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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
Rescue Two Men ard Woman ard
Give Alarm for Victim
in the Water.
PARTY cLINes TO CRAFT
Girl and Two Companions Uncon-
scioys When Taken Ashore;
Men in Hospital.

Chicago. H.. May 2.--Three
men and woman. thrown
into the lake when their rowboat
was overturned three-quarters of q
mile Off Pratt avenue, were saved
frcm drowning by two boys wno
went to their aid In borrowed row
boat late yesterday afternoon.
The woman and two of the men
became unconscious and were re-
vived when taken ashore.
Party Borrowed Boat.
The party had borrowed the boat
from fisherman aud had rowed out
in the lake three-quarters of mile,
when one of them in moving about
caused the boat to oapsize, and the
occupants were participated into the
water
None of them could swim, but
they managed to grasp the sides of
the boat, and, clinging to this,
shouted for aid Their cries were
heard by Rudolph Sampson, fifteen
years old, and Edward Spies, SIN
ten years old.
They ran to the shelter of the
fisherman and jumped into one OF
the rowboats and went to the rescue.
Three Taken Ashore.
The bows succeeded in getting the
members Of the party into the
boat. Fearing that the boat would
sink il they attempted to pull one
Of the men into it, the boys told him
to hold to the stern while they
rowed back to the shore.
The cries of the men and the wo-
man had also been heard by vii.
liam Ballard. manager of the Birch
wood Country Club near there, and
he with party of volunteer lifa-
savers entered towboat and aided
in the rescue
They reached the overcrowded
rowboat as the man was becoming
exhausted, and they pulled him into
their boat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
SUNDAY MAY Il
DESIGNATED AS
MOTHERS DAY
Gov. Dunno Issues Proclamation
!, Setting Aside Second Sunday
For State Observance.

Springfield, May 2.-In a pro
clamation issued tonight by Gov.
nunne Sunday, May II, 1912, is
designated as Mothers Day" in the
state of Illinois, and it is urged that
Oh this day addresses and sermons
appropriate to the occasion be de-
livcred in the various churches and
other places of public meeting and
that the cities of the state enter in
to the spirit of the occasion that il
may be a day of family reunion.
precious memories and one of uplift
ana inspiration.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
JERSEY FULL CREW"
LAW NOW EFFECTIVE

Newark, N j., May 2.-The "ful
crew" bill, which was opposed bit
terly by the raj roads went into Of
feet throughout this state today
The law provides that crews or
freight trains of fewer than thivtS
cars shall consist of five men an6
of more than thirty ears of six men
On passenger trains of not morf
than three cars the crew must con
sist of FIVE men and on four or more
cars of six men.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
ILLINOIS RIFLE SHOOT
AT CAMP LOGAN IN JUNE.

Chicago. May D. Members OF The
Illinois State Rife Association and
the Illinois National Guard will hold
the eighth annual shoot of the as.
ISOLATION at the Camp Logan rife
range in LAX, county on June 2S,
80. 50. July /. 2. 3 and 4. The Of
fetal program Of the annual match
es contains twenty-nine events. Of
fering TO the winners medals and
other prizes
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
WOMEN OF ARKANSAS
DEDICATE MONUMENT

Little Rock. Ark, May I'm the
presence of thousands of visitors
from all over Arkansas. the United
Daughters of the Confederacy today
unveiled the $4,000 monumeu;
erected on the new capitol grounds
lin honor OF Arkansas Women of tha
corfederacy. Acting Governor Flu
trel received the monument on be-
half Of the state,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
SHOCKING STORY
UNVEILED BY A
HOSPITAL PROBE
Riverside Nurses Sacrifice Modesty
Under Guise Of Absolute
Necessity.
One Nurse Testlfies to Narrowing
Details in Treatment Of a
Negro Patient.

