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The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27

make the welcoming address, and ].
b. Magee. who will speak on
Charges on Transit by Carriers
The election of officers will be held
ut the afternoon meeting.
The meeting has been given wide
publicity by the daily papers and
the grain trade journals and Cairo
has received some splendid and well
deserved advertising by reason Of be-
ing the convention city and the posi-
Etion she holds in the trade. Among
the publications featuring the con-
vention and this city Is the Ameri-
can Elevator and Grain Trade, sew.
eral pages being devoted to this pur-
pose.
Preparations for the entertainment
! of the visitors are going on apace.
and everybody here is determined TO
show the grain dealer guests the
time of their lives. The entertain
ment features include automobila
rides to the points of interest, recep-
tions by the Woman's club for the
visiting ladies, the general reception
and dance and the stag entertain
ment. Then last, but not least will
be the steamboat ride and the old
fashioned Kentucky barbecue. The
steamer City of Alton Is being
brought to Cairo from st. Louis for
this special purpose at great ex-
Ipensc.
| The entertainment program fol.
flows
| Tuesday, June 2nd. 1914.
| 1:5o p. m. Automobile ride for
1.-THE ladies'.
| p m. Reception by Cairo Wom-
ms dub for visiting ladies'.
$3.50 p. m. Reception, musical en-
tertainment and dance at Elks club.
All invited to attend this entertain
ment
9:51 p. m. Stag entertainment
and smoker. with initiation by
knights of Mystic Krew of Comus, at
& NJ. X. c. hall. All visitors cor.
daily invited
Wednesday, June 3rd. 1914.
1890 p. m. Steamboat ride on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers on
the magnificent steamer City OF
Alton. Schedule SO arranged as to
afford the opportunity to all 10 set
foot on three states While on this
! trip.
Old fashioned Kentucky barbecue.
Return uia 50 scheduled as to ar
rive at Cairo between $500 and $50
p. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
CAIRO BASEBALL
ASSOCIATION TO
GIVE EXCURSION
Steamer Sidney Leaves Her TouIt h
at 1880 and 9, Mound City
az $50 O'clock.

The Cairo Baseball Association
will give IA moon light excursion on
the steamer Sidney tonight. The
boat leaves here at 7:30 and 9
O'Clock and Mound City at $50.
There will be dancing and all the
other requisites of a good time. It
is expected that the steamer will be
loaded down, if the weather is favor
able, as these excursions are always
popular and this ono will be es
pecially so because the fans will
want TO show their loyalty to the To-
>al team.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
AUTO ACCIDENT
RESULTS LOSS
OF TWO LIVES
D. T. Hsitwell of Marion, Well
Known III Cairo, 0nt of
the Injured

d. T. Hartwcll, States Attorney
for Williamson county and well
known in Cairo, with a party OF
friends was driving in his auto Sun.
day, and when crossing the tracks oI
the HARRINGTON railroad near his
home, a freight train bore down
upon tacm and wrecked the car kill
ing Joan V. Cline and his three yea,
old baby. Hartwell sustained a
broken shoulder bone and other in
juries, none of which wlllprove fatal.
The three women in the car, Mrs
Cline, Miss Lydia Alkman and Miss
Frances Freeman We're ali injured
hut not seriously,
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
Huette's Invention Tickles Kids.

All the kids OF Cairo are blowing
for ". b. IIuette. Mr.. Huette has
invented a noise machine that they
say has the rest of them skinned a
mile. You blow ii up aud it
screcches just lovely, bit it ism.
like the rest of the sereecheTs. 1t
has a face on 1t ugly enough to
make anybody laugh even il it kept
Qulet-whieh it can't do when there
arc any kids around.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27

Washington, May Members
Of the cabinet were unanimously op
tim site after an exhaustive review
Of all communications that have
rasscd between the president aud the
American commissioners TO the
Mexican mediation conference at
Niagara Falls. 1t was declared in
unofficial sources that preliminary
basis for peaceful solution of the
differences between the two coun-
tries had been reached This, it was
said, would take the form of a pro-
toecl which probably would be signed
by agents of Gen, Huerta's govern
ment and the United States.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
$1,000 TONS OF
COAL IN CAIRO
HARbOR TODAY
Biggest Towboat in World Carries
$4,000 Tons, Two Other Boats
Have Balance.
1900 CARS, 60 TRAINS
TO TRANSPORT THIS LOT
Seldom Such Large Amount of Coal
Has Been i'll Cairo Harbor
in One Day.

