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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
Fight at San Pedras Won by Villas
Forces But at Terrible
Cost.
GREATER PART OF THE CITY
SET ON FIRE BY FEDERALS
Battle Continued Six Days Before
the Enemy Was Made to
EvaCuate.

.uarcz, Mex, April II The reb-
., r,o,,,aod d,ri,, an si. d,ys hat
w '''l
east oi loFreoh' Is piaceu at ''VVV
in an official report Of Gen villa to
Gen. Carranza, in which the COR
biacd forces Of the IederaIs, said to
have Numbered ten to fifteen thous-
and were defeated by ten to twelve
thousand rebels.
Cen Carranza forwarded the TO-
port to his secretary of tine interior
zubaren who remained here attc"
Carrauaa and the other officers
moved ,ne provisional capital to
think that the rcfcnce to 5000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
City's Bank Interest S44O.

The interest on city funds in the
three banks of Cairo amounts to a.
total of $440.S4 for March; from
the following banks; Alexander
County s1S6; First Bank and Trust
Co. s161.S5 and the Cairo National
se1.ag.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
SEVEN DEAD
MANY INJURED
IN BOSTON FIRE
Rapid Spread OF Fire Trapped 0c-
cuponts of hotei in
Bed
OCCUPANTS LACKED TINE
TO REMOVE POSSESSIONS
Several Net Death Seeking to Gam
Egre5s Through Windows-Im.
provised Rope Breaks.

Boston, April 1i.-Seven persons
ire dead, another is missing ana
.ovc~a al are injured, as the result Of
! fire wh.ch raced through the fash
'onable Hotel Melvin in Allston
'arly today, and trapped the occu-
pants almost in their beds. The
lanes surged up through 80 ki;cl.-
anctte apartments and Grove mary
+ the residents on 10 small bal
onies, where fear forced thcm to
leap to death or injury on the paye-
ment below.
The dead arc; Mrs. Z. G.. Bemis.
Mrs. r. C. Beharrell, sister of Mrs.
Bamis, j. Raymond Power, wife ami
2-year-clI son. Mrs. Alice Shack
ford, and an unidentified woman.
Irene Hazel is missing.
The injured are: Mrs. Robert
Adams, c. w. Rogers and Minnie l..
Reed.
The fire, which was most speotacu-
lar, spread 50 rapidly that none Of
the occupants had time to remove
any of their possessions or even TO
warn the others.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15

Washington. April li-Most OF
the American war craft in the Pact
tic ocean already are Z in Mexican
waters.
While the navy was acting not a
wheel turned in the army. Two ex-
plantations for this were advanced
desire that the constitutionalists
that control the northern part of
Mexico, should not m:slnterpret che
action and that the United States
already has big fighting force with
in striking distance OF Mexico.
Twelve thousand troops are at TEX.
as City and thousands of cavalry
and infantry are spread along the
border, where they can be moved
quickly.
High administratiorl officials do
no, expect physical development, BUT
they are prepared for any emers-
ency.
II VIII DC tulIy week before
the Atlantic fleet is assembled at
Tampico, although the ships are eN-
peated to be steaming away tomor-
row.
Read Admiral Badger viii take
complete charge of the situation.
ranking both Rear Adnrals F1etch-
er and Mayo.
While the steamers ara under wav
Gen. Huerta will have practically q
week IN, which to answer the Ameri-
can demand.
Tho crisis IN the situation is eN-
pected to come if Gen. huerta de-
clines to yield by the time the At
lantic fleet arrives.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15

will start tomorrow. The Nashville,
now at Monte Cristo, San Domingo,
has been ordered to Guantanamo to
coal and thence to Tampico.
The transport Hancock will leave
New Orleans for Tampico today
with the first regiment of The expe-
dictionary force of marines.
The foregoing ships in addition
to the Utah, Connecticut, Minnesota,
Des Moines, Chester, Dolphin and
San Francisco now at Tampico and
the Florida and Prairie, now 1T
Vera Cruz to stand by for orders.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
StairWays Are Blocked.


