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GREAT WATERWAY
HEIR COMPLETION
WORK ON PANAMA CANAL IS
NOW ON THE FINAL
STAGE.
WORK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Dry Excavation Has Been Completed.
Dredge® to Do Rest—Waterway
Ready for Shipping Soon.
Panama. —The dry excavation of
the cana] has been completed, the
steam shovel working in the Culebra
cut having removed the last rock. The
further excavation of the canal will
be cbmpleted by dredging.
Washington.—Completion of dry ex
cavation on the Panama canal just ten
days ahead of schedule time advanced
the work on the great waterway al
most to the final stage. Much digging
and cleaning out remains to be done
in Culebra cut and along the route,
but this will be accomplished by
mammoth dredges floating on the sur
face of the canal.
An army of men will be busy during
the next four weeks removing steam
shovels and other equipment and ma
terial, including 36 miles of railroad
track from the 9-mile channels in
Culebra cut between Gamboa dike and
Pedro Miguel locks. This is prepara
tory to turning water into the chan
nel from Gatun lake, on the Atlantic
side, on October 5, five days in ad
vance of the date set for dynamiting
Gamboa dike. The water will be intro
duced through four 26-inch pipes ex
tending underneath the dike, and, al
though the five day period hardly will
suffice to fill the channel to one
third the canal level, enough would
be let in to act as a cushion against
the explosion when the dike is de
stroyed.
While the cut is being cleared of
railway and equipment, drilling and
blasting will be going on at the bot
tom of the channel, loosening up rock
and earth for the dredges that soon
will be clawing away through water.
On August 1, 968,000 cubic yards re
' mained to be taken out of the "theo
retical canal prism," and since that
time the steam shovels have reduced
the amount to approximately 650,000
cubic yards, which is left for the
dredges. Six of the shovels will be
continued, however, in removing ma
terial from the east and west banks
near Culebra to lessen the danger from
slides.
MEXICAN OFFICER IS KILLED
Killing of Acosta Causes Great Ex
citement Among Huerta Troops.
El Paso, Texas.—Lieut. F. Acosta, an
officer in General Salazar's federal
command at Juarez, crossed the Stan
ton street international bridge and
was killed by United States Customs
inspector T. F. Jonah and Immigra
tion Inspector Thomas N. Heifron, af
ter he had opened fire on them with a
ri lie.
He was shot through the mouth and
arm, and his horse, from which he had
dismounted, was shot through the side.
The American officers were uninjured.
Before crossing the bridge the Mexi
can had remarked that he was "going
to kill a gringo.”
Heifron was standing at the Ameri
can end of the bridge when Acosta
first opened fire at him. He fired back,
using an automatic pistol. Jonah has
tened to his assistance, and began fir
ing at the Mexican. The Mexican offi
cer was within 30 feet of the Ameri
cans before he was killed.
Two troops of the Thirteenth cav
alry were ordered to the bridge fol
lowing the shooting, in order to re
strain the 1,000 Mexicans who had
gathered on the Mexican siae of the
bridge
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, commander of
the United States troops, was notified
of the shooting, and he ordered al!
troops to be prepared for movement
to El Paso from Fort Bliss
Southern Men Given Ff'-engn Posts.
Washington.—President Wilson sent
to the senate the following nomina
tions: be ambassador to Spain.
Joseph E. Willard of Virginia; to be
minister to Honduras. John Ewing of
Louisiana.
Japanese Clamor for War.
Tokio.—The assasisnation of Morli
are Abe, director of the political bu
reau .of the Japanese foreign office,
has inflamed the masses, and a dra
matic chapter in the history of the
new Japan was written. Fifteen thou
sand persons gathered ir. mass meet
ing in Hibiya park, calling for mili
tary action against China. A majority
of these marched to the foreign office
and clamored for admission. They de
manded the dispatch of troops to Chi
na to take such measuers as were
necessary to obtain satisfaction.
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younger daughter of Senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia, will be a debutante
In Washington society next season.
PELLAGRA SULL A PUZZLE
LITTLE KNOM>N OF THE DISEASE
AFTER TWO YEARS OF
RESEARCH.
Southern Physicians Hold Conference
to Discuss Causes of the
Disease.
Spartanburg, S. C.—After two years
of research by a corps of twenty sci
entists, the Thompson-McFadden Pel
lagra commission still is ignorant of
the cause of the disehse. This was an
nounced by Dr. Ward J. McNea] of
the New York Post-Graduate hospital,
a member of the commission, at a con
ference here of Southern physicians.