The greatest towboat in the world.
the Sprague, arrived in port yester.
day morning from Louisville, KY,
with one of the biggest toWs of coal
that has been brought south in many
q day. She arrived in the habor at
6 O'Clock anl landed at East Cairo
where she VIII ranain until this
morning doing some repair work to
the mammoth wheel, which when
repaired she Will proceed south to
New orleans.
The boat has SO barFes. ea0h
barge carrying 1000 tons of coal
and II boats carrying 500 tons of
coal each. The entire tow cona'sts
OF about AZ ,000 tons of coal. To
transport this immense amount OF
coal by railroad it would reT'irc
955 cars, each car OF A. tons capa-
city. Estimating 30 cars to the
train it would require 81 trains to
move this great quantity of coal
The towboat Boaz which arrived
in the harbor yesterday from LC is
Vile, also had a big tow OF coal CON
sisting of 25 boats and fonr bargcs
Of coal aggregating 1880 tons Of
coal. This ccal was left at the coal
feet below the city.
This morning the towboat J. B.
Finley will arrive from Louisville
with 90 boats, ? barges, | steel
barges. barges of coal, aggregating
21, 500 tons OF coal.
The total number of tons of coal
in tow of the last two named boats
is 3S,00S, less than the amount car
ricd by the Sprague. The grand to-
tai of the coal carried by the three
boats all in IN Cairo harbOr at one
time is 81 600 tons. 1t has been a
long time since there has been SO
much coal in the Cairo hCrbor in
one day,
To transport this cGtire lot ci coal
over railroad it would require L.
500 cars of Is tons capacity and to
haul it in trains would require 60
trains Of 80 cars each
The value of this coal will ap.
proximate at least half a million
dollars. So
These three fleets of coal harges
were handled by the huntington
and st. Louis Towboat Co., of which
Thomas l.. faudree is the loca'
agent
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
JACOB RIIS DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Barre, Mass. May 26.--Jacob A.
Riis, author and social worker, died
at his summer home here today after
long Illness. Mrs, Riis and their
son were at the bedside when the
end came, about l:3G o'clock Mr..
Riis was brought here two weeks
ago from Battle Creek, Mich, where
he had been taking treatment for
heart trouble.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
To Start Work oil Slide

Enginer II. (. Alexander who look
ed after the Ohio levee work at
Cairo for the Illinois Rivers and
Harbors commission is in the city
arranging for the work to be done
at the slide on the levee slope above
the Cairo elevator and closing the
contract with w. T. Bland who was
the lowest bidder. Engineer Lowe
will look after the work when it is
being done.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
MANY DRESSED CHICKENS
THROWN INTO RIVER

BY order of Health Officer Or. W.
c. Clarke, large number OF dressed
chickens in the poultry house of R,
o. Fisher & Co., were thrown into
the river as food for the fishes. DR..
Clarke states that the poultry was
not in fit condition for marketable
purposes. He has ordered that the
proprietors keep the place in bet
ter sanitary condition than has been
the rule.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27

