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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
BUILDERS OF THE CANAL.
Nationality of the Men Who Handle
the Picks and Shovels.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The Panama canal is not only the big
gest work of modern times, it is one of
the biggest of all time. And, like other
great works by man, one or two or half
d dozen men Will practically get all the
credit for the wonderful achievement.
The American public has heard about
Roosevelt's taking Panama and so
making the canal posi- BILE; it has heard
of Wallace and Stevens. and more espe-
cially of Gorgas and Goethals. Especially
Is the name OF the latter world famous,
and no one who has ever heard of the ca
nal. probably. but has associated Col.
Cocktails name with it as its chief
builder.
Yet the actual builders of the worlds
mightiest waterway. the men who actual
iy ran the dump trains, handled pick and
bar, drill and steam shovel, are unknown
Outside OF q few who have delved into
the records of the constructive work,
very few have any definite knowledge
even as to the nationality of the COM
mon laborers whose toll has almost COM
pleted the grea: canal.
a correspondent of the London Times
who has recently visited and described
for that journal the enterprise from its
beginning has thought these thousands of
10 ers worthy o classifica ton and iden-
| tification by nationality. He found that
three nations, the British. American and
Spanish, formed the great body OF the
working force. with a sprinkling of Chi
nese, one japanese. 300 East Indians, a
few Greeks. Italians and other Euro
peans. Going into detail. he found the
labOrers classified as 20 their origin as
| follows: West Indies. 20 G67' Spain,
| s, To: Italy. 1,941; Colombia; ,4Os. France
| furnished only -. Armenia Il. Costa R;ca
pa. Panama 357, while 60 We're unclassi-
fed OF the West Indian Islands Bar
bados furnished the greatest number. TO-
44S: Martinique comes next with 5.5i2,
Trinidad 1.2S4, while the other islands
furnished only few hundreds. Jamaica
| having only A.
| The project OF enlisting American ne
groes in the work seems never seriously
,, to have been attempted, the abundance
| of labor in the West Indian Islands. so
much nearer the canal. giving the latter
| the preference. Among the most sue
cessful of the laborers. until SPAN for
, bade their emigration. were the Spanish.
| Even as il Is. including Latin Americans,
| Spain and her former colonies took an
| important part in building the canal
/ through territory itself formerly Span
| ish.
! The laborers in all formed a mighty
army. varying in size and personnel from
year to year. being highest In March,
| 1910. when the number reached sc. 676 men
! actually at work, out of an available
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
APARTMENTS RENTED
BEFORE COMPLETION
Fox Co. Fills Building Built by
IL. Warren-Harry Ward
man Sells the Rochester.

A sign that attracts a good deal of no.
ice stands in front of the apartment
house which has recently been built by
John l.. Warren on the south side OF
Rhode Island avenue between 18th and
18th streets northwest. The sign reads
Entirely rented before completion by
the A. F. Fox Company"
All the twenty-four suites were leased
and all but four Of the apartments occu-
pied before the workmen left the build
ing.
In the same block and some fifty feet to
the west Mr.. Warren is building a similar
structure, which will be finished early
the coming spring.
During the week deeds We're placed on
record by which Harry Wardman sold
the apartment house, the Rochester, a;
LBS Meridian place. and Charles D. Gu
gle became the owner. This property is
IN the 14th street locality, several blocks
north of Park road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
alone Of $375.OO0-one realizes that the
Arsenic Club Of America is as formi
dable as it is intangible.

alone Of $375.OO0-one realizes that the
Arsenic Club Of America is as formi-
dable as it is intangible.
The matter Of poisoning a horse is a
simple one. An apple or a ball of meal
loaded with strychnine. arsenic or cyanide
can be fed to the animal or poison can
be dropped into its nose-bag or manger.
1t takes but second. and the danger of
detection is almost nil.
The police cannot put an end to horse
poisoning, for there are 10000 horses in
New York. The best the police can do
is to watch the horses of few men who
have been threatened. This article Is not
meant to dtsparage the police. Some of
them, like Detectives Landers and De
Castilion. have toiied day and night to
catch the blac'-mailers. working as
stablemen and truckdrivers. and have
even labored in the stalls as hostlers in
their efforts to run down the members of
the A. c. A. They have failed because
the men preyed upon have not supported
them They will continue to fail as long
as they lack this support. When horse
owners conquer their fear and determine
to rid themselves of these bloodsuckers.
cost what it may, horse poisoning Will
cease. Meanwhile the A. G. A. continues
to flourish like the green bay tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
orce of about 10000 on the iSthmus

