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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10
ANXIOUS MOTHER

Editor The Star. want 20 make
a suggestion TO the people OF Seat.
tie through your paper We want
municipal street car system. II
seems We are not going 20 get II
under the present plans.
will give 81 month. and I be
lIeve there are $4,000 people In Sc.
attic who will do the same, until
enough money 10 raised.
Receipts for the money might
draw interest from date. but pay
ments deferred for five years. the
same 10 continue until the face OF
receipt IN paid in interest. Rate OF
interest and all details 10 be work
ed out By experts.
JULIUS @. ID.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

CAUSE FOR ALARM

7 worried
What's the matter with him.
When left home yesterday morning him up
lawn. homo last night had
done H'-Chicago. Record Herald.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

Among the most infamous of all trusts is the Terminal
Railway Association of St Louis For II has been
giant pckpoeket standing the gates of that city OF the
nation chng baxeny from the pockets OF every traveller
taking its toll from every pound of freight that entered quit
the municipality.
Did you how Justice" has overaken tS The u $
supreme found 1t TO be trust violating the sherman law
The IT, supreme punished the pckpocke by giving II
% DAYS which to alter It's style OF picking pockeanother
Standard Oil-robacco Trust penalty.
We expect a boom in Terminal Association
stock for does King Perp Mogans former partner Per-
kns what could sordd selfish corporation
than have his corporation dissolved paper such
bring increased profits inside stockholders and
increased outside the OF the Stand
ard Oil and Tobacco companies"
How long. OH Lord shall they play the people for fools ?
In announcing his candidacy Gov. Hay promises work
for preferential presidential primary law during his
elected Gov Hay has knaek of starting things about
four years late.
waIs wala
paid $4,000 Probably he through the motions for
moving picture
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

Window boxes.
Why not9
contributor the Editors MAIL after commenting
the victory keep the municipal garage OF Dilng
park suggests that plans for making Seattle the really
"City Beautiful be taken up And the suggestion made
that several hundred people should place boxes OF flowers
their front windows would make exceedingly attractive
feature
Several women organizations have already taken the idea
up. and you'll notice very carefully ride about the city
you'll find that Of boxes filled with pretty plants have
been placed under windows
Its dandy idea Why put some window boxes under
YOUR windows?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10
Hl0Sf
JosA WISE SAYS.

you can't beat u inter . spring
poets noodle that tsiegrafs poles
10 n heap more familiar ter ever
body TRAN .aypoles.%
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

SURE Seattle ss They
the that they budding Class
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

Let the heat of the political battle you forget
the war between Turkey and Italy is still
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10
EXPLAINED

The count has painfully snobesh he
why, his father the o
"A French dusr"
impossible"
Mot Of the way
fell and broke his neek."-clsvelsnd Plain Dealer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

rHg
Ihste dorned o he
old With chin whisks inspected Dubbsghs motor
standing In front OF the Eagle House Togus.
You bet II Ia" cAms over hare from
- -
Ysas said the gentleman s,rOsng his whsksr
fully. Kin prove nT-
y hare nve witnesses In guests" said Dubbiclxh
WAL. III take word for H." said stranger
fork twenty-five jestice
hero villa
ton right now."-iarpers Weekly.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

LAME. 80
Il notice that Mrs Biuks had trouble In dealing the e
yesterday Rheumatism
mo. She's joined market basket ciub-ceyeland piais
He-i don't approve
she-is has been noticed that do hste
American.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT

honor said Marshall Judge
aed against him. the Htsemar
Eueh rnlinEs OF the Judge who
- " - ~-'N -
Why your honor SAID Ten = being
Tined for abusing Ponilus
Make the fine $40"
iy lend t20r- 80 " - -
M Clerk. said tho Judge pause you
nns Ths state of Kentucky able
Los Angeles
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-10

Mrs wagfongue - John. dear.
what r. the origin OF the expires.
alon. Money taIkH-f
Mr.. Wagsonxue-lt probably or.
iginated from tho female Of tho
species.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-04-04
a GLIMPSE
OF LONDON
Nil Desperandum