Mexico City, May 26.-The Jap
2nCse minister today denied the re-
port published in Mexico City papers
cruisers to Mexico with the object OF
taking off the Japanese from the
West coast. The minister said that
the ldzgmo, now in Mexican waters.
would not be REINFORCED. The min
lister further said that the japanese
hal no desire to leave Mexico be-
Cei re they were friends of the Mexl-
can people.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
J. M. BERGMAN CRITICALLY
ILL AT ST. MARY'S INFIRMhRY

j. Nal Bergman proprietor OF the
Illinois Liquor Co., who has been
i'll at the home of his father-in-law
Peter Lind, for the past week, was
removed. to St. Mary's lnfirmary Mon
day where he is said to be in criti-
cal condition suffering from perito-
nitis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
BURGLAR ENTERS DR.. FLINT
B0NDURANT'S RESIDENCE
STEALING WATCH AND GUN

gold watch and revolver were
stolen from the residence OF DR..
Flint Bondurant sometime early Sun
day morning while the physician was
out making a professional call. How
the burglar gained entrance is not
Known.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
MRS. HARVEY FIELDS NURSE
SOUTHERN ILL. HOSPITAL.

Mrs Fields, wife of Harvey
Fields. has been appointed nurse at
the Southern illinois Hospital fo:
the Insane at Anna. She passed L
satisfactory examination for the po-
sitIon recently. Her appointment
was secured through the Efforts of
States Attorney Alex Wilson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
BOB EGAN FINED $l0O
FOR SHOOTING BART
M'GLASS0N IN TWO ARMS

Bob Egan, who early Saturday
morning, in a quarrel, shot Bart Nc
Glasson in both aims was fined 800
and costs IN Aaebplicetcourt. Egaa
.ias.tilI as.t,sseft iaA 1t is said
-McGlassQn viii not prosecute him.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
MATT c. METZGER RECEIVERS
FROM ATTACK APPENDICITIS

Matt c. Metzger. the well known
druggist, is about again after having
been operated upon for appendicitis
He has teep in st. Mary's Infirmary
several weeks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27

Jack Rose. WAC. according TO his
story in the tr al Of Charles Bee kcr
rmc4 police lieutenant tf New loiR
CITY, was LOCKERS chief agent IN tho
mardnr of Herman Rosenthal, again
took the witness stand WREN the cAs'
against Be, kcr was called. He told
much the same story he had given
on the FIRST trial.
Rose has changed consldeTablY
since the .lrst trial. He has lived
IN the country and hes reformed OF
pretended to reform, for he has been
preaching temperance and hontstt
He was calmer and showed traces o.
the life ne had led when he was q
habitue of the cast side in Ne"
York.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
American Directory publishers.

Directory publishers
The new directory is the LARGEST
ever published OF Cairo, containing
over 400 pages and has many fea-
lures that have not been placed in
previous directories, among these is
a very handy and useful arrange
-nent OF the names of the head OF the
household and residences and the
names of every businss firm or IN
tii, idual; starting from the lowest
number On a street and continuing
10 the end Of the street.
a complete ciossiGed business di-
rectory Is also given.
The given name of every married
woman is placed in parenthcsis
| after the husbands name and the
| names of the colored inhabitants is
| preceded by an asterisk. Future
| City names are placed in VITA Tho
| ''airo names. +. +. Ellis is named
| IN the book as the local agent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
FOR first TINE
POSTAL SERVICE
SELF SUPPORTING
Postmaster General Burles.n Sub.
mits Report to President vii.
son; Says viii be
$780, 900 SURPLUS
OVER EXPENSES IN 1914
Also; Never Again VIII There be a
Defciency--Favors Aerial Ser
vice Some Cases.
$500, 900 SURPLUS
OVER EXPENSES IN 1914

