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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
To Use Panama Dredges.

Further recommendations will be that
a portion, at least of the governmental
dredging plant now being used in digging
the Panama canal be utilized on the pro-
posed acknowledgements waterway
This will save both time and money.
Some of the work will also be done by
contractors.
Some idea of the immensely of the
canal that will connect the Delaware and
Chesapeake bays can be gained from the
fact thatft will have a width the bot
ton of 125 feet and an average depth at
low tide of twenty-five feet. Tidal condi-
tons will obtain. because all locks will
be removed and the tide will ebb and
flow just as 1t does in the respective
feeders. 1t Is intended that beats draw
ing twenty-five feet will be able to pro-
coed through the waterway at any time
In order to make this possible, it will be
necessary to make the actual uepth about
twenty-seven feet at low tide.
The ship canal entrance proper from
the Delaware bay will be just below
Fort Du Pont. The waterway at this
point will be 600 feet in width. The pres
ent canal entrance, with a depth of ten
feet. on the nOrtherly side of Fort Du
Pont, will be maintained for the use of
light vessels. The army reservation will
therefore be between both legs of the
waterway. The present shallow
canal and the proposed deep canal will
join couple of miles west of Delaware
City. The new ship canal entrance will
be in the marshes adjoining the fort, and
Will continue across country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
To Meet in New York.

Local architects have received an
nouncements Of the twenty seventh an
nual exhibition of the Architectural
Leogue OF New York. which will open
at the Fine Arts building, In West 57th
street, January %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
To B ycott American Goods.

ST. PETERSBURG, December 30.-The
zemstvo of the government of Volhynia,
sitting at ZhitoIlir. today adopted
resolution declaring a boycott against
American goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
g ~"
humphrey Seventy-SeveD
Breaks up Grip and
COLDS
GOneness.

The first feeling of a. Cold is
one of goneness, lassitude. ex-
haustion ard weakness, as if some
serious illness was pending
The use of ''Seventy-seven" at
this first feeling, before the Sneez-
ing, Cough or Sore Throat ap-
pear, will stop further develop
mentS.
A small vial of pleasant pellets.
fits the vest pocket. At Drug
Stores, 2Sc, or mailed.
Humphreys Hemec. Medicine Co., cor. wfilian
Q nd Ann streets, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
DR.. Smith, Southern Educator, Dead

BRISTOL Tenn. December 3O.-Dr. B.
r. Smith. president Of King College of
this city. and a well known southern
educator. died here tonight after linger-
ing illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
MRS. DE ALLEY SET FREE.
st. Louis Prosecutor Refuses to Is.
sue Warrant Against Her.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. December 3O.-Mrs
DeAtley and billiard were released to-
night The prosecuting attorney refused
to issue a warrant against them.
Mrs. William DeAtley was arrested at
the request of her husband. a hotel keep
Ell In this city. She appears in a vaude-
vile sketch with Russell billiard, an
actor. She says she left her husband
because he entered suit for divorce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Representative Flood to Intro
duce Apple Storage Bill.
WOULD BENEFIT GROWERS
Measure Will Provide for MONTHLY
Reports on Quantity Held.
BRIDAL COUPLE IN RUNAWAY
Pair Thrown Out and Bride Injured,
But Ceremony Is Performed
on Time.
WOULD BENEFIT GROWERS
BRIDAL COUPLE IN RUNAWAY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, December 50. 1917.
While in Winchester this week visiting
at the home of his brother-n-Iaw. Richard
Evelyn Byrd. Representative Henry D.
Flood of the tenth Virginia district. whose
home is at Appomattox, visited many of
the large commercial apple orchards. and
was so much impressed with the magni-
tude of the industry in this section of the
country that he declared he would shortly
introduce in Congress a bill requiring all
cold storage firms to make monthly re-
ports to the Department of Agriculture
of the number of barrels of apples Il
storage, and have the Secretary of Agri-
culture consolidate this information and
send 1t to fruit growers and associations.
Such measure. il was pointed out would
be Of inestimable benefit in determn ng
the prices the growers should receive for
their fruit.
Such a bill would be along the lines of,
that recently passed requiring tobacco
warehouses to make reports. Mr.. Flood
also informed The Star reporter that he
would use his influence with the Depart
ment of Agriculture to have the estimates
OF the apple crop made in barrels and not
in percentages, as barrel estimates would
be of greater benefit to the growers.
Mayor Burke of Harrisonburs;. who has
Deen In once less than month, has be-
come quite a free lance in many respects
and has taken down and busted the old
ordinance books. In addition to round
ing up large number of die boys and
compelling them to attend school, he took
charge of the police force this week ana
suspended Policeman William Humble on
the charge of INSTRUMENTATION, and Police
man c. NJ. Edwards on a charge of ac-
cepting bride. Humble case will be
carr ed before the town council. At al
hearing Edwards was acquitted He had
been charged with accepting a fee of
50 cents from a man charged with steal
ing coal from the Southern railway and
turned loose by the officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
Work May Begin in Spring.

