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Evening star., 1911-10-22

when it is opened for business the largest
vessels afoat may be easily handled The
system of docks or piers will be on a
greater scale than any yet attempted by
the human race.
The largest docks will he located on the
Pacific side of the canal. The Atlantic
entrance will also be equipped with a
number of gigantic piers, but the docking
facilities on this side will not be on such
a vast scale as those at the Pacific termi-
nus.
\ series of piers on either side of the
Pacific entrance to the canal each of
which will be 1000 feet long. will be con-
structed. This will leave a width be-
tween the pier ends of 1900 feet There
is a strip of land along the water front
at this end two miles long reserved for
the docks. and while but two-thirds of
this will be Immediately improved, the
turning basin alone will have an area of
more than 271 acres when completed
When il is remembered that the new
tt bury docks in London-the greatest
of the kind in the world today-have a
water area of only seventy acres, and the
Hudson river at Hoboken is but 900 feet
wide. and also that the longest docks in
New York had to be heightened recently
to permit the docking of the Olympic,
which is only SEQ feet long. the immensity
Of the Panama dock plans may be
imagined.
This great dock system will handle the
immense quantities of freight expected to
transship at the isthmus Steamers pass
ing between New York and San Francisco
NIT IN tOh 1ad IN Ayr1o
ports will transshp or unload at Colon
for steamers calling at ports on the At
lantic coast of South America, while the
steamer will continue on its way to San
Francisco. This will also apply to the
Pacific end of the canal with steamers
travelling between Frisco and New York.
who accept freight for South American
ports on the Pacific coast. This freight
in turn will be unloaded at the Pacific
terminus of the canal for steamers destin-
ed to South American ports. In this
way II is expected there will be immense
volumes of freight loaded and unloaded
at both the Atlantic and Pacific entrances
to the canal. and Uncle Sam intends 10
have a docking system of such great
magnitude that will handle any amount
of business coming his way.
All of the construction work the
new piers is to be steel and concrete
with foundations resting on bed rock. The
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up. When they are on top OF the next
lock they will commence the pun. all the
pulling or towing being done on the level.
the two locomotives in the rear follow
ing up and keeping the vessel in the GEN.
ter of the canal
The makeup of the engines is unique.
They will be divided into three separate
parts. The front and rear parts will be
mounted on rigid four-wheeled trucks.
each part being driven by an Independent
motor controlled from either end The
part in the center is connected with the
front and back by universal joints and
equipped with a slip drum. towing wind
lass and hawser. Because of this ar
rangement the line can be taken In or
paid out by the windlass, thus permit
ting the lengthening or shortening OF the
distance between the ship aud locomotive.
and the pull exerted or relieved without
actual motion of the locomotive on the
track.
This plan of handling the towing
line is expected to be especially de-
sirable in bringing the vessel to rest
or in changing the length OF the tow
line. For instance, when a locomotive
ascends the incline to the next lock.
while the water levels in the two locks
are equalizing, the towing line may be
heightened much as desired. For
general purposes, however. the locomo-
tive will derive its tractive effort from
either the front or the rear. through
the rack arrangement.
Each flight of locks will be provided
with two towing tracks, one on each
side and one on the middle wall. on
each side wall there will be a return
track, and on the middle wall a third
track, common to both of the twin
locks. 1t will be remembered that all
of the locks on the canal are to bo
built in pairs, and the middle wall
between these pairs, or twin locks,
they are called. is the wall on which
there will be three tracks.
All the tracks will run the entira
length of the respective flights. and
will extend some distance beyond at
each end. The current for the opera
tion of the locomotives will be taken
from underground conduits. The
heaviest pull on the towline is fixed
at $4,000 pounds, when a friction
coupling will relive further strain. The
central racks are provided only on the
towing tracks and inclines. On the
level portion of the return tracks the
locomotive is driven by friction on the
side rails.
Copyright. 1911, by William Z. Altdorfes)
Evening star., 1911-10-22