force of about $4,000 on the isthmus.
Since 1908 the figures show thai about
one-seventh of the total force have been
Americans. another seventh European
laborers, and the remaining five-Sevenths
practically all West Ind an negroes The
greater proportion of white men in the
later years of the building of the canal is.
of course due to he fact that SAM AIRY
science had by that time made the Canal
Zone a healthy place for Europeans or
Americans to live in and work in.
Still another fact of interest which DIFF
ferentiates the building of the Panama
canal from all other great works of the
past is that it was built by well paid and
well-fed laborers. and not, as in the case
of the Pyramids of Egypt, by slaves
driven by taskmasters to their daily toll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
The Arsenic Club Of America.
FROM Harner's Weekly

Year after year this system of intimida-
ton by poison has gone on unchecked.
In the past three years, according to the
estimate of Supt. Thomas F. Freel
OF the New York Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. at least
1900 horses have been poisoned on the
streets of New York city. When one con-
siders that the average value of the muir
dered animals was at least $.J0-making
Il total loss in three years in New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30

Arthur-Do you think two can live as
cheaply as one?
Leila--Two might exist as cheaply as
one could live.-Chicago News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
Present FLAG to School

Fairfield, Feb 23.-One Of the most
significant things which occurred in
Fairfield yesterday to celebrate THO
birthday of George Washington was
the presentation Of handsome nag
to the Washington school building by
the members of the Woman's Relief
Corps and the Grand Army Post The
presentation program was attended
by all of the scholars of the building.
the teachers, members of the school
board and friends and the members Of
both organizations and occurred at 3
o'clock
The address was made by Mrs.
Daniel Walmer, patriotic instructor Of
George Strong Corps No. q, and the
response was ably given by Prof. A. N.
Smith, principal of the Washington
school The children sang number Of
patriotic songs and the occasion will
long be remembered. The flag is a
large one, suitable for school pur-.
poses and was secured through the
efforts Of Mrs, Walmer, patriotic in
structor of the local corps.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24

are reported off duty for various
causes. &
]. Tracey of the train department is
among the laying off at the Burlington
yards.
Engineer w. X. Farmer has gone to
Abba to pull No. 9 and 10 on the
branch between Abba and Des Moines.
D. M. McCracken of the engine de-
partment is reported on the sick list.
Il Thomas Hurd of the engine service
on the Burlington is among those re-
ported for work after an absence.
Miss FredaN Reed. BIG North Court
street, and Miss Alice McDermott,
1916 blackberry street, are spending
the day with friends in \Centerville.
Mrs. Leo Smith, 2O9- North Wapello
street. is the guest of friends in
Blakesburg today.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lord, who re-
sides west of the city, are visiting
relatives in Blakesburg today.
Miss j ennie Rockefeller of Oskaloosa,
who has been visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Ream, 100 East
Sixth street. left today for Blakesburg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
BURLINGTON GIVES
NEW ROAD GREETING

Burlington Feb. "a. About 1000
citizens, young and old accompanied
by band welcomed the first regular
train of the Muscatine North and South
tn Burlington'yesterday. The train was
made up of four coaches packed to
the platform with citizens Of towns
enroute. A delegation Of about 100
business men from Muscatine and
band were on the train, likewise the
full membership of the Oakville Com
mercial club. The two bands local
citizens and visitors paraded from the
depot to the business section of the
city, making procession about six
blocks in length. The Inauguration Of
the regular. train service today marks
the elimination Of the extension OF the
line from Elrick Junction to Burling-
ton
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
TELLS OF WASTE
IN CORN CROP