If Congress shall make the necessary
appropriation. work can start on the
Delaware-Chesapeake and Norfolk Beau
fort sections simultaneously in the COM
ing spring or summer. The amount Of
material to be dug on the Delaware
Chesapeake portion will be approx
mately 100000 cubic yards All of the
work will be done by steam apparatus.
1t is expected that fully dozen steam
shovels and dredgers owned by the gov
eminent will be brought here from Pan
anna, they having completed the partic-
ular task for which they were sent to
the tropics.
1t Is intended to begin work stimuli
taneOusly on the Delaware-Chesapeake
section at the point below Fort Du Pont
on the Delaware bay side. and at Ches-
apeake City. In addition. steam shovels
will also be installed at several other
points between those terminals.
Reports of engineer boards that made
examinations and surveys of inland
waterway from Boston to Beaufort will
be submitted to Congress by the Secre-
tary OF War this week. In the absence
from the city yesterday Of Secretary
Stimson. it could not be ascertained
whether he indorses the reports or sim
ply submits them without comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
Greater Than Panama Canal.

When the work on the Delaware-Chesa-
peake and Norfolk-Beaufort sections
shall be well under way. the next task
will be the construction of ship canal
across New Jesrey, in order to reach
New York. 1t has been demonstrated
that the commerce actually In sight for
the proposed inland waterway from New
York to Beaufort is enormously greater
than any commerce that can reasonably
be expected for the Panama canal The
cost of the canals connecting New York
with Beaufort and thereby enabling large
sea-going vessels from New York to
reach Philadelphia. Wilmington, Balti-
more. Washington and Norfolk without
getting glimpse of the Atlantic ocean,
will be less than $50. 100000. The Panama
canal will cost $4OO,ODO.UO
The depth Of the waterway from Nor
folk to Beaufort will not be as great
nor will the stream be as wide as the
Della ware-Chesapeake section 1t will
have depth of twelve feet and a width
on the bottom OF ninety feet. AS trade
conditions shall enlarge this section Of
the waterway will be deepened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
|GREAT CANAL PLAN
Deep Waterway to Connect
Delaware and Chesapeake.
HEAVY TRAFFIC IN SIGHT
Tonnage Expected to Excel That of
Panama Canal.
MATTER UP TO CONGRESS
Report of Army Engineers Said to
Favor Beginning of Work
Without Delay.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
| WILMINGTON. Del, December 90
The Wilmington Sunday Star tomorrow
will say:
| The Star is in possession of unulIes-
toned information to the effect that in
report which Secretary of War Stimson
will send to Congress this week. probably
on Wednesday, ii will be recommended
that work start at once on the construc-
ton OF the ship canal connecting the
Delaware and Chesapeake bays. and also
on the proposed inland waterway from
Norfolk to Beaufort. n. c.
The combined cost of completing both
waterways, including the acquisition of
the present Chesapeake and Delaware
canal and the Athena lie and Chesapeake
canal. will approximate SIT 100000. With
an appropriation by Congress of these
funds, or an initial appropriation with
which the task can be begun. work on
the first and most important links of the
great inland waterway of two thousand
miles, from Boston on the north to the
Rio Grand, in Texas on the SOUTH
will start. They will be built simulta-
neOusly
Cost of Undertakings.
The cost Of building the Delaware
Chesapeake section-the key to the whole
problem-will approximate $l2OOO,OOO
This will include the purchase of the ex-
listing canal for s2.5l4, 80. 30. This price
was determined by a commission COM
prlsing Gen. Felix Agnus of Baltimore,
Maj {. A. Flaeler. Engineer Corps. L.
5 n, and Lieut.. K. T. Chambers. civil
engineer. L. N, a report to this eff
iect be1nS made January 1. 1907. in con-
nection with which the route of the pres
ent Chesapeake and Delaware canal was
favored for the immense waterway
The cost of building the section from
Norfoik to Beaufort: n: c., will approx
mate $5.0Ol.OO0- OF this sum. $500 900 |
will be used in buying the AIhemarle |
and Chesapeake canal. This will leave
s4.oOOGOO with which to do the construc- |
ton work on that particular section
The report of the Secretary of War
VIII set forth reasons why work should |
De started on the above sections as soon
as the money shall be available. 1t will |
moreover urge that they be built before
any other work on the intercostal chain |
shall be done.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
BURNS TELLS
HIS STORY