Padueah, May 1--When the in
vestigation into the alleged mis-
management OF the RIVERSIDE hos
pital was resumed this eE&ning it
was Thought that the worst had
been heard but in this the public
was mistaken
Witness after witness sunfolded
shocking and horsifying tales of
humiliation and numerous cases OF
indignities that had been heaped
upon the female nurses under the
| flimsy disguise OF absolute neces-
sity."
Stories of graft were unfolded all
of which added to the sensational
features of the investigation which
had its incipiency in the strike of
thirteen nurses some time ago and
the thrust OF a probe into the man
agement Of the institution at the de-
mand of the public.
The News-Democrat, the cham.
pien Of the outraged nurses gives in
detail over five columns of the tes-
timony introduced In the investiga-
ton Thursday evening.
In part the principal testimony
from both sides Is as follows
After Chairman Lally raped for
order, Attorney Charles z. Grass
ham. representing the nurses offer-i
cd statement Of me w NJ. Rieke
company store, on which rug cost
ing s12 was charged to Riverside
hospital The entry was made Feb
ruary 13, 1913, according to the
statement. Mr. Grassham asked that
the statement be made a matter Of
record. Attorney Hal S. Corbett,
representing Miss valeria NJ. Knis-
ley and Miss Sarah e, Dock objected
to the fling OF the statement Clerk
Maurice Mcintyre then took possess
sion of the statement.
Mrs. Martha Cooley wife OF Dr..
M. NJ. Cooley, was the first witness
called by Attorneys Berry AMI
Grassham, for tho nurses. Mrs.
Cooley swore that she had been
resident of Paducah for nine years
and during that time had been prac
ticing the profession of nurse.
She also stated that at various times
she nursed at Riverside hospital as
a special attendant.
Mrs. Coo'ey said that during Feb
ruary, 1913, while Miss Knisiey was
acting in the capacity of superin-
tendent at Riverside, she paid So
cial call to Miss Knisley, and that
while at the institution the superin-
tendent told her of the purchase of
rug from w. NJ Rieke and com
pany.
Mrs. Cooley said that Miss Knis-
ley explained she had purchased a
rug for the superintendent's room
several months previously, and that
as she intended to take other possess
sions to Philadelphia upon her re-
turn to her home, she had purchased
the new rug and charged It to the
hospitals account. The old rug.
the first one in use, she explained.
had been paid for by her.
Witness swore that Miss KnisleJ
said she did not know whether she
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(Concludd on Page six.l
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
East and West St. Louis to Terrc
Hautc With Cairo Intersec-
ton at Springfield.
MORE THAN WATER AND PAPER
Capitalized at $40, 100000 and Pay
$4,000 Filing Fec to Secre.
tary Of State.

i Cairo is TO have its second eiec-
trio interurhan railroad. -. .f,...
This new traction road will bisect
a main line running from st. Louis
to Terre Haute, Springfield being
the point Of intersection.
| A certificate of capital stock was
yesterday filed with the secretary Of
state at Springfield for $40, 0,000,0 900,
| That the road possesses something
more tangible than water AMI
paper" is evidence by the incorpor.
ators paying a filing fee Of sac, 900.
Trust deeds aggregating $20,-
00C,000 was at the same time fled
with the recorder Of deeds Of San
CANON county.
The Springfield and Central Trac-
ticn Company has already secured
by ordinances rights of way through
and term nal facilities in all the
principal towns and cities between
East St. Louis and Terre Haute.
Springfield, ILL.,, May The
cnn;..rR,1l ooJ fsant,ots flt;.,o II.
Traction Company filed With tho
Secretary OF state at noon today a
certificate Of increase of capital Co
$2O, ,0N0,000 In order to make
this Hing II was necessary to pay
a filing fee of $4,000. At the
same time the company filed with
the recorder of deeds of Sangamon
county trust deed to the Chicago
!, Title and Trust Company of Chicaf~.
and the City Safe Deposit and
Agency Company, Limited, of Lon
don, for $20,00o,000. The company
has secured ordinances giving i.
right of way through all the prin-
cipal towns and cities between ST.
Louis and Terre Haute, Ind, with
terminal facilities in Terre Haute e.
do a general passenger and freight
business.
Isaac II. Smith. president Of the
company, is in London, where the
bonds have just been underwritten
guaranteeing the construction of
the line. The company will build
Its oxn bridge across the MISSISSIPPI
pi at st. Louis and will build its own
jbridge across the Wabash.
Will Run Cross Line.
In addition to the straight line
between st. Louis and Terre Haute,
the company will run a cross line
between Springfield and Cairo.
The officers OF the company arc
Isaac H. Smith, civil engineer
Pierce Building, president; George
w. White of the Mississippi Valley
Trust Company, vice president;
Noble T.. Mcmillan of the Mlssis.
sippi Valley Trust Company, treas
urer; A. G. SkiIlman of Cincinnati
secretary, and c. Porter Johnson o.
Johnson & Owen, general counsel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
Theory.