Leaving the Queen Victoria mem
orlal we proceed down the Mall
passing one of the beauty spots Of
London James Park-laid out
in the first place by Charles II. and
later on improved by George ~.
AT one time deer use to roam be-
meath its trees, as the ladies of the
Court took an airing along the Mall.
Half way down the Mall on the left
side is Marlborough Gate, on one
81 lie of which is Marlborough House,
which for so many years was the
town residence of King George and
Queen Mary; and on the other st.
James Palace, which until Queen
Victoria time, was the regular resi-
dence of the British Sovereign.
Here Queen Mary died, and here
Charles [ slept the night before his
execution, while Charles II and
George ~ were born within its pre-
cincts and here Queen Victoria was
married to the Prince Consort in
1910.
St. James Palace was designed by
Holbein for Henry. VIII but Marl-
borough House is not quite so an
cient. 1t was built at the beginning
of the eighteenth century by Wren
for the great Duke of Marlborough,
1 who spent his last melancholy years
there. The house was purchased
| by the Grown in 1917, and Queen
Victoria presented it to the late
King Edward on his twenty-frst
birthday.
| After passing Marlborough Gate
we reach Carlton House Terrace
where many distinguished people
have resided. Mr.. Gladstone, the
grand old man of English politics,
lived at No. 13 and subsequently,
No. IL, with Lord Derby as neigh
Dor. When reporter. Dickens Wis
tied many great men here, to take
down speeches.
i The first house in the terrace next
} to the Duke of York's column is
now the German Embassy, and close
to this house is the residence of
Lord Lonsdale, the great friend of
the German Emperor. Half way
down Whitehall, opposite the Horse
Guards, is the Royal United Serv-
ices Institution, now overshadowed
by the huge new War Office. In
f, the museum is preserved a collect
ion of arms and models of fortifica-
tions personal relics Of Nelson Cap
9 tain Cook, Sir Jonn Franklin, Well
e ington, Napoleon, and other noted
officers. This museum building is
t the old banqueting hall of the White
8 ball Palace, from which Charles
: stepped to the scaffold erected in
/ Whitehall on the day of his execut-
ion. On this site Oliver Cromwell
e lived when he was the greatest man
: in England, and here, long before,
Henry VIII died under the roof that
! had covered him when he married
n Anne Boleyn. Here too, the Sec
s ond Charles, more happy than his
8 father, lived dissolute life, and
). here his successor. King James.
/ washed the feet of the poor.
oil Whitehall> has strange fate.
's The last of this palace of luxury
e was out of all harmony with the
: Royal splendor of SO many reigns.
E On January tn. 1898, laundress
,fI placed some linen before fire, and
= in great blaze such as Whitehall
Continued ON 4th page
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-04-04


added with truth, paradoxical as. it |
may appear to some: that the former
is the more formidable of the two.
If you will bear in mind that actual
construction was begun practically
upon the heels of authoritative leg
islation, and before the final form of
canal was agreed upon, that men
were sent to a fever infested zone,
men to whom acclimatization proved
difficult, the truth of thorough prep
aration is made clear as has been
subsequently proven.
The fact that thorough prepara-
ton included the reconstruction
and organization of railroad sys-
tenn, facilities for feeding and shell
tering an army of 100000 employees,
creating an efficient executive work
ing organization, gives some idea of
the working magnitude Of the un-
dertaking.
A few words applying directly to
construction work and means of OPP
Grafton and this sketch will be fin
ished.
Tue channel through the canal at
the top varies from 500 to a 1000
feet, while at the bottom the width
is from 800 to $50 feet, and through
out the entire length of the channel
! there is being placed a system of
bouys marking the course of navi-
i cation. This system constitutes a
! variety of bouys from the pole to
the bell for day, and a suitable
means of lighting for night service.
In addition to these there are to be
erected at prominent points en- route,
: forty light houses. Before passing
, on | must add that the system of
! channel bouys to be used is COM
: posed of two rows lying parallel, so
r that when two ships are passing, the
, nearest their center lines need be to
: each other is $50 it,. when in the
respective range of buoys.
The dam and locks at Gatun are
? a marvel; the crest of Gatun dam is
5000 feet; extreme width is 2,1OO
! or to put it in cubic measure there
3 are in round numbers about 81 ,00O,-
t 900 cubic yards in its structure.
: The locks at Gatun consist Of
: three double sets, and the average
e lift in flight is 80 feet; the working
: length of each lock is 1000, it., and
these locks will accommodate ships ol
: 10 #. beam. The locks at Pedro
n Miguel consist of ore double set
0 while at Mirafores two double set
e are found.
n 1t is interesting to note that tn
g chief objections made against th'
a high water level canal. was that ad
o equate rock foundations were no
g sure. The bed upon which the lock
il at Gatun are built is mass of con
i crete 1000 #. long, 800 #. wide AM
y averages 20 it. in thickness.
l. Ships entering the canal from tn
y Atlantic side proceed to the main
e land Of Limon bay and are towe'
. thence through about two and one
: half miles of cut, through the Gatul
II locks, then under their own stear
L proceed to the Culebra cut. Thi
D. cut is nine miles in length and it ha
n proven itself mean foe to conquer
!, but with Col. Goethals on the job
has to behave. At the western en-,
y of this cut is situated the Pedr
mj Miguel locks; then the ships pas
le over the artificial lake and com
q to two double sets of locks calle
the Mirafores. With the abuttin
dam from those locks the ships ou
u through the remaining nine miles {
in channel and go on their way rejoit
Of ing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-04-04
PANAMA CANAL
R. C. Mel.


