriff's office was
legally responsible for the payment
of the men.
There were twelve deputies all
told appointed to act on election day
in the IL precincts as specials. Two
of the salaries were allowed by the
council in mass of miscellaneous
claims and accounts before it dis
covered what it was acting upon.
Then the matter of allowing the re-
naming ten was deferred until the
legal phases appertaining to the re.
sponsibiity for payment could be as.
certained.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
.T|LLMAN AGAINST
|. APPOINTMENT OF
CHAS. ?. NELL
Insists Wilson's Choice for Labor Ba.
reau Distorted South Carolina
Workers Conditions.
INSIST UPON AMPLE TIME
To Submit Evidence That Won
Convince Committee That Can.
didate Was Prejudiced.

Washington. March 14.--lf Prcsi-
dent wilson's appointment oi
Charles p. Neil to be Commissions
of Labor is confirmed it will be only
after stubborn fight
Senator's TilIman and Overmaa
today went before the Committee
on Education and Labor, to which
Iit had been referred, and vigorously
protested against confirmation.
They insisted that they be given
ample time to submit evidence they
believed would convince the commit
tee Mr.. Neill was preiudiced and
had been guilty of distorting facts
gathered by his agents when labor
conditions among women and chill
dren in the South were under in
vestlgation by his department
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
Is Expression Of Commercial c I'd
Directors After They Visit New
Button Factory.
NOW RUNNING IN FULL BLAST
With Payroll Of $500 Per Week
Establishment Wants Fifty
More Men at Once.

| The Cairo Commercial club is real
lproud of the latest acquisition to the
/ city's industrial establishments
the Elk Peal Button factory, which
was landed last year in campaign
for new business interests.
Yesterday, the directors OF ths
ic'ub paid visit TO the factory on
hFortieth street and were show
around by Manager Louis Iglert
They saw 40 men at work manipu
lating the various machines ant
leutting the ordinary mussel shell
Into shapes of small circumfer
ence which constitute button IL
its embryo state.
The directors were really sur,
prised at the busy scene presented
in the estab ishment and the finc
equipment that constitutes the me.
chanical end.
What pleased them most however
was the statement that Manager
Iglert made concerning the wages
paid and he backed 1t up with q
citation of his payroll.
The beginners in the factory make
SO or $7 the first week or so but
after that they increase daily They
arc paid by the number of button
forms they cut, which is measured
in pounds. One l7-year-old boy who
has onyy been on the fob weeks
is earning $2.z0 per day Some Of
the men who have been employed
since the factory opened in January
are making as high as 81 a day. The
payroll at present OF the local fac
tory is something like $500 week.
Right now the factory could use
SO more men, There seems to be a
shortage among the laboring classes
IN Cairo just al the present time.
Manager Ig ert stated that ia event
more labor Is obtained the company
will make an addition to its plant
and put on another 80 employees.
The button industry knows no dull
season and the men, once they get
started in the work and make
good" are insured of steady emp. oy-
ment at fine wages
The establishment so impressed
the directorate that they wish they
had a few more OF its kind TO place
In Cairo. At any rate, If any other
similar concerns head this way, the
Commercial club is going to lansl
them for Cairo at all hazards.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
ANNA HIGH SCHOOL
TRIMS ELD0RADO TEAM
IN BASKETBALL GAME

Anna, ILL.,, March 1.-THE Anna
high school annexed the second To-
cal victory in basketball for the
week by defeating Eldorado high
tonight by score of 25 to %. The
game was very fast on the part OF
both teams. At the end of the first
half the score was IL to IL in favor
of Anna. The lineup for Anna was:
Forwards, first half, Matthes and
Brady; guards. Thompson and
Plemon; center. first half, F. Chase;
Parker d. Grear came into the line.
up in the second half as forward.
The lineup of Eldorado was: For
wards, wilson and Beas ey; guards,
Brammett and Simpson,: center,
Stinson. Time of halves 20 minutes.
Referee, Prof. Chas .McGinnis, Anna.
Umpire, r. H. Putnam, Eldorado.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
KRESSENPLOYES
|. NOT PAID LESS
S4. PER WEEK
No Limit is Placed ON Maximum
Favor Present State Investi-
cation of Conditions.