ManY leaping from bed at the
cracking of the flames and the rush
of. smoke, ran panic-stricken to the
stairs, only to find them hopclcssly
blocked. Spectators on the outside
could GEE men and women on the bal
comics screaming for hep.
In the midst Of the excitement the
crowd saw ropc of sheets throwa
out of fourth tory window anu a
wcraa's form. thrus, itsc'f forth.
She was taken down a ladder to
safety. She was Mrs. Adams Then
Mrs. Edith Bemis endeavored to fol,
low. She lost her hold when only
just started and fell to the pavement
crushing her skull
No fer two hours were the hre-
men able to force their way into ;he
building. Then, on the fifth foo,
were found the bodies Of a man,
woman and child, finally identified
as ]. Raymond Power and family.
Three more bodies, Mrs. Beharroll,
Mrs. Shackford ana an unidentified
woman, were found on the fourth
floor.
Delay IN Giving Alarm.
The loss OF life would have hocn'
small, it is thought, but for the
oversight of the person who went to
ring in the alarm. This person
openel the door of the box, bit neg
lected to pull down the hook. The
mistake was discovered 10 minutes
afterwards, and a second call sent
in. The damage is estimated at
$100, 900.
The blaze started in the basement
of the building. There were several
daring escapes. Miss Minnie L.
Reed, who was trapped in an apara-
ment on the fourth floor, crawlod
along an 1S-inch ledge and worked
her way to a ire escape.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
CITY Ruys Automobile.

"A Ford automobile will be pu"-
chased by the city for the police de-
partmant, from the A. ID. Teer
agency. The price TO be paid is
$3.50.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
CAIRO WILL FILE
NOCONPL LAINT TO
COMMISSION US.
Government Steamer Mississipm
With Commission on Board
Arrives Today.

The L. :. government steamer
Mississippi. bearing the Mississippi
River Commission, left ST. Louis
Monday for the annual trip of in
spection down the river to New Or
leans, The boat will arrive at the
Cairo wharf at O'Clock this morn
ing
Mayor Wood has received a letter
lCnn cIIi dad on pz GA CIV
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15

Washington. April l4,--Rear Adj
miral Mayo at Vera Cruz late today
reported TO the navy department:
The attack OF the constitution
alists upon Tampieo. undoubtedly is
over, and the refugees who were
taken aboard are now being landed. =
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15
Demand for Wr,. of Habeas Corpus
is Upheld-Right of Extra
ditior Disputed,
UNITED STATES COURT
MUST MAKE DECISION
Right of Custody of N. Y. State OIL
Grounds of Insanity Qucs-
t.oned by Court.

Gan cord n. II, April a. The
deTana for a writ of habeas corpus
by Harry K Thaw was upheld today
by Jaaaa Edgar j. Aldr.ch in a 30
page jfafaon devoted TO a discussion
of whethtg or not New York Sta.e
took the proper course in seeking ths
return of Taaw by the process OF
extraditi9n.
The Court holds that the consti-
tutional fright of extradltion !or
crime does not reasonably apply 10
such 4 case as this where the right
contended for by the demanding
State lies in decree of custody
based on insanity.
The Court made no formal order
to discharge the prisoner, but viii
give New York State ample time to
perfect It's appeal to the United
States Supreme Court. When the
appeal is ready an order for dis
charge will be made and then sus-
pended
AS 20 bail, the Court says:
Il am disposed to leave the mo-
tion for bail undetermined witho"t
prejudice"
Bail Up to Supreme Court.
The Court thereby places the
question of bail in the hands Of the
Federal Supreme Court.
In explanation, Judge Aldricn
said:
Il am net at all certain | am not
denying plain right and doing the
petitioner an injustice by leaving
this undecided. If such is the case,
an appeal is open to seek redress at
the higher court, before which the
case soon will be determined.
Judge Aldrich added:
1T results that an order will he
made sustaining the writ or habaaS
corpus and that the pri oner will be
discharged from the cNtradition pro-
cess under which he Is held at the
time his petition fcr habeas corpus
was brought on co,e.itutional
grounds
Rests on INSANITY Ch"J1",
Mucn Importance was attached to
the fact that in referring to the
grounds on which extradition was
asked, Judge Aldrich said the papers
filed by New York State upon their
face, negatived the idea of personal
criminal responsibility, as the whole
contention rested on a charge of in
sanity.
Judge Aldrich's decision Is taken
here as a defeat for William r.
Jerome and the alienists called By
him. Jerome's contention has been
that man may be of such mental
status as to warrant mis- conine-
ment as criminally insane, but that
being so, it is not impossible that he
can be criminally responsible for a
new crime. such, for instance, as the
conspiracy by which Thaw escaped
from Matteawan.
Al appeal from the decision to
the United States Supreme Court
now is regarded by lawyers here as
the only thing that stands between
Thaw and freedom.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-15

Dr. James Gassoway and family
of the Marine Hospital. have as their
guest Mis-. Mary Moss of San Fran
cisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
THIRTY-FIVE NATIVE-BORN
GREEKS IN FIRE RECLAIMED
Added to Cast for Pageant-Drama.
Preparedness Shown at
General Rehearsal.