Nearly two hundred physicians, stu
dents of the disease, were here for
the conference. They came from near
ly every Southern state.
Doctor McNeal summarized the com
mission’s findings thus:
"First, the supposition that the indi
gestion of good or spoiled maize is
the essential cause of pellagara is not
supported by our study.
“Second, pellagra is in all probabil
ity a specific infectious disease com
municable by means at present un
known.
“Third, we have discovered no evi
dence incriminating Buffalo gnats in
the causation of pellagra if it is dis
tributed by a blood-sucking insect, the
stable fly would appear to be the most
probable carrier.
"Fourth, we are inclined to regard
intimate association in the household
and the contamination of food with
the excretions of pellagrins as possi
ble modes of distribution of the dis
ease.
"If you remove a pellagrin in the
early stages of the disease from the
endemic locality of the disease, put
him in better surroundings and give
him plenty of good, nourishing food,
regardless of treatment he will get
well and stay well. In view of the
high mortality of pellagra ai'd the
pessimistic feeling in regard to it this
should be a comforting thought to us.
It should also be comforting that pel
lagra is not directly transmissible from
one person to another."
Build 300 Miles of Roads in 2 Days.
Little Rock Ark. Although definite
figures were not available reports
from all parts of the state indicate
that at least three hundred miles of
highway were improved during Arkan
sas’ two good roads days, fixed by
Governor Hays' proclamation. "The
success of the movement exceeded my
most sanguine expectation," said the
governor. “Next year I shall again
designate good roads days.” Governor
Major of Missouri, who aided the Ar
kansas workers the first day. was fore
ed to abandon his shovel and return
to executive duties in his own state.
He hired five men to take his place.
Taft Heads Bar Association.
Montreal, Quebec. — Ex-President
William H. Taft was elected president
of the American Bar Association at
the close of the annual session defeat
ing Gen. P. W. Meldrim of Savannah,
Ga., by one vote on the second ballot.
It had been generally understood that
General Meldrim would be chosen as
president, but the nomination of for
’ mer President Taft complicated mat
■ ters. On the first ballot, which was
by states. Taft and Meldrim tied. On
> the second ballot one vote changed to
Mr. Taft and Meldrim was defeated.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
HOT SPRINGS M ~
SWEPT BF FLAMES
THIRTY BLOCKS BURNED TO
ASHES BY FIERCE CON-
FLAGRATION.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST
Famous Hotels, City Water and Sup
ply Plants All Destroyed—The
Flames Burn Themselves Out.
Hot Springs, Ark.—Fire, ” which
started in a negro’s cabin at the foot
of West Mountain, the southern ex
tremity of Hot Springs, reduced to a
smouldering mass of wreckage an
area more than a mile in length and
from seven to ten blocks wide in
the eastern section of the city. An i
accurate statement of the monetary i
loss is not possible, but is roughly es
timated at ten million dollars.
Governor Hayes arrived in Hot |
Springs and will order a military pa
trol of the burning district. United ,
States troops are also expected from ’
Little Rock to add to the guard on
the military reservation.
In the path of the flames were man- ■
ufacturing establishments, hotels, a '
number of the more pretentious resi
dences and public buildings. All were
destroyed. It is estimated that two '
thousand persons are homeless.
But few of those whose homes were |
burned saved any of their belongings,
and guests of the hotels gave little
heed to their valuables and luggage
in their efforts to escape with their j
lives.
A police patrol of 250 men were
sworn in to patrol the fire swept dis
trict. All the homeless have been
cared for temporarily and plans have
been started to systematize the work
of succor. Many offqrs of assistance
in fire-fighting aparatus, financial aid,
food and clothing have been received,
but it is believed that outisde aid will
not be needed.
Business was pratically suspended
except that necessary to provide for
the immediate wants of those who suf
fered the loss of their homes. The
lack of light and power prevented the
operation of the street car system, the
publication of newspapers and other
industries depending on motive power
from the city’s plant.
Genera'; Manager Dillon of the pub- j
lie utilities commission states that a i
temporary light and power service !
will be established within thirty days
and in three months the utilities will
be working to their capacity again.
The natural gas supply was not in
terfered with.
The fire originated in a negro dwell
ing on Church street, near Malvern
avenue, just east of the Anny and
Navy hospital, and spread quickly to
the south and east. A number of
small dwellings, dry as tinder, as a
result of an extended drouth, were
easy prey tor the flames, which with
in a few minutes were beyond Control
of the local fire department.