No employe of the Kress store for
the past two years has been paid a
lower salary than S4 per week and
no INIT is placed as a maximum.
When business is normal an average
of Is girls are employed at this
store, but during rush seasons az
many as 60 are employed. Girls
employed during the busy periods
are not paid less than the regular
force and are frequently paid more.
Manager c. II. Minsha.l says his
company favors the present investi-
cation and stands ready to do any
thing that is required by law.
Il do not think the conditions ex-
isting in Chicago and other cities
could be applied in caFo. said Mr..
|Minshall. "Our girls al live at
home and are more like D. large fam
lily, rather than employees. We are
very careful to employ girls of good
family and take an interest in their
we fare. We do all in our power {,
make working conditions congenial.
We have a rest room for the girls.
where they can prepare their meals
and rest during the lunch hour. /"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
Chicago Factories, Employing $4,000
Girls, Permit Unspeakable
Conditions, il is Said.
WILL CALL THE OWNERS
And Former Employees of Sweat
Shops Before the Commission
for Investigation.

Springfield, ILL.,, March IA
When the Senate White Slave Com.
mission resumes its investigation III
Chicago it will turn its attention to
the employment of girls in sweat
shops and factories. Lieutenant
Governor Barratt O'IIara, who is
chairman of the committee, said to-
night.
The committee will call the own
ors, managers and certain employees
and former employees OF sweat shops
and factories in Chicago, where it
is believed even worse conditions ex
ist than have been hitherto dis
closed.
"We are advised that there are a
hundred or more sweat shops in
Chicago employing $4,000 girls and
young women, They pay less wages
than the department stores and the
working conditions are terrible.
Girls and women are ordered around
by ignorant and brutal overseers and
are subject to all forms of injustice
Many of the girls are foreigners and
Immigrants who do not know the
laws of the United States and are
unable TO seek redress for their
wrongs.
The committee has decided that
this is a field to which we must
turn our attention in connection
with the white slave inquiry
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
ACCEPTS TRAVELLING JOB
AS MANAGER OF A
MOTION PICTURE FILM

John r. Crehan, Jr.. will depart
for st. Louis tomorrow where he has
accepted position as road manager
of the motion picture feature en-
titled "The Titanic Disaster" which
was shown at the Bijou theater here
the first part of the week Mr.. Gre
hans tour with the film will include
a stop in the larger cities of Mis-
souri. Kansas and Oklahoma
Johnny" has had experience in the
theatrical business and his ability
as hustler" got him the Job. He
is looking forward to the trip with
much anticipation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
MOUND CITY
DEFEATED IN
DOUBLE HEADER
Cairo High School Trims Both Wis.,
iting Boys and Girls Teams
in Basket Ball.
FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT
Are Both Contests &C. H. S. Gets
Even With Mound City for De-
feat of Last Week.


Mound City, our pleasant littl
neighbor on the north OF us, sen
two OF her high school basket bal
teams down here last night. The
came, they saw and were conquered
The M. q. II. s. girls were heater
by such an awful score, that the OF
fetal tabu ,ator said he lost thu
count, but someone stated 1t was Z.
to 2. Then came the visiting boy
for their fate and they too suffered
by a 81 to 25 score.
II was the second time that thu
Mound City CIR were defeated BY
the Cairo girls but not SO with the
boys. Last week at Mound City
the high put 1t all over the c. II. s
opponents. who compose the second
team of the local high school.
The boys contest last night was
an exciting one from start to finish
The Cairo lads were determined "a
make amends for last weeks show.
ing and beat their rivals and they
did ii after a fierce bait q, which was
replete with might good playing on
both sides.
Judging from the showing tina!
several members of the Cairo team
made Tart night, Coach Ryan will
have some exec lent material tc
choose from next year to make M
the first team
The Mound City teams were ac-
companied by large crowd OF en-
thusiasts and they cheered Justify
for their athletes. However, when II
comes to cheering, c. H. s, is
there" for never has the old school
had such bunch of enthusiasts as
1t has rallied to the cause OF ath-
letics this year They were on the
job again last night as usual. and
were responsible In good measure
for the victories OF their favorites
Before the basket ball games were
pulled off Rnother interesting ex-
temporaneous speaking contest was
engaged in. this time by both boys
and girls. The speakers and their
subjects were as TO lows;
THE Contribution OF the Wright
Brothers to Aviation, Florence
Snyder; "The Value Of High School
Athletics" Walter Kusene-; 1.-The
History of the 'Know-Nothing
Party in American Politics." George
Modern Chivalry, One
of the Lessons OF the Titanic Disas-
ter" viii Dougherty: why Do Mer
Strike" Annie Doughertys Con.
servation of Forests" Stanley Marx.
Conservation of Water Power.
Paul Aird; Superiority OF 1919
Models Over Previous Automobiles. =
Helen McDougal; Sanitation In tho
Panama Canal Zone" Joe HiDbitts;
"Civic Responsible ity for the Health
of the People George Curry.
The speakers had FIVE minutes
each in which to deliver their sub.
jects and they all acquitted them.
selves very creditably.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
FIRST DEGREE VERDICT
OR LIBERTY FOR DIR. HYDE