Thirty-five native-born Greeks were
added to the cast for the Greek pageant
drama. The Fire Regained," to be held
May 1913, at the general rehearsal held
last evening at 1877 II street northwest.
The large floor space of the old Build
ers' Exchange was crowded with the
large body of participants. All the big
company of players was there save the
dancers. of which there are about three
hundred in the various groups and the
satyrs.
The Greeks participating compose the
representative men OF that race in Wash
ington. Their parts have been translated
into the Greek tongue. There was no
criticism of their speech. Everybody
took it for granted that they read their
lines with the proper diction.
The rehearsal throughout was remark
able for its dash and the evident pre-
paredness of all participants. Percy S.
Foster, director of music, was at the
piano. while Sidney M. Hirsch was the
dramatic director
Isaac Cans, chairman of the executive
committee for the pageant, was one of
the onlookers. He was accompanied by
Mrs Cans. Chairman Cans announced
that at a meeting of the committee held
late in the afternoon at the Chamber of
Commerce reports were made indicating
that all arrangements for the pageant
have been well taken care of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY
LEGALLY "MOTHERS' DAY"
Senate Passes Resclutio Which AL
ready Had Been Acted
OH by House.

Hereafter the second Sunday of May
will be officially Mothers day.
The Senate yesterday agreed to the
House resolution requesting the Prest-
dent to issue proclamation naming next
Sunday as Mothers day and designat-
ing as Mothers day in the coming years
the second Sunday of each May.
Representative Hef1in of Alabama in
troduced the resolution in the House.
and Senator Sheppard of Texas stood
sponsor for it in the Senate. The action
taken by the Senate yesterday was at
the urgent request of Senator Sheppard.
The resolution adopted is as follows:
THE service rendered the United
States by the American mother Is the
greatest source of the countryS strength
and inspiration
We honor ourselves and the mothers
of America when we do anything to
give emphasis to the home as the foun-
tainhead of the state.
The American mother is doing SO
much for the home. the moral uplift and
religion. hence SO much for good gov
eminent and humanity
therefore b els resolved. That the Pres
ident of the United States is hereby
proclamation calling upon the govern
ment officials to display the United
States flag on all government buildings,
and the people of the United States to
display the flag at their homes or other
suitable places. on the second Sunday in
May, as a public expression of our love
and reverence for the mothers of our
country.
The second Sunday in May shall here
after be designated and known az
Mothers day. and 1t shall be the duty
of the President to request its observ-
ance as provided for in this resolution"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
BLIND MAN TO BE PRIEST,
IF POPE HEEDs CARDINALS
To Ask Special Dispensation for
Henry Wessling. Student at
Woodstock College.

BALTIMORE. Md, May S.-For the
first time in the history Of the Catholic
Church. a blind man will he raised to the
priesthood next month at Woodstock Col
Iege, near here. if the plea of Cardinal
Gibbons of Baltimore and Cardinal
o'Connell of Boston is granted by Pope
Plus.
The cardinals will appear before the
Pope and ask that a special dispensation
be granted for the ordination of Henry
Wessling of Boston, a Jesuit student AT
Woodstock College. Mr. Wessling be-
came blind when chemicals over when
he was working in the laboratory OF ca
nisius College. Buffalo, n. Y. exploded
several years ago He was then pro-
fessor of chemistry in that institution.
Since that time he has gone on study
ing while prayers have been offered Tor
him by people in every section of the
globe He stands among the leaders OF
his class at Woodstock. His fellow
scholastics read to him and he easily re-
members what he hears. He has learned
all the prayers said by priest at the
college and has mastered the ceremonies
in various services of the church. Mr.
WeSSling has been member OF tne
Jesuit order fourteen years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT.
Examinations Waived for Depart
ment of Agriculture Engineers.