confident smiling crafty william Burns who sa, in tho
satSs eoaca"e evidence sran he seattle sae
on TIER TSAl 9 soUa N MoST4s SfF s' me shouting
antics Of mem immune under wappensen when coners9
her protection torn asunde We have been after wappy and
With the case came when group Of wealthy
Seattle citizens Murphy.
Seattle BY reputation and This
that the chief right which their he
ro S'sss's . So ss@ s e q NY so best @ . Seattle &
have one trap Ruef ses nica
'"'' '"a 0's' ''' HOW S@'e0 4e spsUso asllsi TRAP
~. wen, ~. At ss,.o ss T. N; p. @ s before
. :' .S 1 h.. % ssm. s @ s 's. : s % liar he got tho
a.,. s =. s,s: {. ~. sarosss his
hgberyps Until got straight evidence
ma ysa Imagine .s nIy ~ sutherland today published
s NsS Y % S@ so Toe toe a s s @ ae ron ne M H'ss %
WHERE cor
wi the hshergps mention their
You're trying TO learn q
nrr bpt efses i, 3 Come ~ m h he prosecutor m smiled know
FLOCK FLOCK N wITs ,sfosMaToN
me pretty tge Took me about him
was seeHy Kicked osl a1s
stil running to Us and telling everything they know
jury A s GS a % ssS S n % sop.s. ia a % Nh Tn's % grand nd
started this battle and s,sssg %ssn hs finish
grand jury idea early last spring while deputy
out ss. soaoS as Sa sa sf9 as
after depoed Seattle and
tiary.
CONFIDENT OF
indictments will
guilty and their medicine TO
bunch Of thieves and grafters certainly
probe will
number Of persons who have had
became noised
the job and had panic
TuPPER BEFORE
Gerald
locke worried
into have Jared hi
confident air
cLANcYS CALL ON
the
while other OF
high glee to think that
TO with the highups.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
IIere arc two prohlems /.

Here ara two problems:
In the swell club rooms Of the
city. Of wherever else big employers
of labor rongrcgAte. conferences are
held to devise ways aud mssna ~
defeating the liability bin now be.
fore the legislature. which provides
n fixed rate of compensation for the
families Of men who are MANNED or
killed IN the industrial struggle,
To kill this bill--that is the prob
lem before the wealthy manufac'
turers OF Seattle and the state.
But out In her little. poorly fur
ulHhrd home. with her ten young
children around her Mrs John
johnson also faces problem
which these wealthy employers
have little knowledge and less sym
pathy.
Mrs. Johnson must make q living
somehow for her ten children. The
oldest boy--the famlly's chief re.
lance is but i6. The youngest Is
less than years old
II the liability bill had been = law
one year ago the family would not
be as Il 10 today and has been
through the long. dark year, dcsper-
ate and all but starving.
For next Friday will be an ami.
yeraary III the johnson family One
year ago next Friday the father Of
the family. John Johnson. was
brought home dead-a victim Of
modern industry
While Johnson WAS working for
Alexander Pearson. building con.
tractor. the steam engineer gave
the signal too soon. and big piling
and load Of timbers came crashing
down on Johnson. One piling was
driven clear through his body.
Have Many Arguments.
Enemies of the law now being
considered by the legislature max.
ing Il compulsory for the employer
TO pay damages TO men killed in
the course of their work have many
apeclous arguments.
Except In cases where the aecl.
dent was obviously the fauI, Of the
man killed or injured, they say, the
employer always takes care Of the
families OF the men.
Well, johnson was obeylng his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
MRS. JOHNSON'S TEN CHILDREN
Side of the Argument Made by Some Manufacturers and the Cham
of
Of ThoseW Who AeK lied at Work..