D. Glen Deaver, emigration expert
of the Burlington route, has addressed
IA strong appeal to the farmers Of the
country to build silos and by ending
waste add substantially to the profit
from their corn crop. Mr.. Beaver is
recognizedsas one of the greatest agri-
cultural authorities in the country, and
his counsel is invariably based on ex'
perience and observation covering q
wide latitudes Here is his counsel to
the farmers
Think OF it! Sane sensible men
by the hundreds and by the thousands
are working hard almost the year
round, raising and caring for highly
valuable crop-and then deliberately
wasting from 80 per cent to 40 per
cent of the gross results of their
labor. +.
It's the corn crop.
And at that they're making a good,
solid bunch of profits. .~
It's hard to believe, but it's true.
There is no other business on the
face Of the earth that will give pro-
fit after wasting 80 to 40 per cent OF
the possible income-but corn raising
will.
The whole trouble is that large
percentage of farmers either won't or
don't build silos. They aren't cutting
the corn after the season and storing
it away as a rich fodder to increase
their incomes the year round.
Profit From One Acre.
Just for instancea One acre Of good
Illinois or Iowa corn land will produce
IL tons of corn silage This same IL
tons of rich feed, with hay, will feed
two milk cows for 10 months. If pro-
perly cared for otherwise, these cows
will bring their owner anywhere from
$3.50 to $3.50 from the sale of cream
alone during the 10 months, to say
nothing of, the two calves that can be
raised, nor considering the value of
the skinned milk for pig and chicken
feed. And it might be said right here
that no other business will return such
quick and handsome profits as feeding
Skinned milk to pigs and chickens.
This same II tons of rich corn silage
with hay will put 2,400 pounds weight
on so lambs in 1875 days-which, at
seven cents per pound, would be worth
$16S. sg
Feeding it to four steers 153 days,
fitting them to top the market, would
easily increase their market value
S17O.
Another fact to be taken into consid-
Grafton by cattle feeders Is that 1t Is
not at all necessary to run hogs with
cattle to insure a safe margin of profit
when feeding corn silage. In this way
all danger Of loss from hog cholera is
eliminated.
How to Stop Waste.
All waste from the feed lot should
be carefully returned to the acre that
grew the corn-thus preventing loss OF
soil fertility.
These are some Of the things that
can be done to stop one of the biggest
wastes on the farm. When you stop
to consider that the entire IL tons OF
corn silage can be put in the silo at a
cost of only $25, you get an idea of
what tremendous saving it means.
Ten acres of corn silage would accom-
plish just ten times as much.
There are innumerable other ways
and methods of getting more money
out of farm-but considering the
huge saving accomplished by a silo,
splendid slogan for the farmers of to-
day would be:
"Farmers Build Silos. Don't
Wall Do 1t NaYi"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
BETTY RANSEEN
DIED i. LAST NIGHT
WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN IN FAM
lily Is YEARS FOLLOWS MRS.
WILLIAMSON IN DEATH.

Five days after the death of the be,
loved woman with whom she had lived
for the past fifteen years, Mrs. Sarah
Williamson, death called Miss Betty
Ranseen age So, last evening at $3.50
O'Clock at the Williamson residence,
AIT West Fourth street. Heart trou-
BILE was the cause of her demise. Al
though she had been ailing for several
years past, Miss Ranseen was con-
fined to her bed but one day.
The deceased had been member
of the Williamson household for the
past fifteen years and during the fee
bleness of Mrs. Williamson, was con-
slant in her attention to her Mrs.
Williamson departed this life last Fri
day, bringing deep sorrow to Miss
Ranseen. Just six days have elapsed
until two close companions are to-
gether again. The remains of Mrs.
Williamson were laid to rest Monday.
Funeral services for Miss Ranseen
have not been arranged.
Two brothers and one sister sur
vive. They are Dr.. NJ. G.. Ranseen,
Chicago; John C. Ranseen, St. James,
Mimi, and Mrs. Carrie Hanson of
Elgin, Ill.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