Washington, Dec. l4.---Assertine
that, for the first time since its or
ganization by Benjamin Franklin,
the PostofCice Department is on a
self sustaining basis, Postmaster
General Burleson submitted to P.,esi-
dent Wilson his annual report. II
records enormous growth In the de-
partment's business because Of the
parcel post and postal savings bank
divisions and recommends a program
OF postal legislation to increa sc the
scope of the department activities.
Burleson features his report with
an estimate that surplus OF So :
5t9, 545, the second of his admins
tration, will be shown for the flSsca!
wear of 1914 when all claims and
charges have been met On that
showing he bases his declaration
that the department has been Sc
curely placed upon a self-sustainng
basis.
Further Deficiencies Likely.
ut is safe TO say" the report
adds, that unless unusual condi-
lions should arise, resulting in alb
normal depression of business, there
is no danger of recurring deflcicn-
cies y
The legislative program recon-
mended is as follows as to its most
important features:
Early action toward Government
ownership of telegraph and tele-
phone lines and immediate taking
over of these systems in Hawaii,
Alaska and Porto Rico. Transfer
of the Alaska cable from War to
Postoffice Department control.
Substitution of contract star
route system for salaricd rural car
rier service TO eliminate $4,000, 900
annual loss on rural delivery.
PostuHiCe cooperation with state
governments in road building where
improvements insure better postai
service.
aisine minimum balance accent
able at postal hanks from $500 to
$4,000, interest payments &c be linz
tied to 1000 Removal Of mon IN
~ deposit limit rostrR ton.
Aerial mail service, where topog-
Apply warrants and extension Of
motor truck and automobile service
IN view of recent successful exneri-
nents.
Passage by Senate of pending bill
providing space basis of comrensa-
tion for railroads on mail carried In
stead of weight basis
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
Loved Home and Children.

kinxalev had an ideal home. and
WAS move aappisr than when play
sng with his children. He gave them
hs best OF eyerythins-the largest
ard sunnisst rooms Indoors and the
beat part OF the gardep az a play.
ground. He was at his best-whers
ordinary men 80 often fail-in the
homa The gr'ets OF children made
bad. "A child mourning over broken
toy" he wruts, "is sight cann,t
bear"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
1915 CAIRO CITY
DIRECTORY HAS
Been PUBLISHED
Books Are Now Being Distributed
to These Who Have Subscribed
for the Work.
FIRST DIRECTORY ISSUED
IN PAST THREE YEARS
Contains Many New Features and is
Largest Book Ever Published
tor This City.

Perhaps the finest Directory ever
gotten out for The City of Cairo is
the 1916 work which has just been
published and is now being dis
tributed by the Piedmont Directory
Company OF Asheville, North Caro-
lima, This firm is member of the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
Onltad States Fruits Ebro.s

EUROPE Is the principal customer for
all exported fruits from this country
except oranges. lemons and ra,sins
germany takes about onehalr of the
dritd apples and the United Kingdom
d HSo proportion Of the green apples
exported Nearly one-half OF the apri.
cots went last year to France. Ger.
many and the Netherlands, while the
United Kingdom alone took ona-,hird
Of the total.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15

You may ifhs your besfstsak rArA
but there Ia danger In eating any meat
cot we'll cooked. Measles in cows
eavs boxed-up parasites IN the bovine
flesh. You do not n &c them with the
naked eye. but they are there. and II
they are not killed by thorough cook
ing they will cause tapeworms In the
digestive organization OF the human
" stem. and then follow associated dis
4ses and discomfosts.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
SIN Undiscovered.

30 long as love itselt-the mystery
Of all mysteries-shali remain un-
solved. there Is an immeasurstls mu.
sic beyond the octave-stretch foriorp
OF our fingers. an unbelievable ocean
bsyond our little world of pebbles q
81 shmAcWuiiAm De MorsaA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
PAGE THREE

afternoon. instead Of with Mrs. r.
w. Handley as was announced.
Miss Rowena Ollie will entsrtain
the s and s. club at the home Of
Mrs. Carrie Spence on Pearl street
tonight. This meeting was TO have
been held at the home OF AIRS. Ed
ward sheerer at MOUNDS but On ac-
count of illness there the place of
meeting was changed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-12-15
MOUND CITY