r E. SMITH, Son of a
l. " Private Soldier, and
Most Interesting of a Trio
of Commoners Who Are in
Line to Succeed Arthur Bal
four as Leader of the Aristo-
cratic Tory Party. Sprang
Into Fame in a Single Night
Gave Up the Peaceful Life
of a University Don for the
Law and Politics Because He
Fell in Love-Earns Over
$4,000 Year, Although
Only at the Bar Since 1899
His Rivals, Austen Cham
berlain and Bonar Law, Both
Uninspiring Figures.
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across the green benches they may be
seen leaving Westminster arm in arm to
sup together
At first glance you would set Smith
down for one of the gilded youths who
loll along the sunny side Of Piccadilly
during the London season. With another
look. however, you note the firm jaw.
the long, pale face betokening years of
study and the clear intelligent eye. The
carefully brushed and pomaded hair, the
immaculate collar and fashionably cut
clothes all are typical in their way of
the mans orderly mind. He hates per-
sonaI no less than mental slovenliness.
1t is this orderliness OF mind that has
given him his power. He found his party
cut loose from its old moorings ana WIN
only part of a new program Win
out complete plan of social reform
which will be presented to the electors
at the next general election
AS the writer has indicated. F. Il.
Smith may not be the next tory leader
because there are two other men IN the
running Austen Chamberlain and An
drew Bonar Law. Chamberlain, although
the son Of Joseph Chamberlain::. is also
English sense. for the Chamherlains are
'middle-olass'' people. Austen really is
handicapped by being the son o! ms Ia
ther for while he has great ability, II
isn't the same kind as his fathers. ana
that is what people are looking for. He
is a plodding, steady-going politician. who
masters all his subjects and devotes all
his life to politics.
He made an excellent il uninspiring
chancellor Of the excheouer in Balfour's
government, and. by the way, it may not
be generally known that il is to Austen
that Balfour probably owes the fact
that he still is leader Of the tory party.
When Joseph Chamberlain resigned his
post in the cabinet to start his protec-
tive tariff agitation he was urged by his
friends to depose Balfour. and 1t is believ
ed he could have done so. He refused
because his son had just been appointed
chano ellor of the exchequer and he want
ed to give the boy a chance" To at
tack Balfour would have meant an inn
mediate general election and possible
defeat for his porty.
Bonar Law, the third Of the trio Of
aspirants for Balfour's shoes. is the least
inspiring Of all to the man in the street.
He is a Canadian by birth. who made
fortune as an ironmaster in Glasgow and
then went into politics. He IL. as one
would expect. from his training, an ami
mated reference book. Facts and figures
are always at his finger ends and he Is
an authority on all matters connected
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HEN parliament
meets for the au-
tuInn session the
4th Of this month
the question. Who
will succeed Bal
four?" will be
heard more insist
emily than ever.
II IL no secret
that Arthur James
Balfour's days as
leader of the old
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with trade. The politicians look on hir
as safe man." and no doubt many o,
them would prefer him TO either Smith o.:
Chamberlain, but something more THAI
"safeness' is wanted to win England
back to toryism. Bonar Law is mucr
more likely to be chancellor of the eA-
chequer in Smiths or Chamberlain's gov
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WILL Be the Most Com
" plete Harbor and Dock
System in the World
Series of Immense Piers One
Thousand Feet Long-Will
Easily Handle Largest Yes
sells Af1oat Work Started
Last November Gigantic
Cranes to Handle From
Four to Fifteen Tons of
Cargo in One Operation
Dynamite Wharf-Powerful
Cement Unloaded-E Every
thing on the Canal to Be
Operated by Electricity
Electric Mules Description
of Work Performed by the
Mules.
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of lords. Balfour threw in his lot with
the 'hedgers," who allowed and even
actively helped the liberals to pass the
veto bill for fear they would flood the
house of lords with new liberal peers
The answer to this question. who will
succeed Balfour?' reveals with startling
clearness how nearly the day of the aris-
tocrat in English government has come
to an end. For good many years COM
moners have led the liberal party, but
for more than a century the flrst tory
prime minister who did not bear a title
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the barrels are, taken out Of one and
loaded into the other. The tests showed.
however, that the large range provided
will be unnecessary, and compensation
on the deck and acting against the lower
side Of the truss, and by altering the
chains by inserting removing links.
The capacity of the unloader is limited
by the ability of the laborers in the
barge to take away the barrels as they
are deposited. Three hundred barrels an
hour Is a low rate, although this may be
doubled if necessary.
Electricity will play very important
part in the handling, not only Of ships
passing through the canal. but also in
the loading and unloading of vessels. 1t
will be used extensively for everything to
which it can be applied. A gigantic hy-
dro-electric plant will be installed. This
plant is expected to furnish power for
practically everything on the canal, in
cluding power for pulling ships through
the canal by means of electric locomo-
tives. also called electric mules, which
will have an average pulling power of
more than 5000 pounds per engine
These locomotives are unique and prob
ably the first of the kind ever built.
Ihey were originally designed by en-
gineers on the isthmus to meet the Pc
culiar demands of the titanic work re-
quired Of them. AS nothing SO immense
as the building of this canal has ever
been attempted before, this is only one of
the many things where the engineers
have been thrown entirely on their own
inventive resources to meet the eXtraor-
binary requirements called for.
While there are several kinds Of cleo
trio locomotives now in use on one of
our railroad systems in the United
States, there never has been a locomotive
constructed like this before, probably be-
cause there never has been any reason
for the invention Of such engines. The
electric engines now being tried out for
railroad purposes are of an entirely diff
ferent construction. They depend on their
traction power alone, the tractive power,
of course, being derived from their great
size and weight.
The electric locomotives for the canal,
however. will not depend on their weight
alone to pull the immense vessels through
the canal. They will run on a track, and
in the center Of this track will be an
Arrangement like rack rail with inn
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n keeping with the

