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The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Youthful Elope'
Returning Home

Grace Bowles. fifteen years old. will
return to her home at rs v street
northwest. tonight from New York.
where. with Aston Curtin. sixteen
years old, of 162 Bryant street north
west, she was taken in custody by the
Gerry Society last Wednesday. Wheth-
er Curtin. who vows he will marry his
young sweetheart will return to Wash
ington Is not determined.
Inquiry of his mother. Mrs. J. w.
Coughlin, brought the terse statement,
Il have nothing to say"
1t Is understood that young Curtin
will be left in the custody Of friends in
a distant city to see II a greater dis
tance than that between V street and
Bryant street. a matter Of three blocks,
will prevent the youth from carrying
out his intention of eloping again.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
SOUVENIR BOOKLETS
FOR c. A. R. PLANNED
Boy Scouts viii Sell Handsome
Folders During Encampment
Here Next Fall.

Washington residents and business
men are today making generous re-
sponses to the call Of the finance COM
mittee, headed by Col Robert N. Har-
per. which has undertaken to finance
the local end OF the G. A. r. encamp-
ment here next September.
The city is being thoroughly can
vassed today by Chairman Harper and
his assistants, and II was said at the
Chamber of Commerce that reponses
to date presage the success Of the cele-
bration.
The committee on printing met at
the Chamber Of Commerce rooms at
noon today and decided to publish 10. .ooo
handsome souvenir booklets to be sold
during the G. A. r. convention. These
souvenir programs will be sold from
newsstands and by Boy Scouts.
Chairman II. C. C. Stiles, Of the print
ing committee. named a subcommittee
to prepare plans for the booklet. and
| this subcommittee will work out a
| dummy" form to be presented to the
! full committee for approval next week.
! The subcommittee comprises Charles A.
James, Harry Claudy. and Robert Glib
son.
Thomas Grant, secretary of the citi-
zens committee on the encampment to-
day announced that at the request OF
Chairman Frank B. Lord. Of the pub
LEFTY committee the name of James d.
Preston. superintendent Of the Senate
press gallery. has been added to the
committee.
Secretary Grant today received a let
ter from Col. D. r. Stowits, quarter
master general Of the G. A.. r., saying
that approximately 5000 badges will be
needed at the encampment
This number Of badges Is required for
the official delegates representing the
G. A. r. oroper. the Women's Relief
Corps, the Ladies Of the G. A. r., the
Army Nurses. the Daughters of Vet
Grams, the Sons Of Veterans, the Auxil-
| larry. the Ex-Prisoners Of War. and the
Naval Veterans. all Of which latter
| organizations are affiliated with the pa
rent organization.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Three Automobiles,
Stolen, Recovered
Two Abandoned in Streets and
Boys Are Arrested With
Third.

Three automobiles stolen In different
sections of the city within the last twen-
ty-four hours were recovered by the
police today. The machine. belonging
to Mrs. Hannah Campbell. 1877 r street
northwest, stolen from in front of a
Ninth street theater, and that Of George
c. Melody, $40 Third street northwest.
which was taken from in front Of the
First Congregational Church, were
abandoned on the streets.
The third machine, belonging to DR.. A.
M. Fauntleroy. Of the United States
Naval Hospital. which was taken from
in front of the Avondale, has been To-
Gated in Baltimore. The Baltimore po-
lice have arrested two boys who were
operating the machine.
According to a telegram received by
Captain of Detectives Robert Board
man, the boys gave their names as
Robert Stilling and James Smith, Of
this city. Central Office Detective
Stringfellow left for Baltimore today to
bring the boys back.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22