The Woman's club will meet at
the home of Mrs. NJ. F. Browner on
West First and High streets this
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-12
western Association Records

have made at least one ht
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
What War MOOeS Mean
BY J. W. T. MASON.

tria has withdrawn from the Rus
sian campaign for operations
against Servia.
CoincidentaIly with the ar
nounccInent Of Belgrade's capture
comes the news that the Car has
removed General Rennenkampf
from his command OF the first
rumor is undoubtedly correct. Dis
senSions must be developing
among the Slav higher command
ers. The present collapse OF the
Russian effort to drive Won Hin
denburE back to his frontier. fol-
lowing the confident promise OF
victory sent to PeIrOgrad. must be
causing many recriminations.
What changes in the Russian
commands may DE under consid-
Grafton is suggested bv the sud
den departure of the Car for the
front. His majesty has but Just
returned to Petrcgrad after n visit
TO the battle line and his new
journey must he due to suddenly
developed military reasons
If General RennenKampf has
committed blunders so serious as
TO warrant his disgrace. the out
look is not encouraging for Rus
sian leadership. RenEenkampf is
one Of the few Slav leaders who
went through the Japanese war
with honor. The lessons Of that
conflict we're supposed TO have
been learned by him above all
others. He has been the tutor Of
MANY newer generals. giving them
he result of his cXerience of mod
nrn warfare. Ills removal at
this time. therefore. would be a
depressing occurrence for tho
Slavs to contemplate.
The Washington times., 1914-12-03

NEW YORK. Dec. 9.-The cap
ture of Belgrade is a highly i'm
portant success for the Austrians.
The moral effect is certain TO be
profound throughout the Haps-
burg empire, giving needed en-
cours cement to the Austrians in
the face of Russia's occupation OF
Lemberg. There seems little to
prevent the Austrian army follow
ing mp its victory by overrunning
all Servia-
The Servians have removed their
capital to Nish. in the mountain
GUS interior, but even this strong
hold is in danger. The Servian
army is demoralized. It hasn't
recovered from the devastating ef-
feet Of the Turkish war and Rus
sia's promised aid TO the despair
ing SIav nation Is now an limos
sibility. Russia has too many diff
fculties Of her own.
Only to Roumania can the Ser
vians look for present salvation
from the Austrian menace. Rou-
mania, however. is holding back.
not sure what her territorial re-
ward for Intervention would be.
and suspicious that II the war eN-
hausted her. Bulgaria would fall
on her flank.
II Austria ard Germany can hold
Russia at bay. the seizure OF Ser
via will compel the Russians to re-
linquish their hold on Galicia in
exchange for the freeing Of Ser
Wan territory. This Is undoubted-
~ the dominating reason why Aus
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
NEUTRALITY POINTS
WILL Be DISCUSSED

Much interest IS shown by the Admin
istration in the coming conference IN
Washington OF the members OF tho gov
ernInG board Of the Pan-Amer1can
Union
Although Secretary Of state Bryan
today denied that this Government had
referred to this body of South ATneri-
can diplomats the question OF estab-
fishing neutral trade zones for the pro-
lection Of coastwIse traffic between
North and South America. II is known
that this subject. along with others re-
lating to the neutrality rules OF the
republics of the Western Hemisphere
will come up for informal discussion.
Mr.. Bryan. as ex-officio president ot
the Pan-American Union, will preside
at tho conferences.
The conferences will open at the PAN
American build nG Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
DESCRIBES MAKING
OF PLAYS TO COURT
By GARDNER MACK.