n keeping with the
gigantic undertake
ing. the Panama
canal is to have
the greatest and
m o s t completely
equipped h a T b or
and dock system in
the world. Uncle
Sam intends to
have facilities at
each entrance of
the canal SO that
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ly to the right pocket and hauls out the
clipping which he reads.
Perhaps one secret of Smiths physical
fitness is his devotion to fox hunting. He
keeps a big stable of hunters and every
Evening star., 1911-10-22

vision of Liverpool as the constituency ne
would like to represent. He ''nursed' it
for a year or two, but never fought an
election in it, for he was offered the
chance to contest the height boring Walton
division In 1905, and he won.
He found himself in a parliament where
his party didn't count for much. The
tories had been hopelessly beaten and
were not only few in numbers. but dis
had been beaten at the polls and was
looking for another seat. IF. E." watched
things for a week or two and then made
his maiden speech. 1t was on a rather
dull financial subject. and most of the
members were in the smoking room.
They are not overpolite to new members
or bores in the house of commons. When
the new man had been speaking for five
minutes the news reached the smoking
room that something was happening. and
members came trooping in. "F. E" fin
ished to a crowded house. The listless
tories chortled in their joy. Here was a
more for the WinstonChurchils and
Lloyd Georges and other able young men
on the liberal side. Even the liberals
couldn't help cheering him.
Perhaps because he is a man of no
particular family F. E. Smith doesn't
trouble much about the traditional house
of commons tone" He is a master of in
vective and he never hesitates to hit
brutally if he thinks the brutal blow good
ring tactics. In spite of that he is popular
with his opponents. who forgive his most
One night he was speaking on the protec-
tive tariff program. when a liberal men,
ber called out: What about our food?'
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without IF. E. on one side or the other.
All sorts of estimates of his income from
his practice have been mentioned. Some
Of his legal associates put 1t at $4,000 a
year; others at 100000. Probably it is
somewhere between the two figures.
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1t was for her sake that her hus-
band, who may be the next tory prime
minister of England, gave mp the life OF
an Oxford don aud went in for law and
politics.
ernment than to take the head OF the
table in the famous cabinet room at ~
Downing street
Copyright. 1911, by Curtis BrownD
Evening star., 1911-10-22

was Balfour himself. and Balfour is an
aristocrat Of aristocrats. He is member
of the great house of Cecil and a nephew
of his predecessor in the tory leadership.
the Marquis of Salisbury. Today only
three names are mentioned as those Of
his possible successors, and each one Of
them, to use a phrase which the writer
heard the other day from Justin Nc
Carthy, the famous Irish historian, Is "a
man of no particular family
First of the trio. because most interest
ing and. most OF all. a self-made man.
IS = e Smith. whose rise to prominence
is one OF the romances OF English public
llie. Smith may not be the next tory
Evening star., 1911-10-22

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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week end finds him In the saddle. He is
also lieutenant in the Oxfordshire I'm
perial Yoemanry, of which Winston
Churchill, the rising young man Of the
liberal party, is major. The two men. by
the way, are inseparable friends in private
life, although In parliament each is the
others bitterest opponent Often after
night spent in "slanging'' each other
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Don't you worry. my friend said F.
E. Smith. Your food will be all right.
Neither Mr.. Chamberlain nor myself ever
proposed to put tax on thistles."
His friends wonder how Smith keeps
going, and how long he will be able to
keep goinga Every morning when the
courts are sitting he is in court before II
o'clock and often remains there till 5
pm Then he goes down to the house
of commons as fresh as a daisy and
often stays there till midnight or even
later When he gets home he must spend
some time studying his cases for the
next day and his speeches for the house
of commons, as you never find him unpre-
pared in debate. His method shows that
he must have gone over the subject care
fully in advance He has wonderful
system of classified pockets for reference
clippings. He quotes from an opponents
speech for instance. IT never said that"
shouts the man on the gridiron. ''Oh.
yes you did on February 2, 1906" says
f. f. Smith, and his hand goes unerring-
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LONDON. October IL 1911
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-08
RASH 50 BAD BABY.
CAME YEAR DYING
Head Broke Out. Spread to Arms,
Legs and Entire Body. ltched So
HeWould Scratch Until Blood Ran.
One Box Of Cuticura Ointment and
Nearly One Cake Of Cuticura Soap
Cured Him. Has Had No Return,

