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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
FIRST VISIT TO
ECYpTS CAPITAL
FOR 81 YEARS
J. Z. BGrk, Resident Here in 1880,
Says 1t is Wonderful the
Change in City.

1T seems like a dream TO me, this
short visit |. am making in Cairo.
said J. Il. Burk who left this city
81 years ago and had never returned
to see the city until yesterday lie
is now and has been since leavins
Cairo a resident of Bloomington,
H., where he is the proprietor OF q
large and prosperous bookbindny K
business. When he resided in Cairo
he was employed along with A. ".
Pyait, at the hookbindery in the of.
flee Of The Bulletin. which at that
time was under the management 0i
John H. Oberly. When Oberly left
Cairo to start The Bloomington Bltl-
letin ho took with him a number oi
| his employees among them Mr.. Burk
Mr.. Burk is a guest at the Colo
niai hotel He will remain unit
this afternoon when he Will meet
| his old friend and co-worker Am.
brose Pyatt and go to Villa Ridge
with him to spend a day on his farg
before he returns to Bloomington.
| In talking Of the great Gnan8e@
that nave bccn made here in biz
I34 years absence he said. Z clr.
tainly was surprised and Il was
hard for me to get my bearings. OI
course the young people I knew then
are old now, so when ! wanted tC
ask any question about the city
always asked a gray-haircd man
thinking, quite rightly too, that he
might be one of the boys used T.
know. The first gray-haired man
Istopped to question. sure enoust
Twas one of my old acquaintances, 4
was VIII u, Lippitt, who | under
Istand is a candidate for the Repub
IIican nomination for Sheriff. Nov
when | lived here, thirty-four year
Iago, VIII Lippitt was young bo;
laying around with the girls. ] hay'
seen grandchildren OF the boys will
whom | used to play MY bat thl
is all like dream.
Mr.. Burk is en- route home from
a southern trip. He had spent som
ttime at San Antonio. Tex.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
dunno HONORS A
REQUlSITION FOR
A MOUND CITWTE
J. Porter Nesbit Wanted in Mem,
phls, for Larceny and Two
Other Charges.

Springfield, Ill.,, March 6.--Gov
Dunno Wednesday honorcd n requi
sition from the governor of Tennes
see for the return TO Memphis OF ]
+. Nesoit, who is under arrest il
Mound City, Nesbit is wanted q
the charge of larceny. obtainins
money under false pretcnses and re
ceiyins stolen property. Ii is al
legged that on Oct -, 1913, he cash
ed check on Elmer Smith on th,
First state Bank of Mound City OF
tho representation that he hat
money in tho bank. The check wa
returned not honorcd, the banl
stating that Smith had no fund
there.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
URGES CONTROL
LEVEE SYSTEMS
BY GOVERNMENT
Mass Meeting or 500 Louisianians
Adopt Set of ResOlu-
tons.
OVER 800 MILES LEvEES
UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL
All States in Valley Urged to Join in
Accomplishment of the
Movement.
OVER 800 MILES LEvEES
UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL

Por. Allen, La, March G..---At {
mass meeting here today of 500
planters and other representative
citizens of West Baton Rouge Par
ish, La, resolutions were adopted
calling upon the United States gov
ernment to Assume control of ali
the levce systems of the Mississippi,
rivAs.
- Gov. l.. f. Hall OF Louisiana, ir
Ian address, said that after the fed
eral governmentstakes charge a way
I.will De found to solve the ensin5ee-
ling problems,t
The resolutions say in part:
"Oul 500 miles OF levees on the
banks of the Mississippi river,
which have been constructed ard
maintained for more than 100 years
by the proceeds of taxes on our
lands and on the products which
they grow, have been a drain upon
Our resources, cheerfully Contribdt-
ed as long as these lands promieea
ia living return. But when we can
no longer look for these returns wc
must 'ook elsewhere for the means
For Our protection from overflow.
"Of ali the local taxes paid oy
this parish during the past 10 years
more than 80 per cent has been de
Ivofcd TO revee construction and
maintenance.
with the waters from 81 states
of the Union and from portions Ct
the Dominion Of Canada poured
down upon us between ourstwo lines
of leveas, built and maintained al.
most entirely by our own resources
we must cry out that this is not fatI
and we must appeal TO our brothers
throug ghout the land 10 come to ouI
aid, and to relieve us entirely ci
this grieyous burden. We hav,
borne it while We could, but with
our lands deprecated in value by
the acts of both God and man, W,
must appeal to our nation for help.
| All states Of the Mississippi Val
Icy are urged to join in the accom-
Iplishment of federal control of fo9t
| waters.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
KITTY LEAGUE
MEETING CALLED
BY PRES BASSETT
Will Be Held at Nortonville, KY,
Next Tuesday-Not a
League City.