U. S. IS WAITING ON INCLAN
Disposition to Receive Envoy Favora
bly—May Want to Float Loan.
Washington.—Developments in the
Mexican situation probably will await
the arrival in Washington of Manuel
De Z&macona y Indan, personal en
voy of the Huerta government, to con
tinue with the Washington adminis
tration the negotiations begun by John
Lind, personal representative of Pres
ident Wilson in Mexico.
Administration officials have not de
cided whether they would receive Se
nor De Zamacona unless he brought
positive assurances of Huerta's elimi
nation from the presidential election
in Mexico and was ready to act upon
the other points in the American pro
posals for the establishment of peace.
Senor De Zamacona':. chief connec
tion with the Mexican government in
the past has been in financial matters
and his mission is said to contemplate i
not only the furtherance of the nego
tiations looking toward peace, but the
floating of a loan that would be en
couraged by the American govern
ment. He has managed Mexico's finan
cial affairs in Europe heretofore and
during his stay here as ambassador
to the United States in 1911 became
widely known and popular with dip
lomatic corps.
Bandits Make Rich Haul.
Columbia, S. C.—Three men, each
armed with two revolvers, held up two
employees of the J. G. White Con
struction company and a^deputy sher
iff at Parr Shoals, twenty miles from
here, and took from them $16,600 in
currency which had been intended to
meet the pay roll of the company,
which is building a huge power dam
there. Seven hundred employees of
the company, together with the sher
iffs and deputies of four counties with
bloodhounds, are hunting for the rob
' bers.
FRANKLIN BROCKSON
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Franklin Brockton, the new Demo
cratic congressman from Delaware, Is
the only representative of his state
,In the lower house of congress. The
population of the state is only about
200,000.
26 PERSONS ARE KILLED
WHITE MOUNTAIN EXPRESS, GO
ING 40 MILES AN HOUR,
STRIKES TRAIN.
Many Prominent Persons Are Among
Victims Who Were Return
ing From Maine.
New Haven, Conn.—Twenty-six per- I
sons were killed and nearly fifty in- ;
jured, some of whom may die, in a
rear-end collision shortly before seven ,
o’clock in the morning on the New- i
York, New Haven and Hartford rail- I
road, six miles north of here.
The first section of the White :
Mountain Express bound for New ;
York, speeding along at probably for- j
ty miles an hour, in a thick fog, rush- >
ed by a danger signal, it is said, and ।
crashed into the rear of the second :
section of the Bar Harbor express. I
standing 100 feet beyond the block
signal.
The White Mountain engine cleav
j ed through the two rear Pullman cars, ;
| both of wood, splitting them in two
| and tossing their wreckage and three- !
score of mangled human beings, some j
alive, some dead, on either side of the I
track.
The third car, also of wood and ;
occupied by forty boys on their way i
from a summer camp at Monmouth, |
Maine, was lifted into the air and fell i
on its side crumpled up and crushing i
two of the boys to death and injuring j
others.
DENOUNCE CROP DEPOSITS
Alleged That Treasury Plan Will Ben
efit Speculators, Not Producers.
Salina. Kan. —The plan of the treas
! ury department for placing money in
various banks to aid in moving crops
was criticised severely at the national
convention of the Farmers’ Union and
the conevntion adopted a report of the
legislative committee which declared
“it could not see a single benefit in
the crop aid plan.”
The report declared the result of the
plan would be that money would not
be loaned to the farmer to enable him j
to market his crop gradually to meet j
demands of trade, but “would put more ;
I money into the hands of speculators :
to buy crops from farmers forced to ;
sell because they could not get i
money."
The administration currency bill also
was criticised on the ground that it
would force farmers to sell at har
vest time and that speculation would
follow.
A resolution urging a national mar
keting bureau was adopted.
Speakers at the convention said the !
amount of money the treasury depart- ■
ment is to place in the various banks -
over the coutnry to aid in the moving ;
of crops should be increased to S2OO,- !
000,000 under conditions requiring the i
central banks to loan the money to i
their correspondent banks in the ru
ral sections at 4 per cent, interest and |
rural banks to charge their custom- ;
ers 6 per cent, for loans.