A marriage license was issued yes
terday by the clerk of the distric1
court to Harry C. Mills and Mrs. Lora
M. Wagner.
Miss Ella Guggerty. Mrs D. +.
Whiteumeyer, Mr.. and Mrs. }. A. van
derpool Of Chillicothe, were in the city
yesterday attending the funeral OF
Frances Lynch. a.......@ p
You don't have to read three or four
chapters of 1.-THE Yellow Letter to
get Interested. The action begins IN
the first paragraph. This story will
start in Tuesdays ISSUE
Mrs. Eta Ealy and Mrs. Rose Gun
ningham of Belle PLANE, are business
callers in the city yesterday. 80
Mrs. William Chattin of Glenwood,
Mo-, who has been spending a few
days with Mrs. F. J. Graves, 712 West
Second street, left yesterday on Bur,
lington No. for Chicago.
Mrs. Clara Johnson, 919 East Second
street, is visiting with her son, who is
In the Oakdale sanitarium at Oakdaie,
Iowa.
Miss Leta Baker has returned home
from purchasing trip in sChicago. %
Drs. J. M. Smith, C. M. Work, w. G.
Boone, W. w. Vance and J. N. Arm
strong, have returned home from Bur
lington, where they attended the
dentists convention.
Mrs. J. A. Baldwin. Mrs. Emma
Gardner and Mrs Lois Harlan OF
Selma were shoppers in the city yes
terday.
We urge all our subscribers to read
"The Yellow Letter." the new detec-
tive story that commences in Tues
days issue. You will be interested.
F. w. Brinkhoff of London, England,
arrived in the city last evening on Bur,
lington No. 9 for an extended visit at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. F. w..
Throw, 221 Arrison street.
B. P. Brown of the Ottumwa Saw
ings bank, C. F. Rauscher of the Iowa
National bank and H. F. Reno and +.
w. Funk of the Ottumwa National
bank, left this morning for Burlington
where they will attend the bankers
convention.
Mrs. Ralph T. McElroy, 4os Ottum-
wa street, who has been i'll for the
past week. is much improved.
Miss Margaret Lamar of Melrose
has returned to her home after an ex-
tended visit with Miss Vera Riley,
1041 West Second street.
Mrs. Fred Zaubitzer and son, Fred
Zaubitzer Jr., PIT North Market street,
left this morning on the Milwaukee
for GAINESVILLE, Wis.
"rhe Yellow Letter." detective
story that commences \ in Tuesdays
issue, will hold your interest from the
first chapter. 49,
Mrs. w. H. Kirfman Of Eddyville,
who has bene spending a few days
with her mother, Mrs. q. Rhinehart,
1912 East Second street, returned
home last evening.
j. Farrell Bray of Sigourney, who i
formerly resided in Ottumwa, visited
friends here yesterday en- route home
from ST. Louis, where he reported the
freight rate conference held Tuesday.
Tuesday.
H. B. Metzger, w. Emary, J. E. Dun
kin, ]. O. Sprague and Win Chambers
of the Burlington engine department,
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
DRAIN TILE
For prices and information write
.Morey Clay Products Go
OTTUMWA, IOWA -.
Tri- Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the nam.
Of the Postoffice to which the papes
has been sent az well as the Postoffice
whel, they desire It to be changed to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26
FIRST GAME ON
NOVEMBER FIRST
Y. M. c. A. Basket Ball Team viii
Then Meet Washington and the
Hah School.

There will be no gymnasium classes
on Thursday and Friday nights, as the
Merchant Carnival is to be held in the
Gymnasium.
Basket ball practice which was to
have been Friday night will be held
tonight.
The association will play a first
team and a second team on November
1st against Washington Y. II. c. A.
and the Martinsburg High School re-
spectively. The reserved seats for
this event may be had from the as
ISOLATION Office The plan of the seats
is now open and are going fast, so
come early and pick out your seats.
All candidates for basket bah teams
please report to the gymnasium, We'd
nesday at $3.50 D. m. as this will be
the only opportunity for practice this
week
The players for both first and sec
cond team have not been decided up
on as yet. Each team requires five
players and two substitutes. This
gives every man who is anxious TO
play the game, fourteen chances TO
make good
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26
BIC RECLAMATION
PROJECT STARTED
Secretary Fisher Turns First Shovel
of Earth for the Giant
Tunnel.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, Oct. IS.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
turned the first shovel of earth today
for the construction of the giant tun-
mel in connection with the Grand Val
ley reclamation project When the
work is completed. about three years
hence, some $4,000 arid acres in Mosa
county will be supplied with an abun-
dance of water and made to blossom
as the rose. The Government is back
of the Grand Valley project, which
win cost between 100000 and $4,-
100000. A mammoth 450-foot diver
sion dam is to be constructed across
the Grand River eight miles above
Palisado, which will raise the water
of the river nearly twenty feet and
divert it into a canal by means of
which it will be carried two miles in
the open and 1890 feet through a tun-
mel drilled out of solid rock through a
portion of the Mt. Garfield stone cliffs.
1t is estimated that 10000 acres of the
10000 acres TO be reclaimed will be
set out to orchards. The remainder
will be used for the growing of sugar
beets hay and grain 1t is believed
that the completion and opening of
the project will bring not less than
10000 settlers TO Mosa county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26
GOOD REPORT FROM
TUSCARORA SCHOOL
Pupils of Miss Kate Nihon's School
Are Remarkable for Their Regu-
'arity OF Attendance.