children and help them"
one Of her neighborH learned the
facts. and secured n little money
from the county poor fnnd-iust a
pittance. but with the boys and the
girls meager earnings. they man.
aged TO live.
The same nelghbors got an attors
ney interested He found that
every last one OF the witnesses to
the accident had left town. Per
haps Il only happened that way.
Got Small Damages.
Several months after the accident
the casualty company In which all
OF pcarEon's men are insured grant.
ed Mrs. johnson and her hapless 10
children a small monthly allowance.
So they are still alive. The John
son boy. by hard work. has got a
raise Of dollar week.
But it's no fault Of the employer
that they have survived this terri.
bic year since the father was killed.
The johnson family stand out as
final convincing argument that
something should be done about
employers liability.
The Chamber OF Commerce isn't
Interested In these things. But the
people who elect legislators are.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
BURNS-The Man Who Gets the 'Hi9her-Ups'

more Of them. More Of these
kind who have laughed and
said nobody could get them,
because they were too big.
II won't do them any good to
run away--we'll get the indlct-
ments and Murphy will bring
them back"
That was all OF the interview.
In view of this man-hunter's past
achievements, 1t looks as II Seat.
tie might forever rid herself of the
Schmitzes and the Ruefs and the
whole gang, doesn't It?
John Murphy has the evidence.
Burns got 1.-THE same kind that
sent Ruef on the way to San Quen-
tin prison.
Who viii be the first to start for
Walla Walla?
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foremau'a orders when. without
warning. the huge mass crashed
down on him. II wasn't his fault.
Here's how the Pearson company
compensated the family.
Immediately after the accident
employees OF the firm visited Mrs
Johnson and promised her SIS 8
week. The money didn't come. She
went to Pearsons office They told
her be Was In California. and had
left no word for any money to be
paid her"
Children Co 20 Work.
The Oldest girl. then IL. went to
work "a a servant. earning little
mara than her own keep. The boy
got a place in grocery az 81 a
week. The other eight children
lived somehow. as the poor always
live. between nothing and starva.
ton.
Mrs. Johnson went 10 Pearson's
office again. She begged even for
81 a week for her eight children.
She was refused.
~ thought Of killing myself"
she said yesterday, in telling the
story. II really seriously eonsid-
cred Il. Because ! thought then
people would find out about my poor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14

came head OF private agency that
protects 81 900 banks. He's still
on that job. and helping out graft
ridden cities and countries on the
side.
when Burns and Heney finished
with the Schmitz gang down In
Frisco, Abe Ruef. the boss who
boastsd that nobody was foxy
enough to get him. was facing a
term of IA years In the penitentiary,
The Boss Confessed.
Burns even bounded him into
confession. because Burns be.
lieved his man was guilty. That's
why he stuck TIL he got him.
Burns and Heney In Oregon
worked for the government The
big land fraud men-the higher-ups
didnt fear anybody. They laughed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
PROBE LAND
OFFICE
lBY staff Specially

OLYMPIA. Feb. i4.--Following
an unsuccessful attempt yesterday.
by friends of Land Commissioner
Ross, to get Gov. Hay to oppose the
passage OF the bill wiping out his
office as constituted az present. a
further step was taken today In the
house.
Representative Wright, Croft
and Farnsworth joined in a bill
calling for an investigation of the
land office.
Senator Ruth. who will ask for re-
consideration of the senate bill
changing the land commission to
include three men instead of one,
asked for a continuance of his
motion till Wednesday, II was
granted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14

they plundered right and left;
and so shrewdly and clevcrly
that they laughed al invcst-
cation. They owned the police
department-that was their
boast.
SO one man. just plain citizen,
sent for Burns.
And Burns got them. with the
goods.
In u. s. Secret Service.
For many years Burns was an
operative IN the United States
secret service. lie started in a
mere stripping of youth, He
stayed till he knew the game of un-
covering crooks from top to bottom.
Chief Willsie declared that Burns
was the best detective In the game.
SO Burns went higher, he be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
JUDGE MAIN
CALLS JURY
Prosecutor Murphy's Request Promptly Granted =
Saws He Has Evidence to Convict