bitt. who is left in command of the
Scorpion by the death of Lieutenant
Commander Bricker.
Had Dined On Shore.
Ambassador Mongenthau said that
Commander Bricker had dined on shore
with the secretary of the emba ssy,
HOFFMAN Philip. and Captain Strew, and
was returning to the Scorpion about il
o'clock. A severe windstorm had come
up and the captain was anxious about
the security of the ships moorings Near
the ship the small boat foundered only
Lieutenant Babbitt and one man Of the
party being saved. A squall capsZed
them.
Commander Bricker's funeral will take
place from the embassy at Constanti-
nople tomorrow, and his body embalmed
and held subject to the Instructions OF
his relatives.
The loss of Lieutenant Commander
Bricker Is felt the more as he had just
been promoted to the command of the
Scorpion. This vessel, converted
yacht, is known as the station ship at
Constantinople, and has been in eastern
Mediterranean and Turkish waters for
some months She was there before
the outbreak Of the war. The Scorpion
Is under orders of the American am
bassador at Constantinople and her
chief duty Is to be at his service.
Native of Pennsylvania.
Lieut. Commander William Franklin
Bricker, was born in Pennsylvania Jan
uary IS, 1879, and entered the Naval
Academy from that State September 10.
1896. graduating in June. 1900. He was
promoted to ensign July 1. 1902. serving
on the Vicksburg to August 8, 1903; on
board the Alabama from November 2,
1908. to September, 1904; as flag lieu
tenant to divisional commander, battle
ship squadron. North Atlantic fleet from
September II. 1904, to April 1905. and as
aide on STAFF of divisional commander
Of the battleship squadron, North At
lantlc feet. from April 1, 1905. to Au-
gust e. 1907. -
He was promoted to lieutenant July
l. 1905. He served at the Naval Acad-
emy from October l. 1907. to November
The Washington times., 1915-03-22

8, 1907. After duty for some months at
the New York navy yard, he served on
various warships and was promoted to
lieutenant commander July /, 1911, serv-
ing in the office of naval intelligence In
the Navy Department here from May
q, 1912, to May 81, 1913. He also served
In the office of naval intelligence here
october Id. 1919, TO October q. 1918.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Cook Stricken in Hotel
Dies of Heart Trouble

Stricken with heart trouble while at
work in the West Washington Hotel,
1898 Wisconsin avenue northwest where
he was employed as a cook, Lawrence
lorengen, sixty years old, died early
today.
Coroner hewitt gave certificate of
death from natural causes
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
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and adds to the wonderfully beneficial
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He is authorized to refund full price to
any dissatisfied purchaser
Fer Sale ~ o'Donneil's Drug stores.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
j. s. NAVAL OFFICER
DIES IN BOSPHORUS
Lieut.. Com. Bricker and Three
Seamen Drowned When Boat
From Scorpion Sinks.
Continued from First Page.)

bitt. who Is left in command of the
Scorpion by the death of Lieutenant
Commander Bricker.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
President Plans Call.

President Wilson will call at 1920
o'clock tomorrow morning at the apart
ment of Senator Shivley Of Indiana at
the Cochran. The Indiana Senator has
beer Ill for some time and the Presi-
dent said today that he wished to have
the opportunity to see for himself how
the patient was getting along.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Persians Request Car
To Evacuate Azerbaijan

BERLIN, March 22.-"The Persian
government has called upon Russia to
evacuate the province Of Azerbaijan
(northwest Persia)," says an item
given out by the Overseas News
Agency.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
{ AFRO LUMBER
DEALERS ARE
INTERESTED
Along With St, Louis and Other
Cities---Meet at Memphis for
Rate Hearing,

Several Cairo lumber men are in
Memphis attending the fight of the
lumbermen in the Ohio River lum-
ner rate hearing before Edgar Wat
kins, special examiner for the In
.er-Statc Commerce Commission,
The hearing will be in progress
1t Memphis until Saturday and win
,e resumed on Monday in Birmins
lam and with be concluded in Louis
lille next Tuesday.
Lumber manufacturers term tins
ase the most radical rate increase
ever attempted by the railroads.
The carriers are seeking to advance
the tariff on lumber from Memphis
and the Mississippi Valley to Ohio
river crossings. The advance is said
o average IS per cent, but on gum
the proposed increase runs as high
As 40 per cent
The complaint against the higher
rates was filed by the Southern
Hardwood Traffic Association
which will handle the case in the
interest Of all lumber interests in
The south. Five attorneys have beer
employed to combat the new tariff
and ten attorneys will be sent here
by all southern railroads. Lumber
men from =. Louis, Cincinnati
Louisville. Evansville, Cairo ant
other cities are supporting thu
Southern Hardwood Traffic Assoc!a
ticn in the fight
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
Car Owners in Houston, Tex, Out Of
Work, Seeking Honest Nickles,
Are Doing Well.
SIXTY-FIvE AUTOMOBILES
NOW HAVE REGULAR ROUTES
They Organize and Talk of Trans
fers When Street Car Co., De-
mands Special Tax.