How great minds can fish in the same
channels without getting their lines Of
thought entangled or hooking the same
idea was sought to be shown Justice
Mccoy this morning in Equity Court
No. l by the testimony Of Philander
Johnson in the suit he has brought to
collect damages from Conan K Harris.
Claiming Pollock. Rennold Wolf. and
Raymond Hitchcock. for Infringing on
his play, DIR. FakeweIl' I'm the CON
struction Of The Beauty Shop"
Mr.. Johnson's testimony threw some
interesting side light on the construc-
ton Of pays and the association Of
character. plot, and scene.
Before the noon recess Prof Wilbur, Of
tho George Washington University. was
called. but the court rose before his
examination.
The plaintiff was asked II he had care
fully read the manuscript of The
Beauty Doctor" He said he had and
gave a lengthy discussion on points OF
difference between it and the other two
productions introduced. while there
were several important features Of his
own play and that of Pollock and Wolf,
which were not touched at all IN the
third production, he said.
Mr.. johnson defined the Use OF
beauty doctor in tho several productions
that have used this theme. The theme
had been a general one in the sense Of
showing up fake doctors, but 1t had not
been used as a general theme n its own
sense. He admitted some parallel DC
tween "Pinafore" and other operas, but
stated that IL there was any parallel III
his own production it was entirely un-
conscious. He also admitted receiving
Iaftav- from REGINALD he I<DNeu lTsiIS-
ing his work and likeninC IL TO the
Gilbert 4 sullivan school. Mr.. Johnson
took occasion TO pay high tribute TO
Mr.. DeKovcn.
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
LICENSE TO WE'D
NEEDS NO STAMP

The Treasury Department is not
going to put a war tax on
marriage licenses, but brides
who want a certificate of mar
riage will have to pay a dime
for a war tax stamp.
This Interpretation of the law
is made by the internal reve-
nue. bureau. Here is the law:
"A marriage certificate (license)
to be returned to any officer
of a State, county, city, or
town, to constitute part of a
public record, requires no
stamp. A marriage certii-
cate issued by the officiating
clergyman or magistrate and
given TO the parties, if re-
quired by law, must be stamp
ed at the rate Of 10 cents"
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
GENERAL DE WET To
FACE DEATH PENALTY
Court-MartiaI for Boer Rebel
Leader to Follow Capture
With Small Force.

CAPE TOWN. Dec. 3-Gen. Christian
De Wet. leeder OF the South African
rebels. is now a prisoner, and. with
other leaders OF the revolt against the
British, Will be court-martiaIed and
probably shot
General De Wet and nrty-two OF lis
followers were captured by an auto
mobile contingent under Col. ConraA
Brits. near Waterbury. The rebels sur
rendered without firing a shot.
After. a narrow escape when he and
his followers were all but surrounded
on November q, De Wet Ned westward.
He was vigorously pursued by convers-
ing columns of Colonel Brits' command
and finally surrounded.
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
.REDF|ELD SCORES
N|GGARDLY POLICY
Maritime Bureaus Hampered in
Efforts to Safeguard Lives,
He Asserts.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3-False ghosts
labeled economy" are stalking in the
land. Excessive frugality prevails. Mon
uments are being erected to tho dead.
while economy is endangering the liv-
ing. These sentiments. fatty stated b.
Secretary OF Commerce Redneld. to the
Maritime Exchange here today were
apropos of what he considered an IN
safe and too economical policy OF the
Government toward the Department OF
Commences maritime bureaus.
He declared existing conditions on mo-
torbOats ARE a menace to the lives OF
innocent and unsuspecting passengers,
while the department Is poweriess ex-
cept TO compel sufficient life-saving
equipment
The Washington times., 1914-12-03
Bryan Denies knowledge
Of Edict by Morgenthau

Secretary of State Bryan today denied
all knowledge OF the report that Am
bassador Morgenthau at Constantinople
had threatened 10 demand his passports
from the Turkish government If Eng
lish, French, and Russian refugees were
not permitted to leave the country.
According TO the report, which was
sent to the London Daily Chronicle by
an Englishman who was IN CONSTANT
nople at the time, the Turkish officials
were inclined 10 heap all kinds CT in
suits on the refugees until Mr.. Morgen-
THAI served notice that II proper ac-
commodations were not furnished for
the refugees desiring to leave, he HIM
self would leave the country. taking
with him all foreigners who wished 20
leave