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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
$4OO,OOO,OOO NEEDED. FOR CANAL
Sensation Sprung the Report of the Senate thman Canal
Committee--May Change From Lock to Sea Level Plan.

Washington, D. C.t-A large sized
sensation was sprung in the report
of Senator Kittredge, chairman Of the
isthmian canal committee. who de-
clared that an amazingly costly blum
der was made in adopting the lock
and dam instead Of the sea level type
of canal at Panama.
He declared the final cost would be
three times the original estimate OF
the engineers. He showed lAat al
ready $170,0OO,00O had been appropri-
ated for the work, and that II current
reports be true, congress will be ask
ed to continue to pour enough money
to make $500, 100000 into the canal
project. The estimated cost, as amen
ded to date, reaches the latter fig
ure. which is one-fourth larger than
the original estimated cost OF sea
level canal
The debate was an indirect assault
upon President Roosevelt, who was
responsible for the adoption of the
lock type Of canal. The majority Of
the international board Of consulting
engineers favored a sea level canal.
The American engineers submitted a
minority report advocating a lock ca
nal The president threw his inhu-
ence on their side, and secured the
passage. of legislation authorizing a
lock canal at Panama These engi-
neers staked their professional repu-
tation on the statement that the cost
would not exceed $140,O00,00O.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12

Senator Clay, in discussing the re-
port of the canal Committee, heartily
concurred in all Senator Kittredge
had said. He related the history Of
canal legislation, and recalled the ac-
tivity Of William Nelson Cromwell.
Il believe the canal will cost halt
billion Of dollars before 1t is COM
pleted, and that it will be completed,
If at all, as sea level canal said
the Georgia senator.
This is in a way vindication OF
the position Of the late Senator John
Tyler Morgan Of Alabama, who urged
the Nicaraguan route and pleaded for
it for sixteen years. The present sta
tus of affairs Is an entire yindication
of the position Of the democrats, who
voted for the Nicaraguan route until
overwhelmed by numbers, and then
directed their efforts to secure a sea
level canal at Panama Every demo
crat so voted except Senator Jones
Of Arkansas. The president summon
ed several republicans who opposed
his plans to a white house conference
and secured their support.
The discussion grew out of report
by Mr.. Kittredge on the bill increas-
ing the limit of cost for the canal to
$500. 600 900 and authorizing the sec
rotary of the treasury to issue bonds
to that amount. He said that this
committee had decided that the meas
ure should be considered by the fin
ance committee, and he reported 1t
back with that recommendation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12

President Endorses the Report and Asks $4,000 Enable
Commission to Digest Recently ACQUIRED Material


a shortage OF labor, often complicat'
ed by intemperance among workmen;
a lack Of institutions and incentives
that tie the laboring man to the SOIL;
the life of the farm woman Is burr
densome and narrow; there is need OF
adequate supervision Of public health.
The farmer Is handicapped by the
speculative holding OF lands, monop-
olistic control Of streams ana forests,
waste OF our natural resources and by
restraint Of trade.
Some Of the remedies for the condi-
tons set forth lie with the national
government, some Of them with the
states and communities in their core
porate capacities, some with volunta-
Try organizations and some with indi-
viduals acting alone.
All organized forces both In towa
and country should understand that
there are country phases as well as
city phases Of our civilization, and
that one phase needs help as much
as the other All these agencies
should realize their responsibility to
society Many existing organizations
and institutions might become prac-
tically cooperative or mutual in spir-
it, as for example: all agricultural So
cieties, Libraries, Young Mems Chris
tian Associations and churches.
There are several great forces, or
principles, which must be utilized in
the endeavor to solve the country life
qeustion.
There must be vast enlargement
of voluntary organized effort among
| farmers themselves. 1t is indisepnsa-
Bile that farmers shall work together
for their common interests and for
| the national welfare. II they do not
do this, no governmental activity, no
legislation, not even better schools,
will greatly avail The forces and
institutions that make for morality
and spiritual ideals among rural peo-
pie must be energized.
There must be not only q fuller
scheme of public education, but new
kind of education adapted to tbs real
needs of the farming people. The
country schools are to be so redirect
! ed that they shall educate their pu-
pills in terms Of the daily life. OPP
portunities for training toward the
agricultural callings are to be multi
piled and made broadly efTeetlYe.
This means redoubled efforts for bet
tier country schools, and vastly In
creased interest in the welfare Of the
country boys and girls on the part
of those who pay the school taxes.
Education by means of agriculture Is
to be a part Of our regular public
school work. Special agricultural
schools are to be organized
4 The country people everywhere are
asking for good roads. Everywhere,
/ too. they want parcels post and the
extension of the rural free delivery.
1t will be well for us as people, If
we recognize the opportunity for use
fulness in the open country and con-
slider that there is call for service.
The suggestion of the commission
only outline general plan whereby
the strong resident forces In the open
country may themselves build up a
new and better rural social structure.
TO accomplish this, the entire people
must be aroused The time for this
is at hand.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
CANAL SCANDAL. AIRED.
Was Investigated By Ex-Convicts
Says Representative Lowering.
Big BLACKMAILING SCHEME
Perpetrators Of False Statements Tried
to Sell Their Story to the Demo-
cratic Com Saign Committee.