Paper Read Before the Cha,rtauqua Circle:
1t is quite generally conceded in
engineering circles, that the art and
science of engineering has pro-
gressed only SO fast as measure
ments of precision, in a practical
form, have been developed and
placed in the hands Of the mechan-
ic; the man upon whom finally falls
the task Of producing what the tech
nically trained engineer has con-
ceived.
There are those who may rise and
remark that Louis Venier invented
the Venier caliper in 1851, and that
with the introduction of that ingen-
ious mechanical device the advance
ment of the art of engineering
should have attained highly per-
fected state shortly after the incep-
ton of til means OF accurate
measurement. We admit the logic
of such statement, but qualify it
by counter statement: that no
practical means were at hand to
produce in sufficient quantities those
instruments, as to class them as a
general commodity of the mechanic.
Further, the application Of the We
nier is such as to confine it's practi-
cal use to protractors and calipers
of comparatively short range. that
the accuracy for which it is famous
might not be impaired.
| believe it was in the year 1854
that the first micrometer caliper was
invented; an instrument which re-
tains all the accuracy OF the fine
precision measurements of the Ve-
nier, but supersedes the venier in
use, in that ii has wider range OF
application, is applied with prompt
ness and dispatch, a requisite abso-
lutely essential to present day en-.
gineering as we know it. With the
introduction into practical use ot
this instrument, dates the wonderful
progress that has been made in the
field of engineering during the pas
fifty years, and to the fact tha
American skill has acted as the pi
oneer in introducing these instru
ments and the machines which man
ufactures them, lies the secret 0
American achievements; achieve
ments which place this country il
the lead of all other nations, in s.
far as pioneer daring and far seein
work is concerned.
We glance down through t b
pages of history and have reveale
to use, engineering work of ,hig
order, principally in architecture
and as we turn to modern epoch
we notice the changes that accrue
coming down to present times, W
see in our own country style {
architecture that is at once origina
novel, daring and wins the applaus
of the eminent authorities through
out the world. Other nations ha,
as fine orders as we, but the fa
remains, modern Architecture as "
know it, was conceived in tt
minds of American engineers, ar
to them credit for its developmel
is due and freely given.
The science of engineering in a
chitecture, naturally and necessari
was developed first and acted mer
ly as a stimulus, a forerunner to tt
other branches of engineering Yhi'
the advance of building made ne
essary..
The branch of engineering whi
concerns us at present, is the civ
and in this sketch--for it is mere
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-04-04
SALTWATER. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1. 1912.