Murphy appeared before Superior iadse
10 O'Clock this morning with an application mat
grand be mpaneled he went straight TO the point
this CITY, said Eanblng
astounding degree III"
cities
existed with the
the police chief and for that ask
drawing Grand
PROSECUTOR HAS CONFESSIONS.
confessions which
eiasivey gambling white existed wh the
believe should De placed
fore a jury unpreiudiced men Of King county.
EVIDENCE TO CONVICT.
believe
household anng4 The guilty should
be punished - -. ...<.,,
signed order for grand Jury Ncnire
Of started this afternoon and
competent
fearless o pruhers viii take place.
Prosecutor Murphy
ming 100 will have snbpoenacd
by Friday. .- ...-.
Of William .
who already have been The sdon for several
viii
trip business connections in this city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14

Hillman's S Employees
Testify Against Him

That there Is no foundry. no
wooden mill. no starch mill. no fur'
uiture factory. no stove factory. nor
any plans for these. no shingie mill.
no chieken ranches and no cannery.
except a wooden building labeled
-Cannery.r al or near Birmingham,
was the testimony this morning OF
10 Morrison. one OF Hillman's EN-.
pIoyes. in Judge Donworth's court.
An Of these Industries are shown
on a letterhead used In Hlllman OF.
flee and thus identified this morn
Ing.
Took @chicken Ranch" Bait.
Morrison testified that he had
bought property at Pacific City af-
ter answering a chicken ranch ad-
yertIsement, that he had later found
that another man rad bought the
same property. and that ne haa
asked Hillman TO fix II up. but
that Il had not been done. though
HIllman had promised he would
~fix a. -.
He said that while he was Hill-
mans manager at Birmingham
many men had come there for WORK
In answer 10 advertisements and
had not received II, that there had
never been any position for book
keeper or checker" though snch
uosiiIons had been advertised. Some
Of the families living there are IN
a detestitute condition, he declared
He testified that the "cannery
cost about 1900. and that its only
use had been for a Sunday school.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14

scrupulously neat In personal ap-
pearance. he suggests anything but
the relentless pursuer of the hood
Ter, the CRATER and the official
crook.
Ills wayy brown hair Is brushed
up over his forehead In boyish
fashion; his blonde mustache Is as
carefully kept as a matiaee hero's.
Ills gold-bowed spectacles, worn
when he is reading, suggest the
cleric.
But Burns is a m@ciless fighter
OF graft.
For a decade or more Abe
Ruef dominated the great vice
colony In Frisco. In Eugene
e. schmItz, the little boss
found a willing tool. Together
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
BAN ON PooL ROOM.

The pool room near the Franklin
school, which has long been thorn
in the side OF Prof. J. A. Reed, was
the cause of an earnest discourse
yesterday In which he urged the
boys to keep away from the evil in.
fluences bound to be encountered
In a public place OF that kind,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14

at investigating committees.
Burns got higher-ups-not one
escaped.
And then Burns came 10 Seattle
Whether Seattle has another
Rudolph Spreckels to pay for the
cleanup of the city is not known
Burns isn't strong on giving inter
views.
But he has never fallen down.
so when he said this TO me
yesterday noon remembered
II:
I'VE have got the goods on
Wappy--and we'll get him."
Burns looked out on Second
avenue, and then turned around
again.
"And we've got the goods on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
TO VISIT SEATTLE

Local passenger traffic officials
are making arrangements to route
going to San Fran
cisco Sunday school convention via
Seattle. The usual summer excur-
sion rates will. they think. enable
them TO divert large portion OF the
tourlst travel from other Pacific
coast cities, whore big meetings are
scheduled to be held
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
CALLS ON LEGISLATURE.

The North Side Improvement club
has adopted resolutions calling upon
the state legislature to put an end
to the system OF surveying and re
surveying proposed state-aid roads,
and enact legislation that Niil get
the work done.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
COLD, COLD. COLD

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1.-THE
second richest express shipment OF
gold ever sent out Of Nevada Is
here today from the Goldfield Con.
solidated mines II consists Of 19 In
gots, weighing 1880 pounds, and
worth s42g. 600.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-14
(copyright 1911, by the United
prcss1
ay SAMUEL @. BLYTHE.

Politics. and not the postal def
icls. ia the underlying motive fur
the admiuist tratlona attack uu the
magazines and the periodical press
through increase uf Hacond-claHs
postage.
Postmaster General Hitchcock =
excuse for the move Is the alleged
postal deficit President Taft's cx,
cuse ls that be IL supporting bis
cabinet minister who Is trying 20
put the department 90 selfsua.
tanning basis. The administration
senators, who tackled the amend.
ment on the postofflee hill have the
excuse that the president demands
the increase.