Washington, D. C.-That Represen-
tative Rainey of Illinois got from the
New York World his information re-
garding the Panama canal AFFAIRS,
which formed the subject of his re-
cent speech. and that ex-convicts in
Stigated the stories of fraud and cor
ruption pertaining to the requirement
Of title by the United States to the
property, was the charge made in the
house Of representative by Mr.. Low
ering Of Massachusetts. Maybe, he
said, "the World did not originate all
the scandalous stories it published,
but its columns were public, and we
do know that the World did give Gre
dence and circulation to them
Mr.. Lowering declared that 'the
perpetrators of these false statements
are known, and the story of their do
ings reveals a chapter in the history
of Matchmaking that is rare in the
annals of crime. These gentlemen, =
he said, "are known; their names are
known; their aliases are known;
their haunts are known, and their
plans are known"
Last fall, he said, an effort was
made to sell the stories to the
democratic campaign committee, and
that certain leaders of that party took
the matter under consideration, but
that they were not used because they
could not be substantiated He then
charged that for nearly two years pr1-
or to that time these same men had
been pursuing Cromwell with the ex-
pectation that he would pay them q
large sum Of money, varying from ST.
600 to $4,000. They thought he
pay to have these stories suppressed z
Mr.. Lowering declared that those per-
sons were always met by Mr.. Croln-
well with an indignant refusal, "and
the reply that they might do what
they pleased with their stories, for
they were nothing but lies" Those
same people, he said, finding that Mr..
Cromwell was deeply interested in
Mr.. Taft's campaign, thought he
would submit to pay something rath-
er than have any publicity at that
moment.
While they were not accepted, he
said. members Of the democratic par
ty entered into an agreement with
Mr.. Rainey ito exploit the subject
on the floor of the house. This he has
attempted to do by introducing a res
olution of inquiry" He charged, how
ever that Mr.. Rainey "singularly
enough had taken no steps to bring
about any investigation. HAS he
fallen DOWN" he inquired. Has he
failed to secure his proofs? Have his
informants forsaken him?" He said
that latter these professional black
mailers - the word is known that
many of thems were professional
had failed to extract monaK from any
of these sources they in their
desperation, cause them " be pub
lished and they appeared in the New
York World.
Mr.. Lowering could not say wheth-
.er The World paid for the stories,
and he stated that whether the gem
tleman from Illinois "got his informa-
ton from the New York World, or di-
rectly from these blackmailers does
not matter"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
PFesldent-EIeCt TAFT Al New Orleans.

New Orleans, -President-elec
William H. Taft landed here from
Panama, and was most enthusiasticaI-
ly received by the entire city.
Mr.. Taft made a brief speech, in
which he heartily approved the pres
ent lock type of canal across the
Isthmus of Panama. He reviewed a
parade of enthusiastic citizens miles
in length, attended one Of the earni-
val season balls, that Of the Elves
of Oberon, addressed the Negro
Young Mems Christian Association,
and was the guest Of honor at an
elaborate banquet, at which nearly
500 prominent citizens paid SIS a
plate to participate.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
Feast For Vice President Sherman.

Washington, D. C.-Regretful that
Vice President-elect James S. Sher-
man should have been deprived Of the
gastronomic pleasure enjoyed by
President-elect Taft upon the occasion
of the recent "possum and taters din
ner at Atlanta, the Georgia delegation
in congress has determined to give
Mr.. Sherman dinner in this city
shortly after the Inauguration, at
which this famous dish shall appear.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
Washinrton.