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Confidence Men Rob Wealthy Men. 1
Terre Haute, Ind.—With the arrest I
here of George Reed. John Collins ‘
and Hugh McGinnis of Indianapolis,
on complaint of Cary Shaw, president
of the Second National bank, of Hous
ton, Texas s the police declare they
have ended the operations of a gang
that in the last year has swindled
wealthy men out of nearly a quarter
of a million dollars. The work of the
gang, the officials say, closely resem
bled that of the Mabray swindle syn
dicate, and included fake prize fights.
Mr. Shaw lost $7,500.
BLIND SPELLS
FOR HONG TIME
Mn. Largen Tel!» of Her Experience
and How She Finally Came
Out All Right.
Elkwood, Ala—Mrs. Mattie Largen,
of this town, writes the following
letter for publication: “My health
' was very bad for a long time, on
' account of womanly trouble. z J- suf
’ sered a great deal, at different times,
I with headache, and pains in the bot
‘ tom of my stomach, and had blind
i spells.
i All of this made me so weak, I
• could hardly sit up. I tried treat
| ment after treatment, but they did me
। no good.
Just as soon as I commenced tak
i leg Cardui, the woman’s tonic, my
1 health got better, and now I can do
• all my housework.
I will never be without Cardui in
; the house, and will recommend it to
every lady that I can, for it has done
; me so much good, and 1 know It will
do the same for others, if they will
give it a trial.”
The reason Cardui has attained
such wonderful success in the treat
j ment of diseases peculiar to women,
i is that it acts specifically on the
j womanly organs. It contains purely
; vegetable ingredients, of real medic
inal merit, and in a safe, gentle way,
I helps build the womanly constitution
back to health and strength.
Cardui is being successfully used
by thousands of women every day.
You won’t regret giving it a trial.
N. B.— W'rUe to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Ladies’Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn., fen
; Social Instruction* on your case and 64-page book.
“Home Treatment tor Women,” sent in plain
wrapper. Adv.
After a minister has preached his
, congregation to sleep the sermon is
followed by a great religious awak
j ening.
No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX
This is a prescription prepared es
i pecially for Malaria or Chills and
■ Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and if taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c— Adv.
He Got His.
j “Miss CUadys, can you cook?" in
j quired the prospective suitor cautious-
1 1 y-
“I can,” she answered sweetly, "but
! the young man 1 am engaged to as
sures me that I won t have to.”
The Caller.
The Caller —How s dear little Fido?
। The Hostess —Nicely, thank you.
"And the children?”
“Bless me, I forgot to ask the
j nurse.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Knew the Brand.
Customer —You say my size is 38?
[ Give me a size larger—to allow for
. shrinking. ’
Clerk —But these are the “unshrink
able fabric.”
Customer —Then you’d better give
I me two sizes larger.—Puck.
Too Much Like Slaughter.
It is the habit of the blackcock to
strut and fight with his rivals in an
open arena, while the gray hens sit
round as queens of the tournament.
The Russian sportsman builds a rough
hut of boughs right on the spot, whicn
does not seem to scare the birds.
Then he sleeps there and waits till
the tournament begins in the morn
ing, when he may blaze away at any
of the cocks except the old one, whose
death causes the spot to be deserted.
An English traveler in Russia says
that he knew of Russians who had
i shot five or six cocks at one place sev-
I era! morningsf* running, but, having
’ bagged one himself, be never had the
; heart to kill another. —Chicago News.
THE DOCTOR’S GIFT
Food Worth Its Weight in Gold.
We usually expect the doctor to put
us on some kind of penance and give
us bitter medicines.
A Penn, doctor brought a patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly interesting.
"Two years ago/’ writes this pa-
I tient, "I was a frequent victim of acute
i indigestion and biliousness, being al
; lowed to eat very few things. One day
i our family doctor brought me a small
i package, saying he had found some
’ thing for me to eat.
"He said it was a food called Grape
: Nuts and even as its golden color
I might suggest it was worth Its weight
।in gold. I was sick and tired, trying
J one thing after another to no avail, but
I consented to try this new food.
"Well! It surpassed my doctor’s
। fondest anticipation and every day
I since then I have blessed the good
I doctor and the inventor of Grape
i Nuts.
“I noticed improvement at once and
In a month’s time my former spells of
indigestion had disappeared. In two
months I felt like a new man. My
mind was much clearer and keener,
my body took on the vitality of youth,
and this condition has continued.”
“There's a Reason.” Name given by
Postum Cd., Battle Creek. Mich. Read
"The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from lime to time. They
are Pennine, true. au<t full of human
interei i.