Kansas City, NO., March 1.-THE
jury trying DR.. B. c. Hyde, charged
with the murder of Colonel Thomas
H. Swope, must either find DR..
Hyde guilty of murder In the first
degree or acjuit him, according to
the instructions given to the jury
today by Judge Porterfield. Nine
hours OF argument will follow,
Floyd Jacobs opening for the state.
The case will go to the jury late this
afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
VICE lin PEORIA

Peoria, March 14.-Lieutenant
Governor 0'Hara left tonight for
Peoria where session of the senate
vice committee to investigate the SO.
cial evil will be held. Thirty sub.
poenas were issued in Peoria today
According to information furnished
the lieutenant governor, Peoria is q
fruitful field for the commission in.
quiry. -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
NELLIS' CASE IS
NOT REACHED IN
DANV|LLE court
Attorneys for Defense Enter De
murrer Which Win Be Argued
Saturday.

Danville. H.. March 1.-THE
case OF, Dewitt G. Nellis. charged
with a violation of the Mann
white Slave act,s now pending IN
the Federal court here. was not
reached today.
A demurrer has been entered by
attorneys for Nellis which will be
argnea tomorrow. kiw.h1 u,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
ASSAULTS GIRL
STATE SOLDIERS
AVERT LYNCH|NC
White Man Attacks Fourteen Year.
Old Girl and is Threatened by
Angry Mob Of Men,
DUNNE CALLS OUT THE MILITIA
From Four Nearby Cities After
Sheriff Advises Inability to Cope
With Situation Alone.

Salem, H., March l4.-The jail
AT Salem Is guarded tonights and
three companies OF state militia are
here and the fourth company is on
.itssway here. The state troops were
ordered out by Governor Dunno in
rasponge to message from Sheriff
Purcell of Marion county that he
was unable alone to cope with a
situation arising through the arrest
OF Frank Sullens, white, 2l years
old, charged with an attack on
Dorothy, the l4-year-old daughter
OF Judge Charles Hot.
Al this afternoon a mob OF angry
men swarmed through the streets
and several times were dispersed in
front OF the jail by the sheriff and
his deputies,
The mob though threatening.
lacked leader and was handled by
Purcell and his assistants. However,
late in the afternoon when the sit
uation became more serious, the
sheriff appealed to the governor for
assistance and the militia from Oh
ney, Shelbyville and Efingham
were at once ordered to Salem and
later fourth company from Alta
mont was rdispataehed
The news OF the approach of the
state troops considerably soberad
the crowd. Purcell and his force
were alarmed early tonight by re-
ports that an uncle of the wronged
girl was coming from Kinmundy,
ten miles away with one hundred
men. Probably two dozen men from
that place did arrive but they acted
very peacefully.
The Altamont troops, the first %
arrive came in at TAO, followed a
short time afterward by two other
companies. They lined up in front
of the jai. and the mob gathered
principally to satisfy their curiosity.
When the excitement was at its
highest. the ministers of the town
assisted. by members of the city
council and law abiding citizens took
advantage OF the situation to clean
up the place.
While Salem officially is dry
town a number of "blind tigers"
have been flourishing, and the inn
proyised vigilant committee raidei
all these they could find. A
half dozen SO gallon casks
OF whiskey and about rs
cases of beer were seized and
broken up and their contents allow
ed to soak into the streets. The mob
mob paid no attention to the act
of the reformers.
Sullen was arrested following
Dorothy Hollis story this morning
when she returned home after hav-
ing been out all night.
She said she was returning from
a moving picture show to her home,
when she was seizedd and gagged
and taken a mile and half from
town to the slaughter pen. There she
became unconscious and did not re-
cover until 8 o'clock this morning
when she dragged herself home.
Sui en- is said TO have admitted
he forced the girl to accompany him
bat that he did so at the instance
of another man who offered him S.
and drink of whiskey
The girl declared she saw no one
else at the slaughter pen but Sullen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15