President Wilson has authorized the
promotion without reference to civil serv-
ice rules, of Raymond Augusterfer from
the position of mechanician in the Office
of the Secretary of Agriculture at $500
a year to the position of chief engineer
at $1,000 a year, and the promotion of
James D. Troy. from the position of
assistant engineer in the Department of
Agriculture at 81 600 year to the posi-
ton of assistant chief engineer at 81, 400
a year.
In each case the promotion was based
on the recommendation of the Secretary
of Agriculture. He said that Mr.. Angus
terfer has been in the department since
April. 1904, and possesses an intimate
knowledge of the power plant and of
the intricate system of connections be-
tween the various buildings served by it.
He regards the thorough practical quail
fications of Mr.. Augusterfer to be of
much value to the department and be-
lieves it to be In the interest of efficient
and economical service to promote Mr..
Augusterfer to the position in question"
Practically the same reasons are given
by the Secretary Of Agriculture for his
recommendation for the promotion Of Mr.
Troy. who has been in the Department of
Agriculture since July, 1905
The executive order in each of these
cases says that the civil service commits
sion does not concur in the recommends
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
HONEYMOON AT HARLAKENDEN
Mr.. and Mrs. McAdoo Arrived Yes
terday at Summer White House.

CORNISH n. H., May civilian G.
McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, and
his bride, who was Miss Eleanor Ran
dolph Wilson, daughter of the Presi-
dent, arrived yesterday to spend their
honeymoon at Harlakenden, the sum
mer White House.
Three servants preceded them here by
only three hours. and the house. which
had not been occupied since last fall,
had barely been opened when the cou-
pie entered its doors.
The marriage of the fourteenth White
House bride is now a matter of official
record. Clerk William A. Kroll in charge
of the marriage records, received today
from Rev. Sylvester w. Beach his re-
turn that he had executed the commission
contained in the license issued to him last
Wednesday.
The law gives the officiating clergyman
ten days in which to file his return Rev.
Mr. Beach promptly mailed his report of
the wedding SO that it reached the clerk
within forty hours of the ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the health department during the past
twenty-fo hours:
John r. and Mary E. Young. girl.
Lorenzo and Rosa Gregori. boy.
Harvey c. and katherine Dant, boy.
Harry C. and Regina Cragg. girl.
Edward and Nellie Tuckson. boy.
Fred and Ethel Collins. girl.
James and Bessie Brown, girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
REVIEW OF BORDER TROOPS.
Gen. Pershing Marches His Brigade
Through Streets of Ell Paso.

Ell PASO, Tex. May 9.-Citizens of
Ell Paso and Juarez were given an oppor-
tunity Yesterday to see at close range the
guardians of the border. when Brig. Gen.
John ]. Pershing. commander of the di-
vision of troops stationed in this section,
reviewed 1000 of his troops after they
had paraded through the streets of the
Town. Every branch of the service with
the exception Of coast artillery and avi-
alton corps was represented in the review.
The review was made the occasion of a
holiday here.
Banks and business houses were closed
and traffic was suspended to watch the
soldiers swing past the reviewing stand
in the plaza.
The troops were guests of the city later
at a barbecue. The afternoon was occu-
MED with track and field games and in
the evening there was concert by mill
tary bands in the parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
ASSISTANT NAVAL SURGEONS.
Commissions Issued to Date From
April 10. 1914. -E.

Commissions have been issued to the
following named assistant surgeons OF
The navy to date from April 10, 1914:
=. II. l!aieler. ". L. Hotfield. j. r.
Helm, Louis LchrfeId. w H. Massey,
Howard Priest. +, \. Ratliff. A. f.
founie, II a. Tribou. II. Il; McAllister,
w. l. liaworth. Daniel Hunt. NJ. Il.
siiden, J. ID. Eobbitt, 4. f. Beddoe c.
Z. Esker, Frederick Ceres. II. V. Cor
nett. Il. l.. era wford. G. w. Carr. G. w.
calver, W. {. Espach. G. G. Foote, J. F.
itiordan. {. c. Wilson, l.. H. Roddis
and r A. Fortesquc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued TO
the following:
Armin NJ. Rode and Martha A. Kin
heard.
William F. Tyler and Berdie A. Sar-
tain.
Edgar F. Thompson and Annie NJ Mil
Ter
Harvey w Scyphers and Estin o.
Wright, both of Lynchburg. Va.
Lamont NJ Smith Of Chicago, ILL.,, and
Carrie I. Hart Of this city.
Eugene Dill and katherine Z. Leonard.
Ralph Simpson and Dinah B. kabaker.
William H. Robinson and Christina
Dennis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
SURVEYS for Alaska Road to Begin.

Surveys preliminary to the construction
of the government railway in Alaska are
TO be made Immediately. Upon being ad-
vised that President Wilson desired to
send Lieut. Mears, now in the Canal
Zone. TO Alaska at once, the House yes
terday passed bill authorizing the as
signment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
Fatalities in Birmingham Fire.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. May 9.-Fire
that destroyed the general office build
ing of the Birmingham, Railway. Light
and Power Company in the business
district here. late yesterday, cost two
lives and possibly more. Moody Chill
.ers and Henry n. keyser were killed
when they jumped from the top floor of
ine four-story building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
BREAKS NECK IN FALL.
Benjamin F. Sparrow, Painter, Lives
Only Short Time After Accident.