Hopkinsville, KY, March e.
Presid mt Frank Dassett of the Kit
ty League tonight issued call for
a meeting of the league directors, tc
be held next Tuesday afternoon a.
Nortonville, Ky. At this meeting II
is expected to arrange the final &c
tails for the coming season and t.
adopt a schedule. 1T has been def
nitely decided that Vineennes, Ind.
and Harrisburg, ILL.,. will not be Ii
the league this year reducing 1t t,
six clubs. Nortonville was selected
as the place of meeting because o
its accessibility from all the towns
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Lodged in Paducah Jail in Default
of a 500 Bail
Bond.
Is CONFRONTED BY PAIR
OF WIVES IN THE COURT
Left Cairo Wednesday Evening on
Steamer Rapids-Arrested
Thursday Morning.

Padueah, March 6.-Taylor Wal
ker, a barber, languishes in the
which he says was the result of y
misconeeption on his part. He is
faced by two women. both claiming
to be his lawful wives. Walker was
arrested about s O'Clock Thursday
morning BY Patrolmen Andy Stew
art and Kelly Franklin. The war
rant against him was sworn to bx
his second wife, Mrs. Mabel Walker,
In police court Judge C.. B. Cross
land held him to answer to the
grand jury and in default of $500
he was rcmanded to the county Jail.
The claim is made by the accused
that he thought his first wife had
secured divorce before he married
the last time. He formerly worked
at the Hays barber shop on lower
Broadway, but for the past few
months has been employed in Cairo,
H., returning to Paducah Wednes-
dag night. lie stated he was mar
rie1 to his first wife, Bessie Walker
in MaVaeld, KY, in 1899. TO tho
lunion We're born two children, both
| CT whom are dead He and his fist
wife separated in January, 1913, ac-
cording 70 his story, and rs stated
| sho told him February that She
had secured a divorc and intended
to marry a man named Wilson. lie
and his second wife were Marie
May !, 1918. but were separated
after short matrimonial sailing and
have not lived together for several
months.
Mabel Walker the first wife, re.
| sides at 322 Washington street. Both
wives were in police court Tkursda,
Imorning. Wife No. | admitted tha'
she was not divorced and as no di
Ivoree had been granted in the sec
Fond marriage Judge Grassland wa
left no other alternative but to hole
the accused to the grand jury.
| Walker has many acquaintanc 3
in the city who believe that he la
bored under a misapprenensioi
when he married the second time
AS 4 grand jury will not be impan
eled until next month Walker vii
ltry and execute the bail and settl
1.-The complicated affair to the salts
faction Of tho, court. lie appearc'
to be greatly worried over the sit
luation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

Taylor Walker had been employed
in tho barber shop of Edward Ma
ley, 300 Ohio street, for the past
three months. Upon the closing Of
the ship Wednesday he left kere toi
Paducah on the steamer Rapids the
same evening. None of his friends
or acquaintances kne wanything OF
the affair, and were greatly su:-
prised to learn of his arrest. They
assert that he must have been la-
boring under a misconception els
he wolld not have remained II
Cairo whore he could easily havt
been apprehended.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Helps the Tubereuloua.

In Switzerland, at Saranae Lake. N.
Y, and other health resorts, on bright,
crisp winter days, sufferers from tu
berculosis are urged to so snowshoe
ing in the brilliant sunlight across the
binding snow. They are made tc
wear colored lenses to protect theii
eyes from the powerful ultraviolet
rays which are shot down from thu
sun aud reflected back from the whit,
earth.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

Neshit served q term of fogl
years as a member of the Stale
Board Of Equalization and at the
last general election was a candidat
for the legislature but was defeated
Recently he has been engaged in
the real estate business making trips
to various towns and cities in this
part Of the country.
Nesbit is reported to have ieii
Mound City last night on a western
prospecting trip and to visit hs
father at Kansas City.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

Washington. March 6>-Althougn
he American government intends
70 suspend any further development
in its policy towards Mexico, until
commission of Mexican constitu-
tionalists now investigating the re-
cent execution of William S. Benz
ton has made a report, today's eabi-
aet meeting here, developed a de-
alaration of the Importance OF the fu~
ture attitude of Gen. Carranza to-
ward the United States.
High officials of the administers
ton believe the fortunes of the cor
stitutionalist movement hangs largo
y in The balance and that only tha
learest explanation of the Benton
murder will regain for them tcs
prestige they mad acquired of pSe
sons desiring the restoration OF con-
stitutional privileges in the coun--
Try.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Federal General Mas Orders Arrest
of Four Men Concerned in
Vergara Murder.
IF SURRENDERED CAN ONLY
BE TRIED HORSE STEALING
Senator Works of California. Sharp.
ly Criticises Administrators
Mexican Policy.