Senator Bacon of Georgia has been
chosen to ride with the vice president
in the carriage which will bear him to
the capitol on March 4 Senator Ba-
con rode with him when he came to
take the oath Of office; and wlli rae
with him on his last official trip. SEN
ator Lodge will accompany the pres
ident. Senator Knox will ride With
the president-elect.
Mrs. William Fl. Taft, wife Of Pres
ident-elect Taft, has been elected to
membership in the Connecticut Soci-
ETY. Of Colonial Danes Of America.
Mrs. Taft is a descendant of Thorn
as Welles, who was governor OF Coz
necticut from 1855 to 1868.
Captain T. M. Potts, on duty at the
Washington navy yard, has been Sc
lected to command the battlesnip
Georgia, taking the command former
ly held by Captain Edward F. Qualt-
rough, who was suspended from duty
following the trial by court martial at
Gibralta. Captain Potts last sea duty
was in command Of the cruiser Des
Moines.
Representative Gaines Of Tennes-
see is anxious by an act of congress
to aid fraternal societies to keep from
the public their secret rituals and
rules, and he has introduced Dill
which would make 1t misdemeanor
for any person to send through the
mails any secret ritual. rules or reg
ulation or work Of any kind of any
fraternal organization. The punlsn-
ment provided for violation OF the
proposed law Is fine Of not less
than $1,000 and Imprisonment for not
less than one year.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
LATE NEWS NOTES.



J. O. Fill. a farmer, VINO mad been
summoned to serve as a juror, drop
ped dead at Yorkville S. O., just af-
ter he took his seat In the box. In an
effort to reach the court house ia
time and save himself from fine he
ran long distance and death was
due to over.exertion.
The Melroae party Of seven per-
sons, which left Rhyolite, Nevada, re-
Gently and became lost in the DeaIn
Valley region, has been rescued by
searchers, who found the lost pros
pectors huddled together in a cave
in the Panamint mountains, wnere
they had taken shelter
The Norfolk and Portsmouth True
ton company's steamer running be-
tween Willoughby Spit and Old Point
Comfort, was burned to the waters
edge at Norfolk, Va. Three of her
crew were burned to death in their
hunks. The pier also was destroyed.
The cause of the fire Is unknOwn.
Punished with two life sentences
Is the predicament of Noah Adams,
a negro Of Columbus, Ca In police
circles 1t is limited facetiously that
the double sentence was given Noah
on account of his first name He
pleaded guilty to two serious charges
and was sentenced on each.
A serious earthquake lasting thirty
five seconds was felt in the neigbbor-
hood of the volcano Colima in Mexico.
The eruption Of the volcano contin-
ues with unabated granduer. The ac-
tivity Of the volcano. has In no way
frightened the inhabitants of the
neighboring valleys despite the fire.
quent earthquakes and subterranean
noises which accompany the erup-
| tions.
Carrie Nation was fined $3.50 in the
police court Of Loudon recently for
thrusting her umbrella through
window of car on the underground
railway, upon which cigarette adj
vertisement was pasted. When the
magistrateA announced the amount of
the fine Mrs. Nation said: THANK
you; | expected 1t would cost me
/ more"
The National Highways association
was organized at st. Augustine, Fla,
with John A. Stewart Of New York
city, president; Albert Lewis, Bear
Creek, Pa, first vice president; r. Il.
Leighton, of Cleveland9 Ohio, third
vice president From this foundation,
national association will be built
| up consisting of prominent members
from all sections and national con-.
yention will be held next January
when action will be taken looking for
congressional support.
The American Clay Producing asso-
citation was formed at Augusta, Ca,
by the leading clay miners Of the
south. The association has started
with about fifty members and SOM
mittee has been appointed to solicit
membership from all Of the clay and
kaolin producers in the United
States. The association will look at
Ter railroad rates on domestic eiays,
it being claimed at the meeting that
rate Of 81 cents is charged on local
clays and foreign clays are shipped
in this country at 7 cents. Mr. p w.
Martin Of Macon, Ca, was elected
president, and Mr.. Cecil Moran, sec
rotary. The main object Of the asso-
citation will be to regulate railroad
rates and to promote the use of
American clays.
/
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
CHICAGO Beef For British Army.

London, England--A Chicago firm
has been awarded contract to sup
ply the British army with corned
beef for a period of three years. The
first delivery, between 100000 and l.
100000 pounds, will be made next
July. The meat will be packed at
Chicago under the supervision of Brit
ish army officers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-12
Young Woman Mother Of TFIpIetS.