men my boy was about three months
old. his head broke out with rash which
was very itchy and ran O watery fluid We
tried everything we could but he cot worse
all the time. till II spread to his arms. legs
and then to his entire body. He got so bad
That he came near dying. The rash would
Itch SO that he would scratch till the blood
ran. and thin yellowish stuff would be ali
over his pillow in the morning had TO nut
Inittens on his hands to prevent him tearing
MS skin. He was so weak and run down that
ne took fainting spells as if he were diving.
he was almost skeleton and his little hand,
were thin like claws.
He was bad about eight months when we
tried Cuticura Remedies had not lai him
down In his cradle in the daytime for a long
while. washed him with Cuticura Soap and
put on one application OF Cuticura Ointment
and he was so sooth ed that he could sleep.
You don't know how glad was he felt better.
II TOOK one box OF Cutcu1a Ointment ard
pretty near one cake of Cuticura Soap to cure
him. ! think our boy would have died but
Tor the Cuticura Remedies and shall always
remain trm friend of them. He was cured
more than twenty years ago, and there has
been no return OF the trouble. shall be
glad to have you publish this true statement
OF his cure" (Signed) Mrs 81. c. Maitland,
Jasper. Ontario, May ~, 1910.
Cuticura Remedies afford the most econom-
ical treatment for affections OF the skin and
scalp OF infants, children and adults A cake
OF Cutictra Soap {25c.) and box OF Cuticura
Ointment t50c.) are often sufficient Sold
throughout the world. Send to Potter Drug
d Chem Corp, sole props, Boston, for FREQ
book Oh the treatment Of skin eruptions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-08
observation-disclosures.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.I
ffcuerlcksburg. Va. February o.
one Of the prctticst weddings of the
season took place this afternoon at 3
o'clock at the residence in this city OF
Mrs Ida u. Jaynes, her daughter Miss
ldell Vernon Jaynes. becoming the
bride OF DR.. Gcssner Harrison, a ma
tive of this State. a graduate of the
University Of Virginia, now promi-
nent practicing physician OF New York
city The parlors were handsomely
decorated with running cedar. ferns.
palms and cut flowers. Rev. John r.
Jacobs pastor Of the Methodist Church,
performed the ceremony. and the bride
was given away by her brother, Rob
ert L. Jayncs. Miss Luell Virginia
Javnes, sister OF the bride, was maid
OF honor, and the best man was H. 3.
Kirkland. Of Pittsburg. Pa There
were four flower girls---A1isscs Margaret
ana Dorothy Jaynes. nlcces OF the
prids and Matte and Thelma Frazer.
Oh spotsylvania county. They scat
tered violcts in the pathway OF the
bride
The wedding music was skilfully
rendered by Professor Z. a. Franklin.
MISS Lucille Hassell and Miss Mary.
sutton, riolins and piano.
ne bride wore an exquisite import
/ cd, handmade. embroidered gown of
"hlte hand embroidered chiffon over
white satin, with pearls The bridal
Ncii was of real old lace caught with
Eoiet5 and pearl ornaments She car
ricd Bouquet OF double white violets.
The maid of honor wore costume OF
imported cream chiffon, with panels OF
altar lace, over cream silk, and she
carried a large bouquet of bridesmaid
roses.
Following the ceremony reception
was held. and an elegant wedding col
iation served. The decorations were
pink and green.
Or. and Mrs. Harrison left on the
evening train for an extended Southern
bridal trip. after which they will be
ct hone in New York City
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-08
Social and
p ersonal