Dallas. Tex, March Gov. Coll
quit of Texas. will make a requis;.
ton ON both federal and rebel aii-
thoritias in the State OF Neuvo Leon
and Coahuila. Mexico, for the return
of the four men held responsible for
the killing of the American Clemen.
Vergara.
Gen. Mas, federal commander of
the northern zone notified the gcv-
ernor Yesterday he had ordered ths
arrest of the men wanted.
General Mas signed the telegram
as Governor General of the stats
of Coahuila," sending the message
from Saltillo.
The individuals wanted are Ape-
limo Rodriguez, reported to be
federal captain, and men said to b.
lnder his command. who we're
,harged with stealing vergara's
horses from an island in. tie Rio
Grande, claimed to be on the Ameri-
an side of the line. As Nergara's
reported death occurred on the Mex
lean side the only charge on which
a requlsition could be based vas
horse stealing.
Governor Colquitt's request was
made ander a section CT treaty be-
tween the United States and Mexico
lproviding that border states in MEX
leo and the United States may sur
| render fGgitiyes to each other.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Rather Too Boastfut.

The ancient dwellers in Already
boasted that their beatiiic race came
into existence before the moon her.
self, but they were probably ignorant
of the period they claimed for their
ancestry. They must needs have
mounted back in time some $1,000, ,00o
years. In which case their race would
be hallowed indeed by prelunar an.
tiquity kansas City Star.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
waters.

Next t q yeller buggy whip with
a blue ribbon tied t it ther' haint
aothin' that looks as good t coun-
trv boy as a street car conductor. A
poI1te ieller has got about as much
,hance these days Us a backward
'ookin' Democrat.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

Washington. March G. oredict-
Ing TINT the Mexican situation il g
matter the United States will very
soon be forced to deal with in de-
isiye way, Senator John d. Works.
Republican. of California, sharply
criticised the administration policy
oday in Senate speech.
Works declared the United States
nay vet be forced to intervene i'm
some form in Mexico for tho resta-
ration of peace and establish 4
stable government. He declared for
hree years Americans had beer
murdered in Mexico, wives ana
daughters outraged and homes pill
aged and destroyed and this admin
stration hal done nothing more
than mild protests.
Senator Works also expressed his
emphatic dsapproval OF legislation
passed by the administration aud
scored coercion used by the presi--
dent TO compel congressional at
ion"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
MeltinQ Aluminium.

While charcoal should be invariably
used in melting brass and bronze,
states the Brass World, 1t IL not only
useless in melting aluminium, but dan
gerous Aluminium Is go light that the
charcoal is apt to become intermin-
gled with 1t, and the castings made
from 1t will have small specks and
pieces In them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Daily Thought.

Just to be good. to keep life pure
from degrading elements, TO make II
constantly helpful in little ways te
those who are touched by 1t; to ke.T
ones spirit always sweet, and tf
avoid all manner OF petty anger and Il
ritabilty-that Is an idea as noble q,
1t is difficult.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Switch Engine Derailed.

Switch engine No. 1925 of th'
Big -Four was derailed in the yards
at the Chicago Mill yesterday after.
noon md was off in such a mannel
that it was necessary to bring Z
derrick to replace it on the tracks
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

FL paso, Tex. March 6.--Thc case
II Luis Terraza. whose life has. in
fleet, heen declared forfeited unless
he sum of 500.000 pesos are forth
coming by Sunday. was unchanged
tonight.
With Luis still in the land OF ths
living, Gen. Villa also may hope to
control to an extent, the political
activities of his aged father, Gen.
rerraza, who has been very pro-
bounced in favor of the federal gov
prnment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