"How do you suppose Steggins ever
came to write me such an elaborately
sarcastic letter about so slight mat
ter?" Very possibly" replied Miss
Cayenne, "he has just employed
new stenographer and is trying to
show off"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
PLEADS AGAINST STRIKE.

Cleveland, o., May 2.--F J. Mos
er. division superintendent of the
Erie railway. left here this morning
on a special train to make trim
over the division to interview all
te egraph operators and personally
plead with them not to go out on
strike,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
CAIRO RETAILERS
Want HUSIlER'S
1918 CONVENTION
Local Association to Sound Senti-
mcnt Relative to Landing
Next Years Meeting.
POINT TO THE 1907 SUCCESS
Ar Indicative That City Should
Again Have the Travelling
Men Within Its Gates.

The Cairo Retail merchants in
their regula- monthly gathering las
night in the Office OF Secretary Gil
hofer in the Howe building had 9
very busy session and there was an
unusually large attendance of the
members of the association.
Among the number OF discussions
that came UP was one relative to
having the Egyptian Hustlers meet
in Cairo in 1914. The annual meet
ing Of the travelling men is to be
held in Murphysboro next month.
Cairo entertained the travelling
men in June 1907 and the Knights
OF the Grip declared Cairo an ideal
place for gathering.
The Retail Merchants feel that ii
is time Cairo should have the con-
vention here again and an effort
will be made within the next sew
eral weeks to ascertain tho senti.
ment of other civic and commercial
organizations relative to the mat
ter.
Aside from the p p'easures and good
fellowship that always attends such
conventions the citfesf where the
same is held derive mueh III the way
Of publicity and gp6d wora at the
hands Of theatraveling men who,
united as they are, form an excel
lent means or advertising any
place that they might look upon
with favor.
Secretary Gilhofer will get in
touch with several of the travelling
mems organizations as well as the
travellers themselves to determine
Cairo's chances to land the 1873
meeting.
In 1906 when Cairoites determ-
ined to secure the succeeding year s
convention they journeyed 500
strong to Olney in a special train
and with a big band. The Hustlers
could not overlook such display
OF spirit and enthusiasm and Cairo
won out in contesting for the honor
with many other Southern Illinois
cities.
If the levees about the city are
completed by next Spring the mer-
chants figure that Cairo should cele-
brate the event in some manner and
it could be appropriately staged dur.
ing the travelling mems convention
If they could be persuaded to come
here.
There are several other conven.
tions that the Association intend:
to lend it's efforts towards holding
their 1914 gatherings in Cairo.g
The merchants are still impres-
sing the refund proposition regard
ing railroad fares upon the minds
of out of town people and only re-
Gently $4,000 circulars touching
upon the advantage of thus trading
in Cairo were mailed to out of town
people in the neighboring vicinity
In order to persuade new indus.
tries to locate in Cairo and also te
bring residents to swell the popula.
tion the merchants are figuring or
form of advertising to be spread
broadcast The principle topic in
the same and the idea that is to bt
most emphasized is the many thous
ands of dollars to be spent here
within the next year for higher ant
stronger levees TO insure furthe-
safety from floods.
The association also transacted
much business of a routine nature
and adjourned after an evening
proftably spent.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
Rent
That
Idle
Room

There are hundreds of peo-
pie in Cairo who ere always
seeking a desirable room,
Let Us publish a little want
ad in The Bolletin for yon.
1t will reach these people
and rent your rocm.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-03
No, On the Mao.

The only place where one can live
eheaply Is Utopia; and the confound-
ed atlas makers still refuse to put
that happy region on the maps Prov
idencs Journal.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-01
CuRTAIlING DRINK.