Benjamin F. Sparrow, painter. fell
from a scaffold this morning while work
ing at 1914 street southeast, and broke
his neck. He died while being rushed to
Casualty Hospital. The fall was about
thirty-five feet. The unconscious man
was picked up and taken care of until
the arrival of an ambulance. Sparrow
resided at o131a E street northwest.
Coroner hewitt made an investigation
and gave a certificate of accidental
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09

south. Patriots Memorial Chapter pre-
scented TO the u. A. r. congress 500 10
establish fund for the foundation OF
school for the education of sons OF reVo-
lutionary soldiers in the south
Aid to Patriotic Education.
Patriotic education in the District re-
ceives valuable aid through the work
done in the different chapters OF the
Children of the American Revolution
Gov. Thomas Welles is the largest local
society. of which Mrs. Clayton e. Emls
is president. having 226 members.
In connection with patriotic WORK. II
is noted that one of the D. A. X. chap
tiers recently ascertained that the Francis
Scott Key mansion is not entirely dc.
stroyed. as reported. but that some OF
the walls containing the old colonial WIN
dows are still standing. 1t Is planned 10
place a flag over the building. so that
the Star Spangled Banner may still
wave over the birthplace of the writer of
our national anthem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
MARRIED.

MISTREITA- UEAIY on Tmrsia, Mag :.
1914. ny Father picall". Holm lSTRElIA
and NELLIE REGINA HEAlN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09

Paint and oil purchases by the gov
eminent for the present year show
decrease of 10 per cent In cost. as
compored with those of last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
CHOICE OF LEADERS
BY DISTRICT D. A. R.
Story Party Elects Only Off,
GERS for Which There
Was Contest.
INTEREST OF MEMBERS
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Declaration in Favor of Half-and-
Half System of Appropriations.
Reports Submitted.

At the annual election of officers by
Revolution. held yesterday at ) O'Clock
in Memorial Continental Hall. the Story
party Won decisive victory over the
progressive faction by electing three of
its nominees. The remaining two officers
We're won by the progressives, the Story
party having placed no candidates in the
field.
The District state officers are: Mrs
Frank GreenawaIt. state regent recently
elected at the national congress. and Miss
Janet Richards. state vice regent. also
elected yesterday. as follows: Mrs Vida
Clementson of Monticello Chapter. cor
responding secretary: Mrs Sarah August
Bowly Of Margaret Whetten Chapter. re-
cording secretary: Mrs. Richard Du Bots
Of Army and Navy Chapter, treasurer
Mrs. Horace P. Mcintosh of Livingston
Manor Chapter. historian. and Mrs. John
T. Huddle of Lucy Holcombe Chapter,
chaplain.
The meeting was opened with prayer
by Mrs Mary S. Lockwood chaplain
general of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution. Mrs. Charles w. Rich
ardson. retiring state regent, called the
meeting to order and introduced the in
coming state regent, Mrs. Greenawalt.
who yesterday for the first time presid-
ed over the local organization.
Mrs Clayton f. Emie, retiring re-
cordng secretary. read the state report
that was prepared by Mrs. Richardson
read at that time owing to the press
of other business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
DON'T Be
Deceived

II YOU feel exhausted and weak or
tire easily, don't try to brace up on
liquor or some patent medicine that
Will produce the same effect.
1t is only temporary, and the reac-
ton leaves you in worse shape than
before.
What YOU want is more strength
Father Johns Medicine is "A pure food
medicine. its ingredients are nourish-
ing and strengthening. Nothing equals
is a tonic and body builder for
throat and lung troubles
Contains no alcohol or injurious
} drugs. Get Il bottle today; it will
make YOU strong. Remember. it has
been in use fifty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-09
Aid of Volunteer Forces.

"The overflow of religious and other
volunteer effort into public administration
is impressively apparent" he said. 'es-
peciallv in the county's care of the poor.
the aged. the sick. the defective. the
widow. the homeless stranger. the pris-
oner and in its promotion of social vel
rare both in country and in the CITY
Already three cities are in the race Tor
the next meeting place. Ihese are BAL
timore. Denver and Atlantic City. For
the first time in its history the National
Conference of Jewish Charities is headed
by a woman. Miss Minnie F. Lowe OF
Chicago.