RICHARD 0LNEY, EN- SEC
RETARY OF STATE IN MIR.
CLEvELAND'S ADMINISTRA-
TION. HAVE ASSERTED THAT
IN THEIR OPINION THE EX-
EMPTION OF COASTWISE
VESSELS FROM THE PAY
MENT OF TOLLS IN THE
PANAMA CANAL DOES NOT
VIOLATE THE HAY-PAUNCE-
FOTG TREATY. THESE GEN
TLEMEN ARE LAWYERS or
RECOGNIZED ABILITY. AND
TIE PRESIDENT DOES NOT
EXPRESS AN OPINION TO
THE CONTRARY. HE AS
SERTS. HOWEVER. THAT NO
ONE OUTSIDE or THE UNIT
ED STATES DEFENDS OUR
COURSE.
If he will read the London
Law Reyiew he will learn that
even English lawyers have
conceded that the tolls eXemp-
tion IS in harmony with our
treaty obligations. German
and other continental writers
have expressed the same view.
Moreover, this opinion is shared
by ax-President Roosevelt, dur
ing whose administration the
Hay-Paunccfote treaty was
framed and made. The Presi-
dent now states that the tolls
EXEMPTION constitutes a mis-
taken economic policy, but |
prefer to accept his Judgment,
annoIncel when he was 4 can
dida.n fer the Presidency,
when he pointed out the obvious
econ Anic advantages Of this leg
isla:icn.
The platform OF the Demo-
cratic party as well as the plat
form of the Progressive party
declared that American ships
engaged in roastwse trade
should pay no tolls to the end
that cheap transportation By
water will enforce cheap trans
portation by the competing
transeontinental railroads.
There mas been a systematic
effort to confuse the real issue
in .h.s controversy, the word
vessels as used in the treaty
means vessels engaged in over
seas trade. 1t does not embrace
vessels engaged in local OF do
nestle trade. This was the in
depreciation placed by Great
Britain for more than sixty
years upon precisely similar
language employed in the treaty
of 1915.
Tho Supreme Court of the
United States in Olsen VS..
Smith, 1876 y. s.. recognized the
prop3iety of this Interpretation.
We do not exempt American
ships engaged in foreign trade.
Under the Panama Canal act
we treat them as we treat for
eign ships. We exempt only
coastwise shipping, and our
right to, do so is substantially
recognized by the British gov
ernmant in its note of N0vem-
Der IA, 1912. which states; IT
the trade should be so regulated
as to make it certain that only
hona fide coastwise traffic
which is reserved for United
States vessels would be benefit
ed by the exemption to bona
fide coastwise traffic" it is ap-
parent that we are disturbed
over a claim which Great Brit
ain comedies to be grQundless.
If we must purchase foreign
friendship the price exaeted
must not involve us in national
dishonor and reputation of
party pledges upon which this
administration secured Office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
President With Prestige and Person
ality Advocates Policy in
Preference to Principle.
OBJECTION TO EXEMPTION
AMERICAN COAST VESSELS
Greatest Legislative Battle Of Years
Inaugurated-Executsve Ar
rayed Against Underwood.

That the President is hereby au-
thorized to prescribe and from tire
to time change the tolls that snail
be levied by the Government of tie
United States for the use OF the Pan.
anna Canal: Provided, That no tolls.
when prescribed as above, shall be
changed, unless six months notice
thereof shall have been given by
the President by proclamation. NO
TOLLS SHALL BE LEVIED UPON
VESSELS ENGAGED IN THE
COASTWISE TRADE OF THE
UNITED STATES.--Sec. 5 of an
act passed by the sixty-second Corr
gress, second session, providing TO.
the opening, maintenance, protee-
tion and operation &c. Approved
August "a, 1912.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
parseusy's aHaf.say Heesls.-

Tn Paraguay there is found 'rafls
way beetle" kind OF gloNworna.
which emits strong red light from
head TO tail. but also sreen hshe
along each side nf Its body.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
To Remove Spots From varnlsh.

One of the best substances TO use
in removing spots from vanished sur
faces is butter. The stronger the bet
ter,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07