Houston. rex, Jan. Entrance
into the field Of dozens OF an(clno-
bles which carry passengers to any
point in the city for scent fare
ard whisk them to their destination
50 speedily that with the compare
lively short distances they have to
travel they complete the trip IN less
time than they would have to wait
for a street car, has raised new traf-
fc problems in this city.
Poor labor conditions are given
credit for the origin of the plan.
Which has developed into a we'll
organized system with more than
20 cars in operation and so routed
rs to cover the city. 1t is said that
number of owners of popular
make automobile, which is cheap
enough that most men in moderate
circumstances can afford to own
me, lost their Jobs and were threat
ened with the necessity of selling
their cars until they conceived the
idea of using them for passenger
transportation, Entering a field at
time when there was much popu-
lar dissatisfaction with the street
car service, the new conveyances
were wcll patronized from the first
and made money so fast that other
automobile owners determined to
try the plan
Already conservative estimates
say the machines in operation arc
averaging S. dav, thus depriving
the street car company of S300 of
its former revenue, or more than
100000 year. The street ca
manager has admitted a serious de
crease in the company's revenue
and has threatened to declare war
on tha operators of the "ii;neys,"
as the machines are called, by in
augurating motor bus lines which
ITonciuded on Page ThreeJ
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS
PRESENT AS GERMANS
TAKE MANY French
And Force the French to Yield After Two
Days Fighting Before VEGETABLES
Victorious Along River Aisne Near
Soissons-British Aviators Drop.Bombs
On Antwerp to Get the Germans
Associated Press.

London, Jan ti.---A victory Of
the allies along the river Aisne near
Scissors IN admitted in the latest
French official statement although
the possible affect of the German
advance is officially minimizcd.
After continued engagements
lasting two days the Germans forced
the French to yield in front Cf
Vregny. The French war office eN-
planned that the flooding of the
river Aisne destroyed several Of the
bridges and thus rendered danger
Gus communication Of the troops
operating on the right bank. These
troops were withdrawn as It was
thought it was impossible to send
reinforcemcnts TO their support,
Emperor William himself was
present al these operations which
resulted in taking several thousand
French prisoners.
Petrograd claims the Russian
troops have progressed on the right
bank of the lower Vistula, where
the German cavalry was repulsed.
On the other front the fighting was
made up largely Of skirmishes and
artillery dues.
The general staff of tho Caucasus
army devotes statement to the
operations in Aberbaian, whore it
is explained it became eXpedicnt to
regrour the Russian force, necessi-
,ating the evacuation of certain
places.
Eighteen Russian generals have
been discharged from important po-
sitions according to Hamburg dis
patch.
British aviators early in the week
dropped bombs on Antwerp, but the
extent Of the damage done was not
learned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
City, County and Drainage Commis-
s;oners Hear Report of En-.
gineer Miller,
MORE TINE TO BE ASKED
PULASKI COUNTY COURT
In Which to Carefully and Thor
oughly Discuss Questions Be-
fore Hearing in Court,