The Industrial countries feel more
and more the pressure ~ the drink
problem There was a time when q
business man could drink. now 0nd
thon TO excess. and sliu be successful
10 was thought that travelling men
had 90 bee good fellows In order to
gct orders Thlngs have changed.
People Do all lines have 20 work
harder than ever before. The demand
Tor efficiency. 20 the limit. "a increas-
INK year by year.
The problem IS now a lipe one in
Germany, where the workmen's COM
pensation laws revealed the effects Of
drink on the artisans Of the empire.
when tho Boor war called for larger
enlaiments 10 the British army. that
nation found that its young men had
detcriorated. Requirements for enc
llFimcnt had TO be reduced. and
commission reported that the cause
was alcoholism among the mothers.
France faces similar problem.
She has no thought Of prohibition.
fully recognizing. with Germany and
Great Britain that righteousness can
not be- legiflatod into people. The
proposition ia to reduce the number
OF places where ahsintho and cogniac
may be had and 20 educate the
younger generation in the evils Of IN
Temperance. Germany Great Britain
and France are roiug 70 trust 20 their
schools and regulation Of the sale Of
inioxicantH until tho schools have done
their work
Tho soundeat hope appears % llc
IN education ana In the attitude OF
employers when all countries have
adopted the workmens compensation
principle. employers simply cannot af-
ford 10 employ q man who drinks
The conditions Of employment Will
work more effectively for temperance
than an Of the prohibltory statutes.
This has already been the effect Of the
compensation laws Of Germany with
"a large percentage of the United
states now prohibition territory. the
use of Intoxicating liquors has in
creased az an alarming rate In Ger
many. since the compensation laws
were pissed, there has been a marked
decrease IN the sale uf liquors
Now Il is impossible for drinking
man 10 find employment in the oper-
ating department Of any well-regu-
lated railroad What has happened
ON tho railroads Is becoming the pol
icy OF the employers everywhere
Soon there viii he no job FOR the man
who drinks
Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-01
CONGRESS YET.

The extra session has ended and the
regular session of the sixty-third cone
gross begins at noon today The extra
session has made fair record OF
achievement though only half Of the
task. set for It hy President Wilson
was accomplished fully
II was The purpose Of the chief ex-
coutiyc Of the nation Go have radl-
cal revision Of the tariff That was
done. under the spur OF the admins
tration in record breaking time. The
Underwood d-slmmons bin was far more
radical than the people Of the coun-
Try had reason to expect The cam
paign of the democratic party was
made on the Underwood hill, which
was passed through the house during
tho previous congress The modifi-
cation OF some of the features Of Il
in the senate then controlled hy re-
puhlcans and progreasives, did not
count
But when President Wilson came
into the White House, he called the
lnw-maklng body IN extraordinary
session and BEGAN fight which re-
suited Ina the most radical legislation
that has occurred In the fiscal affairs
of any nation since the repeal of the
English corn laws. IN 1916.
How the tariff viii work out, no
one is wise enough to say at this time.
So far the disturbance of business has
been slight Little injury is apparent
During the past month, there has
been a falling off in certain industries,
notably steel and the textiles. but
whether due to the new tariff law
there Is doubt
on the other hand. no benefits from
the law have yet been disclosed TO
the naked eye with the things tho
orists profess 10 see throueh high
power microscopes we need not con-
cern ourselves az this time. OF two
things we may speak with assurance.
business has not been stimulated and
the high cost Of living has not been
reduced
President Wilson expects the re-
vision OF the currency laws TO So COM
piement the tariff act as to be OF
Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-01
"BOARDlNG AMONG THE
SCHOLARS"

Talk among teachers Of the rural
schools Of New Mexico indicated that
one Of The great drawbacks is diff
Guilty Of finding places where room
and board may be had. We well re-
member the old custom Of boarding
around now "a thing Of the past
everywhere. In some sections Of the
country Il was called boarding
among the scholars"
The passing OF that old-fashioned
system was not without is dlsad-
yantages 10 rural education. though
permanent quarters were more COM
Portable for the teacher But the
teacher came into the homes Of the
rural community, bringing to many
OF thom a new Influence and a new
atmosphere. Manners improved IN
her presence. Many mothers got a
new point OF contact with the world.
The coming of the teacher. man or
woman, was an event In the home
But the greatest gain was TO the
teacher ana the pupils The teacher
learned to understand the pupils bet
ter after seeing them IN their homes.
Cases OF hackwardness We're ex-
planned that had been a mystery be-
fore. The shyness Of some and the
nervousness of others became an un-
sealed book, as did the impudenco
and the intractibleness OF others.
However immature the teacher who
boarded among the scholars might
be- she learned much Of the value Of
her work In the process, If she was
capable Of learning anything.
Now that the custom has dlsap-
peared we are trying by parents and
teachers meetings, to re-estahlish
the point of contact. We are gradu-
ally learning that the necessities Of
our ancestors fitted IN with the scIen-
uflc aspirations of more learned
gencfution. our parents could not
pay the teacher entirely IN money.
so they paid her partly in board, ana
ln so doing got about the sort of
teacher this generation Is crying for.
but cannot get-one who knows the
pupils and their families knows the
children in their homes as well as In
the schoolroom and on the play
ground,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-01