Tuscarora school, west of town.
taught by Miss Kathryn Nihion, clos.
ed its first month with an enrolment
of thirty-six pupils and an average
daily attendance of thirty.two.
Twenty-one pupils were neither abb
sent nor tardy-not a tardy mark APP
peared on the roll this month.
A friendly rivalry exists between
the boys and girls as to which list
viii contain the greater Number each
month on the honor roll.
The girls are leading this month
with twelve names, the boys only
nine.
A festival was held in the school
yard early in September, the proceeds
TO be used in school improvement A
neat sum was realized and some need
ed articles have been purchased al
ready. Books have been added to the
library and other selections are to be
made.
The patrons and friends manifested
an interest by liberal donations and
service.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26

/ II Of Navarro ana Aragon, he was
born at Sos in Aragon, March 10, 145z.
During his early years he gave prorl-
Use OF distinction. especially whan he
I tried to gain the throne, left vacant
I by the death Of his cruel and .jranni-
cal brother, Carlos; this at first
caused great effort on his part. for the
Catalons, over whom he was 10 reign,
rose In rebellion, but in 1866, he. with
his fathers help. quelled the insurrec-
ton, and was proclaimed king of
Sicily.
At the time Of this joint succession
many bitter feuds were raging in the
land. robberies and ontragas were
taking place In commerce and agricul-
ture, but in a league, including all the
cities in which these ravages were be-
ing exercised, under the leadership OF
Isabella, principally, rule Of aristo-
cracy was set aside. The inquisition
was also organized to fight against
heresy, and it soon put an end to ex-
torting money from the poor by the
mobiles
Another measure taken by Ferdi-
nand and Isabella, for the consolida-
tion of their country, was the master
ship, they took upon themselves. Of
the three great military orders OF
knighthood, and the oppression of the
papal power, which up to this time
had been exercising all authority; it
was also through their efforts that
the revenue was increased nearly six
fold
The war with the Moors, which had
been postponed for a time, was again
resumed, and through the Christians
untiring energy. the Mahommedans
were driven from Granada, and with
the signing of the edict of Granada,
the Jews were expelled
Isabella reigned with firmness; she
possessed a clear intellect, resolute
energy, strong religious belief, and
unselfish patriotism. Before her
reign the country had been a place
of vice and degradation, but her un-
firing energy soon raised it to ambi
ton. II was she who said to Column
bus, after he had met with failure,
in every other quarter-I will assume
the undertaking for my own crown of
CASTLE, and am ready to pawn my
jewels to defray the expenses of it,
if the funds in the treasury should be
found inadequate"
She died November "a, 1904, at Me
dina del Campo, Ferdinand following
her on January %, 1915; His name is
associated with the most splendid
period of Spain, for he possessed mill
tary capacity, political skill and it
was almost entirely owing to him that
Spain gained position at the head
of European powers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26
Hospital Notes.

Attorney John Lemen, whose illness
was reported yesterday, has been TAX
en- 10 the Kings Daughters Hospital,
His condition is regarded as very ser
ious.
Mrs A. c. Cooper, of Vanclevesville,
was admitted to the Kings Daughters
Hospital and may undergo an oper-
alton.
Wednesday afternoon the unknown
man who died in the City Hospital
was buried in Green Hill cemtery by
the county The deceased was EN-
ployed at Cumbo when stricken with
illness, and before he died gave his
name as John Miller, but it is believ-
ed that this was not his real name.