Washington, March C.--The spec
tacle of President Wilson appearing
before Congress in an appeal for ii
repeal of the clause eXempting
coastwise shipping from the pay
ment )f Panama Canal tolls in which
he represented policy and not prin-
ciple, has disappeared but the mcm-
ory lives and will not die as it
marks the beginning of great leg
islativo battle.
That spectacle formally inaugl
rated the beginning of a gigantic
battle between two great Democratic
leaders, neither 9f whom mas ever
lost fight.
President Wilson's first year in of
fee has been triumphal march
thro"gn the tariff and the currency.
and every domestic policy.
Oscar Underwoods two years Of
eonsummate leadership under more
difficult conditions have led through
unbroksn successes to the grapp,e
now on hand.
The lines are as varied as Tie
leaders are antithetical. If Pres
dent Wilson wins it will only be an
other triumph of great personality
bacEel by great office, a mighty
patronage and an all-controllins
party desire to support the admin
iatrarQn.
il Mr.. Underwood wins it Will be
lhe most conspicuous victory ever
won hy a danntless and far-seeing
Congressman against dauntless
and compelling chief executive. In
one sense Mr.. Underwood canno:
lose. For whatever the result, he
will have established an alignment
or following and hearing for real
American policies which will survive
defeat and outlive the memory o.
party divisions.
Many representatives and sena-
tors have expressed opinions rela-
tive to the matter.
Today Senator'S John w. Kern oI
Indiana, Elihu Root of New YORK
W. Salisbury of Delaware, J. H.
Gallinger of New Hampshire, J. L
Ransdell of Louisiana, Charles S
Thomas of Colorado, Nathan ?, Bry
an of Florida, G. Chamberlain q
Oregon, Simmons of North Carolina
and Ashurst of Arizona, declare
that the clause in exempting Amer.
can coastwise vessels from the pay
ment of tolls in the Panama Cana
is not violation of the Hay-Pauh
cefote treaty. Several have de
clared that they will fight agains
the repeal as it is based on polio,
and not principle.
Senator James German of New
York, gives out the following as hi
ISdoUuS lUi bppOoih6 tHC iSptdi
! yield to no one in respect
for the Presidents motives or
patriotism. and | withhold my
approval of his recommendation
with regret. Believing his pro-
posal unwise. unnecessary and
destructive to the best interests
of the American people. my
duty as a Senator of the United
States offers me no alternative
but resistance to the proposed
repeal.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT, PHI
LANDER G. KNOX, EX SEC
RETARY OF STATE: OSCAR
w. UNDERWOOD, DEMOCRAT
IC LEADER IN THE HOUSE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
WEATHER.

Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky
rIoudv. with local SHOWS Saturday
Sunday fair
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Local Data
Sunrise and Sunset.

sun viii rise today ......... GO.
sun will set today ........ 5:51
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Willing.

Wealth may be q curse. yet 9 lot o.
uAe ass ready to lake our punishment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07

The highest court of New York
state. the Court of Appeals. has
granted Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker, sentenced to death for the
murde~ Of Herman Rosenthal, tl.a
New York gambler, new trial At
the same time the} four ganmc,..
who actually did the killing, have
been denied new trials, and they
must die in the electric chair at
Sing Sing, unless they find a lawyer
to carry their case into the federal
courts.
RoseEtnal was shot to death July
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-07
Weather Forecast.

For Cairo and vicinity: Fair
r-ontbor Caturdav
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04
WAUsEoN MAN HONORED.

Robert Bayes, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. E. Bayes of this city was honored
by the citizens of the Senate Dis
trict in which he lives in New York
City, by being elected delegate to the
Constitutional Convention of New
York State. Mr.. Bayes received a
majority of 2633 over his competi-
tor there are about $4,000 voters in
this senate district. There are 81
senate districts in New York and
three delegates were elected from
each district with fifteen delegates at
large making a membership of 1853
in the Convention. 1t is not so very
many years ago as some of us look
back over the past when Robert
Bayes was a teacher in the Public
Schools of Wauseon and a few years
before that he was school boy in
this place. Now he has been called
to place of high honor in the state
of his adoption by the citizens of a
part of the great city in which he
lives and in which he is successful
attorney.
This is an illustration of what "a
boy from. the farm can do if he has
the right stuff in him. Mr.. Bayes has
earned his advancement and success
by his own labor and sterling charac-
ter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-04
A FAMILY MEETING.

A most enjoyable time was had on
Thanksgiving Day at my home in
Tedrow, nineteen children and grand
children spent the day with me. The
day was ideal and everything con-
duced to our pleasure. A bountiful
dinner was provided by the guests and
if variety is the spice Of life there was
surely an abundant supply. There
were two afternoon guests. The young
people furnished the music adding
to the pleasure of the occasion. This
was my seventy-eighth birthday and
many tokens of remembrance were
received and appreciated. Thanks to
all kind friends, "In as much as We
have done it unto one of the least OF
these ye have done it unto me" were
the words of the loving Christ.
I'm going down the hill dear friends
With weary feet and tottering gait
If I should chance to reach the goal
While some of you should longer wait
May choicest blessings on you rest
And happiness with you abide
Till you shall reach the radiant shore
Beyond the swelling tide.
MRS. B. H. ANDERSON.