The report of Civil Engineer Nil
lcr. who with City Engineer Dewey
we're instructed to make thorough
examination of the proposition OF
the Mounds Drainage District as &c
its probable or possible effects upon
Cairo and the Cairo Drainage dis.
trict if built, was read yesterday
afternoon at the coancil chamber
10 the city commissioners, commits
.ioncrs OF the Cairo Drainage Dis
tri and the Board or County Com
missioners.
According to the report, it does
not appear that Mr., Miller consid-
crs the undertaking as one that will
cause apprehension to the people OF
this city.
Mayor Wood says the report con-
tains questions that will have to
be thoroughly discussed by the peo.
pie and the various commissioners
and that the city will ask that the
matter, which is now in the Pulaski
county court and to soon be up for
hearing be delayed for short time
30 these questions can be thorough
ly some over
Several plans have been com
menced but the one most favored by
the Commissioners contemplates the
following items of work:
The diversion of Cache River and
the formation OF new channel in
TO the Mississippi river near Beech
Ridge
The construction OF lovee to be
located neloy the diverted channel
and leading from the Cairo Drain
Gag District levee to the hills cast
of Cache river.
The construction of a levee alon 9
the Big Four railroad embankmcnt
from the caro- Drainage DlStflCI 10
Mound City levce.
The construction of levee from
Mound City levee along the Ohio
river to the hills north of Mound
City.
The diversion of the present chan
mel of Cache river between Beech
Ridge and its mouth and TIL placing
of the necessary flood gates to pre-
vent the overflow by backwater
from the Ohio.
Civil En- gineer Miller report said
II we're satisfied that the rate
Concluded on Page Four.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
EXCEPTIONAL TIDES,
TEMPETS, HEAVY SNOW,
Low Temperature and Avalanches Adds to
Awful Catastrophy in Italy King Hears
Pitious Appeals for Help from Be-
meath the Ruins in AyezzanO
Associated Press,

Associated Press. Z s#HF
Rome, Jan. 4---Demolished and
partly demolished towns mark that
part of Italy. from Naples northward
to Ferrara and crosswise over which
the earthquake on Wednesday pass.
cd.
Thousands of dead lie beneath
mounds of debris, which were once
their dwellings.
Not even mn estimate Of the ag-
gregate fatalities is yet obtainable
Numerous places still are isolated
owing ia the severance of communi-
cation. 1t is known. however. that
Ayezzano is a city of the dead and
and also that in Sora, 25 miles
northeast large number of lives
we're lost.
In Avezzano and vicinity 1t is es-
timated $1,000 persons perished
md that the dead in Sora will total
1000.
So far as is known about twenty
owns have been absolutely levelet
to the ground and an almost cqua
number suffered great damage. lr
al these places many persons wer
killed or injured.
Volunteers worked herocall
through the day in the ruins an
cndeayored to extricate he wound
ID or rescue the bodies of the dead
King Victor Emanuel himself dI
rected the work at AvezzanO. wher
the pitious appeals of persons be
meath the wreckage could be heart
pleading to be rescued.
Ii is estimated that in Ayezzant
t,C00 were buried alive, some
them school children Only fou
soldiers Of the garrison of 400 es
capped. when the barracks collapsed
Sora with its population of 20,
600 was almost entirely destroyed
All of the government and munici
pal authorities perished; $50 bodic.
today have been taken from the
ruins and there are a large number
of injured under treatment
Trains are arriving in Rome from
the east and are bringing in hun
dreds of the injured. Surgeons an6
nurses are being dispatched in all
directions, into the stricken dis.
trict, while troops are being sent tc
the ruined or damaged towns to
guard against vandals.
Survivors arriving at Tivoli, say
many persons are under ruins in
A,ezzano. An enormous amount OF
DEBRIS is piled in the town. making
relief work difficult.
Ancona, on the Adriatic, 134
northeast of Rome, reports that a
tempest accompanied the disturb
ance. and at Naples there were ex-
ceptional tides.
At Venice, the temperature was
the lowst in years and thedistUrb-
ance was accompanied by violent
storm.
In the Alps the thermometer went
down to Is below zero.
AT Sora another shock occurred
today and the residents of the place
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
PATRICK GREANEY is
GIVEN REWARD OF $2J
FOR DOING GOOD DEED

j. Il. Arnold, son-in-law of W. F.
Smith of Vienna, H., the man who
carried $500 in his pocket and was
being led to a saloon by a hobo who
chanced to become acquainted with
him, Wednesday afternoon, when
stopped by Patrick Greaney, came
to Cairo yesterday and took his
father-in-law back with him. Mr..
Smith gave Patrick Greaney $25 as
reward for his interest in sepa-
rating the hobo from his new found
friend, who might have separated
him from the s400 he carried on his
person,
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
CAIRO GOES TO
BENTON TO PLAY
BASKET BALL
found City Comes to Cairo to PLAY
Cairo Saturday Evening Boys
and Girls Teams.