IT. HE third Tuesday german was
danced last night In Masonic
- Temple. Henry Hotchkiss lead
Ing, with Mrs. Hotchkiss. The ball
room was decorated In palms. and tho
tables In the dining-room were cx-
quisitcly arranged in red and white
flowers, cut glass candlesticks and red
and silver shades The chaperons
We're Mrs. II. Carter Scott, Mrs. Henry
Ingram, Colonel and Mrs. Fred Pleas
ants. MIR. and Mrs. Henry Hotohkiss.
Many visitors in town made the ger
man q charming affair uf the mid
winter gnicttes.
Among those dancing were Miss An
ME Laurie Haynes. in pink chiffon
CLOTH crystal trimmings, orchids with
George Hodgson; Miss Louise Crump,
in corn-colorcd chiffon and Oriental
trimmings, with Mr.. Surbur: Miss Alice
Nelson. in pink chiffon, trimmings OF
crystal and fur. with Mr.. Hughes
Miss Warfield Crcnshaw, in embroid-
cred blue chiffon. with Mr.. Stubbs
Miss Fanny Tyler. in white satin,
yelled In crystal chiffon, with Glen
Reid, Miss Rosalie Valentine. In rose
colored satin. with George Fitzgerald;
MISS Mary Saunders, In green chiffon.
over pink, with Albert Waddey: Miss
Iandonia Brock. in lowered beaded
net. over green. with Travis Eppcs,
Miss Jellys scott In blue chiffon, with
Frank OFcrrall: Miss Isabel Garter.
In pink chiffon, over blue, with Henry
Elicit; Miss Archer Joyncs. in gold
colorcd satin and chiffon. with Slater
blackistone. Miss Katherine Gum. III
purple -HoWcred net. over green, with
Cecil Stevens; Miss Nora Randolph in
white chiffon. over satin, with William
Miller: Miss Martha Martin, in pink
chiffon. with Herbert Featherstone:
Miss Susie Mcclure, in yellow satin
and beaded chiffon. with Bob stuart.
Miss Carrie Waddcy, In black chiffon
and gold. with Harry Cullen; Miss
jamie Borlware III billie crepe de cline
trimmed In crystal and pink rose
buds. With Erskinc Hazard; Miss Fanny
scott. in blue-howcrcd chiffon. trim
med in fur. with George Morgan: Miss
Miss Russell Cecil. OF Washington
white lace. over cream satin. with
Worthani Spillman; Miss Lettuce
woodward, in white satin, trimmed
with coral with George Morgan: Miss
ID irginia Haskins,l in pink satin and
fur and violets. with Mr.. Maylc; Miss
Carrie Neal. in lowered chiffon. trim
med in fur. with Robcrt Jcffrcss; Miss
Emma Gray White. In white chiffon.
over white satin, trimmed In white
fur, with John Elicit; Miss Julia
ioEnes, In black satin, with Charlie
Harris: Miss Dorothy Christian, In
pink lowered chiffon, with Holt PAGE:
MISS Della Davenport, IN fam -colorcd
satin. trimmed in fur. with Richard
Darlington: Mrs. John Hayes. in black
satin. green chiffon. trimmings. with
MI Hoichkiss; Miss Mary Chalmers,
In white chiffon. orchids. With Emil
Baushman. Miss Ann Traylor. in
white. satin, crystal net, orchids. With
James Augustine; Miss Zayde Branch
IN smoke chiffon, over blue, with
siiveE trimmings. violets, with Charlie
Shields Miss ViEgie Tyler, IN blue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-08
NERVES WERE
ALL UNSTRUNG
Mrs. Lomax, Of Chandler, Tells
Important Facts Regarding
The Woman Question

Chandler, \ C.-In letter from this
place Mrs. Augusta I.omax writes: II
have been all invalid for moro than 20
years would have smothcring spells
every day, SO bad expected death at any
time. In fact, | could scarcely walk
across the room. had wonlanly trouble,
and my nerves We're all unstrung
Every one who saw me said they never
saw any one in such condition. was
treated by several different doctors and
took lots Of different medicines, but with
very little benefit, so had almost given
up all hopes Of ever being any better.
One day some one handed me Birthday
Almanac, and after reading it decided
to try Cardui 1t did me more good than
all the doctors and medicine. am SO
much better than ever expected to be!
/ owe it to Cardii!'
No sick or ailing woman can fail to be
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particularly when their stories give hope,
as the above letter should do
As a medicine, as a tonic, for weak,
tired, worn-out women, Cardu has a
record Of more than so years success.
1t is worth trying. Ask your druggist.
n. B Write 10 Ladies' Advisory Dept.
Chattanooga Medicine Co, CHATTANOOGA
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