cause of the reliance that can be
placed on work of mechanical ma
ture, regardless of what firm or from
what section of the country it may
come. That is a statement that can
not be given too much credence, for
to the fact that when the French
Co., attempted to construct the Pan
anna canal, two firms in the same
block were often turning out work
supposedly in duplicate, bu in
many instances varied so much as to
impede the progress of any uniform
advancement.
Manufactures in different sections
had their individual system of screw
cutting, and with gearing the differ
ent ideas that prevailed were ram
pant All of this difference is
changed today, so that interchange
able manufacture is an assured asset,
the one thing which promoted the
science of engineering. an d the
thing which assured interchange
ability was the venier and micro
meter. What has proceeded has
been a sort of prelude to the princi-
pie subject matter, introducing into
the realm of the engineers note
book, those who are not accustomed
to make finer measurements than
are produced with two foot rule,
and should serve as a stimulus to
become slightly acquainted with
modern. and what makes possible
present day engineering.
/ What is engineering? is question
that appears to be in order. Many
men have answered the question
with many volumes, but when we
search for a definition for school
house use, what appears to satisfy
the occasion seems to -subdue
nature and make it serve you. A
definition around which the inyesti-
gator and designer works and
builds and you will agree, perhaps,
that this definition applies correctly
, to the work about to be discussed
! the Panama canal.
t That misconceptions and delusions
exist, concerning this work, even in
the minds of intelligent persons, is
: only too apparent to those who have
closely followed the progress of the
work as reported from the scene Of
4 activities. A few weeks ago in dis.
D cussing paper which was read be
3 fore this circle, one member rose
and remarked to the effect, thai
q from a financial standpoint the Pan
/ anna canal was doomed to failure
h attributing the cause to the fact tina
). German engineers had found wa!
J. whereby canal could be construct
): ed that would have a clear water
e way nearly the whole width of tn,
# isthmus, which would, he contendet
|, enable ships to navigate under thei
'e own steam, while .in the case of tn
l. Panama canal, four miles an hou
e was the limit of speed, since tn
It vessels were to be towed; sailin
e under their own power not bein
le feasible because Of the erosion, tn
ID swirl of the ships propellers woul
at cause on the sides of the canal.
have listened to many observation
r concerning this work, which wer
" not much more enlightened as t
e. the true status of affairs, than th
le above, and it is primarily with th
h object in view of robbing these d.
c. luded ones of their ideas, that th
compilation is given.
III Columbus, on his voyages, subs,
il, quent to having discovered San Sa
ly vador, learned many things on b
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-04-04

clude- what? He did not know.
as history records, merely a
guess, and the same history reveals
how great in error were his conclu-
sions. However, on his voyage to
these shores in l494. he was so for
tunate as to discover Limon bay,
and then, or shortly after, the dis
covery of the existence Of the 18TH
mus of Panama and it's comparative
narrow width, gave birth in the
mind of man to the feasibility of
constructing a canal. Since that
time on the idea of canal across
the isthmus has ever hovored in
the breasts cf the engineering fra.
ternity.
History does not record all that
could and should have been said of
the contemplations of constructing
such a work, but all that we know,
down to the year of 1879, were but
dreams. It was then, that the now
famous engineerIDe Lesslps, formed
the French Canal Co. That the
French company were attempting a
work beyond the capacities of the
engineering facilities of the day, did
not enter into consideration, so as
we review their attempt from our
perspective, the failure of that COM
pany's efforts were foregone con-
clusion. The machinery they had de-
signed for constructing the canal
was a marvellous achievement for
science; made everything of its kind
ebsolete-had set new standard to
measure up to, but that it was not
commensurate and equal to the task
imposed, is evidenced by the fact
that until it was dismantled and re-
moved, it acted as an impediment to
the American engineers when they
commenced operations in 1904. An.
other fact that forces itself on oul
attention is their struggle with the
construction of the Panama rail
road. piece of work which re-
| Quired six years to complete, anC
was then more or less failure, due
principally to the luxuriant tropica
growth which is so prolific il
abundance as to entirely cover thu
roadbed over night during the we
season. Aside from this, the man
agement Of the system was so ineffi
cient under the jurisdiction of th'
French Co., as to render it re
tardant force, than otherwise.
+. With the advent of the Ameri
cans and their genius to back then
up and with the causes which led t.
the failure of the French Co., born
in mind, their first consideration
was to place in first-class workin
order that woebegone excuse of
!, railroad, realizing that in order t
maintain a highly efficient workin
system from Colon to Panama. IA
, communication was absolutely i'm
: perative. This however was onl
one of the links which needed after
ton; the removal of the fever il
, tested swamps along the route of th
2 canal, was the other. How well th
! engineers in charge proved the!
[ ability on the former needs no con
$ ment; in regard to the latter, an al
E normally high death rate has bee
. reduced to what is considered in OF
e northern climate as normal, ,.winnin
9 for those responsible for the systel
: of sanitation laid down, not IL
s plaudits Of their own country alon
but of the whole world.
: In 1905 the chairman of the Istl
I mian Canal Commission stated
. his report that the carrying on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-11
%Na
SEPTEMBER TERM
Of Superior Court Recpens
After Weeks Recess.
Grand Jury Is Investigating
Yeggman Murder Case.
Damage Suit Of Emery VS.. Farming
dale for Trial, Wednesday.