The first team of the High School
basket ball will so to Benton, Ill.,.
Saturday for game Saturday night
With tho team of that pace
Saturday night there will be two
games played in Cairo; one between
the first team of Mound City High
School boys with the second Cairo
Team and a game between the first
team of the Mound City girls with
the first team of the Cairo High
school girls
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
Associated Press.

Paris Jan. 1i.-.~A dispatch from
Tinis says the fleeing Armenians
have crossed the Russian frontier,
already number 5000; they are in a
pitiable condition.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15

Rome. Jan 1.-THE work 0i
sscue and the search Of the ruins
the hope OF finding people still
live was continued through the
light Bondres were lit and
7rches brought into use. The sol
lers who early were ordered to the
Gene OF the disaster did excellent
Scrk.
Medical men are beginning to
ak of the possibility of epidem'
cs among those who escaped.
Thousands of persons fed from the
itricken area. and will have to
pend some time without adequate
helter
Naples felt the shock severely,
but suffered only slight damage.
Sulmona and Aquila, in the Province
Of Abruzzi, and other towns in that
region report much damage and
some loss Of life.
Premier Salandra has personally
taken charge of the relief work. lie
ha,. established quarters in the home
office. from which he will direct
the rescue work in the earthquake
district. Special trains with doc
tors, medicines. amhulances and
nurses have already been dispatched
and government officials have been
given carte blanche to provide all
necessaries to the stricken people.
Pope Benedict is awaiting q re-
port from Monsignor Sagnl. Arch
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
ALEXANDER CLUB
LOSES TO CAIRO
HIGH SCHOOL
VIII be No Game Next Tuesday on
Account Of Knights Of Colum-
bus Minstrels.

BY score of - to the Cairo
High school team won over the
Alexander Clrb team, in the second
game of the series OF indoor base
ball at the Armory last night.
There will be no game next Tues
day night on account of the Knights
of Columbus Minstrel show. but on
next Thursday night the contest
will be between the Elks and the
Singer teams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
THE LEGISLATURE
END SECOND Week
WITHOUT result
No Speaker Elected and Nothing
Doing in the Senate. -Provine
and Brown Leading.

Sprin giield, H., Jan. 14.---The
second week of the Illinois ,egisla-
ture ended tonight with no appar-
ent change in the house deadlock,
over the speakership. On the Re-
publican side. Provine continues to
hold the lead in the balloting. while
Brown held it for the Democratic
side. The opening next week of the
assembly is expected tc show the
senate marking time until the cleo.
tion contests are settled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15

panic stricken, ped from their
homes. Rosl palace fell in burying
so lhoorea5
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
Associated Press.


Avezzano, via Rome, Jan. a.
kyez&ano is filled with the dead and
wounded and wrecked houses. 1t is
Ike ruin OF cemetery. Those
10 escaped destruction, caused by
he earthquake went hcroicaily to
fcrk to rescue the stricken Tlcy
1uld not seem to understand the
clay in dispatching aid to them
rom Rome and other centers, for
lore than u hours passed before
ne gravity Of The disaster reached
he outside world
Nearly all of the civil officers Of
.yazzano including the mayc: the
udges, commanders OF Gardeners,
arish priests monks and men yer-
she'd.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15
FIRST SCHOOL SEMESTER
CONES TO A CLOSE NEXT
FRIDAY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

rhe school semester for the first
half OF the school year will close
Friday, January % and the new
term begins the following Monday.
There will be many examinations.
reports, etc. to mark the close or
tha FRS term.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15

For Cairo and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy Friday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15

lContinued on page -Four, ]
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15

Associated Press
Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. A.
Earthquake shocks were felt In the
Mount Blanco range, also in the
SN iss and Italian Alps, along the
frontier yesterday morning. causing
huge avalanches to fall, isclating
the Alpine villages and hamlets and
destroy ing them. From 5 to feet
of snow fell in the Alps
The shock was also felt in Pied
mont towns and villages. The dam
age cannot be learned because tele.
,raph wires are down.
The Cairo bulletin., 1915-01-15

G. NJ. Howell of Memphis, Tenn,
spent yesterday in the city ON busi-
ness. lie is commercial agent for
the Central Railroad OF Georgia.