great benefit to the country There ls
no doubt that the country now is In
need Of more money with which 20
trahfact lts business. Aside from the
production Of gold there now "a no
way 20 secure more circulating me-
dlum unless additional bonds are
issued merely as q basis for national
bank notes.
with the new currency Law on the
statute books, we may expect an iniec-
ton of Approximately a half billion
dollars into the currency Of the coun-
Try which would be ample Such an
amount might produce a dangerous
initiation leading TO a fictitious boom.
which would De followed by an newt
able collapse and panic
That n currency bin framed on adj
ministration lines viii be passed be-
fore long. there ls no doubt The
president has a strong grip on the
country ana because Of that fact is
SIN able 90 dominate congress.
Following tho currency bin there
~ program of anu-tfust legislation
Intended 20 strengthen the sherman
lew The suggestions. as TO how far
such law may go. contain IN them
much that is radical 20 the extreme Of
state socialism The lawmakers can
hardly be- expected 20 go the limit OF
things proposed.
That there VIII be more legislation
Tor regulation of nominations and the
election OF federal Officers including
members of both houses of congress I
cannot bo doubted II may be that
me southern states. with their states /
rights sentiments, may retain some /
ycsiige of authority over such mat /
tcrs The tendency however, Is the I
concentration of all power in the fed /
aral government State lines are be-
coming dim.
By the time elections for congress
men arrive. the country viii have /
aiken the measure Of the democratic
party and its policies. and the results
Elll be- a forecast Of the greater elec-
ion ln 1916.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-01
Origin of the Dollar

l"HE word dollar IS the English
form Of the German thaler. The
\ origin Of the thaler is as fol-
lows: In the year 1919 Count Schlick.
of Bohemia, issued silver coins
weighing one ounce each and worth
li3 cents, says the Birmingham Age
Herald They We're coined at Joaeh-
imsthal, that is James valley or dale.
in Bohemia; hence they became
known as Joachimsthalers, soon short
ened into thalers. on each coin was
the figure Of ST. James. Through trade
with the Dutch these coins came into
England In the sixteenth century and
are referred TO sometimes as "dalers' -
The word dollar is found in Shakes
peare's Macbeth" act l, scene >;
swono the Norway's king, Graves
composition:
Nor would we deign him burial of his
men
Till he disbursed, at st. Colmes Inch
Ten thousand dollars to our general
use.
But the dollars came to the Amer
lean continent not through the Dutch
or English, but through the Spanish
Spanish empire in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries and also TO the
great quantities Of silver which Spain
drew from her mines in Mexico and
South America.
The Spanish coin was, strictly
speaking, u peso, better known as a
piece Of eight, because it was equal
to eight reals (royals). AS it was
of the same value, the name dollar
was given to the piece of eight about
the year 1880.
The most famous Spanish dollar was
known as the pillar dollar, because It
had on one side two pillars, repre-
senting the pillars of Hercules. the
classical name for the Straits of Glib
raltar. II had also the classical mot
TO, "Plus uluas" The old form of
this was me plus ultra" but owing
TO Columbus discovery Of America,
this had TO be changed, This dollar
was known as the cannon dollar by
the Moors, who mistook the pillars
for cannon.
1t is thought by some that the two
pillars on this dollar are the origin
OF the upright lines in the dollar
mark. Other suggestions are that the
mark represents r. Shat is the
spanish peso, or possibly L. S. COM
bined.
Most probably, however, it repre-
sents the sign for the Roman unit of
money the sestertius. The sign was
III 5" and meant 2 IL, because a
sestertius was equal to 1-2 asas
the 'as' being another Roman coin.
This Spanish dollar was current
for a time even In Australia; it was
common in America at the time Of
the war OF independence
The story OF the United States
dollar is well known dollar unit
was fixed by an act of congress in
iT92 The first spanish dollar was
coined in 1894, by an act of 1S49 the
coinage Of gold dollars was ordered
and in 1873 the gold dollar was made
the unit OF value.
In 1878 the silver dollar was re-
monetized, and from that date there
were two standards. It was in this
agitation that the silver dollar got
the name Of "the dollar of the faith
ers soon turned into the dollar. Of
the daddies"