The September term of The superior
court reopened at 10 A. NJ, Tuesday
after having been adjourned for one
week. The first matter TO be taken up
was the inStructing of the new grand
Jurors, by Judge Beane, as to their du-
ties and then they We're sent to the
Grand Jury room to start upon work
Of the term.
Those ON the grand jury for the next
year are Frank l.. Amesbury of Car
diner, j. Edwin Brann of HalloWell,
Otis {. Brown of Benton, Preston w.
Brown of Augusta, Fred O. Burgess
of China, Leon b. Carey Of Augusta,
Wellington Ellis of Oakland, George c..
Fuller of Hallowell, Charles w. Good
rich of Gardiner, b. ID. Gordon of
Readfield. Fred d. Lunt of Wateryille,
Vaughn NJ. Mayor of Waterville, Ar
thur A Nichols of Augusta, John
O'Connell of Winthrop, j. N. Penney
of Belgrade, Walter Powers of Chel-
sea, w. A. Richardson of Monmouth,
Willard H. lockwood of Waterville,
Adm Shorey of Vassalboro and F. b.
Thompson of Farmingdale.
Judging from the witnesses who are
in attendance at the grand jury room,
the case, charging Punk" Norton of
Concord, N. H., with the shooting of
Patrick Lucy, Aug. s. in the smoking
room of the Maine Central station at
Augusta, is being brought up by
County Attorney Williamson before
the grand iuroY
The traverse jurors were formed in
two separate juries with 5. Il. Rich
ardson of Eassalbore, as foreman of
the first and II. Marden of Angus
Ia, as foreman of the second jury. The
first Jury consists of Joseph Il. Libby
of Waterville. w w. Berry of Water
vile, Orrin f. Heath of Chelsea, ]. C.
Fellows of Fayette, w f. Fitzgerald
of Randolph, George p, Thompson of
Pittston. George b. Fisher of Augusta,
Henry G. Barker of Augusta. William
p. Fox of Augusta. w. C. Emery of
Waterville, s. b. Richardson of Vas
salooro and Levi Fl. Wentworth of
Rome.
Those on the second jury are /. l..
Ware of West Gardiner, A. w. Laid
of Wayne. Walter f. Rollins of~Hal-
lowell. Wallace L. Kimball of Gardi-
ner F. O. Rradstreet of Gardiner, John
A. Daggett of Manchester, Frank
Marcia OF Benton, c. r. Longfellow of
Winthrop John f. Murphy of Halo
we'll II. ]. Marden of Augusta, Ed
ward Chase of Wins.ow and Fred A.
Knight of Litchfield;. Harry L. Has
kell OF Augusta and Howard K Brown
of Clinton are supernumeraries.
No cases We're tried before Judge
Beane, Tuesday. and the first case of
the term will be tried, Wednesday,,
starting at $50 A. NJ, at the opening
of the court. The case is one in which
Henry T.. Emery sues the inhabitants
of Farmingdale for $500 to recover for
a horse, which he alleges to have been
killed on account of a defect in the
public roads in that town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-11

Following is the list of unclaimed
letters at the Augusta postoffice for
the week ending Tuesday Sept. 10:
Barrett, Miss Loretta
Borand, Mrs. John; Gringer. Miss
Ethel Harris, Mrs. Benz. F.; Herreli.
Mrs. Ernest George; Hingley, Mrs.
Harry; Jepson, Mrs. X; Jewell, Mrs
&c; Mason, Mrs. Lows r.; Macin-
tosh Mrs, j. A; Mcfarland, Miss
Ethel.
Men-Albee, w. NJ, Esq; Brann,
William o.: Briggs, Mr.. belmont s.;
Brown. Hon. Angus W.; Burns, Alex
ander King; Chamberlain, Mr.. Oscar;
Dero Mr.. John; Donnell, DIR. II. F.. /;
Fuller. Mr.. w. o.; Quincy, Mr.. Louis u;
Hackett, Mr.. w. c.; Hews, Mr., Ray
D.; Humphrey, Mr.. G. f.; Letepe, Ar
thur; Monitor, Mr. Fred; Peaslee
Mr.. Freeman c.: Quint, Mr.. Willard ;
Reid, Mr.. Clifford A.; Richardson, Mr.
C. f.; Tanndau, Magni; Wilson, John
@ n WVman Fred