New York City. Mrs. Richard
shuttleworth, 10 years old, has be-
come the mother Of triDlets, two girls
and boy. The young mother lives
in Brooklyn, and will name the boy
william Taft Shuttleworth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
SECRET IN FACE
OF BIG REWARD

Despite the fact that Andrew p.
Nelson, the wealthy switchman
who died from illness induced by
grief over the loss of his wife,
had offered heavy rewards for the
return to him of Anna M. Nelson,
. number of friends In Tacoma
knew constantly of Mrs. Nelson s
whereabouts and were in COM
munfcation with her from the
time of her disappearance from
her husband. She requested her
friends. however, to keep her To-
cation secret, because she could
not live peaceably with her hus-
band, and they did it. ANY one of
these persons could have claimed
Nelson's reward by giving him
the Information but every person
respected Mrs. Nelson's request.
Mrs. Nelson will probably ar
rive in Tacoma at the end of the
week to claim her late husband s
estate amounting to about S.
900 worth of property.
During their married life in
Tacoma. the Nelson's were in al
most amending conflict. Mrs. Mel
ION left her husband on a former
occasion. but as soon as she was
zone. her husband passionately
appealed to her to return, and she
came back, on the condition that
he treat her better in the future.
Nelson's craving for strong
drink, however, overpowered him,
and he is said to have beaten his
wife most numerically. At this
she went away, presumably on a
visit to her relatives in Denmark.
and never returned to her home.
The entire Nelson fortune is the
<ooult of q few careful specula-
Hons made by Mrs. Nelson. She
sought two tracts of tidelands at
low figures and later sold them
At big profit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07

Wheat.
Export-Bluestem, Silt; club,
$1.07; Red, $1.02.
Milling prices range &c eoove
prices paid by exporters.
Livestock.
Steers - Choice, 5@5kc;
common, Az @5c.
Cows, &c; heifers, Az @5c.
Sheep = Ewes, &c; wethers,
&c; lambs, 7c.
COMMISSION HOUSE WHOLE
SALE PRICES.
BUTTER-Wsshington cream
cry, 30@31c.
EGGS-Washington ranch, use.
CHEESE-Tillamook, TIC; Dia-
mond Brick, Ice; Wisconsin full
cream, 18c; Oregon brick, TIC;
Swiss (domestic), 18c; Limburger
1Sc; Block Swiss, 1Sc; Rogue
fort. lib. doz., $4.75; Edam,
$9.25.
FRESH FRUIT-Apples. local,
SIG 1.25; Yakima, $1.50@2.25;
pears. $1.1O@1.75; bananas. h.,
SIC; cranberries. $14@15; dates,
Hallewii, bulk, SIC; Fard, per
lb., SC; figs, Cal. 10-lb. boxes,
75c; 25-lb. boxes, $1.15; Malaga
grapes, $3.50; Tangerines (box).
S1.65; grapefruit, box, $3.50;
lines. dos.. 16c; ounces, box,
$1.10; lemons, fancy, $3.50;
choice, $500; oranges, fancy.
$2.75; navels, $2.00@2.50; Jap
anese. $T.60@ 1.6o; Camelia,
$2.65; pineapples, Hawaii, $50
f.b0; do. Jumbo, $3.50; persim-
mons, box, $1.25; 1876; pome-
granates, box, $3.50.
FRESH VEGETABLES-String
beans. pound, 12c; artichokes,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR ALEXANDER

BELGRADE, Servia, April s.
This young man with the near
mustach is apt to be a familiar
figure in the news dispatches
from now on. He has been n de-
clared crown prince of the Servian
throne, where rulers are changed
frequently and war. is always just
beyond the horizon of next day.
Prince Alexander Karageorgo-
vic was promoted to heir appar-
entship when his older brother,
Prince George, after a series of
escapades which cast doubt on his
sanity, was involved in the killing
of servant, and abdicated. &C.
Alexander's father, the present
King Peter, brought the Kara
georgovic line into power after
King Alexander, last of the oppos-
ing dynasty, was slain with Queen
Draga in the royal palace. He is
the descendant of a RED George
(Karageorgovic), who as a gener-
al of Servia won great laurels in
the early part of the century, and
ended by declaring himself king.
Both; lines of Servian royalty
are blotted with stains of insan-
lty, vice, crime and death. The
new crown prince, who has a
taste for soldiery, is said to be
promising better things.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
TODAY'S MARKET