Washington, March IA sen
ate committee spent four hours to-
day investigating charges made by
Senator Gore that an assistant door.
keeper of the Senate, Carl A. Loeff-
Ter, had been reported as havina
Incorporated in 1911 the Holt's
law certificate of deposit, an incl!
dent which figured prominently in
the trial OF Senator Lorimer.
TO. over two and a half hours OF
that time a l4-year-old page, VIM.
Harris. faced the eight senators and
sustained a severe examination
which did not alter his assertion
that he believed he had given the
paper to Loeffler.
Loeffler, who took the stand later
In the day. declared emphat cally
that he had not received the papei
which later disappeared. He de-
MED that it had ever been in his
possession. II 4avNv r
After being produced in the Sen.
ate Feb. ] 1. 1911 by Senator Cum
Minis, passed into the hands OF other
senator's and Loeffler said he never
saw or heard any more of ii,
Facts were brought out that tho
paper taken by the page might have
been another one and Senator Gore
interrupted the testimony several
times.
The investigation will not be re,
srmed until later.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
Senator Morton Gets Coveted Seat
On Appropriation Body in Pref
erence to South Carolinan.
WON'T GIVE UP HOWEVER
It is Understood That Southern
Statesman Will Not Accept De-
els on Of Steering Committee.

81
Washington. March 14.-Senator
ben Tiliman. Of South Carolina. to-
day lost his long and hard fight for
the chairmanship of the Senate COM
mittee of Appropriations The
Democratic committee list. composed
tonight. accorded the appropria
tions craftsmanship to Senator Nor
ten. of Virginia. and placed Senator
Tillman at the head OF the commit
tee of naval affairs.
The decision of the steering COM
mittee will not be accepted by Till
man, II is understood
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
ENGLAND CUTS NAVAL BILE.

London. March 14.-It Is an
nounced that this years naval bill
Will amount to e43.3os. .30s, aginst
the total OF f45.075,40o in last
years budget.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15

Stork Visits Thirty-second Street.
G The Stork made visit yesterday
evening at 7:s0 to the home of Mr..
and Mrs VII Burton of s2s Thirty
secopd street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15

Milwaukee, March 14.--A tor
nado accompanied by seas of rain
which swept over Wisconsin last
night and early today forced hum
.dreds of persons from their shaking
houses, razed scores of small build
ings, demoralized traffic in several
cities and caused property damage
amounting to several hundred thous-
and dollars
Independent. blair, Arcadia and
Whitehall ;, towns along the Treem-
pealeau river are beneath several
feet OF water. The heavy rain melt
ed the snow in the hills and small
streams became turbulent rivers.
The ice on the Trempealeau river
broke up and formed a jam and
flooded the banks with feet OF
water.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
MAJOR HALLIDAY
| DIES Of HEART
failure FRIDAY
~
Sudden Death at 8 o'clock in the
Morning at San Diego,
California.
DEEP REGRET IS EXPRESSED
Esteemed and Admired for Demo.
cratic Unostentatious Nature
and Amiability. 4,

Major Edwin Warner Halliday
died Friday morning at his home IN
San Diego. Cal. OF heart failure.
This information was flashed over
the wires TO Cairo in the following
telegram. !,
SAMUEL HALLIDAY,
Cairo, Ill.
Your father died this morning.
eight O'Clock. from heart failure.
Interment San Diego.
DOUGLAS HALLIDAY. /"
This news reaching the ears OF
the people was the occasion for
many profound expressions OF re-
gret and poignant grief among tho
citizens OF Cairo. to whom the de-
ceased was greatly endeared and ad-
mired
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15
Dslrge Of Rain With Accompani-
.ment Of Wind and Lightning
Plays Havoc in the South.
WISCONSIN SUFFERS LIKEWISE
Tornado Forces Hundreds From
Their Homes, Races Buildings
and Demoralizes Traffic.

New Or cans, March l4.--Indica-
tions from late reports are that moro
than 90 people were xii ed. Sc
verely injured and great property
loss sustained in q disastrous cleo,
tric storm which struck parts of
Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Texas Thursday afte.-
noon and night Eighty odd deaths
have been reported and the total
will probably be increased when
wire communication is restored. In
remote sections visited by the
cyclone the damage to property can
not be estimated but will have to be
computed in millions.
Twenty-Five persons are reported
to have perished in Georgia and the
damage to property is roughly esti-
mated at one mi lion.
ga hcun,4 GORDON county, georgia,
and vicinity bore the brunt of the
storm in that state. Eleven persons
are reported killed. The other ia
.alities in Georgia are nine at Tuck
er, four at Eaglesville, three at
Charleston and two at Columbus.
Late reports from Tennessee have
increased the death toll in that state
to twenty-hree.
The loss of life in Alabama is es-
mated at thirteen, although several
persons are still reported missing.
Five negroes were killed near Deca-
tur, three persons perished at Calera
and two each at Hokesbluff, Byes-
vile and Duke.
Reports from Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi say the death list remains
at seven in leach state.