Idoz., soc@$1; new beets. SIX, 81;
cabbage, b., Sc; new carrots,
dog, zoe; celery, SOC; egg plant.
Is Qsc; garlic. 12c; onions. local.
$3.50; potatoes. Wash. ton. SIS 81
80; Yakima, $32@36; sweets,
$3.50; parsnips. sack, $1.25; pep
pers. green, h.. zoe; spinach, 40;
California tomatoes, 81; Mexican
tomatoes, 81; turnips. doz.. 20ci
pumpkins, 1@1Hc; lima beans,
10c; caulifiower, $2.25; squash,
h.. 215c; lettuce. crate. $1.50G
rutabagas, sack, 31.25.
FRESH MEATS-Cow beef.
SC; steer becf, &c; wethers.
lie; spring lambs, 11Ac;. ewes,
10hc; pork, 808hc; trimmed
pork, 13c; shoats. $2.76 03; VEAL
dressed, TO 10c.
HAMS AND BACON-Hams.
14c; picnic hams. 7h @shc; cot
|tage hams, 12hc; skinned HAMS
15c; breakfast bacon, tic; EngA
fish bacon, 15c; T. G. bacon, 10 q.
con, 15c; T. C. bacon, tic.
OYSTERS AND SHELL FISH
Olympia oysters. sacked, 81; do
gal, $2@2.26; clans, sacked.
81; crabs, doz.. $3.50; shrimps.
|i2c.
FEED-corn. ss4@ss; wheat,
$32@33; barley, whole grain, So
02s; do rolled, $4,000; shorts,
$8o.50@31.50; bran, $4,000
$3.50; middlipgs, 5000: oil
meal. $1,000; outs, S88034I
rolled oats. $34036.
POULTRY - Springs, dressed.
1sc; hens. dressed, 16@17oj
hens, alive. 40; turkeys, zoo:
do dressed. 22c; springs, live.
t4@15c; ducklings live, 40 13c:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
FIRST ARREST IN
PURE FOOD MOVE

The health department has
started to enforce the new pure
food ordinance.
r. D. Sherman, driver for the
Bay City meat market, was today
arrested by Inspector Olson for
delivering meat in a wagon in
which the meat was exposed to
the dirt Of the street. The wagon
also. it is alleged, was not clean.
The case has been set for next
Tuesday afternoon before Judge
Arntson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
JEFF JUST SMILES

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, April Jim
Jeffries grinned today when he
heard that Jack johnson, speeved
because he could not get match
with the big white champion, had
decided to take on Al Kaufman for
q battle to be fought on the Pacific
coast some time this summer.
Jeffries refused to discuss the
proposed battle. but fight fans
here remembered his attitude to-
ward.Kaufman before coming east.
At that time Al announced him.
self AZ willing to meet Jeffries,
but the big fellow refused to take
the challenge seriously, advising
the ambitious youth to spend a
few more years in the ring school
before engaging to take himself
seriously.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
PROF. ]. W. DOW
OFFERED new
PLACE

John w. Dow, a teacher of ply
steal geography at the Tacoma
high srhool, has been offered the
principalship Of the high school
in Augusta, Georgia, but will de-
cline the place, preferring to re-
lain in this city. Prof. Dow
has only been with the Tacoma
school for about one and one-half
years, but has already made a
large number of warm friends
here and stated today that he
would much rather remain here
than accept the better position.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
new STEAMER
ON SOUND

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BELLINGHAM, April For
NAL announcement is made here
today that the Victorian, a 20-knot
steamship, will be placed on the
Observation-Disclosures run
within one month by the Best
Steamship company, newly organ
lied and headed by Charles G.
Coker, formerly OF the Inland Nav
igation company.
In addition to the Victorian,
which is now being remodeled at
Grays Harbor, sister ship has
been purchased in the east and
will be brought around the Horn
at once.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
DIVES WITH
HANDS TIED

Brindamour, the jail-breaker
and hand-cuff expert at the Grand
theaterr dived from a scaffold
on the ]. b. Stevens dock, at
1890 this afternoon, with both
hands held securely in a double
pair of police bracelets. He re-
under water for nearly a
minute after the dive and when he
arose the handouts were unlocked
and held In one hand.
The scaffold was about so feet
above the surface of the water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
BIG, WELL-FED ATTORNEY
THINKS PEOPLE TAKE OIL
CASE TOO SERIOUSLY

ivory cigar holder from which pro-
truded his thing black Havana
cigar that is his constant COM
panion. Smiling comfortably he
exclaimed:
when man begins to feel like
that and see things he ought to
take little blue pill"
Milburn is big man, perfectly
dressed, with the air of having
been we'll fed and well dressed
all his life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-07
SNAKE COMES
WITH BAnNANAs

Perry Commission company,
1923 Pacific avenue, had on ex-
hibition in their windows today a
7h foot snake which they receiv-
ed In a consignment of bananas.
No one could be found who was
able to name the snake, but it is
known to be of the South Ameri-
can variety, and very poisonous.
At first the snake was very vic
ious and 1t was with the greatest
difficulty that 1t was coaxed into
a cage. The reptile weights 25
and will probably be kept
on exhibition a few days, later be-
ing placed in some zoo.